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This case study applies Monte Carlo-based real options to analyse the
expansion of a port. A stochastic model is defined for the Santarém port, in
Brazil, and the optimal moment for expanding the terminal is determined. The application
resorts to a common spreadsheet and a simulation add-in, allowing the
quantification of both the value of expanding the terminal and the flexibility
to determine when to expand. The results
allow us to conclude that deterministic cash flow models, based on the expected
value, may lead to important biases in projects with capacity constraints. We
also conclude that the expansion option may have a high value, which is
strongly determined by the initial conditions, and that the expansion
thresholds (the values of demand that trigger the expansion) change
significantly along the project.
Does corporate debt overhang affect investment over the medium term? To uncover this association, I measure debt overhang with a concept of debt accumulation or debt boom, and combine leverage with liquid assets to capture financial constraints. Using a large US firm-levelpanel over 1985Q1-2019Q1, I find that debt overhang leads financially vulnerable firms to cutpermanently back on investment: a 10 p.p. increase in the three-year change in the leverageratio is associated with lower investment growth of 5 p.p. after five years compared to the mostresilient firms. I also find that vulnerable firms experience weaker intangible capital growth inthe aftermath of debt booms. Finally, I find that general equilibrium effects dominate, stressingthe risk that firm-specific debt booms in a subset of firms may spill over to the rest of theeconomy.
Corporate debt booms; Firm investment; Financial constraints; Local projections
In this paper, we devise a forward-looking methodology to determine efficient credit portfolios under the IFRS 9 framework. We define and implement a credit loss model based on prospective point-in-time probabilities of default. We determine these probabilities of default and the credits’ stage allocation through a credit stochastic simulation. This simulation is based on the estimation of transition matrices. Using data from 1981 to 2019, in a non-homogeneous Markov chain setting, we estimate transition matrices conditional on the global real gross domestic product growth. This allows considering the effects of the economic cycle, which are of great importance in bank management. Finally, we develop a robust optimization model that allows the bank manager to analyze the tradeoff between the annual average portfolio income and the corresponding portfolio volatility. According to the proposed bi-objective model, we compute the efficient credit portfolios constructed based on 10-year maturity credits. We compare their structure to those generated by the IAS 39 and CECL accounting frameworks. The results indicate that the IFRS 9 and CECL frameworks generate efficient credit portfolios whose structure penalizes riskier-rated credits. In turn, the riskier efficient credit portfolios under the IAS 39 framework concentrate entirely on speculative-grade credits. This pattern is also encountered in efficient credit portfolios constructed based on credits with different maturities, namely 5 and 15 years. Moreover, the longer the maturity of the credits that enter into the composition of the efficient portfolios, the more the speculative-grade credits tend to be penalized.
A number of
recent scientific articles have studied the relationship between
entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm’s performance, though not all came in
the scope of international entrepreneurship (IE). Researchers often test
mediating or moderating variables that help explain this relationship. The extensive
academic findings lead us to a wide range of mediating/moderating variables and
to a lack of consensus in this domain. This study is in scope of IE literature,
and it aims to provide new and robust insights supported by consistent
empirical findings and to adopt
this structural-model approach as a reference in the absence of academic consensus.
Specifically, the paper examines the contribution of intrapreneurship to both the
firm’s international orientation (IO) and performance in light of the IE
guidelines. To this end, we examine how the EO of Portuguese exporters
influences corporate performance taking into account the meditating effect of
their IO on the EO – performance association through structural equation modelling.
Results confirm that IO positively and significantly mediates the relationship
between EO and corporate performance. EO and IO were also found to have a direct
and positive effect on corporate performance. These findings confirm the
relevance of intrapreneurship and international commitment to a better organisational
performance and gives us empirical support to conclude that effort taken in these
domains could enhance the exporters’ performance. Moreover, this study makes an
empirical and theoretical contribution to the IE topic and therefore aims to be
a reference to the literature in this domain.
Intrapreneurship, Entrepreneurial orientation, International orientation, Performance, Exporting firms
This paper compares the performance of efficient portfolios based on
the Markowitz (1952) mean-variance model with portfolios with high skewness. The
assumption that the return of assets follows the normal distribution is the basis
of the mean-variance model. However, the return of financial assets often deviates
from the normal distribution, namely due to positive skewness, which may offer
some advantages to investors. Previous literature reports several obstacles that
make it difficult to include skewness in portfolio optimization, and that there
is a trade-off between return and skewness maximization. Mean-variance
optimization versus the search for positive skewness is addressed in this paper
by estimating comparative performance ratios between mean-variance efficient
portfolios and portfolios with high skewness. The paper also estimates probit
models which highlight the probability of obtaining higher return from
portfolios with high skewness than from
mean-variance optimized portfolios. The probability given by our estimations is,
in general, relatively low, which suggests that mean-variance optimization must
be preferred to the search for positive skewness as method of portfolio choice.
Making use of a
two-country, two-sector, New Keynesian model with essential and non-essential
goods we assess the macroeconomic consequences of a labor supply shock in the
Euro Area. Our model incorporates health status in the households' maximization
problem which depends on the time devoted to leisure. Health status is linked
to the consumption of non-essential goods, such that the demand for
non-essentials is decreasing with contemporaneous health. After calibrating the
model for the case of Portugal and the rest of the Euro Area, our simulations
show that, a labor supply shock affecting only the latter, reduces the demand
for non-essential goods, generates inflation in the Portuguese economy and
pushes both regions into economic recession, depriving households from
essential goods. If the labor supply shock affects both economies, the negative
income effect dominates the decreased demand effect for non-essential goods and
that stagflation is a plausible scenario. In addition, our calibration scheme
allows us to conclude that the asymmetric effects across economies may be due
to different price rigidities between sectors and to different production
structures between countries.
Essential goods, Non-essential goods, COVID-19, DSGE, Euro Area.
This paper describes WISER CD (Welfare
Intervention by the State and Economic Resilience - Comprehensive Dataset) a
cross-country panel dataset that includes relevant indicators for the analyses
of the relationship between the welfare state and aggregate macroeconomic
performance, highlighting human capital and inequality as the channels of
transmission. WISER CD covers 36 OECD countries over the period 1980-2017
resulting in 1085 variables from primary sources and five constructed variables
for the measurement of human capital. We gathered data from a range of primary
data sources that were grouped in six relevant dimensions: economic growth;
welfare state; human capital; inequality; control variables; government size
and financing. Two additional datasets were generated with no missing values,
although at the cost of a shorter time coverage and more limited cross-country
availability. The former broaden the options faced by researchers in terms of
econometric methodologies (and others) for the investigation of the
relationship under analysis.
This paper analyzes
the main determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the member
countries of Mano River Union: Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
We use both data at the firm level and at the country level - and employ OLS
and ARDL techniques - in order to examine the differences and similarities in
FDI drivers across these four countries. Our results show that
international trade, investment in infrastructures and access to credit have a
positive impact on FDI. While credit and trade have a similar influence across
countries, the effect of investment is distinct across Mano River members,
which raises political implications for policy coordination among states. We
also conclude that policies aimed to boost human capital, as well as political
and economic stability, are relevant, as they augment FDI inflows.
Foreign Direct Investment; FDI determinants; Mano River Union; West Africa.
Objective: To examine socioeconomic inequality in dietary
habits and obesity in Portugal, looking at their evolution from 2005/06 to
Methods: Cross-sectional data collected by Statistics Portugal
– National Health Survey. Samples used in this study include 18–64-year olds (n=23,049 in 2005/06 and n=10,312 in 2014). The analysis focusses
on differences in the prevalence of intake (at main meals) of nine foods across
income groups and over time. Multiple logistic regression analysis is adopted
to analyse association between socioeconomic factors (income and education) and
obesity, controlling for behavioural and demographic characteristics.
Results: Mean prevalence (%) in intake of food in 2005-06/2014
– soup (66/59: P<0.01), beans (22/28: P<0.01), meat (80/80), fish
(48/46), carbohydrates (88/88), cakes (26/40: P<0.01). Intake increases with
income in both periods for salad, fruit, fish and cakes; in 2014, intake
decreases for soft drinks. The ratio between intake in highest income group and
intake in lowest income group for fish, salad, cakes and soft drinks, changed
from 1.24, 1.13, 1.6, 0.9, in 2005/06, to 1.71, 1.37, 1.2, 0.66, in 2014,
respectively. Association between income and obesity is significant only in
highest income group (OR about 0.78 in both periods). Risk of obesity is lower
for secondary and superior education, compared to basic, in both years (OR=0.616
in 2005/06 and OR=0.820 in 2014, for secondary education; OR=0.525 in 2005/06 and
OR=0.608 in 2014, for superior education).
Conclusions: Differences in dietary habits tended to increase in
a decade, favouring the better-off. Socioeconomic inequality in obesity is
clearer for education than income and persisted over time.
Socioeconomic inequality, Food intake, Obesity, Multiple logistic analysis, Portugal
We reassess the impact that robotization has on wages and employment,
using a database on US commuting zones from 1990 to 2007. Using an
argument based on the transitional dynamics we show that the negative
displacement effects of robotization can be surpassed by productivity
and reallocation effects, leading to positive effects on employment
after a certain level of penetration in industry. In fact, we confirm
this effect through regressions that are subject to different robustness
checks. Previous evidence according to which robotization always
decreases employment and wages are thus not confirmed.
Robots, Employment, Fourth Industrial Revolution, Nonlinear effects of robots
This paper investigates the pricing patterns of 161 IPOs that occurred
in 2009-2017 in the Euronext markets of Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, and Paris.
Across all the IPOs, we find a first-day raw return of 1.4% and an industry-adjusted
return of 1.2%. After one year, the average raw returns are slightly higher,
around 4.5%, and the average adjusted returns are negative, around -2.7%. These
first-day returns are lower whilst long-run returns are higher than those
reported in other studies, most notably in those that use periods that overlap
our sample Healthcare is the industry that presents a higher initial
underpricing (2.3% industry-adjusted return), whilst the Technology industry
presents the higher year underperformance (-29.5% industry-adjusted return).
Mainly, results are in line with the market conditions and investor sentiment
hypotheses according to which, when market conditions are bad (crises),
uninformed investors are not so active and optimistic in the IPO market, hence
initial underpricing and subsequent underperformance tend to be lower.
Since late 2014, Portuguese Governments adopted
ambitious minimum wage policies. Using linked employer-employee data,
we provide an econometric evaluation of the impact of those policies.
Our estimates suggest that minimum wage increases reduced employment
growth and profitability, in particular for financially distressed
firms. We also conclude that minimum wage increases had a positive
impact on firms’ exit, again amplified for financially distressed firms.
According to these results, minimum wage policies may have had a supply
side effect by accelerating the exit of low profitability and low
productivity firms and, thus, contributing to improve aggregate
productivity through a cleansing effect.
This article analyzes
spatial autocorrelations and the formation of clusters of exports, based on
Research and Development (R&D) intensity in Portugal. The central idea is
that exports show relative interdependence and spillover effects among nearby
regions and a direct relationship with R&D expenditures. It adopts the new
taxonomy of the OECD, separating exports by manufacturing and non-manufacturing
activities. Methodologically, is was used Exploratory Spatial Data Analysis
(ESDA), utilizing Global Moran's Index and LISA. The results showed the
presence of positive spatial autocorrelation of exports and the formation of a
cluster of the High-High type for the Porto metropolitan region and Aveiro
region. There was no confirmation of positive spatial autocorrelation for
R&D expenditures among the regions of Portugal. However, there was both a
positive spatial autocorrelation for exports associated with R&D
expenditures as well as the formation of a regional cluster with high-high
pattern for the Aveiro region. This outcome can be explained, in part, by
nationally and internationally recognized universities and research centers
surrounding the region, favoring knowledge spillovers across the regions.
Export; R&D expenditures; Spatial autocorrelation; Technological intensity; Clusters; Spillovers; Portugal
Despite some recent evidence according to which
different inflation rates have effects on long run growth, endogenous
growth theory had advanced little on explaining the mechanics of
monetary influence on economic growth. We follow the increasing interest
in the issue offering a new explanation for the influence of monetary
policy on growth in both long and short run: the cash requirements for
households expenditures in education. Quantitatively, the model
replicates both the small influence of monetary policy on growth while
also highlighting the effects it can have on welfare and allocations of
resources throughout different sectors in the economy.
The literature on development has pointed out
some deeply-rooted determinants of current economic development. Most
research on the field has been devoted to developing countries or
specific to single countries. We focus on deeply-rooted determinants of
development of European regions, in particular on the influence of human
capital. Following an identification strategy using instrumental variables, we approach the historical links between current human
capital and the presence of universities and trade guilds in medieval
times. We show that human capital is an important determinant of
income disparities across European regions, and that trade guilds and
universities at 1500 are good instruments to track the exogenous
influence of the current levels of human capital. This finding shows
robustness to several econometric specifications.
Development, regions, historical determinants of development.
We contribute to the renewable energy consumption-income (and growth) nexus literature by performing an empirical study on a worldwide
panel data, also accounting for cross-country dependency using a
parsimonious specification that accounts for traditional sources of
income differences as well as institutional features of the countries.
Our results present either negative or nonsignificant influence of the share of renewable energies consumption to economic growth and income.
Renewable energy consumption, economic growth regressions, economic growth
We devise a North-South endogenous growth model
with international trade and money to study the effects of inflation
(and monetary policy) on wage inequality, specialization, and growth.
The relationship between monetary policy and wage inequality depends on
the fact that skilled-production firms are less credit constrained than
unskilled-production firms. Interestingly, inflation affects the
structure of production by increasing the production share made by
skilled-intensive firms, and decreases economic growth. Furthermore,
inflation decreases the difference of wage inequality between
countries; shrinking the skill premia difference. Moreover, inflation
and trade have opposite effects on wage inequality and on
specialization: while trade tends to decrease intra-South wage
inequality, inflation tends to increase it; while trade tends to
increase the number of different intermediate goods produced with
unskilled technology in the South; inflation acts the other way around.
Results are confirmed quantitatively.
Inflation; Wage inequality; North-South trade; CIA constraints; Technological knowledge bias
This study investigates the effect of the
political connections of members of banks' Boards of Directors on the
remuneration of these boards, taking into account the gender diversity of their
members. Using a panel of observations on 77 banks supervised by the ECB for
the period 2013 to 2017, and the generalized method of moments (GMM), our
results show that, when analyzing linear effects, political connections have a
negative impact on the remuneration of the members of the banks' Boards of
Directors, reducing them. However, when investigating the possible moderating
effect, we found that when gender diversity is high, there is a non-linear,
inverted U-shaped relationship between the political connections and the
remuneration of members of the Boards of Directors of banks. Our results also
show that the differentiating characteristics of the female gender, accentuate
the negative effects of political connections on remuneration, making the
institution's interests to be privileged at the expense of those of its
personal agendas. Overall, these general results prove to be robust across
different choices of the measures used for gender diversity.
Political connections, Gender diversity, Remuneration, ECB, GMM
We develop a directed technical change model
with two sectors, tradable and non-tradable, and dynamic firms’
decisions to invest in R&D in the presence of financial constraints.
The model establishes a linkage between R&D decisions, product and
process innovations, future productivity, profits, and credit
constraints. The model is estimated using Portuguese firms’ data of the
tradable and non-tradable sectors. We find that the previous R&D
investments raises the innovating probabilities, the innovating
probabilities are higher in the tradable sector, and the startup costs
of innovation tend to be higher than the maintenance costs. The results
also show complementary between the R&D benefits and the firm’s
financial strength, diminishing marginal returns to capital on
innovation benefits, and high heterogeneity of the innovation costs
across industries. Finally, when the firms’ financial strength and the
tradable and non-tradable goods are considered, the R&D benefits in
the non-tradable sector do not compensate its cost given the higher
productivity and innovation probabilities of the tradable sector. As a
result, the R&D investments in the tradable sector illustrates a
misallocation of financial resources.
Credit constraints, firm-level data, productivity, R&D, tradable and non-tradable goods
In this paper we perform a quantitative analysis, under the IFRS 9 framework, on the tradeoff of classifying a financial asset at amortized cost versus at fair value. We define and implement a banking impairment model in order to quantify the forward-looking expected credit loss. Based on the suggested impairment model we conduct a backtest on the 10-year Portuguese Government bonds, for the time period from January 2003 to December 2019. The Portuguese bonds’ history constitutes a very rich data set for our experiment, as these bonds have experienced significant downgrades during the 2011-2014 financial crisis. We suggest a quantitative and systematic approach in order to find efficient allocations, in an income/downside comprehensive income bi-dimensional space. Resorting to stochastic simulation, we show a possible approach to mitigate the estimation error ingrained in the proposed bi-objective stochastic model. Finally, we assess the out-of-sample performance of some of the suggested efficient allocations.
We devise a generalized Directed Technical Change growth model in which
firms spend resources in lobbying activity. As expected, the presence
of lobbying distorts the skill premium and economic growth. Lobbying
also contributes to a lower technological-knowledge bias toward the
skill-sector and constitutes a possible explanation for the diverging
empirical evidence on the relationship between the skill premium and the
relative supply of skills. An increase in the relative lobbying power
of the skilled intensive intermediate goods firms can lead to an
increase or decrease in the skill premium, depending on the elasticity
of substitution between the skilled and unskilled sectors. Lobbying also
introduces possibility of a dual economy, with two different steady
states, one characterized by low growth and another by high growth,
depending on a threshold level of the lobbying power and on the
elasticity of substitution. Quantitative exercises show that lobbying
can indeed be quite important in distorting the skill premium and the
We show that the labor share of income is an important factor affecting the mechanisms behind fiscal consolidation programs, thus requiring consideration when evaluating fiscal multipliers across countries. We calibrate a life-cycle, overlapping generations model to match key characteristics of different European economies and evaluate the recessive impacts of fiscal consolidation programs. We find a positive relationship between the labor share and the impact fiscal multipliers generated by our model. This result directly follows from the higher weight of labor on production and the lower opportunity cost of leisure present in economies with a higher labor share. Following the impact period, the relationship between the labor share and the fiscal multipliers is dependent on the type of fiscal instrument employed in the consolidation.
Fiscal Consolidation, Labor Share, Fiscal Multipliers, Public Debt
study investigates the effect of gender diversity on the impact of board
members' political connections on banking performance. Using panel data on 83
banks supervised by the European Central Bank (ECB) for the period 2013-2017,
our results suggest that when gender diversity is high, there is a U-shaped nonlinear
relationship between political connections and banking performance. Empirical
evidence also indicates that differentiating characteristics of women, such as
greater ethical concern and risk aversion, help mitigate the negative effects
of political connections on banking performance, safeguarding the institutions’
interests from the adverse effects of personal agendas. In addition, our
results also suggest that a minimum of 14% gender diversity can actually contribute
to a greater social justice and beneficial structural change. Overall, these general
conclusions seem fairly robust, being drawn from several versions of the
regression model adopted in the study, using different sets of control variates
and different gender diversity measures.
Political connections, Gender diversity, Bank performance, ECB, GMM.
We examine the long-
and short-run relationships between USD/EUR official rates and implicit
exchange rates, through Bitcoin as a currency vehicle, over the period from
March 07, 2016 to November 22, 2019. The results show that the two exchange
rates are cointegrated and that the cointegrating vector is not statistically
different from the theoretical one that results from the law of one price. In
the short-run, the implied rate Granger-causes the official reference rate. Our
main conclusion is that Bitcoin USD and EUR prices incorporate fundamental
information from the USD/EUR official exchange rate
The aim of this paper is to analyze the performance of
several models for forecasting exports. We collected data on Portugal’s real
exports of goods and on the variables suggested by models based on the
assumption of perfect competition and of monopolistic competition. We estimated
Vector Autoregressive (VAR) models with those variables and compared the
performance of the forecasts produced by those models with the forecasts
obtained from simpler, univariate models, namely ARIMA models and Holt’s linear
trend model. We consider four alternative frameworks in which the forecasts
might be produced. These scenarios correspond to “static forecasts”, “recursive
forecasts”, “dynamic forecasts” and “dynamic forecasts with known exogenous
variables”. We also consider the computation of recursive forecasts including
dummies related to the international financial crisis. The best model
(according to the root mean squared error of the forecasts in the period since
the start of the international financial crisis) depends on the scenario
considered for the computation of the forecasts. The theory-based models do not
produce forecasts that are clearly better than the forecasts produced by the
simpler univariate models. In addition, the impact of the international
financial crisis appears to be better represented by a temporary shock than by
a permanent shock (with a constant effect). The results cast doubts on the
relevance of traditional measures of competitiveness for the evolution of
exports. As a consequence of the above, it is not clear that discussions of
competitiveness that put the emphasis on costs, namely on wages, or on the
exchange rate provide useful guides to policy.
At the time of joining the European Economic Community (precursor to the European Union) and the Eurozone, Portuguese agents were very optimistic about the level of development that the country would be able to achieve as a result of being a member of those economic areas. In this paper we describe the changes occurred in the Portuguese economy since joining the European Union and later the Eurozone. In addition, we provide estimates of the evolution of the expectations of Portuguese agents with respect to long-term real per capita GDP, based on a simple intertemporal macroeconomic model. Over the period under analysis, there was an impressive progress in standards of living. Before joining the euro, Portuguese agents were optimistic about long-term income. Expectations remained high until the onset of the debt crisis, at which time expectations collapsed. A slow recovery is visible in our estimates for the most recent years.
Development, Euro, European Union, Macroeconomic expectations, Portugal.
In this paper we
investigate the impact of corruption on economic growth in Portugal over the
period 1980-2018. The empirical approach makes use of a VAR model inspired by
the standard Cobb-Douglas aggregate production function. The VAR model includes
the capital stock, hours worked, total factor productivity and the corruption
perceptions index (CPI) of Transparency International. The CPI combines several
sources of information on the level of corruption in each country. The scale of
this index goes from 0, the highest level of corruption, to 10, the lowest
level. The magnitude of the estimated effect of corruption on economic growth in
the unrestricted VAR model is large (and positive), but statistically not significantly
different from zero. However, the results from the estimation of a structural VAR
model with economically plausible long-run restrictions indicate modest gains
from reducing corruption.
Corruption; Economic Growth; Portugal; VAR model; SVAR
Zeuthen-Hicks bargaining model connects strategic and axiomatic bargaining
models by providing a description of the behavior of each party, and showing
that the entire process leads to the axiomatically founded Nash bargaining
solution. In its original formulation, the model treats parties asymmetrically
by considering different decision alternatives of the focal party (who can
either accept the opponent's offer or make a counteroffer, but not quit the
negotiation) and the opponent (who can accept the focal party's offer or quit
the negotiation, but not make a counteroffer). We extend the model to consider
the full set of possible actions from both sides, which requires explicit modeling
of the expectations of the parties concerning outcomes and outside options that
become available during the process. We show analytically that under the assumption
of concave utilities of both parties, the bargaining process converges to the
nonsymmetric Nash bargaining solution. This result provides a new interpretation
of the parameters of the nonsymmetric Nash bargaining solution, linking them to
behavior in the bargaining process. Furthermore, we perform a simulation study
to analyze the outcomes for non-concave utilities.
In this paper we introduce NIESIM (Network Information Economics
SIMulation), a software for simulating a mobile communications scenario
and studying the value of information in the context of mobile network
management. The modelling principles and the simulation strategy used to
design and develop NIESIM software are introduced, along with
simulation results. We consider an application of NIESIM to support the
definition of the grade of service in a network that is exposed to
failures. An exploratory discussion of the findings and their
implications to future work is also presented.
Telecommunications, Mobile Networks Management, Value of Information, Simulation
A new approach is considered to estimate risk-neutral densities (RND) within a kernel regression framework, through local cubic polynomial estimation using intraday data. There is a new strategy for the definition of a criterion function used in nonparametric regression that includes calls, puts, and weights in the optimization problem associated with parameters estimation. No-arbitrage restrictions are incorporated in the problem through equality and bound constraints. This yields directly density functions of interest with minimum requirements needed. Within a simulation framework, it is demonstrated the robustness of proposed procedures. Additionally, RNDs are estimated through option prices associated with two indices, S&P500 and VIX.
kernel functions, Local polynomials, No-arbitrage constraints, Option prices, Risk-neutral density
This paper consists of a literature review of the impact of High Performance Work Systems (HPWS) on employee outcomes such as job satisfaction and organizational affective commitment, based on employees’ perceptions. After reviewing the strategic importance of Human Resources Management, we draw on theories like AMO and Social Exchange to understand the impact of HPWS on employee outcomes, suggesting possible relations that can shed some light into the “blackbox” of HPWS-performance linkage.
High Performance Work Systems; Employee Outcomes; AMO Theory; Social Exchange.
The present text is focused on the evaluation of the influence that determinants of loan contracts’ design may have on loan renegotiation. This general purpose is faced with the possible simultaneity of determination of some such factors (namely the use of collaterals and loan interest rate) and the likelihood of contract renegotiation. Naturally, this simultaneity corresponds to an issue of endogeneity of these factors within econometric models of the conditional probability of renegotiation. If neglected, covariates’ endogeneity causes model misspecification, translating into unreliable empirical assessments of the marginal effects of all renegotiation determinants on the probability of loan redesign. Building on the theory of incomplete contracts, suggesting that the possibility of contract renegotiation is already anticipated at the contracting date, the empirical findings of the paper, based on a dataset provided by a Brazilian bank, provide strong indication that this can indeed be the case. Accordingly, the empirical assessment of the marginal contributions of important variables to the likelihood of renegotiation is revisited, thereby enabling a deeper understanding of renegotiation processes.
This paper investigates the commonalities and differences between benign credit booms and those that end up in banking crises by employing a Multinomial and a Sequential Logit model over a panel of industrial and developing countries. Some economic, political and institutional factors are found to play an important role in understanding the credit booms dynamics. In particular, this study shows that the quantity and price of credit, liquidity in the economy, economic growth, openness of the economy, government orientation, political stability and Central Bank independence are relevant to explain not only the occurrence of credit booms but also – and most importantly – whether they end up in a systemic banking crisis or not. While a better economic environment and Central Bank independence are essential for both industrial and developing countries to avoid credit booms from going badly, political factors seem to exert a stronger influence in developing countries.
Credit booms; Multinomial Logit; Sequential Logit; Government Ideology; Central Bank Independence.
This paper addresses measurement error (ME) of double bounded variables, of which fractional variables, defined on the interval [0,1], constitute a prominent example. The text discusses consequences of ME and suggests a specification test sensitive to ME of such variables. Given the latter’s bounded support, ME is not independent of the original error-free variate, a fact that invalidates classical ME assumptions as a framework for the test. This is circumvented with a score test of independence between the error-free variate and ME, under which the latter becomes degenerate at zero and their joint distribution, specified as a copula function, reduces to the original variable’s distribution. This procedure yields a specification test of the distribution of the error-free variable, valid under mild assumptions on the marginal distribution of ME and under departures from the specified copula. The test’s finite-sample behaviour is also evaluated through a set of simulation experiments.
Copula; Fractional variable; Maximum likelihood; Measurement error; Probability integral transform; Score test.
The present article studies the determinants of banking spreads, allowing for the possibility that the impact of some of these determinants on spreads may differ according to the particular loan type. This concern is fostered by both theoretical and empirical evidence supporting the general idea that the hetero-geneity of banks’ loan portfolios should be taken into account when studying the drivers of spread. This approach is distinct from previous work in the liter-ature, usually utilizing a single interest margin per bank, in order to measure the impact of its determinants. Using a dataset of observations on various per-sonal loan categories and the Difference GMM approach, the present study es-timates that marginal effects of, respectively, banks’ risk aversion, credit risk, and market share on spreads differ significantly according to whether the loan is a consumer loan, a paycheck-linked credit line or a revolving credit line for individuals. These findings suggest, accordingly, that central banks and regula-tory agencies should observe the composition of banks’ loans portfolios when writing their policies aiming at spread reduction.
The present study examines the impact of family involvement on the debt structure of family businesses. Family corporate involvement is considered in three related but distinct dimensions: capital ownership, firm’s management and corporate control. The marginal effect of each of these three dimensions is specified as a unique regression parameter in a conditional mean model for the proportion of medium- plus long-term debt to total debt. This general strategy calls for an appropriate modelling and estimation approach, taking due account of the response variable’s inherent fractional definition and consequential nonlinear functional form of its conditional expectation, given covariates. Such an approach, combining a probit model for the equation of interest with a control function estimation method, is applied to a panel data set on Portuguese family businesses. Estimation results confirm the uniqueness of the impact of each of the three considered dimensions of families’ corporate involvement on the debt structure of firms.
Family firms; Management and control considerations; Debt maturity structure; Panel fractional data.
This paper examines stock returns and dividend growth predictability using dividend yields in seven large developed markets: US, UK, Japan, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Altogether, these countries account for around 85% of the MSCI World Index. We use annual data, and for the US, UK, Japan, and France the time series are long enough to conduct a separate analysis of the pre- and post-IIWW periods. We also study the relationship between the predictability in dividend growth and the degree of dividend smoothness. For the post-IIWW period, returns are predictable in the US and the UK but dividends are unpredictable, while the opposite pattern is observed in Spain and Italy. In Germany, there is some evidence of short-term predictability for both returns and dividends, while in France only returns are predictable. In Japan, neither variable can be forecasted. Generally, there is no clear connection between dividend smoothness and predictability.
The literature that investigates credit booms has essentially focused on their economic determinants. The purpose of this paper is to explore the importance of political conditionings and central bank independence. In doing so, a fixed effects logit model is estimated over a panel of 67 countries for the period 1975q1-2016q4. The results show that not only the economic but also the political environment influences significantly the likelihood of credit booms. Even though lending booms have not proven to depend on the electoral cycle, they are less likely when right-wing parties are in office, especially in developing countries, and when the political environment is more unstable. In addition, more independent Central Banks are found to reduce the probability of credit booms. However, when a country’s monetary policy in the hands of a single regional monetary union they are more likely to occur and spread. Some significant differences are also unveiled when comparing industrial with developing countries.
Credit booms; Logit model; Political cycles; Government ideology; Central Bank independence.
The purpose of this paper is to study the relation between Portuguese exports of goods and a set of variables that theoretical models suggest as the main determinants of export behavior. Given that the exchange rate is one of the key variables identified by the theoretical models, we begin by reviewing the evolution of Portugal’s exchange rate policy between the 1977 and 1999, when Portugal joined the European Monetary Union. In addition, we discuss how the exchange rate policy has been related to the issue of competitiveness of Portuguese firms. We then present the theoretical models and proceed to an empirical analysis of their adequacy. The results of our empirical analysis indicate that the perfect competition model does not provide an acceptable representation of the behavior of Portugal's exports of goods. The results improve when the monopolistic competition model is estimated. The estimation of a modified version of the monopolistic competition model suggests that Portugal's exports of goods are very elastic with respect to demand and productivity, but very inelastic with respect to wages. Nevertheless, certain variables are not significant, which indicates that there are problems to be solved either in the theoretical framework or in the empirical approach. The estimates reported support the conclusion that to foster exports a focus on wage costs and on exchange rate fluctuations is probably inefficient or even misguided. Productivity and demand seem to be more important determinants of exports. If one believes in this conclusion, then views
The aim of this study is to analyse the circular linkages between recycling and economic development, where renewable energy plays an additional role in this process. We use a two-equation model, which describes a cumulative causation process with feedback effects, where recycling (among other growth inducing factors) is assumed to be important for sustainable economic development (given by the Human Development Index) and vice-versa. The system of simultaneous equations is estimated by 3sls, both in a static form and introducing dynamics into the model, for a panel of 28 OECD countries over the period 2004-2015. The empirical evidence suggests a strong relationship between the economic development level and the recycling rate with feedback effects, supporting the idea of a circular cumulative causation process driven mostly by higher human capital skills and, to a lesser extent, by innovation. Atmospheric pollution also stimulates the recycling process.
This paper investigates the information transmission between the most important cryptocurrencies - Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ripple, Ethereum and Bitcoin Cash. We use a VAR modelling approach, upon which the Geweke’s feedback measures and generalized impulse response functions are computed. This methodology allows us to fully characterize the direction, intensity and persistence of information flows between cryptocurrencies. At this data granularity, most of information transmission is contemporaneous. However it seems that there are some lagged feedback effects, mainly from other cryptocurrencies to Bitcoin. The generalized impulse-response functions confirm that there is a strong contemporaneous correlation and that there is not much evidence of lagged effects. The exception appears to be related to the overreaction of Bitcoin returns to contemporaneous shocks.
This paper offers novel insights regarding the role of complexity in both the transitional and the long-run dynamics of the economy. We devise an endogenous growth model using the concept of entropy as a state-dependent complexity effect. This allows us to gradually diminish scale effects as the economy develops along the transitional dynamics, which conciliates evidence on the existence of scale effects in history with evidence of no or reduced scale effects in today’s economies. We show that empirical evidence supports entropy as a “first principle” operator of the complexity effect. The model features endogenous growth, with null or small (positive or negative) scale effects, or stagnation, in the long run. These different long-run possibilities have also policy implications. Then, we show that the model can replicate well the take-off after the industrial revolution and the productivity slowdown in the second half of the XXth century. Future scenarios based on in-sample calibration are discussed, and may help to explain (part of) the growth crises affecting the current generation.
As a multidisciplinary concept, entrepreneurship can be explained by numerous factors. Therefore, the aim of this study is to test empirically the determinants of entrepreneurship (overall and sectoral) in the Portuguese economy. Despite the methodological limitations inherent in such studies, which are mainly due to the incompatibility of some series and the temporal limitations of some data, the novelty involving a cross-sectoral view of the entrepreneurial phenomenon fuels this challenge. For this purpose, we employ an estimation approach based on time series models to confirm (or reject) a diversity of hypotheses. The main results indicate that the determinants of entrepreneurship in industry are significantly different from the determinants of entrepreneurship in the service sector in Portugal. On the other hand, the determinants of entrepreneurship in the service sector are very similar to those explaining the overall entrepreneurial activity, due to the high share of services in total economic activity. The main conclusions of the study can guide institutional decision-makers to adopt adequate policies for promoting entrepreneurship in Portugal. Additionally, strategic routes for the sustainable development of entrepreneurial activity are suggested.
entrepreneurship; sectoral entrepreneurship; determinants of entrepreneurship; entrepreneurial activity; business services; time series models.
Worldwide, demand for blood and blood products has increased. It is important to work on donor recruitment strategies. Because in developed countries the young have been more reluctant to donate, it is particularly pertinent to assess their motivations. In addition, there is sparse evidence regarding this research topic in Portugal. Using a self-administered questionnaire by a sample of university students and adopting multiple logistic regression analysis, the aims of this study are to assess attitudes, knowledge and motivations regarding blood donation and to identify factors associated with donation among young donors.
This paper studies the relationship between the electricity spot and futures prices in the Iberian electricity market, with a special focus on the ex-post risk premium of monthly futures contracts. The study covers the period from 1 July 2006 to 31 March 2017, during which 128 monthly futures contracts were traded. We show that the risk premium is dynamic and presents on average a negative value. Within contracts, the risk premium presents a non-linear dependence on the remaining trading days until maturity. There is no statistical evidence for rejecting the unbiased forward hypothesis of the futures prices. However, the sequence of futures prices near maturity has some predictive power on the risk premium.
This paper analyses the relationship between health human capital and economic growth for a maximum sample of 92 countries over the period 1980-2010 applying the methodology proposed by Canay (2011) for regression by quantiles (Koenker 1978; 2004; 2012a,b) in a panel framework. This approach allows for the identification of different impacts of the explanatory variables across the growth rate distribution. According to Mello & Perelli (2003), quantile regression allows to capture countries’ heterogeneity and assess how policy variables affect different countries according to their position on the conditional growth distribution. Quantile regression analysis allows us to identify those growth determinants that do not have the expected relationship with growth and hence determine the policy implications specifically for under-performing versus over achieving countries in terms of output growth. Our findings indicate that better health is positively and robustly related to growth at all quantiles, but the quantitative importance of the respective coefficients differs across quantiles in some cases, with the sign of the relationship greater for countries that recorded lower growth rates. These results apply to both positive (life expectancy, consumption of calories per person per day) and negative (infant mortality rate, prevalence of undernourishment in populations) health status indicators. Given the predominantly public nature of health funding, cuts in health expenditures should thus be carefully balanced even in times of public finances sustainability problems, particularly in times of growth slowdowns, since a decrease in the stock of health human capital can be particularly harmful for growth for under achievers.
health; human capital; economic growth; quantile regression.
Two main issues, closely related to each other, have occupied the European Central Bank in recent years: the sovereign debt crisis and the possibility of deflation in the Euro Zone. In this paper we discuss the causes, the consequences and the policy options regarding deflation. In addition, we assess the magnitude of the risk of deflation in the Euro Zone. For this purpose, we will employ the methodology of Kilian and Manganelli (2007). Our results suggest that the threat of deflation in the Euro Zone is related to the international financial crisis and to the sovereign debt crisis in Europe. Thus, the probability of deflation in the Euro zone increased in recent years. Nevertheless, it appears to have subsided in 2017, justifying the view taken by the ECB’s Governing Council, according to which deflation is no longer a problem for the Euro zone.
Following the Great Recession, many European countries implemented fiscal consolidation policies aimed at reducing government debt. Using three independent data sources and three different empirical approaches, we document a strong positive relationship between higher income inequality and stronger recessive impacts of fiscal consolidation programs across time and place. To explain this finding, we develop a life-cycle, overlapping generations economy with uninsurable labor market risk. We calibrate our model to match key characteristics of a number of European economies, including the distribution of wages and wealth, social security, taxes and debt, and study the effects of fiscal consolidation programs. We find that higher income risk induces precautionary savings behavior, which decreases the proportion of credit-constrained agents in the economy. Credit-constrained agents have less elastic labor supply responses to fiscal consolidation achieved through either tax hikes or public spending cuts, and this explains the relationship between income inequality and the impact of fiscal consolidation programs. Our model produces a cross-country correlation between inequality and the fiscal consolidation multipliers, which is quite similar to that in the data.
fiscal consolidation, income inequality, fiscal multipliers, public debt, income risk.
The relationship between renewable energy sources and economic growth has attracted the interest of researchers in recent years. However, the analysis has focused mostly on measuring the impact of renewable energy consumption on economic performance (such as economic growth) that does not reflect the quality of standards of living. We employ a different approach measuring the impact of renewable energy consumption on the Human Development Index (HDI) that considers these qualitative characteristics associated with better health and educational standards along with income performance. Additionally, we develop a simultaneous equation system approach that describes the interrelations between economic variables, renewable energy and pollution emissions with feedback effect tendencies. We provide robust evidence using panel data for a set of 28 OECD countries over the period 2004-2015. The system of equations is estimated by 3sls considering a static and dynamic specification of the model. It is shown that renewable energy consumption along with human and physical capital are important factors for explaining the sustainable development level of the countries considered. Renewable energy consumption is mostly determined by higher levels of human capital, the R&D spending and the stage of countries’ development. Factors like the stage of development, total energy consumption, renewable energy consumption and standard levels of education are important elements for explaining environmental pollution (measured by CO2 emissions per capita). It is also established a non-linear relationship between the countries` stage of development and carbon emissions.
Renewable energy, human development index, simultaneous equation system, panel data.
The purpose of this paper is to describe the evolution of China’s exchange rate policy, relate it to the international competitiveness of the Chinese economy and assess the claims that China has been manipulating the exchange rate to foster its competitiveness. We begin by reviewing the historical evolution of China’s exchange rate policy. We then describe the implications of the constraint represented by the “trilemma” (or “impossible trinity”) of international economics for China’s economic policy. We assess whether the Renminbi can meet the requirements to be considered an international reserve currency. We also propose to evaluate the degree of currency manipulation by looking at the magnitude of the exchange rate forecast errors. Our interpretation of the test is that currencies subject to higher degrees of manipulation should be easier to forecast. We find that the magnitude of the forecast errors associated with the Chinese currency’s exchange rate is not noticeably smaller than the magnitudes observed for other currencies. This leads us to conclude that our test does not corroborate the view that China is a notorious currency manipulator. Countries wishing to improve their international competitiveness may therefore look to China’s history for insights. However, it is unlikely that policies oriented to setting the exchange rate to artificial values will find support in China’s exchange rate policy in recent years. Our conclusion runs counter the common view on China’s exchange rate policy.
The European economic and monetary integration of Portugal should be analyzed from a historical perspective, taking into account not only economic but also political aspects.Despite its colonial heritage, Portugal is a country of emigrants in which Europe holds a very important part. Portuguese people have a European feeling they do not forget a dictatorship that has lasted almost half a century. The incomes of Portuguese are nowadays much higher as also the level of fixed capital - especially in infrastructure - and human capital than before European integration. The recent economic problems of the Portuguese economy are the result of imbalances that developed during the years after the Democratic Revolution. The absence of more appropriate policies for a monetary zone with a fixed exchange rate and with financial shocks caused by the reduction of interest rates and the massive entry of structural funds is responsible for the poor performance of the Portuguese economy after 2002 At present the banking crisis and public debt does not allow the exit of the Euro. But in spite of this constraint Portuguese governments and the great majority of the political parties envisage a deeper integration on the monetary union.
Emigration, dictatorship, democracy, public debt, real exchange rate, Euro.
The study of the relationship between public debt and economic growth came again to the spotlight with the financial crisis (2007-2008) and with the sovereign debt crisis that followed in Europe. This literature aims to shed light about the sign, magnitude, mechanisms and threshold regimes relating debt to growth and to make policy recommendations with important consequences in terms of government’s policies.
We empirically investigate this relationship for a group of 60 countries for a long-time period (the shorter one from 1970 to 2012) using the historical public debt database (HPDD) built by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and we defend that the empirical strategy underlying most of the studies on this topic should be revised. We claim that: a) the study of the long-memory property of the public debt GDP ratio and stationarity (using the last generation tests) has to be performed as a first step of the empirical analysis, what has been done using 87 countries; b) In the presence of a non-stationary public debt GDP ratio cointegration analysis was used to estimate the relationship between the public debt GDP ratio and output; c) under the no rejection of the null of no cointegration, the above mentioned relationship was studied between the public debt GDP ratio first difference and GDP growth rate using threshold models and searching for thresholds using a wide variety of variables.
The main conclusions of this study are that the debt series have a long memory and should not be analyzed in a short-term framework; additionally, the non-stationarity of the debt series does not allow researchers to apply stationary econometrics methods to model its behavior. This finding implies that the relationship between economic growth and national debt that has been characterizing the literature on the subject, has disputable econometric foundations. We thus recommend our empirical strategy to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks of the existent empirical literature. Finally, it should be mentioned that the relationship between the public debt GDP ratio first difference and GDP growth rate is always negative despite the different threshold regimes identified.
Public Debt, Growth, Long Memory, Stationary, Co-integration and Thresholds
This paper analyses the determinants of null and blank voting at the 2011 Portuguese legislative elections. An extensive datasets at the parish level and a fractional regression model estimator are used to estimate both voting alternatives. The results found point to some common explanatory patterns as well as to important differences between the two choices. Evidence also indicates that the performance of the local economy, especially unemployment, is important but only for the explanation of blank variations and in more urban areas, where more sophisticated voters reside. Furthermore, results point to the presence of a relevant degree of persistence in both choices and indicate that past electoral choices influence both voting choices in a way that seems to suggest the existence of protest motives.
This paper analyses the price discovery process in the USD/Bitcoin market since the Mt.Gox bankruptcy until the aftermath of the hack attack on Bitfinex (01-Mar-2014 until 30-Nov-2016). The Geweke feedback measures, estimated pairwise using hourly returns, show that there is a positive relationship between the total feedback and market share, measured by trading volume, that most of the information is transmitted between exchanges within an hour, at least for the main four exchanges (Bitfinex, Bitstamp, BTC-e and ItBit), while lagged feedback runs mainly from the major exchange. Other minor exchanges seem to react to price information with some delay and are thus considered as merely satellite exchanges. Bitfinex stands out as the most important exchange in transmitting information to the market: the relative importance of the lagged feedback from Bitfinex to the market is 18.29% while the lagged feedback from the market to Bitfinex accounts only for 0.60% of the total feedback. The volatility in the major exchange in each pair is the main factor explaining the feedback measures, sustaining the claim that the information-based component of volatility increases with the relative dimension of the exchange.
Non-price competitiveness given by the ratio of the income elasticity of the demand for exports relatively to the income elasticity of the demand for imports is the key factor for measuring the competitiveness of an economy associated with the quality of the produced goods. This factor is essential in the export-led growth theory and the balance-of-payments constraint hypothesis advocated by Thirlwall´s Law (1979). Increasing returns to scale in the production process are also important for generating a cumulative causation growth circle and this factor has been earlier identified by Verdoorn (1949) and later by Kaldor (1966). According to Palley (2002) it is the non-price competiveness (through mostly changes in the income elasticity of the demand for imports) that adjusts to close the gap between the actual and the potential income. Setterfield (2012) on the other hand attributes higher importance to increasing returns to scale as the responsible for closing the income gap, implying changes in the Verdoorn coefficient. The aim of this paper is to shed light to this discussion bringing empirical evidence that shows how the non-price competitiveness (through the income elasticity of imports) and productivity (through increasing returns to scale) react with respect to previous income gaps. It is verified that both factors react significantly to changes in passed income gap but the reaction of the non-price competitiveness is more pronounced.
non-price competitiveness, increasing returns to scale, potential income, income gap, overlapping and non-overlapping regressions.
ulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovenia, and Slovakia have all benefited from an increase of European Union capital transfers of funds since the demand for European integration. At the same time, foreign direct investments have risen, mainly due to the liberalisation of capital movements. The effects of those funds and the reduction of financial costs can be considered as analogous to the phenomenon known as Dutch Disease. That is to say, the inflow of financial transfers is also considered a curse. In order to eliminate this curse we must take into account the two effects associated with Dutch Disease: the ‘spending effect’ and the ‘resource movement effect’. Public policies have not been appropriate and have not prevented the real exchange rate appreciation, thereby contributing to a poor performance in terms of competitiveness and economic growth. After a descriptive analysis of some variables, we estimate a set of equations that take account of the direct and indirect effects of European Union funds and financial costs on the economy where the effects on the real exchange rate play the major role.
GMM, foreign transfers, financial costs, Dutch Disease, Dynamic Models, and public policies.
In this paper we conduct an empirical analysis on the performance gains of using high frequency data in portfolio selection. Within a CRRA-utility maximization framework, we suggest the construction of two different portfolios: a low and a high frequency portfolios. For ten different risk aversion levels, we compare the performance of both portfolios in terms of several out-of-sample measures. Using data on fourteen stocks of the CAC 40 stock market index, from January 1999 to December 2003, we conclude that the “fight” is always “won” by the high frequency portfolio for all the considered performance evaluation measures.
portfolio selection, utility maximization criteria, higher moments, high frequency data, out-of-sample analysis
Increasing returns to scale are important for economic growth, generating higher levels of productivity. This view was earlier suggested by Verdoorn (1949) and Kaldor (1966) in formulating the basic Laws of economic growth. The later demand-orientated approach based on the export-led growth, gave higher importance to the non-price competitiveness reflected in the income elasticities of trade, as the main determinants of the long-term economic growth, along with external demand. This view was expressed in Thirlwall’s Law (1979) on the balance- of-payments equilibrium growth inspired from the early Harrodian concept of the foreign trade multiplier. This paper aims at considering both concepts, that is, increasing returns to scale (through the Verdoorn’s Law) and non-price competition (through the Thirlwall’s Law) in order to access whether growth adjustments over time are due mostly to productivity changes or due to changes in competitiveness. To do so, we employ a regression analysis which comprises a set of 23 OECD countries over the period 1980-2016. The estimation approach sheds light on whether growth adjustments between the balance-of-payments growth rate and that of actual or potential income are driven by improvements in productivity or improvements in non-price competiveness, or in both.
increasing returns to scale, non-price competitiveness, income gap adjustments, regression analysis
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Second Comic Arts Brooklyn (CAB) Announces For November 8
Gabe Fowler has announced dates for his Comic Arts Brooklyn show. The second iteration of the event, rising from the ashes of the Brooklyn Comics And Graphics Festival in 2013 to significant success, will be held November 8. You can apply to exhibit in one of the best exhibition-per-square foot spaces in comics until June 1 through here.
Benjamin Marra, a fixture of the Brooklyn alt-/arts comics show scene, supplied the above illustration. Fowler passed it along.
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Computer Desks > About Us
A desk is a piece of furniture with a sloping or horizontal top designed
to aid writing or reading, and often containing drawers, compartments, or
pigeonholes. There are many types of desks, including desks designed
specifically to house a desktop computer and its varied accessories.
If you decide to buy a computer desk with a CPU enclosure, be sure that
the desktop computer unit is adequately ventilated during use.
Desks built specifically for computer workstations usually have a monitor
shelf, holes for routing cables, and space for a keyboard, mouse, printer,
and speakers. Many times they have an adjustable keyboard tray and
sufficient storage for folders, media, and other items.
Many computer desks are ergonomically designed, which means that they are built to maximize user comfort and efficiency. Heights and angles of the monitor shelf, keyboard tray, chair, or the desk itself can often be adjusted to achieve ideal placement for the particular user. This is important so that shoulder, wrist, and eye strain issues are avoided when working with computer equipment.
When choosing a computer desk, there are many factors to consider. The space where you will be putting the desk will determine its size and its shape. You'll also need to think about how much work surface space you require. If you do the type of work that requires lots of paperwork and other materials, you'll need something big enough to spread your work out on. If, on the other hand, you use your computer solely for surfing the net, a smaller desk will do nicely.
Be sure to consider your storage needs as well. Divided storage space ensures that you can keep things organized, while special shelves can provide space to store specific items such as your keyboard, computer tower, scanner, printer, and CDs.
Types of computer desks include single-user computer desks designed for home or office use, large multi-student computer desks used in computer labs, and small rolling lecterns or computer carts just large enough for a laptop. Rolling computer tables are often used where a desk is not convenient, whereas freestanding and wall-mounted or table-mounted computer stations are sometimes used in public libraries and Internet cafes. As technology continues to advance, the types of furniture available to house computers will continue to evolve, creating increasing convenience for computer users.
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By: Yohana Petrovic
You have a great blog. It is full of wonderful, informative, and relevant content. You post regularly, but not too frequently. In fact, you are a blog reader’s heaven. However, this does you no good at all if you do not have any traffic coming your blog’s way.
An extremely effective way to drive traffic to your blog is to advertise it on Facebook. With Facebook, you can get inside people’s phones and remind your followers to both check your Facebook page and read your blog. Of course, any old Facebook post will not get even your most devoted followers to read your blog post. You need intriguing and excellent Facebook content in order to drive traffic to your blog.
So, how can you successfully drive traffic to your blog with Facebook? Let’s discover some ways:
Post Daily Facebook Updates
Post every day in Facebook. Just make sure that you do not post more than five times a day. For example, you can post the morning, during lunch, late afternoon, and then again in the evening after people have finished dinner and are jumping back online. This way your followers will receive the optimum amount of incentive to go to your Facebook page and read your posts.
Keep It Interesting
You need to do more than post daily. You need to post interesting content. If your content isn’t interesting, no one will subscribe to your Facebook page or click on your blog links.
Let’s look at an example:
A business wants to advertise itself. So it decides to make a company Facebook page and start posting. This business thinks that it can draw interest to its Facebook page and its blog by simply describing what they do – instead of showing, describing, and holding a conversation. So their first Facebook post reads like this,
“We are a small marketing company with five years of experience. We also charge less than most other companies.”
This might be an accurate description of the company, but it is certainly not a good one. A much more effective first Facebook post could have been,
“Learn how to increase sales for half the cost in five simple steps. (link to blog)”
You have to make sure that what you post on Facebook is intriguing. Let’s emphasize that. Absolutely everything you post on Facebook must be intriguing to potential clients and customers. Or you will just become white noise on your followers’ Facebook feeds.
Use Conversation Starters
Pose questions to your followers. Effective Facebook posts pose questions to the readers that will subconsciously lead them (this means with a little bit of your guidance, of course) to conclude that you are the answer to their problems. Ask intriguing questions and then direct them to your blog for answers. They will have to click on the link to discover the answer – the truth. And there you have interested and engaged traffic to your blog. You can look here for some more interesting information.
Be visual! If someone sees an interesting graphic as they are browsing through their Facebook feed, they are ever so much more likely to stop and read the words that you wrote above your image. Make your images big, and you will attract even more attention.
Keep It Short
Keep your Facebook posts short and sweet. No one wants to slog through tons of information with no meaning and value to them. People also won’t read valuable and interesting information if it looks like too much work. Their attention spans are short. So, keep your Facebook posts short. You will find that people are a lot more willing to read them if they are.
Facebook Is More Than A Traffic-Driver
Facebook can do more than drive traffic to your blog and remind people who already read your blog to go check for a new post. It can also help readers to stay interested in you and what you have to offer. Facebook is more casual than a blog is by nature, and more visual with real time interaction. This means that you can give your audience a sneak peek into your world through words and pictures. Followers love this! It is one of the principles that makes Facebook so effective and widely used in the first place.
Now, take advantage of Facebook and the many ways that it can help you interact with your audience.
About Yohana Petrovic
Yohana Petrovic is a writer and blogger. She has 10 years` experience in educating and now she is a proofreader at GlobalEssays.org. You follow her on Facebook at Yohana Petrovic or on Twitter @YohanaPetrovic.
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This article mainly introduces the specific EAF Transformers parameters & characteristics, as well as the impact during production.
This article mainly describes the classification and characteristics of electric arc furnace refractory materials, as well as its specific impact on the production efficiency and safety of electric arc furnaces.
This mainly introduces two specific classifications of electric arc furnace steelmaking materials, etc. And the characteristics of electric arc furnace steelmaking.
Technical characteristics of electric arc furnace, And the applications, smelting characteristics and classification of electric arc furnaces, etc.
The main composition structure and characteristics of the submerged arc furnace process are mainly explained.
Features Mini electric arc furnace for sale, 5ton, 6ton, 7ton, etc. are more trusted by customers. Electric arc furnace steelmaking uses electric energy as the heat source, which avoids the pollution of the steel by the sulfur contained in the gas heat source; The operation process is flexible, and the slag and furnace gas can […]
Electric arc furnace steelmaking is more flexible than other steelmaking furnaces, and is suitable for melting high-quality alloy steel in metallurgy industry.
Although induction furnaces and electric arc furnaces are commonly used cast steel smelting equipment in factories, intermediate frequency induction furnaces have the following characteristics in terms of refining capacity and adaptability compared with ordinary electric arc furnaces.
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Naked News: Brain scans show why we can resist everything except temptation
Sometimes sex is a private matter, and other times, as we see in the news this week, it’s intricately tied to politics, money, technology, your cellphone records — even local parking regulations!
- In a ground-breaking move, the government rules that transgender people are protected from bias in the workplace.
- For the 2012 races, the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund aims to elect an out member to every state legislature.
- Why “family values” should mean regulating the economy — and not sex.
- Brain scans show why some people can resist everything except temptation.
- Financial infidelity between couples can be as damaging as sexual infidelity.
- What cellphone records tell us about who we are and how we love.
- Will sex workers be replaced by android prostitutes?
- NYC residents request parking ban because of sex in cars outside night clubs.
- Maggie Gyllenhaal talks about her latest sex scenes.
- Um, it would appear that the Egyptian government may be about to legalize necrophilia — specifically, men having sex with their dead wives.
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Located in the front of your upper arm, the biceps muscle helps you bend your elbow, rotate your arm and maintain your shoulder stability. Your biceps tendon attaches the muscle to your elbow and at two places to your shoulder. Tearing the longer of the two tendons connecting your biceps and shoulder can cause you to lose strength and mobility in your arm, and may also result in shoulder pain. Though most people can still function with a torn biceps tendon, some require surgery.
Partial tearing of the biceps tendon, known as fraying, may require surgery. Complete tears and SLAP tears–when the biceps tendon separates from the upper end of the shoulder socket–may also require surgery. A complete tear occurs when the tendon splits in two. Often, if you have a frayed tendon and do nothing to repair it, it may worsen until it completely tears. Tearing your biceps tendon also makes you more likely to damage other parts of your shoulder.
Surgery is not always necessary to repair a biceps tendon tear. The biceps is attached to the shoulder in two places. Though the long head of the biceps tendon may be susceptible to injury, the short head rarely tears, allowing the use of the biceps even after the long head completely tears.
A variety of symptoms may clue you in that you could have a biceps tear. Sudden, sharp pain in the upper arm, an audible pop or snap, cramping of the biceps muscle, bruising from the middle of the upper arm toward the elbow, pain, weakness or tenderness in your shoulder and elbow, difficultly turning your arm palm up or palm down or a visible bulge in the upper arm above the elbow can all be symptoms.
Arthroscopy is often used to identify and treat tears that require surgery. If only a small portion of the tendon is damaged, shaving–called a debridement–of the torn fibers may be all that is required. More serious injuries may require biceps tenodesis–arthroscopically removing the torn tendon stump from inside the shoulder joint and attaching the remaining tendon to the humerus bone using biodegradable screws or anchors. This eliminates the sliding of the tendon and removes friction. Pain relief should be immediate and complete, according to the Cape Shoulder Institute. Complications after surgery are rare
Immediately after surgery, a sling may be required to keep your shoulder immobilized. Soon after, you will likely participate in flexibility exercises to improve the mobility of your shoulder. Shoulder-strengthening exercises will likely follow.
Injury and overuse are the two main causes for tearing your biceps tendon. A sudden impact, such as falling on an outstretched arm or lifting something too heavy, can cause a tear. Often, tears are simply the result of the tendon wearing down and fraying due to perpetually repeating the same shoulder motions. Overuse can also cause various other shoulder problems, which can put more stress on the biceps tendon, making it more susceptible to tearing.
A number of factors may make you more likely to suffer a biceps tendon tear. Age; frequent heavy, overhead lifting; participation in overhead sports, such as swimming, baseball or tennis; smoking; and corticosteroid medications can all make you more likely to suffer injury.
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April 4, 2008
I have feelings and judgements … and try to put these aside.
I’d like to believe in the purest simplest communion … that some or many of us might just sit in silence and get closer to that Spirit … that some will hear or feel that Spirit offering guidance, clarity, direction … and that when this is strong enough it may result in vocal ministry. In this view, reading would be a distraction from this serious exercise.
But who am I to say? Perhaps for some a book of poetry or meditations may be the entry to that space we seek. For some (not me!) a book of mathematical equations may have similar beauty. And for those who have made the bible, or another book, their close friend, perhaps having it on the table right in front is handy and helpful.
And, I must confess, on occasion when I’ve worshiped in Amsterdam, and I believe in other meetings as well, I can recall reaching for a book to find a quotation that has been dangling imperfectly in my mind.
A quite different situation is that some parents bring books for their children, as the silence alone is too much. Here I must trust that these parents are seeking a balance.
In all of these, we need to be wary of DAD (Dogmatic Anti-Dogmatism). Different people come to meeting in different ways, with different practices. I’d hope that we welcome as many as we can — while still noting that some practices are just outside our sphere.
April 4, 2008
“Thank you for seeing that the Obama speech was not an attempt to save his campaign, he was trying to save his country. He has already begun the work of president.”
— Daniel Minter
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Seniors Morgan Leonard and Lindsey Morgan of the Canisius College women’s lacrosse team were both selected to play in the IWLCA/Under Armour North-South Senior All-Star Game. In addition, Griffs’ leader Scott Teeter is set to serve as head coach for the North squad in Saturday’s contest.
Leonard and Morgan, who are also on the North roster, become the third and fourth Griffs to be selected to play in the game, joining Chelsea Martinez in 2009 and Allison Daley in 2011. Canisius is also one of just eight schools in the country to have multiple selections to the teams this season.
Leonard earned a number of honors in her final year at Canisius during the 2013 campaign. She was named the MAAC Midfielder of the Year, while also collecting second-team IWLCA All-West/Midwest honors and receiving unanimous selection to the All-MAAC First Team.
The Sykesville, Md. native recorded 71 points in 2013, scoring a school-record 59 goals to go along with 12 assists. She also led the team with 64 ground balls and 51 caused turnovers, while placing second with 43 draw controls. Leonard currently ranks second nationally with 3.37 ground balls per game, second with 2.68 caused turnovers per game and 12th with 3.11 goals per game.
Leonard made her mark in just two seasons at Canisius. She finished her tenure ranked 10th in the program’s history with 110 points, eighth with 88 goals and third with 91 caused turnovers, while helping lead the Griffs to two MAAC Championships. She was also named 2012 MAAC Defensive Player of the Year, while earning MAAC All-Tournament Team honors twice, including MVP accolades as a junior.
An all-conference selection in each of the last three seasons, including first-team honors in 2012 and 2013, Morgan recorded 50 points, 38 goals, 12 assists, 49 ground balls, 36 caused turnovers and 15 draw controls in 2013. The senior finished the season ranked 12th nationally with 1.89 caused turnovers per game.
Morgan finished her standout career ranked among the best in the school’s record book in a number of categories. She is tied for seventh in the program’s history with 130 career points, while ranking sixth with 104 career goals and third with 91 career caused turnovers.
The winningest coach in MAAC history, Teeter completed his 11th season in charge of the Griffs in 2013. He has led Canisius to the last three conference titles, marking the first time in MAAC history that a team has won three-straight women’s lacrosse crowns. Canisius also finished the campaign with a school-record 14 wins in 2013.
The all-star game is set to be played at Cabrini College in Radnor, Pa. on Saturday.
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by Selena Fox
Pagans from five continents and twelve countries were among the thousands taking part in the Parliament of the World's Religions held in Barcelona, Spain, July 7-13, 2004. Pagans deepened their connections with each other and also built bridges of understanding and collaboration with those of other religions. Pagans were from many paths and connected with a variety of organizations, including Circle Sanctuary, Circle Network International, Lady Liberty League, Gaia's Womb, EarthSpirit Community, Covenant of the Goddess, Pagan Federation International, Reclaiming, Union Pagana Iberica (Iberian Pagan Union), and others.
The Parliament of the World's Religions is one of the oldest, largest, and best known of the international interreligious gatherings on planet Earth. It brings together leaders, scholars, and practitioners of diverse religions and spiritualities the world over. The first Parliament of the World's Religions was held in 1893 in Chicago and it ushered in a new era of contact between religions of the "West" and "East." A centennial Parliament was held in 1993 in Chicago and its success led organizers to sponsor additional Parliaments on a more frequent basis. The next Parliament was held in December 1999 in Capetown, South Africa and was a call to action for religions to work together. The 2004 Parliament in Barcelona built on the momentum of previous Parliaments and had as its theme: "Pathways to Peace: the Wisdom of Listening, the Power of Commitment."
Circle Sanctuary is among the many international religious organizations that have supported the Parliament over the years. We have sent a delegation to the 1993, 1999, and 2004 Parliaments. At each of these, we have contributed to program activities as well as staffed and sponsored an information booth in the exposition area. I have been a speaker at all three of these Parliaments, and since 1999, have been a member of the Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders that meets in conjunction with the Parliament. Over the years, Circle Sanctuary also has taken part in other Parliament associated activities and projects in the Chicago area and elsewhere.
Pagan participation in the Parliament has grown in visibility, acceptance, and influence over the years. In 2003, Circle Sanctuary priestess Angie Buchanan became the first Pagan elected to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Council for the Parliament of the World's Religions, which oversees all Parliament endeavors. At the 2004 Parliament, in addition to her other Board duties, she served as a liaison for Pagan delegates of many paths and places.
There was greater Pagan representation on the Parliament's Assembly of Religious and Spiritual Leaders than ever before. The Assembly met on the ancient sacred mountain of Montserrat in Spain from July 4-7, just prior to the start of the Parliament in nearby Barcelona. Pagans taking part in the 2004 Assembly included (alphabetical order): Andras Arthen, Deidre Arthen, Angie Buchanan, Dr. Dennis Carpenter, Phyllis Currot, Selena Fox, Donald Frew, and Dr. Drake Spaeth. In addition, Pagans had two representatives on the Parliament's Youth Assembly, which also met at Montserrat prior to the Parliament: Donovan Arthen and Michelle Mueller.
Most of the program activities of the Parliament were held at Barcelona's Forum site, an extensive convention and performing arts area by the Mediterranean Sea. Pagans were among the many presenters. Donovan Arthen was one of the speakers in the plenary that opened the Parliament on July 7, and Michelle Mueller was on stage as part of a Youth celebration during the closing plenary on July 13.
Some of the many Parliament program activities were specifically Pagan focused. On Friday morning, July 9, Angie Buchanan facilitated a panel, "Pagan Dialogue Inside and Outside the Circle," with Drake Spaeth, Jerrie Hildebrand, Phyllis Curott, and Patrick McCollum taking part. On Friday afternoon, the Pagan choir Mother Tongue performed a concert, "One with the Soul of the Earth," in a seaside outdoor amphitheater.
On Saturday morning, July 10, I facilitated an international Pagan panel, "Circles in the Greenwood: Pagan Religion Around the World." Dr. Michael York, Morgana, and I each gave an overview of Paganism as a world religion, followed by short presentations by Phyllis Curott (USA), Dale Wallace (South Africa), Mika Lassander (Finland), Fred Lamond (Austria), John Belham-Payne (England), and Werty (Spain) with translation assistance by Andras Arthen. Chris LaFond provided translation for the many Spanish speaking attendees during the rest of the panel.
On Tuesday morning, July 13, Juniper Talbot, assisted by Chris LaFond on harp, led a Dances with the Earth ritual around the Peace Tree which had been planted on the first day of the Parliament. Later that morning, Deirdre Arthen facilitated a panel: "Pagan Teachings about the Earth," with Andras Arthen, Grove Harris, and Dennis Carpenter sharing perspectives.
In addition to Pagans speaking about Paganism, there were Pagans doing interreligious presentations. Grove Harris spoke about her work with the Pluralism Project of Harvard University that examines religious diversity in America. Don Frew spoke about his work with the Lost and Endangered Religions Project, which he founded and also spoke about his work with the First International Interfaith Sacred Space Design Competition.
There were several Pagan events associated with the Parliament, but held at other venues. Circle Sanctuary helped sponsor a Welcome Pagans to the Parliament reception at a nearby AC Barcelona Hotel on Thursday night, July 8. On Friday evening, July 9, Barcelona Pagans hosted a Pagan evening of food, song, and dance. On Sunday night, July 11, the Barcelona Pagans and the EarthSpirit Community held a Pagan ritual for world peace in a forested area of Montjuic, an ancient sacred mountain in the city. Following the closing plenary on Tuesday night, July 13, some Pagans shared a farewell dinner together at the AC Barcelona Hotel restaurant.
Paganism also was visible in other ways at the 2004 Parliament. Circle Sanctuary, EarthSpirit Community, and Covenant of the Goddess sponsored and staffed a Pagans from the USA booth in the exposition hall. A wide range of media from around the world covered the Parliament. Many Pagan delegates were interviewed by press, radio, internet, and television reporters. In addition, there were Pagans in the press corps - both Dennis and I had press credentials and visited the Forum media center daily.
Paganism in its great diversity became more visible as well as better understood as a world religion at the 2004 Parliament. Thanks to everyone who sent donations and other support to Circle Sanctuary - you helped make our participation possible.
More information about Circle's participation in this and previous Parliaments is on-line.
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Fix Cleanup-Annotation Tooltips
Annotations, made for the Wikipedia Cleanup Project, are sometimes marked with a Tooltip, describing the issue. This is not shown on Wikiwand but can contain important informations.
In this article, there is an issue with dates, in the last paragraph of "Life and Career", marked with [inconsistant]. On Wikipedia, there is a tooltip, describing the issue. This will not appear on Wikiwand.
Samuel Anmeldung shared this idea
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Stories from the period of time when nobody knew how to make advertising in Romania, told by those that founded the first agencies, are present in “First Year of Advertising”, a book of interviews made by Petre Barbu, journalist with 19 years of experience in business media&Advertising press.
In order to publish his book, Barbu selected a method still new on the Romanian market, namely crowdfunding, with the editorial project to come true with the help of those who will buy the book in advance.
The money obtained through pre-selling the book will cover printing, distribution and promotion costs. The pre-sales campaign is active on We Are Here crowdfunding platform.
Those who help via this campaign will receive an autographed copy of the book or a collection volume, with authographs from all the people interviewed
About “First Year of Advertising”, Petre Barbu says:
“It is a book of interviews. If you like advertising, than this book will surely interest you. If you hate advertising, than you’ll read it with a great interest. I’m assuring you!”
Barbu spoke with the pioneers of Romanian advertising, from former engineer Bogdan Enoiu (McCann), to Radu Florescu (with experience on Wall-Street previous to advertising) and Mihail Vartosu (former chief of UASCR – the union of communist students in 70s and MAE employee in 90s), trying to get answers to question and curiosities about that stone age of Romanian advertising.
A few quotes from the book:
- Radu Florescu (Centrade Saatchi&Saatchi): “In 1990, I was conscient that I’m starting an adventure in Romania”
- Adrian Draghici (Rom-KU): “I was working from morning until late night, to see something done”
- Bogdan Enoiu (McCann-Erickson): „I’m working with Coca-Cola for 20 years! McCann should make me a statue”
- Dragos Grigoriu (Tempo Advertising): „I always had a strong point in seizing the opportunities”
- Gabriel Faflei (Monopoly): „I came back to add color to Romania”
- Ioana Iordache (Leo Burnett&Target): „I literally jumped for joy when I signed the first contract”
- Mihail Vartosu (Grey): „I’m like a pair of scissors. One of blades comes from Grey, the other from Procter&Gamble”
- Stefan Iordache (Leo Burnett&Target): „I lived the crazy childhood of Romanian capitalism”
Translation provided by AdHuggerCarmen Maria Andronache carmenpaginademedia.ro
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So how long will this heart last? I don’t think I even wanted to know. What would I do anyway–make a paper chain to countdown Annie’s fleeting days?
While some days that sounds fitting, I’m choosing instead to count up the days we’ve had. On Sunday, we celebrated 730 days with Annie that we’ve been given so far.
17,520 hours we were strongly urged to never count on.
2 whole years with this precious life we chose to keep.
As we look ahead to the next days of her life, it’s difficult. Matt and I admitted to each other that we just got the best year with Annie that we are supposed to ever have: no surgeries, no hospitalizations, no medicines, no delays, no setbacks.
We’ve had a year where we’ve gotten accustomed to her giggle. We count on her midnight milk calls. We listen quietly as she belts out lullabies in the backseat. We wait for the mealtime impersonations and the wry humor she delivers with a bean up her nose and a sarcastic eye roll. We mourn that she’s traded the endearing mumble of “sis-der” for a demanding “Aud-RAY!”
But that’s not what they’re telling us is up ahead. For the next year we have penciled in
- regular Philly visits (with a 2yo who doesn’t fly free anymore)
- frequent cardiology checkups
- auto refilling those red Target prescription bottles
- Annie realizing her heart is sick
- potential heart transplant
Sounds fun, right? Of course not. Sounds hard. Sounds scary. Sounds out of my control.
It also sounds like another year with Annie that I’m beyond grateful to be embarking on. I’m not going to fill it with worries and what ifs. I’m going to fill it with gratitude and rejoicing in each day we have.
So I might make a paper chain after all. Each night before bed, I’ll record something about that day with Annie that I’m thankful for. I’m praying I get to write so many that the chain can decorate our whole house!
I think I’ll keep track of them online too! You’re welcome to join me by checking out #ThankfulForAnnie.
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As US President Donald Trump pulled America out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on 23 January with an executive order, he signalled he will instead ask Asian TPP members for bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs). This includes countries such as Vietnam that rely on apparel and textile exports. The TPP was also to have included Canada, Mexico, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru, Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei.
But it is unclear whether there will be much enthusiasm among these former TPP partners for straight one-on-one trade deals with the US.
According to Deborah Elms, executive director of the Singapore’s Asian Trade Centre, there are tremendous prospects for bilaterals from Trump’s perspective, but less so from the perspective of the other side. Elms argues that Trump’s trade negotiators sitting down with a much smaller country than the US, such as Vietnam or the Philippines, would lead to a US position that is even tougher to deal with than the already infamously tough US negotiation style seen in past negotiations for multilateral trade agreements.
“Only a country that is desperate for an FTA would be willing to do that, and the only country I think of here is the UK – which obviously would not help in apparel sourcing,” says Elms.
She claims there will be some voices in Vietnam pushing for a bilateral FTA with the US, given that Vietnam has put much effort into TPP negotiations on the assumption that Vietnam will get weighty benefits out especially for textiles and apparel.
But it would be difficult for the US to offer the TPP’s 0% tariff treatment for Vietnamese textiles and apparel in a bilateral setting, argues Elms. “Because if you allow that US manufacturers face more competition from Vietnamese imports, you must have offsetting benefits elsewhere, eg for US agriculture or high-tech exports, which you would have in the TPP but not in a bilateral with such a small market as Vietnam,” she says.
Free traders will not draw comfort from comments made by the Trump administration. His presidential memorandum ordering the withdrawal told his trade officials “to begin pursuing, wherever possible, bilateral trade negotiations to promote American industry, protect American workers and raise American wages.”
Also, White House press secretary Sean Spicer says the new administration favours bilateral trade because it enables the US to negotiate better terms for itself, while with multilateral agreements, trade liberalisation moves at the pace of countries favouring closed economies, the “lowest common denominator,” he says. With bilateral deals, “If anyone wants to get out of an agreement, they can renegotiate it much easier.”
There is more enthusiasm within the US at the new stance, however. Lloyd Wood, the US National Council of Textile Organisations (NCTO) director of public affairs, pointed out that his group had been opposed to TPP once it emerged that the treaty would include Vietnam.
“TPP actually originated in the [George W] Bush administration, and the decision to add Vietnam was made in the Bush administration. The industry opposed adding Vietnam to the TPP largely because Vietnam is not a market economy,” he says. “Vietnamese consumers frankly have very little spending power.”
“The NCTO supports President Trump,” he says. “We feel the decision [to walk away from TPP] is also good for the industry, and we are very eager to partner with President Trump and his administration to push every effort to boost textile production.
Looking ahead to the bilateral trade agreements that Trump said would replace TPP, deals with “developed countries with consumers in theory is something the industry would welcome [as opposed to deals with] low-cost producers that we’re not going to be able to export something back. We’re much more comfortable with free-trade agreements to countries with consumer bases.
He was, however, less enthusiastic about the pledges from the Trump administration to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico. “The US textile and apparel industries exported US$11bn to Mexico and Canada in the 12 months that ended 30 November 2016. We do not support any repeal of NAFTA,” he says, stressing that the deal is 25 years old.
That said, Wood argues that NAFTA would benefit from better enforcement of its terms. “We value the yarn forward rule of origin and rules on trans-shipment,” he says. “The industry was very vociferous in complaining about Asian companies entering their market through Mexico. The best way to encourage production is to encourage production in this hemisphere.”
Also, supporters of American agriculture, which includes fibre producers in the US such as cotton, have mixed feelings about the end of the TPP. “The TPP generally would have been very good for American agriculture,” says K Michael Conaway, a Texas republican, and chairman of the House of Representatives agriculture committee. “The President has committed to negotiating even better trade deals, and I am looking forward to seeing what the Administration will accomplish.”
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There’s a whole lotta ugly in the world right now and I was going to include some of my thoughts, but it got a bit more involved than I wanted to share on Pentecost weekend (our first weekend back in church). I’ll share the other when it’s percolated a bit more.
The word officially came down last Saturday – churches could again re-open. We suspected that the announcement was in the tubes, but it wasn’t yet official. Announcing it Saturday, of course, meant it was a bit too fast of a turnaround to organize things for last Sunday, so we opted to wait.
Coming out of lockdown looks different for different churches. The larger churches will have significant procedures to put in place, so some will not re-open for another couple of weeks.
Just like in basketball, where smaller players are often a bit more agile, as a smaller church, we have fewer people therefore making the people-management part of opening-up a bit easier.
We spent hours down at the church this week, getting things ready and will be down again later today. While mowing this week, I caught this bee taking off from the blackberry bushes that are coming into flower. Honestly, apart from the Lord, it’s by finding the beauty in nature that I’m able to find balance with respect to all of the nasty in the world. Thankfully… we’re surrounded by the beauty of God’s creation.
On one hand, how appropriate it is that our first service back will be on Pentecost Sunday… the birth-day of the church.
While Liz & the kids & I were there for prayer last night, we felt a great sense of both relief and anticipation.
Coming back to church does not mean “a return to normal”… I don’t want to return to normal. I want to see far better than normal. Please pray with us to that effect.
God bless you this week.
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Whenever the subject of the modern workplace is raised in academic discourse, the focus usually shifts to disruptive technologies. Indeed, our workplace has experienced some fundamental changes as a result of technological innovation. Mobile platforms, social media, and cloud computing have fundamentally transformed traditional concepts in human productivity and efficiency, and the manner in which human relationships develop and function within modern organizations. There are, however, other prominent currents in our society that continue to affect the modern workplace, specifically related to gender equality, to social justice, and to sustainability.
The purpose of this monograph, published by Fielding Graduate University, is to address some of these changes in greater detail, based on dissertation research conducted by six women graduates of Fielding’s PhD program in Human and Organizational Development (HOD). Each of these dissertations looks at a unique aspect of social change in the modern workplace.
- Tiffanie Dillard’s article addresses the changing role of women in organizations, particularly the factor of empowerment (or disempowerment) when women followers report to women leaders.
- Anne Litwin’s article wonders whether the unique dynamic of relationships among women in the office can lead to conflict with masculine organizational norms.
- Carol Brown’s article moves the discussion of gender roles to the boardroom level. Her investigation, using 17 Canadian corporate directors, asks whether a post-heroic feminine style of leadership can emerge as a key contributor to effective board engagement.
- Loni Davis’ study looks at the impact of mobile practices, and how mobile devices have blurred the traditional boundaries of the modern workplace.
- Catherine Brooker’s article takes us to another important topic of the modern workplace, the issue of sustainability, particularly as it relates to futures expertise in strategy and organization consulting.
- Lastly, Deborah Burke looks at the dénouement of corporate America as the quintessential “big business” paradigm of the past century. To what extent, she asks, are the management prescriptions of mid-20th century corporate gurus still relevant to the modern workplaces of today.
Published May 19, 2014
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>Hi, I think I should have mentioned that the kids I need the Monet lesson >for are in first grade. Thank you all for your great ideas so far. Any more >for the younger ones? Keep them coming!!!!Thanks, Stephanie > >
Could you please share all the ideas for Monet that you get?
Thanks, MaryAnn Kohl
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Earth X Captain America Custom Action Figure
Here we have a figure of the earth x captain america based on a kingdom come flash body. The shield is marvel legends as are the boots although the boots are from taskmaster. I finished it all off with a dime store mini flag and a repaint.Thanks..!!
Custom Figure on eBay
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The figures contained in the Custom Showcase are not for sale by Figure Realm, and the creators of the customs are no way affiliated with Figure Realm. The Custom Showcase is purely for entertainment purposes and only provides a means for the creators to show off their work. Figure Realm does not make or sell customs.
Site Contents, Images & Design Copyright ©2002-2014 Figure Realm, LLC
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Web Design Quotes.
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Clients should continue, however, to continually view updates to the site and express their preferences or dislikes to the Developer. Upon completion of the web site, an e-mail or letter and invoice will be sent to the Client advising the Client that the work has been completed. Final payment of the remaining 50% balance plus any additional charges incurred will due within fifteen (15) business days after delivery of this e-mail or letter and invoice.
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Client agrees that any material submitted for publication will not contain anything leading to an abusive or unethical use of the Web Hosting Service, the Host Server or the Developer. Abusive and unethical materials and uses include, but are not limited to, pornography, obscenity, nudity, violations of privacy, computer viruses, harassment, any illegal activity, spamming, advocacy of an illegal activity, and any infringement of privacy.
Client hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Web Design by Niva Corp from any claim resulting from the Client’s publication of material or use of those materials.
It is also understood that the Web Design by Niva Corp will not publish information over the Internet which may be used by another party to harm another. Web Design by Niva Corp will also not develop a pornography web site for the Client. Web Design by Niva Corp reserves the right to determine what is and is not pornography.
Web Design by Niva Corp does not warrant the functions of the site will meet Client’s expectations of site traffic or resulting business or that the operation of the web pages will be uninterrupted and / or error-free. Web Design by Niva Corp is not being held responsible for occasional downtime of email or web site due to line interruptions and/or other instances beyond Developers control.
Web Design by Niva Corp reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions without notice to the Client. It is the responsibility of the Client to review Web Design by Niva Corp periodically to ascertain whether these Terms and Conditions have changed. The amended Terms and Conditions will become effective as soon as they are posted on our Web site, following which, if the Client continues to use the service, the Client is deemed to have agreed to be bound by those amendments
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The Wizards' Inaugural Giveaway
You could make a serious argument that the two organizations most crucial to my career, such as it is, have been the Washington Post and the Washington Wizards. The former pays my salary, and the latter has provided many of the clicks that encourage the former to keep paying my salary.
But let's be honest, it hasn't exactly been a banner few months for either the fishwrap biz or the Wizards. Which is why, when I heard the Wizards would be giving out free copies of the Nov. 5 commemorative Post to all fans at Friday's Wiz-Knicks game, my initial feeling was some sort of "misery loves company" cynicism. And sure, I was planning on coarse jokes about how if you thought local hoops crowds had been bad lately, wait until you start offering free newspapers.
But instead, I'll argue that post-election day was the one glorious day of the newspaper business last year. With lines for the paper stretching around the block at our shop, the more optimistic scribblers imagined that maybe there was a way out of this funk. Even if the long-term trends stayed the same, it allowed you to re-remember that time when you were important, and a success, and when you mattered.
So maybe the Wizards are hoping for a similar jolt of good cheer. Hope, and all that. Maybe we all can recapture the magic on Friday night.
And I know what you're thinking: "I'm going to Friday's game, but I don't want the newspaper that much? I already own that paper, or maybe I'm a hard-core Republican, or maybe I read all those stories online. What's in it for me?"
Well, cynic, you're in luck, because Friday is also Chipotle Fuzzy Dice night. Talk about holding history in your hands.
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Dearest readers, I am absolutely elated to finally share with you a sneak peak of the book I have been writing (a dream come true experience!) with Brittany Deal, founder of Savvy Girl. Titled “Savvy Girl, A Guide to Etiquette,” the cornerstone to this must-read is like a fabulous LBD that will always be in style: etiquette is all about making others feel comfortable and appreciated, and having the knowledge and confidence to shine as your best self.
Savvy Girl, A Guide to Etiquette focuses on what we all really want to know about modern manners, such as how to set a stunning table and host the ultimate dinner party; tips for being a dream house guest who gets invited back; what does being a bridesmaid really entail; and occasions for penning a gorgeous hand-written thank you note.
I’m thrilled to announce this fabulous book will be available in the fall, so get ready to get savvy on modern manners!
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Biere De Femme Festival
Bière De Femme 2022 is a unique festival experience that will be celebrating its 5th Annual Festival in North Carolina! This year’s event will be held at NoDa Brewing Company, boasting a variety of beverages, educational experiences, live music, food, and more!
Bière de Femme is a production of the Pink Boots Society, an organization that inspires, encourages, and assists women and non-binary fermented/alcoholic beverage professionals to further their careers through education. 100% of all proceeds will benefit educational opportunities for women and non-binary individuals in N.C. and beyond!
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Disable Windows SkyDrive App using Group Policy
I am running Server 2008r2 with Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 machines.
I need to disable one drive via GPO. I have found all the intructions on how to do this via server 2012, but not 2008r2. So I tried to do a search for the admx pack, but cant seem to find the correct one. Any thoughts?
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Board Members Pros
One of the biggest pros that comes with being on a board may be the opportunity to generate a real difference. By centering on a company, sector, or cause that you happen to be passionate about, you’ll sense that your time and energy is being used to advantage others, therefore motivating and inspiring one to take your career one stage further.
New Learning Opportunities
Raising and useful benefit of joining a board is the chance to develop rewarding, experience and capabilities which you might not have attained otherwise. Whether it’s with a company or nonprofit, seated on a board gives you the chance to learn about management, advertising, public relations/communications, financial, tactical planning, technology and human resources concerns.
Another great https://boardroompros.com/training-new-board-members-5-important-tips pro of offering on a panel is the possibility to meet and work with people you do not would have experienced the chance to complete otherwise. This could include potential management team members, business associates, clients and investors.
Reimbursement and Exceptional Benefits
Finally, one of the biggest benefits of plank service is a significant sum of money you can earn. This really is as much as some hundred thousand dollars a year.
It can also be a side show, allowing high-profile executives you need to do something they are passionate about in a manner that makes money for them. As a result, various former high-profile leaders and current older executives follow plank membership to get that extra income and flex their particular leadership muscle tissues.
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I had a bit of trouble keeping up with the blogs this week. This was partly because I had a three-day business trip to Colorado Springs (though it is lovely there). But mostly it’s Pam Coughlan and Lee Wind’s fault. You see, they started this blogger comment challenge. The idea is to increase community within the Kidlitosphere, by encouraging participants to comment more on one another’s blogs. Pam says:
“Since it is said that it takes twenty-one days to form a new habit, we’re going to run the Comment Challenge for the next three weeks — from today, Thursday, November 6, through Wednesday, November 26, 2008. The goal is to comment on at least five kidlitosphere blogs a day. Keep track of your numbers, and report in on Wednesdays with me or Lee.”
I’ve been participating, and it’s been a lot of fun. And since I tend to jump in with both feet to things like this, I’m averaging more like 10+ comments a day. But stopping to click through and comment is wreaking havoc on my ability to skim through lots of blog posts, quickly, in my Google Reader. Ah well. It’s still fun. And not too late to join in, if you’re interested. Read more here. On to other news.
Dewey just announced the second annual Book Bloggers’ Christmas Swap at The Hidden Side of a Leaf. It’s kind of a Secret Santa thing between bloggers. If you’d like to participate, check out the details at Dewey’s.
This week’s well-organized Poetry Friday round-up is at Check It Out, Jone MacCulloch’s blog.
It’s only November, but the “best of 2008” lists are already coming out. I guess this isn’t so premature when the people making the lists have access to advanced copies of books anyway. Becky from Becky’s Book Reviews shares and discusses Publisher’s Weekly’s Best of Children’s Fiction 2008. It seems like a pretty good list to me. Just about every book is one I’ve either read and recommended, or have on my radar to read. Amazon has also been coming out with “Best of” lists. I was especially happy to see, on Omnivoracious, Bonny Becker’s A Visitor for Bear topping the list of Best Children’s Picture Books of 2008. It was certainly one of my favorites of the year.
Of potential interest to mystery fans, Kyle Minor has a guest essay at Sarah Weinman’s blog, Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind. It’s about whether or not mysteries count as literature. He says “If forced to trade, I’ll take one Dennis Lehane, one Richard Price, one George Pelecanos, one James M. Cain, one Big Jim Thompson or Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett—any one of them, any day—over any ten “literary” writers.” I agree.
Rose’s Reading Round-Up at the First Book Blog links to a National Post article by Misty Harris about how teen books are being read by people of all ages. It’s a little bit condescending of a step backwards from what we who read YA all the time might think (“Like many addicts, Paige Ferrari hides her compulsion behind a carefully chosen facade. The 26-year-old has been known to wrap teen novels - her guiltiest literary indulgence - inside an issue of The Economist while reading in public.”), but I’ve seen much worse. (ETA per comments below: And I do get that it probably is news for the mainstream public that adults are reading YA.) I did like this quote: “most of the adults who are reading these books likely already have them in their homes. They’re reading what their kids are reading.”
At Lessons from the Tortoise, Libby asks readers for help in differentiating young adult literature from children’s literature and from adult literature. Both MotherReader and I commented that we thought that the age of the protagonist had a lot to do with it. Pam also remarked on the wide age range of YA books today. Libby wrote a followup post with some other input from her students, but she’s still struggling a bit with a formal distinction between YA and adult fiction (beyond “I know it when I see it). Feel free to head on over there and share, if you have input on this.
In related news, The Brown Bookshelf lauds the recent decision by independent bookstore Politics and Prose to configure a separate section of the store for books for older teens. The author (I’m not sure whose post it is) says: “Yay!!!!!! Whenever anyone focuses on teen readers and thus YA literature, I feel like I’ve won a lottery…except without that whole winning a lot of money thing.” I feel the same way (except for me it’s books for kids of all ages).
November is National Adoption Month. Terry Doherty offers up some resources and personal experience at the Reading Tub’s blog. Don’t miss the comments, either. At the ESSL Children’s Literature Blog, Nancy O’Brien suggests books about adoption, categorized by age range.
At the PBS Media Fusion blog, Gina Montefusco has a detailed article about the ways that the new PBS KIDS Island will help to promote early reading skills. Gina, who was instrumental in the development of PBS KIDS Island, says “reading doesn’t – and shouldn’t – have to be an intimidating process that turns off all but the most gifted students. With online games, kids are introduced to new skills in a light-hearted, silly way, allowing them to learn at their own speed and stay engaged. Everything from the alphabet to phonemes can be fun. Really. We promise.” I look forward to working more with Gina in the near future.
Trevor Cairney continues his series on key themes in children’s books at Literacy, Families, and Learning, discussing the theme of “being different.” He notes that “the struggle the be different is a common theme in children’s books from early picture books right through to adolescent novels”, and discusses how books can help “parents and teachers to sensitively and naturally raise some of these issues.”
Book Scoops is a new blog run by two grown-up sisters, Cari and Holly, who love books. Their about page says: “Our blog focuses on children and adolescent literature (even though we do read a broad range of books) because we are still young at heart.” You can see why I added them to my reading list. I especially enjoyed this recent post: Ode to Reading Grandparents. Cari explains: “Part of why we love reading so much also has to do with our grandparents reading to our parents and taking them to the library. So we thought we’d give a thank you to our grandparents (who also let us eat lots of ice-cream).”
Reviews of Cybils nominees are starting to crop up all around the Kidlitosphere. There are far too many to link to here, but one post that especially stood out for me was this one at Readerbuzz, featuring short reviews of a plethora of nonfiction nominees.
The ALSC blog has a nice post by Ann Crewdson about how “our fondest wish is for our patrons to read together, aloud and often with their children. And don’t forget to suggest that they point out words when they read, put on a play with puppets, and sing the ABC. Here are some tried and true companion books you can recommend without going wrong.” There are recommendations by age range.
And finally, if you haven’t had your fill yet of children’s book information, today’s New York Times Book Review has a children’s books special issue. I especially liked John Green’s article about two of my favorite dystopian novels from this year: The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
That’s all for today. Happy blog-reading. And don’t forget to comment as you’re out and about on the blogs. As Mary Lee pointed out, “The world gets changed by doing something small over and over again.” Like telling someone that you paid attention to what they had to say.
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The world's best father (…or father-in-law) Generous Chinese businessman gives 100million dowry ahead of daughter's lavish weddingIncludes boxes of gold jewellery, property portfolio and shares in his firmThe groom, a civil servant, has known the bride since kindergarten
Expensive dowries have long been a marriage tradition in the region
18:51 GMT, 1 January 2013
09:54 GMT, 2 January 2013
New bride: Wu Ruibiao's daughter was given four boxes of gold jewellery, a bankbook with deposits worth 2m and an impressive property portfolio
A wealthy Chinese tile magnate gave his daughter a gigantic 100million dowry that included four boxes of gold jewellery, shares and several homes for her lavish wedding.
The extravagant gift included four boxes of gold
jewellery, a bankbook with deposits worth 2m (20m yuan) and an impressive property portfolio.
Pictures of the generous dowry were posted online on Sunday, at the end of the 'eight-day banquet', which took place in Cizao town, Jinjiang county, in eastern China's Fujian province.
Wu Duanbiao, chairman of ceramics firm Fujian Wanli Group, gave his daughter's new husband real estate including a retail store in Quanzhou, the Olympic villas and the Wanda mansion.
He also bequeathed the newlyweds 500m shares in his ceramics firm worth more than 10m (100m yuan).
Wu also gave donations worth 1.5m (15m yuan) to two charities, according to local media reports.
The bridegroom, a civil servant whose surname is Xu, had known his new wife since they were classmates in kindergarten.
A spokesman for Wu's firm, Wanli management, confirmed the endowment, but denied the wedding was to be the 'eight day
open-air banquet' described in the internet post and said that Wu
would 'keep things simple'.
The post claimed the wedding banquet was beginning on
December 28 would last eight days to entertain public guests.
With these rings: Just some of the valuable jewellery included in Miss Wu's dowry to her civil servant husband
Perfect present: The groom – a civil servant – will now be the proud owner of prime real estate including a retail store in Quanzhou, Olympic villas and the Wanda mansion
Many readers of the weibo website praised Wu for donating to charities and his display of love for his daughter, according to South China Morning Post.
Bestowing expensive dowries has long been a Fujian marriage tradition, particularly in the Jinjiang and Shishi areas.
The tradition is sometimes seen as a
manifestation of gender inequality in the region, because expensive
dowries are supposed to ensure the bride will be treated well by her
Bride and joy: Miss Wu, whose father is a tile magnate, poses for the cameras. He father also gave donations worth 1.5m to two charities
Apple Daily featured a one-page report
on the Jinjiang tradition last year, titled 'Marrying a Jinjiang bride
is better than robbing a bank'.
Last month, another Jinjiang
billionaire married off his daughter with a dowry worth more than 2billion yuan, following the example of Hengan International's chairman,
who paid 2.5 billion yuan for his niece’s wedding a year ago.
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VitaMan, world pioneers, developed Australia’s first comprehensive natural male skin and hair care range exclusively dedicated to men. The results are a high performance natural men’s skin and hair care range with scientifically proven benefits, uncompromising quality, unparalleled textures and masculine aromas.
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VitaMan Co-Founders Glenn Kiddell, Naturopath and Herbalist, and Clare Matthews, Beauty Therapist and International Skincare Lecturer, had been living directly opposite each other in a Sydney Inner City Apartment building for 6 months before they met by coincidence one afternoon in the lift back in 1997.
This meeting lead to coffee, then discussions, then visions, about creating Australia’s first men’s natural grooming range using unique indigenous native plant, herb and fruit extracts.
They spent several years researching and developing the VitaMan products working closely with leading Australian Research Scientists who spent years researching Aboriginal Bush Medicine, Australian Indigenous Plants, Fruits and Herbs.
Launching in 1999 with just 9 products, VitaMan was born and effectively become one of the world’s first ‘Pioneers’ of Men’s Skincare & Grooming.
14 years on, the entire team at VitaMan are as passionate as ever about providing men globally with the most effective and innovative grooming solutions possible.
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One of the goals of an educational system is to transmit the beliefs and values of a culture to their students, whether this be ABC preschool or Princeton University. Many times, this happens by accident. Parents will say to a teacher that their child is coming home with language and behavior that the parent has not seen at home. There is an expectation by the parent that a certain culture or standard of behavior will exist within a particular school and its’ classrooms.
This culture or standard will be different between countries, states, cities, homes and schools. One of the most important thing you do in choosing a school for your child, whether it be public or private, traditional or alternative is to identify the core beliefs and values that are being transmitted in that environment, and decide if that is what you are committed to providing in your child’s life. If the family’s beliefs and values are at odds with what is being transmitted in the school, partnership between home and school will be subject to difficulty and misunderstanding, with neither party being aware as to why.
At The Cherry Blossom Montessori School we have very definite beliefs and values that we deliberately transmit to our children on a daily basis. These beliefs spring from and are grounded in the teachings of Maria Montessori and her vision of what it means to live in peace and global citizenship. Beginning with our Stepping Stones (Ages 16 – 36 months) classrooms, these values are part of the fabric of the day and are woven into every lesson. Values such as clean up after yourself, push in your chair, and how we treat other people is an everyday occurrence. In our Primary (Ages 3-6) classes we teach grace and courtesy such as shaking hands, looking people in the eye, how to serve food, set a table and many other marks of an educated and cultured person. We begin to teach appropriate greetings, and ways of handling others’ requests, needs and social boundaries. We teach children not to pick their noses in public, wash their hands, and be clean about themselves and their environment. We teach them care of self, others and their surroundings.
Once the children move into our Lower Elementary (grades 1-3) and Upper Elementary (grades 4-6) Programs, the lessons are much more defined. We teach them the art of dinner conversation, helping a lady on with her coat, and saying excuse me when you cross in front of someone. We work on conflict resolution. We practice setting boundaries and discussing them.
In Elementary, we also have a specific class called Character Development. We look at our individual beliefs and values. We examine our responsibility, integrity and accountability. We address goals, dreams and visions. We read, role play, rehearse and discuss. The conversation goes wherever it needs to. The children gain a sense of who they really are in this world, and what they intend to become in the future.
Why should we trade approximately an hour a week of irreplaceable instructional time in pursuit of exploration and understanding of these ideals? It is our belief and our values as a Montessori school that this is what it means to educate a child, and that this is our responsibility to send these values into the future with your children.
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CCC2017 Guest: Faye Stacey
I'm Faye Stacey, the other artist in Panels Comics.
What have you done / what are you doing?
My most recent printed work is a murder mystery comic called Eye Spy! Murder - a silly homage to bad murder mystery telly. I like to get involved in anthologies and have had comics in Dirty Diamonds and Team Girl Comic. My work ranges from comic to illustrative, and regularly have artwork featured in Tie the Knot Scotland.
Favourite comics character (other than your own)?
It's a toughie, because I like such a huge expanse of genres. But I'll have to go with Tintin - it's unabashed, ridiculous adventure, which is something I've always been drawn to. If all you want is pure escapism, fun and adventure, read some Tintin; if instead you want to sit down and learn about pacing, storytelling and brilliant panel layout, read Tintin.
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BORN 12 Mar 1888, Elberfeld (now: Wuppertal) - DIED 25 Oct 1965|
GRAVE LOCATION München, Bayern: Bogenhausener Friedhof (left wall 53)
Hans Knappertbusch studied at Bonn University and at the Conservatory in Cologne under Fritz Steinbach. For several years he assisted Siegfried Wagner and Hans Richter at the Festspiele in Bayreuth.
He held positions as a conductor in Elberfeld (1913-1918), Leipzig (1918-1919) and Dessau (1919-1922) before he succeeded Bruno Walter as General Music Director of the Bavarian State Orchestra. Goebbels fired him after he had asked a German diplomat whether he had been joined the Nazi Party because of his career.
He moved to Vienna in 1938 where he was musical director of the State Opera until 1950. After the war he returned Munich, but he frequently worked at Bayreuth and Vienna.
cooperated with Varnay, Astrid
Encyclopedie van de Muziek, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1959
Hans Knappertsbusch - Wikipedia
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Oh BRAVO Graeme Innes. Mr Innes is the Disability Commissioner and he is possibly the most influential disabled person in Australia. (Person with a disability to be PC) Last week he won $10 000 in court against Rail Corp. Using the much maligned Disability Discrimination Act Mr Innes took the mighty Rail Corp to court and won. Rail Corp, who run Sydney trains, couldn’t get there collective lot around the need to make audio announcements at stops so that the people that required them knew it was time to get off and did not end up in Timbuktu. This must have given Mr Innes a shot in the arm because what he did next was quite inspiring.
Innes sits on the Accessible Airlines Working Group (AAWG). or at least he did. He stepped down from the group in a blaze of publicity. Said Innes, “The group had failed to achieve any major results such as overturning the policy of some airlines to have a limit of two wheelchair passengers per flight.” Innes continued, “I really don’t think the group has been effective in addressing the access needs of people with a disability.” Innes had been on the group for three years. He hoped that his resignation would influence the Transport Minister, Anthony Albanese, to ensure that group was, “task and goal oriented” , with an aim to, “perhaps put in some goals and timelines to remedy these issues.”
For Mr Innes to take this step took some considerable courage given his position. His resignation letter to AAWG was quite scathing. In the letter he claimed that the group had, “achieved little of significance.” He then went on to list issues that the group had failed to address which included the two wheelchair policy and the, “Chaotic approval process for people wishing to travel on airlines with assistance animals.” As a guide dog user Mr Innes would be very familiar with the latter. Mr Innes went onto express his disappointment with having to resign because, “.. it is my normal approach to work cooperatively with Government, industry and the disability sector to achieve reform.”
In the same letter Mr Innes is critical of the court ruling that upheld the airlines claim for Unjustifiable Hardship under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). He claimed that, “The evidence presented was not a broad assessment of the impact of people travelling in wheelchairs on airlines either in Australia or around the world.” Here I disagree. The reason the courts were able to rule as they did is because the DDA is a fundamentally flawed law. To blame the courts is wrong. Mr Innes may be well served to use his influence to push for reform and strengthening of the outdated DDA.
Avid followers of the disability sector would know that the Human Rights Commission is currently celebrating 20 years of the DDA. In its hey day the DDA was a wonderful reform. It has achieved much particularly in bringing attention to and improving human rights for people with a disability in Australia. It is only right to celebrate some of the achievements that have come about because of the DDA. Celebrate by all means BUT balance this with an honest analysis of the weakness and reforms needed to strengthen the DDA. The decision of the courts to grant the airlines wish for no more than two wheelchairs per flight is a prime example of the weakness of the DDA. To blame the evidence presented in the courts is to deflect from the real issues.
Mr Innes currently sits on and endorses another working group that is as equally ineffective as AAWG. This group is the Accessible Cinema Advisory Group (ACAG). The Rebuttal has oft been critical of Mr Innes public and glowing endorsement of the Accessible Cinema Roll-Out. A major responsibility of ACAG is to monitor the Accessible Cinema Roll-Out. Mr Innes is often forthright in his endorsement of the cinemas involved in the Accessible Cinema Roll-Out despite knowing that many, many Deaf and hard of hearing people are immensely dissatisfied with it. In endorsing the Accessible Cinema Roll-Out, to the point that he and representatives of Media Access Australia recommended that the cinemas be nominated for a Human Rights Award, he has angered many in the Deaf and hard of hearing communities who feel he has completely ignored their feedback.
Earlier in the year the Action on Cinema Access Group (AOCA) seriously considered withdrawing from ACAG because they saw the group as not adhering to its terms of reference. AOCA also believed that, like AAWG, the ACAG was totally ineffective. It decided not to withdraw because many of its members urged them to remain. The members felt that it was important to continue to have at least some influence at Government level. As a representative group it listened to and respected the views of its members and decided to remain a part of the ACAG.
But the recent decision of Mr Innes to resign from AAWG has changed the playing field somewhat. Given that Mr Innes has resigned from AAWG because he feels it is ineffective and not achieving its mandate perhaps AOCA now have good reason to withdraw from ACAG. It is true that AOCA does not have the same profile and influence of Mr Innes but the principle is the same. One of the arguments that Mr Innes put forward for resigning from AAWG was that he could no longer justify the resources and time he was devoting to the group when it was so ineffective. AOCA is completely unfunded with less resources available at its disposal than Mr Innes. It would be well within its rights to step down from the totally ineffective ACAG.
But kudos where they are due. By stepping down from AAWG and bringing media attention to the reasons he has resigned Mr Innes has made a clear statement. This statement is simply that he will not accept mediocre outcomes for people with a disability. He should be congratulated for that. BUT having made this stand Mr innes has set a precedent. In stepping down because AAWG is ineffective Mr Innes needs to take a similar stand for other issues. He needs to be forthcoming about the weaknesses and reforms needed for the DDA. Equally he needs to support groups like the Deaf and hard of hearing on working groups like ACAG when outcomes are similarily ineffective. Particularly when these groups make their voice heard.
Well done Mr Innes on flexing your muscles in regard to AAWG. Long may it continue. Hopefully it will inspire other people with a disability and disability groups to make a stand. No longer should any of us accept second best.
Extracts from the letter were taken from a publicly available copy on Facebook
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Venus is the planet of beauty, art and the erotic. As the original law of attraction, she magnetizes what she wants. Uranus is the planet that works to liberate us from repressive traditions by reinventing new systems. This planet has an out-of-the-blue kind of style, transforming things in a flash. The flowing energy of the Venus-Uranus trine on July 7 helps the energies of both planets merge harmoniously, and acts as a conduit of creative genius, encouraging us to experience more freedom in our personal lives. Sounds fun, no?
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This kind of astrology makes us want to reinvent our love lives, get a makeover and buy a lottery ticket. This is an especially potent transit for Aries and Leo, but we are all going to benefit from this quick but exciting energy.
We could very well find ourselves dating new and interesting people, or trying something new in our existing relationships (in or out of the bedroom). Uranus has a reputation for marching to the beat of its own drum, and a propensity for the bizarre. Needless to say, this is a week ripe for reinvention, urging us all to -- at the very least -- let our hair down!
Born a double Scorpio, Kiki T. began her astro adventures at the tender age of 11. Like any self-respecting Scorpio, obsession led Kiki to astrology. In dire love with fellow Scorpio, Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran, Kiki was convinced he was her soul... read more
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The Committee on Environmental Policy met in Geneva from 2 to 5 November 2010 to advance the preparations for the seventh “Environment for Europe” (EfE) Ministerial Conference, which will bring together ministers and representatives of civil society and business in Astana (Kazakhstan), from 21 to 23 September 2011. Two major themes will drive the Conference agenda: “Sustainable management of water and water-related ecosystems” and “Greening the economy: mainstreaming the environment into economic development”.
Three multi-stakeholder round-table discussions will take place during the Conference:
Outcomes of the round-table debates will be considered at the end of the Conference and will feed into the Chair’s Summary of the Conference.
Europe’s Environment Assessment of Assessments report, prepared by the European Environment Agency in cooperation with UNECE and other EfE partners, will support the work of the Conference. The report will assess existing environmental assessments, processes and practices identifying gaps, needs and priorities; evaluate capacity to measure progress on targets and implementation of Conventions and agreed actions; and contribute to the development of a shared environmental information system within the European Union and across the pan-European region. In addition, background papers on each of the two Conference themes are being prepared by UNECE jointly with EfE partners to support multi-stakeholder discussions during the Conference and to facilitate decision-making.
The Conference outcomes will include a two-page Ministerial Declaration focused on follow-up and further actions required for a sustainable management of water and greening the economy in the region, as well as a number of initiatives that are expected to be proposed. In connection with the latter, Kazakhstan, as the host country of the Conference, has put forward the Astana “Green Bridge” Initiative,focusing on a Europe-Asia-Pacific partnership for strengthening cooperation on green development. The “Green Bridge” initiative has already been endorsed at the ESCAP Sixth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development in Asia and the Pacific, which took place in October 2010 in Astana. In addition, upon the initiative of the Bureau of the Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes, a Toolbox for Action on Sustainable Management of Water and Water-related Ecosystemswill be developed by all interested stakeholders to guide and support Governments’ efforts in addressing this issue. The Conference remains open for other similar initiatives and policy tools at both regional and subregional levels.
The Committee on Environmental Policy also approved recommendations for the second Environmental Performance Review of Azerbaijan and of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and considered the launching of a third cycle of Reviews at the Astana Ministerial Conference.
The Committee also decided on the environmental sector representation for the European Environment and Health Ministerial Board and appointed Ministers of Environment from Azerbaijan, Belarus, Romania and Turkey for the first term of the Board (2011–2012).
Documents and materials of the seventeenth session of the Committee on Environmental Policy are posted at: http://www.unece.org/env/cep/17thsession.html.
Information on the Astana EfE Ministerial Conference is available at: http://www.unece.org/env/efe/Astana/welcome.html.
For more information, please contact:
Ms. Monika Linn
Secretary of the Committee on Environmental Policy
Tel: +41 (0)22 917 1315
E-mail: efe [@] unece.org
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Palais des Nations,
CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 (0) 22 917 44 44
Fax: +41 (0) 22 917 05 05
Reproduction is permitted provided that the source is acknowledged.
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The Netflix series Sweet Tooth strikes a delicate balance of light and darkness.
When you first hear the premise of this new Netflix series, you may believe you can pass it up. However, it is simply too good to pass up.
When someone informs you that a new Netflix fantasy series is about to premiere, it begins to feel less like déjà vu and more like you’re trapped in a time loop.
Fantasy is a genre Netflix has delved deeply into over the last couple of years, clearly seeing a lot of traction among its viewers based on the reams of data it has on taste profiles and all that maths stuff.
Which is why Sweet Tooth’s success as a fantasy film adapted from a comic book series was so surprising. It’s not just good; it’s fantastic.
To be fair, Sweet Tooth is not a work of high fantasy; there are no wizards or spells, but there is a quest and some characters are dressed in what could be described as cloaks. Sweet Tooth is a work of magical realism in that its world building is primarily based on what we already know.
It’s a gentle, endearing series with a thread of tragedy running through it, but it’s never oppressively dark. It’s even optimistic and, as the name implies, sweet, but not excessively so.
In that regard, Sweet Tooth is reminiscent of TV writer Bryan Fuller’s earlier work, including Wonderfalls, Dead Like Me, and Pushing Daisies – and, like the latter, features a voiceover narration provided by James Brolin.
Sweet Tooth is set ten years after a pandemic decimates the population. A mysterious, highly contagious virus spreads across the globe, eventually killing the majority of people. Simultaneously, each child born is a human-animal hybrid.
Although no one knows which came first – the virus or the hybrids – fearful humans continue to persecute the unusual children.
Gus (Christian Convery) is one of these children, who possesses deer ears and antlers, as well as the animal’s hypersensitive hearing and sense of smell. Gus is raised in the woods by his father (Will Forte), where they have scrounged a living.
Gus has always been warned not to trust other humans, but when he finds himself on his own, he befriends Tommy Jeppard/Big Man (Nonso Anozie), a former football star and poacher who rescues him from a couple of hunters.
The nomadic Big Man is not looking for a traveling companion, much less one as troublesome as Gus. Gus is on a quest to locate the woman who has been identified as his mother, and his adventures will take him to a variety of locations and through the doors of a variety of people.
Additionally, there are two subplots involving a doctor (Adeel Akhtar) who is attempting to save his wife from “the sick” and a woman (Dania Ramirez) who has established a hybrid sanctuary.
Sweet Tooth is well-paced, unfolding at a brisk enough pace to maintain your interest while allowing time for character and story moments to breathe. The semi-episodic structure keeps it binge-worthy but not obnoxious – you’ll want to keep watching but won’t be resentful.
The production design is imaginative, and the photography benefits significantly from the fact that it was shot in New Zealand. There is nothing quite like the vistas of New Zealand.
And, like the story itself, Gus strikes a delicate balance between being lovable and adorable and being twee and cloying. Although this post-apocalyptic story contains darkness and numerous threats, you are never overwhelmed by them.
Convery, 11, possesses a natural instinct, and directors Jim Mickle, Toa Fraser, and Robyn Grace have worked with the young actor to elicit an authentic performance.
That near-impossible, sincere balance is extremely difficult to achieve, but Sweet Tooth accomplishes it with the force of Gus’ heart.
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Rotating Egyptian statuette museum mystery
An ancient Egyptian statuette that slowly turns without any apparent outside help in a museum in Manchester, England, has locals spookily talking about the curse of the pharoahs.
The 25 centimetre-high relic, an offering to the Egyptian God Osiris, was found in a mummy's tomb and has been at the Manchester Museum for 80 years.
In recent weeks it has become the cause for consternation after repeatedly being found facing the wrong way.
Time-lapse video of the statue of a man named Neb-Senu showed it rotating slowly by day, while staying still at night.
Some scientists have suggested the rotation is due to vibrations caused by footsteps of passing visitors. That's the theory favoured by British television physicist Brian Cox, who teaches at Manchester's university.
Manchester Museum curator Campbell Price, an Egyptologist, favours a more exotic theory, saying there may be a spiritual explanation for the turning statue.
"I noticed one day that it had turned around. I thought it was strange because it is in a case and I am the only one who has a key," Price told the Manchester Evening News.
"I put it back but then the next day it had moved again. We set up a time-lapse video and, although the naked eye can't see it, you can clearly see it rotate on the film. The statuette is something that used to go in the tomb along with the mummy.
"Mourners would lay offerings at its feet. The hieroglyphics on the back ask for 'bread, beer and beef'.
"In Ancient Egypt they believed that if the mummy is destroyed then the statuette can act as an alternative vessel for the spirit. Maybe that is what is causing the movement," Price said.
"Brian [Cox] thinks it's differential friction," he said. "Where two surfaces – the serpentine stone of the statuette and the glass shelf it is on – cause a subtle vibration which is making the statuette turn.
"But it has been on those surfaces since we have had it and it has never moved before. And why would it go around in a perfect circle?"
With a showman's touch, Price is urging members of the public to visit the museum to see for themselves.
"It would be great if someone could solve the mystery." he said.
- © Fairfax NZ News
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I just thought I would share with you all the Birthday Card I had been asked to make for someone my Mum works with.
You may notice that it isn't my usual style due to the Stamped Image I have used. I have to admit though I didn't like these stamps at first but now they are one of my favourites!
The card had to include:
Art Deco Style Stamped Image
The number '60'
Space inside for the rest off the Staff to write in
Do you all think I managed to fit the bill?
This also fits into the Challenge at:
WILD ORCHID CRAFTS - SAY IT WITH FLOWERS
I have decided to show you the inside so you could see the Birthday Sentiment I chose to use.
Dimension Fourth Art Deco Stamp
PB Stamped Sentiment
Chipboard Numbers & Paint
Feathers & Adhesive Pearls from Stash
Prima Flowers & Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts
Thank you for Popping By, Happy Crafting!
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Happy St-Patrick's day to Y'All
Well today is another card that I did using some hearts for the clover. The top one I use the Heart to Heart punch so smaller then the one last week(the second card was the one last week and you can view the video HERE on how to) but today I use 8 hearts to make the 4 leaf clover. They say when you find a 4 leaf clover it's super lucky well my mom must be super lucky, you will see at the bottom the 4 leaf clover that she send me many years ago. She did find many of them and every time she does find them it's at my dad grave yes it's creepy but at the same time it's must be something there that it's super special for her to find them. I laminate mine and when it passed in the machine you can see it push 2 leafs together but you still can see the 4 leafs. Well I bet I told you more about the 4 leaf clover then you wanted to know Oh WELL....
Dauber case with 40 dauber
Well this is it for today of to do some chore and them YAP STAMPING!
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Subject: Re: futher ioctl quandry...
To: Darren Reed <email@example.com>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <firstname.lastname@example.org>
Date: 03/14/2000 08:58:55
Darren Reed <email@example.com> writes:
> It would almost seem that IOC_VOID has been setup to allow
> the passing of pointers to structs into the kernel ?
or simple values, yes i believe that is true.
I dunno if that's currently used in NetBSD, but it's certainly
slightly more efficient if you're creating a new ioctl() call API that
needs a simple value (i.e. 1/0, pointer, etc.).
i've certainly heard of people using IOC_VOID like this, in the past,
but maybe not in NetBSD.
Chris Demetriou - firstname.lastname@example.org - http://www.netbsd.org/People/Pages/cgd.html
Disclaimer: Not speaking for NetBSD, just expressing my own opinion.
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'Charges against Cong on Lanka issue ill-founded'
Terming as 'ill-founded' and 'motivated' charges against Congress and the UPA govt on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, Union minister V Narayanasamy today alleged students were being instigated by some persons to stage agitations on the issue.india Updated: Mar 30, 2013 15:31 IST
Terming as "ill-founded" and "motivated" charges against Congress and the UPA government on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue, Union minister V Narayanasamy on Saturday alleged students were being instigated by some persons to stage agitations on the issue.
India was one of the 25 countries that voted in favour of US-sponsored resolution at UNHRC against Sri Lanka where New Delhi pushed for an independent and credible probe into human rights violation charges and loss of civilian lives in the war in Lanka as demanded by political parties in Tamil Nadu, he told reporters at the airport in Chennai.
"That resolution has been passed by the UNHRC. As for India, it is one of the 25 countries (that voted in favour). India cannot ask for any resolution on its own as it has to seek support of others," the minister of state in PMO said.
State political parties' criticism of his party and the government led by it were "ill-founded, politically motivated and (done to) sidetrack the issue as they want to keep the issue alive," he said alleging students were being instigated (into taking up various forms of protests).
Students have been staging protests and demonstrations across Tamil Nadu on the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.
On Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and DMK president M Karunanidhi objecting to India's participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Colombo this November, he said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will discuss the matter with external affairs minister Salman Khurshid and take a decision.
To a question on the controversy over the reported remarks by Sri Lankan high commissioner Prasad Kariyawasam in the context of the Lankan Tamils issue, Narayansamy said that he has to "work within the parameters and guidelines given to an ambassador or high commissioner."
The government has got a feedback on the matter and "we will take a call at the appropriate time," he added.
To a question, he said the UPA government was stable as it had the majority with the backing of SP and BSP and pointed out to Mulayam Singh Yadav's remarks that his party had no plans as of now to withdraw its outside support to the UPA Government.
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Jail takes steps to ensure better medical care for inmates
HENDERSON, Ky. - The Henderson County Detention Center has a new medical team administrator -- a topic of much discussion this week at Henderson Fiscal Court's meeting.
Henderson County Jailer Amy Brady told county magistrates that Mitzi Weber has transferred from her position as county parks director/administrative assistant for the road department to the detention center as the medical team administrator.
Weber will be considered a jail employee until April 1 when she will move onto the payroll of Southern Health Partners, which operates the medical wing at the detention center. When Southern Health begins paying the salary, Weber will then be a private employee who works at the jail, Brady said.
"Mitzi will make things flow smoothly; make sure that appointments are set up and met and that billing and charges are entered. There's one clerk and more than 700 inmates on a daily basis," Brady said.
"In the past, the medical team administrator has been a nurse, but this will allow the nurse to focus on inmates and maintain the 24-hour requirements of being available for sick calls," she said. (The Henderson County Detention Center is in the minority as far as jails which offer 24/7 medical coverage.)
"If I understand correctly," said Henderson County Judge-executive Brad Schneider, "it's your desire to pay Mitzi the same hourly rate she was making at the parks department which falls outside of the boundary of the rate of pay for that position."
"Yes," Brady said.
"So I would suggest that you ask the court right now if they accept Mitzi's hiring at the same rate of pay she was making at the road/parks department, knowing it will be a temporary situation and not lead to the exceeding of your budget line item for payroll," Schneider said.
Magistrate Tim Southard voiced hesitation about the county shouldering the cost of Weber's training.
"So we're training Mitzi to do the job now, and then we are going to give her to Southern Health Partners? We contracted them to do the job," he said.
"When she transfers over as an employee to Southern Health Partners, the cost of her salary (from when she was considered a jail employee) will be reimbursed to the jail fund," Brady said.
The jailer said due to the workload, Weber is needed in the position now.
"Paula Holden (with Southern Health Partners) has been here for months, and she's here to fix some issues that we had in the medical department," Brady said. "Throughout the years, inmates aren't getting any healthier. The number of medical runs we are doing is astronomical. We are pulling deputies from the floor to transport inmates to the doctor."
Brady said the medical workload for inmates is increasing, and there is a need for Weber to be trained in the position now and not wait for April 1 when she's employed by Southern Health.
County Attorney Steve Gold weighed in on the issue.
"To put a finer point on it, the jailer has a constitutional duty to make sure that the inmates are getting adequate medical care," he said.
"She's contracted with Southern Health Partners to do that. There has been some challenges and failures with regards to that, and SHP has recognized that. That's why Paula Holden is here to get a handle on it," Gold said. "But until Mitzi is able to go onto their payroll full-time, we still have to have her in this position. It's got to be done. When there's not adequate medical care, there's a potential for lawsuits and those are also costly."
Fiscal court approved keeping Weber at the same salary she was making with the parks/road department.
In a later interview with The Gleaner, Brady explained that some of the issues the jail has experienced regarding medical care for inmates has largely been through paperwork piling up or not being received.
"There were several changes within SHP itself," she said. "There’s been a transition inside the company, and we want to make sure everything is being done correctly. The law says that what we have to provide is necessary medical care for an inmate which is life-saving treatment.
"We have 24/7 medical care and not all jails have that. The main issues we were having with Southern Health were maintenance of medical records," Brady said. "It’s a lot of work. In the long run, without proper paperwork, that can cause medical issues in regards to the inmates. If we don’t get the proper medical records from other jails and previous physicians, it can hurt the inmates."
"We need to make sure the inmates get the care they need and the medication they need," she said. "We needed someone with organizational skills. We’ve had a nurse in that position, but now a nurse can go out and be a nurse, and we have Mitzi who is being trained so she can manage those records properly."
On Super Bowl Sunday, Americans are expected to eat 1.4 billion bone-in chicken wings, according to the National Chicken Council. USA TODAY
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Have you ever held a treasured book in your hand and worried that it might fall apart? Out April guest, Sophia Bogle can help you with that. Sophia is a professional book restorer and in our interview she gave us a quick intro to what her job is all about. Sophia graduated with a BA in English from the University of Minnesota. There she also worked at the university library re-bindery. She thought she would try bookselling. It was while working at Anthony’s Bookshop that she realized that all she wanted to do was fix up the books so they could find good homes. From that wish grew Save Your Books, the one stop website for all things book repair and restoration. In addition to her hands-on services, Sophia also offers online courses in book restoration.
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Arsenal’s attempts to sign Sead Kolasinac have been complicated by the news that Manchester City are also keen on the Bosnian defender.
It’s widely accepted that he won’t be renewing his contract with Schalke, and a few weeks ago reports seemed very positive about him joining Arsenal in the summer.
Those were downplayed by his father, and it was thought that interest from AC Milan might be a complicating factor as the player mulled over a move to Serie A.
Now, however, BILD are reporting that Pep Guardiola has matched the Gunners offer of £140,000 per week as he looks to build a defence for next season.
With Gael Clichy out of contract at the end of this season and a long way past his best, City will be in the market for a left-back/left wing-back, and it seems they have their sights trained on the 23 year old.
Could they take advantage of the relative instability in North London to convince the player to join them? It certainly wouldn’t take a master negotiator to do it, and if needed they could definitely pay more in wages than us.
Much will depend on the player’s intentions, of course, for now we’ll just have to wait and see.
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As a former Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) and an insulin dependent diabetic, I can attest to how often emergency personnel, nurses, and phlebotomists struggle to find your vein. Whether you are in the back of a moving ambulance with paramedics and EMTs jostling around to apply various life-saving skills or a phlebotomists at a blood donation center, the difficulty of inserting a needle to open an IV line or to draw blood is surprisingly frequent. And although we’d all like to blame the studied cool of the one holding the needle while enduring multiple jabs to the arm, the fault lies on the differences in human anatomy that determine whether or not you have easy to find veins.
Fortunately, a new device is currently being tested at the Chatswood and Elizabeth Street Donor Centres in Sydney that uses a noninvasive infrared light to find and pinpoint the exact location of your veins. In an interview with Techly, senior researcher Dr. Dan Waller explains how the Centres’ “vein visualisation technology uses near infrared technology to project an image of the vein onto the skin. Veins have a lot of deoxygenated haemoglobin that absorbs near infrared light and the device is able to use this information to project the image.”
The purpose of this study is to assess the efficiency of the device with the hope of reducing donor and patient anxiety. Given consistent shortages in donor blood supply, the success of this technology has the potential to motivate more individuals to give blood, and increased speed in helping emergency personnel open IV lines to dispense critical fluids and medicine.
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Talking about the secret behind her radiant look, Disha said, “I am not a very complex person. I believe in simplicity. I do follow cleansing and hydrate my skin. Before going to bed, it is really important to remove make-up, clean your skin and hydrate your skin. And I follow it everyday.”
After making her acting debut in Puri Jagannadh’s Loafer, the actress went on pair opposite Sushanth Singh Rajput in MS Dhoni and later, with Jackie Chan in ‘Kung Fu Yoga’. Although the latter film opened to poor reviews in India, it turned out to be a smash hit in China and brought a lot of fame and recognition to the young actress.
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As the sluggish U.S. economy forces Wall Street belt-tightening, the downturn in trading volumes in U.S. equities, options and futures is also affecting the trading platform business. Asset managers and hedge funds are looking to consolidate the number of order management systems (OMSs) and execution management systems (EMSs) on their desktops.
Both systems play a critical role in running pre-trade compliance checks, achieving best execution, and routing orders to broker algorithms.
"This has been a bad year--a year when you don't spend a lot of money and you do what you're required to do," says Mark Israel, VP of business consulting for the investment management practice at Sapient. "Having more EMSs and more OMSs is not a way to add money. Having fewer is a way to save money," says Israel, who calls this mindset "software rationalization."
While there are at least 15 OMSs and EMSs vying for the buy side's business, Bloomberg, Charles River Development and Eze Castle seem to be garnering the most market share, according to one buy side trader who asked not to be identified.
Grappling with tighter budgets, asset managers and hedge fund managers are eyeing ways to lower their tech costs, but at the same time they need sophisticated trading technology to stay competitive in a market dominated by high-frequency traders and fragmented liquidity venues.
"It's a challenging environment," says Harrell Smith, head of product strategy at Portware, an independent provider of execution platforms. "Buy side assets under management are down, which means budgets are constrained and firms are taking a long, hard look at all decisions about investments in IT." Certainly, the brokers are being squeezed on the commission side, he adds.
It's important to understand where the money is in the OMS-EMS business. According to several industry sources, some OMS/EMS vendors charge the broker a fee for connecting each client to their particular trading desks. "The race is in getting from the buy side blotter to the sell side destination," says Mark Kuzminskas, director of equity trading at Robeco Investment Management in Boston. "The network is the prize and the money maker is the routing hub," Kuzminskas says, explaining that brokers pay connection fees to certain OMS and EMS network operators. In addition, some OMS and EMS providers charge the broker fees for each client connection, such as to the cash, program and derivatives desks.
Brokers pay on average about $500 a month for the connection between the buy side client and the routing hub. A money manager that has 60 brokers could be generating $360,000 per year for the network provider. However, some brokers that have traditionally subsidized the cost of the EMSs are now subsidizing less of it, according to sources. Alternatively, many buy side firms are using Bloomberg's EMS platform, EMSX, because it's free to customers that subscribe to the Bloomberg Professional service.
Tighter budgets have already caused several brokers to exit the single-dealer platform business, including Barclays Capital, which sold its RealTick EMS to ConvergEx. Citi sold its buy side OMS to Trading Screen and its sell side OMS to FlexTrade. Now, rumor has it that ConvergEx, an agency brokerage firm owned by Bank of New York Mellon, has put Eze Castle and RealTick up for sale, and is reportedly looking to fetch $800 million to $1 billion.
But as a result of needing to pay multiple brokers for research and other services, the buy side is looking at consolidating relationships with brokers, which in turn has led them to cut the number of EMSs on trader desktops. A sign of the trend: Goldman Sachs is spinning off Redi Technologies, its electronic trading platform, to make it broker-neutral, which is more attractive to buy side clients that want to trade through different brokers. Goldman plans to keep a 49 percent stake in Redi Technologies but open it to outside investors, according to published reports.
The buy side tends to pay hard dollars for their OMSs, but it tends to pay soft dollars for the EMSs, letting them execute through the sell side's algorithms and reach exchange venues and dark pools. "Regardless of the EMS I'm using, as long as it's doing what I need it to do, I wouldn't look to change it," says Kevin Chapman, head of trading forAllianz Global Investors. "I'm more interested in picking up the different tools that give me better executions, or connecting to a dark pool that will give me the flow I'm looking for." His firm implemented Bloomberg AIM as its OMS and EMSX as its EMS in 2010.
Beyond Cost Savings
In addition to searching for the best OMS and EMS to cut costs, buy side firms are also looking to consolidate the number of systems on their desktops. In the past, multiple EMSs were the norm on trade desks, often because of trader preferences and system functionality. "What's happened is that many of the OMSs and EMSs have been able to fill in missing EMS functionality," says Charles River's Driscoll. As a case in point, Charles River has spent the past six or seven years rewriting Charles River Trader, the firm's OMS, into a so-called OEMS.
"It's simpler," says Driscoll. "That seems to be resonating with folks. It has easier and more complete workflows, auditing and compliance." Charles River provides the EMS functionality at no additional cost, he says. As part of the EMS, clients need time and sales data and typically Level 2 depth-of-book exchange data, which are an additional cost. "That causes firms to rethink it," Driscoll says. His firm is working with data vendors "to provide an integrated data service and lower cost solution that will fit into buy side organizations, while some of the higher-end EMS vendors tend to struggle to justify their overall cost and added complexity," he says.
The idea of a single OMS/EMS is still the Holy Grail. "There is a convergence between EMS and OMS, so the OMS has been trying to be EMS very successfully and EMS has been moving into the OMS more successfully," says Philippe Buhannic, CEO of TradingScreen, a global multi-asset EMS provider. "For the benefit of the client, it would be [better] to have one system that does both. The clients want one system going across asset classes so they don't have to re-key, interface," and also to reduce costs.
In addition to Charles River Trader, other OMSs, including Fidessa with Latent Zero and Linedata with Longview, have added EMS functionality. TradingScreen began as an EMS and has developed an OMS for hedge funds, letting them do performance calculations, too, Buhannic says.
Ivy is Editor-at-Large for Advanced Trading and Wall Street & Technology. Ivy is responsible for writing in-depth feature articles, daily blogs and news articles with a focus on automated trading in the capital markets. As an industry expert, Ivy has reported on a myriad ... View Full Bio
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Creative Advantage Workshop 1: Social Practice in Arts Education
Feb 20 2016, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pmFree
Inspired by themes of identity, race, representation, and power in the exhibition Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic, this educator workshop explores how to use art to bring complex and critical questions into your classroom.
Free and open to any interested TAs, community organizations or Seattle Public Schools (SPS) arts specialists. Online registration required and includes three (3) Washington State clock hours.
Photo: Craig van den Bosch.
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$FREE on 9/26/2018 – The Paramedic’s Second Chance by Elana Johnson 2
A widowed florist, her ten-year-old daughter, and the paramedic who delivered the girl a decade earlier… Love's second chance on the beach!
Paramedic Andrew Herrin delivered Gretchen Samuels's daughter on the side of the road when she and her husband couldn't make it to the hospital in time. When their paths cross again in small-town Hawthorn Harbor, she's a widow and the baby is ten-year-old Dixie.
Dixie gets along great with Drew, and Gretchen finds herself falling in love with the man who's rescued her twice now. But when Drew's ex-girlfriend comes back to town, Gretchen's trust issues rear their ugly head. Can she and Drew find their way toward finding love in the lavender?
The Author / Publisher advised that this title was available for $FREE (or local equivalent), discounted from $3.99 on 9/26/2018 at the following retailers. These links may use our affiliate tag with Amazon and other retailers and as such may earn us commissions on qualifying purchases.
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[Numpy-discussion] visual programming
myeates at jpl.nasa.gov
Mon Sep 18 11:29:24 CDT 2006
semi off topic.
Does anyone know of any good visual programming tools? Forever ago, I
used to use something called Khoros for image processing and I found it
very useful. You connect boxes which represent different processing
steps. At about the same time, there was something similar to Khoros
from SGI. Explorer was its name, I think.
Anybody out there use this sort of thing? Matlab doesn't offer it,
right? Nor matplotlib?
More information about the Numpy-discussion
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From the White House transcript of Obama and Netanyahu’s press remarks today:
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: One final point, Mr. President — I want to thank you for reaffirming to me in private and now in public as you did the longstanding U.S. commitments to Israel on matters of vital strategic importance. I want to thank you, too, for the great hospitality you and the First Lady have shown Sara and me and our entire delegation. And I think we have to redress the balance — you know, I’ve been coming here a lot. It’s about time —
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I’m ready.
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: — you and the First Lady came to Israel, sir.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: We look forward to it. Thank you.
PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: Any time.
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Lean UX Principles to Keep Your Users Happy
Lean UX is based on lean development, a school of thought that originates from the startup world.
The goal of lean development is to cut any element in the product development cycle that is not strictly necessary.
This minimalistic UX method removes unneeded steps, stripping bloated processes to their core, essential parts. Companies use the popular practice to push a product to market quickly, using limited resources.
What is Lean UX?
Lean UX is a subcategory of the lean method. It employs a set of principles that guide design teams to create better UX solutions for their users.
A design team that uses lean UX will start with a problem. Using this problem they will brainstorm solutions and test thoroughly.
The key here is agility — rapid cycles that provide feedback on what is working and what isn’t.
A differentiating point of lean UX is the heightened focused on the end-user experience. Rather than becoming sidetracked by deliverables common in traditional UX design process, lean designers sacrifice documentation for collaboration.
Who Should Use Lean UX Principles?
This approach was created for small teams rubbing shoulders in a shared space. That being said, there is no reason enterprise companies cannot also reap the benefits of lean UX.
Even when designers are spread out geographically, lean processes can still be applied to make the workflow more flexible and dynamic.
It’s important to note, lean UX is not an end-all book of rules. When implementing these principles, some is always better than none.
A Short List of Lean UX Principles:
Determine the Value of Product Initiatives Early On
The first step is to examine the business impact of any decision before beginning the design process. This goes for any element of the design process, from creating a product to adding a new feature.
Will people buy this product? Will adding this feature enrich the user experience? Does this action meet business goals? Companies should conduct user research to answer these questions before undertaking a project.
Early customer validation is the cornerstone of lean design. It is much more effective to find out there is little financial gain in a feature you have not yet designed than spend weeks or months on fruitless labor.
Usability testing is the industry standard, but other research methods should be used as well. If your company collects user feedback, this is a good source of insight.
Additionally, communicating with sales and customer service reps can provide you with a wealth of valuable information about where customers struggle and what they want to buy.
Design Should not be a Solo Activity
Do not design on an island.
It does not matter how large or small your design department is — lean UX design is a collaborative process.
Involve members from other teams—business analysts to gather and write requirements, developers to shed light on the technical realities, researchers and business owners.
The more input there is from different angles of the design process, the less likely that there will be unwanted surprises down the road.
Measured Success is the Only Success
If you are not defining key performance indicators (KPIs) into every design release — you are doing it wrong.
Much like the initial user research, lean UX relies heavily on analytics to ensure the product remains on target. Setting and measuring business-oriented goals is only way to effectively track the design progress.
Choosing strategic KPIs offers businesses with a large range of choices.
Each department, and even each designer, will care about different elements of their product’s user experience. This is fine and these can change over time as company goals shift.
The important part is to choose KPIs that — looking back at principle #1 — reflect your business goals.
Spend Less Time on Design Artifacts
Creating heavy wireframes is staple of traditional UX design, however, this process is time consuming and ultimately the wireframes are not touched by your end-user.
There are a couple of ways to lighten up this process:
Present unfinished wireframes. That way, you are able to receive valuable feedback on your work without wasting too much time on unnecessary preparation.
Simplify the process by using sketches. If you have involved others in the design process from the start, it will be much easier for them to follow and contribute without need for wireframes.
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Microsoft Beats the Customer-Centricity Drum at Convergence
Microsoft on Tuesday kicked off its Microsoft Dynamics Convergence 2014 conference with a keynote address by Executive Vice President Kirill Tatarinov, whose running theme was the need for the companies to be customer-centric to stay competitive.
"Technology has changed the social fabric, transforming how we engage, connect and interact with one another," Tatarinov said. "In this era of the customer, experience is the new currency."
The technical repository of that experience? Microsoft, of course, with its array of enterprise and customer-service software offerings.
The company demoed several new products to the sold-out show, including the forthcoming version of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.
"Our whole focus and everything we bring to CRM is about customer-centricity," Jennifer Pollard, director of product marketing, told CRM Buyer.
"With rise of mobile and social, now the power is really in the customer's hand," she said.
The demos and case studies presented by early adopters -- the audience heard from one entrepreneur from New Zealand who was a heavy user of the Social Listening function -- went over well, Pollard continued. "We have gotten amazing feedback ever since we previewed the product in February."
Users are absorbing the positioning Microsoft is taking with its CRM platform, Pollard said, which is that if companies want to sell and market efficiently, "they need to mend the seams between the silos in marketing and customer care. Social media can play a huge role in that."
$200 Per Seat
Another point of interest is the new price point for Dynamics CRM announced at Convergence.
Microsoft is introducing Dynamics CRM Online Enterprise at US$200 per user per month. This price includes Dynamics Marketing -- the new marketing capabilities Microsoft added with its acquisition of Marketing Pilot -- as well as new capabilities to manage price lists and marketing campaigns included in CRM Online Professional.
It also includes the new Unified Service Desk, in addition to case management capabilities in CRM Online Professional.
Companies will have to tally all the features available to see if it is worthwhile for them, said Laura DiDio, principal of ITIC.
"First, though, let me say that hardly anyone pays list price for enterprise software anymore," she told CRM Buyer.
Indeed, even Microsoft asterisked the price point in its blog, noting that "actual pricing might vary by geography," and "other fees may apply for add-on services such as additional storage, testing and production instances."
A Well-Integrated Platform and Strong Ecosystem
As to the pricing, $200 is at the high end for a CRM Software as a Service offering, DiDio noted. "The problem vendors have is that there is so much competition that it is easy for a company to find something similar in the market for a lower price."
Ultimately, what companies will decide they are paying for -- and they likely will decide it is worth it -- is the entire integrated platform that Microsoft offers.
"That is Microsoft's appeal," said DiDio. "It has a large ecosystem and an incredibly well-integrated platform."
These platform synergies were on display at Convergence as the company debuted new or upgraded products.
There was, for example, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, which is expected on May 1, 2014. This ERP update includes a new framework to allow businesses to develop and distribute apps for specific scenarios and mobile devices.
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 also supports deployment on Windows Azure via Infrastructure as a Service.
"Much of what Microsoft does and develops is with an eye to cross-selling its products," DiDio said. "This is not necessarily a bad thing -- just make sure these products are what your company really needs."
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Letter of the week: V Number of the week: 3 Color: Green
Our Bible verse is: For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3:16
We read stories: The Mouse In Spring, The Big Hungry Bear
We sang songs: Mr. Sun, King of the Jungle, Itsy Bitsy Spider, My God Is So Big
We had these centers: dolls, puzzles, coloring, and race cars.
We practiced these skills: gluing and recognizing the letter V.
For snack time we had: teddy grahams and goldfish.
We also played outside today.
Don’t forget Papa John’s Night tonight.
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Atlas 5 Rocket Successfully Launches U.S. Air Force Weather Satellite
WASHINGTON — The second-to-last satellite in the U.S. Air Force’s long-running Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) series successfully launched April 3 aboard a Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
The DMSP program, which dates back to the 1960s, is responsible for providing global atmospheric, oceanic, terrestrial and space environment information in support of military operations. The satellites also support the nation’s intelligence-gathering program by determining the most opportune times to collect cloud-free imagery.
DMSP Flight 19 is one of two 1990s-vintage satellites the Air Force has been refurbishing with new components and sensors.of Sunnyvale, Calif., is DMSP prime contractor.
In a conference call with reporters March 27, Air Force officials said the satellite’s final price tag exceeds $500 million, including production and nearly two decades of storage and refurbishment costs.
“This launch represents a long partnership in monitoring and predicting weather,” Sue Stretch, Lockheed Martin’s DMSP program director, said in a statement prior to the launch. “I congratulate the entire Air Force-industry team that designed, built and tested this satellite, which is ready to serve our military and civil users.”
The last satellite in the series, DMSP Flight 20, will be launched according to an as-needed schedule. Officials from the Defense Department and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plan to finish a study this summer that will consider the consequences of not launching the satellite.
The DMSP satellites will be replaced starting around 2020 by the Weather System Follow-On, which will feature dedicated Air Force satellites providing data in concert with U.S. civilian and allied forecasting assets. The Air Force’s 2015 budget request includes $40 million to begin developing the system, which has been under study since the 2010 cancellation of a joint civil-military polar-orbiting weather satellite program.
Follow Mike on Twitter: @Gruss_SN
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"Now that I have You" composed by Trina Belamide is one of my favorite songs. Just wanted to share this inspiring rendition by 6stringer from his Youtube channel.
I finally managed to watch "Stardust"! I don't even remember the last time I watched a movie and since the Global Pinoy bazaar at the Rockwell tent was surprisingly a small affair (most of the vendors were also at Magnet last September), Sweetie and I had time to watch our first movie and everyone who twitted about how nice it was were correct. Here are some lines from Yvainne (the fallen star) -
You know when I said I knew little about love? That wasn't true. I know a lot about love. I've seen it, centuries and centuries of it, and it was the only thing that made watching your world bearable. All those wars. Pain, lies, hate... It made me want to turn away and never look down again. But when I see the way that mankind loves... You could search to the furthest reaches of the universe and never find anything more beautiful. So yes, I know that love is unconditional. But I also know that it can be unpredictable, unexpected, uncontrollable, unbearable and strangely easy to mistake for loathing, and... What I'm trying to say, Tristan is... I think I love you. Is this love, Tristan? I never imagined I'd know it for myself. My heart... It feels like my chest can barely contain it. Like it's trying to escape because it doesn't belong to me any more. It belongs to you. And if you wanted it, I'd wish for nothing in exchange - no fits. No goods. No demonstrations of devotion. Nothing but knowing you loved me too. Just your heart, in exchange for mine.(Highlights added).
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Please Note: This item will ship in August 2019. Subject to change.
Bubba Wallace, the runner-up in last year’s DAYTONA 500®, will look to score one spot better in
the 2019 edition of “The Great American Race” with AfterShokz on board his No. 43 Chevrolet
In what will be the young driver’s second career DAYTONA 500® start, Wallace’s Richard Petty
Motorsports entry will fly the colors of AfterShokz, the award-winning headphone brand known for
its patented bone conduction technology.
Wallace’s AfterShokz No. 43 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 die-cast is now being offered from Lionel
Racing in the fully die-cast 1:24 scale ELITE trim, as well as in the hood-open Action Racing
Collectibles (ARC) 1:24 scale in a standard finish. A 1:64 scale die-cast is
Quantities will be limited on this die-cast, so be sure to order today!
Each ELITE 1:24-scale hood open collectible die-cast includes manufacturer-specific engine detail, die-cast body, die-cast chassis and detailed interior. Each collectible die-cast also features a DIN (Diecast Identification Number) for registration.
1:24-Scale Action Racing Collectables Features
Fully die-cast body and chassis
Opening roof flaps
Upgraded Manufacturer-specific engine detail
Interior trunk detail
Driver side window net
Driver side mirror
Manufacturer-specific body contour
Die-Cast Identification Number (DIN) visible through rear window
Last 5 digits of the DIN number printed on chassis
Packaged in RCAA ELITE-branded closed/sky box
Officially licensed by NASCAR
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from the Greater Key of Solomon
Invocation of Spirits & Opening Doors
ORDER A FIRST MOON PENTACLE
On the front and back is the First Pentacle of the Moon, "This and the following serve to call forth and invoke the Spirits of the Moon; and it further serveth to open doors, in whatever way they may be fastened." Greater Key of Solomon.
The image of the First Pentacle of the Moon is "is a species of hieroglyphic representation of a door or gate. In the center is written the Name IHVH. On the right hand are the Names IHV, IHVH, AL, and IHH. On the left hand are the Names of the Angels: Schioel, Vaol, Yashiel, and Vehiel. The versicle above the Names on either side, is from Psalm cvii. 16: "He hath broken the Gates of brass, and smitten the bars of iron in sunder."
All in all the talismans are a wonderful example of the magical power of numbers and symbols, practical exemplars of the harmony and interconnections of all things in the Cosmos. The election is for 9:20 am MDT, May 25, 2012 for Boulder, Colorado, where the pentacles were cast. As set forth in the Greater Key of Solomon, Bk I, ch 18., it is the planetary hour of the Moon. However, in addition, great power is added as the Moon is rising and is highly dignified by sign (+5) and face (+1), plus the Moon is waxing.
I am pleased to offer beautiful white bronze pentacles of the Moon. The pentacles are 14 grams in weight, a half ounce of white bronze and are 30 millimeters and 1 1/8 inches in diameter.The white bronze is composed of 58% Copper, 23% Zinc, 12% Manganese 5% Nickel and 1% Tin.
The pentacles were cast at the elected time, and each order mounted on a cord. Each pentacle comes with a color Nigel Jackson image of the Moon perfect for mediation and visualization.
Only a very few of these pentacles were made. They are unique and the timing of their election can never be replicated. These are not the usual mass produced pewter "pentacles" but made from white bronze with each pentacle carefully cast to the specifications in our original sources at the exact time most auspicious for the Moon.
These pentacles are wonderful examples of the ancient art of astrological magic, authentically and beautifully made!
The white bronze Moon 1st Pentacle for the invocation of spirits and opening doors is no longer available as of May 25, 2016.
Please Contact me for more information.
Here is further information on Astrological Talismans and Astrological Magic.
You might also be interested in my Renaissance Astrology CD Library Series, with over 120 rare astrology and magic books as well as my Facsimile Editions of unique Astrology and Magic Books and my discussion group Spiritus Mundi.
If you wish to delve even deeper into this fascinating area I offer my Planetary Magic Mini-Course and Mansions of the Moon Mini-Course, which allow students to immediately start making talismans and elections and are a great introduction to my longer Electional Astrology Course, Horary Astrology Course and Astrological Magic Course.
Please Contact me with any Questions & Comments
Specializing in Horary Astrology, Electional Astrology Astrological Magic and Astrological Talismans.
Copyright 2010, Christopher Warnock, All Rights Reserved.
No returns will be accepted nor refunds made for pentacles.
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The Oyster Creek nuclear power plant reactor building and stack in Lacey Township, seen in 2010.
- Filed Under
Regulators will study the best ways to filter and reduce radiation releases if a severe accident happens at Oyster Creek in Lacey and 30 other nuclear power plants under a controversial decision announced Tuesday.
Oyster Creek and the other boiling-water reactors will have to upgrade "hardened vents" under the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission decision.
Environmental and other activists criticized the decision to study the radiation filtering issue for up to one year, saying filters are needed, especially in light of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. Fukushima plant ...
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For Immediate Release: November 18, 2019
Statement from DCF Secretary Chad Poppell on Governor Ron DeSantis’
Bolder, Brighter, Better Future Budget Recommendations
Tallahassee, FL – Today, Department of Children and Families (DCF) Secretary Chad Poppell issued the following statement on Governor Ron DeSantis’ Bolder, Brighter, Better Future budget recommendations for FY 2020-21.
“Governor DeSantis’ budget recommendations prove his unwavering commitment to Florida’s children and his bold, transformative vision for the future of our state. The department is grateful for his leadership and the First Lady’s ongoing support as we transform from a crisis response organization to one that is fundamentally focused on prevention,” said DCF Secretary Chad Poppell. “In partnership with Florida’s child welfare stakeholders, DCF will implement a strong system of accountability and optimal funding for all of our community-based care lead agencies, ultimately achieving the department’s goal of reducing the number of families in crisis by 20 percent by Summer 2021.”
The Governor’s Bolder, Brighter, Better Future budget includes recommended funding for:
- $9 million to expand the Community Action Teams for individuals ages 11-21 with mental health and/or substance abuse diagnoses.
- $4 million to expand Telehealth behavioral health services to children in K-12 public schools.
- $20 million to support post-adoption services for children adopted from foster care.
- $11.7 million to enhance accountability in the child welfare system through a quality assurance program.
###MEDIA CONTACT: DCF Communications Office, (850) 717-4450
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2016 Fantasy Baseball: Plate Discipline — Catchers
For those that watch baseball religiously, a lot has been made of the so-called five tools that scouts look to when evaluating players. While fielding and throwing are important, they typically don’t matter to fantasy players. Most fantasy players focus on the other three tools: hitting, hitting for power, and speed. That translates into hitting for average, hitting for power, and stealing bases.
More and more leagues are including an on base element. That could be walks or on base percentage. Even leagues that continue to use the standard five categories can take advantage of what some lovingly call the sixth tool (or fourth fantasy tool): plate discipline. As scouts and baseball executives are becoming increasingly aware, players are born with plate discipline or are not.
Essentially, the difference between the hit tool and the plate discipline tool is that with the plate discipline tool you are able to recognize which pitches you should swing at. When looking at the data, the key statistic (as found at Fangraphs) is Oswing. That is the percentage of pitches outside the strike zone that a hitter swings at. Talented hitters can make contact on those pitches, but usually it is the kind of contact pitchers want.
Plate discipline is only one of the four tools that fantasy players look for, so you shouldn’t govern your entire draft based on plate discipline, but it does allow us to find the occasional sleeper and avoid the occasional bust. In this series, we will identify a couple of sleepers and a couple of players who could end up being busts.
Cervelli played full time for the first time last year and that could be seen in the Oswing numbers. Experience tends to improve those numbers some, but even when he was playing part-time, he still was better than the league average in that department. Even though Cervelli doesn’t have a tremendous hit tool, he still makes more contact than the average player because he doesn’t swing at pitches out of the strike zone. Add a decent walk rate with an above average contact rate and you get a good batting average and good on base percentage.
Like Cervelli, Grandal doesn’t necessarily have a well developed hit tool. Even with his advanced plate discipline, he still is slightly below average on his overall contact rate. These numbers don’t show the power and that is one of the advantages you get with Grandal. So, despite his career .241 batting average, he offers on base percentages well above the league average. He is a huge sleeper in six category leagues.
Some prognosticators like to use the label “bust.” The rotter label is really more apt for most of these guys. You can see the decay before your very eyes. His strikeout rate is increasing and the walk rate is decreasing (although it really has nowhere else to go). Pitchers are figuring out that Perez will fish for just about anything and they are taking advantage. He is still talented enough to make contact more often than not, but even that is beginning to decay, too.
Imagine that 2015 was a down season for Gomes and his contact rates actually looked pretty good. However, like Perez the oswing rate continues to rise and with that comes the greater odds that both will become so-called fantasy busts. We shouldn’t call them that because we can see the regression, but some will still fall prey to it. Unlike some other guys, this one won’t exactly come out of nowhere.
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As of 11:17 AM 12/5/13 All times are local (Market data is delayed by at least 15 minutes).
Audit Committee* - roche holdings ltd-spons adr (RHO6)
Nominating Committee* - roche holdings ltd-spons adr (RHO6)
|Name (Connections)||Board Relationships||Title||Key Developments|
|Franz Humer || 153 Relationships||Chairman of the Board and Chairman of Presidium of the Board of Directors/Nomination Committee||Roche Proposes Board Changes|
|André Hoffmann || 61 Relationships||Vice Chairman, Chairman of Remuneration Committee, Member of Presidium of The Board of Directors/Nomination Committee and Member of Corporate Governance & Sustainability Committee||Roche Group's Chairman Franz B. Humer Not Stand for Re-Election in 2014|
*Data is at least as current as the most recent Definitive Proxy.
Sponsored Financial Commentaries
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It’s official: We’ve kept our tiny human alive for half a year! We are accepting high fives, low fives, or any kind of five you’ve got. And I swear, the parenting gig just gets more fun every day.
I think this kid of ours just has a happy heart, for which I’m thankful every day. We’re starting to call ourselves the #foyadventureclub, because he’s getting really good at coming along with us while we run around and do our thing. (Although he does seem to have a time limit in the car seat, which has made for some spectacularly loud road trips.) I love to see him interacting with our family and friends, which he usually does pretty well. Every once in a while he’ll get a little shy with a new face but warms up soon enough.
Six month old Henry is all about eating veggies and rice cereal — I’m afraid he inherited his parents’ love of eating. Best of luck with that, kid. He topples over less and less while he’s sitting up, and has pretty much mastered the high chair. He’s a bit of a daredevil — you can toss him around and swing him and roll him upside down and he’s totally game. Just a few days ago he learned to wave, so we finally have a trick he can do almost on cue. Also, sometimes when I’m holding him and patting his back, he starts to pat me too. It doesn’t get much better than that.
Happy six months, tiny! xoxo
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Looking to fill up on auto news? We’ve clocked some miles traversing the Web for all things auto-related. Pull in, grab a coffee and digest some of the week’s most interesting news with us.
“Giant car vending machine serves up hot new wheels,” The Huffington Post
A refreshing break from the norm. Car buyers can now get their hands on a new car from a vending machine, a bit like getting a can of soda. Online auto retailer Carvana is enabling customers to buy a car online and opt to receive the vehicle through the “fully-automated pick-up experience,” according to its press release, reported by The Huffington Post. And it does involve a coin to push into the machine.
The staff at Car and Driver was curious what car models were overrepresented in each state. “What model of car did, say, California buy far more often than any other state in the Union?” the magazine asked. The vehicles of some states “conform to stereotypes – Texas loves the hulking Cadillac Escalade EXT,” but there are surprises too.
The Mountain View Police Department, California, pulled over a Google self-driving car for driving too slowly, 24 mph in a 35 mph zone to be precise, “with traffic apparently backing up behind it.” No ticket was issued; not because there was no driver but because no law had been broken, reports CNN.
General Motors is celebrating after picking up two top awards from Motor Trend magazine. The accolades for the Chevrolet Colorado, named truck of the year, and Camaro, car of the year, provide “a key vindication for the company’s vehicle development decisions amid exceedingly competitive times,” says USA Today.
“Fiat resurrects Fiat 124 Spider roadster,” The Detroit News
The Fiat 124 is to be reborn 50 after the original “sporty icon” debuted in Italy. It is expected to be on sale in the U.S. next summer; a return to the market where it was last sold in 1985. The roadster “will be built on the same platform as the critically acclaimed 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata,” reports The Detroit News.
See you next week for more automotive news. Drive safe.Written by:
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A quilting journey that detours for other activities that captivate and inspire.
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Since I wasn't cooking for anyone today, the hubby and I rode over to the Homestead Restaurant at Cumberland Mountain State Park for our Thanksgiving dinner. The food was so yummy. I made good use of the time in the truck too.....
Made some progress on my next scarf. When we got home I went to work doing the quilting on my pillow shams. Got them finished and on the bed. I am really happy with how they turned out.
I hope all of you counted your blessings today. We have beds to sleep in, a roof over our heads, and more food that we could possible eat -- way more than most of the folks in the world. Focus on that rather than what you don't have.
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Parent Coordinators were initially part of a pilot program in certain New Jersey counties (Bergen, Middlesex, Morris, Sussex and Union) from 2007 to 2012 in order to assist parents in “high conflict” child custody cases to resolve day-to-day parenting issues. While the pilot program ended in November of 2012, judges across the State of New Jersey still have the discretion to use the program if they determine it is necessary. Parent Coordinators in NJ can be used in many child custody cases, but they cannot be used when there is a domestic violence restraining order in place.Definition and Purpose of a Parent Coordinator in NJ
A Parent Coordinator is a neutral third party who is either appointed by the court or agreed to by the parties. A Parent Coordinator may be a social worker, family therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, marriage counselor, or even a qualified attorney if appropriate for the situation. The coordinator should be experienced in dealing with children and also conflict resolution in order to be effective. The stated purpose of the parenting coordinator program is “to aid parties in monitoring the existing parenting plan, reducing misunderstandings, clarifying priorities, exploring possibilities for compromise and developing methods of communication that promote collaboration in parenting.”
While in the Parent Coordinator program, when parents cannot agree on how to resolve a conflict, the Parent Coordinator will assist them in resolving the issue at hand by providing a neutral, third party perspective on the situation. The Coordinator will also help the parents to determine how to better handle such conflicts in the future.Best Interest of the Child – Situations That Benefit from Parent Coordinators in NJ
The best interest of the child is paramount in any parenting decision, which the parenting coordinator will focus on when helping resolve a conflict between the parents. Unfortunately in some bitter child custody cases, the parents may lose sight of what is in the best interest of the child and be overwhelmed with their emotions about their former spouse. In some extreme cases, a parent may encourage the child to hate the other parent, which is considered “parental alienation” and is a serious mental health issue in addition to being a legal issue. In those extreme cases in particular a Parent Coordinator may help the parents get back on track to keeping their child’s need first.
For ordinary day-to-day parenting issues, such as minor changes in the parenting schedule due to illnesses, holiday custody issues, and communication between the spouses, a Parent Coordinator can help the parents solve minor problems without them escalating into larger issues requiring judicial intervention. While a New Jersey Parent Coordinator does not replace the need for a family court judge in issues of child custody, the hope is that they reduce the amount of time that parents need to spend in court for parenting issues.
Child custody and joint parenting can be difficult for many parents. If you are having difficulty and need assistance, we may be able to help. Please call the Law Offices of Peter Van Aulen at 201-845-7400 for a consultation with a NJ custody lawyer.Sources
Notice to the Bar: Parenting Coordinator Pilot Program – Program Guidelines and Related Material
Notice to the Bar: Parenting Coordinators – Conclusion of Pilot Program: Continuing Authority to Appoint in Individual Cases
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Safety Summary: Ventilators
December 1, 2011 | Evaluations & Guidance
In concert with this issue’s Evaluation of intensive care ventilators, here’s a capsule look at three fundamental ventilation safety issues. These are issues that we encounter repeatedly in investigations (both for our Problem Reporting System and by our Accident and Forensic Investigation Group), as well as while developing our Evaluations and while reviewing recalls and other corrective actions.
In addition to the general safety issues described here, we’ve published numerous reports of manufacturer- and model-specific ventilator problems in Health Devicesand Health Devices Alerts (HDA). Below, we provide a visual breakdown of the types of reports that have appeared in HDAsince January 2008.
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THE SIKH TIMES
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Film "Jo Bole So Nihaal" Pulled From Punjab
The Associated Press, Amritsar, May 21, 2005
Photo: A scene from the film 'Jo Bole So Nihaal'
Photo: Liquor barons Ponty Chadha (left) and Amrik Singh Dhillon
A Hindi-language film has been pulled from theatres in northern India after Sikh religious leaders condemned it. The film, Jo Bole So Nihaal, angered Sikh communities in Punjab and Haryana states because of its title and scenes depicting a Sikh character being chased by scantily clad women.
'Until the producer and director of this movie remove the controversial scenes, this movie should not be screened anywhere in India at any cost,' said Bibi Jagir Kaur of the Sikh Temple Management Committee [S.G.P.C.].
Producer Ponty Chadha [born Gurdeep Singh] said the filmmakers didn't intend to offend Sikh viewers. 'As a true Sikh, I wouldn't dream of hurting Sikh religious feelings,' Chadha said. Chadha, however, said no changes would be made. 'That is why I have withdrawn the film from theatres in Punjab and Haryana.'
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The pension files of James F. Taylor and his widow Almarine Taylor contain more than 100 pages of testimony and notes, taken in both Dekalb County, Alabama and later in Titus County, Texas. Following is a summary of the material in these files.
James F. Taylor’s Disability Pension Claim No. 293927
James F. Taylor and his brother William F. Taylor served as privates in Company B of the 1st Alabama & Tennessee Volunteer Vidette Cavalry. James enlisted at Stevenson, Alabama (in Jackson County) on 15 September 1863 and was mustered out at the same place nine months later on 16 June 1864. During his service, in early March 1864, James contracted measles which caused a permanent lung condition that debilitated him for the rest of his life. In 1878 he applied for a disability pension (officially known as an invalid pension).
Among the papers filed in the case is his official discharge from Company B of the 1st Regiment of Independent Vidette Cavalry Volunteers (as it was described by his captain George F. Allen) dated 16 June 1864. The discharge describes him as age 24, five feet six inches tall, with a fair complexion and black eyes and hair.
- Affidavit of David L. Evans, dated 24 September 1878: He resides in DeKalb County, Alabama. He was acquainted with James F. Taylor before he entered the army and never knew him to complain of being unhealthy or to use a physician until he contracted measles while in the army. He has never been in good health since and us unable to some extent to support himself and his family. He is not related to James F. Taylor but has known him before and since his army service and knows him to be a truthful and honest man.
- Declaration of James F. Taylor, age 40, dated 31 May 1879: He resides in DeKalb County, Alabama and his post office is Porterville. He testifies as to the details of his service as shown in his enlistment papers and his honorable discharge. He declares that while in the line of duty at Bridgeport and elsewhere in Alabama on or about 4 March 1864 he was attacked with measles and carried to the hospital at Bridgeport and treated from 4 March to 29 March by the surgeon whose name he does not know. Since leaving the service he has resided in DeKalb County as a farmer. He was healthy prior to entering the service but is now an invalid, disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor. He signed the application “James F. Taylor”.
- Affidavit of John Taylor and his wife Sarah E. Taylor, dated 21 April 1879 in DeKalb County, Alabama: “We are the father and mother of James F. Taylor and we know that he never was sick since he was a small child until he took the measles in the U.S. Army. Any we know that he has never enjoyed any health since on account of the disease settling on his lungs.” They state that he was in excellent health prior to entering army service, having never needed the services of a physician and never needing medicine. But “he is now an invalid disabled from obtaining his subsistence by labor“. John Taylor signed, Sarah E. Taylor signed by mark. Witnesses were Amos L. Ryan and his wife Mary E. Ryan wo lived two doors away in the 1880 census.
- Affidavit of Dr. James M. Jack, age 44, dated 14 June 1879: He has been for 15 years a resident near Porterville in Dekalb County within 4 miles of James F. Taylor. He has known and treated James F. Taylor for 8 years. James F. Taylor suffers from “an affliction of the lungs… caused in my opinion by measles and exposure, and that his condition is such that he is unable to make a living by manual labor. It is well known that Mr. Taylor was in good health when he entered the U. S. service and come back with a broken down constitution.”
- Affidavit of Dr. James R. Johnson, age 55, dated 17 June 1879: He resides at Lebanon, DeKalb County, Alabama within 4 miles of James F. Taylor. He has known Mr. Taylor for eight months. He has examined Mr. Taylor carefully and finds that he “expectorates a thick tenacious glairy like fluid and sometimes some blood caused by the measles settling on his lungs” which he contracted while in army service. The injury to his constitution has rendered him unable to perform manual labor. He has been treating himself with patent medicines, being unable to afford a physician.
- Affidavit of George H. Kirtland, dated 24 September 1879: I was personally acquainted with James F. Taylor before he entered the army and “never knew him to complain of being unhealthy” or needing the services of a physician until he contracted the measles while in army service. “He has never been in good health since and also he is unable to some extent to support himself & family.”
- Statement by James F. Taylor, dated 23 February 1880 in DeKalb County: “I lived in Walker Co., Georgia up till the year 1859. I then removed to DeKalb Co., Alabama, and remained there until I enlisted in the U. S. service. I was a farmer by occupation. Since my discharge I have been a farmer or tried to farm when I could work at all. I was attacked with measles while in the U.S. Army about the 3rd or 4th day of March 1864, was carried to the hospital at Bridgeport, Ala. and treated by the surgeons I never knew their names – was out of my mind when carried there. I was then carried back to camps and treated by our regimental surgeon Stafford. I do not remember his first name. I was discharged June 16th 1864. I have never been well since my first attack with measles. I was treated by Dr. A. J. Vann first, who now lives in DeKalb Co., Ala. then by Dr. W. A. Elrod of DeKalb Co., Ala. then by Dr. Lane of DeKalb Co., Ala. Since then I have not been able to employ a physician and have used patent medicines. I suffer very intense [and] acute attacks of pain in the breast and side, I use local remedies. I have been compelled to perform some labor since my discharge, very light labor of clear warm days on the farm. I have not been able to work any at all for more than two-thirds of the time since my discharge.” Dictated to Meredith Light, J. P. and signed by James F. Taylor.
- Statement by James F. Taylor, age 41, dated 24 July 1880. He resides in Porterville, DeKalb County1 and has lived there for two years. “I have been examined by several physicians and all agree that I am laboring under chronic bronchitis and chronic liver disease, which was contracted while in the service of the U. S. Army. I was a private in Co. B, 1st Alabama Cavalry.”
The pension was never approved. Despite the testimony of his parents and others in support of his case, the Pension Office could not find any records for his regiment during that period. The latest extant muster roll for the unit was dated 29 February 1864 and shows James F. Taylor present. Subsequent muster rolls were either not located or didn’t exist, nor were there any records from the hospital at Bridgeport. Because no official records could be produced to confirm that his disability resulted from his army service the pension was not approved but rather tabled awaiting further proof. James F. Taylor took sick and died on 10 May 1882.
Almarine Taylor’s Pension Claim of 1887 (No. 293927)
Almarine Taylor applied for a widow’s pension in 1887. Her initial attempt to secure a widow’s pension by reason of poverty was filed under the same number as James F. Taylor’s claim, No. 293927.
- Affidavit of George H. Kirtland, age 53, dated 3 September 1887: He resides at Grove Oak in DeKalb County, Alabama. He was acquainted with James F. Taylor before the war. “James F. Taylor was a healthy man before the war and since the war he was diseased very badly.” He is well acquainted with Almarine Taylor, who he knows to be the widow of James F. Taylor. “She has three children with her John F., Jesse H., and Sarah E. Taylor and she is in indigent circumstances.” There are no public records of birth and deaths of children kept in DeKalb County.
- Affidavit of Dr. D. J. Sibert, dated 2 September 1887: He is a resident of of Thirty-Nine, DeKalb County. He knew James F. Taylor for two years prior to his death and lived within 4 to 10 miles of him. He was with James F. Taylor during his last illness. Taylor suffered from chronic bronchitis and “disorder of the liver” and was unable to work. He filled prescriptions for him between 12 January 1882 and regularly thereafter until 9 May 1882, “about which time he died”. This affidavit was prepared from memoranda in the possession of Sybert.
- Affidavit of Dr. A. J. Vann, dated 22 October 1887: He resides in DeKalb County, Alabama. On 22 September 1870 he attended Almarine Taylor, wife of J. F. Taylor, and delivered her of a male child. This “from memoranda in his possession”.
- Affidavit of Rebecca Campbell, dated 15 December 1887: She resides in Marshall County, Alabama. On 2 February 1872 she attended Almarine Taylor in the capacity of midwife and delivered her of a female child. Almarine was the wife of James F. Taylor then and since.
- Affidavit of Richard Myrick, age 53, dated 15 December 1887. He resides at Sauty Mills in DeKalb County, Alabama. He states that he was present at the marriage of James F. Taylor and Almarine Callahan on 30 September 1866. He was well acquainted with James F. Taylor before the war and knew him to be “a very stout hearty man”. After the war he was in very bad health and unable to do manual labor. Almarine Taylor, the applicant, is the same person married to James F. Taylor in 1866. She is in indigent circumstances and has three children named Jno. F., J. H., and Ellen S. Taylor. There are no records of births or deaths in this county.
Apparently nothing came of this attempt. But two years later Almarine Taylor tried again.
Almarine Taylor’s Widow’s Pension Claim No. 476626
The Dependent and Disability Pension Act of 27 June 1890 provided for pensions for veterans (or their widows) who had served at least 90 days, regardless of their financial circumstances although the amount was need-based. Having failed to obtain a pension under the prior law, Almarine Taylor filed for a pension under this Act.
In 1890, when she filed for the pension, she was living in Marshall County, Alabama in a now-defunct community called Mid located in the extreme northeast corner of Marshal County about two miles west of the DeKalb County line.
- Statement of Almarine Taylor, age 55, dated 23 July 1890. She resides in Mid, Marshall County, Alabama and is the widow of James F. Taylor. She declares that she was married to James F. Taylor on 30 September 1866 in DeKalb County, Alabama by Meredith Light, J.P. Her name at marriage was Almarine Callahan. James F. Taylor enlisted on 15 September 1863 in Company B of the 1st Regiment of the Alabama Vidette Cavalry Volunteers and was honorably discharged on 16 June 1864. He died in DeKalb County, Alabama on 10 May 1882. She has not remarried. [She made a similar declaration on 4 August 1890.]
- Affidavit of Meredith Light, J.P., age 63, dated 23 September 1890. He resides in Thirty-Nine, DeKalb County. He was an acting justice of the peace on or about 30 September 1866 when he solemnized the marriage between James F. Taylor and Almarine Callahan. He has been acquainted with Almarine Taylor from her marriage until the present day.
This marriage does not appear in the DeKalb County marriage registers.
- Affidavit of Dr. G. B. May, age 62, dated 23 September 1890: He resides at Hillians Store in Marshall County, Alabama and has been “personally acquainted with Almarine Taylor for many years & has been her family physician for years & know her to be physically unable to earn a support”. He states that she is very poor and has no income from any source.
- Affidavit of Martha A. Myrick, age 32, dated 7 October 1890: She resides in Mid, Marshall County, Alabama. She states that on 10 May 1882 she was present at the residence of James F. Taylor in DeKalb County, Alabama and saw him die.
- Affidavit of J. F. Myrick, age 29, dated 7 October 1890: He resides in Mid, Marshall County, Alabama. He states that on 10 May 1882 he was present at the residence of James F. Taylor in DeKalb County, Alabama and was by his bedside when he died.
- Affidavit of John H. Holland, age 25, dated 7 October 1890: He resides at Hillians Store in Marshall County, Alabama. He has been acquainted with Almarine Taylor for ten or fifteen years and states that she is “totally unable to do anything in the way of labor to make a support”. has been her family physician for years & know her to be physically unable to earn a support”. He states that she is very poor and has no income from any source.
Almarine Taylor’s Widow’s Pension Claim No. 473617
By 1897 Almarine Taylor and her children had joined her Taylor in-laws in Titus County, Texas. After moving to Texas she tried again to claim a pension. Some of the persons testifying on her behalf were the same people who had earlier testified for her or her husband back in Alabama.
- Affidavit of Willis C. Carpenter, age 76, dated 9 January 1898. He resides near Cookville and has known Almarine Taylor for the last 46 years. She married James F. Taylor on 30 September 1866 after the death of her first husband T. Callahan, who died 13 April 1856. Almarine “lived with my family” until she married James F. Taylor. He personally knew Francis Taylor, former wife of James F. Taylor, who died on 30 November 1864. He was present at the funeral of both T. Callahan and Francis Taylor. He states that Almarine Taylor has no property and no means of support other than her daily labor, and is not physically able to do manual labor.
- Affidavit of James M. Southerland, age 57, dated 12 January 1898. He resides near Cookville and has been acquainted with Almarine Taylor for 45 years. Francis Taylor, former wife of James F. Taylor, died on 30 November 1864. Almarine Callahan was married to James F. Taylor on 30 September 1866. Almarine’s first husband, T. Callahan, died on 13 April 1856. J. M. Southerland was a neighbor of T. Callahan and Almarine when Callahan died. He has been personally acquainted with Almarine Taylor since about the year 1853 and they have been neighbors most of the time since. Almarine Taylor has no property and no means of support other than her daily labor.It isn’t clear how James M. Southerland and Almarine Southerland were related. James, age 9, was in the household of Henry and Anna Southerland in the 1850 census of Marshall County. This testimony suggests that he and Almarine did not meet for another few years.
Note that, despite these two claims that James Taylor’s first wife Francis died in 1864, a woman claiming to be her was alive as late as 1901. See the separate explanation.
- Affidavit of Dr. D. J. Sibert, age 46, dated 16 August 1898: He is a resident of of Thirty-Nine, DeKalb County, Alabama. He was called in to see James F. Taylor in early 1882 in Marshall County, Alabama and treated him until about 1 May 1882 when he was moved to DeKalb County Alabama to be nearer to me. The disease was a complication of lungs and liver trouble. The patient said that he had measles while in service for the U. S. at Bridgeport, Alabama. I think the disease was of long standing and probably occurred about as stated by the patient. “He died under my treatment about the 10th of May 1882.” (An attached note says that Dr. Sybert dictated the statement because he had been partially paralyzed since 1890 and was only able to sign his name.)
- Affidavit of William F. Taylor (brother of James F. Taylor), age 57, dated 8 September 1898: He resides in Omaha, Morris County, Texas but makes this statement in Titus County, Texas. “I were in the United States service with James F. Taylor during the year 1864 in the month of March he James F Taylor was sick with measles and was sent to the hospital at Bridgeport, Alabama and I was detailed to accompany him as a nurse while sick with measles.” He further states that he believes the disease caused his general health to “permanently give away” and he did not recover sufficiently to do duty afterwards. He was afflicted with a severe cough and the lung trouble continued to afflict him until his death.
- Affidavits of David L. Evans, dated 8 and 19 September 1898: He resides near Cookville in Titus County, Texas. He was personally acquainted with James F. Taylor and served in the U. S. Army with him. Taylor took sick with measles in March 1864 which resulted in a severe cough and lung trouble. He never regained his health, was unable to perform duties until he was discharged from the army. He lived as a neighbor to James F. Taylor for many years until his death, and knows that the lung trouble caused by measles disabled him from doing manual labor “at least half if not three-quarters of his time after discharge”.
- Second Affidavit of William F. Taylor (brother of James F. Taylor), age 57, dated 21 September 1898. He is a resident of Omaha, Morris County, Texas but makes this statement in Titus County, Texas. “I was in the Unites States Army service with James F. Taylor and know of him being sick with measles while in the Army.” When James F Taylor was discharged he “was troubled with severe lungs or cough.” I lived a neighbor to him after his discharge from the army continuously until the time of his death, and can swear that he was disabled at least half the time from performing manual labor by reason of his lung trouble.
- A note by the Titus County Tax Collector states that Almarine Taylor’s name does not appear on the tax rolls for the year 1887. (This is proof that she owns no taxable assets.)
- Statement of Almarine Taylor, age 64, residing “near Cookville” in Titus County, Texas, dated 10 September 1898: “I have no knowledge as to the whereabouts of any of the officers or the surgeon of my husband’s company or regiment, and do not know anyone that does. Therefore it would be impossible for me to furnish an affidavit from either.”
- Second statement of Almarine Taylor, age 64, residing “near Cookville” in Titus County, Texas, dated 1 October 1898: She states that two or three doctors attended James F. Taylor after his service and might testify that his condition was incurred while in the army. But she does not know their whereabouts and thinks all of them are dead except for Dr. W. D. Sybert who attended him in his last illness. She is otherwise unable to supply proof of his disability.
- Third statement of Almarine Taylor, age 64, residing “near Cookville” in Titus County, Texas, dated 18 October 1898: “I, Almarine Taylor, widow of James F. Taylor deceased, do hereby certify that I was not acquainted with the said James F. Taylor until about the year of the surrender but I was always informed that him and others that knew him that he never served in the Confederate army or navy.” She signed by her mark.
- Third Affidavit of William F. Taylor (brother of James F. Taylor), age 57, dated 18 October 1898. He states that James F. Taylor never served in the Confederate army or navy before volunteering in the U. S. Army. He knows this from his own personal knowledge “being a near neighbor before he went into the service of the United States and living near the said James F. Taylor when the war come up between the states.”
- Affidavit of Henry S. Taylor (brother of James F. Taylor), of Cookville, dated 18 October 1898. He states that he has personal knowledge that James F. Taylor never served in the Confederate army or navy before volunteering in the U. S. Army “I being personally acquainted with him and living near him for a number of years before he went into the United States Army.”
Notice that Almarine Taylor and her brothers-in-law William F. Taylor and Henry S. Taylor all appeared before the same judge on the same day.
- Her attorney in Washington, Joseph H. Hunter, notified the Pension Bureau on 9 February 1899 that Almarine Taylor had changed her address to Crescent, Texas. This must have been very temporary.
She was awarded a pension of $8 per month.
An Illegal Marriage?
On 22 August 1903 the Pension Office notified Almarine Taylor (whose address was then Mt. Pleasant, Texas) that her pension was invalid and would be terminated. The reason given was that James F. Taylor’s first wife Francis was still alive (and had not been divorced until 1867) and therefore Almarine’s marriage to James F. Taylor was illegal. Because, they said, she was not legally married she could not be pensioned as his widow.
Almarine Taylor apparently did not respond to the notice, as there is nothing in the file to indicate that she contested the decision. In the absence of a rebuttal, the Pension Office ordered on 10 October 1903 that the pension be dropped.
There had been testimony given by two men that James F. Taylor’s first wife Francis Reeves had died in 1864. However, Francis was still alive and was herself receiving a pension on the Civil War service of her third husband James H. Cantrell. The Pension Bureau apparently noticed that her marriage to Cantrell predated the death of her first husband James F. Taylor and asked her to prove that her own marriage was legal by giving evidence of a divorce from Taylor. She first responded that she and Taylor had been divorced in Winston County, Alabama but all records of that county had been destroyed and were unavailable. She later declared that she and Taylor were divorced by the DeKalb County chancery court in April 1867. That date was convenient for her, apparently being just prior to her marriage to her second husband, Samuel Wiley. It was unfortunate for poor Almarine, as it convinced the Pension Bureau that her marriage in 1866, a year before the divorce, was not a legal marriage.
For more on the first marriage, see the separate page on Frances M. Reeves.
- This community, later known as Portersville, is just southwest of Ft. Payne. [↩]
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How to make a complaint about your energy supplier
I’m pleased to bring you a guest post from Helen Dewdney, The Complaining Cow. Helen is a consumer rights blogger, journalist and author of bestseller How to Complain: The Essential Consumer Guide to Getting Refunds, Redress and Results! Should you ever need to make a complaint about your energy supplier, be sure to take Helen’s advice.
Utilities are probably the most complained about sector – energy in particular. Communications and service are often poor, to say nothing about major mistakes such as getting the wrong bills!
So what can you do when things go wrong? So many of us don’t know or give up when we get fobbed off. Here are some of my tips to help us gain the redress we are owed!
Write – don’t phone.
This means that you have your evidence and a communication trail should the matter need to go further.
In your correspondence, be clear, succinct and factual.
Provide your account number details. Be objective and bullet point/summarise the issues if your email/letter is very long.
Say what you want from the complaint, such as an apology, redress etc.
Tell them what you will do if you do not get a satisfactory response, such as going to the Energy Ombudsman.
Contact the CEO.
If serious, or the complaint has been going on for some time contact the CEO. Contact details can be found on the CEO Email website. The CEO won’t respond personally but it usually means that someone from the Executive Team will respond more swiftly and they will have more powers to resolve the matter quickly.
Know your rights!
The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 protect you from being given misleading information. If you believe you have made a decision to use a supplier due to information that was not correct, it is a breach of this law. Quote it!
Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 you are entitled to services to be carried out with reasonable skill and care. If you have received services that are not up to scratch, quote this law as they are in breach!
The big 6 companies must resolve a complaint within 8 weeks (12 for smaller ones). If it is not resolved within this time the supplier must produce a letter of deadlock. After 8 weeks since the initial complaint or with a letter of deadlock (which can be requested before the 8 weeks) you can take the matter to the Energy Ombudsman who will look at all the evidence and make a decision which the company must abide by.
Energy companies are bound by Ofgem Standards of Conduct. These cover three broad areas:
- Behaviour (be fair, transparent, honest, appropriate and professional.
- Information (complete, accurate, not misleading, plain and simple language, related to products and services appropriate to the customer and fair in content and presentation).
- Process (easy for customers to contact them, act promptly and courteously to put any mistakes right, customer service arrangements and processes complete, thorough and fit for purpose. There are then numerous conditions by which the companies must abide regarding tariffs.
Energy suppliers are signed up to Ofgem’s back billing principle. If the supplier is at fault for not sending you a bill for more than a year then usually you do not need to pay.
Look at changing your supplier on a yearly basis and if anything goes wrong in the transfer you can complain to either the new or the old supplier.
Over to you…
I hope you’ve enjoyed Helen’s extremely informative post, and that it will help you to resolve your complaint effectively, if you ever do need to make a complaint about your energy supplier.
Actually, I’ve had to complain about just the things Helen has mentioned in this post such as being sent the wrong bills as well as back billing, and more besides. Lots of us feel squeamish about complaining, so it certainly helps to have a consumer rights expert in your corner, doesn’t it?
Don’t forget to check out Helen’s book as well – if you’re facing down a Goliath of a company, this could be just the thing you need!
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<-- I have owned and tested 15 brands of infrared saunas. BEFORE using or purchasing an infrared sauna please watch the following 3 videos on EMF, sweating more, heaters, different heaters "The Undisclosed Truth About Infrared Saunas."
Hyperthermia Training for professionals
If you wish to have me train you in your facility I can, but its better for me and you to be trained in my facility. This consultation fee can include the Classroom Fee for free if it’s a 2-day or more consultation! Most people hire me for an entire weekend to lecture for initial education for their clients, staff members as well as family members. I am pretty good at getting all of my lecture attendees involved in doing at least a 30 day cleanse.
I have seen many people suffering from unimaginable and countless diseases during my tenure since my business opened in 2000. It doesn’t take a brain surgeon to figure out infrared sauna cleansing as a well as properly trained staff can be very beneficial for all involved. Our training can possibly save millions of dollars in healthcare. I have switched out 76 people who have owned other brands of infrared saunas for our brand, mostly physicians. One infrared sauna advocate I switched out was Kevin Trudeau. He wrote about it in his book ‘The Weight Loss Cure “They” Don’t Want You to Know About.’ kevin took his first sauna to the dump after going home and testing the EMF.
My time covers sauna major sauna protocols / guidelines of the initial detox / cleansing effects which can motivate and continue to educate; this facilitates more retail sales and manifests more clients awareness. Our info can help you in many ways such as saving you from losing clients, sales, and / or making a major mistake. My class is well worth it as prevention is key.
My next out of the office Hyperthermia Classroom is 2015. This classroom will cover infrared sauna prescriptions, CPT insurance codes, specific disease protocols, flexible spending account reimbursement information, as well as insurance coverage.
I begin my classroom with a live demonstration of some of the most health-benefiting therapeutic infrared sauna adjuncts I have identified to facilitate the infrared sauna cellular cleansing effects! A very thorough waiver / disclosure (also included), will be filled out and signed by every client prior to using any equipment. I also suggest to collect relevant personal information via a standardized questionnaire to facilitate client awareness and nutritional needs. This segment of the in-house training is “walk-through” and takes about three hours.
Throughout the demonstration, I explain the science, theory, and mechanisms of each adjunct / modality for everyone to understand for years to come with even better understanding with more usage. My systems work as wonderful adjuncts to any therapy. If in our house, your party can personally use all of our amazing scientifically proven devices followed by a refreshing and chlorine-free filtered shower to wash off the toxins, non toxic soap and essential oils for an additional therapy. I will also include superfoods green drinks, fiber, minerals etc. to facilitate the benefits.
These cutting edge training concepts are all designed to help clients as well as staff members experience and completely understand the healing benefits as well as the proper protocols for quality management. This step manifests all that partake in the classroom training will be educated and highly motivated to commit to your individual cleansing program! This creates a stronger facility and in reality a functional and grateful synergy for years to come! So bring your staff, friends, and family members or I can come to you for a reasonable fee.
For your group, I will also provide a tenuous FAQ’s infrared sauna protocol exam. During this segment I will discuss the benefits of specific healthful food products, as well as medical studies, and books, that support nutritional designs, which should increase results as well as retail sales!
Most importantly my classroom covers certain protocols for specific pathologies. For example: what can parents anticipate of a child or infant with autism, cold, fever, allergies, infections rashes post sauna treatments. What side effects / benefits (mental as well as physical) should parents be aware of when using infrared sauna therapy. Additionally, learned concepts of how to properly entertain children to ensure an educational and relaxing sauna experience for the entire family, while not bothering existing clients. What should the business owner be most aware of and on guard for to prevent damages sustained on their premises from elderly to infants with severe congestive heart failure and so on.
Next, I will briefly review protocols concerning heavy metal toxicity, mercury poisoning, diabetes, parasites, candida, eczema, psoriasis, skin conditions, weight loss, cellulite reduction, arthritis and osteoarticular diseases, cancer, HIV, heart conditions, Lyme, fibromyalgia, colds, flu, bone fractures or breaks, ruptured disks, metal rod questions, pace makers, burn safety and protocols.
Foods to avoid during your patients’ detox will be suggested as well as excipient free mineral supplementation for mineral loss due to heavy perspiration which may save a client from having an unnecessary stroke! I highly encourage all client / physicians to get their blood work, hair analysis and before and after shots done prior to beginning the hyperthermia detoxification program, as to establish a benchmark for comparison; then upon completion to be tested again. Consistent therapy enhances longevity of healthful and safe detoxification benefits for years to come. Blood work and photos will surly provide evidence to manifest additional future sales.
When you sell your first sauna, it will pay for my very reasonable training fee that has cost me thousands of dollars to critique. My training videos will sell saunas as well as educate every client on infrared sauna therapy. My waivers have been written by lawyers to prevent lawsuits. My artwork advertising and professional interview concepts work and may save you from costly common mistakes.
Hyperthermia Training comes with each sauna sale and is for individual usage only. It does not include the Hyperthermia Classroom at your facility.
Every physician I have trained has stated his or her business has taken on a new perspective and is very grateful for my classroom information as well as continued support. I have been training physicians professionally since 2002.
I look forward to having all of you use the TheraSauna in your practices / homes to be utilized in the most intelligent manner, with passion and confidence as to its miraculous cumulative results for years to come. You deserve it! The cost of my classrooms are $1,000 per day!
I look forward to working with you and exceeding your expectations,
Hyperthermia Class FAQ's
Diane has switched 67 people that had other brands for her Medical Grade Infrared Saunas, most of which are physicians. One was Kevin Trudeau in 2007! The year Kevin came out with the book "Natural Weight Loss Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About" and mentions only 1 sauna in his book, Therasauna!
Kevin had a sauna at home and had used many brands that never made him sweat . Until Kevin and his wife met Diane at her wellness center in Reno. We have solid confidence (as Diane has owned 15 brands of infrared saunas) this sauna is the best for multiple reasons!
I had some major health issues. I wanted to heal them all. I read the book 'Reverse Aging' by Sang Wang. It made perfect sense and I purchased everything in the book! I shared it with my friends and all of our doctors took notes and then our doctors started using my saunas! It was divine and it happened organically!
Aside from running Reverse Aging Naturally's Wellness Spa, I have been working diligently with many physicians since 2000! One of my responsibilities for the company is training physicians properly from pediatricians to oncologists how to utilize our Medical Grade Infrared Saunas properly in conjunction with their specific areas of training.
I am proud to have had many PhD referred clients with a plethora of different environmental conditions that have optimal results!
I have trained 1000's of people how to use infrared saunas properly to get the best optimal results!
I LOVE what I do, and I do it ALL traditionally and naturally.
Open House Lectures
I offer hosting lectures for you at your business that you promote prior to my journey to educate your patients for lifetime sauna goers. I can personally drop ship a Therasauna to your practice. I can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it will work in conjunction with your modalities for most of your specific clients. I am not saying it will save anyone's life. But it has given quality of life to even at times terminally ill last stage hospice patients.
My lectures are guaranteed to get everybody excited about a 30 Day Cleanse to insure the abundance, higher sauna client consciousness, a few sauna sales and educated users.
Training and Retraining! ;-)
Diane Underwood took it upon herself to seek holistic modalities to eliminate her deteriorating energy and cellular dysfunction due to environmenal illness.
She opened one of the first infrared sauna spas in the US. Diane has created an affordable wellness center where ancient, traditional and new age energizing technology are synergistically combined.
A little video about me!
Children & Saunas
Even children are going to love to use the infrared sauna, because we make it fun for them. The saunas are excellent for hypertension, hyperactivity, rashes, colds, allergies, infections, sleeping disorders, colic, and even infants with severe congestive heart failure!
We have the PubMed studies "Efficacy and Safety of Thermal Vasodilatation Therapy by Sauna with Infants with Severe Congestive Heart Failure", to 20 year studies on spa therapy from PubMed.com. I always ask to seek medical advice by a licensed medical doctor prior to using infrared sauna therapy.
Ventricular Septal Defect 2 weeks of sauna
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Fall Wedding Cake
(MT Pleasant, TN)
Fall Wedding Cake By Donna
I was asked to make this Fall season cake for a young couple. I can't resist anyone wanting a dessert let alone a wedding cake.
Baking and cake decorating is a passion of mine because I can let my imagination run away & then bring it into a reality as best as possible. I can doodle to my hearts content with icing & it turns to beauty in an instant.
This wedding cake is 3 tiers 8,10 & 12 inch rounds. The bottom tier is a luscious chocolate fudge with vanilla Bavarian creme, the middle tier is delicious white chocolate cake with white chocolate fudge filling and the top is a white chocolate with salted caramel filling. All of them are frosted with butter cream twice, then enrobed with vanilla fondant. Design Tip:
Just look around at your environment, there is so much available to turn into a piece of art & all out of cake, amazing! Looking at my growing sunflowers was my inspiration, along with fall leaves & of course pumpkins.
Techniques...I study my objects & my eyes & hands just seem to follow. I just started to make my own gum glues, gum pastes & modeling chocolate. I bake every day, in some form of dessert & my growing family wouldn't have it any other way.
See Donna's Minion Birthday Cake
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A Review By Jason L. King
Starring: Paul Rudd, Jason Segal
Directed by: John Hamburg
Rated: R for pervasive language, including crude and sexual references.
Movie Released: 2009
For some people, making friends is hard. Some people have the gift to walk into a room, and own the room. They put on their show, do their little song and dance, and by the end of the night, everyone loves the person. Finding and making new friends is never hard for this person. They are just a likable guy or gal.
On the flip side there is the guy that just can’t do that no matter what they do. The more that they try to be cool and suave to win people over, the more they look like an awkward idiot. They stand back and let the more suave people win over new friends, and they stand in the corner, hoping to be absorbed into the conversation. The end result, is they sometimes leave the social functions with less friends than they came in with.
The later of the two people is the unfortunate tale of Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) in the comedy to hit DVD shelves, I love You Man. Despite all of his best efforts, Peter has always been a bit awkward when it came to making friends. All of his friends are girls and friends of his girlfriends. He could unfortunately could list off his best guy friends on one hand, and do so without lifting a finger. So when Peter has met the girl of his dreams and is ready to tie the knot, he sets out on a quest to find a new best friend. Along the way he meets Sidney (Jason Segal), who despite being the polar opposite of Peter just might be the best friend Peter has always wanted. The problem becomes, Sidney just may not be the new best friend Peter’s fiance had envisioned for him.
As a reviewer I am struggling with my feelings on this film. The film has some very funny parts in it. Jason Segal’s character is really charismatic, and is a lot of fun to watch on screen. Despite Peter being an utter idiot, the Sidney character always takes it in stride and just enjoys the company of his new found friend. On the flip side, Paul Rudd plays awkward a little too well. There were many scenes that you felt so embarrassed for him that it was a hard film to watch. Sure, those scenes pop up a lot in films, but I really felt the writers went out of their way to make Peter a bit too awkward. You just felt sorry for him many times and wished that it was over.
What I really did enjoy about this film is the story has got a good message behind it. The idea that you are never too old to make a new best friend, and that friends come in all shapes and sizes is something I think a lot people forget. Sidney and Peter looked like an unlikely pair of friends, but they actually suited each other quite well, so I guess you can’t judge a book by its cover. Despite being a bit too awkward you do really like Peter, but that should come as no surprise. After all, Paul Rudd plays the nice guy quite well. I also enjoyed the side story of selling Lou Ferrigno’s mansion. It made for some funny little side jokes that kept the film moving along.
What I really didn’t enjoy about this film was that it felt like it wanted to be a Judd Apatow film that just didn’t cut it. Apatow has won people over with films like 40 Year old Virgin, Knocked Up, Walk Hard and Pinapple Express, and I love You Man tried to sneak its way into that list without having Apatow’s name on it. Problem was, the film just didn’t have that Apatow charm that the other films have all had. It comes close, but no cigar. As much as I laughed at the scenes where Segal is fighting Lou Ferrigno and even mentioned the fact that the side story with Ferrigno is fun, I feel like it was slightly forced. It seems to have become the new cool thing to find some old pop culture reference and throw them into your comedy for cultural references. We’ve seen it this year in I Love You Man, and in Hangover (a la Mike Tyson) and I am sure that it will not be the last time we will see it this year. I’m just not sure if I like that idea or find it distracting. On one hand it is funny to see these pop culture icons show up and poke fun at themselves. On the other hand, I really don’t see the need and don’t think those jokes will really hold up in years to come.
the film held a strong R rating and I really wonder if that rating was needed at all. I feel like the producers just felt like they had to make an R rated comedy to draw the crowds in, and I think they could have toned down things a bit and pulled off a PG-13 without doing any major damage to the film. Personally I could have done with out Sidney’s masturbation station and the endless talk about it, and we could have cleaned up a few naughty words and got a friendlier comedy. Don’t get me wrong, the film works as an R rated film. The writers work in the R content well, however I just don’t know if it was needed at all in the first place. In other words, it didn’t hurt the film, but I question if it enhanced it either.
The big question you want to know is will this rental help cure my case of box office boredom? The answer is yes. The R rated comedy genre keeps kicking out product for their audience, and although I Love You Man isn’t top of the line, it is quite entertaining. Pick it up as a rental at a store near you, pop some popcorn and pop I Love You Man in the DVD player.
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The Harcout table collection features classic Neo-Italian styling with Its handsome profile features, clipped corners, walnut woven inlays, and 5mm tempered glass inserts with one inch bevels. Crafted of cherry veneers its timeless styling and ageless grace are at home in any traditional setting. Casters on the cocktail table provide added mobility.
- T1648-73: Rectangular Sofa Table
- 51.75"W x 20"D x 29"H
- 131.44cm W x 50.8cm D x 73.66cm H
- Construction & Features:
- 5mm tempered clear glass w/ 1" bevel insert in the top center.
- 1 fixed bottom wood shelf and casting resin legs.
- floor protectors.
All local deliveries within 25km of our showroom located at 30 Weber St. North, Waterloo N2J 3G6 are $69. Professional delivery and installation is available for every product we sell and we are pleased to coordinate delivery and installation for you. For deliveries outside of our local area (25km) please submit a request for a delivery quote and one of our knowledgeable staff will quickly respond to you within 2 business days.
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It is estimated that 25% of people around the world have some degree of allergy to a cat. Studies have shown that
early exposure to animals (which researchers now suggest can have a protective effect), where you live and whether you
experience asthma and / or hay fever can all influence the development of allergies to animals.
Research done independently in the U.S. and Sweden show that cats are the single biggest trigger for asthma; causing
reactions in 30 to 40 per cent of asthmatics. In our evolving world, it is fair to expect that the incidence of allergic
disease will grow and so will the number of people reacting to animals.
Most cat allergies result from a reaction to the Fel-D1 glycoprotein; a protein which is naturally produced
exclusively by cats. These tiny particles, which are smaller than dust, can float around in the air in your home for months.
Siberian cats produce lower levels of Fel-D1 than other cat breeds and therefore cause less reactions.
OUR CATS HAVE LOW FEL-D1 LEVELS AND WE CAN PROVE IT!
When they reach maturity, each of our cats is tested for the level of Fel-D1 they produce and our cat program
is based on breeding only those cats whose levels are the lowest.
The range and severity of the symptoms vary greatly from one person to another. Symptoms include red, watery eyes, nasal
congestion, itchy nose, ears, eyes, throat and skin, sneezing, difficulty breathing, chest tightening, chronic sore throat,
coughing, wheezing, plugged ears, frequent bouts of bronchitis and skin which is covered with rashes and hives.
To put it simply, for an allergy sufferer, a cat can cause pure misery. While some people don’t experience a problem
unless they touch a cat and then touch their eyes, there are others who merely have to enter a place exposed to cat allergens
to have an asthma attack.
Interesting film clip....
Click on the picture at right to see
Dr. Oz discussing pet allergies and the Siberian cat.
Most people consider the best course of action is avoidance. If allergies are not severe, vigorous cleaning routines,
hepa filters, allergy shots, antihistamines and prescription drugs are options but they are time consuming, expensive and
who wants to be on drugs for the duration of the cat’s life?
The culprits setting off these reactions are four proteins found in dander, saliva and oil that hair follicles secrete to
protect the fur and skin. The main culprit by far is a glycoprotein called Fel D1. A cat’s natural instinct to constantly groom
itself greatly adds to the problem. As a cat licks its fur it coats it with Fel D1 from its saliva. The allergen then dries and
being about ten times lighter than pollen or dust, it breaks off and floats throughout the environment adhering eventually onto
everything. This is why even cats which are short haired or even hairless still cause allergic reactions as they emit the
allergy-causing proteins into the air from their skin, glands, dander, urine and saliva.
Robert Wood, director of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore,
Maryland says, "It has been known for a long time that a small number of cats are very low allergen producers, producing
just one-thousandth of the Fel D1 of a normal cat". These cats are termed to be hypoallergenic.
What does hypoallergenic mean?
Hypo means “below normal” or “slightly”. The word "hypoallergenic" is is used to describe items that cause or are claimed
to cause fewer allergic reactions. Hypoallergenic pets still produce allergens but they produce fewer allergens than others
of the same species.
For many generations now, we have been testing to find cats with the lowest possible Fel D1 allergen level and
have selectively bred these cats to produce the lowest possible offspring. We can now offer an exciting new alternative to people
who suffer from cat allergies.
Although we do not claim to be the perfect answer for everyone, our successful placement is more than 90%. While there
is one prominently advertised company claiming that their cats do not produce any allergic reaction in allergy
sufferer, they still call their cats hypoallergenic and not non-allergenic (having no allergies).
Our adult cats have been scientifically proven to be hypoallergenic. Upon acceptance of a deposit for a particular litter,
we can / will provide a buyer with written proof of the allergen level of the parents. Allergy levels run in lines so a kitten
from two cats with very, very low allergens will also have a low allergen level.
Our contract is available upon request. It is a straight forward contract written mainly to protect the health and
well being of our cats and kittens.
Our traditional Siberians run between $975.00 and $1100.00 and our color points are $1,300.00. There is a $200.00
non-refundable deposit which is applied towards the price of the kitten. The balance is due three weeks before adoption.
Our normal wait time is one to six months after a deposit is accepted. We do not accept more deposits on orders than we
feel we can fill within a six-month period.
- 20 page handout on kitten care with details on living with allergies
- Two-year genetic guarantee
- Kitten can be returned for any reason during the first two weeks of ownership
- Lifetime guidance and back-up
Although we are a cattery based near Blue Ridge, Texas, we specialize in supplying Siberian kittens to the State
of California. We mostly use United Airlines. They are the leaders in live cargo transport in the United
States and their Safe Pet Program is fantastic. In all the years that we have used United, we have never
had an "upsetting" incident. Most of our breeders come all the way from St. Petersburg or Moscow, Russia
and we have never had a problem even with that long distance.
The shipping cost is $300.00 for a single kitten and if we can double two kittens to a carrier the price drops
to $225.00 per kitten. From the Dallas / Fort Worth airport we can fly kittens into Los Angeles, Ontario,
Sacramento, Santa Ana, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose.
We Spoil Our Kittens...
Our kittens are raised with both children and dogs. They live in our house and sleep in our beds. From the time they are
tiny they are individually held each day, rocked and cuddled. From the age of four weeks onwards, each kitten receives a daily
body massage. This involves holding the kitten on its back and starting at the ears, massaging each part of its body. By the
time we have worked our way from the head, to the neck to the back and then the hind paws, the kitten is a limb little purring
lump of happiness. When they leave our home our kittens are extremely well socialized and are trusting little creatures.
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What was the best birthday present you ever received, and why?
My first set of wheels, a little blue bike that my father made, with a bell - mobile at last!
What smell do you find irresistible?
I love the smell of old fashioned Christmas lilies and daphne. They remind me of my mother, who passed when I was 19.
What is your least favourite thing about humanity?
My hope for humanity is that people will occasionally stop and think about what it's like to be in the other person's shoes, before they pass judgement or criticise.
What's something only your family knows about you?
Being the youngest of six children, I'm sure my brothers and sisters have plenty of stories they would like to share; but I am sure they would all say that I was the "spoilt'' one. Of course, this wasn't true!
You are a new addition to the crayon box. What colour are you, and why?
Autumnal yellow. I love autumn and the changing of colours.
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A Floor Plan is a method that a business (such as an auto dealership) can use to finance inventory that they are holding for resale, without having to tie up their own capital in that inventory. This article reviews how you can manage Floor Plan Financing with QuickBooks.
Intuit recently announced the Intuit PaymentNetwork, a low cost method of sending and receiving payments. As someone who collects and makes payments via online services every day, I was intrigued by the extremely low fees for this service. I’ve been playing with it lately, so here are some thoughts.
Buying inventory is simple in QuickBooks. Create a purchase order, receive the items, enter the bill, pay the bill. Simple! Sometimes things don’t occur in this nice sequence, and it isn’t always obvious what the best procedure would be. What if you have to pay the bill before you have received the items? In this […]
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It is the Very Basic Foundation of RV Boondocking. The life I've chosen is one which requires a certain specific ingredient without which it cannot exist.
If I do not Live in Liberty... I cannot pursue my dreams. The burdens, restrictions and life directions being imposed by an arrogant society threaten that Liberty. They Threaten and Inhibit a man's ability to Pursue his happiness whatever his dreams might be.
The remodeling of our culture from one of the Right to; "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" into this abhorrent Thing that is growing today; where so many believe they have the RIGHT, the Entitlement to possess virtually anything their neighbor has, and all they have to do is demand that the government transfer that "property" to them, is likely the saddest thing I've ever witnessed.
Make No mistake. Understand Clearly... That is what you are talking about when you speak of entitlement. You are stealing from your Neighbor.
Do you think the government paymaster walks up to some magic window with a bucket, pulls a lever and out flows the gold to finance all the lusted for entitlements?
Government produces... Nothing. Not one fake penny. It never has, it never will. To give you whatever wealth it grants... It must first TAKE that wealth from someone else, from your Neighbor. Redistribution of wealth by Brute, uncaring, Force.
Your Neighbor spent much time working to produce whatever wealth he's been fortunate enough to control. It is his. It was gained, in exchange for a large chunk of his very life.
When YOU demand that that wealth shall be taken from him, your neighbor, it matters not one bit what you intend to spend that asset on. It is Stolen Property. A great part of his LIFE is Stolen, making him in the process, a Slave... and you, as the one demanding that action, a Thief.
... IF ... You are one demanding Entitlement.
The only thing I can say is it is unwise for a pick pocket to get caught with his hand... in MY pocket.
I don't say that all downtrodden be forgotten. What I say is that it should not be rewarded. It is only compassionate and generous when it is a voluntary act by each person. In the end, each of us is responsible for their own life. One way or the other.
Life is not fair. It never has been. It never will be. Wishing it weren't so is like wishing the sun would rise in the west. You can wish it, but it is NEVER going to happen. Get Over It.
When I see a hurt man, or woman, I offer aid. When I've seen a destitute man standing in the rain I've given him a tarp to shelter himself. I've defended those under assault. I've put myself at risk in defense of others. Hell, I got an award from the State Patrol for diving into a brawl in defense of a Trooper. So the claims that I am a cold hearted motherless son fall on deaf ears.
I've always prided myself that even if I was in total, opposite, disagreement with someone, I could see, I could comprehend how they could believe as they did. I could understand how they'd come to their opinion, wrong though I might think that opinion to be.
Today, I often find myself dumbstruck, unable to comprehend the thought process that brought someone to the ideas they speak. Unable to understand how they cannot see the catastrophe they are producing with their twisted logic and disregard for the Rights of Others, while they pursue their Entitlements of convenience.
We are living in an age of unrestrained Government Power and Government Authority with all controls rapidly being removed.
It has been said that we live in a Democracy. THAT, is not, and never was what our Laws say. The Law speaks of A Republic, a Representative Democracy. A system where the Majority rules but the RIGHTS of the Individual and the Minority are protected.
A Democracy, Majority Rule, has been described by philosophers much greater in ability than I as "Mob Rule."
It appears that the Mob is in power. The actions of this society have been perverted with 1984 double speak.
Because the thefts themselves cannot be defended it is always attempted to divert attention from the issues at hand by assaulting the speaker's IQ or labeling him/her with various names... such as misogynist, psychopath or other such insults... ignoring the points they spoke of, assaulting only the individual, with loud shouts intended to drown out the conversation.
Many will run and hide from such attacks... afraid of the consequences... I've been called every name known to man, or woman... Boo Hoo... poor me.
One name that will never stick, arrogant though I might sound is; Coward.
If you want to speak of reality and solutions and compassion and co-operation, I'm all ears. If you want to promote entitlement, slavery, socialism (no matter how much you deny that entitlements are the very life blood of socialism)...
... you will find this worn out old buzzard an unrepentant, and un-yielding adversary.
- BK Gore
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In what might be a first for a Northeast community group, the 2nd Police District Advisory Council has banned civilian members from carrying guns to its meetings.
| February 20, 2013 |
The ban applies to civilian members of the 2nd PDAC. Cops will continue to carry firearms at the monthly meetings.
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Posted by kublai khan on 2014-07-16
Either the fried wonton was a year old or it must be consumed immediately after frying. As it was, granite teeth would not be able to handle it.
The pork egg fuyoung was good, but be sure to ask for no sauce.
The fried fish pictured on the wall looks
Posted by notzagat on 2012-06-19
Have ordered takeout, usually beef chow fun ($5.75), lo mein ($5.25 chicken) and Singapore mai fun ($6.75), very good (dry style), cheap and quick. Sauces (oyster) sufficient and decent quality, ingredients OK (curry), and quantity good sized. Beef is n
Posted by Arthurt on 2012-05-18
I've been enjoying meals at 69 Bayard since Richard Nixon occupied the White House. There were many evenings during college years when friends and I would leave campus fo the two hour jaunt to Chinatown--arrive at 2 or 3 am, and eat ourselves silly---for
Posted by wong san ying on 2010-09-15
yes, well, several of the waiters and cooks (chefs) from Wo Hop 17 have moved up to work at 69...so there is no surprise that the food seems similar...and yes, it is Americanized Chinese Food, but who wants Jelly Fish and sauteed Duck feet and Pig intesti
Posted by Joseph C on 2010-07-08
As a semi-annual visitor to Tribeca, I usually find myself in Chinatown rather often. This was the first time I tried 69, and I have to say that the quality of the takeout food at 3am was okay, but not stellar. Still, the fact that they are open at 3 am
Posted by Foodie on 2010-04-05
Not many places still prepares food the old fashion way. But this place is famous for ox tail stew and salt & pepper fried chicken wings. This is western food with a Chinese twist and it is fantastic. Give it a try and its good cheap eats.
Posted by jackie on 2009-06-16
Me and my parents went here over the summer (the day after going to a differet place the corner which the concierge told us to go to - which we found disappointing). We couldn't get a hold of my dad's friend who used to be a cabbie to tell us where to go.
Posted by Budman on 2009-06-16
There's a reson this is the highest rated chinese resturant in chinatown.. food is superb.. and an excellent value.. my wife and I go to other resturants to find something better, but always come back...so we gave up searching.. just eat here and bring a
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Brian McLaren in his new book Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha and Mohammed Cross the Road? briefly entertains an alternative history: What if Constantine had seen, for example, a bowl and towel--reminiscent of Jesus' foot-washing episode on the night he was betrayed--and the message "By This, Serve"? Or if Constantine had seen a table with bread and wine--alluding to the elements of Christian communion--and the message "Around This, Reconcile"? What if Constantine had seen something other than a symbol of war, mashed up with a symbol of deliverance?
Frankly, I think McLaren is being a bit silly. "Conquer" is language an emperor can work with; by contrast, "serve" and "reconcile" are meaningless, even alien terms. The whole vision would have been incomprehensible, easily dismissed. Maybe "By this [communion table] or this [bowl and towel] conquer" would have worked, but I think a more cautionary vision would be more interesting: "By this [cross] shall you be conquered," perhaps--or, the image that's lately captured my fancy: "This cross kills elitists."
The great American protest musician Woody Guthrie decorated his guitars with the phrase "This machine kills fascists"--supposedly an allusion to fighter pilots in the Spanish Civil War--as an implicit message to the powers-that-be that their days were numbered. It was ironic, of course: a guitar can't kill anyone. Oh, I suppose it could if you tried hard enough: if you took the strings off and choked someone with them, maybe, or if you broke the car into shards and splintered someone to death. Highly unlikely though. A guitar, in the hands of most everyone, doesn't kill. The music, though . . . the music could, conceivably, topple empires.
In another era, a different symbol would offer a similar message. Who, after all, is more elitist than an emperor, inheritor of a life station equated by the people with gods? Such a person may be a fascist, but only because why wouldn't he (or she) be? If you had the authority and the funding to make everyone fall in line behind you and do your bidding, wouldn't you? And so fascism, I think, is a byproduct of a more insidious spiritual problem: elitism. And who is more elitist than the most powerful person in the world?
I am, I suppose. We live in an era of democratized elitism. We all (in the West at least) have experienced the privilege of bending reality to our will; we can have whatever we want whenever we want, on demand. We apply our experience of consumer sovereignty to our politics and culture, so that those who don't bend to our will are enemies to be vanquished. We're practical fascists, but we're everyday elitists.
This cross, though: it kills elitists. The ground is level before it; on the far side of it we are all brothers and sisters with one father--all parts of the same body with one head. Our claims to cosmic sovereignty are crucified on it; our wants are purified through it; our lives are transformed by it. As much as we might desire and even presume ourselves to be kings and queens of the world, by the cross all our elitist aspirations are conquered.
The world would look very different had Constantine seen the vision "This Cross Kills Elitists." Only two options would have remained for him: forswear his elitism, lay down his crown and transform the way the world understands power and leadership; or wipe Christianity off the map--in the same way Herod tried to wipe Christianity off the map in the Year of Our Lord I, when Jesus was born, fulfilling prophecies and announcing a different kind of kingdom. That didn't work out so well for Herod, and I daresay it wouldn't have worked out so well for Constantine. He's lucky he saw something else, frankly.
You can't change the past, I guess. But I think this cross still kills elitists--all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding--and that means each of us is faced, daily, with Constantine's choice: side with the elitists, or side with the cross.
The good news is, though this cross kills elitists, by this cross every elitist might become a new creation--a different kind of person, fit for a different kind of kingdom.
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Consumer Alert-- UPDATE – Transporte Medrano, Inc. d/b/a Medrano Express
March 14, 2014
Contact: Karen V. Gregory, Secretary (202-523-5725)
On July 25, 2013, the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) revoked Transporte Medrano, Inc. d/b/a Medrano Express’ (Medrano Express) ocean transportation intermediary license.
If you were a customer of Medrano Express and your cargo has not been delivered, and if you can provide the original invoice for the invoice numbers listed in the attached table please contact the FMC’s Office of Consumer Affairs and Dispute Resolution Services; the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; or the Miami-Dade Office of Consumer Protection as soon as possible but NO LATER THAN MARCH 20, 2014.
Phone: 888-368-7238 or
online complaint at protectyourmove.gov
Phone: 202-523-5807 or
FAX: 202-275-0059 or
EMAIL to firstname.lastname@example.org - with your invoice number in the subject line
MIAMI-DADE CONSUMER PROTECTION
Phone: 305-375-3677 or
Invoice Numbers (.pdf)
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New Technologies mean Oil Independece from Arab and other sources
Reader comment on: Q&A with JPC Fellow David Frum on Energy Security
Submitted by Donald A Jaffa (United States), Apr 9, 2012 15:52
New technologies have already demonstrated that we can crack price barriers on gas from North Dakota and since 2000 there have been technologies available to bring non producing oil fields in California, Texas, Oklahoma, Mississippi, and Louisiana back on line.. perhaps even Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York.. It is call re pressurization technology. If we had funded 1.5 billion USD in Tarp funds for California to do this we would not NOT be importing foreign oil for the us market, and paying abt $2 a gallon at the pump.. You do everyone a disservice by not keeping up with what is happening in the petro industries.
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How Much Does It Cost to Hire a Driver in Ochos Jamaica
When traveling to a new destination, one of the common dilemmas is figuring out the best way to get around. In Ochos Jamaica, hiring a driver is a popular choice for tourists who want to explore the island at their own pace. However, the cost of hiring a driver can vary depending on various factors. In this article, we will discuss the average cost of hiring a driver in Ochos Jamaica and what you can expect when booking this service.
Factors Affecting the Cost
The cost of hiring a driver in Ochos Jamaica can be influenced by several factors. One of the main factors is the duration of the service. Some drivers charge by the hour, while others may offer full-day or half-day rates. Additionally, the type of vehicle you require can also impact the cost. If you need a larger vehicle to accommodate a group of people or carry a lot of luggage, you can expect to pay more than if you were to hire a smaller car.
Another factor that can affect the cost is the distance and destinations you plan to visit. If you have a specific itinerary and want to visit multiple attractions or take a day trip to a different part of the island, the driver may charge extra for the additional mileage and time spent on the road.
On average, the cost of hiring a driver in Ochos Jamaica can range from $40 to $100 per hour. This price typically includes the use of a standard sedan or minivan, as well as the driver’s services. However, it’s important to keep in mind that this is just a general estimate, and the actual cost may vary based on the factors mentioned earlier.
If you are looking to hire a driver for a full day, you can expect to pay anywhere from $200 to $400, depending on the length of the day and the size of the vehicle. Keep in mind that these prices are subject to negotiation, and it’s not uncommon to haggle with the driver to reach a mutually acceptable rate.
In addition to the base rate for hiring a driver, there may be additional costs to consider. For example, if you plan to visit attractions that charge an entrance fee or require parking fees, you will be responsible for covering these expenses. It’s also customary to tip the driver at the end of the service, typically around 10-15% of the total cost.
If you require the driver to wait for you while you explore a particular attraction or if you want to make stops along the way, there may be an extra waiting or stop fee, which can add to the overall cost.
Hiring a driver in Ochos Jamaica can provide convenience and flexibility for travelers who want to explore the island at their own pace. However, it’s essential to consider the various factors that can influence the cost, such as the duration of the service, the type of vehicle, and the destinations you plan to visit. By understanding the average cost and potential additional expenses, you can better plan and budget for hiring a driver during your trip to Ochos Jamaica. Ultimately, the cost of hiring a driver in Ochos Jamaica can vary, but with some research and negotiation, you can find a reasonable rate that fits your budget and travel needs.
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TOCCOA - A Toccoa man lost his life and a Royston man was hurt when their vehicle went out of control and crashed in Oglethorpe County early Sunday.
According to the Georgia State Patrol, a 2012 Chevrolet Cruze driven by 22-year-old Brandon Ray Brooks of Royston left the road while negotiating a curve as it traveled west on Georgia Highway 10 around 2:45 a.m.
"The driver was traveling too fast for conditions," said GSP spokesman Gordy Wright. The car struck a tree with its right front, rotating onto its roof facing south.
The passenger, 20-year-old Dylan Cane Parker, of Toccoa was fatally injured during the crash.
Neither Brooks nor Parker was wearing a seatbelt.
Charges are pending the outcome of the Specialized Collision Reconstruction Team investigation, Wright said.
Funeral services for Parker, who was a student at the University of Georgia, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church of Toccoa. Whitlock Mortuary of Toccoa is handling the arrangements.
Information about Brooks' injuries is not immediately available.
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Honestly, I was never a huge fan of this particular Train hit. The lyric has a few interesting lines, but I couldn’t help but find it a bit schmaltzy and heavy-handed. Plus it’s like he just met this girl in a cafe, and he’s already getting ready to propose marriage? I would probably have liked the song better without “If I ever get the nerve to say hello in this cafe.”
So it figures that Martina McBride reworks it into a duet with Train frontman Pat Monahan (after having joined Train for an episode of CMT Crossroads), and I can’t get over how cool they make it sound.
Martina sings the first verse and the first chorus. Pat sings the second verse and second chorus. They split the bridge down the middle, and then finally we hear both voices blended together in harmony on the final chorus. And you know what? The two of them actually sounds pretty great together. It may seem like a simple reworking, but it totally changes the way I hear the song. We get to hear two different perspectives, and then in the harmonized final chorus, it’s as if we’re finally hearing two people come forward with their feelings for one another, after having previously kept such feelings to themselves. Nothing about this collaboration feels gratuitous – It really does feel like a reinterpretation that adds a new layer to the song.
It’s also worth noting that the acoustic country-meets-coffeehouse-pop arrangement will provide some pleasant respite from the typical country radio bombast. Overall, this is a strong single choice for McBride, coming on the heels of her first Top 10 hit in half a decade “I’m Gonna Love You Through It.” It’s one of the many interesting moments on an album that found McBride musically reinvigorated, and that ranked as her best effort in years.
Of course, it’s still the same lyric that I had previously raised an eyebrow over, but sometimes the ideal vocal treatment transcends a song’s lyric. At the end of the day, it’s the committed, deeply felt vocal performances, not to mention the soft-burning chemistry between the two vocalists, that makes “Marry Me” a memorable record. Better still, the McBride reworking of “Marry Me” displays a level of unexpected creativity that more mainstream country hits need.
Written by Pat Monahan
Listen: Marry Me
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Brighton beats Northville to reach state hockey final
Brighton broke open a 1-0 game with three third-period goals in a 5-0 victory over Northville.
Haldane girls rout Pawling in Section 1 'C' semifinal
Haldane junior forward Allison Chiera scored 22 points in the Blue Devils' 64-37 win; will play Hamilton for the title.
Earl, Robin, Davis place at state wrestling tourney
Kyle Davis and Dennis Robin place fourth in their respective weight classes; Randy Earl places fifth
Mt. Carmel ousts Byrd girls in state soccer semifinals
Yellow Jackets unable to get revenge on Cubs in rematch of 2016 state title game.
Fern Creek, Trinity advance to LIT championship
After wins earlier Saturday, the two teams will face each other at 8 p.m. Saturday in the tournament's championship game.
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|Worth seeing:||to see nice-guy John Cusack turn sadistic serial killer in a police procedural that offers little fresh to an overstuffed genre|
|Featuring:||John Cusack, Nicolas Cage, Vanessa Hudgens, Brad William Henke, Curtis Jackson, Dean Norris, Radha Mitchell|
|Released:||19th July 2013|
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
In the early 1980s, the Alaskan authorities don’t seem to be interested in following up dozens of cases of missing prostitutes, dating back years. But when one young woman, Cindy (Vanessa Hudgens) escapes from her captor, she points the finger at a respected local businessman, Robert Hansen (John Cusack), and some police start showing an interest.
A local detective dismisses the allegation against him, but state trooper Jack Halcombe (Nicolas Cage) takes up the case and quickly links Cindy’s abduction to the missing prostitutes.
With information from Cindy, Jack finds one body after another and the deeper he digs, the closer he gets to linking Hansen to the murders.
But without permission from a judge, he can’t pull Hansen in and search his house for the smoking gun that will help him close the case.
WHO MADE IT?
Casting Nicolas Cage as a cop chasing John Cusack’s cool, calculated killer, with the help of cute survivor Vanessa Hudges, you’d think you couldn’t miss. There’s something in there for everyone – old and young, male and female.
But in spite of – or perhaps because of – it being based on real-life murders, The Frozen Ground fails to enthrall the audience. Maybe this cop and the killer just aren’t as interesting as the thousands of others who’ve graced our screens over the years. With a whiff of such films as Se7en and the similarly-Alaskan-set Insomnia, it doesn’t feel like a vital addition to the canon of movies featuring cops hunting killers or gritty cold-cases.
There’s no mystery over who the killer is for either the viewer or Cage’s state trooper. The police work isn’t especially clever. The action goes from dingy basements, through seedy nightclubs to vast wildernesses. We’ve seen it all before, so we need a reason to want to see it all again.
And true story or not, it lurches from one cliche to the next – a respected businessman stands accused of mass murder, the only witness is an out-of-town hooker and the police officer who’s handed the case begins by declaring that he’s the wrong guy to take on the investigation, because he’s retiring in two weeks.
There’s too much police procedure – of the type we’re overloaded with on TV – and not enough psychological drama – the film makers needed to do more digging below the surface of the characters, rather than digging below the surface of the frozen Alaskan outdoors.
Cusack is better known for portraying nice-guys, so it’s interesting to see him playing against type, but he was too two-dimensional here – either a pleasant husband and father or a sadistic serial killer, with little examination of how the two come together. He was far more creepy in the recent The Paperboy.
If you’ve never seen a police procedural serial-killer film, this is worth a look, but if you’ve seen more than a couple of other movies of this type, this has disappointingly little to offer.
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2023-03-21T04:04:04Z
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“William, I cannot do Winter Camp with you,” my coteacher Hye Jeong told me one day before winter camp started. “The school will be on show, and I must learn to dance for show.”
I nodded, although I had no idea what she was talking about. Being in Korea had taught me to just go along with things and not ask, so that’s what I did. Fine. The school will be on a show. And she’s going to dance. Of course. Who couldn’t predict something like this would happen?
That was two weeks ago. Just two days ago, Hye Jeong told me, “You must go to Dong-bu Student Gym tomorrow, for show taping.” Again, I nodded. I’m not sure what I anticipated. Maybe that there would be some guy with a video camera and we’d all get on public access tv. I might’ve even been unhappy about this break from the routine, if not for the fact that Hye Jeong had spent the last two weeks in dance practice, and I found it humorous that the school would make her get on tv and shake what her uhm-ma gave her.
All this is background, established in an attempt to convey why I was completely blown away when I stepped into the Dong-bu Student Gym. The place (huge and, of course, unheated) was filled with a wonderful set – a giant golden bell placed in the middle of what looked like a quaint Dutch city. I felt like I was in Amsterdam or something. There were enormous lights all over the place, and a camera crew setting up. A gigantic crane was erected and a camera was hung from it. Peter Teacher came to me with a smile on his face, “This is popular game show on Channel 9. That is the government channel. The show will broadcast all over Korea next month. They will all see you.”
“They’ll see me?”
“Yes,” he said, beaming. “You will read question.”
“I’ll read questions?” I asked, unprepared. “How many?”
“No,” he said. “Question. One English question. You will read it. The camera will zoom in on your face.”
For the next three hours, I sat in the live studio audience as “The Golden Bell Challenge” was recorded. The whole time, I kept wondering when I would be called up to read my one question (and how I could try to stop the camera from zooming up on my f**king face). The game consisted of 100 students being asked questions and writing their answers down on dry erase boards. After the host would ask a question, my school’s teachers – sitting to my left and right – would aggressively whisper the answers to the students. I would later learn that this was ordered by the principal. It makes sense. No school wants all of its students ousted from “The Golden Bell Challenge” after five or six questions. It is much better to cheat, obviously, than to be humiliated publicly.
During the lunch break, I asked Peter Teacher if I could see my English question, and also what the winner of the game gets.
“It is impossible for you to see the question,” he said, cryptically, following that with the equally mystifying, “If a boy rings the Golden Bell, great opportunities will come.”
Finally, six hours into taping, when all of the students sitting away from the teachers had gotten a question wrong and been dismissed, the producer called me to the front and I was handed an envelope with a question in it. I read it to myself. “What painting…no eyebrows…Leonardo da Vinci…” I was relieved that there were no difficult words in it. I lifted a small flap and looked at the answer.
Suddenly, I went into panic mode. What would happen if a deserving student was told he was wrong because of this letter slip up? I ran to the producer, “Wait! It’s NOT Mona RISA! It’s LISA! Mona LISA! I swear!”
She didn’t argue, just wrote an “L” over the “R” and gave it to the host who looked at the change without any interest. Eventually I read the question, bashfully looking away from the camera, and my moment of fame was over.
Sadly, no one got to ring the Gold Bell. The winning student could not get the Bell Questions right and the show ended without tolling. The country will watch him fall narrowly short of glory when the seven hours of footage are edited down to one and the program is broadcast. I wonder what won’t make it in? Hye Jeong dancing to Girls Generation? My English question? I’m sure a lot of us in that gym yesterday will have stories like this – about how we were there, and on camera, in a moment that just wasn’t quite good enough.
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Collagen Radiance Renewal Cream
This revolutionary anti-aging cream uses the maximum concentrate of powerful Collagen with 24K Nano Gold to transform your skin. With ingredients that fight against free radicals, it also contains anti-oxidant properties that provide an accelerated increased collagen support. Cell renewal, elasticity and firmness is increased and hydration and moisture levels are improved in your skin.
Apply a thin layer to cleansed skin. Massage gently in upward circular motion. Use daily, morning and evening.
Aqua, 24k gold, Sodium Hyaluronate (Hyaluronic acid), Cetearyl Alcohol (and) Cetearyl Glucoside (Organic), Squalane (Omega 3), Oenothera Bienis (Evening primrose) oil (Omega 3,6,9), Algae Extract, Pullulan, Hydrolyzed Rice Protein, Glycine Soja (Soybean) Protein, Buddleja Davidii Extract, Green Tea, Thymus Vulgaris (Thyme) Extract, Plantago Lanceolata Leaf Extract, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-5, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Ubiquinone (Co-Enzyme Q10), Hydrolyzed Elastin, Fragrance (Supplement), Dipeptide Diaminobutyroyl Benzylamide Diacetate, Lecitin, Dipalmitoyl Hydroxyproline, Tall oil Sterol, Linoleic acid, Tocopherol, Sodium Ascorbate, Manitol, Dunaliela Bardawil extract. Phenoxyethanol, Sorbic acid, Benzoic acid, Benzyl Alcohol.
PARABEN FREE | FDA COMPLIANT | MADE IN USA
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(Fruit flavour jellies)
Jelly Babies are a peoples favourite and our Kingsway Jelly Babies are no different. Mouth watering.......
Jelly Babies are a type of soft sugar jelly sweet, shaped as plump babies in a variety of colours. They were first manufactured in Lancashire, England in the 19th century. Their popularity waned in England before being revived by Bassett's of Sheffield, Yorkshire who were responsible for mass-producing Jelly Babies from 1918.
'Jelly Babies' are known at least since advertisements by Riches Confectionery Company of 22 Duke St, London Bridge in 1885, along with a variety of other baby-sweets including 'Tiny Totties' and 'Sloper's Babies'. But the pricing of these at a farthing each suggests that they were very much larger than the modern Jelly Baby.
Sweets called "unclaimed babies", which may pre-date Jelly babies, are known to have been produced by Thomas Fryer of Nelson in Lancashire, and seem to have been hugely popular in the early 20th Century. in 1939 it was reported that, of all the comforts sent to troops abroad; "the sweets which are in greatest demand are those which we all know as 'unclaimed babies'".
An uncorroborated, but widely reproduced, story is related in The History of Temptation by Tim Richardson (2002) that the sweets were invented in 1864 by an Austrian immigrant working at Fryers of Lancashire and that in 1918 they were produced by Bassett's in Sheffield as "Peace Babies" to mark the end of World War I. Production was suspended during World War II due to wartime shortages. In 1953 the product was relaunched as "Jelly Babies".
The most noted modern manufacturer of Jelly Babies, Bassett's, now allocate individual name, shape, colour and flavour to different 'babies': Brilliant (red - strawberry), Bubbles (yellow - lemon), Baby Bonny (pink - raspberry), Boofuls (green - lime), Bigheart (black - blackcurrant) and Bumper (orange). The introduction of different shapes and names was an innovation, circa 1989, prior to which all colours of jelly baby were a uniform shape. In 2007, Bassett's jelly babies changed to include only natural colours and ingredients.
There are many brands of jelly babies, as well as supermarket own brands. A line of sweets called Jellyatrics were launched by Barnack Confectionery Ltd to commemorate the Jelly Baby's 80th birthday.
Like most other gummi sweets, they contain gelatin. Jelly babies manufactured in the United Kingdom tend to be dusted in starch which is left over from the manufacturing process where it is used to aid release from the mould. Jelly babies of Australian manufacture generally lack this coating.
Jelly babies are similar in appearance to gummi bears, which are better known outside the United Kingdom, though the texture is different.
In popular culture:
When Beatlemania broke out in 1963, fans of The Beatles pelted the band with jelly babies (or, in the US, the much harder jelly beans) after it was reported that George Harrison liked eating them.
In the British television programme Doctor Who, jelly babies were often mentioned in the classic series as a confection the Doctor, an alien time traveller, favoured. First seen being consumed by the Second Doctor, they became most associated with Tom Baker's Fourth Doctor, who had a predilection for offering them to strangers in order to defuse tense situations (and in one episode bluffing another alien into thinking them a weapon). The Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors also offered them up in different episodes. The Doctor's nemesis the Master in "The Sound of Drums" offers them to his wife on board the Valiant. In the series, they were often identified simply by the fact the Doctor (and later the Master) usually carried them around in a simple brown paper bag. The Twelfth Doctor, however, carried his in a cigarette case.
In May 2013 Australian singer Alison Hams released "Jelly Baby Song" - its content alluding to the consumption of jelly babies by type 1 diabetics to overcome hypoglycaemic episodes - as a way to raise awareness for type 1 diabetes for JDRF Australia (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) who sell especially-packaged jelly babies as the focus of their annual "Jelly Baby Month" campaign.
In 2009, a poll of 4,000 British adults voted jelly babies their 6th favourite sweet.
acid: citric acid; flavouring
colours: E163; E100; E160c
vegetable concentrates: nettle
May also contain peanuts, nuts, milk, sesame seeds and cereals containing gluten
We Also Recommend
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Published April 10, 2012
I poured the 2010 Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc at Valley Vino's March 31st tasting at The Youngstown Club, which featured classic Napa Valley wineries. When I think of Napa Valley whites, Sauvignon Blanc comes to the front of my mind alongside Chardonnay. There is no better varietal (type of wine) to enjoy on the hots days soon to come than Sauvignon Blanc. Its crisp and refreshing characteristics and tropical / citrus fruit flavors seem extra appealing on a balmy summer day or warm evening. Apparently the guests at the Valley Vino tasting agreed, as the 2010 Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc finished as the top selling wine of the evening.
The wine is comprised of 100% Sauvignon Blanc grapes from Napa. It is aged exclusively in stainless steel tanks. Many winemakers believe this allows the true fruit flavors of the grape come through to the forefront. This style of wine making has taken firm hold among those responsible for producing some of Napa's best whites. In this case the strategy of stainless steel aging seemed to pay off quite well!
Flavors of lemon. lime, kiwi, and grapefruit dance on the palate with the first sip. The freshness of the fruit flavors is distinct and is the crowning achievement of the wine. The floral and grassy sensations you get on the nose and palate (yes, you can taste grass and flowers in a wine) complement the fruit beautifully. The well structured and complex integration of the fruit and flora provide an enticing and well-balanced flavor profile and inviting finish.
The 2010 Rutherford Ranch Sauvignon Blanc pairs up well with a variety of lighter fare including most salads, seafood (especially scallops and shrimp), and even a citrus grilled chicken breast. It is equally delightful when enjoyed with fresh fruit while sitting on your patio or deck after a long summer day. The wine is distributed sate-wide by Vintage Wines and is widely available at most independent wine shops and many area restaurants. If your local shop doesn't carry it, simply ask them to order it for you and it should arrive in less than a week. Cheers and Bon Appetite!
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Most ecologically natural sensory inputs are not limited to a single modality. While it is possible to use real ecological materials as experimental stimuli to investigate the neural basis of multi-sensory experience, parametric control of such tokens is limited. By using artificial bimodal stimuli composed of approximations to ecological signals, we aim to observe the interactions between putatively relevant stimulus attributes. Here we use MEG as an electrophysiological tool and employ as a measure the steady-state response (SSR), an experimental paradigm typically applied to unimodal signals. In this experiment we quantify the responses to a bimodal audio-visual signal with different degrees of temporal (phase) congruity, focusing on stimulus properties critical to audiovisual speech. An amplitude modulated auditory signal ('pseudo-speech') is paired with a radius-modulated ellipse ('pseudo-mouth'), with the envelope of low-frequency modulations occurring in phase or at offset phase values across modalities.We observe (i) that it is possible to elicit an SSR to bimodal signals; (ii) that bimodal signals exhibit greater response power than unimodal signals; and (iii) that the SSR power at specific harmonics and sensors differentially reflects the congruity between signal components. Importantly, we argue that effects found at the modulation frequency and second harmonic reflect differential aspects of neural coding of multisensory signals. The experimental paradigm facilitates a quantitative characterization of properties of multi-sensory speech and other bimodal computations.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Clinical Neurology
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27 July 2010
Grey Skies and A gift of Blue
In my mind's eye I envisioned golden light ; shadow play and tranquility. When Almendra and I arrived at the laguna a HUGE bank of clouds blocked the sun and a family was out zooming around on a motorcycle; trash and broken glass strewn along the shore. The wind was up and I was slightly dashed....not the peace and tranquility of early morning but LIFe going on along the shore...Norterno music blasting and a few trucks cruising by to see what two ladies were doing; one with camera in tow and the other standing in the water....making pictures; making peace; making a communion with Nature. I don't know if my impatience had to do with being on my moon that I was agitated and yet my intention was to make a picture about hope,new life and a relationship we share with the natural world....I had to work through it and Almendra whose never posed for a photograph said she felt like a movie star or someone famous....and she was/ is.... in all her pregnancy glory. I had so much to do and yet I knew if not now it might not happen. As the evening grew darker, and it became obvious the light I had hoped for was ellusive we worked through it; both of us picking up trash; both of us focusing on creation... the sky grew darker and bluer. In spite of all our human trappings and trash, still what remains at the end of the day is the gift of Nature's own resiliency and beauty that remains constant. Nature's true colors leave me in awe....we just have to look and be open to her gifts.
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Counseling services serve to identify goals and potential solutions to problems which cause emotional turmoil and seek to improve coping skills.
Dr. Sid Young is available for consulting services.
TMS Therapy is a new for patients suffering from depression who have not achieved satisfactory improvement from prior antidepressant treatment.
Please see our Patient Forms page to download and fill out the appropriate PDF forms to bring with you to your appointments.
Premier Psychological Counseling & Consulting, PC (Premier PCC) and Premier TMS provides Psychological evaluations, counseling and consulting to those with depression, anxiety, PTSD in addition to support services for US Military Veterans. Our Clinic specializes in TMS (Transcrannial Magnetic Stimulation) with its offering of NeuroStar Advanced Therapy for treatment resistant depression. Premier PCC and Premier TMS is a practice of compassionate and experienced Psychiatric professionals who offers Psychiatric/Psychological Diagnostic Evaluations, medication management, psychotherapeutic counseling and consulting. We promote functional and lifestyle change, recovery and healing for children, adolescents, adults and families. We are the first Utah Clinic to offer outpatient counseling and recovery for individuals who have suffered Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Stokes. Learn more as you continue to visit our website.
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) uses a targeted pulsed magnetic field, similar to what is used in an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machine. While the patient is awake and alert, NeuroStar TMS Therapy stimulates areas of the brain that are underactive in depression.
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