Sonala Should Apologize to Nigerians
The attention of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to an article by Sonala Olumhense entitled, EFCC: From Hope to Hogwash, which was published online by Saharareporters on Sunday October, 28, 2011. Olumhense in the ill-tempered piece appeared cross with the EFCC under the leadership of Ibrahim Lamorde for the singular (fallacious) reason that it failed to submit its Annual Report to the National Assembly by September 30, 2012 as demanded by law. This supposed failure, in Olumhense’s estimation, is evidence that Lamorde and the system which he runs is fraud.
He went ahead to make sweeping claim that Lamorde’s failure to submit the report was indicative that the EFCC Chief Executive is as much a fraud as the people he is pretending to be chasing about.
These are weighty and unsavoury conclusions which cannot be ignored, coming as they are from a columnist of Olumhense’s pedigree. Olumhense has over the years showed less than a passing interest in the fight against corruption In Nigeria. His interventions, through well considered and far-sighted commentaries have been invaluable. Indeed, he is considered a respected voice from the Diaspora, one of those who truly desire genuine change and positive development in Nigeria
However on this occasion, he falls miserably short of his own high standard by publishing an article that is anything but factual.
In the first place, Olumhense’s hubris is completely unfounded as it is predicated on a faulty foundation. The EFCC under Lamorde has not violated any law that it is supposed to comply with. Contrary to Olumhense’s claims, the Commission duly submitted its 2011 Annual Report to the National Assembly as demanded by Section 37 of the EFCC Establishment Act, 2004. That section of the Act states, that “”the Commission shall, not later than 30th September in each year, submit to the National Assembly, a report of its activities during the immediately preceding year and shall include in such report the audited account of the Commission”. This was done.
It is curious that a journalist of Olumhense’s experience made no attempt to verify his fact before publishing. In this instance, he neither sought to know from the Commission whether it had submitted the annual report nor did he verify from the National Assembly whether it was in receipt of the report. Had he done so, he would have saved himself the embarrassment of an article that is flawed and misleading.
Apparently Olumhense appeared fixated in his anticipation of the report, that he mistook the absence of ceremony in the fulfilment this statutory requirement as evidence of non-compliance.
Olumhense completely ruined what should have been an excellent treatise on the way forward in the anti- graft campaign by allowing his emotion to get the better of him over the issue of the EFCC Annual Report. But his anger was completely misplaced. Olumhense surely owes Lamorde an apology for doubting his professionalism. Everything the EFCC Chairman has done since he took the reins of the Commission’s leadership has been tailored towards restoring the Commission’s moral and professional integrity. From recalling some of the crack investigators that were asked to leave the Commission in its meltdown years, to investigating and prosecuting officers with integrity issues, to running integrity checks on all serving officers; Lamorde has had one thing in mind: Restoring the professional health of the Commission.
The result of this initiative is evident even to cynics. Many of the International partners that abandoned the commission in its testy years are back. The Commission now enjoys the confidence of law enforcement organizations around the globe, opening up fresh windows of cooperation and collaboration that have strengthened the fight against economic crimes and corruption in Nigeria.
More than 160 cases were investigated and charged to court in Lamorde’s first six months in charge, earning more than 30 convictions for the Commission. Some of the cases especially the ones relating to the mega scam in the oil subsidy regime affect highly influential individuals.
These are not the imprimatur of an anti-graft czar that “is as much a fraud as any of the people he is pretending to be chasing around”. Haba, Sonala!
There is no promise Lamorde has made concerning his current job which he has abandoned. Of course, those who have been carried away by the theatrics and drama that the Commission had come to be associated with in the recent past, may find it difficult to appreciate the professionalism of the EFCC under Lamorde. The era of high drama, the era of simply showing off and blowing hot air is gone. Real law enforcement the world over is serious business, and not one to be conducted on the pages of newspapers and television studios.
Mr. Sonala Olumhense: EFCC submitted its 2011 Annual Report, right on schedule to the two chambers of the Nigerian National Assembly, Thursday, 27th September, 2012. No fanfare. No drama. Run your checks and…apologise not just to Lamorde and his team that you so savaged in that piece, but to the millions of Nigerians who hang on to your every word, who you have unfortunately let down and led astray this time!
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Out of the bosom of the Air,
Out of the cloud-folds of her garments shaken,
Over the woodlands brown and bare,
Over the harvest-fields forsaken,
Silent, and soft, and slow
Descends the snow.
"Snow-flakes" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Happy holidays to all my readers! In my last post I showed how to create a well-known fractal called the Koch snowflake. The snowflake is aptly named because it has six-fold symmetry. But as Longfellow noted, a real snowflake is not stationary, but descends "silent, and soft, and slow."
As a gift to my readers, I decided to create an animated greeting card entirely in SAS. The animated GIF (click to enlarge) uses some of the SAS techniques that I have blogged about in 2016. The falling and rotating snowflakes were created by using matrix computations in the SAS/IML language. The animated GIF was created by using ODS graphics and PROC SGPLOT.Create an animated greeting card with #SAS Click To Tweet
Techniques used to create the animation
If you want to learn how I created this animated GIF with SAS, read on. I've blogged about all the essential techniques in previous posts:
- Create a Koch snowflake by using SAS/IML software.
- Create the centers of the snowflake by using uniform spacing with random perturbations.
- Use matrix operations to rotate and scale the snowflakes. Use vector operations to translate the snowflakes.
- Use the POLYGON statement in PROC SGPLOT to plot the snowflakes for each frame. For the fill color, I chose an off-white color that has the name "snow." The flakes are semi-transparent so that the text is not obscured.
- Use the TEXT statement in PROC SGPLOT to display the holiday greeting.
- To suppress the axes labels, tick marks, and values, use the DISPLAY=NONE option on the XAXIS and YAXIS statements in PROC SGPLOT.
- Create the animation automatically by using the BY statement in PROC SGPLOT. Prior to calling PROC SGPLOT, you have to set up ODS so that the output is written to an animated GIF file.
You can download the SAS program that creates the greeting card. Let me know if you adapt this program to create other animated images.
If you like SAS statistical programming or want to learn more about it, subscribe to this blog. In most articles I show how to use SAS for serious pursuits like statistical modeling, data analysis, optimization, and more. But programming with SAS can also be fun, and sometimes it takes a less-serious application to make people say, "Wow! That's cool! I didn't know SAS could do that!"


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The act that provides licensure of professional counselors in Pennsylvania requires completion of a “planned program” of 60 graduate semester credits in counseling from an accredited educational institution. The Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study in Counseling allows the post-master’s student to meet these requirements.
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A minimum of 12 additional credits are required for individuals with a 48-credit master’s degree in counseling.
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Education Courses offered under the ABA, Autism, or School Counseling programs with approval of program adviser.
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- PY 601 Community Perspectives on Sexual Assault Counseling
- PY 605 Addictive Behaviors: Substance Abuse and Eating Disorders Counseling
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- OR PY 699 Master’s Thesis in Psychology (6 credits)
Other master’s-level courses offered by other Arcadia University graduate programs may be taken as electives with the approval of the Director of Counseling. The petition process should include a statement on course relevance to the student’s academic program and career goals.


Autopsy reveals snakes in tiger’s tummy
Monotosh Chakraborty, TNN 19 July 2009, 04:50am IST
KOLKATA: An autopsy on the body of the tiger found at Netidhopani forest in the Sunderbans on Friday morning has revealed that the big cat had two undigested cobras in his stomach, along with other semi-digested food.
The autopsy was conducted in the presence of a representative from the National Tiger Conservation Authority, two doctors, one member of WWF-India and senior state forest department officials, such as the principal chief conservator of forest Atanu Raha, Sunderban Biosphere Reserve director N C Bahuguna and Sunderban Tiger Reserve field director Subrat Mukherjee. According to the autopsy report, no external injury marks were found on the tiger, which was a full-grown male, more than 12 years old.
According to the initial autopsy report, the tiger had died due to age-related problems. As the animal had grown old, he was unable to hunt for prey regularly and was coming out of the dense forest in search of food. Officials will further conduct viscera tests to determine the exact cause of death.
On Thursday night, forest officials had heard the tiger growl from the forest. On Friday morning, his body was found near the forest camp house.
Forest department officials said that at present, there are three more aged tigers in Netidhopani forest.
The forest guards had chanced upon the animal near the fringes of Netidhopani forest on Thursday. It had been lying near a bush and was not moving. On Friday, the guards saw the animal lying at the same spot, leading them to suspect that it had died. They immediately informed the Sudhanyakhali range office, which arranged for a team to be sent to examine the tiger.
The guards burst crackers to check if the animal was still alive. When it did not move, they arranged for transferring it to the range office.
Three tigers have strayed in the Sunderbans in the last one month. The last one had been captured at Chargheri and was released at Sudhanyakhali after treatment on July 8. The animal had to be tranquilized and had been unconscious for several hours.
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The Abbott Government must immediately rule out moves by health insurance companies to expand their reach into general practice.
The managing director of the newly privatised Medibank Private has told Fairfax newspapers he is “optimistic” the federal government will allow GP visits to be covered by insurers.
George Savvides said he is "sure" of getting a "positive reception around Private Health Insurance Act reform" from Health Minister Sussan Ley to lift the ban on insurers covering non-hospital based primary care.
Labor has long warned that the Abbott Government’s intention is to dismantle Medicare and now that warning is being realised.
Allowing private health insurers to enter general practice would create a two-tiered health system with health insurance members able to jump the queue.
It would also open the door to US-style managed care, with health insurers able to interfere in the relationship between doctors and patients.
It comes on the back of the government’s decision to abolish all 61 Medicare Locals that are run and operated by community not for profit boards, and allow health insurance companies to bid for control of the smaller number of Primary Health Networks due to replace them in July.
This is a deeply disturbing move, which sadly, confirms yet again, this government’s determination to destroy Medicare by any means.
After gutting $57 billion out of public hospitals in last year’s Budget, the government is pressing ahead with plans to introduce a GP Tax to rip $1.3 billion out of doctors’ incomes, undermine bulk billing and place a barrier between GPs and their patients.
The Health Minister must immediately rebuff today’s move by the newly privatised Medibank Private, or it will confirm the Abbott Government is intent on privatising Medicare and ending universal healthcare in Australia.


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Sunapee Cruises – New England Blogger our 2nd Anniversary Blog
The great thing about having your own blog is you get to write about things you love!
You wind up finding more things you really like, meet great people and help some people get exposure and grow their business.
Sunapee Cruises and Lake Sunapee holds a special place in our heart. Matter of fact, the Lakes Region town inspired us to create the blog in the first place to tell the history of this quaint town that people from Boston and New York used to take trains and steamships to visit. (See our first blog for history.) You see, after spending some years in New York, we were thrilled to find a place where the air is cleaner, the water is clearer and there’s magic in the trees if you haven’t heard!
NewEnglandBlogger spoke exclusively to Tim Fenton, manager at Sunapee Cruises about the up and coming 2013 season that will kick off Memorial Day Weekend on the lake, his 2 boats and the return of everyone’s favorite area dinner boat the MV Kearsarge.
So here’s the BIG NEWS! We are glad to report that the MV Kearsarge the floating restaurant will have its inaugural cruise Memorial Day Weekend on Monday, May 27th departing from the town dock at Sunapee Harbor at 6:30pm. Yes, the lakes region landmark that had taken on some water and damage as reported by WCBS-Boston and other news media outlets back in early January is being repaired and will be ready!
Whether you are a fan of the charm of the lake, the boat or the roast beef dinner buffet, fear not! Your MV Kearsarge is returning! The Dinner boat will sail Weekends thru Father’s Day at 6:30pm for it’s two-hour dinner tour. Then every day EXCEPT Monday thru Labor Day and then weekends only through October.
The MV Mt. Sunapee II a two-hour narrative boat tour will have its inaugural cruise on Saturday, May 25th at 2pm. These cruises will run Memorial Day Weekend on Saturday, Sunday and Monday at 2pm and then Weekends only through Father’s Day. Then daily through Labor Day Weekend when it returns to just weekends through October.
We encourage you to take the drive from wherever you are in New England or beyond! You’ll be glad you did! Take one or both tours! Walk the quaint harbor. Have a drink or a bite to eat at The Anchorage. Get ice cream at The Quack Shop a popular spot, located along the Sugar River. Visit the near by shops like The Harborside Trading Company, The Wild Goose Country Store and Deck Dock. Take a ride into the nearby towns of New London and Newport.
Depending on where you live make it a day trip or spend a night or two or longer! Rentals are available along the lake or nearby.
Oh yeah, make sure you hold on to your hat on the boat! ENJOY!
Photos By Melissa Tyler


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Queen Nwokoye is a Nigerian talented, lovable, entertaining and popular Nollywood star. She hails from Ihembosi, Ekwusigo Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria.
She was born on August 11, 1982 to Mr. and Mrs. Nwokoye- devoted members of the Catholic Church. Queen Nwokoye was born in a family of seven. She was bred in Lagos State for a while.
She started her education at Air Force Primary School and Queens Secondary School. The beautiful actress is also a graduate of Sociology and Anthropology from the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka.
Just like few Nollywood actresses, Queen Nwokoye is so secretive of her private life. Many still see the actress as a single-available lady but only few knows that she has walked down the aisle with her heartthrob.
Queen Nwokoye’s wedding took place in 2011.
Queen Nwokoye made her acting debut in 2004 (after her National Youth Service) in a movie titled: Nna Men; and since then, she has starred in over two hundred home movies in the Nollywood.
The beauty actress of vast credit actually confessed that she had wanted to further her education in Law before fate brought her to the acting scene.
The screen star added that she gained the full support of her family when she started acted; which actually paved way for her outstanding performances in the acting ground.
However, Queen Nwokoye is well known for starring as the lead character in a 2014 film titled ‘Chetanna’.
The Nigeria-born film actress featured in movies like: Nna Men (2004)- directed by Andy Chukwu; His Majesty (2004); The Girl is Mine (2004); Security Risk (2004); Save The Baby (2005); Back Drop (2005); Speak The Word (2006); My Girlfriend (2006); Last Kobo (2006).
Others include: Lady of Faith (2006); Disco Dance (2006); Clash of Interest (2006); The Last Supper (2007) and When You Are Mine (2007).
She was also influential in other movies like: Angelic Bride (2008); Prince of The Niger (2009); Personal Desire (2009); League of Gentlemen (2009); Last Mogul of the League (2009); Jealous Friend (2009); Makers of Justice (2010); Mirror of Life (2011); End of Mirror of Life (2011).
The screen star also played amazing roles in these movies: The Cabals (2007); Show Me Heaven (2007); Short of Time (2007); Sand in My Shoes (2007); Powerful Civilian (2007); Old Cargos (2007); My Everlasting Love (2007); Confidential Romance (2007); The Evil Queen (2008); Temple of Justice (2008); Onoja (2008); Heart of a Slave (2008).
Her most difficult movie is ‘Adure’ and its sequel ‘Ada Mbano’. According to the Anambra state born actress, getting to speak the Imo State dialect in movie was so tasking.
The actress is happily married with a set of lovely twin boys. She is married to Mr. Uzoma, a handsome young man from Imo State. Queen Nwokoye’s husband, Uzoma, is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
During the 2011 Best of Nollywood Awards, Queen Nwokoye won the Fresh Scandal Free Actress Award.
The naturally talented actress also won the Best Indigenous Female Actress Award in the 2015 ZAFAA African Film Academy Awards.
Also, in 2015 Best of Nollywood Awards, Queen Nwokoye won the Best Actress in a Leading Role (Igbo).


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It's been awhile since I've written anything about the museum and, for the record, I am still here and loving it. This past summer has been all about the camps. Did I mention we run summer camps? Yep, and I am in the thick of them. I love summer camp, it is so damn much fun. We craft and goof off and learn and go places and I get paid. I know! I'm stunned too!
Our summer exhibit is Samurai and contains amazing artifacts that can't be found anywhere else. The stuff here is owned by private collectors and once it goes away, it's gone. It doesn't go to another museum, but instead goes back to the owners never to be seen again. So if you're close to the Frazier History Museum get your boots in to see this thing before it's gone. The exhibit runs till the end of September. Anyway, we gave 4 summer camps that conntected directly to the exhibit, but we did it more as a cultural look at Japan. The kids loved it and we loved it. I learned some Japanese, did a bunch of crafts, and learned how to Bon dance. I know, I can already tell you all are way jealous.
Now, though, summer camps are over and I always feel antsy. I mean, I'm so used to running from the moment I get here (usually about 7:30) until the moment I leave (usually about 7:00) that I know feel as though I have too much time. Does that make sense? I look around at the work on my desk and get way disappointed it's not a craft I have to do or a PowerPoint I have to put together. One thing I did have to do yesterday was write a blog post. Since I blog I was nominated by my department to be our permanent blogger. Yeah, I know scary, but normally it's not a big deal. I just whip it out and move on, but yesterday I was stuck. What to write about??? I hadn't a clue. Summer camps were over and I hadn't had a chance to get into anything else. Sooooooo . . . I tossed it out on my Twitter and my lovely friend Jennifer Armintrout suggested Grover Cleveland. Oooookay, since I couldn't think of anything else, Grover it was. I think the blog turned out pretty good, but next time I hope I can come up with an idea on my own or she'll suggest something like black holes or the implications of time travel for Dr. Who.


Oh the times, they are a-changing. We've already seen how the Power Rangers 2017 movie is trading spandex for armor, and now we've gotten our first look at the new Megazord. The official Power Rangers Twitter recently sent out a photo of an upcoming toy based on the film, and it's… well, it's certainly different:
Interactive #PowerRangersMovie Megazord with expandable wings, battle sounds, LED effects + all 5 Rangers. ⚡ Stay tuned for pre-sale dates! pic.twitter.com/I1Me6jQV59November 4, 2016
My initial feeling is that there's way too much grey, and not much separation of the Rangers' individual Zords. I just don't get much sense of this being a giant robot made out of smaller robots and, okay, just look at its feet. In the immortal words of the internet: what are thooooose? Still, this is just a toy, and toys aren't always good representations of what we see on the screen.
We've had a lot of questions and concerns about how Hollywood would adapt the beloved Power Rangers - a corny, colorful TV show that couldn't be any more '90s if it tried - into a modern blockbuster movie. Elizabeth Banks looks more like a Poison Ivy cosplayer than Rita Repulsa, the Rangers' outfits look like a cross between Mass Effect and Iron Man armor, and now we've got this weirdly shaped Megazord.
But hey, at least it's got Bryan Cranston as Zordon.
Directed by Dean Israelite and starring Naomi Scott, Dacre Montgomery, RJ Cyler, Ludi Lin, and Elizabeth Banks, the Power Rangers movie will be released in UK and US cinemas on March 24, 2017.
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Life for me isn’t just taking fashion blog pictures, that is just something that I do to fill my time while my husband is gone at church meetings 3 days a week. I mean getting at home gets lonely so something had to fill my time, plus it helps me gain confidence in myself… Summer time is my favorite. How can you not love 10:00 PM walks, snow cones, corn on the cob, fruit, s’mores, and the list goes on and on! Zach and I go on walks every night when he gets home. Some nights it’s 7:30, other nights it’s 10:30 and it is pure happiness. I love the time we get to spend just the 2 of us with no distractions. It’s the simple things in life.
You probably know by now that Matt my little brother is the light of my world. He is my absolute best friend, my hero, and my happiness. I love that I get to be his nurse and take him to school. Summer school may be super lame, but man we have the funnest time. From running circles around the hall to catch each other, to laughing hysterically at things he finds funny like that when my baby comes it will need a baby seat. This kid is pure happiness and has so much to complain about, yet never does. He reminds me daily, well I guess I should say every minute to look for the good things in the day and in my life, and not to let the bad things overtake them. Special needs kids are such special little spirits. I promise you that if you take a little extra time to know them, that they will change your life for the better.
My other brother is still kickin’ it at the MTC and loving every second of it! He says that he has met some life long friends there. It is so amazing to read his letters and see how much he has already grown and become such a grown up so fast. He has put his entire life on hold for 2 years to go to Argentina and teach the people there. I am so proud of this boy! (He is the blonde)
Sometimes I wonder if you guys want to see more of a glimpse into my everyday life and I am so sorry I haven’t share it with you more. If you follow me on Instagram (@lovemedanimarie) you see a little bit more, but not nearly enough. My bad! I promise to share more, so you can see there really is a person behind the screen! Have the happiest of weekends!


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(Reuters) – Illinois lawmakers on Tuesday worked through key legislation, advancing a plan to reform employee pensions and sending the governor a bill to raise the state’s cigarette tax to help pay for Medicaid.
The Democrat-controlled General Assembly began tackling the state’s huge pension debt with legislation that would tie a cut in cost-of-living increases for retired state workers to access to retiree health insurance.
The plan, which was passed by a House committee just hours after it surfaced, would give government workers and retirees a choice between accepting the lower increase or losing state healthcare coverage in retirement.
The legislation would also phase out state payments to local school district pension funds, a move that some Republican lawmakers said would lead to local property tax increases.
Labor unions objected to the changes, which are aimed at easing the $83 billion unfunded pension liability that has been building for years as Illinois skipped or skimped on pension payments and fund investments fell.
“It is not fair to ask employees and retirees to pay for the mistakes of others. Our members have paid their share from every paycheck,” said Henry Bayer, executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31.
Dan Montgomery, president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, called the bill a “theft of earned benefits to pay the state’s bills.”
John Stevens, an attorney representing a coalition of Illinois government labor unions, told lawmakers on Tuesday the bill is unconstitutional and will be challenged in court if it is enacted.
The pension bill is similar to a proposal unveiled by Governor Pat Quinn last month to save the state $65 billion to $85 billion over 30 years. One major difference is that it does not increase the retirement age.
Still, Quinn believes the legislation meets standards he set “to stabilize and strengthen the pension systems while providing for 100% funding by 2043,” according to a spokeswoman.
Quinn, a Democrat, is insisting lawmakers pass reforms to pensions and Medicaid, the joint federal-state healthcare program for the poor, to keep the two huge budget items from consuming even more than their current 39% of state general fund spending.
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has warned of a multiple-notch downgrade in Illinois’s A-plus rating if progress is not made in the current legislative session to address fiscal problems that include unfunded pensions and a structural budget deficit fueled by billions of dollars in unpaid, overdue bills.
The Senate, meanwhile, passed a major component of the governor’s $2.7 billion Medicaid reform plan — a near doubling of the state tax on cigarettes to $1.98 a pack, sending the measure, which passed the House on Friday, to Quinn.
The tax hike combined with federal Medicaid matching funds are expected to raise an additional $800 million a year.
The bill also tackles a problem increasingly being faced by nonprofit hospitals in the state — the level of charity care they must provide to qualify for property tax exemptions.
Illinois has stripped some hospitals of their exemptions, forcing them to eventually make millions of dollars in local property tax payments. Credit rating agencies have warned hospital ratings could fall as a result.
The bill, which has the support of the Illinois Hospital Association, establishes standards that nonprofit hospitals must meet to qualify for exemptions.
Last week, the legislature sent Quinn a bill that would slice spending on Medicaid by $1.6 billion by reducing eligibility and provider rates and cutting or eliminating programs.
Lawmakers face a Thursday deadline to pass legislation and complete work on a fiscal 2013 budget.


As the March Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting approaches, overall positive economic conditions are troubling those who follow the Fed closely. Many might pose the question, why would positive economic conditions be troubling?
Healthy economic growth and a strong labor market are increasing the risk of rising inflation, which increases the likelihood the Fed will raise rates faster than currently expected. The latest jobs’ report indicated a strong start to 2018, with total non-farm payroll employment increasing by 313,000. Impressively, the labor market strength was broad-based, as all industries experienced job gains in February. The robust job market is gradually putting upward pressure on compensation, with wages up 2.6 percent compared with a year earlier.
“The fate of consumer house-buying power in 2018 will depend on the tug-of-war between rising household income and inflation-driven pressure on mortgage rates.”
In a January statement, Fed officials said they expected annual inflation to “move up this year and to stabilize” around the U.S. central bank’s target inflation rate of 2 percent. The Fed has forecast three rate increases in 2018, equaling the number of rate increases in 2017. But, if wages continue to pick up, that could boost inflation. Faster inflation would likely force the Fed to boost the number of rate increases.
So, if the rate of inflation accelerates and the Fed reacts with more rate increases, what does that mean for housing? Rising inflation will also push up long-term bond yields to compensate investors for the higher level of inflation. For example, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note has already climbed about 0.6 percent since the start of the year on the expectation of rising inflation. Mortgage rates follow the same path as long-term bond yields. According to data released by Freddie Mac last week, the 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rate increased to 4.43 percent, up 0.5 percent from the beginning of the year and the eighth consecutive week of rising mortgage rates. A higher mortgage rate means reduced house-buying power.
However, the root cause of higher inflation and rising mortgage rates is surging wage growth. In fact, our estimate of average household income, based on Census and Bureau of Labor Statistics data, is the highest it has ever been. On the other hand, 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rates remain near historical lows. It’s important to keep in mind that in the 40 years preceding the Great Recession, the housing market never experienced mortgage rates as low as they are today.
Last month, we explained that consumer house-buying power, the combination of one’s income and the prevailing mortgage rate, has increased significantly compared to 5, or even 10 years ago. Even in the last year, house-buying power increased 6.1 percent, slightly exceeding the 6.0 percent growth in house prices. Consumer house-buying power considers both wages and mortgage rates and remains near historic highs. The fate of consumer house-buying power in 2018 will depend on the tug-of-war between rising household income and inflation-driven pressure on mortgage rates.
Odeta Kushi contributed to this blog post.


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System-database file is made up various logical components like tables, views, stored procedure, user-defined functions, keys etc. When recovery is processed using the software, all objects of the database are recovered. Meanwhile, it's not necessary that a user will need all components.
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From the bottom-left panel of the tool, use the check-boxes in order to select the objects to be exported. The objects filtering can be done for stored procedures, tables, views, and other components. Such options within the tool not only filter desired data from huge sized database but also save time.


Here at WestFetch, we’ve seen a lot of puppies lately. While this is certainly a ton of fun and an overload of cuteness, it has it’s challenges too. If you’ve ever owned a puppy, you know what I mean! House training, chewing, biting, feeding habits, leash training, and so on.
If you have a pet sitter/dog walker, you can utilize their knowledge to help you train your puppy. Now remember, we are pet sitters, NOT official trainers, so please don’t expect full training techniques. However, that said, here at WestFetch we do have extensive experience with puppies/dogs and we are more than happy to lend our expertise and tips. There’s nothing like being a part of a puppy growing up into a wonderful dog!
Here are some simple tips to help along with your puppy’s training. If you have any questions or need some help, please always feel free to contact us. We’re here to help!
House Training – We have found crate training the most effective when house-breaking your puppy. By their nature, dogs do not like to soil the area where they rest and sleep. Don’t feel like you are “punishing” them by putting them in a crate. Dogs naturally like dens so as long as it is treated as a positive area and they will naturally go in and stay in a crate. NEVER punish them by locking them in the crate for a bad deed. Use treats and positive re-enforcement to keep their “home” as a fun and safe place for them to go.
When puppies are young, they need to be let out often. Each one is different but a good rule of thumb is their age in months equals how long they can hold it (2 months old = 2 hours between potty breaks). Yes, this means getting up in the middle of the night! 🙂 Take them to the same area so they get used to going in a certain spot, then it becomes routine and training has begun. Watch them closely when they are playing and after eating/drinking too, these are prime times for accidents.
- Chewing/Biting – It’s natural for puppies to bite and chew on things. Give them toys to chew on and watch them closely. Stay away from toys that shred easily as well as rawhides. Both can cause digestive issues if too much is ingested. You can find real bones and other more appropriate toys in pet supply stores which will keep them happy and away from your nice furniture 🙂 KONGS with food inserts are great distracters and mentally stimulate them as well.
Never encourage lots of biting during play or as they get older they will think it is normal. Of course, when they are young, they won’t know any better, but as they get older discourage it by stopping play when they do it or by gently grabbing their mouths shut to keep them from biting.
- Leash Training – Establishing good leash behavior when puppies are young can pay big dividends when they get older, especially for larger breeds (your dog walker will thank you too!). When they are young, they will be all over the place. A lot of that is puppy energy so the first job is to try to burn some of that energy off with a long walk or even jogging. After that, you can work with the basics by stopping when they pull a lot and trying to keep them on one side of you where you lead the walk instead of them. It will take LOTS of practice and patience but it will be well worth it. It will get better as they get older, trust me!
These are just a few little tips. There’s lots more info out there but hopefully you’ve found some good starting tips. Each puppy’s and breed’s personality is different, so catering the training to their natural instincts and personalities will be a big help.
And finally, above all things, please ADOPT! There are so many puppies out there looking for a wonderful home to be a part of. They will thank you for life!


Franchises > Logan Farms Franchise Review
Logan Farms Franchise Opportunity
Farms is a
growing family of franchise stores specializing in the retail sale of
spiral sliced, honey glazed, fully cooked hams and complemented by the
sale of a variety of other specialty meat products including the Logan
Farms own patented spiral-sliced, honey-glazed boneless turkey
The consumer who's fast-paced life-style demands convenience without
sacrificing true gourmet quality…the consumer who understands the
importance of a healthy approach to eating without sacrificing
this is the Logan Farms Honey Glazed Ham customer!
overwhelming popularity of the Logan Farms Honey Glazed Ham is most
fully appreciated during the seasonal holiday periods of Thanksgiving,
Christmas and Easter. It is during these times when your customers are
literally "in lines out the door" waiting to purchase their half and
whole hams and other specially prepared gourmet meats for their family
dinners, holiday parties, and for individual and corporate gift giving.
The Logan Farms franchise enjoys the highest level of sales volume
during these seasonal periods.
not to be compared to the extreme peak in sales volume at holiday
times, sales during "off-season" in the Logan Farms Franchise are
supported during spring and summer with sandwiches, lunches, and
corporate catering of special events.
has been an 18.3% increase in sales for our product since 1998.
Information taken from the U.S. Pork Council
FARMS MARKETING APPROACH
Farms franchises will be located in primary market areas encompassing
an approximate population of 200,000. A city's size dictates
store's size from 2,000 to 2,500 square feet. Guidelines for good site
selection are shopping center locations (not covered malls) with good
visibility, easy access and high traffic generated by a stable anchor
store such as a large grocery chain.
Logan Farms Honey Glazed Hams is a food related franchise. While most
other food franchises are typically open 7 days a week , 12 to 24 hours
a day, with 30 employees required for operation, Logan Farms franchises
are open only 8 hours a day from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 6 days a
week, and require only 4 to 5 employees throughout the year. Extra
personnel are only added during the peak holiday period.
is no "cooking" of the specialty meat products on site. The hams and
most of the specialty meat products are delivered to your door fully
cooked from USDA smokehouses. The ham and the turkey breasts are then
spiral sliced and honey glazed at the retail location.
Farms Honey Glazed Hams is a simple, clean operation whose customer
base is a pleasure to serve and includes the "upwardly mobile" retail
customer as well as a large pool of corporate
LOGAN FARMS FRANCHISE AT A GLANCE
- Protected territories
- Training & Field Service
- Promotional Materials
- Architectural & Engineering
- Patented Boneless Turkey Breast &
- Private Label Products
- Equipment Specifications/Sources
- Site Selection/Rent Negotiations
- Marketing & Advertising Assistance
Farms' investment package depends on the population of the area and the
size of the store. Normally a minimum population area of 200,000 is
needed to support a Logan Farms' store. Below are examples of 2,000 sq.
ft. and 2,500 sq. ft stores.
COST AND CAPITALIZATION REQUIREMENTS
The following estimates are general examples of costs incurred to
construct a typical Logan Farms Honey Glazed Ham Franchise. These costs
are estimates only and may differ significantly given variations in
geographic area. In addition, the cost of building within an existing
structure can vary depending on the extent of the construction that is
This franchise is not currently accepting inquiries.


I miss you all! I finally got my groove back to craft! And to start the ball rolling again I got myself new stamps! Yap, that's the secret to get my mojo back! lol! I fell in love with Paper Smooches clear stamps they are so ADORABLE!
My first card I made is for All that Scraps Wednesday sketch challenge:
This CUTE Pup is from the Chubby Chums PS set, papers are from DCWV The Pets Stack, I also used Martha Stewart Grass punch and the mini flowers I used a punch from Punch Bunch!
My second card I was inspired by Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge!
This picture is very pretty, so here is my card for this challenge!
The adorable Owl is also from PS Chubby Chums Set, the background woodgrain stamp is from Hero Arts, the branch I used my Cricut cart Create a Critter and flowers and gems are from my stash ;)
I hope you enjoy my cards and thank you for stopping by!


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Perhaps this isn’t censorship: in strict terms that refers to what a government insists is allowable or not. But there are indeed considerable differences in the way that Facebook at Twitter police the content on their sites. The difference is most obvious when considering the way in which the sex industry is using both sites:
Sex trade workers have taken to using Facebook and Twitter as a 21st Century phone box by posting calling cards on the networks that show them clearly touting for business.
A Times report found hundreds of public pages being used by prostitutes and escort agencies. In some instances their names, contact details and prices were displayed alongside the type of sex acts they were punting.
In reaction to this Facebook has been pulling down the pages as it finds them. Twitter not so much:
As noted by the Times, violations of Twitter’s terms and conditions only apply where the content is found to have been illegal.
It should be noted that this is all about what is going on in England: where the laws on prostitution and the like are slightly confused. It’s entirely legal to offer sex in return for money: the basic act of prostitution. So stating that one does so is not illegal: presumably this can still be done on Twitter if not on Facebook.
However, a brothel is illegal, as is pimping and so is soliciting: that last making it all rather more complicated. For approaching a potential customer with a view to making them a customer is indeed illegal. And the difference between this and advertising can get somewhat blurred.
I have to admit that I prefer the Twitter approach. Not because I actually use it to boost my sex life in between the urgent searches for cat pictures, but because it seems to me to be the adult way of dealing with such things. Some consenting adults like to do things that I don’t like to do. Well, they’ve as much right to use communications systems to get on with their pleasures as I do to use them to get on with mine. That’s rather what a liberal polity means really. The nannying of content that Facebook does seems more suitable for people dealing with children rather than adults.


Tuesday October 23rd, 2012 - 11:27AM
The Ikea Group today announced a new sustainability strategy dubbed People & Planet Positive. The environmentally friendly game plan is part of Ikea’s long-term growth direction and builds on the company’s history of actions taken in support of sustainability by outlining a new set of goals and plans up to 2020, the retailer said.
People & Planet Positive has three key focus areas:
- Enabling people to live a more sustainable life at home. The company will stock products and develop solutions that help customers save money by using less energy and water and generating less waste. Examples include converting all lighting to LED products that last for 20 years and use up to 85% less electricity; offering the most energy efficient home appliances available at the lowest price; and creating inexpensive, functional and easy to use solutions for sorting and minimizing waste, and using less water at home.
- Becoming energy and resource independent. The effort includes producing as much renewable energy as is consumed in Ikea Group stores and structures, as well as adding to the $1.8 billion allocated to wind and solar projects. It also includes improving the energy efficiency in Ikea operations by at least 20% and encouraging suppliers to do likewise. The company will make Ikea-brand items more sustainable by ensuring all main product materials and packaging, are renewable, recyclable or recycled.
- Taking the lead in creating a better life for the people and communities. Ikea will support the development of good places to work throughout its supply chain, encouraging suppliers to not only focus on compliance but also shared values. The initiative also includes going beyond the immediate reach of the supply chain and helping to support human rights.
“We want to create a better every day for the many people. A better life includes living more sustainably. We have been working towards that goal for many years and have already done a lot, and we are now ready to take the next big step. People & Planet Positive will help us to do that, transforming our business and having an even greater positive impact on the world,” said Mikael Ohlsson, president and CEO, Ikea Group.


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Pray Sing a hymnal for liturgical and paraliturgical services was prepared by Fr. Peter Gonsalves sdb- the first director of Tej-Prasarini- this proved to be a catalyst to Fr. Joaquim Fernandes who further initiated the project in improving the hymnal. Convinced that parish singing could be enhanced, he felt that choir-masters/ song leaders and parishioners ought to be provided with a reliable music- notation guide and songs sung according to music. He embarked on this laborious journey by enlisting the services of the Salesian priests – Fr. Kenneth Pereira, Fr. Alyoysious Furtado and Fr. Blany Pinto - musically talented Salesians along with professionals and eleven parishes young and old who took part in this gigantic task of practicing and singing. It was indeed a collaborative effort for the past six years with hundred and sixty singers from the various parishes in Mumbai.
Parish priest, choir and song leaders and those who love music could own a copy to teach, guide and lead the congregation to a more fruitful singing thereby helping them to understand the meaning of “He who sings well, prays twice”. The spiritual compact discs consist of two hundred and thirty eight songs in Volume I and nearly three hundred songs in Volume II. It is a good spiritual album to relax and connect to God.
As a special offer the original price for Pray Sing – Hymns for liturgical & paraliturgical services Vol I and II cost Rs 750 each/- and the other album Meditative Spirituals cost Rs 100/- there is a ten percent discount for both the productions until June 14, 2011. These productions are available at Tej-Prasarini, Don Bosco Communications Bookstore: P.B. 16. 637, Matunga, Mumbai -19, Tel: 8082040355/24150680. Kindly log on to the website: www.tejonline.com to book your copies or email us at: email@example.com


When it comes to decals. They almost all are Custom Decals. The reason is that different folks have different design that go on different materials, Really hardly any 2 Decal project are alike.
Types Of Decals:
Of Course there are actually different types of decals and then various derivatives of each. Lets Explore a few of the main types of decals
This is actually a very common decal. Items such as international ovals and bumper stickers are generally printed on White Vinyl Material. Generally Available in Removable Adhesive or Permanent adhesive materials
This this an amazing material that adheres to various items, mostly Windows, Thus also being called Window Clings. Without needing adhesive. Can you imagine, decals adhering to a window and easily being removed with NO ADHESIVE. Static Cling Decals ladies and gentlemen
These are also pretty amazing. These are decals literally can have your message on both sides. Sometimes called double faced decals because they can have the same or different print on both sides of the decal. Available in Removable Adhesive Decals, Static cling or permanent adhesive


When (to paraphrase Carole King’s lyrics on ‘Tapestry’) did you last feel the earth move under your feet…? Maybe not move – unless you’re in an earthquake zone – but experience its grounding, balancing and (literally earthing) benefits? Well, if it’s been a while, can I recommend that this lunchtime, you get out there, lie down on some lawn or in a park, and soak up the soothing vibes?
Oh, this is going to sound all very woo-woo, no doubt. Perhaps you don’t feel that you need ‘grounding’. But in a world in which I spend most of my time ‘in my head’ – thinking, looking at a computer, and thinking some more – I know that there’s almost nothing that makes me feel better, quicker, than a bit of earth energy. Without it, I feel vulnerable and liable to be thrown off balance at any time. A bit like a leaf, fluttering in the wind, sometimes.
But give me a good grounding session, and I’m rooted – like a big tree. Resistant to the daily equivalent of strong winds – those inevitable events which can throw you off course. I sleep better. I’m more focused, have fewer scattered thoughts (and am less likely to pick up my phone every two minutes to check something or other completely irrelevant). I am also probably kinder to everyone around me. Less snarly, more smile-y.
If you’re feeling cynical, think back to the last time you were on a sandy beach. Wiggling your toes. Walking along the shoreline. You were connected to the earth’s powerful energy. (Let’s not argue about this: gravity is what stops us from floating off into the universe, weightless as astronauts. It’s powerful stuff.) Didn’t it feel good? I’ve a hunch, actually, that one of the reasons we feel so good after a seaside holiday isn’t just the sea itself, but the time we spend with our feet on the sand.
As a child, there was nothing I liked more than going out and lying in the garden, looking up at the sky. My mother accused me of being a daydreamer – but actually, on some level I’m sure I knew I was soaking up the earth vibes. Crammed into shoes, sitting at a desk for much of the day, rushing from A to B, it’s easy to lose touch with how that feels. For me, my love of deep, vibrational music (see my article ‘Good Vibrations’) is part of that need to feel grounded.
I am drawn to essential oils with a grounding effect, too – resinous and resonant oils like frankincense, sandalwood, vetiver and patchouli (old hippie that I am), which to me almost thrum. (Myrrh, cedarwood, benzoin, black spruce, petitgrain and rosewood are said to have a similar effect, though I don’t have them in my arsenal.) Inspired by my friend Kathy Phillips (creator of the This Works range), I often wear a drop of pure frankincense oil on my chest. I find this incredibly ‘tethering’, particularly on days when I have to take the Tube (which may actually be beneath the ground but definitely doesn’t have a de-stressing effect on me, anyway).
And I now discover there’s an actual ‘earthing’ movement going on, driven by the belief that being isolated from the Earth – by rubber and plastic (our shoes), wood, plastic, laminate and asphalt – creates a disconnection from the earth’s energy that can result in a feeling of fatigue. They go so far as to call the earth’s energy ‘Vitamin G’ (and even Shabir hasn’t managed to find a supplement which captures that, yet!) My husband, meanwhile, is a massive devotee of ‘earthing’. I always poked fun at him for getting out into our garden in the morning for his regular dew bath, and wearing Vivo Barefoot shoes – but now I totally get where he’s coming from. (NB I’ve come to realise it is usual for Craig – as the man who introduced us to brown rice, sesame, patchouli oil and even the Afghan coat, for his sins – to be about two decades in advance of the rest of the planet. And indeed his wife.)
Earthing, or grounding, works – so it’s believed – because the body is mostly water and minerals, and is a good conductor of electricity (electrons). There are gazillions of electrons on the Earth’s surface – but synthetically-soled shoes stop us receiving that energy. The idea is to get out there, shoe-less, and connect with it as often as we can. Not easy, in a city or for someone who lives in a flat. But definitely not impossible.
Having said that, when I’m feeling particularly frazzled, I still find that I can still effectively ‘ground’ myself, just sitting in my desk chair – so long as I’ve got bare feet. (And as long as the weather permits, I always go barefoot at home. Winter? You’ll find me in tights, socks and furry slippers – and definitely feeling way less grounded, as a result.) I place my feet flat on the floor and b-r-e-a-t-h-e for a couple of minutes – counting to ten, with one for in, two for the out-breath – imagining the feeling of rooting down into the floor. When life feels overwhelming, I find it an amazing quick fix.
It’s not the only weapon I have in my arsenal for dealing with a crazy-busy, too-fast-paced life. I meditate, do yoga – also wonderfully, famously grounding – and listen to Native American drumming music, as well as gongs and handpan music (which you can find on iTunes if you’re unfamiliar with it). But more and more, when life threatens to overwhelm, I just like to get out there and make like a kid, lying flat on my back and staring at the clouds, or walking barefoot in the dew.
Carole King was definitely onto something.


America's Fiscal Reality
A friend of mine in Texas republished some recent financial numbers:Now...does that make things a little easie to understand? Or...to put them in Mr. Surber's words:
U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
Federal budget: $3,820,000,000,000
New debt: $1,650,000,000,000
National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
Recent budget cut: $38,500,000,000
Most people glaze over such numbers so he then equated it in simpler terms:
Annual family income: $21,700
Money the family spent: $38,200
New debt on the credit card: $16,500
Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
Total budget cuts: $385
Finally, he wrote: "This is an impossible way for a family to survive. Bankruptcy is the only way out. This family is headed for complete failure."
P.S. Keep in mind that anyone who "dares" suggest that much more should be done to get America's fiscal house in order: is mentally unstable, wants to destroy their country, is a terrorist, and/or is a right-wing extremist. So says Obama's foot soldiers in government and in the MSM.
What I don't understand is how our current political elite can justify continuing spending at this rate? Are they stupid? Retarded? Do they think that the bills just won't come due? They're coming due at a rapid rate...and we just can't continue spending like this. The GOP & Democratic leadership had better understand, that the time for insane spending is over.If anyone is wondering why we are in financial straits as a nation, consider that the president we elected in 2008 spent more money than anyone has ever spent in any election anywhere — 50% more more than John McCain — just to finish 6 points ahead on Election Day. President Obama is not exactly a penny-pincher or even a Benjamin-pincher. A Democratic Congress gave Obama a boxload of blank checks. The amount of misspending by this administration is nearly impossible to comprehend for most of humanity, and so Kate at Small Dead Animals put federal spending in terms of a family’s spending, but the numbers she described were rather lowball.She gave the annual income of this family as $21,700. But the median household income in 2009 (the point where half earn less and half earn more) was $50,277. So I will adjust her figures accordingly.Family income: $50,277.
Family spending: $88,506.
Added to the credit card: $38,229.
Outstanding credit card debt: $330,646.
Proposed cuts: $829.That $829 cut means we will borrow another $37,400 next year.But some will say it is a mortgage not a credit card. If so, we just took out a home equity loan of $38,229 last year on a house that is already underwater.Barack Obama may do things this way. But not the rest of us.


Online payments have been an trade standard for a long time. The following are three of the extra common and popular methods of fee: credit cards, electronic checks, and online banking transfers. Each of those payment methods has their professionals and cons.
Bank card transactions are by far the most common type of on-line funds, used by many millions of individuals yearly. They’re the best and dependable method of cost and have turn out to be more and more widespread.
Many merchants provide an choice to permit prospects to pay with their bank card funds straight at checkout. Others require prospects to obtain an utility on their computer earlier than they can make their fee on-line.
Web banking is the subsequent most popular cost method. Whenever you transfer cash to your account online, there is no need to mail it in, or wait in a protracted line at an area financial institution. Your financial institution on-line transfers money on to your bank account.
Essentially the most secure of all cost strategies is debit cards. These transactions are limited solely to what a bank card can offer you.
Conventional checks are all the time utilized by many customers. They are very protected to use, and are fast and handy. With only a few easy steps, a customer can enter the proper sum of money and get the money of their checking account the subsequent business day.
Worldwide remittance funds have also develop into an rising supply of income for businesses. Sending cash overseas is now as easy as sending it to your checking account online. Many companies are outsourcing international money transfers and banking services.
The Internet is increasingly used to pay different businesses to course of their funds. These companies charge a small payment to allow the enterprise owner to accept their payments on-line, utilizing their service to do so.
Within the unlikely event that you just had been to suffer a lost or stolen bank card, an online payment service may be able to help. They are going to notify your bank of the situation and if the bank card is still legitimate, they will challenge a replacement card immediately.
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The Dolphins look like they’ll be without RB Damien Williams and starting CB Cordrea Tankersley. Both are doubtful for Sunday’s game against the Bills. That means that Brice McCain will start in place of Tankersley again as he did on Monday night.
The bulk of the run game burden looks like it will fall on Kenyan Drake again as well. Neither Ndamukong Suh nor Cameron Wake practiced on Friday, but they were not listed on the injury report. Both are expected to start Sunday.
G Jermon Bushrod – foot
RB Damien Williams – shoulder/illness
QB Matt Moore – foot
S Michael Thomas – knee
CB Cordrea Tankersley – ankle/shoulder
DE Andre Branch – knee
CB Xavien Howard – illness
DT Jordan Phillips – ankle
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Morsi is establishing an Islamic government, similar but not identical to Iran. Unlike Iran he does not control an armed revolutionary force to compete with and ultimately dominate the army. The Egyptian army is still a very powerful force that Morsi does not now control. However the army does not have the power or strength to depose Morsi. If the generals tried there would be a bloodbath. Eventually Morsi will have control of the military. The billions the US is giving them is wasted money.The Egyptian economy is so bad that Morsi will be shaking down the Saudis to finance Egypt and its armed forces. Lot of trouble ahead.
Morsi wants to shove islam up the egyptians ass the same way obammy wants to shove it up Americans,
Well I ain’t buying that gutter “religion crap”
I wonder if Anderson Cooper will fly to Egypt to cover the festivities this time.


Why this change, between 1995 and 1996 from “Unified Method” to “Unified Language“? The reason is that, at this period people realized that there was no possibility to propose a unique software development method. The goal of the OOAD at OMG was not only too ambitious, but is was an impossible mission.
There is an infinity of possible software processes answering the question of who is doing what, when, how and why in the software development and maintenance world.
The decision of OMG to reduce the ambition of this initiative was most clever.
Recuerdo haber visto antes su esquema del orígen de UML. ¿Cómo seguirá ahora el grafo? ¿Otras variantes colaterales de entonces, o posteriores, no estarán en su futura derivación?


First Nations of the Northwest Coast believe that the Kingfisher is the promise of abundance, of new warmth, prosperity and love that is about to unfold within your life.
The Kingfisher has long been recognized for his speed and agility as well as his keen hunting skills.
Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly colored birds with large heads, long, sharp, pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.
Kingfisher indicates a period of increased mental and spiritual activity. He will show how to manifest your destiny by listening to your intuition. Since psychic perceptions are increasing, he will instruct how to remain grounded in the earth and be comfortable in doing so.
Take time for yourself in quite solitude connecting to Mother Earth. Grounding and centering is needed.
Although he may be shy, the Kingfisher knows how to strike with determination. How are you using your dagger-like bill? He will teach the art of timing and when to act.
Kingfisher demonstrates excellent visionary skills and will teach how track your prey. He directs attention to feelings and what is unseen. Watch carefully what is going around you. Listen to your dreams and visions.
He shows it is time for forward movement, letting go, forgiving the past.
Kingfisher’s medicine guides in seeing into the depths of emotions and into the unsubconscious. His lesson goes much deeper than what is on the surface.
He aids communication and reaching higher spiritual energies along with the ability to express ideas with coherence. This is also an opportunity to balance masculine and feminine energies.
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Reasons for The Growth of Online Casino
The modern day card and board games have influenced the society in a big way. No one knew back then if online casino would become a big industry as it is now with many people inclined towards it. Revenue above billion dollars continues to be generated by online casinos in this modern times. As both internet population and online gambling gaining popularity in most countries, the revenue figures are likely to experience a sharp rise with no signs of decelerating in the near future. The online casino is known to bring more profits because of the advantages it brings. Some of these reasons are as follows.
The ability of the online casino to use different monies has made many players from far and wide to share the same gaming room. It is generally easier to use online gaming platform there is no problem of first converting unknown money to your own before participating in a game. The online gaming sites are multilingual, and therefore an individual does not have to face language barriers when enjoying the game. Among the popular languages that online casinos offer include Swedish, Turkish, Spanish, Greek, German, French, English, Finnish, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Chinese, and Arabic. The online casino players gamble with actual money unlike other gambling platforms that play with chips that do not seem to have the same value as money. This gambling platform entices the participants to gamble more money.
A player can know the kind of money still left in their account because an online casino keeps flashing the player with the amount lost or won. Gamblers are lured to playing online casinos by being offered free money. Offering free casino chips is a nice way to make gamblers subscribe to online casinos. No specific dressing is worn when playing in internet-based casinos. A certain dress code is not a requirement for one to play because the players cannot see each other. The ability of the player not being forced to have a particular dress code makes them have a great sense of a serene environment.
Internet casinos have far lower expenses like buying gaming tables, slot machines, a building for playing or having security guards to encounter than other land casinos. Presently, all people especially the youngsters have become fond of this game, and every shopping mall has met their needs by creating a separate area for playing online. They are not an only good form of entertainment but also a nice way of releasing stress. There are times when engaging in online casino is good, rather than taking part in it frequently. With all the mentioned reasons as to why online casinos are safe, it is not hard for someone to understand why it is continuing to overtake its brick and mortar cousin in terms of popularity and profit making.


There are several step by step processes involved in website designing and these are: conceptualizing, planning, building of electronic files that determine the layout, colors, text styles, structure, graphics, images, and use of interactive features that deliver website pages to your site visitors and all these can be done by hiring a professional web designer to work on this processes and help make your website appear credible online.
When you desire to build a website and you’re not familiar with HTML programming language and web design applications, there are a number of options to create a web design: hire a professional website designer; create your own website design using software tools that can teach the rudiments on web designing; use online website design tools with pre-set and/or customized web design templates; however, the degree of customization in the web design will determine the speed and cost of getting your site up and running.
There so many technical elements to consider in creating a great website, such as: marketing and communication design, user experience design and interactive design, page layout, typography, motion graphics, quality of code and generated content, and all these will depend on the skills and techniques used by the web designer.
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Creating and producing a great website is better done through a team effort, which means that the process incorporates many contributions of skilled designers, such as: a web designer is responsible for the visual aspect, which covers the layout, coloring, and topography of a web page, mark up languages, such as HTML and CSS; graphic designers create visuals for the site, such as logos, layouts and buttons; internet marketing specialists to help maintain the web presence by applying strategic solutions, targeting on specific viewers to the site by using marketing and promotional techniques on the internet; SEO writers to research and recommend the right key words to be incorporated in the website for the website to be accessible and found in the search engines; user experience designer who incorporates design aspects, like information architecture, user centered design, user testing, interaction design, and sometimes visual design; and internet copywriter to write the content of the page which should be appealing to the targeted viewers of the website; and, not forgetting, the web developer, who can have the skills of creating a website, but the main functions are more focused on the writing and editing of the web content and designing a web page layout.


A recent article by Lindsey Cook on the US News and World Report blog discusses the value of big data, the repositories of health information that are becoming more commonplace in healthcare institutions and organizations.
Many hospitals are now managing incredibly large amounts of data on patients, and that trend will continue to climb in the future as targeted or personalized medicine becomes the norm rather than the exception.
The Role of Big Data
The role of big data is becoming increasingly important, especially when it comes to cancer research. As the article states, “Between 5 and 7 percent of Americans have one of the 7,000 diseases health professionals consider rare. A single hospital wouldn’t have the number of patients needed to learn about the disease alone, so this area has been one of the leaders in data resources.”
The LRG’s Patient Registry and GIST Collaborative Tissue Bank have already contributed to the cause of saving lives through research. With the clinical data tied to a tissue sample, and made accessible to researchers all over the world, this may play a key role in the search for a cure for GIST. Data in the LRG’s Registry is provided by the patients themselves, which allows a unique advantage – regardless of whether a patient moves to another hospital, or even to another country, they can continue to provide data that is stored in one place. With institutional registries, that is not usually the case – once a patient moves on, data collection at that institution often stops.
Although healthcare has been slow to adapt to patient-driven registries, the LRG has seen the value of utilizing data and data analysis both for helping our members access optimal treatments, but also for our research team as they look to develop future treatments.
We also have the ability to move forward our research, as it is privately funded. The average time from when a National Institute of Health Study is proposed and findings are published is seven years.
Some of the issues in expediting more data repositories include consent and patient privacy. The LRG’s Patient Registry maintains the privacy of our members. Any data or information that is shared in any way is always cleansed of any identifying information in order to protect confidentiality.


Part of yesterday was hard. I had to crate Sam twice to keep him and Ringo apart because they want to play together so bad, but they get too rowdy, wanting to tug which Sam just can’t do anymore with his jaw and Ringo wanting to bite him in the face. I feel bad about crating Sam, until I remember that before Ringo, Sam would be in his crate for six hours until someone came home from work and now he gets to stay out when we aren’t home, and before Ringo we weren’t playing tug with him anyway, the only real play was when we would play fetch for a few minutes in the backyard. This is what is necessary to protect him, to care for him, and this need for constant play won’t last forever. Ringo will grow up so fast and be able to go for long walks, hikes with Sam, to hang out together in ways that don’t hurt Sam.
When you are a caretaker, there are days when you need a nap, a shower, and something to eat, but only two are possible and you have to chose, can’t fully care for yourself. This can lead to feeling overwhelmed, like it’s too much, like “I can’t do this, I want to give up.” Giving up yesterday was a moment in the kitchen, Ringo being a bit of a monster but not quite ready for a nap. I was worn down by his constant need. I sat on the floor with him in my lap, him trying to eat the face off a stuffed bear, doing somersaults and biting at his own tail, and five minutes felt like an hour when I knew in just half an hour he’d be ready for another nap, I could put him back in his crate and get back to work. I hate how I wish him away like that.
Then when I was making my lunch, he stole a tupperware lid out of the drawer, and I gave in and let him have it, was happy to have something entertain him for a few minutes. By the time I took it back, there was a tiny chip missing. I couldn’t find it anywhere on the floor, don’t know if it was already missing or now somewhere in Ringo’s belly but it felt like failure.
But other moments, when he’s playing nice, being so cute, sitting for a treat, going on a walk, asking to go outside and go potty, curled up asleep — I can’t even stand how big my love for him is going to get, know that this part that’s hard is so brief in the context of what will hopefully be a long life together.


2 min read Licensed Clinical Counselor provides simple tips to help quiet negative, intrusive or racing thoughts in your mind.
2 min read We share several easy mindfulness exercises you can use when walking to class, between classes, or while exercising.
4 min read Erica Schommer uses her mental health and yoga training to share more of the psychology behind why it’s so hard to let go.
4 min read With the upcoming holidays, this season can be an indulgent time for food. The parties, family gatherings, and sweet treats galore can make it difficult…
4 min read We understand that going home for the holidays may feel like anything but stress-free. To help make your time home as smooth as possible, we shared some tips and considerations on returning home for the holidays.
2 min read We included 5 articles over this past month that we found to be great resources for college students on mental health!
3 min read It’s not always easy to accept the fact that you might have toxic parents. However, acceptance is the first step in letting them go.
2 min read Every month co-founders and therapists, Aarti and Beth, will share a few articles on college mental health that we enjoyed reading
2 min read With exams around the corner, stress, text anxiety, and stress eating may not be far away either. We’ve compiled some articles to help prepare you for the challenges finals bring. Good luck from your team at The Shrink Space!


This month Brian Chippendale will be presenting an exciting new exhibition in Portland, Oregon. "Flat Earths" offers new work by Brian Chippendale created as the resident artist at Kahnaway in early 2016, and consists of a series of collages on wood using painting, drawing, and found imagery. See above for a preview of some of Brian's awesome work, or stay up to date on it by following Brian on instagram: @chimpendale.
That's not all: the night the exhibit opens, the good folks at Floating World Comics will be selling copies of Brian Chippendale's much anticipated D+Q book Puke Force at the event, a few days before it hits stores!
Head to the gallery space at 1905 NW 23rd Pl in Portland, OR, on Thursday, February 11th from 6 pm to 9 pm for opening night! The show will be running through February 12th and February 13th from 1 pm to 6 pm, and then until the 21st by appointment.
For more information you can contact: [email protected].


1 2 3 Come Tell Time With Me!
Woo hoo! After days of designing this "Telling Time" packet for you, it's finally done, and 145 pages long!
I think these cards will be a fun way for you to teach/review the Common Core State Standard: 1.MD.3
There is a set of analog and digital time cards for telling time to the hour and half hour for EVERY month!
I've included two sets for August. One set has a summer theme, the other has a back-to-school theme.
Set up a section of wall and make it into your "What Time Is It?" board.
My large seasonal teacher clocks would look cute in the middle.
I've also included an assessment page + a blank set for each month, so you can program with whatever.
There's a tip sheet with lots of ideas of how to use these cards, including games and puzzles; + kaboom bomb cards.
Run off a set for your kiddo's, have them include the cover, so children can make a monthly Itty Bitty Time booklet out of the cards.
Click on the link to view/download the Telling Time Through The Calendar packet.
For more telling time activities, click on the link to go to that section of my website.
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Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men
- Directed by: David Hinton
- Cast: Lloyd Newson, Nigel Charnock, Russell Maliphant, Douglas Wright
- Website: www.dv8.co.uk/projects/…
This film is not currently showing in cinemas.
Dead Dreams of Monochrome Men was DV8's first stage show to be professionally adapted for film. Loosely based on the story of serial killer Dennis Nilsen, it explores the interwoven notions of loneliness, desire and trust. Founded upon the conviction that societal homophobia often results in tragic consequences, the work grapples with the disturbing forces that drove Nilsen to kill for company.
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Elegant product packaging helps to enhance the perfect image of the product, and any product is no exception. Have you tried using cardboard paper tubes to make your products more perfect? I think you can try it, and cardboard tubes have become more and more popular, including packaged foods, cosmetics, essential oils, shirts, pants, candles and gifts. Cylinder packaging is almost omnipotent, but not every product package is satisfying, and it must be matched with a beautiful design to attract people. The first thing we need is to determine the style and size of the product, determine the height and diameter of the round boxes, and let the product fit perfectly into the package. But this is just a basic step. It takes more time and effort to design the packaging.
Design packaging is not only the design of patterns and content, but also the choice of materials. Different materials have completely different effects on the display of packaging and products. Also for black paper tube packaging, 250g woven black woven rhyme paper, 250g black woven paper, 250g single black paper, etc., will have different display effects, which have an important impact on the style of the product. The choice of printing processes such as bronzing, hot silver, UV and emboss can improve the perfection of the packaging. Thanks to our decades of manufacturing experience in custom packaging, a strong design team can help you perfect every cardboard paper tubes packaging detail.