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- Early IRA Withdrawal and the Definition of Permanent & Total Disability
- Does IRA Withdrawal Affect Disability Benefit?
- Taxation of Social Security Disability Payments and an IRA Distribution
- Do the Disabled Qualify for a Roth IRA?
- Are There IRAs That Won't Penalize for an Early Withdrawal?
- IRA Early Withdrawal Calculations
The Internal Revenue Service has special rules for withdrawing money from IRAs in the event you become disabled. Normally, you must pay income taxes and a 10 percent penalty tax on money removed from your traditional or Roth IRA before you reach age 59 1/2. The IRS will lift some of the restrictions for a disability withdrawal, but the rules are different for traditional and Roth IRAs.
IRA Disability Distribution
You must be permanently and completely disabled, according to the IRS definition, to take advantage of IRA disability rules. You must be unable to perform significant gainful activity, meaning you can no longer work enough to earn a living. A physician must certify that the physical or mental impairment is continuous and of long and indefinite duration, or is expected to lead to death.
When you withdraw funds early from a traditional IRA due to a disability, the IRS waives the 10 percent penalty. However, money taken out of a traditional IRA is still subject to ordinary income taxes. You must report the withdrawal on your tax return and pay taxes due for the year the withdrawal is made. Simplified Employee Pension IRAs and Savings Incentive Match Plans for Employees are governed by traditional IRA distribution rules. Consequently, a disability withdrawal from a SEP IRA or SIMPLE IRA does not incur the 10 percent penalty, but you still have to pay income taxes on the money withdrawn.
Roth Qualified Distributions
Withdrawals from a Roth IRA due to a disability may be qualified distributions. "Qualified" means there is no tax liability at all on the funds withdrawn, even if you are not yet 59 1/2 years old. When you make a Roth distribution because you have become disabled, it is qualified if the Roth IRA is at least five calendar years old, counting from Jan. 1 of the year you opened your Roth IRA.
Unqualified Roth Withdrawals
If you make a disability withdrawal from a Roth IRA before the account is five years old, the IRS still waives the 10 percent penalty. However, the money you take out might be subject to income taxes. If the withdrawn funds are considered contributed dollars or rollover money, there is no tax liability. You’ll owe income taxes on the withdrawal only if the money you take out counts as earnings. The IRS counts contributions and rollover funds first, so you won’t owe any income taxes on disability-related withdrawals unless the amount you take out is more than the combined total of all contributed funds and rollover money you put into the Roth IRA since you opened it. | <urn:uuid:6c449735-640a-4c72-94f5-025b8b2dd9ae> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | http://finance.zacks.com/irs-qualifications-disability-withdrawal-ira-3914.html | 2017-03-23T08:18:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218186841.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212946-00268-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954581 | 593 |
Cold Forming is the common term for taking coils of steel wire or cylindrical steel rods and pressing them into a shape with mechanical force (de-forming the material). The manufacturing of cold-formed steel products occurs at room temperature using mechanical pressure known as cold heading and thread rolling.
Each one is produced using cold-rolled spring steel grades developed specially for this end product. Especially shape and microstructure need to be considered carefully. In some cases it is essential to ensure that the steel can be easily formed, and its microstructure is well-suited for heat treatment.
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Light steel structure workshop is a new type of building structure system, which is formed by the main steel framework linking up H section, Z section and U section steel components, roof and walls using a variety of panels and other components such as windows, doors, cranes, etc.
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Grade 302HQ is a specialised wire grade with very wide usage for manufacture of stainless steel fasteners. The inclusion of 3% copper in the composition reduces the cold work hardening rate substantially compared to Grade 304. 302HQ is standard for manufacture of self-tapping screws and light machine screws; it is also used for some bolts, set
Cold rolled steel is the outcome of steel that has been flattened between rollers below its recrystalization temperature, usually at room temperature. Cold rolling steel allows for the alloy to be stronger by increasing its strain hardness. Cold rolled steel is usually shorter and denser than hot rolled steel, and is therefore more often
Steels most commonly used in our process for manufacturing Clips and Fasteners are either low carbon, cold rolled steel (without heat treatment), and high carbon spring steels ranging from Grade 1050 to 1095, along with Stainless Steels and precious metals such as Brass, Phosphor Bronze, and Beryllium Copper.
The requirements on the flatness of the plate and sheet products sold by Rolled Alloys vary considerably by the type of product, by alloy, by thickness and by the size of the piece. AMS and ASTM standards exist which cover the flatness requirements for most plate and sheet items as produced by the mill.
Does a project's structural engineer always design cold formed steel framing? Cold Formed Metal Framing. Equivalent to wood structural framing for partitions, walls, floors, and roofs, but uses steel components in place of wood 16 gauge steel Generally wire tied in place ,too thick to receive drywall sheet metal screws. Cold rolled
Graph and download economic data from Jun 1982 to May 2019 about steel, metals, commodities, PPI, inflation, price index, price, indexes, USA, and Public Domain: Citation Requested. Producer Price Index by Commodity for Metals and Metal Products: Cold Rolled Steel Sheet and Strip
Stainless steel has been alloyed to greatly increase the corrosion resistance over that of carbon/alloy steel. Common alloying ingredients include chromium (usually at least 11%), nickel, or molybdenum. Alloy content often is on the order of 15-30% so the price of stainless steel is notably higher than carbon/alloy steels.
360 Brass Round Bar is the material to use when strength, corrosion resistance, electrical conductivity, and non-sparking characteristics are important. 360 Brass Round Bar is easy to machine and is often used decoratively because of its high sheen when polished. It is also used in fittings, marine hardware, fasteners, instruments and more.
1/2 in. x 36 in. Plain Steel Round Rod An alternative and durable support option to the An alternative and durable support option to the square tube is the Plain Steel Round Tube. Suitable for use on machine stands table legs cart frames and wire conduit.
Which steel is stronger: Cold rolled, hot rolled, or stainless? This confuses me even more because this looks like the steel is cold rolled hot rolled? Why is the stainless rating just 88 while the others seem to be a range and use the B scale? So a 1 mm^2 wire will double in length if loaded with 200 Kn of force -- Actually it will
Cold rolled coil, strip and sheet are produced in all stainless steel types: austenitic, ferritic, duplex and martensitic. A wide selection of standard and special surface finishes provide a unique level of customization. Outokumpu offering includes semi-cold rolled surface RAP?2E: it is cold rolled, heat treated, mechanically descaled and
Kind-auspice industrial Co., ltd. Was established in 1993 at kangshan, kaohsiung and one professional trading company, as well as marketing made in china and taiwan steel wire ( cabon & stainless ) for cold-forming, free-cutting steel, fasteners: Bolt, nut & rivet especially for tapping & self-drilling screws, toolings which for making screw: Heading mode punch r/t die, also 6 in 1 screwdriver
CoilThread Inserts (Tangless or tanged) are economical, helically-coiled fastening devices providing permanent, wear-resistant screw threads which exceed the strength of most parent materials. CoilThread inserts are made of cold-rolled stainless steel wire (AS7245), work-hardened to a tensile strength above 200,000 psi, and a hardness of Rc 43-50.
Choose from powder- or gas-actuated systems to attach drywall track to concrete or steel. Secure 2x4 wooden studs to concrete slabs, concrete over metal deck, concrete masonry unit (CMU) block or steel. Use powder-actuated fastening systems for higher application limits in most base materials. Recommended products for drywall track applications
Distributor of hot rolled & extruded stainless steel in varieties including galvanized, paint-grip (bonder-ized & galvannealed), galvalume, electro-galvanized, cold rolled & hot rolled pickled & oiled. In stock & ready to ship sizes range from 7 to 30 gauge in widths up to 60 in. | <urn:uuid:f06f1b50-e1de-4815-862f-cb09cac66e12> | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | https://www.asiastainlesscoil.com/asia-steel-sheet/9439.html | 2021-09-19T02:21:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780056656.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20210919005057-20210919035057-00355.warc.gz | en | 0.906624 | 1,511 |
Last week, Dutch voters dealt a blow to far-right populism in their country’s general election. With the Euroskeptic, anti-immigration Party for Freedom (PVV), led by Geert Wilders, having managed to secure substantially fewer seats than anticipated, the Dutch outcome is a promising start to a year of critical elections in Europe.
The Netherlands will now be led by a moderate center-right coalition comprising the conservative-liberal People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), and the social-liberal Democrats 66 (D66). Smaller ...
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MANIERA MAGAZINE: ROLE-PLAY ISSUE OUT NOW!
Day: April 26, 2012
OMG, LooK What Our Son Did Today!!!!!!!
Look what our new son did today to our lovely house. O.O
Ohhhhhh, he is sooooo grounded. The timeout chair is not enough for this.
I think he is trying to get back at us ‘cuz last night when he went AFK, We tried to put him in a box and ship him back to MAW: Make A Wish Agency. The little booger is crafty. o.O
*Me thinks of ways to get back at him.
-Put Bengay on his Vaseline?
-Cut all his underwear into thongs?
DSP Presents VOGUE SPRING SENSATION FASHION SHOW
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Brenner Law represents people who suffer from head or brain injuries, also referred to as traumatic brain injury or TBI. Even a minor concussion can have serious long-term consequences.
When the head suffers a trauma from an impact with an object or hard surface, or even a sudden, rapid movement of the head or neck, the brain may move within the skull. The movement and disruption of the brain inside the skull can sever or shear the brain’s long connecting nerve fibers. This damage can be microscopic and difficult to measure. In cases involving “mild brain injury,” the effects can be either short or long-term and more severe brain injury can result in a reduction of physical, cognitive and psychological skills and functioning, and irreversible deficits.
Physical deficits can include impaired walking, balance and coordination, fine-motor skills, and strength. Cognitive deficits include difficulty with speech, information processing, memory, and perceptual skills. Psychological status is also often altered. People suffering from traumatic brain injury often exhibit changes in personality and lifestyle.
Because of the severity of many brain injuries, a person may be unable to work and medical bills may mount, and the level of physical and emotional discomfort may become severe. The recovery of damages from the person responsible will help to alleviate the stress of living with one’s injuries. Compensation may include an award for medical treatment, lost wages, property damage, pain and suffering, and emotional distress. Damage awards will include recovery for the past, present, and future costs of medical care and lost wages.
At Brenner Law we will hire experts, such as medical professionals, economists, and life care planners to help calculate how much compensation a brain injury claim is worth. For example, a medical expert will determine the type of treatment and rehabilitation needed, while a life care planner will research, analyze, and plan what it will cost to care for the accident victim. If the accident victim is unable to return to their same occupation before the injury, the damage award will include compensation for the difference in income.
What Makes Us Different?
Brain injuries are known as “invisible injuries” because you generally cannot tell when a person is suffering from a traumatic brain injury. Handling and litigating brain injury cases requires specialized skill and knowledge in both identifying the existence of a brain injury and ensuring proper medical care is provided.
When searching for a lawyer, you must concentrate on their skill level, both litigation and trial experience, dedication, and fee structure. We are completely transparent with all these factors and ensure to give helpful advice, guidance and relentless advocacy throughout the case.
With our vast experience and industry knowledge, we are well-versed in handling insurance and health care companies, litigation, and preparing brain injury cases for both settlement and jury trial to ensure our clients are fully compensated for their injuries and losses.
At Brenner Law, we believe PEOPLE MATTER and RESULTS MATTER.
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Margao (Goa) [India], April 20 (ANI): Leader of Opposition in Goa Assembly Digambar Kamat slammed the state government and said that it is horrific to know that the bankrupt BJP government headed by Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant has no money even to dispose of unclaimed bodies lying in the
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Panaji (Goa) [India], March 30 (ANI): Faced with rising Covid-19 cases, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday adjourned the State Assembly session till July 2021.
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Panaji (Goa) [India], Aug 27 (ANI): Goa Legislative assembly speaker Rajesh Patnekar who on Wednesday was admitted to Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) with breathlessness and minimal fluid retention is likely to remain in the hospital for a few days, said a doctor of the hospital.
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Panaji (Goa) [India], Aug 2 (ANI): Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant condoled the demise of former Goa Assembly Speaker and BJP leader Anant Shet who passed away on Sunday morning at a Goa hospital after a prolonged illness.
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Panaji (Goa) [India], July 26 (ANI): Goa Forward Party (GFP) president Vijai Sardesai on Sunday said that discussion should be held over the COVID-19 fatalities in Goa during the one-day state assembly session slated to be held on July 27.
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Panaji (Goa) [India], Feb 6 (ANI): Leaders of Opposition, Digambar Kamat, MLA Vijai Sardesai, among others created a ruckus in the Goa Assembly, following which they were escorted out of the House by marshals on Thursday.
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This beautiful print is available in a matte finish, were we can change colours upon request
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Please leave a note at checkout with either the matte or foil colour you would like.
Foil colours available:
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The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation was founded in 2006 by its namesake benefactors, who were married for more than 60 years. Shurl and Kay believed that they should share the many blessings that life had bestowed upon them, so they started the Curci Foundation to support science-based research, striving for the advancement of a healthy and sustainable future for humans.
Shurl, who passed away in 2013, was a graduate of the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He married Kay, who survives him, in 1952. Shurl had an illustrious career in real estate, and was founder and chairman of Transpacific Development Company (“TDC”). Through TDC, he developed major office and industrial properties totaling more than 10,000,000 square feet of space in California, Arizona and Hawaii, and acquired another 10,000,000 square feet of property across the U.S. He was a true icon of the real estate industry. Kay continues to be actively involved in the Curci Foundation, both by providing guidance and funding, and as a member of the Board of Directors.
The Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation supports science-based research striving for the advancement of a healthy and sustainable future for humans. To carry out its mission, the Curci Foundation will:
- Support scientific research primarily in the areas of
- Neuroscience/brain science
- Regenerative medicine
- Cell Biology including stem cells
- Support basic research addressing fundamental scientific questions that, when answered, will lead to significant advances in medicine or scientific knowledge.
- Direct funds to efforts intended to benefit all or a large portion of humanity rather than specific individuals.
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Frequently Asked Question - What are the responsibilities of the new owner?
What are the responsibilities of the new owner?
Owner(s):Type or print the name of the cat in the blocks under "FIRST NAME CHOICE" and "SECOND NAME CHOICE". Once at the Executive Office, if it is possible, the first name choice is used, if it is not possible to use the first name choice, then the second name choice is automatically used. The second name choice is not required to be filled in, however, if the first name choice is a duplicate or has a cattery name registered to someone else or for some reason(s) cannot be used, then the registration must be sent back for an additional name choice. Remainder to stay the same. Type or print the name of the owner(s), name of the cat and complete address, city, state/province, country, and zip/postal code.
- Names of Cats: Cats may not be named after an ancestor without written permission of the owner of the ancestor; a letter attesting to such permission is to be filed with the Executive Office. See Registration Rules 39.8. Owner(s) may enter two choices for the name of the cat to be registered at the top of the form. The owner's name, address, and city are not allowed in the name of the cat unless it is a TICA registered cattery. The names of cats may not be changed in any manner after they have been registered, except for the correction of clerical errors in the Executive Office; the addition of a cattery name as provided in ARTICLE EIGHT, 38.7, 38.8, and 38.10 of the Registration Rules; to re-register as Household Pets, TICA registered championship class cats pursuant to Show Rule 3.12.a; or pursuant to the Registration Rules, ARTICLE IX, Section 39.5. Names of cats and catteries may not be duplicated.
- Punctuation: Punctuation marks of any kind (‘, &, #, etc.) are not allowed in the name of the cat.
- Suffixes: A cat's name, including cattery names and the word "of" may not exceed 35 letters/characters/spaces combined. When the name of the cat is longer than 35 letters/characters/spaces, the suffix will be automatically dropped.
- Cattery Names: The prefix position in a cat's registered name is reserved for the breeder's TICA registered cattery name. The breeder's cattery names may NOT be removed. The breeder is ALWAYS the owner of the dam at the time of mating. The suffix position in a cat's registered name is reserved for the owner's TICA registered cattery name. The suffix follows the word "of" after the registered name of the cat, i.e., BLUEBELL STAR OF REDWILLOW; BLUEBELL is the breeder's TICA registered cattery name, STAR is the name of the cat, and REDWILLOW is the owner's TICA registered cattery name. Any use of the word "of" in any language may denote a cattery suffix, and foreign translations for the word "of" will not be allowed, i.e., av, de, etc. If the word following the word "of" is NOT a TICA registered cattery name, or is not the owner's TICA registered cattery name, it will be automatically dropped. The suffix may change with a transfer of ownership. | <urn:uuid:c112e5ad-09a8-4018-9fc2-9f6adba3edfb> | CC-MAIN-2019-35 | https://tica.org/zh-tw/faqs?view=faq&faqid=27 | 2019-08-24T03:15:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-35/segments/1566027319470.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20190824020840-20190824042840-00074.warc.gz | en | 0.885055 | 737 |
Fuel Price Forecourt Displays
A wireless controlled LED Fuel Price Display
With the price of fuel continually changing, FSL has developed a wireless controlled LED Fuel Price Display, which enables prices to be updated quickly and accurately whatever the location or weather.
Traditional changing the price manually, meant climbing a ladder which was time consuming and unsafe. This convenience insures that your prices stay up to-date while maintaining the safety of your employees.
LED signs will increase the traffic going through your doors today and lets you change prices and advertise offers from within your building quickly and safely without the need for ladders. | <urn:uuid:1e67053b-fd06-4dd4-9abc-553eacde2db8> | CC-MAIN-2019-13 | https://www.fslelectronics.com/led-display-boards/fuel-price-displays/ | 2019-03-23T21:15:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-13/segments/1552912203021.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20190323201804-20190323223804-00331.warc.gz | en | 0.944251 | 122 |
The unique style of the Cohen Swivel Bar Stool from Armen Living is unmatched; whether it is the aesthetic or quality, it is hard to find a stool as wonderful as this. The contemporary round silhouette is unlike most bar stools and includes a wide, open-lower back design for cool breathable seating. The Cohen Bar Stool can easily transition from your kitchen to your dining room, to your dining room to the living room, the versatile look makes these possibilities endless. The Cohen features a thick foam-padded cushion that will keep you relaxed until you are ready to get up This stool comes in your color choice of Black, Gray, and White Faux Leather. counter height and 30 in. bar height.
Swivel Stool - We are always thinking of the most unique ideas for the best user experience. Providing these features is one way we can do this and help exceed your expectations. The wonderful full 360-degree swivel function allows for maximum mobility. The smooth glide swivel function allows you to change directions with ease, making this your new favorite stool in your home Features
- This bar stool provides more stability with a strong 4-legged base, crafted entirely with stainless steel
- Our bar stools have a comfortable seat height of 30 in and our counter height stools hold you at a convenient 26 in seat height
- Collection: Cohen
- Color: Black
- Material: Stainless Steel
- Seat Style: Bucket Seat
- Style: Contemporary & Modern
- Fabric Type: Faux Leather
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New Album! Eh...Sorta.
I would imagine that the few of you who actually tend to read this blog are well aware that it has now been quite some time since I've last put out a record. (Nearly four years, to be exact!)
The recording of my current album has been a deeply exciting, yet exceptionally frustrating affair. (I've covered this in quite a bit of depth--perhaps even too much depth--in my blog post "Why I'm No Longer Trying to Make It in Music". I think the name alone suggests what a nightmarish affair certain aspects of this process have been like.)
Let me assure you, I and my fellow musicians who are undertaking the Herculean effort of recording this new album are hitting this thing with full force. It is to be approximately 20 songs, each with sonic layers averaging at about 40-50 tracks per song. Simply put, this is the single most intense record I've ever worked on--not only in terms of length, but also in terms of the ferocity of the songs themselves. I've jokingly described the new record to friends as sounding like "my last solo album in a bar fight, and on meth".
Currently, the guys and I are more than midway through the tracking process--we essentially only need to finish a few main vocal tracks, kill off some cello stuff, and re-do a few bass and keyboard parts. Then we're most likely going to layer things a bit further (not only because I am apparently a true blue masochist, but also because there's nothing I love more on records than a few extra sonic surprises here and there). And then, once that's all said and done, it's time for yours truly to mix and master this son of a bitch.
So, while we clearly still have our work ahead of us, there is light at the end of the tunnel. And I think that anyone who was a fan of my last record will very likely dig this one. And even if no one outside of the process loves this thing, we are extraordinarily happy with the way things are turning out. I know that the few of you out there who are aware of me and my band have been waiting a ridiculously long time for this thing, and I would never dream of putting something out there that I don't fully support. I owe you folks nothing but my best efforts, especially considering that so many of you have continued to support me through this long wait.
And this brings me to the real point of this blog post. As a token of my appreciation for so many of you displaying such patience with my lack of output lately, I'd like to offer you a bunch of music that you've almost certainly never heard before. Hopefully, this stuff will hold you over for the next few months that it'll take to finish up on my new record.
The music I'm about to show you is from one of my old bands, called A Color Engine. It's some of the first songwriting that I've been a part of that I still feel is worthy of sharing.
A Color Engine
In 2007, I was devastated after the dissolving of a band that I was in at the time. (Funnily enough, it's a project that I currently find myself quite embarrassed about. I was a newbie songwriter back then, and though I took quite a few chances melodically and riff-wise, I was a lyrical dunce. I just didn't know what the hell I was doing yet. This is the reason why I don't even find it worth sharing in this blog the name of that band, let alone its awful music.)
When that band had fallen apart, so crestfallen was I that I had nearly decided to give up music as a whole. I spent weeks away from music, and quite literally (and in hindsight, comically) would even sneer at my guitar anytime I happened to walk past it.
But one day in the midst of this low point, I got a call from my friend Eric Burchfield, who was also a member of that ill-fated previous band of mine. He expressed the notion that it would just be a downright shame if I gave up music altogether, and suggested that he and I just get together and try to write some stuff that was outside the box of what we were previously doing.
I had to admit that while I was reluctant, my interest was certainly piqued.
We conversed more.
We decided that we should try this new project without any specific agenda, and just let it be what it was to be (or not be, if that wound up being the case). The only slightly pre-determined direction in which we knew we wanted to travel was toward something very Beatles-esque and psychedelic enough to challenge ourselves in new ways lyrically, melodically, and chordally.
So sometime within that month, we set out to get together and jam. Almost immediately, we knew that much of this new material was going to work out well. We had known each other so well as musicians by that time, we had already developed our own unique shorthand which we would use to communicate with one another--sometimes non-verbally in the form of a shrug or squinting of the eyes; sometimes through conversations that would sound something like this: "Ok, how about we go from that Harrison thing directly into the ELO idea, and then come back in straight away with the Elliott progression?"
Something just totally clicked.
Voyage Underwater; 56 Knots
So after a few weeks of writing, we had amassed about an EP's worth of tunes.
We decided that instead of putting a band together and inviting a bunch of other cooks into this kitchen, we'd record an album by ourselves, just the two of us, in Eric's basement.
The only problem with this was that neither of us had a single clue about how to record an album. All we had was Cool Edit Pro (the cheapest and shittiest recording software of the day), a hundred dollar microphone, and a fifty dollar keyboard. That was about it.
But we remained undeterred. Honestly, we really didn't even give a fuck at that point. We were just doing this to kill some time, have some fun, and see how non-shitty (or even how hilariously shitty) we could make an album sound.
So we just went right to work, making bonehead mistake after bonehead mistake right out the gates.
The first song we did was the last song on the record, an absurdist folk tune called "City of Ends". I wrote it during some downtime on my night shift at work approximately one hour before we actually recorded the thing. (That was the ethos of this band..."Whatever. Fuck it. Let's just see how it sounds.")
We set up the mic directly next to Eric's screamingly loud computer fan. Why? Because we were fucking idiots, that's why. We recorded all the vocals as stereo tracks, which is a general no-no for the most part in the recording process. Why? Because, again, we were fucking idiots. We had no idea what we were doing.
We finished up the tune, or so I thought, fairly quickly and called it a night.
The next day, Eric called me up and told me that he had added a bunch of sounds to the song, among them the sound of him slamming his dryer shut. I was mortified. The whole way over to his place, I thought to myself, "There's no way this band is gonna work. This moron just recorded the sound of him slamming on his dryer in the middle of a tender folk song. This is gonna be a disaster."
Except it wasn't a disaster. Far from it, in fact. What Eric had added was the perfect addition to this song. Once I had heard the new version, I couldn't have imagined going back to the original.
And at that moment, something fundamental changed for both of us--something that remains with me to this day. There are absolutely no rules. When it comes to recording, writing, performing, or you name it in the world of art, there simply aren't any rules. If you want your dad's washing machine or dryer to be a musical instrument, then ya know what? It is.
And that was when we really started having fun...
After a few months of both tooling around and working dilligently (though more of the former than the latter), we emerged with a record--Voyage Underwater; 56 Knots. (The title was a mnemonic device that Eric had adopted to remember his license plate number).
This album is the first musical project that I look back on and feel no embarrassment or shame about whatsoever. It's totally rough around the edges and there were decisions that I wish I would've made differently about it (like pounding an entire twelve-pack and doing the vocals to "In Heaven" and "Broken Lungs" in one take each, and not revisiting either 'cause "it would ruin the magic, dude". Ugh.).
But nonetheless...for any of you out there who happen to feel like listening to some "new" music (or at least music you've likely never heard before), I submit to you:
That link should take you to bandcamp...if not here's the link in full: http://acolorengine.bandcamp.com/album/voyage-underwater-56-knots
Also, just as a bonus...I'd like to throw in the half-completed second album that Eric and I were working on just as the band broke up, called Royal Court Jester; 88 Trades (this time a mnemonic device for me to remember my license plate number).
Much of the material that wound up on my solo record was slated to be on the Royal Court Jester record. On this one, we really let loose and just launched into some of the craziest lyrical material we had, but I think we also recorded some of the prettiest stuff we've ever worked on as well (i.e. "Shoestring Highway").
The album feels incomplete in just about every way--because it was--but I think it still has its charm. If nothing else, just about any listener can tell where we were headed on this one.
So, anyway...here she be:
Again, the bandcamp link: http://acolorengine.bandcamp.com/album/royal-court-jester-88-trades
Well, I hope this album and a half of material from back in the day tides some of you folks over till I'm finally done with my new album. It's been great for Eric and I to take a step back and head down memory lane with this old material here.
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say six people have been killed in a fast-moving fire that roared through a single-family home in New Jersey's largest city.
The Essex County prosecutor's office says the blaze broke out at around 4 a.m. Sunday in Newark. The fire soon spread to another residence, and both homes were destroyed.
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My favorite posts from last week were;
- 15 Ways to boost your savings fast – Welsh Mum Writing
- 40 things I will do my 40th Year – The Newby Tribe
- New Year plans and reflections – Coombe Mill
- 9 rainy day activities for kids – School Runs and Shopping Trolleys
- Things to remember when you fall out of love with someone you thought you’d love forever – Mummy Kind
- Are your mornings stressful? – Mummy Of Four
- We’ve been back into our routine this week and it’s been so productive for us all.
- Being a VA alongside my blog means that I no longer have to travel away from home and I can actually work on boosting my business.
- The builders turned up this week and started working on the chimney, so we might actually have heat in our house soon! It’s been a long 9 months!
- I’ve started cooking from scratch again this week and it feels great, I’ve really missed it! Even the foods I don’t remember enjoying have been nice!
- We booked our first holiday of the year! In light of not traveling back home anymore, I realized I wouldn’t see my mum and sister much, so mum found an amazing deal for us to go to a caravan for a weekend, we’re very excited!
- Finally, I’ve had a few late nights playing video games with my husband and lay-ins with the girls this week which has been lovely. I’m very grateful for everything I have.
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Heads up – shattering of innocent dreams and cynicism ahead.
Oh to be 14 again, I’ve just discovered The Smiths and was full of hope thinking everything would magic itself better.
How wrong I was.
Coming of age films have been staple of teenage culture in the modern era with filmmakers trying to capture the archetypal transition from a naïve youth to adulthood, complete with all the twists and turns in between. While trying still to have the quintessential adolescent experience at the core, it was natural (and still is) for directors to put their own twist on this topic. These twists have been visible in films of late, such as Richard Linklater’s ambitious 13-year project Boyhood, Gerwig’s directorial debut Lady Bird, and Olivia Wilde’s LBGTQ+ focused comedy, Booksmart.
While these films, were met with critical acclaim and Hollywood nominations, watching these films (sometimes for the second time, after originally watching them as a hapless 14-year-old, who thought his life would end up like it did in these films), I scoffed throughout “for fuck’s sake, not this shit again”. Wait, how dare you insult these films, which formed the backbone of my personality during my teenage years?! I hate to break it , while beautifully crafted in terms of cinematography, this genre is just littered with clichés. It is like these directors lived some fantasy teenage life where the sun was always that perfect shade of yellow and soundtracked to Belle and Sebastian. In reality, most moviemakers (I will later address the ones that avoided my wrath) fail to capture what growing up is really like, instead, relying on familiar tropes and storylines that they know the audience will lap up (ah yes, capitalism will always prevail). What are these clichés I hear your ask? Well, carry on reading unless you do not want me to dismantle some of your favourite films.
Films of this nature tend to go down two paths. Firstly, they involve a character who is a misfit or socially distant from his peer group who magically befriends relatively cooler people and follows them in their trials and tribulations and thus tend to have a ‘normal’ adolescent experience by the end. The second path that directors often choose is that this main character chases his dream woman (who the filmmakers purposefully do not make the most popular girl in school, of course, they want this to be a realistic film), a manic pixie dream girl if you will. As expected, the moment he captures his soulmate, his problems are eroded. Circa most Michael Cera films in the late noughties.
Case Study: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
God, what a disastrous movie. Firstly Emma Watson’s American accent. Back to the main point, Charlie, an introverted freshman manages to befriend SENIORS. In what realms of reality is this possible? I can’t even find friends in my own year, let alone that of my elders. The relationship between Charlie and the other two feels rather forced, which ends up portraying Watson and Ezra Miller’s character acting as parental figures to him rather than being friends. Secondly a personal bugbear of this film, they listen to The Smiths (another cliché), but when ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie comes on they fail to recognise him. How can you know The Smiths and NOT BLOODY BOWIE? Do me a favour. Of course, by the end Charlie is dating Watson’s character and obviously heads off to college a less troubled person
I think the problems of this genre lay in the first surge of popularity of this genre during the late 1980s when John Hughes released films such Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink and most notoriously The Breakfast Club. These films essentially set the status quo (not necessarily good) of what a coming of age film should be and as a result, Hollywood has tended to fail to stray away from these parameters. While the introduction of characters from minority and LGBTQ+ background bring the story into the 21st century, the core repetitive narrative remains at the core of the film. Not everyone is an angsty teen that at the start of the film cuts of the world listening to an obscure indie band alone in their room. There ought to be films where problems of the protagonist get worse throughout the film or fall over in the pursuit of love. As mentioned above, the critical success of these films never lay in the actual plotline but rather in the cinematography and sometimes the soundtracks to these films.
Nevertheless, my cynicism fuelled rant must come to an end. Despite my negativity, this genre I feel will remain ever-present in the elite Hollywood film culture, as directors try to put their own twist on this genre and of course will have a loyal fanbase of people posting cute Instagram edits of these films set to obscure Mac DeMarco songs on their Michael Cera fan accounts. God, what a dark world we live in.
Below are some of my favourite coming of age films/TV shows that break the mould
- Superbad – A cult film, which did not receive the credit it deserved at the time. Three outcasts go on a voyage together reflecting the dreams of many a teenager boy, underage drinking (the secret ingredient is crime) and sexual satisfaction.
- Freaks and Geeks – Unsurprisingly another work headed by Judd Appatow. This ensemble cast follows the journey of Lindsay Weir and her younger brother Sam, struggling with their identities and finding comfort with their ‘freaks’ and ‘geeks’ respectively. Don’t want to give too much away, I’ll save it for later review. Captures almost perfectly the frustration of youth. Bonus – All the episodes are on Youtube.
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finally came in to make that possible, but always in proportion.
At some point attorneys have to cut their losses (which decision might
wind up guaranteeing those losses for you both, as compared to hanging
in there together), and maybe she is at an end, but I'd recommend
doing everything in your power to keep her – as you become more
frantic, however, it is possible that she will feel that you blame her
for the outcome thus far and also that she internalizes her sense of responsibility
for caring for you, no matter that it is not her fault but some selfish
or reactive judge's decisions that were beyond her control –
so, please be careful and be sensitive with her when you vent. We attorneys
take a lot of emotional responsibility for our clients, even when it is
not fair that we do that to ourselves. If she is at the edge of her pain
threshold at the moment, I'd advise you to back off from insisting
that she do one more thing or lamenting the fact that she won't until
she gets refreshed by whatever helps her to reset herself (money works,
but honoring your attorney can be equally efffective and much cheaper).
I've seen (and I hear from) so many people who decided in complex
litigation to go it alone, whose cases thereafter went into a death spiral
(sometimes economic, sometimes emotional in the form of their helplessness
and depression). You may well be equipped intellectually or energetically
to battle on your own for a while longer – it is, after all, your
life and you know it best, and your case, and that can power you on for
a time – but you will wear out, I promise, and you really need a
buffer. Family law attorneys get paid, in part, to be "sin-eaters".
So, getting to my meandering point, try not to blow up this relationship
with your attorney if it can be salvaged, even if that means holding off
on the things you'd like to do, and let her catch her breath. If you
start making demands then she will have to withdraw and you simply don't
want that. If you have any access to funds, and can give her something
that symbolizes your gratitude and respect for her efforts and contributions
(i.e., a small one time payment, offering to start paying some small amounts
each month, borrowing $10,000 more from your parents or siblings), this
might be a good idea. All of this assumes, however, that you are indeed
grateful and believe that she has been authentically doing the best she
can – as opposed to being perceived as a guarantor of outcomes,
a magical talent that people really do not possess. Some clients develop
the same sense of entitlement towards their attorney's efforts as
they may feel towards the spouse or domestic partner who has burned them,
but this is a toxic transference.
A common reason why people become frustrated with their attorneys in situations
like yours sounds to be is that they begin grasping at straws, or don't
have a realistic view of what relief they can expect to receive from a
judge, when their ex's have committed technical (or even arguably
substantial breaches of fiduciary duty) fraud, and the clients learn about
fiduciary duty concepts and – based upon what the statutes and the
occasional appellate decision says – they think that THIS will finally
get the judge's attention. Unfortunately, trial judges generally (and
it sounds like this judge specifically), often don't understand FD
rules or the importance of imposing consequences for financial cheating
behaviors and, when a lawyer has that opinion of the judge, then they
may know that it is a waste of their time, especially time they aren't
getting paid for, to press the issue and pursue that route. So, you will
get push back from your attorney, and you really shouldn't blame her
for that. If you have reached the point where you owe a big divorce legal
bill, you don't have the luxury of demanding a Cadillac when you can
only afford a Suburu (or maybe a take a bus? - oh, nooooo!)
In (more of a) direct answer to your question, I lack sufficient information
to guide you well (for instance, the relative income and asset picture
between you and the other party). I don't think that a breach of fiduciary
duty RFO relating to the $100,000 your husband stole or monies he took
from a HELOC to pay, for instance his own attorney, will benefit you or
justify the effort at this point in the litigation. If you try to indignantly
make this point on your own, you will likely find yourself spinning and
becoming more dejected. We already feel too powerless in these times,
so why set yourself up for me of the same? This does not, however, equate
with giving up. I am suggesting that you become realistic and pin-pointed.
Instead, tell your attorney how much you appreciate her and ask if she
is willing to discuss an economical strategy to get the judge to rule
without her being forced to finance your case beyond bare bones. Discuss
what strategy would likely force the judge to issue a ruling on the attorney
fee request he keeps dodging, so at least it would be appealable. You
could consider yourself complaining to the presiding judge if this trial
judge keeps dodging the issue, but understand that your attorney cannot
have any part of that endeavor. If you get a final ruling on the attorney
fee question, I suppose you could try to educate yourself to do the appeal
portion yourself, keeping you attorney in on the case at the trial court level.
With the information I have, my recommendation to you is do whatever you
can to keep your attorney on board, that you recognize that certain avenues
will turn out to be cul de sacs and that your attorney probably knows
the difference, and that you two agree that she will do the best she can
to move the case forward in as economically feasible manner as possible.
Try to pay her some money for these "go-forward" fees. If a
client religiously pays something each month, it expresses that their
recognition that they are the ones with "skin in the game".
Honoring those whose would help us, if we let them, is always a smart
idea. Not sure if this helps, and maybe I've completely missed the
mark. If you appreciate the response, you can appreciate me for giving
it by following the link at the end of this email and
support the Enlightened Divorce Blog™!
Good luck, Rita! If you have some further questions or more information
(within reason – I too am overwhelmed), please feel free to shoot
me another E. In the meantime, here is some real wisdom:
"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And wisdom to know the difference."
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Fixing Health: The brain drain of our health professionals
Nursing can increasingly be characterised as a mobile profession. Thousands of nurses migrate each year in search of better pay and working condition, career mobility, professional development, a better quality of life, personal safety, or sometimes just novelty and adventure (Kingma 2006).
The nursing shortage is presently on the political agenda. It is important to look at nurse mobility within the context of the nursing shortage and to consider the paradox of unemployed nurses in our country within the great shortage and to examine the contributory factors on the migration of nurses from our beloved country, Jamaica.
Critical nursing shortages in industrialised countries are generating a demand that is fuelling energetic, international recruitment campaigns. Structural adjustments in the developing countries have created severe workforce imbalances, and shortfalls often coexist with large numbers of unemployed health professionals.
A nurse's motivation to migrate is multifactorial - not limited to financial incentives - and barriers exist that discourage or slow the migration process. The migration flows vary in direction and magnitude over time, responding to socio-economic factors present in source and destination countries.
Health-care systems around the world have been suffering in both developed and developing countries. They have been struggling to meet the needs of the population they serve. One of the most challenging problems is that of shortage of health-care professionals, and, in particular, nurses and physicians.
The demand for and the size of the global health workforce is expected to grow substantially as a consequence of population and economic growth, combined with demographic and epidemiologic transitions, including ageing. These overall trends are accelerated by the need and the demand for health workers across the globe. However, the magnitude and rate of increase in demand and need for health workers vary from country to country.
Demographic factors are also affecting the health workforce. Recent reports point to increasing gaps between projected supply and demand for nurses in high-income countries, primarily because of ageing and increased retirements.
According to a report from WHO (World Health Organization), it is estimated that Latin America and the Caribbean will need over 25,000 nurses /midwives and physicians by 2020, compared to North America needing over 10,000 by 2020.
While there has been much discussion on the potential impact of the General Agreement on Trades in Services, negotiations to facilitate the temporary employment of foreign health-care workers have not progressed. Mutual recognition agreements have encouraged nurse migration at the regional level, for example, Protocol II of the Caribbean Community and Common Market, the North American Free Trade Agreement, and Nursing Directives of the European Union, this coupled with the fact that there is reciprocity of the Nursing Council of Jamaica with that of England and Wales.
The recruitment of health-care workers from less-developed countries has emerged as one of the main responses of developed countries to the shortage of health-care professionals. Nurses/midwives are increasingly recruited abroad in temporary or permanent positions. This has brought about a brain drain, resulting in less affluent countries being able to provide adequate care for its citizens.
Migration of health-care professionals from Jamaica, especially nurses, dates back to the 1950s. It was noted that between 2002 and 2006, more than 1,800 nurses left the region to work abroad. The report at that time stated that there was a shortage of these professionals, which had tangible impact that would compromise the ability of Jamaica to meet their key health-care services, especially in the areas of disease prevention and care.
It is well documented that worker migration is a result of the interplay of economic, social, cultural, political and legal forces.
These factors are often considered in two categories: supply - push factors, and demand - pull factors. According to Labonte 2007, these are some of the push/pull factors:
• Resource-poor health
• Low salaries
• Deteriorating work
• Inadequate medicine and equipment
• Poor human resource
• Political tension and upheaval
• Security of tenure
• Lack of transport
• Diminishing social systems (education, pension, etc)
• Available jobs
• Good pay
• Regular workload
• Reasonable conditions of work
• Economically and
politically stable country
• Safe living environment
• Good quality of life
• Better social system
• Better opportunities
Over time, migration patterns are sustained through networks that provide prospective migrants with information about job opportunities in destination countries, as well as various forms of support to help adjustment after migration.
What are some of the retention strategies we could use to encourage or retain health personnel in order to minimise the exodus of professionals from moving to the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom?
Retention strategies can either be financial or non-financial.
Financial strategies should include: compensation for the additional work hours; night-duty allowance; allowance for housing; allowance for equipment; and maintenance of equipment; and a salary top-up. There should be provisions of motor vehicles, solar panels to reduce the electricity bill, a child education allowance, a car loan and prioritise access to professional development opportunities.
Non-financial incentives should be designed to ensure that the nurses have access to basic infrastructure at the workplaces, for example, proper canteen facilities and access to health care. Workers will value having a career path; training; provision of mortgages/loans; and rewarding performance. Training should be in line with the labour market and the population demands.
Retention incentives can be effectively implemented if the institutional capacities are strengthened with the right person for the right job. Periodic review of staff development policies to address training issues, promotion and performance management system, that is, training of health-care workers in the use of health-care management tools.
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Cape Town Ajax Cape Town's miserable season continued when they went down 1-0 to Black Leopards at the Cape Town Stadium on Sunday afternoon.
The win was the first in charge for new Leopards coach Ian Palmer, but he had Ajax's weak efforts in and around goal, as well as a suicidal moment in defence, to thank for the three points, rather than his own team's brilliance.
The Cape side for the most part dominated the first half, in terms of possession and in the way they took the game to the Limpopo team.
But despite some attractive football, the Urban Warriors were unable to turn their superiority into clear cut chances on goal and Leopards keeper Azwindini Maphaha was not overly stretched.
It was to his credit however that he moved smartly off his line to get in a block on Khama Billiat on the edge of the big box after the Zimbabwean appeared to be in on goal.
Billiat was Ajax's biggest threat, but too often his final decision making was poor and opportunities were wasted.
There was a chance also for Lebohang Manyama on the half hour mark, but his curling shot from 25-yards did not dip quickly enough.
The home side were finally gifted with the chance to take the lead, 10 minutes after the restart, when Siphamandla Sithole was ruled to have impeded Billiat in the box.
But Manyama's spot kick was a very weak one and Lidoda Duvha keeper Maphaha was able to make a comfortable save.
It was Ajax who remained in control, containing to push and probe, but without too much success.
There was always the danger of a goal against the run of play and that's exactly what happened with 10 minutes to go when a poor header back towards goal from Aidan Jenniker let in Joshua Obaje to score in a practically unguarded net.
Having struggled throughout the match to cause any damage around the Leopards box, there was not much Ajax could do to muster any kind of comeback as they saw the clock ticking down towards the inevitable. – Sapa | <urn:uuid:3176ae2d-c6ab-4a57-817a-14d16d0e5d3e> | CC-MAIN-2016-07 | http://www.iol.co.za/sport/soccer/psl/leopards-add-to-ajax-s-misery-1.1420994 | 2016-02-10T10:56:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-07/segments/1454701159155.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160205193919-00117-ip-10-236-182-209.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.991069 | 444 |
The northern lights have been shining brightly recently in Churchill. As we are roughly two-thirds through the aurora season, this is a perfect opportunity to showcase a few shots taken of vibrant northern lights in Churchill! We welcome your photos from Churchill anytime of the year. Enjoy!
This photograph highlights how foreground scenery can enhance the feel and look of the aurora. Go to polarbearalley.com for more information and illustrative shots of the region. This has been one of the most spectacular northern lights season in a long time in the Churchill region.
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We do a lot on our phones: email, online banking, navigation; and now add to that checking the content of the fridge! I'm not kidding. Samsung unveiled the European version of its newest smart refrigerator, the "Family Hub," at IFA in Berlin this week, and it's filled with features fit for the most advanced of smart homes.
Its biggest selling point are the three cameras inserted on the back of the door, which take a picture of the contents of the fridge every time the door is closed. This allows users to check their food supply remotely. Who knew your asparagus would ever get a photo opportunity!
In addition to seeing how many eggs you have left, the Family Hub lets you set reminders for expiration dates on your food, which you can monitor through the Food Reminder app.
Samsung has also partnered with online grocery services to allow users of the Family Hub to order food straight from the fridge’s 21.5-inch touchscreen display and get new recipe ideas from the Club des Chefs App.
But the fridge is not all about the food. True to its name, the “Family Hub” is meant to be a connecting point between household members. The Samsung Smart Home app allows family members to leave reminders for one another, share photos, and synchronize calendars. TV mirroring and audio streaming are also available.
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Somalis believe in a mysterious voodoo god, which they believe can cure illnesses.
The belief, which was once believed to be indigenous to Somalia, has gained traction in the country in recent years, particularly in rural areas.
But as Somali communities in countries including Nigeria, Ethiopia, Uganda and Ethiopia have seen the rise of this religion, many Somalis have become suspicious.
Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed says voodoo worship is not a disease.
But a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the belief that voodoo cures illnesses is widespread.
The belief that the supernatural can cure ailments, even deadly ones, has spread in Somalia, and many Somalians believe voodoo can help.
But experts say that it’s very unlikely that this belief is spreading in Africa, where it was once unheard of.
“The main reason I have been in Somalia for the past 20 years is because we have been fighting against corruption,” said Abdul-Karim Naji, a businessman and leader of the anti-corruption coalition in Mogadishu.
According to Naji and other Somalis, voodoo has been a popular religion since the 13th century, but has not taken off in the African continent since the 19th century.
Despite a recent boom in voodoo-related businesses in Mogadijo, a suburb of Mogadish, most Somalis say they believe the superstition is harmless.
“People are not afraid of it, they just need to accept it,” said Naji.
Abdul-Karam Mohamed, a Somali political leader, says the voodoo belief has nothing to do with voodoo.
He said the practice has nothing at all to do the African people, as they were born with vampirism.
But he said the African leaders need to stop blaming the African peoples for the African voodoo, as it was brought to Africa by the Africans. | <urn:uuid:410b6957-9395-4008-8404-e7a2e5e14a58> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://summerseale.com/why-voodoo-is-spreading-to-somalia/ | 2021-10-24T01:00:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323585828.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20211023224247-20211024014247-00563.warc.gz | en | 0.971798 | 404 |
Oh, and recruiting Americans into the MS-13 gang that Americans don't want to recruit for.
Detectives from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday morning that they have one juvenile and two adults in custody in connection with the killing of a Sterling high school student Friday morning.
Danny Centeno Miranda, 17, was a student at Park View High School. He was gunned down in a neighborhood not far from the school’s campus, according to police. Schools in the area were subsequently put on “lock out mode” throughout the morning.
Police have also arrested two men involved with the shooting who are not U.S. citizens. Henry Ernesto Dominguez Vasquez, 20, and Juan Moises Aguirre Zelaya, 18, both of Sterling, have been charged with possession of a firearm by a person who is not a citizen of the United States and accessory after the fact.
Centeno Miranda transferred to the high school in January 2014 and officials believe that he came to the area after leaving El Salvador, says Wayde Byard, spokesman for Loudoun County Public Schools.
Folks, I'm just going to lay this out to you here - The people flooding across our borders illegally are not the kind of people we want here, OK? Yeah, there are some good folks in there. There are also people who murder 17 year-old kids for not joining their gang, because that's what they did back in Mexico or El Salvador, and that's why they had to flee from where they came from. And now they're doing the same thing now, here in America. | <urn:uuid:c371fec6-0c1e-4017-a0b1-7b8c76944d72> | CC-MAIN-2019-30 | https://4rwws.blogspot.com/2015/09/illegal-aliens.html | 2019-07-16T15:36:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-30/segments/1563195524568.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20190716135748-20190716161748-00286.warc.gz | en | 0.982328 | 334 |
We know one thing - plants like grass are very sensitive to light - too little light, too much light, too much blue, not enough far red or UV. Then how do we know how much light to give to optimize growth?
From what we know, there is currently a growing trend of research, witnessed by the number of inquiries from public and private sectors reported by grow light companies.
There is no simple way of developing a recipe for any particular grass based on a common formula. Right now the research is simply trial and error, but companies and academic organizations are beginning to accumulate databases with their findings.
But how do we know if grass is reacting to certain wavelengths of light - we would have to wait weeks for any sort of physical changes.
Not really - in research labs, plants are grown in “clean” Growth Chambers, where they are exposed to various test lights. If they are metabolically active (photosynthesis) under the test lights, they will give off the by product O2 . They can then measure this rise in O2 in the chamber very accurately and within a reasonable period of time.
Other than the wavelength of the light, there is one other important factor. A lot of people will think that the brightness of the light in lumens or LUX will make a difference in growing plants. But in fact, both are calibrated for how humans perceive brightness, mostly in green regions, which is mostly irrelevant to grass. Plants like grass care mostly about blue and red wavelengths, and if you have an LED lamp that is registering in those colors only, it will not register as very bright in lumens. But this is misleading as the light will still be quite effective in grass growth. | <urn:uuid:ce55c015-c2b2-4f9d-9f26-a887bd5acc1c> | CC-MAIN-2023-23 | https://www.stadiumgrowlight.com/grass-knowledge/how-much-light-needs-grass/ | 2023-06-05T20:43:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-23/segments/1685224652161.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20230605185809-20230605215809-00364.warc.gz | en | 0.9705 | 348 |
Writing a check for your life insurance premium may not be up there with getting a hot stick poked in your eye, but it certainly isn’t as soothing as writing a check for a Carribean vacation either.
So, if I asked you this. Do you like writing checks to the IRS? If you could avoid writing a check to the IRS by writing a smaller check to a life insurance company, would it make that premium payment at least slightly more pallatable?
I’ve had clients on complete opposite sides of the mountain when it comes to the issue of estate taxes. Some are right with the program. Show them an affordable way to keep their estate intact for their heirs and they are on board. Others have point blank told me that they don’t really care because they’ll be dead.
Let me just turn on the lamp over this mess on the table. If you have a substantial estate and have not put anything in place to protect it, when you die, your heirs will have 9 months to make sense of it all, determine the value, and liquidate enough of the estate to pay the estate taxes. It is precisely this scenario that plays out with easily half of taxable estates.
The result is that often as much as half of what you worked your entire life for will not be passed on to your family, many of the assets you have accrued will be sold off for pennies on the dollar due to the time limit, and your heirs are probably going to wonder how, if you were smart enough to create all of that wealth, why weren’t you smart enough to protect it.
Bottom line. Estate taxes are a fact of life. Even if the US government repeals estate taxes, states stand ready to increase state death taxes to continue the taxation from another direction. Life insurance owned by a life insurance trust can pay those taxes for pennies on the dollar. Who would you rather write a check to? | <urn:uuid:176f51da-2828-4f45-8470-dbe0f7d89e4c> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://hinermangroup.com/would-you-rather-write-a-check-to-a-life-insurance-company-or-the-irs/ | 2020-09-21T02:11:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400198887.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20200921014923-20200921044923-00236.warc.gz | en | 0.972225 | 399 |
My life wasn't great and I never pretended it was, I just joked about it.
It wasn't hard to find the humor in an abnormal situation, but I've come to a point in my life where it's dangerous to joke about it anymore since people care now and I don't want my family to get hurt.
My childhood ended at 7, the year my dad lost his job due to his mental illness, the year my mom repeatedly slapped me, the year my bullying at school and home began.
How did it come to
this endless parade
Candles line the streets
as we mourn
to no avail.
It is a vicious cycle
that repeats itself
over and over
And we watch
and we pray
and they say
not to fight.
But I refuse.
I will not watch as my brothers and sisters
seeking sanctuary and safety
fall to the ground
next to the ones
I will not stay silent while
we are slaughtered,
You promise to pray
for those lost
but not for
You promise your sympathy for
the mothers without sons
but not a promise
You say that this is how things are
that change is impossible
that we should be quiet
but I say that you
Change happens when thousands
upon thousands of voices
are finally heard
So we will become the action
that your prayers lacked
and it will be our voices,
Gates is a contributor for The Millennial Times.
Maybe I am,
when the men you send to office
three, four times my age
spin days of doublespeak prayers to the wind
with one hand, carve systems of tragedies that stand
for decades with the other.
Maybe my voice isn’t polished silent
with money and power and favors and tied
by words that fly in the face of reason — maybe reasons
to wake up the day when the headlines have faded
and people have died
add up higher than expenditures.
Maybe ignorance of intersections isn’t
as indelible as incumbents insist it is.
Maybe no one problem
has any one prescription
to solve it — maybe all of us
have to listen more. Maybe that’s
too political. But if I am,
I’m with you, and may it be that we’re inimical
to order, to danger, to tragedy together,
and may it be --
Bodette is a contributor for The Millennial Times.
Nearly a year ago, the Supreme Court handed down one of the most groundbreaking decisions in the Court’s history – and one of the single greatest moments in the LGBT community’s struggle to achieve full and equal dignity in this nation. In reference to the right to marry, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote:
Their plea is that they do respect [marriage], respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization’s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right.
How we’ll find life on other planets. -- Dr. Aomawa Shields
In this short yet powerful TED talk, Dr. Shields brings to us her work and her passion in life: to discover planets capable of harboring life in the universe. She shows us how she uses computer models to catch a glimpse of planets that trillions of miles away. Her nonprofit group, Rising Stargirls, works to educate young girls of all backgrounds about the universe through the integration of both the arts and the sciences. For more information please see http://www.risingstargirls.org.
The Chinese zodiac, explained -- ShaoLan Hsueh
In ShaoLan’s talk, she reveals many of the complexities of the Chinese zodiac and how in China, the zodiac affects birth rates and market trends. Since China is growing into its role as a leader in the world, why not learn more about their culture and traditions and how they affect the entire world? This talk might make you stop looking at your horoscope and start looking at your Chinese zodiac.
Compassion and the true meaning of empathy -- Joan Halifax
Compassion is something that is vital to the well-being of not just ourselves, but to those around us. How can we help our friend or comfort a family member if we do not look at everyone with the eyes of compassion? Joan Halifax teaches us what compassion truly is, and is transformative power in the modern world as she recounts personal experiences with people suffering in the world. (She ends the talk with a powerful quote, which I find absolutely amazing: “The women in this room are lotuses in a sea of fire.”)
TED Weekly is presented to you by Bryce Tapp. Tapp is the editor-in-chief of The Millennial Times.
As children, we are told stories of wonder and delight, of dazzling princesses and dashing princes, of fairy godmothers and evil queens. Yet for some reason I, and others, couldn’t wait to leave that wonderland our imaginations were allowed to romp freely in. When we’re young, “growing up” sounds exciting: it means pursuing your career as a princess or an astronaut and promises the chance to stay up past bedtime. The world beyond childhood is the happily ever after we can’t wait to reach.
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How do you decide what to do with your life when you can’t even decide what you are going to do today? I am the classic indecisive; the full weight of a choice always leaves me convinced I made a mistake. As I grow up, though, the decisions are larger. It follows that the consequences are much more serious.
To me, deciding on my major means more than the courses or community I will experience for next four years. My choice of major will begin a path that will be harder and harder to escape once I begin. My mom tells me I’m being dramatic, and in a sense, she’s right: a group of classes shouldn’t define the overall arch of life. We’ve heard many times of successful and happy individuals pursuing careers and lifestyles wildly deviating from their majors. But we’ve also heard of the mistakes, the adults who hate their jobs, the wasted time and wasted money. In the face of conflicting messages, the “follow your passion” inhabiting the same sentence that bashes English majors and shoves you a list of highest paying jobs, what do we believe? Is my major a definition of myself, of my ‘calling’ and my morals, or is it an investment to be a marketable employee?
I woke up the morning after my high school graduation to find a number of discordant thoughts tumbling around my newly minted high school graduate brain: Is life really a series of letting-go moments? I feel old but I know I’m still so very young. Time is flying but I still have all the time in the world. I’m waiting for my life to start but it’s already begun. And there I was, lying in bed slowly turning the page of a narrative not yet long enough.
My morning drives to Spruce Creek High School were often plagued by my uncertain internal monologue and the question of if this – all of it, in its entirety, was growing up or giving in? Was this cowardice or bravery? I could barely tell what the paths going forward were, let alone the righteous and best one for me. But I suppose that’s the beauty of perception really – it’s what’s seen but not truly felt.
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You Got a Killer Scene There, Man!
I'm a sporadic Ubers battler and enthusiast, so I figured I'd post my newest Uber team here.
- Gen V Uber Wifi
- Played on Simulators
- Assume Perfect IVs unless stated otherwise.
This team is built around Arceus' "Extreme Killer" set, hence the name. I'd always considered Arceus to be completely broken and had never properly used him, so this team was made with the process in mind to use things that I hadn't used before, or to use Pokémon that I had tried before but not had much success with. Basically, I made this team to expand my knowledge on a few pokémon and the current metagame.
Spoiler:- Making the Team:
Thundurus (M) @ Life Orb
EVs: 8 HP / 248 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Thunder Wave
- Focus Blast
Thundurus is my lead. I chose thunderus as he can shut down most leads consistently and because he can check set up sweepers such as Dragon Dance Salamence whilst also being able to break stall and help in removing Lugia. It's basically the standard lead set. the EVs ensure minimal damage from Stealth rocks and minimal damage from Life orb Recoil whilst hitting as hard and fast as possible.
Arceus @ Life Orb
EVs: 252 Atk / 44 Def / 212 Spd
Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk)
- Swords Dance
- Shadow Claw
This is the Extreme Killer set. The idea is to switch on something relatively safe, like after Scizor has used Super Power, or a Choice locked move like Pursuit, use swords dance, ??? Profit. The EVs are a little different to the standard, mine is able to outspeed base 100 Pokémon like Palkia (who can do a bit of damage to the team) and thus outspeed the Standard Arceus set. The EVs mean I take minimal damage from LO and have a little physical defence to better take whatever I may take on the switch in. I am contemplating running Fire blast over Earthquake, however I can beat reshiram and heatran much easier with Earthquake.
Mewtwo @ Leftovers
EVs: 128 HP / 244 SAtk / 136 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Calm Mind
- Fire Blast
- Aura Sphere
Calm Mind Mewtwo is an absolute beast. This set can take down pretty much anything it might come across. Though Victini, latios and Latias all resist the set they can not take repeated +1 Psystrikes. Should they manage to take down Mewtwo, via Draco Meteor, they then give Arceus the perfect opportunity to switch in an sweep. Mewtwo is generally brought in on things like Choice Scarfed Terrakion / any fighter, set up CM and sweep.
The Evs are tweaked to what I believe make more sense. The HP give it enough bulk to never be 2HKOd by a +1 Dragon Claw from Dialga and also mean maximum Leftover recover. The speed is tailored to outspeed ScarfTar who is the only revenge killer that I can reliably outspeed, anyway. And the rest is thrown into Special Attack.
Pretty much unstoppable in the sun.
Support / Wall
Groudon @ Leftovers
EVs: 240 HP / 16 Atk / 252 Def
Impish Nature (+Def, -SAtk)
- Stealth Rock
- Stone Edge
- Dragon Tail
Groudon is my wall of choice, being able to reliably take on Rayquaza, Lucario, Zekrom and other physical attackers. His main purpose is to disrupt the weather and remove threats as quickly as possible, whilst providing Stealth Rock support to the team. I have chosen Dragon tail over Over Heat as it's more effective with getting rid of strong dragons that can cause my team trouble.
EVs = leftover number + as much bulk as possible.
Revenge Killer / Scouter / Mr Resistance
Hydreigon (M) @ Choice Scarf
EVs: 24 Atk / 252 SAtk / 232 Spd
Naive Nature (+Spd, -SDef)
- Draco Meteor
- Fire Blast
- Dark Pulse
Hydreigon's main selling point on this team is all of his Key resistances to psychic, Dark and ghost which can hurt Mewtwo, Thunder aimed at Vaporeon and Water aimed at Groudon.
That being said, he is usually used to switch in on Giratina that switch in on my Mewtwo to revenge kill Mewtwo. Offencive varients get OHKOd after Rocks by Draco Meteor. That being said he's my first port of call when facing walls, as his hard hitting attacks and coverage hit pretty much every wall used in Ubers sans Blissey.
He outspeeds all base 95s with the given EVs and the rest is used for fire power. He does well at revenging Scarfed Reshiram, Spex Latis, Mewtwo, Victini and random choice locked pokemon.
Vaporeon (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Water Absorb
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SDef
Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)
- Ice Beam
Vaporeon is my main check to things like Groudon and Kyogre. Kyogre can't touch me outside of thunder, and protect **CAN** help with that, in case of thunder, I bring in Groudon to change the weather back and dent what ever switches in next. I can also Use vaporeon to remove things like Mixmence. Scald works wonders in pretty much neutering physical attackers that could threaten my team. However, Vaporeon's main job is to just get wish passed around to my team as residual damage can build up. Plus with the team having a bulkier feel to it, it's nice to keep these guys at nice high HP so that they can better tank hits.
The team is still pretty fresh and not without its holes, so I came to you guys to get it rated and add improvements to it. It's currently coming off of a 7 fight win streak (well more than that, but I can't count the same guys twice ) so it does function quite well.
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It was this grim period of the 1930s, that raised so much hopes that after the war things would really be better. A key element for this new hope was The Beveridge report which laid the foundation for the modern welfare state and the abolishment of poverty. Beveridge was not a socialist, but, a liberal. Yet, his vision of a universal welfare state laid the foundation of post war Britain and defined the post war Labour government.
Britain in 1945.
In 1945, Britain was triumphant in defeating the axis powers. At conferences like Yalta, we appeared to be one of the Big Three powers. But, the reality was - we were completely broke. The war had exhausted our financial reserves. It is fashionable to worry about the UK national debt (currently 60% of GDP). But, in the 1940s, this had reached over 200% of GDP.
This scale of debt, was the over-riding feature of our post war economy which hung like a shadow over the UK economy and UK politics.
In 1946, towards the end of his life, we sent the great economist - Lord Keynes to Washington to help argue for an £8bn loan. People say that despite his ailing health, this was one of Keynes' greatest hours - passionately and brilliantly explaining why Britain needed a loan. The American's politely listened - only to refuse. It was only the heightening of cold war tensions that America became motivated to bailout Britain and the rest of Europe. But, whatever the motive, it is certain the America loans were vital to keep the UK economy afloat - especially in that awful winter of Britain in 1947, where secret government records show they drew up contingency plans for mass starvation.
Against a backdrop of record debt, and a reluctant profession of private doctors, any government may have been forgiven for dropping an ambitious plan to introduce a universal national health care service. But, somehow, Nye Bevan succeeded in introducing a universal health care service free at the point of use. True, the number of treatments were more limited in the 1940s, but, the basics of the health service have remained in place ever since. It was a great achievement given the fiscal state of the country. But, it certainly couldn't have been done without a loan from the US.
The 1940s and 1950s, were an age of austerity (rationing only ended in 1954). But, it was an era of full employment. And after the horrors of the Great Depression, this was no small thing. With the end of rationing, and the booming of global trade, living standards rose rapidly. We entered a new era of consumption - labour saving devices like vacuums and washing machines became the norm rather than the exception. In 1957, Harold Macmillan proclaimed in a speech that 'people have never had it so good' - A sentiment that seemed to express the improvement in living standards of the 50s and early 60s. Yet, despite the improvements in living standards. Britain was quietly slipping behind our competitors. And this period of prosperity would soon be challenged. | <urn:uuid:01d3ca96-73a6-4966-812f-0d9d227311b9> | CC-MAIN-2017-30 | http://econ.economicshelp.org/2010/02/post-war-economic-britain.html | 2017-07-27T00:48:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-30/segments/1500549426693.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170727002123-20170727022123-00409.warc.gz | en | 0.975375 | 622 |
Goal driven test automation
Vitaq AI Test Automation provides users with the ability to monitor and measure user journey coverage. The user defines the sequences of test actions that make-up their required journeys or use-cases. These are then used as Test automation goals. They are the test objectives which guide the Machine Learning AI Algorithms. Vitaq then auto-generate tests to achieve these goals, aiming to reach 100% QA test coverage.
User journey coverage
The User Journeys are defined by the sequence of Test Actions in the Vitaq AI Test Automation Tool. Our Test Activity diagram essentially models these paths or Journeys that a user can go through to use the app under test. So we need to perform the same tests on the web or mobile app to achieve their desired test requirements.
Let’s find out more about these User Journeys. Vitaq AI Machine Learning Algorithms and how it maps to QA Coverage through some visual representations.
1) In our last blog, we showed you how we create user journeys, so as a reminder let’s take a look below at the screenshots.
Mapping test requirements from Jira
Let’s say we have a test requirement called VTB_5 documented in Jira. This is our User Journey (or Use Case Sequence). We want to see this happen at least once during our Test Automation run. So, we give our Vitaq AI sequence the name VTB_5 with a coverage target goal of 1 (i.e. needs to happen at least once). Then the user clicks on each test Action in turn on the Test Activity Diagram that makes up the user journey required. Here you can see the numbers in orange circles starting from 1 through to 7. Where action 1 in the sequence is Home, action 2 landingPage through to action 7 which is signOut. This sequence will be one of many user journey goals that the QA tester will want to cover during Test Automation.
2) We have creating all of our required User Journeys (or Use Case Sequences) and completed the test scripts inside each of the test actions. Now we need to enable Coverage and AI through the edit preferences section of Vitaq. For that we click on Edit and select Preferences in the top banner menu of Vitaq.
3) Edit Preferences dialog box will open and enable the Use Coverage and Use AI checkbox. Ensure that Database information should be prefilled and then click on the Ok button.
5) In one of the terminals out of two opened terminals. enter “./vitaq_client.js -w webdriverio” to run Vitaq Client with WebDriverIO and hit Enter or Return key from Keyboard.
6) In Another Terminal. Enter “./selenium_server.sh” to run Selenium Server and hit Enter or Return key from Keyboard.
Now we are all set to go and hit Run button in Vitaq AI.
7) Click on the Run Button with Blue Play Symbol present on the top of the Vitaq window. By Clicking on it, Vitaq’s Machine Learning AI Algorithm will Start running continuous highly-variable auto-generated tests. Each new ‘seed’ run it makes will inform the AI algorithms to learn how to focus in on the required User Journeys. It will rapidly learn the traversal paths, executing tests until it achieves 100% test Coverage.
8) To see the percentage of test coverage covered achieved at any given time we can click on Coverage Button. It will display our percentage of test coverage which has happened during the run till it gets completed and shows 100% Test Coverage.
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Rege-Jean Page is in talks to return to 'Bridgerton'.
The 34-year-old actor could reprise the role of the Duke of Hastings in season three of the hit Netflix show.
A source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: "Rege-Jean was always very open about his intention to quit the show after the first season and to move on to other projects. But recently there has been a dialogue between him and the show’s bosses.
Rege-Jean has also been mentioned as a possible candidate to replace Daniel Craig as James Bond.
But whatever happens, 2022 is set to be an "exciting year" for the actor.
The insider explained: "Things are very up in the air at the moment, but this will be an exciting year for Rege, without a doubt."
Meanwhile, Rege-Jean previously compared leaving 'Bridgerton' to his last day of school.
The actor explained: "You’re afraid of the unknown, thinking, ‘Oh, my God, I’m never going to make friends as good as the ones I have,’ and then you do."
Rege-Jean is also aware of his potential influence as a screen star.
He said: "It’s so simple. I can get on a horse and I can put it on the screen; that’s step one.
"I can be royalty, and [other people of colour] can see the possibility of being royalty. Standing there, wearing the boots and the jacket, doing the dances, inhabiting a space that is perfectly possible for me to inhabit, changes how you see the world."
Rege-Jean believes the entertainment industry can also help in the fight for racial equality.
He reflected: "As black people, we’re very used to empathising with the world through white people’s eyes, because they’re the protagonists. I know what it’s like to look at the world and empathise with Superman because I spent my whole life doing that.
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Introducing Google Play, Google’s answer to iTunes
Posted By Ashraf On March 6, 2012 @ 2:26 PM In Android,General Tech | 6 Comments
The first Android device debuted in September 2008. It came with Android Market, the Android equivalent of Apple App Store; from ‘Market users could download apps (free and paid) for their Android devices. Flash-forward to 2011 and Android Market has books, music, and videos, too. However, although Android Market offered iTunes-like services, it just didn’t have the iTunes-like appearance. For example, you could buy a video from Android Market but if you wanted to watch it on your computer you would have to view it through Youtube (which is connected to Android Market through your Google account). As we have seen throughout 2011, under their new CEO Larry Page, Google is going on a diet — getting rid of services deemed useless and unifying the remaining services as much as possible. The next step in Google’s transformation is the emergence of Google Play.
Google Play is a “new digital content experience from Google where you can find your favorite music, movies, books, and Android apps and games. It’s your entertainment hub: you can access it from the web or from your Android device or even TV, and all your content is instantly available across all of these devices.” In other words, Google Play is the unification of Google Music, Google eBookstore, Google Movies, and Android apps/games. It is Android Market renamed and ported to devices outside of Android – such as your PC – via the web. It is Google’s answer to Apple iTunes.
Although I’m not a big fan of the name (“download that from Play” just doesn’t feel right), what makes Google Play an interesting prospect is it takes what is loved about iTunes – its one-stop-shop nature – and combines that with what Google does best: The cloud. Thanks to its web interface, Google Play allows for seamless movement between Android devices (phones, tablets, and TV) and traditional computing with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Anything you purchase from Google Play on your Android device is instantly available on all Android devices with that Google account and on any traditional computer via any modern web browser by simply visiting http://play.google.com. Indeed the fact that you don’t have to download a bloated program like iTunes to utilize Google Play services is a huge plus in Google Play’s corner (no pun intended).
Google Play is live on the web starting today; and it is being rolled out to Android devices as we speak, so expect a silent update to hit your device soon (there doesn’t seem to be a way to manually update it — be patient). If you have previously used any of the aforementioned Google services (Music, eBookstore, Movies, and Market), don’t worry about losing anything — everything (i.e. all your purchases, data, and files) has been consolidated into Google Play; and Google Play has the same geographic limitations as the separate services did in the past. In other words, paid Android apps are still only available in some countries; movies are still only available in USA, UK, Canada, and Japan; eBooks are still only available in USA, UK, Canada, and Australia; and music is still only available in USA.
Well what are you waiting for? Go Play. Yes, pun intended. Check out the links below to use or learn more about Google Play:
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Resolutions passed for the establishment of the Hindu Nation in Bharat and Nepal besides complete ban on Cow-slaughter, stopping insurgence from Bangladesh and protection of the Hindus world over !
From left Mr. Anil Dir, Shri. Ramesh Shinde,
H.H. Dr. Charudatta Pingale, Shri. Madhav Battaraya and adv. Shri. Virendra
Ichalkaranjikar in the press conference organised to inform outcome of the convention
Panaji – Bharat and Nepal are self-materialised Hindu Nations. Every sect has a Nation that it calls its own. However, Hindus do not have a single Nation which they can call as their own. And hence, the Third All India Hindu Convention passed resolutions for the establishment of the Hindu Nation in Bharat and Nepal besides resolutions for a complete ban on Cow-slaughter, stopping insurgence from Bangladesh and finalisation of the policy for the protection of the Hindus world over. This information was given by the National Guide of Hindu Janjagruti Samiti H.H. Dr Charudatta Pingale during the press conference held here today. The conference was also attended by Prof. Madhav Bhattarai, the ‘Rajguru’ of Nepal and President of the Rashtriya Dharmasabha. Four hundred representatives of over 125 Hindu organisations from 20 States in Bharat as well as representatives from Bangladesh and Nepal participated in the Convention.
As per the ‘Common action Programme’ finalised during the Convention, it has been decided to organise 80 regional Conventions across 20 States and ‘Public Hindu Dharmajagruti Sabhas’ at 100 venues. H.H. Dr Pingale also informed that a decision has been taken during the Convention to work unitedly for providing assistance during the natural and man-induced calamities, and to implement a programme of ‘Self-defence training classes’ for strengthening of the Hindus.
Mr Ramesh Shinde, National Spokesperson of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti informed that the Convention also passed the resolutions as given ahead. The BJP Government, which assumed power in the Centre recently should legislate Acts –
1. Act banning cow-slaughter throughout the country,
2. Common Civil Code giving equal rights to all citizens in the country according to the judgement passed by the Supreme Court and
3. Act banning religious conversion in order to preserve Hindu race.
The demands raised in the Convention include
1. Act to be legislated for deporting 5 crore Bangladeshi intruders in Bharat
2. Enact the bill to grant citizenship to Hindus displaced from Bangladesh and Pakistan
3. Awarding stringent punishment to those sheltering and providing help to intruders from Bangladesh. Mr Anil Dhir, National Secretary-General of Bharat Raksha Manch said that Hindu organisations have decided on the programme to implement a crash campaign to deport Bangladeshi intruders on the basis of prevalent Acts. Mr Virendra Ichalkaranjikar, President of Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad informed that the Hindu Vidhidnya Parishad will be providing legal assistance and legal guidance for the programmes to be undertaken in the interest of the Nation and Dharma to devout Hindu organisations in 9 States.
All India Hindu Convention passes a resolution to declare Nepal as a Hindu Nation
Nepal has since time immemorial been identified as Vaidik Sanatan Hindu Nation in the form of a Devabhumi (Land of Deities), Shivbhumi (Land of Shiv), Tapobhumi (Land of penance), Dnyanbhumi (Land of knowledge) and Gorakshabumi (Land of protection of cows) under the rule of Deity Shri Pashupatinath; however, due to the anti-Hindu school of thought of the leftist, Nepal lost the status of the Hindu Nation and was declared a secular Nation. Presently, interim constitution 2063 is in force in Nepal, in which Secular republic status and Democracy have been made irreversible. Consequently, adversities on Dharma such as conversions, cow-slaughter have increased in Nepal. Besides, Nepal is on the verge of a religious-war. Eighty-two percent of the Hindus residing in Nepal are staunch followers of Sanatan Hindu Dharma. Most of them aspire that Nepal once again becomes a Hindu Nation. So that Nepal becomes Hindu Nation once again, this convention passes the resolution that,
1. This Convention supports morally, politically and at all the levels the local Hindus, who are making efforts so that Nepal be declared as a Hindu Nation.
2. Nepal’s Parliament should declare Nepal a Hindu Nation
3.The Secular Government of Bharat should not interfere directly or indirectly to crush the future movement to force the Nepal Government to declare Nepal as a Hindu Nation.
Resolutions passed in the third ‘All India Hindu Convention’ !
‘Uniform Civil Code’ should be enacted in the Nation.
The Convention demands that Common Civil Code according to the judgement passed by the Supreme Court should be enacted as soon as possible.
The Act to ban Cow-slaughter all over the country should be legislated
The third ‘All India Hindu Convention’ demands that ,
1. On immediate and strict implementation of the Act to ban cow-slaughter all over the country.
2. Strictly ban breeding, import and rearing of cows of foreign breed.
3. Cow should be declared as National animal.
‘Anti-conversion’ Act should be implemented in the Nation
The Convention proposes,
1. In view of the increase in the rate of religious conversion of Hindus all over Hindustan, Union Government should legislate effective law pertaining to religious conversion.
2. If anybody is converted by hatching a conspiracy, forcibly or through allurements, the individual responsible for the conversion should be given life term. If the converted individual happened to be minor, criminal responsible for the conversion should be awarded capital punishment.
3. Missionaries should not be allowed to perform social services, which may be conducive to religious conversion.
4. Christian missionaries should be banned from running orphanages or performing any other social service in tribal areas.
5. Other religious organisations should not distribute religious literature without the permission of the Government.
Above demands should be fulfilled immediately.
Bharat be declared a Hindu Nation !
Ever since the Creation of the Universe, Hindu Dharma is established for the welfare of the living beings. In order to preserve the line of thinking of Hindu Dharma, Hindu philosophy, Hindu Scriptures, Hindu culture, Hindu race and the Hindu Nation, the Hindus world over have to be awakened. Bharat should become motherland of the Hindus world over, so that the Hindus from every corner of the world can come to Bharat with full confidence, and no authority can deport them from this Holy land. Hence, we pass the resolution in this Convention that,
1. This Convention will take up whatever legal efforts that are required for declaring Bharat as Hindu Nation
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Leslie Lombardo, P.E.Project Manager
Leslie is a registered Professional Engineer and project manager with nearly 20 years of experience in the field of environmental engineering and management including developing, conducting and managing subsurface investigations, evaluating remediation alternatives and implementing response actions. Her characterization and remediation experience includes PCB-contaminated soil and building materials sites that are subject to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulations.
She also has extensive environmental compliance experience including the development of Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plans and Facility Response Plans (FRPs) to meet the requirements of the Oil Pollution Prevention Regulations, development of Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans prepared to meet the requirements of both federal and state-specific NPDES requirements, as well as the preparation of a variety of air emissions reports to meet the requirements of the Massachusetts Air Pollution Control Regulations.
Prior to joining GEI in 1999, she was an active duty officer in the U.S. Air Force for almost 10 years. During her tenure in the Air Force, she was responsible for the implementation of the base-wide Environmental Compliance Assessment Program, which involved assembling and managing teams of assessors to evaluate the base’s compliance with local, state, federal and Air Force environmental regulations, as well as following up on the implementation of corrective actions identified as a result of the assessments.
Leslie earned a M.S. in Engineering and Environmental Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from Syracuse University.
- Licensed Professional Engineer: MA
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5 Marketing Mistakes to Avoid as a Small Business
There’s a reason why brands spend so much time creating their marketing plans. Marketing can make or break a business. Small businesses don’t have as much money to work with, so they tend to be more limited on the things they can do. Because of this, some smaller brands base their marketing efforts on assumptions. Unfortunately, this isn’t the best idea. Having a small margin of error, you can’t afford to guess on what works. You must know.
Below are five marketing mistakes to avoid as a small business.
1. You retarget everyone.
Not everyone visits your website to buy your product or service. Therefore, it’s not necessary to retarget every visitor who bounced off your site. Rather than wasting your resources on people who don’t have an interest in your product, stick to those who are more likely to convert.
To do this, segment bounced visitors into different groups based on how many pages they viewed, how much time they spent on the site, whether they viewed certain product categories, etc. Use this information to retarget visitors accordingly.
2. You aren’t investing in social media marketing.
Social media is a powerful tool that you can’t overlook. Surprisingly, 68% of small businesses aren’t taking advantage of social media marketing. Time and money are the main reasons why, but you’re only losing business if you don’t take social media seriously. Start by identifying your audience, selecting key success metrics and analyzing the metrics. Don’t rush into too many platforms. Use one and grow from there.
3. You’re enjoying too many one-sided conversations.
Marketers continue to spend more and more on content, but some of the best stuff comes directly from your customers – and it’s free! People like seeing user-generated content because it’s authentic and genuine. Whether it’s social media posts about your brand, a mention of your product in a guest post or a testimonial from a satisfied customer, use this content to your advantage.
4. You only focus on bringing in new sales.
It costs six times more to win over a new customer compared to an existing one. We’re not saying to stop spending on acquisition costs, but don’t spend all of your money here. Use a good portion of your budget to sell to existing customers, too. Not only are they more likely to buy, but also they take up fewer resources. The key to long-term success is to attract and retain customers.
5. You’re not looking at your data.
With the available tools for collecting and analyzing data, you don’t need to guess on what works. Gather the appropriate data and take the time to understand it. You can build more effective campaigns this way, helping you to reach your goals and make changes in real time.
By avoiding the five mistakes listed above, you can bring your small business more success, even in a competitive marketplace. WSI Star Web specializes in social media and online marketing services for small and mid-sized businesses. Schedule a consultation to hear more about how we can utilize your resources to bring in more sales! | <urn:uuid:e593a8f7-1939-4aca-a7dd-390ac04f87cc> | CC-MAIN-2020-34 | https://www.wsistarwebsolutions.com/5-marketing-mistakes-to-avoid-as-a-small-business/ | 2020-08-13T10:54:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-34/segments/1596439738982.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20200813103121-20200813133121-00081.warc.gz | en | 0.938544 | 681 |
Clozapine-Induced Urinary Incontinence: Incidence and Treatment With Ephedrine
J Clin Psychiatry 1996;57(11):514-518
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Background: Treatment with the atypical antipsychotic drug clozapine appears to be associated with an increased incidence of urinary incontinence (UI). We posited that the potent anti-a- adrenergic effects of clozapine were involved, and hence that an a-adrenergic agonist would reduce UI. We tested this hypothesis by using ephedrine, an approved a-adrenergic agonist.
Method: Fifty-seven inpatients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (DSM-IV) who met the Kane criteria for being treatment refractory were treated with clozapine (75–900 mg/day). Patients who developed UI were then openly treated with ephedrine in increasing doses until UI was attenuated or a dose of 150 mg/day was attained.
Results: Seventeen patients developed UI as evidenced by either urine-stained sheets/clothing or direct patient reports. In 2 cases, the UI was sufficiently severe that adult diapers had to be used. Comparison of patients who developed UI and those who did not showed that UI was associated with female gender and with concomitant treatment with typical antipsychotic drugs. One patient was treated with a behavioral program, but the remaining 16 patients were treated with ephedrine. Ephedrine treatment was very effective, with 15/16 patients showing improvement within 24 hours after reaching maximum ephedrine dosage. Twelve of 16 (including the 2 most severe) eventually had a complete remission of their UI. In the remaining 4 patients, 3 had a reduction in the frequency of UI and 1 showed no response. These benefits have been maintained over the course of 12 months of subsequent treatment for several patients. There were no side effects associated with the use of ephedrine nor were there any changes in neuropsychiatric status.
Conclusion: Ephedrine appears to be a safe and effective treatment for clozapine-associated UI. By inference, it is likely that clozapine may cause UI via its anti-a-adrenergic properties. | <urn:uuid:5c977fef-6202-4d73-9e6f-66147ced42b6> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://www.psychiatrist.com/JCP/article/Pages/1996/v57n11/v57n1102.aspx | 2015-01-26T06:23:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422120394037.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124172634-00081-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955248 | 651 |
LONGMEADOW - Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Pendleton clothing store in Longmeadow Shops at 680 Bliss Road.
Police Capt. John Stankiewicz said a lone assailant entered the store as the last customer was leaving. He approached the clerk, brandishing a silver handgun, and demanded money.
After rifling the cash drawer, the gunman fled with cash in hand through the front door. No vehicle was observed.
The assailant was described as a male, in his mid- to late-20s, of medium build with a trimmed goatee, wearing khaki pants, a blue polo style shirt and a baseball cap.
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In January of this year I celebrated my fifth anniversary (of dating) with my boyfriend, Corey. Five years might sound like a long time - though how long it really sounds is probably more indicative of your age than that of my relationship - but when you consider the fact that we spent most of those years in college, cradled in the forgiving arms of dorm rooms and meal plans, it suddenly sounds like no time at all. In hindsight, it's easy to spend three years in romantic bliss with another person while sporadically attending class and hanging out in a rec center playing ping-pong. Only now that I'm ostensibly in the "real world" am I beginning to realize how difficult a relationship can be, especially when the economy is bad. Relationships are much harder when they're not sustained in a closed-off, paid-for environment.
And yet it seems I've also reached a threshold: apparently, I'm supposed to get married now. In fact, if I were normal I would already be married, at least according to the many friends, acquaintances, and complete strangers who feel compelled to comment on such topics. Ever since we hit that five-year mark, I've started getting it from all sides. From my boyfriend's family: "Isn't it about time…?" From my own family: "When are we going to get to go to another wedding?" From the stranger on the bus: "Five years?! Time to get moving, eh?" My doctor's receptionist actually did a spit take when she heard I'd been dating the same person for five years and hadn't yet finagled a proposal out of him (because it's always the woman who has to convince the man, and usually through some sort of sorcery, right?). Because five years is long enough, gosh darn it!
But I simply don't feel the urge, whatever that urge is that gets women to drop hints to their boyfriends about ring size and clarity (at least in romantic comedies). It doesn't have anything to do with the divorce rate, though that's one good reason to give marriage the side-eye. But both my parents and Corey's parents are happily married after all these years, and so marriage isn't the proverbial walk off a plank for us that it is for some people. I'd like to say I have incredible judgment, that I'm just too smart and educated to risk taking the plunge in my early twenties like my parents did - but I don't think that's true, either. In all honesty, I think the fact of the matter is that Corey and I simply haven't gotten around to it yet.
I'm constantly hearing that my generation is taking longer to grow up, that we're stretching our adolescences into our mid-to-late twenties, and I don't disagree. A failed job search after graduation led to my still-developing freelance career, and thus, I've spent the last two years figuring out if and how I can make this alternative lifestyle work. I have few friends who are on a career track; most of them are still searching for the job that will both make them (somewhat) happy and pay the bills. I'm not saying I won't be getting married any time soon, but like many people my age, it's not a top priority.
The TLC channel airs a show called "Say Yes to the Dress." I know, because my wife and daughter watch it together and then discuss the latest episode over dinner:
Joanne: "Do you believe she was going to pick the $5000 dress, but then all her relatives insisted she go for the $11,000 one?"
Claire: "Who brings her fiancé, her parents, and her Aunt Tilly to help pick a wedding dress, anyway?"
Neither of my ladies notice that my face has assumed the "sticker-shock" expression worn by George Banks (aka Spencer Tracy in 1950 or Steve Martin in 1991 - take your pick) in "Father of the Bride." I'm the guy with the $7.00 sport coat from TJ Max. Eleven-Large for a dress? My entire wardrobe cost significantly less than that!
What to do?
A few minutes of Google research revealed that True Value Hardware will sell me a 28-foot extension ladder for $305 plus tax. That baby is more than tall enough to get Corey up to Claire's window. I'll even toss in the airfare to Vegas, when they've finally "gotten around to it."
Further Googling revealed that the Allure Wedding Chapel on South Third Street in sin city may be their perfect destination: "As a family operated business, Allure Wedding Chapel is here to make your Las Vegas Wedding the most memorable yet affordable one. Their excellent staff will provide you with a comfortable and friendly atmosphere and offer the finest quality products. They have wedding packages from classy and traditional to modern and elegant. They will provide services to fit any budget, whether it is for an intimate gathering or an exquisite wedding."
"Memorable yet affordable" and "to fit any budget" - I like the sound of that. I once bought a Ford Falcon for $90 that ran for a year.
My marriage has been running along for FORTY-TWO years, as of Wednesday, the 13th. When Joanne and I want to recall that happy day in 1970, we haul out the album and ogle the dozen or so black-and-white snapshots that a friend took at the reception. No, we had no videographer, no professional photographer… and I'm pretty sure Joanne's dress came in at something well below $5,000, though she was unforgettable in it, with or without the full-color, life-size portrait.
So, when you get around to it, kids, don't worry about this old man's wallet. It'll survive whatever you decide. But do bear in mind that it ain't the dress, or the ring, or the dvd that guarantees you'll go the distance. For my money, it's whether you are marrying your best friend. | <urn:uuid:3ea6f887-5213-4dc8-a73d-de48f43ee4cd> | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | http://www.tnonline.com/2012/jun/16/marriage-time-and-price-everything | 2014-07-23T03:57:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1405997873839.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20140722025753-00215-ip-10-33-131-23.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975497 | 1,251 |
FORT COLLINS — After a typical work day in his Fum McGraw Center office Wednesday, CSU athletic director Jack Graham squeezed in a workout before the Rams' late-night showdown with San Diego State in Moby Arena.
Even before I joined him as he strode on the elliptical stair-climbing machine, Graham had company — his affable dog, Jed, a Shar-Pei and Jack Russell terrier mix.
"Jed, you made the paper, man," Graham told his pet.
Multitasking, he also talked about the state of the athletic department he took over in late 2011.
Graham has made the transformation from his previous role as a retired businessman who, also as a former Rams quarterback, was among those asked to pull out his checkbook and back athletic department causes.
Now he's the one trying to raise the money, asking others to get on board, to share his enthusiasm for the heightened and even audacious ambitions for the athletic department. The days are long, but the workouts still are part of it ... wherever they can fit.
On Wednesday, he was about to watch the 24th-ranked Rams get a clutch play from senior point guard Dorian Green down the stretch and beat San Diego State 66-60 to improve to 20-4 on the season and collect their 27th consecutive home-floor win on a CBS Sports Network national broadcast. In the final 65 seconds, Green had six straight points — a 3-pointer and then a three-point play — as the Rams, under first-year coach Larry
"This is what the future of Colorado State University athletics looks like," Graham said before the game. "This level of excellence, this level of effort, this level of competition, this kind of play together. ... And equally important is the way this team represents this university, the quality of the character and the academic success these guys are having.
"This raises the bar for everybody."
The Rams had a packed house Wednesday, but there was a catch. The student allotment of tickets previously was all claimed, but as tipoff approached, CSU allowed nonticketed students waiting outside to enter Moby and fill empty seats. Many wore orange in the
"It's a blast to see the student body get so engaged and become the sixth man and participate in the successes we're having in Moby," Graham said. "They're making a difference and they know they're making a difference."
Yes, as I've noted previously, this senior-laden CSU team won over many of us with its energetic and selfless style, long before its ascent to the nation's top 25 this week. Yet the Rams haven't yet become a torrid ticket among the general public. Maybe that's the next step on the basketball front.
In football, it's about gathering enthusiasm for Jim McElwain's program and generating the contributions to get the stadium project to the groundbreaking stage.
After Graham, the booster, proposed to lead a campaign to raise money to build an on-campus football stadium, CSU president Tony Frank did more than take him up on it; he fired AD Paul Kowalczyk, now a senior associate AD at Illinois, and brought in Graham.
So the success — or failure — of the attempt to raise $125 million by late 2014, which would green-light the conditionally approved and controversial stadium project, likely will define much of Graham's legacy.
"The first stage of that kind of project is to work with prospective large donors — seven- or eight-figure donors," Graham said. "We're doing that. We're calling on people we know have a relationship with the university and the capability to make those kinds of commitments to the project. ... We're in the middle of it, and I'm optimistic about the outcome."
So it's going to get done?
"Oh, absolutely," Graham said.
The Rams' Wednesday night basketball matchup was with one of the two schools whose announced departures from the Mountain West was viewed as part of a deterioration of the league, but the Aztecs and Boise State recently decided to call off the moves to the Big East. That will help CSU on a lot of levels, including the football stadium project.
Graham said retaining the two schools "was critical to the success, if not the sheer existence, of the Mountain West conference. It has a very positive effect on CSU. Your mother told you the same thing — who you hang around with matters; pick your friends carefully. By God, we're picking our friends."
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HTL Kairos is situated in Buzios and offers complimentary wireless internet. It also provides massage services, a 24-hour reception and an outdoor pool.
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Room service, Non-smoking rooms available, Grill, Hot tub, Air-conditioned, Minibar, Outdoor pool, 24hr front desk, Designated smoking area
Ticket service, Airport shuttle, Currency exchange on-site
Yes. Many people visiting Búzios look for a hotel with a pool. Pousada Kairós has a pool on site that hotel guests may use, but be advised that hotels typically have rules in regards to pool usage.
You can reach the front desk of Pousada Kairós at +55 222 623 3312.
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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – On a rainy Monday morning, members of the Harvey family gathered in the lobby of Planters Bank on Commerce Street. That’s where their beloved mother and wife Cindy Crutcher Harvey worked as vice president of cash management before she passed away in February 2010.
After her death, the family created the Cindy Crutcher Harvey Endowed Scholarship at Austin Peay State University, to give deserving students an opportunity to earn a college education. On that Monday morning, Harvey’s former employer, Planters Bank, made a major contribution to the endowed scholarship.
“Cindy worked at our bank and was a good friend to a lot of us that worked here,” President Elizabeth McCoy said. “We wanted to support her memory and family.”
Harvey’s husband Todd, her son Jon and her daughter Ashley attended the check presentation, as did Harvey’s parents Jon and Anne Crutcher. Suzanne Langford, senior vice president of commercial lending at Planters Bank and friend of Cindy Harvey, was also present.
“This is tremendous,” Todd Harvey said. “She made some lifelong memories here and lifelong friends. They were awfully good to her. She had pleasant memories working with the bank, and we are tickled to death that they were able to do this.”
“We appreciate this very much,” Anne Crutcher added.
McCoy presented the check for a large, unspecified amount to Roy Gregory, director of the APSU Advancement Office. He reminded the family and friends that Harvey’s legacy would continue with this scholarship.
“The great thing about endowed scholarships is that they last forever,” he said. “The person’s memory goes on forever. And we have a huge need for scholarships at Austin Peay. Our students borrow more than $60 million a year to go to school, which is enormous.”
After the check presentation, the Harvey family and bank employees lingered in the lobby reminiscing and avoiding the rain outside. Jon Crutcher, Cindy’s father, mentioned that he’s particularly happy her memory is tied to Austin Peay because their family has a connection to the University. His brother, Brian Crutcher, served for several decades as a professor of education at APSU.
To contribute to the Cindy Crutcher Harvey Endowed Scholarship or to learn more about creating a similar legacy, contact the APSU Advancement Office at email@example.com, 221-7127 or Box 4415, Clarksville, TN 37044.
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The best team in the nation needs to prove that being number one comes for a reason. Having the two leading candidates for national player of the year in Victor Oladipo and Cody Zeller certainly helps, even in the too tight to call Big Ten this season.
So far, most of the big games in the Big Ten have gone the way of the home team, but Indiana pulled off a win that might eventually secure the regular season conference title. They beat Michigan State in East Lansing 72-68 with some late game heroics by Oladipo, be it with his defense, hustle, scoring off tips on the rim and simply his amazing awareness all across the floor on both offense and defense. The Spartans had a four point lead with 1:38 remaining, but Indiana and Oladipo went to work.
Indiana rolled on a 9-1 run to end the game, taking the lead on an Oladipo tip with 47 seconds to go and then extending it to 3 when the Wooden Award candidate broke away on an inbounds pass and dunked with 10 seconds left. All Michigan State could do was make only one of three shots from the line before Oladipo grabbed the rebound and finished the game from the line, scoring 19 points, to go along with 9 rebounds and 5 steals.
For now, all the talk about national player of the year (which Zeller says should go to Oladipo and the same goes for Zeller whan Oladipo talks about him) isn’t an issue. Oladipo’s place in next year’s draft and the comparisons to Dwyane Wade aren’t an issue as well. All that matters, at least to Tom Crean and this group of guys from what we can tell, is winning the Big Ten, and then proving that being ranked as the preseason number one team wasn’t a mistake.
In the Hoosiers’ two games against the Spartans this season, Oladipo had 11 of Indiana’s 16 steals. Oladipo’s four first-half steals came on 25 Indiana defensive possessions when he was on the court. He was also great on the other side of the ball, scoring 13 half-court points, and his 63.8% from the field in half-court sets is the best among the Big Ten players this season with a minimum of 100 attempts.
But there was more just Olapido proving how good he really is, playing at less than 100% according to Crean. The Hoosiers have lost 17 straight heading into East Lansing. As Tom Crean mentioned, some of his players weren’t even born the last time Indiana won a game on the road against the Spartans.
It was more proof of how focused this team is, winning their fourth game this season against a top 10 team, the first time that’s happened since 1993. They’re also 6-0 against ranked teams, the best mark in the nation, leading over Butler, Syracuse and New Mexico who also haven’t lost to ranked teams this season.
It was the first-ever meeting between these two powerhouses with both in the top 10, but it leaves both teams heading in different directions. The Hoosiers are now 12-2 in the Big Ten, leaving them with a trip to Minnesota, home games against Iowa and Ohio State before closing the season in Michigan. The Spartans? They have to play at Ohio State and Michigan for their next two games, with this loss to Indiana possibly closing out their chance to finish at the top of the conference. | <urn:uuid:94633167-537f-47ac-8727-30c3237fa26c> | CC-MAIN-2021-39 | https://sportige.com/indiana-hoosiers-victor-oladipo-shows-what-is-a-number-one-02-2013/ | 2021-09-27T17:30:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-39/segments/1631780058456.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20210927151238-20210927181238-00320.warc.gz | en | 0.973907 | 749 |
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Marco's Tech Blog – For the Italian Delphi Day 2011 last week I wrote a demo to highlight the fact it it worth updating to XE and migrating your code, to take advantage of many new featrues. The program translates a text (using Google Translate), creates some graphic out of it, posts it on Azure. The code shows JSON, Unicode, Azure, Anonymous threads, JPEG, and Direct2D in action in Delphi XE. I wrote this to highlight a number of recent features of Delphi in a single, all-encompassing demo. The idea was to create a demo which would be extremely difficult to write in Delphi 2007, thus suggesting ...
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Join BronzedBerry in our first ever Tutu and Training event where we combine a charity 5k color event with artist training.
Free one on one instruction with live models will take place from 2-4pm at the home of BronzedBerry’s owner, Amie Burkholder. This is the perfect time to complete your certification, refine your technique and perfect your craft.
Step 1: Mark your calendar and set aside Sept 12th, 2015 (7am – 5pm)
Step 2: Register for 5k Color Rush under team BronzedBerry. Click here
Step 3: BronzedBerry will send you an itinerary for the day. Including address, what to expect and what to bring.
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Promoting psychosocial well-being following stroke: study protocol for a randomized, controlled trial
AuthorKirkevold, Marit; Bragstad, Line Kildal; Bronken, Berit Arnesveen; Kvigne, Kari Johanne; Martinsen, Randi; Hjelle, Ellen Gabrielsen; Kitzmüller, Gabriele; Mangset, Margrete; Angel, Sanne; Aadal, Lena; Eriksen, Siren; Wyller, Torgeir Bruun; Sveen, Unni
Background: Stroke is a major public health threat globally. Psychosocial well-being may be affected following stroke. Depressive symptoms, anxiety, general psychological distress and social isolation are prevalent. Approximately one third report depressive symptoms and 20% report anxiety during the first months or years after the stroke. Psychosocial difficulties may impact significantly on long-term functioning and quality of life, reduce the effects of rehabilitation services and lead to higher mortality rates. The aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of a previously developed and feasibility tested dialogue-based psychosocial intervention aimed at promoting psychosocial well-being and coping following stroke among stroke survivors with and without aphasia.
Methods: The study will be conducted as a multicenter, randomized, single blind controlled trial with one intervention and one control arm. It will include a total of 330 stroke survivors randomly allocated into either an intervention group (dialogue-based intervention to promote psychosocial well-being) or a control group (usual care). Participants in the intervention group will receive eight individual sessions of supported dialogues in their homes during the first six months following an acute stroke. The primary outcome measure will be psychosocial well-being measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). Secondary outcome measures will be quality of life (SAQoL), sense of coherence (SOC), and depression (Yale). Process evaluation will be conducted in a longitudinal mixed methods study by individual qualitative interviews with 15–20 participants in the intervention and control groups, focus group interviews with the intervention personnel and data collectors, and a comprehensive analysis of implementation fidelity.
Discussion: The intervention described in this study protocol is based on thorough development and feasibility work, guided by the UK medical research council framework for developing and testing complex interventions. It combines classical effectiveness evaluation with a thorough process evaluation. The results from this study may inform the development of further trials aimed at promoting psychosocial well-being following stroke as well as inform the psychosocial follow up of stroke patients living at home.
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I love polls. They’re simple, informative, and easy to understand. If you want to get a quick overview of what people are thinking, then there’s really no better way to do it than a poll. The introduction of interactive polls on the Internet has enhanced what polls can do, and new methods of participation in and consumption of information are once again transforming the way that polls work. Poll Everywhere isn’t your standard online polling service because it includes support for text message voting.
You’ve seen text message voting before on television shows like American Idol, but now you can gather information in the same way with Poll Everywhere. A variety of paid accounts are available, but a free option does exist so that you can try out the service with a limited number of people. The polls are easy to create, and you can share and export the results in a variety of ways. Since people are becoming more attached to their cell phones, it only makes sense that you’d offer support for text message voting in addition to online voting, which is also available. This is a great tool for presenters and anyone else who wants to find out what the public is thinking. | <urn:uuid:43bb8cdb-3b5f-4bfa-9c29-b413fe872ea3> | CC-MAIN-2019-26 | https://lockergnome.com/2008/04/02/poll-everywhere/ | 2019-06-26T10:55:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-26/segments/1560628000266.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20190626094111-20190626120111-00252.warc.gz | en | 0.942215 | 242 |
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Yes, we sure do. We have a discount available for active service members and veterans. Please contact us via LiveChat on our website or email email@example.com for more information.
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EPD - Best Practices - Editing Style Guide: Bullets
EPD Best Practices
Punctuate bullets consistently. That is, if one bullet ends with a period (full stop), end all bulleted items with a period. Generally, follow these rules:
- If all bullets are sentences, end each one with a period (full stop).
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Hello, welcome to my first blog post on this website.
Some people say, ‘we don’t need cards anymore because we have our smart phones and can sent the card to each other’, but that seems for me not always very handy. And despite that I like the ‘old fashion’ paper cards.
The prominent bronze equestrian statue in front is from a photo taken at praça de figueria, a big square in the centre of the city. The statue is from 1971 in the time that the Fascist regime was still in power in Portugal and it represents King Joao 1 (1357-1433). He was an important and well educated king of Portugal preserving the Portuguese independence from Castille and stood at the cradle of the Portuguese discoveries.
And that the smiling Sun, does it need any explanation? The warm weather, which makes you smile. Often no rain from May till October! And it makes warm hearts as well. I think that the sun and the temperature have something to do with the difference as well, between the northern Europe people and the people from the South, their behavior and way of living. If the sun is shining you enjoy life different. But about this I will speak later in another blog, because I think that the difference in mentality of the North and the South of Europe has a long history and that it was one of the miscalculations (you read the word!) when they founded the EU. | <urn:uuid:8fc197be-5a54-4dbe-89c6-f828819b1fc3> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.lisbonlighttours.com/blog/archives/12-2016 | 2023-12-06T17:01:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100602.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206162528-20231206192528-00857.warc.gz | en | 0.975147 | 301 |
Pics: Check Out Brenda Fassie’s Look Alike. Amidst all the buzz about who should play Brenda on her upcoming Biopic, there was an interesting find. Twitter found a Brenda lookalike. The woman who goes by the name Bathabile Ngubeni strangely enough identifies herself as Sis Mabrr on Twitter. She has a striking resemblance to the late icon such that some people are even suggesting she be given the role.
Say No More
— Xolani Mokhomong (@Mphoza18Xolani) January 11, 2018
Auditions for the lead role are set to start very soon and the music legends son, Bongani, confirmed to that the movie will be proudly South African. Could she be the one? | <urn:uuid:c5286f84-6c96-45e4-8def-ac88982a86f3> | CC-MAIN-2018-05 | http://www.youthvillage.co.za/2018/01/pics-check-brenda-fassies-look-alike/ | 2018-01-16T09:37:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-05/segments/1516084886397.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20180116090056-20180116110056-00175.warc.gz | en | 0.936822 | 161 |
Mavitec Rendering has always been focussing on building high quality recycling systems. We provide complex process solutions in a simple and effective way. Mavitec is one of the leading companies in engineering, designing, construction, manufacturing,
installation and servicing high quality process systems. Our focus is on handling in
the most Economic, Ecologic and Ergonomic way (the EEE principles).
Mavitec specializes in high-quality recycling processes and is an expert in building, coordination and delivery of individual components up to complete turnkey projects. Mavitec finds and maximizes value from by-products material. It’s about processing waste materials and turning them into new products, thereby preventing wastage of potentially useful materials.
With decades of experience we are able to fine tune your processes to ensure higher quality end-products and a better turnover as a result. Mavitec Rendering is able to offer cost effective solutions that guarantee the best handling of your material with the best appropriate hygiene standards. We offer a wide range of stand alone equipment and full processing lines, standard or custom made. Mavitec Rendering is your partner for turn-key solutions as well. | <urn:uuid:bbf4e330-ff7d-4424-be34-d0106f658614> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | https://mavitecrendering.com/solutions/ | 2022-11-29T03:46:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446710685.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20221129031912-20221129061912-00080.warc.gz | en | 0.930042 | 247 |
Round Spinning Objects - Titanium version of the Dert!
From RSO: I first spoke to Russell Andert, the maker of the dert and its various iterations, in November 2020. After a few back and forths, a Zoom conversation followed and he agreed to collaborate with RSO after I pitched to him my vision for the collaboration.
Russell is a machinist himself and one hell of a genius yo-yo designer. Back in the day, he machined his yo-yos using leftover metal bars using a CNC mill. Conversely, other brands tended to make their yo-yos on a CNC lathe. What is the difference, you might ask? Put simply, the cutting tool moves in a mill while the raw material moves in a lathe. With the raw material turning, it is much easier to make a perfectly concentric yo-yo. Making a playable yo-yo on a mill is a challenging endeavour, but he made some amazing yoyos.
From the start, we were in agreement that we would do a titanium yo-yo and to stick to the minimalist design philosophy of the dert series. Choosing which model to remake in titanium took us a while due to the number of models he had made, but we eventually settled on the mid-sized OG dert.
The standard dert shape essentially consists of a single arc at the catch zone and another arc in the hub joined with a straight line at the rims. Even the signature dert nipple is a simple cylindrical shape. We modernized the response groove and also felt that some weight reduction (we decided on about 63g) would make the yo-yo play better. I thinned down the walls of the dert CAD Russell sent me to arrive at the derti design. Fun fact: Russell had himself made a small run of 4 titanium versions of the dert back in the day, but it weighed 72g and is unacceptable by today’s standards.
We were extremely pleased with the prototypes and did not make any design changes to the production version. The resultant yo-yo plays in a sweet spot between floaty and solid. I would go further and say that is the best playing RSO to date. You would have to throw it to realise the beauty in its simplistic design!
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Distance from Ann Arbor to Denver
Distance is 1805 kilometers or 1122 miles or 975 nautical miles
The distance is the theoretical air distance (great circle distance). Flying between the two locations' airports can be a different distance, depending on airport location and actual route chosen.
Map – Shortest path between Ann Arbor and Denver
- Location for Ann Arbor
- Location for Denver
The map is using a projection that makes land and oceans much wider near the south and north poles. The heading/course/bearing during a flight varies in most cases. Map based on image from NASA.
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|Ann Arbor (U.S.A. - Michigan)||Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 1:42:40 PM|
|Denver (U.S.A. - Colorado)||Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 11:42:40 AM|
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Parking space detection can be divided into: ultrasonic detection, infrared detection, inductive coil detection, etc.
Logic judgement: It is realized by programming. Since each parking lot is different, the direction of traffic is different, and the number of entrances and exits is different. Therefore, the parking guidance system of each parking lot is a specific customized system. Therefore, the The module becomes the core competition point of the system.
Through the detection of the parking status of the parking spaces inside the parking lot, the parking status information is uploaded to the data converter through the manager, and then the data converter is integrated into the guidance monitoring system, and the parking status data is analyzed and processed, and the guidance information screen is displayed ( LED) publishes empty parking spaces to guide the driver to quickly find a parking space and achieve easy parking.
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The Real Truth About Junk Food
I read a study the other day that I just had to share with you, because it personally made me even more committed to eating a diet based on real, whole foods.
It’s all about how ultra-processed foods make us want to eat more.
Here are the basics of what they found: people who eat a diet of “ultra-processed” food take in more calories and gain more weight than people who eat less-processed food – even when they are given meals containing the same calories and macronutrients (fat, protein, and carbs).
The study was conducted by the National Institutes for Health and published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
Scientists had 10 men and 10 women check into a clinic for a month, and fed them a controlled diet. For two weeks they were given meals consisting of ultra-processed foods, and then for another two weeks they ate a diet of minimally processed foods. They could eat as much of their meals as they wanted.
As an example, an ultra-processed breakfast was a bagel with cream cheese and turkey bacon, while a whole foods breakfast included oatmeal, bananas, walnuts, and skim milk.
When they were given the “ultra” processed diet, the study subjects ate their meals faster AND consumed about 500 more calories a day… not surprisingly, they also gained an average of about 2 pounds!
Meanwhile, they lost about 2 pounds on the minimally processed diet.
This is the first study to ever show a direct relationship between processed foods and weight gain when other factors are controlled. Even so, it’s something we’ve kind of known over the years, right?
But here’s the kicker: processed foods are filled with things that make us want to eat more – salt, sugar, and unhealthy fats. So not only are they linked with eating more, they ALSO contribute to chronic health problems!
When we eat MORE of those foods, we’re taking in yet more things that are not good for us! (Other studies have suggested that junk foods are engineered specifically to make us want to eat more.)
Here’s another thing “shocking-not shocking” aspect of the study: the processed diet was actually much CHEAPER (by almost 50%!).
Scientists estimated the weekly cost to prepare 2,000 calories a day of the ultra-processed diet at $106, while the minimally processed diet cost $151, based on the prices at a nearby supermarket.
Here’s my personal takeaway on this one. The food you eat is SO MUCH more than just “calories.” It has a powerful effect on your health and well-being... and eating a healthy, whole-foods-based diet makes a strong statement to manufacturers when it comes to our food supply.
"Over time, extra calories add up, and that extra weight can lead to serious health conditions," said one of the scientists in a press release about the study.
How can you save money when it comes to eating a healthy diet? Buy in bulk, shop sales, and use your freezer as much as possible!
If you need help coming up with healthy meal ideas that are affordable, book a consultation call with me today. I’m always here to help.
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Iced Latte Recipe
It features coffee … chocolate … and PEANUT BUTTER! (Plus it also contains plenty of fiber, healthy fats, potassium, and antioxidants.)
It’s a smoothie that’s actually good for you. Note: because it contains caffeine, you’ll want to have this earlier in the day vs. later.
If you are ever tempted by the blended concoctions at coffeehouses (which are loaded with empty calories that make your blood sugar spike and then crash) this is a must-try.
I’ve experimented with making this two different ways – one is faster – and have had taste-testers try them both, and we’re mixed when it comes to the winner.
So, I leave it to you whether you pre-soak the chia seeds. I like presoaking best because not only does it give you a thicker smoothie, you’re less apt to get chia seeds caught in your teeth ;-)
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Iced Latte
8 ounces of cooled coffee
1 small banana, sliced
½ cup almond (or any nut) milk
½ tbsp raw cacao powder
1-2 tbsp chia seeds
1 tbsp raw honey
1 tbsp natural peanut butter
1 cup ice cubes
Optional: to make this smoothie thicker, soak the chia seeds in the almond milk for at least 20-30 minutes (and up to overnight) before blending.
Place all the ingredients except the ice cubes in a blender, and blend until smooth. Taste and adjust amount of honey or cacao powder to suit your taste.
Pour into a tall glass, over optional ice and enjoy!
Pretty simple, right? You definitely have to give it a try and let me know how you like it!
I especially like this as a pre-workout smoothie during the early afternoon if I am going to be working out later in the day.
Remember, if you need help coming up with healthy food options, I’m here to help!
Hi, I’m Shannon Labrador!
I’m a nutrition and health coach, and I love helping other busy ambitious entrepreneurs who are dealing with perimenopausal symptoms like weight gain, hot flashes, night sweats, acne, and fatigue learn to take back control of their health, lose the weight, and feel great about their body.
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NetDimensions LMS Integrates With Market-Leading Authoring Tool
Hong Kong, October 6, 2017—NetDimensions LMS’ partnership with gomo means that L&D teams can publish courses made with the leading authoring tool directly to their LMS.
Customers of NetDimensions LMS, the market-leading provider of performance, knowledge, and learning management systems, will now be able to use world-class authoring tool gomo to publish training courses directly to their LMS.
The exciting new integration will save L&D teams hours by doing away with complicated SCORM and FTP uploads and allow gomo courses to be published directly to NetDimensions LMS. The integration is the successful result of direct end-to-end testing carried out by engineering teams at both companies following NetDimensions LMS’ incorporation into Learning Technologies Group in March 2017.
Clients who have a gomo licence and NetDimensions LMS, can now enable integration between the award-winning platforms, create an eLearning course in gomo and choose the NetDimensions publishing option.
The breakthrough has been made possible by PENS (Package Exchange Notification Services), a publishing process supported by both platforms which allows one-click publishing from an authoring tool to an LMS.
Mike Alcock, Managing Director of gomo, said: “This integration brings huge benefits for gomo's NetDimensions LMS customers. They can now publish their gomo courses directly to their NetDimensions LMS, and content updates can also be pushed to their learners in seconds.
“The NetDimensions LMS and gomo integration highlights the benefits of both companies being part of Learning Technologies Group. Because we're part of the same family, our engineering teams were able to work together closely and efficiently to produce a solution that offers huge benefits to our mutual customers.”
Bill Mastin, Senior VP at NetDimensions LMS, said: "The gomo-NetDimensions LMS integration simplifies and speeds up the deployment of content creation through to consumption for NetDimensions customers.
“In a mobile world, having HTML5 fully responsive content creation ability in your platform is key to delivering an end-to-end solution and I'm very happy we can offer it with the gomo and NetDimensions partnership and integration.
"It has been amazing to see NetDimensions LMS and PeopleFluent Learning customers start to take advantage of the full group products and services. LTG can bring together the right products and services for any organization that needs to enable their workforce or educate their extended enterprise." | <urn:uuid:ca6c411b-1810-4c32-b874-aed7617ec34a> | CC-MAIN-2021-10 | https://www.peoplefluent.com/newsroom/netdimensions-integrates-with-market-leading-authoring-tool/ | 2021-02-25T13:31:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-10/segments/1614178351134.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20210225124124-20210225154124-00095.warc.gz | en | 0.940628 | 543 |
Mobile app promotion done the right way increases your app’s visibility, resulting in more installs.
Cross-promotion can be an effective mobile app marketing strategy, but like anything, this route has pros and cons and needs to be carefully considered.
What Is Cross-Promotion?
There are several types of cross-promotion, as seen below.
This is when a pair of app developers agree to send traffic to each others’ apps. Determining the specifics (how much traffic will be directed, and the cost, if any, for that traffic) takes more time than you might expect.
It’s also a good idea to make sure your partner’s users will be interested in your app. Checking their demographics is yet another time-consuming step, but shouldn’t be skipped.
Avoid rushing through the process of finding the right partner and creating a fair agreement so that you will benefit from the partnership.
App Network Exchanges
This option takes far less time but leaves the developer with less control over where the app ads appear. Whenever your app causes a user to download another app, you receive credit, which is then used to show your ad to other users. This is a very cost-effective way to advertise.
An App that is already established with plenty of users is great for advertising new apps by the same developer. This works best when the new apps appeal to the same target market as the apps that already have a following.
Benefits of Using Cross-Promotion
Let’s check the pros of using this technique for Mobile App Promotion:
In most cases, this form of mobile app marketing won’t cost anything because it often works on a credit system. Credits are received for leading users to download other apps. These credits are put towards advertising your own app.
Ad networks tend to be limited in how much useful information they give to app developers, giving an unclear picture of which ads generate revenue and where those ads are appearing.
With direct cross-promotion, developers work with each other and know exactly what is going on with their ads. This gives them a better idea of what works and what doesn’t.
Capitalizing on Users Already Acquired
Internal cross-promoting is particularly effective for multiple apps that appeal to the same target market and come from the same developer. Not only will current users be more likely to download other apps from that developer, but they will also be more likely to keep using the apps.
Cons of Using Cross-Promotion
Let’s check the cons of using this technique for Mobile App Promotion:
Finding just the right partner takes time. The other app developer needs to have a quality app and their users need to fit your target market.
Negotiating the details of the agreement also takes time.
Harder for Newbies
Cross-promotion works best with already established apps. This is because your app will only be promoted in proportion to how many installs your app generates for another app. The fewer users an app has, the less the ads for other apps will be seen, resulting in fewer downloads for those other apps.
That is why new app developers cannot solely rely on cross-promotion. Newbies who want to go this route must use it in combination with more traditional mobile app marketing strategies.
Focus on Gaming Apps
Many networks concentrate on gaming apps, which would actually be a benefit if your app falls into this category. But if not, this would be a definite con.
With its low cost, it’s easy to understand why cross-promotion is an appealing method of mobile app promotion. However, it might not be right for everyone. So find what works for you.
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Dispatched in 7 days
Designer orange peach kurta with standing collar highlighted by contrast buttons with golden dhoti.
- Colour: Peach/Golden Silk
- Fabric: Silk
- Neck: Round
- Sleeves: Full Sleeves
- Closure: Front Buttons
- Waistband: Elastic
- Washing Care: Dry Clean
- Number of pieces in a garment: 2 (Kurta & Dhoti)
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The Cute New Lennie Dress, is a must have this Season and In this sweet Pink tone, with a beautiful Print throughout the garment. Definitely a Feel Good Style.
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Regardless of whether you are working with a large publisher or a small
press, every author should know that to make their book successful (that is,
to sell a LOT of books) requires a continued involvement in the promotion and
marketing of the book. Your distributor will probably take care of”traditional” bookstore sales (to the big chains like B&N, Borders, etc.),
but major sales are possible through “nontraditional” outlets such as
seminars, the Internet, book clubs, direct mail, small specialty catalogs,
Don’t overlook libraries as a wonderful customer for your books. They
purchase a lot of books and there are some good reasons why you should
consider them carefully in your personal marketing efforts:
- They usually pay full cover price.
- They never return books (unlike most bookstores and distributors).
- They frequently purchase subsequent printings and almost always new editions.
- They are excellent credit risks … they always pay.
- They provide “advertising” for your book in the form of displays at no cost to you.
- As your book gets checked out and discussed, word of mouth will sell more books.
Selling to libraries is a little different than other sales you may pursue
and here are some ideas to consider that will assist in increasing the
probability of library sales:
1) Ensure your book has complete CIP (Cataloging in Process) data. This is
VERY important and should be included in your book. This data is used by
library systems to properly catalog your book within the library system.
If you are a small publisher, it is doubtful that you can obtain this data
from the Library of Congress (where the big publishing houses go), but the
major library distributors provide this service to small publishers. As one
example, contact Quality Books, Inc., 1003 W. Pines Road, Oregon, IL 61061;
815/732-4450, and ask them for their CIP form. You will need to furnish
title, subtitle, ISBN and LCCN numbers, publisher information, and genre.
Cost varies depending on turnaround time but ranges from $30 to $75 per
title. Remember, this data is absolutely mandatory for library sales.
2) Make certain that the back cover of your book contains the proper
category such as “Psychology,””Self-help,””Small Business,” etc. This is
not as important for libraries as bookstores but it is a good idea to include
3) Your book should be sent to certain important library reviewers PRIOR to
publication (normally three to four months ahead). The most important
reviewers to include are the following:
Book Review Editor
249 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011
212/463-6816Booklist (American Library Association)
50 East Huron Street,
Chicago, IL 60611
249 West 17th Street
New York, NY 10011
200 Park Avenue South
New York, NY 10003-1543
Quality Books, Inc.
1003 W. Pines Road
Oregon, IL 61061
Unique Books, Inc.
4230 Grove Avenue
Gurnee, IL 60031
It is always a good idea to write or call first and request their current
Quality and Unique are two of the largest library distributors in the
country. If they elect to carry your book, you have the potential of selling
a considerable number of books. Of course, books sold to these folks include
a deep discount whereas direct sales gain you 100% of the cover price.
4) Consider joining PMA (the Publishers Marketing Association) to take
advantage of their periodic mass mailings to public libraries. For details,
contact PMA at 627 Aviation Way, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266; firstname.lastname@example.org is the e-mail address.
5) Lastly, when shipping all those books to libraries, don’t forget to take
advantage of the US Post Office “Library Mail” rate which is lower than”Special Standard Mail” known as “book rate.”
Follow these few guidelines and watch sales increase.
Robert Sullivan is the author of The Small Business Start-Up Guide, andUnited States Government – New Customer! He frequently lectures on starting
small businesses and has appeared on CNBC’s Minding Your Business as a small
business expert. His books may be ordered toll-free by calling 800/375 8439.
Robert also developed and maintains an extensive award-winning Internet
website at http://www.isquare.com called The Small Business Advisor.
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No Vacation From McCain's Attacks
Saturday, August 9, 2008
With Barack Obama stepping off the playing field for a week-long Hawaiian vacation, John McCain's campaign released three new attack ads yesterday, signaling that the senator from Arizona would use the void to continue pummeling the character of his rival for the White House.
Obama's trip to Hawaii, where he spent much of his youth, comes after a week in which his Republican opponent dominated the news with his negative assault. Obama aides said the senator from Illinois is maintaining his lead in polls and will not be goaded into responding with character attacks of his own.
But the assaults on him continued yesterday, with new television ads and a radio spot portraying Obama as a lightweight celebrity intent on raising taxes across the board.
"Life in the spotlight must be grand," a female announcer declares to paparazzi-like images of Obama and adoring chants in the background. "But for the rest of us, times are tough."
That advertisement and a Spanish-language ad and radio spot claim Obama voted to raise taxes on families earning just $42,000, a claim based on his vote for a nonbinding, Democratic budget resolution that allows all of President Bush's tax cuts to expire in 2011, something Obama has promised he would not let happen.
Obama campaign spokesman Hari Sevugan called the ad "a lie" and "part of the old, tired politics of a party in Washington that has run out of ideas and run out of steam."
But McCain aides showed little concern for such niceties. "Like it would have crossed our minds to let up on the guy just because he's on vacation?" asked Charles R. Black Jr., one of McCain's top advisers, as McCain flew from Iowa to Arkansas yesterday.
Many Democrats are increasingly worried that trying to debunk the McCain attacks will not be enough, particularly with the candidate on vacation. The Republican National Committee mocked Obama with "Barack Obama's Hawaii Travel Guide," noting the elite prep school he attended on scholarship and highlighting a Chevron station selling gasoline for $4.78 a gallon.
Obama did counter by airing a radio advertisement in Ohio taking McCain to task over the fact that his campaign manager lobbied on behalf of a German freight-shipping company, DHL, that is laying off over 8,000 Ohioans and moving its operations to Kentucky.
But an issue-based counterattack to McCain's character assault is not enough, worried Democrats say.
"It literally is the same old Democratic, consultant-driven politics," said Matt Stoller, a Democratic political consultant and blogger. "It's the same attempt not to tell a story about the country and the other guy, but to prove you're right, like an academic debating seminar."
The McCain campaign challenged Obama's ad in a conference call with Wilmington, Ohio, resident Mary Houghtaling, who in July tearfully challenged McCain to help with the job losses, then yesterday praised the Republican while castigating Obama and calling for his campaign to take the radio ad off the air. The hospice founder, whose husband is a pilot for DHL facing a layoff, joined in the attack, saying that "Obama's going to be in Hawaii, swimming." | <urn:uuid:9cf4f5cf-f4ed-461c-9a6c-9a4e606700c5> | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/08/AR2008080803242.html | 2017-08-21T23:04:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886109670.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170821211752-20170821231752-00119.warc.gz | en | 0.972345 | 660 |
All the banks in commercial areas of Motijheel and Dilkhusha in Dhaka and Khatunganj and Agrabad in Chattogram will operate transaction from 10 am to 2pm from Sunday next to facilitate export-import business.
A Bangladesh Bank circular, issued by the Department of Off-site Supervision on Thursday, said banking transaction hours in the mentioned areas have been reset and banks will remain open during the working days and conduct their operations from 10 am to 2 pm until further order.
They can operate until 3:30 pm to conduct their other activities, the circular said.
Earlier, the Bangladesh Bank had set banking transaction hours from 10 am to 12:30 pm and then extended that up to 1 pm and ordered limited operation of the branches considering their needs in different areas.
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DESIGN SPACE EXPLORATION OF DNNS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
thesisposted on 16.10.2019 by Jayan Kant Duggal
In order to distinguish essays and pre-prints from academic theses, we have a separate category. These are often much longer text based documents than a paper.
Developing intelligent agents that can perceive and understand the rich visual world around us has been a long-standing goal in the field of AI. Recently, a significant progress has been made by the CNNs/ DNNs to the incredible advances & in a wide range of applications such as ADAS, intelligent cameras surveillance, autonomous systems, drones, & robots. Design space exploration (DSE) of NNs and other techniques have made CNN/ DNN memory & computationally efficient. But the major design hurdles for deployment are limited resources such as computation, memory, energy efficiency, and power budget. DSE of small DNN architectures for ADAS emerged with better and efficient architectures such as baseline SqueezeNet and SqueezeNext. These architectures are exclusively known for their small model size, good model speed & model accuracy. In this thesis study, two new DNN architectures are proposed. Before diving into the proposed architectures, DSE of DNNs explores the methods to improve DNNs/ CNNs. Further, understanding the different hyperparameters tuning & experimenting with various optimizers and newly introduced methodologies. First, High Performance SqueezeNext architecture ameliorate the performance of existing DNN architectures.The intuition behind this proposed architecture is to supplant convolution layers with a more sophisticated block module & to develop a compact and efficient architecture with a competitive accuracy. Second, Shallow SqueezeNext architecture is proposed which achieves better model size results in comparison to baseline SqueezeNet and SqueezeNext is presented. It illustrates the architecture is compact, efficient and flexible in terms of model size and accuracy. The state-of-the-art SqueezeNext baseline and SqueezeNext baseline are used as the foundation to recreate and propose the both DNN architectures in this study. Due to very small model size with competitive model accuracy and decent model testing speed it is expected to perform well on the ADAS systems. The proposed architectures are trained and tested from scratch on CIFAR-10 & CIFAR-100 datasets. All the training and testing results are visualized with live loss and accuracy graphs by using livelossplot. In the last, both of the proposed DNN architectures are deployed on BlueBox2.0 by NXP. | <urn:uuid:149ad301-31a4-45d4-8aca-600d9e576d46> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://hammer.figshare.com/articles/thesis/DESIGN_SPACE_EXPLORATION_OF_DNNS_FOR_AUTONOMOUS_SYSTEMS/8980463/1 | 2020-09-18T08:58:51Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400187354.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20200918061627-20200918091627-00426.warc.gz | en | 0.933052 | 530 |
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This image was made after sunset on a cloudy afternoon on the peninsula of Rubha Mòr in Wester Ross.
The beach at Mellon Udrigle is renowned as one of the few on the Scottish mainland with a backdrop of mountains – the hills of Scoraig, Coigach, Inverpolly and Assynt to the north and east. On the one hand, the overcast conditions partly obscured these – only the nearest, Beinn Ghobhlach, was visible; on the other, these helped reveal to the full the pastel tones of the sand and sea. As the sun set that afternoon, the resultant light in the sky was strong enough to penetrate the layer of cloud, and for a few minutes the light became quite distinctly pink. I was just able to capture the last of this light reflected in the pale shell sand.
Canon 5D Mark II | ISO800 | 17-40 f/4L @ 40mm | f/16 | 20 sec | no filtration
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Larry Craig Post-Arrest Statement : Listen and Read Along
Shorter version: He never confessed.
Update: Sen. Craig pleaded guilty by mail, not in person. So there is no oral advisement. Check out his petition to plead guilty he submitted by mail. It seems to me to be missing a very important component: advisement of the right to counsel.
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The Greek Myths
William Harris, Prof. Em. Middlebury College
Chapter 7: Man the Tool Maker
The ability to invent new devices, techniques and ideas is one of the most basic characteristics of Mankind. Other animals, especially some of the most advanced primates, do invent new approaches to problems which confront them, but nothing in the biological world that we are aware of has the almost compulsive drive to invent which Man displays. As Sophocles foretold , sometimes this turns to good, sometimes to ill, but the trait of inventive thought continues through the ages. Greek mythology records Man's talent for inventiveness, but there often appears a strange twist which leads to a bad end. Men had relatively recently evolved from the older hunter-gatherer stage, and many innovative notions which we take for granted must have seemed new and dangerous. It is of such a transitional world that the Greek stories speak.
Daedalos is the earliest Greek example of 'homo faber', the contriver, artificer and craftsman who invents, rather than inherits, the techniques of his craft. He is said to be descended from Hephaistos, who is his parallel person among the gods. At some point, when threatened by the achievements of a nephew who invented the potter's wheel and the saw, he killed him and had to flee from Athens under the curse of murder. The potter's wheel is of much older Near Eastern origin, certainly as old as the lathe of which it is a vertical adaptation; or possibly the woodturning lathe was developed from the potter's wheel. The saw also has an ancient pedigree, the Egyptians had copper saws with hammer hardened teeth at an early date, and neolithic men embedded animal teeth in wood with a hardsetting resin to make saws at am earlier date. Connecting Daedalos and his nephew with Mycenean Athens is completely out of kilter with the history of technology. Leaving Athens, Daedalos went to Crete where he designed the labyrinthic maze for Minos, when himself locked in the maze, he decided to fly out and glued onto his son Icaros wings, which melted in proximity to the sun with well known results, this being the earliest attested splash-down. Daedalos is mentioned several times in Homer as being the designer of all sorts of objects and garments, his name apparently is used to cover the work of several millennia of steadily advancing craftsmen. In later Greek times various shrines possessed roughly made statues of wood, which were said to be the work of this master craftsman; the wooden statues point to a very early date for Daedalus, since proficiency with working marble, as well as the increasing scarcity of wood since Minoan times, soon turned artists toward stone which was readily available everywhere. Even the palace-gates at Cnossos point to a scarcity of wood, since gatesways plastered over a wood armature in the l4th c. are replaced by an all plaster structure a hundred and fifty years later, as Evans noted in the descriptions of his work on the site.
It has been stated that the hand is the cutting edge of the mind, if so Daedalos clearly marks the earlier level of Greek society's awareness of this proverb. Strangely in Greece as it developed after the Dark Age, the handcrafts were downplayed as abstract thought developed and asserted itself, with the result that in the Classical Period "homo faber" became a low-ranking servant of the rich, and much of his work was done by slaves.
Prometheus is the semi-divine personage who was said to have fabricated mankind out of clay. When Zeus became enraged with men and deprived them of fire, Prometheus stole fire from Hephaistos in heaven and gave it to men, thus incurring Zeus' eternal wrath. Since clay can become pottery only by the application of fire (l500-2200 degrees F.), Prometheus' work would be meaningless without fire. Clay like man, is earthly and available everywhere, but fire comes from heaven in the form of lightening, hence it is the property of Zeus, and its use must be regulated by the priestly guild of Zeus' temple, not by mere craft-oriented potters! Prometheus needs more than clay if he is going to make durable pottery, and since fire is obtainable only through appropriate channels, he "steals" fire, which means he gets it in an unauthorized way, and therefore must be punished. A society like the Minoan-Mycenean,which early in the second millennium B.C. had created the complexities of organized administration, would understand the meaning of this punishment.
It was noticed long ago on linguistic grounds that the name Prometheus cannot come from Gr. 'pro + meth (manthano)' "knowing aforehand" (as Classical scholar had long believed) but it must be connected with the Sanskrit proper name Pramanthas, which belongs to a Vedic family of fire-worshipping priests of Agni, god of fire (cf. Lat. 'ignis'). The fake brother Epi-metheus ("hindsight", as against "foresight") is a later transparent addition to the myth. Vedic and Greek thought have a way of coinciding on unexpected levels, we must become a great deal more aware of the role of Indic thought in our interpretation of Greek ideas. It is not only in the early period that this is important, since Heracleitos, Pythagoras and even Plato leave questions which the Indic evidence may help to understand.
As punishment Zeus ordered Prometheus to "make" out of clay a woman into whom the gods would breathe every necessary charm and skill, including Hermes' gift of lying and flattery. She was sardonically destined not to be a wife for Prometheus but for his brother Epimetheus. Her name was Pandora (Gr. 'pan + dora' "all gifts") and she brought to her mate the infamous box which contained all mankind's' ills, flying like insects from the box as soon as it was opened. Hope alone remained in the container as the sole, sad solace for mankind. Knowing but refusing to reveal the secret about the marriage of Peleus and Thetis, Prometheus was chained to a rock forever, with an eagle tearing at his liver daily, as Aeschylos portrays him in the Prometheus Bound. (This has been discussed under Medicine in Chapter 5).
In this story a Pygmalion-like artificer "makes" a woman out of inert material, but she becomes alive to confer terrible woes upon the world. If Pandora were a woman from another country, turned into an acceptable proto-Hellenic lady by Prometheus, the artificer who could make anything (in the manner of Wendy Hiller's film conversion at the hands of Rex Harrison), her final gift to her newly adopting country could easily be an epidemic resulting from new pathogens,. This would explain all the flying things that issue forth when her "brides' box" is opened, and it is most interesting that diseases are imagined as vicious "bugs", much in the manner of colloquial 20th century parlance. Combined with this may be the ancient notion, expounded in the story of Adam and Eve, that women are curious at discovering new things, which (like the fructose-laden "apple" with its resultant dietary imbalance to hunter-gatherers) always lead to trouble. It may be that women's thought is in some modes different from men's', recent work on brain function points to some general mental differentiations between the sexes; if this were intuitively recognized by men, some sense of dangerous difference might well arise. One cannot simplify complex situations of this sort, but more is certainly involved in the story of Prometheus that initially meets the investigating eye, since there must be a moral in the fact that Pygmalion gains a wife from a marble model, while Prometheus loses everything fashioning a woman out of clay. The difference in luck between the two may be the difference in the social standing of the medium. At the time of Prometheus' fabrication, clay is an ubiquitous and a cheap material, out of which you can not make anything valuable. (The same notion is found in the proverb about not being able to make a silk purse out of a pig's ear.) But by Pygmalion's time, marble is already being carved with realistic detail, it is considered valuable, and so the sculptor gets the prize of a fine wife. (In a similar way blacksmithing was an honorable and necessary profession in Colonial America, yet it was considered old-fashioned and completely bypassed in the l920's by electric and oxy-acetylene welding. But by l970 it was restored to an honorable position among the historically minded cognoscenti as an ancient and revivable craft. Woodworking and cabinet making have faced a similar turnaround in their social prestige since l970.) Different crafts occupy different prestige niches at different times, as a society develops and then discards the new in favor of still newer technology.
Gordius, a Phrygian peasant, was chosen king of Phrygia in Asia Minor when he was the first man to drive his wagon up to the temple of Zeus, this being the condition proposed by the oracles for selecting a new king. But the knot by which the yoke was connected to the draw-pole of the wagon was tied by a curiously intricate knot in a rope of cornel bark, and another oracle declared that whosoever could untie this knot would be king over all Asia. (Many years later Alexander the Great is supposed to have sliced the knot with his sword, thus generating the proverb about "cutting the Gordian knot". But the story is not well attested, and in any case would be an histrionic act made up for a celebrity on a well known situation.)
As in the case of Gyges, who was also a shepherd and hence socially a nobody, Gordius appears with but a one asset, his special knot. He tied the knot and presumably could untie it, but the oracle-priests were impressed by the fact that none of them could comprehend its construction, so their amazement and respect must have come from an intellectual rather than practical base. The story marks the superiority of the mind of a man who can devise a knot that nobody else can untie, and this knot is taken to be of such original inventive quality, that the simple shepherd immediately is made king.. There can be only one reason for this: Gordius represents a new level of thinking, which is symbolized by the invention of the special knot, which the state cannot comprehend, and hence accepts as proof of leadership.
Knots seem a simple exercise in BoyScout ingenuity to most of us, for l9 th century sailors they were more complicated and more interesting, and to many other peoples they have developed into an art involving difficult mathematical craftsmanship. Asian decorative knot tying of ritual religious objects and Greek makrame represent a special class of ingenuity, and one most not forget the Incas' use of knots tied in complex string arrangements to serve as tallies and ledgers for the extensive administrative procedures of their large empire. Perhaps Gordius' knot symbolizes something of immediate use to his society, which we are totally unaware of.
The choosing of the Dalai Lama from the children of the people at large, the test being coordinated with a proof of special thinking capabilities, is too similar to this story to be dismissed as historical coincidence. This process avoids the consequences of what might be called intellectual, as against genetic inbreeding. As we find more threads of connections between East and West which go back into the second millennium B.C., we will find is more natural to consider the possibility of historical connections of this kind. Note that Gordius' son was Midas, whose inventive touch turned everything to gold, the story demonstrates the utility as well as the intellectual worth of the family's intelligence.
At this point we turn to cases in which inventiveness produces evil results for the inventor, or point to the evil machinations which twisted although inventive minds seem so adept at concocting. Ixion, whose name has been connected with the mistletoe (Gr. iksos),since oak was Zeus the sun god's tree and mistletoe grew on it, has also been connected with a blazing wheel carried by peasants over lands needing the sun's warmth, and finally he has even been considered to be a byform of Zeus ! A fresh start can be made by examining the myth-history of Ixion's life. Having married, he murdered his father in law when he came to claim the usual bridal presents, by arranging that he should fall into a pit in which a charcoal fire was burning. Zeus apparently pardoned him and accepted him as a member of his society, upon which Ixion tried to seduce Hera and subsequently, by a phantom called Nephele ("cloud") substituted in her place, he fathered the Centaurs. Enraged, Zeus punished him by having him tied forever on a revolving wheel in Hades, which is how Ixion's name goes down in Classical mythology.
One can see in the history of Ixion the evolution of man from Neolithic hunter to clever, mechanical artificer. To kill his father in law, Ixion uses a device known for tens of thousands of years for its effectiveness with animals, the pitfall covered with carefully camouflaged greenery. Putting a charcoal or wood fire in the pit effective since it both makes sure that the animal is killed and at the same time starts the singeing process. But traps for animals are not considered proper when used for humans, as is witnessed by the severe laws which most modern countries have enacted against "man-traps" of every sort.
After this episode, Ixion "produces" (actually he is said to beget) Centaurs, horsemen riding so closely connected with their mounts in swift motion, that unsuspecting peasants believe this is a new cross-bred animal of fearsome proportions. proceeding from Neolithic pitfall trapping, Ixion has appeared again on the forefront of the a new art, the taming and breeding of horses, and he presumably uses them for aggressive chase hunting. He replaces the passive-technology of pitfall traps with aggressive horse-borne hunters, and this provides a far greater range of operations.
By this time Ixion had advanced again by an innovative quantum leap to the invention and construction of the wheel, with which his story is connected in an unfortunate manner. What would be more natural for an angered Zeus to devise for punishment than tying Ixion to his own infernal contraption, rotating forever in Hell? We thus see Ixion on several levels,, spanning the pre-historical period from ice-age hunting traps, as a natural inventor, then taming the wild horse, and finally constructing the wheel, which when linked to the horse, would make possible the great emigration of exploding populations out of the wheatlands of Southern Russia southwards into India, and then westwards across Europe. The wheel must have been developed at a very early time in the Indo-European spectrum since the same root word persists from India to the British Isles: Skt. 'cakras' "wheel" on through Gr. 'kuklos' and Lat. 'circus/ circulus' to the Old Engl. 'hweol', all perfectly cognate forms. The same word consistency through a long period of time is also true of the companion invention, the cart, e.g.. Skt. vahati "he carries", Gr. '(w)ochos', Lat. veh-iculum', Engl. waggon.
We must remember that the wheel is a very complicated piece of machinery, involving intuitive engineering of the hub, spokes, rim and (sooner or later) metal tire, all which parts are made separately but must work as a unit. This is difficult because of the different shrinkage rates of the various parts, and we may be sure there were many wheels broken under load before men learned to make a really serviceable unit. The wheel was so well developed over the millennia, that ashwood wheels only disappeared in US automotive manufacture after l924 when the industry was faced with a shortage of suitable wood, and the pressed steel wheel was hurried into service to fill the need.
The fact that Ixion may be associated with these three levels of invention would, at least in our eyes, make him a hero. This is certainly the kind of thing which Euhemerus was considering in the third century B.C. when he propounded his myth-historical scheme. It is interesting that as society moves ahead, it generally faces a counter-cultural-motive force, which attacks with violent rage the inventor as purveyor of social disruption if not outright evil. Early in l9th century England, Mary Shelley fabricated the long-lived "Frankenstein" myth to warn the public of the dangers of surgical organ replacement. Soon after, the Luddites broke into factories with sledgehammers to smash English power driven machinery. Historians of the Industrial Revolution explain this rage as coming from fear for lost jobs, and this may have been partly true. But a more critical factor seems the apprehension of the dangers of the new, which will break up the old ways, introduce unwanted social change and anarchy. If this counter-reaction to innovation occurs as early as the prehistoric time of Ixion, then it may turn out to be part of inherited human nature, and not the warning voice of thoughtful men foreseeing social danger and economic disaster.
Philoctetes, whose story has been treated elsewhere, was a master- archer, perhaps inventor of some new type of bow, such as the bow with bent -back curvature at the tips for a secondary spring effect, which is a kind of bow that Homer mentions. But he is rejected by the army storming Troy, left on a desert island on the weak excuse that he had a badly infected foot which represented a curse, and only when the military realize that they need his weapon, is there any attempt to make a reconciliation with him. In Sophocles' masterly treatment of this story in his play, many other things are introduced which enrich the play but obscure the original story: The plot revolves not about honor and honesty, as Neoptolemos thought, but about ways to deal with the inventor of new tools (bow and arrows) which render the old ones (pitfall and club) obsolete. Inventors of new processes always seem to meet the same kind of angry opposition, which stems from the society's great satisfaction with what it has achieved, coupled with a guilty suspicion of what it has not been able to develop. Even the direst need for new solutions to pressing problems does not alleviate this ancient fear and hostility.
And then there are the genuinely evil uses of what in another situation would be clever and ingenious devices, things which man has always been eager to develop, from the medieval "maiden" and the thumbscrew, to this century's mechanical monstrosity at Auschwicz. Theseus, son of Aegeus the legendary king of Athens, can be tentatively dated by the style of his first three feats: he killed Sinis who tied men to bent pine trees, tearing them to pieces when the trees were untied and sprang back; he killed Sciron who had visitors wash his feet on a high precipice, upon which he kicked them into the sea to drown; and he finally dispatched Procrustes who on his famous mechanical bed stretched men to make them taller or lopped them off if they were too big. These episodes must come from a period of brigandage, which permits them to take place locally on a whimsical,sadistic impulse. The actors are not important kings or tyrants, but local minor criminal-barons, whose actions would seem most suited to the kind of unsupervised and isolated communities of Greece which flourished after the 9th century B.C. up to Hesiod's time in the 7th century B.C.
Ingenuity has always been associated with the Greeks, whether the intellectual cleverness of the philosophers or the less well known inventiveness of the technical writers, such as Euclid, Archimedes and the Hippocratic medical writers. With so much intellectual force working for them, the Greeks did not accomplish as much in the millennium and a half in which their thought was the only advanced thought available to dwellers on the north side of the Mediterranean Basin. Perhaps one of the reasons was a certain distrust of mind and what it can accomplish, coupled with a satisfaction with achievements of the past, and an unwillingness to face new ways of doing things. Greek society early became static, and the longer that it remained unchanging, the more faith people had in the tried and true ways of doing things. This is always the danger which presents itself to cultures which are content with their record, and the Greeks, amazing as they were in many respects, are no exception to this rule.
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You have probably heard all the gossip about the latest fad diet or juice cleanse or whatever and at this point the only thing you really deserves a good cleanse is the back of your refrigerator from any chometz.
Some of us, fear that Passover with all of the matzo balls or macaroons, oddly timed meals and family stressors will ruin the waistline we worked so hard to achieve. I think Passover can be a great time to institute some good nutrition for yourself and your family. The market shelves are already brimming with boxed specialty latke mixes for Passover, Passover candies, Matzos of every variety and we are carefully checking labels to insure they meet our high standards. We may also start getting concerned about the higher costs of all of these specialty items.
I’d like to invite you to also use this time of preparation to take a look at the junk we puff ourselves up with on the outside and begin fresh this spring by taking the holiday as an opportunity to simplify, and cleanse the body with un-packaged, simpler and self-made goodies that nourish us on the inside in ways that will make us glow as well on the outside. You can choose to “simplify with ore packaged foods and mixes..or you can choose to simplify and actually save money by using more fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables. You can make your own convenience foods such as carrot and celery sticks, or melon slices pre-portioned and ready to go in baggies in the fridge. You can even nibble on these while you clean. Soups can be a wonderful addition to your meals because they make you feel more full and (assuming you aren’t using bullion) contain no artificial colorings, flavorings, unhealthful oils either. You can even be your own sous chef and slice all the veggies and separate them into portions all on the same day for different uses-for sides or soups or for steaming all at the same time to economize on time. Salads are another great option with a lean protein like a poached chicken breast makes a great lunch to keep your blood sugar stable (and your mood) while you are preparing and during the holiday as well.
If there is one area–besides the Matzo not to spare expense–it would be oil. Grapeseed, Walnut oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Coconut are all better choices for your health than the cottonseed and palm oils which will be readily and more cheaply available. These more healthful oils are worth the extra expense!
Make sure to stay hydrated while you are scrubbing and organizing too and re-charge your emotional and physical battery as you prepare to leave Egypt! Take time to tune in to how you are feeling. Do you need a break? Do you need some you-time. Maybe as we get closer you can’t get to the gym or class because of the time crunch but can you do some bodyweight exercise at home or a video? Maybe try to do 3 burpees or pushups between cleaning each shelf of the fridge or turn on some music and dance each time you finish cleaning an appliance.
If you are already using free software like MyFitnessPal.com to track your calories, Do Not vacation from that during Passover. Continue to log- before or after Yom Tov too. Just the act of logging keeps you on track to staying within your caloric requirements.
Finally, choose Chol HaMoed activities which allow you to enjoy the great outdoors and get some exercise. Plan a family hike, take a tour, go vegetable picking at a farm but stay active. You should be blessed to come out more free and energized with your cleaning.
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Fon.Leman – Heirloom
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I have included this youtube rip of the tune solely because I was unable to find a Soundcloud version anywhere, yet. Heirloom was released on Intricate Records, a prominent Russian record label, and although I couldn’t find the track on their Soundcloud either, they did put together this nice little interview with the man himself. I’ve included his bio below as well so you can learn a little more about Alexey Mazhaev.
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Fon.Leman is an alias of Alexey Mazhaev from Ekaterinburg of Russia. He started to take interest in electronic music when he was 13, and soon under influence of Prodigy, Kraftwerk, Hybrid, Crystal Method in 1998 he tried himself in producing choosing breaks style using Rebirth software.
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The Council of Europe has issued a call for tenders to evaluate the effectiveness of the Council of Europe support to the implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights at the national level. The consultancy will focus on the following countries: Bulgaria, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and 'the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'. Here is the announcement of the tender:
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Likely sales prospects will ask us to call them back and perform some sort of lead follow-up when working to generate leads and/or close sales. This occurs quite frequently so the better we’re able to manage and execute our following up, we have tremendous improvements in overall sales results. The following are five practical and simple to use sales tips which will create immediate improvements in following up on sales leads.
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Having tools or processes to remind yourself when to follow up with sales prospects is critical. This tip might not need that much attention because it might be likely that the majority of sales people utilize some sort of reminder or system to track leads. It’s helpful to ensure reminders are working so sales leads are followed up with at the right time even if a process is in place. CRM’s as well as computer based calendar programs are tools which are good for this.
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“Call back in a month” is what you hear a prospect say very often. Doing as they ask by calling them back in a month is one option we have. But, one thing wrong with that is when a prospect does this, they’re probably brushing you off which would mean they’re an unqualified lead in your pipeline and you may be wasting your valuable time when working on the lead follow-up.
Learning more about why they’re asking you to do this is one thing that can be done when getting the request to follow back up later. If they want you to check back because they’re just busy now, will it be likely they’ll be just as busy when you call back or will there be a change? It’s possible they’ll always be too busy if they’re just normal busy now and can’t find time for you which could provide details surrounding how qualified the sales lead is.
3. Compelling Event
Identifying a compelling event is something which can assist you when you’re in the lead follow-up process. A sort of event and/or date which is important to a prospect as well as can be associated with the product or service you’re selling is a compelling event.
You can use that information when you manage your follow-up related interactions when you’re aware of a compelling event. An example is if you have knowledge that the prospect has to make a change by June 1st, you can include that specific date in the discussion when prospects tell when to follow up.
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It can be powerful to let the prospects tell you when they want you to call them back when they aren’t ready to talk or move forward. We can often worry about being too aggressive with our follow-up calls being a sales person. There is no way for us to appear as we’re bugging them or being too aggressive because we’re simply following the guidance they provided if the prospect tells us when to call and we call them exactly when they say to do so.
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We could build out an evaluation plan by taking the guidance tip one step further and allow the prospect to detail out all future steps and time details of what would need to be done in the event that both parties agree to keep proceeding forward. This provides a map for lead follow-up interactions.
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Indiana University was caught buying body parts of babies killed in abortions. Earlier this year, at least four Texas medical school were exposed for participating in the trafficking of human body parts. Taxpayer funded schools purchase fetal body parts to conduct experiments. This so-called “life-saving” research is not necessary. Calling the research life-saving is misleading, not to mention ironic because so many lives are lost in the process of “procuring specimens.” Tremendous advances have been and continue to be made in medical science through ethical research using adult stem cells and cord blood. The inhumane treatment of the preborn babies killed in abortion further demonstrates the callous disregard for human Life by abortion proponents.
Indiana University’s purchase of fetal brains came to the attention of Indiana Right to Life, Texas Right to Life’s sister organization, when the researchers brazenly sued the state of Indiana in order to continue their experiments. The lawsuit comes after Indiana passed the 2016 Dignity for the Unborn law, which prohibits selling body parts obtained through abortion. Indiana Right to Life verified that Indiana University purchased brains from the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington. The brains cost $200 each. Indiana Right to Life has access to the invoice.
Mike Fichter, president and CEO of Indiana Right to Life, issued a statement on the developments:
“We’re sickened that a price tag of $200 was put on the brain of a deceased child whose life was ended in the barbaric practice of abortion. We urge the Indiana University Board of Trustees to step up and put a stop to the experiments on aborted babies.”
Texas Right to Life commends Indiana for passing HEA 1337, the Dignity for the Unborn bill, which brought these horrific practices to light. Unfortunately, a federal judge suspended the law before the Pro-Life measures were to take effect in July. The judge sided with Planned Parenthood, which filed a law suit when their profits were in jeopardy.
HEA 1337 was a needed response to the abortion industry’s organ trafficking scandal that erupted in 2015. The Center for Medical Progress revealed that Planned Parenthood and other abortion businesses have been selling baby body parts, possibly for illegal profit. In the upcoming session of the Texas Legislature, Texas Right to Life will advocate for the Dismemberment Abortion Ban. Ending gruesome dismemberment abortions in our state would not only protect the preborn but would also prevent Planned Parenthood from procuring saleable parts from the babies killed.
In addition to addressing the Planned Parenthood scandal, Indiana’s HEA 1337 would have protected children with Down syndrome or other disabilities from discriminatory abortions. Another legislative priority for Texas Right to Life this session will be to end the deadly loopholes that allow for the killing of children with a suspected disability in late abortions.
As for the shocking and inhumane research taking place at Indiana University, we support Indiana Right to Life in their efforts to end the grave injustice to the preborn and the flagrant misuse of taxpayer dollars. Indiana Right to Life is gathering signatures for a petition they will be submitting to the Indiana University Board of Trustees. The petition calls for an end to experiments on aborted babies. Alumni of Indiana University are encouraged to sign. | <urn:uuid:8727c965-e116-4dc4-8690-76e99fcbeee0> | CC-MAIN-2018-22 | https://www.texasrighttolife.com/indiana-university-caught-buying-brains-of-aborted-babies/ | 2018-05-25T07:21:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-22/segments/1526794867046.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20180525063346-20180525083346-00150.warc.gz | en | 0.941514 | 665 |
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Pepijn Lijnders has been criticised for releasing a book while still operating as Liverpool assistant manager, but he insists it has dealt no harm.
Lijnders released the book ‘Intensity: Inside Liverpool FC’ at the start of August, and it was initially met with a positive response from supporters.
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When a module A is loaded containing functions X, where Y, a subset of X, contains errors, I would like that X-Y is still brought into scope when loaded in ghci.
The current situation is that even a minor error in a module results in the entire module not being loaded.
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For the lovers of George R.R. Martin, another book follows the history of House Targaryen and a family from his last series A Song of Ice and Fire. He revealed his intent to publish the history in two volumes because the content had grown too large. That’s why the first volume was released on 20th November 2018.
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The Miami Heat have the ability to make noise in the postseason. The question we are asking today is how far can the Heat go in the playoffs? They might not be considered one of the contenders for the title but they definitely have what it takes to send one of them home early.
Who Will the Heat Face in the First Round?
At the moment, the Heat are in 4th place in the eastern conference. They sit 2.5 games behind the Celtics and 2 games ahead of the Pacers and Sixers respectively. If the playoffs were to start today, they would face the Pacers in the first round. While the Heat have been more consistent than both the Pacers and the Sixers this season, both teams would cause them considerable trouble in a first-round matchup. Especially the Pacers who some might say have overachieved considering their injury issues. Victor Oladipo missed most of the regular season while recovering from a major injury. Malcolm Brogdon who they acquired in free agency has also had nagging injuries that have seen him miss a ton of games. When the season does eventually resume, the Pacers will be at full strength for the first time which is going to be a problem for the rest of the east.
The other team chasing Miami in the standings while also being a possible first-round opponent is Philadelphia. On paper, the Sixers are the better team. In reality, the Sixers season has been very poor considering their preseason expectations. Of all the teams the Heat might face in the first round, the Sixers might be the one they want to avoid the most. They have been successful against them this year going 3-1 in their four matchups. They have also had success against Indiana who they are 2-0 against this season. With the standing in the east so tight, we also have to mention the possibility that the Heat could meet the Celtics in round 1. That would seem like a good matchup on paper for them because of Boston’s smaller lineup. That hasn’t been the case so far this year with Boston holding a 2-0 advantage on the season.
Of the three teams I mentioned, Indiana would be the ideal first round matchup for Miami. The Pacers still insist on playing Sabonis and Turner together and I think the versatility of the Heat big men gives them the advantage here. To be clear, Turner and Sabonis as a duo are more talented than whoever the Heat can pair with Bam Adebayo. The thing is, Adebayo has been one of the best defensive players in the league this season and he’s no slouch on offense. I think the Heat will go small and stretch the floor which will open things up for them. The Pacers can go small too but I don’t think they are as talented as Miami. While Oladipo might be a lot closer to his old self, I don’t think he’ll enjoy a seven game series with Jimmy Butler guarding him. I also give the coaching edge to Miami as Spoelstra has proven that regardless of who is on his roster, he will have his team ready to compete. I think the Heat would beat the Pacers in this scenario and move on to the next round.
Can the Heat Get Out of the Second Round?
The answer to that question is yes but it depends on who they play. I think if they meet the Bucks or Raptors, it’s going to get complicated. If they get the Celtics or the Sixers, then yes I think that they can advance to the conference finals. Especially if they meet Philadelphia in the second round.
The Sixers have had a poor season for a lot of different reasons that I think the Heat can exploit. Let’s start with the head coach. I’m not going to start pilling on Brett Brown who is a former Spurs assistant but at this point, it has to be obvious that they made a mistake not letting him go at the end of last year. The fact that he still hasn’t figured out that Embiid and Simmons don’t work together is baffling.
Speaking of Simmons and Embiid, I think these playoffs will probably prove to upper management in Philly that it has to be one or the other. It is no coincidence that Ben Simmons looks like an All Star without Embiid and kind of lost with him. They simply get in each other’s way. I think they’d like to get along (speaking of that, have we ever seen any evidence that these two even like each other?) but their games simply don’t go together.
Simmons is a playmaker who can’t shoot and does his best work in the post. Embiid would be at his best playing in the low to mid post surrounded by shooters. At some point Brett Brown is going to have to sit one of them in crunch time which will create its own set of problems. The final reason I think the Sixers are vulnerable to defeat against Miami is their lack of outside shooting. The Heat have a ton of shooters while the Sixers have none. In the modern NBA, that’s a problem that doesn’t really seem like it’s possible to overcome in a seven game series.
As for the Boston Celtics, I think the Heat can beat them too but that would be much more difficult than beating Philly. First of all, the Celtics are one of the best coached teams in the league, something the Sixers clearly aren’t. Also, Boston’s lineup has two players in Brown and Tatum that are virtually interchangeable. The Heat really don’t have an advantage at all against those two although I will say that they do have the shooting to upset Boston. If Miami’s shooters can get hot, they have the ability to put up big numbers. The Celtics get it done with their defense first but don’t be fooled, they are ranked top 5 in the league in both offense and defense. The Heat can beat the Celtics but it would be a lot more complicated than their chances against Philly.
The Best Case Scenario for the Heat is Conference Finals
At the start of the season, most sportsbooks had the Heat at +6000 to win the title. Right now, BetOnline.ag has the Heat at +5000 which shows that they’ve had a good season. Nobody knew what to expect when Jimmy Butler chose to sign there but it seems like he made the right choice.
This article is about how far the Heat can go in the playoffs and there are two teams in the east that we haven’t mentioned yet. Over at MyBookie.ag, the Raptors are +1200 to repeat as NBA champions while the Bucks are +275. Clearly betting sites see those teams as clear favorites in the east and I have to agree with that assessment. I can’t see Miami beating either one of them.
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Tackling low educational achievement - major LSE research to launch this week
A new report, Tackling Low Educational Achievement: a report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation , by Professor Robert Cassen, the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at LSE, and Dr Geeta Kingdon, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, will be launched with a seminar on Thursday 28 June at the Work Foundation. The report gives a profile of the tens of thousands of students who leave school every year with little or nothing to show for it, discusses the factors underlying low achievement, and addresses how the situation can be improved by policy. As well as conducting their own research the authors have reviewed the extensive recent research by others, so that their report is fully comprehensive.
Professor Cassen and Dr Kingdon's research was commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and will be published on Friday 22 June. The authors present their findings and outline their key recommendations in a public event, introduced and chaired by Estelle Morris, on Thursday 28 June. The event, at 9am for a 9.30am start, will be held at the Work Foundation, Asticus Building, 21 Palmer St, London SW1H 0AD. The event is free and open to all but registration is required. Please email Anna Tamas at firstname.lastname@example.org to register.
This new book explores Britain's intensely urban and increasingly global communities as interlocking pieces of a complex jigsaw; they are hard to see apart yet they are deeply unequal. How did our major cities become so divided? How do they respond to housing and neighbourhood decay?
Jigsaw Cities examines these issues using Birmingham, Britain's second largest city, as a model of pioneering urban order and as a victim of brutal Modernist planning.
Through a close look at major British cities, using Birmingham as a case study, the book explores:
the origins of Britain's acute urban decline and sprawling exodus;
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the potential for smart growth, mixed communities and sustainable cities.
Based on live examples and hands-on experience, this extremely accessible book offers a unique 'insider' perspective on policy making and practical impacts. It will attract policymakers in cities and government as well as students, regeneration bodies, community organisations and environmental specialists.
Anne Power is Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science; Sustainable Development Commissioner responsible for regeneration and sustainable communities; member of the Government's Urban Task Force; author of books on cities, communities and marginal housing areas in the UK and abroad.
John Houghton was head of the Communities Division at the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit; a visiting research associate at CASE; and currently a Harkness scholar at the University of Minnesota. John Houghton worked as Anne Power's assistant during 2002-03 while Anne was Chair of the Independent Commission on the Future of Housing in Birmingham.
This report was commissioned to help the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government "stand back and ask what role social housing can play in 21st Century housing policy". Its aim is to provide the background and analytical framework against which the implications of different answers to such a fundamental question can be debated both inside and outside government. Amongst other issues the report covers key questions raised by the terms of reference, in particular:
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The full report (CASEreport 34) and a summary are available to download free from the website:
Ann Owens is a PhD student in the Social Policy & Sociology Program at Harvard University. She is visiting LSE as part of the Inequality Program, funded by the National Science Foundation. Ann's research interests focus on how inequality affects educational outcomes, how working parents manage family responsibilities, and how social policy can address each of these issues. While at CASE, Ann is working on her masters' thesis, which examines how neighborhood and school contexts affect adolescents' educational aspirations, expectations, and likelihood to graduate from high school using a (US) national longitudinal data set. She is also developing a related qualitative neighborhoods project to be undertaken in Boston schools this fall. She is visiting until 10 July 2007.
Twenty-five years on twenty estates: Turning the Tide?
The Policy Press has just published a new report in association with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation; 'Twenty-five years on twenty estates', by Rebecca Tunstall and Alice Coulter.
The report covers developments in 20 less popular and more problematic English council estates, based on four waves of research since 1980. It presents unique evidence of the impact of 25 years of social change and policy from Thatcher to Blair, a period in which the number of British council homes has halved, and social inequality and the standard of public services have become key political issues.
Professors Nicholas Barr, Economics Department, and John Hills, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, have contributed articles to the latest issue of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy .
Professor Barr has written an overview of the issues, then jointly contributed an article, with Peter Diamond, on the economics of pensions. Professor Hills, a member of the Pensions Commission chaired by Lord Turner, writes on 'A New Pension Settlement for the Twenty-First Century? The UK Pensions Commission's Analysis and Proposals'. This issue was edited by Christopher Allsop and Nicholas Barr.
The education and employment of disabled young people
by Tania Burchardt
Improving educational attainment and raising employment rates among disadvantaged groups are key targets for the current government. This report shows that for one important group - disabled young people - these goals are far from being achieved. The report highlights the need for a new direction in careers advice and welfare to work programmes for disabled young people.
Improving educational attainment and raising employment rates among disadvantaged groups are key targets for the current government. This report shows that for one important group - disabled young people - these goals are far from being achieved.
The report analyses nationally representative data to show that:
parental background is more important than disability status in shaping young people's aspirations;
despite high aspirations, educational and occupational outcomes are significantly worse for disabled young people;
the gap between disabled and non-disabled young people's experiences widens as they get older.
The report argues that while mainstream and comprehensive education may have succeeded in raising aspirations for disabled young people, this has not been translated into real opportunities in early adult life. It also highlights the need for a new direction in careers advice and welfare to work programmes.
Frustrated ambition: The education and employment of disabled young people is essential reading for academics, policymakers and practitioners with an interest in the role aspirations play in education and employment.
Tania Burchardt is a senior research fellow at the ESRC Research Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, at the London School of Economics.
A more equal society?
New Labour, poverty, inequality and exclusion
edited by John Hills and Kitty Stewart
New Labour has taken poverty and social exclusion very seriously and made genuine progress in reducing disadvantage, especially among families with children. But an independent, in-depth assessment of the Government's record on social exclusion since it came to power warns that although the tide has turned in key areas, Britain remains a very unequal society. The new study, by a team of members and associates of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) at the London School of Economics, was launched at a seminar at 11 Downing Street. Its detailed review of policy areas includes education, employment, health and neighbourhood renewal, as well as economic disadvantage. It draws on more than 500 separate sources from evaluations of policy initiatives, government reports and statistics, and academic studies.
A More Equal Society? observes that in 1997, when New Labour was first elected, poverty and inequality had reached levels unprecedented in post-war history. The Government's commitment to tackling social exclusion has been in contrast to its predecessors and includes high-profile targets for cutting child poverty and ensuring ‘over 10 to 20 years' that no one will be seriously disadvantaged by the place where they live. Where Government has concentrated its efforts, the study suggests there is now clear evidence of progress. Child poverty has been reduced by its tax and benefit reforms. New analysis of spending patterns also shows that low-income families with children, who have benefited most from the reforms, have increased spending on goods for children, such as clothing, footwear, games and toys, as well as on food (but not alcohol and tobacco). But the study argues that there are gaps in the Government's strategy in other areas. For instance, the latest available figures show that poverty among working-age adults without children has reached record levels. While some vulnerable groups have been the target of special initiatives, others have not. And in the case of asylum seekers, government policies have actively increased social exclusion, especially in relation to employment, income and housing.
Prof John Hills , Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion and co-editor of the study, said: “There are substantial differences between the policies pursued in the years since 1997 and those followed previously. In some of the most important areas, the tide has turned and policy has contributed to turning that tide. This is no mean achievement. However, it does not follow that policy has already succeeded, or that Britain has yet become a more equal society. In virtually all of the areas discussed there is still a very long way to go to reach an unambiguous picture of success. Sustained and imaginative effort will be needed to make further progress and to reach groups not touched by policy so far.”
The study, published by The Policy Press, and its contributing research were supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council. A summary of findings is available from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Also published, to celebrate the Joseph Rowntree Foundation centenary, is One Hundred Years of Poverty and Policy, which can be purchased or downloaded from the JRF website.
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We have celebrated surpassing a major milestone at the site of the East Lothian Community Hospital project in Haddington.
The health facility, being delivered for NHS Lothian with development partner Hub South East and contractor, Morrison Construction, has reached the fully weathertight stage of construction.
Built on the existing Roodlands hospital site, the installation of the roof and windows for the three-storey, 22,000sqm development were completed before the end of 2018.
Externally, the render and cladding of the development are nearing completion giving passers-by an idea of what their new community hospital will look like once finished. Works on the drop off zone at the entrance of the facility and tar surfacing are also well underway.
Inside the development the hard work of the site team continues with internal partitioning, decorating and services connection works progressing uninterrupted across the facility.
Morrison Construction, Project Director, Philip Galbraith said:
‘‘We are delighted with the progress on the project. Due to the winter weather, it was important for us to reach this milestone.
‘‘While there are still external works to be undertaken more of our focus will now move to the internal works of the development. Due to the phased construction programme, different sections of the build are at different stages of completion and our focus is now on the planned sequence as we work toward completion.”
‘‘Members of the community will have the opportunity to see the project up close during Open Doors Week in March, an event this site also participated in last year.’’
Richard Park, Operations Director for Hub South East said:
“Following the successful delivery of the Outpatients Department last year, it’s exciting to see the remainder of the development taking shape.
“This is the largest value project on-site in Scotland through the Hub programme and we’re proud that it’s progressing so well.
“We’re now another step closer to the overall Community Hospital becoming a reality and helping improve the healthcare facilities available to residents in East Lothian.”
Alison MacDonald, Interim Director of Health for East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership, said:
“The progress to date shows the significant scale of the development and the plans for enhancing more joined-up health and social care services through the East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership are taking shape.
“The new facilities will see a return of some services to East Lothian with an increase of inpatient beds. With the help of our patients, this project will allow our staff to continue to provide safe, effective healthcare and rehabilitation.
“We look forward to this project completing later this year.”
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Valerie Hefner’s daughter was told it was illegal for her to use the girls’ bathroom at school.
Arrianna is a fifth grade student at an intermediate school in Sherman, Tex., a conservative town located along the northern border with Oklahoma. She initially came out to her mother in 2014 while they were watching an episode of the docuseries I Am Jazz together. Hefner always knew Arrianna was different, but she thought her youngest child would grow up to be an “effeminate gay man.”
“When she was little, Ari would put shirts on her head for hair,” Hefner tells INTO. “She had always worn my clothes. She had always played in my makeup.”
Arrianna began transitioning at school a year after coming out. Because transgender students aren’t protected in Texas by statewide non-discrimination policies, local districts are left to decide what facilities and locker rooms they are permitted to use. At first, she was forced to use the nurse’s restroom, which opened her up to invasive questions from her peers (e.g., “What do you have between your legs?”).
But this school year, she was finally allowed to go to the bathroom with her female classmates.
The 12-year-old went to the restroom for weeks with no incident until a faculty member tried to send her back to the gender-neutral stall, which would again single her out for scrutiny. Texas lawmakers attempted numerous times during the 2017 legislative session to pass laws targeting girls like Arrianna, but those efforts failed. The staffer was under the impression, however, that the bill passed.
“I had to go up there and I had to have that conversation with [the school],” Hefner says over the phone. “I just went in and told them, ‘There are no laws on the books right now. There are none.’”
“I’m running for state representative because I am planning on doing something about this,” she adds.
In October, Hefner officially threw her hat in the ring as a candidate for District 62 in Texas’ House of Representativesmaking her the only Democrat who has, thus far, declared their intention to run in the 2018 race.
As a political nonentity in a conservative district, she admits she has her work cut out for her. The district, which encompasses Grayson and Fannin Counties in Northern Texas, has never gone blue in its history. It hasn’t even had a Democratic candidate in the race since 2012, when Eristeo Perez was walloped by a 50-point margin. Republican Larry Phillips has run unopposed the past two elections and will again be entering this year’s race.
“There are no democratic nominees in this area, and there haven’t been in a very, very, very long time. So we didn’t really have a choice,” Hefner says. “I thought, ‘You know what? Someone has got to step up and do it.’”
In defying the odds, the upstart politician hopes to bring change to her state following a year where families like hers have constantly been under attack. Texas introduced more than 20 proposed bills targeting its LGBTQ community in 2017, including several pieces of legislation allowing people of faith to discriminate against queer and trans people based on their “sincerely held religious beliefs.”
Many of those bills failed, but a law allowing adoption and foster care centers to turn away same-sex couples passed in June.
Hefner’s daughter lives this bigotry every day. Arrianna had to be pulled off her bus route because the driver wouldn’t stop calling her by the wrong name, even though the information is listed correctly on paperwork provided to every staff member in the school. Thus, the driver had to go out of her way to use Arrianna’s birth name.
Instead of speaking up about it, the youngster tried to clench her fists and hold her feelings in.
“I didn’t want to become a bad kid,” she tells INTO over the phone, her first-ever interview with the media. “I wanted the teachers to see me as the good kid. A lot of people, they assume if one transgender person is like this, they’re all like this. So I try to stay good.”
“She felt like she had to be a step ahead of everybody else,” her mother adds.
As a parent, she believes she wants the same things for Arrianna that everyone wants for their children: a life free of fear and victimization.
“I want Ari to grow up, have the same opportunities, and be just as successful as any of my other kids,” she says. “I don’t want her to have problems finding housing, finding a job, or being so relentlessly picked on at school that she leaves school and doesn’t get a degree. My goal is to get her to a place in life where she can be happy, healthy, and self-sufficient.”
By running for the House of Representatives, Hefner hopes to start a dialogue with lawmakers who have devoted extraordinary time and effort to denying her daughter’s right to exist.
Being a member of the General Assembly, she says, would give her the opportunity to meet one-on-one with Republican leaders like Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who have made anti-LGBTQ discrimination a top priority in their administration. Patrick, one of the nation’s leading opponents of equality, vowed to fight for the passage of an HB 2-style bathroom bill even if it “cost him the election.”
The conservative even compared his crusade against the trans community to the Battle of the Alamo. “[P]eople sacrificed their lives at the Alamo because they believed in something,” he said in a March 2017 speech.
But Hefner believes having someone in the legislature who is personally affected by the issue can help humanize an often invisible population.
“I’ve seen it over and over and over again,” she claims. “When people meet Ari, when they sit down and talk with her, it completely opens and changes their heart. They realize, ‘Oh, this is just a little kid. She is just a little girl.’”
The 35-year-old realizes that she doesn’t look like a typical politician. A high-school dropout who had her first son when she was 16, Hefner’s arms are covered in tattoos. She has a septum piercing and gaged ears. Whereas her Republican opponents are attorneys and former city councilmen, she’s spent the last 18 years raising children.
What she lacks in convention, though, the mother of four makes up for in being a living example of the most American of narratives: dogged perseverance. After getting her G.E.D., Hefner took business courses when she wasn’t juggling the daily responsibilities of motherhood and slowly worked her way up the corporate ladder. She now works as an assistant manager for a medical supply company in town.
But Hefner believes her unorthodox road to public office is what makes her qualified to represent her constituents. Whereas the legislature has spent the past year laboring to discriminate, she knows the actual struggles families in Texas faceshe has lived them.
“I have worked alongside families and women, and their concerns are always the same,” she tells INTO. “There becomes a point within your career where you don’t qualify for help with medical care for your kids, but you don’t quite make enough either to buy [the insurance] your job is offering because the premiums are so high.”
“So there’s this whole population of working parents, their everyday struggle is healthcare for their kids,” Hefner continues. “We have got to do something for this group of people in the middle who are trying their hardest.”
Before last November, the Democratic candidate admits she didn’t think she had much of a shot in a race that didn’t appear to have room for someone with her unique life experience. Sherman is the kind of place, Hefner says, where Democrat is a “bad word.” When she goes out to meet with voters and tell them about her daughter’s story, closet liberals whisper in her ear that they’re “on her side,” as if they’re afraid of being overheard.
While this is partially due to the fear of being a political castaway in a deep red sea, Hefner argues that these voters learn to stay quiet because they’re never had someone to represent their interests in the legislature. The absence of hope becomes silence.
But Danica Roem’s decisive win in the 2017 special elections changed that, she says.
The 33-year-old Virginian became the nation’s first-ever openly transgender state legislator after defeating Republican incumbent Bob Marshall by nine points, a self-described “chief homophobe” who refused to refer to her by the correct pronouns throughout the race.
Like Hefner, Roem isn’t your run-of-the-mill candidate. A former journalist for the Gainesville Times and Prince William Times, she doesn’t have a background in politics. Prior to getting elected to the House of Delegates, Roem was the lead singer in a “drunken thrash metal” band called Cab Ride Home. She ran for office because she wanted to fix up the dilapidated road in her hometown.
Hefner says that she cried on election night because Roem’s landslide win was a sign things could change, both for her and her daughter.
When Arrianna first came out, Hefner immediately started to get connected with members of the trans community to ask for advice and build a support network. What she noticed is that many of the people she was meeting didn’t have high school or college diplomas because they were forced out of school. They had a difficult time finding work or keeping a job, Hefner says, because “people are so ugly to them.”
“This is all stuff that was happening to people that I know personally,” she claims.
“Transgender people have a place in this world, just like everybody else,” Hefner continues. “So seeing Danica win, that’s one of the ultimate things. To get people to actually get up and go to the polls and vote for someone who is different than what they are used to is an amazing feat. That’s all I ever wanted for my child.”
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