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Busby & Associates Save House Equity From Seizure by a Chapter 7 trustee in bankruptcy
The changes to the bankruptcy code in 2005 contains potential traps for Debtors trying to protect assets like their house. Putting a large payment down on a house or paying a large amount to reduce the mortgage principal could put the Debtors in position to lose that money.
Changes to the bankruptcy code allow a Chapter 7 Trustee to reduce the protected equity in a homestead or even remove the exemption protection in full. The Trustee has to prove that the money put into the house was done with the intent to delay, hinder or defraud creditors.
The Bankruptcy Code now allows a Chapter 7 bankruptcy Trustee to review financial transactions like a down payment or principal reduction in a homestead over the past ten years. Texas has one of the most generous homestead exemptions in the United States, but even that exemption can be severely limited or even reduced completely if the Trustee’s allegations are proven true.
Can Bankruptcy Save House Equity From Seizure ?
In our client’s case, they moved to Texas over two years before filing for
bankruptcy. They made a large down payment on their homestead from funds in their bank account. When they filed bankruptcy, they exempted all of the equity in the house using Texas laws. However, their Chapter 7 Trustee sought to reduce the exemption in their house and use that reduction to pay back their other creditors. The Trustee argued that putting the money into the down payment was done with an intent to defraud their creditors. The reasoning was that by putting the funds into the house, it took them out of reach of their other creditors. Had the Debtors not put the funds into the house, the money would have been available for distribution to their other creditors. The argument was sound, but it relied upon the specific facts of our Debtor’s case.
Yes, Bankruptcy CAN Save House Equity From Seizure
We argued that the Debtors had legitimate reasons for how and why they used the money. The Trustee naturally argued that the reasons were not legitimate. The matter was briefed and went to trial on this issue. Ultimately, the Court ruled in favor of our clients. They got to keep their house and the equity in it safe from their creditors. We spent a lot of time and resources on this trial and we are very happy that the Court decided in favor of our clients.
Busby & Associates will fight to Save House Equity From Seizure
Unfortunately, not every bankruptcy attorney will fight to protect his clients from losing assets to a bankruptcy trustee. It takes a lot of work. It takes a lot of time. There are times to settle. This was not one of them. We are glad we could help our clients protect the equity in their house.
Be aware that any large financial transactions done before you file for bankruptcy protection are potential problems. People can and do lose their houses in bankruptcy. This is why it is so important to consult with an experience bankruptcy firm like ours before you file. It is very important that you fully disclose to your attorney all of your past financial transactions
The law firm of Busby & Associates has helped bring peace of mind to thousands of clients and we’ve proven we can fight for our clients and save house equity from seizure. If you need help with protecting your house and its equity, please give us a call.
Please visit our website for more information about us and bankruptcy. Call us today at (713) 974-1151 to schedule a no-obligation consultation or feel free to email us at Consumerlaw@busby-lee.com | <urn:uuid:c07b9c1b-7de6-4fb2-bb0a-1d6978760e91> | CC-MAIN-2017-22 | http://www.busby-lee.com/bankruptinfoblog/save-house-equity-from-seizure/ | 2017-05-27T02:40:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-22/segments/1495463608765.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20170527021224-20170527041224-00372.warc.gz | en | 0.970577 | 752 |
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Throws up to 104 mph! The Jugs Curveball Pitching Machine is portable, easy to move, and offers optimum versatility for batting practice. Able to throw all types of Jugs baseballs, the Jugs Pitching Machine features a swivel-design base that provides 360-degree movement for fly balls, ground balls, and pop-ups. The machine pitches fastballs, curveballs, and sliders with a speed range of 20 to 104 miles per hour. The machine is able to pitch left- or right-handed balls. | <urn:uuid:316b81b1-fca7-4724-b6e5-e9c6cb18bf19> | CC-MAIN-2016-30 | http://www.youthsportsclub.com/JUGS-Curveball-Pitching-Machine-p/43016_m1000_jgs.htm | 2016-07-29T04:02:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257829970.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071029-00121-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913265 | 133 |
Written by Sean Ruffner, Jeff Mariotte, and Brett Booth, Penciled by Brett Booth, Inked by four people with an assist from a fifth
Backlash is a spin-off character of Stormwatch, one of the earliest outputs from Jim Lee's Wildstorm Universe. Very briefly, Backlash is a three thousand year old alien-human hybrid who is a martial arts master and has various other super powers, and served as a sort of drill sergeant for Stormwatch, Wildstorm's Justice League (their base was an orbiting space station called Skywatch). After almost 20 issues of the "core" title, which was able to meet deadlines in part because Jim Lee stopped doing even covers for the book almost immediately, Backlash got his own book, which would run 32 issues.
We begin with our hero as his internal monologue tells us he's breaking into a prison for super-powered beings. He hears guards approaching and turns to mist, Dracula-style, to avoid them, but one of the guards notices the mist going into a vent, instead of out, and says "I know a break when I see one!" Obviously you don't, guard. Backlash mists himself deeper into the complex, and interrupts another pair of guards's conversation by blasting them with an electrified lash. He knocks out another set of guards as one flirts with a female guard (whose gender-ized armor is not quite as dumb as the armor worn by the Guardsman in my Avengers: Unplugged review). Yet more guards show up and announce that they know how to deal with "his kind," and announce via radio that the thread is neutralized. Annoyed, Backlash uses his energy lash to cause a guard's energy gun to backfire, knocking both men out. Backlash feels a bit of remorse for beating up "brave" men and women doing their jobs who just got in his way. Backlash enters the maximum security area where previous enemies shout threats at him, but he more or less ignores them until he finds Amanda Reed, aka Taboo, and offers to let her out if she'll help him.
|C'mon, Image, you're not even trying.|
Backlash flashes back to what brought him here, a meeting 3 days prior in central park with Stormwatch member Diva. Diva tells Marc that his girlfriend is in a coma as a result of alien attack, and Backlash vows to get his hands on the alien who did this. The two have an emotional hug, as Backlash says Diva's special and that Stormwatch needs her more than he does. We cut to a medical institute, where Marc, in a hoodie and ripped jeans that a three thousand year old man is too old to be wearing dispatches of a few orderlies, thinking to himself that Stormwatch should've hired better security for his comatose girlfriend. He waxes emotional after seeing her, and then finds her chart, where her doctors have pretty pessimistically said that she has two months, max to live. Pretty specific diagnosis, doc. We get two pages of flashback (without a note directing us to an issue of Stormwatch) that explain that Diane was possessed by a Daemonite, and Backlash separated it from her, but possibly at the cost of her "soul."
|Don't worry, Backlash walks this off.|
|"Uhh I didn't call you 'sailor'?"|
Back in the present, Taboo, looking very Black Widow-like, tells Backlash to come back to earth from his prison break daydream. Backlash inexplicably says "don't call me sailor," even though she didn't, as a giant mech guard shows up to fight him. He quickly dispatches the guard, as Taboo cracks a joke, causing Backlash to glower. She tells him to lighten up and puts a hand on his shoulder, prompting a "don't. Touch. Me!" response. What a 3,000 year old baby.
|Maybe the anatomy isn't perfect, but I think this is still pretty dynamic art.|
The duo escape to the outside, where they're in the arctic for some reason, and they fight a few more guardsman. Backlash releases Taboo's power inhibitor, so she powers up and causes a few guards to crash into each other. He tells her not to kill anybody, but she insists with all their armor, the guards will be fine in a few years. More guards surround the two, but they drop under the ice, where they're picked up by a waiting ship, piloted by "Cyberjack." Backlash tells Cyberjack to shut up and drive, and we're out!
Prison break storylines are not exactly uncommon, but this issue does do a pretty solid job of using the prison break to show Backlash's powers, his motivations, and manages to do a decent job of introducing Taboo (who debuts here). The simple story allows the focus to be on Brett Booth's pencils, which are about as Jim Lee as you can get without actually being Jim Lee. To Booth's credit, he does a nice job capturing emotion on Backlash's unmasked face in the flashback, so that it's not just a gruff mercenary guy busting a murderer out of jail to fight aliens, it's a gruff hero busting a murderer out of jail to save the woman he loves. As first issues go, this is pretty solid. It's not heavy on characterization, but the action is fun, and the tone is established as a sort of espionage/action vehicle that's going to see Backlash fight aliens and a Deadpool look-alike. Booth's pencils are solid, and while the scripting isn't re-inventing the wheel, it's doing the job, as this ends up being a pretty fun introduction to an ongoing book.
Backlash's costume is definitely an early 90's Jim Lee design, with a mark over one eye of his mask, mid-thigh pouches, a Cyclops-style strap around his chest, and pouch belts around one mid-thigh but not the other. His low-profile out of costume attire includes jeans full of rips that look like he made them himself to try to look cool. Taboo (everyone has dumb 90's names) has a costume that reminds me of a less fan-service-y Witchblade (which hadn't come out yet), as an alien symbiote thing wraps around her as soon as her inhibitor collar is off. I still can't get over what a rip-off of Deadpool and Mr. Sinister that image is, though. I mean, Image creators aren't shy about letting you know what they're referencing, are they? | <urn:uuid:1c78dbb5-053c-4df6-8a62-372ff1421f39> | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | http://thepouchfiles.blogspot.com/2014/07/review-backlash-1.html | 2017-08-21T08:18:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886107744.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20170821080132-20170821100132-00015.warc.gz | en | 0.979824 | 1,394 |
By Polly-Gean Cox MSW, LCSWA
Across the nation, supporters of LGBTQ legislation joined Edie Windsor of New York in celebrating the Supreme Courts ruling to repeal DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) in a 5-4 vote. November 9th 2009, Edie Windsor sued the federal government after being taxed $363,000 after the death of her spouse Thea Spyer in 2009.
For those who are not familiar with DOMA , it is a piece of legislation signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1996 as a way to define and protect the institution of marriage. It was meant to establish a Federal definition of: (1) "marriage" as only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife; and (2) "spouse" as only a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or wife.
Section three of DOMA, prohibited the federal government from recognizing marriages between gay or lesbian couples despite a legal marriage certificate within their state. Meaning these couples could not benefit from federal programs including healthcare and spousal supports, therefore limiting the rights of LGBTQ families.
What it means now that DOMA has been repealed.
- Federal government now recognizes legal marriages of same sex couples.
- Binational couples will now have the ability to sponsor United States residency to their partners.
- Military families will now receive military health insurance, relocation assistance, and surviving spousal benefits.
- Health insurance and pension protections are now available for deferral employees spouses.
- Social security benefits will now be accessible for widows/widowers.
- Joint income tax filing and exemption from federal state taxes.
Also in California, Proposition 8 has also been ruled unconstitutional. The Proposition 8 decision now eliminates the confusion that plagued same sex couples since being legalized and then banned in 2008.
Chief Justice Roberts writes: “We have never before upheld the standing of a private party to defend the constitutionality of a state statute when state officials have chosen not to. We decline to do so for the first time here.” If you think there is a little disconnect here — the U.S. government didn’t defend DOMA in the Windsor case yet the court ruled in that case — you have a point. But this only serves to reinforce the new ground rules in same-sex marriage: We still don’t know what states can and cannot do regarding their own same-sex marriage laws. Read More…
What Does the Future Hold?
Although there is now recognition on the federal level, many states are still struggling with marriage equality. Currently 13 states now acknowledge same sex marriage and over 30 states ban it. There is still work to be done. | <urn:uuid:4e8f016f-afef-405b-b3de-4768a3155ff7> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.socialworkhelper.com/2013/06/27/doma-repealed-whats-next/ | 2016-10-23T07:47:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719192.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00440-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956518 | 553 |
Salesforce’s annual “State of Sales” report aggregates data from thousands of surveys of sales professionals across the world in an attempt to uncover contemporary trends of sales, including strategies, tools, technologies, and perceptions. In the 2016 report, there are several statistics that are relevant to one of our favorite topics: sales enablement technology.
We believe that investing in a sales enablement tool is one of the smartest moves a sales team can make – there are instant results with much greater long-term benefits, and ultimately the tool pays for itself. But don’t take it from us: read on for 9 insights from the 2016 Salesforce “State of Sales” that capture the rising popularity and effectiveness of sales enablement technology.
1. High-performing sales teams use nearly 3 times as much sales technology as underperforming teams.
The best sales teams are already using sales enablement technology at a much higher rate than underperforming teams. Adoption of new technologies is an effective way to shake up old processes and inject new energy into your sales teams, often resulting in improved processes and closing rates.
2. Top sales performers are 3.5 times more likely to have mobile sales capabilities rated “outstanding” or “very good.”
Mobile technology is proving to be a vital part of the modern salesperson’s arsenal. The best sales teams are equipped with robust mobile sales apps with feature sets that ensure the ability to progress any sales opportunity. Underperforming teams are stuck with archaic processes and tools, creating a massive learning curve for new hires while not realizing the full potential of even your best salespeople.
3. Top sales teams use mobile apps for similar use cases.
What do top teams use their mobile sales apps for? The following were listed as the top three use cases:
- Connect with customers on the go
- Support selling in customer-facing situations
- Get notifications on important customer/sales information
4. Top sales teams also reported similar benefits from their mobile sales apps.
For teams that have implemented mobile sales apps, what improvements are they seeing? The following were listed as the top three benefits:
- Access data from anywhere
- Selling from anywhere
- Real-time communications with customers
5. 45% of sales teams responded that excessive administrative tasks represent a challenge for them.
Salesforce advises that “technologies like analytics, mobile, and automation can go a long way to improving a sales rep’s daily productivity.” Anywhere, anytime access to digital assets, analytics, and customer information reduces the amount of data entry and similar tasks required, allowing sales teams to focus more on selling.
6. The anticipated growth in intelligent sales technology use over the next three years is over 110%.
The expansion of sales intelligence seems inevitable in the next few years – it should be a high priority to have an existing sales enablement platform to take advantage of these potentially game-changing technologies when they arrive.
7. Top sales performers are 1.6 times more likely than underperformers to see positive results from sales analytics.
Proper leveraging of analytics allows sales teams to identify what’s working and what isn’t, then adjust accordingly. Continual improvement is perhaps the most important part of the sales process.
8. Top teams are reaping the rewards of advanced sales analytics.
The top four most improved results after implementing sales analytics were listed as:
- Ability to provide customers with a consistent experience
- Sales velocity
- Close rates
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The pursuit of physical fitness has been an desire of nearly each as well as everyone available. However, using the “obstacle course” across the path towards the goal, many of these aspirants appear to fall at the rear of, and afterwards, simply stop.
You can start to think about, “If obtaining healthy as well as fit is really advantageous for that person, then the reason why do these people quit the same as that? inch Well, usually, these everyone was actually misinformed or maybe they misinterpreted and created another set associated with expectations within their minds relating to this quest.
Many people expect they instantly observe visible results for example smaller hands, smaller waists, or even smaller bellies. Nevertheless, those types of results take some time, perhaps two to four weeks the very first. If this isn’t the situation, some individuals expect this to become easy — no work in working out, no exhausting routines, no adjustments within their diet and intake of food, etc… Nicely, it fails that method. If you’re on a pursuit of physical fitness, you will have to modify your way of life – particularly your regimen and that which you eat.
Two telltale signs that you are on course:
1. Sensation Better Within and Away
When a person exercise, the body releases endorphins, otherwise known generally terms since the “happy hormones”. These hormones cause you to feel happy and energetic. Have a person ever skilled being therefore excited that you are so positive and every thing seems feasible? That’s exactly how endorphins cause you to feel. Then when you physical exercise regularly, you are feeling like this particular constantly! Who would not want this particular feeling to become constant, correct? So you are feeling really great inside!
2 words: power boost. That’s what the best set associated with routine as well as diet does for your body. You’re able to do much more things as the body releases endorphins, you are feeling more positive, more happy – it’s just like a natural higher. So having a natural higher, you can perform more points – contentedly and with no complaint. Therefore basically, it is the endorphins which make you right into a better person, inside as well as out – in this instance. | <urn:uuid:ab7093dd-8c1c-4fae-afa6-c942249bdf61> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | http://www.ideahealth.net/health/making-sure-effectiveness-inside-your-quest-for-physical-fitness.html | 2021-01-16T04:58:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703500028.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20210116044418-20210116074418-00572.warc.gz | en | 0.971937 | 481 |
Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa has come to the defense of the police force who are gaining a bad reputation for their alleged involvement in extrajudicial killings.
During a senate hearing on Tuesday, August 23, the PNP chief defended his cops from critics from other sectors who believed they're responsible for the alleged rampant extrajudicial killings in the country, GMA News reported.
“Bakit may ibang sektor na pinapalabas kami ay masama?" he lamented. "Yan po ang sama ng loob namin. Hindi kami mamamatay tayo. Kami ay mga pulis."
Dela Rosa said they were only doing their jobs as instructed by the president. “Hindi kami butcher na pinapatay ang mga tao na walang karason-rason."
Dela Rosa also said he felt hurt by some of the public’s comments that say the PNP are a bunch of murderers who abuse their power despite them trying to do their job well.
“Kami ay binuwis namin ang aming buhay. Ang mga pulis ko nagkakakaso. Kami ay tao lang. Nagkakamali kami. Di kami perpekto. Sana naman po ang treatment sa amin iba-balance lang din po,” pleaded the police chief.
Meanwhile, Philstar noted that the number of killings involving suspected criminals have already reached 1,916 deaths.
These include 756 cases where policemen conducted anti-drug operations against suspects.
The PNP’s increased initiative against criminals is part of the Duterte administration’s war on drugs which aims to curb criminality in six months. | <urn:uuid:3ad33326-a654-40a4-967f-ce5a88e73a3d> | CC-MAIN-2018-43 | https://www.fhm.com.ph/trending/news/bato-defends-cops-a00169-20160824 | 2018-10-16T12:50:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-43/segments/1539583510749.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20181016113811-20181016135311-00362.warc.gz | en | 0.914192 | 378 |
This post is a personal response related to the recent decision by the WFF board to remove Harley and Freelee from Pioneers status.
Posted on November 26, 2013 at 2:30pm — 119 Comments
Dear WFF Community,
This post is being made on behalf of all current WFF Board of Governors; which are signed at the bottom of this post.
Many people have voiced concern in recent months over the changes in how Harley and Freelee have chosen to change their diet.
As the founders of 30bananasaday.com they were very instrumental in launching the first Woodstock Fruit Festival through the large audience they assembled on their popular website.…
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I am pretty new to Warcraft Online and was introduced to this site as well by an in-game "friend" a few days back.
I was also told to check wowprogress.com/realms/rank/eu/lang.en which might help me.
I started on EU Silvermoon and played there for a few days and moved to Twisting Nether and its been some weeks now.
It's getting pretty hard for myself to interact with other gamers inside the game since most are not using English language to communicate and using their country language. And when I joined a leveling group when they found out that I don't understand their language I was kicked at level 43
I am worried this behavior will also be there from now till max level.
So in hopes of some kind of help for my future gaming in warcraft, I came here to ask HELP from my fellow gamers who live in the UK or surrounding and play on a High UK player based Server and could recommend me the server so I can restart there fresh.
I usually don't see anything but English in Silvermoon's Trade chat. There are a few servers out there that are unofficially a certain country's hub, but most servers use English as a main language. Also, you can't use your 5man dungeon experiences to judge a server, since those groups are assembled from servers all across Europe, or at least from your server group. All that group meant that in your server/battle group, there's a server with at least 4 people that speak whichever language it was.
Since you are new to the game and most likely don't yet know which side of the game (PvP or PvE) you'll prefer, picking any highly populated server should do, really.
Kazzak EU has a high pop, and while it is a PvP server, the alliance side is pretty dead, so ganking shouldn't be a huge thing imo if you roll horde. There is a really, strong PvE community and a huge range of guilds from super-hardcore to new player friendly levelling guilds. You can always find a pug pretty much 24/7 due to the high pop and pve bias of the server.
It's not a bad place imo, mix of nice people and buttholes, but my overall experience was positive in the 2 years I played there (taking a break atm)
The server with the highest amount of players is Stormscale we had a constant 30min queue for at least a month when MoP launched and still get a queue on peak times but mostly because its the PvP center of EU and 60% of the people on stormscale is hardcore pvpers
My server is a pve server we are alliance and we have social spots for non raiders and its all english it seems appart from some irish guy on vent god knows what he is saying half the time anyway its arathor i think and i think the guild is the silver dawn not 100% not been there long myself. | <urn:uuid:0d6bf6f1-7ab8-464e-aea9-1e3fb61f2773> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/1279779-Need-Help-Best-Highest-UK-populated-EU-Server?p=20622791&viewfull=1 | 2014-12-17T19:57:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802764752.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075244-00100-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976162 | 620 |
Renegotiate Your Business Lease
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many business owners are searching for ways to save on their expenses. Renegotiate Your Business Lease or getting a rent abatement are some options, cutting back on inventory, automating operations, or downsizing your staff, entrepreneurs across the nation are having to make some tough decisions about how to navigate through this new post-coronavirus marketplace.
One of the best ways to save on your overhead each month is to renegotiate your business lease to see if you can come to a mutually beneficial agreement with your landlord. Though negotiating with your landlord is a task that few entrepreneurs look forward to making, occupancy costs are serious expenses that affect your bottom line every month.
Why Would My Landlord renegotiate My lease?
Being business-minded, this is the first question on most business owners’ minds. More than likely you’re somewhere in the middle of your current lease, which means that you’re contractually obligated to pay for the rest of the lease agreement, so why would your landlord agree to take in less revenue?
The main reason a property owner would lower your rent is simply that they don’t want to lose you as a tenant. The housing market is just as precarious as any other industry right now and losing a reliable revenue stream, even if it’s not quite as lucrative as they want, can be a significant blow. Also, you probably have no idea what kind of financial position your landlord is in, unless you have a close relationship, so maybe they can afford to take a hit for the rest of the year knowing that your business will rebound in the coming months.
Lastly, they might be more likely to consider a renegotiation if you offer them some kind of incentive for keeping you on as a tenant. This could include deferred interest on a reduced portion of your rent or offering them a percentage of income as a way to make the renegotiation more attractive to your landlord
How Should I Approach My Landlord?
There are several ways that you could go about how to renegotiate your business lease with your landlord. If you already have a close relationship with them or you know them on a personal level, you probably want to factor this information into your approach.
That being said, here are our best tips for approaching your landlord about a lease renegotiation.
- Speak to them sooner rather than later – If your rent is due in a few days, and you’re only just now broaching the subject with your landlord, it’s probably already too late. Landlords are business owners too and they have to be able to forecast their income just like you. Don’t wait to talk to them until it’s too late.
- Talk to them in-person – You don’t necessarily need to set up a face-to-face meeting with your landlord, but make sure you at least speak to them on the phone when you’re renegotiating your business lease. So much gets lost in emails or texts, and your landlord is more likely to say no immediately to an email than to your face.
- Attitude is everything – Like most of your business interactions, your attitude when approaching this issue is everything. Don’t act like your landlord owes you a break on the rent or like you’re doing them a favor by being their tenant. Instead, speak to them entrepreneur to entrepreneur and explain the realities of your business right now. Most landlords are aware of how devastating the lockdowns were on small businesses and their tenants.
- Recommend a Solution – The next section will deal in more depth about the possible solutions available to you, so for now we’ll simply say, don’t approach your landlord without an idea of how you can solve this situation. Going to them and simply saying that you’d like a rent reduction is not sufficient. Have clear solutions that you both can realistically implement.
- Have a Back-Up Plan – What if your landlord flat-out says no? Do you have a plan to deal with that outcome? If you don’t, then you’ll find yourself at loggerheads which is the last place you want to be. Have a plan B in case your landlord disagrees with your first proposed solution and maybe even have a backup plan for that. Being a good negotiator often involves coming back to the table again and again. Be prepared for that outcome.
What Are My Options for Renegotiating My Business Lease?
As we mentioned above, offering your landlord an incentive for renegotiating your rent is one way to provide a solution to this problem, but the most common ways to decrease your monthly rental expenses are rent reduction, rent abatement, or partial rent abatement.
Let’s look at each one:
Rent Abatement – This option involves your landlord agreeing to forgo your rent for a certain amount of time, say a few months, with the understanding that you’ll pay it back with interest later down the line. Think of it as a loan. Your landlord is giving you a loan to cover your rent for a certain number of months, and you will pay them back along with the agreed-upon interest when the time is over. This is a particularly good option if your revenue is low right now, but you think that it will pick up again soon.
Partial Rent Abatement – A partial rent abatement is exactly what it sounds like. In this scenario, your landlord abates a portion of your monthly rent instead of the entire thing. Many business owners might feel more comfortable with this option because they don’t have to pay back such a large portion of missed rent later. Remember though, interest still accrues on a partial rent abatement, so make sure you’re factoring that into your plan
Rent Reduction – This is a pretty straightforward way of curbing your rent expense. With this option, you ask your landlord for a reduction in your monthly rent whether it be permanently or for a temporary window of time. The ladder option will probably be more appealing to your landlord, but if you decide to go this route, make sure that you’re considering where your business will be in the future. If you don’t expect much to improve in terms of sales over the next year or so, then a temporary rent reduction might not help you in the long run.
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Today’s case is a 10-year-old male neutered Boxer with a six-week history of progressive cerebral signs. He is growling at the owner, circling, and pacing to the left. He has incontinence and is incoordinated. He has had two seizure episodes. What is your diagnosis?
Axial and sagittal T1 weighted and axial T2 weighted, FLAIR, and T2* weighted images were acquired. Left is on the left side of the images. There is a large, round intra-axial mass located at the rostral aspect of the left caudate nucleus that is expanding dorsally resulting in rightward deviation of the falx cerebri. This lesion is slightly hypointense on T1 and hyperintense on T2 weighted and FLAIR images, with central contrast enhancement. On the FLAIR images, there is hyperintensity of the parenchyma around the rostral aspect of both lateral ventricles that extends into the white matter. The changes are more severe on the left hemisphere than the right. There is bilateral dilation of the lateral ventricles and compression of the left lateral ventricle by the mass. There is flattening of the rostral cerebellum but no evidence of herniation into the foramen magnum.
The intra-axial mass is most consistent with a glioma with secondary hydrocephalus and periventricular edema.
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In the spring of 1998, United Industrial Services Ltd. obtained approval under the Public Lands Act to construct and operate a pilot-scale facility to process silica (quartz) sand from its 91 ha Mineral Surface Lease 10 km north of the town of Peace River. The approval allowed the company to extract and process silica sand to a maximum of 45,000 tonnes per annum. A plant was constructed and operations began that summer. The silica mine and processing facility was operated by Alberta Silica Corporation, (ASC) a wholly-owned subsidiary.
The company decided it wanted to process more than the 45,000 tonnes per annum allowed under its approval. The Environmental Assessment Regulation (AR 112/93) of the Alberta Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act (EPEA) requires a mandatory Environmental Impact Assessment Report for mines processing greater amounts.
Environmental Impact Assessment
Alberta Environment (AENV) issued Final Terms of Reference for the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on July 30, 1999. Federal involvement in the EIA review was not declared. UIS submitted its EIA and NRCB application in November, 1999. On March 07, 2000, the NRCB received a letter from AENV confirming the EIA report was complete.
Natural Resources Conservation Board Review
The NRCB considered the social, economic and environmental effects of the proposed project to determine whether it was in the public interest. On May 19, 2000, the Board approved the project. The Board issued its approval on July 6, 2000, having received Cabinet authorization by Order-in-Council 251/2000 dated June 28, 2000.
Subsequently, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development assigned the Mineral Surface Lease to Contractors Leasing Corporation when UIS was unable to continue with their project. The new leaseholders have an interim approval until March 31, 2003, which does not allow mining until an approval under the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act is received.
The NRCB will monitor the implementation of conditions attached to its approval.
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*It was not a figment of his imagination when Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano) first encounters Ruby Sparks (Zoe Kazan). She is real!
A literary wunderkind, Fields has hit a roadblock and his career is going nowhere. Lovelorn, lonely and at wits end, he subsequently creates a female character on the pages of his typewriter that comes to life. When things are not going as he would like, Fields tweaks his manuscripts but that only makes matters worse. Also starring in “Ruby Sparks,” the fantasy fairytale that turns into a nightmare, is Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening and Elliot Gould
The Film Strip asked Dano if people had the power to create a mate, would they use it? “They think they might,” he said “but they don’t and I think that’s part of the lesson of the film. I think that’s part of Calvin’s journey. Instead of being afraid of life and closed off to it, and wanting to control it to be feel safe, hopefully at the end of the film he is going to be somebody who will accept what life has given him and not try and impose his idea on it.
Why do you think at the end of the film Calvin no longer uses the typewriter but a computer?
PD: It’s probably because at that point he might be scare of it and feels superstitious about it and there’s bad memories there. I think the reason he has the typewriter is he probably wrote his first novel on the typewriter and it some how took off. But with that climatic scene with the typewriter I don’t think he wants to use it again.
I thought that he just wanted to come into the 21st century
Yeah, there’s that too and maybe someday he’ll take his laptop out of the house and hopefully also be a more social and open creature of the world.
From being a slave to the page in “Ruby Sparks,” Dano becomes an owner of slaves in his film out next year, “Twelve Years a Slave.” The Steve McQueen directed project stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Brad Pitt, Alfre Woodard, Michael Fassbender, Sarah Paulson, Dwight Henry and Chris Chalk. The movie is based on Solomon Northrup’s 1853 autobiography about a free slave from Washington, D.C. who was promised a job playing the violin in a circus but was tricked and taken to Louisiana to be sold into slavery. There, he is brutalized and must pick cotton.
“Ruby Sparks” writer Zoe Kazan and real life love of five years, Paul Dano, are both executive producers of the movie. Kazan is the granddaughter of legendary director Elia Kazan (“A Streetcar Named Desire,” “On the Waterfront,” “East of Eden,” “A Face in the Crowd”). A triple threat, Kazan spent time in front of the camera before putting pen to paper and producing.
Zoe, if people had the power to create their mate, do you think they would use it?
ZK: I do think so ‘cause that’s what happens in the movie. I think that when you love someone and when you’re in a relationship that’s failing for some reason, which is the situation that Calvin finds himself in, he would do anything to make it work, to make the person is happy. I mean the first time he changes her is to make her happy with him. I don’t know if everybody would do that but I think given infinite power would be very difficult not to dip the toe into the water. Once you dip the toe, I think you’re really all the way there even if you don‘t think so.
How did the idea of this film come about?
I always loved the Pygmalion myth. I love Greek mythology and that one in particular has always been evocative to me. Walking home one night, I used to live next to Macy’s in Boerum Jill, and there was this distorted mannequin in the trash and I thought it was a person. It scared me and I thought of that myth this sculptor creating a woman in his studio, turning his face and thinking he sees her moving. I thought what would I do with that myth and I went to sleep and had a dream. I woke up the next morning and not unlike Calvin the seeds of the dream were planted in my mind with the first third of the movie really clear.
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Be Prepared for all Emergencies
The City of Bonham Office of Emergency Management encourages you to be safe and learn how to prepare you and your family for any emergency or disaster. Government agencies can quickly become overwhelmed in a large scale disaster and having knowledge in first aid, CPR, or simply having a kit of emergency supplies on hand can make a huge difference in helping to overcome the initial difficulties that can occur. Government agencies have a wealth of information available to the public online, or contact our office to learn more about educational opportunities available in our area. Please CLICK HERE to view our list of website links for additional information.
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The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help. CERT members also are encouraged to support emergency response agencies by taking a more active role in emergency preparedness projects in their community. Click Here to learn more on how to join. | <urn:uuid:1763d9a7-37be-4519-9f2b-65a51ad56ea8> | CC-MAIN-2017-09 | http://www.cityofbonham.org/emergency-management.html | 2017-02-24T17:54:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-09/segments/1487501171629.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20170219104611-00322-ip-10-171-10-108.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941511 | 281 |
It's time once again for a Global Design Project, and it's a color challenge! I needed to use these colors in my project:
I have to admit...it was a CHALLENGE! These are really great colors, and I even like them together...I just struggled with WHAT to use them with! I feel like I cheated a little because I used so much gray on my card, but I did incorporate the three required colors so I'm calling it all good. *smile* Click here to head over and see all the great projects posted by the talented designers, and check out the other submissions, too! Maybe even submit your own!
Step by Step
To complete this project, you'll need cardstock cut to the following sizes:
4-1/4" x 11" Basic Gray (card base)
3-3/4" x 5" Blushing Bride
3-5/8" x 4-7/8" Basic Gray
2-3/4" x 3-5/8" Smoky Slate
Scrap Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride and Rich Razzleberry to cut flowers and leaves from thinlits
1) Use Big Shot and Flourish thinlits to cut flowers and leaves from Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride and Rich Razzleberry cardstock. Use Big Shot and Brick Wall to emboss 3-5/8" x 4-7/8" Basic Gray cardstock.
2) Stamp sentiment on to Smoky Slate cardstock, using Basic Gray ink. Stamp speckle image on to Smoky Slate, stamping off on to scratch paper first to lighten image. Stamp speckle image on to Basic Gray brick image, using Basic Gray ink (no need to stamp off, first). Sponge edges of both brick piece and sentiment piece lightly with Basic Gray ink.
3) Adhere Blushing Bride cardstock to card base, then brick piece, then sentiment. Apply flowers and leaves with Fine-Tip glue. Add a pearl in to the center of each flower.
I used the following products on this project:
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Parang Association ready for 2018 Parang Festival
The National Parang Association of Trinidad and Tobago (NPATT) is set to strum in the 2018 Parang Festival.
NPATT President Alicia Jaggasar said the 2018 festival, which officially launches on September 29 and runs until January 5, 2019 is themed “From Nazareth to Bethlehem” and will feature community events across the country in the build-up to Christmas 2018.
“Parang Festival is the premier Parang event for all audiences, investors and stakeholders. Our goal is to rejuvenate a holistic demand and interest in Parang music. The festival will serve as a preservation and sustainable development initiative of the Parang art form,” Jaggasar said.
The newly appointed Parang Association head said a lucrative and self-sustaining parang festival product has a viable contribution to make to the local economy. Jaggasar said her newly appointed team, which includes Vice President Valarie Marcano, Secretary Roxanne Marcano, Assistant Secretary Arlene La Vaughn and PRO Cassell George, is working hard to make this a reality.
“The parang festival product can contribute to the development of Trinidad and Tobago’s economic landscape within the creative and cultural industries. The Festival will feature several main attractions as we pursue to rejuvenate the Parang Brand by remembering our roots, emphasiSing our purpose and generating perspectives,” she said.
Jaggasar said the 2018 edition of the festival will also feature the inaugural staging of Parang History Month.
The Los Alumnos de San Juan lead singer said the NPATT will also be partnering with MovieTowne’s Fiesta Plaza to stage a series of concerts featuring different Parang bands in Port-of-Spain every Wednesday in September. On Sunday’s the roadshow will move to C3 Centre in San Fernando, she said.
The NPATT will also stage the National Junior Parang Festival Competition at the Preysal Secondary on November 17 and 18. Community shows are also carded at churches, community centers and recreation grounds around the country.
“Last year 60 schools – 35 Primary and 25 Secondary, approximately 1000 children participated in this developmental heritage conserving affair. There has been significant incremental growth in the number of schools and students participating in the Junior Festival each year.
“The Junior Festival gives our nation’s youth an early introduction to a foreign language via a powerful healthy patriotic music conduit. With funding aid, NPATT seeks to host year-round workshops and offer technical assistance to the Parang programmes at schools nationwide,” Jaggasar said. | <urn:uuid:ac72b1cc-0448-408c-bb8e-f8cae982d870> | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | http://www.looptt.com/content/parang-association-ready-2018-parang-festival | 2020-08-10T05:07:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738609.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20200810042140-20200810072140-00120.warc.gz | en | 0.934143 | 540 |
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Students of Billiards & Pool studies need not worry about paying for over-priced textbooks anymore – renting textbooks is an option! Billiards & Pool textbooks – for example Byrne's New Standard Book of Pool and Billiards by [Robert Byrne], and Pool and Billiards For Dummies by [Nicholas Leider] – are often some of the most frequently updated books by Publishing companies. The field of Billiards & Pool is constantly changing, and new editions can come yearly and at a huge cost to students who continually buy new books. So why buy when you can rent cheap textbooks? There are plenty of Billiards & Pool books to rent – BookRenter has of them all!
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The final non-consumer day of the 2013 Eurobike trade show is off and running. One last chance to see all the latest and greatest from the world of two wheels, including this colorful array of bike lights.
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Carter-Hoffmann BB64 Space-Saver Classic Carter Series 70 3/4" Tall x 30 3/4" Wide Single-Door 80-Plate Capacity Insulated Stainless Steel Mobile Heated Banquet Cabinet For Plates Up To 10 1/2" Diameter, 120V 1650 Watts
|Ship Weight||336 lb|
|Manufacturer Part #||BB64|
|Height||70 3/4 Inches|
|Width||30 3/4 Inches|
|Base Material||Stainless Steel|
|Cabinet Type||Heated, Insulated|
|Covered 10 1/2" Diameter Plate Capacity||80|
|Insulation Type||High-Density Fiberglass|
|Door Type||Single Solid Door|
|Shelf Type||Removable Welded Nickel-Plated Wire|
|Interior Shelf Width||23 3/4 Inches|
|Interior Shelf Depth||26 1/2 Inches|
|Number Of Shelves||4|
|Heating Type||Removable Convection Heating System|
|Heating Unit Mounting||Bottom|
|Controls||Full-Range Thermostat Control Knob|
|Temperature Range||80 to 200 Degrees F|
|Made In USA||Yes|
|UL EPH Classified||Yes|
|Number Of Plates / Plate Carriers Included||None|
|Power Cord Length||10 ft|
|Casters||6" Diameter Polyurethane (2 With Brakes)|
|Corner Bumper Type||Non-Marking Gray Vinyl Bumper|
|Brand Line||Space-Saver Classic Carter Series|
This mobile banquet cabinet rolls on a set of 6" diameter polyurethane casters (2 swivel, 2 rigid) that are bolted to the base in an offset "wheel-ahead" pattern for a smooth ride, and 2 of the casters have brakes. There are non-marking gray vinyl corner bumpers mounted at the base of this mobile banquet cabinet in a heavy-duty extruded aluminum frame.
This mobile banquet cabinet is CE marked, UL EPH Classified, and UL listed in the United States and Canada for safety.
The BB64 is the Space-Saver Classic Carter series 70 3/4" Tall x 30 3/4" wide mobile banquet cabinet from Carter-Hoffmann with a single solid door for pre-plated food that will hold up to 80 covered plates that are 8 3/4" to 10 1/2" diameter in a durable stainless steel unit. There is a horizontal full-width heavy-duty stainless steel push handle bolted on each end of this banquet cabinet with reinforced backup plates.
There are 4 welded, double nickel-plated removable wire shelves inside this banquet cabinet that are each 23" wide x 22 9/16" deep. There is a bottom-mounted removable convection heating system on this mobile banquet cabinet that operates with a full-range thermostat control knob to set temperatures between 80 to 200 degrees F and the unit does not come included with plate carriers that are available separately.
The all-welded double-wall insulated stainless steel construction of this mobile banquet cabinet features turned-in seams for improved support and durability. There is 1" thick high-density wrap-around fiberglass insulation on this mobile banquet cabinet with 1 1/2" thickness on the top.
The Carter-Hoffmann BB64 Space-Saver Classic Carter mobile banquet cabinet is an electric unit that operates at 120 Volts, 60 Hertz, 1-phase, and 13.7 Amps for 1650 Watts of power. The unit comes with a 10 ft power cord with a standard NEMA 5-15P plug. It is recommended that this unit be connected to a dedicated and protected circuit.
Carter-Hoffmann BB64 Features
- Space-Saver Classic Carter series mobile banquet cabinet
- Cabinet Size: 70 3/4" Tall x 30 3/4" Wide
- Material: Stainless steel
- Covered 8 3/4" to 10 1/2" Diameter Plate Capacity: 80
- Door Type: Single solid door
- Insulation: 1" thick high-density wrap-around fiberglass, 1 1/2" thickness on the top
- Heating Type: Bottom-mounted removable convection heating system
- Shelf Type: Removable welded duplex nickel-plated wire shelves
- Shelf Size: 23" wide x 22 9/16" deep
- Number of Shelves: 4
- Control Type: Full-range thermostat control knob
- Plate carriers not included
- Temperature Range: 80 to 200 degrees F
- 10 ft power cord
- Electrical specifications: 120 Volts, 60 Hertz, 1-phase, and 13.7 Amps for 1650 Watts, NEMA 5-15P plug
- 2 horizontal full-width heavy-duty stainless steel push handles (1 on each end) with reinforced backup plates
- UL EPH Classified
- UL listed in the United States and Canada
- CE marked
- Non-marking gray vinyl corner bumpers in a heavy-duty extruded aluminum frame
- 6" diameter polyurethane casters (2 with brakes) in an offset "wheel-ahead" pattern
Carter-Hoffmann BB64 Benefits
- Turned-in seams for improved support and durability
- "Wheel-ahead" caster design for a smooth ride
- Strong all-welded double-wall insulated stainless steel construction
Height: 69 1/2"
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The curious case of Doug Darrell shows the immense amount of power that is possessed by We the People, when we have the courage to use it.
Doug Darrell is a resident of New Hampshire who cultivated marijuana for religious and medical purposes. After a National Guard helicopter spotted his plants, he was arrested and charged with felonies. If convicted, he would have likely faced many years in prison. He was guilty by the letter of the law, but the jury decided to acquit him anyway. Jurors followed their conscience. This was a heroic act of jury nullification that preserved the freedom of one man.
And this principle can preserve freedom for many more if used on a grander scale.
While the Tenth Amendment Center does not specialize in promoting jury nullification, we certainly recognize its importance and support it in practice. Nullification can work in many different ways. With the proper ideological ground, there are a plethora of ways for you to non-violently push back against unlawful federal power.
When the people rush to the stores to buy guns and ammo after opportunistic Washington D.C. politicians use a tragedy to impugn the 2nd Amendment, that is a form of nullification. When the people trade in their rapidly depreciating Federal Reserve notes for honest money or crypto-currency, that is a form of nullification. When a parent opts their children out of the public school system and homeschools them instead, that is a form of nullification.
Millions of individuals making decisions like these on a day-to-day basis chip away at the legitimacy and authority of the federal government.
There are many ideas floating around that can be effective in combating federal tyranny, and they all share a common principle: non-compliance with unconstitutional or unjust federal mandates.
Once you fully understand this principle and how it serves as the key to restoring freedom in our society, doorways begin to open up. You can apply it to everyday life and make a difference whenever the opportunity arises.
Whether it is in the city council, county commission, state legislature, a jury box or anywhere else, non-compliance and civil disobedience can be used to promote freedom and subvert unlawful federal power. Contrary to what you may have learned in a government-funded school, the feds are not monolithic. They are not untouchable. They are not supreme. They are a paper tiger that depends upon your active support, consent and participation to function.
Don’t give the feds what they need to sustain their assault on your freedoms. Thinking in a defiant manner is the first step toward breaking this chain of servitude and helplessness that the feds rely upon. Once you have done that, the sky is the limit. From there, we can give you a plan that can decentralize government and restore freedom in your community. | <urn:uuid:b3c33db1-dc82-4ee4-a1c8-688bdf68ebf2> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2014/10/another-jury-nullification-success-story/ | 2023-03-30T17:10:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949355.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230330163823-20230330193823-00314.warc.gz | en | 0.957623 | 575 |
Looking for ways to keep your valuables safe at home? These cool hidden storage ideas are game-changers!
There are times when we think of keeping some valuable items in the home but we feel like there isn’t a place where it can be safe and hidden. Storage areas are obvious and anyone can just head over it and dig into it.
But did you know that you can actually create storage spaces that will look like they aren’t keeping anything inside it?
Well, you really can. You can also convert some furniture you already have into clever storage.
No, it isn’t just the hidden staircase storage that we have seen in some homes but there are still other ways too. Although staircase storage is also pretty clever.
There are innovative designs that maximize storage without compromising on aesthetics. As a matter of fact, it can even add to the aesthetics and appeal of a certain space in the house.
You’d definitely have a cool home if you have hidden storage in it. Just like the ones we have on this list.
1. Oversized Wall Art
Who would think that there is something inside this oversized wall art? You can create a different front design too that would fit your interior.
2. Floating Shelf
This floating shelf isn’t ordinary because it has a secret compartment under it!
3. Bath Tub Hidden Storage
Got an encased bath tub? Turn it into a bath tub hidden storage. No one would ever think of looking inside it.
4. Storage Keyboard
Don’t throw away a broken keyboard because you can always hide stuff inside a storage keyboard without giving anyone a clue that there is something there.
5. Tile Drawer
Keep anything you want in a tile drawer! Totally cool, right? It’s certainly the dream of every bathroom owner.
6. Slide Out Closet
You can add more storage to a cabinet if you copy this slide out closet. Brilliant idea, right?
7. Floor Storage
You can place a mattress on top of the flooring during the night but instead of just creating a platform for the sleeping area, turn it into a floor storage!
8. Breakfast Booth and China Cabinet
If you have a small kitchen and dining area, why not add a Breakfast Booth and China Cabinet in one?
9. Wine Storage Under the Floor
This is indeed genius! Take a look at this wine storage under the floor with spiral stairs!
10. Hidden Storage
A modern home has this gorgeous hidden storage with wine and everything nice!
11. Dining Table
This dining table has a storage which you can use for wine or maybe for keeping some stuff.
12. Secret Bookcase
Above the fireplace holds a secret bookcase with an artwork on the front.
13. Staircase Storage
Who says you cannot add a staircase storage like this one? Totally neat!
14. Back of the TV
Have a wall-mounted TV on your living room but add an interesting twist with a hidden storage at the back of the TV.
15. Camouflage House Pillar
A camouflage house pillar is one of the most amazing hidden storage I have ever seen! Such a brilliant idea indeed!
16. Framed Artwork
Hide your home theater’s stuff behind a framed artwork for a neat look. Let your guests guess where the DVD player is!
17. Storage on the Flooring
Storage under the bed is common but storage on the flooring is definitely something we are digging!
18. Coffee Table
You will never lose that remote control again because it will just be inside the hidden storage of your coffee table. Cool!
Another storage on the staircase where you can keep some stuffs like beddings and others.
20. Secret Wall Socket Safe
For sure, your valuables are secure in this secret wall socket safe because no one will think it is actually a storage!
Your guests will think that they are just looking at an ordinary clock but this is a hidden storage clock where you can keep anything you want.
Want to declutter but you lack storage area? Why not add a staircase hidden storage like this one. You can even hide your kid. lol.
23. Shoe Storage
When you see this cabinet, you thought all it got are drawers. You are wrong. There is a hidden shoe storage in it too!
24. Staircase Storage
Another idea for a staircase storage with drawers on the steps.
25. Round Table
A round table has a secret. It has a hidden storage in the middle where no one will suspect you will be keeping something inside it.
Guess what, you can keep anything important to you in the armchair of this seat. And it isn’t even obvious that there is a space for safe keeping there.
A headboard storage isn’t new to us but we often see open shelves for a headboard storage. For this one, it is a secret headboard storage. Once it is closed, it looks like it is just an ordinary headboard.
28. Sliding Backsplash
A kitchen would look lovely with a decorative backsplash but it would be amazing if it has a sliding backsplash because you can keep stuffs at its back while keeping everything neat!
If the cabinet doors are closed, what you will merely see is a stylish structure in the living area but what it holds are hidden storage cabinets too.
30. Hidden Wall
Who would expect that on that wall are actually hidden wall storage spaces? Such an awesome home indeed!
Well, we are pretty sure you got ideas on what you can do with your home’s storage. Or if you want to keep some valuable items, you can always make hidden storage.
If your home has a small space, converting some items into a hidden storage space would be a great idea to maximize the space in your home. But it would be best if you have thought of it before the construction of certain furniture or a particular part of a wall because, in truth, even a mere wall partition can be a perfect and clever storage area.
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By JOSH ALLEN
The first-degree murder trial of Michael Magness started this week with the first witnesses being called Tuesday after a grueling day of jury selection Monday.
The high-profile trial, where Magness sits accused of killing his wife, saw almost 130 jurors check-in Monday morning in the courtroom of District Judge Lawrence Parish.
The prosecution, led by Assistant District Attorneys Laura Farris and Emily Mueller, allege that Magness deliberately and with malice aforethought shot his wife, Elizabeth Magness, in the head with a 9mm handgun on the night of March 14, 2015 or early morning of March 15, resulting in her death.
Jury selection began about 9:30 a.m., which would see voir dire questioning by the prosecution and Magness’s defense team last the entire day, to the point that it seemed selection would go multiple days.
Judge Parish made it clear, however, that he was getting a jury of 12 picked before the panel would be dismissed for the day.
“I want to let everyone know,” Parish said to the courtroom full of potential jurors. “We’re getting a jury picked today … one way or another.”
That statement was made just before 4 p.m. It would take until almost 6 that evening to get it narrowed down to 12 jurors and two alternates for the case.
Selected jurors consisted of eight white men and four white women, varying rather widely in age. They were sworn in at 5:35 p.m.
Tuesday saw the immediate commencement of witness testimony, following opening statements.
Representing Magness are defense attorneys Curt Allen and Jarrod Stevenson.
The state’s first witness called was father of the victim, Sam Wilson, whose hours-long testimony was wrought with emotion as he explained his view of Magness and his daughter’s relationship, their lifestyle, problems and children.
During that testimony, Farris asked Wilson how he felt about Magness, to which he responded, “(My wife and I) were scared of him,” adding that he “exhibited what I would call controlling behavior.”
At cross examination, Stevenson rebutted that being evidence that Magness is a murderer by asking Wilson a number of questions that cast doubt on the conclusion the father had come to by getting him to admit multiple times that there could be alternate reasons for Magness’s behavior, before and after the alleged murder.
That pattern continued between Stevenson and Wilson for his answers to most of the state’s questions, though Wilson did bring up instances of circumstantial evidence that could point to Magness’s guilt.
April Crouch and her husband, Dustin, would be the state’s second and third witnesses. Both explained problems they saw in the marriage of the victim and Magness, including bouts of depression and mental health issues that eventually led both witnesses to say they encouraged Magness to end the marriage with divorce.
“Magnesses don’t get divorced,” is the response both witnesses said the defendant gave to that suggestion.
On the night of the alleged murder, Magness was staying with the Crouches. Initially and throughout the investigation, both witnesses accounted for the defendant’s whereabouts that night, saying Magness would not have been able to leave their house during the night without them realizing it.
At trial this week, that changed and both said it could be possible that he left and came back through the back door without them knowing, undermining what seemed an attempt at an alibi for Magness.
Stevenson pointed to differences in statements given by the Crouches to investigators on multiple occasions, which seemed to put into question the credibility of both witnesses.
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Luke McQueen: Double Act
- Suzanne Black
- 18 August 2015
This article is from 2015.
Furious show aimed largely at a successful former friend ends limply
The prospect of a Luke McQueen show is terrifying. Having cultivated an embittered and unhinged persona with a confrontational attitude towards both the audience and reviewers, he seemingly has no concept of going too far. The opening set-piece unleashes a torrent of aggression on one audience member and McQueen’s all-encompassing, dead-eyed glare, only a few feet away from everyone in this intimate venue, suggests no one is safe.
The ostensible theme of the show is McQueen’s anger and hurt at a betrayal by his previous comedy partner Jack Whitehall, with his ire aimed squarely at the successful comic and his father. Between the bouts of verbal assault, McQueen puts his lack of shame to use in some daring skits. Video footage of him bothering members of the public, a clever flirtation with race and a lack of self-preservation demonstrate the lengths to which he is willing to go for laughs. Whitehall’s endless jokes about being a wimpy posh boy simply pale in comparison.
After so much hype about McQueen’s malevolence, Double Act is relatively benign. Despite a lot of sound and fury, the pay-off sometimes seems inadequate, but to spend an hour when it feels like genuinely anything can happen is a rare treat.
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Do you have a lot of extra time these days? Are you looking for low-risk responsibility? Well, you have come to the right place! I’m going to starter off (heh..) with a brief Q&A to cover some of the basics, and finish with step-by-step instructions so you too can capture (and potentially neglect and kill) your very own microbial community.
So, what exactly is a gluten-free sourdough starter?
A sourdough starter is simply a mixture of flour and water combined to create the perfect environment for wild microbes to flourish. Yeast and bacteria already exist on the flour. The microbe strains even differ in variety depending on the grain being used! Most any gluten-free flour can be used to make your starter, but some of the easiest include rice, millet, sorghum, and buckwheat flours.
What’s the purpose of a sourdough starter?
Have you ever baked with those little packets of yeast? A sourdough starter replaces commercial baker’s yeast commonly used in baking. Wild yeasts and bacteria originating on the flour and in the air act as a leavening agent for your bread to rise!
What’s the science of a sourdough starter?
The flour to water ratio is key, but not the only consideration. Temperature is another primary factor influencing the success and fermentation rate of your sourdough starter. The colder the environment, the more slowly the microbial community in the sourdough starter will grow. If your home is cooler than 70F try placing your jar on top of an appliance generating heat, or let it get cozy in your turned-off oven with the light on as a heat source.
Alright, now for the fun part, let’s get it started…
Supplies Required: gluten-free flour, water, measuring cup, spatula, cheese cloth, large container.
1. Combine a cup of cool water with a cup of gluten-free flour. Your starter will grow, so use at least a 1-quart container made of non-reactive material like glass, stainless steel, or food-grade plastic as your starter’s home.
2. Thoroughly mix and incorporate all of the dry flour into the water. Cover your container with cheesecloth or a towel to prevent any unwanted visitors, and leave in a warm area for 24 hours.
3. After 24 hours you may see no change (don’t throw it away just quite yet), OR you may start to see some fun bubbly activity! Either way, discard half of the starter (or gift it to an ambitious friend), and add another cup of fresh cool water, and flour. This is your first official feeding! Wooo!!
4. Stir the mixture until combined and let rest for another 24 hours. By this time you should start to see bubbles, and you can continue to feed the starter daily (step 3). To increase the starter, stop discarding half, and slowly increase the amount of flour and water each time, as it gets larger in volume your starter can handle larger feedings. The precise amount doesn’t matter (as long as the ratio is 1:1), the sourdough starter is quite forgiving.
5. After about 5 days, you will see the starter significantly increasing in volume following a feeding. The best time to use the starter is when the activity is highest. Watch your starter for a couple feedings to determine when it is most active.
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Boy, is this a thrill: the Chief Residents at the Mayo Clinic have invited me to be their Visiting Professor in Internal Medicine next March.
A patient. As Visiting Professor. Is that a sign of the changing times?? The announcement is being made today, during the patient panel at Mayo’s sixth annual social media summit. Here’s their post, including a four minute video interview.
Here’s their press release – their words – then I’ll discuss below.
“A union of forces between providers and patients”:
Mayo chiefs name a patient as 2015 Visiting Professor
Every year, the Mayo Internal Medicine Chief Residents have the opportunity to invite a Visiting Professor to come spend several days engaging in educational activities and speaking at Medical Grand Rounds. Invitations are meant to reflect upon the personal interests of the chief residents and the messages we wish to convey to our Medical Grand Round audience – which consists of trainees, consultants, and researchers across the Mayo Clinic Health System.
Over the last three years, previous chief residents have selected leaders in the fields of medical education (Dr. Jeffrey Wiese), quality and safety (Dr. Robert Wachter), and the CDC’s epidemic intelligence service (Dr. Douglas Hamilton). This year, we wanted our choice to represent a field with a similarly widespread impact on the future of medical practice, but also reflect our personalities with an “outside of the box” message.
At the same time we were brainstorming, the Mayo Clinic was celebrating 150 years of service, and we were reminded of the Clinic’s credo:
“The best interest of the patient is the only interest to be considered,
and in order that the sick may have the benefit of advancing knowledge,
union of forces is necessary.
It has become necessary to develop medicine
as a cooperative science;
the clinician, the specialist, and the laboratory workers
uniting for the good of the patient,
each assisting in elucidation of the problem at hand,
and each dependent upon the other for support.”
– Dr. William J. Mayo
Dr. Will Mayo was stating the importance of a diverse medical team coming together to attain a common goal – the foundation of our institution’s mission has been built around this belief.
However, in our experience, we have found it as important to have a “union of forces” between providers and the patients who entrust us with their care. Patient engagement and empowerment is a natural extension of Dr. Will Mayo’s vision of a medicine as a cooperative science. We are therefore honored to announce Dave deBronkart (aka “e–Patient Dave”) as our 2015 Visiting Professor to help spread this powerful message. We look forward to his March, 2015 visit!
Look: “A union of forces between providers and the patients who entrust us with their care.” This is the first formal recognition I’ve heard of, from any academic medical center, of this new imperative for physicians to join forces with patients as colleagues.
Heaven knows it’s not a radical new thought. Fifteen years ago the cover of the British Medical Journal (one of the top journals in the world) showed a tango: “Embracing patient partnership.” But medicine doesn’t adopt new ideas on impulse – in some ways that’s a good thing – so it’s a big deal to now see that this idea has acceptance from a big name like Mayo.
“Patient engagement and empowerment
is a natural extension
of Dr. Will Mayo’s vision
of a medicine as a cooperative science.”
What a day for the patient movement. Thank you to the chiefs for their vision and their invitation:
Chris Aakre, M.D.
Luke Seaburg, M.D.
Kimberly Carter, M.D.
Luke Hafdahl, M.D.
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It’s always been a tough a challenge to figure out the right WordPress theme or plugin for a particular purpose these days. With tons of options out there, you can easily get confused on which one to choose.
One such theme is Divi Theme. It is one of the most powerful WordPress themes, which has a built-in drag & drop builder named Divi Builder. Divi Builder also comes as a plugin which can be used with other themes.
Because of enormous hype, you may think it’s the only theme or plugin you need. But that might not be the right choice for you.
Many people found Divi as a complicated one. And some people think it has a considerable learning curve to get used to Divi.
If you are not sure whether Divi is the right choice for you or not, I’d recommend you to take a look at the alternatives.
Here are the top 10 alternatives to Divi Theme and Builder for WordPress users.
Divi Theme Alternatives
Let’s check the alternatives of Divi Theme first.
GeneratePress is a very lightweight, fast, and mobile responsive theme. It doesn’t have a built-in Page Builder. But it’s considered as one of the most page builders friendly WordPress themes. That means you can use it smoothly with any popular page builder like Divi Builder.
It also offers built-in site templates for page builders like Elementor & Beaver.
This is the theme that we use here at WPLeaders.com. We also use Thrive Architect with it as a page builder.
This translation ready and SEO friendly theme is compatible with WooCommerce, BuddyPress, EDD, bbPress, WPML, and more.
This theme has tons of filter and hooks that make the theme great for the developers. It also has a huge support community.
GeneratePress is a completely free theme that offers premium add-ons facility. If you want more functionality, you can grab GP Premium for just $49.95.
2. Astra Theme
Astra is another famous WordPress theme which is fast, lightweight, and easily customizable. Like GeneratePress, it doesn’t have a built-in page builder, but it works seamlessly with page builders like Beaver Builder, Elementor, Thrive Architect, Visual Composer, Divi, etc.
This SEO-friendly and fast loading theme is developed by Brainstorm Force. The same folks who developed awesome plugins like Convert Pro, Schema Pro, Ultimate Add-ons for Elementor, etc.
Astra theme comes with a bunch of customization options. It has some amazing pre-built ready to import templates for Elementor and Beaver.
These templates make it insanely easier to create and customize WordPress site. You don’t need to be a designer or programmer to design your website with Astra.
When it comes to choosing a WordPress theme with a built-in builder, Thrive Themes 2.0 is the best alternative to Divi Theme. Unlike Divi Theme, it doesn’t come up with their page builder (Thrive Architect). Rather it comes with a different builder named Theme Builder.
However, Thrive Themes 2.0 is still in its beta version. Only Thrive Themes members can try the beta version. To learn more about the theme, watch this video.
Along with themes, Thrive Themes offers some amazing plugins like Thrive Leads, Thrive Architect, Clever Widgets, Thrive Quiz Builder, Thrive Comments, and more.
If you need these plugins, you can consider getting Thrive Membership for just $19/month. You will get the access to Thrive Themes 2.0 beta version. And obviously the main version, when it becomes live.
As it’s still in beta version, it's not recommended to use Thrive Theme on a prominent site. (Check: Best Thrive Themes Alternatives)
Now let’s move to the other alternatives.
4. X Theme
Both Divi and X Theme were released at the end of 2013. Since then, both of them are doing great. With over 190,000 sales, X Theme has become one of the best selling themes on ThemeForest.
Like Divi, X Theme has its own page builder - Cornerstone. It works in the front end and lets you customize things on the front end. You can also use Visual Composer as X Theme offers it for free.
Along with Visual Composer, X Themes offers some popular plugins like ConvertPlug, Envira Gallery, Slider Revolution, Soliloquy, UberMenu, etc for free.
X Theme comes with multiple responsive design layouts. It presents 4 unique design that developers refer to as ‘Stacks’. Each and every stack has a unique page structure that was structured with different types of websites in mind.
For a one time fee of $69, you can get X Theme with lifetime updates.
Avada is another popular multipurpose theme. It’s the best selling theme of all time on ThemeForest. Currently, it has over 450,000 sales, which is twice of its nearest competitor.
This theme comes with lots of dynamic features and functionalities. You can build any kind of WordPress site by using this theme.
One of the best things of Avada is its large number of pre-built themes. You can get 41 demo websites in each Avada installation.
Like Divi Theme, Avada has its own builder - Fusion Builder. The page builder includes a WYSIWYG visual editor alongside the original back-end version. It also comes with a good selection of pre-built templates which can be customized through a drag-and-drop interface.
Avada also offers free premium plugins like Slider Revolution and LayerSlider.
You can buy Avada theme for a one time fee of $60.
Divi Builder Alternatives
Now let’s see the alternatives of Divi Builder.
Elementor and Divi are the two most elegant page builders in the WordPress. Both page builders have been extremely aggressive in releasing new features and pretty close in features.
Both offer front-end and drag and drop facility. With the Elementor, you can do most of your work from a fixed sidebar. On the other hand, Divi builder utilizes more floating buttons to operate different tasks.
Elementor builder comes with two core sections, one is a live preview of your design with drag and drop.
If you want to add some new elements just drag and drop it over from the list your sidebar.
On the contrary, Divi page builder comes with front and back end visual editing.
Divi visual editor interface is quite different than Elementor. There is no fixed sidebar like Elementor. You can have access to everything with a number of floating buttons to open various popups.
For designing Elementor provides you with three types of elements which are Sections, Columns, and Widgets. On the other hand, Divi builder also offers 3 building blocks with the different name of same functionality which are Section, Row, and Modules.
Both page builders are highly praised for their awesome styling options as they show plenty of flexibility in their styling section. If you are using the free version of Elementor, you will get 40-page templates and a large number of block templates.
On the other hand, Elegant Themes recently polish entire Divi builder template library. The new builder offers you 250+ templates spread across 45+ layout packs.
In the theme building section, Elementor is the only one that offers full theme building via Elementor Pro. It means you can use Elementor interface to build every single part of your theme- including header and footer.
On the other hand, Divi builder doesn't offer something pretty similar right now. Using Divi builder with Astra Theme, you can still build custom headers or footers with Divi Builder.
Of these two page builder, Elementor is the only one who offers a free version to its users but Divi builder is exclusively premium. If you want to pay, Elementor starts its pricing from $49 whereas Divi starts its pricing from $89.
Thrive Architect is one of best alternatives of Divi Builder. Where Divi Builder mainly focuses on website building, Thrive Architect focuses on content building. That’s why the previous name of Thrive Architect was Thrive Content Builder.
However, Thrive Architect can also help you to build a custom homepage, landing pages, sales pages, webinar pages, product launch pages, etc. This page builder is mainly designed for bloggers and marketers.
Thrive Architect has modules that are very similar to Divi. It offers 100+ pre-built templates which are mobile friendly. Divi also provides hundreds of templates.
In pricing, Thrive Architect Builder costs $67 whereas Divi Builder costs $89. Both the page builder allow 30 days money back guarantee.
Beaver Builder is one of the oldest page builders in WordPress. The builder is suitable for website clients, and you don’t need to be worried about its releases. But if you need a sound website, you will need custom CSS or you can add an add-on package.
Though Beaver Builder has some drawbacks, it still doing the best in the market. The thing is when it comes about the modern design features it has some limitations. Such as it doesn’t have box shadow, hover effects, gradients, etc.
The good thing is the page builder supports 3rd party add-ons to fill this gap. Ultimate Addons could be a solution of Beaver Builder. It has 45+ unique modules and 100+ page templates.
Now, come to the community of both builders. Divi has a large community whereas Beaver has a small number but strong. Divi has lots of resources like the website with tutorials, blogs, courses, videos, podcast, third-party products.
On the other hand, Beaver has a solid amount of community and over 5000,000 websites built with Beaver Builder.
In pricing, Beaver Builder costs $99/year, and Divi costs $89/year.
Themify Builder is a WordPress page builder that is integrated with Themify themes. Like Divi Builder, it can be used on other themes.
Themify Builder has a content lock-in if you disable the builder all your content will be lost. You should aware of this before start using Themify Builder.
It’s a drag and drop builder with multiple elements. It has a live preview section that helps you to understand what changes you have made.
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SPECIALTY DENTIST IN ORAL MEDICINE
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Peter Schaefer from New Direction Partners talks about the types of M&A Trends
Published on February 22, 2011
Peter Schaefer a partner of New Direction Partners explains the different types of mergers and acquisition trends, the differences between them and what they mean to printers.
Cary Sherburne: Hi, I’m Cary Sherburne, Senior Editor at WhatTheyThink.com, and I’m here with Peter Schaefer who is a Senior Partner in New Direction Partners. Welcome.
Peter Schaefer: Thank you Cary.
Cary: You know, you guys have got your mitts in a few M&A deals in the marketplace, in the printing marketplace, maybe you could talk to me about some of the different kinds of deals that you are seeing happening today because they’re not all the same, right?
Peter: They’re very different; in fact for the first time in the past several years, we’re seeing three different types of transactions.
Peter: So the first type is the more traditional type which would be companies being bought for multiples of their arnage[ph], that’s what we saw through the ‘90’s, almost exclusive. In the past couple of years, we’re for sure still seeing those types of transactions, but we’re also seeing tuck in transactions.
Cary: And you could explain that.
Peter: Tuck in is a situation in which one competitor is buying the book of business, or the revenues of another competitor and rather than buy all the assets, they will buy some assets, but the primary aspect of the deal is a royalty weight, or a commission weight that’s paid out over time and it’s based on, it’s a percent of the sales that are transitioned over.
Peter: It’s a great opportunity for the buyer because the buyers in almost all printing companies today have excess capacity, so they can move this book of business into their own plant, fill up some of their capacity and not increase their fixed expenses at all because they have it there.
Cary: Okay, great, yeah.
Peter: It’s good for the seller because it doesn’t matter if the seller’s making money or losing money, it only matters how it’s gonna look on the buyer’s income statement. And it’s good for the seller because it beats liquidation. We should not be seeing any printing companies shut down and liquidate today.
Peter: We should see them go into the process of selling their book of business because they will still get the liquidation proceeds but then they’ll also get the commissions on top of it.
Cary: And then the third type?
Peter: The third type is a variation of a tuck in. It’s called a cashless merger.
Peter: And it’s the same type of structure, but there are no royalty payments. Instead of the royalty payments or the future ongoing commission payments, the seller gets stock in the new company.
Cary: Okay. And so, now just looking at probably the most visible one we’ve had recently would be Quad Graphics and World Color. Does that fit into any of those categories?
Peter: Well that would have been a cash – more the traditional cash –
Cary: Okay, more the traditional kind.
Peter: based on the earnings performance. And certainly you’re still seeing those. The problem with those transactions is that the public companies is trading at low multiples. And they can’t afford to pay more than the multiples they are trading at because if they did that, it would be dilutive to their earnings and they would be penalized. So until their multiples go up, the multiples are going to stay low, so you have low multiples and today, because of the state of the economy and the industry, you have low earnings. So, low earnings, low multiples translates at a low price.
Cary: Ah yeah. You know, it was interesting to me to see that happen because, you know, Quad Graphics has always been private and for them to go public was kind of a –
Peter: It was a big deal, wasn’t it?
Cary: Yeah, and you know, Joel Quadracci, I have a huge amount of respect for him, and his comment was, you know, we’ve always managed to the standards of public company and we still – because they still own – the family still owns 80% of the company, they are still able to manage generationally as well, which is a tough balancing act.
Peter: Sure it is. I think its going to end up in a great transaction, but you’re going to see a transition. No question.
Cary: Yeah, it’s a very interesting market; you guys must be keeping busy.
Peter: We are busy. It’s been fun.
Cary: Thanks for sharing with us.
Peter: Thank you, Cary.
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Our recent article for NE Times focused on how investing in social projects may not only enable you to sleep better at night but could also increase your chances in the bidding process.
Most companies will have noticed the rise in interest in social value, especially if they tender for contracts in the public sector. As of June this year, the Government announced that all large central Government contracts must ‘explicitly evaluate social value where appropriate, rather than just “consider it”‘.
We discuss whether social value is a cost you have to accept in order to win contracts, or whether it can bring your company quantifiable benefits.
The benefits documented for social value include:
- Increased employee engagement
- Higher job satisfaction
- Increased profits
- Enhancing internal and external communication.
More generally, companies investing in social value and social initiatives tend to then find solid ways to improve their business, providing more reason for all stakeholders to want to work with them. As a buyer or supplier you are far more attractive if you are taking an active interest and role in social value and community projects.
The Social Value Act 2012 was introduced to promote value for money and benefits to the local community when procuring goods and services. Many do see it as a hoop to jump through when working in the public sector, rather than identifying the underlying benefits to the firm. Increasingly social value is a highly weighted topic in bid and tender documents, with as much as 30% of overall marks being attributed to this area. In the public sector, bidders are more likely to succeed if they have a structured and viable social value offering in place.
Our bid manager, Sam Baker, discusses what social value in procurement is and how organisations of any size can get involved:
How can you benefit?
Many organisations are nervous about social value and the attributed costs to the company, but in reality it is about introducing initiatives that are suitable for your company, however large or small. This in turn can lead to the benefits above: an initiative or project with the local community may involve staff members and provide them with higher employee engagement and job satisfaction as they take on a new task at work.
Promises made in tenders is one thing, but actually delivering on them is what matters, so realistic social value commitments are important, and companies should take the time to find an offering that is suitable to them, and that is one they can actually follow through. | <urn:uuid:8477dc70-a277-4dd8-b00b-34203695f296> | CC-MAIN-2020-24 | https://www.executivecompass.co.uk/blog/news/benefit-from-social-value/ | 2020-06-02T20:32:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-24/segments/1590347426801.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20200602193431-20200602223431-00492.warc.gz | en | 0.956529 | 494 |
ON CAMPUS: Remembering Mark Lilley
Many Sanford high school sports fans are familiar with Mark Lilley’s work even if you didn’t have the privilege to know the man himself.
Lilley’s official title was general manager for WBFT-TV Channel 46 in Sanford however for the past 10 years he has worn nearly every hat involved in broadcasting, from camera man to producer to color commentator at the local TV station.
Under Lilley’s guidance, WBFT has provided coverage of football, basketball and baseball for Lee County H.S., Southern Lee H.S., Grace Christian and Lee Christian as well as the ACC tournaments, special high school productions and high school graduations. Many athletes, parents and fans have enjoyed returning from a local sporting event and being able to watch it on TV just hours after the final whistle was blown without realizing the hard work and dedication going on behind the scenes by Lilley to get the broadcast edited and on the air in a timely fashion.
In my years of coaching I observed Lilley’s media coverage of high school athletics be envy of opposing teams and was nearly unheard of for a town the size of Sanford. On more than one occasion coaches asked Lilley for a copy of his game film when their own video equipment malfunctioned.
In addition to covering local sporting events, Lilley produced weekly programing from WBFT that included Heart of Carolina Sports, The Carolina Sports Center, Family Talk, Live at Nine, local church services and local gospel music programs. When not at the station he could be found serving as a member of the Board of Directors at Central Carolina Community College for media, sports coverage and scholarship programs.
His generosity often extended even further as he created highlight films for high school teams as well as individual athletes who needed help promoting themselves to college coaches. His highlight DVDs were of professional ESPN quality containing music, stats and visual effects catching the eye of prospective college coaches. While many athletic marketing firms ask top dollar for this service, Lilley often did not ask for any payment but would instead find satisfaction when local athletes were successful in gaining a spot on a college roster.
In my eight years of living in Sanford it has been a pleasure to call Mark Lilley a colleague and close friend. Lilley passed away last Sunday and although WBFT will continue its superb coverage of local athletics in Lee County, it will not be the same without Lilley’s guidance from the sidelines and in the production booth.
All-American Elon receiver Aaron Mellette (SLHS) will play Saturday in the 2013 Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. Mellette’s South squad led by the NFL’s Detroit Lions staff will face the North squad being coached by the staff of the Oakland Raiders. The Senior Bowl is considered college football’s premier pre-draft event annually featuring the country’s best senior collegiate football stars and top NFL Draft prospects. The game will be televised on the NFL Network with a scheduled 3 p.m. kickoff. nfldraftscout.com has ranked Mellette 12th out of 368 wide receivers available for the NFL Draft and projected him as a possible fifth round pick. A good performance in Saturday’s game might raise Mellette’s stock even farther.
Akeem Richmond (SLHS) and East Carolina (11-6, 2-2) split two games last week downing Houston 89-78 but slipping to Marshall 77-56. In both games Richmond was the leading scorer coming off of the bench. Against Houston he finished as the third-leading scorer for the Pirates with 14 points and adding two assists in just 11 minutes of play while in the loss to Marshall he tied as the second leading scorer with 10 points while adding two rebounds in 15 minutes of play. ECU will be on the road for both games this week traveling to University of Alabama-Birmingham for a 8 p.m. game on Wednesday and then tipping off against University of Texas-El Paso at 7 p.m. on Saturday.
Julian Martin (SLHS) and N.C. Wesleyan (10-7, 3-5) finished the week 1-2 suffering defeats to Methodist 85-82 and Averett 88-74 before picking up a victory over Maryville 71-59. Martin’s best game was against Maryville where he scored three points and added a steal and an assist in nine minutes of play. The Battling Bishops will host Methodist at 7 p.m. on Wednesday before observing their 50-year celebration on Alumni Day Saturday with a home game against Ferrum at 4 p.m.
Josh Mellette (SLHS) and Wake Tech (13-5, 3-0) finished the week going 2-0 defeating Pitt CC 90-64 and Patrick Henry CC 88-87. The Eagles will host Lenoir CC on Wednesday before hitting the road to face Guilford Technical CC on Saturday.
Ace Chalmers (SLHS) and Davidson CC (14-5, 0-3) were defeated by Sandhills CC 118-97 but then bounced back to collect an impressive win over UNC’s JV 86-84. Chalmers started at point guard in both games scoring nine points and snagging two rebounds and two steals against Sandhills and then nearly mirrored his first performance with nine points, four rebounds, four steals and an assist against the Tar Heels. The Storm will host Central Carolina CC on Wednesday and then travel to Belmont Abbey on Sunday to compete against its JV squad.
Alex Tucker (LCHS) and Francis Marion University (5-8, 1-6) fell to Montevallo 83-72 while the Patriots game against Armstrong was postponed. Francis Marion will be on the road this week; they played Clayton State yesterday and will face USC Aiken on Saturday.
Elijah Buie, Dwayne McEachin (Grace Christian) and Davis College (4-9, 1-1) has fallen into a two-game losing streak since returning from Christmas, dropping games to North Country CC 47-77 and Schenectady CC 82-100. The Falcons will be on the road for two games this week facing St. John Fisher College JV today and Williamson Trade on Thursday.
Russell Tatum (LCHS) and Peace College (2-7) hosted Randolph yesterday and will travel to Johnson Wales on Saturday for a 3 p.m. game.
Yazzy Butler (SLHS) and UNC Pembroke (8-9, 2-6) dropped both games last week falling to Lander College 63-51 and to Clayton State 67-46. In the loss to Clayton State Butler snagged one steal and one rebound in four minutes of playing time. The Lady Braves played Montevallo yesterday and will travel to Augusta State on Saturday.
All-American and No.1-ranked Mike Williams (SLHS) (24-1) and No. 13-ranked UNC Pembroke (3-2) will return to action Friday and Saturday for the Super Region 1 Duals at Newberry College. | <urn:uuid:33e78f03-e6f7-4f84-97d5-567edc16f521> | CC-MAIN-2015-32 | http://www.sanfordherald.com/sports/x1888456125/ON-CAMPUS-Remembering-Mark-Lilley | 2015-08-04T01:24:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-32/segments/1438042990177.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20150728002310-00220-ip-10-236-191-2.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953899 | 1,469 |
We’re looking for a space to make our “HUB.” It’s going to be the place people gather for events, meetings, etc. If Michael Pollan comes through Boston, I want him to speak here. It’s going to be a CSA drop-off/ pick-up available to any CSA in the area. It’s going to be a learning center, a place we can bring kids to talk about food. We’re hoping to work with groups like the Food Project on a demonstration garden.
We’ll have an enormous kitchen, which will keep the trucks stocked. And we’ll have a small dinning space, where neighbors can grab a bite to eat.
We need parking, and something like 3,000 – 6,000 square feet of space.
It’s ambitious, and really exciting for us. We were eyeing the old Casal bakery on Cambridge St. just outside of Innman, but no dice. They don’t want to rent it. And we’ve been looking at the vacant Citgo station on Western and Harvard Ave. in Allston forever, but Harvard has been claiming for 18 months that it is under agreement. We’re poking around other sites in Boston. These pictures are from an old textile plant in Dorcester now owned by the guy who operates Lucky Star buss lines. Another we’re looking at is at Drydock, near the water. Hoping to figure this out in the next month. | <urn:uuid:fc195424-e258-42c4-8c43-b64586d96e38> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cloverfoodlab.com/2010/12/16/clover-hub/ | 2022-08-08T01:58:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00365.warc.gz | en | 0.951315 | 326 |
I've recently been experimenting with AlumaCorp aluminum painting panels. The ones I've bought have been unprimed so I thought I'd let you know what I do to prepare them for painting with oil.
I might note that the main objective in my experimenting thus far was to make the panel durable while still enabling the aluminum background to show. Otherwise, the panels don't have to be primed. You can see the results of the first attempt of painting on a panel primed with this method with the little hummingbird I posted HERE.
Here is the panel as I received it and the process I followed for the hummingbird panel as well as another painting which I'll show in a moment:
If you click on the photos above to enlarge, you'll see some information about the panel and that the panels have some very sharp edges! I have not received any panel that did not need these edges filed off for safety's sake!
So, the first step is remove the protective paper on the side you want to use then take a file or some sandpaper and file or sand the edges only. You don't want to mess up the actual surface of the panel by careless sanding. Fortunately, it only takes a couple of swipes to blunt the edges. This step is crucial to help save both skin and brushes!
You may need to scuff the surface of the panel just a little to insure adhesion of your primer. Some steel wool is probably all you'll need but be gentle with it!
After scuffing the surface, clean well with alcohol to remove any grease or fingerprints and handle the panel carefully from now on.
If you want the aluminum finish to show through your painting, I recommend Golden's GAC 100 which is a clear sealer medium for many surfaces. I used 2 coats letting it dry thoroughly between coats. I also used a roller and rolled the medium on in one direction (say, vertically), let dry, then rolled the second coat at right angles (horizontally).
After priming, let the panel dry for several days as per directions on the GAC 100 container.
I had fun painting the hummingbird and like the AlumaCorp panels a lot. However, I wanted to see how the different mediums I use behaved on the panels.
The panels are very thin pieces of aluminum sandwiched between some kind of foamcore. While I'm sure the aluminum can take the heat needed for the Genesis paints, the foam doesn't do so well with it. The panel warped with the first heating and smelled awful! Not only that, the paint crackled. If you click on the photo to enlarge, you should be able to see what I mean by looking at the ears.
At this point, I decided to just quit working on this particular painting. I'm sure the warping and smell was due to the foamcore center of the panel. I'm not sure whether the crackling was due to the heat, the GAC 100 or the fact that the panel warped.
One other thing I've found is that the glare from the aluminum makes it very difficult to see the overall painting as you work. I was working during hurricane Florence when the days were very gloomy. I had studio lights on with daylight bulbs and it could be that those lights weren't aimed in a way conducive to painting on the aluminum. They didn't shine directly on the surface but whatever the cause, I found this painting very hard to see because of the glare and reflecting of the surface.
These are just my thoughts on using the panels so far. I like a solid surface and don't like the bounce of most canvas so these panels are great for that. I think in the future I'll either buy preprimed panels or use a colored gesso to prime and won't even try to use the bare metal as part of the painting. I have heard that some artists scratch through the paint and primer to reveal the metal as accents in the painting and that might be a experiment for a future painting.
As to whether I use these panels on a regular basis, it will be based on cost comparisons with other supports, particularly birch or hardboard. Since I've just gotten small samples at minimal cost to date, I'll do the comparisons when I need supports for larger paintings at a later date.
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Calgarians are opening up their homes, through Kijiji and Craigslist ads, in order to help those displaced by recent flooding in the region.
One Kijiji posting reads: “Able bodied 37 year old male with vehicle would like to help in any way I can, available Saturday morning/afternoon.”
Another advertises transportation services: “We can provide transportation to anyone affected by the flood. We don’t have a truck but will help how we can. ”
Another posting below generously offers up a spare room to flood victims and even states that they have the ability to accommodate pets.
Other posts even go so far as to offer up their homes to Calgarian’s “furry friends” that might have been displaced by the flooding.
A group of teenagers are even willing to offer their ‘hardworking’ services to help the people of Calgary deal with flooding related issues.
Of course there are a ton of posts where people are trying to capitalize on the dire situation with “flood relief” services as well.
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Message A/S is one of Denmark's most popular fashion retailers. The company produces 10 independent fashion collections a year. That translates to nearly 20,000 products sold at 22 self-owned stores, multiple franchise partner locations, and more than 600 stores throughout Scandinavia that carry Message products.
Now, I have the necessary facts at hand, I can get the problem solved, and carry on. This gives me great confidence in our decision-making.
- Carsten Lauritsen, CEO, Message
Message A/S, Denmark's premier fashion apparel store, has navigated itself through major structural changes and significant financial crises, all while increasing company growth. For the self-taught CEO, much of that is attributed to TARGIT Decision Suite's business intelligence and analytics for retail, an indispensable part of everyday management.
The fashion business is constantly in flux. If you don't change with it, your business is done for. At Message, CEO Carsten Lauritsen had hundreds of spinning plates to oversee to keep the organization on the right track and keep customers satisfied. Trends, talent, and intuition are still central components in the creative process, but according to Lauritsen, the key to good decisions and success in the fashion business is a constant flow of reliable statistics and systematic analysis of sales data.
"Most people would be surprised if they knew how big the difference is between facts and gut instinct in a company like ours," says Lauritsen. "As a CEO, my biggest responsibility is to find the right combination of facts and the designer's gut feeling of where fashion is heading."
Today, Message has more than 100 full-time employees and produces ten fashion collections a year. That translates to nearly 20,000 products sold at 22 Message stores, numerous franchise partners, and 600 stores carrying Message products.
The company's brands are designed at headquarters in Denmark, produced in Asia, Eastern Europe, and Turkey, and distributed and sold in Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
It's a logistical puzzle to coordinate all aspects of the process and to ensure that the right quantity of clothing reaches stores at the right time. To Lauritsen, it's a big challenge to find time to guide the business on daily tasks while still focusing on creating and implementing an overall strategy.
Lauritsen overcomes these challenges with the help of the TARGIT Decision Suite, which gives him direct and quick access to clear key performance indicators (KPIs). The advantages of using TARGIT's business intelligence and analytics solution spread from the top down through all parts of the organization.
"The fact that we have a very precise informational foundation for making decisions gives us a solid performance improvement throughout our company," Lauritsen explained. "In my opinion, TARGIT offers a solution that makes us sharper [in the issues that challenge us most]."
Lauritsen estimates that the intelligent and close control of inventory, turnover, and production delivered improvements on the company's bottom line of about 20 to 30 percent.
"Just as important: we can keep stock levels 30 to 40 percent lower than before because of the tools TARGIT gives us. It's a tremendous improvement in efficiency."
The TARGIT solution allows Message to generate daily statistics on their inventories and individual products' turnover rates on a wholesale level, as well as in individual stores. On a daily basis, management gets statistics on the 10, 20, and 30 most popular styles. This gives Lauritsen a comprehensive view of what styles are hot and which ones aren't in just a few clicks, and he can adjust production and distribution accordingly.
"We're able to react very quickly, and we can adjust production runs in progress according to how the stock situation develops. This gives us a very direct hands-on control in our everyday processes."
In particular, the transparency that TARGIT offers is a significant advantage for an executive making organizational and strategic decisions.
"TARGIT makes it possible for me to run an efficient horizontal organization. I don't need to ask the employees to prepare material for me if I need to look into a problem. Previously, we had employees preparing statistics manually. It could take weeks to prepare a statistic that we now receive automatically. Now, I have the necessary facts at hand, I can get the problem solved, and carry on. This gives me great confidence in our decision-making. The precision and the frequency of the information ensures no statistics catch me off-guard."
The automatic stream of information and organization of data is a key reason why Message has been able to grow remarkably on turnover, in their markets, and through their distribution network without increasing the number of employees at headquarters.
During the global financial crisis, Message increased its turnover (profit) by 31 percent from 2008 to 2012. Gross profit grew 56 percent in that same timeframe, from $6.5 million to $10 million.
"The markets have changed a lot since the financial crisis. It has become more competitive, and consumers act differently – they focus largely on value for their money. Tight hands-on control is more important than ever," Lauritsen said. "Besides, there is quite a large growth potential in our existing markets and brands."
But even though the numbers for this five-year period look good, they also cover two difficult years of crisis that had major consequences for Message, and that demanded thoughtful and important decisions to get through.
Demand for fashion apparel was weak in 2009, and Message was forced to take over the operation of several franchise locations. At the same time, the challenging market situation meant Message had to sacrifice some prime international opportunities and end a number of brands to protect the bottom line. From 2009 to 2010, the turnover dropped 10 percent while the bottom line ran a deficit of $1.8 million. The following year, Message was back in black, and ended 2012 with a record high $2.2 million profit.
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Efia Odo after her failed relationship with Kweku Revloe months ago revealed that she is done with love and dating. According to the nudist, she has given so much when it comes to love and cannot say love has been kind to her so she is into other things.
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GREEN TOWNSHIP, Ohio — La Salle 2022 running back Gi'Bran Payne was named to the MaxPreps 2020 Preseason Junior High School All-American second team on Tuesday afternoon.
Payne, who is 5 feet 11 and 200 pounds, is the only Ohio player on the national list.
A four-star recruit, Payne is rated the state's No. 8 player overall in the 2022 class by 247 Sports. He is also the nation's No. 24 running back in his class by the website.
Payne, a second-team all-Greater Catholic League South division selection in 2019, is one of several talented players returning for the Lancers this fall.
La Salle (13-2) is the reigning Division II state champion. The Lancers open the season at Lakota West in August.
Payne rushed for 790 yards and nine touchdowns and caught eight passes for 141 yards and three touchdowns in 13 games in 2019, according to the GCL website.
As a linebacker, he had 41 tackles (28 solo) including four sacks. He also had three forced fumbles and two interceptions.
"He will get more carries on offense and still play some defense," La Salle coach Pat McLaughlin told WCPO. "He continues to work on his footwork and strength. He is a leader as a junior on our football team."
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If we do not address our readers at much length on the present occasion, it is not because topics are wanting on which to expatiate, but because they are too numerous and important to be discussed in a few prefatory sentences. Never, during the period since we commenced our labours, has there been an era of more serious aspect to a Christian observer than the present. Whether we look at home or abroad, whether we contemplate the religious or the secular concerns of nations, there is in operation a spirit of restless activity, of change, of insubordination ; on one side, of zealous piety, on another of utter indifference, on a third of active wickedness, the mingled effects of which He only who sees the end from the beginning can anticipate. And may He overrule all-even circumstances the most apparently adverse - to his own glory, and the present and immortal interests of his frail and sinful creatures.
Not, then, from indifference, but advisedly, and from the magnitude and variety of the solemn topics which press upon us, and cannot be duly touched upon in a brief survey, we refer our readers to the pages of the present volume, and to the purposed discussions of another, for our general views of the mighty subjects which at this serious era almost bewilder and overwhelm the moral and religious observer. Whether the events of the past year bode greater good or evil, is a question every where agitated; especially by those who, apart from religious or political faction, take the word of God as their guide, and consider, in the passing events of the world, not merely what relates to the rise and fall of empires, but the eternal interests of the human soul. That there is cause for alarm, who will deny? But, as respects the causes of alarm, so far as they affect religion, we discern them in two quarters, the extreme of each other. On the one hand, infidelity, both in its more insidious and in its most daring ruthless form, is making constant inroads upon nominal Christendom; destroying, we would hope, Popery, but at the fearful expense of replacing it with Deism. On the other, the professed friends of the Gospel are divided among themselves; some are cold and unexcitable, while others are excited to extravagance and enthusiasm, leaving only the middle ranks to contend both with foes and professed friends against the common enemy. But these middle ranks of the spiritual legion are, we trust, both numerous and firm; men equally opposed to the vagaries of the days of Cromwell and the impieties of the reign of Charles the Second; men sound in the faith, valiant for the truth, and utterly removed from vain and rash speculations, which mislead the weak of the flock, and minister occasion of triumph to the common enemy.
And when we behold how mercifully such men are raised up among us in increasing numbers, we do not, we will not, despond. Never had the cburch of Christ, under the banner of the Captain of her salvation, more wise, devoted, and faithful soldiers of the Cross, than in the present day ; never was so much done for the spiritual instruction of mankind; and, allowing for the occasional effervescence of our weak nature, always apt to be led astray, and most in days like these, never perhaps was there, upon the whole, a larger number of pious, judicious, and well-judging persons, to exert themselves, by the blessing of God, to rectify what is wrong in the civil or religious aspect of the times. To such persons, both in Great Britain and in other lands, is committed by the Great Head of the church, no slight responsibility: they have to stem the torrent of the wicked, and to guard against the errors of the good. As husbands, as parents, as masters, as instructors, as magistrates, as subjects, as statesmen, have to perform a most solemn duty to their country and their God; and woe will be upon them if in an exigency like this they slumber at their post.
So far for warning-warning, we humbly think, not needless or inappropriate. Yet ungratefully should we neglect the lesson to be derived from the past mercies of Divine Providence, if we did not add, that clouds as black as any which good men seem now to discern in the sky, have passed away, and been followed by genial influences, which He who can bring good out of evil is ever able to evoke from conflictions the most disastrous. This is not the first time in which it has been mournfully predicted that the civil organization of society was fearfully in peril, and religious institutions tottering to their fall. In many a former year have we had to contend with such morbid predictions ; nor are we inclined to listen to them now. It is enough that we see sufficient of evil to excite humility, to stimulate to duty, and to lead to prayer, to seriousness, and to dependence upon a stronger arm and a better promise than any thing human; but beyond this it is not for the Christian to be urged by the feverish excitements of eventful times. Viewing also the final purpose for which all things were created, and the consummation to which they are tending, he may gather, we think, not only from the aspect of the seasons, which is always doubtful, but from the pages of inspired prophecy itself, much to cheer and gladden his beart amidst all the “chances and changes of this mortal life.”
With this we take leave of our subscribers and correspondents for another year; only requesting from them, what sincerely we offer for them, sincere and earnest prayer that our mutual intercourse during another year may be abundantly blessed for instruction and the building up of the church of Christ.
We take this opportunity of recurring to a subject which has given us much discomfort, because it seemed to involve us in a charge of negligence and postponement of promise : we allude to the proposed General Index to our first twenty volumes. It is not necessary to trouble our readers with the several causes of delay which took place. It may be sufficient to state, that the engagements of the Editor and his immediate friends not allowing of their preparing it, the work was transferred to two or three clergymen in succession, whose vocations increasing upon them, caused each of them, after much delay, to relinquish it. It was once nearly completed, as we announced, but not in a satisfactory manner ; and we therefore preferred having the whole reconstructed, even at considerable expense. We were not willing to consign it to an ordinary bookseller's index-maker, as the classification of theological subjects in particular, to be what we wished it, required a person acquainted with technical divinity. .
Thus has it occurred that, since the index was first projected, ten new volumes have been completed. It has therefore been suggested to us, and we think correctly, that it would be better now to drop all idea of the intended index to the first twenty volumes, and at some future time to construct one for the whole work up to the time of publication. We therefore request our readers to consider us as rescinding our pledge for the first twenty volumes. When it shall be considered desirable to have a general index for the whole, we will not allow them to be again disappointed by delay. Magazine volumes being lettered in the binding by the date of the year, and not the number of the volume, no chasm will appear in our readers' sets ; though to make the numeral of the volume correspond with the year of the century, we passed over, from 1820, vol. xix. to 1821, vol. xxi.
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New Orleans storyteller Angela Davis talks with host Steve Curwood about rescuing people in the city during hurricane Katrina. She also tells us a Louisiana ghost story.
CURWOOD: Storyteller Angela Davis is my next guest. She calls herself the yarnspinner, and over the past two decades she’s been telling stories, mostly about New Orleans. Thanks for taking the time to be with us, Angela.
DAVIS: Glad to be here.
CURWOOD: Now, you’re from New Orleans, and I understand you were there when Hurricane Katrina hit. What happened to you?
DAVIS: Well, I watched Hurricane Katrina rage around a lot. I saw trees snapping like toothpicks, crashing into my neighbors’ homes. I decided to wait out the storm because my daughter was trapped in New Orleans, and when I found out she wasn’t leaving I made a decision to stay behind because I knew I wouldn’t be able to get back into the city once the hurricane was over. And lucky for us, she’s well and I was able to go back into the city to retrieve her.
CURWOOD: Well, that’s an awfully short version of the story, c’mon. We’re back and the wind is blowing, things are slapping into your neighbors’ houses, and what happens next?
DAVIS: Oh, the chimney came ripping off the roof. I kept an eye on the water. It didn’t flood in my neck of the woods – which is Mandeville, Louisiana – but the water got pretty high closer to the lakefront, I understand. Homes were pretty devastated in my neighborhood due to the trees, and once I got into the city – it took me about three hours to actually make the trek over there to retrieve my daughter. But each day following the storm I was over in the city rescuing people. It was a harrowing experience.
CURWOOD: Rescuing people? Just because you had a car that would go?
DAVIS: Yeah. I had a car, and I was able to go in. We had about 27 people staying in my home at one time. We had no power, we had no water. But I’ll tell you, after I picked up my daughter the first day, we were coming back across the causeway between Kenner and LaPlaz , and there was a young woman carrying her gasoline can. And she was just walking out on this lonely stretch of the highway, and I said – I just pulled over and gave her a ride – and once she got in the car she pretty much crumbled. She started to cry and tell me what had happened to her during the past three days while she was caught in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
And I remember stopping her in the middle of this conversation. I said, “Look, sweetie, you’re going to be okay. Just like I stopped to give you a ride, there’s gonna be someone at the gas station” – and the gas station was 60 miles away in Sorrento, by the way – “there’s gonna be somebody at that gas station to give you a ride back.” Now, the interesting thing was, when we got to the gas station in Sorrento, not only did she find gas and a ride, but there was free food. There was a family out there from New Roads, Louisiana, and they were serving fresh food – hot jambalaya and bread and free water – and they were giving it out free, just from the goodness and kindness of their heart.
I went over to them and I said, “Listen, how is it that you're all out here?” I thought some church had put them up to doing this. And they said, “Well, we just wanted to do something for the people of New Orleans.” And so they got in their kitchens, cooked up this food, and let me tell you, it was the best jambalaya I had ever had. Edna was able to bring plates of this food back to the people waiting for her in the car with the gas can. And she got her ride.
One of the things I told her, I said, “Listen, honey, there’ll be someone here for you every step of the way.” And I want you to know, I was listening to these words. It was as if somebody was talking to me while I was telling her this. And the thing that I felt about this is that, you know, if you’re doing your part – whatever your small part is, like that family from New Roads – this world would, you know, be a wonderful place. If everybody just does their small, wonderful part.
[MUSIC: Tuts Washington “When The Saints Go Marching In” from ‘Mardi Gras Time’ (Ryko – 1998)]
CURWOOD: Coming up: Angela Davis, the yarn spinner, is going to tell us an honest to goodness New Orleans Ghost story. Also, the Jazz playing coroner of New Orleans will join us for some stories and music of New Orleans Christmases past. Keep listening to Living on Earth.
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[MUSIC: Michael Doucet “Auld Lang Zyne” from `Christmas Bayou’ (Swallow Records - 1991)]
CURWOOD: It’s Living on Earth. I’m Steve Curwood, and our Christmastime special, “Louisiana Longing,” continues with storyteller Angela Davis. Angela, it seems to me that New Orleans celebrates just about everything, including death and dying.
DAVIS: Yes, well, you know, there’s a thin line between the living and the dead. And so we don’t say that they’re dead, they’re just in another area that we can’t see. That’s why we celebrate it.
CURWOOD: So, please, Angela Davis, the yarn spinner, tell us a story that shows us how in New Orleans your vibrant musical culture blends death with rebirth.
DAVIS: Well you know what? I’m going to tell you the story of a hot day in an old New Orleans cemetery, and it goes like this:
“Thank you for coming here.”
I jumped and looked up. A moment ago I was the only living person in the whole cemetery, and now there was a man standing before me dressed in a black three-piece suit, a black tie, and his skin was dark, about the color of a plum.
I didn’t know what else to say to him, so I said, “Thank you. I’m collecting herbs.”
I heard a rumble in the distance and I turned looked behind me. An early summer thunderstorm, black and boiling, filled the horizon.
“Be rainin’ in a little while.”
The gentleman limped with his cane among the groves over to the mausoleum. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a massive keychain, started fingering through those keys one by one. He stopped at an old skeleton key and inserted it in the gate. The lock slowly turned, stiffly, and he pushed that gate open with his cane and in the dim shadows I could see he was motioning for me to follow.
Well it didn’t take much to motivate me. I heard another crack of thunder and the next thing you know I was right behind him. There were empty tombs on either side as we walked through. And at the end of the passageway it looked like there was a nice altar at one time. Broken stained glass was all over the floor, and there were two benches for mourners. We sat down on those benches. There was a long silence.
I looked down that passageway and I could see the rain was falling heavy, coming in slanted sheets. Daylight was turning dark and greenish just like it does before a hurricane hits. I said about as much, and we were quiet awhile, listening to that storm raging outside. The sky grew darker. The winds were whipping and roaring ferociously outside our shelter.
“Well,” he sat up straight and slapped his heavy hands on his thighs. “Looks like we gonna be here for a while, doesn’t it?”
And then he turned and looked me dead in the eyes. Now, I’ll never forget that look for as long as I live.
He said, “I hear you a storyteller. You know any ghost stories? Why don’t we pass the time telling ghost stories.”
This is the tale I told him, “At the Seams”:
Everybody knows old Joe Johnson was a great comedian. He could make you laugh! Have you rolling on the floor with yo sides aching and tears coming outta yo eyes. Old and wise, he was a big ol’ wide man with a grizzly beard, and he liked to play practical jokes on his poor friends Tina, John, Carla and Lewis.
They were talented youngsters. They climbed with him out of that trashy neighborhood in the city where they were born. Tina became a great singer. She sold gold and platinum records. And John? Oh my, John was a writer, and he was a regular on the bestseller list. Carla? Ohh, Carla was a world-class actress. That girl won an Oscar. Lewis, like Joe, was a comedian. He had his own television show before launching himself head of his own entertainment network.
They climbed up out of the hardness of the streets, polishing their language and smoothing their ways, putting some distance between them and the city. But not old Joe. You see, he remained behind like a diamond in the rough, with his old taste and his old speech and his old way of dressing. Despite his talent, Joe was always in a pile of mess or a heap of trouble. He went from one house to the other, one bankruptcy to another, one job to another. There was always something with that man.
His friends watched and now they helped him out when they could. But they had to be mindful of their own careers. But you gotta keep in mind the way old Joe lived. See, he wasn’t going to be around forever. Matter fact, he died. Now, you have to know how many times he wrecked his car. See, the end just wasn’t a surprise to nobody. They found him and his twisted remains of that car in and ditch. And his will asked that he be buried at St. Expedite with his four friends as pallbearers.
Well they decided to do it on a cool, rainy day. I remember just like it was yesterday. They brought him down to the crypt with this jazz band. Big old crowds came down from the projects. They were dancing to that New Orleans jazz and a thumpin’ of that big bass drum. But that night after the funeral they sat in a local restaurant in a private room reminiscing over wine. And they were talking about old Joe’s practical jokes.
See, he had some common ways, and Whoooo!, the way he loved them poor people? The way he put it, their ways, their music, their lives! And someone who had an idea, a great idea, they said, “Let’s make something good happen out of this. Why not make a song and donate the money to the poor in our own neighborhood?”
So what song could they sing? Now, they thought about it, and the answer all came to them at the same time: “Going at the Seams.” It’s an old spiritual and it had been Joe’s favorite whenever the bottom fell out on old Joe. Now this city might be a sleepy backwater, but it ain’t dead! And in the middle of the night, Tina’s agents called in some back-old debts, and they went out and got this jazz band off of Bourbon Street. And as a final touch, Lewis stopped by the convenience store and got a bottle of cheap whiskey.
Everything was set. Tina, John, Carla and Lewis sat on this little platform in this recording studio, surrounded by all these little microphones, passing this whiskey bottle around and reminiscing. Now, the engineers were in the glass booth playing with the dials. The jazz band, they were tired, and slumped around waiting for everything to get started.
At that moment, the door opened and old Joe walked in. He was dressed in his black burial clothes and his shiny black shoes, starched white shirt and black tie. That mortician had done a good job, ‘cause you could hardly see where the stitches were from the accident. Whatever, Joe looked like his old self, rocking from side to side, waving his arms and roaring in his deep voice. He reached for that bottle of whisky.
His four friends were petrified. They didn’t know what to do. The jazz band waved and shook hands with him, patted him on the back, took out their instruments and got ready to play. One brought an extra chair and a mic for Joe, who beamed back, “Thank you very much, thank you very much. Hey guys, that’s a good man. Get that man a drink!”
Joe grabbed the half-empty whisky bottle and he took himself a long swig. A dark liquid stain appeared about the waistline in his suit, and the room started to smell like whisky. Tina, John, Carla and Lewis, they didn’t know what to do. Joe turned to that jazz band and he said, “Hit it, boys!” He nodded to the engineers in the control booth, and in a real voice said, “Roll that tape.” And Joe started to sing.
“At the seams, keep them from going at the seams.”
He looked at his four friends and motioned for them to join in. That old song tucked him! Joe laughed. Tina closed her eyes. Lewis tapped his foot on the floor to keep time. And that jazz band just fell into the groove. They were rockin’ that place. John looked at Joe. He saw his whole body singing. Saw it doing a little coming apart, too. Carla looked over at Joe and she saw some stitches popping out round his ears. That dark liquid drizzled down Joe’s ankles to the floor.
That band just kept on playing, they never even noticed. Old Joe got out of that chair, he grabbed that whisky bottle in his hands, and he said, “Ya’ll made it, and I didn’t. Now I come back to claim what’s rightfully mine! Here’s to success!” All of a sudden there was a massive ripping sound that tore right through the center of Joe’s body, and he fell to the floor with a mighty thud.
The song was a success! It sold millions of copies. The critics loved it, the jazz band said, “Ooh, it sure was nice to have someone imitating old drunk Joe to come on and help out with the session.” Oh yeah, old Joe had finally hit the big time!
I turned to look at the stranger, and he was nowhere to be found. I felt the sunlight shining on my face. Light poured in through a broken window and I felt like I was just waking up from a long nap. I looked around; no sign of that stranger with the silver flask. I made my way back out into the cemetery, and the most amazing thing is this: there was no rain on the ground. There wasn’t even any indication that there had been a thunderstorm!
Phww. I left those herbs in the cemetery, and you know, I haven’t been back since. And every now and then I think back to that day and I wonder, did I make it up? Or did it really happen? I guess I’ll never know.
CURWOOD: Whoa, that’s quite a ghost story. I’m not sure that I’m gonna ever feel the same walking by a cemetery, especially one of those above ground numbers there in New Orleans. You think Joe’s still out there?
DAVIS: Absolutely. He’s ready to hear another story.
CURWOOD: (Laughs) Angela Davis calls herself the yarnspinner. Thank you so much for taking this time with us, Angela.
DAVIS: Thank you. I’ve had a lot of fun.
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Get your ground turkey on and enjoy chewing the fat (or lack thereof) in this lean meat. Get the recipe here!
3. Pepperoni-Stuffed Cauliflower Bread Sticks
So simple, it’s become a worldwide phenomenon. Capture the magic. Try this recipe!
4. Cauliflower Crust Pizza Crust
Featured all over television and the internet, my 2008 recipe is still a standard. Try this recipe!
5. Easy Minute Microwave Nachos
So fast to make, you’ll have to invent ways to make it look like you did more work. Try this recipe!
6. Simple Mini Cheesecakes
Simple to make and sweetener substitution ideas included, too! Recipe here
7. Deep Dish Bacon Extravaganza Pizza with Chicken/Cheese Crust
Can there really be too much of a good thing? Using my newer, simpler chicken and cheese crust, this deep dish pizza will have you coming back for more. Recipe here
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Designing effective thermal breaks.
The Institution of Structural Engineers is delighted to host the Schöck Industry workshop on Thursday 15th November 2018. A half-day workshop intended to bring the latest principles of structural thermal break design to Architects, Strucutral Engineers and Technicians. Register for free!
Objectives of the Workshop
To provide an introduction to the latest principles of effective thermal break design and achieving optimum thermal break solutions at cantilever connections.
This workshop will be of interest to engineers wishing to accrue CPD points.
15th November 2018
The Institution of Structural Engineers, 47-58 Bastwick Street, London EC1V 3PS
9.00 am – 1.00 pm. Followed by buffet lunch
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Ed Miliband heckled at TUC congress
By Matthew Barrett
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Labour Leader Ed Miliband gave a speech to the TUC Congress this morning. He treated those assembled in the hall to the usual Miliband line about unions - they play a vital role, union members should have a say in the Labour Party, and the government is wrong to try and change their pensions.
However, Mr Miliband ventured into dangerous territory - for a man who was elected by the unions: he questioned the wisdom of strike actions by teachers and civil servants during the summer. He said (video here):
"The Tories have set about reform in completely the wrong way. Even before John Hutton’s report was complete, they announced a 3 per cent surcharge on millions of your members. It was a typically bad move by a bad government trying to pick a fight. So I fully understand why millions of decent public sector workers feel angry. But while negotiations were going on, I do believe it was a mistake for strikes to happen. I continue to believe that."
"Of course the right to industrial action will be necessary, as a last resort. But in truth, strikes are always the consequence of failure. Failure on all sides. Failure we cannot afford as a nation."
It would be reasonable to assume that the union members in attendance were fired up by Unite leader Len McCluskey's belligerent statements we reported at the weekend:
""My view is that we should rule nothing in and nothing out," he told the newspaper. "Every conceivable form of protest and action should be carefully considered, from civil disobedience through to co-ordinated industrial strikes... Everything should be considered in the face of the type of onslaught that we are looking at.""
As Mr McCluskey implies, the unions are ready for more strikes in the coming months, and their members reject Mr Miliband's notion that strikes, while negotiations are ongoing, are wrong. A perfect demonstration of how out-of-touch some union leaders and members are. | <urn:uuid:abbcfd37-0c29-4917-b278-edb735f325b4> | CC-MAIN-2017-17 | http://conservativehome.blogs.com/leftwatch/2011/09/ed-miliband-heckled-at-tuc-congress.html | 2017-04-29T07:35:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-17/segments/1492917123318.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170423031203-00223-ip-10-145-167-34.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976785 | 410 |
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Winsor & Newton Artisan Filbert Brushes, long handle, 6 sizes
A flat with an oval tip to create broad marks with a soft edge. The pointed tip of the filbert shape gives precision for highlights, yet the flat body can carry ample colour.
Artisan brushes offer the performance of bristle but maintain spring and shape when wet. The brushes can be cleaned with soap and water only as no solvents are required.
About the fibres:
The natural hog bristle is not ideally suited for water mixable oil colour because when soaked in water, the bristle loses shape and its spring becomes weak. Synthetic brush ranges are not ideally suited for use with oil colour as they are generally developed for acrylics and the blend of filament can be too soft and too flexible.
Artisan brushes have been developed with a unique blend of high quality synthetic fibres, making them strong and durable and perfect for working with thick, full bodied colour straight from the tube and specifically water mixable oils, and acrylics. | <urn:uuid:89c9467e-d1bb-4b13-9363-708997d5fb66> | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | https://www.georgeweil.com/artisan-filbert-brushes-long-handle | 2020-08-15T18:53:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439741154.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20200815184756-20200815214756-00589.warc.gz | en | 0.937252 | 228 |
It’s an ever-changing milestone for Greg Oden. Every day that he is in the NBA and healthy is the most important day for Oden in his return from a four-year absence from the league.
Oden started his first game for the Heat on Sunday in Miami’s 93-79 victory against the Bulls, and the big center is finally becoming familiar with the Heat’s offense and defense at this important time of the season. But the former No. 1 overall pick still isn’t focusing on the day-to-day minutia or his impact to the team. Oden’s big-picture perspective is unwavering.
He’s just happy to be here.
“For me, each game getting better and walking off healthy — they’re all milestones to me,” said Oden, who is attempting to revive his career after a series of knee injuries. “It has been a long road, so every one is a good one for me.”
Sunday might have been the best of all. He started his first game since December 2009 and played nearly 13 minutes in Miami’s victory. During his brief time in the game, Oden matched up against Bulls center Joakim Noah and had five points and five rebounds.
“He’s an active player for someone that big,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “He makes multiple efforts, he gives you extra possessions and he’s very intelligent, so he has a pretty good grasp of what we want and how we want to play already.”
With LeBron James out with a broken nose, Spoelstra went to Oden for his size inside against the Bulls and also to keep the Heat’s second unit somewhat intact. Chicago is one of the league’s most aggressive rebounding teams and it showed early. The Bulls held a 32-19 rebounding advantage after the first half.
“We knew the minutes would be short for Greg still — 10 to 12 minutes — so we figure that [it would] be best to get him in that starting lineup,” Spoelstra said. “We get to keep our rotations somewhat similar.”
Oden said he could have played more than 13 minutes, which is a positive sign for the Heat. He is expected to be an important piece in the playoffs, especially against teams such as the Bulls and Indiana Pacers, which feature big frontcourts.
On a contending team for the first time in his career, Oden is following the lead of his more experienced teammates and Oden’s health is returning just in time for the Heat’s playoff push.
“They’ve all been through this before,” Oden said. “This is one of my first times going through this. This is that push you’ve got to get for first place. That’s what we are aiming for right now the next push is going to be when the playoffs come.”
When that time comes, Oden expects to be fully versed in the Heat’s system. For now, he’s still learning, even though he’s gaining familiarity daily.
“I know the plays a little bit better,” Oden said. “I’m starting to feel a little more comfortable out there and I think guys are starting to feel a little more comfortable with me out there, so it’s still something we can build on, but I just think the comfort level, being able to put me in that starting lineup, it showed some confidence in me.”
Spoelstra at 300
Sunday marked the 300th victory of Spoelstra’s career. The sixth-year coach is the sixth fastest coach to reach the milestone in NBA history. Pat Riley did it the fastest.
“Pat was the one who told me,” Spoelstra said. “It’s amazing just how fast those six years have gone. It feels like yesterday sometimes. But in terms of this team since we put it together, obviously, I feel extremely fortunate. Not only to be working for a first-class organization, but to be able to coach a team like this.”
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We’ve popped over to Dublin for a few days. Quite nice to have a break from the norm for a few days. Had a (mainly) ace weekend. After a night out on Friday I made amends for things on Saturday night by cooking a superb mussels dish (sort of like this recipe). The next day we had Eirene’s birthday which turned into an impromptu dinner party. I’d cooked a remaining 2 pints of mussles that I’d had left over as a chowder (using kippers as the stock base – worked really well!). Food food food. You can tell I’m hungry. Just ordered a chinese though so that’s good. Righty – toodle pip for now.
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When I first started playing video games many years ago the discussions was always “Medal of Honor” or “Call of Duty”.
I was always favoring Call of Duty (CoD) because of the screen layouts, as well as the game play.
But with every series starting with WWII and the invading of Normandy on D-Day all games started to get repetitive. CoD finally branched out and after a few games of WWII went along to modern day moving to Afghanistan and other modern wars.
These games also branched into Vietnam and the Viet Cong as well as the Cold Wars.
And then they went futuristic. Drones, remote-controlled units, and all sorts of other “imagination” weapons being brought to life.
Now this is all well and good. But it turns these “Historical Warfare” games into “Science Fiction”. And science fiction games are ones that I avoid. I don’t do zombies, I don’t do “Terminators”, I don’t do “Halo”, I just don’t do those games. I don’t enjoy them.
One of those that people will fight for is “Halo”. But let’s be honest, if I shoot a guy in the head from two feet away, he should go down, at least injured. In Halo those shots will have zero effect, but snipe him in the leg from across the map and they are dead.
I want the old fashioned rifles back. I want WWI and WWII back. Or I may just have to go with Star Wars. (Yes, I know that that’s Sci-Fi, but it’s a legend!) | <urn:uuid:0e8c5fc1-c552-49e3-8151-45608a8aaa34> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://iamavig.com/2015/04/29/video-games-the-downfall-of-first-person-shooters/ | 2023-05-30T18:36:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224646076.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20230530163210-20230530193210-00659.warc.gz | en | 0.974295 | 372 |
BONSALL -- Embattled Bonsall Charter Academy for Learning
Director Terry Olson resigned her post last week after students and
parents voiced concern about the school's leadership and
Olson submitted her resignation before the Bonsall Union School
District Board of Trustees meeting June 9, just a week after
academy students submitted petitions to the school's board of
directors warning that they would not re-enroll in the fall if
Olson was rehired.
The Bonsall Charter Academy directors voted May 5 to give Olson
a one-year contract extension, but the contract was subject to the
district board's approval. The district board was scheduled to vote
on her contract at the June 9 meeting, but received her letter of
resignation in closed session before the scheduled vote.
"The board has received her resignation and will take some
action on it, but not until the 30th," said Bonsall Union School
District Superintendent Jef Schleiger on Thursday.
Olson was unavailable for comment this week.
Members of the charter academy's board of directors said this
week that they had only received Olson's resignation Wednesday, but
were aware that the district board received notice last week.
"We just came out (Wednesday) and reported in open session that
we received a letter of resignation from our director," said
Bonsall Charter Academy board member Dana McCarthy, who declined
further comment on the matter.
Bonsall Charter Academy board President Guy Skinner said the
mounting dissatisfaction on the part of students and parents would
have left Olson in an undesirable situation.
"I don't know why she would come back," Skinner said. "If it was
me I wouldn't, there's just so much opposition."
Bonsall Charter Academy is one of three charter schools in the
Bonsall district, including Vivian Banks Charter School on the Pala
Indian Reservation and the Morro Hills Charter Academy for
Learning. The Morro Hills and Bonsall Charter schools have been
located in portable classrooms on Bonsall Elementary School
The 150-student public charter school, which opened in fall
2002, is part of the Bonsall Union Elementary School District, and
serves grades six through 12. The school has seen significant
turnover in its five-member board of directors, which now has one
position vacant. Four board members have resigned over the past two
years, and Olson, hired in February, is the third director in the
Academy board members cited the instability in leadership as a
problem for school.
"The school has had a lot of bumps, and it shouldn't," Skinner
said. "It needs better leadership from the board down."
School parents on Thursday echoed the sentiments.
"It is evident to me that there are both elected board members
at the district level and appointed board members at the charter
level that are opposed to Terry's one-year contract," said parent
Kit-Bacon Gressitt, whose daughter Katie attends the school.
"Terry does have weaknesses, but she also has strengths. I think
(the school's board) has failed to lead the charter school toward
achieving the charter goals and has been ineffective in working
with the director, contributing to her failure," she said.
If Olson's resignation is accepted, district officials said they
are confident that finding a new director will not be
"There's no doubt about that," Schleiger said. "It won't be a
Concerning a selection process and candidates for the position,
Schleiger and Skinner said the district would likely advertise for
the position and conduct a search.
"I think the director is a critical position," Skinner said.
"We'll get the (charter academy) board together and collaborate
with the district board to decide how to proceed with a selection
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No funds, no transportation, no school
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Sonia was a student who wanted to take a course at Vancouver Island University (VIU), but needed financial assistance for transportation. She applied for an Adult Upgrading Grant (AUG), but she was denied. Sonia requested a reconsideration, which resulted in her being eligible for the grant, but not in time for the start of the course. Sonia had to miss several classes, and even though she had informed her instructor, she was withdrawn from the course according to the university’s “No Show Policy”. Feeling this was unfair, Sonia came to us.
Through our investigation we learned that Sonia had indeed followed the “No Show Policy” rules in terms of notifying her instructor. However, we found several gaps in how information was being provided to students accessing the AUG in relation to guidelines and restrictions of the program.
As a result, we asked the university to develop a policy that clearly articulates when and how the university provides AUG funding. We also asked that an information package for students about the grant be developed. The university agreed to take these steps and also agreed to extend Sonia’s grant if she wished to take the course the following term. | <urn:uuid:6e018782-03e8-4e3a-9ec3-5b2099d8bc37> | CC-MAIN-2019-51 | https://bcombudsperson.ca/documents/no-funds-no-transportation-no-school | 2019-12-14T08:11:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-51/segments/1575540585566.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20191214070158-20191214094158-00208.warc.gz | en | 0.971018 | 262 |
You don’t have to wait for the holidays to send out business gifts. There are several different groups of people that might warrant gift giving. But if you’re wondering when to give business gifts and who to give them to, a general rule of thumb is to send gifts to the people who help make your company great.
In general, this includes clients, employees, and certain service providers. Read on for some tips about when to give business gifts and who you should send them.
Gifts for Clients
You should send something small to all of your company’s clients at least once a year. Gifts keep you at the top of clients’ minds year round, writes Forbes contributor John Hall. And even as some company’s cut back in recent times due to the economic crunch, others continue to be convinced gift giving is important for maintaining relationships, reports the Sacramento Business Journal.
If your company has a small number of clients, or a small number of clients with particularly large accounts, you should try to customize their gifts as much as possible. Pay attention to each client’s habits or get some information from the sales people who have dealt with them.
For instance, if a client orders wine during dinner meetings, wine is a safe choice. If you’ve met with the client over golf, then a small token from their favorite course could be more appropriate. These personalized gifts can make your clients feel like they’re special and really important to your business.
But if your business has too many clients for you to manage individual purchases, smaller more general items will do. Just avoid cheap promotional items like pens or notepads with your business logo. Even a handwritten card seems more genuine than these purely promotional items.
You should also cater the timing of the gift giving to particular clients. Some clients, for instance, might not celebrate Christmas. You can ask clients if they do, without any specific questions about their religion or beliefs. But try to cater your gift giving to your clients’ preferences rather than your own.
Alternatively, you might consider sending a gift to clients during another time of year. You could send a gift after the completion of a large project, a new product launch, or another type of milestone.
But be sure to avoid sending gifts during inappropriate times. For instance, if you’re currently trying to close an account with another company or are involved in a bidding war with a competitor, sending a gift could send the wrong message.
Gifts for Employees
Employees have come to expect at least a small token of appreciation from their employer at least once per year. This often takes place during the holiday season or at the end of the year, an annual holiday survey by CareerBuilder explains.
Of course, most would prefer a simple cash bonus. So if that’s a possibility for your company, don’t forego it in favor of a token that only some employees might appreciate.
If you can’t afford sizeable bonuses for every employee, a small token like a restaurant gift card can still make them feel appreciated, suggests Salary.com . For most employees, you should stick to the same type of gift or at least gifts of similar value. But if you have one or two employees or colleagues who you work with more closely, like an assistant or partner, larger gifts may be more appropriate.
The most important aspect of giving employee gifts is to remember every single person. Co-workers are likely to exchange information and you don’t want anyone feeling under-appreciated or forgotten.
Gifts for Service Providers
Certain types of service providers for your business may also warrant holiday or end-of-year gifts. These can include virtual assistants, consultants, and even postal workers.
You may choose to either send gifts to these service providers over the holidays (taking into account their preferences and habits, of course). Or you could send a gift after a big project or period of time where they went above and beyond to help your company.
These service providers are also likely to prefer gifts like cash or gift cards. You can decide on an amount based on how closely you work with the person and what types of services they provide.
But you can also personalize these gifts by adding a small token if appropriate. For instance, if you work closely with a virtual assistant and know his or her favorite type of candy or dessert, pair it with the cash or gift card. But you could be less likely to know the preferences of your postal worker, so cash inside a simple card may be a safer route.
In addition, ask or find out if they have any restrictions on gifts. Postal workers, for example, are only supposed to receive gifts that are under $20 in value. So giving a larger tip or item could lead to an awkward situation for both parties.
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Whether you’re spending Valentine’s Day with friends, bae, or by yourself, our Valentine’s Day 2019 mixtape will help you set the mood.
Packed with sexy house, sultry soul, romantic world music, and 80s and 90s throwbacks, you can’t help falling in love with the Saint Audio Valentine’s Day 2019 mixtape.
Can’t get enough? Listen back to our previous Valentine’s Day playlist.
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I am looking for partners for two One x One. I have some interests and some of the interests come with plots that can be changed a bit. Partner Spots 1. Pending 2. (Empty) Interests (Anything in purple is My Character)Furry x Furry Demon x Demon Demon x Angel Princess x Knight Princess x Servant/PetSibling x Sibling Warrior x Warrior Pet x Master Vampire x Werewolf/Lycan Interests with Plots Princess x Knight - A kingdom falls into ruin from an enemy empire leaving near to no survivors except the princess and her personal knight ( Can be F or M). Now they must escape the grasp of the enemy empire before they are caught and find a safe place to stay or attempt to fight back. Sibling x Sibling - Two siblings living out on the streets struggling to survive day by day until one day they find an (object). An evil being disguised as an angel/saint whispers to them through the object offering one wish. The siblings agreed on a nice place, meals and money. The next day when they woke they were no longer on the streets but nor in a nice place. Now they must try to find a way out of this nightmare and find their way home. (Looking for a horror feel with this.) Warrior x Warrior - Two empires clash head to head for power by sending out their best leaders. But soon they realize there is another unknown "empire" taking out there men. Now they must put their forces together and try to stop this mysterious empire. If both spots are filled don't worry! I can make reserves for when the other RP's are done or fall through. (Which Ihope not but it happens.) Just keep in touch! | <urn:uuid:571c2c29-3b65-4efc-89c0-d3b4f2b6937d> | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | https://www.iwakuroleplay.com/threads/looking-for-a-partner.49458/ | 2018-04-23T00:20:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125945668.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20180422232447-20180423012447-00511.warc.gz | en | 0.943611 | 351 |
Generally there is more heat (energy loss) charging Level 1 12A @ 120V vs Level 2 6A @ 240V as well as extended standby losses (cooling fans, electronics) over time. I don't know of anyone who regrets upgrading to Level 2 EVSE! As for the battery health of Level 1 vs Level 2 charging for heat, there is a probably a nominal difference. There might be extra wear and tear on the power electronics if you daily Level 1 charge due to longer charge times compared to Level 2. Has anyone looked into the AC->DC rectification efficiency of the onboard charger for Level 1 vs Level 2? | <urn:uuid:74a4acae-50ac-474f-b49c-0c8c0f24843a> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.insideevsforum.com/community/index.php?threads/charging-best-practices.14672/page-3#post-183482 | 2022-10-06T22:32:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337889.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20221006222634-20221007012634-00206.warc.gz | en | 0.947942 | 128 |
I woke up this morning feeling heavy with sadness. Alton Sterling was killed by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A day after Philando Castile was murdered in Falcon Heights, Minnesota by the police. Social media has become a never ending stream of images and text that position black bodies as a moral panic, an echo chamber of violence. The debates over the structures of racism and the police have reached a national arena; we as anthropologists can no longer stand silent.
Instead of a normal Around the Web Digest, I offer readings by anthropologists and critics about the role of the field in dismantling structures of oppression.
Cultural Anthropology offers many readings from a variety of scholars on the intersectionality of Black life in America. Pieces on the experiences of living in constant violence from the state, survival strategies, gendered aspects of policing, international perspectives, and the role of systemic economic disenfranchisement.
Anthropod interviews Yarimar Bonilla, Laurence Ralph, and Mark Auslander on their views of recent #Blacklivesmatter protests.
Shay Akil on Decolonize All The Things criticizes anthropology on it complacency on anti-blackness in academia. Our research and theory will do nothing if it is not translated into practice.
In 2014, we witnessed anthropology face new crossroads in how we contribute to everyday life with coalitions being built across Gaza and Ferguson. I wonder where our discipline stands today with state violence still encroaching in marginalized communities and counter-movements against Black Lives Matter movements.
Here are some earlier resources for teaching from American Ethnologist about Black Lives Matter protests. (Here) (Here)
Savage Minds has written extensively on the role of racism and anthropology. I compile a list here to better read through.
Not only do anthropologists research these communities, I believe we have the moral responsibility to practice informed activism for these communities in order to heal.
I will return next week with a regularly scheduled digest.
Peace and Love,
I hope your Día del Cariño was full of love of some form – the version of the holiday I experienced in Guatemala pertains to a much wider definition of familial and platonic love than the typical US Valentine’s Day, which makes it easier to get behind. If you want me to feature anything in the digest, send me the link at email@example.com.
This HuffPost piece on Valentine’s Day looks at how the celebration is increasingly popular among younger people in Indonesia, and how the globalization of consumer culture overlays a deeper globalization of notions of romantic love: Valentine’s Day: A Global Perspective
Anthropology News also responded to the holiday by looking at how breaking up with someone on Valentine’s Day remains more of an unshakeable taboo than breaking up over social media: Achy Breaky Heart
Human life stages are the theme for this roundup, with posts ranging from early childhood to senescence. Send me links to anything you want to see included here at firstname.lastname@example.org.
To frame the discussion, this post on the blog of the Association for Anthropology, Gerontology, and the Life Course discusses how age is an under-discussed facet of human experience and how childhood is rarely treated like the special category it is: Aged Culture
We begin with birth in this post on Anthropology News, Childhood in the Americas: Part One, which discusses how circulating rumors about Western biomedicine practitioners and their hastiness to proceed to C-sections make Yucatec Mayan women reluctant to use their services.
According to this post from the British Psychological Society’s research digest, when the “mirror test” of self-awareness is replaced by one more rooted in a toddler’s awareness of herself as a physical object, Zambian children outscore Scottish children: Cross-Cultural Studies of Toddler Self-Awareness Have Been Using an Unfair Test
Happy Monday, dear readers! Don’t forget to send me any links to feature here at email@example.com.
Incredibly (or not so incredibly, given the power of his name as clickbait), there’s another post this week on the anthropology of Trump (“antrumpology”?), this time from a biological anthropology perspective: Evonomics Renowned Anthropologist Says Donald Trump and Alpha Male Chimpanzees Play the Same Political Game
This Leiden Anthropology Blog also uses Trump as an example, using a Daily Show clip to highlight how humor can demarcate social boundaries or comment on them: Humour: A Threat to Society?
Thematically related is this Anthropology Now post that I can’t clam to understand very well (poetry was never my forte): Laughter is Social Glue
Greetings from the heart of a city ravaged by Snowzilla! Send me anything that should be included here at firstname.lastname@example.org.
This Decasia post argues that half-formed, abandoned and unpublished projects represent intellectual work and should be acknowledged more openly in professional circles as part of the process of creating knowledge: Failed Research Ought to Count
The Anxious Anthropologist reflects on the power of dress (in this case, a suit jacket) to claim membership in a community and assert authority, particularly in gendered contexts: The Jacket
Allegra looks back at its most popular posts from the last year: Top 10 (or Thereabout) of 2015
Teaching Culture looks forward to the topics and trends that will preoccupy us in the coming year: 2016: Trends in Teaching, Publishing, and Anthropology
It’s been a big year for Savage Minds, so big that the annual blog review didn’t fit in 2015! (Yes, that’s why it was delayed). This year we celebrated our 10th blogiversary with a panel at the AAAs, an executive director’s award, and a rare in-person gathering, which gave us the chance to reflect on our work and how this project has evolved over time.
In this yearly post, we look back on the year in blogging, both for us at Savage Minds and in the anthroblogosphere in general. First, the Minds will share their favorite posts from the year, and then I’ll highlight a few of the posts on other blogs and news sources that struck me as the most important, memorable, or otherwise worth revisiting if you missed them.
Dear readers, this post is late and I apologize for nothing. Send me any links for inclusion here at email@example.com.
I hope you’ve been enjoying the glow of lights and the stir of familiar songs that seem to be everywhere these days… with the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens! The AAA blog featured this post using the movie to explore why movies about humans’ relationships with technology are so popular: Our Movies, Ourselves: Reel Life Vis-á-vis “Real Life”
This time of year seems to bring out a reflective streak in blogs. For example, Struggle Forever listed some of the fiction and non-fiction books worth reading from this year: My Favorite Books of 2015
Allegra also produced a list of books based on a reader survey of the most important and influential books for the discipline and beyond. Unsurprisingly, there’s a bias towards the mid-twentieth century classics, but some newer books were also recognized: The 30 Essential Books in Anthropology
The blog harvest was rich again this week at the Savage Minds ranch. Help me find more blogs by sending me links at firstname.lastname@example.org.
HuffPost featured this article in which an anthropologist argues that isolating babies in cribs and sleeping 8 continuous hours a night are Western constructions: My Conversation with Co-Sleeping Expert James McKenna
In this National Geographic post, Jason De León discusses some of the findings in his book, The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail. He argues that migrant deaths at the border have been deliberately caused and normalized in national media: An Anthropologist Unravels the Mysteries of Mexican Migration
In this episode of the Craft podcast, anthropologist Jeffrey Cohen describes some moments of adaptation in his fieldwork in Mexico: Eating Soup (and Grasshoppers) Without a Spoon with Jeffrey Cohen. The interviewer actually asks how to avoid “changing their civilization.”
Good grief, the anthroblogosphere was active this week! I usually don’t have to omit too many entries I find interesting but this week you might need to do some searching on your own to catch everything. Send me what you find at email@example.com.
This delightful post on Evonomics.com uses Christopher Boehm’s cross-cultural survey of “Late Pleistocene Appropriate” foraging societies to argue that the figure of the self-serving individualist promulgated by Objectivist author Ayn Rand runs counter to human (pre)history. The author illustrates this argument with examples from Colin Turnbull’s classic, The Forest People. Ayn Rand vs. Anthropology. “Who is John Galt? He refused to participate in society and no one has seen him since.”
Institut Pasteur reports on a study that compared populations in different Central African environments to examine the effects of moving to different environments on human epigenetics. Forest-dwelling and sedentary Bantu groups, who have lived in different environments for a relatively short time, exhibited epigenetic changes affecting immunity. By comparison, the genetic differences in immunity between Bantu groups and Pygmy groups, who have inhabited different environments for much longer, have become hereditary: Our Epigenome is Influenced by Our Habitat and Lifestyle
This HuffPost article makes the point that referring to terrorists as “animals” is a misnomer, because there are almost no parallels for violent behavior on that scale among other species: The Evolution and Ethology of Terrorism: We Are Unique, Violence is a Dead End, But There Is Hope
Happy Sunday, readers. Don’t forget to send me links to content I should mention here, at firstname.lastname@example.org.
It’s a linguistic link! HuffPost Women characterizes a controversial Jeopardy contestant’s verbal tic as “upspeak” and sketches out the gendered dimensions of how women are penalized for their forms of speech: This ‘Jeopardy’ Contestant’s Voice Has The Internet Freaking Out (I’m hedging because it doesn’t strike me as classic upspeak).
It’s a physical anthropology link! This Nautilus post describes how the low-fiber Western diet seems to be limiting the diversity of microbiomes women pass on to their children at birth: How the Western Diet Has Derailed Our Evolution. The microbes that flourish in the guts of people on a Western diet, specializing in breaking down fats, sugars and protein, are also those that attack the mucus lining of human guts, which can cause chronic inflammation.
Forgive the lateness, dear readers… AAA fatigue is real. Help me out by sending me links you want featured here at email@example.com.
This post by a linguist in The Conversation points out that Norwegians’ emergent use of “Texas” to refer to anything chaotic or epic follows known linguistic rules of semantic narrowing and cross-cultural inspiration: Norwegians Using “Texas” to Mean “Crazy” Actually Isn’t So Crazy
This New York Times article compares life over the past few million years to “Middle Earth”… it’s not just hobbits anymore: In a Tooth, DNA from Some Very Old Cousins, the Denisovans. Genetic analysis of a tooth found in Siberia suggests that the Denisovans were interbreeding with both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens, among others, as IFL Science reports: Mysterious Denisovan Humans Were More Genetically Diverse Than Neanderthals
IFL Science also discussed a monument from 3,000 BCE, known as the “Stonehenge of the Levant,” whose purpose remains similarly unconfirmed: The Enigmatic “Wheel of Giants” Monument as Old as Stonehenge
Are you going to the AAAs? If so, I hope to meet you! Let me take the opportunity to rep a few sessions, the Savage Minds panel at 8 am Saturday, my panel at 10:15 am Thursday, and the panel I co-organized at 4 pm on Thursday. Savage Minds is also hosting a gathering with HAU on Saturday evening. As always, send me any links at firstname.lastname@example.org.
The mass resignation of the editors of Lingua over a disagreement with Elsevier reignited the conversation about Open Access, and many anthro blogs picked up the topic. The Chronicle of Higher Education breaks down the costs of Open Access publishing with publisher the Open Library of the Humanities, as well as some of their funding models (ranging from the use of volunteer labor to grants): What Open-Access Publishing Actually Costs
Allegra Laboratory examines different models attempting to make Open Access economically viable: Are There Alternatives to Traditional Academic Publishing? #OA
This post on Aidnography suggests that Open Access may not automatically lead to meaningful engagement with scholars’ work: The Answer to Academic Publishing Challenges is Not Always Open Access
Ben Carson made our week by opining about Egyptology, a topic he has clearly researched extensively. Help us all stay equally informed by sending me links at email@example.com to include in the digest.
Material World reviews the new 9/11 memorial and museum, suggesting that while it may have suffered from a certain degree of curation by committee, it’s more nuanced than other reviews have suggested in its treatment of radical Islam and the bombers: Some Thoughts About the 9/11 Memorial and Museum
Don’t read this post on Harris-Jones Anthropology while eating breakfast… How Do Beliefs About Pollution and Dirt Relate to Systems of Classification? Apparently the Hua are so far from viewing vomit as dirty (as long as it comes from a real or classificatory father) that they rub it into their skin.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, Halloween. Send me any links to include here at firstname.lastname@example.org.
The Economist traces the growing popularity of the holiday from the Celtic Samhain through the growth of suburbia: The Meaning of Halloween
This post on the Geek Anthropologist explores the supernatural in American life and its connection with the experience of sleep paralysis: Why Halloween is for Anthropologists
It’s unfortunate that this IFL Science post uses such ethnocentric and exoticizing language in its title, because it’s an interesting survey of death-related practices in the past and present: Preserving the Dead: Weird and Grisly Practices from Around the World
This New Yorker article asks the question Are Cats Domesticated? Based on archaeological and genomic evidence, it concludes… yes and no.
Happy Sunday (technically)! If you come across any links to include here, email me at email@example.com.
It’s not explicitly anthropological, but City Lab started an interesting conversation about the problematic stereotypes embedded in dining out in the U.S. (such as referring to certain foods from the global South as “ethnic”) in How Not to Be a Restaurant Racist, which provoked the response What’s Very Wrong with “How Not to Be a Restaurant Racist” on The Stranger.
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SEPTEMBER 3 SATURDAY
Camp LeJeune/Sneads Ferry NC
With Mary Medford
6pm Seahawk Room, Hampton Inn N. Topsail Beach, 1248 NC Highway 210, Sneads Ferry NC
SEPTEMBER 4 SUNDAY
CBN Chapel, Virginia Beach VA
With Pastor Chris Mitchell Jr, Jon & Jolene. Prophet Kathi Pelton joining us here for remainder of tour!
6:00pm CSB Chapel, CBN Campus, come early for security check!
TURN THE STORM TOUR SEPT. 1-13—EXPANDED ITINERARY AT END OF POST
TURNAROUND TUESDAY SEPT. 6! 1PM ET. Take every Tuesday to pray for your sons and daughters. Live broadcast with Chris Mitchell, Adam Schindler, Jon & Jolene. Join us for a 45 minute zoom call. Invite your friends to join us!
THE STORM OF THE LORD HAS LAUNCHED. With signs following! More on this in a moment.
But first—we are honored tonight to bring the “Turn the Storm Tour” to Sneads Ferry NC, gateway to Camp LeJeune, for a powerful gathering with Mary Medford.
And tomorrow night join us at the chapel at CBN headquarters, CSB building, for an amazing night of worship and prophetic release, hosted by the legendary Chris Mitchell Jr and team. Kathi Pelton will be joining us here for the rest of the tour!
Danielle—the Storm of the Lord has Literally Formed!
Fate whispers to the warrior, “You cannot withstand the storm.” The warrior replies, “I AM THE STORM!” (Anonymous)
God has promised signs and wonders as we advance. Beloved, let me share a sign with you. The “storm of the Lord” has LITERALLY formed and launched!
A severe thunderstorm marked the launch of the “Turn the Storm Tour” Thursday evening in Brunswick GA. In fact power was even temporarily knocked out by a nearby lightning strike!
And the Atlantic Ocean became host to a verified sign from the Lord as a literal “storm of the Lord” formed and launched AT THE EXACT SAME TIME. It is actually the first Atlantic hurricane to form in 2022. It is expected to remain at sea, with no threat to the land.
And not coincidentally, this storm which formed into a hurricane just as we launched is named “Danielle.” The female form of “Daniel.” With a meaning “God is the Judge.”
How in the world does the first hurricane of 2022, named “Daniel” or “God is the Judge,” form just as we start the evening launch service of the Turn the Storm Tour? It’s a sign to us of the Daniel 7:22 turnaround verdict the Lord is granting in this season. Remember it takes a storm to turn a storm. AND THE STORM OF THE LORD HAS LAUNCHED!
Holy Visitation—Brunswick & Charleston
And as storms of the Lord tend to do, the tour is gaining momentum as we move forward. Both nights have been Presence-saturated. Remnant worship leader Daniel Sharpe set the course, piercing the heavens and our hearts by launching with the throwback song “Holy Visitation.” The lyrics tell it all. “Sound the alarm! Awaken the watchmen… open their ears, let their voices be loud. We prophesy You’ll come to this Nation. Touch this generation with a holy visitation!”
We will see God turn the storm of the enemy. We will see Him bring real-time revelation in this season. We will see Him move to tangibly preserve and awaken this generation. But that said, “Holy visitation” is our highest aspiration for this tour. David and Tracy Ruleman actually prophesied this to us the morning after our consecration service in Jacksonville. In an encounter with the Lord she saw God’s jealousy over this tour, that the realm of HOLY be continually released amidst the meetings. And that’s exactly what we experienced the first night at Remnant.
Prophetic Directives—First Two Meetings
In the realm of HOLY we saw the Lord break and remove limitations. I have to say, if there was any emphasis of Hoy Spirit during the first meeting, this was it. Many were released to new levels in God, out from under their constrictions. Same for the church and region. We together moved beyond the line in the sand, into the resurrection life in Christ. Not just theoretically, but tangibly by the Spirit.
Our meeting last night in Charleston was also very powerful. In many ways Charleston represents the gateway of the southeastern United States. And we saw how the governmental glory was coming to Charleston in a way that prepares the way of the Lord for the rest of the 13 colonies, for the nation, and for Washington DC.
Charleston was the first city where I felt the Lord emphasizing contending prayer for a massive turnaround for our sons and daughters. We culminated the service by praying by governmentally releasing “the Declaration of Independence from Babylon.” I can only say it went deep. And when the gavel fell, the weight of Heaven fell in the room. You could literally feel the reverberations. GOD IS THE JUDGE!
Let me close the post with a word just sent to us from Kathi Pelton. She wrote:
“As I prayed for you both this morning, I saw heavenly trumpets come down. And as you spoke the words and decrees that the Lord gave, it was a trumpet sound that pushed the demonic storms to the point of turning them—pushing it back and overtaking it with the power and might of the Lord. Every word of worship, truth, authority is creating a storm against hell that is turning it back. RAISE YOUR VOICE!”
Lets do this now. Decree with this with me. LORD TURN THE STORM!
TURN THE STORM TOUR—Key Prophetic Words
For recent videos and postings discussing the prophetic words referenced, please click the links below.
Posting—Turn the Storm Tour—Features a compilation of prophetic words by Rick Ridings, Kathi Pelton, Lynnie Harlow, Jon & Jolene, casting vision for tour. To read post CLICK HERE.
Video—Call 911—Prophetic Warnings for the FallWith Kathi Pelton, Lynnie Harlow, Lori Perz, Jon & Jolene.
YouTube Video CLICK HERE.
Posting—Prophecy: Dynamics of Coming Season. To read post CLICK HERE
Video—Turn the Ship, Turn the Storm—Turnaround Tuesday broadcast—Kathi Pelton, Chris Mitchell Jr, Jon & Jolene. Features revelation and prayer on praying for our sons and daughters. YouTube Video CLICK HERE.
Book—Turnaround Decrees. Including the chapter “Call 911” with insights into this season. To purchase the book CLICK HERE.
ITINERARY—TURN THE STORM TOUR
13 Colonies | 13 Days | No King but Jesus
Note: Dates and locations subject to change. Check website and posts for updates!
“The Lord marches forth as a warrior! He rouses His zeal like a man of war…” (Isaiah 42:13).
“Pursue, overtake and recover all!” (1 Sam 30:8).
August 26 Friday Special Commissioning!
with host Lauren Main, Jon & Jolene, special guests
7pm Friday August 26 Jacksonville House of Prayer, www.jaxhop.org
September 1 Thursday Brunswick Georgia
With Pastors Jamie & Redonnia Jackson
7pm Remnant Church, 4429 New Jesup Hwy, Brunswick GA
September 2 Friday Charleston, South Carolina
With Judy Jackson
6:30pm Grace Center, 1345 Old Georgetown Rd, Mt. Pleasant SC
September 3 Saturday Camp LeJeune/Jacksonville NC
With Mary Medford
Seahawk Room, Hampton Inn Sneads Ferry, North Topsail Beach, 1248 NC Hwy 210 Sneads Ferry, NC 28460
September 4 Sunday Virginia Beach VA, CBN Chapel, 7pm With Pastor Chris Mitchell Jr
September 5 Labor Day Monday Yorktown Virginia, details TBA
With Pastor Chris Mitchell Jr
September 6 Turnaround Tuesday Ocean City MD
With Randy Walter, Robert & Annette Stagmer
7pm Shiloh Ministries, 209 West St, Berlin MD
September 7 Wednesday Dover DE
With Dale & Luanne Mast
7pm Destiny Christian Church, 2161 Forrest Ave, Dover DE
September 8 Thursday Old Saybrook Connecticut
With Janet LeBoutillier
7pm Valley Shore Assembly, 36 Great Hammock Rd, Old Saybrook CT
September 9 Friday morning Providence, RI, details TBA
September 9 evening Kingston, New Hampshire
With Pastors Myles & Leza Milham
7pm Friday Kingdom Awakening, 160 Main St, Kingston NH
September 10 Saturday Boston MA, details TBA
With Rick & Robin McLaughlin
September 11 Sunday Boston MA to New York City, details TBA
September 12 Monday Trenton NJ, details TBA
September 13 Turnaround Tuesday
Philadelphia PA, details TBA
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Not so much bullfighting. That would be the equivalent to rodeo here. Originally it's working cattle.
This working Equitation has four parts. Dressage which is pretty close to Reining, then what's called Manageability precision, manageability speed(the video) and cattle work. Open to all breeds, but obviously dominated by Andalusians and Lusitanos.
What Merlin is doing is Spanish, the "art" of bullfighting. Interesting enough, they mainly breed Hispano-Arabs especially for that, Anglo-Andalusian crosses, since they're quicker on their feet than the straight Andalusian.
I do like the Portuguese bullfighting better, they don't kill the bull.
Ill see if I can find some footage of the Spanish competitions other than bullfighting
It's very impressive how well trained these horses are.
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An exerpt from our department newsletter, CCJS News:
California has become a leader in the passage of laws and the implementation of policies that are a harbinger of change in other states and the federal system. While the merits of this are hotly debated, crime and its control are among the most contentious issues in politics and each year there are many issues that capture public and lawmaker attention. The following are certainly among the many important ones being discussed today.
Certainly one of the most significant national discussions relating to criminology and criminal justice has been the issue of gun control in the wake of mass killings in Newtown, Aurora and elsewhere and the recognition that death from weapons, accidental (e.g., http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/us/kentucky-boy-5-kills-sister-2.html?_r=0) and otherwise, is significant in American society.
Overall the discussion revealed the powerful role of money, lobbyists and the NRA in lawmakers' decisions to refuse to support any federal legislation. California continues to maintain its position as one of the leading states with controls on access
to high power weaponry and (most recently) appropriations for enforcing existing laws prohibiting certain categories from having weapons, but New York, Connecticut and Colorado have also passed significant legislation in the past few months. Amazingly, with overwhelming U.S. citizen support support for universal background checks on weapons purchasers, the attempt to even debate the issue was stopped in the Senate by mostly Republican opposition. There is no surprise that unfavorable public opinion of Congress is now at the lowest point it has ever been measured by pollsters (see PEW 2013 at http://goo.gl/jnLYy). Perhaps the move for concerned citizens today will be toward citizen initiatives where these are allowed (see, e.g., this discussion).
One of the biggest changes being felt at both the state and local levels is realignment, which is a direct result of the court ordered transfer of inmates from state prisons in California to county jurisdiction. There is a great deal of discussion about, monitoring of and related information about realignment underway in California.
The general issues posed by realignment are provided in the most recent issue of the Western Criminology Review at http://wcr.sonoma.edu/. The latest updating on the monitoring of realignment is available through the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, which is directed by SSU's Dan MacAllair, at http://www.cjcj.org/files/Realignment_update_Aug_15_2012.pdf. There is wide-ranging discussion about the topic at city, county and state levels (e.g., see the Public Policy Institute Report at http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/report/R_812MLR.pdf; KQED's examination at http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201208220900; and the California Report at http://www.californiareport.org/specialcoverage/prisons/).
The 9th Circuit Court struck down Prop. 8, which limits marriage to a man and a woman. This case has since been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court and oral arguments took place in March on it and a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act of 1996. There is considerable speculation about why the court took the California case and also how the high court could rule in June, see, e.g., http://goo.gl/cYItW. | <urn:uuid:7a85fbfa-7e97-4b63-9a88-55632d9bb6c4> | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | http://www.sonoma.edu/users/j/jackson/archives/media/ | 2016-02-09T05:56:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701156520.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193916-00261-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947875 | 735 |
To those of you who have already adopted the Emmaus Ministry and scheduled your 2019 retreats, we offer our deepest appreciation for bringing the Light of Christ to broken parents in their darkest hour. On behalf of all of these parents, thank you.
If you haven’t scheduled your 2019 retreats and would like us to come, we do have a few dates available. Also, please consider scheduling your 2020 retreats now as our open dates are already beginning to fill.
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Three artists playing in ensemble and solo
The Silverwood Trio includes three area musicians: Michelle Barraclough, flute; Garden Spot graduate, Kirstin Myers, oboe and Brenda Johnson, cello. All three members of The Silverwood Trio are graduates of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania. They met, and were friends while on campus, but certainly unaware that their life paths would lead them to performing together in the upcoming years. Inspired by subbing for another group who performed weddings with similar instrumentation, Brenda was interested in forming another ensemble that would lend itself well to wedding and recital performances. While she and Michelle had kept in close contact over the years, they were in need of an oboist. Kirstin moved back into the Eastern Pa. area in 1999 and was re-connected to Brenda through their association with the York Symphony Orchestra. Hence, The Silverwood Trio was created in 2001.
In the past 13 years, this distinct trio has performed at numerous locations in the York, Lancaster, and Harrisburg areas. Their varied and extensive repertoire gives them great flexibility to perform for any occasion. While they are mostly known as a group that performs “classical” music, they also perform popular, sacred, and Irish selections.
St. Peter’s is located at 10 Delp Road, Lancaster. The program will include works for the trio and also solo selections by each of the musicians. Composers represented include Haydn, Mozart, Handel and Bach, as well as popular standards and Irish tunes – a very eclectic evening of music. The program is open to the public at no cost; a free will donation will be received at intermission. Interested concert goers are encouraged to contact the church office at 569-9211 during the day to get further information. | <urn:uuid:cb59aabd-666d-421f-b692-c8f3c39b8f99> | CC-MAIN-2014-52 | http://www.ephratareview.com/entertainment/three-artists-playing-in-ensemble-and-solo/ | 2014-12-21T21:39:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-52/segments/1418802772416.132/warc/CC-MAIN-20141217075252-00005-ip-10-231-17-201.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980869 | 371 |
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That's right! All of our candles are made in the U.S. by our hardworking team. We craft our candles from start to finish at our candle shop in Arlington, Texas. All our wax is derived from soy beans grown right here in America.
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This week I spent three days at the wonderful All Saints Literature Festival. It's the ten year anniversary of the festival, which made me realise with a jolt that it's ten years since Obsession was published: All Saints was the first festival I presented at. My debut session was 'Girls Business, Boys Business', and my fellow panellists were John Larkin, Glyn Parry and Dianne Wolfer. (I learned from that session to never, ever go on after a stand up comedian, among other things. I also learned not to say, 'Girls, this one's for you. Boys, you just sit there and fiddle with your bits.' Yes, I did. I know, I can't believe it either.) I had no idea how festivals worked, what you were supposed to do. I used to write out everything in full and hope that I could read and sound natural at the same time (I couldn't). I remember feeling in awe of the writers with more than one book and of the seasoned professionals who could get up and do their spiel without suffering panic attacks beforehand (I still suffer panic attacks beforehand) and wanting to expire with exhaustion afterwards (ditto).
It's been a roller coaster of a decade, writingwise and otherwise. There have been a few triumphs, a lot of disappointments, angst and satisfaction in approximately equal measure. I've done things and been to places I could never have imagined possible, thanks to writing; met the most wonderful people; been inspired and challenged and occasionally gutted. I have a wonderful publisher and editors who I nigh on worship (especially you, CM!). I have a stack of ten books with my name on, some ambitious and deep, some fun and frivolous, some out of print, some still loved by readers. I wouldn't trade it in for the world.
In other news, I now have a day job that is compatible, as much as one ever is, with writing. Cool title, huh? I am delighted in more ways than I can explain.
Norman Jorgensen, me and Karen Tayleur's tongue, just before we triumphed in the Book v Ebook debate at All Saints. Was it our skillful (and in my case, 30 second) arguments re the bookiness of the book, to quote our opponent Meg McKinlay, or just that booky bookness is what young folk are into? | <urn:uuid:871c07d3-6335-4eda-b6ce-bfa1461eef65> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | http://julialawrinson.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/ | 2017-11-21T07:51:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806327.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20171121074123-20171121094123-00087.warc.gz | en | 0.975633 | 495 |
Liturgical Colour : White
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, on this Sunday, the fourth one in the entire season of Easter, we always celebrate the one aspect of God which endears Him to us, that He is our Good Shepherd, the One Who guided the faithful people of God to Himself. Today the Scripture readings reflect precisely that fact, showing to us, how God loved the whole world and all mankind, who are His beloved ones.
Brothers and sisters in Christ, why then God chose to be known as a Good Shepherd? Surely He can let Himself be known as a great King, or a Teacher, or as a great Being, with titles more befitting of His stature as God. There were indeed a lot of other professions far more worthy and reputable at that time, and even as it is today, a shepherd is not a particularly well-liked or well-respected work. Yet, it is truly a noble profession in reality.
But at the time of Jesus, as well as the time of the ancestors of the people of Israel, many of the people were shepherds, as there were also many farmers and fishermen. Jesus was using parables to teach the people about the truth of God, and in the same manner therefore, just as He had used the parables of the seeds being sown in comparing the kingdom of God and explaining it to them, therefore, Jesus also compared Himself to shepherds in how He were to carry out His mission in this world.
A shepherd’s main duty is to watch over his sheep, the animal which were herded by the shepherds, as they grazed the grasslands for food. The shepherd must ensure that the sheep are protected from harm, such as wolves which would hunt sheep that are not kept in the protection of its shepherd. And sometimes, the sheep may also be separated from the flock, and becomes lost. In that case, it is the shepherd’s duty to find out where the sheep is and return it back to the flock.
But not all shepherds cared for the sheep in that expected way. Many of the shepherds were paid in order to do their job, and they only did the job as far as it benefitted them. They did not truly care for the sheep, and they would be unwilling to go the extra mile for the sake of these sheep. They would want to do only what was expected of them based on what they received.
The moment that difficulty comes upon the sheep and the flock, these people were likely to be the ones who would leave the sheep behind, caring only for their own safety and not that of the sheep. Then, how is it that the Lord is our Good Shepherd? He is the Good Shepherd precisely because He truly loves us and cares about us, as how shepherds are supposed to be. He loves us all just as much as a shepherd cares about his sheep, and even more so.
He does not abandon us or ignore us when we are in trouble. And when we are led astray, as sheep in reality had often done, He is the One Who is concerned about us, and immediately, He will go forth and find a way in order to return us to His loving embrace. It is just how much He cared for us mankind, all of His beloved ones who had become astray in this world, because we have disobeyed Him and sinned against Him.
We have become lost from the Lord, not because the Lord had cast us out from His presence, but rather because we ourselves chose to be lost and be separated from God. Had the Lord not loved us or cared for us, He would just abandon us to our fated destruction, as the punishment and consequence for sin is death, and not just death but eternal death, the damnation of our souls for eternity in hell.
That is not what the Lord intended for us, brothers and sisters in Christ. He loves each and every one of us so much, that as shepherds do, He is willing to even lay down His life for our sake. When faced with trouble, a shepherd who cares for his sheep will shelter the sheep even if he himself were to face danger by doing so. Thus in the same way, the Lord had loved us, even to the point of giving Himself for our sake, that through His suffering and death, we may be spared the fate of our destruction.
And therefore, by that great love which He had for us, He had inspired all of us to love. He has taught us real love by His own examples. That is why as Christians all of us should love each other just as He had loved us first. And He has called upon those whom He had chosen to be His servants, those who dedicated themselves completely to serve the Lord and His people, namely our priests and bishops, all those who have entered into the holy orders.
Thus, today we celebrate Vocations Sunday, a day of remembrance and prayer for all those who have received God’s call in life and chose to follow Him and dedicate themselves completely to Him. They are our shepherds, that is our priests and bishops. They are the ones who take care of us as God’s chosen shepherds, that by imitating the same examples and actions that He as our Good Shepherd had done, all of us may grow ever stronger in God’s love.
But this is certainly not an easy vocation to be done. As the Lord Himself encountered dangers, challenges, opposition and much difficulty in His mission on earth, therefore, the same thing will also happen to those shepherds He had chosen, our priests and bishops. They must persevere through those challenges, the temptations to give up their vocations and good works, and without our support, it will be difficult for them to persevere through.
Brothers and sisters in Christ, let us therefore support our priests, our bishops and all those who have decided to commit themselves completely to the service of God. Let us provide them help and support in whatever way we can give, and pray for their sake, that God will protect them and grant them strength to persevere through the challenges of life.
And for those of us who have heard the Lord calling us to serve Him, let us not close our hearts and minds to Him, and let us all not ignore His call. Let us instead pray that we may discern what is the path that God had called us to walk on, and follow Him in obedience, serving Him and our fellow brethren in whatever way, be it through our daily contributions in life, and to the most noble cause of all, by dedicating our whole lives entirely to God in answering His call to the sacred priesthood, if we choose to do so.
May God bless us all, and bless our Church, all the multitudes of our priests and bishops, all those in the holy orders, who have given their all for the Lord and His people. May God be with us all, be with His Church, now and forevermore. May our Good Shepherd continue to love us and help us to walk in His path. Amen. | <urn:uuid:04a22827-46ca-4177-ad84-74a309368f95> | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | https://petercanisiusmichaeldavidkang.com/2017/05/06/sunday-7-may-2017-fourth-sunday-of-easter-good-shepherd-sunday-and-vocation-sunday-homily-and-scripture-reflections/ | 2017-09-21T06:47:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818687702.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170921063415-20170921083415-00370.warc.gz | en | 0.985543 | 1,468 |
On the eastern perimeter of Playa Vista, a long-vacant property is finally being developed into a small office and retail complex.
Kor-Ten, as the project is known, is now rising on a wedge-shaped property at the corner of Centinela and Mesmer Avenues. The four-story building will feature approximately 11,600 square feet of offices above 1,200 square feet of ground-floor restaurant space and a parking garage. A terrace level and street-fronting patio will offer more than 1,500 square feet of outdoor space.
Historic aerial images show that the property has been undeveloped as far back as the early 1950s. | <urn:uuid:a066167d-c2af-4e90-83e8-6a4026b8f7d9> | CC-MAIN-2017-47 | https://urbanize.la/post/office-and-retail-building-underway-playa-vista | 2017-11-22T16:51:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-47/segments/1510934806615.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20171122160645-20171122180645-00092.warc.gz | en | 0.954844 | 140 |
I might not be going back to Boston anytime soon, but I wanna share Follain with you anyway, because they just opened a pop-up in New York!
This is my all time favourite natural beauty store. Not only are all the products safe to use, they look, smell and feel great, but the store itself is just so pretty with that French apothecary vibe going on. Just look at that sink!
I love buying beauty products – in general, but also in the US. However the rules for what chemicals are allowed are a lot less strict than in Europe, so navigating the product jungle can be tough. Follain has done the hard work for you, and they carry a lot of interesting brands – many of them I didn’t even know. All products are laid out by category, and not brand, which is a great way to make new discoveries.
So what did I bring home? Find out here.
Follain has two stores in Boston, one in Washington and one in Nantucket. The New York pop-up is located in the heart of Soho at 109 Mercer Street. It will be open through February.
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The testes and accessory sex organs of adult male hamsters regressed to an infantile state when the animals were maintained under natural photoperiodic and temperature conditions beginning November 13. The atrophy was evident after both five and ten weeks exposure to these conditions. Either one or two prolactin‐secreting pituitary grafts placed under the kidney capsule greatly delayed the testicular and accessory organ regression. Animals bearing pituitary grafts also had higher circulating levels of immunoreactive prolactin while plasma luteinizing hormone values were similar in all groups of hamsters.
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Pretty Grunge is the next evolution of Huda’s palettes; Each has previously revealed their own personal story, and this unexpected genre speaks of challenging societal norms and stepping towards new beginnings.
I’ve been a fan of Huda Kattan for years and I had the chance (and was thrilled) to interview her about Huda Beauty’s newest eyeshadow palette, ‘Pretty Grunge’. The new 18 shade palette is meant to be a ‘return to old-school glam with an edgy, modern twist’ – and with Y2K making a comeback this year, it’ll be a palette you’ll want at the top of your Christmas list when it launches at Sephora. It’s November 1st – trust us.
Asking all the questions I’ve wanted to ask Huda for years, I quizzed the gorgeous beauty influencer and makeup mogul about her “pinch me” moment, her earliest makeup-related memory, the best skincare advice she’s ever been given, and three desert island beauty products. among everything else.
Did you expect your brand to achieve such global success?
Honestly, you never know if a business will be successful or not but I believed in myself and knew I had the drive and passion to give it my all and here we are ten years later!
I always had big dreams and the determination to achieve them; I wanted to do something I loved and I believe that’s what makes the business successful. I also took many risks to realize this dream; I left my old career behind and trained as a make-up artist. I created my blog [back] In 2010, with a loan from my sister, I launched a Sephora-exclusive false eyelash collection in 2013; the rest is history. Huda Beauty is a brand made of my passion, my amazing team and the loyalty of my followers.
What has been your ‘pinch me’ moment since launching Huda Beauty?
Oh, I’ve lived so much! I think my biggest one will probably be the week I grow my lashes. We expected to sell the current quantity of lashes in about a year, but they sold out within a week!
What is your earliest skincare or makeup-related memory?
My first memory is watching my sister Alya’s make-up; I fell in love with all the products and techniques. The first products I used on myself were actually from her makeup bag!
What’s the best skincare advice you’ve ever received?
Facial massage! Just a few minutes when you apply your skincare in the morning and evening – there are plenty of tutorials on the internet and its many benefits, including reducing muscle tension, promoting lymphatic drainage and boosting your glow. I find it very relaxing to indulge in some self-care before a busy day or before bed for a good night’s sleep.
Is there anything you’d like to share with your younger self now? Or is it something to your future self?
To my younger self, I would say be prepared to make a lot of sacrifices, which sometimes means missing out on great opportunities. When you really want something you have to work for it; You have to keep pushing and never give up. Follow your passion and stay focused on it.
If you had to choose three desert island beauty items, what would they be and why?
First up will be our Liquid Matte Lipsticks! I’m obsessed with how long-lasting and lightweight the formula is while providing great color payoff. I love all our shades but if I had to choose just one, I’d go with my all-time favourite, ‘Bombshell’.
The second one will be our Easy Bake and Snatch Pressed Shine and Setting Powder because it is so versatile. On low-maintenance days, I only use it under my eyes and in areas that need a little coverage, but I love it so much that I sometimes use it to contour.
Finally, I’ve been a bit 90s trend obsessed lately, especially when it comes to ‘grungey’ looks, so this has to be our new Pretty Grunge Palette!
How do you choose the names of the palettes you create?
Our palettes have different inspirations and mood boards, so the name is often derived from them. Our new Pretty Grunge Palette is inspired by the grunge aesthetic, but I’m a glamor girl, so full grunge isn’t something I’d wear. So we made a change to it! The palette is so versatile with its innovative textures and gorgeously pigmented shades that it can be used to create grunge or glamorous looks, so we combined the two and created ‘Pretty Grunge’!
Where did the inspiration for Pretty Grunge come from? I automatically think of my ‘Avril Lavigne’ days or Kate Moss and Glasto!
Yes! The 90s made a comeback in fashion and beauty. As a brand, we love to put our own spin on beauty trends, so we decided to focus on the grunge aesthetic in general because it’s so empowering and fits our brand identity perfectly. This year I decided to fully accept myself and in doing so we were ready to shake up the beauty industry and break the rules some more! Our Pretty Grunge collection does this by encouraging you to embrace who you are and rebel against stereotypical beauty standards and redefine!
With the Pretty Grunge palette in mind, what was the person or character you hoped it would represent – or could the owner be as creative as they wanted?
That’s the beauty of this palette: whoever has it can be as creative as they want! The important thing is that they are themselves without regret. There’s a ‘careless’ attitude to grunge that I hope everyone will adopt when using the collection!
With so many versatile shades, what’s the most creative way you’ve seen one of your palettes used?
This literally just happened! I saw someone use the NYMPH highlighter to highlight a pumpkin undertone and it was really great. I’ve seen so many people using the shadows to highlight, contour, and for their brows! I love seeing how creative people get with our products.
Huda Beauty’s Pretty Grunge palette offers a versatile range of vampy shades; Perfect for anyone who wants to nail the hottest trends of 2023, like the soft gothic aesthetic or the ‘latte girl’, as well as all the new trends coming in 2024.
Housed in a grunge-inspired case, wearable rich browns, weathered eggplant tones, and sparkling silvers add extra flair; Ready for party season, right? As always, you can expect highly pigmented pressed powders with cashmere-smooth textures – this is the truly modern way to wear a smokey eye. Plus innovative dual chromes and wet black eye gloss, I do not know what it is For a contemporary, artist-led makeover with just a few touches – what more could you ask for?
The Pretty Grunge Palette will be available from Sephora on 1 November 2023 for £62 – so what are you waiting for? This is a palette that will see you through party season and beyond.
Speaking of floor girls, Huda’s sister Mona has recently launched four brand new ‘Oudgasmic’ inspired scents and they’ve completely changed my mind on fragrance ingredients. To get you in the festive spirit, Jo Malone has launched a gorgeous Gingerbread Cologne. Oh, how could we forget to tell you that Glossier’s You now comes in size XL – thank goodness. | <urn:uuid:edb8e6e6-a9e2-4508-a995-7b72fc4eac74> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://biggbossultimate.com/fashion-and-beauty/huda-beauty-launches-pretty-grunge-palette-that-lets-you-embrace-who-you-are/ | 2023-11-29T22:57:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100146.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129204528-20231129234528-00762.warc.gz | en | 0.949088 | 1,664 |
Vitamin A is essential for good health. It promotes growth, the immune system, reproduction, and vision. However, recent research suggests that too much vitamin A, particularly in the form of retinol, may be bad for your bones. This fact sheet explains where we get vitamin A, how much of this important vitamin we need, how it can build up in the body to excessive levels, and how you can assess your own vitamin A intake.
- What Is Vitamin A?
- How Much Vitamin A Do I Need?
- How Does Vitamin A Affect My Bones?
- How Can I Make Sure I Get the Right Amount of Vitamin A?
- Are Some People at Special Risk of Getting Too Much Vitamin A?
- Where Can I Find More Information?
- For Your Information
Vitamin A is a family of compounds that play an important role in vision, bone growth, reproduction, cell division, and cell differentiation. We get vitamin A from a variety of sources. Two of the most common sources are retinol and beta-carotene.
Retinol is sometimes called “true” vitamin A because it is nearly ready for the body to use. Retinol is found in such animal foods as liver, eggs, and fatty fish. It also can be found in many fortified foods, such as breakfast cereals, and in dietary supplements.
Beta-carotene is a precursor for vitamin A. The body needs to convert it to retinol or vitamin A for use. Beta-carotene is found naturally in mostly orange and dark green plant foods, such as carrots, sweet potatoes, mangos, and kale.
The body stores both retinol and beta-carotene in the liver, drawing on this store whenever more vitamin A is needed.
The Institute of Medicine developed the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for vitamin A (retinol). The recommended intakes are listed in International Units (IU) in the table, below:
|Source: Institute of Medicine, 2001.|
|1 to 3||1,000|
|4 to 8||1,320|
|9 to 13||2,000|
|14 to 18||3,000||2,310||2,500||4,000|
The body can convert beta-carotene into vitamin A to help meet these requirements. Although there is no RDA for beta-carotene, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary Supplements recommends eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day, including dark green and leafy vegetables and deep yellow or orange fruits to get appropriate amounts of beta-carotene.
Vitamin A is a family of fat-soluble compounds that play an important role in vision, bone growth, reproduction, cell division, and cell differentiation. Vitamin A is important for healthy bones. However, too much vitamin A has been linked to bone loss and an increase in the risk of hip fracture. Scientists believe that excessive amounts of vitamin A trigger an increase in osteoclasts, the cells that break down bone. They also believe that too much vitamin A may interfere with vitamin D, which plays an important role in preserving bone.
Retinol is the form of vitamin A that causes concern. In addition to getting retinol from their diets, some people may be using synthetic retinoid preparations that are chemically similar to vitamin A to treat acne, psoriasis, and other skin conditions. These preparations have been shown to have the same negative impact on bone health as dietary retinol. Use of these medications in children and teens also has been linked to delays in growth.
Beta-carotene, on the other hand, is largely considered to be safe and has not been linked to adverse effects in bone or elsewhere in the body.
Surveys suggest that most Americans are getting adequate amounts of vitamin A. The Institute of Medicine cautions against daily intakes of retinol above 10,000 IU.
The chart below identifies some common food sources of retinol. Most of the reported cases of vitamin A toxicity have been blamed on the use of supplements. Healthy individuals who eat a balanced diet generally do not need a vitamin A supplement.
|Food Sources of Retinol||Vitamin A (IU)|
|Source: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements|
|Liver, beef, cooked 3 oz.||30,325|
|Liver, chicken, cooked, 3 oz.||13,920|
|Egg substitute, fortified, ¼ cup||1,355|
|Fat-free milk, fortified with vitamin A, 1 cup||500|
|Cheese pizza, ⅛ of a 12-inch pie||380|
|Milk, whole, 3.25% fat, 1 cup||305|
|Cheddar cheese, 1 oz||300|
|Whole egg, 1 medium||280|
Plant sources of beta-carotene are not as well absorbed as the animal sources of vitamin A listed in the chart, but they are still an important source of this vitamin. Dark orange and green vegetables and fruit, including carrots, sweet potatoes, spinach, cantaloupe, and kale are excellent sources of beta-carotene. Because of concerns about the negative effects of too much retinol, some people prefer to eat more foods rich in beta-carotene to satisfy their need for vitamin A.
The 1988–94 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) found high levels of retinol in 5 to 10 percent of the survey participants. Increased levels were more common in men age 30 and older and in women age 50 and older.
Older people who regularly take dietary supplements containing vitamin A may be at higher risk of getting too much vitamin A.
Studies suggest that taking dietary supplements is a common practice among many older adults. However, the routine use of vitamin A supplements, as well as fortified foods, in older men and women is increasingly being questioned. Older adults are at significant risk for osteoporosis and related fractures, and their serum (blood) levels of retinol increase with age. As a result, fortified foods and supplements containing vitamin A in the form of beta-carotene may be a better choice for bone health in this population.
The supplement label provides information about how much vitamin A is provided, in both International Units and as a percentage of the RDA. The list of ingredients will contain information about which forms of vitamin A are included. Other names for retinol include retinyl, palmitate, and retinyl acetate.
For more information on bone health, visit:
NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases ~ National Resource Center
Toll free: 800-624-BONE (2663)
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The remarkable overlooked story of more than 2,000 African-Caribbean soldiers imprisoned in a medieval castle in the 18th century is to be told in a new exhibition by English Heritage.
It comes after more than five years of painstaking research into the men – and 99 women and children – who were transported from St Lucia in 1796 to Portchester castle, which overlooks Portsmouth harbour.
All were black soldiers and their dependants, freed from slavery by the French in 1794 and fighting for France against the British.
Among the names were Louis Delgrès, General Marinier and his wife Eulalie Piemont and Charlotte Pedre and her husband Jean-Louis Marin. Curator Abigail Coppins said that discovering individual identities had been astonishing.
She said: “At a time when the entire black population of Britain was roughly 10-15,000 our exhibition completely turns the tables of the views of the period.
“These were not slaves, but free men and women, fighting and in some cases dying for a cause they believed in. Research is on-going but these names and this exhibition restores a forgotten chapter of black history in England’s story.”
The story of the prisoners of war is fascinating and little-known. After the French Revolution, slavery had been brought to an end on the islands of Guadeloupe, St Lucia and St Vincent and many of those families joined the fight against the British.
In 1796, Fort Charlotte, a fort on St Lucia, surrendered to the British, which meant more than 2,000 African-Caribbean soldiers and their families came into their care.
As was the convention of the time they were treated as prisoners of war to potentially be traded in exchange for British PoWs.
They were brought across the Atlantic in a convoy of ships, arriving on the Solent as winter began setting in. It would have been a complete culture shock. If the contrasting weather and diet were not bad enough, they were also bullied by European prisoners already being detained in the castle.
Coppins said there were attempts at compassion with, for example, the prison doctor insisting on the prisoners being fed more potatoes because it was the nearest he could think of to yams. At some point they were moved from the castle to two brand new prison hulks, Captivity and Vigilant, moored close by.
By the end of 1797, most of the PoWs appear to have been dispersed, with some going on to form part of a battalion of black pioneers which saw action in France, Italy and Russia. Some even ended up fighting for the British navy.
Coppins first came across the story by accident. “It was a long cold winter and I’d been repacking the archeological files from the castle and I’d had enough of Roman animal bones,” she said.
She turned her attention to the Napoleonic period, when the castle was used as a detention centre for prisoners of war. “What little I did find out stopped me in my tracks ... I just hadn’t realised how many different nationalities were imprisoned or interned at the castle.”
Sifting through archives, Coppins has managed to put names to people who have fallen through the gaps of history.
The most famous of the names she has discovered is Captain Louis Delgrès, who later became leader of the resistance movement in Guadeloupe, fighting the reinstatement of slavery by Napoleon.
He and his followers died in horrible circumstances in 1802. Facing defeat, he ignited his gunpowder stores knowing that they all would be killed but it would also kill many French soldiers.
Coppins said discovering the identities was an important exercise. “It is almost impossible to find images of the soldiers but by giving them names you give them their place in history and their relevance.”
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If You Had a Father…
…and you did, if you’re still standing in this world. Mine is a good man, who worked hard, because that’s what a real man did for his family. He had one little boy, then another, and a third, and finally my mother got an ally, my baby sis. Dad was a basketball star, a talented carpenter and cabinetmaker who built our first house with his own hands in his “spare time.” If he was quiet, he was affectionate and a mountain to aspire to as a child.
We wanted to be like him. We were in awe of him, And he was there, always there. Even if he traveled, he always came back. Not all Fathers live up to that, but if they don’t, they aren’t really Fathers. The fathers God gives always show up, hang in there, are there for you. Yours might have been Uncle Joe or Grandpa or somebody you weren’t related to, but they always came back.
My wife had a father like that—engineer, Dale Carnegie graduate, never came out of the room without being dressed for work at the mill. No complaining, no excuses. If it’s hard, overcome it. If it’s broken, fix it. If you can pay for it, it isn’t a problem. We’re in this world to do for others, not ourselves.
These two men, along with a pretty long list of men who “fathered” me in sports, church and school, grandfathers and neighbors and Sunday School teachers, fathered me. “Fathering,” to me is this: you take responsibility for the people you love. You protect the weak. You help and defend the helpless. You stand up for what’s right and mend what’s wrong.
Fathering means helping little boys and girls know what a good man acts like. It means sacrificing, working, helping and coaching. It means helping them grow up when you’re still growing up yourself. It means doing whatever you can for your children because they come first.
If you had a father, and if you’re functional, you did. Even if that father wasn’t your biological Dad. If a man adopted you, looked Read the rest of this entry
I see a dearth of storytelling power, almost an absence in our current public life. We have become a culture of three word slogans, name-calling, distortion and manipulation.
This summer, I decided to preach a series of sermons in dialogue with children’s books. I heard another pastor last year at the Mercer Preaching Consultation in Chattanooga tell about the joy of doing such a series, and I wrote a note then that I wanted to try it.
I will have a Pastor’s time with the children in every service, and we will read from a children’s book. I will post top lists of books for children on our church website for parents, including a list from the New York Public Library list of the most read Read the rest of this entry
I’d want them to know my love was so strong that no matter how bad it gets,
how far down they go, who leaves them and abandons them, I won’t.13Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, but others Elijah, and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven. 18And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. 19I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” 20Then he sternly ordered the disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
Looking at a newborn is a pretty overwhelming reality. It is the age we are in. Vickie and I were sitting outside in the
waiting room, getting more anxious by the moment for our daughter and her husband and a little one. Being born is
dangerous, not guaranteed, and full of anxiety, no matter what reassurances we are given. In fact, the greatest advice from the OB to our daughter the last two months was, “Don’t Google.”
We don’t know how to know what to do with all the information. In the old days, they took the mother, the father paced outside, and the baby arrived. It was the first inkling of what you had—boy or girl. No paint colors until you knew.
Now, you have more knowledge about this infant than the NSA has of your cell phone. But what to make of it? Truth is, there is still a place where we cannot intrude with knowledge, and it is the miracle of life itself.
But don’t get me wrong. It’s great to know. And here’s how we got the word. We’re sitting there, grandparents, waiting, worrying, praying. Getting texts from our kids and friends—praying for you, hoping, let us know, that sort of thing. And we occupy ourselves by answering these as we wait. Naturally, we are watching the other occupants of the room. A waiting room is pure democracy. Rich, poor, well-dressed and barely dressed, country and city, every Read the rest of this entry
A mother is a miracle, certainly why any of us were born,
and the main reason most of us have survived to tell about it.
A mother is a miracle, certainly why any of us were born, and the main reason most of us have survived to tell about it. We are among the weakest of all creatures when you think how long it takes us to live on our own. We have to have nurture and protection long after being (spoiler alert) hatched/delivered. Each mom devotes nine months to getting us safely here, nine months of her life, bodily resources, and emotional stability. They eat for us, drink for us, and carry us.
When we arrive we become the center of their life energy for years to come and a source of worry and anxiety for our happiness until the day they die or lose their faculties for good. There are bad mothers, mean mothers, damaged goods mothers and mentally ill mothers, but the adjectives merely beg the case. “Mother” without a descriptor automatically assumes what we know—that God endowed nature to give us one who would delight forever in our mere being and be there for us in our stumbles. They are the first and most lasting transmitters of human culture and spiritual values.
There are those whose loss of motherhood before it began will be their deepest source of sadness and loss. Today is a hard, hard day for them, for there is in their heart and mind the longing that has left such crushing disappointment. So the task of life is to redirect this most powerful and radiant energy to other acts of love—toward nephews and nieces, neighbors and orphans, teaching and doting upon the children of the world. The world needs mothering. It doesn’t have to be one on one.
I have been born once on this earth and was fortunate to have a mother who always wanted the best for her children, celebrated our victories and took our side with utter and unrelenting bias in every conflict. Today in America many whose mothers have died will shed a tear and smile more than once to remember someone who was forever their home base when “it” came to get them. When Mom passed away, the shelter over their head was gone forever and they took her place.
Join me in gratitude for mothers, each and every one, those who birthed and raised us, those who helped fill the void by loving us if a mother didn’t or couldn’t. Mothering is pure grace. A good mother loved you from the first stirrings inside. She recognized you the moment your eyes met. And if, per chance, your mother did no more than give you life, celebrate that and look around. If you’re still standing, some Mother Life somehow got to you—by a Mom who chose you, a family member who took care of you, a teacher or a neighbor who took you under wing and helped.
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Pfizer has already profited billions of dollars from the COVID-19 pandemic, and it plans to do so for years to come via annual vaccinations and sales of its antiviral pill Paxlovid.
The company doubled its revenue from 2020 to 2021, bringing in more than $81 billion, and also gained a large foothold in the American regulatory process, according to Kaiser Health News. CEO Albert Bourla and other top executives have said they plan to continue taking advantage of the COVID-19 market for the foreseeable future.
“Hopefully, we could be giving it annually and maybe for some groups that are high-risk more often,” Bourla told investors earlier this year, referring to COVID-19 booster shots and vaccines tailored to specific variants. “Then you have the treatment [Paxlovid] that will, let’s say, resolve the issues of those that are getting the disease.”
Some patients have experienced issues with “rebound” infections with Paxlovid, cases where they begin experiencing stronger symptoms again after completing their series of the antiviral pill. That won’t stop Pfizer from selling millions more doses though, executives said.
“People are going to get out there,” the president of Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group, Angela Hwang, said in May. “We know with all of that, infections are going to increase, and that’s the role that Paxlovid can play.”
In that investor call, Dr. Mikael Dolsten described immunocompromised patients as an “opportunity growth area.” The company is now approaching Paxlovid’s failure to neutralize the virus as an opportunity to give patients more courses.
The Biden administration has agreed to purchase 105 million doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, the US Department of Health announced. The purchase includes both adult and child vaccines and is likely to be delivered early fall.https://t.co/uq9D9JBVxA
— CNN (@CNN) June 30, 2022
“[They] may carry this virus for a very, very long time,” he said. “And we see that area as a real new opportunity growth area for Paxlovid to do very well, where you may need to take multiple courses.”
In addition to making more than a projected $50 billion in revenue in 2022 from the vaccine and Paxlovid, Pfizer is now exerting an outsized influence over federal agencies like the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to Kaiser.
Leaders at the company have often been ahead of public health officials when it comes to guiding the response to the pandemic, such as when Bourla announced in the summer of 2021, months before public health officials, that Americans would likely soon need a booster shot.
Bourla was also several months ahead of the FDA in suggesting that Americans will need annual booster shots.
Profitability could surge even further. Bourla said the price of both Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and Paxlovid will increase in the future, once society is past the pandemic period to “reflect the cutting-edge technology.”
Another way Pfizer has exerted influence over the federal government is via political donations. It made around $3 million in donations during the 2020 election cycle, more than any other drug company. It has also spent more than $25 million in lobbying, going to 19 different firms, since early 2020.
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Volunteers are those persons doing University work under the direction and control of University officials and do not receive payment by anyone for these activities.
The University’s insurance program, administered by the State of Arizona, Risk Management Division covers liability arising from the acts of ‘registered’ volunteers while providing service to the University in an authorized capacity. This coverage will provide legal defense for claims made against the registered volunteer for alleged harm to others or damage to property of others. Settlement of claims and/or payment of court judgments are made by the State of Arizona, Risk Management Division and/or Arizona Attorney General’s Office on behalf of Northern Arizona University. This insurance program is statutory, governed by Arizona Revised Statutes §41-621, et seq.
Liability coverage is extended to ‘registered’ volunteers acting at the direction of University officials and within the course and scope of their State-authorized activities (refer to Arizona Administrative Code R2-10-107B and “Who Is Covered” from State Risk Management). Registered volunteers (agents of the University) are provided the same liability protection afforded to University employees. Thus, registered volunteers acting within the course and scope of their State authorized activities would be covered for their liability exposure as agents of the State.
To become a registered volunteer, the volunteer and his/her NAU supervisor must complete and submit a Volunteer Registration Form to Property and Liability Insurance Services (P.O. Box 4067). Forms are also available at Property and Liability Insurance Services by contacting the Insurance Officer at 523-2009; office is located at Contracting and Purchasing Services (bldg 47A).
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Volunteers must be 18 years of age or older, unless prior written approval is obtained from NAU Human Resources. If a volunteer is under 18 years of age, written approval from Human Resources must be attached to the Volunteer Registration Form and submitted to the Insurance Officer at NAU Property and Liability Insurance Services, P.O. Box 4067. In addition, the Parent or Legal Guardian must complete the Minors Consent Form Programs, sign and date, and submit the form to NAU Property and Liability Insurance Services prior to commencement of activity. Contact the Insurance Officer at (928) 523-2009 for more information.
Departments should plan for the safety of volunteers just as they would regular employees. Volunteers that are appropriately equipped and qualified should be performing tasks that require special training, certification, or equipment. If a volunteer’s duties include driving on University business, the department must verify the volunteer has a valid driver’s license and require the volunteer be van certified if he/she will be driving a 9-12 passenger van on University business.
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Every student at some point during their educational journey has questioned the classroom material and wondered when they will use it in a real life situation. With applied learning projects at Minnesota School of Business-Brooklyn Center, students do not have to ask this question because the classroom material truly is preparing each student for situations they may encounter in the workplace.
Michael Zdychnec, health care management executive program chair, taught the Hospital Administration class at the Brooklyn Center campus and found a perfect real life situation for his students to examine.
Earlier in the year, South Dakota-based Sanford Health Systems announced they would be pursuing a potential merger with Minnesota-based Fairview Health Systems. The announcement created quite a stir in the health care community as it was looked upon as an out-of-state health care organization attempting to move into Minnesota. Politicians, health care professionals, and Minnesota citizens were trying to figure out the real motivation.
The Hospital Administration class was given the assignment of analyzing the merger as consultants, through their made-up MSB Consulting organization, then presenting their findings to the Senior Partners of the firm (Zdychnec, as well as, Jerry Lovrien, the former network dean of healthcare management for Globe Education Network).
The students worked together as a team to gather the information they needed and collaborated to formulate their recommendations. Since several of the students were from other campuses, including one student from the Eau Claire, Wisconsin, campus, they used technology to communicate, share information, and develop their report and presentation.
Despite the fact that the actual merger fell through because of political reasons, the class felt the merger would have been good for Minnesota. It would have added a new component to the competitive environment and provided Fairview the resources it needed to improve its business position.
According to Zdychnec, “This was a good project for the class. Health care employers are looking for individuals who can critically think, who can work together in teams, and who can manage projects even when they may not be able to physically be in the same location all the time. It also allowed them to look beyond the existing politics and develop recommendations based on what is best for a client or customer. The students were able to take the information that they had learned in class and apply it to a real-world situation.”
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How Do Various Minorities Leaders Differ In Their Leadership Approaches?
To me, there are no differences between the leadership approaches of minorities and majorities leaders. The minorities’ leaders also have their own leadership style depending on their traits and circumstances like all other leaders in the world. Leaders perform their roles in a wide multiplicity of styles, such as autocratic, democratic, participatory, laissez-faire (hands off), etc. Frequently the leadership style depends on the state of affairs, together with the life cycle of the association.
There are circumstances where the Laissez-Faire leadership style can be successful. The Laissez-Faire technique is generally only suitable when leading a team of greatly aggravated and accomplished people, who have created outstanding performance in the past. Once leader either from minorities or majorities has recognized that one’s team is convinced, competent and provoked, it is frequently most excellent to step back and let them get on with the assignment, since interference can cause bitterness and detract from their success. (Dessler, 2001) By handing over possession, a leader can authorize one’s group to attain their objectives.
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The autocratic leader controls team-members, using unilateralism to attain a singular goal. This approach to leadership in general results in submissive confrontation from team members and requires persistent force and route from the leader in order to get assignments finished. Commonly, an authoritarian leadership style is not a superior way to get the paramount performance from a group of people. (Bridges, 2000)
There are, though, a few illustrations where an autocratic style of leadership may not be unsuitable. Some circumstances may call for imperative action, and in these situations an autocratic style of leadership may be finest. Additionally, most people are proverbial with autocratic leadership and consequently have fewer troubles accepting this style.
The democratic leader either from minorities or majorities finalizes decisions by discussing with the team, despite the fact that still sustaining authority on the group. The democratic leader permits his team to make a decision how the assignment will be handled and who will carry out which assignment.
In conclusion, there are no differences between the leadership approaches of minorities and majorities leaders,
Bridges, William, and Susan Mitchell Bridges, (Spring 2000), "Leading Transition: A New Model for Change" Leader to Leader. 16: 30-36.
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The Government has announced an amendment to the currently pending Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill that is certain to bring fluoridation to Hawke’s Bay’s municipally delivered drinking water.
Currently none of our local councils are fluoridating our water, with Hastings having currently devoted its delivery system to chlorine, with fluoridation planned to resume after infrastructure upgrade.
The Bill had been drafted to transfer authority for this decision from local councils to District Health Boards – i.e., from one politically sensitive body to another, leaving outcomes uncertain.
However this week Associate Health Minister Dr Ayesha Verrall announced an amendment to shift that authority instead to the Director-General of Health, currently the esteemed Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
Said Dr Verrall: “The Bill was introduced into the House in 2016. Given that fluoridating our drinking water is widely recognised as the single-most important initiative to improve oral health, I expect this Bill to pass this year.
“Local Councils are responsible for the capital and operational costs of fluoridation. There will be funding available to support local councils with fluoridation related infrastructure work.”
There is no doubt what the Government wants to see done. From Dr Verrall’s statement:
“Around 6,500 children under the age of nine were admitted to hospital for tooth decay and associated infections in 2019.
“The Fluoridation Bill as a whole recognises water fluoridation is a health-related issue. Right now only around 2.3 million New Zealanders have access to fluoridated drinking water.
“Community water fluoridation is a proven public health measure that will make a big difference to children’s wellbeing.
“The current level of fluoride found naturally in our water supplies is not enough to prevent tooth decay.
“’Topping up’ fluoride levels allows the well-established health benefits to reach all New Zealanders, especially our children, Māori and Pacific populations and people in our poorer communities.
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It has been 106 days since Julian Assange was illegally evicted from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London and arrested brutally by London’s Metro police. He has been incarcerated against 2 UN rulings. Imprisoned for using his right to free speech and press freedom to expose the U.S. militarys crimes against humanity, he has suffered for over 7 years. While his health deteriorated and he was psychologically tortured, he still continued to publish documents in the public interest.
The U.N. special rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, has called for his release to no avail. Stating that: “In 20 years of work with victims of war, violence and political persecution, I have never seen a group of democratic states ganging up to deliberately isolate, demonize and abuse a single individual for such a long time.”
He also has stated that Assange shows all the signs of prolonged psychological torture. Within weeks of Assange’s arrest, he was admitted to the Belmarsh Prison’s hospital ward for such a drastic loss of weight. Though his weight was stabilized, Krisstin Hraffnsson the editor of Wikileaks said at his last visit Assange was still on the medical unit.
Everything in this case so far has been illegal and either a case of human rights violations or a criminal act against international laws. Yet the U.S. and U.K. continue to violate the rights of individuals and the press by holding him hostage though he is an innocent man. The 18 indictments filed against him by the U.S. DOJ are preposterous and are against the U.S. Constitution, namely the 1st amendment.
While Assange is slowly assassinated, the media continues it’s smearing of one of its own in a murderous surge of propaganda. MSM has become an agent of the corrupt corporate owned government. With politicians being selected rather than elected, it is up to the average person to stand up and fight this tyrranical act of injustice.
Your hatred is misdirected at one another and needs to be focused on those who use our tax dollars to murder the innocent, steal from the poor and hide it behind the word “classified.” It is an outrage and a despicable act of tyranny to set such a precedent against our right to know as well as our legal rights as citizens.
If we do not have real investigative journalists exposing the injustices and rights violations, the elite will only increase in power and will never be held accountable for their evil. You cannot count on your leaders to represent you. You must stand up for yourselves. No one will return your rights without a fight.
Julian Assange is a man who has risked his life and his future to help those who cannot help themselves. He only wanted justice for the torturous war crimes an empire committed in act of cruelty towards mankind to steal their resources and chaotically take over. In a bad replica of Star Wars, the empire wants to take over the world by annihilating anyone who opposes it’s domination. Assange fought it the only way he knew how to peacefully. He published their deceit. In return, they intend to destroy him. By destroying him and Wikileaks, they can continue their intentions of overtaking any country who opposes them without any fear of retribution.
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The band contests are also held in Ashton (outside the Broadoak Hotel and at Ashton United football ground) as well as in nearby towns such as Dukinfield, Stalybridge and Droylsden. The contests are held in a number of the villages in the Saddleworth area, too, and brass bands from around the country, and even from overseas, tour round in coaches trying to play at as many contests as they can in the time.
This photo above shown a band that is close to home - Mossley Band playing at the Upper Mossley contest, with a backdrop of the Pennine hills. After playing as they marched along Market Street, the band played a test piece in the arena before jumping into their coach to play at other locations.
Each band might get around to 10 or 12 contests in the evening and each venue attracts something like 40 bands, with some of the more popular venues seeing considerably more. Towards the end of the evening the bands end up marching and playing in the dark, although the arena is lit up by floodlights.
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What confuses me is this reference on page 11 of the advanced rules under Fleet Construction Etiquette: “Carriers and their Aircraft squadrons can attack enemy units anywhere on the battle map, but you’ll have to pay for them twice: once for the Carrier, and once for each squadron you assign to it.” :?
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RE: A&A WaS Carrier Question
A&A WaS Carrier Question
In War at Sea, when we are assembling a fleet, how do you count the costs of carriers and their aircraft?
For instance, I have HMS Ark Royal (22) and SBD Dauntless (13) and I want to base my Dauntless squadron on the carrier.
Is the cost: 1) simply 35 (22+13); 2) do you have to count the carrier an additional time for each squadron based there 59 (22+22+13); or do you count the squadron twice 48 (22+13+13).
Your help is appreciated.
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This Strawberry Banana Smoothie is a delicious way to get more fruit into your day. I love having it for breakfast, or as a mid-afternoon snack, because it tastes like such a treat! Even my kids love this one. It’s a great “beginner smoothie” if you’re trying to make one for the first time.
How to Make a Strawberry Banana Smoothie
To make this Strawberry Banana Smoothie, you’ll need a blender and about 5 minutes of time. All you have to do is blend the ingredients together until smooth, then make any adjustments that you see fit once you taste it.
Because fruits can vary in sweetness, you might need to add a little sweetener one day, but not the next. When you make a smoothie at home, you’re in charge of the flavor, so keep in mind that you can always tweak each batch to suit your tastes.
Do You Have to Use Frozen Fruit in Smoothies?
This recipe calls for frozen fruit because I find that to be the most convenient and the most affordable. I love how frozen fruit gives this Strawberry Banana Smoothie a thick and slushy texture, almost like a milkshake.
However, you can use fresh strawberries and bananas, if you prefer! You’ll need to use much less liquid when using fresh fruit, so start with 1/2 cup of liquid and add more as needed. If you want a frozen, slushy-texture for your smoothie to mimic using frozen fruit, try adding a cup or more of ice until it’s as thick as you’d like it to be.
When freezing bananas, make sure you peel them prior to freezing so that you can easily add them to a smoothie later. It’s nearly impossible to get the peel off after freezing. (Trust me.) If you don’t have a high-speed blender, but the bananas into coins before adding them to the blender for easier blending. I usually freeze my bananas whole and then break them in half before adding them, as my Vitamix can break them down easily.
Are Smoothies Good for Weight Loss?
In my opinion, yes, smoothies are great for weight loss! When you make a smoothie at home, you control what goes into it. That means you don’t have to worry about things like frozen yogurt or sugary “bases” being used in your smoothie, like some chain smoothie stores do.
I like to use smoothies like this one as a meal replacement, so it’s a great alternative to a heavier breakfast. Smoothies are a great source of fiber, vitamins and minerals, and they can help keep you hydrated.
If you’re concerned about the sugar in fruit, sure you read why I don’t limit my fruit intake. One study mentioned in that article shares that eating fruit actually promotes weight loss, compared to another group that limited their fruit intake.
How to Make a Strawberry Banana Smoothie (1-Minute Video):
Strawberry Banana Smoothie
- 1 cup frozen strawberries
- 1 frozen banana , cut into pieces
- 1 cup milk (I use almond milk)
- 1/2 cup orange juice (or use more milk )
- 1 Medjool date , pitted (or 1 tablespoon honey), if needed for sweetness
- Add the strawberries, banana, milk, orange juice, and date for sweetness, if desired, and blend until smooth. Taste and adjust anything as needed, then serve right away.
- Leftover smoothie can be poured into mini ice pop molds for a frozen treat later.
Strawberry Banana Smoothie Nutrition (for the whole batch): Calories: 308; Fat: 4g; Carbohydrates: 69g; Fiber: 8g; Protein: 4g
You can use any other type of fruit to replace the strawberries or bananas, just keep in mind that you’ll need to use similar amounts to get a similar milkshake-texture. Mixed berries can be used, but keep in mind that raspberries have seeds that will wind up in the final texture, and my kids don’t like that.
I like using orange juice in this smoothie to give it a little boost of sweetness and a slightly tart flavor, but if you leave it out the smoothie will be less-sweet and much more mild in flavor.
More Smoothie Recipes:
- My Go-To Smoothie for Kids
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- Peanut Butter & Jelly Smoothie
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
- Chocolate Avocado Smoothie
- Coffee Smoothie (like a frappuccino!)
- Dragon Fruit Smoothie
- Low Sugar Smoothies
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In the December 2011 issue of Ceci magazine, Shin Se Kyung takes a little break and takes off her hanbok from Deep Rooted Tree to graces the cover of Ceci as “snow goddess”. Shin Se Kyung who is considered one of the “bagel girls” in Korea, wore clothing in snow white color series, showing her slim body with the innocent and elegant aura of Snow White.
The response of the fans who have not seen her doll-like beauty is intense. Ceci magazine also specially published the cover in two editions with Shin Se Kyung as cover girl. And the image of Shin Se Kyung has made people to associate her with Snow Queen, appearing with pure and elegant charm in mysterious atmosphere.
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Moringa and The Beverage Industry
Unique creative beverages are on the horizon. At Mixer Direct, we strive to understand the current trends in the food and beverage market. One factor that is driving beverage consumption at this time is health-conscious consumers. Gym culture has fueled the increasing popularity and consumption of smoothies, health supplements, infused waters and teas. Many people depend on their plant based drinks to help curb their appetite, and give them the necessary fiber to digest their food quickly and stay healthy.
Another notable current trend in this market is beverage specialization. Offering various flavor options and specialty drinks will help customers choose their unique drinks with the menu that is already in place. This way customers are introduced to new beneficial ingredients and featured flavors.
Inline with the aforementioned health-conscious consumer, consumers are keen to follow the super-nutrient market. One such super-nutrient is Moringa. Its health value is being contrasted with the likes of Kale and Matcha. The Moringa tree is most commonly grown in India. This interesting plant is poised to have an impact on the beverage, food, and health industry for reasons that will be discussed throughout this article. Moringa is being celebrated globally for its perceived benefits.
The Moringa tree is a plant loaded with vitamins and nutrients. The plant is also grown in regions like South Asia, West Africa, and South America. The plant is also grown in areas that are resistant to drought such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. A few world health organizations are working to distribute the Moringa plant to malnourished countries around the world.
One of the biggest questions surround Moringa are in regards to its nutritional benefits. It is believed to be high in protein, calcium, iron, vitamin C, and antioxidants. Moringa is currently being studied for its potentially preventative properties and treatment capabilities as it relates to diabetes. Many foreign countries use Moringa in many medicines to help treat joint pain, digestive issues, high blood pressure, kidney stones, parasitic infections, and in some cases can lower cholesterol levels as well.
Moringa powder is an increasingly popular product online and its users have reviewed the product noting a myriad of positive comments. The results of the product vary, but the overwhelming response to the powder is overwhelmingly positive. Some customers noted that they experienced an energy boost and a curb in their appetite. Other customers saw potential cosmetic benefits. Most people appear to be adding Moringa powder to their salads, smoothies, teas, energy bars, soups, salads, smoothies, dietary supplements, and tea bags. | <urn:uuid:0e2839f8-5709-4bc4-8b7b-b80090f1cbb6> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://www.mixerdirect.com/blogs/mixer-direct-blog/moringa-and-the-beverage-industry | 2021-07-28T00:30:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153515.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20210727233849-20210728023849-00240.warc.gz | en | 0.958851 | 535 |
ttha at uhura.cc.rochester.edu
Thu May 25 13:32:29 EST 1995
In <3q0ct5$bu2 at neuro.usc.edu> william at neuro.usc.edu (Fiberman) writes:
>Anyone out there know how to calibrate Gilson pipetmen? Do I need a
>special tool to do this? Appreicate any help.
Here in Rochester one of the companies we get our tips from has a service
where they will recondition Gilsons for $40 each. For do-it-yourselfers,
Rainin sells a calibration tool for early model pipetters (the ones with
3 brass hex nuts on one thumb ring and three silver nuts on the other).
I don't know if they sell a tool for the newer models (with lots of little
round holes on the top of the thumb rings.
To do it yourself, you will also need some o-rings and seals.
Tom Thatcher | You can give a PC to a Homo habilis,
University of Rochester Cancer Center | and he'll use it, but he'll use it
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See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
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‘Lord, open my eyes to see it. Fill me with your life giving, resurrection power. I renounce the powers of death and sin that bind me. I declare your authority and your lordship over my life. Come and reign in men, Lord Jesus. You are My Lord, my King, my Savior. Your blood has washed me from all my sins. Come and fill me with your Holy Spirit. I want to live in you now. Amen.’
"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. "This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. "You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
Solomon the son of David established himself in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great. Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to all the leaders in all Israel, the heads of fathers' houses. And Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon, for the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness, was there. (But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.) Moreover, the bronze altar that Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the Lord. And Solomon and the assembly sought it out. ... Christian Wall Art | <urn:uuid:2ef58f44-7f5d-4e0c-8e9b-2c761efdc756> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://getyourdream.info/big-christian-louboutin-wall-art-.html | 2019-11-19T03:00:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496669967.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20191119015704-20191119043704-00308.warc.gz | en | 0.97745 | 1,131 |
SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
One of 2012’s best ‘feel-good’ films Silver Linings Playbook (Happiness Therapy in France) hit French theaters yesterday. Bradley Cooper (The Words) stars as Pat Solitano, a recently-released mental patient who suffers from a bipolar disorder, alongside Jennifer Lawrence (The Hunger Games), playing Tiffany Maxwell, a troubled young widow. The film centers around Pat and Tiffany’s struggles as they work to piece their lives back together through their budding relationship, their family, and the art of dance! Directed by David O. Russell (I Heart Huckabees) and nominated for a slew of Academy Awards, this uplifting film portrays the state of mental health in America in a way that’s neither cheesy nor cynical. Also released this week is Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated historical drama Lincoln. Set during the American Civil War, and starring Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood) as Abraham Lincoln, this film turns the spotlight on a pivotal point in American history, when the nation needed to make a crucial decision on slavery. Seven Psychopaths, a black comedy written and directed by Martin McDonagh (In Bruges), is also worth checking out. | <urn:uuid:48f9a623-251a-48fc-9de2-226d5ada6bfd> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | http://www.gogocityguides.com/silver-linings-playbook/ | 2022-09-30T07:01:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335444.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220930051717-20220930081717-00777.warc.gz | en | 0.921948 | 268 |
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) is the electronic exchange of business documents between two businesses, called trading partners. These documents are exchanged using a standardized format that allows the business systems to communicate with each other. Sometimes the trading partners require their documents to be translated into the standardized format so that they can clearly communicate with the other trading partner. They will use an EDI translator to interpret their data for the other system. They can either use in-house software or an EDI Provider, like MicroD, to translate their data for them.
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The purchaser creates the order, inputting the procurement details.
The purchaser’s system sends this information to the vendor’s system.
A P.O. acknowledgment is created in the vendor’s system and sent back to the purchaser system immediately.
P.O. acknowledgment is reconciled with the P.O. and an exception report is immediately created.
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