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Creemers Enterprise, LLC is a wholesale distributor of gifts, novelties, toys, sundries, and souvenirs.
Minimum order requirements: Minimum order is $100.00 and must provide Tax ID for reselling products.
Methods of payment: we accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. We also accept bank checks and wire transfer of funds.
CREDIT TERMS: Initial orders are accepted on a prepaid or credit card basis only. Prepaid orders require a wire transfer prior to shipment. All Customers must have on file a valid, current credit card which includes account name, account number, billing address, expiration date and security code. Credit cards are charged at time of shipments. In the event a credit card is declined, a customer service representative will contact Customer to address correction of the problem. Any subsequent declined transactions may result in your order being cancelled. Any order(s) without a valid method of payment shall be dishonored/ cancelled, and the Customer will be required to re-submit the order to be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. A valid state sales Tax ID No. must be provided to SBI before Customer’s initial order to establish an account with Creemers.
INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: All international orders are sold on an “Ex-works” basis. Customer must make all shipping arrangements with their own freight carriers. Payment on international orders can be made by credit card or wire transfer of funds. International orders paid by credit card may be subject to additional service fees. International orders paid by wire transfer will be charged a Forty dollar and no cents ($40.00) bank service fee. Cancelled orders that have already been packed are subject to a twenty-five percent (25%) restocking fee.
NET 30 TERMS: The privilege of net 30 terms is offered to Customers who have submitted a satisfactory credit application with references, and is available for only second and subsequent order(s). According to the policy and practice of Creemers Enterprise, LLC, “Net 30” constitutes payment of any balance due within thirty (30) days of the invoice date. For all Customers, any past due balance(s) will be assessed a finance charge equal to eighteen percent (18%) per annum. Future/subsequent order(s) will not be processed and released for shipment until any and all past due balance(s) is (are) paid in full, including any accrued finance charge(s). In the event of the need to institute a collection action with/through a collection agency and/or a licensed attorney for any balance(s)/monies due and owing to SBI, all reasonable attorneys’ fees, as well as costs and expenses associated with such collection action, shall be the full, exclusive responsibility and obligation of the Customer(s) with full reimbursement/recovery to Creemers Enterprise LLC.
DELIVERY: SBI is a ship as ready company. All new items may take up to ninety (90) days to receive from the date a purchase order is confirmed. In stockitems are generally delivered within one (1) to two (2) weeks from date a purchase order is confirmed. Order acknowledgements are prepared at the time of order placement. SBI cannot guarantee or hold stock. For orders requiring expedited shipment, special arrangements may be made with SBI and will incur a Fifty dollar and no cents ($50.00) “rush fee”. SBI will undertake any reasonable accommodation(s), and exert its best efforts to meet and to satisfy a request/need of its Customer, but due to size, delivery requirements and other factors, SBI cannot, and does not, guarantee that the requested date shall be met.
BACKORDERS: Creemers makes every reasonable effort to ship product as quickly as possible. If a back-order situation arises, Creemers represents that it will ship the back-ordered goods (without additional notice) as soon as the items become available.
SHIPPING: For Customers that are Stocking Dealers, orders are generally shipped by pallet, case pack only. Creemers uses common carriers. No COD shipments are accepted. For Retail Store Customers, orders are generally shipped by FedEx or UPS for smaller size purchase orders. Creemers reserves the right to charge additional freight to Customers for various reasons, including, without limitation, residential delivery, inside delivery, liftgate service, notification pre-delivery or other surcharges imposed by the carrier. Unless specified by Customer, Creemers will designate a carrier and freight will be added to the invoice. Drop ship orders will be charged a $25.00 drop ship fee in addition to regular shipping. All drop shipments require approval unless you are a pre-approved drop ship merchant. Freight charges for Sale items will be based on the original price for those items.
REFUSED SHIPMENTS: All refused shipments are subject to a twenty-five percent (25%) re-stocking fee, as well as shipping charges in all directions.
DAMAGES: In the event of damage found on arrival as to any shipment, Customer is entitled to refuse/decline acceptance, which refusal/declination must be noted specifically (in detail) on the delivery receipt. Photos are required of any claimed damage of the packaging, in addition to the product itself, to file and to perfect a claim. In the event of the discovery of any “concealed” damage, Customer must file/forward a detailed report to/with Creemers within ten (10) days of receipt of goods, or the (any) such claim may be denied/rejected. SBI has available “Damage Claim Forms” which must be used, completed and submitted, together with appropriate and relevant documentation (such as images, pictures, etc.) to [email protected] Any shortages of product/goods must also be noted on the delivery receipt, and reported to Creemers Enterprise LLC within ten (10) days of receipt of the product/goods.
RETURNS: Creemers Enterprise LLC will not accept returns and/or damaged merchandise without a “Return Authorization” obtainable by contacting, in advance, [email protected] Any and all returns for reason(s) other than shipping damage and/or manufacturer defect are subject to a twenty-five percent (25%) restocking fee, in addition to shipping and handling charges in all directions.
CANCELLATION POLICY: Creemers Enterprise LLC may accept, in its sole discretion, cancellation of any order prior to shipment. SBI is to be contacted by telephone at 517.394.3300 or [email protected] to request cancellation of the order. Absent confirmation from Creemers Enterprise LLC that an order has been canceled, Customer may be held responsible for payment of the invoice, including any shipping and handling charges.
PRIVACY: It is the policy and practice of Creemers Enterprise not to divulge, to lend and/or to share Customer information to third parties.
SECURITY: SSL encryption is used to transmit the personal and financial information of a Customer over the Internet in order to ensure the most possible safe and secure transaction. | <urn:uuid:4cd0a4dc-9b65-4dcf-a70b-e611453c3899> | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | https://creemers.us/pages/about-us | 2020-10-25T21:48:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107890028.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20201025212948-20201026002948-00292.warc.gz | en | 0.946974 | 1,491 |
Mitchell tossed from courtroom; court enters not guilty
Accused Elizabeth Smart kidnapper Brian David Mitchell was once again removed from a federal courtroom Friday. But after a very short delay, the hearing continued as scheduled.
Mitchell, who along with his estranged wife Wanda Barzee, were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of interstate kidnapping and unlawful transportation of a minor across state lines, was gagged at his initial federal court hearing before U.S. Magistrate Samuel Alba on Monday, but still created enough of a disturbance that the hearing was continued.
On Friday, Alba again allowed Mitchell in the courtroom to give him the opportunity to listen to the proceedings without creating a disruption.
Wearing a red jumpsuit from the Salt Lake County Jail, Mitchell entered the courtroom under tight security with his eyes closed, his hands and feet shackled and carrying what appeared to be a blank note pad.
After being placed in his seat to wait for the judge to come out, Mitchell began singing the hymn, “Be Still My Soul.”
“Is he going to stop or is he going to continue?” Alba asked the defense.
When the judge was informed Mitchell would likely continue his singing, he was removed from the courtroom to be placed in a “lock-up” area where a video camera and microphone broadcast the hearing to Mitchell. Mitchell, however, could not be seen or heard.
“(He) can hear and see everything in lockup going on,” Alba said.
Mitchell sat in the room with one of his newly appointed attorneys from the Federal Public Defender’s Office.
Once court resumed, Alba entered a “not guilty” plea on behalf of Mitchell, gave prosecutors a week to gather the evidence from the state competency hearing so it could be shared with the judge and defense, and set another hearing for Nov. 12. At that time, Alba is expected to rule on the government’s motion for a competency evaluation for Mitchell at a federal facility.
The defense responded to the motion, saying the doctors at the Utah State Hospital who have already evaluated Mitchell were more qualified to make a determination of Mitchell’s competency and that any evaluation should be done in Utah and not out of state.
“I absolutely disagree with it,” U.S. Attorney for Utah Brett Tolman said, calling Mitchell’s three years at the Utah State Hospital “somewhat of a tortured history.”
“There has been little if any treatment,” he noted.
Tolman said it had been nearly three years since MItchell’s last diagnosis and that a fresh evaluation would be beneficial to everyone. He also believed the federal system would do a better job evaluating Mitchell because more resources were available. He added that he believed Mitchell was not incompetent to stand trial.
“No one should assume just because he sings in court he’s incompetent,” he said.
When asked about Mitchell’s behavior once he was removed from the courtroom Friday and placed in a different area, Tolman said he received reports about Mitchell’s demeanor and whether or not he continued singing, but declined to reveal what he had learned, saying it might be used as part of his arguments in court. | <urn:uuid:2ad7687f-13d8-4afa-ba71-5c1b212460d4> | CC-MAIN-2015-22 | http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22852/elizabeth-smart-kidnapper-2 | 2015-05-28T08:25:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207929272.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113209-00076-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978092 | 692 |
Note: This advisory is no longer in effect, and particulate data recorded at the Santa Maria monitoring station during the time period September 23rd-October 2nd has been invalidated. See this page.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 30, 2013
Air Pollution Control District Contact:
Mary Byrd or Molly Pearson, 805-364-2247
County Public Health Department Contact:
Anne Fearon, 805-681-5171
In Effect until Wednesday Morning; Elevated Particle Levels
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department and the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District today issued an Air Quality Watch for the Santa Maria area to be in effect until Wednesday. This Watch is only for the Santa Maria area, and is in effect until the morning of Wednesday, October 2nd. Levels of particles recorded at the Santa Maria monitoring station have exceeded the state standard six out of the last seven days. Areas affected and levels of particles may vary by location and time of day, and are not always associated with high winds.
If you are in an area where there are high levels of dust in the air, be cautious and use common sense to protect your health and the health of those around you. Everyone, especially people with heart or lung disease (including asthma), older adults, and children, should limit time spent outdoors, and avoid outdoor exercise when high concentrations of dust and particles are in the air.
If you have symptoms of lung or heart disease that may be related to exposure to particles, including repeated coughing, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, wheezing, chest tightness or pain, palpitations, nausea or unusual fatigue or lightheadedness, contact your health care provider. Everyone is encouraged to avoid dust-producing activities when winds are high.
For more information see www.OurAir.org, and for recorded advisory updates, call 805-961-8802.
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Last Friday my wife and I attended the 2nd annual Vancouver Brew Fest in Esther Short Park. This was our first time attending.
Esther Short Park was a nice venue for this smaller brew fest. The park was set up with a big music stage in the back which was flanked by 5 tents, each serving beers from a few different breweries, several food booths, and various other vendors. This was not a free-to-get-in brew fest; entry cost $21. For the $21 you got a taster mug and 8 tokens, but since it was a benfit for 4 local charities, at least you got a good feeling for paying the $21 to get in. We also paid in advance online and for that you got a glass taster mug, which was really nice......it looked like most people must have missed the notice about the online pay feature as most people I saw had the plastic mugs....tough luck for them!
The brewery selection was pretty good. You had a bunch of the local breweries such as Mill City Brew Werks, Heathen Brewing, West Highland Brewing, Mt Tabor Brewing, Loowit Brewing, Ghost Runners Brewing and Beerded Brothers Brewing. A couple of other breweries of interest that you don't see much of were Laht Neppur Brewing from Waitsburg, WA and Westport Brewing from Westport,WA. The rest were a mix of big breweries, little breweries, and 2 cider co's. See the brewery list here. They also had a couple wineries on hand, which was nice, as even my wife gets tired of beer, so she sampled some wines in between the beer.
I tasted 11 beers, and had some duds from the newer breweries and had some good beers as well. I honestly can't say much about the beers as I've had almost all the beers that I tasted; this wasn't the type of brew fest where they were bringing in special beers for the event. They were all standard beers in the breweries linup. I did try the Westport Brewing Cohasset Cream Ale for the first time and it was good. I also tried two beers from two of the newer nano breweries located here in Vancouver and they were, in my opinion, the duds of the evening. Hopefully as they get some more experience under their belts the beer will get better. They also had an official beer of the brew fest from Heathen Brewing called Citrus Satisfaction, it was ok, but I liked their Trancend IPA that they were pouring better. My wife and I made quick work of the brew fest as we had to go back to parent duty later in the evening. I had a good time, my friends that were down as well had a good time. I think I will probably be back again next year. | <urn:uuid:3b378642-81f1-494a-a551-671cbf34ffda> | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | http://www.freshpints.com/2013/08/vancouver-brew-fest.html | 2018-04-19T17:37:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125937015.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20180419165443-20180419185443-00580.warc.gz | en | 0.994551 | 574 |
ArtBridge, the organization that helped pioneer the transformation of construction scaffolding (“sidewalk bridges”) into temporary art exhibitions featuring the work of emerging artists, is pleased to announce the opening of its new Chelsea gallery space, The ArtBridge Drawing Room. Its inaugural summer exhibition, The Nature, will open on Thursday, July 21st and close on Thursday, September, 1st with an opening reception on Thursday, July 21st from 6-8PM. The ArtBridge Drawing Room is located at 526 W. 26th Street, Studio 502a between 10th and 11th Avenues.
Curated by ArtBridge Director, Jordana Zeldin, The ArtBridge Drawing Room is an extension of the organization’s commitment to promoting the work of local emerging artists. The Nature will feature works by five emerging artists who, through their work, are addressing and in some cases, replicating, the relationship between “civilized” society and the natural world around us. | <urn:uuid:5e42ebe4-96e7-40a0-b834-4b7a492dbf8d> | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | http://www.artslant.com/ny/events/show/170326-the-nature | 2013-12-19T03:25:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1387345761603/warc/CC-MAIN-20131218054921-00012-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967969 | 203 |
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WILLIAMSTOWN — The Mount Greylock Regional School District’s school board saw a stabilizing force in Pittsfield Public Schools Superintendent Jason McCandless, but his impending departure for Williamstown and Lanesborough only adds layers of uncertainty to Pittsfield's plans for the fall.
And among the unanswered questions after McCandless accepted the job of superintendent of the Mount Greylock district on Friday, pending contract negotiations, is just how long he will remain in Pittsfield before making the switch.
Under McCandless’ current contract, he is required to give 90 days' notice before leaving his position, meaning that he could be required to stay in Pittsfield for about three more months after he submits his resignation, which would see the district through the first couple of months of a fall semester unlike any other before it.
While Pittsfield School Committee members reached Friday generally didn’t want to discuss whether they would be sticklers about the 90-day clause, long-serving member Daniel Elias called that clause a “safety net” for students and the district, one that prevents the district from losing a leader without a transition plan.
In McCandless' words, the timing of it all “really feels abysmal in some ways.” But, he said he is eager to get going in his new position.
“I would love the opportunity, should it be given, to start the next chapter as soon as possible, but I also understand these are completely unprecedented times,” he told The Eagle. If the Pittsfield School Committee’s “desire is that I fulfill those terms of my contract, I will certainly do so.”
McCandless said he was eager to spend the final years of his career at a smaller district — Mount Greylock has just three schools, to Pittsfield’s 12 — where he could get to know each and every student and family.
“I’m approaching the point in my career where that seems like what I want to do,” McCandless said.
Pittsfield Public Schools, and districts statewide, face one of the most challenging times in their history as the countdown nears to delivering instruction to children under the threat of COVID-19.
Last fall, McCandless pursued several new job opportunities but ultimately decided to stay put in Pittsfield, saying Friday that his family decided at the time that the Berkshires was home.
In accepting the Mount Greylock job, McCandless has a chance to transition to a new environment without uprooting his family, including his youngest child, who is a rising senior at Pittsfield High School, he said.
“We, as a family, decided that the Berkshires was really home, and that Pittsfield was really home, and this opportunity came up; it’s an amazing school district,” McCandless said. “I really feel like it's the right thing for me.”
The prospect of McCandless’ migration to Mount Greylock thrilled the regional district's School Committee, whose district lost several key leaders around the time of the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Then, Superintendent Kimberley Grady left on “extended” medical leave, kicking off a frenzied push to install Robert Putnam in the position on an interim basis while the district worked with the Massachusetts Association of School Committees to find a permanent schools chief.
Members of the Mount Greylock School Committee voted 6-0 in favor of appointing McCandless, with Regina Dilego abstaining, citing the fact that she inexplicably did not take part in interviews with three candidates.
All members of the Mount Greylock School Committee, except for Williamstown’s Alison Carter, named McCandless as their top choice of the three finalists.
School board secretary James Art, of Williamstown, called McCandless’ recommendations “almost unbelievably strong.”
Al Terranova, of Lanesborough, was similarly impressed, saying McCandless was recommended by Pittsfield Mayor Linda Tyer, Pittsfield Police Chief Michael Wynn, and he also picked up a nod from Barrington Stage Company.
“That’s telling me not only is he talking about working with these people, he’s working them well enough for them to say, 'You know, I would be willing to give you a recommendation.’ To me, that says he walks the walk,” Terranova said.
It was a hard day for Pittsfield, Elias said. Pittsfield School Committee member Mark Brazeau said he watched the Mount Greylock meeting Friday live, and was thinking to himself, “We’re going to lose a good person.”
Still, Brazeau said he was not panicking about McCandless’ pending departure.
“Jake has built a very strong team beneath him. There's a very, very well-run team, and I know we can definitely kick things off in the fall,” Brazeau said.
McCandless said four administrators in the central office, as well as some principals, hold the state credential needed to serve as superintendent in Pittsfield Public Schools.
Pittsfield School Committee Chairwoman Katherine Yon said McCandless, superintendent here since 2013, had a tough job, one that can only be done for so long, as it “takes a toll on you emotionally and physically.”
“It has been emotional. I've worked so closely with Dr. McCandless over the years that I will certainly miss his wisdom and leadership," she said. "Greylock has certainly made the correct choice."
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Politicians urged to ensure best deals for Guyana in oil related contracts
A team of officials from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), on Wednesday afternoon (June 28, 2017), paid a courtesy call on Minister of State, Joseph Harmon for an exploratory meeting, which was also attended by Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman and Presidential Advisor on Petroleum, Dr. Jan Mangal, at the Ministry of the Presidency.
The team is exploring the possible roles that the IDB could play in supporting Guyana’s emerging oil and gas sector and included the IDB Representative in Guyana, Ms. Sophie Makonnen, Lead Oil and Gas Specialist in the Energy Division, Mr. Ramon Espinasa, Economist- Energy, Mr. Lenin Balza and Consultant in the Energy Division of the Infrastructure and Environment Section, Mr. Carlos Sucre.
During the meeting, Minister Harmon said that he and Minister Trotman are both members of a team appointed by President David Granger to advise the Cabinet on matters related to this sector. He noted that the team is led by Minister Trotman and includes Minister of Finance, Mr. Winston Jordan, Minister of Public Infrastructure, Mr. David Patterson, Minister of Business, Mr. Dominic Gaskin and Dr. Mangal. The Minister assured the IDB team that the Government is confident that their support could benefit the development of policies in the sector.
Meanwhile, Mr. Espinasa advised the ministers that it is essential for the Government to determine how it wants to manage the resources, and that it must ensure contracts are well drafted to ensure the best possible deal for Guyana. “We are here to support with whatever you need, most probably with what we call technical assistance, and this is concessionary support, and eventually, if that is the case, a loan of different amounts for creating the proper institutions,” he said.
Minister Trotman thanked Mr. Espinasa for his presentation and noted that the IDB has set out different steps that the Government must carefully consider. “We have had similar presentations made to us and I believe that we are in the process of defining or compartmentalising, who does what,” he said. | <urn:uuid:0a903fee-1a06-4767-8f86-dc538b77818c> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://newsroom.gy/2017/06/29/politicians-urged-to-ensure-oil-related-contracts-ensure-best-deals-for-guyana/ | 2020-09-30T00:07:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402093104.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20200929221433-20200930011433-00285.warc.gz | en | 0.964355 | 470 |
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk continues to share Dogecoin (DOGE) shares
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk continues to share Dogecoin (DOGE) shares. This time, Musk shared an image and used the expressions “How much Dogecoin in the picture”.
In the image shared by Elon Musk, Dogecoin’s mascot is over $ 1. This was interpreted as Elon Musk hinted that DOGE would be $ 1. The cryptocurrency community once again greeted this message with great excitement and reaction. While some criticized Elon Musk, DOGE holders were happy with this message.
Following this tweet by Musk, DOGE has increased by 10% in the last 1 hour, according to Coingecko data. | <urn:uuid:3a20fab5-8ee6-475a-9299-e29305e47d6f> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://aronboss.com/elon-musk-continues-to-share-dogecoin-doge-shares-1-imprint/7465/ | 2022-01-18T04:13:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320300722.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20220118032342-20220118062342-00243.warc.gz | en | 0.941702 | 157 |
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On 4/8/2020 2:56 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
I just updated Thunderbird, and all of a sudden, it is talking way too much. For instance, each time I delete a message, I hear about how that message was deleted and added to trash, or some such. There are other announcements as well, rendering the experience entirely too verbose and inefficient for getting through email. I'm using the latest nvda, and as far as I know, there haven't been changes to the mozilla apps enhancements add on which I have been using without incident until now. My t-bird version is 68.7.0; it just updated to that. | <urn:uuid:2933687e-35b6-4340-bdca-55720f0c93b5> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://nvda.groups.io/g/nvda/message/72280?p=%2C%2C%2C20%2C0%2C0%2C0%3A%3ACreated%2C%2Cposterid%3A560964%2C20%2C2%2C0%2C72881427 | 2021-10-20T20:07:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585348.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20211020183354-20211020213354-00557.warc.gz | en | 0.957778 | 190 |
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By Miroslav Djuric, Editor (Dairy Science Abstracts)
Global milk production in 2012 is forecast to reach 760 million tonnes, according to a new report published in the Food Outlook by the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). This would represent an annual increase of 3%, largely due to the increased production in Asia, Oceania and South America.
In Asia, milk production is expected to record strong growth in India, China, Pakistan and Turkey, mainly in response to growing domestic demand for dairy products. In India, the world’s largest milk producing country, milk production in 2012 is forecast to rise by 5 million tonnes to 132 million tonnes compared with the previous year. Herd size expansion, rather than rising productivity, is the principal reason behind the rise in India’s milk production, where more than 55% of the total milk production comes from buffaloes.
In Oceania, an increase in herd size in New Zealand combined with favourable weather conditions and prolonged period of high prices for dairy products is expected to result in a staggering growth rate of 9% compared with the previous year. A growth rate of 4% is expected in Australia.
Smaller growth rates are expected in North America, Russian Federation, Europe and Africa.
Milk production in Europe is forecast to rise by only 1.5% to 157.9 million tonnes in 2012. As a result of adverse weather conditions, several European countries face rising feed prices and deteriorating pasture quality. Although EU production limits are being raised by 1% per year in preparation for the 2015 abolition of its quota system, it now appears that some producers will not be able to increase their production.
In the United States milk production is forecast to rise to 90.3 million tonnes, an increase of almost 2%, reflecting dairy herd expansion, whereas output in Canada is set to remain stable at 8.3 million tonnes, within the limits set by the milk quota system.
Several countries, including the Republic of Korea and Egypt are still recovering from recent outbreaks of foot and mouth disease, which led to higher calf mortality or culling of dairy herds, which in turn depressed milk production in these countries.
Global per-capita milk consumption is projected to increase from 105.6 kg/year in 2011 to 107.5 kg/year in 2012 (1.8% increase), according to the report. The average person in a developing country is expected to consume 62.7 kg of milk in 2012 (2.8% annual increase), whereas in industrialized countries people will have consumed 238.1 kg of milk in 2012 on average (1.4% annual increase). | <urn:uuid:0d565d31-c261-44f9-9b7c-c1abd55b6d0b> | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | http://cabiblog.typepad.com/hand_picked/2012/11/milk-production-increasing-at-fast-pace-worldwide.html | 2014-07-25T18:15:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1405997894473.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20140722025814-00042-ip-10-33-131-23.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948039 | 542 |
The minimum system requirements for iLife '08 requires either a Power Mac G5 dual 2.0Ghz or iMac G5 1.9 Ghz. My machine is a Power Mac G5 dual 1.8Ghz and my wife's iMac is a G5 1.8 Ghz. I bought my machine in 4/2004 so after just 3 years and 4 months the machine is, in so far as Apple is concerned, obsolete. We bought my wife her iMac in 6/2005 so in her case it only took 2 years and 2 months for her machine to be declared obsolete by Apple. I think that is insane. Apple takes thousands of dollars and gives us just over 2 years before declaring our machines obsolete? I am not a happy Apple customer.
And yes, I know, it is possible to run iLife '08 on these machines but we wouldn't have any official support and if there is a problem we can't even return the software since, it is my understanding, that Apple won't take back open software boxes. So we're screwed. I typically upgrade my computers every four years or so, so I was planning on upgrading my box in 2008 but even then I can't move to iLive '08 because we won't be upgrading my wife's machine until 2009 and we share iPhoto by file synching (as in, my wife's machine is the 'master' and I synch off her drive). And no, terminal serving in to my machine from her machine won't work. The whole reason we got my wife a Mac is to make her life simpler, not more complex. Besides, she downloads the pictures to her machine, not mine.
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This is a complementary presentation to What is Anthropology? This presentation focuses on the purpose of anthropology, primarily based on material from Anthropology, Moral Optimism, and Capitalism: A Four-Field Manifesto. It can be adapted to a variety of anthropology courses and presentations, especially near the end of a four fields introduction to anthropology.
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Keyboard Geniuses is our weekly glance at a few intriguing, witty, or otherwise notable posts from the Gameological discussion threads. Comments have been excerpted and edited here for grammar, length, and/or clarity. You can follow the links to see the full threads.
The Great Destiny Debate
This week, Clayton Purdom kicked off his multi-part review of Destiny 2. He covered a ton of ground in this first entry, including most of the main story missions and the nitty-gritty of the game’s aesthetic and world. Down in the comments, the discussion turned, as it always seems to, toward the series’ struggle to communicate its story and mythology. Drinking With Skeletons is still very turned off by Bungie’s approach:
Honestly, what I most want from Destiny is just a commitment to its mythology. What is the Traveler? Why should we care? It has such wishy-washy writing that follows the blueprint of solid storytelling while excising as much specifics as possible. You get the sensation of following a narrative, but at the end, you haven’t learned much of anything. It reminds me a bit of the writing in Failbetter’s Fallen London universe, but in those games, the vagueness always leads to more specificity. They never outline what The Game is, for instance, but there are storylines that lead you deeper and deeper into it so that you do, eventually, develop an understanding of what is going on pulled from context clues and your own experiences. Destiny’s writing, however, keeps you at arms length, never rising above being the thinnest excuse to shoot more enemies and get more loot.
The perfect example is The City. It’s the last city on Earth, the home of the Guardians, the last bastion of the once-mighty human empire, and now it is occupied by a race of authoritarian aliens. And I don’t care. I never got to walk the streets of The City. There was never any discussion of its government or non-Guardian citizens. No talk about what living in the shadow of the Traveler—which, according to Destiny 2, seems to be a risk for bleeding impossible space-magic into the surrounding environment—is like. It is a Thing, blessed with Proper Noun status, but it might as well be called The MacGuffin, as Bungie can’t be bothered to build a world that calls players to inhabit it.
BarryBillericay found a little more to love in Destiny 2’s story:
This becomes spoilery, so if that’s something you care about with Destiny, then don’t read anymore until you’ve finished with the main story missions.
The story is a bit threadbare, even if it is streets ahead of Destiny, but I found it did bring up some interesting points as it explores (well, “explores” is a bit strong; don’t want to oversell it) the motivation of Ghaul’s attack. The quality of the Traveler’s light is not strained on those he bestows it on, but he ain’t exactly spreading it around. Why did the Traveller choose to give the Light only to humanity? Why only to specific humans, i.e. Guardians? What does it mean to be a Guardian? Ghaul is told devotion, self-sacrifice, and death. But try as he might (and again, it’s really glossed over), he cannot earn the Light, and so ultimately tries to take it by force. Ikora reminds us in one of the side Adventure missions that we cannot know why or with whom the Traveler decides to grace with privilege, oops, I mean Light.
Anyway, not earth-shattering stuff, but it was enough to make me interested and to think about something other than just shooting things.
This week, William Hughes dropped by with a review of Nintendo’s latest Metroid game, Samus Returns. As it just so happens, that title is appropriate on a handful of levels, this being the first entry in the series in many years and, as Will argued, a return to the sweet silence and desolation that defines Metroid’s best games. (Plus, you know, it’s a play on the title of the Game Boy game it’s a remake of, The Return Of Samus.) Down in the comments, Wolfman Jew wrote about how quiet isn’t one of the things Metroid’s descendants, the many “Metroidvania” games, often borrow from their inspiration:
While it’s an important element to Metroid, it’s arguably the element—outside of the broader loneliness of which it’s a part—that the massive deluge of modern Metroidvanias have often ignored. Guacamelee and Shantae are (very good) broad comedy games. Koji Igarashi’s Castlevanias have shops and side quests. Axiom Verge has narration. To a broader extent, a number of these games are visually “louder,” as opposed to the “color on black” approach of the first game and necessary greyscale of Metroid II, like Ori And The Blind Forest, Xeodrifter, and the Wonder Boy remake.
There are definitely quieter Metroidvanias (and on a visual scale Axiom and VVVVVV are closer), but even Hollow Knight and Dark Souls have characters, dialogue, and shops. This is not to decry them by any means, and I doubt Samus Returns is nearly as stark as the first two games (the melee mechanic and brightening up SR388 certainly make it more action heavy and visually “louder” than the monochrome Metroid II), but I do appreciate Nintendo pushing for that quiet time more than they have for a while. It’s a bit reminiscent of Breath Of The Wild, albeit not quite as distinct or focused as that one.
The Hobo Code dove into the way the series’ combat encounters reinforce that solitude:
I’d also argue that Metroid’s tendency for frequent low-intensity battles contributes to this sense of quiet. I know that sounds contradictory, but the way each small battle whittles away your energy creates a natural ebb and flow between pausing to forage for energy at pipes and exploration. Metroid doesn’t have anything so crass as an explicit camping mechanic, but these pauses feel a bit like what camping is supposed to do in those other games. In addition, the way that death is a frequent worry, but rarely an actuality (as long as you “camp” occasionally) means that you maintain that flow of exploration without interruption. I am not arguing that the Dark Souls game loop is somehow lesser, but simply that “death” is loud.
And SingingBrakeman went a little outside the box to find a Metroid-style game that retained the silence of the original:
I can’t really think of any other Metroidvania games that retain the quiet, intense loneliness of the Metroid series’ earliest iterations. Heck, even Super Metroid featured several cute residents of the planet that would engage (wordlessly) with the player. I may be way off-case here, but I wonder if you could pull The Witness into this conversation. It’s more or less an intellectual Metroidvania, in that specific techniques are needed to overcome the game’s otherwise opaque puzzle mechanic, and the player often must seek out a step-by-step tutorial to understand each section and progress further; these tutorials function very similarly to acquiring gear upgrades in the Metroid series. Admittedly, it too is not entirely silent as it includes audiologs. They are very abstract, though, and no other living beings are present in the game’s island setting.
That’ll do it for this week, Gameologerinos. As always, thank you for reading and commenting. We’ll see you all next week! | <urn:uuid:32f5374b-ed0e-418f-b363-6fab013049ca> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | https://grouvytoday.com/gaming/does-destiny-2-solve-the-original-games-storytelling-woes/139096/ | 2017-11-21T17:27:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806421.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20171121170156-20171121190156-00780.warc.gz | en | 0.949124 | 1,694 |
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Contrary to what those French girls said at the hostel in Vilnius, Warsaw is a very beautiful and lively city in which I would have gladly spent more time. The Poles were also very nice people, outgoing and welcoming. I did not see much in terms of museums but I walked around the city for a whole afternoon and could really tell it had a glorious past (so many palaces) and is also moving towards a rich future (lots of construction).
For the rest I will be quick because I am heading to restaurant with my girlfriend and frankly, there is not much to say. The route in Poland was just an ordeal from beginning to end. The roads are long, straight, traverse a countryside devoid of anything but fields and pass through villages that are quite ugly and without character. Add a lot of trucks, some reckless drivers, a string upwind and you get a recipe for an unpleasant day. Every gas station has a bar, so I would not be surprised if a lot of people are actually drunk at the wheel.
The moment I hit Germany I was back on the idyllic roads I got a taste of during stage 4 and in no time got to Berlin. I will be spending four days in this city, a very welcome break that will finally allow me to properly visit this city.
Vilnius was like I expected it to be, beautiful but quite boring. Being a student city, most of the action happens during the school year. Interestingly, the city had an unreasonable number of churches; around forty the guide said. The skyline was peppered with them and they all had something different which allows me to guess they used to all cater to specific purpose of religion. I wanted to see the inside of an Otrhodox church in Riga but did not get to because I was wearing shorts! I had another chance to visit one in Vilnius but it was already too late when I found it.
The rest will mostly be weather related because that was all my day was about. I had been lucky so far and only got rained on a couple of times; it was never very serious too. This time, my luck ran out, I woke up and it was already pouring outside. Someone asked the receptionist at the hostel to call a cab and later came to cancel because it had died down. So I took the opportunity and jumped on the bike but as soon as I got going, it started raining really hard. In no time, my feet were soaked and I could feel water dripping down my pants and my back, turns out that my jacket is poorly conceived and leaks at the front zipper.
After 20 kms, I was getting really cold so I decided to stop and put more layers on, another shirt and the emergency poncho that I had stowed away under the seat. Not enough it seems because 15 minutes later, I started shivering. I wanted to find a dry spot to change but had just entered a national park. To make matters worse, I was again sharing the road with a bunch of trucks which means I could not really slow down without them passing me and soaking me with their trailing mist. A very dangerous situation but at last, there was a small café (khaviné in lithuanian) so I stopped there, rushed inside and ordered something to warm myself up.
This really got me reconsidering today’s voyage and was about to ask the waitress at the café directions for the nearest hotel when the sky started clearing up. After a while, the raining had lessened a lot and I could see patches of sunlight on the horizon. It was still raining tough and the weather forecast said intermittent rain so I got dressed up even more. I put on an extra pair of pants, got rid of my wet stocks, put on two fresh pairs and some plastic bags to waterproof my feet and hit the road again.
I managed to go for about an hundred kilometers before the weather decided to jeoparsize my security again but it was not the rain or the cold this time, it was the wind. Near the Polish border it got so windy and gusty that I got pushed into the oncoming lane several times. I decided to stop but once again could not so I pulled to the very small shoulder with a flasher on and slowly made my way to the closest exit. This part was probably where it got the scariest in the whole trip. There is only one road that links Poland to the Baltic countries and believe me there are more vans than cars making the crossing. To make matters worse, the E68 as it is called is only two lanes wide and polish drivers not being much more competent or concerned with safety than their baltic counterparts kept passing me very close and even if there was an oncoming vehicle. Nevertheless, the wind eventually diminished and the road soon started going westward so I got going again. A bit further down, all the trees were mangled with many of them uprooted or simply broken; this must have been the doings of a storm but since all the debris had been swept away to the side, it must probably not too long ago altough not today; which goes to say that this region is quite windy.
The rest of the trip was mixed bag of what I had gotten so far with increasingly more sun as I was nearing my destionation. The land being really flat, I could see rainy clouds from far away and would just stop and let them pass, which also explains why the route took a very long time. Finally, I made it in one piece to Warsaw. The city being a capital, I will be spending two days here and then on to Berlin.
I am going to keep this short because I only have the evening to visit Vilnius. I had a good time in Riga but felt like two days was enough and I had pretty much exhausted all I wanted to do there. I left quite early for Vilnius and despite the short distance, it is a good thing I did because the road ended up being really frustrating. Since no regional roads would take me to Vilnius, most of my ride was spent on the highway with a front wind so strong I was pretty much limited to 90 km/h and could not go in 5th gear (not enough torque). I did end up finding a smaller road and had great time driving in the Lithuanian countryside but this was not for long and was soon again amongst trucks and speeding cars.
Around the halfway point, I saw a bunch of soviet military aircrafts parked near an airfield and stopped for a while to take a closer look. The machines were in bad shape but since this is such a rare sight it was definatly worth my time.
Tomorrow, I will be leaving really early for Warsaw. The original plan was to sleep in between but now I will have to do it in one long stretch. Hopefully the roads in Poland will be as good as they were in the baltic countries.
The original plan was to only spend one night in Tallinn but like I was suggesting in the previous post, I did end up spending an extra day there. The city is lively, bustling with activity, beautiful and also interesting (it was under soviet control for a long time) but more importantly it is cheap, a pint of bear is only 2 Euros and a meal is 3. I did not hang around much with the Estonians but those I met were extremely friendly and cultured. The tourists were mostly russians around the streets, but I did not meet any in the two hostels that I stayed in, they mostly keep to themselves, sleep in hotels and eat out at the pricey restaurants.
As is usual after a night out, I woke up with my head up my ass but since the route was short today it was not too much of an issue. Estonia is impressively flat and full of forests. There are only about a million estonians so despite their country being quite small, it is still full of wilderness so I spent the better part of my ride on long, strait roads bordered by trees. On one occasion I decided to take a smaller road both as a shortcut and because the one I was on was not that palpitating. The road was under construction an part of it was paved over but one long section was actually loose dirt and gravel. It felt like cycling on sand, very unstable, dangerous and scary so I had to cut my speed down to 20km/h, which made that part of today’s ride very long. The rest of the road was gravel and dirt but since it had rained in the morning, it was very muddy too; my motorcycle is now very dirty, with mud and dead insects. Many roads including this one bore a sign that said it had been financed by the european union. Estonia has entered the Euro-zone very recently actually, in 2011, and is the first baltic country in so far; not too long ago, until 1991, these countries were behind the iron curtain and under soviet rule.
The road in Latvia looked very much like in Estonia except that it was coastal so it offered glimpses of the sea and had very peculiad vegetation in the form of forests where there were only pines and moss on the ground. It would have made exceptional camping. The traffic on the other end was somewhat scary because people kept passing me between lanes.
I will be spending an extra night Riga because everybody in Tallinn gave me good comments about it and suggested that I only spend a night in Vilnius. Having to be in Berlin on the 9th and spending two nights in Warsaw, my schedule is now fully compressed so I hope nothing will go wrong in between.
I had an awesome time in Helsinki. I met a lot of peolple from everywhere around the globe and even spent an evening drinking with some Finns at a death metal bar. On my way back from that evening, I got seriously lost and it easily took me twice that amount of time it normally takes. I did not get to see the midnight sun, but it never got completely dark at night and high up in lattitudes, the sun rises so early that what I tought was a sun setting (west) was actually a sun rising (east) and it also does so further up north than in Canada so in the end, that got me going in the opposite direction.
Helsinki may not me as beautiful as Stockholm, but it was much more lively with people on terraces, outdoor concerts, markets and such.
My time there did not end very well tough. Finland is in a different time zone and I had decided not to advance all my clocks and always add an hour instead. That idea backfired on me when this morning, all drowsy and hangover from last night, I tought I had set my alarm and hour too early.
I ended up missing my ferry and the company would not give me a refund. I had to spent part of the afternoon in Helsinki and lost quite a bit of time in Tallinn but since I heard so many nice things about the city I may just end up staying an extra day.
While in Sweden and Denmark, I could somewhat read the signs because those two languages share a common ancestor with English I think. Finnish however is completely incomprehensible and so far I do not think I will fare much beter at Estonian. The Finns are all bilingual (and really like to speak English) and everything is also written in Swedish (there is a big swedish Speaking minority in Finland) so it really is never an issue, but I always find it funny to be illiterate. | <urn:uuid:69aab23e-4c7a-4a1a-ab81-5af277886ba5> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://bitsofmymind.com/tag/travel-2/page/59/ | 2023-12-05T18:51:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100555.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20231205172745-20231205202745-00765.warc.gz | en | 0.989897 | 2,396 |
Hi-Raise Constructions Holding produces, installs and distributes metal structures in Ukraine.
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Modern equipment is used for metal working at the steel production plant. Any structural steel surface should be precleaned against the corrosion; the metal surface should be covered with the primary protective coat before structural steel painting. We offer not only metal structures purchasing in Odessa, but also old steel structures dismantling.
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Hi-Raise Constructions Holding produces metal structures at its own engineering and manufacturing base.
High-level specialists gaining work experience abroad work in our fabrication shop. Certified Laboratory controls producing and metal structures assembling procedure. Fabrication shop of Hi-Raise Constructions Holding performs the following works: - metal structures details development.
This kind of works is performed in the Fabrication shop Engineering department of Hi-Raise Constructions Holding:
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Tankstation’s stage is a platform for everyone to meet and experience art performances, music, lectures, or workshops. The program is spread in two days: Tuesdays and Thursdays. Recurrent events include Open Mic Nights and Jam sessions. Additionally, we have proudly hosted touring bands from all over the world, including Australia, the U.S., Latvia, Korea, and many more!
“Open Mic Night”
Every last Tuesday of the month the mic is open for anyone to freely hop on the stage and share spoken words, art performances, dances, et cetera. We encourage you to walk up and make the stage yours.
The remaining Tuesdays of the month we are open to host spontaneous events, workshops, talks, discussions, or theater plays. If you have any ideas to bring to the stage, send us a message via the contact page!
Every second and fourth Thursday of the month, musicians of all walk of life are invited on our stage to come together, listen, play and improvise some magical moments together!
The remaining Thursdays are dedicated to professional musicians. They can either be from the Conservatorium, local, or international bands.
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Okay, ladies. I’ve seen lots of comments on previous posts talking about weaning or not weaning (I assume child-led weaning). So let’s talk, shall we? Please, PLEASE share your thoughts, ideas, and experiences on how to gently wean your toddler. I have nursed Monkey for all 23 months of his life and do not want to force him off the breast. But he has become more and more demanding about nursing and still wakes frequently at night to nurse and I’m just ready to move on to the next stage. Even if the idea of a second child weren’t brewing, I’d be ready to start the process. I just feel like it’s time.
Our plan is to begin with night weaning, trying out the Dr. Jay Gordon method. We co-sleep, so this seems like a good way to start. Once we have this done, I figure I need to get Monkey on some sort of schedule for daytime nursing so that I can begin dropping feedings. We have no schedule at all currently. It seems like any time I enter the room/sit down/look in his general direction/breathe I am being led to the couch and my shirt being lifted. I know he is teething like crazy right now, so hopefully that’s why he’s looking to nurse so often. (And yes, I feel guilty about wanting to wean when he’s having teething pain. But I’m not looking to go cold turky on him, so hopefully it’s a compromise.)
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AMEB practical exams completed:
1 – A (honours)
2 – A (honours)
3 – A (honours)
4 – A (honours)
5 – B+ (credit)
6 – A (honours)
7 – B+ (credit)
Currently completing grade 8
Completed theory exams 1 -4. currently completing 5th.
Played in the Gold Coast Youth Orchestra 2003 – 2005
Played in the Sunshine Coast Youth Orchestra 2005 – 2008 (was concert-master for two years)
I hope to join the Queensland Orchestra sometime this year or next and I have plans to start my career in the Navy as a musician.
Constantly in performance, in bands or solo’s.
Played for various ensembles. I have been paid to perform.
Won 1st place in eistedfodd. various other placings and winnings in contests.
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Bud Kneller and Alex Buyega of Frontline Commercial Vehicle Solutions teamed up to present on how to have clean inspections and what inspectors look for when trucks get selected for inspection at the truck scales.
The second part of the presentation included information on how to prepare for an MTO audit and have the proper documentation to improve your safety rating.
You can learn more about Frontline Commercial Vehicle Solutions and their services at www.frontline-cvs.com.
Board elections will be held next month at the June meeting. See you there.
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At young flooring and carpet not only do we specialize in all aspects of flooring we also specialize in painting and bathroom remodelling with over 17 years experience we pride our selves in the finished product and excellent customer service. Our company has been in the industry since 1985 our installers are fully certified and insured ... we look forward read more...
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Ed & Mike from Young Flooring & Carpet did a fabulous job in installing backsplash and putting vinyl tiles on my kitchen floor.
The project was completed within time and within the budget and every details of the project works were taken care with professionalism.
I highly recommend Young Flooring & Carpet for any renovation works.
We had a pleasant experience renovating our house thanks to Young Flooring & Carpet. They took out a wall, built a new closet and helped open our house to attract potential buyers. The cost was affordable and the return in my investment well worthwhile.
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With over 17 years exp, we take great pride in our work and even greater pride in our customer service. Specializing in custom installs and inlay work. For a free quote call today. Ed Young, Owner/Operator (519)-774-0347. Mike Thomson (226)-381-7024.
Whole saling and installing carpet and vinyl for over thirty years. Excellent service with a smile and very friendly service. Call today for your free quote. Ed Young, Owner/Operator (519)-774-0347. Mike Thomson Sales Reprensentive (226)-381-7024.
Installing wood and laminate floors for over 30 years. Excellent service with quality worksmanship. Call today for your free quote. Ed Young, Owner/Operator (519)-774-0347. Mike Thomson Sales representive (226)-381-7024.
Over ten years expereince renovating kitchens. Our qualified sales reps will sit down with you in your own home and take the time to go over everything with you in great detail to make sure that you get the kitchen that is right for you. Call today for your free in home estimate.
Renavating bathrooms for over 17 years. Very knowledgeable, friendly and efficeinte service at a reasonable price. For a free estimate contact Ed Young, Owner/operator (519)-774-0347. Mike Thomson sales Reprensentive (226)-381-7024.
Maintaining properties for over ten years. Excellent service with even better finished results. Whether you need lawns cut and maintained or eavestroughs cleaned and gutter gaurds installed we cover it all. Call today for your free in home estimate.
With over 10 years expereince in sanding and refinishing floors we take great pride in the finished appearence and use the best products available so you as the customer get great results and a finished product that stands up to the tests of time.
Our roofing specialist are fully qualified in new home construction and older model homes. Whether you need a new roof or just a simple repair, don't hesitate to call today for your free in home estimate.
Our home restoration covers everything from a-z need a wall removed to an open concept idea, maybe even perhaps a knee wall. We do it all. Call today for your free in home estimate.
Whether it be a full basement or just simple repairs we cover all the basics perfection is our aim and drywall is our game. Call today for your free in home estimate.
Installing new drop ceilings and repairs for over 10 years with proven results and satisfied customers. Call today for your free in home estimate.
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At young flooring and carpet not only do we specialize in all aspects of flooring we also specialize in painting and bathroom remodelling with over 17 years experience we pride our selves in the finished product and excellent customer service. Our company has been in the industry since 1985 our installers are fully certified and insured ... we look forward to giving you a free in home estimate.
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If you're an impatient type, saving for the future can be a difficult proposition. These simple steps can help you beat your impatient financial instincts.
I recently wrote about how to avoid the “instant gratification” trap in pursuit of your long-term retirement goals. The basic gist of that article was that the instant gratification of buying that sports car or that new Coach bag, or even simply having more disposable income each month, is a powerful temptation. The short-term pain of financial sacrifice now for the long-term reward of a comfortable retirement can be a difficult trade for many of us. If you are unfamiliar with it, Google “marshmallow experiment” for an illustration.
Yet, there are those who are wired to focus on the long-term who seem to have little difficulty focusing on the long-term future. Some clinical research suggests that it’s not necessarily faulty brain wiring at work, but a simpler cause: impatience. Would you rather have $1,000 today, or $2,000 in one year? Many would take the money today.
An interesting study out of Washington University (St. Louis) found that more patient people had increased neural activity in the region of the brain that helps you think about the future. The patient participants devoted more brain energy to the benefits of receiving their reward later. If you’re in the "patient" category, setting aside what you need now for a comfortable retirement is probably not an issue. For the impulsive group, it would be easy to throw up your hands and say, “Well, that’s just the way I’m wired.” But doing that solves nothing, and may leave you in a state of regret both leading up to and during your retirement, when your financial resources may be limited.
Two relatively simple steps may help you outsmart your own negative financial impulses:
1. Actively envision your future self, enjoying your retirement.
2. Create an incremental reward system that provides some—but not all—gratification now.
Envisioning a comfortable retirement sounds like a no-brainer, but it may be harder than you think for some. Today’s rewards can seem much more close, tangible, and attainable. But when faced with a now-or-later decision, you can make the later rewards more tangible by imaging the actual activities, hobbies, travel, and other rewards you’ll pursue then. While those rewards won’t be made any more immediate, they will likely become more substantial if they become more specific. Setting some retirement goals and envisioning your retirement future, then, is an important part of this step; for it to work, the future rewards should be as specific and detailed as possible.
Creating an incremental reward system gives the brain that little bit of “ahhhh” that it craves now. If the sacrifice is that long-anticipated week-long golf trip to Hawaii, plan instead on a golf weekend closer to home. If today’s sacrifice is a 3-day weekend at the spa, plan instead on a 90-minute massage and facial. The incremental rewards don’t have to be tangible, either. I made the case in the earlier column, and I think it’s worth repeating here, that there is a clear mental reward associated with just doing what you know you need to do. Focusing on that sense of accomplishment can be its own reward, or it can be one component of it while you engage in the activity or purchase associated with your incremental reward system. | <urn:uuid:5529ebc5-bbb1-4c61-9eec-81e5f9f5b2f0> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://www.medicaleconomics.com/view/outsmart-your-own-negative-financial-impulses | 2023-06-07T01:43:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224653501.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607010703-20230607040703-00393.warc.gz | en | 0.94621 | 735 |
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Travel Guide: Berlin
The European Poker Tour's eighth season is nearing a close, with the second to last stop of the season taking us to the world's music capital of Berlin. This is the third time the EPT has ventured on to German turf and has proven to be one of the largest stops on the schedule with the previous two years drawing in whopping fields of 945 and 773 players respectively.
Without forgetting Berlin's turbulent history, it has now transformed into one of Europe's most popular tourist destinations, mixing rich history with a dynamic atmosphere that has made the city a magnet for young people from all over the world. It is a center for the arts, with countless museums and galleries, a rich theatre scene, and strong reputation for fashion, design and music.
The German capital can be quite an inexpensive destination in comparison to its European sister cities, and with no enforced closing hours, the parties will keep you up all night long. That is, if you bust out early of the EPT Main Event.
If you're looking for that solid night out on the town, keep in mind that the nightclubs are empty before midnight -- they don't come to life until around 2am. So keep your dancing shoes tame until then, and start your night off in one of the hundreds of bars, such as a local favorite for Sunday nights Neue Odessa on Torstraße. Berghain has been voted the best nightclub in the world, so it's probably a place worth ticking off the bucket list if you're into electronic music. Berlin is divided into distinct neighborhoods, each holding their own appeal, such as the chic Kürfurstendamm, historic Mitte, bohemian Kreuzberg and artsy Prenzlauer Berg.
Shopping is a key attraction in Berlin, and avid spenders are spoiled for choice, particularly in places such as Hackesche Märkte, which is great for shopping and dining. Vibrant street markets regularly pop up throughout the city, particularly Straße des 17. Juni , Berlin's largest and best known flea market. Or if you have big money to spend (after an EPT win, perhaps?) then head to the "Champs-Elysees of Berlin", Kurfürstendamm, for some designer shopping and luxury hotels.
Sightseeing is endless in Berlin, and best experienced on foot, or with the aid of the reliable public transport. Using Public Bus 100 (or 200 which runs a very similar route, but also through Potsdamer Platz, located near the EPT host venue) is a great, inexpensive (€2.30) way to tour Berlin in a double-decker, open-aired bus, passing most of the historic sights, all without the exuberant fees of an official tour bus. Some drivers thrive off giving commentary as if they were driving a tour bus, so you could get lucky. From the awe-inspiring Reichstag parliament building, to the 200-year-old Brandenburg Gate, the preserved Berlin Wall-turned 1.3km dedicated street-art gallery, or the futuristic Potsdamer Platz, it would be a crime to not dedicate a full day to explore the sights of this city.
Lastly, my personal recommendation on how to spend a spare chilly evening is with a fantastic bottle of red wine over a candlelight dinner in a cozy little restaurant called Lutter & Wegner, right by the Potsdamer Platz Arkaden shopping mall, making it a great place to people-watch from a table by the window. Bliss! | <urn:uuid:735e45d4-5a75-48f0-82cf-a80896ba023e> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://www.pokerstars.com/en/blog/tournaments/ept/2012/travel-guide-berlin-093228.shtml | 2018-10-19T05:00:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583512323.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20181019041222-20181019062722-00454.warc.gz | en | 0.94389 | 743 |
"A little more than a month ago my mom called me to let me know she had found a small desk on the side of the road, and snagged it for me," says Bekah at Country Mouse Tales. "The first time I saw the desk it was sitting in her backyard, and I didn't immediately have high hopes."
Over at Redoux Interiors, Karen says she found this desk on "One glorious morning of Dumpster Diving at my favorite Apartment Dumpsters spot. The desk was SOLID wood, but had a very sad and abused top." Karen saw potential, and took it home.
Heather has been working on a superhero themed bedroom for her boys and is sharing projects over at Twin Dragonfly Designs. This old desk, a garage sale find from several months ago, was just the right size for the boys' room, but needed a bit of TLC, first.
At Savvy Young Something, Sarah bought a solid wood white desk on Craigslist shortly after moving into a new house. She admitted that the desk needed a lot of work, but sat in her basement for about five months. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has to let projects sit on the back burner sometimes!
Susan of Sunflower Hugs tells us, "I found this desk listed for free on Craigslist. It was from a storage unit facility that auctioned off an unpaid unit's contents and no one wanted it. Then I found a free chair driving home one day." Lucky! Talk about the perfect combination.
Faye from MacGIRLver got this desk several years ago from her husband’s cousin. It had been acting as a TV stand in her rec room until Faye decided it couldn’t hide from her paint brush any longer and pulled the desk out for a makeover.
At DeeConstructed, Deanna had been asked by a friend to keep an eye out for something he could use as an island in his kitchen. She found this desk on the curb on trash day, and decided that with a little effort, she might be able to transform it into a kitchen island.
Debbie claims that if she showed us this entire desk in it's before state at Refresh Restyle, "It might burn your retinas!" Apparently, it was in pretty bad shape. Debbie wasn't sure how much she could do with it, but I think you'll agree--it cleaned up nicely!
Over at Thistlewood Farm, KariAnne had a very shabby wicker desk she'd found at a yard sale. The desktop was pretty damaged, and when some serious sanding wouldn't fix that, KariAnne had to come up with a plan B. Her solution? Stick-on cork tiles from Walmart.
Karen from Art Is Beauty calls this piece her Humpty Dumpty desk because it was in pieces when she found it on the curb. Karen and her hubs had to dig around in the dark for all the parts. Now that is some serious commitment to the cause!
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SANFORD — A six-member, all-female jury is now deciding the fate of former neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, who faces murder charges.
The jurors, chosen during a nine-day selection process, are known only by numbers to protect their identities. They range in age from the 30s to the 60s; one is Hispanic or black and the others are white. Five of the women are mothers.
B29: A Hispanic woman who lived in Chicago at the time of Trayvon Martin’s death. The woman, who works at a nursing home, told lawyers that she prefers reality shows to news and worried about her eight children.
B76: A middle-aged woman, a married mother of two grown children, who remembered wondering why Trayvon Martin was out late at night. For that reason, prosecutors sought unsuccessfully to strike her from the panel.
B37: A mother of two who volunteers rescuing animals. The woman, who once had a concealed weapons permit but let it expire, remembered that there had been “rioting” in Sanford during the uproar over the Miami Gardens’ death.
B51: An older woman, who once ran a call center, didn’t keep up with the case in the news because she has been handling the estate of a deceased uncle. She recalled thinking the case was “very sad.” When asked by lawyers during questioning how she handled disputes, she offered: “You have to listen to both sides and sometimes you have to make tough calls.”
E6: A church-going, unemployed, woman in her 40s with two kids. She likes babysitting, gardening and volunteers at her children’s school. She worked in financial services. Prosecutors tried removing her from consideration because the case will require time away from her children and because she had commented about “innocent people” being put behind bars.
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Omelette Arnold Bennett
This is actually a famous classic, created – so the story goes – for the novelist Arnold Bennett, who wrote an entire novel, Imperial Palace, while staying at the Savoy hotel. While his work was in progress, the chefs perfected the omelette to such a degree that our friend demanded that it be made for him wherever he travelled anywhere in the world and hence its name. Meanwhile, the Savoy Grill, proud of their achievement, still serve it every single day, year in, year out. It is a truly wonderful creation, a flat but fluffy open-faced omelette made with smoked finnan haddock. What I have discovered is that, while chefs can instantly call upon a ladle of béchamel or hollandaise (both included in the Savoy recipe), it's quite a fiddle to make all this at home. So I have adapted it so that it becomes much simpler and speedier, but I promise just as brilliant as the original.
Serves 2 as a supper dish or 3 as a light lunch with salad
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This recipe is taken from Delia Smith’s Christmas, How to Cook Book Three and The Delia Collection: Fish. It has also appeared in Sainsbury's Magazine (Nov 2000).
To begin with, measure the crème fraîche into a medium saucepan and bring to a gentle simmer. Add some freshly milled black pepper but don't add salt yet because the haddock can be quite salty. Then pop in the prepared fish and let it poach gently, uncovered, for about 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, make up the sauce: separate one of the eggs, breaking the yolk into a small bowl and reserving the white in another bowl. Add the cornflour to the yolk and whisk well. When the fish is cooked, use a draining spoon to lift it out into a sieve placed over the saucepan, to allow the liquid to drain back. Press lightly to extract every last drop of liquid, then place the sieve containing the fish on a plate.
At this point pre-heat the grill to its highest setting. Now bring the liquid in the pan back up to simmering point, then pour it on to the egg yolk, whisking all the time. Then return the whole mixture to the saucepan and gently bring it back to just below simmering point or until it has thickened – no more than one or two minutes. After that, remove it from the heat and stir in the cooked haddock, tasting to see if it needs any salt. Next, whisk up the egg white to the soft-peak stage and carefully fold it into the haddock mixture.
Now for the omelette. First beat the 4 remaining eggs with some seasoning. Next, melt the butter and oil in a frying pan until foaming, swirling them round to coat the sides and base. When it's very hot add the eggs, let them settle for about 2 minutes, then begin to draw the edges into the centre, tilting the pan to let the liquid egg run into the gaps.
When you feel the eggs are half set, turn the heat down and spoon the haddock mixture evenly over the surface of the eggs, using a palette knife to spread it. Now sprinkle the Gruyère over the top and place the omelette pan under the grill, positioning it roughly 5 inches (13 cm) from the heat source. The omelette will now take 2-3 minutes to become puffy, golden brown and bubbling. Remove it from the grill, let it settle and relax for 5 minutes before cutting into wedges and serving on warmed plates.
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This has to be one of the most sublime combinations: soft, creamy scrambled egg, together with the subtle, smoky flavour of the salmon.
Delia's recipe for Warm Poached Egg Salad with Frizzled Bacon and a Sizzling Sherry Vinegar Dressing
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Enjoy the fruity flavors of these assorted fruit chews bursting with classic Jolly Rancher flavors in individually wrapped pieces for easy sharing.
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INDIAN ARM EXPLORER
This day trip offers students and groups of all ages the opportunity to explore the nature, wildlife and history of Indian Arm. On board our 40 passenger Transport Canada certified vessels, Oceanwatch and Oceanwatch II, students will learn about this beautiful fjord and its history including First Nations pictograph sites, waterfalls, islands and the Buntzen Power Stations.
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Looking for a unique venue to bring your group together—Camp Jubilee’s could be for you! We have hosted many board meetings, strategic planning sessions and Team building events for non-profit, community and business groups. Come for the day and meet in a restored log building. Lunch and coffee breaks also included!
DAY TRIPS FOR SCHOOL’S AND YOUTH GROUPS
Bring your children or youth groups for the day participating in a variety of activities including canoeing, archery and team building. The day includes boat transportation to and from Cates Park, activities and a nutritious lunch. This option is well suited for both children and youth.
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This day trip includes a guided boat tour that will put you in touch with the history and spectacular scenery of Indian Arm, You will have the opportunity to view seals, eagles, and other marine wildlife, this tour also includes a stop at Camp Jubilee for a campfire and Hot Dog lunch. This trip is only available Tuesdays or Thursdays.
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Dippin' Dots are tiny beads of ice cream, yogurt, sherbet and flavored ice. Microbiologist Curt Jones used his background in cryogenic technology to invent Dippin' Dots in 1988. His invention is now considered the unique, futuristic and fun way to eat ice cream!
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The foods that the astronauts eat during their space missions are freeze-dried and in the case of ice cream, do not melt.
Much like microwave ovens revolutionized the way we cook, Dippin' Dots is revolutionizing the way we think of ice cream. Our high-tech cryogenic freezing process is a highly advanced method of ice cream production, unique within the ice cream industry.
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Jeffrey asks if we're still excited about "blahgs". My answer: Not as much. Our content is all starting to look the same because of the tools used to manage it and web-two-point-dough has homogenized the Internet.
Before there were blogs we had websites. Beautiful, random websites that felt more like a zine one page looking nothing like the one before or after it or Wired magazine back in the early days when Jane Metcalf was art directing. Clicking through a website hosted on Geocities was like playing Russian roulette with your eyes but those horrid pages with disco backgrounds, flaming horizontal rules, and BLINK tags would look more like art today than poorly designed website because we're so used to seeing boxy newsletters (this site included). Content was in free-form, one page might contain a paragraph set in headline tags and the next would be five pages set in nine-point type. Sure it was sometimes frustrating but it certainly wasn't boring. Today's content-tied-to-ads web is very bland in comparison and we desperately need to rediscover the ways of our old, accidental bohemian community.
When content is forced through a entry-commment-trackback-pagerank strainer it all comes out looking the same no matter how the templates are designed. Sure this format is functional but it's more like a Maersk shipping container than a Volvo s50. This is fine for commercial purposes, the blog is certainly the must-have online marketing device, but I miss those days when content wasn't confined to categories, calendars, and links to vote a piece of content into a popularity contest.
Yes, I'm talking about the old days through rose-colored glasses. Managing the sites of yesteryear was nerve-racking and difficult, God forbid if you ever wanted to change the design (many a weekends were lost, glued to the computer going through pages and pages of cut-and-pasting content into new HTML wrappers). The affordable CMS thankfully has brought an end to that. The new challenge is to find a way to manage content while creating a space free of repetitive form. Of course this is possible, anything is possible, and it's my hope that I'm not alone in this quest.
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Everyday brings more blogs and more links to the same content found through the same feeds and social networks. Web-two-crap has monetized everything from the online video to the RSS feed. Quantity over quality has taken over and instead of getting the best out of people we're getting the watered down product published in hopes of being popular for a day, maybe only minutes, but enough to increase links-in, links-out, page views, click-throughs, and ad revenue. Instead of having a wonderful cable community channel we're stuck with the Gong Show. And that's it, there's no going back. I have a hard time wanting to be a part of that universe anymore. We didn't like it when we were all forced through this in high school so
why are we putting up with it now. Unfortunately I don't see the web reversing course anytime soon.
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I wish I could say I’m surprised when I discover new Austin artists since we think we know everything, but let’s get real, this town is full of up and coming artists waiting to be discovered. Take local songwriter Calvin Locklear for example. Prior to only a few days ago, I honestly had never heard his name mentioned despite my keen ear to the local scene. Well he’s recently released an EPs worth of material entitled No One is Listening and suggested we check out this track “Wet Cement” from the 6 song extended player. Immediately the voice of Locklear reminds me quite a bit of Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorillaz) which, paired with his folk rock/R&B blend, creates something really in a genre all its own. It’s refreshing to hear something new is happening in Austin.
We’ve always got to rep Austin, particularly for our artists that have had huge successes. So, today we’re revisiting Please Be Mine, the excellent debut from Molly Burch that dropped earlier this year. Today she just released a video for “Wrong for You,” one of the standout tunes on said album, with the focus of the video revolving around the relationship of a couple (starring Molly). If you haven’t listened to this record, well shame on you. But, if you have, this is the perfect place to revisit the whole thing. It’s available now from Captured Tracks.
In a city where it feels like there’s a festival or party for everything, we’ve come to appreciate the diversity represented in the Sonic Transmissions Festival (Year 3). Rarely will you find a festival that operates within the confines of our fair city that puts experimental jazz next to cumbia and punk rock…yet here they are! They’ll kick off things Thursday evening over at Barracuda, then moving to Kick Butt Coffee on Friday and ending at Victory Grill/Kenny Dorham’s Backyard on Saturday. It truly is a festival that encapsulates everything that Austin’s music scene has to offer.
You can get your hands on tickets HERE, or try your luck at the door. Stream a curated playlist by the festival below.
What do you get when you take former and current members of Octopus Project, The Sword, Ume, Skate or Die, Midnight Masses and Stiletto Feels all into one? You get a supergroup, of sorts; you get All Eyes crafting a brand of music you’re not likely to hear anywhere else in the Austin landscape. This tune opens with a bit of doom and gloom (perhaps the Sword influence), but the string samples hint at pop sensationalism. You don’t have to wait long to hear Jordan from MM spin her vocals atop the chorus. It circles back for the crashing rock moment, surrounded by swirling bits of noise, and then back again. You’ll never be able to pigeonhole these guys, and thank goodness for that. The band will have their live debut over at The Electric Church this Saturday night, with Teevee, Fire Walk with Me and This Cold Night. Go meet this great new Austin act!
Another act that’s coming back to us after a long time away is Austin’s Damn Hands. They just dropped the More Songs EP…their first taste of new music since 2013. You get two completed songs, as well as two instrumentals…which may or may not be revisited at a future point. I love the fuzzy lo-fi pop on opener “Shithead March,’ juxtaposed with the more garage-y “Open Range.” I’ll admit, love to see some lyrics added to the EP ender, “Sansui.” Hopefully we hear more from these guys before they go back into hiding, as I’m definitely digging these new tunes.
Recently, rising Austin band Roaring Sun changed their name to the Timothy Leary themed The Millbrook Estates…and now they have their first single under said name. It’s precisely the sort of tune we’ve come to expect from these youngsters, delving into the pure psychedelia via washes of keys atop intricate little guitar bits. I love the understated drumming too, serving as the central nervous system for the track. Despite their age, these guys are really starting to find their groove, and hopefully that brings incredible things from them in the near future. Get lost in this tune.
If you happened to hit up our SXSW show with our friends at Side One Track One, then perhaps you’re in on this, but Darkbird were one of the band’s that stole the show that night. Their set was energetic and forceful, and lets face it, pop music just doesn’t get much better. The group just dropped two powerhouse new tunes, leaving me with the same dropped jam I got from their live performance. Just press play and fall in love with these Austin folks.
You’ve all heard that Harlem is returning, at least in temporary form. The band is reuniting, and doing a bit of touring…starting with a show this Saturday at Hotel Vegas…then they go off to Australia. So, in effort to be their best, the band have been practicing non-stop, trying to guarantee good times and good vibes. Luckily, they managed to lay down a new track too…so give it a go right here! Hope you realize it’s a cover of Lana Del Rey’s “Cola.”
Austin’s Brendan Bond is a jack of all musical bands; he’s played with Matthew Logan Vasquez, Grape Street, A. Sinclair, Golden Dawn Arkestra…but now he’s teamed up with his brother, Andrew, to release their own Just Kids EP. I love how you can hear the various influences in the sound the duo have crafted. There’s an innate infectious quality, particularly in the chorus. Speaking of that, I like the little guitar line that sets up the vocals. You’ll also hear a bit of a Texas twang in the guitar work of the song…home grown boys are the best. Enjoy this ode to summer and pools, but be sure to join the Bond Twins for the release of their EP on August 31st over at Mohawk with, Slomo Drags, Magic Rockers of TX and Lola Tried.
Those in and around Austin already know of the many talents of David Petro (Xetas, Gospel Truth, Art Acevedo), but he’s not slowing down, as he is set to drop a new cassette as Cruel Whip. Our first listen to the new music has him crafting this dark tinged industrial collage called “Table of Drops,” which has this sly little pop sensibility lurking beneath the surface. You’re confronted by a wash of white noise, but light little synth bits drop in from the background, carefully build a touch of the uplifting spirit. Cruel Whip will release the Fatal Man Cassette on September 1st via Self Sabotage Records, followed by a release show Beerland on September 13th. | <urn:uuid:f2c6fb06-dfa2-41f5-957f-e67a0dcea878> | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | https://austintownhall.com/tag/austin/ | 2017-09-22T15:27:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818688997.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170922145724-20170922165724-00057.warc.gz | en | 0.952466 | 1,516 |
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Professor of sociology monitors the processes of social change
BY William Murray
WASHINGTON—When the Polish secret police arrested Bronislaw Misztal in 1980, the Solidarity activist spent a harrowing 24 hours in jail.
“The jailers were playing Russian roulette with me” with a loaded gun, he recalled. They had detained him for organizing workers before Solidarity became a legal union. “I was actively involved in fighting communism” non-violently, he said. “We were helping people to reclaim some dignity. They had been undignified by communism.”
Nineteen years later and a continent removed from his native country, Misztal (pronounced “MISHtal”) has devoted his professional career to studying social change and social movements, particularly those that affect democracies.
Coming from a totalitarian country, he also tries to help his students become better citizens, he said. Misztal tries to convey his passion for freedom and democracy, so they won't be taken for granted.
“Poland is a free country. It's what we dreamed it to be,” he said. He still owns his Solidarity identification bracelet, which shows he was one of the movement's early members.
After teaching at University of Chicago, Misztal joined the sociology department at Indiana University, where he received tenure at age 42. Three years ago, he moved to Washington to become a sociologist at The Catholic University of America.
“Making a move to a Catholic university was a great move for me,” he said. “It's an institute with a mission. Many students come here because of their value systems. It makes for a considerable difference from an average college.”
A colleague in The Catholic University Sociology Department noted that the university recruited Misztal from Indiana in part because he was a senior-level Catholic sociologist with a strong identification with the Church. “He is highly respected,” said professor Sandra Hanson.
Misztal specializes in studying social change and social movements. The Polish government had blacklisted Misztal from teaching, so he became a researcher in the Academy of Sciences in Krakow. When he came to the United States in 1980, he found that much research was being done at universities, so he was able to combine teaching and research in a career as college professor.
He rejects the secularist theory of the 1960s and argues that religion can play a positive role in social change. “The faster the pace of change, the more people gravitate to religion to fill a cognitive vacuum amid the confusion. They need something to guide them,” explained Misztal.
In his native country, the Catholic Church emerged as the only institution that allowed people to freely express their opinions, and it played a key role in the downfall of the communist government there, he said. Misztal also offered opinions on other diverse areas of the world:
• The country that was once the bedrock of communism, Russia, has moved quickly with economical reforms but has suffered an erosion in the authority of its government and universities, Misztal said. He does, however, see a religious revival beginning in Russia.
• Consumerism by itself is not a threat to democracy because it thrives in democratic-based market economies, Misztal said, adding, “Consumers don't make revolutions. They change the world so it becomes more predictable.”
• Islam is the fastest-growing major religion in the world. “How long will the Islamic world be fragmented?” Misztal asked. “How united can the Christian world become?” A major conflict between the two religions could occur in the 21st century, he maintained.
In Catholic University's honors program, Misztal teaches a course on the intellectual debates of the 20th century. In it he examines the social doctrine of Pope John Paul II, among other thinkers. He also teaches a class on sociological theory, which the 52-year-old calls the “Art of Sociology — a way to understand the world around [us] in abstract terms.”
Fluent in English, French, Russian, Spanish, and the Slovak and Slovenian languages, Misztal has many professional colleagues throughout the world.
“He knows everyone; he has such a big network, it's amazing,” said Linda Cardinal, a sociology professor at University of Ottawa. “He knows people on every continent.” Cardinal met Misztal six years ago in Germany and serves with him on the Research Committee of Social Movements of the International Sociology Association.
Misztal's involvement with the association has helped give him a higher profile among sociologists. Revival of Religious Fundamentalism in the East and West, published by Westport, Conn.-based Praeger Press, the second book of a series he is co-authoring, has sold 3,000 copies, an outstanding number for an academic book.
‘Making a move to a Catholic university was a great move for me. It's an institute with a mission.’
While his professional networking is paying dividends, Misztal has also seen some of his intelligence and hard work rub off on his only child. Misztal and his wife, Jolanta, are parents of 17-year-old Blaise, who has already completed about half of his studies at the University of Chicago.
Misztal had something of a rude awakening when he worked at University of Chicago. While teaching at an urban institute called Roosevelt University, which is connected to University of Chicago, Misztal tried to “base grades on merit, rather than the payment of tuition.” When one student argued with him outside of class that she should receive a higher grade because her tuition was up-to-date, she pulled out an umbrella and hit him on the head.
“This was my christening as a college professor,” he joked.
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National Cyber Security Alliance Encourages Internet Users to Improve Online Safety Habits Year-Round; Applauds October Awareness Month as Widespread Success
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Each year for the last decade, the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security have led National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). The annual theme, "Our Shared Responsibility," conveys everyone's responsibility for making the Internet safer and more secure.
The recently completed 2013 awareness month's activities reflected a strong commitment by government, industry and non-profits to ensure every Internet user has the information they need to stay safer and more secure online. Organizations large and small across the nation held events, released education materials, and took steps to educate customers, constituents and citizens.
The STOP. THINK. CONNECT campaign was central to many of the awareness and education activities. STOP. THINK. CONNECT. has a simple and actionable message: Take safety and security precautions, understand the consequences of your actions and behaviors and connect and enjoy the Internet.
While assembling data and metrics for the month will take some time, preliminary social media numbers demonstrate some of its reach. Both National Cyber Security Awareness Month and the #ncsam hashtag experienced tremendous volume during the month. The weekly #ChatSTC Twitter chats proved quite popular and reached more than 1.7 million people throughout the month. In addition, more than 340 companies, schools, municipalities and non-profit organizations signed up as champions of the month, demonstrating their commitment to keeping people safe online.
Many organizations released new high-quality materials during the month as well. A sampling of those resources that will continue to be available throughout the coming year include:
- An interactive online game about cybersafety, created by infollutionZERO and Nanyang Technological University
- ConnectSafely's new Parents' Guide to Cybersecurity http://www.connectsafely.org/cybersecurity/
- Fraud.org consumer protection website
- Growing Up Online – a free eBook for parents, teachers and kids www.themoreyouknow.com/eBooks
- iKeepSafe's BEaPRO™ parent resources and app for childrenhttp://www.ikeepsafe.org/beaproparent
- OnGuardOnline.gov identify theft resource center
- Re: Cyber, a new cyber risk online platform developed in partnership by NCSA and Business Executives for National Security (BENS)
- STOP. THINK. CONNECT. International Mobile Safety Tips
- Symantec PSAs on online safety
- Visa consumer security survey and infographic on oversharing http://www.visasecuritysense.com/en_US/fraud-news.jsp#OMG2muchinfo
"National Cyber Security Awareness Month has shown year after year that by working together we can reach many millions of people and businesses with basic information on online safety," said Michael Kaiser, executive director of NCSA. "This year, we also saw the expansion of the effort outside of the United States through the coordinated release of STOP. THINK. CONNECT. mobile security tips in October with Singapore, Korea and the EU - a reflection that making the Internet safe, secure and trusted is a global initiative."
While NCSAM happens once a year, staying safe online requires using good online safety behavior every day and especially during the holiday shopping season. A recent poll, jointly commissioned by NCSA and PayPal, found that many Americans are still not taking even the most basic of safety precautions with their Internet accessible devices. For example, fifty-six percent of adults don't lock their mobile device with a pin and roughly the same amount (fifty-percent) doesn't know what financial information is stored on their device. These figures underscore the ever-pressing importance of increased vigilance with online safety.
Full polling results can be found at: http://staysafeonline.org/stay-safe-online/resources/ along with more information about National Cyber Security Alliance and ways to stay safe online.
About National Cyber Security Awareness Month
This October marked the 10th year of NCSAM, an awareness-raising initiative to increase the resistance to cyber attacks and resilience if a cyber incident occurs. In 2013, President Obama once again issued a presidential proclamation declaring October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month. NCSAM has also been formally recognized by Congress; federal, state and local governments, as well as leaders from industry and academia. The effort of government, industry and others during the month brings online safety and security messaging to millions of people so they are empowered to use the Internet safely and more secure. For more information, visit http://www.staysafeonline.org/ncsam or www.dhs.gov/national-cyber-security-awareness-month.
About The National Cyber Security Alliance
The National Cyber Security Alliance is a non-profit organization. Through collaboration with the government, corporate, non-profit and academic sectors, the mission of the NCSA is to educate and empower a digital citizenry to use the Internet securely and safely protect themselves and the technology they use and the digital assets we all share. NCSA board members include: ADP, AT&T, Bank of America, Comcast, EMC Corporation, ESET, Facebook, Google, Intel, McAfee, Microsoft, PayPal, Leidos, Symantec, Trend Micro, Verizon and Visa. Visit www.staysafeonline.org for more information and join us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/staysafeonline.
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Virginia Personal Injury Lawyers
Some injury victims who seek counsel from qualified personal injury lawyers might wonder about the general ground rules and criteria for a case. While every case is different and needs to be evaluated on its own merits, there are some general guidelines that can help point people in the right direction.
In general, the outcome of a personal injury case depends on some specific principles with respect to the idea of negligence. First, it must be proven that there was some negligence or inattention to public safety on the part of the defendant. That negligence has to be linked to specific harm or damages. As a third principle, the courts must find that the plaintiff was not substantially negligent in his or her own right.
Complexity in Court
Although all of this sounds fairly simple, it’s rarely that straightforward in court. There are many types of cases and instances where negligence is rather vague and where mitigating factors play a role. For example, in an auto accident, you might think the courts would automatically award settlements for victims when an individual runs a red light or stop sign.
However, case law shows that where two or more vehicles are in an intersection at a time, liability may be placed on either the plaintiff or the defendant. The same holds true for other kinds of injuries and accidents where there may be numerous complex factors involved in the accident.
Representation for Victims
Injury victims rely on qualified injury lawyers to go through the facts of the case and evaluate them according to federal, state and local law. They often listen to their lawyers counsel on how solid or ‘likely’ a personal injury case may be. They also get other kinds of counsel on the procedural elements of the case — for example, how to handle legal hearings and other court events, how to seek medical care and how to communicate with an insurance company.
All of these aspects of working through a case can have an influence on how the case turns out. One example is the difference between settling out of court and getting court-awarded settlements. Lawyers will inform their clients on what’s generally reasonable from a legal perspective and help them get a fair and equitable settlement, not just the first number that’s offered to them.
In all of this, professional personal injury attorneys do the documentation and fact-finding that supports their client’s claims in court. These legal representatives work hard to make sure that their clients’ voices are heard and ensure they get fair treatment for an injury victim who has suffered because of someone else’s mistakes.
Help from Virginia Injury Lawyers
Injured in Charlottesville, Virginia? Call the injury attorneys at MartinWren, P.C. Our lawyers help Charlottesville families learn more about getting compensation for their family member’s injuries. Let us help you bring a case through local Central Virginia courts and pursue justice under the law. | <urn:uuid:2601791f-2244-40eb-b096-77b2a399bb14> | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | https://martinwrenlaw.com/blog/2015/the-rules-regarding-negligence-in-virginia/ | 2023-01-28T11:14:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764499541.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20230128090359-20230128120359-00517.warc.gz | en | 0.956749 | 582 |
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Degrassi or any of the characters.
"Finished." Eli closed his laptop and lay back on his bed crossing his arms behind his head.
"I still need to edit it," I reminded him, poking him in the stomach.
"I just need a little break. How much more do you have to do?" He pulled my notebook toward him and tried to read what I was working on.
"Maybe another page or so?"
"I don't understand why you have to hand write everything."
I rolled my eyes. "Well, if I had a laptop that would be a lot easier. But typing things up now requires me to be in the living room with my angry parents, thanks to my sister's sexy MyRoomPage photos and internet stalker."
"And you'd rather be here with me," Eli smirked, pulling me towards him.
"I've got to finish this." He gave me a pouty face, so I gave him a quick kiss before turning back to my essay.
I heard the front door slam shut and Eli's dad called out his name.
"Shit, my dad's home. Stay here; he's pissed at me about Morty breaking down again." Eli leapt off the bed, pulled his bedroom door shut behind him and ran downstairs. He and his dad didn't have the best relationship. His dad thought he was lazy and a slacker and that he didn't contribute anything, but his dad also wasn't around very much so Eli was pretty much on his own aside from a lecture once or twice a week.
I was having trouble concentrating on my essay since I could hear the two of them arguing all the way upstairs, so I thought I'd take a look at Eli's essay. I pulled open his laptop and realized that he had closed his document. I opened up Microsoft Word and a panel appeared with recently opened documents. The top one was labeled Romeo and Juliet – Critical Analysis, and I was about to open it when I noticed another file listed - Seducing Clara Edwin. I was pretty sure that wasn't something Eli had handed in for English class.
I wanted to respect his privacy but I was really curious. I know Eli had found the link to my vampire fanfiction on my computer and he had read some of them (fortunately, I had edited them so the main character's name was Daniel and not Declan). I wanted to see what kind of writing he did when he was writing for himself and not for an assignment.
It seemed like every time I was around her I was consumed with this desire. I wanted to make her smile, make her squirm, make her mine. It had been two months since our first kiss, and we'd shared many more since. But it was impossible not to imagine what else there could be between us.
She stood in my bedroom, glancing between the bed and the overstuffed chair in the corner next to the desk. I couldn't bear to be in the same room with her and not be touching her. I pulled her onto the bed until she was lying down on top of me. "Eliot, we're supposed to be doing homework."
I usually had any number of smug comebacks to anything she said, but my mind had gone blank at the feeling of her pressed up against me. "Clara," I murmured. "The only homework I have is for sex ed."
Eli and I had this conversation last week. It was the first time we had come over his house after school since it was way too cold to hang out in the park like we usually did. After he said that, I slapped him playfully on the arm, climbed off him, and pulled out my English homework.
It seems Clara Edwin had a very different response.
"I've always thought studying was very important," she said, undoing the top button on my shirt. She ran her finger across my neck and I shuddered at her touch. She kissed me in a way she never had before, rough and demanding.
I knew she was pretty innocent; she had only dated one other guy before me. But the way she was kissing me let me know she was ready for something more. I smoothed my hands down to her hips and gripped her for a few seconds, holding her tight against me. When I moved my hands back up, I slipped under the hem of her t-shirt and smoothed the skin of her stomach. I circled my finger around her belly button and she let out a giggle that paused her aggressive kisses.
Wow, how far is this going to go? I could feel my face turning red as I read his words. It was far from his best writing, but it was so intense. I could picture Eli doing this to me and releasing these feelings that I tried to kept locked inside of me.
I tried to get the upper hand by tearing my lips from hers and trailing kisses down her neck, but she wasn't giving me any control. With a strength I didn't know she had, she pushed me back against the pillow and sat up, straddling me across my hips. She tore her t-shirt over her head, revealing a very lacy, low cut black bra.
I couldn't help but laugh. Two weeks ago we had been watching a movie in my room when my parents were out and a scary part came on that I wasn't expecting. I jumped so high off the bed, that I actually knocked him off the bed into a pile of dirty laundry. When he came up, he was holding my bra in his hands.
"Clare Edwards, is this yours?" I turned beet red and tried to pull it out of his hands. "I can't believe you own something quite so…scandalous."
"I bought it after K.C. dumped me." He gave me a quizzical look. "I was upset and I wanted to feel confident and sexy rather than depressed. So I got a cute bra. I wasn't planning on showing it to anybody."
The look on his face told me all I needed to know about why he included that detail in the story. It still made me a little uncomfortable though; I mean, we hadn't even gotten that far. Did Eli want to do that with me? Did he want me to be more aggressive? Since we started dating, we've kissed a lot, but that's all we've done and he almost always initiates it.
I couldn't help but stare at her. The lace was see-through enough that I could just make out the edge of her nipple and I longed to run my tongue against it. I loved how curvy she was. I knew she wasn't 100% confident in her body, but I couldn't think of anything more perfect. I reached my hand up to touch her and she let out a moan that took my breath away. I could see the confidence she had displayed was slipping away and I knew I had to prove to her just how sexy I found her.
I leaned up onto one elbow and trailed my tongue from her neck into her cleavage. I licked every place I could reach, dipping into her bra. My hands came up and unhooked her, pulling the straps down her arms. I couldn't believe how incredible she looked.
I flipped her onto her back and continued to explore her body with my hands and mouth. She arched her back into my touch and I was afraid I was going to come just looking at her. She ran her hands over my back and pulled on my shirt enough that I took the hint and pulled it off. I covered her body with mine and went back to her slightly swollen lips, caressing her tongue with mine. The feel of her skin on my naked chest was incredible. She ran her fingernails down my back and I moaned so hard her eyes opened in shock.
Part of me wanted to close the file, throw the laptop across the room, and pretend I never read this. But part of me was so curious, so turned on, I just couldn't stop reading. I had written a lot of vampire fanfiction and some of it I considered pretty racy. But it was nothing like this. I could hear Eli and his father were still talking but their anger had seemed to die down and I knew he'd be back soon. I tried to skim so I could see where this was heading.
I wished she was wearing a skirt because I could convince her that me touching her was a good thing before she really had time to think about it, but there wasn't much that could be done about her jeans. "Clara," I whispered. "Can I take your pants off?" To my delight, she nodded, biting her lip, as I ran my finger down her stomach to the button. As soon as I had it undone, she surprised me by sitting up and reaching for the button on my jeans as well. "Let me take care of you first," I said, but she persisted. I undressed her and she did the same for me.
I was almost out of breath as I read how Eli fingered me, I mean Clara, marveling at how wet I was for him. He used his fingers and then added his mouth, until I screamed his name. He was a little optimistic that he gave me my first orgasm, but I guess he doesn't need to know all of my secrets. He let me touch him for a minute before he pulled my hand away and asked me if I was sure.
I scrolled down, breathless, wanting to see if Eliot successfully convinced Clara to have sex with him, but there wasn't anything else in the document. "You can't stop there," I said aloud, to the laptop.
"Who can't do what now?" Eli said, standing in the doorway.
"Eli!" I shrieked. I tried to shut the laptop but he pulled it away from me.
"Is my story that bad?" He looked at the story up on the screen and turned ghastly white as he saw what file I was reading.
"Clare, I can explain, I mean, you weren't supposed to see that…It wasn't for English, it was just…"
"So fucking hot," I said.
I thought Eli's eyes were going to pop out of his head. "What?" I had never cursed in front of him before.
"It was so intense and so raw. And you were so sweet. Why didn't you finish it?"
Eli looked at his hands. "I don't have much of a frame of reference for the rest of it. I mean, I've seen porn but that's not…romantic or sexy."
So Eli had done those things before. It didn't matter to me.
"Clare," he said, gripping my hands in his. "I want you to know that this was just a fantasy of mine. The other night, having you here, and not being able to do anything, not even kiss, just left me thinking of you and the possibilities. But it was just a fantasy. I don't expect any of that from you."
"I'm glad to hear that."
Eli lay down on the bed, looking totally gobsmacked. "I can't believe you read that."
I lay down next to him and entwined my fingers in his. "I can't believe you wrote that."
He gave me his patented Eli smirk. "So you liked it?"
I could feel all of my breath whoosh out of my body like the time we kissed in the library when he surprised me. I decided to show him how I felt. I pushed his shoulder back down against the pillow and straddled his hips and unbuttoned the first button on his shirt. I ran my finger along his neck and kissed him with all the passion I had been holding back. He gripped my hips, but unlike his story, he didn't move them at all. I decided to get the upper hand back by sitting up and pulling my shirt off. I didn't have the sexy black bra on, but from the look on his face, it didn't really matter.
And we did stop, before the point where his story ended but not before I felt the magical feeling of his fingers inside me and got to see what he looked like when he came. He held me in his arms and I felt just as wonderful as I did when I read his feelings for me naked on the screen.
He drove me home afterwards, in his Dad's car, since Morty was busted, and I couldn't stop blushing, thinking about what we did. "Clare," he took my face in his hands after he parked in front of my house. "Will you write me one of your fantasies?"
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Researchers have reconstructed atmospheric carbon dioxide levels over the past 2.1 million years in the sharpest detail yet, shedding new light on its role in the earth’s cycles of cooling and warming.
The study, in the June 19 issue of the journal Science, is the latest to rule out a drop in CO2 as the cause for earth’s ice ages growing longer and more intense some 850,000 years ago. But it also confirms many researchers’ suspicion that higher carbon dioxide levels coincided with warmer intervals during the study period.
The authors show that peak CO2 levels over the last 2.1 million years averaged only 280 parts per million; but today, CO2 is at 385 parts per million, or 38% higher. This finding means that researchers will need to look back further in time for an analog to modern day climate change.
In the study, Bärbel Hönisch, a geochemist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and her colleagues reconstructed CO2 levels by analyzing the shells of single-celled plankton buried under the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Africa. By dating the shells and measuring their ratio of boron isotopes, they were able to estimate how much CO2 was in the air when the plankton were alive. This method allowed them to see further back than the precision records preserved in cores of polar ice, which go back only 800,000 years.
The planet has undergone cyclic ice ages for millions of years, but about 850,000 years ago, the cycles of ice grew longer and more intense—a shift that some scientists have attributed to falling CO2 levels. But the study found that CO2 was flat during this transition and unlikely to have triggered the change.
Bärbel Hönisch with mass spectrometer used to measure boron isotopes to reconstruct past CO2
“Previous studies indicated that CO2 did not change much over the past 20 million years, but the resolution wasn’t high enough to be definitive,” said Hönisch. “This study tells us that CO2 was not the main trigger, though our data continues to suggest that greenhouse gases and global climate are intimately linked.”
The timing of the ice ages is believed to be controlled mainly by the earth’s orbit and tilt, which determines how much sunlight falls on each hemisphere. Two million years ago, the earth underwent an ice age every 41,000 years. But some time around 850,000 years ago, the cycle grew to 100,000 years, and ice sheets reached greater extents than they had in several million years—a change too great to be explained by orbital variation alone.
A global drawdown in CO2 is just one theory proposed for the transition. A second theory suggests that advancing glaciers in North America stripped away soil in Canada, causing thicker, longer lasting ice to build up on the remaining bedrock. A third theory challenges how the cycles are counted, and questions whether a transition happened at all.
The low carbon dioxide levels outlined by the study through the last 2.1 million years make modern day levels, caused by industrialization, seem even more anomalous, says Richard Alley, a glaciologist at Pennsylvania State University, who was not involved in the research.
“We know from looking at much older climate records that large and rapid increase in CO2 in the past, (about 55 million years ago) caused large extinction in bottom-dwelling ocean creatures, and dissolved a lot of shells as the ocean became acidic,” he said. “We’re heading in that direction now.”
The idea to approximate past carbon dioxide levels using boron, an element released by erupting volcanoes and used in household soap, was pioneered over the last decade by the paper’s coauthor Gary Hemming, a researcher at Lamont-Doherty and Queens College. The study’s other authors are Jerry McManus, also at Lamont; David Archer at the University of Chicago; and Mark Siddall , at the University of Bristol, UK. | <urn:uuid:6e6e1f0a-f7ac-4f48-a3e5-1e012dd3097f> | CC-MAIN-2019-04 | https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/co2-higher-today-than-last-21-million-yearsstudy-offers-detailed-look-past-greenhouse-ga | 2019-01-21T01:32:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-04/segments/1547583745010.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20190121005305-20190121031305-00313.warc.gz | en | 0.947091 | 846 |
Harold Hamm’s Ex-Wife Rejects Settlement Check
By Snyder & Sarno on January 13, 2015
We recently wrote about the divorce settlement between Harold Hamm and his soon-to-be ex-wife, Sue Ann Arnall in a previous blog. An Oklahoma judge ordered Harold to pay Sue Ann $999.5 million in their divorce. Hamm, however, recently offered Arnall a lump sum check payment of $974.8 million, which she boldly rejected.
Arnall argues that she will not cash the check in order to preserve her rights on appeal. Both her and Hamm have appealed the Oklahoma decision to that state’s supreme court. On appeal, Arnall argues that the nearly $1 billion the judge ordered her to receive is not a substantial enough portion of all marital assets and she should be entitled to some of Hamm’s oil fortune. In contrast, Hamm argues the judge’s award is too generous considering his loss in wealth as oil prices plummet.
Property division in any divorce can be a contentious issue, and is even more so in the divorce between Hamm and Arnall where billions of dollars are at stake. In Oklahoma, the law only includes property in the marital estate when it resulted from the “active efforts or skills” of either spouse. In New Jersey, the standard is similar, in that a court will consider marital property to be property that was acquired by the parties or one of the parties during the marriage. See N.J.S.A. 2A:34-23(h). As is evidenced by the Hamm-Arnall divorce, which property constitutes marital property is often a source of disagreement between the parties.
If you are going through a New Jersey divorce and anticipate disagreement over the division of property, you could use the help of an experienced matrimonial attorney to negotiate and litigate those issues. The attorneys at Snyder & Sarno, LLC have considerable experienced handling such matters and can be of assistance to you. Call us today at (973) 274-5200.
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End of the world. Hyperbole? Probably. But B2B Marketing does feel a bit broken right now.
The most important tools in our arsenal require people to meet people. That’s not happening. So what now? Where should your priorities be? Website engagement is an area to focus because it’s a good bet (see your analytics data) your prospects are going digital.
No Shows. Is that a problem?
We should be in the heart of the trade show season. This week I should have been in San Jose meeting prospects, dining with customers, and taking the pulse of the market. That’s not happening for your business or mine. Instead, we’re spending what feels like the thousandth day in our home offices staring into the video camera.
The upside of all this is it has given me the opportunity to speak with folks (i.e. everyone) who are similarly situated and have all that commuting time free to have a chat.
I’m sure you, like many of the folks that I speak with, are concerned about 2Q and 3Q sales pipeline given that you’re not doing what you’d normally be doing at this time of year to fill the top of the funnel. Not only are trade shows and other events not occurring but the lead nurturing and sales efforts that normally happen face-to-face aren’t occurring.
For B2B, trade shows are virtually tied for first with email and websites for engagement of new prospects. And they’re the most frequently cited source of deals that actually close (see eMarketer data in the sidebar). Without this key tool, engagement is left to the other two principal channels, email and websites.
Plan B. A Better B2B Marketing Plan
No one knows how long we will be prevented from using face-to-face channels. And no one knows how quickly our customers will feel safe about using these channels even after they are given the ‘all clear.’ But you have other tools in your arsenal to help you get the leads you are missing.
Most companies have a strong email game. CRM and marketing automation tools have been around for years and companies are generally making good use of them to drive engagement and top-of-funnel volume. You have to continue to do that as well as you ever have.
Where many B2B companies have struggled is to build an integrated digital game, in particular, an engaging and effective website. So many B2B companies are either stuck in website models from a decade ago—the brochureware model—or are trying to emulate engagement models built in the consumer world with limited success. Those models, while popular, don’t really fit. You feel when you look at the success rates of the technology and processes you’ve adopted from vendors who laud their B2C success.
More than ever before, your website needs to serve your prospects and customers with an excellent customer experience. It needs to allow customers to progress further in their buyer journey so that they will purchase, even while your face-to-face sales team is sitting at home.
You’ve long seen buyers shifting more to digital. It’s been hard to keep up with the change. Now that digital has been forced upon them that shift will accelerate. This crisis has forced people who not have otherwise learned the skill to operate digitally. And some of them are not going back–at least not 100% of them. The time for you to refocus your efforts and some of those event and trade show dollars on your web engagement is upon you. What do you have to lose?
You’ve said for years that you need your website to work harder to contribute more. Maybe this is the time to walk the talk. Because your customers are online now more than ever, and if your traffic isn’t up, or your deal flow isn’t up, that means that your competitors are getting an unfair share of the opportunity. It’s not the end of the world. It’s the beginning of a new world.
You’re ready. Your prospects are ready. Let’s talk.
If you’re interested in improving your website’s engagement, lead contributions, and conversions, connect with me and we’ll have a chat.
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Corey Lemonier drills for NFL scouts Tuesday, March 5, 2013, during Pro Day at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. (Julie Bennett / jbennett@AL.com)
AUBURN, Alabama -- Corey Lemonier
had little left to prove on the measurables after his NFL Combine performance ten days ago.
Back in Indianapolis, Lemonier finished third among defensive linemen in the 40-yard dash and placed among the top 11 defensive linemen in nearly every drill.
Athleticism already proven, Lemonier focused on showing teams that he can make the transition to 3-4 outside linebacker, despite his lack of experience in the scheme.
Other than attempting to better his vertical jump -- Lemonier leaped 34 inches, one inch higher than his Combine time -- is Pro Day goals were simple.
"Just to show that I can play linebacker," Lemonier said. "My ability to flip my hips and look athletic out there."
Lemonier, who weighed in at 255 at the NFL Combine, could be an option for a 3-4 team as an outside linebacker.
NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock has Lemonier rated as the fifth-best 3-4 outside linebacker available after the Combine, a position where he was tested thoroughly at Auburn's Pro Day on Wednesday.
"The drills were different, especially the linebacker drills," Lemonier said. "These are more real linebacker drills, not the basic drills you do at the Combine, and I thought today I proved that I can do that, too."
Lemonier spent most of his first two seasons at Auburn as a straight rush end, but he was asked to drop into coverage on zone blitzes under defensive coordinator Brian VanGorder.
Over time, Lemonier became more comfortable in the scheme, although teams have asked him about his final eight games, when he only had half a sack after making five in the first four games before that and 9.5 sacks as a junior.
"Just getting chipped and double-teamed and stuff like that, most of the attentions were coming to my side," Lemonier said. "I don’t want to sound like ‘poor me,' it’s just something that happens, part of the game."
At the Combine, NFL teams repeatedly asked Lemonier if he could make the switch to outside linebacker, and Lemonier, who has spent some of the past two days meeting with teams, including the Steelers and the Bears, said he has no problem making the switch.
"It’s not so hard now," Lemonier said. "With VanGorder helping us out this past season with coverages, I retained so much knowledge.
And the athletic ability Lemonier showcased at the NFL Combine will help teams project him making the transition. According to Lemonier, teams have been impressed with his ability in linebacker drills.
Former Auburn teammate Philip Lutzenkirchen isn't surprised.
"Athletically he's a freak. You look at his numbers and everything he's put up and the way he's able to move at 255 pounds is phenomenal for him," Lutzenkirchen said. "The hand-eye coordination and the catching and everything will come."
Lemonier will return to Arizona and continue training, his eye on individual meetings with teams in the lead-up to the draft.
Whether he's drafted by a 4-3 team or a 3-4 team, Lemonier believes he can thrive at either spot.
"I think I did pretty good with the linebacker drills and looking athletic out there," Lemonier said. "I can definitely move on to play linebacker, d-end it really doesn’t matter."
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It was announced today that NBC is developing a new sitcom called My Best Friend Is a Lesbo. Neat! From Deadline:
The project, from Warner Bros TV and Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s studio-based Fake Empire, is about two best female friends — one straight, the other gay — who become roommates and help each other navigate life, love, and dating in Los Angeles. The semi-autobiographical comedy is based on the real-life friendship of writers and longtime roommates Sascha Rothchild and Randi Barnes, who will co-pen the script together.
Sure. Her real best friend really is a lesbo! Write what you know! But maybe call it something else! Like, oh, I don’t know, how about Willa & Grace. That seems catchy. All of the news about this thing says that My Best Friend Is A Lesbo obviously won’t be the name of the show if it actually makes it to television, which is kind of a weird thing? Like, well, right, but also that means the name is just supposed to grab studio executives, which is even more calculated and obnoxious? Do what you gotta do to make it in this world and more power to these two ladies (one of whom is a lesbo) for getting her done (her being a woman, sexually), it is no problem, it just kind of a weird thing is what I’m saying. Kind of a bummer. That being said, let’s think of some even MORE obnoxious names for a show! Obnoxious, please, not disgusting or genuinely hateful. I’ll go first:
- Black Librarian: She is a librarian and she is black.
- All Homos Town: Everyone who lives in this town is a homo.
- Meet The Kikes: The adventures of a Jewish family learning to live and love in bit city.
- Mixed Race Couple Living Together: A show about a mixed-race couple living together.
- Two Lesbians, Two Jews, Two Blacks, Three Hispanics, And A Wheelchairy And A Blind At An Office: Workplace comedy.
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I wanted to share this Christmas Card. It is nice to build up your stash of cards and not to be scrambling in November.
I used some BG Eskimo Kisses and DCVW Patterned Paper along with this Mr.Snowman image from Squigglefly. I colored the snowman with copics. Sentiment is from PTI's Mailbox greetings.
This card is for the following Challenges,
1) Squigglefly Challenge #57 to make a Christmas Card.
2) The Shabby Tea Room Challenge #18 - Christmas in July
3) There She Goes Challenge TSG63 - Inspiration Challenge. I loved the Blue and Orange in this inspiration photo, which is what my card colors are based on.
4) Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge FTTC74 - Christmas in July
5) Cinema Saturday Creative Challenge #87 - The Holiday. Create a holiday card with Eyelets.
6) Laura's Sketch #56 from 2 Sketches For You. Here is the sketch,
Thanks for stopping by.
Stamp - Mr.Snowman digi from Squigglefly stamps, Mailbox Greetings from PTI
Paper - PTI White and Vintage Cream CS, BG Eskimo Kisses Patterned Paper, DCVW Tajmahal Collection Patterned Paper
Ink - Memento Black, Copics, Ranger DI - Broken China
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REVIEW: Crossing the Line by Caitlyn Armistead
Spoiler (Possible Triggers): Show
Sergeant Nathan Thompson is a combat medic who took an early retirement from the military after losing his leg in Afghanistan. Megan Henderson is a dedicated paramedic who has saved countless lives. When they’re forced to work together, tensions flare—Nathan thinks Megan is a condescending know it all, and Megan resents a partner who might not be able to offer 100%.
But as they work together, responding to calls at car wrecks, nursing homes, and for drug addicts, their mutual respect grows. Though Megan is a married woman, she can’t help but feel drawn to Nathan’s confidence and compassion. Maybe it’s her imagination, but he seems to feel the same way about her.
Then Nathan starts noticing the mysterious bruises appearing on Megan’s arms, and her excuses just don’t add up. The next life Nathan has to save may be that of his own partner—if only she’ll let him.
Dear Ms. Armistead,
When you submitted this book to DA for review, it was the excerpt that made me interested in trying it. Namely the bit where Nathan and Megan first meet and don’t immediately hit it off. I know that’s probably weird but I’m never sure just what will grab my attention in a blurb.
Nathan comes off as a centered, normal guy. You don’t portray him as a mentally and physically wounded vet dragging a ton of angst behind him but rather as just another guy, living his life. He also calls Megan on her negative comments about his disability. It’s refreshing that they get their animosity out in the open from the start. Initially she sounds almost saintly and the men around her all too human in their comments about her – but at least they acknowledge that she’s damn good at her job.
Megan’s hubby is a piece of work but we know this from the start. Oh dear – the “but I lurve him” in the face of asshattery syndrome? Thankfully not but I still find Megan’s insistence on staying in the marriage puzzling. She’s not presented as a deeply religious person nor as a woman who needs the financial support. Yes, she’s trying to save for more education (yeah!) but she wouldn’t be out on the street without Dipshit. But on the other hand, I’ve known someone who put up with crap from her boyfriend/husband. Yeah, she loved him enough to marry him in the face of his asshat actions.
The EMT calls are fast paced and interesting. There’s enough action and description at each response to get an idea of what they know and go through in order to keep John and Jane Q Public alive in the face of trauma, injuries and stupid decisions but as per their jobs, once the patient is transported, Megan and Nathan are on to the next call. Little things signal their competence and experience. Slowly they start to gel as a unit on the scene and each acknowledges the abilities of the other. I also like their interactions with other first responders.
Nathan is determined to be treated as able unless he says otherwise. No special treatment and no hesitation that he can do the job. Eventually his military past history does catch up with him but this doesn’t take over the story. It merely adds a layer of believability to his character. We see some of his journey in the meds by his bedside and his reaction to the scene of another vet who couldn’t overcome what he’d been through.
Megan is focused on improving her skills in a way that’s awesome. She gets excited to read “A Complete Reference for Cave Rescue” for crying out loud. The woman is dedicated. But she also faces some issues brought on by calls she’s attended as well as trying even harder than the men to overcome this so as not to be seen as weak. The descriptions of the calls she and Nathan respond to aren’t overly detailed but from what is said, I can see how PTSD can be a result for EMTs.
It takes a while before we see more signs of Megan’s bruises and injuries. She does snap back with plausible causes to cover these as legitimate events but how long will friends believe? Finally Nathan puts it all together and admits the truth to himself and then confronts Megan. Her belief in the marital promises she made is touching but in the face of what is being done to her, insane. Then comes the deal breaker for her. The after effects of her rape are sensitively handled and her responses seems realistic. She doesn’t want to talk about it nor press charges because of how it will reflect on her and suffers from inadvertent, continuing fears and triggers. Also many thanks for not having one great round of sex “heal” her.
There’s lots of stuff happening in this book. Good, bad, funny and sad. I like that there is no magic healing or quick resolution of the serious issues brought into the story. I appreciate that these are not made neat or easy. The romance is a gradual one that progresses in stops and starts but given the main characters and their backgrounds, this makes sense. By the end, I believe that both Nathan and Megan have begun healing of the past and are looking forward to a future life together. B | <urn:uuid:50722c01-5319-4a61-85bf-416fcb86a447> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://dearauthor.com/book-reviews/review-crossing-the-line-by/ | 2017-01-21T06:18:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280929.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00563-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978577 | 1,149 |
We love using contact paper to make window art. We also just plain love window art! And with Halloween coming up, we thought we'd do another spiderweb activity since we had so much fun with our Edible Glowing Spiderwebs. One of the reasons I love kids so much is that they are really not picky about how things look. Yep. Those are supposed to be spiders (I made them). It's cool. My kids rolled with it. They're great like that. :)
If you are one of my original readers, you know I am on a neverending quest to find uses for this brown yarn. One of our favorite ways to use it is our Yarn Maze - but I still have tons of it. Which means I was really excited to find another use for it. Any sort of yarn, string, thread, or ribbon will work. And while I suppose white would be a more appropriate color, my kids were totally happy to use brown yarn. :)
S got to work straightaway.
X touched the sticky contact paper a few times before selecting a spider to love. X just started walking (at long last!) and is soooo thrilled by it that he has a hard time sitting still these days. He really enjoyed alternately kissing the spider and poking its eyes as he walked through the house and admired sister's progress.
I love this photo - sis hard at work cutting yarn for her web art, X hard at work walking the spider in the background.
S had a very specific plan for where each spider and each line of web was to go. It's so cute to watch her work.
This is a great activity for kids who are practicing scissor skills. If you'd like to do this with a younger child who is not yet ready for scissors, you can always provide a variety of precut lengths of yarn or string.
While S worked, she got several sneaky hug attacks from X. I looooove this photo.
S's nearly finished product! The coolest part about contact paper is that if you use string/ribbon/yarn and foam, you can reposition whatever you'd like. When I set up something like this, I will generally leave it out for a week or so, and S will periodically redesign it.
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Contact paper is often used to protect books - I always buy ours on Amazon or at the local craft store. Foam sheets can be purchased by the sheet at a craft store (it's usually around 30 cents for a huge sheet) or you can buy multi-colored packs of it from the Dollar Tree. Hooray for inexpensive easy fun!
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All activities here are activities I feel are safe for my own children. As your child's parents/guardians, you will need to decide what you feel is safe for your family. I always encourage contacting your child's pediatrician for guidance if you are not sure about the safety/age appropriateness of an activity. All activities on this blog are intended to be performed with adult supervision. Appropriate and reasonable caution should be used when activities call for the use of materials that could potentially be harmful, such as scissors, or items that could present a choking risk (small items), or a drowning risk (water activities), and with introducing a new food/ingredient to a child (allergies). Observe caution and safety at all times. The author and blog disclaim liability for any damage, mishap, or injury that may occur from engaging in any of these activities on this blog. | <urn:uuid:1434fba1-c14b-4f71-b0b8-43c9fb73aef0> | CC-MAIN-2023-06 | https://www.funathomewithkids.com/2013/10/sticky-paper-window-art-halloween.html?m=0 | 2023-02-05T13:20:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-06/segments/1674764500255.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20230205130241-20230205160241-00575.warc.gz | en | 0.967913 | 783 |
Differences between Traditional Marketing and Relationship Marketing
Some of the most significant contrasts between the traditional approach of marketing – which we term the transactional approach – and the emerging concept of relationship marketing are as given below.
The following table differentiates transactional or traditional marketing and the relationship marketing.
One further significant difference between the transactional approach of marketing model and the relationship model is the wider view of the market that it adopts.
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Nepal - Manaslu Circuit Trek | Part IX: Kathmandu Sightseeing
On the penultimate day of our stay in Nepal we went to a place where a festival is celebrated only once in 12 years. The Fulchoki festival in Godavari. For this reason many people make a pilgrimage to the 1000m higher Fulchoki Hill to honor the gods who protect the Kathmandu Valley. After the descent to the temple at the foot of the hill where the faithful are basting themself with holy water, the celebrations followed. The Nepali TV channel "Nepalmandal Television" took the opportunity to interview the only foreigners who took part in that festival.
The second to last night we spent in a Sherpa-restaurant in Laltpur, where we drank the typical Nepalese Tongba, which is served in wooden vats.
These were the last hours in Kathmandu.
We enjoyed the time with our Nepalese friends and thank them for their hospitality.
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The Bridge Music Project is a Thurston County based nonprofit organization which teaches at-risk youth how music and songwriting can be used as tools to deal with life's challenges. 300+ youth have participated in The Bridge Music Project, having collaboratively written, recorded and performed over 37 songs. Through mentoring youth in song writing we equip them with tools for self-expression and understanding that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. The Bridge's vision is to create a world where every youth is free to be their true, uncompromising self; A world where through music and self-understanding, young people can overcome any trauma to be the future leaders of tomorrow. Bobby Williams has done a phenomenal job connecting to our community's youth and leading them down a healthy path. Enjoy the film! | <urn:uuid:bcb2259c-956a-41a2-a2ec-d91a99c8cc89> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | https://www.greenerealty.com/community-stories/the-bridge-music-project | 2022-12-04T10:47:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710972.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20221204104311-20221204134311-00185.warc.gz | en | 0.962581 | 162 |
Osteofibrous dysplasia is a benign fibro-osseous cortical lesion. It is most commonly seen in the mid-diaphysis of the tibia.
- Most are seen below the age of 5 years.
- Male children are more commonly affected than female children.
- Tibia is the most common bone. It can be seen in other long bones, such as fibula, radius, and ulna.
- It can be locally destructive and may result in pathologic fracture.
- They usually stabilize or spontaneously regress once the child is older than 10 years old.
- High rates of local recurrence is noted after surgery with some aggressive recurrence, possibly due to components of adamantinoma or possible transformation to adamantinoma.
- Most present with pain and swelling.
- May present secondary to pathologic fracture.
- It is benign condition, seen as trabecular bone woven within fibrous stroma.
- It is considered as part of spectrum of adamantinomas and osteofibrous dysplasia-like adamantinoma.
Imaging features: General
- Usually smaller than adamantinomas (mean 6-7 cm compared to 10-17 cm for adamantinoma).
- Osteofibrous dysplasia is usually seen in pediatric age group (adamantinoma are usually seen in adults).
Plain radiograph remains the initial and chief investigation.
- Location along the long axis: mid diaphysis
- Location along the transverse axis: cortical
- Desnity: lucent or ground-glass
- Zone of transition: narrow
- Margins: well-defined and sclerotic
- Other features which may be present: Pseudotrabeculations, anterior bowing
- Negative features: no periosteal reaction, no nidus
MRI is the next step in investigating suspected fubrosseusys dysplasia
- Has homogeneous hyperintensity on T2-weighted images.
- Can extend into the medullary cavity, but a large medullary component should raise suspicion for adamantinoma, which often have complete medullary canal involvement.
- No soft-tissue component.
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Lyrics Are Now Available On Spotify
What A Time To Be Alive
Good news ONErpm fam! After being one of the most requested features for listening and interacting with music on the platform, Lyrics are now available on Spotify worldwide. Thanks to this exciting new update, it will be possible to discover the lyrics of your favorite songs. You’ll also be able to share them directly to social media, so get those salty Instagram stories ready! This new feature will be available on all devices in both the free version of the app and on a Spotify Premium subscription, so don’t worry if you aren’t a paid subscriber.
Thanks to Musixmatch, Spotify users will now be able to view the synced lyrics of most songs on the platform in real-time. We know how excited you all must be, so we prepared answers to some questions we expect to arise with this new feature.
How to Add Lyrics to Spotify Using Musixmatch Service
To add your lyrics to Musixmatch and sync them to Spotify, you need to do the following:
- Register at musixmatch.com
- Verify your artist profile
- Enter your profile on the site
- Add the correct lyrics to your songs, following Musixmatch’s instruction
- Synchronize lyrics with music
You can read more about Musixmatch here.
How To View The Lyrics Of A Song
In The Spotify Mobile App
While listening to a song, swipe up from the bottom of the screen. The lyrics will appear on the screen and will change in time as the track plays. Want to send your favorite lyric to social media? Hit the share button at the bottom of the screen, then select a piece of the song to post on social networks.
In The Spotify PC App
While listening to a song, click on the microphone icon in the horizontal listening menu.
The lyrics will then appear on the screen and change as the song plays. It’s really that simple.
On The Spotify Smart TV App
While listening to the song in the lower right corner, press the “Lyrics” button.
After switching on, the text will appear on the screen.
It has never been a more exciting time to engage with your favorite artists on platforms. As an artist, this is an amazing way to highlight your pen game, while also giving fans a trendy new way to engage with your music, and create content.
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The first language school for students of English is now open in my home village.
This language school offers courses from beginner level up to B1 level, as far as I know. I suppose the fact that there were at least four of us teaching English in the village had something to do in making this centre a reality. You see, there was actually a need for such a school, despite being just “a small village”.
For years, students have had to go to Antequera (21 kms away) to attend lessons at one of the language schools that you can find there. Others decided to have private lessons with one of the teachers I mentioned above, including me. All that has now changed for the better.
Previously, having to go to a neighbouring town for English lessons meant spending a great deal of time moving from one place to another. Add to that the usual amount of homework and tiredness resulting from taking the bus to school very early in the morning, and you´ll agree that this English centre is probably very welcome.
You may be wondering whether I´m teaching at that language school. No, I´m not. I don´t have the particulars but I suppose the teaching staff must have been hired well in advance so I´m not expecting a job offer any time soon. At any rate, such a position would sooner or later clash with my status as a supply teacher (not to mention I´m currently very busy writing my book and planning others).
Be that as it may, some students have already told me that they will be attending this school and also continue his private lessons with me, as they cannot get one-to-one tuition there, for obvious reasons.
I´m glad more and more people have an opportunity to learn English (though, to be honest, most of them just want or need a certificate in English, I don´t think they do it out of love for Shakespeare´s language).
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Due to the lack of flower auctions in Holland during the Easter Weekend we have decided to take a short holiday.
We will be closed from Good Friday 2nd April to Tuesday 6th April 2021 inclusive
We will reopen to online, email and telephone orders from Wednesday 7th April 2021.
We also anticipate that we will be opening our doors once again from Monday 12th April following the lifting of Government Restrictions. Once we reopen our doors our new opening hours will be:-
Monday 9.00am – 5.00pm
Tuesday 9.30am – 2.30pm
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CMC photo class postcards offer alternative view of Steamboat
Steamboat Springs — In between the summer and winter seasons, downtown Steamboat Springs is a montage of fall leaves on empty streets, snow-hungry locals and the quiet buzz of a town waiting to swell with winter’s arrival.
It’s the underbelly of a bustling resort town that intrigued the students in Keri Searls’ digital photography class at Colorado Mountain College as they spent the fall semester exploring alleyways, new perspectives and sentimental images of the downtown in which they live and attend school.
In other words, don’t expect to see the standard shots of Mount Werner framed by Lincoln Avenue.
“We tried to avoid the classic postcard shot,” Searls said.
From their semester of work, each student chose his or her favorite image, which were compiled into a package of unusual postcards the students plan to sell to benefit Tread of Pioneers Museum. The students had the chance to tour the museum this semester and spend some time with the Tread’s extensive historic photo archives.
The postcard packages are $5 each and are available at the museum and at the CMC campus bookstore.
Student Anna Ogden said her photo — a colorful shot of the Downtown Halloween Stroll — was taken from the rooftop of her downtown home. She said the postcard could offer someone across the country or globe a different perspective of Steamboat.
“People might not know that so many people come downtown for this,” she said.
As she pointed out classmate Walker Mates’ photo — a half-eaten doughnut and a green tea drink sitting on top of a Steamboat Today newspaper dispenser — she said, “It’s not really a ‘postcard image,’ but to a local it is.”
Lifelong Steamboat Springs resident Greg Rudolph took the class this fall as one of his first forays into photography. His chosen photo depicts the flower baskets on the ninth block of Lincoln Avenue overflowing with color on a brisk, fall day.
“I think you realize the importance,” he said about his experience touring the museum with the class. “You wish you had documented more in the past and gotten things of interest documented.
“There are so many things important to local people that really mean something.”
Museum executive director Candice Bannister said the images the students shot — glimpses into everyday life — could end up on the walls of the Tread of Pioneers Museum of the future.
“These students are creating the photo archives of tomorrow,” Bannister said. “Because history is happening every day.”
To reach Nicole Inglis, call 970-871-4204 or email ninglis@SteamboatToday.com
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“The future of finance will be data-driven.” Deloitte is talking about it; EY is talking about it; basically, most thought leaders and market leaders are talking about it. But are you talking about it, and what does it mean to you?
Moving from the traditional finance function to a successful data-driven one is not a simple process. You have to go through all existing processes and create new workflows. But if you arm yourself with the right tools, you can create a more robust finance department than before. It all depends on your team’s willingness to embrace change, as well as an investment in training, data, tools, and mindset.
However, the end goal that should keep you motivated is to: Eliminate guesswork in your and your management’s decision-making.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME A DATA-DRIVEN FINANCE FUNCTION?
Deloitte defines a data-driven finance function as one that: “… recognizes the full potential of granular data, managing data as a strategic asset.” To state it frankly, it means:
You need to move away from the traditional finance function and change how you work.
It is this answer that results in too many post-pone the change. On top of that, some companies argue that the finance function always has been data-driven. Of course, data is what drives the finance function in the company. However, there is a difference between using data and being data-driven. And this is where we need to leave the traditional finance function behind and build a new foundation. At this foundation, we can combine data from all departments and make informed decision-making on all strategic decisions.
In a digital world, we cannot become truly data-driven without digital tools and processes.
WHERE DO YOU START?
Some companies create a dedicated data team of analysts, others invest in the right tech and consultants, and others combine it into a digital strategy. It would always be to prefer building your company upon a framework of digital processes, but this is rarely the case the bigger your company is. Because of the simple reason, the more complex your processes are, the less initiative to start becoming a data-driven finance function. So instead of waiting for everyone to fall in line, start by looking at your team’s need to deliver results. The most basic start is to jut down your current data processes, and you can quickly begin these three ways:
- Look at the strategy KPIs. If you had to give insight into one of these – what information flow would you need from the organization all around? Is the data you have right now enough, or do you need more from different departments, areas, or angles?
- Data processes and automation. Get an idea of areas you need to automate and systems you need to look at, like ERP, cloud applications, consolidation software, e.g., Konsolidator. How much of the data is flowing automatically? Where does the flow start, and where does it stop? Do your sources integrate well, which affects the time you use on sorting? Are there questions you can’t answer because you cannot get ahold of that data?
- Digital culture. How many in your team understand the digital processes and have a common understanding of words like cloud, cloud security, integration, machine learning, robotics, etc.? If your team is stuck on manual processes, it isn’t easy to convince people to become more digital if they do not see the value.
Challenging the guesswork in the decision-making is a daring and ongoing task, which you tackle best with a transparent approach. If you still use guesswork, start to look at these three steps. Today, everything depends on how quickly organizations set up data management systems that ensure transparency, including organization structure and decision-making practices. More importantly, the infrastructure of this set-up. Do not become left behind by your competitors because you delay the digitalization of your finance function. | <urn:uuid:aec3ee20-a680-4383-9210-c065e1795b86> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://konsolidator.com/data-driven-finance-function/ | 2023-06-11T00:42:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646652.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20230610233020-20230611023020-00553.warc.gz | en | 0.941246 | 840 |
When it comes to food sourcing, you can't get much more local than upstairs. So will Richmond's restaurants sign up for rooftop beehives?
Local beekeeper David Stover and expert gardener Nina Zinn, owner of Urban Backyard Edibles, are teaming up to convince Richmond restaurants to buy into beehives.
For a $500 initial fee, Stover will install a hive — buzzing residents included — and provide all the necessary supplies. He charges $90 per month to maintain a hive from April through November, the bees' buzzy season. If chefs or homeowners want to do the work, Stover will mentor them for the same rate.
The idea has taken off elsewhere. In 2009, the Fairmont Hotel in Washington installed three hives on its roof, which are home to as many as 90,000 Italian honeybees. Chefs harvest buckets of honey for restaurant dishes and a bee-tini that's made with vanilla vodka and lemon juice.
Stover and Zinn have installed four hives in Richmonders' backyards. And this week Zinn will get her certification as a LiveRoof installer, which will allow her to create modular rooftop vegetable gardens, which could be pollinated by the clients' bees.
State law says that people who produce honey from their personal hives may sell it without being subject to state inspection, as long as they sell fewer than 250 gallons of honey a year. It's unclear if this exemption would apply to restaurants, Zinn says; she's speaking with Health Department officials to find out.
Of course there are a few considerations restaurants — and homeowners — should address before diving into hive keeping. Number one is neighbors. "One should either talk with them or just not do it," Stover says. The Roosevelt, a popular new restaurant in Church Hill, was interested in a hive, he says, but decided against it because of an apartment upstairs.
A rooftop hive presents no dangers, Stover says, because honeybees aren't aggressive creatures: "Bees fly out in the morning, go up in the air and they're gone."
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IOWA CITY, Iowa, April 27 (UPI) -- New mothers are often told in addition to its health benefits to a child, breastfeeding is free, but U.S. and Canadian researchers say there is no free lunch.
Study co-author Mary C. Noonan, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Iowa, and Phyllis L.F. Rippeyoung of Acadia University in Canada, said many breastfeeding proponents argue breastfeeding has financial advantages over formula-feeding because it is free.
"Breastfeeding for six months or longer -- the time mothers are recommended they breastfeed for a minimum -- is only free if a mother's time is worth absolutely nothing," Noonan said in a statement.
The study involved a nationally representative sample of 1,313 first-time U.S. mothers, who were in their 20s or 30s when they gave birth between 1980 and 1993 and were employed in the year before their first children were born.
The study published in the American Sociological Review found the long-duration breastfeeders sacrificed considerable income after giving birth compared to short-duration breastfeeders and formula-feeders, largely because long-duration breastfeeders were more likely to switch to part-time work or to leave the workforce entirely.
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One joy of studying the Word rather than giving it a cursory reading is all the truth that starts to pop. Read through anything quickly and little will stand out. Read things slowly and thoughtfully, and you’ll experience reading in a whole new way. One thing slowing down forces us to do is to ask questions about the Bible. What does a word mean? Why did the writer use that sentence order or repeat that phrase several times? Where else from Scripture might they be drawing from? If we pause to chew on one word, one promise, one truth, or one phrase, we’re much more likely to be gripped by it and do something with it.
Consider the beautiful passage of Ephesians 1:3-14. Paul helps us see all the blessings we have in Christ. Towards the end of this section, Paul uses the word “sealed”. Sealed is a small word one could easily skip over in a section like Ephesians 1, but it’s worth camping out on. Stay for a little while to see what it means. Chew on it. Delight in it. Consider what it means for you.
Paul opened Ephesians by proclaiming the rich blessings God poured upon them in Christ (see Eph. 1:3-14). Last but not least of these blessings, Paul praises God for our sealing by the Holy Spirit. “In [Christ] you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory” (Ephesians 1:13-14).
Although some words in the Bible have lost their place in culture today (immediately I think of lasciviousness), “seal” has remained somewhat common lingo. People seal items like envelopes, packaged food must be sealed, a kiss seals the wedding vows, and companies give their seal of approval. The good news is we know a little about the word, but it begs the question, which way is Paul using it here? Or, does he have another background behind the word besides my sealed bag of chips?
A Seal Secures and Protects
First, we’re sealed by the Spirit in the sense we are secured, fastened, closed, and protected. Paul states this sealing happens at the moment of true belief in Christ and it happens for all in Christ, meaning every single believer experiences the Spirit’s sealing work at conversion. The Holy Spirit seals us in Christ, signifying that our union with him cannot be severed and our future salvation is certain and secure.
The gift of sealing includes the guaranteeof our inheritance (Eph. 1:14). Guarantee refers to an initial pledge or down-payment providing the assurance of the whole. It is similar to how Christ’s resurrection is the first-fruits, or guarantee, of the resurrection of all believers in him. When the Spirit seals us we are given him as a gift today which ensures our future inheritance, i.e., our full salvation and redemption. Paul uses guarantee in another letter with the same meaning. “He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee” (2 Cor. 5:5; see also Rom. 8:23). The Holy Spirit indwells us now and he is the pledge providing us with certainty we will receive fully resurrected bodies one day.
The Holy Spirit’s sealing means we partially enjoy something now with the anticipation and assurance of its full enjoyment in the future. It is not something that can be lost or taken away, but in fact the whole point of something being sealed is to protect it from harm. When we are sealed by the Holy Spirit we are protected from losing Christ or being torn from him. And we are sealed until we receive in full what we have been given a guarantee of in the present. Notice the similar use of “sealed” in Ephesians 4:30. “And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.” We are sealed by the Holy Spirit for something future, the day of redemption. Here we are given not only protection, but protection that provides the promise we will one day enjoy the full inheritance God has for us.
Through the Holy Spirit’s sealing, not only does God help provide present assurance of our salvation, but our future perseverance in faith is made certain. “And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ” (Phil. 1:6). The Spirit brings it to completion not by regenerating us at conversion then abandoning us to our own devices, but he brings it to completion by indwelling us, transforming us, and enabling us to persevere in faith until this life ends. Our sealing entails we are those “who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time” (1 Pet. 1:4-5).
A Seal Certifies Authenticity and Ownership
This leads us to the second way “seal” can be used. A seal also suggests an emblem certifying authenticity and ownership, such as with a royal seal. “In Paul’s day, a prominent person would choose an emblem as his official seal. Using melted wax, he affixed an imprint of this emblem to an object he wanted to identify as belonging to or coming from him.”This seal was often stamped on letters, both closing the letter to protect its contents until it arrived at its destination as well as proving it to be genuine. It was proven to be authentic because the owner’s seal provided an emblematic picture representing him.
Today, emblems serve the same purpose. Every vehicle has one its front and when we see the vehicle’s emblem we immediately know what manufacturer produced it. The sealing of the Spirit signifies we are God’s (ownership) and that we bear his image (authenticity). Or, when sending certified mail, the Post Office stamps it with their official seal.
Sanctification is both a definitive event that occurs when-at conversion-we’re set apart as God’s holy possession (ownership) and it is a progressive work as we’re transformed into the image of Christ (authenticity). The Holy Spirit renews us in the image of Christ and brings forth fruit in our lives, “for all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God” (Rom. 8:14). This Christ-likeness, the fruit of the Spirit, demonstrates they are in fact God’s. As those sealed by the Spirit, our authenticity as the people belonging to God is evidenced as we grow to look more like Christ. Thus, rather than giving a license to sin, sealing ensures we will become holy as the owner stamps his image upon us.
Returning to the text of Ephesians, we see God’s complete provision from eternity past when “he chose us in him” (1:4) to the future when we will acquire possession of our inheritance (1:14). Our future possession of that inheritance is secured for us because we “were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance.” Sealing is a treasured gift calling us to praise God for his provision and it provides life-sustaining comfort as we await our inheritance.
The assurance of our salvation frees us from the constant worry of whether we can lose our salvation, whether God will abandon us, or whether Satan can tear us from Christ’s grasp. We do not live in fear of what can be lost but we live with the joy of what we possess. The Father gives us the Holy Spirit as a guarantee, as a pledge of the full inheritance awaiting us. He protects us until this day by the very same Holy Spirit who sanctifies us, setting us apart as God’s possession and growing us in Christ-likeness until we receive the inheritance kept for us.
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It is excellent, one of my favorite MRU videos to date:
Here is some text from the release email:
The second episode of Women In Economics is out today! Join Harvard’s Claudia Goldin, UC Berkeley’s Christina Romer, and more on an insightful, engaging look at Anna Jacobson Schwartz’s life and achievements.
Did you know that Anna graduated from high school at 15?
Or that her dissertation couldn’t be published because of paper rationing during World War II? Yet despite this setback, she went on to coauthor one of the most important books about monetary policy and the Great Depression. Because of her work, she was hailed as one of the leading monetary economists of the 20th century by the end of her career!
We’re so excited to share Schwartz’s incredible story—click here to watch the video!
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August 16 2001 horoscope and zodiac sign meanings.
Horoscope and zodiac sign meanings
Some eloquent implications of the associated zodiac sign of this date are detailed below:
- The connected zodiac sign with August 16 2001 is Leo. Its dates are between July 23 and August 22.
- Leo is represented with the Lion symbol.
- As numerology suggests the life path number for anyone born on August 16, 2001 is 9.
- The polarity of this sign is positive and its most descriptive characteristics are harmonious and peaceful, while it is considered a masculine sign.
- The linked element to this sign is the Fire. Three characteristics of someone born under this element are:
- being inherently proactive
- driven by own intuition
- seeking freedom while fulfilling own mission
- The linked modality to this sign is Fixed. In general an individual born under this modality is characterized by:
- has a great willpower
- dislikes almost every change
- prefers clear paths, rules and procedures
- There is a high compatibility in love between Leo and:
- It is very well known that Leo is least compatible with:
Birthday characteristics interpretation
Horoscope personality descriptors chart
Horoscope lucky features chart
August 16 2001 health astrology
Someone born under Leo horoscope has a predisposition to confront with health problems in connection to the area of the thorax, heart and the components of the circulatory system like the ones mentioned below. Please remember that below is a short list containing a a few illnesses and diseases, while the possibility to be affected by other health problems should not be ignored:
August 16 2001 zodiac animal and other Chinese connotations
The Chinese zodiac offers other approach on interpreting the meanings arising from each birth date. That is why within these lines we are trying to describe its relevance.
- The August 16 2001 zodiac animal is considered the 蛇 Snake.
- The element linked with the Snake symbol is the Yin Metal.
- It is belived that 2, 8 and 9 are lucky numbers for this zodiac animal, while 1, 6 and 7 are considered unfortunate.
- The lucky colors associated with this sign are light yellow, red and black, while golden, white and brown are considered avoidable colors.
- There are some special features that are defining this symbol, which can be seen below:
- efficient person
- leader person
- materialistic person
- rather prefers planning than acting
- These are a few love characteristics that may be representative for this sign:
- likes stability
- appreciates trust
- dislikes betrail
- dislikes being rejected
- The social and interpersonal relationship skills of this sign can be very well described by a few statements like these:
- easily manage to attract new friend when the case
- seek leadership position in a friendship or social group
- difficult to approach
- very selective when choosing friends
- This symbolism has an impact upon one's career as well, and in support of this belief some ideas of interest are:
- always seeking new challenges
- has creativity skills
- should work on keeping own motivation over the time
- has proven abilities to solve complex problems and tasks
- Snake and any of the following signs can enjoy happiness in a relationship:
- The Snake and any of the following signs can develop a normal love relationship:
- There are no chances for the Snake to have a good understanding in love with:
- administrative support officer
- logistics coordinator
- should try to keep a proper sleeping schedule
- should try to do more sport
- should pay attention to plan regular examinations
- most of health problems are related to weak immune system
- Alyson Michalka
- Martin Luther King,
- Kristen Davis
- Piper Perabo
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Thursday was the day of the week for August 16 2001.
The soul number that rules the Aug 16 2001 birth date is 7.
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So, the FBI was prepared to indict U.S. Army scientist Bruce Ivins for terrorism before he committed suicide. The specific act of terrorism for which Ivins was to be indicted was employing weapons of mass destruction, to wit: anthrax, on American citizens on American soil.
Doesn’t that mean federal courts? Doesn’t that mean the Bill of Rights? Doesn’t that mean the presumption of innocence, right to counsel, right to be free from self-incrimination, protection from cruel and unusual punishments, right to bail, exclusion of evidence acquired by torture, coercion, or illegal searches, right to confront witnesses, right to summon witnesses, a public trial, and trial by jury?
Is that any way to treat an enemy combatant during time of war? Is that the way we treated German prisoners of war in World War II? Did the feds indict them too?
What gives? Haven’t the Bush administration and the Washington Post told us ad infinitum, ad nauseam that the courts are not equipped to handle terrorism cases? Isn’t that what Gitmo is all about? What better example of a terrorism case than the use of weapons of mass destruction against American citizens on American soil? What better example of an “enemy combatant” in the federal government’s “war on terrorism” than Bruce Ivins?
The FBI’s planned indictment of Ivins once again exposes the charade of the “enemy combatant” doctrine, the Pentagon’s kangaroo tribunals, and the so-called war on terrorism. As we have been arguing here at FFF ever since 9/11, terrorism is a federal crime, not an act of war. It is listed on the federal statute books as a federal crime. It was that way before 9/11 and it has remained that way after 9/11. That’s precisely why the FBI and the Justice Department were planning on securing a federal grand-jury indictment against Ivins.
What President Bush and the Pentagon did after the 9/11 attacks was assume dictatorial powers in the guise of waging war, which they called the “war on terrorism.” This included the omnipotent power to completely bypass the federal courts when it came to suspected terrorists. With the assumption of such power, the military could take anyone it wanted into custody simply by having the president designate the person as an “enemy combatant.” This included foreigners and Americans arrested both abroad and here within the United States. After all, in the war on terrorism the whole world is the battlefield, they told us, including the United States.
Never mind that the assumption of such dictatorial power was accomplished without even the semblance of a constitutional amendment. All that was important, they said, was that Bush was now wearing a commander in chief helmet in time of “war,” which, they said, gave him and his minions the omnipotent power to kidnap, arrest, torture, indefinitely imprison, and execute anyone they wanted anywhere in the world.
Could such power be extended to other criminal acts? Why not? Consider the violent attacks that drug lords are committing against the military, police, and populace in Mexico. Suppose the drug lords expand such violent attacks to the United States, embarking on a killing spree against DEA agents, federal judges, federal prosecutors, military personnel, local law-enforcement agents, and private citizens.
There is absolutely no reason that the president, the CIA, and the Pentagon could not extend the enemy-combatant doctrine that they’ve used in the “war on terrorism” to the “war on drugs.” That would give the president, the CIA, and the Pentagon the power not only to treat suspected terrorists as enemy combatants but also suspected drug dealers, perhaps even drug users. And the fact that “the terrorists” are being funded by sales of illicit drugs would undoubtedly be cited as another reason for expanding the dictatorial war on terrorism powers to the war on drugs.
But the fact is that the federal courts are well-equipped to handle terrorism cases as well as drug cases, murder cases, and kidnapping cases. That’s why the feds continue to indict people for such criminal offenses. That’s why they planned to indict suspected terrorist Bruce Ivins and to try him in federal district court.
Another important factor to consider is that Bush and the Pentagon now have the discretionary power to treat people in two completely different ways for the same offense: either by subjecting them to the kangaroo, show-trial treatment at Gitmo or the regular federal-court route that provides constitutional guarantees.
It would be difficult to find a more perfect example of a violation of the rule of law and the principle of equal treatment under law than this. For when government officials have the discretion to treat two people who have committed the same offense in two completely separate and distinct ways, that’s the essence of injustice.
The Jose Padilla case reflected the horror of this discretionary ad hoc power. For years, the feds treated Padilla as an enemy combatant in the war on terror, subjecting him to imprisonment in a military dungeon, isolation, torture, and the threat of indefinite detention. Then, after a few years of claiming that the federal courts were inadequate to handle terrorism cases, the feds willy-nilly changed their minds and decided to treat Padilla as a federal-court defendant. He was indicted, convicted, and sentenced in a federal court. If the appellate courts were to overturn Padilla’s conviction, the Pentagon wields the power to yank him back into custody as an enemy combatant.
Padilla is an American citizen, just as Bruce Ivins was. Under President Bush’s post-9/11 unilateral assumption of dictatorial power, the feds didn’t have to indict Bruce Ivins for terrorism. They could have treated him as an enemy combatant in the war on terrorism, just like they initially did to Jose Padilla. They can now do this to any American, including you. This is what passes for “freedom” in post-9/11 America.
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The Labor Department reported the economy added 162,000 jobs in July, after adding 188,000 in June. Unemployment fell to 7.4 percent, largely because 240,000 adults left the labor force.
Businesses continued the shift toward contingent workers. In July, 103,000 more Americans reported working part-time.
The growing importance of services like retailing and hospitality, and the rigidity and visceral anti-business campaigns of unions drive this trend; however, Obamacare's mandate for employer-paid health insurance coverage also impel the use of more part-time workers.
Overall, the jobs count may be up, but for most working families and recent college graduates the situation is grim. Adding in discouraged adults and part-timers who want full-time employment, the unemployment rate becomes 14.0 percent. And, for many years, inflation-adjusted wages have been falling and income inequality rising.
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President Obama's policies and attitudes toward business carry some considerable burden of responsibility. Those have institutionalized a buyers' market for day labor and damned many recent college graduates to a lifetime of debt as they can't find jobs permitting them to pay off burdensome student loans.
Even with more full-time positions, the pace of jobs creation is well short of what is needed. About 360,000 jobs would lower unemployment to 6 percent, but that would require gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the range of 4 to 5 percent. Over the last four years, the pace has been a paltry 2.2 percent.
Stronger growth is possible. Four years into the Reagan recovery, after a deeper recession than Obama inherited, GDP was advancing at a 5.1 percent annual pace, and jobs creation was quite robust.
Near term, defense cutbacks Obama extracted from Congress last fall have subtracted some $62 billion from federal purchases. An additional $42 billion in sequestration cuts and $200 billion in higher taxes demanded by the president are further reducing government consumer spending in the second and third quarters.
Longer term, more rapid growth requires importing less and exporting more. Dealing with the $540 billion trade deficit requires drilling for more oil offshore and in Alaska and substantively addressing China and Japan's undervalued currencies and other protectionist policies. Obama has flat out refused to even discuss proposals from liberal and conservative economists alike on these issues.
Healthy growth also requires sound stewardship at the Fed — not a new chairman bent on inflating the country out of its problems or inclined to support left-wing causes aligned with those hostile to business.
Essential is right sizing business regulations to make investing in new jobs less expensive. Regulatory protections are needed to protect the environment, consumers and financial stability, but those must be delivered cost effectively to add genuine value.
Overall, the president must cultivate a climate more receptive to domestic investment, instead of treating private-sector leaders as likely recidivists to a white-collar prison for those guilty of environmental and other crimes against the people. The administration's anti-business regulatory policies and rhetoric are creating a crisis of confidence in the business community as surely as President George W. Bush's neglect cultivated arrogant and tragic risk taking on Wall Street.
More jobs require trimming back on tax increases and spending cuts, and more realistic and less-ideological trade, energy and regulatory policies. These are words the White House and many on Capitol Hill simply does not want to hear.
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Habakkuk 1-3Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
1 The pronouncement that the prophet Habakkuk saw.
Habakkuk’s First Prayer
2 How long, Lord, must I call for help
and you do not listen
or cry out to you about violence
and you do not save?
3 Why do you force me to look at injustice?
Why do you tolerate wrongdoing?
Oppression and violence are right in front of me.
Strife is ongoing, and conflict escalates.
4 This is why the law is ineffective
and justice never emerges.
For the wicked restrict the righteous;
therefore, justice comes out perverted.
God’s First Answer
5 Look at the nations and observe—
be utterly astounded!
For I am doing something in your days
that you will not believe
when you hear about it.
6 Look! I am raising up the Chaldeans,
that bitter, impetuous nation
that marches across the earth’s open spaces
to seize territories not its own.
7 They are fierce and terrifying;
their views of justice and sovereignty
stem from themselves.
8 Their horses are swifter than leopards
and more fierce than wolves of the night.
Their horsemen charge ahead;
their horsemen come from distant lands.
They fly like eagles, swooping to devour.
9 All of them come to do violence;
their faces are set in determination.
They gather prisoners like sand.
10 They mock kings,
and rulers are a joke to them.
They laugh at every fortress
and build siege ramps to capture it.
11 Then they sweep by like the wind
and pass through.
They are guilty; their strength is their god.
Habakkuk’s Second Prayer
12 Are you not from eternity, Lord my God?
My Holy One, you will not die.
Lord, you appointed them to execute judgment;
my Rock, you destined them to punish us.
13 Your eyes are too pure to look on evil,
and you cannot tolerate wrongdoing.
So why do you tolerate those who are treacherous?
Why are you silent
while one who is wicked swallows up
one who is more righteous than himself?
14 You have made mankind
like the fish of the sea,
like marine creatures that have no ruler.
15 The Chaldeans pull them all up with a hook,
catch them in their dragnet,
and gather them in their fishing net;
that is why they are glad and rejoice.
16 That is why they sacrifice to their dragnet
and burn incense to their fishing net,
for by these things their portion is rich
and their food plentiful.
17 Will they therefore empty their net
and continually slaughter nations without mercy?
Habakkuk Waits for God’s Response
2 I will stand at my guard post
and station myself on the lookout tower.
I will watch to see what he will say to me
and what I should reply about my complaint.
God’s Second Answer
2 The Lord answered me:
Write down this vision;
clearly inscribe it on tablets
so one may easily read it.
3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time;
it testifies about the end and will not lie.
Though it delays, wait for it,
since it will certainly come and not be late.
4 Look, his ego is inflated;
he is without integrity.
But the righteous one will live by his faith.
5 Moreover, wine betrays;
an arrogant man is never at rest.
He enlarges his appetite like Sheol,
and like Death he is never satisfied.
He gathers all the nations to himself;
he collects all the peoples for himself.
The Five Woe Oracles
6 Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say:
Woe to him who amasses what is not his—
how much longer?—
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.
7 Won’t your creditors suddenly arise,
and those who disturb you wake up?
Then you will become spoil for them.
8 Since you have plundered many nations,
all the peoples who remain will plunder you—
because of human bloodshed
and violence against lands, cities,
and all who live in them.
9 Woe to him who dishonestly makes
wealth for his house
to place his nest on high,
to escape the grasp of disaster!
10 You have planned shame for your house
by wiping out many peoples
and sinning against your own self.
11 For the stones will cry out from the wall,
and the rafters will answer them
from the woodwork.
12 Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed
and founds a town with injustice!
13 Is it not from the Lord of Armies
that the peoples labor only to fuel the fire
and countries exhaust themselves for nothing?
14 For the earth will be filled
with the knowledge of the Lord’s glory,
as the water covers the sea.
15 Woe to him who gives his neighbors drink,
pouring out your wrath
and even making them drunk,
in order to look at their nakedness!
16 You will be filled with disgrace instead of glory.
and expose your uncircumcision!
The cup in the Lord’s right hand
will come around to you,
and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
17 For your violence against Lebanon
will overwhelm you;
the destruction of animals will terrify you
because of your human bloodshed and violence
against lands, cities, and all who live in them.
18 What use is a carved idol
after its craftsman carves it?
It is only a cast image, a teacher of lies.
For the one who crafts its shape trusts in it
and makes idols that cannot speak.
19 Woe to him who says to wood: Wake up!
or to mute stone: Come alive!
Can it teach?
Look! It may be plated with gold and silver,
yet there is no breath in it at all.
20 But the Lord is in his holy temple;
let the whole earth
be silent in his presence.
Habakkuk’s Third Prayer
3 A prayer of the prophet Habakkuk. According to Shigionoth.
2 Lord, I have heard the report about you;
Lord, I stand in awe of your deeds.
Revive your work in these years;
make it known in these years.
In your wrath remember mercy!
3 God comes from Teman,
the Holy One from Mount Paran.Selah
His splendor covers the heavens,
and the earth is full of his praise.
4 His brilliance is like light;
rays are flashing from his hand.
This is where his power is hidden.
5 Plague goes before him,
and pestilence follows in his steps.
6 He stands and shakes the earth;
he looks and startles the nations.
The age-old mountains break apart;
the ancient hills sink down.
His pathways are ancient.
7 I see the tents of Cushan in distress;
the tent curtains of the land of Midian tremble.
8 Are you angry at the rivers, Lord?
Is your wrath against the rivers?
Or is your rage against the sea
when you ride on your horses,
your victorious chariot?
9 You took the sheath from your bow;
the arrows are ready to be used with an oath.Selah
You split the earth with rivers.
10 The mountains see you and shudder;
a downpour of water sweeps by.
The deep roars with its voice
and lifts its waves high.
11 Sun and moon stand still in their lofty residence,
at the flash of your flying arrows,
at the brightness of your shining spear.
12 You march across the earth with indignation;
you trample down the nations in wrath.
13 You come out to save your people,
to save your anointed.
You crush the leader of the house of the wicked
and strip him from foot to neck.Selah
14 You pierce his head
with his own spears;
his warriors storm out to scatter us,
gloating as if ready to secretly devour the weak.
15 You tread the sea with your horses,
stirring up the vast water.
Habakkuk’s Confidence in God Expressed
16 I heard, and I trembled within;
my lips quivered at the sound.
Rottenness entered my bones;
I trembled where I stood.
Now I must quietly wait for the day of distress
to come against the people invading us.
17 Though the fig tree does not bud
and there is no fruit on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though the flocks disappear from the pen
and there are no herds in the stalls,
18 yet I will celebrate in the Lord;
I will rejoice in the God of my salvation!
19 The Lord my Lord is my strength;
he makes my feet like those of a deer
and enables me to walk on mountain heights!
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Raymond Cooper Hamrick (1915–2014), of Macon, Georgia, was a well-loved singer, composer, and scholar whose intellectual curiosity, generosity of spirit, and kindness seemed boundless. Perhaps the greatest Sacred Harp composer of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, Hamrick imparted to his music a distinctive voice that recalls the earliest American composers while embracing a fluid melodic style and expansive chordal palette all its own. He wrote hundreds of shape-note songs across a sixty-year period, contributing some of the most popular and well-loved songs to The Sacred Harp, and consenting to have some 179 of his songs published in two editions of The Georgian Harmony. Hamrick’s singing voice was renowned, an accurate bass singer with a warm and round tone. Hamrick harbored an unquenchable curiosity—he collected rare tunebooks, studied the history of the tradition’s songs and composers, and asked and answered questions about the music’s practices in the groundbreaking articles he wrote for Sacred Harp newsletters and scholarly journals. Hamrick was a gracious and generous mentor and a friend to many. He shared his knowledge of Sacred Harp’s history, his insight into composition, and his thoughtful opinions with singers young and old over decades.
Hamrick was born on June 14, 1915, in Macon, to Horace Clifford Hamrick and Ida Eugenia Berry. His family attended Sacred Harp singings in the surrounding area but neither Raymond nor his older brother Horace were interested in the music in their youth. As Raymond Hamrick later recalled, “at that age … you’re more interested in social things than you are musical.” As a teenager, Hamrick developed an interest in classical music and began working as a jeweler and watchmaker.1
During the Second World War he served as a member of the US Army Air Corps. Hamrick narrowly escaped disaster at an Air Force base where he was stationed in Idaho. While preparing to conduct a routine test flight on the base, Hamrick noticed the plane had missed recent maintenance and urged that it be checked before the flight. His colleague wanted to fly the plane anyhow and decided to do so despite Hamrick’s protestations. The plane suffered an equipment failure and crashed, killing Hamrick’s colleague.
After the war, Hamrick returned to Macon and the jewelry business, but found that his social network from before the war had evaporated, a likely consequence of the mid-twentieth-century rural southern depopulation accelerated by the opportunities created by the GI Bill. Feeling “at a loss,” in 1946 he agreed to accompany his older brother Horace to a singing school in the southern part of Bibb County taught by Primitive Baptist Elder J. Monroe Denton. Hamrick enjoyed the experience, finding he knew many of the young pupils attending the school. Yet soon he was intrigued by the eighteenth-century composition dates of many of the songs in The Sacred Harp, and ultimately wrote for more information to George Pullen Jackson, the author of numerous books and articles on the songs collected in tunebooks such as The Sacred Harp. For Jackson, it was “a pleasure to find one like [Hamrick], a real Southerner, so deeply interested in his own native music. It is usually the Northerner who sees beauty in it and the Southerner who despises it,” Jackson wrote in his reply to Hamrick, along with information on some of his books.2 The two began a correspondence that cemented Hamrick’s interest in the history of the tradition’s music. [Hamrick recounted his correspondence with Jackson in an interview with Alan Lomax published elsewhere in this issue.—Ed.]
Hamrick soon began attending singings outside his South Georgia area, meeting prominent Sacred Harp singers, teachers, and composers Hugh McGraw and Alfred Marcus “A. M.” Cagle. These two recognized Hamrick’s love of Sacred Harp singing and were impressed by his historical knowledge of the music and his deep, sonorous bass voice. They soon enlisted him in activities supporting Sacred Harp singing. Hamrick was among a group of eight Sacred Harp singers McGraw recruited to join another group of eight singers organized by Dewey President Williams to participate in the 1970 Smithsonian Institution’s Festival of American Folklife, held on the National Mall in Washington, DC. He returned to Washington in 1973 to participate in another festival, supported Hugh McGraw by anchoring the bass section at numerous singing schools and recording sessions, and was present to sing during the dedication of a historical monument to Sacred Harp co-compiler Benjamin Franklin White in Hamilton, Georgia, in 1984.
Driven by his interest in the history of the tunes in The Sacred Harp, Hamrick began to collect old shape note tunebooks. He placed advertisements in book dealers’ trade journals indicating his interest in oblong shape-note tunebooks and corresponded with dozens of used booksellers across the United States who responded. He ultimately accumulated about 100 volumes, many of which were the best preserved or only surviving copy, rarely paying more than $5 or $10 per book. He acquired what was then the best available copy of The Hesperian Harp for $15, later commenting that he was reticent about spending such a large sum for a tunebook but decided to go ahead given the rareness of the volume. Hamrick studied these tunebooks, lent them to researchers, and provided them for use in producing facsimile editions, making their contents accessible to singers and scholars.
Hamrick developed a particular interest in the early New England composers whose songs were included in The Sacred Harp, especially William Billings (1746–1800), the eccentric Boston composer-teacher-compiler who also worked as a tanner and occasional hog-catcher. Hamrick read the extant scholarship on Billings and other early American composers, studied their tunebooks in his collection, and wrote articles to share his knowledge of this era of American music history with his fellow singers. Hamrick wrote “The Twentieth Century Looks at William Billings,” summarizing Billings’s biography, compositional style, and then-recent “rising interest” in the early tunesmith’s works “by composers and conductors” for The Harpeth Valley Sacred Harp News, the first Sacred Harp newsletter, in May 1965. In September of that same year, he contributed “The Curious History of Shape-Notes” to the newsletter, sharing the history of the invention of shape-notes in the context of changes in music pedagogy and printing technology. In both essays, Hamrick emphasized the “growing recognition being extended by music educators, musicologists, musicians, and academic communities” of features of The Sacred Harp, presenting this as validating what singers “have known all along.”3
Hamrick’s writing on Sacred Harp’s pre-history and his correspondence with scholars of early American music brought him to the attention of the editors of a scholarly journal on music education, The Quarterly Journal of Music Teaching and Learning, whose associate editor invited him to contribute to a 1996 special issue: “William Billings: A 250th Anniversary Celebration.” His essay, “Sojourn in the South: Billings among the Shape-Noters,” describes how Billings’s compositions were republished in early-nineteenth-century western and southern tunebooks, including The Sacred Harp, and remained popular among singers through to the present day. Essay competitions stimulate to further achievements. Hamrick, who recommended that Billings’s “Beneficence” (p. 486 in The Sacred Harp) be added to the 1960 Edition of the tunebook, recounted how the twelve compositions in the songbook were joined by yet two more—“Africa” and “Jordan” (pp. 178 and 66)—in the 1991 Edition. Hamrick’s “Sojourn in the South” was reprinted in Visions of Research in Music Education in 2010 and is included in this issue of The Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter, along with his two contributions to The Harpeth Valley Sacred Harp News.
Hamrick also became interested in the range of practices associated with Sacred Harp singing. Noticing that song leaders in West Georgia set faster tempos than those commonly heard in South Georgia, Hamrick began a sixteen-year-long study of singing tempos, documenting differences among regions, across networks singing from different Sacred Harp editions, and over time. His previously unpublished 1972 essay, “The Matter of Tempo in the Sacred Harp,” included in this issue, is the first to address tempo in Sacred Harp singing. In it, Hamrick places these regional and temporal differences in the context of tempos prescribed for different moods of time in tunebooks dating to the eighteenth century drawn from his personal collection and relays the shifting opinions of Sacred Harp singing school teachers on tempo across the twentieth century.
Hamrick also studied the practice of keying songs by ear, comparing recordings and surveying the preeminent pitchers at Georgia Sacred Harp singings. He wrote “The Pitcher’s Role in Sacred Harp Music,” the first article on the subject of keying Sacred Harp music, for the National Sacred Harp Newsletter in 1986. The article circulated widely and has influenced keyers ever since. It was republished in the 1980s in other Sacred Harp newsletters and in the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter, with an introduction by music theorist and Sacred Harp singer Ian Quinn, in 2013. A second article for the National Sacred Harp Newsletter, published later in 1986, demonstrated the value of shape-notes to composers, and is also reprinted in this issue of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter.
Hamrick’s interest in the music of William Billings and other early New England composers including Daniel Read and Timothy Swan, led him to try his hand at composition, beginning in the late 1950s. A self-taught composer, Hamrick had his first published song included in the 1960 Edition of Original Sacred Harp. The song, “Millard,” was dedicated to Millard Hancock, a tenor singer, pitcher for the South Georgia Sacred Harp class of singers, and mentor to Hamrick.4 Ever modest, Hamrick attributed the song to his wife, the former Joyce Rape, whom he had married in 1950, though he later acknowledged having composed the tune himself. Raymond and Joyce raised two daughters, Susan and Patricia (Patti), and later divorced amicably, with Joyce remarrying and taking her new husband’s surname, Harrison. Hamrick remained close with Joyce and his children.
Meanwhile, learning to write in the Sacred Harp style took considerable time and effort, Hamrick reported. “I still have some of my early efforts,” he wrote in 2005, “and I wonder where I came up with some of [the] musical ideas expressed therein.”5 Hamrick and McGraw exchanged tunes and advice on harmonization with A. M. Cagle until Cagle’s death in 1968, and continued to share music with each other in the decades that followed. While McGraw’s writing in many ways resembles the style of other twentieth-century composers such as Cagle and McGraw’s second cousins, once removed, Thomas Beatrice and Henry Newton McGraw, Hamrick’s music draws largely on the sweeter sound and more expansive chordal palette of the eighteenth-century New England composers whose work he so admired. As Hamrick remarked in 2006, “Marcus [Cagle] and I had some discussion on [harmony writing], but he felt, as I did, that you write what you feel.” “In my early days,” Hamrick noted, “I especially liked the Billings, Swan, and Read music.”6 But although Hamrick is unique among his contemporaries in having hewn so closely to the eighteenth-century New England styles, he is characteristic in his belief that the composers should emulate the model provided by The Sacred Harp. “As the book says, ‘Seek the old paths and walk therein,’” he insisted in 2006. “Change can’t improve a great traditional style.”7
An unusually prolific Sacred Harp composer, Hamrick wrote hundreds of songs over a sixty-plus-year period. He wrote of constantly having “music of various types running thru my mind,” remarking that “occasionally the urge to write becomes so strong that [a song] practically writes itself.” As Shaun Jex writes elsewhere in this issue, Hamrick attributed this urge to the Divine Spirit, and found that its presence ebbed and flowed across his life. Following the uniform practice of Sacred Harp composers stretching back to the book’s publication, Hamrick always began by composing the melody, or tenor line, followed by the bass, treble, and finally the alto, which, “being the least important, can then be dealt with.” Yet his music is notable for the flowing and melodic quality of all four parts, a characteristic Hamrick adopted at the advice of older composers who instructed “that each part should be a singable tune of its own.”8 Sacred Harp singer and music theorist Robert Kelley finds “Hamrick’s very melodic bass parts,” full of flowing lines comprised of step-wise motion in contrast with much music in which “the basses skip around,” among the most distinctive and enjoyable features of his music.9 Indeed, even Hamrick’s alto lines are remarkable for their wide range and melodic interest. Hamrick attributes his commitment to writing melodic alto lines to an admonition from legendary Sacred Harp leader (and alto singer) Ruth Denson Edwards, who, after singing an especially boring alto part out of The Sacred Harp, remarked to Hamrick, “Don’t you ever write an alto line like that!”10
In addition to “Millard,” his song included in the 1960 Original Sacred Harp, Hamrick contributed two songs to the 1966 edition of the tunebook, “A Parting Prayer”11 and “Penitence” (p. 571). Five more of Hamrick’s compositions appear in the most recent 1991 Edition: “Christian’s Farewell,” “Invocation (Second),” “Lloyd,” “Nidrah,” and “Emmaus” (pp. 347, 492, 503, 540, and 569t). Although Hamrick was particularly fond of some of his earlier tunes, he judged many of his later efforts more favorably. At his own urging, “Millard” was removed from the tunebook in 1966 and “A Parting Prayer” replaced with “Emmaus” in 1991. His songs added to the 1991 Edition are popular and much loved by Sacred Harp singers. “Christian’s Farewell,” for example, is now the second most widely used song to take the parting hand at the end of a singing, trailing only William Walker’s eponymous “Parting Hand” (p. 62). Hamrick’s “Invocation,” “Nidrah,” and “Emmaus” have steadily increased in popularity since their publication, climbing from practically unknown to comfortably enmeshed in singers’ repertoires.
Yet one song of Hamrick’s stands alone. Hamrick tells of awaking one night, in the middle of a dream that featured an angelic choir of singers, stretching “as far as the eye could see,” singing a beautiful melody. Finding a pen and paper, he jotted down what he remembered of the tune before falling back to sleep.12 He harmonized the melody after waking and titled it “Lloyd,” a dedication to two Sacred Harp singing friends (Loyd Redding [1915–1985] and J. Loyd Landrum [1931–2016]) and to Benjamin Lloyd, compiler in 1841 of Primitive Hymns, a collection from which Hamrick drew many of the hymn texts that accompany his music. “Lloyd” regularly ranks among the most popular songs sung at Sacred Harp singings; in 2010, it was the most popular of all, outpacing perennial favorites such as “Hallelujah,” “New Britain,” and “Northfield” (pp. 146, 45t, and 155).13 As Hamrick has said, “the singers just took that one up and made it their own.”14
Hamrick has also contributed to The Sacred Harp through participating in the tunebook’s revision process and serving the non-profit that keeps it in print. Hamrick was a member of the music committee that edited The Sacred Harp: 1991 Edition. From 1986 to 2002 he served as president of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company. In his role as committee member for the 1991 Edition, and as a respected advisor to members of the 1960 and 1966 committees, Hamrick shaped the content of the book, drawing on his own interests and background. He suggested several compositions by eighteenth-century New England writers that were later added to the tunebook, including favorites such as “Beneficence” and “Portland” (pp. 486 and 556). He contributed the alto part added to “Stafford” (p. 78). Hamrick also encouraged the addition of compositions meaningful to other South Georgia Sacred Harp singers, strengthening ties between the communities he and McGraw represented; relations had frayed after the removal of a much-loved song from the 1936 Original Sacred Harp: Denson Revision. Hamrick and McGraw ensured that the song, Elphrey Heritage’s “The Savior’s Call” (p. 489), was restored to Original Sacred Harp in 1960.15 Hamrick also facilitated the inclusion of tunes in the 1991 Edition attributed to South Georgia singers J. Monroe Denton (“Lebanon,” p. 354t), David Grant (“Humility,” p. 50b), and Joyce Harrison (“Haynes Creek,” p. 466). Hamrick wrote about the process of editing the 1991 Edition in a previously unpublished essay meant to describe the process for the benefit of future generations of singers. His cleverly titled “The ‘Ins’ and ‘Outs’ of Revision,” the first and only essay on the revision of The Sacred Harp written by a music committee member, is included in this issue of the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter.
In September 2005, at the annual Sacred Harp singing at Haynes Creek Church in Loganville, Georgia, several singers were talking with Hamrick about how much they liked his music in The Sacred Harp when he volunteered that he had many songs he had written that had not previously been published. As Sacred Harp and Christian Harmony singer John Hollingsworth recounts elsewhere in this issue, he immediately offered to typeset these songs if Hamrick were willing to provide them. Hamrick agreed to give Hollingsworth a few songs, which Hollingsworth then typeset and brought to various South Georgia singings, where the gathered singers took some time at the end of the day to sight-read them. [John Hollingsworth recounts the process of compiling The Georgian Harmony in detail elsewhere in this issue.—Ed.] Hamrick continued to share compositions in small batches, and in short order, the South Georgia Sacred Harp Singing Convention voted to compile and publish these songs in a collection to make them more widely available to Sacred Harp singers. The resulting tunebook, The Georgian Harmony, debuted at a singing in September 2010 at Liberty Hill Church near Barnesville, Georgia, attended by Hamrick and a large group of singers from across the United States. This first edition of The Georgian Harmony includes ninety-two of Hamrick’s songs (including the six also published in The Sacred Harp). A compact disc recording of the debut singing, edited by John’s son Bill Hollingsworth, was published in early 2011.
In the summer of 2011 Hamrick gave Hollingsworth a second batch of around 100 unpublished tunes written across Hamrick’s entire period of compositional activity and embracing an even wider stylistic range than the songs included in the first edition of The Georgian Harmony. A community of singers inspired by Hamrick’s creativity, generosity, and talent assisted the composer, whose energy had declined since the publication of the first edition, in ensuring that all the songs met Hamrick’s own high standards. Singers again began meeting regularly to workshop the songs, this time taking notes on their copies of the sheet music which Hollingsworth compiled and shared with Hamrick, who then drew on the suggestions in editing songs and preparing them for publication. The South Georgia Sacred Harp Convention published an enlarged second edition of The Georgian Harmony, featuring a total of 179 songs, in the fall of 2012.
The process of compiling The Georgian Harmony catalyzed a great burst of inspiration in Hamrick, yet coincided with a period when the singer, then in his mid-90s, saw his work-life and participation in Sacred Harp singing “tapering off—regretfully.”16 Hamrick composed over 40 percent of the music in the first edition of The Georgian Harmony after he had turned ninety; he wrote many of the songs after the editing process was already underway. Yet the new second edition contained relatively few new songs, and as the project drew to a close, Hamrick’s output waned. He remained an active participant at Sacred Harp singings into the fall of 2014, traveling to a gradually diminishing range of singings as getting around became more challenging in his late 90s. Nonetheless, Hamrick continued working a few hours a day, three days a week, at Andersen’s Jewelers in Macon, into the early 2010s, a shop he owned for fifty years before finally selling it to an apprentice.
Singers embraced The Georgian Harmony. The South Georgia singers, with Hamrick’s consent, established five annual singings from the book, and singers gathered across the country—in Maine, New York, and the Pacific Northwest among other locales—to try out the songbook’s tunes. Among the South Georgia annual singings from The Georgian Harmony was a birthday singing, established in 2012, and held on the Saturday before the second Sunday in June. In 2014, the event was moved one week later so that it would fall on June 14, Hamrick’s actual ninety-ninth birthday, and occur during a weekend when singers who had traveled to Alabama for Camp Fasola and the National Sacred Harp Singing Convention would be able to drive to the event. Hamrick was in great spirits at his ninety-ninth birthday singing, joined by an extraordinary class of more than sixty singers from across the United States and beyond. He was touched by the love singers showed in including the day in their plans and impressed with the quality of the singing, perhaps the largest and best yet held out of the tunebook.
Hamrick had extraordinary foresight in preserving the legacy that his many decades of experience singing, thinking, collecting, and writing about Sacred Harp represents. He donated his tunebook collection, correspondence, and papers to Emory University’s Pitts Theology Library, where they enhance a collection of English and American hymnody and psalmody that is the second largest in the country. He continued to serve as a mentor, as Shaun Jex demonstrates, exchanging letters and sharing information in person with any interested singer. I visited Hamrick in the spring of 2014 to record an oral history interview as part of the fieldwork for my dissertation. During a conversation that stretched to over four hours and is now preserved at the Sacred Harp Museum and the Berea College Appalachian Sound Archives, Hamrick shared an extraordinarily broad range of insights on the early New England composers, the history of shape-note music, and Sacred Harp performance practice, as well as about composition and his own deep involvement in the style. When he had difficulty recalling a name or date, he consulted notebooks where he had kept “a notice of just about everything that I think I [may] have to go back and look up,” recording much of his personal involvement in Sacred Harp and the information he had collected through correspondence and consulting his tunebook collection.17
Hamrick died on November 24, 2014. The Sacred Harp Publishing Company awarded him its posthumous citation, designed to “honor and express appreciation to loyal supporters and dedicated singers for outstanding work in the company and untiring support of and dedicated service to the cause of Sacred Harp music.” John Plunkett presented the citation to his daughter Patti at the 2015 Middle Georgia Sacred Harp singing, an event dedicated to Hamrick’s memory. Other singers in the South Georgia Convention shared remembrances of Hamrick at singings throughout the year. A great class of more than fifty singers from across Georgia and Alabama sang favorite songs of Hamrick’s from The Sacred Harp as well as his own compositions in that book and The Georgian Harmony at his funeral in Macon. Hamrick was memorialized by others beyond the Sacred Harp community as well. The UK newspaper The Guardian and Georgia Music published obituaries, and Alan Lomax’s Association for Cultural Equity, honored Hamrick by publishing a video of him leading at the 1982 Holly Springs singing. Long a kind and humble mentor to Sacred Harp singers and aspiring composers, Hamrick was, with his gentle wit, remarkable memory, and disarming charm, a delightful presence at singings and a treasure to the many people in the Sacred Harp world and beyond who made his acquaintance.
Parts of this essay were published in an earlier form as “Raymond Cooper Hamrick: Sacred Harp Craftsman” as the “Historical Profile” in Georgia Music News 72, no. 2 (Winter 2011): 74–76. Thanks to Georgia Music News past editor Mary Leglar for permission to adapt this essay for the Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter. Thanks to John Plunkett and Stephanie Tingler for their feedback on an early draft of this essay, to Patti Hamrick Dancy for her feedback on a more recent draft, to Robert Kelley for sharing his insights on Hamrick’s compositional style, and to Todd Harvey of the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress and Debra Madera and M. Patrick Graham of the Pitts Theology Library of Emory University for their assistance in accessing Hamrick’s materials in these two archives.
- Jerome de Gratigny, Composing Sacred Harp Music with Raymond Hamrick, YouTube video (Macon, GA: Image 9 Media, 2010), http://singwithunderstanding.com/media/. [↩]
- George Pullen Jackson to Raymond C. Hamrick, ca. November 1950, Box 3, Folder 3, Raymond Hamrick Papers, Archives and Manuscript Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University. [↩]
- Raymond C. Hamrick, “The Curious History of Shape-Notes,” Harpeth Valley Sacred Harp News 2, no. 4 (September 20, 1965): 4. [↩]
- A. M. Cagle et al., eds., Original Sacred Harp: Denson Revision, 1960 Supplement (Cullman, AL: Sacred Harp Publishing Company, 1960), 572t. [↩]
- Raymond Hamrick, personal communication, November 21, 2005. [↩]
- Raymond Hamrick, personal communication, April 23, 2006. [↩]
- Raymond Hamrick, personal communication, July 30, 2006. [↩]
- Raymond Hamrick, personal communication, March 21, 2007. [↩]
- Robert Kelley, personal communication, October 24, 2011. [↩]
- Raymond Hamrick, personal communication, March 21, 2007. [↩]
- Hugh McGraw et al., eds., Original Sacred Harp: Denson Revision, 1966 Edition (Cullman, AL: Sacred Harp Publishing Company, 1967), 569t. [↩]
- Matt Hinton and Erica Hinton, Awake My Soul: The Story of the Sacred Harp, DVD (Atlanta, GA: Awake Productions, 2006). [↩]
- Judy Caudle, Shelbie Sheppard, and Chris Thorman, “Song Use in The Sacred Harp, 1995–2015,” Fasola.org, January 2015, http://fasola.org/minutes/stats/. [↩]
- Hinton and Hinton, Awake My Soul. [↩]
- On “The Savior’s Call” and its composer, Elphrey Heritage, see Jesse P. Karlsberg and Christopher Sawula, “Elphrey Heritage: Northern Contributor to the Nineteenth-Century Sacred Harp,” Sacred Harp Publishing Company Newsletter 3, no. 2 (November 12, 2014), http://originalsacredharp.com/2014/11/12/elphrey-heritage-northern-contributor-to-the-nineteenth-century-sacred-harp/. [↩]
- Raymond Hamrick, personal communication, November 21, 2005. [↩]
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Imation Corporation, a leading supplier of optical disc media, revealed the world's first Blu-ray scratch-resistant media that features water-resistant technology – using ink-jet printer or markers on the discs is now possible. The manufacturer's suggested retail price, for a 25GB single-layer Blu-ray discs with AquaGuard technology that offers white, smear- and water-resistant inkjet printable disc surface with jewel case, is $24.99. Featuring proprietary nanoparticle technology, the AquaGuard coating grips and holds ink to lock designs in place, unlike standard inkjet media that easily smears when exposed to moisture.
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Are you worried about fighting your dark under-eye circles? Before you do so, you must first know the causes behind dark circles. Many a times you must have wondered about the cause of the dark eye circles in spite of abundant sleep. Sleep may be just one of the causes for dark circles. Dark circles only make you look exhausted, dull, boring and unattractive. So, get to these causes behind dark circles and try to avoid them as much as possible.
Makeup- If you have sensitive skin and are prone to allergies then that might be a cause for your dark eye circles. The skin under your eyes is the most supple and hence, it is affected first. Any eye makeup that you use might be responsible for your dark circles. So, always use hypo-allergic cosmetics that will not cause any harm to your skin.
Diseases- Anaemia or improper kidney function might also cause your dark circles. So if you are anaemic or suffer from improper kidney function consult a doctor and get medicines. This will not only cure the respective diseases but also reduce your black under-eye rings.
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- Some Venezuelan pensioners are telling U.S. prosecutors they have not been able to get back money put at risk by a massive Connecticut-based fraud scheme, which has exposed in vestors to losses totaling potentially hundreds of millions of dollars.
The biggest investment client of Venezuelan-American financier Francisco Illarramendi was a pension fund for state oil work ers in the South American country. In a statement sent to federal prosecutors in Octo ber, a number of people wrote that they have not been compensated for their losses by their former em ployer or the Vene zue lan government.
Illarramendi, who ran unregistered hedge funds out of offic es in Stamford, Conn., pleaded guilty last year to several counts of fraud and conspiracy to ob struct justice in a scheme to conceal huge losses. He is un der house arrest in New Canaan while awaiting sentencing.
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Venezuela’s government also has said it is trying to recover what it can from the retirement fund for the oil company, Petro leos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA.
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It Takes a Village was the catchphrase in the late 1990’s. According to Wikipedia, it proclaimed a vision for the children of America mainly focused on education. The tenet was simple. For better or worse, individuals and groups outside the family impact a child’s well being and that society should meet children’s needs. The vision, an admirable goal, had and still has chinks IMHO, but that is not the issue.
The “Village” is theoretically comprised of not only children but of young adults, mature and elderly. The picture isn’t as pretty for those at the other end of the spectrum.
Recently, I had a distressing conversation with a physician’s wife. Her husband had scheduled major surgery for a patient who had been under his care for a number of years. This was no ordinary procedure but a life saving operation. The next day, he was stunned to learn this patient had contacted the office and cancelled. He, of course, returned the call as soon as possible and asked why? Why would she cancel when the procedure was crucial?
The answer literally broke his heart.
She had no way to return home afterward.
She explained that her husband had passed over a year ago. Her children lived out of state and couldn’t return at that time and her neighbor, the only one she could think of, was under the weather. There was no one to drive her home.
How sad that our lives seem to revolve around smartphones, ridiculous sitcoms and communication today consists of texting instead of face to face conversations. How utterly grim to learn that an elderly woman would call off a life altering procedure simply because she had no one to call.
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“As you are…so was I. As I am….so shall you be.”
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Gov. Perry Presents Milken Educator Award to Alvin Teacher
Gov. Rick Perry joined Dr. Jane Foley, of the Milken Family Foundation, and Commissioner of Education Michael Williams to present a $25,000 Milken Educator Award to Kristi Plummer. The award was a surprise presentation made at a Passmore Elementary School assembly, where Ms. Plummer is a math interventionist who works with students in the 2nd through 5th grades.
"None of our state's academic successes would be possible without the teachers of Texas, who inspire our students as much as they educate them," Gov. Perry said. "We owe you an enormous debt of gratitude for the work you do, both in the classroom and beyond."
"Kristi Plummer is making a difference in the lives of Alvin children every day. She does everything from helping them with math to sponsoring the student council to even inviting a family new to the district to join her for Thanksgiving dinner one year," Commissioner Williams said. "Kristi is an example of the dedicated, caring people we have working in schools all over this state."
The Milken Educator Award was created by Milken Family Foundation Chairman Lowell Milken to honor teachers, principals and specialists who display exceptional educational talent. Since 1985, over $63 million has been awarded to more than 2,500 public education professionals across the country. Each award carries with it an unrestricted cash prize of $25,000.
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Research suggests welfare changes can promote stable families
Posted April 24, 2001; 02:33 p.m.
findings by researchers at Columbia and Princeton universities provide support for those who believe government can promote marriage and stable family life among the nation's most disadvantaged households. The findings are being published just as Congress begins the reauthorization process for landmark welfare legislation of 1996.
The findings, part of a five-year, $17 million research effort, "The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study," suggest that unwed parents have high hopes and expectations of having strong families, including marriage, but are severely hampered by poor education and low earnings. Changes in welfare and child support policies would go far to help, the researchers conclude.
Current welfare and child support policies create obstacles for unwed parents to stay together after the birth of their child despite these parents' desires to form families, the researchers found. As a remedy, they argue legislators should take a variety of steps to encourage family formation for unwed parents, including better child support enforcement, eliminating marriage penalties in the Earned Income Tax Credit and creating job training programs.
The research team, led by Irwin Garfinkel of Columbia University and Sara McLanahan of Princeton University, drew its conclusions from seven studies that appear in "Fragile Families and Welfare Reform," a special April issue of Children and Youth Services Review, a social work journal. Those studies are based on interviews with 2,325 mothers and 1,759 fathers at the time of birth in seven U.S. cities (Austin, Texas, Baltimore, Md., Detroit, Mich., Newark, N.J., Oakland, Calif., Philadelphia, Pa., and Richmond, Va.).
"Current welfare and child support policies too often undermine rather than strengthen fragile family ties," said Garfinkel. "The 1996 law made improvements in this area, but not enough. Because welfare includes an income test, it encourages couples to live apart-or to pretend to do so-pushing fathers out of the picture."
"One way to reduce disincentives to marriage and co-habitation in welfare policy is to ensure that fathers who live apart from their children pay child support," said McLanahan. "However, child support enforcement alone is insufficient. Bolstering education and job-training programs as well as conflict resolution and drug and alcohol treatment programs soon after the birth of the baby is crucial. Offering these services years later, after a father's relationship with the mother has ended, is too late to help the nation's fragile families."
Click here to read the complete news release.
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Purposes and Functions of Eckold Planishing hammer GL 2November 14th, 2018
The Eckold GL2 is an ingenious portable planishing tool. Its powered hammer feature, held in the hands of a cold forming technician, smooths and shapes panels of sheet metal until they take on a three-dimensional profile, one that gives a nominated work piece the finest possible finish. Like a hundred miniature hammers, the vibrating tool moves rapidly across a curving surface, smoothing and profiling as it moves.
For Bodywork Repair Virtuosos
Armed with an Eckold GL2 Planishing Hammer, busy car body repair techs quickly get the upper hand. The high-performance portable planisher glides while delivering 2500-to-3000 swiftly delivered blows per minute. The results, checked immediately by the tech after the tool has been put down, are impressive. The dents and wrinkles in the bodywork are smoothed away. Even in the areas around wheel wells and other complex geometrical edges, curved metal surfaces are restored. To accomplish this feat, the Eckold GL2 comes complete with a number of inserts, which support doming and metal curving projects.
Blocking Out Architectural Accents
Mild steel or bronze, planishing tools imbue flat curved work pieces with detail. That’s a feature that creative craftsmen use to block out their latest projects, to make prototypes and rough-hewn architectural accent pieces. In a hobbyist’s garage, an enthusiast planisher can vibrate-sculpt scores of artistically fabricated masterpieces. Over at a machine shop, fabricators are interested in another role for the Eckold GL2 Hammer Planisher, a role that’ll add finesse to their products.
A Fabrication Shop Smoother-And-Sharper
The weld seams on a cylinder are raising their abrasive ridges way too high. A sanding tool worked away some of the rough-edged seam waste, but the results don’t look good. Handling a portable planishing tool, the equipment surface-erases the seams. They’re still there, of course, but the power tool has blurred the seams until they’re no longer visible. Shaping and blocking out sheet metal cavities and projections, removing dents from car bodywork, or creating architectural accent pieces and hobbyist masterpieces, Eckold planishing tools function a lot like a metal sculptor’s chisel, if there was such a thing. That pneumatically powered hammer delivers finely profiled work pieces whenever it’s wielded by a competent operator.
By the numbers, the 50mm and 70mm hammer inserts expedite fine-edged turns and curves. The tool is loud, for it generates a 100dB noise field, but that’s to be expected when the vibrating hammer and profiled metal work pieces interact. Hammering jobs aren’t quiet. Available as a kit, the inserts and compact tool housing are all seated tidily in a reinforced tool case. It just needs to be pulled out, attached to an air supply, and then the planishing can get underway.
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"Winter Stream," original oil painting on paper
Regular price $ 70.00
The woods are lovely in winter, especially along brooks and streams where water sometimes peeks through the snow cover as it tumbles down the hillsides. This is a small sketch I made this past winter.
- Original, hand-painted oil on gesso-coated paper.
- 6x6" painting with a 1" border.
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Electronic eyeglasses have tiny batteries, microchips, and various electronics and make your old clunky pair of glasses obsolete. The way eyeglasses traditionally work is by providing an optical lens through which an image is distorted to account for impairments in our vision, thereby causing the image to appear clear. Traditional glasses have one problem though, the glasses used to read fine print blur when you look at an object further away. You can opt for bi-focals, but why do that when you can have electronic reading glasses?
The new electronic spectacles are called “emPower” and are intended to solve all problems with traditional glasses. They do this by adding an insert at the bottom part of the lenses: liquid crystals similar to the kind in television displays. The crystals change how the lenses refract or bend light, just as varying levels of thickness do in standard glasses.
To turn on the glasses you simply tap the side of the frame. The tiny batteries stored in the frame send a current that changes the orientation of molecules in the crystals providing you with a crisp view whether reading or hiking. You can tap them off if you’re trying to see something far away and they are interfering with your vision.
The glasses are made by PixelOptics in Roanoke, VA and cost between $1,000-$1,200 a pair. This price includes the frames, lenses, coatings, and charger; Yes you must charge them overnight along with your cell and laptop. Dr. Larry Wan, a managing partner at Family EyeCare Center in Campbell, CA tested the glasses on 10 of his patients in their 50s. He said they were quite popular, for example, with people who had been bothered by blur as they walked down flights of stairs while wearing their glasses. “With these,” he said, “you can turn the reading power off, so they are safer and you don’t have that distortion.”
Tech Details: The transparent layer of liquid crystals and its electrode array are buried beneath the front surface of the lenses. The eyeglass frames have tiny microchips, rechargeable batteries and wires that supply electricity to the lenses. There are also built-in accelerometers, devices that sense the downward bend of a head, as though to look at a page, that can switch on the reading power automatically. The glasses hold a charge for 2-3 days.
Although the glasses are loaded with electronics they don’t look that way and appear as a pair of normal everyday glasses. In the case the power goes out and your glasses are low on batteries, I would keep an old fashioned pair around.
Are you interested in getting a pair of electronic reading glasses? What do you think of the price?
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At CXRE, we conduct business based on three important pillars: Unmatched Deal Speed, Knowledgeable and Capable Talent, and Tenant-Centric Services. Together, these three pillars inform how we operate and how we treat both our clients and their tenants. First and foremost, we value deal speed, providing timely commercial real estate services throughout Texas.
In this article, we’re looking at what “deal speed” means to the professionals at CXRE and how it benefits both investors and tenants.
- Pillar 1: Deal Speed
- Technology and Commercial Real Estate Services
- Doing Business Promptly: What It Means for Our Clients
- The CXRE Difference: Commercial Real Estate Services Done Well
Pillar 1: Deal Speed
Whether you’re an investor looking for quality commercial real estate services, CXRE will serve you promptly and efficiently.
For investors, deal speed means trusting the brokers at CXRE to identify commercial real estate in Houston and other large Texas markets quickly. Then, our brokers will secure those properties and close the deal as fast as possible. For CRE owners, deal speed means finding tenants without delay, minimizing your out-of-pocket expenses. Finally, property owners who use CXRE’s commercial property management services will see deal speed in action through our tenant-centric approach. We’ll address your tenants’ needs promptly, because we know that satisfied tenants continue to be profitable for years to come.
At CXRE, we understand the value of your time. Whether you’re new to commercial real estate investing or have a large portfolio of properties, we want to be your trusted partner.
Technology and Commercial
Real Estate Services
Technology has infiltrated nearly every aspect of the commercial real estate services market. Tenants now expect smart-enabled office spaces, investors use technology to find available properties, and commercial real estate agents rely heavily on the latest technological innovations to close deals as quickly as possible.
At CXRE, we use all available tech tools to increase deal speed for both investors and tenants.
Technology for Commercial Real Estate Investors
Technological advances lead to increased property values. That is, as developers incorporate the latest smart technologies into their buildings, those properties increase in value. We understand this trend and therefore help tech-savvy investors identify and purchase the most up-to-date assets. Moreover, our experienced commercial real estate agents use the latest brokerage technology to help you find the ideal property for your portfolio.
Using mobile-friendly apps and programs, our agents can access information from anywhere, helping you make an offer and close the deal faster. Our agents also use the latest data analysis technology to help inform your purchases and find you the ideal property for your real estate portfolio. And we do it all at as quickly as possible.
Overall, technology is increasing deal speed for commercial real estate services companies. Our CRE experts will use all the tools at our disposal to help you find a property quickly and close the deal fast.
Technology for Property Owners
Technology doesn’t just help investors find properties; it also helps property owners fill properties. At CXRE, we use the latest technology to increase leasing deal speed. We know that time is money. The longer your property sits empty, the more money you lose. That’s why we use every tool we can to find prospective tenants quickly, reach greater numbers of people online, and get your property rented as soon as possible.
Moreover, our expert commercial real estate brokers can suggest technological upgrades that will make your property more appealing to today’s tech-savvy renters.
Technology for Tenants
Through our 20+ years in business, we have learned that the best way to protect your CRE investments is to keep your tenants satisfied. To that end, we use a variety of AI and computer-based solutions to take care of any tenant complaints quickly. Tenants can contact us remotely, using online solutions that instantly notify our property management team of an issue. We also value tenant privacy and offer the latest cybersecurity for your Houston commercial real estate tenants.
Doing Business Promptly:
What It Means for Our Clients
Real estate investing can be stressful. But that doesn’t have to be the case. At CXRE, we want to take the stress out of commercial real estate investing. Over two decades, we established the three pillars of our business. The first, deal speed, relates not only to investors but also to tenants and our property management teams.
Our prompt communication and service doesn’t end once you close the deal.
Deal speed is important in every stage of the CRE process. For investors, deal speed means identifying a property and closing on it as quickly as possible. Property owners experience deal speed when we find the right renters fast, getting them moved into the property as soon as possible. Tenants then have a reliable property management team that listens to concerns, provides excellent communication, and resolves issues in a timely manner.
Our prompt communication and service doesn’t end once you close the deal. Instead, we continue to provide exemplary service for both investor and tenant, establishing a long-term relationship that benefits both parties.
Working Promptly With Investors
Our expert brokers and staff will help investors identify commercial real estate in Houston or surrounding areas quickly. We are often the first to hear about available properties, and we will work to help you get under contract quickly and close the deal faster than our competitors.
We know your time is valuable. Therefore, our dedicated team will communicate with you regularly, so you’ll always know the status of each deal. We’ll use your preferred method of communication to notify you of new listings, inform you about any progress on current deals, and keep you updated on tenant issues as they arise.
When purchasing commercial real estate, deal speed correlates to profit. The sooner you can close on a new asset, the faster you can begin renting the space and making money. For that reason, the experts at CXRE use every available tool to help investors identify and secure properties as soon as possible.
Deal Speed and Owners: Being Respectfully Aggressive
Once you’ve purchased commercial real estate in Houston or another Texas market, you’ll want to find tenants as soon as possible. Every day a property sits empty is lost income. We understand how valuable your time is, so we work hard to find high-quality tenants for your property.
How do we do that? First, we speak directly with over 15,000 prospective tenants annually. We’ll make phone calls, publish listings on social media, contact tenants with expiring leases, and more. We don’t wait for tenants to come to us. We go out and meet them on your behalf. It’s our “respectfully aggressive” approach: go directly to the source, find the right renters, and promptly lease your property.
Secondly, we post the most up-to-date information on our website. Here, hundreds of potential tenants search available properties every month. And when they contact our office, one of our representatives will respond to their request within 15 minutes during normal operating hours. This exceptional communication applies to investors as well. We will keep you informed about all tenant-related issues, maintenance requests, and other problems that arise.
No matter the size of your property, we will create a customized commercial real estate services strategy that meets all your needs. We’ll find the ideal tenants, get them into your space quickly, and keep them there for the long term.
Deal Speed and Tenants
Satisfied tenants are profitable tenants. At CXRE, we believe in a tenant-centric approach to property management. Therefore, we incorporate deal speed into our interactions with tenants as well.
When your tenants are happy, they will continue to renew their lease. Overall, satisfied tenants mean greater profits for you and your business. That’s why we value a tenant-centric approach to property management. By serving your renters well, we ultimately serve you best.
Once we’ve found a reliable, high-quality tenant for your space, we will work hard to keep them – and you – happy. We do that by working closely with tenants to address any problems quickly. Plus, we will create a customized plan that includes all the services you and your clients need. CXRE property management provides construction oversight, maintenance requests, and financial reports, along with leasing services and brokerage assistance. The CXRE Houston commercial real estate property management team delivers unmatched customer service to you and your tenants.
Deal speed extends past a property sale. For us, serving both investors and tenants in a timely manner leads to higher satisfaction for all.
Satisfied tenants are profitable tenants.
The CXRE Difference:
Commercial Real Estate Services Done Well
CXRE is an all-inclusive commercial real estate services company for investors, owners, and tenants in Houston and other Texas markets. We help investors find the properties that will best fit their financial goals. Then, we find long-term, reliable tenants for your properties. We help tenants find workspaces and housing that meet their individual needs. And we do it all at a lightning-fast speed.
Our clients invest in a wide variety of commercial real estate: office, retail, multifamily, industrial, medical, and more. No matter if you’re new to Houston commercial real estate or have a vast portfolio, we can help you manage and protect your investments.
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OnePlus 5 and 5T twins started getting latest monthly patch from OnePlus. The new update ‘Oxygen OS 5.1.5 update’ has been released to fix the security issues in the previous firmware by upgrading the security patch to latest one dated as August 01, 2018. Not only this but the users can confirm the phone unlocks using the PIN without tapping the check button. Just read more to see the change log in details and download OxygenOS 5.1.5 August 2018 Patch for OnePlus 5/5T.
OxygenOS 5.1.5 for OnePlus 5/5T
Here is the official change log from the company
- Updated Android security patch to 2018.8
- Confirm PIN without tapping √ to unlock the phone (Settings -> Security & lock screen -> Screen lock -> PIN)
Apart from August security patch, OnePlus has also kept a little surprise for the owners of OnePlus 5 and 5T. The update also brings Project Treble support for both device, although this feature was previously available via open beta 13/11 update now it is available via Stable OxygenOS update. Project Treble support means that both handsets will receive faster updates over their predecessors
How to download and install OxygenOS 5.1.5 August 2018 Patch on OnePlus 5/5T
Download and install the Oxygen updater app from Google Play.
Install any VPN and set the location to Germany.
Now open the Oxygen updater app and let it search for OxygenOS 5.1.5 update if available.
If it say update available just download and install it else grab the complete zip file from the link below and install it manually.
Download OxygenOS 5.1.5 for OnePlus 5/5T
Download the OxygenOS 5.1.5 full zip for OnePlus 5. Download
Download the OxygenOS 5.1.5 full zip for OnePlus 5T. Download
Connect your phone to PC and move the file on the storage of device.
Now head to stock recovery in the phone and flash the above moved file from there.
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Lee Wetherington is Director of Strategic Insight for Jack Henry & Associates®. He directs the development of actionable insight and strategy for the financial services industry. To this end, he creates programs, presentations, and articles designed to orient and educate financial executives on the trends and implications of new technologies. Lee has delivered over 500 keynotes nationwide focusing on opportunities and challenges in fintech, payments and digital banking, and is renowned for his unique style of comedic delivery. His articles and commentary have been widely published across the financial services industry.
Lee received Bachelor’s in Economics and English from Duke University in 1990. In 1993, he completed graduate studies at Emory University before joining a payments startup born out of the backroom of a community bank in South Georgia. Lee earned his AAP certification in 1995. He was named “Strategic Alliance Executive of the Year” at the 2013 Golden Bridge Awards, which recognizes the world’s top executives across every major industry globally. | <urn:uuid:19bee8ad-e22f-4971-9aaa-6ee8801d8702> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://cuwebtraining.com/a/mscua/presenter/lee-wetherington | 2021-08-01T17:14:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154214.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20210801154943-20210801184943-00284.warc.gz | en | 0.962571 | 199 |
youtube videos of the killers live, and they were really not that great. However, without being able to adequately put it into words, they put on one killer show. Not only was their sound and delivery absolutely incredible, their light show and stage presence made me want to be a rock star. They played some awesome variations of their hit songs (I particularly liked the more acoustic sounding version of "Sam's Town" which is found on their B-sides and rarities album "Sawdust").
I walked away from this show in a trance. All I wanted to do was go home and try to write music that would have the same effect on others as the Killers music did on me. It makes me depressed that I can't write music that good. I would honestly sell my soul for that kind of talent (ok, so maybe not that extreme, but you get my point).
If you have not given the killers a chance, please listen to my plea and go buy their first album "Hot Fuss," it will change your music-loving life. | <urn:uuid:6ca6f697-c0b8-48a9-b361-dfb31a92ff97> | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | http://andrewrosebrough.blogspot.com/2009/02/two-weekends-ago-i-had-chance-to-go-to.html | 2017-09-22T09:52:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818688932.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170922093346-20170922113346-00505.warc.gz | en | 0.991777 | 218 |
TAPTES Upgraded Center Console Tray for Tesla Model 3, holds J1772 Charger Adapter Coins Sunglasses etc
The Tesla Model 3 center console tray fits snugly and collects coins,J1772 Charging Adapter, glasses, key card holder, key fob, ID badges, wallet.
Unique designed spaces to storage original J1772 car charging head adapter and coins. Push coin and it will pop out - fast and convenient.
Makes your Model 3 center console clean and tidy. Black color to match almost car interior and it also helps to improve your car interior.
The Update Tesla Model 3 center console tray divided several storage spaces, easy to find what you want while driving.
Including two rubber gripper mats that put inside the Center Console Tray help to keep your stuffs from shifting around when driving.
Made of high quality ABS plastic material is durable and affordable.
Compatible for Tesla Model 3 P50 P65 P80 P80D etc.
Easy installation, no tools required.
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We hoped the good news would come in today, being that it’s the signing deadline and all, and what-do-you-know, it did.
Today, the Chicago Cubs agreed to terms with the young man who was the first draft pick to say that he’d be signing way back when (like, the day after the Draft): 12th round high school pitcher Trevor Clifton. After all of the concern about not being able to give Clifton “third round money,” the Cubs signed him for $375,000, per Jim Callis, which is a good bit under the third round level. That doesn’t mean that Clifton – who ranked 148 in the Draft to BA – isn’t a prospect to get excited about. In a Draft that didn’t have many high school pitchers among the upper level talent, the Cubs grabbed one of the few, and got him all the way in the 12th round.
The Cubs also signed 19th round college catcher Will Remillard for $150,000, again per Callis. Remillard, a redshirt sophomore at Coastal Carolina, had originally indicated that he wouldn’t be signing. It sounds like he upped his stock by subsequently playing in the Cape Cod league, and got a little over slot bonus from the Cubs. Everybody wins. Catcher is an organizational position of weakness, and the Cubs loaded up on them in this Draft.
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The first page of my novel, “Heavily Lidded Lion,” about Robin Hood, available on BN.com and Amazon, reads:
“…behaving himselfe there like a hunger-starved Lyon, when he enters among a heard of beasts, tearing their carkasses in pieces both with his teeth and pawes.”
The Decameron by Boccacio
At last, the quarry came into view, rounding a green copse and plunging down into the dell along the track that he had chosen for his ambush. He could see the rider’s face now, slack, pale, smeared with smoke and dirt, eyes wide in urgency and fear.
Drawing the great bow back, his huge chest flung out, muscles bulging. With little effort for his large arms, he pulled back the string, silently. Lowering his head, closing one eye, he zeroed in on his target, affixing the head of the shaft just ahead of the rider. Holding his breath, he released the deadly bolt. With the sound of a sudden swish, the arrow struck home and the rider fell. The horse kept running. Looking pleased at his work, he rose and walked slowly, stealthily to his fallen target. Laying the bow down, he took off his quiver and slowly drew his sword. Checking for signs of life, he moved closer to his victim, prodding him at last with his booted foot. No movement returned. He bent and check his throat for breathing, chest for compressions: no life. Suddenly thrusting his sword into the fallen rider’s chest, he made sure of certain death. Drawing out the blade and wiping the blood on the rider’s garments, he sheathed it.
Looking around for any signs of pursuit or a second rider, he then checked the garments and pockets of the fallen rider’s garments for the message that he carried. None could be found. At last, he checked around his neck and there found a necklace, concealed beneath a light mail coat of metal rings. Extracting the necklace, he found an amulet at the end of it, very small, but just large enough to contain a tiny parchment, rolled up and concealed inside. Opening the…”
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I use stainless steel bolts.
Not sure how critical it would be for just a few little mini-bolts. Just out of caution I guess?
Good luck and good smoking.
Use stainless, even a small amount of zinc off gassing can be bad. If you local big box store does not have stainless try a local bolt supplier or an automotive store.
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Start Your Home Inspection Business with NPI. If you have an entrepreneurial spirit and the desire to work for yourself, then National Property Inspections may be the business opportunity for you. | <urn:uuid:94d1b454-2fc4-4a2a-954a-85a9df8ce862> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://opportunitymonkey.com/listing/cleaning,shipping-services,cleaning-maintenance,senior-care,franchise | 2019-11-19T09:12:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670036.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20191119070311-20191119094311-00275.warc.gz | en | 0.870406 | 518 |
Location: Cup & Bar
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The Chocolate Mob is gathering for our 5th annual craft chocolate and beer pairing event. We're collaborating to create unique new flavor profiles to share with the public. Be adventurous, come taste!
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Date: February 14th, 2016
Location: Local Breweries
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Whelan Electrical Services
Accredited with Master Electricians National Triple Certification for Quality, Safety and Environment.
Electrical Contracting License Number 42653
Tel: (07) 5446 7133
Whelan Electrical Services Pty. Ltd.is centrally located on the Sunshine Coast at 1 Harvest Street, Yandina, Queensland.
We have in-house C.A.D. drafting facilities and a large modern workshop for the construction of switchboards and metal fabrications.
Whelan Electrical Services is committed to staff training and to ensuring staff are fully trained in all aspects of safety and quality
Quality and Safety
Whelan Electrical Services is committed to staff training and to ensuring staff are fully trained in …
- Safety Induction
- Safety Implementation
- Industry Blue Card
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Live Switchboard Rescue
- Energex and Ergon Energy Authorised Person Status
- Testing & Safety Awareness
- Confined Space Entry.
We have in-house C.A.D. drafting facilities and a large modern workshop for the construction of switchboards and metal fabrications. In 2010 we added 5.0 kW of solar panels which produce 150% of our electricity consumption.
Our fleet of service vehicles includes a six tonne and three tonne (to access smaller sites) crane trucks for on-site erection of pumps and pipework, and installation of switchboards.
We also have our own 3 tonne excavator with earth auger for erecting property poles.
Our Current and Previous Clients
Various Shire Councils including:
- Sunshine Coast Regional Council,
- South Burnett,
- Hervey Bay City,
- Logan City,
- Gold Coast City and
- Brisbane City Councils.
Various civil contractors including:
- Suncoast Pipelines,
- M & K Pipelines,
- Moody Civil and Pipe,
- Carruthers Contracting,
- Shadforth Civil Contractors and
- Hall Contracting.
Factory Installations and Maintenance including:
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The suitcase has always been a must for those who need to carry important items, money or confidential documents. In the 80s movies there are those who even used the handcuffs to secure his suitcase.
Fortunately times have changed, and new technologies have been introduced; these can surely catch less attention, but ensuring maximum safety and comfort. Examples are the security suitcases proposed by Endoacustica Europe. Apparently they are very normal 24 hours, but if you try to touch them while they are under protection, you will feel the difference! An electric shock will immediately stop who is intent to steal the suitcase and a loud alarm sound will escape the spiteful person.
But these are not the only functions: if the suitcase is beyond a certain distance away from those who carry it, the same will begin to emit a loud alarm sound, which can last up to 48 hours making useless any concealment attempt.
While through the anti-theft function, you can activate the self-defense mode until 50 meters away. At this point, the same electrical impulse to 30000 Volt will be activated on the body of the bag, so that anyone who grasps the handle is hit by a wave at high voltage, leaving it immediately.
So there is no need to physically bind to itself the suitcase, but it’s good to rely on professional products guaranteed by the experience of leading companies in security and surveillance field. For the transport of confidential documents, personal or commercial, or for moving large amounts of cash or valuables, the security suitcase is a discreet but highly effective defense. For more information, please visit Endoacustica Europe website. | <urn:uuid:04a118df-9a57-4a7f-a923-39447e4c2217> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://www.endoacustica.com/blogen/2014/06/11/heres-how-to-carry-important-items-and-secret-documents/ | 2022-05-17T20:51:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662520817.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220517194243-20220517224243-00167.warc.gz | en | 0.947485 | 335 |
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