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Photographer Les Delano Reveals the Naked Truth Behind the Camera
Photographer Les Delano Reveals the Naked Truth Behind the Camera
PLUS Model Magazine’s ‘Dare to Love Your Body’ editorial in the October issue of PLUS made huge virtual waves. Seven beautiful plus size models of all sizes, shapes and races showed their confidence for all the world to see by posing in the nude. Photographer and former model, Les Delano, was behind this beautiful display and has been bringing exciting and creative images for many years. Today Les exposes herself for PLUS and reveals the naked truth behind the camera.
[Maddy] Most people know you as a passionate photographer but you actually began your career as a straight size model. Can you tell me a little about your modeling days?
[Les] I modeled back in the 80’s, when straight size was 6, 8, and even 10! I did print, beauty and catalogue, mostly; some commercials. There was no on-line advertising then; it was all catalogues, magazines, newspapers and TV. The look for straight sized models was different than it is now–I knew very few girls that I would describe as emaciated; they were just slinky and svelte. Think about the Sports Illustrated girls; that was the look. Lean muscles were great!! I think Elle McPherson, Paulina Porizkova, Kim Alexis and Kelly Emberg, define that era in terms of model types.
[Maddy] We often hear that straight size models are asked to slim down below a healthy weight. Was this your experience?
[Les] Well, models have always been taller and thinner than the average person, but back then (sounds like I am talking about the Jurassic era — LOL), most 5’10 models weighed about 130 pounds, maybe less for runway, which is more stringent. I was about 135 pounds, which is thin but not disgusting. I was (and am) completely uncoordinated; I can’t walk in heels at all, so runway was not an option for me! I had big lips and big hair and a slightly exotic look for a blond. That’s what got me work, mostly, my face — as long as I stayed around an 8-10 for the Chicago market that was okay. It’s very diffe rent now, models are being fired for being 5’11” and 125 lbs– i.e., too fat, because sample sizes are 0-2 now. I sure as heck wouldn’t have been a model if I were of age now.
[Maddy] Over the past few years we have seen a handful of models turn their attention towards photography. What does it take to be a good photographer?
[Les] The eye. Unfortunately digital has leveled the playing field in terms of being able to use the equipment, but all the toys in the world won’t help you if you don’t have a great eye both for composition AND lighting. I love working with natural light, and personally would still shoot film if I had my druthers, but no one wants to wait for the development or pay for it. Which is sad, as it would weed out a lot of people because there’s no retouching!
[Maddy] When did you decide you would turn your sites to the photography field?
[Les] I believe it was in early 2001. I had been unofficially taking shots of model friends for years, but when 9/11 hit and the economy started to tank and funding dropped out of documentaries, I had to make a fast move. Having both modeled and made movies, I figured I could teach myself how to do still shooting pretty easily. I never assisted; I just started, as I have done with all my artistic careers. I studied European fashion magazines, which have much better photography than American ones, especially the Italians; they know all about light and have for centuries!
[Maddy] After studying photography on your own, how did you begin to develop your book?
[Les] I started testing for free — I got some models off the plus models site– and then went into agencies. I also shot straight size starting out. It’s pretty easy to get beginner top agency models if you have a team and are a woman. I got very young girls (and their mothers) from Click, and everyone was comfortable with me, Bette and Tanja.
It’s important to build a strong book as quickly as possible, rather than worry about getting paid right away. As soon as your book is strong, you can do paid tests, and get clients. As with models, so it is for us photographers; our images are our calling cards. My first client job was through a model, Taylor, who I had shot a card for, and that was Kiyonna. They were shooting their own merchandise at the time and they saw my work on Taylor’s card and she enthusiastically recommended me!
[Maddy] With the stigma that plus size models had years ago… you still decided to include plus size models in your work. Why did you make that decision?
[Les] I think it is devastating to present only one size as the standard of beauty, especially since weight and frame size are pretty random variables among the general population. I mean, we don’t hold someone’s hair color or eye color against them, right? You can be a beautiful girl with gray, brown or green eyes, but not if you aren’t a size 2? It’s ludicrous to me. I believe it’s all about the face, that’s what I go by. Maybe it’s because I’m a straight woman, not a gay designer or a MWC (man with camera), but it’s the shot, how the girl moves, the clothes, the location and how the LIGHT come together. A beautiful face on any size body will get me and my camera any time!
[Maddy] You are well known by the agencies for your fantastic images. How important is it to have a good reputation in this business?
[Les] I think this business is heavily dependant on word of mouth. Clients know I deliver good images on time with a tight creative team. They also know I have nothing edible but chocolate and this vile green juice in my house, but there are worse things to be known for – LOL!
[Maddy] What are your own views about body image?
[Les] You really want me to start on this — LOL? Ok, I think there are many factors that determine body image, which is separate from self esteem in general. Take me for instance. Due to factors growing up: family, peers, and the fact that I was in the fashion industry; I’m not happy with my size and always have wished I had a better body. I also have a lot of common sense and a deep-seated loathing of exercise, so wishing is as far as it ever gets… My body thoughts, however, do not interfere with how I see myself as a human, to what’s important to me in life, which is helping other people as much as possible. That’s what I base my self-esteem on — what my various talents and qualities are.
As far as body image for the rest of the population — women of all ages are affected by the media blitz that subliminally — or not so subliminally — sends them the message that they are NOT OK as they are. The media does this by glorifying unusually young and genetically gifted people and paying them enormous sums of money to hawk products through which the average woman has a snowball’s chance in hell of ever looking like the model/actress — but hope springs eternal, and hope drives huge profits in the beauty, fashion and diet industries. So women run out and buy that diet aid, that mascara, that cream, those jeans, that hair dye, because the message is, “If you don’t look like Giselle no one will ever love you and you will die a failure eaten by your cat in your overpriced tiny pad full of Jimmy Choos and thigh-slimming cream.” It’s SILLY but it’s so overpowering, and not everyone is hyper aware enough to dismiss the virtual Uzi of “you don’t look like this and you should” messages that come at them hundreds of times a day in all media. So it’s my mission to make it ok to be different; make it ok to love your body even if no one hires you as a stand in for Megan Fox. It’s a work in progress, and I’m including myself in that.
[Maddy] You are the photographer who brought us the ‘Dare to Love Your Body’ Editorial in the October issue of PLUS. Tell me about what bringing images that represent bodies of all shapes and sizes mean to you.
[Les] That was one of the most fun shoots I’ve done. The models were great — no hissy fits about being buck-naked on my rooftop deck in sweltering 90 heat. We are so trained how to ‘best hide’ our figure ‘flaws’– that ever helpful media telling us we suck again– that it was great to have these girls say — here is my body, I love it, you better love it too! That confidence is hot and made for hot photos.
[Maddy] You have worked with some of today’s most well-known plus size models and have been a model yourself. What are your tips for aspiring models when preparing for a successful shoot?
[Les] Go to a pro, someone who does not retouch the living hell out of your pictures. Big agencies like Polaroid girls and that’s what I like for castings; your pictures MUST look like you. When I shot film the agents would take the proof prints and make cards directly from them. Digital does require a little post work for color balancing and zit removal as it is a much harsher medium than film, but go to someone (like myself) who has a VERY light retouch touch!
Also, use a stylist. It’s expensive but these pictures are going to be what get you those nice day rate jobs, so invest the money. Trust the photographer to know the best artists. It may save you $$ up front to bring your friend who did all the make up for the high school plays but if you need to re-shoot, then you are out even more money. So do it right with the best people you can afford right out of the gate. You are only as good as your pictures in this arena.
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https://www.plus-model-mag.com/2009/11/photographer-les-delano-reveals-the-naked-truth-behind-the-camera/
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Like all car filters, the cabin air filter needs to be replaced when it’s no longer doing its job. To replace it, here’s where you can find it in your car.
Replacing your car air filter can help keep odors out of your interior and also help with heating and cooling. Here’s how to replace your car’s filter.
After spring rains gave everything a good soaking, summer sun has been helping things grow and drying things out. Protecting your farm equipment and…
Spring is here and that means allergies. Here’s how to keep your car allergen-free all year long.
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In this era of cheap-and-reliable rent-a-data centers, does it make sense for a company to build a new data center on its own anymore?
Amazon’s data center guru James Hamilton is pretty clear that he sees no reason for most companies to keep constructing new data centers from scratch, but if they have a huge compute load and really have to, they should build way more capacity than they need and sell off the excess a la Amazon itself.
While Hamilton has a vested interest in people moving their compute loads to Amazon’s infrastructure, his build big or don’t build at all mantra resonates with several other IT experts. The consensus: It makes sense for most companies to trust their data center needs to the real experts in data centers — the companies that build and run data centers as a business. More companies will start moving more of their new compute loads — maybe not necessarily all the mission critical stuff — to the big cloud operators. That roster includes the aforementioned players as well as Google, Microsoft, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and others that are building out more of their own data center capacity for use by customers.
More of the GigaOM post from Barb Darrow
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https://lifelinedatacenters.com/data-center/gigaom-do-byo-data-centers-make-sense-anymore/
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Global Investment Company Exane turned to the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) to provide expert optimization solvers to calibrate parametric arbitrage-free volatility surfaces. Exane specialize in three finance areas: Cash Equities, Derivatives and Asset Management, and it was within the Equity Derivatives function that Exane benefitted from using NAG’s superior optimization solvers.
The Exane Quant Team for Equity Derivatives needed to quickly, efficiently and, on a continuous basis, solve a constrained nonlinear least squares optimization problem with approximately 50 parameters, 100 linear constraints and 100 nonlinear constraints.
Having previously used the NAG Library routines in other applications, Exane team members selected NAG Library optimization routines and conducted an extensive test phase, including pitching them against other numerical libraries and several open source routines. During the testing phase NAG experts helped the Exane team achieve a proof of concept, overcoming the initial complexity challenges. At the end of the evaluation NAG was chosen to supply their solvers for a host of reasons including the extensive algorithmic coverage found in the NAG Library. The Library offers numerous algorithms for the same class of problems which means the user can choose exactly the right solver for the problem. Other benefits which made NAG the first choice were:
- NAG’s highly skilled and experienced technical staff being on hand to help solve convergence issues.
- The intelligent monitoring possibilities in the NAG Library, including verbose loggings which helped in development.
- Full reproducibility and robustness across platforms (x32 and x64).
Speaking of the NAG Library, Christian Marzolin, Head of the Quant Team for Equity Derivatives at Exane said, “After more than one year in production, the NAG Library has given us full satisfaction in terms of performance and reliability. With the reactivity of the technical support team we have been able to progressively improve the quality of our results. I strongly recommend others to try it out.”
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https://www.nag.com/content/investment-company-utilize-nag-optimization-solvers-calibrate-nonlinear-least-squares
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The Gift of Slowing Down: An Interview with a Spiritual Director and Paterson Guide
In today’s world, we live full, fast, busy lives. It seems like there is no time or space for slowing down; it sounds important, but never actually makes it into the schedule. So how and why should we slow down in the midst of so much busyness and noise?
As a spiritual director and Paterson Guide, Stephen Milburn has thought a lot about the gift of slowing down and the art of spiritual disciplines.
“Slowing down…it doesn’t just take time, it takes attention. Spiritual disciplines can help us get there.” says Stephen. But what is a spiritual discipline? Stephen would tell you that disciplines are the spaces in life where we can allow ourselves to refocus and give attention to the things that matter. “If you talk to artists” comments Stephen, “they will talk about the installation — that is— it’s the empty space that draws our focus to what matters. If we talk to authors, they refer to it as margin…it’s what gives you space to breathe. Spiritual disciplines can be something similar…A spiritual discipline is anything that fosters an improved relationship with God, self, others or creation. And you can be as creative with that as you want with that.”
As we enter the holiday season, we think you will feel nourished and encouraged by Stephen’s insights on how and why we should accept the gift of slowing down.
To listen to the show, click one of the links below. And, as always, remember that you play a big part in helping others find the show.
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https://patersoncenter.com/021-gift-slowing-interview-spiritual-director-paterson-guide/
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After much anticipation, Qualico Communities has launched its website for Dawson's Landing. The new responsive website was designed by the expert web designers and developers of MORAD. Our team also designed the logo and branding for this vibrant community in Chestermere.
The Dawson's Landing web design features eye-catching imagery, bright colours, and elegant typography to capture the energy of this Chestermere community and guide site visitors to pre-register for updates by filling out an online form.
The homepage showcases images of Chestermere Lake and a video about the community to give website visitors a feel for what it would be like to live there. The website offers information about Chestermere and its amenities as well as profiles of the home builders for Dawson's Landing.
Showhomes for this community will be opening in 2020. An interactive lot map is available on the website for potential buyers to scope out their new home.
In addition to website design, MORAD has designed advertisements for Google Display, social media, magazines, newspapers, and billboards to promote Qualico's many communities in Calgary and surrounding areas.
Go to liveindawsonslanding.ca to see the stunning website design for Dawson's Landing.
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https://moradcreative.com/post/dawsons-landing-website-design
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After publishing a breathtaking 123 pieces on issues like corruption, elections, global warming and surveillance, in 42 countries around the world, the Creative Time Reports (CTR) editorial team is taking a moment to reflect and devote an entire edition to our top picks—pieces we feel are exemplary of our mission to amplify artists’ voices in the public discourse on, and interrogation of, contemporary global issues.
Marisa Mazria Katz, Editor
“Kuwait: A Legacy of Corruption Confronted” by Monira Al Qadiri
“Some people say I am corrupt, but I don’t call it corruption, I call it kindness.” So goes the languorous and imaginative Arabic monologue accompanying Monira Al Qadiri’s dispatch detailing her interpretations of how greed and malfeasance pushed Kuwait’s stock market to undergo one of the largest crashes in history. Al Qadiri’s five-minute film, which trains the camera’s eye on a fluorescent-drenched Kuwaiti stock exchange filled with dishdasha-clad men talking with one another while hundreds of numbers hover on screens above, was one of the first on CTR. It was also one of the timeliest, as it made its debut just as the country was dealing with a scandal involving bribery of government MPs—coined the “the Kuwaiti Watergate.” Al Qadiri’s piece articulated the possibilities a site like CTR could have on disrupting an often less-than-nuanced news cycle and proffering a different way to understand crises around the world.
Laura Raicovich, Editorial Director
“Turnkey Tyranny: Surveillance and the Terror State” by Trevor Paglen
The heart of Trevor Paglen’s eloquent argument is simple: When governments are faced with a crisis they look to available tools to end the crisis. While the point of departure for Paglen’s piece may be Edward Snowden’s revelations about NSA programs like PRISM and Boundless Informant, the artist incisively connects the dots, showing how inadequate the response of the United States (or any state, for that matter) to economic, environmental, human rights or other crises may be if all it has in its reserve are eavesdropping and war-waging capabilities. As citizens, we must interrogate the instruments our governments deploy in response to each perceived crisis, not just in terms of how they are being used now but also how they may be dispatched in the future. Paglen’s proposition, then, which the Snowden revelations underscore, is that we may, in fact, be too late.
Kareem Estefan, Associate Editor
“Redacted Histories of the Space Race” by Lisi Raskin
What does Star Trek’s Mr. Spock have to do with defense contractor Northrup Grumman, U.S. elections and Nazi rocket scientists? In Lisi Raskin’s “Redacted Histories of the Space Race,” everything is intricately and hilariously connected, recalling the paranoid logic of Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow. In a monologue narrated by a split persona one might call East and West Raskin, the Cold War’s arms race and space race converge to open a window onto the ideology of “American exceptionalism.” It’s a dizzying whirlpool of historical fact that sounds like conspiracy theory, yet Raskin breaks even the heady concept of “fetishistic disavowal” into a simple paraphrase of the United States’ tragicomic realpolitik: “I know very well that these men are Nazis, but they are also fantastic rocket scientists—and we need fantastic rockets!”
Todd Florio, Social Media Editor
“Going ‘Diplomatical’ at the UN” by Negin Farsad
When the first line of a dispatch called “Going ‘Diplomatical’ at the UN” is: “It’s General Assembly time, bitches!”, you have your first hint it just might be humorous. Standing in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York City, comedienne Negin Farsad does her very own rendition of Jay Leno’s ask-people-questions-on-the-street-and-laugh-at-how-dumb-they-are, yet in this three-minute video we quickly see the people she interviews are comparatively smart, informed and funny. This was one of CTR’s earliest pieces and is still one I recommend to folks I want to impress with how freakin’ hilarious our artists’ views on serious news often can be.
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https://creativetimereports.org/2013/08/19/creative-time-reports-editors-picks/
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Dockings : transitional housing for political refugees, Stockholm, Sweden
Author(s)Mack, Jennifer Shannon, 1973-
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
Ann M. Pendleton-Jullian and Bish Sanyal.
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Inside its cocoon, a caterpillar changes slowly, transforming from one state of being to another over time, but always maintaining its fundamental essence and its origins. Similarly, a move from one place to another- whether by force or by choice, whether between nation-states or between cities-is a process of metamorphosis that happens individually for people with distinct and continuous identities. When they migrate, newcomers must learn the rules, both spoken and unspoken, that define and delineate the unfamiliar society; for refugees, any period of assimilation is also likely to include the need for recovery from involuntary losses and psychological traumas that may have been both the motivation for leaving and part of the journey. This is a process that takes emotion, energy, and, of course, time. This thesis understands this moment in the life of a migrant as one of extreme tension, and the cocoon's analogue- the physical space in which the transformation takes place- as the vessel in which it occurs. Through an examination of the government-distributed, transitional housing (genomgångsbostäder) for refugees living in Stockholm, Sweden, the thesis will clarify the psychological and social roles of this housing in the process of integration and illustrate the importance of its physical form to its successes and failures. The proposed strategy engages these questions and offers an alternative approach to their solution. The centerpoint of the proposal is the kitchen, where food, a vehicle for reproducing cultural memories, is prepared and initial social contacts are made. The project also seeks to activate its users- from the initial moment of moving in to the memories left behind when moving out-empowering them instead of creating dependencies. Finally, it attempts to establish ties between residents and outsiders by creating points of both concentrated and random interaction in semi-public and public spaces. As a transitional space, a rite of passage, and a place where regrounding can occur, the housing provides a temporary shelter and point of recovery from the vertigo of forced migration.
Thesis (M.Arch.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture; and, (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-161).
DepartmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Architecture., Urban Studies and Planning.
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https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/68390
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* While all this is going on with the Dalmatians, there are problems in other provinces as well.
* We hear of campaigning going on in….. Africa.
* And also this is the period when Herod’s son Archelaus is so unpopular in Judaea that he’s stripped of his throne and forced into retirement, and Judaea becomes a full Roman province.
* As I mentioned a few episodes ago, Quirinius is sent by Augustus to run the province and he hold a census which makes the Jews unhappy.
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* It’s the first time they’ve had to pay taxes directly to Rome.
* And so they rise up.
* This is actually a really interesting event.
* The uprising is lead by a guy called Judas of Galilee.
* Not Jesus of Galilee.
* Not Judas Iscariot.
* Judas of Galilee.
* According to the late first century Jewish historian and turncoat Josephus, Judas of Galilee is the founder of the Zealots.
* And he was actually a messiah wannabe.
* He may or may not be the same Judas who, a few years earlier, cleaned the temple because Herod the Great defiled it with statues of Roman eagles.
* Anyway, Judas, like all of the other messiah wannabes, was executed by the Romans before his revolution could succeed.
* Quirinus shuts down the rebellion like a good Roman should – quickly and brutally. * So at the age of 69 – Ray’s favourite age – Augustus is facing serious problems on several fronts simultaneously.
* And for a brief time at least, he reverts back to young Octavian – curled up in the corner, sucking his thumb.
* Pliny claims he fell into despair, didn’t eat for four days, and kept yelling that he wished he was dead.
* I actually have a clip.
* GODFATHER – YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN.
* Or the ANTONY clip.
* Or both.
* When the rebellion in Illyricum broke out, he couldn’t have known how Bodacious would react when he pulled Tibbo out of Germany.
* Would he take a peace deal or not?
* And of course he knew the Illyricum warriors first hand, cuz he’d gone there himself to pacify them back when he was a youngster.
* He had Agrippa by his side at the time though.
* Now’s he’s all alone.
* All his worst fears have happened.
* Nobody by his side, no-one really to replace him, and the empire is falling apart around his ears.
* All those decades of work for nothing.
* In Italy he only had nine cohorts of praetorians, his bodyguards, the urban cohorts, the imperial fleet, and the Village People.
* IN THE NAVY
* The rest of the army was too far away to get there in time. * The funny thing is, Augustus started the year by setting up a new treasury fund for the military.
* He even kicked in 170 million sesterses of his own money.
* But don’t worry – he found that lying behind the couch.
* He also set up three former praetors to serve as the managers of the fund for three year terms of office.
* The fund was supposed to pay for the soldier’s salaried and the standard discharge bonus that was given out now instead of a land grant.
* By this time there were 28 legions.
* About 140,000 troops.
* The terms of service have been extended from 16 to 20 years.
* And then a further FIVE years as a veteran.
* The kind of solider massacred during the early stages of the rebellion in Illyricum.
* To pay for all of this, he instituted a tax of 5% on inheritances.
* This was the first direct taxation of citizen living in Italy in more than 150 years and it was VERY unpopular.
* Because Italians, like the American Founding Fathers, didn’t like paying for shit they were used to getting for free. * When news of the Illyricum rebellion happened, Augustus tried to raise a new army at home.
* For the first time in decades they held a levy but not enough volunteers appeared.
* So he resorted to limited conscription.
* He also admitted men to the army that normally would have been rejected due to their age or physical condition or occupation.
* Like a 50 year old midget podcaster would definitely not have made it into the ranks under normal circumstances.
* And slaves were demanded from the wealth citizens, and when they were handed over they were declared free, given their citizenship, and enrolled in special cohorts – – the cohortes voluntariorum civium romanorum (volunteer cohorts of Roman citizens).
* This distinguished them from the free-born cohorts. * The elite of Italy were expected to play their part as leaders.
* Augustus asked for volunteers, especially from the younger members of the senate and equestrians.
* Some volunteered.
* Some said they would go if they were forced to.
* Others refused.
* One equestrian father cut his sons thumbs off to make them unfit for service.
* I’d be like “fucking hell, you couldn’t just shoot me in the thigh or something?”
* My fucking THUMBS!?
* How am I going to jerk off without thumbs?
* DIDN’T THINK ABOUT THAT DID YOU OLD MAN.
* Right – from now on, YOU are in charge of jerking me off.
* I posted on Facebook and asked how you jerk off without thumbs.
* Amanda Kippax suggests you’d get a Fleshlight.
* Augustus had the father arrested, tried, condemned and sold as a slave.
* His property was all auctioned off.
* But wait – it gets worse.
* This guy was actually one of the publicani – the guys who collected taxes on behalf of the state.
* This guys colleagues tried to do him a solid by bidding for him.
* But Augustus ignored them and told the guy for a token price to one of his own freedmen.
* OH SHEEEEIT. * The reluctance of men from all classes not willing to serve the state was part of a wider problem.
* Fire was still a major problem in Rome, and so Augustus enlarged the fire department.
* There were now seven cohorts of vigiles.
* Most of the recruits were freedmen, partly because they were a large demographic in Rome, but also because they were the only people willing to do the dirty work.
* They were like the Mexicans of Rome.
* Augustus instituted a 2% tax on the sale price of slaves to fund the new fire dept.
* For some reason there are also good shortages in Rome at the time, and so excess people were banned from coming within 100 miles of the city.
* Some public business was suspended, senators were permitted to stay in their country villas and skip Senate meetings and an exemption was made so that votes would be valid even if a quorum wasn’t present.
* It’s crisis time in Rome. * And so with so much going wrong, it’s not surprising that the people weren’t so happy with Augustus.
* Anonymous pamphlets start circulating, openly hinting at revolution.
* We don’t know if they just targeted Augustus or other magistrates and Senators.
* The ancient sources blame it on someone obscure called Rufus, but modern scholars seem to think it might have been started by people who thought they would do better if they could undermine Livia’s descendents in favour of Julia and her family.
* Who is left? Postumus?
* Dio says the new inheritance tax was one of the reasons for the discontent.
* And because that only affected the filthy rich, historians think this rebellion was the rich trying to sow the seeds of discontent amongst the masses.
* Like Donald Trump campaigning on the Wall.
* Like he fucking cares.
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If you don’t own apartments, they may not seem glamorous. Yet like the tortoise, they have won races repeatedly against a variety of hares.
The NASA Rover was designed to make stable progress on any type of terrain. It is an important example because of its low-risk ability to move forward in a hostile environment. San Diego apartments likewise make progress in a variety of hostile economic environments. They are also more stable than many other types of investments.
Why do apartments so richly reward their owners?
There are seven classic answers and then there is the rest of the story.
The seven advantages are:
1. Leverage: 50 percent to 75 percent debt means your equity can grow two to four times as fast.
2. Tax shelter: Depreciation over 27.5 years means that $1 million building that only breaks even produces a $25,000 tax shelter.
3. Cash flow: Initial return on the invested capital has run from 3 percent to 6 percent in year one and climbs most years thereafter.
4. Inflation protection: Democracies vote benefits “gifts from the future.” Currency is printed and inflation happens. In the last 100 years, U.S. inflation has averaged 3 percent.
5. Appreciation: Historically, values have climbed very close to inflation -- often more than 30 percent a decade.
6. Mortgage pay-down: Loans are often paid down more than 15 percent in the first decade and more than 30 percent in the second decade.
7. Tax-deferred exchange: 1031 “like an interest-free loan from the tax man.” With income property, you can sell an asset, and buy another one and defer the taxes. That is not true for stocks or bonds.
Those reasons are all true, but they are merely the first step. Six other factors make San Diego apartments safer and provide for consistent growth. Next column, we’ll consider two major laws that limit risk and boost local apartment values.
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In it he referenced a previous post I made from all the way back in October last year about my failed attempts to boot FreeBSD along with Windows and Mac OS X on my MacBook Pro, then took the opportunity to painstakingly detail how he managed to get it working on his own Apple hardware right down to the commands. Wow.
Comment systems that attract even 99.95% of comments as spam or rude insults on family related posts are worth the extra maintenance and thicker skin for comments like the one John left. I've become much more cynical since my mum moved on far too early, but this kind of thing restores my faith in humanity again, even if just for a short while :)
Now all we need to do is somehow adjust that ratio to a more favourable level so we have more John comments, and more Jim Kloss comments, and more Atuuschaaw comments, and more Roel comments, and more Neal comments, and more Sharon comments, and more Mary Wallace comments, and more Nick Hodge comments, and more Felix Tanjono comments, and more Little Sue comments… I could go on… and less comments on why I look like a girl or a "faggot" or whether or not I need comprehensive insurance plans from companies headquartered in Barbados.
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Don’t you think there’s always something a little sad about a clown? Maybe it’s just the fact there’s no way of knowing the performer’s real emotional state behind the garish greasepaint.
Saviana Stanescu’s “Aliens With Extraordinary Skills,” onstage at Clermont’s Moonlight Players, takes a look at the person behind one white-faced clown. As it happens, she’s an immigrant in the country illegally.
Nadia comes from the eastern European country of Moldova and only after arriving in the United States realizes her documents are phony. To make matters worse, she has received a deportation letter — but instead decides to go underground among the millions in New York City.
Stanescu’s play tries very hard not to be heavy-handed, perhaps too hard – because without a stronger point of view, it can feel like not much is going on in the first half. The Moonlight Players production, directed by Tom Kline, does much to liven things up with charismatic leading players who draw laughs in this dark comedy, even if some scenes don’t rise to their full potential.
The second act, on the other hand, is filled with action – an attack on a woman (trigger warning), an arrest, a wedding. So the long setup does have eventual payoff.
While you wait for the action, enjoy the fine performances by Grace Foltz as Nadia and James Canavan as Borat, a fellow immigrant who abandons clowning for taxi driving.
Foltz makes Nadia’s sunny — some would say naïve — disposition believable, and her charm has you squarely in Nadia’s corner. Canavan’s Borat is a likable galoot, and Canavan is funny even while showing Borat’s inner pain at his struggles.
The secondary characters don’t fare quite as well. Although Foltz and Canavan sport accents, Linette Reyes does not as Lupita, Nadia’s roommate. It’s odd as it makes it unclear whether she’s an immigrant herself. (We later learn she has a green card and comes from the Dominican Republic — but no accent?) Reyes has an appealing manner, though one might say she’s a bit soft-spoken for an exotic dancer in Queens.
Joe Choi plays Bob, a U.S. citizen who mingles with the others — and there’s something delightfully pointed in casting a man of Asian descent as the play’s “real” American. Choi is given some of the play’s bigger speeches, and on opening night he didn’t always find the dramatic delivery to convey their import.
As relentless immigration agents, Brendon Rogers and Charles Truscott round out the cast with a nifty double act that has them finishing each other’s sentences in a crisp staccato.
The show doesn’t preach on either side of the immigration debate, though it’s clear where its loyalties reside. Ultimately, this is a story about people both like us and different from us – a good way to put a human face on a timely issue.
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Gravly from Brillion, Wisconsin, is a manufacturer of mechanized garden and garden supplies, which he calls "zero-turn mowers and mowers." It began as a manufacturer of "two-wheeled" tractors. Benjamin Franklin Gravely (November 29, 1876 - January 1953) from Dunbar, West Virginia, produced a hand plow in 1916, equipped with an auxiliary Indian motorcycle engine and driven by belts. His goal was to build a tractor that would revolutionize gardening and lawn care for the homeowner. F.W. Wilcox, a friend of Gravely, owned a machine shop in Middleport, Ohio. He let Graveley build more tractors in his store. It was there that Gravely designed the engine and built six or seven first tractors that weighed about 190 pounds each. He also developed several new tools for the engine and transmission. His third generation grandson, Sean Ryder, has a collection of his grandfather's Gravely Tractor in Warrington, Pa.
Unlike the first powerful plow Gravely, today Gravely offers two types of all-wheel drive "tractors" - self- propelled self-propelled units and mowers with zero turning radius, which developed from strong tractors for driving, which defined the company. for most of his later years. Modules with all-wheel drive are driven by a single-cylinder four-stroke engine, available in model D with one wheel (1916–195?) And models L with two wheels (1936–1966) and model with two wheels C (1967–1976). Variations on both models vary greatly, including body changes, mechanical changes, and color changes throughout production. visit the serious tractor club of america for more information. Earlier models had attachments, such as tillers and mowers. Later mounting options include snow plows, snow blowers and a sprayer. Seriously, in the 1970s, there were 38 applications, but thanks to the innovations of various companies, the list expanded to more than 80. Showers and steering arches are available for power tillers, as well as an additional solid platform with a place for carrying small loads (trailers).
Although it offers mowers, brush cutters and other equipment, Gravely no longer produces general purpose tillers.
Since 2006, Gravely has provided a complete line of lawn implements, including zero-turn mowers, mowers and grass trimmers. Today Gravely is a division of Ariens Co. Gravely products today continue to be sold exclusively through its dealer network.
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*The seizure of assets, or asset forfeiture, by government agencies (FBI and local police agencies, among others) without proper legal proceedings, has become intolerable. In case after case, government officials confiscate cash that citizens are carrying, and it is up to the citizens to fight to get it back. Essentially, if any police or law enforcement agency finds that you have a lot of cash, they seize the money, under the assumption that it was obtained illegally, whether or not they even charge you with a crime.
This behavior of confiscating assets is nothing more than theft, abuse of power, and denial of the rights of citizens. Only an out-of-control police state would do such a thing. Keep Reading
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70 YEARS AFTER THE GREAT VICTORY: OPPORTUNITIES AND REAL WAYS OF POST-WAR HISTORY
The article considers the alternatives for mankind as a result of the victory over fascism, European and Asian militarism in 1945. It analyzes the position of powers that won the war and real historical events in the 70 years of post-war history to show which powers took the initiative and what actions and events determined the complex and dangerous peace-war history.
war and peace; society; victory; military security; alternative; parity; Cold War; suicidal war; slaughter and destructive potential; unacceptable damage; Sovietology.
VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR AS SPIRITUAL VALUE OF MODERN RUSSIA
The article reveals the significance of the Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. It stresses the victory was achieved due to the dedication and self-discipline of the army and people, unity of all the peoples of the country in a common struggle against fascism as well as restoration of historical links with the heroic past of Russia.
Great Patriotic War; victory; spiritual value; historical memory; people; army; education; feat; heroism; patriotism.
HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND ARCHAEOLOGY
MYTHS AND REALITIES IN MODERN RUSSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
This article discusses some trends in modern Russian historiography of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. It shows the inconsistency of some authors when they propose an interpretation of the history of the war that differs from the traditional one and try to doubt the established chronology of major events and periods of the war as well as its liberation meaning. Certain examples show destructive forces on the historical front of the so-called "fighters for historical truth" - modern pseudo exposers and pseudo researchers.
Great Patriotic War; campaign; battle; operation; battle; historiography; falsification; myths; pseudo exposers; pseudo researchers.
Zhanna Ponomarenko, Maria Makarova
"NEW IS WELL FORGOTTEN OLD" – BATTLE OF STALINGRAD IN HISTORY OF THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
The article presents the results of the analysis of little-known moments from the Battle of Stalingrad. The authors examine the course of military operations of the Nazi army and its allies, e.g. the Italians, reveal the basic policies of the military authorities in the temporarily occupied enemy territories, where the Battle of Stalingrad unfolded.
World War II; Battle of Stalingrad; Red Army; Italian army; allies; front; troops; management; surrender; defeat; Nazism; anti-fascism.
PRESS OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AS TOOL TO CREATE ALLIED RELATIONS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
The article is devoted to the history of Soviet publications in English for readers in the UK, as well as the British Ally weekly edition in Russian in the USSR, both published in the Second World War. The author concluded the importance of both Soviet and British editions of transforming images and stereotypes that rooted in the cultural space of the two countries as they affected the nature and extent of interstate cooperation in the Second World War.
World War II; anti-Hitler coalition; allies; press; newspaper; British ally; Soviet War Weekly; Soviet War News.
ACTIVITIES OF MILITARY MUSEUMS ON POPULARIZATION OF MOST VALUABLE COLLECTIONS IN 1918-1991
The article deals with the activities of military museums leadership on popularization of their most valuable collections in 1918-1991. The positive experience of such activities may be of use in modern conditions.
military museum; military museum system; popularization activities; most valuable collections; museum exposition; exhibition; museum cinema studio; museum printing office.
COMPARATIVE-MATRIX METHOD AS INNOVATIVE WAY OF LEARNING HISTORY
The article is devoted to the understanding and application of studying modern history through the innovative components-active-matrix method of historical research in today's environment. It emphasizes that the method is a synthesis of the two research methods. The author shows that the comparative approach gives a holistic view about the historical relations between different civilizations and leading countries of the world and Russia. On the other hand, the matrix approach in historical studies is a system of united and linked elements developed as a table (grid) and giving the opportunity to record the results identified in the analysis. It is concluded that the presented method, a synthesis of the two methods, gives more effective system of learning history.
historical research; comparative-matrix approach; comparative method; matrix method; historical matrix; historical grid.
PHILOSOPHY AND PERSONALITY IN MODERN RUSSIA
This article discuses the role of philosophy in the development of a personality in contemporary Russia. On the basis of the relationship between philosophy and the specific historical era the author states that personality development is complicated and may only become successful in the relevant economic, socio-political, ideological and moral conditions. In the process of a new type identity formation philosophy plays an important part, which has impact on the historical development through people's worldview, their methodological, moral and other demands, principles and rules.
philosophy; dialectical materialism; age; human factors; personality; formation and education; soldier.
SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN KNOWLEDGE IN INFORMATION WARFARE
The article describes the social and humanitarian knowledge as a phenomenon of the modern information warfare. Main attention is paid to the analysis of the impact of social media on public and individual consciousness, mentality, spiritual-moral and socio-psychological qualities of the individual and society as a whole. It shows that the manipulation of social and humanitarian knowledge has been transformed into an effective technology of spiritual influence, a kind of information weaponry, widely used to generate inadequate perception of the surrounding reality and substitute actual reality with a virtual world, a kind of power over one’s thoughts.
information warfare; information weaponry; social and humanitarian knowledge; social information; individual consciousness; mass consciousness; clipping thinking.
NATION-WIDE CONTRADICTIONS IN ENSURING MILITARY SECURITY OF RUSSIAN SOCIETY (INFORMATION FACTOR)
The article examines nation-wide contradictions as a multifaceted phenomenon through the prism of worldwide changes associated with the IT development. It stresses the resolution of such disputes greatly depends on – along with the development of automated information processing and effective information transmission – humanitarian, axiological, social and cultural aspects of the IT development. It proves grounds for the optimization of the State and Ministry of Defense structures dealing with information management in ensuring Russia's military security.
Russian society; the State; personality; contradictions; IT development; inequality; information management; military security.
SOCIAL NATURE AND LINGUISTIC TOOLS OF PERSUASIVENESS (BASED ON ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN NEWSLETTERS OF DIFFERENT PARTIES)
The article analyzes electoral campaign newsletters used by candidates for the 5 Moscow City Duma in order to identify means to create persuasive effect. The author examines electoral campaign newsletters of various parties under socio-pragmatic point of view to determine strategies, tactics, linguistic and extra-linguistic tools to transmit persuasive propositions.
public communications; discourse; political text; newsletter; persuasiveness; mentality; addressee; verbal strategies; verbal tactics; linguistic tools.
MILITARY THEORETICAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL AND STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP THE COUNTRY AND ARMED FORCES
This article is actually a commentary on the thesis of Academician A.A. Kokoshin, who analyzed multifaceted aspects of the relationship between politics and military strategy. The article presents the results of the analysis of military-theoretical and practical work of the talented Soviet commander Aleksander Svechin. It emphasizes political dominance on military strategy. The accent is on the foresight of future, warfare, which is inevitable to determine the priorities of military construction and mobilization readiness of the national economy.
A. Svechin; methodology; policy; national security; political leadership; management; military strategy; strategic decisions; operational art; modern warfare.
RUSSIAN MILITARY IN PROVIDING NATIONAL SECURITY: THEORETICAL ASPECTS
This article discusses some problems of national military security amid increasing international tension and struggle for a multipolar world. The author shows his social and philosophical understanding of the most general principles of the national defense and its potential to protect the state against military threats. The author concludes that current government and public efforts should be concentrated on modernizing military organization so that it protected Russian national interests.
the state; geopolitical rivalry; soft power; national security; military security; military doctrine; military organization.
ADVERTISING CONTRACTED MILITARY SERVICE: WAYS TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY
The article considers advertising of the contracted service as an integral part of the activities of the government and military authorities to provide the Russian Armed Forces with necessary human resources. The author cites sociological data to argue his opinions. He reveals the ways to increase the effectiveness of advertising of the contracted service.
Russian Armed Forces; army; Ministry of Defence; advertising; military and promotional activities; military service; recruitment; contract; youth; information; efficiency.
THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF MOTIVATION OF OFFICERS’ PROFESSIONAL MILITARY ACTIVITY IN RUSSIA
The article analyzes foreign and domestic theories and concepts of motivation. Representatives of military science pay particular attention to the problems of motivation in managerial and professional activities of the military. The author states that the scientific literature has two key approaches to interdisciplinary definition of the term of ‘motivation’.
motivation; psychological theories; substantive theory; procedural theory; management activities; military and professional activities.
PECULIARITIES OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES OF TEACHING STAFF IN MILITARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS UNDER MODERN CONDITIONS
The article analyzes the results of sociological research of interests and professional motivation of the teaching staff in higher military educational institutions. It shows how the staff evaluates its professional prestige as well as effectiveness of the process of training and education in the educational institutions of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. It gives the reasons that reduce the satisfaction of the teaching staff with their professional activities in modern conditions.
military educational institutions; teaching staff; professional activity; educational process; motivation; satisfaction; performance evaluation.
SPECIAL MILITARY SCIENCE
ANALYSIS OF STUDIES ON SYSTEM OF DEVELOPMENT OF MILITARY SPECIALISTS IN HIGHER MILITARY SCHOOLS IN RUSSIA
The article presents the main findings of the analysis carried out in recent years to research the development of the system of personnel training in higher military educational institutions. The author identifies key pedagogical ways to improve the existing system of military personnel training in modern conditions.
higher military educational institutions; military experts; training; military and educational activities.
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL CONDITIONS TO CREATE VALUE-MOTIVATIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF PERSONAL PHYSICAL TRAINING BY CADETS IN MILITARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
The article discusses theoretical and methodological applied psychological and pedagogical aspects of values and motivations of future officers. In particular, it reveals psychological and pedagogical factors in valeological education of cadets and ways to develop their values and motivations associated with personal physical education as a condition of psychological endurance in peacetime and in wartime.
cadet; motivation; physical training; valeological education; psychophysical exercises.
CONCEPT OF MILITARY CONFLICT AND ITS CONSOLIDATION IN LEGISLATION OF CIS MEMBER STATES
The article discusses the concept and essence of military conflict as well as its legal consolidation in the legislation of CIS member-states. It gives definitions of terms such as war (large-scale, regional, local), international and non-international armed conflicts.
war; military conflict; the state; legislation; contradictions; wartime; military force.
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Date of birth: August 1, 1950
Place of birth: Outeiro da Venda, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal
Arrival in Canada: 1929
Occupations: Labourer (carpenter helper; concrete forming), foreman
Sectors: Residential, commercial, and industrial
Landmark projects: First Canadian Place
Abílio de Jesus was born on August 1, 1950, in the rural village of Outeiro da Venda, Caldas da Rainha district, in central mainland Portugal. His parents were poor farmers with no formal education. Abílio himself attended attended school until grade four, at which point he left to help his parents raise his siblings. At age fifteen, Abílio’s father signed him to the merchant navy, where he worked as a kitchen helper. During the next five years he cooked first for the soldiers being transported to and between Angola and Mozambique to fight in the Portuguese fought its Colonial Wars (1961-74), and later in a Caribbean cruise ship. In October 1970, Abílio enlisted in the army and trained as a chef before being shipped to Mozambique the following year. He was sent to the African “bush” where soldiers lived in terrible conditions and isolation, except for when they were battling. In October 1973, after two years of military service, Abílio returned to Portugal, which was still under the asphyxiating rule of the Estado Novo right-wing dictatorship. While things had improved slightly under dictator Marcello Caetano, Abílio decided to do like so many thousands of his countrymen before him and emigrate. Less than a month after Revolution of the Carnations that toppled the dictatorship and put an end to the Colonial Wars in Africa, Abílio boarded a airplane to Canada, where he arrived on May 23, 1974 with a “tourist” visa. His cousins, who lived Toronto, took him to work as a labourer in residential construction shortly after arriving in the city. He built houses for the next six months until his uncle found him another job at the First Canadian Place’s construction site downtown.
That year, Abílio suffered a work accident and had to be operated on his spine. He would stay in that industry for the thirty years, working as a carpenter in residential, commercial, and bridge building. For his first five years in Toronto, where he settled and lived ever since (in Etobicoke), Abílio worked “under the table,” before obtaining his landed immigrant status. He never learned how to speak English fluently. But soon after he arrived he joined LIUNA Local 506, and then Local 183 in 1979; he was also a member of Local 27(?). Abílio suffered another work accident in 2004, which forced him to stop working at age 54 and receive workers compensation.
Abílio got married the year after he arrived in Canada. His wife worked most her life as a homemaker. The couple had two children, one born in Canada, and three grandchildren. Both children have a university degree, and one became a manager at a Bay store. They both learned Portuguese at home and still speak it.
In 1985, Abílio’s parents joined him in Toronto, where Abilio’s father would also become a member of Local 183. His four siblings also moved to Canada with Abilio’s help.
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AXIS M5525-E PTZ Network Camera is a compact pan-tilt-zoom camera with HDTV 1080p resolution, 10x optical zoom, and autofocus, enabling great video quality in both overview and detail. Day/night functionality and WDR – Forensic Capture ensures maintained image quality in low or mixed light, and scene profiles are included for automatic optimization. AXIS M5525-E is compatible with any Axis PTZ mount for outdoor installation, but can also be surface-mounted indoors. Protected against dust, rain, snow, and corrosion, the camera operates in temperatures from -20 °C to 50 °C (-4 °F to 122 °F). The microSD card slot enables local video storage.
HDTV 1080p with 10x optical zoom
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Winger who joined Juventus in 2017 and the Italian national team in 2016. He signed for a €40 million on a five-year deal with Juventus in July 2017. His he 2.3 million followers on his fbernardeschi Instagram account.
He started playing at Atletico Carrara at age 6. He then played with the Fiorentina youth team from 2003 to 2013 before continuing on with the senior team from 2013 to 2017.
He played with the Italy under-21 squad for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in June 2017.
His father is Alberto Bernardeschi.
He and Andrea Pirlo are both soccer players from Italy.
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https://www.famousbirthdays.com/people/federico-bernardeschi.html
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Article by Larissa Chelius | Images by Kari Jim
The fire that now burns continuously throughout Centralia is not what many would believe.
Back in 1962, a coal seam fire initiated 30 feet underground and would ruin many homes. The former citizens have presented many different theories regarding why the fire rose in the first place. For instance, the main theory is that as townsfolk were burning waste in a landfill and when the flames reached the gases that are in the coal mines under, the town it ignited an ever-burning fire.
To this day, you can still go to Centralia or Route 61 for small time periods and see smoke rising from the ground and the sinkholes dispersed across town. The smoke that submerges from the fire consists of normal smoke and noxious fumes. These noxious fumes are the reason why most of Centralia's residents had to evacuate. There are only 7 people who strived to linger in Centralia.
While walking along the abandoned Highway called route 61, you can see where the sinkholes split the road or caved in. All along Route 61, you can see spray paint designs as far as the eye can see. These pieces of artwork can be dated back to 2007. Walking along the road, you can see a variety of different things from positive messages to personal information and many modern sayings. These include different vines or quotes from shows that became popular over the years. (There are also some profanity & inappropriate paintings, so hikers beware).
In addition, people are not afraid to make others scared. For example, a sewer drain reads “come play with me” near the name “Pennywise” with an arrow pointing down on the highway. In front of that was an arrow pointing to the sewer saying “you’ll float too”.
The town of Centralia and Route 61 are also recognized by the name Silent Hill. The reasoning for this is that a movie was made in 2006 called Silent Hill. The creators of Silent Hill got their inspiration from the town of Centralia. Some locals believe that the creators got their inspiration from the 'haunted' aspect of Centralia.
Many who visit Centralia at night claim that they hear voices from below the surface. For example, Scott Sailor openly told his story on the internet saying, "We found a slag covered hillside with steam coming out of it and were fascinated by some fossils we found, when we heard what sounded like a voice saying something inaudible from down below where we were. All three of us heard it. We figured it was someone else checking out the area too, so we sort of ignored it. Then we heard it again, a little more clearly. A few words and it sort of sounded like 'leave this place.'"
So, whether it is the idea of a 1,000-degree fire being 30 feet under you, the thought of a sinkhole falling, the noxious fumes or the voices from the coal mines that draw you to explore this area, be careful and safe if you choose to go on this spooky adventure.
By Kari Jim
Every year, the ESPN Wide World of Sports Center located in Orlando Florida, holds a country-wide elite soccer showcase. And this past Thanksgiving, I had the chance to go. I have been playing soccer since I was 5 years old, and have been dreaming of going to this tournament ever since I first heard of it.
This year my soccer team, PA Rush, qualified for the Disney Showcase Tournament. We have been trying to get in for the past two years and finally, our wish came true. When my team first found out we were going to this showcase, we were all so excited. We knew we were going to have fun on this trip, but we weren’t expecting to have as much fun as we did.
We scheduled our flight to be on the last day before Thanksgiving break officially started. We arrived in Orlando around 8 o’clock that Tuesday. Only a couple of my teammates were already at the hotel so we decided to meet up with them. I remember not being able to sleep at all that first night, because I was too excited for the next couple of days.
Wednesday was our only full day with nothing planned. Since we didn’t have any games scheduled for Wednesday, we decided to do something fun. Some of the girls went to Animal Kingdom while some went to Universal Studios. I was one of the few that went to Universal (and we had more fun than the girls that went to Animal Kingdom). We spent the whole day—from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.—walking around, going on practically every ride we could. We didn’t even realize how late it was until we saw people clearing the roads, getting ready for what looked to be a parade. And it was in fact a parade—a Christmas parade. The parade lasted for a good 30 minutes and then we decided to finally go back to the hotel and get some rest. The next day would be our first game and we honestly had no idea what to expect.
Walking into the ESPN Wide World of Sports Center the next day, no one imagined it would look the way it did. We walked past the widely recognized big red globe, and it looked like we were walking into a 5-star resort. There were palm trees lining every sidewalk and there was an overwhelming sense of elite competition. With too many soccer fields to count, it took us almost 15 minutes to find our playing field.
After warming up and walking over to the players side of the field, my teammates and I looked over to the sidelines to find many college coaches already seated and ready to watch us play. I was already nervous to begin with, and knowing that there were college coaches watching, made me even more nervous. But the game went pretty well: we ended up winning 2-1. By the time the game was over it was nearing 5:00, and everyone was hungry for some Thanksgiving dinner back at our hotel. Our whole team sat at one long table, enjoying our food, grateful for the opportunity to be in Orlando, and talking about how excited we were for our next game.
The next day we had to get up early for our game. Although we were feeling very confident, we lost the game 3-1. None of us were too mad though, because we knew we played well. And since our game was early in the morning, everyone was too excited to go to a park afterwards. Most of my team decided to go to Magic Kingdom. Once arriving at the park, we realized that any other day would have been better to be in Disney’s Magic Kingdom. The sidewalks were so crowded; it took us 20 minutes to just get past the entrance. We didn’t end up doing a lot that day, all the lines were too long for our tired legs.
The following day, walking out of the ESPN complex and towards the fields, there was incredibly dense fog everywhere. You couldn’t even see past the first field. And of course, our field was in the very very back. Once again we walked for about 20 minutes before we reached our playing field. We were competing against a team from Florida, and by the looks of these girls and the dense fog, we figured this game was going to be interesting. It was about 65 degrees outside, pretty warm if you’re from PA—but the team we were playing thought otherwise. About half of their players were wearing Under Armour long sleeves and gloves. One of the players even wore leggings under her shorts. We watched in amusement as they complained about how cold it was.
The game was very tough but we came out winning 2-0. It was not an easy win by any standards. The girls were very aggressive. I ended up having to leave the game for a short time due to a bloody nose after a strong elbow to the face. After many many fouls and even a few opposing parents cursing at the referee in Spanish, we walked out of the complex with our heads held high. We were so proud of ourselves in this highly competitive tournament.
Many of my teammates left that day, and the few who stayed went to yet another park. Some of us even managed to visit two parks. After spending a few hours in Hollywood Studios—riding Tower of Terror and Rock ‘n’ Rollercoaster—we decided to head over to Epcot for our last park. After riding a few space rides and walking around the World Showcase, it was time to head back to the hotel totally exhausted for our last night.
The plane ride home was pretty boring. No one was looking forward to going back to school the next day. Looking back at everything that happened on this trip, I hope I get the opportunity to could go back and compete in this incredible venue again. For any athlete that gets the chance to go to the ESPN Wide World of Sports center, do it. It was one of the best experiences of my life.
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Listen, not everyone can be a social media influencer. Some people manage to weasel their way into the hearts and Instagram feeds of millions of followers thanks to their style, charm, and/or hotness… while others fall flat no matter how hard they try.
A good example of the latter is 26-year old Lissette Calveiro, who moved from Miami to New York City in 2013 for an internship that made her feel like she was living in a “Sex and the City dream,” but even though she tried to make it look like she was ballin’, she was, in fact, riding shotgun on the struggle bus.
“I was shopping for clothes to take ‘the perfect ’gram. I was living above my means. I was living a lie and debt was looming over my head,” she told the New York Post. Damn, girl. Why didn’t anyone inform homegirl over here that NYC is fucking expensive? A damn loaf of bread costs an arm and a leg in New York.
Anyway, after she accepted a full time job as a publicist, her quest for social media stardom sank her into $10,000 of debt, thanks to monthly shopping sprees that she couldn’t afford, which included things like $1,000 Louis Vuitton purses.
To drain her bank account even more, she felt the need to prove to her followers that she could travel in style, so she’d take monthly trips to places like Austin, L.A., the Bahamas, and Las Vegas.
“Snapchat had these [geo-] filters and I wanted to collect at least 12,” Calveiro said. “If you break it down, a lot of the travel I was doing in 2016 was strictly for Instagram.”
Wow…that’s the saddest thing I’ve ever heard.
Well, when she realized she wasn’t exactly a millionaire and was swiftly going broke, she stopped spending excessively, and toned down her constant splurges. “I knew that moving to New York, I had to get my act together or I wasn't going to survive.”
Uh, no shit. As someone who lives in NYC, I can tell you now that it’s not as glamorous as it seems...unless you're very, very wealthy.
Luckily, Calveiro got the hint about that, and got herself a quaint $700 a month shoebox in Inwood, which is the northern tip of Manhattan, and cut her spending down to $35 a week, which she spent on groceries.
After living a frugal life for over a year, she managed to pay off her debt and move into an apartment in SoHo, where she has two roommates and pays $1,300 a month for rent.
“Nobody talks about finances on Instagram,” she says. “It worries me how much I see girls care about image. I had a lot of opportunities to save. I could've invested that money in something.”
Well, my friends, don’t try to be a social media influencer. It'll only get you thousands of dollars in debt. That’s the moral of the story. Don’t be stupid.
H/T: New York Post
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8 Reasons Why Flat-Chested Women Should Lover their Small Boobs
Most women are obsess with bra size and think the bigger boobs get the job done. Some are thinking to get a breast enlargement surgery. Ladies with small boobs think they are cursed and frequently envious with of women with bigger boobs. But don’t worry girls, it’s not all doom and gloom.
In fact, there are so many benefits of having smaller breasts. It is time to embrace those AA or A cups and Sofyee encourages women to be proud of being small-chested and enjoy the many perks that come with having smaller breasts:
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Hundreds of unfinished vessels were also found, apparently damaged during the production process and discarded on-site.”While similar finds have been recorded in other parts of the country, Yardenna Alexandre, an archeologist at the authority specializing in the study of the Galilee during the Roman Era, described the most recent discovery as an unprecedented opportunity.“Throughout the years, we have been discovering fragments of these kinds of stone vessels alongside pottery in excavations of houses in both rural and urban Jewish sites from the Roman Period, such as Kafr Kana, Tzipori and Nazareth,” said Alexandre.“Now, for the first time, we have an unprecedented opportunity to investigate a site where these vessels were actually produced in the Galilee.”Alexandre added that Jews using stone vessels for religious purposes is well attested in Talmudic sources, but noted that the phenomenon also appears in the Wedding at Cana narrative in the Gospel of John, where the water-turned-to-wine is said to have been held in six jars made of stone: “Now, there were six stone water jars set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing 20 or 30 gallons each” (John 2:6).
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I’ve written before about my beliefs on prospecting and the symbiotic relationship between professional sales and the gold miners of the 1800’s. But, this past week while vacationing with my family in Colorado and Arizona, I was again struck by the similarities between what we do and what those miners of yesteryear did day in and day out. Because aren’t we just panning for gold?
This trip was for my 18-year old daughter. It’s her last summer with us before going off to college—leaving my wife and I as empty nesters for the first time since 1987. We wanted to make these last few months special, so she embarked on The Summer of Sid.
I got to tag along on this last and final leg of the tour as we ventured up through the Rocky Mountains and back down to the Grand Canyon. It was breathtaking, exhilarating and extremely refreshing. I pretty much put all my social media on auto-pilot while I was gone and did my best to unplug. For those who know me, you know what a chore that was, but I didn’t do too bad. I got some reading done, a lot of thinking and recorded some audio notes to myself—one of which has become this article.
While rafting through Idaho Springs, Colorado our guide gave us a brief history of the gold rush in the state—which originated there in Idaho Springs. In fact, the Colorado gold rush was bigger than California’s and it’s estimated as much as 80% of the gold is still there—untouched and untapped.
During our trip down Clear Creek I saw a young man panning for gold; just sitting on the bank of the river, pan in hand, sifting through the silt looking for the tiniest nugget. Isn’t that what we do every day as professional salespeople? We sift through the silt looking for the glimmer of a nugget to catch our eye allowing us to polish it into a relationship with a client that we hope will pay dividends for a lifetime.
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- The better you become at the sifting process, the more gold you find and the richer your life becomes.
- There’s a lot of gold left out there—it’s not all gone.
But, when all is said and done the most important thing is to look around you; enjoy the beauty; be thankful for the opportunity and grateful for the chance to pan.
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Even though it is technically still Autumn, in Michigan we’ve already gotten quite a bit of snow to remind us winter is on its way! I thought I’d give a recap of what I’ve been able to scratch off my Autumn Bucket List so far this year so I can get started on creating one for the winter ahead. As with my Summer 2014 Bucket List Recap, many of the links will take you to posts about the topic so you can remember along with me 🙂
Hi everyone! I’ve been going crazy over infographics as of late, and I even made one to describe Starbucks Christmas Blend (pictured above). After I finished my Christmas Blend infographic, I got to wondering if there were a lot of other Starbucks coffee-related infographics out there. Surprisingly, I couldn’t find many that talked about coffee, though I could find quite a few that described Starbucks as a company and its history. Here are a couple of the ones I liked (though they’re not in English):
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I also found these super helpful (free!) websites that I will be using to create future infographics:
After thinking about all that coffee, I knew today I would have to make a French Press at home. I decided to pair Christmas Blend with a Cranberry Loaf, and OH MY GOSH YOU GUYS THE LOAF WAS AMAZING. I will share the recipe eventually, but I am planning on making it for every single Thanksgiving get together this year so you’re just going to have to wait and drool.
(You can find this image on my instagram, too! 😉 )
While we’re still talking (and dreaming about) my pairing from this afternoon, I think it’s a good time to mention that I tried taking my first ever video while preparing the tasting. I’ve got a lot to learn, and my friend Amanda is going to help teach me the ropes of editing, but I think the video I took today will be a good start.
A good start to what, you ask? A good start to a new YouTube channel that my friend Tia and I are starting called Epicurean Baristas. Since Chad and I are going back to Japan, Tia and I thought it would be fun to stay in touch via video “letters” talking about things we’re very passionate about: eating and drinking! We’re still working out the kinks of our YouTube page and blog, but I’ll keep you posted as things progress!
So I’m about a third of the way through my “30 Days of Zentangle” goal for my Autumn Bucket List, and I thought I would share a few of my favorite tangles so far.
In case you’ve never heard of Zentangle, it is a “fun, relaxing art form that employs structured and coordinated patterns as a means of creating beautiful and interesting pieces of art.” I got that definition from the workbook I’ve been using on my Zentangle journey: The Art of Zentangle: 50 inspiring drawings, designs and ideas for the meditative artist. I think this workbook is awesome because it starts you off with the basics and allows you to build confidence to progress into more complex tangles. Additionally, more complex does not mean more difficult; contrarily, Zentangling is all about the process of creating without worrying about the outcome or about making mistakes. The Art of Zentangle really provides great ideas and inspiration to make your own unique tangles.
I started off my “lessons” by telling myself I needed to sit down for at least 25 minutes to try to get part of the book done each day. I soon realized that tangling makes you lose track of time rather quickly–on days where I had somewhere to go after my Zentangle time was up, I would be startled out of tangling by an alarm, and on days where I had more time, over an hour would pass sometimes before I knew it.
I can’t wait to get farther into the book and try out more of the activities. I’m really looking forward to the sections that introduce using shading and colors. As I continue working through the book, I will be sure to update you again with some of my new favorites!
Take care and stay warm on this blustery day!
As some of you have probably heard by now, Chad and I made a very difficult decision recently. We were contacted by our former company in Japan and asked if we would be interested in starting a new campus for the school in Tokyo. With much consideration, we’ve decided to accept their offer! We have purchased our tickets, so things are feeling very official now. It is a bit scary to leave family, friends and kitty cats behind, and we know it’s going to be especially hard to go so soon (we fly out to Japan the end of December)!We are thankful for all of the endless support everyone in Michigan has been giving us, and we are looking forward to the great opportunity ahead. I will of course continue blogging here, so don’t go disappearing on me! Lots of love to everyone ❤
Gazing across the bars of chocolate in my local supermarket, I noticed quite a few bars I hadn’t seen before. It was exciting for me to see so much quality chocolate available, and I decided to choose a new kind to try! Although it was tough to decide between several appealing bars, this time I chose Theo Organic Fair Trade Coconut 70% Dark Chocolate. Surprisingly, I hadn’t heard anything about Theo Chocolate before coming across it in the candy aisle. However, I loved the simple packaging, the Fair Trade Label (among others) posted along the bottom, and the thought of coconut playing a role in the chocolate bar. Every time I try chocolate (whether it’s for the first time or what feels like the hundredth), I always begin by smelling it. As you would expect, this bar of chocolate smelled very much like dark cocoa with just a hint of sweetness. I couldn’t taste the coconut when I took a bite, but the coconut definitely contributed to the overall texture of the bar. Unlike bars that have crunchy nuts or soft dried fruit, the coconut in this Theo bar adds a texture in between the range of crunchy and soft. And although the coconut flavor isn’t especially pronounced, it seems to add a bit of toasty sweetness to the bar that breaks up what could otherwise almost be an overwhelming amount of dark chocolate. I would be interested in pairing the chocolate with coconut water to see if the coconut notes would become more perceptible. After trying Theo chocolate, I visited their website and decided I LOVE THEM. Here’s why: Theo Chocolate is passionate about the journey from bean to bar (and you know how passionate I am when it come to coffee and its journey from bean to cup!). On their fact sheet, Theo Chocolate touts that “Theo is founded on the belief that there is a common thread that binds us, from the cocoa farmer to the chocolate lover, and [they’re] devoted to making our world a better place.” YES!
The fact sheet also states that Theo Chocolate is the first and only bean to bar maker of Organic, Fair Trade, Fair for Life and Non-GMO Project verified chocolate in North America. That’s a reason to try Theo Chocolate if there ever was one, if you ask me! I am looking forward to trying out other flavors of Theo Chocolate in the future.
Hi everyone! Last Friday we decided to have a ramen party on Halloween. Not necessarily the most traditional approach, I’ll give you that, but it was definitely awesome. When I posted pictures from our last ramen party, several people asked me about the recipe I used for the gyoza, or pot stickers. I’ve decided to share the recipe with you today, as well as the system my friends and I used to make the gyoza together!
For my version of gyoza filling, I took parts from a few different recipes to create a version that seemed most similar to what I had while living in Japan. What’s really nice about this recipe is that you basically combine all of the ingredients, let them sit in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes to let the flavors meld, and then you’re ready to start preparing the gyoza. Pretty easy stuff!While setting up an assembly line for the gyoza, I remembered the first time I ever made gyoza at a music party in Matsusaka, Japan. (I wrote a rather lengthy post about that Golden Week back in 2009 that was fun to revisit when writing this post 🙂 ) Ariel was in charge of putting water around the edges of the rice paper wrappers, my friend Tia added a spoonful of filling, and I pushed the dumplings together with a gyoza mold I had brought back from Japan.
If you don’t have a mold, you can always just assemble the gyoza by hand, pinching together the edges. The mold does make things go much more quickly, however, so you could consider either buying one or being really nice to me so that I send you one. They are pretty inexpensive!
Once you’ve assembled your gyoza, you just heat up a couple tablespoons of vegetable oil in a pan, fry for a couple minutes, add hot water, and simmer until cooked through. Meanwhile, you can prepare dipping sauce and snack on other available treats (I made crab rangoons and Amanda made rice balls). Here is our first finished batch of gyoza. So yummy!
Also, because I know you want to drool a bit, above is a picture of one of the bowls of ramen Chad prepared. Now for the gyoza recipe!
8 ounces ground pork
1 large egg
1 Tbs finely chopped ginger (or about a tsp dried ginger)
2 tsp grated garlic (from about 3 large cloves)
1 1/2 tsp low-sodium soy sauce
1 1/2 tsp sake (you can also use dry vermouth)
1 tsp cornstarch
1/2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp kosher salt
3/4 c. shredded napa cabbage, blanched until tender yet crisp in boiling salt water
1 green onion, diced
34 gyoza wrappers or round dumpling wrappers
4 Tbs. vegetable oil
1. Mix together the pork, egg, sesame oil, ginger, scallion, soy sauce, sake, cornstarch, sugar, napa cabbage and onion together in a bowl and refrigerate for twenty minutes.
2. Once the flavors have melded together, place a small bowl of cool water by your work surface and prepare plates on which to place wrappers before and after you’ve assembled the gyoza. Place several wrappers on your first plate and brush the edges of each with water using your finger or a pastry brush.
3. Put a mounded teaspoon of filling in the center of each wrapper, bring the edges together, and seal the edges by using a mold or by making 4 to 6 pleats. Set the completed gyoza on a separate plate, and repeat until you’ve used all of your filling.
4. Heat two tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large skillet, and quickly arrange half of the gyoza, cooking until golden brown on one side, about one minute. Add 2/3 cup water to the skillet (it will spatter, so be careful!), cover tightly, and let the gyoza cook until tender, about six minutes. Remove the lid and continue to cook until both sides of the gyoza are crisp, and then repeat with the remaining prepared gyoza.
5. While the gyoza are cooking, you can prepare a simple dipping sauce by combining two parts soy sauce, one part white rice wine vinegar, and ginger to taste. Then once everything has been cooked, you’re ready to enjoy!
I hope you like this recipe, and that you try gyoza-making at one of your future get-togethers!
It’s already November 1st, and that means a few things: October flew by, the holiday season is on its way, and also our first Thrift Store Challenge is finished.You may remember a couple of weeks ago I started out the first challenge with the items above. I used the basket as a container for all of our mail because I couldn’t find anything that I could use that wasn’t super expensive. Although I haven’t gotten to it yet, I intend to transform the spice rack into an acrylic paint holder (I’ll post pictures when I make it!). And though I haven’t found an “upgrade” for the little clock yet, I did find a use for the Suntory Whiskey bottle and the big clock. I put a handmade paper flower in the whiskey bottle–easy and pretty!
When I first came upon this clunky hunk of a clock at the thrift store, I nearly passed it by. But once I took it on as part of the challenge, I got to thinking long and hard about what I could do with it and started to get excited about its potential. I decided, first of all, that I hated the look of the numbers, so I tried to sand them off.
Despite my best efforts, a faint outline of the numbers remained. I had gotten an idea to use the clock as a birth announcement for a baby with a space-themed room, but with the stubborn numbers remaining on the clock, I had to re-imagine my design. Inspired by vintage colors and some tattoo designs, I set to work with my wood burner. When I was satisfied, I used watered-down acrylic paint to fill in the planets, stars, numbers, and a little portion of the letters. I thought the numbers turned out looking much better than they did originally!
Next I stained the wood and let it dry before adding a glossy coat. All that was left was reassembling the clock pieces and getting a battery. I just loved hearing the satisfying tick of the clock when the project was finished. It was fun making something for a friend.
I really enjoyed hearing a few stories via email and Facebook about your approaches to last month’s challenge. This month, find something related to the kitchen and use it in a project. Bonus points: relate your project to Thanksgiving! The due date is December 1st, but please email me, post on instragram or twitter, or leave a comment with your ideas or questions in the meantime! And don’t forget to use the hashtag #littlesnailthriftchallenge!
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James is a mixed-traffic tender engine who works on the North Western Railway, usually working along the Main Line. He can be vain and sometimes boastful, but means well and is a hard worker.
The Railway Series
James was designed by George Hughes and built by Horwich Works at some point in 1912. He was designed as an experimental variation of the Class 28 locomotives, with a front pony truck installed at the front and 5'6" sized driving wheels instead of the class' usual 5'1". These were added in an attempt to cure the "nose-diving" the class experienced when travelling at high speed. The experiment did not entirely produce the results hoped for and after the Grouping, James was sold to the North Western Railway. Shortly after he arrived on the Island of Sodor, James was damaged in a crash when his trucks pushed him down the line and his wooden brake blocks caught on fire. After being recovered from the wreck, James was sent to Crovan's Gate Works, where he was repaired, repainted into a new red livery and gained functional brakes. He presumably gained his Fowler tender around this time.
When James returned from the Works, he became vain and troublesome. While double-heading a passenger train with Edward, he accidentally showered water on the Fat Controller's new top hat, almost forgot to stop at the station and disturbed an elderly lady with his hiccups. After being threatened by the Fat Controller with a coat of blue paint, James became grumpy and started bumping the coaches around aggressively, though this backfired on him when one of the brake pipes began leaking and needed to be mended with a bootlace and some newspapers. Following this incident, James was shut up in the shed until he could learn his lesson. When he was finally let out by the Fat Controller, James was assigned to pulling a goods train to Killdane. Although he had some trouble when some of the trucks broke away, James managed to keep the train under control and deliver it to the station and was allowed to keep his red paint after the Fat Controller had seen everything.
Even though he had proven to be useful, James was still teased by Gordon and Henry for his past mistakes. However, after Gordon got lost and wound up at Tidmouth, James was allowed to take the express in his place. He did so successfully and he and Gordon became firm friends.
When Thomas left Tidmouth to run the Ffarquhar Branch Line, James, Gordon and Henry became irritated, as they now had to fetch their own trains. After an incident on the turntable that left him humiliated, James, along with Gordon and Henry, decided to go on strike, refusing to leave the shed and behaving badly when they had to work. The Fat Controller eventually shut them up in the shed and made Thomas and Edward pull their trains, though he allowed them to come out when they were sorry.
On more than one occasion, James has been forced to accept help from those he insulted. When Toby and Henrietta came to work on Thomas' branch line, James insulted them by calling them "dirty objects" and boasting about how his red paint is never dirty. But later, some trucks pushed him down Gordon's Hill and he crashed into two tar wagons, spoiling his paint. Toby and Percy pulled James away, but not before Toby teased James about never having dirty paint.
Later, James was impatient with Edward for his clanking and being slow and late, comparing him unfavourably to "a lot of old iron". But when two boys played with James' controls and caused him to run away without anyone in his cab, Edward and an engine inspector came to his rescue and caught him. A weary James gratefully apologised to Edward for his insults and Edward forgave him.
When Diesel arrived on trial, James gained the nickname "Rusty Red Scrap-Iron". Believing that Duck was behind the insults, James, along with Gordon and Henry, turned against him. However, when Diesel was exposed and Duck was proven innocent, James and the other engines were sorry and welcomed him back. James later recalled the events of Diesel's visit to Duncan, though he greatly exaggerated certain parts of the tale, making it seem as though he was the one who sent Diesel packing.
James continued to treat diesel engines with hostility, long after the other steam engines had already accepted them. Although he liked BoCo and Bear, James was openly nasty to other diesels, believing them to be inferior in a reverse manner to how other diesels treat steam engines. However, when his injector froze one wintry day and he had to be rescued by the Works Diesel, James decided to give up his prejudiced views, as the diesel had been friendly to him.
In 2011, James was chosen by the Fat Controller to go to the Mainland to collect a bust of the Thin Clergyman and deliver it to Tidmouth. James did so, but on the way back the entrance to Henry's Tunnel collapsed. Thankfully, James had gone through the tunnel before it collapsed and made it to Tidmouth with the bust. He attended its unveiling alongside the other engines.
Thomas & Friends
James' ego can sometimes get him in trouble. When he tried to switch his job of pulling trucks with Gordon's express train, he tricked Thomas to give him the express coaches by telling his that the Fat Controller ordered him to take the coaches. However, the Fat Controller heard about James' tricks from Gordon and his driver, and punished him by leaving him in the shed until he learned his lesson. The following day, he was allowed out to shunt trucks, but also got the chance to redeem himself when an inspector requested to ride with James to the Fat Controller. They arrived on time and the Fat Controller considered James a really useful engine.
James' ego has sometimes stopped him from following advice from others. When Percy and Terence tried to warn him about the dangers of trees getting too close to the line, he did not take any notice until a tree literally too close to the line slid on James' tracks. Luckily, Thomas came to his rescue and pulled James away just before the tree fell on him.
After Thomas told Percy about footprints he'd seen at the quarry, James started teasing Percy about a monster being on Sodor. After James himself ended up in mishaps of his own, he decided to make fun of Percy by making him think there was a monster. James was later forced by Thomas to apologise, but Percy refused to listen to what he thought was more of James' teasing which led to James venturing into the quarry to look for the footprints. This ended up causing a rockslide that Percy had to rescue him from, after which James apologised for everything.
The Adventure Begins
James arrived on the North Western Railway sometime before Thomas' arrival and was originally painted black and wore wooden brake blocks, which were prone to burning up and emitting smoke when stopping. He originally owned Annie and Clarabel and believed that he would be given his own branch line, although the other engines doubted this.
When Thomas came to Sodor, James teased him on several occasions for making mistakes, often joining in with Gordon to make fun of him. However, one day, James ran out of control with a goods train and was unable to stop due to his brake blocks being on fire. Thomas chased after the train and tried to slow it down, but James flew off a bend and crashed in a field, the crash badly damaging him. Thomas rushed back to Knapford and retrieved Jerome and Judy, who helped to clear away the wreckage and placed James back on the rails. James was sent to the Steamworks to be mended, where he received his new red livery. Upon returning from the Steamworks, James found out that Annie and Clarabel now belonged to Thomas, who had been given the responsibility of running the Ffarquhar Branch Line.
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
In the film, Thomas met James at Tidmouth Sheds until Diesel 10 first arrived and told them his plans to destroy the lost engine named Lady. James and Thomas rebelled against Diesel 10. Later on, Thomas, James and Gordon argued about who should have collected Mr. Conductor. After Mr. Conductor helped to make James' itch go away, James was sad because Diesel 10 said that red is a tiring colour, so Mr. Conductor happily said his red paint is bright and cheerful just like the gold dust and sent him off to work. Later, he and the other engines gathered for the meeting about their individual concerns about Diesel 10 destroying Lady. Some time afterwards, James appeared at the Smelter's Yard when Diesel 10 arrived with Junior. Junior landed onto James' cab and the two almost got thrown into the smelting pit by Diesel 10. Luckily, Junior used his gold dust to teleport them to a spot near the magic buffers, where Mr. Conductor was waiting. James departed and thanked Junior for his help. In the original, he would have helped Junior and George defeat Splatter and Dodge by pushing a boulder in the diesels path, trapping them in a siding. He would have also been present at the well, along with Percy.
James is very proud of his splendid red paintwork. He dislikes pulling trucks and believes that he should only pull coaches. He is so self-centred that he thinks himself superior to the others and can be shallow, boastful, overconfident, arrogant, prideful, naughty and vain, particularly to those who appear old-fashioned, weak, slow or dirty. This has caused him to have somewhat of a rivalry with Edward, Percy, Toby and Duck, as well as Thomas, Gordon, Henry and even Philip lately on occasion. In most cases, it takes scolding from others to make his penny drop, and even then it is too late to prevent trouble. He has acted like this even before he was repainted red. However, on a number of occasions, he has found himself in need of help from those whom he has insulted and is, in the end, apologetic.
James was the last of the steam engines to retain a prejudice against diesels, insulting them the same way other visiting diesels would insult the steam engines on Sodor, with BoCo and Bear barely being spared from his opinionated view. However, after stalling on a cold day, he was rescued by the Works Diesel and had to admit that nothing was wrong with diesels. This appears to be one of the few lessons that have stuck. Despite this, James can remain highly opinionated on someone's character, refusing to believe Sonny had given up life as a criminal, only to find out the hard way that when Sonny bumped him at the docks, it was to save him from being splattered and dented by watermelons. In similar situations, James often feels remorse and guilt for his actions, often leading to his apologies coming out meekly.
James has also been portrayed as a prankster, often tricking or scaring the other engines for fun or to get out of jobs he dislikes doing. However, following a particularly mean-spirited prank he played on Percy in the time he scared with a monster made of scrap, this gimmick seems to have died down. As of the meeting videos, he has been labelled as the "Joker" of the Steam Team by Thomas.
Despite all of that, James has shown a caring side to him. He has a heart of gold and wants to help anyone in a time of need. He is normally hard-working and, like everyone else, wants to be responsible, reliable and really useful on Sir Topham Hatt's railway. Although his vanity usually hides it, James actually is capable of realizing when he crosses the line.
James is based on the L&YR Class 28, a class of 0-6-0 mixed-traffic tender locomotive designed by George Hughes for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway and built by Horwich Works between 1909 and 1912. It was a rebuild of Aspinall's Class 27, with the addition of a Belpaire firebox, a Schmidt/"twin-plug" superheater and the extension of the footplate and front sandboxes.
According to The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways, James is an experimental member of the Class 28s; he is fitted with a front pony truck (thus making him a 2-6-0 instead of an 0-6-0), 5'6" driving wheels instead of the class' original 5'1" ones and a Fowler tender. His front sandboxes also appear to be mounted underneath his footplate rather than joined to his leading splashers.
The Rev. W. Awdry's original model of James was modified from that of a G&SWR 403 Class 2-6-0 and materials related to Awdry's model layout indicate this was originally considered to be James' prototype.
G&SWR 403 Class, the engine Wilbert used as James' model
James is painted in NWR red with black lining and gold boiler bands. His dome is brass and his number is painted on the sides of his tender in yellow with black lining. In the Railway Series, James' black lining became blue after Main Line Engines. Between James the Red Engine and Oliver the Western Engine his roof colour was inconsistently illustrated as either black or red; however, since Clive Spong became illustrator, James has been consistently illustrated with a red cab roof.
James has also been seen in several other liveries aside from his red one:
In the Railway Series, James would have originally been painted in L&YR passenger black, but any white has never been depicted making his appearance akin to their goods livery instead. In the television series, James was originally depicted as having always been red, even when he was a new engine, the only exception being his appearance in his black livery in The Adventure Begins. He also had a red lining on the back of his tender, which was removed after his repaint. This livery also appears in Meet James as part of a reference to the special. Unlike the television series, James sported an L&YR tender in the Railway Series when he carried this livery, whereas in the television series, he had a Fowler tender throughout his appearances.
In The Green Controller, James was mistakenly painted in yellow and black stripes on Percy's orders. He was quickly repainted back into his original livery when the problem was noticed.
In Tickled Pink, James was painted in a pink undercoat before his standard red coat could be applied. Although he was said to be in an undercoat, James still retained his lining, number and black wheels and smokebox. This livery also appears in Meet James as part of a reference to the episode.
In The Great Race, James was painted in golden floral patterns for the Great Railway Show. He was repainted back into his original livery when he returned to Sodor.
In the twenty-second series episode, An Engine of Many Colours, after hearing Kevin mention the Steamworks did not have any red paint, James dreamed he was painted in many different colours including blue, green and silver and many more on a turntable near the last dream's final scenes. By the end of the episode, he was repainted in his normal red livery.
In the early version of the Guess Who? Puzzles segment, James is incorrectly portrayed with Gordon's whistle.
Guess Who? Puzzles
Guess Who? Puzzles
James is named after James Furze, a friend of Edmund Ward's son.
James's catchphrase "Here's James!" seems to be a reference to Jack Torrance's catchphrase "Here's Johnny!" which is heard in the famous 1980 horror film The Shining.
James was originally illustrated in The Three Railway Engines as the red engine who tried to push Henry out of the tunnel. However, children began sending letters to Awdry asking why James was painted red prior to the events of Thomas the Tank Engine. In response, Awdry decided to make the Red Engine a completely different character altogether.
In the first series, James was formally introduced in Thomas and the Breakdown Train, which was said to have been his first day on the railway. However, he had appeared in every prior episode as a background character. This may have been done to populate the sets, similar to how the Märklin Engine was used in later episodes.
A large scale working replica of James was built by BBC Visual Effects for a tour in 2003, along with Thomas, Percy, Harold and Jack. The battery-powered locomotive is listed in the 2004 Guinness Book of Records as the largest model railway engine ever built, at 2.64 x 1.5 x 6.52 metres.
James has been shown to be quite popular among several people who worked on the series:
In Toby's New Whistle, James revealed that he once had a three-chime steam whistle.
Since the twenty-first series, James along with Belle are the only characters to have the same voice actors in both English dubs, albeit with different accents. He is also the only male member of the Steam Team to have the same voice actor in both English dubs.
In the French dub of the Model Series, James was known as Jacques.
James' Wooden Railway, Wood, Plarail, Motor Road and Rail, Tomy and TrackMaster toys omit his pilot wheels, making him an 0-6-0 instead of a 2-6-0, much like the real members of his class.
James is the only Steam Team member with a one-syllable name. He also has the shortest name out of all the Steam Team members in pronunciation terms.
James is the only 2-6-0 (mogul) locomotive in the television series to be named and seen.
3 of James' wooden railway toys (the original, lights and sounds and Team Colours variants) were among the toys that were part of the Lead Paint Crisis in 2005.
“Hello, I'm James. the number five red engine. I'm the brightest red engine on Sodor. Mind my paintwork.”
―James' website audio
“I'm a splendid engine. Ready for anything. You never see my paint get dirty.”
―James to Toby in Dirty Objects
“Pulling the mail train is a job for a small engine, like Percy, not a splendid tender engine like me!”
―James to Thomas in The Smelly Kipper
“I'm the fastest red engine on Sodor!”
―James' second catchphrase
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All very relevant points for anyone wanting to sell a domain name. Sometimes it is the basic points that we need to be reminded of in a transaction like this. What is the potential of selling a .com domain that has a relevant search term to a particular industry, but hasn’t been used on a website yet? So it is a good search term but no current traffic.
Check DA/PA: The “Domain Authority” and “Page Authority” metrics gained significant popularity over the last few years. They seem to correlate well with a domain’s ability to rank in the search engines and hence, a domain having a high DA/PA will typically have a higher value. This is not to say domains with low DA/PA can’t sell for a lot of money because, at the end of the day, it’s just one factor. However, it’s good to take a look at these as they may tip the scale in favor of or against some buying decisions.
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Cheshire Phoenix opened up their BBL campaign with a thrilling 82-80 win at home to Surrey Scorchers on Sunday night.
In a topsy-turvy encounter that had seen Cheshire open up a 30-9 lead after the end of the first quarter, Surrey battled back and looked to be heading for a narrow win until Malcolm Riley drained for three from beyond the arc with seconds remaining to seal the victory in front of a vocal home crowd at the Ellesmere Port Sports Village.
The Phoenix offensive effort lead by a superb 26-point haul from point guard Robert Sandoval while Raheem May-Thompson weighed in with 17, Riley 16 and CJ Gettys 14.
And head coach Ben Thomas was pleased with his team’s effort, although disappointed that they allowed Surrey back into the contest after a storming first quarter.
“We won the first quarter 30-9 but we took our foot off the pedal and went away from what got us that lead,” said Thomas.
“We weren’t playing with the same intensity defensively, and offensively we weren’t playing team basketball.
“One thing I have highlighted with this unit is the team chemistry and togetherness. Today’s game was a clear example of what team chemistry can do. There was no blaming each other and no problems inside our unit. We just weren’t getting the looks. That team chemistry paid dividends.
“It’s not the prettiest of wins but it is the first win of the season and I’m hoping for many more.
“Without that noise (from the crowd) they (Surrey) would have made a couple more shots when they were on fire and you made it difficult for them to score. That gave us the opportunity to go on and get the win.”
Having lead 30-9 at the end of the first, Cheshire were on the back foot in the second and gave up the quarter 29-10, holding a slender 40-38 lead at the break.
Surrey, lead by the scoring of Tony Hicks (23) rallied and took charge of the contest, leading 63-59 at the end of the third.
And when Alex Owumi drained the triple to make it 80-75 to the visitors they looked to be home and dry, but an over-and-back turnover followed by an unsportsmanlike foul allowed Cheshire back into the game and they took their chance when a drive to the basket from Sandoval was kicked out to debutant Riley who showed ice in his veins to sink the clutch shot.
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Mercedes continued its dominant form in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix, but it was not Lewis Hamilton on pole.
Instead, teammate Valtteri Bottas beat Hamilton by one hundredth of a second to claim his first pole of the 2018 season.
It gives Bottas his fifth career pole, and his second in Austria – he also won the pole last year, and went to on win the next day.
Ferrari teammates Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen qualified third and fourth, though Vettel will be penalized three grid places for impeding Renault’s Carlos Sainz Jr. As such, Vettel will start sixth.
Red Bull Racing utilized an odd strategy in which they tried to get the RB18s of Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo to slip stream each other for better straight-line speed, but it ultimately backfired and created tension within the team – Ricciardo voiced his displeasure over the radio that it pointless for him to “punch a hole” for his teammate.
Verstappen ended up fifth with Ricciardo in seventh, with Haas F1’s Romain Grosjean putting himself in between them in sixth.
Grosjean’s teammate Kevin Magnussen was eighth in a solid outing for Haas, with Renault teammates Sainz and Nico Hulkenberg filling out the top 10.
Results are below. Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix rolls off at 9:00 a.m. ET.
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Take a closer look at our new Goliath Beds! These are super big beds that are perfect for even the largest breeds. With 7 inches of thick foam for your pet to rest on, this bed is the ideal spot for your giant breed dogs to snooze the day away.
What's your pup's idea of the pawfect day? FurHaven's sofa beds will make every day feel like spaw day.
HOW TO ASSEMBLE A TIGER TOWER PLAYGROUND:
If you need some extra help putting together your Tiger Tower Playground from FurHaven Pet Products, then this video will walk you through all the steps.
HOW TO INSERT A SNUGGERY TUBE:
If you need some help inserting the tube into your Snuggery hood, this video will walk you through the different ways you could do it. Your bed will be cozy and ready for naps in no time!
HOW TO ASSEMBLE A REINFORCED COT BED:
If you need help putting together your Reinforced Cot Bed from FurHaven, this video will walk you through all of the assembly steps.
FURNITURE PROTECTOR INSTRUCTIONS:
Need help setting up your new furniture protector? This video will walk you through all the steps to get your sofa, loveseat, or chair furniture cover all set up and ready to go! Our FurHaven Furniture Protectors come in three sizes and three reversible colors - here we are using a Sofa Protector in Gray/Mist.
THE COZY CONVERTIBLE CUDDLE BED:
Interested in how to best use your FurHaven Cozy Convertible Cuddle Bed? Here we show you four of our most popular configurations and go over how to fold a corner. The Cozy Convertible Cuddle Bed comes in two sizes (small and large) and two colors (silver and spruce).
Behind the scenes of our latest puppy photo shoot - see the crazy commotion as we try to wrangle six husky puppers into our favorite FurHaven beds. Many thanks to all our dog models and their patient pawrents!
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Kai, the Bernese Mountain dog is dreaming BIG! She dreams of going on adventures in Bellingham, Washington, through snow, water, forests and more with her favorite stick! But all this excitement has worn her out. Luckily, she has her FurHaven NAP pet bed to relax on. Now she can regain her energy so she's ready for her next adventure!
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Om S Trivedi’s Understanding Information Technology – A Self-study Module for CA Intermediate (IPC)
‘Understanding Information Technology: A Self-study Module’ aims to help CA Intermediate (IPC) students by clearly explaining, analyzing, and evaluating important information technology concepts. My approach in writing this book was essentially two-fold: to write an accessible textbook that students feel comfortable with but without compromising on the academic rigor. This book has been divided into five parts comprising eleven chapters. The organization of chapters provides a student-friendly approach to the study of Information Technology.
This new course on ‘Information Technology’ can have a major impact on your career path and future success by providing comprehensive knowledge of information technology. It would help you to utilize your talent in the dynamic 21st century business world where information systems and emerging new technologies have taken centre stage in running businesses.
Some of the key highlights of this edition are:
- Complete coverage of the ICAI syllabus
- Full coverage of past year question papers
- User-friendly and lucid writing style
- Concepts explained in easy language
- Presentation through flow-charts and diagrams
- Case studies, examples and caselets
- Summary and Glossary for quick revision
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In Australian business culture, we’re used to getting up at the crack of dawn and working long hours. Proof of our dedication to early mornings and long work days is the tradition of ‘breakfast networking’, which usually starts at 7am. And yet, despite waking up so early, we work all through the day until late at night and become increasingly sleep-deprived in the process. Should we perhaps take a cue from the Mediterranean countries where the Siesta—the combined midday lunch and nap—has been part of the national psyche for hundreds of years?
According to CQ University’s Professor Drew Dawson—author of the nation’s largest study into Australian sleeping habits with over 13,000 respondents—the main reason for our stubborn refusal to sleep are gadgets with screens, such as iPhones and tablet computers, that we take to bed with us.
Staring at the light shining from iGadgets until late at night tells our brains that it’s still the day. As a consequence, we find it difficult to fall asleep and end up staying awake when we should be sleeping.
“What used to be the bedroom,” says Professor Dawson, “is now a room that happens to have a bed in it.”
Dawson’s study found that 30% of his respondents had called in sick due to insufficient sleep. 96% of the study participants felt tired when they woke up and 40% had actually fallen asleep during the workday.
So, if the figures are this serious is there anything that can be done?
A solution could perhaps be the Siesta. This afternoon rest—which has derived its name from the Latin term Hora Sexta, the sixth hour—is usually enjoyed at noon, six hours after dawn. The Siesta traditionally begins with a leisurely lunch which turns into a delicious nap. To enjoy the traditional Siesta, you would wear your pyjamas and hop into bed. Nowadays, however, it’s more common to sleep on a sofa or in an armchair, fully dressed, and the time spent at Siesta has itself decreased.
Indeed, the tradition of Siesta is not without its detractors in Spain. Not everyone takes the time to rest in the afternoon, and, for a lot of workers, the extra hours spent during the Siesta are away from the time they could be spending at home, with their families. There is also growing pressure from government and big business to conform the Spanish work-life to the Northern European model where workdays last, more or less strictly, from 9am to 5pm.
However, it would be a shame if Spain and other Mediterranean countries completely did away with the Siesta. There are numerous health benefits to napping in the afternoon—not to mention the increase in productivity.
A NASA study from 1995 found that a 26–minute nap during the workday “improved performance 34% and alertness 54%.” Prompted by the study, and forced to take action by occurrences of employees falling asleep at work, the Federal Aviation Association in the US now recommend that air traffic controllers take short naps during the day to stay alert.
The Siesta—or plain old napping—has also been associated with a 37% reduction in coronary mortality. In countries like Spain, Italy and Greece, where afternoon napping is a way of life, there are fewer incidents of heart disease. A study conducted by the University of Athens in Greece found that workers who took regular naps during the workday were 64% less likely to die of heart disease than those workers that did no napping.
In addition to cardiovascular benefits, napping raises the general mood, revitalises the mind, reduces stress and anxiety, and makes us more alert and thus better communicators and negotiators. On our roads, and in other traffic, where accidental nodding-off will too-often result in deaths and injuries, wakefulness is literally a matter of life and death. Approximately 20–30% of all accidents on Australian roads are due to driver fatigue. Many of these accidents would no doubt have been avoided with a different attitude to rest-worklife balance.
Some might argue, however, that, as business owners, we have no choice but to push through the workdays conforming to the 9am to 5pm (or 9pm in reality!) workday routine our nation—and indeed our clients—expect. After all, our competitors do, and work is not known to run out if you keep the cogs turning continuously.
As true as this may be, we don’t have to become Spaniards in our habits to avail ourselves of the concept of the Siesta. The current studies recommend that the length of the afternoon nap be kept between 20 and 30 minutes. When the naps are kept this short we can avoid falling into deeper stages of sleep from which it is much harder to wake up.
We have only to look at Japan as a warning example if nothing is done and the current trend of long work hours and decreased sleep continues unabated. In Japan there is a term, karoshi, for deaths resulting from work-induced exhaustion. As language changes with changes in society, we can be grateful that the English language doesn’t have stronger words than burnout and exhaustion to describe the results of overwork.
And yet, according to Professor Dawson, Australian’s are at “an increased risk of diabetes and, what have been called, lifestyle-related illnesses.”
“If you don’t get enough sleep then you can have accidents or injuries in the workplace, but in the last couple of years we’ve started to see a link emerge between reduced sleep and carbohydrate metabolism,” says Professor Dawson. Lack of sleep affects our hormones and makes us resort to quick energy sources such as fats and carbohydrates. As a result, we are becoming more and more obese and prone to contracting diabetes.
To be healthier and more efficient we should be sleeping more during the night, and also take a Siesta or a power nap in the afternoon.
Napping does not need to be something shameful. Some of the sharpest minds in history have made occasional short sleeps a way of life—as evidenced by Leonardo da Vinci, whose advice we would all do well to follow: “It is also a very good plan every now and then to go away and have a little relaxation; for when you come back to the work, your judgement will be surer, since to remain constantly at work will cause you to lose the power of judgement.”
Aussies sleep deprived
Siesta Awareness – Siesta Facts
The amazing 26-minute NASA power nap
Who, What, Why: How long is the ideal nap?
The importance of sleep: the dangers of driver fatigue
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Interstitial cystitis, or painful bladder syndrome, makes you feel like you need to urinate frequently, even when there’s only a small amount of urine in your bladder. It causes symptoms including bladder pressure, bladder pain and pelvic pain that can be severe.
Some people describe it as having a chronic urinary tract infection, although if you’re tested your urine culture will come back negative (and bacteria-free). However, there are some distinguishing symptoms:[i]
- Pain in your pelvis
- Pain between your vagina and anus, or between your scrotum and anus (perineum)
- Persistent urgent need to urinate
- Frequent urination, often of small amounts (you may need to urinate as often as 60 times a day)
- Pain or discomfort while your bladder fills and relief after urination
- Pain during sexual intercourse
The exact cause of interstitial cystitis is unknown, but it may be due to a defect in the epithelium (the bladder’s lining), which could allow toxic substances in your urine to irritate your bladder wall. Other potential causes include an autoimmune reaction, infection or allergy, according to the Mayo Clinic.[ii]
Yet, technically interstitial cystitis is a chronic inflammation of your bladder wall. This is one reason why nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are often prescribed to people with this condition (along with antidepressants, antihistamines and Elmiron, which is a drug approved specifically for interstitial cystitis.
Other common treatments include nerve stimulation, bladder distention (to try and stretch the bladder) or, rarely, surgery. Sometimes drugs are even instilled directly into your bladder via a catheter.
The problem is that these treatments are not always effective, and they might require you to be on medications long-term. More natural treatment options include bladder training, in which you urinate at set intervals, or dietary changes to eliminate bladder irritants. The latter may be most effective of all, because your diet plays a large role in either driving or reducing the inflammation that underlies interstitial cystitis.
Is Interstitial Cystitis a Sub-Clinical Bladder Infection?
William Wong ND, PhD, member of the World Sports Medicine Hall of Fame, believes that interstitial cystitis begins was a bladder infection that never entirely goes away. He explains:[iii]
“The infection may become “sub clinical” in other words you think it’s gone but it has really just been weakened but is still hanging around. The infection can travel to the kidneys, it can burrow deep into the lining of the bladder eating away at the deep tissues. The low level infection causes inflammation which itself creates fibrosis [scar tissue]. Inflammation is the reason for 95% of all pain.”
Systemic Enzymes Put Out the “Fire” of Inflammation and Break Down Scar Tissue
People with interstitial cystitis are often told there is no cure and many deal with pain and debilitating symptoms on a daily basis, seriously impacting their quality of life. If you struggle with this condition, you should not hesitate to try healing it at the foundational level using systemic enzymes, which help to both reduce inflammation and break down scar tissue (including fibrin, which makes up scar tissue).
Dr. April Hernandez of Atlanta, Georgia shared a case report of one women with interstitial cystitis, who had a reduction in pain within days of starting systemic enzyme therapy. According to Dr. Wong:[iv]
“Within days of beginning the systemic enzyme therapy, the patient had a reduction in her pain. Lessening more and more as the weeks progressed. The mucous coating of the urinary bladder became more ‘flexible’, the layers of mucosa were healing and the patient was capable of holding a greater volume of urine. This demonstrated that the mucosa had healed to the point of producing the mucous needed to protect the lining of the organ from the acid of the urine. The acidic urine could no longer infiltrate into the underlying muscle and irritate the sensory nerve endings (the mechanism of pain in IC [interstitial cystitis]).”
Systemic enzymes are unique because they enter your bloodstream, where they are able to target multiple pathogenic processes in your body (unlike drugs, which typically only target one). As mentioned, in the case of interstitial cystitis this includes relieving inflammation and breaking down scar tissue, which could help to relieve your pain. Dr. Wong explained:[v]
“Interstitial Cystitis (IC) patients are given no hope of relief by conventional therapy. No hope to ease the pain, no hope for normal urinary function, no hope for a normal “everyday” life … Systemic enzymes can now provide hope. With over 5 decades of medical use in Central Europe and Japan and over 200 peer-reviewed studies, the mechanism of action of the proteolytic enzymes as therapeutic agents is well understood. And, this mechanism of action fits well with the needs to protect and heal tissue, reduce inflammation and lyse away at fibrosis as is needed by chronic … IC patients.”
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Most Pakistanis have used software they haven’t paid for, oblivious to the fact that malware and unlicensed software go hand in hand.
BSA software alliance conducted a global software survey in 2015 where they found a positive relation between malware and the usage of unlicensed software within business organizations.
An analysis done as part of BSA’s new Global Software Survey finds that the higher the rate of unlicensed PC software, the higher the likelihood that users will experience potentially debilitating malware.
The survey report mostly focused on malware threats and their prevention within business organizations, and how they can decrease their losses and increase their efficiency by using a software asset management (SAM) technique.
They estimate that on average, a cyberattack on an organization costs around $11 million, while the reputed research firm IDC estimates that the businesses spent $400 billion for responding to the fallout from cyberattacks.
Global statistics, Where Does Pakistan Stand?
Globally the rate of usage of unlicensed software fell in 2015 with trends emerging in different regions. In China, the rate decreased by 4 percent but the overall rate in the Asia-Pacific region decreased by only 1 percent. Here is where Pakistan stood compared with other countries in the region.
Compared with India, we use a lot more unlicensed software on average. At 84%, the rate for Pakistan is now the same as it was back in 2009 while India has seen its unlicensed software use rate drop from 65% in 2009 to 58% in 2015. Bangladesh is statistically close to Pakistan with 86% in 2015, down from 91% in 2009.
Piracy is a serious concern in the business world, as mentioned in the statistics earlier. A possible solution for them would be a 4 step SAM technique implementation as described in the BSA report. The government itself in Pakistan uses pirated software, an alarming situation for us.
The government should start by taking care of this problem internally first, and then creating awareness among the people about piracy, its dangers and its problems. In an increasingly digital world, saving on licensing costs is nothing compared to the fallout of a serious security breach.
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We Found One Direction’s Résumés And They’re Kind Of Amazing
18 December 2015, 17:29 | Updated: 8 May 2017, 17:09
Looking for more stable jobs?
Like it or not, the boys are now out of a job for the foreseeable future. And we at PopBuzz do not want to see them go hungry. So, luckily, we found their full set of résumés and hopefully, by putting them online, we can aid them in their search to find future employment so they don't end up just sat around doing nothing. Like Zayn.
Academic Qualifications: 18 Cub Scout Badges.
Previous Experience: Spent the last 5 years working as a boyband member/hair-based meme generator.
Special Skills: Costume design.
Other Interests: Inappropriately older women.
Ambitions: Do a Timberlake before Zayn.
References: Nick Grimshaw, Radio 1.
Academic Qualifications: School Of Rock DVD owner.
Previous Experience: Spent the last 5 years working as a boyband member/sassy twitter user.
Special Skills: Football (the soccer type).
Other Interests: Getting quite sh*t tattoos.
Ambitions: To make Larry happen.
References: Louis Tomlinson Jr (coming soon).
Academic Qualifications: Duke Of Edinburgh - Bronze.
Previous Experience: Spent the last 5 years working as a boyband member/Buzzkill.
Special Skills: Can actually write a pretty decent tune.
Other Interests: Cardigans.
Ambitions: Become the new Gary Barlow, including the fat wilderness years.
References: James Corden, CBS.
Academic Qualifications: Grade 2 Guitar.
Previous Experience: Spent the last 5 years working as a boyband member/Christmas elf.
Special Skills: Pointing directly into the camera a second after its panned past his face.
Other Interests: Selena Gomez (allegedly).
Ambitions: Reform One Direction.
References: Louis Walsh, Ireland.
Good luck out there boys!
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Advanced Security Technology Africa
AST Africa specialises in security system integration with technical security solutions for a variety of different applications, for small and large corporations. We provide the necessary solutions to prevent and minimise loss and combat dishonesty. Improved loss control measures, with fully integrated solutions which are tailor-made for your business.
Our solutions involve the design & installation of integrated CCTV, Access Control, alarms & intruder detection, perimeter security and physical security that can be monitored on site remote control rooms.
Rapid growth and continuous innovation have been themes throughout AST Africa’s history, which
the company traces from 2008 until today. Throughout our history, AST Africa has expanded its
offerings and capitalised on evolving technological trends to benefit our clients.
We have built numerous control rooms with turnkey solutions nationwide.
We are involved with online intelligence and we make use of an online OB system to feed information to track criminal patterns into client databases. The system is also used to monitor on-site security for any wrongdoing or possible collusion trends.
We also do CCTV and perimeter design and installation work, where we have implemented a successful network using the Neotel, now Liquid Telecom, platform. This was done by the implementation of satellite dishes at client sites.
We own our own satellite VPN infrastructure and currently use it to stream video and alarms across the country for our client operations. This can be sectored off to further client infrastructures and separated with firewalls.
We have completed 180 installations and/or upgraded sites nationwide, including;
Airports, corporate offices, mines, border posts, military sites, warehouses and distribution centres.
Over 100 people have received and completed end-user systems and equipment training.
We have BBBEE certification and are PSIRA registered.
To date, we have completed installations in all the South African provinces. Our experienced team is able to carry out installations nationwide.
To be the leader in the Integrated Electronic
Security Solution Industry.
To offer customers exceptional service and value.
We endeavour to truly understand customers needs and provide them with relevant innovative industry leading solutions.
To become the market leader in Integrated Electronic Security Solutions.
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Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus delivers his opinion of Apple’s new AirPods before launching into the details of his latest book, Working Smarter for Mac Users. Bob talks about what inspired this book, why it is one of the most personal books he’s ever written, and the topics that it covers. From apps to methods, Bob can and will teach you how to be more productive, no matter what your personal circumstances are. Find out how to avoid staying late at the office and get more done by benefiting from Bob’s experiences.
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Huntsville Alabama – Chapter 136 Chapter Information
The Huntsville chapter of AFWA was chartered on December 4, 1982, with 35 members. Our membership is comprised of women who work in every area of accounting — education, government, private industry, and public, as well as students.
CHAPTER MEETINGS usually are held on the third Tuesday of each month at Terranova’s Italian Restaurant at 1420 Paramount Dr. in Huntsville. Meetings may be held at lunch time or during dinner time, so do plan in advance to review our newsletter for meeting details. A guest speaker is featured at each meeting, and programs of technical and educational value are offered, along with a wide range of other topics of interest to professional women. Reservations are required for dinner; however, you may attend the program without a reservation. In addition, an informal networking luncheon is scheduled monthly on the first Thursday at various locations in Huntsville. Members are encouraged to come anytime between 11:30am – 1:00pm.
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A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM has been established to assist students who are regularly enrolled in an accounting, finance, or related field at accredited schools. Applications are available in the Spring. Tutoring for accounting students may also be provided as needed.
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Change your environment.
Break your routines.
You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my friend.Bruce Lee
Can you work in a new place and stay in flow?
Draw in different inspirations and create something new.
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Playing it Safe with Course Management
Playing it Safe with Course Management
We all know what it’s like when we finish a round and think playing it safe with course management would have saved me a few shots today, you come in with a good nett score and you say to yourself ‘I left at least 6 shots out there today’ – so if you could rewind the time and play those shots again what would you have done differently?
I say this to many golfers during and after a round, why were you or why are you attempting a shot that if it comes off great, but if it doesn’t what is your game plan for those types of shots for the rest of the round or in the future?
So I think having a game plan for your round is so important, prior to starting a round of golf knowing where you are receiving shots in relation to your handicap and how are you going to play those holes, I have put this article together to make this course management process for all golfers to understand.
Looking ahead in your round
What I mean by this is not thinking about what shots you are going to play 4 or 6 holes ahead but more about the round in general, what this means is:
1. Knowing where you get strokes in relation to your handicap on the golf course
2. Having a look at future holes and seeing where the pin/flag stick is positioned
3. Are the pins front, middle or on the back of the green
4. Getting the feel of the greens on the practice putting green
5. Play all holes differently dependent on whether you get a stroke or not
6. Hitting a club that gives you at least 150 yards in distance from the tee
The above are pretty basic rules of thumb, but being aware as you are walking down the all the fairways and 90% of the time you will see future holes ahead and where the flag sticks are positioned, this is more important when you are playing in a club competition, every bit of prior knowledge is good for your game.
For example, you are now on a hole that you receive a stroke on, over the past month the best score you have had on that hole was a double bogey, now that in itself should prompt you to want to better that score next time around, so how do I play that hole?
1. I know where the flagstick is so I know what the best part of the fairway to aim at
2. I take a club that gives me minimum 150 yards off the tee so I know then that when I get to the ball I am there for nothing off of my handicap
3. Your 2nd shot should be a lay-up shot all dependent on where your tee shot ended up
4. So I choose to lay-up and I am now 25 yards short of the green and have only used one stroke
5. I know where the flagstick is so I want to hopefully aim for the part of the green to give me an uphill putt
6. I know where the flagstick is so I can avoid having to play over hazards or bunkers
7. You now have an easy shot from 25 yards out to make the green taking into account all of the above scenarios
8. You pitch it onto the green and now there for 3 strokes but ‘nett 2 strokes’ – so with 2 putts you are in the hole for a ‘nett par’, but every now and again you will make the putt for a par ‘nett’ birdie
9. So good course management certainly does pay off with some forward thinking!
I know sometimes when you are walking around a golf course you are with your golfing mates, you haven’t seen them for a week or so and no doubt you want to catch up on the gossip, but even with all of this happening you can still make these tactical observations whilst walking around the golf course.
You will also see with single figure handicap golfers that they never take too many risks with their round of golf, if they get into trouble they will always look for the easiest and safest way to get back in play, trying to take on a near impossible shot or a shot with too many variances they will always take the safest option and get the ball ‘back into play’.
Once they are back in play they can then regroup, they look at their next shot and put it on the green and look at a possible 2 putt bogey at the worst case scenario, if they can snake in a good putt they may even walk off with a par even after being in trouble – that’s proper golf course management.
Another tactic you can simply use in your game is always knowing the stroke index of a hole, the higher the number the easier the hole is, the lower the number of the stroke index the harder the hole is.
Whenever I visit another golf course I want to know where the hardest holes on the golf course are, they are indexed the hardest because they play the hardest, sometimes you look at a hole and think why is this indexed stroke index number 1, you will soon find out why it is ranked the hardest once you have played it – it’s ranked stroke index 1 for a reason so treat it with respect!
I hope that this article on playing it safe with course management has given you a bit of insight on how I play golf to my strengths and as always if you have any comments or feedback please let me know by leaving a comment or feedback below.
If you would like to follow me on Facebook please follow this link for more updates and insights into this great game of golf – my Facebook Page link : CLICK HERE.
And as always keeping hitting it down those fairways!
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Who purchases this coverage?
Anyone that has a medical plan with high deductibles or can’t afford other coverage.
The source of this content is the product brochure.
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If you are a reader of my blog, you still know that the trial of the Egyptian photographer Shawkan is a pure injustice: he has been arrested without arrest warrant only for doing his job, wich is photographing the daily life of his country. Amnesty and Reporters Without Borders demand his freedom:
Reporters Without Borders realized exhibitions of his photos, in partnership with Amnesty International.
And now, he was sentenced to an additional pain of six months, wich leads his release until February, 29th, 2019. There is no reason to this additional sentence, as there was no reason to his arrest and condemnation.
If human rights matter for you, please do this .
Photography is a job, not a delict; please, make use of your freedom of expression in favor of him.
Until February, 29th, 2019, he can suffer, he who is ill; he can even dye of Hepatitis C, because he has no access to medicines.
Please act for him and his liberation by all means.
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The White has a unique tip from the rest of the series with a bullet tip and opaque white ink that looks great on dark paper!
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Wet Paint is a locally owned and independent retailer since 1976
Our all-artist staff is available! Call, email or stop by.
Thanks for shopping with us!
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The 2019 Draft Budget Highlights are now available on the City’s website. The document provides a high-level overview of the budget process, aspects of the budget, and the proposed changes for 2019.
A video of the Draft Budget Highlights Presentation will be available on Monday, October 29, 2018 at the following link: http://www.sarnia.ca/city-government/budget-financial-and-i-t/2019-budgets.
Detailed Draft Budget documents will be available on Monday, November 5, 2018.
Hard copies of the Draft Budget Highlights and Detailed Draft Budget documents are available upon request to the Finance Department.
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January was a month to forget for the present Government. Day after day the fallibility of government screamed from every headline as crisis after crisis subjected ministers to the intense exposure that follows when things go wrong. 'Nothing new' could be the immediate comment but that, in itself, is precisely the story.
An army of politically motivated researchers and assistants has been recruited by the Government to control politicisation of Whitehall and the spinning of news on a scale never attempted before. It doesn't work.
When the heat is on, Fleet Street cuts a swathe through the smooth-talkers who now peddle the latest soundbite distributed over their electronic bleepers from some mastermind in Number 10 or party headquarters. In truth, you've seen nothing yet. The underlying public mood is benign. The public's assessment of its economic outlook remains positive. People expect to be better off at the end of the year than they are at the beginning. There simply aren't many little groups of resentful voters clamouring to 'get them out'. There will be, but the change will be at its most intense when the economic underpinning has gone and people associate personal unease with the crisis of the day.
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By Maria Gentile
One of many helpful result of the good struggle has been the instructing of thrift to the yank housewife. For patriotic purposes and for purposes of economic climate, extra consciousness has been bestowed upon the getting ready and cooking of nutrition that's to be straight away palatable, nourishing and most economical. within the Italian food we discover within the optimum measure those 3 traits. That it's palatable, all those that have partaken of nutrients in an Italian trattoria or on the domestic of an Italian relatives can testify, that it truly is fit the luxurious manhood and womanhood of Italy is an explanation greater than adequate. And who may perhaps deny, understanding the thriftiness of the Italian race, that it's within your budget?
Preview of The Italian Cook Book. The Art of Eating Well PDF
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A party of the nature and elegance of 1 of the world's such a lot miraculous towns! This shiny insider's view of the main mature urban on the earth is the fitting better half for an individual who loves something Italian. In 1995, after a twenty-year love affair with Italy, Alan Epstein fulfilled his dream to dwell in Rome.
Greater than your usual phrasebook, this transportable identify indicates you the way to be a well-mannered customer and converse the neighborhood language within the right context Any phrasebook can provide you a line directory of crucial words. but when you employ a word or time period with no understanding the proper method to use it, you will find your self in an embarrassing scenario.
"Luca Spaghetti isn't just one among my favourite humans on this planet, but in addition a natural-born storyteller. . . . This [is a] awesome booklet. " -Elizabeth Gilbert while Luca Spaghetti (yes, that is relatively his identify) was once requested to teach a author named Elizabeth Gilbert round Rome, he had no thought how his lifestyles used to be approximately to alter.
A spellbinding new portrait of 1 of the world’s so much liked citiesLa Serenissima. Its breathtaking structure, artwork, and opera make sure that Venice continues to be a perennially well known vacation spot for travelers and armchair tourists alike. but lots of the on hand books approximately this magical urban are both facile commute publications or fusty educational tomes.
Additional resources for The Italian Cook Book. The Art of Eating Well
19 The Italian cook dinner publication: The artwork of consuming good Make a tender white sauce with milk cornstarch and butter. Over a layer of the polenta, reduce as above and positioned within the baking dish sprinkle a few grated cheese and some tablespoons all the white sauce and the beef sauce. Repeat until eventually the dish is complete. Bake until eventually the pinnacle is well browned. This dish turns out very difficult, however it is particularly scrumptious and a meal in itself. The Bolognese sauce is usually used to season macaroni or spaghetti in lieu of the tomato sauce or the brown inventory. 38 filled ROLLS (Pagnottelle ripiene) Take a few rolls, and by way of a around commencing at the best, as huge as a part buck piece or much less, extract approximately all of the crumb, leaving the crust intact, yet no longer too skinny. rainy in and out with sizzling milk, and once they are rather soaked, dip in crushed eggs and fry them in lard or oil. whilst commencing to brown, fill them with meat that has been formerly chopped and cooked. This chopped meat must be made with breast of bird, bird giblets, liver and so on. , brown inventory and a few flour to carry it jointly. 39 STEWED VEAL (Stracotto di vitella) The inventory from this dish could possibly be used to season macaroni or boiled rice. Care needs to be taken, notwithstanding, to not draw away the entire juice of the beef to be able to have a sauce too wealthy on the rate of the valuable dish. position in a saucepan one pound of veal or extra, bone integrated, a section of butter or a few olive oil (or the 2 jointly) part a medium sized onion, one small carrot, celery stalks reduce in small items. Season with salt and pepper. positioned it on a low fireplace, flip the beef over usually and whilst browned upload a pinch of flour and a few tomato paste, bringing it to complete cooking with water poured bit by bit. The flour is used to maintain the sauce jointly and provides it colour, yet 20 The Italian prepare dinner publication: The artwork of consuming good care has to be taken to not burn it, simply because if so the sauce may have an uncongenial flavor and a black, rather than a reddish colour. The addition of dried mushrooms, formerly softened within the water and somewhat boiled within the sauce will upload enormously to its style. As has been stated the sauce can good be used to season spaghetti or risotto. The stewed veal may be served with a few vegetable. forty poultry BONED AND filled (Pollo dissossato ripieno) to take away the bones from a poultry the subsequent directions should be came across worthy. Wash and singe the poultry: take off the pinnacle and legs, and take away the tendons. while a bird is to be boned it isn't drawn. The paintings of boning isn't really tough, however it calls for perform. the outside must never be damaged. Use a small pointed knife minimize the outside down the total size of the again; then, starting on the neck, rigorously scrape the beef clear of the bone, conserving the knife just about the bone. whilst the joints of the wings and legs are met, holiday them again and continue to unfastened the beef from the carcass. whilst one facet is loose, flip the poultry and do a similar at the different part. the surface is drawn tightly over the breast-bone, and care needs to be used to detach it with no piercing the surface.
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Special and big thank you to:
I wholeheartedly express my gratitude to DK and JD for a very generous financial gift, in recognition of the what the website represent for them as professionals. I was very surprised and very moved by the the complete randomness of the gift. Men, who predominately make up our profession, are shall we say, frugal… with financial or emotional support. I know the website helps people, and that has always been good enough for me. But to receive this gift, was very moving for me personally, so I thank you JD and DK from the bottom of my heart. Their donation pays the hosting bill for this website for a few years, and was a relay shot in the arm for my confidence!
Incidentally, Did You Know – over the course of the last 1000 days Martin’s Marine Engineering Page www.dieselduck.net served up nearly 20 million web pages, with over 48 million hits, and nearly 4.2 terabytes of traffic! I am blown away by those figure, all that from a little laptop on a bouncy ship at sea.
Martin’s Marine Engineering Page is teaming up with Jon Russel Team, and Udemy, to bring you online educational courses related to Marine Engineering. Have a look, I think they are great, accessible and reasonably priced.
Send me your feedback !
On a personal note:
Things have been a bit quiet on www.dieselduck.net these last months, as I have been dealing with a serious life event, shall we say. I feel like I’ve been hit by a bus, actually, make that a fleet of buses, but I will be recovering. It’s going to take a while though, as I rearrange my life around.
In the meantime, I extend my warmest wishes of the holiday season to you and your families, especially those at sea who toil without much for recognition. This job is more than a career, it is a very taxing lifestyles on so many levels, full of excitement, terror, and joy and all wrapped up into one. I sincerely hope that you are able to find peace on the ship, at home and in your life.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
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Fees include a Meal Saturday night and an open snack/drink table for the entire weekend. We will be doing multiple prize draws throughout the weekend for train game related swag, as well as having a few ‘Easter Egg’ prizes for attendees who accomplish some secret objective throughout the weekend. We may or may not host a Tournament Sunday morning/afternoon with a prize for the winner. (This will depend on interest of the attendees and there will be a sign up sheet available at the sign in desk.)
Early bird prices in effect until April 2nd
Early Bird Weekend - $75
(3 day pass)
Early Bird Day Pass - $30
(Choose 1 or 2 at checkout)
The ‘Unspoken Schedule’. On Thursday the 15th of May, 2020, there will be open 18xx gaming hosted at a local coffee shop for any early attendees we have. On Friday, the first of the few public addresses will start, officially kicking off the event at 5:00pm. However, the doors will open at 2:00pm and gaming will begin then if the attendees see fit. For those remiss to leave on Monday the 18th or that have a short commute home, there will also be open 18xx gaming hosted at the same local coffee shop from 10:00 am until 4:00pm. So, the short story is, we hope to be playing train games for a combined total of around 48 hours over that 5 day period, we hope you can join us for all or most of it!
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Smart shoes are necessary in gentleman's wardrobe. Wheter you go for a business meeting or you are a groom you can always go for
The black cap-toe oxford
You will need a black shoes always when you want to be articularly smart, and a black cap-toe oxford covers the most bases. An oxford is the smartest lacing style and black is the smartest colour.
The cap-toe is in between a whole cut shoe where nothing interrupts simplicity and elegance of the shoe – and a wingtip brogue where a lot is going on. Ultimately, the cap toe is almost OK with black tie, and perfect for any business suit. You can also use oxfords without a cap toe.
For more everyday business you may need shoes in brown or cognac colours.
Dark-brown (dark chocolate) still works with most suits, and if needed can also be paired for a whole range of odd jackets and trousers.
At VAN THORN we have all the classics needed for smart business and smart casual occasions starting from the patent leather shoes for tuxedos thru black and brown oxfords, derbies and brogues up to loafers and elegant sneackers.
All our shoes are handcrafted in Italy, Spain or Portugal and made from 100% calfskin leather.
If you however want some other style you can always use a custom shoes service with provide together with Italian Borgioli shoes. You can select from vast array of leathers and styles. This service takes about 6 weeks.
The most elegant and formal footwear - shoes with closed upper called Oxford shoes. They are suitable for evening suits in dark colors (black, navy blue, charcoal, etc.),. They can also be used in more casual styles, provided that the color of the pants will not be too light.
Elegant shoes with open upper, also called derby. They are less formal than shoes with a closed upper, so they are perfect for everyday suits, coordinated and casual sets.
Patent leather shoes are for special occasions; for evening suits and tuxedos. It should be remembered that on such occasions the shirt may be only white and the tie dark.
Monks are the shoes fastened with one or two straps. They make the greatest impression on bystanders; are rare enough to attract a lot of interest. They are also very stylish, especially when combined with an less formal suit or with smart casual set.
Wholecut shoes are a very beautiful and rare type of shoe. Like an uninterrupted form of an upper made of one piece of leather, it makes them unique. In terms of formalities, they are on a par with Oxford, so they are suitable for evening suits and tuxedos. Due to their uniqueness, they can be an ideal choice for the groom for the wedding.
The essence of the brogues are decorations in the form of punches. They are shoes for daily use, for suits in all colors as well as for coordinated and club sets and casual sets that combine a jacket with jeans or chinos. They also work well in light summer styles combining chinos with a colorful shirt or polo shirt.
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CLEVELAND, Tenn. (WATE) — The Bradley County community spent all of Tuesday chopping wood and picking up debris after an EF-1 tornado touched down late Sunday night.
The National Weather Service told WATE 6 On Your Side Tuesday that the damage in East Cleveland was caused by an EF-1 tornado, but storm surveyors were still working to find out if it was a new tornado that touched down, or if it was a continuation of the tornado in Chattanooga.
The majority of the damage seemed to have been downed trees. Several trees fell on top of homes and buildings, cars and power lines.
In working through the aftermath, the residents were not doing all the work by themselves. They had the help of at least 300 other people, according to Cross Net Baptist Church leaders.
The Cross Net Baptist Church coordinated the volunteer efforts.
Most of the volunteers were using chainsaws and tractors, whether their own or borrowed, to cut the trees down. They would then pile the roughly chopped wood and debris to the curb.
If volunteers weren’t helping clear debris, they were preparing and passing out food and water to the other volunteers and first responders, who were still blocking off entrance to the damaged areas.
Volunteers were also needed to help repair the chainsaws and sharpen the blades.
One volunteer said that if you have the time and the capability to head to Cleveland to help, then you should.
“They can use any and all help. It don’t matter if you can operate a chainsaw or if you can help pass out bagged lunches, any hands can help,” Harley Buchtel said.
The residents who needed the help were very grateful for it.
Becky and Sheena Brown had several trees, a few of them very large, fall down in their yard.
Fortunately, none of the trees fell on the house, but Becky Brown said it was a very expensive problem she couldn’t afford.
She said that a local tree-cutting service quoted her $4,500 for the job.
Brown said a local church group knocked on her door this morning asking if she needed help with the trees.
“There’s no way we could’ve paid to have all this work done and I’m just thankful and very blessed that our community is the way it is,” Brown said.
Many volunteers came from the Cleveland community.
The owners of The Little Diner on 1st closed early and headed out to the Michigan Avenue Baptist church, where Cross Net set up the volunteer check-in.
Arthur Zakolski said that the community has showed his family and restaurant support, so he wanted to return the favor, and brought the entire family.
They also brought two new chainsaws to help.
His daughter, Gianna Zakolski said they were glad to help.
“We’re young, but we have a lot of impact on this community and so I think that when we young people, like my siblings, I know I have seven, and we’re all teenagers, and so when we all like come together and work, we make a huge difference and people see that,” she said.
Cross Net leaders said they would need more volunteers in the coming days; a day or two after a tornado hits, most homeowners or renters need to wait for their insurance companies to see the damage before volunteers can help clean up.
- Coronavirus Timeline: Total COVID-19 cases near 175K, deaths now stand at 2,097 in the state
- CHART: Tennessee Department of Health’s count of coronavirus cases by day in state
- Greene County mayor extends mask mandate through September 30
- Video and pictures of packed house party near KU campus spark concern as virus cases rise
- Tennessee Coronavirus: Two weeks into September, state has seen a 12.48% increase in COVID-19 cases and a 19.56% increase in deaths
- Coronavirus in Tennessee: Knox County reports smallest 1-day increase in new cases so far in September
- Oxford and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial
- Tennessee Coronavirus: Total COVID-19 cases reach 171,824 with 933 new cases reported Sunday
- Coronavirus in Tennessee: Inactive cases rise by 204 as Knox County reports 121 new cases & no new deaths
- As Trump played down virus, health experts’ alarm grew
- Dakotas lead US in virus growth as both reject mask rules
- Tennessee Coronavirus: COVID-19 deaths hit 2,064 with 39 new ones reported Saturday
- Coronavirus in Tennessee: Inactive cases rise by 229 as Knox County reports 189 new cases & 3 new deaths
- As restaurants, bars re-open amid coronavirus, CDC study urges caution
- Ohio college students test positive for coronavirus, throw party
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Good afternoon everyone! Because tomorrow marks the five month anniversary of my arrival to New York City, I decided to round up the five things I have learned so far. With time we’ll see how my feelings of living in this metropolitan city evolve.
Those of you that have been reading my blog for a while, likely remember that I lived in Miami Beach the last 9 years, and in Barcelona, Spain, the prior 2 years. I have also lived in Paris, and in Buenos Aires. Even though I have moved around quite a bit, living in New York City was not on my wish-list, but my fiance got a job offer here, so here we are!!
My first visits here were with my family in 1996, and in 2007. I also visited during high school, with a big group of students. My third visit was in May 2015, my brother had moved here for work, and I stayed with him for a week. And frankly, for me that was plenty.
So when my fiance suggested that we move to New York, my initial reaction was “oh my goodness!” because in all honesty, living right on the ocean with warm temperatures year round was my definition of perfection (and peaceful living!). During one of my trips to the city, we decided to spend a full day looking at apartments, and that is how I learned that ‘quiet’ living areas do exist here. With time I slowly accepted the idea of moving out of Florida, but I feared that I would not adjust too well, especially to the cold. Ay ay ay!
The first month was easy in terms of the climate, we explored around, went apple picking with our pups in Warwick, NY, visited DUMBO, Brooklyn, drove out to New Jersey several times (Wegman’s trips, check-ups at the VET, and visits to his parent’s home). It was not until my third month that I realized I would definitely be needing a huge & heavy coat, similar to those that I’d worn on family ski trips. I started to miss my car (the comfort & privacy it offers), was not enjoying overcrowded subways, did not like ultra cold rainy days, and was feeling really homesick!
Earlier this week we had a few days with ‘warmer’ temperatures so I decided to do some exploring (walking around the city is easier when it is 50 degrees as opposed to 30). I surprised myself when I realized how content I was feeling while walking along the east side of Central Park. I quickly realized that I am starting to feel a little more steady. 🙂
- New York City is often called ‘the center of the universe,’ and there is a lot of truth to that, so make the most of your time here!
- New York City has four seasons, and each season has its magic (yes, Winter included!!).
- New York City is incredibly easy to navigate, and the subway can take you anywhere in just a few minutes.
- New York City has everything, from spectacular restaurants, to all kinds of entertainment, and unthinkable opportunities.
- New York City is tremendously fast paced, but quiet areas abound.
Everyone goes at their own pace, and starting a new life in a new city is not the easiest. When things get stressful, I remind myself of the reason why I am here – because I met my soulmate and we are spending our lives together! Having my two dogs with me has definitely made it easier. Dogs just make everything better, don’t they!?? And now, five months into my new life in New York City, I finally feel that I am exactly where I am supposed to be.
Have you ever moved to a city you did not intend to live in!? I’d love to hear your thoughts! Stay tuned for more updates! Talk soon! xx
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This is today’s comic, which represents an authentic conversation between my son and I. There really should be some kind of licensing requirement for procreation.
Today’s post is from Joel DeYoung, who worked on The Simpsons: Road Rage and The Simpsons: Hit and Run. He’s on over at Hothead now, working on our shit, but this post isn’t about his contributions to the regular industry: it’s about his incredible work on SquawkBox. What is that? Well, you’ll find out soon enough. I couldn’t believe I’d never heard of it before.
SquawkBox is a free plug-in for Microsoft Flight Simulator. It lets virtual pilots connect to a network where they can communicate with real people performing virtual air traffic control. I first came across it in 2001 while searching for add-ons to the latest version of Flight Simulator. The description I read online made it sound like a big MMO for pilots and air traffic controllers, a concept I could scarcely believe until I logged on and tried it for myself. My inexperience meant that on my first try I flew my small Cessna right into the approach path of a major international airport. The controller who called on the radio and suggested I do a quick 180 before I get smashed by an incoming 747 was ever so nice.
Some of you are probably scratching your head at this description, so let me be explicit. There are a bunch of people in their basements playing Flight Simulator, and a bunch of people in their basements pretending to be air traffic controllers, running an application that simulates a radarscope. All wearing USB headsets, they are connected to a big network called VATSIM where they talk to each other and simulate realistic air traffic procedures as accurately as possible. And some of them are drinking.
Aside from the immediate appeal of having a mini-fridge in your cockpit, adding this type of online experience to flight simulation makes it qualitatively different. Not only do you see other planes out your cockpit window, and talk to air traffic controllers while flying, but you don’t even take off without at least a half hour of preparation. Just like in real-life, you have to check the weather, prepare your flight plan, file it with the appropriate authorities and contact a controller to get the proper clearances. All of this happens before you even turn on your plane’s engines! Out of the box, Flight Simulator starts you on the end of the runway: you just push the throttle and take off. So while on the surface this may seem like a much more tedious proposition, SquawkBox users take the additional realism quite seriously.
Shortly after trying it all out, I was so hooked that I contacted the author and eventually took over the freeware project. I spent the next three years working on a new version in my spare time, and have worked on updates and patches since then. What started out as a fun side project ended up exposing me to a world where the obsession to create an authentic experience is completely unmatched by anything I had ever seen. LARPers may spend an entire weekend in the forest, but this crowd reads thick FAA manuals for fun.
The depth to which the virtual aviation enthusiast pursues this hobby depends entirely on how far down the rabbit hole they want to go. You could get a headset and fly short flights using your mouse and keyboard (a fact you should probably not tell your fellow pilots lest you be ridiculed for such unrealistic input devices). Or maybe you get a yoke and some pedals and build a little cockpit at your desk. Maybe you decide to make the leap into air traffic control and join one of VATSIM ís controller training regimens, hoping to pass the test and get certified. Perhaps you join a virtual airline flying long-hauls across the ocean, building your hours until you achieve the coveted rank of Captain. Or maybe you spend years searching for surplus Boeing parts to build a 737 cockpit in your garage, or elsewhere if the hydraulic motion platform requires a larger venue.
Safe, efficient air travel relies on a mountain of rules, procedures, international treaties and regulatory schemes. On VATSIM, they try to simulate them all. It may just look like a bunch of people flying and directing air traffic. But to make sure the whole operation runs smoothly, there are a ton of regulations, organizational hierarchy, committees, agreements and other schemes which effectively add up to a government bureaucracy sim. Maybe this sounds stale, but if you’re trying to be authentic you may as well go all the way.
The amazing thing about VATSIM is that it works at all, since it is a completely non-commercial operation. From administration of the servers, to writing the software, to running the various virtual air traffic control authorities around the world, the entire thing is operated by volunteer effort. I think the secret to its success lies in both the dedication and friendliness of the participants. The community consists of people from all ages and walks of life, brought together by a shared passion for aviation. Overall, they’re a really friendly bunch, making it easy for a complete noob to get started. In other words, it has all the ingredients for a successful online community.
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Out of nearly 90,000 cases of oral cancer detected each year in India country, more than half the population dies in the same year owing to late detection. Early detection of neoplastic changes in the oral cavity is the only solution to reduce mortality rates and improve the quality of life of patients.
Moreover, oral cancer screening is usually conducted using conventional oral examination with a torch or mobile phone camera. However, it is not easy to visually distinguish between benign and premalignant sites within a potentially malignant lesion. Inflammation or irritation can often resemble premalignant conditions, making visual identification subjective. Although various oral cancer detection devices are available, these are subjective, not very accurate, and expensive.
To ensure an accurate diagnosis of the grade of cancer, the biopsy sample has to be taken from the most malignant site in the lesion. Even experienced clinicians find it difficult to locate the optimal site for a biopsy based on conventional oral examination. This can lead to multiple biopsies, increased expenditure, and false-negative reports, which can delay diagnosis and damage outcomes.
When Dr. Subhash Narayanan was twelve years old, his mother was wrongly diagnosed with head and neck cancer. The aggressive radiation therapy from this misdiagnosis left her bedridden for more than five years, severely depleting her quality of life. It has been more than 50 years since his mother’s misdiagnosis, but technology has not advanced enough to prevent similar incidents from occurring. Doctors still rely on subjective methods to arrive at a diagnosis.
Dr. Narayanan’s deeply personal wish for better diagnostic tools was his motivation for setting up Sascan – a technology start-up on a mission to develop affordable screening devices for early detection of cancer.
OralScan is an optical imaging multimodal device for the early detection of pre-cancerous lesions of the oral cavity. The device uses an optical system with custom-built software and algorithms for tissue analysis. It enables the physician to visualise and discriminate between healthy and potentially malignant sites before they perform a biopsy.
The diagnostic advantages of OralScan include non-invasive in vivo procedures and services, wide-field imaging of oral cavity, utilisation of a cloud-based machine learning algorithm for real-time feedback on tissue status and application of oxygenated haemoglobin (HbO2) absorption maps for biopsy guidance.
The company’s proprietary software makes it intuitive and easy to use in the clinical environment. Health workers can be easily trained to operate the instrument, gather patient data and share the screening report with clinicians for follow-up. It is also useful in assessing the grade of cancer at the point of care with the help of a machine learning algorithm.
The device has 97% sensitivity and 92% specificity. Sascan Meditech has already obtained CDSCO approval, CE certification and ISO 13485 certification for OralScan.
False-negative reports are quite common in detecting oral cancers. Patients may have to undergo multiple biopsies, which is a big financial burden for poor families. The delayed diagnosis also increases mortality risk. OralScan could eliminate the issue of false-negative reporting and significantly reduce the risk of death.
So far, OralScan has reached 8 states in India and touched the lives of more than 1,000 people.
Subhash is the Founder and CEO of Sascan Meditech. He is passionate about intertwining engineering with medicine to produce insights that enhance the clinical experience and benefit society.
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Incorrect use of quotes and escape and ts in CRM_Core_DAO::copyValues
There's a couple things wrong with this logging line:
Civi::log()->warning(ts('A string for field $dbName has been truncated. The original string was %1', [CRM_Utils_Type::escape($value, 'String')]));
- I'm not sure it should be ts'd since it's a system-y string usually not seen by end users.
- It uses a variable inside the ts.
- The variable gets output as the literal
$dbNameinstead of the value because the string uses single quotes.
- CRM_Utils_Type::escape is sometimes a misleading function name. It doesn't "make the string safe in all circumstances". In this situation it escapes it for insertion into an SQL string which might be what happens if that's the log implementation being used, but isn't necessarily where it ends up. Even if database was the end target, the log implementation should escape it at insertion time, not here.
To upload designs, you'll need to enable LFS and have an admin enable hashed storage. More information
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Pictured in her cap and gown, Angel Carlick is smiling.
The black-and-white photo flutters on a downtown Whitehorse poster board.
Above it, in bold, black letters is one word — “Missing.”
“Angel was very proud about giving everybody grad pictures,” said family friend Darlene Jim.
“But I didn’t expect to see them on posters put up to find her.”
The 19-year-old has been officially missing since May 31st.
However, friends and family haven’t seen her since a grad barbecue at Jim’s on May 27th.
“She was very excited about graduating,” said Jim, who’s known Angel since she was four years old.
“She wouldn’t have missed her graduation for anything.”
It was Monday afternoon, and Jim was standing outside Bluefeather Youth Centre with Carlick’s best friend, Tamara Jim.
The two girls talked every day.
“She always called me,” said Tamara, who hasn’t seen Carlick since the barbecue.
Talking about Carlick, Tamara was clearly shaken.
The youth are having trouble dealing with Carlick’s disappearance, said Bluefeather executive director Vicki Durrant.
“And there’s nothing in place to help them.”
Last year, centre youth made an animated film about dealing with trauma.
Carlick helped write it, said Durrant.
And she worked on the video.
In it, a group of youth divides after a friend dies from drinking.
Half the group seeks counselling.
The others drink more.
The film ends with a second death.
It’s a pattern Durrant sees far too often.
And since Carlick’s disappearance, she’s watched substance abuse increase dramatically among the youth.
“More and more kids are coming in drunk,” she said.
“And I’m trying to be flexible because of what’s going on.
“But when they’re drunk they’re disruptive and they can’t stay at the centre.”
There are no supports in place for them, said Durrant, who deals with crisis on a weekly basis.
“With all the resources in this community for counselling, I’d like to know what percentage of that is going to the First Nations,” she said.
More than 98 per cent of the youth who use Bluefeather are First Nations.
“We have 20 kids hurting,” said Durrant.
“And there’s no funding for First Nations counsellors.”
Yukon Family Services’ Outreach Van stopped by the youth centre last week.
There were three staff on board and at least one of them was a counsellor, said Durrant.
“But the kids didn’t want to talk to them because they’re not First Nations.”
Last week, one of the youth attempted suicide.
Durrant feels helpless.
“I would love to be able to phone Skookum Jim (Friendship Centre) and get them to send a First Nations counsellor over to hang out with the youth for a couple of hours,” she said.
“But they don’t have the resources.”
The youth programs and initiatives in the community don’t help First Nations young people, she said.
Durrant has seen elders come to Bluefeather and watched the youth speak freely.
“But when a non-First Nations person comes in, it takes forever for them to open up,” she said.
The territory needs more First Nations counsellors, agreed Family Services’ executive director Marliyn Wolovick.
There’s a natural trust that exists between First Nations, she said.
“But trust is also something you can build across a racial divide.”
For the last five years, Family Services ran a youth outreach program that employed two youth counsellors.
Since October, the program provided services to 136 youth.
In March, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government cut the funding.
“Currently, the youth outreach program has no staff,” said Wolovick.
Although Family Services managed to cobble together enough money to keep the program running into May, it couldn’t retain its counsellors.
Without firm funding in place, both employees found other jobs, she said.
“It was a real loss.
“Those counsellors had built strong relationships with the youth.”
Half of their clients were First Nations.
The two counsellors, who met with youth individually and in groups, were not.
Recruiting First Nations staff is difficult, said Wolovick, citing a shortage in the field.
The territory picked up the federal slack and will now fund the youth outreach program.
Wolovick is hiring new counsellors. She’s hoping to see First Nations applicants.
But not all aboriginal people who graduate with social work degrees stay in the territory, she said.
There are currently two First Nations counsellors working on the Outreach Van, employed through Kaushee’s Place.
But these counsellors aren’t youth-specific.
Mark Kelley, the sole employee of Skyward Outreach Services, has worked with Whitehorse youth.
Although Kelley would like to see more First Nations counsellors on the beat, he didn’t find his non-aboriginal background impeded his work.
“It’s helpful to have someone who understands the culture,” he said.
“But that’s the same whether you have a Greek, a South American or a Martian client.
“My caseload was through the roof with mostly First Nations youth and I didn’t find it a barrier.”
Of course, he’ll never know which kids opted to stay away because he wasn’t First Nations, he said.
Nevertheless, youth housing trumps the need for First Nation counsellors, he said.
The need for housing “is transcendent of culture,” he added.
Health and Social Services doesn’t employ any youth counsellors.
Its only counsellors work at Alcohol and Drug Services. Their work is not specific to youth, said department spokesperson Pat Living.
“People can come in and use our services, but our staff doesn’t go out into the community,” she added.
The department has a team in place to deal with trauma, said Living.
Called the Critical Incident Stress Management Team, it generally deals with things like fires, tragic community deaths, and multiple-vehicle accidents.
It is not designed to help troubled youth, like the young people struggling with Carlick’s disappearance, said Living.
“There’s not enough support for First Nations young people,” said Durrant.
“These kids deal with death and tragedy on a regular basis.
“And some are able to talk about it. But others hold everything in.”
Carlick’s little brother isn’t doing well, added Durrant.
The 15-year-old lives in a Whitehorse group home.
And Carlick wanted to help him.
“Her goal was to graduate and adopt her brother,” said Durrant.
Carlick started at the youth centre when she was 17.
At first, she had trouble making it to work.
She was an alcoholic and homeless, said Durrant.
A year later, she’d landed an apartment and was running the show at Bluefeather.
“She cooked, managed the centre and worked one-on-one with the kids as a mentor,” said Durrant.
“It’s not just like she was a friend of these kids, she’s like family — Angel is like their sister.”
Carlick was also part of the mural project at Hougen’s.
The News talked with Carlick in October.
It was a cold afternoon and she was dishing up stew for her mother and grandmother at Bluefeather.
At the time, Carlick was homeless.
So was her mom.
“I worry about my mom a lot,” said Carlick, whose dream was to make a down payment on a house for her.
“Angel had her head together,” said Durrant.
“She had plans for a future and was making decisions that were getting her places.”
Carlick didn’t pick up her paycheque on May 31st.
“And her ID and clothes are still at the centre,” said Durrant.
There are some things about Carlick’s disappearance that just don’t add up, she said.
Three days after she lost touch with friends and family, the RCMP talked with Carlick.
The police won’t say why.
“The RCMP spoke directly to her on May 31st,” confirmed police spokesperson Bridgette Parker.
“We talk to people all the time,” she said.
“She was not being arrested, or detained or talked to about another investigation.”
But Durrant and Carlick’s friends are not so sure.
“Some think Carlick witnessed the murder (of Colin Stephen Sawrenko),” said Durrant.
On May 22nd, the 52-year-old First Nations man was assaulted near Shipyards Park and later died from the injuries.
“Why were the RCMP the last people to see Angel?” said Durrant.
“What were they talking to her about?”
The police have no suspect or leads in the disappearance of Carlick, or in the murder of Sawrenko.
Anyone with information should call the Whitehorse detachment at 667-5555 or call Crimestoppers anonymously at 1 (800) 222-TIPS (8477).
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So he says, “This is not because we want to punish success.” The hell they don’t. They damn well do. It’s one of the leftist credos: punish achievement. He said, “I suspect a bunch of young people in this gym are gonna end up being wealthy, and that’s good. But we’re gonna have to have to ask everybody to sacrifice — and if we’re asking community colleges to sacrifice, if we’re asking people who are going to see potentially fewer services in their neighborhoods…” Why? Why they gonna see fewer services in their neighborhoods? And as to this community college, I wonder how many donations or contributions or whatever it gets from the public.
I wonder how many people already are giving? In fact, this whole word “sacrifice” here, these people define sacrifice as, “You allowing us to take your money.” Well, Obama had a chance. We just saw his tax returns. He had a chance to not take any deductions. He had a chance to pay the full 35% tax rate and he didn’t. He didn’t do any sacrificing. Whoever did his taxes went in there, took advantage of any option that Obama had and the same thing with Bite Me. One of them paid 23% and the other paid 27%, I forget which. Obama paid 27%. But this whole idea — “if the community college is gonna sacrifice, and we’re gonna have fewer services in neighborhoods, we can ask millionaires and billionaires to make a little sacrifice.”
That whole premise offends me because it assumes that millionaires and billionaires are greedy, selfish unto themselves, giving nothing away. (snorts) Where would this community college be without the community of wealthy people that live in it, more than likely? But even without that, just this assumption, this whole class envy business is being ratcheted up now as we move forward into this campaign, the presidential campaign of 2012, and I’m telling you nothing good comes from it. All it does is breed resentment and hatred for people. You know, it used to be… There’s a story in the Stack of Stuff, a poll here. Here it is. AP. Listen to this.
AP conducted a poll of young Americans between 18 and 24, which clearly would encompass the age of the students at this community college where Obama went, and the poll found many of these students (young people) “define the American dream as life getting better for each new generation, but they now think that’s a myth, that their own lives improving is not a reality.” Their lives getting better than their parents, it’s a myth. “Forty percent think it’s gonna be harder to raise a family and have the lifestyle they desire. Seventy-five percent believe that they’ll have a tougher time than their parents and think the current economy is in poor shape.
“A very high number are worried about their parents’ financial condition as well, and that worry is driven by fear as well as love. Half these youngsters remain dependent on their parents,” they can’t yet stand on their own two feet. “The future looks decidedly gloomy for a lot of American youth.” Can you blame ’em? Look at what they’re subjected to in their classrooms and on television every day. Now, AP did not make this important link in reporting their poll, but these kids who are looking at the and seeing not much of one are the same kids that went out and voted for Obama and the Democrats in droves in 2008. These were the kids waving the Obama signs and making the pro-Obama videos for social networks.
They were celebrating the end of the Bush era, whether they ended up voting or not. That audience he was speaking to were the people that thought he was gonna be the guy that made their future rosy and happier than they had ever dreamed. These were the kids that bought in to the “hope and change” mantra. They drank the Obama Messiah Kool-Aid, and they did it in one big gulp. So it’s three years later now, and according to a poll of these people they have diminished economic prospects. Their perception of their own future is bleak, they’re still dependent on their parents, and they think the American dream is a myth.
So they got the change but there’s not a whole lot of hope here. But, see, all is not lost. The American dream is bigger than Obama. A one-term, failed Obama presidency could be the biggest teachable moment in generations. Now, we’re gonna need a very active opposition party helping to make that claim. But here’s Obama out now, and what is he doing? Here are these kids and he just told ’em (impression): “Some of you, some of you probably gonna be wealthy someday. That’s good,” and then he spends the rest of the sound bite telling ’em how they’re targets! “Yep. Well, some of you gonna be rich. Gonna be wealthy (chuckles) but not for long, after we get through with you!”
Well, that’s what he’s saying, and then to cite China over and over! What happened to all of our infrastructure rebuilding? We had a nearly $1 trillion Porkulus bill to do just that. We now know it was a money laundering bill for unions at the state and local level. That’s all it was. It was an Obama slush fund. The stimulus bill was nothing more than a pile of money to keep state, unionized government people employed while everybody else was losing their jobs during the recession. There wasn’t one new road built. All that “infrastructure” stuff, and he has the audacity to come out and say, “Look at what the ChiComs are doing! They’re building airports, they’re building roads.”
Well, we allocated nearly a trillion dollars to it and we haven’t built one highway! We haven’t rebuilt one school. By the way, did you note that Obama in his sound bite here did not mention also all of the prisons, all of the gulags, and other forms of punishment that the Chinese are building? Obama also does not mention that the ChiComs have in jail the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Winner — and Obama didn’t tell these kids that he hosted a state dinner for the head ChiCom, Hu Jintao. Obama himself is a Peace Prize winner. He got his prize on the come. Of course where is the peace out there? There isn’t any peace, it hasn’t broke out.
None of what anybody was promised happened, particularly these kids the idealistic ones. You can’t blame ’em. They’re the ones that always believe in a message that’s tailored to them. They’re young. Everything’s about you when you’re young. Everything’s “me, me, me, me, me,” and you could see the way they responded today. Government spending and education. Yay! Standing ovation. Rip into Big Oil. Yay! Standing ovation. Talk about clearing energy so forth. Yay! Standing ovation. Well, there wasn’t one standing ovation, but still lots of applause. One more bite here, maybe a couple more before the break. Now, this is absurd, this next. This is a willful and purposeful distortion of Paul Ryan’s budget plans regarding Medicare and Medicaid.
OBAMA: What would happen under this proposal is you’d get a set amount of money. You could then go out into the private marketplace and buy insurance, but if the voucher you were gettin’ was f’r six or $7,000 and the insurance company said it’s gonna cost you $12,000, well, you’re gonna have to make up that difference. So your health care costs keep on goin’ up and up and up. The voucher doesn’t, each year more and more costs comin’ out of pocket. Now, I think that is the wrong way to go. That would fundamentally change Medicare as we know it, and I’m not… I’m not gonna sign up for that.
RUSH: No, there’s no way in Obamaville that anybody’s gonna pay for anything on their own. (interruption) They don’t know anything about Medicare. They’re applauding the concept, Snerdley. This is the trick. They’re applauding the concept that health care is going to be paid for by the state. They think it’s a right. They’ve been subjected to that claim. They’re not intellectually developed enough yet to understand what the guy’s really talking about. He throws out these numbers. (interruption) Yeah, they know there’s a state, government, what have you. (interruption)
No, they don’t know that they are the state. They don’t know that. They don’t know that they’re paying for themselves. What they’re hearing Obama say is that somebody else is gonna pay for it. There’s a duty for someone else to pay for their health care. Nobody should have to pay for their health care. That’s what they hear Obama saying and respond (clapping), “Yep, yep! Right on, right on, right on,” and yet he spends a lot of other time talking about how we gotta get the deficit down. I mean, it really was unserious. It wasn’t elegant. There was nothing in it that was accurate. It was not presidential. It was not inspiring. It was a rambling mess.
He would never even try this town hall to a bunch of adults other than union people.
RUSH: How many of you have a positive reaction when the president of the United States tells an audience of college kids, or any other audience, that we ought to be more like China? No, seriously, how many of you go, “Yeah, yeah, man, that’s the ticket. That’s what we need to do. We need to be more like China.” That’s what he’s doing. Remember, now, China is still building gulags, still building prison camps, and if you have the wrong religious beliefs you better not get caught practicing them.
I’ve got an idea. As you know, ladies and gentlemen, I, El Rushbo, am full of them. Obama keeps talking about billionaires and millionaires, that they’ve gotta sacrifice, it’s not right what they do, who they are, how they operate. So how about this: How about Obama announce today that he will no longer accept donations from any of the people he plans to raise taxes on, anybody who makes $250,000 or more, anybody who needs to be sacrificing, the people who aren’t sacrificing and who need to be, by definition those are the people that make $250,000, that would encompass millionaires and billionaires but also would encompass a lot of people who aren’t millionaires and billionaires. But that’s who he’s gonna punish. Those are the people who are not sacrificing enough, 250 grand and up. So let’s just say, Mr. President, you no longer will accept donations from these people because they don’t represent American values. They don’t send the right message to the young people in this country. They’ve got too much money and they don’t share it enough. They’re not sacrificing. They don’t give enough of it away.
So how about you stop taking political donations from these people? How many people that own dry cleaners, restaurants, gas stations which net over $250,000 a year are millionaires and billionaires? He continually talks about raising taxes on millionaires and billionaires when he really means individuals who make over $200,000 a year. That’s couples, individuals who make over $200,000. So what is this billionaire millionaire mantra? You don’t have to be a millionaire to be in this guy’s crosshairs. All you have to do as an individual is make 200 grand or as a couple make 250 and you have a bull’s-eye painted on the front and back of your shirt. Now, you’re gonna have to make up the difference in cost. You students, health care, you’re gonna have to make up the difference in cost in federal subsidy. Obama is saying that’s unfair. The government should pay for everything when it comes to health care, that’s what these students believe. It’s only fair because the government’s not them. The government’s not their neighbors. The government is not tax revenue. They don’t understand it yet.
And I had to mention this to Trump and I’ll mention this I don’t care how many times, Ryan is talking about future Medicare recipients, not current or soon to be. Nobody has proposed current Medicare recipients, that we change the rules in the middle of the game while they are in the receiving mode. That’s not gonna happen. It’s gonna happen years out with sufficient time for people to plan for it, but it can’t go on like this anymore. Total subsidizing of health care retirement, whatever, it can’t go on. There isn’t the money for it. Obama doesn’t have the courage to tell these young skulls full of mush that Medicare won’t even exist when they become of age. He leaves that part outta his propaganda. This is an illustration of how liberalism is a gutless choice. It’s the easiest choice that you could make. All you gotta do is go up and pander and demagogue and propagandize like Obama does. He doesn’t tell these young students that it is they who are paying for these programs today and it is they who will have no Medicare when they are of age. So Obama’s going out there to this community college, he’s lying to these students, he’s lying to the youths of America just as he insists on compelling them to pay for something they will never benefit from. This is Bernie Madoff. This is not Barack Obama. This is Bernie Madoff, and he’s selling a lie over and over and over again.
RUSH: You know, Obama didn’t tell his audience at the junior college that half of them would be dead if they were in China, that half being the girls who are done away with under the one child policy. Everybody seems to want sons, which of course angers the feminazis. So the jury’s still out.
RUSH: We were talking about Obama’s town hall meeting today before the young skulls full of mush that Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia. And one of the things that Obama said to these students early on, talking about the budget, the deficit, he actually said we can’t spend more than we take in. We just can’t do it. You can’t do it at home and we at the federal government, we can’t spend more we take in. Now, if you are a rational person who has been paying attention for three years, you hear the president say that and you are incredulous. It would be like Colonel Sanders saying we have got to stop killing chickens. His whole agenda is predicated on spending this country into unrecoverable debt. So Obama stopping spending is the same as Colonel Sanders stop slaughtering chickens. Ain’t gonna happen. It would be just as incredulous if Obama said, “You know what? I was talking to Colonel Sanders, and he agrees, we’ve gotta stop killing chickens if our restaurants are to survive.”
Now, okay, what’s the purpose here? What’s the purpose? Some might say, “Man, this guy’s outta touch. How do you go up there and say that?” There is an answer to this. Look at it, my friends, through the prism that he’s running for reelection. What he’s doing, he’s not really speaking to those students. He’s giving speeches for national media, the sycophants that are the Drive-Bys. You want some names? I mean you know names. The hostettes and the anchors and anchorettes of the Nightly News, the hostettes and anchors of the morning news shows, the reporters at the White House press corpse. That’s to whom he’s a speaking. And so when he says, “We can’t spend more than we take in,” that’s a sound bite. He’s giving the national media a sound bite that they will then use uncritically up against what Paul Ryan is saying.
Now, Ryan, the Republicans are out there making these allegations. Obama is feckless with his spending, he’s irresponsible. Well, in light of that, President Obama today speaking to students said we can’t spend more than we take in. So they’ll use that sound bite he gave ’em today to compete with or to deal with any Republican saying he’s a profligate spender. That’s what he’s doing here, like the cliches the rich aren’t paying their fair share, we gotta raise taxes on the rich, all this stuff these guys want to hear anyway. So we’re gonna have these sound bites aired. This is a speech that is actually created for newscast sound bites. That’s what this is. I mean we can’t spend more than we take in, when his own budget spends $1.6 trillion that we don’t have. George Bush’s deficit his last year was between four or 500 billion. This guy’s three times that, the annual deficit. So you hear that, you’re incredulous. It doesn’t make any sense whatsoever. Let’s go to audio sound bite 26, and, by the way, we got some more from this speech. Again, listen to this through the prism of the reelection campaign.
OBAMA: This probably my most important message today. I’m gonna need your help. I can’t afford to have all of you as bystanders in this debate. I want everybody to be in the game. I want you to hold me accountable; I want you to hold all of Washington accountable. There are powerful lobbies and special interests in Washington.
OBAMA: And they’re gonna want to reduce the deficit on your backs, and if you are not heard, that’s exactly what’s gonna happen.
RUSH: That’s as disconnected, as out of touch as saying you can’t spend more than you take in. “This is probably my most important message. I’m gonna need your help. I can’t afford to have you as bystanders. I need everybody in the game. I want you to hold me accountable, and I want you to hold all of Washington. The powerful lobbyists are gonna try to reduce the deficit on your back.” You students, not only your back, but your kids and your kids’ backs, that’s now in debt we are. It’s already on your back. You students better wake up and understand, and hopefully they do. You can’t tell by looking at ’em how much of this is going over their heads or how many of them are clued in, but look at this AP poll, Snerdley, young people for a while have known there’s not gonna be any Social Security when they get there. Or have thought so.
Now they think that their opportunities to have a better financial life than their parents did are dwindling. I think some of them do. He’s gonna be able to get to some of them here, but the debt is already on your back. Reducing the debt, it’s already there. And furthermore, it’s on your children, our grandchildren, your children, and then your grandchildren’s debt. It’s already there. Now, what Obama’s gonna say to you here is that he’s gonna try to convince you that you still have a free ride as long as you stick with him. As long as you stick with him, nothing will be on your back. He’s gonna make sure it’s on the backs of these people earning $250,000 or more. All right, grab sound bite 27. It just kept on like this. It’s why the original assessment here, it’s rambling, it’s incoherent, it is unserious. It is all of that. But if you look at it as a campaign speech filled with sound bites for the national media to run from now until Election Day, just collect a stockpile or archive of ’em, then you will see this in a different way. Here he is talking about gasoline prices.
OBAMA: If you’re driving out of necessity 50 miles a day to work and you can’t afford to buy some fancy new hybrid car so you’re stuck with the old beater that is getting you eight miles a gallon, that’s pretty frustrating. Now, I wish I could tell you that there was some easy, simple solution to this. Now, one solution is making sure that we’re increasing production of US oil. And we have actually continually increased US production, so US production is as high as it’s ever been. The problem is we only have about two to three percent of the world’s oil reserves, and we use 25% of the world’s oil. So when you say we should be using traditional sources, the problem is we’ve got finite sources when it comes to oil, and that means we’ve gotta find some replacements.
RUSH: Folks, I don’t know where to start here. That’s not true. We’ve got far more oil than we are accessing, and we are not producing more than we ever have. He’s got a moratorium in place. He’s got a moratorium on drilling in place. There are market-based solutions. It’s called supply and demand and more oil, wherever you have to get it. But, anyway, it doesn’t fit his agenda. Let’s be clear about something else, these powerful lobbyists, many of whom work for him, many of whom work in the White House, most powerful lobbyists who he derides here, most of them want bigger government. They want government to help ’em. They want government to give to them. There’s a difference between a lobbyist who’s trying to protect his individual liberty and another who’s trying to steal from somebody else. The lobbyists working for Obama believe in big government going out and screwing as many other people as they can to get money to redistribute. Now, where do you think most of Obama’s buddies fall? What kind of lobbyists support Obama? The big government lobbyists, the one who want to steal and take and grow government. And he loves those lobbyists. He has a lot of them in the White House working for him. What do they do? They try to get tax breaks. They do any number of things.
RUSH: Eddie in the Bronx, great to have you on the program, sir. Hello.
CALLER: Hi, Rush! I’ve been listening to ya since, oh, for…since y’started, and I’m a little nervous. But, you know, when you just said what you said about what he said yesterday, I just… I’m in my car waiting for my kid to get out of school, and I just screamed out the word “Liar!” I mean, it’s just so… Heh, heh, heh.
RUSH: I know. It’s the same thing with Clinton. It’s the same thing with every liberal or Democrat on things like, they just lie.
CALLER: It’s unbelievable — and something I wanted to call you about, well, a couple years ago was the way the man was elected by their overseas credit card contributions to his election campaign that allowed him to amass a half a billion dollars?
RUSH: Yeah, these are the donations under 250 bucks that don’t have to be tied to any individual. So you really didn’t know where they were coming from.
CALLER: Right. You know, God only knows. If you’re talking overseas, we could be talking about enemies of our republic.
RUSH: Well, it was a massive effort, there’s no question, to elect the guy.
RUSH: And, by the way, he’s thrown out now that his reelection campaign is gonna be a billion dollars. That’s how much he’s gonna raise. I think one of the reasons for doing that is to scare off any Democrats. I really do. ‘Cause it’s not gonna scare any Republican opposition off. I mean, whatever he’s gonna spend, some Republican is gonna run and win the nomination and run the campaign. I think that billion dollars is to scare the Clintons off. I think in the bowels of the White House, they look and they see that this country is in really bad shape, and that if somebody were bright enough politically it wouldn’t be hard to nail it all on Obama.
I think they’re a little bit worried about an interparty challenge and so you go out and say, “We’re gonna run a billion-dollar campaign,” and that’s designed to intimidate any potential Democrat challenger not to even mess with it. “Don’t even try. We’re gonna get a billion dollars. Don’t even think about it.” I think that’s the purpose of putting out the cost of the campaign. (interruption) How… (interruption) Ham’inna? (interruption) You talk about…? (interruption) Snerdley wants to know, “How does it look to people?”
If money in politics bothered people there would have been manifestations of it, but the people who spend the most are the ones that win for the most part. That’s what he’s saying comes up every year: People decry, they moan and whine about the amount of money in politics…and then they don’t. It isn’t that big a deal.
RUSH: One more sound bite from Obama. I guess this is Obama telling the students at Annandale, Virginia’s Northern Virginia Community College that he wants to live in a country that’s fair.
OBAMA: I believe that people who have been really blessed in the society like me have, you know, a very, very very good income can afford to pay a little bit more, nothing crazy, just go back to the rates that existed when Bill Clinton was president, why wouldn’t I want to make that sacrifice? Look, and I think most wealthy Americans feel the same way.
OBAMA: I want to live in a society that’s fair, not just outta charitable reasons, but because it improves my life. I looked at my tax reform, and I thought, hmm, you know, there’s a moment there where you look at the figure you’re paying, you say, “Wow, you know, let me think about my position on taxing the wealthy here.” I understand that. Nobody — nobody volunteers and says, “Boy, I’m just wild to pay more taxes.” I certainly don’t think my taxes should be even lower.
RUSH: Wait a minute, Mr. President, if you’re talking about fairness and you want to live in a fair country, why don’t you go ahead and pay the Clinton rates? Why did you take an effective rate of 27%? Why did you take all of your deductions? Why did you invest in unfairness? Why did you act unfair on your own? People can afford to pay a little more, nothing crazy, go back to Clinton rates, why wouldn’t I want to make that sacrifice? Maybe because we know it isn’t going to matter. Maybe we know, Mr. President, your real target is wealth and achievement. Maybe, Mr. President, we know that this is just step one in wiping out this certain class of people in America. (imitating Obama) “I think most wealthy Americans feel the same way. I want to live in a society that’s fair.” Most mature adults have a mature definition and understanding of fairness and at the top of the list it is that government cannot, will not, and will fail at attempting to enforce it. It’s a flawed premise anyway. Who gets to determine it? Who’s the arbiter of what’s fair. Why didn’t you just pay the 35% if you’re so embarrassed? Where’s the leadership here? So he’s wringing his hands, we just live in an unfair country and the rich want to pay more, you know, there’s nothing stopping ’em. They want a fair society, paying more will make ’em feel better. Again, sound bites, all his speech is are sound bites to be used during the campaign uncritically by the media in days to come, many days down the road to come.
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Declaration of H. Block, John Moll and Derick Albuck, magistrates of New Castle, respecting the opposition manifested in the church, by John Ogle and rev. Jacobus Fabritius, to the above order.
June 4 1675
New York State Archives. New York (Colony). Council. British Delaware River Settlement Administrative Records, 1664-1682. Series A1879. Volume 20.1.
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We are still working to reopen margin trading, but will update on this later in a new status report.
Posted Jan 18, 2018 - 06:48 UTC
We are working to reopen margin trading but can't commit to a time yet. We are approaching 2x our previous 24h volume record and other systems previously protected by the limits of the old trading engine are now starting to be strained. We're increasing capacity to eliminate the new performance bottlenecks.
Posted Jan 16, 2018 - 20:00 UTC
If you are still seeing the 'maintenance' message on the homepage or the 'disabled' message on the withdrawals page, try a hard refresh by holding the shift key down while hitting the reload button on your browser.
Posted Jan 15, 2018 - 06:39 UTC
Withdrawals are now enabled. We are aware of a rare issue preventing some new withdrawal addresses from being confirmed. Please try another address if this happens. Also, if you held bitcoin on your Kraken account at Bitcoin block #472889, you have been credited with your Stellar lumen (XLM) from the last airdrop. Note: the new trading interface still uses the old STR ticker (https://trade.kraken.com/kraken/strbtc)
Posted Jan 14, 2018 - 23:59 UTC
Our highest priority now is getting withdrawals back online. We expect to be able to reopen withdrawals no later than 01:00 AM UTC Monday (5:00 PM PT Sunday).
Posted Jan 14, 2018 - 18:29 UTC
The system is performing and services are stable. There are minor issues being addressed (thank you for the reports). All funds remain secure as we continue preparations for withdrawal activation. We're continuing to closely monitor all services.
Posted Jan 14, 2018 - 06:35 UTC
We've cleared the order book and resumed trading. If your order book data looks stale, try refreshing. We're continuing to closely monitor the service.
Posted Jan 13, 2018 - 15:47 UTC
Order book data is not being displayed properly. Pausing trading while we investigate.
Systems are back online. The new trading engine is live. Withdrawals are temporarily suspended while we monitor for anomalies. Unleveraged trading is free for the remainder of the month. More details will be posted to the blog (https://blog.kraken.com/) momentarily.
Posted Jan 13, 2018 - 11:30 UTC
We are preparing to relaunch the site shortly. All orders have been canceled. More details to come soon.
Posted Jan 13, 2018 - 09:32 UTC
We are still working to track down an elusive bug which is holding up launch. This bug did not appear in our many weeks of testing and only emerged in the production environment. Unfortunately, it is not consistently reproducible and we cannot launch until this issue is resolved. To reiterate our earlier statement: stale (and possibly all) orders will be canceled, and liquidations will be paused before trading is resumed. We will be offering a substantial amount of free trading following resolution. All funds remain secure.
Posted Jan 12, 2018 - 20:15 UTC
We are still working to resolve the issues that we have identified and our team is working around the clock to ensure a smooth upgrade.
This means it may still take several hours before we can relaunch the site.
Posted Jan 12, 2018 - 12:05 UTC
We are still working on the upgrade and may be offline for several more hours. Will provide another update when we get closer to coming back online.
This means the Site will not be up after 9:00AM UTC (1:00AM PT).
Posted Jan 12, 2018 - 08:00 UTC
We are close but rather than launch immediately ahead of the team passing out, we will push off a bit to get some rest and be able to better monitor systems and react to problems following launch. Unfortunately, this means several more hours of delay. We do not have a definite time but it will not be before 9:00AM UTC (1:00AM PT).
Posted Jan 12, 2018 - 03:46 UTC
Thank you for your continued patience while we work through these unexpected and delicate issues. We are continuing to make progress but don't have a specific timeline for relaunch at the moment.
Posted Jan 12, 2018 - 03:11 UTC
Inching our way to the finish line over here, devs mainlining coffee. Funds are all secure and protracted downtime has nothing to do with funding/reserves. Yes, this is our new record for downtime since we launched in 2013. No, we're not proud of it. Working hard to ensure that when we come back online things are running as smoothly and safely as possible. We'll give you another update in a few hours or as soon as we have something new to report.
Posted Jan 12, 2018 - 00:43 UTC
We are making progress on the few remaining issues but don't have a definite launch time yet. We intend to cancel stale (and possibly all) orders and pause liquidations upon resuming service. More details to follow soon. Thank you for your patience.
Posted Jan 11, 2018 - 21:41 UTC
We are currently working to resolve a number of issues that came up during final testing. At this stage it is uncertain when exactly these issues can be fixed, but we will update again when a more definite ETA can be given.
Posted Jan 11, 2018 - 19:07 UTC
In the final stage of installing the upgrade now. We are getting close but hard to give an exact ETA since it depends on how the final testing goes.
Posted Jan 11, 2018 - 15:27 UTC
The upgrade is going much more slowly than anticipated. It will probably be two hours or more until systems are back online.
Posted Jan 11, 2018 - 12:14 UTC
We are still working on the upgrade and may be offline for another hour or more. Will provide another update when we get closer to coming back online.
Posted Jan 11, 2018 - 10:01 UTC
We got a late start and the upgrade is moving slower than anticipated. We now expect to be able to bring services back online by Thursday, 10:00am UTC (2:00am PT) but will keep you updated as we get further in to the process.
Posted Jan 11, 2018 - 07:34 UTC
Scheduled maintenance is currently in progress. We will provide updates as necessary.
Posted Jan 11, 2018 - 05:00 UTC
We are performing a system upgrade on Thursday, January 11 at approximately 5:00 UTC (Wednesday January 10 at 9 pm PT). Kraken services will be offline for about 2 hours during the upgrade, possibly longer. Withdrawals in all currencies will be offline for an additional 2-3 hours after other systems come online. If you submit a withdrawal request while withdrawals are offline, the withdrawal will be sent after withdrawals come online again.
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What Is Underground Authority Challenge by Brent Moreno?
It is a different answer for everybody….
Most people I’ve talked to over the years are in a job they hate, doing whatever they could just to get by, and working their ass off with not a whole lot to show for it. So they start a company or enter property to break this viscous cycle.
Simply to realize that it is not as simple as most of the gurus make it out to be.
Many are fighting business owners that just can not seem to keep up with the big dogs in the city.
Best Place to Get Underground Authority Challenge by Brent Moreno?
Many are business owners who just never seemed to have a grasp on the best way best to use marketing to scale their enterprise and are playing a dangerous game of relying on their current customers to keep coming back.
Others do good but just can’t seem to get unstuck or develop beyond 10-20k per month and are not certain why.
Underground Authority Challenge
Before I share with you MY GOAL for transforming your business in 5 times with my Authority Building Blueprint, allow me to ask you a couple of questions….
The challenge costs only $55 to join.
This covers your training, including a few of the bonuses I will be sending your method (more on that below). I had been tempted to provide this challenge for FREE but I’ve seen people drop off fast by taking real actions in challenges like this one without some skin in the game.
Having something in it motivates you to receive a return on your investment and that I will assure you that I’m offering 100X more worth than the price of the challenge. I normally do 1 hour consults for $1,000+ so this is your opportunity to spend 5 times with me as I pay the coaching LIVE and answer questions.
You’ll learn everything you want to learn to build authority for your business without needing to spend thousands of dollars every month in marketing. Despite popular belief, my approaches are predictable and scalable if you continue to be consistent with the practice you learn from me during the 5 day Underground Authority Challenge.
How Do I Join Underground Authority Challenge by Brent Moreno?
Building Your COI – Why most businesses are earning money on the table and also how to fix it. This is the foundation of advertising that every single business owner should have started using but is overlooked because of it’s ease.
Free Online Tools / CRM- Learn not just how to remain in touch with more people but also how to construct out a custom CRM for your prospects which won’t cost you each month.
Free / Affordable Methods – Here is how I built a $100,000 company in 4 months with free traffic sources.
BONUS DAY – I’m going to invite everybody on a Last call to recap and clear up any queries
EXTRA BONUS – Get lifetime access into the challenge, the records, and the private Facebook group.
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Three Men and a Truck is a high quality, affordable mover serving Barberton, Ohio. Our dedicated crews support residential and commercial customers completing local and long distance relocations. Are you looking for outstanding service for your next move? In that case, contact us. We provide these service options:
- Long-distance moving
- Local moving
- Full-service movers
- International moving
- Residential moves
- Commercial moves
- Corporate moving
- Moving and storage
- Movers and packers
- Movers with a truck
- Furniture moving
- Military moving
- Same day moving
Long distance Barberton, Ohio movers
When you are preparing for a long distance move to or from Barberton, Ohio, one of your primary concerns is likely to be selecting a moving company. After all, we have all heard about the increasing incidence of moving scams where customers become victims. So how can you avoid that? Three Men and a Truck suggests that you watch out for these red flags that could signal potential fraud:
- It’s a red flag when a mover offers you a great price over the phone but won’t put it in writing or visit your home to assess the job in person. Sometimes these moving companies start loading the truck and then demand a lot more money. If you don’t have the price in writing and it’s too late to get a new mover, you could be stuck. Make sure you have a written estimate from a reliable company.
- Another red flag is when the mover wants you to pay a significant deposit in advance. Movers typically receive payment when they deliver the household goods, not before they do any work. So if they have your money (especially cash), you may never see them (or your furniture) again.
Local moving companies in Barberton, Ohio
One good way to find the right mover to handle your local move in Barberton, Ohio, is to ask for referrals from professionals like your realtor or rental agent. In Ohio, movers are not closely supervised, so it’s up to you to ask some questions before hiring a company. Ensure that the mover is licensed and insured, and ask to speak to recent customers for feedback about their service.
Local movers may be flexible about scheduling and often offer packages and discounts. However, some also charge fees that you may not expect, so when you get the estimate, review it carefully for any unusual charges. Don’t hesitate to ask for clarification.
How much will it cost to move to or from Barberton, Ohio?
Moving costs depend primarily on the shipment’s size and the trip’s distance, plus labor costs are influenced by the home’s logistics and the services you request (like packing.) A local move will usually be cheaper than long distance. For example, you may be able to complete a local move in Barberton for under $1,000, but a long distance move will average close to $5,000.
Cost & Time Examples For Moving To Or From Barberton, OH
|To / From Barberton||Distance||2 BR||3 BR||4 BR|
|Barberton, OH to Schenectady, NY||413 miles||$2,522 – $3,173||$3,753 – $4,991||$4,991 – $7,246|
|Unity, OR to Barberton, OH||1854 miles||$4,379 – $5,593||$6,671 – $8,960||$8,960 – $13,174|
|Barberton, OH to Union, ND||961 miles||$3,289 – $4,174||$4,962 – $6,637||$6,637 – $9,709|
|Denison, TX to Barberton, OH||958 miles||$3,339 – $4,238||$5,038 – $6,739||$6,739 – $9,857|
|Barberton, OH to Lander, WY||1392 miles||$3,968 – $5,058||$6,031 – $8,093||$8,093 – $11,890|
|Pueblo, CO to Barberton, OH||1234 miles||$3,670 – $4,668||$5,557 – $7,444||$7,444 – $10,910|
*Prices and times are estimated. They can vary depending on the season and other factors. Get a quote custom-tailored to you
- Barberton, Ohio
- Ohio, OH
- Residential Relocation Assistance Program – Ohio
- Protect Your Move
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- How to change your mailing address and utility services
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Womens Gold Diamante Christmas Hair Clips
- Product information
Add to your festive accessories with this set of two Christmas hair clips! Includes one HoHoHo hairclip, and one Xmas hairclip - both in gold with diamante lettering. Ideal for Christmas day!
Product code: 4100876-A01
- Other materials 100%
- Delivery Information
Standard delivery* £3.99 3 - 5 Working Days* (Free over £30)
Express Delivery £4.99 1 - 2 Working Days (when order placed by 6pm)*
* Orders placed by 6:00pm will be delivered next working day Mon - Sat, excl. Sundays & public holidays.
** Scottish Highlands and Islands will take 2-3 working days on this service. Excludes Sunday's & Public Holidays
*** Excludes Sunday's & Public Holidays
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This paper proposes an analysis of the interpretation of the Japanese resultative construction. Resultative phrases can be predicated not only of the object of transitive verbs and the subject of unaccusative intransitive verbs, as usually assumed, but also of the subject of transitive verbs, dative NPs, and even entities not expressed in sentences. It is shown that, although the resultative construction is not totally productive as is the case with the English counterpart, the entities that undergo a change of state in the event described by a verb can constitute the semantic subject of resultative phrases regardless of grammatical functions or formal semantic roles given to the linguistic expressions referring to those entities. A constructional analysis is proposed which identifies those entities in the lexical semantics of main verbs.
Maintained by Stefan Müller
Created: October 19, 2014
Last modified: December 10, 2021
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CLAY OPEN STUDIO
Open Studio is offered to those with previous ceramic experience and recommended for those who don't need hands-on instruction and feel confident working independently. You must be 18 years or older.
If you have not been to our Open Studio before or taken a clay class at the arts center you must be
pre-approved prior to registering by
calling or emailing email@example.com
Clay Open Studio Info/Guidelines
- Registration is for monthly use of the studio during the posted Open Studio Times.
- We do not pro-rate monthly studio fees.
- We will not have monitors Monday - Friday in the studio during the morning hours. You must be confident working independently. Office staff will be in the building for questions or emergencies.
- Your registration fee includes glazing and firing of any pieces you make during that time in that space. (You may not bring additional work from home).
- You may not fire clay brought from home in our kilns unless it is the same type of clay we sell or you have cleared it with The Arts Center first.
Residents $20 -Your discount will be applied before you pay.
OPEN CLAY STUDIO DAYS AND TIMES
DUE to COVID, until further notice, there will be no Saturday or Sunday open studios.
Clay studio tours are also on hold.
Monday - Fridays no monitor
10 am - 12 pm
No Open Studio Friday, January 28th
If you would like to use the studio after 12 pm, please call
864-633-5051 or email Joan at firstname.lastname@example.org
to make sure that staff will be in the building.
Mondays with monitors
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm - Sara Dixon
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Andrew Robb
No Monday evening clay open studio,
January 31st or for the month of February.
Fridays no monitor 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
either Barbara Watts or Sharon Smith
9 am - 11 am
Due to COVID, until further notice, there will not be Saturday open studios.
Sundays with either Susan McCalister or Mindy Spearman
Due to COVID, until further notice, there will not be Sunday open studios.
You may pay online and pick up your clay during regular office hours or during open studio time:
25 lb bag of NEW Clay $18
Kentucky Mudworks Brown Bear
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You know face of selling has radically changed. The profile of the salesperson has shifted to consulting and educating. Customers expect expertise. Unless you are proactive with insights and ideas you have less time to consult and educate because your customers are zooming along in their buying process without you. Protracted sales cycles are attributed to risk aversion, decision by consensus, financial pressures on customers, poor quality of leads, and absence of qualifying—all valid points. But where do closing skills come into play? Closing is time sensitive.
I have never been a proponent of “closing techniques” from the assumptive to the alternative close to the now or never close and so on. I will always remember early in my career the client who asked me if I would teach his people the “Raccoon Close”. Not only hadn’t I taught it, I didn’t know what it was. That question led to our talking about the multiple phases of closing and how it is not a bag of tricks or the big bang at the end of the sale. With all the focus on the new selling today, building industry, client, and customer knowledge, generating demand, bringing insights, focusing on outcomes, there seems to be less focus on the block and tackling of closing. Maybe it is because closing has been belabored for so long. Not so fast.
A few months ago a long time colleague and friend shared with me that she was moving from her role as V.P. of Client Services to sales. Seven months later she questioned that decision. “I’m just not meant for sales.” she confided. Knowing her I was skeptical.
As she explained her disappointment it was clear she was remarkably successful at reaching prospects who took her follow-up calls and spent time with her, she knew her industries and product offerings cold, and I know first hand she is natural at building warm relationships. But none of that was helping her close. Delay after delay was the course of every opportunity. We analyzed the average length of the sales cycle, the quality of the leads, how she was qualifying, her proactive reaching out to prospects. We could identify only a small gap in qualifying which we worked on.
Then Eureka! She asked for an introduction to one of my contacts. The referral went well and the contact immediately sent her an email requesting she call him the next day. Copying me on her reply almost knocked me off my chair. Her response was enthusiastic and warm but rather than setting a time and sending an invite she padded in an unnecessary extra step that extended the sales cycle and risked losing this busy executive’s attention. She made extra work for the client and could have set herself on a path of delays.
This drew my attention to the role of “old fashion” closing skills play in inaccurate forecasting, missed quarters, and personal frustrations. What do we mean by “a closer”? Certainly not the disturbing image created by Alec Baldwin in Glengarry, Glen Ross. Closing is a mindset to do everything possible to ensure every contact ends with the best possible customer action to meet the customer’s goals and move the opportunity forward. And it is your job to plan for and make it happen.
Certainly having a sales process in which moving to the next stage in the process is triggered by the customer’s actions ties deals to the customer’s buying process and moves the sales to the close. But there are numerous micro opportunities within in each stage that demand a go-getter mind set, radar to pick up on the opportunities, and solid closing skills.
In the past closing meant the activities that salespeople took to gain agreement to move forward with the sale. Today it is more collaborative and is the actions you and your customers take together. But it is still your job to lead the trip and to do so in the most economical way that achieves the objective. It is asking yourself what is the realistic action I will ask my customer (as well as you) to take at every small and big juncture.
The new profile of the salesperson is shifting to that of a teacher, consultant, and advisor. This may seem more passive but it actually demands more active closing process because education is not traditionally associated with the assertiveness of selling.
This shift has raised the game and for many professionals it is a stretch. It is in my view not just the new face but the best face of selling. It is great when customers say, “How do we get started?” but when they don’t it was and is the role of sales to move the customer to the close and close.
Shakespeare offered some good advice on this: “There comes a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood leads on to fortune…And we must take the current when it serves or lose our venture.”
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https://topsaleslibrary.com/articles/what-is-time-sensitive-about-your-next-sale/
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We craft beautiful websites in WordPress, Joomla or plain HTML and we forge partnerships with our clients to ensure their brand’s online presence will be real and enduring, resulting in a memorable experience
We create responsive websites that function on desktop and laptop screens but also smartphones with full functionality, tailoring aesthetics and userfriendliness
Things we can do for you
Your business success depends on a team who can deliver a website that works for you, on a quick schedule. We forge partnerships with our clients to ensure their brand’s online presence will be real and enduring, giving prospective customers a memorable experience. At Woktron, our team strives to create a memorable online presence for every one of our diverse clients, showcasing their businesses in its best light online. Every website we develop uses responsive design, Google’s preferred design method.
SEO stands for “Search Engine Optimization.” SEO is the process of getting traffic from the organic or free search results on search engines like Google and Bing. When you hire Woktron, you’re partnering with an experienced team as an extension of your own business to implement techniques on and off your website to help you rank higher in search results.
Our approach to SEO is uniquely built around what we know works…and what we know doesn’t work. With over 200 verified factors in play within Google’s search algorithm, most agencies will rely on old tactics that no longer work, or guess with new tactics that they hope will stick.
No cookie cutter plans and no guessing. With us, you can own an SEO strategy the way it was meant to be – delivered with data, designed for results.
The internet market is driven by the sensational growth of smartphone users. So, we don’t just blindly design a website for desktop and laptop screens. With device-independent user interface philosophy, we create beautiful responsive websites that function on tablets, smartphones, desktops and other devices with full functionalities tailoring aesthetics and userfriendliness.
Utilizing the latest tools and technologies, we craft your website in such a way that its layout adjusts itself to the height and width of the browser of each device.
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Allows us to map out exactly how the structure of the website can work, as well as the general layout direction of important elements such as navigation, forms, and content sections. This phase is essential when creating a great UI!
The wireframe is setup in real life. The basic website is set up, i.e. the creation of the header and footer of the website and the setup of all required pages and how these individual subpages are linked to one another.
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We are now ready to implement the content provided by the client by placing it on the website. Throughout the development stages the client can always view the project and has the opportunity to offer feedback.
During this phase all special functionality such as interactive forms, online payment systems, or e-commerce shopping carts are implemented and made functional. Your website has now come fully to life !
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Websites are a valuable information resource for people who want to learn about your company in todays competitive market place. It is therefore important to ensure the information they receive is accurate and up-to-date on your website. In addition, regular changes to your site help improve your search engine rankings.
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In practically all fields, the web has presented a great deal of chances. Today, you don’t need to pursue the ordinary physical techniques so as to advance your items and benefits and procure your work. Advancing your business and making a great deal of cash has never been this advantageous. In this manner, it is a smart thought that you benefit from the assets offered by the internet. In this article, we are going to discuss outsourcing and how you can do it with incredible achievement.
In the event that you have been searching for an online cash making opportunity, you may consider outsourcing. From the start, it might appear to be a confused thought. In any case, in all actuality, it isn’t that muddled to begin your internet business that can assist you with making huge amounts of cash.
WHAT IS DROPSHIPPING?
With outsourcing, you can disentangle the web based advertising process. In the event that you can run a site like Shopify and Amazon yet don’t have the fundamentals, for example, a stockroom for stock, at that point outsourcing can work for you. In actuality, outsourcing is an extraordinary method to maintain your online organizations.
Outsourcing enables you to advance and sell your items regardless of whether you don’t have a stockroom for your products. You should simply be acquainted with the provider that can create merchandise and store them for you. Then again, you should manage the clients. In the case of something turns out badly, you will be considered responsible.
The facts confirm that outsourcing does not offer ensured achievement except if you have legitimate assets and instruments available to you. In the event that you need to procure a benefit, you have to watch out for a great deal of factors.
Utilize the Right Tools
For the achievement of your outsourcing business, you might need to search for the correct strategies and apparatuses. You can utilize this flame devices so as to watch out for the examples of the market and the moves of your rivals.
It is likewise imperative to advance the correct items on your website page store. What’s more, remember to do it at the perfect time. With government agent devices, you can think that its simpler to settle on the choice and stay tuned to the latest patterns.
Like some other business picking the correct instruments and settling on the best procedures isn’t simple if there should arise an occurrence of an outsourcing business. In spite of the fact that experimentation is a demonstrated procedure for a business, doing a tad of research goes far.
These days, there are a great deal of covert operative devices that can enable you to get some answers concerning the techniques your rivals are utilizing. In view of your needs and spending plan, you can purchase the correct kind of programming for your outsourcing business.
You may must be tolerant as your outsourcing business may require a long time to prosper. Remember that you need to sell those items that buyers request. You can likewise pick a product program to make it simpler for you to comprehend the interest and supply idea.
In this way, in the event that you need to make progress as an outsourcing entrepreneur, we propose that you remember these tips and pick the correct sort of apparatuses.
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Spring has sprung! Spring is a season of reviving nature all around us and for most of the toddlers the very first time they encounter many changes and new experiences! To help them understand changes in the nature grab few of the best spring board books for toddlers and enjoy cosy reading time!
Rainbows, gardening, rain drops, budding flowers, bugs, etc. There are so many new words and new experiences waiting for toddler during spring.
It’s a perfect time to read aloud spring books and work to expand their vocabulary!
TODDLER’S FAVORITE SPRING PICTURE BOOKS TO READ ALOUD
If your child is one or two year old, they will love our selection of spring themed books.
Our selection for under 2 year old kids is based on one (or more, if we are lucky) things:
- short books with few pages since toddlers have a short attention span
- chunky and durable books to endure rough toddlers
- books with lovely and vivid illustrations
- books with textures or finger puppets for extra sensory experience during reading
Bright Baby Touch and Feel Spring
With seasonal pictures to celebrate the arrival of Spring, this is an engaging book to share with babies and toddlers. There are chicks, bunnies, spring flowers and photographs of other familiar Spring things to look at, and the pages have different touch-and-feel textures, which little fingers will love to explore. Find the book Bright baby touch and feel Spring here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Color Wonder Hooray for Spring!
Celebrate the bright colors of spring with this hands-on color-play novelty board book! Turn the wheels to create and change the bold colors of spring in this deceptively simple and thoughtfully layered novelty book that teaches the joy and wonder of color. Find the book Color Wonder Hooray for Spring! here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Nature Friends Lift-a-Flap Boxed Set 4-Pack
Visit the animals in the Little Red Barn and take to high seas with the Little Blue Boat. The Little Yellow Bee will introduce you to his friends in the garden and the Little Green Frog will show you the animals by the pond. Titles included: Little Red Barn, Little Blue Boat, Little Yellow Bee, and Little Green Frog. Find the Nature Friends Lift-a-Flap Boxed Set here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Hurrah! It’s Spring! The sun is shining gently, the leaves are growing, a bird is singing, and I am picking beautiful flowers! A book filled with recognizable images of glorious spring days. For toddlers ages 12 months and up, with a focus on the child’s world. Find Spring Joy by Liesbet Siegers here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Frozen Olaf Welcomes Spring
It’s spring in Arendelle, and everyone’s favorite snowman is discovering the wonders of the season for the very first time. This novelty board book features touch-and-feel elements on every page. Little ones will love petting tiny ducklings and fuzzy rabbits as they welcome spring with Olaf. Find Olaf Welcomes Spring by Disney here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Curious George Curious About Spring
It is spring and George is excited for the world to wake up after a long winter. He’ll play in the mud, plant seeds, watch baby birds hatch, and more in this rhyming book for fresh spring days. Colorful tabs and sturdy pages are perfect for little hands. Find board book Curios George – Curious About Spring by H.A.Rey here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
A quiet spring day holds unpredictable adventure when a mother rabbit leads her three bunnies out to explore. Their world seems playful at first, but it can suddenly turn dangerous. The natural world holds unpredictable adventures for them at every turn. Celebrate the beauty of spring with this vibrant Classic Board Book that’s a perfect read-aloud for parents and little ones to share. Find book Joy by Jorey Hurley here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Have you ever wondered what happens to a raindrop when it falls from the sky? This beautifully illustrated story will capture the imaginations of children and parents alike, and offers a perfect introduction to the water cycle. Find book Little Raindrop here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Full of fun, active illustrations, this chunky board book shows the joys of playing with lambs, sowing seeds, painting Easter eggs and watching baby birds. Find board book Spring by Gerda Muller here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Baby Loves Spring
Little ones will love lifting the large, sturdy flaps in this book to reveal baby robins, beautiful butterflies, and everything else that Baby loves about spring! The sturdy format and easy-to-lift flaps are perfect for parents and children to share. Find book Baby Loves Spring! by Karen Katz here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
In the Garden
Who has stripes? Is it the bee? Or is it the ladybug? Turn the wooden pieces to answer the questions in each scene. This book builds communication skills and supports fine motor coordination while introducing garden friends. Find turn & learn book In the garden by Redd Byrd here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
My Growing Garden Flip-a-Flap
You’ll find discussion prompts for each scene on the handle and activities under each flap. Enjoy playing games with all of our garden friends as you learn about colors, shapes, and other early learning concepts. Find flip-a-flap book My Growing Garden by Lamaze here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Planting a Rainbow
Book about a child and mother planting a rainbow in their garden and watching it bloom. The illustrations are fantastic and vibrant in color! The book is very sturdy and well made and will clearly stand up to multiple readings per day. Find book Planting a rainbow by Lois Ehlert here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
WHAT CAN YOU DO AFTER READING?
Sit down with your child to make a flower garden with playdough, let them explore spring sensory bin, make a flower art or play roll & build flower game. You can also prepare a few spring busy bags for quiet time and an independent play.
Most important: Enjoy spending time with your toddlers! ♥
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Manchester United FC vs Wolves Odds & Info
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|Date & Time||Monday January 3, 2022, 12:30 PM (EST)|
Old Trafford Old Trafford, Manchester, England
MUN -175 ; O/U 2.5
Manchester United did a great job in their match against Burnley and they have found some stability lately. They will now remain at home for their next assignment, where they will play host to Wolves on Monday. Wolves are in bad shape right now and they also have a LOT of absent players due to injuries and COVID.
Manchester United (9-5-4) are coming into this match after an easy 3-1 home win over Burnley. They took an early lead with McTominay and they were already leading by 3 goals at the 35th minute. Burnley scored at the 38th but the second half was rather empty. Manchester United are now unbeaten in their last 8 matches in all competitions (5-0-3), keeping 3 clean sheets and scoring 2+ goals in just 3 of those. They are sitting at the 7th spot of the Premier League with 31 points, but with two matches in hand. United have a 5-3-1 record at home this season, scoring 17 and conceding 14 goals in the process.
Wolves (7-7-4) haven’t played a single match since December 19th, when they played for a goal-less draw at home against Chelsea. It was a very quiet match, with just two shots on target by the two teams combined. Wolves have not been in the best of shapes lately, winning just 1 of their last 6 (1-2-3), failing to score in 5 of those matches. They are now sitting at the 9th spot of the league table with 25 points, scoring just 13 goals but conceding just 14 in the process. Wolves have a 4-3-2 record in the road, scoring 8 and conceding 7 goals.
Free Soccer Pick:
Manchester United beat Wolves by a slim 1-0 on the road earlier in the season, and last season they also won both matches by exactly one goal (1-0 and 2-1). Wolves have never won in this venue in recent years (0-8-2), and each of the last 4 matches here had Under 2.5 Goals. Taking the Under 2.5 Goals again here.
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Here will be the 2010 week 2 unbiased college football rankings following week 1 which started after the final 2009 rankings from ESPN. If acquire the method, then a person receive the dementia. This eliminates the biases by only using how things have played on the field (that’s why they take part in the games).
Mario Kart Wii – The Mario Kart racing game series is the best in my personal opinion. There has been a version for every Nintendo console since abilities Nintendo, as a result it has been expected for a bit. This version brings back some classic tracks and introduces some new ones. The gameplay a lot more interesting in the you may use the Wii Wheel perform. You can also use a Gamecube controller to have a more classic control atmosphere.
This short chapter does details the right way to run games in the Hollow Earth setting. For experienced GMs it can be more for this same, but for a new GM is actually possible to great section.
Examiner Picks: As far as tough tasks go, nobody has it tougher than Boetsch has it on Saturday night. Phil Dv is often a monster and unless Tim can catch Phil showing up.I see this fight as a sure fire win for your stellar talent from Penn State.
We can much looking forward to the PlayStation games and Xbox. Niche markets . many games like cod Black cops, Gears of war, Batman Asylum etc. The new game Modern warfare 3 is expecting that the game will break the record of promoting. All from the fans of the game provide review how the game end up being on the top game for this year on Xbox and PSN. You will develop game of call of duty was Black peace officer. The story line starts within the game from 1960 along with the Acton place was Russia, Hong Kong, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Vietnam and. in this game you uncover several mode of play like multiplayer mode, internet, LAN and survival feature.
The music studio anyone to create the sounds numerous musical instruments simply by passing both through the sensors, or you’ll repeat patterns that handy gives for you. Other options include keeping in time with the music, tagging as many lights can certainly and better. You can play with up to four players at a time, very first one of the most useful games for Christmas if you need one that everybody can get involved in.
The Bruins were just too impressive the particular finals and managed to carry out the Blues in a 4 game sweep to be a Stanley Cup Champions. The Stanley Cup-clinching goal was scored by Bruins’ legend Bobby Orr. Orr took a pass from behind the net, scored and after sailed over the Blues defenseman in just what now popular image.
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Teaching German and translation: KulturCafe with Alla PaslavskaAdd to calendar Watch online
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KulturCafe with Alla Paslavska
We open the series of our KulturCafes in November with a conversation about the development of the German language in Ukraine,
About teaching and studying at Lviv National University, as well as translation projects with the professor at Lviv National University - in the interview with the Head of the Department of Translation and Intercultural Communication and Chairman of the Association of Ukrainian Germanists Alla Paslavska.
The language of the event is German with Ukrainian subtitles.
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The days are getting longer but many of us are still feeling trapped inside with snow, wind, and rain raging outside our doors. It’s time for a puzzle! And what better than one that includes photocrafting?
As part of a fun ‘game’ with my sister, I found a picture of a well-known destination and turned it into a jigsaw puzzle. It’s a double puzzle! She has to put it together and then she has to guess the location shown on the photo.
I used Shutterfly.com and decided on a very simple puzzle. It’s 10″x14″ and has 60 pieces. (Frankly, I’d go for more pieces the next time.) It’s very simple to make following the usual photocrafting steps for straight-forward design layout: upload one or more photos, drag the photo(s) onto the template, preview, and order.
I was extremely pleased with the result. The puzzle arrived in good time and was nicely sturdy. I didn’t realize I would get a box, especially not one with the picture, so that was a pleasant surprise. I put it together myself to test it out before giving it to my sister.
- Puzzle dimensions: 60-piece and 252-piece: 10 x 14 inches; 520-piece: 16 x 20 inches; 1014-piece: 20 x 30 inches
- Puzzles are designed for 1-9 photos
- 60-piece puzzle recommended for ages 6+
- 252-piece, 520-piece, and 1014-piece puzzles recommended for ages 9+
- A matching photo box stores your puzzle.
I often find good offers on Groupon for photocrafting projects. I found a $5 coupon for “One 11×8″ Customizable Photo Puzzle” and decided to try it. (Note: Groupon coupons almost always have an expiration date and a charge for shipping that may be more than the cost of the product!)
The coupon was for Printerpix.com. I uploaded two pictures I’d taken in a forest where a friend and I like to hike. She keeps a jigsaw puzzle going all the time so I didn’t want it to be too easy. I tried to pick two of my pictures that each had lots of similar detail throughout the picture.
I was delighted to find not only a rectangular single photo puzzle option on Printerpix but also some designs incorporating photos. I chose “Wizard Boy White” because I liked the cutout (and the surrounding white border design that would be harder to put together!) There are lots of choices for adding, modifying, and deleting text and art.
With the second image, I created a puzzle of the photo alone. Comparing the two, I decided the “wizard” design was more fun and ordered it for my friend. My $5 Groupon coupon covered the cost of the puzzle; the shipping was $7.99.
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Super Metroid 'Samus' Print
One of Nintendo's best, and criminally under-appreciated properties, my goal with this piece was to portray our heroine in a level of detail and realism that we haven't yet seen in any of the games thus far. Battle damaged and textured, her characteristically stern look is peaking out just beyond her robotic exoskeleton. Here's to hope that we'll see Prime 4 someday, till then, save the animals.
This is a high quality, satin, giclee print of an original acrylic painting of Samus Aran from Nintendo's 'Metroid' video game series. Image size: 11" x 17", and comes unframed in a rolled art tube, with an original signature by the artist.
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Momentum builds for Cessna SkyCourier program as certification flight test begins
Momentum builds for Cessna SkyCourier program as certification flight test beginsWICHITA, Kan. (March 25, 2021) – The Cessna SkyCourier turboprop continues to surpass significant milestones as it begins the certification flight test phase of the program for the high-wing, large utility aircraft. Each major achievement has allowed the members of the flight test program a better understanding of the aircraft’s strength, capability and durability.
The Cessna SkyCourier aircraft is designed and manufactured by Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company.
The fleet of three flight test aircraft has now completed more than 700 flight test hours, and the program continues toward FAA certification and first deliveries later this year.
Since the third aircraft joined the flight test program in late 2020, the Cessna SkyCourier team has gained momentum through several substantial accomplishments that include:
- Envelope expansion to all corners of the speed, altitude, and structural design.
- Extreme hot and cold weather testing, ensuring aircraft systems are functional and operational at extreme temperatures.
- Bird strike testing, which included eight separate tests over a two-month period, to demonstrate the impact resistance of the windshield glass and surrounding structure.
- Certification of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-65SC engine through Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA), with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification expected soon.
- Natural icing certification, demonstrating the aircraft’s ability to operate in actual icing conditions.
“The SkyCourier was designed to fulfill a need in the marketplace for a flexible, reliable, high-utilization aircraft for customers around the world, and its versatility makes it a great fit for a wide range of operations,” said Chris Hearne, senior vice president, Engineering & Programs. “The aircraft has performed exceptionally well through every phase of testing, and we’re pleased by its progress. With the start of certification flight test phase, we are entering one of the most important phases of the SkyCourier program, and I’m confident in our highly skilled team and the outstanding abilities of this aircraft.”
Production final assembly for the SkyCourier begins this month on the company’s east campus in Wichita. State-of-the-art tooling, including high-speed machining, has been developed for the aircraft’s assembly. “We’re excited to manufacture another revolutionary product for our customers,” said Brad White, senior vice president, Operations. “Everything with the Cessna SkyCourier tooling is brand new and designed and produced in house. Our production team has made final preparations to the process, focusing on every step to ensure assembly is completed with great efficiency and excellent quality.”
The Cessna SkyCourier aircraft will be offered in two configurations including a 6,000-pound payload capable freighter and a 19-seat passenger version, all based on the common platform. The Cessna SkyCourier aircraft will deliver a combination of robust performance and lower operating costs. The aircraft will include single-point pressure refueling as standard to enable faster turnarounds. The aircraft features the popular Garmin G1000 NXi avionics suite and offers highlights such as a maximum cruise speed of up to 200 ktas and a maximum range of 900 nm.
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If you have been to Total Balance, you will have either met or spoken to Ilme at some stage.
She is amazing. Not only is she damn awesome at her job, but she also looks after us and helps to keep everything at Total Balance….. well balanced! Here is a hot 3 minutes with Ilme.
- At which shop would you like to max-out your credit card?
- Which storybook/cartoon character would you most want to be?
- Choose a movie title for the story of your life.
Never Say Never
- What was your favourite toy as a kid?
- Can you play any instruments?
- What is the nerdiest thing you do in your spare time?
- What is your favourite food/recipe?
- What was the worst punishment you received at school?
- What was your childhood nickname?
- Do you have any strange phobias?
Walking across grates in the road/footpath
- What, or who, are you a “closet” fan of?
My grandson Dylan
- What is one thing that you love to do on a Sunday?
Stay in bed until 8 am
- Where is your dream holiday and why?
Greek Islands, it looks relaxing
- What are three things still left on your bucket list?
Trek Machu Pichu
Try cross country skiing
- If you could have one superpower, which would you choose?
Turn back time
- What gets you out of bed in the morning?
Motivation to do a good days work
- How would you describe your day job to a child?
Multitasking and talking to people
- What is your biggest achievement to date – personal or professional?
Taking up ice skating after a 42-year break
- What does a typical day look like for you and what are you currently
Hectic. Working on learning to say no.
- If you could switch jobs with someone, who would it be?
A restaurant critic
- What do you like most about your job?
Ability to make a difference to someone’s day
- What’s your most memorable facepalm moment?
Losing my glasses, but I was wearing them
- Given a chance, who would you like to be for a day?
- What’s your favourite line from a film?
- What is your guilty pleasure?
Vodka of course
If you would like to know more about Total Balance, or any of our team or treatments we offer, please feel free to contact us for a chat to Ilme. She is always happy to help.
Phone: (03) 9773 8085
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TRACKER > How can I view my process dashboard in a table format?
You can view your Tracker (process dashboard) in two formats:
So how do you toggle between the two formats?
- Go to your Tracker view via the sidebar. This is the default Grid view:
- Select Table or Grid.
- The Table view organizes the blueprints as categories. All the active processes for those blueprints will have their own row.
- To view processes for a particular blueprint, please select the desired blueprint from the dropdown list.
Customize your columns (which are the process details) for each blueprint. You can view:
- Started By
- Process Owner
- Start Date
- Last Updated
- Next Step
- Next Step Assignee
- Next Step Issue
- Current Step
- Last Completed Step
Customize by selecting the pencil icon next to the first column:
*Coming soon: Edit/Complete a task directly in table view!
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1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, 2 which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures, 3 the gospel concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh 4 and was declared to be Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, 5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for the sake of his name, 6 including yourselves who are called to belong to Jesus Christ, 7 To all God's beloved in Rome, who are called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the world. 9 For God, whom I serve with my spirit by announcing the gospel of his Son, is my witness that without ceasing I remember you always in my prayers, 10 asking that by God's will I may somehow at last succeed in coming to you. 11 For I am longing to see you so that I may share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen you -- 12 or rather so that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.
13 I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that I have often intended to come to you (but thus far have been prevented), in order that I may reap some harvest among you as I have among the rest of the Gentiles. 14 I am a debtor both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish 15 -- hence my eagerness to proclaim the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, "The one who is righteous will live by faith."
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and wickedness of those who by their wickedness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 Ever since the creation of the world his eternal power and divine nature, invisible though they are, have been understood and seen through the things he has made. So they are without excuse; 21 for though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their senseless minds were darkened.
22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools; 23 and they exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling a mortal human being or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles.
24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the degrading of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. 26 For this reason God gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, 27 and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error.
28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind and to things that should not be done. 29 They were filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, covetousness, malice. Full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, craftiness, they are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious toward parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 They know God's decree, that those who practice such things deserve to die-- yet they not only do them but even applaud others who practice them.
- Introductory things
- Romans is the longest of Paul's letters, written about 55 AD.
- Paul identifies himself as an apostle. This is is important because he did not plant the Roman church personally. Further, the Romans had evidently heard some misrepresentation of Paul (3:8). Thus it was vital to establish his authority at the outset -- and the authority of his gospel.
- There were some Roman Jews living in Jerusalem at Pentecost (Acts 2:10). Perhaps they still had relations living in Rome, with whom they shared the gospel message. Thus there is no solid basis for the Roman Catholic claim that Peter founded the church in Rome; it already existed.
- He hoped to visit them soon (1:10-13; 15:22-23). In the meantime, he writes in order to be sure they are on the same page; to address the sensitive question of Jew-Gentile relations; and to lay out his message.
- The Jew-Gentile controversy was the hottest issue in first century Christianity.
- It occasioned the writing of Romans and Galatians, and is in view in Colossians, 1 Timothy, etc.It led to the Council of Jerusalem -- see Acts 15.
- After the destruction of the Temple and its sacrificial system in 70 AD, it became much less of an issue, eventually yielding priority of place to the Gnostic heresies, which came to dominate the horizon in the second century. (If you are unfamiliar with Gnosticism, see the Catholic Encyclopedia article, or a simple explanation by Andrew Kitchen.)
- Since Rome (population 1 million) was the seat of the entire empire, clarity here would have a positive effect on churches everywhere, just as confusion or division here would have a negative effect on Christianity. For a map of the Roman Empire, see top of this page.
- Given the trouble brewing in the eastern Mediterranean, the Jew-Gentile controversy, and given Paul's hope that the Roman Christians would provide missionary assistance so that he could evangelize Spain (Romans 15), it is understandable that he would strive to prevent the issue from catching hold and troubling the churches of the west, like Rome.
- At the time of Romans, there were at least 20,000 Jews living in Rome. This was an overwhelmingly Gentile city.
- The theme of the entire letter is found in verse 17.
- "The one who is righteous will live by faith," or "He who through faith is righteous will live."
- "From faith to faith" most likely refers to the faith (fidelity, allegiance) of Jesus to our own faith (faithfulness, fidelity, allegiance). There is a perfect literary parallel (in the Greek) in 3:22.
- This connects with the contentious Jew-Gentile controversy -- Does one need to keep the law, or become a Jew, before he can become a Christian? Paul's answer is that faith, not works, is the ground of our justification.
- The opposite of a faithful lifestyle (v.17) is a life of personal autonomy -- living in opposition to God's will (vv.18-32).
- Beginning in v.18, Paul argues that the (Gentile) world has suppressed the truth about God.
- Yet they have no excuse for this, since God's general characteristics are known (through nature) to all people.
- Instead of gratitude, mankind's response has been to rationalize -- to use his mind to justify himself.
- Mankind is in moral declension:
- Idolatry (v.23)
- Sexual sin (v.24)
- Homosexual sin (v.26)
- Twisted thinking (v.28)
- There is a sequence in the downward slide humanity has followed, and experienced:
- Ingratitude (v.21)
- In each case, though it was our own decision to sin, God "gave us over" (vv.24, 26, 28). God will force no one to follow him.
- The big idea of chapters 1-3: the world needs the gospel message.
- The Gentiles (non-Jews) are in desperate need of the gospel.
- The Jews (covenant people of God) are also in desperate need of the gospel.
- All human beings are in desperate need of the gospel.
- The oldest set of Paul's letters is p46, or papyrus 46, which is in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
- This letter, often called "the Queen of the Epistles," has been favored by Protestants at least from the time of Luther.
- It is claimed that Romans lays out the entire gospel message. But this claim is questionable. Paul was not writing to convert outsiders, but to remind insiders of the gospel, and especially its implications for Jew-Gentile relations.
- Many theologians insist that to understand Jesus, we must read Paul. They usually mean that Jesus can be misinterpreted as urging a "works salvation," whereas Paul clearly insists on salvation by faith alone.
- This is a false analysis. Both insist on a living and active faith, an obedient love/faith relationship with the Lord. Let's let Jesus speak for himself.
- 1:3 speaks of God's Son being born / coming into being, as does Gal 4:4, with the same Greek construction. And yet the Greek word is often used for normal human birth, and doesn't necessarily have to imply Christ's pre-existence.
- The gospel was announced beforehand in the OT, in such passages as Genesis 12:3 and Isaiah 49:6. (But there are many more!) Paul ends the epistle with this thought (see 16:26).
- The "obedience of faith" (1:5; see also 16:26) is true Christianity, not "easy believism"!
- In verse 11 Paul says he would like to impart a spiritual gift to them. What does he mean? Does he refer to his preaching or time of fellowship with them? Or is he referring to a miraculous spiritual gift?
- If the latter, that would make sense, since no apostle had established or visited the church of Rome.
- Paul's visit to Rome would lead to his laying hands on some of their members and imparting gifts of prophecy, leadership, etc.
- Rome stands in contast to Corinth. See 1 Corinthians 1:4-7, where the Corinthians are said to possess the full range of spiritual gifts.
- We need to understand Habakkuk 2:4 in order to appreciate Paul's use of it.
- Habukkuk's days were a very challenging time for Israel; her survival as a nation was in the balance.
- The Israelites of the late 7th century BC were tempted to trust in works, political alliances, and the help of man, rather than live by faith.
- Paul sees in this passage a vital principle, and chooses it as the theme of Romans.
- If you are not familiar with the short letter of Habakkuk, this might be a good time to go back and take a look at it.
- Notice the parallel between v.17 and v.18. The righteousness of God is revealed... the wrath of God is revealed.
- The foolishness of idolatry isn't just a Christian theme (Rom 1) or Jewish theme (Isa 44). Even the Romans made fun of it.
- Horace wrote (Satires 1.8): "A long time ago, I was the trunk of a tree /The wood was not fine, so the carpenter contemplated / Whether it would be better to turn me into a stool / Or into a Priapus and he decided on the latter / So now I'm a god / And I scare the wits out of thieves and birds"
- In Greek mythology, Priapus was a minor deity, a god of lust and fertility. He is always represented with a giant phallus. Priapus was a son of Aphrodite and Dionysus. According to one myth, he disliked donkeys, they were often sacrificed to him (condensed from Wikipedia).
- The moral steps in the sequence (vv.18-32) are general, not specific to all individuals and societies. That is, one need not become an idolater on the way from ingratitude to sexual sin -- though this is likely. According to Pseudo-Lucian, Affairs of the Heart 20, c.300 AD, "In the beginning... human life... obeyed the laws made by nature; and men, linking themselves to women... became fathers of children. But gradually the passing years degenerated from such nobility to the lowest depths of hedonism... The same sex entered the same bed. Though they saw themselves embracing each other, they were ashamed neither at what they did nor at what they had done to them. And sowing their seed on barren rocks, to quote the proverb, they bought a little pleasure at the cost of great disgrace."
- This moral declension was embodied on the macro scale in the empire. As Edward Gibbon, 18th century author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, famously noted, there were five characteristics of Roman society that led to its collapse. (How descriptive of our own society!)
- Mounting love of show and luxury (affluence).
- Widening gap between the very rich and the very poor.
- Obsession with sex.
- Freakishness in the arts, masquerading as originality.
- Increased desire to live off the state
- Though the Jew-Gentile controversy is no longer a major issue, the basic principles still apply. Consider these questions:
- Can we stay unified with other true Christians who think very differently to us about faith?
- Can we tolerate people who sometimes have expectations for membership that go beyond the scriptures (even though in their minds they do not)?
- How serious are we about anticipating and heading off potential problems.
- For a great book on Romans, easy to follow, see Gordon Ferguson's Romans: The Heart Set Free. For something more challenging, see Jim McGuiggan's The Book of Romans.
- What if only the first paragraph of Romans survived the ravages of time, and the rest of the manuscript were lost? Based on this fragment, what would you know about:
- The letter to the Romans?
- The apostle Paul?
- Early Christianity?
- Why do you think Paul begin his case for the good news on such a negative note (vv.18-32)?
- At the time you became a Christian, how far down the slippery slope were you? Which portion of this chapter describes your life at that time?
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Boost your sales now with a responsive design
If you thought selling on eBay cannot do any better unless the financial crisis ends, you are very much mistaken. With the continuous development of technology everything comes closer to you and you literally only a few clicks away from anything you need. Even the everyday person is able to afford a device with internet connection and enjoy the benefits of the world compressed in a gadget that you can fit in your pocket.
You might not be aware of it, but Smartphones and mobile technology today have a huge impact on commerce in general and add a considerable amount to eBay sales made. Recent figures will surprise you. The eBay mobile app, which was launched in 2008, has now 260 million downloa
ds, 20 million just in the past 3 months. This made the total mobile sales skyrocket on eBay; they grew by 68%, only in the second quarter of the year.
Last year a revenue of $20 billion was earned with mobile sales which made the market more accessible to everyone. This year’s figures are already surpassing last year’s records and the numbers will only go higher.
Jonathan Gabbai, eBay’s head of international mobile product department revealed that a team of 500 engineers are working continuously on bettering the mobile services offered by them and are perfecting the Smartphone apps that will make the mobile shopping experience easy and care free for all. He also explained that presently 40% of eBay transactions around the globe are touched by a certain point by mobile technology.
Do you still think this is unreasonable? Think about it. You are not tied to cables and desktop, but you can check for anything you need in your free time, when you are having lunch or while enjoying some fresh air in the garden. You might finally purchase your item on your PC, but you can speed up the process by browsing the stores on eBay wherever you are at any time on your mobile device and also research any additional information that you need.
So even if you never thought of it, start making your listings mobile friendly today! You are missing a huge market by overlooking the importance of mobile technology in buying from eBay. Get your photos optimized: make them clear and on the point, according to the new image rules. Also, make sure your descriptions are easy to read from any device, they are sharp and have only the most relevant details. Get out your own Smartphone out of your pocket and check your listings with the eye of the buyer.
It has never been easier to get people buy from you. You just have to open your shop for mobile devices. It is already a fact that through the eBay app one item is bought in every second. That is again: 1 item purchased/second. Why wouldn’t you be also among the ones whose listings are ready for all this mobile shopping?! EBay works on the development to catch up with the new technology; you should be doing the same! Optimize your listings and descriptions today, and why not, think of a design that would charm people to buy from you. Impulses have never been more important. Offer what you can for mobile users starting from today! The numbers never lie. You cannot loose in this game, only if you do not participate!
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If you are a new seller on Amazon or you just haven’t spent much time exploring Seller Central, you might be overwhelmed by all there is to know and do within the system. While there are seemingly endless possibilities and resources within Seller Central, this list of 10 things to know how to do is a great place to start. From the basics to the more complex, these tips will help you to manage your business with Amazon with greater ease and finesse.
1. How to Navigate Seller Support
When you run into a question or problem while selling your products on Amazon, you have multiple options for how to get help. The first place to check is the Seller Central Help Center. There are countless helpful articles about common issues or questions that are available at your fingertips simply by searching in the search bar. This is the fastest way to get answers to your questions, and doesn’t require contacting support to submit a case.
Locating the Seller Central Help Center
Use the Search Bar to Find Answers to Your Question
If your issue can’t be answered in the help archives, then you will need to contact Seller Support by clicking the “Contact Us” option at the bottom of the help page.
From here you can select the issue type that best fits your question and submit your case. In most situations you can choose between speaking on the phone with an Amazon associate or being contacted via email with a response to your issue. In some instances you will also have the option for a live chat.
However you decide to submit your question, be sure to include a complete and descriptive explanation of your issue along with all pertinent details (ASINs, order IDs, etc.). This attention to detail will go a long way in increasing the odds of getting your question successfully answered.
2. How to Update Account Information
Maybe you’ve opened a new business banking account, or have a new business credit card you’d like to associate with your Seller Central Account. Or perhaps you need to update your business address or tax information, or you just want to change your Seller Central password. Whatever the circumstance, it is important to know where to go to update the information for your account. Thankfully Amazon makes it pretty easy.
If you click on the Settings drop-down in the upper right hand corner of the home page screen, you’ll see a menu of options for updating various types of information for your account. For most account updates, you’ll want to click on Account Info.
From this screen you can click into any piece of information you need to update and make the necessary changes.
You can also click Manage under the Your Services section to make changes to your account plan, FBA registration, or other services.
To update your login settings and change your password or the email address associated with your account, click on Settings and select Login Settings to make the necessary changes.
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3. How to Give Employees Access to Your Account
As your business grows you will probably want to delegate many day to day tasks to other employees within your business. Within Seller Central you can create invitations to send to your employees to grant them access to your account, and you can also set the exact account permissions that you want to give each user.
To invite a user to your Seller Central account, select User Permissions from the Settings drop-down in the upper right corner of the Seller Central homepage.
From here you’ll be taken to the page where you can enter the email address for the user you wish to invite, as well as edit the permissions of a user.
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4. How to Generate Payment and Tax Reports
Generating payment and tax reports from Seller Central is one of those things that you’ll need to do on a regular basis, so it is a good idea to be well-versed on the process.
You’ll start by selecting Payments from the Reports drop-down on the Seller Central homepage.
From here you will be taken to a screen where you can view your payments information as statements, transaction level reports, or date range reports. You can also generate reports specific to advertising payments that you have made for Sponsored Product campaigns.
When looking at transaction view reporting you have the option to search by various dates such as a certain statement date, a specific date range, or payments made within the last certain number of days. You can also search by Order ID, or filter the view by transaction types to identify payments from returns, chargebacks, service fees, or other types of payments.
If you are a Professional Seller who has configured the Tax Calculation Service you will have access to a Sales Tax Report. To access this report, select Tax Document Library from the Reports drop-down on the Seller Central homepage.
Under Sales Tax Reports click Generate a tax report, and select the date range you wish to see for your report. You can select a specific month or a custom date range. Click Generate to run the report. [a]
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5. How to Download Advertising Reports
If you are running an advertising campaign through Sponsored Products, you’ll periodically want to review the results of your campaign to make changes or adjust your approach.
To access the advertising reports, begin by selecting Advertising Reports from the Reports drop-down on the Seller Central homepage.
Within Advertising Reports you will find a wide range of options for how to view your advertising results, such as viewing performance over time or the performance of a specific SKU or placement. You can also pull a search term report to identify which search terms are the highest performing for your advertising campaigns, allowing you to modify the keywords or bids on your campaigns to make them more effective. The Other ASIN report is a helpful tool that shows you the other ASINs purchased after a customer clicks on one of your ads.
At the bottom of each report type you can request a single report or you can schedule the report to run at regular intervals.
6. How to Monitor Feedback
Customer feedback is vitally important to the health of every seller offering products on Amazon. While the type of feedback you receive as a seller is up to the discretion of the customer providing the feedback, by closely monitoring the feedback you receive you can work directly to manage any negative feedback and respond in whatever manner is most appropriate.
In order to respond to feedback, you first have to know what it is. There are a few different ways you can access this information, the most basic of which is via the Feedback Manager in Seller Central. You can access this tool by selecting Feedback from the Performance drop-down on the Seller Central homepage.
Once inside the Feedback Manager you can view your overall Feedback Rating (based on the five star system), a breakdown of your positive (four and five stars), neutral (three stars), and negative (one and two stars) feedback within the last 30, 90, and 365 days as well as over the lifetime of your account.
In addition you can download feedback reports to see all neutral and negative or all negative feedback from a specific date range in a single report so that you can follow up accordingly.
Using Salesbacker to Monitor Feedback in Real Time
One of the premium features offered by Salesbacker is email alerts that trigger whenever you receive feedback below a certain threshold that you set (for example three stars or less). The email alert also includes a link to the order detail page, where you can respond directly to the feedback provided. This feature allows you to act instantly to any less than excellent feedback so that you can follow up with the customer to make it right, or work with Amazon to have the feedback removed if it is against Amazon’s feedback policy. Try out this feature by signing up for a free 30-day trial of Salesbacker today. You can also read this guide on how to get negative seller feedback removed.
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7. How to Monitor Performance
Your performance as a seller on Amazon is a crucial factor in the success of your business. Amazon uses performance metrics to determine the level of customer satisfaction from your actions as a seller on Amazon, and if you don’t live up to Amazon’s high quality standards your selling privileges may be removed or revoked. To stay on top of your performance metrics and actively work to maintain the highest performance possible, you need to begin by clearly understanding what metrics Amazon tracks for your performance.
There are seven main metrics that Amazon uses to determine the health of your account as it relates to customer satisfaction.
- Order Defect Rate (ODR): This is the key measure of how well you are doing at providing a good customer experience. Amazon presents this metric as a percentage, and calculates it as the number of orders with a defect divided by the total number of orders. Your ODR consists of your A-to-Z Guarantee claim rate, your negative feedback rate, and your service chargeback rate.
- Cancellation Rate: The number of seller-fulfilled orders cancelled by the seller prior to ship confirmation divided by the number of seller-fulfilled orders in a given time frame.
- Late Shipment Rate: The number of seller-fulfilled orders where the ship confirmation is completed after the expected ship date, divided by the total number of seller-fulfilled orders.
- Valid Tracking Rate (VTR): North American sellers are required to provide valid tracking numbers for 95% of your US shipments.
- Return Dissatisfaction Rate (RDR): The percentage of valid return requests that were not answered within 48 hours, or were incorrectly rejected or resulted in negative customer feedback.
- Customer Service Dissatisfaction Rate (CSDR): The percentage of customers not satisfied with your response in Buyer Seller Messaging.
Account Health Dashboard
The Account Health Dashboard is the place to go to monitor your performance metrics and identify any areas of improvement. This helpful tool can be accessed by selecting Account Health from the Performance drop-down on the Seller Central homepage.
When you reach the Account Health Dashboard you will see a high level overview of your performance for customer service, product policy compliance, and shipping performance.
From here you can click on any listed metric, or the View Details link at the bottom of the screen, to drill into more specific and detailed information about the scores you’ve received for each of the performance metrics that Amazon tracks. Here is an example of the metrics tracking for Buyer-Seller Messaging. You’ll notice that the results are listed as well as the targets for each metric.
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8. How to Manage Customer Service
As a seller using FBA, you might think that Amazon has customer service covered. While Amazon certainly provides excellent customer service for many issues that customers might face, customers can also reach out to sellers directly with questions, issues, or concerns. When this happens, it is important to be educated on best practices for responding to these types of contacts. It is also important to consider how to be proactive in providing excellent customer service so that you are doing all you can to maintain high quality performance metrics, excellent seller feedback, and top-notch product reviews.
Buyer Seller Messaging
Amazon provides a Buyer-Seller Messaging Service for buyers and sellers to contact each other. For buyers, this is typically for the purpose of asking questions or following up with the seller on any order issues or product quality concerns. For sellers, proactively messaging the buyer at various points in the order fulfillment process can go a long way in creating a good customer experience, and also provides an opportunity to politely request feedback from buyers in the form of seller feedback or a product review.
The Buyer-Seller Messaging Service filters every email from a buyer or seller through Amazon’s system where it is tokenized to protect the contact information of the buyer and seller, as well as acting as an archive of all conversations to ensure that policies are being adhered to, and acting as a resource in the event of a claim or dispute.
Amazon tracks response time metrics for any messages sent to a seller from a buyer, so it is important to respond to all buyer messages within 24 hours or to mark messages as “No Response Needed” in the event you do not need to respond.
Accessing the Buyer-Seller Messaging Service
You can locate the Buyer-Seller Messaging Service by clicking Messages at the top right corner of your Seller Central screen. You’ll be taken to an interface where you can view all contacts requiring a response, within specific time frames, or you can search for contacts related to a specific order ID or email address.
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Using Salesbacker to Contact Sellers and Request Feedback
Salesbacker is a helpful tool that integrates with Amazon’s Buyer-Seller Messaging Service, allowing sellers to automatically email each buyer who purchases a product. Our automatic email campaigns help to grow the number of your product reviews, and allow you to create an excellent customer service experience for your buyers. Sign up for a free 30-day trial of Salesbacker today and see what Salesbacker can do for your business.
9. How to Sell Globally or in Multiple Marketplaces
One of the perks of selling with Amazon is that you have potential access to customers outside of the US. Amazon has 11 different marketplaces, each with a localized experience that includes the local language and local currency. These marketplaces include:
- Amazon.com (available to sellers in the US, as well as over 100 other countries — site language is English and currency is in USD)
- amazon.ca (Canada)
- amazon.com.mx (Mexico)
- amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom)
- amazon.de (Germany)
- amazon.fr (France)
- amazon.es (Spain)
- amazon.it (Italy)
- amazon.co.jp (Japan)
- amazon.in (only open to sellers with businesses located in India)
- amazon.cn (only open to sellers with businesses located in China)
Your North American Seller Central account allows you to sell in multiple North American marketplaces. For example, if you already sell on amazon.com, you can also start selling on amazon.ca and/or amazon.com.mx using your existing North American Seller Central account. It works in a similar manner for European marketplaces — you must first be set up on Seller Central in one European marketplace (amazon.co.uk, amazon.de, amazon.fr, amazon.es, or amazon.it), and you can then expand to other European marketplaces within your existing European Seller Central Account. To sell in Japan, you simply need to have a Seller Central account for amazon.co.jp.
How to Get Set Up
To begin the process of selling internationally, you should select Sell Globally from the Inventory drop-down on the Seller Central homepage.
Next, you will see a tab for North America, Europe, and Japan. Within each of these tabs you will see instructions for getting set up to sell within the marketplaces that are included in that region. From here, you can either make existing products available in amazon.ca or amazon.com.mx by clicking on the Build International Listings link at the top of the screen, or you can add a unique product to a new marketplace by using the Add a Product page.
When you click on the tab for the region you wish to sell in, on the far right side of the screen you will see a guide to selling in that marketplace, filled with helpful information and resources for what you need to know about selling in that country or region. Here’s an example of what this looks like:
Amazon also provides a checklist for getting set up globally, which is a super helpful resource to refer to as you are walking through the process.
For more details, please see this page in your Seller Central account (requires login)
Using Seller Central as a Tool to Manage Your Business
Seller Central has much to offer in the form of resources and tools for managing your business. Whether you need more efficient ways to manage the day to day tasks, or you’re looking for reports or information to help you make better business decisions, these 10 tips for using Seller Central can put you on the path to a more strategic and savvy way of managing your business with Amazon.
[a]Note to self: I'll include a link to our TaxJar podcast episode once that has been published for additional information on sales tax.
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If you’re looking to combine the days of the old west with modern sensibilities, there’s really no better show to check out (at least now that “Justified” is done for the year) than A&E’s “Longmire.” A smash hit the first season, the network is ready to launch the show yet again beginning on Monday night at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time. It’s a special airing for a show that could draw big ratings as the Memorial Day holiday comes to an end, and it hopefully will also get the season off to a strong start in terms of quality.
In the video below, you can hear the likes of Robert Taylor, Katee Sackhoff, and many of the other actors as they explain how this season, the focus is on more than just the stories. It’s also about the characters, and who they are when they are not busy working.
One of the great things about a second season, and why we personally believe it to be one of those times in which golden light shines down from the heavens, is because it’s the perfect balance of knowing the characters well enough to tell exciting stories, and the show has yet to be ran into the ground. (Yes, the sophomore slump can still happen, but not as often as it is commonly hyped up.)
Expect there to still be action and some of that old-fashioned Western flair this time around, but don’t expect to just see season 1 all over again. What else is there to say? Well, you’ll find out after the premiere.
What do you want to see unfold on “Longmire” season 2? We want to hear some of your thoughts below! Also, be sure to head on over to the link here, since that is where you can check out another all-new promo for the show.
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https://cartermatt.com/64077/longmire-season-2-spoilers-the-cast-teases-the-story-ahead/
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As we look back ten spectacular years of creating magical memories here at Aulani, a Disney Resort & Spa, we can’t help but notice how so many cast members have taken advantage of the growth opportunities available through a career at Disney. Let’s take a closer look at ten of our own ‘ohana Aulani, the Aulani cast family, and learn how their careers have developed as part of their trip to Disney.
Since joining Aulani Resort in 2011 as a server at ʻAMAʻAMA, Stephanie Say has held various roles, including workforce management planner, guest services manager, administrative assistant, and now executive assistant.
“I get excited about my future because the possibilities are endless,” Stephanie said. “I’m looking forward to finding out what else I can do.”
Pua Valdez he joined Aulani Resort in 2011 as a front office customer service manager and recently took on a new role as a recreation area manager.
“After working at the Reception for thirty years, I knew that change would help me on my path and achieve my goals,” Pua said. “So I challenged myself to make that significant change at Recreation this year.”
Amanda Gaviria joined the cast of Aulani Resort in 2015 as a host of Recreation.
Since 2015, she has grown her career through a variety of positions: customer service manager at Quick Service restaurants, customer service manager at banquets and will soon begin the next chapter of her career as stage manager at festivals at Disneyland Resort.
“It’s been an exciting adventure,” Amanda said of her role at Banquets at Aulani Resort. “I have created magic for all kinds of guests through weddings, corporate meetings, KA WA’A Lū’au, American Idol and everything in between. No two events are alike, and I can still create those “Disney-only” memories for our guests. “
From Kanoa Kawai joined the Aulani Resort cast in 2014 as an MC host, has grown his career through roles such as head of activities at Aunty’s Beach House and now as a guest service manager at Food and Beverage. In January, Kanoa will also become the next Aulani ambassador.
“I have had the opportunity to work alongside the most outstanding performers and leaders. Aulani Resort is a unique Disney experience because of the mix of Hawaiian culture and aloha spirit, “Kanoa said.” It has been an honor to be a cast member at Aulani Resort. “
Lendenly Lorenzo joined the Aulani Resort cast in 2011 as Front Office leader and coach. In 2015, Lendenly became the front office guest service manager, a role she calls “the basis of my career at Aulani Resort.”
“Each new situation was a gift of a challenge, which allowed me to celebrate all the victories of life, big or small,” Lendenly said.
In 2018, Lendenly moved on to her current role as sales experience manager at Disney Vacation Club.
“I’ve learned and gained a lot in my two and a half years as an experienced sales manager,” Lendenly said, “The cast members are my motivation. And with them, I’m inspired to be the best every day without never lose sight of magic. “
After serving 31 years in the military, Charles Pieters joined the cast of Aulani Resort in 2010 as a partner and host of the Disney Vacation Club service. He then took on the role of sales coordinator for the Disney Vacation Club. In 2013, he became the chief operating officer of the Disney Vacation Club, and today is an associate of the Disney Vacation Club planning project.
“I wanted to have a role that was fun and challenging, and my role as a partner in the Disney Vacation Club planning project gives me that,” Charles said. “I can work on future projects and initiatives for the Disney Vacation Club at Aulani Resort and globally as part of the Orlando-based planning and integration team.”
Jessa Brown joined the cast of Aulani Resort in 2011 as an entertainment and greeting performer.
“I thought it would be a fun summer job before I came back to reality. But then I realized how important we were,” Jessa said of her role as a character performer and as a greeter. “That’s when I learned I wanted to create happiness as much as I could.”
In 2018, Jessa became an activity and entertainment manager, a role she continues today.
“In the end, my heart and soul are with the cast. After working so many years with him, I wanted to help in a new way, which meant getting into leadership,” Jessa said.
Raffy Jacinto he joined the cast of Aulani Resort in 2011 as a water science operator and diving technician. Today he leads Aulani Resort’s animal program team as director of water science operations.
“I returned home to Hawaii and continued to work in marine science at a beautiful oceanfront resort,” Raffy said about joining the cast at Aulani Resort in 2011.
“The animal program team is part of the entertainment department here at Aulani Resort,” Raffy said, “So I’ve had the opportunity to learn facets of entertainment that most marine scientists never do. they get it. “
Angel Samson she joined the cast at Aulani Resort as a receptionist in 2012, became a core trainer for all new members of the Front Office cast, and in 2015 became a facilitator for Disney Traditions. In 2016, she took on a role in the entertainment department as a youth activities manager. In 2018 she returned to the reception as a guest service manager, the role she continues today.
“Being a Front Office leader allows me to use my love of service and my aloha spirit to create magic for our cast members and guests, and for myself,” Angel said. “I can be a part of lasting memories that bring our guests back every year and I represent a fantastic brand.”
Daniel Hee joined the cast of Aulani Resort in 2011 as the IT team’s telecommunications coordinator. In 2013 he moved to the Entertainment department and began his current role as program manager for adults and families.
“I can see the smiles of our guests all day while we gather them as a family in the Pau Hana room with activities like Menehune Adventure Trail, Kāpala Kī’i (t-shirt printing) and ukulele classes,” Daniel said. dit. “For me, there is no more significant success than doing something that makes someone else smile.”
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