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LIMITED RUN OF 50 JUNIOR MASKS, RED AND WHITE DESIGN ONLY
Kindly sponsored by SK Kits.
Due to extremely popular demand, and given the recent news that it will be compulsory for shoppers in England to wear them from 24th July onwards, we are delighted to be launching our official Altrincham F.C. face mask.
Produced by our kit partner SK Kits, the mask body is constructed from the same material as the replica shirts, making it machine washable and therefore, reusable!
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Daisy by Maria Frick
I met Daisy several years ago in beautiful Marblehead, Massachusetts. At a party with more than 40 guests where I knew no-one but the host, and him barely, Daisy was a refreshing acquaintance. When I heard she’d studied theater in Germany, I knew immediately that here was a woman who was not satisfied with the average, who did the unusual. It turned out that Daisy lived about 5 minutes from my house in Brookline, but in those early years of our friendship I met her maybe once a quarter. Her life was a whirlwind of activities, rich and full and charging forward. One day, I wanted to invite her to breakfast and ended up with an accidental house guest insteadwhile Daisy went to play tennis. The house guest of course was no less than a movie director who had been visiting for Daisy’s yearly Academy Award Party.
The arduous belief in the things she does-be it tennis or swimming, sign language or screen writing-is manifest in the vigor and energy this woman commands. It is embodied in her presence: it is impossible to listen to her voice, to sit facing her without being on fire, without feeling alive and passionate. She manages to strike a chord in me, echoing my ideas, but giving them shape and perspective. Her laughter is contagious,loud and clear and full of genuine joy. Whatever you ask her, you will get a straightforward answer, a strong opinion one way or the other. To me, a foreigner in this country and not at ease with many aspects of its society, the life experiences of this woman nearly 15 years my senior have been and are precious and invaluable.
And it is Life that Daisy knows so well to embrace. An avid traveler and free-lance writer, her mind never stands still. She is always off to another part of the world, if only in her dreams. And she shares her experiences with frankness, without pretense. One day, I found myself at a Pro-Choice demonstration at the Arlington Gardens with her, stupefied. It was the year that Ross Perot appeared on the scene. Nobody could have been a better teacher than Daisy, explaining everything from national politics to local talk show hosts, the woes of this country but also its greatness. She knows to look within, to listen and observe, but will always reach out,giving and taking, learning from and enriching the world around her.
She found the time to marry and buy a house but the spirit in her hasn’t changed. Always on the look-out for the unconventional, she would rather cross the Atlantic on a freighter than fret about fixing up the house. It is not only her spirited lifestyle that I admire, but what got her to where she is:the courage to quit her full-time agency job and launch a free-lance writing career. Daisy is the ultimate proof to me that it is possible to succeed as an artist, to do the work you love and earn a living too! She will probably tell you that it is not always easy, that she sometimes takes on assignments that she’d rather not, but all in all she is managing well, an incredible inspiration to others to follow their calling and listen to their heart.
Maria Frick is a German linguist and would-be writer. She is paying her bills by managing localization projects in the high-tech world of Silicon Valley. Otherwise, she is dreaming about following Daisy’s example — if only she could summon the courage.
The whole idea that some one can set a goal or body image is wierd..Sometimes I look at myself in the mirror and stare. I’ve tried everything to understand how other people see me…but in the end it’s just me. | <urn:uuid:9344c1c6-8e86-4206-abe6-6050f32dd987> | CC-MAIN-2016-36 | http://www.about-face.org/take-action/your-voice/daisy-by-maria-frick/ | 2016-08-25T07:51:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-36/segments/1471982292975.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160823195812-00182-ip-10-153-172-175.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976635 | 776 |
This time last year I was afraid. I was afraid of all the things I still didn’t know, of the people that might harm me and of the things I would lose when I decided to study at a university so far away from home.
This time last year I was juggling between new friends and not-so-new friends; gathering people who, just like me, were alone in a new environment. Testing the waters and trying to learn who would leave after the party or who would stay to clean up the mess.
This time last year I was a fool; thinking I could survive in a competitive school with just the limited knowledge I had.
I pretended that the little time I used for studying was enough to pass my exams and to succeed in my chosen course.
This time last year I was thrilled. Thrilled to try the different things in life I could do and I could learn. The places I could go to and the money I could spend on useless things that would never last, not even taking into consideration the sacrifice that my parents were doing to provide all those luxuries and the work they had to endure.
This time last year I was confused. I didn’t know what I wanted. I didn’t give enough attention to my priorities and the promises that I’ve made. I didn’t know that the time I was wasting could have been used on things which mattered.
This time last year I was in love. At least I thought I was. I was obsessing over a person who didn’t give a fuck at all. I wasted my time trying to become someone I wasn’t, just so I could get the attention I wanted. I made things difficult for me and my friends, ultimately leading some of them away and some even against me.
This time last year I was nineteen. Back then I thought everything was falling apart, that the universe was against me in all aspects of life. I thought I was being punished for being foolish, for being insecure. I was wrong. It was teaching me a lesson.
Now, a year later, I look back on everything that happened. I realize that without them all, I wouldn’t be the person I am today, writing on this blog.
It’s funny how time can change who you are and what you feel without you noticing it. It may surprise you when you realize that just a minute ago, you were a freshman, touring the campus and discovering the wonders of college. Then suddenly, you’re a sophomore, already a veteran in the battle of life, already prepared for what’s coming next.
Whatever it is that you are currently experiencing would certainly be a funny or a painful memory in just a few weeks. And whether you like it or not, time will catch up to you no matter how fast you run. You will realize that yesterday will be a part of the past, something that you can always look back at but can never go back to.
Everything happens for a reason and it either hurts you or saves you. When time passes by every bit of those feelings would turn into a photo displayed or a diary entry forever kept in your personal drawers, until you look at it again. So if ever you’re going through anything bad or negative, don’t worry. This too shall pass and everything would definitely change for the better. Trust me. Change is something that you can never avoid, you can either embrace it or forever be left in the past.
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Do you still remember anything from this time last year? What was happening back then and what were you feeling? Do you remember all the problems that you were thinking about last year? Does it still bother you now? I would love to hear them! Share it with us through a comment. Thank you for reading! | <urn:uuid:ce1410c7-032b-4a7e-9382-cada7344e19c> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | http://baldyosa.com/?p=329 | 2018-07-21T09:55:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676592475.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20180721090529-20180721110529-00286.warc.gz | en | 0.983971 | 805 |
Princeton University on Thursday announced a review of its relationship with eating clubs, which are beloved by many of their alumni but are seen by many others as representing an exclusionary era. The announcement was low key and said that a task force would "examine whether there are steps that can and should be taken to strengthen those relationships for the mutual benefit of the clubs and the university, and for the benefit of Princeton students and the undergraduate experience." In recent years, Princeton has embraced the undergraduate college model, greatly expanding social opportunities beyond the clubs.
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Pure time waster
If you got spare time, try this Endless Zombie Rampage game.
If you still have more time to waste, go ahead and waste it on Desktop Tower Defense
Its hard to find anymore spare time after this 2 games. Trust me.
Not sure if you notice, but the picture of the crossroad in this post was actually photoshopped by me. This picture is actually from the movie castaway. Its the ending where Tom Hanks was standing at a cross road junction thinking where to go next. The original picture looked like this.
Would you notice that I photoshopped the picture if I didn’t tell you?
SPUG is back
The Singapore Palm User Group website is finally back online after being down for nearly 7 month. Missed the forum so much. We had so much fun and laughter in the past.
Things aren’t really the same now. I wonder if SPUG will ever be as strong as it used to be.
Beware of your Hitchoo cards
After the Geek Terminal launch party, I’ve learnt that I have to keep my Hitchoo card in a secure place. What happen was, Uzyn snatched it away from me and took one of the Hitchoo card. I have totally no idea who he gave the Hitchoo card to. I have no problem if he gave to some of the pretty gals around. But really don’t know Uzyn’s taste lor. Wait she give a old lady how?
Anyway, I managed to get back the Hitchoo cards shortly after beating him repeatly on his arms. Like the way he hit me before his Village Talk.
More about Hitchoo
I got an email from Yinghan because I mentioned about Hitchoo cards in my blog. I’m still trying to brainstorm all the areas where Hitchoo can improve on. It’s a very new startup and there are lots and lots of rooms for improvements. It’s nice to see many positive feedbacks on Kevin’s blog.
Don’t think I can release the details from the email. But all I can say is, remember not to give out all your 8 Hitchoo cards. Keep at least one. You’ll find out why soon. :)
EastCoastLife is the last person you want to seek help from
If you ever get your dick stuck on your zipper, the LAST person you want to seek help from is EastCoastLife (AKA Chio Chio De Aunty). What happened was one of her employee got his dick stuck on the zipper and someone got her to help unstuck the situation.
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EXCLUSIVE: Larry Galper has joined Gotham/Principal as a manager, leaving CAA‘s motion picture talent department where he has worked as an agent for the past six years. Galper’s hire marks the first joint hire since the two management companies — The Gotham Group and Principal Entertainment — merged last year. At CAA, some of Galper’s clients included Maggie Q, Olivia Thirlby, Ashley Greene, Dave Franco, Djimon Hounsou, Donald Sutherland, and Jamie Campbell Bower; Bower (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn) has already made the move with Galper to G/P. Other clients are expected to follow as Gotham is repped by CAA.
Galper started at CAA in 2004. While at the agency, he worked with top Asia talent, including Lee Byung Hun, Daniel Wu, director Zhang Yimou, and Tadanobu Asano — a venerable niche. Asano is following him to G/P so far. Primarily a talent agent, Galper also worked closely with writers Dan Mazer (Ali G, Bruno, Borat), Tom Kapinos (Californication), and filmmaker Patty Jenkins. At G/P, Galper will continue to represent both talent and lit clients.
Ellen Goldsmith-Vein is Gotham’s founder and CEO and Principal partners include Marsha McManus, Larry Taube and Liz Robinson. Lee Stollman and Lindsay Williams helped facilitate the merger and will continue to oversee day-to-day operations. Gotham/Principal is the outfit’s new moniker — it had been working under the companies’ separate names.
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I'm goin to pax east and Valve is going to be there with portal 2 probably.
should i get a gameplay video?
Is it me or is the relation between portal and half-life stupid. Aperture science has a ridiculous backstory (shower curtains wat?), and portal is set like 20 years after half-life 2 and portal 2 is set 200 years after portal? How were the aperture labs untouched by the combine during their invasion and occupation? I mean it feels like their connection is just hanging by threads, and I honestly don't think they fit with each other.
Who said Portal 1 took place 20 years after Half Life 2? I assumed it took place somewhere before the events of Half Life 2 during the portal storms and such, or during the events of Half Life 2 and the combine occupation.
They almost casted Richard Ayode as Wheatley :saddowns:
That would of been great
The anticipation is going to KILL ME!!
:C :C :C :C :C :C :C :C :C :C :C :C
wow some people actually want a shitty modular style editor like from far cry?
you guys should learn how to map like a REAL man,
hammer editor all the way.
no pussy modular bullshit here
All of these Justin Bieber avatars are going to be the death of me!
So why did the last thread end at 4999 posts?
Portal 2 FTW!
Did I post the music I made yet
Nice job on OP
Someone post a meme or something.
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PTA 201 - Kinesiology
A study of muscle structure and function as they relate to the science of human motion. Emphasizes basic principles of movement and their application to physical therapy, including, manual muscle testing, pathological posture and gait patterns. A laboratory experience that includes the application of kinesiology and exercise principles is integrated in the learning experience.
Corequisite: PTA 202 Therapeutic Exercise, PTA 210 Clinical Affiliation II
3 Class Hours, 3 Laboratory Hours
Learning Outcomes of the Course:
Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
1. Explain and discuss the role of the Physical Therapist Assistant in the application of interventions and in the patient examination/evaluation process.
2. Perform all modalities/interventions presented in lab/lecture in a safe, technically competent manner as they relate to specific diagnosis presented, including manual muscle testing and gait and posture assessment.
3. Demonstrate appropriate communication skills in establishing patient/therapist rapport and in communicating adequate instructions/explanations orally and in writing concerning all interventions with patient, peers and other caregivers.
4. Conduct themselves professionally, and ethically with respect for others' differences when engaged in learning and simulated patient care activities.
5. Define kinesiology, osteokinematics, arthrokinematics, kinetics and biomechanics.
6. Describe joint and muscle structure and function and the forces placed upon them.
7. Define, discuss and describe normal motor learning and motor skill acquisition.
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Eye surgeon is the person that performs a surgery on the eye of the patient that has had problems in the past or maybe an accident or injury that can only be corrected if a surgery is done on the eye of the patient for that matter. Many people have the eye specialist Windsor done so that they can get their glasses off, that means that they have the eye surgery so that they can see better without glasses and have to be not dependent on the glasses to see anymore as well as a matter of fact then too.
There are a lot of advantages of having an eye surgery on your eye. One thing that you need in your mind, and that too very clear is that you would have to pay a huge sum of money for the surgery after all this is something huge and not something that happens every other day for that matter too. But be sure of one thing that after the surgery you would be the first one to see the results and you would be so happy when you would have the best eyes back and no need to wear the glasses anymore is the best feeling in the world as well.
Many people worry that after the surgery that is done by an professional cataract surgery in Melbourne, the patient is not able to see for quite a long time, well that is not true and as a matter of fact, within just a couple of days or we can say weeks, as maximum, the eyes would definitely be back to normal and you would be able to wash your face properly and see through your eyes in the perfect manner that you always wanted to see. Many people all around the world that have gone through the laser surgery say that within 15 minutes in to the surgery, the people start feeling the difference and that too a good difference in the eye sight that they had and now that they have too.
People take a lot of time in choosing an eye doctor and that is very well and wise because they have to be totally sire as to who they have to trust with their eyes, as we all are aware of the fact that eyes are a very important part of our body and none of us among all of us would want to take a risk that involves our eyes and so we try and get the work done by the best of the best doctors that is the best eye surgeon that is out there who has had good reviews from his patients too. | <urn:uuid:aad925e6-b06e-4d7f-8b34-4d9f92b7d734> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | http://cesmedicalsystems.com/what-is-an-eye-surgeon/ | 2019-08-22T16:11:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027317274.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20190822151657-20190822173657-00411.warc.gz | en | 0.99014 | 473 |
Eskom says it will implement stage 2 load shedding on Sunday morning, before reverting to stage 1 for the afternoon.
According to the power utility, stage 2 load shedding will hit from 07:00 to 12:00, and stage 1 load shedding will be implemented from 12:00 to 22:00.
Eskom said on Friday that the risk of a total blackout in the country was lower than it was a decade ago.
Eskom’s general manager of the national electricity system operator, Robbie van Heerden, said the transmission network has been strengthened, and there is heightened awareness and contingency plans in place to avoid a blackout scenario.
However, the company remains in a serious financial crisis, with government looking to bail out the company through various means.
Minister of Public Enterprises Lynne Brown, however, ruled out the privatisation of basic services ,such as the provision of electricity and water, and said load shedding will continue for three more years, until various government plans fall into place. | <urn:uuid:f6aacd94-6cf3-48f9-ae7d-786156bdb51f> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://mybroadband.co.za/news/energy/126592-eskom-stage-2-load-shedding-on-sunday.html | 2021-10-19T04:02:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585231.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20211019012407-20211019042407-00107.warc.gz | en | 0.960631 | 209 |
Northwestern Economics has a high-profile Econometrics group that includes five research-active professors. Our Econometrics group is especially known for an approach to inference that emphasizes minimal plausible assumptions and robustness. This approach focuses on the roles various assumptions play in shaping the conclusions that can be drawn from data about features of interest in a given model. This approach has greatly influenced both econometric theory and the conduct of empirical work in economics.
Our faculty is currently involved in research projects on identification analysis, statistical decision theory, inference in nonparametric instrumental variable models, learning from data in models with strategic interactions and social interactions, and inference with moment inequalities. In addition, affiliated faculty in the Economics Department and at the Kellogg School of Management work on areas related to inference in dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) macroeconomic models, and empirical models of finance and asset pricing.
The Center for Econometrics supports econometrics research at Northwestern. In addition to funding graduate students interested in econometrics, the Center sponsors a series of external visitors who spend a week in the department, interacting with faculty and students. Our group also holds at least one conference per year on topics of interest. We also offer a lively weekly econometrics seminar, which features external speakers. In addition, we have a weekly student-run lunch seminar where students present their papers or work-in-progress. All these activities provide our student with a unique exposure to cutting-edge research.
For students interested in Econometrics, Northwestern offers one of the most supportive and nurturing environments anywhere - an environment that allows them to excel. This is manifested in outstanding placement outcomes. Many of our students have gone on to tenured or tenured track positions at top departments, including top-five economics departments.Back to top | <urn:uuid:e28b00c9-823e-49b3-a5bd-b445e9ac1f03> | CC-MAIN-2019-47 | https://www.economics.northwestern.edu/graduate/prospective/fields-of-study/econometrics.html | 2019-11-19T07:31:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-47/segments/1573496670036.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20191119070311-20191119094311-00540.warc.gz | en | 0.940593 | 373 |
Born and raised in Bremen, Germany, Andreas Stuermann moved to California in 1987 where he earned a B.S. degree in Marketing and Finance from the University of the Pacific in 1990.
He began his financial services career with John Hancock in the San Francisco Bay Area as their technical resource in sophisticated life insurance and benefit transactions. In 1998, he joined a leading member firm of the M Financial Group in New York City for which he managed design, implementation, and administration services of substantial life insurance, non-qualified benefit, and wealth transfer programs. In 2003, he founded Stuermann Consulting, Inc., an independent insurance and benefit advisory firm.
With over 25 years of industry experience Andreas Stuermann has been involved in the placement of over $3 billion of risk protection. He is a member of the Association for Advanced Life Underwriting (AALU) and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisers (NAIFA) and an owner/member firm at Lion Street.
Andreas and his family reside in Summit, New Jersey. In his spare time, he enjoys traveling, exercising and spending time with family and friends.
New Business & Underwriting
Danielle brings more than 11 years of experience in the insurance industry as an advanced underwriting specialist. She is actively involved in the client problem-solving and planning process from start to finish.
With an on-going track record of strong, established relationships with preferred carriers, Danielle has enabled timely and effective workflows throughout the entire case management process. These relationships, coupled with a solid understanding of the nuances involved in complex underwriting, provide a more transparent client experience with managed expectations.
Prior to joining Stuermann Consulting, Danielle attended the Stuart School of Business in New Jersey and worked as a legal assistant for a Trust and Estate Attorney.
Danielle and her son, Christian, reside in Toms River, New Jersey.
Michael Fontanini serves as Director of Advanced Sales with Lion Street, where he specializes in helping Lion Street Firms develop sophisticated life insurance solutions, encompassing both planning and product design, to meet the sophisticated needs of high-net-worth and business owner clients.
Prior to joining Lion Street, Michael was with Prudential as a result of the acquisition of The Hartford Life Division. While with Hartford/Prudential, his responsibilities included advanced sales training, advanced case design and life insurance product marketing.
Michael has had many years of experience in various areas of the insurance and financial services industry. His background includes serving as a financial advisor with New England Financial, as well as a life insurance wholesaler and home office employee with roles in marketing, advanced sales training and product development with Phoenix Life.
A graduate of the University of Iowa, Michael has earned the Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) and Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU®) designations and is FINRA Series 7 and 26 registered. He is also a former member of the Advanced Sales Committee for LIMRA, which is comprised of advanced sales professionals from various LIMRA member carriers.
Michael currently resides in Austin, TX.
For 60 years, AALU has been the trusted, influential voice for the life insurance community in Washington, DC. With a singular focus on the issues impacting life insurance products, professionals, and clients, AALU has a heritage of leadership and success.
They provide members with essential tools and services required to help grow their businesses, serve their clients, and protect the life insurance profession.
Stuermann Consulting, Inc.is proud to be an Owner-Firm of Lion Street, Inc., a leading national financial services company owned by fiercely independent financial advisors.
Based in Austin, Texas, Lion Street comprises of an elite network of firms who specialize in financial solutions for high-net-worth individuals, family offices, business owners and corporate clients. As Owner-Firms we gain favored access to insurance carriers and financial institutions, and the products and services they offer, enhancing our ability to meet the complex planning requirements of our clients. | <urn:uuid:f206f4f1-bead-4d00-999c-6bb8c179c998> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://www.stuermannconsulting.com/our-team-affiliates/ | 2021-07-31T22:53:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046154126.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20210731203400-20210731233400-00178.warc.gz | en | 0.958311 | 829 |
United States District Court, Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division
MOTION TO VACATE 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
ORINDA D. EVANS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
In February 2014, Movant pled guilty to one count of immigration document fraud pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement. (Doc. 118-1.) In May 2014, the Court sentenced Movant to twenty-one months' imprisonment and three years' supervised release, which was the sentence Movant agreed to in the plea agreement. (Doc. 134.)
Movant also agreed to waive his right to challenge his judgment of conviction via appeal or 28 U.S.C. § 2255. (Doc. 118-1 at 8-9.) But in August 2014, Movant filed a motion challenging the judgment under §225 5. (Doc. 149.) Movant amended his § 2255 motion one month later. (Doc. 155.) Movant claims that he is actually innocent of the crime to which he pled guilty, that his lawyers were ineffective for allowing him to plead guilty despite his innocence, and that Respondent engaged in prosecutorial misconduct by seizing his bank account. (Docs. 149, 155.)
In March 2015, Magistrate Judge Brill issued a Report and Recommendation ("R&R") that Movant's § 2255 motion be denied. (Doc. 169.) Judge Brill found that the prosecutorial misconduct claim was barred by the appeal waiver in Movant's plea agreement and lacks merit. (Id. at 10-11.) As for Movant's challenge to his plea, Judge Brill found that the record, particularly the transcript of the plea hearing, established a factual basis for Movant's guilt of the one count of immigration document fraud to which he pled guilty. (Id. at 12-15.)
Judge Brill noted that Movant revised his actual innocence claim after Respondent filed its brief opposing the § 2255 motion. (Id.) Movant initially said only that he was innocent because he did not personally sign the immigration form. (Id. at 14.) But after Respondent pointed out that Movant was charged as an aider and abettor and admitted when he pled guilty to directing another person - co-defendant An Kil - to sign the fraudulent form, Movant changed his story to be that he did not direct An Kil to sign the form. (Id. ("Only in his reply brief, after realizing that his claim had no merit, did Movant change his version of the facts and say that he did none of the things he swore that he did when he pled guilty.").)
Judge Brill further noted that "Movant's current claim of innocence is not supported by any evidence other than his current assertions." (Id. at 14.) In response, Movant filed a motion for additional time to submit evidence and file objections to the R&R. (Doc. 171.) Movant filed objections and submitted his "evidence." (Doc. 172.) Movant submitted what he contends are transcripts of recorded conversations between him, his co-defendants, and undercover federal law enforcement agents in support of his claim of innocence. (Docs. 172-1, 172-2, 172-3, 172-4.)
A defendant's statements during a guilty plea colloquy, as well as any findings made by the judge accepting the plea, constitute a formidable barrier in any collateral challenge to the plea. Blackledge v. Allison, 431 U.S. 63, 73-74 (1977). Solemn declarations made under oath in open court carry a strong presumption of verity. Id. at 73-74; United States v. Medlock, 12 F.3d 185, 187 (11th Cir. 1994). They are presumptively trustworthy and are considered conclusive absent compelling evidence showing otherwise. Blackledge, 431 U.S. at 73-74. Consequently, a defendant "bears a heavy burden to show his statements [under oath] were false." United States v. Rogers, 848 F.2d 166, 168 (11th Cir. 1988). "[I]f the Rule 11 plea taking procedure is careful and detailed, the defendant will not later be heard to contend that he swore falsely." United States v. Stitzer, 785 F.2d 1506, 1514 n. 4 (11th Cir. 1986) (citing United States v. Barrett, 514 F.2d 1241, 1243 (5th Cir. 1975)).
Movant's plea hearing was careful and detailed. Movant pled guilty to one clear, simple charge: that he aided and abetted An Kil's fraudulent preparation and execution of two 1-20 immigration forms on April 5, 2011. (Doc. 10 at 7, 10 (indictment).) At the plea hearing, after advising Movant of his rights, the Court had the following exchange with Movant:
THE COURT: I'm going to need to ask you a few questions to determine if there is a factual basis for a guilty plea in this case. I cannot accept a guilty plea unless there is a factual basis for it, so I am going to need to ask you some questions to determine that. And you do need to understand that your responses are being given under oath, so if you were to make a false answer to any question you could be prosecuted for perjury. Do you understand what I've just said?
[MOVANT]: I understand.
(Doc. 157 at 13.) The prosecutor then described An Kil's preparation and execution of the fraudulent immigration forms on April 5, 2011 and Movant's role in that crime. (Id. at 14-17.) And as discussed in the R&R, Movant agreed with the facts as described by the prosecutor and confirmed his guilt when questioned by the Court about the specifics of the crime. (Id. at 17-18; Doc. 169 at 3-5.)
One year after admitting under oath the facts of his crime, Movant now says he has made "honest, unrelenting declarations" of innocence. (Doc. 172 at 11.) Yet Movant incredulously contends that he relented in such protestations of innocence at the most important times - for the entirety of the plea hearing and when he negotiated and signed his plea agreement. And he contends that he did so despite telling the Court at the plea hearing that he understood the penalty of perjury and that he had to testify truthfully about the facts of the crime.
Movant blames his allegedly false testimony at the plea hearing on a language barrier: "Because of Movant's inability to fully understand the English language, Movant misunderstood several critical things that were said to him during the plea colloquy." (Doc. 172 at 16.) The record refutes Movant's eleventh-hour claim. An interpreter was present at the ... | <urn:uuid:60dd4108-a5c5-4e5f-8718-67f15b933177> | CC-MAIN-2017-39 | http://ga.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.20150505_0000298.NGA.htm/qx | 2017-09-20T07:16:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-39/segments/1505818686705.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20170920071017-20170920091017-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.96728 | 1,421 |
Bibi Netanyahu’s Likud is currently cruising – albeit on just a quarter of the vote – to victory on April 09th. The party has topped every opinion poll in the past 12 months and now looks unassailable. Perhaps more important, the “Right-Wing” Block and centrist government allies looks guaranteed to win at least 60 seats in the Knesset (Israeli parliament).
The Centre-Right opposition is both fractured and trailing, what’s left of the Centre-Left (Labor) is imploding. Meretz the only truly “Left-Wing” (Zionist) party is expected to receive just 5 or 6 seats. A “Right-Wing” Government whatever its exact political complexion or composition looks almost certain.
There is one scenario – not entirely farfetched – where the “Right” could be electorally exposed and “denied” electoral victory.
With no parliamentary electoral constituencies, a political party simply needs to secure a minimum of 3.25% of the national vote to enter the Knesset. A party on around 3.5% to 4% of the vote is likely to win 4 Knesset seats. A party that secures anything less than 3.25% will be allocated zero seats.
The problem for the “Right-Wing” Block is that three “Right-Wing” political parties are hovering just above this 3.25% threshold (Shas, Israeli Beitanu and Habait Hayudi) and a further three (Yachad, Oztma Israel and Zehut) are struggling below it.
Photograph – Hatikva Neighbourhood Tel Aviv (Paul Kearns)
Shas – the party of the Sephardic Haredi – received 5.7% of the popular vote and 7 seats in in 2015. The party is expected to fall to just 5 seats in April, but an opinion poll on January 03rd in Yisrael Hayom newspaper had Shas below the threshold.
The same poll had the radical right parties of Zehut, Otzma Israel and Yachad all falling below the threshold. In the 2015 election Otzma Israel and Yachad formed an alliance securing 2.97% of the vote, narrowly failing to cross the 3.25% threshold. Its votes were therefore simply “lost” when allocating the 120 seats to those parties above the 3.25% threshold. Yachad is polling 2.5% according to the latest Maariv Poll (January 04th)
Israeli Beitanu – the Russian dominated party of ex-Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman is currently polling just above the threshold and is expected to receive just 4 to 5 seats
Bait Hayudi the now ‘abandoned’ party of its former leaders and outgoing Ministers Naftali Bennet and Ayalet Shaked is also expected to receive just 4 seats. In a poll for Kan Channel on January 02nd the party also fell below the 3.25% electoral threshold.
If just four of these six parties failed to reach the threshold the “Right-Wing” Block could still waste up to 10% to 12% of the vote or 12 to 14 seats. A very unlucky night for the political Right where all six could fall short, and the “Right-Wing” Block could end up ‘loosing’ up to 18 seats. An informal merger of some of the very smaller parties is highly likely in the weeks ahead.
On the “Left” only one party – Ale Yarok (Green Leaf) is likely to waste any significant number of votes. Ale Yarok, a party founded to decriminalize cannabis, secured just 1.1% of the popular vote in 2015. Despite multiple attempts the party has never managed to cross the electoral threshold. It is unlikely to so in 2019.
All these wasted votes and unearned seats are simply distributed proportionately amongst the successful parties. The Likud party of Bibi Netanyahu would probably bag at least 3 of these seats, but the Centre and Centre Left opposition would likely ‘steal’ up to 7. The largely Palestinian alliance “Joint List” could take 2 seats. This may be enough to deny a radical rightwing government from taking power.
The irony of the Palestinian “Joint List” sneaking an extra 2 seats from the failure of the right would not be lost on Israelis.
It was after all Minister Avigdor Lieberman of Israeli Beitanu who championed the law introduced after the 2013 election to raise the electoral threshold from 2% to its current 3.25%. He did so ostensibly to reduce the number of tiny parties entering the Knesset, thereby potentially reducing political instability.
It was however widely accepted at the time that is real political target was the three smaller Palestinian dominated parties, which individually secured just 2.5%, 3% and 3.7% of the popular vote in 2013. With an increased threshold they all risked oblivion in the following election. They instead came together to form the “Joint List” and won 13 seats in the election 2015, becoming the third largest party in the Knesset. | <urn:uuid:11474e5c-7ca5-4ee6-98da-07a1089db771> | CC-MAIN-2019-22 | https://120mk.com/2019/01/08/the-israeli-rights-worst-nightmare/ | 2019-05-27T04:28:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-22/segments/1558232260658.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20190527025527-20190527051527-00405.warc.gz | en | 0.960014 | 1,082 |
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Ever since its release back in July of 2015, Rocket League has been incredibly popular among many gamers. The developers, Psyonix Studios, have worked hard to improve the game and expand the playerbase. The fast paced soccer spin-off game has maintained a steady viewership on the popular streaming site Twitch.tv and created a solid esports scene for itself. So clearly. the possibility of the Nintendo Switch getting a port could be a boon to the new console.
In an interview with IGN, Psyonix Studios’ Vice President Jeremy Dunham said that the studio is currently determining whether or not the game is viable to be brought to the Switch. Psyonix doesn’t just want to port the game for the sake of increasing sales. They are considering whether the technical limitations of the console are too significant and if the community has a large enough demand for the port.
“We’re looking to see how it would benefit the community as a whole. So we’re still in that evaluation phase. It’s definitely too early to say that it wouldn’t happen, but it’s also definitely too early to say that it would.” Dunham said.
Of course, the major selling point of any game coming to the Switch is the portability the console provides. However, this does conflict with the nature of most competitive online games. This is more than likely on Psyonix’s mind as they consider the game’s potential on the Switch. That being said, the Switch’s limited library of games certainly has room for the port. With only a few competitive games in the works for the console, Rocket League could be the game that many Switch owners would love to have. | <urn:uuid:0ac0f23b-42a8-4647-b7b6-d63efe69812a> | CC-MAIN-2019-43 | https://geekreply.com/geek-culture/gaming-geek-culture/2017/03/28/rocket-league-come-nintendo-switch | 2019-10-16T18:02:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-43/segments/1570986669057.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20191016163146-20191016190646-00400.warc.gz | en | 0.968515 | 355 |
Discussion in 'Politics' started by blackhorseshoe, Nov 4, 2007.
this piece of shit was defended by another racist, sean hannity.
I find it amazing that people with no morals , bankrupt character, zip for principles and integrity, rally and are ready to fight at the drop of a hat over a word, ala the matador and his red cape.
The red cape is the righteous cause? What is really being sought here?
All the races don't like each other, get over it
I'm a member of a race...I'm have no problem with other races.
Tell us your issues.
i never understood why the dog is permitted to physically assault suspects on the street and in their homes when he is not a trained active law enforcement agent?
what if he gets it wrong? am I allowed to kick the neighbors door in on spec. can I throw him against his car and cuff him? doesn't make sense :/
I think bounty hunters ARE law enforcement agents.
Does using a derogatory word automatically make someone a racist? Is there a person on this site who can claim to have never used a racial epithet EVER. Sometimes emotions temporarily override common sense. Seems to me that this private phone conversation between him and his son was a heated on going argument about the quality of person he was dating. After all the kid is/was a drug abuser and served time. Perhaps his Father is so very concerned about him ending up back in prison from hanging with the wrong crowd he got a little insane?
>Is there a person on this site who can claim
>to have never used a racial epithet EVER.
Yes. It's never crossed my mind to use it and I would feel terrible if I ever did.
Ever call a women the C word under your breath?
How about a bitch?
That would be a major NEGATIVE. Those two bit piece's of shit are NOT sworn law enforcement officers.
That is all.
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I’m over being interviewed at Gayle Carline’s blog today. She really gave me some excellent interview questions and it took me days to think about and answer them. When asked if I preferred cowboy boots or flip flops, I had to say flip flops. You would think living in Texas I would go for the cowboy boots, but living in South Texas being cool is better than being cowboy for me. What’s your answer? Flip flops or cowboy boots?
You can read the entire interview here.
Gayle will be visiting my blog on the weekend after Thanksgiving. She is a humor columnist and a mystery writer and has a new book coming out. She is also going to give us a little excerpt of her latest mystery and then spring a pop quiz on you. The winner will get a free copy of her book, so hang on…more details to follow.
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Researchers to Track Outbreaks Online in Britain
Welcome to another day in my life. Today is Thursday and I hope you are having a beary safe and great week so far. It is another busy day for Dab the AIDS Bear.
One way that we can help limit the transmission of STDs is to track the outbreak. I recently read about how Britain is trying to make a difference in the spread of STDs.
British scientists plan to harness the power of the internet to catch outbreaks of killer infections before they spread.
The researchers will use online surveillance to monitor millions of web searches where people have looked up symptoms related to conditions such as HIV, MRSA or dangerous strains of flu.
They say this will help them to locate in “real time” exactly where the next epidemic is emerging. It is hoped that this will “revolutionise” Britain’s ability to respond to deadly infections and prevent millions of deaths.
The £17million government-funded Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration (IRC) centre, where the technologies will be advanced, is expected to be operational by October.
The Health Protection Agency currently relies on medical testing which can take up to two weeks to determine where an outbreak is happening.
Dr Rachel McKendry, from UCL, said online tracking of infectious diseases could identify epidemics before patients even visit a doctor.
She said it is “crucial” the online surveillance be linked to the mobile testing being developed at the IRC to be used in GP surgeries and even care homes.
“In a single visit someone can be diagnosed, get the result and get treatment,” said Dr McKendry.
Hope you have a beary safe and great Thursday!
Until we meet again; here's wishing you health, hope, happiness and just enough.
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Rachmaninoff on record: some help in shopping for the best recordings
New York — Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the legendary pianists of the century, a fine conductor, and a composer of more than passing interest. Recently his Second Symphony, once most visible in the record stores, has been gaining in favor in concert halls as well. The latest release of the Second Symphony is a performance conducted by one of the finest pianists of the day - Vladimir Ashkenazy - who of late has been spending a good deal of time on the podium rather than on the piano stool.
He leads the Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam (London Digital LDR-71063) in a performance that strikes a magnificent balance between Russian effusion and musical proportion. Ashkenazy performs the work uncut. The orchestra plays superbly, with a burnished rich tone and telling conviction. Some of Ashkenazy's earlier performances as conductor have lacked strength and profile. This is a glorious exception.
Then, there is the 1978, EMI-Angel Records release of a performance of the Second with Russian conductor Yuri Temirkanov and the Royal Philharmonic. The pressing had been singularly terrible, but the performance still rated as the best available. For those willing to spend the extra money, Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs has released a stunning remastering of that release in its Original Master Recording series (MFSL1-521).
In this utterly transfixing performance, Temirkanov sustains tensions and passion right through to the exultant end. The sound on this particular remastering is breathtaking - every bit the rival to London's digital sound, though the original release predated digital technology.
Sound is also the thrilling hallmark of a cassette tape version from the In Sync Labs series of audiophile releases (C-4107). The performance is with the St. Louis Symphony led by Leonard Slatkin, first made available on record as part of a three-record Vox-Turnabout box set of the Rachmaninoff symphonies.
But this tape version - a completely remastered presentation - is a major step forward in this performance's sonic history. Indeed, it is almost unrecognizable, so rich are the sounds, so clean the balances, so smooth the output. Slatkin's Rachmaninoff is subdued, understated, and rather refreshingly free of excess. With this exceptional sound, the release rates high indeed.
The composer's Third Symphony, however, rarely shows up in concert halls. A Desmar release of a Stokowski performance of the work still takes top honors in a limited field. But now Lorin Maazel and the Berlin Philharmonic offer a dazzling account (Deutsche Grammophon Digital 2532 065), one that revels in textures, in sound for sound's sake, and the sheer beauty of Rachmaninoff's melodic inspiration. The filler, ''The Isle of the Dead'' receives a suitably gloomy performance, again rich in orchestral detail. The DG engineers have outdone themselves on this disc, which is as handsome sonically as it is interpretively. | <urn:uuid:924b2f57-d6ab-41a4-928e-4a375e2c1aa5> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | https://www.csmonitor.com/1983/0816/081601.html | 2017-10-22T16:38:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187825308.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20171022150946-20171022170946-00776.warc.gz | en | 0.926551 | 652 |
What’s in your inbox?
Hillary Clinton’s email controversy from 2015 is still garnering attention. What happened exactly? Instead of using official state department e-mail accounts that go through federal government servers, Mrs. Clinton used her family’s private email server for her official email communications during her time as Secretary of State. While you’d expect shocking and controversial tidbits, they just aren’t really that interesting. However, there are some funny (unintentional) jokes and observances in there.
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Cabbage is an underrated vegetable. It’s high in vitamin K, vitamin C and fiber. It’s also a good source of vitamin B6 and folic acid. And since it’s low in potassium, it’s great for the hubbies kidney disease. It’s so easy to make, comes together in under 30 minutes, and it super yummy! Cheers to healthy kidneys!
It’s been a while since I have had time to blog. School is taking a toll on the family this year (myself and the kids alike)! I came home pooped yesterday. I sat down to fill out some form’s for school for the kiddos and got extremely tired (I should not have sat down so soon…lol). The family started to ask what was for dinner and I told them I’m too tired. But then I remembered about this recipe! I already had all of the ingredients at home, minus the chicken. I ran to the store real quick and purchased a rotisserie chicken (since I was out of shredded chicken in my freezer), brought it home, and had my hubby shred it for me while I started the rest. It came together in no time. I AM LOVING these enchiladas! The hubby and I each ate 3 that night, then I packed us 2 lunches each for this week (containing 2 enchiladas each lunch). This recipe makes 14 enchiladas. I felt so good about eating them. I did NOT miss the tortillas one bit! You HAVE to try this recipe. I am going to make this again, using a modified version of my Chicken Enchilada Suiza Casserole recipe.
I love football season! This year I joined a fantasy league and let me tell you, it has brought so much joy to my life! And when I think about football, I think about food! Especially wings! You can find my baked wings-two ways here. I came up with an even healthier version to get my “buffalo fix” on…meatballs! Please make these next time you watch football! Go Broncos! 🙂
I don’t know where to start! I grew up eating Chicken Kiev. I LOVE it! We didn’t have it all the time, as it was considered one of those “fancy dinners”. And what’s not to love about chicken, garlic, butter, and parsley?!?! I hadn’t thought about it in years…until…I had a dream that I made little meatballs out of them which got me on the Rachael Ray show! It was the best dream, EVER! Of course, I woke up and realized it was only a dream…however, that didn’t stop me from trying to come up with a recipe and make them! I am so, so proud of this one! Totally took me back to my childhood. I called my mom to tell her. Understandably so, she wants me to make them for her. I cannot wait for her and YOU ALL to try these too!
Health tips: kid-friendly, kidney-friendly, diabetes friendly
Nothing says comfort food more than meatloaf! However, just hearing the words comfort food makes me think of gut-busting food. But not this meal. I’ve lightened it up by making mini meatloaves rather than one giant one. And I nestled them in zucchini noodles and tomato sauce, rather than regular noodles. Protein and veggies makes this a healthy meal! Enjoy!
Health tips: diabetes-friendly, low carb, kidney-friendly, kid-friendly
Who doesn’t love a one-pan dish? Easy clean up! I found this recipe a few years back in my Rachael ray magazine. It’s super easy, healthy, and delicious! My kiddos always enjoy this meal too! You can make it kidney friendly by “leaching*” your potatoes to take out some of the potassium! If you want a quick, week-night meal, then please try this! Thank you Rachael Ray! As always, you are my inspiration! Enjoy!
Hot summer days equals light, healthy meals! The hubby wanted buffalo wings, and I wanted something lighter, but something that would hit the same bells and whistles! When I told him I’d be making my buffalo chicken salad, he was very happy. He LOVES this salad! You can always buy your own blue cheese dressing, but I like to make my own dressings from scratch because you can control the quality and quantity of ingredients. My husband does NOT like blue cheese dressing; the moldy cheese, it freaks him out! However, he does love feta cheese. So I make his “blue cheese” dressing into a “feta cheese” dressing. I still prefer blue cheese, so I divide the base mix into 2 bowls-one for me with blue cheese, and one for him with feta cheese. Feel free to make your own! Or you can always go out a buy a bottle. They have great yogurt-based dressing in the produce section. Enjoy!
Health tips: kidney-friendly, diabetes-friendly, low carb
As usual, I was watching the Rachael Ray show and she made the most delicious Mediterranean dish-Farro Bowls! Farro is an “ancient grain” that kind of reminds me of barley. It’s mild in flavor and has a nice bite/chew to it. Farro is a healthy carbohydrate source for people-even if you have kidney disease or diabetes. I buy my farro at Trader Joes. If you love the flavors of Mediterranean dishes, you’ll love this! It has kalamata olives, feta cheese, tomatoes, lemon, and garlic just to name a few! Thank you Rachael Ray for this super fabulous dish!
I was watching the Rachael Ray show the other day. Every month she creates a “Burger of the Month” recipe for her magazine. Rachael asked a friend of hers what her favorite meal was growing up. Her friend told her that she liked when her mom made pepper steak. So Rachael created a pepper steak burger. You can check out that recipe here. But this made me think; what was one of my favorites growing up? I loved when my mom made chicken Cordon Bleu in the slow cooker. And so, the inspiration was created! Thank you mom for your delicious take on Chicken Cordon Bleu! And I’ve turned it into a burger! I even give you a choice of two different condiments to add: a creamy, garlicky mustard sauce, or a creamy honey mustard (inspired by Rachael Ray). Now everyone else can enjoy it too!
Health tips: kidney friendly, diabetes friendly*, kid-friendly
A few weeks ago, Kayla came to me in the morning and asked if she can make a smoothie for breakfast. Of course! I told her she should come up with her own recipe and I’ll post it. So she did! Well, then her twin brother wanted to get in on the action…so he did! Here is Kayla’s peanut butter banana breakfast smoothie and my Aidon’s blueberry breakfast smoothie. Here’s to a healthy, kid-friendly breakfast! Enjoy! | <urn:uuid:d0f81ca9-1da5-4097-99c2-c80d6eb0bbc2> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://familyapron.com/category/kidney-disease/ | 2023-06-07T23:08:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224654016.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20230607211505-20230608001505-00449.warc.gz | en | 0.960096 | 1,577 |
"This was the easiest operation I ever went through."
Don Latif is a self-employed master plumber in the Bennington, Vermont, area. It's hard for him to be out of work for a long period of time, even when the diagnosis is cancer. When Don learned he had prostate cancer and needed surgery, his wife went to the computer to begin research.
She quickly uncovered two important facts: First, robotic-assisted surgery was ideally suited to some prostate treatment since it typically involved less blood loss, smaller incisions, a shorter hospital stay, and a quicker recovery. Second, Jonah Marshall, MD, a urologist at Berkshire Medical Center, specialized in robotic-assisted surgeries and has extensive training in the use of the da Vinci® Surgical System for urological procedures involving the prostate and kidneys.
"That was key," Don said. "I liked the idea of robotic assisted surgery, but I wanted a physician who specialized in the practice. We met Dr. Marshall and we thought he was great."
The surgery was performed a week before Thanksgiving and Don's outcome was excellent. "I told Dr. Marshall before they put me out that I wanted to see the machine," he said. "It was pretty impressive."
Don said his hospital stay was perfect. "BMC was awesome," he said. "They got me up to walk the night of my surgery and they checked in on me constantly. The worst part of the whole procedure was the catheter, and once that came out, I felt pretty good."
He was back to work in two weeks, though Dr. Marshall warned him "not to overdo it."
"I understand that people who have more conventional forms of prostate surgery are out of work for eight weeks or even longer," Don said. "It really was amazing how quickly I recovered. I can't speak highly enough of Dr. Marshall."
Don has broken a number of bones in his life, requiring three surgeries on his hand and one on his knee. "And no one wants to get cancer," he noted. "But this was the easiest operation I ever went through." | <urn:uuid:a321c2c6-5077-41ae-9a24-07f535103d16> | CC-MAIN-2020-29 | http://www.berkshirehealthsystems.org/don-latifs-story | 2020-07-05T03:36:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-29/segments/1593655886865.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20200705023910-20200705053910-00309.warc.gz | en | 0.992922 | 436 |
South Korea said Tuesday it has reached an agreement with the United States that will allow it to use solid rocket fuel for space vehicles, a change that will enable the country to launch its first military surveillance satellites and develop the technology to build more powerful missiles.
The agreement lifts guidelines Seoul first signed onto with Washington in 1979. The U.S. had imposed restrictions out of concern solid fuel could lead to bigger rockets and a regional arms race.
The guidelines were last revised in 2017 to scrap a payload cap of 500 kilograms for South Korea's ballistic missiles with ranges of 800 kilometers.
But at a Seoul news conference, South Korean Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Hyun-chong announced the U.S. and South Korea agreed to lift those restriction.
Kim said, effective immediately, all South Korean companies, research institutes and nationals will be free to research, develop, produce and own not only liquid fuel but also solid fuel and various types of hybrid space rockets, without any restrictions.
Solid fuel is less expensive, offers greater mobility for missiles and rockets and reduces launch preparation time.
Kim said the revised agreement still bars South Korea from having a missile with a range of more than 800 kilometers but added Seoul could discuss altering that restriction with Washington if that's needed for South Korean national security.
Kim said South Korea could use solid fuel-based rockets to launch military reconnaissance satellites. South Korea currently has no spy satellites.
South Korea's missile capability is inferior to that of rival North Korea. In 2017, North Korea carried out three intercontinental ballistic missile tests as part of its stated efforts to build a nuclear-tipped missile capable of reaching the U.S. mainland. | <urn:uuid:05c20c85-a7ac-4e73-9853-db371107e90f> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.voacambodia.com/a/5520569.html | 2021-10-15T23:28:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323583087.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20211015222918-20211016012918-00232.warc.gz | en | 0.944638 | 339 |
London: Spanish footballer Marcos Alonso has signed a five-year contract extension deal with Chelsea that will keep him with the club until 2023.
Expressing happiness over the same, the 27-year-old stated that he has had some good seasons with the club and that he is now looking forward to more.
“I am so happy to stay here longer and to keep playing for one of the best teams in the world,” goal.com quoted Alonso, as saying.
“It’s been a very good two seasons and I am looking forward to more,” he added.
Chelsea director Marina Granovskaia also expressed delight over the extension of players’ contract and further praised the defender for his “outstanding ability” and “fantastic attitude.”
“We are delighted to be extending Marcos’ contract. In the past two seasons he has developed into an important player for the club, demonstrating his outstanding ability and a fantastic attitude that has helped him become a Premier League champion and Spain international,” Granovskaia said.
Alonso has played a total of 92 matches for Chelsea scoring 15 goals along with 11 assists. | <urn:uuid:eb74d621-5729-48ff-8d5e-e995db70f046> | CC-MAIN-2022-21 | https://archive.siasat.com/news/marcos-alonso-extends-contract-chelsea-1423849/ | 2022-05-27T14:54:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-21/segments/1652662658761.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220527142854-20220527172854-00013.warc.gz | en | 0.980624 | 265 |
WATCH OUT - THEY'RE AFTER YOU!
Now we learn that it isn't a joke - it's official. The Guardia Civil bosses have told all their officers that they have been falling behind in their duties, and that if they don't fine more drivers they will not get their 240 euro annual bonuses. That's scary.
It is difficult to get the better of the police, but the other day I heard about one man who foiled their plans. He was stopped for having his fog lights on unnecessarily and told he could pay a 100 euro fine on the spot.
"No thanks, I'll go to court," he said.
"But that will cost you more."
"It will take years to get to court in this country, and I'll be dead by then - I've got terminal cancer. Will there be anything else or can I go now?" | <urn:uuid:6a365602-d8a7-46cb-94ba-c1faf6b0a1b6> | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | http://lizy-writes.blogspot.com/2012/11/watch-out-theyre-after-you.html | 2020-01-28T11:08:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579251778168.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20200128091916-20200128121916-00083.warc.gz | en | 0.98678 | 179 |
World famous the Rock of Gibraltar stands at the gateway of the Mediterranean. It offers year round sun, great beaches, fascinating history, marvelous views, duty free shopping, fine dining, adventure sports, whale and dolphin watching, bird watching, diving, watersports and other interesting activities. Gibraltar is also a gateway to Spain and Morocco. Local travel agents can book a variety of excursions.
Currency is Gibraltar Pounds and Sterling, these have the same value. Gibraltar electricity is the same voltage as the UK, standard UK three pin plugs are used in the apartment.
The sun shines in Gibraltar all year round reaching 30 plus degrees in the high summer months.
As a British overseas territory, the sole official language of Gibraltar is English, and it is used by the Government and in schools. Many of Gibraltar's linguistic influences come from its neighbours, Spain and Morocco. Most locals are bilingual, also speaking Spanish, due to Gibraltar's proximity to Spain. Most Gibraltarians converse in Llanito, their vernacular which is mostly based on Andalusian Spanish, but greatly influenced by other Mediterranean languages.
Most of the Rock's upper area is covered by a nature reserve which is home to around 230 Barbary Macaques, the famous apes of Gibraltar. These are the only wild apes or monkeys found in Europe. WARNING ! Do not feed the apes. There is a huge fine which will be imposed if you are caught. watch your personal belongings as the apes will steal anything they can get hold of. Bags and sun glasses are particularly attractive to them, as are carrier bags.
As a British colony Gibraltar has many references to its British heritage; pubs, red mail and telephone boxes, police helmets, fish and chips, Marks and Spencers and BHS (British Home Stores), to name but a few.
Gibraltar... the perfect place to unwind, kick back and enjoy the tranquility that is Sandy Bay
Going back into history, who would have thought that a country originally named 'Jebel Tarik' by Moslem general, Tarik ibn Ziyad, who began his initial conquest of Spain in 711 AD, could end up being so intrinsically British! In 1704, the English and Dutch marines landed and captured the Rock. It was ceded to Britain by Spain under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Modern day Gibraltar is a surviving part of the British Empire and a Crown Colony fiercely proud of its British ties.
Dolphins and other marine mammals, including Pilot and Killer Whales and an occasional Sperm Whale visit the waters surrounding the Rock. There are many fascinating diving sites, with a number of sunken wrecks to explore. For bird watchers Gibraltar has a variety of local and migatory birds. During the migration period thousands of birds visit Gibraltar when heading to and from Africa | <urn:uuid:104b624b-fd5f-4dc9-a57f-832737db50ad> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | https://www.gibraltarbeachapartment.com/guide | 2021-08-05T01:41:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046155268.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20210805000836-20210805030836-00176.warc.gz | en | 0.949018 | 577 |
Home WVHS Fight Song & Alma Mater WARRIOR FIGHT SONG Go Warriors, Fight On! We know you have pride. We are your loyal fans, We're always on your side. Rah, Rah, Rah! Fight Warriors, Fight On! Show your colors bright. We've got the spirit, So let's hear it -- Warriors gonna win tonight! W-A-R-R-I-O-R-S! WARRIORS! WARRIORS! FIGHT, TEAM, FIGHT! WVHS ALMA MATER Hail to thee, Waubonsie Valley! How we love thy spirit bold! We will ever sing thy praises, Hearts unfolding green and gold. Many colors, cultures, creeds, One great Warrior family. Reaching out beyond our walls, All for one and one for all! Hail to thee, Waubonsie Valley! Hail, Hail, Hail! | <urn:uuid:21ff1a7e-7497-496e-8053-57a4a82af8ce> | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | http://wvhs.ipsd.org/Subpage.aspx?id=140 | 2019-03-19T19:31:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912202125.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20190319183735-20190319205735-00179.warc.gz | en | 0.812329 | 186 |
Interim Memphis City Schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson hopes to meet with Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. next week about $57 million.
That is the amount of money the school system won in two court decisions – trial and appellate level – from the city while Hopson was general counsel to the school system.
The school system successfully sued the Memphis City Council over the council’s decision in 2008 to cut school system funding below the state mandated “maintenance of effort” level.
The court decisions and the amount came up briefly during the Tuesday, Feb. 12, special school board meeting on a preliminary budget estimate for the first year of the schools merger.
Just before his appointment as interim superintendent, Hopson told the countywide school board the amount is still due and transfers to the merged school district.
“If we got the money, it would go to the fund balance,” he told school board member Kevin Woods at Tuesday’s meeting. “The board could use some of it or all of it.”
Meanwhile, Wharton said Tuesday his administration is still considering keeping Memphis Police officers stationed at city schools post-merger.
“It’s still possible. I’m working with some of the (City) Council members on it,” Wharton said after the third in a series of state of the city speeches at the Memphis Rotary Club. “I’m looking at it in a broader context.
“An officer working at a particular school is in contact with the precinct down the street,” he said. “There is no impenetrable wall between the community and the school. What happens after school shows up in school. What happens in school shows up out of school.”
Wharton also said some continuity might be lost in the transition to Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies replacing Memphis Police officers now in the schools.
“I’m looking at it from a broader perspective than how much money are we putting in it,” he said.
There are some different dollar figures for how much a city decision to keep Memphis Police in what are now Memphis City Schools would mean.
The Shelby County Commission gave Sheriff Bill Oldham $2.5 million extra to take over for police in Memphis City Schools. Oldham said that was what he would need for his department to staff the additional schools.
But Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell said later the amount needed is closer to $5 million with the funding for Oldham being a start to “ramp-up” operations.
Wharton said it is unlikely the city would directly fund the consolidated school system because of the court ruling on the city’s maintenance of effort obligations.
“We spent years getting out from under the maintenance of effort and there is absolutely no appetite whatsoever to get back into that,” he said. “I don’t see any practical way that we would be involved in staffing.”
Shelby County Commission chairman Mike Ritz also indicated Tuesday he plans to pursue actions against any Shelby County Schools employees hired after Sept. 1, 1986, who live outside Shelby County.
Ritz asked Shelby County Schools superintendent John Aitken to look into whether any school system employees hired after the county government residency requirement took effect live outside Shelby County despite the requirement in the county charter.
Aitken replied that he and his staff have concluded there are 169 such county schools employees – 111 certified employees and 58 non-certified.
“I think I need to now ask SCS what is going to be the remedy for this violation of the County Charter,” Ritz wrote Tuesday in response to the information from Aitken. “Did any SCS administrators advise these employees that they could ignore this requirement? … I believe there will be considerable concern from many commissioners re these 169 violations of the charter.”
The County Commission on Monday passed an ordinance on the first of three readings that gives Memphis City Schools teachers and other employees living outside the county five years to move within the county. It also exempts any MCS employee hired before Sept. 1, 1986, from the residency requirement. | <urn:uuid:09f90624-fccf-4bff-b218-8f921f2a5017> | CC-MAIN-2016-18 | https://www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2013/feb/14/hopson-seeks-57-million-owed-schools/print | 2016-05-05T10:58:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-18/segments/1461860126502.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160428161526-00202-ip-10-239-7-51.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966796 | 872 |
I have a Skareb Elite (the after-market kind, not the OEM kind with SPV). It has a feature called "rebound damping" that is controlled by the little blue knob on the bottom of the fork. The manual says to turn it clockwise to increase rebound damping while the fork itself says turning it clockwise increases rebound... seems contradictory. Anyway, no matter which way I turn it, to either extreme, there seems to be no change whatsoever in the behaviour of the fork. Has anyone had a similar impression? What should I notice at one extreme or the other to verify that this shiny blue knob is anything more than just a shiny blue knob! | <urn:uuid:e683faf4-073f-4c15-bb7e-4fd1a93f9bc7> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://www.mtbr.com/threads/manitou-skareb-elite-rebound-damping-question-s.37352/ | 2021-11-28T20:13:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358591.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20211128194436-20211128224436-00605.warc.gz | en | 0.945838 | 148 |
Welcome to Yellow Cab of Greenville
Yellow Cab of Greenville is your best choice for prompt, safe, and reliable transportation in the Greater Greenville area. We have over 60 cars driven by professional independent contractor drivers using a GPS computerized dispatch system for the fastest possible service to meet your needs.
- Largest taxi company in the Upstate
- Computerized GPS Dispatch System
- Airport Transportation (flat rates to/ from the City of Greenville)
- All taxis equipped to process major credit cards
- Corporate Accounts
- Package Delivery
- Lost and Found
Please review the FAQ section to get best service and understand the process. | <urn:uuid:ccde2d3c-4140-4b28-8da9-346694fab81a> | CC-MAIN-2021-31 | http://yellowcabgreenville.com/ | 2021-07-29T20:45:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-31/segments/1627046153897.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20210729203133-20210729233133-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.885311 | 132 |
My bank in Australia (SuncorpMetway) just issued me a new payWave Debit card (VISA) to replace my old/expiring savings account card. My old card required a PIN for any withdrawal or purchase. I considered that pretty secure. The savings account contains thousands of dollars of my money.
Now it is a payWave Debit card, no PIN required up to $100 per transaction. I use the card twice a week, on the same day. If I drop this card on the ground it is worth $1000 per daily limit to the person who picks it up. If I don't notice the card missing until I use it next, 7 days later, who covers the $7000 loss?
How is my money MORE secure than the previous transaction method? | <urn:uuid:c7b0174d-a2a0-423b-997d-3b3052840b76> | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | https://money.stackexchange.com/questions/21588/how-secure-is-paywave-debit-card-compared-to-a-chip-and-pin-one/21590 | 2020-08-05T22:46:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439735989.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20200805212258-20200806002258-00433.warc.gz | en | 0.926318 | 162 |
Episodes: Eight (hour)
TV show dates: July 10, 2016 — August 28, 2016
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Afton Williamson, Amara Karan, Ashley Thomas, Ben Shenkman, Bill Camp, Chip Zien, Glenn Fleshler, Glenne Headly, Jeannie Berlin, John Turturro, Max Casella, Michael Kenneth Williams, Mohammad Bakri, Nabil Elouahabi, Ned Eisenberg, Paul Sparks, Paulo Costanzo, Payman Maadi, Poorna Jagannathan, Riz Ahmed, and Sofia Black-D’Elia.
TV show description:
Based on the Criminal Justice TV show from the BBC, this dramatic series delves into the intricate story of a fictitious murder case in New York City.
The series follows the police investigation and legal proceedings, all the while examining the criminal justice system and the purgatory of Rikers Island, where the accused awaits his trial.
A Pakistani-American college student who lives in Queens in New York, Nasir ‘Naz’ Khan (Riz Ahmed) uses his father’s cab one night. He intends to attend a popular party and he picks up a young woman.
After a night of sex and drugs with the woman, he wakes up to find her stabbed to death but has no recollection of what happened. Naz leaves the scene but is arrested for a minor traffic violation and ends up at a police station. The police find a weapon in his possession that matches the suspected murder weapon and different witnesses identify him.
Naz is soon interrogated by detective Dennis Box (Bill Camp) and the accused eventually gets a lawyer — world-weary defense attorney Jack Stone (John Turturro).
Episode #8 — The Call of the Wild
Stone is thrust into the spotlight as a controversy involving the defense emerges.
First aired: August 28, 2016.
What do you think? Do you like The Night Of TV show? Do you think it should have ended or been renewed for a second season? | <urn:uuid:34d32842-fb6b-4a77-a943-8ca6a241a0b5> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/the-night-of/ | 2024-02-26T11:19:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474659.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226094435-20240226124435-00764.warc.gz | en | 0.914638 | 428 |
About Gabrielle Horowitz-Prisco
Gabrielle Horowitz-Prisco is the Director of the Juvenile Justice Project at the Correctional Association of New York, a 170-year-old non-profit agency that monitors conditions inside New York’s prisons and advocates for a more humane and effective criminal justice system. Gabrielle previously served as an attorney for children in child abuse, child neglect and juvenile justice cases. Frustrated by what she saw happening to kids in Family Court, Gabrielle became an advocate for system transformation. She authored When the Cure Makes You Ill: Seven Principles for Changing the Course of Youth Justice, and is a sought after speaker on youth justice issues.
Gabrielle holds J.D., M.A. and B.S. degrees. She is also a non-fiction writer.
On Canaries, Love and Justice” explores the ways in which children serve as an early warning system for societal dysfunction, and how criminalizing them endangers us all. Weaving together her personal experience as an attorney and advocate for children, her own experience of loss, and the research on what works, Gabrielle makes the case for a justice system rooted in love, not punishment. | <urn:uuid:a11569c8-b7ea-4eb7-9ff8-6810d8f1463b> | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | http://tedxalbany.org/talks/2014-talks/gabrielle-horowitz-prisco/ | 2018-12-10T14:03:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823339.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20181210123246-20181210144746-00210.warc.gz | en | 0.939823 | 247 |
MATTY Palmer believes Burton Albion’s away form could be the springboard to success this season.
The 18-year-old midfielder made his first league start for the Brewers at league leaders Chesterfield last Saturday, and looked unfazed by the occasion, just as he did on his full debut a few weeks earlier against Premier League side Fulham.
Albion won 2-0 at the ProAct Stadium, their fifth away win of the season, and they have the second-best League Two record on the road.
Palmer said: “It was really good to make my full debut, and we got a good result against top of the league.
“So I’m really happy.
“It was pleasing to both get the win and get the clean sheet.
“We got three points at a difficult place to come and we can only take positives out of it.
“We set up away from home very well.
“We’ve got good shape and we play on the counter.
“Last season our home form was probably the best in the league, and it’s only a matter of time before that turns around and we’ll go on a good run.”
So far this season, the Brewers have only lost one league game – the 2-1 defeat to Portsmouth – when they have kept all 11 players on the pitch, and have shown in their last two games that they have what it takes to be one of the challengers for promotion this season.
“I think we’ve been very unlucky in the past few weeks,” said Palmer.
“Obviously we’ve had the sendings-off, but not only that.
“We’ve created chances every week, but it’s fallen for us now and we’ve taken three points.”
Palmer has yet to open his account for the Brewers, but has come extremely close, with a fantastic run from his own penalty area against Southend United that ended with him thumping a shot off the post, and then a superb free kick against Chesterfield which was saved.
“I’m not getting the goal that I’m close to, but if I keep working it will come,” said the teenager.
“I’ve been close, like with that run and shot against Southend, and then last year at Gillingham it was cleared off the line by my own player, so it’s just not going in for me at the moment.
“If I can keep doing what I’m doing, then hopefully one will fall for me soon.”
Palmer played in a 4-5-1 line-up against the Spireites and then in a 4-4-2 in the home clash with Torquay United on Tuesday, and looks like he will be battling his skipper Lee Bell to hold onto his place away to Exeter City tomorrow.
He said: “I wouldn’t say I’m hopeful, as it’s up to the gaffer, but hopefully what I have done has shown him what I can do, and I’ll get another chance.
“It was really good to get 90 minutes – that was my second one of the season, so I’m really happy with that.” | <urn:uuid:2c44e1b2-1171-4b31-9d66-023aa11247f3> | CC-MAIN-2013-48 | http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Sport/Burton-Albion-FC/Teenage-sensation-Matty-Palmer-hopes-to-retain-starting-place-for-kings-of-the-road-Burton-Albion-20131025060000.htm | 2013-12-18T12:42:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-48/segments/1387345758566/warc/CC-MAIN-20131218054918-00032-ip-10-33-133-15.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982865 | 716 |
Ansys Simulation Software provides a comprehensive finite element (FEM) simulation software suite that is designed to assist businesses in sectors such as construction, healthcare, aerospace, and automobile. With a broad portfolio of solutions that includes 3D design, structural analysis, electromagnetic simulation, fluid interaction, optical performance, and semiconductor testing, Ansys Simulation Software delivers a complete range of software that spans across all physics and engineering fields.
- Simulate complex interactions between structural mechanics, heat transfer, fluid flow, acoustics, and electromagnetic in a single platform.
- Solve real-life multiphysics problems with proven accuracy and engineered scalability.
- Flexible Simulation Methods
- Utilize two proven methods to solve multiphysics problems – the direct coupled-field elements and the Ansys multi-field solver.
- Simulate both direct and sequentially coupled problems such as induction heating, electrostatic actuation, and fluid structure interaction (FSI).
- Unified Simulation Environment
- Enable interoperability to interface with CAD, repair geometry, create meshes, and post-process results.
- Simplify complex multiphysics analyses by using the drag-and-drop feature and the innovative schematic view.
- Native CAD Import and Robust Meshing
- Control advanced meshing options such as body, surface or edge sizing, sphere of influence, and inflation level meshing.
- Import most neutral geometry formats using bi-directional CAD connectivity.
The range of an Ansys Pricing varies from Rs. 30000 to Rs. 500000 depending on the type of product, nature of Ansys license, and a number of connections. It also provides a free downloadable version with limited functionality for students. More details on Ansys pricing can be found by contacting them via their website.
Ansys Simulation Software provides a free trial for all the versions of its software on its official website apart from running multiple paid courses, webinars and subscriptions to help users realize the complete potential of the software. | <urn:uuid:761819fd-ab94-48ba-9f10-67678e58929c> | CC-MAIN-2021-25 | https://www.360quadrants.com/software/simulation-software/ansys-inc | 2021-06-24T18:52:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-25/segments/1623488556482.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20210624171713-20210624201713-00626.warc.gz | en | 0.856504 | 407 |
Posted on: Tuesday, February 14th, 2017
On Tuesday, February 21st, Pon Arunkumar Ramalingam, a Software Solutions Engineer at Logical Advantage, is hosting a Lunch and Learn on bots. Or, more specifically, on Conquering Conversation Channels for Enterprise Applications Using Bot Services. Which means…what exactly?
Let’s start by talking about what exactly a bot is.
A bot is software that is designed to automate the kinds of tasks you would usually do on your own, like making a dinner reservation, adding an appointment to your calendar or fetching and displaying information. The increasingly common form of bots, chatbots, simulate conversation. They often live inside messaging apps — or are at least designed to look that way — and it should feel like you’re chatting back and forth as you would with a human. (Source)
What’s really neat about bots is that they understand natural language, which means you can have an actual conversation with them. In fact, there’s a good chance that you’ve already met and spoken to a bot–ever heard of a little something called Alexa? Bots are great for performing support-type tasks. In fact, Microsoft’s Cognitive Services QnA maker can read the FAQ section of your website and then use that information to make a support bot with their bot framework. Amazing, right?!
The bot framework can be consumed by many of your favorite chat tools, such as slack. The goal is to make the interaction so good that people don’t even realize they’re chatting with a bot.
Though most experts agree that bots won’t kill apps, most believe that they will take over parts of apps that involve things like complex transactions and customer service. And for businesses, bots can be the solution they need to save time and money, taking over mundane tasks or simple interactions and allowing businesses to better spend their time on more pressing projects.
In Pon’s Lunch & Learn, he’ll be focusing specifically on the Microsoft Azure bot tech. If you’re interested in attending this upcoming Lunch & Learn, but want to learn more, you’re in luck! We recently spoke to Pon himself about what participants can expect. Keep reading!
Logical Advantage (LA): How did you first start working with bots?
Pon Arunkumar Ramalingam (PAR): Inspired by the presentations at the annual Facebook Developer Conference (F8), I started working with conversational bots both for personal and professional use cases.
LA: Will your presentation touch on how bots are transforming business use cases?
PAR: Sure, I will be presenting on how businesses thrive by developing human-like behavioral conversational applications in their growing digital ecosystem.
LA: What are some of the distinct benefits of using bot services?
PAR: Distinct benefits of using bot services vary on industry specific usage. Overall, the go-to-market timeline would be minimal when compared to the traditional development cycle. Microsoft Bot as A Service propels the development process with support to CI Continuous Integration and Deployment.
LA: What more can you tell us about the demo you’ll be showing?
PAR: The demo will cover the featured services available, as well as various types of bots that could be published ranging from Flow to Proactive.
LA: What do you hope participants of your Lunch & Learn will take away from your event?
PAR: Developers will take away the set of skills needed to build their own bot. Managers would take away key metrics and use cases in managing bot projects. Strategic management and sales teams would take away insights into how bot applications would provide better ROI in their technology ecosystems to enhance their business. Business leaders would take away the various low cost models available to them in bot adoption.
Thank you, Pon! Pon has always had an interest in technology and is a passionate computer science engineer with over 12 years of software development experience in enterprise integration and resource planning projects. He’s also a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) certified professional and advocates cloud transformations using emerging technologies. A believer in work-life balance, he spends his time outside of work enjoying nature walks with his family, encouraging bird watching with his daughters, playing basketball and biking the country roads and trails in North Carolina.
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Boho chic styling is taking our interiors by storm this year, and we’re honestly a little bit obsessed. A boho interior is instantly recognisable – they’re always full of exciting patterns, rich colours, and present an interesting mix of style influences from different time periods and different parts of the world. Learn how to get this on-trend look in your own home with our top styling tips!
What is boho chic?
The bohemian style takes influence from free spirits, whose pursuits often include art, music, culture, and spirituality, and who have few permanent ties to a particular place. This nomadic ideal, in particular, can be seen in the eclectic mixture of style elements – from vintage and modern to Middle Eastern-inspired – you will often find in a boho interior.
Boho interiors aren’t about order and tidiness and following the rules. They’re about mixing, not matching, and they’re going to be totally unique to you. Show off your dusty book collection, hang a Kilim rug from the walls, fill your space with succulents, hold onto that worn leather couch for a few more years.
While there aren’t really any set rules to follow in order to master this interior style, we’ve got a few tips to help you get started.
Start with a plain canvas
Whether you’re working in the living room, the bedroom, or the dining room, you should always begin with a plain backdrop. White or wooden furniture (like dressers, sideboards, and tables), neutral-toned sofas, and crisp white or soft grey bed linen all provide excellent bases for a boho-chic interior.
They don’t have to be totally neutral colours – you can use soft blue, warm brown, and other colours, as long as it’s understated. Boho-chic interiors are all about letting your knick-knacks and accessories tell your story, so you don’t want your furniture to take away the focus.
Mix (don’t match) your cushions
Cushions offer an easy and relatively inexpensive way to work the boho-chic style into your interiors. Start with a neutral sofa or armchair – maybe in a grey or beige tone, or tan-coloured leather. Then create excitement by adding cushions in all sorts of patterns, textures, and colours.
You probably only need one statement cushion for an armchair or occasional chair, but for a sofa you can add as many cushions as you like – we think three to five is a great number! And don’t worry about matching colours and patterns. The more you use and the greater difference there is, the better!
Put all your junk on display
Got some old photographs? Put ’em out. Got an acoustic guitar you can’t even remember how to play? Put it out. Picked up some cute antiques at a market? Put them out. Got stacks and stacks of books you’ll probably never read again? Good. Pile them up and put them out. In a boho chic interior, it’s not clutter. It’s décor.
Go mad with macramé
When channelling the boho look, you just can’t go wrong with macramé. In fact, if you were to list the top 5 features of boho interiors, guaranteed macramé would appear in everyone’s list.
These intricate knots can be found in so many different forms, from wall hangings to cushions, ottomans, and even handbags. There’s definitely no shortage of macramé out there, and it’s one of the easiest ways to give your space that carefree, laidback vibe that the boho style is known for.
Enrich your space with rich textures
Pack your space with all sorts of different textures (along with the macramé!). We’re talking everything from smooth wooden surfaces, to tassels and fringing on cushions and rugs, to natural fibre baskets, to soft leather seats and ottomans.
Having a mix of different textures can give your space a rich, cosy, and also a bit of a chaotic feel, which is all totally in line with the boho chic aesthetic.
Remember the rug!
No bohemian or boho chic interior would be complete without a rug … or two … or five! Opt for flatwoven rugs with eye-catching patterns. Traditional Kilim rugs and Persian rugs work perfectly, as do tribal-inspired designs. They don’t have to be bold colours, but warm reds and browns are always a good choice. Neutrals work well too, particularly if you’ve got dark wooden floors.
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Let’s take a minute to talk about emergency relief, in the form of restraining orders. This is heavy stuff, and it’s not easy to talk about, but it’s important. On any given day, more than a million restraining orders are in place throughout the United States. That’s a mind-blowing number of cases, each with its own story. Given those statistics, there’s a pretty good chance that you know someone who has filed for one, or will file for one at some point. Maybe that person is you. We hope not, but it’s still a good idea to know your options in the event that you do find yourself needing legal protection. Why? Because there is more than one type of emergency relief, and applying for the wrong kind can backfire. When your safety is at stake, this isn’t something you want to get wrong. We’re here to help. Let’s talk it through.
Most people think of a restraining order as a blanket legal judgment that keeps the bad guys or gals away. It’s a commonly held myth, perpetuated by TV and movies and the media. Unfortunately, that’s not really how it works.
Here’s the truth: There are three main types of emergency relief. Each is based on a complex legal statute, but we’ll do our best to explain these types in a way that make them easy to understand.
The first type is an Order for Protection (OFP). An OFP is a restraining order that must take place between people who share some type of domestic relationship. This might mean a current or former spouse or romantic partner, someone with whom you have a child, or a family member.
What doesn’t count as a domestic relationship? Your neighbor. Your coworker. The guy on the corner who gives you the creeps.
Then there’s a Harassment Restraining Order (HRO). This is a restraining order that isn’t contingent on the relationship between the two parties. In other words, this is the restraining order you’d put into place if the problem is a neighbor or acquaintance.
Let’s pause here to point out that both OFPs and HROs are reactive. That means that something needs to have already happened in order to have legal causality to file a petition for one of these orders. In other words, you can’t file an HRO simply because the person who just moved across the street from you looks like a shady character. And you can’t file an OFP simply because you suspect that your significant other has a darker side that he or she has not revealed to you.
An HRO is most commonly triggered by either: 1) a single incident of abuse, or 2) a pattern of intrusive or unwanted acts, words, or gestures that create a substantial adverse effect on your safety, security, or privacy. The standards for OFPs are similar, though a bit more restrictive. For instance, OFPs are limited to cases in which domestic abuse has occurred or has been threatened.
So what happens if you have good reason to be concerned for your safety but a “qualifying incident or pattern” hasn’t happened yet? That’s when we would consider the third type of emergency relief: An Emergency Motion. Emergency Motions can only happen within the context of a civil case, such as a divorce or custody dispute. However, an Emergency Motion and civil case can be opened up at the same time. An Emergency Motion is proactive. You can even apply for a special version of an Emergency Motion called an ex parte that can be filed quickly without the other party finding out about it until the motion has already taken place, and a temporary court order may already be entered. This type of relief often fits when someone exhibits behavior that sets off alarm bells (such as substance abuse or severe mental health issues) but has not directly abused or harassed the person seeking emergency relief.
Why did we just walk you through all these details? Because people, even attorneys, often misuse the various types of emergency relief. And if your attorney files for the wrong kind of relief, chances are it’ll get dismissed in court. You might be granted temporary protection, but when you arrive at the hearing it’ll likely be thrown out, and you’ll be vulnerable again. That is scary stuff. Plus, you’ll have wasted a whole lot of legal fees. And believe it or not, it happens all the time.
The solution: Work with attorneys who truly know the statutes. Put your trust in people who take the legal nuances really, really seriously. At Johnson/Turner Legal, we look at the outcome each client needs and then we select the best route to take to get there. A client might have been told to get an OFP but we know that an Emergency Motion is more likely to be successful based on the specific case.
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In his latest YouTube video titled, “NAGKALABASAN NG BAHO AT SIKRETO SA BORACAY” last December 22, comedian Vice Ganda shared his recent trip to the island along with his entourage which included his assistant and friend Erma who shares many hilarious moments with the It’s Showtime host.
After checking into his hotel, Vice couldn’t help but share his observations after returning to the island after its six-month rehabilitation and closure to the public. “So happy to be back here. In fairness makikita mo ang laki ng improvement niya. Ang linis. Makikita mo sky blue talaga siya. Nawala yung mga green. Parang wala ng mga basura. Malinis,” he said.
While walking on the white sand beach which he describes as a “peaceful, tahimik, simple, calm” place, Vice also enjoyed various activities with his friends which included playing volleyball, strolling around, and learning how to stand up on a paddle board.
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Last July, the Kapamilya comedian launched the Vice Ganda Network which aims to reach out to his audience and give employment opportunities to stand-up comedians affected by the pandemic this year.
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THE Examiner gave a boost to a community group which lends its heart to those in need of a little extra support.
Huddersfield Heartline formed nearly 20-years-ago to support not only patients who had suffered a heart attack but their loved ones too.
Last year they were given £900 in the Examiner’s Cash Giveaway which they described as a lifeline.
Pam Ciceri, secretary of Huddersfield Heartline, said that with rising costs, their £900 award had helped them reach out to more people.
They’ve produced promotional leaflets and cards to raise more awareness of the group.
Mrs Ciceri said: “We applied for some money from the Examiner and it’s really helped.
“We only charge our members £5 a year membership, so this has helped us print posters and cards which we can use to promote the group.”
Mrs Ciceri got involved with Huddersfield Heartline after her husband Alan, now 69, suffered a heart attack in 2001.
She said: “The shock is not something you can ever prepare for.
“If Alan hadn’t have had that heart attack I wouldn’t be doing any of this now, but having a heart attack is one thing – dealing with it is another.
“People are suddenly faced with their own mortality, I became very close to becoming a widow and that was not something I wanted nor was ready for.
“Luckily, Alan made a recovery, but it’s been with the help and support of others we’ve got through it.”
The couple are full of praise for the treatment Mr Ciceri received at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, but it was the treatment and care they received during his rehabilitation programme which introduced them to Huddersfield Heartline.
“My advice to anyone – wife, partner, family or friend – is if you can go to the rehabilitation programme then do go,” Mrs Ciceri added.
“It’s the only way to help you understand what the patient should and should not be doing.
“But for others they need more support, they need someone to talk to who understands how it is and that’s Heartline.”
As well as a newsletter, Heartline also has a website – www.huddersfieldheartline.co.uk.
Huddersfield Heartline was formed in 1990 by Dennis Goring, himself diagnosed with heart problems in May 1989, working with Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Kirklees Council.
Its aim was to give coronary patients the chance to share experiences.
Some of its original members are still involved and they’ve helped countless heart attack patients and friends and families over the years.
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Save Frogs From the Poison of Atrazine
For Save the Frogs Day on April 28, the Center for Biological Diversity needs your help to convince Congress to ban atrazine, a commonly used weedkiller and toxic chemical that threatens imperiled frogs, other wildlife and people across the United States.
Atrazine is a powerful endocrine disruptor. It interferes with natural hormone functions, inhibiting the reproduction, development and growth of fish, wildlife and humans.
Researchers have proven that atrazine chemically castrates and feminizes male frogs at concentrations up to 120 times lower than the levels allowed by the EPA. In people, it increases risk of breast cancer, prostate cancer and decreases sperm count.
Atrazine is the most commonly detected pesticide contaminant of ground, surface and drinking water. It's also extremely persistent in the environment: Atrazine is still being detected in France 15 years after its last application.
Ask Congress to save our waters and frogs from atrazine -- a poisonous chemical cocktail.
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SUBJECT: Ban the Toxic Pesticide Atrazine
Dear [Decision Maker],
I urge you to support House Bill 4318, introduced by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), which would ban the use of the pesticide atrazine in the United States. Atrazine is a widely used weedkiller linked to significant human and wildlife health concerns: endocrine disruption, birth defects, fertility problems and cancer. This toxic pesticide is found in nearly 95 percent of U.S. groundwater.
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Austin, Texas, the festival capital of the world!
This morning the ATX Television Festival (June 6-9) revealed exclusively to EW the first wave of programming for its second annual celebration of television’s history and future. Four punch-drunk days of world premieres, unaired pilots, cast reunions, beloved special guests, and trips down the memory lane of Rider Strong’s luxurious bang swoop.
True ’90s nostalgists can assess the aging process of their former small-screen friends at the first-ever cast reunion of Boy Meets World. Rider Strong, Ben Savage, Matt Lawrence, Maitland Ward, and series creator Michael Jacobs will all be in attendance. (Alas,
Topanga Danielle Fishel has a wedding to attend that weekend and can’t be there in person.) ”Boy Meets World ripped away my childhood and ruined me as an adult. Wait, reverse that,” said Strong, who played Shawn Hunter. “I’m so happy to be a part of ATX Television Festival. Boy Meets World was a magical time in my life and it’s incredibly satisfying to know that it still resonates with people.”
ATX will also welcome three networks who come bearing premiere programming. AMC will world premiere the pilot episode of its new cop drama Low Winter Sun with several cast members, including Lennie James (The Walking Dead), in attendance. TNT will world premiere the first episode of season 2’s Perception, with series stars Rachel Leigh Cook and Scott Wolf on hand. And IFC will also join the party, bearing the first episode of season 2 of their talk show Comedy Bang! Bang! with host/star Scott Aukerman cracking wise in person.
Did we mention that an episode of Friday Night Lights will air under the stars in a makeshift outdoor theater in the parking lot of the Hotel San Jose? With Scott Porter and Matt Lauria in attendance? Friday Night Lights obsessives, this is our time.
More, you say? The festival’s list of confirmed attendees also includes Veronica Mars man-of-the-moment Rob Thomas, Scandal’s Joshua Malina and Dan Bucatinsky, and Raising Hope’s Martha Plimpton. And here is a peek at confirmed programming, with special guests:·
$5.15/hour (unaired pilot)
Richard Linklater, America Ferrera
Animation Domination High-Def (FOX)
Falling Skies (TNT) **
Heat Vision & Jack (unaired pilot + never before seen “making of” documentary)
Hell on Wheels (AMC)
Nomads (unaired pilot from Scott Free Productions)
NTSF:SD:SUV:: (Adult Swim) **
The Mindy Project (FOX)
New Girl (FOX)
Once Upon a Time (ABC)
Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz
Raising Hope (FOX)
Martha Plimpton, Lucas Neff, Garret Dillahunt, Shannon Woodward
The Riches (FTVS)
Sullivan and Son (TBS)**
Steve Byrne, Owen Benjamin, Ahmed Ahmed, Roy Wood Jr., Peter Billingsley
The Vampire Diaries (CW)
Julie Plec, Arielle Kebbel
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Got game with your name?
In the digital era, executives are discovering that there is more at stake in selecting the right name for a company, product or service than in the pre-Internet era, but the path to follow is often laden with new rules that can make the task at hand more treacherous, say Wharton and other experts.
Earlier this year, old media stalwart Tribune Publishing Co., owner of the venerable Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, stumbled badly when it renamed itself “tronc,” a short version of Tribune online content. The name change was supposed to represent the company’s shift to the high-growth online content business. But it attracted instant derision instead, with The Washington Post opining that “Tribune lost its mind.”
While Tribune recognized the need to get with the times and present a more modern image, its attempt to follow the new digital rules for branding while still honoring important aspects of the old rules was less than gracefully executed. At least, it understood that choosing the name of a company or product is becoming increasingly more critical. That’s because a company’s name is usually also its web address, so choosing a name people can remember should bring in more traffic — translating to higher revenues.
“Name selection is more important now than ever before,” says Alexandra Watkins, founder of brand consulting agency Eat My Words. “Your name has to work harder than it did 20 years ago.”
“Name selection is more important now than ever before. Your name has to work harder than it did 20 years ago.” –Alexandra Watkins
Driving the charge are shifts in technology and consumer habits. The ubiquitous presence of internet domain names and web addresses, or URLs, social media and the prevalent use of smartphones and tablets with their smaller screens call for new rules on how a company, product or service should select its name, marketing experts say.
“Yahoo! started this shift in early 2000 when it was formed and disrupted the conventions of naming companies and logos,” says Sinan Kanatsiz, chairman of the Internet Marketing Association. Yahoo stands for “Yet Another Hierarchically Organized Oracle.” At the time, it was a bold move for a company to give itself such a whimsical name with no obvious link to its core business — flying in the face of old rules that include naming a firm after a founder. “The trend is toward simplicity and using acronyms,” Kanatsiz notes.
Domain Name Dance
Unique URLs that are easy to remember and build on the company’s name, mission or brand tend to drive potential customers and partners to the organization’s website, where information can be provided about the firm or where its products and services can be sold.
Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger believes that names help brands represent what they stand for, which in turn impacts choice in the marketplace. “Intel picked the name Pentium [for its chips], because it sounded fast and high tech,” he says. “Buick picked the name Enclave because it sounded roomy and hip.”
In a research paper titled “Empirical Evidence for Domain Name Performance,” Karl Ulrich, vice dean of entrepreneurship and innovation at Wharton, found several traits in selecting a domain name that attracted more traffic to a website:
Short names. Domain names of seven characters or less, excluding the dot.com or other suffix, tended to yield higher traffic. Visitors to a website would decrease by 7% if the domain name was expanded to 10 characters, Ulrich says. Basically, that translates into a 2% reduction in traffic for each additional character beyond the sweet spot of seven characters or less.
Numbers count. Adding a number to a domain name also helped increase traffic, the paper found. Include a numeral and the website’s rank would rise by 8.19%, based on a study of 1.28 million unique domains that were ranked according to the amount of traffic they attracted.
Ditch hyphens. What about the lowly hyphen? It can lower a website’s rank by 2.9% if one is used in the domain name, according to the study.
Leonard Lodish, Wharton emeritus professor of marketing, notes that sometimes names are intentionally misspelled because the URL for the word in the right spelling is not available. But then, the company has to spend to build its brand identity. “In some cases, the URLs are taken so companies have to spell their names funny. It’s the cost of doing business and it hurts, not helps,” he says. “Like Uber and Amazon, companies like these have to spend a lot of money to let people know what they stand for.”
“The trend is toward simplicity and using acronyms.” –Sinan Kanatsiz
Lodish was the first outside director for Diapers.com, which initially got its start as 1-800-Diapers in 2005 but then two years later purchased its current domain name. He says the new name made the company more efficient, because it had to spend less money to acquire new business. “A good name should differentiate the company, or product, and be memorable just from the name,” he says. “Your target audience should understand why the company or product is better than the competition.”
If your company’s name is not available as a domain name, find creative ways around it. For example, luxury condo complex Lumina in San Francisco was not deterred when a technology company with the same name snapped up the Lumina.com domain, Watkins says. It grabbed LuminaSF.com. Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline chose BigBadCough.com to tell the public about the dangers of whooping cough and the need for people to get a vaccine, instead of using a URL with its corporate name, she adds.
“Don’t let the availability of your dot-com [name] stop you from [creatively choosing] a great domain,” Watkins says. “About 90% of our clients get it that it is OK not to have the exact same domain name, but the startups, especially, don’t get it.”
However, the URL should be associated with the company’s name and be unique, says Wharton marketing professor Barbara Kahn. “You want to get them to your website,” she explains, noting how Spotify is a unique URL of a made-up word. Indeed, company names that are comprised of words not found in the dictionary are common in the digital era — in part, because firms are determined to land a web address that is still available. “The biggest trend in selecting names is a move to use made up names,” she says.
Siri and Tiny Screens
With voice recognition features becoming commonplace, in part spurred by the popularity of the iPhones’ digital assistant Siri, it is becoming imperative that the name of a company sounds exactly how consumers would pronounce it, advises Watkins. For example, people looking for the Mexican restaurant Garaje in San Francisco could mispronounce it and confuse the voice recognition software used to find the eatery.
“In some cases, the URLs are taken so companies have to spell their names funny. It’s the cost of doing business and it hurts, not helps.” –Leonard Lodish
The tiny screens of mobile devices also make name selection more challenging. According to research firm Gartner, 1.5 billion smartphones are expected to be sold worldwide this year, up 7% from the previous year. That means companies will likely want customers to read their name easily and quickly on those small screens, experts say.
“The trend in mobile is to look at the screen quickly and, so, you’ll want [consumers] to be able to process things quickly. It’s called perceptual fluency,” Kahn says, pointing to the ease with which a person is able to read a company or product name from the way that it is spelled to the type of font used. Moreover, a short name is also easier to read across the screen of a smartphone, Watkins notes, and a made up name could better fit the bill.
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With the exception of broccoli slaw -- for which I thank the cruciferous vegetable gods who know that I love tender broccoli stems more than the fuzzy florets at the top -- every ingredient in this recipe came from my pantry. It took five minutes to cook, and not much longer to eat; my husband Ted and I practically licked the wok clean as we devoured enough food for four people, all by ourselves.
Sesame shrimp fried rice with broccoli slaw
Serves 4; can be doubled.
1/2 lb frozen raw shrimp (I use 31-40 size, often labeled "large")
2 tsp canola oil
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 clove garlic, thinly sliced
6 oz broccoli slaw (a combination of shredded broccoli, carrots and purple cabbage)
2 cups cold, cooked long grain white rice (leftover from a take-out meal, or homemade)
1 Tbsp sesame oil
2 tsp reduced-sodium soy sauce
1 tsp Sriracha, or to taste (optional, but irresistible)
1 scallion, sliced (white and green parts)
1-2 tsp sesame seeds, for garnish
Defrost, peel and devein the shrimp, and set aside.
In a wok or deep frying pan, heat the canola oil over high heat. When the oil is hot but not smoking, pour in the beaten egg. With a spatula, stir quickly, as the egg will set almost immediately. Remove the egg with a slotted spoon or spatula, and place in a bowl.
Add the garlic and shrimp to the wok, and stir for 1 minute, until the shrimp are pink and cooked through. Remove the garlic and shrimp, and add to the bowl with the egg.
If there's no oil remaining in the wok, add 1 tsp of canola oil, then the broccoli slaw and cooked rice. Stir-fry for 1 minute. Add sesame oil, soy sauce and Sriracha, and stir until well-combined. Return the shrimp, garlic and egg to the wok, and stir-fry for 30 seconds to bring everything together.
Place the fried rice in a serving bowl, topped with scallion and sesame seeds. Serve hot.
Other recipes that use these pantry ingredients:
Ginger fried rice, from Smitten Kitchen
Kimchi fried rice, from Lunch in a Box
Shrimp fried rice, from Gluten-Free Goddess
Garlic and rosemary roasted shrimp skewers with Fuyu persimmon, from Kalyn's Kitchen
Spinach with sesame and garlic, from Simply Recipes
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The U.S. credit downgrade is a deep humiliation for the United States. But it’s a debacle for the Democratic Party. They just haven’t yet realized why.
This just became the Suze Orman election.
You know Suze Orman. She’s that nice, perky lady on CNBC. The one who likes leather and writes all those personal finance books on your shelf.
Well, the point is, you do know her. Or if you don’t, you know Dave Ramsey. Or someone else who’s taught you some pretty basic ideas, among which are: Don’t max out your credit cards. If you do max out your credit cards, cut them up and pay them off. Don’t count on “new revenues” (like a better job you don’t have, or a tax hike) to bail you out. And above all, if you’re maxed out already, don’t apply for more credit. Stop digging your hole.
You know this. Everyone knows this. These are our modern day Proverbs.
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When the debate was about shaving or adding a billion — or a hundred billion — here or there from programs you’ve never heard of in far-off budget years, America’s eyes glazed over. This has always been true, regardless of who was in power. This has served the left well. For most of a century, Washington could and has pretty routinely come up with some new thing we “had to do” “for the children.” And no one really worried that much about how it would be paid for.
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No one had ever lost America’s perfect credit, until Barack Obama.
Many Americans are now too young to remember how it felt to live through the Carter years. The loss of your job, and in too many cases your future, or the constant fear that you would be next. The vague but certain knowledge that America had lost a war in Vietnam and might lose one again, one that mattered more. The constant drumbeat of “limits to growth,” of ever-higher gas prices, of having to cancel the family vacation. The humiliation and anger and impotence of the hostage-taking in Iran, while Carter wrung his hands and kowtowed to the “Muslim street.”
Those of us who are old enough have seen this play before. It nearly destroyed us. And yet even Jimmy Carter never lost our good credit.
Obama came in claiming Bush had ruined America’s reputation and he would fix it. Many Americans thought that was bunk, that our reputation was fine, and anyone who didn’t like us wasn’t our friend anyway. Now, under Obama, we really are genuinely disgraced.
That will sink in.
No one ever lost our credit rating before because no one ever spent so wildly before. It took 232 years for America to amass $10 trillion in debt. Obama maxed out the national credit card in just 30 months, hitting almost $15 trillion by the time of the downgrade. Almost one-third of the entire national debt belongs to one inexperienced community organizer who hasn’t even finished a single term.
And Obama’s plan to “fix” things? Borrow still more. Spend still more. And tax more too — trillions of dollars more — to help pay for a tiny part of it, in the longest period of high unemployment since the Depression, and while too-high taxes and regulation are forcing countless jobs overseas already.
This is a defining moment. Barack Obama and his spin machine haven’t realized it yet. But if this is the Suze Orman election, Obama’s replacement has already been elected as surely as Carter guaranteed that there would be a Reagan.
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Readerial Transience and Authorial Immortality in Macbeth, Winters Tale, and Metamorphoses.
Whenever you read a good book, its like the author is right there, in the room, talking to you, which is why I dont
like to read good books.
-Jack Handey, Deep Thoughts, III.3.
April 5, 2004
Sold on Suicide
There are two sides to the Golden Gate Bridgenot the north and south ends, but the east and west sides. One, the west, faces the limitless expanse of the Pacific; the other, the east, the
bay and its surrounding communities, most notably San Francisco itself. Of all
the people whove leapt from the bridge over the fifty years since its erection, and there have been more than a thousand,
not one has jumped from the west. There are two explanations for this. The first, that in their last moments, every human being longs for connection, both to love and be loved,
and therefore leaps toward humanity, and not the void that they fear they are actually leaping into. The other, more pragmatic, explanation is that the west side is closed to pedestrians, and bicyclists rarely
attempt suicide. Of the two, I prefer the poetic and therefore will close the
pragmatic side of my bridge to interpretation, leaving only the avenue of the poetic.
As we step onto the bridge we see two kings, famed for their paranoid infamy: Leontes of Winters Tale and the
eponymous MacBeth. These two kings are as diametrically opposed as their
plays areWinters Tale a romance, and MacBeth a tragedy. But I agree
with Harold Bloom in thinking that Shakespeare transcends genre.
MacBeth, Shakespeares shortest
tragedy is a phantasmagoric tour through the inner depths of the depraved mind. An
obvious historical interpretation calls into mind the failed Gunpowder Plot of the same year (1606), but Bloom is wise in
leading us away from this interpretation of rebellion imitating rebellion. Macbeth
is the ultimate passive observer. For a protagonist, he lacks drive; some would
say any semblance of will. Yet at the same time, he is oddly compelling. We find ourselves as an audience not so much drawn to him, but drawn within him. We do not like him, but we nevertheless identify with him. Bloom links this to a perceived choice between Macbeth and the cosmological emptiness, the kenoma
of the Gnostics. Between this choice that is no choice, we must choose Macbeth. Yet there is more than a mere choice against nothingness, Macbeth has a draw unlike any other Shakespearean
Introduced as a noble war hero who,
when meeting the rebellious Macdonwald, unseamd him from the nave to thchops (I.ii.32).
Though Bloom sees homosexual imagery here we must defer this tangent until later. Instead, we see his bloody introduction
as an introduction to the hell within us. Macbeth sought to memorize another
Golgotha (I.ii.41), reminding us of the recent debate over who really killed Christ, and again placing the protagonist, and
the identifying audience squarely in the place of the sinner. The double meanings
proliferate as we are given the magnificent, What he hath lost noble Macbeth hath won (I.ii.69). How are we to read this line? What exactly did Cawdor lose?
His title? His life? His rebellion? The multiple interpretations that open up begin to tie us to the paranoid Macbeth who
himself becomes lost in interpretation.
Leontes is a different sort. We do not identify with him early on, but rather view him as the villain.
Yet by the end of the play we are moved to joy at his gains, sadness at his losses.
The audience undergoes this metamorphoses owing in part to Leontes swift contrition, and in part to Paulinas ceaseless
rehashing of his sins. We wish to cry out along with the attending lords, enough
already, but Leontes furthers her on with,
Go on, go on:
Thou canst not speak too much; I have deserved
All tongues to talk their bitterest.
Yet it is this very nagging that victimizes Leontes enough
for us to identify with himboth of us must endure Paulinas nagging.
The paranoia of kings may be related
to what Freud called, self regard, which in turn, appears to us to be an expression of the size of the ego. What better microcosm for studying narcissistic paranoia than in the enormous
Ego of a kingtwo kings at that. Leontes paranoia is far more blatantly sexual
in nature than Macbeths. Bloom traces Macbeths to sexual impotence, a state Freud
connected with narcissistic paranoia. Yet Freud saw another direction Narcissism could take: that of homosexuality,
which many see in Leontes. If not homosexuality, whichthough many critics see
it impliedis not necessarily in the text, then at the very least we can say that there is a certain sexual ambiguity implied
in narcissism. From Ovid himself we see the origins of narcissism in book three
of the Metamorphoses.
The well-known, and overly critiqued,
Echo-Narcissus myth gives us the outset of paranoid self-involvement and the gradual breaching of the prescriptive/descriptive
dichotomy. Narcissus love for his own image, se cupit inprudens et, (III.425), leads inevitably toward death, the rogum or funeral pyre of line 508 foreshadowed brilliantly in 465, by
roger anne rogem? For what can be more homosexual than to lust after ones self? It is these same narcissistic tendencies leading Narcissus toward his death that have
already led to his méconnaissance when greeted by his own words. It is
this paranoia that allows any interpretation, and its basis is generally self-involved: not What do these two things have to do with each other, but what does this have to do with me, and what then does this remote
cause have to do with me?
Leontes follows his Latin forbearer
both in self-involved sexual ambiguity and the much noted paranoia of the play. He
identifies himself with Polixenes and thereby assumes Hermione will do the same, committing adultery. I personally do not think the argument for Leontes actual homosexual urges toward Polixenes are as apparent
as Bloom, but I do see his self-involvement as pervasive. The Ego alone can be
the sole interpreter when alls true that is mistrusted and nothing is but what is not.
Both kings are next confronted with
fate personifiedMacbeth in the weird sisters, Leontes in the Oracle of Delphi. Heraclitus
reminds us that, the lord, whose oracle is at Delphi, neither speaks, nor dissimulates, but signifies. This signification then is left, like everything else around us, to individual interpretation. We are more than surprised then at the decidedly unsibylline letter from Delphi in the Winters Tale.
Hermione is chaste; Polixenes blameless; Camillo a true subject; Leontes
a jealous tyrant; his innocent babe truly begotten; and the king shall live without an heir, if that which is lost be not
The most glaring paradox is the conditional at the end of
the proclamation. If, leads us to wonder exactly how stiff fate is, and whether
it instead sometimes bends depending on its none-too-sure participants. At least
one of the preceding terse denouncements is likewise not as simple as first observed.
Camillo is hardly a true subject as can be seen throughout the rest of the play.
He deceives and disobeys every master he has: Leontes in warning Polixenes, Polixenes in warning Florizel, and Florizel
in reporting to Polixenes. Yet each of these masters will later laud such subterfuge
revealing Camillo to be one of the truer portraits of subjectivity given in these plays.
We must wonder what truth is contained in the rest of the letter now that we see the ambiguity of its signification.
The weird sisters play more on the ambiguities of time and will. Macbeth
first hears their unfixity of timetheir present tense is as definite as their future tense. He is thane of Glamis, and thane
of Cawdor just as much as he will be king hereafter. When greeted with this news
his imagination runs away with him and though murder yet is but fantastical (I.iii.139).
We soon see that Macbeth has trouble discerning fantasy from reality.
Leontes too cannot distinguish words
from things, though Shakespeare employs Leontes paranoia to more favorable ends. Toward
the end of the play we see that the same constant reminding of guilt that Paulina engages in is what links us to Leontes,
for whom, he (Mamillius) dies to me again when talkt of (V.i.119). Somewhere
in the background Freud reminds us that,
When we think in abstractions there is a danger that we may neglect the relations of words to unconscious thing-representations,
and it must be confessed that the expression and content of our philosophizing then begins to acquire an unwelcome resemblance
to the mode of operation of schizophrenics.
Freud has just defined paranoia as, the predominance of
what has to do with words over what has to do with things, and now implicates us in the process. It is true that in this very process of
reading, and especially interpreting, we begin to lean toward schizophrenia. We must make connections in order to read at all, just as our mind is formed,
not on the locations of various concepts, but on the connections between them. And we are as much involved in the process as Macbeth and Leontes. Yet if we allow to much play, as all metaphor tends toward metonymy, meaning becomes unmoored, to borrow
a term from Eco.
Here this linguistic play takes on more
sinister tones when compared with Leontes multiple puns on the word. He tells his son to,
Go, play, boy, play: thy mother plays, and I
Play too; but so disgraced a part,
Play takes on the same concept as the Latin ludere,
both to play in the innocent sense, and in the sexual. Beyond merely implying
infidelity, he now links the word to himself (for what else can a narcissist do?) and uses it in the sense of to play a part. Now he identifies himself as an actor playing a partin the immediate context to deceive
Hermione and Polixenes, but theres more there. The audience, if perceptive, feels
a sudden chill as the actor playing Leontes calls attention to himself.
A similar moment happens in Macbeth,
in the famous She should have died hereafter, speech, wherein Macbeth calls life a walking shadow; a poor player / that struts
and frets his hour upon the stage, / And then is heard no more (V.v.23-25). Why
in such a climactic speech would Shakespeare remove the fantasy by reminding us that we are indeed watching a play? In the first place, that is rarely the audiences response to this speech.
Most audiences respond with awe, showing us just how carefully Shakespeare toes the line. Today too many filmmakers
take the Ferris Bueler approach to self-referencetalking to the camera, forgetting the other actors, and instead reminding
the audience that it is in the end, only a movie. Shakespeare knew this danger
all too well, and instead gave us awe. Successful self-reference must walk a
fine linenever winking, but rather giving chills as we are displaced from audience to participant. The success depends upon the connection the audience has with the player, the character, and the play.
We have been taken in by Macbeths character
throughout the play, and now, though we still may not like him, we nonetheless identify wholly with him. The actor playing Macbeth is reminding us of our mutual plight: life.
He is the ultimate signifier, a microcosm of ourselves, as he struts and frets, we are reminded of our own strutting,
our own fretting. The speech stresses both the eternality and temporality of
the human experience. Tomorrow / creeps in the petty pace from day to day (V.v.18-19),
but afterward this same player, is heard no more. This urgency is described by
Lacan as a component of all speech, Nothing is created without a sense of urgency, urgency always produces its supersession
in speech. Lacan then points out the hypocrisy in calling life a lie, calling speech a
lie; for we must use speech to do so, whilst we live life.
Even if it communicates nothing, the discourse represents the existence
of communication; even if it denies the evidence, it affirms that speech constitutes truth; even if it is intended to deceive,
the discourse speculates on faith in testimony.
For Macbeths speech is truly what Lacan describes as The
ambiguity of the hysterical revelation, which,
presents us with the birth of truth in speech, and thereby brings us up against
the reality of what is neither true nor false. At any rate that is the most disquieting
aspect of the problem.
It is this ambiguity, or rather jarring dissonance between
truth and falsity, reality and fantasy, that we identify with. It is also this
dissonance that opens up one more level of self-reference: that of the text.
Macbeths famous speech must be quoted
at length before we can continue:
She should have died hereafter;
There would have been time for such a word.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To that last syllable of recorded time;
All our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out,
out, brief candle!
Lifes but a walking shadow; a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more: it
is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
The apocalyptic overtones which Freud terms, the paranoiacs
phantasy (or self-perception) of the end of the world, are evident in Macbeths paranoid hysterical revelationthe last syllable of recorded time, in which the sun itself is snuffed
out as a brief candle. Moving from the apocalyptic, our next image is of life
as a walking shadow, possibly alluding to Platos cave allegory, possibly to the very words used in the Echo and Narcissus
myth, though probably just a universal metaphor, on which level it works all the better.
Regardless of whether Shakespeare intended to reference Narcissus, Macbeths narcissism allows us to look to his original
for answers. One of my favorite lines from Ovids Metamorphoses is the
moment just after Narcissus has jilted Echo, and approaches a stream to drink.
Dumque bibit, visae correptus imagine formae
Spem sine corpore amat, corpus putat esse, quod umbra est.
Here there is an excellent irony in that Echo loved his
body (corpus) without hope (spes), whereas he loves a hope without body, e.g. a thought without substance. If the words were inflected in the reverse, corporem sine spe amat, it would
apply instead to his jilted lover. We begin to see the breaching of actor, action,
and the one acted upon.
Narcissus life is but a shadow, one
which he loves deeply, yetjust as Macbeth realizes that his own life is but shadowhe feels torn. He finally sees himself reflected, refracted, and this reminder of his mortality, much like Leontes seeing
the spider and drinking, brings him face to face with his own paranoiawherein the difference between thought and deed, word
and thing, is breached. Here his metaphor shifts from shadow to play. If the first metaphor gripped us by showing how we are in the same plight as the characterlifethen
this second metaphor links us to the very actor speaking the lines. This is why
the fantasy is not broken, but rather made realtemporal, acting upon us at the very moment we view the performance.
Even this is not enough for Macbeths
hysterical revelation and he moves to the text itself, a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. It is this that Lacan alludes to in his Mirror Stage when he speaks of madness as
the captation of the subject by the situationmadness that deafens the world with its sound and fury. Here the play becomes rich with textual self-reference, displaying the irony
inherent in language. Bloom saw Macbeth as the masterpiece of Shakespearian ironyMacbeth constantly
says more than he knows, but he also imagines more than he says, so that gap between his overt consciousness and his imaginative
powers, wide to begin with, becomes extraordinary. But it is more than Macbeth himself, it is Macbeth itself that is replete
with irony, whether or not it was told by an idiot. Through the audiences moral
link to Macbeth we are infected with his paranoia, so this extraordinarily wide gap, becomes easily surmountable, owing not
to our intellectual spurs, but to vaulting ambition, which oerleaps itself, / And falls on thother. (I.vii.27-28). This vaulting ambition is the only way to surmount Blooms anxiety of influence, and my feeling is that
this is the reason most students find Bloom to be pompous: without such arrogance he fears he will be over-run by the voice
of the inventor the human.
Act five, scene fives textual self-reference
begins with my personal favorite Shakespearean stage directioneven more than Winters Tales [exit pursued by a bear
[a cry within of women
What is that noise?
It is the cry of women, my good lord.
If we are here
reading, instead of watching, the play we get the joke. It also prepares us to
be watchful for Macbeths beginning To doubt thequivocation of the fiend, / That lies like truth (V.v.43-44). The fiend may be the weird sisters, fate, or possibly the text itself.
When discussing lies, truth, and equivocation, a play cannot help but reference itself, a fictional work. Stories are often more telling than historiesas Frederic Raphael once said, Truth may be stranger than
fiction, but fiction is truer.
Winters Tale is even more replete with these textual self-references, the most famous of which is the acting
out of the title in Act II scene I, where Mamillius tells his own winters tale: A sad tales best for winter: I have one /
Of sprites and goblins. Even this winters tale is prefigured within Macbeth with
Lady Macbeths pronouncement that her husbands faults and starts, / Imposters to true fear, would well become / A womans story
at a winters fire (III.iv.63-65). Mamillius sad wintry tale gives way to a spring
rebirth, a happy ending for all but himself. While Mamillius life may serve as
a warning, or the strife necessary for a truly happy ending, the rest of the self-reference in Winters Tale serves
to further stress the limitations of literature. When the climactic dénouement
occurs, it is all off stage, as secondary, or even tertiary characters recount it haltingly, saying, that ballad-makers cannot
be able to express it (V.ii.25-26), and likewise, I never heard of such another encounter, which lames report to follow it,
and undoes description to do it (57-60). The numerous pronouncements that it
is all so much like an old tale do not come close to Leontes revelation that we are mockt with art (V.iii.67).
Our artistic mockery gets at the heart of what distinguishes theater from literature.
Theatre can exist as literature, as we now critique only the text of these plays, but when it exists as live drama,
it is temporal, and not only affecting but affected. The audience has a role
in the play, for the players must respond to them, play for them, and at the same time not allow them to break the spell of
fantasy which holds the fiction togetherthe willing suspension of disbelief. Temporally,
the play occurs during certain hours, and does not allow us to review previous sections, or catch an early glimpse of the
ending like a book does. It is the delicacy of this tenuous fantasy that makes
Shakespeares careful self-reference all the more poignant.
This self-reference awakens us first to the character (whose life is but a walking shadow), then to the actor (strutting
and fretting his hour), and finally to the text (tale full of sound and fury) and author (the idiot). Once connected with the author, as well as the very means with which this present moment (the actor speaking
lines before us) has reached us, we may reflect upon the ultimate means, and wonder at the ends. By the means I mean language. Language and/or artoften synonymousI
would define loosely as a device for generating méconnaissance between the author and audiencedesigned to facilitate play
(through interpretation) within the viewer, yet created through play in the author.
It is the means by which an abstract concept within the author becomes a concrete object as text, and is in turn interpreted
back into abstract objects within the viewerconcepts understood to be different from the original.
This fine line that Shakespeare walks is language itself, and great art always walks this line through self-reference. It is the ultimate pragmatic aestheticachieving purposes, yet through beauty. It creates the stuckness of a Zen koan, which forces our minds to let go as we see the situation we are in reflected within the situation we are in. It is here that, for us, words become thingsemotions, reactions, chemical in our brains
and electrical current in our synapses. After all, it is the world of words which
creates the world of thingsthe things originally being confused in the hic et nunc of the all in the process of coming-into-beingby
giving its concrete being to their essence, and its ubiquity to what has always been: ctma z e.. In Lacans mind there is real is impossible, being revealed, or possibly mitigated, through language. Language resides in the world of the symbolic and is made real as, a function of time. This is why theatre will always be able to impact its participants
on a level beyond text, it occurs in time. Shakespeare understood that the, function
of language is not to inform, but to evoke.
The most fundamental reaction evoked is one of confusionnot absolute confusion (though that could be argued), but the
confusion of prescription and description. The fatal witches of Macbeth illustrate this distinction better than
I ever could. Farnham makes a rather large assumption when he states that,
nothing is clearer than that Shakespeare writes of Macbeth as a man who has free will so far, at least, as the choice of good
or evil is concerned. I disagree, and believe that the central question of Macbeth concerns his free
will. Do the witches prescribe actions for him to take or describe the destiny
he must follow? This leads us to the question of whether or not there is a difference.
Macbeth believes that the only difference is perspective. When first confronted
with the witches, he sees murder as yet but fantastical (I.iii.139), but the words turn gradually to deeds, but the cycle
has not been completed yet. As guilt begins to set in, he feels oddly controlled,
and as his freedom slips he calls fate to champion [him] to thutterance (III.i.70).
Champion here refers to calling fate to a duel. He now wants to fight against these bonds of destiny. Likewise, by the time he is confronted with the various apparitions he still retains some semblance of
free will. Though the damning apparition advises him to, Be bloody, bold, and
resolute (IV.i.78), he determines to, make assurance double sure (IV.i.82). He
no uses deeds to react to the words of the apparitions, as opposed to completing the set description of fate. Now he determines to crown [his] thoughts with acts (IV.i.49). But
soon reality interposes itself and when met with Macduffs proclamation that he was, from his mothers womb / Untimely ript
(V.viii.15-16) Macbeth is cowd (line 18). Here a mortals words begin to evoke
reactions within him and he loses owing to that very pre/(de)scriptive ambiguity. Macduffs
words are merely describing a reality. Macbeth feels the prescriptive implications
and feels in turn forced into a decision.
Ovid once again gives us an example of what I term the ambiguity of voice. By
changing only the inflection of the verb, he captures the ambiguity of passivity and activity.
Just after the lines which weve already studied, he writes,
se cupit inprudens et, qui probat, ipse probatur,
dumque petit, petitur, pariterque accendit et ardet
Narcissus is what he does; this is the reflection of the
poolthis is the self-involvement of paranoia. Verbs cease to need conjugation
as subject and object become one. But Ovid is careful to show that this self-involvement
leads only to death. Narcissuss ardent cry of regem? turns to the regum
on which he burns.
Shakespeare also allows his self-involved, paranoid characters to undergo punishment.
Macbeth dies fruitless, his dead wife testifying to the fact that he will have no heir.
Leontes must wait sixteen lonely, grief oppressed years before an heir is found for him. This idea of an heir is crucial to the paranoid mind. It is
what allows the connection with the futureimmortality through what is left after your death.
Immortality through art is one of the most fundamental concepts of western culture.
From Thales to Big Fish all writers have wished for their works to live on after them, to leave something that,
men will not willing let die. Horace perhaps voiced it best,
Exegi monumentum aere perennius
Regalique situ pyramidum altius,
Quod non imber edax non aquilo impotens
Possit diruere aut innumerabilis
Annorum series et fuga temporum
Non omnis moriar multaque pars mei
Horaces works testify to his greatness, and whereas his
grave (Libitinam) has been destroyed by winds, rain, and time; his words speak to us almost two thousand years later. Narcissus may have died, but his love lives on in his flowers, just as Echo forever
pines in the valleys.
Ovid too is still read and enjoyed the
world-over, but I feel he was more aware of the transience afforded him by this life.
In line 433 he writes, quod petis, est numquam; quod amas, avertere, perdes! Here the narrator remarks to Narcissus on the transience of his love. The moment he turns away, it disappears. In an almost sardonic
reader response criticism, Ovid points us toward ourselves and the text before us. He
shows us that our love is nothing and nowhere. The moment we turn away, it is
lost. This is the duel nature of literature: it affects and prescribes, thereby
granting its author a kind of immortality; but it also describes, only giving life when read.
The great error Narcissus falls into
is equally deludingthat of knowing himself ignorantly. The seer told Narcissus
mother that he would live a charmed life, si se non noverit. Later we see that when he finally comes face to face with himself, quod videat,
nescit. It is this incorrect knowledge of self amid a complete self-focus that is the
definition of Narcissism, and the cusp of paranoia. Pynchon was wrong; paranoia
the onset, the leading edge of the discovery that everything
is connected, everything in the Creation, a secondary illuminationnot yet blindingly One, but at least connected, and
perhaps a route in for thosewho are held at the edge,
but rather the discovery that everything is connected to
oneself. This is why paranoiacs blur the line between words and things. Words are their outlet to things, the way they connect with everything else around
themcall it reality, the impossible Real, objet petit a, or what have youwhat is by definition, not them. When they focus solely on themselves, there is no difference between words and things.
All description leads inevitably toward
prescription as the boundary between words and things is breached. This is why
Jo Suzuki says that there is no difference between interpretation and application. Words
do. They dont merely exist on paper, but rather, as Lacan said, evoke. When we accept a description it does not lead toward prescription, but actually is prescription.
This is why Lacans hysterical revelation
is so important. It is the moment that we gain a semblance of objectivity. It is the moment that we see the moment we are in.
Leontes experiences it not in his famous, alls true that is mistrusted, but at Hermiones supposed death; responding,
I have too much believed mine own suspicion (III.ii.50). Here he finally gets
outside of himself, realizing that his suspicions have led him astraythat he has led himself astray. Macbeth expresses it through his she should have died hereafter, speech.
Removing himself, gaining perspective, as it were, he sees his wife. He
sees her plight, he sees death, he sees the endless succession of years devouring his hopes for immortality and power and
eventually all life. Then he sees one avenue left: the plays the thing. Just as Hamlet uses the play to bring a hysterical revelation upon Claudius, here
Macbeth uses it to bring a hysterical moment upon us. In his delusional paranoia,
the only level he can remove himself to is off-stageinto the audience. Here he
begins the removal at a first step of reflection: lifes but a walking shadow; following with imitation, a poor player; and
ends with the hopelessness that accompanies the immortality he seeks, a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying
Shakespeare knows only too well that
there is no real immortality in literature, for the moment the audience leaves, avertere, he is lost, perdet. This is the reason for the sibylline conditional of The king will have no heir, if
what is lost be not found. Shakespeare will die heirless, mortal, finite and
transient, if what is lost with the turning away is not found.
Here the paranoia infects us. The illusions and allusions, playing on ludereto playbring us into Shakespeare. Analogy, and therefore allusion, that draws me toward the second meaning [that which is represented] assimilates
me to what is said, makes me participate in what is announced to me. We are transported, through time and perception, to Shakespeare, the mythical
author and impossible real. It is all a function of time: the relation existing
between the dimension of space and a subjective tension, which in the discontents (malaise) of civilization intersects
with that of anxietyand which is developed in the temporal dimension. We as subjectsor non-subjects if you likeare reflected and therefore, confusing
our reflection for ourselves, fall through the mirror and into Shakespeare. Within
the world of literature the two seemingly become one, and the only question left is, where does I stop?
So we jump toward humanity. We leap off the east side, living no longer than our memories. In
an attempt to dissuade people from jumping, the newspapers no longer records the deaths of those who jump. So as we plummet, in that moment we look at the humanity above, the void beneath, and see that there in
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With the club being more successful than ever and having a new look website, we feel its time to upgrade our kits, so we look good on the court too. The idea is upon registering, each player will purchase their own kit. You'll get your surname on the back, choice of number and take it home with you. It will be up to you however, to bring it to every game!
To create a club identity, every age group will have the same kit, you will then keep this for your whole playing career with Cagers, and can upgrade when you grow out of it.
To keep prices as low as possible, we are looking for a club sponsor, so if you know anybody that would be willing to sponsor us for the 2014/15 season, then get in touch with me on email@example.com.
Since everyone will we wearing these kits, we would like to hear your opinion on which design to use. Use the poll below to cast your vote.
Congratulations to the following players for making the first cut of the South East England trials:
U13 Girls - Sophie Izobo
U15 Boys - Georges Tchuacko, Ola Edgal & Elliot Bailey
U17 Boys - Zac Nelson & Keanu Kellett
Good luck to those still on trial, as were unable to make the first one:
U13 Girls - Jazmin Younger
U13 Boys - Colin Luzinda, Raymond Jonas & Haaris Sultan
U17 Boys - Denny Burling
Well done to ALL that went along. Hopefully you enjoyed it and now know what to work on for next year.
Next up is the Sussex Trials, which will be a whole lot less competitive than the South East ones. Times and dates can be found in the document below. Please note the change in time of the U15 boys trial from 14.00 to 16.00.
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An Accra High Court has ordered the reinstatement and subsequent compensation of two employees of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), David Yankson and Dora Bonnah who were demoted over their alleged role in the procurement of ‘expired’ chemical(Aluminium Sulphate) for use by the company in the treatment of water.
The Court ordered the company to reinstate David Appiah Yankson and Ms Dora Adwoa Bonnah, to their previously held positions as Acting Head of Materials Department at its head office and Acting Chief Manager respectively.
GWCL was also ordered by the court to pay the two, all the benefits and payment of all monies due to them.
Furthermore, the Court presided over by Justice Alex Owusu, awarded a cost of GH¢20,000.00 in favour of the plaintiffs against the defendant ( GWCL) and also set aside their demotion, which it described as “wrong unjustified, disciplinary action taken against the plaintiffs”.
The two were demoted on April 12, 2013, following the recommendation a committee set up and charged to investigate the alleged importation and usage of ‘expired’ Aluminium Sulphate by the company.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Standards Authority had declared the water purifying chemical compound as wholesome in its report.
In its judgment, the court said it found as a fact that no internal Disciplinary Committee was set up after the work of the Ministerial Committee on the alleged importation and usage of expired Aluminium Sulphate.
However, “The Committee without framing any charges or giving notice or giving a personal hearing to the plaintiffs, sent the report containing its recommendation to the Managing Director for action to be taken on it.
“The plaintiffs were not given a copy of the report. The then Acting Managing Director, acting on the report, demoted the plaintiffs, a punishment not provided for in the Collective Bargaining Agreement in 2011.”
The Court therefore declared the above action of the then Managing director relative to the demotion of the plaintiffs as null and void, ultra vires, and of no effect.”
According to the Court, the disciplinary procedure of the Company hinged on its Collective Bargaining Agreement but that was not followed by the GWCL.
“I hold the view that the defendant had not succeeded in justifying the demotion slapped on the plaintiffs,” the court ruled.
In March 2015, the plaintiffs filed a writ seeking an order of the court to set aside the wrongful and unjustified disciplinary actions taken against them by the company(GWCL).
Per their reliefs, the plaintiffs also sought an order for reinstatement to their former positions with full benefits and payments of all monies due them.
They further prayed the Court for general damages for unfair, unjust and wrongful demotion, shock, pain and suffering.
The two were ordered to be interdicted on the directive of the then Sector Minister of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing following the allegation of used expired Aluminium Sulphate by the Ghana Water Company Limited(GWCL), and the matter referred to the National Security for Investigations.
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The Grevy's Zebra
Did you know that each individual zebra's stripes are unique and are therefore a way of identifying each other in the herd (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/science/zebra-stripes-flies.html?). The lines also help dazzle and confuse insects - who might want to bite them - along with predators (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/science/zebra-stripes-flies.html).
Sketched by me and coloured in by my children to mark International Zebra Day today, introducing Rainbow and Lilly.
It's thought that only 2,000 Grevy's Zebras are left in Kenya and Ethiopia - the only places they exist nowadays as they went extinct from Somalia and Sudan - as a result of poaching. Competition for land and water with livestock, as well as the loss of habitat, are also impacting Grevy's zebra numbers so it would be good to give our stripey friends a little recognition today (https://matadornetwork.com/view/africa-grevys-zebra-extinction/).
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Kicking off on Thursday 30th January of Term 1 2020 and then every Thursday thereafter. Open to 13th to 17th grade.
We will be delivering a structured skills and attributes program over a 10-week term designed by first team player Daniel Campbell and assisted by other NZ qualified coaches which will provide:
- Improvement in individual skill level
- A greater tactical appreciation of the game
- Technical ability on the ball with a better awareness and confidence
- A better understanding of positional play and the movement required both on and off the ball
- Team structure and different formation philosophies
If a session is cancelled due to weather then a catch up session will be held on Friday of the same week.
Open to 13th to 17th Grade:
- 13th - 14th Grade 4.30pm - 5.30pm (Thursday)
- 15th - 17th Grade 4.30pm - 5.30pm (Thursday)
- Starting the 30th of January
- Location - QBE 5
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Six Simple Steps to Foster Meaningful Influencer Partnerships
by JULIE LIVINGSTON, president, WantLeverage Communications
As a youth marketer, you know the value of having your product featured in the media and endorsed by a celebrity or social influencer. Online content and social conversations can initiate that “gotta have it” buzz, skyrocket website and social platform traffic, and boost sales. In fact, a recent Association of National Advertisers (ANA) survey revealed that 75 percent of marketers use influencers as a marketing tool, with many planning to increase influencer spending by 43 percent over the next 12 months.
ANTITHESIS OF ADVERTISING
Influencer content has a dramatically different impact than advertising, where the imagery and message are controlled by the advertiser and can actually be a turnoff, especially to kids who can see through the facade. When kid consumers see that one of their favorite influencers endorses a product, it can have the same effect as celebrity fashion looks on a Hollywood red carpet.
When looking for the right influencer partners, there are six things to consider:
1. The Right Fit
To get a feel for the influencer landscape, there are online tools that can help identify the right talent. Influence.co helps you find and connect with influencers who want to work with brands. The vetting tool is free to use for up to 30 influencers per month. Look for those with at least a 4 percent engagement rate and a minimum 10,000 visitors per month. Another free influencer data reporting tool, Social Blade, will show you more analytics, including whether an influencer has a natural follower growth curve.
Look at the number of followers while recognizing that the quantity is not the only measuring stick. Is this individual relevant to your product or entertainment property? If it’s a child, how will their age resonate with your target audience? Have they promoted similar products in the past, and if so, was that successful? How well do they use a combination of conversational and descriptive language that will invite someone to buy?
2. Regular Posting Schedule
We always follow influencer candidates for a week or two to see them in action and experience their posts as a fan would. While it’s true that influencers who post regularly will have greater visibility, take note of whether or not people are consistently responding, commenting, and sharing their content. If so, that influencer is successful at maintaining momentum and creating loyalty.
3. Unique Personality and Authenticity
Does the influencer have a unique quality? Does he or she come across as more authentic or scripted? Consumers can instantly see through forced or overly polished language, which can be a turnoff. Also, does the influencer do something special? For example, the 10-year-old crocheting star Jonah, of JonahHands, has 133,000 followers.
Don’t pass up micro-influencers who have a smaller ratio of sponsored content; they tend to be construed as more genuine and credible, especially if they use personal stories and situations, as opposed to traditional product reviews, to bring a product alive.
4. Allow for Creativity
We’ve found that our most successful influencer relationships were established when the client and influencer communicated openly and there was an allowance for creativity. If the influencer and her kids have fun with your product, they will want to use it uniquely and work with you again. Check out Claire Ryann who created a mermaid song around Fin Fun’s swimmable mermaid tails. While creativity in these situations is paramount, be clear about the deliverables and what tracking measures and Key Performance Indicators an influencer can provide and deliver on before entering into an agreement. More followers doesn’t always mean better results.
There are a number of ways to work with influencers, and not all require deep pockets. If your product or entertainment property is coveted, try a barter arrangement. According to the ANA survey, 35 percent of companies work on barter, providing free product in exchange for influencer coverage. One of our clients has gotten fantastic content simply by sending free product to tweens in the product’s target age group to demonstrate. Be sure to specify what you expect from them in return.
6. Sponsored Content Rules
If you’ve engaged a social influencer to work on behalf of your brand, make sure that they follow Federal Trade Commission guidelines for flagging their sponsored content with hashtags, such as #ad or #sponsored. Per FTC guidance, disclosures like #thanks, #collab, #sp, #spon, or #ambassador are insufficient. If they do not, this can make or break a campaign.
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George Albert Smith became President of the Church as World War II was ending. The war had left many nations devastated, and thousands of people were without food and other necessities. In a general conference address, President Smith described their plight and urged the Saints to help relieve their suffering: “They are all [God’s] children. They need us; they need not only our moral support and our religious teaching, but they need food and clothing and bedding and help of all kinds because, in many cases, they haven’t anything left. If you could see some of the letters that come into our office from some of the poor people over there, it would wring your hearts. People who have been taken away from their homes with the idea that they were going to be allowed to settle elsewhere, and all of a sudden deserted, and then when they returned to their homes, found them pillaged and robbed of what they had—everything—and left helpless, with no place to go.”1
Because the Church had been in the practice of storing food for many years, it was prepared to help in these circumstances. Efforts to provide such help began near the end of 1945, when President Smith went to Washington, D.C., to make arrangements with the president of the United States, Harry S Truman, to send food and clothing to Europe. During their meeting President Truman said, “We will be glad to help you in any way we can. … How long will it take you to get this ready?”
President Smith surprised him by replying: “It’s all ready. … We [have been] building elevators and filling them with grain, and increasing our flocks and our herds, and now what we need is the cars and the ships in order to send considerable food, clothing and bedding to the people of Europe who are in distress. We have an organization in the Church [the Relief Society] that has over two thousand homemade quilts ready.”
President Smith reported to the Saints that as a result of these shipments, “many people received warm clothing and bedding and food without any delay. Just as fast as we could get cars and ships, we had what was necessary to send to Europe.”2
Almost 15 years earlier, Elder Smith, then a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, addressed the Relief Society during another time of desperate need—the Great Depression. He taught that helping those in need goes beyond providing temporal assistance; it also requires true kindness and charity:
“There never has been a time, in my judgment, when kindness was needed more than now. These are the days when people’s souls are being tried, and when their hearts are being wrung. These are the days when many are facing hunger and distress even among the Latter-day Saints. …
“… I believe our Heavenly Father is giving us our opportunity for development. … We will discover now whether the love the Savior said should be in our hearts is among us.”3 [See suggestion 1 on page 221.]
It was the advice of [the] early pioneers under President [Brigham] Young to keep a year’s foodstuffs on hand, so that if anybody did lose his crops, he could carry over until the next season. …
We may have hard times, brothers and sisters, but we can be prepared for them, if we think of the seven years of plenty and the seven years of famine in the days of Pharaoh and plan as they did [see Genesis 41]. Such conditions may come again. We do not know, but we do know that in the early days of the Church the Presidency and leadership of the Church advised the people to store sufficient food to meet an emergency. The result has been that since the people got thoroughly settled here and farms began producing, and herds and flocks increasing, there has been no real necessity for anybody to suffer for food.4
We are living in perilous times. The scriptures are being fulfilled, and as it appears to me this is the particular time when, if it were possible, the very elect would be deceived. It is remarkable how easy it is for those who desire to advance their financial interests in the world to find a reason for setting aside the plain teachings of the Lord with reference to our lives. And it is strange to me how many people fall into the habit of listening to those who say things that are contrary to the revealed will of our Heavenly Father. …
… This people have been advised to conserve their energies and their means. We have been taught by those whom the Lord has raised up to instruct us that we should live within our income, that we should not follow the fashions of the world and expend as rapidly and even more rapidly than we can earn the money that comes into our hands, to take care of ourselves and our families.
I fear that the Latter-day Saints, in many cases, are blinded by their own vanity, by their desire to be what the world is; and we have been told in such plain language by our Heavenly Father that we cannot live as the world lives and enjoy his Spirit.5
Some individuals … are disposing of their holdings and spending their money for unnecessary things, and if hard times come, they may find themselves unable to meet their obligations.
We might learn a lesson from the ant. He harvests his supplies when they are available and stores them up against the day when it would not be possible to obtain them. The result is that his larder is usually well stocked. The grasshopper, a much larger insect, does not operate that way. He does not lay up anything in store for hard times, but depends upon providence to provide him what he needs, and the result is that most grasshoppers starve to death.
I fear that some human beings are like the grasshopper and do not take advantage of the opportunities that are theirs in a reasonable way. If they would take a lesson from the ant, they would lay up the food that they need and always have some on hand.6 [See suggestion 2 on page 221.]
The very fact that so much money has been made available to many people gives the youth in some instances the feeling that because money comes relatively easy, honest toil is not necessary or desirable. And yet I am satisfied that no people have ever lived upon the earth who, having failed to earn their livelihood by integrity and industry, have not gone to decay.
If our children grow up in idleness, we know that this is displeasing to the Lord.7
How much better off we are when we are occupied with some reasonable work.8
Our Heavenly Father … said long, long ago there were idlers in Zion, … and he said, “He that is idle shall not eat the bread nor wear the garments of the laborer.” [D&C 42:42.] I am assuming that he did not mean those who cannot find employment, and who are legitimately trying to take care of themselves. I am assuming that he referred to the habit some people get into of leaning upon their neighbor. … I feel that there has been no justification given to any man in this world to feel that he can depend on somebody else to provide him a livelihood. I did not feel when I was a child that somebody would be compelled to provide me a means of living. The Lord gave me intelligence. He directed that I should work, and I began to work when I was twelve years of age, and I found joy in it, and have earned my living and helped others during more than fifty years.
I thank God for work, for the joy that comes from doing things in the world. I am not indicating any particular kind of employment except that it be honorable. But the Lord has indicated that we should be industrious. In ancient times he said that we should earn our living by the sweat of our face [see Genesis 3:19].9 [See suggestion 3 on page 221.]
“Wo unto you rich men, that will not give your substance to the poor, for your riches will canker your souls; and this shall be your lamentation in the day of visitation, and of judgment, and of indignation: The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and my soul is not saved!” (D&C 56:16.)
That is what the Lord says of the rich people who refuse to impart of their substance to those who are poor. But he says something just as serious to the poor man who is not doing his best. He says:
“Wo unto you poor men, whose hearts are not broken, whose spirits are not contrite, and whose bellies are not satisfied, and whose hands are not stayed from laying hold upon other men’s goods, whose eyes are full of greediness, and who will not labor with your own hands!” (D&C 56:17.) …
… Then he said further, “But blessed are the poor who are pure in heart.” There is quite a difference there, “… blessed are the poor who are pure in heart, whose hearts are broken, and whose spirits are contrite, for they shall see the kingdom of God coming in power and great glory unto their deliverance; for the fatness of the earth shall be theirs.” (D&C 56:18.)
They are those who have not the wealth of the world but still have life and being and intelligence, and who are anxious to do the thing the Lord would have them do. …
Now, my brethren and sisters, we have both rich and poor in our organizations. If we are poor, we can be worthy just as the Lord indicates here. We can be pure in heart and do our best, and he will not permit those who do their best to suffer for the necessities of life among the people who are in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. …
I hope we are not going to become bitter because some men and women are well-to-do. If we are well-to-do, I hope we are not going to be self-centered and unconscious of the needs of our Father’s other children. If we are better off than they are, we ought to be real brothers and sisters, not make-believe. Our desires should be to develop in this world such an organization that others, seeing our good works would be constrained to glorify the name of our Heavenly Father. …
We must not fall into the bad habits of other people. We must not get into the frame of mind that we will take what the other man has. Refer back to the ten commandments, and you will find one short paragraph, “Thou shalt not covet.” [Exodus 20:17.] …
We must not get into that frame of mind. Others may do that, but if we have the spirit of the gospel of Jesus Christ in our hearts, we will not be deceived in that regard.
We are told that we cannot serve God and some other master [see Matthew 6:24]. We have to make our choice, and if we want to be the servants of God and the children of our Heavenly Father and earn his blessings, we must do it by honoring him and by keeping his commandments. Our feelings, and our love, if I may use that expression, should go out to all the world as far as they will receive it.10 [See suggestion 4 on page 222.]
The Lord has given us the privilege of contributing one-tenth of our interest, for His Church, for the development of His work in the world. Those who pay their tithing receive their blessing. … We cannot expect to earn blessings without earnest effort. We will be required to make what appears to some to be sacrifices. I suppose people think when they pay their tithing that they are making a sacrifice, but they are not; they are making a real investment that will return an eternal dividend. Our Heavenly Father gives us all that we have. He places all in our hands, authorizing us to retain for our own use nine-tenths of it, and then He asks that we put His tenth where He directs, where He knows it will accomplish the most good in developing His Church.
When we heard the reports this morning of this great Church [during a session of general conference], the financial report impressed me much—to know that a great organization like this, with its multitudes of people, functioning in so many ways, in the midst of the world’s turmoil and distress is in such a condition that one of the Presidency of the Church could stand here and truthfully say to us this Church is out of debt. With the nations and most of the people in debt, yet the Church has been so managed that it is out of debt. Let us think about it. Let us sustain the Church. Let us follow the active leadership of the Church. Let us so live that the Lord can bless us as He blesses the Church.11
If you have paid an honest tithing, I may say without hesitation the other nine-tenths has been a greater blessing to those who have paid than the one hundred percent has been to those who have not. It is the Lord’s work. … Men could not have done this. With all your generosity and all your giving, all your missionary work, with your care of the poor, … with all that you have been giving as ordinary people, I testify that what you have left brings to you more happiness, more peace, more comfort and more assurance of eternal life than any other people in the world enjoy today.12
I am sure the Lord loves those humble, faithful souls who are willing to reach out and touch those who are in need whether it be with food or clothing or bedding or kindness because that is a part of the gospel of Jesus Christ.13 [See suggestion 5 on page 222.]
There is no necessity for any man, woman, or child in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to go without, for the Church is organized to help those who lack the necessities of life. There is plenty for all, and to spare. … God has permitted men to get wealth, and if they obtained it properly, it is theirs, and he will bless them in its use if they will use it properly.14
We are becoming so wrapped up with the world that we forget the people who are suffering that we could help, in many cases.15
Think of the men that have been out of employment and the women also. … Think of the number of our Father’s children that he loves just as much as he loves us who will be in distress. Think of what the suffering will be if we who are more fortunate are not generous with the substance God has placed in our hands—not only the substance, but if we withhold from his children the word of encouragement and helpfulness and fail to visit in the homes where there are so many in need and give what it is possible for each one of us to give. Brethren and sisters, all these opportunities are given to us to enrich ourselves and develop our characters and that we may lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven where moth and rust do not corrupt, and where thieves do not break through and steal [see Matthew 6:20]. These opportunities are offered to us by an all-wise Father who knowing the end from the beginning has said: “This is the path, walk you in it.”
Let us … look around us in our neighborhood—not leave it to the Bishop and the Relief Society, but let each of us be ministers of loving kindness to those who will need us so much. And whatever we do let us not make those who require assistance feel like paupers. Let us give what we give as though it belonged to them. God has loaned it to us. Sometimes we who have accumulated means [act] as though we think it belongs to us. Everything that we have, our food, our clothing, our shelter, our homes and our opportunities are all given to us as stewards in the Church and kingdom of our Heavenly Father, and if we will … impart of our substance even though it may be but the widow’s mite, we will obtain from him who lives on high the blessings we need in our day here upon the earth, and when the time comes for us to go hence we will find awaiting us the blessing of a loving Father who has appreciated the efforts we have put forth.16
If we desire to be identified with the kingdom of our Lord, the celestial kingdom, this is our opportunity to prepare,—with love unfeigned, with industry, with thrift, with perseverance, with a desire to do all that is within our power to bless others, to give—not to be always feeling we must receive, but desire to give, for I say to you: “It is more blessed to give than to receive.” [Acts 20:35.] The Gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of giving, not only of our substance but of ourselves, and I thank my Heavenly Father that I belong to such an organization that has been so instructed.17 [See suggestion 6 on page 222.]
Consider these ideas as you study the chapter or as you prepare to teach. For additional help, see pages v–vii.
George Albert Smith told the Saints during the Great Depression, “I believe our Heavenly Father is giving us our opportunity for development” (page 213). What does this mean to you? In what ways do we “develop” as we serve those in need?
As you read the first section of teachings (pages 213–15), consider things you can do to begin or improve your storage of food and resources. What are some examples of emergencies or conditions for which you should prepare? What can priesthood quorums and Relief Societies do to help members prepare for these emergencies?
Review the section that begins on page 215 and read Doctrine and Covenants 68:31. Why do you think the Lord requires us to work for our livelihood? What are some effective ways to teach children the importance of work?
Read President Smith’s warnings to the rich and the poor on pages 216–18. What are the consequences of setting our hearts upon riches? What can we do to avoid this?
Read the section that begins on page 218, in which President Smith discusses the blessings of paying tithing and other offerings. What are some effective ways to teach young people or new members about these blessings?
As you study the last section of teachings (pages 220–21), think of something specific you can do to help the bishop and other ward leaders meet the needs of people in your ward or community. What does it mean to you to give “not only of our substance but of ourselves”?
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Millennial and Gen Z members say the foodservice industry offers good employment opportunities and effective training in various skills, according to new research by the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation.
The Foundation partnered with the Center for Generational Kinetics, to release a report detailing how both generations view the industry and how to interest them in future job and career opportunities.
The research looked at responses from more than 1,600 respondents and found the following:
- More than 70 percent said they think the industry is a good place to get a first job. About half of them believe the industry offers opportunities to earn a living wage and provide for their families.
- Millennials started working in the industry at age 18 while Gen Zs started at 16-and-a-half.
- Nearly half of respondents who said they’d left the industry indicated they’d return. The number was even higher for people with culinary degrees – 65 percent – who said they would also return for a job opportunity.
- Another 65 percent said working in foodservice or hospitality requires a wide variety of skills. Almost half of them said they thought a job in the industry is a good one to have and would encourage their own children to seek employment there.
“Millennials and Gen Zs feel so strongly about their own positive experiences in the restaurant industry, they’d recommend working for it to their own children,” said Rob Gifford, the foundation’s executive vice president. “This offers us a powerful opportunity to not just foster long-term relationships, but also influence this next generation of leaders.”
The industry currently employs 15.1 million people and expects to add 1.6 million new jobs over the next 10 years.
Millennials, born between 1982 and 2004, are also known as Generation Y. The group’s oldest members are approximately 36 years old. Gen Zs were born between 1995 and 2010, and their oldest members are about 23.
To learn more about Millennials and Generation Z, download the full report here.
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Many people who are tired of wearing glasses or contact lenses seek the help of refractive surgeons. Refractive surgery improves vision by correcting refractive errors such as nearsightedness (myopia), farsightedness (hyperopia) and astigmatism.
|Myopia, also known as near-sightedness and short-sightedness, is a condition of the eye where the light that comes in does not directly focus on the retina but in front of it, causing the image that one sees when looking at a distant object to be out of focus, but in focus when looking at a close object.|
|Hyperopia or hypermetropia, also known as farsightedness, is a defect of vision caused by an imperfection in the eye (often when the eyeball is too short or the lens cannot become round enough), causing difficulty focusing on near objects, and in extreme cases causing a sufferer to be unable to focus on objects at any distance.|
|Astigmatism is an optical defect in which vision is blurred due to the inability of the optics of the eye to focus a point object into a sharp focused image on the retina. This may be due to an irregular or toric curvature of the cornea or lens|
METHODS OF LASER VISION CORRECTION
1. LASIK (LASER IN SITU KERATOMILEUSIS)
LASIK is the most common laser eye surgery. LASIK starts with the creation of a thin flap in the cornea. Your surgeon uses a blade or a laser to make this flap. Once the flap is created, the excimer laser is used to reshape the cornea, which corrects the refractive error.
2. PRK (PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY)
PRK is the second most common type of laser eye surgery. PRK starts with the removal of a portion of surface of the cornea or epithelial tissue. There is therefore no need for flap creation, and the removed tissue grows back. Some patients prefer PRK because they don’t want a corneal flap, and some patients are better candidates for PRK eye surgery than for LASIK (for instance, people with thin corneas). Once the epithelium is removed, a laser is used to reshape the cornea. The laser is the same (i.e., excimer) as the one used in LASIK. The PRK recovery period is a bit longer than that of LASIK.
Your ophthalmologist should be able to determine from a comprehensive, laser-eye-surgery-specific eye exam which procedure is best for you. His recommendation will follow which procedure he thinks will give you the best possible outcome. Most patients achieve 20/20 or better vision after laser eye surgery.
THE VISX STAR S4 IR ADVANTAGE
Their industry and scientific accomplishments include:
- The widest FDA approval of any laser system worldwide providing superior surgical option for more patients than any other laser platform
- The highest level of resolution of wavefront refractive error due to the use of Fourier algorithms
- Active 3-D eye tracking compensates for intraoperative eye movement in all dimensions. No other platform has 3-D eye tracking capabilities
- Iris Registration (IR) — the only laser platform that centers and aligns the treatment while compensating for eye cyclorotation and physiologic pupil migration. VISX has the first and only fully FDA-approved, fully automated, non-contact method of alignment of the correct customized treatment to the corneal site
- The only system that compensates for pupil migration during physiologic pupil dilation resulting in more accurate laser pulse placement
- Variable Spot Scanning (VSS): The only platform that delivers variable beam sizes from as small as 0.65 mm up to 6.5 mm scanned over the treatment area thereby conserving tissue, optimizing treatment times, reducing corneal drying intra-operatively and reducing adverse thermal load to the delicate corneal tissue
- Variable Repetition Rate (VRR): VRR delivers treatment at varying repetition rates, optimizing treatment time and reducing the adverse effects of thermal loading of the delicate corneal tissue
- Conservative tissue removal which is surgeon selectable leading to good residual corneal strength and less risk for corneal ectasia / weakening
- Rate of patients needing surgical re-treatment for residual refractive error is one of the lowest in the industry
- The VISX Star is the first choice for refractive surgeons. There are more VISX systems used in the United States than all other competing laser platforms combined. That market dominance continues to increase as AMO-VISX continues to introduce additional advancements and technical innovations.
LASER VISION CORRECTION F.A.Q.
AM I A CANDIDATE FOR LASER VISION CORRECTION SURGERY?
Candidates for Laser Vision Correction should be 18 years or older with stable vision, healthy eyes and a prescription that falls within the range of effective treatment. In some cases, such as CustomVue™ (Wavefront -Guided) treatments patients should be 21 years of age or older. You will need an initial evaluation, followed by a comprehensive eye exam to help you and your doctor decide which procedure is right for you. Laser Vision Correction can benefit a great number of people with myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism. Candidates should have a strong desire to be less dependent on corrective lenses and willing to accept the risks of surgery.
DOES LASER VISION CORRECTION HURT?
No, the procedure is painless. Anesthetic eye drops are placed in the eye to numb it. Most patients say they feel some pressure during the procedure, which only lasts a few seconds. After the procedure you may have some light sensitivity, tearing or “burning” in the eyes, which should subside after a few hours. These symptoms are temporary.
WILL I BE ABLE TO SEE RIGHT AWAY?
Most patients will notice improvement in vision immediately following treatment. Visual recovery varies for each person, but usually stabilizes at 1 month. The speed at which your vision improves is due to individual healing rates, type of procedure and degree of nearsightedness, farsightedness or astigmatism. Most patients find that their eyes feel fairly normal within a day. However, vision can continue to improve and best vision can take two to three months to occur. If necessary, enhancements can be done after your vision has stabilized to further improve your vision. Patients who have hyperopic LASIK may have a longer healing process.
WHEN CAN I RETURN TO WORK?
It depends on your occupation. Most patients go back to work and resume their daily activities within one to three days following LASIK. Your doctor will discuss any activities you should avoid immediately after your treatment.
WILL I HAVE 20/20 VISION AFTER LASIK?
An overwhelming majority of patients achieve vision which enables them to perform most of their daily activities without the need for glasses or contact lenses.
WHAT IF MY EYE MOVES DURING THE PROCEDURE?
The VISX STAR S4™ Excimer Laser has a tracking system which follows the eye during the laser treatment. If any large eye movements occur, the laser automatically stops. Once the eye is repositioned the physician will resume the laser treatment to the appropriate area of the cornea.
HOW LONG DOES THE LASER VISION CORRECTION PROCEDURE TAKE?
The whole procedure takes about 10-15 minutes for two eyes. This includes anesthesia to the eye(s), creating the flap and performing the laser treatment.
CAN BOTH EYES BE TREATED AT THE SAME TIME?
Due to the advanced technology used to perform Laser Vision Correction, both eyes are usually treated on the same visit, one right after the other.
DOES INSURANCE COVER LASER VISION CORRECTION?
Most vision insurance companies still see Laser Vision Correction as an elective procedure. A few insurance companies have added Laser Vision Correction to their benefits. You can contact your insurance company to determine if your policy contains a Laser Vision Correction benefit.
WHAT ABOUT NIGHT TIME VISION AFTER LASIK?
Glare, halos and ghosting (which may become most noticeable at night) were not uncommon side affects of many laser procedures early on with the use of older technology. Most likely, if you did not have any glare, halo or ghosting issues before Laser Vision Correction, you will most likely not have those issues after the procedure. Modern lasers have very much reduced this problem. Ask your doctor about your individual risk.
DO THE RESULTS LAST?
Laser Vision Correction is considered to be a permanent procedure. However, it will not prevent any age-related conditions, such as presbyopia or cataracts. They would need to be treated in the usual manner.
CAN LASIK CORRECT MY CLOSE-UP VISION?
Typically, after age 40, we develop a condition known as the decreased ability to focus at near. The progressive loss of the accommodative (focusing) ability of the lens is due to the natural processes of aging. Presbyopia usually begins to occur around the age of 40 and is commonly corrected by the use of reading glasses or bifocals. LASIK will not correct your reading vision. LASIK only corrects nearsightedness, farsightedness or an astigmatism. If you wear bi-focals or wear contacts in addition to your reading glasses, LASIK may eliminate your need for bi-focals or contacts but you will still require reading glasses after the procedure.
ARE THERE AGE LIMITATION?
In general, the ideal candidate for LASIK is between the ages of 18 and 55, with stable vision and healthy corneas. Although this is the optimal age range, we have performed the procedure on patients up until age 60.
HOW MANY CHECKUPS WILL I NEED AFTER LASIK?
Depending on your surgeon, you will probably return the next day, then one week or one month later and then three months later. Your doctor will let you know if more visits are necessary.
DO I HAVE TO BE WITHOUT MY CONTACTS BEFORE SURGERY?
Contacts actually change the natural shape of your cornea. In order to achieve the most accurate measurements possible, you will need to discontinue your contacts before your pre-op exam and until surgery. This allows your cornea to relax and resume its most natural shape for the laser measurements. If you wear soft contact lenses, you will need to stop wearing your contacts 2 weeks prior to the dilated exam and until the procedure.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TRADITIONAL LASIK AND CustomVue LASIK?
The difference between the Traditional LASIK and CustomVue™ LASIK procedures is how we obtain your measurements and how the excimer laser reshapes the cornea.
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ASSESS shows plasma circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) testing for EGFR mutation is a viable alternative to tumour biopsy
IGNITE supports value of EGFR mutation testing in all patients with advanced NSCLC
GENEVA, April 17, 2015 /CNW/ - AstraZeneca today presented results from two key studies showing the effectiveness of plasma circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) testing for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status in newly diagnosed patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in clinical practice.,
Data from the studies - ASSESS and IGNITE - were reported at the European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC) 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland.
ASSESS shows concordance between ctDNA testing and tumour biopsy results
ASSESS - the first large scale "real world" study comparing tumour biopsy with ctDNA testing for EGFRm in advanced NSCLC - showed concordance between results obtained with the two techniques. In 1162 matched samples, there was good agreement between tumour and plasma test results for EGFRm status (89%, 95%CI 87-91). Plasma testing identified approximately half of patients with EGFRm found by tumour testing, and some patients with EGFR mutations missed by tumour testing were identified as EGFRm by plasma testing. Failure to identify EGFR mutations with tumour testing was associated with use of less sensitive methodology.
Dr Martin Reck MD, PhD, Department of Thoracic Oncology, Lungen Clinic Grosshansdorf, Germany, explained that the study confirms that tumour testing is currently the best way of identifying patients with EGFR mutations but also shows the importance of using sensitive testing methods.
"ASSESS shows that plasma ctDNA testing is a viable alternative to tumour testing when tumour samples are unavailable, provided that optimal DNA extraction and appropriately sensitive methodology are used," he concluded. "It also showed that improvements can still be made in tumour testing, to ensure all patients with an EGFR mutation are identified and given appropriate treatment."
"Real world" value of EGFR mutation testing in all patients with advanced NSCLC
Results of the IGNITE study presented at ELCC 2015 support "real world" EGFR mutation testing in all patients with advanced NSCLC. Using tissue and plasma ctDNA testing in over 3300 patients enrolled from Russia and a number of countries across Asia Pacific including China, researchers found that EGFR mutation frequency in patients with advanced NSCLC of adenocarcinoma (ADC) histology was higher versus non-ADC histology. But they suggested that levels of mutations in non-ADC were sufficient to make testing all patients worthwhile.
The success and ongoing value of "real world" studies like ASSESS and IGNITE underline AstraZeneca's position in pioneering the role of diagnostics in EGFR mutation detection.
In Europe, ctDNA assessment of EGFRm status in patients where a tumour sample is not evaluable was recently approved for use with IRESSA® (gefitinib), making it the first EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor for which ctDNA testing has been included in the label. In February 2015, the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) approved an update to the IRESSA® (gefitinib) label to include blood based diagnostics when tumour tissue is not evaluable.
NOTES TO EDITORS
IRESSA is a targeted monotherapy for the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor mutation positive (EGFRm) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). IRESSA acts by inhibiting the tyrosine kinase enzyme in the EGFR, thus blocking the transmission of signals involved in the growth and spread of tumours. EGFR mutations occur in approximately 10-15 percent of NSCLC patients in Europe and 30-40 percent of NSCLC patients in Asia.
IRESSA was launched in 2002 and is now approved in 90 countries worldwide.
In the US, AstraZeneca is working with Qiagen to develop a companion diagnostic test to guide the use of IRESSA in the treatment of patients with advanced NSCLC.
In Europe, the collaboration between AstraZeneca and Qiagen has resulted in IRESSA becoming the first EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitor to have a European label allowing the use of circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) obtained from a blood sample, to be used for the assessment of EGFR mutation status in those patients where a tumour sample is not an option.
AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines, primarily for the treatment of cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, inflammation, autoimmune, oncology, infection and neuroscience diseases. AstraZeneca operates in over 100 countries and its innovative medicines are used by millions of patients worldwide. For more information please visit: http://www.astrazeneca.com.
Reck M, et al. Investigating the utility of circulating-free tumour-derived DNA (ctDNA) in plasma for the detection of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutation status in European and Japanese patients (pts) with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC): ASSESS study. Presented at the European Lung Cancer Conference (ELCC) Annual Meeting, Geneva; 15-18 April 2015.
Han B, et al. Determining the prevalence of EGFR mutations in Asian and Russian patients (pts) with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (aNSCLC) of adenocarcinoma (ADC) and non-ADC histology: IGNITE study.
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The opening words were in charge of Rubén Remigio Ferro, president of the Supreme People's Court, who said that the Cuban judges are willing to listen to and learn from the presentations and comments of those who have come to offer their experiences and wisdom about the subjects they occupy.
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Also proliferate the scenarios of corruption of public officials, and not a few sites The Law and Justice are also suffering from excesses and abuses, subject to narrow interests of individuals or groups of power that the handle and trample down to its will, he said.
This is clear, reflected both in the promulgation of rules and regulations that limit and undermine fundamental rights and guarantees of citizens or of disadvantaged and vulnerable segments, such as biased and unfair judicial decisions handed down by judges.
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On other occasions, he claimed, arremeten against the leftist leaders whose influence and prestige seek to nullify by subjecting them to criminal prosecution for false accusations of illegal activities through resolutions biased.
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October 20, 2015 — Law firms representing three people who were diagnosed with cancer after being exposed to Roundup have filed three lawsuits against Monsanto in Delaware Superior Court.
Reuters reports that attorneys are seeking plaintiffs for what could be a nationwide “mass tort” litigation. The lawsuits are similar to ones filed earlier this year in New York and California Enrique Rubio v. Monsanto.
Monsanto is accused of leading “a prolonged campaign of misinformation to convince government agencies, farmers and the general population that Roundup was safe.”
Plaintiffs include Joselin Barrera and Elias de Garza, two farm-workers and landscapers from Texas who were diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma after exposure to Roundup.
A third plaintiff, Judi Fitzgerald, is a horticulturalist who was exposed to Roundup in the 1990s and recently diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Fitzgerald previously filed a lawsuit in New York (Fitzgerald v. Monsanto) but asked for dismissal of the case so she could join the Delaware litigation.
The number of lawsuits has grown steadily since March, when an agency of the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Roundup a “probable human carcinogen.” Monsanto has aggressively defended the safety of Roundup, a weed-killer that brought in $4.8 billion in revenue last year.
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As long as the weather allows you, expose your skin to sunshine each day. Even if it’s for a few minutes, it works. Because, natural sunlight has incredible healing powers for your scalp acne. On the other hand, too much sunlight can increase inflammation and redness on acne, so limit your time in the sun.
6. Avoid Hot Water
To feel good, you may take a steamy hot shower. However, it’s one of the worst things you can do to your scalp and hair. Hot water not only strips natural oils, but also it can make your pimples inflamed and red. So, you better use warm water to wash your hair and then you can end with cool water to help tighten your pores.
7. Apply Salicylic Acid
One of the most commonly used topical acne ingredients is salicylic acid. It is found in most facial washes and medicated wipes. There are lots of benefits of it such as preventing pores from clogging. It can also unclog pores that have already become plugged, and shrink existing pimples on the scalp or elsewhere on the body. However, it has side effects like skin irritation and a mild stinging sensation.
8. Avoid Over-Washing Your Hair
Avoid washing your hair every day, if you are suffering from on-going acne problems. Your scalp can be irritated and acne can be worse by frequent washing. Moreover, if you over-wash your hair, you can end up drying out your scalp, which will then try to compensate by secreting much more sebum. Unfortunately, as you know excess sebum production is the major cause of acne. You can wash your hair once in every two days. If your hair becomes oily in between, use an herbal rinse to freshen up instead of shampooing again. To do that, mint and green tea rinse are useful.
9. Check Your Shampoo
Shampoos that contain lots of fragrance and harmful synthetics can irritate skin and cause pimples on your scalp, face and neck. You can try a sulphate-free shampoo with natural fragrance.
10. Avoid Conditioners
Conditioners cover the hair and scalp and they may cause too much oil to be trapped. Also, hair styling products like hair pomades, creams or gels can clog your pores and increase the chances of pimples. For this reason, you should give them a break. If you need to use, try products that are water-based, or look for products labeled as non-comedogenic, meaning they’re less likely to clog your pores and cause an acne breakout.
11. Change Your Pillow Case Weekly
Every night, all of the sweat, oil and dirt from your head are passing into your pillow case. For this reason, when you don’t wash them regularly, you’re basically putting your head on a pillow of sweat and dirt for 6-8 hours. Unclean, dirty pillow cases and towels is perfect place for bacteria to grow and this causes an acne breakout. So, you should wash your pillow case and towels at least weekly.
12. Clean Your Comb
Clean your brush/comb every time you wash your hair, if you don’t want to put the oil, dirt and dead skin cells from your comb back into your hair. Because, less oil and dirt also means less acne. To clean your brush, mix a couple of drops of shampoo and warm water in a cup, rinse with water and let it dry. Don’t share your combs, brushes and hair accessories with your family and friends because the bacteria that cause the problem can be transferred.
13. Take a Shower After Exercise
While sweating is actually good for your skin, after the sweat dries, it clogs your pores. Therefore, pimples get worse. You don’t have to use shampoo or soap to clean the sweat. Warm water and some scrubbing will be enough.
14. Let Your Scalp Breathe
Wearing a hat, scarf or tight hair style all the time can cause sebum to build-up in your head. You don’t have to stop wearing hats and scarves. You can just keep your hair loose and uncovered for a few days until your acne goes away. Also, showering immediately after removing your hat/helmet and using shampoo may also decrease the incidence of scalp pimples.
15. Cut Your Hair
If you are suffering from scalp pimples, cutting your hair to a more manageable length and thickness may help reduce acne. Having shorter or thinner hair can help decrease the amount of oil, dirt, and bacteria held by your hair.
16. Use Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar is also helpful to beat scalp acne because it has antibacterial and antiseptic properties and helps clear the hair follicles of bacteria and oil that cause acne. Furthermore, it regulates the pH balance of the scalp to prevent further breakouts.
- Mix apple cider vinegar with an equal amount of warm water, and rinse your washed hair with this mixture.
- Wait for 5-7 minutes and then rinse your hair again with clean water.
- You can do it every time you shampoo your hair.
Do not apply undiluted apple cider vinegar on your hair because it can be too strong for your scalp.
17. Use Tea Tree Oil
One of the effective remedies for scalp acne and other scalp issues is tea tree oil. This essential oil acts as an antiseptic and it helps disinfect the pores and quickly dry out acne. Moreover, it kills the bacteria that cause acne and also reduces the redness and itchiness.
- Add 2-3 drops of tea tree oil to your regular shampoo (2 to 3 drops per ounce of shampoo).
- Then, use it to wash your hair daily.
- When you use this mixture, be sure to leave your shampoo in your hair for a couple of minutes before rinsing it off.
It is highly recommended to do a patch test if you are using it for the first time, because some people may have an allergic reaction to tea tree oil.
18. Use Garlic
Garlic is another popular kitchen ingredient that helps cure scalp acne. It contains antioxidant, antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial properties that help heal scalp acne caused by a bacterial infection. You can alleviate the inflammation, reduce the pain and speed up the healing process by using garlic.
- Boil 4-6 peeled garlic cloves in 3 cups of water for 5 minutes.
- Let it cool down and remove the garlic cloves.
- Then rinse your hair with this mixture.
- After 10 minutes, rinse your hair with clean water.
- Apply this remedy once a day.
Other Tips to Get Rid of Scalp Acne
- To relieve discomfort and help pimples drain, you can apply a warm, moist towel or compress on the affected area several times a day, if you need.
- To decrease the risk of infection, you should avoid shaving your head while you are suffering from scalp acne.
- Do not squeeze or scratch pimples, because it can cause infection and slow down the healing process.
- You can consume detox drinks to cleanse your body of toxins and wastes which lead to skin problems.
- Do not consume oily, deep-fried and spicy foods.
- When you are exposed to sun, you should protect your head from direct sunlight.
When to See Your Doctor
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The Reverend Haute Wyatt (1594-1638), the brother of Sir Francis Wyatt, Governor of Virginia, 1621-1626, and second son of Sir George Wyatt and his wife Lady Jane Finch, arrived in Virginia on the Georgia, on November 18, 1621. He returned to England with his brother in 1626 at the death of his father, but four of his children eventually settled in Virginia.
John Wyatt (1630-1666), the third son, was born in England to Wyatt's second wife, Ann Cox, daughter of John Cox and his wife Ann Lee. He was claimed as a headright by Colonel Thomas Pettus for land patented in Westmoreland County, Virginia in 1652. John married Jane Osborne.
Their son William Wyatt, born about 1650, was a resident of New Kent County and among the "inner circle" of the Governor's Council. However, in 1683 he was the first to sign a petition to the Governor, Sir Harry Chicheley, protesting against his peers, the prominent men of his St. Stephens Parish Vestry who "are soe Insulting, and of such Ill diposed and turbulent spirits and despositions, That noe Minister Cann or will stay w'th us or teach among us" and urges that "wee may have the Liberty to Elect and make Cleare by the Gen'll vote of the Inhabitants of our said Parish of such Persons [for a new Vestry]...that will tend to the Glory of God and the Peace and welfare of the whole Parish." William married Rebekah Eivens , the daughter of Richard Eivens, Jr. and his wife Elizabeth Perry .
The son of William and Rebecca was John Wyatt, born about 1675. He married Rachel Calloway . Their daughter Elizabeth married Joseph Oates , son of Elizabeth Perry and her second husband, James Oates. In this remarkable relationship, Joseph Oates married the great-granddaughter of his mother by her first marriage.
The grandson of Elizabeth and Joseph Oates, James Oates, married into the Wyatt family again - Mary Ann Wyatt. Her relationship to Elizabeth is now unknown. | <urn:uuid:65bcdef2-be8d-4df9-b299-0b0d335340ed> | CC-MAIN-2016-22 | http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~aihbt/profiles/wyatt.html | 2016-05-25T11:02:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-22/segments/1464049274756.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160524002114-00106-ip-10-185-217-139.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981882 | 445 |
Three years ago we adopted Carla. Because we traveled often, we knew we would need to find her a "home away from home". We sure did when we started taking her to Dallas Dog Trainer!
I know when she is there, she is cared for like she is one of their own. They have always gone the extra mile for us. | <urn:uuid:9d50fb61-f5d5-435e-a620-364fd5fb04fd> | CC-MAIN-2018-47 | https://www.judysbook.com/members/381107/posts/2013/6/24922561 | 2018-11-16T06:39:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-47/segments/1542039742978.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20181116045735-20181116071735-00463.warc.gz | en | 0.990646 | 71 |
May is one of our most recently adopted dogs at the ranch. She is very sweet and always ready for a good belly rub!
Nice to see all the great smiles
we have at camp this year!
Having fun and enjoying summer…
that’s what being a kid is all about.
Our beautiful Brandy at camp yesterday
Face painting by the creek
From pizza to mashed potatoes to treats,
campers make all kinds of great food to eat
Our campers proudly display arrows
retrieved from the archery range.
Cute, cuddly, and fluffy, these friendly puppies
love to play with the campers.
Campers collaborated to make a great
boat for racing in the creek. | <urn:uuid:8ba27b93-278d-4d6e-bedb-77783a63162c> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | http://mcdonaldranch.org/date/2012/07/ | 2018-07-22T14:08:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676593302.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20180722135607-20180722155607-00103.warc.gz | en | 0.948681 | 151 |
It is highly unlikely that you will be able to get your hands on a bottle of Aalborg Jule Akvavit in time to welcome in the New Year; so here, courtesy of Iggesund Paperboard, is a picture of one, which might bring some virtual cheer.
In fact, Aalborg Jule Akvavit is a Christmas aquavit that has been produced by the Danish distiller, Danske Spritfabriker (now owned by France’s Pernod Ricard), for the past 31 years, and that is now sold in numbered bottles to underline its limited edition status.
For the second year in a row Aalborg Jule Akvavit has been packaged in a carton made of Invercote from Iggesund Paperboard. Last year the Danish company chose to use Invercote Duo Metalprint, while this year it went with Invercote Duo Aluprint.
The converters are Frontpac, of Lund, Sweden.
‘This year’s edition of Jule Akvavit comes in a new and beautiful blue bottle of a unique design,’ said Iggesund Paperboard in a press note. ‘The elegant shape was inspired by the aquavit itself and is called “The Drop” in an obvious reference to the liquid’s clear drops.
‘Pernod Ricard says Jule Akvavit has become a highly prized collectors’ object around the world. The company receives many phone calls all through the autumn from would-be purchasers who are impatient to see what the latest bottle will look like.’
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I didn't have the right CS for this color challenge so I substituted Cranberry Crisp for Bravo Burgandy and I tried to get close to Pretty in Pink. I sponged the white CS with Always Artichoke rather than try to match that one. I used WC crayons to color the butterfly and the main flower, then I used a sparkley EP on the butterfly after using a Versamark pen to re-color it in. I used silver EP on the sentiment. TFL!!!
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Donna Jean King 62, of Palatka Florida went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ at Flagler Hospital in St Augustine, Florida on June 2, 2018.
Donna was preceded in death by her parents, Don and Billie Clement. Donna is survived by her husband of 42 years Jeffery King, Son Chandler King, Daughter Marcia Trull and her Husband John Trull. Donna is also survived by her Brother Joey Clement, his Wife Serene Clement, their children Rachel Reed and her Husband Nate Reed, Joe Clement and his Wife Jill Clement, Hannah Burnham and her Husband Tahan Burnham. Donna is also survived by two special Grandsons William King and Samuel King and Great Nieces Evelyn Reed and Savannah Clement.
Donna loved serving the Lord with her husband Jeff at Rodeheaver Boys Ranch for the last 18 years. Donna was the curator of the ranch museum and managed the ranch donor base. Donna will be sorely missed by her immediate family and her extended family at Rodeheaver Boys Ranch.
Visitation will be held at the Johnson – Overturf Funeral Home, 307 S Palm Ave. Palatka, FL 32177 at 9:00 am Wednesday, June 6th. After visitation the funeral service will begin at 11:00 am followed by a graveside service at Oak Hill Cemetery. Dr. Ken Johnson and Pastor Slade Rickels will be officiating the service.
In lieu of flowers Donna’s family requests that donations be made to the Rodeheaver Boys Ranch, 380 Boys Ranch Rd., Palatka, FL 32177.
Memories and condolences may be expressed to the family at Donna’s Book of Memories page at www.johnsonoverturffunerals.com.
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Norbert Schindler takes a look at why three Eastern European countries are ditching traditional toll gantries
Let them eat Torta
TOLLING: EASTERN EUROPE ROUND-UP
Imagine a world in which roadside infrastructure is no longer needed for distance-based tolling. Three Eastern EU member states are on their way to making that dream a reality. Bulgaria is set to be the next country to introduce nationwide tolling for trucks above 3.5 tons in August 2019, on 80 percent of its road network, based on satellite technology.
In the Czech Republic, the new CzechToll-SkyToll Consortium is currently replacing the outdated DSRC-based system with a GNSS-based solution similar to the one successfully operated by SkyToll in Slovakia since 2010. Also Poland announced plans to replace its microwave-based tolling system, in operation since 2011, with a satellite-based solution. In other words, hundreds of costly gantries that were erected at considerable cost across Poland and the Czech Republic over the past decade are now being scrapped.
After an exceptionally long period in bidding for the renewal of the Czech tolling system, CzechToll and SkyToll are now busy preparing for the new GNSS-based solution that will be ready for deployment by the end of 2019. After being awarded the contract in September 2018, they have 14 months to take over the operations of the existing system. For the new tolling system, which will operate from 2020 to 2030, approximately 450,000 new satellite-based On Board Units will be distributed. Most importantly, the first-class road network will finally be tolled – as was the original intention when the first operations contract was signed back in 2006.
When the Czech Republic launched its tolling system on approximately 1000km motorways and expressways in 2007, the tolled road network should have been extended to another 1000km of national first-class roads within a year, as was defined in the contract. However, the cost of expanding the tolled road network by constructing microwave gantries on first-class roads proved to be prohibitive - the contractor was, for all intents and purposes, let off the hook and eventually only 180km of these roads were tolled. Finally, after more than a decade, the Czech Republic will finally be able to realize this extension – using satellite technology. SkyToll already demonstrated in 2014 how it was able to extend the tolling system in Slovakia from 2,447km to 17,762km in just a few months.
When the bids for the new satellite-based solutions were submitted in March 2018, there was a remarkable difference between the price of the satellite-based solutions being offered in the Czech Republic. Whereas the winning CzechToll-SkyToll consortium offered the solution for CZK10.79 billion (€417 million), the incumbent Kapsch Consortium submitted an offer for CZK13.50 billion (€522 million). T-Systems, which has been operating the German TollCollect system since 2005, offered a solution for a whopping CZK48.90 billion (€1,889 million). Most interesting for the Czech taxpayers, perhaps, is the fact that the new system operated by CzechToll and SkyToll – which will cover nearly twice the distance of the current tolling system – will cost about half of what was paid for the system installed and operated by Kapsch.
Poland appears to be following the Czech example, doing away with hundreds of microwave gantries that have been incrementally installed throughout the country – in order to expand the tolled road network, gantry by gantry. To overcome this seemingly Sisyphean task of implementing the tolling system on all of its major routes, the Polish government has been developing plans to upgrade and eventually replace the existing system with satellite technology.
In 2016, an international market consultation was initiated with the objective to issue a tender for the operation of the National Toll Collection System from 2018 to 2024. After just one year, this process came to an abrupt stop and eventually, in November 2018, the responsibility for operating the National Toll Collection System was transferred from the General Directorate for National Roads and Motorways (GDDKiA) to the General Inspectorate of Road Transport (GITD). Just two weeks after this transfer of operations from one public organization to another, the Minister of Infrastructure, Andrzej Adamczyk, and the Ministry of Digitization, Marek Zagórski, held a joint press conference to announce the creation of a “completely new” toll system. The Polish Institute of Communications, a National Research Institute supervised by the Ministry of Digitization, was appointed to develop a new concept for National Toll Collection System within the following six months.
The priorities of this new system were outlined at the press conference, including:
- The use of GNSS technology (“as recommended by the European Commission”),
- Data transmission using the cellular systems (LTE / 5G) and Big Data,
- Ensuring the security of personal data and storing sensitive data in Poland,
- Being EETS-compliant from the beginning,
- Being compatible and able to cooperate with other state-operated ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) systems
- Improving the safety and efficiency of road traffic.
Once the Institute of Communications completes its studies, the Minister of Infrastructure will join the GITD “to decide on the optimum solutions… to be launched in the beginning of 2021.” Such an ambitious undertaking would be need to be executed in record time, of course, so surely a detailed implementation schedule would be firmly in place, one might think. However, all attempts at obtaining more details about the planned schedule – particularly with respect to the tender process – have proven futile. Alas, even though we will be kept in the dark longer than we would like, the new tolling system in Poland is sure to grab our attention in the near future.
Much further to the South, Bulgaria chose to implement satellite technology for its nationwide tolling scheme from the very beginning. The contract for constructing the system was awarded in 2017, and includes both the GNSS-based tolling solution for trucks above 3.5 tons and an electronic vignette system for passenger vehicles. The e-vignette was launched in January 2019, with some initial complications (after which a number of public officials involved in the project had to step down).
Nevertheless, the implementation of the truck tolling system is well underway, with the launch set to take place in August 2019. The toll will cover up to 18,000km of national roads and will implement the European Electronic Toll Service (EETS) from the very beginning. After Belgium, Bulgaria is the second country to support EETS - as well as the “National Service Provider” concept introduced in Hungary in 2013. In contrast to Belgium or Hungary, however, no “default” national provider has been contracted that would guarantee the required level of service to enable the compliant use of tolling system in Bulgaria for all potential users. It remains to be seen whether enough service providers will be ready to take the commercial risk of providing the toll service from the first day of operations – especially given the relatively short period of time before the system goes live.
Some Hard and Painful Lessons Learned
Even though satellite-based tolling was proven to be an effective approach to nationwide schemes back in 2005, when Germany launched its ground-breaking “LKW Maut” system on 12,000km of motorways, the Czech Republic and Poland learned the hard way that the construction of microwave-based gantries was perhaps not the best investment on behalf of tax-payers. Once you invest in all that infrastructure, it is a painful realization that all that hardware is not affordable when you need to expand the tolled road network - as Germany and Slovakia have done with their GNSS-based systems with relative ease.
It’s no wonder, then that the tendering for a “system upgrade” in the Czech Republic and Poland were so many years in the making.
Finally, though, these countries will be able to enjoy cost-effective tolling solutions that GNSS technology makes possible. Bulgaria also promises to become a leading example of establishing a comprehensive national tolling scheme without the need to invest heavily in roadside infrastructure. The Bulgarians are especially bold, however, being the first country to launch a tolling solution and not investing a single euro cent (or “stotinki”, to be more exact) in On Board Units that all trucks will need to electronically pay their distance-based tolls. It remains to be seen if in you can have your Bulgarian torta and eat it too.
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Master Plan paying off nicely for Jockey Club
Record crowd and turnover just reward for HKJC's ongoing efforts to improve raceday experience on and off the course
What a welcome back for racing on Sunday: record turnover, record crowd and everything looking as rosy as it had when we put the last season to bed at Happy Valley in July.
The Jockey Club was at pains to highlight the contribution of its Master Plan - now halfway through its HK$7 billion and likely six-year refurbishment, remodelling and reinvention of on-course facilities at both tracks - to a return of the crowds.
The bottom line of racing is betting - that pays the bills and puts on the show in the end - but we've outlined here in the past our view that Hong Kong's wagering has a high degree of recession-proof buffering from turnover leaking from illegal sources in China these days.
Of course, we had "no-mingling" on day one, and commingling looks a very minor part of this season as other jurisdictions slowly sort out the problems of coming on line. But it does have a future in the bigger picture as foreign fans become familiar with Hong Kong and it will one day be making a turnover contribution.
But attendance is a kind of lagging indicator of where betting figures, at least their local component, are headed so it's pleasing to see the crowds.
With so many convenient off-course betting channels nowadays, there needs to be a certain percentage of those willing to wager who are also fundamentally enthusiastic enough about the sport to make an effort and turn up to racing.
Betting turned around its decline after the tax restructuring in 2006 and has been heading north since, but crowds, which had been falling in line with the turnover prior to that, also levelled off for the next three seasons. More recently they have begun to trickle up again, despite one dip in the graph in 2010-11.
Big betting numbers without attendance would have a very hollow feeling to them and racing would suffer from lack of atmosphere, something the Jockey Club recognised with such a big commitment to a Master Plan aimed at regaining on-course fans.
Some would say it was necessary - some sections of both tracks were getting a jaded, worn-down, second-hand sort of look about them - but it was still a gamble to take the "build it and they will come" view. In short, it isn't an approach with any proven record of working elsewhere in the world.
When you hear as often as racing journalists do here about the Jockey Club's commitment to customer segmentation and improving experiences and investing in infrastructure to ward off the evil spirits of the Macau casinos, it's easy to become blase about the hard work they do to keep customers happy, on course and off.
Among all the other information that gushes from the Jockey Club website, the club refuses to rest on its laurels with multimedia, offering for the first time this season daily morning trackwork replays to complement barrier trials and multi-aspect race videos.
To think it's only a decade and a half ago people were arrested by the ICAC for getting hold of the stewards' patrol footage.
There is still the Trakus timing system to come in the next month or two to further accommodate customers' need for information - although it's disappointing that it isn't considered good enough to improve the quality of information available for track and race times.
That obsession with improving information for the public will bear foreign fruit in the commingling arena later on. Meanwhile, the Master Plan is putting rear ends on seats and helping ensure the health of racing interest here at home. | <urn:uuid:2109fb88-d5a3-48f9-b9ce-1cd965e8bbcc> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1307795/master-plan-paying-nicely-jockey-club | 2016-10-24T02:22:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719463.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00221-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968692 | 755 |
The temperature is climbing and we must remember to hydrate! So important for more body functions than many of us actually realize. Could dehydration be causing you unnecessary aches and pains? Check out my guide to staying hydrated & balanced, here.
This citrus electrolyte spritzer has become one of my favorite recipes because it's both delicious and functional. The natural sugars from the orange and lime help to move sodium into the cells in order to restore the body's natural electrolyte balance. Using himalayan pink salt is superior to table salt because it provides small amounts of trace minerals like magnesium and potassium that are also important for hydrating well. Enjoy post-workout or pool / beach-side.
- 2x juicing oranges
- 1/2 lime + 1 slice (for garnish)
- Himalayan sea salt, to taste*
- Sparkling mineral water
- 1 tsp agave
Directions: Juice the oranges and lime. Combine with agave. Add sparkling water and sea salt to taste.
For the adult-only fancy cocktail version of this, add tequila for a fancy cocktail.
I highly recommend you purchase a juicer - something like this.
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“Ameyoko is a strange place”
Ameyoko has a strange vibe about it.
Nestled next to Ueno station, is a hoard of Pachinko parlors, clothing stores, jewelry kiosks, kebab stands, ramen joints, Izakaya's (Japanese pub) and various other stores.
It can be very loud, chaotic and crazy. African men posing as African-American men may try to get you to buy "The latest fashion" which include energy drink T-shirts and other overly expensive silly things.
Strange Japanese men in suits may try to lure you into "Massage" parlors, or may hold up pictures of girls while making strange gestures at you.
Others may yell at you to buy kebabs.
All in all there is a lot of yelling. Its a giant mish-mash of culture here in a strange Japanese way. Don't avoid it, just keep your wits about you.
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Public transport with a disability
Disability doesn't have to mean being stuck at home. Here's our guide to accessible public transport.
Getting a wheelchair
If your walking difficulties are permanent or near permanent you can get an NHS wheelchair on a free loan – ask your local doctor (GP) for details. The NHS can loan more than one wheelchair if necessary (for example, one for using at home and the other for use at work). It might also be possible to get vouchers from the NHS or, if you get certain benefits, a loan, to help pay for a more expensive wheelchair.
Although rail operators are legally obliged to make provision for disabled passengers, it’s still a good idea to give them at least 24-hours’ notice if you need assistance. If it’s a long journey, start by contacting the train company or, if you have to change services, the main terminal station. The Passenger Transport Executives is a good source of local information and advice.
If you have a disability that makes rail travel difficult you might be entitled to a Disabled Persons Railcard, which will give you an a fellow-traveller one-third off most fares (although you’ll get the same discounts if you get a 16-25 Railcard).
In England, disabled people are entitled to free bus travel at off-peak times. In Wales and Scotland, disabled people and essential companions are entitled to a free bus pass.
The accessibility of bus services vary, so if you need assistance it’s best to contact your local Passenger Transport Authority for information. In some areas there are Dial-a-bus schemes providing door-to-door services for disabled people.
Many coaches have high steps that make them inaccessible for some people. However, more accessible vehicles are coming into service and the entire National Express network is now accessible.
Most companies will not take electric wheelchairs or scooters, but they should be willing to take a folding wheelchair if given sufficient notice (at least seven days). Some also offer concessionary fares.
For more information on National Express services, follow this link.
Access for disabled people varies across the Underground, with newer lines and stations tending to have better services. Various sources of help and information are available and you can call the 24-hour travel information centre on 020 7222 1234, or Minicom 020 7918 3015 for help planning your journey.
Taxis and minicabs
Drivers of licensed taxis and minicabs are required to carry a guide dog and hearing dog, or an assistance dog accompanying a person with epilepsy or a physical disability, free of charge. Otherwise there are no legal requirements on accessibility, so speak to your local taxi firms to find one that can meet your needs.
In London, all newly-licensed taxis must be able to carry a wheelchair and all taxis must be wheelchair accessible.
Airlines and travel companies are not allowed by law to refuse bookings from disabled passengers (even if the disability is temporary, such as from an injury). This applies to all flights leaving an airport in the European Union (EU) and to any flight arriving in an EU country on an EU airline.
Airlines have various services for disabled passengers, but if you have a disability and want to fly, it’s advisable to contact the travel operator or airline at least 48-hours in advance.
Been refused travel?
If you’ve been treated badly or refused travel due to your disability don’t be afraid to make a complaint. No one has the right to discriminate against you because of your disability. Contact The Cititzens Advice (CAB) bureau for more information.
By Tom Green
Updated on 29-Sep-2015
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A new report from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on data from the 2015 OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey shows that Australian students are more motivated to achieve than peers in 26 of the 35 OECD countries surveyed. However, significant differences were found between cultural and geographical groupings within Australia and motivation levels were strongly affected by factors associated with disadvantage.
ACER Deputy CEO (Research) Dr Sue Thomson says the report shows that disadvantage continues to negatively affect Australian students.
"The data show that disadvantage associated with an Indigenous background, low socioeconomic status and living in a rural or remote area is related to lower motivation levels,' Dr Thomson said. 'This is important because motivation to achieve plays a key role in educational success, and in an individual's drive to set and attain education and career goals.'
How do we measure motivation?
PISA measured motivation levels by collecting responses to five items on a scale (strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree):
An index of achievement motivation was created from students' responses, scaled so that higher scores on the index reflected stronger agreement to the items.
Motivation by numbers
Higher proportions of Australian students agreed with all of the motivation items than the OECD average, with the largest difference recorded against I want to be the best, whatever I do 87 per cent of Australian students agreed, compared with the OECD average of 65 per cent. Highest and lowest on that item were US students at 95 per cent and Finnish students at 36 per cent. [See Chart above]
Within Australia, students in NSW had the highest motivation to achieve while students in Tasmania recorded the lowest motivation levels. One of the biggest individual disparities was recorded against the statement, I want to be one of the best students in my class, with 79 per cent of students in NSW in agreement in contrast to 64 per cent of Tasmanian students. Greater proportions of students in all states and territories recorded higher agreement to all items than the OECD average.
Across the country, female, non-Indigenous, high socioeconomic status (SES) or metropolitan-based students were more highly motivated to achieve than their peers, while Australian-born students recorded the lowest motivation levels, as compared with first generation and foreign-born students.
More specifically, students from the highest SES quartile demonstrated significantly higher levels of agreement to 'competitive' achievement motivation items 82 per cent agreed I want to be one of the best students in my class and 86 per cent agreed I see myself as an ambitious person compared to students in the lowest SES quartile (68 per cent and 76 per cent respectively). More non-Indigenous students than Indigenous students agreed that I see myself as an ambitious person (75 per cent and 66 per cent respectively). Another striking difference was noted between the proportions of Australian-born and foreign-born students who agreed that I want to be one of the best students in my class 83 per cent of students born overseas agreed with this item compared to 71 per cent of students born in Australia (to Australian-born parents).
Measuring motivation also involves determining whether or not students can correctly assess what motivation looks like in day-to-day life and recognise motivation in others. This is important because studies suggest that students cannot display motivated behaviours if they do not know what they look like.
The report highlighted significant differences in the ability of various student groups to correctly identify motivated behaviours when presented with three scenarios illustrating low, moderate and high motivation. Several groups were far more likely to incorrectly identify negative (or low) motivation behaviours for example, 'Julian's' tendencies to give up easily when confronted with a problem and to be often unprepared as positive. Fourteen per cent of Indigenous students (compared with 5 per cent of non-Indigenous peers), 13 per cent of remote area students (compared with 5 per cent of metropolitan students) and 9 per cent of students in the lowest SES quartile (compared to 3 per cent in the highest quartile) agreed that 'Julian' was motivated.
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Say what you will about the old-school con artist, but at least they had the decency to look you in the eye when they were stealing your money. Sure, no one likes to be taken by the Pig in a Poke or the Spanish Prisoner, but at least you’re present for the scheme. In today’s online world, there are plenty of money scams that allow criminals to pick your pocket without coming anywhere near your actual pocket. That’s right, there’s an abundance of scammers out there who have worked out ways to steal from your paycheck before you even get a chance to see any of that money yourself.
Most of the schemes are variations on the same theme — convincing your accounting department to send your paycheck to a different bank account — but each includes a different approach you need to be wary of. So, here’s a look at some of the check scams someone might be trying to pull to get your hard-earned money before you even get a chance to deposit it.
Emailing the Accounting Department as You
This fraud is pretty simple. Someone working in your payroll department gets an email from a name they clearly recognize — usually the CEO or another executive with a big paycheck to steal — asking them to make a quick update to their direct deposit information. It’s usually from a Gmail account, but one that prominently features their name so it looks like this person is just using their personal account. Sure enough, the email is fraudulent and the updated direct deposit information will reroute your next paycheck to the scammer’s account rather than yours.
How To Avoid This
Of course, there’s only so much you can do here. If your accounting department isn’t savvy enough to spot the scam, you wouldn’t have any clue something was wrong until payday rolled around and wound up being, well, not payday. However, something as simple as checking in with the people handling payroll to make sure they’re aware of the scam and keeping a lookout should help. Not to mention, you can make sure you let them know what your personal email address is so they’re not fooled, or even just make it clear that you will only ever use your business account to change your direct deposit information in the future.
Stealing Your Credentials and Emailing the Accounting Department as You
Of course, the same scam is all the more effective if the email is sent from your actual work account. As such, a variation on a standard phishing email might be used to steal your login and password for your work account. You might get an email asking you to log into your email account or to just enter your credentials, most likely claiming to be some sort of innocuous request from a tech person or a third-party system managing the email system. However, it’s a front, and once they log into your business email account, there’s no way your company can know it’s not actually you.
How To Avoid This
This is a flip of the situation prior: now it’s your accounting department that’s largely powerless while you have to be the one on guard. Be extremely skeptical of any email from a source you don’t recognize or haven’t corresponded with before that’s asking you to enter login information. For that matter, you can always ask your coworkers about it. If they haven’t received the same email or haven’t heard about this from management, you probably have a fake. If you want to be extra safe, you could also inform your accounting department to always double-check with you via phone or a personal email address before making any changes to your direct deposit information.
Spoofing a Third-Party Site
While phishing emails are all well and good, they have also become increasingly familiar to more and more people. As such, some scammers opt to layer additional deceit on top of it to fool their marks. In this variation, the con artists build a fake website that’s meant to mimic a third-party company servicing your firm. They will ask you to visit the site, where you would be prompted to enter your login information for your work email or a human resources portal. Once they’ve stolen your credentials, they can pose as you and change the bank account listed for your direct deposit. In some cases, they might even be able to build the site to mimic the landing page of a company that actually does work with your employer, making it all the easier to believe it’s legitimate.
How To Avoid This
Most companies are outsourcing to third-party sites for a wide variety of services these days, so it can get a little hard to remember precisely which name corresponds to which aspect of your benefits or salary. Any time you’re directed to a third-party website, be careful to check the URL for anything suspicious. Scammers might mask their work by using familiar names with slight alterations that you might miss — like a slight misspelling or swapping a .com for a .co. It’s also worth taking note of the URLs you use when you know it’s legit so you’ll have a better idea of when something’s off.
If you’re thinking that simply skipping out on direct deposit entirely will make you safe, you’re only half right. While scams involving direct deposit and email fraud are relatively new, good old fashioned mail fraud is still an option if you opt to have your check mailed to you. If you’re a remote freelancer or just work at a company that issues checks by mail, you’re still vulnerable to all of the above scams. Instead of changing your bank account information, fraudsters can change the address you have with your company to intercept your check. Or if they want to avoid making it too complicated, they might just try stealing it out of your mailbox.
How To Avoid This
If it’s possible not to rely on the mail for your paychecks, that’s probably a good idea. While there’s an abundance of new schemes for getting to your direct deposit, you’ll have an easier time identifying when something’s wrong. If you’re waiting on the mail for a check, it might be an extra few days before you even realize something is wrong. That said, you can always insist on your accounting department confirming an address change with you in person and/or get a P.O. box to ensure the physical safety of your mail.
Posting a fake job online is another way to steal your pay — albeit in a very different way. With more people telecommuting or working remotely, a new economy is arising in which face-to-face interactions might not happen very often — allowing scammers to take advantage of digital freelancers searching out opportunities.
Here’s how the scam might play out:
You’re searching for a side hustle or work-from-home opportunity on Craigslist when you come across a posting for a small, independent company looking to hire someone for help in their accounting department. They explain that they do a lot of international work and need a point person in the United States to handle the flow of cash, so the job would just be a matter of getting checks in the mail, depositing them in your account and then wiring the money to the company’s main account.
Of course, the goal here is just to get you to do this once. The first (and only) check you receive is fraudulent, and they’re counting on you to execute the transfer well before the bank detects the bogus check. By then, it’s too late to stop or reverse the transfer and you’ve been duped out of thousands of dollars.
How To Avoid This
Taking some extra time to confirm the legitimacy of the company you’re working for should be a part of any job application. There should be some sort of online footprint for any firm, even a small one, so using Google to track down a website and address should be a minimum hurdle to clear. From there, putting in a call can be a great way to weed out the fakes as they will at least have to maintain a fake number and put a person on the phone with you. And finally, any situation where someone is sending you a check and asking for a wire transfer prior to you confirming the check has cleared is probably a scam, regardless of how they approach you.
Your tax return is money you’ve worked for and earned, so efforts to steal it are another form of stealing your paycheck. As such, the classic W-2 scam is another way your hard-earned money can be secreted away before you know it. The scam involves contacting someone in human resources — usually posing as an important member of the company — with a request to send over all or some of the company’s W-2 forms via email. If the employee bites, the scammer can now use the tax information to file fake returns that will route the money to bank accounts controlled by them. As long as they can get their fake returns in and cleared prior to you starting your tax-filing process, it could be months before anyone notices the deception.
How To Avoid This
Unfortunately, your capacity as an individual to prevent a scam like this is pretty limited. Part of the genius of the scam is that there’s relatively little that would raise a red flag until it’s too late, and you wouldn’t have an opportunity to spot it yourself until well after it’s happened. You can and should raise concerns with human resources at your company to ensure they’re familiar with the scheme and how to spot it.
Free WiFi Scam
You’ve most likely been in a situation where you’re happy to use the free WiFi at an airport or coffee shop, but you should know it does come with some risks. In fact, even when you’re using legitimate WiFi connections, your computer or device is vulnerable. That’s all the truer when it’s a fake WiFi account specifically intended to infiltrate your computer.
By setting up WiFi connections with generic names that include “free” in public places. When you try to sign on, it might prompt you for credit card information, or the hacker might just insert themselves between you and the network to intercept log-on information. They could even use it to get access to your computer and install spyware. Regardless, if they steal the right information, they should be able to easily pose as you and contact your job to direct your paycheck to their account.
How To Avoid This
Keeping your computer as safe as possible is the first step. If you’re in the habit of taking your laptop anywhere public, be sure you have antivirus software and a good firewall. That should help protect you from a whole host of threats, not just WiFi scams. You can also better protect yourself by practicing good password security that uses complex passwords that are different for each account. And finally, you can always invest in a good VPN to encrypt information coming and going from your computer, keeping you safe even when you’re on a public network.
Regardless of how it gets on there, if scammers can manage to install spyware on your computer, they can just take their time mining your life for data that they can ultimately use to steal from you. This includes getting enough information and access that they have an easy time tricking your job into routing your paycheck to the wrong place. Once it’s on your computer, your entire financial life could be exposed without you realizing until it’s far too late.
How To Avoid This
Getting spyware onto your computer is the trick, but there’s plenty of online activity that can put you in danger. Most spyware needs you to approve a download, so you should scrutinize any pop-up or prompt you receive on a website and don’t click unless you can be very confident it’s legitimate. Likewise, don’t open attachments or click on links you receive via email unless you’re really sure of the source. If it’s questionable, it could easily just be a ploy to get access to your data. That also means downloading movies or music of, ahem, questionable legal status is putting you at risk of getting something else along with your advanced copy of the new”Joker” movie.
Of course, you might also be at risk if you ever leave your computer sitting out in a public place. When you’re at a coffee shop and need to hit the bathroom, be sure your computer is locked to access from anyone else. Even if you’re just stepping away for a minute, someone could be sitting nearby waiting for an opportunity to quickly install something they’ll use to steal your identity and possibly your paycheck.
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The Arbitration and Conciliation Amendment Act, 20191 introduced to the principal Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 19962, received President’s assent on the 9th August 2019. The amendment was an initiative taken with the aim of making India an Arbitration friendly nation.
As we know that the present era is an era of Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR) and with the changing time this method is more preferred. There are various reasons why ADRs are preferred over courts and its proceedings. As ADRs are less expensive and provides a speedy process, they are proved more beneficial to the parties. There are various types of ADRs, Arbitration is one of them. We can also call Arbitration as one of the most organized form of ADRs. Arbitration as a concept is not new in India but its proper organisation is something which we are still trying to achieve. Over a period of time with an increase in burden of cases on the courts, party’s quest of reaching decisions faster in a less expensive way and to maintain peaceful and harmonious proceedings, arbitration as a process of dispute resolution become prominent and it has gained great eminence gradually. And by recognizing this need of the hour, all over the world, efforts have been made to make it more friendly and easy. In this changing world scenario, India is still far behind the international standards and hence this makes India an unfavourable seat for Arbitration. Therefore, this amendment is a step taken in order to try to bridge that gap between the national and international standards and creation of India as a favourable place of Arbitration.
May be the aim and objective of this amendment was to simplify the tasks of Arbitration in the country but when critically analysed it has been noticed that the amendment did not necessarily proved itself as a step ahead.
The amendment introduced various changes and when analysed critically it brings our notice to various loopholes and problems associated with this new amendment in the principal Arbitration and Conciliation Act. Here, in this article I aim to discuss and critically analyse the most important features of this amendment act.
Establishment of Arbitral Council of India
The 2019 amendment establishes a body ‘Arbitration Council of India’ (ACI) which will work for the growth and management of Institutional arbitration in India. The ACI shall also perform the function of grading Arbitral Institutions, recognizing professional institutions that provide accreditation to arbitrators, issuing recommendations and guidelines for arbitral institutions. The ACI is based on the recommendations of Justice B.N. Srikrishna committee.
The amendment introduces Section 11(3)(a) which provides the Supreme Court and High Court the power to designate Arbitral Institutions to the parties when they asked for. The most important point to note is that courts while designating can only refer to those Arbitral Institutions which are accredited by the ACI. Thus, instead of assigning arbitrators the court will step in and assign them Arbitral Institutions. This defies the aim of making Institutional Arbitration independent and keeping it outside government’s as well as judiciary’s purview. As ACI will be a body composed of i) a retired Supreme Court or High Court judge, appointed by the Central Government in consultation with the Chief Justice of India, as its Chairperson, (ii) an eminent arbitration practitioner nominated as the Central Government Member, (iii) an eminent academician having research and teaching experience in the field of arbitration, appointed by the Central Government in consultation with the Chairperson, as the Chairperson-Member, (iv) Secretary to the Central Government in the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice and (v) Secretary to the Central Government in the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance – both as ex officio members, (vi) one representative of a recognised body of commerce and industry, chosen on a rotational basis by the Central Government, as a part-time member, and (vii) Chief Executive Officer-Member-Secretary, ex officio (Section 43C(1)(a)–(f))3. Thus we can see from the composition of the body that it is not free and independent of any sort of governmental, judicial and executive control. Hence it limits the autonomy of parties in selecting arbitrators as their choice is limited to only those Arbitral Institutions which are accredited by ACI. The amendment also considerd any foreign Arbitrator to be incompetent under this act and they do not get accreditation from the ACI, hence the amendment sidelines the fully competent arbitrators and institutions only because they do not have accreditation from ACI. Though it has been claimed that the amendment is brought in to bring a major reform in the field of Arbitration in India but through judiciary and executive involvement and by imposing various restrictions government in itself has somehow limited the scope of this reform by selecting and categorising the parties who can actually be a part of it. Such an approach can be called anything but arbitration friendly.
What is the time framework for Arbitral Proceedings?
The act has created certain new provisions regarding the time framework of the arbitral proceedings both in domestic and international cases. Earlier 2015 amendment act provided for a period of 12 months for the completion of arbitral proceedings but this new amendment act introduced a new provision, according to which a period of 6 months would be given exclusively for the completion of the statement of Claim and Defence. The regular 12 month period would be given for dispute resolution as usual. Additionally, on the approval of parties, in certain conditions an extension of 6 months can be given. Thus, extending the total time period to 24 months.
Though this step is taken by keeping in mind the basic aim of arbitration which is speedy proceedings without any delay but it still has certain drawbacks. This provision has bound the parties to complete the proceedings in the given time frame. It doesn’t consider the situation when the issues are bifurcated and more time is needed. It also does not talk about how it will be ascertained that at what stage the statement of Claim and Defense is completed, so proper assessment of those six months which are granted for making the claim is difficult.
If we talk about the issue of timeline regarding the international arbitration cases, this amendment has exempted such cases from any strict timeline and has just provided some non binding guidelines stating “that efforts should be made to carry out the process expeditiously and prime focus should be to complete within 12 months. This provision is quite vague and has quite the drawbacks as it solely leaves it on the parties involved and there is no measure controlling them.
Qualification of Arbitrators
As discussed earlier the amendment entrusted the function of reviewing and grading the arbitrators to the ACI under Section 43D(2)(c). The bill also talks about the qualifications, experiences and norms for accreditation of arbitrators in the Eighth Schedule. The schedule stipulates nine categories of persons who are only qualified to be an arbitrator. The act does not consider foreign registered lawyers and scholars as a candidate qualified enough as an arbitrator. The act here we can see limits the choices of the parties.
This feature of the amendment, acts as a discouragement for foreign parties to select India as a seat for Arbitration, because even after being proficient and erudite, foreign arbitrators are not eligible under this act.
How the new Arbitration Act serves Confidentiality?
The amended act introduces certain provisions regarding the confidentiality matter. But the result which was expected to be gained from its introduction is not achieved.
The committee while making recommendations for this bill provided for a provision supporting the confidentiality of arbitral proceedings and stated that the disclosure should take place only when it is necessary for the performance of a legal duty, to protect or enforce a legal right or when a challenge on the award is placed in front of a court or a judicial authority. Thus as an attempt to comply with the committee’s recommendation, the new amended act came up with an incomplete provision which is not does not exactly consider similar committee recommendations wholeheartedly and it ends up providing guidelines for the complete confidentiality of the arbitral proceedings, with only one exception, when such disclosure is essential for the implementation and enforcement of the award.
Here we can assess the problem is that the new introduced provision takes a very narrow approach, it doesn’t talk about the other scenarios in which also disclosure can be required. There are many conditions other than the one covered under the scope of this act which requires disclosure of award and arbitral proceedings, such as :
- Proceedings under Section 9, 11, 14, 27 and 34 of the Arbitration & Conciliation Act
- In cases when one party wants to initiate criminal proceedings against the other party along with the ongoing arbitration.
- Where one party seeks for an anti-arbitration injunction before the court.
- When the facts are as such as they give rise to a contractual dispute and such disclosure is necessary.
- When the information interests some third party and it is necessary to share the information with them.
All the above mentioned are few of some situations which are necessary for the disclosure of award but act is almost silent in this regard. Though by adopting confidentiality in its measures, India tried to achieve the global standards but the vagueness and unclarity in the act has led to a negative effect here and instead of matching the perfect level of international goal it has led to the creation of some loopholes in the act.
Applicability of 2015 Amendments
The amendment act defines the time framework of the proceedings to which the 2015 amendments will apply. The bill overturned the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Board of Control for Cricket in India Vs. Kochi Cricket Pvt. Ltd4. The court in that case urged the parliament to re-think the issue of the applicability of the 2015 amendment act and make it retrospective in nature. But the parliament rejected it and by this amendment it has made 2015 amendment provisions strictly prospective in nature in context of Sections 34 and 36 of the act and made it clear that it is only applicable to cases which come on 23 October 2015 and after that.
This amendment led to a fallout of all the petitions which were filed by the parties who got inspired with the decision in the Kochi Cricket case. This has led to a complete disorder as lots of these proceedings are in their advanced stages and this amendment has rendered them all useless. This has led to a sheer waste of money, time and efforts of both, the parties and the courts. And thus this amendment goes against the promises of certainty and predictability which makes arbitration more alluring and preferable over other forms of dispute settlement.
India has not been a very favourable seat of arbitration for dealers around the world. The said amendment was considered to be a step ahead to make India a promising place for arbitration. Thus, the changes were required to be done accordingly but the several loopholes and drawbacks which are left by the new amendment act, even though miniscule can still act as a hindrance and can have a negative impact. The amendment has not justified its aim for which it was introduced on the other hand in some ways it has made the way of arbitration quite more difficult than earlier. It can also be considered as a step forward by the government towards regulating Arbitration. There are a great deal of confusions and intricacies involved in the field of Arbitration the provisions and regulations presiding currently are just not enough for achieving the desired objectives and at present we can only say that for India, there is still a need for a more proper, liberal and advanced law governing arbitration and it still has a long way to go on the path of development for becoming a favourable seat in Arbitration for National and International parties.
Pragya has incredible writing and research skills and you will never miss a flow in her writings. Her favourite leisure activity is singing and theatrics. She is also a poetess and a very humble person. In other words, she is as bright as a new penny. For any clarifications, feedback, and advice, you can reach us at firstname.lastname@example.org | <urn:uuid:51cc435b-fcaa-4038-95e0-8800604d83f1> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://lawcirca.com/arbitration-and-conciliation-amendment-act-2019-all-you-need-to-know/ | 2022-10-07T02:22:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337906.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20221007014029-20221007044029-00376.warc.gz | en | 0.962209 | 2,480 |
The life we live is way too fast to have time to do all we want. Out every day life opts for fast solutions to any problem or thing we need to accomplish. And that is the reality that won’t change. Actually the opposite. And so since we don’t have enough time to do all we want, we have to cut back the time we spend on different activities.
One of the things that I usually don’t have time for, but lust to do and need to be cooked. In the modern age, we can’t always eat processed food or a take out or sandwiches. I know they are the easiest thing to do, but I just can’t live on them. And I am sure many modern women (and probably even men) feel the same way.
Once you know you can’t deal with eating take out, but don’t have hours to cook you have to embrace some faster solutions to the problem. There actually are much more alternatives than I have expected. So get ready and try a fast recipe, because it will be easy, but still homemade and delicious.
Breakfast – Blueberry Mug Muffin
Now I want to let you in on a secret. This one might be done in 3 minutes. Not even 5. So enjoy it. In a hectic morning what better than an easy breakfast that is amazingly delicious.
So combine flour, salt, baking powder and some sugar. You should put those in a mug. And mix them there. So don’t overdo it on the ingredients. Add up some butter. Just enough to make it delicious. This will make the muffin puffier and kind of fuller. Then add milk. Whisk very well until you get a smooth mixture. Add up some blueberries (or whatever kind of berries you want in your muffin).
Here comes the backing. But don’t worry, you don’t need an oven and preheating or whatever. You just need to stick your mug into your microwave. Put the timer on 90 seconds. And just watch this delicious, beautiful thing bake (or you could use the time to make your coffee).
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And keep in mind you can use one of those travel coffee mugs and just grab that muffin with you when you leave the house. Isn’t that cool?
Lunch – Salmon and couscous
Lunch often is on the go for me. But at those days I am home, I really want to get the taste of something delicious and cooked by me with love. Also, I love eating seafood and I like to experiment. So this is a good one.
Boil some water. Pour it over about 80-100gr couscous. The water should be as much as to cover all of the couscous. Leave it like that for 3 to 5 minutes. Not more! While you wait for it grab a slice of salmon as big for one. Slice it into smaller pieces (finger-like). You can now use a pan or a grill. Depending on what you like. If you are going to the grill just heat it and put the salmon over. If you are into frying the salmon here is what to do: heat the pan, add the salmon strips. Add up some courgette, asparagus and chili. Cook for 2-3 minutes. Don’t forget to turn the fish.
Since the couscous will be done during that time you can add up some tomatoes, lemon juice and olive oil to it. This way it will give a healthy, but fresh taste that goes well with the fish. And that is all. You can serve your meal for yourself and enjoy it!
Dinner – chicken risotto
Risottos tend to be cooked way to slow and they look like too much work. But don’t worry this is a speedy one. Just 20 minutes and you will enjoy a healthy yet delicious meal.
Grab a pan, heat it and pour some oil in it. Add up some small slices of chicken breasts and cook them for about 3 minutes until they are reddish. It is easy to cook them because they become ready very fast. Remove them from the pan. Continue by putting onion into the hot pan. Cook it until it is soft. And remove. Then add some stock rice to that same pan. Cook it for about 10 to 15 minutes, but stir frequently. Add up some peas and cheese for the last two minutes.
After everything is cooked mix it all in a plate. Add some salt and pepper and enjoy. And since this is dinner and you have already gone through your whole day pour yourself a glass of wine and relax. | <urn:uuid:513c9a48-7294-40c7-87ad-52d06322bf08> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://femface.net/fast-recipes/ | 2021-03-09T04:09:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178385984.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20210309030723-20210309060723-00374.warc.gz | en | 0.953155 | 987 |
International Conference on Advances in Computer, Electronics and Electrical Engineering - CEEE 2013
Author(s) : DEEPAK AGARWAL , KIRTISOVA BEHERA , MANOJIT PANDA
As the use and density of memories in electronic circuits is growing more and more, testing of memories and diagnosing various faults present in them are becoming more and more prominent now-a-days. In this paper, two new types of hardware BISD circuits are designed for bit oriented memories. The proposed BISD circuits can not only detect the coupling faults but also locate the address of the victim cell as well as that of the aggressor cell in the presence of a coupling fault. Above all this circuit is very simple, easy to design and is expected to reduce the testing time compared to the software based testing methodologies. | <urn:uuid:f9abe169-ad24-49ed-8939-a477bd6bd290> | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | https://www.seekdl.org/conferences/paper/details/1424.html | 2020-01-20T14:30:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250598800.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20200120135447-20200120164447-00090.warc.gz | en | 0.939588 | 171 |
Article after article, study after study, offers Buzzfeed style insight to why startups fail. It’s such a popular and frequently recurring tweet that I’ve started chewing on WHY the question of why keeps coming up. As founders, perhaps we’re asking the wrong question and shouldn’t be seeking to know why but rather how (or, how come) so that we might avoid failure.
Now, odds are that you know by now that I’m an ardent proponent of data and search engines. With my past in Search, I always point out to founders that they shouldn’t think of Google as SEO; they should simply appreciate that when anyone hears of you or your startup for the first time, they’re going to look you up – are you there?
Not meeting someone actively seeking your business is as substantial a missed opportunity as not having Analytics in place. Why on earth would you start any business without measuring and knowing what’s going on??
I start most of my meetings with startups by asking to see their Web Analytics.
I get your pitch, it sounds neat, good luck! Show me your data (I can learn more about what’s going on in 3 minutes there than in an hour talking with you).
Many have nothing place. The majority haven’t set it up in any way that it’s meaningful.
“Okay… who’s in charge of developing your market?” I always ask next. “How do you know what you should be doing??”
The reply that ALWAYS makes my heart sink… “oh we’re testing some Facebook ads but we’re not ready to do any marketing.”
Not one of my recent 20 meetings had anyone experienced in charge of Marketing.
This recent experience reminded me of an analysis Chandni Shah Motwani did a few years ago for Chubby Brain.
It astounds me to no end that founders think marketing is what’s done to promote a business; that it’s only applicable when ready to sell to customers.
5 of the teams were doing Facebook ads and had no Analytics in place. WTF?! ? Someone help me grasp why we have so many companies doing this and who’s advising them so poorly?? Is it that founders don’t know what it means to be marketing? Is it that since they don’t know how to manage Facebook or AdWords, the last thing they should be doing is testing it through trial and error when hundreds of thousands of people do that stuff in their sleep? Are investors telling startups to fly blindly till they stumble into what works? Are we being advised these days to just build build build and customers will come??
Marketing. NOT Advertising and Promotion. Marketing.
How do Startups Fail? They don’t understand or are they aren’t prioritizing what Marketing actually is and should be doing.
Not sure what I mean by that, or don’t believe me?
Take a look at Paul Graham’s assessment.
#s – 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15 are all MARKET related issues. Marketing.
This is how startups fail!
Here’s the study Carnegie Mellon’s Chandni Motwani did for Chubby Brain
Reasons 1, 2, 4… Marketing.
And one could argue that since 1, 2, and 4 are Marketing related, #3 (not the right team) is in fact because that team didn’t prioritize, understand, or include Marketing.
Go down the list though, 1, 2, , 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, and 20. Marketing.
20 of my most recent startup encounters have no one dealing with that.
Let’s do it again, here’s CB Insights with Statista
#1 No Market Need.
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (actually says “poor marketing” LOL), 9, 10, 13, 15, 20
Now, let me do some big data, AI, analysis of those three perspectives. Let’s tease out the recurring themes in a rough rank order:
- No Market and Ignoring Customers – Paul Graham refers to it as Obstinancy; the market should be telling you want to do, not your blind certainty
- Wrong Team – What’s on your team?
- Bad Location / Wrong Platform – Developers will note that this is a decision of Node vs. Ruby and to an extent, it is. It’s also whether or not you should be based in Austin or Chicago, part of that Incubator, on iOS or Android, promoting on Facebook or Snapchat…
- Marginal Niche / Derivative Idea / Out competed – Do you know all of your competitors and partners?? Who’s job is it to know them?
- Slowness in Launching / Launching Too Early / Product Mis-Timed / Bad Time to Start – Is there any way to determine that other than studying the market? Is your launch AND roadmap attuned to what’s going on in the market?
- Having No Specific User in Mind
- Raising Too Little Money / Spending Too Much Money / Ran out of Cash – how do you think you determine the money it will take and from where that money will come?
- Pricing / Cost issues – How would you know?
- Don’t Use Network – which is what?
- Failed Pivot
- Hiring Bad Programmers
- Raising Too Much Money – Manageable by doing what?
- Poor Investor Management / Team/Investor disharmony
- Sacrificing Users to Profits
- Burn Out / Lose Focus / Half Hearted Effort /
Fights between Founders… which is motivated by what?
- Not Wanting to Get Your Hands Dirty
- Legal Challenges
Granted, my ordering of a mashup of what’s in there but I think you might concur with the ranking and note that my questions are all associated with Market-based issues. That’s the work of Marketing.
Please appreciate that MOST people have no idea what marketing actually is and way too many advisors, incubators, and investors are guiding founders to think that marketing is what’s done to promote a product, when it’s ready. Let me bottom line something for you too – WAY too many “Marketers” have no idea what they’re doing and that’s not me picking on peers – that’s an issue with the way we’ve created job titles and roles in society. Someone who kicks ass at doing Facebook Ads is not doing Marketing – they’re doing online advertising. Someone who does “Content Marketing” isn’t really doing marketing, they’d developing content to promote something.
These mentality is f*-ing up the economy.
Promotion is one of the Ps of marketing and when you’re actually doing Marketing and not just Promotion, it includes all the other Ps in the foundation of the role: Pricing, Placement, Product, People, etc.
Founders that start anything without having first and foremost been marketing (studying the market, knowing competitors, uncovering from where funding might come), are shooting an arrow at a target while blind and drunk.
Marketing is the work of determining what to do, when, where, how, and for whom. BASED on the market.
A great economist once noted that, “Marketing is the work of making Sales superfluous.” Not irrelevant mind you! Just unnecessary. His point was that if you have to do Sales (to anyone: customers, partners, investors… are you having to seek out and push yourself into investors? that’s selling to them) then you Marketing hasn’t closed the gaps in the business to make that unnecessary.
CEO brings the vision, resources and team, and potential
CTO (or related role if not tech) delivers the solution
CMO studies and develops the market
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Dead or distressed birch trees are an increasingly common sight in yards throughout Alberta and the Canadian Forest Service wants to know why.
The federal agency has recently surveyed the condition of birches in about 50 Alberta communities, as well as communities in Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Washington state. The news isn’t good.
“What we found in a nutshell is that in the northern half of Alberta, decline of birch, which includes mortality and dieback, is generally fairly severe with the average percentage of trees dead or dying at about one third,” says David Langor, research scientist at the CFS Northern Alberta Forestry Centre.
But the survey also found the situation varies greatly from place to place.
For example, the rate of distressed or dying birch in northern Alberta communities is twice that of southern Alberta, where about 16 per cent of birches are in trouble. This was unexpected, since historically, southern Alberta receives significantly less moisture.
There is also huge variation within the northern part of the province. Lloydminster’s decline rate is only about seven per cent birch, compared to between 50 and 70 per cent in Edmonton. Researchers have also witnessed situations where one community is experiencing severe birch decline and a nearby one is experiencing no decline at all.
Langor says the prevailing theory is that birch decline is being caused by a combination of sustained drought, an insect called the bronze birch borer, and possibly a fungi associated with the insect. However, this is only a theory and it doesn’t explain the high rate of variability from one community to the next, or why birch in northern Alberta are in worse shape than in the south.
A new research program is being developed to solve this mystery. It will include creating a moisture pattern map and overlaying it onto a map of birch distress rates to gauge the impact of drought and investigating to see if the bronze birch borer has suddenly changed its behaviour to become more aggressive and if it’s carrying and spreading a destructive fungi.
“It could be that the insect is localized in certain areas and where it is present, you get this tree mortality increasing,” says Langor.
Another potential factor is the increasing number of warm spells during winter. Scientists want to know if this is possibly triggering a premature sap run in the birch.
A changing climate may be an underlying factor in all of these areas, says Langor.
“I often wonder if birch isn’t the canary in the coal mine because it is shallow rooted and perhaps more susceptible to drought,” says Langor. “Is it an early indicator of the impact of climate change? We don’t know. Interestingly enough, we’ve witnessed the same problem of dieback with balsam and sub-alpine fir over the past 20 years.”
Birch has limited commercial value in Alberta, save as firewood, but there has been recent interest in finding new uses for it. For example, there was a proposal by Ainsworth Lumber Company to build a hardwood sawmill using birch as the feedstock in the Valleyview area. As part of their follow-up research, CFS will expand its survey to see if naturally occurring birch in Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C. forests are experiencing the same level of dieback as their urban cousins.
The CFS says there are a few remedial actions property owners can take to potentially save birch trees around their homes. They suggest heavy watering through drought periods and pruning dieback from the healthy tissue and disposing of it immediately. | <urn:uuid:b1454687-f4b8-4d92-a560-c0aaebb693af> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://www.albertafarmexpress.ca/news/birch-dieback-has-researchers-worried/ | 2021-10-27T13:53:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323588153.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20211027115745-20211027145745-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.959944 | 749 |
Country singer turned cookbook writer and Food Network television host Trisha Yearwood will be participating in the South Beach Wine & Food Festival for the first time this year. The singer (who SouthFlorida.com singled out for "bringing the South to South Beach") is hosting a Southern Kitchen Brunch scheduled to include among others chefs Art Smith and Hugh Acheson, and doing a demo of her baked spaghetti at the Grand Tasting tents.
There's another cookbook and another season of Trisha's Southern Kitchen, but the singer admits that this book has been "a little slower going." The warm weather in Miami during the festival may prove a distraction. In this, a preview interview of this year's 12th annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival, the singer and cooking TV host talks about her participation, her first aha food moment, the family recipe that got away, and the ones she's most happy to have saved. Read on for details, check out the other festival preview interviews, and look out for live coverage from South Beach.
This is your first time at the South Beach Wine & Food Festival. What are you most looking forward to?
I am looking forward to the warm weather. And I am most looking forward to seeing the chefs and meeting some of them for the first time.
You'll be doing a demo at the Grand Tasting and hosting the Southern Kitchen Brunch during this year's South Beach Wine & Food Festival. Can you tell us a little about what you're going to be doing at your demo?
I'm planning to make my baked spaghetti (a really easy casserole), and my Grandma Lizzie's old-fashioned strawberry shortcake.
And what about the Southern Kitchen Brunch? Who will be participating, what's the event all about, and what can attendees expect?
The chefs participating in the Southern Kitchen Brunch are: Art Smith, Hugh Acheson, Chris Barbato, G Garvin, Jeni Britton Bauer, Howie Kleinberg, Kris Wessel, and executive chef of the Loews Hotel Frederic Delaire. Each of these chefs has a connection to the South, and Southern cuisine, so I can't wait to see what they cook up! As for my part of the brunch, I'm serving all recipes from my family archives, with a little nod to Miami. My hint is that it involves Key limes! Our goal with this brunch is to give the attendees a real look at all the wonderful ways Southern food can be served, from the simple (me!) to the gourmet (everybody else!).
What's your first food memory?
I grew up with generations of cooks, so even though this isn't technically my first food memory, I would say it was my first food aha moment. I took for granted while growing up, all of the many amazing foods I ate — fresh vegetables from our own garden, grain-fed beef from our own farm, and fresh eggs from our own chickens. When I moved away to college and came home with my first can of vegetables, I was so disappointed in their taste and texture. I didn't realize how good I had it! I also realized that if I wanted to continue to eat the fresh, organic, tasty foods I'd grown up on, I'd have to learn the techniques and tricks of my parents and my grandparents.
Southerners love great food and great country — what are your favorite intersections between the two, food and song?
Well, I could certainly list about 100 songs off the top of my head that talk about food! For me, being a singer is something that I feel I was born to do. It's something that is a natural thing for me, and it's something that I love to do. Cooking is much the same. I have always loved to cook. People ask me all the time if I really cook at home. I laugh and say, "Of course." The books and the TV show were born out of that love of cooking. I think that's why it all works. And we combine music with food on the show when it makes sense — both things I couldn't live without.
Your show Trisha's Southern Kitchen on Food Network has been a big success, your cookbooks have done well (your last one was in 2010), can we expect a new season and a new cookbook soon?
We are gearing up for season three of Trisha's Southern Kitchen at this time. I'm working on a new book, which is a little slower going for me, as I do it all myself and they get harder each time! I'm also working on new music, so I'm juggling quite a lot at the moment.
When you talk with lots of Southerners who love food and the memories of their parents' and grandparents' cooking, you often hear them talk about the challenge of collecting recipes to preserve those memories. More often than not the older generation says, "Oh, I don't know, I just do it by feel," or, "I just do it like I know how to do it." It seems like you encountered this when collecting your own family recipes. Was there one recipe that got away?
There was a cake that my Grandmother Yearwood used to make a lot. I was still in high school when she passed away, and the recipe remained elusive for years. We discovered it while writing the second cookbook, and were delighted that it wasn't lost forever. It's Grandma Yearwood's coconut cake with coconut lemon glaze and it uses crushed vanilla wafers instead of flour. It's so good!
And what's the family recipe you're most proud of preserving?
Honestly, I couldn't pick one. I can say that now that both of my parents have passed, I treasure these two books like family heirlooms. Their presence is felt every time I make one of their recipes, and there are so many recipes in these books that were their "signature" dishes. It's a special legacy, complete with family stories and photographs. I treasure them all.
What's been your favorite part of doing food on TV?
The fact that Food Network allowed me to keep the show as true to life as possible. The recipes are real, the mistakes are real, the friends and family are real! I'm just having fun with people I love, and making food that I really make in life. It's all good.
Would you ever consider going into the restaurant business?
Never say never, but never! [Winks] I think it's one of the hardest jobs on the planet. I respect anyone who owns and operates a restaurant. I really do love to cook, and I'm afraid all of the things that come with running that business, culinary and otherwise, might make me not love to cook anymore.
You've met, known, sung with quite a few country stars? Of all the country singers you know, who is the most talented cook?
Ha! Well, the only other country artist I've ever cooked with is my husband, so I'd have to say him! He really is a good cook, in that he has no fear in the kitchen. He's not afraid to try new things, and experiment with recipes. He's helped me break away from the rut you can get in of cooking the same things all the time.
What's your husband Garth Brooks' best go-to recipe?
He is always good for a really tasty pasta salad that he makes with tortellini, tri-color pasta, grape tomatoes, cheese, and lots of olive oil. Lately, his go-to has been this amazing taco pizza that he made up. He uses refried beans and salsa for the "red sauce," puts shredded cheese on top, and bakes the crust. Then he tops all of that with the cold mixture of shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, and sour cream. It's really yummy.
What's your favorite recipe from each of your first two cookbooks?
These are impossible questions! I'll have to say what just popped into my head! From book one, my first thought was cheese straws. My mom used to make them for wedding receptions and small parties. It was her side job she did in addition to teaching school. I love cheese straws! From book two, I would probably have to say Crock Pot mac and cheese. (Cheese is the central theme here, hmmm.) It's easy, and it's the ultimate comfort food.
What's your favorite Southern city for food?
I have had amazing grits and fried chicken at Jezebel's in New York City, and some of the most unbelievable cuisine I ever tasted in my life I ate at Emeril's in New Orleans. I am a Georgia girl, though. I used to play a fair in Cumming, Ga., every year. The crowd was great, but everybody knows you play this gig for the food! The catering before the show is provided by the local women and me who live there, and the food is the best I've ever tasted this side of my Mama's kitchen table. | <urn:uuid:86223991-7c40-418c-ac19-a22647d62118> | CC-MAIN-2016-30 | http://www.thedailymeal.com/trisha-yearwood-south-beach-wine-food-festival-garths-cooking-and-family-recipe-got-away | 2016-07-30T13:19:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-30/segments/1469257836399.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160723071036-00003-ip-10-185-27-174.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979593 | 1,879 |
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Remote attendance of the Southeast Overeaters Anonymous Region 8 (SOAR 8) Conference is available with the aid or current computer technology. This technology can be used to videoconference as sub-committees between assemblies so that members can have the face-to-face meeting experience from wherever they may be in the Region. Another use reported by current members is that it allows for video “face to face” contacts with other OA members – some in very remote parts of the region – who otherwise are limited to phone meetings. Please download this PDF for more information on linking into the conference. Please download this PDF for more information on using Oovoo. | <urn:uuid:13dfe5a9-8d1c-4c69-a009-041f6feb81ac> | CC-MAIN-2018-51 | http://triangleoa.org/?p=736 | 2018-12-12T01:34:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-51/segments/1544376823710.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20181212000955-20181212022455-00604.warc.gz | en | 0.935551 | 135 |
I suppose it all started to spill out in writing during February 2013 when, upon hearing of a sudden death, I had the occasion to consider the legacy we leave to future generations.
Recently prompted by my eldest daughter to clear out clutter I now begin in the best place to start – my mind.
This is the poem that started it all in February 2013 ……….
You sit on my lap and I rub your head, laying you down in to your warm cosy bed
I look at your face and it is all a glow, innocently smiling, not needing to know
When you are my age will you look back and wonder why your ancestors felt the need to plunder?
Why didn’t they stop while they still had a chance, dancing around, the consumerist dance
A legacy of greed, of buying and selling, where lies and deceit was all they were telling
A land once proud, free and nobel, lost as a pawn in an economy gone global
Why are you cold while the men guard the woods, sold by a handful of greedy no goods
Why is the water unsafe to drink, as fracking filled chemicals flow into the sink
When you are my age will you look back and curse the people that plundered to fill up their purse
Will you rue the day they first struck oil, bringing industry, growth and dis ease to our soil
Why did mankind feel the need to burn, to consume, to advance at every turn
Feel the need to spray, to extract and exhaust the beauty of nature at such a high cost
Why did energy come with such a dire price compromising the climate despite so much advice
With all of this change at such a fast pace species have gone without hardly a trace
How could you know what’s happening the trees, the plants, the animals, the birds and the bees
Piece by piece they are fading away, gone from our sights a little more every day
Is it fair to be leaving you to pick up the pieces, to adapt and survive as with all other species
Without the bees to pollinate your food, resource wars and water no good
So I kiss you my roosters, monkey, dog and little ox, knowing the peril of my little flock
Then I promise I will do all that I can to bring about some sense, an awakening in man
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Virtuesse hair exceeds the comfort, flexibility, and natural appearance of nearly all hair restoration options that came before it.
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Virtuesse by Virtual Reality is innovative technology that is only available in exclusive studios worldwide. Select technicians attend state of the art training session to become qualified to use the Virtuesse system. So, you are in the hands of the best of the best with Virtuesse.
Virtuesse’s non-surgical cosmetic hair loss solution is so chic, so real, and so undetectable. It is demanded by stars, directors and stylists in Hollywood. Virtuesse has been featured on news and makeover shows from coast to coast! If Virtuesse can make actresses look good on a 20-foot movie screen, it can make you look good at home, at work, at play, at the gym – anywhere!
Virtuesse is a thin, flexible, second skin like surface with natural hair growth patterns. The base being so thin and natural, it adheres with no ridges or bumps. It is literally undetectable to the human touch. No matter what your hair looks like, we can match its color, texture and style with Virtuesse. This cutting edge technology creates a customized solution for each individual client.
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The Midland Horseshoe Pitching League finished on a high on Wednesday 25th June in Tegral Sportsfield.
There was a marvellous turnout of pitchers for the six evenings of the League and the pitching was of the highest standard, one could not have asked for more.
The man who led the field from the first evening was Paddy Byrne and even though it was a nailbiting final evening for him with James Hosey being next to him on points and close on his heels.
Paddy pulled out all the stops and with the help of his partner on the evening P J Delaney they took the two points in the losers group, to carry Paddy over the line on nineteen points to James Hosey’s eighteen for second place.
Jim Kelly finished on twelve points taking third place. There is a tie for fourth place between Denis Ryan, Jimmy Mackey and last years winner Gerry Hyland
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The Leinster Horseshoe Pitching League is getting set for the fourth and final evening in Tegral Sportsfield on Friday 4th July starting at seven o’clock. The Woodsmen team from Bunclody Co Wexford are in pole position in Division One with Dorans Bridge, Ferns, Co Wexford and Kildare team of Gouleyduff fighting it out for second place. | <urn:uuid:b057e817-89cb-4922-88ae-9026481f77d6> | CC-MAIN-2014-49 | http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/sport/laois-sports/midland-league-finishes-1-6165318 | 2014-11-23T10:47:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-49/segments/1416400379462.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20141119123259-00169-ip-10-235-23-156.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964969 | 289 |
Things To Assess Before Using Cannabis For Medical Treatment
A popular notion states that cannabis is generally used for recreational activities only, but recent researches have something else to say. Many countries have legalized cannabis use, yet certain countries are not in favor of the same.
A person can consume cannabis through various methods, including smoking or eating it. Today’s advanced market offers you an app that tracks the efficacy of cannabis for different conditions. You can gather intel on medicinal cannabis through this article.
What is medicinal cannabis?
Cannabis is a plant-based product; several parts of the plant are used to procreate multiple forms of drugs. The cannabis plant produces numerous chemicals simultaneously, and some of those are utilized for medicinal purposes.
It has been proven to assist with a multitude of diseases, including epilepsy, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, pain, nausea, and many more. It’s supposed to have a calming effect on patients that lean* towards self-harm or violent behavior towards other people. Some mental disorders* typically induce violent actions.
Precautions for using medicinal cannabis
Marijuana consumption for medical purposes can be beneficial for many people; however, you should be alert about the other side of the coin. Insufficient information regarding cannabis use can be misleading and stir problems that can worsen the present day scenario.
There are some precautions given below that you should keep in mind before indulging in the consumption of medicinal cannabis.
● Right dosage
You should consult your doctor before diving straight into cannabis consumption. You can seek a second, third, or more opinions before starting. It’s essential that you stick to the amount that has been prescribed to you.
Many things influence the dosage used for a patient; no two patients can have a similar dose even if they have the same problem. Mixing up your dosage can cause hallucinations and related symptoms.
● Being mindful of THC vs. CBD value
The two most common cannabis by-products used for the treatment of specific problems are Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Cannabidiol (CBD). These chemicals are available in the form of oils, gels, and even gummy bears.
People generally prefer CBD over THC as it doesn’t induce a state of being high, which is common in THC.
● Tendency for dependency
It is advisable that you should abstain from taking cannabis for medicinal purposes if you are already addicted to some form of an addictive substance, such as alcohol or cigarettes.
You should keep drugs as your last resort if you are unable to find an alternative treatment method. If there is a family history of dependency, then the person is more susceptible to developing an addiction tendency.
● Awareness about side effects
Ill effects of cannabis use are generally overshadowed by its practical appeal to help with the symptoms of a disease. The onset of the side effects is usually gradual and can’t be noticed by the untrained eyes until it’s too late.
Some of the most common side effects are an increase or decrease in blood pressure, weight gain, excessive eating, dizziness, etc. In some cases, cannabis use has triggered mental disorders, such as depression. | <urn:uuid:4cd54951-c901-4a47-b2c9-dfcdaa888374> | CC-MAIN-2020-05 | http://healthchanging.com/things-to-assess-before-using-cannabis-for-medical-treatment/ | 2020-01-23T04:46:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-05/segments/1579250608295.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20200123041345-20200123070345-00225.warc.gz | en | 0.94321 | 661 |
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