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I had two how-to books published about writing, and I'm considering revising them and putting them out as ebooks, together with a book of my articles on writing.
Keep watching this page. It'll probably be a month or two till I get round to doing it, because I have a couple of novels to write.
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For those of you wanting more effective brakes on your Miata (which have too much front bias), let me share a popular AutoX trick.
Many AutoX folks run OEM pads up front, and Axxix ultimates, or Hawk HP+ in the rear.
I prefer to run the Axxis Ultimates up front, and Carbotech XP-8 in the rear, this gives me outstanding results and wont fade under aggressive driving.
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One week in. A lifetime in.
For those of you who don't know, one week ago today Chris, Mercy and I welcomed our first foster child into our family.
He's tiny, precious and perfect and we are head over heels for him.
Mercy is fascinated, I can't stop kissing his chubby cheeks and Chris could just look at him and snuggle him all day.
Our first week with this little man has not been what we expected.
We expected to be awake a lot at night, maybe pulling our hair out some, we expected fits from the big sister and inconsolable crying from the little guy.
Instead we have had nights full of sleep, a brother/sister relationship that is sweeter than anything I've ever seen in my life, and the most content baby boy who just loves to study our faces and smile and sleep.
We keep saying to each other, "We're only one week in, things could change any day."
In one sense, we're one week in and in a very different sense we're a lifetime in.
We've been loving this guy for seven days. How our future with him looks is completely unknown. I know that I love him right now, and I know that I'll love him tomorrow and forever.
We aren't just in this to love a child temporarily. We're in this because God has called us to take care of a child as long as He allows us to and to love that child forever.
I think I understood that to an extent before this guy arrived... What I didn't understand very much at all was the other reason God placed us on this journey.
To experience first hand God's adoptive love for us, His children.
Y'all. I love this guy, I just can't even... He's just... so lovable! I love him so. Much. And I know that there are likely things that could draw him out of my arms and into a whole different world. I'm not preparing to let him go because even if he physically leaves my arms, I'll hold him close for the rest of my life. I will never. Stop. Loving him.
As Christmas approaches and we look forward to celebrating the birth of the man who came to adopt us, this baby is a very physical representation of what the love of Christ looks like.
What great news it is that Christ isn't just in this to love us temporarily!
When He knew from the beginning of time that there would be plenty of things of this world ready and waiting to draw us away from His arms.... He came here, born in a feeding trough in a barn, lived perfectly and was killed unjustly. He knew we would walk away from Him, but He came here to rescue us and adopt us into His family anyway. And although we daily turn away, He loves us. He will never. Stop. Loving us. Loving YOU, and ME.
Snuggling this guy who is sleeping peacefully in my arms as I type these words... is one of the greatest experiences of my life. I am a changed woman. I will never be the same. I will never look at the birth, life and death of Jesus in the same way, I will understand His love and His grace more completely and be more grateful each and every day, I will love harder and more deeply, I will cherish the seconds as they pass too quickly. If and when this guy leaves my arms, I will mourn and I will remember the many times I have walked away from the arms of my Savior and how He longs for my return, how He has promised to love me for the rest of time.
And I will turn back to Him. Again and again.
Friends, if the idea of fostering has crossed your mind, but the fear of loving and losing a child has stopped you, let me encourage you... It's going to be worth it. You will mourn, but you will not regret. You will be changed and you will be grateful. Pray daily about the work God may be doing in your heart, talk to foster parents, share your fears, attend an informational meeting in your area, PRAY. Don't. Stop. Praying.
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Rewards and recognition also play an important role within the engagement equation. One must however be extremely careful in leveraging this component as Maslach et al. (2001) suggest that while a lack of rewards and recognition can lead to burnout, appropriate recognition is important for engagement.[i] The leveraging equation depends on the emphasis of well-being and employee benefits. Lambert (2000) and then Muse, Harris, Giles and Field (2008) showed that benefit and recognition use, depended on the perceived value and were positively associated with important work behaviours.[ii] Therefore, since people are motivated and engaged by the opportunity to obtain rewards, utilize aspects like increasing praise within a work environment, showing more appreciation and thanks, smiling, while creating an environment full of small easily won rewards is a first step.
Distributive and procedural justice allows organizations to be predicable and consistent in regards to rewards as well as the procedures they use. One justice refers to an individuals’ perceived fairness of the means and processes used while the other refers to the perceived fairness of the distribution of resources (this aspect will become especially important when we look at the 2011 BlessingWhite results of employee engagement survey in another post. The employees who have a high perception of fairness of these two concepts are therefore more likely to feel obliged to be fair in how they perform in their roles. The remainder of employees will disengage from their work roles. Thus, organizations who wish to improve employee engagement should focus on employees’ perceptions of the support they receive from their organizations.
[ii] Muse, L. Harris S.G. Giles W.F & Field H.S (2008) Work-life benefits and positive organizational behaviour: is there a connection? Journal of Organizational Behaviour 29 171-192. Wiley InterScience.
Various implications exist as a result of organizational behavioural aspects, Kahn (1990) and Maslach et al’s (2001) looked at the antecedents within their models that are necessary for engagement. The core of the model depicts two forms of employee engagement: job and organization engagement.[i] Combined these viewpoints with the Social Exchange theory (SET) create a model of antecedents and consequences for employee engagement.
Figure 3, depicts nine hypotheses that endeavour to explain employee job and organizational engagement; key findings include implications on overall employee engagement and organizational profitability. It finds that employee engagement can be understood in terms of SET and that a relationship between job and organization engagement exists but they are distinct constructs. The following research then holds true: Job characteristics refer to the meaningfulness and sense of return an individual has within the self-in-role performances. Kahn (1992) argues that this meaningfulness can be achieved through challenging work, variety of work, the use of different skills and personal discretion while making important contributions to the business. Therefore, jobs that are high on core job characteristics (skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy and feedback) will provide the incentive for an employee to bring more of themselves into the work and therefore be more engaged. SET would indicate that employees who are provided enriched jobs feel obliged to respond with higher levels of engagement. People are generally apt at finding meaning in what they do. Employees want to believe they are spending their time valuably. It becomes the organizations responsibility to support meaningful work and make it clear why a particular task is important to them. If possible organizations can take another step in trying to adjust roles so that the job fits the person. This will minimize the time that employees spend struggling in a task for which they have no aptitude, while turning their strengths into talents allowing them to bring forward their ‘best self’.
Perceived organizational and supervisor support involves a sense of being able to show oneself within the organization without negative consequences. This also increases one’s voice within the organization. Supportive and trusting relationships within an organization will allow the company to provide safe work environments and provide further opportunities for employees to try new things without the fear of consequences. Perceived organizational supervisor support, ties in closely with available on the job resources and support from colleagues. If an employee has the belief that the organization and his/her co-workers care about their well-being, the employee in return will care about the welfare of the organization striving to meet its goals and objectives. Schaufeli and Bakker (2004)[ii] found that a lack of social support has been tied to burnout negatively affecting employee engagement. In a similar way the lack of supervisor support negatively affects employee engagement. Under these conditions the statement “Employees leave people they work for and with rather than the organizations themselves” rings resoundingly true. First line supervisors are therefore especially important for building engagement and are the roots of employee disengagement. (Bates, 2004, Frank et al, 2004).[iii]Consequently, management should analyze what resources and benefits are most needed by employees so that they yield a higher level of employee engagement within the organization.
Self Determination theory (SDT) states that autonomous regulation and therefore employee engagement is based on satisfying basic psychological needs for competence, autonomy and relatedness. Human are inherently motivated to grow and achieve and will fully commit to and engage in uninteresting tasks when their meaning and value is understood[i]. Research shows that lack of satisfaction leads to poorer performance and reduced physical and psychological well-being. (Ryan & Deci, 2000)[ii] The theory expands beyond the notion of work motivation and embraces a model of multidimensional concepts where the behavioural implications are measured within the framework of in-role performance but also within discretionary and atypical performance.
Competence is the belief that the employee within the organization has the ability to influence important outcomes. Relatedness is the experience of having satisfying and supportive social relationships. Autonomy reflects on the ability of the individual to have a sense of choice and self-determination when completing the task.
Since this model is rooted in the actions of another individual, such as a manager or an executive within the company, it is necessary to look at the impact manager self-efficacy and manager effectiveness has on employee engagement within the self-determination theory. A recent meta-analysis conducted by the Gallup Organization showed that the most profitable work units have people doing what they do best, with people they like, and with a strong sense of psychological ownership for the outcomes of their work. (Harter, 1999)[iv] One can interpret that this empirical evidence as a significant predictor of employee engagement and desirable organizational outcomes such as customer satisfaction, retention, productivity and profitability. The manager is an advocate of the company who would ensure enduring autonomous motivation of his / her work team however he/she must also be empowered and have self-efficacy in order to increase this performance.
Physiological / Psychological Arousal – Strategy development for higher level jobs.
[v] Luthans F. & Peterson S. (2001) Employee engagement and manager self-efficacy. Implications for managerial effectiveness and development. Journal of Management Development 21,5.
[vi] Stajkovic, A.D and Luthans F (1998b) “Self-efficacy and work-related performance: a meta-analysis”. Psychological Bulletin, Vol. 24, pp.240-61.
HR’s universe is expanding as the world of work rapidly evolves. HR’s future means managing an increasingly mobile and diverse workforce, using technology to coordinate workers around the world and building a high-performance talent pool that competes against all comers from all corners of the globe—all while ensuring work/life balance. HRPA invites you to its 2012 Annual Conference & Trade Show to share discussion and dialogue around our common future. Join us as we explore The Future of HR: 2012 and Beyond.
Today’s businesses focus a great deal of attention on employee engagement as its consequences are said to be far reaching on the success of the business. It has been reported that roughly half of the world workforce is not fully engaged. As a result this leads to an “engagement gap”[i] that costs organizations over $300 billion a year in lost productivity (Bates, 2004, Johnson, 2004; Kowalski, 2003).[ii] This concept closely ties various related constructs of organizational behaviour. The next few posts will depict various key components which create a model of employee engagement and motivation within organizations. They will draw on concepts of self-determination theory, self-efficacy theory, social exchange theory and engagement models. It is simply not sufficient to apply over-learned carrot-and-stick motivational strategies in today’s complex organizations. These findings will then be compared to real work global findings in employee engagement processes. Is there a best practice global model of shared ownership that can be proposed for future enhancements within organizations? How Human Resources can utilize positive organizational behaviour to build virtues that enable the organization to thrive?
Employee engagement, although not referred to as such in the earlier decades was reflected in Marx and Durkheim’s work. Marx argued that the deskilling of labour would enhance control over workers in the labour process[v], this lack of individual control over their own work and lack of autonomy, is closely linked with job dissatisfaction and disengagement. Durkheim’s (1964) work on the other hand focused on a “collective conscious” and the impact that division of labour, class conflict will create a breakdown and alienation of collective of work processes. This breakdown leads to “personal consciousness”, breaking down the organic solidarity within the workplace. [vi] As a result, Joanne Woodward (1958, 1965) and Robert Blauner (1964) argue that the widespread adoption of mass production technologies lead to worker alienation. They also note that there will be a loss of sense of identity through work, giving rise to impersonal bureaucratic workplaces.[vii] These impersonal bureaucratic workplaces led to isolated-ness, meaninglessness, estrangement, powerlessness, work overload, stress and fatigue. As institutionalism changed over the years researchers discussed engagement based on two components, motivation and job satisfaction.
[iv] Towers Perrin and Mercer HR (Gallup-12) accessed March 17th 2011.
[viii] Herzberg, F. Mausner, B. and Snyderman, B.B (1959). The Motivation to Work, 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY.
Furnham, A. Eracleous A, Chamorrow-Premuzi T (2009). Personality, motivation and job satisfaction: Hertzberg meets the Big Five. Journal of Managerial Psychology Vol.24. No. 8, 2009.
[ix] Meyer, J. Gagne M (2008). Employee Engagement From a Self-Determination Theory Perspective.
The previous two posts on mentoring briefly looked at the history, organizational impact and influence a mentor has on the success of a professional relationship. For an employee, mentee or protégé, it is a process of skill, competency identification and development. At the conclusion of the relationship it should yield and highlight the mastering of new skills. Mentoring however, goes beyond the realm of professional development. It is a powerful tool for networking opportunities, gaining exposure to different aspects of one’s organization and profession while increasing visibility.
As an HR professional and as an employee I have been a witness to how mentoring is an invaluable asset promoting growth during my career. I have been blessed by highly skilled, knowledgeable and willing mentors both within my academic experiences, workplaces and peers. Mentoring is not only a process where senior executives and company owners contribute to the growth of an employee – it is both a formal and informal process that shapes the successes of all individuals.
I have reached out to teachers, bosses, co-workers, subordinates, association members and friends in order to help capitalize on the vast amount of knowledge they possess. Understanding that those around you can offer constructive criticism only broadens your learning experiences beyond one field, aspect or category. Mentoring can also allow you to learn from experiences of others and avoid costly pitfalls, while teaching you how to tailor your own style into various situations.
Mentoring can also provide a beneficial experience and have a significant impact on the mentor themselves. Individuals who enjoy mentoring describe it as a process by which they are motivated and which allows them to share or teach other the valuable knowledge they have learned. Mentoring does require one to take time out of their schedule. Mentoring may also seem like a lot to bite off when one is trying to juggle many competing priorities of one’s job and life; however there is a significant return on investment when one spends their time mentoring.
…has an appropriate motivating ATTITUDE in the way they communicate and share information.
…reciprocates the MUTUAL feelings of the two parties involved in the relationship. The two become fundamental blocks and stakeholders that will establish a pathway to success.
…is passionate about the work, the company, its success and has a STORY to tell that provides a clear message.
The mentor first priority in building trust is to establish honesty; this trust will be effectively used to listen to the concerns and comments of the mentee while building further rapport. It is important to remember that the mentee looks up to the mentor and will be looking for guidance relating to all issues and options available to them throughout this partnership. The cooperation of this working partnership should provide various strategies and tactics that should then be incorporated into a process of increasing productivity and revenues for the organization. The mentor establishes a network that benefits the business and builds a strong brand for the organization in terms of corporate and organizational learning but also establishes himself /herself as a key leader in forming and educating the future leaders of the organization – a wonderful accomplishment to be proud of.
It is important for everyone to assess the role they can play within a mentoring environment. Often times, individuals will not volunteer to be mentors unless approached and asked directly. Everyday this talent is wasted within our organizations. A talent that if harnessed can add depth to the individuals role and their commitment to the organization. It can also be argued that the mentor leaves behind a legacy for all future candidates that carry on the knowledge through the ages. This underutilized tool within our workplace can be a fundamental aspect of on-the-job learning as more natural attrition takes place with retiring baby boomers in our workforce. It is not an easy program to establish but the benefits are clear.
Motivation is one of the most discussed topics in today’s business world and has been proven to have a huge effect on performance. We talk about fitting people into organizations when we hire individuals. We can spend large budget amounts to recruit the “right individuals” but rarely do we tailor programs to suit the candidates which are already in the system. Frederick Herzberg published his findings in the 1959 book The Motivation to Work.
Herzberg “HYGIENE MOTIVATION THEORY” addresses 6 main factors that affect satisfaction and dissatisfaction within organizations.
Herzberg continues to write that factors causing satisfaction are different from those causing dissatisfaction; they are not opposites of each other. There are intrinsic and extrinsic factors that lead to satisfaction. To this day the Herzberg theory is routinely criticized .This criticism is based on the notion that it is natural for people to take credit for satisfaction and to blame dissatisfaction on external factors. Despite some of its downfalls there are many implications that management needs to be aware of when motivating employees.
The statistics can have devastating effects on the workforce. It is important for everyone especially those who help form policies within the organization to consider the motivating factors for each different group. As an HR Professional there are many spectrums of alignment we must look at; alignment of HR strategy to the corporate strategy, alignment of budgets, alignment of goals and actions plans but also the alignment of the needs of Human Capital in order to foster their growth and utilize their capabilities and potential to the benefit of the organization. As the organization establishes methods of motivation and reward they will be better able to attain above average performance as outlined in a previous post.
Mentoring is one core functional aspect organizations try to apply in order to engage in corporate learning, foster relationships within the organization and provide key performers ability to access otherwise out of reach opportunities. The next few posts will depict varying aspects of mentoring skills, characteristics and benefits to all stakeholder parties. The first of these posts will attempt to portray my viewpoints on the highly discussed origins of mentoring rooted in The Odyssey. It is not an attempt to prove or disprove the significance of Mentor’s role in relation to Homer’s journey.
Mentors are regarded as role models, counselors, trusted advisors, teachers, nurturers, friends, challengers, encouragers and sponsors. Therefore their ability to influence other individuals’ performance and outlook form a substantial part of how the next generation of leaders progress throughout their careers. Mentor in Homer’s Odyssey was a protective, guiding and supportive figure who acted as a wise and trusted counselor to Telemachus, son of King Ulysses. This notion was also depicted in Les aventures de Télémaque (The adventures of Telemachus) by Fénelon, Archbishop of Cambrai. This book is arguably the most controversial piece of literature depicting the roots of where Mentor’s acclaimed reputation is displayed. Whether one attributes the characteristics to be displayed within The Odyssey or Les aventures de Télémaque, businesses have utilized the concept of “Mentoring” as a valuable tool. Mentoring today has grown to complete processes and structures within learning organizations. They form the core values by which organizations try to govern. They allow various succession planning processes to play into the growth of their employees, which unabatedly affects talent retention, motivation and the future success of organizations along with knowledge retention.
In short; A mentor acts as a counselor and provides advice on career paths, development opportunities, and an overview of what it takes to become a leader in the company. Typically, a mentor is a senior manager, at least two levels above you in the organization; someone with broader experience in the company who can open doors to otherwise out-of-reach opportunities and thus helps you achieve your professional goals. Mentoring fosters the personal and professional learning and development of both protégé and mentor as well as helps enhance organizational learning. Electronic mentoring, also known as tele-mentoring, is a concept that is gaining a great deal of attention in the mentoring community. Simply defined, e-mentoring is the use of technology (often email) to facilitate and/or support a mentor/protégé relationship.
A Happy, Healthy, Prosperous, and Blessed 2011!
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B : an interesting and quite useful study of Lennon's life and his influence, in life and, particularly, in death.
Part biographical, part analytical, Elliott's book examines the phenomenon of John Lennon, and in particular the legacy he has left us with. Elliott's emphasis is very much on Lennon, and so the Beatles, for example, are looked at largely only insofar as how being part of them affected him and what effect he had on them and their success. The book actually serves as a very useful biographical introduction to Lennon and his work. One of our favourite aspects was his careful analysis and criticism of other Lennon biographies, especially Albert Goldman's.
It is a relatively short book, trying to cover a lot of ground, but Elliott presents sound arguments as to what Lennon meant to the public at various stages in his career and life, and afterwards. Neither sensationalistic nor pedantically academic (don't be put off by the fact that Elliott himself is an academic, and the book published by a university press) this is a very useful overview of Lennon's life. The discussions of Lennon's unusual and varied private life, and of his politics, are exceptionally well-handled, with Elliott presenting a well-argued case for his interpretations. The book leaves many questions unanswered and many subjects only lightly touched on, but that is certainly its intent. It is a thoughtful and useful book about Lennon and its rational tone is very welcome.
Highly recommended to anyone with a continuing interest in the Beatles, Lennon, or Yoko Ono, this is also a book that even those who are not fanatical in their devotion to the Fab Four will find interesting. As Elliott clearly shows, the Beatles -- and especially Lennon -- transcended pop music and became something far, far bigger.
Economist Tyler Cowen considers What Price Fame ?
Anthony Elliott is a Research Fellow in Political Science at the University of Melbourne. He has authored and edited a number of books.
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EP cover for Burger Records, 2018.
45 sleeve for Norton Records, 2016.
LP and CD cover for Columbia/Norton Records, 2017.
LP Sleeve for Norton Records, 2014.
LP and CD cover for Burger Records/Cherry Red Records, 2014.
Digital single cover for The Muffs, 2014.
45 sleeve for Norton Records, 2014.
LP and CD cover for Norton Records.
LP cover for Norton Records, 2009.
45 sleeve for Norton Records, 2010.
45 sleeve for Norton Records, 2011.
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45 sleeve for Norton Records, 2013.
LP sleeve for Norton Records, 2011.
LP cover for Norton Records, 2013.
LP/CD cover for Norton Records, 2011.
LP cover for Norton Records, 2011.
45 sleeve for Norton Records, 2012.
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LP/CD cover for Norton Records, 2008.
LP cover for Norton Records, 2008.
LP/CD cover for Norton Records, 2012.
Digital download cover artwork for Norton Records, 2013.
CD cover for Norton Records, 2004.
LP/CD cover for Norton Records, 2009.
LP cover for Norton Records, 2012.
45 sleeve for Norton Records, 2008.
CD cover for FOL Records, 2013.
CD cover for Norton Records, 2003.
LP cover for Norton Records, 2007.
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CD/LP cover for Norton Records, 2013.
45 sleeve and label for Norton Records, 2007.
LP/CD cover for Norton Records, 2006.
45 sleeve for Norton Records, 2006.
LP cover for Mr. Manicotti Records, 2006.
45 sleeve for Norton Records, 2005.
LP cover for Atomic Passion Records, 2005.
LP/CD cover for Norton Records, 2010.
LP cover for Norton Records, 2010.
CD cover for Mer Records, 2006.
CD cover for Dirtnap Records, 2002.
CD cover for California Roll Records, 1999.
CD cover for Suburban Home Records, 1999.
CD cover for Suburban Home Records, 2001.
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The infinity range boasts 17 models offering a choice of sizes, styles and finishes.
The fires can be fitted into chimneys and flues for a modern, clean look; they can also be used in fireplace suites in a choice of traditional or modern styles.
Infinity are another popular choice for our customers here at The Fireplace & Stove Centre. We supply the whole range and have displayed some of the most popular designs below. As you would expect, there is a lot of choice in terms of how the fire is fitted and finished, but we can talk you through everything when you visit the showroom.
No flue - no problem! The rear venting flue enables the installation to be clean and neat on an outside wall. In many cases this removes the need for additional building work and false chimney breasts.
A compact hole-in-the-wall gas fire that will fit most chimney breasts. Comes with a choice of 6 trims to finish the look of your fire. Up to 83% efficient.
The rear venting flue enables the installation to be clean and neat on an outside wall. Slim Firebox Design - this allows the fire to be installed within a standard cavity wall. Up to 86% efficient.
A large hole-in-the-wall gas fire that offers a stunning centrepiece in your home. Can be fitted 'frameless' in the wall for ultra modern look. Designed to provide a realistic flame picture.
A regency style fire with optional basket provides real elegance to any home. The fuel bed sits in the fire basket which elevates the realistic flames, higher up the fire.
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See pictures of George Alexander Louis, the newest member of the royal family, and get a glimpse at Kate Middleton throughout her pregnancy. Plus: check out memorabilia celebrating the royal baby.
Now 16-months-old, Prince George is all smiles as he sits on the steps of Kensington Palace.
Prince George celebrated his first birthday on July 22, 2014. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited a butterfly exhibit at the Natural History Museum in London.
Prince George enjoys his first official playdate during a visit to New Zealand in April 2014.
Kate wrangles 11-month-old George at a Father's Day polo event supporting Will and Uncle Harry.
The royal family pose with 8-month-old George and the family cocker spaniel, Lupo, in their home at Kensington Palace.
George Alexander Louis, held by Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, as the royal family departs the hospital.
Will looks over at Kate, while holding onto his new son, George Alexander Louis.
Outside of the Lindo Wing of St. Mary's Hospital in London, journalists and fans gather to get a first glimpse of the royal baby. Many more watched the royal family's appearance by streaming video.
Will holds onto the new prince's baby carrier as the family departs from the hospital, and heads home.
An easel outside of Buckingham Palace announced the birth of the royal baby, at 4:42 pm on Monday, July 22, 2013.
Even before her pregnancy was announced, people wondered if Princess Catherine and Prince William were expecting. And it wasn't just gossip columnists speculating -- there was anticipation for a royal baby all around the world.
Kate Middleton's pregnancy was announced in December of 2012, after a hospital visit for her hyperemesis gravidarum, a severe form of morning sickness.
What Should William and Kate Name the Baby?
After being hospitalized for morning sickness, Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, leaves the hospital accompanied by Prince William.
The Duchess of Cambridge, with one hand on her growing bump, on a visit to the studios where the Harry Potter movies were produced.
News of Kate Middleton's pregnancy - and a future heir to the throne - resulted in front paper coverage on April 12, 2012, the day after Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, and William, the Duke of Cambridge, announced the news.
A royal baby means much memorabilia. These commemorative mugs are ready for whenever the baby is born.
There will be only 750 commemorative horses available to mark the birth of Kate and Will's baby.
These commemorative silver coins are created by the Royal Mint to mark the occasion.
While on a visit to Scotland, Kate - known as the Countess of Strathearn in Scotland - is shown a doll by a little girl.
Kate is still in the early months of her pregnancy during this visit to Warner Bros studios in Leavesden, Herts.
Diana and Charles, the Prince and Princess of Wales, leave the hospital with a newborn Prince William. Kate Middleton is expected to give birth in that same hospital, St. Mary's, in the Lindo Wing.
Prince William at just 9 months old, on a royal visit to Australia with his parents, Diana and Charles.
A young William, with Diana and Charles.
In this photo from before Kate's pregnancy, Prince Will cradles a baby while at a London hospital.
Prince William reads aloud to children in a community center in Austrialia.
Kate is on a charitable visit to the headquarters of CBUK. The Duke is the Patron of the charity, which offers support to bereaved parents and children with a recently deceased parent.
The royal family, gathered to celebrate the Diamond Wedding Anniversary of the Queen and the Duke in 2007.
The Duke of Cambridge and the Queen wave from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the Diamond Jubilee.
Prince William, at his father's farm in Tetbury, Gloucestershire.
The royal family, gathered on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, watching a parade.
Prince Albert and Princess Caroline, pictured with their mother, Princess Grace, in 1961.
Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway and Prince Sverre Magnus celebrate Norway National Day in Asker, Norway.
Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel of Sweden at the Christening of Princess Estelle at the Royal Palace in Stockholm, Sweden.
Prince William Shares Sweet Moment With Meghan—and Drops Hint About 'Strong' Baby Name!
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This morning I've been playing with Distress Oxide ink pads and also Glitter Kiss - two relatively new products. Unlike the original distress inks, the Oxide ones can be used on dark card - black in this case. Three colours were used (yellow, orange and red) although I didn't seem to achieve the depth of colour I was expecting so once dry I added some copper Glimmer Mist spray (had those for years). The copper glimmer looks so much better for real than it appears on the screen. I then cut some more black card slightly larger than the main image piece and used Glitter Kiss on just the edges to give a nice mount to show up against the black. The background piece of card was embossed and the flower and butterflies were cut from black card. Greeting produced on the computer and mounted onto a scalloped circle also treated to some Glitter Kiss with finally a piece of copper ribbon to match. All in all an enjoyable way to spend a Sunday morning - the card does look a bit sombre here but rest assured it is much brighter when seen for real!
Oh wow Val, these oxides look fabulous on the black card. A fantastic make.
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Nicaragua’s Jewish community dates to the earliest 20th century but due to the Civil War and an earthquake in the recent past, most Jews emigrated to Florida in the USA and the community called Congregacion Israelita de Nicaragua (http:/congregacionisraelitadenicaragua.weebly.com} became a remnant community that struggled to meet several times a year for prayer in people's homes.
Through the efforts of Kulanu,(www. Kulanu.org) an organization dedicated to helping returning, emerging and isolated Jewish communities around the world, the community has changed course. Rabbanit Bonita and Rabbi Gerald Sussman, Kulanu volunteers, brought to Nicaragua a Bet Din to do traditional conversions. In total 28 conversions and 8 weddings took place between 2013-2014 that included mikva and hatafat dam brit . The first Jewish baby was born in decades, land was donated to build a synagogue, classes are held weekly, and a young student was sent to the Maccabee games in Israel. Professor Tudor Parfitt attended part of the ceremonies. These pictures tell that story.
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Would you like to feature your business on our website? We value our business partnerships and would like the opportunity to add your organization. All you have to do is fill out the form on this page and we will consider your application and respond within 24 hours.
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Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22), Rep. Don Beyer (VA-08) and Rep. Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) today acted to provide relief to federal employees affected by the partial government shutdown by introducing H.R. 545, the Financial Relief for Feds Act. This bill will allow federal employees and contractors to withdraw funds from their retirement accounts without being penalized. Original cosponsors of H.R. 545 include Reps. Randy Weber (TX-14), David McKinley (WV-01), David Trone (MD-06), Kendra Horn (OK-05), Collin Allred (TX-32) and Anthony Brown (MD-04).
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Can You Unload Corn in Three Minutes?
For some clients who deliver to Kerber Milling in Emmetsburg, it only takes about three minutes from the time they weigh in with a full load of corn to the time they weigh in empty, thanks to Kerber’s facility upgrades.
“Our new high-speed corn-receiving facility has helped MaxYield take us to near 100% of our goal of buying farmer-direct corn,” said Glen Newhouse, director of operations for Kerber Milling.
Kerber began revamping its facility in early 2013. The new high-speed unloading facility includes a 13- by 82-foot scale. The facility, which became operational on March 20, also includes a new receiving pit, conveyor, and grain leg, along with a roof over the scale and dump pit.
Kerber grinds about 7,000 to 10,000 bushels of corn each day, said Auten, who has run as many as 43 trucks through the facility on its busiest days. The efficient new system is helping MaxYield attract new clients and is encouraging previous clients to begin delivering grain to Kerber again.
“It used to take about 15 minutes from the time drivers weighed in to the time they weighed out, but now it’s down to about three minutes,” said Auten, who works right by the scale and can write checks and handle contracts, all without the driver ever having to leave his or her truck to pick up the paperwork.
MaxYield values the benefits that Kerber Milling offers area clients. “They provide an important end-user market in the Emmetsburg area, giving our farmer-clients three markets they can access,” said Harry Bormann, MaxYield’s grain team leader.
Val Auten, MaxYield’s client care representative at Kerber Milling in Emmetsburg, says trucks can move through the revamped facility in record time.
This is the second installment in a new My Solutions magazine series featuring Mike and Brian Riggert of Whittemore. Like many growers, the Riggerts are seeking new ways to unlock plant potential and take their farming operations to a higher level through SciMax Solutions. We’ll update you on their crops throughout the 2013 growing season to give you a behind-thescenes look at SciMax in action.
A late-spring storm dumped nearly 10 inches of snow in the Whittemore area on May 3. After the brothers started planting corn on May 12, heavy rains began falling and didn’t quit. As fields stayed wet, planting became almost impossible, said Brian Riggert, who noted that he and Mike finished planting soybeans around July 1.
“We had a whole month delay due to rain,” said Brian, who noted that the brothers had to take some prevented-plant acres.
The Riggerts switched to some earlier-maturing corn hybrids, for example, and re-evaluated their crop protection plans.
As the Riggerts have scouted their crops this summer, they’ve also been working closely with SciMax to assess fertilizer options and pinpoint where nutrients should be placed for maximum returns. “There’s no way around it—without the right nutrients, productivity will go down,” Mike said.
Tissue testing helps determine the proper micronutrient uptake in crops and provides information that can’t be gathered through soil samples. SciMax data has proven the value of micronutrients, said Eric Goodman, a SciMax Solutions specialist who works closely with the Riggerts. Max-In® Boron, for example, assists in nitrogen and phosphorus utilization within the soybean plant. In 2011 and 2012 field studies, Max-In Boron boosted yields by an average of 2.14 bushels per acre.
To create a more conducive environment for crop growth and promote higher yield potential, the Riggerts planned to add more tile to their fields this summer to ensure adequate drainage.
Editor’s note: Mike and Brian Riggert farm north of Whittemore near the Lotts Creek area and have participated in SciMax Solutions for six years. They each farm more than 1,000 acres, for a total of nearly 2,400 acres of corn and soybeans. They utilize grid sampling, yield monitoring, and variable-rate technology for planting and fertilizer applications, including nitrogen.
Watch for the next update on the Riggert brothers’ experiences in the upcoming edition of My Solutions magazine.
This spring’s extreme weather and excessive rainfall made 2013 the year of the cover crop in parts of northern Iowa. MaxYield Cooperative took the lead to help growers find the right solutions for their acres.
Since oats are economical and are a crop that many growers are familiar with, oats proved to be one of the most popular cover crops in MaxYield’s trade territory this year. With the help of MaxYield’s grain team, MaxYield’s agronomists and seed specialists were able to secure 8,000 bushels of oats by early June. Although these sold out quickly, MaxYield found more to meet the demand.
“We ended up seeding nearly 10,000 prevented planting acres with oats,” said Sweeney, who noted that MaxYield team members were seeding oats into early July.
At first, MaxYield dedicated one of its fertilizer spreaders to seed the oats. As the demand for cover crops grew, MaxYield devoted three machines—and extra team members—to get the job done. “This turned out to be a more complicated process than we expected, but we did what it took to ramp up and get this accomplished,” Sweeney said.
In the spring and early summer of 2013, Iowa received the most rainfall in a record-breaking 141 years. From April to June 2013, much of the state received more than 130% of normal precipitation. MaxYield Cooperative’s and SciMax Solutions’ trade territory received anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of excess rainfall this spring.
Each year, MaxYield Cooperative is pleased to award a local student with the $1,000 Deanna Engstrom Memorial Scholarship. This year’s recipient, Laura Reichert, is carrying on the legacy of Deanna, a long-time cooperative employee who was committed to helping women advance their careers in business.
Reichert is studying business administration with an emphasis in marketing and management at Wartburg College, where she will earn her undergraduate degree in 2014.
Q: What motivated you to study business in college?
A: I was first inspired to study business through my job with K. Jackson & Co., a women’s clothing boutique in Emmetsburg where I worked part-time in high school. I was blessed with a nurturing and honest boss, Kathy Jackson, who was eager to explain all areas of the business I was interested in. I was able to get a taste for operating a small business in rural Iowa. I also knew I could take a business degree in several different directions.
A: Thanks to my internship at the Pioneer Hi-Bred production plant in Algona this summer, I can see myself in an administrative position within an agricultural company. I think my marketing background will also be useful, since much of what goes into administration involves promoting the company and its mission. As my business career progresses, I hope to be in a management position someday. I also want to earn at least one, if not two, master’s degrees to further my career.
Q: Why do you appreciate the Deanna Engstrom Memorial Scholarship?
I’m inspired by her achievements. Also, the application and selection process for this scholarship is a learning experience in itself. It taught me a lot about interviewing, MaxYield Cooperative, and women in ag business. I appreciate not only the scholarship but the lesson of how determination and perseverance pay off when you want something badly enough.
Editor’s note: Laura is the daughter of Walt and Tricia Reichert. In addition to her classes, Laura works three part-time jobs at Wartburg College. She’s an admissions counselor’s assistant, a supplementary instructor for Accounting I and II classes, and the videographer for the Wartburg football team.
I have sent out a couple different notifications and talked about it in a couple different meetings but I wanted to make sure everyone was aware of the upcoming changes in the gasoline available to us at the pump.
Today we offer 2 grades of gas in most of our pumps and through our bulk trucks. 87 octane UNL and 89 octane gasohol (90% regular UNL 10% ethanol). In the very near future regular 87 octane UNL gas is going away, pipelines in this part of the country will no longer ship that product.
In its place they will ship 84 octane gas. State law does not allow sale of any gasoline under 87 octane. Lucky for us when you blend 84 octane with 10% Ethanol you get 87 octane gasohol. That will be change number one, gasohol will go from 89 to 87 octane.
That’s the easy part. From there is where the noticeable change will come. At this point in time it is my intention for our second grade of gasoline to be what they call a “clear 87”. This product will be 50% 84 octane and 50% 91 Octane (premium) gasoline. As we all know premium gasoline is higher priced than regular gas. Because of that price spread we are going to see the difference between gasohol and “clear 87” widen.
There is also an option to blend 84 octane, premium gas, and ethanol that would give you an 89 octane gasohol. This will be used by some retailers as well. In reality there will likely be several different blends out there at a wide variation in price.
The big wild card in all of this is the availability of premium (A grade) gas. Right now supplies are extremely tight and will only get worse when this comes into effect. In time things will likely balance out but for a while supply will be tight. It might not be uncommon at all to see places only offering 87 octane gasohol if premium is unavailable.
The change will start to take place in the next couple of weeks, we think. As more information comes available I will pass it along.
For more information, you can contact MaxYield’s Energy Central, or myself at 1-800-383-0003; cbesch@MaxYieldCoop.com.
MaxYield offers our clients the opportunity to harvest corn early and avoid high drying charges. MaxYield will only charge a 3 cent per point per bushel drying charge on wet corn delivered now, thru Saturday, October 5th.
For more information, contact your nearest MaxYield location.
During the harvest of 2012, many of our clients were able to harvest 10 to 20 bu per acre MORE corn by harvesting corn at 22-25% moisture.
We know your entire year of work is sitting in the field. Harvesting early avoids several yield robbing issues, like stalk rot, down corn, wind damage, harvest shatter loss, hail, rain/snow, and possible price decline.
We also have plenty of on-farm trucks are available to haul your corn to MaxYield fast!
As a student at West Bend- Mallard High School, Haley Banwart enjoyed writing, editing, and designing the student newspaper and yearbook. After completing her freshman year at Iowa State University (ISU), this ag communications and journalism major wanted to hone her skills at MaxYield Cooperative.
“It has been great to have an internship close to home and spend another summer on the farm,” said Banwart, 19, who is a two-time recipient of MaxYield’s $1,000 Ag Scholarship.
A: My parents, John and Kim Banwart, run a diversified farm with corn, soybeans, alfalfa, sheep, and a cow-calf operation. We give a lot of tours of our farm, and I’ve learned how important it is to share agriculture’s story with people who don’t have a farm background. During my freshman year at ISU, I enjoyed working on news releases for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and writing articles for the college’s STORIES magazine.
Q: What have you enjoyed about your MaxYield ag communications internship?
A: To be an intern at MaxYield is a true privilege. I’ve developed my communications skills and have gained a better understanding of what opportunities are available for me in my future career. This summer I’ve worked on MaxYield’s 2014 calendar and have enjoyed interviewing the tractor owners whose equipment will be featured in the calendar. I’ve also helped with event planning, filmed and produced YouTube videos of the 2013 MaxYield interns on the job, and written blog posts for MaxYield’s From the Field blog at www.fromthefield.com.
A: Chad has helped me learn a lot about how cooperatives work and the importance of effective communication with clients. He’s always willing to answer all my questions, and he gives me lots of opportunities to challenge myself in a real-life business setting, which has been great.
A: I’m interested in working in communications. My MaxYield internship has helped me narrow down which career path I would like to pursue. It has also strengthened my enthusiasm to be an advocate for agriculture. I think a local cooperative could be a good fit for me. I’d also like to help out as my family considers offering more agri-tourism opportunities at our farm.
• Haley served as president of the Fern Valley 4-H Club, exhibited livestock at the Palo Alto County Fair, was a member of the Palo Alto County 4-H Council, and participated in the 4-H Washington, D.C. leadership trip in 2010. She enjoyed seeing the World War II Memorial, which honors veterans like her grandfather, Ralph Banwart. This year Haley returned to the Palo Alto County Fair to host the dairy show and Bill Riley Talent Show.
• During her years in 4-H, Haley tried her hand at woodworking and welding. She made a new frame for an old porch swing from her great aunt and uncle’s farm near Cylinder, and the swing now graces her family’s porch.
• In her free time, Haley likes to ride her horse, work with livestock, and go fishing at Mulroney’s Pits near Rodman or Silver Lake, where her Grandpa Ralph liked to fish.
While Amber Wolter started off as an education major at Iowa State University (ISU), she decided that agriculture suited her better. When she took a class about cooperatives, her project on MaxYield Cooperative led to more opportunities than she anticipated.
A: By the time I graduated from Algona High School in 2009, I had showed livestock for many years through 4-H and FFA. My parents, Ernie and Lynn Wolter, were big into the livestock showing circuit, and my dad also sells Case IH equipment. My older sisters, Amanda and Mindy, and older brother E. J. are all involved in agriculture and encouraged me to study ag further.
A: I feel like I’m not just an intern. MaxYield issued me a smartphone, a truck, and business cards, and the company treats me like a full-time team member. I’m glad I’ve had this opportunity. I stay busy with crop scouting and spend a lot of time on the farm checking for weed and insect pressure in clients’ fields. Earlier this summer, I helped clients find cover crops like oats, tillage radishes, and pearl millet, which one MaxYield client will feed to his cattle. I’ve also been doing some cold calling, and I’m helping farmers determine the right herbicide programs for their corn and soybean acres. It has been interesting to job shadow people throughout MaxYield. I went to Hobarton to see how they work with Murphy Brown. I also enjoyed seeing how the MaxYield team works with the ethanol plant at Lakota. I like the cooperative system and appreciate how people work together.
Q: How have you benefited by having Greg Ervin and Tim Bruns as your mentors at MaxYield?
A: My mentors are proactive in wanting to help me learn and advance. Tim spends a lot of time in the field and quizzes me on my weed identification skills. Greg is very science-minded and handles a lot of the paperwork and other behind-the-scenes jobs. I like the fact that there are no dumb questions, and Tim and Greg are here to help me. They both encourage me to try new things, get me out of my comfort zone, and set me on the right path. They’ve also helped me network by introducing me to representatives from the crop protection companies that MaxYield works with.
When I graduate from ISU in December of 2013, I know I want to work in agriculture because it’s a diverse industry that’s always changing. Working in a cooperative is pretty interesting to me, and I’d like to stay in northern Iowa, if possible. It’s awesome to see how MaxYield is investing in the next generation through its internship program.
• Amber showed Suffolk and Southdown sheep for many years through 4-H and FFA and has exhibited livestock at the Palo Alto County Fair, the Iowa State Fair, and AK-Sar-Ben. She also won overall grand champion market lamb with one of her sheep at the Palo Alto County Fair during her freshmen year of high school.
• Throughout high school, Amber held many leadership roles in FFA, including chapter vice president her senior year. She also earned the Iowa FFA Degree and the American FFA Degree, performed in the state FFA choir, and served as an FFA/ Iowa State Fair grandstand usher for three years.
• As a member of ISU’s Agronomy Club, Amber helps plant flowers on campus and works with local elementary students to teach them how plants grow.
At approximately 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 10, a MaxYield Cooperative semi-tractor and tanker trailer was involved in a single vehicle accident near Salix, IA.
The vehicle transporting 32% liquid nitrogen rolled over at exit 135 on Interstate 29.
All of the proper authorities and regulatory agencies were notified immediately after the accident and MaxYield cooperated fully with them through the accident cleanup process.
Removal of the 32% nitrogen from the tanker involved in the accident was completed in a timely manner. The minimal amount of liquid nitrogen that escaped from the damaged tanker was contained and removed following both company and environmental agency protocol. This liquid nitrogen product is neither caustic nor poisonous and did not reach any waterway.
MaxYield is thankful that no one was injured in the accident. We are also very grateful for the fast response of the authorities and agencies involved.
When Clint McConnell was researching internship opportunities, MaxYield Cooperative moved to the top of the list. McConnell, 20, knew MaxYield was a good place to learn and grow based on the positive experiences his older brother, Caleb, had when he completed an agronomy and seed internship at MaxYield.
McConnell was interested in grain marketing, and he wanted an internship close to home so he could work on his family’s farm this summer. When he read about MaxYield’s internship programs through My Solutions magazine, he knew MaxYield fit the bill on all counts.
A: My parents, Bob and Lisa McConnell, run a corn and soybean operation near Armstrong, and I’d like to farm someday, too. I’m a sophomore at Iowa State University (ISU), where I’m majoring in ag business and minoring in agronomy and ag systems technology. I’ve also enjoyed learning more about agriculture by joining the Ag Business Club and Ag Systems Technology Club at ISU.
Q: What have you enjoyed about your MaxYield grain marketing internship?
A: I’ve gotten to learn about many aspects of grain marketing at MaxYield and have helped load trains at Belmond. I’m based in the corporate office in West Bend, where I do the local grain bid comparisons and update the basis history and corn price history. I also work with Rick Abrahamson, who manages MaxYield’s grain records, and have helped with truck settlements. One week I got to work at the Hobarton location to see how they handle grain. I was impressed by how well they know their clients and how they’ve built strong relationships with them.
Q: How have you benefited by having Harry Bormann, Karl Setzer, and Rick Abrahamson as your mentors at MaxYield?
A: I’ve been very lucky to work with each of them. They are great mentors who answer my questions and have helped me learn a lot about grain marketing. They’ve also encouraged me to take advantage of other opportunities through my internship. I’ve participated in the CEO luncheon hosted by Kossuth County Economic Development, where I can learn from other local business leaders.
A: I have a real passion for farming and want to go into production agriculture someday. I’m also interested in precision ag, because it’s always changing and is a big part of production agriculture today.
• Clint, a 2012 graduate of Armstrong- Ringsted High School, was a member of the Jack Creek Feeders 4-H Club and showed cattle and poultry at the Emmet County Fair.
• Family is important to Clint. He helps his younger brother, Colton, with his show cattle. Clint is following in the footsteps of his older brother, Caleb, who was also an ag business major at ISU. Clint’s older sister, Caitlin, is studying to be a nurse practitioner at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
• In addition to boating at Okoboji, Clint enjoys hunting deer and looks forward to his family’s annual trip in the late fall to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, to hunt waterfowl.
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Project Brief: Assist social star Mike Morrison to present the largest social media and digital marketing conference on the prairies over three days in a legendary Calgary cinema.
SocialWest, a new conference from Mike Morrison, welcomed over 400 professionals into The Globe Theatre last week to talk social media, communications, and digital marketing. More than that, it achieved something special: it made ‘The Conference’ cool again. When one thinks of ‘traditional’ social media masters and digital masterminds, one conjures images of geeky, anti-social computer nerds. In fact, the ecosystem of social media marketing is made up of enthusiastic, engaging, and energizing individuals eager to connect, learn, and expand their networks. Can you imagine a better environment and atmosphere for growth? Take it from us, it was a fabulous way to learn and meet new people.
It was a joy to see the project come to life – and sell out weeks in advance – and experience the event with the incredible calibre of professionals it attracted.
The result: A sold out conference that attracted 400 attendees from as far as the NWT and major brands like Facebook, Twitter, and Airbnb. Attendees also got to hear from homegrown social star Kelly Oxford (who stuck around to sign copies of her NYT best-selling book). Social impressions for the event were in the tens of millions – trending nationally within hours of opening. There was also lots of engagement with the custom SocialWest App, which contained not only info (schedule, speaker bios, sponsor info, directions, etc) but a communications platform for direct conversation between attendees.
SocialWest will return June 14-16, 2017 and registration for early-bird notification has already begun. If you have an interest in social media or digital marketing for business, we highly recommend securing a spot early. SocialWest is all about the substance – short on ‘inspirational moments’, big on teachable tactics. Easily, the best value.
Thank you to everyone who came out to @socialwest #socialwest for my keynote so early this morning.. Including that hot woman in the front row giving me the side eye ????❤️????????
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Fernando García-Dory´s work engages with the relationship between culture and nature now, as manifested in multiple contexts from landscape and the rural, to desires and expectations concerned with identity, as well as (global) crisis, utopia and the potential for social change. Interested in the harmonic complexity of biological forms and processes, his work addresses connections and cooperation, from microorganisms to social systems, and from traditional art languages to collaborative agroecological projects, actions, and cooperatives. He has exhibited at: Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm; Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid; SFMOMA, San Francisco; the Athens, Lisbon, Gwangju and Jeju Biennales; and at dOCUMENTA (13). He is the recipient of the 2012 Annenberg Prize for Socially Engaged Art by Creative Time New York and a fellow of Council of Forms (Paris) and board member of the World Alliance of Nomadic Pastoralists.
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The Philippine American Society of Certified Public Accountants - Los Angeles (PASCPA-LA) is a professional membership society established to advance the profession of accountancy in the State of California and the United States.
To promote public awareness and confidence in the integrity, objectivity, competence, and professionalism of Philippine American Certified Public Accountants. PASCPA - Los Angeles is a Member of the National Council of Philippine American Canadian Accountants.
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The Cryphaeaceae is a family from Hypnales Order, splits from Bryopsida Class. It is a family in Bryophyta or Moss Division. The family consists of 14 genera and about 131 species.
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Click the link for each program to be taken to that program’s page.
Hands On: Food Safety- Hands On: Food Safety is a comprehensive curriculum designed as a vehicle to reduce the occurrence of food borne illness, to increase awareness around personal hygiene and to encourage safe food preparation practices. Food borne illness can be prevented if consumers adopt proper practices for safe food handling and preparation. Food safety awareness, particularly among the young, is low and food safety education in the formative middle schools years is a proven catalyst to prevent food borne illness. Hands On: Food Safety is divided into four units: math, science, social studies, and language arts, which are designed to be taught concurrently, but can stand along. Major topics of each of the subject areas are outlined on the Hands On: Food Safety page.
Hands On: Food Fundamentals- Hands On: Food Fundamentals introduces students to concepts related to food systems and food processing. The goal of the unit is to provide students, consumers of food products, with the knowledge of how foods are processed, why they are processed, and how food items make it from the farm to their fork. Hands On: Food Fundamentals is designed as two separate, interdisciplinary units that culminate in a PBL (Problem Based Learning) scenario that uses knowledge and skills from the two units. More information on Hands On: Food Fundamentals can be found here.
Hands On: Culinary and Nutrition- Hands On: Culinary and Nutrition provides an introduction to the basics of nutrition and culinary arts through instruction in each of the core subject areas. This program is in the initial stages of development and is on track to be pilot tested beginning in November of 2018. Funding for the Hands On: Culinary and Nutrition program is provided by Unilever.
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So Beats By Dre headphones sound kind of terrible by audiophile standards. Minus "kind of." But they sure are pretty. Film maker and Renaissance man Casey Neistat took it upon himself to turn an actually decent set of cans into beautiful black and red doppelgangers. And he made a how to video.
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Youth Leaders - Help your students transition to College!
Your juniors and seniors are selecting colleges and you’re a little worried. How are they going to find good friends and mentors so they can grow in Christ? How are they going to avoid some of the dangerous traps? How are they going to take everything I’ve taught them and apply it to the real world on their own? Campus Ministry Link can help you equip your students to do all of the above!
Search Campus Ministry Link and find Christian communities on your campus.
Before you arrive on campus, connect with Christian students you meet through the site, so you are plugged in right away!
In college and beyond, the multiplied number of Christian leaders will influence society. This could truly change the world!
Studies have shown that the first 72 hours are critical to whether or not you continue following Jesus in college, so it’s important that you take steps to get plugged into a ministry and/or church and meet those that will help to encourage you and build you up in your faith early.
You have spent years investing into the students who are now graduating. Preserve and multiply your valuable investment. Our special pastor and youth worker dashboard will enable you to see the activity of any student you enter into our system so you can help every college-bound graduate you know get connected with a thriving community of faith in college.
With just a quick glance you can see which students have already found a church or ministry and which still need some help. Students, of course, have the choice at any time to turn off this feature and find a ministry on their own.
Our pastor and youth worker dashboard will enable you to communicate with any college ministry or church that your students connect with.
WHAT IS CAMPUS MINISTRY LINK?
Campus Ministry Link is a tool that connects students to college ministries before they even arrive on campus! With information available on nearly every campus and campus ministry, the purpose is to ensure that every Christian college freshman finds a group where they can grow in their faith and share the message of Jesus with their peers.
Youth Leaders: What Can You Do?
You have a key role in informing parents and working with the students to help them take ownership of their faith and the road ahead of them.
Download this Parent Email and Download this Student Email editing as you wish and using this to start the communication. This shows families how to engage, and makes them aware of resources on this site. Christian schools can use this as well.
Log in as a Youth Leader and you will be presented with the option to invite students (and parents if you like) to participate on Campus Ministry Link. Once you have invited them you will be able to help disciple them right into their first year of college or so by being able to follow their activity and encourage them.
This is the first time in our nation that Youth Leaders have a tool to intentionally help assure your students thrive in college!
Use the Student page to introduce Campus Ministry Link to your youth group. Start by showing the video and ask students what stories they have heard of success in transition and stories where students walked away from serving Christ. Share your own story and stories that you are aware of. Then go through each of the bullets under College Transition Tips. As homework, ask them (and their parents) to register, search various colleges, and share what they learned at your next meeting!
Download the CML Media Kit to present to your church. This helpful kit includes handouts, videos, announcement slides, and bulletin words. Post a link to the home page on your church website and social media accounts.
Use this Email to share with other pastors you know. This will help you start a “No Student Left Behind” movement in your city that has real and immediate impact in increasing the numbers of our youth growing their faith in college. Churches, college ministries, and youth ministries are collaborating to multiply laborers for the harvest in their cities. See this Blog Post and Connect with other youth workers at National Network of Youth Ministries.
If you weekly serve a good number of students from a local university, you can apply for a free listing of your church on Campus Ministry Link. This way, students and their parents will find you when looking for a college. Simply go to “Get Started” and register as a College Ministry. Then go to your Dashboard under the Ministry Pages tab and click on Add a Ministry. We will review and get back to you if we have any questions on qualification.
Show students what a blessing it is to do life with other believers in college and how important it is for them to reach others who aren’t believers yet. Through this, it’ll be easy to motivate them to begin using Campus Ministry Link as part of their Junior year college search.
With high school seniors, encourage them to begin reaching out to campus ministry leaders at colleges they’ve applied to or at the college they’ve chosen. Tell students to meet up with them during orientation or during the first few days of classes.
During Christmas Break, or in May, ask college freshmen who’ve returned home to share testimonies about what they’ve seen God do in their first semester of college. This will be a great way to motivate those still in high school to get connected!
Arrange a visit to sample college ministry at a nearby university with some of your students. Get in touch with college ministry staff there to see if your students can meet them or even attend one of their events.
See these practical Parent & Student Resources to help your students find the right career and major, avoid crippling college debt, prepare for the SAT/ACT and other ways to assist the college process.
Black Rock Church in Fairfield, CT used to experience the typical 70% loss as their students were graduating.
Want to promote Campus Ministry Link?
Campus Ministry Link is funded completely by donations. Please help to put this movement into every church and campus in America!
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WinchesterOwners.com • View topic - Just what do I have M70 wise..
Just what do I have M70 wise..
I have three Model 70s.
First is a pre war with sn under 11k in 30-06GOVT. My dad bought this rifle new from Montgomery Wards it is in fine condition but I have restocked her due to a small crack in the stock at the rear tang. I have the original stock set aside. The bluing is conservatively 97%. I don't believe dad fired more than 4 boxes of factory ammo.
The next two are different as I dont know their lineage.
First on is SN 7882XX in 30-06 SPRG Stock is very nice with ebony grip cap and forend. Checkering pattern has what looks like oak leafs. Bolt knob is heavily checkered. Bolt is jeweled as is the floor plate inside the magwell. There are no sights thou it is drilled and tapped with the factory set screws. The trigger guard and all metal is blued steel. There is no aluminium.. The action is polished blue.
Next is SN 8620XX in 22-250 . walnut stock with stamped checkering?? Floor-plate is aluminium as is the trigger guard. Has factory sights with hooded front and a redfield, one piece scope base. Action bluing is more militaristic in quality, bolt is jeweled but the knob is smooth. Overall 95-97%.
I want to insure these for their correct value. Can anyone help??
But, beauty is in the eye of the beholder...one man's junk is another's treasure.
I just don't know what models they are the post 64 in 30-06 looks like a delux??
Have you had any luck finding out the Model Names / Numbers Jim !?
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DJ Rody ARE YOU A VENDOR?
DJ Rody is a Mumbai-based artist who has been in the business for more than four years spreading happiness with his extraordinary DJing techniques. You can clearly see his passion reflected in the final results; he aims to turn your party into an unforgettable celebration for each one of your family members and friends, regardless their ages.
DJ Rody's wedding package includes a personalised repertoire, a/v equipment, DJ setup, LED lights and cordless mics. Plus, he also recommends fog machine and laser lights in order to give your wedding celebration a unique touch. He plays various different genres including Bollywood, EDM, House and Bhangra.
DJ Rody has also worked at several different non-wedding related events across Mumbai, including private parties, social functions, corporate events and more. Be it any kind of special occasion or celebration, DJ Rody will be right there playing the right music for you.
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Sierra was born in Heidelberg, Germany but lived in Chatham, Virginia once moving to the United States. Before coming to Georgetown's Biomedical Graduate Education, Sierra studied at Spelman College, where she majored in Health Science.
I chose the Physiology & Biophsyics, Complementary & Alternative Medicine (CAM) program because I wanted to get a different outlook on how other practitioners approach medicine. I would like to go to school for Osteopathic Medicine and I feel the rigorous curriculum will help me with that.
I hope to use this background knowledge from the CAM program to help guide me through my future career. I also would like to do more research concerning the environment or CAM modalities.
Take everything as it comes. This reminds me to stay aware, but not to overwhelm myself with the different challenges that I may face.
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By Tjark Freundt, Philipp Hillenbrand, and Sascha Lehmann / McKinsey & Company.
The results were revealing (exhibit). Themes such as social responsibility, sustainability, and global reach, which many B2B companies cast in a leading role for brand imaging, appeared to have a minimal influence on buyers’ perceptions of brand strength. The inverse was true, as well: two of the most important themes for customer perceptions of brand strength—effective supplychain management and specialist market knowledge—were among those least mentioned by B2B suppliers. Honest and open dialogue, which customers considered most important, was one of the three themes not emphasized at all by the 90 companies in our sample. In addition to these disconnects, our analysis showed a surprising similarity among the brand themes that leading B2B companies emphasized, suggesting a tendency to follow the herd rather than create strongly differentiated brand messages.3 Here are three questions whose answers may point to opportunities for improvement.
The themes that many B2B companies consider important for brand imaging appear to have minimal influence on buyers’ perceptions of brand strength.
Even in the digital era, our surveys show that personal interactions with sales reps remain the most influential factor—across touch points—for B2B customers.4 That makes salespeople a great source of information about the degree to which customers see your products as differentiated or worth a premium. Have an honest dialogue with your sales staff. If you hear about consistent pushback on pricing or an inability to articulate a compelling argument for the value of your products, you’ve got a problem. It could be your product or service, of course. But it also may involve disconnects between what your customers value and the messages you send them in your broader (digital and more traditional) marketing activities. Use your sales force to inform these strategies. Leading companies make extensive use of frontline interaction and market research to stay in tune with customer needs and perceptions. For example, Hilti, a maker of professional construction tools, has its salespeople do double duty as distributors and hands-on market researchers at customer construction sites.
Tjark Freundt is a principal in McKinsey’s Hamburg office, where Sascha Lehmann is an associate principal; Philipp Hillenbrand is a consultant in the Düsseldorf office.
The authors would like to acknowledge the valuable contributions of Agnes Claye, Blair Crawford, and Jeff Jacobs.
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Merging functionalist design with sleek Art Deco-inspired aesthetics, the Kiribi Tomo is a reliable lighter and pipe tool all in one sleek package. It features a folding dottle pick and tamper combination tool housed within its own compartment, with a separate fuselage for storing fuel.
A pipe smoker's best friend, the Kiribi Tomo is available in understated black matte and dressy gold, as well as orange, blue, and the red leather variety seen here.
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Twitter mistakes are becoming more and more common these days.
Houston Aeros second-leading scorer Justin Fontaine was been suspended for two games for using a gay slur in a joking Twitter post a couple Sundays ago during the Grammys.
In response to a teammate’s comment on the performance of the Foo Fighters, Fontaine took a shot at the group with this tweet and the subsequent apology.
Houston Texans reserve tackle Rashad Butler ventured down the same path Thursday night as he watched the Heat-Knicks game.
Butler made a crack about Kobe Bryant and referred to the Lakers star as No. 8. Of course, testy Lakers fans quickly responded with corrections because Bryant changed to No. 24 a couple years ago.
Butler shot back, but in his effort to call the critics jerks, like Fontaine, he used a word that is considered to be a gay slur.
“Like I said, Y’all F—— knew wat I meant,” he wrote in a tweet that has since been removed. (Screen shot here).
While it is obvious that Butler wasn’t referring to sexual orientation, to many it doesn’t matter. Use that particular F-word and you’ve crossed the line.
The Texans brass is in Indianapolis for the NFL Combine. The team will not comment on the issue until later Friday.
I doubt the NFL will do anything other than to say that it doesn’t support players making such public statements. If the league decided to start suspending players for using offensive words, all hell, I mean, all heck could break loose. Spend some time in an NFL locker room or stand on the sideline at an NFL game and you’ll know what I mean.
Butler did apologize with a later post. Granted, his apology indicates he doesn’t quite get why anyone would be so bothered by what he wrote.
A number of notable figures have gotten into trouble for posts on Twitter lately. I’ve had 1,000-word takes misunderstood, so there is no surprise that one can get into trouble in 140 characters or less.
Fox Sports’ Jason Whitlock recently posted a childishly lewd and racially stereotypical jab at NBA sensation Jeremy Lin. Whitlock apologized.
CNN political commentator Roland Martin, a Houstonian and Texas A&M graduate, was suspended by the network for tweets during the Super Bowl that some claimed disparaged gays.
Martin argued that his tweets were taken out of context, particularly considering his playful Twitter persona and regular shots at soccer lovers. Gay rights organizations claimed he was advocating violence against gays with what he said about the David Beckham underwear ad. A stretch, but these are sensitive times.
This isn’t an issue of free speech. Fontaine, Whitlock, Martin and Butler aren’t facing public floggings or jail sentences for their words. They are free to say whatever they like.
Free speech doesn’t mean you are free from negative reaction by people you offend (even if it seems irrational to you) or free from discipline from an employer, who doesn’t like the negative publicity you brought on the company.
The AHL suspended Fontaine for two games. Martin hasn’t been on CNN since his tweets. (The network has sorely missed his biting commentary.) Whitlock received no public censure for his comment.
What will happen to Butler? Should the Texans or the NFL do anything at all?
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This pictorial map is color-coded to show the extent of the "black plague" across the world. A key at bottom shows three categories of free speech: dictatorial control (black), varying degrees of control (gray), and relative freedom (tan). The map reveals that slightly more than half of the globe is in "Totalitarian Eclipse." Within the map image are ten of these dictators "whose ten totaled brains wouldn't counterbalance that of one Einstein in the measurement of man's distance from the anthropoid ape" including Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, and Stalin (by himself). Drawn by William Cotton and issued in the very first edition of Ken Magazine (April 7, 1938), a controversial anti-fascist magazine. The verso contains a satirical portrait of Hermann Goring, a powerful military figure in the Nazi Party who eventually became Hitler's second in command, and a wartime illustration based upon a painting by George Grosz.
An excellent description of this map and additional background on Ken Magazine can be found at the PJ Mode Persuasive Map Collection (Cornell University) - click here to view their example.
References: PJ Mode Collection #1268.
Vivid color with three areas of minor loss along the centerfold where the saddle stitches (staples) were removed.
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We’ve been getting loads of requests to get these boys onto an A64. This is their first ever acoustic online performance since being signed. The wait is finally over, in this video they cover Wiley’s smash hit “Wearing My Rolex” – enjoy!
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3. Discuss how in blues form, the first line or phrase raises a question. It is repeated, in this case, twice repeated for a total of sounding the phrase three times.
5. Explain that this new phrase is what Alan Lomax refers to as “the clinching phrase (which) usually descends to a low note, roundly concluding the matter”.
6. Show the notation for this four-phrase blues song. Follow it while viewing the video again. Students may find themselves nodding, tapping a pulse, and even singing along, which can be encouraged.
7.Distribute guitars, and show students that the melody requires a single chord, the e-minor chord. Challenge students to strum in the rhythm of the bluesman, R. L. Burnside.
8.Provide some information on R. L. Burnside: He lived in the northern Mississippi hill country (1926-2005), and worked as a fisherman, a sharecropper, a factory worker (for a time in Chicago), and a musician. He claimed as his influences both Mississippi Fred McDowell, with whom he studied, and a cousin by marriage, Muddy Waters. He recorded for a label called Fat Possum Records, and performed with various musicians such as Jon Spencer, Cedric Burnside (his trandson and a drummer), and Kenny Brown. He was known for his one-chord guitar-playing that gave a droning effect.
2. Watch and listen again, this time pointing student attention to the musical and lyrical features. This melody takes on a florid opening line that is repeated once, and which is followed by “a clinching phrase”. Discuss how the song seems to be in blues form, but is referred to as a holler. Alan Lomax observed that hollers share these features: “They are solos, slow in tempo, free in rhythm (as opposed to the gang work songs), composed of long, gliding, ornamented and melismatic phrase, given a melancholy character by minor intervals as well as by blued or bent tones, sounding like sobs or moans…”.
3. In another viewing of the video, encourage students to listen for features of a holler.
2. Describe the rhythmic movement of the three boys as a performance art called “hambone”. Watch the video again, accepting that students may wish to pat along with the hamboning boys.
3. Discuss the “hambone” as a phenomenon of rhythmic performance (also known as “Juba dance”) that involves slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and even cheeks, which is found in the southern United States and in the Caribbean. Sometimes, vocal chant or song is added to the rhythmicking, but the body rhythm is the key feature.
4. Play the video again, watching how there appears to be a developmental increase in rhythmic sophistication and precision with advancing age, from the youngest to the oldest boy.
5. Offer students an opportunity to try out some of the hambone rhythm movements, and to share them in small groups and with the class.
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First Day of Fall 2010 is Today September 22 – When is the First Day of Fall this year 2010? This is the question asked by a lot of people living mostly in Northern Hemisphere and in Europe as it is bound to happen this month of September. Fortunately, this question has been answered already as today, September 22 is the first day of fall for those located in Northern Hemisphere such as the USA and Canada.
Fall or Autumn is one of the four temperate seasons marking the transition from summer into winter which is usually in the month of March for countries located in the Southern Hemisphere or the month of September for those located in the Northern Hemisphere. It happens when the arrival of night becomes noticeably earlier.
In 2010, the first day of fall falls on September 22 for those countries located in the Northern Hemisphere such as the United States and Canada. Meanwhile, for those countries located in Europe, the first day of fall 2010 falls on September 23. For those countries located in the Southern Hemisphere, the first day of fall happened already last March 20, 2010.
The first day of fall signals the start of the season of harvest where fruits and vegetables are usually ripen. Fall is also associated with the start of the Halloween season.
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Below you will find a list of discussions in the 2nd Gen F150 Ecoboost forums at the F150 Ecoboost Forum. The 2nd Gen F150 Ecoboost forum is for discussion of: .
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On Friday night I went to the Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray, where we saw Guaranteed, Colin Murphy’s docudrama about the night of the banking guarantee. The performance was followed by a group discussion which featured Murphy, Fishamble’s Literary Manager Gavin Kostick, and three other people with political and financial expertise.
The theatre was packed, and I found myself understanding what people mean when they say that an atmosphere feels ‘charged’. There was the feeling of a lot of latent energy in the room – caused not only by the excitement of seeing a show that’s been getting good coverage but also by the continued frustration provoked by a week of listening to the Anglo tapes.
As it happens, I’d been in the NT archive a couple of weeks ago where I’d been looking at a David Hare play called The Power of Yes. That was a docudrama staged at the National in 2009 – less than a year after the credit crunch began (as it happens, Colin Murphy wrote a very good article about that play which can be viewed here: http://mondediplo.com/2010/02/17yesmen). The play is subtitled ‘a playwright tries to understand the financial crisis’, and in it Hare puts a playwright called David on stage, and has him interact with various interviewees from the financial sector, all of whom explain how and why the problems arose.
I found The Power of Yes interesting for many reasons. Theatrically, it’s another example of Hare’s work in verbatim theatre/docudrama. I have admired productions like Stuff Happens and The Permanent Way, and was curious to see how Hare would handle a play in which he is putting himself up on stage too. I also admired the performance style, which involved the use of a mostly empty stage, and a large screen upon which images, statistics, captions and some videos were projected. Hare wrote the Power of Yes like a five-act tragedy, and the play’s self-referentiality and playfulness are enjoyable to watch. In fact, the imposition of a narrative upon the events of the credit crunch helps to make sense of what is often a fairly heavy-going exposition of the mechanics of the financial markets.
And it was also good to see that the problems we faced in 2008 were not exclusive to Ireland.
I did find myself thinking it strange that in Britain they had a documentary play about the financial crisis before the end of 2009, whereas we’re only getting one now, five years after the guarantee was given. I’ve thought for a long time that we in Ireland were missing out on that fascinating expansion in verbatim theatre that happened internationally around the time of the invasion of Iraq. We missed out on the urgency and vibrancy of the Tricycle’s tribunal plays (aside from Bloody Sunday), and we’ve also missed the playfulness and experimentation of practitioners like Alecky Blythe. Of course there has been some work here, by people like Helena Enright among others. But there wasn’t much awareness here of the urgency of the work appearing in Britain and elsewhere.
In fairness, though, we in Ireland spent 2009 dealing not just with the crash but also with the Ryan Report, and it’s worth recalling that the late Mary Raftery did produce a documentary reconstruction of that report, which was staged by the Abbey in its Peacock stage.
Guaranteed comes in two (loose) parts. There is a long first part which acts as a kind of prologue or countdown to the night of the banking guarantee: we see Anglo-Irish bank winning an award at the World Economic Forum, we see Bertie Ahern addressing an Ard Fheis, and so on. There’s also a great scene involving Brian Cowen who is shown singing while much more important events transpire around him: for effectiveness this portrayal reminded me of Michael Moore’s presentation of George W Bush in the minutes after the World Trade Centre had been attacked in his polemic Fahrenheit 911.
And then in the second half we see a reconstruction of what happened on the night of the Banking Guarantee – so here Murphy is drawing not from the written record but from interviews and his own imagination. What struck me most about this part of the production is that the scenes that show Cowen and Lenihan struggling to decide what to do make for great drama. To watch the play is, I think, to be faced with the reality that if you or I were in Government Buildings on that night in September 2008, there is no guarantee that we would have acted any differently from how those two politicians did. The play still leaves us in no doubt that the banking guarantee was a mistake, and a catastrophic one at that. But it makes it more difficult simply to blame the people involved.
In the post-show discussion, Murphy was asked about the ethics of representing real people, and he spoke interestingly about the need to be honest about what is on the record, while also being respectful of the fact that (for example) Brian Lenihan passed away a couple of years ago. That’s the kind of balancing act that people like David Hare have been negotiating for a very long time now, and it’s certainly not an easy one to achieve. Brian Cowen does not come out of Guaranteed very well, but that is simply because Murphy presents him as doing things that he is on the record as having done. But the portrayal of Lenihan is fairly neutral (and I use the word ‘fairly’ in both senses). So as a theatre scholar, I was interested in seeing how Murphy dealt with the ethics of verbatim and documentary theatre.
The performance was given with the actors reading from the scripts, and so my final question was whether the play could be brought to a full production. I think it would certainly work if fully theatricalised – plays like The Power of Yes and Lucy Prebble’s Enron show that this kind of material can sustain a theatre audience’s interest for a couple of hours. And I also think there must be an audience for this kind of play. Depressing as the subject matter was, it was great to sit in the Mermaid with an audience that were so impassioned, and so angry. Too much ‘political’ work has the impact merely of confirming what we already know, but this production will have deepened our knowledge of the causes of the financial crisis – and it will also have prevented us from reaching any simplistic conclusions about who is to blame for it.
Leaving Guaranteed I felt more strongly than ever that we need a banking enquiry in Ireland – but I also felt like I always do whenever I come out of a play that has entertained me, made me think, and encouraged me to keep thinking after the action has concluded.
I don’t know if this will encourage more people to create this kind of work – I hope so. But since Guaranteed finishes its run tonight, I hope this isn’t the last time we’ll be seeing this production – or others like it.
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Suvola provides a software platform for secure and trusted computing appliances.
Suvola allows software companies to deploy their applications as a secure and trusted appliance on-premise or in the public cloud.
Founded in 2013 and privately funded, the company is based in Austin, Texas.
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Behind at half time, AFC Bournemouth produced a brilliant second-half turnaround to claim a 2-1 win over West Ham United for a second straight win to start the new season.
Marko Arnautovic's penalty gave the hosts a half-time lead, but the Cherries were on level terms when Callum Wilson's mesmeric run from halfway ended with a precise equalising finish.
Minutes later Ryan Fraser's free-kick was headed home by Steve Cook and deservedly Bournemouth, last season's comeback kings, were leading at the London Stadium.
A rearguard action was required for the visitors to retain their advantage to the end, Bournemouth keeping things tight to confirm their win, their first at West Ham's new home.
Unchanged from their opening-day win, the Cherries were on the front foot from the off, David Brooks and Joshua King directing shots goalwards in the early exchanges.
Javier Hernandez’s left-footed drive required a good near-post save from Asmir Begovic as the home side’s push continued. While at the other end Lukasz Fabianski pulled off an even better stop moments later after Brooks’ brilliant ball was struck low and towards the corner by Wilson.
However, on 33 minutes West Ham took the lead, Arnautovic scoring from the spot.
Striker Hernandez was again in the thick of things, winning the penalty after beating the offside trap, stepping inside and being upended by Nathan Ake. Anautovic then dispatched powerfully into the bottom corner past Begovic.
There was still time for Begovic to get down well any deny Arnautovic’s low shot and King to see a good opening eight yards out blocked before referee Stuart Attwell blew for half time.
Straight out of the traps for the second Brooks again came close as King played a pass into the box. The new signing turned sharply, his shot deflecting but well saved by Fabianski once more.
Fraser and his team-mates thought the away side should have had a penalty of their own when Mark Noble bundled over the Scot in the area, but the referee was not in agreement.
Wilson levelled matters in the 60th minute of the fixture after finishing off his own fantastic run.
The striker received Steve Cook's pass on halfway, turned and ran at one man, bustled past a second and into the box shrugged off a third before striking low and through Fabianski's legs for his second of the fledgling 2018/19 season.
Amazingly, within six minutes of being behind, the Cherries were in front.
Brooks won a free-kick right on the edge of the penalty box, down by the byline, and Fraser's ball high across the six-yard box was met by Steve Cook, athletically getting ahead of his marker to head down into the ground but up into the roof of the ahead of an impassioned celebration in front of the 1,900 away supporters.
Into the final ten minutes and there was still plenty of life in the game, and while Bournemouth looked capable of a third on the break, the West Ham support was beginning to get frustrated with their side with each errant ball forwards.
Four minutes of added time were signalled, but the Cherries kept their shape and restricted West Ham's hopes of a leveller as they confirmed back-to-back wins to open their Premier League campaign.
The summer signing was an attacking threat throughout, continually drifting inside and into space and had a number of chances to open his Premier League goalscoring account.
The 21-year-old was perhaps not expected to make such a first-team impact so early in his Bournemouth career, but built on his promising competitive debut against Cardiff with another performance that saw him display confidence, an ability to find dangerous areas and an imaginative passing range up against the Hammers.
After winning more points from losing positions than anyone else in the Premier League last season, the Cherries repeated the trick after trailing at half time in the capital.
While Eddie Howe will be hoping his team face fewer deficits going forwards, he'll be happy that his side once more showed the ability to come back, and against the Hammers they created several chances to get back into the game long before they actually did.
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If you want to mix the classic Caribbean views with something interesting - you would certainly like this type of photoshoot!
From the hotel and back, before or after the main photoshoot.
If your hotel is not in Punta Cana area, additional payment is needed. There are also special conditions for Sirenis hotel.
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J. Sterling Morton and his wife, Caroline, moved to the Nebraska Territory in 1854 where they spread their love of nature and trees with everyone. Back then the plains lacked trees, which were needed greatly for shade, windbreaks and many other necessities. The first Arbor Day as a holiday inspired the planting of over one million trees in Nebraska!
Arbor Day is now celebrated in all 50 states on the last Friday in April. This year the holiday falls on April 26th and Nebraska City will have many festivities all throughout the weekend. Check out the links for more information about Arbor Day.
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A large TV can turn your standard living room into a full-on entertainment hub, giving you and your friends a valid alternative option to going out every night. Those TVs that are roughly 55 inches or larger vary greatly in price depending on features and manufacturers. But right now you can score a Samsung 60-inch Full HD Smart TV for the rather incredible low price of only $698 — for a limited time only.
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Bill Text - AB-1678 Women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprise procurement.
An act to amend Sections 8281, 8282, 8283, 8284, 8285, and 8286 of, and to amend the heading of Article 5 (commencing with Section 8281) of Chapter 7 of Division 4 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to public utilities.
AB 1678, Gordon. Women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprise procurement.
(1) Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical, gas, water, and telephone corporations. Existing law authorizes the commission to establish rules for all public utilities, subject to control by the Legislature.
Existing law directs the commission to require every electrical, gas, water, wireless telecommunications service provider, and telephone corporation with annual gross revenues exceeding $25,000,000, and their regulated subsidiaries and affiliates, to implement a program developed by the commission to encourage, recruit, and utilize minority-, women-, and disabled veteran-owned business enterprises, as defined, in the procurement of contracts from those corporations or from their regulated subsidiaries and affiliates, and to require the reporting of certain information. The commission, by its rulemaking authority, has adopted General Order 156, applicable to certain electrical, gas, and telephone corporations, to effectuate these requirements. Existing law includes the declaration by the Legislature that each electrical, gas, water, mobile telephony service provider, and telephone corporation that is not required to submit a plan, and each cable television corporation and direct broadcast satellite provider, is encouraged to voluntarily adopt a plan for increasing women, minority, and disabled veteran business enterprise procurement in all categories. Existing law requires the commission, by rule or order, to adopt criteria for verifying and determining eligibility of women and minority business enterprises for procurement contracts. Existing law requires the commission to provide to the Legislature a specified report on the progress of activities undertaken by certain entities in the implementation of women, minority, and disabled business enterprise development programs. Existing law requires the commission to recommend a program and legislation for carrying out the policy of aiding the interests of women, minority, and disabled veteran business enterprises.
This bill would extend these provisions to LGBT business enterprises, as defined. In initially adopting criteria for verifying and determining the eligibility of LGBT business enterprises for procurement contracts, the bill would require the commission to adopt the LGBT status qualifiers created by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The bill would authorize the commission to update the LGBT status qualifiers as appropriate.
(2) This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 8282 of the Public Utilities Code, proposed by AB 2760, to be operative only if AB 2760 and this bill are chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2015, and this bill is chaptered last.
(3) Under existing law, a violation of any provision of any rules or orders of the commission is a crime. In addition, any person or corporation who falsely represents a business as a women, minority, or disabled veteran business enterprise for the purposes of the program discussed above is subject to criminal penalties.
This bill would also subject any person or corporation who falsely represents a business as an LGBT business enterprise for the purposes of the program discussed above to criminal penalties. Because a violation of the requirements of the bill would be a crime under those provisions, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the essence of the American economic system of private enterprise is free, open, and transparent competition. Only through free, open, and transparent competition can free markets, reasonable and just prices, free entry into business, and opportunities for the expression and growth of personal initiative and individual judgment be ensured. The preservation and expansion of that competition are basic to the economic well-being of this state and that well-being cannot be realized unless the actual and potential capacity of women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises is encouraged and developed. Therefore, it is the declared policy of the state to aid the interests of women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises in order to preserve reasonable and just prices and a free competitive enterprise, to ensure that a fair proportion of the total purchases and contracts or subcontracts for commodities, supplies, technology, property, and services for regulated public utilities, including, but not limited to, renewable energy, wireless telecommunications, broadband, smart grid, and rail projects, are awarded to women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises, and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of the state.
(A) The opportunity for full participation in our free enterprise system by women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises is essential if this state is to attain social and economic equality for those businesses and improve the functioning of the state economy.
(B) Public agencies and some regulated utilities that have established short- and long-range women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprise goals are awarding 30 percent or more of their contracts to these business enterprises.
(C) Women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises have traditionally received less than a proportionate share of regulated public utility procurement contracts, especially in renewable energy, wireless telecommunications, broadband, smart grid, and rail projects.
(D) It is in the state’s interest to expeditiously improve the economically disadvantaged position of women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises.
(E) The position of these businesses can be substantially improved by providing long-range substantial goals for procurement by regulated public utilities of technology, equipment, supplies, services, materials, and construction work, especially in renewable energy, wireless telecommunications, broadband, smart grid, and rail projects, from women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT businesses.
(F) That procurement also benefits the regulated public utilities and consumers of the state by encouraging the expansion of the number of suppliers for procurements, thereby encouraging competition among the suppliers and promoting economic efficiency in the process.
(G) That the long-term economic viability of this state depends substantially upon the ability of renewable energy, wireless telecommunications, broadband, smart grid, and rail projects to incorporate women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT businesses into those projects.
(A) Encourage greater economic opportunity for women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises.
(B) Promote competition among regulated public utility suppliers in order to enhance economic efficiency in the procurement of electrical, gas, water, wireless telecommunications service provider, and telephone corporation contracts and contracts of their commission-regulated subsidiaries and affiliates.
(C) Clarify and expand the program for the procurement by regulated public utilities of technology, equipment, supplies, services, materials, and construction work from women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises.
(a) “Women business enterprise” means a business enterprise that is at least 51 percent owned by a woman or women; or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more women; and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more of those individuals.
(b) “Minority business enterprise” means a business enterprise that is at least 51 percent owned by a minority group or groups; or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more minority groups, and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more of those individuals. The contracting utility shall presume that minority includes African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Pacific Americans.
(c) “Disabled veteran business enterprise” has the same meaning as defined in Section 999 of the Military and Veterans Code.
(d) “LGBT business enterprise” means a business enterprise that is at least 51 percent owned by a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender person or persons; or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender persons; and whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more of those individuals.
(e) “Control” means exercising the power to make policy decisions.
(f) To “operate” means to be actively involved in the day-to-day management. It is not enough to merely be an officer or director.
(g) “Renewable energy project” means a project for the development and operation of an eligible renewable energy resource meeting the requirements of the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program (Article 16 (commencing with Section 399.11) of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1).
(a) The commission shall require each electrical, gas, water, wireless telecommunications service provider, and telephone corporation with gross annual revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) and their commission-regulated subsidiaries and affiliates, to submit annually, a detailed and verifiable plan for increasing procurement from women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises in all categories, including, but not limited to, renewable energy, wireless telecommunications, broadband, smart grid, and rail projects.
(b) These annual plans shall include short- and long-term goals and timetables, but not quotas, and shall include methods for encouraging both prime contractors and grantees to engage women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises in subcontracts in all categories that provide subcontracting opportunities, including, but not limited to, renewable energy, wireless telecommunications, broadband, smart grid, and rail projects.
(c) The commission shall establish guidelines for all electrical, gas, water, wireless telecommunications service providers, and telephone corporations with gross annual revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) and their commission-regulated subsidiaries and affiliates, to be utilized in establishing programs pursuant to this article.
(d) Every electrical, gas, water, wireless telecommunications service provider, and telephone corporation with gross annual revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall furnish an annual report to the commission regarding the implementation of programs established pursuant to this article in a form that the commission shall require, and at the time that the commission shall annually designate. The report shall include the information about LGBT business enterprises beginning with the 2016 report.
(e) (1) The commission shall provide a report to the Legislature on September 1 of each year, on the progress of activities undertaken by each electrical, gas, water, wireless telecommunications service provider, and telephone corporation with gross annual revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) pursuant to this article in the implementation of women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprise development programs. The report shall include information about which procurements are made with women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises with at least a majority of the enterprise’s workforce in California, to the extent that information is readily accessible. The commission shall recommend a program for carrying out the policy declared in this article, together with recommendations for legislation that it deems necessary or desirable to further that policy. The commission shall make the report available on its Internet Web site.
(2) In regard to disabled veteran business enterprises, the commission shall ensure that the programs and legislation recommended pursuant to paragraph (1) are consistent with the disabled veteran business enterprise certification eligibility requirements imposed by the Department of General Services and that the recommendations include only those disabled veteran business enterprises certified by the Department of General Services.
(3) The commission shall include the information about LGBT business enterprises required by paragraph (1) beginning with the report due on September 1, 2016.
(f) (1) The Legislature declares that each electrical, gas, water, mobile telephony service provider, and telephone corporation that is not required to submit a plan pursuant to subdivision (a) is encouraged to voluntarily adopt a plan for increasing women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprise procurement in all categories.
(2) The Legislature declares that each cable television corporation and direct broadcast satellite provider is encouraged to voluntarily adopt a plan for increasing women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprise procurement and to voluntarily report activity in this area to the Legislature on an annual basis.
(a) (1) The commission shall, by rule or order, adopt criteria for verifying and determining the eligibility of women, minority, and LGBT business enterprises for procurement contracts.
(2) The commission shall adopt the Department of General Services’ disabled veteran business enterprise certification eligibility requirements for verifying and determining the eligibility of disabled veteran business enterprises for procurement contracts, and shall not deem eligible those disabled veteran business enterprises that are not certified by the Department of General Services.
(3) In initially adopting criteria for verifying and determining the eligibility of LGBT business enterprises for procurement contracts pursuant to paragraph (1), the commission shall adopt the LGBT status qualifiers created by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The commission may update these LGBT status qualifiers as appropriate.
(b) The commission shall develop, and require every electrical, gas, water, wireless telecommunications service provider, and telephone corporation with gross annual revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) and their commission-regulated subsidiaries and affiliates to implement, an outreach program to inform and recruit women, minority, disabled veteran, and LGBT business enterprises to apply for procurement contracts under this article.
(a) Any person or corporation, through its directors, officers, or agents, which falsely represents a business as a women, minority, or LGBT business enterprise in the procurement of, or the attempt to procure, contracts from an electrical, gas, water, wireless telecommunications service provider, or telephone corporation with gross annual revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), or a commission-regulated subsidiary or affiliate subject to this article, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year or in the state prison, or by both that fine and imprisonment. In the case of a corporation, the fine or imprisonment, or both, shall be imposed on every director, officer, or agent responsible for the false statements.
(b) Any person or corporation, through its directors, officers, or agents, which falsely represents a business as a disabled veteran business enterprise in the procurement of, or the attempt to procure, contracts from an electrical, gas, water, wireless telecommunications service provider, or telephone corporation with gross annual revenues exceeding twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), or a commission-regulated subsidiary or affiliate subject to this article, shall be punished according to the penalties established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 999.9 of the Military and Veterans Code. In the case of a corporation, the fine or imprisonment, or both, shall be imposed on every director, officer, or agent responsible for the false statements.
(1) Timely or progressive payments to those businesses.
(2) An amendment of the performance bond requirements so that bond requirements of electrical, gas, and telephone corporations do not prohibitively burden those businesses from procuring the corporation’s business.
(3) The provision of assistance to those businesses by securing contract payments to those businesses with letters of credit, negotiable securities, or other financing arrangements or measures.
(b) This section does not restrict a corporation’s ability to require a bond.
Section 3.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to Section 8282 of the Public Utilities Code proposed by both this bill and Assembly Bill 2760. It shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2015, (2) each bill amends Section 8282 of the Public Utilities Code, and (3) this bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 2760, in which case Section 3 of this bill shall not become operative.
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When learning to fly, students are introduced to a consequence of Einstein's General Relatively theory - albeit not called by that name. According to Albert, there is no way to experimentally determine the difference between a force caused by positional acceleration and a force caused by gravity. That is, if you did not know better, you could not tell whether the downward force on your body (weight) was due to the 32.2 ft/sec2 acceleration of gravity or whether you were standing in a rocket ship that was accelerating through space at a rate of 32.2 ft/sec2. The phenomenon is responsible for many pilots crashing their airplanes under low or zero visibility condition when, believing they are right-side-up and flying straight and level, they are actually in a coordinated turn or even flying inverted in an arc that generates the same acceleration as gravity. Early fliers, like pioneer airmail pilot Jack Knight had to contend with such dangers not because he was negligent in not outfitting his airplane, but because the instruments had not yet been invented. We all owe our cushy existence to people like Jack who risked their lives to push back the frontiers of ignorance.
Outside the tin-roofed hangar and "Operations Shack" at the North Platte, Nebraska air field, a small group of men stood in the chilly, wintry air. Anxiously, they scanned the western sky. Trained ears listened for the roar of a motor. The eastbound mailplane was due at any moment. Pilot Frank Yager had left Cheyenne, Wyoming at 4:59 P.M. They hoped he would be on the ground before darkness completely enveloped the field. Night was closing in fast.
So much depended on the hours between now and dawn. The whole future of the Air Mail Service could hang in the balance. This was a crucial test.
It was February 22, 1921. That morning, four planes took off at opposite ends of the continent in a race against time and the elements. Their mission: To prove the feasibility of a transcontinental Air Mail Service flying in the face of wintry gales and - for the first time - operating at night over certain segments of the New York-to-San Francisco run only 5 months old.
Two of the planes left Hazelhurst Field, Long Island in the pre-dawn hours, westbound for Chicago. With the first light in the eastern sky, the other two planes left from the Marina at San Francisco, eastbound for Salt Lake City. The whole venture was headlined as a bold and desperate move by the out-going Wilson Administration to prove its Air Mail experiment was not a reckless waste of taxpayers' money. Wilson's "Folly" some critics called it.
Things had not been going too favorably for the fledging Air Mail, started on May 18, 1918 with army pilots and World War One trainers flying the New York-Philadelphia-Washington inaugural route. Even after the Post Office Department had taken over the operation and extended it coast-to-coast (September 8, 1920) with planes carrying the mail during the daylight hours and the sacks moving on fast trains at night, the service was far below expectations. Wings did not speed the mail much faster than when it moved all the way by rail. In a last minute gamble, the Post Office decided on night flying.
It was a day of wooden propellers, strut-and-wire braced, fabric-covered, open-cockpit planes. Pilots flew by-guess and by-God, with a minimum of instruments and gadgets as helpmates. Airborne radio communications were unheard of...a pilot was up there all alone. The lighted airway was only a fanciful flicker in some minds. There weren't any emergency landing fields and airports themselves offered only meager facilities.
Nobody knew these circumstances better than the anxious group in North Platte. It included the field manager, the postman who had brought out a sack of mail from the local Post Office, and Captain Jack Knight, veteran of the Cheyenne-Omaha Division, who was waiting to take the mail eastward.
Already, there was bad news. The postman had brought it from town. The first westbound plane had developed engine trouble and was down only a short distance from its starting point. Its sister ship was "grounded" at Chicago waiting for the weather to clear. Pilot Lewis, in one of the eastbound ships, had crashed to his death in the high Sierras of Nevada. Yager's ship was the only one left in the sky. And he was running late.
Knight went inside the shack and called the local Weather Bureau. When he came out again he was shaking his head. "Weather's getting worse ahead. Snow clouds all along the route. Temperature's dropping..."
The roar of a motor interrupted him. Yager! The next moment they saw his wartime deHaviland (DH-4) one of the famous "Flaming Coffins," converted into a mailplane. Yager had the new landing lights - automobile-type headlights mounted in big cones on the outer struts of the biplane - turned on, their beams pierced the semi-darkness that was settling. He circled the field once, then landed. It was a rough landing which snapped the tail skid. It would have to be repaired.
Yager climbed out of the cockpit, looked at Knight with a grin - "You're in luck, son. There's a moon up there above those clouds!"
"...and snowstorms over the plains," continued Jack Knight as they went into the shack for hot coffee.
It was 10:44 P.M. before Knight got away with the moon. He climbed the ship to 2200 feet and pointed its nose eastward.
Roaring through the night sky, ominous, grotesque-shaped clouds swallowed up man and machine - only to release them silently at mysterious intervals for glimpses of the Platte River, a winding, silvery thread below in the moonlight. The river was his friend, Nature's navigator to show him the way. He had other friends, too. At Lexington, Kearney, Grand Island, Columbus and Fremont, public-spirited citizens who knew he was up there, had built bonfires, bon voyage beacons to guide him.
The clouds vanished almost entirely. Over Wahoo, Nebraska at midnight, the sky was so clear he could see the lights of Omaha - 40 miles away. Ten miles out, he sighted the field itself, ringed with brightly illuminated red lights marking the landing area. Some 2,000 persons were on hand to cheer the "flying mail-man" as the ship's wheels touched down at 1:10 A.M. Jack Knight's day was done. He had brought the mail through at night. Another pilot would take over.
Then, Bob Votaw, field manager at Omaha told him. There was no plane in from Chicago. The flight had been cancelled. No other pilot was available. If the mail went through, Knight would have to fly it.
Jack Knight was one of those who had helped pioneer the Air Mail. The 29 year-old Kansas-born flyer, had enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Service in 1917, learned to fly at Ellington Field, Texas, where he became a flight instructor. The war over, he took an engineering job in Chicago, but he couldn't stay out of the sky. His was an airman's world. When the Post Office Department had asked for Air Mail volunteers, Knight joined up. He had started flying the Graveyard Run over the "Hell Stretch" of the Alleghenies, New York-to-Chicago, the first leg of the trans-continental. Then, they transferred him to the Omaha-Cheyenne Division. The North Platte to Omaha segment was his regular run, the main reason they had selected him to take the mail through at night. He knew the route better than anyone else.
But the 435 miles to Chicago, across Iowa and parts of Illinois was strange country and darkness would blot out any landmarks. Moreover, he was tired. That same day he had ferried a ship from North Platte to Cheyenne and return. Then he had brought the mail on to Omaha blazing a new trail in the night sky.
There was no argument. The honor of the service he loved was at stake. He didn't have to go on. It was his own decision to make.
He looked at the sky. The moon was gone. No stars were visible, just the blackness of night. A biting wind whipped him in the face. There was snow ahead. He didn't doubt that for a minute.
"Okay," he said to Votaw, "I'll take a crack at it."
They went inside the shack. For a time Knight studied the automobile road maps, the only charts available. It wasn't much to go by. He drank several cups of coffee to help him stay awake. Then, he walked out to the plane. One of the roadmaps he tacked onto the instrument board in front of him.
"Leave your lights on for an hour," he told Votaw. "If I get lost, I'll come back."
With a roar, the plane took off and disappeared into the blackness. It was 1:59 A.M.
His first check-point was Des Moines. He had it circled on the map. A cross-wind blowing didn't help matters. He had to continuously compensate for drift. There was only the compass needle to rely on. He couldn't see anything below.
An hour and thirty minutes passed. Then, he saw the lights of a city, a kaleidoscopic glow of colors reflecting on the clouds. He had hit Des Moines "right on the nose." The next point was Iowa City where he'd have to land and take on fuel.
His luck was holding, but there was a silent enemy attacking - sleep. He couldn't stay awake. The steady drone of the faithful Liberty motor was like a song of the sky, lulling him into drowsiness. His eyelids closed and it was hard to force them open. Sleep was winning.
He clamped the stick between his knees and slapped his face with his hands. He stuck his head far out over the rim of the cockpit letting the chilly blasts of air hit him. Anything to keep his senses. He even prayed for trouble: something to snap him to alertness. If he crashed because something went wrong, or because of the weather - that was one thing - with honor. But if it happened because he fell asleep - that was total disgrace.
His prayers were answered. Fog, thick and heavy, grey and coldly deathlike rolled in. Minutes later, it turned to snow. Blinding, stinging, swirling snow; a white dizzy, spinning world all around him.
He was wide awake now, fighting the controls to maintain equilibrium. The ship was spinning. Or was it? He couldn't tell whether he was flying right-side-up or upside-down.
Suddenly, a terrifying black mass loomed up straight ahead. He was diving. The ground was coming up to smack him out of the sky. He yanked back on the stick, jammed the throttle handle forward. The wheels brushed the tree tops. The ship roared on.
There was a new danger. The needle on the gasoline gauge quivered on empty. There was only a few minutes' fuel left. He had already turned on the reserve.
Then, he saw something. A brilliant red glare, like a starburst in the night. A signal? It must be the field. He had to gamble that it was. He pointed the ship's nose downward toward the light still glowing.
The plane was in a long, flat glide. He saw some trees, then a clear spot ahead. The next instant the wheels touched the ground and the plane rolled to a stop.
Knight cut the motor. He heard a shout and there was a man with a lantern running toward him. It was the night watchman at the air field. Knight had landed in the very center of the field. The night watchman explained that he had heard the plane's motor overhead and had lighted a railroad signal flare. Everyone else had gone home!
Together, in the snow and cold, they refueled the ship. The snow got worse. Then it stopped almost altogether. Knight got off the ground at 6:30 A.M.
There was more fog as he passed over the Mississippi River. But the fog disappeared and there was daylight to help him. The territory below began to look familiar. He didn't even care when the motor started sputtering and coughing again. The terrain was friendly now. He could pick out landmarks he knew from the days when he flew the New York to Chicago run. They were nearing the field at Maywood, Illinois - the Chicago terminus.
The plane landed at 8:40 A.M., completing the first night flight of the Air Mail. Minutes later, pilot J.O. Webster in another plane was speeding eastward to Cleveland. There, pilot E.M. Allison took over and flew the last leg via Bellefonte, Pa., to New York arriving at 4:50 P.M. - 33 hours and 20 minutes after the mail had left San Francisco.
It was a new record for carrying the mail, coast-to-coast. The Post Office had proved its point. Less than a week later Congress appropriated $1,250,000 for continuing the service and also set aside more monies for building of a lighted airway across America. Completed in 1925, it gave birth to continuous day-and-night, regularly scheduled transcontinental Air Mail Service.
Knight continued flying the mail with the Post Office fliers helping to establish the lighted airway and later with Boeing Air Transport, one of the first of the private air carriers to be granted government mail contracts under the Kelly Act of 1925. When Boeing Air Transport and National Air Transport merged to become United Air Lines in 1927, Captain Jack Knight came along. He didn't quit flying until ten years later, having flown more than 2,400,000 miles and logged 18,000 hours aloft!
Still he stayed on with United as Director of Public Education, spreading the cause of aviation, here and there and everywhere, until he died in 1945.
His last flight with United, incidentally, took him over a familiar route - North Platte-Omaha-Des Moines-Chicago. Only this time "voices" on the ground were in constant contact by radio, feeding him frequent weather reports and flight instructions. A co-pilot was at his side in the lighted cockpit with its galaxy of instruments. He didn't even have to touch the controls part of the time. The automatic pilot was turned on. There were 21 passengers, some reading, some smoking, others asleep, back in the roomy, warm, sound-proofed, comfortably-furnished cabin of the twin-engine all-metal DC-3 Mainliner.
In the cargo compartment was more than a half ton of mail being sped through the night skies at 200 mph. Below, along Jack's route were flashing beacons and brightly illuminated airports. The mail had left San Francisco the night before. The letters would be in New York before noon.
But the flight that made Jack Knight immortal in the annals of aviation was the one he made that night of February 23, 1921. The then Second Assistant Postmaster General, Otto Praeger (generally considered the "Father of the Air Mail") termed it - "the most momentous step in the development of civil aviation."
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Situated very centrally in Amsterdam, it is within convenient walking distance of many major attractions like the Van Gogh Museum, the Rijksmuseum where you can see Rembrandt's paintings and etches, and the Anne Frank House.
Do you like classical music? Amsterdam's concert hall is just 10 minutes away! For anyone who wants to enjoy Amsterdam's nightlife: Just walk around the corner to the Leidseplein, where you will find hundreds of restaurants, bars, the cinema, theatre, and many places with live music concerts.
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Learn who is covered under your auto insurance.
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Your extended family members and friends are covered under your policy due to the rule of permissive use. According to permissive use, any driver is covered by your insurance so long as you have given them explicit permission to operate your vehicle. Just keep in mind that drivers protected under permissive use may have lower liability limits than someone who is actually named on your policy. Additionally, it’s important to note that permissive use only applies when people use your car for short, infrequent periods of time. If a family member or friend is intending to use your car more regularly, then you should add their name to your policy to ensure that they are covered.
If you and your significant other live separately, then they are covered under permissive use much like your other friends. However, if you live under the same roof, then the situation changes slightly. In this case, you will need to add your boyfriend or girlfriend’s name to your policy to ensure that they are covered.
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At the Bioinspired & Integrative Science Lab (a.k.a. The Fermart Lab) we believe materials sciences and engineering have always defined the boundaries of the human technological development and the societal characteristics. In fact, the historical periods of the humanity can be defined by the advances on the use of specific materials, such as stone, bronze, iron, and silicon/plastic. Our next technological age will be defined by the integration of biological concepts and components in every other engineering field, bringing society to what we have dubbed as the “Biomaterial age“.
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Long out of print, George Moore's classic novella returns just in time for the major motion picture starring Glenn Close as a woman disguised as a man in nineteenth-century Ireland.
Set in a posh hotel in nineteenth-century Dublin, Albert Nobbs is the story of an unassuming waiter hiding a shocking secret. Forced one night to share his bed with an out-of-town laborer, Albert Nobbs' carefully constructed facade nearly implodes when the stranger disovers his true identity-that he's actually a woman. Forced by this revelation to look himself in the mirror, Albert sets off in a desperate pursuit of companionship and love, a search he's unwilling to abandon so long as he's able to preserve his fragile persona at the same time. A tale of longing and romance, Albert Nobbs is a moving and startlingly frank gender-bending tale about the risks of being true to oneself. With a foreword by Glenn Close.
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Type 1 and type 2 diabetes are the most common cause of CKD. The body has a hard time moving glucose out of the blood. Diabetes harms the tiny filters in the kidneys. It also causes harm to the heart, blood vessels, and eyes.
High blood pressure is the second most common cause of CKD. It happens when there is high pressure within the arteries of the body. Over time, it harms the kidneys. CKD can also cause high blood pressure.
Polycystic kidney disease is a genetic disease that causes cysts to form in the kidneys. This can lead to CKD. There is a strong genetic link in people with type 2 diabetes who later have kidney problems. Having a parent, brother, or sister, who has or had CKD also makes your risk higher.
These groups are more likely to get CKD because they are more likely to have problems that lead to it. Diabetes is more common among these groups listed than other people. Black men and women are more likely to get high blood pressure than people of other races.
What is chronic kidney disease? National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases website. Available at: https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/kidney-disease/chronic-kidney-disease-ckd/what-is-chronic-kidney-disease. Updated June 2017. Accessed June 18, 2018.
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Terada, Kihei M.D.; Kawano, Shoji M.D.; Shimada, Yoshina M.D.; Yagi, Yasuhiro M.D.; Kataoka, Naoki M.D.
Accepted for publication Nov. 8, 1995.
Address for reprints: Kihei Terada, Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki City, Okayama 701-01, Japan. Fax 81-86-462-1199.
Chickenpox represents primary infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV), whereas herpes zoster occurs as a result of reactivation of latent VZV in the dorsal root ganglia. It has been assumed that one attack of chickenpox confers lifelong protective immunity against subsequent exogenous attacks of VZV, but not against reactivation of endogenous latent VZV. However, we have sometimes experienced clinical reinfection in immunocompetent children who had seroconverted after a live attenuated varicella vaccination, and on rare occasions, we have seen reinfection of chickenpox in immunocompetent children after natural infection. On the basis of their experience with 14 patients with recurrent chickenpox, Junker et al.1 indicated that recurrence of chickenpox may be more common than is generally accepted. There is little information concerning the relationship between recurrent chickenpox after natural infection and specific immunity. We studied VZV-specific immunity in patients with recurrent chickenpox who were seen in our hospital during a period of 4 years.
The subjects were four children younger than 15 years of age who were diagnosed as having recurrent chickenpox in the hospital of Kawasaki Medical School between June, 1991, and June, 1995. Informed consent was obtained from the parents or guardians of the children according to guidelines of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and those of Kawasaki Medical School. The primary chickenpox of the subjects had been diagnosed by different pediatricians, and the findings were documented on their medical records. We omitted subjects whose medical records of chickenpox were not confirmed. We confirmed whether the crops had become crusts in 3 to 4 days and the presence of the scars of primary chickenpox. We determined VZV-specific cellular immunity and humoral immunity using a lymphoproliferative assay and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay,2 respectively, in the acute phase (within 3 days after the onset) and the convalescent phase (4 weeks after the onset) of chickenpox.
Patient 1. This patient was a 14-year-old boy who had been treated for acute lymphocytic leukemia since March, 1991, with a past history of chickenpox at 3 years of age. The course of the primary chickenpox was normal; i.e. vesicles developed crusts in a few days. He was admitted to our hospital for maintenance therapy on September 30, 1991, and was isolated in a clean room until October 21, 1991, for granulocytopenia resulting from chemotherapy for acute lymphocytic leukemia. Two vesicles, each of which was 1 cm in diameter, were formed on the right chest and left thigh on October 30, 1991. We administered acyclovir intravenously. Thereafter these vesicles became crusts in 3 or 4 days. As a result, there was no herpes zoster but seven scattered vesicles were found in a few days. With treatment the chickenpox was mild. There were no patients or hospital employees with chickenpox in this ward before and after this episode.
Patient 2. This patient was a 2-year 4-month-old boy with a past history of chickenpox at 1 year 4 months of age. His first chickenpox, which was contracted from a playmate at a day-care center, followed the usual course. He had received the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine on June 22, 1992. The next day a scattered rash including more than 50 scattered red papules and vesicles was found by his mother, leading her to bring the child to our hospital. However, many of the red papules did not develop into vesicles but subsided, and most of the vesicles developed crusts in 3 days before his next visit. The morbidity of the chickenpox was mild and did not require treatment.
Patient 3. This patient was a 6-year 9-month-old boy with a past history of chickenpox at 4 years and 6 months of age. His first chickenpox, which was contracted from a playmate with chickenpox, followed the usual course. His grandfather and father are physicians. His younger sibling contracted chickenpox 2 weeks earlier. A small scattered rash including approximately 100 red papules and vesicles was found on his visit to our hospital on May 25, 1993. Many of the red papules did not develop into vesicles, and the vesicles were smaller than the usual ones of chickenpox. The morbidity of the chickenpox was mild and did not require treatment with acyclovir.
Patient 4. This patient was a 5-year 5-month-old boy with a past history of chickenpox at 2 years and 6 months of age. His mother had taken him to the home of a playmate with chickenpox to expose the child to this infection. Two weeks later approximately 10 vesicles were found and a diagnosis of chickenpox was made by a pediatrician. Thereafter he did not contract chickenpox even when he had played with playmates with chickenpox. His mother noticed that he had a rash on May 26, 1993, and we saw him the next day. We observed approximately 50 vesicles and red papules, but some of the red papules did not develop into vesicles and subsided. The morbidity of the chickenpox was mild and did not require treatment.
The VZV-specific IgG and IgM antibody and VZV-specific cellular immunity values are shown in Table 1.
Discussion. There have been a few reports regarding chickenpox reinfection after natural infection. Junker et al.1 described 14 generally healthy children who developed 2 to 5 episodes of recurrent chickenpox. Gershon et al.3 reported 8 individuals who developed clinical chickenpox after previously being determined to be VZV-seropositive. Gurevich et al.4 described 3 VZV-seropositive hospital employees who developed chickenpox. Takayama et al.5 reported 2 cases of elderly patients (83 and 90 years of age, respectively) who had recurrent mild chickenpox after exposure to grandchildren with chickenpox.
The diagnosis of chickenpox is based on the characteristic rash and the course of the disorder. Pediatricians usually do not examine the specific antibody except for suspicious cases with an abnormal course. Our cases were not determined to be VZV-seropositive after primary chickenpox. To determine whether the diagnosis of primary chickenpox was correct, their past history of chickenpox was confirmed by examination of their medical records with their guardians' cooperation. All of the first incidences of chickenpox in these patients followed the usual course of chickenpox with the exception of Patient 4, in whom it was mild. We also confirmed the presence of chickenpox scars in three of the four patients. In addition Patients 2, 3 and 4 apparently had been exposed to VZV from playmates with chickenpox before the primary chickenpox. The second form of chickenpox was confirmed by alteration of VZV-specific IgG and/or IgM antibodies.
Patient 1 is thought to have been reactivation of latent endogenous VZV because the patient had been isolated in a clean room until 9 days before the onset. The specific IgG antibody was detected in the acute phase of Patient 1's illness. It is considered that the specific IgG antibody cannot protect against reactivation of VZV, because specific cellular immunity is low. Specific IgG antibody is detected in most patients with herpes zoster.6 The specific cellular immunity of Patient 1 was higher than that of the other patients, but the stimulation index (SI) was low in comparison with those of VZV-seropositive children.2 We have sometimes experienced dissemination of vesicles like those of chickenpox after herpes zoster in immunocompromised patients. Although this patient did not have typical zoster clinically, we believe the findings were consistent with atypical herpes zoster.
Patients 2, 3 and 4, on the other hand, are immunocompetent children, who are thought to have been exposed to exogenous VZV. These patients did not have specific IgG antibody at the onset of recurrent chickenpox. The specific IgM antibody was detected in Patients 2 and 3. The presence of VZV-specific IgM antibody does not necessarily indicate primary infection. Cradock-Watson et al.7 and we,8 respectively, reported that 78 and 50% of patients with herpes zoster had the VZV-specific IgM antibody. If we define positive as SI ≥ 2.0 in specific cellular immunity, only Patient 4 was positive at the onset. Even 4 weeks after the onset, the SI of these cases was 2.0 to 3.2. The specific cellular and humoral immunity responses of these cases were lower than those of immunocompetent children after primary chickenpox.2 Junker et al.1 reported that sequential follow-up of their eight patients revealed one who became seronegative and two who lost cellular immunity and that some of them developed more than three episodes of recurrent chickenpox. We infer that these immunocompetent cases may lose specific immunity with waning of the disease, because the specific immunity responses were low after recurrent chickenpox in spite of the booster effect after reexposure.
Acknowledgments. This study was supported in part by Grant 6-503 from Kawasaki Medical School and Grant 076-709-21 from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture in Japan.
Kihei Terada, M.D.; Shoji Kawano, M.D.; Yoshina Shimada, M.D.; Yasuhiro Yagi, M.D.; Naoki Kataoka, M.D.
1. Junker AK, Angus E, Thomas EE. Recurrent varicella-zoster virus infections in apparently immunocompetent children. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1991;10:569-75.
2. Terada K, Kawano S, Yoshihiro K, Morita T. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) reactivation is related to the low response of VZV-specific immunity after chickenpox in infancy. J Infect Dis 1994;169:650-2.
3. Gershon AA, Steinberg SP, Gelb L, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborative Varicella Vaccine Study Group. Clinical reinfection with varicella-zoster virus. J Infect Dis 1984;149:137-42.
4. Gurevich I, Jensen L, Kalter R, Cunha BA. Chickenpox in apparently “immune” hospital workers. Infect Control 1990;11:510-11.
5. Takayama N, Takayama M, Negishi M. Clinical varicella-zoster virus reinfection observed in two advanced-age persons. Kansenshogaku Zasshi 1992;66:1373-7.
6. Arvin AM, Pollard RB, Rasmussen LE, Merigan TC. Cellular and humoral immunity in the pathogenesis of recurrent herpes viral infections in patients with lymphoma. J Clin Invest 1980;65:869-78.
7. Cradock-Watson JE, Ridehalgh MKS. Specific immunoglobulin responses after varicella and herpes zoster. J Hyg [Camb] 1979;82:319-36.
8. Terada K, Kawano S, Yoshihiro K, Morita T. Natural killer cell activity in herpes zoster in children without underlying disease. Scand J Infect Dis 1993;25:521-4.
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal15(2):179-181, February 1996.
Articles in PubMed by Kihei Terada, M.D.
Articles in Google Scholar by Kihei Terada, M.D.
Other articles in this journal by Kihei Terada, M.D.
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You wouldn’t believe how many people simply don’t invest in property because they think they can’t.
You see, I’ve trained thousands of South African’s on how to invest in property, so you can believe I’ve heard them all!
There are a few specific problems that seem to come up time and time again!
Four problems to be exact.
I’d go as far to say that these reasons are probably the four biggest challenges you’ll face when investing in property.
Because I’m going to show you how to deal with them once and for all.
People who give up on the property journey are stuck in the mind-set that they need their own money for a property deal.
In most of the deals that I do, I never use my own money. I always leverage something called OPM (other people’s money).
To overcome this obstacle, you need to change your mind-set and believe in abundance of money.
There is more than enough money in South Africa for any deal you can think of.
There are millionaire and billionaire investors who are dying to invest in a secure asset like property.
Remember, investors are looking for one thing: A good return.
If you find a good deal, one that promises a good return, you’ll have no problem finding investors.
Don’t waste your energy focusing on how you’ll get the money.
Focus on finding the deals, and the investors will find you.
Don’t forget, this is a business where you’re providing a service to an investor. You’re not looking for charity or begging for scraps, you’re providing investors an opportunity to increase their returns and build a stronger business.
Unfortunately, this is one of the most common excuses and a personal pet hate of mine.
The funny thing about life is that we don’t all have the same opportunities and resources.
Some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths and some people are born in the depths of poverty.
Life isn’t fair, but the one thing we do have in common is the amount of time in the day.
Everyone has the same 24 hours and that is universal, the only difference is that successful people utilise their time better.
Most people in the property game are still fully employed, which is a good thing because it helps them get finance from the banks.
In order to free up your time you need to create systems and processes.
Amateurs focus on tactics, whilst the professionals focus on systems and processes.
The property game doesn’t happen overnight and requires you to plan your week ahead of schedule. If you don’t have enough time, then you need to sacrifice an hour of sleep every day.
Wake up an hour earlier and hunt until you find a good deal.
Spend time over the weekends going to show houses and building relationships with Estate Agents.
At the end of the day you’ll always have time for the things that are important to you.
You’ll either make a plan or you’ll make an excuse.
So, if you don’t have the time for property, it means that you have not prioritised property.
If you want the results, you’re going to have to reprioritise your personal agenda.
Track your time for two weeks and see where you’re spending your time. Determine what you can delegate, where can you save & reinvest time, and how you can make it easier for yourself.
Profitable property investing takes time, and the only place that can come from is you.
Most people want the results until they realise how much hard work goes into the property journey.
I’ve seen it countless times, where a person is fired up and hungry for deals… A few weeks pass and they realise it’s tough and they slowly fall back into the routine of their day-to-day life, forgetting about the reason why they started and accepting mediocrity as the status quo.
It’s a sad thing to see, and unfortunately I see it all too often.
To overcome this, you need to review your goals, vision and your ‘why’.
How serious are you about this?
Because it’s a hard, lonely journey and if you don’t have a strong enough purpose behind it, it’s easy to lose focus and fall behind.
Make sure you know what your ‘why’ is and that you have an accountability partner who will not let you drop your dreams when the going gets tough. This can range from a spouse to a partner and even a friend.
Most people have 9-5 jobs and the idea of investing is daunting.
They often ask themselves, “What if it doesn’t work?”.
It’s natural to not have the confidence in the beginning, but what you have to understand is that many other people (with less skills and resources) have done it, so why can’t you?
Many people have done it before, ask them what they did and how they did it. You’ll learn about the dos and don’ts of property investing and they can give you the confidence to act on a deal based on their experience.
There are also tons of products in the market that can protect you against most of the risks in property.
For example, you can get rental insurance that’ll protect you against voids or non-paying tenants.
You can also get building insurance that’ll protect you against things like vandalism, fires, damages etc.
You can always protect yourself, but remember, you don’t know what you don’t know.
In order to protect yourself, you need to educate yourself.
You need to join a supportive network.
The people in our lives have an incredible ability to lift us up and bring us down.
In order to go through this journey you need to be surrounded by people who believe in you.
Otherwise, you’re fighting an uphill battle alone and it’s just a matter of time before you give in to the pressure.
You’ll also need specific experts in your team. I call this your power team.
For example, you don’t need to know how to evict someone, but you do need an eviction attorney on your team who will know the process inside out.
Make sure you build a power team of professionals that can support you on the technical aspects of property investing.
You need to get the experience.
This is the hardest thing to do.
And I totally get that!
But sometimes you just have to jump in and learn to swim.
It’s not always about doing the numbers and getting the networks, sometimes you just have to pull the trigger and deal with what comes at you.
Once you’ve done a deal, even if it’s not profitable, you would have learnt more than most people who spent their lives behind a book.
Now I’m certainly not saying just go out there, guns blazing!
But get into the field of battle and learn to take some knocks… It goes with the territory.
You need to change your mind-set!
Last but not least, you’ll need to change the way you see making mistakes.
You see, in order for you to be successful in this game you need to see your mistakes as lessons rather than failures.
See a mistake as a lesson on how to do it better in the future.
It’s impossible to go through this journey and not make mistakes. Prepare for it.
When they arrive, thank them for coming so soon and learn the lessons they have for you.
Once you have the lesson, move on and make the next mistake.
It’s no secret that investing in property can be a challenge.
There are tons of investors out there, with far less resources, that’re able to invest in property successfully.
They tackle the four biggest problem they’ll face head on.
They find the capital, find the time, push themselves, and aren’t afraid of failure.
These are problems that stop most investors.
Successful property investors don’t let this happen.
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I’ve been riding bikes since I was a little tyke, for a long time it was the Huffy hand me down from my big brothers and neighbors. My first mountain bike was a Murry and I soon moved on to a Huffy Hammer. I remember this one well; it had a front shock and wide handlebars. I crashed epically on this gem as a kid. It never slowed me down though, a bike to me, a country kid, meant freedom. I often would ride to my neighbor’s house, and we would then have adventures on our bikes in the woods, he rode a Schwinn Sidewinder.
It wasn’t long before I became and adult and started to drive everywhere; the bike was left behind to collect dust. After college I met up with an old friend and he began to tell me about his new found passion, mountain biking. I listened intently; his stories reminded me why I loved my bike as a kid. It was no surprise that I found myself at a local bike shop looking at bikes, with my dad. This time I was 25 and my dad and I talked about how much bike components have changed since I was a kid. Not long after, I walked out with my first Trek 4300, disc brake mountain bike with front suspension. This purchase would lead to many more new adventures, new friends, and new skills.
Like most people I began to mountain bike as an adult with the persuasion from a friend, who had purchased their mountain bike and wanted to relive the glory days of childhood. I soon found that I could take this hobby and use it as a work related skill.
My first formal mountain bike skills camp was disguised as a bike officer training class (International Police Mountain Bike Association), as I was a park ranger in an urban metro park. The bike had become a tool for community interaction. I ate the training up; this was the first time I was shown how to ride with skill and grace. I was taught the fundamentals required to climb, shift, and tackle obstacles in an urban setting. I soon took these skills and put them to task on the dirt trails of Ohio’s Mohican Wilderness. This was my first “big” mountain biking trip, complete with log crossings, intense downhills and switchbacks. Like most folks I continued to ride. I taught my friends everything I could, that soon was not enough. I wanted to ride harder and harder trails, some of my friends struggled to keep up. I began to ask myself why.
On a recent MST Adventures trip to the Slick Rock in Moab, the trail is marked with paint on the rocks, but your line can vary quite a bit.
The “why” it seemed was the foundational skill set I learned in my patrol bike officer training. I had shared these with my friends but they were more interested in just riding. I still continue to work on these skills today and it has helped me progress and grow as a rider. From riding wheelies and manuals to riding skinnies and jumps, I don’t always have time to drive to the trails, and these help me when I can’t get there, but they can be practiced almost anywhere.
I have since taken additional skills classes and clinics. I find that it is a great way to identify bad habits and work on the basics.
I now offer these same skills and foundations as part of my curriculum (International Mountain Bike Association) for Introduction to Mountain Biking, and Trail Riding Basics at MST Adventures. In as little as 6-8 hours you can identify bad habits, build a strong foundation of knowledge and skills that you can continue to use as your skills progress.
The beauty of our class offerings is that you do not need a $5,000.00 bike. I have designed the class to be completed with your “Huffy” on flat pedals. As a student you only need a few things: A bike helmet, spare inner tube and patch kit, and some water. Sure there are a multitude of accoutrements that you could bring but these are the basics. Whether you enjoy a ride down the Bosque or you have aspirations to hit the downhill course at Angel Fire and everything in between our classes have you covered with learning the foundations. Feel free to reach out if you have questions or would like to schedule your class. If you enjoyed reading this Blog, subscribe to our newsletter, it comes out monthly and will have new events, classes, and blog post.
Group rides are always a lot of fun. Our group takes a break after climbing Burro Pass on the Whole Enchilada.
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As a keen sportswoman, I am an incredibly intrinsically motivated individual, and I want to help every one acheive their very best in the subjects I love.
I am enthusiastic and willing to go the extra mile to help anyone, at any level, be the best they can be in their subject.
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I'm Ben, a clinical medical student at Cambridge Uni, with a passion for teaching having done it all the way through my education from sixth form to university!
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All Natural – Frankincense is derived from Nature’s own healing tree known as Boswellia sacra by steam distillation of frankincense gum resin. It is rich in antioxidants and nutrients that are powerful in treating a myriad of ailments, including many skin conditions such as warts and moles!
Helps Dry Up the Mole Faster. Applying frankincense essential oil continuously without fail helps dry up the mole and cut off blood circulation, enabling it to fall off faster. This is because frankincense has astringent properties that tighten skin and remove excess sebum, thereby keeping skin on the mole dry.
Isn’t a ‘Hot’ Oil. Another popular essential oil for moles is oregano essential oil but since this is a ‘hot’ oil that should be used with caution because it is known to give severe burning sensations when applied topically, people with sensitive skin find it too potent and unbearable to use. Frankincense is so gentle that it can even be used ‘neat’ or directly on skin without dilution.
It’s Safe to Use for Moles in Sensitive Regions. As explained above, frankincense essential oil is one of the few essential oils that can be used directly on skin without first diluting it with a carrier oil. This makes it safe to be used for moles on the lips or eyelids without worrying about burns or danger when ingested (100% pure frankincense can be safely ingested in very tiny amounts without harm). However, when using for moles on the lids/eyelids, please dilute it before application.
Unlike the immediate result got with surgical mole removals, using a natural remedy like frankincense oil is bound to take some time to show results. It won’t make your mole magically disappear overnight but slowly dry it up over a period of time, ideally 7-14 days. Your mole will also turn darker during the frankincense treatment so if it’s on an obvious area like your face, you can maybe do it at a time when your off work/school, stick on a band-aid or use concealer to cover it up. Even after the mole falls off, ensure to continue applying frankincense because it has powerful scar-healing properties!
» Apply directly. Place one drop of pure frankincense essential oil on your mole about 3-4 times a day and cover it with a band-aid. Continue this for about 2 weeks so the mole can gradually dry up and fall off. Caution: When using frankincense undiluted on a mole, make sure to protect the skin surrounding the mole by applying Vaseline, shea butter or coconut oil on it. If you don’t protect that healthy skin, the frankincense will get on it and cause irritation and burns.
» Frankincense Castor Oil Treatment. Mix a pinch of baking soda, ½ tsp of castor oil and 1 drop of frankincense essential oil in a small dish and place this on your mole using your clean index finger. Leave it to dry up completely then wash the area with warm water and your cleanser. Repeat every night or twice a day.
» Olive Oil & Frankincense Mole Mixture. The Essential Oil Handbook by Harding gives an effective recipe that combines 1 tsp of frankincense essential oi with 8 tsp of olive oil. Store this mix in a 2 oz amber glass dropper bottle. With the aid of a cotton ball, press the mixture on the mole gently for about 20 minutes twice daily.
Below are some trusted natural remedies for moles that really work with countless testimonials from many people all over the world. If you have more effective remedies for moles then please share in the comments below!
Most people see very fast results when removing moles with apple cider vinegar in as little as 3 days! All you have to do is place a small amount of raw apple cider vinegar (with the mother) on a clean cotton ball. Remember to first protect the skin surrounding the mole with Vaseline or moisturizer to prevent it from getting burned. Now press the cotton ball on the mole and tape it with a band-aid. Leave it on overnight.
Great for removing raised moles in particular, baking soda helps quickly dry out the mole, enabling it to scab and fall off easily. Baking soda mixed with castor oil is a popular and effective remedy for moles. Just combine a pinch of it with about ½ tsp of castor oil and dab it on the mole.
Iodine is a powerful potion for removing moles naturally. The best part about using iodine is that it doesn’t burn like the rest of the above remedies.
I’ve seen people using a piece of fresh garlic on their skin to remove acne and moles and I want to tell you that it’s EXTREMELY potent and can burn like crazy so in my opinion, it would be wiser to dilute the garlic by making garlic oil. Just crush ½ a garlic clove then add to it about 2 tsp of warm olive oil. Leave it to infuse for a day in a small container. Then use a q-tip to apply the oil only on the mole.
This is an olden days remedy for removing oils. You’re supposed to keep applying castor oil on the mole frequently until it shrivels and gets off. Why castor oil works is because of its discutient properties that make it able to dissolve and remove abnormal growths, warts, cysts, tumors, skin swellings and others. To make the castor oil treatment more effective, add a pinch of baking soda to it.
Although many cases of moles are benign, if yours is increasing in size at a fast rate or growing jagged around the edges and feels painful, it’s best to see a doctor for professional medical assessment and possible treatment options.
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A request by luxury brand Gucci to rent the Acropolis has caused Greeks to consider relinquishing management of their national archaeological treasures. Some say it's time for cash-strapped Athens to wise up.
Even to the big, bold and progressive minds here, Greece's decision to slap down a request by Italy's luxury fashion house Gucci to hold a runway show on the Acropolis was largely anticipated.
What wasn't, though, was the public's response, leaving a country divided over whether Greeks should simply stick to conserving their iconic landmark as a beacon of western civilization, or start making a mint out of it, also.
Bureaucrats pick the former. In fact, they insist on it, using every opportunity - including the latest high-profile Gucci gig - to drive the message home.
So, on February 14 and no sooner than Greece's council of esteemed antiquities and heritage management experts were called in the inner sanctums of the culture ministry to meet and review the Italian brand's bid, a rejection had been issued.
The vote was unanimous. The ruling had been rendered rapidly. And what's more, the culture minister rubberstamped the decision instantly, pulling the plug on any compromise deal that could have been reached with Gucci and its promise to inject state coffers with 2 million euros in much-needed cash to assist in the restoration of Greek antiquities.
"We are always open to financial support," the culture ministry said in terse statement. "But the country's dire financial situation does not constitute grounds on which the monument should be ceded."
Debate over the decision took the country by storm. Social media sites clogged up with comments and posts. And mainstream media like "Kathimerini," an Athens daily, lambasted Gucci for "humiliating" Greece with its request.
Greeks have long linked the Acropolis to their national identity. The ministry of culture, also, retains strict control over how the narrative of Greece being the cradle of western civilization is told. The mere notion, therefore, of seeing Greece's prized possession - the Acropolis - put up for rent seven years into a devastating debt crisis, touched a sore and sensitive chord.
"A small nation's insecurity was exacerbated," said renowned writer Apostolos Doxiadis. "But that," he told DW, "is all too often the Greek reaction: dear on symbols, cheap on substance. Culture policy regarding the preservation of our antiquities is totally infuriating.
"There's no shop to show for at the country's foremost museum - the Archeological Museum of Athens," he remarked, citing an example of the culture ministry's failure to manage Greece's cultural legacy. "And yet, Gucci is suddenly the issue?"
With national budgets dwindling and governments across Europe struggling to balance their books, many countries have started to make commercial use of national treasures. Others have unloaded management into private hands.
In recent years,Italy allowed a fashion house to sponsor the Colosseum. Britain, also, has been leasing stately estates like Chatsworth House for decades, even selling a large chunk of its fabled Sherwood Forest to plug a gaping hole in the public purse in 2011.
Now, leading academics and archaeologists are increasingly urging the Greek culture ministry to follow suit - if not for the prized Acropolis site, than scores of smaller and less significant ones, scattered across the country.
Who's fit to manage national treasures?
"The culture ministry was right to strike down the Gucci request," Panos Valavanis, a leading Greek classical archaeologist, said. "But you'd think that the financial crisis would have fanned the appetite for private ventures in the field."
Not too long ago, Stephen Miller, an American archaeologist who has spent over four decades unearthing antiquities in Nemea, about 113 kilometers (70 miles) southwest of Athens, went to Greek officials with a promising plan: to allow private companies to buy up unguarded and under-exploited ruins, cutting a share of the tourist-generated profit to the state and the rest divested to the site's maintenance.
"Everyone at the culture ministry thought I was crazy," Miller said in a telephone interview. "And of course they would because the plan's guaranteed success would have exposed the long-running insecurity and incompetence of bureaucrats doing nothing for decades to manage Greece's treasures."
At the time leading archaeologists, academics and scholars supported Miller and his ambitious designs to loosen the state's vice-grip on the management of its treasures. Many still agree.
"But fighting a sclerotic mindset molded in a nation for ages isn't easy," the retired archeology professor conceded. "I never scrapped the plan; just shelved it to take out when the time is right."
That could take a while, a long while.
Greeks are far from ready yet to relinquish guardianship of their antiquities, critics say. It makes them and the culture ministry wary of losing their grip on history and national identity. What's more, credible management is seriously lacking, spooking already skittish Greeks of any privatization scheme for fear of it leading to fresh pillaging and plundering.
"For any such scheme to work," Valavanis, the archaeologist said, "there must be strict safeguards and an effective monitoring mechanism in place. There aren't yet and it is bound to take some time.
"If Greece's financial crisis has revealed anything," he quipped, "it is that the Greek state has proven to be a lousy manager of its assets across the board."
After years of crisis and a controversial name change deal with Macedonia, Greeks are desperately clinging onto their illustrious past, a potent symbol of Greek national pride. Anthee Carassava reports from Athens.
Almost all ancient sites and museums in Greece were closed due to a strike by museum guards and employees of the Ministry of Culture on Thursday.
A city thought to be founded by survivors of the Trojan War has been located in Greece. After years of excavations, archaeologists have collected tangible evidence of a city that previously only existed in ancient texts.
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This topic came up after the recent death of british teenager Scarlett Keeling on the beaches of Goa. This was soon followed by couple of other unsolved murders / deaths of other travelers. I’m still not sure if this was a conspiracy by other states to dilute the image of Goa as a foreigner’s paradise.
However the fact remains that no place is safe for a lady traveler.. Here are a few tips which could help you out.
1. Always make sure your family and friends know where you are traveling to and call them often to update on your location etc.
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McDonnells is Ireland’s favourite curry, and has been making food taste great for over 30 years. The secret recipe for McDonnells Original Curry was developed in Drogheda in the early 1980s, using an eclectic range of spices sourced from around the world. McDonnells delicious new range of Indian and Thai Curries have been specially developed using a blend of the finest authentic ingredients. The new range includes Tikka Masala, Korma, Thai Green and Thai Red. Mild and Hot versions of McDonnells Original Curry have also been added to the range.
The Chivers family began farming in Histon, near Cambridge, England in the early 19th Century. By 1873 the entrepreneurial Stephen Chivers and his Sons had begun using their home grown fruit to make delicious jams and marmalades. Their dedication to making traditional, high quality jams in a large variety of flavours has been continued ever since, while the Chivers brand has become established as a firm favourite around the world. As an authentic English brand, Chivers high quality delicious jams and marmalades are the perfect accompaniment to a traditional English breakfast or afternoon tea.
Lakeshore Irish mustards are the perfect accompaniment to traditional roast meats, to add a twist of flavour to casseroles, or as the perfect finishing touch to gourmet sandwiches. Our traditional Strong Irish Mustard is made to a recipe which has been passed down for over 100 years, and is a delicious accompaniment to ham or beef. Lakeshore Wholegrain Mustard with Irish Stout is blended with stout for a strong robust flavour. Lakeshore Wholegrain Mustard with Irish Whiskey is a mild and delicately tangy wholegrain mustard blended with a drop of Irish whiskey.
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It has long been the belief in the medical community, and many studies have been conducted to support this belief, that over-consumption of salt in the diet is a major culprit when it comes to the risk of, and actual development of, high blood pressure.
And many doctors will suggest cutting back on salt intake as one of the first courses of action to a patient who is starting to deal with blood pressure issues.
Unfortunately, salt – in its different forms – is one ingredient which adds great flavour to all sort of foods, and this means that we unwittingly ingest more salt than we should, especially if our eating habits involve large amounts of processed foods, or frequent visit to fast food restaurants.
So you would think that by paying attention to the amount of salt in our foods, we should have no problem dealing with our blood pressure issues. However it turns out that the situation is more complicated than that!!
There is at the cellular level in our bodies an important relationship between Sodium and Potassium. Whilst Sodium has the effect of drawing more water into blood vessels which ultimately raises blood volume and hence blood pressure, Potassium has the opposite action of driving excess water out of blood vessels and thus lowering blood volume. The fluid is then excreted by the kidneys along with the excess sodium and this helps to lower blood pressure.
Thus it can be seen that this process which is called the SODIUM POTASSIUM PUMP is essential for maintaining balance between sodium and potassium and thereby helping to keep blood pressure in check.
So, the reason why the sodium potassium pump is important is that it is designed to maintain this balance by drawing potassium into the cells whilst flushing sodium out.
But where this balance starts to go awry is when we eat foods which overload the body with sodium whilst leaving it deficient in potassium. And if we take a look at the typical Western Diet we soon see that this imbalance is all too obvious.
Meanwhile the recommended daily amount (RDA) of Potassium needed is 4700mg according to the USDA.
Alarmingly, it is estimated that only 2% of the population actually consumes the RDA!! Most people are only getting around half that amount!
So the problem with increasing numbers of people suffering from high blood pressure is not at all surprising.
So from the stats quoted above it seems obvious that increasing the intake of potassium rich foods is the answer. And this is where dietary changes can make a difference.
Avocados. 1 avocado has about 975 mg of potassium.
Tomato sauce. 1 cup has 728 mg.
Watermelon. 2 medium-sized wedges have 641 mg.
Winter squash. 1 cup of butternut squash contains 582 mg.
Sweet potatoes. 1 sweet potato gives you 542 mg.
Spinach. 1 cup of frozen spinach yields 540 mg.
Beets. 1 cup has 518 mg.
Another way to boosting potassium is to add a delicious smoothie to your daily diet.
This recipe will give you a refreshing drink which is just loaded with potassium, and if you add some spinach to the mix, one glass will give you close to 1000mg of potassium or a quarter of your recommended daily average.
Method – Peel the kiwi and take out the inside ‘meat’ from the avocado. Next, peel and chop the honeydew melon. Then just blend together kiwi, avocado and honeydew until smooth. This will provide you with 725mg of potassium. To boost the potassium up to 1000mg simply include a cup of baby spinach, and agave nectar for sweetening (if needed) and fully blend.
If you prepare this in advance, and place it in the fridge to chill, then serve – it tastes wonderful!
Whilst it is true that a salt-reduced diet is important for helping to regulate blood pressure, it is vital not to forget that it is only half of the equation.
Boosting Potassium levels should also be factored in, so that the Sodium Potassium Pump can do its job and thereby ensure that the body can maintain that all important healthy balance which promotes healthy blood pressure levels.
Final Note: the body does need a certain level of sodium for proper functioning. Interestingly, research is now showing that not all salt is created equal.
Check out my article on Salt Hypertension Myth or Reality for more details on this!
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Hotels run the entire length of the dead sea on both sides of the border, as one of the main attractions of the area this is no surprise. Spa Resort hotels are the norm, with people coming specifically for the supposed healing properties of the waters.
The Dead Sea is slowly dying. Climate change is having a dramatic effect on the region and the water from the River Jordan, which previously kept the sea level is drying up. Aside from the slow reduction in a site of natural beauty and wonder, it also causes physical issues, as sinkholes and salt flats open up around the sea.
That aside, our hotel had direct, private access to a small section of beach and the water, with a lifeguard on duty to keep us close to shore. Dead Sea mud, famous the world over for its skin care effects is available for use in big wooden buckets, or in a mud pool. Once fully covered, we climbed down the sharp stone beach to get into the water.
It is almost impossible to describe the sensation of floating in the Dead Sea. The buoyancy is so extreme, that all your understanding of how to swim disappears. You can either hang, directly down, feet pointing below you, or be suspended flat on the water. There is no 45 degree angle, as you would normally float comfortably, your legs are forced upwards by the salt water. More well endowed women have their own unique issue floating in the Dead Sea.
You are warned to keep your hands away from your face, and to not put your head under the water. Naturally this proves to be impossible and you discover the incredible strength of the salt in the water. Any cuts or cracks in your skin will redden due to the exposure and there will be stinging that will last a few hours after your swim.
All of the hotels have in house Spas offering saunas, hot tubs, massages and various treatments with Dead Sea minerals to enliven your skin and enlighten your wallet. Whilst I maintain my scepticism of the more magical claims regarding the mud and water in the Dead Sea, the Spa is worth a visit, especially when done at the end of a desert tour riding on the back of a camel and climbing to the End of the World in the burning desert sun.
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ASA Monitor 07 2006, Vol.70, 21.
M. Christine Stock; Breakfast Panels. ASA Monitor 2006;70(7):21.
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Why me? - Because the quality & time does matter I believe in quality work and customer satisfaction and so that I always welcome client's suggestions on my work to make it even better. I know how things trending today will get outdated tomorrow. I keep updating myself with new things so that I can serve my client best. Please have a look at my portfolio for more. My services ○ Logo design. ○ Concept creation. ○ UI/UX design. ○ Brand Identity design. ○ Photo Editing/Photoshop work. ○ Website design. I guarantee to give you my best quality services and quotation. Looking forward.
Senior graphic designer and concept maker. I work as a freelance designer too.
Junior Graphic designer, photo editor and Web designer.
Finest design certification in the logo design competition held by uBrain Inc.
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* 5. What is your current study/ professional status?
* 6. Are you currently a member of Austcham Beijing?
* 7. Describe a situation where you have demonstrated leadership and how this could be relevant to developing commercial links between Australia and China.
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UNDER bright light and on the steps of a Kuta minimart, in full view of everyone, a drug dealer tries to shove two packets of magic mushrooms into the hands of schoolies.
The two Tweed Heads teenagers protest angrily, shoving his hand away, eventually throwing the mushrooms to the ground and running away.
They want none of it.
Earlier another group of schoolies buys pseudoephedrine from a dealer in clear view, just outside the Engine Room nightclub, one of the designated schoolies hangouts.
An Aussie schoolie lashes out during a street fight in Kuta. Picture: Liam Kidston.
Down the road a bit and opposite the Bounty Bar, a dealer discreetly shows us what he's offering, secreted inside the plastic of a cigarette packet.
His cocaine is about $150 for one gram or he will take about $210 for a gram of cocaine and two ecstasy tablets.
Another dealer says he will sell his cocaine for $100 a gram and $50 for two ecstasy pills or $150 for 15 grams of marijuana.
A young Australian man pushes a policeman in Kut. Picture: Liam Kidston.
While the "pseudo" as they call it on the streets is legal when sold as cold and flu medication, the magic mushrooms and the rest are not.
Since late 2014 magic mushrooms, formerly legal on the streets of Bali, have been classed as a type one narcotic - the same as marijuana, heroin and cocaine - and earning a maximum 12-year sentence for possession.
Ecstasy and cocaine are openly on sale on the streets of Kuta. Picture: Liam Kidston.
But with Australian schoolies converging on Bali for their end of year celebrations, the dealers are hanging around the Kuta central nightclubs.
One tells us however, he draws the line at offering hard drugs or trying to sell to schoolies.
"They are just school kids. I don't sell to them. They could get in big trouble," the dealer said.
He doesn't want that kind of trouble. The dealer says he works for a boss and sells on the streets at night when he needs money. It's the only job he's got.
But the mushroom dealer was not so discerning.
On the steps of a minimart, next to the memorial to the 202 people killed in the 2002 Bali bombings, he is insistent the Tweed Heads schoolies take two packets of mushrooms as News Corp Australia watches, within metres.
But the teenagers want no part of it. The dealer insists, trying to make them take the mushrooms in plastic bags.
One of the teenagers later tells News Corp Australia that the dealer was offering them for about $10 a packet.
"He says, 'I sell you mushrooms'. I kept saying no. I don't want them. I know what goes on, they try to make you take it," the teenager said.
And once its in your hand, it's possession under the law.
Aussie schoolies are being warned to stay away from drugs in Bali. Picture: Liam Kidston.
Angry scenes as schoolies fight in Kuta. Picture: Liam Kidston.
After a period of education the ban on magic mushrooms was officially enforced in January 2015 but dealers are still selling.
In May last year, a Singaporean student died after jumping from the fifth floor balcony of his Kuta hotel room after consuming magic mushrooms mixed with orange juice.
The pseudoephedrine the dealers are selling is a cold and flu medication mixed with antihistamine and is readily available as a legitimate medicine in pharmacies.
Pseudoephedrine is also a precursor to methamphetamine.
Dr Mieke Magnasofa, the clinical director at Bali International Medical Centre and Siloam Hospitals, says the medication makes people more alert and active but taken wrongly and in high doses can cause the heart to palpitate and have other adverse side effects.
A young Australian woman being assisted by the Red Frog crew. Picture: Liam Kidston.
She warns schoolies to think about the fact that their actions can have tragic consequences, especially if taking drugs or overindulging in alcohol.
"A holiday in Bali is very exciting, just stay away from drugs and alcohol or you will have a tragic history," Dr Magnasofa said.
"Also make sure you have travel insurance. That determines how the medical treatment will be delivered. Medical costs are not cheap."
One of the lures is the cheap alcohol. One of the clubs is selling cocktails like Sexotic, Blue Bella and Bali Aussie made with house brand alcohol - locally made legal vodka -for about $6 and offers two for one during happy hour. Local alcohol, arak, is offered for about $4 with a mixer.
It is arak which in the past has had tragic consequences, causing blindness and death, with only a small amount containing deadly methanol.
While arak produced locally in legal factories has not been the problem it is the arak made in backyard factories which can be lethal. One of the clubs on the main strip of Kuta is serving its arak from plain unlabelled bottles, in one case an old Bintang beer bottle.
So far schoolies celebrations in Bali have been muted, with little trouble, and the police presence in Kuta is limited.
There have no major incidents, save for a couple of drunken street fist fights between rival schoolies and no one has been arrested. Hospitals report few injuries.
News Corporation has witnessed a number of rowdy fist fights including one on Monday night which stopped traffic in busy Jalan Legian. Police intervened, getting the victim into a taxi, as punches were thrown in all directions and people screamed.
The Red Frogs, a volunteer group that assists schoolies, have set up a tent drop-in centre near the 2002 bombing memorial and next to a police post.
They have been helping intoxicated schoolies back to their hotels. They have about 35 volunteers in Bali.
Schoolies being forcefully offered magic mushrooms in Bali. Picture: Liam Kidston.
Marijuana is widely available from street dealers in Kuta. Picture: Liam Kidston.
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The original and best loved Barrecore class; BarreSIGNATURE uses our unique combination of isometric exercises (small intense movements) alternated with stretching to help you create the longer, leaner looking physique associated with working out at the barre.
In this dynamic class you’ll use a combination of bodyweight resistance, light props, work at the ballet barre and high repetitions to exhaust all major muscle groups. Particular focus is given to activating and toning the arms, thighs, seat and core.
Despite being a high intensity full body workout, this class is low impact and is suitable for all fitness levels. Choreography changes from session to session to ensure you don’t plateau and to keep your muscles guessing.
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Corn Muffin Recipe – These moist, sweet and perfect corn muffins are way better than any box mix! Drop the box and make them from scratch!!
I must admit corn muffins made with Jiffy was a mainstay in my house growing up. It was sweet, moist, and most importantly quick. If you had a box of Jiffy in your pantry, a world of possibilities opened up. With just a few ingredients tossed into the mix, cornbread deliciousness could happen.
When I started making cornbread from scratch, I could not imagine using Jiffy or any box mix going forward. I wondered why I didn’t always make it from scratch since it was seriously so easy.
After working on several different recipes, I wanted to create a corn muffin recipe that reminded me of the ones straight out of the box from my childhood. These definitely fit the bill.
These corn muffins are seriously moist which is extremely important. Cornbread can sometimes have a reputation for being too dry so I took that out of the equation by adding both sour cream, oil and buttermilk. The tang of the buttermilk is also incredible for flavor.
I also added a nice dose of sugar to these babies. I happen to like sweet cornbread even though my people are from the South and swear sweet cornbread is blasphemy. I figure you can just scale back some of the sugar if it is too much for you. The end result is a perfect corn muffin that tastes absolutely sensational. Make these in one bowl and see how easy it can be. Whether you serve them with a big heaping bowl of my fajita chili or eat them alone, I guarantee you will rethink the box next time.
Corn Muffin Recipe - These moist, sweet and perfect corn muffins are way better than any box mix! Drop the box and make them from scratch!!
Preheat oven to 400 degrees and line muffin pan with muffin liners.
In a large bowl, whisk together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until combined.
In a separate medium sized bowl, whisk together buttermilk, egg, oil and sour cream until combined then pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and mix until it just comes together. No need to overmix but make sure it is well combined.
Add batter to muffin liners going about ⅔-¾ of the way up and bake for 14-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the muffin comes out clean. Allow to cool and enjoy.
Cold cornbread dipped in Katsup is a dessert or breakfast made in heaven! Give this a try, I promise you’ll love it!
I’ve tried many, many years to make corn muffins as yummy as Jiffy and a few other box mixes, and this recipe was on point for the job! I’ve tried so many recipes, and then never tried them again, but this one I’m keeping!!!! I served it with turkey tortilla soup with fresh avocado, and those muffins were the perfect addition!! Thank you so much for sharing this with us, Jocelyn!! Also, even though I’m a southerner, I LOVED the sugar!!!
going forward. Thanks so much.
Hooray that’s so fantastic. I would LOVE to know what you did to make it totally vegan and what other grinds and cornmeals you end up using so I can share with my followers!!! Keep me posted.
I could think of so many things that this cornbread would compliment. I will have to whip these together soon.
Few things beat homemade corn muffins fresh from the oven!
I never thought to make these homemade! Love it!
mmmm…these corn muffins look incredible!! Can’t wait to try this recipe!!
Such a great idea to make cork muffins! I need to try it!
Love corn muffins warmed up with butter! These look delicious!
I totally do as well!
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Health officials recently informed 15 patients across New England that they may be infected with Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD). Unfortunately, there is no screening mechanism for the disease, so maybe they will know for sure in five to ten years. CJD, which is caused by a misshapen protein called a prion, is a rare disease accounting for only 200 cases in the United States every year. However, our inability to screen for prion diseases, as well as their relation to Mad Cow disease and Kuru (the cannibal’s disease) cast an ominous and media-hyped light on CJD cases. Prions convert our brains’ proteins into other prions, creating a cascade of neurogenerative disease. But we don’t really know how this happens.
Once symptoms like cognitive defects and dementia arise, there is little that can be done to stop CJD. Like all prion diseases, there is no cure for CJD.
In this outbreak, eight patients at Catholic Medical Center in New Hampshire, five at Cape Cod Hospital in Massachusetts, and two at the Veterans Affair Hospital in Connecticut were exposed to CJD through contaminated surgical equipment shared between the facilities. Typically, surgical equipment used on a CJD patient is either destroyed or sterilized with the most stringent chemical processes possible because prions can survive typical sterilization techniques. In this case, a patient was found to likely have died from CJD during their autopsy, and the equipment used in their surgery had already been reused.
It is believed the original patient suffered sporadic CJD—the most common cause of CJD ahead of direct transmission and mother-to-child transmission. In sporadic CJD—which accounts for 85 percent of all cases—the prion appears suddenly in the brain, perhaps a mutation of existing proteins.
Because CJD is so rare, it is impractical to always use extreme sterilization procedures in the hopes of preempting an exposure like this. However, in 2004, 98 patients of Emory University Hospital in Georgia experienced a similar notification: equipment used in your surgery was contaminated by a previous patient with CJD; you may be infected; we will monitor you over the next several years.
To date, none of the 98 patients from Emory University Hospital or the 15 patients in New England has been diagnosed with CJD. None have developed symptoms. For them, this outbreak is now a waiting game.
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Part three in the 2018 Fragments in Time series. Designs in this series were inspired by cartouches found on antique samplers that were traditionally used to frame the stitcher's name or initials. Can be stitched individually or with all the designs in the series. The model is stitched on 32ct. Country French Café Mocha and the stitch count is 51w x 51h. If stitching all together with the border, the stitch count is 245w x 125h.
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Is texting while driving dangerous? I have always thought the answer self-evident, though perhaps that's just another cognitive bias of intuition. Tyler Cowen points to an economic paper (PDF) that seeks but can't find evidence of a surge in accidents from increased cell phone usage.
Cell phone ownership (i.e., cellular subscribers/population) has grown sharply since 1988, average use per subscriber has risen from 140 to 740 minutes a month since 1993, and surveys indicate that as many as 81 percent of cellular owners use their phones while driving—yet aggregate crash rates have fallen substantially over this period.
In particular, the study looks at a spike in calls from moving vehicles at 9pm, when many cell phone plans transition from peak to off-peak rates. Such a spike exists, but a corresponding rise in crash rates was not detected.
To me the study seems flawed in that a phone call, especially with the rise of Bluetooth and hands-free devices, seems less dangerous than trying to tap out a text message, which requires a long period of focusing your eyes on your handset and tapping with some precision on a tiny keyboard.
The rise of services like Uber help, but it may just be that making humans better or even just less emotional drivers has its natural limits. Self-driving cars can't come fast enough in some ways.
I still want to scream every time I see a driver peeking at their phone while driving, and that was even before I saw the Werner Herzog short documentary "From One Second to the Next" which was commissioned by AT&T.
I was reminded of Darren Aronofsky's short PSA's against the use of meth. The first one I saw from that series The Meth Project really jolted me at the time, it was one of the earliest of the PSA's that employed the shock and awe strategy that I can remember seeing on TV.
My brother has a new Mercedes GL that I rode in over the holiday break. One feature I thought was very clever was a triangular light on either side mirror that would light up if another car was in the blind spot. If you don't look over your shoulders and only glance at your side mirrors when changing lanes, it's a useful, if not life-saving feature.
That's among several innovative safety features available for the GL like auto braking and lane integrity maintenance, though many come only as paid add-ons. None of these will approach Google's self-driving cars in terms of impact on the world, but it's good to see car manufacturers innovating on safety by assisting humans with active disaster avoidance technology.
Incidentally, I saw my first Google self-driving car today as I came out of lunch. It was parked at the curb just outside Marlowe in SOMA. I have no idea if it drove itself there. It had a camera mounted on its roof that was spinning rapidly, perhaps serving as one of its eyes. Some are intrigued by Google Glasses, but I find self-driving cars to be Google's most compelling project. The global impact of self-driving cars will be many times greater.
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HOUSTON (Sept. 30, 2004) -- Researchers using extremely high resolution imaging have found an atomic switch capable of discriminating color in a bacterial membrane protein.
In a paper posted today on Science Express, the rapid advance publication page of Science, scientists from The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and the University of California, Irvine, describe the versatile light-sensing protein at levels of resolution smaller than a nanometer--one billionth of a meter.
"High-resolution X-ray crystallography revealed the light-absorbing part of the protein was present in two alternative positions, suggesting to us that light of different colors drives this protein back and forth between two differently colored states of the protein," said co-senior author John L. Spudich, Ph.D., director of the Center for Membrane Biology in the UT Medical School Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
"Chemical analysis and spectroscopic methods then proved that the switch, buried in the middle of this membrane-embedded protein, similar in structure to our visual pigments, is controlled by blue versus orange photon absorption." Spudich said.
That function makes the protein unusual among its family of light-sensing proteins known as rhodopsins, which are present in microbes and higher animals. In human eyes, rhodopsin is the light-absorbing pigment of the rods, located in the retina. The team studied a new-found rhodopsin on the surface membrane of the bacterium Anabaena, classified as "blue-green algae" or cyanobacteria, which rely on photosynthesis to generate energy.
Having a single sensory protein capable of distinguishing color would provide Anabaena with information about the color of light available in its environment, enabling more efficient harvesting of light for photosynthesis, Spudich said.
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*The above data is based on the productmolecular weight 482.8. Batch specific molecular weights may vary from batch to batch due to solvent of hydration, which will affect the solvent volumes required to prepare stock solutions.
Regorafenib (also known as BAY 73-4506) is an oral multi-kinase inhibitor developed by Bayer which targets angiogenic, stromal and oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK). Regorafenib shows anti-angiogenic activity due to its dual targeted VEGFR2-TIE2 tyrosine kinase inhibition. It is currently being studied as a potential treatment option in multiple tumor types.
1. Chu E. An Update on the Current and Emerging Targeted Agents in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer. Clin Colorectal Cancer. 2011 Jul 11. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21752724.
2. Demetri GD. Differential properties of current tyrosine kinase inhibitors in gastrointestinal stromal tumors. Semin Oncol. 2011 Apr;38 Suppl 1:S10-9. Review. Erratum in: Semin Oncol. 2011 Jun;38(3):467. PubMed PMID: 21419931.
3. Wilhelm SM, Dumas J, Adnane L, Lynch M, Carter CA, Schütz G, Thierauch KH, Zopf D. Regorafenib (BAY 73-4506): a new oral multikinase inhibitor of angiogenic, stromal and oncogenic receptor tyrosine kinases with potent preclinical antitumor activity. Int J Cancer. 2011 Jul 1;129(1):245-55. doi: 10.1002/ijc.25864. Epub 2011 Apr 22. PubMed PMID: 21170960.
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RE: [libreoffice-users] new version of LO gives gibberish for excel file.
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TOP IS ONE SIZE FITS ALL! Paired here with our Kalani 2.0 Top!
Model is normally a size large in tops, 36DD bust, and wears size 11-12 jeans!
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The purpose of quizzing is to instill the knowledge and desire to know the Word of God. The Bible is an incredible compass for people to use to stay focused on what True North is. By memorizing Scripture, practicing with other believers, being coached by passionate teachers, and quizzing against other students, a true knowledge and desire for Scripture will be established in the hearts of our youth.
Junior & Senior High - practice on Sundays at 5:00pm at AEC.
All students in grades 7-12 are welcome to join!
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Home » Places » Your results for SY4 3BJ » 70, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Semi-detached House. of a replacement single storey kitchen extension.
We can complete Advertising Billboard Design in Hopton SY4 1 to create the best. Booleybank; Hill Houses;. like to find out about the cost of advertising on.
This area could easily be re-landscaped to provide an extension to the lawned. Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4. 3 bedroom semi-detached house for sale.
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3 bedroom detached house for sale in Northwood, improvement and/or extension works, Battlefield, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 3DR. Registered in.
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In case you didn’t watch the Golden Globes last night, or like many, you got bored and turned it off — here is a two and a half minute highlight reel of comedian/host Ricky Gervais‘ funniest jokes. Gervais was at his best, slamming all of Hollywood including the Hollywood Foreign Press. Some even say he went over the line, including HFPA President Philip Berk who admits that “Some of the things he said were totally unacceptable.” Watch it now embedded after the jump.
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3D Animation has come a long way in recent years. In his research work ” The Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine”, author Tim Vernon lists the benefits of 3D Modeling and animation in the medical field.
The advantages of 3D animation start with a superior ability to portray movement. Through 3D animation, we can reveal not only the spatial relationships of anatomy but also how that anatomy functions. How is a coronary artery stented, what is the precise motion of a fetus as it traverses the birth canal? Because animation permits us to simulate motion, a brief sequence can render concrete a concept or idea that would otherwise remain an abstraction when explained via verbal testimony or through a series of illustrations.
High-impact, cutting edge animation always elevates your company’s image. The added production value of artistic, cutting edge animation can say a lot about your organization. Whether for marketing, sales, training, or educating the general public about your services, Austin Visuals Medical Animations give you the ability to make your point more clearly, concisely, and convincingly.
Next PostHow to choose a good 3D Animation Studio.
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When I spin, I rarely have a project in mind for the resulting yarn. Although I’ve been a spindler since 2010, I still consider myself a beginner. I have the techniques down pretty well, but am still getting a feel how I want to spin different fibers. One fiber might result in a few very different skeins of yarn as I experiment and play. Sometimes I mix fibers together in different ways, and other times I make a small amount of consistently spun yarn.
In 2012, I took a Spinning Samples class with Celia Quinn. Over three full days, we spun samples of 84 different types of fiber. Each sample was spun in both worsted and woolen styles where practical, then finished as both a single and a 2-ply yarn. Rather than continually starting and stopping, it was suggested that we bring some brightly colored fiber to separate the samples along the way.
The fiber that I used to separate my samples was four ounces (113 grams) of 100% wool Kraemer Yarns Mauch Chunky Roving in the colorway Kiwi; I didn’t come anywhere close to using all of the roving. In 2013, I spun it into about 175 yards (160 m) of DK weight 2-ply yarn.
And that brings us to this past week. I was poking around in Ravelry and happened upon the free Irma Hat pattern by Aneta Gasiorowska. I was drawn in by the way the raised zigzag pattern in the body of the hat comes together and interlocks at the top of the crown. The yarn weight from my Kraemer handspun was just right, and I actually had a little more than the amount called for in the pattern.
The pattern was easy to knit and worked up quickly. Although the pattern is written for one size, there is a note on how to adjust the sizing up or down. I don’t have a big head (ahem), but I do have a lot of hair so I added one repeat of the pattern to make the hat a little bigger.
I’m looking forward to brightening up a dreary winter day by wearing this hat. And I’m happy to have found just the right project for one of my handspun yarns.
Thank you! Our temperatures took a dip so I've been able to enjoy wearing it already.
I love the color and pattern. You are very talented.
Thank you again, Barbara, although I can't take credit for the pattern!
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Bali Dekom Surf's Surfing School offers choices of the course by day and level. It is good lessons for who want to skill up. If you are not confidence to go to ocean alone and want to skill up, you try this course. They offer qualified lesson!
Qualified service by Japanese staff!
Reception is in a hotel. Air conditioning, comfortable!
Many instructors from famous surf school. Speak English!
World famous surfers & tourists are there, lesson at Kuta Beach!
The point is only 20-30m far from beach!
One to one lecture by instructor. Full time lesson from morning to evening!
School menus are 1 - 3 days . There are 2 levels of Beginners course or Intermediate course . There are 3 types of lesson, Total Private (1 student, 1 instructor), Semi Private (2 students, 1 instructor) and Group (3 students, 1 instructor), so please choose by your level and plan.
I explain differences between beginners course and intermediate course!!
At first, beginners course is for who try surfing first time. If you already have experienced surfing but you cannot take-off (stand up on the board) or you don't have confident to take-off and learn basic skills of surfing, you may choose beginners course!
Next, intermediate course is for who are not beginner but still want to level up. It is suitable for who can paddle to get out, can dolphin through, can take-off smoothly, and can surfing in chest size wave!
Our instructor will paddle out with students and they will give some riding advice and pushing you to catch wave if they need it. Please choose the good course for your level!
In DEKOM Surf, some of them have had taught at famous top surf schools. During lesson, they are concentrate on teaching students. They also can speak easy English for lesson. There are total 7 instructors.
Go to sightseeing by Car Charter!
- After 2nd day, schedule doesn't include *1 and *2.
- In case of applying more than 4 days course for intermediate level surfer, Surfing Guide is recommended. Please contact us about beginners course.
- Half Day Course is half day of the schedule above (2 rounds).
- *3 After finishing Morning Lesson, usually take a lunch break, however, sometimes Afternoon Lesson starts after 30 min. break depend on the tide condition.
- *3 For lunch break, please pay for meal by yourself. You can go to your favorite restaurant in Kuta.
Which is the good season for surfing, dry season or wet season?
We recommend dry season (April to November). It is not rain and wind tend to be weak, so it is easier to surf.
How much experience do I need for short board surfing?
You need stable skills of paddling and take-off for short board surfing. It is better to challenge little by little, you try shorter board. If you use a short board before enough experience, you cannot take-off and cannot enjoy surfing. Don't lash.
What kind of land training is recommended?
You should practice standing pose to reflect to a mirror. Good stance and style helps quick skill up. It is also necessary to train take-off. In addition, you build up your muscle for paddling and take-off riding. You may try exercise in daily.
Please check other information in Surfing Q & A page.
* The maximum 6 people can be fit in one car.
* Dropping-off at other places is available (Jimbaran/Kuta/Seminyak area only).
*For accompany who is not surfing will charge Rp.75,000/person for both way and Rp.40,000/person for one way.
Plentiful practice with 3 days surfing lesson package. I thought I had already got improved my surfing skill in the evening of the first day. I want to improve my surf skill like a surfing instructor!
It was the first time for me surfing, and I could not stand up on the board even once. It was very hard for me pose on the beach. I thought that it was impossible for me to be able to surf, but when I got into the water and tried to do like the teacher istructed!! I could stand up on the board at the third times!! I thought it was good that the instructions was in Japanese. I’d like to surf again.
I had never been surfing before, I wanted to do a new thing in Bali and I challenged to surf! I think I’m scared to get into the sea if I couldn’t understand the instruction well, so I decided to join Dekom Surf managed by Japanese. All staffs speak good Japanese and well-trained. I was not confident because I’m not athletic, however I could stand up on the board well.
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Thought I would share an idea I'm using in my campaign.
Instead of Xeres being the god of Madness, Insanity etc... I'm going to use him as the god of Truth and Foresight. A massive change you might think but I think it could work. The world of Twylos will still perceive Xeres as the god of all the bad stuff as the main role he plays in the world is to punish people who tell intolerable lies. Priests of other cults who abuse there position and corrupt others under them will soon find themselves falling to the Curse of Xeres.
Very rarely there will be a true follower of Xeres who is a prophet/truthsayer/oracle, however unfortunately these are often taken as madmen due to nobody knowing the truth about Xeres.
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There has never been a better time in history to be in the market for a new truck. Ford, Ram, and Toyota all make models targeted at the off-road market, folks like you and us. How the automakers go about building the mousetrap varies though, as we found when we recently had the opportunity to flog the new Ford Raptor, Ram Power Wagon, and Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro against each other in a heads-up shootout. Each had their strengths, but also quirks that kept them from being perfect in our opinion.
The Ford Raptor works great in the sand dunes—once you figure out how to turn off all of the stability and yaw control so that it does not pull power when you’re trying to pitch the truck in the sand. We found that the 10-speed auto transmission shifted on its own even when set in manual mode, but that triggering the magnesium paddle shifters on the steering column did result in rapid, sure gear changes.
The Raptor really has no competition when it comes to a desert-ready truck, but Ford still upped the game for 2017. That means more horsepower, larger shocks, increased wheel travel, more transmission gears, and a stiffer frame than the outgoing Raptor. This truck has the performance of a heavily modified truck without the usual compromises regarding fit and finish, reliability, and road manners. While we expected the Raptor to perform well at speed, we were surprised by how well this truck worked for low-speed trail wheeling.
The biggest complaint from our staffers was the uninspiring exhaust note from the 3.5L high-output EcoBoost engine. Also, some felt that the twin-turbo engine was a little lazy with regards to throttle response. The dizzying array of terrain modes and stability control options was overwhelming at times, and we never did feel like we found the right combination to get the most out of the Raptor in the dunes. If you owned this truck you could likely dial it in with some gameresque combination of pushing buttons and secret passwords, but we did not find this to be as intuitive as it is on the other trucks.
The Power Wagon seems to be a well-kept secret. We are surprised we do not see more of these trucks put to backcountry use. The features on the Power Wagon include everything we typically add to our own projects, like solid axles with locking differentials and low gears, skidplates, and a front winch. There are also features straight from the factory that are not available from the aftermarket, such as the disconnecting front sway bar, which make the Power Wagon incredibly capable while providing OE fit and finish.
While the 6.4L Hemi makes over 400 hp, it only feels adequate in the 7,000-pound truck. All of that weight is evident on the trail too, where the tanklike Power Wagon sometimes struggled in places that the lighter Tacoma tiptoed through without issue. This truck benefits from plenty of aftermarket support though. It is basically like a big Wrangler Rubicon. If we had a Power Wagon we would add a set of rock sliders, throw on some 35-inch-tall tires, get an auxiliary fuel tank, and then hit the trails with no worries.
The Tacoma TRD Pro is full of buttons and gadgets like Multi Terrain Select and Hill Descent Control. These features are a bit of a black box, but as you would expect from a Toyota, they work well.
The Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro is not a direct competitor with the Ford Raptor, but it does use the same philosophy of adding bigger-diameter shocks and more wheel travel for increased off-road performance. While way down on power compared to the Raptor and Power Wagon, the Tacoma is noticeably lighter and nimbler in every situation from urban parking to dune bashing. It is also the least expensive truck of the three and got the best mileage, as you would expect from a midsized truck.
Our complaints about the Tacoma TRD Pro are the same as for other Tacomas, which mainly focus around the dated interior and uncomfortable seats. The shifting of the six-speed automatic is better than other Tacomas we have tested, but the jury is still out on the 3.5L V-6 engine and its lack of torque. The TRD Pro commands nearly $9,000 more than the TRD Off-Road package. For that difference we would be tempted to add aftermarket shocks and better tires than the P-metric Goodyears that come on the TRD Pro.
The one thing all of these trucks have in common is that they are far more capable than a standard base model, but you don’t even have to get your hands dirty before you wheel them. Plus, the entire package can be financed and the whole truck is covered under warranty. We are eager to get our hands on a Chevy Colorado ZR2 to see how it stacks up against the current crop of supertrucks. Will it be the magic bullet free from compromise? We can’t wait to find out. It is a good time to be a truck guy with good credit or a chunk of change in the bank account.
Ford is making history again, this time as the first manufacturer to offer a 3-inch-diameter, nine-position internal bypass shock from the factory. The suspension provides 13 inches of travel in the front, 13.9 in the rear. The previous generation of Raptor used 2 1/2-inch shocks and offered 11.2 inches of travel in front, 12.1 in the rear.
While designed for the desert, the Raptor suspension offers ample articulation for slow-speed trail work. The width of the truck offers excellent stability, but visibility and simply fitting it on tight trails can be challenging.
The Raptor’s twin-turbo EcoBoost V-6 dominated at the dragstrip with its 450 hp and 510 lb-ft of torque. Thanks to the aluminum body, the new Raptor weighs 500 pounds less than the previous model despite substantial frame and shock mount reinforcements and a full undercarriage skidplate array.
The undercarriage of the Raptor is well protected from the front to the lower A-arms with a host of aluminum skidplating that’s ribbed for extra strength and rigidity and bolstered by steel reinforcements where required. Not only does the skidplating protect the undercarriage, but the flat shape helps undercarriage aerodynamics and improves mileage. Also note the closed tow loops that are easy to access at the front of the skidplate. Two more real loops are at the rear.
The rear selectable locking differential and front Torsen limited-slip differential provide the Raptor with excellent traction on the trail. There is even a series of cameras that can display views on the touchscreen in the dash at slow trail speeds, but we found them to be no substitute for a good spotter.
The Raptor comes shod with 35-inch-tall BFGoodrich AT KO2 tires. These are the newest generation of the tire previously used on the Raptor, and in the same size. They are mounted on forged aluminum wheels that can be converted to true beadlocks using rings available through Ford.
High-speed driving is not the strongest suit of the heavy Power Wagon, but with specially tuned coils front and rear and well-valved Bilsteins at all four corners, it did much better than you’d expect a 3/4-ton pickup to manage. And with 410 hp on tap and lockers from and rear, it never got stuck. In fact, this was the truck of choice to extract other vehicles when they were mired.
The Power Wagon is the only one of the three that offers a solid front axle and a recirculating-ball steering box instead of a rack-and-pinion. The AAM 9 1/4 front is a beefy unit filled with 4.10 gears and an electronic selectable locker. We could do without the CAFE–inspired axle disconnect, though.
The Power Wagon shares the radius arm front suspension design with the rest of the 2500 line, but with a few tweaks. The Bilstein shocks and coil spring rates are Power Wagon–specific. The passenger-side radius arm on the Power Wagon has an extra bushing that reduces binding when the suspension articulates. There is also an electronically disconnecting front sway bar, just like the Wrangler Rubicon.
Placing a legit shift lever on the floor of the Power Wagon not only ensures that your transfer case engages without relying on wiring and solenoids, but it also frees up space on the dash for the front and rear selectable lockers and electronic disconnecting sway bar controls.
The Power Wagon is the only truck that comes from the factory with a winch. And not just any winch; it has a 12,000-pound Warn. Our only complaint is that it has steel cable, and we would prefer synthetic cable for safety and to reduce weight on the nose of the truck.
Yes, it is a Power Wagon, we know. One of our only complaints with this truck is the “Look at me!” graphics on the bed and the tailgate. The bed graphics are somewhat forgivable since they emulate graphics of the 1970s Dodge pickups, but the tailgate lettering is a bit overwhelming. We understand Ram’s interest in setting this truck apart from the regular 2500, but we prefer sleepers.
Like the TRD Off-Road model, the TRD Pro offers Crawl Control, which is essentially cruise control for low-speed trail duty. Some feel that it lessens the driving experience, but it is incredibly effective. Just push the Crawl Control button and dial the switch to select speeds from 1 to 5 mph and the truck does the rest whether climbing or descending. We don’t care for the off-road controls on the overhead console next to the sunroof button, however. Even after a week in the vehicle we still found ourselves searching for the buttons on the dash or next to the shifter where they should be.
The independent front suspension and rear leaf-spring suspension on the Tacoma worked incredibly well in every environment we encountered, from the ramp to the pavement to the trail. As you would expect, most of the articulation came from the rear of the truck with its long, supple leaf springs.
The TRD Pro Tacoma is set apart from the TRD Off-Road model by the addition of 2 1/2-inch-diameter Fox internal bypass shocks. Compared with the standard Tacoma, the front coilovers provide one inch of additional wheel travel, and the rears are remote-reservoir models that provide 2 1/2 inches of additional travel.
Despite our best efforts we were never able to bottom out the suspension of the Tacoma in the sand. This truck was a blast in the dunes with the traction control off and the transmission in manual mode to keep the rpm above 3,500 where the engine makes its power. The lighter weight compared to the other trucks was most noticeable in this environment.
The TRD Pro Tacoma rearend uses an 8 3/4-inch ring gear with an electronic locker. Unlike past models, the solenoid is within the third member, where it is better protected from the elements. This is the same rearend Toyota uses on the Hilux models sold around the world.
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All of my friends come from different walks of life, but for my friends who didn't come from a farm they sometimes have a hard time understanding the farm lifestyle. Here's a list of some things your non-farm friends just don't understand.
1. You don't have set work hours.
2. Your hygiene levels are not equal to theirs.
No matter how much you clean up for a night out on the town your non-farm friends can always pick out the lingering odor of barn that you've become immune to. That smell just lives in your skin and clothes and can't be washed off just like the grease in the callouses of your hands.
Or maybe you didn't have time to fully scrub up and quickly just changed your clothes before heading out. Now you're downtown eating some fancy dinner and your non-farm friends point out that you have hay in your hair and manure stains on what you thought were clean jeans.
3. You wear boots everywhere.
Work, casual, weddings: boots are not for just out in the barn and can go with any outfit even if the general public doesn't find it fashionable. Your non-farm friends just don't understand that wearing anything besides boots on your feet just doesn't feel right. Although they are usually quite thankful to find out that you have a separate pair of boots for going out aside from your barn boots.
4. You're not the life of the party.
It's 11 p.m., the music's blaring, people are up and about socializing and you're half passed out on the nearest couch. You've been up since the crack of dawn and its way passed you're normal bed time. Your non-farm friends convince you to stay up and enjoy the party. Once it dies down everyone hits the hay and now you're stuck pulling an all-nighter since morning chores are just around the corner.
5. You're so fit and tan.
Your non-farm friends are sometimes jealous of the fact that you pretty much eat whatever you want and don't gain weight or that you're a golden bronze color all summer long. If they knew how hard you worked all day or that you're entire summer is spent outside in the hot sun they probably wouldn't be so envious of your appearance.
6. You avoid certain conversations.
7. You make a big deal over what color a tractor is.
To your non-farm friends it's just a different paint color, but to you it's one of the greatest debates in farm history.
8. You take farm terminology seriously.
If your friends ever come over to the farm and point out a steer and call it a bull, you'll be the first to correct them. They may not have come from a farm, but you'll make darn sure to educate them on the differences between a cow and a heifer, hay and straw, and a plow and a disc.
9. You have different life goals.
While your non-farm friends might be busy trying to climb the corporate ladder or save to buy that house up on the hill, you're busy at an auction trying to see if you can get a steal on some cattle or out trying to make a six-digit offer on a piece of potential acreage.
10. Your pictures on social media don't look like theirs.
Your friends that don't come from a farm sometimes find it strange that all your pictures on your social media are of nothing but animals, barns, tractors, and crops. Before they open one of your snapchats they are probably thinking, Let me guess? Another picture from working out in the fields ,and yes, their hypothesis is correct upon opening the picture. Or maybe it's simply the fact that you only take selfies with your livestock that puzzles them.
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I’m not sure the pointing finger is as recognizable as what it’s supposed to be as I had hoped, but I think you’ll get the drift of the joke. Someone once told me that someone once told him that someone once said that some famous artist whose name now eludes me once said that the human finger pointing forward is the single most difficult thing to draw, paint or mold out of mashed potatoes. Whether or not this is true, I cannot say with any kind of authority, but it’s definitely in the top ten.
Billy, don't be a hero!
Great song by the way...Not !
And yeah, I have a lot of trouble drawing pointing fingers straight at me. It is very difficult.
I like the description haha - the strip is also funny.
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Maybe a lightweight, but his punching power is nothing to sniff at.
Jake Denver Malone, JD for short, is one of the true success stories of Greg's Gym. Trained by Greg Kinnear and Mark Little, JD quickly made a name for himself in the boxing world and is coming up for a title-shot "any day now".
He still attends the gym and passes on some of his skills, as well as stories, to the local kids, using his status as a Celebrity to do some good in the community.
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“A man should play the flute… but not too well,” or so said the ancient Greeks, according to my 9th-grade Ancient History teacher, Mr. Taishoff. In a nutshell, the phrase meant that a human being was supposed to be well rounded, by practicing a variety of arts. Remember, we are talking about a time and a place in history when the capabilities of the human being were exalted above all else–that’s humanism, or “belief in humans”–and what better way to exemplify the awesomeness of humans than to be good at bunch of different things? I mean, what other species can say that? Now, if playing the flute is a good thing, what could be wrong with playing it really well? If a person played the flute “too well,” that would mean that he must be practicing it to the exclusion of other pursuits. That would be failing to take advantage of all the things that could be done.
You see, the overall Greek notion of “excellence,” encapsulated by the term arete, was somewhat different from ours today. From our perspective, I think most would agree that the best imaginable flute player in the world would easily be considered “excellent.” Arete is broader. It means something more like: “Being whatever an entity is, by its ideal nature, to the hilt.” What is “excellence” for a horse, say? Horses are valued for qualities like intelligence, nobility, loyalty, determination, speed and “heart.” A horse that possessed those qualities would be a great example of a horse; it would have arete. What is excellence in a knife? We could come up with a list of ideal qualities for that, too. How about in a tennis racket? Sure. Now then, what is “excellence” in a human being? A person who was exemplary in doing all the things that humans do–good or bad–would have arete as a human. The list of best qualities for a human would be long: courage, honesty and compassion would probably be there, to name just a few. But a crying fit, if it were something like “a well executed crying fit,” could also possess arete, because it would be a good example of something humans do. Anything that approached the idealized template of itself (think Platonic forms) could have arete. So, apparently, if we are to believe the saying about flutes, the ancient Greeks did not consider being really, really good at just one thing to be “excellent.” Exercising a variety of talents went more to the heart of being human, in their opinion.
I don’t know about you, but I have always pressured myself to be “excellent.” I have chased it many places, through all my years of schooling (straight A’s, please), into my professional life (top pay and prestige, or else!), and along many avenues of love (seeking the “perfect woman”). I have found this kind of excellence now and again in my life, but often I have felt disappointed, probably because I have confused excellence with being the best. Too often I have sought this chimera of being or having “the best” at the cost of something real and very good closer at hand, including my own peace of mind. So, my fellow perfectionists, take note: I am now deciding to embrace the broader Greek concept of arete instead, which has always appealed to me anyway, ever since I heard about it back in 1980.
Does saying I plan to play the proverbial flute, but not too well, mean I am settling for mediocrity? No. I like doing things well. “But isn’t there actually a single best human at certain things?” someone might ask. Sure. Someone who wins gold medal after gold medal in successive Olympic games is literally the best at their sport, I’d say, and there is indeed one richest person in the world, and so on! But thinking I had to be something like that, one out of seven billion, has not served me. What I can do is to be good at being a human. What qualities would be signs of arete in a father? How about for a husband, teacher, actor, model builder, photographer? Then also, what glorious foibles might there be in store for each? (Father loving his kids? Nailed it. Father losing his temper with the kids? No fun, but…nailed it.) These are goals to which I can proudly aspire, no gold medal required.
Ouch! Erica just gave me an exemplary ribbing, delivered with a laugh and a hug: “A man should blog, but not too well.” Ha ha. That’s right, this don’t have to be the best blog in the world!
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Maybe Lily Dale, New York is just like any other town. But its reputation as "the most psychic town in America" certainly suggests otherwise.
billrock54/FlickrThe gates at the modern-day Lily Dale Assembly.
In one small, southwestern New York town, the streets haven’t been widened since the days of the horse and buggy. Victorian cottages dot tree-lined neighborhoods. Playfully referred to as “the town where no one dies,” Lily Dale is more than just the setting of a Supernatural episode. It’s a hub for spiritualism — and has been for 138 years.
These days, a good portion of the town’s 500 or so residents claim that spirits do not just “live” among them; residents say that they can feel their presence, too.
Indeed, with the aid of the town’s three dozen or so registered mediums, Lily Dale residents and visitors claim to be able to contact the deceased. People of all ages and from around the world — about 22,000 visitors every summer — flock to this spiritual haven to find answers, peace, or healing.
What’s behind it all? These days, Lily Dale stands as one of the last outposts of Spiritualism.
The religion takes some cues from Christianity — like a belief in God, which adherents refer to as “infinite intelligence” — but adds the credo that spirits are able and willing to communicate with the living. Spiritualists look to mediums — those who can bring the living and the spirit world together — to do get these conversations started.
As Spiritualists believe that nature plays an important part in facilitating this engagement, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that most of Lily Dale’s religious activities revolve around the outdoors.
With its numerous shops to buy crystals and herbs, some may think that Lily Dale is simply capitalizing on a new-age craze. But whether you believe in it or not, Lily Dale has been preaching its doctrine for centuries.
The community has its roots in the late 19th century, when in 1879 Spiritualists founded the Lily Dale Spiritualist Assembly in order to gather for picnics and meetings. Later, land owners and Spiritualists Willard and Corintha Alden christened their 18-acre camp with its original name, The Cassadaga Lakes Free Association. The community was renamed Lily Dale in 1906, after the lilies that bloomed around nearby Lake Cassadaga.
Lily Dale quickly expanded from day-long meetings into an entire summer camp season. After its establishment into a permanent settlement, in 1880 its owners had a hotel and auditorium built. Temples began to spring up, along with a bowling alley and even (briefly) a ferris wheel.
The summer camp vibe would give way to more serious activities, however, and the townspeople soon erected a Spiritualist museum and a library boasting one of the largest Spiritualism collections in the country.
For many years, though, the Fox sisters made the most interesting building on the property a cabin. In 1848, Margaret and Catherine (Kate) Fox startled their neighbors when they claimed that they could communicate with the spirit of a man who had been buried in their basement.
As the sisters told it, the “ghost” delivered the girls messages via rapping on the walls of their cabin. Interested parties came to witness the phenomena and were reportedly never disappointed – even the skeptics.
Though Margaret and Kate’s parents sent them to live with their older sister in Rochester, the sisters continued to receive requests to “summon” spirits. And they did, at least in their own way: The “rapping” of the spirits was actually Maggie cracking the joints in her toes. Trickery aside, the Fox sisters are synonymous with the history of Spiritualism – and their story is featured in Lily Dale’s Spiritualist museum.
But is Lily Dale for real?
By displaying the fraudulence of the Fox sisters within the town’s very museum walls, one wonders if Lily Dale residents take their beliefs seriously — or are simply mirroring people’s beliefs back unto them.
Writer Pamela Hutson aimed to find out. In April 2016, she made an unexpected stop in Lily Dale, a town she’d read about often. In a report titled “My Psychic Reading With a Lily Dale Medium,” Hutson, a self-described skeptic, describes her unplanned, walk-in experience with a reader named Carol Gasber.
“She came up with the name of a guy who died when I was about…a name, a date, the method of death, and at this point she still didn’t even know my name. Come to think of it, I never did tell her my name.” Hutson concluded.
So in the end, we’ll believe what we believe. But if you’re curious about the spirits and the afterlife, Lily Dale, New York might be the best place to start your research.
For more trickery, check out the most famous hoaxes to ever fool the world. Then, see which celebrities claim to have had paranormal encounters.
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There is no such thing as “big goals” or “small goals”, there are just targets.
I started lining out some targets for the next steps in my career and what’s coming next from the Capitalism office.
I’m also trying to create as many millionaires as I can and give more away for free without taking such a salesy direct response approach these days.
I want to work with people who WANT to work with me. It’s energizing. People who feel they NEED my tutoring, or my course, or my event to get to the next level are energy-draining.
Think about what will energize you in your business and then providing value to others will be rewarding… and FUN!
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Barstow Bats have been busy writing loads of new tracks and have just released a brand new video in the run up to the release of their new EP.
Released via Smart Indie, the EP will be called ‘Under My Skin’ and the video is the title track from the EP. You can pre-order it now on iTunes.
The band feature on the line-up for Electric Fields which takes place on the 26th and 27th of August, and have also just announced that they will be supporting The View at The Venue in Dumfries on Wednesday 1st June. Exciting times.
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Do you want to ask Eren İsi to be your local guide in Istanbul, Turkey?
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Give a gift to chat with Eren İsi at once. Catch his attention!
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Amazon Price: $99.00 (as of October 18, 2017 8:01 am - Details). Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on the Amazon site at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.
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Hibernian can confirm that Chris Dagnall will join the Club on a short-term deal until the end of the season, subject to international clearance.
Dagnall, 29, has a wealth of experience in football and has experienced spells at clubs such as Tranmere Rovers, Barnsley and Leyton Orient in England, and, most recently, he has enjoyed time at Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League.
The Liverpool-born striker is pleased to have joined Hibernian and is looking forward to training and working with the rest of the squad.
He is also prepared to work hard and try his best every time he pulls on the green and white jersey, and help the side as they try to achieve their aims this season.
Speaking exclusively to hibernianfc.co.uk, he said: “I’m very excited to be joining the club. I know we are doing really well this season and after coming down to speak to the manager and coaching staff I’m really looking forward to joining in with the lads.
“Hopefully the manager sees something in me that the other players haven’t got here and that’s why he is bringing me in.
Hibernian Head Coach, Alan Stubbs, is delighted to see Dagnall join up with the side, and believes his experience will be beneficial as the side continue to compete in the Ladbrokes Championship, William Hill Scottish Cup and the Scottish League Cup presented by Utilita.
He said: “Chris is a player with a great track record and he has played for a number of clubs, bringing with him a great deal of experience and guile to the team.
Hibs TV subscribers can watch his full interview later this evening.
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The Basilica of Saints Justus and Pastor is a basilica in Barcelona, Catalonia. In 1948 this church became the sixth in Barcelona to receive the rank of minor basilica, a title that was granted by Pope Pius XII. The construction of the Gothic church that we can see today began on February 1 of 1342 and lasted until 1574. It was built on the old Romanesque church and the site of the former chapel of Sant Celoni. In 1363 the first three sections of the nave were finished, the vault of the feet would be finished in the following century.
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Kimberly Elise and Loretta Devine Join Indie Comedy "Headshop"
The Kim Bass-directed film about a Black therapist opening a practice in an underserved and reluctant community also stars Nicole Ari Parker and Evan Ross.
Veteran actresses Loretta Devine (“The Carmichael Show”) and Kimberly Elise (“Hit the Floor”) round out the cast of an upcoming comedy headlined by Black thespians and developed by a Black director.
Deadline reported yesterday (July 24) that the actresses will join comedian Deon Cole (“Black-ish”) as the newest additions to “Headshop,” an independent comedy written and directed by “Sister, Sister” and “Kenan & Kel” creator Kim Bass. According to IMDb, “Headshop” stars Nicole Ari Parker (“Time After Time”) as Dr. Latrice Monroe, a San Francisco-based therapist who copes with a personal loss by moving to an Oakland neighborhood whose predominantly Black residents view her with suspicion.
Deadline notes that “Headshop” also stars Evan Ross (“Wicked City”) as aspiring fashion designer Rodney Smalls. The publication added no other details regarding Devine and Elise’s roles. Marla Gibbs (“Fly”), Michael Jai White (“Black Dynamite”) and Reno Wilson (“Mike & Molly”) also appear in supporting roles.
Both Devine and Elise began their careers in movies directed by Black filmmakers. Devine first appeared on screen in “Will,” a 1981 film from Jesse Maple (“Twice as Nice”), who Indiewire reports was the first Black woman to direct an independent feature-length movie. Elise broke into movies with 1996’s “Set it Off,” directed by F. Gary Gray (“Straight Outta Compton”).
Deadline reports that Bass and the stars are currently filming “Headshop” in Los Angeles. The outlet did not name an anticipated release date.
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Women share stories about their recurrent miscarriages.
A big zero walking. A hole in the middle.
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