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Jonas has received numerous prizes and grants and are featured on several exhibitions including the permanent collection of the Danish Design Museum, Trapholt Museum and The National Gallery of Victoria, Australia. In 2014 Jonas Edvard showed Myx lamp as a part of The Danish Craft Collection, and in 2015 The Terroir Projects was shown in Milan During The Salone del Mobile as a part of the award winning Mindcraft15. in 2014 Jonas Edvard Received a Grant from the Danish Art Foundation and won a Green Furniture award for the MYX lamp. in 2012 he was awarded 2nd prize in the Muuto Talent award with the Konkret lamp which was exhibited at Material Experience in Rotterdam and London 2013. Jonas Edvard Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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It began in Maine about 30 years ago. Burt the Beekeeper was happily selling honey from the back of his truck. But fate had other ideas for the bearded hero when he met Roxanne Quimby. Burt and Roxanne hit it off and before long she was making candles with unused wax from Burt’s beehives.
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Do you struggle when it comes to making decisions?
I used to. I could make lists of pros and cons for just about anything. I could see both sides of most options. I made exhaustive lists of features and benefits so I could compare one option against another.
In fact, I once thought I had a superpower of being able to brainstorm options and ideas and pros and cons and see both sides of everything. Well, I’ve since come to realize I didn’t have a superpower. In fact, I had a super energy-draining approach to decision-making.
One of the reasons we struggle to make a decision is because we think there is ONE right one. There’s one right choice and we need to figure out what it is.
We often try to do this with lots of analysis, like those lists of pros and cons, that can lead to paralysis in making any decision at all. We try to make decisions by polling friends and family about what we should do. And when none of that really works and leaves us more uncertain than ever, we fall into a limbo state of confusion.
This does not feel good. It’s energy-draining. It leaves us feeling disempowered. And, unfortunately, there can be a lot of momentum around confusion, as odd as that sounds. This confused, unclear-in-your-mind, I-can’t-decide state takes on a life of its own.
And the decision you’re struggling with could be about anything. Big stuff and even small stuff.
Should you go for that promotion?
Should you move across country?
Should you start dating again?
If you’re someone who has struggled in the past to make decisions easily or if you’re facing a decision right now and feeling stuck, I want you to know this: Any decision can be made with ease, with confidence, with a certainty about the “rightness” of the decision.
I’m going to share two tools you can put in your toolkit when it comes to easily making decisions. Big ones, small ones.
The first approach comes from a classic book from the ‘80s called Feel the Fear . . . and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers.
Susan says the problem is we’ve been taught to be very careful because we might make the wrong decision. We think that we should be perfect and need to control the outcome of events. And we fear a wrong decision will deprive us of something we value, like money, friends, or status.
Susan explains there are two different approaches to decision-making: The No-Win Model and the No-Lose Model. I’m sure you can imagine which one is going to feel better!
With the No-Lose approach to decision-making, each path is filled with opportunities, despite outcomes.
In contrast, most of us make decisions—or at least try to—from the perspective of what Susan calls the No-Win Model. Doesn’t that feel heavy? I’m sure this will sound familiar because I think we’ve all been here and done this.
You’re at a choice point in your life, struggling to decide which choice to make, Path A or Path B. You’re convinced one path is right and one is wrong, but which is which?
You drive yourself crazy trying to decide; you feel paralyzed with anxiety as you try to predict the future to know which choice is right. You don’t trust your intuition, so you get everyone around you to weigh in about what you should do, which never works because everyone has a different opinion. Can you feel the heaviness of making a no-win decision?
Abraham would agree, I think, with Susan and her No-Lose Model.
Isn’t that just such a breath of fresh air?
Let me be clear: The first time I read Susan’s book, I had never considered the idea that there was anything but a “right” decision. I thought, you’re faced with Path A or Path B and if you think about it long enough, you’ll figure out which path is truly the right one. Can you say pressure?!
And like I said, my approach to figuring out Path A versus Path B was to get out a notebook and make long lists of pros and cons. Logical? Perhaps, I guess. But I seem to have a special talent for being able to generate pros and cons, so I was always left with these long lists, but no clear decision.
My long lists of pros and cons might have reflected, on the one hand, sound reasoning or analysis, but they didn’t help me actually make a decision. In fact, usually they just left me more confused than before I made the lists.
Well, Susan said there will be great stuff waiting for you along Path A and there will be great stuff waiting for you along Path B. What?! AND, she says, sure, perhaps there will be some not so great stuff along Path A, but guess what? Same is true for Path B.
It sounds so simplistic, but it’s a totally different way to approach decision-making. The No-Lose model has a very different energy than oh-my-gosh-this-decision-is-so-important-and-I’d-better-pick-the-one-right-answer. Yikes, talk about stressful. Especially if you don’t happen to have a crystal ball to see into the future.
So I felt liberated when I first learned about this different way to think about decisions. It felt energy-giving, empowering, optimistic. I liked it!
Then came time to make a big juicy decision. Theory is one thing, right? Reading a book is one thing. But now, I have a real-life decision to make.
And I admit, at first I went to my go-to approach of pros and cons because my default was the No-Win model with its ONE right choice. And I made myself a little bit crazy. The decision was whether to sell the company I had co-founded and move from Chicago to Ann Arbor.
Well, whether to say yes or no to the opportunity was really unclear to me. And for awhile I hung out in that place of confusion—pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages swirling around in my head. Writing down long lists. Don’t forgot those lists!
I was very much afraid of making the wrong decision. And I was VERY confused about what the “right” decision was.
And then I remembered Susan and her No-Lose Model for making decisions. I instantly felt relief, which was so encouraging. Now, this was pre-Law of Attraction for me, so I didn’t know how important relief is in guiding us to better-feeling thoughts. But I knew the relief felt amazing.
I could choose not to sell and stay in Chicago and I could choose to sell and move to Ann Arbor. Wonderful was waiting ahead on either path. Either path was the right one.
And, sure, there might be drawbacks along either of the paths. This is where Susan encourages us to lighten up. She believes, and I agree, that most of us are taking ourselves and our decisions way too seriously.
It’s very empowering—and empowerment is on the high end of the emotional scale—to embrace you can handle whatever comes your way and every experience is valuable. And now with the context of Law of Attraction that I have, I know any negatives related to a decision I make are just the contrast of life pointing out what is wanted.
But there was no one right decision. There was no decision where I’m losing. Instead, there were two fantastic options. There was win-win.
That way of thinking totally took the pressure off. The tension I was feeling trying to make this decision just disappeared.
This No-Lose model of decision-making is a paradigm shift for most of us, for sure. Most of us have been taught or believe that we do need to figure out THE ONE RIGHT PATH when we make a decision. Which is such a constricted, fear-based way to live.
I’m sure you’re curious…so then how DID I make my decision?
Well, I’m looking out my window right now on downtown Ann Arbor, so obviously I chose to sell the company and move here from Chicago. And that’s been 10 wonderful years ago. But how DID I actually decide?
After embracing Susan’s model of there not being a decision where I could lose, how did I decide?
Well, it actually became very simple and intuitive when I put aside my lists of pros and cons and stopped asking those around me for their two cents about my decision.
I realized I’d already experienced so many of the goodies associated with owning my company and living in Chicago. And I decided I’d like to experience some of the goodies along the other path, the path of selling the company, the path of Ann Arbor.
I made the no-lose decision and then lined up with it. And THAT has been a really beautiful thing.
I have two tools for you to put in your decision-making toolkit. Here’s the second. And it may sound counter-intuitive at first, but stick with me.
Recently I worked with a client who was struggling to make several decisions.
Should she sell her home?
Should she stay in the city where she currently lives or move to another state?
If she moves, she has a couple of states in mind, but which one?
My client said she was ready for a change for her next chapter, but was unclear and confused about what that change would be, what it would look like.
As if there weren’t enough possibilities, she tossed another into the mix: The change could be to stay put—in her current home and job and city—and choose to fall in love with her life where she already was. Maybe she didn’t need to sell or move or change jobs, but just have a new attitude and outlook.
Well guess what? She’d been driving herself a bit crazy with all these perfectly wonderful options. It wasn’t a choice between Path A and Path B, it was a choice between Paths A, B, C, D and so on!
So she was living in limbo. Not that you would have noticed if you’d seen her. After all, she was well-situated in her current beautiful home in a very lovely city with a great job, but she WAS in limbo nonetheless—in her mind.
Her thinking was muddled. Should I do this or this or this? Her emotions, of course, followed her muddled thoughts. So she was feeling overwhelmed, confused, scared. AND irritated with herself for not being able to decide.
I shared the No-Lose Model with my client, but I can’t say it really landed for her. It doesn’t for everyone, and that’s OK. We can know something intellectually, but not really feel it. It doesn’t really resonate on a useful level.
And then my client had a clarity-filled spark of genius. Which was totally her intuition speaking to her.
She told me the story of a decision she’d been faced with in her past, a decade ago, that initially she’d also struggled with. A very big, important, life-altering decision.
Back then, she’d also been in limbo, unclear what to do. To make matters worse and even more confusing, her friends and family had very clear ideas about what she should do. So she wasn’t just hearing her own voice, but also a chorus of other opinions.
This went on for some time. And then someone suggested, What if you decide not to decide?
And you know what? She experienced instant relief. Again, we have that sign of relief, which is always telling us our thoughts are headed in the right direction.
What if you decide not to decide? is truly a magical question. You DO make a decision, but that decision is NOT to decide.
It doesn’t really matter whether you give yourself a month or six months, the point is for some period of time you choose not to make a decision.
Here’s what happens: With this decide-not-to-decide decision, you release yourself from limbo land. From straddling the fence between Path A and Path B. You give yourself grace. No more pressure, no more angst, no more treading the water of indecision.
Instead, you give yourself freedom, which just happens to be at the high end of the emotional scale. By taking the decision off the table and giving yourself margin, you allow the Universe to flow your answer to you. Intuitively. With ease. With love.
An empowered decision you will appreciate making. Can you even imagine that? A decision you are appreciative to make. That’s what deciding not to decide can do for you. It gives you the space to get in alignment with a decision instead of begrudgingly, fearfully, doubtfully making one.
What I love about this recent coaching conversation with my client is she had evidence in her past of the magic of this question: What if you decide not to decide? It had worked in stunning fashion for her before, offering so much relief and eventual clarity, so why not use it again?
That’s the really cool thing about tools we put in our proverbial toolkits. They’re not right for every job. You don’t use a screwdriver to pound in a nail. But when that certain situation comes up in your life, it’s really nice to know you’ve got the tool you need.
In my client’s case, if it worked before, why not try it again? This time she’s giving herself the entire summer free from the need, the urge, the pressure to decide. She’s leaning into this summer as a time to relax and recharge, to play and have fun.
And from that aligned, feeling good place, my client fully believes—and I do too—that her intuition WILL speak loud and clear once she’s given herself the grace of a pressure-free decision. In fact, I’m guessing it won’t be so much a decision, as a knowing. And that’s even better!
And while this is a different version of No-Lose, whatever choice my client makes at the end of her summer—to move or stay put—it truly will be a downstream, no-lose decision.
I hope I’ve expanded how you think about making decisions. I encourage you to try the two approaches I shared, especially if you’re struggling right now to make a particular decision about something in your life.
First, there’s Susan Jeffer’s No-Lose Model where you stand at the choice point in your life and embrace that both Path A and Path B will offer goodies along the way. You listen to your intuition, pick a path, and then line up with all the opportunities and experiences and lessons along the path you’ve chosen.
Second, postponing your decision for a period of time may be just the margin you need. What if you decide not to decide? can be a magical question that offers grace and creates an opening for the Universe to flow a decision to you.
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Turns out "Elizabeth Reed" is an instrumental, too. (I still believe that a parody is not adding lyrics to an instrumental.) This one is gonna be difficult. ???
;) Come on, lads! We can do this!
I'm also going to probably do "Midnight Rider" a parody idea came to me while washing dishes at Taco Bell (Although the parody has nothing to do with washing dishes, or Taco Bell, My last parody was about Taco Bell... It would be kind of redundant, but anyways, I was never good at summing things up), and that idea is this... "Improv Actor"
Anybody remember "Whose Line Is It Anyways?"
At some point in time soon, I shall creat a parody of 'Good Clean Fun' called 'Wholemeal Bun'.
Maybe we should call this round The Midnight Rider Round!
Guys, I'm sorry, I've gotta get some sleep--I PROMISE TOMORROW. . .my own parody for this round was also (naturally) delayed. . .I will be adding an extra day to the voting deadline---you guys know I've generally been good at deadlines ;) badave.com had a lot of work last night, and I had to fix the scripts for "Challenge" and "Response" respectively, not to mention add a total of 9 charts.
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Mako and her girl friends enter a dispute with rival street gangsters The Eagles, a band of racist macho pigs led by the evil Baron, who hate half-breeds (descendents of afro-American and Japanese couples). When one of the girls start dating a half-breed, they start a terror campaign to take all of them out of town. Mako and her gang fight back, helping their new friend Kazuma find his long gone sister.
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These products are designed to work in synergy for the best results. In addition, the following products can be used from the KeraCare line.
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0138781664 HEAVY study-related wear. Great study copy!
Description: For students who have some degree of literacy, a small speaking vocabulary, and knowledge of the alphabet, this 3-volume series teaches the language and coping skills necessary in everyday adult living.
-- Contains more than 100 functional dialogues, each with accompanying exercises in basic survival areas.
-- Conversations in each book center on everyday living skills appropriate to adult learners.
-- Teacher's Edition includes reproducible activity masters.
Ex-Library. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Minor edge and corner wear; lightly scuffed and scratched; spine is lightly creased; some shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Color illustrated wrapper with yellow and white lettering. 192 informative and educational pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations! "This book introduces English to the intermediate adult learner through the following 9 units: School / Family and Social Life / Health / Safety / Messages / Jobs / Spending Wisely / Traveling / Special Days. Within these 9 survival areas, Lee Mosteller and Bobbi Paul offer approximately 60 revised and updated conversations to help teach the vocabulary skills for everyday life. Even a beginning reader, with little or no school experience, will be guided in listening, conversing, reading, and writing.........."
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MedPanel Review: Should You Join or Not?
If you think that a Get-Paid-To platform called MedPanel is for medical professionals, you’re right. But that’s not the reason to just dismiss it if you don’t belong to that profession. Even if you are just a patient (as nearly all of us are), you can take advantage of it – at least that’s what they claim. So, here’s a review that will get you all the relevant information about MedPanel.
MedPanel is a market research company owned by MCF Corporation, with 20 years of experience in providing market insights about healthcare to their clients from all over the world. They have offices in Cambridge and Los Angeles. But even though they are based in the US, their activities are not limited to US residents (as many of their competitors’ are). You can participate from Europe and Asia as well.
If you are suffering from a rare disease, you can also join their Rare Disease Matters projects, where they are organizing live focus groups to gather information about the patient journey and common pain points.
For those who aren’t familiar, let’s see what a Get-Paid-To platform means. Just like the name says, you will get paid to perform different kinds of activities. That way, the company gets valuable insights into your behavior as a customer (or in this case, medical professional), your preferences and purchasing or life habits. In return, you will get a certain compensation, just to make it worth your while.
Who Can Join and How?
To start, click the “Join” button located in the header menu, near the top right-hand corner. Upon the standard registration process, you will be prompted to choose your employment type. There’s the first catch: the drop-down menu doesn’t offer the option of a patient, even though their landing page claims that patients are welcome to join too. Since I am not a medical professional, I went with “Other” and then opted for Managed-Care Insurer and Payor. Physicians, healthcare professionals, pharmacists, decision makers and nurses seem to be their primary target, as you will see from my experience.
There’s also a possibility that they currently are on the lookout for some actual professionals, which doesn’t make me the right person at the moment. It’s a common issue that will get you disqualified from many market research panels. You just never know what kinds of research they are currently engaged in. And that determines the type of participants they will be looking for.
When I completed the form, I couldn’t access my user dashboard to see if there are any surveys or activities available. It appears you just have to wait for them to contact you via email when a relevant study pops up.
Their website is not very user-friendly, unfortunately. For example, there is no Login button on the homepage. To find it, you have to click “Join” and then go to the upper right-hand corner, where there’s an option to log in. Not a very inviting interface, it seems.
Another thing I don’t like about the website is that there is no FAQ section. So, the portal offers no way to resolve common concerns and issues.
First and foremost, you will be earning cash – just like with MedSurvey, a similar platform with access to US residents only. Getting cash in return for your effort doesn’t come by default in the market research industry. Most GPT platforms offer some other kind of compensation or gratuity, such as gift cards. So, this is definitely a huge pro.
When you take a look at the amount of money you can earn, it gets even better. The honorariums range from $15 to $140 per project – definitely far above the industry standard. The amount will vary based on length and complexity of the activity that you are part of. However, they are not very prompt with paying. It might take up to eight weeks to process it.
It seems they are not very exclusive. Healthcare professionals and experts appear to be most welcome, but you can join as a patient too. In addition, they aren’t nearly as exclusive as most survey panels when it comes to the participants’ location. You can join from US, Europe and Asia.
They pay in cash, and the sums are very nice. Most survey takers prefer to be paid in cash instead of gift cards or abstract currencies. The honorarium amount is pretty nice too. Even if you earn up to $140 only once or twice a year, it still hits the mark of making some extra money on the side. And all of us know that nobody ever managed to quit their day job and replace it with taking surveys.
You can participate in different activities. You may prefer online surveys, focus groups, phone interviews or something in between. Along with an email invitation to participate, you will always get the information on the reward, topic, methodology and duration.
It seems that medical professionals are in demand the most. In spite of their claim that you can join as a patient too, they appear to prefer physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other professionals.
Their website should be much better. I’m not sure if the lack of information is intended or just a coincidence. Since they are a specialized panel, it’s absolutely understandable that they don’t need an immense number of participants. But their screening is rigorous enough to prevent most people from becoming members, so it would still be nice to get some basic information for those who manage to get in. Also, there is no user dashboard that would let you know about your status and if there are any earning opportunities ahead.
First things first – the company is absolutely legit, and they really do what they claim they do. They will handle your sensitive information with due care and discretion, without manipulating or selling it to third parties.
However, it’s debatable whether you should join or not. As someone who is just a patient and has never had a job related to medicine and healthcare, I didn’t have any luck. Maybe they did put me in a patients database and will contact me as soon as I fit their requirements for a project or study. But it still hasn’t happened, as of this writing. When or if it happens, I will update this post.
If you happen to be a medical professional, you can join and maybe you’ll get lucky. As I said above, even if it happens just a couple of times a year, it should still be worth your effort.
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An ideal approach to remain together in a relationship is knowing the other individual well, not prejudging them. Beginning to look all starry eyed at has turned out to be very simple nowadays yet remaining in a genuine connection is damn hard. Inspirational quotes for couples in the article, a broad accumulation of quotations by renowned creators, famous people, and newsmakers.
Inspired by the simple math of “love + literature = win,” read the accompanying “Couples Quotes” and share it with you partners. We hope these inspirational quotes about couples will help many of couple out there.
110. “To fall in love is very easy, staying in love is a challenge, Letting go is the hardest part.
141. “Between our laughs, long talks, stupid fights, and jokes I FELL IN LOVE.
146. “Love her when she “pushes” you to pray. she wants to be with you in jannah (paradise).
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In May 2016 after 14 months of happy anticipation, I did a 16-day dory trip on the Grand Canyon with OARS. More than a year earlier, my mother passed away after 7 years of Alzheimers and lifetime of PTSD from Nazi Germany. Weathering that chapter and the economic aftermath of 2008, I hadn’t had a vacation in years. My bones and my soul needed deep recharge.
There were some modest options to consider. Do I return to Europe for a long-overdue trip to see my German family? Do I finally make my literary pilgrimage to the restored Globe Theatre in London? Do I go on a trip west for sand in my teeth and salt on my skin? Where can I feel small again and find my place in the world?
Feeling small meant some real outside time. My late husband and I spent meaningful time outside climbing, cycling, and wandering. I was bone-tired from taking care of everything for many years, and had ended a relationship. How could I do something meaningful while not in charge?
Remembering my life list, the Grand Canyon immediately emerged. “You HAVE to do a dory trip,” advised my good friend from Colorado Outward Bound. The next day his email had a list of books from the Emerald Mile, Desert Solitaire, Cadillac Desert, The Secret Knowledge of Water, and appropriately, Down The Great Unknown by John Wesley Powell. My angle of repose would be in a dory. I called OARS, gulped, and paid the deposit.
After all the plans, house-watching arrangements, and an updated will (I am German after all!), I drove to friends in Durango before the last leg to Flagstaff and the pre-trip briefing meeting.
I dropped into the trip not knowing anyone. A few people had been on river trips, most of us had not, and looked at each other the evening before our van ride to the Lee’s Ferry put in. The river was gentle to the newbies the first day, and we were briefed about rapids, bailing, and righting a dory through rapids. While each day had its routine of meals and logistics, music around the campfire, and a reading from the same location of the Powell expedition, the canyon and our guides revealed new wonders. The May waters were clean of mud, so cool and refreshing, and the sun warm. This night owl was up at 5 and fast asleep well before 10 under the stars…thankfully free of scorpions. Weird as it sounds, our downtime on river beaches meant joyful swims under each other’s watch as each hour soaked into my soul.
Day 11, the hike to scope Lava Falls was hot and the barrel cactus along the trail meant business. We knew how to ride, bail, whoop, set up and take down camp each day, and admire our skillful guides. The churning water did look big, but even after the dozens of rapids to that point, the river wasn’t the same from there as in the middle of the action. Even with significant expertise, the unexpected can happen, and we had to be prepared.
Ours was the third to drop in. The moment the right gunwale swooped up too high to stand and high side, I was flipped out of the back bench of the dory from right to left. Time slowed down in a big hurry. My head popped up and I was inside the footwell of our overturned dory. I quickly oriented my hands to a gunwale to push away the dory and gulp air before the next wave came down. The helmet and life jacket collar were perfectly designed to float and keep my face up. My mind and body did all the right things and went with the 9600 cfs flow. Feet pointed downstream, there was no swimming across the current even when the shore looked so close. The second dory mates pulled me in just before the Little Lava descent. Thankfully they knew my four mates were okay. We watched the three cargo rafts deftly descend Lava from an eddy, and not far downstream, alighted on a beach for the night much earlier than our usual stop.
I never felt that much adrenaline, nor such a focus. If there was any doubt about the fire in my belly, the river washed it away. At dinner, my coffee mug was filled with wine by my buddies, and each of us listened to each other’s stories during an evening circle filled with gratitude. It was a textbook recovery. There were a few bangs and bruises. Our individual resilience and group fortitude aligned so beautifully. I’d head down the river again with these friends and would humbly work for the guides.
The adrenaline faded but every day was that much more amazing. We arrived at clean camps and left the way we found them. Leave No Trace. This is deeply important.
My body and mind were reacquainted with the sore dull-headed place I appreciated Monday mornings so many years ago after weekends outside. It was a strange transition back to reality after 16 days outside, day and night. Meeting friends at dinner in Flagstaff must have thought I emerged from a cave. My feral self wasn’t yet ready for home. The quiet North Rim was a relief. At night it froze at 60F colder after the 95F highs at Lake Mead.
There is so much more inside each day of this journey. Each of us had our own reason to be there and emerge with something new. River culture reminds me of climbing. Lots of storytelling, gear, repairs, critical safety. There is a respectful intimacy with the power of the natural world. Horizontal travel is as serious as vertical. The Grand Canyon is undeniably transformative. It will not let you lie to yourself; if you do, there are serious consequences.
Far from a selfish experience, this time and place solidified a deeply human need to be outside. It recentered my body and soul. Silence about our public lands isn’t possible. A gift like this must be shared and cherished. Our American heritage, our national DNA, our legacy to new generations must include these national treasures. Time is the critical currency to understand the impact of these gifts…an afternoon, a day, a weekend…whatever you can afford will be and won’t be enough.
Our rivers are indeed our lifeblood, the land our bones, it’s all soul food.
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Mostly dry. Warm (max 38°C on Thu afternoon, min 27°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
Mostly dry. Warm (max 39°C on Fri afternoon, min 32°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
Mostly dry. Warm (max 41°C on Tue afternoon, min 31°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
This table gives the weather forecast for Alid Volcano at the specific elevation of 0 m. Our advanced weather models allow us to provide distinct weather forecasts for several elevations of Alid Volcano. To see the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider overview of the weather, consult the Weather Map of Ethiopia.
Widespread dust dry and partly cloudy.
* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Alid Volcano and within an acceptable time window.
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NEW HAVEN — The State Elections Enforcement Commission has launched an investigation into Mayor Toni Harp’s 2017 re-election contributions after one of her opponents in the upcoming Democratic mayoral primary, Justin Elicker, filed a complaint with the agency earlier this month.
Among other things, he charged that the names of the donors who gave a total of $93,502 to Harp’s last mayoral campaign were missing, multiple reports were filed months later than required by SEEC rules and her treasurer, Jonathan Peter Wilson, took on the job of treasurer for Harp’s 2019 campaign before he had dissolved the previous campaign.
The mystery donors constitute almost one-third of the mayor’s 2017 campaign.
A review of the reports by the Register found at least $77,702 with no donor identified with additional conflicts between what the campaign reported in its summary sheets and actually matched with a name.
Joshua Foley, a spokesman at the SEEC, confirmed Wednesday that the commission had voted 4-0 to investigate the complaint. Under the rules he cannot comment on the specifics of the case and would only say that the SEEC has a year to make a decision.
“One of the most important checks we have on this broken campaign finance system is making politicians disclose their donations. Disclosure allows the public to see who is giving to political campaigns and know if those donors are receiving favors (jobs, contracts, zoning approvals, etc.) from city government. But, Toni Harp failed to disclose the names of nearly $100,000 worth of donations — now taxpayers don’t know who bought influence with the mayor and what they got in exchange,” Elicker said in a statement.
“This is the very reason why I’m participating in the New Haven Democracy Fund — in doing so I swear-off all contributions from PACs and pledge to not take any donation over $370. Because I’ve sworn off big money donations, you’ll always know that I’m working for you — not big money campaign donors,” Elicker said.
Jason Bartlett, who heads the city’s Youth Services Department, said he is the campaign coordinator for Harp’s 2019 campaign and answered questions on the SEEC complaint.
He blamed the missing material on “human error” and a professional bookkeeping service that the campaign hired for almost $20,000 to keep track of donations and expenditures. He added the state itself to the list of those at fault.
“When you pay for service you are expecting a certain end product,” Bartlett said of the bookkeeping contract. . He said neither Wilson nor the campaign manager had a lot of experience in this area, which is why they brought in an outside company.
The Harp campaign raised $303,230 for the 2017 race when she ran against Marcus Paca, who took in $42,085. He was limited in what he could raise as a participant in the New Haven Democracy Fund. Bartlett said they expect to raise more money this year as Elicker is a candidate who was able to raise money and ran a competitive race in 2013.
“We are going to take him seriously,” Bartlett said.
Bartlett accused Elicker this time of running a “negative” campaign, which means they need to raise more funds. Elicker said there will be plenty of time for issue discussions going forward.
Municipal campaigns file with a candidate’s municipal city clerk, not online, which is the case for state officials.
As for Elicker’s filing a complaint, Bartlett said he probably would have done the same thing.
“There is more than one person here who made an error. So you learn from it and you move on,” Bartlett said. He said he is interviewing three to four people to become the campaign manager, as well as for other positions.
He said he is advising “the mayor, the campaign manager, the finance folks. I’m giving my advice and experience and trying to make sure that people don’t make the kind of mistakes they made in the past,” Bartlett said.
His job, he said, is to help the campaign articulate a positive platform based on dropping crime, boosting the needs of the neighborhoods and boosting continuing growth.
A large figure fundraiser for Harp is scheduled for Thursday at the home of Dr. Cato Laurencin, the former University of Connecticut Medical School dean, and his wife, Cynthia Laurencin in Avon. Bartlett said they are longtime friends. The requested donations are $250, $500 or $1,000. Elicker, as part of the Democracy Fund, is limited to donations of $370 per individual.
Bartlett said they have raised some $8,000 so far with a fundraiser at a city restaurant with several more low-key local events planned locally.
A story in the New Haven Register in late February found that at least $66,476 in donations, in reports filed by the campaign through June 26, 2018, did not identify who the contributors were. The reports had missed multiple reporting dates as laid out by the SEEC.
The campaign however had attached an addendum to one of its Feb. 20 reports that listed the names of donors it said totaled $8,300, but the actual amount was closer to $15,000 and covered May, June, October, November and December of 2018, adding more confusion to the campaign reporting.
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The United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), and the ProSPER.Net Secretariat organised the 2017 ProSPER.Net Young Researchers’ School (YRS), held at the International University – Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City (HCM-IU), Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 6 – 15 March, 2017.
The main goal of the Young Researchers’ School (YRS) is to provide graduate students with an opportunity to better understand the spectrum of challenges that underpin sustainable development. By assembling these young scientists together for an intensive ten day workshop, the School fosters the growth of a network of sustainability scholars and professionals in the Asia-Pacific region. The School will offer PhD students in the network an opportunity to engage with issues related to water security in the context of sustainable development, while developing research and communication skills, and encourage future professionals to work within the field of sustainable development.
Water is vital to life, critical for sustainable and socio-conomic development, healthy ecosystems and human survival. Only 2.5% of all water on Earth is fresh water, and most of this freshwater is trapped under ice and in groundwater. Together with a growing population and rapid economic development, access to clean water is becoming a pressing problem.
More than 1.7 billion people live in river basins, where water use exceeds its natural recharge. By 2025, two-thirds of the global population will probably live under water-stressed conditions. In some developing countries such as Vietnam, over 80% of wastewater is currently discharged to surface water bodies such as rivers and lakes. According to a WHO study (The Millennium Development Goals, 2000), about 1.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the surveyed countries is lost to the insufficient delivery of water and sanitation. In addition, the effects of climate change such as rising temperatures and sea levels, leading to runoffs, floodings, and reduced water quality of surface and ground water, are already threatening water security even further. Climate Change, being a global issue, has required the coordinated effort of different counrties such as through the recent Paris Agreement.
Viet Nam is considered one of the countries most affected by Climate Change. Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), located downstream of the Dong Nai River basin, experiences frequent flooding coming from the rivers and tides connected to the East Sea. HCMC is in the low-lying flood-prone delta, with some 64% of the area located below the 1.5-metre above-sea-level-mark. Tropical monsoons with heavy rainfall during the rainy season cause seasonal floods. The rapid urbanization (currently 83% of urban land area) in the past decade caused further loss of the natural flood retention zone, worsening the situation.
Read the summary of the School here.
Rohit Sharma (TERI University), Jinyan Li , Li Yee LIM, Thi Kim Chi Do.
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Note from shop owner Thank you for visiting Jane Joss. We are temporarily closed and will re-open after the holidays. For any urgent matters, we can be reached via email at jane.joss [!at] yahoo.com. Happy Holidays!
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I love these plants, they are realistic enough to add a "green" feel to a room but up close you can see the cute fabric patterns :) And I can't kill them!
I love these plants, they are realistic enough to add a "green" feel to a room but up close you can see the cute fabric patterns!
Perfect to add to my decor.
Stunningly beautiful in my dinning room!
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It appears you either have some corrupt world data, or corrupt region data. It's a bit hard to tell from the log though. Luckily, you should have a backup of both!
2. Open the folder for the last region you played on.
3. Delete the "1" folder.
#6761 InDev 31b - The Balance and Fixes Update - Released!
Greetings everyone! InDev 31b has just been released, and it includes a bunch of small balance adjustments and bug fixes, most of it based on your feedback! Check out the change log for all the details.
If you're interested in following development much more closely, don't forget to follow me on Twitter or join the awesome community on Discord! By player demand, I have also recently setup a Patreon to support SixtyGig Games' "Buy once own everything forever" no paid DLC philosophy, if you'd like to check it out.
Uncompressed all resource data, decreasing load times and fixing some issues with certain malware and virus scanners.
Re-positioned some tool tips to prevent them from overlapping relevant data.
You can now manually disable mouse map zooming in the settings.property file.
Increased how many migrations per day the migration way stations provide by 2.
Increased the bonus levels of all golems.
Fixed an issue where sometimes very rarely migrants and courier golems could get trapped behind the corruption.
Fixed a bug where some sound effects wouldn't completely mute when the sound was muted in the settings menu.
Fixed a minor typo on the selected mob panel.
Changed the way interaction point coordinates are given, to prevent situations where the mob can reach the building, but not the interaction point causing AI slowdowns/freezes.
Fixed a bug with road delivery that can cause an endless loop in the AI if the road worker can not reach the road tile he was assigned to.
Fixed a rare bug that would sometimes cause goals to not progress.
Fixed an issue where en route migrants were sometimes not being displayed in the world map on some maps.
Fixed the XP gain amount for courier delivery goals.
Resurrection goal now awards god XP properly.
Fixed bugged crystal harvestry on Whestcastle map.
Fixed an issue where some sound effects would partially ignore the sound settings.
The camp now shows up on the world map again.
Fixed an issue where placing the camp incorrectly would "Start" a region even if nothing was actually started.
Already fixed in the next patch (Unstable 4).
#6608 Twitch integration viewer names not prioritized?
It's a 50/50 shot, but Twitch itself can cause problems. It pulls your chat list directly from twitch every so often, but if Twitch's servers are acting up (and when aren't they? ) sometimes it pulls a blank list and won't add any additional names, and thus, no villager names! Sadly there isn't too much I can do about it on my end.
I am planning on increasing the name chance anyway though.
InDev 31 development has begun! (Actually, it started about 2 weeks ago, but who's counting?). InDev 31 is going to be a major step to reaching Rise to Ruins Release 1, hopefully sometime this year.
The overall goal of InDev 31 will be introducing a new way to move resources and villagers around the world map, as well as giving the world map some purpose. The world map will now have goals the player needs to meet. The more goals that are met, the more global bonuses the player will receive for all the villages under his control. The idea is to encourage the player to spread out and eventually take over the entire map as part of an overall endgame/metagame that will be played alone-side the core gameplay in each region.
I'm really excited for this update, as I feel the mechanics being added are the last major content vacuum in the game before Release 1 is possible. Will the game be considered finish? No, of course not. There's still a ton of fish to fry before Release 1. But no worries, even after Release 1 development is not ending when the game leaves Early Access.
Goals will be added to the world map for the player to accomplish. The goals will be all sorts of different things. Like "Maintain 3 villages with a population over 50", "Control an entire biome on the map", or "Have at least one village survive to day 80".
For every goal you achieve, you will unlock a perk. These perks can be anything from +5% harvesting, increased birth rates, increased hit points, carry capacity, unlocking new buildings/upgrades, unlocking new spells, etc.
Every goal achieved will lower the global corruption threat, allowing older villages to survive much longer than before.
You have to maintain the goals, if a goal is lost you will lose the perk you gained and the corruption will become stronger.
A new exploration building will be added, that will allow you to send villagers out into nearby connected regions. The more upgraded the building, the more you will be able to send each day.
Villagers sent to nearby regions will be in a sort of "stasis" until the player decides to visit the region they were sent to. Once they visit that region, the villagers sent will pop up as soon as it is safe. (Dawn through Midday).
You will be able to send villagers to a region regardless if it is or isn't occupied, allowing you to share villagers between established villagers, or start new ones.
A new trade outpost building will also be added, this building will open up delivering resources to other villages by way of the Catjeet (Or possibly, a new mob type, time permitting). The Catjeet will act as "delivery men" and take resources from your village to the assigned region for a small fee.
Same as the villagers mentioned above, Catjeet that leave the region will arrive at the delivery region next time you visit.
Limbo will be completely removed from the game, replaced with the migration system mentioned above.
Skirmish Mode's initial villager spawn in will now work like the World Map does, giving you villagers only after you place the camp, and spawning them directly on the camp with some free resources.
Time permitting, an "abandon the region" mechanic will also be added, instantly sending the entire village out in all directions to any connecting region. How this will work is still to be determined.
Borderless full screen will be added, currently works on all tested Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 machines. Linux and Mac work as well, but the task bar is still being displayed. Sadly, this may be an unavoidable issue. But I will try to work it out.
Fixed resolutions will be added, so you can change the full screen resolution of the game to anything you want, rather than your set desktop resolution.
The original full screen mode will still exist and can be toggled in the settings menu, for players who prefer non-borderless modes.
The game will now use a hardware cursor!
#6562 How does corruption resistance work?
The 1x1 patches inside your resistance areas is actually a bug I'm trying to work out, I may have it fixed by InDev 30d, but it could be pushed off to InDev 31.
Check under the data view, there's a "corruption resistant" data view. It'll show you how much and how strong your resistance is in certain areas.
The game currently does a poor job of explaining what "power" the corruption currently is (in part, this is because some missing mechanics coming into InDev 31, so I didn't make a GUI for it). But basically every game day the amount of "permanent" corruption expands that you can't do anything about, but the permanent corruption tiles can be less than the total that exist, if you trap the corruption and it has nowhere to go. Once that happens for every 1,000 tiles the permanent corruption tile count is higher than the actual amount of tiles on the map, the corruption power increases by 1. As soon as it increases by 1, every tile with a corruption resistance value of 1 becomes useless in pushing back the corruption, but values of 2 or higher still do. Eventually another 1,000 can tick up, pushing it to 2, then 3, and so on. So the longer the corruption is trapped, and the smaller the area it's trapped in the more powerful it gets, and the weaker your resistance is.
Corruption is corruption, it's all the same. You just can't go lower than the current permanent corruption amount if it has already spread. For example, if the permanent amount is 2,000, and the corruption covers 3,000 tiles on the map, you can push back 1,000 tiles of it (any 1,000), but once the count drops below 2,000 your efforts will be in vein. This plays into what I said up above, because say you push it back 1,000 tiles and trap it, and now only 2,000 tiles exist and it has no where to go that's when the corruption power starts slowly increasing day by day. If the permanent value reaches 3,000, even though only 2,000 tiles exist, it'll start busting through resistance areas that are only level 1.
Finally, corruption resistance does stack, it's designed that way on purpose so you can make highly resistance barriers with enough time.
It's very complicated on the code side, I plan on making a GUI in InDev 31 that explains all this in easy to view numbers/values. For now, none of what I explained is visible anywhere in game.
#6526 InDev 30 - The Life is Precious Update - Released!
I'm proud to bring you one of the biggest, beefiest content filled game changer patches in Rise to Ruins history; The Life is Precious update!
This update has a metric crap ton of changes, including many that were suggested by you guys. Villagers can now carry multiple resources, they can grow old, medics have been reworked, the spawning system has been completely gutted and replace with the new corruption system, and the entire game has been fundamentally rebalanced. Check out the ridiculously extensive change log below!
The amount of changes this patch has thrown Rise to Ruins balance in the blender, and it may not quite be where we all want it yet. I'm asking everyone to provide tons of feedback about their experience. Let me know what you think. Compared to InDev 29, is it too hard, too easy, just right? What would you change? If you want to go the extra mile, hop into custom mode and make up your own brand of what you think survival and nightmare mode should be, and share your settings! This patch is a massive balance changer, unlike any patch before it. Even after extensive tweaking on the Unstable branch, it may still need additional adjustments. So it is imperative you let me know how your play sessions are going so I can adjust things in the inevitable minor patches before starting in on InDev 31!
The entire spawn system has been completely replaced with the new corruption system. Now, a corrupted area will spawn on the map once you place your camp, slowly consuming the world around you.
A new mob has been added, the "Drone". Drones are mostly harmless, but will build corrupted buildings and maintain roads inside the corruption.
Monsters no longer spawn or attack during the day time. They now start attacking at dusk, ramp up at night, and return back to the corruption during the day.
Added a new "corruption resistance" range for the village that will push back and prevent corruption from spreading, that works differently than normal range and ignores all blocked tiles. Some buildings do not provide this range at all, like fire pits. You can see your village's corruption resistance using the data views panel.
Monster spawn rates are now tied to how many days you have survived, the size of the corruption, and how many buildings are in the corruption.
Several new corrupted buildings have been added, including hostile towers inside the corruption that will fire on villagers and golems.
You can not cast spells inside the corruption.
Monsters spawn when graveyards are damaged by the player.
Skeletons now do not start spawning until day 5.
Specters now do not start spawning until day 12.
Fire Elementals now do not start spawning until day 16.
Small slimes now no longer spawn until day 2.
Regular slimes now no longer spawn until day 4.
Zombies now no longer spawn until day 3.
All villagers can now hold between 2 and 8 resources at a time based on their strength. They will gain 1 additional resource per 50 strength, and always be able to carry a minimum of at least 2. The formula is (STR/50)+2. This applies to labor golems as well.
Harvesting AI has been modified to sometimes drop a resource on the ground. The chance they'll take resources home increases the more resources are in the area.
Rearranged the farming AI to make it a much higher priority to do farm harvesting and tending tasks.
Medics have been completely rewritten, they now "post" themselves at clinics, barracks and outposts and wait for injured and sick villagers to arrive.
All of the delivery and construction harvest AI branches have been reworked and rearranged to better manage resources and make sure buildings get completed in the correct priority order if the resources are available to do so.
Lowered the priority of dirty water in the farm to high, so the water purifier gets more dirty water.
Reworked some AI branching that made some AI branches not fire as often as they should, like water bottle refining.
Changed priority of clean water buckets in fountains and house from very high to high, to encourage more water buckets to make it to the bottlers.
Cooks can now distribute rations again.
Chanced all housing and barracks raw food priority to "high" so that kitchens get food before housing.
Mobs will now abandon their task if the building they are in route to is destroyed or removed.
Human villagers can now live up to a maximum 40 days, catjeet 35, and doggos 15.
Villagers can now become wise elders late in their life, for humans this is age 35 and catjeet 30. Doggos never become wise, and will remain young hearted goofballs until they die.
Elder villagers can chat with lower level villagers, offering them a massive XP bonus so they can level up faster.
A new Life Expectancy statistic has been added, and as you'd expect, how long your villager should live.
A new Lifetime Constitution stat has also been added, that starts at maximum, and anytime your villager's well being is poor either from thirst, hunger, unhappiness, healing from injuries, taking damage, poisoned and a million other factors, their lifetime constitution will go down permanently. When this happens, it can lower their Life Expectancy.
You can never recover constitution or life expectancy, so take care of your villagers!
Villagers can die before they become elders if they live an extremely hard life and their life expectancy drops below the minimum age to become an elder.
Rarely, when nomads spawn some of them can arrive already as elders.
Mothers can now die giving childbirth if their lifelong constitution is low, unless they visit a clinic to give birth.
There is a small chance the child can die during child birth.
Mothers now take 25% of their total current hit points in damage during child birth.
Mothers have a 50% chance of losing 1 day of life expectancy during child birth unless they visit a clinic.
You can no longer find keys harvesting resources.
The chance you can find a loot box harvesting resources has been increased.
Finding keys when trying to uncover lootboxes is now slightly more common.
Lootbox settings can now be customized in the custom game mode menu.
Doubled the length of a day.
Rebalanced the stats of nearly every friendly mob in the game.
Reduced the amount of nomads that spawn, as well as their chance to spawn.
Starting villagers in a new region on the world map have been reduced to about 12.
Starting resources in a new region on the world map have increased to 32.
Starting villagers in skirmish mode reduced to 10-14.
The amount of starting villagers in Limbo have been reduced to 19-29 in survival and nightmare.
The monster spawn rates in survival, nightmare and traditional have been reduced.
Wild food now grows and spreads 2 times slower.
All food items now provide more overall food.
Almost all job slots provided by all work buildings has been cut in half.
Occupancy maximum for housing has been cut in half.
You now gain twice as much maximum influence per villager.
Halved the doggo spawn rates.
Rebalanced the length of nighttime in both Summer and Winter. Summer nights are now longer, and Winter nights are now shorter.
The mob level hard cap has been raised to 200.
Reduced the speed health is regenerated when in a house.
Tripled the duration of poison, blight and dysentery, but also reduced damage taken by them by two thirds, resulting in the same amount of damage over a much longer period of time.
Increased Cold Aura spell cost.
Charm spell cost has been reduced by 25%, and the failure chance removed.
An eclipse can no longer happen the same day as a full moon.
Slimes now heal 3 times slower.
Blood slimes now heal 2 times slower.
Reduced range generated by outposts.
Housing now requires rock for the first and second upgrades.
Added all new Patreons' rewards to the game.
Monsters no longer wander to radiance pools.
Reworked how the interface autoscaling works to get slightly better results.
There are now a small amount of particles that generate when a mob gains XP.
When a mob gains a level, there is no longer a message in the console, and the sound is localized to where they leveled instead of being global.
There are now some particle effects when a mob levels.
Changed how essence is generated from objects, making the output more varied in appearance.
When the game needs to find an open space to force drop a resource, the location is a bit more randomized now.
Increased the rate light levels transition.
You can now advance the passage of time in sandbox mode if you enable debug mode.
You can now set the clock to 16x speed if you enable debug mode.
Survival Island map tweaked slightly.
Removed map "Bottleneck" from the Official Maps list.
Increased the range provided by the forge.
Nomad settings can now be customized in the custom game mode menu.
There is now a 1 in 50 chance that a fire elemental will spawn when a meteor hits.
Radiance pools now slowly generate energy the player can steal with their hand.
Radiance pools no longer use cut stone, but require more rock and crystal.
Removed the single-threaded settings from the game, as they caused more trouble than they helped in almost all scenarios.
Updated many of the tips.
A new statistics panel has been added to the game, showing tons of daily statistics about your village.
All GUI code has been completely gutted and reorganized, most of the changes will be transparent to the player. But pretty much everything under the hood was redone.
Updated the mouse lock icon.
Spells on the spell bar will no longer stay highlighted even if no spell is selected.
Right clicking to add/remove workers now adds and removes plus or minus 5, rather than 10.
Lowered the "low villager count" warning in the problem panel from 10 to 5 villagers.
Changed the description of the crystillery so it fits in the description box.
You can now access the reset AI function by holding down left shift on the selected region panel in world map view, and the load game menu in skirmish.
Tips popping up now cancel the current task, to prevent accidental clicking.
Pausing the game hides the entire GUI now, but you can interact with the new statistics panel, the main menu panel, settings, and see the clock.
Keys are no longer listed as "Rare wood drops" in the resource production panel.
Players now get subtle warnings the time of day period before a full moon, eclipse or blood moon.
Updated copyright date on main menu.
Multithreaded the autosave system, reducing save time substainally for multicore processors.
Removed even more erroneous names from the name list.
Wrote in a system to remove erroneous names during runtime, preventing them from causing problems.
Catjeet nomad children are now in the correct mob group.
Fixed a bug that would allow workers to "overfill" the farm while it is being upgraded.
Heavily optimized the provisioner price update and stock increase code. This should completely eliminate the "New day" lag some players have been having.
Fixed a rare crash when a mob is harvesting a resource and it the tile decays before he completes his work.
Fixed crash when casting mend on walls that were completely blocked on all sides.
Fixed a minor bug that would make laborers leave the marketplace too quickly sometimes.
Fixed a minor shadow generation glitch on the construction phase of the rain catcher.
Fixed a few minor errors in the water artwork.
Compressed all sound effects a bit, increasing load times and shrinking the game's initial install size.
Tons of code cleanup to the input code for the game.
Reworked all the code related to coloring mob sprites in game, cleaning up a lot of minor issues with recoloring mobs.
Fixed the statistics panel from rendering incorrectly with interface scale settings other than 1.
When selecting a terrain while making a new map, you no longer unselect the map size.
Fixed mining facility upgrade descriptions.
Fixed a minor typo in the catjeet laboror's tasking AI.
Fixed a typo in the debug screen, that was showing the topography layers flipped.
Did you have any buildings recently destroyed or dismantled by chance?
Update: Looks like I found the problem, I'll have it fixed for the stable release in a few days. In the meantime, you can fix your save by navigating to the region on the world map (or Skirmish) and hold left shift. A new "Reset AI" button should pop up, when it does, click on it, and you should be good to go.
I noticed that farms are flooded with water buckets during upgrades.
I mean the max stock of water buckets is about 24 once the upgrade is finished but the water masters have brought over 40 buckets during the upgrade.
After a nice big bloated dev cycle for InDev 29, it's time to dive in to the next big thing, InDev 30! This update will be focusing on making your villagers more important, valuable and personable as well as reduce the overall amount of monsters and villagers on the map.
A lot of the overall goals of this patch is to lower the mob count on the map, while not changing the pacing or balance of the game. But, as always, there will be fresh, new mechanics as well!
If you have any requests, be sure to post them in the comments. Let me know what you want, and how you want it to work! You might just find it sneak into the next patch.
Villagers will be able to carry more than one resource at a time, massively cutting down on transit time to build or deliver resources. This should compensate for the villager rebalancing mentioned below and help keep the same game pacing with less villagers working.
The amount they can carry will be based on their strength stats. The stronger they are, the more they can carry.
Villagers will now age and die. But through providing them a healthy, happy life you can help them live longer.
Villagers will eventually "retire" and no longer be able to take a job, but when they chat with villagers they will impart their wisdom on them, giving them experience bonuses so they level up faster.
Having good housing, keeping people well fed, happy and having clinics as well as many other factors will assist in extending villager's age.
A slight chance the mother, or mother and child will die during child birth will be added. The chance this will happen will be based on the mother's age and health.
Monster spawning will be completely redesigned, favoring "hot zones" where monsters build large amount of spawns far away from the village, rather than randomly placing spawns all over the map.
Much less monsters will wander around on the map in the day time, making it safer to venture out or expand.
When monsters spawn, they will now spawn at night and almost instantly attack the village. Any leftovers when dawn arrives will return to their spawners.
All village nomad and reproduction rates will be reduced, causing village growth to slow down quite a bit.
All occupancy, job slots, farm growth, storage limits, etc will all be reduced.
Because of the above, things like hunger and thirst will either drop slower per villager, or food and water will be worth more.
All building requirements will be reduced (to compensate for less villagers working).
Many work tasks will be buffed, for example, repairing will repair more per attempt.
To balance out the lower mob counts, many of the towers, golems, and other defensive mechanics may need to be rebalanced.
I'd have to see a copy of your save, it seems very strange you'd have this issue with multiple toolsmithies on multiple saves, and you're the first ever to report this. Unless its user error, you might have a very specific play style no one else has that's somehow triggering it.
You can upload a copy of your save with the profile uploader in game, just go to the profile select screen, click the arrow button, click "dev request" and then click upload and reply here with your profile name so I can find it.
#6335 InDev 29b - The Mega Sized Map Update - Released!
The first patch of 2018 has arrived! This ones classified as a minor patch, because it does not break your save data. But it's a fairly beefy minor patch, possibly one of the largest ever!
This patch almost entirely focuses on adding more maps to the game, changing some old ones, finishing off the current world map and prepping for expansion into brand new biomes in the future!
11 new maps added; Azusa, Limestone, Nerstrand, Farley, Casas, Wilderock, Greyby, Goldmist, Loracre, Clearland, and Valencia.
7 maps completely remade; Silvercoast, Survival Island, Arid River, Gateway, Greenham, Quiet Forest, and Black Sands.
6 maps have had minor changes; Enchanted Shoreline, Springland, Strongvale, Northoak, Wheatcastle, and Merrowshore.
Entire world map art updated to line up with all the new maps and map changes.
Most of the old maps that were completely remade have been moved to the "Official Maps" map pack in skirmish mode.
Fixed an extremely rare crash if you try to reclaim a building and you have no camp, but have enough free building slots.
Fixed a few illegal characters in the villager name system that could cause the game to crash.
Fixed a bug with the mating system that was preventing villagers from mating.
Implemented possible fix to AI redistribution crash.
Fixed a guard patrol bug that would sometimes crash the game if the guard could not find a valid coordinate to patrol in.
Fixed some particle position errors in the GUI when rendering golems.
Fixed a bug that would cause the game to crash if you cast dissolve outside the map bounds.
Changed the bullet and spray tower descriptions.
Doubled the map movement distance off the edge of the map.
The mouse position and selection brush are now displayed on the minimap.
Equipment storage can no longer store water bottles, but can store shields.
Keys now spawn more often in place of loot boxes.
The hotkeys for speed are actually hardcoded in at the moment (keys - and =), I'm trying to figure out why the audio controls on most laptops control the speed. It'sa weird/awkward bug. I'm thinking that it has something to do with how the audio controls function. I'm hoping to find a work around for it next patch.
I agree with the premise of the game controls being mouse only (also, this helps make it touch-only someday). I have a bunch of work I'd like to do to the interface, but GUI work is the bane of an indiedev's existence during Early Access. Things change to rapidly it's a constant tug back and forth adding, removing and redesigning things. The current GUI is the third complete-from-scratch rewrite, and we're inching closer to a forth one soon.
In InDev 29b (Time permitting, otherwise it may be InDev 30) I have plans to completely gut and rewrite the input code to prep for touch screen support. It'll be the first step in starting the forth version of the GUI. Although the full rewrite likely won't happen in InDev 29b or 30, but somewhere around 32-33 you may be seeing it.
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As well as being hard work, renovating a home can be massively rewarding, improving your living space and adding value to your property. When undertaking any project, though, it’s important to remember safety comes first! From tripping hazards to exposure to chemicals, it is important to take care of your health and safety while working on your renovation.
Whether you are doing the renovation work yourself or being present on site, e.g. project managing, it’s important to be wearing the right sort of clothing. You need to protect yourself with full length sleeves and trousers, socks, closed-toed shoes and gloves. Hardwearing materials, durable layers and reinforced shoes or work boots are ideal. Engelbert Strauss is renowned for high quality, robust workwear with lots of features like reinforced seams, handy multiple pockets or breathable fabrics, for example, to get you through any project. Consider that you may well need personal protection accessories, such as eye goggles and ear plugs – plus a hard hat when any demolition work is taking place.
It is necessary to ensure you have good ventilation when renovating a building. With fine dust particles circulating from taking down walls, mixing plaster, sanding wood etc and chemicals from paint and other home improvement products that could be breathed in, having a flow of fresh air is essential, so keep windows or doors open and protect yourself further with face masks especially if working in a dusty, confined space.
It is essential that all tools are in good working order (electricals should be checked over and tested periodically and faulty or old items replaced) and special care of course needs to be taken around power tools. A simple trailing cable can cause someone to trip and fall and result in a broken bone, so it’s really important not to leave dangerous equipment lying around and to work tidily and do a proper clear up at the end of each day.
It’s impossible to clean up totally until a building job is complete; anyone with renovation experience will tell you the amount of dust is has to be seen to be believed and it feels like you’ll never get rid of it! But wiping down surfaces and vacuuming as you go will help reduce the dust and debris. A final thorough clean up will be necessary though, starting at the top of your rooms, dry dusting down newly painted walls and wiping downwards other surfaces with a damp cloth. Carpets and rugs, even if they have been covered with a protective layer, will need several goes with a vacuum cleaner and hard floors mopped thoroughly.
Good luck with your renovation projects – stay safe!
Previous Marks & Spencer Limited Edition Dress Fever!
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Each person that plans on working in the nursery, Kids Church or Youth Ministry is required to have a background check done every two years. These forms will help complete the necessary steps that are needed to ensure the safety of all of our children and youth while they are on the PRC campus. Thank you for your added cooperation. There are pages to fill out in the back of the file below. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Pastor Cathy or Pastor Josh! Thank you for your willingness to serve at PRC!
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The words design and semi-industrial, which are part of the subtitle of this book and are here underlined, are an evidence of our approach, as designers, to the world of Portuguese confectionery. The Fabrico Próprio project has as its underlying idea the introduction of a new perspective over this activity, free from preconceived ideas, on what it represents to a professional class, and also its historic and cultural importance in Portuguese society.
But no Portuguese dares to bake any of these cakes at home. In the end, that is not even necessary, as they know they can trust the work of confectionery masters and other professionals of the field.
As such, all these elements that make this ‘product-cake’- one of which being the very name of each cake – are part of the process governing its manufacture. This process is in all accounts similar to the design process, the so-called ‘project method’. A conventional notion of design is ‘where technology, art, and culture converge to solve the problems of everyday life’ [in Busch, Akiko, The Uncommon Life of Common Objects. New York, Metropolis Books, 2004, pg 16]. With the content of this book one can easily make a parallel between confectionery and this definition, proving that cakes are themselves an example of designed products or design objects in their own right.
These products – conceived according to a method based on design, or project, procedures – are also developed according to processes of industrial manufacture. It is precisely in the atypical junction of these two words that our choice for the term semi-industrial is grounded. Allow us to explain. First of all, the origin of the word manufacture, which from the latin manu factum means ‘hand made’, and describes the way these cakes of daily consumption are prepared. All the final shapes are achieved by skilled handling of utensils, ingredients, dough, creams and icings, by one or more professionals; the decoration and finishing of each cake is done individually, according to a specific recipe.
We are thus able to affirm that everyday, in Portugal, each cake is made by hand according to a recipe – if you will, an initial project – whose author, save the odd exception, we ignore. It is because of this absence of authorship – an absence we, after months and months of research, failed to dispute or confirm – we can consider that the majority of these products are manufactured according to a traditional recipe, in many ways similar to handcrafted products. However, we failed to observe in this type of confectionery other factors that characterise craft as material production.
The use of local or regional raw material, found in cakes such as the typical Algarve sweets made with almonds or carob (ingredients mainly found and identified in this region), is not taken into account in the manufacture of the cakes featured in this book, which are made from five base-ingredients that can be found anywhere in the country.
In the same way, the identification of a product with a place is only true for the so-called regional cakes – like the Fofos de Belas, Pastéis de Tentúgal or Cristas de Galo from Vila Real – but not seen in other confectionery cakes, even if many of them originated from a specific city or region. Jesuíta is a good example of that, as it originated from the town of Santo Tirso, something as unknown as irrelevant for the majority of its enthusiasts. Another factor is the variations of each cake, created individually by each confectionery baker, regardless of the original recipe – without compromising the essence of the product. A Palmier is still a Palmier be it simple, covered or filled – and it still is a Palmier despite the eccentric ingredients that could be added to it. There is then room in this tradition – or initial project – for individual creativity.
That said, these products are made by hand, according to a recipe much less traditional than what we could imagine at first. And when we have a closer look into the process according to which they are produced, we can attest the use of the word industrial to speak of manufacture. We use this term as a direct reference to the array of appliances and tools (dough mixers, processors, refrigerators, ovens, etc.), ingredients (specific margarine, pasteurised eggs…) and sequential methods of preparation (mixing, resting, stretching, rolling, turning…), used in the making of these cakes.
For a better understanding of the scale involved in the above-mentioned electric appliances, we can say that those include mixers capable of mixing homogeneously 60 litres of dough, refrigerators with a capacity of up to 500 litres, or ovens capable to reaching up to 400° C.
It is also pertinent to mention the two typologies of establishments that manufacture these products. The Fabrico Próprio patisseries, where the cakes are prepared daily to meet local consumption, and the so-called wholesale houses, where cakes are prepared in larger quantities in order to be distributed to patisseries, cafes and other food establishments that don’t have fabrico próprio, or their own production. Both in Fabrico Próprio patisseries and wholesale houses, the machinery, procedures and kind of ingredients are alike. The difference of each production is in the decoration, quality and/or specificity of ingredients, and also in the final presentation of the products. In our research, we realised the fabrico próprio establishments are in general more careful and attentive when it comes to every step of manufacture and sale. In these places, the master confectionery baker – the producer – creates a signature that the ‘house counter’- the client – grows to enjoy and appreciate, making often one specific patisserie become a reference for a particular cake, and a landmark in any Portuguese neighbourhood or town.
This dedication applied to an industrial manufacture proves, according to us, that the negative assumptions frequently associated to the word industrial in the universes of gastronomy and food may, in many cases, be untrue, as we believe that there is excellence, rigor, and dedication in the manufacture of these products. We can conclude that the fabrico próprio cakes in Portugal are not made in huge amounts, by gigantic machines monitored by workers in anonymous factories. That’s not what we think when we buy or eat them. We do not think also that they are religiously made by an idealised person, who produces a very small number of cakes according to a secret, centuries-old recipe, which shall be eaten by only a few, in a respected ‘sanctuary’ of Portuguese confections.
That is then the reason for our choice of the expression semi-industrial for this particular kind of food production: All these cakes are manufactured by confectionery bakers whose face we have never seen, but in whose talent we blindly trust. They are not made by machines, they are made with machines. They are not produced in a large scale, they are produced in sufficient amounts to fill counters every morning. They are not from a specific convent or region, they are national – and some are even global. The daily project of this confectionery is simpler than the rich tradition of Portuguese culinary and gastronomy, but more unique and precious than any other synthetic product that could ever be offered to us by the food industry.
Still relating to the fact of being designers, we can say that this theme interested us also due to other components of the industrial cycle: the time involved in the production of these products, the shapes, the people involved, the consumers, the sociability aspect of consumption, the places and, last but not least, the cultural legacy – not duly documented up to now – made us dedicate our bodies (now somewhat heavier) and souls to this universe. Whilst a project for a more years) to reach the final consumer, in the product-cake case the transition between project and final object has much shorter working times, allowing for a visualisation and fast analysis of the results in a consumption circuit. That’s what we say when we talk about Fabrico Próprio, about products of fast project, fast manufacture and fast (very fast indeed!) consumption, for we find in this material universe a true source of inspiration, creative richness, and possibility for innovation, where there is still much left to be explored.
By connecting this activity to the design process, we also wanted to create contact points between two apparently unrelated fields. To us, true innovation happens when creative thought is applied to other fields of knowledge and creation of wealth, allowing for true intersections of disciplines, industries and cultures. And it is in these intersections that horizons are opened, surprises happen and the most unexpected, surprising and meaningful results are produced. We would like to think of this book, and the project around it, as one of those precious intersections.
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Christmas is around the corner! In Finland Christmas is an important holiday that is spent with family and relatives. Santa Claus is getting very busy at this time of the year, he and his elves are reading the Christmas wish lists from kids around the world and making preparations for their world tour taking place December 24 and 25.
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Santa Claus, the one and only, lives in Finland of course! His home is in Rovaniemi, which is a city in the mysterious Arctic Circle in Lapland. Arctic Circle is the area where you can see Aurora Borealis and see reindeers. Santa Claus’s home in Rovaniemi is open to public, it can be visited all year around - you can enjoy a private chat with him and the enchanted atmosphere. his office is probably the most exciting place in the world for children. It’s where Santa carefully listens to children’s wishes and may even entertain children with a Christmas song or two, since he is a good singer.
Do you know what is Santa Claus’ official job?
Santa’s annual mission is to deliver happiness around the world with the help of his team of furry reindeer friends :). His year is spent on planning how to bring lots and lots of joy to all kids and adults around the world!
Elves are very close helpers of Santa Claus, who help him with all the Christmas preparations, remind children to be good and make sure Santa Claus takes regular breaks to drink his hot chocolate. Santa’s reindeer are also very important; they have a big job to take presents around the world during Christmas. Mrs Claus has been one of Santa’s closest helpers for already a few centuries, she is often busy cooking rice porridge to all elves and Santa Claus himself!
I am Inkeri Mentzoni, the founder of Kidemaa. I am a working mother of 8 year old son and we live in Helsinki.
I lived 15 years in the United States of America, but I returned to Finland four years ago in order to provide Finnish childhood to my son. I love working and I am grateful that the Finnish lifestyle allows me to pursue my professional goals and be an active mom at the same time. My favourite part of Helsinki: the fact that you can walk almost everywhere and nature is always around you.
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2 cups riced cauliflower - you can get it already riced at Trader Joe's as a time saver!
In a large skillet, over medium heat, add your green pepper and onions to the pan. Cook until the onions are translucent.
Add your ground beef. Break it up and stir everything around. Continue to cook on low to medium heat, depending on your stove.
While the meat is cooking, toss the cauliflower rice on the stove in a medium sized skillet, over medium heat. Season with salt and pepper. It will cook in just a few minutes. I like to cover my pan so it speeds up the cooking a bit and kind of steams the cauliflower rice.
When the ground beef is just about done, add your taco seasoning and stir until the ground beef, green peppers, and onions are coated.
When the ground beef is finished cooking, turn off the heat. Turn off the heat on the cauliflower rice, and start making your bowls.
Add a bunch of your favorite greens to your bowl first. We use spinach and/or kale usually depending on what is in the fridge. Then add your cauliflower rice next. The ground beef goes on top of the rice. Then add your favorite toppings. We like to put cabbage, fresh tomatoes, olives, avocado, salsa and chipotle lime mayo from Primal Kitchen.
Get to eating these bowls up! They are bursting with flavor and are filling too!
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CargoCap is the fifth transportation alternative to the conventional systems of road, rail, air and water. It is a safe and economical way to carry goods quickly and on time in congested urban areas by underground transportation pipelines.
This innovative concept is the outcome of the interdisciplinary collaboration in research and development at the Ruhr University of Bochum under the direction of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietrich Stein supported by the current Ministry of Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Transportation as such is effected on the basis of individual, intelligent vehicles - the Caps. The system is independent of aboveground traffic congestion and weather conditions.
Each Cap is designed for the transportation of two euro-pallets, which represent the majority of the general inner-European cargo transportation, and can thus be directed through pipelines with a diameter of 2.0 m.
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Always the experimenter, I decided to try some “leaf bud” cuttings along with the more traditional “tip” cuttings. The usual tip cutting is taken by removing the growing apex of a lateral, along with at least 2 leaf nodes. The leaves of the lower nodes are removed and provide sites for roots to emerge. The leaves at the upper node are retained to provide energy for the cutting via photosynthesis.
In contrast, leaf bud cuttings consist of a leaf, a leaf bud (between the leaf and the stem) and a length of stem. The cuttings are prepared by pinching out the lateral’s tip 1-2 weeks before the cuttings are taken. This stimulates the leaf buds into development. At cutting time, the stems are cut between the nodes; which gives separated leaf pairs. Each of these are then split down the length of the stem to yield two leaf bud cuttings.
The main advantage of using leaf bud cuttings is that many more cuttings can be taken from a given lateral. A stem with 3 leaf pairs could yield 1 tip cutting or 6 leaf bud cuttings. The disadvantage is that leaf bud cuttings have a higher mortality rate. Three and a half weeks after the first crop of cuttings were taken, 95% of the tip cuttings had rooted, compared to only 76% of the leaf bud cuttings.
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Daniele Rambelli - Guitar - No price piece - the chicken is agree! ; - ) - Hi! This is the studio version of my last guitar work. Hope you like my young chicken "Birba"!
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• Temple University, May 1991 - Bachelor of Business Administration.
• Manor Junior College - May 1989, AS in Accounting, Cumulative GPA: 3.8 on a 4.0 scale.
• Lab assistant in Computer Science Lab and for the Accounting Department.Temporarily worked in Manor College's Accounting Department to prepare for audit.
• Worked experiences include CAM2 Automotive Products Inc., Philadelphia, PA Assistant to the Coordinator - Handled the correspondence between the sales office and the salesmen, advertising sales promotions and mail outs to customers all over the United States. February 1980 to January 1982.
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"Once in a blue moon, as the saying goes, there are two full moons in a single calendar month, which NASA says actually happens every 2.5 years. A blue moon on New Year's Eve is much rarer, last happening in 1990. Even rarer, though, is the lunar eclipse that will accompany the blue moon."
Of course, I woke up this morning thinking it was 2010 for some reason (I TELL you I'm not calendar-based haha), so does it matter to me? Of course - because it's cool! Although I can't see the eclipse Luceh, Anj, Karuna, and others I know are at least at the edge of the viewing region, so maybe they'll see it.
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The match should have been tricky, but three goals before half time, put this tie to bed. Rather apt for this time of year, Stratford and Mike Taylor delivered the heebie jeebies to Alvechurch last night.
Despite the bitterly cold conditions, the match drew in a respectable crowd and it wasn’t long before they were rewarded as Stratford’s first meaningful attack led to the opening goal.
A quick exchange down the right, resulted in Lewis Wilson venturing into the box. As he made his way to the by-line, he was clipped by the defender. Although the contact was minimal, it was a foul and the referee had no option but to point to the spot. Up stepped Carvalho, who made no mistake and dispatched it, into the bottom corner and it was 1-0 to the Blues.
From there, Town kicked on dominating proceedings and they had skill and steel in equal measure whilst Alvechurch fought valiantly, but offered little in the final third.
As for Town, they carried much more of a threat. Will Grocott was gaining joy in between the lines and was linking well with Taylor and it wasn’t long before the big man was on the score sheet.
After being thwarted twice by Alvechurch’s keeper, it was third time lucky. From a first time cross, he powered a bullet of a header into the roof of the net Town were 2-0 up and well and truly in the driving seat.
As for the travelling support, there was little to get excited about. In fact, the only cheer mustered, came after a fan dropped his pint in plain view of everyone the poor lad was left feeling blue but soon, so were Alvechurch.
They were dealt the killer blow, just before the interval. After collecting the ball in the middle of the park, Albi Skendi bulldozed his way through the heart of the defence. His goal bound shot was poked home, by who else, Mikey Taylor for his match brace and 10 for the season in what is a vintage year for "The Beast". Albi’s attempt looked on target but as with any good striker, Taylor was on hand to make sure it went over the line, so 3-0 at the break and a long way back for Alvechurch.
Ian Long the Alvechurch manager attempted to shuffle his pack, making two changes at half-time but the damage was done. The second half petered out however Stratford almost added a fourth when Grocott's cross was met by Cox however the right backs header was cleared off the line. Apart from that Town's game management was spot on and with the stuffing knocked out of the visiting side their was little threat from the Church.
A delighted Town boss Baillie afterwards commented "We looked strong throughout, and were worthy winners.I’m obviously very pleased with the result and our first half performance was exceptional, Alvechurch just couldn't cope with us and we could easily have scored more.
It was a complete contrast to Saturday’s game our pitch made a big difference as it suits our style of play and we were able to get the ball down and play our quick moving and passing game which we found it difficult to do over there.We had worked them out from how they played on Saturday, and in the second half we concentrated on managing the game and not letting them have any opportunity to get back into it, and I felt that we did that very well."
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Psht, stocks. I thought it was normal, but after reflecting on it later in the day, I thought, when did that happen? When did stocks become boring?
I’ll speak for myself and say: very, very recently. And cryptocurrencies have all to thank for it. Compared to cryptos, the stock market feels so incredibly outdated. It’s like trying to use Netscape today to gain access to information.
What gives that feeling? It’s a combination of things. Stocks seem to carry with it the feeling of “old money”, and as strict as the SEC may be on insider trading, there’s no way a board room full of old rich men are behaving morally when all incentives require them not to. So there’s a sense of general distrust that permeates the whole thing. “Sell the news,” they say, as if it’s wisdom, when really it means that insiders always take their cut long before anything ever makes its way to you.
Then there are the exchanges themselves. I’ve dabbled with stocks since I was thirteen, but never got anything to show for it. I purchased a few shares of Tesla some years back on Robinhood—but what do I really own? I haven't received any stock certificates. My ownership in Tesla is just a number in Robinhood’s system, which you are eventually beggingly at the mercy of. Just recently, Robinhood informed me that I needed to upload a photo of my social security card in order to do anything with my shares of Tesla. This is the second time they’ve locked my account without notice. And given how exciting and attractive cryptocurrencies have become to younger people, my best bet is Robinhood will struggle to acquire the users they’re after and very soon shutter its doors.
With crypto, I don’t need anyone’s permission. I receive full ownership of the private keys, and I own them forever. No one can take that away from me, even if the government sends armed agents to my door. Obviously, I’d be wise to cooperate, but the point is, I don’t have to. So there is a large political cause of freedom and the right to personal property found in crypto that is not found in stocks and traditional banking.
Stock markets also represent a brutal philosophy of growth that I simply cannot support. Companies which are publicly traded become slaves to their next quarter earnings report, instead of focusing on long term health and sustainability. It’s a culture of unquenchable thirst and ravenous, destructive hunger. The “growth at all costs” mentally is just not something I want to be a part of or contribute to.
All of this contempt for the public markets has grown silently within me for the past couple years, and it may be latent within you too. Cryptocurrencies are as much a counter-cultural revolution as they are a bank-replacing technology. Almost everything is democratized, and the people behind it almost never wear suits. Compare that to the fundamental pillar of our crony capitalist system that is the public markets, dominated by 1%ers who continue to wreak havoc on our shared ecosystem and politics, and it’s easy to see why stocks feel so unglamorous as of late.
Aside from the volatility and potential gains to be had from either stocks or cryptocurrencies, I generally feel safer having my money in crypto rather than held and managed by suits at a bank or brokerage. I have no reason to hide from my government, but I have had my PayPal account frozen enough times for no apparent reason to grow distrustful of centralized systems.
The question to be asking is, if you had $200,000 of hard earned money that you wanted to protect, where’s the best place to put it?
Well, under your mattress sounds pretty great, since you could always keep an eye on it and sleep right on top of it. But, you become an easy target just waiting to be robbed. Not to mention it loses value every year it sits collecting dust.
You could put it in a bank. But then you have to trust Bank of America to not be a douche about your money. They can freeze your assets any time they please, and prevent you from withdrawing so much as a dime, especially if done at the behest of the U.S Government. You might say, “I earned that money legally and have no reason for concern.” Try telling that to PayPal. I have little doubt, given your innocence, that you will eventually regain access to your funds. But just the fact that other self-interested parties have that much control over my hard earned money is great cause for concern, especially when there are alternatives available without these downsides. Oh, and you’re only insured up to $100,000.
You can place your money in the stock market, but, that’s susceptible to exactly the same concerns as banking: You don’t really own anything, and it can be seized by your government at any time.
What remains is the wonderful world of crypto. As long as you own your private keys, no one in the world can take your money away from you. You can’t be robbed. The funds can’t be frozen with the strike of a gavel. And, while this is mostly irrelevant, you might even quadruple your money in a few years time. The risk is of course the volatility of daily prices, but I’m not particularly worried about that.
There’s a lot of talk about the impending crypto bubble, but, given the viral peer-to-peer nature of it all, I’m hard-pressed to come up with any one scenario where the crypto system as a whole is destroyed. Sure, short term pops are inevitable, but on the long term, try to think of any one event that can permanently shatter a system like this.
A dystopian society where access to the internet is prohibited.
The collapse of cryptography as a whole, ushered possibly in part by the advent of molecular and quantum computing. I’m not particularly troubled by this, as its arrival will be seen from at least a mile away, giving us ample time to redesign our systems to take advantage of quantum cryptography. I realize that disruption is usually revolutionary and not evolutionary, and doesn’t always give us time to react, but cryptography is too fundamental of a utility in our ecosystem for us to not be paying wildly close attention to it.
Of course, the government can try to ban cryptocurrencies, at which point, it would be prudent to start buying more of it.
Barring these circumstances, I think crypto goes on and infiltrates every aspect of our lives. This isn’t some new insight, as the optimism is already reflected in the price, but more of an invitation: consider putting away your doubt and fear, and instead find ways to contribute to this new system of independence.
The money is now flowing from the old to the new. The future is as exciting as it’s ever been.
The morning is a better time to write. My hands do not hesitate like they do at night, after 80% of my energy has been depleted. My stream of consciousness flows less sinuously, and empties effortlessly onto this ocean of paper. This transcription process is cathartic. The coffee makes me brash.
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Individual and neighborhood stressors, sleep problems, and symptoms of anxiety and depression among Latino youth.
Youth-serving institutional resources and neighborhood safety: Ties with positive youth development.
Assessing the role of race/ethnicity in the relationships among spiritual struggles, health, and well-being.
Childhood psychopathic personality and callous-unemotional traits in the prediction of conduct problems.
Present, protective, and promotive: Mentors' roles in the lives of young adults in residential care.
Positive growth from adversity and beyond: Insights gained from cross-examination of clinical and nonclinical samples.
The interaction of serious mental disorder and race on time to reincarceration.
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Highlands Elementary School serves 343 students in grades Prekindergarten-6.
The percentage of students achieving proficiency in Math is 78% (which is higher than the Idaho state average of 42%) for the 2015-16 school year. The percentage of students achieving proficiency in Reading/Language Arts is 83% (which is higher than the Idaho state average of 53%) for the 2015-16 school year.
Highlands Elementary School placed in the top 1% of all schools in Idaho for overall test scores (math proficiency is top 1%, and reading proficiency is top 1%) for the 2015-16 school year.
Minority enrollment is 7% of the student body (majority Hispanic and Asian), which is lower than the Idaho state average of 24%.
Highlands Elementary School's student population of 343 students has grown by 6% over five school years.
Highlands Elementary School is ranked within the top 1% of all 656 schools in Idaho (based off of combined Math and Reading proficiency testing data) for the 2015-16 school year.
The diversity score of Highlands Elementary School is 0.13, which is less than the diversity score at state average of 0.30. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five school years.
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Women’s clothing retailer Bonmarché has seen its like-for-like sales decline by 7.8% in its third quarter as trading remained in line with the revised guidance it gave on 13 December.
In the 13 weeks to 29 December online like-for-like sales climbed by 22.2% although this was lower than the growth seen in the first half of the year. In-store like-for-likes were down by 11.1% in the period, which was slightly better than the 12% decline predicted in December.
The retailer’s gross margin was in line with revised forecasts and below last year due to additional discounting and expected exchange rate headwinds.
The results meant that like-for-like sales in the 39 weeks to 29 December were down 3.3% with in-store sales declining by 6.4% and online sales rising by 26.5%.
Bonmarché said its winter sale has started well and that it is continuing to trade in line with its revised guidance.
Helen Connolly, Bonmarché chief executive said: "Clearly, in the short time since our last update, macro market conditions have not changed, but I am pleased that the sale stock is clearing well and that trading is in line with our revised expectations. In the short term, we continue to focus on ending the year with a clean stock position and ensuring that our balance sheet remains healthy.
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With more than 55,000 readers, Sourcing Journal is the premiere trade publication for apparel and textile executives focused on sourcing and manufacturing. With daily updates on global market conditions, breaking news stories, top-tier investigative journalism and industry white papers, they make sense of an increasingly complex sourcing landscape.
One of their go to writers and Senior Editor is Lyndsay McGregor who tirelessly covers all aspects of sourcing and fashion news as it relates to the entire industry (and with a heavy lean on sustainability). She’s also getting the Media Award for Advancing Sustainability and Ethics at our Positive Impact Awards ceremony this Friday night.
I caught up with Lyndsay to hear what she had to say about the media landscape in terms of sustainable fashion.
DEB JOHNSON: How do you feel media industry interest has grown in sustainability?
LYNDSAY MCGREGOR: It has become one of our most read categories. People tend to search for sustainability a lot on our website and whenever there’s a big sustainability feature, it’s always one of the most read stories that week. It’s good to know that people are interested and that they are paying attention want to be aware of what’s happening. I would say just from the trade show floor and going to conferences I definitely think it’s a hot button topic and that a lot of brands are really eager to market to consumers.
DEB: It’s a little bit of a catch 22 with the companies saying that the consumer needs to show interest and consumer not showing that interest.
LYNDSAY: Yes, it’s like you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
DEB: You talk about the challenges with consumer’s lack of interest. What are some other things you are seeing in the industry with sustainability being implemented into products?
LYNDSAY: Honestly I think it’s got a lot to do with how much consumers want to pay and price. Brands still want to make a profit they still want their fat margin. So if consumers aren’t willing to pay more for sustainable practices like better sourcing, materials, or paying their workers a better wage and making things safer it’s not going to work. All of this comes at an extra cost and I think a lot of brands look at the dollar signs and don’t think they can make their margins.
DEB: It makes sense, I mean if it wasn’t a money issue things would move more easily. Talk about what might change that equation.
LYNDSAY: I think marketing can help but I think it’s just that people are not aware. They’re not aware of how much water makes a pair of jeans, if they did they’d be shocked. Reformation does a really good job on their website making trendy and provocative clothes and yet still manage to mention how much water and energy it took to make each piece. And it’s not preachy. People are so aware of food, paying attention to eating organic and making better food choices because it’s something they’re putting into their body, but if they thought more about what they are putting ON their body like pesticides in the material they might pay better attention. so I think marketing has to play a bigger and better part in it and getting that effective message across.
DEB: It’s interesting the similarities between the food and fashion industry. It’s been a long journey over the past 50 years with people talking about eating better food. Will it take 50 years for fashion?
LYNDSAY: I think everything today is happening so much faster. Life is moving at a faster pace than previously so I would hope it wouldn’t take that long. And I think we get info every second of every day. 50 years ago people didn’t have news on smart phones, now 2/3 of the day you are most likely holding a phone with news at arms reach so I think we have so much more access. Studies that say Millennials and Gen Z care about the storytelling behind the things that they buy and if that is all true, we shouldn’t have to wait 50 years.
DEB: You spoke about water earlier, do you have a story about one thing that really shocks you around how garments are made or something exciting going on?
LYNDSAY: I’m constantly shocked. I think the one thing that shocks me all the time about the garment industry is how much the garment workers are paid. When I write stories about garment workers in Cambodia getting a raise and the factory owners against it because it’s too much and workers still getting paid $140 a month it bothers me a lot. I don’t know about you, but most people in New York would spend that just on dinner for two on a Friday night. We think we’re getting a deal on things but in the end, there’s always somebody paying the price.
DEB: Do you have any encouragement for young designers?
LYNDSAY: The industry has grown into this monster. For better or for worse, there’s awful things happening and really awesome things happenings and it can be equal parts discouraging and encouraging. Designers have such access to technology and knowledge and what not to do to contribute to bad design so I think they can approach it with such a different mindset and do the important things they want to do. My best advice is just to not give up.
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I love all this fun and chic pictures!!
Lovely pictures 🙂 You all look gorgeous!
Lovely post! Looks like so much fun! You have a great blog! Would you like to follow each other on GFC, Facebook or bloglovin to stay in touch? Let me know, thanks!
Thanks Melanie! Of course we can follow each other!!
Following you now on FB and GFC, waiting for you now!!
Te acabo de seguir via GFC y Bloglovin, ¿me sigues?
Thanks so much!!! Of course we can follow each other!!
¡Hola guapis!! ¿Os acordáis de mí? Soy Lorena del blog de In California. He cambiado de página porque la otra me daba errores y he querido avisarte para que no perdamos el contacto por este cambio ¿te apetece?
Un besito preciosa. Te espero!
Great finds! I especially love the sequin looking dress. It would be perfect for New Years Eve!
Hey there, completely IN-LOVE with your blog, just followed you on GFC (357), would love if you follow back 🙂 Happy New Year!!
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Hiring the right SEO company is one of the most important factors for online marketing. If you’re not experienced with SEO, it might be difficult to determine which company will be best for your business. Here are four tips for choosing the best SEO company San Diego has to offer.
It may seem like a good idea to rely on the top Google result when you search for SEO companies in your area. It’s also reasonable to think the best SEO company would manage to achieve the top ranking. In reality, most of the leading SEO companies don’t worry too much about how they rank. Because the top SEO providers retain several clients and have so many new businesses wanting to work with them, they don’t necessarily need to rank well to get customers.
Consider why you want to hire an SEO company, what you’ll accomplish by ranking organically, and what audience you’re trying to target. You should have a goal beyond increasing traffic just for the sake of it, and your goal shouldn’t be to beat your competitor for specific keywords because it doesn’t directly influence your revenue. Some goals you can set include increasing traffic from a specific group and boosting revenue through new sales.
Think of your most important criteria, including location, cost, and services offered. From there, find three to five SEO companies or individuals who match that criteria, and start looking at them more closely.
Checking references and recommendations is essential when choosing an SEO company. Ask your friends and professional contacts if they’ve ever worked with the companies you’re considering. Speak with companies similar to yours and see which SEO companies they use. Personal recommendations are one of the best ways to know you can trust an SEO company.
If you’re looking for a reputed and reliable SEO, PPC, social media marketing, and web design company in San Diego, turn to Saba SEO. We are a leading digital marketing agency with an international client base. For over ten years, we have designed effective SEO plans for several businesses belonging to a wide range of industries. Our experts are professionally trained, and they stay up to date with the latest online marketing trends. To learn about our premier SEO plans and packages, give us a call at 858-951-1717 today.
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Credit Card customers often times end up as Savings account holders in the same bank. Hence business retention in this space is crucial for the industry to not lose out on its growth. The below is based on 1153 customer complaints analyzed across the top 7 Banks in India.
When responding, make it a point to provide the next steps to the process, the time that it would take and who are the persons to reach out to in case of any emergency.
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Is there something you don’t like about your animal that you also dislike and want to change in yourself?
Would you like to know how communicating with animals can help you and your pet can live in peace and harmony?
Would you like to know how your animal is feeling?
Is there anything that your animal is doing to challenge you?
Did your animal’s behavior made you wonder about your core beliefs?
Are there ways you act that are similar to the way your animal acts?
Have you ever thought that you have may contributed to your animal’s negative behavior and condition?
Would you believe that what your animal does is a reflection of how you feel about life?
Have you ever thought that your animal might be mirroring or modeling you?
Is there some way that your animal’s behavior, emotion, trauma, or physical issue is making you look at something buried in yourself?
You are here Now because you answered yes to at least one of the above questions.
You are here because you have a deep connection with your pet and animals in general. And you are not here because you question their ability to communicate. Those of you who share your lives with a special animal companion, already communicate with them in one way or another.
How many times you find yourself looking into your pet’s eyes and ask: ” What are you thinking?” I know I did many times.
And I remember the feeling I had when I asked my dog the very same question and thought to myself “This is real and I need to know more than wonder what she is thinking”.
That was the moment when I have enrolled to School of Animal Communication” and became and Intuitive Soul Level Animal Communicator.
It may feel like a fantasy, but it’s real and I’m inviting you and your animal into an intuitive self-exploratory journey to awaken your soul with animal wisdom.
Honest to God if anyone wants to feel closer to your pet .. Do it!!! Both pet and human learn a lot , it is so worth it "
" I had 2 readings with Daniela— they were enriching and eye opening! My favorite part was when she was describing my dog’s behavior at the questions in the session — I could just see him! — it was exactly how he is :). My biggest surprise was the simplicity of the reading session in which some key points came out clear for me. One main one was why my dog has a different style of interaction with each family member, how he gives the message of love to each one of us exactly how we need to receive it - amazing! All in all the readings were amazing in many ways, making me understand my dog and his role in our family at a much deeper level— I realized he is more than a pet in our family, but a true member of the family."
I’m passionate about animals and living a natural lifestyle which has led me to became and intuitive soul level animal communicator, an animal Reiki practitioner, yoga teacher and health coach.
I enjoy helping pet parents in acquiring the knowledge necessary to apply lifestyle changes to promote healing, better health and happy life for them and their animals..
Are you interested to know how your pet is helping you grow and evolve?
Are you interested to know what life lesson is your pet assisting you to master it?
Are you interested to know how your life can look once you learned the lesson your animal is teaching you?
Are you interested to know how your animal can shift your life so you can create more abundance, or to accept the love animals or people hold for you?
Are you interested to discover how your animal is helping you feel protected, safe, worth it, confident, feel better about yourself?
TODAY can be the day that you really wish you could have a conversation with your pet!
I’m here to show you how to open in a fun gentle way your heart and mind and receive the messages your animal friend send during our session. a way of exchanging information.
Connect with your animal friends at soul level level!
Reserve your session today, click the image above!
"Thank you Daniela for providing a reading for my horse Libby. You were clear, insightful and brought to light several concerns I had regarding Libby. Your compassion and genuine care were felt across the ocean. Thank you again for your insights. Truly blessed to have found you and would highly recommend for anyone considering a reading, to contact you."
“My favorite part of the reading was really when you told me that Elsa wanted me to know that she thinks it would be good if I were more like her as far as being calm and mellow. I know that she always sits next to me when my emotions start to rise - now I understand it more. I loved hearing that she seeks out a quiet place for herself to get away from all of the noise, both from my boys and the new puppy.
"As an AnimalReiki practitioner, I'm a firm believer in Animal communication & its applications. I had a couple of Animal Communication sessions for Cho, early on in her days of being a foster in our home. Cho was recovering from a hit n run injury, had been an inpatient in a vet clinic for nearly 4 months. For a dog who has lived on the streets all her life, this was very depressing & we as a family were keen to know that Cho wanted to stay indoors with us. We were happy to adopt Cho if she wanted to live with us as her family. We hence decided to go for the Animal communicator confirmation.
Each time Daniela did the 20 minutes session, it was very interesting. She was accurate in her reading of the human, which established a firm connection with the Animal. Cho is an Animal of few words. Daniela was able to connect with her both times & receive Cho's messages succinctly yet clearly. We got the answers we were looking for from Cho. Best bit was to receive messages that were totally unexpected ~ eg concerns about Cho & her wellbeing that we were discussing within the family were allayed by Cho during these sessions via Daniela!
Very grateful to Daniela for her sessions, for helping us make the right decisions ~ highly recommend her to everyone."
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Sonalde Desai, Omkar Joshi and Reeve Vanneman: Employer of the last resort?
Sonalde Desai: Like flowers and chocolates?
Sonalde Desai: Will the drought hit rural demand?
SonalDe Desai:"Indian think tanks: time to look within"
Shekhar Shah: "Asia’s challenge: rebuilding the global economic order in a generation"
Rajesh Shukla: Just what is poverty, really?
Rajesh Shukla: Young, employed and unhappy?
Click here to sign up now and become a part of the growing online NCAER community.
NCAER signs a five-year Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Michigan Survey Research Centre to promote collaborative survey research. The MoU will promote cooperation in survey-based research, covering..
Dr Rajesh Chadha in conversation with Radio Australia: "Australian business links might grow with new Indian government"
"Emerging India: Economics, Politics and Reforms by Dr. Bimal Jalan"
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's speech on the occasion of laying the foundation stone of NCAER's building in the year 1959.
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This website and its content and products is copyright of Raz Nitzan Music - © Raz Nitzan Music 2019. All rights reserved.
Your use of this website and our products/services and any dispute arising out of such use is subject to the local laws of Raz Nitzan Music.
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The Global Healthcare IT Solutions market report is a comprehensive study of the global Healthcare IT Solutions market portraying the latest state of affairs in the market. It also visualizes the developments in the global market in the near future. The report reviews various features impacting on the growth of the market and the size of the global Healthcare IT Solutions market. The report highlights the competitive vendors in the market together with the summary of some leading players in the market. The global Healthcare IT Solutions market is valued at million US$ in 2017 and will reach million US$ by the end of 2025, growing at a CAGR of during 2018-2025.
The report covers the products offering revenue segmentation and business profile of the leading players. It also emphasizes the latest improvement in the global Healthcare IT Solutions market. It also highlights the shares of the dominant players in the global market in the upcoming time period.
The market research calculates the global estimated value. It also analyzes the impact of Porter’s Five Forces on the growth of the global market. The research study uncovers the global Healthcare IT Solutions market in terms of its volume [k MT] and revenues [USD Million]. Additionally, the report also analyzes the Healthcare IT Solutions market on the basis of product type and consumer segments as well as the development of each segment over the forecast duration estimated.
Focuses on the key Healthcare IT Solutions players, to study the sales, value, market share and development plans in future.
The report provides data collected from the varied regulatory organizations to assess the growth of the segments in the Healthcare IT Solutions market. In addition, the study also emphasizes on the global Healthcare IT Solutions market on the basis of geography. The global market analyzes the worldwide and microeconomic factors impacting the growth of the market in a specific region.
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Great lot with so much potential. Great cabin location for you all year or use for summer cabin after a long day on the Lake. Put a tiny house on it. Make it your own. Great Location. Don't let this one pass you bye.
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AMARAVATI : Andhra Pradesh will sign 'sister state' agreements with states of California, Iowa and Illinois during Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's visit to US, it was announced on Wednesday. A high-level delegation led by Naidu is leaving for the US on Thursday for a week-long visit aimed at inviting investment. Naidu would meet who's who in sectors like information technology, agriculture and education.
The 'sister state' agreements are expected to facilitate closer interactions and investments in a wide range of sectors, said an official statement.
California which shares many similarities with Andhra Pradesh is a power house of information technology and through the proposed agreement; Andhra Pradesh believes that it can share the best practices in areas of IT, agriculture and innovation.
The sister state agreement with Iowa is expected to facilitate technology sharing in the field of agriculture.
Andhra is keen on enabling transfer of smart technologies with the government of Illinois.
The delegation will visit Tesla Factory in Fremont in San Francisco, which is one of the world's most advanced automobile manufacturing facilities in the world.
On May 8, Naidu will receive the 2017 US-India Business Council's "Transformative Chief Minister Awarda in California. The award is being bestowed upon him for advancing the US-India partnership at the state level.
The Chief Minister is scheduled to hold several meetings with a number of CEOs, besides making field visits to Apple, Google, CISCO, Oracle and other campuses in the Silicon Valley.
Naidu along with the Governor of California will be present during the signing of the MoU on global climate between the governments of Andhra Pradesh and California.
The Chief Minister will also address the Telugu NRIs on two occasions to exhort them to contribute their mite in the development of Andhra Pradesh.
Naidu would attend the dinner meeting being hosted by John Chambers, Executive Chairman, CISCO and would hold a breakfast meeting with representatives of the Stanford University. He will also visit the Franklin Tempelton Office.
The delegation will include Naidu's son and Information Technology Minister Nara Lokesh, Finance Minister Y. Ramakrishnudu and senior officials.
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Lighten your country wardrobe this season now the warmer weather is settling in without compromising either comfort or functionality of your old winter favourites.
Crafted from 100% soft brush cotton with split yoke and rear pleats for a superior tailored fit, the Berwick Short Sleeve shirt features a refreshing multi check plaid, neat button down collar, front placket with pearlised Hogg Branded buttons and an extra long drop tail to ensure your shirt stays firmly tucked in.
Team with Chinos or mid-weight Cords for a relaxed country feel.
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it should work, but filesystem access from within WSL might be slower then using the windows server. There are some benchmarks available. Perhaps another alternative to consider would be running Bitcoin Core in vagrant. I don't know if and how bitcoind would be slower.
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged bitcoin-core ubuntu windows installation or ask your own question.
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BEAWARE WE DID A NEW ALBUM !!! I WAS WHEN I WAS A TEENAGER IN THE EARLY 80'S A HUGE INDUSTRIAL FAN (TEST DEPARTMENT, EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN, LAIBACH...) SO I HAVE STILL FRIENDS FROM THIS AEREA AND SOME OF'M ARE THE SWISS PEONEERS IN INDUSTRIAL MUSIC HERPES Ö DELUXE.. SO WE MEET 6 JEARS AGO IN A BAR AND SED THAT WE WANNA DO A RECORD TOGETHER.. THAT MEANS GOSPEL TRASH ROCK'N'ROLL MIXED UP WITH INDUSTRIAL CRAUT MINIMAL ANALOGUE ELEKTRO.. AND WE DID.. WE STARTED REHURCAL AND DRINKING GALLONS OF BEER AND 5 JEARS LATER WE FINISHED THE ALBUM..IN BETWEEN WE DID 2 GIGS.. EVERY BODY LEAVED THE CLUB AS FAST AS THEY COULD.. THAT WAS A GOOD SIGN TO CONTINUE..
"YOUR FAVORITE POSITION IS ON YOUR KNEES"
REVEREND BEAT-MAN & THE CHURCH OF HERPES, is a project of two completely different styles of music who has nothing to do with each other in the normal circus of the Music Industry... they mix up Gospel Rock'n'Roll with Industrial Analog Kraut Electro.. and the Result is Craut influed Gospel from Hell mixed up with Analogue electro trash..
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Picture from Aidy : View from the northeast side.
Picture: View from the northeast side.
Picture from Harry Goodman : A walker on the high point of the hill.
Picture: A walker on the high point of the hill.
Eglish is a newly appointed Binnion, and it gloriously conforms to many of the more pessimistic stereotypes associated with the Sperrins. Especially given the recent weather it's distinctly reminiscent of a disastrous entry on The Great Irish Bake Off; hugely shapeless and way too moist.
I started at (512048 B) on the minor road contouring the hill's eastern flank; it's easy enough to squeeze a car off the road. The skies were somewhat grief-stricken, and my usually enthusiastic partner-in-crime Mr Neelix T. Dog seemed much more interested in having a snooze in the back of the BMW. Undaunted, I hopped over the gate and sallied forth along the track marked on the map. This was certainly less vegetated than the surroundings, but it didn't seem noticeably less wet (i.e. it was saturated). I persisted with it for a few hundred metres before just gritting my teeth and heading straight for the highest point on the skyline. About ten minutes of squelching and swearing led to a fence junction (easily climbed over) beyond which lay the summit area. The map suggests the views to be reasonably open to west and east...someone blessed with better weather may be able to verify that on the ground.
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Don't neglect your vehicle's electronic systems - trust our experts to repair your vehicle properly the first time around! A poor driving experience can often be related to a malfunctioning computer or driving controls. Come to Autobahn Imports to ensure your vehicle is in top driving condition.
Today, car manufacturers include at least one computer in motor vehicles. This computer's main function is to monitor and adjust engine and transmission operations. The computer receives input information from different sensors. The computer controls spark plugs, idle speed, and fuel injectors so as to get you the best possible car performance. Failure of the car computer will greatly affect the things it controls. To get the most out of your car's computer, have it evaluated regularly for updates and proper operation. If it is already failing, have it repaired or replaced. To have your car's computer handled by experts, visit Autobahn Imports in St Joseph, MI 49085 today.
Mechanics at Autobahn Imports are able to diagnose all the electronic parts in your car. For expert diagnostics services on your car's electronic devices, visit Autobahn Imports today.
Drivability is the degree of smoothness and steadiness of your car's acceleration. Most modern cars are fitted with on-board computers that continuously check the readings from various sensors. In case of drivability problems, you will receive a warning message on your car's dashboard. To have your car diagnosed for drivability issues, visit Autobahn Imports in St Joseph, MI 49085 today. At Autobahn Imports, we have the necessary tools, training, and technology to diagnose and address your car's drivability issues.
Basically, an engine control system is an on-board computer in your car. Like all computers, the engine controls are composed of hardware and software. Automotive engine control systems are responsible for regulating exhaust emissions, and providing increased fuel economy. To get the best out of your car's incredibly powerful technology, make sure engine controls are working properly. To check if your car's engine controls are working properly, call Autobahn Imports today.
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I am a LEGO® fanatic, having enjoyed the brick since I was a little kid; my fondest memories are of building many Classic Castle and Classic Space sets on birthdays and Christmas morning (then taking them apart & building massive castles or spaceships to let my imagination run wild). I enjoy being part of a community that supports one another in collecting and building with the toy that we all continue to enjoy.
I am also an avid photographer, whose work can be found here. I have been quite blessed to be able to maintain my ongoing hobbies whilst continuing to work full-time as well.
I have a store on Bricklink for a variety of reasons… I enjoy buying newer sets, and selling parts here allows me the ability to pay for them. I also enjoy supplying quality parts to individuals like myself to complete a specific set, to add to a grand creation, and so forth (I really enjoy knowing that some of the parts I have sold end up in such grand creations that I do not have the patience or creativity to build myself).
This page has been viewed 3338 times.
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As hotels evolve to cater to the younger, more tech-savvy generation, it’s clear that they also need to step up their marketing game.
For this reason, new and established brands alike are starting to do away with the beige by adding more modern features that appeal to a younger target market. Hotels renovate their spaces to integrate artsy social and co-working areas; Instagrammable spots that are conducive to taking selfies, for instance.
In the marketing department, hotels have started taking on some of the most popular online marketing techniques, such as improving website content and maximizing videos.
Harness the power of videos.
The video is one of the most influential forms of storytelling today. Where traditional content can’t capture facial expressions or evoke emotions through voice and music, videos can. Create an engaging video that conveys your hotel’s unique features. Include photos of the beautiful location or the best amenities, to make potential visitors feel as if they’re there.
An Instagrammable space works not only to impress your visitors; it has the potential to introduce your hotel to your guests’ followers on social media. Install bold art that makes great backdrops for selfies, or add interesting design elements, unique furniture, décor, or intriguing trinkets that complement your hotel’s overall theme.
Improve and tailor your SEO.
If you have always directed your website’s content towards more mature guests, it’s high time for an overhaul. Enlist the help of professionals in making new, quality content that talks to the kind of consumers you wish to attract. If your site has new, targeted content, it’s easier for travelers to find your brand online.
Revamping your current marketing campaign to extend your reach to a younger audience is easy when you work with a reputable online hotel marketing company. Peak 14 Media is a leader in the hotel marketing industry. We offer a full range of smart digital marketing solutions including SEO, social media marketing, and web design to businesses in the hospitality industry.
Browse through our services and let us know how we could help you.
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1) It is a matter of comprehension: Space Weather, which impacts severely our technology and our near Earth environment, is determined by the activity cycle of the Sun and its violent events, such as solar flares or coronal mass ejections, by particle acceleration and transport in the space between the planets (interplanetary space), and by the intrusion of cosmic rays from our Milky Way galaxy.
In order to master predictions of Space Weather as we have come to be accustomed to with weather predictions every day, we need to understand the forces that drive events of solar activity and the environment that they act in, i.e. the heliosphere.
Actually, the heliosphere is the first defense in the three-layer shield system of the Earth against high-energy galactic cosmic rays, which consists of 1) the heliosphere with the Sun's magnetic field carried out by the solar wind; 2) the Earth's magnetic field (magnetosphere), and 3) the Earth's atmosphere. The solar wind, which expands radially from the Sun at supersonic speed, blows a huge cavity - the heliosphere - into the surrounding interstellar cloud, filling it with solar material and magnetic field. The plasma component of the interstellar gas is kept outside the heliosphere. By balancing the solar wind ram pressure, which is easily measured, against the pressure of the surrounding cloud, the size and shape of the heliosphere is determined. In this way, the conditions in the surrounding interstellar cloud determine the boundary of the heliosphere.
2) The surrounding cloud material represents a sample of today's interstellar matter in our Milky Way Galaxy from which stars and planetary systems form. In the case of the Sun and its planets this occurred about 4.5 billion years ago, i.e. its composition was frozen in with the conditions in the galaxy at that time. Differences in the composition of these two samples of galactic matter tell the story of the evolution of matter in the galaxy, as heavy elements are constantly added to the ambient material by dying stars, while cosmic matter was rather simple right after the Big Bang, as it only contained 75% H and 25% He, with just a few sprinkles of Li. All heavy elements that are necessary ingredients for planets and all living beings, including ourselves, were only formed inside the nuclear ovens of stars and redistributed by fierce stellar winds and supernova explosions.
3) Finally, we should be reminded that no exploration into unknown territory has ever come back without any new and surprising discoveries.
How do we know anything about our neighborhood? Admittedly we have not been able to send any space probes outside our solar system, and the gas and plasma outside appears to be much too dilute that it be noticed, we might think. However, nature has been kind to us to send some messengers to our front door step, which we just have to learn to decipher.
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продолжила птица. - Им нужен смысл. Смысл жизни..."
"In the House of Darkness there is a magic stone, but I couldn't find it, cause the shine is gone"
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In 2000, a group of people resident in Benbecula and the Uists decided to club together to order from Highland Wholefoods. The range of wholefoods in local shops was limited, and for people who wanted to shop ethically it was difficult to persuade local retailers that there was a market for some of the more unusual items.
Over the next thirteen years, the group grew, set up a website, regular orders, and employed an administrator to keep an eye on the bills and transport. For a while, we had regular articles in am paipear and a newsletter. The profile of wholefoods and ethical shopping rose.
Times have changed. Now there are wholefoods available in the main stores, and obscure items can be ordered cheaply over the internet. We have continued to promote local food, ethical shopping and healthy eating, but we no longer provide a regular order service from Highland Wholefoods.
We are also very keen on growing, buying, cooking and eating local produce, and local food producers can contact us if they have surplus food that they want to sell. Many of our recipes are based on local produce, or on seasonal food from the UK.
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Since some of you probably noticed our server was down from saturday 9:00 to sunday 23:00. Since I was away I didn't notice my nagios mails. Sorry for that. Server is back up and hopefully for a long time. For those who thought Fansub-share might be offline forever: We won't stop our service without notifying all users some time before (and we don't plan to stop it until now).
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A baby elephant sneezes and scares himself. Found at YouTube from kikicat25.
This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 3:36 pm and is filed under Animals, Citizen Generated Media, Comedy/Humor/Parody/Satire. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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With the release of WCICon18 videos (price goes up $100 at midnight!), I’m a bit less anonymous. Some Random Guy Online, an immigrant physician, shared a fair amount about himself with the cleverly oxymoronic Opaque Transparency: Who is Some Random Guy Online?
It’s good to see physicians opening up online. Another one shared a confession recently. From Reflections of a Millennial Doctor, How I’m Plotting My Escape From Medicine.
And this doctor made a Faustian pact. From Doc G of DiverseFI, My Deal with the Devil.
Here’s an academic anesthesiologist who was passed over for a promotion to assistant program director (or was it assistant to the program director). Either way, The Physician Philosopher learned a lesson. The Power of Saying No: What Barry Sanders Taught Me.
Have you worked with a recruiter to land your dream job? Side Hustle Scrubs has news for you. Your Recruiter is Hustling You.
Nisha Mehta, MD knows a thing or two about “side hustles,” but prefers the less-back-alley sounding “physician side gigs.” She’s also got strong feelings about words used to describe medical doctors. Why WOULD You Call a Physician a Provider?
Here’s a nifty side hustle gig: Invent a medical gadget. Passive Income MD shares step by step instructions on How to Patent a Medical Device.
I think Step One is to find the time to develop your bright idea. Tough to do in a two-doctor family. Doctors on Debt describe The Dynamics of Working in a Dual-Doctor Household.
The one-doctor marriage comes with its own set of challenges. Kelly Houseman of Kellys Reality shares a guest post on Married to Doctors. Battling Bitterness in a Medical Marriage.
One challenge of being single is that most financial advice is written for couples. The White Coat Investor focuses on the individual in Financial Planning for Single People.
This week’s reminder to enjoy every day you’re granted comes from Oslo, Norway. My high school friend Omar has lived a fascinating life that included playing some college baseball, a stint on Fox’s Temptation Island, and more recently, a real-life role as an entrepreneur, masseur, and father to a 4-year old and 9-month old with his wife in her native Norway.
Life for them has been disrupted by a diagnosis of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), which, when recently discovered, was found in Omar’s liver, pelvis, and legs. He has started chemotherapy with a positive attitude and clearly has a lot of people rooting for him.
I donated some kroner as soon as I saw the gofundme page, and then I had another idea. I’ve got this website with a charitable mission and today happens to be the final day of the promotional price for the White Coat Investor’s inaugural conference videos.
I’ll be donating 10% of the purchase price (and just over half my referral fee) for every course purchased via my website (this link, for example) this weekend. I’ve heard from some docs that their employers will allow them to use “CME” funds for the course, although it’s important to note that the video course does not qualify for actual CME.
It makes sense, though. I’ve used my educational fund to purchase textbooks that don’t award any CME. With the fiscal year ending shortly (at least in our health system), this may be a great way to employ any use-it-or-lose-it money designated for medical education.
In case you didn’t catch my post the other day, here’s who you’ll see in the Teachable course. If you only watch 2 or 3 lectures, you’ll have the opportunity to return the course within 7 days for a full refund.
What a lineup! Dr. Dahle has friends in high places.
Dr. Dahle himself gave two talks — the first on the state of financial literacy among physicians and the second on paying for healthcare now and in retirement. He’s an engaging speaker and the topics were highly relevant to the mostly physician audience.
Dr. Bill Bernstein talked at length about how we as physicians can be our own worst enemy when it comes to investing. He saved ample time for questions, of which there were many. I particularly enjoyed his response to Hatton1 when he suggested with a low enough withdrawal rate, perhaps she should “keep playing the game” with a high equity allocation.
Jonathan Clements, author of How to Think About Money, about a half-dozen other books, and many hundreds of Wall Street Journal columns, gave a lively, humorous stage adaptation of his latest book. I was originally slated to follow him on Saturday evening, which would have been… awesome? Not so much, because his message and mine are quite similar and he’s famous and I’m not.
Dr. Nisha Mehta, a radiologist best known for her Physician Side Gigs site and Facebook group, spoke on physician burnout and wellness, and incorporated a discussion of physician suicide into her second talk at the request of conference attendees. These issues are bigger than money, and Dr. Mehta addresses them with a sensible, thoughtful approach.
Miss Bonnie MD lectured on a variety of financial topics pertinent to physicians, including pre-nups(to her fiance’s chagrin), saving for college, and balancing work and family life as a female physician.
Mike Piper, CPA, the Oblivious Investor and author of a whole slew of books, gave a couple talks on Social Security, tax reduction and best business structures for physicians. I marveled at his depth of knowledge on these subjects.
Sarah Catherine Gutierrez, CFP of Aptus Financial gave an excellent talk on very little sleep after some flight delays. Early career financial issues, the order in which to fund various retirement accounts, and how to approach debt while investing were on her agenda. The waterfall of tax-efficient investing slide alone was worth the price of admission for the young physicians in attendance.
Lawrence Keller, CFP, of Physician Financial Services spoke on a topic he knows very, very well: insurance. Specifically, he spoke on protecting your physician income and assets by using an appropriate mix of disability, term life, umbrella, and liability insurance. He fielded a number of questions from the audience throughout the talk, and although insurance is not the sexiest topic, it’s one in which he is very knowledgeable, and I’ll bet everyone in attendance learned something new.
Last, and certainly least, I gave my talk entitled Financial Independence: Overcoming the Obstacles to Create the Life and Practice You Desire. It wasn’t the performance of a lifetime, but I did manage to get a few laughs, convey the message I intended to share, and did not fall off the stage. Not even once.
Here’s a preview featuring many of the conference speakers. To see me on stage, you’ll have to enroll in the course.
If you told me two years ago that one day I would be featured on a PoF Sunday’s Best I would have said you’ve had too many craft IPAs.
I’m not worthy of being mentioned with these bigs wigs, but it is an honor.
Thanks for years of education and entertainment!
Side Hustle you are off to a good start. Hey at least I got mentioned today for asking a question at the conference.
That’s what I love about running a website. It’s more collaborative than it is competitive.
POF is great at giving back to the up and comers. Probably one of the reasons he has such a popular site!
Be prepared to be amazed by the POF effect on your website.
So yes right now I’m jonesing for my next high. I need to find a way to get my fix and my only solution is peddling on the streets trying to create worthy content.
Thanks for including me, POF! That was a tough lesson to learn, but I think I’ve come out better on the other side for it.
P.S. What a really good round up! I’ve already read through a bunch of them. Some really good finds.
Sorry to hear about your friend Omar. Changes your perspective on what is important in life and makes the things we typically complain about seem trivial in the grand scheme of things.
Sorry about your friend. We all wish him the best of luck!
Thanks for the feature, PoF! It’s very much appreciated. Sorry to hear about your high school friend. Wishing him all the best of luck!
What a nice to surprise to wake up to on this fine Sunday morning!
When I got my first notification from WordPress that my site was registering more views than normal, I chalked it up to a lucky day. When I got my second notification, I knew for sure it was a glitch – until I checked the analytics and saw that PoF was my big referrer for the day! We truly appreciate you including us and sharing our post with your followers.
Because of our vagueness in describing exactly what kind of “doctors” we are, I’ve already fielded a question or two about that. It’s probably about time we just reveal it already.
Thank you so much for the mention! As someone who has been reading your Sunday’s Best for a while, I’m honoured!
On a side note, so sorry to hear of your friend Omar – best wishes to him and his family!
Wishing Omar an uneventful and speedy recovery. My father survived NHL in his twenties. My mother tearfully recalls being told (on finding out she was pregnant with me) that she ought to reconsider whether she’d want to have a child whose father might not survive. She may still have reservations about the child she raised, but she and my father are on schedule to celebrate 50 years together next summer.
Enjoyed the articles, particularly the discovery of Reflections of a Millennial Doc. She seems like a true gem and a great new voice.
Sorry to hear about your friend getting sick PoF. Hope he gets well soon.
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Angel said priority projects for the Gray administration included the continued extension of Newtown Pike, widening New Circle Road, widening Leestown Road and widening Todds Road. She also mentioned new bike lanes on Southland Drive and around the University of Kentucky campus, sidewalks on Loudon Avenue and extending the Town Branch Trail and Gainesway Trail.
The road project garnering the most money and priority in Fayette County is work on New Circle Road, also known as Ky. 4.
That work, to be completed in fiscal years 2015 to 2018, involves $34.6 million to rehab and widen the road to six lanes from Versailles Road to Leestown Road, about $13 million to reconstruct the Versailles Road interchange and $19.5 million to reconstruct the Newtown Pike interchange and widen the road to six lanes from Georgetown Road to Boardwalk Avenue.
The plan also adds $4.9 million to existing appropriations for widening Leestown road to four lanes from New Circle Road to Masterson Station Park later this year.
The next phase of a long-awaited project to extend Newtown Pike from West Main Street to Limestone also would move forward under Gov. Steve Beshear's plan. It would provide $21.5 million to extend the road, now called Oliver Lewis Way, from Versailles Road to Broadway in 2015. It also would provide $120,000 this year for site grading and utilities for the Nathaniel Mission in the Southend Park Neighborhood, which was impacted by the road project.
The final phase of the Newtown Pike extension project, a $22.9 million extension of the road to Limestone, remains listed in the six-year road plan but is not expected to be funded in the next two-year budget.
Farther out Newtown Pike, the plan calls for $3 million to add a lane from Pintail Drive to I-75 in 2016. Eventually, the state intends to widen Newtown Pike to six lanes from New Circle to I-75, but the six-year plan doesn't include that.
The state plan also proposes spending about $4.6 million in 2015 to widen Clays Mill Road from New Circle Road to Keithshire Way and $9.9 million this year and next to widen Liberty Road/Todds Road from just south of Andover Forest Drive/Forest Hill Drive to I-75.
For Man o' War Boulevard, the plan spends a little more than $2 million to add more turn lanes at intersections with Pink Pigeon Parkway, Alumni Drive and Richmond Road.
The plan also calls for $5 million to upgrade Alumni Drive next year from Nicholasville Road to Tates Creek Road.
Smaller projects listed in the road plan would fund replacement of a bridge at the intersection of Leestown Road and Bracktown Road; add bike lanes on Southland Drive from Rosemont Garden to Nicholasville Road, on Rose Street from Rose Lane to Euclid Avenue, and on University Drive from Cooper Drive to Alumni Drive; add sidewalks on the south side of Loudon Avenue from Newtown Pike to Russell Cave Road; provide $180,000 a year to operate the Valley View Ferry in southern Fayette County, install a section of the Town Branch Trail from New Circle Road to McConnell Springs Park along Old Frankfort Pike; and build a bike and pedestrian trail connecting the Tates Creek school complex to Gainesway Park and Millcreek Elementary.
The state plan initiates studies to plan for the eventual widening of Winchester Road to four lanes from Man o' War Boulevard to the Clark County line and widen New Circle Road from near Newtown Pike to Winchester Road.
Statewide, major proposed state projects in the plan include widening to four lanes and extending the Mountain Parkway from Campton to Prestonsburg, completion of widening to six lanes Interstate 65 between Elizabethtown and Bowling Green, and continuation of the Downtown Crossing bridge and interchange project on the Ohio River in Louisville.
The proposed plan also would provide new bridges across Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake, funding to help facilitate the Brent Spence Bridge project in Northern Kentucky and continuation of long-awaited projects to complete the I-69 Corridor in Western Kentucky.
"Our transportation system carries the life blood of our commonwealth," Gov. Steve Beshear said in a news release. "Our commerce, economic development, education, community growth — our very quality of life — all depend on a transportation infrastructure that is as modern and safe as we can make it. Our recommended highway plan represents a critical investment in that infrastructure."
The plan is a wish list of sorts that outlines all highway work the state wants to accomplish in the next six years.
The draft plan is often changed by lawmakers. In addition, projects often are not started or completed by the time listed in the plan.
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Diving with compressed air involves certain inherent risks; decompression sickness, embolism or other hyperbaric injury can occur that require treatment in a recompression chamber. Open water diving trips, which are necessary for training and for certification, may be conducted at a site that is remote, either by time or distance or both, from such a recompression chamber. Skin and scuba diving are physically strenuous activities and you will be exerting yourself during this diving programme. You must advise truthfully and fully inform the dive professionals and the facility through which this programme is offered of your medical history.
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How To Post A Link On Instagram: We like Instagram, its photos, its tales and exactly how very easy is to connect with followers through its audiovisual web content. Instagram is the social media with the most energetic individuals and also is growing at a remarkable pace.
Nevertheless, there are also downsides: It's really tough to lead individuals to a specific webpage.
- Including a NON-clickable LINK in each material or making use of applications that enable adding a link that needs to be inserted in the image's text.
- With advertisements that will route your audience to a certain landing.
- Changing the link in the biography each time we publish something brand-new with the trouble of needing to modify the content to send users to that URL.
However, all these alternatives are just component solutions. You must either most likely to the link in the biography each time, replicate the link manually from the message of a magazine or spend a lot of cash on Instagram ads.
As a result of this, we cannot actually take advantage of all the capacity this network has to provide and also start guiding website traffic to our internet site to purchase something, checked out an article or look up a solution.
Allow's get going. We have created a new function called Instagram link that will allow you to connect all your photos.
As we pointed out before, Instagram just lets you add a link in the biography of your profile. Why not benefit from it to show all your posts in a clickable means? Doing so, you will certainly create pictures that could lead you to an item page, publication or any kind of specific landing page.
-Select all the published material on Instagram that you want to appear with a particular link All the links in red above your posts are pictures without a web link so they will not be revealed.
-Configure the web links that you wish to show. Click the red switch with the link as well as paste it. The photo will be added straight to the web page that is developed when your individuals click the link in your bio.
-Copy the link that shows up at the start of the photos. This link is the one that you must include in your biography so your Instagram posts will appear with a link.
This is how your link in the bio will be displayed. It will certainly create an identical profile like the one on Instagram but with the images that you picked.
When the user clicks among the pictures, he will be instantly directed to the landing you selected.
Select "include photo" and all your pictures released on your account will certainly be displayed. Select the one you intend to appear with a web link and also it will be automatically added to the panel. Follow the exact same process to consist of the link.
We are below to make your life much easier, so we have likewise produced a straight way to include a link. Now, when you arrange your Instagram posts making use of the calendar within the planning food selection you could find the alternative "add to your Instagram link" Include your link directly from planning without needing to go to "Instagram link".
You most likely comprehend a few of the advantages that Instagram link needs to supply after having checked out this brand-new function. Just to earn certain you don't miss anything, we list a few of them.
-Boost sales. An item is commonly marketed just by the appearance of it. So, why not to capitalize on it? Develop initial as well as striking photos of your item and also lead your purchasers straight to your item page. The choice to acquisition is generally prompt. When we desire something, we desire it at that extremely minute. Make the decision simple for your potential purchasers.
-Procedure the effectiveness of your Instagram strategy. If you work as a social media supervisor, you need to know that your clients love to see that you have plenty of followers. We could guarantee you that they'll also enjoy to understand that your methods assist to boost their sales.
Besides, in addition to taking advantage of Instagram Link with Metricool, you will additionally be able to intend your posts at the same time.
Whatever that can be measured will certainly help you be better, as well as currently, you can intend your posts, add connect to your pictures and monitor your outcomes.
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Ready to take the next step in your nursing career? We share information on exams, degree programs, and areas of study.
Roles for advanced practice providers are evolving in today’s healthcare environment. Find out what it means for you.
Review other sources of career advancement information for advanced practice providers.
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The celebration of the 156th Anniversary of the Academy of Music was one of the most memorable in years, I was told by many of the guests Saturday night. Proceeds from the evening benefited the Academy of Music Restoration Fund and the Philadelphia Orchestra Association.
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Organizations like the Big 4 have an advantage given the dispersion of their workforces across multiple locations.
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When Claudia Casper’s first novel, The Reconstruction, was published back in 1996, I thought I had died and gone to reading heaven. I babbled on happily about it in this column—and then sort of forgot how good it was until Casper’s second effort came along. While The Continuation of Love By Other Means (Penguin Canada, $32) is not as consciously poetic as her debut novel, it is every bit as satisfying and exotic.
Carmen is Alfred Lion’s first daughter. Born in Canada in the 50s to a German expatriate who survived the Second World War, she grows up to be a zoologist while her philandering father makes his way through one wife after another. Over the years, Carmen pays visits to Dad in foreign countries around the world. Finally, Alfred settles in Argentina during the time of the Dirty War.
After Alfred disowns (don’t ask why—you can find out for yourself) Carmen, a 17-year rift grows between them. Time passes, Carmen, pregnant and in a failing marriage, is called to a hospital in Buenos Aires where she nurses her estranged father. And finds resolution.
The Continuation of Love By Other Means (my choice for the best title of ’03) is a skillfully written story of intertwined lives filled with love and dislike. Much like Distance and Sitting Practice, it was enjoyed in the fading sun of late summer, this time sitting by the Rideau Canal sipping a beer and eating poutine. Before I put it away, I must remember to wash the gravy and cheese curds from its once pristine cover.
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Below are two interviews with Barry Sheehan, Inventor of The Blade Saver. The first is the story behind The Blade Saver and how it came into being & the second is short video of Barry explaining why he feels it's important to "invest in yourself".
What the Blade Saver will do for you!
Save You Money, by re-sharpening the same blade unto 10 times!
Ensure you have a "Razor Sharp" blade whenever you need it!
Reducing your need to replace them with new ones, thereby helping the environment!
It will sharpen any razor in seconds!
The Blade Saver - Razor Sharp When You Need It!
Do you know that most people spend between €180 and €360 per year on replacement razor blades depending on personal usage and model of razor! Also, do you know that most razor blades only last for 6 good shaves; now with The Blade Saver you can use the same razor blade over and over again. Giving you that new blade feeling every time!
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We have a 3 acre dog walking field available for a donation to Square Pegs Dog Rehabilitation (www.squarepegsdogrehab.org.uk) of £10 per hour (1 to 4 dogs), £15 per hour (5 to 10 dogs) or £20 per hour for clubs/groups.
The land is laid out on several levels, with large zoomies areas and excellent sniffs, free of deer and wild boar! It is secure to a minimum height of 6 feet. There is water and tennis balls. It may not be suitable for very tiny dogs. Please pick up your dog's poo and put it in the silver bin by the gate.
Email helen.brown@squarepegsdogrehab.org.uk or telephone 07885 576225 for details of times, payment and access.
No liability is accepted for any accidents, damage or loss incurred during the use of the dog walking field.
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Interior Health (IH) offers a positive work environment that promotes continuous learning, professional growth, and clinical skill development. Our Health Science careers provide opportunity to formulate goals, plan treatments and collaborate on discharge planning for a diverse population of patients and their families. When you join IH, you will be part of a progressive, multi-disciplinary team that consistently focuses on Best Practice rehabilitation programs.
Rewarding and meaningful Health Science career opportunities are available in acute care, outpatient settings, home and community care, convalescence care, day programs, long-term care, mental health and substance use programs, or outreach programs.
Our regularized positions offer employer paid, comprehensive health benefits, a generous pension plan, excellent vacation entitlement and relocation assistance for eligible new employees.
The IH region is located in the Southern Interior of British Columbia and includes the Okanagan, Kootenay and Thompson, Cariboo, Shuswap areas. Whether you are seeking a 'big city' lifestyle or the peace and tranquility of rural living, you will find it within the beautiful, natural setting of British Columbia.
Embrace BC's lifestyle while growing professionally!
IH's audiology staff provides Early Hearing program services including general audiological screening, diagnostic and rehabilitative services; technical services; and supervision of technical staff to clients ranging from newborn to 19 years of age. Health promotion activities include liaison and counselling and educational sessions with clients and families as well as community partners and professionals.
IH Audiologists are expected to exercise sound clinical judgment when serving clients in accordance with the bylaws of the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of British Columbia. IH's Professional Practice Office, the Allied Health Director, and IH's Senior Executive Team require clinicians to follow additional standards of practice which are supported by rigorous reviews of evidence. These additional standards ensure excellence of service and align with IH's scope of practice.
To work as a Dietitian at IH, one must have at minimum a Baccalaureate Degree in nutrition and dietetics, successful completion of an accredited hospital based dietetic internship program and are registered with the College of Dietitians of British Columbia with restricted Acts A, B, and/or C.
IH dietitians are members of a multidisciplinary health care team and provide nutrition care and support to patients and groups according to established policies, standards and procedures. They utilize clinical techniques and knowledge through nutrition assessment; care planning and charting; intervention; goal setting and monitoring; counseling and education programs; consultation and communication with the multidisciplinary care teams; and act as a resource to other health professionals and communities within IH.
There are Clinical Dietitian opportunities in both the acute care and community care settings across the IH region.
Together with the other members of the nutrition program, dietitians are responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, directing, and evaluating programs which help promote nutritional health and reduce the risk of nutrition-related diseases and other food/feeding-related health issues.
The health protection department at IH is responsible for regulating and monitoring public facilities and the aspects of the environment that have a direct impact on public health. Our environmental health initiatives protect human health by managing potential health risks to the population. Through our community care facilities licensing, we promote and protect the health and safety of children and adults in facilities such as child day care and adult long-term care facilities.
Licensing Officers, who are responsible for promoting and protecting the health and safety of children and adults in community care facilities, such as day care and long-term care.
Environmental Health Officers, are responsible for carrying out diverse programs of health protection within our communities. Environmental Health officers are qualified in Public Health and registered with the Board of Registration of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors.
Environmental Health Engineers, who use a vast array of different scientific and biology related techniques to test environmental factors for risks or hazards to public health and develop appropriate systems and solutions to prevent harm.
Come and experience dynamic and challenging career in an environment that fosters delivery of consistent and quality evidence-based programs, services to reduce risk and improve health for our diverse populations.
IH offers exciting and rewarding opportunities in our Laboratory sites across the Region. The Laboratory departments strive to provide safe, convenient, respectful and accessible laboratory services to our patients. Services across the region range from full clinical diagnostic and anatomic pathology to STAT and on-call service. Our Laboratory professionals use their specialized skills to find answers that help diagnose and guide patient treatment and care.
The Medical Imaging Departments incorporate state-of-the-art technology and provide a complete range of diagnostic services to patients in tertiary, acute and community hospitals as well as health care centres across the region.
All of our sites are connected through our regional Picture Archive and Communication System (PACS), which is integrated into our single Electronic Health Record providing real-time patient history anywhere within IH. We have clinical advisory groups that are working together to ensure best practices throughout IH.
IH Pharmacy Services are spread across 11 hospital pharmacies in the Southern Interior. These facilities include tertiary, regional and community hospitals, as well as 10 primary care centers, 11 community care centers and a multitude of long-term care facilities.
Our team is comprised of Clinical Pharmacists, Pharmacy Assistants and Technicians, Residents, Coordinators, Academic Detailers, Clinical Site Leaders and Managers, Nurses and Administrative Staff.
IH also has its own in-house Pharmacy Practice Residency Program that accommodates six residents each year. The majority of residency rotations and activities take place at Kelowna General Hospital, which is the major tertiary care and university-affiliated teaching hospital in the Southern Interior of British Columbia. IH residents also have an opportunity to complete rotations at other hospitals within IH, enhancing the diversity of their residency experience. Given the breadth of their residency experience, IH residents are well positioned to work as clinical pharmacists in diverse practice settings upon graduation. In fact IH hires the vast majority of our residents after they complete the program!
IH’s residency program has just received the highest possible accreditation of 6 years with the Canadian Pharmacy Residency Board and has been asked to contribute program practices nationally to help improve other programs! For more information on the residency program click here.
With an environment conducive to growth and development of strong clinical pharmacy skills and access to many clinical resources, IH is an amazing setting to advance your career and challenge yourself! If you are looking to work at the leading edge of healthcare and advance your pharmacy career, check out the current opportunities IH has to offer!
The therapeutic recreation program at IH is integral in supporting quality of life and wellness for clients across the region.
Our goal is to identify barriers to recreation, such as; psychiatric, physical, cultural, developmental, cognitive, neuro-psychological, socio-economic and substance abuse, to develop therapeutic intervention strategies that integrate/reintegrate clients into a community/facility/home.
Our Recreation Therapists share the organization's core values - Quality, Integrity, Respect and Trust. They work within the context of a client-centered care model, and in accordance with established standards of professional practice to provide recreation and leisure programs/activities to individuals and groups.
Recreation Therapists collaborate with an interdisciplinary team including occupational and rehabilitation staff, social and recreational agencies and other health care professionals. They work with leadership to develop guidelines and procedures, conduct research and ensure continuous quality improvement initiatives for the department.
Our work sites offer the opportunity to challenge your skills, increase your knowledge and support your contribution to providing the best patient care!
At IH, we value commitment to safety, best practice and authentic accountable actions. We find new ways to transform and improve the delivery of health care while achieving personal and organizational goals through teamwork, supporting one another and celebrating our successes.
Our worksites offer an environment that will challenge your professional, technical, and practical skills. We are dedicated to effective quality care and patient advocacy and have leadership that is committed to teamwork, engagement, and innovation.
Occupational Therapists at IH work alongside the rest of the rehabilitation team to seamlessly promote functional independence and enable our clients to achieve and maintain optimal health outcomes. Our worksites offer you an environment that will challenge your professional, technical, and practical skills. We are dedicated to effective quality care and patient advocacy and have leadership that is committed to teamwork, engagement, and innovation. Come see how a position within Occupational Therapy with IH in acute, community or long-term care could be a great fit for you!
Based out of Kelowna General Hospital, IH’s Orthotic and Prosthetic Department is a full service department integrated within the Rehabilitation Centre. Orthotists are fully supported by technical rehab and administrative support staff while providing in-patient and out-patient services.
These positions offer a unique orthotist experience working in a rehabilitation setting within the hospital.
Physiotherapists at IH enjoy diversity in practice, a collaborative team environment, and the opportunity to make an impact on the health of the community. They work independently and collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team providing physiotherapy services including assessment; treatment planning and implementation; program planning; consultation; equipment prescription; and education of clients and/or their caregivers. The whole rehabilitation team works together seamlessly to promote functional independence and enable our clients to achieve and maintain optimal health outcomes.
We employ physiotherapists in acute, community, primary, and long-term care to support our clients' needs. Advance your career and become part of a progressive, multi-disciplinary team that consistently focuses on improving direct patient care throughout our organization.
Psychology Services at IH are both community and acute-based. Our Clinical Psychologists and Neuropsychologists work in accordance with the College of Psychologists of British Columbia and support a multidisciplinary and collaborative approach to service delivery within the continuum of Allied Health Services. Our Psychologists work closely with the entire rehabilitation team (GPs, RNs, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Recreation Therapists, and Social Workers).
We encourage involvement in research, projects, program development in addition to providing opportunity for career development through education.
We offer exciting and rewarding Respiratory Therapy opportunities in the community, acute and critical care settings. Our employees enjoy autonomous and team oriented approaches to respiratory therapy, and our overall goal is to enhance the quality of life from the perspective of the client or family. IH's Respiratory Therapists demonstrate continuous improvement and best practice approaches in respiratory practice while advancing clinical competence.
Our worksites offer an environment that will challenge your professional, technical, and practical skills. We are dedicated to quality care and patient advocacy and have leadership that is committed to teamwork, engagement, and innovation.
IH social workers are responsible for providing and developing social work services to maintain and improve the health and social well-being of identified populations. We offer opportunities in Bachelor’s and Master’s level social work positions in both acute and community care settings.
Our Social Workers provide comprehensive assessment, care planning and treatment coordination for designated clients and their families in line with the regulations set out by the BC College of Social Workers. They provide direct psychosocial care, counseling, group work, system navigation and advocacy, education and linkage to relevant specialized complex care resources while facilitating client self-management.
Our social work teams have a human caring and relationship-centred practice philosophy with the ability to communicate effectively with clients, families, the public, medical staff and members of the interdisciplinary team.
Our worksites offer you an environment that will challenge your professional, technical, and practical skills. We are dedicated to effective quality care and patient advocacy and have leadership that is committed to teamwork, engagement, and innovation.
IH Speech Language Pathology (SLP) services cover both adult and pediatric populations. Our SLP's are expected to exercise sound clinical judgment when serving clients in accordance with the bylaws of the College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of British Columbia.
In the team-based approach to practice, SLPs may work directly with clients and/or with their caregivers for the purpose of promoting optimal communication and swallowing. The overall goal is to develop and implement therapy programs, which provide compensatory strategies or optimum recover of speech and language function for patients who are capable of recovery and improvement of function.
SLPs contribute to the organization and the overall goals of the department/programs' quality assurance initiatives, meetings, research and education.
The number one thing that I love about my job is the team I get to work with. These incredible Social Workers bring so much heart and commitment to work every day. They create a space of collaboration, enthusiasm, safety and genuine appreciation for one another. I can't recall a day that laughter wasn't heard in our department offices. I am thrilled for the opportunities of growth my job has provided me, both professionally and personally. Through my job I have met some inspiring individuals from within our Health Authority as well as other provincial Health Authorities who have made a significant impact on my life. I am part of another team of six amazing Social Work practice leads each representing a different region of our Health Authority. The structure of Allied Health has allowed us to be a united and interactive discipline across the regions improving the quality and standardization of care. I love having this group of practice leads to share the highs and lows of the similar roles we each have. I know we have each other's backs.
I love my job as a sonographer. I learn something new every day. There is always purpose to our days, as we see first-hand the difference we are making in our patient’s lives. My co-workers, along with my superiors, have made me feel so at home and welcomed. They are quick to offer help, reassurance and friendship, and I feel like I am really part of a tight-knit team. I would definitely recommend working at IH. I feel I am someone they value and would like to have on board for many years. I feel they go out of their way so I can have a successful personal and professional balance in my everyday life. When my patients find out I am new to the city, I can hear the pride in their voices when they suggest ideas of things to see and do. They love living here, and they want to make me love it to, which I do very much!
I love my job because I love being part of a team that puts so much emphasis on patient care. At the end of each day I return from work with a smile on my face, feeling proud of what I have done and the connections I have made with my patients and coworkers. The best part of my job is that I operate independently yet still feel like a valued team member despite the geographical distance between myself and my colleagues. I recommend working at Interior Health because you always feel supported, encouraged, and motivated! Everyone has been incredibly welcoming and encouraging. Coming here knowing no one I have already made an abundance of close friends.
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Ever wonder if KBShimmer polishes are made by little elves in trees with magic dust, or if our products come out of a big factory in China? Well, though we often come out of our place looking like we were sprinkled by Tink, KBShimmer is based right here in the USA, in Terre Haute, IN. Most of our ingredients are sourced and made right here in the USA (including our nail polish base). And I (Christy) still personally make each soap bar, bottle of lotion, and mani shot that heads to your door; while my husband and staff help with scrubs, cuticle oils and the glitter nail polish. Any products we offer that are not personally made by us (top coat, base coat, nail tools, etc) are carefully sourced or we had them custom designed/made for us! No elves in trees involved.
Here is your ticket to the behind the scenes tour of the KBShimmer “factory”, I hope you enjoy!
When you walk in our front door, you enter into our office areas. Here we have Krishna’s desk, Krishna is not only our customer service guru, she handles our bookkeeping and is our Sister-In-Law. She most often works from home now as she has a young baby. My “photo studio” is also in the front room.
Here my office. Yes, I work in a state of disorganization! I can’t help it. My mind goes 100 miles per hour, so that means I rarely stay focused enough to put stuff away. My desk is also always littered with polish prototypes. These photos were taken back when we were finalizing Spring, back in October of 2014.
Off the office area, we have a small kitchen area we use for curing soaps. Look at those empty shelves, we have a lot of soap to make!
Next we have the shipping area. This is Sami and Rhonda’s domain. They handle all our shipping and are the reason you get your packages shipped crazy fast!
View from our 2nd floor looking down at the shipping area.
Another shipping areas shot from above. Hi Sami!
A closer shot of the shipping table. The shelves hold the polish and products ready for shipping. You can also see the post office totes we use to take packed orders to the post office.
Bath and Body products ready for shipping, a pallet of wholesale boxes, and a small sink and area for cleaning supplies.
Side shot of the shipping tables. In front retail orders get packed, and the back, wholesale orders are packed there. You can also see the orange pallet jack in the background.
Closer look at our retail shipping set up. Boxes are pre-taped by Sami and are ready for packing orders!
Next we have the production area. Our production area is split into two sides, with a table for pouring polish and labeling bath products in between. The right side is our polish area, and the left is for bath and body. Hi Rhonda!
We start with a shelf of empty bottles, jars for lotions, scrubs, etc, and brushes and caps for polish.
Here is a closer look at the polish side. You can see the red fire cabinets that we store polish base in, and a larger drum of polish base. You can also see the table we mix on, some of our liquid color pigments, and the shelves where we house the glitters and powdered pigments. We also have a few boxes with glitters that still need to be put away.
Here are the gallon containers we use for mixing up polish, and the squirt bottles we use for filling bottles.
Here is Rhonda capping bottles. You can also see our filling machine we use for really large batches off to the right.
Then is my area for bath and body production. You can see our shelves with ingredients. Here I also have buckets of lye mixed up for soap making as at time the soap shelves were really empty!
Here I have raw ingredients for soaps, lotions, scrubs, etc. Our big mixer for larger batches of scrubs.
Here is our mixer again, and another production table for bath products and an oven. You can also see a pallet of empty polish bottles here.
Here is our dish washing station with clean dishes on racks.
Here is our 2nd floor balcony. We store shipping supplies up there, like packing peanuts.
Our second floor has turned into a storage area, along with holding Jason’s office.
Jason’s office area. Since he does a lot of our polish making, he is not up here often!
Last we are back down to the shipping area, where we have our bay door for deliveries, and storage of shipping supplies.
Are you still with us? Good! What behind the scenes tour is complete without demos of products being made?
I hope that you have enjoyed the behind the scenes tour of KBShimmer. Now watch your step and exit to the right please. And come back soon, we have enjoyed having you on this tour!
This entry was posted in Nail Polish, News and tagged behind the scenes, how its made, kbshimmer, nail polish, warehouse on May 17, 2015 by Christy Rose.
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Anyone come across any of these live subcaliber rockets lately?
I'm kinda jealous. They never let the medical guys (like me) train on any of the fun stuff.
Always were Rather scarce, heard there were a handful at the last SAR in the $100 odd range.
I have debated having the nose cones and tail fin assms 3D printed up with a firing block, everything sized to use A or B series Estes engines in a hard board tube.
Years ago Shooters Equipment Supply offered an all metal reloadable primer block and flash tube for the LAW.
As long as one keeps the bursting head under 1/4 ounce of M80 type flash compound the resulting simulator would remain non NFA.
Interests:All things firearms / weapons related.
The M73 are totally legal to ship. The last time I purchased some, they came to me via mail. I would use FedEx of UPS, however. I don't think USPS will ship them, since DOT won't allow hazardous materials to be shipped without the proper licenses. Basically the same regulations that apply to shipping fireworks. They just have to be declared and properly labeled. They are essentially flying M80s after all. That said, I probably would not walk in an declare that you are shipping "rockets." Might raise some unwanted attention.
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Have you been waiting all year to see Ayo on tour? Great, they are going to be performing live near you! But wait, it looks like the concert is sold out, or, perhaps, the seats you are finding are not quite what you wanted.
Absolutely no problem, Ayo tickets are available here for a more than reasonable (some even dare say cheap) price. So, whether you have to be standing mere feet from the stage or you are a working with a little tighter budget, find your Ayo tickets at Coast to Coast Tickets and enjoy your favorite band in person.
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Emergency crews in Mt. Juliet were called to the scene of a residence due to a structure fire on Belinda Pkwy that occurred over the weekend in Mt. Juliet. Photo courtesy of Mt. Juliet Police Department.
Mt. Juliet Fire Department battled a structure fire to a home located on Belinda Parkway last Friday, February 3, that shut down the road as officials settled the scene of the house fire.
The fire began around 4pm on Friday afternoon. It was stated that a driver passing by the house on Belinda Parkway had seen the house on fire and stopped to knock on the door of the residence to make the residents aware.
Officials reported that all made it out of the home safely.
Crews worked the scene for almost two hours reopening the main road close to 6pm.
Mt. Juliet Fire Department crew members checked on the structure later in the night around midnight to make sure the fire did not rekindle.
It was the next morning on Saturday early when fire crews were back at the scene of the structure fire of the home that had re-flamed once again as reported by officials.
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These exclusive aroma lamps are hand carved and made of real stone. They're 3" high and being of natural stone the color may vary from the image displayed. Release the scents of our beautiful aroma oils with these unique aroma lamps. This beautiful Pentagram lamp will brighten up any room.
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Nicholas, modeling his “Hillbilly” Select-a-Smile Advent calendar filler.
I think the boy needs an agent!
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Toyota 1UZ-FE Engine to Audi 012 Transmission (Porsche G86) Adapter Drawings.
The Design & Build Diary of the One Tonne Guerilla.
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Please leave a comment below to let these artists know how much you love their creations. If you participated in the swap and don’t see the card you received here, please wait to comment about that card when it is showcased. That way, the creator of that card will be sure to see your comments. Thank you to everyone who participated! It was so much fun getting “Happy Mail”! Check back tomorrow for the Pals Blog Hop and on Thursday I’ll have more card swap inspiration.
Welcome back to my ABC “Sale-A-Bration” Series! This series showcases products from the 2018 Occasions catalog and Sale-A-Bration brochures. Today I’m showcasing the Whisper White Narrow Note Cards & Envelopes found on page 19 in the Occasions Catalog. These are easy to overlook but you don’t want to miss out on these little gems! I have been on a roll making a bunch of these note cards. They are small and narrow and perfect for little notes to put in your child’s lunchbox, husband’s briefcase, or to give with homemade baked goods to a friend or neighbor.
My husband does most of the cooking in our house but I enjoying baking. A few of my favorites are homemade strawberry bread, apple bread, and banana nut bread. Many friends brought us meals during my recovery and I thought I would bake some breads to show my appreciation. The Tutti-frutti 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper is perfect for these adorable thank you cards to go with my loaves of bread. The 2 1/4″ Circle Punch makes a quick envelope liner to coordinate with the card!
The sentiment from the Fruit Basket Stamp Set is perfect for the inside. There’s still plenty of room to add a personal message.
I also made some note cards to tuck in with customer orders. The leaves on the thank you stamp from A Good Day coordinates nicely with Petal Garden Designer Series Paper. I colored the leaves with my Old Olive Stampin’ Blend.
You get 20 Thick Whisper White cards and 20 envelopes for just $8. They are really quick & easy to decorate. You can get 4 card fronts from just 1 piece of 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper! Stampin’ Up!’s CEO, Sara Douglas, did a Facebook Live video showcasing a quick & easy way to cut 6 x 6 DSP to get 4 card fronts! You can Click Here to see her video. I stepped mine up a little with a layer of coordinating cardstock measuring 2 1/4 x 4 1/4. I added some ribbon and then stamped and punched the sentiment using the new 1 3/8″ Scallop Circle Punch from the Occasions catalog. I popped up the sentiment layer with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I like to challenge myself to use every little piece of DSP and so I used the leftover 2 x 2 piece to make this Easter card.
I cut the leftover piece of DSP in half so I had two 1″ x 2″ pieces. I added a 2″ x 2″ piece of Whisper White which I used to stamp the bunny from A Good Day Stamp Set and the sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes. I added Pear Pizzazz Shimmer Ribbon above and below the white piece. This little bunny is so cute! I added a little color with Stampin’ Blends.
My last card is a sweet treat holder for St. Patrick’s Day.
I found these chocolates at our local “Candy Kitchen” Shop. They have delicious homemade chocolates! I used some retired Emerald Envy DSP and punched a circle through the top layers using the 1 1/2″ Circle Punch. I adhered the candy with a glue dot on the inside. The sentiment on the front is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and the inside sentiment is from the Sprinkles of Life Stamp Set.
I hope you enjoyed this parade of nine note cards today. Do you have a favorite? You can use any Designer Series Paper with these note cards to make a fun little card and make someone smile! The are quick & easy to make!
You can purchase the products used to make today’s cards from my online store. Click HERE to shop or click on the images below.
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Beswicks Legal continues to invest in the future of the practice with the promotion of Gareth Wilkinson to partner in the dispute resolution department.
Gareth, who started with Beswicks as a clerk in the crime department and then went on to complete his training contract, qualified as a solicitor in 2010. Gareth advises on most aspects of civil and commercial litigation and in relation to white collar crime, regulatory and sports law matters.
“Gareth is an outstanding lawyer who has demonstrated that he is committed and adds real value to all his clients. We are delighted to promote Gareth to partner”, says Nick Phillips, managing partner.
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Should minor, non-violent crimes be punished by jailtime?
This article supports the position that non-violent prisoners should not be incarcerated. It quotes officials saying that they reported "increased use of double and triple bunking, waiting lists for education and drug treatment programs, limited meaningful work opportunities, and increased inmate-to-staff ratios"(Davidson). All of this leads to a higher chance of inmates misbehaving because they have nothing else to do. The reason for all of this overpopulation is a higher percentage of new inmates that the prison cannot keep up, and therefor the prisoner to staff ratio gets lower and lower (Davidson). I find that this source is credible because it's from a known news agency, and has actual statements from prison officials, as well as statistics from prisons about population. -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Davidson, Joe. “Prison Crowding Undermines Safety, Report Says.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 15 Oct. 2012, www.washingtonpost.com/local/prison-crowding-undermines-safety-report-says/2012/10/15/ab77de02-16fc-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html?noredirect.
This article is supports the position that non-violent offenders should not be incarcerated, and offers alternatives for jail time. The alternate to jail that it offers is called the Intensive Supervision Program, or I.S.P. I.S.P is essentially a more intensive parole program. However, while parole has a pretty high percentage of slip-ups, I.S.P has close to a 95% success rate, meaning very little amount of people return to criminal activity after completing the program (NYTimes). Jail is very expensive, on average it costs around $25,000 to keep an inmate for a year, however in I.S.P it only costs $5,700-(Davidson) much less, saving tax dollars and keeping jails less crowded. -------------------------------------------------------------- "A Good Way to Ease Jail Overcrowding." New York Times, 7 June 1992. Global Issues In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A174900214/GIC?u=j084910011&sid=GICξd=3624537d. Accessed 3 May 2018.
This article support the idea of keeping non-violent offenders out of prison in part because "they become socialized to prison norms, where aggression is an asset and violence commonplace." (Downing) Downing goes on to argue that a peaceful person who is put in prison may come out with a violent / criminal personality because it's "the only occupation they’ve been taught in prison"(Downing). Downing makes these statements to offer an explanation as to why people often re-offend once out of prison, and argue that non-violent (drug possession/users etc.) people should be kept out of prison to stop repeating this cycle. ------------------------------------------------------ Downing, Stephen. “Nonviolent Drug Offenders Should Not Be Taking Up Prison Beds.” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 4 Jan. 2015, www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-downing/nonviolent-drug-offenders_b_6104256.html.
This article argues that non-violent offenders SHOULD be kept in prison. The article is partially a statement from NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton. The issue he focuses on is how alot of times people aren't procecuted for their main crime due to many reasons, one could be a plea deal. Bratton goes on to warn that in taking seemingly non-violent people out of prison you're actually unknowingly putting a violent criminal back on the streets who just took a plea deal to get charged for a lesser charge. (Gartland) We can't make exceptions for who gets prison time and who doesn't, because many of the people who may seem non-violent could be otherwise. -------------------------------------------------------- Gartland, Michael. “Bratton Warns against Program to Release Non-Violent Criminals Early.” New York Post, New York Post, 1 Nov. 2015, nypost.com/2015/11/01/bratton-warns-against-program-to-release-non-violent-criminals-early/.
This article argues that while letting non-violent offenders out of prison seems like an easy job with good implications, it's actually a lot harder than it sounds and can lead to many problems. The author writes: "Here’s the thing, though: It turns out the line between “violent offenders” and “nonviolent offenders” is a lot harder to draw than you might think."(Nayfakh) and goes on to talk about how people who weren't essentially violent criminals end up with violent felonies and get locked up. One example was gun possession, which is labeled as a violent crime, but is not violent in nature. The author then talks about how violent criminals can enter plea deals to be charged with a non-violent offense, so by letting out someone who looks harmless, you may be letting a hard criminal back out onto the streets. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neyfakh, Leon. “Supporting Prison Reform Is Easy. Deciding Which Prisoners to Set Free Is a Lot, Lot Harder.” Slate Magazine, Slate Magazine, 4 Mar. 2015, www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2015/03/prison_reform_releasing_only_nonviolent_offenders_won_t_get_you_very_far.html.
This article states that the argument trying to release non-violent criminals is flawed and outright dangerous. The article says that non-violent offenders are not nice people, and lists several offenses that are classified under non-violent, which include burglary, grand theft auto, and drug trafficking to just name a few. (Griffith) With these types of arrests you also have to wonder what they were doing, that perhaps they weren't caught for. The article also provides an two examples of killers who were up until recently classified as non-violent, one of them even killed 5 people. (Griffith) While letting out non-violent offenders may seem like a great plan to reduce crime and overpopulated prisons, it puts many at risk because the seemingly non-violent criminals could have violent tendencies we don't know about. --------------------------------------------- Griffith, David. “The Fallacy of the Nonviolent Offender.” Police Magazine, 17 Sept. 2009, www.policemag.com/channel/patrol/articles/2009/09/the-fallacy-of-the-nonviolent-offender.aspx.
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Canon A1 Camera, Flash, Speed Winder with 50 mm Lense – $50.
Canon A1 Camera with Flash, Speed Winder and 50 mm FD Lens 1:1.8 w UV Haze filter & lens cover. Please contact for additional data.
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I made several drawings at the beach yesterday morning. Clear air, a dark horizon, low tide, small waves coming in close together at an angle to the beach, making zig-zagging, lattice patterns; the line of the breaking waves at 45 degrees to the next approaching wave.
In the studio I blocked in greys and pale blues on a small canvas and added a pale sky. I then tried out various ways of making a dark sea; from chocolate browns to deep green greys, and of putting in marks of waves from the drawings. The painting developing through repeatedly putting on and scraping back paint. On a small canvas there is not room for a build-up of a network of marks; the painting is rather a patina, a scrapped and painted surface. The drawing gradually disappearing to be left only as a guide to the directions of various brushmarks.
What is it I’m looking for in this process? I don’t think it is for something that just looks like what was out there this morning, (even the assumption that we know what something looks like is problematic). But rather something that feels real and true and has some revelatory relationship to the original drawings. Something that places the act of painting, of ordering a surface, into a dynamic relationship with the observed world.
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Yes, you get the full solution for your linen needs here.
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The Newman S-382-E is designed to take random width rough sawn lumber and calibrate it to target thickness. It has a 30″ (762 mm) width capacity and now comes standard with electric feed drive! The S-382-E will process lumber at speeds of from 80 to 300 FPM (25 to 92 mpm) and may be equipped with either the Newman Helical Carbide Cutterheads or the standard high speed steel cutterheads.
Two 15 HP Sew-Eurodrive gearmotors are mounted directly onto the feed shafts. The feed shafts have changed from the hex shaft configuration to the new interconnected hub design. Two AC variable frequency inverters allow for precision infeed and outfeed roll synchronization, aiding in extended tire life.
To reduce damage to cupped or misshapen boards the feed system utilizes pneumatic rubber tires, virtually eliminating roller split while providing positive high torque feed. To increase yield the S-382-E can be equipped with our patented Automatic Cut Control™ (A.C.C.) which is designed to prevent boards from being planed to less than target thickness.
Maintenance saving options such as in-machine knife grinding and computer setworks are also available. Utilizing soft feed, exceptional knife work, along with controlled thickness dimensioning, lumber yields will increase, the product will improve, and production will grow.
Optional: Helical Carbide Cutterhead with eight 8-knife or 10-knife, 7″ cutting circle.
Top Cutterhead: 75 HP, 3600 RPM @ 60 Hz TEFC premium efficiency direct coupled motor.
Bottom Cutterhead: 50 HP, 3600 RPM @ 60 Hz TEFC premium efficiency direct coupled motor.
Three pneumatic tire top rolls approximately 16″ diameter with 1-1/2″ independent yield and three 14″ diameter steel bottom rolls.
Top rolls are powered by two 15 hp helical gear motors with AC variable frequency drives.
Air operated quick release of the chipbreaker is standard.
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Ministry of Propaganda - 21/Jun/2006: "The Drought"
So Thames Water misses their leak target while their profits go up. That's good to hear, at least now I know why my water bill went up by 7% this April after having increased by 36% the previous year (I'm with Thames Water, who just a few days ago applied for a drought order). After all we had a really dry winter, didn't we?
Well, at least that's debatable, there seems to be at least some spin involved. So it's all about money then? Probably, as Severn Trent reported very similar results. Me as a consumer/customer, same as others, is quite pissed off with this. Yes, I understand that they need to raise money to pay for the repairs and therefore need to keep investors happy. But wasn't privatisation supposed to bring down prices and increase competition? Well, an increase of well over 40% over two years combined with requests to conserve water to beat the drought doesn't fit that promise. There is no competition either, as far as I'm aware I have no choice over my water supplier.
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An Irish Web Design and Website Development Company specialising in website design, eCommerce website design, website development, website and eCommerce hosting and Internet marketing. with clients all over Ireland – Kerry, Dublin, Galway, Cork. We have been providing our customers in Ireland and UK with professionally designed, affordable websites. We are dedicated website designers, website development technicians, programmers and Internet marketing specialists and our aim is to exceed your expectation every time.
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Kerry Security Services offers a range of security installations and services for both home and business customers.
We are based in Killorglin in Kerry, and regularly travel local towns such as Killarney, Tralee, Dingle, Caherciveen providing security systems to all areas of Co. Kerry.
I found Kerry Security Services to be very professional in their service. I am pleased with the works they carried out on my security system. The works were carried out in an efficient and timely manner, causing very little disruption to my business. I would highly recommend MKS Security Kerry to install or upgrade your security system.
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Sethu Restaurant in Killorglin. A Restaurant, Takeaway & Curry House in Kerry.
Sethu Restaurant & Curry House Killorglin in Co. Kerry. Diverse dining on the Main Street in Killorglin, the heart of Kingdom.
Sethu offers a sophisticated experience that marries a unique contemporary style with traditional hospitality from top rated Indian Restaurant in Killorglin, Co. Kerry.
The Sethu offers food daily from 5.00pm till 10.15pm and is the perfect stop off for a snack or dinner. With Plenty of Parking on street or at the local car park.
Our beautiful Restaurant seats up to 36 guests and can be booked on a private basis. If you are planning on having a wedding or civil ceremony in Church or anywhere else in Kerry, we will have the table for you. We also provide a catering service to all area’s of Kerry.
Embark on a culinary journey at Sethu’s Restaurant. Tempt your palate with the most delicacies, prepared with the utmost care and passion. Rich and diverse, the Indian cuisine demands perfect understanding of spices and their melange for each delicacy.
We take pride in the quality of our food, here in Sethu Restaurant, we have handpicked some of the most popular and mouth watering Indian dishes for your dining pleasure. All Our dishes are prepared with the finest Indian spices with an intriguing blend and fresh locally sourced produces grown locally here in Killorglin.
Our dishes are prepared and cooked by our team of chefs with over 20 years of experiences in serving authentic Indian cuisines both in Ireland and in their native country. In addition our Head Chefs have created signature Indian dishes which is unique to our restaurant only.
The Sethu’s Restaurant, we not only believe in fulfilling the desire of taste but also to inspire the soul. Our aim is, from the moment you enter our establishment until you leave, we want to ensure your delight at every stage of your dining experience. It is our hope that you leave feeling satisfied and with a desire to keep coming back to The Sethu.
Indian Restaurant in Killorglin. One of the finest Restaurants in Kerry.
The Sethu is consistently voted one of the best restaurants in Kerry. The Restaurant’s central location has the added benefit of neighboring many lively bars, nightlife and hotels.
Having eaten in all the restaurants in Killorglin. I have to say, i found the Sethu, the most atmospheric of them, a genuine sense of hospitality. The food and service were great. Prices are reasonable, well worth a visit.
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If quirky British humour is your thing, start bingeing on the nine seasons of The Peep Show available on Netflix right away! It follows two socially impaired flatmates (Mark & Jeremy) and their hapless adventures through life.
Peep Show follows the lives of two flatmates who struggle with managing everyday life in Britain. Luckily for the pair, they have each other and although they're complete opposites, an unlikely friendship blossoms over the nine seasons. The two main characters are called Mark and Jeremy and you will get to know them as you follow their chaotic lives.
Mark would lead you to believe he’s the mature one in the relationship, really they're both inept. Jeremy or ‘Jez’ as his friends call him is naive and his antics get him into many uncomfortable situations. These encounters are what makes the show great. As two characters interact, the script often goes off into a monologue of Jeremy or Mark’s thoughts. Their awkward personalities and inflated egos combine to make a near perfect comedy show.
What can you expect from a typical episode? Well, mature humour from the off, at least once in every episode one of the lads will fall in love with a new girl who will show no interest in him. Not to forget a mandatory falling out between the star-crossed flatmates. It's certainly worth a watch. If you enjoy British comedy, get ready to be glued to your screen for the next few months. All nine series are on Netflix and there is even talk about the show producing more episodes in the near future.
As each episode is only 25 minutes long you don't have to invest too much of your time in deciding if this show is for you or not. However, we think you'll love it. And if you do then also check out White Gold which is equally as funny.
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Art Wiknik grew up in Higganum, Connecticut, and was drafted into the Army in 1968. He attended basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and advanced training at Tigerland, Fort Polk, Louisiana in preparation for deployment to Vietnam. In April, 1969, he landed in Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, and was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division. He then flew from Bien Hoa to Phu Bai enroute to Camp Eagle, with a final destination of Camp Evans. Nine days after the 3rd Battalion of the 187th Infantry assaulted Dong Ap Bia, also known as “Hamburger Hill,” in the A Shau Valley, the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Infantry was assigned to support the operation, and Sergeant Wiknik joined in the assault. He survived that battle, and made it through the rest of his time in country before returning to the United States on March 28, 1970. In this interview, Art Wiknik talks about his childhood in Connecticut, his Army training, and his deployment to Vietnam. He describes his experiences in A/2-506 Infantry, and his relationships with the Officers, NCOs and Soldiers in his platoon. He examines his service in Vietnam, and talks in-depth about his part in the Battle of Hamburger Hill. Finally, he explores his life after the Army, and explains what his service means to him.
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What is Event Insurance Quote.com event insurance?
Special Event Insurance is a policy that covers your client’s business assets when they host activities that fall beyond the scope of their General Liability Insurance coverage. Special Event Liability Insurance is a specialty insurance policy designed to indemnify the named insured and/or host / honoree from certain types of claims arising from accidents taking place during the event. Subject to the specific coverage terms, conditions and exclusions, it offers protection for the host / honoree for damage to the facility caused by a guest or vendor, bodily injury to guests they are found liable for, and alcohol-related accidents they are found liable for.
For underwriting purposes, a lot goes into the definition of a “special event.” Basically, special events are short term activities your client sponsors or hosts that are outside of their normal operations. For example, your client may host a black-tie dinner, a 5k fun run, or week long conference. All of these are special events that could be covered with Special Event Insurance. We can write anything from a concert to a private birthday party and everything in between.
Is property covered under a general liability policy?
The general liability policy excludes property that you own, rent, borrow, or property that is in your care. This exclusion exists because if you do have property that fits this description, there are separate property policies that are available to insure such exposures.
What type of property does the general liability cover? An example would be a patron whose clothes are damaged when he trips and falls over an exposed sound cable you have improperly laid for your event. Because this property (his clothing) was not owned, rented, or borrowed by you, or in your care at the time of the damage, the general liability policy would pay for the damages to these items.
An exception to this exclusion is Fire Damage Legal Liability which is included in most general liability policies. This is applicable to property damage, by fire, for a premises/space you rent or lease.
You do if you are selling, serving, manufacturing, furnishing or distributing beer, wine, spirits or alcohol at your events.
The standard general liability policy excludes liquor related claims if you are in the business of selling, serving, manufacturing, furnishing or distributing liquor (alcohol, beer, wine, spirits, etc.). This exclusion applies even if you are “in the business” temporarily (example a 1 day event where liquor is served), and it applies even if you don’t make a profit from the sale of liquor.
Charging an entry fee to an “open bar” event is considered being in the business of selling liquor.
Many, but not all, general liability policies include Host Liquor Liability. Host Liquor applies when hosts of a business or social functions serve alcohol without a charge.
Usually included as part of the general liability coverage, contractual liability insurance protects you in the event a loss occurs where you have assumed liability under a written contract. For example, under many facility rental agreements, you agree to “hold the facility harmless” for any accidents arising out of your rental of the location. Contractual Liability Insurance would provide you defense you from a claim in which the facility would be liable in connection with your rental.
What does “This insurance is primary and noncontributory” really mean?
This statement may be required by facilities to achieve the assurance that the policy you are providing is a primary vs. excess policy.
Unless otherwise noted in your quote, all of our liability policies are primary and noncontributory except for a nominal deductible ($250-$500) on a few of our products.
Sometimes, the facility rental agreement broadens this definition and will require that your policy be primary and noncontributory with any other insurance coverage that the facility has. The intent here is clear; the facility is attempting to make your insurance pay entirely for any claim, whether it is the fault of the facility or not. This significantly increases your risk of a claim and many insurance companies will not agree to such wording. Those that do often charge extra premium for the increased risk.
Losses typically happen through someone’s negligence. In general, the negligent party should be liable for such negligence.
Your insurance company could choose to sue a third party to recover the amount of a claim they paid if the loss was caused by that third party. This is called subrogation.
Some contractual agreements, including some facility rental agreements, require you to waive your right of subrogation (and therefore your insurance company’s rights) against them in the event of a claim.
Many, but not all, general liability policies allow you to waive your rights of subrogation as long as it is done in writing and prior to a loss.
If I name someone on my policy as an Additional Insured, does it mean they don’t need their own separate insurance?
No, they would still need their own insurance for their negligence.
A common misconception with additional insureds is the belief that if they are named as additional insured on a policy, they don’t have to worry about buying their own insurance. However, an additional insured only has protection under your policy if they are not responsible for the claim. They would not be protected under your policy if they were at fault for a claim.
The reasoning behind this is simple. If you are responsible for a claim, your own insurance should provide protection, including providing protection for the additional insureds. If an additional insured is responsible, their own insurance would have to provide them coverage. If you are both equally or partially responsible for the same claim, then each would rely on their own insurance for protection.
Example 1: You are promoting a festival and name Great Bacon Company on your policy as an additional insured as required in your sponsorship agreement. Through no fault of Great Bacon Company, a patron slips and falls and brings suit against you and Great Bacon Company. Your policy would provide coverage for Great Bacon Company.
Example 2: Same scenario as above. But instead of a slip and fall, a patron becomes ill from eating a bad batch of bacon manufactured by Great Bacon and sues both you and Great Bacon. Your policy would protect you, but would not provide protection for Great Bacon. They would have to rely on their own insurance.
These are ‘general’ and hypothetical examples.
Is an Accident Waiver & Release of Liability required on sports participant liability policies?
Yes. Waivers have helped reduce or eliminate potential liability of the organizer for injuries, especially those type of injuries that are expected for the sport the participant is involved in.
Why should you bother with having participants sign a waiver since you are purchasing insurance? Because a waiver could protect you from 1) a claim that may exceed your policy limit and 2) the hassle of attending court hearings and trial in a civil lawsuit 3) May be required to obtain insurance.
What are Occurrence & Aggregate Limits?
The Occurrence limit is the maximum amount the insurance company will pay per incident, regardless of the number of persons injured (claimants).
An Aggregate means the same as a cap. It’s the total amount, regardless of the number of separate incidents, the insurance company will pay out for all claims during the term of your policy.
Example: Your policy has a $1,000,000 Aggregate limit. During the term of your policy you have 3 claims that are awarded against you. $225,000 was awarded on one claim, $500,000 was awarded on the second claim and $300,000 was awarded on the third claim. Total amount awarded: $1,050,000. The insurance company would pay a total of $1,000,000 (Aggregate max policy limit). You would be responsible for the balance of $25,000.
Products liability (including completed operations) insurance provides protection for you against injury to members of the public caused by a defective product you either manufacturer, sell, or give away.
Most, but not all, general liability policies automatically provide products liability / completed operations coverage. Sometimes, we are unable to provide this coverage if your products are considered hazardous; for example tobacco, cosmetics, aircrafts, etc.
Example 1: A wood craftsman sells a pair of wood earrings at a local arts and craft fair. The buyer develops an infection after wearing the wood earrings resulting in medical bills and lost time at work. Products liability insurance would provide coverage to the craftsman for any resulting claims.
Example 2: A spectator purchases a souvenir t-shirt sold by the promoter at a concert. The shirt was improperly labeled and contained fabric the spectator was allergic to. Products liability insurance would provide coverage to the promoter for any resulting claims.
What is Fire Damage Legal Liability?
Fire Damage Legal Liability is included in most, but not all general liability policies, and provides you coverage if you’re legally responsible for any fire damage to a building you lease, rent, or borrow.
Example: You rent a Hotel Ballroom for a birthday party. While lighting the candles on the birthday cake, you accidentally set fire to the drapes causing scorch and smoke damage to the wall and ceiling. Fire Damage Legal Liability would cover you for the costs to repair the damage.
What is a Surplus Lines Carrier (Non-Admitted insurer)?
A surplus lines carrier is an insurer who chooses not to be licensed directly by a particular state, although they are still approved to write insurance in that state.
The types of risks insured by surplus lines insurers are unique and sometimes difficult to rate. The advantage of a surplus lines insurer is they can be more flexible with their rates and policy terms. (Licensed insurers must have their rates and terms pre-approved by the insurance department).
What are the main differences between rain insurance and event cancellation insurance?
Your event does not have to be cancelled in order for the policy to pay out. It simply has to rain the amount you insured against. Therefore rain insurance is an excellent way to insure loss of “walk up revenue” due to rain, even if your event is not cancelled.
You don’t have to prove how much money you lost due to rain. If it rains the amount you insured against during the times you picked, you are paid the policy limit.
Can cover you for rain (bad weather) as well as a lot of other mishaps such as power outages, unavoidable travel delays (aircraft or other modes of transportation), floods, equipment delays, earthquakes, mechanical breakdown, hurricanes, damage to your event location, non-appearance of the featured guest, etc.
Your event has to be cancelled or cut short for the policy to pay.
You must prove (with receipts, contracts, etc.) how much money you lost.
It’s a good idea to purchase a policy as soon as you begin to pay deposits. Caterers, photographers and other vendors usually require a significant non-refundable deposit up front with the remainder due by the day of the event. EIQ’s event cancellation coverage can be purchased up to 15 days prior to the event date. EIQ’s wedding liability coverage can be purchased up to 1 day prior to the event date.
Will EIQ event insurance provide coverage if military leave is withdrawn?
Yes. If the guest of honor is serving full-time, active duty in the armed forces, police, or fire department and must postpone the event due to withdrawal of a previously granted leave or unforeseen deployment, we provide coverage.
Who is protected under an Event Liability policy?
Your event venue(s) can also be added as Additional Insured. Please note that you cannot add vendors (for example, caterers or musicians) under this policy. Any vendors at your event should have their own liability insurance.
Does EIQ’s event insurance provide coverage if the weather forces us to postpone or relocate our event?
Yes. We will list anyone as an AI as long as it is contractual obligation.
What is the refund policy for the Special Event Liability Insurance Policy?
Policy premiums, taxes, and other charges are fully earned at inception of policy coverage and are non-refundable in the event of cancellation of coverage at any time by the insured. Special Event Policies are FULLY earned upon binding.
What is Host Liquor ?
Host Liquor Liability is the coverage for event holders that will have alcohol at the event, but are not selling alcohol. The liability could transfer from the drinker to the host when the drinker shows signs of intoxication and then is served, or is allowed to serve themselves more alcohol. Host Liquor will be excluded from the policy if the insured is in the business of selling, professional serving or distributing of alcohol. If the insured is selling, serving or distributing alcohol, Retail Liquor Liability should be included on the policy.
What does “Named Insured” mean? / Who is or should be the “Named Insured”? What is a “COI”?
The “Named Insured” is the person or business/organization in whose name the policy was purchased. Typically the Named Insured would be the same person or business / organization entity that signed the contract with the venue.
Is my information secure when I purchase an Event Liability insurance Policy from your website?
Due to strict insurance regulations your privacy and security is our first and foremost priority. We do not provide your information to third parties. We encrypt sensitive information using secure socket layer technology to protect your data.
What is on my insurance certificate?
Who needs special event insurance?
At some point, everyone, including most small-business owners will host a special event, be it a happy hour for their employees or a golf tournament for their business partners. Certain industries, such as nonprofits and schools, rely on fundraisers to make ends meet. No matter the event, the increased exposures necessitate coverage, which makes Special Event Insurance a smart investment.
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How about the language? There’s some parts of language learning that I think are like learning to play an instrument. Granted, even when I could only speak English, I spoke more languages than I played instruments, so I’m hardly an expert. But I remember when I was in high school, I had a friend that played the bass guitar. And when I would go to his house, he would play me song after song from his favorites and rant and rave, “Dude, isn’t that bass player amazing? That bass part is awesome, isn’t it?” Though I nodded vigorously and chorused my praises, I never had the heart to tell him that I couldn’t even hear the bass playing! I couldn’t pick apart the sounds of the bass from the other guitars (or pretty much any other instrument with strings). So as a result, I couldn’t appreciate the difference between good and great.
The main differences between the good and great are subtle, but they include things like speed, comfort, accuracy, and creativity. And that’s a pretty good picture of some of the stages of language learning. Think of some of the people you know that speak English as a second language. What separates them from a native speaker? Probably a couple sounds, a few sentence patterns, a bunch of phrases, and tons of vocabulary. They know how to say “look,” but do they know how to use “observe,” “scrutinize,” “glance,” “scan,” and “gaze”?
This is where language learning can get really frustrating. After you start to get some satisfaction from being able to carry on conversations, interact on basic levels with others, you pick up a children’s book and feel like an idiot! I’m kind of at an annoying level right now where it seems I can speak slowly and correctly or quickly and wrongly. I often choose the latter – I hate talking slowly and listening to silence while I rummage around in my brain to pull out the right word. Hey, there’s a vivid description! Learning a language is like moving into a new house (smaller than the one you left). Getting the boxes into the house is just part of the job. Then you got to unpack it all and find a place for it.
So sometimes I don’t know how to express myself correctly. Do I have love for someone, towards someone, or to someone? Do I thank people a lot, big, or very much? Stuff like this is painful. Think of these differences in English (which works very much the same in Chinese): sit up, sit down, sit-in, sit out. Or stand up, stand-down, stand-in, stand-out. Anyway, all this is a long way of saying that I’ve still got a ways to go yet, I still make lots of mistakes, and that though we’re better than ever, it just lets us see how far we still have to go! We’re just starting to understand the differences between good and great.
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Please read the Patient Portal Instructions below. You can then click here to be directed to the Patient Portal.
A new portal? What is in it for me?
We at Town & Country Family Physicians are excited to announce that we are upgrading to a new patient portal called MyHealthRecord.com. It is your health record and connection to our practice from any device, like tablets, smartphones and desktop computers. Whether you use an iPhone, Android tablet or full desktop computer, you will have full access to all features on all devices. We will send you an email inviting you to MyHealthRecord.com. The invitation will include instructions, which is a quick, three-step process.
Requirements to Qualify for Invite.
Patient information must match the same as we have in our system in order to verify identity.
Using myhealthrecord.com patient portal can eliminate the phone tag that patients often encounter when calling the office by sending our office a secure message.
MYHEALTHRECORD.COM PATIENT PORTAL IS NOT INTENDED FOR USE IN AN EMERGENCY!
IF YOU HAVE A TRUE MEDICAL EMERGENCY, DIAL 911 OR GO TO THE NEAREST HOSPITAL!
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Listing Company: Klapperich Real Estate, Inc.
N8705 VAN DYNE Road, Friendship, WI 54979-9309 - Sprawling 3-4 Bed, 2.5 Bath on countryside 2 acre setting surrounded by trees features a 30 x 60 supersized garage stubbed for in floor heat! Multi-room rear addition with adjacent bath opts for master suite, family room, or office with private entry. House is partially remodeled with a long list of updates including roof, furnaces, most plumbing, and 200 amp service. Portion of upper level under renovation being sold AS IS to cash or pre-approved non conventional loan buyers only. A rare opportunity offering affordable township taxes!
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The injured spectator was hospitalized after being hit on the head by an errant drive from Brooks Koepka on the sixth hole at Le Golf National last Friday.
Patrick Reed blames Jordan Spieth for them not playing together at the Ryder Cup and told The New York Times that US captain Jim Furyk was not smart to sit him out twice.
The PGA Tour schedule from next year will be condensed to finish by the end of August so everyone should be rested and raring to go for the 2020 event at Whistling Straits in Wisconsin.
Spaniard Sergio Garcia set a record when his victory in his Ryder Cup singles match on Sunday gave him more points than any other player in the history of the competition.
Europe were effectively already assured of victory when he teed off as the Italian, Henrik Stenson and Sergio Garcia were all dormie and guaranteed at least half a point from their games.
Sergio Garcia and captain Thomas Bjorn will be feeling quietly pleased with themselves after his superb displays helped Europe to an 8-4 lead halfway through Saturday's action.
Brooks Koepka's wild tee shot on the par-4 sixth hole struck a woman in the gallery and bloodied her head on the first day of Ryder Cup.
Tiger Woods, whose Ryder Cup record is mediocre for a 14-times major champion, will not feature again until Saturday after being left out of the afternoon foursomes.
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Looking south towards Cuba. The days are long, hot and beautiful. Except when there's a hurricane. The use of watercolor was a no-brainer.
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The early explorers brought Longhorn cattle of Spanish ancestry to the island settlements in the "New World" In 1521 Cortes stocked his Mexican Ranch with cattle from the island settlements Cuba and Santa Domingo. In 1541 Coronado seems to have brought the first cattle from Mexico to the area that is now Texas.
LaSalle planted cattle on what is now Texas near Lavaca bay, literally meaning The Cow Bay, in 1685, DeLeon brought cattle to what is now Texas on his four expedditions from 1687 to 1690. Subsequent expeditions spread the cattle herds even farther across Present-Day Texas.
The two previous paragraphs talk about how this Longhorn cattle population arrived, however nothing extensive was done with the Longhorn cattle population until after the mid-1860's when the U.S. Civil war had left cattle herds decimated and the Texas fever tick plauged cattle drives of the day.
The Texas longhorn could survive the long drive to Abeline, Kansas for sale and also was seemingly immune to the bite of the fever tick. The immmunity to the bite of the fever tick seemed to have developed over the generations and was a genetic trait in the herds of that time.
1. The MIlby Butler- started with cattle rescused from shipment to Cuba by way of the family owned stock pens in League City, Texas. The original herd included duns from the Gulf Coast and white cattle with colored points East Texas. Butler had up to 600 head of longhorns which are unique in several ways. These cattle are bred for horns. The cows were carefully selected and but with bulls he thought would produce lenght, base, and corkscrew shape in the horns of the offspring. Butler cattle possess several unique skeletal differences including topline, tailhead attachment, "crocodile eyes" and colors not found in other families of longhorn.
2. The M.P. Wright- begun in the early 1920's as Wright selected out cattle that were brouhgt to his slaughterhouse. Pure Wrihgt cattle lines are very rare today, and probably the most distinctive of the seven. The herd was nearly all duns, reds and line-backed, long in body but not espically tall. They share with their ancestors a tendency towards long, well-shaped horns.
3. The Emil Marks- becoming very rare, found its beginnings on Mark's Barker Ranch just west of Houston, Texas. Marks valued the traditional functionality of the Texas Longhorn, and the Marks line contributed much of this to the present breed. When asked about what makes a good cow, Marks would reply "A good cow has a good long body, a long hip, she stands up, she can travel and she has good legs. She has a calf every year."
4. The Cap Yates- originated mostly from west Texas and Northern Mexico where "survival of the fittest" is a daily reality. Cap Yates strongly believed the purity of his longhorns was of utmost importance. They are generally beefier and larger-framed with relatively shorter horns. Horns are typically fairly "high" with an upward twist second to none. The other dominant characteristics of the Yates are ruggedness, good survival instincts and an independant streak. This breed really eximplifies the spirit of the Old West, what all Texas Longhorns truly stand for.
5. The Wichita Refuge- mostly from West Texas and northern Mexico with additions over the years made from the Cap Yates herd or Mexican cattle from Clower. This breed lives on the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Range, found in Oklahoma. The Refuge mandate is specifically conservation of the traditional Texas Longhorn.
6. The Jack Phillips- began on the Battle Island Ranch near Columbia, Texas. Jack learned a great deal from his frind, Graves Peeler, who brought him some cows and one of the dun-colored bulls he had found in Mexico. They all had pretty good horns and were big cattle. Throughout the 1930's Phillips accumulated more "typical" longhorns from area ranchers. He looked for long-bodied, long-headed cows with a high tailhead and a tail with a heavy brush dragging the ground. Jack also liked the old Texas-twisty horns.
7. The Graves Peeler- reflects the characteristics of the man who started it. Peeler a true legend among Longhorn breeders, choose his cattle more for "personality" than any one physical attribute. Peeler liked his longhorns tough and independent, and did not object if there was a little wildness thrown in. Also important was productivity- a cow that failed to calve was not bound to stay long.
Physical Description:At four years old weighing 800 pounds (365 kg), maturity at 8 to 10 years old. Height 60" at shoulder, Length up to 100". There are various colorations present in the Longhorns.
General Information:The Longhorns live in herds consisting of males, females and their progeny.
Special anatomical, physiological or behavioral adaptations:Resistant to ticks and able to travel over 1,000 miles (1600 km) feeding along the way, described as "a wild fierce breed with huge horns and long legs.", Body with a long and slender build, tucked up flanks, catlike hams, and a thick tough hide.
Personal Observations: These are cows a somewhat calm and persistent animal. Longhorns have no real problems in the wild besides predatory animals and the avoidance of habitats in droughts or frosts with inadaquate forage to support a herd. These problems are often offset by a rancher or farmer providing for the animal.
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Trying to determine whether or not it's possible to configure Glance to utilize a Swift backend that is running on a separate Openstack cloud.
Also made the RGW+keystone integration. It will be good.
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Ванна Balteco Modul 15 Гидро Люкс (S5).
Good to see real expertise on display. Your cnoritbuiton is most welcome.
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Medicare doesn’t cover assisted living and they are pretty upfront about that. If you have a long-term care policy, though, will that cover it?
Luckily, the answer is ‘yes.’ But, no two long-term care policies are the same. One policy might cover it while another might not. It’s important to know your coverage before you buy it; after all, you are buying it to protect yourself.
Assisted living isn’t always seen as a ‘necessity’ by insurance companies. If they do offer coverage, they often make you prove your inability to do certain things before they’ll cover your claims. Some companies rely on the doctor’s prescription. Others want proof that the insured cannot perform a certain number of daily activities on their own before they’ll cover it.
It’s also important to look at where the insurance company will cover assisted living. Today there are various types including assisted living facilities and home care. Many policies won’t cover home care, but they’ll cover the costs of moving into an assisted living facility.
How long will the coverage last? Some policies only cover a limited time at an assisted living facility.
Is there a period where you have to pay first and then the insurance will begin covering it?
Are there any diseases or conditions that are excluded from the policy?
The cost of assisted living can vary from $1,500 a month to $10,000 per month. What amenities do you need? How much help will you need? Where is the home located? These are just a few of the factors that will affect the cost of the assisted living facility.
Next, you need to know the amount your insurance will cover. The benefits can be all over the board. Some policies cover the entire amount while others only cover a portion, leaving the rest for you or a supplement insurance policy.
The short answer is that ‘yes,’ some assisted living may be covered under your long-term care policy. But it depends on the policy, its age, and what type of coverage you chose. If you have an old policy, you may not have assisted living benefits because that really wasn’t a big deal several years ago. Today it’s common for seniors to transfer to an assisted living facility rather than waiting until they are bad enough to go to a nursing home. Check your policy, talk to your agent, and see what coverage you may have or what coverage you may want if you are first thinking of buying a policy for yourself.
Purchasing a health insurance policy requires careful consideration and analysis to ensure the plan meets your needs and budget. With so many different types of policies available from several insurance carriers, it can be difficult to decipher the language used in policy contracts. By understanding the major aspects of health insurance plans, your search for appropriate coverage will take less time and create less stress.
Health insurance plans come in a variety of types, with the vast majority built on a managed care platform. The managed care concept uses established groups of physicians and facilities to render medical services at pre-negotiated prices. Some policy types restrict payment of benefits only to providers within the network, while others contain provisions to pay for non-network services. Your freedom to seek consultations and treatment is also directly affected by the type of plan, as certain policy types require referrals from family physicians before visits to specialists are approved for payment. Plans with out-of-network coverage and the freedom to visit any doctor at any time carry much larger price tags.
The health insurance industry offers four basic types of insurance plans, including Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs), Point of Service Plans (POS), Preferred Provider Organizations (PPO) and Fee-for-Service Plans, also known as indemnity plans. Choose the right plan for you and your family based on your specific needs, financial means and coverage offered.
A Health Maintenance Organization is a group insurance policy that requires covered individuals to receive health care treatment from participating providers and only with a referral from their primary care physician (PCP). Providers outside the network are not covered. HMO plans allow members to pay for the health insurance coverage in advance, rather than at the time of service. The monthly premium paid covers a variety of healthcare services including preventative care such as gynecological exams, prostate exams and, in some cases, dental and vision screenings as well. Most HMOs require members to pay a copayment for most services.
The PPO insurance plan option is based on the insurance company negotiating with physicians, clinics, other health care professionals and hospitals to provide services for their members at a lower price. Insured individuals may choose an in-network or out-of-network physician for treatment under the guidelines of a PPO. Members will be reimbursed at a higher rate for in-network providers and must pick up more or all of the cost for out-of-network providers.
Fee for service, also called indemnity plans, were popular into the 1980s but are increasingly rare. Under these plans the insured pays a monthly premium and typically must also meet an annual deductible before any benefits are paid out. After meeting the deductible, the insured will also usually be responsible for co-insurance, that is, a certain percentage of the charge. Under most fee for service plans, insured individuals can choose their own providers and as long as the service is covered under the plan, be eligible for reimbursement. The cost of indemnity plans usually varies based on the amount of the deductible and coinsurance.
A hybrid between an HMO and a fee for service plan, a Point of Service allows you to choose a primary care physician who can coordinate your care and refer you for other services. If you go that route, you will have no deductible and usually only a small copay. On the other hand, you can bypass your primary care physician and go directly to an out-of-network specialist, in which case you will have to meet a deductible and have to pay coinsurance, just like an indemnity plan.
Many health insurance plans contain deductibles. These amounts tend to be larger lump sums that exist to reduce the regular monthly premium you pay for coverage. Deductibles represent the amount of money you must pay toward your own treatment before the insurance company begins paying benefits. It’s important that your deductible does not exceed your emergency fund, so the stability of your financial situation is not threatened by overwhelming medical bills.
Most health insurance plans typically offer a choice of prescription drug benefits to suit your individual needs. Three-tiered plans have become common and serve to reduce the overall cost of the policy. Generic medications cost the least, popular brand-name drugs cost slightly more, and rarer brand-name drugs cost the most. Medications in this top tier, called “non-formulary” drugs, represent a potentially significant expense for both the customer and the insurance carrier. If you currently take a non-formulary prescription on a regular monthly basis, choose your coverage wisely to avoid excessive drug costs at the pharmacy.
In an attempt to prevent you from catastrophic financial burdens, health insurance policies contain stop-loss figures representing the most money you can be obligated to pay for your care over the course of a year. These “maximum out-of-pocket” amounts differ from plan to plan, and include all deductibles. However, many plans do not add standard office co-pays or prescription drug costs to the maximum out-of-pocket calculations. Be sure your policy’s maximum out-of-pocket figure is within your financial capabilities.
When buying health insurance, examine the carrier’s network to check if your current physicians participate with the program. If they are not listed as in-network providers, you may have to purchase a more flexible plan that covers out-of-network treatment, or consider changing doctors. Additionally, the distribution of physicians in your geographic area should be large enough to include several specialists in every major field. This allows you to choose from several specialist providers and seek multiple opinions on an issue before deciding on a course of treatment.
A popular rider for whole life insurance (and other types of life insurance) is the waiver of premium rider. Waiver of premium is designed to pay the life insurance premiums in the event the insured becomes totally disabled. While it is a valuable benefit in the event of a severe disability, the definition of disability in the waiver of premium is typically far more restrictive than the definition of disability in individual disability income policies. Nevertheless, it can be very useful in certain situations.
The insurance company will typically require written proof that the insured is totally disabled with a stipulated period of time and that this disability has existed continuously for a period of time, normally about six months. The definition of total disability may require an inability to the bodily injury or disease to perform essentially all of the duties of an occupation. Sometimes the waiver of premium will be a little less restrictive during the first year or two. For example, waiver of premium might state that during the first full 24 months of disability, total disability means that the insured cannot perform essentially all of the duties of his or her regular occupation at the time the disability begins. After this time, the definition of total disability may become more restrictive. For example, it might state that the insured is not able to perform essentially all the other duties of his or her occupation or for any other occupation which the insured is capable of by education experience or training.
Waiver of premium may also consider a younger insured’s occupation to include attending school full-time outside the home.
Waiver of premium may also recognize presumptive total disabilities. In this case, total and permanent loss of sight of both eyes or loss by severance of through or above the wrist or ankle joint of either foot or both hands or one of each. Presumptive disabilities will typically result in the premium being waived throughout the lifetime of the insured.
Sometimes the age of the insured can affect the duration of the waiver of premium benefit. The insurance company might say that if a total disability begins before the age of 60, premiums will be waived while the total disability continues. If total disability begins at or after the age of 60, premiums might be waived for the longer period of continued disability of until age 65 or for two years from the beginning of such disability if this two-year period extends beyond age 65.
Insurance companies may require (at reasonable intervals) subsequent proof in writing of the continuance of the total disability. Companies may require that the insured is examined once a year by one of its own medical examiners as part of any proof, and the company will typically pay for such exam. Accompanying may not require further proof of disability after age 65 under certain circumstances. For example, they might not require further proof after age 65 if all premiums to between age 60 and 65 have been waived and the disability began before the age of 60 and the disability still exists at the age of 65.
Certain exclusions may apply to waiver of premium. The insurance company may not waive the premium if it became due more than one year prior to the company’s receiving proof of disability. Another exclusion may state that total disability resulting from intentionally self-inflicted injuries will not be covered. Any total disability resulting from acts of war may also be excluded.
Any other riders and the policy may also be waived as the result of the waiver of premium rider being activated.
Note that if a whole life insurance policy is in premium offset, the insurance company will still pay the premium, resulting in more rapid growth of cash value and death benefits.
Perhaps the most well-understood tax aspect of permanent life insurance product (or any life insurance product, for that matter) is that the death benefit is income tax-free. There are, in fact, a few situations where the death benefit may be subject to income taxation and will be discussed later. However, in most instances, the death benefit is income tax-free.
Another widely known fact is that under current tax law, permanent life insurance cash value increases and dividends paid to the policy directly grow on a tax-deferred basis. It is possible to have the cash value of a life insurance policy grow to an amount much greater than the sum of all premiums paid without income tax consequences.
One tax benefit that is unique to permanent life insurance is the manner in which taxable distributions are determined. Distributions from a permanent insurance policy may be taken in an amount up to and equal to cost basis before triggering income tax. For example, assume that over the years $50,000 of premiums have been paid into a permanent life insurance policy. The first $50,000 actually taken from the policy would be income tax-free as a return of basis. If additional distributions were taken, it would be an income taxable event. Regardless of the type of permanent insurance policy, any distributions received are taxed as ordinary income.
In contrast, annuities and nondeductible IRA’s are taxed on the gain first and the basis is recognized only after all the gains have been taxed. In other words, if $50,000 deposited in an annuity had grown to $75,000, the first dollar taken as a distribution would be subject to income tax. After the first $25,000 had been taken from this annuity, the balance would come back as a return of basis.
This “FIFO” tax treatment for permanent life insurance creates some interesting planning opportunities. In addition to the treatment of distributions, policy loans may be made against the cash value of permanent life insurance. Policy loans (even in excess of cost basis) received is not considered taxable distributions, unless the policy is a MEC.
Any outstanding policy loans at the death of the insured is simply subtracted from the death benefit and the beneficiary receives the balance. This type of treatment allows insurance policies to supplement retirement income on a tax-favorable basis. However, one must take care not to abuse this planning technique or one runs the risk of adverse income tax consequences. If loans become too large, the policyholder may not be able to afford the interest on the loans and may have to lapse the policy. Loan interest may also be borrowed, but there is a limit. If the policy has lapsed, the policyholder would have to pay income tax on the total gain, whether there were any remaining proceeds or not.
Under certain circumstances, the death benefit of permanent life insurance (and term insurance, for that matter) may be income taxable by running afoul of the transfer for value rule. If an individual (other than the insured) purchases an existing policy for valuable consideration (e.g. money) then the proceeds over and above the amount paid for the policy (plus additional premiums paid minus distributions) could be subject to income tax.
The income tax treatment of permanent life insurance policies can also be modified if a policy becomes a Modified Endowment Contract (MEC). Section 7702A was designed for situations where a policyholder paid more into a life insurance contract than is necessary for any given death benefit level; the additional premiums create greater cash value than necessary for the insurer to meet its obligations and that cash value grows without income taxes to the policyholder. There is a 7 Pay Test that provides a guideline for how much may be paid into a policy before it would become a MEC.
If a policy becomes a MEC, it loses some (but not all) of its tax benefits. The tax benefits that are not affected are the income tax-free death benefit and the tax-deferred growth of cash value.
Distributions, on the other hand, are affected as are policy loans. To the extent there is a gain in a MEC, any distributions or loans taken would be taxed until the gains had been fully distributed. Further distributions or loans would be treated as a return of principal. In addition, for any policyholder under 59 ½, there would also be a 10% excise tax, similar to the one imposed upon certain pre-59 ½ distributions on retirement plans.
Once a permanent insurance policy becomes a MEC, it remains a MEC. Even if a 1035 exchange is performed, the new policy becomes a MEC, even if it otherwise would not have been classified as one.
While the death benefit of whole life insurance (and all other forms of life insurance, both permanent life insurance and term insurance) is normally not subject to income tax, it is subject to estate tax. Therefore, in larger estates and or large policy purchases, it becomes necessary to consider the estate tax consequences. Proper planning can generally prevent insurance death benefits from creating estate tax problems.
When involved in a car accident that has left you injured, you are entitled to compensation for damages. You know what your injury has cost you financially, physically and emotionally but documenting this and proving it to the insurance company is essential for getting the compensation you deserve. Knowing what you need to make a claim, what to save and document, as well as what not to do, will help you maximize your auto insurance settlement.
Maximizing your auto insurance settlement is an important part of the claim process and something that should be given a fair amount of consideration. This isn’t to say you should cheat or defraud your insurance company but you should get fair value for your claim. The insurance company is going to be working hard to pay you as little as they can get away with, but you need to ensure you get a fair settlement.
Often, insurance companies will tell you they need a recorded statement from you in order to process this claim, this not only is not required but it is designed to get you on the record in order to ensure a smaller payment at a later date. This conversation is often loaded with questions such as “describe the extent of your injuries.” Some of these questions not only can catch you off guard but when asked at the time of an accident cannot be properly answered. Especially in the case of injuries, you may not know to what extent you are hurt until a later date. Describing what happened moments after it happened is difficult and victims are often confused and hurt and may do themselves a disservice. In many cases, the answers you give could actually lead to a claim being denied because the insurance company has you on record claiming something that may not be precisely true.
You have the right to not only contact a lawyer prior but also to have that lawyer present when answering any questions. Your lawyer will not only know the proper process of filing a claim, but he or she is there to protect you. The second thing you can do is to document all of your conversations with your insurance provider. Hard copies of letters, emails and other conversations protect you in the event your claim is denied or you are offered less money than you were initially promised. If you are unhappy with your settlement you can also ask to speak with a supervisor. Many times a supervisor has the authority to increase your claim in situations where an insurance adjuster will not. Lastly, if you are still unhappy you can ask to have your claim arbitrated or resolved in a legal manner. Mediation and arbitration allow an outside third party to oversee the dispute and help resolve the matter.
Do not give consent to a recorded statement. The insurance claims adjuster will try to get a recorded statement from you. Some will even go as far as to imply that without it, they cannot process your claim. This is not the case. These statements are taken as a means to ensure a smaller payout in the future. Oftentimes they will ask questions about your injuries that you may not have accurate answers to and those answers can and will be used against you in the future.
Document all your conversations. You will be going back and forth with the insurance company a great deal during the claim and settlement process. It is important that you keep track of the conversations you have with them. Keep original copies of letters you receive along with any emails or other correspondence. When talking on the phone with the insurance company, write down the title and name of the individual you spoke to along with date, time and details of the conversation.
Keep accurate records. Save copies of the medical bills you incur while being treated for your injuries. This includes doctor visits, hospitalizations, X-rays and lab work, physical therapy sessions and any other medical care you receive. Get copies of your medical records to have on hand. If you have missed work, obtain a statement from your place of employment with salary information and the number of days you have missed due to your injury and recovery time. If as a result of the accident you need to order food or hire help to cook, care for children and household chores, keep a record of this information and how much you spend. These are all factors that should be considered when evaluating the settlement.
Do not settle for less. If you are denied a claim or are unhappy with the amount the insurance company is offering, speak to a manager to negotiate. If you find that you are unsuccessful in getting a settlement amount that you find is reasonable, do not hesitate to contact an injury lawyer for further assistance.
If you have a lawyer, it is wise to only answer questions in his or her presence.
If you are unsure about the answer to a question, do not answer it.
Do not admit guilt, or take responsibility for the accident.
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"When it comes to running HTML5 content on a mobile browser, it looks as though Microsoft is setting the pace with its Internet Explorer 9 and Windows Phone 7 combination. The key factor? Hardware acceleration in the browser. A demonstration given during MIX11 in Las Vegas today pitted an iPhone 4 and Nexus S against a HTC Windows Phone 7 device. iOS vs. Android vs. Windows. The test was called HTML5 Speed Reading and performed a render test. The clear winner was the Windows Phone running IE9 due to the fact it takes advantage of hardware acceleration."
The test was run during Microsoft's recent MIX11 event in Las Vegas. While these sorts of tests are always open to criticism by one camp or another, we can safely conclude that hardware acceleration will be prevalent in the year's ahead. It does seem to have a very positive impact on render speed. It will be interesting to see how all the platforms increase performance using this technique and other approaches in the next year or two.
The problem with this test is, that it shows performance of a FUTURE WP against CURRENT competition phones. WP7 shown here is due by the end of the year, if we are lucky. In the main time new iPhone is due this summer, and Google keep on baking new versions of Android every 6 months. I doubt competition will just sit and wait for MS finally do something interesting. By the time this Mango update/ headsets come out, all this "superiority" will be nothing more, than a catch up game, that MS really good at.
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Hotel Bily Konicek (White Horse) is one of the oldest and most pretty houses on Masaryk's square in beautiful South Bohemian town Trebon. Renaissance building is popular for its typical exterior architecture, especially walls and fortification elements, with many key loopholes. It was originally built as a hunting lodge for Rosenbergs, around 1544. The first signs that the building was used as a "pub", are preserved in the codex from 1750.
Bily konicek hotel had the right to brew beer and between 1850 and 1930 served as accommodation destination for horse teams, and later for the first automobiles. Famous czech writer Jan Werich invented his nix character "Cochtan" at the hotel's restaurant.
We offer accommodation in 23 rooms with alltogether 48 beds. All rooms are equipped with bathroom, toilet and colour TV. There is an aleavtor in the hotel.
We offer for our clients sale of vouchers in a wellness spa and waterpark Aurora with significant discounts.
On the ground floor is a restaurant offering delicious cuisine (50 seats), non-smoking room for 20 people, terrace on the square (26 seats) and summer garden in the courtyard (40 seats). You can taste many traditional and modern Czech cuisine specialties at our restaurant and wide choice of drinks, including special offer of aged rums.
The accommodation price includes breakfast buffet offering everything for a pleasant and tasty awakening.
We have a free parking space for our guests in the hotel's courtyard, but its necessary to arrange a reservation for carpark in advance.
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A majority of Dutch lawmakers supported a motion calling on the government to adopt an official definition for antisemitism.
The vote Tuesday in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the kingdom’s parliament, was on a non-binding resolution urging the adoption of the IHRA working definition for the hatred of Jews.
The document, named after the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, or IHRA, that formulated it in 2016, has since then been adopted formally by several countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany and five others in the European Union, as well as the EU as a whole. But the Netherlands’ government has resisted calls to follow suit.
Of the 150 lawmakers in the Tweede Kamer, 86 voted in favour of the non-binding motion. The Ruling People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy and the right-wing Party for Freedom, the country’s second largest, also supported the motion, along with the Christian-Democratic Appeal and smaller parties, such the Reformed Political Party of Kees van der Stij, who submitted the motion.
But Dutch Labour, as well as all of the other left-wing parties represented in parliament, did not support the motion.
Pro-Palestinian activists oppose the IHRA definition because it lists some examples of vitriol against Israel as forms of antisemitism, though it stipulates that criticising the Jewish state is not antisemitic.
The definition features mostly examples of antisemitic behaviours that do not concern Israel, such as calling to harm Jews or denying the Holocaust or the Jewish people’s right to self determination.
In September, the Labour party adopted the IHRA definition amid a row over tackling antisemitism in the party. It has focused on supporters of leader Jeremy Corbyn, who sought to introduce a softened version of the document.
NOS, the Dutch state broadcaster, called the definition “disputed” in its reporting about the vote, asserting the definition “does not clearly separate antisemitism from criticism of the Israeli government,” according to its critics.
That Dutch Labour, Green Left and D66 voted against the motion is “sad,” wrote Ronny Naftaniel, a leader of Dutch Jewry and of the Brussels-based CEJI educational group. “Primarily Dutch Labour should be ashamed of itself,” added Naftaniel, who is a longtime member of that party. “Even British Labour, which is accused of antisemitism, adopted the document,” he wrote on Twitter.
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The future of mental health research: immunology, imaging and informatics.
“Immunology means we are trying to understand how the immune system is abnormal in people who have depression or psychosis. It may sound surprising that the immune system should be involved in mental health but in fact the links between depression and inflammation are very strong: for example, just think about how you felt last time you had flu," said Ed, who is also Professor of Psychiatry in the University of Cambridge.
"We are investigating the links between the immune system and mental health much more deeply and with a focus on developing new treatments for mental health that work by targeting the immune system.
“Imaging means we are using advanced brain scanning to study how the brain is related to mental health disorders. One of our main projects is focusing on brain development during adolescence. This is important because most mental health disorders appear for the first time during adolescence or early adult life. We think this must be related to the fact that the brain is actively developing and changing its organization during adolescence. We have already been able to show that normal adolescents have developmental changes in the hubs of their brain networks and this may be related to risk of schizophrenia. In future we will be able to strengthen the imaging research in mental health by accessing the powerful new scanners that have recently been installed in Cambridge.
CPFT is doing lots of work looking at several different research strands of the mental health spectrum.
Ed said: “One of the areas we’ve been looking at is psychosis. Professor Peter Jones and colleagues found that around five per cent of people who came to the psychiatric clinic for the first time had antibodies in their blood which bind to particular signalling proteins or neurotransmitters in the brain. They found that if the antibodies were removed from the blood the patients’ psychotic symptoms improved. We’re quite excited that this could be a potential new explanation for why some people suffer psychosis. We now have a treatment trial which is funded by the Medical Research Council to further investigate this."
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