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BPRD Recruitment 2020 – Application Details For 259 Posts
259 Jobs found
BPRD Recruitment 2020 announced by the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR & D) for the posts DIG / Dy. Director, Senior Scientific Officer, Junior Analyst, Research Officer, Stenographer, Clerk, Halwai, Library Assistant, Manager Canteen, Private Secretary, Account Officer, Junior Engineer, Staff Nurse, Driver, Tradesman, and other posts. This BPRD Bharti is conducting for 259 posts. While applying for this BPRD Recruitment, don’t forget to apply online or offline application before 26th November 2020. Below you will get all the information regarding application form date, eligibility criteria, selection process, educational qualification, age limit, etc. regarding the Bureau of Police Research & Development. So, please read the below post carefully before applying for these vacancies to avoid mistakes in filling an application form.
|Police Research and Development Bureau (BPR & D) Recruitment 2020|
|Name of the post||DIG / Sub. Director, Senior Scientific Officer, Junior Analyst, Research Officer, Stenographer, Clerk, Confectioner, Library Assistant, Manager Canteen, Personal Secretary, Accounts Officer, Junior Engineer, Staff Nurse, Driver, Tradesman, and other positions|
|Application type||Online / Offline|
|Last date to apply||26-11-2020|
|Read below for full details|
BPRD Recruitment 2020 Details
|Department Name||Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR & D)|
|Recruitment Name||BPRD Recruitment|
|Name of Posts||DIG / Dy. Director, Senior Scientific Officer, Junior Analyst, Research Officer, Stenographer, Clerk, Halwai, Library Assistant, Manager Canteen, Private Secretary, Account Officer, Junior Engineer, Staff Nurse, Driver, Tradesman, and other posts|
|How To Apply||Online / Offline|
All Important Dates
|Last Date For Online / Offline Application||26-11-2020|
|Sr. No.||Education Qualification||Number Of Posts|
|01||DIG / Dy. Director||04|
|02||Pr. Sc. Officer||05|
|04||Superintendent of Police||01|
|05||Assistant Director (Legal)||01|
|06||Senior Scientific Officer||06|
|07||Research / Sc. Officer||04|
|11||ALIO / Lib Officer||02|
|12||Senior Sc. Assistant||07|
|22||Clerk / Salesman||01|
|27||Instructor / Faculty (Trg.)||04|
|32||Junior Scientific Officer||01|
|38||Programmer / Computer / Yoga||03|
|45||Cameraman / Photographer||01|
|53||Bisht / Outdoor Training Activities||02|
|54||Cookes / Helper||10|
|70||Vice Principal / ASP||01|
How to Apply For BPRD Recruitment 2020
- All candidates should visit the pdf for more information which is given below.
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E-mail Address: firstname.lastname@example.org
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Panhandler In Westbrook, Maine Gets As Honest As You Can Get With This Sign
Honesty is always the best policy, especially when you're asking for money. Or is it?!
This panhandler in Westbrook by the interstate exit had a hilarious (and likely true) message on his sign this morning:
At least he gets points for using "too" and "to" correctly, right?
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Cameron Diaz Raddix
Cameron Diaz (47) voor het eerst moeder geworde
- Cameron Diaz' baby. Cameron kwam vrijdag zelf met het nieuws. 'Gelukkig nieuwjaar van de Maddens! We zijn blij, gezegend en dankbaar dat we dit nieuwe decennium mogen beginnen met de aankondiging van de geboorte van onze dochter, Raddix Madden. Ze heeft onze harten gestolen en maakt ons gezin compleet.
- Cameron Diaz is dishing on being a new mom amid the coronavirus pandemic, telling Jimmy Fallon that daughter Raddix has been heaven in quarantine
- Cameron Diaz is opening up about her baby daughter, Raddix Madden, and in particular, about her eating habits.. The 47-year-old actress opened up the 11-month old who she shares with husband.
- Toen Cameron Diaz begin dit jaar op Instagram deelde dat ze voor het eerst moeder is geworden kwam dat nieuws onverwachts. De 47-jarige actrice vertelt doorgaans nauwelijks iets over haar privéleven en had dus ook geen uitspraken gedaan over de komst van een kindje.Tijdens een Instagram live-sessie met Katherine Power sprak Cameron voor het eerst openhartig over haar drie maanden oude.
- Cameron Diaz (47) verwelkomt dochtertje Raddix. Het nieuwe jaar kon voor Cameron Diaz niet beter beginnen dan met de geboorte van haar dochtertje Raddix
- Cameron Diaz geniet met volle teugen van haar ruim drie maanden oude dochtertje Raddix. De 47-jarige actrice, die doorgaans nauwelijks praat over haar privéleven, vertelt voor het eerst over hoe.
- CAMERON Diaz has revealed she's welcomed her first child with Benji Madden. The 47-year-old actress announced on Instagram that she and her husband added daughter Raddix to the family at the.
Eight months after she and husband, Benji Madden, welcomed their daughter, Raddix, Cameron Diaz has finally given the world a glimpse of her adorable baby girl! The pair were spied enjoying a beach day with Cameron's The Other Woman co-star, Leslie Mann, and her husband, Judd Apatow, in Malibu on August 9 Cameron Diaz has broken her silence on becoming a mother to baby Raddix Chloe Wildflower Madden, as she hailed parenthood as the 'best thing ever' Cameron Diaz and her husband Benji Madden announced that they welcomed their daughter, Raddix, in January 2020 on Instagram. The couple reportedly tried to conceive for years with IVF, acupuncture.
Cameron Diaz shared with Rachael Ray that her daughter Raddix has a very sophisticated palate. (Photo: Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images) At just 11 months old, Cameron Diaz's daughter, Raddix, has. SEE: Cameron Diaz shares glimpse inside cosy home she's raising baby daughter Raddix in. According to People magazine, Raddix was born on 30 December and her full name is Raddix Chloe Wildflower. Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden's Daughter Raddix Was 'Born Right Before New Year's,' Says Source this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines RELATED: Cameron Diaz Seen for the First Time Since Becoming Mom and Welcoming Daughter Raddix Diaz said in a 2014 interview with Esquire that she was never drawn to being a mother — but.
Cameron Diaz says daughter Raddix has 'been heaven' in
- g Raddix via surrogate, a source reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly — exclusiv
- Raddix Madden, Cameron Diaz's baby daughter with Benji Madden is here — but what on earth does this baby name mean
- Raddix, the San Antonio, Tex.-based EDM musician, approves of Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden giving their newborn daughter the same name as him. He's even shared stories about the couple's.
- WATCH: Cameron Diaz shows off stunning kitchen. The star, 47 - who shares six-month-old, baby daughter Raddix with her husband Good Charlotte rocker, Benji Madden, 41 - whipped up a delicious.
- The Good Charlotte musician, 40, took to Instagram Friday to express how thankful he is for his wife Cameron Diaz and their baby girl, Raddix. My Wife and Daughter fill me up with so much.
- CAMERON Diaz and her husband Benji Madden took their 7-month-old daughter, Raddix, to the beach with Hollywood pal Leslie Mann. The actress was seen in a white swimsuit cover up over a black bikini
- How Baby Raddix Made All of Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden's Dreams Come True Little more than six years ago, Cameron Diaz was talking about why she wasn't drawn toward motherhood
Cameron Diaz Opens Up About Her Daughter Raddix's Eclectic
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- Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden are getting a very rad start to the new decade. In a celebratory New Year's Instagram post, Cameron Diaz revealed she and Benji Madden welcomed a baby girl together.
- g episode of the Rachael Ray Show, the 48-year-old actress shared that she makes a concerted.
- Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden named their first child together Raddix Madden.; The 47-year-old actress posted an Instagram message on Friday announcing their daughter's arrival. We are so happy, blessed and grateful to begin this new decade by announcing the birth of our daughter, Raddix Madden, the new mother wrote
This afternoon, Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden announced the birth of their daughter in an Instagram text screenshot: Happy New Year from the Maddens!We are so happy, blessed and grateful to. Cameron Diaz Baby Name: Where Did Raddix Come From?!? by Hilton Hater at January 10, 2020 4:21 pm . Cameron Diaz stunned the celebrity gossip world on two levels last week CAMERON Diaz has revealed she's welcomed her first child with Benji Madden. The 47-year-old actress announced on Instagram that she and her husband added daughter Raddix to the family at the beginning of 2020 Cameron Diaz announced that she and Benji Madden secretly welcomed their first child, daughter Raddix, at the beginning of this year. Now, seven months later, she's talking to Jimmy Fallon about.
It has been a few months since she welcomed her first child and while she hasn't said much about her life as a new mom, Cameron Diaz shared a rare update about her daughter, Raddix. During a. Surprise — Cameron Diaz is a mom! The actress welcomed her first child, a daughter named Raddix, with husband Benji Madden on Friday. The duo both shared the news on Friday on Instagram, posting a text-based image detailing the news of their new arrival RELATED: Cameron Diaz Says Daughter Raddix Is 'the Best Thing That Ever Happened' to Her and Husband Benji Madden. And when it comes to putting food on her daughter's plate, Diaz doesn't stick to. Cameron Diaz reveals to Rachael that she's been spending a lot of time cooking her family meals during quarantine, and she's making sure her daughter, Raddix, doesn't end up a picky eater. She eats bone marrow, and liver, and she loves it, Cameron tells Rach. I put herbs in everything, thyme and dill, sage, everything
Cameron Diaz spreekt voor het eerst openhartig over baby
- Cameron Diaz and her husband Benji Madden embraced parenthood earlier this year. The two welcomed their first child together, a baby girl, in January, and they named her Raddix
- Diaz and Madden, who were similarly private about their 2015 marriage, shared with fans on January 3 that Raddix had arrived.And although they gushed about the fact their daughter is really.
- Cameron Diaz recently gave fans an update on her life amid coronavirus quarantine and shared that she's been cooking for her daughter, Raddix. During a virtual appearance on The Rachael Ray Show, Diaz shared that all the time indoors, avoiding COVID-19, has led her to be quite the home cook.The first four months [of quarantine] I cooked every single meal, she shared
- Over the summer, rumors started to circulate that Cameron Diaz was pregnant, which turned out to be true. And she had the baby — her first! Now, the detail worth remembering: The baby's name is Raddix. On January 3, Diaz and her husband, Benji Madden, announced on their Instagram pages that the new decade was already joyous for them, as they are celebrating the newest addition to their family
- Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden's world changed at the end of December when they became first-time parents to baby Raddix. Their happy news was celebrated by their friends and family, including Benji's Good Charlotte bandmates. The popular band recently celebrated their 24th anniversary, and Benji reflected on his family life and the changes that have occurred over the past two decades in a.
- g daughter Raddix earlier this year. — Photo: CPImages. Cameron Diaz has revealed how her 11-month-old toddler is a big fan.
Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden surprised the world with their sweet New Year's announcement — they are official parents!. In a sweet Instagram post, the couple revealed they welcomed a healthy. Cameron Diaz took to Instagram Live on Wednesday and explained how having a different sleep schedule than Benji Madden has come in handy when it comes to feeding their daughter Raddix.. The 47.
Cameron Diaz (47) verwelkomt dochtertje Raddix Show AD
Being an A-list actress is nothing compared to being a mom, according to Cameron Diaz.The Charlie's Angels star appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week to discuss how her life has been during quarantine, and Diaz says that her six-month-old daughter Raddix is the best thing that ever happened to her and her husband, Benji Madden Cameron Diaz And Benji Madden Announced The Birth Of Their Daughter, Raddix, And I'm In Shock. Very Rad, indeed!! by Shyla Watson. BuzzFeed Staff. Holy moly, Cameron Diaz and. Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden are loving every minute with their 3-month-old daughter Raddix. As a family source tells PEOPLE of the spouses, They love being parents. This is their full-time job and they just want to be with their daughter Cameron Diaz has gushed that her baby daughter Raddix is the best thing that ever happened to her and husband Benji Madden. The 47-year-old actress and the Good Charlotte rocker, 41, welcomed. Cameron Diaz looks incredible in first pics since welcoming daughter Raddix Cameron Diaz has been photographed for the first time since becoming a mum and she is certainly looking good with it. The 47-year-old actress had quite a journey to motherhood with her husband Benji Madden, 40, as she undertook a series of IVF treatments and even considered adoption
Cameron Diaz praat voor het eerst over baby Raddix Show
- Cameron Diaz has given a rare interview into her life as a new mum, hailing it the best thing ever. The 47-year-old actress and her husband Benji Madden welcomed daughter Raddix into the.
- Cameron Diaz and her husband Benji Madden have announced the birth of their baby daughter, Raddix. The Hollywood actress, 47, who married the 40-year-old Good Charlotte guitarist in 2015, revealed.
- Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden welcomed daughter Raddix to the world and blessed her with not only a creative first name, but also two middle names
- Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden are keeping their baby daughter Raddix out of the spotlight, but to mark International Women's Day on Sunday, the Good Charlotte star couldn't resist sharing a sweet Instagram post dedicated to the newborn. The doting dad uploaded a picture of a painting that featured red and pink flowers, and wrote alongside it: Happy International Women's Day - love and respect
- Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden get up at opposite times to feed baby Raddix. The star added: I can go to bed a few hours early and he does those later feeds with her
Cameron Diaz, 47, welcomes first child, daughter Raddix
- Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden's Relationship Timeline According to the insider, Raddix is the combination of the word rad, a favorite of the rocker family, and a translation of the phrase.
- g their daughter , Raddix, in December 2019
- Cameron Diaz, once labeled as America's Sweetheart, Raddix, by surrogacy on December 30, 2019. Cameron was 47 when she became a mother, placing her in a unique spot to share some truly valuable lessons on motherhood
Cameron Michelle Diaz (born August 30, 1972) is an American retired actress who is also an author, producer, and model. She frequently appeared in comedies throughout her acting career, while also earning critical recognition in dramatic films Cameron Diaz, 47, announced the birth of her daughter, Raddix, on Friday with her husband, Benji Madden.; Many fans were overjoyed for the star, but those facing infertility at an older age couldn't help wondering how she did it. Amy Klein, author of The Trying Game: Get Through Fertility Treatment and Get Pregnant Without Losing Your Mind, opened up about the difficult reproductive choices. You! Guys! While we don't know much about Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden's new baby girl, Raddix, it's safe to say that they're a pretty frickin' adorable family 521k Likes, 0 Comments - Cameron Diaz (@camerondiaz) on Instagram: ️ ️ ️ @benjaminmadde
Cameron Diaz may prefer to stay out of the spotlight, While they didn't post a pic of their baby, who they named Raddix, they did share this: Happy New Year from the Maddens For Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden, at least, 2020 is off to a good start. Early Saturday morning they posted a message to Instagram announcing the arrival of their daughter, who they have named.
Cameron Diaz talks about motherhood. The Hollywood star and husband Benji Madden revealed that they have welcomed a baby daughter called Raddix . To protect the privacy of her little bundle of joy, the 47-year-old wrote in an Instagram post that she won't share any more details or pictures
Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden Welcome Daughter Raddix View Story Diaz also opened up about her fears surrounding her family's future amid the coronavirus pandemic Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden Secretly Welcome Baby Girl Raddix Diaz and Madden married in 2015 By Mike Vulpo • Published on January 3, 2020 at 4:11 p Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden Welcome Daughter Raddix View Story During the talk, she said being in lockdown hasn't been too different from how she had been living since welcoming the couple's. Cameron Diaz and her husband Benji Madden reportedly welcomed their first child together, daughter Raddix, via surrogate, according to a source who spoke to Us Weekly.After the couple surprised fans with the birth announcement last week, speculation swirled regarding how the little one made her entrance into the world, as the couple had not previously announced that they were expecting
Cameron Diaz gushes about motherhood with husband Benji Madden and says daughter Raddix is 'the best thing that ever happened' Cameron Diaz has been slammed for feeding her young daughter Raddix, garlic and bone marro Cameron Diaz is basking in motherhood. The There's Something About Mary actress gushed over her daughter Raddix during a new interview with The Tonight Show's Jimmy Fallon.When asked by the TV. Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden announced the birth of their daughter, Raddix Madden, at the start of January. Raddix's middle names have now been revealed and there's a Drew Barrymore shoutout Cameron Diaz has revealed that her young daughter has never eaten puree like most babies, and has a very mature palette. At 11 months old, Cameron Diaz's daughter Raddix has a very advanced palette
Cameron Diaz and husband Benji Madden are in full-on bliss over their newborn daughter Raddix Madden.. A source told People that little Raddox was born right before New Years in Los Angeles. The source also said the couple, who wed in 2015, are just the happiest and that the baby's arrival is very emotional for them Cameron Diaz is opening up about how much she and her Good Charlotte rocker hubby, Benji Madden, adore being parents to their baby daughter, Raddix. In the last seven months I've entered the. Cameron Diaz and her husband Benji Madden have announced the birth of their baby daughter, Raddix. The Hollywood actress, 47, who married the 40-year-old Good Charlotte guitarist in 2015, revealed.
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- Cameron Diaz shared with Rachael Ray that her daughter Raddix has a very sophisticated palate. (Photo: Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images) At just 11 months old, Cameron Diaz's daughter, Raddix, has quite the sophisticated palate. In an interview set to air on The Rachael Ray Show on Monday, the actress shared with Ray that Raddix is definitely not eating off a traditional kids' menu
- There's something about Cameron Diaz — a new-mommy glow! The actress, 47, welcomed her first child with husband Benji Madden, a daughter named Raddix Madden. The couple shared the happy news on social media Friday. Happy New Year from the Maddens! Diaz and Madden began their announcement on Instagram
- Surprise! Cameron Diaz is a mom. On Friday, the 47-year-old actress announced the birth of her daughter with her husband, Benji Madden, whom they decided to name Raddix
- Cameron Diaz wouldn't have become a mum if it wasn't for pal Gwyneth Paltrow. The There's Something About Mary actress announced that she had welcomed her first child , daughter Raddix, back.
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- Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden are now the blissful parents of a baby girl, Raddix Madden.. On January 3, the longtime couple announced the arrival via Instagram of their first child together.
- Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden became first-time parents in December following the arrival of their baby daughter Raddix. The celebrity couple have taken to their new roles with ease too, especially when it comes to the night feeds. The Charlie's Angels actress opened up about parenthood during an Instagram Live with makeup artist Gucci Westman on Wednesday, where she revealed that her and.
Cameron Diaz, 47, breaks her silence on baby Raddix
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- Cameron Diaz appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and talked about spending quarantine time with baby daughter Raddix and husband Benji Madden
- Cameron Diaz is incredibly private about her personal life, so much so that she didn't even tell fans about her baby news until after Raddix was born at the end of December. The Charlie's Angels.
- Cameron Diaz Shares Best Part of Parenting Daughter Raddix, 7 Months, amid Coronavirus Pandemic People via Yahoo News · 6 months ago. Cameron Diaz is embracing motherhood — even amid a global pandemic. Amid the pandemic, Diaz and..
- Cameron Diaz's daughter's full name has been revealed. The 47-year-old actress and her husband Benji Madden announced recently that they had welcomed their first child, Raddix Madden, into the.
Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden closed out 2019 by welcoming their first child together, daughter Raddix Madden, on the day before New Year's Eve Cameron Diaz and Benji Madden have welcomed their first child, a daughter named Raddix Madden. The couple on Friday made the surprise announcement on Instagram
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- Madden on the birth of their first daughter together, Raddix Madden.. The two welcomed their little girl at the start of the.
- Cameron Diaz revealed the state of her baby's menu on a recent virtual appearance on The Rachel Ray Show (). According to Diaz, young Raddix has been eating fairly complex foods since she was born.
- g their first child together. The 47-year-old actress announced on Instagram that she and her husband added daug
- Diaz and Madden also said that they won't be posting any pictures of Raddix or sharing any further details about her birth. Cameron Diaz and husband Benji Madden, Good Charlotte band member got married in January 2015 at their home in Beverly Hills. They have been reticent about their relationship for the larger part of their togetherness
Cameron Diaz, 47, announced the birth of her daughter, Raddix, with her husband, Benji Madden.People magazine reported that the couple will not be hiring a nanny to help with childcare. Some. For Gucci and longtime friend Cameron Diaz, twenty-five years of work and play add up to some laugh-til-you-cry adventures—the kind that include mischief on set for Being John Malkovich, more than a dozen magazine covers, one ill-fated trip to Chile for MTV Trippin ', two weddings, and some epic makeup moments (see Diaz's now legendary look at the 2002 Oscars) Cameron Diaz is sharing some rare insight into her daily life as a new parent!. The 47-year-old retired actress chatted with makeup artist Gucci Westman on Wednesday for an Instagram Live session.
Cameron Diaz Raises Eyebrows As She Reveals She Feeds Her Daughter Raddix, Garlic And Bone Marrow: At 11 months old, Cameron Diaz's daughter Raddix has a very advanced palette. The actress, 48, opened up on The Rachael Ray Show during a rare interview, almost one year after welcoming her little bundle of joy Benji Madden and Cameron Diaz are a fiercely private celebrity couple, but they do let us in every once in a while—mostly, on their terms.. Like this past Mother's Day (May 10), when Madden.
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Take this lovely DM3800 round table for example. It is a beautiful symphony to organic curves. In lesser hands it could have been so different, but in the hands of the prolific Nissen and Gehl, it is a glorious combination of intricate curved steel - almost Spider-like - legs and a gorgeous solid hardwood or Corian™ table top. To describe it is almost to over-describe it - the table speaks for itself.
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Whether we agree with some of the definitions or formats, I think we can agree that the test is not well-written. There shouldn't be so much controversy. As well, the scores should mean something so the public will understand and have confidence in the scores that are assigned. That is not happening.
And whether or not students pick up the nuances in these poorly written questions, I am embarrassed as an educator at the questions and answers.
Luckily, I am now in a private school. While we have given Regents diplomas in the past, we will now look into going independent of the state tests. Our students can use SAT II's to demonstrate high levels of competency.
If you look at other subjects, the tests and conversions will destroy all public confidence.
For example, on US History, you can get from 1 through 9 points off on the short answers and get a 99%. In the English Regents, everything correct but 1 point off on an essay and you drop to 94%.
There was a time when our Regents exams were well written and measured the level of learning in the course. The number of questions matched the relative worth of each section. For example, trig would be a big part of the Alg II/ Trig test.
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Tips For Hiring An Excavation Contractor
When you are planning a construction project, it is important to hire a contractor that is experienced in the area of excavation. This is to ensure that the job is done properly and safely.
Whether you need to dig a new pool or install an electrical conduit, you will want to hire an excavation contractor. They have the expertise to handle all types of digging jobs and can help you avoid costly mistakes.
The first thing you should do is ask for a quote from several excavation contractors and compare the price. This will help you determine which one offers the best value for your money.
It is also a good idea to ask for references and reviews of previous customers, as well as to check the company’s reputation on sites like the Better Business Bureau. This will give you an idea of what kind of service you can expect from the company and how long they have been in business.
An experienced excavation contractor can take on any size job and will be able to meet deadlines without fail. This is especially useful if you need the work done quickly.
They are trained to use specialized equipment, which can be invaluable for your project. They will be able to use this equipment to remove the earth and other materials with precision and efficiency.
The contractor should be able to provide you with a quote that is accurate and reflects the time it will take them to complete the job. This is because they know how much time it takes to do the job correctly and quickly.
A reputable excavation contractor is a member of the National Association of Construction and Development Contractors (NACDC). They are also members of the International Code Council, which has strict regulations for this industry.
They are required to have insurance. This is because accidents can occur during excavation and damage to the surrounding property and machinery will need to be covered.
It is a good idea to ask for a copy of the contractor’s insurance policy before you agree to their services. This will give you an idea of how much coverage they have and can protect your investment if something does happen.
Their insurance should have personal liability, worker’s compensation, and property damage coverage. They should also have proof of their license, which is a must for all excavation contractors in the state.
The cost of the equipment is another factor to consider. This is because it can be expensive to hire the right equipment for the job. It can also be costly to repair the equipment if it is damaged.
Lastly, make sure the company has a solid reputation and is known for the quality of their work. A reputable company will always have a great track record and a high level of customer satisfaction.
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I guess it's all in how you look at it. Mac fanatics and other Vista critics will try to point out that Microsoft's Vista "sales" are inflated because many of them don't represent real-world installations (yet). I'd point out that Microsoft has always recorded sales in exactly the same way, so this attempt at making Vista look bad is misplaced. Regardless, our views of Windows Vista continue to be guided by both perception and reality. So is Vista a failure or a success?
Vista's 11 Pillars of Failure
by John. C. Dvorak
1) Market confusion. There [are] simply too many versions of the OS for sale. Who needs all the variations? It's stupid—plain and simple.
2) Code size. I've got two words for you: TOO BIG. Enough said.
3) Missing components. Yes, WinFS.
4) Laptop battery-life drain.
5) HHD fiasco.
6) Bogus Vista-capable stickers.
7) Missing drivers.
8) Conflicting advice. Some people said that you should get anew computer only with Vista preloaded and not upgrade. Others said upgrades were fine.
9) XP mania. You'd think that the world was in love with Windows XP.
10) Mediocre rollout. The company seemed almost sheepish or embarrassed by Vista. This sent the wrong signals to users and may have made them hypercritical.
11) Performance. You're not supposed to deliver a new operating system that's been in development for more than four years yet performs worse than the previous OS.
OK, so I actually disagree with a lot of this, but whatever. He makes the case and certainly much of what he says is true, though some of it is hardly problematic for most people. (HHD "fiasco"?)
Earnings Conference Call with Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell
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Microsoft has sold 140,000,000 (140 million) Windows Vista licenses as of the end of the first quarter of 2008. Thus, Microsoft sold about 40 million copies of Vista in the quarter, a rate of about 13-14 million copies of the OS per month. If this monthly rate doesn't improve--and it will, of course, as XP leaves the market mid-year--Microsoft will have no trouble reaching its publicly-stated goal of 200 million licenses sold in the first 24 months on the market (which occurs at the end of November 2008).
I suspect I'm not going to see eye-to-eye with many on this. But from where I sit, Vista is doing fine. However, I would like to investigate one fact which would do much to settle the issue: I've noted that Vista's 100 million sales in its first year on the market means that Vista essentially outsold XP during identical periods of time on the market when compared against the installed base at the time. I'd like to make a similar comparison now (for what I guess is the first 16 months on the market). This will require a bit of research and may, in fact, be impossible. But I'm looking. My guess is that Vista continues to outpace XP and that the gap will only grow later in the 2008. But that's just a guess. | <urn:uuid:88cc7541-f42c-4331-b03e-2ac74cc09140> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.itprotoday.com/vistas-11-pillars-failure-and-its-140-million-pillars-success | 2022-10-01T17:54:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030336880.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20221001163826-20221001193826-00608.warc.gz | en | 0.967905 | 689 |
Jennifer Scott Fonstad is a founding partner of Aspect Ventures, and a respected mobile and software investor with special interests in Enterprise and Mobile Applications, Application Services, and Healthcare IT. She serves as Chairman of the Board of Flurry, and on several other private boards including iCix, Intematic, and Nantero. As a partner and Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) for 17 years, her investment successes included NanoString (NSTG), athenahealth (ATHN), Lumenos (acquired by WellPoint,WLP), Achex (acquired by First Data, FDC), and NetZero (UNTD); Fonstad was also part of the investment team for Goto.com, acquired by Yahoo (YHOO).
At DFJ, Fonstad led the formation of and sat on the investment committees of several DFJ affiliate funds and served as an advisor to the DFJ China, Vietnam and Israeli teams. She also co-founded the Broadway Angels group and works with a number of seed stage companies including GemShare, UrbanSitter, Butterfly Health, and BitSight. Fonstad's success as an investor has landed her on the Forbes Midas List twice as well as an AO Power Player 2012 and 2013.
Fonstad graduated Cum Laude from Georgetown University and holds an MBA with Distinction from the Harvard Business School. Before joining Bain & Company, she spent a year teaching math to high school students in sub-Sahara(n) Africa.
With an active commitment to service, Fonstad is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Castilleja School and is Chairman of the Board of the Somaly Mam Foundation. She was also a founding member of Mitt Romney's Senate campaign staff and served on the Economic Policy Committee advising Meg Whitman's bid for Governor of California. A mother of four, Fonstad spends weekends running around with her children.
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The world of watches is a strange place. The best watches tend to be relatively inexpensive, while some rather poor watches are priced out of range of all but the very wealthy. By “best” and “poor”, I’m referring not to subjective things like aesthetics. I’m not even going to bother thinking about whether a Gucci watch is “better” than a Prada watch. I don’t give a rat’s ass about either of them. I mean the qualities that watchmakers have striven for centuries to achieve: accuracy, reliability, and useful features.
It’s pretty common knowledge that a $20 Timex is much more accurate than a $20,000 Patek Phillipe. From a purely practical point of view, the Timex is a better watch in almost every respect. So why is it that I am so drawn to look at these crazy expensive mechanical watches?
How is a modern quartz watch superior to a mechanical watch? Let us count the ways:
- More accurate.
- Many, many features can be added at little additional cost. Perpetual calendar, chronograph, multiple alarms, time zones, countdown-timer, the list goes on and on. All in one $20 watch. Even that stupid moon-phase complication that mechanical watchmakers are so inexplicably fond of (I mean, who cares?) could be thrown in easily.
- No periodic cleaning or lubrication required.
- Some quartz watches don’t even need regular battery replacement. They use solar or kinetic power. (They do still have an internal rechargeable battery that does eventually wear out.)
- Rugged, insensitive to shock, vibration, or strong magnetic fields.
- Can be made pretty much as small as you like, limited only by your ability to operate the tiny little controls.
- A tiny fraction of the cost.
- If replacing batteries is a pain, just buy 1000 Timexes instead of one Patek Phillipe, and you’ll never have to replace a battery.
To be sure, the mechanical movement has a few advantages of its own:
- Many wind themselves, so no need to replace batteries.
- Immune to the effects of Nuclear Magnetic Pulse (for what it’s worth.)
- If civilization collapses into a primitive post-apocalyptic chaos, smart people may be able to figure out how it works and fix it for you.
- Probably will operate over a wider range of temperature than a quartz watch (batteries and LCDs are affected by temperature.) Certainly much wider you’d care to be subjected to.
I was thinking of adding that mechanical watches can be repaired when they break down. But really, that’s true of quartz watches too. They can be repaired… in theory. But nobody does. It’s cheaper to replace them. And far cheaper to replace a quartz watch than to repair a mechanical one.
And yet, despite all their weaknesses, I find myself drawn to them. I admire them, not because they are good watches, but for the skill and craftsmanship it takes to make them do what they do, as well as they do it, despite the huge handicap of not having any modern electronics.
There is a lot of great human ingenuity in those mechanical watches. The beating heart of even the earliest mechanical watches, the escapement, is a wonderfully clever invention. The way it releases tiny bursts of power from the mainspring, at precise intervals, to drive the rest of the gear train. And it’s still the heart of a mechanical watch today, after hundreds of years of refinements.
Other developments have impressed me. The column wheel mechanism that controls the operation of chronographs (stopwatches). And the tourbillon escapement, invented by Breguet in 1795, is amazing. It minimizes the effect of gravity on the escapement by putting the entire escapement inside a cage that slowly revolves, so that the gravitational pull on the escapement averages out, over time, to zero. (There’s some debate as to whether the complicated tourbillon really make any difference, but still, you have admire the ingenuity.)
This video shows an amazing three-axis tourbillon that just blows my mind (normal tourbillons work in only one axis):
So, I admire many of these mechanical watches.
They cost much more to manufacture than quartz watches. Yet I still find them way overpriced. Back when there were no quartz watches, mechanical watches were expensive, but not like they are now. Their practical value is very small, so instead they have become jewellery. A fashion statement. In many cases, that statement is “I have money to burn, and very refined tastes upon which to burn it. Envy me.” In the world of jewellery, the higher the price, the more desirable it becomes.
Yet nobody wants to be ripped off. Not even Bill Gates wants to be ripped off. He doesn’t want to pay $100/sq.ft. to reshingle his roof when Joe Average pays $10. He probably will, because he can, and because it’s not worth his time to sort that shit out. But if he finds out he’s been scammed, he’ll still be pissed off. Nobody wants to be made a fool.
I feel people buying Audemars Piguet watches are being exploited in exactly that way.
To make people willing, even eager, participants in their own exploitation takes some kind of serious marketing. That’s why you see James Bond wearing an Omega watch. If James Bond was real, why would he want to wear an Omega mechanical watch? It’s a crap watch. Maybe because it will impress the wealthy (and equally vain) villain he’s trying to bring down, but there’s no other good reason. Maybe he just admires the craftsmanship, like I do.
A big chunk of your money must be going into paying for all that marketing. Full page ads in the glossiest and most-expensive magazines. Lavish Flash-based web-sites full of gorgeous slow-motion videos. All so obviously designed to extract large sums of money from people who can afford any high-priced doodad that comes along.
The most insultingly transparent marketing I’ve seen is for the Bell & Ross “instruments” . Yes, they actually call them “instruments”. Their instruments look they were unscrewed from the cockpit of an F-117 and shrunk to wrist-size. Their marketing is all about extreme men who must endure extreme conditions: fighter pilots, astronauts, Navy SEALs. These kinds of extreme men demand extreme time instruments. They demand Bell & Ross.
What a crock of shit. Their customers aren’t Navy SEALs; they’re hedge fund managers. The most extreme conditions they’ll face is a surprise shower on the back nine. If those extreme guys’ lives really depended on their wristwatch, they’d have to have rocks in their head to go into battle with an inaccurate and unreliable hunk of steam-engine technology on their wrist. I kind of like the look of these Bell & Ross watches, but I wouldn’t want to wear one after reading that. People might think I actually swallowed that shit.
So, I know all the reasons why these watches are a useless waste of money, priced in a way that make me question the intelligence of anyone caught wearing one. And yet, I still admire these watches, and enjoy reading about them. I’m particularly fond of the Timezone site, a wealth of detailed technical information.
I most like the watches that are really innovative in some way. Like these ones:
The first electronic watch. Still had lots of gears, but instead of a mainspring and escapement driving them, it was a battery and tuning fork. You could actually hear the tuning fork quietly humming away inside. The tuning fork wasn’t just a stable frequency reference used to regulate the speed of an electric motor like it is in regular quartz watches. They actually had a clever mechanism so that the vibration of the tuning fork was mechanically coupled to the gear train.
Ok, these aren’t actually all mechanical watches. Their thing is the illumination of the dials and hands. Most watch makers use some kind of phosphorous paint, which has to be “recharged” by exposure to bright light. I’ve never had much luck with these phosphorous paints. They glow for about 10 minutes after the lights go out, then you’re out of luck.
Luminox watches use tiny glass vials containing tritium gas and a phosphorous coating. Tritium is a slightly radioactive isotope of hydrogen. The radiation is very weak, won’t even penetrate the dead outermost layers of skin. But it is enough to stimulate the phosphorous to glow. All day, all night, year after year. That’s pretty cool.
Their marketing is all that fighter pilot and Navy SEAL crap again, like Bell & Ross. But apparently they do actually supply watches to the military, for real. They have both quartz and automatic mechanical models. I hope the military is buying the quartz ones…
These are pretty interesting. Power comes from a mainspring, like any traditional mechanical watch. But there is no balance-wheel and escapement to release the power in small bursts at regular intervals. The mainspring is connected directly to the gear train. You would think that the hands would just spin really fast and unwind the spring at top speed.
But no. In place of the escapement there is the rotor of a generator. When the rotor spins up the first time after winding, it generates a small voltage (in the process slowing down the unwinding.) The generated electricity powers a very small and simple quartz oscillator. Quartz-accurate timing is then used to electromagnetically brake the rotor, loading it down so that it turns at exactly 8 revolutions per second. But unlike a regular escapement, the rotation is smooth and continuous, not pulsed. The hands of a Springdrive run smoothly, not in discrete ticks.
Following that electronic pseudo-escapement you have a regular gear train and mechanical watch mechanism, with all the usual bells and whistles (column-wheel chronograph, moon-phase crap, whatever.)
Add a weighted-wheel automatic winder, and you have a watch you don’t have to worry much about. It’s really the best of both worlds:
- Will never need winding.
- Will never need a battery.
- Quartz accuracy.
- No traditional escapement, so maintenance, cleaning and lubrication requirements are similar to quartz watches.
- If you put it in a drawer for 10 years, it will still work when you take it out. Not even self-powered quartz watches, such as Seiko Kinetic (powered by a rotating weight and generator) and Citizen Eco-Drive (solar cells on the face) can claim that. Their internal rechargeable batteries which will eventually wear out and need replacing, especially if allowed to go dead for 10 years. | <urn:uuid:61861b59-2403-4621-b290-776923053c17> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | http://www.thegatesofdawn.ca/wordpress/posts/2010/02/25/expensive-watches/ | 2017-03-29T11:07:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218190295.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212950-00464-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949482 | 2,359 |
From Kentucky.Vigorous movements on foot to Repel the rebels — Seizure of Railroads, &c.
The Nashville Union, of Sunday last, contains the following items from Kentucky: The Louisville Journal, in noticing the invasion of Kentucky by the Confederate troops, says: ‘ "The reason why the States along and near our Southern border are preparing to send promptly all the forces they can into Kentucky, is obvious. They want to keep the war away from themselves. They desire to preserve their own fields and firesides from its ravages. They are anxious to keep it in our State, or else to push it through our State into Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Western Virginia. For the accomplishment of this work, necessary, in their opinion, to their very existence, they are resolved on sending their whole strength immediately forward to the dark and bloody ground, to render it darker and bloodier. But the true policy of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois must necessarily be to counteract and defeat this policy of the States on our Southern border. And Kentucky herself knows that, unless the tide now surging over her from the South shall be rolled back, she herself will soon be rendered morally and physically a desert. Then let Kentucky and the friendly States upon her border, prepare with all possible dispatch to repel the hosts that have come and are coming from the South for the purpose of conquest. A tremendously vigorous effort to sweep over Kentucky is about being made, and it must be met with tremendous vigor. We have little fear that it will not be; our own State understands the crisis that is upon her, and Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois appreciate the dangers that threatens them. We confidently believe that within six weeks Tennessee, and not Kentucky, will be the theatre of the war." ’ In this connexion we learn from a passenger who came through from Kentucky yesterday, that the Lincoln Government had taken possession of all the railroads from Louisville east, and Government shipments only are permitted. It was rumored that 50,000 additional troops were to be thrown into Louisville. The Louisville Journal says Messrs. J. T. Speed, of Louisville, and J. T. Boyle of Danville, had reached Louisville, having been successful in procuring arms for Kentucky, among them six batteries of artillery. The Journal says they have plenty of arms now to supply all the Kentucky volunteers, and ‘ "an indefinite number besides."’ A letter to the Louisville Journal from Rumsey, Ky., dated the 1st inst., says: ‘ "We have lots of soldiers here — about 1,000 Union men — and we expect more. They are from Hartford, Ky., Col. Hawkins's regiment.--We are expecting 4,000 to 6,000 Southern soldiers here in a few days. They were in Greenville on Sunday. ’ The stockholders of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad have gone through the farce of electing Directors. Among those chosen, we notice the names of James Guthrie, H. D. Newcomb, J. B. Wilder, and W. F. Cooper. The Frankfort Commonwealth charges Col. Blanton Duncan with being a rascal, and the Louisville Journal endorses it. That is sufficient to make any decent man endorse the Colonel's integrity. | <urn:uuid:31735c27-05a7-4fdc-8a3b-51d4e1ee6e2e> | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2006.05.0299%3Aarticle%3D6 | 2017-02-26T03:36:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171933.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00060-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957818 | 668 |
12th Open - Prestwick 1872
Tommy Morris wins The Open for the fourth time
When The Open restarted in 1872 after a year’s absence, the result was the same as before – Young Tommy Morris won for the fourth time in a row, a feat never repeated, and tied his father’s record number of victories. Winning for the third time in a row in 1870 led to Morris being allowed to keep the Challenge Belt as the rules of The Championship stated. But without a trophy, no event could take place.
Talks on running The Championship and providing a new trophy began at the Prestwick Spring Meeting in 1871 but were not concluded until September 1872, when the Royal and Ancient at St Andrews and the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Musselburgh agreed to share the staging and organising of The Open. A new trophy could not be found in time but a medal was provided for the winner.
The 1872 Open was announced at only two days notice so only eight players were in the field. Davie Strath led for two rounds, opening up a five-stroke advantage of Morris with a 52 in the second round. But as early as the second hole in the final round, where he lost two shots, Strath started to show his nerves and it only got worse. His drive splashed into Goosedubs Swamp at the last and any hope had gone. He closed with a 61, while Morris had played steadily for a 53 to win by three with a total of 166. William Doleman was third, the highest finish ever for an amateur in The Open.
At the fourth hole in the second round Morris’s third came to rest against the wall at the back of the green. Trying to play a cannon shot off the wall, Morris saw his ball climb over it and he then had to play a blind recovery back onto the green.
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Looking back, it’s pretty remarkable that only a couple of years ago experts were passionately debating about how much of the retail market e-commerce would be able to capture. Defenders of brick and mortar stores insisted that consumers would be highly resistant to buying most things without being able to see and touch them in person.
Today, consumers have proven that they are perfectly happy buying everything from t-shirts to toilet paper to tomatoes online. If this was a boxing match, COVID-19 provided the knock-out punch, winning the bout for e-commerce.
Societally, e-commerce looks promising on many fronts. It can be better for the environment, put more power in the hands of the consumers and reduce the barriers for new products from smaller companies to be offered to the market.
But on the vendor side, this change can look overwhelming. Suddenly your sales and delivery channels have changed. Getting your products on shelves is a totally different proposition when those shelves are now virtual. Logistics are completely different when instead of shipping high volumes to one or a few retailers’ distribution centers, you are sending small volumes to (hopefully) tens of thousands of locations.
The cloud software makers of the world have taken up the challenge and provided many tools to make this easier. One of these tools is Shopify.
Who is Shopify?
The e-commerce giant has humble beginnings; it started out as an online shop selling snowboarding equipment. When Tobias Lütke, CEO of Shopify, found that the online sales platforms available at the time didn’t cut it, he coded one himself and Shopify (née Snowdevil) was born.
Fast forward to 2020 - the platform saw its total revenue for Q1 of 2020 reach $470 million, a staggering 47% percent increase year-over-year. Total revenue in the third quarter of 2020 was $767.4 million, a 96% increase from the comparable quarter in 2019. Now we’re all waiting with bated breath on what their 4th quarter 2020 financial results will look like (though if this trend is an indication, we have a pretty good idea already...).
What does the platform do?
In their own words, “Shopify is a leading global commerce company, providing trusted tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business of any size.” The platform makes it easy for people to get online and start selling; from mom-and-pop stores with limited resources to mammoth brands like Gymshark, Staples Canada, and Kylie Cosmetics. Everyone wants a piece of Shopify’s pie - and it’s easy to see why.
What does Shopify offer?
At its foundation, Shopify offers merchants the ability to start selling their products online fast. It offers a customizable storefront with no design or developer know-how needed, a smooth shopping experience for customers, and on the backend, merchants can store data, add products, and process orders. The platform is user-friendly, trusted globally, and affordable.
And then there’s Shopify Plus. This is Shopify’s out-of-the-box offering for rapidly growing enterprises and big businesses that require a reliable platform to scale with them. It’s designed to handle large sales’ volumes, give in-depth reporting and analytics, and allow for total personalization of a merchant’s brand, with impressive reliability for high-traffic websites (they maintain a 99.99% uptime) and cool features such as Shopify Scripts, that allow merchants to tailor their customer’s checkout experiences. The mobile-first design makes it a must-have for modern merchants and coupled with their Shop Pay option, the platform really becomes a no-brainer.
A closer look at the platform
So, how much of a no-brainer is it really? How easy is it to get up and running? We signed up for a free trial to take a quick look at the platform and walk through their suggested steps.
You can start off by making your small business dreams a reality with Shopify’s company name and logo tools. These helpful resources can be handy if you still lack a brand name, don’t have a designer, or are just experiencing a creative block. The logo editor will even let you change fonts, colors and icons.
Website - pick a domain and use their website builder
Once you’ve got your assets together, you can start building your online presence. Pick a domain for your store, and then use their drag and drop website builder to select templates and give your storefront a customized feel. If you’re an avid content creator, the builder even has a blog function where you can tell your customers about your new products and upcoming releases - and it’s even SEO optimized!
Once you’ve got things looking good, you need to add your stock. The clean, user-friendly product module makes it easy-breezy to add your items - give them a name, a description, and media. Then decide on pricing, SKU/barcodes, shipping information and which sales channels you’re selling on. Once that’s done, you’re good to start selling!
It is safe to say that in the space of a day, you could set up a fully functioning online storefront that is tailored to your design preferences and is ready to take orders. What’s more, Shopify won’t charge you an arm and a leg for your subscription and when getting set up, you really get the sense they’re genuinely helping you along the way. No big corporate scary vibes - it’s an easy, simple, enjoyable experience.
So, the Canadian behemoth delivers on its promises. In a time when supporting small businesses has never been more crucial, they truly level the playing field by providing simple and user-friendly tools for businesses of any size to sell their products. And where the platform lacks in more enterprise-level functionality, such as advanced inventory management, procurement, and reporting, it makes up for in its connections to platforms that do. It’s no surprise that Shopify has skyrocketed and is expected to continue to own the e-commerce space through 2021. | <urn:uuid:35df7bd3-d586-4041-b72f-4648bd41cb9c> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.paragon-erp.com/blog/shopify-the-ecommerce-platform-to-watch-in-2021/ | 2021-02-26T03:44:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178356140.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20210226030728-20210226060728-00502.warc.gz | en | 0.942235 | 1,303 |
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Reclaiming Abandoned Spaces(+)
"1803 Miles" is a thesis film by Enrique G. Figueroa-Cabrero, produced as per the requirements of the Documentary Film & History (DFH) joint Master's Degree Program between the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
This film follows artist Juan Cruz as he prepares for an exhibition at La Casita Cultural Center in Syracuse, NY. Will all the pieces come together in time for opening reception? Follow along as we also explore themes of Puerto Rican migration and perceptions of "Puerto Rican" identities. The show titled 'None of That/Nada de Eso' was in view at the Centers gallery in the spring of 2015.
This copyrighted material is reserved and is employed here for non-commercial, educational purposes only.
The Center's Space(+)
Initial funding for the renovation of the 100-year-old, former warehouse into mixed-use commercial and residential space came from Syracuse University's $13.8 million debt reinvestment fund dedicated to the Near Westside Initiative. The project also garnered $1 million from the Round 2 Restore New York Communities grant awarded by the state to the City of Syracuse as part of a statewide initiative to revitalize urban areas. The building was renovated using the latest green construction standards.
La Casita's interior was designed by Syracuse University professor, architect Jon Lott, to honor the Center's mission in the New York City-based Casitas tradition. Jon Lott drew inspiration from the Rincon Criollo Cultural Center in the Bronx, and developed a model that incorporates the outdoor/indoor aspect of the original Casita. The Center's different spaces were designed with input from Syracuse University faculty, staff, and students. as well as from local residents of the Near Westside.
Getting to LaCasita Center(+)
We invite you to visit our Center and explore this web site to learn more about our programs and events and how to become involved with the Center.
The area is served by the Connective Corridor bus, which links the Near Westside, Downtown Syracuse, and the SU campus. The Connective Corridor bus is free.
Board of Advisors
Bethaida Gonzalez, Board Chair; Dean University College at Syracuse University
Gerry Greenberg, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Humanities, Curriculum, Instruction and Programs
Luis Columna, Associate Professor in the Exercise Science Department at Syracuse University's School of Education
Geraldine de Berly, Senior Associate Dean SU's University College and director of SU's English Language Institute
Dulce Gallo, SU student, College of Arts and Sciences
Marilu Lopez Fretts, Photojournalist
Antonio Herrera, Vice-Principal of the Westside Academy at Blodgett, Syracuse City School District
Jose Perez, Esq., Vice President of Nosotros Your Latino Voice and of LULAC
Silvio Torres-Saillant, Professor of English, SU’s College of Arts and Sciences
Nina Vergara, Parent Partnership Program Coordinator for the Syracuse City School District
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Schroeder Named Female Runner of the Week
Kansas Milesplit has chosen Manhattan High School junior Alaina Schroeder as the female runner of the week. Returning from a second place finish in 6A last fall, Schroeder ran 15:26.14 to win her home met by a wide margin of 57 seconds over Emily Wagemarker. Ultimately, her team ended up losing by two points to Lawrence. The next meet for Schroeder and the rest of the Manhattan Indians will be the Emporia Invitational this Saturday. There, she will face Shawnee Misson Northwest's Mckenzie Iverson as she trys to defend her victory from last year at this meet.
Note: Performances take in consideration from August 26th to September 1st
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We're sorry to announce that due to the health of our Founder and Artistic Director Steven Van Zandt, we will be unable to hold all but our final two workshops. It's a bummer, we know! We hate to let a single teacher down, any time, any place.
If you've registered for Boston or New York, we look forward to seeing you. If you've registered for any other show on the tour, please note that both the workshop and concert have been canceled.
But there is good news!
First, Steven will be ok, and you can expect to see him again plenty in 2020. He just needs time to recover, and, if one looks back at the 2018-2019 schedule, one can see why: In 2018 alone, he appeared at 59 workshops and helped us offer face-to-face professional development to well over 6,000 teachers. Even without this leg of the fall tour, he did 157 shows in two years. That's a lift!
And it's not just about concerts and workshops: throughout, Steven has visited classrooms, stumped for educators on the nightly news, even walked the picket line with LAUSD teachers. At times it seemed superhuman.
And the really good news? While Stevie's voice may have been silenced for a few weeks, his activist voice remains loud and clear, and the Rock and Roll Forever Foundation will continue to publish free, meaningful, engaging content for all subjects and ages, and to advocate for teachers as the "first line of defense" for America, without pause.
We look forward to seeing many of you in Boston and New York, and all of you in the classroom.
"When it comes to an Education Curriculum regarding Popular Music History and it’s origins in America, there are no borders. If anything, the interest in studying Americana Culture is greater in foreign countries than it is in our own. Our methodology of using music history to get and keep this new generation’s attention will be recognized as the first lesson plans designed to aggressively and effectively adjust to the modern world." | <urn:uuid:0caf474e-dbc2-4f0f-b254-7a7239f360bf> | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | https://teachrock.org/tour/?post_types=lesson,people,video,image,article&_sft_genre=singer-songwriter&_sf_s=field | 2020-06-02T20:28:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347426801.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20200602193431-20200602223431-00150.warc.gz | en | 0.964245 | 429 |
2018 Fall Show and Sale
Calling all Artists!
Online applications are being taken for the Craft Guild of Dallas' highly anticipated Fall Show and Sale until September 23, 2018. Celebrating artists in six different categories - Book and Paper Arts, Clay, Drawing/Painting/Mixed Media/Photography/3D Art, Fiber, Glass, and Jewelry - this indoor, juried show draws a diverse mix of customers who attend to see and purchase high quality, hand-crafted, original artwork.
Ready to Apply? It’s Easy.
Don't forget: applications, photos, and fees are all due by midnight, September 23, 2018! 1. Go to The Craft Guild of Dallas Fall Show Application and complete the application process.
2. You will be prompted to pay your fees.
3. Once you have submitted your application you will be asked to upload 3 photos and a completed W-9 to your member account. These must be uploaded by September23rd for your application to be qualified for the jury process.
During the application process, you will be asked to acknowledge you've read through the CGD Show Guidelines and Artist Responsibilities terms prior to application submission.
September23: Completed application must be submitted by midnight CST.
September 30: Acceptance/Decline notification emailed.
September 30: Last day for refunds due to cancelation.
October 30: Artists' packets available at The Craft Guild.
October 31: Display set up; noon-7:00 PM
November 1: Show open; 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM, Reception; 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
November 2: Show open; 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
November 3: Show open; 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
November 4: Show open; 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM, teardown begins at 4:15 PM
Why this is a don't-miss show for DFW artists
What makes our spring and fall shows so popular for artists? As the Craft Guild is an organization of artists, our shows are designed by artists for artists:
- We do the marketing for you. We advertise in the Dallas Morning News, we mail postcards and post flyers, create email and social media campaigns, and more.
- We take care of the details for you. We supply the tables & tablecloths, we professionally wrap and package your sold items, we handle payments, and we even take care of compiling and filing the sales tax. In short, we make it really easy for you.
- It's a rain or shine event. Have you ever entered a spring show, only to have rain keep the crowds away and ruin your display? No such worries here for you, and our customers know they can confidently plan their weekend around the show.
- You don't have to be there all weekend. Because we ask artists to work just 3 shifts during the event, you don't have to give up your entire weekend. If you have a family event to plan around, just select your shifts accordingly. Your art keeps selling while you're away.
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The aging of a therapist I do roughly 1600 sessions a year
Being a therapist is not for the faint of heart, as we also have personal lives
Boston Marathon bombing; Tea Party Movement; More than 4000 mass shootings; marriage equality became law = ); Paris attacks; the murders of Walter Scott, Freddie Gray; Syrian Refugee Crisis; death of a family member; 2016 election; seven straight years of American political discord; got married; 'Unite the Right,' Charlottesville rally; Woolsey Fire; Puerto Rico Hurricanes; Montecito Mudslide; Griffith Park wildfire one mile west of my office while I was in session, two weeks later, the Trader Joe's shooting and hostage incident one mile south of my office while I was in session; Covid 19 global pandemic, Southern California 2020 wildfires, murder of George Floyd, BLM protests; the death of RBG and the reshaping of the Supreme Court; the death of multiple clients of mine; two presidential impeachments; 2020 election; MAGA 'Stop the Steal' movement; January 6th; AAPI hate wave; several buildings and bridges bizarrely collapse; revival of lynchings; my divorce; dove off the wagon for 23 months (after 27 years sober)- got back up and stayed back on the wagon; death of family pet; got into trauma training; stock market tanked; more wildfires; lost 'paid for' but unused office to LA real estate poachers as pandemic lifted; suicide bomber attacks; got into trauma supervision group; rise of domestic terrorism in the US; withdrawal from Afghanistan; banking crisis/multiple banks permanently closed; droughts, tornadoes, flooding, more mudslides, more earthquakes; the deaths of dozens of American heroes in government, sports, music, film, theatre, literature; Roe v Wade overturned; smash and grab robberies; I got back into therapy myself; Britney Griner detained; Paul Pelosi attack; catastrophic snow storms California; book bans; Lahaina Fire; suicide wave; American Labor Movement and double strike in LA; world at war in Ukraine, Middle East, and the Nagorno-Karabakh clashes; Ardamata massacre,American violence with guns, vehicles, knives, fists; housing crisis; Libya's devastatingly catastrophic 'Storm Daniel'; Hurricane Hilary hitting Southern California; 91 felony counts against a former president; no house speaker for 21 days; the right now eating the right and the left now eating the left; arson attack 10 freeway; November 2023 student absenteeism rate is 67%, reading proficiency is at 33% in American schools and hate crimes are up 388% and there is likely a rematch of the 2020 election?
So my eyes have lost their sparkle, my face fallen, and my hair is turning white. It seems this occupation holds a costly bargain. ☉ but You too, have gone through these news cycles with your own crucibles and We Shall Overcome. March on, goddamnit, just march on It's one foot in front of the other. One foot, then the other 🁢 it won't always be this way it won't always be this way | <urn:uuid:819d9ad6-98e6-4af7-9cd6-3f2310c8fc17> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.kristinfjonestherapy.com/lick-your-wounds-try-again.html | 2023-12-08T08:49:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100739.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20231208081124-20231208111124-00113.warc.gz | en | 0.93283 | 634 |
We are all well aware that roughly one year ago Yahoo and Microsoft Bing made an alliance. To recap for all those who thought that this merger was not really ever going to happen: In this alliance, Yahoo turned over promotions to Bing in return for the right to sell ads on some Microsoft sites, as well as the rights to 88 percent of the all ad revenues that are made on their own Search Engine sites within the first five years of the deal.
So after almost exactly one antsy year, where Search Engine Optimizers anxiously awaited the change to come from this Yahoo and Bing partnership, some real search engine merging has finally started to come into play.
So what is to be understood from this Yahoo and Microsoft Bing merger?
Microsoft will be responsible for both the organic and paid results in both Yahoo and Bing. Although, both search engines will appear separate as they do now, they will have the exact same results which use the exact Microsoft algorithm.
So how does this merger affect the SEO of your website?
The biggest changes that this merger will do to the Search Engine Optimization of your website is that it will cause your Yahoo ranking to either decrease or increase in relationship to your Bing ranking. If you currently have a higher Bing ranking than Yahoo, then you are a good place. Contrarily, if you currently have a lower Bing ranking than Yahoo, then you might want to start speedily working on your SEO, because your Yahoo ranking is only going to go down to your Bing ranking.
This Yahoo and Microsoft Bing merger has potential changes for Pay Per Click campaign management as well. Eventually this alliance will cause Microsoft ads to populate both search engines and will push any accounts that are with Yahoo to move to AdCenter.
This move will create several changes, including:
- AdCenter will not allow you to differentiate between your Yahoo and Bing ads.
- Domain blocking will also no long be available.
- The number of characters allowed on an ad will decrease. You will be allowed to use 25 character headline copy and 70 character body copy. If this limit is not followed then your ad will remain inactive.
- Ad Center will no longer allow Yahoo’s minimum bidding of 1 cent. It will now enforce Bing’s minimum of 5 cents.
- AdCenter will have match type like Google with Exact, phrase and broad.
With Bing and Yahoo’s changes to be more like Google in some ways, I find that even with their recent slight drop in stocks (by -0.85%), Google is still in the lead of the Search Engine World. More competition makes for better products, right?! I guess we’ll find out this next year. | <urn:uuid:e0a1b3ac-56ec-4de9-8b8f-420743ec9e5a> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | https://www.bigleap.com/blog/understanding-the-yahoo-and-microsoft-bing-merger/ | 2019-04-25T06:19:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578689448.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20190425054210-20190425080210-00369.warc.gz | en | 0.953253 | 547 |
Technical Roadmap for Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing
As the quantum computing field is gaining momentum, a small quantum computer with 10 - 200 qubits is on the horizon.
Industrialists have expressed a demand for a technical roadmap which explains the complex concepts of fault-tolerant quantum computing for a broad audience, and to identify the potential applications for a small quantum computer.
Applications from quantum chemistry, quantum assisted computing, secret sharing and machine learning are described in this technical roadmap. Where possible, we have indicated the number of qubits needed for small quantum computer applications. It is our intention to provide an impartial and accurate presentation of the fault-tolerant quantum computing technology, its developments and the potential applications for a small quantum computer.
We hope that this technical report will be helpful to those who want to understand, engage, develop, manufacture or invest in this technology. | <urn:uuid:0e7aeb62-038a-4011-9bfc-46f6cca49564> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | http://nqit.ox.ac.uk/index.php/content/technical-roadmap-fault-tolerant-quantum-computing | 2018-05-21T07:05:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794863967.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20180521063331-20180521083331-00150.warc.gz | en | 0.885616 | 180 |
Topeka police responding to a possible suicide attempt late Monday were able to convince a man not to jump off the Sardou Bridge.
Lt. Scott Gilchrist said in a news release that officers responded about 10:10 p.m. to the bridge on a report that a man was getting ready to jump from it.
When officers arrived, Gilchrist said, they found a man attempting to climb over the railing in the middle of the bridge. Officers made contact with the man and called for fire and American Medical Response ambulance personnel to wait in the area.
Officers were able to take the man into custody, and he was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.
The man’s name won’t be released. Gilchrist said he won’t be charged with any crimes. | <urn:uuid:8d86efa7-7d13-4a59-afe3-084b0792e970> | CC-MAIN-2016-30 | http://cjonline.com/news/2014-01-14/police-convince-man-not-jump-sardou-bridge | 2016-07-24T22:27:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257824185.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071024-00048-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97446 | 163 |
We are coming up on mini-graduation season--November and December. So it's time to think about what you need to do before you graduate.
It's a common misconception that December graduates have a tougher time finding a job. In fact, there will be less competition in finding a job compared with May graduates.
Also, while seeking out jobs, you do not necessarily need to focus in an area that directly relates to your major. The best thing is to cast a wide net, get a job, and then potentially seek other career options if you are unsatisfied.
If you are off to a new adventure, don't forget to store your extra belongings at Lexington Mini-Storage. We have both standard and climate-controlled units of all sizes. Our month-to-month leases will perfectly fit your newly-graduated budget! | <urn:uuid:5d5e44ad-c740-4b9f-a729-966c3e7e719c> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.lexingtonministorage.com/news/graduatingindecemberkeepthesethingsinmind.html | 2022-10-03T21:12:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337432.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20221003200326-20221003230326-00524.warc.gz | en | 0.962027 | 171 |
Introduction to Ant Media Server
Ant Media server provides a ready-to-use, highly scalable, real-time video streaming solution. It supports both Ultra-Low Latency (WebRTC) and Low Latency (CMAF & HLS) live streaming.
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There are two versions of Ant Media Server: Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. You can find a comparison table below.
Ant Media Server can be configured in cluster mode to dynamically scale horizontally and vertically to support thousands of viewers and broadcasters simultaneously in an automated and controlled way.
Ant Media can provide virtual classrooms to teachers using ultra-low latency technology, enabling teachers to connect with the audience using 1-1 or 1-many connection types.
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- MPD’s 5th District has a new Inspector (rank between Captain and Commander); Inspector Sylvan Artieri. Captain Chris Moore has moved to a different District.
- DC Water will need to shut off water overnight one night in Gateway around 28th and Bladensburg Rds. NE in the next couple weeks to complete the last tie-in of a water main replacement project.
- The Northeast Boundary Tunnel project is continuing, but Commissioners are upset that it won’t solve various water-related issues in our neighborhoods.
- WMATA’s Bladensburg Bus Garage project is continuing; the fencing has a neighborhood-honoring wrap that Commissioner Montague helped design.
- BZA Case 20779 to create a four-unit residential building in Brentwood remains in limbo because the applicant has not been given an opportunity to present to an SMD meeting yet.
- There are many recreation/community center construction projects and DPR updates on each were read (eventually).
This was a regular monthly meeting of Commission 5C held on 9/21/2022 virtually over WebEx, running from roughly 6pm to 8:30pm EDT. The video and automated transcript are available here. The most recent previous meeting was held on 6/15/22. It was originally attended by all seven Commissioners, though at some point Commissioner Thomas (5C06) apparently departed without notice.
As conveyed by Commissioner Montague in a 9/19/2022 email reminder with annotations based on what happened:
- MPD reporting
- Quick Council staffer announcements
- DC Water - Emanuel Briggs
- discussion on Gateway water main replacement
- presentation on Northeast Boundary Tunnel project
- A lot of complaining and back-and-forth over water issues in the neighborhood, flooding, etc.
- WMATA - Bladensburg Bus Garage Replacement Update
BZA 20779 - 1224 Brentwood Road NE, Status Report
this was dropped due to not having had an SMD meeting
- BZA 20780 - Aaron and Lauren
tEastlack - Case Hearing Follow-up Report
- A lot of debate on whether or not to read an email received from DPR
- ANC 5C - Quarterly Report (quarter ending 6/30/2022)
- Secretary’s report on meeting minutes (debated but not given)
- Treasurer’s report on quarterly finances
- DPR - Recreation Center’s Status Update (reschedule to October 2022)
- Continuation of debate on whether or not to read an email received from DPR
- The email was eventually read covering status for many rec center improvement projects
- They may or may not still present at the October meeting
- Brief comments from Casey Trees on Langdon Park Forest patch projects and events
This started with the personnel announcement that Captain Chris Moore is no longer assigned to 5th District, and Inspector Altieri is there to brief. Commissioner/Chair Manning was not pleased about this surprise and Inspector Altieri apologized. Lieutenant Joseph Devlin was also present.
A few issues were discussed:
- updates on recent crimes such as thefts from vehicles and warnings not to leave valuable in vehicles
- mentioning MPD’s Crime Cards visualizer to check on some crime statistics
- discussion on a lack of School Resource Officers resulting in teens loitering and fighting in areas instead of being escorted to buses
- There was a community question about clubs having events; one of the officers detailed that clubs are required to have a security plan, and those involve hiring MPD officers to work club security (on duty with overtime reimbursed by the clubs; not paid for by taxpayers). There was an event at Echostage that night, and there would be six officers there for 6-7 hours.
- Commissioner Oliver asked about the Brentwood/Edgewood feud; Inspector Altieri said it’s mostly calmed down, though there was one incident attributable to a misunderstanding of sorts
Several personnel from DC Water were present at this meeting. This was summarily noted on DC Water’s calendar beforehand. This segment of the meeting had roughly three stages:
- Gateway water main replacement
- An attempt to brief on the Northeast Boundary Tunnel project
- A shouty back-and-forth on various issues with water backup and watershed issues in 5C
Gateway water main replacement
Emanuel Briggs (DC Water Office of Community Affairs) briefed on the water main replacement project in Gateway. There is one final tie-in remaining, and accomplishing it will require an overnight water shutoff in the Gateway neighborhood around 28th and Bladensburg Rds. NE. There will also be some late night traffic disruption. Commissioner/Chair Manning was very concerned about the localization and and timing of this event, and asked many follow-up questions. The exact timing was discussed at length, with Commissioner/Chair Manning requesting the shutoff occur no earlier than 11pm, and Mr. Briggs noting this might be too late to ensure the work was done by daybreak. The exact time was not decided on during the meeting.
There will be 48 hours notice given to affected residences via doorhangers.
The Commission voted 7-0 in favor of giving a sign-off letter for work effort.
Northeast Boundary Tunnel project
This work continues along Rhode Island Ave NE. Some information (available on the DC Water website) was briefed.
Commissioner Oliver asked about trees removed along W St. NE during the tunnel-boring effort; Moussa Wone (of the Clean Rivers program) stated any tree removed by the efforts would be replaced. Commissioner Oliver clarified that this was a whole line of trees along W St., and asked for specifics on when they would be replaced. She mentioned concerns about falcons that lived among those trees. Mr. Wone stated he could give a specific timeline if she emails him.
General Water Issues
- Commissioner Montague is very displeased with DC Water PR about the Northeast Boundary Tunnel when other issues in our neighborhood will remain
- Underground conduits installed in the 1800s contain streams in the Hickey Run Watershed (covering much of 5C).
- Corruption of these conduits coupled with rising water tables is causing flooding in the neighborhood.
- DC Water and DOEE are actively setting up organizational elements to register and address these problems.
- DC Water’s COO is willing to come for a walkthrough and subsequently brief on specific issues in 5C.
- Catch basins might be necessary around 20th and Bryant Sts as a result of new development, but these are DDOT’s responsibility.
the dramatic play-by-play
I.. did the best I could here.
There was already some talk from Commissioner Montague related to water issues on September’s 5C07 SMD meeting. The context might have been a little clearer that time around.
Commissioner/Chair Manning started by expressing there are many issues regarding standing water in the neighborhood and with determining what DC Water’s responsibility is in these areas. She mentioned several issues, including:
- trees falling down because of standing water
- mosquitos/wildlife being drawn by the standing water
- how nasty the standing water is
- issues related to pipe corrosion (likely referring to conduits containing now-buried water streams)
In response, Mr. Wone asked if this is related to the recent storm. Manning condescendingly remarked that it’s an ongoing problem.
Commissioner Montague takes the floor and tells Mr. Wone not to leave; says it’s problematic that he doesn’t know about the water issues and “not just that damn tunnel”; notes that he isn’t running for office again so he needs everyone to “strap in their seatbelts” because “the ride is starting.”
He then talked about the District Dogs flooding incident. He discussed some gripes related to the Councilmembers’ and Mayor’s outreach afterwards, but stated that his real issue is with DC Water. Commissioner Montague ultimately expressed concern that DC Water emphasizes the benefits of the tunnel project and ignores our neighborhoods’ problems. He then challenged DC Water personnel to respond by asking “What say ye?”.
At this point, Salil Kharkar (DC Water Senior Vice President of Operations and Engineering) speaks to reassure Commissioner Montague that he does not believe the tunnel will fix everything, though it will accomplish a lot. He emphasizes that the particular issues being raised fall under the purview of the DC Flood Task Force, and that DOEE is currently working on an integrated flood map/model.
Commissioner Montague responds that Woodridge, Langdon, Gateway, and Arboretum weren’t in the model last he looked at it. He then goes on to discuss some history of two branches of stream in Langdon Park and East Langdon that meet at 24th and Franklin Sts NE. These are now contained by conduits, and the conduit that runs between Thayer St and Mills Ave has been corrupted/clogged. He provided additional details later in the conversation: these conduits route these naturally occuring streams into the Hickey Run Watershed, where water tables have risen.
An aside: This DCist piece explains the history of the many streams in DC that have been developed over. It also provides a good introduction to this DC-funded project to map the streams, which is where I grabbed the above visual from.
The point laced in with the history was that corruption of these conduits has resulted in flooding on residents’ property. Commissioner Montague stated he has sent many emails, and that neither DC nor DC Water take responsibility on the grounds that it occurs on private property. However, Commissioner Montague believes this shouldn’t be resident responsibility, as they aren’t the ones who placed the conduit there. He emphasized that he’s not asking for schematics on these conduits to be nosy, but because these issues need to be fixed and are causing damage to constituents’ property.
While acknowledging that the recent work on an integrated flood map is a good step, Commissioner Montague continually remarks that it’s of no help to residents experiencing these issues, and that DC Water’s PR is not helping: “It may not be your intent, but what comes across to the general public is you really don’t give a frack. I know you’re doing some things, and people have to hear these things, but they aren’t over here helping mid-income folks worrying about their homes being washed away.” He ends the soliloquy with “and I’ll say it again; come January 2nd, if you think I’m being loud and noisy right now; just wait until what’s coming.”
Mr. Kharkar responds: The DC Flood Task Force consists of 26 DC agencies including DCRA. This input is very important for the Task Force to follow up on similar issues.
Commissioner/Chair Manning further chastises DC Water on their lack of focus addressing these issues, ending with: “I hate to talk to you like you’re ddot, because ddot is an agency that waits until there is a catastrophe and somebody dies before they fix the street.”
At this point, Kishia Powell (DC Water COO) speaks to thank everyone for their comments and state that they understand the concerns being raised. She points out that there’s a Watershed Department that was just created to provide resources for stormwater-related issues. They just had a meeting with DDOT to discuss issues/responsibilities. They’re having monthly meetings, reinstituting drainage committee meetings chaired by DOEE (addressing specific escalated issues, assessing how best to address them).
She offers to do a walkthrough to see the specific areas, and commits to coming back with an actual presentation once they have information pulled together.
flooding on the 3000 blk of Clinton St
In the chat during this conversation, a resident made comments regarding flooding in front of 3029 and 3040 Clinton St NE. The same resident also mentioned water rising under their own basement, causing their four sump pumps to run continuously, as well as having had to waterproof their basement and install a french drain at high cost. The resident expressed concern their home would someday be uninhabitable.
catch basins at 20th/Bryant
As a final component of the long back-and-forth, Commissioner Montague brought up a need for catch basins as a result of the development at 20th between Channing and Bryant (presumably referring to 2425 20th St NE). He also invoked the potential FEMS station development as another reason for these to be installed. Somebody from DC Water responded that this would be a DDOT responsibility, to which Commissioner Montague remarked how difficult that would make it, but accepted this as the case.
Bladensburg Bus Garage
This was an update on WMATA’s Bladensburg Bus Garage project, which will rebuild the existing bus facilities between the B&O Railroad tracks and Bladensburg Rd. NE (along 26th St. NE). The new bus facilities will improve accomodations, capacity, and infrastructure for future improvements such as electric buses. Until complete, buses are being kept on part of the NewCityDC development site.
Donzell Robinson of Justice and Sustainability Associates briefed this project.
There was a lot of discussion on the construction fence wrap that Commissioner Montague helped design. Commissioner Montague remarked that it would be nice if there were more wrap around more fencing. He also mentioned there was one missing year on one part of the wrap; “1834” to note when the railroad came to the neighborhood. Commissioner Montague also remarked that it was more impactful if one walks by it than if they drive by it. Commissioner/Chair Manning pushed on both issues; more wrapping and fixing the missing year. Mr. Robinson said he would pass this on to the WMATA Art in Transit folks, so the fix would be in subsequent printings (as the wrap will likely need to be replaced in part over time anyway).
There was also a lot of discussion about trash; Mr. Robinson and Commissioner Montague scheduled a 6am Friday walkabout to inspect for trash. Commissioner/Chair Manning also remarked putting in two requests for cleanup around the temporary bus storage site at Montana Ave. NE. Commissioner Montague also remarked that he may walk by there anytime to audit these issues.
BZA 20780 - Eastlack residence
Commissioner Montague briefly walked the Commission through this case, but there was no action necessary as it was already approved.
This is a small BZA case to repair/replace an old porch in kind, necessitated by poor DCRA recordkeeping. The new porch would be within the same footprint as the old one and similar to adjacent existing porches.
This case was also heard by the BZA on 9/14/22; Commissioner Montague testified to his support, but expressed concern that the case was not heard by the whole ANC. The board did not think it was necessary for this to occur, and the board approved the application.
ANC 5C - Quarterly Report
There were briefings from both Secretary (Commissioner Brevard) and Treasurer (Commissioner Oliver); neither meeting minutes nor treasurer’s report were really presented or accepted as presented. Both reports devolved into Commissioner Montague admonishing the officers for insufficiency.
The one thing of value revealed during all of this was ANC 5C’s bank balance; 5C has nearly $90k in the bank, accumulating around $15k since the last publicly posted financial report from FY21 Q4. 5C receives an annual allocation from the Council budget of around $19k, so most of this is being saved. I hope, next term, that we can start putting this money to good community use, particularly in the form of grants or community events.
DPR - Recreation Center’s Status Update
There were multiple rounds of debate and dysfunction on whether to read an email from Tommie Jones (Chief of External Affairs, DPR) that was sent to the Commissioners around 30 minutes before the meeting. Commissioner/Chair Manning had not read the email and therefore did not consider it appropriate to have it read. Commissioner Hicks Delgado raised motions to have it read into the record due to it pertaining to her constituents’ concerns about Community Center renovations, and she was eventually successful in getting it read. Commissioner Montague read the update, which included the following status updates on 5C-wide capital projects:
- Arboretum Community Center: DPR continues to work on final inspections and punchlist items; the faclity should be open to the public this fall
- Fort Lincoln Park Community Center: DGS working on awarding contract for new facility. There will be a community kickoff event for construction after the contractor is selected; that should be this fall
- Theodore Hagans Cultural Center: because of ongoing pandemic and correlated construction costs, this was removed from the scope of the Fort Lincoln Park project. The hope is that this concession can focus resources on the park itself. As such, the Theodore Hagans Cultural Center will continue being open to the public for the foreseeable future in its current state
- Funding for the Langdon Park Recreation Center does not kick in until FY23. We anticipate Spring 2023 as the likely timeline for the start of the project.
- Dakota Playground was resurfaced in Winter 2021; DPR has no funding for any work on that at this time (this was presumably in response to a request for work to be done on resurfacing the playground)
There was some discussion on whether to invite DPR for the 10/5 meeting. Commissioner Hicks Delgado wants them to be there, but Commissioner/Chair Manning says they have to discuss offline.
Casey Trees and the Langdon Park Forest Patch
Hailey Alemán (Casey Trees Community Outreach Coordinator) briefly spoke about the Langdon Park Forest Patch trail and upcoming events.
The Langdon Park Forest Patch trail is over 680 feet of trail through the forest patch that can be explored right now. There are a couple events planned:
- Saturday 10/1, 9a-12p: Langdon Volunteer event to beautify Langdon Park
- Saturday 10/29, 1p-3p: Langdon Community Day featuring various vendors, games, events, and information sessions on the park and forest patch
BZA 20779 - 1224 Brentwood Road NE
This case was originally on the agenda and Rich Markus (the architect on the project) was at this Whole-Commission meeting to present. Mr. Markus asked in the chat during the DPR email kerfuffle whether he was still going to be allowed to present, and Commissioner/Chair Manning finally read this message at the end of the meeting. Because a 5C05 SMD meeting on the project had not yet occurred, she said they wouldn’t be hearing the case and apologized for it being on the agenda in error. The Commission gave Commissioner Oliver a deadline to hear the cases in time for it to be considered at the 10/5 meeting.
This case is for a new four-unit residential building on the site of an existing detached house within an RA-1 zone. Relief is sought to increase density within the RA-1 zone, as well as allow a continuous parking bay in back (without any screening to reduce individual openings to less than 20 feet wide).
The case had a BZA hearing on 9/14/2022, where the applicant expressed difficulty getting on the agenda for meetings of either SMD 5C05 or ANC 5C, and presented a timeline of attempts. The Board expressed reticence to approve without some comment from the ANC and more outreach to a nearby church regarding parking.
Commissioner Montague, there for the subsequent case (the Eastlack case above) expressed that some turnover in the Commission’s officers resulted in the difficulty with scheduling and consideration. The case was scheduled for another hearing on 10/19/2022, with an extra two weeks to allow time for the outreach and briefing the ANC.
- Declan Falls of Chair Mendelson’s office noted that Council email addresses are moving from
dccouncil.gov; emails should forward but it’s best to update your contact lists now.
- Commissioner Montague mentioned that Chairman Mendelson proposed a new OANC executive director, Kent Boese after the previous one abruptly resigned nearly a year ago.
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If you’ve been following me on Instagram (@pinoyfitness) you already know that for the past 2 years I have been using the Fitbit Ionic as my primary fitness and running watch, the Ionic has been my most reliable partner in tracking most of my activities, from trail races, to marathons and to several Spartan and Obstacle Course Races as well.
The primary feature I like about the Ionic is the Built-in GPS that tracks pace and distance directly from the device, the Ionic is also the only watch in the Fitbit line-up that has this feature, the rest uses Connected-GPS (pace and distance using your phone GPS).
But if GPS is not your primary concern, Fitbit offers a variety of products that is designed to fit your fitness tracking need depending your active lifestyle.
A few weeks ago, Fitbit asked me to review two of their latest smart watches, the Fitbit Versa Lite and the Inspire HR.
Fitbit Versa Lite
Fitbit Versa Lite is a simplified version of Fitbit Versa released in 2018. By removing some of the less used features like music storing and Fitbit Pay, the Versa Lite is now LIGHTER for our wallets as well.
What Fitbit did is to keep the essential like – sleep, calorie and steps tracking, connected GPS, notifications from your smartphone, and 24/7 heart rate monitoring, while giving it a much bolder look with a variety of vibrant colors to choose from!
Priced at PHP 10,390, the Versa Lite also have a wide variety of apps to download, female health tracking, real-time pace, and 15 exercise modes to choose from – all while maintaining its lightweight and swim-proof design.
If your looking for an everyday smartwatch that is trendy and can reliably track your fitness activities whether you run, yoga, pilates or do crossfit then the Versa Lite is something I would definitely recommend for you.
Fitbit Inspire HR
Described by Fitbit as “as sleek, easy to use tracker” the Inspire series offers most of the features of its siblings including activity and sleep tracking, up to 5 days of battery life, goal celebrations, reminders to move and timer and stopwatch apps to help users stay on track in a sleek lightweight form factor.
If you’re already using a primary watch but wants to start monitoring fitness activity and sleep then the Inspire HR is the perfect add-on accessory for you. Priced at only PHP 6,290, the upgraded Inspire HR includes a 24/7 heart rate monitoring, sleep stages tracking, 15+ goal-based exercise modes, connected GPS, Relax Guided Breathing and advance calorie burn tracking!
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Nicole Fuller Interiors is a multi-faceted interior design company based in New York City, specializing in high-end residential and commercial design projects in the US and abroad. A passionate designer, Nicole Fuller has acquired a list of savvy international clients who have an unwavering taste for luxury and an uncompromising attitude for high-quality design.
What inspired this career path for you?
My passion for creating beautiful things and wonderful atmospheres has always driven me. I’ve had a lifelong love for architecture and design, as well as a need to create. I’m as passionate about my interior design business and creating custom furnishings for my clients as I am about developing product lines for companies like Ann Sacks and The Rug Company. My career started somewhat serendipitously, after I completely redesigned my first apartment in London. It was a true passion project. Soon after, I started receiving requests from friends and acquaintances for interior design services and it snowballed into this amazing and deeply fulfilling career that has taken me all over the world.
What is your go-to source for inspiration?
The source of my inspiration lives somewhere in between fashion, jewelry, art, and architecture. I find it in the everyday places I go. I was trained from a young age by my mother to be inspired by beauty everywhere. It could be a color I see at an art show at Gagosian or the shape of an earring from Van Cleef & Arpels.
Tell us about your creative process.
The most important part of beginning any project is really getting to know the client and how they live. The home has to reflect the heartbeat of the client. If we are doing a remodel or basic redesign of the interiors, I also look at the existing structure and its historical context. Understanding the architecture is important to the process because I try to respect the existing style of the home, but complement it and give it a fresh new life.
Describe your style in 6 words or less.
Layered, luxurious, contemporary, calming, livable, sophisticated
What’s a staple in your tool kit?
Texture is everything – I live for the juxtaposition between a glossy lacquered wall and a gorgeous boucle or mohair.
Who do you look up to in the design world?
Elsie de Wolfe has always been my ultimate inspiration. She didn’t play by the rules and wasn’t classically trained. She had a love for people, life, and beautiful things. She seemed to truly enjoy life and loved her career. I also grew up in an incredibly creative home. My mother, who was an artist, is a huge part of why I ultimately followed this career path.
If you could design a space for anyone, what kind of space and for whom would it be?
I dream of designing a boutique hotel from the ground up; to create a total experience from the china on the tables to the doorknobs and stationery – the way architects and designers were commissioned in the early to mid-20th century. To create a completely autonomous vision like that is something you just don’t see anymore.
Tell us your favorite design-related word, phrase, or quote.
“There are no rules.”
Which design blog, website, TV show, or magazine would you be lost without?
I have a subscription to about five international design magazines that I read consistently. I wait for them to come out and it’s a big part of how I stay in the know about new products, store openings, and exciting design news. I also love Instagram and think it’s a great tool for designers to find inspiration.
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I get sound, can change the channels, etc, but my Polaroid television screen has no picture whatsoever; it's just a black screen.
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[vdr] new dvb api ?
Jelle De Loecker
skerit at kipdola.com
Thu Sep 4 21:28:34 CEST 2008
I was wondering what the people on the VDR ml thought about this.
Now that multiproto is finally complete, and VDR has excellent support
for it, some people want to create a completely new API. They say this
is so that future modulations could be better supported, but multiproto
can offer that support, too, with not much effort and without breaking
Overall, the call for this new API seems like something personal between
the developers, but I'm on slippery ice here.
It seems stupid that the users would have to pay for some fight by
having to wait another few months for this new API to get completed.
/Met vriendelijke groeten,/
*Jelle De Loecker*
Kipdola Studios - Tomberg
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School Choice, Achievement on the Rise Under Bloomberg, Report Says
The Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution recently released a new paper analyzing the growth of school choice under the tenure of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Since Bloomberg has been in office, charters have grown from a mere 22 schools in 2003 to 159 in the 2012-13 school year, says the paper, written by Grover J. 'Russ' Whitehurst and Sarah Whitfield.
In addition to encouraging and allowing for the growth of charters, Bloomberg also implemented a universal enrollment system for high schoolers, requiring incoming freshmen to choose their top 12 schools and using an algorithm to place students in schools of their choice.
Throughout this time, the Washington-based think tank found, students in New York City also began improving their state test scores, graduation rates, and scores on national benchmark assessments like NAEP.
It is impossible to know whether those improvements were a direct result of the expanded school choice in the district, the authors say. "We cannot rule out or account for the influence of out-of-school factors or other policy changes within the schools," the report says. "School reform in the city has been a soupy mix in which the ingredients blend together and are influenced by cultural and economic contexts."
But research such as the studies done by Stanford University's Center for Research on Education Outcomes suggest that charter schools may be at least in part responsible for the uptick in student achievement, the report states.
As the mayoral race in New York heats up, many charter advocates are worried that the growth that school choice has seen under Bloomberg will come to a halt under the next mayor—with good reason. Mayoral frontrunner Bill de Blasio has expressed concerns about the growth of charters and has said he does not believe in co-location, a controversial practice that allows charter schools to share facilities with regular public schools there.
In fact, thousands of charter school supporters gathered to rally for school choice in the city last week. The Brookings paper's authors also argue for the continued support of school choice and even provide suggestions on ways to further increase school choice such as by doing away with residential preferences for school assignments and creating a universal enrollment system for all grades.
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Love and freedom are two of those words that are interchangeable. Freedom of choice is unconditional love- unconditional freedom. Choice is another of those words that are interchangeable with Love and freedom.
For the most part, humanity understands little of what the word unconditional means. Unconditional means… “NO CONDITIONS.” This lack of understanding is what has divided man from man, and religion from religion throughout his sojourn in the physical reality. It is again man’s ego trying to grasp the idea, and not being able to surrender to its meaning. It appears to be the nature of humanity to always add conditions to unconditional-let me demonstrate.
The one common thread that I have found weaving through man’s many belief systems is that God is Unconditional Love. I have yet to have anyone tell me that this is not so, and it seems to be accepted by all belief systems that are centered on a creator. If you are in disagreement with this statement then there would probably be no sense in you reading any further.
Now it must be made clear in this example that unconditional means that there are no conditions to God’s Love. Do you understand and agree, that unconditional means no conditions apply?” Be sure because it gets more difficult to differentiate as we move along.
Do you understand that if there was a condition to God’s love, then God would be giving conditional love? Conditional love is not the same as unconditional love as described in the preceding paragraph. I have never heard or read anywhere that God gives conditional love, have you?
Love and freedom are the same; if there is a condition to freedom, then it is not unconditional. Freedom is given from unconditional love. Freedom of choice is the same thing as unconditional love-they are all the same thing. I know this is repetitive, but if you can follow this understanding, and accept it, then there is something further you need to understand.
The following concept is extremely difficult for most people to understand. Because love, freedom, and choice are unconditional, there can be no PUNISHMENT associated with them; once again-no punishments. Here is where the so called enlightened fall by the wayside. They cannot accept any of these things without the recourse to punishment. You can practice unconditional love, unconditional freedom, and unconditional choice with no punishments! God will never punish you! Retribution is a lie, it was all made up. Only Man will punish you. Anyone who tells you different, is not coming from unconditional love. They live in fear of you accepting these things. They do not understand what unconditional means.
Most all who have read the first half of this article will not have problems with it until they get to the “No Punishment” part. At this point man’s ego takes over, and will try to reason his way out of agreeing with the concept of unconditional. He will begin to say, yes I understand what unconditional means-but! Then he will start; you cannot have people running around doing whatever they want. There is a price (condition) for freedom. You can not freely love anyone you want, that is immoral (conditional). Our choices are limited by are colour, sexual orientation, creed, age, sex, and geographic region (conditional).
If you buy into these conditions, then you are in direct contradiction with what you may have agreed with when you started reading this article. If you didn’t agree to the first part, then you have read farther then you were supposed to. You were warned! For those who do not agree that God is unconditional love, and don’t understand the contradiction; let me explain. There seems to be a paradox here. Can unconditional love and conditional love exist at the same time? The answer is yes, because we have forgotten our heritage, we have moved away from unconditional. God gives unconditional love; man lives in conditional love!
This is where the contradiction comes from. We understand the love of God, and we feel inferior to it. We can not except that unconditional love is who we really are, and therefore apply conditions to our love and freedom. We project our human emotions and feelings onto God, effectively insulating ourselves from the reality of unconditional love. We attach certain conditions to his love. If we do not follow his will, we will be punished by him as we would punish those that would not do our will. Man’s love, freedom, and choice are conditional because we have always had freedom of choice, to choose and accept those conditions which are conditional. It is paradoxal and appropriate that humanity should set conditions for itself, in direct contradiction to what God represents, and expected from his creations-that life is free to live as it desires without limitation. It is the natural course of all living things to evolve to the next best version of itself, so the natural tendency is to survive, not destroy.
Who is it that is teaching us about conditional love? Who or what is actually separating us from the unconditional love of God? The clue has been in the Newspaper’s recently and has been manifesting itself for weeks. I’m in Canada, and it is August 08, 2003-the date I have written this article. For weeks now there has been a major controversy about legalized gay marriages. Who do you think is at the forefront of all the objections? Who is it that is using fear tactics to persuade politicians and supporters to change their policies? Who has come out, and said that they fear for the souls of those supporters?
They are the same profits that have for centuries, taught us of Gods conditional, unconditional love. They have taught us that God’s love is unconditional, and that it must be accepted as blind faith-and yet they have set down punishments for practicing unconditional-so in effect they have made unconditional, conditional. I don’t blame you if you are confused here; who wouldn’t be. They have used fear, punishment, and death to implant this lie into our belief systems. They have been as the false profit. The institute does not correctly reflect God’s love, nor do the profits and teachers-they don’t even come close to teaching it. Their interpretations reflect only their fear that they share with the rest of humanity.
As you reason these contradictions, listen to yourself. Are you coming from unconditional love, or are you reacting from fear? Whatever you now believe, you will have chosen it from unconditional love, because that is your true nature. It should be your reality. You have unconditional freedom to live conditionally, in conditional love without freedom of choice, if that is what you desire. There is no greater display of divine love.
At this moment try to imagine choosing to live unconditionally, try to choose between the two, conditional or unconditional. And if you chose the later, how would you condition yourself to accepting it.
Feel the unconditional love as you make a free choice. As you make the choice, you should notice that you are not being punished for it. That may come later, not from God, but from those who would denounce your choice, and who are living in the realm of conditionality. If nothing else, understand the contradiction. But also understand that who you really are is free. Do not fear for your soul, your soul can take care of itself, and of course that is exactly what it is doing. It is the BLIND FAITH (which is not surrender) that leads you into darkness, when you do not question it. Faith is never blind; it is an essential step in the process of knowing.
Not taking responsibility for your own salvation has given power to those who would use your vulnerability to keep you on the straight and narrow-not yours, but theirs.
The human ability to see black and call it white, is a real blessing in a world of contradictions that require us to make a choice, and believe nothing else. There is no one that is more blind than he who will not see. This has led us into the notion of right and wrong; you are wrong, I am right. We both cannot be right-right?
As you learn to accept the choices of others not being as your own, you will free yourself from the necessity of making judgments about them, and you will be practicing unconditional love. Your new found love for yourself and humanity will set you free. It will be another major step into expanding your enlightenment. To truly free humanity, mankind must see all aspects of itself as being free; as being created from absolute unconditional love. In the greater picture, all things are perfect as they are. It is not necessary to like someone as they are, but it is necessary to love them unconditionally as they are.
The bottom line is that you cannot live your life unconditionally because you live in a physical world that is conditional. However, it doesn’t stop you from experiencing unconditional love. Absolute unconditional love is the very nature of the creator-which you are-and it is only when you are focused on yourself as Creator that you will experience unconditional love.
Roy E. Klienwachter is an ordained minister,light worker, writer and author of Spiritual New Age Wisdom books written in simple language with the eloguence of Zen wisdom.
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Will: Unsatisfied with facts, Seattle's city council turns to interpretations
SEATTLE – In this city, which is a petri dish of progressivism, a prevailing theory is that when you raise the price of something, people will buy less of it, except when they do not. Another, and related, theory is that constitutional and statutory texts should be construed in the spirit of Friedrich Nietzsche: There are no facts, only interpretations.
The city council has voted to impose a tax, effective next year, on sugary soft drinks, raising the price of a 2-liter bottle of soda about $1.18. Presented as a public health measure to combat obesity, the tax is projected to generate about $15 million a year, although the aspiration of sin taxes (e.g., Seattle's taxes on guns and ammunition) should be zero revenues because chastened consumers will mend their benighted ways. Still, proponents of the tax are confident that it will make people behave better by consuming less of the disapproved drinks.
Three years ago, the city council, adhering to another current tenet of progressivism, voted – unanimously, of course – to increase the city's minimum wage incrementally from $9.47 to $15 an hour. The council rejected the contention that when the price of entry-level labor increases, employers buy less of it. The city commissioned a study from six University of Washington economists ranging from left to right, presumably expecting their findings to be congruent with other studies purporting to show that the demand for such labor, unlike the demand for sugary sodas, is price-inelastic. (And unlike in Denmark, where the minimum wage increases 40 percent when a worker turns 18, and the employment of young workers declines one-third.)
The University of Washington study, however, published as a working paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, concluded that the costs to low-wage Seattle workers have been three times larger than the benefits. Using a richer trove of data and more sophisticated statistical methods than have been available for other studies of minimum wages, the report concluded that Seattle's still-advancing increase has cost more than 5,000 jobs, and that workers whose wages were increased to comply with the new minimum lost an average of $125 a month as employers reduced their hours. Although total employment in the restaurant industry, which hires a substantial portion of minimum wage workers, did not decline, employers replaced less skilled, low productivity workers with others able to produce higher-value work products. As one of the study's authors said, "Basically, what we're doing is we're removing the bottom rung of the ladder."
The city responded by seeking alternative facts. Forewarned about the six economists' conclusions, it sought more congenial findings from some economists at the University of California, Berkeley, who are known for research that supports the agenda of the national "Fight for $15" movement. The Berkeley economists were so prompt that their findings were publicized before the University of Washington economists' report was released.
Seattle's city council is as undeterred by constitutional and statutory language as it is by social science. In July, it enacted – unanimously, of course – a city income tax, setting the tax rate on incomes below $250,000 at 0 and a 2.25 percent rate on individuals' incomes above $250,000 and on household incomes above $500,000. Washington, which has no state income tax, has a law that says: "A county, city or city-county shall not levy a tax on net income." The city council, which overestimates its cleverness, claims it is taxing "total income" as defined on IRS 1040 forms. But that is net income, after deductions and exclusions. Furthermore, the state's constitution has this "uniformity clause" that states "All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property." Twice the state Supreme Court has held that a graduated income tax is unconstitutional.
A suit challenging the city council's tax notes that cities, as creatures of the state, have only such taxing authority as is expressly granted by the state Legislature. And the tax is explicitly designed to "test the constitutionality of a progressive income tax," on which Washington's Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled. The city council must hope that the state's Supreme Court, which is very liberal, can be persuaded, in a third consideration of unchanging language, to say that constitutional and statutory facts can be made to disappear in a mist of interpretations.
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Don't Let Go
Neal ran lightly across the rooftop, keeping to the shadows of vents and chimneys. He stopped for a minute to catch his breath and ready himself for the jump to the next building. All the agents had followed the decoys he'd hired to dress in black and walk calmly through the area. All of them except Peter. How did that man figure so much out? And now Peter was getting closer.
Neal had no real fear of being caught, though. After all, he was more than a decade younger than Burke and had the lithe, athletic body to handle a chase effortlessly. He peered out of the shadows and listened for sounds of pursuit. Nothing but the wind ruffling his hair.
Smiling, he set off at a run towards the edge of the rooftop. With a burst of speed, he leaped over the narrow alley and landed gracefully on the roof of the next building. Looking back he saw Peter running towards him. Neal turned and sprinted for the safety of the fire escape. After all, he was certain that Peter would never attempt that jump, but a bullet would have no trouble catching up with him.
Swinging his legs over the edge, he started to descend the fire escape ladder. Then he heard it. A crash and a cry of pain. No, Peter couldn't have been so cocky as to try that jump! Neal was up and over the ladder in a heartbeat, running back the way he came. It might be a trap, but he didn't care. He had to know that Peter was safe.
He reached the edge of the building and leaned over. There was Peter, hanging by one hand on a piece of gutter that had been partially torn off in his effort to save himself. "Hang on Peter, I'm coming."
Peter was too far down for him to just reach over and grab him. Neal saw a cable fastened along the edge. He forced it around his legs to use as an anchor. Praying it would hold, Neal leaned out into open space and let himself fall towards Peter. The cable bit harshly into his calves, but it held. His chest impacted against the brick wall and the wind was knocked out of him. Neal reached down and grabbed Peter's arm with both hands. The gutter gave way with a screech and fell to the street. Peter clamped his hand onto Neal's forearm. Neal swallowed a scream of pain as the sudden burden of Peter's weight dislocated his shoulder. He gasped "Grab hold of me with your other hand, Peter, and try to climb up me."
"Can't. My wrist is broken. At least two fingers are broken. You're going to have to pull me up."
"Love to, but I can't even pull myself up now."
"Okay, is there a Plan B?"
"Peter, my cell phone is in my left jeans pocket. Try to reach it, and please, please don't drop it."
"No, no, I can't dial a phone."
"If you get it out of my pocket, I can dial it with my tongue."
"Really? How do you do that?"
Neal could tell that Peter was losing focus and likely going into shock. He prodded him, "You know, I'd love to hang here and chat about my many talents, but you're not getting any lighter. And the cable I'm hooked to is shifting. So, please, shut up and do as I ask before we both take a dive."
Peter cautiously reached up his left hand and walked the remaining unbroken fingers up Neal's back towards the pocket. Groaning in anguish, he forced his fingers into Neal's pocket and hooked the phone with his thumb and pinkie. Slowly and carefully, he pulled the phone out and opened it with his ring finger. He held it up to Neal's mouth. Good to his word, Neal speed dialed with his tongue. He heard Kate pick up on the first ring. "Neal, where are you? You're supposed to be back here by now."
"Kate, just listen. Peter and I are close to falling off a building. I've got hold of him for now." Neal paused as Kate said something. "Kate, don't say that. You know I can't. I need you to do as I say—no arguments. Hang up and call an FBI agent named Jones. His number is 212-555-2466. Tell him Peter is in danger and needs help now. Have him call my cell phone immediately. Do it now!" With that, Neal pushed the "end" button. He could see Peter's injured hand trembling trying to hold the phone.
Even in his current condition, Peter had noted with amusement that Neal knew Jones' name and cell number by heart. The prey stalking the hunter. But of more interest was Kate's comment. He looked up at Neal's face. "Kate told you to drop me, didn't she?" Neal's girlfriend was nothing if not practical.
Neal shook his head. "She didn't mean it. She is just scared for me."
Long seconds later, the phone rang. Peter struggled to put it to Neal's mouth and succeeded. Neal answered it. "Jones? Peter and I are dangling off the north side of the Emerson Building. I have a hold of him, but there's not much time before both of us go over. Bring a rope or cut the fire hose in the stairwell and use that."
Through the phone, Neal could hear the sound of running footsteps and shouted orders. Then Jones asked "Let me talk to Peter."
Peter moved the phone gingerly to his mouth. "Jones, he's telling you the truth. Hurry."
He heard Jones reply that he was on his way, and the call ended.
"Peter, try to put the phone in your pocket in case we need it again."
Wincing, Peter managed to slip it into his coat pocket.
"Neal, you told Jones we both might go over. If it comes to that, I want you to drop me and save yourself."
"Peter, I'm not letting go. How could I pass up a chance to have you owe me one?"
"I'm grateful, but you know this doesn't change things. I still have to arrest you."
"Are you sure you want me to put my hands up just now?"
Peter chuckled. "This isn't the way I wanted to catch you, you know."
"You're confused. I'm the one who caught you."
"It's all right, Peter. I understand."
Agonizingly long minutes passed until they heard the shouts of FBI agents scouring the rooftop for them. Then Jones appeared over the edge his arms laden with a fire hose he'd appropriated.
His voice shaking now, Neal told him, "Make a slip knot in the hose and loop it over Peter's free arm. Be careful, his wrist is broken."
Jones did as instructed and tightened it on Peter's arm. Then he began gently pulling Peter up while another agent grabbed Neal's belt and dragged him back up in tandem. Finally both men were over the edge and safe.
They had to pry Neal's fingers off Peter's arm. He had a death grip on him and couldn't control his arms anymore. Neal twisted in agony as they wrenched his dislocated shoulder. His legs were numb from the cable digging into them. He collapsed and passed out. Jones had already called paramedics, and they arrived in a few minutes.
"Can you walk, Peter?"
"Yeah, I think so, with some help. But Caffrey's in bad shape."
Neal was loaded on a stretcher and carried down to the waiting ambulance. Peter joined him, and they rode to the hospital together.
The adrenaline was long gone and Peter felt limp with exhaustion. Only the pain was keeping him awake. He looked at Neal lying so still and pale. Peter was alive and was going home to his wife tonight due to Neal's unselfish bravery. And the thanks he was going to get was to be locked in a cell for years. What a waste.
Peter marveled at what a study in contradictions this man was. Charming his way into people's lives, he left a wake of destruction and waltzed away without a regret. And yet, without a heartbeat's hesitation, he'd risked his life to save the man who was trying to lock him away. Crimes and self-sacrifice. Grifter and hero. Moriarty and Peter Pan. That was Neal Caffrey.
When they reached the hospital and Peter was led to an exam room, he told Jones, "Stay with Caffrey. I don't want him left unguarded for a minute."
Peter went through x-rays of his hand, wrist and shoulders. They put a cast on his wrist and splinted his fingers. His shoulder was badly sprained, but no permanent damage appeared to have been done. The doctors put his right arm in a sling, wrote a prescription for pain meds and released him with orders to rest.
He caught up with Jones stationed outside Neal's treatment room. "What's his status, Jones?"
"He is still in there being worked on. But I know for certain that he is in there." Jones had a slight smirk on his face. The hospital staff had tried unsuccessfully to banish Jones to the waiting room. He had refused to budge, claiming that Caffrey was his prisoner, and he was going to guard him. Period.
A young dark-haired intern came out to talk with Peter and Jones and report on Neal's condition. Neal's dislocated shoulder had been reset, and the lacerations on his calves had been cleaned and sutured. He had a torn rotator cuff in his shoulder from supporting Peter's weight. He also had severe bone bruising and three hairline rib fractures from smashing his chest into the wall as he let himself fall far enough to reach Peter.
"I read the history on how the injuries occurred. It is amazing that he was able to remain conscious for such a long time. The pain must have been excruciating. Your prisoner, he is one determined man."
"That he is, Doctor. When will you be releasing him?"
"We want to keep him overnight and keep the arm stabilized. We're pumping IV pain meds and anti-inflammatories into him now. He won't budge tonight."
"Can I see him?"
"You can accompany him to his room. They're wheeling him out now."
"Jones, arrange for a guard on his room for tonight, and then go home. I'll be back in the morning to pick him up."
Peter followed to Neal's room. Once the nurses had set up his IV and propped his shoulder up on pillows to keep it where they wanted it, Peter was left alone with Neal.
Reluctantly, he handcuffed the sleeping man's uninjured wrist to the bed rail. "Sorry, Neal. I know this isn't much of a 'thank you' for saving my life. It's just the way it has to be." Peter straightened and with a last look of regret, turned and left the room.
The next morning, Peter arrived back at the hospital after a few hours of welcome oblivion. He took care of the paperwork for Neal's release into FBI custody and made his way up to Neal's room.
Dismissing the very sleepy guard to return to other duties, Peter entered Neal's room. A tiny part of Peter had hoped that Neal might have escaped during the night. But no, the handcuffs still held a slender wrist. The bed still contained a sleeping prisoner, arm in a sling, face turned towards the wall, his dark hair spread out on the pillow.
Peter sighed and sat down for a moment rubbing his forehead. This was the end, then. His dedicated pursuit of this most infuriating and fascinating opponent was over. And he regretted it more than anything he could remember.
He had always imagined how satisfying it would be to win the battle of wits with Caffrey. Instead he had caught him only because Neal was a decent man who refused to let Peter die. Not much of a victory. Not at all.
Steeling himself for the inevitable, he stood, reached out and very gently squeezed Caffrey's shoulder. "Neal, wake up, it's time." The figure in the bed stretched and rolled over. Peter found himself looking into the face of the brown-haired intern who had updated him on Neal's condition.
The doctor tried to rise and found one arm handcuffed and the other in a sling. "What the hell?" He recognized Peter then, "You're the FBI agent. How did I get here? What happened?"
Smiling despite himself, Peter unlocked the cuffs. "Neal Caffrey happened, Doctor. Any idea where my prisoner and your patient could have gotten to? Or when?"
The young doctor looked at his watch. "I checked on him a few hours ago. He was awake and responsive—even chatty. Pretty amazing given the amount of pain meds he had in him. I told him I was going to grab some sleep in the doctors' lounge between shifts but would check back with him later. That was the last time I saw him."
"Thank you, Doctor. And I apologize about the handcuffs."
Barely holding his laughter until he was out of the building and heading towards his car, Peter felt a weight had been lifted. He reached in his coat pocket for the car keys, and his fingers found Neal's phone, forgotten until now. If Neal had any sense, he would have tossed Kate's phone by now to prevent it's being traced. But Peter thought it was worth a try. He hit redial and waited to see if anyone would answer. Four rings. Peter was about to hang up when Neal answered.
"Hello, Peter. How are you feeling?"
"I feel beat up, but I'll survive. Thanks to you. I don't suppose you'd like to tell me how you managed, with only one good arm, to move a sleeping intern past a guard."
"No, I think I'll let that add to my air of mystery."
Peter snorted. "You know this is not a game, Caffrey. We both could have died last night. Or I could have shot you."
"Well, how about we strike a bargain? I agree not to drop you off any buildings, and you agree not to shoot me. What do you say?"
"I say that this needs to end, Neal."
"It will end. We both know that, Peter."
"You could give yourself up."
"You could let me go."
A brief silence.
"I guess we both know how likely either of those is to happen."
"We are who we are, Peter. We don't really have a choice."
"I suppose you're right."
"Take care, Peter."
"You too, Neal. And thanks again."
Neal smiled at Kate as he handed her the phone to be disposed of, but his thoughts remained with Peter. He wished he didn't like the man so much. There wasn't any profit in it. But it was enjoyable. And Neal was an expert at "Take What You Can Get," so he was content. For now. The future, well, that would have to take care of itself.
Once the call disconnected, Peter pocketed the phone. Shaking his head, Peter wished he could save Neal from himself. He didn't see how at this point, but he wasn't going to let go. He'd figure out something. He was a man who planned for the future. And he wanted Neal to have one. | <urn:uuid:7f61f01f-f50e-4376-8bd4-33f7fc43d5de> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5913222/1/Don-t-Let-Go | 2017-03-27T22:07:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189525.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00386-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.991524 | 3,321 |
After becoming Governor of the State of Virginia, Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia General Assembly moved the state capital from Williamsburg to Richmond. They wanted the capital more centrally located and less exposed to British incursions.
However, on January 4, 1781 during the second British invasion of Virginia, Benedict Arnold reached Richmond with about 1,000 men. The militia had, for the most part, abandoned the few defensive positions around the capital leaving it open to the British. Prior to Arnold’s arrival, the Virginia government had moved to the safety of Charlottesville.
From Richmond, Arnold sent a letter to Governor Jefferson offering to spare the capital if he was allowed to seize tobacco unmolested. After Jefferson, refused, Arnold ransacked the city, destroying and burning homes and buildings as well as Government papers.
After Arnold’s destructive raid, he withdrew from the city and set-up defensive positions in Portsmouth.
Annoyed by Arnold’s raid in his home state, General George Washington sent Lafayette to Virginia to put a stop to Arnold’s destruction and hopefully capture the traitor, who was now spilling American blood.
Lafayette arrived here in Richmond on April 29th, just in time to prevent a second attack on Richmond. Arnold and General Phillips had combined forces and attacked Petersburg to the south of Richmond. Petersburg was defended by Virginia militiamen under the command of Col. J. P. E. Mullenburg. The militia held off the British for the better part of a day, but eventually retreated after being beaten by British artillery and a flanking movement.
Cornwallis arrived in Petersburg about a month later and took command of all British forces in Virginia. After he arrived, Arnold left his command and returned to New York City. General Phillips’ forces had already lost their commander to typhoid fever. He died in Petersburg.
Cornwallis, not really interested in Richmond, headed towards Williamsburg and Yorktown. He hoped to establish a strong base that could be supplied by sea.
State Capitol—Today, a visit to Richmond should begin in Capital Square at the state capitol, which was designed by Thomas Jefferson two years after the end of the Revolutionary War. He modeled it after the Maison Carrée, a Roman temple in Nimes, France. Inside, in the Rotunda, is a life size statue of George Washington. The statue was created by Jean Antoine Howdon, for which George Washington actually posed.
The Virginia General Assembly, which still meets here, is the oldest legislative body in America. In one of their meeting rooms is a mural depiction of the “Siege of Redoubt 10” (Redoubt 10 is an upcoming site on this road trip). The siege was led by Alexander Hamilton during the battle of Yorktown.
On this site lived three presidents of the United States, Monroe and Tyler as governors, and William Henry Harrison while his father, Benjamin Harrison, signer of the Declaration of Independence, was governor. The first white house on this site was also home to Governor Patrick Henry and Henry Lee, father of Robert E. Lee.
This present house, first occupied by Governor James Barbour in 1813, was designed by Alexander Parris and built by Christopher Tompkins. As the home of Virginia’s chief executives since that date, it is the oldest continuously occupied official governor’s residence in the nation.
In 1989, the exterior of the mansion was restored to its circa 1830 appearance under the direction of the Citizens’ Advisory Council for Interpreting and Furnishing the Executive Mansion.
Virginia Executive Mansion - On this site was the home of Patrick Henry. Henry gave the famous “Liberty or Death” speech at St. John’s Church (an upcoming site on this visit to Richmond).
The current governor’s mansion was completed in 1814. It is America’s oldest, continuously occupied, Governor’s mansion.
The Residence of John Marshall
Chief Justice of the United States. Born 1755, died 1835.
Placed by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, 1907.
John Marshall House — John Marshall was a Revolutionary War veteran. He began service as a lieutenant and briefly sparred with Benedict Arnold in Virginia. He fought in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth and Stony Point.
At Stony Point, Marshall participated in a daring assault performed at night with bayonets only — no loaded weapons. The successful attack was led by General “Mad” Anthony Wayne. A month later, Major Henry Lee and Captain John Marshall led a similar raid against Poules Hook, a fortified position opposite New York City on the Hudson River. They successfully captured the position and took several hundred prisoners as well as military spoils.
After the war, Marshall served the State of Virginia as an assembly member, a delegate to the convention that ratified the Constitution and a congressman. He was Secretary of State under President John Adams and became the “Great Chief Justice” of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1801 until his death in 1835. While serving as chief justice, Marshall wrote a five-volume biography of his friend, George Washington.
Saint John’s Episcopal Church
Here on 23 March 1775, Patrick Henry delivered his “Liberty or Death” speech, calling for American Independence, during the second Virginia revolutionary convention that included as members: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Peyton Randolph, and Richard Henry Lee. Saint John’s Church was built in 1741 by Richard Randolph on land donated by Richmond’s founder, William Byrd II. It continues to serve Henrico Parish (founded 1611). Buried in its churchyard are George Wythe and Elizabeth Arnold Poe, mother of Edgar Allan Poe.
Department of Historic Resources, 1991.
Saint John’s Episcopal Church — St. John's Church was built in 1741 on land donated by William Byrd II and is still an active Episcopal Church.
The Second Virginia Convention was held in St. John's during the week of March 20, 1775. The convention was held here because the current royal governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, was unable to maintain control over the Virginia Assembly and suspended it. Among the delegates was the great orator, Patrick Henry.
Henry embodied the spirit of American courage and patriotism. He is recognized today, as he was among his contemporaries, as the orator of liberty. His compelling speeches kindled the fires of the Revolution and fueled the effort to secure freedom.
Henry's was the first voice raised against England in its attempt to impose taxation without representation. He rose to his full stature in attacking the infamous Stamp Act, which was hotly debated at the House of Burgesses in Williamsburg in 1765. The other delegates shouted in support when Henry hurled defiance at George III with the challenge, "If this be treason, make the most of it."
During the Second Virginia Convention, his most famous speech
was delivered in 1775 at St. John's Church in Richmond. His words became the
clarion call that led the colonies into the Revolution. With courage and
eloquence, he declared:
“Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle?”
“What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God -- I know not what course others may take; but as for me -- give me liberty, or give me death!"
Henry's leadership did not end once the Revolution was won. Perhaps his greatest contribution to the nation was in working toward the adoption of the Bill of Rights. While desiring a more effective federal government, he was adamant in demanding protection of basic individual civil liberties.
The first American governor of Virginia, Henry served five exhausting terms. In 1794, he retired to his last home and burial place, Red Hill, near Lynchburg, Virginia.
Today, St. John's is open for guided tours seven days a week, except on Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas, New Year's Eve and New Years Day. The tours are held from 10 AM until 3:30 PM Monday through Saturday and 1 PM until 3:30 PM on Sunday. A donation is requested of all taking the guided tour.
Reenactments of the Second Virginia Convention are held every Sunday afternoon promptly at 2 PM, beginning the last Sunday in May and continuing through the first Sunday in September. A commemorative reenactment is held on the Sunday that falls closest to March 23.
This tablet is dedicated
to mark the site where lie the mortal remains of George Wythe. Born
1726. Died 1806. Jurist and statesman. Teacher of Randolph, Jefferson
and Marshall. First professor of law in the United States. First
Virginia signer of the Declaration of Independence.
White House Marker --
The White House
This place, six miles northeast, was the home of Martha Custis. According to tradition, George Washington first met her at Poplar Grove, near by, in 1758. On January 6, 1759, Washington and Martha Custis were married, it is believed at the White House. The estate descended to W. H. F. Lee, son of Robert E. Lee. The house was burned by Union Troops when McClellan made the White House his base of operations in May 1862.
Conservation & Development Commission 1930.
(Route 30 Marker)
Onto St. Peter's Church
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Case Study - Business Growth
Hey everyone Phil and will back together again for another case study. Today we are chatting about business infrastructure and continued growth trying to expand our business. So in this section you covered a lot of things with showing up Odio the productivity tool that you're using. There's other ones that are out there. There's lots of things that yeah, I use Tremolo is another one that you can do a lot of similar things. A sauna is another one. Um and a lot of people can just use, you know, document. We also talked about insurance. I talked about insurance, I talked about accounting taxes. So yeah I don't know anything else that we need to cover with insurance. Well let's talk a little bit about insurance for your film production business which is a little different but that's different. We have an overarching very expensive insurance plan. But that's because we tend to have bigger shoots and film shoots where we have to cover general liability as well as workers comp will be renting...
trucks will be renting big locations. So our general insurance plan is a bit more expensive. Have you ever had to use that? Not once. Have you ever heard of anyone having? Yes, I've heard of a couple people but mostly it's because of damaged equipment. It's usually like a dropped $60,000 camera or I know rental houses. I've had to use it because of stuff but it's a process and it takes time. But boy let me tell you, is it worth it from the stories that I've heard um you know, as photographers as we start to collect equipment and technology, you're one drop away from, you know, not being able to show up for your wedding next weekend or you know, not be able to show up for the job for the rest of the day or you know, say business is slow and you need to buy a new camera gets stolen out of your car. Like there are a million things that can happen that can shut you down real fast. And so the insurance is really to help you continue your business in case of catastrophic events. Have you ever had to do any like warranty stuff with specific year through like that camera? Like if there was a malfunction or anything like replacements? I've never had any deals with that with buying new equipment. And the biggest thing that we've had was drop lens, but it got to the point where it was less than our deductible. So you know, at that point we just paid for it. It was like a few $100 A $100 mistake. But you know, you're having a business, you're gonna make mistakes, things are gonna happen. You just have to continue moving on stuff like that. Alright, so with accounting, I talked about that you're using Quickbooks, right? Am I use Quickbooks basically? Quickbooks exists as my Carnahan Creative umbrella that we talked about before. So it's got teaching, it's got photography and it's got music cinematographer. And so I it's not just photography, but the way it works is that it's an online program that's hooked up to the Carnahan Creative that we'll see photography bank account every time I use that card, it brings in those transactions. Every time I send an invoice to someone, I send it through Quickbooks has all the contact information for everyone there. Um and basically it's like it just sinks everything. So at the end of the year, when I send it to my tax person, they can actually log in and see where my expenses are. They can put it up against my income so they can see like this is how much money you're spending every month. This is how much money you're making every month. Maybe stop spending so much money, maybe try to get more or or or or the other effects make more money so that you can write stuff off more easily. So the point of having quickbooks or doing it on your own is like so important to track in the long term, like you want to see what your growth is or not and and and adjust accordingly. Like Yeah, and I mean you make a lot of decisions off that like if you have to increase your pricing because there's a lot of things, I think beginners don't take into account with how much it costs to run a photography business, let alone any business and things like, you know, your domain name or external accounts or Lightroom or whatever. You're not thinking about that, your equipment alone, like your laptop goes down. Like you need to be able to edit, You know, photos, you need to be able to upload photos and then, but like you think about, Okay, I'm going to go to a shoot, I'm going to charge $50 an hour. That sounds, that's a pretty good hourly rate for like anywhere in the world. You know, above $15 an hour is pretty good compared to what most people in the world make. But then you take into account everything else that we've talked about and yeah, That's why it's important to do accounting and to know how much money or what your overhead is that what you're spending. I mean, Zen folio is so expensive. Like I love how much is it? I've the full tier, so it's like $230 a year. Okay. Which comes out to like, you know, lower cost monthly. As long as I do one head shot a month, I can afford that. But that's eating into that. So that's what I mean by your overhead. Like you're, you know, if you're using Dropbox, it's 10 bucks a month. If you know you're renting lenses every month, that's another cost a month. You're gonna buy your domain every other year. Like you buy a new camera and then that's like, you know, four months of work that you being able to analyze the business income and expenses so important to understanding how to be successful and analyze what you're doing right and what you're doing wrong. Yeah. Now you're using Quickbooks that does also cost, there's one I think I mentioned it Wave apps or Wave accounting. It's wave apps dot com like Wave and that's, it does a lot of the same free stuff. There's a mobile app. You can connect your accounts and pretty cool if you want to get started. There's a self employed quickbooks I think that's pretty cheap, five months, five bucks a month or something. I can't recommend having some sort of app to help you enough. We are not accountants like you can learn and do as much as you possibly can. But having an account on your side or having an app that's really going to be a tool and help you do this is so worth it. And that's why. But that's also why we added it to this section of the course because a lot of people aren't at this point yet necessarily, but it's really when you're about really focus on growing your business that, that you really want to start doing that and if you enter into doing this full time, you really should look into it. Like it is, if you're, if this is a full time gig, it is just going to save you time and effort and you know, hurt cool taxes, taxes Oh man the worst. How about we talk about the importance of saving for taxes. I know that bit you in the that bit me real big the first couple of years I was freelancing and you don't realize it until you're too far deep in and now after doing this for years it's fine. Yeah. Because you learn through your accounting how much you should be setting aside For your taxes per your region. Again, you said this to talk to an accountant that we have to keep repeating ourselves. But it's so we can't give you a specific number that you need to. But generally I know for us like 30-40% is generally a super safe place to save and expect that you're going to put that money back in your taxes. But when you're getting a check or you're getting a Venmo payment, you're getting someone's hand you cash while you're shooting like it's not taxed, no one's coming and taking that money and if you get it into your account and you start getting audited for some reason you don't pay your taxes, it's not good. And of course these things change. But yeah, in the US we have to pay not only our personal income tax but self employment tax which covers things like Social Security and things like that. So that's just on top of that. Um That being said there are like the expenses that we can deduct from our taxes and again that changes though. That's changed in the past couple of years. So we kind of have to be on top of that again, why it's important to have an accountant who knows this stuff and stays up to date. They've literally invested time and energy into their job and they will help you out. I don't know anything else about taxes, taxes. It's about taxes. Just death and taxes man. Yeah, only certain things. You talked about scaling prices up conventions and meetups. Any other things? Yeah, I mean, I think what I said in the class about, you know, slowly raising your prices using your accounting, you know, radar to see where you're at and judge that based on how you doing or not doing is really a good practice talking to other photographers like going these conventions is so valuable to even us like you and I both run businesses separately and together. And so like, you know, we talk about stuff and like we've worked off each other and sam like the three of us have been able to really like hone in. And I think when you're doing it by yourself, it's, it's, you can, it's very easy, but it's so much more helpful when you have other people to work off of and be accountable for and understand how you guys are working with each other in tandem. I mean you talked about like earlier in a case study when we were looking at your price list, how you would have three shooters at your weddings when you started and one was your partner, but you would always have another shooter. And so again, who knows? You might not be the one that's finding the weddings. But if someone knows you're a photographer, if you're connected with them, they might ask you to come on. I love being, I actually just covered for my friend in palm springs. I was a second shooter and I hadn't done it a long time. I was like, sure, I'll just show up low profile, shoot wides, get paid later. So that's always a good way to start to meet photographers and understand how they run their businesses where you're in their downtime. Um, so yeah, meeting people and helping will really help you figure out how to scale up scale and you can do that at conventions meetups. We need to yeah, I know for sure. But also with scaling up prices, I just wanted to add that. Um, be confident in yourself, Especially if, if, you know you see your photos, it's easy to critique your own photos and feel like you're not as good as the competition in your area. But the people, your clients don't necessarily know how long you've been doing this or whatever. But if they see your photos on your website and they like it. Be confident in charging a higher price and upping your prices because Typically a lot of clients won't, won't care if they like you as a photographer. Then raising your prices 10, over time isn't going to turn away a lot of clients. So just want to add that awesome. 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Ten big things coming to Coffs Harbour
THE Coffs Coast in 2019 stands as one of the fastest growing areas in NSW with a wealth of public and private investment in infrastructure under way.
The Coffs Coast Advocate today continues its 10 Big Things Coming to the Coffs Coast series with a look at 10 major infrastructure projects that aren't too far off.
Topping the list is of course:
Hailed as perhaps the most difficult section of the Pacific Highway upgrade to complete, the $1.2 billion Coffs Bypass is earmarked for a 2020 start.
The 14km duplication project will deviate from the existing highway at Boambee off the Englands Rd roundabout. The community is awaiting the release of the Environment Impact Statement by the Roads and Maritime Services, determining whether three tunnels or two land bridges and a cutting will be constructed. The bypass will traverse the foothills of Coffs Harbour and connect with the existing Sapphire to Woolgoolga duplicated section at Korora.
A new planning phase for the rejuvenation of the foreshores was announced in May by State Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh.
Urban designers Group GSA is refining and developing a preliminary concept plan for joint government and private sector development of railway-owned Crown land east of the Coffs Harbour Railway Station.
The plan looks to maximise and enhance open space east of Jordan Esplanade providing more cycleways, parking and a mix of two to five-storey development.
The planning will complement council's previous upgrade to the northern end of the Jetty Foreshores.
This major NSW Health hospital expansion is well under way and once completed will total a public health investment of $194 million.
The redevelopment will see enhancements to the existing surgical and operating theatres in addition to new theatres, a new short-stay surgical unit, orthopaedic and vascular unit, ambulatory care area and the expansion of community health.
Planning consent was granted in February and CPB Contractors is expected to complete the four-storey expansion in 2021. The Clinical Services Building will open by the end of next year.
The Bachrach Naumburger Group's $100-million The Shoreline Park Beach luxury aged care facility in York St is the largest development ever reviewed by Coffs Harbour City Council. Comprising 18 ground level townhouses, 143 apartments across two buildings and a 120-bed residential care facility, it will take about six years to complete and generate 180 jobs during construction.
The $76.5 million Cultural and Civic Space development earmarked for Gordon St will include a regional gallery, library, regional museum, multipurpose meeting rooms, shop, cafe, function space and the council administration offices.
Council will borrow $46 million for the project. Construction will start next year with completion in 2022.
Work is under way to construct a $10.7 million specialist trades facility at the TAFE NSW Coffs Harbour campus.
The State Government-funded Coffs Harbour Education Campus project is set to deliver 200 new training places and add to the $3.2 million Coffs Harbour Connected Health Hub.
The $12 million state-of-the-art facility, will house SCU's allied health degrees and research. Coffs Harbour is set to become an education destination, training a new generation of occupational therapists, exercise scientists, psychologists, indigenous health and mental health practitioners.
Designed by architects at Design Worldwide Partnership, the two-storey building built by Woollam Constructions will open this year.
Coffs Harbour's Boat Ramp precinct was awarded $10-million in the Berejiklian Government's 2019-20 State Budget to improve boating safety, Jordan Esplanade and sand build-up in the harbour launch site.
The Federal Government pledged $10-million towards Coffs Harbour City Council's Airport Enterprise Park development. The Aviation Dr development offers 23ha of commercial land close to the Coffs Harbour Regional Airport.
Woolgoolga's Northern Beaches Multi-Purpose Centre was given funding surety with the State Budget guaranteeing $8 million towards stage one of the project. The project will provide a community space for indoor sport, community events, fundraisers, dance and function space. | <urn:uuid:1f3ece49-31b3-49d6-81bf-81b8fa682107> | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au/news/ten-big-things-coming-to-coffs-harbour/3813180/ | 2019-09-17T23:42:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514573124.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20190917223332-20190918005332-00197.warc.gz | en | 0.932917 | 874 |
These affordable homes are currently for sale in HDF’s service area.
If you are interested in using HDF’s services to purchase any of the residences for sale, please apply to HDF’s First Time Homebuyer Program and let your counselor know that you are interested in purchasing one of the affordable properties listed here. For any questions about the property or to schedule a showing, please contact the developer directly with the contact information in the listing.
If you are a developer and are interested in listing your affordable properties, please contact us.
3-Bedroom House in SoNo
24 Haviland Place, Norwalk, CT
- 3 bedrooms,
- 2 bathrooms
- Approximately 1,980 sq. ft.
- Fully renovated in 2017.
Located in the heart of downtown Norwalk, this charming, fully-renovated home is just steps from the train, restaurants, the Maritime Aquarium, and all that SoNo has to offer. Cycle to Calf Pasture beach.
This home is available from the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency for a first time homebuyer at or below 80% AMI, adjusted for family size.
Owner occupancy required; resale restrictions apply. Priority is given to 4-5 member households. If needed, a lottery will be held in October 2017.
Prospective buyers are required to obtain homeownership counseling from the Housing Development Fund (HDF). Down payment and closing cost assistance is available to qualified borrowers.
Interested buyers should start the HDF process immediately at hdfconnects.org/fthb in order to be eligible. Counseling must be completed by September 30, 2017.
3-Bedroom Condo in Stamford
Liberty Commons, Stamford, CT
One unit, #50, is available.
- 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms
- Approximately 1,664 sq. ft.
- 2 car garage
- Stainless appliances and granite counters
- Built in 2012, recently painted throughout, newly finished floors
- Located near Stamford Hospital, Transportation Center, and shopping, dining, and theaters
- Sales Price $250,000
Click here for more photos and information. Call Herber Lopez to view the unit: (203) 424-3540.
Historic Hillside in Waterbury
Gaffney Place, Waterbury, CT
Recently renovated and brand new affordable two-family homes in the Historic Hillside community, conveniently located within walking distance of shopping, schools, and recreation.
- 1,974 to 3,135 sq. ft.
- Queen-Anne style architecture and spacious floorplans
- New streetscape design with underground utilities
- Sales Price from $179,900
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Announcing our Crafty Mama Coffee Morning plus baby-friendly daytime classes!
We are super excited to announce the launch of our Crafty Mama Coffee Morning at our West Hampstead shop! This is a casual, baby-friendly meetup aimed at mums with small babies who love getting stuck into a creative project. We’ll provide coffee, cake and an easy and fun craft project you can try for a small materials fee, or bring any project you’ve got on the go, be it knitting, crochet, embroidery, hand sewing, drawing, whatever! Join us every Thursday from 10:30am starting this week – no sign up necessary. Follow us on Instagram for updates and contact us with any questions.
Baby-friendly daytime classes
It’s a little known fact that small babies are welcome at our daytime classes so you can use your maternity leave to learn a new craft! You might not get quite as much done if you’re a little distracted, but no one will mind a bit if you need to take a break to feed or comfort your little one! Most of these classes happen each month, but there are some gaps over the summer. The next two dates are listed below and you can find the full schedule on our website! All materials are included in these classes.
Cross Stitch for Beginners – £35
Tuesday, 1 August, 10:30am – 1pm
Tuesday, 5 September, 10:30am – 1pm
Cross stitch is portable, relaxing and seriously addictive! This one-evening class will cover the cross stitch basics from tools to techniques while you stitch a modern cross stitch design to take home! You’ll learn how to work with embroidery floss and the various types of cross stitch fabric, how to get started by anchoring your thread and reading a stitch chart, how to follow a pattern including basic stitches, working rows and changing colours and how to finish your work to display it at home.
Learn to Knit – £45
Wednesday, 26 July, 10:30am – 1:30pm
Wednesday, 27 September, 10am – 12:30pm
Do you want to learn to knit or need a refresher on the basics? This class is for you! In this class, experienced knitting teacher and knitwear pattern designer Renée Callahan will start from the very beginning and cover everything you need to know to get started knitting: knit stitch, purl stitch, casting on and off.
This is a Sewing Machine – £45
Tuesday, 18 July, 10am – 1pm
Tuesday, 17 October, 10am – 1pm
This class will introduce aspiring stitchers – or those who need a refresher – how to use a sewing machine! In this comprehensive three hour class, you’ll get sewing machine-savvy and leave with enough knowledge and confidence to start making your own projects at home! This workshop is focussed solely on the skill of sewing and the entire three hours will be spent practising each element below to ensure that the methods stay in your mind after the class.
Learn to Crochet Granny Squares – £35
Tuesday, 22 August, 10:30am – 12:30pm
Tuesday, 26 September, 10:30am – 12:30pm
Learn to crochet the classic granny square! In this two hour class, you’ll learn to create a granny square that can be used as a drinks coaster or as the start of a blanket, accessory or anything else you can dream up! We’ll cover basic crochet stitches, how to finish a square and how to connect squares to create larger projects plus how to follow a crochet pattern or chart. | <urn:uuid:27821304-e210-4924-8600-10d5301bfc33> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://thevillagehaberdashery.co.uk/blogs/news/announcing-our-crafty-mama-coffee-morning-plus-baby-friendly-daytime-classes | 2021-08-01T11:48:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154175.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20210801092716-20210801122716-00493.warc.gz | en | 0.91678 | 766 |
While rereading portions of Rem Koolhaas' S,M,L,XL over the last few days, I was reminded of the relevance of his essay "Field Trip," written about visiting the Berlin Wall in the seventies, while finishing his architectural studies at the AA. On a level as simple as the title of our studio course (riffing on Rem's agenda of documenting "the Berlin Wall as architecture"?) and as complex as all the layers of use and implication, I have found the rereading of this essay illuminating for our current investigations.
See: S,M,L,XL. Rem Koolhaas and Bruce Mau (New York: Monacelli Press, 1995). P215-232.
"[The wall] is 165 kilometers long and confronts all of Berlin's conditions, including lakes, forest, periphery; parts of it are intensely metropolitan, others suburban.
"Also, the wall is not stable; and it is not a single entity, as I thought. It is more a situation, a permanent, slow- motion evolution, some of it abrupt and clearly planned, some of it improvised...." | <urn:uuid:190b51f1-1a5c-4d13-8697-8858fa28a7ed> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | http://borderwallasarchitecture.blogspot.com/2008/10/bordertrip2.html | 2018-07-20T07:00:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676591543.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20180720061052-20180720081052-00245.warc.gz | en | 0.951346 | 233 |
"You just stay in there and be quiet.....he doesn't want you in the room when he fucks me!"
"But I can't see anything!"
"I'm sorry Sissy but I just won't have you drilling holes in my Grandma's armoire!!!"
"But I can't see....."
"Look Sissy......Gran told me that Grandpa used to hide in here all the time when she took a man to bed.....so if it was good enough for him it should be good enough for you!!!"
"I guess I can hear everything....that's something...."
"Just get in Sissy and be quiet......you're giving me a headache!!!"
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Your's is the intgllieent approach to this issue.
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It's posts like this that make surfing so much pluarese
there are others but I wodlun't personally recommend them to you if I haven't tried it out myself in case of security and privacy issues, I will try to check others though and will post them in the description.
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Ron Paul Quotes
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Rep. Ron Paul, M.D.
2008 Ron Paul 53:1
Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation, which will bar the collection of co-payments from veterans for hospital and nursing home care if the veteran is considered catastrophically disabled. I strongly advocate a noninterventionist foreign policy that would result in far fewer wars and, thankfully, far fewer catastrophically disabled veterans. But I also strongly believe that we must take care of those veterans who have been so severely wounded or otherwise disabled. Too often those who are most vocal in support of foreign military action are most silent when it comes time to take care of those who have paid a very high price for these actions. This legislation will provide at least a little relief to the most seriously injured veterans.
2008 Ron Paul 53:2
I am concerned, however, that this bill incorporates language from HR 6114, which rescinds a current law requirement that the VA obtain a signed consent form from a veteran before conducting an HIV test. We have seen veterans punished severely for attempting to avoid the required but controversial myriad of inoculations they are required to receive. Now we see that they will have less control over what medical tests to which they might be subjected. I am concerned over this loss of control over one’s healthcare decisions among those who voluntarily join the military, and I urge the adoption of a more flexible policy. I would also urge my colleagues and the American people to contemplate this deprivation of medical and privacy rights on a massive scale should we ever reinstate the draft. I believe taking care of veterans should include both providing promised benefits and protecting their privacy rights. | <urn:uuid:cde6d13a-a7a2-47b7-bd0c-085a7cc94a24> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | http://ronpaulquotes.com/chapters/2008-53.html | 2017-11-19T12:19:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934805578.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20171119115102-20171119135102-00160.warc.gz | en | 0.955657 | 363 |
Local residents and merchants founded Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation (CHLDC) in 1983 because they had a vision for their community, a low-to-moderate income area in northeast Brooklyn with a large immigrant population. To this day, we believe that Cypress Hills can be a place where children receive high quality education that stimulates creativity, develops self-esteem, and prepares everyone for college. Families can live in decent, affordable housing and have good jobs. Our commercial strip can thrive and residents can join civic groups to express concerns and confront those in power to create change. Today, we serve 8,000 families annually. We develop affordable housing, counsel tenants and first-time homebuyers, provide support to parent and student groups organizing for better public schools, offer job training and placement services and technical assistance to local merchants, as well as afterschool programs, and college and vocational counseling for youth. | <urn:uuid:f51ab1b8-9908-4323-b681-85ad813298d2> | CC-MAIN-2015-14 | http://www.goodsearch.com/nonprofit/cypress-hills-local-development-corporation-chldc.aspx | 2015-03-28T01:57:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-14/segments/1427131297172.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20150323172137-00167-ip-10-168-14-71.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955556 | 181 |
The lottery is one of the most popular forms of gambling in the United States. There are millions of people playing state lotteries every week. In addition, there are several multi-state lotteries that offer massive jackpots. Some of the most famous are Mega Millions and Powerball.
Online lotteries make it easier for players to participate. Many lotteries now offer instant games, which are casino-like games that can be played online or on a mobile device. While there are several different types of lottery games, they all follow a similar basic concept. They involve selecting numbers on a screen and matching them with randomly generated numbers.
Aside from instant games, many of the best online lottery sites also have a variety of features. These include a secure payment option and promotions. Players can also compare jackpots and odds from various lottery games, which is especially helpful if you’re unsure of which lottery is right for you.
When purchasing tickets for an online lottery, you should always buy them from a reputable vendor. These are the websites that the state has authorized to sell tickets. Not only is this safer than betting sites, but it also helps increase the odds of winning.
The majority of states in the US have an official lottery website. These websites are easy to use, and they help players easily purchase tickets and claim prizes. However, some states have not yet permitted the sale of lottery tickets online. Despite this, there are several more states that are attempting to legalize this method.
Another common lottery strategy is to form a lottery syndicate. A syndicate is a group of friends or family members who pool money to buy lottery tickets. Each member of the group has a share of the prize. Using this method, a syndicate can win over the fifth of the top jackpots in major lotteries in many countries.
If you’re interested in becoming a part of a syndicate, you can find out more about them on the internet. Once you’ve established a few, you can enter multiple drawings. You may even decide to buy more than one ticket if you believe that there is a good chance you’ll win.
Another popular strategy is to wait for the big jackpots. Most jackpots come in the range of 100 to 175, but a few lucky winners have won larger prizes. Although these prizes are smaller, they still add up. It’s also important to know that the odds of winning a jackpot remain the same with every drawing.
For those who are unsure about their chances of winning, it’s recommended to wait a few weeks to buy a lottery ticket. This allows players to see what the jackpot is currently and how it’s changed in recent years. Often, you’ll notice a pattern in the statistics.
The best way to determine the likelihood of winning a lottery is to research the number of winners over the past few years. For example, did you know that a woman who won the Mega Millions jackpot in 2016 was able to pick seven out of twenty-five random numbers? She was an extremely rare success story. | <urn:uuid:4da40679-6559-4a28-921c-069344da71fa> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | http://neaucc.org/gambling-online/ | 2023-12-01T00:10:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100258.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130225634-20231201015634-00885.warc.gz | en | 0.975417 | 638 |
Avaline Cotes De Provence Rose 750ml
Avaline is the maker of this Avaline Rosé , a rosé wine from the region of Côtes De Provence with cinsault, syrah, grenache, caladoc and cabernet sauvignon grapes and shows an alcoholic content of 13%. The Avaline Rosé is the ideal rosé to combine with veg cuisine and appetizers.
Avaline Rosé (Cabernet Sauvignon, Caladoc, Grenache, Syrah and Cinsault)
- View: light and pale pink.
- Nose: aromas of exotic fruits, delicate flowers, berries and a touch of spice.
- Mouth: light step, fine texture. Invites to repeat the drink.
DESIGNATION OF ORIGIN: Côtes De Provence
VINEYARD: vineyard certified organic by Veritas Bureau.
GRAPES: Cinsault, Grenache, Caladoc, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon.
PREPARATION: Each of the ingredients used in winemaking are carefully considered. No more sulphites are added than strictly necessary (while wine can legally have up to 350ppm sulphites, Avaline Rosé keeps the total amount below 100ppm). Bentonite clay is used for filtering, a natural, ultra-fine clay that binds to the proteins in wine and is then carefully filtered to help maintain clarity; Pea protein is used for clarification and stabilization and in the case of rosé wine also cream of tartar, which helps accelerate stabilization and prevent crystals from forming in the wine; and the yeasts for fermentation are native or certified organic. | <urn:uuid:d1c5c18e-2601-4687-a4e2-0fc8889b0e96> | CC-MAIN-2020-45 | https://vinobee.com/products/avaline-cotes-de-provence-rose-750ml | 2020-10-22T21:10:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-45/segments/1603107880038.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20201022195658-20201022225658-00129.warc.gz | en | 0.846372 | 362 |
In the V2 dashboard, you can see button "migrate rules from v1"
On clicking on the button, you can see a pop up indicating the number of available rules in V1.
Then you can click on Migrate.
You can see the rules are processed and all the rules will be created in V2.
The migrate button will not be shown once the rules are created.
Here is a video tutorial :
- You can also skip the migration and do it later (by clicking on skip).
- The created rules will be disabled by default.
- You can check on the rule configuration and then enable the rules.
- If you are in V2 dashboard, then the rules will run from the V2 setup.
Still unclear ?
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Dear Child Care Providers,
We encourage you to check out this press release from Governor Whitmer and Michigan.gov today regarding a $130 Million investment in child care, to make it more affordable and accessible during the Coronavirus pandemic. There will be an online application for the grant at www.michigan.gov/childcare. Please see below for the full release:
As always, please feel free to contact your H&S professional with any questions about how this might impact you. | <urn:uuid:4faa11af-3a12-436f-b01b-d7de8ebdadba> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | https://www.hscompanies.com/2020/04/29/governor-whitmer-takes-step-to-make-child-care-affordable-accessible/ | 2020-07-12T18:16:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593657139167.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20200712175843-20200712205843-00461.warc.gz | en | 0.908702 | 104 |
Adapting within social media
Technically, online social media platforms have existed for quite some time. Yahoo's Geocities was an early incarnation, as was Xanga and then Myspace. When Facebook launched, it was exclusively aimed at college students. In the grand scheme of of Internet history, social media B2B marketing is a new trend.
As a result, companies have spent many years perfecting their online messages. They've been met with varying forms of success and failure, but at this point in 2015, most companies have a firm understanding of their target audience and what type of content should be produced. Companies have adapted to new social trends, as well. For instance, social media is no longer effective if every post is worded the same and contains a link to a blog post. Interaction is key.
Moving forward, social media will continue to change and it will be up to businesses to ensure they are properly informed and ready to hop on the wild ride.
According to Hubspot Blogs, marketers who include visuals in social media see a large return on investment (1). This alone can help lead generation pick up more steam if it's lagged lately. Statistically, visuals perform better online than plain text. Approximately 40 percent of people respond better to visual communications, according to a survey conducted by Zabisco. That's only one statistic – across the B2B marketing spectrum, visuals help promote material better. Companies that create just the right image may see large returns.
Twitter and Facebook are easily accessible. For a small business, sending tweets from Twitter's main login page is relatively simple. However, this may be a little more difficult for the companies that run multiple accounts on various social media services.
To solve this, Ron Stein wrote for Florida Trend that low-cost and free social media management tools should be used. Programs and applications such as Hootsuite and SocialOomph are worthy investments, as they can be used for just about every marketing campaign (2).
Get to know your followers
According to Daniel Kushner of Business 2 Community, B2B marketers must understand their target audience (3). Specific content may resonate strongly and trigger other companies to buy various goods and services. If that is the case, B2B campaigns should focus on that trigger content. Businesses can track this by staying updated on conversations, clicks and comments. It will also help to stay informed of what others are saying about your content. Use any feedback – positive or negative – as constructive criticism to improve future endeavors.
(1). 19 Reasons You Should Include Visual Content in Your Marketing
(2). How to make the most of free (or low cost) social media marketing
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LAS VEGAS, NV - "Las Vegas, here we come!" So says the GOP about the upcoming caucus. And what happens here could determine who wins the Republican slot on the ballot. The candidates are doubling down. Only one will get lucky....with the voters, that is, and ever since South Carolina, Donald Trump has been on a winning streak.
"We won with everything. We won with highly educated, pretty well educated, and poorly educated."
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are wild cards. Now that Jeb Bush has folded, his supporters are up for grabs.
Ted Cruz calls Bush, "A man who didn't go to the gutter and engage in insults and attacks."
Actor Donnie Wahlberg is voting Republican for the first time and he's betting on Rubio. While Rubio takes shots at Cruz.
"It's every single day something comes out of the Cruz campaign that's deceptive and untrue."
Cruz critics are wondering whether he's bluffing when it comes to deporting the 12 million undocumented people. Just last month he passed on the idea that was suggested by Trump. But haven't we seen candidates flip flop their views before?
On the Democratic side, Bernie Sanders' newest supporter's voice will be heard in South Carolina ahead of the next Democratic primary. "This is your dude, Spike Lee. When Bernie gets in the White House, he will do the right thing."
Houston payed its cards right and the University of Houston will host the next Republican debate this Thursday. But while in Vegas, it's a real GOP gamble. John Kasich is still hoping to win the jackpot, too. But odds are, he's the real long shot! | <urn:uuid:66f47874-957d-4840-8e8c-be926e85e612> | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | https://cw39.com/2016/02/23/political-gamble-as-the-republican-caucus-takes-place-in-vegas/ | 2019-10-22T06:05:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570987803441.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20191022053647-20191022081147-00122.warc.gz | en | 0.959629 | 347 |
Bridal bouquet, 9 inch comic book bouquet, $75
5 Bridesmaids, 7 inch bouquets, $40 each= $200
Flower girl- 6 inch bouquet, $35
Grooms boutonniere, 3 flowers, $10
5 Groomsmen boutonnieres, 1 flower, $6 each= $30
2 Corsages, 5 flowers= $15 each= $30
Charlee contacted us to create flowers for her Carnival wedding in Australia.
She wanted Spiderman comics in a red, black and white color scheme.
Each bouquet was handcrafted from black & comic book prints and edged with red. Black and red buttons adorned each flower. The corsages and boutonnieres were made to match!
More information on placing an order like this can be found here
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This is the box open but with the album out of it.
This is the front of the album. Isn't it beautiful?
Here is the album spine made from Duck Tape (not Duct Tape but the kind for crafts). I put some bling on it to jazz it up.
Here is a close up of the cover and charms that are part of the toggle closure.
This is the box with the album in it.
Below are random shots of the interior. So far I've only put some opening comments in the pocket on the inside of the cover.
It stands about 3 inches thick and I haven't even started filling it. | <urn:uuid:4115a6d0-b423-47b5-abdc-134337779357> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | http://paperglitterstamps.blogspot.com/2011/08/project-bam-book-about-me.html | 2017-03-24T13:56:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218188132.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212948-00628-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97357 | 134 |
The Boston Celtics were the winners of four straight Eastern Conference titles. Two of those, 1984 and 1986, ended in NBA championships. But you could see the end starting to come. The road back to the Finals in 1987 had been the hardest journey yet. The Detroit Pistons were coming on strong in the East. The Los Angeles Lakers were still out west. The 1988 Boston Celtics gave it everything they had, but in the end it proved to be the last stand of a dynasty.
Larry Bird was still as good as ever. He might not be winning MVPs, like his run from 1984-86, but he averaged 30 points/9 rebounds/6 assists per game. Kevin McHale averaged 23 points/8 rebounds. Bird and McHale were each 1st-team All-Star forwards in the postseason awards voting.
Robert Parish slipped a bit at the center spot, but “The Chief” was still good for a 14/9 every night. And Danny Ainge stepped up the scoring in the backcourt, knocking down 16ppg to go with his six assists. Dennis Johnson rounded out the backcourt with 13 points and eight assists per game, to go with his stellar defense. Boston scored the third-most points of anyone in the NBA and using efficiency numbers, they were the best offense in the 23-team league.
If NBA basketball could be restricted to five-on-five, Boston would have been in a good shape. But in a league where depth is so important—for the 82-game grind in the regular season, then the two-month playoff run it takes to win a championship—the Celtics were out of their league. And it showed in the defensive numbers, where they ranked 17th in efficiency.
Outside the starting five, no one else averaged 20 minutes per game in playing time. No one else made a notable impact on the stat sheet. And with not only the Pistons, but the Atlanta Hawks and Milwaukee Bucks looking to compete in the East, Boston was in no position to play the “load management” game during the regular season.
The Celtics came out and won their first six games, but then muddled along up to Christmas. The early season saw them lose to the Pistons, Hawks, Bucks, and eventual playoff teams in the Philadelphia 76ers and Cleveland Cavaliers. Boston also dropped a tough 115-114 game at home to Los Angeles. In short, they weren’t beating anybody any good.
That changed in January and the hopes for continuing the dynasty got new life. Boston crushed Detroit 143-105, the highlight of a month that they closed with a record of 31-12. The Celtics held a narrow lead in the Eastern Conference standings and were four games back of the Lakers.
The surge started to crest a bit in February. A Sunday afternoon Valentine’s Day’s trip to the LA Forum resulted in a 115-106 loss. A visit to Detroit ended with a 106-101 defeat. Boston lost at Milwaukee and then lost at home to the mediocre New Jersey Nets in the early days of March. The Celtics slipped behind the Pistons in the race for homecourt in the East, while the Lakers pulled away for the best overall record in the NBA.
Then Detroit hit a little slump and Boston responded by ripping off 16 wins in 18 games, including a pair of head-to-head victories over the Pistons. The Celtics finished the regular season at 57-25 and cleared the field in the East by three games. They might lack depth. They might be getting long in the tooth. But the road to the NBA Finals in the Eastern Conference was still going to come through Boston Garden.
The New York Knicks were the first playoff opponent. Rick Pitino was in his first year of NBA coaching and he had a talented core. Patrick Ewing was an emerging star at center. Mark Jackson won Rookie of the Year at the point guard spot. Gerald Wilkins provided offensive punch on the wings.
What the Knicks didn’t have was experience—all the key players were 27 or younger—and the NBA postseason is still a time when veterans take center stage. That’s what McHale and Bird did in Game 1, scoring 29 points each and leading the way to a 112-92 win. The great forwards were at it again in Game 2. Bird shot 12-for-19 from the floor to get 36 points, while McHale added a 24/12 line. The 128-102 win put the Celtics in firm control of the series.
The first round was a best-of-five affair in 1988, so Boston went to Madison Square Garden for Game 3 with a chance to put this to bed. McHale was ready and put up 24/8, but Bird didn’t shoot well and the Celtics lost 109-100. Game 4 was tight for three quarters and Ewing was attacking the boards with a vengeance. Bird responded with 28 while McHale delivered 20/8. And Dennis Johnson was brilliant, with a 19/10/12 triple-double that keyed a series-clinching 102-94 win.
Atlanta had been biding its time the last couple years and the Hawks came into the conference semifinals believing they were set to take out Boston. Dominique Wilkins was one of the great scorers in the game. And the Hawks had a two-guard that would eventually become a very familiar (and friendly) face to Celtics fans—Doc Rivers.
Boston came out blazing. Bird dropped 38 in the opener while Wilkins shot just 10-for-24. The Celts were up fifteen after the first quarter and won 110-101. They were even better in Game 2. Dominique was forced into 8-for-24 shooting. Boston moved the ball around, shot 56 percent and were led by 32 from McHale and 23 from Ainge. The final was 108-97.
It seemed as though everything was moving smoothly toward the anticipated Celtics-Pistons rematch in the conference finals. But when this series went south, Atlanta found their mojo. More specifically, their defense. The Hawks forced the Celts into 39 percent shooting and Boston dropped Game 3 110-92. In Game 4, it was taking care of the basketball that did the Celtics in—a 22-9 turnover differential led to a 118-109 loss.
There was no reason to panic. This series wasn’t supposed to be easy and Boston still held homecourt. They also held an eight-point lead after three quarters in Game 5. But when your bench is outscored 30-7 by the opposing reserve players, it’s going to be a problem. The Celtics collapsed in the fourth quarter of Game 5, giving up 43 points and losing 112-104.
Friday night’s Game 6 in Atlanta now had the attention of the NBA world. Was the Bird-era dynasty going to be brought down sooner than expected? Not if the proud veterans had anything to say about it. Bird and McHale combined for 49 points/21 rebounds. While Rivers was fantastic for the Hawks in dropping 32, Dominique only shot 13-for-30. Even though he got his 35 points, it was too inefficient and the Celtics escaped 102-100.
The previous spring had seen Boston host two Game 7s in the East, against Milwaukee and Detroit. It was time for another one. The first two had been great battles. This Game 7 would produce the most memorable one-on-one confrontation in NBA history.
Dominique and Larry were both on fire and ready to meet the moment. By the fourth quarter, they simply cleared everyone else out of the way and went at each other. Ainge later described it as “a joy to watch”, as though he were a spectator. The other eight players on the floor joined the Garden crowd and the television audience in watching the showdown.
In the end Bird won, like he always did on the parquet floor. He finished with 34 points. While Dominque’s 47 earned him a place in basketball lore, Bird had help—McHale went for 33/13. That was the difference in the 118-116 win.
It was time for the rematch with the Pistons. Detroit ranked second in the NBA in defensive efficiency. While Isiah Thomas was the clear best player at the point guard spot, it was more a “first-among-equals” greatness, with a long bench behind him. They were perfectly built to stop an offensive team that relied on its starting five.
And the problems showed right away in Game 1. Boston only shot 42 percent. While McHale got 31 points, he was kept off the boards and Bird didn’t shoot well in a 104-96 loss.
Game 2 was now a do-or-die affair, but Bird again couldn’t get his shooting rhythm. The good news is that Parish stepped up with a 26/11 performance. McHale added 24/8. And DJ delivered 22 points while handing out ten assists. The game went two overtimes, but Boston survived 119-115.
Now they needed to get a road win. Bird was again forced into tough shooting in Game 3. McHale delivered 32, but the Celtics were down by thirteen after three quarters and lost 98-94. Boston’s offensive performance was even worse in Game 4—but the veterans brought the defensive effort. They forced Detroit into 33 percent shooting from the floor. The Celtics held the Pistons to ten points in the fourth quarter. And they escaped 79-78.
Boston had homecourt advantage back. But on the other hand, they had been handled convincingly in both losses, while barely escaping in both wins. The same dynamic had played out back in the 1984 NBA Finals against the Lakers. In that year, the Celtics dramatically reversed gears in a home Game 5 to pave the way for their title. Could the same thing happen in 1988?
Nope. Bird continued to be harassed by the long arm of Piston defenders like Dennis Rodman and shot 9-for-25. The Celtics as a team shot 38 percent. They did hit the boards and they got to the free throw line, and that kept the game tight. It went to overtime. But the magic of the parquet floor ran out in a 102-96 loss.
The end now seemed inevitable as the series went back to Detroit for Game 6. And the result was more of the same. Bird shot 4-for-17. McHale’s 33/11 weren’t enough. The Celtics trailed by twelve after three quarters and lost 95-90.
It was the end of an era and even in the moment, everyone knew it. Bird’s back was ailing and he missed most of 1989 with surgery. The Celtics barely snuck into the playoffs. They were a good team in the three years following, but well behind the pace set by the NBA’s elite. The 1988 season—the 57 wins, the epic Game 7 with Atlanta—was the last stand of a proud dynasty. | <urn:uuid:024d3099-86eb-40e0-9ebc-5b5ac545d284> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://thesportsnotebook.com/1988-boston-celtics/ | 2023-12-02T19:19:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100448.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202172159-20231202202159-00444.warc.gz | en | 0.978794 | 2,277 |
Yarra Valley Aviation is based at Lilydale Airport (13 McIntyre Lane, Yering) in Melbourne's Eastern Suburbs, just 45 minutes from the Melbourne CBD.
Whether you are after a Scenic Joyflight, an unforgettable Air Safari experience, require an Air Charter service, or have a desire to take the controls yourself and learn to fly, we have an aviation solution for you.
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Other aviation businesses located at Lilydale Airfield include:
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The terms "circuit training" and "interval training" are often used interchangeably, but they are not the same workouts. The two workout types use different exercises, require different energy systems and promote different results. Both are efficient, time-effective workouts, however, that you can easily add into your weekly routine to boost your fitness benefits.
Circuit training is a resistance-training workout. You choose nine to 12 exercises and rotate through stations for a pre-determined length of time. For example, perform a chest press, lat pulldown, shoulder press, bicep curl, tricep extension, squat, lunge, calf raise and abdominal crunch for 30 to 45 seconds each. Then, you repeat the circuit for the duration of your workout. In contrast, interval training is an aerobic-based workout. You choose your aerobic exercise and add intervals of increased speed or resistance. For example, during a brisk walk, add a one- to two-minute sprint, then return to your brisk walking for an equal amount of time.
You choose the types of resistance exercises to include in your circuit training workouts. These can be free-weight, weight-machine, kettlebell, medicine ball or bodyweight based exercises. The exercises challenge your muscles to improve your strength and provide workout variety. You also choose the types of cardiovascular exercises to include in your interval training workouts, but you only do one type of exercise for each workout. Select aerobic exercises such as walking, swimming, cycling, stair climbing, jogging and skating to increase your heart and breathing rates and improve your endurance.
Circuit training primarily uses strength-training exercises. Some circuit variations contain aerobic stations in between the strength exercises. A traditional circuit workout calls for 15 to 45 seconds of each resistance exercise. When you perform an exercise for less than two minutes, your body uses your anaerobic energy system, which converts glucose into fuel. Interval training uses cardiovascular exercises of a sustained duration. An exercise performed for longer than two minutes uses your aerobic energy system, which converts fat into fuel. The short, bursts of intensity intervals switch to the anaerobic energy system.
You can burn fat with both circuit and and interval training workouts; circuit training also increases your muscle mass. Interval training improves your endurance, which means your body becomes more efficient at converting both fat and glucose into energy, so you are able to workout for longer durations without as much effort. Both workouts help reduce overuse injuries as you constantly vary your workouts. | <urn:uuid:9c207526-01c7-47d1-bda4-1ae9c84d7571> | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | http://www.livestrong.com/article/333939-circuit-training-vs-interval-training/ | 2017-02-26T12:32:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501172000.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104612-00273-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938847 | 509 |
By Justine Woodard, Crain News Service
DETROIT (June 2, 2015) — Every camper or fisherman has at least one horror story about trying to back up a trailer or boat.
Fear not — Ford Motor Co. claims to have found a solution with its Pro Trailer Backup Assist system.
The 2016 F-150 pickup offers the new technology, which will allow drivers to steer their trailers using a knob on the dashboard instead of countersteering the wheel. How does it work? The driver shifts the truck into reverse and then uses the rearview camera in conjunction with the Backup Assist knob to guide the trailer into the desired spot.
The truck steers the front wheels while the backup camera tracks the trailer angles, making movements easier and smoother. The driver will still have to control the brake and throttle, but if the angles get too tight the truck will step in and limit the speeds. | <urn:uuid:e48cc9dd-4924-44ff-96b5-8c037b3e9af1> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.tirebusiness.com/article/20150602/NEWS/150609976/hate-backing-up-your-trailer-f-150-can-do-it-for-you | 2022-01-17T18:31:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320300616.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220117182124-20220117212124-00438.warc.gz | en | 0.914783 | 186 |
|High School:||Gloucester Catholic|
2013 Second Team All-ODAC
2011 Second Team All-ODAC
2010 All-State Rookie of the Year
2010 ODAC Rookie of the Year
Senior (2013): Played and started all 24 matches as a senior…Provided key leadership along the backline…Helped the Hornets post a 0.58 goals against average.
Junior (2012): Dott played in nine matches for the Hornets while starting eight of them…The junior from Sewell, NJ battled through an injury for most of the season, returning for the ODAC Tournament…She had an assist against Shenandoah in the ODAC Semifinals.
Sophomore (2011): Saw action in 22 out of 23 games…Apart of the LC defense that held opponents to a goals against average of 0.30…Added an assist against Eastern Mennonite…Named to the All-ODAC Second Team.
Freshman (2010): Played in all 23 games as a freshman, starting in 16…Made an immediate impact as a defender for the Hornets, part of a crew that had an ODAC best 0.60 goals against average for the season…Scored two goals.
Before LC: Won conference championships in each of her four seasons as a member of the Rams...Contributed to two state championship wins in 2007 and 2009...Was a team captain her senior season and earned All-State and First-Team All-South Jersey honors...Also participated in track at Gloucester Catholic.
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Child Spider-Man Gloves
Web-slinging is a tough occupation, requiring rigorous and thorough training sessions. But it can be rewarding for those who put in the work, and we're confident you can do it.
Your little Spider-Man-obsessed kiddo will definitely need the right amount of stickiness in his or her fingers when it comes time to climb. Start out with the walls of the bedroom, with all important projects or Lego creations moved to a safe space. This is where failure is encouraged and rewarded with future successes. Next up, practice sessions can be moved outside, to the sides of your home or a sturdy tree.
If things don't seem to go so well immediately, don't fret. It's possible that your little one needs only a boost in confidence! If the jump from bedroom walls to trees went well, but falls are common in the transition from tree to 30-story office buildings, well, all we can say is the gloves are needed.
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- Spiderman gloves, officially licensed
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In 2015 Pope Frances appointed Bishop Juan Barros to lead the diocese in Osorno Chile, the very city in which I started my mission in the mid 1970’s. But this appointment was not without controversy. Barros was accused of covering up sexual abuse by his mentor, Father Karadima. The Pope ignored and dismissed these allegations and appointed him anyway.
Fast forward to this year, and in January during his visit to Chile he said he was convinced Barros was innocent. This created so much uproar by Catholics in Chile (churches were firebombed!) that when he got home the Pope sent investigators to get to the bottom of the cover-up allegations. They listened to 64 testimonies of people affected by the scandal, and found out that the abuse was much more widespread than previously expected. In the end 80 additional priests were implicated in addition to Father Karadima. The result was a 2300 page report out last month showed that Barros did cover up the abuse. So what did the Pope do? Call his lawyers? Bury the report to never see the light of day? Nope, he apologized.
This week he called all the Bishops from Chile to Rome, to meet with him and discuss how to make this right. From a Jesuit Newspaper called America is the following passage about the letter to the Chilean Bishops:
In his letter, the pope acknowledged his own “responsibility” for handling the appointment of Bishop Barros to Osorno and the reaction to it and “serious errors” he had made “in the assessment and perception of the situation, especially because of the lack of truthful and balanced information.” After asking forgiveness from all those he had offended, he urged the Chilean bishops to prepare for the summit with prayer, reflection and a spirit of “magnanimity” so that “it would be the Spirit who would guide us with his gift, and not our interests or, even worse, our wounded pride.”
I was wondering if the LDS church had a scandal of this magnitude, how they might handle it. Does their handling of the MTC case give us a window into their thinking on things like this? Do you think that the Catholic church problems in Chile are talked about by the Q15? Would they use that to learn from the Catholic Church’s mistakes? Or do they think that nothing like that could ever happen to them?
If the LDS church ever had a scandal like this, would they admit that mistakes were made, or would they call their lawyers and hunker down? Can the church move away from Elder Oaks’ proclamation that the church doesn’t “seek apologies, and we don’t give them.”? Could the members handle a prophet that admits “serious errors” were made? Would this just open a can of worms about past mistakes? | <urn:uuid:15c23df4-8e06-46aa-b694-0616677e7ac7> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://wheatandtares.org/2018/05/14/pope-frances-im-sorry/ | 2020-09-18T20:59:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400188841.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20200918190514-20200918220514-00403.warc.gz | en | 0.990295 | 590 |
The Advanced SCAT™ Workbook can be purchased separately or as a discounted bundled with our Advanced SCAT™ Workbook 2.
The SCAT™ (School and College Ability Test™) is designed to be above grade level, which means it is supposed to be difficult, even for very bright children. This quiz is typically given to students trying to gain entrance to gifted and talented schools or programs, like the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth® (CTY®).
Our Advanced SCAT™ Workbook provides extensive practice for students so they can become accustomed to the questions found in the Verbal and Quantitative sections on the Advanced SCAT™ (grades 6-8) assessment.
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The SdKfz 173 Jagdpanther “hunting panther” was a tank destroyer built by the German army during World War II based on the chassis of the Panther tank. It entered service in 1944 during the later stages of the war on the Eastern and Western Fronts. The Jagdpanther combined the 8.8cm PaK 43 cannon, similar to the main gun of the Tiger II, and the armour and suspension of the Panther chassis. The Jagdpanther had a good power-to-weight ratio and a powerful main gun, which enabled it to destroy any type of Allied tank. Based on the existing Panther Ausf G chassis, the vehicle did not suffer too many mechanical problems. It was manned by a crew of five: a driver, radio-operator, commander, gunner and a loader.
There were two main variants. The earlier G1 (1944 model) had a small welded main gun mantlet, one piece PaK 43/3 gun, a modified Panther Ausf A engine deck and two vision openings for the driver. The G2 (1945 model) Jagdpanther used a Panther Ausf G engine deck, a larger gun mantlet bolted externally and a two-piece KwK 43/4 L/71 gun. Some later G1 models may have possessed G2 features such as the larger G2 mantlet because changes to the design were implemented gradually and lack of spares turned many Jagdpanther into “hybrids”.
Early Jagdpanthers had two vision openings for the driver, whereas late versions had only one. The main gun originally had a monobloc gun barrel, but from May 44 onward it was gradually replaced by a two-part barrel which was more economical as barrel wear was not even. The other main difference was the relocation of external tool stowage from the sides of the vehicle to the engine deck and rear hull. This tool arrangement was recommended by schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung 654, based on their experience in Normandy, and adopted for production. A total of 415 Jagdpanthers were produced from January 1944 until the end of the war.
- Options to build either an Ausf G1 or G2
- Three gun mantlet choices
- Two gun barrel choices
- Multiple rear exhaust choices
- Open or closed crew hatches
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Biology is typically known as a science without laws. There is evolutionary theory, of course, but it’s quite complex and looks different depending on what level you are looking at it; nothing like Newton’s Force = mass * acceleration. Biology does have quite a few “rules” though, such as Cope’s rule, which states that “population lineages tend to increase in body size over evolutionary time,” but there, of course, always exceptions to the rule. The existence or non-existence of laws in biology (and specifically, evolution) is a large matter of debate in philosophy of biology and I am certainly not qualified to discuss it (especially because I haven’t read much about it!).
Back in September, I wrote a blog post about the work of philosopher Robert Brandon which claimed that genetic drift is actually biology’s first law – analogous to Newton’s first law of motion, inertia. If you want more details, read the post or the footnote.*
So imagine my surprise when I found Robert Brandon had co-authored a new book (2010) with Daniel McShea titled Biology’s First Law: The Tendency for Diversity & Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems. That doesn’t sound like what Brandon had written about at all and in the very same year! And well, it isn’t, although it shares some essential features. Perhaps the most essential shared feature is that both drift-as-first-law and this law is that they describe change as the default state which doesn’t exactly line up with Newton’s first law of inertia which describes stasis as the default state. However, both biological first laws and the first law of motion tell us what happens when nothing acts upon or constrains the subject of interest, i.e., they are *zero-force* laws.
So what McShea and Brandon’s zero-force evolutionary law (ZFEL)? The language is written accessibly enough to just quote them outright:
ZFEL (general formulation): In any evolutionary system in which there is variation and heredity, there is a tendency for diversity and complexity to increase, one that is always present but may be opposed or augmented by natural selection, other forces, or constraints acting on diversity or complexity (4).
“ZFEL (special formulation): In any evolutionary system in which there is variation and heredity, in the absence of natural selection, other forces, and constraints acting ond iversity or complexity, diversity and complexity will increase on average (3).
What they are saying is that increasing diversity and increasing complexity is what we should expect out of any evolutionary system. Two of biology’s “great sources of wonder,” diversity and complexity , are expected by default. Complexity is typically seen as a result of natural selection, but this is an unnecessary assumption; complexity *can* be the result of natural selection, but not always so. McShea and Brandon do save adaptation, the third great wonder, for natural selection to explain, however.
The simplest analogy of the law the authors employ is a white picket fence. The fence begins as a uniform sequence of white planks. Over time, however, the individual pickets accrue changes, such as warping, holes, and mold, making this sequence of pickets more complex and more diverse than it originally. There was external or teleological reason for the accumulating complexity and diversity; it’s just a natural tendency – it just happens. Similarly, biological systems tend to become more complex and diverse. Take a genome sequence, for example: independent point mutations accrue throughout the sequence and each mutation causes increasing diversity and complexity. Selection didn’t create the complexity – it just happened as a result of the imperfect copying process.
The rest of this review will examine problems I had with the book before reading and discuss how the authors satisfied my initial complaints.
The problem of complexity.
When I first read the subtitle, “The Tendency for Diversity & Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems,” I was skeptical. Complexity talk frequently veers toward focusing exclusively on animals, and usually ends up anthropocentric – I’m a die-hard anti-anthropocentrist – but McShea and Brandon avoid this issue altogether with how they establish and interpret Biology’s First Law.
We typically say humans are more complex than bacteria because instead of one cell, we have billions, and those billions of cells constantly signal each other and are tightly integrated; even a single organ, like the brain, is considered more complex than a bacterium. McShea and Brandon point out how muddied this concept is: how do we quantify it? How do we restrict ourselves to a precise definition? And most importantly (to me), how do we avoid our zoo- and anthropocentric perceptions?
The authors spectacularly avoid what they call “colloquial complexity” – what we normally mean when we say complexity – in favor of “pure complexity,” a measure of “number of part types” and “differentiation among parts.” In this sense, a mammalian spine is more complex than a fish spine because there are different kinds of mammalian vertebrae (cervical, thoracic, etc.). The key, however, is that pure complexity is “level-relative.” Just because a mammalian spine is more complex than a fish spine doesn’t mean a mammal is more complex than a fish. Because pure complexity doesn’t scale up hierarchies, comparing two organs to two organisms (or taxonomic classes) doesn’t work. So to get back to the bacteria/human question, we need to compare a bacterial cell to a human cell (not the human organism). That’s how the complexity question actually becomes fascinating, especially because the answer is not quite so clear.
The roles of natural selection and function.
A another problematic aspect of colloquial complexity is that it usually gets tied up with function, and with function comes natural selection which further muddies the complexity concept. A trait may be seen as more complex if it specializes in some specific function and does it well, like the eye or the brain, and this function is usually assumed to be designed by natural selection. McShea and Brandon believe the entangling of these concepts is what causes so much confusion over complexity and think has prevented the study of complexity in biology to truly take off.
The authors again disentangle the mess with the “pure complexity” concept. The definition of pure complexity being “number of part types” or “degree of differentiation among parts” precludes any notion of function or selection. Under this framwork, one can (hopefully) study complexity without assuming it was the result of natural selection.
It is crucial to note that McShea and Brandon don’t think selection doesn’t explain complexity. There are certainly times when selection favors a more complex trait over another, but selection can also act against complexity. Their first law states that there is an omnipresent tendency to become more complex and diverse, but, again as the law states, this tendency “may be opposed or augmented by natural selection, other forces, or constraints.” Biology’s First Law and natural selection are separate laws and can act concurrently or against each other.
In addition, the law keeps open “an open empirical question the importance of natural selection as a force in evolutionary change” and that “the zero-force condition [gives] us a neutral background against which to see selection in action,” just like inertia does for the study of gravity (103-104). So when it comes to selection and adaptation, McShea and Brandon’s First Law potentially allows a clearer framework with which to study them. Not only is this good philosophy, it’s good science!
Isn’t this more like the Second Law of Thermodynamics?
In discussions of complexity, entropy often makes an appearance (or maybe it’s just me), because there is an assumption that complexity = order (like the eye)… or is it that complexity = disorder (like the human genome)? Complexity honestly seems to fit both and this is one of the reasons McShea and Brandon avoid invoking the Second Law – it’s messy when we take a law of physics and try to apply it to biology (110).
Furthermore, and more interestingly, McShea and Brandon argue that the ZFEL reduces to probability theory which is ultimately more general than entropy so why reduce to only the Second Law (110)?
What about Brandon’s 2010 paper (book chapter) that argued genetic drift is the first law?
[What follows is my attempt at an explanation of some ideas I didn’t fully comprehend. If anyone wishes to correct me here, please do so!]
As I noted above, I previously blogged Brandon’s work arguing that drift is actually biology’s zero-force law and not Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Why the change?
To McShea and Brandon, while drift is not the ZFEL, it is still a component of the ZFEL. Populations or part types drift independently of and randomly in respect to each other; drift is a measure of how far a subject deviates from the rest – it’s specific to the subject. The ZFEL, on the other hand, measures the variance among these populations, a higher order phenomenon. Drift among the populations increases the variance – just what the ZFEL says will happen (93-84).
I’m not sure why Brandon makes the switch from drift to complexity/diversity but I think there is one crucial aspect that makes the newly formulated ZFEL more compelling and useful. Genetic drift is a part of population genetics which analyzes a specific aspect of evolution: allele frequencies. Thus it is difficult to apply drift-as-ZFEL to any other level of biological hierarchy, such as part types.** Their current ZFEL is applicable to all levels of biology, not just allele frequencies but also the complexity of vertebrate spines and cell structures or the diversity of arthropods and songbirds. So while the new formulation isn’t as immediately appealing to me – the Newtonian analogy of population genetics is tight and illustrative – I think it may be more useful and powerful.
An interesting historical note.
As is being made clearer with every blog post, I have a keen interest in the history of evolutionary thought, and thankfully, the authors note some historical antecedents.
McShea and Brandon argue that their historical ancestor is Herbert Spencer who had a concept of the “instability of the homogeneous” (5) and wrote that “evolution is a change from an indefinite, incoherent, homogeneity to a definite, coherent, heterogeneity, through continuous differentiations and integrations” (152), which appear alternative statements of the ZFEL: there is a tendency of the “homogeneous” to become more “heterogeneous.”
Furthermore, the ZFEL can almost be construed as a revival of orthogenesis (126-127). Orthogenesis is the idea that there is some internal driving force in the evolution of life in some direction. It was rightly discredited in the early 20th century but what else is the ZFEL but an innate tendency not subject to local environments and present adaptation? The ZFEL “acts independently of selection and potentially in opposition to it” (127) but unlike orthogenesis (as it was conceived), the ZFEL will not always overpower selection. So the ZFEL can be seen as a revival of internalism (or at least not-ecological-externalism) in the same tradition as orthogenesis.
As a book, Biology’s First Law is succint, coming in at about 150 pages. The authors write in an accessible style and typically make sure to clarify their views. If you are interested in an alternative view of how evolution and the biological world work, I recommend this highly. It will hopefully serve as a basis for further research in the nature of diversity and complexity – topics that have troubled us for centuries and will certainly do so for centuries to come. According to McShea and Brandon, though, we can count on more of each.
* Briefly, Brandon’s argument is that within the framework of evolutionary theory as a “theory of forces,” in which allele frequencies are pushed up and down as objects in a Newtonian analog, genetic drift does not constitute a force because it doesn’t have a predictable direction; instead, it is in the background. He points out that Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium cannot be a “zero-force” law (i.e., inertia is a zero-force law because it describes an object with no forces acting upon it) as is typically argued because one of its restrictions is that a population must be of infinite size to exclude the effects of drift… but how many populations are of infinite size? Brandon argues that drift is always present in any population and thus describes the default state of any population, i.e., “a population at equilibrium will tend to drift from that equilibrium unless acted upon by an evolutionary force.”
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Just picked up my camper and noticed that the anodizing on the side rails and aluminum seems oxidized. Does this look like how you all have yours?
This 48 hours later from the time it was installed.
Well damn I might look into having my side rails custom powder coated now along with the panels.
Does it wash off? I had a bunch of powdery dust on mine that took a good wash with soap to get all off.
Mine doesn’t look like that. I picked mine up April 2019 and it has been parked outside everyday. Did you buy yours used? I’m also wondering what the extra holes are for? Drainage? Is that something they just started doing?
I tried washing it off and nothing. All I used was water and soap too. I emailed support to see what they say.
Also, it’s brand new like installed on last Friday new
Bummer man, I’m sure they’ll get it sorted for you. What camper # is yours?
858 is the number for this one
that looks so different than mine. Did you have something extra done or is that how it came? I didn’t know that they removed the lights in the tent till I showed up since the walk around video always mentioned it. So i know they change things around a lot. So some of those changes are surprises. I wonder if they started to just leave the side rails anodized for some reason. Not sure what that large hole is for to be honest.
I didnt have anything extra done to mine. It seems to be more textured than yours.
They never came with lights. They were originally planning on developing a kit for adding lights as an option but that has not happened yet. I know it was in the walk around video but even when I ordered mine over 2 years ago it was not an option and did not say anywhere that they were included. I followed them from inception on Tacoma world and it seemed pretty clear that the lights were not included. I can see though how just watching the video it might be confusing.
I hope they get you squared away on the side rails.
I think the holes are for draininage I have now seen a couple other pics of other newer ones and they appear to have holes in the same location.
Yeah they said the canceled the lights fast in their initial production. I hope the see my email before I leave Montana. Hopefully it didn’t make it through QC before it should have and something got missed.
If I was still in the area, I would just go back.
Well maybe @GFC_Taylor can shed some light on this for us?
Yeah I plan on going back on Tuesday to have them look at it even if I don’t hear anything back by then.
are those larger holes hand drilled?
Probably but I couldn’t say for sure.
I have know idea, looking like your ends are bare and holes are bare. Everything else I’ve seen has everything coated, different texture, totally different, dang, hard to tell in the pictures but looks like burrs on the raw holes. Yeah, how did this get installed, something ain’t right.
Mine looks the same as kenfm2000’s, after being outside for two years. Other than the panel hinges and rust inside the rear latch bar, everything on my camper looks the same as when new.
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The disposal of wastewater from oil and gas production by injecting it deep into the ground has been linked to a dramatic increase in earthquake activity in Oklahoma since 2009. Injection rates have declined recently because of regulatory actions and market forces, but seismologists say that has not yet significantly reduced the risk of potentially damaging earthquakes.
A new analysis led by seismologists at UC Santa Cruz, published August 9 in Science Advances, found that the probability of moderate earthquakes this year in the affected areas of Oklahoma is two times higher than was suggested by an earlier analysis. The earlier study, published in November 2016, predicted that reduced wastewater injection would lead to substantially less seismic activity, with widely felt earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more decreasing significantly by the end of 2016 and approaching historic levels within a few years.
“Although they were correct in saying that small earthquakes seemed to be decreasing, the moderate earthquakes are not decreasing. The problem has not been resolved to where we can stop worrying about it,” said coauthor Emily Brodsky, professor of Earth and planetary sciences at UC Santa Cruz.
As if to underscore the new findings, central Oklahoma experienced a series of earthquakes last week, including a magnitude 4.2 temblor Wednesday night (August 2) that knocked out power in Edmond, near Oklahoma City. State seismologist Jacob Walter, a coauthor of the new paper, said it was the fourth earthquake of magnitude 4 or greater in 2017. The rate of such earthquakes is somewhat lower than in 2016, he said, but they continue to pose a hazard.
“There is still a significant seismic hazard in Oklahoma, and it’s not going to taper off as fast as the earlier paper suggested,” Walter said.
First author Thomas Goebel, a postdoctoral fellow at UC Santa Cruz, said his interest was piqued by some strong statements in the earlier paper, such as the prediction that seismicity would fall to historic levels within a few years, which he found puzzling. He noted that there were two large earthquakes in late 2016, the magnitude 5.8 Pawnee and magnitude 5.0 Cushing earthquakes, and these and other large earthquakes occurred when injection rates were relatively low.
Given the important implications regarding seismic hazards, Goebel and Brodsky decided to take a closer look at the original data and do their own analysis. For expertise on the seismic conditions in Oklahoma, they worked with Walter and a hydrogeologist with the Oklahoma Geological Survey, Kyle Murray.
The researchers used the same statistical model of injection-induced seismicity that was used in the earlier paper, but their analysis suggested a much higher probability of moderate earthquakes in 2017 (80 percent versus 37 percent). They also found no evidence suggesting that earthquake probabilities would be as low as historic values by 2025.
Walter said the Oklahoma Geological Survey is continuing to evaluate the effects of the reductions in wastewater injections. He noted that studies of injection-induced seismicity have found that there can be a substantial lag between injections and the occurrence of earthquakes. “If there’s a lag in the occurrence of induced earthquakes, we expect there might be a similar lag in any effects of a reduction in injections,” Walter said.
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From Yakubu Mustapha, Minna
The Niger State Council of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ ,has expressed dismay over the harassment of its members on essential duties by security men enforcing the ongoing lock down in the state.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Niger Council of Nigerian Union of Journalists NUJ, signed by the Chairman Abdul Idris and Secretary Abu Nmodu respectively, advised their bosses to call them to order.
According to them ,”Whereas in line with international convention the state government that announced the lock down exempted journalists as essential workers, reports reaching the secretariat of the Council indicated that no fewer than ten (10) members of the Council have suffered one form of harassment or the other in less than a week the lock down started.”
Continuing, the council said, “In the ongoing fight against the spread of Corona virus (Covid 19) the media has been in the fore front and ensuring that the members of the public are well informed, the council therefore consider the harassment of her members by security men as counterproductive in the fight against covid 19 spread.”
However, the council appreciated the efforts of the Niger state government for the proactive measures put in place to check the spread of the pandemic in the state, urging the government and head of security agencies in the state to call the security men to order and stop the harassment of its members in the state.
“Regrettably, while the Covid-19 crisis confines the nation with unprecedented health, social and economic consequences, journalists are more than ever essential in publishing and broadcasting quality information, this should be accomplished in complete safety” the statement added.
The Union has called on the State Government to urgently provide safety kits and palliative to Journalists to enable them do their work in safety and relative comfort.
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Professional Clown Club Attacks 'American Horror Story' Over Murderous Character
The FX series, which features a serial killer named Twisty the Clown who stalks couples with scissors and imprisons children in a school bus, is contributing to "clown fear," bemoans the group's president
A version of this story first appeared in the Oct. 24 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
Real clowns see nothing funny about their depiction in American Horror Story: Freak Show. The FX series from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk revolves around Twisty the Clown (John Carroll Lynch), a serial killer who stalks couples with scissors and imprisons children in an old school bus.
"Hollywood makes money sensationalizing the norm," bemoans Glenn Kohlberger, president of Clowns of America International, the nation’s biggest clown club. "They can take any situation no matter how good or pure and turn it into a nightmare."
With membership in the organization dwindling — its aging base is made up of 2,500 clowns, down from 3,500 in 2004 — Kohlberger, whose big-shoed alter ego is Clyde D. Scope, takes a hard-line stance against characters like Twisty.
"We do not support in any way, shape or form any medium that sensationalizes or adds to coulrophobia or 'clown fear,' " Kohlberger says.
Clowns' enduring image problem reaches back centuries. In "Hop-Frog," an 1849 short story by Edgar Allen Poe, the title character, a vengeful dwarf jester, dresses up the king and members of the royal court in flammable orangutan costumes, them sets them ablaze during a costume parade. In the 1892 opera Pagliacci, a jealous clown murders his wife and her lover with a knife.
But the modern archetype of the psychopathic clown begins with the Joker. With his green hair, white face, distorted grin and menacing laugh, the character debuted in the pages of the first Batman comic on April 25, 1940. Meant to last just two issues, the supervillain — based in part on a 1928 silent film adaptation of Victor Hugo’s The Man Who Laughs, about a man mutilated into a permanent smile — proved immensely popular and became the Caped Crusader's most iconic archenemy.
The 1978 arrest of John Wayne Gacy, an Ohio man who raped and murdered at least 33 boys while simultaneously performing as Pogo the Clown, manifested coulrophobia into a real-world and almost unimaginably evil character. The profession would never recover from the Killer Clown, as Gacy was dubbed by the press.
A scene involving a possessed clown doll in 1982’s Poltergeist would keep an entire generation of children awake at night. And four years later, Stephen King published It, about a demonic child killer who took the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Tim Curry would bring Pennywise to terrifying life in a 1990 TV miniseries adaptation, and the razor-toothed figure instantly became the definitive scary clown.
While clowning in its purest form lives on in traveling circuses like Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey and the nearly 20 productions of Cirque du Soleil spanning the globe, its evil counterpart thrives in popular culture.
Killer-clown mazes are mainstays at Halloween attractions like Universal Studios Halloween Horror Nights, where visitors this year will be assaulted by chainsaw-wielding Bozos in "Clowns 3D." (Slash provides the guitar-driven carnival soundtrack.)
But coulrophobia — and those who would exploit it — spills over into the outside world, too. In recent weeks, in the California towns of Bakersfield, Wasco and Delano, sightings have poured in of menacing clowns lurking after dark, some holding weapons like machetes, baseball bats and, according to one report, a firearm.
An Instagram and Twitter user going by the name "Wasco Clown" claims to be behind the pranks, which have gained national attention. But local police won’t confirm any connections and warn that copycats abound. “There’s a natural phobia of clowns,” Sgt. Joe Grubbs of the Bakersfield Police Department said.
Culprit or not, count the Wasco Clown among the 10 million viewers who tuned in for last week’s Freak Show premiere, a ratings record-breaker for FX. "I’ve never once seen Walking Dead, but I do watch American Horror Story!" he tweeted on Friday, no doubt delighting in Lynch's demented portrayal of Twisty.
"The audience should make sure they never meet him," Lynch told The Hollywood Reporter at Freak Show's Los Angeles premiere. "They should make sure they never meet Twisty. I would say that's really good advice."
Lynch — a bulky, 6-foot-3 character actor who cut his teeth in the genre playing the killer in David Fincher’s Zodiac — learned how to make real balloon animals for the part, and would silently introduce himself to castmates by handing them out in full costume.
“He would just walk around and hand you a poodle, this really scary-looking guy who is big and quiet. That was freaky to me,” recalled Christopher Neiman, who plays the sideshow’s resident pinhead, Salty.
Series co-creator Ryan Murphy told THR he fears home invasions over clowns. "I'm much more afraid of Bloody Face [from Asylum] and Rubber Man [from Murder House]," Murphy said, adding that the origin of Twisty, whose frightful mask resembles an exposed skull, will be revealed in the fourth episode.
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"There's a big story that explains the clown and what he's doing that's based on an urban myth we uncovered," Murphy said. "Our take is very unusual."
None of that is particularly comforting to Kohlberger, who can't quite figure out how something so sweet and well-meaning as clowning could have gone so wrong. “Clowns to killers,” he says. “I choose not to play into any of it. The more attention we give it just gives it more fuel.”
FX might help remedy the situation with Baskets, an upcoming 10-episode series from Louis C.K. and Zach Galifianakis, in which Galifianakis plays an aspiring (not killer) clown.
But hold the bicycle horn: Also on the horizon is a big-screen adaptation of It from True Detective helmer Cary Fukunaga, ensuring that clowns' Hollywood image problem is going nowhere soon.
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Laws of Minnesota 1993 CHAPTER 67-H.F.No. 1423 An act relating to unemployment compensation; modifying definitions; changing provisions relating to eligibility for and administration of unemployment compensation; amending Minnesota Statutes 1992, sections 268.04, subdivisions 4 and 12; 268.08, subdivisions 3 and 6; 268.09, subdivisions 1, 2, and 8; 268.10, subdivisions 2 and 6; 268.12, subdivision 12; 268.16, subdivision 4; and 268.161, subdivision 9. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 268.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read: Subd. 4. [BENEFIT YEAR.] "Benefit year" with respect to any individual means the period of 52 calendar weeks beginning with the first day of the first week with respect to which the individual files a valid claim for benefits. For individuals with a claim effective January 1, April 1, July 1, or October 1, the benefit year will be a period of 53 weeks beginning with the first week with respect to which the individual files a valid claim for benefits. A benefit year, once established, can be withdrawn if benefits have not been paid, and benefit credit has not been claimed, unless otherwise provided under federal law or regulation. Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 268.04, subdivision 12, is amended to read: Subd. 12. [EMPLOYMENT.] "Employment" means: (1) Any service performed, including service in interstate commerce, by; (a) any officer of any corporation; (b) any member of a limited liability company who owns less than ten percent of the governance rights of the limited liability company; (c) any individual who performs services for remuneration for any person as an agent-driver or commission-driver engaged in distributing meat products, vegetable products, fruit products, bakery products, beverages, or laundry or dry-cleaning services, for a principal, or as a traveling or city salesperson, other than as an agent-driver or commission-driver, engaged upon a full-time basis in the solicitation on behalf of, and the transmission to, a principal (except for sideline sales activities on behalf of some other person) of orders from wholesalers, retailers, contractors, or operators of hotels, restaurants, or other similar establishments for merchandise for resale or supplies for use in their business operations; or
(c)(d) any individual who is a servant under the law of master and servant or who performs services for any employing unit, unless such services are performed by an independent contractor. Provided, that for purposes of clause (1)(b)(1)(c), the term "employment" shall include services described above only if the contract of service contemplates that substantially all of the services are to be performed personally by such individual, the individual does not have a substantial investment in facilities used in connection with the performance of the services (other than in facilities for transportation), and the services are not in the nature of a single transaction that is not part of a continuing relationship with the person for whom the services are performed. (2) The term "employment" shall include an individual's entire service, performed within or both within and without this state if (a) the service is localized in this state; or (b) the service is not localized in any state but some of the service is performed in this state and (1) the base of operations, or, if there is no base of operations, then the place from which such service is directed or controlled, is in this state; or (2) the base of operations or place from which such service is directed or controlled is not in any state in which some part of the service is performed, but the individual's residence is in this state. (3) Service shall be deemed to be localized within a state if (a) the service is performed entirely within such state; or (b) the service is performed both within and without such state, but the service performed without such state is incidental to the individual's service within the state, for example, is temporary or transitory in nature or consists of isolated transactions. (4) The term "employment" shall include an individual's service wherever performed within the United States or Canada, if (a) such service is not covered under the unemployment compensation law of any other state or Canada, and (b) the place from which the service is directed or controlled is in this state. (5)(a) Service covered by an election pursuant to section 268.11, subdivision 3; and (b) service covered by an arrangement pursuant to section 268.13 between the commissioner and the agency charged with the administration of any other state or federal employment security law, pursuant to which all service performed by an individual for an employing unit is deemed to be performed entirely within this state, shall be deemed to be employment if the commissioner has approved an election of the employing unit for which such service is performed, pursuant to which the entire service of such individual during the period covered by such election is deemed to be employment. (6) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of sections 268.03 to 268.231, the term "employment" shall include any services which are performed by an individual with respect to which an employing unit is liable for any federal tax against which credit may be taken for contributions required to be paid into a state unemployment compensation fund or which as a condition for full tax credit against the tax imposed by the Federal Unemployment Tax Act is required to be covered under this law. (7) Service performed by an individual in the employ of the state of Minnesota or any instrumentality which is wholly owned by the state of Minnesota or in the employ of this state and one or more other states or an instrumentality of this state and one or more of its political subdivisions or an instrumentality of this state and another state or an instrumentality of this state and one or more political subdivisions of another state if such service is excluded from "employment" as defined by section 3306(c)(7) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act and is not excluded from "employment" under clause (10). (8) Service performed by an individual in the employ of any political subdivision of the state of Minnesota or instrumentality thereof or an instrumentality of two or more political subdivisions of this state or any instrumentality of a political subdivision of this state and another state or political subdivisions of another state if such service is excluded from "employment" as defined by section 3306(c)(7) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act and is not excluded from "employment" under clause (10). (9) Service performed by an individual in the employ of a religious, charitable, educational or other organization but only if the following conditions are met: (a) the service is excluded from "employment" as defined in the Federal Unemployment Tax Act solely by reason of section 3306(c)(8) of that act; and (b) the organization had one or more individuals in employment for some portion of a day in each of 20 different weeks, whether or not such weeks were consecutive, within either the current or preceding calendar year, regardless of whether they were employed at the same moment of time. (10) For the purposes of clauses (7), (8), and (9), the term "employment" does not apply to service performed (a) in the employ of a church or convention or association of churches, or an organization which is operated primarily for religious purposes and which is operated, supervised, controlled, or principally supported by a church or convention or association of churches; or (b) by a duly ordained, commissioned, or licensed minister of a church in the exercise of a ministry or by a member of a religious order in the exercise of duties required by such order; or (c) in a facility conducted for the purpose of carrying out a program of rehabilitation for individuals whose earning capacity is impaired by age or physical or mental deficiency or injury or a program providing remunerative work for individuals who because of an impaired physical or mental capacity cannot be readily absorbed in the competitive labor market, by an individual receiving the rehabilitation or remunerative work. This exclusion applies only to services performed in a facility which is certified by the Minnesota department of jobs and training, division of rehabilitative services or in day training and habilitation programs licensed by the department of human services, and is limited to the effective period of the certificate or license; or (d) as part of an unemployment work relief or work training program assisted or financed in whole or in part by any federal agency or an agency of a state or political subdivision thereof, by an individual receiving such work relief or work training. This exclusion shall not apply to programs that provide for and require unemployment insurance coverage for the participants; or (e) by an inmate of a custodial or penal institution; or (f) in the employ of governmental entities referred to in clauses (7) and (8) if such service is performed by an individual in the exercise of duties (i) as an elected official, (ii) as a member of a legislative body, or a member of the judiciary, (iii) as a member of the Minnesota national guard or air national guard, (iv) as an employee serving only on a temporary basis in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake, flood or similar emergency, (v)(a) in a position with the state of Minnesota which is a major nontenured policy making or advisory position in the unclassified service, or (b) a policy making position with the state of Minnesota or a political subdivision the performance of the duties of which ordinarily does not require more than eight hours per week; or (c) in a position with a political subdivision which is a major nontenured policy making or advisory position. (11) The term "employment" shall include the service of an individual who is a citizen of the United States, performed outside the United States, except in Canada, in the employ of an American employer (other than service which is deemed "employment" under the provisions of clause (2), (3), or (4) or the parallel provisions of another state's law) if: (a) The employer's principal place of business in the United States is located in this state; or (b) The employer has no place of business in the United States, but the employer is an individual who is a resident of this state, or the employer is a corporation which is organized under the laws of this state, or the employer is a partnership or a trust and the number of partners or trustees who are residents of this state is greater than the number who are residents of any one other state; or (c) None of the criteria of clauses (a) and (b) is met but the employer has elected coverage in this state, or the employer having failed to elect coverage in any state, the individual has filed a claim for benefits, based on such service, under the law of this state. (d) An "American employer," for the purposes of this subdivision, means a person who is an individual who is a resident of the United States, or a partnership if two-thirds or more of the partners are residents of the United States, or a trust, if all of the trustees are residents of the United States, or a corporation organized under the laws of the United States or of any state; (e) As used in this subdivision, the term "United States" includes the states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. (12) Notwithstanding clause (2), all service performed by an officer or member of the crew of an American vessel on or in connection with such vessel, if the operating office, from which the operations of such vessel operating on navigable waters within, or within and without, the United States are ordinarily and regularly supervised, managed, directed, and controlled is within this state. (13) Service performed by an individual in agricultural labor as defined in clause (15)(a) when: (a) Such service is performed for a person who: (i) during any calendar quarter in either the current or the preceding calendar year paid wages of $20,000 or more to individuals employed in agricultural labor, or (ii) for some portion of a day in each of 20 different calendar weeks, whether or not such weeks were consecutive, in either the current or preceding calendar year employed in agricultural labor four or more individuals regardless of whether they were employed at the same time. (b) For the purpose of this clause (13) any individual who is a member of a crew furnished by a crew leader to perform service in agricultural labor for any other person shall be treated as an employee of the crew leader: (i) if the crew leader holds a valid certificate of registration under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act; or substantially all of the members of the crew operate or maintain tractors, mechanized harvesting or crop dusting equipment, or any other mechanized equipment, which is provided by the crew leader; and (ii) if the individual is not an employee of another person as determined by clause (1). (c) For the purpose of this clause (13) in the case of any individual who is furnished by a crew leader to perform service in agricultural labor for any other person and who is not treated as an employee of the crew leader under subclause (13)(b): (i) such other person and not the crew leader shall be treated as the employer of such individual; and (ii) such other person shall be treated as having paid wages to such individual in an amount equal to the amount of wages paid to such individual by the crew leader (either on the crew leader's behalf or on behalf of such other person) for the service in agricultural labor performed for such other person. (d) For the purposes of this clause (13) the term "crew leader" means an individual who: (i) furnishes individuals to perform service in agricultural labor for any other person, (ii) pays (either on the crew leader's own behalf or on behalf of such other person) the individuals so furnished by the crew leader for the service in agricultural labor performed by them, and (iii) has not entered into a written agreement with such other person under which such furnished individual is designated as an employee of such other person. (e) For the purposes of this clause (13) services performed by an officer or shareholder of a family farm corporation shall be excluded from agricultural labor and employment unless said corporation is an employer as defined in section 3306(a)(2) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. (f) For the purposes of this clause (13), services performed by an individual 16 years of age or under shall be excluded from agricultural labor and employment unless the employer is an employer as defined in section 3306(a)(2) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act. (14) Domestic service in a private home, local college club, or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority performed for a person who paid wages of $1,000 or more in any calendar quarter in either the current or preceding calendar year to individuals employed in domestic service. "Domestic service" includes all service for an individual in the operation and maintenance of a private household, for a local college club, or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority as distinguished from service as an employee in the pursuit of an employer's trade, occupation, profession, enterprise, or vocation. (15) The term "employment" shall not include: (a) Agricultural labor. Service performed by an individual in agricultural labor, except as provided in clause (13). The term "agricultural labor" includes all services performed: (1) On a farm, in the employ of any person or family farm corporation, in connection with cultivating the soil, or in connection with raising or harvesting any agricultural or horticultural commodity, including the raising, shearing, feeding, caring for, training, and management of livestock, bees, poultry, fur-bearing animals and wildlife; (2) In the employ of the owner or tenant or other operator of a farm, in connection with the operation, management, conservation, improvement, or maintenance of such farm and its tools and equipment, or in salvaging timber or clearing land of brush and other debris left by a tornadic-like storm, if the major part of such service is performed on a farm; (3) In connection with the production or harvesting of any commodity defined as an agricultural commodity in section 15(g) of the Agricultural Marketing Act, as amended (46 Statutes 1550, section 3; United States Code, title 12, section 1141j) or in connection with the ginning of cotton, or in connection with the operation or maintenance of ditches, canals, reservoirs, or waterways, not owned or operated for profit, used exclusively for supplying and storing water for farming purposes; (4) In the employ of the operator of a farm in handling, planting, drying, packing, packaging, processing, freezing, grading, storing, or delivering to storage or to market or to a carrier for transportation to market, in its unmanufactured state, any agricultural or horticultural commodity; but only if such operator produced more than one-half of the commodity with respect to which such service is performed, or in the employ of a group of operators of farms (or a cooperative organization of which such operators are members) in the performance of service described herein, but only if such operators produced more than one-half of the commodity with respect to which such service is performed; however, the provisions of this paragraph shall not be deemed to be applicable with respect to service performed in connection with commercial canning or commercial freezing or in connection with any agricultural or horticultural commodity after its delivery to a terminal market for distribution for consumption; or (5) On a farm operated for profit if such service is not in the course of the employer's trade or business. As used herein, the term "farm" includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, fur-bearing animal, and truck farms, plantations, ranches, nurseries, ranges, greenhouses or other similar structures used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities, and orchards. (b) Casual labor not in the course of the employing unit's trade or business; (c) Service performed on the navigable waters of the United States as to which this state is prohibited by the constitution and laws of the United States of America from requiring contributions of employers with respect to wages as provided in sections 268.03 to 268.231; (d) Service performed by an individual in the employ of a son, daughter, or spouse, and service performed by a child under the age of 18 in the employ of the child's father or mother; (e) Service performed in the employ of the United States government, or any instrumentality of the United States exempt under the constitution of the United States from the contributions imposed by sections 268.03 to 268.231, except that with respect to such service and to the extent that the congress of the United States shall permit states to require any instrumentalities of the United States to make payments into an unemployment compensation fund under a state unemployment compensation act; then, to the extent permitted by congress, and from and after the date as of which such permission becomes effective, all of the provisions of these sections shall be applicable to such instrumentalities and to services performed for such instrumentalities in the same manner, to the same extent, and on the same terms as to all other employers, employing units, individuals, and services; provided, that if this state shall not be certified for any year by the United States Department of Labor under section 3304(c) of the federal Internal Revenue Code, the payments required of such instrumentalities with respect to such year shall be refunded by the commissioner from the fund in the same manner and within the same period as is provided in section 268.16, subdivision 6, with respect to contributions erroneously collected; (f) Service with respect to which unemployment compensation is payable under an unemployment compensation system established by an act of congress; (g)(1) Service performed in any calendar quarter in the employ of any organization exempt from income tax under section 501(a) (other than an organization described in section 401(a)) or section 521 of the federal Internal Revenue Code, if the remuneration for such service is less than $50; or (2) Service performed in the employ of a school, college, or university, if such service is performed by a student who is enrolled and is regularly attending classes at such school, college, or university; or (3) Service performed by an individual who is enrolled at a nonprofit or public educational institution which normally maintains a regular faculty and curriculum and normally has a regularly organized body of students in attendance at the place where its educational activities are carried on as a student in a full-time program, taken for credit at such institution, which combines academic instruction with work experience, if such service is an integral part of such program, and such institution has so certified to the employer, except that this paragraph shall not apply to service performed in a program established for or on behalf of an employer or group of employers; (h) Service performed in the employ of a foreign government (including service as a consular or other officer or employee or a nondiplomatic representative); (i) Service performed in the employ of an instrumentality wholly owned by a foreign government, if (1) The service is of a character similar to that performed in foreign countries by employees of the United States government or of an instrumentality thereof; and (2) The commissioner finds that the United States Secretary of State has certified to the United States Secretary of the Treasury that the foreign government, with respect to whose instrumentality exemption is claimed, grants an equivalent exemption with respect to similar service performed in the foreign country by employees of the United States government and of instrumentalities thereof. (j) Service covered by an arrangement between the commissioner and the agency charged with the administration of any other state or federal employment security law pursuant to which all services performed by an individual for an employing unit during the period covered by such employing unit's duly approved election, are deemed to be performed entirely within such agency's state; (k) Service performed in the employ of a hospital, if such service is performed by a patient of the hospital, as defined in clause (17); (l) Service performed as a student nurse in the employ of a hospital or a nurses' training school by an individual who is enrolled and is regularly attending classes in a nurses' training school chartered and approved pursuant to state law; and service performed as an intern in the employ of a hospital by an individual who has completed a four years' course in a medical school chartered and approved pursuant to state law; (m) Service performed by an individual other than a corporate officer, for a person as an insurance agent or as an insurance solicitor, if all such service performed by such individual for such person is performed for remuneration solely by way of commission (the word "insurance" as used in this subdivision shall include an annuity and an optional annuity); (n) Service performed by an individual under the age of 18 in the delivery or distribution of newspapers or shopping news, not including delivery or distribution to any point for subsequent delivery or distribution; (o) Service performed by an individual other than a corporate officer, for a person as a real estate salesperson, if all such service performed by such individual for such person is performed for remuneration solely by way of commission; (p) If the service performed during one-half or more of any pay period by an individual for the person employing the individual constitutes employment, all the service of such individual for such period shall be deemed to be employment; but if the service performed during more than one-half of any such pay period by an individual for the person employing the individual does not constitute employment, then none of the service of such individual for such period shall be deemed to be employment. As used in this subdivision, the term "pay period" means a period of not more than a calendar month for which a payment or remuneration is ordinarily made to the individual by the person employing the individual. (q) Services performed for a state, other than the state of Minnesota, or an instrumentality wholly owned by such other state or political subdivision of such other state; (r) Services performed as a direct seller as defined in United States Code, title 26, section 3508; (s) Notwithstanding clauses (1)(a) and (15)(m), services performed as an officer of a township mutual insurance company or farmer's mutual insurance company operating pursuant to chapter 67A. (16) "Institution of higher education," for the purposes of this chapter, means an educational institution which: (a) Admits as regular students only individuals having a certificate of graduation from a high school, or the recognized equivalent of such a certificate; (b) Is legally authorized in this state to provide a program of education beyond high school; (c) Provides an educational program for which it awards a bachelor's or higher degree, or provides a program which is acceptable for credit toward such a degree, a program of postgraduate or postdoctoral studies, or a program of training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation; and (d) Is a public or other nonprofit institution. (e) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this clause, all colleges and universities in this state are institutions of higher education for purposes of this section. (17) "Hospital" means an institution which has been licensed, certified or approved by the department of health as a hospital. Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 268.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read: Subd. 3. [NOT ELIGIBLE.] An individual shall not be eligible to receive benefits for any week with respect to which the individual is receiving, has received, or has filed a claim for remuneration in an amount equal to or in excess of the individual's weekly benefit amount in the form of: (1) termination, severance, or dismissal payment or wages in lieu of notice whether legally required or not; provided that if a termination, severance, or dismissal payment is made in a lump sum, the employer may allocatesuch lump sum payment shall be allocated over a period equal to the lump sum divided by the employee's regular pay while employed by such employer; provided anysuch payment shall be applied for a period immediately following the last day of workemployment but not to exceed 28 calendar days provided that 50 percent of the total of any such payments in excess of eight weeks shall be similarly allocated to the period immediately following the 28 days; or (2) vacation allowance paid directly by the employer for a period of requested vacation, including vacation periods assigned by the employer under the provisions of a collective bargaining agreement, or uniform vacation shutdown; or (3) compensation for loss of wages under the workers' compensation law of this state or any other state or under a similar law of the United States, or under other insurance or fund established and paid for by the employer except that this does not apply to an individual who is receiving temporary partial compensation pursuant to section 176.101, subdivision 3k; or (4) 50 percent of the pension payments from any fund, annuity or insurance maintained or contributed to by a base period employer including the armed forces of the United States if the employee contributed to the fund, annuity or insurance and all of the pension payments if the employee did not contribute to the fund, annuity or insurance; or (5) 50 percent of a primary insurance benefit under title II of the Social Security Act, as amended, or similar old age benefits under any act of congress or this state or any other state. Provided, that if such remuneration is less than the benefits which would otherwise be due under sections 268.03 to 268.231, the individual shall be entitled to receive for such week, if otherwise eligible, benefits reduced by the amount of such remuneration; provided, further, that if the appropriate agency of such other state or the federal government finally determines that the individual is not entitled to such benefits, this provision shall not apply. If the computation of reduced benefits, required by this subdivision, is not a whole dollar amount, it shall be rounded down to the next lower dollar amount. Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 268.08, subdivision 6, is amended to read: Subd. 6. [SERVICES PERFORMED FOR STATE, MUNICIPALITIES, OR CHARITABLE CORPORATION.] Benefits based on service in employment defined in section 268.04, subdivision 12, clauses (7), (8) and (9), are payable in the same amount, on the same terms and subject to the same conditions as benefits payable on the basis of other service subject to this chapter; except that (a) Benefits based upon service performed in an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity for an institution of higher education or a public school, or a nonpublic school, or the Minnesota state academy for the deaf or Minnesota state academy for the blind, or the Minnesota center for arts education, or in a public or nonpublic school for an educational cooperative service unit established under section 123.58, or any other educational service agency as defined in section 3304(a)(6)(A)(IV) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, shall not be paid for any week of unemployment commencing during the period between two successive academic years or terms, or during a similar period between two regular but not successive terms, or during a period of paid sabbatical leave provided for in the individual's contract, to any individual if the individual performs the services in the first of the academic years or terms and if there is a contract or a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform services in any such capacity for any institution of higher education, public school, nonpublic school, Minnesota state academies for the deaf and blind, the Minnesota center for arts education, an educational cooperative service unit, or other educational service agency, in the second of the academic years or terms , and; (b) With respect to service performed in any capacity other than those capacities described in clause (a) of this subdivision, for an educational institution of higher education, or a public school or nonpublic school, or the Minnesota state academy for the deaf or Minnesota state academy for the blind, or the Minnesota center for arts education, or in a public or nonpublic school or for an educational cooperative service unit established under section 123.58, or any other educational service agency as defined in section 3304(a)(6)(A)(IV) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act, benefits shall not be paid on the basis of these services to any individual for any week which commences during a period between two successive academic years or terms if the individual performs the services in the first of the academic years or terms and there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the second of the academic years or terms. If benefits are denied to any individual under this clause and the individual was not offered an opportunity to perform the services in the second of the academic years or term, the individual shall be entitled to a retroactive payment of benefits for each week in which the individual filed a timely claim for benefits, but the claim was denied solely because of this clause; and(c) With respect to services described in clausesclause (a) or (b), benefits payable on the basis of the services shall not be paid to any individual for any week which commences during an established and customary vacation period or holiday recess if the individual performs the services in the period immediately before the vacation period or holiday recess, and there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the period immediately following the vacation period or holiday recess .; (d) With respect to services described in clause (a) or (b), benefits shall not be payable on the basis of services in any capacity specified in clauses (a), (b), and (c) to any individual who performed those services in an educational institution while in the employ of an educational service agency. For purposes of this clause, "educational service agency" means a governmental agency or governmental entity which is established and operated exclusively for the purpose of providing services to one or more educational institutions; and (e) With respect to services to state and local government, or nonprofit organizations covered by section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended through December 31, 1992, if services are provided to or on behalf of an educational institution, benefits must be denied under the same circumstances as described in clauses (a) to (d). Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 268.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read: Subdivision 1. [DISQUALIFYING CONDITIONS.] An individual separated from any employment under paragraph (a), (b), or (d) shall be disqualified for waiting week credit and benefits. For separations under paragraphs (a) and (b), the disqualification shall continue until four calendar weeks have elapsed following the individual's separation and the individual has earned eight times the individual's weekly benefit amount in insured work. (a) [VOLUNTARY LEAVE.] The individual voluntarily and without good cause attributable to the employer discontinued employment with such employer. For the purpose of this paragraph, a separation from employment by reason of its temporary nature or for inability to pass a test or for inability to meet performance standards necessary for continuation of employment shall not be deemed voluntary. A separation shall be for good cause attributable to the employer if it occurs as a consequence of sexual harassment. Sexual harassment means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, sexually motivated physical contact or other conduct or communication of a sexual nature when: (1) the employee's submission to such conduct or communication is made a term or condition of the employment, (2) the employee's submission to or rejection of such conduct or communication is the basis for decisions affecting employment, or (3) such conduct or communication has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment and the employer knows or should know of the existence of the harassment and fails to take timely and appropriate action. (b) [DISCHARGE FOR MISCONDUCT.] The individual was discharged for misconduct, not amounting to gross misconduct connected with work or for misconduct which interferes with and adversely affects employment. (c) [EXCEPTIONS TO DISQUALIFICATION.] An individual shall not be disqualified under paragraphs (a) and (b) under any of the following conditions: (1) the individual voluntarily discontinued employment to accept employment offering substantially better conditions or substantially higher wages or both; (2) the individual is separated from employment due to personal, serious illness provided that such individual has made reasonable efforts to retain employment. An individual who is separated from employment due to the individual's illness of chemical dependency which has been professionally diagnosed or for which the individual has voluntarily submitted to treatment and who fails to make consistent efforts to maintain the treatment the individual knows or has been professionally advised is necessary to control that illness has not made reasonable efforts to retain employment. (3) the individual accepts work from a base period employer which involves a change in location of work so that said work would not have been deemed to be suitable work under the provisions of subdivision 2 and within a period of 13 weeks from the commencement of said work voluntarily discontinues employment due to reasons which would have caused the work to be unsuitable under the provision of said subdivision 2; (4) the individual left employment because of reaching mandatory retirement age and was 65 years of age or older; (5) the individual is terminated by the employer because the individual gave notice of intention to terminate employment within 30 days. This exception shall be effective only through the calendar week which includes the date of intended termination, provided that this exception shall not result in the payment of benefits for any week for which the individual receives the individual's normal wage or salary which is equal to or greater than the weekly benefit amount; (6) the individual is separated from employment due to the completion of an apprenticeship program, or segment thereof, approved pursuant to chapter 178; (7) the individual voluntarily leaves part-time employment with a base period employer while continuing full-time employment if the individual attempted to return to part-time employment after being separated from the full-time employment, and if substantially the same part-time employment with the base period employer was not available for the individual; (8) the individual is separated from employment based solely on a provision in a collective bargaining agreement by which an individual has vested discretionary authority in another to act on behalf of the individual; (9) except as provided in paragraph (d), separations from part-time employment will not be disqualifying when the claim is based on sufficient full-time employment to establish a valid claim from which the claimant has been separated for nondisqualifying reasons .; or (10) the individual accepts employment during the benefit year which represents a substantial departure from the individual's customary occupation and experience and would not be deemed suitable work as defined under subdivision 2, paragraphs (a) and (b), and within a period of 30 days from the commencement of that work voluntarily discontinues the employment due to reasons which would have caused the work to be unsuitable under the provisions of subdivision 2 or, if in commission sales, because of a failure to earn gross commissions averaging an amount equal to or in excess of the individual's weekly benefit amount. Other provisions notwithstanding, applying this provision precludes the use of these wage credits to clear a disqualification. (d) [DISCHARGE FOR GROSS MISCONDUCT.] The individual was discharged for gross misconduct connected with work or gross misconduct which interferes with and adversely affects the individual's employment. For a separation under this clause, the commissioner shall impose a total disqualification for the benefit year and cancel all of the wage credits from the last employer from whom the individual was discharged for gross misconduct connected with work. For the purpose of this paragraph "gross misconduct" is defined as misconduct involving assault and battery or the malicious destruction of property or arson or sabotage or embezzlement or any other act, including theft, the commission of which amounts to a felony or gross misdemeanor. For an employee of a health care facility, gross misconduct also includes misconduct involving an act of patient or resident abuse as defined in section 626.557, subdivision 2, clause (d). If an individual is convicted of a felony or gross misdemeanor for the same act or acts of misconduct for which the individual was discharged, the misconduct is conclusively presumed to be gross misconduct if it was connected with the individual's work. (e) [LIMITED OR NO CHARGE OF BENEFITS.] Benefits paid subsequent to an individual's separation under any of the foregoing paragraphs, excepting paragraphs (c)(3), (c)(5), and (c)(8), shall not be used as a factor in determining the future contribution rate of the employer from whose employment such individual separated. Benefits paid subsequent to an individual's failure , without good cause,to accept an offer of suitable reemployment or to accept reemployment which offered substantially the same or better hourly wages and conditions of work as were previously provided by that employer, but was deemed unsuitable under subdivision 2, shall not be used as a factor in determining the future contribution rate of the employer whose offer of reemployment was not accepted or whose offer of reemployment was refused solely due to the distance of the available work from the individual's residence, the individual's own serious illness, the individual's other employment at the time of the offer, or if the individual is in training with the approval of the commissioner. (f) [ACTS OR OMISSIONS.] An individual who was employed by an employer shall not be disqualified for benefits under this subdivision for any acts or omissions occurring after separation from employment with the employer. (g) [DISCIPLINARY SUSPENSIONS.] An individual shall be disqualified for waiting week credit and benefits for the duration of any disciplinary suspension of 30 days or less resulting from the individual's own misconduct. Disciplinary suspensions of more than 30 days shall constitute a discharge from employment. Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 268.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read: Subd. 2. [FAILURE TO APPLY FOR OR ACCEPT SUITABLE WORK OR REEMPLOYMENT.] An individual shall be disqualified for waiting week credit and benefits during the week of occurrence and until four calendar weeks have elapsed following the refusal or failure and the individual has earned eight times the individual's weekly benefit amount in insured work if the commissioner finds that the individual has failed, without good cause, either to apply for available, suitable work of which advised by an employer, the employment office, or the commissioner or to accept suitable work when offered, or to accept an offer of suitable reemployment from either a base period employer's offer of reemployment offering substantially the same or better hourly wages and conditions of work as were previously provided by that employer in the most recent period of employmentemployer or an employer who provided employment following the base period but prior to the claim date. (a) In determining whether or not any work is suitable for an individual, the commissioner shall consider the degree of risk involved to health, safety, and morals, physical fitness and prior training, experience, length of unemployment and prospects of securing local work in the individual's customary occupation, and the distance of the available work from the individual's residence. (b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of sections 268.03 to 268.231, no work shall be deemed suitable, and benefits shall not be denied thereunder to any otherwise eligible individual for refusing to accept new work under any of the following conditions: (1) if the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute; (2) if the wages, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality; (3) if as a condition of being employed the individual would be required to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organization; (4) if the individual is in training with the approval of the commissioner. Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 268.09, subdivision 8, is amended to read: Subd. 8. [APPROVED TRAINING APPROVED UNDER TRADE ACT OF 1974.] An individual shall not be disqualified for benefits under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), if the individual left work which was not suitable employment to enter approved training or disqualified under subdivision 2, if the individual is in approved training. For the purposes of this subdivision "suitable employment" is defined in and the criteria for approval of training are set forth in section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amendedas work of a substantially equal or higher skill level than the worker's past adversely affected employment, the wages for which are not less than 80 percent of the worker's average weekly wage in the adversely affected employment. Benefits paid subsequent to a nondisqualifying separation under this subdivision may not be used as a factor in determining the future contribution rate of the employer from whose employment the individual voluntarily separated; except that if that employer provided employment during the base period or between the base period and the claim date the employer may be relieved of those charges only if the determination on the prior separation from employment also relieved the employer of charges. Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 268.10, subdivision 2, is amended to read: Subd. 2. [EXAMINATION OF CLAIMS; DETERMINATION; APPEAL.] (1) An official, designated by the commissioner, shall promptly examine each claim for benefits filed to establish a benefit year pursuant to this section, and, on the basis of the facts found, shall determine whether or not such claims are valid, and if valid, the weekly benefit amount payable, the maximum benefit amount payable during the benefit year, and the date the benefit year terminates, and this determination shall be known as the determination of validity. Notice of the determination of validity or any redetermination as provided for in clause (4) shall be promptly given the claimant and all other interested parties. If within the time specified for the filing of a protest as provided in subdivision 1, the employer makes an allegation of disqualification or raises an issue of the chargeability to the employer's account of benefits that may be paid on such claim, if the claim is valid, the issue thereby raised shall be promptly determined by said official and a notification of the determination delivered or mailed to the claimant and the employer. If an initial determination or a referee's decision or the commissioner's decision awards benefits, the benefits shall be paid promptly regardless of the pendency of any appeal period or any appeal or other proceeding which may thereafter be taken. Except as provided in clause (6), if a referee's decision modifies or reverses an initial determination awarding benefits, or if a commissioner's decision modifies or reverses an appeal decision awarding benefits, any benefits paid under the award of such initial determination or referee's decision shall be deemed erroneous payments. (2) At any time within 24 months from the date of the filing of a valid claim for benefits by an individual, an official of the department or any interested party or parties raises an issue of claimant's eligibility for benefits for any week or weeks in accordance with the requirements of the provisions of sections 268.03 to 268.231 or any official of the department or any interested party or parties or benefit year employer raises an issue of disqualification in accordance with the rules of the commissioner, a determination shall be made thereon and a written notice thereof shall be given to the claimant and such other interested party or parties or benefit year employer. A determination issued under this clause which denies benefits for weeks for which the claimant has previously been paid benefits is an overpayment of those benefits subject to section 268.18. (3) A determination issued pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) shall be final unless an appeal therefrom is filed by a claimant or employer within 15 days after the mailing of the notice of the determination to the last known address or personal delivery of the notice. Every notice of determination shall contain a prominent statement indicating in clear language the method of appealing the determination, the time within which such an appeal must be made, and the consequences of not appealing the determination. A timely appeal from a determination of validity in which the issue is whether an employing unit is an employer within the meaning of this chapter or whether services performed for an employer constitute employment within the meaning of this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of section 268.12, subdivision 13. (4) At any time within 24 months from the date of the filing of a valid claim for benefits by an individual, the commissioner on the commissioner's own motion may reconsider a determination of validity made thereon and make a redetermination thereof on finding that an error in computation or identity or the crediting of wage credits has occurred in connection therewith or if the determination was made as a result of a nondisclosure or misrepresentation of a material fact. A determination or redetermination issued under this clause which denies benefits for weeks for which the claimant has previously been paid benefits is an overpayment of those benefits subject to section 268.18. (5) However, the commissioner may refer any disputed claims directly to a referee for hearing and determination in accordance with the procedure outlined in subdivision 3 and the effect and status of such determination in such a case shall be the same as though the matter had been determined upon an appeal to the tribunal from an initial determination. (6) If a referee's decision affirms an initial determination awarding benefits or the commissioner affirms a referee's decision awarding benefits, the decision, if finally reversed, shall notresult in a disqualification only for weeks following the week in which the commissioner's decision, or the court's decision, was issued and benefits paid for that week and previous weeks shall neither be deemed overpaid nor shall they be considered in determining any individual employer's future contribution rate under section 268.06. Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 268.10, subdivision 6, is amended to read: Subd. 6. [COMMISSIONER.] The manner in which disputed claims are presented, the reports required from the claimant and from employers, and the conduct of hearings and appeals shall be in accordance with the rules adopted by the commissioner for determining the rights of the parties, whether or not the rules conform to common law or statutory rules of evidence and other technical rules of procedure. A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection with a disputed claim. All testimony at any hearing conducted pursuant to subdivision 3 shall be recorded, but need notshall be transcribed unlessonly if the disputed claim is furtherappealed further and is requested by a party, or as directed by the commissioner or an authorized representative. Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 268.12, subdivision 12, is amended to read: Subd. 12. [INFORMATION.] Except as hereinafter otherwise provided, data gathered from any employing unit or individual pursuant to the administration of sections 268.03 to 268.231, and from any determination as to the benefit rights of any individual are private data on individuals or nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 9 and 12, and may not be disclosed except pursuant to this subdivision or a court order. These data may be disseminated to and used by the following agencies without the consent of the subject of the data: (a) state and federal agencies specifically authorized access to the data by state or federal law; (b) any agency of this or any other state; or any federal agency charged with the administration of an employment security law or the maintenance of a system of public employment offices; (c) local human rights groups within the state which have enforcement powers; (d) the department of revenue shall have access to department of jobs and training private data on individuals and nonpublic data not on individuals only to the extent necessary for enforcement of Minnesota tax laws; (e) public and private agencies responsible for administering publicly financed assistance programs for the purpose of monitoring the eligibility of the program's recipients; (f) the department of labor and industry on an interchangeable basis with the department of jobs and training subject to the following limitations and notwithstanding any law to the contrary: (1) the department of jobs and training shall have access to private data on individuals and nonpublic data not on individuals for uses consistent with the administration of its duties under sections 268.03 to 268.231; and (2) the department of labor and industry shall have access to private data on individuals and nonpublic data not on individuals for uses consistent with the administration of its duties under state law; (g) the department of trade and economic development may have access to private data on individual employing units and nonpublic data not on individual employing units for its internal use only; when received by the department of trade and economic development, the data remain private data on individuals or nonpublic data; (h) local and state welfare agencies for monitoring the eligibility of the data subject for assistance programs, or for any employment or training program administered by those agencies, whether alone, in combination with another welfare agency, or in conjunction with the department of jobs and training; (i) local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies for the sole purpose of ascertaining the last known address and employment location of the data subject, provided the data subject is the subject of a criminal investigation; and (j) the department of health may have access to private data on individuals and nonpublic data not on individuals solely for the purposes of epidemiologic investigations. Data on individuals and employing units which are collected, maintained, or used by the department in an investigation pursuant to section 268.18, subdivision 3, are confidential as to data on individuals and protected nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 3 and 13, and shall not be disclosed except pursuant to statute or court order or to a party named in a criminal proceeding, administrative or judicial, for preparation of a defense. Tape recordings and transcripts of recordings of proceedings before a referee of the department and exhibits offered by parties other than the department and received into evidence at those proceedings are private data on individuals and nonpublic data not on individuals and shall be disclosed only pursuant to the administration of section 268.10, subdivisions 3 to 8, or pursuant to a court order. Aggregate data about employers compiled from individual job orders placed with the department of jobs and training are private data on individuals and nonpublic data not on individuals as defined in section 13.02, subdivisions 9 and 12, if the commissioner determines that divulging the data would result in disclosure of the identity of the employer. The general aptitude test battery and the nonverbal aptitude test battery as administered by the department are also classified as private data on individuals or nonpublic data. Data on individuals collected, maintained, or created because an individual applies for benefits or services provided by the energy assistance and weatherization programs administered by the department of jobs and training is private data on individuals and shall not be disseminated except pursuant to section 13.05, subdivisions 3 and 4. Data gathered by the department pursuant to the administration of sections 268.03 to 268.231 shall not be made the subject or the basis for any suit in any civil proceedings, administrative or judicial, unless the action is initiated by the department. Testimony obtained under sections 268.10, subdivision 3, and 268.12, subdivision 13, may not be used or considered in any civil, administrative, or contractual proceeding, except by a local, state, or federal human rights group with enforcement powers, unless the proceeding is initiated by the department. Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 268.16, subdivision 4, is amended to read: Subd. 4. [COMPROMISE AGREEMENTS.] The commissioner, or any officer or employee of the state department of jobs and training authorized in writing by the commissioner, is authorized to enter into an agreement in writing with any employer relating to the liability of such employer in respect to delinquent contributions, reimbursements, interest, penalties, and costs ; provided that such agreement shall not be made in respect to liability for the principal sum of delinquent contributions or reimbursements unless the same has been delinquent for a period of at least four years prior to the making of such agreement. The commissioner may also enter into an agreement, with respect to liability for delinquent contributions, interest, penalties and costs, with any employer who has never paid any contributions to the fund and such failure to pay contributions was, in the opinion of the commissioner, due to an honest belief on the part of such employer that the employer was not covered by sections 268.03 to 268.231. Any agreements made under this subdivision shall be subject to the approval of the attorney general. If such agreements are approved by the commissioner and the attorney general, the same shall be final and conclusive; and, except upon a showing of fraud or malfeasance or misrepresentation of a material fact, the case shall not be reopened as to the matters agreed upon or the agreement modified by any officer, employee or agent of the state; and, in any suit, action or proceeding, such agreement, or any determination, assessment, collection, payment, abatement, refund, or credit made in accordance therewith, shall not be annulled, modified, set aside or destroyed. Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 1992, section 268.161, subdivision 9, is amended to read: Subd. 9. [PERSONAL LIABILITY.] Any officer, director, or anyemployee having 20 percent ownership interestof a corporation or any manager, governor, member, or employee of a limited liability company which is an employer under sections 268.03 to 268.231, who has control of or supervision over the filing of and responsibility for filing contribution reports or of making payment of contributions under these sections, either individually or jointly with others, have or should have had control of, supervision over, or responsibility for the filing of the tax reports or the making of payments under this chapter, and who willfully fails to file the reports or to make payments as required, shall be personally liable for contributions or reimbursement, including interest, penalties, and costs in the event the corporation does not pay to the department those amounts for which the employer is liable. For purposes of this subdivision, "willfulness" means that the facts demonstrate that the responsible party used or allowed the use of corporate or company assets to pay other creditors knowing that the payments required under this chapter were unpaid. An evil motive or intent to defraud is not necessary to satisfy the willfulness requirement. Any personal representative of the estate of a decedent or fiduciary who voluntarily distributes the assets filed therein without reserving a sufficient amount to pay the contributions, interest, and penalties due pursuant to this chapter shall be personally liable for the deficiency. The personal liability of any person as provided herein shall survive dissolution, reorganization, bankruptcy,receivership, or assignment for the benefit of creditors. For the purposes of this subdivision, all wages paid by the corporation shall be considered earned from the person determined to be personally liable. An official designated by the commissioner shall make an initial determination as to the personal liability under this section. The determination shall be final unless the person found to be personally liable shall within 30 days after mailing of notice of determination to the person's last known address file a written appeal. Proceedings on the appeal shall be conducted in the same manner as an appeal from a determination of employer liability under section 268.12, subdivision 13of an employer's contribution rate or benefits charged to an employer's account under section 268.06, subdivision 20. Presented to the governor April 29, 1993 Signed by the governor April 30, 1993, 3:35 p.m.
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In February 2014, President Museveni of Uganda signed into law one of the harshest anti-gay bills in the world. As of August 2014 the “kill the gays” bill, as it was often called in the media, is no longer valid. The bill was overturned based on a simple technicality; there were not enough members of parliament present when the bill was passed. President Museveni has recently expressed a desire to reinstate a milder version of the controversial bill. While the draconian nature of the original bill alienated many of the western countries that Uganda relies on for foreign aid and trade, the overturning of the original bill was not based on a shift in the government’s beliefs. Regardless, many gay rights activists in Uganda are celebrating this as a step in the right direction.
Earlier this year, while the anti gay law was still in place, Vocativ attended a secret gay wedding ceremony in Uganda. If the local police force had found out about the ceremony, everyone present, including our crew, could have potentially faced jail time. Although the marriage we attended isn’t legally recognized, the couple said that it was an important symbolic ritual for them to take part in.
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Charles M. Ament(1863) and Lena L. Allen(1871) were my great-grand parents on my mothers side. So, my great, great grandmother was Eliza F. Ames(1840). Don't know if I can help or not because I just started researching but I can try. One great source of information is a book about Hardin County, KY; contains a lot of information on the Aments and Allens of Hardin County. Do you have any specific questions? | <urn:uuid:41e41eaf-1a46-4d7d-8dd1-abb2ccfd0921> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/allen/20921/ | 2018-01-24T04:17:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084893300.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20180124030651-20180124050651-00479.warc.gz | en | 0.957746 | 104 |
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One of the primary choices divorcing couples face is what regarding the marital room. In the event that separation was acrimonious, wanting to agree with the house in addition to mortgage tends to be a nightmare.
Your options for divorcing partners be determined by numerous points, such as for instance exactly how their property is financed and titled, whether one partner desires to remain in the home, the number of equity obtained in the house and their credit history.
Many legal and financial specialists say they’re seeing a spike in divorces during pandemic. Mary Ann Ferreira, CFP, a stockholder at Viridian Advisors in Bothell, Washington, and an expert inside financial aspects of separation and divorce, says she actually is getting much more phone calls from couples seeking divorce or separation.
“In my opinion discover likely to be a surge in divorce or separation for that reason COVID,” Ferreira states. “Lots of people tend to be calling me. It’s extremely sad, nonetheless it sounds like that’s thriving.”
Challenges of divorce proceedings plus home loan
Divorce often is an arduous and stressful processes, especially when you’ll find possessions to separated, such as a residence. Right here, we check out different choices that will help you improve most readily useful decision for the conditions.
Choosing to offer or stay
Choosing who’ll keep the marital room will get dirty if both partners wanna stay static in it.
“These decisions get better as soon as you utilize your better half as opposed to staying at each other’s throats,” states financial adviser Jeremy Runnels, CFP, of West shore monetary in Santa Barbara, Ca. “It importance anyone economically escort service Westminster and mentally.”
Once the pair chooses whom should get your home following splitting up, they have to make sure the person can afford maintain they. It’s best if you use the longer see when coming up with this decision.
“It’s wise to understand the lasting effect of remaining in the home, regardless if this indicates feasible over a less period, because it can really determine various other aim you could have,” Runnels states.
Refinancing your own home loan
Some people opt to re-finance a combined home loan into one term upon breakup. Exactly what this does is actually launch the wife whoever name is coming off the mortgage from obligations when it comes down to financial.
However, unless that partner’s name is also taken from the subject, they’re able to nonetheless take advantage of the sale of and assets in the house, so that it’s vital that you not merely refinance and to modify the concept to echo one manager. A quitclaim deed is often always pull a spouse’s identity from the title in a divorce.
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Below please find key take-outs from our May 6th senior panel with Mark Weinberger, Teneo Senior Advisor and former Global Chairman & CEO, EY; Lord Mervyn Davies, Teneo Senior Advisor, former CEO of Standard Chartered, and Minister for Trade; Amber Rudd, Teneo Senior Advisor and former Home Secretary; and Wolfango Piccoli, Co-president of Teneo’s Risk Practice and chaired by Principal of Teneo’s Situations and Politics practice and former Downing Street Director of Politics and Communications, Craig Oliver.
Next Steps and Challenges for the UK
What We Can Expect from Government’s Announcement on Sunday, May 10th
- Boris Johnson is set to announce the UK Government’s plans for easing lockdown on Sunday May 10 th , but it’s important not to call this an exit plan. The guidance expected this week will focus on buying the UK Government more time: it will be an easing of lockdown, rather than an ending of it.
- 26th May has been penciled in as the date some people may return to work, but this has not been finalised. The loosening of lockdown measures will likely be phased in approach, and the return to work is expected to be staggered across businesses.
- There is growing pressure on Government to balance the economic and health impact of the virus, with the severity of the economic impact deepening every week. The ability to deliver an effective test, track and trace system may help to ease the health pressure and focus more on the economy.
- In addition to external pressure, striking the right economy vs. health balance is creating divisions within Government.
- Exiting lockdown was always going to be a greater challenge than entering it. Already, we’re seeing public frustration at calls to return to work across Europe (France, Italy and Spain) and the cultural buy in required to implement the lockdown in the UK makes it all the more difficult for it to be lifted.
- All of this makes restoring public confidence the top priority for Sunday. It is likely Government will spell out more clearly what businesses and individuals are allowed to do as we begin to transition, rather than focusing on what is not allowed.
- Longer term, the biggest barrier to a return to work remains the issue of public transport. It is unlikely the UK Government will go into detail about how public transport can operate while upholding social distancing in Sunday’s announcement.
- Media will be looking for the Government to deliver certainty throughout the stages of exit but this will be extremely difficult as decisions and planned actions may have to be rolled back or changed in line with the evolving global situation. Balancing transparency and accountability will remain a key challenge.
- It is appears that the grace period during the Prime Minister’s illness and family news is now wearing off. The media and public are scrutinising Government action with a renewed energy.
- The role of the NHS during the crisis puts it in a strong position to better protect itself in the future.
- The Home Office has already treated NHS employees differently to others. Looking beyond the crisis, it is likely the public will demand greater protection of the service, and greater funding to mitigate against the risk of future pandemics.
Looking Internationally, What Can We Learn From
- No one is going back to normal. We are all going to a somewhat ‘abnormal’ state.
- It is not just about social distancing, wearing a mask and hygiene rules. Ever since lockdown was imposed weeks ago, governments have taken away individual liberties and kept citizens in their homes to save lives. Now a subtle shift is happening, in which confinement orders are giving way, which ultimately places more responsibility on individuals.
- Governments will still communicate public health directives and decide how and when to reopen businesses and schools, but millions of people will have to make millions of small and large decisions about how to go about their daily life balancing their own risk tolerance, mental health and need for income. It is massive social experiment.
- Most EU countries have observed decreases in the daily number of newly reported cases over the last two weeks. However, while the number of Covid 19 cases had fallen in 26 European countries, the number of cases was still increasing in one country, Bulgaria.
- Four countries are not showing signs of a major decrease and hovering on a plateau: Romania, Poland, Sweden, Russia and the UK.
- The varying opening approaches underline how much we still don’t know about the virus and how it spreads, even as we loosen our protections against it. There are two themes of challenges that are worth noting and learning from:
1: The easing of restrictions is greatly political
- Overall, the Covid 19 pandemic is putting the concept of a ‘nation’ at risk, as regions, states, districts and in some cases, towns, implement their own, sometimes contrasting, recovery and exit plans. This is very challenging for businesses and governments are facing pressure at each step.
- Italy: In March, approval for Conte’s measures to combat the virus stood at 94 percent, and his personal ratings climbed to 71 percent. Regional governments, industrial lobbies and the Catholic church are revolting against the government’s plans to slowly lift Italy’s lockdown restrictions, accusing Conte of moving too slowly and standing in the way of the country’s recovery.
- Spain: The government of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez grapples with the need to extend the national state of emergency for the fourth time, as the coalition shows sign of instability.
- France: More than 300 mayors have protested about the planned reopening of schools from next week when the lockdown is relaxed.
2: Governments across the board have failed to instill confidence in the public
- People are simply not ready to trust any decisions. In France for example, 60% say they are not going to take their children back to school on 11 May despite Government guidance. Moreover, 78% declare to be worried about having to use public transport once the lockdown is lifted in their area, and almost 50% have also declared concerns about going to work.
- Data from an Ipsos survey of 14 countries indicates that only in four countries (China, India, Italy, Russia) does a majority favour restarting the economy with Covid 19 still uncontained; in only two countries (Germany, Italy) are the majority not “very nervous” about leaving their homes.
- Interestingly, the majority of those who say they want their economies to restart before the virus has been contained also report being “very nervous” about leaving home including 72% of people in Japan and 82% of people in India. This suggests that even those economies that consider restarting may find a paucity of willing participants.
Learning From the ‘08 Financial Crisis and Considerations for Businesses
- The speed at which the Covid 19 crisis spread across the world, combined with the magnitude of potential outcomes increases the economic threat of this crisis even in relation to the 2008 financial crash.
- The damage already done to the aviation, automotive and creative industries in itself will have a profound impact on the ability of the global economy to recover in the long term.
- However, our collective memories about crises are short lived. In 2008, the levels of debt were so deep that any return to lending seemed absurd, flying post 9-11 seemed an impossibility and home ownership was a distant prospect for many. However, all these points have been proven wrong as the economy rebounded.
- In 2020, we need to remember that every cost is someone else’s revenue and that is why economies will slowly recover.
- At the moment, every CEO, every company and every board is juggling a dual challenge: managing the current situation and scanning the horizon.
- Right now, it is the time to begin transitioning from operational challenges to reassessment of future steps by thoroughly understanding the expectations of each of your key stakeholders.
- This data is what companies will rely on to scenario plan aggressively and begin to rebuild their businesses. The boards have a critical role to analyse the data and challenge the management with questions about assumptions made and the scenarios that have informed their planning.
- Businesses should not lose sight of the long term patterns. With so much short term disruption, it is important leaders focus on the signal, not the noise.
- While the Covid 19 pandemic is catalysing long term business trends such as automation and agile working. Instead of looking at these factors as threats, think about how automation and agility can help your business overcome the crisis. Can they be used to ensure social distancing in your supply chain? Can they be applied to evolve your business model?
- Your employees and your core purpose should remain your true North.
The Need for Transparency
- Business leaders should focus on authenticity. Authenticity is a true leader’s superpower to manage the myriad of decisions that are being made, rolled back or abandoned as the next few months play out.
- Communicating with credibility and grace will be the buffer for the inevitable scrutiny that will be triggered with each decision.
- There is a real threat of litigation from employees in the US, but scrutiny and pressure in the UK is rising, too. There is a very real need to engage employees at every level of the business to ensure they understand decisions made around your return to work strategy and fiscal measures taken to protect the business.
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According to KDVR, a Florida mother is upset with school administrators after they threatened to file sexual harassment charges against her nine-year-old son for writing a love note to a schoolmate.
The fourth grader’s mom, who will remain anonymous, said her son passed a sweet note to his crush.
“[H]ow she wears the same uniform and how her eyes sparkled like diamonds,” the mother said.
Shortly after that, she said other students started teasing her son about wanting to see the little girl naked.
“That’s when the principal proceeded to tell me that it wasn’t appropriate that he was writing the note and that if he writes another notes they are going to file sexual harassment charges on my nine-year-old,” the mother said.
School administrators said the boy wrote more than one note and that they were unwanted, meaning it borders on harassment.
The mother still maintains her son did nothing wrong.
“My nine-year-old doesn’t even know what sexual harassment means,” she said.
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All photos on this blog are courtesy of a Nikon D3100 camera that has been gifted to the FullPlateFamily. I have always used a Nikon camera, but never properly. Thanks to some really great upgrades and some proper instruction, my pictures are so much more crisp and I can capture my baby’s faces so much better, before they are no longer babies.
He did it! And, he did it better than we expected. He was seeded to come in 6th in his race.
He came in THIRD.
He was humble, he was modest, but he was SO proud when his dad hung that medal around his neck.
I am so proud.
Swimming is a sport that tends to be white, and tends to attract only children of higher incomes. In other words, it tends to be elitist. Here’s a boy who couldn’t swim AT ALL two summers ago. He was just learning how to float. He wanted this, so he did it. That amazes me.
The local winter swim clubs were hanging around to talk to summer coaches about recruiting children for their teams. We burned our way through three winter swim clubs before we adopted the little boy pictured above. No one on the team looked like our kids do. His brothers hated how snobby the other kids were. When we added child six and seven to our family, I did the only thing that felt right at the time.
I became their coach.
I took them all to the local indoor pool once a week for 90 minutes. We all worked so hard on starts, turns and technique. The kids who couldn’t never felt stupid for not being able to swim. They learned in a safe environment with their brothers and sisters cheering them on.
They came back the following summer with some vastly improved skills. Their wonderful, not elitist, summer coaches worked so hard with them. We did the same thing this past winter. They all came back this summer with even more skills and an even bigger drive to win. And win they did.
ShyGuy’s brothers and sisters, who won nothing themselves, well, not this time anyway, yet they all spent all day celebrating their brother and this enormous achievement. There were some questions about why they didn’t get a ribbon, but mostly, they were so excited to celebrate their brother’s moment.
We went out to dinner to celebrate, but not just him. We made it clear we were celebrating all of them, because they all worked so hard. When we got in the car, I asked ShyGuy if he was still wearing his medal. He said no. He had modestly tucked it away. I told him that on marathon days FPD wears his medal ALL DAY and that he should too. Every child in the car cheered him on as he ran into the house to get it.
They continued to celebrate as we took everyone out to dinner to celebrate all their hard work all season long.
The girls were happy too.
All of them.
Then we went out for ice cream, which Giganto thought was just about as awesome as winning a medal.
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This post is part of our Hireology employee spotlight series. Continue reading to learn more about a day in the life as a Hireologist!
Name: Michael Shulman
Role: Senior Product Manager
Michael joined Hireology in 2013 as an early member of our sales team. After a year of learning the ins and outs of the platform, his interest in product development led him to the Product team where he became Hireology’s first Product Manager. Michael works alongside a team of designers and developers, focusing on translating problems facing customers into solutions that help manage and execute the hiring process.
Michael, can you tell readers a bit about what you’re working on?
Right now I’m working on a project that will change the way users interact with our app in an effort to help them accomplish their tasks while feeling informed and in control.
What path did you take to get where you are today?
Before joining Hireology I worked in sales at Groupon focusing on launching new products and verticals. I worked closely with the product team to bring our Rewards platform to market. I came to Hireology as an Account Executive but knew in the back of my mind that I wanted to transition to Product. When Margot was ready to start building out the team I interviewed for the position and became Hireology’s first Product Manager.
What made you join Hireology?
Adam, Kevin and Margot! I was impressed with everyone I met with during the interview process and excited about the opportunity to join an early stage startup where I could have a meaningful impact on the company’s growth.
What do you find most exciting about working here?
It’s been quite the ride 🙂 When I joined the company we were 13 people working in a hallway. I’m excited that we are constantly growing, evolving and building tools to help our customers. We’ve come so far and still have so much to do.
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Trump wants to cut arts funding — this is who would lose in New Jersey
President Donald Trump’s proposal to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts wouldn’t just hurt theaters and museums in New Jersey. It could also mean fewer dollars to the bars, coffee shops and restaurants around them, critics said this week.
In addition to the NEA, Trump’s proposal also would wipe out the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The annual savings of $740 million would be a fraction of the proposed $4 trillion budget.
NEA spending in New Jersey — amounting to $28.1 million since 1998, the earliest year for which data was available — is also a sliver of what the state and institutions here spend on the arts. Scroll down to the end of the story to see the full list.
And while the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, which funds hundreds of local artists and organizations, gets an annual NEA grant of about $800,000, that is nowhere near the $16 million that the council gets from its share of the hotel/motel occupancy fee.
But still, some fear the loss of government grants at a time when endowments and corporate donors are spending less on the arts in favor of other causes. They also say it's shortsighted — eliminating a government expense that pays tremendous dividends in job creation and economic development.
Timothy Shields, the managing director of the McCarter Theater in Princeton, says it's no sure bet that private donors will write checks to make up the difference in lost NEA grants.
This year the theater got $35,000 from the NEA to support its Lab, which awards commissions to playwrights and helps develop new plays. Since 1998, the NEA has awarded the theater more than $680,000, which Shields says “doesn’t amount to very much in the grand scheme of things.”
“On the other hand, it means so much to these groups who rely on the funding. They are more and more dependent on it and there is less of it to go around.”
NEA grants to New Jersey have gone to universities, museums, theaters and schools to fund exhibitions, performances, public concerts and to bring the arts to underserved populations.
Among recent recipients:
— The Matheny School in Peapack-Gladstone got $10,000 to showcase art created by people with disabilities.
— WBGO, the only jazz station in North Jersey and New York City, got $70,000 to help produce the weekly “Jazz Night in America” series featuring live performances and interviews with musicians.
— $45,000 went to support the Montclair Jazz Festival, featuring international artists and aspiring musicians from the Montclair-based Jazz House Kids, an organization that provides music education to hundreds of students.
— Jewish Community Center on the Palisades got $40,000 for the Thurnauer School of Music and its instruction of public school children in Englewood.
— Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn got $40,000 to put on autism-friendly performances and drama classes for students with disabilities.
— Two River Theater Company in Red Bank got $20,000 to help finance the production of a play by actress and playwright Regina Taylor.
— Arts Council of Princeton got $30,000 to commission a public sculpture for the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood of Princeton.
For the conservative Heritage Foundation, which has been advocating for the elimination of the NEA for decades, these are just examples of the “politically correct art" and "welfare for the corporate elitists" that underscore why they believe the NEA is wasteful spending.
Laura Petrovich-Cheney, a 49-year-old Asbury Park resident who left her elementary teaching job about five years ago to pursue a career as an artist, says preserving "our cultural identity and our creative voice" is a worthy government expense.
Petrovich-Cheney this year received an $8,600 New Jersey State Council on the Arts fellowship, which has allowed her to exhibit her artwork — created from wood salvaged from Superstorm Sandy detritus — in Boston, Nebraska and Kentucky.
“I am bringing the story of Hurricane Sandy and identity of New Jersey and the Jersey Shore to other states. This is communicating the tragedy of Hurricane Sandy to other communities," she said Friday.
“Art becomes part of this communication that we do as human beings and it enhances our humanity.”
It can also enhance the bottom line.
State budget documents estimate that the annual $16 million in arts grants helped leverage $375 million in local economic impact by creating 21,000 jobs and helping to fund 37,000 events that drew more than 6.5 million visitors, who in turn spent another $125 million last year.
The State Council on the Arts, which is part of the state Department of State headed by Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, also estimates that New Jersey is home to 20,100 arts-related businesses employing 75,454 people.
"Again, I don’t understand why they don’t give the Arts Council more money," former Gov. Tom Kean says in a promotional video the council produced for its 50th anniversary. "Because it's money you're investing. You put dollars into the arts and it spreads, it grows. The arts, you get more back."
Shields says the arts help urban communities like Red Bank, New Brunswick and Newark attract visitors, who help "fill the municipal coffers" by spending money on parking and dining at restaurants that pay property taxes.
“It’s an investment in the economy and it’s an investment in the culture.”
National Endowment for the Arts grants to NJ
Total amount that every New Jersey organization received from the NEA since 1998.
|New Jersey State Council on the Arts||$15,357,400||Trenton|
|Newark Public Radio, Inc.||$1,189,843||Newark|
|McCarter Theater Company||$680,500||Princeton|
|Newark Museum Association||$587,500||Newark|
|New Jersey Symphony Orchestra||$490,000||Newark|
|Montclair State University||$450,000||Upper Montclair|
|Montclair Art Museum||$437,500||Montclair|
|International Sculpture Center, Inc.||$429,800||Hamilton|
|Wheaton Arts and Cultural Center, Inc.||$347,300||Millville|
|Paper Mill Playhouse||$295,000||Millburn|
|Gotham Arts Exchange, Inc.||$235,000||Weehawken|
|Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium||$225,000||Jersey City|
|New Jersey Performing Arts Center Corporation||$210,000||Newark|
|Young Audiences of New Jersey Inc.||$198,000||Princeton|
|American Boychoir School||$187,500||Princeton|
|Auricle Communications||$160,000||Jersey City|
|Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center Inc.||$155,000||Camden|
|Ironbound Community Corporation||$150,000||Newark|
|Newark Arts Council||$150,000||Newark|
|Jewish Community Center on the Palisades||$148,000||Tenafly|
|Music For All Seasons, Inc.||$142,000||Scotch Plains|
|Jazz House Kids, Inc.||$140,000||Montclair|
|Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Inc.||$130,000||Fort Lee|
|Westfield Young Artists' Cooperative Theatre, Inc.||$130,000||Westfield|
|Crossroads, Inc.||$120,896||New Brunswick|
|Arts Horizons Inc.||$119,000||Englewood|
|Jersey City Museum, Inc.||$114,625||Jersey City|
|Trustees of Princeton University||$105,000||Princeton|
|George Street Playhouse, Inc.||$104,100||New Brunswick|
|Passage Theatre Company, Inc.||$101,000||Trenton|
|New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority||$100,000||East Rutherford|
|New Jersey Community Development Corporation||$100,000||Paterson|
|People and Stories Gente y Cuentos Inc.||$95,000||Lawrenceville|
|Peters Valley Craft Center, Inc.||$95,000||Layton|
|Union County Arts Center Inc.||$95,000||Rahway|
|Alliance for Arts Education/New Jersey||$90,000||Trenton|
|City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey||$81,676||Perth Amboy|
|Two River Theater Company||$80,000||Red Bank|
|Fairleigh Dickinson University||$75,000||Teaneck|
|City of Trenton, New Jersey||$75,000||Trenton|
|New Jersey State Museum Foundation||$75,000||Trenton|
|National Poetry Series, Inc.||$71,500||Princeton|
|Visual Arts Center of New Jersey||$70,000||Summit|
|Princeton Festival A NJ Non-Profit Corporation||$62,500||Princeton|
|Morris Museum, Inc.||$60,000||Morristown|
|Institute for Arts and Humanities Education||$60,000||New Brunswick|
|Princeton Ballet Society||$60,000||New Brunswick|
|Center for Modern Dance Education||$55,000||Hackensack|
|Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.||$55,000||Madison|
|Cooper's Ferry Partnership||$50,000||Camden City|
|Perkins Center for the Arts||$50,000||Moorestown|
|Communities In Schools of New Jersey, Inc.||$50,000||Newark|
|Barnegat Bay Decoy and Baymen's Museum, Inc.||$50,000||Tuckerton|
|Flemington Jewish Community Center||$49,150||Flemington|
|Chambers, Veronica V.||$45,000||Hoboken|
|Friends of Teen Arts, Inc.||$45,000||Lambertville|
|Opera New Jersey, Inc.||$44,375||Princeton|
|Matheny School and Hospital, Inc.||$43,656||Peapack|
|Burlington County College||$40,000||Pemberton|
|Arts Council of Princeton||$40,000||Princeton|
|Monmouth County Arts Council, Inc.||$40,000||Red Bank|
|William Paterson College of New Jersey||$40,000||Wayne|
|John Harms Concerts, Inc.||$35,000||Englewood|
|Newark Community School of the Arts||$35,000||Newark|
|Princeton Symphony Orchestra||$35,000||Princeton|
|Foundation for New Jersey Public Broadcasting||$35,000||Trenton|
|Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company||$35,000||Union|
|New Jersey Institute of Technology||$33,000||Newark|
|Grounds For Sculpture Inc||$30,000||Hamilton|
|Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee||$30,000||Newark|
|Passaic County Community College||$30,000||Paterson|
|ArtPRIDE New Jersey Foundation||$28,000||Burlington|
|Lock, Norman G.||$25,000||Aberdeen|
|Hampton, Locksley||$25,000||East Orange|
|Van Gelder, Rudolph||$25,000||Englewood Cliffs|
|CavanKerry Press, Ltd.||$25,000||Fort Lee|
|Rafferty, Michael F.||$25,000||Hasbrouck Hts|
|DeSilva, Patricia A.||$25,000||Howell|
|Jones, Tayari||$25,000||Jersey City|
|Morgenstern, Dan||$25,000||Jersey City|
|Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences||$25,000||Loveladies|
|African Grove Institute for the Arts||$25,000||Newark|
|D'Rivera, Paquito||$25,000||North Bergen|
|Richardson, Jr., James E.||$25,000||Princeton|
|Playwrights Theatre of New Jersey, Inc.||$21,500||Madison|
|Union County College Foundation||$20,000||Cranford|
|Appel Farm Arts and Music Center||$20,000||Elmer|
|International Institute of New Jersey||$20,000||Jersey City|
|Arts Council of the Morris Area||$20,000||Morristown|
|College of Saint Elizabeth||$20,000||Morristown|
|Parras, John||$20,000||New Milford|
|Northwest Jersey Folklife Project, Inc.||$20,000||Phillipsburg|
|Ridgewood Symphony Orchestra, Inc.||$20,000||Ridgewood|
|Park Theatre Performing Arts, Inc.||$20,000||Union City|
|Gehrke, Steven||$20,000||Upper Mont Clair|
|New Jersey Festival Orchestra||$20,000||Westfield|
|New Brunswick Cultural Center, Inc.||$18,000||New Brunswick|
|Bayshore Discovery Project, Inc.||$15,000||Port Norris|
|Count Basie Theatre, Inc.||$14,871||Red Bank|
|Schneider, Jacob D.||$12,500||Chatham|
|Symphony in C||$12,500||Collingswood|
|Carrington, Enriqueta R.||$12,500||Highland Park|
|Mary Lou Williams Foundation, Inc.||$12,500||Jersey City|
|New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Inc.||$12,000||Madison|
|Wharton Institute for the Performing Arts||$10,000||Berkeley Heights|
|Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts||$10,000||Cape May|
|Institute of Music for Children, Inc.||$10,000||Elizabeth|
|New Jersey Repertory Company||$10,000||Long Branch|
|Ramapough Mountain Indians, Inc.||$10,000||Mahwah|
|Millville Development Corporation||$10,000||Millville|
|Sharron Miller's Academy for the Performing Arts, Inc.||$10,000||Montclair|
|coLAB Arts, Inc.||$10,000||New Brunswick|
|Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission||$10,000||New Brunswick|
|Community Agencies Corporation of New Jersey||$10,000||Newark|
|Sussex County Community College||$10,000||Newton|
|Passaic County Community College Foundation||$10,000||Paterson|
|Salem County Cultural & Heritage Commission||$10,000||Salem|
|South Orange Performing Arts Center||$10,000||South Orange|
|Dance-New Jersey, Inc.||$10,000||South Plainfield|
|Garden State Philharmonic Symphony Society||$10,000||Toms River|
|Trenton Downtown Association, Inc.||$10,000||Trenton|
|Theater Project, a NJ Nonprofit||$10,000||Union|
|Stevens Institute of Technology||$9,627||Hoboken|
|Opera Festival of New Jersey||$7,500||Princeton|
|Ramapo College of New Jersey||$6,100||Mahwah|
|Colonial Symphony||$5,000||Basking Ridge|
|Communities of Faith for Housing||$5,000||Hoboken|
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DON'T CALL THIS COMMON - SET
You may have heard someone say that salvation is the greatest miracle of all. Yet sometimes we take God’s gift of salvation for granted. It becomes common to us instead of exciting or amazing. In Acts 10:15, God says what God has cleansed must not be called common. When God cleanses a heart from sin, it is a supernatural miracle. After salvation, His grace continues to fill our lives with abundant blessing. Has His blessing become common to us? Or are we still filled with awe and amazement at what He has done in our lives? | <urn:uuid:11a15792-dc0f-47fb-a75e-b8c64c696d6a> | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | https://www.jentezenfranklin.org/products/dont-call-this-common-set | 2019-10-15T13:37:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986659097.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20191015131723-20191015155223-00437.warc.gz | en | 0.950401 | 125 |
Twentieth century was full of contrasts. It brought us inventions that improved the material level of mankind but also ideas that madethe darkest areas of human psyche surface.
Totalitarian ideologies that took power in certain countries whipped up atavistic urges in some, while in others they played on fear and paranoia. The stories of in most cases immaginary "enemy that never sleeps" and which kept entire nations in a state of permanent anxiety look almost comical today but have left catastrophic consequences on the nations ruled by such ideologies.
What if, however, the enemy seeking to subvert you really exists?
The mere asking of this question has people shaking their head in disbelief. What enemies, we live in the 21st century, in a democracy! It is racist, chauvinist to say that, those are nazi and communist cliches! This sort of reaction is the worst long-term consequence of these ideologies, their posthumous victory over reason. The view that the very concept of the enemy is an invention of totalitarian propaganda has entrenched the nations' psyche to such an extent that they are completely unable to identify an entity as the enemy even when in it's actions this entity does everything to inflict damage, even when it says opnely that it is the enemy. Needless to say that a nation in such a psychological state can not survive, certainly not in the long run. Changing the awareness and the conceptions of the enemy is the foremost task of all those oposing post-modernist ideologies of contemporary establishment.
Everybody knows the story of the boy who cried "wolf". But the story's moral is not that the concept of wolf does not exist. | <urn:uuid:04f2c075-3651-4a03-b486-61574227cc36> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://fromminasmorgul.blogspot.com/2008/04/who-cried-wolf.html | 2017-10-20T10:35:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187824068.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020101632-20171020121632-00833.warc.gz | en | 0.95569 | 338 |
- Contact metamorphism
In general, the changes in mineral assemblage and mineral composition that occur during burial and heating are referred to as prograde metamorphism, whereas those that occur during uplift and cooling of a rock represent retrograde metamorphism. If thermodynamic equilibrium were always maintained, one might expect all the reactions that occur during prograde metamorphism to be reversed during subsequent uplift of the rocks and reexposure at Earth’s surface; in this case, metamorphic rocks would never be seen in outcrop. However, two factors mitigate against complete retrogression of metamorphic rocks during their return to Earth’s surface. First is the efficient removal of the water and carbon dioxide released during prograde devolatilization reactions by upward migration of the fluid along grain boundaries and through fractures. Because almost all the water released during heating by reactions—such as when chlorite (Fe9Al6Si5O20(OH)16) reacts with quartz (4SiO2) to yield garnet (3Fe3Al2Si3O12) and water (8H2O)—is removed from the site of reaction, the reaction cannot be reversed during cooling unless water is subsequently added to the rock. Thus, garnet can be preserved at Earth’s surface even though it is thermodynamically unstable at such low temperatures and pressures. The second reason that metamorphic reactions do not typically operate in reverse during cooling is that reaction rates are increased by rising temperatures. During cooling, reaction kinetics become sluggish, and metastable mineral assemblages and compositions can be preserved well outside their normal stability fields. Thus, prograde reactions are generally more efficient than retrograde reactions, and metamorphic assemblages indicative of even extremely high temperatures or pressures or both are found exposed throughout the world.
It is common, however, to find at least some signs of retrogression in most metamorphic rocks. For example, garnets are often rimmed by small amounts of chlorite and quartz, indicating that limited quantities of water were available for the reverse of the reaction given above to proceed during cooling. Retrograde features such as these reaction rims can be mapped to yield information on pathways of fluid migration through the rocks during uplift and cooling. In other rocks, such as high-temperature gneisses, mineral compositions often reflect temperatures too low to be in equilibrium with the preserved mineral assemblage. In these samples, it is clear that certain exchange reactions operated in a retrograde sense even when the net-transfer reactions were frozen in during prograde metamorphism.
The fabric of a metamorphic rock results from the combined effects of mineral reactions and deformation throughout the metamorphic event and the subsequent return of the rock to the terrestrial surface. The study of metamorphic fabrics in outcrop and under the microscope has become a highly specialized subject aimed at revealing the nature and direction of the forces acting during dynamic processes within Earth. Much of this work is an outgrowth of a classic investigation conducted in 1930 by the Austrian geologist Bruno Sander, coupled with more recent experimental work on the pressure-temperature stabilities of metamorphic minerals and their responses to deformation.
Observations show that pressure is only rarely hydrostatic (equal in all directions) at any point within Earth’s crust. In real cases, consequently, anisotropic stresses operate that may lead to flow or fracture of materials. Such occurrences produce certain characteristic fabrics or structures in metamorphic rocks that may be observed at the scale of the orientation of small crystals in a rock or as a pattern of folds in a mountain range. One of the principal characteristics of most metamorphic rocks is that the arrangement of crystals is not isotropic, or random, but that there is a strong preferred orientation related to the direction of stress components of pressure. Such preferred orientation of crystals and mineral grains is perhaps the most striking difference between metamorphic rocks and other rock types. | <urn:uuid:ef6b9c48-7ca9-47e5-b8f8-c0c4204ad706> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.britannica.com/science/metamorphic-rock/Retrograde-metamorphism | 2022-08-08T16:32:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570868.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808152744-20220808182744-00793.warc.gz | en | 0.956396 | 827 |
Katherine Jenkins is pregnant with her second child.
The 37-year-old soprano has announced that she and her husband Andrew Levitas - who she married in 2014 - are expecting a little brother for their two-year-old daughter Aaliyah Reign and the tiny tot is due to be born sometime next year.
Taking to her Twitter account this morning (11.14.17), the blonde beauty uploaded a photograph of Aaliyah with her back to the camera wearing a pink cape with the words, "Sidekick coming soon..." embedded into the sweet shot.
Katherine added: "Andrew and I are overjoyed that our family will be growing in 2018 with the addition of our second child - a baby brother for our little superhero Aaliyah!!!"
The news that the couple are adding to their brood comes just months after the Katherine said she'd love to have another baby but they weren't planning anything.
She said: "We definitely want another child. There's no ovulation charts on the wall or anything ... not yet anyway ... but that's because I'm about to go on tour. But we hope we will be lucky enough to have a second child."
Katherine married Andrew within a year of meeting him but she has admitted they moved so fast because she was so sure about her future with her beau.
She said: "It has been a whirlwind. I'm not a person who rushes into anything. I consider things and I'm actually quite cautious, especially with big decisions. But when you know, you know and with Andrew, I just knew straight away. He's an amazing husband, an amazing dad and I just feel like I understand the reason for everything now." | <urn:uuid:e04a4e9d-e9c6-4609-b2d5-8f37da942384> | CC-MAIN-2017-51 | http://muscatinejournal.com/people/katherine-jenkins-is-expecting-second-child/article_0a8eeee2-581a-562a-8101-a5f15fa459f8.html | 2017-12-11T13:33:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-51/segments/1512948513512.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20171211125234-20171211145234-00498.warc.gz | en | 0.984848 | 351 |
Long Range with CC2640R2F
The SimpleLink Bluetooth® low energy CC2640R2F wireless MCU supports the new Bluetooth 5 long range modes, also known as coded PHYs.
Three key questions you will be able to answer after viewing this video:
Q 1. How long of a transmission range can be achieved with Bluetooth 5 long range mode?
We are showing 1.6km RF transmission range in this video using the 125kbps coded PHY available as part of the Bluetooth 5 specification. The hardware used is CC2640R2F wireless MCU LaunchPad™ development kit with +5dBm output power. Actual range for your product will depend on antenna performance and the environment where the range test takes place. The best method to ensure adequate range in your application is to try it out using our CC2640R2F LaunchPad kit.
Q 2. What is the difference between Bluetooth 5 long range mode and regular Bluetooth low energy RF transmission?
Bluetooth 5 long range mode (called “Coded PHYs” in the Bluetooth 5 specification) is a coded physical layer with 125kbps data rate, which is 8 times less than the standard 1Mbps Bluetooth low energy RF format. On CC2640R2F, the reduced data rate provides 6dB better sensitivity on the receive side which results in longer RF transmission range.
Q 3. When should I use Bluetooth 5 long range mode?
Long range mode is useful in applications requiring whole-house coverage or longer outdoor RF range than typical Bluetooth applications. Building automation is an application which could benefit from long range mode, where the RF signal often has to pass through walls etc.
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Sanofi’s strategic partnering organization selects clinivation to advance an important business initiative.
NATICK, MA – July 10, 2014 – Clinivation, Inc. is pleased to announce today that Sanofi Sunrise has selected clinivation to advance an important business initiative.
Our clients select clinivation Professional Services for complete solutions to strategic initiatives in corporate development, strategic diligence, pipeline commercialization, and special situations.
Our Professional Services clients include executive leadership, corporate directors, and investors who require comprehensive domain experience, technical fluency, and a superior track record of business judgment.
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“It is an honor and my pleasure to support this important initiative, and I thank Head of Sunrise Dr. Katherine Bowdish for her global vision and support,” said clinivation Founder and CEO Joseph Kozikowski, M.D.
For more information on the clinivation’s Technology-Enabled Professional Services, please visit the clinivation Professional Services homepage
About Sanofi Sunrise:
Sunrise is a Sanofi initiative that connects world-class science and emerging platforms with committed resources and expert capabilities from Sanofi. Our aim is to turn basic scientific discoveries from outstanding scientists and clinicians into new medicines and treatment paradigms for patients in need.
We seek out transformative, often high-risk, opportunities to drive innovation by partnering with external life science pioneers and the venture capital community. Our strategy enables a move from the traditional in-license model to a new paradigm of company co-creation and early-stage investing in people and ideas that could transform health care.
Through Sunrise, Sanofi is changing the R&D model and implementing open innovation at its finest. Sunrise works globally across all therapeutic areas, focusing on high-value projects. We forge long-term partnerships with the best, wherever that may be.
Sanofi, an integrated global healthcare leader, discovers, develops and distributes therapeutic solutions focused on patients’ needs. Sanofi has core strengths in the field of healthcare with seven growth platforms: diabetes solutions, human vaccines, innovative drugs, and consumer healthcare, emerging markets, animal health and the new Genzyme. | <urn:uuid:93bb808e-58bd-4636-9c08-61482f9b629e> | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | http://clinivation.com/newsroom/sanofi-sunrise-selects-clinivation-professional-services/ | 2018-12-10T21:57:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823445.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20181210212544-20181210234044-00537.warc.gz | en | 0.904272 | 436 |
“Awake and Alert,” 1985 (acrylic on canvas) is one of the works of art by Roberto Rios that will be on display in San Marcos during 2023.
Photo submitted by The Price Center
SMAL receives $10,000 NEA grant for citywide art exhibit
The San Marcos Art League recently announced it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Challenge America award of $10,000. This grant will support a city-wide exhibition of the art of Roberto Rios. This grant is one of 262 Challenge America awards totaling $2.62 million that were announced by the NEA as part of its first round of fiscal year 2023 grants.
“The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support arts projects in communities nationwide,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “Projects such as this one with the San Marcos Art League strengthen arts and cultural ecosystems, provide equitable opportunities for arts participation and practice and contribute to the health of our communities and our economy.”
“Mind Windows: The Art of Roberto Rios” will be on view at six locations throughout San Marcos between January and March 2023: the Texas State Galleries at Texas State University, the San Marcos Art Center, the Walkers’ Gallery, Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos, the Price Center and the San Marcos Public Library. The exhibition celebrates more than 50 years of work by artist Roberto Rios. Born in 1941, Rios grew up in San Antonio.
His love for art developed at his local public library where he read about art history and taught himself to paint by example. In his paintings, one finds references to the art seen in books, but in a fantastical style all his own. His skill for draftsmanship landed him a job as a medical scientific illustrator for publications produced by Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, and eventually as the creator of numerous murals, including one at Lackland Air Force Base dedicated to the history of aviation and another about immigration for the Marfa Border Patrol Sector. Rios retired to pursue his faith — eventually becoming a Catholic Deacon in 2008. The first retrospective dedicated to this important artist, “Mind Windows” features work from the artist’s time as a founding member of Con Safo, a San Antonio- based group that helped to define the Chicano Art movement, through to his work to this day. “With this exhibition, we hope to honor the work of this undervalued artist by exhibiting a comprehensive selection of his art together in one place so that our audiences can see their potential in the experience and success of someone whose career challenges established narratives,” said Dr. Margo Handwerker, one of the exhibition’s curators.
This exhibition is a partnership between the Texas State Galleries at Texas State University, the San Marcos Art League, the Walkers’ Gallery, Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos, the Price Center and the San Marcos Public Library, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the San Marcos Arts Commission and the City of San Marcos. For the latest exhibition information, including exhibition shuttle tour dates and times, go to visit sanmarcos.com/robertorios/.
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