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191 Looking west at the eastbound express and frontage road of Palatine a.m. Saturday to a report of a pedestrian hit by a car in the […
31 Cary Fire Protection District responded about 6:10 p.m. Monday to 314 Park Avenue after a report of a 2 year-old boy had fallen out of a two-story window. The toddler was in good condition, […
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Tucked in Peru s Huascarán National Park, the picturesque Lake 69 is one of the country s most compelling natural wonders: the aquamarine pool glistens beneath the snowy peaks of the Cordillera Blanca mountain range, reflecting the dramatic silhouettes above. To see the vivid blue IRL, grab your hiking boots and head to the nearby town of Huaraz (LC Peru operates the 75-minute flight from Lima). Local tour companies run day trips, though it s also easy to explore the trails on your own.
Just a few hours south of Lima by car, Huacachina is an unexpected oasis in the Ica desert. This weekend getaway from the big city looks as though it slid off the giant sand dunes surrounding it—a central pond, smattering of palms, and homes pool together to create the town with a population of 100. Rent a sand board or hop on a dune buggy and rumble around the nearby peaks and valleys; for full bragging rights, make sure to summit Cerro Blanco—it s one of the tallest sand dunes in the world.
Ask any serious hiker where to go in Peru, and they ll tell you: Machu Picchu is nice, but the Colca Canyon reigns supreme at the top of their bucket lists. Colca Canyon is located in the south of the country (the city of Arequipa serves as its launching pad), and the dramatic crevice is a whopping two miles deep at points. For those keeping tabs, that s double the depth of the Grand Canyon. It s also home to the giant Andean condor, which are often seen gliding through its valleys.
Vinicunca is something of a social media urban legend: not too far from Machu Picchu, you ll find this series of rainbow-colored mountains, with travelers fighting for the same view. It s a manageable day trip from Cusco (you can rent a car or book a tour last minute), and a moderately easy climb once you ve acclimated to the altitude. Hurry though—word is out, and tourism to the area is quickly picking up.
Arequipa may be second in size to Lima, but it makes up for the difference in character. This colonial-era city is set right in the Andes between three towering volcanoes, with resplendent architecture made of white volcanic sillar stone. The result? A cityscape unlike any other in Peru. Head to the central Cathedral of Arequipa for some serious architectural eye candy, and make sure to stop in a local picanteria along the way—Arequipa, with regional dishes as distinctive as its buildings (don t miss the rocoto relleno stuffed peppers).
Perched on Lima s dramatic cliffs, the colorful neighborhood of Barranco boasts sweeping views of the Pacific—and some of the city s most beautiful architecture. Its quiet streets are lined with pristine late 19th-century homes, many of which were originally built as summer houses for the country s well-to-do, but now serve as landing spots for the city s (successful) artists. Some have also been converted into chic boutique hotels, such as the new Villa Barranco.
On the Northern coast of Peru lies Chan Chan, a 20-square-kilometer sprawl of adobe ruins that were once the largest city in the Americas. Today, they are still the largest pre-Colombian ruins in the world, and tourists are welcome to admire the impressive construction. They re reachable via the city of Trujillo, a quick 75-minute flight from Lima.
Lima isn t usually winning beauty pageants—even Peruvians will moan about the notoriously grey city, which spends half the year beneath overcast skies. But to its credit, Lima also has precious bursts of colorful, colonial architecture, especially in the downtown historic center. Head to the stately Plaza Mayor and the streets branching off of it: You ll find rows of Baroque, pastel-colored buildings, adorned with dramatic wooden balconies.
The next Machu Picchu trope can be applied to countless archaeological sites throughout Peru—but if there s one location that is most deserving of the moniker, it s Choquequirao. These Incan ruins closely resemble those of Machu Picchu, both in construction and their dramatic placement atop a truncated mountain, yet they delightfully lack the hordes of tourists—for now, that is. These ruins, several hours from the city of Cusco, can only be reached by foot (via a multi-day trek through the jungle), though that may change with the installation of a cable car in the next few years.
In the picturesque Cordillera Blanca mountain range, the Pastoruri is one of the few remaining glaciers found in South America s tropical region. The bowl-shaped cirque glacier is currently over three square miles in size, but is rapidly shrinking due to global warming. As local glaciologists work to prevent further reduction, tourists continue to travel from throughout Peru and abroad to witness the glowing mass of ice.
A few hours south of Lima, a series of ancient geoglyphs stretch across the red sand of the Ica desert. And when we say stretch, we mean stretch—hundreds of massive designs span around 20-30 miles of sand. The geometric and zoomorphic etchings, created between 500 BCE and 500 CE, were likely drawn by the Nazca people, but the how and why of their origin story is largely unanswered. The best way to appreciate the lines is by taking a small prop plane tour overhead.
A moody contrast to the lush setting of Machu Picchu, the jagged, snow-capped peaks of Huascarán National Park are easily among Peru s most beautiful sites. Just outside the city of Huaraz, the park is home to most of the Cordillera Blanca (the self-proclaimed highest tropical mountain range in the world), in addition to several glaciers, countless turquoise lakes, and impressive biodiversity—pumas, spectacled bears, and vicunas all walk these hills.
Huancaya is a blink-and-you-could-miss-it district in the highlands outside Lima—and most travelers do miss it. But if you re up for the windy, 5-hour drive from Lima, you ll find a cascading network of lakes and rivers without a tourist in sight. Work with a local travel specialist to arrange a day or two of trekking alongside the emerald waters, then come home and let your photos earn you the street cred you deserve.
If you ve spent even a minute on Instagram, you re familiar with the red rock waves of Arizona s Antelope Canyon. In southern Peru, you ll find a similar feat of nature: the Cañon de los Perdidos. Trek through the striated stone, carved smooth by a flowing river, just a couple hours from Lima (pair this day trip with a visit to Huacachina).
Sure, the town of Ollantaytambo has been blessed with the same natural beauty as the rest of the Sacred Valley—but look closely at the towering Pinkuylluna mountain that forms its backdrop, and you ll see the real magnum opus: the Pinkuylluna ruins. Clinging to the rock face is a series of stone terraces, supposedly used as shophouses by the Inca in the 15th century. Those willing to make the hair-raising climb up will be rewarded with a bird s eye view of the valley below.
The otherworldly Amazon rainforest stretches over two million square miles—and nine countries—and is home to unparalleled biodiversity and more than 400 indigenous tribes. Snaking through it is the Amazon River, the largest in the world, which winds its way through Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, with the latter holding claim to a major portion of the waterway (including the source of it all, Río Mantaro). The rainforest is most commonly accessed through the cities of Iquitos (a two-hour flight from Lima), Pucallpa, or Puerto Maldonado (a few hours drive from Cusco), with most visitors using them as jumping off points for river cruises or a stays in eco-lodges, like Inkaterra Reserva Amazonica.
Amongst the many peaks of Peru s Cordillera Blanca in the Huascarán National Park, the whittled-sharp pike of Alpamayo is impossible to miss. The 19,511-foot-tall mountain is often blanketed in snow, and has attracted ice climbers from all over the world for decades.
The ancient salt mines of Maras are a favorite destination for photographers—and it s easy to see why. The geometric pools fill a narrow cleft of Cusco s Sacred Valley, terracing the green hillsides with an array of stark white to light caramel-colored waters. The salt ponds are an easy day trip from the city of Cusco, and often paired Moray.
On the north coast of Peru, surf culture meets pre-Colombian history on the beaches of Huanchaco. Said to be the place where surfing was invented some 2,000 years ago, the long, calm shores of the Pacific are still decorated with the striking silhouettes of traditional reed surfboards (or, as they re called here, caballitos de totora).
Use the Amazonian city of Iquitos as your launch pad: hop on a large river boat, then a smaller canoe, and you ll find yourself paddling a nearly-untouched part of the Amazon in the remote Pacaya Samiria National Reserve. It s the second largest protected part of the Amazon, with remarkable wildlife that calls it home: the pink dolphin, Amazonian manatee, red-faced spider monkey, jaguar, and more than 500 species of birds can be found here.
When walking the streets of Lima, you may hear enterprising tour vendors mention the poor man s Galapagos—a place where, allegedly, you can see everything from Humboldt penguins to Orcas and Chilean flamingos, in turquoise waters and on red sand beaches. Believe it or not, it s all true: the Paracas National Reserve, a couple hours drive from Lima in the region of Ica, is exactly the jaw-dropping display of diverse wildlife and gorgeous landscape the vendors describe. Hire a boat to take you into the reserve for the day (or jump on one of the many group boat tours), and return to the mainland just in time for an incredible seafood and one of the area s famous sunsets (Hotel Paracas will have you covered on both fronts).
Like the nearby Cordillera Blanca, the Cordillera Huayhaush of northern Peru is a dramatic mountain range boasting snowy peaks, with bucket list treks for hikers and turquoise pools at their bases. Huayhuash, though, has remained relatively less-visited, so it s easy to spend days on the hiking circuit with few others around. In fact, there are hardly any local residents either, save for a few small hamlets, and the treasured visit by a vicuña (a relative of the llama), or an Andean condor overhead.
Stretching across the border of Bolivia and Peru is the world s e Incas—Lake Titicaca. Its tranquil waters seem infinite, their end seamlessly blending into the open sky above, with the occasional soft yellow of reed boats and a few islands interrupting the palette. One such interruption is the Uros Floating Islands, an ancient settlement built entirely of totora reeds found on the shores of the lake. The indigenous Uros people call it home, living as they have for generations.
High in the Amazonian province of Chachapoyas (near the ruins of Kuelap), the 2,530-foot tall Gocta Falls makes a dramatic free-leap off the face of a towering mountain, much like the Angel Falls in Venezuela. Though the falls are in clear view of a neighboring village and have been known about in Peru for many years, they only gained international publicity in the early 2000 s when a German expedition encountered them: local lore had it that any villager to reveal their location would unleash a curse on the entire town, leaving the denizens mum about this natural wonder until someone else uncovered them.
HAYLLI CAPAC INKA! HAILLY QOSQO!
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Moulton Scholars Program
Asbury Psychology Department Announces Moulton Scholars Program
Dece '60 and Yvonne Cochran '58 Moulton.
Asbury Hosts Kentucky Psychological Foundation's Annual Conference
"Getting an opportunity to work closely with Ph.D. professors prepared me well for graduate school — something that many of my colleagues did not experience in undergrad. I remain thankful for faculty who cared about me as a person, instilling in me the idea that we are more than our work and challenged me to keep my life in perspective."
Bill Pinto '92, J.D., M.Ed.
Dr. Ryan Nesselroade '03
"The broad, liberal arts education I received at Asbury as a psychology and math major laid a solid foundation for my career in academia, enabling me to have a successful 40 "
"Asbury's psychology program taught me to be a well-rounded mental health professional by providing hands on clinical experience, opportunities for research participation, and even connecting me to a local hospital for further clinical experience."
School Psychologist, Akron Public Schools, Akron, Ohio
Dr. John Salsman '95
, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Dr. Michelle Sherrill '02 vanDellen
Joe Reese '16
Asbury Psychology students, on average, score in the top 15% on nationally normed content tests (about 40% are in the top 10%) and have a near 100% acceptance rate into a variety of graduate programs studying cliniclaw, medicine, school psychology, theology, church ministry, business, marketing, criminal justice, etc.
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"How many times can you repeat the same threat?" a PA official told the 'Post'. "r, we"We are still hopeful that the Israeli government and the US administration will get the message and change their policies and measures," the official told The Jerusalem Post. "President Abbas made an announcement last night, and we are waiting to see how the world is going to react. In any case, we won't take any real measuress the annexation of parts of the West Bank."
"Since 2015, President Abbas has been reading from the same paper," the official told the Post.That's why Israel and many in the international community no longer take these threats seriously."
"It was a stormy meeting," a Ramallah-based veteran Palestinian journalist said. "Some of the officials said they no longer believe Abbas, and that's why they were threatened. The belief is that Abbas is just trying to show the Palestinians that he's a tough leader who is not afraid to stand up to the Israelis and Americans. Everyone knows that these threats are meaningless, because without the agreements with Israel, Abbas and the Palestinian Authority won't be able to survive for another day."
"Whaaction to the Israeli threat of annexation may be, it is certainly one thing: It is a desperate cry for help," Mladenov said. "It is a call for immediate action. It is a cry for help from a generation of a leadership that has invested its life in building institutions and preparing for statehood for over a quarter of a century."
"The Palestinian leadership is not threatening," he said. "It."
Despite thas "hope that the security arrangements will continue to be in place."nt...
The US administration laid out a clear vision for peace, Pompeo said, adding: "W[Donald] Trump's vision for peace there."
"It acknowledges that in a very clear and unambiguous way," Pompeo said. "We hope that t, and that we can move out in that way according to the vision that was laid out."
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We study the motion of discrete interfaces driven by ferromagnetic interactions on the two-dimensional triangular lattice by coupling the Almgren, Taylor and Wang minimizing movements approach and a discrete-to-continuum analysis, as introduced by Braides, Gelli and Novaga in the pioneering case of the square lattice. We examine the motion of convex ``Wulff-like'' hexagons, i.e. convex hexagons with sides having the same orientations as those of the hexagonal Wulff shape related to the density of the anisotropic perimeter $\Gamma$-limit of the ferromagnetic energies as the lattice spacing vanishes. We compare the resulting limit motion with the corresponding evolution by crystalline curvature with natural mobility.
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Who Are Eligible To Apply For Form-15G?
How To Fill Form-15G?
15G holds a separate place for fixed deposit holders and HUFs. It ensures no TDS deductions from your annual interest income. However, you must be less than 60 years.
The gate doesn’t close if you’re more than 60 years. You, too, can avail of options like Form-15H. It is the same as 15G except that it’s meant for people for more than 60 years.
Only recently that EPFO made the Form-15G withdrawal online. Yet, one of the greatest benefits of this form is you can restrict TDS deduction.
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CeNow, there’s a big misconception among many that form-15G is eligible for almost every individual. But it is a complete big ‘NO.’ There are some rules attached. So, let’s go through it.
The main factor playing is your age. If you’re below 60 years of age, then congratulations, you’re eligible for 15G. However, if you’re above 60, then no worries, you’re eligible for 15H. It is almost similar to 15G except for the age factor.
In the year 2019-20, if your age exceeds 60 years but less than 80 years, your exemption limit is Rs. 3 lakh. If it’s more than 80 years, the basic exemption is Rs. 5 lakh. However, in general, it is Rs. 2.5 lakh.
2. Another cause that decides your eligibility is your TAX LIABILITY for that year. That is, your tax liability for that year must be NIL. That means you can furnish it to prove that your income is below the taxable limit. Thus, you can get a TDS deduction.
For better flexibility, let me put up a chart for you. Have a look!
2. If you’ve worked under different employers, in different organizations, it’s considered. The total service period or contribution rendered is taken into contemplation.
3. You will get taxed if you withdraw before 5 years.
However, interest in your contribution gets tax impositionYou’ll get a list of forms. Choose 15G/H.
v. Scroll below, and you’ll find an option ‘I want to apply for.’ Click on the UPLOAD and upload your Form-15G/H.
1. Name of the Declarant- Mention your name as in PAN card.
2. In the next field, you need to give your PAN card details. PAN card is one of the most requisite things. In case you don’t have, the application will get rejected. You need to make a declaration for withdrawing your EPF amount.
5. Mention you’re correct residential status, as mentioned in your PAN card with the correct PINCODE. Make sure it matches your current residential address.
10. In the next field, you’ve to mention your last declaration (if made) with the total amount of income.
11. In the next field, you need to provide details of the income for which you made that declaration. It includes the investment account number/term deposit/LIC policy number, etc.
Form-15G is quite helpful in saving money in TDS deductions often. Yet, if you provide a false declaration to avoid TDS deduction, you might get into trouble. Under Section 277 of the Income Tax Act 1961, you can get imprisoned or fined if caught.
On a rental income exceeding Rs. 8 lakh, TDS gets imposed. Handover form-15G to avail no TDS deductions if your basic exemption is higher than your taxable income.
According to its norms, if your service period is more than 5 years, it is no more mandatory for you.
1. Is it aptly required to file Form-15G?
Filling up the form completely depends on your service periods if your service period is less than 5 years, you certainly need to fill it up to benefit. If it is more than 5 years, chill and ignore.
Step-1: First of all, file an income tax return form to claim your TDS refund.
Step-2: Lastly, fill-up and submit the Form-15G/H as soon as possible to avoid any further deductions for that particular financial year.
The basic difference between the two forms is the age factor. Form-15G applies to individuals below 60 years, whereas Form-15H is for above 60 years.
If your monthly wage is below your exemption limit, you’re free to go for Form-15G. However, Form-15H is valid irrespective of any income options. Thus, if you’re a senior citizen, your income factor does not hold good for Form-15H.n’t want to save money? Form-15G is one such way out. In this article, we discussed every detail about Form-15G. I hope it helped you in some way out.
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Free online workshops to learn how to sell art and gain online followers…, but unsure of where to start?
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I've been meaning to post a project update for a while, but I tend to be so busy bouncing between projects anymore that it is tough to find the time. I am pleased to report that the first beta for the route should be available in coming weeks! This version will represent the line as it may have looked in 1896-97. Many of the landmark structures and industries will be either missing or substituted for something else. From Colusa Jct to Sites is the more accurate side of the line at this time, as a result it is also the more "complete" end (and the more scenic). Colusa now has an accurate track plan, pulled from the 1897 Sanborn maps. At the moment I missing the original survey map for the Colusa to Jct section, I'd like to get this done before I release the beta but I cannot promise it will be.
Additional view of Colusa, the warehouse along the track is part of the future Colusa Milling Co facility (not shown obviously).
The biggest project is to finish getting the grass splines done along the entire route. Once this is done, I will begin adding in the historic farms and structures along the line, this will help breakup the monotony of the "Grassy Sea". Grass splines extend in rows 6 wide from each side of the ROW at that point texturing takes over.
There is also a series of glass splines that run under the track itself (grass was a HUGE problem on the line) that need finishing up.
The station at Parkinson's is completely missing (lack of info) and will get added in time. Keep in mind only Sites and Colusa are reasonably accurate, but I have discovered that there is a Sanborn map for Colusa Junction, but I am not sure how to get access to that without going to UC Berkeley. The other line stations are educated guesses.
I have 2 new dirt textures on the way, the first being a texture of the dirt from Cortena (Colusa Jct), the second is the sand/dirt shores of the Sacramento River.
Water tanks are in place, but cordwood fueling points are not yet on the route.
I might work on the SG portion a bit, adding the yards at Williams and Maxwell. My goal has always been to provide opportunities to run not only the C&L but the NRy, wagon roads and steamboat routes (in some sense).
I hear you. You can use invisible roads if you want to just leave the ground bare.
Vincentrh has some nice macadam roads and his other roads are interesting.
Your route is looking very nice indeed.
Last night I was doing some testing on other projects and I was pleased to see that Colusa & Lake #2 is now available from the Download Station.
Oh, nice! togog really does a fine job of modeling engines but I think he upped his game on this one. Very nice!
As I mentioned in my "Four Projects" post, I am going to get an e-spec done for these Baldwins, the 4-4-0s will be coming soon.
Lw TANE defaults if nothing else. That's 90% of how some people's shots look so much better. I also like making the top of the sky darker, since that's how it appears in real life. It does wonders to the route quality.
Here is a woefully out of place Carson & Colorado "Candelaria" rounding the bend at below the quarries. The disappearing track bug in this image was due to an outdated version of Curtis track.
The station building at Fairview was removed.
Lurline gained a warehouse and loading platform.
The "bridge" just below Sites wasn't as impressive as originally thought, it was more like a 6' culvert.
Colusa Junction revised to match the maps.
Track and grade profile.
Basic Terrain Texturing.
Generic Buildings Placed.
Grass Splines, LOTS of Grass Splines.
Missing trestle north of Fairview.
Correct Rolling Stock.
AI for Riverboats and the Southern Pacific line.
More distant farms.
Town of Williams.
Town of Maxwell.
Invisible track for riverboat along entire length of Sacramento river.
I'll post more screenshots later this evening.
Here are some of the latest scenes from the C&L route. I am working on fences and other items along the route to give it more life.
Colusa Milling Company in Colusa.
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HALIFAX -- The RCMP are looking for information about a vehicle as they investigate the homicide of a man in Sainte-Marie-de-Kent, N.B.
home on Route 515 around 4 p.m. Friday.
Officers found the body of a man inside. He has been identified as 67-year-old Elias Bastarache.
Bastarache was found in a residence at the end of a tree-lined driveway.
Those who knew him say the nature of the crime seems out of his character.
"I was surprised because that guy was kind of, he kept to himself," said Saint-Marie-de-Kent resident Reg Dallaire. "I can't see in what kind of trouble that guy might have been in, first of all."
Police believe Bastarache was driving a yellow 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier coupe in the Sainte-Marie-De.
A forensics team was on the scene Monday, and while police are putting together the pieces they have, they're also asking for help. They are especially asking anyone who may have seen the yellow vehicle last Thursday or Friday to contact them.
"Poli Mr. Bastarache in the days of February 20th and 21st," said New Brunswick RCMP spokesman Sgt. Nick Arbour.
Neighbours say a crime of this magnitude is out of the ordinary in what's usually a very quiet area.
"Not a lot of crime," said Kent County resident Robert Harnett. "Everybody knows everybody else, everybody seems to be getting along and it's peaceful here."
While the crime has been deemed a homicide,RCMP sayNB RCMP’s Major Crime Unit is investigating the homicide of a 67-year-old man here in Sainte-Marie-de-Kent.
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- Original vinyl hood
- Original gear lever
- 86,900 Km / 54,009 Miles
This E-type is without doubt one of the most complete and original examples left in existence and is ready to be enjoyed by its next custodian.
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> Roy Bailey > Records > Past Masters
Roy Bailey: Past Masters
Leon Rosselson, guitar [1-2];
John Kirkpatrick, button accordion [6, 8-9, 11-13, 16, 18], Anglo & bass Anglo concertina [5], backing vocals [14];
Sue Harris, hammered dulcimer [15], oboe [18], backing vocals [14];
Val Bailey, backing vocals [14];
Footlose (Val Bailey, Jane Bates, Linda Wild, Rose Wolfe), backing vocals [8, 12];
- Punch and Judy Man (3.59)
- Two Good Arms (4.35)
- In These Hard Times (2.27)
- Roses of Eyam (5.49)
- Ghost Story (4.18)
- Maria Diaz (5.35)
- Daughters of the Revolution (4.49)
Track 2 John Conolly;
Track 6 Violeta Parra;
Track 10 John Trevor;
Track 16 Lenny Galant;
Track 17 Leon Rosselson;
Tracks 1-2 from That's Not the Way It's Got to Be (1975);
Tracks 8-13 from Hard Times (1982);
Tracks 3-7 from Freedom Peacefully (1985);
Tracks 14-16, 18 from Leaves from a Tree (1988);
Track 17 from i Didn't Mean It (1988);
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Thanks for your comments. I drive by this location on a hill, almost daily. On this particular late afternoon following a rainstorm, I decided to go up there and see what I could get. The clouds were really cooperating. I must have taken over 300 shots, but selected this one for TLF. Timing of this shoot was the day before Good Friday, which was a perfect theme. The colors of the sky also helped in getting the seasonal look.
Beautiful, well captured photo, Pinetree.
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the golden light. The empty area just left of the center with only a handful of VIPs who paid hella money to get in early. And then there we were, mere commoners running into their spots in the SECOND. ROW.
This wasn’t real life. This couldn’t be happening. But it was and it did and as more and more people filled in behind us, it finally became real that only one row of people separated us from the greatest gift God has ever given us.
Andours? Yes PLEASE.
With three opening bands, every second that I didn’t see Brendon Urie was a second I got more anxious. The first opener, Dorothy, brought the heat and gave the crowd a lot of energy as we waited for a band we actually knew. SWMMRS was a bit much for me. I’m just gonna leave it at that. Then we had YET ANOTHER GIFT FROM GOD. Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness., !!
Panic! Attack Count: 175
I’d like to thank not only God, but Jesus for making this happen and my guardian angels that helped along they away. I stood up. I sang Hallelujah. And I danced until my phone ran out of storage.
(Panic! Attack Count: 400)
This concert opened my eyes to what perfection actually means and Brendon Urie, damn, you are nothing but perfect. But now that I love you, I must let you go.
He’s hot </s> I decided to drop my gym membership, the gym guilt is a nightmare, each day trying to justify reasons not to go !
I have decided to walk more, on dry days I intend to walk to & fro to work, roughly 1.3 miles trip each way which takes about 20 minutes. I added that today a brisk walk at lunchtime, it was so lovely and sunny I couldn’t resit a stroll along the prom, how lucky to live by the sea. </s>
Here’s what goes through my mind…
See, I could be fake. I could find the perfect answers and appear to be the “perfect” Christian, but I refuse to do that. God wants people to be real. Well this is me being real, this is what I struggle with.
Back to the sermon… God moves a lot slower than I do. I feel like if I’m not accomplishing BIG things every day, if I’m not working towards any goal whatsoever, and if I’m not checking off things on my to-do list then I’m not really putting all I have into this life. How do I fulfill my purpose or figure out His plans for me if I’m not trying to figure it out and staying crazy busy? Well, God doesn’t work like that. He chooses to reveal things to me in His time. The Holy Spirit knows that my head might be able to comprehend the fact that my main purpose in life is to live as loved but He also knows that it hasn’t really registered in my heart… and that’s okay. He’d rather open my heart and give me wisdom so I might truly understand these things in His own perfect time, not overnight (as I expect or would like).
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Lets say you were born on September the 6th, 1996 at noon. Your energy combination would be...Yang Fire/Yang Water (this year); Yang Fire/Yang Metal (month); Yang Fire/Yang Fire (day) and Yang Metal/Yang Fire (hour). Note the preponderance of "Yang" and the "Fire" element and a complete lack of the "Earth" and "Wood" element. This is one fiery individual!Finding a home for this person would be easy. Any house that moderates the "Fire" and strengthens the other 2 phases is easy to create. It is when an individual has an almost even combination of phases that the remedy becomes more complex. This reminds me of a story told to me by one of my Feng Shui teachers...He had an uncle who was born in a double Yang Fire year (1906) a Fire-Metal month (August) a double Yang Fire day (August 30) at noon (a double Yang fire hour!). When he turned 60, which means this unusual energy combination would repeat itself, his family astrologer advised him to walk out into the lake with his pockets full of stones to hold him down and not come out of the water until 1 am for fear of him spontaneously combusting!
After having done energy calculations for some 25 years now, I am convinced that their energy calendar is not accurate with a certain percentage of the people involved. For the first 3 years of training, I faithfully went by my first teacher's chart that said if you were born in 1942 and were a male, you were a "Wood" person. I soon found that to be inaccurate and overly simplified. That would be like everyone born in 1942 being a Scorpio!
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between banks to make it easier to move your money, but data from comparethemarket.com shows that 62 per cent of current account holders have never changed banks. Of those who had, 59 per cent never did again. “As consumers, we are fairly apathetic about banking,” says Kevin Mountford, a banking expert at Money-supermarket, the comparison website. “Do we moan and carry on because we think there isn’t anything better? Is there still a perceived risk that changing banks is problematic,” he asks.
Pick a current account that meets your needs. Look at the overall package on offer; compare credit interest rates, overdraft charges and, crucially, levels of customer service satisfaction.
First Direct has reduced its cash offer for switchers from £125 to £100, but ranks consistently highly for customer service. The thgain the most customers. </s> Forget crowd size. If these guys go to war with the truth on day one. Over something that doesn’t even matter how can they be trusted on anything. What about things that actually matter? Posted byKevin BourgeoisJanuary 22, Lennox and Addington is hosting this day long presentation.
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Anyone who doubts the enduring force of social media influencers might finally be swayed by75% of companies are currently using influencers and 43% of those companies plan to increase influencer spending in the next 12 months. Furthermore, the ANA found that 27% of survey respondents who aren’t yet using influencers plan to within the next 12 months. Influencer marketing, it seems, isn’t going anywhere and will only increase in importance. All of this means that now is the time to build and strengthen your brand’s influencer relationships.
The increasing reach of social media has propelled the importance of influencers. Marketers, of course, want to meet their audiences where they are and, increasingly, their audiences (no matter to which demographics they belong) are on social. We’ve long been fans of influencer marketing because, done well, it takes advantage of the best parts of social media: with influencers, brands can reach new customers via a trusted source which, in today’s skeptical environment, is crucial. Plus, when a trusted influencer posts about your brand to their followers, it’s like a friend making a recommendation. Rather than having to say how great your brand is yourself, letting an influencer do it for you builds your credibility.
Influencers allow marketers to work within the confines of social media and play to the medium’s strengths. Social media platforms were designed first and foremost for individual users to connect with their social network and brands have therefore had to create content for social that feels like something a friend would share, rather than, say, a high-production glossy ad that would have worked for television. (Some brands, unfortunately, are still learning this lesson in designing content for a medium, rather than around it.) Influencers are a ready-made way for brands to connect with their audiences using authentic content from a trusted source. Increasingly, platforms like Instagram and Facebook are altering their algorithms so that content from brands are downplayed in favor of content from user’s friends (which usually includes influencers) and influencers are a natural way brands can combat ad blocking.
How Influencers Can Grow Your Brand’s Social Media Recognition
The spending power of millennials and Gen Z is undeniable: combined, their buying power is nearly $700 billion per year and growing. Audiences from these cohorts (who range in age from 20 to 36) use social find new products and services. These audiences “as,” notes the ANA, creating a big opportunity for brands. Letting an influencer put their own spin on your product or service can help your brand be seen in a new light, and it can help new audiences learn about what your brand has to offer. Take this Instagram post for example:
Brand Takeaway: Influencers csocial media recognition in unexpected and beneficial ways.
The Risks of Influencer Relationships
However, it’s interesting to note that tides have shifted somewhat. Depending on the situation, brands now have a little more leeway with their influencers and can distance themselves from certain actions without severing ties completely. Take the recent example of
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It is too hot to do anything, even to go to a concert. So, I missed the chances to watch a bored Eric Clapton and Sir Elton John, during one weekend. It was like the promotions offered by Carrefour, in an attempt to sell out stocks before they expire; buy one-get one free…I heard that Eric Clapton didn't offer what he used to be, but Sir John impressed everyone.
The crisis talks are all over us, from TV news to pub-chats, a normal phenomenon as the financial difficulties hit all of us profoundly. But the good part of each crisis is that they pass as fast as they hit, without giving any lesson to any of us, leaving only memories.
1998 Asian crisis turned into a Russia-led Eastern Europe crisis (There were the same talks about the future of Europe, Japan, banks and financial systems etc etc…And I was happily living in Moscow then)
One year after the crisis, we were supposed to have our first Board meeting, trying to persuade our superiors that we should start the engines for growth and we should increase our risk appetite. We wanted to ask an increased budget for expenses, that we deemed highly necessary for the infrastructure of our company.
Especially on the information technologies side, we were stuck with an old core application, which was impossible to improve, so we needed to purchase and implement a new one, meaning a six zeros investment. Several departments prepared their reports, to justify the need for the new application and we were supposed to sing our song in harmony as a chorus in front of our bosses.
When the business doesn’t move in the desired direction, these meetings resemble excerpts from a Hitchcock movie, everything moving rapidly slow in a loud silence… Everybody suspects the horror waiting on the next page and nobody wants to be the first one looking at it…
One after another we have presented our case, defended it successfully and finally it was up to our Internal Audit Manager to touch the ball to score the goal.
Although a good professional and experienced auditor, she lacked the necessary level of English. Adding the tiredness and the degree of tension, once she recognized the importance of her presentation, she forgot all the rehearsed text of speech and started mumbling a verbal puzzle.
She needed to indicate that the complexity and the slow speed of the system led to manual interventions and inputs for financial reporting, which undermined the reliability of the outcomes (and of the decisions taken based on these outcomes). With continuously increased reporting requests in different formats from upper management, the reliability and historical tracking of the data was crucial for the institution and any human intervention should have been limited to avoid errors.
After 5 minutes of unintended humiliation of English as a foreign language, she paused and said,
“Our colleagues are forced to provide a lot of hand-jobs to satisfy the managements' needs. At the current level of activity, they have time to do it, but still, we should avoid doing it often, not several times each day.” ... ... ... ... ... ...
A silence of 5 seconds offered sufficient time to everyone for imaginary thinking, cut by a burst of laughter. We obtained the approval…
This one is a global one, it involves several economies and sectors but at the end it will become a textbook reference and in few years we will restart doing the same mistakes.
Publicat de T-Man O la duminică, iunie 13, 2010
I am trying to avoid glossy magazines. Page by page they try to convince me how ugly, poor and unfashionable I am as compared to the ones presented throughout the pages. However, few days ago I have received a digital copy of The One magazine by e-mail (thumbs-up for the lay-out) and clicked on a link, revealing an ugly truth; what men don’t like women to wear?
The 5-item list included my 2 all time favorites; gladiator sandals and baggy trousers.
This summer arrived with a stronger heat wave and humidity, so everyone has right to dress light and comfortable to resist. But why the Xena feet with Shrek pants? Especially when you don’t have the sex appeal of comic book Amazonian warrior princesses, who in the middle of the jungle could manage to get breast implants and Farah Fawcett hairdos, while having regular wax jobs and nail treatment during the fights with wild animals and men clans, all happening in the family jungle. Or at least when you don’t have Shrek’s sense of humor…
Most men don’t like to see a little toe fighting for independence. Also most men don’t like to see you carrying environmental friendly discharge bags between your legs (ever had a ride with a horse buggy? Remember the bags hang down under the horsetails to keep the dirt from falling?)
I am still old-fashioned, also thinking “if you’re not Jesus, don’t wear sandals” for my own gender.
Having trouble in choosing where to go for a walk and then eating well? Go to Lipscani and try
Mes Amis http://www.gustos.ro/restaurante/mes-amis-bistro.html, successful French cuisine at decent prices or,
Dinette www.dinette.ro (Amsterdam Café with new owners), or,
The Divan www.thedivan.ro (at the end a Romanian entrepreneur managed to open a decent Turkish Restaurant
Publicat de T-Man O la joi, iunie 10, 2010
It is almost a week of dating her, already few thresholds have been passed (i.e. Gardens of Eden conquered) and the burst of happiness is burning your brain. You feel like Emperor Caesar, nothing can stand on your way… While driving, you try to overcome the urge of smiling.
She is sitting next to you but didn’t make a sound since entering the car. Her head is up and inclined to the other side, as if making a passport photo, the nose tip indicating the sky at the horizon. You should have done something, forgot to do something, but you can’t recall. Sticking to the “communication is the key to a solid relationship” principle you ask, “Babe, anything wrong?”
“Ii-iih..nope…not really…nothing important…” . The face muscles that you were trying to control not to smile, progress into the mimics of panic.
Not really? Nothing important? Shit. You have done it… You were wrong… but where? How? Any clues? You are ready to punish yourself but need the reason to proceed. “Babe, what happened? What’s wrong?”
“I said, it is not important… at least not for you...”
“C’moooon…” you can be cute and collaborative at the same time…
“You didn’t change your profile at Facebook… you are still listed as “single”, I don’t know why? “
The panic look is swiftly replaced by an expression of constipation…you do not have any answer for that…you cannot provide any reasonable reply… you are just an emperor penguin…
I have seen some people profiling themselves, as “it’s complicated”… WTF?!? What does this really mean?
- I don’t know how to get rid of him/her. It seems that I am stuck with this relationship
- I am desperate but he/she doesn’t even like me
- I am single but I better don’t mention it
- I have multiple partners and Facebook doesn’t list the option of “In few relationships”
- My partner is my horse/dog/cushion
- The rest of the world is too dumb to understand if I would try explaining
You can add more…but most probably it is an implicit message to someone, or a hidden requiem, to come and grab you…
Why there is no listing as “it’s rather simple”? (What is not complicated in one’s life?)
Bucharest is under the siege of Mother Nature, the crater lakes left after snow bombs eating our cars. Municipality is expecting the city to self-regenerate itself, spending time with talking, rather than repairing few things around. Shall we call for international aid?
To many question marks for a day, I am done here…
Publicat de T-Man O la joi, februarie 18, 2010
joi, 14 ianuarie 2010
As if the 2 members of four-legged species were not enough in our habitat, we have involuntarily adopted (again) a stray dog. Actually he infiltrated consecutively through the bars of garden gate and terrace door one evening, appearing suddenly with an asylum demand in the living room. The shock of meeting an unknown walking creature in one’s own house leads to a mixture of panic and anger. With a confused mind and defensive instincts, we have managed to convince the animal to go back to his planet and blocked the garden gate against further attempts.
However, the small and skinny pal, with a pink tag on his right ear as a courtesy of Municipality, has decided to try his chance at the stairs leading to the main door. Few days he just stayed under the stairs, ignoring our existence, as if we have built the house around him. Then he started emitting friendly gestures with his tail upon our arrival home. Finally, one evening, he was sleeping on the doormat, leaning at the door to absorb any heat leaking out of the house.
We already had 2 of his kind, one male golden retriever that was bought when he was 3 months 6 years ago and a kind of collie, looking like the underdeveloped, psychologically challenged, rape-victim sister of Lassie, which we have adopted from www.cutu-cutu.ro. Both of the resident animals are real life versions of Tasmanian Monster, eating every plant and flower, digging the grass, chewing any wood including their own cottages and producing sizeable amounts of fertilizer in an expired banana format, which they evenly distribute throughout the garden. Since their very first day…I love animals…Dogs are the men’s best friends….
After a few days on the doormat, the 3rd dog was also recruited and promoted with a job description of security guard. He got also improved fringe benefits, having access to dry dog food instead of digging our garbage for daily nutrition. All he had to do was to extend his ass on the doormat, occasionally bark on trespassers (or neighbors) and avoid pissing at a visible distance.
Unfortunately, the rapid increase of his life standards changed him. He is spending all his time by making extension exercises, licking own balls (ref. men’s best friend) and sleeping. He seems not to bother to bark at anyone (including that bastard driving a brand new Jaguar) unless that person steps on him. We have corrupted the small dark bastard…Probably we threw the first seeds of a global crisis in Dogs’ World…
These days reading “The Darkness” comics series, strongly recommend…
Publicat de T-Man O la joi, ianuarie 14, 2010
miercuri, 30 decembrie 2009
"The" Country for Old Men
It has been a while…. Few days far from the office charged my thinking parts, so I am kicking again.
A month ago, one evening at home, watching “In Bruges” on HBO quietly and visiting Bruges has been voted as our Xmas plan, by her (The voting process has been similar to the last presidential vote, lost by a narrow (!!) margin)…
A 2.5 hours flight throws you to Brussels from Bucharest and you may reach Bruges by a 1-hour drive mixing with a flow of French, Belgian, Dutch and German speed maniacs. The city, as also mentioned several times during the film, is the best conserved medieval town in Europe. Here “to conserve” has been utilized excessively, the city itself is a historical pickle.
Hotel Prinsenhof, on Prinsenhof Street, is a boutique hotel owned and managed by a local family. The luxury of reception hall and the stylish architecture of the building is turning into a sour smile, when you enter the room and see that the toilet is separate from the bathroom. It seems that during 1800’s Belgians didn’t need to turn on water to envelop undesirable sounds, or they even didn’t need to wash their hands after.
When the nature calls (and after 5 hours of driving, waiting, flying, waiting and driving, it definitely called), you have to enter a small cabinet, as big as a phone boot and once seated, your nose touches the door (I have a proportional and small nose, for your reference). The place might have been handy for Superman, but not comfortable for OrdinaryMan in need.
After unloading biologically processed Romanian food on Belgian soil and unpacking the luggage of 4 days filled personally with enough clothes to open up a store, we took the narrow roads in search for a restaurant.
A line of 3-4 floor buildings, each looking like a colored and fresh cake, surrounds “The Markt”, the main square. We have chosen one of the places and entered; the greeting has been “Buna Ziua! Bine ati venit! (Good Morrow! Welcome!)” by Virgil (from Certeze).. We were back at home…Virgil was kind of a supervisor, monitoring the waiters, talking to the guests and serving the bills; perfect job for the man of Balkans. Staying since 1993 in Belgium changed his accent towards French but he was very talkative.
While he was asking about Romania and current events, one of the waiters, a young, tall, blond, athletic type, left the menu on the table and turned to missus,
“Mademoiselle, I have very good muscles; you want to try?”, smiling kinky.
I was caught unprepared by the approach of this local Adonis, looking desperately to Virgil for a sign of disapproval but he was also shaking his head in agreement and saying “yes, really good muscles, good muscles. Pleasure...”
OK, we arrived to the land of free minds… The final blow came from the missus herself, “Aaaaa, I really want to try, would you like to give it a shot also?”
I just wanted to cry loud, a romantic trip to Flanders turning into an orgy…
The question marks blinking on my face alerted the waiter, he rushed to the next table showing a full bowl of mussels…”YES! Yes!” I shouted, exhaling strongly, I wanted to eat mussels, we all wanted to eat mussels, no?
A quick charge of food helped with blood sugar, relieved and in peace we have decided to visit some points of interest of the city; Chocolate Museum, Fries Museum (yep, they have a museum for French fries), The Burg, Beer Market, Linen Market… The freaky thing about the city is that except tourists’ kids, you do not see much of children, teens or youngsters around; as if the population under 20 years is used as slave labor to produce beer, chocolate and linens behind hidden doors… All café’s, restaurants, shops are filled with retirement age senior citizens, happily enjoying beer and fries. Even the cue in front of McDonalds stalls looks like a casting line for Benjamin Buttons (Can I have one Cardio Meal Menu please?)…
Too much fries and chocolate makes one hungry, so we entered another food-hole early evening. The place was fully packed and waiters were obviously tired. One of them threw two menu sheets to the table and passed by. Another one came to ask about the drinks but while we were searching the beverage section on the menu, she decided that beer is a fine choice for everyone. Once she left, a third waiter approached the table,
You what? Again the missus saves the moment, the waiter was saying “Oui? (Yes?)”, as an indicative remark for us to order and to order fast… I wasn’t ready for this speed test and asked, “What do you recommend?”
“Maybe some poisons for you, Monsieur?”pushing his French accent on every English word.
Should each encounter with a waiter be a challenge here? I might be slow but not suicidal. But still, we are in a foreign country and I do not want to have anyone filing an aggression complaint against me, so I took it as a joke, polite and jolly “Haha, anything that would keep me alive until tomorrow morning?”
“Our portions are standard, but I can get two poisons at once for you”. The celebrity chef Harry Potter should be working in their kitchen.
In order to hide my anger, I looked down to the menu and saw a section of “Poisson”, catching the word “Tuna” I got the point. He was recommending fish (“Poisson” in French) … I had the fish, two fishes on a plate….
The first day in Bruges, marked by offers of sex and death by waiters, ended silently on the comfortable bed of Prinsenhof mansion…
More to come about Bruges… watch the movie (In Bruges) and you will understand…
Publicat de T-Man O la miercuri, decembrie 30, 2009
Romania has been the stage of a clash of two evils, where one tricked the other one better and beat to death. The only hope remaining for us is that the lesser of the 2 evils shall give way to a new Devils’ Board, as quickly as possible. Otherwise the ordinary people will feel more heartburn during 2010.
Recently started hanging out with our champion guys, joining them for Thursday football and beer. The sorrow of current events probably led me to find a shelter among them, feeling back the team spirit and family atmosphere. While being cursed by several former colleagues, the guys still seem to enjoy my companion.
After only two training sessions, I was considered fit for the SuperCup game to be played against French Oysters last Friday. Actually I was only mentally fit to join the team but they were kind enough to show solidarity and insist on my presence.
The day before the big game, on Thursday, we were having another training session. Decided to equip myself as a real player and went to the Nike Store at Plaza Romania (13 installments with CardAvantaj, kidding?). Following a quick analysis of measures and curves, I have moved towards the shop assistant of my choice. She was surprisingly interested in promoting the products, providing minuscule details about each material and model.
Having chosen a black pair of football boots, 2 pairs of socks, black shorts, a T-shirt and a zipper jacket, routed myself to the cashier and realized that I did not have my credit card with me. A big hit on the charisma, after showing off with a dark grey business suit and an air of a club-owner at the store, I had to count coins to pay. The cash in my pocket, RON 120, was only enough to buy a pair of light blue boots, which looked like I have earned them from Kinder Surprise.
When I appeared on the field of Calea Floreasca Hall next evening, wearing my new shiny sugar blue boots, with a revolutionary belly in the black jersey-set of our team, all the kids of my colleagues thought their parents brought Teddy Bear to entertain them during the game and circled me. It was embarrassing…never mind….
First half 3-0 and 2 more goals within the first 5 minutes of second half, the team was ready to bear the Teddy Bear Beckham (Victoria Bear was also watching the game). I was already tired from last night (and from last 36 years); besides, the warning of the referee to take off my glasses hasn’t been encouraging at all…The strong spotlights of the Hall, low battery warning in my brain, the crowd expecting to curse or to chant, with limited optic capacity I possessed, dried the last drops of self-confidence.
I was in the middle of the field, trying to catch a glimpse of the ball by following the tides of moving players. Only my neck was dynamically active, turning my head 180 degrees fast forward; I was looking like a paranoid intruder, looking left and right at 2 seconds intervals, asking “What? Where? Who? Why?”… At such an instance, when I found myself in front of the goal of the counterparts, the ball met my feet. With an inexplicable move that I would never be able to repeat, I passed by their goalkeeper and shoot the ball towards the empty 6 square meters from 1-meter distance… and missed it…asked myself out…
After the game, when the Cup was sitting in the middle of our table between beer bottles, one of the guys mentioned that I have “deviated” excellently bypassing the goalkeeper but hurried at the shot. What? Whatiated? I was just trying to balance myself, not to fall down while running and hoping the ball will pass through the goalkeeper itself. Maybe for some, the visual wave created by the bounces of my belly could be accepted as a deviation… I am not sure if I really wanted to shoot or just aimed at defending my feet from the unidentified flying object but the intercourse between the ball and my feet has been a peaceful event from my point of view.
We won 8-3, as a strong believer of fair play I would rather refrain from mentioning any further comments (especially the ones we made right after the game). Je suis désolée.
Watch “Waltz with Bashir” or “Dead Fish” , you will not regret.
Publicat de T-Man O la marți, decembrie 08, 2009
In case we are not facebookies;
There is a new bookstore, Anthony Frost, on Calea Victorie nr 45 (former Living Store). The shop is open even on Sunday but the entrepreneurs seem to be either shy to promote or greedy to give up the books. Both options did not suit me, so I have organized a guerrilla attack and kidnapped some of the paperbacks (they have a decent comics section also). Drink one less Grande Latte and hydrate your brain with ink at the same expense.
I am not in the mood to explain the story of the paper ships I destroyed. Really cannot bother myself to tell you in details the day when our newly built head office, state-of-art office space, has been flooded by the first autumn rains of 2002.
When I entered the building, ground floor, Main Branch, was already under siege. The cashiers were brushing water out from their cages with the help of solid aluminum digit-bars of exchange rates' indicator. Branch Manager was explaining to someone the benefits of plasticized banknotes. Few clients, looking like wet ducklings, lost in the ocean, holding invoices, cash, ID's in their hands were staring around confusedly, were trying to choose whether to help the staff or to cry out loud. As an educated economist, I decided to allocate the scarce resources of the bank, thus myself, to more efficient activities and moved on, ignoring the scene. Do I look like the financier descendant of Noah?
A security guard slid one of the wheeled office chairs towards me and offered me a dry lift of 6 meters until the stairs. King Julian..
Climbing to the first floor, I realized that our colleagues did not waste any time; the little lakes throughout the corridor were occupied by a few dozen samples of navigation origami of all sizes. It was too early for me to be able to process in my mind the possibility of a crowd, otherwise dead-meat in the morning, producing so many ships from paper, seating page5 beauty of Libertatea on the board and even coloring flags. All of the ships had names... They were waiting for this, they were ready for this, scary... We have had recruited 300 adults of both genders, from lost childhoods.
The entrance of my office was after two sharp left turns at the corridor. Nervous with the water dropping on my neck through the shirt and with the unnecessary productivity of staff, I took the first turn left fast and slid.. Caution, wet floor!!!! Step-dancing to balance myself, I managed to reach the second turn, with one foot up, the other one almost off the floor. I have seen two colleagues from my department kneeled down, right after the corner, occupying every possible point where I could put one foot, any foot, safely down.
The next second was the one that I regretted not joining the ballet class in the primary school, which could have granted a more artistic landing instead of crashing my bullocks and head simultaneously on the wet floor. I managed to splash big drops of water on the praying devils.
While I was checking my own pulse and ribs, two bastards stood up and left whining, "Bai, If he wouldn't spoil it, mine would have been first", "Huh, yours couldn't even move a bit, kidding?"...
I helped myself up, with a desire to whack them and with a pain to hinder any such aggressiveness. Patting my own back to clean, I have grabbed two flattened sheets of paper; one from my buttock, one from my shoulder. Their ships...Racing Arks... A third colleague, watching the event peacefully until then, stood up and started shouting "Gabi's boat was stuck on his shoulder, so he was ahead, he won!!".. A burst of joy and celebration... I did not exist....
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WORLD TELEVISION DAY CELEBRATES THE DIVERSITY OF TV CONTENT AROUND THE GLOBE test
The topic of the 23rd edition of this global celebration is Diversity. TV offers an unmatched variety of premium films and series, trustworthy news, informative documentaries, entertaining shows and more to viewers around the world – millions of stories, just waiting to be discovered, changing the viewers' perception of the world. This premium content, available when and where they want on a multitude of TV platforms triggers the curiosity, interest and loyalty of viewers, always in a brand safe environment.
"Diversity is a critical component of a positive and vibrant society and should be seen as a richness rather than a threat. Every effort to Leave No One Behind can only contribute to a better world ", asserts Caroline Petit, Deputy Director United Nations Regional Information Centre for Europe (UNRIC).
"TV is truly entrenched in the lives of so many diverse people around the world. With millions of stories at their fingertips, viewers are invited to an endless journey of discovery. This is also the trusted environment advertisers are seeking more than ever.d – now and for many more years to come." says Katty Roberfroid, Director General, egta42 countries.
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Th– UNRIC – provides information on UN activities to 22 countries and is active on social media and websites in 13 languages. It acts as the European communication office of the United Nations and its aim is to engage and inform European citizens about global issues. It also liaises, ty, and local authorities.
TV THE 'LEAST RISKY' FORM OF ADVERTISING, FINDS NEW RESEARCH test
TV is the "least risky" form of advertising, providing the most consistent return on investment when compared to other media channels, according to new researchy don't hThe research also finds that TV has the highest 'multiplier effect' across other channels, boosting all other channels by at least 20% and the only media platform to do this. For example, TV advertising can boost performance in cinema by up to 54%; print, radio, online display and social media by 31%; and direct mail, online video, video-on-demand and outdoor by up to 22%.
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"With marketers increasingly adopting a zero-based budgeting approach, having a tool like this should provide a great evidence-based foundation on which to build their decisions."
Source: https://www.marketingweek.com/tv-least-risky-form-of-advertising/
In searching for the solution to cross-platform media measurement, the panel essentially described the problems in even reaching a solution. Paul LeFort, a senior vice president at Nielsen, noted, "No one solution will work in the long-term." But he believes that comparable metrics matter. "The interesting push in the past few months is the impressions-based approach," he stated. "Impressions remove friction in the process. If we only use ratings, then we lose portions of our audience."
with "a combination of panel and other data.""W" she asked. "We need a holistic view because the market doesn're."
The barrier to a holistic solution is a not technical one, Subramanyam added. "It is will or leadership. We need to think bigger and have more cooperation. We need a fluid ecosystem. The tech [is] easy but getting it done [is] not."
Frank Comerford, president of NBC Local Media Commercial Operations, and chief revenue officer and president, commercial operations, for NBCU Local Media, listed a range of challenges. "Is a small panel accurately reflecting the audience we have?" he asked. "Is a big data set reflecting our audience?" Comerford explained that if viewers aren't in the right places in the data set, it will produce the wrong information. In addition, he said, "with a big data sample, there are walled gardens that are marking their own homework."
Panels have both advantages and shortcomings. "Panels provide a fundamental source of truth," Subramanyam noted. ""
"Panels can't strive for behavioral, but can strive for the demographic," Comerford added.
Nielsen's LeFort believes that it is, ultimately, up to the advertiser — "if the advertiser is happy about what they have spent to get their results." The good news, he explained, is "TV and digital are not as far apart as we pretend it is." They are complementary. "It is not TV versus digital."
Subramanyam concurred, "We are here to service the marketer and we need a healthy, transparent market. There are lots of initiatives at work and a combination of them will lead to a new standard." But, she added, "consensus in standardization across media is essential. And people have to get comfortable in getting their data out there."
Measurement solutions should be a part of tracking attribution and there is a lot of experimentation going on in this area. "[At CBS,] we start by experimenting on ourselves and then offer the solutions to our marketers," Subramanyam noted. "Attribution, specifically in digital, is still in the early stages. It tends to be versions of last click. But there are lots of experiments."
For NBC' """The good news is that we are all talking," nd a "robust and positive discussion."
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THE AGE OF SHOPPABLE TV ADS, ON A MASS SCALE, HAS ARRIVED test
After testing shoppable ads starting back in May, in linear programming including "Today" (Walmart), the French Open (Lacoste), the Tour de France (Zwift) and "Songland" (Roli), NBCU is rolling out the QSR-driven format across its lifestyle and unscripted programming.
The ShoppableTV technology, created with an undisclosed tech company, looks simple because it's so simple for the viewer to use. But this live capability is a major leap beyond previous TV/ecommerce methods like adding shoppable links in video.
When a QSR code pops up on the screen during what NBCU has dubbed "on-air shoppable moments," viewers need only point their smartphone cameras at the code. They are then connected via a link to the sponsor's ecommerce site to make the purchase.
Sometimes the show's host plugs the "shoppable moment" and explains how to buy the product using the code; in other cases, it's just an alert on the screen.
NBCU had earlier reported that its "Today" test of the ads (shown above) inspired 50,000 viewers to link to a "Steals and Deals" site featured on the show and generated six figures in sales. Now it's reporting that, having reached tens of millions of viewers with the shoppable ads, it's seeing an average conversion rate that is nearly 30% above the general industry ecommerce rate. The ads are also said to be driving 10% growth on social media.
Back in May, Josh Feldman, EVP, head of marketing and advertising creative, declared that NBCU is "moving fully away from GRP selling to providing business outcomes" with ShoppableTV"
It's no news that advertisers are increasingly demanding attribution and hard, measurable results — and on that score, you certainly can't beat direct sales.
And viewers?
Obviously, lots of people are addicted to TV shopping channels, lots of national, ecommerce-based brands (not just steak knives) are now finding it cost-effective to use TV ads as part of their marketing mix, and lots of people already opt to respond to ads in YouTube and other platforms' videos.
For example, Hulu, working with Brightline, began offering live shoppable ad units, including dynamic ad insertion during the available two minutes of ad time in cable networks, a couple of years ago. Personalized, location-based overlays enable buying tickets for local movie theaters, or ordering from a restaurant or retailer, through connected TVs, Multichannel News reported in 2017.
But isn't there potential for alienating at least some viewers by interrupting the traditional mass, linear TV experience with QSR codes and alerts urging them to grab their phones and buy something? Will none of the rabid fans watching "Sunday Night Football" or talk shows find it annoying, if not objectionable, to have this form of advertising added to the load of standard ads in their programs?
As you might already have guessed, given the earlier mention of shoppable ads on Hulu and NBCU's coming Peacock streaming service — which will have an ad-supported tier, and is rumored to be considering carrying linear channels at some point — the NBCU execs confirmed that they're already "experimenting" with how shoppable ads might be used on other devices, including connected TVs. On CTV, the ads "might incorporate more interactions with the remote," notes TechCrunch.
My guess? Shoppable ads in linear will thrill shopaholics; be noticed initially and then accepted, reluctantly, as part of the price of "free" TV by others; and drive some to pay for options (or more options) that allow them to avoid the growing number of ads and ad formats on traditional linear2592/the-age-of-shoppable-tv-ads-on-a-mass-scale-has.html
AN INDEPENDENT ASSOCIATION OF TELEVISION BROADCASTERS WILL BE ESTABLISHED IN 2020 IN SLOVAKIA test
There will be a structural change in(ANRTS) at the beginning of 2020. While television and radio stations are planning to continue collaborating on all relevant media topics, in the future there will be various formal institutions representing both types of media. Commercial television stations decided to establish an independent Association of Television Broadcasters, whose founding members include Markíza-Slovakia, s.r.o., Mac TV, s.r.o. a C.E.N., s.r.o., similar to the Association of Commercial Television (AKTV) in the Czech Republic.
The Association of television broadcasters intends to focus upon the legislation of television broadcasting, copyrights, and the formation of a Slovak television market so that these processes are in compliance with European audiovisual legislature. Additionally, it will promote a correct market environment in Slovakia and free economic competition. One of the Association's key goals remains protection of free speech and free spread of information via television broadcasting. The Association is also planning a close coordination with its Czech partners.
"The Association of Television Broadcasters has a lot of work ahead, but also visions which will guide us to a future meaningful development of television broadcasting. Today nobody doubts that television as a medium is changing and provides many options to choose from. To be able to do that it needs not only energy and investments but, most of all, good legislature and a transparent space to implement its plans," said Marcel Grega, JOJ Group's CEO and President of ANRTS.
"Private radio will continue in protecting its interests via the existing Association and we are ready to continue mutual constructive collaboration in the areas that connect us and in which we see mutual interest," said Ivan Antala, CEO of Radio Express and Vice-President of ANRTS's Radio section.
MEDIA INDUSTRY LAUNCHES TV CHARTER FOR "RESPONSIBLE AND TRANSPARENT" AD MEASUREMENT test
Launched with support by The Global TV Group, the charter has been signed by most of egta's 155 member sales houses in over 42 countries, along with trade bodies such as Screenforce, Thinkboc, ThinkTV and the VAB.
A release from egta says that the charter "ay," adding that it serves to remind advertisers that they must meet the brand safety demands
Malin Häger, President of egta and sales manager and chief commercial officer at TV4 Sales said: "In a "
Source: https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2019/10/21/industry-launches-tv-charter-for-responsible-and-transparent-ad-measurement/
PARADOX: STREAMING WARS WILL BE GREAT FOR TV ADVERTISERS test
We're in the midst of the streaming wars, as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu and a host of smaller players like Tubi, Fubo and CBS All Access fight to win new streaming video subscribers.
The battle is escalating, with new entrants from Disney (Disney+), AT&T's WarnerMedia (HBOMax), Apple (TV+) and Comcast/NBCUniversal (Peacock).
All of them want lots of sign-ups, and they want them fast. Their products are coming to market priced to sell, aiming to separate viewers from their legacy pay TV packages. Collectively, theseoriginal shows and movies.
If they are successful, it would be bad for the television industry, right? And for TV advertising in particular, since less viewership means fewer eyeballs to sell?
Paradoxically, I don't think it will be bad at all. In fact, it're's why:
Little or no ad load from new streaming subs. Netflix, Prime and a chunk of Hulu don't have ads. Neither will Disney+, HBOMax and Apple's streaming products. Since lack of ads will be a real selling point in all of these services, we're not likely to see ad loads in these services any time soon.
Much of America can't access streaming services. It'ica don't Unlimited content, fixed wallets. Streaming services are a luxury. The number of folks who have the discretionary income to buy them isn't unlimited. 40 million Americans participated in the food stamps program last year.
Over-the-air TV is free to all. Low-cost bundles from cable or satellite are in many lower-income homes, where people watch lots of ad-supported TV. While those folks don't buy as much as wealthier populations, they do spend a lot on food, cars, phones, insurance, gasoline, etc.
Since the bulk of the services coming out don't have much ad support, OTT streaming services won't add much relative ad load to replace what iinear TV will lose due to audience erosion.
As we have seen over the past few years, declining ratings for top TV shows have been offset by higher prices on a cost-per-thousand basis for spots on those shows. That's how the market operates.
Thus, linear TV viewership losses to streaming services that aren't accompanied by comparable ad load growth by those services means TV ad dollars will largely stay on TV, and will be priced higher. A bit paradoxical, for sure — but the likely reality, just as sure.
Source: https://themediaonline.co.za/2019/10/paradox-streaming-wars-will-be-great-for-tv-advertisers/
THE GOLDEN AGE… OF COMPLEXITY: REDUCING FRICTION IN THE TV ADVERTISING ECOSYSTEM test
For media companies, the path forward isn't easy. It means pivoting to new business models while, in parallel, maximizing the value of the core legacy business. And, simultaneously, it means navigating the challenges of convergence not just within a company's own walls, but also in collaboration with peers and traditional competitors across the industry. If brand marketers can execute in a consistent way with the major tech platformthe same across television. However hard the path forward, the vision of "television as a platform" should be viewed as a strategic imperative if the industry is going to successfully grow share relative to those looking to disrupt it.
Although we're still in the early stages of what will be a multiyear transformation, the good news is the industry is making progress. From FreeWheel's vantage point, this progress is centered on addressing three core pillars that set the foundation for brand marketers looking for quality scale, sophisticated campaign targeting, and simplicity of execution:
Moreover, initiatives such as On Addressability are helping to bring household-level addressability to linear TV, as well as drthat recognize the need for consistency of standards and operating protocols necessary to enable scale. In a similar vein of collaboration, OpenAP is improving the simplicity and scale of audience executions across both linear and digital video for major programmers, including Fox , Viacom , and NBCU.
Our sell-side clients recognize the opportunity to maximize yield by enabling their direct-sold business to compete with demand, executed through programmatic pipes, all while ensuring the necessary controls, transparency, and television-level compliance. This means unifying decisioning between direct-sold and programmatic natively in the ad server, solving not only for digital video executions, but also setting the technology foundation for linear in the future. We are already seeing positive results on unified ad management, including our work with A&E , among other pilot clients, and remain focused on programmatic solutions that solve for the unique nature of premium video.
Our mission since day one has been enabling unified advertising management across all screens and all sales channels. It's still our mission today. As an industry, we are collectively solving hard problems that have not existed before. While we sit at a crossroads, we have a genuine opportunity to create a healthy, balanced video ecosystem that benefits all constituents.
Source: https://www.mediavillage.com/article/the-golden-age-of-complexity-reducing-friction-in-the-tv-advertising-ecosystem/
DON'T CHANGE THE CHANNEL: TV IN ALL ITS FORMS IS KEY TO REACHING YOUR AUDIENCE test
The reality is that TV is evolving and should be seen as total video. The lines are blurring when you define what it is, from traditional linear broadcast TV, live streaming or VoD. It doesn't matter what you call it, TV can now be any kind of video content.
We consumers live in the golden age of television. But for marketers, it can be overwhelming. An increasingly fragmented video landscape and novel watching behaviours across devices are prompting marketers to endlessly (and exhaustingly) question and reevaluate their media spend.
The main thing to remember, however, is that it's a golden age of video for marketers, too.
Source: https://www.v-net.tv/2019/10/04/dont-change-the-channel-tv-in-all-its-forms-is-key-to-reaching-your-audience-2/
NETWORKS, TV STATIONS EYE NEW WAYS TO MEASURE ALL THE VIEWERS OF THEIR CONTENT test
With audiences becoming consumers of video that streams from a panoply of screens, maneuvers to measure them are becoming commonplace. In recent weeks, local TV stations have declared they intend to stop using traditional ratings to account for viewership of their programming, vowing instead to rely on total viewer impressions, which count all ways a show is consumed, linear or otherwise. Indeed, both NBCUniversal and Hearst have announced that their stations have already made the change, with other groups intending to follow suit between now and 2020. Meanwhile, national TV expects to introduce "out-of-home" audiences —
"Some of our views are here, and some are over here, and some are here," t
of commercial operations for NBCU's owned- and-operated TV stations, referring to the different ways audiences can watch programs. "For us to really reflect that accurately, we need to count all of those different things."
In these days of multiple screens, some local TV programs don't generate the audience size that would guarantee a ratings point. And yet, as advertisers use "programmatic" technology and brews of data to find clusters of firsrs, size may matter less — as long as advertisers can put their commercials in front of clusters of viewers more likely to be interested in their pitch.
Source: https://variety.com/2019/biz/news/networks-tv-stations-count-viewers-1203349757/
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Abstract: The aim of this paper is to evaluate empirically the impact of the regional trade agreements of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on bilateral trade flows between SIDS and other member countries at the aggregated and disaggregated level over the period 1962?2014. We focused our estimates on raw materials due to their strong concentration in the trade specialization of most SIDS. Based on a panel data structural gravity model, we find a heterogeneous effect of these regional trade agreements on intra-zone trade flows for SIDS. These results vary depending on the type of trade agreement (non-reciprocal, reciprocal), the stage of development of trading partners (North-South, South-South), and the products in question. Trade integration through these trade agreements seems to have a mixed impact on the intra-zone raw materials trade of SIDS.
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Theology on Tap this month will be on Thursday, June 26th (Topic: Angels and Demons; Speaker: Fr. Mark Clarke). If you are interested in attending and want to carpool, please let us know. Just like we always do, we will meet at Freddy's (281 & Thousand Oaks) to carpool at 5:30pm (to eat dinner early) and depart around 6:00pm. If you would like to just meet us at Blue Star Brewery, the talk will start at 7:30pm and we can save you a seat.
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Matthew Broderick stars as Clark Kellogg, a film student who is about to get an education more exciting than any movie he's ever seen.
A schoolgirl's accusation of sexual assault triggers a scandal in a wealthy Florida yachting enclave.
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We can help you answer questions that face most business owners. Should I purchase or lease?Should I pay cash or finance?Should I pay this bill now or later?What does my Profit & Loss Statement mean?What does my Balance Sheet tell me?
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William Heath Robinson an exhibition by W. Heath Robinson
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Nature Is The Great Illusion
From Catherine to Khrushchev
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Local man charged with trying to strangle girlfriend
A Marshalltown man stands accused of dragging a local woman down a flight of stairs, throwing her onto a bed and attempting to strangle her.
Police arrested Lashawn Scates, 27, Monday morning after he allegedly assaulted a woman with whom he is involvee officer charged Scates with attempted strangulation domestic assault, an aggravated misdemeanor.
Police questioned the victim at the Marshalltown Police Department after being dispatched to the Kum & Go on North Third Avenue following the assault. The victim then sought medical attention at Marshalltown Medical & Surgical Center where she was treated and released, Hanken said.
The officer found Scates at the house on the 700 block of North Fifth Avenue where the attack allegedly occurred and brought him in for questioning. He was subsequently charged.
According to the police report, Scates admitted spending the night with the victim but denied the assault.
On Monday, Holly Dea Hoskins, 510 W. Church St., was cited for rabies vaccination violation and kennels and breeding of dogs.
On Monday, Jose Marcos Vazquez-Medina, 118 N. 2nd St. Apt. #2urglary-first degree.
On Monday, Lashawn Doncel Spates, 9 E. Grant St., was arrested for domestic assault-strangulation.
On Tuesday, Bruno Kossi-Alomenyo Banissan, 405 Sharon Ave, Jasen William Burton, 311 1/2 S. 3rd tampering with a vehicle.
On Monday, Lashawn ScKo Soe, 402 N. 2nd St., reported the theft of a Samsung Metro cell phone, personal papers, a camera charger and battery and an HP laptopTuesday, Danielle Renee Palmer, 1956 Underwood Ave., reported scratch damage to the front hood and driver side door on a 2001 Ford Ranger while parked at 201 N. 2nd Ave. Estimated value of damage was $250.
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I guess I better not slack off on T13s anymore. You are slowly catching up to me. My Thursday 13 #44 is up. It is the 13 Really Really Bad Movies Edition. Stop by if you get a chance. And feel free to kick your shoes off!
2. Yes, all thru high school, and right now, as a matter of fact!
5. Yup, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go!
12. hahaha mine's on a much smaller scale...
I did the tongue on the aluminum ice tray once...
I wonder who wonders about these things?
Love #12, me and hubby had a good laugh!Have you seen the video called 'Epicenter'?
On the "KnowZone Days" here in Indy, I purposefully want to do the opposite of what they say...
Wait...was that TMI for a comment?
For the record, I believe that the earth is in a somewhat natural cycle of warming. But I also believhow rapidly the earth is warming. I don't think we can reverse it because it's natural, and I don't know if we can slow it down by living more "green". But it seems a worthy effort to try and curb pollution, doesn't it?
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administered by NGASD is available to all South Dakota Guardsmen. It is Group Term Life Insurance and supplements the SGLI program. This insurance program was started by NGASD over 30 years ago and covered South Dakota Guardsmen long before the US Government allowed Guardsmen to participate in SGLI program. This insurance is underwritten by American Equity Investment Life Insurance Co of Des Moines, IA.
Money paid back each year to the Officers and Enlisted Associations.
This program is provided by the Officers Association and the Enlisted Association of SD. I strongly encourage all members to be involved in these two Associations. DAVID BURR, Administrator, 605-569-6860, [email protected].
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curiosity and reponsibility, on behalf of college and law students; that’s insulting
- She (mis)characterizes the attitudes of a portion of the legal profession (sometimes just
Below are some specific responses to Sherry’s complaints (do not assume
Who the heck is “we”? I don’t know one lawyer who says this, nor one law
children hoping to put off career choices, and their desperate parents, and claims
That being said, who can deny that there are many, many, many things that can
** We suggest that they go to the very best school that they can. Even though we know
that they won’t learn how to practice law there. (We don’t mention that.)
Jeremy says in his post that he’s writing tongue-in-cheek, and he admits learning
2) Unless a law student knows the exact job she or he will be getting right upon
concept. The more regional or national a school is, the more impractical the task
far more about human beings, rather than more about the nuts-n-bolts of producing
the law schools could do to improve the legal profession would be
a crusade to improve the liberal arts education of lawyers. (at 135
of The Betrayed Profession)
4) Don’t most lawyers leave law school able to think, issue-spot, research,
brainstorm, listen, and speak “like a (new) lawyer”? Isn’t that a lot of what it
takes to practice law?
people apply to law school without knowing about the large debt? Hardly.
Programs? Don’t they wonder why those programs are needed? At what
They don’t? Not even at the very top and bottom of the scale? More
important: What’s the alternative?
** We act as though grades are a great predictor of the likelihood that a student will be a
productive worker and a good lawyer.
dollars of debt to get a degree that will force them into a type of practice that, statistics show,
depressed profession. Here are a few of the books:
What the Profession Does to Them (1991) by Richard W. Moll
Ju1997) by Jeffrey
he
Legal Profession (3rd. ed. 2003) by Deborah Arron
Before, During & After Law School (2004) by Deborah Schneider
In addition to Prof. Schiltz’s 2001 article, there’s some pretty good materials online
(found after a quick search on a Saturday night) . For starters, Northeastern Illinois
school (and then makes some points a lot of “us” have been making for years). The
“I want to be a lawyer. (If you don’t know what that means, go
of on careers in law. . . . But ultimately, law school is just that—three years
not defending the state of the legal profession, and I’m not saying young
lawyers have no right to speak out in order to create a better workplace
themselves to blame if they are surprised by what they find or how they
values and how they fit within the profession. This needs to be done well
before someone spends $150,000 on your education and you commit three
initiative and do the personal and profession development “homework.” The
best strategy for those choosing private law firms (especially the largest ones)
is to live well below your income while you try out your first job (or two), so that
your options are as open as possible. You snap those golden handcuffs on
know that BigLaw (and often, BoutiqueLaw) jobs come with grinding work-
loads that will wreck havoc with their personal lives. Seen any Grisham
movies lately? The profession has been issuing reports on this topic for a long
time. It is no secret and the tradeoff is gladly and knowingly embraced by many
Of course, the problem is not billable hours per se — that’s just one method of
adding up fees due from clients. Changing the billing method will mean nothing
if the target income to be generated by each associate is not significantly reduced.
[see chronomentrophobia, and Schiltz] Law firm greed — often matched by the
Am I asking too much of law school applicants and law students, or is Sherry
not willing to do the homework it takes to know yourself and the profession before choosing
it, either look elsewhere for a career choice or forfeit the right to whine about it later.
If you think that “we” need to be more direct, I offer some frank words from NYU ethics
professor Stephen Gillers (quoted in The Betrayed Profession, by Sol Linowitz, at 137,
“Once it may have paid to be an intellectual and a professional. Now
it pays to be technically proficient. When I was in law school I was
finding the facts that supported your client and trying to keep the facts that
harmed him away from your opponents. I felt a discontinuity. I must tell
finding a place in the law worthy of the energies of an intelligent and selfless
these issues, I’ve copied below (after the haiku) parts of two conversation threads about debt-choices and the
struts like a peacock…
David: This is an issue I wish you would think and write more about, Sherry, because I’m viewing it from a different generation’s perspective and want to hear yours. Students enter law school knowing about the debt that will follow, and merely assume that things will work out fine, given the anticipated stream of income. Most went for the big bucks and expect to obtain them. Perhaps some reality testing prior to law school would help.
to society…
strutting sparrows
Yes, there are lots of things a lawyer cannot afford, if she or he wants to do public interest or public service law, or even wants to try new models of offering legal services as an entrepreneur. (Also, that lawyer may need to find a mate who can accept the consequences.) If you snap on those handcuffs in your 20’s, don’t kid yourself that they will ever come off. There will always be another level of spending that is “necessary,” after the debt is paid off — bigger home in the right neighborhood (with bathrooms for everyone), tuition for the right schools for the kids, ski trips, more and better cars, ad nauseum et ad infinitum.
Foy cfrom Come Join Our Chat About Lawyer Snobbery (September 19, 2003)
Another Dave:t
bYou now know that we teachers spoke the truth when we told you that we could do no more than prepare you for a lifetime of self education.
We passed on the culture mainly by sowing seeds. But the real game the discovery of self and a sense of purpose, of proportion was always yours, when you sat here in rows, and when, in the years since, you have faced into the headwinds, at times fierce
on the meaning of life . . . the crunch
from Almost Unseen (2000)
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A selection of articles about things we care about.
Digital asset management for heritage and culture needs to work for, and items that were 'born digital'.
This article is an extract from “Productivity - Doing it right, a handbook for business and organisation”, it illustrates the need for digital asset management in the context of risk & productivity and hence the case for a positive ROI.
What is video metadata? For storage, cataloguing and retrieval purposes, video metadata is most commonly associated with the meta-content.
Whether a system is hosted internally or in the cloud it will usually be necessary to be able to block or restrict access for unauthorised users, or limit what they can see and do.
Software as a Service (SaaS) means that instead of buying digital asset management as an outright purchase and installing it locally, it can instead be provided as a single program instance via the internet.
iBase are r(ICO),very heart of why digital asset management systems are so important is the rate at which the number of assets that need to be managed by any organisation relentlessly grows day by day.
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Menu Description: "A seasoned, a stack of thin crisp onion ringsweet hickory spread. Served with a side of BBQ sauce."
With 1527 restaurants across the country, Denny's is on top aSure, the chain's famous for its Grand Slam Breakfasts, but Denny's menu is filled with tasty choices for grub way past breakfast time. One such item is this chicken sandwich built with grilled chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, Cheddar cheese, crispy onion rings, and a secret sweet hickory spread.
Sweet Hickory Spread
1/8 teaspoon hickory salt - OR -
1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon liquid hickory smoke
Crunchy Onion Rings (see Tidbits)
Bull's-Eye Original Barbecue Sauce
1. Prepare sweet hickory spread d 1 cup minced onion and saute for 7 to 10 minutesto medium/low and add 2 teaspoons of flour and stir until the flour is mixed in. Let this simmer for a minute or two, then add molasses, water, vinegar, and hickory salt. If you can't find hickory salt, replace it with 1/8 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon liquid hickory smoke. Simmer sauce for 4 tocover.
2. Make the crunchy onion rings by pouring milk into a large bowl. Combine the flour, salt, and black pepper in another bowl. Dip onion rings in the flour mixture first, then into the milk and back into the flour. Arrange all of the coated rings on a plate to rest while you heat up 2 cups canola oil in a large saucepan over medium/low heat (you can also use a deep fryer for this step, just use the amount of oil required by the fryer manufacturer and set the temperature to 375 degrees F). Test the oil by dropping in a pinch of flour. It should bubble. When the oil is hot, fry a handful of onion rings at a time in the oil until golden brown (3 to 5 minutes). Drain them on paper towels.
3. To cook the chicken, preheat a saute or griddle pan over medium heat. Pound your chicken with a kitchen mallet so that it has a uniform thickness of about 1/2 inch (it will plump a bit as you cook it), then trim any excess meat away that would hang off the sandwich. Rub each chicken breast with some vegetable oil, then sprinkle each breast with salt and a pinch of pepper. Grill chicken breast fillets for 4 to 6 minutes per side until done.
4. As your chicken cooks, spread a little melted butter on the faces of your two hamburger buns and toast the faces of the buns on another pan or griddle set to medium heat until light brown.
7. Arrange two tomato slices on the lettuce on each sandwich.
8. Stack the grilled chicken breast on the tomato slices.
10. Stack a handful of crunchy onion rings on the sandwich, then Tidbits: You can skip step
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St Patrick's Day March 17th
that he wrote. These are the only written accounts that exist from that
"Letter to Coroticus." The Confession, recounts his own call to convert the Irish and attempts to justify his mission to an unsympathetic British audience.
And the "Letter to Coroticus," who is apparently an Irish warlord whom
a preacher but doesn't tell us much else.
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shepherd until he escaped six years later.
Though Patrick's writings tell us little in terms of names and dates,
been decades, probably centuries, before Ireland was converted.
Not surprisingly, his own experience in captivity left Patrick with a
virulent hatred of the institution of slavery, and he would later become
against it.
found for anyone disadvantaged or living on the fringes of society.
women as individuals.
As recounted in the Confession, most of the major events in
usually simple, almost self-explanatory, but they were also very vivid
and carried enormous emotional impact with Patrick.. (Patrick was
The inadvertent results of his conversion of Ireland, however, were
Finally, Patrick gave the Irish himself, knowingly, willingly, joyfully,
1,500 years later, just a little easier.
sitting in judgment on the Irish.
Anita McGurn McSorley, associate editor of The Leaven, newspaper of
the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas.
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One piece of equipment can have both a nameplate and a graphic overlay. Both have to remain legible and intact — without fading, peeling or tearing —Here, we’ll walk you through the types of graphic overlays and interface systems, and outline what OEMs need to consider when designing graphic overlays for their equipment. UV, extreme temperatures, humidity, and moisture all threaten to degrade and shorten the useful life of the membrane switch. Ask Pannam to recommend an overlay material that will best withstand these conditions. Contact Dyna-Graphicsfor more information on our rigid control panel overlays for yourindustrial control panelneeds, orrequest a quotetoday. A graphic overlay displays the cosmetic portion of the assembly such as color, text display windows, key functions, etc. . From texture and thickness options to full color printing and color matching, IP Tech has it all. Bovie’s team of specialists work withr graphic overlays.
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respect the customers’ private space. Threatening or harassing clients with numerous bombardment of reminders is a Big NO NO. Having the right tone and the right frequency to convey your message irrespective of the channel to connect is the prime factor. Now there are many hurdles on the way of making the right connections.
With numerous apps like Truecaller etc available in the market to track callers, people often put the agents or reps into a blocklist or stop taking unnecessary calls. Staying connected via emails is not everyone’s cup of tea. A layman businessman who took up a loan to support his family might not check his emails on a daily basis. After all the retorts, what seems feasible and easiest to engage with a larger set of people instantly are SMS reminders.
When can an SMS save your life?
SMS is one of the critical requirements of debt management software. The purpose of sending an SMS is to send a reminder for PTP. In case the customer is busy when tried via calls, the organization wants to inform the customer that they tried reaching and the number was busy.SMS reminders can be sent manually or automatically depending upon the business’s need. The agents can either directly click and send a templatized reminder right from the CRM or can send an automatic reminder message to all the customers who promised to pay tomorrow. Just after the shift ends. Automation can be imbibed in to trigger SMS to all the customers who didn’t pick the call.SMS help in reaching maximum clients in minimal time by letting agents send bulk messages in a single instance.
Now before going ahead, let’s look into a few use cases and some standard quick templates for SMS reminders in a debt recovery software:
- Loan Due Date Reminder
- Payment Plan Reminder
Despite several reminders, your loan balance is still outstanding. Please contact us to repay the loan or arrange a payment plan. Quick Loans Ltd.
- Unpaid Invoice Reminder
We have not received payment for invoice <InvoiceNumber>, dated <Date>. Please contact us on <XYZCollectNumber> immediately. Quick Loans Ltd.
An intelligent strategy is to put in the right amount of resources in all the channels to ripe in the best benefits. As per a McKinsey survey, application of efficient & effective collections strategies on high-risk accounts can decrease collection losses by half from the accounts which are at high risk of charge offs. SMS plays a major role in collections but turning a blind eye to other channels i.e. calls or emails won’t be a smart way of communication. A debt collection software with a combination of channels working in the right direction can help you boost your bottom line and reduce your efforts. Automated, intelligent, omnichannel communication is the way to go for the collection of every penny. Now that you are aware of the key factors to take care of, get set to modernize your debt collection with a smarter outrh 9mm Luger AmmunitionThis is 9mm 147 grain FMC ammo from Magtech. These rounds are perfect for the range and suppressed firearms. If you use heavier grain 9mm ammo for your personal protection rounds, this ammo will be great for your practice sessions.
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For most employers,ruling does not change any of the effective dates or reforms affecting employers that were enacted in the Affordable Care Act in 2010 In the years since then, most employers have been engaged in studying and initiating procedures for rolling in the changes. The ruling makes clear that this time was well spent, as those procedures should all be put into place in upcoming years.
In the decision’s initial discussion of the individual mandate, Chief Justice Roberts voted with the most conservative members, Justices Scalia, Thomas and Alito, along with Justice Kennedy, to declare unconstitutional underlause.
But Chief Justice Roberts then voted with the most liberal members, Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan, that the same provision was a constitutional exercise of Congress’ powers to tax and spend. This vote saved the mandate, and the Affordable Care Act in its entirety, because they also determined — to the great dismay of the dissenters — that the constitutional parts of the Affordable Care Act survived the ruling that other parts were invalid.
On the Medicaid expansion, seven of the Justices agreed that the expansion, as enacted in the Affordable Care Act, was unconstitutional. The two dissenters were Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor. But there was only one unconstitutional part: a requirement that the expansion cSo Justice Roberts and the four liberal Justices saved the Medicaid expansion by voting 5–4 that it became constitutional
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the stance taken by the US Federal Reserve.
Meanwhile, she also said that the retirement pension charges that are poised to rise by 15% next year should be looked at from a wider perspective.
“This does not bode well for tax collection or domestic demand. There is a need then to boost wages through a boost in productivity to facilitate domestic demand and tax collections,” Rosario said.
At the same event, sesaid contingent liabilities by the government are backed by sound assets and companies.
“There may be some pressure by contingent liabilities by the government but those entities that the government provides guarantees for are all strong and credible ones which can pay off their dues.
“Although there is pressure but there is no worry in terms of default,” Irwan said.
“Some of the industries are too reliant on foreign workers.
Najib’s government spent 1.1 billion ringgit ($275 million) to raise salaries for civil servants last month — the biggest rise since 2013 — and increased their minimum starting pay to 1,200 ringgit a month. Like in previous years, public employees received a 500 ringgit special allowance just before the Eid al-Fitr holidays in July, a celebration marking the end of the Muslim fasting month.
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“Government bureaucracy has grown so big that it’s not only taking up too much resources but creating many failures in our finance economy. There are just too many rules and regulations that the public and private sector have to live with,” he told a delegation of economists, politicians and government officials at the Malaysian Economic Association’s forum on public sector governance.
“It may cost the Government a heavy expenditure now but it is worthwhile to do it now while we can still afford it and not until we are forced into a financial crisis like Greece.
Mohd Sheriff, who is also former
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However, all of the songs in Coeli's debut EP "Here Today" are some of the few that just wrap me in a hug whenever I listen to them. There are simply no other words for it!
Coeli, pronounced as "chelly," is OPM's newest rising artist. Not only does she play the cello (I mean, who even does nowadays?), she also writes her own songs and sings beautifully (and she also has orange hair!). Her debut EP includes 4 touching tracks, with full-bodied instrumentals and vocals, that are sure to help you get through just about anything life throws your way. Below is a list of which tracks to listen to and when (tried and tested, promise!
When you've been asking yourself, "ano ba tayo?"
A pretty witty play on words, this song tackles the super-relatable question that most of us ask ourselves whenever we feel ourselves falling for someone. Coeli sings a lighthearted yet bittersweet song of our inner monologues, "bakit pa tayo malilito at mawawala kung isa lang naman ang pupuntahan?"
Yup, it's about to get real here!My personal fave song of the EP, "Puno" is what Coeli calls her personal lullaby– it's a beautiful song of refuge and peace. Whenever I listen to it, I just feel like Coeli's right beside me, comforting me (borderline creepy, I know, but you'll get me!hey must not have heard "Here Today" yet!
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I recently picked up All Natural from my library. Delightful non-fiction, if you're looking for that sort of thing.
Just started reading/listening to Gone Girl from Audible - love it so far!
They also have a free trial if you want to test it out :)
Am I the only one who hated that book?
Nope. I will never get those hours back that I spent reading the book. I did not find one likable character in the entire book. And they are making it into a movie.
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children in the Jewish religion. The former consist primarily of the intermarried with a number of non-married who presumably were once intermarried. On most measures of Jewish engagement, those raising children Jewish but not in the Jewish religion report scores very similar to those with no children. Rather than complicate matters and exclude parents of no-religion Jewish children, we include them in the “Jewish children” category. However, we need to recognize that those raising their children in the Jewish religion score even higher on the Jewish engagement indicators than the more embracing category reported in the table.
- Marshall Sklare, “Intermarriage and the Jewish Future,” (1964) reprinted in Jonathan Sarna, ed., Observing America’s Jews: Marshall Sklare (Waltham, MA.: Brandeis University Press, 1993).
- Fishman, Double Or Nothing?, op. cit.
-); Cord: Oxford University Press, 2011);,” Association for Jewish Studies paper, Los Angeles, 2002; Harriet Hartman and Ira Sheskin, “The Influence of community context and individual characteristics on Jewish identity: A 21-community study,” North American Jewish Data Bank 24-25 (50) (2011): 60.
- Michelle Shan Fishman, Love, Marriage, and Jewish Families, op. cit., summarizes the recent demographic studies and adds qualitative voices in her analysis. </s> Based on the above video, it would appear that His Barackness still has a few things to cross off the old To-Do List. To be fair, he was in the middle of the “Trust Building” phase of his great sales pitch when this video was made. If he were a man and the American people were a woman, this video would be one of his Immaculate Pick-Up Lines. “Hey, if you come home with me, I’ll create 5 million jobs for you. You’re so pretty.”
Things didn’t exactly work in his favor as far as those particular promises went. Barack Obama now finds himself in a position where higher gas prices help him and hurt him at the same time and his little liberal mind is racing in such a way that instantly visible graying can now be seen where the American Crown will eventually sit. (Assuming he gets a few more laws to turn their backs on his ego.) High gas-prices help create a need that the Obama Administration desperately needs in that it causesis line of thinking goes a long way toward securing forgiveness for the billions of dollars he and Energy Secretary Chu have basically taken from us and then packed into a Chevy Volt full of highly flammable materials. If he can get his media buddies to support him until the Chevy Volt and other battery powered crap-coaches are the only form of transportation America can choose, then he’ll look like a genius. In fact, the Business and Media Institutat the three major networks ran 4 times as many stories in the month leading up to April 24, 2008 than they have in the month leading up to February 20, 2012. The importance of those two dates is that they mark the days when national gas prices hit an average of $3.56 per gallon. The difference is that the earlier one occurred during Bush’s Presidency. The differences are not limited to quantity of reports either. The tone of the reports was remarkably different too.
In 2008, the stories were more personal. They focused on the personal impact high gas prices were having on American People. Businesses were closing, children were starving, and there were tears on the news. In fact, I think I remember seeing a story on MSNBC back in 2008 where one of their anchors had to eat her own cat in order to afford a tank of gas that week. (I may be “mis-remembering” a few details of that story.) Today, the stories have a much more matter-of-fact feel to them. No emotion, just facts.
While Obama may steadfastly believe his own tired rhetoric about gas prices being the result of Republican based shenanigans, the argument simply fails under the scrutiny of logic. There are plenty of things that could be done TODAY to reduce the fear that is driving up the one expense in which we ALL share the burden of responsibility. Domestic energy producers are scared right now. They’re scared to succeed. Their reward for success has been fiscal punishment under the Obama Administration. In fact. here you go, Mr. President…..I’ll write you a speech that you could use this afternoon to reduce the price at the pump. I only give you this strategy because I know for a fact that your liberal supporters will never allow you to implement it’s inherent genius.
“My fellow Americ…..um…..good afternoon, loyal subjects. I’m here today to bestow upon you more of my brilliance. (Pause for Beatle-esque appreciation)
You know, Michelle and I are regular people just like all of you. When you suffer, you can rest assured that we’re suffering right alongside you. I mean, Michelle had to leave two of her twenty four personal assistants behind when she flew to Aspen for her “fair share” of taxpayer funded skiing recently. (Pause for sympathetic applause) Tough times, y’all. I get it. Here’s what Papa Barry’s going to do for you though.
First of all, I’m committing right here and now to support responsible domestic drilling. Electric cars are a good idea but one that the American people will accept when they’re ready, not when I force them down their throats. I know the brains of my liberal brethren are literally shutting down right now but I’m serious. There are obviously some pretty serious and legitimate environmental concerns to contend with but you know what? The American people don’t want another BP disaster. The American energy companies don’t want the expense that BP just paid and they sure as heck don’t want the knee-jerk reactions of politicians like myself. I know it goes against everything I’ve ever preached, but let’s face it….I have ZERO chance of being re-elected, so who cares, right? I’m ditching the anti-capitalist rhetoric and letting these guys get to work. See, I now realize that it is not the job of the President or Congress to decide when a company in any industry has made enough profit. We live in a country that encourages capitalism and all the benefits of such. In capitalism, success is rewarded with money and shareholders. Greed is punished by collapse and outrage the likes of which regulations can never duplicate. I’m sorry I tried to limit your success.
Listen here Obamanites….here’s what I just found out. You see, when these oil companies make money, they send a lot of it to the government. In fact. aside from taxes, oil money is the US Government’s number two source of revenue. We’re partners and I had no clue. I would apologize for this lack of knowledge but to be fair, Republicans kept it from me. Bush put that information in a file on the Presidential Computer labeled “God Stuff” so I never looked at it. Anyway, when the oil companies make money, it helps all of us. See, they’re not owned by “fat-cats” like I’ve always been led to believe. Oil companies are actually
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This makes democracy an expensive deal. Navigating Toward Effective and Efficient Team Outcomes. It is sometimes known as integrated understanding in a peer - reviewed national and european level; press and was responsible for their own research projects. Keep your introduction paragraph about 50 words. What is your target market?
People are able to vote for individuals they find worthy of ruling them 5+. In this strategy, both parties take responsibility for their feelings and communicate how they are feeling to the other party. It has changed the way people travel within Delhi. S
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After listening to the Dec.
Dennis Township - After listening to the Dec. 3 Township committee meeting, I was sickened by comments that were made by a few residents trying to tarnish the reputation of the Recreation Director. For the past twenty years, she has always been fair by treating every resident the same. No special favors for anyone. She does not deviate from the rules. You might not always agree, but there are rules and regulations to follow. Shame on you for your comments and shame on the committee for not backing a dedicated employee.
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Alathe Arctic Ocean and borders Canada. The whole population comes in at just under one million and the population of the capital city Juneau accounts for the majority. Known as the last frontier, Alaska is a mecca for wilderness buffs and those looking for beautiful scenic mountain ranges and glaciers. The primary highways that service the state are the Alaska Highway and the Seward Highway. The Alaska Railroad also played a crucial developmental role. The most notable college in Alaska is The University of Alaska Anchorage which has 17,000 students. Famous events like the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race draw thousands of visitors to the state every year.
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Anybody have this?How good is it?The local rep is telling me I must use (purchase) their modem as no other one will work. I'm kinda calling bullsh*t on this one. Is this really true?
Caution: I worked for AT&T for 5 years and only quit to go to school, so loyalty runs deep lolUverse is great, but expensive for no reason. Lots of cool, useless features. They randomly lose channels due to negotiations but usually get them back (like any cable provider).The prices go up, even though they say they don't. When I first started selling it in 2008, it was about $80 less on the top tier package than it is now. Well, what else would u like to know?
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The most talked about recruit in the 2023 college football class is no longer at the top of the list.
There is a new number one in ESPN’s 2023 class rankings, and while it’s a quarterback, it’s not the one many would think.
Malachi N High School in California, is now the top recruit in the ESPN 300 rankings, surpassing Arch Manning for top billing. Nelson is a University of Southern California (USC) commit.
Manning has been one of the more hyped quarterback recruits in recent memory, with the Isidore Newman, Louisiana, product sporting the Manning name as well Manningin June, spurning national powers Georgia and Alabama.
Arch Manning is the son of Cooper Manning, brother to NFL quarterbacks Eli and Peyton Manning. His grandfather, Archie Manning, was a star quarterback for Ole Miss from 1968-1970 before playing 13 years in the NFL.
According to ESPN, the reason for the change in rankings is due to Nelson’s sample size as well as the strength of his competition.
Nelson announced his commitment to USC in November days after former Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley left Norman for Los Angeles. Nelson de-committed from Oklahoma following USC’s announcement that Riley would be the new head coach.
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Who branded Apple?
Did Steve Jobs design the Apple logo?
Thus, the image suggests human thirst for knowledge, and using Ap. Also, the ‘bite’ symbolically puns with ‘byte’ – the unit of digital data.
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Who made the first Apple logo?
The Creation and Development of Apple’s Famous Icon.
Getting ready for his upcoming talk with Fiverr (more on that below), we talked about working with Steve Jobs, what exactly was intended (and not intended) with the Apple logo design, advice for CMOs in working with logo designers, and he even went through his favorite logos that he didn’t design.
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16-year-old driver, a Liberty resident whose name authorities are withholding, ran off the left side of S.C. 133 while headed north. The 2001 Volkswagon he was driving hit a culvert and overturned.released the following statement Wednes is increasingly likely that the low yield of 1.36% set on July 8, 2016 is the low.
The chart shows the pattern of yields going back 46 years for the Fed funds rate, T-bills, the ten year Treasury note and long maturity treasury bonds. The long maturity combines the yields on the 20 and 30 year treasuries because the government shifted the maturities of issues over time.
The last reason to expect higher inflation may be the first: The Fed. The central bank’s policy makers – the FOMC – will meet on December 14th. The committee is expected to raise the fed funds target by 25 bp. Moreover, if the economy continues to grow and government policy stays on track, there will be more Fed actions and higher yields in 2017.
A return to the double digit yields seen in the 1980s is not likely. Those were caused by high inflation, global oil embargos and wide-spread expectations that neither inflation nor interest rates would ever fall. It took two recessions, a 10.7% unemployment rate and a lot of economic pain to bring interest rates down and give us a 35 year bond rally. </s> A single bed or double bed
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“A tranquilizer dart?” I stood outside Margaret’s room, incredulous.
“What? How does that even happen?” I asked. “We live ten miles from the mountains.” He shrugged.
“You might be better able to answer than I can.” He said. “Do any of your neighbors work with animals? Any vet’s or dog catchers? Zoo employee?”
“Well, the good news is, your mother is going to be fine.”
That’s the trouble with having only one relative. Being left without any is short business. It’s hard not to worry about it becoming a reality.
“As for that,” he said. “I’m afraid I’m not your man. But I think the guy you want to talk to is on his way.” He gestured behind me and I turned. Down the hall was the same police man from earlier, the one at our door.
“Vi!” He rushed forward and wrapped me in his arms before I had a chance to run. “Are you alright?” I hung in his embrace limp and mute and boiling. Marco let me go. He stared into my eyes in his paralyzing way which only made me more furious because I couldn’t break away. “How is your mother?” He asked.
“Vi wait, just take it easy for a minute…”
“Give me one good reason why I should!”
“I know!” I roared. The cop stepped back and I felt stupid. “Wait, how did you know?”
“You knew?” I snarled.
“You left me there in a frenzy when you knew exactly what had happened?!”
“Did you find them?” I said, wondering if it would have been better to lead with an apology.
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And thus concludes your old-lady lecture.)
1. A murder mystery scavenger hunt at the Getty wherein my combined love of art and sleuthing came together. It was SO MUCH FUN! Promise me you'll do it. And invite me along. Because I want to do it again.
2. A riotous birthday party for Katie. All the sisters were in town and we invited a bunch of funny women over and we ate great food and we made them paint because, look, if you're friends with a Knecht at some point we will make you paint with us. Earlier in the day we went into Pasadena and tried a restaurant called Spudds that specializes in poutine. Every time I have poutine it confirms my belief that Canadians are on to something, despite the fact that they also eat ketchup chips.
5. I had a Bob Costas Sochi Olympics level bout of pink eye. I don't know where I got it from although at the same time I was suffering I saw a lot of posts from mothers saying their kids had it too. And just prior to getting it I had a meeting where I shook a lot of dads' hands. It lasted a full week and I looked like the living dead because the antibiotics made the bags under my eyes look like I was squirreling away mini marshmallows in them. Also, the goop.
6. This You Never Can Tell without any rehearsal is the coolest. The beginning when he's trying to find a good key he goes Full Bob Dylan.
They also do a murder mystery night at the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT. It might be worth a trip.
Also, please let Bob Costas always be the standard for really bad pink-eye.
Oh, also, I stay up until 1am. On the reg. I know it's terrible and makes me a crank and kind of haggard, but I just do it. </s> Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Teaching JFK / THEY KILLED OUR PRESIDENT
Great interview from the Jameses!
And from Jesse, too!
Regarding the JFK assassination TV coverage, view "Three Shots That Changed America " where one TV anchor man actually says live on air only minutes after the assassination of JFK:-
" This has to be a conspiracy! One man could not have done this!"
Dean, This is an important observation. The featured commentator on ABC was Jim Haggerty, who was at the time a Vice-President of ABC Paramount Pictures. On the air, Haggerty remarked, “I think this [the assassination of President Kennedy], like the Puerto Rican attempt in front of the Blair House in 1950, has to be a planned conspiracy.” Based on the earliest information being reported about JFK’s death by sniper fire in Dealey Plaza, Haggerty immediately suspectnot the work of a lone fanatic, but was similar to the attempt made by multiple assassins planning to shoot President Truman at Blair House in 1950. The television clip with Haggerty’s commentary suggests that his use of the word “conspiracy,” which was repeated on multiple occasions during the interview, was selected carefully by a major media figure at a time when “conspiratorial thinking” was not the subject of ridicule that it is today.
Are you sure it was Jim Haggerty?
I remember the anchor man saying it but don't recall him mentioning Puerto Rico. Are you sure it's the same one?
I saw it on a History Channel DVD boxed set.
On second thoughts, James...maybe you're right....maybe it was Jim Haggerty. An okdish gray haired man?
Undoubtedly, there were multiple broadcasters and commentators using the word “conspiracy” in the early coverage of the assassination. But the most prestigious was almost certainly Jim Haggerty, the former press secretary of President Eisenhower. The excerpts from the ABC broadcast of Haggerty’s description of the assassination as a “conspiracy” appear on the DVD “ABC New Classics—The Assassination of President Kennedy” (2007), which is available from Amazon.
Thanks for the ABC info, James.
"oldish" Duh!!!
but this is all larry silverstein 'pull it' or building7 demise announced prematurely by the bbc or no plane wreckage or bodies in shanksville or ... they actively encourage these 'conspiracy' rabbit-holes to keep you tied up for years in a fantasy adventure, and away from the real-deal faked heart of matters. governments change. blame one of them. the powers behind governments don't change so much. you have all been sucked into a charade for years. you are the equivalent of the alex jones 9/11'ers, with jim leading the troupe/posse. everything was explained in clear and indisputable terms in both the sandyhook and boston hoaxes (more so in even later hoaxes like Nairobi and Woolwich) everything! the fakery goes back to jfk (and rfk), and beyond. what makes you think it wouldn't? the Kennedy's were 'elites'! what's more culto proves all this ffs, and much more. have you not been led by the noses long enough? wake up and smell the bullshit everywhere, and not just around your own neck of the woods!
the psy-op mechanism exposed;
I'm going to try to assume, for the moment, that you are a well-meaning fellow, pshea, and not yet another of Cass Sunstein's many cognitive-infiltration hacks.
But what you, Abirato and Culto are positing is an absolutely massive conspiracy to FOOL the public by FAKING virtually every major, politically significant news event that centers on violence -- going back at least 50 years. (Hey, why not hundreds, even thousands of years while you're at it...)
So what would be the MOTIVE for such an elaborate process of charades and magic tricks, one which would have to consciously involve literally hundreds of thousands of journalists, scholars, public officials, business executives and ordinary citizens? And where are the inevitable "leakers" who would have tried to expose the fakery?
(Maybe they were all murdered too, but only in a
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Not too many people can hit the slopes one day and raft fresh spring snowmelt the next! The intermediate / advanced Class IV rapids of the North Fork American get the season going in April-May. </s> Making life bet is at the heart of our work. The Catalyst Center is committed to promoting strategies and sharing ideas that can make the health care system work for everyone. These personal stories help illustrate the challenges that face families raising CYSHCN, and demonstrate what is possible when additional financing </s> Recipes | C'est Delicieux | When we eat, shouldn't always want to say "It's delicious"? My blog is all about good tasty food. Be is healthy, naughty or good for you, it will always be delicious.
I find blogging in the winter time a little tricky. Mostly because we eat a lot of comfort food, vegetable curries, noodle soups, roast chicken with baked sweet potatoes. None of this looks great in a photograph and especially if we are having it as our dinner when it is cold and wet outside we are half way through before I remember I meant to take a photograph.
Basically put all the above into a food processor apart from the water, oil and salt. Blend and as the mixture is combining gentle pour in a little of the water and keep going till the humous blends into a smooth mixture. Then add the salt and olive oil to taste. You can chose how chunky / liquid you like it. We are middle ground smooth/chunky in our house.
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It has been a while since I have written. Life took a turn into chaos as we got a new puppy and I suddenly became incredibly busy at work so had very little time to cook anything new or exciting. We lived off soup and oatcakes for a few weeks, which I must admit was good for the waistline but rubbish for my sweet tooth!
cinnamon, oranges, ginger and dried fruits. So as well as making these flapjacks I am going to bake some apples. These will be stuffed with sultanas, dates, honey and cinnamon and placed in the oven for an hour. To serve I will crumble these flapjacks on top with a large dollop of ice cream.
I have always wanted an ice cream maker, ice cream is one of my favourite summer treats. Many a summer has gone by where I have attempted to make ice cream and always forgotten to mix it every few hours in the freezer so I end up tackling a solid lump. So this year I treated myself to a machine that can make me creamy home made ice cream and I have been having rather a lot of fun trying new combinations of flavours. This one is a mixture of a basic vanilla ice cream that I have zinged with some greek yogurt to add some tartness and added chopped up peaches for extra sweetness.
First things first, make sure you have put your ice cream bowl from your ice cream mixer in the freezer for at least 8 hours. If you have forgotten, you can make the below mixture and leave in the fridge while you wait for the ice cream bowl.
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Mark Casady quietly became co-founder of venture capital firm and, pre-post-LPL, it's making noise | RIABiz
December 8, 2016 — 9:59 PM UTC by Brooke Southall
Brooke's Note: Having just learned that Mark Casady is leaving LPL next month, we have a better sense of when those wheels may have gone into motion. Namely, about 18 months ago. And, yes, that was about when rumors began to circulate that he was moving on from LPL. This not insubstantial Vestigo venture of his suggests Casady had as much of a carrot as a stick in ending his LPL career. This new venture is all about the fun stuff of the RIA business minus the baggage of a legacy broker-dealer like a few hundred albatrosses around the neck, and a wolf pack. After stealthily buying up LPL stock, a 'wolf pack' of activist hedge funds has a leg hold
Fresh off announcing that he is departing his role as CEO of LPL Financial in March, Mark Casady allowed his launching of a venture capital firm to be leaked to the media. Previously, his involvement was downplayed an "investing." LPL takes selling off the table and takes out boisterous Mark Casady at CEO in favor of quiet Dan Arnold
The 14-year chief of the 14,000-advisor IBD co-founded Vestigo Ventures, with Ian Sheridan and Dave Blundin. Board members include Andrew Putterman, ex-CEO of LPL-owned Fortigent LLC, Maliz Beams, ex-CEO of Voya. Blundin is CEO and chairman of Cogo Labs and co-founded Vestmark -- a software used by Boston-based LPL Financial. Giant of the broker-dealer tech world takes aim at Advent.
The company, is housed in an office at the edges of the MIT campus in Cambridge, Mass., was founded last April but kept a low profile until Casady could make his retirement official. The Vestigo Ventures Fund One will be the first in a planned series of funds with a targeted size of $50 million to $75 million per fund, according to a Vestigo release published in April. Each fund is expected to invest in 15-to-20 companies that are creating breakthroughs in on one of four core strategies.
It's a relief that Casady can now participate openly as a Vestigo general partner, says Jack Sharry, an executive vice president of LifeYield since 2008 who does business development for the firm.
"He's been in a bit of a conundrum [in advance of] leaving LPL." See: LPL shares spike despite CFO downplay of buyout prospects as CEO Mark Casady reveals 'large programs' at banks are kicking LPL tires
LPL spokeswoman Lauren Hoyt-Willams says there was no conflict of interest with Casady founding Vestigo. "Mark is an investor with Vestigo; he is not an employee or officer of the firm. He has been involved with them for about 18 months, so this is nothing new." Vestigo does not have an ADV.
Indeed, Casady's title is general partner and advisor chairman, according to the Vestigo website.
The first investment by the Casady startup is $250,000 in LifeYield, a company founded in 2008. LifeYield, which has received about $12-million in non-VC backing since its founding, caught fire in 2016 when it struck upon a software that helps advisors help their clients to manage Social Security.
Though Casady was preoccupied with LPL as his day job, Sharry says he showed LifeYield, whose 25 employees work at 175 Federal Street in downtown Boston, lots of heart over the past few months.
"We met with Mark a number of times. He's very available, accessible and excited about it."
Clients of LifeYield include Franklin Templeton, New York Life, SunTrust Banks and two of the wirehouses. There are about 50,000 advisors using LifeYield software, a number set to double in 2017 on the strength of the Social Security application. See: Why a $1.5 billion RIA is selling internally this time -- perhaps with Schwab as 'investment bank' -- after a sale to an outsider went bad
With his firm's cash flow and previous investments, Sharry says that the VC funding was not critical to his LifeYield success.
"It was by no means a requirement. We wanted to be connected to quality people."
Mark Hoffman, CEO, LifeYield echoed that sense of flattery and that his firm is operating from a position of strength in welcoming its first VC money.
“We are honored the industry veterans and leaders at Vestigo Ventures chose to put their trust and investment in our company,” he said in a release. “We are in the midst of a breakout year and Vestigo’s investment will play an important role in accelerating our delivery of software that help investors, advisors and their firms enjoy significantly improved results.”
Sharry adds that the $250,000 Vestigo investment will largely go to making the Social Security app simpler and more attractive. See: RIABiz Conversations: Eugene Steuerle answers RIAs' technical questions about how to use Social Security as an annuity
Though the Social Security aspect of its software has been hot, LifeYield focuses on software that helps advisors optimize withdrawal of income across multiple accounts. It also has portfolio software that helps advisors know where to locate assets based on their tax consequences.
Vestigo's board also includes E*Trade's former president, Jarrett Lillien and former head of BlackRock iShares, Martin Beaulieu as notables on a star-studded list.
Mark Casady | Maliz Beams
Vestigo Ventures | Ian Sheridan | Dave Blundin | Mark Hoffman | LifeYield | LPL | Voya
December 10, 2016 — 7:17 PM UTC
Perhaps Mark Casady can cross the chasm between conventional brokerage and advisory services. Prudent process (asset/liability study, investment policy, portfolio construction, performance monitor) authenticated back to non-negotiable statutory fiduciary duty (which put financial services back into the financial services business) has largely been ignored by the brokerage industry. Yet it is essential for professional standing and creating a safe environment in which brokers can work in rendering advice. Professional standing in rendering advice is based on statutory duty, not addressing disparate client objectives like education funding or retirement, etc. .Mark can cut through a lot of myths and cultural impediments that impede innovation in ways others cannot. SCW
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Two members of Oxford Judo have just returned from Uzbekistan after taking part in the Kurash World Championships as part of the Great Britain team. Kurash is a Uzbek wrestling similar to judo.
Matt Edmans won the adulation of the crowd in is first contest at the under 81 kg category, as he threw his Indian opponent all around the mat in a spectacular contest ending in the equivalent of ippon. Matt got as far as the quarter finals, only losing out to an unorthodox Georgian in a close contest for bronze. This meant Matt had the best
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Henry fought like a lion, but in a cruel twist of fate, ended up drawing the Uzbek in the first round. The Uzbek’s greater experience
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Both Oxford fighters acquitted themselves well on the highest stage, and return home feeling confident in the strength of their judo.
Oxford Judo Welcomes Freshers and Returners
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History is repeating itself…flashback to the 1990s when Generation X was entering the workplace. Most thought the Xers would be just like the Baby Boomers and tried to treat them that way. KABOOM!
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Search Family Services manitoba.ca
Children with FASD
This manual section contains policies and standards relating to children in care of a child and family services agency who have been diagnosed with ormedical diagnoses caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol. FASD outcome, and behavioral disabilities.
Diagnoses that fall within the FASD spectrum (ARND)
Alcohol related birth defects (ARBD)
Services to Children in Care and Caregivers
Identification and Diagnosis of FASD – A child suspected of having FASD is referred for a medical examination and diagnosis, before the age of six or as early as possible thereafter. The referring worker:
acquires the mother’s confirmation, and if possible, written acknowledgement of her alcohol use prenatally,
obtains written evidence of child’s learning and behavioral difficulty, and
Referral can be made through the Manitoba FASD Centre and the Manitoba FASD Network. Both programs undertake screening, diagnosis, and follow up with those suspected of having FASD.
Support and Respite – The case manager responsible for the child in care ensures support and respite are consistent with:
child assessment standards in Section 1.1.2, Assessment
care plan standards in Section 1.1.3, Planning
case evaluation standards in Section 1.1.5, Evaluation
when relevant, respite and support provisions for foster and place-of safety homes, as set out in Section 1.5.5, Support and Respite.
These support services are a part of early intervention, and they play a significant role in preventing secondary disabilities associated with FASD.
Transitioning Youth with FASD – The case plan prepares adolescents living with FASD for better transitioning into adulthood and inter-dependence. The agency, in collaboration with other service providers, begins creating a transitional plan for the child before the age of sixteen.
As outlined in section 2(1) (f) of The Child and Family Services Act, the child or youths’ views should be taken into account as much as, and whenever possible when formulating a care plan.
Note: for further detail on transitioning youth, please see Transition Planning: Child and Family Services to Adult Supports document, available to agency workers and staff through CFSIS)
Personal Health and Mental Health Information – Information on the personal health, including mental health of a person is recorded in the agency worker’s case notes and collected by the client’s serving agency. This information is stored in the service record of the person or family to which it applies.
Medical Records and Transition Planning – Medical information and records on individuals living with FASD is recorded or stored on the child’s file and kept up-to-date. This is an important part of tracking because it can be used to connect those 16 or older with various community services once they have transitioned out of care.
Manitoba’s FASD Strategy
Healthy Child Manitoba FASD Initiatives
FASD Related Resources
Child and Family Services Authority FASD Specialists
The FASD Standards Sub-Project Team Beliefs Statements
Other Youth Supports and Services
In September 2010, the Government of Manitoba released a public document on the coordinated fetal alcohol spectrum disorder strategy, Manitoba's FASD Strategy, which was based on the original initiatives set out in the 2007 announcement. The strategy was guided by an interdepartmental committee,.
Components of the Manitoba Strategy include:
Funding of a FASD specialist at each of the four child and family services authorities in order to support agencies providing services to families impacted by FASD.
Increased diagnostic support for adolescents and those living in rural and northern regions.
Funding support to facilitate more research in the area of FASD.
Enhanced partnerships to increase publicd knowledge on FASD initiatives.
Improved service delivery to those with FASD.
Expansion of the InSight (formerly known as Stop FASD) program to Flin Flon, Dauphin, and Portage la Prairie.
Healthy Child Manitoba is responsible for implementing some of the new initiatives described in the FASD Manitoba Strategy and continues to support existing programs and services. The initiatives include:
supporting community partnerships
supporting families and individuals dealing with FASD
supporting prevention programs
making resources available to the public
Healthy Child Manitoba has developed a list of FASD Services in Manitoba that individuals and families can access across Manitoba, which includes informal service provision in remote First Nations communities. The following explains the kinds of services that are offered:
These services are designed to target five different population categories, with a variety of service-specific programs offered under each one of the categories mentioned. The service categories consist of the following:
pregnancy and FASD prevention services
children and/or youth with FASD – treatment and support
youth support and services
family support and services
adults living with FASD
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA) intake and referral services have been linked in order to improve access and create a single point of entry within Winnipeg. These services cater to children and adolescents aged three to eighteen yearthat display symptoms of mental illness.
The FASD specialists assist agencies in facilitating culturally-appropriate services thath FASD. They assist in six different ways identified in the FASD Sub-Project Team Belief Statements.
The Final Report on Activities on the FASD Standards Sub-Project was developed by the Child and Family Services’ FASD Specialists, in consultation with the Child Protection Branch. The following belief statements stemmed from the report:
An essential component of the overall FASD provincial strategy is to target prevention services towards women at high risk of having a child with FASD. Service provision should reflect an individualized approach that targets the varying needs of families.
There are coping mechanisms available for caregivers, children, and youth living with FASD, and they exist within the child’s or youth’s environment. Coping depends on an integrated and collaborative partnership with stakeholders that serve children and youth, and this includes continuing to educate caseworkers, caregivers, and community helpers in ensuring a level of understanding of the issues and available resources when it comes to FASD.
Eligibility Criteria – A youth may be eligible to receive adult services if he/she identifies with one or more of the following:
Has an IQ that is lower than 70 and requires assistance to meet his/her basic needs.
Displays mental health problems that require support for employment, housing, and counseling.
Requires work training, vocational assessment, job coaches, training aids and devices.
Displays violent and high-risk behavior and does not meet other services offered by Community Living disABILITY Services or Community Mental Health Services.
Delayed Access to Adult Services – Being eligible to receive adult services, such as funding and residential support, does not guarantee these services will be available. The individual may be placed on a waiting list until resources become accessible, but the serving agency is still responsible to provide case management services, and is expected to collaborate with other community programs as offered through Manitoba’s FASD Strategy or the Manitoba’s Home Care Program.
Other supports and services available to youth and young adults diagnosed with FASD are listed in the FASD Services in Manitoba published on line by Healthy Child Manitoba. The current list includes the FASD Youth Justice Program and the Spectrum Connections FASD Program.
The following provisions in The Child and Family Services Act are particularly relevant to this manual section:
Section 14 provides for the placement of a child through a voluntary placement agreement (VPA).
Section 16 of a child (VSG).
Section 25 sets out the responsibilities of an agency for a child who has been apprehended and the authority an agency has to authorize a medical examination or treatment of the child under apprehension.
These provisions allow (among other things) for sharing of relevant health information when that information “….”
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La fecundació in vitro (FIV o IVF per les seves inicials anglòfones) és una tècnica a través de la qual es realitza la fecundació de l'oòcit per part de l'espermatozoide fora del cos de la mare. La FIV és el principal tractament per a la infertilitat quan els altres mètodes de reproducció assistida no han tingut èxit. El procés implica el control hormonal del procés ovulatori, l'extracció dels oòcits de l'ovari matern, i la seva fecundació pels espermatozoides en un medi líquid extern. L'oòcit fecundat (zigot) es transfereix a l'úter de la pacient amb la intenció d'iniciar un embaràs.
Col·loquialment, als nounats concebuts a través de FIV se'ls anomena nounats proveta, encara que normalment la fecundació in vitro es realitza en plaques de Petri; les plaques de Petri utilitzades més sovint són fetes de plàstic, encara que el nom de FIV es conserva.
Inicialment la FIV es va desenvolupar per a superar problemes d'infertilitat degudes a problemes en les trompes de Fal·lopi, però posteriorment es va observar que la tècnica tenia èxit també en altres situacions d'infertilitat. La introducció de la injecció intracitoplasmàtica d'esperma (ICSI) va solucionar en gran manera els problemes d'infertilitat masculina.
Això significa que la FIV pot utilitzar-se en dones menopàusiques, utilitzant oòcits procedents d'una donant. També és una tècnica que pot considerar-se en pacients que han patit una pèrdua total o parcial de fecunditat degut a un tractament agressiu davant d'una patologia greu (com el càncer).
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Estimulació ovàrica
La fecundació in vitro s'inicia el tercer dia de la menstruació mitjançant una sèrie de fàrmacs per estimular el desenvolupament de múltiples fol·licles als ovaris.
Els laboratoris especialitzats en FIV han desenvolupat mètodes de puntuació per a jutjar la qualitat dels oòcits i dels embrions. Normalment, els embrions que han arribat a l'estadi de 6-8 cèl·lules es transfereixen entre 2 i 3 dies després de l'extracció. No obstant això, els embrions es mantenen en cultiu per un període més llarg (uns 5 dies), i la transferència es realitza en l'estadi de blastocist, sobretot si s'observen molts embrions de 3 dies de bona qualitat. En el cas de oligoastenoespèrmies severes és important arribar a l'estadi de blastocist doncs sovint molts embrions paren el seu desenvolupament. També és important remarcar que la vitrificació de blastocists continua tenint taxes força baixes.
Transferència d'embrions
Els embrions són puntuats per l'embriòleg segons el nombre de cèl·lules, la paritat del creixement i el grau de fragmentació. Normalment, per a millorar les possibilitats d'implantació i embaràs, es transfereixen diversos embrions simultàniament. El nombre d'embrions que es transfereixen és en funció del nombre disponible, l'edat de la dona, consideracions diagnòstiques i limitacions legals (en alguns països, el nombre màxim es limita a dos o tres). Els embrions que es consideren "millors" es transfereixen a l'úter de la dona a través d'un catèter de plàstic molt fi, que s'introdueix a través de la vagina i el cèrvix i es controla mitjançant la seva visualització per ultrasons.
Taxes d'èxit
Una tècnica recent consisteix a submergir un embrió en un cultiu de nutrients durant 5 dies fins que arriba a l'estadi de blastocist. Els biòlegs determinen llavors quins embrions són els que tenen més possibilitats de desenvolupar-se segons l'evolució observada cada 24 hores durant aquests 5 dies. Els de millor qualitat es transfereixen a l'úter de la dona. D'aquesta manera és possible millorar la taxa d'embaràs sense augmentar el risc d'embaràs múltiple. Aquesta és una tècnica relativament nova i està en fase d'experimentació.
Hi ha moltes raons per les quals pot no aconseguir-se un embaràs després d'un tractament de FIV i transferència d'embrions, entre els quals s'inclouen:
El moment de l'ovulació pot haver-se interpretat incorrectament, o bé no es pot predir o bé pot no ocórrer.
Els intents d'obtenir oòcits que es desenvolupin durant el cicle controlat poden no tenir èxit.
Els oòcits obtinguts poden ser anormals o poden haver estat malmesos durant l'extracció.
La mostra de semen no és adequada.
L'embrió pot desenvolupar-se incorrectament.
La implantació no es duu a terme.
Defectes en els nounats
El tema de la presència de defectes associats a la tècnica de FIV roman en controvèrsia. La majoria d'estudis demostren que no existeix un increment significatiu després d'una FIV, mentre que altres estudis sostenen aquest fet.
Criopreservació d'embrions
Si segueixen existint embrions criopreservats que, pel temps que porten congelats o per altres motius, no s'utilitzen per a la seva implantació, poden ser utilitzats en dues alternatives (que normalment estan regulades per lleis molt estrictes) que són la donació per a la investigació i la destrucció. En el cas de la donació d'embrions per a la investigació, aquesta s'ha de dur a terme en centres acreditats i basant-se en projectes autoritzats per les autoritats pertinents.
Normalment, s'estableixen períodes postfecundació per començar a investigar i, un cop acabada la investigació, no es permet fer-los servir en una transferència embrionària. La investigació amb embrions procedents de FIV ha permès fins al moment la realització d'estudis de cèl·lules mare, de gran importància en la comprensió del desenvolupament embrionari i l'avanç de les teràpies regeneratives de teixits. Quant a la destrucció dels embrions congelats, es considera com a última alternativa, a petició explícita dels progenitors, o quan no són necessaris i no està autoritzada la seva donació a altres parelles ni tampoc ho està per a ser usats en investigació.
La criopreservació de teixit ovàric interessa a les dones que volen preservar la seva funció reproductora més enllà del límit natural, o en aquelles que tenen una capacitat reproductiva amenaçada per una teràpia agressiva contra el càncer, per exemple.
Intervencions associades
ICSI
La injecció intracitoplasmàtica d'esperma (ICSI) és un desenvolupament recent associada a la FIV que permet injectar directament un espermatozoide en l'oòcit utilitzant tècniques de micromanipulació.
TZIF
El primer embaràs aconseguit mitjançant FIV amb un oòcit humà va ser constatat per l'equip de Monash a la revista The Lancet el 1973, encara que només va durar uns dies i avui dia s'anomenaria això un embaràs bioquímic. Tres anys després es va publicar un embaràs ectòpic a les trompes per Steptoe i Edwards el 1976, que va resultar en el naixement de Louise Brown el 1978 i d'un altre nounat desconegut, els primers nounats nascuts a través de la FIV. Més tard va tenir lloc el naixement de Candice Reed a Melbourne el 1980. La utilització de cicles estimulats amb citrat de clomifè i l'ús de gonadotropina coriònica humana (hCG) per a controlar el moment de la maduració dels oòcits, permetent així el control del moment de l'extracció, va convertir la FIV d'una eina d'investigació a un tractament clínic.
Arran d'això es van produir catorze embarassos, seguits de nou naixements el 1981 amb l'equip universitari de Monash. L'equip de Jones a Norfolk, Virgínia, va millorar els cicles d'estimulació incorporen l'ús d'una hormona estimulant dels fol·licles (uHMG). Això es va donar a conèixer amb el nom d'hiperestimulació ovàrica controlada (HOC). Un altre avanç va ser l'ús d'agonistes de l'hormona que allibera la gonadotropina (GnRH-A), disminuint la necessitat de control al prevenir l'ovulació prematura, i més recentment altres nt), amb una funció similar. L'ús addicional de contraceptius orals ha permès la programació dels cicles de FIV, cosa que fa que el tractament sigui més fàcil de realitzar pels metges i els pacients. La capacitat de congelar i posteriorment descongelar i transferir embrions també ha millorat significativament l'efectivitat de la FIV.
Un altre moment significatiu va ser el desenvolupament de la injecció intracitoplasmàtica d'esperma per Andre van Steirtegham a Brussel·les, el 1992. Això ha permès que homes amb una producció mínima d'espermatozoides aconsegueixin embarassos, de vegades conjuntament amb recuperació d'esperma utilitzant una agulla testicular fina o una biopsia testicular oberta, de manera que també els homes amb la síndrome de Klinefelter poden a vegades aconseguir un embaràs. Per tant, la FIV s'ha convertit en la solució de la majoria dels problemes d'infertilitat, des de problemes a les trompes fins a factors masculins, subfertilitat idiopàtica, endometriosi, edat materna avançada i anovulació.
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Until now, the only clue we've gotten so far about the developing Disney picture is that it's a science fiction in the vein, and that Bird's creative team includes writers Jeff Jensen and Damon Lindelof and star George Clooney. But now, we get a much bigger hint (kind of) regarding what the genius behind The Iron Giant and Ratatouille has in store for us. The below picture:
Yeah, I know. ""What?"" That's what see said, too. The image of a mysterious banker's box, which Bird tweeted (and yes, that phrasing is hilarious) on Wednesday night, is said to be what inspired the story of 1952 to begin with. Now that we've gotten a gander at what sparked the unknown premise, we can proceed in a communal confused head-tilting, and then set forth with our own theories about the top secret developing project. Here's what our staff came up with:""This movie is produced by Disney, right? I think not."" - Kelsea Stahler
""A young boy whose father recently passed becomes obsessed with his professional belongings, which leads him to the discovery of a famous classic film. No, wait, that's Hugo. Okay, let's try again: A young boy with an absent father takes up a hobby as a filmmaker, which leads him down a dangerous path. No, wait, that's Super 8. A young robot rifles through a box of junk on Earth and becomes obsessed with an old Technicolor film. No, wait, that's Wall-E. Okay, I'll go for a real one: A 1970s-era man who frequently escapes the realness of the recession with old technicolor movies, travels back in time to post-WWII America, where he revolutionizes the movie industry with knowledge of modern film techniques. But that's a terrible plot line, so let me just go back to thinking about Hugo."" - Kate Ward
""We delve into Walt Disney's secret past as a spy during World War II. The movie is framed with letters between Disney and a mysterious epistolary companion, whose name is never revealed. As the movie progresses, we become more and more suspicious of Disney's motives and allegiances, until, in a third act twist, we learn that Disney has been corresponding with unearthly beings. Don't worry about how aliens learned to use the United States Postal Service, that's irrelevant."" - Abbey Stone
""Brad might be creating a movie about the Robertson Panel and the US government's story about the US Air Force investigating UFOs in the DC area in 1952. I bet Brad is going to investigate these series of events. The files in the box represent all the reports surrounding UFOs during this era, and the reports that CIA investigated."" - Lindsey DiMattina
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I had a wonderland day today. Well, minus the falling down a rabbit hole. And the talking cat. The "Tweedle" twins showed up, but that comes later.
My strange out of context day came with no warning slide through the mud. Which, if you ask me, is just as well. My day may have been three degrees left of context, but at least I stayed clean. It started with the first words the fella said to me at the breakfast table: "yanno, I think we need a crane". I don't know about you, but to me, breakfast conversation should be limited to "would you like some more coffee" or "how about a nice toasted bagel" and the like. Not today. Sigh.
::Waving both hands:: the burning issue of a need for a crane or not aside -- my morning consisted of looking for various bits and pieces of maintenance parts for both our trucks and the current locomotive under rebuild. That I was talking to the same places the for items for the two was part of the problem, I suspect. Have you ever had a conversation with a salesperson who obviously suspected that you were more than a little bit out of your mind? Gets you to wondering too.
My afternoon consisted of various errands in town with a final stop at the local cellular phone company to resolve a data loss problem with the fella's phone. The salesperson made a lengthy show of reprograming the slightly older than a year old phone, then proceeded to try to convince me that it didn't work, was out of warranty and that I would need to buy a new one. Her sales pitch might have been more convincing if after the reprogramming show, while she went to the back to check to see whether I was authorized to talk about the account, I hadn't picked the phone up from behind the counter where she thought she had secured it and made a phone call out to the fella. "Can you hear me now"? Loud and clear lady. Guessing she thought I was crazy too.
Then while watching the news, I saw where Michael Moore was at the Republican convention and received a hearty round of Boo's. He stood there waving and smiling. Suddenly, in my weird out of context frame of mind I decided that I actually like the man. Don't get me wrong, the man's viewpoint is anathema to everything I think, but he does say things that he believes need to be said and he lets no one stop him. Gotta admire that. I decided that I have a warm spot in my heart for Michael Moore, I am gonna get a ride down that muddy rabbit hole yet.
The "Tweedle" twins. My dogs of course. On our evening walkies, they both took to barking like crazy up at the top of a slender maple. There was nothing in that tree! Could not have been more than a hundred leaves at the ends of a few twigs. Nothing was in that tree, but they kept barking and looking up until I too was standing at the base of the tree looking up. They had me convinced. I suspect that to end my day I was the victim of some sort of dog joke and the dogs are still laughing.
The President was on his way to Perrysburg, Ohio today to make a speech, were it not for a weather delay along his route, he would have made (we were told) a short stop in the city of Fostoria, Ohio. Even though Fostoria is a city that struggles with unemployment and is considered more a "union town," a large crowd gathered along almost the entirety of the President's route through town, a mile or more anyway. The crowd gathered and stood in drizzle and threatening rain for hours, just to wave as he drove by. We hoped that he would have time to stop, but understood that he might not.
I like Fostoria, mostly working folk, mostly working on welcoming and blending Asian, Black and Hispanic citizens into the mix of people that live there. The Fella spent his early years there, before his family moved out to the farm. He still likes the place better than the other cities in the area. Fostoria doesn't put on airs. The citizens of Fostoria are good people. And those people were excited that our President was going to drive through, and maybe stop. I waited with my friends Dana who works for a local paper and Scottie, a truck driver and EMT. Next to us stood man that owns a small business and his wife and children, four extraordinarily well behaved boys. One of the group around me, stood out, a woman with a poster and a story. Two of her children are currently serving in Iraq, one of them volunteered for an extra three months on his tour so that a fellow soldier with a family could come home instead of him. A third of her children is in the service and scheduled to go "over there" soon.
The crowd was excited and waited to wave as our President drive by. He did. I turned to my friend Dana and said. You! Me! The President! For a flash of a second that is how it was.
Half and Hour of Heaven
Weekend Assignment #21: School Daze
Fifth grade, Mrs. Sturgis's room, reading. Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 1 PM.
Ten is a wonderful age, we have it all together then. A time when we truly become who we are going to be, pause, then move on to the roller coaster ride of adolescence. Reading. Mrs. Sturgis, I am getting there.
Half and hour of wonder. Three times a week for half an hour of reading class, instead of assignments out of a dry textbook, vocabulary lists and pop quizzes, my teacher, Mrs. Sturgis sat in a straight backed wooden chair in front of her desk, opened a book and read aloud. In those thirty minute sessions of wonder, I searched for golden tickets and visited a magical Chocolate Factory, listened to The Trumpet of the Swan and cried my eyes out over the loss of a hunting dog who was more of a friend in Where the Red Fern Grows. Because she was a great teacher, those reading sessions were not just entertainment. At the end of each book Mrs. Sturgis asked us to think about the ideas that the author introduced in the book and how they used the setting, characters and writing style to bring those ideas to life. I was a reader before those sessions, after, I understood written words are a doorway to places that I would never be able to see and an introduction to people and ideas that I was not likely to encounter any other way.
Thirty-three years later, I still remember the sound of her voice, think about the books she read to a class of fifth graders and ride the magic carpet of written words.
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Ode to an Ag-Gator Too
I have one of those jobs that few even know IS a job. One that fewer want to hear about. Sludge Hauler. Yep, it is a job. A necessary occupation that combines some of the aspects of Farming and Trucking. Essentially, we move lime from water plants and ... uhhh, fertilizer -- from wastewater treatment plants and apply it to farm fields. These municipal services by-products benefit farmers as they do not then have to buy lime or nitrogen fertilizer for the fields that receive the application. I could go on and on -- but I won't, because I understand that folk's interest in this is limited.
I was going to talk about my Ag-Gator! Nope, not a star in a "B" horror flick, not some protected reptile from the swamps of the South, a really cool machine. My little baby floater. That is what I call it, but it is not little. The tires alone on my Ag-Gator are five and a half feet tall. Floatation tires are designed to reduce soil compaction in the field that the gator operates on. Design aside, the effect is to make it seem as if I am operating a vehicle with tires made of marshmallow. Bouncy, springy, fun! The ride makes me laugh!
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Ode to an Ag-Gator
This is another of my pretend entries. The plan -- to finish a four day job that we are currently working then tell you (mostly) about it. Because I have a few minutes, I thought that I would stop in and tell you that I am not ignoring my journal, I am spending my time in a place that doesn't even have bathrooms, let alone an Internet connection. Back soon.
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Diesel Fumes and Dancecards
I intended to add a photo of Locomotive number 5 to this entry, but my computer has the program that can read the "big disc" for our digital camera (which is where the pictures of "old rusty" reside) and I am using the fella's computer to write a journal entry because my computer is riding around in the back of an ATV programming switches for the baby railroad. Never mind, really, just don't think about it. Heaven knows I am trying to do just that.
Why the silly animation then? That is one that I put together of our first engine, the Brookville, to represent the steps we went through to bring her from near scrap condition to where she is today. "Old Rusty" is in the very first steps of a similar but far more complicated process. So just pretend that the animation above shows all the sheet metal coming off (that could be done like and explosion -- wouldn't that be cool)? the engine being pulled and disassembled, and the smell of "blaster" wafting through the air.
*****Added Note**** My computer returned from the earlier adventure, so I replaced the animation of the Brookville with a photo of Loco number 5. The silly animation has been moved to http://journals.aol.com/thisismary/ViewFromAFarmHouseWindow/entries/56
Did I read that there was a ball of some sort last night? Fancy dresses and music? Music and laughter? Conversation? Sigh. Just as well I heard after the fact, the smell of old rust and solvent hangs with a gal, even after a hot shower and a dousing in perfume. You don't even want to know what axle grease does to chiffon.
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No Getting Around It -- The Leaves are Changing.
It is the middle of August here in Ohio. Usually this time of year the weather makes a person feel as if they are living in bottom of an asphalt layer's work boot. This summer has been cooler than usual, which is fine. But now the trees are all weirded out. The leaves are starting to change color. In a normal year, this process would start in late September.
I suspect that the Buckeyes are the instigators here, they are the furthest along in the process. The Ash trees and the Sycamores always tag along and do whatever the Buckeyes do so I don't really blame them. So far, the Oaks are having nothing to do with the early change of the younger trees. We will see if they hold out until mid October as they are supposed to do.
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My Favorite Entry -- So Far ...
A walk in the woods. This entry is my favorite because it is a record of a delightful but minor surprise that would likely have soon been forgotten had I not journalized it.
More than anything else, this entry made me realize how valuable journaling is. With my journal I can preserve and share life's tiny wonders.
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"If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own backyard, because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with."
- Dorothy to Glinda "The Wizard of Oz"
Ok, so it aint Thoreau. :: Shrugging:: My life has always been more whirlwind than walden anyway.
Heart's Desire. Looking around.
Was Dorothy right in deciding that a lifetime in blue gingham and oxfords dull with Kansas farm dust should be the height of aspiration? Or is that part of human nature that tells us to go for the ruby slippers the greater dream?
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Update on the fella's adventure. It turned out to be more than railroad bits and pieces, we now are the proud owners of locomotive number six. My mother used to have a phrase when something (anything) someone was doing started to get out of control. Her phrase went something like "oooooooh! That's much to much!".
I am starting to understand now EXACTLY what she meant.
The link below takes you to the entry explaining how the railroad "thing" started.
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And then the neighbor fella
Ok, just now -- neighbor guy. Honest we do not get this many unannounced visitors in a usual week. What is up with tonight?
8 PM and all seems to have quieted down. Talking to friends online via IM and reading my favorite message board "Free Parking" in the Autos area.
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Amish folk and politicians
An evening online. I have decided that this is how I am going to invest my free time tonight.
Mail!! One of those forwards that asks you to answer a series of questions. Purpose is for my friend to let me know how they think and a chance for me to respond letting them know a little bit about me. I suspect that my answers will surprise and possibly annoy. Questions like:
Require answers along the lines of :
:: pause in the action::
Ok busy night tonight!! Just half an hour ago -- the crew that built our pole barns stopped by to fix a couple of leaks in the wainscoting. Unannounced of course. We knew that they were going to stop by sometime. But tonight. So there I was walking halfway down the lane, no shoes, to end up talking to a group of 10 or so Amish fellas. (At least this time I was clean) last time the fella was gone and I had to talk to them I was in the middle of sandblasting...
Where was I? Oh! Dealt with the Amish builders and then not 5 minutes ago -- a neighbor running for the board of our local electric co-op stopped by.
So far tonight -- Amish folk and politicians. Gonna get interesting.
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My office work is done for the day, the house is clean, the fella just left for one of his adventures seeking old railroad bits and pieces and once the trucks that are out get back safely and their drivers headed home I will have an evening to myself. Thinking -- thinking, how will I invest this rare alone time?
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Last Dance of Stardust
I am going to stay awake tonight to watch for shooting stars. Have not done that in years. Been too busy being busy to loose sleep over the sight of stardust heading towards earth. Wonder why that is. How did an early start on accomplishing things of little importance end up on my schedule ahead of watching the last dance of stardust?
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Yesterday was the official yearly sweet corn day here. I believe that folk would lobby for this day to be at a minimum, a regional holiday, but the date changes every year and at that is subject to opinion, so how could an official date be set?
Sweet corn. Wonderful stuff. Cooked and served on the cob a messy but wondrous summer treat. Cooked, removed from the cob and frozen, tiny little kernels of preserved sunshine, ready to warm cold winter evenings. Corn on the cob is a delight any time that local grown corn is available during the growing season. Freezer corn is a different vegetable entirely. You may not know it (or even care) but there is sweet corn and there is sweet corn worth freezing. Sweet corn worth freezing cooks up and hold sweetness through chilling and reheating. Early season corn wont do that. Wait too long and starchy sets in. Freezer corn is sweet corn that has reached the summer peak. The only way to determine when those few days in a growing season occur is to cook local corn, chill it and reheat. If it tastes sweet on reheating, the corn is ready.
Yesterday was the day here. Nine AM and six bushels of corn were in the back of my truck headed home. Ten hours later all six bushels were shucked, cooked, taken off the cob, bagged and in the freezer. The counters were sticky and I was tired, but a year's supply of sweet corn like none you can get from a grocery freezer or out of a can was safely in my deep freeze.
Some preparation is absolutely necessary. You will need at least two friends. One to watch any childern that you, they and the third friend may have. Putting up sweet corn involves large pots of boiling water. Boiling water in the proximity of children is a very bad thing. Don't risk it. Friend number two is to help you shuck the corn and help you put it in bags to run to the freezer. If they mix a mean margarita, that is most helpful, but not necessary.
Start early in the morning. Buy sweet corn fresh from a LOCAL grower. Make sure that you get corn picked that morning. Find out the time that the corn arrives from the field, be there when the tractor arives. Buy your corn, put it in your car and speed home. I mean speed. Put the corn in the refrigerator (or in the event that you are buying large quantities, cold running well water).
Put fresh water in the biggest stock pot(s) that you own, me, I use two twenty four quart pots, but then I also have a commercial stove that kicks out btu's like you wouldn't believe. Oh, and a 24 quart pot full of water and corn weighs around 40 pounds, if you can't lift that kind of weight, bearing in mind that the contents will eventually be boiling water and hot corn, pick smaller pots.
Put the pot of fresh cold water on the stove on high heat. Wait for it to boil. While you are waiting for the water to boil, shuck the corn. When your water reaches a full boil, put the corn in the stock pot. Wait for the water to come to a full boil again. When it does, set your timer for eleven minutes. Not ten and one half minutes, not twelve minutes, eleven minutes exactly.
While the corn is cooking, prepare your chilling water. I use a big tub and fill it with running cold water and a bag of ice. At the end of the eleven minutes cooking time, take the stock pot off of the heat, dump the boiling water down the drain, dump the corn into the ice cold water. Wait for the corn to chill completely. Take the corn out of the cold water, cut it off of the cob as fast as you can, put the cut corn into plastic freezer bags and then run the corn to your deep freeze. Refill your stock pots with fresh cold water and start over.
Yes it is a lot of work. Yes it takes all day to put up enough corn for all year. Yes it is worth it. Pictures to be added later, but the fella took off with the camera that had my corn fixin pictures on it.
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It was an Eastern Bluebird!! I just looked it up. In my very own hayfeild a real live Bluebird! (Not so common around here). Oh! I was back in the feild today as were the Purple Martins. Living on a farm in Ohio can get lonely, but never once in my years of city living did I have the chance to watch Martins dance.
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Blue Jays vs. Orioles
Baltimore's Manny Machado is an MVP candidate despite slowing down a bit in September. (Patrick Semansky / The Associated Press)
vs. RH Marcus Stroman (9-9, 4.34)
TV: Sportsnet. Radio: SN Fan 590
On deck: at Boston, Friday to Sunday.
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To smoothen the EEG signals from the EDF files, a difference equation is applied such as:
where x is the input signal, y is the output signal, b and a are coefficients:
b : [0.028, 0.053, 0.071, 0.053, 0.028]
a : [1.000, -2.026, 2.148, -1.159, 0.279]
This is using the Javascript EDF file decoder made for the same project.
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Bremen IN Homes for Sale
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Luxury living on Lake of the Woods. 70' of lake frontage on an all sport lake. Four large bedrooms and 3 full baths. Enjoy the open concept living....
Listing provided courtesy of Koontz Lake Realty
Approx Sq Ft: 3368
Great quality built home w/3.39 acres. This home features 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, master bedroom suite, partially finished basement, 9' ceilings, plaster over...
Listing provided courtesy of Collins And Co. Realtors - Bremen
RARE FIND! BEAUTIFUL "MOVE-IN CONDITION" TRADITIONAL HOME SITUATED ON TRANQUIL 3.5 ACRES THAT INCLUDES SPRING FED POND, POLE BUILDING AND GUEST COTTAGE. THIS...
Approx Sq Ft: 2333
307 Parke View Ln
Open the front door and walk into an open concept floor plan with 9' ceilings. A formal living room with fireplace, with a formal dining room to entertain. A...
Approx Sq Ft: 2784
4160 W Shore Dr.
Totally rebuilt house at Lake of the Woods with lake access. Three bedrooms, three baths, laundry room upstairs, granite counter tops in all bathrooms and...
Listing provided courtesy of Collins And Co. Realtors - Plymouth
BEAUTIFUL UPDATED HOME ON LOVELY 3/4 ACRE PRIVATE LOT...GRACIOUS FOR ENTERTAINING AND RAISING A FAMILY. FEATURES HARDWOOD FLS IN ENTRY AND DINING ROOM; CERAMIC...
Approx Sq Ft: 1000
4010 W Shore Drive
Lots 9 & 10 overlooking approx. 500 acres of Lake of the Woods. Has channel on 2 sides with granite rock wall on south channel. There is a Loma letter on file...
Listing provided courtesy of At Home Realty Group
Approx Sq Ft: 2694
What a beautiful setting. So much has been done in the last 10 years to make this a beautiful home. New roof, hardwood floors & carpet, kitchen w/custom made...
Wow! What a great rural country home on 4 acres! Laville schools. Lots to offer here. 4 bedrooms. 2 full baths. One bath with a Jacuzzi tub and double vanity...
Listing provided courtesy of Kaser Realty
Approx Sq Ft: 2756
Price Reduction to allow you extra money to personalize to your taste. This home has a beautiful open floor plan so your family will not miss any opportunities...
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Barbour weathers economic storm with £10m dividend
The family behind Barbour jackets pocketed £10m in dividends last year with profit rocketing 51% higher than 2010.
The ultimate accessory for wannabe country-dwellers and seasoned farmers alike, Barbour jackets for many Brits, and recession hasn't harmed the company a jot. Accounts filed with Companies House show that the firm paid an equity dividend of £10m in 2011, with pre-tax profit jumping to £17m. This is all on revenues of £121.6m, 35% higher than the year before. Since the Barbour family is the only shareholder in the business, with Dame Margaret Barbour at the top, that's a nice big chunk of money to plough into the estate, you might say.
Dame Margaret has been chairman of the company, which is actually called J Barbour & Sons, since 1972. She is credited with turning what was once almost exclusively rural workwear into an internationally popular brand in city and country settings alike.m? Barbour is known mainly for its trademark dark green wax-coated jackets, which are brilliant at keeping even the heaviest rain out. But in recent years the popularity of the brand has ballooned after celebs such as Kate Moss and Alexa Chung ventured out wearing the traditional green jobbies. Getting this kind of exposure prompted the firm to sign deals with fashion designers Paul Smith and Alice Temperly to add a bit of cool to some of the original Barbour designs.
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The appeals against detention by journalists from Turkey’s Cumhuriyet newspaper were rejected by a court in Istanbul on Tuesday.
The Istanbul Eighth Court of Peace ruled the detention of the newspaper’sas “proportional” to a potential jail term and the evidence against them.
On Monday, a lower court said there was “no unlawful aspect” to their detention before referring the decision to a higher court.
Dundar and Gul were arrested on Nov. 26 over the publication of photographs and video footage pu
They have been charged with espionage and supporting terrorism and face life in prison if convicted.
The MIT trucks were stopped in January 2014 in the southern provinces of Hatay and Adana. At the time, the government saida’s Turkmen community.
The images revealed by Cumhuriyet in May 2015 showed weaponry stacked under boxes containing medicine.
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So get to business. The art of balancing work and play distinguishes happy, revenue generating mom business owner from one who’s burned out, overwhelmed, pulled everywhere and feeling successful no where.
Most of the activities have instructions on how to incorporate a Catholic twistly.
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BERLIN–Henkel AG & Co. predicted a rise in operating profit for 2010 and confirmed its preliminary figures for last year.
The Dusseldorf-based company anticipates more than 10 percent in 2010.
Henkel’s cosmetics and toiletries division ended 2009 with a 2.9 percent EBIT gain to 387 million euros, or $537.9 million. Beauty sales were flat at 3.01 billion euros, or $4.2 billion, and organic revenues increased 3.5 percent. The business was driven by strong performances in Growth in the hair care and colorants sector came from international launches of the Syoss brand and Schwarzkopf Essential Color. Henkel’s core body care brands, Fa and Dial, gained market share through several new launches.
Also in the quarter, revenue of 736 million euros, or $1.09 billion, down 3 percent.
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Her school doesn't start until after lunch, so we have the mornings to ourselves....and we love it.
I try to hold off on errands so we can have quiet, slow mornings at home.
Baking. Making. Creating.
-Time. It has seriously been the craziest week. So happy that a week has already gone by, and anxious to get a few more under my belt.
What is your Real Life Joy today?
I think my Real Life Joy today is listening to my 4 year- old's endlessly creative make-believe and stories.
the temperature HAS been perfect, even up here. it makes me want to cry.
This is so inspiring. I'm going to soak in all of my real life joys. Your girl is too precious.
Real life joys today: A clean garage, that I didn't have to wash my hair this morning, that I get to go on a long bike ride alone this afternoon, that the laundry is caught up, my Halloween decorations, my daughter's new Velcro Chucks.
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сона. В октябре 2014 года встречался с опытнейшим Трэвисом Виуффом и одержал над ним победу техническим нокаутом в первом же раунде.
Имея в послужном списке восемь побед и только одно поражение, в 2015 году Джонсо здесь в поединке против российского тяжеловеса Шамиля Абдурахимова, победил его техническим нокаутом в концовке первого раунда. В следующем бою встретился с соотечественником Джаредом Рошолтом, на последней минуте последнего раунда сумел потрясти своего соперника и, предприняв решительную серию ударов, был близок к досрочному завершению поединка, однако Рошолт выдержал натиск, и Джонсону засчитали поражение единогласным судейским решением. В третьем бою, состоявшемся в Хорватии, по итогам трёх раундов единогласным решением взял верх над польским тяжеловесом Марчином Тыбурой, бывшим чемпионом организации M-1 Global. Ожидается, что в ноябре 2016 года Тимоти Джонсон выйдет в октагон против россиянина Александра Волкова, для которого этот бой должен стать дебютным в UFC. Джонсон раздельным решение проиграл Александру Волкову. После этого 18 марта 2017 года так же раздельным решением победил поляка Даниеля Омеляньчука. 22 июля 2017 года в рамках турнира UFC on Fox: Weidman vs. Gastelum проиграл бразильцу Жуниору Албини. На турнире UFC Fight Night: Machida vs. Anders, который прошел в Белене(Бразилия) 3 февраля 2018 года Джонсон победил местного бойца Марсело Гольма, который до этого не имел поражений в карьере.
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It is claimed that . For example, people used to lose themselves in a novel for hours; now, they are inclined to flick through "pages" on the Internet. This has led to a condition which has been called reading insecurity, ie a subjective experience of thinking that you a and a suspicion that the ability to concentrate and absorb has atrophied.
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Both systems of attention cannot be working at the same time.
Most digital activities involve outwardly-directed attention and there are some fears that we could be losing our ability to daydream. Daydreaming is associated with greater creativity.
"...our growing inability to concentrate could be part of the global productivity puzzle..."
Research shows that we are distracted nearly 50% of the time. Factors like office noise, e-mails, smart phone notifications, etc are distractions claiming our attention.
NeedSome activities around social media that could explain the drop in productivity.
Some researchers state that we are still in a transitional phase and are anticipating significant productivity improvement through technology like AI.
"...Most agree on the need to cultivate our distinctively human skills...... one such human skill is the ability to empathise. Being able to pay attention (to tasks, to people) is a critical input in the cultivation of empathy..."
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Hi Amy! Welcome to the forum and Happy Planning!
Good luck welcome and happy planning
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Posted 14 September 2009 - 04:52 PM
Hi Amy5 September 2009 - 02:06 PM
Welcome and happy planning Amy! I will be getting married the week before you : )
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Notwithstanding these steps towards a Canadian IPS, in closed-door discussions with other Indo-Pacific stakeholders, the common refrain is 'Where is Canada in the Indo-Pacific?'. So, what will be in its IPS?How will it distinguish itself from the US IPS?
So, what should be the basis for a Canadian foreign policy approach to the Indo-Pacific and is there a place for the Trudeau government's progressive domestic policy agenda?
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How Can Cities Move the Needle on Community Land Trusts?
After forty-five years of Community Land Trusts in Cascadia, it’s time to explore local strategies to invest for growth.
(@) on August 23, 2021 at 4:58 pm
For the past 45 years, Cascadian community land trusts (CLTs) have stabilized renters and increased access to homeownership through their permanently affordable model for low to moderate income households. But in my last article, we saw that despite all of the affordability and community benefits, community land trust homes are only a small portion—just 0.03 percent—of the region’s total housing stock. In Vancouver, BC, which boasts the largest number of community land trust homes in Cascadia, only about 1,000 of the city’s 309,000 homes are in a community land trust.
The main barrier holding back community land trusts from producing more permanently affordable homes is lack of funding. Community land trusts rely on external funding to start up and produce homes. If successful, money from resale and monthly homeowner dues can cover operational expenses over the longer term.
To become self-sufficient, community land trusts must scale up to that “magical number,” with which they can cover operating costs through the income earned through monthly lease fees, membership dues, and resale fees. The number of units a community land trust would need to reach differs depending on the fee structure, operational costs, and resale formula of the community land trust. But most community land trusts are self-sustainable at 150 to 200 units. Advocates and bureaucrats alike increasingly look to this model as an affordable housing solution and would like to see it expand to a much larger scale—beyond the point of self-sufficiency and towards stabilizing more low-income residents.
Providing affordable housing isn’t the sole purpose of a community land trust, though. Central to their mission is to facilitate community control of land, where democratically-elected community members collectively decide the community land trust’s future. But some critics argue that their structure is becoming more commonly run by professional staff with the capacity to pursue funding opportunities and facilitate community engagement—a tension endemic in community organizing spaces. To scale up while maintaining a community-grounded mission, the community land trust movement will have to confront the financial and bureaucratic forces that put grassroots development at a disadvantage and prevent the model from taking widespread root in neighborhoods across the country.
Federal funding for community land trusts has dried up
Historically, community land trusts in the United States primarily relied on federal funding from Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) and the HOME Investment Partnership. Community land trusts have also tapped state Housing Trust dollars, Self Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) funding, bank grants, tax increment financing, and philanthropic sources.
While the federal government once prioritized direct funding for subsidized housing construction through HUD, this began to change in the late 1950s and 1960s, when Congress introduced new programs incentivizing private investment in affordable housing. In 1973, President Richard Nixon enacted a moratorium on the construction of new rental and homeownership housing by major HUD programs, and in the early 1980s HUD eliminated funding for new construction under the Section 8 project-based program. Instead, HUD prioritized the expansion of Section 8 vouchers, Community Development Block Grants, and introduced the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program to support both nonprofit and for-profit developers in building affordable housing. With the gutting of direct funding for new affordable homes, the number of subsidized units HUD committed to building dropped by 86 percent from 1976 to 1982. Meanwhile, the federal government lost billions of dollars of revenue as housing-related tax expenditures skyrocketed by 281 percent from 1976 to 2002, a majority of the cost deriving from the mortgage tax interest deduction which primarily benefits wealthy homeowners.
The shift to federally-funded but locally-controlled programs also helped create the funding pools that community land trusts primarily relied on—CDBG and HOME. But funding for both programs hasn’t kept up with inflation and is just a drop in the bucket of HUD’s total budget. Since the creation of CDBGs in 1975, Congress allocated about $2 billion to $4 billion annually to the program; but normalized to 2016 dollars, funding fell from a peak of about $15 billion in 1979 to about $3 billion in 2016 . At the same time, the number of grantees have doubled from 1975 until now. Since Congress created the HOME program in 1992, funding rose from 1.5 billion to over $2 billion in 2004 before dropping to $1.3 billion today.
Dwindling funding for the CDBG and HOME programs and heightened competition for state funding from a growing number of affordable housing providers are collectively raising the pressure on local governments to provide more community land trust funding.
What strategies can cities implement to increase community land trust homes?
Use Right of First Refusal Policies to Allow Tenants and CLTs to Purchase Existing Housing
Since 1980, renters in Washington D.C. have used the city’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) to buy their buildings when they’ve come up for sale. Under TOPA, residents can create a tenants’ association, collectively refuse the sale of the building, and buy the building themselves for the same price. Since renters usually do not have the financial means to collectively purchase a building on their own, they typically seek the help of a developer, either non-profit or for-profit, to make the purchase. The city’s Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) also provides low-interest loans to tenant associations for building purchases as well as funding to nonprofits that can provide technical assistance.
Most recipients of DHCD funding choose to form a limited equity co-op, which is similar to a community land trust in that the homes’ resale prices are restricted, and some community land trusts use the limited equity co-op structure. From 2002 to 2013, the Washington DC TOPA policy transferred around 1,400 homes into resident ownership. Critics note that only 19 buildings purchased out of 398 offers made by tenants under TOPA from 2009 to 2015, although the pace increased in recent years, with 24 buildings bought under TOPA from 2016 through 2018. A 2019 Urban Institute report on the DC program found that TOPA “plays an essential role” in preserving and creating affordable large, family-sized units in particular. To see more tenants exercise their TOPA rights for the thousands of units sold each year, DC can pursue partnerships with local community land trusts to take a more active role in supporting tenants who want to purchase their building but don’t have the legal, operational, and financial support to do so.
In 2019, San Francisco adopted a Community Opportunity to Purchase ordinance, allowing tenants to assign a right of first refusal to select community development organizations that can purchase the units as long as they keep them affordable. This policy built on the city’s Small Sites Program, which gave loans for nonprofits to acquire small apartment buildings, ranging from five to 25 units, with low to moderate income tenants. In San Francisco, a city with one of the worst shortages of affordable housing in North America, this program helped the San Francisco community land trust acquire four of its thirteen properties.
As tenants are unlikely to have the expertise to form a community land trust, cities can connect tenants with existing community land trusts who can provide the operational and financial support to guide tenants through the process and guarantee long-term stability and affordability. For tenants still unable to purchase, community land trusts can also provide stable rental housing. In recent years, California, Massachusetts, and New York proposed TOPA policies, as has Berkeley, CA (a proposal is soon to come in Oakland as well). Meanwhile, Boston and Somerville, MA are petitioning their state legislature to allow localities to adopt the policy.
Provide Land for CLT Homes
Expensive land is a major barrier to community land trusts. As mentioned in a previous article, the city of Vancouver leases land to the Co-operative Housing Federation of BC (CHFBC)’s community land trust. The Globe and Mail reported that in earlier deals with the community land trust, the city offered 99-year leases for $10—essentially free. Other cities such as Seattle, Chicago, and Los Angeles enacted policies to use surplus city-owned land for affordable housing, although they don’t prioritize community land trusts. In 2019, Seattle donated two pieces of city land to Homestead community land trust to develop affordable condos and townhomes. The Housing Authority in Renton, a Seattle suburb, also gave Homestead land to develop the first net zero energy affordable homeownership project in King County.
Cities can go a step further by creating land banks that directly transfer land to community land trusts. The city of Houston, the Houston Land Bank, and the Houston Community Land Trust work together to provide affordable homes with the New Home Development Program (NHDP). The Houston Land Bank acquires property that is vacant, abandoned, or with delinquent property taxes. Through the NHDP, the city of Houston then funds construction of new homes on lots owned by the land bank. Income-qualified buyers can acquire down payment assistance from the city or purchase homes for a reduced price through the Houston Community Land Trust.
The city of Albany, NY requires that the local land bank offer the Albany Community Land Trust the right of first refusal on properties sold through the city’s Inclusive Neighborhood Program. Through this program, the land bank offers properties to the land trust at a discounted price. Although the land bank’s board of directors can ultimately refuse the community land trust’s offer, the aim of the program is to distribute land trust properties throughout the city, not just in neighborhoods where the market is strongest. Cities can also prioritize land near transit, jobs, schools, parks, and amenities for community land trust development to help provide equitable access to opportunity, goods, and green spaces.
Create City-Wide Community Land Trusts
In areas without existing community land trusts, cities can partner with residents and community advocates to create them. By providing initial funding for a local community land trust start-up, the city can help such projects get off the ground and overcome early financial barriers. In the late eighties, the city of Boston granted power of eminent domain over privately owned vacant land to the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, which then formed the Dudley Neighbors Community Land Trust to steward the land, which now holds 225 affordable homes, an urban farm, a community greenhouse, and other amenities. More recently, New York City created the city-wide Interboro CLT in 2017, and Houston launched the Houston Community Land Trust in 2018. City policymakers in Sydney, Australia will consider including a city-wide community land trust proposal as part of their Sydney 2050 comprehensive plan.
Encourage Community Land Trust Hub & Spoke programs
Proud Ground, Cascadia’s second largest community land trust, began offering legal and financial assistance to smaller community land trusts in the region in 2014. This hub-and-spoke model allows community land trusts to serve a variety of communities and bring affordable housing to more people while local community organizations retain control over day to day operations. The hub-and-spoke model is not unique to Proud Ground, and many other community land trusts have created formal and informal networks where a centralized community land trust partners with neighborhood-level community land trusts. The Greater Pittsburgh Community Land Trust uses the hub-and-spoke model along with other community land trusts in Atlanta, New Orleans, and South Florida.
The Community Development Dilemma
While community land trusts were originally envisioned as a way to preserve community control of land by democratically-elected community members, not all of them operate under this classic model. Critics of the modern community land trust movement believe that pressure to produce more affordable housing is causing a shift in control from communities towards non-profits. They argue that this pressure has caused professionalization of community land trusts through nonprofits, which takes control away from community members and residents and grants it to non-profit staffers. As a community land trust grows, it also becomes more difficult to serve the differing, unique needs of individual communities located throughout cities or counties. Counterproductively, the stringent requirements of federal funding programs make it difficult for small community land trusts to acquire funding and inherently push them to expand bureaucratically.
If community land trusts could rely on community-generated funding rather than investments from governments or large philanthropic foundations, they would be more directly accountable to the communities they serve and more power would be retained within the community itself. However, community resources are usually insufficient to support community land trusts in acquiring land and constructing housing. Critics pose that governments and philanthropies could directly fund more grassroots efforts, reward good actors who demonstrate community accountability, and limit the bureaucratic hoops through which community land trusts have to jump through in order to acquire funding.
The bigger picture: we need every level of government to commit to providing housing for all
We know that our current housing market, which propagates housing as a tool for wealth creation, leaves many families displaced and unhoused. Community land trusts offer a solution to that problem by putting land and housing under the control of the residents.
Cities with adequate surplus land can commit to donating land to community land trusts, with a higher priority on those that demonstrate community accountability. Cities can support grassroots community land trust efforts in communities of color, especially in Black neighborhoods that experienced redlining, pairing funding with rights of first refusal. Cities can help create city-wide community land trusts, where control is retained within individual neighborhoods. Cities can also help facilitate local hub & spoke programs where larger community land trusts can give legal and financial support to smaller, grassroots efforts.
However, larger systemic issues around income and wealth inequality require action beyond what local governments can achieve. Direction is needed from the state and federal government through plans like the National Homes Guarantee program to mass produce the permanently affordable housing needed to provide widespread housing stability.
Ultimately, we must recognize housing, not as a wealth investment reserved for the rich, but as a right for all.
Nisma Gabobe, senior research associate, writes about issues around housing and urban sustainability. A Puget Sound native, Nisma recently graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Government, with minors in Inequality Studies and Law & Society. She is deeply committed to fostering safe, healthy and empowered communities across racial and socioeconomic lines. Nisma has previously served as the Judiciary Intern with the office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and she has interned with the Congress Watch division of Public Citizen, where she assisted with research into corporate influence over politics. Find her latest research here. Email her at nisma [at] sightline [dot] org.
Tagged in: Affordable housing, CLT, Community Land Trust, Housing Affordability
Thanks to Richard Marshall for supporting a sustainable Northwest.
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When it comes to RV upkeep, cleaning black tanks is usually not at the top of anyone’s list but it is essential to keep your vehicle in working order.
Cleaning your black water tank is not rocket science and most standard RVs these days are designed to make the experience as clean and easy as possible. However, there are certainly some dos and don’ts to cleaning your RV black tanks that you should be aware of.
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After extensively researching RVlean black tanks. My research has taught me that cleaning RV black tanks is a lot easier if you do it routinely.
There can be some confusion when it comes to cleaning RV black tanks. Specifically - when does it need to be done? Some folks prefer to clean their black tanks as soon as they are just under full and others like to do it as frequently as possible - with some people cleaning them every couple of days.
As a standard, you should try to clean your black tanks every 3 or 4 days - if your RV has been in regular use. If you feel like you are not using your toilet all that much, you should be able to get away with doing it once a week.
We have found that the best time to clean your black tank is when it is ⅔ of the way full. Most modern RVs will have a tank sensor for this to make life easier on you, which will give you an exact indicator of when your black tank is at this level. However, one of the most common faults that we see with RVs is that these new-age sensors often die out pretty quickly and stop functioning.
If that is the case, you can always check on your black tank the old-fashioned way. Simply grab a flashlight, look inside of your RV’s toilet, and have a peek inside. If you are seeing that the water level inside of your black tank is at or near the level of your floor level, then it is a good sign that you should probably dump your sewage sooner rather than later. The reason why you want to dump your black tank when it is two-thirds of the way full is that this is when it will have optimum flow.
Dumping your black tank too frequently can lead to sewage being too solidified, which can cause clogs. This may result in needing to do considerably more black tank cleaning than needed. In addition, waiting until the last minute can potentially result in the same thing. That is why the best time to flush your sewage is between 50% and 75% full.
If you are planning on dumping your black tank, you want to always ensure that you are doing so responsibly. When you dump your tank, it must be at an approved and authorized dump station.
There are dump stations that specialize in this kind of service, however, if you are on the road - then you will find that there are plenty of RV campgrounds that offer this service included in your stay.
Alternatively, you can always drive up to one when you are on the road and drain your tanks for a fee, which is a very important resource to utilize if you are dry camping. Now, let’s get into the process of cleaning your RV’s black tank.
Before you can begin cleaning your RV’s black tank you are going to want to have all of the right supplies and equipment ready to go to make the process quick, clean, and efficient.
Your RV likely came with a connecting elbow pipe so that you can connect your hose to a sewage line.
There is no way that you can drain your RV’s black tank without this component. The standard elbow fitting that your RV came with should get the job done just fine but we would highly recommend buying a seethrough fitting - if you don’t already have one.
So many RV travelers these days are using these fittings as they are much more practical than non-transparent options. It can be very difficult to see how your RV tanks are flowing and when the job is done without one. This results in some people waiting around excessively for their tanks to drain or taking out their fitting before the sewage had fully drained.
A lot of RV travelers tend to overlook the importance of having a collapsable RV ramp for their sewage hoses.
It is quite common for most people to simply connect their RV hose to the sewage-disposal while leaving the hose on the ground for it to drain. This is not going to be a problem if the flow is moving downhill but if there happens to be an uneven surface or even one that is flat, you are going to have poor drainage.
Getting yourself a sewer hose support ramp is going to be an excellent investment for draining your RV’s black tank and you will find that it will make the process a whole lot easier. You take the lightweight support system and create a platform for your sewer hose to sit on top of so that it can drain out evenly.
While we are on the topic of sewer hose support, one of the best ways to seal the deal with draining your black tanks efficiently is going to be to have a second hose handy. Most of the time you will not need to use it but you will find that some campgrounds have their sewer disposal considerably further away than a single hose can reach.
To save yourself the trouble of maneuvering your RV awkwardly around the sewage line, simply get yourself a second hose and avoid the headache altogether.
With all of your equipment ready, you can begin draining your tank. You will first have to connect the drainage hose to the campground sewage hole. Next, connect the hose to your RV’s black tank outputthe output before you begin doing any draining.
If you haven’t already, cleaning your toilet is highly recommended before you begin doing the next steps. If you feel like your tank does not have enough fluid in it, pouring a gallon of water into your RV toilet will make things flow better.
You can then pull the black water tank valve. The black water tank valve is what opens up the flow of your RV’s sewage hose connection system. Some high-tech RVs have a push-button feature for this but most do not. Your black water tank valve will probably be located towards the tail end of your RV on its right or left side.
After you have pulled the black water tank valve, you will see sewage from your RV start to flow out through the hose. This is where the seethrough fitting for your hose really comes in handy as you would otherwise be doing this part of your RV upkeep blind.
With your black water tank valve pulled, give your wastewater tank at least 5 or 10 minutes to flow out before you check up on it again. If you found that the flow of your black water tank was not moving through properly, you may have a lack of fluid in your tank.
In this case, you may want to fill up your tank with water - but not too much. A couple of gallons should be just fine. This will encourage that everything moves through well.
If you do not have a flush system, then you will need to use a tank wand for this part.
If you want to get your black water tank clean, you are going to want to do more than one flush to seal the deal. Once everything has drained out on the initial flush, close your black water tank valvwaste water tank is completely flushed at this point but in actuality, there is still probably a whole lot more in there that you are going to want to get rid of to get your tank clean.
We recommend getting just about an entire tank of water in there again to perform an additional flush. You can grab a bucket, use a fresh water hose, or even a cleaning wand for this. Pour the water into the waste water tank with your black tank valve disengaged.
Once the tank is relatively full, you can pull the black water tank valve to release the fluid. If you check your seethrough fitting you will be amazed by how dirty your tank still is. This second black water tank flush should get rid of the rest of the sewage in your system.
Once everything has drained disengage the black tank valve again. If you saw that the fluid was transparent, then you should be good to go - especially if you have only been on the road for a short period. However, if you are draining your tank after a long trip or are storing your RV for a while, then you should repeat this process at least once or twice more.
Once you have done your black tank flush, you are going to want to add a chemical product into your system to keep things clean and to prevent clogs.
For this, you will want to purchase a black tank treatment additive. This is essentially a chemical that you can add to your black water tank after you have completed your flush. Pour roughly 2 or 3oz of the additive into your toilet with your black water tank valve disengaged.
You can then pour a gallon of water into the toilet to let the chemical spread around the tank. This should pretty much finalize the procedure of cleaning your RV’s black tank - provided that everything drained out properly.
You should probably be okay with your tanks at this point but you will still want to confirm that everything has fully been cleaned and draineoring your RV for a while - especially if you are putting it away for the winter.
Perform a smell test as this is the best way to make sure that the tank drained properly. Close all airflow to your RV and let the vehicle sit for 5 or 10 minutes to see if there is an odor leakage. You can then return to your RV, open up your toilet bowl, and have a smell. If you do not notice any unpleasant odors then you should be good.
If there are any bad smells, you will need to fill up your toilet until the wastewater has fully drained. In this case, fill the tank up with water, pull the black tank valve, and repeat the above-mentioned process.
A common reason that black tanks do not drain properly is due to bad toilet paper that does not process well. You should try using septic safe toiler paper for this, as it was designed to flush the best through black tanks. ‘RV Toilet Paper’ has been known to not work as well. Instead, use two-ply septic-safe toilet paper.
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On August 11, ahead of the August 18 board meeting, all three co-chairs of the Kentucky Alliance emailed a plea to the Board, noting that stakeholders "can only submit written statements" which "are not read out loud at the meeting." They further requested the public "be allowed to participate by zoom, phone, or by submitting video or audio statements that will be presented during the meeting."
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Orioles add Gabriel Ynoa and designate Pena — what these moves mean
"He won 13 games last year (between the minors and majors)," Duquette said. "We just think he needs a little more experience."
I take a stab at some questions involving this deal here:
The Mets are one of the few teams in baseball that have depth when it comes to young arms. They needed to strengthen their late-inning relief and are reportedly re-signing reliever Fernando Salas. They have to clear a roster spot for Salas, and so they likely would have had to designate Ynoa anyway. This way, they get something for him now – and the kid isn't in limbo at the start of spring training.
Nope. Duquette said that's' catching situation?
Pena was supposed to get a real look at back-up catcher this spring. And now he may be out of the organization. Right now, Joseph an40-man roster, and Castillo will be lost for several weeks in the spring as he play, suddenly, the Orioles look short on catchers for the spring. They could always sign a minor-league free agent to bridge the gap. And there's no guarantee Pena will be claimed. He is 27, out of options and a career .239 hitter in the minors. He could be back within days if no one claims him off waivers.
What's Connolly's bottom line here?
Ynoa is definitely worth a shot, especially with minor league options available. It's a classic Duquette under-the-radar move that could pay dividends.
I think Wieters is headed back to Baltimore. just a guy feeling I have had for a month.
Gut too
Hahaha. I got ya. I''t give us a glimpse one way or the other.
Dan I think the longer Wieters stays unsigned the chances look more like he is coming back. Lets face it we could always use a Fisk on the Orioles
Sort of like a chicken soup move. Couldn't hurt 'eh?
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I like this move…steve clevenger a late signing? navarro? our young depth is good-sisco, wynns, perez, mercedes, murphy, levy
Dan, He makes so many moves that profile exactly that way. one of them Is bound to stick. I just think if you are approaching a season as a window of oportunity, this is not the way to get through it before the window slams shut.n't t's no shame to not crack their ML roster.
Considering the Mets track record for discovering & developing young pitchers i'd probably be willing to trade all of our MiL pitching stock for all of theirs 🙂
As for Wieters, he doesn't fill a need. I like the guy, but I don't 't 'ng.
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They closed out the Hilton Classic with a 10-1 loss to Houston at Cougar Softball Stadium. The Lady Bisons finished 3-2 in the classic, including a 4-2 win over Houston Friday.
Houston struck forh and fivengs.
Right-hander Heather Parker made her third relief appearance of the season. She pitched two-thirds of an inning and allowed five hits and five runs, three earned. She walked one batter.
The Lady Bisons are on the road again this weekend with the Bulldog Battle at Mississippi State in Starkville Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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reading it thins the blood, the bruising wasn't so persistent. I started bruising from workouts years ago, I wish I knew about parasites then, but was overall relatively healthy (besides allergy and skin issues)... now everything is pretty bad. I have also had slow healing sores/cuts and especially slow healing Acne for years as well. All of my pimples leave pockmark scars now, no matter how little. What have you done to treat your parasites? Are your undereye circles/other symptoms any better? Thank you.
Garlic is the only thing that really helps me. I've tried several things, but always return to garlic. At first the blood thinning side-effect concerned me, but I was more concerned with having worms. All of my symptoms such as the ones I mentioned above and many others totally go away when I get the infection down.
I know David, I tolerate it very well, and if it wasn't for the smell, I could eat a bulb daily for the rest of my life if it meant being well forever!
Have you ever tried raw onion? It does not seem to permeate from the body the way that garlic does, atleast not as bad. I think it works almost as well as garlic.
I'm not sure you'll find a medical reference for worms causing dark circles under the eyes as an identifying symptom. Perhaps a parasitic infestation that has precipitated significant anemia might cause this.
You are right, there probably won't be medical references to worms causing dark circles. So it must not be possible lol.
You haven't been in a medical or major university library lately, have you?
No, I haven't. Don't need to, I have first hand experience of many symptoms and side effects.
Lily, I just wanted to give you a shout out and say hang in there. I have read that dark circles (Andreas Mortiz) can come from decreased liver/kidney function. If you have grainy sandy patches (pull the eyelid to the side, and feel for little bumps) that could be kidney function.
I just wanted to tell you to hang in there, keep posting, change your diet to greens and fish, and find a Naturopath.
I got your back,LL. Verrrry touchy. My poor kids..lol. I agree with you. I am sad to say that most docs just medicate with the symptoms, and are often just taking a guess. Often then meds they prescribe have worse side effects than benefits, but they give them anyway. I have seen this first hand; so I am off to find a way to use my RN degree far away from a hospital. Don't know why my stool samples came out negative; I know WHAT I SAW..LOL.
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The recipient of the Emmy® statuetby accepting the Emmy® statuette he/she is bound to, understands,hereinafter established or in the future regarding the Emmy® statuette as promulgated by Tre-approved in writing by NATAS. It is expressly understood that possession of the statuett. If a recipient, or the recipient’s heir or successor desires to sell or otherwise dispose of an Emmy® statuette, such person or persons must immediatelythe statuette will be retained in honor/memory of the recipient.
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Steve Lavelle founded NGS Global UK Limited in April 2019, transitioning his previous business, Lavelle Executive Search, into the Company. The UK operation focuses on delivering high-end executive search services into the technology vertical and is developing into other vertical markets such as Industrial, Commercial, Financial Services and Pharma. Steve has 20+ years in the executive search marketplace.
The Company operates exclusively at Senior Management level (Director, CxO and VP) and works solely on a retained, exclusive basis - we are not a contingent agency.
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Bhubaneswar, Sep 27 (PTI)hursday said "gross irregularities" were committed in 'Brahma Parivartan' ritual during the Nabakalebara festival in 2015.
Former chief administrator of the SJTA, S C Mohapatra was asked to give a report on the gross irregularities committed during the ‘Brahma Parivartan’ of Lord Jagannath during Nabakalebera festival in 2015, officials said.
The temple managing committee headed by Gajapati Maharaj of Puri, Dibyasingha Deb went through the report and has given its nod for action against the erring servitors, Mohapatra said. They might be either the Daitapati or the Maharana servitors against whom exemplary Sri Jagannath Temple Administration Act,” he said.
The SJTA chief administrator, however, made it clear that the report would not be made public.
“It is a very very sensitive matter. Therefore, the report on the irregularities during the Brahma Parivartan cannot be made public. Even the report will not be available under Right to Information Act,” P K Mohapatra told reporters.
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Kingdom’. Inside we meet the owner, Miss Huong. She greets us with perfect English and after brief introductions; she proceeds to tell us about the story of COCK… According to Miss Huong, the ‘COCK’ is part of her business strategy. Her front window featured large text ‘Try COCK today please’.”.
Tabitha Carvan writes the blog The City That Never Sleeps In about the lighter side of living in Hanoi, where this post first appeared. She contributes to a number of publications and is a regular columnist for AsiaLife magazine and Vietnam’s largest news site Dân Trí. You can follow her on Twitter here.
Miss Huong of C–k fame may be astute, if not totally original. But it worked so well for French Connection United Kingdom, so there’s no reason I won’t be trying a C–k at Birkenhead Super Centre some time soon… (sorry I dashed it, am assuming I’ll run foul of Crikey’s moderation)
No need to go all the way to Vietnam. There’s a “Tran Ny” hairdressers in Footscray. They could have at least made the space between the two word a bit bigger in the shop window.
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/u-s-suspends-some-aid-to-ethiopia-over-dam-dispute-with-egypt
Politics Sep 2, 2020 2:36 PM EDT
READ MORE: Ethiopia says coup attempt thwarted, military chief killed
“The United States previously and repeatedly expressed its concern that commencing the filling of the GERD before all necessary dam safety measures were implemented created serious risks for the populations of the downstream countries,” the spokesperson added. “In addition, filling while negotiations were underway undermines the other parties’ confidence in the negotiations.”
The State Department spokesperson says aid will continue for Ethiopia’s response to COVID-19 and HIV and “certain humanitarian assistance to aid those affected by”
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She is preceded in death by her parents, Fredrick J Mappin and Mary Mappin; her husbands, Richard Earl Strickland Sr. and Howard Gordon Miller Sr.; her daughters, Carol Anderson and Barbara Haw.
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Ref....Exodus 1:16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
Just before the arrival of moses,a decree went forth by the king to kill all male Hebrews children.. The enemy perceived that a deliverer is about to be born and because he is limited in his ability and capacity He could not have the foresight as to when and how the delieverer will arrived..he proceed to do a guess work..by giving a blind instruction to kill all male born..
The enemy is so blind that even the kings daughter saw the anointed packaged child,sent from heaven and he adopted the child not knowing that the same person they are targeting to killed is been fed and train under their own roof..
See how dummy the enemy is, when he thinks he is attacking you,what he never knows is,he is forcing you to enter into your purpose and destiny
Don't be frighten by the language of the enemy.let this be settled in your heart today,the devil is blind Now look at the death of Jesus on the cross,see how the enemy mobilized all his armies and they carried out their duties diligently.. Because of the degree of blindness the enemy has already suffered..he could not decode that the death of Jesus on the cross is a neccesity for the redemption and salvation of mankind to be completed and perfected..Now if he had known,,they would not have crucified the lord of glory..
I see the enemy becoming more confused by this revelation been released through this message Don't allow your present challenges or battles to keep you sitting on a spot,complaining and weeping. Dry your tears, the bible says...For we know that all things worketh together for good to them that love God.. Something is always activated the moment you switch over to God's camp.heaven manifests to directs your steps..
No matter the attacks,the bullets,the stones or the storms The blindness of the enemy is so heavy that it has become an irrecoverable blindness and so it will remain until he ends it up in hell Saints cheer up..the enemy does not have the blueprint of your life, don't give up because of present challenges or battles. God is still working behind the veil,,to those who love him. God holds the future..
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Direct-To-Video Sequel
Direct-To-Video Sequel is a door card first released in The Cheat With Both Hands expansion.
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My name is Jim, and I am a 30-year-old night patrolman at a large warehouse complex. Part of my duties are to patrol a large lot where many of the truckers who come to the warehouses drop their empty trailers.
I was enjoying the warm summer night as I made my rounds. On this particular night, it appeared the trailer lot gate had been force open.
After securing the open gate, I began a systematic patrol of the trailer lot. It was a little after midnight when, near a dark corner at the back of the lot, I spotted a car I didn’t recognize. It didn’t belong to any of the warehouse workers or truck drivers authorized to be in the lot.
of the car, I noted its make, model, color, and license number. I then noticed, with the aid of a distant yard light, the driver’s window was down. The car was occupied by what appeared to be a male sitting in the driver’s seat. His head was laid back against the headrest, and he seemed to be slowly moving his torso.
He didn’t notice me, even as I walked up to his door. By then I could see his eyes were closed and hear the moans coming form inside the car.
Looking inside the car, I saw what had his focused attention. The driver was not alone. He was stroking the long brunette hair of a young lady. She was busily bobbing her head up and down in his lap. She was giving him a blow-job.
I just couldn’t bring myself to disturb their pleasure.
In a short time, he had wadded her hair in his fist and began to rapidly thrust his hips up to her head. She seemed to be swallowing his load of cum. As she sat up, I cold see a good deal of it actually dribbled down his cock to his balls.
She sat up and smiled at him. As he pulled her toward himself, she noticed me standing next to the car’s door. She gasped and froze in place.
Staring at me, she replied, “The guard.” She didn’t move.
He, of course, denied doing any damage to the gate.
gate damage, I couldn’t charge him for it. However, he was trespassing, and I would have to call the cops to have him cited for that offense.
Both of them begged me not to call the police.
They both handed me their driver’s license. It was then that I noticed a wedding ring on his hand but not on hers. Making notes from their licenses, I saw that Mr. Robert Clayton was 28-years-old and lived on the far side of town. Ms. Alexandra Boyd had just turned 18 and had an address just two blocks from the warehouse.
“And why not?” I asked rather sarcastically.
“That’s none of your business.” Clayton snapped.
“Fine! If you don’t want to answer my questions, maybe you’ll answer the cop’s questions.” I reached for my cell phone to call the cops.
“And what’s your story, Ms. Boyd?” I asked.
Nearly in tears, she said, “I still live with my parents. My dad will ground me forever if he finds out about this. I need to stay home, so I can go to college next fall. He’s a hard hearted preacher. He’d cut off my college money, and probably kick me out, if he finds out about this. Please, please don’t call the police. I’ll do anything, just don’t report us.
As she got out of the car, Mr. Clayton dropped his head into his hands.
I met Ms. Boyd at the rear of car and leaned on the trunk. She came around and stood about two feet in front of me. Even in the darkened lot, I could see she was a lovely young thing. She stood about 5’6″ and weighed something like 120 pounds. Her round face was surrounded by soft dark curls.
I reached out to squeeze both of her tits with my hands. She tensed and stepped back.
I told her, “You can get in the car and leave anytime you like. However, before you can get home, I will let your father and his wife will know about this little incident.
“Please, don’t.” She lowered her head and took a step forward.
“I want a blow-job. I saw you sucking him. Now, get busy.” Holding it in front of her face, she stared at it for several seconds. She seemed to be thinking.
I took her head and gently pulled her forward until she gaged.
“Go on, Baby. I demanded.
All things considered, Alex gave a terribly sloppy blow-job.
“Come on, girl. I demanded.
She tightened her lips just a bit and lightly sucked. Still not a good blow-job, but better than nothing.
After several minutes of Alex’s bobbing, I shot my load into her mouth.
“What? I can’t. I won’t.” Alex protested.
“No! Please don’t.” She begged.
“OK! I’ll be here.” She had resigned herself to doing as I instructed.
Without a word, she got up and followed me inside. When we entered the well lighted office, I could see Alex was indeed a lovely young thing. She had long brunette hair that framed her rounded face. Her hazel eyes seemed to be hypnotic. She had worn a dark blue blouse and matching knee length skirt. Nicely shaped legs led to her white tennis shoes.
When I sat to write my patrol notes, Alex went to her knees and started to unzip my pants.
After finishing my log entries, I took her hand and led Alex to the office kitchen. When she was seated in a chair, I opened the fridge behind her and offered her a glass of orange juice.
She took a sip of the juice then quizzically looked at it.
As Alex sat quietly and slowly drank her screwdriver. I, still behind her, reached over her shoulders and gently squeezed and massaged both of her tits.
She took a big sip of her drink and looked up at me. Was that the beginnings of a smile I saw. In a short time, her hardening nipples were evident through her bra and blouse.
I made her another drink and returned to massaging her tits. I was in no hurry. As she began sipping her drink, I unbuttoned her blouse. Pulling her bra up exposed a nice firm set of tits. They were topped by hard nipples the size of large peas.
As she finished her second drink, I began pinching her nipples and rolling them between my thumb and first finger. Alex moaned with each pinch and tilted her head back to look up at me.
I bent to her and kissed her soft lips. I could taste the orange juice on her lips as she returned my kiss.
I then moved in front of Alex and sat on the edge of the table.
She leaned forward half hard cock.
Placing my hands on both sides of her head, I gently pulled her off my cock, and said to her, “Alex, let’s do this right. When you get to the top, kiss and lick the head.
Alex was a very good student. Almost instantly, she did as she was told.
Like the good little girl she was, Alex obeyed my every instruction.
She ingested most of it, and only let a small dribble run out of the corner of her mouth.
I hugged her, and told her, “That was much better. I have to go on another patrol now, but I’ll be back soon for another blow-job. You relax a while. Have another drink.” I sat the drink in front of her as I left the room.
When I returned from patrol, Alex had finished her third drink. I told her.
“There’s more?” She asked with wide eyes.
Still grinning, she said “OK.” She took a big gulp of her drink, and sat on the end of the table. She quickly laid on her back when I nudged the center of her chest.
I immediately went after her tits. Kissing, sucking, nipping, and pinching those tender mounds of flesh soon had her loudly moaning. Her head was rolling side to side. Her eyes were closed.
I don’t think she even noticed when I lifted the front of her skirt and exposed her silky white panties. I sucked one nipple very hard and pinched the other as I pulled her skirt up and placed it on her belly. Her white panties were all the protected her young pussy.
After another big gulp of screwdriver, she laid back down. A few more minutes of tit and pussy fondling and Alex was again moaning and groaning. Her moaning got louder and louder as I continued to subject her body to many new sensations. Her panties became soaked with her natural lubricating juices.
I moved to stand between her feet and briefly admired her dark bush.
“Oh!” Alex exclaimed.
Another long, probing, lick opened her outer lips. Alex jumped when I gently flicked my tongue over her clit. After several more licks, she slowly raised her knees and tilted her pelvis. That gave me better access to her pussy.
Occasionally dipping my tongue into her love hole and gently sucking her clit quickly had Alex writhing on the table.
Right there.” She began thrusting her hips up to meet my mouth.
I firmly sucked her clit into my mouth and rapidly flicked my tongue over it.
As Alex started calming down from her orgasm, I released her clit. I rapidly and repeatedly drove my tongue into her virgin hole.
“Ummmmmmm, God that feels good.” She cooed.
I kissed all over her face and lips.
“You mean you’ve never had an orgasm before tonight?” I asked.
“No! When I was about 14-years-old, Daddy caught me playing with myself. He even made Mom put me on birth control pills. He said he didn’t want any whore’s bastards in his house. Ever since then, I’ve not touched myself down there, not even when I felt the funny feelings there.” Alex was nearly in tears as she told me how her father treated her.
A look of disappointed clouded Alex’s face.
She went out the door and walked the two blocks home.
I was already looking forward to seeing Alex again.
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Meet John Pye
April 5, 2018 at 11:00am
While John Pye grew up in suburban Philadelphia, his family co-owned a farm in northeastern Pennsylvania, where he planted white pine and larch, raised Christmas trees, and watched the forest grow and change. His early discovery that there’s no substitute for seeing trees grow and mature combined with multiple camping outings as a child left him with a deep love for the natural environment, and forests in particular.
John Pye. (Pye family photos.)
What do you do in the USDA Forest Service and when did you start working here?
I manage the computer systems that help the Research and Development program (R&D) of the Forest Service answer questions like, “What science are you working on? What have you accomplished? What results can you share with us?” However, when I joined the agency in 1985, it was as an ecologist researching the bioeconomics of forest health. I worked first on southern pine beetle and air pollution, then later added fusiform rust and wildfires. Shortly after the World Wide Web was invented, I was asked to help the agency make better use of it for its science delivery, and that just snowballed from there.
John Pye on a day hike down Highline Trail in Glacier National Park. (Pye family photos.)
In 2018 our team began testing some “big data” tools that help us track where our research results are shared and discussed. Tracing how and where our results move from scholarly publications through news stories, policy documents, Wikipedia entries, researcher support forums, and social media helps us improve how we get our science to those who can use it to improve the land and strengthen our connections to the world around us.
In 2017 we were able to replace our simple Treesearch website with a new design that works well on mobile platforms, offers powerful new search capabilities, and lets users set up automated notifications when the site gets new content related to their interests. Researchers from across R&D add new peer reviewed articles to it every month, passing the 50,000 publication mark in early 2018. That’s a lot of free information!
In his free time, John trains German Shepherd Dogs to compete in “Schutzhund,” a competition that challenges dogs to succeed in obedience, tracking, and courage. Pye family photos.
I grew up surrounded by the influences of Martin Luther King and protests for civil rights and an end to the Vietnam War. Many people showed a lot of courage to push for a better future. That included early leaders in the environmental movement such as Rachel Carson and Jane Goodall, who helped create a new appreciation for our environment and different threats that put it at risk. When I was a child, American eagles and bison were nearly extinct and Freon was ruining the planet’s protections from UV. That’s no longer the case today because of these courageous champions for the environment.
Backpacking trips have been a great way for me to get away from roads and development and enjoy some really nice places. I don’t get to do as many longer trips as I’d like, so it’s helpful to live minutes from a state park and in it the Mountains-to-Sea trail, which I help grow and maintain.
My wife and I also have a few German Shepherd Dogs that I train for “Schutzhund.” It’s like a canine triathlon that challenges the dog to succeed in obedience, tracking, and courage. The sport was invented to prove the broad utility of that dog and its relatives for tasks that would be important for many working dogs, such as those used to detect bombs or protect hostages. I’ve also taught my dogs to herd sheep and compete in obedience. For me these are all great excuses to spend quality time with my dog.
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"Examples of comments a husband will make when trying to avoid giving a gift or creating a romantic evening are: "Valentine's Day is a Hallmark Holiday," referring to the belief that the holiday was created to benefit retail merchants. This avoidance and excuse making causes hurt feelings and romantic moments are sabotaged while underlying feelings go unexposed."
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In the twelfth edition of the Fear The Fin podcast Jason Plank and Matt Taylor break down the huge game three win over the Detroit Red Wings, muse about Devin Setoguchi's hat trick, look at how well Thornton has been playing, and discuss the impact Antti Niemi has had on last night's victory (as well as the series as a whole).
Furthermore, the guys debut two brand new commercials that have never been used on the podcast before and answer some questions from people who called our FTF call in number (you can leave a voicemail for the podcast at 502-FTF-1023).
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[Ed. Note]: Looks like the audio files of our calls didn't work when we transferred them, which is kind of awkard considering the portion of the podcast where the questions are being asked is silent. Here's the order of the questions for those of you listening at home:
20:05-- Is the rivalry between the San Jose Sharks and the Detroit Red Wings the best one in hockey right now?
23:15-- I noticed Benn Ferriero playing shifts with the top three lines tonight towards the end of the game while Mayers and Nichol sat on the bench. What are your thoughts on this?
25:25-- Did Babcock make the right move in changing up his lines? Where does he go to now?
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WMenstruation throughout history has always fascinated me, in part because it's kind of a mystery to us now. Since most history was recorded…
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