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Will Ferrell is the "Muhammad Ali of improv."
The comedian stars in Matt Piedmont's Casa de mi Padre, a Spanish language Mexican telenovela, and although the motion picture was a huge challenge for Will, the director says he rose to the occasion beautifully.
"For Will it was surely a Heart of Darkness in that he pulled off something almost impossible that surely caused him night sweats: having to act in a very specific Northern Mexican accent in a language he does not speak. He is the Muhammad Ali of improv and we tied one hand behind his back and threw him to the lions covered in barbeque sauce. For me it was pure joy and a grand psychedelic trip down a crazy rabbit hole, like being strapped to a rocket ship of love made of liquid lightning."
Will stars as the brother who must save his family's ranch from an evil, cigarette-smoking drug lord (Gael Garcia Bernal), and rescue his brother (Diego Luna) from a life of crime and Matt revealed he was delighted his feature film directorial debut was an R rated Spanish language satire.
Much like how Jeff Bridges claimed that he didn’t have a script to work on for the first Iron Man film, actor Don Cheadle (War Machine) says that things haven’t changed for the sequel.
“No, there wasn’t [a locked-in script]... To be honest, We did improv a lot. We were very often sort of on a journey of discovery in the scenes, trying to find out where we were, who we were, what it was going to be.”
Read More | MTV
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Many people don’t understand just how dangerous of a place the Internet can be, and they don’t take any measures to protect their personal information. With so much information easily gleaned, it’s like a beacon to criminals who want to steal your identity and money. These criminals aren’t the type that will wait for you in a dark alley or rob you when you’ve finished at the ATM. These criminals are just as lowly and cowardly, but they use the web to steal instead.
Computer forensics experts and law enforcement do what they can to stop these individuals, but there always seem to be more of them. However, it’s also possible to use some common sense to help lower your own risk of becoming the victim of cybercrime. Here are a few tips that can help you keep safe on the web.
First, try to use different password combinations for different accounts. This way, if you have one account compromised, you aren’t going to have to worry about the other ones. It’s also a good idea to use a complicated password rather than something that will be easier to decipher.
Second, you should always be suspicious of emails where you do not know the sender. If you open these emails, never click on one of the links, as they may lead to a dangerous website. If you receive an email from your bank, PayPal, or any other account that you have, it’s always better to double check the veracity of the email by going directly to your account or calling the company.
These are just a couple of simple, commonsense things that you can do to improve your security while you are online. This isn’t likely to protect you from all of the malicious hackers out there, but it is a start. The computer forensics experts will do their best to get the rest.
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A 50-year-old man has been detained in the Netherlands as part of a South Yorkshire Police investigation.
The man, who is originally from Sheffield, was detained by officers in Amsterdam under a European Arrest Warrant yesterday afternoon .
He is wanted in connection with alleged drug trafficking offences dating back to 2010 and extradition proceedings are now under way.
It follows a multi-agency operation involving officers from South Yorkshire Police, the National Crime Agency and the Dutch National Crime Squad.
A flight from Leeds to Amsterdam had to turn round this morning due to a technical problem. The Jet two departure landed back at Leeds Bradford Airport safely and the problem is currently being investigated.
There is new hope for the family of the York chef Claudia Lawrence after a possible sighting of her more than three years after she vanished. Calendar can reveal that a former private detective says he believes he spotted Claudia a week ago in Amsterdam. Jon Hill reports.
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The NCAA Football Rules Committee recently approved an experiment in which players from the SEC, along with the Big 12 and Pac-12, will wear electronic tracking devices next season in order to collect and measure speed and movement data. And they have no idea what they will do with the newfound data yet.
The data could tilt towards improving player safety, but it could also be used in the future for media and coaching purposes, via AL’s interview with SEC director of officials, Steve Shaw:
“I think it really is more for tracking how fast a player is moving and the direction of his movements so you have an electronic signature of all of that,” Shaw said. “Then what you do with that, we have to figure that out. You could track speed before a collision and that sort of thing. To be honest, I’m not sure what all of the applications are. But it has potential benefit in player safety, so I think it’s worth taking an initial step to see what the technology does.”
According to CBSSports.com, the NFL had some players wear small chips inside their shoulder pads last season. The reason was never made known, but it was speculated the data would enhance the viewers’ experience by filtering the data directly to the viewer either by phone or TV. Viewers could have instant data, such as how many miles per hour a certain player runs, or how much force a certain player has when bringing the wood on defense.
“There’s not a final plan out there,” he said. “The technology is emerging. It’s not fully developed. There’s promise in it and we really need to look at and see if it has benefits to the game. That’s as far as we are right now.”
Shaw said it’s still unknown where the chips will be located on the players’ bodies, or how many players will wear the chips.
Can you imagine what we could learn from the data of Jadeveon Clowney wrecking the entire state of Michigan in the Outback Bowl?
Photo Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
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I have to admit though that it took a while for me to adjust departing from my twenties. I recall turning 30 and thinking, holy sh*t I should act responsibly on the daily now … More Three things to let go in your thirties
Just like the journey to finding your one true love, it seems that as the big-ticket items, like a house or a car, take too long to save up for, we often consume cheap and often low-quality goods or cheap unnecessary services to amuse ourselves until the real thing comes along … More Do you ever question your consumption?
I recently came across this article from Tatler* magazine which tentatively poses the question, “should you get a mid-nup?” … More Midnuptial Agreements—Yey or Nay?
Marriage requires cohabitation and with that, a mingling of lifestyles of sorts. This meant having to reconcile and harmonize conflicting views and habits on money, shopping and other habits … More Financial and frugality tips for newlyweds
It’s a raging hot summer in Cebu! 33.7 degrees celsius, and that’s still indoors. To cool off, frugal husband and I went to Boracay Island. … More Summertime at Boracay
As an outdoorsy girl, one of my main frustrations while living in Makati was the complete lack of nearby places to hike. Makati is a concrete jungle and there is just no room for trees or hike trails. … More Hiking in the city
As the temperature rises, we need to hydrate. And I just found the most adorable place to do just that. Enter Snowbowls – a dessert place located at Raintree Mall Cebu. It prepares snowy, yummy and pretty desserts that are just too adorable to even eat! … More Review of Snowbowls dessert
A new attraction recently opened in Cordova, Mactan Island, Cebu. 10,000 Roses Café is, as the name suggests, a coffee shop located by the sea, particularly on the edge of Cordova wharf. … More Review of attraction:10,000 Roses Café in Cebu
So many ideas are swirling in my head for valentine’s day. I have romantic notions of showing my frugal husband the love and care that he has generously showered me with! However, frugal husband is quick to tell me not to waste money on a gift for him! Instead of a gift, he wants that … More Poll: How I fund my date this valentine’s
In a mere few days, I shall be turning 30! I am excited, for sure. I always envisioned 30 to be the time when I’ll become more confident and fearless, unaffected by other people’s opinions while carving my own path in this world. Hopefully, I’m on my way there! … More Things I learned before 30
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#1 Thomas Jefferson:"I know not what to make of a republic of thirty million atheists."
01-24-2009, 10:18 AM
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Obama's Curious Inaugural Rhetoric
"Equality, liberty, fraternity is Obama confusing France with America ?"
[So, how can it happen that such a mangling of the most famous quotation in American history could take place before the (supposedly) largest crowd at the most hyped inaugural ever, and with such a profound, far-reaching twist of language, and few noticed or care? The answer is American education, from K-12 to higher education, which is a human disaster.]
Something quite notable was said before an audience of tens of millions of Americans on January 20, 2009. And although I wasn't the only one who noticed, the full implications seem to have been missed.
Alluding to the American founders, President Barack Obama, in his Inaugural Address, stated: "The time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit; to choose our better history; to carry forward that precious gift, that noble idea, passed on from generation to generation: the God-given promise that all are equal, all are free, and all deserve a chance to pursue their full measure of happiness." This seemed to be a reference to the Declaration of Independence, or at least to the principles in that sacred political document.
The moment I heard those words, I immediately noticed -- as did others who quickly commented -- that Obama neglected two crucial things from the most famous line not only in the Declaration of Independence but in the essence of the American founding: 1) He left out the unalienable right to "Life;" and 2) He left out the words "created" and "Creator" -- the God who "endows" that "Right," a right which is a "self-evident" "truth."
This slight was significant for a myriad of reasons. Chief among them, it is patently clear -- as it was to the American founders -- that one must have life before one can even begin to entertain liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That is why that quintessential right is so fundamental and unassailable, as theologians and political philosophers alike have long pointed out in their admiration of the founders and their Declaration.
When I say "founders," I mean founders, since Thomas Jefferson himself wrote that very line, which was then preserved and approved in a series of edits and revisions to Jefferson's text by John Adams, Ben Franklin, and the entirety of the Continental Congress.
Even that, though, does not get to the heart of what Obama pronounced. Whether the new president -- and his speechwriter and staff -- realized it or not, he appears to have inter-mixed the core of the Declaration of Independence with the core slogan of the French Revolution: "liberty, equality, and fraternity." He seems to have integrated the guiding document of the French Revolution, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, with the guiding document of the American Revolution.
There, too, in the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the emphasis on "life" is replaced with "equality," as it was in the new president's Inaugural Address. In the French manifesto, the word "life" is non-existent, as are the words "God" and "created" or "Creator."
That was no accident by those who spearheaded the French Revolution. The revolution of Robespierre and his Jacobins was secular, militantly atheistic, socialistic, even communistic. (On the communistic: some historians have called the Jacobins the "first communists," and Vladimir Lenin called his Bolsheviks "glorious Jacobins.") The American founders, who read the French documents, saw the dangers endemic in the words of the French revolutionaries. As John Adams wrote to Thomas Jefferson, expressing his trepidation for the French Revolution, "I know not what to make of a republic of thirty million atheists."
The American founders understood what we need to understand: that words and ideas matter. We should read them carefully, and consider them. What Obama said in his address is, presumably, an expression of his view of America, of government, and, yes, literally of "Life."
So, how can it happen that such a mangling of the most famous quotation in American history could take place before the (supposedly) largest crowd at the most hyped inaugural ever, and with such a profound, far-reaching twist of language, and few noticed or care? The answer is American education, from K-12 to higher education, which is a human disaster.
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During their photoshoot with TV Guide magazine, the lead co-stars talked about the political-fixer drama as well as the new developments coming up for their characters. Last time on Scandal titled “Boom Goes the Dynamite”, Fitz and Olivia are still struggling to cope with their breakup after the rigged-election debacle. How long can Fitz and Olivia stand this cool-off stage? Will they ever be the same again?
Find out what’s ahead for the POTUS and Olivia in Scandal, hit the play button for the interview below:
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Inaugural LGBT Poet Laureate Trudy Howson has kindly made herself available for LGBT History Month events available for LGBT History Month events. In her own words:
I’m happy to come along and support your LGBT History Month event with site/event specific poetry.
My work explores the external & internal landscapes of our LGBTQ+ Community. It records our History and Celebrates our Diversity.
During my tenure I’ve worked with: Pride in London (theme poem 2016/17) The British Library. M Shed. National Trust. Tate Modern. Sky TV. Ch4. BBC. Incite@The Phoenix. Amnesty International. ELOP. Stonewall. Kings College. Cambridge University.
Please check out my website for examples of my poetry and videos of my performance.
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Donnie Joseph is a lefty killer who the Royals got back in trade for Jonathan Broxton in 2012. While the bullpen's health was a reason for Joseph mainly staying out of the majors in 2013 (5.2 IP total MLB IP), he is basically just a LOOGY at this point in his career.
The 26-year-old left-hander was taken in the 3rd round of the 2009 draft. While in the minors, Joseph has always been a relief pitcher with a 3.63 ERA, 12.3 K/9 and 4.5 BB/9. His 2013 MLB stats fell right in line with his K/9 dropping to 11.1 and BB/9 jumping to 6.4.
He has owned left-handed hitters over the last three minor league seasons with 14 K/9 (drops to 10.1 vs RHH). He knows and is working on his left-right discrepancy:
I am always trying to improve my game [by getting right handed hitters out]. I know I can get both of them out. I just need to work on getting the righties out.
His main problem is the high walk total. Only 12 qualified relievers (includes Tim Collins) had a walk rate rate over 4.5 BB/9 in 2013. Only 38% of the pitches he threw ended up in the strike zone so the high rate is understandable. To see where he is missing, here are the percentages for pitches in each zone.
Well, he doesn't throw meat balls for sure, but the gophers better watch out. His inability to command the strike zone will probably limit his upside.
Joseph comes at hitters with only two pitches, a fastball around 91 MPH and a 85 MPH slider. This spring training, is velocity is down about 3 MPH from last spring training.
While, he may see a velocity jump during the season, he is starting at a lower baseline this season.
Donnie Joseph may struggle a bit in the majors, but his mom makes great TV. During his first major league appearance she was extra excited/nervous. As Donnie told me, "She was so embarrassed. She will be on ESPN forever."
If you have the ability, go back and watch the whole inning.
It is likely Joseph will see more major league time in 2014. He will need to find the plate more often and hope his velocity comes back up to have success.
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Greg Butterick, 50, dipped the front wheel of his touring bike in the ocean in front of the Hotel del Coronado, celebrating the near-completion of a four-month cross-country bicycle trip from New York City, his dream for more than three decades.
The next day, Nov. 24, he and his wife, Karen, who followed him on the journey in the couple’s RV, spent time at the historic hotel and had brunch. When they returned to a hotel parking lot on Orange Avenue, the bike he had owned for 25 years was gone, stolen “in broad daylight,” he said. It had been locked on a rack on the back of a Jeep they had towed on the RV. The lock had been slashed with bolt cutters. In an odd twist, the thief left another bike on the ground next to the Jeep, Butterick said.
Coronado police are asking for the public’s help to locate the bike so it can be returned to Butterick, who said its sentimental value far outweighs its monetary worth. Officer Jordan Good has been working on the case, and Butterick said the officer has been “absolutely phenomenal” in trying to assist the Long Island, N.Y., couple. “We have gathered evidence, did witness checks … but we’ve had no luck so far,” Good said in a statement released by the city.
Butterick, who owns a computer consulting company, began the journey June 16 at the Empire State Building in New York City. He still plans to finish it at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, using a replacement bicycle.
Butterick said the case would not get the same attention in New York. There, he said, “the police response would be, ‘What do you want us to do about it?’ ”
The bike was stolen sometime between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. The 24-speed Miyata is a dark-pewter metallic color, with a black rack in front and back.
At the officer’s suggestion, Butterick has checked online ads to see if anyone is trying to sell the bike. His wife has called local bike shops. Hotel security has checked surveillance video. As of Thursday night, the bike had not yet been recovered, according to Coronado police.
Butterick had originally planned to ride through Colorado, but the couple took a Southern detour due to bad weather. Karen Butterick, a musician and composer, had spent time in Coronado as a child with her family, so they decided to make a return visit.
Butterick began a coastal journey to San Francisco on Thanksgiving morning, leaving from the Coronado ferry landing. His brother, who lives in San Francisco, arranged for the replacement bike.
Despite the theft, he said the trip has been a “wonderful experience,” giving the couple a chance to meet fascinating people along the way.
His wife has documented their adventure on a blog,
“Seeing the country on something other than an interstate is definitely the way to do it,” Butterick said. “ I highly encourage anyone to do it. Take the back road.”
Anyone with information on the stolen bike can call Coronado police at (619) 522-7350, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at (888) 580-8477.
“The thief probably didn’t realize the sentimental value of the bike,” Good said. “We hope the thief has a heart and returns the bike.”
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My last show from the first weekend of the Fertile Ground Festival was Dirty Bomb
: A thoroughly perplexing world premiere, written and directed by recent New York transplant Rob Newton
, in which a pair of despicable middle-aged siblings drink, scream and complain about their mother, who is rapidly falling into dementia, and the depraved young hustler who seems determined to destroy all their lives. Surreal sob-stories about a blind giant on the subway and parents driven to suicide by the atom bomb intrude occasionally. It's not a bad script, but certainly a baffling one—by the ambiguous end, I still had no idea what any of Newton's characters wanted from one another. Maybe that's the point. The production is surprisingly strong for a show mounted without the backing of a company, with good performances from Paul Glazier as the hustler and Trish Egan as the mother, whose old-fashioned dignity clashes with the squalid lives of her children. Artist Jamie Newton contributed a jarring soundtrack of static and famous sound bites and equally disconcerting scenery: hanging panels made from flattened cardboard boxes painted with bolt black circles and arrows, a gratified park bench, a filthy bed, a television tuned to a dead station. Dirty Bomb
, whether you like the script or not, is without question an impressive entry into the scene.
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Our mission is simple: to provide the best restaurant supplies, candy scoops, tongs, ladle products and service to our customers at the lowest prices possible. We take great pride in our company, our commitment to customer service and in the products we sell. Our store is designed to provide businesses with a safe and secure environment to browse our website. We want brides to have their "special dream event" and we help them find items and accessories for the candy buffet.
We have been selling scoops since 2003 and love what we do. We are a female owned company, "C" survivors and love every minute of our day. We reuse shipping boxes to help save Mother Earth. When your package arrives and it looks like it has been used before, it just might have. We only purchase and use recycled packing materials.
We are "hooked" on live bird cams. Dunrovin Ranch, in Lolo, MT, has an Osprey nest cam that we enjoy. We are delighted to be the inspiration behind the "Under the Nest Splatter T-Shirt" @ Dunrovin Ranch.
Our favorite causes are: Local animal shelters, and help saving our Wild Mustangs and Burros. We invite you to volunteer when you can or make a donation. A little kindness goes a long way.
Thanks for stopping by.
Jill, Randi, Greg, Cathy, Alice, and Lola (our office dog)
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Discuss the organizational culture at College through your view of artifacts. What do you think the College values? How has the culture of the College contributed to or distracted from your coursework performance? Explain and support fully.
The organizational culture is a shared beliefs and values that people in an organization relate to and which guides the actions of people within that organization.
The artifacts are basically symbols of the organizational culture and could be rituals, language spoken or some form of symbols or structures within an organization campus.
As far as our college goes the organizational culture is basically that of promoting meritocracy and academic excellence and providing for all round development of students. This is reflected in the various trophies and awards on display in the reception of the college that has been won by students of the college in several competitions, which clearly reflects the high degree of emphasis put by our college on achieving excellence in its field. The stories of all round success and achievements by alumni of the college is also part of the college folklore. All this suggest an organizational culture which values hard work and striving for success and excellence.
As seen from above, the college clearly values hard work and glorifies achievements in the field of academics as well as extracurricular activities. It want to maintain and build on its excellent credentials and past track record of producing individuals who have gone on to achieve significant success in life.
This culture of stressing on hard work and need to excel and achieve in academics and sports as well as other activities have led to increase in concentration for me. It had a positive effect of increased focus and inculcating determination to work hard in order to achieve personal objectives.
The peer group has also been a source of healthy competition which has also helped to realize one’s potential and led one to strive further for improvement. On an overall basis, the culture at college has definitely made me a more focused person with better all round skills and also helped in achieving desired performance levels.
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Evaluation of WYSIWYG editors (2007)
It has been almost a year since I tested accessibility features in some of the more popular WYSIWYG editors commonly found in open source content management systems (see Evaluation of WYSIWYG editors). During this time, most of these editors have been further developed. Let’s have a look at how they fare a year on.
The test method is the same as last time (to be able to see if scores changed compared to the previous test). In short, I tried to create a sample document in each of the editors. The sample document contains markup commonly found on the web. All editors were tested on the same date and the online demo version was used when available. If there was an option to enable more features, all were enabled. Please note that I am primarily testing the output of the editor and not the accessibility of the editor itself.
Most of the editors from the previous test are included this time. Based on feedback from the comments I have also added a couple of new contestants.
From the previous test:
- EditOnPro by Realobjects. Commercial license.
- XStandard by Belus Technology. Commercial license. Lite version free (also see special license for open source CMS projects)
- FCKeditor by Frederico Caldeira Knabben. Open source (LGPL), commercial license available.
- CuteEditor by Cute Soft. Commercial license.
- TinyMCE by Moxiecode. Open source (LGPL).
- New: Xinha. Open source BSD-style license.
- New: WYMeditor. Open source (MIT and GPL). For an introduction to WYMeditor see Visually Editing Semantics – What You See Is What You Mean.
- New: Loki by Carleton College. Open source (GPL).
Missing from this round is Kupu as it has not come out with any new release since the previous test. Also, eWebEditPro could not be tested. The online demo gives an error: “Error loading mycontent1″.
The total score for each editor is listed below. For full test result details see here.
|Editor||Score (out of 19)|
If you find error in the results, please leave a comment or send an e-mail to peter krantz at gmail.com.
- Many of the tested editors have implemented more accessibility features since the previous test. This is good.
- The bold and italics icons are still used when creating emphasis.
- TinyMCE is one of the few editors that doesn’t nest list items properly. According to the developer comment to my previous article there is an option to corrent this behaviour but it isn’t enabled by default for some reason. TinyMCE now has support for acronyms and abbreviations (with icons that are easy to understand). TinyMCE would have had a score of 18 if the nesting was fixed.
- XStandard is the only editor that pass all the tests.
- WYMeditor is a very interesting contender. Although in a very early stage of development (only two versions released) it managed to score 14 points. It is also the only editor that clearly displays to the user what type of markup is being edited.
- Loki is one of the few editors that has a proper icon for block quotes (it looks like a quote character).
- Only XStandard and TinyMCE provide functionality to create acronyms.
There are now more editors that provide functionality to do proper semantic markup. This is great! My guess is that it would be easy to add many of the remaining features (acronyms, abbreviations and inline quotes) to many of the editors.
Which one will you be selecting for your next project and why?
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Changing faces of grazing have education at heart
Posted on January 22nd, 2015
In late December, a group of neighbouring graziers in the Carnarvon Ranges near Rolleston got together, not to celebrate early Christmas or the welcome December rain, but to take part in a Grazing Best Management Practice session.
The lounge room was the boardroom and the verandah the meeting room as the group gathered to hear presentations and undertake modules as part of the voluntary program, a joint initiative of AgForce, the Fitzroy Basin Association Inc. (FBA) and the Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
Hosts for the day were Gray and Liz O’Neill, second-generation graziers who with Gray’s father John operate the family’s 15,000 hectare property ‘Nyanda’, acquired in a ballot in 1964.
Fast forward fifty plus years and John’s grandson David is getting a head start, aged 14 and home from boarding school at St Brendan’s in Yeppoon, he is swapping holidays for theory and taking part – alongside his father and grandfather – in the Grazing BMP modules to begin to understand the practice of grazing in Central Queensland.
“Back then you ran some breeders, sold steers and figured things out as you went along,” said Mr O’Neill.
Today the Grazing BMP modules are giving graziers the theory behind the practice and working to move the industry to best-practice standards.
A program which helps graziers identify improved practices to assist them with long term profitability and sustainability it incorporates five modules – Animal Health and Welfare, Animal Production, Grazing Land Management, People and Business and Soil Health.
“I think Grazing BMP is very useful, giving you more of an understanding about those subjects and understanding why things are done the way they are,” Mr O’Neill said.
Also home from boarding school in Brisbane for the holidays were Ben and Michael Fletcher from neighbouring ‘Serecold’, too young to legally drive, but old enough to begin to learn the family business.
According to their father Jack, he believes at least one of his four sons, now aged 15, 14, 12 and 10 will return to their property to live and work after school, although with a strong education behind them their choice to return to the land will be theirs.
“Information has certainly been more easily attainable for my generation compared to the last generation,” Mr Fletcher said.
“Any workshops you do are certainly beneficial, and some I believe should be mandatory,” he said.
While Jack learnt a lot from the Grazing Land Management module covering topics such as resting pastures, matching stocking rate to carrying capacity, property mapping and forage crops, it was the discussion generated on these topics with his boys that was a highlight of the day.
“Grazing is a great way of life for a family but it’s not as lucrative as it used to be and you have to strive for efficiency in your business,” Mr Fletcher said.
“There is certainly a positive outlook in our industry at the moment with new trade agreements achieved by government and new markets for our beef opening up thanks to our industry representatives,” he said.
According to FBA Grazing BMP Project Manager Peter Long they welcomed the involvement of students in the Grazing BMP Program.
“We know the industry is made up of countless multi-generational family operations, so as we strive towards an industry of best-practice graziers in Queensland, if we can educate the younger generation coming through then this can only be a good thing,” Mr Long said.
For more information about Grazing BMP programs in your area visit FBA’s page on Grazing Best Management Practice or our Event Calendar.
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HANSEN & GRETEL
JOYCE KNIT TOP - BLACK
The Hansen & Gretel ‘Joyce Top’ is a ribbed textured knit style top. It is fitted to the body with sleeves finishing just above the elbow. A seasonal essential, worn easily with jeans or layered underneath jackets and dresses!
MATERIAL | 22% Polyester, 78% Viscose
FIT | Model is wearing a size S
COLOUR | Black
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Mike Rangel and his crew at Asheville Pizza and Brewing have built a rock-solid following for serving up hot pies and cold pints since 1999. Now the company is trying something different with its latest project, the drive-thru Asheville Tacos and Taps, which will finally open just after Christmas at 705 Merrimon Ave. — Rangel is shooting for Tuesday, Dec. 27.
The spot has been occupied by a string of other eateries: Backyard Burgers, Vegheads and, more recently, Brat Burger. But Tacos and Taps will go in a different direction.
Selections will include high-end, made-to-order tacos and refillable growlers of craft beer. The brew line has 12 taps — three of which will feature Asheville Brewing Co. beers. Three will be reserved for members of the Asheville Brewers Alliance, three will feature North Carolina products, and three will be dedicated to breweries based elsewhere.
For starters, growlers will hold either 32 or 64 ounces, but a 128-ounce bottle is also in the works. One of the drive-thru’s two windows will be reserved just for growler sales.
And Asheville Brewing has already sold out of its first stock of fancy, 130-ounce double-jacketed metal growlers that include a small carbon dioxide system to hold carbonation. More of those are on the way, Rangel says.
He gives a lot of credit for the project to his longtime business partner, Corey Gates. “He really saved our bacon — as he has many times — by insisting we go big and install a new hood and big grill,” says Rangel. “He took that scruffy spot and turned it into something cool.”
The Tacos and Taps project has been under consideration “for a couple of years,” Rangel says. “We were waiting for a moment to commit to it. The concept was made just for this location. It’s not something we wanted to do anywhere else.
“We are big taco freaks,” he adds. “You can’t eat pizza all the time. Whenever my wife, Allison, and I go to Austin or San Diego, tacos are one of the first things we check out.”
This year has seen a big taco boom in Asheville, with several spots opening around town. But Rangel doesn’t see the other businesses as competitors. “As someone who has been in the beer business, a cluster [of nearby breweries] makes everyone’s beer a little better. That is how we are looking at tacos,” he says.
The taco menu will feature high-end ingredients with no high-fructose corn syrup. Chips and tortillas will be non-GMO, and the business will not use Styrofoam serving containers.
Customers can choose from meat, vegetarian or vegan selections. Soft tortillas or crunchy shells will be available, both lard-free.
Tacos will range from the $3 gringo (ground beef, cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream) to the $4.50 ahi tuna and the $5 vegan Diablo Verde (No Evil Foods plant-based protein, roasted red pepper sauce, onion, cilantro on a soft corn tortilla). There’s also a selection of house-made sauces and extras such as guacamole, black beans and rice, and black bean dip.
And then there’s something called the Walking Taco — an individual bag of Fritos or Doritos covered with ground beef, lettuce, cheese and pico de gallo for $5. Another highlight will be breakfast tacos. (The shop will be open 7 a.m.-10 p.m.) While the tacos will be made to order, Rangel says he expects to move customers through the line quickly, depending on the size of their orders.
Rangel had originally planned to open Tacos and Taps last summer, but he decided to take more time to get the business in the shape he wanted. “We are really excited to get this project off the ground,” he says. “If it wasn’t fun, we wouldn’t want to do it.”
Tacos and Taps opens Tuesday, Dec. 27, at 705 Merrimon Ave., serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Hours will be 7 a.m.-10 p.m. More details and updates are available on the restaurant’s Facebook page.
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it makes me really happy to see more australian's around, personally (and not being biased because i'm australian)i think that australian models have a certain glow about them, probably being bought up in all the sun?
so i included (in order): jennifer hawkins alexandra spencer annie callanan & celine kreis
it is my dream to go, along with my many other dreams that i have, which are highly impossible to make possible. not this one though
my older sister and i have already made plans to move there when i finish school, and, we have already picked out our dream apartment
i got started on my little i love ny chapter from re-watching The Devil Wears Prada, The September Issue, New York Minute (classic Mary-Kate and Ashley) Sex and the City movie and all the old episodes, looking at pictures from NY Fashion Week from previous years, watching interviews of Abbey Lee Kershaw talking about NY, of course watching gossip girl, and the ability to wear amazing dressed-up clothes (dressed-up compared the extreme laid-backness of Australian fashion) on a daily basis.
one more thing, YELLOW TAXI'S
now i'm not too sure if this isn't the real NY and is just the directors fancying it, but still, it looks brilliant.
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ORT brings families back from the brink of assimilation
ORT schools provide a warm, accepting and safe environment in which students and their parents are able to rekindle, explore and celebrate their Jewish identity. They are an entry point for those on the margins of the community: their excellent education attracts parents keen to give their children the best start in life while their non-denominational Jewish Studies programme is accessible and acceptable to families from the widest possible range of observance and affiliation.
Tatiana Elokhina, whose children, Ratibor and Arina, attend the ORT Pri Etz Chaim Jewish School in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, is a single mother who deeply appreciates the sanctuary which the school provides her family.
“My family was assimilated and I did not pay much importance to the fact I was Jewish,” she said. “But when my husband and I quarrelled I was always subjected to insults related to my Jewish roots. I couldn’t put up with the harsh treatments given to me and my child.” Similar experiences also led to the collapse of her second marriage, but Tatiana emerged defiant.
ORT provides safe and secure schools, even during a time of civil unrest
Her children started at ORT during a time of civil unrest in Kyrgyzstan during which there were expressions of antisemitism.
“Friends warned me of the danger of sending the children to a Jewish school but I’ve never doubted their safety at ORT Pri Etz Chaim. Thanks to the support of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) there is an effective security system in place, including guards, CCTV and a strong perimeter fence – and the school has its own bus service. It’s perhaps the safest school in the city!”
In addition, the hot meals provided with the IFCJ’s help mean that her children’s physical, as well as intellectual and spiritual, growth is assured.
“It’s not easy raising children alone,” Tatiana said. “I work hard from morning ‘til night without holidays and weekends as a market stallholder. But when I get home I may be tired but I feel well knowing that my children have been getting a good education. And I don’t need to worry about whether my children are hungry – I know that they are always well-fed with tasty, home-style, kosher food… My children had no luck with fathers but the care we have received from ORT and the IFCJ has given our family a future.”
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Reading A-Z resources organized into weekly content-based units and differentiated instruction options.
Informational (nonfiction), 491 words, Level L (Grade 2), Lexile 790L
Have you ever seen a bison? Did you know these big, majestic animals were almost extinct? Bison Came Back provides students a comprehensive look at these amazing animals and how they managed to survive. The book can also be used to teach students how to identify cause- and-effect relationships and the proper use of commas in a series.
Use of Kurzweil 3000® formatted books requires the purchase of Kurzweil 3000 software at www.kurzweiledu.com.
Leveled Book Lesson
Use of vocabulary lessons requires a subscription to VocabularyA-Z.com.
Summarize to understand text
Identify cause-and-effect relationships
Identify and use vowel digraph oa
Grammar and Mechanics
Recognize and use commas in a series
Identify and use multiple-meaning words
Think, Collaborate, Discuss
Promote higher-order thinking for small groups or whole class
You may unsubscribe at any time.
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To understand the true cost in terms of pounds, as well as the full impact that output and content management have on your organisation's productivity and performance, you need hard facts – and a partner who can turn them into understanding and action.
Lexmark Managed Print Services delivers an output strategy optimised for your retail enterprise. We determine the right mix and placement of devices across your organisation for greatest efficiency and user productivity. We oversee the day-to-day management of your infrastructure, along with continuous monitoring and proactive support services to maximise the availability of your devices and to ensure consumables are efficiently managed. We root out wasteful habits and unnecessary printing, helping you reduce print volumes and your carbon footprint.
But what MPS for Retail is really about is helping you grow your business and your brand. By bringing all your output devices into one view, Lexmark MPS takes aim at the paper-based, manually driven processes that stall retail growth and drag down performance, such as inflexible signage processes that hurt sales and profitability; incomplete, inconsistent reporting of incidents that leave you vulnerable to risk and losses; and back-office processes laden with paperwork, such as those in HR and accounting, which create delays and keep your salespeople away from the sales floor.
To learn more about Lexmark's solutions for retail, contact us today.
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Internationally recognised for its exceptional beauty and untouched qualities.
With more than 60 horses of various breeds and a team of guides with a wealth of experience and knowledge, we are able to provide amazing horse treks for riders of all levels.
We spend a lot of time with our horses, assessing their capabilities and personality, so that we can provide a suitable match for each rider.
Customers are constantly amazed at the condition and quality of our horses and the beauty that surrounds us. Most say they have never experienced better.
Dart Stables has been offering visitors to the area the opportunity to explore Glenorchy and Paradise for over 20 years.
Dart River Adventures Horse Treks, 45 Mull Street, Glenorchy, Queenstown, New Zealand.
- 8:00am - 8:00pm
Anlagen und Einrichtungen
- Nähe zum Flughafen:
- 55lm from Queenstown Airport
- Nähe zur Stadt:
- 45km from Queenstown
Preise und Bedingungen
|Erwachsener||$140.00 - $180.00|
(10 Jahre und jünger)
|$120.00 - $170.00|
- Andere Gebühren:
- Transport $20
- Weitere Preisangaben:
- For the health and wellbeing of our horses, we have a strict rider weight limit of 95 kilograms and therefore ask you to provide your weight when booking. We will also ask for your riding erience at the time of booking to match you to the best horse for your abilities. Strictly one rider per horse.
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Aug. 6, 2014
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The intensity and temperatures were turned up on Wednesday for Colorado State’s third practice of Fall Camp.
“It was good to get out here in a little bit of heat,” Head Coach Jim McElwain said, referring to the temperature which was in the upper 80s. “We need a good week-and-a-half were we get some high-heat. Hopefully when we get done with (summer) school, and back on a normal schedule, we’ll get some more heat of the day, and I think that is something we need.”
Wednesday marked the first day in shoulder pads for the Rams, and you could really hear them pop. In 11-on-11 drills, defensive players were flying to the ball while the offense was pounding the rock up the middle.
“First day in shells, and I liked the tempo of team run today,” McElwain said. “I liked the way the offense handled the fourth kind of tempo that we run. I feel like they are getting a little more acclimated to the things we want to get done.”
In the early part of practice, wide receiver Rashard Higgins made a great finger-tip catch in the back of the end zone on a pass thrown over two defenders by quarterback Garrett Grayson. At that same time, on the other field, wide receiver Sammie Long IV jumped over a defender to haul in a reception. Both catches caused a roar from the sidelines.
The Rams will look to continue their strong start to Fall Camp on Thursday afternoon with another 4 p.m. practice. Friday will be the first day in full pads, and Saturday will be CSU’s first day of two-a-days.
Fall Camp Notebook
Scouting: Practices early in camp have been well attended by NFL personnel officials. The Arizona Cardinals, Pittsburgh Steelers and St. Louis Rams were represented during Wednesday’s practice, and the Seattle Seahawks by General Manager John Schneider. St. Louis Rams’ scout Brian Heimerdinger is no stranger to Fort Collins as he played for Colorado State in 2005.
Cory James: Junior linebacker Cory James will be held out of practice for the next week, McElwain told the media after practice. James had a minor operation to clean up his knee, and McElwain said he will be 100-percent for the season opener.
“We went ahead and cleared out Cory James’ (knee), the same thing we did to Max Morgan during the last two-a-days,” McElwain said. “It was one of those things we knew about a couple of weeks ago. We thought maybe we’d be able to get out, but after that first practice he kind of felt it and we thought, ‘you know what? Let’s go in there and go ahead and scope it and clean it up.”
McElwain’s Daily Pop Culture Reference: When telling the media about the defense having to do pushups after dropping an interception, McElwain referenced ‘Stripes,’ a 1981 movie featuring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, Warren Oates, P.J. Soles and John Candy.
“My biggest, bestest Big Toe, Sergeant Hulka. That is just one of my all-time classics right there," McElwain said while laughing. "You know, that is one of those that is lost, kind of, sometimes. It is like ‘What About Bob.’ I know we talked about it last year, but it is one of those American classics. They kind of get lost in the archives.”
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It's Dorothy's birthday on Sesame Street! Elmo is excited to celebrate his little fish's birthday and he has planned a big birthday party. Abby wants to help, but she has never been to a Sesame Street birthday party - only Fairy Tale birthday parties! Elmo teaches Abby all about pinning the tail on a donkey, playing the pinata game, and opening presents. Then Abby magically takes Elmo on an adventure to Fairytaleland, where they celebrate in a fairytale birthday and play fairytale games! Join Elmo and Abby as they learn about the many ways that birthdays are celebrated. With a big flowered hat, a gigantic cake and a bunch of birthday wishes, Elmo learns the true meaning of a birthday wish!
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“With the federal government facing record deficits and a mammoth debt hanging over our economy and our future, we must do more than cut spending in bite-sized pieces,” the Ohio lawmaker said.
Rep. Jeff Flake, who voted against the House’s full-year CR for not cutting enough spending, also said he would vote against the short-term deal. “How are we ever supposed to tackle the grave fiscal challenges before us like the debt ceiling, the debt, and the FY2012 budget when we just keep punting on FY2011 spending?” the Arizona Republican said in a statement.
And GOP Reps. Steve King (Iowa) and Michele Bachmann (Minn.) are separately trying to rally opposition because it does not include a rider defunding Obama’s health care overhaul.
But the push for a shutdown showdown isn’t sitting well with some freshmen.
Freshman Rep. Michael Grimm on Monday slammed tea party activists and the “extreme wing of the Republican Party” for mounting opposition to the stopgap bill.
In a statement released by his office, the New York Republican argued that demanding ideological purity is “not looking at the big picture, and the last thing we want to do is become like [Minority Leader] Nancy Pelosi in the last Congress, where it was ‘my way or the highway.’”
Grimm’s statement comes just two months after he joined a handful of tea-party-inspired freshmen and Bachmann at a press event following a constitutional lecture by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
On Monday, Grimm pulled no punches.
“If we’re going to do what we set out to do, we have to set realistic expectations, and cannot bow to the extreme right or left. Those views don’t represent what’s best for our country and they certainly do not represent the views of the majority of my district,” he said in the statement.
House Republican leaders downplayed the rift within their ranks Monday, arguing that it has been created by frustration with the fact that Senate Democrats had not yet passed their own bill.
Speaking to reporters Monday, Majority Leader Eric Cantor said conservatives have a right to be frustrated.
“We hope that this will be the last time,” the Virginia Republican said. “There is a lot of frustration about the inability of this place to produce results. We have, time and again, seen the Senate unable to put a bill on the floor that can garner the 60 votes.”
A GOP leadership aide echoed Cantor’s comments, arguing that, “Our guys want to make sure that there is some sort of good faith commitment that this isn’t actually the strategy long term and that they’re going to come to the table and negotiate with us.”
The aide also said that even with some conservative defections, it shouldn’t be a problem for Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to muster the votes needed to pass the bill.
“In the end, I don’t think so. But like any significant vote, there’s a conversation that has to happen,” the aide said.
Democrats, meanwhile, worried that the day’s developments significantly increased the chances of a government shutdown sooner or later, but they contended that what they consider to be overreach by conservatives would pin the blame on Republicans.
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., right, hugs Harold Schaitberger, General President of the International Association of Fire Fighters, after the Congressman spoke at the IAFF's Legislative Conference General Session at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, March 9, 2015. The day featured addresses by members of Congress and Vice President Joe Biden.
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Injuries? Don't blame Georgia's 41-26 loss to Missouri on injuries, because there were plenty to go around on both sides.
Sure, having running backs Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall and wide receivers Malcolm Mitchell, Justin Scott-Wesley and Michael Bennett would have helped the Bulldogs avoid the upset, but Georgia's national title hopes weren't dashed due to injuries.
They were dashed due to its porous defense.
And much of the blame can be pinned on defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, in particular.
Mizzou jumped on Georgia with 28 points in the first half to take a 28-10 lead into halftime and then held on to escape a late Georgia charge to escape Athens with a big road win and bowl eligibility in hand.
The Tigers did a great job in the first half exploiting the weak point of Georgia's defense, a secondary that ranked 12th in the SEC in pass defense at 264.6 yards per game. Missouri didn't eclipse that mark—the Tigers only passed for 233 yards—but it picked on that Georgia secondary to grab the big lead.
Quarterback James Franklin burned junior Damian Swann on a 16-yard second-quarter touchdown pass to L'Damian Washington that broke a 7-7 tie. Later in the second quarter, Franklin targeted Swann several times on a touchdown drive that culminated in a 36-yard Marcus Murphy touchdown.
On that run, it looked like Georgia's defense was standing still.
These are the same execution errors that Georgia head coach Mark Richt has seen for the last year-plus from Grantham's defense, and he clearly wasn't happy with it heading into halftime.
When asked by ESPN's Tom Luginbill what was wrong and what adjustments need to be made, Richt took a thinly veiled shot at Grantham before heading into the locker room.
"It's the usual," Richt said. "Cover your man and put pressure on the passer."
"The usual" is a defense that lacks fundamentals, can't tackle and at times even struggles to get lined up properly. Those are coaching issues, not player issues. These are the same defensive issues that Georgia dealt with last year when John Jenkins, Kwame Geathers, Jarvis Jones, Alec Ogletree, Bacarri Rambo and Shawn Williams—all of whom are now on NFL rosters—played between the hedges.
Here's your reminder that Todd Grantham makes nearly $1 million a year— Dan Wolken (@DanWolken) October 12, 2013
The stats lied in this game.
Missouri only gained 375 yards of total offense, but Georgia's lack of fundamentals dug the Bulldogs a hole that they were simply unable to dig out of. That's inexcusable in a game in which everyone on the planet knew it was going to be tough to dig out of holes with so many new contributors on offense.
Besides, it's not like Missouri lacked injuries itself.
Cornerback E.J. Gaines—Missouri's best player on defense—was lost for the game with a quad strain late in the first half. Gaines came in tied for the SEC lead in interceptions with three and provides a veteran presence for the Tiger defense that would have been beneficial in the second half.
Quarterback James Franklin went out with 10:35 left in the fourth quarter due to a separated shoulder with the Tigers only up two. The Tigers found a way to hold on thanks to a wide receiver pass for a touchdown and a big interception by Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray on a poorly thrown ball.
It wasn't injuries that cost Georgia on Saturday. Sure, having its full complement of starters would have helped the offense. But the combination of Missouri's high-octane offense and Georgia's poorly coached defense was bound to make this a high-scoring affair, and that's exactly what happened between the hedges.
As a result, Georgia's dream of hoisting the crystal football at the end of the season disappeared.
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Brazil’s dull performance against Switzerland will have a softening effect thanks to Casemiro’s great goal.
The main headline this Monday at the World Cup was Brazil’s advance qualification to the round of 16 after winning against Switzerland by 1-0.
Without the presence of Neymar and Danilo, coach Tite opted for Eder Militão at right-back and Fred in midfield, leaving Daniel Alves on the bench, fulfilling the expectations anticipated by the Brazilian press.
On the other hand, Switzerland opted to start with Shaqiri on the bench and Rieder for the first time in the starting line-up, a providential player in the Young Boys to fill the midfield and try to help with offensive transitions.
The first half confirmed expectations of a challenging duel for the favorites for the world title. Defensively consolidated, Switzerland competed and prevented real goal chances even with several decisive Brazilian players.
The difficulty of finding Paquetá and Fred at the back of the defensive midfielders was decisive for Brazil’s poor performance. In addition, Raphinha and Vinícius Júnior on the flanks were not well used because of the slowness in setting up plays.
Switzerland, meanwhile, dropped the intensity at every possible moment with Akanji balancing possession with early passes.
The beginning of the second showed the same difficulties for Brazil and Switzerland started to risk a little more in the offensive field. However, coach Tite activated Rodrygo, responsible for moving around in the reduced spaces inside.
Another important change was the entry of Bruno Guimarães, appearing to distribute plays, circulating the ball with more speed, and maintaining the strategy to trigger Vinícius Júnior on the left side.
Richarlison left the field with a bad performance, for not being able to generate much support, in addition to the reduced spaces, repeating a performance below expectations as occurred in the first match (where the two decisive goals erased the bad performance against Serbia).
However, Brazil began to have more spaces in the offensive field with the physical exhaustion of Switzerland, and in a moment of display of individual technical quality, Vinícius Júnior finally crossed from the left and Casemiro hit it first, with a great goal, to define the victory.
The early qualification and the first place in the group will certainly guarantee that Brazil rests many of the main players against the Cameroon selection. However, Brazil has not yet reached the performance level of a contender for the world title.
CAMEROON 3-3 SERBIA
The first match on this matchday was one of the best so far at this World Cup, with a 3-3 draw between Cameroon and Serbia.
The main news before the whistle started was the removal of the main goalkeeper Onana after a discussion with coach Rigobert Song. According to the local press, the style of play was the reason for the disagreement.
On the other side, Serbia had Kostic return on the left wing, leaving Milinkovic-Savic more advanced, with Maksimovic alongside Lukic.
The first half made clear the disagreement in Cameroon. Goalkeeper Epassy used long shots on the way out, while Onana opted for short passes.
With the attackers approaching and a show by Tadic, Mitrovic, Kostic, Milinkovic-Savic, Zivkovic and Mitrovic, Serbia opened 3-1 ahead on the scoreboard. However, the impact of Aboubakar’s entry was immediate and Rigobert Song’s risk in launching four attackers was effective with Cameroon’s draw.
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To get the most out of your promotional merchandising it might be worth looking at what the next generation wants from their swag and what they value because I can tell you this it isn’t the same as 20, 10 or even 5 years ago.
Although much of the promotional merchandising out there is still relevant the millennial and Gen X, and let’s face it they will be in charge very soon or be in those all too important buying positions of your best customers and prospects, and they don’t want cheap low-quality giveaways that don't last long or have no use.
A great way to combat this is to pay attention to the trends that come directly from the mouths and buying patterns of our clients. Therefore, it’s so important for marketing professionals to know the promotional product trends of the upcoming year – so they can resonate with their prospects and clients.
An example of promo trends to pay attention to is the demand for retail brand products being used as promotional merchandise, a category of promotions that deeply resonate with younger generations, however; most marketing professionals have yet to shift towards promoting their brand alongside a well-known retail brand.
One thing that hasn’t changed is the bottom line: our clients are seeking basic help when it comes to ordering promotional products. So please feel free to use these promotional product trends to complement your marketing strategy and resonate with the values of your customers.
Trend #1: Technology continues to be ever-growing and ever-evolving
I made this the #1 promo trend because technology related items are the fastest-growing category of promotional products. It’s not hard to know why this is happening – as mentioned above, people are demanding technology-related items because they are so useful. In fact, the usefulness of a promotional product is the recipient’s number one reason for keeping it, according to ASI. Giving away a useful technology product not only ensures that the recipient will be pleased with your brand – it also indicates that the product has a high potential for generating brand exposure.
Another more exacting reason for the resurgence of this trend is the evolving functionality of the cellphone. There are certain tech products that have the option to be branded that will make your clients’ life and job easier and staying connected effortless.
An example of a tech item that is the result of an ever-growing industry are Kronies, or wireless earbuds. These wireless earbuds offer multiple solutions for recipients such as listening to music and making calls with the built-in microphone that makes for a crisp, clear sound. They are also relevant to big happenings in the tech industry, like the release of the iPhone X without the auxiliary port for traditional headphones.
Trend #2: Cheap is out - higher value is in
If your company uses cheap promotional products, here’s something you might not want to hear – now more than ever, recipients are judging the promo items they receive, thus making a direct correlation to the company handing them out. Unsurprisingly, giving out cheap items says that your company didn’t put much time and effort into gifts for their clients or prospects. Higher value and custom items have proven to be more effective for retaining quality leads.
In my experience, companies spending more for a lesser amount of high-quality promotional items, like 12 pack coolers, has proven more effective when attracting quality leads or delighting clients. Recipients want a quality item that they’ll actually use, so cheap items just don’t cut it. Join the hundreds of brands generating leads by utilizing higher value promotional products.
Trend #3: Clients need help with ROI at trade shows
I may heavily focus on the importance of promotional products for trade shows; however, I know that marketing professionals – not just promos. This includes booth preparation, tablecloths, staff apparel, and printed marketing collateral. Once all of these trade show basics are figured out, it’s time to focus on your promotional product marketing strategy.
I used to say that the price point for trade show giveaways was definitely £1 - £3, but as mentioned above, customers expect higher quality giveaways.
Don’t get me wrong, handing out inexpensive useful items is important for generating brand recognition, but attracting qualified leads with higher priced gifts is even more important.
A great way to attract quality leads to your trade show booth is by utilizing your higher-quality items as part of your booth display, but first giving them a more inexpensive item, like a Smart Wallet, to start a conversation. You can then explain that in order to receive the higher quality item, like a power bank, the prospect must provide credible information to make for a quality lead, like name, company, and contact information.
Trend #4: Apparel is shifting
Everyone is familiar with traditional corporate apparel such as polos and dress shirts. Employee uniforms are key to maintaining brand consistency, but most employees are not going to wear company branded dress shirts anywhere but in the workplace.
This is why giving employees and clients fun apparel that they’ll want to wear outside of the office is a promotional marketing trend of 2018. The goal is to have recipients of your logoed apparel want to wear your branded clothing based on their lifestyle – not work wear only. This can be done by incorporating a cool graphic onto an apparel item like t-shirts or pullovers instead of just your company’s logo. Here are some other trends influencing the world of logo apparel and what recipients are looking for:
Trend #5: Retail inspired designs/brands
Companies looking for promos are increasingly requesting name brand products to advertise their business. One example is Ted Baker Lacool Backpacks – an apparel brand that is widely admired. Millennials and Gen Xers are especially attracted to these types of promotional items because they are recognisable brands that have immense value.
Another category of promos that are moving into the retail-inspired realm is drinkware. SIGG, CamelBak, Contigo, Nalgene, Tervis, Avex, and Yeti are just a few retail drinkware brands that are creating a buzz in the promo industry.
These promotional product trends may seem like a bit of an information overload, but don't worry; just because new trends are emerging doesn't mean you have to do a complete overhaul of all of your company's promotional products.
Start by looking for opportunities to incorporate these types of promos into your marketing calendar. Have a trade show coming up? Instead of going with your old promos, try using higher value items to attract visitors to your booth.
There will be plenty of opportunities throughout your year to incorporate these hot promo trends - it all comes down to planning in advance to craft the perfect product.
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Having an advertising campaign is essential to a company that wants to keep growing and showcasing its talents. Using promotional merchandise is a great way to move your advertising campaign into the offices and homes of potential and existing customers.
Promotional products are affordable items that can make your prospective customers and clients interested in your brand. Branded merchandise such as mugs and pens have uses in offices whilst benefiting many other areas of businesses to give long lasting and effective brand impression. The goal of promotional giveaways are to attract and appeal to customers and people are grateful for a free product and consumers really appreciate useful products that add value to their lives.
One of the most important aspects of a successful business is to ensure proper engagement with new customers. What better way to engage with a potential customer than with a free gift? It has been shown in studies that giving a gift to your customer increases chances of your customer choosing you over your competitors by invoking a sense of brand loyalty.
A clear benefit of a promotional gift is that it builds a sense of loyalty long after the conversation is over. A study shows that at an exhibition, people are much more likely to visit a stand and listen to a pitch if a promotional item is involved. Giving a gift to your potential customer is a great way to start a conversation that could lead to communication and ultimately a sale.
Building strong meaningful connections with your customers is a quality that will ensure your company will benefit in the long-run. Customers recognise that if companies try and build meaningful relationships with their customers they are more likely to recommend their friends and family to that specific brand, this can be very advantageous for your company in the future.
Building strong relationships can be done by having frequent giveaway competitions on social media such as branded gifts or tickets to events. This is great for customers who win the competitions but also it starts to build engagement with the customer base whilst increasing the engagement of your network. Your network can be many different people from suppliers and partners, business colleagues and professionals, potential and existing customers right the way to family and friends.
A great benefit for using branded merchandise is that customers can develop a passion for your brand, values and products through being engaged emotionally. Consider Coca-Colas 2 year marketing campaign of “share a coke” which consisted of personalised names on Coke bottles in the UK. This campaign created a personal relationship with consumers who could contact coke directly and request their names on a coke bottle. The Coca-cola website stated that during the campaign “Over 730,000 glass bottles personalised via the e-commerce store” This was a great gauge of the customer’s willingness to share information and interest for the brand and increasing interactions with the brand itself.
Handing out branded gifts can set the steps in place to build relations with an existing client. Gifting a promotional product shows that you are a distinctive and attractive brand which benefits your brand identity. Consumers get passionate about a brand when their emotions are triggered. This is emotional response can be used in a variety of different advertising mediums such as branded merchandise which is a great way to reward a customer.Whether a brand is adventurous or creative, giveaways will create a fan base with strong levels of commitment. Think of Red-Bull’s association with extreme sports. Just seeing the logo on a can of Red Bull can fill customers with a sense of excitement and passion.
Showing commitment to existing customers can have profound business results. A recent study claimed that “it costs five times as much to attract a new customer than to keep an existing one”. this shows that brand commitment is definitely worth investing in. Providing existing customers with personalised, tangible products is a very effective way to keep them interested in your brand. The main benefit to these results is that you can focus on existing customers which can dramatically increase your return on investment.
Promotional merchandise is cost-effective when considered in terms of impressions (an impression is a single view of a particular ad) compared to other forms of advertising media. Branded Merchandise has a lower cost per impression compared to conventional forms of advertising such as newspaper, TV and magazine advertisements. And whilst the conventional advertising is often passive and indirect to specific users, the advantage of specialised merchandise is that the branded products can often have a much more active interaction with consumers.
Consider the number of times a consumer will be exposed to a conventional TV or magazine ad compared to a promotional gift such as a pen or mug. A recent American study stated that: “TV and magazine ads both cost 1.8 cents per impression, ad specialities (promotional products) cost an average of 0.6 cents per impression.” This study shows that promotional products have a clear benefit over conventional advertisements, as they are 66% more cost effective per impression than conventional forms of advertising.
Due to their useful nature, promotional merchandise is typically passed along from person to person. A study from the ASI organisation said that “more than half of the consumers report that they will give away a [promotional] product that they are finished with rather than throwing it away.” When a consumer does this your brand image benefits from increased impressions.
The same study done by the ASI found that in London “15% of consumers throw a product away, 18% file the item away and 67% Give the item to someone else.”
Promotional products have been shown to make a lasting impression on existing and potential customers helping to generate new leads and sales. Our infographic displayed shows that as an advertisement medium “promotional products” have a 50.7% success rate of a call to action. This means that when a promotional product has a call to action such as go on a website or call up a number for some information it has a higher success rate than conventional forms of advertising such as TV and radio.
In a world of digital marketing and social media campaigns, other long-standing forms of marketing are sometimes forgotten about. Whilst trends in the marketing world come and go, some are here to stay. Promotional marketing is one of them. What is clear is that today’s customers are looking to create a relationship with a brand. This can be done in a multitude of ways, but one way is through promotional merchandise. What’s more, these relationships are long-term, with Jansen Manfredini from Sage World writing that “consumers hang on to promotional products for an average of 6.6 months” and “89% of consumers can recall the advertiser of a promotional product they’d received in the last two years”. The incredible thing about promotional marketing is that you can create an uninterrupted link between your promotional merchandise and your brand.
According to a survey by Brandwatch, the most popular promotional products are USB drives, pens, electrical items, and mugs; all relatively low-cost and easy to add to your marketing plan. There are many ways you can hand out promotional merchandise to your customers. Firstly, you can give them away at trade shows, festivals, and events to individuals who walk by or come to your stall. You could also offer your merchandise as a free gift with a purchase from your company, either in-store or online. You could send promotional merchandise as a welcome gift for signing up to an e-newsletter. Furthermore, you can use promotional merchandise as a prize for social media competitions. For instance, we have given out Total Merchandise themed goody bags in the past from our Facebook competitions including merchandise such as beach balls, pens and advent calendars! A final way that you can use promotional merchandise is to sell it- if your brand is on trend, people will happily pay for some merchandise, in particular, t-shirts. For example, Leeds University Union has a popular hummus and pitta stall, and they sold t-shirts with a witty slogan and their brand name which have been spotted around campus and on the gym.
Promotional merchandise can be one of the best ways to increase brand recognition. As we mentioned earlier, people will often link your brand with the product you gave them. By gifting merchandise that is branded with your logo and is useful for everyday use, you will provide the opportunity for your customers to see your brand every day. For instance, mugs have been reported to be kept longer than other promotional merchandise, so these could be something you invest in for your next marketing campaign.
Brand is everything and brand is everywhere, but the word 'brand' doesn't necessarily just mean 'logo'. A logo, of course, is a major part of a brand, but branding goes much further still. Right down to how employees answer the phone for example. If you go into a national coffee chain, and order a latte, the way and manner in which you are served that coffee should be the same in that store, as it is in every other of that coffee chains stores across the country, if not the world. That is branding.
However, for the layman, the entry point for branding ones coming is a lot simpler. Assuming, for the sake of argument that your company already has a 'visual identity' by way of logo, and probably colour palette, the next stage is where a company like DeVine comes in... partly.
We would suggest that every blank space is an opportunity to brand, or to stamp your brand, for the world to see. Run a building company? Have your employees wear branded, embroided Polo shirts to work. Have their vans sign written with your company details, not forgetting social media icons (not everybody will access you digitally via a website any more).
A tip here though. If you have invested in a logo, signage, stationery etc, don't spoil it by using a 'free' email address in your contact details or a mobile phone number as a sole means of having clients call you. Even if you are only contactable via a mobile number, consider investing in a VOIP landline number than can be redirected to your mobile phone. It helps make the brand look...more professional, and serious.
Assuming you've met the basics of a professional logo, branded clothing and vehicles...the next stage is your Promotional Merchandise. A quick visit to our website will show you that you have a LOT of choice, but our suggestion is always to create a 'campaign' when distributing 'freebies'. Professional marketeers would look to measure what is known as a Return on Investment, or ROI on every campaign.
This means for every pound that is spent, a return should be expected that would ideally cover that cost. Obviously, and ideally, whilst buying Promotional Merchandise to hand out free of charge to your clients, and prospected clients, should generate a return greater than the initial outlay, one also has to consider what is termed as an intangible ROI...that is where you can't quite quantify the real value in terms of pounds, shillings and pence, but that there is a return of some form or other.
This could be 'brand awareness', whereby lots more eyeballs see your colourful logo, or it could be an action that is yet to happen as a result of your investment today. For example, if an estate agent were to undertake a brand awareness of promotional marketing exercise, clients would need to be ready to buy or sell today so show a instant ROI. Chances are, most recipients of a Promotional item won't be in that position. But people have long memories, and if you could leave them with something that they will keep, fridge magnets or a calendar are 2 obvious examples, they'll remember you, and possibly your generosity in months to come, when they may, by then, be in a different mindset.
Earlier this week, we published an article which basically explained that 'Brand' was more than just a logo. Everything from the way the telephone is answered, right through to how one is perceived in the public eye is all 'brand'.
In this latest article, we are going to look at how Brand can be embellished on potential client’s minds.
In this modern age, brand, and imagery is everywhere. Our minds are bombarded with brand snapshots everywhere we go. Buses carry brands inside and outside their vehicles. Brands appear, seemingly nonstop on our social media time lines, and brand appears even in the uniforms of those who serve us our daily coffee, bread, newspaper or shopping etc.
So, having a brand that stands out is the challenge. And this is where the initial choice of 'brand', and what it stands for, is so important. When creating a new brand from scratch, it'll be ideal to have a brand that is catchy, memorable, and with Intellectual Property (IP's) available to register without treading on anybody else's toes (particularly website domain names).
Assuming that you now have a brand that is represent of you, your business, and your business values, the next stage is to reach eyeballs with this. And this, is where your friends at DeVine can help.
With the daily bombardment of brand imagery and every brand desperate for you to buy and remember them, you need to think clever and outside of the box. The Promotional Merchandise industry really exists just because of this. You are far more likely to remember and re-engage with a brand whose brand you come into daily contact with, than one from 'cold'. For example, the coffee cup on your desk, your mouse-mat, your pen in your pocket or the air freshener in your car, are all opportunities to place your brand before a potential client without offending them. After-all, who doesn't like free stuff?
Perhaps the greatest trick of Promotional Merchandise is timing. Of course, we all love receiving a gift from a supplier or client. But, if the receipt of receiving could be timed to coincide with 'something' it would also be all the more memorable, and special. The 'something' could be any event, season or even climactic occasion. Is the U.K having a harsh winter? How about Ice Scrapers branded with your Logo? Kids about to go back to school? How about branded pencil cases? Or bags? Sporting event...you get the idea...
Now, if only there were any major sporting events, summer holidays or kids going back to school for a new term in the next couple of months...
Speciality chocolates are commonly associated with the likes of Easter or Birthdays. However, corporate logo chocolates are one of the best gifts that you can give to employees and clients because not only are they different….they can be consumed and that is always a good thing!
So why should you use corporate logo chocolates as a thank you or an appreciative gift?
Any kind of product that is branded is a great gift but when it can be eaten it adds an extra level of personalisation. When you consider how chocolate is given as a gift, it is commonly used for special occasions. Therefore, your employees with really appreciate good quality chocolate from you as they will feel that you value their hard work. This is an ideal way of creating a brand image that will appeal to prospective clients.
Chocolates that contain your company logo come with the feeling that they have been created with love and care in a way that shows that your appreciation. This is a marketing strategy that should be adopted by every business.
A direct mail campaign is a great way to reach your customer or prospect. In a world of digital, the novelty aspect of something tangible arriving in each target’s hands can have a positive impact on your business.
Direct mail is always cost-effective, easy to produce and when done well, is likely to be shown and shared with others. Let’s look at some of the other business benefits direct mail offers your brand.
1. Gets You Up Close and Personal
Adding a personal touch to your direct mail piece – such as a name and/or other relevant information such as a birthday or anniversary – helps nurture your relationships, make customers feel valued and more likely to buy from you.
2. Keeps Your Business on Target
An added bonus of direct mail is that it can be tailored to the specific targets your business needs to reach. Customers and prospects are far more likely to respond to information and campaigns that relate to their specific needs and direct mail lets you customise your promotions accordingly.
3. Familiarity Helps Breed Loyalty
Direct mail has huge appeal to your targets, particularly when their inboxes are flooded. In fact, plenty of email users admit to not opening and reading messages. Direct mail on the other hand is a familiar format that is both comforting and appealing – helping your business stand out from the crowd.
4. Enhances Your Marketing Efforts
Direct mail is perfect for building a promotional campaign that combines traditional print with online. Direct mail lets you target customers and prospects to take action such as redeem an offer, visit your shop, make a phone call or head to your website to learn more about your business, sign-up for a discount or to your blog or newsletter.
5. Measurement Made Easy
When you’re busy with the day-to-day running of your business, it’s comforting to know that the success of your direct mail campaign is easy to measure. Rather than reviewing complex analytics, you simply need to track the number of offers redeemed or enquiries made to know if your direct mail piece has been a hit!
Direct Mail Tip:
Don’t forget to update your customer records to ensure your direct mail campaign success. It’s important to have a quality database that includes current contact details of the people you most want to target in order to maximise your direct mail reach.
For help creating an effective direct mail campaign that appeals to your customers and supports your marketing efficiency.
It would appear that as our lives become more and more consumed by digital media, we start to give less time and attention to the messages we receive.
The average lifespan of an email is now just 2 seconds and brand recall directly after seeing a digital ad is just 44%, compared to direct mail which has a brand recall of 75%.
So why are people still saying direct mail is dead? Whilst print costs have fallen over the past few years, postage costs have risen. This means despite the higher response rate of direct mail, email with its low start-up costs still receives a larger return on investment. A study from Citi Post Mail states direct mail has an average ROI of seven pounds to each one pound spent, whilst email has an average return of £38.
With triple the return of email marketing, direct mail marketing may seem like a no brainer, but both have their strengths and weaknesses. Direct mail is perceived as a more trusted, personal form of marketing, whilst email is seen to be quick and informal. The different values associated with each mail mean customers are very sure about when they want to receive one over another.
Initially it would seem that email is better for generating profit fast, whereas direct mail is better for generating customers. Our overriding conclusion is that direct mail and email work better in support of each other. When creating a direct marketing campaign define your aims and choose the best marketing combination to support them.
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President Donald Trump’s economic adviser says he doesn’t think China is slow-walking trade talks with the United States to see whether Trump gets reelected.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s economic adviser said Friday that he doesn’t think China is slow-walking trade talks with the United States to see whether Trump is reelected next year.
Larry Kudlow told reporters at the White House that he spent an hour on Thursday with a “grand, older American statesman” who recently visited China and saw Chinese President Xi Jinping twice. Kudlow said the statesman told him that Xi indicated that he’d rather continue to discuss and negotiate with Trump than anyone else.
Kudlow didn’t identify the statesman, but 96-year-old Henry Kissinger, the former secretary of state and national security adviser to President Richard Nixon, was photographed on stage at an economic forum late last month in Beijing. Kissinger’s office did not immediately return a call to confirm he met with Kudlow.
In May, Trump suggested that Xi was waiting to see who wins the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Trump tweeted an unsupported claim that China was attempting to renegotiate elements of the deal in the “sincere HOPE that they will be able to ‘negotiate’ with Joe Biden or one of the very weak Democrats, and thereby continue to ripoff the United States (($500 Billion a year)) for years to come.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden is running for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Kudlow also said he didn’t think Trump would be weakened in the trade negotiations if he is impeached by the House.
“Personally, I don’t think this impeachment stuff is going anyplace,” Kudlow said. “There may be an impeachment vote. There will be no conviction vote — that is my view. I think the Chinese know that and I think a lot of people know that.”
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The tech doesn’t matter without incredible stories.
Great stories have the power to inspire, excite and energize, to lift your visitors’ out of their ordinary worlds and take them on an extraordinary journey. So, why aren’t you sharing stories worth telling?
For over a decade, we’ve created premium content and multi-language tours to grow our customers’ businesses dramatically through higher satisfaction ratings and five-star reviews.
We’ve opened new doors for hundreds of customers who understand that creating value is more than translating Ho-Hum scripts into multilingual hogwash. It’s much more than that. It’s about the enormous persuasive power of storytelling.
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Punk Comments on Talking Dead, Ziggler Doing Media, The Shield
– Below is a comment from CM Punk regarding his appearance on The Talking Dead from Sunday night:
“I had more fun last night than I’ve had in quite sometime. I could talk about zombies everyday. On television. My life rules.”
– Dolph Ziggler will be doing TV and radio appearances today in the Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana area to promote the SmackDown tapings. If you catch any appearances, feel free to e-mail in a recap.
– As seen on last night’s RAW, the group with Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns is now officially known as The Shield. The name was actually leaked on Twitter last week by WWE Spanish announcer Marcelo Rodriguez. The Shield was trending worldwide on Twitter during last night’s RAW.
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John 1:9-13 (ESV)
9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
Lord, open our eyes to Your Light. Open our hearts to recognize Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Keep us as Your children and guide us to live as Your children and reflect Your light to the world. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Today I’d like to introduce you to Cathy Vernon, one of my long-time Creative Team Members. You may know her as britnkaysmemaw2 in the forums.
I asked Cathy to tell us a little bit about herself, and this is what she said:
When I was formulating the idea for my latest collection, “Pass it On,” I talked to Cathy about it. I originally intended it to be a kit more focused on the Rock Painting Kindness Project. Coincidentally, Cathy was going to be rock-painting with her grandchildren that weekend, so I asked her to take pictures of the process.
A few days later I received this email from Cathy:
Well, it was an experience! Well received by the grandkids, but Grandma wasn’t as prepared as she should have been. I thought we had bottles of acrylic paint, only to find out my husband had thrown them away! Men!!!! LOL So we ended up using water based paint, which did not work well on the rocks. The kids though had fun, but their level of rock painting is nowhere near the book! Tiana painted a cat (the one with the pink and blue dots). Noah got creative and asked me to find a picture for him of Wilson (the volleyball from Castaway with Tom Hanks). He did a very good job of making it look like that!
Created with “Celebrate Life”
Created with “Chart Your Course”
Created with “You are a Masterpiece!”
Thank you, Cathy, for sharing your talents with us and for inspiring us with your creativity!
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I know it's liberal vogue to bash Sarah Palin for most everything these days. But stories like this one make me believe that she deserves everything that she gets. Q: What's the most frightening thing that a vice-presidential candidate ever said?
Munger also asked Palin if she truly believed in the End of Days, the doomsday scenario when the Messiah will return. "She looked in my eyes and said, 'Yes, I think I will see Jesus come back to earth in my lifetime.'"
Jesus Fucking Christ.
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Lactoprot Pishgaman is an Iranian-German company that supplies a wide range of food ingredients for Dairy Industry. It is appointed by Lactoprot Germany as an exclusive sales office in Iran to promote its products. Lactoprot Germany develops and manufactures milk protein, stabilizers and some functional products for Food Industries It is also appointed by Sacco and Clerici Italy to act as their exclusive agent in Iran. its main focus is on manufacturing Starter Cultures and Rennet.
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Kalamazoo College is increasing tuition and room and board by 4.75 percent for the 2012-13 year, bringing the yearly cost to $45,984.
This is the third consecutive year the private college has increased tuition by between 4 and 5 percent. Increases in the previous three years ranged from 5.5 to 6.5 percent.
“These decisions balance increases in the cost of providing an undergraduate education as excellent as ours with the responsibility to make that education affordable," said a letter sent to students and faculty members Tuesday by President Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran. "With this delicate balance in mind, and factoring our third year of cost cutting from our annual budget (5 percent or $2.8 million), our comprehensive fee increase for 2012-13 is as low as we can make it."
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Sharpening clippers are important as they will hold the things firmly when properly sharpened. If the clippers are used for a few minutes in a day, then it is necessary to sharpen it in six months. But if the clippers are used continuously then it is necessary to sharpen them in a short interval. After removing the blades from the clippers, it can be run through honing stone that will be 4000 grit course. At least 10 times they are required to get moved front and forth to get a shiny look. There are many places in for clipper sharpening Savannah ga that is famous.
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- The rates of the service providers of clipper sharpener are competitive and as per the requirements of the clients.
- Some of the sharpening service providers are also available during the time of emergency.
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Conclusively, the people of Savannah normally prefer to undertake the services of the service providers of clipper sharpening Savannah ga as few best contractors are found there. Most of them are having great ratings. The contractors who are certified should be chosen over the others as their quality of service is comparatively better. Few of the service providers are available whenever required. They satisfy the demands of the and they change their strategy of work as per the requirement of the people of the society.
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August 31, 2007
Yesterday I fed them a bunch. This morning I didn't see any, but I put out soda and pizza anyway. However, it ended up being ant food instead of human food.
Not totally; about half of it is still there, but it's been picked over pretty fine. Probably end up being food for the local humans, or children, or whatever the heck they're called. Gawky pink humans with brown hair and little round pieces of glass over their eyes. They're really quite unattractive, but I don't have the slightest idea what they are. (Update: I just did some googling, and they're called 'nerds'.)
This area is lousy with humans, but there aren't really all that many kinds. Last year there was a Spaniard in the stream a couple of times, and that was genuinely cool. But what we normally see are Italians, Swedes, those little nerds, us ducks, and Germans. I don't think I've seen a door-to-door salesman since I moved back here. (When I was a kid, I remember door-to-door salesman being everywhere. I wonder what happened to them?)
I'm a little afraid for the field behind The Pond. There are a couple of green tractors trundling back and forth over the whole thing, with the words "John Deere" next to them. Clearly someone is picking corn, and it makes me wonder if the farmers, or someone else, plans on replanting with soybeans.
UPDATE: I'm not expecting to see that Spaniard back again, either. It was standing on top of one of the improvements put in by the local human civil engineers, fishing in the drainage stream behind it. Unfortunately, last winter men from the county came through here and pulled out all the stuff the engineers had put in, the spoil sports. I don't really understand why they did it, either. I thought the stream was a lot neater the way the engineers had it set up.
Of course, for engineers, flooding is a bug, not a feature. That's probably the reason why. Regardless, our creek is no longer inviting territory for Spaniards, so I doubt it will be back.
Our humans aren't redheads. They used to be, though. None of the ones around now have red hair. But some of them have pocket protectors on their shirts; I'm assuming those are geeks.
I'm wondering if my memory has gone bad. I could have sworn the humans were nerds. Of course, one possibility is that the nerds are the winter shift, and the whatever-the-heck-is-out-there-now (geeks?) is the summer detail.
UPDATE: Actually, they might be nerds. It might just be that there are no calculators around. The pocket protectors apparently are for 'math majors'.
August 23, 2007
Let me explain.
As you're aware, I work at the Duck U. Bookstore. Yes, I'm one of those people, squeezing ridiculous amounts of cash out of poor struggling college students, yadda yadda yadda.
Whatever. Don't get me started.
Anyway, it's that time again. Froshducks move in on Saturday. Classes for everyone begin on Wednesday. From today thru end of the month, the Duck U. Bookstore will do roughly 1/3rd of our yearly sales.
Gonna be a little busy... I WILL post coverage of the Turkish GP activites, but I may not get to much else.
Of course, some might say that I don't do much else anyway...
August 12, 2007
Mr Headline Writer, thank you for making us feel all warm and tingly... again.
August 11, 2007
Unfortunately, I went to a grocery store today, and in the parking lot was a small group of noisy protestors. None of them were over 30, I'd guess, and none of them had any grasp of the history of the Pacific War, other than that the US was bad for using nukes.
A moment of insanity later, I found myself in a discussion with them. Unfortunately for them, I could answer any of their claims and provide references, to boot. Why?
I wrote a short paper on this topic a few years back, as part of an argument I was having.
Of course, they weren't really listening to me, one even going so far as to claim that the Japanese military was 'a band of noble warriors'. When I asked them about Unit 731 and Bataan (the first two things that lept to mind), they all gave me blank looks.
In the end, I told them that I agreed with them: nuclear weapons are terrible things, and I hoped they'd never be used again, but I disagreed with them regarding their use in WWII... and that I'd put my paper here on The Pond for them to read.
If any of them are reading this, welcome and click below for OLYMPIC AND TRINITY. If any of my usual readers have gotten this far, I'd enjoy your thoughts! more...
August 08, 2007
May I now present... The Barman Sketch.
It's a beautiful thing.
Unfortunately, you may have seen something about Duckford on TV yesterday, as we DID get flooding... just not anywhere near the Duck U. campus. It was an area of town that was flooded during last year's Labor Day storm ... That particular day was termed a "100 years' storm"... which puts the past few days in perspective, I suppose.
That area of town hadn't yet recovered from the flooding of last year, now they got it again. Is the Gorebot nearby or something? It must be global warmening! Or coldening. Or, more likely, raininging.
August 07, 2007
UPDATE, 1030pm: Honey, I'm home! The phone came back about 20 minutes ago, about 24 hours sooner than was predicted... they must've found the break/water-damage/whatever.
Quite the interesting day, all told. As I mentioned, Duckford got a half-foot of rain overnight. When I went to bed, it was raining, but nothing out of the ordinary. From people I spoke to, around 4am all hell broke loose, and there were sightings of pairs of animals heading north.
By the time I woke up (around 720am), the rain had stopped, and around The Pond there was no obvious sign that there had been anything untoward about the storm. It was on the drive in to Duck U. that I started to notice little things... like entire yards covered with water, or big honkin' trees down, or live power lines sparking and zatzing in the road... that seemed to indicate that something large had happened.
Then the city evacuated the land to the west of Duck U. The U. is positioned on top of a hill, y'see... along with a 'water retention structure' located in a park. Said structure (aka 'dam') was about, oh, a foot or so from being overfull (additional rumors were that the dam was leaking and about to let go), and was beautifully positioned to swamp a chunk of the business district to the west.
As you can guess, we weren't all that busy at the Duck U. Bookstore today. When I did leave, I went to pay a visit to Momzerduck and Ph.Duck, and drove by the park in question... which was completely submerged. I noticed one of the baseball diamond backstops, just the top of which was visible... eep.
However, all is right now... except it's damn hot, and really damn humid.
August 05, 2007
August 01, 2007
Breaking news shows six dead, six in life-threatening condition, and dozens (possibly hundreds) with 'minor' injuries. The whole bridge just fell down with no apparant warning. We're not just talking about some of the bridge, but the entire thing. The section over the river, the sections that run to the land, everything.
The bridge was an "over-under" span, with a road bridge over a rail bridge. There was a train loaded with tanker cars on the bridge when the road span collapsed on top of it.
Eyewitness reports say that there "had to have been" hundreds of cars bumper-to-bumper on the bridge at the time of the collapse. There was construction ongoing on the bridge, but not structural: pothole fixes and that sort of thing.
Fortunately, Ph.Duck's family, many of whom drive this bridge every day, have all checked in: everybody's okay.
I lived in Minnesota for two years, and have driven across this bridge dozens of times. I'm just... stunned.
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The design changed a
I attached the dress form to the right side of the diecut and then attached the whole to a red holographic piece of card, basically because ..... the centre of the card was cut when I cut the initial shape. I'm new to cutting machines!!
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My small jar of punched flowers came to the front of the desk so I selected a few flowers and a couple of tiny butterflies. I placed the flowers along the lower edge with a couple of butterflies in the centres. I settled another butterfly on the shoulder of the drees form and now it was ready for the metal fastener to be attached to the back.
This name badge is red because I just love red. The dress form is for the stitching that is carried on in the Group. The flowers are for all the different types we make in the Group and, just like butterflies, we flit in and out of the Library for two hours ever other week.
I'm quite proud of this!
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17 October 2017
Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles issues the following statement on the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria:
“Hurricane Irma’s fury preceded Maria’s by a deadly Caribbean second. Together they constitute the familiar sound of death and destruction reminiscent of a colonial past that clings to the present and is determined to possess and own the Caribbean future.
The chain linked imperial legacy that still imprisons the islands, keeping them politically fragmented and economically divided, was exposed as both cause and effect of a fragile region still feeling the presence of an imperial ethos that assigns to them a reality of structural dependency. Irma-Maria blew away the roof of the long and ongoing imperial cover up, and critically, was revelatory of the horrific history that dwells in the ruins of the present.
The destruction is an instruction for the survivors of slavery who are the majority in these islands. As descendants they were left for over half a century, when some of them stood up and demanded constitutional independence in the quest to be members of the free democratic world. They have annually battled ill-winds without any reparations support from former and contemporary imperial owners and overlords.
The persistent loss of black life and the dereliction of poor peoples’ materialism in a backward built environment that was designed for the sole purpose of servicing imperial sugar plantations, reside squarely at the core of their respective metropolitan capitols.
Barbuda tells the story in a stark fashion. An island once grabbed by Christopher Codrington, imperial warlord of England, and genocidal leader who received a mandate from his King to wipe the native Kalinago people off the face of the earth, was wiped out by Irma. Codrington, the island’s only town, is no more. Yet, the rich-descendant Codrington family of England sent no email, posted no blog, and cares nothing for the Caribbean place that bears their name. Shame and guilt, maybe, by not looking back to the source of their wealth.
The death and destruction accounted for is measured in the way the IMF has well taught the islands. Methodologies that highlight mythologies like GDP per capital loss, and resultant national debt rather than community death ratios, occupy international relief rationalisation. Barbuda, home of England’s first native genocide in the Caribbean, is once again devoid of people, emptied by Irma.
But beyond the measurement of materialism there is the haunting spectre of the metaphysical that speaks to the persistent imperialism that grips the Caribbean by the throat. Images of roofs warped and ripped, and domestic walls flattened into useless bridges of debris now populate the internet. Meanwhile, injured introspective inhabitants cannot but ponder how these ill-winds so precisely trace the journeys of the deadly European slave ships that crossed the middle passage.
Irma-Maria’s blowing apart of the Caribbean adds to the daily tearing apart of Islands by the legacy of lingering pain and poverty caused by EUROPE’s colonialism and its attendant crimes. There is the stillness of an imposing immorality within this hurricane moment. Under dark, deadly clouds, Irma -Maria’s all-seeing eye, brought the illumination necessary for a people who were recently told by David Cameron, speaking in Jamaica’s parliament as Britain’s Prime Minister, that his nation’s enslavement of their five million ancestors across these islands was unfortunate, and that folks should stop moaning and “get over it”.
Packing winds between them of near 200 kph Irma-Maria unearthed the sordid details of as many years of the Caribbean’s colonial past and present. They tore the scales off twenty million Caribbean eyes. They exposed the excretions of inconvenient truths that constitute the rotten colonial carcass long brushed under a carpet of criminality that increasingly resembled a mountain, the monumental Caribbean colonial mess that has gone without reparations.
Europeans in their rush for competitive economic development committed their unrepaired crimes against humanity in these islands. No paradise has every seen as much blood spilt in the name of white supremacy, economic accumulation, and competitive nationalism. Twenty million natives put to the sword; ten millions Africans put to slavery in chains; and descendants trapped in the hell of 20th century racial apartheid. Then, as if on a stage of glory, Europe walked away into the sunset leaving survivors to endure the task of Sisyphus. Undeterred descendants set about job of cleaning up the colonial carnage. They build micro-nations as celebrations of democracy. But alas, without reparatory justice, managing the colonial mess has overwhelmed them.
Painful it is to see the British imperial Foreign Minister, Boris Johnson, arriving to inspect Irma’s damage to his colony while ignoring the images of England’s slavery legacy everywhere to be seen. Shameful it was to see the Mother Country dangling piddly amounts of pounds in the face of the destruction! Prime Minister May offered 32 million, then as Irma was upgraded from category two to four, she revised the sum and offered 52 million. Disgraceful, many said, as the Union Jack fluttered above the Caribbean carnage left behind by 300 years of black enslavement and 100 years of the racial segregation installed in the aftermath of a shambolic emancipation. England’s slave ownership had received 20 million pounds in compensation for freed Africans in 1834, a sum worth 15 billion in today’s money.
Then, in the shadow of Haiti, came the French in the person of President Macron, with a promise to rebuild rather than liberate their colonies, a pledge made before and for the paparazzi but with no parliamentary power. The French and the British vied for political advantage and the moral high ground over who will give the more to address the colonial mess magnified by Irma. Another Anglo-French war on Caribbean soil ensued. The Dutch, meanwhile, seeking to hide deceptive hands in mudslides of their St Maarten, quietly came as if in shame, and offered to help the hopeless.
The colonised Caribbean has taken centre stage. To the north, Canada and the USA boast of their national freedom. To the south, Latin America celebrates its freedom. Only in the centre, in the Caribbean, do colonies remain. Only here are imperial powers raising flags to a colonial reality. Only here is history halted. Irma-Maria has revealed these truths. Islands entitled to reparations for the crimes against humanity committed upon their inhabitants are offered plasters to cover their wounds that will not heal.
Sir Richard Branson, English mogul, who owns privately an island in the Virgin group, called upon his British government to formulate a Marshall Plan for the region. Such a call was made in 1838, 1898, 1948, 1963, 1992, and countless other times to the closed eyes and ears of his nation. Similar calls were made by every colonised island in the Caribbean seeking justice and development rather than aid and relief that has never been sufficient to meet basic needs and moral expectations.
These ravished islands have done their best to clean up the colonial mess. They have spent beyond their means in the process of seeking to convert colonials into citizens. Left largely illiterate and riddled with ill health by colonialism they have built schools and hospitals that must be maintained. Social expenditure in the interest of building democracy exceeds financial income. This is the price they paid for participation in modernity. Now their public debt strangles their quest for economic growth. It a debt that should be written off as an investment in democracy. Britain, France and the USA should prevail upon the IMF to lead in this effort.
Once the jewel in the British Crown these islands are now treated like a pain to their Parliament. The region calls for reparations as a development plan. The British press have said, “Oh, it’s a hand out you mean!” The demand intensifies. Heads of governments, constituted as CARICOM, have written to those European states enriched by Caribbean slavery, calling for an international summit to discuss reparations as a Marshall Plan. Responses have been muted.
On October 12th The University of the West Indies will launch in Jamaica the Caribbean Centre for Reparations Research in order to professionally prepare the evidentiary basis of the claim. The University already has a Centre for Hurricane and Disaster Management Research. There will be a conference informed by the question: Can the Caribbean achieve economic development without Reparatory Justice? The economics of reparations will take centre stage in a requiem mass to Irma-Maria.”
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, an Economic Historian, was installed as the 8th Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) on May 30, 2015. Before assuming the office of Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Sir Hilary was Principal and Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University’s Cave Hill Campus in Barbados for thirteen years (2002-2015). Sir Hilary is a distinguished university administrator, and transformational leader in higher education.
Regional Headquarters, Jamaica. September 26, 2017
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) released the following statement after the Trump administration announced it would not extend the temporary Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico, which expired yesterday:
“Now that the temporary Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico has expired, it is more important than ever for Congress to pass my bill to permanently exempt Puerto Rico from this archaic and burdensome law. Until we provide Puerto Rico with long-term relief, the Jones Act will continue to hinder much-needed efforts to help the people of Puerto Rico recover and rebuild from Hurricane Maria.”
On September 28, 2017, Senators McCain and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation to permanently exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act.
A strong supporter of free trade, Senator McCain has been working for years to reform and repeal the archaic and burdensome Jones Act. In 1998, Senator McCain sponsored legislation that was signed into law to provide an administrative process for obtaining a Jones Act waiver for certain foreign vessels to trade between U.S. ports, eliminating the previous requirement for Congress to pass legislation for every waiver.
In 2010, Senator McCain introduced legislation to fully repeal the Jones Act. He reintroduced the same piece of legislation in 2015 and again this July.
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Rob Woodfork, wtop.com
WASHINGTON - In a move that appears to be the new standard for postseason appearances in the nation's capital, the Washington Redskins saw the team's playoff run end amid controversy.
In case you've been under a rock for the last two days, star rookie quarterback Robert Griffin III had his already ailing right-knee give out on him not once, but twice in the 'Skins' 24-14 playoff loss to the Seattle Seahawks - the latter injury coming late in the game at a time where many felt he shouldn't even be in the game.
While Redskins Nation (and most of America) awaits word on the final prognosis, the predictable finger-pointing is well under way. As is customary in today's reactionary society, when things go bad somebody has to bear the blame. Most place it right on coach Mike Shanahan's door.
I'm not one of them.
First, let me be clear: If I were the coach of the Redskins (and fans everywhere should thank whatever higher being they hold dear I'm not), I would have benched RG3 at halftime. After the first re-injury of his right knee in the first quarter, I would have turned the keys over to the capable hands of Kirk Cousins, with the option to go back to Griffin if Kirk Cousins couldn't get it done against a solid Seattle defense.
But I'm not the coach of the Redskins. Mike Shanahan is.
I don't have a personal and/or working relationship with RG3. Shanahan does.
That relationship - right or wrong - led him to give his star quarterback some
benefit of the doubt regarding his own health. That's why I don't fault Shanahan
for his actions (or in this case, inaction).
Plenty have weighed in on this matter, but one opinion resonated with me. ESPN's Eric Mangini explained during a segment on the network that handling injuries in the NFL is "interactive between the coach and player" - meaning, it's not uncommon for there to be a back-and-forth between (in this case) - Griffin and Shanahan, with the consensus being the prevailing factor instead of just a unilateral decision by the head coach.
Right or wrong, that's what happened in Landover. RG3 told Shanahan he's "hurt but not injured," said and did all the things Shanahan was looking for, and actually threw his second touchdown after the initial re-injury. At that point, there was no reason to think he couldn't gut out another solid performance like he did in Philly and the previous week against Dallas.
Now, personally, I thought Griffin's poor second quarter showing prompted a benching. He was uncharacteristically inaccurate and obviously hobbled. But Shanahan figured RG3 gave him the best chance to win (something that's hard to debate given Cousins missed practice that week with the flu, and Rex Grossman is...well, Rex Grossman).
Shanahan bet his stud QB could will himself to make a play or two to win the game, a bet that had some precedent given he did the same to help set up the game-tying TD late in the game against Baltimore - no matter how ill-advised.
Shanahan trusted his player's judgment regarding his own health. Part of the job of a professional athlete is to know his body better than anyone else. Griffin has suffered multiple injuries to that knee, and his coach assumed he would know his limits. Just because he was wrong to give that much latitude to a 22-year-old rookie doesn't mean his motives were nefarious - or that RG3 was reckless.
Lest we forget, this is the culture of football, especially at the pro level.
It's long been said, if you can walk, you can play. The NFL has long deified tough
guys. Ronnie Lott infamously chopped off the tip of his pinky finger so he
wouldn't miss a game. Emmitt Smith played the final game of the 1993 regular
season with a separated shoulder to key a Dallas run
to the playoffs (and ultimately, the Super Bowl).
Oh, and remember Brett Favre? Not only does he get eternal praise for playing a league-record 297 consecutive games despite a seemingly endless list of injuries, but he suffered the exact same knee injury Griffin suffered (sprained LCL) in a 2002 game (ironically) against the Redskins, and never missed a game.
Strangely, I don't recall anyone calling for his coach's job.
We can't prop these guys up as heroes for playing hurt and then dismiss them as foolhardy when that "heroic" effort falls short. Had RG3 finished that game with the Redskins victorious, we'd laud him as the toughest, gutsiest player we'd seen here since Doug Williams shook off an ugly knee injury to set a Super Bowl record four second quarter TDs to lead a rout of the Broncos in 1988. RG3 would be added to the list of legendary playoff performers to get it done despite injuries that would sideline "lesser" men.
So let's be real about this. We hate the outcome, not the process. The Redskins best player got hurt in vain because they lost. Two years ago in Chicago, Jay Cutler left the NFC Championship game because of a knee injury and the Bears' hopes to beat the eventual-champion Packers went with him to the bench. Cutler was later eviscerated for not "gutting it out" and finishing that all-important game. San Diego let Philip Rivers play on a torn ACL in the Chargers' AFC title game loss to New England in 2008. If any one of those games ended differently, the narrative would be too.
Again: I'm not saying RG3 was right to play as long as he did. In fact, I'm on record stating he shouldn't have.
But this is the business Griffin has chosen, and he knew the risks going back on the field. If you know how Shanahan's playing career ended, then you know he's more aware of the dangers of playing football than most.
Sometimes bad things happen through the fault of no one particular person. Let's just hope the consequences aren't as dire as we all fear.
(Copyright 2013 by WTOP. All Rights Reserved.)
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A brand new download quest has appeared for Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, perfect for both those who love cats to death and those who just beat them to death.
Fur will fly, items will be stole, paws will... paw, and yes - there will be belly rubs if I have anything to say about it. A new downloadable quest for Capcom's Monster Hunter Freedom Unite sees players battling their way through a horde of Felynes and Melynx cat creatures.
To the one million Felyne fans out there: At long last we bring you our special challenge! Skillfully clear this and your reward will be a very special ticket!"
That special ticket allows you to create a new armour - the Hunter T-Shirt.
I haven't picked up Monster Hunter Freedom Unite yet, but I didn't know there were kitties in it before. Big fan of kitties. *twitches*
Monster Hunter Unite DLC: 2 colours of Meow [Capcom Unity]
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2012 Toyota Corolla Auris, 1800cc (1.8L), done ONLY ~54,700 kms, Silver colour, tidy, spotless interior comes with certified odometer and 1 year WOF.
– VTNZ/VINZ complied & certified
– Service by authorised workshop
– 12 months WOF
– Dark interior
– Cam chain driven. No cambelt to change
– Push button START
– SMART Key
– Rear Wipers
– Electric mirrors
– Electric windows
– Certified Odometer
5 Door, ABS Brakes, Air Bag(s), Air Conditioning, Car Stereo, CD(s), Central Locking, Electric Mirrors, Electric Windows, Immobiliser, Power Steering, Remote Locking, Spoiler
** FINANCE AVAILABLE from $0 DEPOSIT***
*** EXTENDED WARRANTEE AVAILABLE ***
: Buyer will be the first NZ owner.
: Price does not include the on-road cost.
: On road cost includes new plates and 6 months registration.
: Tyres – good tread
: Odometer / Radiation-Verified
: Under body rust / Accident history – None
: Drive / Handling / Interior / Exterior – Excellent
: Fully Groomed
: No Security Interest
– Reliable Cars Fair Deal
– Registered motor vehicle trader in Otahuhu, Auckland
– We can arrange for finance.
– Can organise nationwide delivery of the car. Please ask.
– Some trade-ins welcome
Call anytime to book an appointment
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California's 'psychology of influence' to slash energy use
Psychologists call it the norm to conform. A well-known behavioral phenomenon that prompts people to mimic the actions of their peers, this subtle psychological trick is now used by utilities to cut their consumers’ electricity use.
Providing customers with information on how their energy use compares with their neighbors, along with specific energy-saving tips, has delivered dramatic results for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, which has used so-called comparative home energy information since April 2008. Of the 35,000 homes that receive Home Energy Reports from the utility, 75% are taking action to cut their energy use, the result being an annual average savings of $40 per household and $20 to $30 per customer for the utility.
"Most people say they try to save energy in their homes, yet next to none of us have any idea whether we’re doing a good job. The utility bill we get in the mail is inscrutable," said Alex Laskey, president and co-founder of OPOWER, an energy efficiency software firm in Arlington, Va., that works with utilities to engage their consumers and encourage conservation. "We thought there might be some opportunity to provide people with a better context for understanding their consumption and, in doing so, motivate people to take action."
The results OPOWER saw with Sacramento and other utilities formed the basis of a new state bill. Signed in to law by Gov. Schwarzenegger this month, SB 488 encourages California utilities to create pilot programs that use energy information-sharing by July 2010. It requires the California Public Utilities Commission and California Energy Commission to study the effectiveness of those pilot programs.
"These programs have been shown to be extraordinarily cheap and remarkably effective ways to increase conservation... If such programs were instituted statewide, [they] could have the effect of removing 300,000 homes from the electricity grid, and 4.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide from the air annually," said the bill’s author, state Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills).
About 20% of greenhouse gas emissions come from the electricity used inside homes. If a nationwide home energy reporting system were implemented, it would be the equivalent of taking 6 million cars off the road, according to OPOWER’s Laskey.
At present, four California utilities are providing comparative home energy information to their consumers. In addition to Sacramento, which will be expanding its program in early 2010, San Diego Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison and Southern California Gas have pilot programs up and running. In November, Glendale Water and Power will start one with 25,000 of its 83,000 metered households; early next year, Pasadena Water and Power will also add its name to the roster of utilities that have partnered with OPOWER, bringing the total to 21 nationwide.
Currently, 1 million homes across the country are receiving the firm’s Home Energy Reports. The recipients are randomly selected by their utilities and targeted with personalized mailings that are separate from their regular bills in envelopes that are mailed from the utility. Comparisons are based on homes’ square footage and age as well as heating type. Customers who want to receive more accurate comparisons and targeted tips can provide additional information about themselves, their lifestyles and their homes on the OPOWER web site.
OPOWER’s program draws heavily on behavioral science research pioneered by Robert Cialdini, who is an investor in the company. Specifically, the program draws on two psychological concepts: "the norm to conform to what most other people do and the desire for social approval," said Yale Law professor Ian Ayres, who researched the impact of two OPOWER utilities and outlined the results in a study on peer comparison feedback’s ability to reduce residential energy use.
It’s the norm to conform that drives high energy users to reduce their use, Ayres said, and the desire for social approval, in the form of a simple smiley face, that keeps low energy users from increasing their power consumption.
Ayres noted that comparative information yielded the greatest conservation gains in low-value houses and households that used the most energy. It also found that low energy users are inspired to conserve even more when presented with the Home Energy Reports.
"If I said that relative to people in your neighborhood in similarly sized houses, you’re using 50% more water, you’d think, ‘I probably have a leak in my house’ or ‘I’m doing something wrong.’ It conveys powerful information about what’s possible," Ayres said. "It’s really the psychology and the informational economics that’s driving this behavior."
A water conservation component will be added to OPOWER’s Home Energy Reports some time in 2010.
-- Susan Carpenter
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Barrowed a few loads of wood chippings inside the gate then scout round the pond. Greylag has hatched a clutch of pike food. It seems the duck on the dam has abandoned her eggs and my nemesis the cob swan seems to have left his penn to go it alone.
Stage 2 for the first time this year. Not sure about the weed situation out there. No one has raked it and the hemp addicted swan hasn't been arse up over it. Wind is swirling and cloud alternates with sun then lashes of rain and hail. Carping chap opposite has had a tench and is freezing his nads off in trainers, joggy botttoms and hoodie but at least he is dry. Though it looks nice here it is still bitter. We are both perched on the noddy green picnic chairs that can be found at the back of each swim. Fishing platform my arse Lord Lite. I have however screwed in some more eyed hooks at the front of the staging to drop the rests into. I am kidding myself that by being active and seeking bites I am keeping warmer than carper boi but in reality I am about 15 yards out over the water on a rickety stage with no cover at all..
Following last trip's stand-off with the now absent swan I'd salvaged the tip ring from the splintered ancient Ashurst and the Drennan Waggler was back on the road. Hot glue is good stuff. Ring came off good as gold.
Second dip and out comes a coconut. Single corn on a 14 barbless again.
Some of the bream are testing the rod and some are giving up but every one has that yellow kernel at the corner of the mouth. Bites are a steady sinking and slide away, tip glowing red in the still turbid water.. By the third Lord Lite has dismissed them as snotty things in a text and you can see why...
One more bream and I am making a break for it in the rain, knowing I have to fight that poxy bolt and padlock and spread the wet tackle all over the house to get it dry.
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In this article we consider the enforcement of COVID-19 measures as an instance of security policing, characterised by a pre-emption paradigm. Whilst COVID-19 measures are directed towards the goal of ‘biosecurity’ to stop the spread of the disease, in practice, COVID policing appears to rely on long-standing criminalisation strategies at odds with public health. Drawing on a range of primary and secondary data sources, we provide a critical account of the policing practices used and the groups to which the special measures have been directed in the most severely affected states of Victoria and New South Wales. We consider the implications of the securitisation of public health through the use of policing. Although we identify the potential for expansion—whereby population groups that do not usually attract police attention are drawn into contact with police—our case studies reveal that COVID policing as practiced in those contexts intensifies existing patterns of public order policing directed towards the ‘usual suspects’ and reinforces a criminalisation rather than a public health paradigm.
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Tim Benz: There's a simple solution to the Steelers' red-zone woes
Since we were little children, we've been told that red means “STOP”!
Based on their red-zone offense this year, the Steelers are being too literal.
The Steelers red-zone inefficiency crushed the team in its recent 30-9 defeat against Jacksonville. Forget — and we'd all love to do so — Ben Roethlisberger's five interceptions Sunday. His totals of 2 for 6 for just 4 yards over three trips in the red zone might have been an even bigger deal.
All three of those trips resulted in Chris Boswell field goals instead of Steelers touchdowns. If the Steelers break the goal line during those possessions, they could have potentially gone in front 21-7 in the third quarter instead of 9-7.
Then Jacksonville would have been forced to have Blake Bortles passing instead of hammering Leonard Fournette into the line of scrimmage over and over again.
Maybe then it would have been Bortles throwing pick-6s all over the field instead of Big Ben.
Red-zone issues weren't just a problem for the Steelers against the Jaguars.
After five weeks of NFL play, the Steelers' performance in the red zone has been the definition of average. When it comes to scoring touchdowns from inside the opponent's 20-yard line, the Steelers are 9 for 18. They join seven other teams with that same mediocre 50 percent conversion rate.
Fifteen teams are better than that. Within that group of 23 clubs that are at 50 percent or better, only two — the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams — have had more red-zone trips that have failed to yield a touchdown.
A year ago, the Steelers were similarly mundane, ranking 16th in the league at a 54 percent touchdown clip — behind the likes of Cleveland and Jacksonville.
So what's wrong?
“I have no idea,” guard David DeCastro said. “I wish I could tell you. I have no idea. I wish we could fix it.”
Well, I have an idea. Maybe give the ball to your All-Pro running back Le'Veon Bell more often when you are close to the goal line?
The Steelers had eight red zone snaps over three series vs. the Jaguars. The last six were throws that netted 12 feet.
Snaps four and five occurred up against the clock at the end of the second half with just 18 and 11 seconds remaining. And no timeouts left. So don't fault attempted passes there.
But what about that ridiculous sequence on the third quarter's opening drive down 7-6? The Steelers threw once from the 5-yard line and twice from the 2-yard line.
Why not stay on the ground at least once in that situation?
“We ran it in our first red-zone possession. And we wound up in third-and-8,” coach Mike Tomlin said. “Then they dropped eight guys, and there was nowhere to throw the ball.”
During that first red zone trip Bell did lose 2 yards on a second-down run after gaining 4 on first down.
But it seems highly “un-Steelers-like” to allow the Jacksonville Jaguars to scare them off of running the ball in tight at Heinz Field because of one bad play in the first quarter.
Furthermore, what about the ensuing six passing plays that didn't yield much of anything, either? The Jags didn't scare you off passing the ball after any of those?
Offensive coordinator Todd Haley said the Steeler woes near the goal line are a matter of execution of the plays being called. And not a matter of the play designs being sent in.
“Whether you are running it or throwing it, the little details become very, very critical. And if you miss some of the little details, which we have, you are going to end up kicking field goals and be disappointed.”
Yeah. “Disappointed” is a fitting word.
I'd still argue, though, that there is a lesser chance of being “disappointed” in the missed details if there are fewer details to mess up. And lining up to run the ball at least once from the 5-yard line could remedy that problem.
Perhaps we should broaden our horizons. Maybe the Steelers red-zone concerns aren't about play calling or execution.
Maybe, at least at home, the issue is in-game entertainment. The Jumbotron crew should investigate doing something besides pouring imaginary ketchup of out the giant bottles flanking the screen.
Ketchup is too basic. It stains. And it takes forever to get moving no matter how much you shake it up.
That's a little too emblematic of the Steelers red zone offense these days.
Tim Benz hosts the Steelers pregame show on WDVE and ESPN Pittsburgh. He is a regular host/contributor on KDKA-TV and 105.9 FM.
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Pianist Ida Goodson was born into a musically gifted family near Pensacola, Florida, in 1909. She was the youngest of seven girls raised by strict Southern Baptist parents who prohibited the playing of secular music in the home. Despite that, both she and her sister, Wilhelmina Goodson, learned to play the piano and developed a love for barrelhouse blues and jazz. Ida Goodson performed throughout the South but maintained a home base in Pensacola, where she often accompanied tours with national stars such as Bessie Smith. She was adept at several different styles of music, including gospel, jazz, blues, vaudeville, and popular songs. In 1979, she was rediscovered by field researchers working for the Florida Folklife Commission, who included several of her compositions on the widely acclaimed Drop on Down in Florida double album. Goodson became a mainstay at the Florida Folk Festival and was awarded the prestigious Florida Folk Heritage Award in 1987. In 1989, she appeared in the documentary film Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues, and at age 80 she stole the show from the younger, more widely known musicians.
Learn more about Ida Goodson, view photos, and listen to musical examples at Florida Memory.
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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Public Affairs
Publicity Records, 1985, 1989-2011
This accession consists of records documenting Smithsonian Institution events, exhibitions, or projects. Documented in this collection is the traveling exhibition "America's Smithsonian" in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Smithsonian Institution (SI) and Smithsonian Secretaries I. Michael Heyman and Lawrence M. Small. Materials include correspondence, news clippings, memoranda, photographs, contracts, notes, newsletters, publications, agreements, brochures, meeting minutes, scripts, and other related materials. Some materials are in electronic format.
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
- Heyman, Ira Michael, 1930-2011
- Small, Lawrence M.
- America's Smithsonian (Traveling exhibition) (1995-1998)
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
- Serials (publications)
- Compact discs
- Electronic records
- Black-and-white photographs
- Color photographs
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2009: Placed 7th at Big West Conference Championships in steeplechase (10:56.13)... Broke 11-minute barrier on four occasions, including 10.52.8 hand time at Causeway Dual... Conversion to 10:53.04 ranks 3rd in school history... Also went 10:46.31 at Cal-Nevada state meet and 10:59.13 to win Woody Wilson Invite for second straight year... Earned Big West Conference All-Academic accolades.
2008: Finished 9th in steeplechase (11:25.99) at Big West Conference meet... Fastest time was winning 11:14.46 at Woody Wilson Invite... Also appeared in open 3,000 (10:38.38) and 5,000 (18:05.69) in various dual meets... Garnered Academic All-Big West honors.
2007: Saw 5,000 action in two meets... Finished 2nd in Aggie Open with season-best 18:52.23.
CROSS COUNTRY: Finished among Aggie scorers in all five appearances as a senior, including Big West Conference (15th) and NCAA West Regional (85th)... Took 6th at Hornet Jamboree... Competed in five meets each in 2007 and 2008, including Big West Conference meet and NCAA West Regional both years... Team's No. 5 scorer at Stanford Invitational (91st overall)... Raced in three meets as a freshman... Best finish was 25th (of 99) at Aggie Open... Selected to Academic All-Big West squad in each of final three seasons...
WEST HS '06: Selected as school's Athlete of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year... Lettered in cross country, track & field and soccer... Finished 15th (18:50) at Southern Section Div. II cross country championships as a senior team captain... Advanced to state meet, where she took 22nd (19:04) and led team to 9th-place showing... Named to Daily Breeze All-Area squad... Reached CIF-SS D-II track championships in 3,200, placing 12th at 11:15.76... Selected as track team's Athlete of the Year in 2003.
PERSONAL: Born in Los Angeles, Calif.... Majoring in civil engineering... Parents are Michael & Janet Stoakley... Career highlight was winning the Bay League cross country title her sophomore year, becoming the first team in 14 years to defeat the previous champion.
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Fabulous stone coasters. Perfect to protect your new Mid Century investment. Each coaster has a different phrase expressing your love for coffee and has a protective cork backing. Comes in a set of 4.
W = L = 4"
H = 0.5"
We ship accessories throughout Canada using a set rate by area via Canada Post. See our shipping rates.
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MICHELE HUPPWILLIAM FRANCIS
XMIDDLEPORT -- Married at 3:30 p.m. March 19 at Middleport Church of Christ were Michele Lee Hupp, daughter of Brian and Kimberly Hupp, 42198 Enterprise Drive, Pomeroy, formerly of Berlin Center, and William Mark Francis, son of William and Jo Ann Francis, 50890 Rice Run Road, Reedsville.
The Rev. Rob Barber officiated, and a reception followed at the church.
The couple spent their honeymoon in Rosedale, W.Va., and are living at 39860 Old Route 7, Reedsville.
The bride wore a sleeveless gown of ivory satin with wine trim and beading, and she completed her ensemble with her mother's veil.
Suzie Francis of Reedsville, sister of the groom, served as maid of honor, and bridesmaids were Tara Hupp of Longbottom, the bride's sister-in-law, and Jody North of Racine, her cousin. Their gowns were seafoam green. Michaela Hupp of Pomeroy, her sister, was flower girl.
The groom's father served as best man, and groomsmen were Andy Francis of Reedsville, his brother, and Derrick St. Clair of Middleport. Brice Hupp of Pomeroy, the bride's brother, was ring bearer, and ushers were Brian Jr. and Michael Hupp of Pomeroy, also her brothers.
The bride is a substitute teacher's aid for Carlton School in Syracuse. The groom, a graduate of Ohio University in Athens with a bachelor's degree in education, is a teacher at St. Mary High School in Pleasant County, W.Va.
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Yard / Site Manager
We require a Yard Manager on a permanent basis for our fast growing Client who specialises in the production and hiring of modular project spaces.
This position will require someone with the skills below.
- Excellent Organisational and Leadership skills.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to man manage, with the aid of supervisors yard and remote workforces
- Ability to achieve deadlines.
- Ability to plan work schedules, stock and materials.
- Quality focused.
- Have a good understanding of Health and Safety preferably NEBOSH or IOSH
- Computer literate
- Previous managerial experience
Previous experience in the hiring sector would be an advantage although not critical
Annual salary of £30,000. Monday - Friday. Working hours 8am - 4.40pm, however must have flexibility
Fantastic opportunity for the right candidate - apply now for a response within 24 hours.
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Are you a shaper and you would like to offer wooden surfboards to your clients? Ever dreamed about making your own wooden surfboard? Would you like to shape your own surfboard but hate all the laminating&glassing processes? Send us your design and we'll build a custom blank according to your specifications, together with a shaping template.
Warning: Last items in stock!
A) BOARD REPLICA
Send us an image of the outline and foil of the board you want to replicate, together with the specifications such as rail profile, concaves, fin configuration... We will design the board and will send you a 3D model to give us the OK.
B) NEW DESIGN
Design the board of your dreams with Akushaper or BoardCAD and send us the file, together with all the essential specifications. The more details we have, the more accurate we'll be.
Each blank comes with a Shaping Template –wich allows to control in every moment and in every corner how far down you can sand–, and the Instruction Manual with all the necessary info.There is a lot of info in the Shaping Template, so it's good to take a while and study all the details. That will give you a good understanding of the entrails of your board, which will help you shape the board with more confidence and accuracy.
SHAPING TOOLS AND GADGETS
Planer: Of course you can shape the whole board with manual tools, but a cheap planer will help a lot.
Disc sander: we recommend using only hard discs for sanding, because soft discs adapt to the different densities of the wood creating a wavy surface. Soft discs can be good to rough sand the rails, but should be used carefully with finer grit sizes.
Sand blocks: it's a good idea to mould a chunk of wood and use it as a sand block to shape the concaves or finetune the rails. It's good exercise too!
Mask: although the paulownia is quite a safe wood it's better to use a simple dust mask, specially while using the disc sander.
The blank comes with its definitive foil and rocker. But keep in mind that wood is not an homogeneous material, you never know exactly how it will react after the bending process in the cold press. That is why you should allow an error of a few milimeters, specially in the nose area.
The blank comes with the exact outline already cut and ready to shape, and since the blank is hollow and is built to make aspecific design, there is little margin to modify the outline. To do so you need to study carefuly the Shaping Template and try to envision what is possible and what is not.
It's important for us to know what kind of fins you'll use and its exact placement: finbox, FCS plugs, Futures, fixed bamboo...
We need to know the kind of concaves you want to make, its depth and placement. We'll take it into account when we build the blank, and we'll add some reinforcement if the concave is deeper than 5mm or too whide.
LEASH PLUG AND PRESSURE VENT
We usually place the pressure vent in the tail area, close to the leash plug, but that is not always possible. We let clear in the Shaping Template where you should place the pressure vent as well as the leash plug.
Of course, you don't have to laminate the board, since all the joints of the blank are already sealed. Once the board is shaped, and the fins, leash plug and vent installed, you only need to protect the wood. You can do it with lin seed oil, which is the greenest option but has its lows. We preffer to apply a first coat of exterior wood preserver (with UV protector); and two or more coats of uncolored satin varnish for outdoor parquet flooring (any of the products available in the market should do well).
Whatever the technique you use, we recommend to apply a first coat of wood protector, which seals the pores and makes a nice, clean surface. This is only a matter of imagination and creativity
All Flama surfboards are handmade one by one, and we don’t make mass production –all come with its serial number–. That is why we allow a period of 8/10 weeks to make your surfboard, a bit less in case of blanks. Once we start with your board, we'll be sending you pictures of the whole process so you can follow how your board is being made
SHIPPING OUTSIDE EU
We discard overseas shipping due to the expensive customs rates. Anyway, if you're super amped and want a Flama surfboard no matter the price, just lets us know and we'll study the best way to make the shipping. Also let us know if you're interested in getting two or more boards, since in this case shipping prices do not vary that much and it can be much affordable.
VISIT WWW.FLAMASURF.COM TO KNOW MORE ABOUT OUR EXCLUSIVE BUILDING METHOD AND HOW WE DO IT.
CHECK THE FLAMA INSTRUCTION MANUAL TO KNOW HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR BOARD.
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Ben Macdui 21/08/04
Munros: Derry Cairngorm, Ben Macdui
Accomplices: Paul, Yvonne
Having climbed one of the toughest mountains in Scotland, it was time to go for one of the highest. Two previous attempts at Ben Macdui had been aborted – one because of bad weather, the other because of Brian’s bad knees! Yvonne decided to join myself and Paul at the last minute, so off we set early one Saturday morning in what looked to be half decent weather.
We were off and walking from the Linn of Dee by 11am and soon reached Derry Lodge, at which point Paul decided we should climb Derry Cairngorm as well rather than continuing up Glen Derry. There was a short shower as we started climbing up from the edge of the forest to the first crags above, but the sun came out and warmed us immediately. Unfortunately the higher we climbed, the worse the weather got, eventually turning to sleet as we neared the final boulder-hopping climb to the summit of Derry Cairngorm. No-one was feeling too happy at this point, but the rain eased shortly after reaching the summit giving us a chance to get some photos at least.
We dropped down North West from the summit and began heading towards the path up from Loch Etchachan, where we would decide whether to continue on to Ben Macdui or drop down out of the weather and head back along Glen Derry. I wasn’t keen on the idea of letting Ben Macdui thwart me again and my argument to continue was aided by the appearance of two cheerful figures through the mist wearing shorts! This strengthened everyone’s resolve, so we pressed on, chatting to our new companions as we went.
After passing some climbers in the corries to our left, we eventually reached the plateau and made the final gradual ascent to the summit cairn of Ben Macdui under the cover of cloud. Miraculously, shortly after reaching the summit the cloud cleared and we caught glimpses of the view of the Cairngorms all around us – enough to make it all seem worthwhile at least!
Not wanting to dwell too long whilst the weather was on our side, we headed back the way we had come to the edge of the plateau and left our new friends to take in Carn a Mhaim. Our way down lay along the ridge from Sron Riach, passing Lochan Uaine far below to our left. The weather wasn’t quite done with us yet and we had to endure several stinging showers of hail before we reached the safety of lower ground, where the temperature began to rise. The final descent was tough on tired knees and feet but at least there was no rain!
Once we were down in the glen, it was just a question of a couple of simple river crossings followed by a long slog back to the car. A couple of fell runners we had seen near the summit caught us up and jumped on the bikes they’d left nearby, making the walk ahead seem even longer for us. The clouds of midges chasing us along Glen Luibeg made that stretch particularly unpleasant, but luckily they eased off after Derry Lodge and let us concentrate on putting one foot in front of another.
A little over 7 hours after setting off, we reached the car and rushed home to recuperate and in my case, beg forgiveness from Yvonne for putting her through it! My other concern was the fact I was planning to mountain bike up Mount Keen the following day with Stuart and Ewan. It had been a tough day, but well worth the hardships endured.
An Teallach 07/08/04
Munros: Bidein a Glas Thuill, Sgurr Fiona
Now that our appetites had been whetted, the decision was made to use a weekend to head to the West coast and get a couple more munros under our belt in the shape of An Teallach. Nothing quite like going in at the deep end!
We set off as early as possible on Friday night hoping to get up to Ullapool in time for the chippy before bed. After driving round looking for a decent parking space we got out of the car to get changed and were immediately engulfed in midges which wasted no time in sinking their jaws into my arms. This resulted in us retreating to the nearest pub and spending as much time time there as we could listening to a ropey duo with their hi-tech keyboard tunes before returning to the car and suffering a miserable night being eaten alive by imaginary midges.
After rising early and hunting for a shop that was open to stock up on refreshments, we found ourselves ready but not quite raring to go in the layby near Dundonnell House by 8 o’clock. After a brief excurison up the wrong side of the Garbh Allt, we began winding our way up through the rhodedendrons until the trees began to thin out. Eventually, the slopes of Glas Mheall Mor and Glas Mheall Liath revealed themselves, with the last of the morning’s cloud clinging to the side as it was burnt off by the sun.
The sun was also having an effect on the two Stella-fuelled mountaineers making their way up to the waterfall at the confluence of the Allt Coir a Ghiubhsachan and the Allt a Ghlas Thuill. A lovely site to spend some time in less hungover circumstances. However, the mission at hand and the ever present threat of midges kept us moving as we turned to the west to follow the lesser burn up to the corrie of Glas Thol. My pounding head made this easy going climb up the decent path a lot less pleasant than it should have been and the usual promises never to drink again were made, to be forgotten at a later date.
Finally, the corrie opened out in front of us as we looked to our right to see the best place to begin the first real slog of the day. It all looked to be of a similar steepness, so we began zig-zagging our way up to the top of Glas Mheall Mor, giving ourselves plenty of breathers and trying not to fall all the way back to the corrie. I eventually lost my head and ran up the last stretch to get it over with, whereas Paul was a little more pragmatic, opting for the slow and steady approach. One look at the view from the top was enough to make the effort worthwhile, with the beauty of the west coast opening out on one side and the hazy mountains surrounding the others.
After having a wee chat with a lady who’d come up the sensible way from near the Dundonnell hotel, we set off to claim our first munro of the day, Bidein a Ghlas Thuill, which lay on the opposite side of the corrie. Upon crossing the col the path took a slightly indirect route to the summit, offset from the ridge’s prow, making the going less steep until turning for a final push to the summit trig point.
After a quick stop for a bite to eat and to take some photos of the upcoming pinnacles and the deep green waters of Loch Toll an Lochain, course was set for Sgurr Fiona, the day’s second munro which lay a short distance across next col. Here the ridge began to narrow slightly, not that the goats grazing halfway down the slope seemed to be bothered. Another pull to the summit and we were on another munro in a little under 40 minutes, a wonderfully exposed place, with views of Lord Berkeley’s Seat to set the pulse racing. Dehydration was beginning to take it’s toll, however, and Paul had used the last of his water already. There was only so long that the remains of my water could keep us going.
A sketchy descent from the summit along the crest of the ridge followed by some hands on scrambling brought us to the narrow connecting ridge before the next ascent, with Lord Berkeley’s Seat towering impossibly above us. A tiny silhouette on the very peak was enough to convince us this was the way to go and we were soon enjoying some real scrambling as we made our way to the best vantage point of the day. The feeling of space on the summit was incredible, especially when standing, which was not too stressful thanks to the complete absence of any wind.
After reluctantly descending from our lofty vantage point, the Corrag Bhuidhe pinnacles stretched out ahead of us. As we debated the wisdom of taking the high route over the lower path, a couple flew along the top in shorts and approach shoes, jumped down and carried on over the Seat. This made the decision for us – so up we went. The going along the top of the ridge was easy enough until we came to the end of the Corrag Bhuidhe Buttress and saw the downclimb that was required to regain the broader ridge below. A fall from this side would take you pretty much to the floor of the corrie below and having read about walkers falling to their death at this very spot, it was an easy decision to backtrack slightly and regain the lower path at a less exposed spot.
After a bit of hairy downclimbing, with not much margin for error, we reached the path without careering down the steep mountainside and continued on along the crumbling path. We descended down a loose path towards the col from which we were supposed to make our way down to Toll an Lochain below, as all thoughts of climbing Sail Liath had disappeared along with the last of our water. Even as we approached the ‘path’ we were a bit dubious as to whether we had the right one, but this was it and no amount of nervous looking over the edge was going to make it any less steep. We took the plunge and started slipping our way down what was to all intents and purposes a run-off for snow melt. The going got easier and firmer as the slope eased and eventually we even managed to get some water at a handy burn halfway down. Sigg bottle water never tasted so good!
Recharged and rehydrated, we made light work of the rest of the descent to the lochan and were soon walking along the quartzite slabs at its head and back down the Coir a Ghuibhsachain, with excellent views of the impressive escarpment on the opposite side. Our route took us down from above the waterfall we passed earlier in the day, rejoining the path through the rhodedendrons and returning us safe and sound to the car. This mountain would be a hard one to beat.
Lochnagar 19/07/04 Munros: Cac Carn Beag Accomplices: Brian, Paul
This was retrospectively my first Munro, since a few days later, myself and Paul decided to take up munro-bagging. It wasn’t the first time I’d climbed it, but we took a more interesting route than usual (courtesy of Ralph Storer) by starting from Invercauld bridge near Braemar. The weather was fair, so Brian was sporting a rather fetching outfit of faded green Speedo shorts, brand new boots and shiny grey hiking socks which he pulled up as high as they would go. The look was completed with a black t-shirt bearing a large picture of Strongbad (Long story). Needless to say, he made Paul and myself look like a couple of rank amateurs.
After a quick photo shoot, we set off down the road from Keiloch and across the A93, crossing the old Invercauld Bridge into Ballochbuie Forest. So began the long slog up out of the forest, made much more pleasant by the fact it is a beautiful place to be. With a wee stop for photos on a wooden observation platform below the Falls of Garbh Allt and a couple more for Brian to take on oxygen we eventually emerged at the deer fence that marks the edge of the forest. The occasion was marked by squirting my platypus hose at Brian’s groin in the hope of a passer-by spotting his wet patch.
We continued up the path for a short distance, before dropping down to our left to cross the Feindallacher Burn and climb the rise of Druim Odhar. This was followed by the usual off-piste heather bashing, peat hag-skirting antics until we reached the banks of the Allt Lochan nan Eun where we picked up a stalker’s path to make the going slightly easier up towards Sandy Loch. All the while, the Stuic began to reveal itself to our right, with Cac Carn Beag of Lochnagar our eventual target ahead.
Brian and Paul wanted to peel away early to get to the base of the Stuic directly so we began the slightly-longer-than-you-think haul up to Loch nan Eun. Upon reaching the loch, the rain came in, putting our scrambling ambitions in jeopardy. We settled down out of the wind behind some rocks to eat a bit of lunch and the rain soon tailed off, leaving us free to begin our ascent.
The Stuic looks quite imposing from the base, but Ralph’s book had assured us it was only a grade 1 scramble so up we went, the rock drying quickly under the reappearing sun. After the initial grassy/stony climb, this was a great scramble and we were soon stripping off our wet weather gear and stopping to admire the breathtaking views across to Ben Avon and the rest of the Cairngorms. Despite the narrow profile of the Stuic it is an easy climb to the top with lots of hands-on moments, but no major exposure, making for an ideal introduction to the world of scrambling. Brian, who had been flagging at the base, suddenly got his eighth wind once the going got vertical and used his non-existent sense of self-preservation to find the more eccentric routes of ascent.
To reach the top of lochnagar was simply a case of following the path round the top of Corrie Lochan nan Eun, striking for the top of Cac Carn Mor, then onwards to Cac Carn Beag. Unfortunately, Paul and myself neglected to tick off Carn a’ Choire Bhoideach on the way, not yet realising that were going to be munroists. After dragging Brian up the hundred metre climb, we diverted to walk along the cliff tops above Corrie of Lochnagar and posed for the obligatory photos atop either side of Black Spout (Easily amused) before continuing to the summit.
After another wee lunch break, with views across to the Stuic and the striking green waters of Loch nan Eun, we began our descent of the north west ridge of Lochnagar, which was mostly boulder field – making hard going for Brian’s rapidly failing knees!
Eventually, the banks of Sandy Loch were reached allowing us to retrace our steps back down to Ballochbuie forest and Keiloch car park. This is definitely the best way to experience Lochnagar, short of getting into proper rock climbing and gave us all the scrambling bug for future escapades.
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After starting 0-4, Cheshire High School boys' tennis won their fifth straight 5-2 against Xavier (4-2). Jackson Ajello and Abdullah Choudhry (6-4, 6-4) and seniors Andrew Carroll and Blake Wetmore (6-3, 6-1) contributed wins in doubles. Junior Nick Anthony (6-1, 7-5), along with sophomores Reilly Eldredge (6-4, 6-4) and David Light (6-4, 6-3), were singles winners.
The Rams visit Joseph Foran (8-3) on Friday at 3:45 p.m.
Girls' Lacrosse (7-1)
Junior Emma Farrel scored four goals to help Cheshire beat host Conard 10-9 for their sixth straight victory. CHS reeled off four goals in a row, two from Farrel, to take a 10-6 lead. The surge held up.
Farrel scored twice before halftime at which CHS led 4-3. Senior Kathleen Kalbian (two assists) and junior Maddy Levy both netted two goals. Senior Alison Hoynes (goal), along with juniors Michelle Federico and Danielle Chambrelli, chipped in assists. Junior Olivia Larson tallied a goal. Sophomore goalkeeper Sierra Ubertalli added five saves.
Cheshire hosts Branford (3-4) on Friday at 7 p.m. CHS won the first meeting 18-8 on April 11.
Boys' Outdoor Track And Field (127 points)
The Rams won the Cheshire Little 'C' Invite. Individual winners were Ethan LaChance (javelin; 129 feet, 7 inches), Andrew Levy (triple jump; 31, 11), Mike Goodrich (high jump; 4, 8), and David Amann (800-meters, 2:21.2). The 4x800-meter team (Russell Jasman, Owen Kennelly, Noah Hollman, George Bonadies; 11:09.9) also took first place.
Softball (7-4; 3-1 in Housatonic Division)
Jonathan Law (6-4) broke a scoreless game in the sixth inning, scoring twice to end Cheshire's three-game win streak. Senior Nicole D'Amato fired 11 strikeouts, giving up just three hits and a walk. Sophomore Sara Como added two hits at the plate.
Cheshire visits North Haven (8-3) on Monday at 7 p.m.
Thursday's varsity schedule:
Girls' Golf (6-0)
The Lady Rams host Newington at 3 p.m.
Boys' Volleyball (6-2)
In a rematch of the 2012 Southern Connecticut Conference won 3-0 by Cheshire, CHS hosts Xavier at 6 p.m.
Boys' Lacrosse (2-5)
Cheshire hosts Northwest Catholic (1-5) at 7 p.m.
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“It’s about praying through the body in your poses with intention,” says the Los Angeles transplant from New Jersey. It’s why Seane Corn focuses her heart-pumping yoga classes on everything from female empowerment to offering selfless service to others to detoxing. Outside of the retreats and classes she teaches, though, she’s perhaps just as well-known for her Off the Mat, Into the World program, which has brought yoga to political conventions, at-risk youth, and the impoverished communities in Cambodia, South Africa, Uganda, Haiti, and India. She stars in several yoga DVDs, including Yoga Journal’s Yoga From the Heart.
How to Change Your Life with Yoga
Cambodia Yoga Challenge
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Just as we want our classrooms to focus on differentiated learning for students, we wanted each of our schools to create a unique plan of attack when implementing the Keys to Success. We put the power in the hands of the principals (and their teachers) to choose how their schools could best address the Keys.
Principals are the ones who know their students and teachers best, and therefore the best steps to take to reach our common goals. For example, students attending one school on the west side of the county have different needs than students on the other side of the district, a more urban area. A blanket plan for all schools was not going to work. Each school was empowered to create its own plan by engaging teachers and staffs into the Keys’ strategic planning and budget preparation; as a result, teachers entered the school year laser-focused on what they needed to do in the upcoming school year to address our Keys at a classroom level.
To meet Key No. 1’s mandate that all students should be reading at grade level by third grade, many schools requested more access to books. Our elementary and middle schools adopted myON, a digital literacy environment that provides more than 10,000 digital books to match students’ interest and ability level. When students take state exams, those scores only tell you if a student can answer a question right or not. With myON, we can take a new approach to literacy assessment: measuring reading with reading. The built-in Lexile exams and reporting features let teachers measure how close students are to reading at grade level, and allow them to provide digital intervention if students start to fall behind.
96 new instructional coaches and no new hires
Based on our conversations when building the Keys, my leadership team and I knew we had to provide our teachers with more ongoing training on project-based learning, how to use data to drive instruction, and true differentiation. Instead of hiring a variety of instructional coaches, we wanted to utilize the talent and drive of our teachers already on staff and in the trenches, doing the good work.
As a result of this initiative, we now have 96 instructional coaches—all current Maury County classroom educators—focused on working with teachers in each school to better manage their classrooms and differentiate their instruction for students at a wide range of ability levels. Each of the coaches receive both soft and hard skills training; time out of the classroom, during the day, to do their work; and a stipend to compensate them for the additional hours they work beyond their contract. Each of the coaches went through panel interviews at their own schools and were selected by their peers for the positions. We saw all of these buy-in pieces as a recipe for success.
Our coaches help teachers “rethink” formative assessments and assess students more often than at the end of a unit or semester. Less formal, more frequent assessments allow teachers to adjust the curriculum to match our students’ varying ability levels and put each one on track to meet the Key goals on time.
Nobody said basing your entire curriculum on seven goals and differentiated learning would be easy, but, in Maury County we’re doing it—and doing it well. With the help of our school-based instructional coaches, digital curriculum catered to student interests, and our seven Keys to Success, we’ve created a sustainable approach to educating each of our students that everyone in the community can be proud of.
- TC- What student choice and agency actually looks like - November 15, 2016
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- App of the Week: Science sensor meets your smartphone - November 14, 2016
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Windows and doors comprise up to 15% of a home’s total wall space, making a significant impact on its overall beauty and energy efficiency. Upgrading windows and doors can provide you with an excellent opportunity to improve your energy savings, safeguard your home, and increase your curb appeal.
With countless windows and door styles, materials, accessories, and designs to consider, this process may not be as straightforward as you think. You may need to have a well-defined plan for your replacement doors and windows. Here are five key points to remember when picking out your preferred units.
1. Frame Material
Your chosen frame material may have a major effect on your window and door aesthetics, as well as on your home’s energy efficiency. A vinyl frame is virtually maintenance-free, with high resistance to corrosion and rot. Aluminum frames for your replacement windows provide a strong yet malleable option. Wooden windows and doors, on the other hand, have a timeless elegance that cannot be matched by any other material. However, you may have to contend with the high maintenance requirements. Fiberglass frames provide the best insulation properties, expanding and contracting at the same rate as the glass they hold. Consult the window and door experts for the best frame material to suit your needs.
2. Energy Efficiency
Upgrading windows and doors will present you with an opportunity to replace the old and worn-out pieces that could be letting in cold drafts into your home. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that 30% of a home’s heating energy is lost through the windows. Glazing your glass can reduce energy losses by up to 5%.
To add to your energy efficiency even further, purchase replacement doors and windows with an ENERGY STAR label. Review the rating on the energy performance label provided by the National Fenestration Rating Council. You can also consult your window and door provider for recommendations that prioritize energy efficiency and overall sustainability.
3. Design and Style
You can’t pass up the chance to spruce up your home by upgrading windows and doors. The replacement windows and doors you pick will set the mood and tone for your property. You can pick the best operating style from a wide range of options, including awnings, casings, sliders, and many more. You can also opt for sliding glass doors, traditional hinged French doors, steel entry doors, and others for your renovation project. Think of the overall theme in your home before settling for any window and door option.
4. Glass Type
The pattern and size of the glass of your windows and doors are also important features to keep in mind. You may need to find a balance between prioritizing your home’s insulation and basing a decision on aesthetics. Glazing your window and door glasses can help increase your privacy and reduce energy loss. Ensure that the pattern chosen fits your home design. Two or three paned glasses may provide better energy efficiency for your home.
Finally, you may need to factor in the right fixtures and fittings to accentuate your windows and doors. Take time to pick out the right handles. These accessories should have the right detailing to match your home’s overall theme. Upgrading windows and doors also mean revamping your security measures. Ensure that the locking mechanism meets your local force entry codes to help fortify your house against burglars.
Upgrading windows and doors is an exciting project to undertake for your home. You may need to figure out the material, design, accessories, and energy efficiency for your new windows. All American Door Inc. can help you find the right windows and doors to suit your style. For more information, please contact us today.
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Elegante Media consists of a small team of creatives who love weddings, telling stories, and capturing emotions. We are passionate about creating beautiful wedding films that capture the heart and be cherished for a lifetime.
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At a recent meeting of the American Economic Association, the AEA began tackling some important ethical issues, according to this article in The Economist.
Economics has internalised the views of rich patrons, according to Luigi
Zingales of the University of Chicago. His scathing analysis of journal
publications revealed that papers providing justification for high
executive pay were 55% more likely to be published than those opposed,
and were more heavily cited by others.
A paper presented by Atif Mian of the University of California,
Berkeley, Amir Sufi of the University of Chicago and Francesco Trebbi of
the University of British Columbia, laid out why good policy is often
most difficult to implement in the wake of a financial crisis...a redistribution of wealth from creditors to debtors could potentially
benefit both groups by averting a deep downturn. Yet even though debtors
are many, such redistributions are few. Effective lobbying by a few,
concentrated creditors helps hold back a populist tide: a few powerful
banks, for instance, may be better able to influence legislators than
millions of homeowners.
Comment: this is very interesting, and lends support to something I am thinking about but have not yet written about, which is that the current situation of extreme and growing inequity is not good for anyone, not even the 1%. For example, what good will extreme wealth do for the 1% when everyone's favorite island nation getaways are under water due to global warming? If we continue on our current path of destroying our precious water supplies through using increasingly dangerous methods of obtaining oil and gas such as hydraulic fracturing or putting pipelines to carry oil sands oil - with leaking inevitable - right through key watersheds as per the first Keystone Pipeline proposal - it is only a matter of time before all of us are drinking poisoned water and eating food supplied by poisoned water - including the 1% and their loved ones*. The only sane way forward, from my perspective, is to remove the divide between the 99% and the 1% and become one, or the 100%, living and working in harmony with each other, and with our environment.
* perhaps the 1% is thinking no problem, they will just buy what little clean water and food there is left and to heck with the rest of us. My response: from whom will you buy this? A company that puts profit before everything, and is subject to no government regulation? (postscript Feb 4 2012).
Thanks to Kyle Thompson for the pointer to the Economist article.
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Features of dog training in the SCD "Netto_197".
The main provisions of this methodology:
In our school, the author's method
is used in the preparation of dogs.
The peculiarity of this technique is that the dog training process takes place without "physical" and "technical" violence, that is, with the minimum possible amount of physical correction, as a result of which the dog has much more positive emotions from classes than negative ones. Thus, the reliability of the dog in work and its controllability are significantly increased.
- development of the dog's desire to cooperate with a person,
- the ability of the guide to explain his requirements to the dog,
- the ability of a guide to understand his dog.
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Like many of you, we are astonished, outraged and saddened by the racist violence and the injustices faced by people of color in this country, most recently by the killings of Alton Sterling in Louisiana and Philando Castile in Minnesota. We agree with Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) who was quoted today in the Washington Post as saying, “There is a systematic targeting of African Americans and a systematic lack of accountability.” Whose job is it to hold our community leaders and law enforcement accountable? It is ours – all of ours. But that is not all we must do – there is so much work to be done to combat this crisis – a crisis which is not new, but thanks to communication technology, is increasingly coming to light.
We must stand together in outrage. We must join the protests – physically in our city, state and federal communities; not just in writing on social media.
We must acknowledge how each of us has contributed to the culture of racism and violence perpetuating in our society, even if we didn’t intend to. We must take the necessary steps to change this, even if we are having difficulty seeing how it directly affects our own lives.
We must talk about this with each other. We must bring the conversations back to emphasize that the executions of black people by police officers is about racism. Period. This isn’t about the circumstances, and no explanation of circumstances excuses the actions of law enforcement. What we all know is that white people in the exact same circumstances would not be shot and killed in the same way. Let’s remember that these are illegal killings, yet the officers involved are not being held accountable and the victims are not getting any justice.
What constitutes justice for someone who lost their loved one in an act of racist violence? Perhaps the best we can do to honor the people who lost their lives is to come together and end these injustices once and for all.
Join the protests. Stand and rally with the activist groups in your communities who are organizing demonstrations.
Demand for your leaders in your local community, state, and federal governments to take action. Demand it from the Department of Justice.
Put your money where your mouth is. Donate to and join organizations working on the front lines of this issue:
Campaign Zero: http://www.joincampaignzero.org/#vision
Showing Up for Racial Justice: http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/splash?splash=1
Educate yourself and the people in your life and challenge them to think and act differently. Ask them to join you in making real change. Don’t allow them to divert attention away from the real issue – bring them back to what is at its core.
Police violence against people of color is absolutely a reproductive justice issue. As Monica Raye Simpson, Executive Director of SisterSong states, “While there is without a doubt an epidemic of police violence and brutality against Black men and women and the overall need to address injustice in the criminal justice system, racism and white supremacy filters through every system and every community in this country. This is so much bigger than one system. It starts young when Black boys and girls are 3.5 times more likely than their white classmates to be suspended or expelled and continues throughout our lives when we are overrepresented in low wage jobs, experience higher rates of unemployment and continue to face huge disparities in access to quality health care resulting in much poorer outcomes and a maternal health crisis.”
It is our responsibility to stop the culture of racism and violence. It is time to stop standing on the sidelines and act now.
Below are some articles/blogs/images worth reading and sharing:
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Five References to Dallas in Pop Culture
Is everyone so excited for the new season of Dallas? Oh, you are actually excited? Then you should join our friends at Mixmaster tonight at the Angelika for a screening of the first episode of the new show. We even made you a drinking schedule!
So, to get you nice and limbered up for the big night, here are a few shows and songs that have referenced Dallas in the 30 years since the show first aired.
In one of his more sentimental songs, Hank Williams Jr. says, "This ain't Dallas, and this ain't Dynasty/This is a real-life two job working family."
The '80s British television show The Young Ones spoofed Dallas in a dream sequence.
Well, of course there's a rapper named JR Ewing.
And of course we've got our own local tie to the ghost of Jock Ewing, in the form of George Quartz. Here's his bumper for the Texas Theatre.
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Christmas Bells Necklace, Silver/Black
Bell necklaces are great for Christmas celebrations and nature festivals. Bells have long been used by shaman of many cultures to scare off dark and negative energies. People of many cultures are known to have used bells for scaring away anything that seems out of normal state of living, even harsh winds or weather patterns. Bells are also used to call people in Churches for prayer and celebrate weddings. Bells are also used for practical purposes like calling children into school or some public transport such as trams. Bells are used in ceremonial dances of many cultures to celebrate joy and happiness.
Length: 92cm, knot firmly to your desired length.
Ancient Realms is designed and handcrafted in Australia by – Sharon Bush, B.A. History/Ancient History U.N.E
Symbolic Ceremonial Spiritual
www.sacredliving.com.au Instagram: Sacred_Living
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Galaxy S4 is amazing right out of the box, but if you want to get the most of out your S4 or S4 Mini, start here. With clear instructions and savvy advice from technology expert Preston Gralla, you’ll learn how to go online, play games, listen to music, watch movies & TV, monitor your health, and answer calls with a wave of your hand.
The important stuff you need to know:
- Be connected. Browse the Web, manage email, and download apps through WiFi or S4’s 3G/4G network.
- Navigate without touch. Use Air Gestures with your hand, or scroll with your eyes using Smart Screen.
- Find new ways to link up. Chat, videochat, and add photos, video, or entire slideshows to text messages.
- Get together with Group Play. Play games or share pictures, documents, and music with others nearby.
- Create amazing images. Shoot and edit photos and videos—and combine images from the front and back cameras.
- Keep music in the cloud. Use Google Play Music to store and access tunes.
- Check your schedule. Sync the S4 with your Google and Outlook calendars.
Table of Contents
Part I: The Basics
Chapter 1. The Guided Tour
Chapter 2. Typing, Texting, and Searching
Chapter 3. Phone Calls
Part II: The Built-In Features
Chapter 4. Music
Chapter 5. Camera, Photos, and Video
Chapter 6. Maps and Navigation
Chapter 7. Calendar
Part III: The Galaxy S4 Online
Chapter 8. Getting Online: WiFi, 3G/4G, and Mobile Hotspots
Chapter 9. The Web
Chapter 10. Email and Gmail
Chapter 11. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Chat, and Videochat
Chapter 12. Downloading and Using Apps
Part IV: Advanced Features
Chapter 13. Transferring Music, Videos, Pictures, and Other Files, and Using Group Play
Chapter 14. Taking the Galaxy S4 to Work
Chapter 15. Google Now and Voice Search and Control
Chapter 16. Settings
Part V: Appendixes
Appendix A. Setup and Signup
Appendix B. Accessories
Appendix C. Troubleshooting and Maintenance
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paper: Purely Pomegranate, Perhaps by Basic Grey, Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Bazzil
ink: Colorbox Chalk in Dark Peony, Certainly Celery
accessories: ribbon by May Arts, brad by Making Memories, Prima flower, paper piercer, Mat pack, round tab punch
I had some scraps lying on my desk after a scrapbook page project. When I saw Beate's tutorial on SCS, the scraps went to good use. Her directions and measurements are so awesome. It was probably one of the most fun cards to put together. Thanks for stopping by!
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Even though the WordPress content management system is a great system, it still runs the risk of being attacked and its security compromised. Once this happens it can cause a great many problems to the company and network. As well as the damage it can do to your business, it can also leave you open to accusations of not taking security seriously. If there are concerns that your accounts system is compromised, people could not want to deal with you as much.
It could also lead to you losing data that will prevent you marketing effectively or keeping track of people who support you. To prevent such damage, it is vital that backups are in place, and with wordPress backup and restore systems, you can consider yourself covered. If you have this in place, you will soon be up and running after an incident and your business will not suffer too much. Understanding what is out there for you will help when it comes to setting up your system.
WordPress Back-Up – This will carry out the backup as a matter of course as soon as it is connected to the computer. The plug in will do all the work as long as it is set to automation. If you want to do it at additional times, then just apply another date to the schedule. The basic system is free but if you want to be even more secure then you can pay for additional extensions that are compatible. Dropbox and Windows Azure fall into the latter category, and you will notice the difference once they have been added.
Duplicator – As well as duplication, this will come in handy if you are looking at site migration. Everything that is important to you can be kept in the one package. This will include core files and plugins. As long as it is stored as a zip file, you will be able to use another service to host it or even put it into another website. If this is the system that you choose you may need some help as this is not for the inexperienced user. A bit of techie knowledge is required.
VaultPress – This is a form of security as well as being a backup plugin. Malware and viruses are rife and as a result, you will feel more secure when using this. With it being a business account it helps that it prevents you receiving a lot of SPAM and keeps you known as a reputable company. You will need to buy a license each month if you want to use this, and while casual users may not want to do this, it is important for the seasoned site owner. Check out the cost in advance.
Updraft Plus – This plug in is incredible easy to use and also one of the most versatile. With just the one click, you can instigate a backup, arrange restoration, shift content and then copy the entire site. Again, this is a plug in which is free, but if you want advanced features such as encryption, a premium license will need to be held. Before deciding what to use it will be a good idea to compare what each system has to offer. There is bound to be something in one of them that makes them stand out from the others.
Conclusion – WordPress backup and restore is an important part of looking after your site. There may be times when you feel you only need basic security, but to make sure you are always covered, you will be better off if you opt for a comprehensive one.…
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Landon Group, headquartered in the Twin Cities, knows what it takes to structure and finance successful affordable housing developments.
We work with a broad spectrum of developers and real estate owners, from national for-profit housing developers looking for specialized expertise or extra capacity on a funding application, to new nonprofit developers needing full-service project management.
Landon Group’s accomplishments include preeminent, award-winning affordable housing and community developments in the Twin Cities and across Minnesota.
Our success with guiding complex projects through to completion is unparalleled. We have helped structure and secure over $580 million in financing, leveraged hundreds of millions of dollars of additional resources, and played key roles on the development teams of award-winning projects. A number of Landon Group clients have received awards for the unique qualities of their developments:
- 2700 University, Blue Line Flats, Broadway Flats, Mill City Quarter, and Seward Towers were recognized by Finance and Commerce in its “Top Projects of 2016” series.
- Midway Village, the expansion project of Episcopal Homes in Saint Paul, and West Broadway Crescent, a development of CommonBond Communities were both recognized by Finance and Commerce in its “Top Projects Series of 2014.”
- The Midway Chamber of Commerce awarded Episcopal Homes with the 2015 Non-Profit-of-the-Year Award for its community-centered diligence, as well as for-profit organization partnerships.
- Park Manor Estates, development of The Schuett Companies, Inc., received a prestigious Development of Distinction award in 2014 from Novogradac & Company LLP as the “Low Income Housing Tax Credit Development that Best Preserves Existing Affordable Rental Housing.”
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This afternoon, I have the great fortune to be sitting in on a program by the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession on “Deconstructing Racial Bias.” Their first speaker was Sharon Jones, the CEO of Jones Diversity Inc. and author of Mastering the Game: Strategies for Career Success. She had many brilliant and sobering things to share with the audience, but the one that she left us with was the idea that firms and companies shouldn’t be striving for color-blindness. You may be familiar with this idea as people saying “I don’t see color,” or “the ideal world is where we don’t recognize color.” But what we should be striving for instead is color-inclusion.
Monthly Archives: January 2021
Have you tested positive in an anti-doping test? You are probably wondering what to do now.
Below are 10 suggestions of steps to consider: Read more…
The enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, H.R. 133 on Dec. 27, 2020 (the “Stimulus Act”) was unprecedented for its scope and for the length of the legislation. It provided much needed relief to many sectors of the United States still struggling from the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic through a combination of funding for government programs, renewal of the Paycheck Protection Program, and extension or expansion of a multitude of expiring tax incentives. The act combines a $1.4 trillion extension of government funding with nearly $1 trillion in new stimulus measures. The various tax provisions amount to approximately one-third of the nearly $328-billion total of the act’s stimulus measures. Read more…
Our colleagues Peter Steinmeyer and Brian Spang have co-authored an article in Law360, titled “Trade Secrets Law 25 Years After PepsiCo Disclosure Case.” (Read the full version – subscription required.)
Following is an excerpt:
Twenty-five years ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued what many at the time perceived as a landmark decision, PepsiCo Inc. v. Redmond, in which the court applied the concept of inevitable disclosure of trade secrets to affirm an injunction prohibiting a senior executive from taking a similar position at a direct competitor.
We’re pleased to share the 2021 update of “Non-Compete Laws: Connecticut,” a Q&A guide published by Thomson Reuters Practical Law.
Following is an excerpt (see below to download the full version in PDF format):
To close out 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) recently issued two new opinion letters addressing overtime payments for caregivers and travel time for partial-day teleworkers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). We recommend a close review of these opinion letters as they offer a helpful overview of key FLSA principles and may provide answers to questions shared by numerous employers.
As of December 29, 2020, Michigan employers are no longer required to permit employees to self-quarantine for up to 14 days due to alleged close contact with an individual displaying COVID-19 symptoms. Recent amendments to Michigan’s Anti-Retaliation COVID-19 law reflect updated CDC guidance reducing the recommended length of quarantine for individuals who suspect exposure to COVID-19. Previous CDC guidance recommended that individuals quarantine for up to 14 days following close contact with an individual displaying COVID-19 symptoms. Now, the CDC recommends a 10-day quarantine, without testing or symptoms, and a 7-day quarantine with a negative diagnostic test and no symptoms, following close contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19. The law still prohibits employers from taking adverse action against employees who are absent from work due to COVID-19.
In December 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) updated the list of its active work plan categories that will be subject to audit in 2021. This list is an underutilized official preview of what healthcare providers should expect – and therefore focus on – in terms of fraud and abuse and compliance audits from the government. The list is free and publicly available to all. The newly published 2021 list notably includes review of standard Medicare Part B payments for psychotherapy services, as well as telehealth services provided during the Coronavirus Public Health Emergency (PHE). Read more…
DOL’s Final Rule on Investment Duties of ERISA Fiduciaries and Its Impact on Retirement Plan ESG Investing
On October 30, 2020, the Department of Labor (DOL) adopted the Final Rule amending the Investment Duties DOL Regulation, §2550.404a-1, which governs the obligations of ERISA fiduciaries when selecting investments for ERISA plans. The Final Rule made several changes to the June 2020 Proposed Rule, which proposed to define the duties of fiduciaries when considering investments that promote environmental, social, and corporate governance goals (ESG investments). As reported here, DOL received extensive and largely negative comments to the Proposed Rule and most of the objections concerned the treatment of ESG investments.
HITECH Act Amendment Incentivizes Adoption of NIST and Other Recognized Cybersecurity Safeguards as a Defense or Mitigation to HIPAA Enforcement
On January 5, 2020, HR 7898, became law amending the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act), 42 U.S.C. 17931, to require that “recognized cybersecurity practices” be considered by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) in determining any Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) fines, audit results or mitigation remedies. The new law provides a strong incentive to covered entities and business associates to adopt “recognized cybersecurity practices” and risk reduction frameworks when complying with the HIPAA privacy and security standards to reduce risk associated with security threats and HHS enforcement determinations. Specifically, the earlier adoption of an established, formalized and recognized cybersecurity framework, may significantly insulate entities from regulatory enforcement in the wake of subsequent security incidents or data breaches.
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2021-10-25T11:31:29Z
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John Campbell, of Boiling Spring, Beverley Manor
Facts and Events
||John Campbell, of Boiling Spring, Beverley Manor
||to Rebecca White
John Campbell was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
Early Land Acquisition in Augusta County, VA
John Campbell's land (SE, 247 acres, 1749 (listed as 325 acres, 1745 on Hildebrand map, but this tract in Chalkley's is written as 247 acres, 1749, as listed below) as shown on the map meticulously drawn by J.R. Hildebrand, cartographer. This map is copyrighted©, used by permission of John Hildebrand, son of J.R. Hildebrand, April, 2009.
- Page 559.—28th February, 1749. Same (From William Beverley) to John Campbell, 247 acres on Beverley Manor on South River. Manor line. Corner William Patterson; Joseph Tees' line. Teste: William Petterson and Richard Pillson, William Johnston. (Note: the Hildebrand Map lists this tract as "325 acres", it is located very nearby the 570-acre tract acquired by John's father, James Campbell from James Davis in 1746).
John Campbell also acquired land from his father, James Campbell, as listed in record below:
Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:
- Page 125.--18th November, 1787. John Campbell, Sr., to James Steel, part of 570 acres formerly property of James Campbell, deceased, and sold to James Steel by consent of said John Campbell, joining John Cloid's part of said tract. Teste: Geo. Hutcheson Ben. Stuart, Andrew Fulton, Robert Bell.
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley’s Augusta County Records:
- Page 503.--18th August, 1761. William ( ) Patterson (Petterson) and Agness ( ) to James Bell, £120, 247 acres in Beverley Manor on South River of Shanandoe, conveyed to William by Beverley, 26th February, 1749; cor. John Campbell in the Manor line, Joseph Teas' line; cor. said Teas and McClure; cor. Archibald Stuart. Delivered: Jas. Bell, 1768. (Note: this land was adjoining John Campbell's 325-acre patent in SE Beverley Manor)
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Originally Posted by SKI008
You sure they aren't just torqued in tight? If you look down the barrel can you see a ring where the control bore ends?
And I agree those look like cocker threads.
Sweet, Appreciate the help! So most likely it is cocker threads, good to know.
And i tried with everything i had to twist it, didnt budge. It looks like all one piece but i agree from the pictures it looks like there is a break.
All these words are new to me (Control bore? lol)
Here is another angle
Edit: I have about 20 different new barrels that i cannot identify. If someone can help me i can maybe work something out with you.
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Meet ‘My name is Simone’. Original characters such as a superhero from a B movie, Jean-Louis an accountant and my own favorite… Mister K.
‘My name is Simone’ is founded by Caroline Castagna-Suarez. Originally from Toulouse, France, she left after graduating high school to discover Paris and studied art. It’s when she started working as an artistic director when she realised adulthood was not all that fun. Caroline decided to create a universe of very unique characters, poking fun at daily life and fighting against the seriousness that comes with growing old. Each of the characters has it’s own name, story and personality. Styled with glasses and moustaches the characters look funny and a little retro.
My favourite Mister K is from the Paris-Paris collection, a tribute to all the great names of Couture. She also designed a Rock’n Dolls collection, a tribute to the great names of Pop Music.
The decorative toys of ‘My name is Simone are made from 100% Bio Cotton. Aren’t the bright and vibrant colours of the dolls hard to resist!? I believe it would make the perfect gift for children!
Shop ‘My name is Simone’ at Mes Habits Chéris.
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An Anderson woman was injured on November 16th when she was struck by a tractor trailer heading down I-69. According to The Herald Bulletin, witnesses to the trucking accident claim that they had been trying to calm the woman down but that she then ran in front of the truck in what is believed to have been a suicide attempt. The truck driver had slowed down because he was trying to merge into a different lane. The woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment of a broken pelvis, leg and arm and a cut to the forehead. For more information on this Anderson trucking accident, click here.
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PKO Bank Polski earnings: here's what to expect
- On November 7, PKO Bank Polski will release figures for the most recent quarter.
- Wall Street analysts expect PKO Bank Polski will release earnings per share of PLN 0.990.
- Go here to follow PKO Bank Polski stock price in real-time ahead of earnings.
PKO Bank Polski will release figures for Q3 on November 7.
1 analyst expects earnings of PLN 0.990 per share as opposed to earnings of PLN 0.830 per share in the same quarter of the previous year.
PKO Bank Polski is expected to report sales of PLN 3.24 billion, an increase of 3.72% over the same period last year.
Analysts expect a profit of PLN 3.39 per share this year. A year earlier, the company earned PLN 2.99 per share.
This story was written by Markets Insider's RoboEddy, which automatically writes these stories based on data provided by our partners.
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So, my friend Elaine, Olivia and I go to eat lunch at Happy Chef restaurant in Bellevue, WA. Elaine is allergic to nuts. She waits until the waiter gets to our table to ask what’s nut free while Olivia and I happily read through the menu and figure out what we want. Two opportunities lost… Continue reading Smart tables
A wise friend of mine, Freddy Park once told me User Experience is not about the screens you see on your favorite mobile app. Its what you feel when you go from one screen to another. I paused and thought about this for a while, and it was eye opening. I see User Experience everywhere… Continue reading General Assembly – UX day
I started cross fit 3 weeks ago and its AWESOME. More than the exercise, I like the attitude we are taught to develop in these classes. Attitude towards exercising, posture, food and living. One of the effective alternatives to diets we were taught and I think its brilliant – No Carbs/Sugar after 3pm Reasoning behind:… Continue reading CrossFit
Traditional campaigns of distributing leaflets and brochures as well as posting flyers and posters around the campus in addition to sending mass emails might attract some students but these traditional campaigns don’t engage students at a level that helps them see the value of becoming an Amazon customer for life. To create a powerful and… Continue reading How should Amazon increase awareness of “Amazon Student” program?
Quoting Paul Maritz – I think that in any great leadership team, you find at least four personalities, and you never find all four of those personalities in a single person. You need to have somebody who is a strategist or visionary, who sets the goals for where the organization needs to go. You need… Continue reading Personalities needed
We’re learning many analysis ratios in Accounting Class. This one is an interesting graph of the profit margins of various industries wrt to how quickly they turn over the assets.
Ingredients: 1.5 pounds of ground turkey I buy 99% fat free, but you can get the 93% one. Holds way more taste and dries up way less 1 large onion Yellow is better than red or white. If you have the patience, go for the tiny tiny indian onions! More flavor 1 small tomato Tomato… Continue reading I named it “dream turkey” to aptly describe how it all began 🙂
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A recent Pew Research survey found more than half of seniors are using the internet, and while it revealed that more older adults are embracing technology than ever before, it did not examine older adults' feelings about the latest devices and advancements. However, a newer study suggests older adults keep up with technology because they realize it can make their lives easier.
The survey was conducted by the software company Perion Network and targeted nearly 3,000 respondents 45 years or older. While about 88.5 percent of the respondents considered themselves slow to adopt new technology, the study also revealed around 79 percent find new devices fun and enjoyable.
Researchers also found that of all the latest gadgets, tablet computers such as the iPad were the most popular among older adults. Despite being relatively new, analysts say they're popular in the over-50 crowd because seniors recognize the potential benefits they hold for senior living.
"Tablets are easy to use and functional, so boomers, who are traditionally later adopters of technology, are amongst the early users," according to industry insider Adam Goodvach.
There are a number of distinct advantages that tablets such as the iPad offer seniors. Perhaps most importantly, it gives user the option to easily enlarge print, which will certainly be welcome for older adults whose vision may be impaired, Forbes reports.
Additionally, staying connected with friends and family members is important to many seniors living in retirement communities, and tablets offer them an easy way to do so without having to sit down at a computer. Reading and responding to emails and looking at family photo albums are all easy to do.
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Building offshore teams used to be routine for only companies at the big end of town. Not anymore. In today’s business landscape, small to medium sized businesses are in a great position to take advantage of the cost-savings and productivity that comes with building an offshore workforce.
For companies in Australia, there is no place more attractive for virtual workers than the Philippines. With over 100 million people, the Philippines is becoming a hotbed of talent for international companies to choose from. There are four main reasons why it is so advantageous for Australian companies to outsource to the Philippines.
The Philippines is in the same time zone as Western Australia. When building an offshore team, time zone is a critical component as it’s very hard to integrate someone into your team, from a cultural and work productivity standpoint.
The people of the Philippines are well known for their English skills. Due to the American and western influence, most Filipinos start learning English in school from a very young age. It’s not farfetched to get staff who speak nearly perfect English with a very neutral accent.
Typically, home-based staff and virtual assistants in the Philippines are up to 80% less than local resources. Cost of living is so low that it has kept hourly rates down.
Highly skilled labour
Just because you’re paying a fraction doesn’t mean you should expect a fraction of the productivity or effectiveness a local worker could provide. There are around 500,000 new university graduates per year in the Philippines; many who work for international companies upon completion.
So, what can you use a virtual assistant for? Below are the top 10 areas Australian companies are currently employing staff in the Philippines.
1) Bookkeeping and accounts
From $7 per hour, you can hire a bookkeeper, accounts receivable, or accounts payable worker from the Philippines. Our candidates will have experience in Xero, MYOB, Quickbooks and Australian accounting methods.
2) Market research
This is important to the success of any business, no matter what size. Outsourcing research to a virtual assistant will help you to find objective and relevant information, analyse said information, and deliver the results in a clear format. This and also help your sales and marketing team identify new markets and prospective sales leads.
Imagine all of the menial tasks you and your team do every single day. There is no reason you should be doing them yourself when you can get someone just as good for a fraction of what your time is worth! Think about delegating calendar management, scheduling appointments, researching flights and more.
4) Customer and technical support
Outsourcing customer support is a cost-effective solution, providing flexibility across different shifts and time zones, which can be invaluable for individual businesses that do not have the same resources as a large company. Providing technical and administrative support, and a range of email, phones, and live chat support on demand is critical. Your customer support can be outsourced to a virtual assistant with excellent communication skills and years of experience.
5) Web development and graphic design
With remote project management tools and cloud-based systems, it’s easier than ever to employ technical staff offshore. Consider adding web developers, systems admin, or design staff to your local team.
6) Content writing
Getting the right message to your target audience is important and takes time when formulating the right words in an effective way to achieve cut-through. Have some or all of your content written for you – from web material and newsletters, to blogs, brochures and presentations – with an experienced virtual writer.
7) Sales assistance
Managing leads, clients and milestones is critical to selling but can be extremely time consuming. A virtual assistant will save you time by managing new sales leads and your customer relationship management system, giving you more time to focus on generating additional leads and translating those leads into sales. Hire virtual sales workers to help your current business development team maximize their time; which will lead to more client meetings and ultimately sales.
8) Data entry
Almost every business has some form of data entry component. It’s basic, process driven work that is one of the best tasks to outsource to a virtual assistant from the Philippines.
9) Email management
Sorting through emails throughout the day is a mundane and time-consuming task. A virtual assistant can help to organise, sort, create folders, file, delete spam and manage priority mail on a daily basis.
10 Social media
Hiring a virtual assistant to help with social media could end up proving invaluable. The best way to utilise them is to help out with postings, responding to comments, and scheduling posts.
Virtual Coworker provides a range of convenient, easy and cost-effective services, and world-class management through time-tracking software, allowing individual businesses more time to focus on business strategy and clients. If you’re interested in how your business could start building a team in the Philippines, get in touch with our Sydney office today.
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Random music news for Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Wanna see exactly how creepy and invasive Facebook is? Take a look at this. Once you’ve regained your composure, take a look at music news for April 14, 2021.
- M.I.A. has launched a campaign to raise money for the people of St. Vincent who are suffering from a massive volcano situation.
- A vaccine concert? Yup.
- Iron Maiden says they won’t be touring until 2022.
- Apple’s next event is coming up on the 20th. New iPads and more coming.
- Has the right wing taken over protest music? Discuss. (Via Sean)
- No, Beyonce hasn’t bought DMX’s master recordings…
- …and beware of a scam GoFundMe campaign purporting to raise money for DMX’s family.
- Even when we get back to concerts and festivals, livestreaming is not going away. See?
- Soft Cell (“Tainted Love”) is back with an album for the first time in twenty years…
- …and the Black Keys will soon return with an album of blues covers.
- Exodus drummer Tom Hunting has been diagnosed with a rare cancerous gastric tumor.
- The guitar used by Kirk Hammett on Metallica’s “One” has sold for big dollars at auction.
- You can’t call 911 just because your neighbour is a bad singer.
- Looking for an odd music video? Here you go.
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Mark Buehrle and his family are getting ready to move to Canada. Buehrle’s dog Slater, however, won’t be able to make the trip.
The MLB pitcher was recently traded to the Toronto Blue Jays, and pit bulls are not allowed in the province of Ontario. That means that Slater, an American Staffordshire terrier (a pit bull breed), will not be allowed in the country. Buehrle hasn’t made any announcement about the location of his new residence, but, judging by the dedicated animal lover’s past decisions, Buehle may be making a long commute from Quebec.
Buehrle faced a similar problem when he played for the Miami Marlins. Miami-Dade County also has a pit bull ban, so the MLB pitcher decided to set up camp in Broward County. Buehle had to drive a few extra miles to the field, but he also got to keep his dog.
That could be a little more difficult this time around.
Quebec is the closest major city in Canada that allows pit bulls. That’s a 6 hour drive. Buehrle may also choose to live in Buffalo, New York. Buffalo is only a couple of hours from Toronto, but the MLB player would have to deal with crossing the border every day.
Buehrle and his wife started a petition in Miami to get the pit bull ban lifted, and they’ll probably try to do the same in Toronto. For now, however, it looks like Buehrle is going to have to get used to a long commute if he wants to keep his dog Slater.
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September 18, 2013
THE ACADEMY CELEBRATES SATYAJIT RAY RESTORATIONS
19 FILMS PRESERVED BY THE ACADEMY FILM ARCHIVE TO BE PRESENTED IN LOS ANGELES, LONDON AND VIENNA.
Photo: Front Cover of a book on Satyajit Ray.
Photo: Actress Sharmila Tagore prior to screenings of “Pather Panchali” and “Aparajito,” presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday, September 6, 2013 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. Photo Credit: Todd Wawrychuk. © Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, in celebration of the restoration of 19 Satyajit Ray films by the Academy Film Archive, is presenting new prints of the prolific filmmaker’s renowned early works. [The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is the world’s preeminent movie-related organization and is known around the world for its annual Academy Awards, now officially known as The Oscars.]
The two-evening screening series kicked off with a double feature of 1955’s “Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road)” and 1956’s “Aparajito (The Unvanquished)” on Friday, September 6 and concluded with 1959’s “Apur Sansar (The World of Apu)” on Monday, September 9 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California.
Special guests for Monday’s program included actress Sharmila Tagore, who made her film debut in “Apur Sansar,” and Dilip Basu, founding director of the Satyajit Ray Film and Study Center Collection at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
The Academy has also partnered with the British Film Institute (BFI), the American Cinematheque and the Austrian Film Museum to screen prints from the Academy Film Archive’s collection.
In London, the BFI Southbank is presenting “Satyajit Ray” from August 14 through October 5.
In Los Angeles, the American Cinematheque at the Aero Theatre, in partnership with the Academy, is presenting “Unlocking the Golden Fortress: Satyajit Ray Restored,” from September 12 through October 21, featuring all 19 of the Ray films that the Academy Film Archive has restored to date.
In Vienna, the Austrian Film Museum will present “Satyajit Ray: Early Works” from December 4 through January 8, 2014.
More than 100 screenings will take place between the Academy’s screenings and its partners’ during the months-long celebration.
• Satyajit Ray was an Indian filmmaker, regarded as one of the greatest directors of world cinema.
• In 1992, after a career spanning more than three decades, Ray received an Honorary Award (an Oscar statuette) from the Academy “in recognition of his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures, and of his profound humanitarian outlook, which has had an indelible influence on filmmakers and audiences throughout the world.”
“The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.”
— Satyajit Ray.
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Prompted by Sarah Wambold
On Medium: “Nightmares of Our Own Making” by Matt Popke, in response to Tilt West’s Roundtable, Computer Lib/Nightmare Machines: Technology’s Impact on Cultural Communities
Technological progress does not come without its tariffs, the impacts of which are largely not understood for years, or decades to come. We freely share moments from our days on social media, often giving very little thought to the distance that data travels, or the transfer of ownership that takes place when we hit “Share.” We wear robots on our wrists that count our every step, without thinking about the trail of habits we unwittingly reveal to others who would look for it. We use countless tools to improve communication, time management, and productivity, but do we really ever improve at doing those things, or—conversely—do we actually get worse?
We are already aware that the promise of smart cities and self-driving cars will put huge numbers of people—taxi drivers, truck drivers, postal carriers, etc.—out of work. Could Universal Basic Income be the answer, as Elon Musk asserts? Technophiles praise technology’s promise of liberation—bodies free from manual labor, minds free from the drudgery of mundane jobs. But is the American mindset capable of that shift?
In her 1963 classic, “The Feminine Mystique,” Betty Friedan looked at what household technologies had done for women and concluded that they had just created more demands. “Even with all the new labor-saving appliances,” she wrote, “the modern American housewife probably spends more time on housework than her grandmother.” When things become easier, we can seek to fill our time with more “easy” tasks. At some point, life’s defining struggle becomes the tyranny of tiny chores and petty decisions.
—Tim Wu, The Tyranny of Convenience, New York Times
The optimist believes a renaissance will follow the offloading of menial tasks. But is reality proving a deeper slide to more dependance, distraction, and division? Our ability to anticipate issues of data privacy, governance, and regulation is markedly outstripped by the rapid pace of major technological advances. Those who are most likely to suffer the blow of the next major tech revolution are the least likely to be able to protect themselves against it.
But the answer to the question—Liberator or Tyrant?—lies somewhere between the dichotomies, of course. These issues, and many others, beg for a better understanding of technology’s outcomes, nuances, and the complex systems it triggers. How might we ensure that technology is in service to us, and not the other way around? Are there agreeable costs for the next tech revolution? What roles can automation play in the museum sector, and in arts and culture? In 100 years, what currency will win out—convenience, emotional intelligence, creativity? How can we plan, test, and organize for that future? Ultimately, where are we in this technological moment—liberated by tech’s potential, or servants to its mounting demands?
The Tyranny of Convenience, New York Times
‘Automating Inequality’: Algorithms In Public Services Often Fail The Most Vulnerable
We Once Saw Technology As Liberating
Planet Money #796: The Basic Income Experiment
99% Invisible: Johnnycab (Automation Paradox, pt. 2)
This simple solution to smartphone addiction is now used in over 600 U.S. schools
The Internet Apologizes …
About the Prompter
Sarah Wambold is the director of digital media at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver where she leads digital strategy and initiatives. Her diverse portfolio of projects includes websites, documentary-style video, digital publications, content management systems, and user-facing interfaces and applications. She is the co-leader of a recently published national study of 25 museum websites, that measured online behavior in relation to identity-related motivations. With more than a decade of experience in the arts and culture sector, she has interviewed hundreds of artists, curators, and directors. Her educational background includes graphic design, journalism, and arts management.
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28030 Pontiac Trail is aland property for lease in South Lyon, MI.
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"Musicians with boundless depth playing timeless music that
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Michael Bram, Albert Rogers, Brian Mitchell and
Marty Grebb bring it on big".
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Virginia Tech: America's Team? I don't recall LSU becoming America's Team after Katrina (the Saints? Sure.), but why would we get emotional about one of America's great cities getting pulverized and almost 2,000 people dying when we can get emotional about 32 people being shot (unless we assume that the lives of college students have more value than the lives of poor Blacks who could not get out of the way of a hurricane)?
I'm probably going to sound callous in saying this, but I think there is excessive attention being paid to the Virginia Tech shootings, mainly by the sports media because they want to turn it into a Sal Aunese/Hank Gathers sobfest, complete with fuzzy camera shots and babbling about innocence lost. The shootings were a tragedy and Seung-Hui Cho should burn for them, but regardless of whether you measure a disaster by loss of life or by property damage (or some combination thereof), it is not a history-altering event that is going to cause me to suddenly root for Virginia Tech. Instead, it is being treated by ESPN and others as an opportunity to sell a storyline that has little or nothing to do with the actual games they cover.
And yes, the fact that Michael Vick is Tech's most prominent football product has something to do with this, as does the fact that the Falcons other prominent Hokies are busy defending themselves after their dogs attack bystanders or getting arrested for marijuana possession. Per Cory McCartney, I'm supposed to start rooting for a cohort of players who, if they emulate their predecessors, will reveal themselves to be unlikeable people when they reach the NFL because those players attend the same institution (marginally) as 32 people who were shot by a deranged psychopath. Uh, no.
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Lanark Library closes
The Lanark Library was closed July 30 due to safety concerns for residents, visitors and staff.
Curbside service will be available from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays by calling 815-493-2166. Library materials are being quarantined. Staff will try to accommodate all requests as best as possible.
Books must be returned through the library book drop.
For information: 815-493-2166.
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University Students Told To Wear Masks During Masturbation
A Texas University suggested in a series of tweets that students should wear face masks during masturbation
The University of North Texas' Student Health and Wellness Center fired out the tweets, which have since been deleted because they offered advice contrary to that of the school’s guidelines on coronavirus, according to Campus Reform.
One of the tweets declared “Mask-urbate?! Read below to learn more,” with an accompanying image suggesting that any students with COVID symptoms should “skip sex and stay in.”
An infographic emblazoned with the university logo read “Mask-urbate! Use face coverings during mutual masturbation to reduce your risk,” while also suggesting students “be creative with physical barriers & sexual positions to prevent close face-to-face contact.”
A further tweet declared that students should wear masks during sex, “pick a large, well-ventilated space” for getting it on, “avoid kissing” and “wash your hands before and after.”
The tweets were reportedly removed because the University doesn’t even want students to go near each other. “Face coverings are not a substitute for appropriate social distancing,” the school guidelines state.
This has not brought any protests from students at the University who appear to be perfectly happy to be dictated to in this manner. The idea that university administrators, many of whom will be old, are obsessing with their student's sexual habits, does not seem to have raised an eyebrow.
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In five games and 24 at-bats (ABs), David Freese is hitting .417/.417/.667 with two home runs (HRs) and eight RBIs. Suddenly, the Golden Boy of 2011 has become St. Louis’ Slugger Supreme in 2012. Did anyone really see this coming? I sure didn’t. And, yes, it’s still early – only five games into the season – but the early indicators are very good.
After dealing with a literal mob of media opportunities – call it the Flash Freese Mob (eat your heart out, Orange County Register) – I couldn’t help but wonder if nerves would get to the young third baseman. I should have known better. For a midwestern kid who won both the World Series and NLCS MVPs just a few months before, nerves don’t seem to be an issue.
Already, David Freese – at a ripe ‘ol baseball age of 29’ish – has become his own home town’s hero extraordinaire, filmed a sitcom episode (even if it didn’t air), appeared on The Tonight Show, and become baseball’s most talked about figure since Mark McGwire (the ’98 version…not the media nightmare of the 2000’s). He seems to treat nerves and expectations as merely an afterthought – which is why I call him, “The Iceman”.
Coming into the season, all of us wondered what more could be expected from a man who had yet to log 100 games in an MLB season. Dubbed an injury risk, he seemed cursed with fragile ankles and iffy skeletal structure. He seemed a lightening rod for fractures and broken bones. But thus far, the returns are encouraging. He’s hitting for power, he’s hitting in key RBI situations, and he’s playing a cool, calm third base.
Oh…and I don’t know if anyone is noticing…but he’s playing a full nine innings. Through five games of starting at third base for the Cardinals, new manager Mike Matheny has yet to pull Freese for a late-inning, defensive replacement. It would seem – at least after a week of baseball – that Mr. Delicate Ankles has moved beyond “kid glove” treatment and is showing an ability to shoulder a full workload at the hot corner. Let’s hope it continues.
And one more interesting note before we move on…notice the similarity between his batting average (.417) and his on-base percentage (.417)?
Despite his outstanding offensive numbers, Freese has yet to walk. Not even once. Oh, players have been walked in front him – notably, All-Star first baseman Lance Berkman – but David has yet to see the four fingers from the opposing dugout when his fifth slot in the order comes up. Nor does he appear to be looking for it. In 24 plate appearances, Freese is tied for the team lead in strikeouts with six (both Beltran and Holliday also have six). Combine that with zero walks, eight RBIs, and other gaudy “small sample size” numbers, and it’s clear David is approaching the plate with one thing, and only one thing, in mind. Hit.
Consider for a moment that 15 of Freese’s 24 ABs has come with runners on base – 10 of those 15 with runners in scoring position (RISP) – and I think you’ll agree, looking to hit is exactly what we want David Freese doing when he steps in that little white box.
Alright…let’s leave Freese alone for a bit and get into the rest of it:
This is where the absence of Allen Craig on the roster can really be appreciated. No offense to Matt Carpenter, but he hasn’t shown the exciting power and/or RBI ability that Craig flashed in two partial seasons in St. Louis. And that’s important because…Lance Berkman is dealing with his first injury of the season. Carpenter was initially scheduled to start yesterday’s game against the Reds, but Berkman showed up and pronounced himself ready to play. Reading the Post-Dispatch this morning, it seems Puma is still dealing with discomfort in his finger when he swings, but he’s still the better option at 1B. At least, he’s the better option over Matt Carpenter. But what if Allen Craig were ready to go? I have to believe Craig on the roster would mean Berkman would be given a few days to heal and regain his power stroke without discomfort in his hand. Without Allen “The Cat” Craig – ’cause you never know when he’s going to pounce (heh) – to spell The Puma (wildlife theater today), the Cardinals are left with no appealing alternative in the clean-up spot. On the bright side, maybe it will lead to more managers choosing to pitch to Berkman rather than throw up the IBB with men on base.
Rafael Furcal is Hot, Hot, Hot! Already sporting a slash line of .435/.480/.565 through just five games, Rafi is gettin’ it done in the lead off spot. He’s walking (2 – tied for third), he’s hitting (10 – tied for first), and he’s swipin’ bases (2 – alone in first). So far, he’s the prototypical lead off man the Cardinals have been searching for since the departure of David Eckstein. But with a relatively low number of runs scored (3), it would seem a bit of lineup tweaking may be in order. Hmmm…let’s see…oh yeah!
Lance Berkman should be hitting in the two hole behind Furcal. Captain OBP is once again putting up stellar on-base numbers. His .526 OBP is easily the team lead among the starters – higher than Furcal’s .480 and well ahead of Beltran’s .375 (the current #2 hitter) – and his walk totals are already impressive. Amassing six walks in only four games (two of them intentional), Berkman easily leads all comers. He has twice the walks Descalso has in the second place slot, and four more than Beltran, Furcal, Holliday, and Molina individually (the third through sixth place rankings). That’s not to say Beltran isn’t doing a good job in the two hole on his own – he’s hitting .314 with a couple walks and a couple of HRs – but considering Berkman’s finger injury right now (that I have to believe will sap his power) and his uncanny batter’s eye, it would seem a natural fit to plug him into the two spot in the order and stick Beltran between Holliday and Freese in the clean-up spot. At least until Berkman’s finger heals, anyway. That extra OBP ability could come in mighty handy ahead of Holliday, Beltran, and Freese – and could help take advantage of Rafi’s work to score him more often by keeping the lineup moving.
Matheny must resist the urge to make any further changes to the Cardinals’ hitting order for a while. Freese’s success in the fifth spot is discussed above…but let’s talk the six spot. Yadi is putting up an impressive – and comforting, considering his contract extension – slash line of .375/.444/.938 with four RBIs and two HRs in the six hole. Leave him there. Historically, TLR became fond of toying with Yadi’s batting position, hitting him seventh, fifth, clean-up, and even in the two hole on occasion. I can understand the temptation. Molina has shown a tendency to come up with big hits in key situations. He’s an RBI guy hitting in the bottom half of the order. Why not move him up? The answer is buried in his stat sheet. Molina has, in short, easily demonstrated his most comfortable and statistically effective slot is the six hole. From that “complementary” position in the order, he can clean up the scraps left over by the big boys – Beltran, Holliday, Berkman, and Freese – while still coming up in key RBI situations that could change the game. But moving him up or down in the order has almost always reduced his effectiveness. Leave him there, Mike. Leave him there.
Holliday is getting “squeezed.” So far, Matt is tied for the team lead in strikeouts with six. For a bit of overblown historical perspective (remember, it’s only 5 games), Holliday hasn’t hit 100 strikeouts in a season since 2009 – the year he was traded mid-season and switched leagues and teams. Currently, he is on pace for approximately 130 strikeouts – a number he hasn’t reached since his sophomore season in 2007. If his 2012 season continued at this pace for the entire season, it would be his second highest strikeout total ever…easily. Okay, okay…my point is, that’s not going to happen. But it does illustrate my point a bit. Matt Holliday is striking out an unusually high number of times in a given week. We’ve seen his disgust with the strike zone, and replays and FSN-MW graphics have shown his irritation to be mostly justified, but the question is why? I’ve seen Holliday get rung up looking on a pitch that is a ball to 80% of the hitters in the Cardinals’ lineup and the opposing lineup for the rest of the game. And I’ve even seen the same pitch strike him out twice in that same game! I don’t understand it. Are umpires cracking down on Holliday as the #3 hitter now that Pujols is gone? It wouldn’t make sense, but maybe. Is it simply a matter of the aces the Cardinals have faced on the mound and seeing them get the benefit of the doubt with umpires? Perhaps…but why not with other hitters in the same game? Why is the same pitch a ball to other batters over and over again? Maybe there’s just something about Holliday’s stance that makes his strike zone look bigger than it actually is…I don’t know. But I do know he’s getting “squeezed” – or whatever the hitter’s equivalent to “sqeezed” is (“stretched”? nah) – so let’s keep that in mind when fans start bashing his seemingly ineffective ABs at the plate to start the season. He’ll be fine.
So it seems Albert Pujols is NOT selling his home in Wildwood. I think I’m relieved. Look…I’ve been hard on Albert for leaving – and I still blame him and feel it was absolutely the wrong decision for everyone involved – but as I move through my Pujols Grief Process, I think I want the situation in ten years to look like this: Albert never wins another World Series, he never has a season to equal his greatest seasons in St. Louis…but…he continues to have a Hall of Fame career and eventually breaks the All-Time Home Run record. I want him going into the Hall of Fame wearing a Cardinal red hat, and I want his number retired on the wall and a presence by Pujols during ceremonies at Busch. I know, I know…those last two are going to get me crucified…and I understand it…but at the end of the day, I want Albert’s time in St. Louis remembered fondly and respected, not thrown away because of the hurt involved in his departure. I’m deeply hurt by his decision to leave – and I still think his own pride led to the decision to move on – but I want an Albert Pujols presence in St. Louis when his career is over.
So much more to talk about…for example, I think Boggs and Salas could end up leap-frogging each other in terms of effectiveness out of the ‘pen all year, and I think tonight is a big test for a pitcher (Lohse) who battled the long ball in Spring Training and got away with a couple in Miami (won’t get away with those in GABP)…but I don’t want to make you read forever on a Tuesday afternoon. There’s work to be done!
Have a good one, and root for your Cardinals to pound the Reds tonight and tomorrow before heading home to revel in the championship pageantry in Busch.
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Frank-Walter Steinmeier, nominated on Thursday as Germany's next foreign minister, is a close ally of outgoing Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder who has so far preferred a low profile to the political spotlight.A law graduate, he has earned a reputation across party lines as an efficient manager and tireless worker in six years as the head of Schroeder's chancellery.
"Daddy lives in the office," his daughter is reported to have said. Steinmeier now assumes one of the most visible roles in German politics. He will need great diplomatic finesse in handling ties with Washington, soured by the outgoing government's opposition to the Iraq war, and forging consensus with allies over the EU's future.
Steinmeier would serve as foreign minister for the Social Democrats (SPD) in a "grand coalition" of Germany's two big parties under conservative leader Angela Merkel.
German newspapers have nicknamed the 49-year-old the "Little Chancellor", the "Chancellor Whisperer" and "Dr Flawless".
As a behind-the-scenes operator, the white-haired Steinmeier has generally given few clues about his own political beliefs.
"My job lies in the border zone between management and politics," he told a newspaper reporter this year.
But he stepped out of Schroeder's shadow last month to deliver a speech on foreign affairs because the chancellor was involved in talks about the future government.
He championed the policy of seeking a more active role for a democratic and peaceful Germany on the international stage, gradually shaking off the reticence that followed World War Two.
"Without the commitment of the federal government, substantial initiatives would never have seen the light of day or would never have taken the positive turns we believe they took," he told Berlin's Science and Politics Foundation.
He cited peacekeeping in the Balkans, efforts to help the world's poorest countries and Germany's strategic partnership with Russia among the government's achievements, reports the Reuters. I.L.
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Immigration advocates once dubbed then-President Barack Obama the "deporter-in-chief." Will President Donald Trump take over that title?
Trump got to the White House promising "law and order" and directed immigration officials to deport anyone in the country illegally — no exceptions.
Data from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement show that overall, fewer people were deported in fiscal year 2017 than in 2016 (fiscal year 2017 included nearly four months of the Obama administration). Overall removal numbers include individuals arrested by ICE in the interior of the country and individuals apprehended by immigration officials at the border and turned over to ICE for removal.
Despite the overall removals drop, more people who already lived in the United States were deported in fiscal year 2017 compared with 2016.
"The president made it clear in his executive orders: There’s no population off the table," ICE acting director Thomas Homan said on Dec. 5. "If you’re in this country illegally, we’re looking for you and we’re going to look to apprehend you."
Homan attributed the overall decline in deportations to a border that’s "under better control." There were fewer southwest border apprehensions in fiscal year 2017 than in 2016, according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
The Trump administration’s determination to deport people in the country illegally carried over in the number of administrative arrests for civil violation of immigration laws.
The number of administrative arrests went up 30 percent from fiscal years 2016 to 2017.
As we’ve reported, the Trump administration also seeks to end so-called "catch-and-release" -- the practice of releasing immigrants apprehended at or near the border, with the expectation that they will later show up on their own accord before a U.S. immigration judge. Trump plans to expand the number of detention facilities for immigrants waiting for deportation or a resolution of their case.
The overall number of initial book-ins into detention facilities declined in fiscal year 2017 compared with 2016. But book-ins based on ICE’s interior enforcement efforts went up about 29 percent in 2017 versus 2016.
Trump has touted "unprecedented" declines in illegal immigration during his time in office, often crediting his Jan. 25 executive order directing the construction of a border wall, the hiring of 5,000 more Border Patrol agents, among other policies.
The Trump administration said declining apprehensions are "possibly reflecting an increased deterrent effect from ICE’s stronger interior enforcement efforts."
Border Patrol agents recorded 310,531 apprehensions nationwide in fiscal year 2017, the lowest since the 302,517 apprehensions in 1971. CBP tallied 415,816 apprehensions in fiscal year 2016.
Of the 310,531 apprehensions in fiscal year 2017, a total of 303,916 were conducted at the southwest border with Mexico. The greater number of southwest border apprehensions were for people from Central America, particularly El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CBP Border Security Report Fiscal Year 2017
U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement, Fiscal Year 2017 ICE Enforcement
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, United States Border Patrol Nationwide Illegal Alien Apprehensions Fiscal Years 1925 - 2017
WhiteHouse.gov, Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements, Jan. 25, 2017
PolitiFact, Donald Trump trumpets 40 percent decrease in illegal border crossings. Is he right?, March 14, 2017
PolitiFact, How do standards measure up at immigration detention centers? A special report, Sept. 6, 2017
Politico, NCLR head: Obama 'deporter-in-chief', March 4, 2014
The Washington Post, Border arrests fall, deportations soar in Trump’s first year, Dec. 5, 2017
Reuters, U.S. deportations down in 2017 but immigration arrests up, Dec. 5, 2017
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It’s big, bold and super volumizing – and that’s why we love it! With its deep crimping and textured undulations, meet TextureMax, the professional Titanium Crimper. For the bashful and for the daring! Well…as they say, the higher the hair the closer to heaven. Silver Bullet. Hotter. Faster. Better.
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Bug#589928: closed by Evgeni Golov <evgeni at debian.org> (done)
andreas at an3as.eu
Mon Aug 30 07:28:28 UTC 2010
On Sat, Aug 28, 2010 at 04:54:03PM +0000, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> From: Evgeni Golov <evgeni at debian.org>
> To: 589928-done at bugs.debian.org
> Subject: done
> Version: 20100826
> Forgot to close the bug in the changelog :(
> Version 20100826 now has a python-script to pull screenshots from
> screenshots.d.n and resize them as needed.
Thanks for fixing this problem that quickly. IMHO it is a nice move to
use and enhance Debian infrastructure and perhaps makes screenshots.d.n
Please make sure you also adapt the README and give the proper advise to
inject new screenshots via screenshots.debian.net. Moreover I think
that the link to http://pkg-games.alioth.debian.org/thumbnails/ in the
README is not correct any more because the thumbnails are not maintained
there any more (at least they are not in sync with the current package
and I actually do not see any reason to keep this in sync any more).
PS: I do not intend to reopen the bug because of the not yet updated
README file because I guess this will be quickly done. However, if
this should serve as a reminder to not forget the issue reopening
might make some sense.
More information about the Pkg-games-devel
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Science Explains The Power Behind Usain Bolt's Sprint (Video)
Aug 07, 2012 11:31
Newsflash, Usain Bolt has just sealed his status as the world's fastest man (again) by scoring the 100m gold in the most keenly-anticipated event of the tournament. The 25-year-old sprinter crossed the line in a staggering 9.63 seconds!
So what exactly is the secret behind Bolt's amazing sprint? According to this clip below, it's basically a combination of three major factors:
Because he is taller than many of his competitors, his stride is longer than theirs. He averages 41 strides to their 44 strides.
But, because he is taller, he weighs more and needs more force. This force comes from weight lifting.
Third, he needs to precisely control his movements to have his legs and feet move in harmony and avoid any missteps. This relies on the connection between his brain and his leg muscles.
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The new One UI 4.0 beta for the Galaxy Note 20 series is out with some bug fixes. One UI 4.0 beta testing began last month and the third beta was rolled out earlier this month. The Galaxy Note 20 series is one of the first few Samsung phones that are scheduled to receive the stable One UI 4.0 update. And with One UI 4.0 Beta 4, we are one step closer to a stable Android 12 on Note 20 series.
Android 12 based One UI 4.0 beta 4 for the Galaxy Note 20 series could be the last beta before the stable release. And if so, then it will be a treat for Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra users. Samsung announced the Galaxy Note 20 One UI 4.0 Beta 4 update on its community forum.
The latest One UI 4.0 Beta 4 for Galaxy Note 20 series comes with the build version ZULB. The beta is currently rolling out in Korea first, but it will soon be available in other regions where beta 3 has already been released. If you are looking for new features in the new beta then you will be disappointed. But it is a good thing that if a company focuses only on bug fixes, then it means that a stable update is almost near.
Here are some bug fixes and changes mentioned at the community forum.
- Minimize KakaoTalk window bubble icon does not disappear
- Fix booting into safe mode or entering recovery mode after update
- Link does not open in some apps such as Instagram and Facebook
- Kiwoom Securities app does not run
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 One UI 4.0 Beta 4 is available to users who signed up for the Beta program. If you are already testing One UI 4.0 beta on your Galaxy Note 20 or Note 20 Ultra, then you will receive the update on your device. To manually check for the update, go to Settings > Software Update. Before upgrading to a new beta make sure to backup your data and also charge your phone to at least 50%.
If you want to test the Android 12 on your Galaxy Note 20 or Note 20 Ultra before the stable release, then you can sign up for the beta program from the Samsung Member app. You can follow this guide.
- Here’s the complete Samsung One UI 4.0 changelog based on Android 12
- One UI 4.0 Beta 3 is now available for Galaxy Z Fold 3 & Z Flip 3
- These Samsung Phones will get Android 12 update in December
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J'ai travaillé chez Two Roads Tech en contrat permanent (Plus d'un an)
1) One of the earlier guys to get into HFT.
2) Being situated in a hotel, you get wide variety of food although the spending is capped and not sufficient given the charges.
3) It is a small setup.
1) Management is not responsible and ethical. Not an employee first company.
2) Huge discrimination in compensation structure.
3) The firm is not stable, recently closed entire HFT division on short notice of 1 day, with minimal severance pay of 1 month salary.
4) Salary not at par with the industry standard and no bonuses which are huge component in HFTs.
5) Lot of legacy code.
6) Not well organised production setup, lot of time is wasted in monitoring the production hence very little development and improvement.
7) The work environment is sort of depressing. Team members don't interact much.
8) Situated in outskirts of Bangalore.
Conseils à la direction
1) Focus on building healthy culture. Treat employees like your family.
2) Focus on hiring quality rather than hiring people and firing them within 3 months.
3) Don't try to control everything, give employees space and freedom. Focus on making the workplace more lively.
Faites-nous savoir s'il nous manque toute reconnaissance du milieu de travail ou de l'industrie –
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2019-01-21T21:54:56Z
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Parades will help area celebrate
July 2, 2013
Our area has a rich history of celebrating the birth of our nation, with a variety of activities, fireworks and parades in just about every community up and down the Ohio Valle....
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2016-05-05T23:50:24Z
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How About Mother’s Day at Binder Park Zoo
The forecast is partly sunny and 65 for Mother's Day. Binder Park Zoo has a special for this day - half off the admission price for Mom, when she is accompanied by her kids or grandkids.The Zoo sent along some ideas for Mother's Day at Binder Park:
- Safari with your Mom in Wild Africa.
- Treat her to lunch at Beulah’s restaurant,
- Ride the carousel or maybe even catch a peek at our newest zoo mom and her baby- a wallaby with a joey in her pouch!
The Zoo will be open this Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm. Their website is binderparkzoo.org
For planning purposes, Binder Park will do the same reduced admissions for Father's Day, June 18th.
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