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Home MMO News Better Red Than Dead: Heroes & Generals Adds Soviets To The War
Better Red Than Dead: Heroes & Generals Adds Soviets To The War
Jason Winter
Heroes & Generals is getting a massive update today, as the Red Army marches to war, bringing the total number of factions in Reto-Moto's WWII shooter to three, and adding a bunch of new gear, maps, and other gameplay enhancements.
The Soviets enter the fray alongside the American and German forces in an update codenamed "Timoshenko" after legendary Soviet officer Semyon Timoshenko. The update adds 14 new vehicles, a dozen new weapons, and, according to the press release, 1,000(!) new battlefields. We're still wrapping our heads around that one.
In addition to the Soviet faction, the update adds new weapon and ammo upgrades and a balance pass across all weapons, as well as new strategic options and victory conditions for the Generals side of the game. The full (and very long) patch notes can be found on the H&G website. For Mother Russia!
Jason Winter is a veteran gaming journalist, he brings a wide range of experience to MMOBomb, including two years with Beckett Media where he served as the editor of the leading gaming magazine Massive Online Gamer. He has also written professionally for several gaming websites.
the6freak March 4, 2015 at 12:31 am
They added 1,000 towns (capture points on the war map) not battlefields, just to clear that up.
coma March 2, 2015 at 1:51 pm
game is dead because of camping snipers everywhere, they snipe u down inside any vehicle also, other classes are useless dead meat
Jooq March 2, 2015 at 12:17 pm
"14 new vehicles" lol wut?
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Q: SAS - How to configure sas to use resources from local disk other than local disk C: Basically when I do sorting or join table in sas, the sas will use resources / space from local disk C: to process the code, but since I only have 100GB left on local disk C:, It will result in error whenever SAS was out of resources.
My question is how to configure / change the setting in SAS to use resources from Local Disk E: instead, since I have larger space there.
I already looking through the forum, but found no similiar question.
Please Help.
A: Assuming you are talking about desktop SAS, or a server that you administer, you can control where the work and utility folders are stored in a few ways.
The best way is to use the -work and -utilloc options in your sasv9.cfg file. That file can be in a few places, but often the SAS Shortcut you open SAS with specifies it with the -CONFIG option. You can also set the option in that shortcut with -WORK or -UTILLOC command line options. The article How SAS Finds and Processes Configuration Files can help you decide the location of the sasv9.cfg you want to modify; if you are using a personal copy on your own laptop, you may change the one in the Program Files folder, but if not, or if you don 't have administrative rights, you have other places you can place a config file that will override that one.
A paper that discusses a few of these options is one by Peter Eberhardt and Mengting Wang.
A: One way is to set up a library named user for projects that will be time intensive and this way you get it to be dynamic as needed. When you have a library called user, that becomes the default workspace instead of work. But, you need to clean up that library manually, it won't delete data sets automatically when you're done with it.
libname user '/folders/myfolders/demo';
As @Tom indicates, you can also set an option to use a library that already exists if desired.
options user = myLib;
An advantage of this method over the config file method as it only does it for projects where it's needed, rather than your full system.
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Jochen Lerche (häufig Joachim Lerche; * 1973) ist ein ehemaliger deutscher Ruderer, der 1995 Weltmeister mit dem Achter war.
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Bei den Junioren-Weltmeisterschaften 1991 belegte Lerche mit dem Vierer ohne Steuermann den dritten Platz. 1994 gewann der Ruderer vom Münchener Ruder-Club von 1880 im Vierer mit Steuermann (Wolfram Huhn, Henrik Loth, Ingmar Guhl, Jochen Lerche und Steuermann Rico Bräutigam) den Titel bei den deutschen Meisterschaften.
Bei den Deutschen Meisterschaften 1995 siegten im Achter Ingmar Guhl, Colin von Ettingshausen, Matthias Ungemach, Mark Kleinschmidt, Frank Richter, Ike Landvoigt, Jochen Lerche, Dieter Sator und Steuermann Guido Groß. Für die Weltmeisterschaften in Tampere wurde das Boot aus den beiden erstplatzierten Booten der Deutschen Meisterschaften zusammengesetzt. Zu Frank Richter, Ike Landvoigt, Dieter Sator und Jochen Lerche aus dem Meisterboot rückten Detlef Kirchhoff, Stefan Forster, Marc Weber, Roland Baar und Steuermann Peter Thiede aus dem zweitplatzierten Boot. Das Ergebnis in Tampere war der Weltmeistertitel für den Deutschland-Achter.
1997 siegten bei den Deutschen Meisterschaften Sebastian Thormann, Mark Kleinschmidt, Jochen Lerche, Robert Sens, Detlef Kirchhoff, Enrico Schnabel, Ulrich Viefers, Ike Landvoigt und Steuermann Peter Thiede. In der Weltcupsaison 1997 siegte der deutsche Achter in München und Luzern, dazwischen erreichte der Achter in Paris den dritten Platz. Bei den Weltmeisterschaften 1997 belegte der Achter in der gleichen Besetzung wie bei den Deutschen Meisterschaften den fünften Platz.
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Claudia Winkleman admits she didn't know who Strictly's Hamza Yassin was when he signed up
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'I'm embarrassed to say it!' Claudia Winkleman admits she didn't know who Strictly's Hamza Yassin was when he signed up for the BBC show
By Callum Wells For Mailonline
Published: 04:56 EST, 27 November 2022 | Updated: 06:53 EST, 27 November 2022
Claudia Winkleman has admitted she didn't know who Hamza Yassin was when he signed up for Strictly Come Dancing.
The presenter, 50, insisted it 'doesn't matter' if she is not aware of all of the celebrity contestants on the show – which she co-hosts with Tess Daly.
She went on to disclose she's now an enormous fan of the wildlife presenter, who's considered one of the favourites to win this yr's show with partner Jowita Przystal.
'I'm embarrassed to say it!' Claudia Winkleman has admitted she didn't know who Strictly's Hamza Yassin was when he signed up for the BBC show (pictured in April 2022)
Asked if she knows who all of the celebrities on the show are, she told The Times magazine: 'It doesn't matter. I mean, I'm embarrassed to say I didn't know Hamza. Hamza, by the best way, I'm going to steal.'
On whether she desires to have an affair with Hamza, she exclaimed: 'No, after all not! No, no! It's leaving a pan within the sink for anyone else to scrub. It's the identical level. Not effective. Entitlement on any level is incorrect.'
It comes after Hamza revealed he's struggling to regulate to his newfound fame after earning a legion of fans from the BBC ballroom show.
Gaffe: The presenter, 50, insisted it 'doesn't matter' if she is not aware of all of the celebrity contestants on the show (Hamza and partner Jowita Przystal pictured in October 2022)
The CBeebies star, 32, typically spends quite a lot of time in solicitude while working on his wildlife shows but is now spending his weeks in intense training sessions with Jowita.
During a joint appearance on Thursday's Loose Women the pair were asked how they're finding the method.
Addressing the initial backlash when he signed on the show, Hamza said: 'Once I got announced it was "who's he?"
'Normally I spend weeks by myself!': It comes after Hamza revealed he's struggling to regulate to his newfound fame after earning a legion of fans from the BBC ballroom show
'Normally I'm not under the highlight and Jowita told me it will all be effective, she gets me through after which I just flip her on a Saturday! It's quite a bit for me because I can spend weeks by myself.'
After starting out as an underdog Hamza is now the firm favourite to win the show after a series of stunning routines.
Having topped the leaderboard 4 times and avoided the dreaded dance-off up to now, Hamza's odds are currently 1-3.
Two of a form: The CBeebies star, 32, typically spends quite a lot of time in solicitude working on his wildlife shows but is now spending his weeks in intense training sessions with Jowita Prystal
Hamza – who has worked on Countryfile and Animal Park – is understood to younger viewers under the guise of Ranger Hamza, presenting CBeebies live-action show Let's Go For A Walk and recent series Ranger Hamza's Eco Quest.
He comes from humble roots and previously revealed that he was voluntarily homeless for nine months as he tried to realize his dream of becoming a wildlife photographer.
The presenter left home when he was 21 after being inspired by a family holiday to a distant Scottish village on the west coast peninsula of Ardnamurchan.
Speaking out: During a joint appearance on Thursday's Loose Women the pair were asked how they're finding the method
He decided to remain within the village to watch the wildlife, despite having no job and nowhere to live, together with his parents convinced it was only a phase.
Hamza soon made a reputation for himself on the island and would have locals approach him to inform him of their wildlife spots.
He has lived there ever since and recently fronted Channel 4 documentary Scotland: My Life within the Wild and Scotland: Escape to the Wilderness, during which he guided celebrity companions on journeys through western and eastern Scotland and the Highlands.
Hamza said: 'Jowita told me it will all be effective, she gets me through after which I just flip her on a Saturday! It's quite a bit for me because I can spend weeks by myself.'
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Q: Is the Maven repository for hibernatespatial version 4 down? I'm working on a project using hibernate and hibernate spatial version 4.0.
In my pom files I have setup the repository like this:
<repository>
<id>Hibernate spatial repo</id>
<url>http://www.hibernatespatial.org/repository</url>
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and the dependency like this:
<dependency>
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<artifactId>hibernate-spatial</artifactId>
<version>4.0-M1</verison>
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This setting worked well till begin of July. Now the build process tries to contact hibernatespatial.org for all packages for download, but gets only timeout warnings.
I've noticed, that the new version 5.x has been migrated to hibernate.org. Are there any changes regarding the old repository?
Thanks in advance.
A: Hibernate Spatial has been merged into Hibernate ORM 5.0. The hibernatespatial.org site will be discontinued, along with the Maven Repository.
Hibernate Spatial 5.0 is just a module in Hibernate ORM:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
<artifactId>hibernate-spatial</artifactId>
<version>${hibernate.version}</version>
</dependency>
And the Hibernate User Guide contains a chapter about Spatial as well.
The hibernatespatial.org is owned and controlled by Hibernate Spatial creator, so if he decided to discontinue the site, there's nothing we can do about it.
Since Hibernate Spatial 4.0 is not avilable on Maven Central, so you should probably upgrade to Hibernate 5.
A: Same problem here, the whole site http://www.hibernatespatial.org seems to be down.
After a quick search on twitter & google I got the impression they go offline every now and then. A colleague of mine told me last time this happened was in May 2016 and the site was down for about two days. (Today is day #2 that I'm waiting for them to come back and I know for sure that both the repo and the site hibernatespatial.org were online last week).
Also I found out the hibernate-spatial is on maven central from version 5 onwards.
The versions 4.0 and 4.3 can be found on this repo: http://nexus.e-is.pro/nexus/content/groups/public/org/hibernate/hibernate-spatial/
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The manufacturer of Triphala advertises the product to be a gentle and potent internal cleansing formulation, based on one of India's most powerful combination of herbs: Triphala. Goldshield Elite, the company which manufactures this formula, claims that the product improves blood circulation and digestion, support the liver function, reduce inflammation, and purify the blood. Triphala has been used by Ayurvedic medicine practitioners for thousands of years to promote the health of the digestive system and to naturally detoxify the body and restore energy balance. In addition to its internal cleansing properties, Triphala is sometimes prescribed to relieve nasal congestion, balance blood sugar levels, and improve skin conditions.
Goldshield Elite is a world renowned distributor of dietary supplements and home care products. The company's product portfolio currently includes various formulas which address numerous health concerns (weight loss, cardiovascular health, the digestive system, the liver function, nutrition, the immune system, and gender specific conditions among others). Through direct selling operations, the company distributes the products of three different manufacturers (W.T. Rawleigh Products, Achievers Unlimited and Changes International), some of which have been active for as long as 150 years.
Triphala is recommended for the use of adults. Patients with a pre-existing medical condition, as well as pregnant and nursing women are advised to consult a physician prior to use.
Triphala contains the following ingredients: Emblica officinalis, Terminalia belerica, and Terminalia chebula.
Triphala features three Indian fruits, in equal portions: Emblica officinalis (Amalki), Terminalia Belliricia (Bibhitaki), and Terminalia Chebula (Haritaki).
Emblica officinalis (Amalki) is also known as Amla or Indian Gooseberry. According to Indian Tradition, Emblica officinalis was the first tree created in the world. The tree's fruits have been credited for a large number of benefits. They have been used to support the immune system and increase defense against disease. Also, the active constituents of these fruits may prove effective against heart problems, ulcer, anemia, diabetes, liver problems and cancer among others. Other therapeutic prescriptions use Amla as an antioxidant, analgesic, memory-enhancer, anti-microbial, and anti-tussive.
Terminalia Chebula (Haritaki) is also one of the most popular Ayurvedic remedies. With a wide range of therapeutic applications including laxative, astringent, nervine, rejuvenating, expectorant, appetite stimulant, tonic, and carminative, Haritaki has managed to gain an increasing popularity in the western world as well. Current medicinal indications include constipation and diarrhea, cholesterol, conjunctivitis, sore throat, intelligence enhancer, and asthma among others.
Terminalia Belliricia (Bibhitaki) is widely used as a stomach tonic and digestive aid in general, alleviate coughs, promote sleep, against cardiac disorders, ulcers and hemorrhage, alleviate stress, and stimulate the liver to mention only a few of its benefits.
The suggested daily dose is 2 to 4 caplets. There are no consumer reviews posted online.
Ayurvedic medicine is the traditional medicinal system of India, still used today by a large portion of the population. The practice of Ayurvedic medicine has become very popular in the United states, with numerous followers. In 1995, the California College of Ayurveda was established, one of the first institutions located outside of India dedicated to training Ayurvedic medicine specialists. Triphala is one of the most used Ayurvedic remedies, with particular benefits for the digestive system and body cleansing, although numerous other benefits exist. This product offers the classical mixture of three ingredients known as Triphala, and, although no scientific proof of its effectiveness exists, it is very likely to deliver on its advertised benefits.
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Unfortunately it came at the expense of quarterback Mike Bercovici.
Bercovici, a former Arizona State QB starting for the San Diego Fleet, dropped back and was completely blindsided by San Antonio linebacker Shaan Washington. The hit sent Bercovici's helmet flying as he also lost control of the ball.
He was benched late in Saturday's game, but it didn't appear to be injury-related.
Bercovici originally signed with the Arizona Hotshots and would have returned to play at Sun Devil Stadium, but the Hotshots didn't protect him in the quarterback draft and selected Trevor Knight instead.
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Section 4.3 The Complex Plane
Section Objectives
Plot complex numbers in the complex plane.
Compute the absolute value of a complex number.
Perform operations on complex numbers in the complex plane.
The Complex Plane
The complex plane is identical to the -rectangular coordinate plane, except that the -axis is replaced by the real axis, the -axis is replaced by the imaginary axis. The complex number is plotted as the ordered pair.
The absolute value of the complex number is the distance in the complex plane from the origin to : .
Let . Compute .
Compute .
Arithmetic Operations in the Complex Plane
Most of the operations that can be performed on complex numbers can be illustrated in the complex plane. For example, addition and subtraction can be illustrated with triangles and parallelograms, and conjugation is a reflection about the real axis.
Let and . In the complex plane, illustrate and .
Let . Show , and in the complex plane.
Let and . Find the distance from to , and find the complex number that is the midpoint of and .
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How much impact do we really make?
One to Watch prepares for a major test: do we make the impact that we promise? And how do we measure that properly?
One to Watch steps up its efforts to prove that the organization is making the impact it promises investors. "We have been measuring impact in the past, but not systematically," says One to Watch director Willem Grimminck. "With 17 companies in our portfolio, time has come to set up a professional, structural and comprehensive impact assessment." In July, a first impact assessment will be undertaken at solar energy firm Gham Power, Café Red Mud Coffee, waste collection company Waste Concern and ginger producer Organic Mountain Flavour. During these assessments, impact data will be collected that are relevant to impact investors, the One to Watch investment team and the entrepreneurs themselves.
A core belief among all stakeholders is that profit is the most important impact indicator, because profit will ultimately generate growth and jobs. But impact should go beyond the creation of jobs, underlines Joris de Vries, investment manager at Hooge Raedt Social Venture (HRSV)."Impact investments need to impact people otherwise excluded, the environment, and it should be about new services and products."In order to measure all that, One to Watch strives to formulate twenty impact indicators during the pilot: ten common impact indicators and ten company specific indicators, such as the number of students enrolled at Bloom School, the amount of household waste that is collected by Waste Concern or the amount of diesel saved by Gham Power.
Some companies, like Gham Power are already measuring impact data. Not because they have to report to One to Watch or investors, but because they truly believe that these data are crucial for their decision making process. For others, like Waste Concern and Red Mud, the whole concept is rather new. Red Mud founder Aashish Adhikari also wonders if all impact can be measured. "How do we measure the impact of the social hub we are creating in our café? Similarly, I am curious to know how to measure the impact that working at Red Mud has on the life of my employees?" These and similar questions will be answered in the upcoming months. The first results are expected in August. The 13 other companies will follow afterwards. By the end of the year, One to Watch will deliver its first annual impact booklet to show investors the impact they have helped to realize. Look, that's something to look forward to for Christmas!
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The Basic Statutory Training includes: Meetings (including Formal Discussion, Weingarten and Bypass); Interference and Discrimination; Information Requests under the Statute; Duty to Bargain; Official Time and Processing unfair labor practice charges. The program includes instruction by Regional Office staff and interactive exercises.
This course is at no cost to attendees.
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Endorsement: Reelect Sheriff Jim McDonnell
Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell talks to reporters at the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles on June 27.
(Michael Balsamo / Associated Press)
By The Times Editorial Board
Sheriff Jim McDonnell is an outsider-turned-incumbent who in his first term has sometimes struggled to improve the performance and remake the culture of the scandal-plagued Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Though progress has been slow, he is clearly the better choice in the Nov. 6 election than challenger Alex Villanueva, a long-tenured and recently retired sheriff's lieutenant who never rose past the middle ranks and offers a limited record of leadership. Villanueva pushed McDonnell into a runoff after coming in second in a three-man race in June.
The Sheriff's Department needs someone at the top with command experience in law enforcement, and McDonnell has it, having served as the No. 2 man at the Los Angeles Police Department and chief of the Long Beach Police Department before being elected sheriff in 2014. He is the first Los Angeles County sheriff in a century not to have risen through the department's ranks, and that fact contributes to tension between him and those he leads and is one of the factors that has generated some enthusiasm inside the department for Villanueva.
But outside leadership is warranted, given where up-through-the-ranks leadership brought the department in the years just prior to McDonnell's election: The previous sheriff, Lee Baca, was sentenced to three years in federal prison and Undersheriff Paul Tanaka to five for obstruction of justice in connection with an FBI probe into abuse of jail inmates by deputies. The same federal investigation led to felony convictions of more than a dozen other sheriff's personnel. McDonnell won voter support four years ago precisely because he was a seasoned law enforcement leader who racked up his achievements in other departments.
The Sheriff's Department needs someone at the top with command experience in law enforcement, and McDonnell has it.
He has had some successes. Aided by a series of lawsuits and resulting settlement agreements, McDonnell has overseen the reduction in uses of serious force in the jails. But another suit has stalled his effort to flag deputies with records of dishonesty and other serious misconduct. His attempts to discipline deputies have been scuttled by the civil service process. There has been a string of reports, in the Los Angeles Times and elsewhere, about misbehavior by sheriff's deputies, including allegations of inmate rape.
Villanueva was not a member of the Baca-Tanaka team, and he in fact argues that he was repeatedly passed up for promotion over the years because he wouldn't play ball with a pre-McDonnell regime that rewarded loyalty over competence and integrity. Furthermore, he says, McDonnell promoted to his command staff many of the same glad-handers who enabled Baca and Tanaka. Villanueva promises to finish a weeding-out process that he says McDonnell began, but did not complete. But the challenger overestimates a sheriff's legal power to dismiss personnel absent evidence of misconduct and — perhaps — underestimates the importance of experience in a top command staff, even if that experience is colored in part by some past brush with corrupt leadership. Villanueva at his best raises some legitimate points about McDonnell's first-term performance, but makes an unconvincing case that he has the insight, knowledge, skill or experience to do as well or to move the department faster or in a better direction.
Sheriffs command enormous political and fundraising clout and generally win reelection with little difficulty, so it is noteworthy that McDonnell failed to win an outright majority in the June 5 election. He has undermined himself with sometimes inconsistent or baffling statements on a number of subjects. Does he support or oppose cooperation with immigration authorities? Is he a critic or a champion of treating mentally ill accused criminals in jail? Does he or does he not believe deputies are still organizing themselves into gangs that encourage improper uses of force against African American suspects?
Enter the Fray: First takes on the news of the minute from L.A. Times Opinion »
If voters believe they are being asked to consider tiny, tedious or specialized issues — which candidate is the real outsider, for example, or whether the current undersheriff was tied too closely to the prior administration — they have a point. Police chiefs, prison wardens and generals are appointed, evaluated and dismissed at arm's length from the political process, but we elect sheriffs for reasons that have more to do with ancient British history or fringe political theory than thoughtful structuring of government.
Would we be better off with appointed sheriffs? It's a question worthy of some attention. But for the present, voters must choose between an experienced law enforcement leader who has run into some roadblocks and a mid-level career officer who has never led or even helped to lead a large and complex organization. McDonnell is the better choice.
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Brid MacNamara has stepped down as a public relations officer with Clare Camogie.
The shock news broke at the Clare camogie AGM at the Hotel Woodstock on Monday. MacNamara notified the Clare camogie board that she won't be accepting the role of PRO having been Assistant PRO in 2016, a position she worked in having served the maximum five consecutive five years in a position.
Plaudits flooded in for the Ruan native for her tireless work over the past decade in promoting camogie around the County. MacNamara admitted that the job had been 'exhausting' but was immensely proud of the giant steps taking forward for boosting the profile of the game.
Chairperson Joe Robbins led the tributes, acknowledging her commitment. She was presented with a bouquet of flowers followed by a standing ovation. Parteen delegate Marie Hall thanked MacNamara for her performance during her tenure. She said "Whether it was the senior teams in the county or the U13c shield final that Parteen were participating in, she gave us as much time as the senior clubs and we really appreciate that".
Providing her report at the AGM, Brid paid tribute to all who assisted her. "In terms of PR, our year got off to a great start with the 2015 Senior County Finals programme being named the Programme of the Year. To the Clubs who featured in the programme & to the Clare Champion, Clare People, Clare Herald & RSVP magazine who contributed articles a sincere word of thanks. To all Club personnel who have throughout 2016 submitted match reports, team sheets for programmes & kept me updated on their Club activities sincere thanks. Without your input it is not possible to promote Camogie and I do appreciate your support".
"To the management and players of our Inter County teams, your cooperation, especially after difficult results, is to be commended. Your support of our players shone through, thank you all for your time and cooperation with post match interviews. To the local print media & digital print media, your continued coverage and support continues. I think it's fair to say that when we see our Senior County Final garner practically the same coverage as the Senior Hurling Final that we have arrived".
"Lastly, to the girls who play Camogie – your lot is a difficult one in that you expend the same efforts as your male counterparts but your efforts are not viewed in the same light by some. I can only hope that someday the glass ceiling, which we have cracked will be broken" she concluded.
MacNamara has been working on the Executive since 2002 and has decided to step down after fourteen years.
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Роджър Ходжсън () е английски рокмузикант – певец и клавирист, роден през 1950 година.
Името му ще остане в историята като един от основателите и водещи членове на легендарната рок група Супертрамп, в чийто състав Ходжсън блести в златните години на групата през 1970-те и началото на 1980-те. Характерният му висок вокален тембър се превръща в запазена марка за състава. Почитателите на формацията го наричат с прякора "Господин Супертрамп" (Mr. Supertramp).
От средата на 1980-те Ходжсън развива солова кариера.
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Роден е с пълното име Чарлс Роджър Помфрет Ходжсън на 21 март 1950 година в Портсмут, графство Хампшър, Англия. Ранното му детство преминава в Оксфорд в заможно семейство от средната класа. Като ученик посещава частното училище в Стоу, Бъкингамшър.
Започва да свири на китара още като дете. Първият си инструмент получава на 12-годишна възраст като подарък от баща си, когато родителите му се развеждат. Ходжсън занася китарата в училище, където неговият учител му показва три акорда. Момчето се "хваща" здраво за инструмента, започвайки да пише и собствена музика и текстове за песни. Една година по-късно изнася първия си концерт пред училищната аудитория, представяйки девет свои песни. Първата му училищна група се състои от него на китарата и приятеля му Хоби на барабани. Кръщават състава си "Х-бомби" по първата буква на фамилиите си. На 17-годишна възраст Ходжсън купува хармониум от един свой съсед, на който инструмент, сам у дома си, написва едни от най-известните песни на Супертрамп – "Breakfast in America", "The Logical Song" и част от "Fool's Overture".
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The one thing better than doing an effective performance review of your employees is having your manager do the reviews. Then you just review the manager. You will see all the employees and your managers stack-ranked across your business is realistic expectation.
Make Your Mark Podcast #033: Passion, Longevity, Finding Solutions and the Eternal Entrepreneruial Journey w/ Susan Mravca.
Performance reviews must be valid in order for companies to achieve the maximum benefits such as increased productivity and reduced turnover. Validity comes from tying the review to the job and rating the employee honestly on their performance.
When companies conduct performance reviews, their employees are more committed, have higher productivity and are more likely to stay. Such companies also have higher levels of customer satisfaction.
Yet in spite of all these benefits, many people struggle with evaluating employees. A common concern is deciding what rating to give.
I know what you're thinking – "sure, forget everything I know – I've heard that before". You know how I know? Because I thought it, too. I've got 20 years of experience in Human Resources and I'm a psychologist (we can read minds, you know).
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Listen Up...'The Matrix: Resurrections' deserves to be celebrated
Calum Russell
@Russellisation
Thu 13th Jan 2022 17.00 GMT
Sparking a cultural revolution upon its release in 1999, the original Matrix film was a novel piece of science fiction, taking audiences down the rabbit hole to introduce them to the potential of cinema on the horizon of the new millennium. Changing the way we perceive the modern blockbuster, directors Lana and Lily Wachowski infused the film with an innovative take on film itself, from the high-wire stunts to the influential special effects to the cast of culturally diverse characters.
Armed with a crucial self-awareness that was wired into its very mainframe, each of the Matrix sequels were constructed with knowledge of their place in the modern movie industry, often toying with the very fabric of the medium itself. Speeding up and slowing down time whilst bringing attention to the camera with innovative 'bullet time', the Wachowski's built the franchise in response to the ever-more technological world they saw around them at the turn of the new century.
The Matrix: Resurrections, the fourth film in the (ongoing?) franchise follows suit in such innovations, recognising its place in the contemporary film industry before constructing a world to suit that reality. Armed with a sharp self-awareness, the 2021 film goes about dismantling the very constructs of modern cinema before it goes about trying to implant its own ideas as to where the future of the industry should lead.
Whilst the latest film in the series is certainly an interesting addition, it would be difficult to ignore the fact that it pales in comparison to the original film, standing beside the quality of the sequel, The Matrix: Reloaded whilst being superior to the third film, Revolutions. Though whilst many audiences are willing to simply disregard the film as 'another failed sequel', there's simply too much that The Matrix: Resurrections gets right to ignore it altogether.
The Matrix: A sci-fi filmmaking masterpiece
Trapped captive in the latest version of 'the Matrix' by the Analyst (Neil Patrick Harris), the mind of Neo (Keanu Reeves) is kept busy by believing that the insane dreams of his 'past life' was merely the fictional story of a fabricated video game. Now a world-famous game designer, Reeves has made three instalments of his Matrix game and intends to make an original game next named Binary that will change the course of his series forever.
In the construction of such a feat, we follow Neo as he is told by his manager that Warner Bros want him to go back into the Matrix to give fans what they want, requirements explained that are mocked by the team of game designers who question how they make 'bullet time' "new" and infuse the game with a refreshing philosophical angle. It's all a little too 'on the nose' to ignore and with reports that Warner Bros was intending to make the fourth instalment with or without the original filmmakers, it feels like a knowing nod of acknowledgement from Lana Wachowski. If The Matrix was to return it would be done her way.
Doing away with the groaning call-backs that such recent franchises like to roll out, from the appearance of Lando Calrissian in Rise of Skywalker to the several eye-rolling moments of repeated dialogue in Ghostbusters: Afterlife to the 147 minutes of fan service in Spider-Man: No Way Home, such simply doesn't exist in Matrix: Resurrections. Sure, the film references the original movies, a bunch of times in fact, but each callback is made with a narrative purpose in mind, rather than simply recalling the past for the sake of it.
In its sheer idiosyncrasies, it should be celebrated, choosing to advance the franchise of The Matrix instead of retreading old ground and relying on tired cliché. Trying to heave the modern blockbuster into the future like moving a dead corpse, the latest Matrix film attempts to leave the predictability of franchise filmmaking in the past, suggesting the creativity and unpredictability of future filmmaking. Such can be seen in the diverse cast of non-binary and gay actors and characters who inhabit the world of the film with effortless ease, presenting a revolutionary film in its own right that celebrates the diversity of the contemporary world.
In its well-constructed self-awareness, The Matrix: Resurrections carries a unique identity that questions the sheer film industry it operates within, picking at its innards as it carefully tries to undo its stitching. In its sheer obviousness, the title of the film itself seems like a knowing nod to the endless cycle of reboots and remakes, with the films final after-credits sequence also making reference to the sheer pointlessness of such a trend.
Whilst The Matrix: Resurrections does not reach the heights of its predecessor, it's crucial to admire the fact that this was never really its intention. As an enigma of modern cinema, a message to contemporary movie-making and a strange bookend to the Matrix saga, it should be celebrated.
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Smith Buckley Architects specializes in creating distinctive, quality homes for clients in Vermont and throughout the Northeast. The firm provides a high level of care and attention, with aesthetic and technical expertise in both traditional and contemporary designs. From country homes and cottages, to estates and urban dwellings, each project is important to us. We work hard to create thoughtful, elegant designs that are economical, sustainable, and fit your needs.
The Snyder Homes story began in 1976, when Bob and Pat Snyder built their first neighborhood, Essex Green, realizing that people were looking for communities in which to enrich their lives. They set the homebuilding bar exceptionally high and have kept it there; in fact, they were named America's Best Builder in 1996 by Builder Magazine. Snyder Homes continues to be a family-owned and operated business and to date, has built 17 neighborhoods throughout northwestern Vermont. Snyder Homes takes great pride in building neighborhoods that are comprised of quality homes with environmentally-conscious land planning and that are situated in desirable locations, near the conveniences of shopping, dining and cultural attractions.
We are Imhotep, a Design + Build company dedicated to enhancing experiences by creating inspired spaces that are at once functional and beautiful. We apply a unique combination of design and carpentry expertise to every project and handle all aspects of the creation process to make your creative vision a reality.
For over 30 years, Vermont native, Chris Smith, has shared his extensive knowledge, skill, and creativity with families and friends throughout the hills of Central Vermont, building contemporary, traditional, and visionary homes that continually raise the bar in quality, craftsmanship, and client satisfaction. By custom building only a limited number of homes each year, Chris is able to ensure uncompromising quality and an attention to detail that has earned him and his team an unrivaled reputation as a premier custom home builder and renovator here in Central Vermont. Smith Building Company is not only a team of outstanding professionals, but also a community of resources, contractors, and associates that combine to deliver exceptional service. We're flexible, knowledgeable, experienced, and committed to your project from the ground up. We pride ourselves on our ability to handle every situation with patience and confidence, however unexpected, bringing you experience you can count on. Over the years, we've received a variety of gratifying awards for our exclusive work, but the true measure of our success comes from the many satisfied clients and friends who continue to wholeheartedly recommend us. We don't just build exemplary homes, we build enduring friendships, and we are extremely grateful to build this dream with you.
Over the firm's 35 year history, our office remains a closely knit group of professionals with a passion for quality design and improving the communities, schools, businesses and institutions of Vermont and New England. Our follow-through on the tasks at hand, oversight of a design process that progresses steadily forward, and willingness to perform the tasks necessary to properly complete a job illustrate our dedication. Many of our clients are repeat customers who appreciate the results of our hard work.
Woodland Woodworks specializes in construction and home improvements. Our business services include, but are not limited to, new construction, additions, bathroom remodeling, kitchen remodeling, cabinets, framing, siding, and windows. Shop services include architectural and reproduction millwork. Other specialties are custom cabinets and resawing services. Shop drawings are available for all projects. We can turn your logs into lumber and your salvaged timber into repurposed wood products with our portable saw mill. We are one of the leading home builders and building design companies in the business, with over three decades of experience in woodworking. We pride ourselves on our professional, consistent and timely work ethic.
Superneau Custom Homes, inc. is the areas only "True" custom home builder. Building new homes is all we have ever done. SCH inc. is a hands on company. We have been in business for over 23 years and have 100's of new custom built homes under our belt. When you talk with me about designs or options you are talking directly to the person who will be working on your home. When you choose SCH inc. to build your new home you're treated more like a friend than a client. We like to get to know you and your family and help you to design a new home around your life style and your family's needs. SCH inc. specializes in building new homes on one of our many approved and ready to go building sites or on your own building lot. We will even help you find that perfect building lot and be there from the beginning to advise you and help you through the entire process. Over the years SCH inc. has developed 100's of proven new home designs that can all be used as is or customized in any way to meet your exact needs and tastes. If we don't already have what you are looking for, we will work with you and design a new home that's all your own. All SCH inc. new homes are energy efficient and meet or exceed the Vermont Energy standards. SCH inc is recognized as a well respected and innovative leader in the new home construction industry in Franklin and Chittenden counties in Vermont for over 23 years. Our strong commitment to professionalism and superior service before, during and after the sale has earned us a rock solid reputation built on the integrity of our work and the value given to our clients. At SCH inc we are constantly searching for better materials, products and techniques to increase the longevity and efficiency in all of the new home we build. Over the years SCH inc has set the standard others try to follow when it comes to which new quality material or which sub contractor gets used to build your new home. We build your new home using the best workmanship and materials we can find at the most reasonable price. We build your new home the exact same way we would build our own new home.
S2 Architecture provides comprehensive architecture, planning, and landscape design services. We believe architecture can have a profound impact on people's lives. We seek to integrate building program, site, and place in innovative ways to create memorable, inspiring, and graceful spaces. We believe in careful planning, thoughtful decision-making, functional problem-solving, and then seeking the extraordinary. We strive to make buildings that improve their communities and endure. We consider this truly sustainable design. We try to make places that people will love. We measure the value of our work by the lives changed in and around our buildings.
Thinking about buying a home? Trying to decide if it's a good fit for your needs? Love the outside of the house, but can the kitchen be fixed, or a ramp added? Happy in your house or condo, but need to look at making it wheelchair accessible? I'm happy to give sensible advice for a reasonable price. Now in April of 2018, I have the capacity to take on design clients. Starting in 2018, I am working at Kish Consulting and Construction in Hanover NH. The team at KCC provides a variety of services centered on rental housing, including construction. Along with my design and permit work on the KCC fleet of buildings, I am happy to take on design clients in the Hanover area, at any price level and architectural style. In addition to the photos shown here, In the past I've worked for Smith & Vansant & Randall T. Mudge Architects, who have work posted on Houzz.
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The school was inspected in February 2019. We were found to be Outstanding in all areas. We are deeply proud of this judgement and we hope you take time to read the report.
Dedicated and visionary leaders have led and sustained improvements across the school. They create a culture of exceptionally high expectations that motivates and inspires pupils and staff.
Leaders have strong moral purpose. They are committed to providing a high standard of education and offering exceptional opportunities to all their pupils, regardless of ability or background.
The early years provision is outstanding. Members of staff have a secure understanding of how children learn. They make sure that children make strong progress in all areas of learning. Children really enjoy the fun and purposeful activities.
The promotion of social, moral, spiritual and cultural development is at the heart of the rich and varied curriculum. Pupils thrive at this school and develop into well-rounded individuals.
Pupils make excellent progress in a wide range of subjects, as a result of outstanding teaching. Leaders and teachers are highly aspirational for pupils' learning. By the end of Year 6, pupils' progress in reading and mathematics is consistently well above the national average.
Pupils' behaviour is exemplary. They are respectful and unfailingly polite. Attendance is high, and pupils enjoy coming to the school each day. Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about all aspects of the school.
Click here to go the Ofsted website .
If you are a parent of a child in our school we encourage you to review the school on the Ofsted website. Please click on the link below.
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Ground and processed poultry feathers that are a gradually releasing nitrogen source.
Feather meal is ground feathers subjected to heat and pressure for sterilization and then dried. Crops such as corn and beans that require a constant supply of nitrogen can benefit from this fertilizing agent. This fertilizer works together with nematodes and extant microflora in the soil to make its nitrogen available.
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The West Michigan R Users Group (WMRUG) is a monthly gathering of R enthusiasts who intentionally seek community to share knowledge (and code) in an effort to learn and grow as programmers. R is a free, open source software for data manipulation, calculation, and graphics- but what does that mean? How do I get started? In the first 45 minute session, we'll showcase our WMRUG community and two lightning talks: 'What is R?' followed by 'R for Report Automation' to show off advanced capabilities.
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Home Perspectives The War at Home
David Harrison
Washington – Three months after Sept. 11, many analysts are examining the domestic consequences of the "war on terrorism." In interviews conducted by the Institute for Public Accuracy, critics focused on the FBI's increased surveillance powers and the administration's boost to big business through a proposed "stimulus package."
Attorney General John Ashcroft "would like us to trust the FBI with sweeping new powers," said Nkechi Taicha, director of the Equal Justice Program at the Howard University School of Law. "This is the FBI that tried to disrupt and destroy numerous nonviolent organizations ranging from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador to Students for a Democratic Society. … Although the claimed purpose of the Bureau's COINTELPRO [Counterintelligence Program] action — which Ashcroft seems to want to revive and expand — was to 'prevent violence,' many of the FBI's tactics were clearly intended to foster violence, and many others could reasonably have been expected to cause violence."
Fordham University associate professor of law Brian Glick, author of "War at Home: Covert Action Against U.S. Activists," points out that "Ashcroft is not just proposing to drop the limits for spying on violent organizations — he wants to drop the limits, period. The FBI has a history of violating the legal limits; there is no telling what they might do without such limits. The document that launched the COINTELPRO operations against the black social movements directed FBI agents to 'disrupt, misdirect, discredit or otherwise neutralize' dissident movements."
Chip Berlet, a senior analyst at Political Research Associates, warns that the enhanced surveillance measures could lead the FBI to more repressive measures. "Surveillance of dissidents across the political spectrum is now conducted through a loose network of government agencies, corporate security and private right-wing researchers," he said. "By re-establishing a dynamic where any dissident group can be secretly accused of being linked to terrorism, and subject to disruption, the government opens the door to domestic covert operations that in the past led to orchestrated confrontations and killings."
Meanwhile, Jim Redden, author of "Snitch Culture: How Citizens Are Turned Into the Eyes and Ears of the State," recalls that "there's a long and sordid history of government operatives committing the very crimes they are supposed to prevent and setting up dissidents with phony charges."
Micah Sifry, a senior analyst with Public Campaign addressed the $100 billion "stimulus package" proposed by President Bush. "At a time when the country is experiencing a renewal of solidarity and a sense of shared sacrifice, we're confronting the twin challenges of war and a declining economy. It's obscene that some of corporate America thinks this is the moment to cash in on all their access and influence in Congress with unwarranted tax rebates and unnecessary bailouts. By a margin of 56 to 32 percent, the public chooses increased government spending over new tax cuts, according to a Gallup Poll. But Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill says not to worry. The $100 billion House bill will provide 300,000 new jobs, he told the Sunday TV talk shows. That works out to $333,333 in corporate welfare for every new job. Rather than using the word stimulus, the bill should be called the Campaign Contributors War Profiteering Act of 2001."
Joan Claybrook, president of the advocacy organization Public Citizen, said: "While virtually everyone in the country saw Sept. 11 as an immense tragedy, many special interests saw it as a rich opportunity. They promptly sent hoards of lobbyists to swarm Capitol Hill to line up for all kinds of goodies. The airline industry was the first in line and got a $15 billion bailout package with no strings attached. It didn't even have to share the money with its workers. Other industries have followed suit. The insurance industry is pressing for the government to bail it out in future attacks, and other big businesses are seeking huge tax breaks in the pending stimulus package. Even the administration has jumped on the bandwagon by dramatically cutting civil liberties and trying to push fast track trade authority through Congress — all under the guise of wartime necessity."
At the University of California at Santa Cruz, economics professor David Kaun brings up the question of war profiteering by military industries. "It wasn't that long ago — the late 1800s and forward — that the term 'war profiteering' impacted with a visible smudge upon those so labeled," he said. "After World War Two, 'arms merchants' became highly sophisticated, ceding the promotional role to our major universities and defense 'intellectuals.' Today, having been hit with the double-whammy of terrorism and recession, the old pejorative seems alive and well. It's full speed ahead with Star Wars … accompanied with equally misguided tax breaks for the wealthy and permanent reductions in corporate taxes. Under the guise of security and stimulus, the Bush administration and House Republicans have taken the concept of 'profiteering' to broader and more obscene levels than ever before.
David Harrison is a writer with IPA Media, a project of the Institute for Public Accuracy.
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I have had a mixed relationship with South Africa House.
During my posting in London for the Rand Daily Mail and SA Associated Newspapers from 1983-87 I was declared persona non grata and was effectively banned from entering my own embassy in a confidential letter from the then ambassador.
He was understandably irritated that I would often contradict his version of the apartheid government's repressive actions as the anti-apartheid campaign gained momentum in South Africa.
This would often happen on prime time television in news broadcasts and in background interviews on television and radio. As a journalist, I was committed to tell the truth as I knew it at the time from independent sources and I did so consistently and prominently.
It became such a problem for the SA Embassy at that time that they assigned a diplomat to monitor my every utterance in the British media and he would call me each time it was felt that I was not toeing the official line. I never toed the official apartheid line.
I am pleased to say that both the ambassador and the assigned diplomat have for many years been working to promote trade and investment in South Africa and in the region.
In those dark, dying days of the doomed apartheid regime, the embassy was a constant target of anti-apartheid demonstrations which often drew huge crowds while the renegade City of London group held a constant vigil outside South Africa House and, later, on the steps of adjoining St Martin-in-the-Fields Church when the British police drove the protestors from the entrance of SA House.
My term in London ended with a collaboration with then Cape Times editor Anthony Heard which resulted in the first interview with then African National Congress President Oliver Tambo in three decades and which broke the law and led to Heard's arrest followed by his receipt of the prestigious Golden Pen Award followed by his firing from SA Associated Newspapers.
So it was a real closing of the circle to arrive in London in 2004 to help the High Commission of a liberated South Africa, now a member of the Commonwealth and fully integrated in the global community.
South Africa was a country that had negotiated its way out of disaster and adopted a Constitution which was the envy of the world in terms of human rights, restoring and guaranteeing the dignity of all citizens and holding out the promise of a non-racial, non-sexist and democratic South Africa.
On Thursday this week I found myself in the same South Africa House at a reception hosted by His Excellency the High Commissioner of South Africa, Obed Mlaba, to honour my contribution over the past ten years towards managing South Africa's reputation in the UK and promoting the country as a favoured destination for trade, tourism and investment.
These were the thoughts running through my head as I listened to a string of humbling tributes from the likes of Lord Robin Renwick, former British Ambassador to South Africa and the United States and Vice-Chairman of JP Morgan, Lord Anthony St John, my friend of 35 years, the Rt Honourable Peter Hain, pioneering anti-apartheid campaigner in South Africa and the UK, three-times British Minister and Leader of the House of Commons, Professor Nick Binedell, founder and director for 17 years of the cutting-edge Gordon School of Business Science (GIBS) Viola Ncube, Vice-President of Global Hospitality Services and founder and CEO of the mentoring charity iROCK! and Deputy High Commissioner Bongiwe Qwabe, a highly experienced and respected diplomat who is herself due to return home in June.
And it was humbling to have in the audience, Dame Janet Suzman, who has contributed so much to the building of arts and culture relations between the UK and South Africa, Lord Bob Hughes, who led the anti-apartheid movement so ably with the late Mike Terry during my first term in the UK; Sir Nicholas Stadlen, the retired High Court Judge who has become immersed in the Rivonia story in recent years and done scores of hours of interviews with the surviving Rivonia trialists and legal teams; Sally Sampson, widow of the late Anthony Sampson who was for two decades my mentor and friend as he worked on the authorised biography of the late Nelson Mandela; Sarchen Uys, widow of my other mentor for more than three decades, the late Stanley Uys, an iconic journalist and commentator of South Africa politics for seven decades; Francie Suzman Jowell, daughter of the late Helen Suzman. Francie is editing her famous mother's history-laden letters to her over the years.
I was fortunate in returning to London 20 years later in 2004 to find many of my contacts from the mid-1980's were now CEO's of major companies, Members of Parliaments, Lords and Ladies and at the head of key British institutions and universities.
It has been an honour and privilege to serve South Africa in different ways throughout my life.
The impetus to do so came from reporting on the systematic destruction of vibrant and close-knit community in District Six, Cape Town for my first decade in journalism. It took 13 years to demolish the homes of 60 000 people at the foot of Table Mountain. The massive scar remains to this day.
But my South African journey really began when, at the age of 15, I accompanied my father to the Magistrate's Court office in Cape Town following the Sharpeville massacre and swore allegiance to the South African flag to become a South African citizen. I felt a deep conflict in saluting a flag which had come to represent everything that was deeply wrong with South Africa.
But this conscious act of becoming a South African and then witnessing the brutal inhumanity of apartheid day after day were the formative experiences in my life and in my work.
I pursued the impulses born in these formative experiences as journalist, foreign correspondent and country reputation manager over five decades.
Having the privilege of meeting and getting to know the late Nelson Mandela as a journalist and friend enabled me to articulate the values that I hold dear. Being able to spend time with such an iconic symbol and master of his own fate has had a major impact on my life.
It has enabled me to understand the full meaning of magnanimity, forgiveness, inclusiveness, the importance of acknowledging our common humanity and following our heart with total commitment and dedication.
These insights and memories will guide me as I begin a new chapter in my life.
South Africa is going through difficult times and there are no quick fixes. What will sustain the country going forward is the resilience of the people, the history that has brought us this far and the power and transcendental quality of the vision which Mandela lived and died for.
That vision looms larger than life to remind us what unites as and what we each need to do to ensure an enduring, robust and people-centred democracy at the southern tip of Africa.
I wish my brilliant successor Pumela Salela, who draws much of her inspiration from similar sources but represents a new generation and a new hope for the future, every success and I will always be available to share ideas.
I also owe a huge debt of gratitude to my colleague and friend Kassiani Lythrangomitis who has dragged me kicking into the digital age and provided a depth of calm wisdom and inter-generational insight that has enabled me to achieve far more in the three years working with her than I was in the first seven years in this role.
I am deeply indebted to all those who attended the tribute at SA House and to the many more who have supported me and my work over the past decade.
And to all the staff at South Africa House past and present who have welcomed me and made me feel at home.
And in particular to Carol Mabuza who facilitated the wonderful tribute which deeply touched me.
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Featured in the video are behind-the-scenes photographer and gimbal operator Neil C. Marshall, director Clish Gittens, production manager and Ch'An's manager Mosi Daniel, cinematographer Melanie Grant, assistant director Vonley Smith, editor and colourist Jason A. Russell, co-star Emmanuel Tyson, the song's producer and production assistant on the music video Denzil "Diggz" Bovell and, of course, Ch'An herself.
One thing that is very evident in the video is that the creatives behind and in front of the camera had an immense amount of fun making the music video.
Watch the music video for "Body" above and check out the behind-the-scenes video below. Find out more about Ch'an on her website www.chanbarbados.com.
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Grappa preparations their characteristic aroma ("grappa con ruta"). In the ancient Roman cuisine, rue was very popular, yet today the plant is a culinary rarity. It has also been used in traditional medicine - both as a remedy, as well as for its abortifacient effect. Planted in your garden, it keeps cats away from certain places.
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Q: Approximate units in AF algebras I am trying to build an approximate unit whose elements have finite spectrum in any AF-algebra. Suppose $A$ is a C*-algebra which is built as an inductive sequence $(A_n,\lambda_n)$ of finite dimensional C*-algebras. If we consider the maps $\phi^n : A_n\rightarrow A$ then we know $A=\overline{\cup \phi^n(A_n)}$. As each $A_n$ is finite dimensional then there are approximate units for $\overline{\phi^n(A)}$ for each $n$. But I am struggling to use these to build an approximate unit on the whole of $A$
A: If $A$ is unital, you can take $a_n=1_A$ for all $n$.
If $A$ is not unital, take $a_n=\phi^n(1_{A_n})$. Then, given $a\in A$ and $\varepsilon>0$ there exists $n_0$ and $b\in A_{n_0}$ such that $\|a-\phi^n(b)\|<\varepsilon/2$ (initially for $n=n_0$, but then for all $n\geq n_0$, since $\phi^{n_0+k}(b)=\phi^{n}(b)$). Then, for $n\geq n_0$,
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Thus $\|a-a\,a_n\|\to0$ and $\{a_n\}$ is an approximate unit.
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The last time I went on a vacation was years ago. Sure, we went to Germany a few times, spent some weekends away, but it's been a long time since I dipped my toes into the ocean.
Spring break was the perfect opportunity for Pia and me to get away for a week. For a long time I had promised her a beach vacation and this year we made it happen. A few months ago I booked the Atlantis, Bahamas resort and late March we went there. Based on reviews by other parents I picked Atlantis, because everybody with kids said that it was comparable to a "Disney World with Water". Knowing how much Pia enjoys water, I thought it was a perfect fit. And it was!
Atlantis is a massive resort that features a number of different hotels, numerous restaurants/shops and an incredible water park. As it is a kids-attraction, it is loud and busy. Supposedly there are more quiet areas for adults only, but I did not get to see them and that was not the purpose of the trip.
A note on the videos: most of the videos below were shot with a GoPro2 hand-held and they are shaky. The water-proof case was mounted, which makes sounds muffled even outside the water. And you're not supposed to view the entire length of the videos, but fast-forward through them as you please.
Of course there is a big ocean right in front of the resort and we made good use of it. On a side note: Pia CANNOT walk by the ocean without getting soaking wet!
We also spent some time with the dolphins at the resort ("shallow water interaction" they called it) and got to go on a (cold) snorkel tour of the Atlantis ruins – both of them were nice, but not too memorable.
We enjoyed our time at the resort and it's definitely a place we would consider going back to especially while Pia is still "younger". If there was one thing that was a bit annoying, it was the prices at the resort. From $7 water bottles (1.5 liters) in the hotel room to $8 small zip-lock bags with fruit and $50 breakfasts for an adult and a kid, this place is expensive. The resort knows that most people won't leave the place because of it's size and they charge whatever they want to charge. You use your room-key to sign for all purchases and have no way (at least when we were there) to review how much money you spent already. Be careful, because those extra expenses can add up quickly.
If I remember it, I'll run the pep8 plugin in Wing IDE before I submit my code. And, yeah, most often I don't remember it.
I just ran across autopep8, which automatically detects and changes code to be PEP8 compliant. It does not do everything, but it does a lot and can work in batch mode. Run it with the "-d" option first to see if you like the changes.
I'm not a big phone talker. It always amazes me how people can burn through 1000 minutes/month. I was on the cheapest plan at Verizon, no texting, 2GB data and I still never reached the limit. However that cheapest plan still cost me ~ $80/month and that was after a 20% discount which I received through my company affiliation. Even if I wanted to, there was nothing I could cut from the monthly bill.
I started to look for alternatives and found one in GIV Mobile.
GIV Mobile is one of those no-contract resellers that have popped up in the recent past. Under the covers they use the T-Mobile network. For $50/month I get a no-contract, unlimited calls, unlimited SMS, unlimited international SMS and 2GB at 4G speeds plan. After using up 2GB of data, speed automatically switches to 3G. T-Mobile's coverage is certainly not as good as Verizon's, but it is good enough for me: I have service at my home and all the other areas I care for. Besides the fixed cost under no contract I was also attracted to the new provider, because GIV Mobile donates 8% of your monthly bill to charity: from now on I'll donate $4/month to charities I selected.
I got a Nexus 5 (because my Samsung was locked to Verizon) and activated GIV Mobile in January. My old number was ported to the new provider and once I was convinced that everything worked, I called up Verizon to cancel service there.
The last time I renewed my German passport (almost 10 years ago), I sent it and support documentation to the General Consulate in Houston, paid my fee and a few weeks later I had a new passport delivered.
Things have changed since then and made yesterday's renewal the most expensive ever.
Germany adjusted the rules in the past years and now requires citizens to travel to the Consulate in order to renew passports. So I packed Pia on Wednesday evening and went with her to Albuquerque to stay at a hotel for the night. We didn't want to miss too much of school/work and decided to do a one-day trip to Houston. That required taking a really early flight out to make the appointment at the Consulate and be able to fly back home to Albuquerque the same day.
Our day started at 4:50am when the alarm rang. I was awake way before, because of the insomnia of the guy above us at the hotel: he was trampling around most of the night and his weight combined with the less-than-sound-absorbing ceiling told me whenever he was doing his rounds. We got changed and left the hotel just after 5:30am. Our flight to Houston at 6:30am was on time and uneventful. At Hobby airport we grabbed a taxi and drove about 25 mins to the Consulate.
My passport appointment was set for 10:45am and we were there some 20 mins before.
Thanks to detailed preparation work, it was all smooth sailing and within less than 15 mins my renewal was done. I was asked to pay the renewal fee ($130) in cash, because the Consulate had recently issues with credit card payments. After checking how much Pia's renewal would cost ($80), I left my daughter alone at the Consulate (she's a big girl now and the woman helping us was really nice) and went down to an ATM to pick up enough cash. Just 20 mins later, Pia's renewal was also done and we left a bit over an hour after we arrived at the Consulate – not bad at all!
We had a few hours to kill before our return trip and walked 15 mins to "The Galleria" in the heart of Houston. The Galleria is a huge shopping center and I mean really huge. We knew about it, because the taxi driver had mentioned it and he had dropped the magical keyword "ice skating rink". Since the temps were in the 80s and we were both dressed for Santa Fe's 30s it was only logical to venture there to cool down. Pia skated for almost an hour and afterwards we had a snack and walked around for a while.
At 2pm local time we took another cab back to the airport and waited for our return flight, which, of course, had to experience technical difficulties and was delayed for 1.5 hrs. After a quick stop in Dallas and exchanging passengers there we arrived back home a little bit over an hour late.
Come 8:30pm Pia was in her own bed and it was quiet soon after.
If I sum up all the costs for plane tickets, passport fees, hotel, food, taxi, etc. our passport renewals clock in at $1300!!!
1) Unsolicited calls: I hate getting these calls (who doesn't?) and I felt that Verizon did not give me the necessary tools to avoid them. My phone number has been on the National Do Not Call List since its inception, but that does not seem to stop anybody. My wireless phone inside the house had the ability to block certain numbers, but what do you do when there's no Caller-ID information and thus no number to block?
Since I switched to Google Voice, it's a lot more quiet. The same unsolicited calls still arrive, but instead of making even a single ring on any of my phones, calls with no Caller-ID, fake Caller-ID or from known spammers are sent directly to voice-mail. I also added a few, legit numbers manually, which now get the same treatment: if it's important that you get in touch with me, you sure will leave a message – nobody ever does.
2) International Calling Rates: I call Germany quite regularly. For a monthly access fee ($3.99) Verizon gave me access to lower rates via their "International Long Distance Value Plan". Calls to a German landline are $0.07/min using the Value Plan and $1.49/min without it (no, this is not a typo). Talk for an hour and it'll set back $4.20, which is not too bad.
Then I ran across Google Voice's International Calling Rates … Their standard rate without having to sign any gimmicky Value Plans is $0.02/min! For the $3.99 access fee at Verizon, I can talk already 3.5 hrs with Google Voice. Do I need to say more?
The grey stuff on the top represents the response times. The bloody red stuff on the bottom means packet loss. Packet loss occurs when something between me and CNSP goes wrong and data sent from my location does not get a response from the ISP. What's graphed here are pings, but what it means in reality are websites not loading, Netflix pausing and other weird situations. Very often I would instruct my router to completely switch off CNSP, because I could not get a reliable connection.
Uniform response times which are a fraction of CNSP's and virtually no packet loss.
Things got really bad in May/June last year with service becoming unavailable completely. Despite my emails/calls, I was always told that the problem was on my end and when they finally sent somebody to take a look at my wireless equipment, it turned out that I was right all along and that my radio needed to be replaced.
A few weeks ago I sent email and asked them to fix the constant issues with my connection, otherwise I would have to cancel service with them. When I did not receive a response after 4 days I pulled the plug.
Just a little while ago I told you that I had left Adobe and joined Aquacue full-time.
Well, guess what? I have yet another, new employer.
I know I write a lot about my pfsense router, but one can't write enough about it given the rock-solid performance and awesome feature set.
Yesterday and this morning I installed a new package on the router which implements a transparent proxy to scan downloaded files for viruses.
Remember this is sitting on the router, which means that every single device in my home is automatically protected. Each and every request is now scanned using the Clam Antivirus scanner, no matter whether those requests come from Macs, PCs or handheld devices. The package is configured to download new virus/malware signatures every few hours. That, combined with AV software on individual machines leaves a warm and fuzzy feeling.
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Q: Issue with showing images in collectionview through URL's I'm displaying 2 images in a collectionview using 2 URL's like so...
var sampleURLArray: [NSURL] = []
sampleURLArray = [NSURL(string: "http://myApp.abc.com/products/123_45_6_image_123456")!,NSURL(string: "http://myApp.abc.com/products/789_45_6_image_654321")!]
And I'm iterating through the URL's and assigning the images to an array like so...
for imageNumber in self.sampleURLArray {
let imageurl1 = imageNumber
let url = imageurl1
let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url as URL)
self.sampleImageView.image = UIImage(data: data!)
self.arrayOfURLImages.append(self.sampleImageView.image!)
}
The images are now properly shown. But I am not to display images in such a hard-coded fashion and I have to display the images from the url's I'm getting from my json response which I'm doing like so...
if let projectData = result["Productdata"] as? [[String:Any]] {
let productIds = projectData.flatMap({ $0["product_id"] as? String })
let images = projectData.flatMap({ $0["product_images"] as? [[String: Any]] }).flatMap({ $0 })
let imageIds = images.flatMap({ $0["image"] as? String })
self.appDelegate.commonArrForCollectionViewImgs = imageIds //I'll get each URL from self.appDelegate.commonArrForCollectionViewImgs
}
//CommonArrForCollectionViewImgs is set as var commonArrForCollectionViewImgs = [String]()
for imageNumber in self.appDelegate.commonArrForCollectionViewImgs {
let imageurl1 = imageNumber
let url = URL(string: imageurl1)
print(url)
if let dataOfUrl = try? Data(contentsOf: url!) {
let data = dataOfUrl
self.sampleImageView.image = UIImage(data: data)
}
self.arrayOfURLImages.append(self.sampleImageView.image!)
}
But when this is done, the images are not shown in the collectionview though I am able to parse all url's properly. Also, I'm doing the json parsing if I'm getting success in the API request. I'm not able to figure out what the issue is. Does this have to do anything with where the collectionview is set up...?
A: As far as I can see you are using the Data(contentsOf: url!) initializer for fetching remote resources. This method is intended to be used for local resources only. Don't be mistaken by the URL part. URL can also point to the local resources.
According to the Apple documentation
Important
Don't use this synchronous method to request network-based URLs. For network-based URLs, this method can block the current thread for tens of seconds on a slow network, resulting in a poor user experience, and in iOS, may cause your app to be terminated.
Instead, for non-file URLs, consider using the
dataTask(with:completionHandler:) method of the NSURLSession class. See URL Session Programming Guide for details.
However, if you really wish to use this method you can fetch your resources like this.
DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background).async
{
for url in urls {
let data = try? Data(contentsOf: url!)
self.images.append(UIImage(data: data!)!)
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.collectionView.reloadData()
}
}
}
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Long weekend! We need slaw!
Ben and I recently purchased our first grill (just the next step in our semi-suburbanization, yikes) and since then (aka last week) we've grilled approximately a thousand burgers. And brats. And hotdogs. Because HOW GOOD are hotdogs though? Also Cheetos.
I mean. It's been a rough (read: FATTY) couple of weeks over here. But check out this slaw! If you serve slaw with a side of hotdogs and/or Cheetos, is that really so bad?
This crisp and tangy cole slaw (which, for a time — a pretty long time, if I'm honest — I thought was actually pronounced "cold slaw") is based on one my Gramma Inez makes. Hers is usually all green, but I added some carrots and red cabbage for sweetness and color. Dark sesame oil and a generous sprinkling of toasted sesame seeds take this crunchy salad to the next level – it's at once bright and deeply nutty. Grams also sprinkles some crunched up, dry ramen noodles (straight out of the package, minus the spice packet, obviously) on her version, but I didn't have any so I left those out. They add a kind of fun, unexpected element if you want to throw them in there.
I hope you enjoy a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend! Filled with love, gratitude, and mounds of sesame slaw. And (probably) Cheetos, if you're coming to my house.
This slaw is best made the day before you plan to serve it – it holds up well in the fridge, and the extra hours allow the flavors to really marinate and meld. It's great for serving along with burgers, hotdogs or chicken on the grill, and I also love it as a bright, tangy foil for pulled pork sandwiches.
If you wanted to add a few squeezes of sriracha in the dressing, I wouldn't hate that idea.
In a large bowl, toss together the sliced cabbage, scallions, carrots and sesame seeds. Drizzle the rice vinegar and sesame oil on top, then sprinkle with kosher salt and celery seed. Toss the cole slaw to distribute everything evenly, then taste for seasoning — if it needs some extra sesame oil or salt, give it a hit.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the salad sit for at least 4 hours, or overnight. Serve chilled, with a few extra sesame seeds on top to garnish, if you like.
Can I come to the aforementioned rose/slaw/cheeto party!?
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The first panel from AXACON 2019 is now available for viewing!
Say what you will about AXANAR. But the one inescapable fact is that, perhaps more than any other Star Trek fan film (maybe any fan film period), Axanar is teaching fans a LOT about the process filmmaking. Sure, some cynics will say, "Yeah, it taught us all not to piss off the copyright owners!" But it's also provided fans, fan filmmakers, and those wishing to become fan filmmakers an unparalleled up-front view into the entire production process.
Granted, most fan projects aren't nearly as elaborate or ambitious as Axanar. The majority of fan producers just make their film and put the finished product up on YouTube. A few take behind-the-scenes photos or videos while they build sets or do make-up or have their shoots, but Axanar takes all that to an entirely other level.
Through countless Axanar Podcasts and updates on Axanar Confidential, we've watched this production walk through the fire of the lawsuit, emerge on the other side, pick itself up, dust itself off, and get back up to speed again with a move across country, a completed bridge set, and two shoots so far (soon to be three!). Along the way, there's been a parade of features on countless aspects of filmmaking—from VFX to set-building, make-up, costume design, budgeting, writing, pre-production, production, and post-production…and just about everything in between.
But the one thing Axanar hasn't really done a deep-dive into yet is directing. There was some commentary from PRELUDE TO AXANAR director CHRISTIAN GOSSETT on one of the behind-the-scenes features on the Prelude Blu-ray, but not much in-depth coverage of the full process. And ROBERT MEYER BURNETT left the project before getting the chance to sink his teeth into directing actual production.
However, now that Axanar has started shooting, director and co-writer PAUL JENKINS had some very, very interesting insights to share during AXACON 2019. Unlike the first Axacon in 2018, the second Axacon didn't take place in a hotel with convention rooms and dealers tables and membership badges. This time, "attendance" was FREE to anyone on YouTube and included four panels broadcast live from the bridge set at Ares Studios in Lawrenceville, GA.
Continue reading "The first panel from AXACON 2019 is now available for viewing!"
Author Jonathan LanePosted on January 15, 2020 January 15, 2020 Categories Axanar Lawsuit, Fan Film Features, NewsTags Ares Studios, AxaCon, Axanar, Carrie Anne Hunt, Jamie Renell, Paul Jenkins, Raj Kala, Scott Conley4 Comments on The first panel from AXACON 2019 is now available for viewing!
Follow-up: A GREEN SCREEN Christmas miracle!
Wow…with a capital WOW!
This, my friends, is what Star Trek fandom is all about. Yesterday, I published a blog asking for fans' assistance in replacing PAUL JENKINS' custom green screen (at a cost of $4,700), which had accidentally been damaged beyond repair during the INTERLUDE shoot at Ares Studios in November.
I ended the blog with a reference to the TOS episode "The City on the Edge of Forever" when Kirk tells Edith Keeler how a famous author in the future will write a classic recommending the three words "Let me help…" even over "I love you…"
"Let me help…" brings people together. "Let me help…" can accomplish the most amazing things. And yesterday, "Let me help…" resulted in 85 donations and a total raised so far of $3,900 (including the $2,000 from three of our biggest donors and myself plus many, many donations of just $10 or $15 or $20). This leaves us, after only a single day, within $800 of being able to replace Paul's ruined green screen.
I can't thank everyone enough for coming through this quickly. I was deeply touched by this amazing fan response, especially after the emotional punch in the gut last Friday when Paul first told me how much this accident would cost to fix. $4,700 is a lot of money!
But what was most uplifting to me were the literally dozens and dozens of message full of support, understanding, and inspiration that I received on Facebook and from donors themselves. Here's just a small sample…
I donated because all Star Trek fans should support each other.
- Judy Reed
In today's world, it is becoming increasingly rare to see someone take responsibility for their own actions let alone for the actions of their crew. That type of integrity and honor deserves acknowledgement. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
- Lawrence Wagner
Jonathan, I'm happy to help with your Christmas miracle. Hey, accidents happen, and it is the mark of a true gentleman when you suck it up and say, 'The buck stops with me.' You're right, no one intended to ruin the fabric. They didn't even realize that what they were doing would mess it up. However, I admire how you handled it. THAT is the kind of character that people respect, and you sir, have my respect. So Merry Christmas...and keep on Trekkin'.
- Troy Light
I wasn't able to donate during the original fundraising effort, so I'm happy to be able to help a little now.
- David Goldsberry
Everyone messes up sometimes (and I've certainly replaced school equipment that the kids have ruined in the past!).
- Catherine McClarey
Sorry to hear this and I'm happy to help. The only people who never make mistakes are those who never actually do anything. So never mind, that's life, we'll sort it.
- Alastair Miles
As far as I'm concerned, this is what makes the Star Trek fan film community so AWESOME. I thank everyone who donated…from the bottom of my heart.
We're nearly there, folks. If you'd like to help us get to the finish line, please click on the link below to donate a little something…
https://www.gofundme.com/interlude
Author Jonathan LanePosted on December 11, 2019 December 16, 2019 Categories Editorials, NewsTags Ares Studios, Interlude, Jonathan Lane, Paul Jenkins14 Comments on Follow-up: A GREEN SCREEN Christmas miracle!
INTERLUDE Confidential #2: This is really, really BAD…and I'm going to need some MAJOR HELP!
I need a Christmas miracle.
My heart sank last Friday morning when I got the call from Axanar director PAUL JENKINS. I immediately wished I could shift the blame to someone else and cover my ass in some way.
But no, that's not what Star Trek taught me. Kirk always took responsibility for the actions of his crew, whether or not the captain himself had personally been the one at fault And as executive producer on INTERLUDE, the buck stops with me…or rather, the 4,700 bucks stop with me.
That's what it's going to cost to replace Paul's 100 ft. x 20 ft. professional-quality, custom-made green screen that was accidentally ruined during the November INTERLUDE film shoot at Ares Studios.
Paul owns a production company, META Studios, and the giant portable green screen belongs to him (not to Alec Peters or Ares Studios). Paul brought the green screen to Ares Studios to use for the October AXAANR shoot and left it there to use again in December for last weekend's shoot.
In November when we filmed the scenes for Interlude on the Ares bridge, we wanted to be able to shoot toward the view screen and composite in shots later using a green screen. It would (and probably still will) look really cool. But we needed a green screen to do it.
Fortunately, there was one on site, and we assumed it was okay to use it (Paul wasn't there at the time; he visited the following day). And by "we," I mean my Interlude team. And as a team, I am not singling anyone out for having screwed up. It was my team, and as such, I'm responsible for what happened next…
Continue reading "INTERLUDE Confidential #2: This is really, really BAD…and I'm going to need some MAJOR HELP!"
Author Jonathan LanePosted on December 10, 2019 December 10, 2019 Categories Crowd-Funding Blogs, Editorials, Fan Film Features, News, Personal StoriesTags Ares Studios, Interlude, Jonathan Lane, Paul Jenkins41 Comments on INTERLUDE Confidential #2: This is really, really BAD…and I'm going to need some MAJOR HELP!
AXACON 2019 happens THIS SUNDAY at NOON eastern time…online!
The first AXACON took place during at the beginning of November in 2018 and "piggybacked" an existing mini-convention in Atlanta called SphinxCon. Fans got to walk around the newly-unveiled USS Ares bridge set on Friday and then attend a series of live convention panels on Saturday and Sunday with folks like GARY GRAHAM, J.G. HERTZLER, DAVID GERROLD, PAUL JENKINS, and of course, ALEC PETERS. Most of those panels are now available for viewing online.
The Axacon 2018 weekend of events and panels ended up costing Alec about $5,000 out of his own pocket. But the goal was always to launch a new wave of crowd-funding…first to cover the monthly rent and expenses to house the bridge set in Ares Studios (through a Patreon campaign), and later to generate excitement and enthusiasm to encourage private donations to help fund the two AXANAR sequels (click here and then follow the instructions if you'd like to contribute…they've raised more than $41,000 so far!).
This year, Alec has already fronted the $75,000 cost of the first Axanar shoot at the beginning of October and the second shoot going on this weekend. So funds are tight, all monies are going into production, and holding another Axacon this year would be out of the question, right?
Well, as it turns out…
Axacon 2019 won't be the same as Axacon 2018. There won't be a public tour of the studio or a physical convention. But there will be live panels with guests…AND it'll be free to attend! How is Alec Peters managing this? Simple: it'll all be live-streaming on YouTube!
Axacon 2019 will take place beginning at noon Eastern Time on Sunday, December 8, lasting for four hours. All of the panels will be hosted live on the Ares Studios bridge set and available for viewing on the Axanar Youtube Channel.
The four-hour online event is capping off a weekend that will also feature the second Axanar film shoot. Significantly smaller in scope than the first 3-day shoot in October, this one will feature two Garth scenes: one a short clip of Garth on the bridge and one in his quarters looking at casualty reports. Sunday will include multiple behind-the-scenes interviews in the morning, leaving ample time for the panels during the afternoon.
The following is a schedule of the panels, their topics, and the guests…
Continue reading "AXACON 2019 happens THIS SUNDAY at NOON eastern time…online!"
Author Jonathan LanePosted on December 6, 2019 December 8, 2019 Categories Crowd-Funding Blogs, Fan Film Features, NewsTags Alec Peters, Ares Studios, AxaCon, Axanar, Crowd-funding campaign, Paul Jenkins
The latest AXANAR news! (audio interview with ALEC PETERS)
Despite all of the major AXANAR-related events lately—including the exciting October film shoot at Ares Studios in Lawrenceville, GA and the launch of the Ares Digital fundraiser—I haven't actually sat down for an ALEC PETERS interview for more than two months. This week, I decided to remedy that…and fortunately, this time, no dogs needed to be rescued, so the call happened right on time.
Before we jump into the interview itself, just a quick reminder that Axanar IS currently crowd-funding…it's just not doing so publicly using Kickstarter or Indiegogo. But if you want to donate, you can! Just click here, sign into your Ares Digital account (or create one if you don't already have one), and then click "Donate Now!" to log in again.
Wait a second…you have to log in AGAIN???
Yeah, it's kind of a feature, not a bug. Ares Digital is behind a firewall, but the donation widget requires logging into WordPress, as well. But in this way, donors' payment information is processed without anyone at Axanar ever seeing it…an extra layer of identity protection. And it's a pretty easy extra strep, as you can log in the second time with one click using your Facebook or Google account…or your e-mail you you'd prefer.
And then, once you're in, you'll see this…
Axanar is currently knocking on the door of $40,000—two-thirds of the way to the $60,000 goal to fund the first two film shoots.
But hasn't the first shoot already happened? And isn't the second shoot coming up in a couple of weeks? What if Alec doesn't make the $60K goal in time? Does the second shoot have to be canceled or postponed? And what about the third shoot and beyond (aren't there supposed to be five total)? When is that shoot getting funded…and what happens if Alec can't raise enough in time? Will Axanar itself have to be delayed and the summer 2020 deadline missed?
So many questions!
Looks like Alec and I have a LOT to talk about this time out. Take a listen…
Author Jonathan LanePosted on November 21, 2019 November 21, 2019 Categories Audio Interviews, Crowd-Funding Blogs, Fan Film Features, NewsTags Alec Peters, Ares Digital, Ares Studios, Axanar, Axanar Productions, Crowd-funding campaign, Interlude, Paul Jenkins1 Comment on The latest AXANAR news! (audio interview with ALEC PETERS)
AXANAR video update posted…with ALEC PETERS and PAUL JENKINS!
I'm sure some folks are thinking, "For the love of Spock, Lane! ANOTHER update on AXANAR??? Just make the damn movie already!"
Actually, one of my readers posted a comment last week during the previous Axanar update, asking the following question: "Isn't the finished product the important thing?" Well, yes and no…
Obviously, we all want a really awesome Axanar fan film—so the finished product is certainly an important thing. But so is the JOURNEY in getting there.
It's been a long road, getting from there to here with Axanar. A lot of time, money (!!!), and patience has gone into this project…along with copious amounts of hard work, support, team effort, and faith in the dream against all odds. Axafans and Axanerds have been waiting years for the moment when production finally begins again…ever since the lawsuit shut everything down six weeks before cameras were set to start rolling in February of 2016.
But now all the hard work, patience, and planning is coming together. This is where the fun begins, Saavik.
So please indulge me if I get caught up in the excitement. And for anyone wondering why I don't give this sort of coverage to other fan productions—I actually do…when they have it. I've covered pre-release updates on Temporal Anomaly, First Frontier, The Romulan War, The Holy Core, The Constar Chronicles, and other fan projects, each using information, interviews, photos and footage they supplied to me. It just so happens that ALEC PETERS is posting a LOT of content and updates these past few weeks…so I cover it!
(I'll also be features Interlude updates over the coming weeks and months, as I can supply myself with lots of content, too.)
Anyway, this week's Axanar Production Update is a quick and energetic 10-minute video that features Alec talking with Axanar director PAUL JENKINS. Some folks wondered if Paul had walked away from the project because his name wasn't included in the recent Axanar press coverage that made it to some news outlets in the Atlanta area. But that was only a small oversight. Paul is still very much involved, and his enthusiasm for the project and his camaraderie with Alec are very evident in the video.
Author Jonathan LanePosted on September 24, 2019 September 24, 2019 Categories Axanar Lawsuit, Fan Film Features, NewsTags Ares Studios, Axanar, Axanar Confidential, Axanar Productions, Paul Jenkins
Even more AXANAR news!
It's a FANtastic time to be an AXANAR supporter…with big news and updates coming fast and furiously now. It's creating a feeling of excitement and electricity throughout the community. Meanwhile, the detractors are rapidly running out of things to complain about! (Seriously. After perk packets began arriving in mailboxes this week, the folks on the Axamonitor Facebook group were reduced to making fun of a single typo in the perk letter from ALEC PETERS and suggesting that they should all burn their perk patches. So yeah, lots to be proud of over there.)
Meanwhile, back on the side of goodness and light…
With only two weeks until filming begins on the first Axanar shoot in Lawrenceville, GA on the bridge of the USS Ares (plus recording of the audio version of the full Axanar script), all the pieces are rapidly coming together. In the last few months, a LOT has been happening behind the scenes, and now fans are beginning to see what's been taking so long.
A fair amount of Axanar news was revealed in my audio interview with Alec Peters last week. But already there's even MORE news to share! Most of that news came out last night during the first new Axanar Confidential podcast in three and a half weeks. I'll include that video at the end of this article.
But for those of you who want the highlights, here's what we now know that we didn't before…
Continue reading "Even more AXANAR news!"
Author Jonathan LanePosted on September 20, 2019 September 20, 2019 Categories Axanar Lawsuit, Fan Film Features, NewsTags Alec Peters, Ares Studios, Axanar, Axanar Confidential, Axanar Productions, Gary Graham, J.G. Hertzler, Paul Jenkins22 Comments on Even more AXANAR news!
AXANAR locks in START DATE for filming: October 4-6, 2019!
Yes, my friends, AXANAR is really (finally!) happening. And before some of you say, "Ha! I'll believe it when I see it!" ALEC PETERS has now put out a call for volunteers the weekend of October 4-6, 2019. J.G. HERTZLER is confirmed to be in Lawrenceville, GA for that weekend, the bridge set is 99% complete, costumes are being made, and actors and extras are being cast. This is for real, folks.
The last time that Axanar was scheduled to start filming with actors and crew and volunteers confirmed, it was supposed to be the first week of February, 2016. I had blocked off time to be at the Valencia, CA studio the morning of the second day of shooting. Unfortunately, a few "minor" snags came up (like a hundred and fifty million dollar lawsuit!), and no footage for Axanar beyond "The Vulcan Scene" was ever shot.
Well, it's been a long road…getting from there to here. The studio moved across country from California to Georgia in 2017; Axacon happened last November; Ares Digital 1, 2, and 3 were all started (and version 3.0 is about to launch…finally!); and most recently, the first fan film of a fan film, my Axanar Universe project INTERLUDE, was announced and began crowd-funding (donate here…we're nearly 38% of the way to our goal!).
But now, shooting on Axanar is officially set to begin in just 15 more weeks! Amusingly, Alec had scheduled his shoot to happen the weekend right after my shoot for Interlude. That would potentially allow us to utilize the same actors and extras on the USS Ares bridge (and also lower my costume manufacturing costs if I could use those same tunics for my production). But a scheduling conflict for one of my directors popped up unexpectedly for September, and so I rescheduled my shoot to the first weekend of November…four weeks after Alec's shoot. With luck, his actors and extras will still be available for Interlude, as well. Fingers crossed!
On Wednesday, Alec published a blog outlining the three locations where filming and sound recording would be happening: Ares Studios, a nearby professional studio for green screen interviews, and a sound studio for the audio drama version of the full Axanar script. He also went on to list the various people who are already assigned to tasks (like PAUL JENKINS as director) as well as volunteer positions that are open for supporters (local and non-local) who wish to participate and help. These jobs include production and personal assistants; staffing, location, and transportation coordinators; drivers and security personnel.
The full text of the blog appears below…
Continue reading "AXANAR locks in START DATE for filming: October 4-6, 2019!"
Author Jonathan LanePosted on June 20, 2019 June 20, 2019 Categories Axanar Lawsuit, Fan Film Features, NewsTags Alec Peters, Ares Studios, Axanar, Axanar Productions, Interlude, Paul Jenkins16 Comments on AXANAR locks in START DATE for filming: October 4-6, 2019!
Major AXANAR news! (interview with ALEC PETERS, part 2)
Click here to read Part 1.
ALEC PETERS is pretty much a man who needs no introduction…at least in the fan community. But if you've only just landed on this planet, here's a quick run-down. Alec has been the driving force behind the fan production AXANAR for half a decade, writing, producing, and appearing in the widely popular Prelude to Axanar fan film. He worked ceaselessly over three crowd-funding campaigns to raise more than $1.3 million in fan donations to build out a studio and sets and begin filming a 90-minute Star Trek fan film detailing the final battle of the Four Years War with the Klingons at the planet Axanar.
And then Alec got sued by CBS and Paramount for copyright infringement. He fought back, and after a year of legal proceedings, the lawsuit was settled just days before a trial was set to begin. While the specifics of Alec's settlement with the studios aren't public, we do know that Alec is now allowed to make two 15-minute Axanar fan films with his original cast (if they choose to return) as well as other entertainment industry professionals.
That settlement came nearly a year and a half ago, and still there is no completed follow-up Axanar fan film or films. With that in mind, let's pick up where we left off yesterday as I ask Alec a question that both Axanar supporters AND detractors have certainly been wondering about… Continue reading "Major AXANAR news! (interview with ALEC PETERS, part 2)"
Author Jonathan LanePosted on June 19, 2018 Categories Axanar Lawsuit, Fan Film Features, NewsTags Alec Peters, Axanar, Paul Jenkins21 Comments on Major AXANAR news! (interview with ALEC PETERS, part 2)
The latest AXANAR NEWS!
Last October, it was announced that Marvel Comics writer PAUL JENKINS would be joining ALEC PETERS as co-writer of the 2-part Axanar fan film allowed by the settlement with CBS and Paramount. I interviewed Paul shortly thereafter, and you're welcome to read what he had to say here.
But then Axanar went pretty quiet over the holiday season and through the entire month of January. But last week, Alec posted a flurry of updates, and suddenly I've got LOTS to report on!
If you regularly visit the AxanarProductions.com website, chances are you already know most of what I'm about to tell you. In fact, I'll be taking a lot of the updates verbatim from there. But since not all my readers go there, I'll be providing all of the updates here in one convenient blog post.
So let's jump right in…
Continue reading "The latest AXANAR NEWS!"
Author Jonathan LanePosted on February 26, 2018 February 26, 2018 Categories NewsTags Alec Peters, Axanar, Paul Jenkins29 Comments on The latest AXANAR NEWS!
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The End of the Revolution: Mimetic Theory, Axiological Violence, and the Possibility of Dialogical Transcendence.Richard Sakwa - 2018 - Télos 2018 (185):35-66.details
The Struggle for the Constitution in Russia and the Triumph of Ethical Individualism.Richard Sakwa - 1996 - Studies in East European Thought 48 (2-4):115-157.details
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Contextualizing Secession: Normative Studies in Comparative Perspective.Bruno Coppieters & Richard Sakwa (eds.) - 2003 - Oxford University Press.details
Bringing together a range of specialists in their respective fields, the book provides a combination of original research with fundamental questions about why states stay together, and above all why sometimes they fall apart. When and under what conditions is the separation of one part of a state from another justified? Written in an accessible and informed manner, the authors seek to answer this question on the basis of ten case studies and a general review of the literature and theories (...) of the question. (shrink)
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1989 as a Mimetic Revolution: Russia and the Challenge of Post-Communism.Richard Sakwa - 2020 - Social Science Information 59 (3):439-458.details
Various terms have been used to describe the momentous events of 1989, including Jürgen Habermas's 'rectifying revolution,' and my own notion of 1989 as a type of 'anti-revolution': repudiating not only what had come before, but also denying the political logic of communist power, as well as the emancipatory potential of revolutionary socialism in its entirety. In the event, while the negative agenda of 1989 has been fulfilled, it failed in the end to transcend the political logic of the systems (...) that collapsed at that time. This paper explores the unfulfilled potential of 1989. Finally, 1989 became more of a counter- rather than an anti-revolution, replicating in an inverted form the practices of the mature state socialist regimes. The paucity of institutional and intellectual innovation arising from 1989 is striking. The dominant motif was 'returnism,' the attempt to join an established enterprise rather than transforming it. Thus, 1989 can be seen as mimetic revolution, in the sense that it emulated systems that were not organically developed in the societies in which they were implanted. For Eastern Europe 'returning' to Europe appeared natural, but for Russia the civilizational challenge of post-communism was of an entirely different order. There could be no return, and instead of a linear transition outlined by the classic transitological literature, Russia's post-communism demonstrated that the history of others could not be mechanically transplanted from one society to another. (shrink)
Chechnya: A Just War Fought Unjustly?Richard Sakwa - 2003 - In Bruno Coppieters & Richard Sakwa (eds.), Contextualizing Secession: Normative Studies in Comparative Perspective. Oxford University Press.details
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Russia: A Long View.Richard Sakwa - 2015 - The European Legacy 20 (5):571-572.details
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Paolo Di Lauro (* 26. August 1953 in Neapel) ist/war ein Boss der italienischen Camorra. Er wird mit Spitznamen auch "Ciruzzo 'o milionario" ("Schnuckelbär, der Millionär") genannt, der von seinem Verhalten beim Glücksspiel herrührt.
Seit Ende der 1980er Jahre gilt er als Oberhaupt des Di-Lauro-Clans und war lange Zeit eine der einflussreichsten und prominentesten Figuren der in Neapel angesiedelten Camorra. Er gehörte zu den 30 meistgesuchten Personen Italiens und wurde im September 2005 in Neapel verhaftet.
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Camorra-Clanchef
Der Di-Lauro-Clan agierte vor allem in den nördlichen Peripheriegebieten Neapels, wie Secondigliano und Scampia, wo sich im Laufe der 1990er Jahre einer der größten Drogenmärkte Europas entwickelte. Mit dem Drogenhandel, vor allem mit Kokain, erwirtschaftete der Clan enorme Gewinne, war aber auch in anderen Bereichen wie Waffenhandel und Produktfälschung (Herstellung gefälschter Modekleidung) aktiv und investierte auch in legale Sektoren der Wirtschaft. Schätzungsweise erzielte Paolo Di Lauro zu Spitzenzeiten etwa 500.000 Euro im Monat.
Mit der Zeit gab Paolo Di Lauro – er hat elf Kinder – mehr Entscheidungsmacht an seine Söhne, vor allem an Cosimo Di Lauro (* 1973), ab. Von 2003 an war Paolo Di Lauro vor der Polizei auf der Flucht und Cosimo übernahm stellvertretend die Führung des Clans.
Faida di Scampìa
Im Jahre 2004 kam es zu einem Bandenkrieg, bekannt als "Faida di Scampìa", zwischen dem Clan der Di Lauro und den sogenannten "scissionisti" (it.: Abspalter), bestehend aus Familien, die bis dahin dem Di-Lauro-Clan angehört hatten. Hierfür waren u. a. vermutlich von den Di-Lauro-Söhnen veranlasste Reformen verantwortlich. Als Anführer der "scissionisti" galt Raffaele "'o spagnolo" Amato. Dieser Krieg wurde von beiden Seiten mit skrupelloser Härte geführt und forderte allein im ersten Jahr 150 Tote, darunter auch praktisch Unbeteiligte wie Gelsomina Verde, eine Ex-Freundin eines "scissionista".
Verhaftung
Die Fehde erregte zu viel Aufsehen, so wurden nach und nach viele hochrangige Angehörige beider Seiten, darunter auch Raffaele Amato und Cosimo Di Lauro (Verhaftung Januar 2005), von der Polizei verhaftet. Am 16. September 2005 gelang es, Paolo Di Lauro zu verhaften, der vermutlich aufgrund der Fehde zurückgekehrt war. Nach Angaben der Polizei habe man den Aufenthaltsort von Paolo Di Lauro herausgefunden, weil dieser bei einem Fischhändler seinen Lieblingsfisch bestellen ließ.
Wahrscheinlicher ist aber wohl, dass eine Paolo Di Lauro nahestehende Person das Versteck verraten hat. Einen Tag nach der Verhaftung wurde in der Tat eine grässlich entstellte Leiche gefunden, deren Verstümmelungen (abgeschnittene Ohren, ausgehöhlte Augen, Kreuz in die Lippen geschnitten etc.) darauf hinwiesen, dass der Di-Lauro-Clan diesen Mann für den Informanten gehalten hatte.
Paolo Di Lauro beendete kurz nach seiner Verhaftung den Bandenkrieg, den "scissionisti" wurde die Autonomie gewährt. Persönliche Rachefehden dauerten (und dauern) allerdings noch an.
Paolo Di Lauro wurde 2005 zu 30 Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt.
Einzelnachweise
Literatur
Roberto Saviano, Gomorrha – Reise in das Reich der Camorra, Carl Hanser Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-446-20949-7
Weblinks
Camorra auf camorraecamorristi.napolionline.org (italienisch)
Bandenkrieg: Abrechnen auf Neapolitanisch von Christiane Kohl am 24. November 2004 auf www.sueddeutsche.de
"Paolo di Lauro, un boss spietatocon la passione dei tavoli da gioco" auf www.repubblica.it (italienisch)
"Condannati i Di Lauro jr" (Napolionline.org, 16/02/2008) (italienisch)
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Person (Neapel)
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In the long-running court battle to protect the colour of is wrappers, Cadbury has finally given up a trademark.
A court has ruled that the trademark application was too wide-ruling, and so lawyers have said that the company may have decided that it is now unenforceable.
This move now makes it more difficult for Cadbury to prevent rival companies using the same shade of purple for the packaging of their chocolates, and other products. The particular shade of purple is known as Pantone 2865c.
In 2012, Cadbury won a case to prevent other companies using this colour, however, Nestle challenged the court, and won the appeal in 2013. At the time, the Court of Appeal said that the trademark application lacked 'the required clarity, precision, self-containment, durability and objectivity to qualify for registration'.
The initial argument from Cadbury wanted to protect the 'predominant' colour – that 'applied to the whole visible surface, or being the predominant colour' of that wrappers on bars or tablets of chocolate.
Cadbury still has a trademark from 2004 that uses similar wording, and the company could argue that it has unregistered trademark rights.
Theses rulings protect established companies, by protecting customers from being confused by firms that deliberately make products that look similar to products from these established companies.
However, even this could be difficult to enforce because extensive use of the trademark would need to be proven.
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Diamond, Tourmaline, 14k Ring 14255-2421
This classic trilogy ring features an oval-shaped ±1.00ct Tourmaline and a ±0.60ct Cushion Cut Diamond set in 14k. The elegant combination of these gemstones and precious metal make this ring a timeless and beautiful piece.
Details: ±1.32ct tourmaline, ±0.60ct cushion-cut diamond, 14k Ring.
Design Era: Late-Victorian (1885-1900).
Size: 17.32 NL / 54.4 FR / 7 US / N½ UK, sizeable (Within reason. Contact seller for information).
The Late Victorian or Aesthetic period was a time of great cultural and artistic flourishing in Europe and the United States, and this was reflected in the jewelry of the time. The Aesthetic movement, which emphasized beauty and art for art's sake, was particularly influential on jewelry design during this time.
Late Victorian or Aesthetic period jewelry is known for its intricate detailing and use of precious materials such as gold, silver, and diamonds. It often featured motifs such as flowers, animals, and nature scenes, and was inspired by a variety of cultural movements, including the Arts and Crafts movement, which sought to return to traditional craftsmanship and natural materials.
One of the most distinctive features of Late Victorian or Aesthetic period jewelry is its emphasis on the use of enamel. Enamel is a type of glass-like material that is fused to a metal surface, and it was often used to add color and detail to jewelry. The French firm, Cartier, was particularly known for its use of enamel in its Late Victorian or Aesthetic period pieces.
Late Victorian or Aesthetic period jewelry remains popular and is highly collectible to this day. It is often associated with the elegance and refinement of the time period, and is often seen as a symbol of wealth and sophistication.
Diamond, Tourmaline
Tourmaline is a large family of minerals that is composed of a complex borosilicate. The most common species of tourmaline is elbaite, which is named after the island of Elba in the Mediterranean. Elbaite is known for its wide range of colors, which include all of the colors of the rainbow.
Tourmaline was first brought to Europe by Dutch traders, who also discovered its pyroelectric effect. When heated, tourmaline becomes electrically charged, and this charge can be used to attract ashes from a smoked pipe. Because of this property, tourmaline was once known as "asschentrekker," which is an old Dutch term that means "ash puller."
Tourmaline is a popular gemstone that is often used in a variety of different types of jewelry, including rings, earrings, pendants, and bracelets. It is prized for its beauty and is known for its wide range of colors, which makes it a versatile gemstone that can be used in many different types of jewelry.
Tourmaline is a hard and durable gemstone, and it is resistant to scratches and other types of damage. It is also believed to have various healing properties and is sometimes used in traditional medicine. It is thought to have calming and balancing effects, and is sometimes used in meditation practices.
cushion-cut diamond
Cushion cut diamonds feature a rounded square or rectangular shape with rounded corners and a larger facet pattern than modern round brilliant diamonds. They have a soft, antique look and are known for their warmth and character. They are often chosen for their vintage appeal and their ability to add a touch of elegance and romanticism to a piece of jewelry. The facet pattern of cushion cut diamonds typically consists of 58 facets, arranged in a combination of rows and clusters. The depth of the diamond and the size of the facets can vary, resulting in different levels of sparkle and fire. Cushion cut diamonds can be found in a variety of colors and clarities, and are often used in engagement rings, pendants, and other types of jewelry.
17.32 NL / 54.4 FR / 7 US / N½ UK
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In January, Oprah Winfrey began a campaign and launched a public service announcement to end distracted driving. Today, April 30, is the first national "No Phone Zone" Day, an effort to break Americans of the deadly habit of talking or texting while driving, a habit that kills nearly 6,000 people a year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
"A call or text isn't worth taking a life," said Winfrey.
On Friday's show, Winfrey will interview Jacy Good of Lancaster County, who lost both her parents when a tractor trailer driver who was talking on a cell phone drove into the path of their car.
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Spinning saw blades, mechanized ramps, high-powered golf ball cannons, barren holding cells? All part of Smash Putt's bizarro traveling mini-golf installation in SODO.
Bicycle Alliance Outlines Legislative Agenda. Is Seattle With Them?
This is the third time the city has proposed building the city's "first" cycle track. Nonetheless, the proposed two-way, parking protected cycle track on Linden Ave looks promising and will complete a missing link in the Interurban Trail.
Grassroots bike and pedestrian advocacy group Beacon BIKES! hired professional planning consultant Alta Planning + Design, putting their $15,000 Department of Neighborhoods grant to work and their plan in motion.
Cars, cabs, and trucks treat bike lanes like bonus parking spots all too often, but how should bicyclist proceed? Call it in? Sulk? Ignore it? Write an angry blog post?
Lower Queen Anne's Kinnear Park may be getting a brand new multi-use trail thanks to the efforts of a grassroots community organization. The trail would offer bicycles and pedestrians a safe connection between Uptown and Myrtle Edwards park.
Without fail, anytime a new on-road bike project is introduced, someone makes the claim that bikes haven't paid for their right to the road. A look at SDOT's funding sources, however, reveals that that simply isn't true.
This week's Ask BikeNerd caters to the needs of bicycling newbies: What kind of bike should I buy, how much should I pay, where should I buy it, and how do I ride it?
Parents often have a tough time imagining how they could meet their families' many needs without a car. Seattle's got plenty of living examples that prove it's possible.
Beacon Hill Bike Group Gets Organized. And Gets Cash.
Unsatisfied with the intra-neighborhood bike and pedestrian facilities in Beacon Hill, Beacon BIKES! organized, landed a $15,000 grant, and set out to create a neighborhood network that meets their needs.
SDOT seeks volunteers for their expanded 2010 bike counts. The counts could help them with both the Bike Master Plan goals and their public outreach efforts.
An uninsured eastern-Washington driver will likely go unpunished after hitting and severely injuring a bicyclist and killing a pedestrian. It's just another amongst many examples of why Washington needs a vulnerable users law.
SDOT is holding a public open house tonight for their revised Dexter Ave bike plans. Don't miss your chance to weigh in on the highs and lows of the project.
Columbia City's Bike Works does a lot of good with their youth and adult programs, bike recycling, and community investment. But its also a great place to find a damn good deal.
The Seattle Times' coverage of SDOT's proposed 125th St. road diet rehashes the tired bikes-vs.-cars debate, but it also demonstrates a need for the city to rethink its approach.
This week's Ask BikeNerd delves into the minds at the Seattle Department of Transportation and gets at the logic of their bike facility selection and designs. It also offers some advice for wannabe bike mechanics.
SDOT installed traditional bike lanes on 11th Ave through the U-District this week, the second half of the Roosevelt-11th Ave couplet. BikeNerd took the lanes for a test spin and (mostly) liked what he saw.
Bicyclists and pedestrians beware, the Ballard bridge east sidewalk will be closed for the next three weeks (excluding weekends) to allow contractors to clean and paint the handrails.
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STATE: Agencies team up for Labor Day Weekend safety campaign
Published 8:04 am Friday, August 19, 2022
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, N.C. State Highway Patrol (NCSHP) and Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) North Carolina will once again work together on the public safety campaign "On the Road, On the Water, Don't Drink and Drive," with events and safety check points throughout the state on Labor Day Weekend.
The multi-agency safety initiative aims to reduce alcohol-related incidents on the state's waterways and roadways, both which have increased traffic during holidays.
"It's imperative to designate a sober driver whether you're in a vehicle or on a boat" said Lt. Forrest Orr of the Wildlife Commission. "A sober vessel operator and vehicle driver greatly improves your chances of a safe and incident-free time on the road and on the water."
Over the last two holiday weekends, Memorial Day and Fourth of July, Wildlife Law Enforcement Officers issued approximately 1,000 boating citations, 115 which involved Boating Under the Influence.
While wildlife law enforcement officers will be patrolling public waterways, the NCSHP will be working in concert on the roads.
"It's easy to forget that if you've been a passenger on a boat all day and drinking, and then dock and drive home, now you're an intoxicated driver," said Orr. "That's why our agencies must work in tandem to keep our roads and waters safe."
In North Carolina, a driver or vessel operator with a blood-alcohol concentration that meets or exceeds .08 or is substantially impaired by alcohol and/or drugs, is subject to arrest. For more information on boating safety and regulations, visit ncwildlife.org/boating or call 919-707-0031.
About the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission
Since 1947, the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission has been dedicated to the conservation and sustainability of the state's fish and wildlife resources through research, scientific management, wise use and public input. The Wildlife Commission is the state regulatory agency responsible for the enforcement of fishing, hunting, trapping and boating laws and provides programs and opportunities for wildlife-related educational, recreational and sporting activities.
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Scott Co. picks up a first down at the Douglass 42 yard line.
The Scott County Offense against the Fredrick Douglass Defense is a Battle!
Scott has a false start it is now 3rd and 10.
End of first quarter 0-0 Scott had the ball for about 11 minutes of the quarter and did not score but keep the Douglass offense on the sidelines.
Is their QB the 6'8 kid from Knott County? I know he transferred to one of the Fayette schools.
Beautiful TD pass to 11 from FD for a TD.
That was fast touchdown Douglass xpoiint is good Douglass leads 7-0 with 7:23 left in the 2nd quarter.
Scott Co. with a nice return to the Douglass 36 yard line.
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Holley's Habitat Homes cater to a wide variety of squirrels including flying, fox, black and gray. Each house we build is customized for the breed of squirrel and your climate. Our homes provide this species with a nesting shelter for birthing and braving the elements. Each squirrel house is made with Ohio pine and branded with a squirrel logo. This house includes nesting and installation materials.
Help your local squirrels with Holley's Habitat Homes!
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Knox Summerour
trumpet & song
KnoxCast Podcast
Throwback Thurs: Knox Interviewed by ABC Atlanta WSB-TV
14 months ago WSB-TV Atlanta came over for an interview about a Facebook video of mine that got over 350,000 views. Chris Jose reporting!
Knox plays w/ Alex Acuña & Justo Almario on new song by Bob Wilson
1/16/2019 – Grammy-nominated songwriter-producer-drummer Bob Wilson (o.g. Seawind, Jerry Hey Horns) published a new song of his this week titled Latigo Canyon, featuring myself, Alex Acuña, & Justo Almario! It's a beautiful piece and I'm blessed Bob let me be a part of it. Watch the video now below:
FREE Album – Today Only! Merry Christmas!
CLICK HERE TO GET KNOX'S 9-TRACK CHRISTMAS ALBUM FREE – TODAY ONLY! MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Where Are You, Christmas? (feat. 2-year-old Scarlette Mae Summerour)
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming
Somewhere In My Memory (John Williams cover)
St. Patrick's Day (John Mayer cover)
Silent Night (bonus track!)
*offer valid 12/25/18 – 12/26/18 only
My new Single is out – get it here!
My new Single, Pasadena Night, is available now! This track features Sam Sims on Bass – Sam has worked with Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey, and I was so lucky to have him record on Pasadena Night. It's now streaming on Spotify, Apple Music, GooglePlay, & more, but for now my own personal store is the best place to download it, so click here to get it now. Thank you so much for your support!
Knoxcast Ep. 05 – Chris Tedesco
https://knoxsummerourmusic.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/knoxcast-ep-05-chris-tedesco.mp3
If you watch Homeland, you've heard Chris Tedesco play trumpet. His other clients? Christina Aguilera, CeeLo Green, Oceans 12, & many more. Nephew to legendary Hollywood studio guitarist Tommy Tedesco (The Wrecking Crew), Chris is a good friend and one of the most well-known & sought-after musicians in Hollywood & beyond. Chris is the archetypal freelancer, a straight-shooter, and a music marketing guru. If you freelance in any field, you'll love listening to Chris talk business, survival, Hollywood, & more. Visit ChrisTedesco.com or AngelCityMusic.com to contact & hire Chris and his groups, and hear more of his music.
Chris Tedesco w/ David Foster
Chris Tedesco w/ Bill Conti
Chris Tedesco w/ Simon Cowell
Chris Tedesco w/ Shakira
Chris Tedesco w/ Gil Johnson
Knoxcast Ep. 04 – Ernie Fields, Jr.
https://knoxsummerourmusic.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/knoxcast-ernie-fields-jr-finaldraft.mp3
X-Factor, The Voice, and American Idol. Marvin Gaye, B.B. King, and Bobby Blue Bland. Multi-Woodwind Artist and Music Contractor Ernie Fields, Jr. has worked with all of these, and many more. Celebrating a 60-plus-year career, he's still one of the busiest Music Contractors in Hollywood today.
Ernie has worked in every area of the music industry, and his roots go back to the days when big band and jazz was Pop Music. Originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ernie, who is better known to his colleagues as "Kool Man Kool," got his start playing and touring with his father's famous Ernie Fields Orchestra in the 1940's and 1950's. He's as laid-back and kool as they come, and today I'm honored we get to talk to Ernie about his life and career in music.
Ernie and his jazz flute
Kool Man Kool
Ernie Fields Jr & Co.
Ernie Fields, Sr. & Band
with Ray Charles
New KnoxCast episodes coming soon: Chris Tedesco & Ernie Fields, Jr.
Coming Very Soon: Two new episodes of KnoxCast!
Chris Tedesco (Homeland, The Kennedys, Christina Aguilera) explains his success recording, performing, and contracting for the studio, stage, and every live environment imaginable.
Contractor-to-the-stars Ernie Fields, Jr. (American Idol, The Voice, X-Factor) has a 60-plus-year career in music: he toured with his father's big bands & his own bands, recorded with Marvin Gaye et al., and is now a Music Contractor in Hollywood.
Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher below to hear them the instant they're published, or listen on my website here.
Posted on January 27, 2018 August 6, 2018
Knoxcast Ep. 03 – Carl Saunders
https://knoxsummerourmusic.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/ep-3-carl-saunders.m4a
Carl Saunders is "the best jazz trumpeter you've never heard." And if you have heard him, you might just stop at "the best." John Williams, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Tony Bennett — Carl has performed and/or recorded with all of them and more. Now with 4 jaw-dropping solo albums of his own, all available on iTunes and wherever music is streamed or sold, he's also focused on recording most if not all of the 300+ songs he's composed over the years, which are available in his new book entitled NEW JAZZ STANDARDS, available on www.CarlSaunders.com right now. He's become a friend and musical mentor of mine, so without further ado….
young Carl Saunders
Carl Saunders composing
Carl Saunders composing some more
Carl Saunders & Knox
Knoxcast Ep. 02 – Bob Wilson
https://knoxsummerourmusic.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/knoxcast-ep2-bob-wilson.m4a
Bob Wilson is a Grammy-nominated drummer, songwriter, and a founding member of the band SeaWind whose sound defined an era of jazz fusion in the 70's-80's. They were also the precursor to the Jerry Hey Horns, who have set the bar for rhythm and horn section studio recording for generations. Bob later toured with Billy & Franklin Graham for over 10 years and is currently a producer with wildly successful music software company Spectrasonics, whose products Omnisphere, Stylus, Keyscape, and more are used every day by A-List music producers and film, tv, and, game composers. He's got some wonderful stories and advice… here's Bob Wilson.
Knoxcast Ep. 01 – Scott Mayo
https://knoxsummerourmusic.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/knoxcast-episode-1-scott-mayo.m4a
MY FIRST GUEST IS MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, VOCALIST, PRODUCER, SONGWRITER, COMPOSER SCOTT MAYO. EARTH WIND AND FIRE, DANCING WITH THE STARS, THE EMMY AWARDS, SERGIO MENDES, QUEEN LATIFAH, THE B.E.T. AWARDS…. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE DIVERSE ACTS SCOTT'S BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH OVER THE YEARS. IT'S MY HONOR TO CALL HIM A FRIEND OF MINE, AND I'M GRATEFUL HE COULD JOIN ME FOR THE VERY FIRST EPISODE OF KNOXCAST
Seen & Heard on
© 2003-2017 Knox Summerour
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These homemade doughnuts or home-made pastries filled with homemade custard and topped with chocolate are a treat for any vegan or any lover of sweets. In this recipe you will find how to prepare an elastic and fluffy dough for doughnuts and a rich pastry cream, perfect for filling other desserts and sweets.
For the custard, mix all the ingredients in a saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, stirring continuously until the mixture thickens and bubbles begin to appear. Lower the heat to medium and continue cooking for another 2 minutes stirring occasionally. Let the cream cool in the fridge while we continue with the preparation.
To prepare the dough, mix in a bowl the flour, ground flax seeds, wheat gluten (optional, to give more elasticity to the dough), baking instant yeast, baking powder and sugar. Mix well and add the melted coconut oil, the vanilla essence and little by little the warm water, kneading until you obtain a soft and sticky dough. Form a ball of dough and let it rest in a warm place for an hour or until it doubles its size.
After the resting, on a floured surface knead the dough for several minutes and let it rest another 15 minutes before preparing the doughnuts.
Stretch the dough with the roller to a 1/4-inch thickness. Cut circles of the same size with a cookie mold or a glass. Collect the dough cuttings and repeat the step until you run out of dough.
Heat a pan with plenty of oil and fry the circles of dough 30-40 seconds on both sides until golden brown. Let the donuts cool.
To fill the doughnuts, remove the pastry cream from the fridge and stir it well. With a toothpick, make a hole in the side of each donut and move the toothpick a little inside to make enough space for the cream.
Pour the cream into a pastry syringe and fill the donuts through the hole you had made. You can also fill the donuts with a pastry bag, you just need to make a bigger hole to introduce it.
For the coating, melt the chocolate with coconut oil in a bain-marie or in the microwave. Submerge each donut in the melted chocolate and let them cool until the chocolate solidifies.
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Behind the artist name Luomuhappo is Jere Häkkinen (b. 1982), one of the original founders of Freakdance ecords. He started his musical creations in the mid-90's using a tracker software and the legendary Roland MC-505 groovebox. He released his first self-made CDR demo, titled "Juotsen Kutsu" in 2001 under the artist name 'Espoon happo ja luomu'. Mainly created with the MC-505, Juotsen Kutsu had songs ranging from the combination of psy-trance, breakbeat and electro into ambient downtempo. Distributed also on the Internet, the cross-genre promo release caught the attention of many. Häkkinen then changed his artist name into Luomuhappo, which roughly translated means 'organic acid' in Finnish. In 2002 he released another promotional CDR, the tracker-made "Eurogorilla 2002 Transmutation Kit". On this second CDR release were also included two of Luomuhappo's remixes of Finnish underground psy-trance artists, Huopatossu Mononen and Omituisten Otusten Kerho (O.O.K.). Luomuhappo's Eurogorilla 2002 Transmutation Kit was also the first release under Freakdance Records label name and the album has later become somewhat a cult classic and a true collector's item due to the ridiculously small print of about 50 copies. The unique sounds that formed the musical dentity of Luomuhappo on Eurogorilla 2002 Transmutation Kit gained Häkkinen a steadily growing fan base of weird music-loving freaks all around the world, thanks to the age of Internet and MP3's. Some might describe Luomuhappo's psy-trance/breakbeat/jungle tracks as "The Prodigy vs. Finnish Schizo-Disco on a nearly lethal dose of mushrooms" whereas his mellow downtempo tracks are equally as blissful in their timelessness and serenity.
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The U.S. tax system is quite complex. From thousands of rules and regulations to nuanced and obscure provisions, our tax system can make even the sharpest tax professionals feel overwhelmed at times. Luckily for you, the amount of tax knowledge you need to have to achieve financial independence (FI) is very manageable. I have seen people of all professions, not just accountants, acquire and apply tax knowledge to successfully increase their wealth and their freedom.
Before we dive in, note that we will be covering the U.S. federal income tax system for individuals. The state you live in will have its own tax system, generally similar to the federal system, and usually with lower tax rates. Because covering every state individually would turn this post into an entire PhD program, and because the federal system is the base to understanding the states we will not worry about state income taxes for now.
From January 1 to December 31 of year 01, you earn income in a variety of ways (employment, investments, royalties, etc.). You are supposed to pay taxes on that income as you earn it. If you are traditionally employed, you pay estimated taxes each time you get paid. If you look at your paycheck there will be a line there that says something like "federal taxes withheld". If you are self employed or derive your income from investments, you are responsible for making quarterly estimated payments to the IRS.
If your payments are greater than your liability, you will get a refund. In other words, you paid too much during the year, effectively giving uncle Sam an interest free loan that he pays back to you when you file your tax return.
If your liability is greater than your payments, you will owe the difference. There might be penalties on top of the tax you owe if you are underpaid by a large amount.
If you follow that, you have mastered the basic tax time line. Not too bad, right? By April 15 of year 03 you will again file a tax return for year 02 and keep repeating this process throughout the years.
*Note that this is a 2017 form. The 2018 form is not available yet as of this writing. As you may be aware, The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) was signed into law in December of 2017. The TCJA brings about the most significant tax reform since 1986. This means the 2018 1040 form will probably be somewhat different from what you see above. Don't worry, the basic structure of the U.S. tax system can still be understood by examining the 2017 form. Also, I will highlight some of the most relevant changes that the TCJA brings to the table as we walk through the form.
1. Marginal Tax Rate (MTR): this is the tax rate at which each additional dollar Max earns will be taxed, until he reaches the next bracket when his income goes above $82,500. In this case Max's MTR is 22%. Knowing your MTR can be useful for making decisions. Imagine Max learns he can earn about $10 per hour driving for Uber. Knowing that he already has a base salary of $50,000 as a chef, each hour he works as an Uber driver earns him $7.8 net of tax (10 * (1-0.22)). Knowing his after tax earnings Max can make a better decision on whether or not the Uber gig is worth his time or not.
2. Effective Tax Rate (ETR): ETR is calculated as follows: (ETR = total tax liability / taxable income). So Max's ETR = 6,912.5 / 50,000 = 13.82%. As you can see, Max's ETR does not equal his tax bracket. The ETR is usually the percentage you hear on news headlines that read something like "John Smith millionaire is only paying 10% taxes!". Part of the reason people who earn millions of dollars sometimes pay seemingly low income taxes is because even a millionaire will have some of his earnings taxed at the lowest tax brackets. The other common reason is that not all income is taxed at the same rates. The tax brackets you see above apply mainly to earned income (income derived from a job), and short-term capital gains, to mention just a few. On the other hand, long-term capital gains and qualified dividends are taxed at lower rates, but more on that later.
The next section of form 1040 we will explore are the exemptions. This is one section that will probably look different in the 2018 1040 form. As part of tax reform, the personal exemptions were eliminated. For year 2017 and prior years, you could deduct about $4,000 for you, your spouse, and any dependents you had. For example, my 2017 tax return had $12,150 worth of exemptions (1 for me, 1 for my wife, 1 for my daughter, each worth $4,050 in 2017). No need to spend too much time here since the exemptions no longer apply.
Moving on to the income section (line 7 through line 22) – As I mentioned at the beginning, uncle Sam is going to want a piece of virtually all of your income. The lines here are pretty self-explanatory. For example, if you have a regular job, you will see your wages on line 7. Likewise, if you own stocks and bonds outside of a tax-advantaged account, you will see interest and dividends come through on lines 8 and 9 respectively.
If your tax situation is very simple, your tax return will only include form 1040. However, as the complexity of your tax return increases so does the number of pages in your tax return. For example, if you own a business as a sole proprietor, you will likely fill out a Schedule C to report all of the income and deductions from your business. Your net income will then make its way to line 12 of your form 1040. Another example is real estate. If you own rental properties, you will likely need to fill out Schedule E to report your rental income and expenses. Once again, the net taxable income will then flow to form 1040, line 17.
As you can see, form 1040 is basically a summary form, with other forms and schedules acting as support when needed. This concept of having supporting forms does not only apply to the income section. Just take a quick peek down the 1040 form, and you will see other lines that require a supporting form or schedule.
Fun fact: my own 2017 tax return is 7 pages long (2 for form 1040, and 5 of supporting forms and schedules). Not very complex as most of our income comes from traditional employment. On the other end of the spectrum, one of the most complex tax returns I have ever prepared was over 600 pages!
1. Once we get to AGI, we are halfway through Form 1040. So we can say opportunities to minimize taxable income and thus tax liability are halfway gone. In other words, less AGI = less taxable income = less tax liability = more money in your pocket.
Savers credit: this is a tax credit for people who contribute to their retirement accounts. If you are married and file a joint return, you are only eligible for this credit if your AGI is below $60,000.
Student loan interest credit: this is a tax credit for people who are paying student loan interest. You can only take advantage of this credit if your MAGI is below $65,000 (for single tax payers).
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Subsidies: your MAGI plays a role into how much of a subsidy you can get on your health insurance through the Affordable Care Act. The ACA subsidies are a complex beast. My friend Justin is an early retiree who pays nearly zero for his Family's health insurance thanks to his understanding of the rules and knowing how to control his MAGI. I recommend this post from his website if you want to learn more about ACA subsidies.
As you know by now your AGI is a specific tax concept, which does not necessarily equal your income. Therefore, regardless of what your income is, there are things you can do to lower your AGI. We will cover some of the most common ones next.
*To calculate your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI), take your AGI and add back certain deductions. Many of these deductions are rare, so it's possible your AGI and MAGI can be identical. We won't go into details here as we are just trying to understand big picture concepts.
401(k), 457, 403(b): these accounts are typically offered by employers to their employees to help them save for retirement. Contributions are usually made via payroll deductions. Let's use the following example to understand how contributing to these accounts lowers your AGI. Assume you make $50,000 per year and your employer offers a 401(k) plan. If you do nothing, you will see $50,000 on line 7 of your form 1040. Assuming you have no other income or AGI adjustments, your AGI (line 37) will also be $50,000. However, If you contribute 18,500 (the most you can contribute in 2018), line 7 as well as your AGI will be $31,500 (50,000 – 18,500). That is $18,500 on which you don't have to pay taxes on the current year! The money you contribute is eventually taxable when you pull it out of the account (a.k.a. taxation of distributions). Also, there might also be penalties if you withdraw the money before you turn 59.5 years old. Don't worry, there are advanced strategies to avoid penalties for early withdrawal as well as taxation of distributions. This article is great place to start exploring those strategies.
Individual Retirement Account (IRA): IRAs work very much like the accounts we just covered above. One of the main differences is that you don't need a traditional employer to have access to an IRA. Anyone who has earned income can open and contribute to an IRA. The IRA contribution limit for 2018 is $5,500. Deductible IRA contributions show up in line 32 of form 1040 and reduce your AGI (line 37).
Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions: HSAs are a unique type of tax-advantaged medical savings account available to taxpayers who are enrolled in a high-deductible health plan (HDHP). The funds contributed to an account are not subject to federal income tax at the time of deposit. The contribution limits for 2018 are $3,450 and $6,900 for individuals and families, respectively. You will see HSA contributions on line 25 of form 1040. There are a few unique and cool features of HSA accounts. You can read more about HSAs here.
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) contributions: an FSA is another type of tax advantaged account commonly offered by traditional employers. Note that FSAs are designated for different purposes such as health, or dependent care. For example, you cannot, in the same year, contribute to a health FSA and an HSA since both of these are health type accounts. However, you can contribute to an HSA and a dependent care FSA in the same year. Yours truly is doing just that in 2018. We pay for daycare out of pocket while contributing to a dependent care FSA. Once the account is full, we can re-reimburse ourselves from the FSA. Contributions to our FSA are made via payroll deductions, and the $5,000 (2018 limit for married taxpayers) we contribute does not show up on line 7 of the form 1040. Very much like 401(k) contributions. Note that unlike the above accounts, FSAs are use it or lose it. So make sure that whatever money you put into an FSA is money you will actually spend in the current year.
Buy a rental property or start a business: please don't do this solely for tax reasons. There are many other factors you need to consider (e.g. overall return on investment, risk tolerance, lifestyle, etc.). However, if being a business owner and/or landlord is something you aspire to, it may come with some nice tax benefits. As I mentioned above, net income from rental properties and businesses come through on lines 17 and 12 of form 1040. Because it is NET income we are talking about, you have already taken deductions at the business level, thus reducing your AGI. The specifics of real estate and business taxation are complex and lengthy so we won't go into the details here, but I will give you one simplified example so you can see what this might look like for you. It is not uncommon to see rental properties that have positive cash flow but an overall taxable loss. This seemingly contradicting scenario is possible because tax accounting does not equal cash accounting. Depreciation is one good example as it is a tax deduction you can take on a rental property, but it is not truly a cash outflow. So again, you can end up with more cash in the bank and with a taxable loss. If this is the case, you will see such taxable loss on line 17 of form 1040*.
*The amount of rental real estate loss you can take on your individual tax return will depend on your level of involvement with the real estate activity and on your AGI so this strategy does not work for everybody. Consult with a tax professional as needed.
Congratulations! If you are still with me, we have made it through all of page 1 of the 1040 form, and you probably know more about our tax system than 80% of your fellow Americans. Stay with me, page 2 will be easier.
As you can see, page 2 picks up right where page 1 finished, with AGI (see line 38). Line 39 is used to determine how big your standard deduction is. A standard deduction can be claimed by just about anyone, with a few rare exceptions. For 2017, the standard deduction is $6,350 for single tax payers and $12,700 for married taxpayers filing a joint return. As line 39 hints, your standard deduction is a little bigger if you are over 65 years old and/or blind. The standard deduction is something that is changing with the TCJA. In 2018 the standard deduction is $12,000 for single tax payers and $24,000 for married taxpayers filing a joint return.
I have another article that goes through the itemized deductions in a little more detail. Here I'll just say that many itemized deductions are limited and you are not always able to deduct an amount equal to your actual cash expense. Medical expenses is a good example of this. You can only deduct medical and dental expenses in excess of 10% of your AGI. In other words, if your AGI is $50,000 and you had medical expenses of $6,000, only $1,000 are potentially deductible. The bottom line is you are unlikely to get any tax benefits out of your medical bills unless you have a very low AGI and/or you had major medical bills during the tax year. Many itemized deductions have similar restrictions. Side note: this is another example of why a low AGI is a good thing. Lower AGI = more ability to potentially deduct medical expenses.
So what are itemized deductions good for?
Things like state taxes, property taxes, and mortgage interest are examples of itemized deductions that taxpayers have been generally able to claim as they are not as restricted as medical expenses. This was especially true for 2017 and years prior when the standard deduction was not so large. So it wasn't rare for the sum of all itemized deductions to exceed the standard deduction. As covered above, tax reform nearly doubled the standard deduction for most taxpayers AND put even further limits on itemized deductions. The combination of these two factors means that most taxpayers will be simply taking the standard deduction in 2018 and beyond.
2018 Preferential Rate Tax Brackets. Image courtesy of the Motley Fool.
From the previous example, Max's old tax liability when all his income came from a regular job was $6,912.5. As you can see this is a big difference. Since many people who have achieved FI derive a large portion of their income from qualified dividends and LTCG, their overall tax liability is usually pretty low.
Once you determine your taxable income and the sources of that income, you can calculate Tax (line 43). Think of this number as a subtotal, because you may still qualify for some credits such as the child tax credit, or the foreign tax credit to name a few. On the other hand, you can be on the hook for other taxes. These include penalties for early withdrawals from retirement accounts, penalties for not having health coverage, and others. You can see all of these on line 45 through line 62. After subtracting credits and adding other taxes you finally arrive at the total tax (line 63), also known as tax liability.
From there you determine what you have already paid in taxes (line 64 through 73). These payments can include additional credits, withholding, or estimated tax payments. As we covered on the Tax Timeline section, people who are traditionally employed get federal tax withholding with every paycheck (line 64). Self-employed individuals are responsible for making their own estimated tax payments (line 65).
If your payments are greater than your liability, you will get a refund (line 76a). In other words, you paid too much during the year, effectively giving uncle Sam an interest free loan that he pays back to you when you file your tax return.
If your liability is greater than your payments, you will owe the difference (line 78). There might be penalties on top of the tax you owe if you are underpaid by a large amount (line 79).
For most people who lack knowledge of the U.S. tax system, getting a refund when they file their taxes feels nice. – "I just got some money from the government, yeahhh!". But you know better, a refund means you are getting YOUR OWN MONEY back, without interest. So not so nice. Ideally, you will want as large of a payment due without incurring underpayment penalties. This way the government is the one giving you an interest free loan while you invest and grow that money.
Remember that the exemptions will no longer apply for 2018 and beyond, and that the standard deduction nearly doubled due to tax reform. Additionally, tax reform is further limiting the itemized deductions, which means very few people will itemize deductions going forward.
Congratulations on making it all the way to the end! I know first hand how complex and frustrating our tax system can be sometimes. It may take reading this article a couple of times before some of the concepts truly sink in. But I assure you, if you made it all the way here, you are well above the average American on tax knowledge. You can now continue to build on this knowledge and turning it into action. Whether that means asking better questions to your CPA, preparing your own return, maxing out your pre-tax accounts, or a combination of those. Taking action can easily save you tens of thousands and probably even more over the years.
Disclaimer: for the sake of brevity, some tax rules have been oversimplified and/or omitted. Financeclever.com does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or relevance of the information contained herein. None of the above free information constitutes professional tax or financial advice. Do your own research and consult with professionals as needed.
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Thanks for stopping by, Captain DIY! Glad you found it useful. Unfortunately, tax rules aren't usually intuitive or straight forward. All that to say, you are not alone, some of this stuff confuses me from time to time. Stick to it, re-read as necessary and you might just surprise yourself.
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NBC Breaks the IPod's Chains
NBC is ending sales of its popular programs on Apple's popular Itunes, making digital versions of "The Office" and its kin available for free from the network. Viewers will watch the programs for 7 days before the file self destructs, but they won't be allowed to avoid the commercials. The network will also sell commercial-free versions that don't vanish from the customer's hard drive.
There are good reasons to question the move, which comes as Apple is reintroducing its ubiquitous Ipods with attractive new features, colors and advertising. But there is a chance NBC will succeed at bending the economics of the Web away from Apple and toward the network's own interests. If NBC succeeds other producers and distributors are also likely to abandon Itunes.
Problems the Network Must Overcome
NBC will lose serendipitous sales to the horde of Ipod customers who --they have no other choice --repeatedly visit the site searching for particular videos or music, and then pick up a couple of NBC programs along the way. The customers who arrived at Itunes actually looking for NBC programs will now have to find and navigate a separate website before they can watch their favorite shows.
NBC may raise the price for commercial-free downloads of its programs, charging as much as $3 more than Apple's current price of $1.99. Viewers who don't want to pay more will be left with nothing 7 days after downloading the version that won't let them avoid commercials.
All of these changes mean NBC must expect a decrease in paying customers. The potential rewards, however, could more than make up for any short-term losses.
Fighting the Power of Steve Jobs
Apple still enjoys its image as a benevolent revolutionary created by the famous commercial comparing Microsoft to Big Brother. But to NBC, Apple is using its power to produce profits by limiting its suppliers' choices.
This is because Apple is a hardware company, and Ipods provide a major part of its revenue. Ipods are useless without videos or music, so Apple created Itunes to offer downloads at uniform, relatively low, prices. This encourages consumers to buy more videos and music than they might otherwise be willing to buy.
However, Itunes only works with Ipods. The more downloads that a customer buys, the more expensive it becomes to switch from Apple's Ipod to a rival's video and music player, even if the rival is cheaper.
This leaves producers and distributors like NBC almost no leverage to negotiate with Apple. An estimated 40 percent of downloads on Itunes come from NBC. But NBC must accept whatever wholesale price Apple offers, even if that price is below NBC's costs, or below what NBC thinks it could earn if it wasn't forced to sell programs through Itunes.
How NBC Hopes to Earn a Profit
So the network will instead turn itself into a rival to Itunes. At first, it will only offer the free version of its videos. A service that allows customers to buy programs for PCs and portable players, including Ipods, should be available by the middle of 2008.
By offering free videos, NBC is using a classic strategy for entering markets by selling a product below cost. NBC expects to build demand for its new service this way, then begin offering the versions that viewers must pay for. (This strategy is frequently used with new software products).
But I expect NBC will not stop offering the free, self-destructing versions of its programs. These versions will be downloaded by viewers who are not willing to pay, or are not interested in repeatedly watching the same episode over long periods. NBC will earn revenue from the commercials.
Viewers who place a higher value on repeatedly watching programs over long periods will pay for the commercial-free versions. Even if the new price is higher than Itunes, NBC can increase its total revenues if the Itunes price was below the range where most viewers are sensitive to price increases.
Formally, changing different consumers different prices for versions of the same product is called price discrimination. Economist Hal Varian argues the low cost of digital reproduction makes what he calls "versioning" to allow price discrimination increasingly important to the Web.
Other scholars criticized media companies in an article in the International Journal on Media Management 1 for not taking advantage of digitization to adopt price-discrimination strategies that can increase the profitable distribution of their products.
NBC has now decided to try just that. The network's experiment will test the theoretical arguments in demanding market conditions. If NBC succeeds, the dynamics of Internet competition will once again change in dramatic and interesting ways.
1 Chang, B.H., Lee, S.E., & Lee, Y.H. (2004). Devising video distribution strategies via the Internet: Focusing on the economic properties of video products. The International Journal on Media Management, 6(1 & 2), 36-45.
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There are itinerant business humans, entertainers, ministers, organization workers, and government officials traveling from place to place and performing certain standard functions or subsets. Nomads and gypsies are traditional itinerant humans traveling from place to place and surviving by doing their lifestyle wherever they relocate temporarily.
This entry was posted in common sense and tagged common sense, place, the truth about itinerant, travel, truth on November 11, 2016 by uldissprogis.
Nothing is more disappointing or bad business etiquette than to be late for an appointment. Time, energy, and money are frequently wasted by humans not showing up for appointments on time or at all.
Punctuality is a virtue in business and it should be practiced among good friends and relationships as much as possible because no one likes their time and energy being wasted.
This entry was posted in business, common sense, education, science, society and tagged agreement, appointment, business, common sense, education, language, place, science, society, the truth about appointment, time, to meet, words on December 12, 2015 by uldissprogis.
I am departing from Frankfort or I am departing from the train station or airport all tell you what place you will be moving from and going off in one or more unidentified directions.
This entry was posted in common sense, education, science, society and tagged common sense, direction, education, language, moving, place, science, society, the truth about direction, words on November 6, 2015 by uldissprogis.
Destination shopping mall or destination Berlin Television Tower are both places where you can send something to or go to physically.
This entry was posted in common sense, education, science, society and tagged common sense, destination, education, going to, language, place, science, sending, society, the truth about destination, words on November 5, 2015 by uldissprogis.
Direction: n. identifying an (imaginary and/or real) line ending at a place and/or point and/or a vector which just points in three dimensional space with no end.
What direction are you going in is usually answered by a place in the real world but mathematically it is a vector.
This entry was posted in common sense, education, science, society and tagged common sense, direction, education, ending, identifying, imaginary, line, no end, place, point, real, science, society, the truth about direction, three dimensional space, vector on October 30, 2015 by uldissprogis.
When you display something it is usually placed where it can be easily seen and this can be in a home or a retail outlet. What you are proud of you usually want to display and what you want to sell urgently you also display.
This entry was posted in common sense, education, science, society and tagged common sense, display, easily seen, education, language, place, science, society, the truth about display, words on October 27, 2015 by uldissprogis.
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How to Teach Critical Thinking – Secondary
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^ Cazzulino, Michelle (29 March 2008). "Heath Ledger's Gambit to Be a Director". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 April 2008. It was an opportunity tailor-made for Ledger, Scott said. 'The movie is about chess, and what is a little known fact is Heath was very close to being on the grandmasters level. He was a chess whiz, and he intended to get his grandmaster rating before he started shooting the picture.' However Australian grandmasters Ian Rogers described the claims of Ledger being close to grandmaster strength as "ridiculous and false claims, disproved multiple times", Tweet by Ian Rogers, 28 July 2018.
Released in July 2008, The Dark Knight broke several box office records and received both popular and critical accolades, especially with regard to Ledger's performance as the Joker.[156] Even film critic David Denby, who does not praise the film overall in his pre-release review in The New Yorker, evaluates Ledger's work highly, describing his performance as both "sinister and frightening" and Ledger as "mesmerising in every scene", concluding: "His performance is a heroic, unsettling final act: this young actor looked into the abyss."[157] Attempting to dispel widespread speculations that Ledger's performance as the Joker had in any way led to his death (as Denby and others suggest), Ledger's co-star and friend Christian Bale, who played opposite him as Batman, has stressed that, as an actor, Ledger greatly enjoyed meeting the challenges of creating that role, an experience that Ledger himself described as "the most fun I've ever had, or probably ever will have, playing a character".[11][158] Terry Gilliam also refuted the claims that playing the Joker made him crazy, calling it "absolute nonsense" and going on to say, "Heath was so solid. His feet were on the ground and he was the least neurotic person I've ever met."[159]
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^ Gemma Jones and Janet Fife-Yeomans (31 March 2008). "Did Heath Ledger Father a Secret Love Child?". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 25 July 2008. The April will lists only [US]US$145,000 in assets and names the late actor's father, Kim, mother Sally Bell, sister Kate Ledger and half sisters Olivia Ledger and Ashleigh Bell as the only beneficiaries. The New York documents also acknowledge Matilda Rose, as Ledger's only known child, as an interested party.
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Coinbase had announced in late September that it is looking to quickly add new cryptocurrencies that meet its standards and meet local law compliance. The exchange recently started supporting Ethereum Classic, and now there's talk that it could list Ripple as well. The exchange has justannounced that Coinbase Custody, its branch providing custodian service for institutional investors, is now adding support for Ripple (XRP).
In their New York Times interview, published on 4 November 2007, Ledger told Sarah Lyall that his recently completed roles in I'm Not There (2007) and The Dark Knight (2008) had taken a toll on his ability to sleep: "Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night. ... I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going."[80] At that time, he told Lyall that he had taken two Ambien pills, after taking just one had not sufficed, and those left him in "a stupor, only to wake up an hour later, his mind still racing".[31]
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On February 16, 2018, Coinbase admitted that some customers were overcharged in error for credit and debit purchases of cryptocurrencies. The problem was initiated when banks and card issuers changed the merchant category code (MCC) for cryptocurrency purchases earlier this month. This meant that cryptocurrency payments would now be processed as "cash advances", meaning that banks and credit card issuers could begin charging customers cash-advance fees for cryptocurrency purchases. Any customers who purchased cryptocurrency on their exchange between January 22 and February 11, 2018 could have been affected. At first, Visa blamed Coinbase, telling the Financial Times on February 16 that it had "not made any systems changes that would result in the duplicate transactions cardholders are reporting." However, the latest statement from Visa and Worldpay on the Coinbase blog clarifies: "This issue was not caused by Coinbase."[45]
On 27 September 2008, Ledger's father Kim stated that "the family has agreed to leave the US$16.3 million fortune to Matilda," adding: "There is no claim. Our family has gifted everything to Matilda."[115][116] In October 2008, Forbes estimated Ledger's annual earnings from October 2007 through October 2008 – including his posthumous share of The Dark Knight's gross income of "US$1 billion in box office revenue worldwide" – as "US$20 million".[117]
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On 15 July 2008, Fife-Yeomans reported further, via Australian News Limited, that "While Ledger left everything to his parents and three sisters, it is understood they have legal advice that under Western Australia law, Matilda Rose is entitled to the lion's share" of his estate; its executors, Kim Ledger's former business colleague Robert John Collins and Geraldton accountant William Mark Dyson, "have applied for probate in the West Australian Supreme Court in Perth, advertising for 'creditors and other persons' having claims on the estate to lodge them by 11 August 2008 ... to ensure all debts are paid before the estate is distributed...."[114] According to this report by Fife-Yeomans, earlier reports citing Ledger's uncles,[105] and subsequent reports citing Ledger's father, which do not include his actual posthumous earnings, "his entire fortune, mostly held in Australian trusts, is likely to be worth up to $20 million."[114][115][116]
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After a flurry of further media speculation, on 6 August 2008, the US Attorney's Office in Manhattan closed its investigation into Ledger's death without filing any charges and rendering moot its subpoena of Olsen.[99][100] With the clearing of the two doctors and Olsen, and the closing of the investigation because the prosecutors in the Manhattan US Attorney's Office "don't believe there's a viable target," it is still not known how Ledger obtained the oxycodone and hydrocodone in the lethal drug combination that killed him.[100][101]
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^ Denby, David. "The Current Cinema: Past Shock: 'The Dark Knight' and 'WALL-E' ". The New Yorker (21 July 2008): 92–93. Retrieved 17 July 2008. When Ledger wields a knife, he is thoroughly terrifying (do not, despite the PG-13 rating, bring the children), and, as you're watching him, you can't help wondering—in a response that admittedly lies outside film criticism—how badly he messed himself up in order to play the role this way. (Postdated)
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^ It has been claimed that he was Western Australian junior chess champion, but he is not listed at WA Chess Association past state junior champions. Claims that he was near grandmaster strength are certainly an exaggeration: Australian grandmaster Ian Rogers called the claim "ridiculous" (Tweet by Ian Rogers), while American grandmaster Joel Benjamin noted "People outside the tournament chess community commonly inflate the credentials of casual players" (blog of Joel Benjamin).
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On 31 March 2008, stimulating another controversy pertaining to Ledger's estate, Gemma Jones and Janet Fife-Yeomans published an "Exclusive" report, in The Daily Telegraph, citing Ledger's uncle Haydn Ledger and other family members, who "believe the late actor may have fathered a secret love child" when he was 17, and stating that "If it is confirmed that Ledger is the girl's biological father, it could split his multi-million dollar estate between ... Matilda Rose ... and his secret love child."[109][110][111] A few days later, reports citing telephone interviews with Ledger's uncles Haydn and Mike Ledger and the family of the other little girl, published in OK! and Us Weekly, "denied" those "claims", with Ledger's uncles and the little girl's mother and stepfather describing them as unfounded "rumors" distorted and exaggerated by the media.[112][113]
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Bitcoin is the world's first cryptocurrency which works on a completely decentralized network known as the blockchain. The blockchain network consists a link of blocks that are secured using cryptography and record all the transactions. Bitcoin was first presented to the world in 2009 by an anonymous identity known as Satoshi Nakamoto. As Bitcoin works on a decentralized network, it is completely free from the involvement of third-party financial institutions or central banks. The Bitcoin blockchain facilitates instant peer-to-peer transactions at minimum transactions fees required to maintain the network. The total number of Bitcoins is fixed at 21 million with its smallest unit being referred to as Satoshi. Each Satoshi represents a hundred millionth part of Bitcoin which means that 100,000,000 Santoshi = 1 BTC. Additional Bitcoins are generated by a process known as mining. Bitcoins are mined by professional miners solving complex computational equations. For each Bitcoin mined, the miners are rewarded with either more coins or transaction fees. The miners also validate all transactions on the Bitcoin network as well as look after the network security. Bitcoin can be exchanged with fiat currencies or other digital currencies. There are over 100,000 merchants and vendors accepting Bitcoin all over the world.
^ Boucher, Geoff; Gold, Matea; Lieberman, Paul (23 January 2008). "Ledger's death is a shock to Hollywood, fans". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 April 2009. Minutes after the news of Ledger's death broke, several hundred people gathered outside the Broome Street apartment building where Ledger had been living ... television crews and area residents were joined by fans, including some Brooklyn acting students.
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^ Mitchell, Peter (3 September 2008). "Ledger's Estate Sells His Hollywood Hills Home". news.com.au. News Limited. Archived from the original on 4 September 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2008. [According to Los Angeles County public records], Heath Ledger's estate has sold ... [his] Hollywood Hills home ... for [US]US$2.5 million (A$2.99 million) [in May 2008].
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It will also connects you with people who can understand and share the same biker lifestyle as yours.This review site DO not promote any biker dating business.Not into the idea of creating a full-blown dating profile? As opposed to a matching algorithm that evaluates your answers to various questions, Tinder is all about first impressions — your photos are the most prominent part of your profile.And it's easy to get started: upload a few snaps from your Facebook profile, add an optional bio, and start swiping through other users in your area.Christian is the obvious choice for anyone looking for a great Christian dating site as it will naturally focus your efforts.Their search tools allow you to narrow your focus to the traits that are most important to you in a partner.
There are fewer types of communication with this site, though.
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Rhetoric and Reason in Past and Present
Paul Merrylees '04.5, English 171 (2003), Brown University
In Past and Present, as in "Signs of the Times", Carlyle exposes and decries what he views as the underlying debasement and savagery of contemporary England and of the socalled civilized world that follows it; indeed he seems to object to and even to reject the spirit of the age: the liberalism and capitalism that leaves every man for himself, attentive fundamentally to his own needs and his own condition, without powerful moral or spiritual principles, other than "Valetism", which seems to be a pervasive vanity that leaves men unable to act against the grain of popular fashion.
In one passage that is stylistically characteristic of his entire narrative, he asks,
To whom, then, is this wealth of England wealth? Who is it that it blesses; makes happier, wiser, beautifuler, in any way better? Who has got hold of it, to make it fetch and carry for him, like a true servant, not like a false mock-servant; to do him any real service whatsoever? As yet no one. Our successful industry is hitherto unsuccessful, a strange success, if we stop here! In the midst of plethoric plenty, the people perish; with gold walls, and full barns, no man feels himself safe or satisfied.
He makes constant use of rhetorical questions, exclamations, vivid, concrete imagery of the world, as well as analogies and illustrative vignettes.
What impact does this style of presentation have on the reader?
Does it make the argument more immediate and palpable? Is Carlyle's style, more than his ideas, responsible for the power of his writing? Can all the repetition and the verbal flourishes and the eloquent declarations be viewed as an appeal to emotion?
Is Carlyle trying to incite passion? Is he trying to get the reader to change his life? Does he think it is possible for England to change?
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Place chicken breasts in single layer in saucepan. Pour apple juice and chicken broth over top. Add onion, garlic, bay leaf, salt and pepper to saucepan.
Heat over medium-high heat; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer for about 15 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 165 °F (74°C). Remove chicken from liquid and let cool. Slice crosswise.
Apple Vinaigrette: Meanwhile, whisk together apple juice, vinegar, chives, mustard, shallot and salt. Slowly whisk in olive oil until blended.
Cook asparagus in saucepan of boiling water for 2 to 3 minutes or just until bright green. Immediately plunge into bowl of ice water. Drain and pat dry. Chop into bite-size pieces.
Toss arugula and asparagus with half of the vinaigrette. Arrange on 4 plates. Top with chicken slices, goat cheese, sliced apples and almonds. Drizzle with remaining vinaigrette.
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(Host) The U.S. Justice Department has extended its review of a proposed merger between two large dairy companies.
Last month, the H.P. Hood company of Massachusetts and Dallas-based National Dairy Holdings announced they'd join forces to become the nation's second largest dairy processor.
The Justice Department has now told state officials that it needs more time to investigate the impact of the merger on farmers and consumers.
(Dillon) The merger would create a dairy industry powerhouse with 3 billion dollars a year in sales.
H.P. Hood is a venerable New England brand that has bottling plants in six states. National Dairy Holdings has 33 plants around the country and is half owned by Dairy Farmers of America, the nation's largest dairy cooperative.
Both Vermont and the U.S. Justice Department are looking at the deal. Michael Duane is an assistant attorney general who represents the state Department of Agriculture. He says the Justice Department recently told the state that it's extended its investigation.
(Dillon) According to Duane, the state wants to know if the merger will result in higher prices for consumers. The state also questions whether the new company would leave farmers with fewer places to market their product.
(Dillon) Officials at the Justice Department anti-trust division couldn't be reached for an interview.
But they're under pressure to investigate the deal. Ten U.S. senators – including Vermont's – have asked for the probe.
The senators say they're concerned that the merger would allow one company to control 90 percent of the region's fluid milk supply.
Pete Hardin is the editor of a Wisconsin-based newspaper that tracks the milk industry. He thinks the senators are asking good questions.
Hardin says that National Dairy Holdings is half owned by the nation's largest dairy co-op, Dairy Farmers of America ,based in Kansas City.
And he points out that the new company could require exclusive supply contracts that could force farmers in New England to sell their milk to just one buyer.
(Dillon) National Dairy Holdings was itself born of an earlier merger in the milk industry. When Texas-based Suiza Foods merged with Dean Foods last year, the Justice Department required them to sell off 11 processing plants. Those plants were then bought by the newly formed National Dairy Holdings.
Lynne Bohan is a spokeswoman for H.P. Hood. She says the merger between Hood and National Dairy Holdings will create more competition, not less. Bohan sees the new company as a counter-balance to the power now held by Dean Foods.
(Dillon) The Hood spokeswoman says the new company will continue to buy milk from New England co-ops and independent farmers in Vermont.
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Curls – Charlot Kristensen's Autobiographical Minicomic Captures Her Feelings of Exclusion in this Account of Growing Up with Naturally Curly Hair
by Andy Oliver
In a recent Avery Hill Publishing press release I was quoted as saying of the work of Charlot Kristensen that "Kristensen's vibrant visual characterisation, immersive employment of colour and playful sense of pacing marks her out as a genuinely exciting new emerging talent to watch." This year sees the release of her graphic novel What We Don't Talk About from AHP, described as a book that "examines contemporary issues of race, entrenched bigotry and the difficulties faced by interracial couples."
While that project is Kristensen's debut graphic novel she has already published a number of minicomics and zines including Curls. Kristensen's devotion "to representation and empowering women of colour" has also been underlined in Avery Hill's recent press and this short minicomic explores her childhood as a person of colour trying to fit into a society where her naturally curly hair was not accepted.
Employing the too seldom used in comics landscape format Curls looks at Kristensen's early years. In a prologue that uses white space and sparse panelling to evocatively depict the moment of her birth as a blank canvas ready for life, she makes a simple bold statement that will define the rest of the story: I was born with what you would call "bad hair."
From here we observe a young Charlot's school days where she finds that having what is perceived as an unruly head of hair marks her out as an outsider among her white peers in the schoolyard. From outright hostility and ridicule through to equally hurtful inappropriate teasing she begins to resent her own appearance, and becomes obsessed with finding a solution…
Kristensen's story lasts just ten or so pages but works on multiple levels. There's that very personal account, obviously, about growing up in an environment where you are made to feel an outsider simply because of your ethnicity but there are also themes of peer pressure, identity and social profile examined here. Kristensen uses the landscape format to her narrative advantage, giving each page a newspaper strip-style pacing and also employing a highly atmospheric use of both colour and perspective to further the mood and themes of her story. Check out as well her use of cropped perspective to heighten tension and give an almost claustrophobic feel to the memories she relives.
What We Don't Talk About debuts from Avery Hill this May and it's undoubtedly going to be one of the key UK graphic novel releases of 2020. That's no secret to anyone who has looked at the preview art. Those wanting to get some extra pre-publication insights into Kristensen's practice would do well to make Curls their starting point!
You can follow Charlot Kristensen on Instagram here and on Twitter here. Visit her online store here and her website here.
Review by Andy Oliver
Tags: charlot kristensencurls
Andy Oliver is Broken Frontier's Editor-in-Chief and site owner. He is also a co-organiser of the annual UK Small Press Day and has been a judge or committee member for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition, the British Comic Awards and the SICBA Awards.
Black Women in History – Charlot Kristensen's Zine of Illustrated Mini-Biographies is a Perfect Read for UK Black History Month
Preview: What We Don't Talk About – Charlot Kristensen's Debut Graphic Novel from Avery Hill Publishing Introduces "a Burgeoning Talent Devoted to Representation and Empowering Women of Colour"
Broken Frontier at ELCAF Online 2020 (UPDATED) – Catch Our Instagram Chats on Creating in Lockdown this Friday, July 24th with Shangomola Edunjobi, Charlot Kristensen and Rachael Smith
Avery Hill Publishing Announce 2020 Publishing List – Includes Books from Owen D. Pomery, Charlot Kristensen, Zoe Thorogood, Patrick Wray, Katriona Chapman and 2019 Broken Frontier 'Six to Watch' Artist Abs Bailey
Broken Frontier Anthology
312 pages • 27 stories • 50 star creators
Limited copies available!
Idiot Corpse – Aled Lies, Dylan Wyn Owen and Shehzad Ahmad Playfully Experiment with the Process of Comics Collaboration in this Bleakly Humorous AnthologyJanuary 14, 2021
Celebrating 2020 – Ten UK Small Press Comics You Need to Own!January 11, 2021
Lost (Lives Unlived) – Anja Uhren's Powerful Account of Pregnancy Loss and Grief is an Unforgettable Piece of Autobio ComicsJanuary 1, 2021
Minor Leagues #10 – Another Essential Autobiographical Collection of Simon Moreton's Comics, Stories, Illustration and WritingDecember 30, 2020
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Each giclee print is signed and numbered by Jayne, and limited to under 100 copies unless noted.* All editions are printed on 8 1/2" x 11" heavy weight matte stock. An artist biography is included with each packaged print.
tip from the artist: Jayne paints all winter and usually offers her new editions in the springtime.
All Rights Reserved. No images may be copied or used in any way without the express written permission of the artist.
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Who's affected by housing displacement?
Race, income and life cycle play a role in why we move
Half of the recent movers with incomes under $25,000 relocated due to displacement.
A quarter of the households who moved within the region in the last five years relocated because of factors like the cost of housing, lower income, loss of community, or being forced to move. Housing cost was by far the main reason.
That's no surprise to anyone who's skimmed real estate ads over the last few years.
But there hasn't been much data in the past to help us understand who is being displaced.
PSRC added a question to the 2019 Household Travel Survey asking why people relocate in the four-county region. The responses shed light on how big a problem displacement is for households of different races, income levels and life cycles.
Displacement by race
One in five white households (22%) felt pressured to leave their homes, as did 14% of Asian households. But nearly one in three (30%) Other People of Color households moved elsewhere because they had to.
PSRC used three broad racial groups for this analysis. Since racial categories other than white and Asian were too small in the survey data to appropriately reflect the region's population, we grouped them under Other People of Color. This includes African Americans, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, Hispanics, multiracial groups, etc. More detail is available in our technical note.
Although, households in the Other People of Color category could not be reported out individually, the different groups within this category appeared to have similar rates of displacement.
Differences by income
Lower-income households were much more likely than wealthier ones to be forced to move.
A whopping 50% of households with incomes under $25,000 had to move for negative reasons. At the other end of the spectrum, the wealthiest households felt the least pressure to find new homes; only 5% of those earning $150,000 or more annually had to relocate for reasons beyond their control.
Households at other income levels fell somewhere between those extremes. About a third of those in the $25,000 to $99,999 range moved for negative reasons, while 16% of those in the second-highest highest income bracket were forced to seek new housing.
Although their sample sizes were too small to report, we found that the non-white households with the lowest incomes (under $25,000) experienced more displacement than white households in the same income range.
Impacts by life cycle
Displacement hit households with seniors harder.
About one in three households with someone over 65 had a negative reason for leaving their previous residence. For all other households, it was around one in four.
We could not report on the race of households by life cycle because of small sample sizes. But when we combined the Younger Adults and Older Adults households, Asian households had a lower proportion of displacement than Other People of Color households. We also found that all People of Color households with children had a greater rate of displacement than white households with children.
A total of 3,044 households took part in the 2019 Household Travel Survey.
The data on movers here represents a regionwide total of 637,710 households that moved within the last five years. Our analysis of the survey data shows that almost 163,000 households (26%) relocated due to one or more displacement factors.
View more 2019 survey data at psrc.org/household-travel-survey-program.
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The humanities collections at the UCSB Library reflect the campus emphasis on interdisciplinary studies. These materials are shelved in virtually every area of both the UCSB Library and the Music Library. Use the Library Catalog to find locations and call numbers.
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Pheus and Mor This is a story about two best friends, a boy Pheus and his dog Mor. Help them to solve puzzles and find out what happened! Tough challenges are easier to face with your best pal at your side. Enjoy it on Creetor.
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Victims would rather be liked than admired, and wind up having little of either. In contrast leaders would rather be admired than liked, and wind up having an abundance of both.
Let's explore how our body chemistry has evolved over the past 500 million years to help us get what we want. Think about how our daily activities are triggered by the chemistry that is going on inside each of us.
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El río Pilaya es un río en los Andes del sur de Bolivia.
El río tiene una longitud total de 125 kilómetros y forma el límite sureste de la alta región montañosa de la Cordillera de Tajzara o Tarachaca. Se forma en la confluencia del río Cedro Mayu y el río Pampa Largo. Aguas abajo, el río Pilaya desemboca en el río Pilcomayo, que forma parte del sistema fluvial del río de la Plata.
Administrativamente, el río corre entre el departamento de Chuquisaca en el noroeste y el departamento de Tarija en el sureste. Al noroeste del río Camblaya se encuentra la provincia de Sud Cinti con el municipio de Culpina. Al sur del río se encuentra la provincia de Eustaquio Méndez con el municipio de San Lorenzo y la provincia de Burdett O'Connor. El río se ha hundido en el paisaje de alta montaña de la región, con un ancho del curso que varía de 50 a 1000 metros desde la unión con el río Camblaya. Su valle está casi deshabitado.
El Cañón del Pilaya formado por el río homónimo tiene una profundidad de alrededor de 3000 metros en algunos lugares, lo que lo convierte en uno de los más profundos del mundo. La importancia turística es aún baja debido a la falta de infraestructura.
Véase también
Rebutia pulvinosa
Referencias
Enlaces externos
Bolivia - imágenes de vegetación de la sierra suroriental
Pilaya
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I am much too busy to write a good blog for today.
Must finish off an important presentation I am going to give at an important telecom company tomorrow.
This fine company is a large mobile operator in Europe, and they are preparing all kinds of interesting stuff for the upcoming launch of a new generation network based on GPRS.
If my company can land this assignment then I will have proven myself worthy.
I will do my best to make this work.
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Levo Founder & CEO Caroline Ghosn discusses how millennials are having a hard time finding jobs after graduation.
On Friday, The Bureau of Labor revealed that the U.S. economy added 235,000 jobs in February. Despite the positive jobs report, a study by the Job Application Center found that millennials are still having a hard time finding work straight out of college.
"So we are the first generation to never have known what it's like to not have the Internet, so we have these digital behaviors that are unprecedented. And we have these expectations around things being very fast and often when that translates into the workforce, we have a little bit of a generational clash," she told the FOX Business Network's Liz Claman.
Ghosn said that millennials are staying away from blue collar jobs because of the media's focus on how 'interesting and futuristic' the technology industry is.
"Some of these jobs have incredible benefits, have an average salary expectation that is $15,000 dollars higher than the national average and yet we are seeing a gap. These companies are not able to hire millennials," she said.
Ghosn concluded by saying "There is a lot of incredible job opportunities there," in the blue collar industry.
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Hi does anyone now we I can order bin that just fits above glove box door that's on Germany mirage?
I would think it would be hard to replace the current pieces because that area looks like one or two huge pieces.
When someone finds out put me on the list for wanting one too.
I don't believe these things actually EXIST guys...The only photos I've managed to find are SOLELY photos, and are mostly on the concept model that was displayed in Germany, and Australia's auto shows.
Yes on the mirage for sale on the German market.
and if it's only avail. in Europe it's unlikely that it fits in left hand drive vehicles.
Anything I put in there just slides around then falls out hahah.
Not really good for storing much.
The car is left hand drive and it looks like the glovebox area is shaped differently than the North American version, unless it's just the differing angles the photos were taken from.
Last edited by RedDE5Spd; 06-15-2014 at 04:06 AM. Reason: Added German photo. Added U.S. photo link.
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My profound gratitude and thanks [to Ameer Janmohamed] for sharing so much about Pir Sabzali – it is indeed a living history. The personal comments and recollections made his Thank You Letter to Pir Sabzali all the more interesting and real. The group picture shown below of Imam Sultan Mahomed Shah with Ismaili missionaries astonished me because there in the photo staring back at me is my nanabapa [maternal grandfather]. I happen to be the proud grand-daughter of Missionary Meghji Maherali, seated at the extreme left in the centre row. In the same row, third from right, is Pir Sabzali.
Please click to enlarge and read caption. Photo: Ammer Janmohamed Collection. UK.
Today, more than 75 years later, I stand head bowed, in sheer admiration for nanabapa and Missionary Sabzali, whose soul was granted Piratan by Imam Sultan Mahomed Shah. Incidents and events like these are simply overwhelming and sometimes difficult to grasp and comprehend. It is their spirit and devotion which keep the Jamat inspired.
Date posted: Thursday, May 10, 2012.
Date updated: Friday, May 11, 2012.
Copyright: Izat Velji/Simerg. May 2012.
It indeed is admirable to learn about great men like Meghji Maherali and Pir Subzali for their contribution to the Ismaili community and sewa to Mowlana Sultan Mohamed Shah. They are our jewels and leaders whose foot steps we can follow. More admiring is that Meghji Maherali's descendents are alive to admire the noble lives led by their Nanabapa. Shukran, Shukran and May Allah Bless their family and inspire them to follow their nanabapa and to contribute to the Imam and the Ismaili community. Such Ismailis make us proud and keep our My Flag flying.
Could anyone please tell me where I can get more information about missionary Sayed Muhammad Shah, standing 3rd from left in the last row in the missionaries photo. Thanks.
Ya Ali madad! К большому сожалению я не владею английским.Но про Пир Сабзали я много слышал.В Бадахшане Он известен по имени Машнари,это значит ( missioner).Бадахшан,где распространен исмаилизм,Пир Сабзали посетил где-то в 1923 году.Тогда Бадахшан-это часть Советского союза,где была однопартийная система,-коммунистическая партия,в которой религия была под запретой.И вот это был последний его визит,где Пир разъяснил людям,что:"Делайте то ,что власть вам говорит! Нынешний власть проявит о вас заботу! Вы будете жить лучше ,чем жили до этого!…..Но эта власть не вечна,ей тоже постигнет конец,исчезнет".И до сих пор многие помнят и удивляются,что как всё точно он предувидел и все его высказывания нашли своё подтверждение.Все то ,что он прогнозировал материзовалось.
Izat, a wonderful article and I think you are the Izat who was in Kenya High School with me. Jenny d'Souza.
Beautiful ! MashaAllah, Izat. Well, again, I am humled and fortunate to be part of this family as Meghji missionary's great grand daughter (by babajaan (maternal grandfather) Gulamali Meghji is the one missing in the portrait). It is very significant to be reading our history on Simerg!
Izat, you have stunningly penned your offerings here. Thank you for sharing.
May Allah bless all. Ameen.
Truly a weighty, lofty legacy and bequest from Missionarysaheb to posterity (us!), embedding profound, important messages. Such as the gift of conversation, debate, discourse, reflection and dialogue on "everything Ibadat " – may Allah crown their tireless, dedicated, staunch, undeterred and unbending efforts with success through future generations and changing times. Subhanaallah wabihamdillah !
Thank you for showing us Pir Sabzali. I have a book in Gujarati, and read it admiring his spirit of travelling in such arduous lands up the mountains, down the valleys received cordially by the residents in Hunza. I remember as later in 1993 I went there for some 5 months in the Karakorum mountains in Northern area of Pakistan with the grace of Al-Waiz Ghulam Abbas Hunzai in London whose course I attended as a pioneer of Misbah-al-Ilm. Dr Ali Mohamed Rajput wanted me to translate it to him in English so we shared several sessions at his home until the whole book was completed. Pir Sabzali is truly a historical figure to be proud of for all who care to find out about him.
WOW, what a wonderful stroll dowm memory lane. Best, best wishes.
Thank you for sharing this with all of us. I am inspired by your work.
Izat. congratulations on this article; like you, I too am so proud of sharing our nanabapa with you. The family photo is of course so precious, with our nanima, mothers, uncles and some of the cousins.
What a wonderful article. The family photograph is a wonderful reminder of the era of the black and white photos. What a keepsake for Izat and her family. Also a very good legend to be passed to future generations.
Izat, this is excellent. Thank you for sharing it with us.
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These Technical Regulations of the Customs Union have been developed in compliance with the Agreement on Uniform Principles and Rules of Technical Regulation in the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation as of November 18, 2010.
These Technical Regulations of the Customs Union have been developed with the purpose of establishing the uniform requirements for labeling of food products, obligatory for application and implementation in the unified customs area of the Customs Union and ensuring free circulation of food products released in circulation in the unified customs area of the Customs Union.
These Technical Regulations of the Customs Union establish requirements for labeling of food products with the purpose of prevention of actions misguiding consumers regarding implementation of the consumers' rights to provision of credible information on food products.
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How did ancient armies operate? There was organization!
How did the pyramids get built? There was organization!
Throughout human history there has been organization in order to get things done ... and this carries through to modern times.
Much of organization through most of history has been the organization of people better to use their brawn. In recent times the organization of people has been more oriented better to use people's brains! But the idea is the same.
A single person can have an idea ... but teams are much better at moving an idea through all the steps needed to develop the idea and then deploy it so do something. Without this sort of organization and idea usually goes nowhere!
Organizations have been a very important part of economic and financial performance for several hundred years. The metrics used in for-profit organizations to manage profit improvement have been very effective, but insufficient because they have ignored externalities up until now.
There are many types of organizations, and many individual organizations. All of them have different characteristics. Some are making profit and doing good. Others are making profit and doing immense damage to society and / or the environment. We need to know a lot more about these characteristics in a way that is efficient, timely and relevant.
No organization can be successful 'on its own' ... a successful organizations understands the context where it is working and acts accordingly.
The most successful organizations are those that have a meaningful social purpose as well as being able to give a decent return to the investors that fund the organization.
ORGANIZATIONS ARE USED TO IMPLEMENT IDEAS.
PUTTING IDEAS INTO PRACTICE ... IDEAS BECOME INITIATIVES ... AND THEN GRADUATE FROM THERE.
Most ideas do not become initiatives ... most initiatives have a short life before they fail. There are huge number of INITIATIVES, but many do not have durable impact. There are many reasons for this. Among the reasons are inexperience, inadequate knowledge of the issues and problems, and not enough funding.
Many good ideas fail. Few initiatives eventually become major organizations. Some of the problems and ineffectiveness would be avoided if there were better metrics and an efficient knowledge base.
A successful society needs ORGANIZATION and ORGANIZATIONS. There are many different forms of organization with very different socio-enviro-economic imnpact. Metrics about organizational performance have been goood for investors but less good for society and the environment. The purpose of TVA is to even this playing field.
The MILITARY and the MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX have become very large and very powerful. They absorb a huge amount of wealth, and it is not clear whether the value fo the military establishment justifies these costs.
WITHOUT ORGANIZATION THERE IS CHAOS. There are many ways to organize, but the primary goal of organization is to do something with efficiency. Measurement is an essential part of effective organization.
The purpose of economic activity is for people to improve and maintain their quality of life and standard of living. The business ORGANIZATION can be a very efficient way of implementing economic activity. The assumption that what is good for business is good for people and society is however not supported by recent experience, though it was reasonably valid for most of the industrial revolution until around the 1970s.
There are very powerful metrics around the accounting and reporting of business organization performance. These are based on what may be referred to as conventional accounting whcih tracks all money based transactions related to the organization and organizes the information into accounts that facilitate reporting of the balance sheet ('state') of the organization and the profit and loss account ('flow' or profit) of the organization. This system of metrics is powerful because it allows for easy summarization of the data for reporting and in addition allows for 'drill down' to detailed levels all the way down to the individual transaction.
PUTTING IDEAS INTO PRACTICE ... IDEAS BECOME INITIATIVES ... AND THEN GRADUATE FROM THERE. Most ideas do not become initiatives ... most initiatives have a short life before they fail. There are huge number of INITIATIVES, but many do not have durable impact. There are many reasons for this. Among the reasons are inexperience, inadequate knowledge of the issues and problems, and not enough funding. Many good ideas fail. Few initiatives eventually become major organizations. Some of the problems and ineffectiveness would be avoided if there were better metrics and an efficient knowledge base.
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Gather everyone together in one place whatever the occasion.
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For those taking a holiday as part of separate larger groups or as a big family, our adjoining holiday cottages and complexes are ideal. Our same site holiday cottages allow your group to be in the same location, whilst being able to enjoy your own privacy. Each group can have their very own holiday cottage and just be a knock on the door away from each other!
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Our complexes and group holiday cottages are ideal for those looking to celebrate a special occasion. Whether it's a party, dinner or even a corporate event, a cottage complex allows you to have one space to gather everyone together with the added bonus of private accommodation for each group. From holiday cottages for large groups deep in the Kentish countryside to modern complexes in bustling seaside towns, we have group holiday cottages dotted across the whole of Kent.
Explore our full collection of holiday cottages for large groups and feel inspired to gather everyone together to celebrate that special occasion.
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Kade & Megan: Megan gets to fly!!
How awesome is this?! Kade took me up in a helicopter yesterday!! It was probably one of the best experiences Kade and I have had together. Up there with the wedding day, and the sealing day. I can tell you from first hand experience that Kade is an AWESOME pilot!! It seems as though flying is becoming second nature to him. We took off at Idaho Falls, flew to Rigby, then to Rexburg, over the Rexburg Temple, did a full pattern at the Rexburg airport, then came back to Idaho Falls. We also flew close to the Idaho Falls Temple, and almost right over my grandparents house. There is a place just off the freeway called Bear World, and we flew over that and took pictures of the bears. I think that's probably about as close to bears as Kade will ever willingly get! Shortly after we took off on our flight Kade asked me if I was ready to become a helicopter pilot. I told him probably not because there is way too much math involved. That, and I don't know that I could ever learn how to fly in instrument conditions! They learn with something called "foggles" that basically blocks all your vision except your instrument panel. With how easily I get motion sick, I would probably vomit! I was having a hard time trying to look through the digital camera...there is no way I could handle the foggles! Another instructor told us after our flight that one of his students actually had a hard time the other day, and actually DID vomit. Only that poor kid lost it in his shirt in order to avoid messing up the helicopter. GROSS!!!! Needless to say, that's not necessarily a situation I want to put myself in. I think it would be fun to get my private license though! That doesn't involve foggles, so I'm pretty sure I could manage that part. Anyway, I've got pictures of the whole thing, and as soon as I figure out how to put up a slideshow, I'll put them all on. Until then you only get the one pic that's included with this posting. Sorry for the wait, but I'm still working on learning how to do this when I have the time.
Anyway, as far as Kade taking other people up in the helicopter, we were thinking that it would be a better idea if we waited until he can take people in the R44 (the bigger one) because it's a little cheaper for everyone. There is a bigger discount as an instructor, and the cost can be split among 3 passengers instead of just 1. That means that we will have to wait a little longer until Kade has access to the R44. If you are really wanting to go though, and are willing to pay the R22 rates, let us know and we can work it out. It would also be most beneficial for you to wait until Kade is able to return to Utah, so that you don't have to pay for the travel expenses of coming to Idaho ie: gas, hotel, food, etc.
That was our adventure for this weekend. It was a pretty cool one if I do say so myself! It's so exciting to be able to watch Kade fulfill his dreams! Thank you to everyone that has supported us, prayed for us, and loved us! We love you, and hope that you are enjoying this as much as we are!
Oh that poor kid. I'm so glad I wasn't his instructor that day. Anyway, how fun for you guys. I'm glad that you both made it back down to ground safely. Continue to enjoy your time together. Let's see some pics of those bears.
Wow! How awesome is that! I think the two of you look great in that helicopter! Keep up the good work! Kade... we miss you!
Heck yeah!!!! That's sooo cool. I know Kade has worked really hard for this and it's awesome you can share in his excitement and success. I'm so happy you got to go for a ride with the good lookin' pilot.
Keep the posts a comin'.
We love you and miss you Kade! you to Megan!!
I'm loving the sunglasses I totally have the same ones and James has ones just like Kade! We are so happy to see both of you guys doing something you love and following your dreams!
That's awesome you guys! Helicopter School is finally paying off right?! We will have to come and visit in Idaho and go to the sand dunes. Good luck with all the new challenges it will pay off!
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News-Wire.com » Free Press Releases » Entain Moves Past Breakdown In DraftKings' Talks, Unveils Comprehensive ESG Initiative
MGM Resorts may make a renewed attempt to acquire Entain after DraftKings dropped a $22B bid (Photo … [+] by Ethan Miller/Getty Images).
As chief executive officer of U.K. based Entain, Jette Nygaard-Andersen finds herself in the unique position of leading one of the world's largest sports betting and online gaming companies in a field predominantly occupied by men.
Speaking before a packed crowd Wednesday, Nygaard-Andersen told the audience an anecdote that leaves her optimistic, yet discouraged at trends surrounding women in technology. Nygaard-Andersen, who was named CEO of the company formerly known as GVC Holdings in January, is one of a handful of female CEOs on the FTSE 100, a list of the U.K.'s top businesses.
While research indicates that about 75% of female students are interested in taking STEM courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, their interest level is not translating to the professional world. Entain hopes to change that.
To that end, Entain unveiled a new program Wednesday aimed at positively impacting 1 million people around the world, either directly or through their families and dependents, by 2030. It builds off a previous announcement made in 2020 when Entain committed to investing £100 million over five years to ESG initiatives after launching a sustainability charter.
Titled EnTrain by the gaming operator, the program is the company's first-ever Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiative.
"As we re-shape the future of interactive entertainment, we also want to help many more people become involved," Nygaard-Andersen said. "Our new EnTrain initiative provides the building blocks to help them, through access to academic and vocational courses and the technological expertise and equipment they need to succeed."
Entain is known mostly for BetMGM, a 50-50 joint venture it formed with MGM Resorts in 2018, shortly after the Supreme Court's historic PASPA decision on sports betting. While MGM Resorts provided a recognizable brand and a comprehensive player database to the JV, Entain developed a powerful tech stack that is among the most sophisticated platforms in the industry. On a given Saturday, Entain's platforms handle about six times the interactions than Amazon does on a typical Black Friday, according to Nygaard-Andersen.
The EnTrain initiative, meanwhile, contains four pillars comprised of the Entain Academy, Entain Scholarships, Entain Apprenticeships, and a company partnerships segment, which is focused on programs around the world that amplify and support diversity in technology, the company said in a presentation. The program builds on another initiative launched by the Entain Foundation earlier in 2021 to support the careers of women in technology
"ESG is not theoretical or esoteric for us," said Virginia McDowell, who serves as chair of Board of the company's ESG committee. The board, which contains three women, is committed to promoting a safer gambling environment in the markets Entain operates, while meeting its objectives on risk & compliance, diversity and environmental concerns, McDowell noted at Wednesday's presentation.
With technology at the forefront, Entain is striving to construct a diverse workforce. Entain recently began partnering with Girls Who Code, an international nonprofit organization focused on closing the gender cap in technology, according to McDowell. Through its work with Girls Who Code, Entain has aimed to bring female students into the technology industry in markets covering the U.K., U.S., Canada and India, the company said.
Moving on from DraftKings
Entain held Wednesday's Entain Sustain event against the backdrop of a hectic period for the company. Last month, DraftKings formally dropped a $22 billion proposal to acquire the U.K. based gaming conglomerate. If completed, the acquisition would have created the largest gaming company in the world. The proposal doubled an $11 billion overture from MGM Resorts in January. Entain emphatically rejected that attempt, arguing that MGM Resorts' proposal substantially undervalued the company.
Now, MGM Resorts and Entain are focused on rekindling the relationship despite a tense period of M&A speculation. When reports initially surfaced in September of DraftKings' interest in Entain, shares in the U.K. gaming giant surged 20% to 2,400 pence on the London Stock Exchange. With DraftKings now out of the picture, Entain closed on Thursday at 2,025 pence, producing a market cap of around $11.9 billion.
For his part, DraftKings CEO Jason Robins said last week that he was very impressed with the Entain team and the company they've built. In the end, DraftKings determined that the companies were not a proper match.
Nygaard-Andersen, meanwhile, is focused on expanding BetMGM throughout the U.S. BetMGM currently operates in more than 15 states, with several others nearing roll out. Just this week, BetMGM secured an official sports betting partnership with Madison Square Garden MSG , one day after the sports betting JV received a conditional mobile sports betting license from the New York Gaming Commission.
For the three-month period ended Aug. 31, BetMGM maintained a 26% share in sports betting and iGaming in the markets in which BetMGM operates. Back in April, BetMGM noted during the company's annual investor day presentation that five of the top 10 iGaming offerings on its platform come from bespoke games developed by Entain.
"When it comes to the U.S., all our focus is really on BetMGM and making BetMGM as successful as it possibly can be – leveraging all of our capabilities, all of our technology, all of our people, and all of our games," she said in an interview.
When asked whether Entain will resume M&A discussions with MGM Resorts, Nygaard-Andersen punted somewhat, explaining that it is not something she would like to speculate on.
"My role, why I get up in the morning is to lead Entain together with my 24,000 fantastic colleagues really to create value for our shareholders," she added.
At last week's third quarter earnings conference call, MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle told analysts that he likes the position BetMGM is in following the withdrawal of DraftKings' proposal. If MGM Resorts opts to walk away from the BetMGM JV, the company would need to secure a robust tech stack first, he indicated.
Entain also spent a considerable amount of time during Wednesday's presentation articulating its strategy for combating problem gaming.
One cautionary tale in the U.K. stems from a 2018 incident when a 13-year old teenager rang up £80,000 in soccer bets on his father's credit card, £60,000 in one week. Entain already has safeguards in place from preventing such incidents, Nygaard-Andersen said. Through consultation with data scientists and psychologists, Entain has developed a predictive model with individualized, tailor-made solutions for players who engage in risky activity. The model, which is based on A.I. technologies, is about 90% accurate at the moment, she noted.
Entain's model contains numerous identifiers, from when a customer's game-play is spiking to when he is chasing losses, in order to deduce whether a player is at risk for developing a full-blown addiction. The latest incarnation features three times as many markers as the previous model used by the company last year.
"Fundamentally, we do not want to take money from anyone who can't afford it, that's not a sustainable business model," Nygaard-Andersen said.
Source: Entain Moves Past Breakdown In DraftKings' Talks, Unveils Comprehensive ESG Initiative
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J&S 1655/1656 - Everyday / Smitty's Rock (Instrumental)* - 1957 *Flip By The Shytone Five Orchestra.
J&S 1619/1620 - Hard Way To Go / Be My Boyfriend* - 1958 *Flip By The Jaynetts.
Neptune 101 - The Time* / You Never Could Be Mine - 1958 *covered in 1961 by The Del Pris on Varbee 2003 and in 1973 by Inez Foxx on Volt 4093.
Sue 767 - A Handful Of Memories* / Careless Hands - 1962 *also recorded by Tutti Hill but unissued until released in the U. K. on a 2002 Kent CD "The Arock & Sylvia Story" CDKEND 212.
Sue 783 - That's How Heartaches Are Made* / There He Is** - 1963 *also recorded in 1968 by Bobby Hutton on Blue Rock 4055. **also recorded in 1964 as "There She Is" by Roy Hamilton on M-G-M 13217.
Sue 797 - I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face* / Who's Going To Take Care Of Me - 1963 *also recorded in 1964 by Pat Thomas on Verve 10333 and in 1967 by The Monticellos on Red Cap 102 plus in 1969 by Sonji Clay on Songee 1002.
Sue 4 - I Know* / It'll Change (Instrumental) - 1968 *also recorded in 1961 by Barbara George on A. F. O. 302.
Veep 1297 - Think About The Good Times* / Hold Back The Dawn - 1969 *written by Sidney Barnes & J. J. Jackson.
Cotillion 44047 - I Don't Know / I Can't Afford To Lose Him* -1969 *also recorded in 1967 by Ella Washington on Sound Stage 7 2597.
Master 5 3500 - Care Free / Can't Get Over Losing You* - 1975 *written by Donnie Elbert.
Tracks: Ballad Of Bobby Dawn / Leave Me Alone / Doodlin' / You And The Night And The Music / That's How Heartaches Are Made / Standing On The Pier / I've Got A Feeling / Careless Hands / Hush Heart / Go On / A Handful Of Memories.
Unart S21020/M20020 - The Soul Of Baby Washington - ?
Trip 8009 - The One And Only - ?
Tracks: You Needn't Tell Me, I Know (The Hearts) / I Want Your Love Tonight (The Hearts) / Congratulations Honey (Baby Washington) / If I Had Known (The Hearts) / You Weren't Home (The Hearts) / I Feel So Good (The Hearts) / Ah-Ha (Baby Washington) / There Is No Love At All (The Hearts) / There Must Be A Reason (Baby Washington) / Been A Long Time Baby (Baby Washington) / You Say You Love Me (The Hearts) / Dancing In A Dream World (The Hearts) / Every Day (Baby Washington) / I Hate To See You Go (Baby Washington) / A Thousand Years From Today (The Hearts) / Dear Abby (The Hearts) / I Couldn't Let You See Me Crying (The Hearts) / Goodbye, Baby (The Hearts) / Like, Later Baby (The Hearts) / There Are So Many Ways (The Hearts) / My Love Has Gone (The Hearts) / So Long Baby (The Hearts) / You Or Me Have Got To Go (The Hearts) / Do You Remember (The Hearts) / Don't Let Me Down (The Hearts).
Discography by Bosko Asanovic with additions by Dave Rimmer, and the Soul Talk Members.
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We Saw The McRib Pork Patty Production Line In Action — Here's What It Was Like
Kim Bhasin
The USDA inspector gets a parking spot right up front.
Kim Bhasin / Business Insider
I recently visited the McDonald's headquarters in Oak Brook, Il., to see how the fast food juggernaut does business.
As part of the tour, I was given a look at the production lines at OSI — a McDonald's meat supplier and a long-time piece of its supply chain.
The OSI plant in West Chicago is the birthplace of the McRib, the legendary pork sandwich that's making its return across the nation today.
The technology used to create the McRib was "cutting edge" back when it was invented, explained OSI operations manager Darren Lange.
OSI only runs its McRib pork patty lines seasonally, because the sandwich isn't available all the time at McDonald's. Luckily, they were running the McRib patties on the day I was there.
The scale of the place is impressive. The plant produces a whopping five million beef patties a day.
I wasn't permitted to take photos inside the plant, so unfortunately there are none to share. I can, however, describe to you what it was like.
The pork starts off in a vat on a pallet, which is then hoisted up in the air and dumped into the grinder, where it comes out as normal-looking ground pork — as you'd see in any supermarket, but in a giant pile.
Workers fill up large bins as the pork comes out of the grinder, which are inserted into the next machine in line.
Then, the McRib takes shape.
The pork goes into custom-made molds, and the rib-shaped meat plops down onto the next conveyor belt in rows of three.
A quality control worker keeps watch over this belt. He's constantly removing little pieces of pork and snatching away any patties that come out misshapen.
After that, the patties get a spritz of water to combat dehydration and are flash frozen in a massive freezer.
The freezer is absolutely huge. It's around 75 feet long and freezes the patties in around two minutes at -60 degrees Fahrenheit.
Once the patties pop out the other side, it's time for boxing. But getting the seemingly endless run of McRib patties into boxes is harder than it sounds though.
While it only takes a couple of workers to box the beef patties on each line, McRib patties are more difficult because they have a strange shape. They're little ridged parallelograms, which aren't easy to organize in a rectangular box. So there are a lot more workers at the end of the McRib line, scurrying to handle the pork patties.
The boxed-up McRib patties are automatically separated from boxes of beef patties on yet another series of conveyor belts, where a worker tapes them up and sends them along to a palletizer and freezer at the end of the line.
The entire process takes around 45 minutes.
From there, they're sent to McDonald's stores around the region to be slathered in barbecue sauce and chomped down by McRib fanatics.
We've been assured that all McDonald's beef is indeed 100 percent beef until it makes it to the restaurants, where salt and pepper are added right before consumption. The McRib's pork, on the other hand, isn't quite 100 percent pork, because the supplier adds water and a seasoning (salt, pepper, sage, rosemary extract and dextrose).
One thing that immediately struck me, having never been behind-the-scenes at a meat supplier, was the amount of care taken to prevent contamination of the meat.
Everyone wears hairnets and special coats, and if you have facial hair, you have to wear a mask. I had to wear rubber boots that go over your shoes. In order to go onto the production floor, visitors have to wash and scrub their hands in two different machines, then walk slowly over a device that cleans the underside of their boots. Visitors can't wear jewelry either, for fear that something could drop into the meat.
Every night, once all the work is done, a sanitation shift cleans up the plant. It's four hours of intense washing of all the machinery, plus additional checks and balances to make sure that everything's okay. The on-site USDA inspector, with his fancy front-row parking spot, does a walkthrough each morning to assure that there's no residue or anything else left behind.
It's quite the operation.
Disclosure: McDonald's provided travel and accommodations for the trip.
SEE ALSO: Step Inside The Building Where McDonald's Runs Its Global Empire
More: McDonald's Meat McRib Fast Food
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Seafarer fatigue research launched
Three million euro research project to highlight the causes of seafarer fatigue
A European research initiative has been launched to investigate and tackle the problems posed by seafarer fatigue, one of the leading causes of shipping accidents.
The ?3.78 million initiative known as Project Horizon was inaugurated with a meeting at Warsash Maritime College today.
A 2006 survey of over 1,800 professional seafarers found that nearly half considered fatigue to be a key factor in reducing collision awareness, while one in four watch-keepers (particularly those on longer watches) reported having fallen asleep on watch.
The European Commission-funded project brings together 11 academic institutions and organisations with a broad range of interests from the shipping industry in a 30-month research programme to examine the way in which fatigue affects the cognitive performance of ships' watch-keepers.
Scientists will make extensive use of bridge, engine and liquid cargo handling simulators in Sweden and the UK to produce real-time, realistic scenarios in which the impact of fatigue on decision-making and performance can be assessed.
The project seeks to improve safety at sea by developing a fatigue management toolkit for the industry, as well as recommendations for improving work patterns at sea.
Sixty deck and engineer officers will be taking part – with their performance being measured as they undertake typical watch-keeping duties on simulators over a succession of 7-day periods.
Experts will use a variety of scientific methods to measure the fatigue levels experienced by the officers and any resulting degradation in performance during a wide range of regular onboard operating conditions.
The project brings together:
Southampton Solent University
Stockholm University
Bureau Veritas Marine Division
European Community Shipowners' Associations
European Transport Workers' Federation
European Harbour Masters' Committee
International Association of Independent Tanker Owners
Standard P&I Club
UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch
UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency
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Spring brings warmer weather and, for many pets, this means much more time outside in grassy, wooded areas where they're vulnerable to fleas and ticks. Catching these parasitic pests early on is vital to a pet's health. To save time, money and stress, proper grooming and maintenance can catch fleas and ticks before they cause any damage. Here are some grooming tips to share with customers, as well as some advice on tools that will help pet owners keep up with the routine.
Integrating at-home grooming into a pet's daily routine allows pet owners to scan their pet's body for potential threats while performing standard maintenance on the coat. If the dog's breed allows it, clipping to a shorter coat makes it easier to detect signs of fleas and ticks. De-shedding tools can be helpful in removing excess fur on thick coats, while flea combs are useful in detangling and catching potential pests.
The Andis Flea Comb's steel teeth are thin enough to remove fleas but strong enough to effectively detangle fur without irritating or damaging your pet's skin. Plus, it's more comfortable: The rounded pin ends are soft and stimulating against a pet's skin, and the ergonomic soft-grip handle is easy on a groomer's hands.
Signs of Fleas: Fleas leave dogs itchy, so be aware of any unexpected scratching patterns. Flea dirt, or flea feces, is visible to the naked eye as small, dark clumps in your pet's fur. Flea dirt is enough of a sign to take the steps to stop fleas in their tracks. By carefully combing through a pet's fur to remove dead hair and debris, pet owners will be able to spot flea dirt or even fleas. Pay close attention to the pet's underside, including the belly and tail area.
Signs of Ticks: While fleas move around, ticks tend to stay in one place. A small, dark bump in a pet's coat or skin may be a tick. They're easier to identify in light-colored fur, but it's more difficult if they've burrowed—especially if the dog's fur is dark. Run your hands through the fur to identify any swollen spots or bumps. In addition to the torso and legs, be sure to scan sensitive areas where ticks are likely to hide (e.g., armpits, between toes, and in folds around the face and ears).
What Pet Owners Should Do if they Spot a Flea: Fill a deep bowl or bucket with hot, soapy water. If in a carpeted area, move to a location where there is less risk for fleas or flea eggs to escape and survive. Keep the pet calm and, gently, work across their body with a flea comb. Begin at the pet's head and ears and move down toward their tail. Continue checking the comb for sings of fleas and flea dirt, and remove fleas in the water by submerging the comb and removing debris. Fleas tend to hide on the underside of pets, especially their tails and necks, so give those areas attention.
What Pet Owners Should Do if they Spot a Tick: Put on disposable gloves, then investigate to see if it has burrowed into the irritated area. Similar to flea treatment, pet owners should have a flea comb and a container to drop the tick into. If the tick has not latched on to the pet, use a flea comb to scoop it out of the fur. If it has burrowed, it's important to consult your veterinarian on how to remove the tick.
Catching fleas and ticks early on using preventive grooming care will keep pets healthy and safe. Pet owners should take a moment after walking their dog, or whenever they're re-entering a car or home, to scan for possible pests. A little effort goes a long way for a pet's health and their owner's peace of mind.
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Singer needed for "Bear and the Maiden Fair"
Local minstrals here in the Landing looking for a good singer for BatMF. Sopranos are welcome but you better be good. We've had some trouble with tenors but that's where we're mostly looking.
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Q: 555 timer circuitry I have a 555 pulse generator controlling a relay going a little faster than 1hz. It is hooked up to start up when it receives positive voltage from the switched accessory circuit of a vehicle. That much works fine, but I would like to limit the number of pulses it puts out to around 15 or so, and then stop until the next time the vehicle is switched back on. Using another 555 chip, I thought about making a "one-shot" pulse generator to control the first one, but it seems that this circuit requires a negative pulse to initiate it. That doesn't quite work for the automated status that I require. Any thoughts?
A: The cleanest solution would be to add a counter (there are still available 4-bit counters that can count 16 pulses). Simply have the counter clock off the existing 555 timer pulses. An R/C time circuit can provide a simple reset to assure that the counter resets to 0 each time the power first comes on. When the counter reaches full count use the output to reset the 555 chip so it does not produce any more pulses until the power cycle reset.
A: Here is a sample circuit how you can generate your pulse train with two 555 timers. The first 555 triggers just after the power comes on. When it triggers it takes the second 555 out of reset and allows it to generate the desired 15 or so pulses at about a 1 second rate.
Note that the diode D1 is used to give better control over selecting the on and off duty cycle of the repeating pulses rather than the normally seen configuration for an astable 555 circuit.
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Neeraj Mehta
Director of Learning
Neeraj Mehta has spent the past two decades working to advance racial, social, and economic justice in neighborhoods and communities across the Minneapolis-St.Paul area. Trained as a civil engineer, he quickly pivoted to the field of community building and development after confronting the realities of racial and economic inequality in our region.
Since 2012, Mehta has served as the director of community programs at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) at the University of Minnesota, where he uses research to help organizations develop intentional learning agendas and adapt their work based on what they learn. He also serves as an adjunct faculty at the Humphrey School, where he teaches courses focused on equitable neighborhood revitalization. Prior to his role at CURA, Mehta worked at Nexus Community Partners, where he helped lead the expansion of their work in north Minneapolis.
Mehta has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Minnesota and a master's degree in public policy from the University of Minnesota's Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. He was awarded the Bush Foundation Leadership Fellowship in 2011. Mehta is passionate about building stronger, healthier, and more equitable communities everywhere, especially in north Minneapolis, where he lives with his wife and two sons. He is on the board of Juxtaposition Arts and the newly formed Center for Economic Inclusion.
How Diverse Sources of Facts and Knowledge Inform Our Learning
By Neeraj Mehta February 2019
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Conan O'Brien is bored
Clearly, the talented and every so funny Conan O'Brien is bored off his brains.
Four weeks after he released himself from his job as host of 'The Tonight Show' Conan sat down and had some fun with Twitter.
Conan, the lovable Irish redhead, is a virgin tweeter and made his twitter debut a good one.
He wrote, "Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me."
O'Brien has hundreds of thousands of followers and he only joined the tweeting world Wednesday.
It's clear that Conan is still a loved man.
Watch this space Conan fans.
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Catopyrops bora är en fjärilsart som beskrevs av John Nevill Eliot 1956. Catopyrops bora ingår i släktet Catopyrops och familjen juvelvingar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.
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Polpettone or meatloaf is one of those classic Italian dishes suitable for any day of the week. The most popular one is made with meat but during summertime a lighter version can be made using tuna instead.
This fuss-free dish makes a great and tasty meal which can be prepared in advance. You can also take your polpettone to work in your pack lunch or have it cold for a picnic.
You need to cook and mash the potatoes and then just add the rest of your ingredients; shape everything into a loaf and bake for 30 to 35 minutes. Just so easy!
Peel the potatoes, place them in a pan and cover them with cold water. Bring them to the boil and cook them for 30 minutes until soft then drain them.
Mash the potatoes and put them in a bowl. Add the egg, the cheese, the chopped olives, the tuna (drained from the oil), parsley, salt and pepper and using your hands combine them well.
Line a baking tray with parchment paper. Brush it with oil and put the potato and tuna mixture on it. Using your hands shape the mixture into a loaf. Drizzle it with olive oil and sprinkle it with breadcrumbs.
Bake it at 200C or 390F for 35 minutes.
Let it cool down and then slice it. Serve lukewarm or at room temperature.
love this recipe, wonderful and delicious !!!baci!
How interesting. I've never had a tuna dish like this.
This is a dish I make quite often. One of my favourites packed lunches.
I have never seen or had anything like this…it looks incredibly delicious with tuna and olives.
Yes the combination works well although some people prefer it also without olives.
This sounds and looks amazing Alida! I love tuna and my mama mad a sald with tuna and potatoes. Im boiled potatoes right now.
Mmm, delicious. Love the idea of olives in the mixture. Wrapping the polpettone in baking parchment is very interesting and such a good idea. Having a lovely summer, highlight being my holiday of course 🙂 Grazie Alida.
Ma prego cara. Some people boil the polpettone in water. My mum used to do that too.
This sounds like a great idea Alida and you've made it sound so easy too, I will have to give this a try.
It is very easy, a polpettone is a classic one.
I was one of those strange kids who looked forward to Friday's tuna patties, so your tuna loaf is going to be made here very soon. I never would have thought to put olives in a tuna loaf. Can't wait to taste it.
We are huge meat loaf fans ! This one is something I really have to make : so pleasant and refreshing idea ! Thank you !
Mi piace molto, perfetto per questa stagione!!!
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Atamian Live
Spanning a career of more than 40 years in the concert industry, Atamian introduced audiences to a brand of pianism combining brazened individualism with seraphic poetry.
As a first-prize winner in the 50th Naumburg Competition in New York in 1975, Atamian was not afraid to embrace new ideas or the controversies surrounding new forms of expression. He saw art as revolution and the artist as spokesperson for change.
His RCA recording of the solo piano transcription of Stravinsky's seminal The Rite of Spring became a landmark recording ushering in the new digital age. Alan Ulrich, long-time reviewer for the San Francisco Chronicle remarked in 2000: "Twenty years later, these remain 31 of the most exciting minutes of piano playing ever recorded."
"Such playing comes only from a talent of the highest pianistic level"
San Francisco Chronicle
Atamian LIVE performing the beloved Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto Nr. 1 with the Orchestre Symphonique de Laval in a spectacular performance.
Prepare to be electrified and hear this piece like never before.
Sparks fly in this extraordinary meeting of musical minds and hearts.
SAMPLE TCHAIKOVSKY
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City of London/Goldsmiths Knowledge Transfer Programme
Faiths and Civil Society Unit
Centre for Community Engagement Research
Baker, Christopher
Prof. Christopher Baker
Department Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies
Email c.baker (@gold.ac.uk)
Phone +44 (0)20 9197205
Twitter @DrChrisRBaker
Christopher Baker is William Temple Professor of Religion and Public Life and Director of the William Temple Foundation. He has degrees in both English Language and Literature (BA Hons, Manchester University), Theology (B.Th, M.Th University of Southampton and University of London) and Religion and Urban Planning (PhD, Manchester University). His work focuses on the impact of religion and belief on public life, at both theoretical and empirical levels, and is interdisciplinary focusing on spatial and built environments, political economy, community development and local government policy, wellbeing and flourishing and the work-based and business environment. His work also explores the changing dynamic of faith-based organisations and communities, and is rooted in both theological as well as social scientific disciplines. Major themes in his work include spiritual capital and postsecularity. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
As well as a playing a key role in attracting funding and up and coming researchers in the field of religion, belief and public life at the Faiths and Civil Society Unit, Prof Baker is also Director of Research at the William Temple Foundation, an independent research hub established in 1947 in memory of Archbishop William Temple, who first coined the phrase the welfare state, and whose visionary leadership in the days of WW2 paved the way for the creation of the post-war universal and comprehensive welfare state. In these combined roles, Prof Baker is developing new research, theory and publication around one of the defining trajectories of the 21st century – namely the newly visible role and impact of religion and belief on public life, and its political, social, economic, urban, policy and theological implications at both global and local levels. He is the originator of spiritual capital theory in its current policy and academic discourse, a leading exponent of postsecular theory and a pioneer of the spatial turn in theology, as well as interdisciplinarity in the study of religion and belief for policy.
Cloke, Paul; Baker, Christopher; Sutherland, Callum and Williams, Andrew. 2019. Geographies of Postsecularity - Re-envisioning Politics, Subjectivity and Ethics. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781138946736
Baker, Christopher and Graham, Elaine. 2018. Theology for Changing Times : Essays in Honour of John Atherton. London: SCM Press. ISBN 9780334056959
Baker, Christopher; Crisp, Beth and Dinham, Adam. 2018. Re-imagining Religion and Belief : 21st Century Policy and Practice. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 978-1447347095
Baker, Christopher. 2018. Resisting the transcendent. In: Justin Beaumont, ed. The Routledge Handbook of Postsecularity. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781138234147
Baker, Christopher. 2018. Postsecularity and a New Urban Politics—Spaces, Places and Imaginaries. In: Helmuth Berking; Silke Steets and Jochen Schwenk, eds. Religious Pluralism and the City Inquiries into Postsecular Urbanism. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 81-101. ISBN 9781350037687
Baker, Christopher. 2018. Resisting the Transcendent? The Routledge Handbook of Postsecularity, pp. 303-314.
Baker, Christopher and Power, Maria. 2018. Ghosts in the Machine: Beliefs, Values and Worldviews in the Workplace and Business Environment. Journal of Beliefs and Values, 39(4), pp. 474-489. ISSN 1361-7672
Dinham, Adam and Baker, Christopher. 2017. New Interdisciplinary Spaces of Religions and Beliefs in Contemporary Thought and Practice: An Analysis. Religions, 8(2), p. 16. ISSN 2077-1444
Baker, Christopher. 2016. Faith in the public sphere – in search of a fair and compassionate society for the twenty-first century. Journal of Beliefs & Values, 37(3), pp. 259-272. ISSN 1361-7672
Baker, Christopher. 2016. Sustainable Governance in a Postsecular Public Sphere: Re-assessing the Role of Religion as a Cosmopolitan Policy Actor in a Diverse and Globalized Age. Sustainable Development, 24(3), pp. 190-198. ISSN 0968-0802
Stokes, Peter; Baker, Christopher and Lichy, Jessica. 2016. The Role of Embedded Individual Values, Belief and Attitudes and Spiritual Capital in Shaping Everyday Postsecular Organizational Culture. European Management Review, 13(1), pp. 37-51. ISSN 1740-4754
Baker, Christopher; Reader, John and James, Thomas A.. 2015. Entangled Fidelities: Towards a Relational Christian Realism for the Public Sphere. Political Theology, 16(3), pp. 247-263. ISSN 1462-317X
Baker, Christopher; Reader, John and Whistler, Daniel. 2015. Introduction to the Special Issue: Speculative Philosophies and Religious Practices. Political Theology, 13(2), pp. 141-155. ISSN 1462-317X
Baker, Christopher. 2013. Roots and shoots and the curious case of Schleiermacher's tree (aka 'Is rhizomatic truth seceding arborescent reality?). International Journal of Practical Theology, 17(2), ISSN 1430-6921
Baker, Christopher. 2013. Moral Freighting and Civic Engagement: A UK Perspective on Putnam and Campbell's Theory of Religious-Based Social Action. Sociology of Religion, 74(3), pp. 343-369. ISSN 1069-4404
Baker, Christopher and Jawad, Rana. 2012. Introduction: Social Policy and Religion in Contemporary Britain – Taking Stock and Moving Forward. Social Policy and Society, 11(04), pp. 547-551. ISSN 1474-7464
Baker, Christopher. 2012. Spiritual Capital and Economies of Grace: Redefining the Relationship between Religion and the Welfare State. Social Policy and Society, 11(04), pp. 565-576. ISSN 1474-7464
Baker, Christopher and Miles-Watson, Jonathan. 2010. Faith and Traditional Capitals: Defining the Public Scope of Spiritual and Religious Capital—A Literature Review. Implicit Religion, 13(1), ISSN 1463-9955
Baker, Christopher and Miles-Watson, Jonathan. 2008. Exploring Secular Spiritual Capital: An Engagement in Religious and Secular Dialogue for a Common Future? International Journal of Public Theology, 2(4), pp. 442-464. ISSN 1872-5171
Baker, Christopher. 2006. Hybridity and Practical Theology: In Praise of Blurred Encounters. Contact, 149(1), pp. 5-11. ISSN 1352-0806
Baker, Christopher. 2005. Religious faith in the exurban community. City, 9(1), pp. 109-123. ISSN 1360-4813
Baker, Christopher. 2005. Going with the Flow: Can Christian Faith Communities in the UK Flourish in Non-Institutional Civil Society? Political Theology, 6(1), pp. 107-125. ISSN 1462-317X
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PAK01e - Faisalabad clothing business: Partnership Reports
Report Date: November 21, 2017
Report from BHW Pakistan Partnership Facilitator Following Visit
Key person: Azam Gill
They have been building a shop in the compound of Azam's family. It is up to roof height and the roof is about to be added.
A motorbike has been purchased for Ayub to move around the villages. Initially it was thought a tuk tuk would be best but many of the village roads are too narrow for the wider vehicle and a motorbike has been purchased instead. He travels up to 50 kms to villages to sell sewing materials.
I visited and stayed in the village for two nights. Each night there was a group of people around asking questions and talking well into the night. Azam and Barbara were there as well. The Christians have been very discouraged and quite confused. The New Apostolic Church came into the village and promised a lot but it's only caused confusion so we spent a lot of time encouraging them. I spoke at the church meeting on the Sunday morning as well as visiting the sewing centres in the four villages.
There are two aspects to the plan:
1) Three men have been contracted to sell sewing patterns and materials around the rural villages. Ayub, Azam's brother, his son and the son of Mushtaq (the adult literacy teacher) do this. They are building up the client base in the villages and building trust. They buy patterns and material packs and carry them on the bikes. The people buy the patterns and get them stitched in the village. They make US$2-$4 per packet.
2) The shop. Once this is finished the women will be making clothing to sell at the shop. They have already begun building up stock. 10–12 women will work at this, the better sewers from the four villages although most will be from the home village. They also buy the unstitched patterns and sew them so they are able to keep up with the latest trends. They will make women's, men's and children's clothing for sale.
By the end of 2017 they hope to be close to full production capacity but it will take some time for the business to build up.
Partnership's Influence within the Community
The Christians in this community who are benefiting from the project are very excited. While I was there they were constantly telling me how important this is for their people. Their morale has been very low and this has given them a boost to know they are not forgotten by the church internationally.
Current Issues and Challenges
Getting the project up and running. There are many issues that make it difficult to run a business in this community.
Prayer and Praise Points
1) That the project is underway
2) They need to get some good networks developed and cash flow
The business is underway but now they have to consolidate it. The potential is there and already the guys out selling are doing better than breaking even. However, they have to get the shop operating at a profit and that will be the real test.
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Honourable Wayne Drysdale – MLA for Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Home PrayAB Honourable Wayne Drysdale – MLA for Grande Prairie-Wapiti
Lord God, we ask You to bless
Honourable Wayne Drysdale. Give him the
strength and wisdom he needs to fulfill all his duties and we thank You that
You lead him into opportunities that will be for the benefit of his
constituents. Guide him in his
provincial cabinet position to see clearly the issues he must address. Multiply his time and renew his energy. In Jesus Name, Amen.
Minister of Transportation
Wayne Drysdale was elected to his second term as a Member of the
Legislative Assembly for Grande Prairie-Wapiti on April 23, 2012. He was
appointed Minister of Transportation on December 13, 2013.
Previously Mr. Drysdale had served as Minister of Infrastructure, deputy
whip and was also a member of the following Standing Committees of the
Legislative Assembly:
Previous committee involvement includes serving as a member of the
Treasury Board, chairing the cabinet policy committee on Resources and the
Environment, and serving on the cabinet policy committee on Public Safety and
Services and the Standing Committees on Public Accounts and Resources and
Prior to serving with the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Mr. Drysdale
spent 15 years as councilor for the municipal district of Greenview and served
as chair of both the Agricultural Service Board and the Municipal Planning
Active in his community, Mr. Drysdale has served on the following
Prairie Regional Emergency Medical Service (vice-chair and founding
member)
Futures Grande Prairie & Region
Grovedale/South
Wapiti Recreation Board
Milk Producers
Beef Producers
Grovedale
Volunteer Fire Department
Mr. Drysdale and his wife,
Sherry, live on the family farm in the Grande Prairie area. Their daughter,
Jodie, along with her husband, Don, and daughter Tory also live in the region.
In 2001, following the tragic death of their son, Troy, the family established
a bursary for local students pursuing a career in emergency services, fire or
EMS in Northern Alberta. To date the bursary has helped fill 49 emergency
response positions in the region.
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Ir al contenido principal About MACBA Support for the Museum Become a Friend Tickets
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As expected, one of their editors done my manuscript and mailed it for you to me for review.
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Q: Show Whole Leaderboard when going to Leaderboard I am wondering if i can show all leaderboards instead of going to a specific leaderboard in gamecenter. I have my game now that whenever you hit the leaderboard button it goes to my default, but I was wondering if there was a way to show all on the button click.
A: To view all of the leaderboards use this:
- (void) presentLeaderboards
{
GKGameCenterViewController* gameCenterController = [[GKGameCenterViewController alloc] init];
gameCenterController.viewState = GKGameCenterViewControllerStateLeaderboards;
gameCenterController.gameCenterDelegate = self;
[self presentViewController:gameCenterController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
The key difference here is that in my code I have
gameCenterController.viewState = GKGameCenterViewControllerStateLeaderboards;
while you would have
gameCenterController.viewState = GKGameCenterViewControllerStateDefault;
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The Kapex is the most advanced sliding compound miter saw in the market today. In the hands of a carpenter, this saw will make cuts that rival the finest trim work being done today. Engineered to be lightweight and compact, the KS 120 is the perfect saw for the workshop or the jobsite. Effective dust extraction, precise cuts, easy adjustments, and quality components are some of the features that should make this saw the number one choice of professional tradesmen.
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WCR Recruitment 2018.West Central Railway has released a notification for the recruitment of Specialist and General Duty Medical Practitioner Vacancies.Check the eligiblity and notification prior to apply for the positions.
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Understanding Contempt Proceedings in Bloomington Family Court
Child & Spousal Support
Divorce/Separation
Domestic Voilence
Military Family Law
Paternity/Child Support
Preparing for Property Division in an Equitable Distribution State
The Bloomington, IL, family court system handles countless cases each year, many of which revolve around child support disputes and child custody determinations. Each year, nearly $1 billion is distributed in child support orders throughout Illinois, but this amount is often tracked in arrearages, eclipsing $3 billion in 2018 alone. If you are bound to a child support agreement or receive child support from your child's other parent, it's vital to know what to do if you encounter issues with your support terms. If a parent required to pay child support fails to do so without a reasonable excuse, they may face contempt of court.
What Is Contempt of Court?
The term "contempt of court" refers to an individual's willing and intentional disobedience of a lawful court order or an intentional disruption of formal court proceedings. Contempt of court can come into play in criminal cases where defendants become aggressive and hostile, but it can also come into play in family court proceedings when an individual bound by the terms of a family court order willfully disobeys the terms of the order.
The Bloomington, IL, family court system has a legal obligation to ensure that any custody and support determination the court makes suits the best interests of the children it will affect. When a parent bound by a family court order violates their responsibilities or refuses to fulfill them in any way without a reasonable explanation, the other parent has the right to file contempt proceedings against them.
When a parent faces contempt of court, they could face fines, liability for the other parent's legal fees, and even jail time, depending on the severity of their offense. Some of the most commonly cited reasons for parents to initiate contempt proceedings against their co-parents include:
Failure or refusal to pay child support. When a parent owes a child support obligation to their children's other parent, they must make their payments on time and in full. If they cannot make a payment due to forces beyond their control, they must notify the court and develop a solution to the issue or petition for modification of their support order. If a parent simply refuses to pay child support or fails to pay their support as required without a reasonable explanation, they can face contempt proceedings.
Repeated late or incomplete payment of child support. When a parent cannot meet their support obligation, they must file a petition to adjust their support terms or face contempt of court. If a parent repeatedly fails to complete their payments as required and makes no effort to correct the situation or request a reasonable modification, this can lead to contempt of court.
Intentional misuse of child support funds. Parents who receive child support are expected to use the funds they receive from paying parents to provide for their children's day-to-day needs. Since child support funds are intermingled with the receiving parent's own finances, it can be challenging to determine precisely how child support funds are used, but the assumption is that the receiving parent must satisfy their end of the support obligation and use the funds received from the paying parent to cover the remainder. If a receiving parent fails to ensure their children's basic needs of food, clothing, shelter, and medical care, the paying parent could file contempt proceedings and hold the receiving parent accountable for neglecting their children's needs.
Violation of custody terms. Parents must abide by their custody terms, even if they do not agree with them or believe them to be unfair. When a parent interferes with a custody order in any way, they can face not only contempt of court but also criminal prosecution depending on the severity of their behavior.
Preventing communication between a child and their other parent. For example, if a Bloomington family court order stipulates that a parent has the right to communicate with their child, the child's other parent must abide by these terms and cannot prevent the other parent from speaking with the child per the terms of the court order.
Withholding visitation rights in response to nonpayment of child support. Child support and visitation are related issues but are treated differently. A parent cannot take it upon themselves to withhold the other parent's visitation rights in response to nonpayment of child support. Instead, they must continue abiding by their visitation terms and seek court action to address the other parent's nonpayment.
These are some of the most commonly reported reasons behind the contempt proceedings filed in the Bloomington family court system. Whenever a parent faces contempt of court related to their family court order, they can face severe repercussions.
Potential Penalties for Contempt of Court
The punishment for contempt of court in Bloomington typically depends on the nature of the offender's behavior. For example, if a parent files contempt proceedings against a co-parent due to nonpayment of child support, the court can take several actions to correct the situation. They may garnish the nonpaying parent's wages to ensure they meet their support obligation, and the nonpaying parent may also face a fine and liability for the other parent's attorneys' fees.
If an individual violates a protective order, such as a "no contact" order issued in response to domestic violence, they will very likely go to jail, face heavy fines, and may lose all custody or visitation rights they may have held. In addition, it's possible to face both civil and criminal penalties for contempt of court in Illinois. Ultimately, anyone beholden to a family court order must abide by the terms of the order or face these penalties. If you disagree with any element of your family court order, there is a legal mechanism in place for you to request a change in the form of the modification process.
Filing a petition for modification of a family court order is relatively straightforward. If you believe you need to alter the terms of your family court order, you must draft a thorough explanation of the change you seek and your reasoning for requesting the change.
For example, if you lost your job and cannot afford child support payments, simply not paying your support obligation could lead to contempt proceedings against you. Instead, notifying the court of your change in circumstances and requesting a reasonable adjustment to your support order can prevent this and provide greater flexibility in managing your support obligation. If you think you need to change your family court order for any reason, or if you believe you have grounds to file contempt proceedings against an ex-spouse or co-parent, it's vital to consult a Bloomington, IL, family law attorney as soon as possible.
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The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) is the best known national project for measuring student engagement. The survey, administered by the Indiana Center for Postsecondary Research, measures the extent to which students engage in practices understood to be effectively linked with learning outcomes, personal development, student satisfaction, and graduation. Students actively involved in both academic and out-of-class activities have been found to gain more from the college experience than those who are not involved. In the spring of 2013, 2,728 first-year (FY) students and 3,076 senior (SR) students were invited to participate in NSSE at UND. 446 FY students and 655 SR students responded to the survey, for a response rate of 19%. This was the seventh time UND has participated in NSSE.
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FDA Approves First Drug Developed for Children with Rare Brain Tumor || NCI Cancer Bulletin for September 4, 2012 - National Cancer Institute
NCI Cancer Bulletin for September 4, 2012 - National Cancer Institute
FDA Approves First Drug Developed for Children with Rare Brain Tumor
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Afinitor Disperz—pediatric doses of everolimus (Afinitor) tablets—to treat a rare brain tumor called subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA). Afinitor Disperz is the first approved form and dose of a drug developed to treat pediatric tumors.
Afinitor Disperz dissolves easily in a small amount of water, making the treatment easy to administer to patients who are unable to swallow whole tablets. It is also available in smaller doses than everolimus, the adult form of the drug.
Afinitor Disperz is recommended to treat patients 1 year of age and older who have tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) and are diagnosed with SEGA but who are ineligible for surgery. Prior to the approval of this new dosage form, everolimus was recommended only for patients 3 years of age and older.
TSC is a rare genetic disease that causes tumors to grow in the brain and other vital organs. SEGA is a slow-growing tumor that can cause life-threatening complications by blocking the flow of fluid in the brain. These tumors occur in 6 to 9 percent of TSC patients, generally children and young adults.
Everolimus blocks the uncontrolled activity of a protein called mTOR kinase, which plays a critical role in the development and growth of SEGA tumors occurring in patients with TSC.
Everolimus was granted accelerated approval in 2010 to treat SEGA in patients with TSC.
Everolimus and Afinitor Disperz remain under accelerated approval for the treatment of SEGA in patients with TSC. Everolimus' manufacturer, Novartis, updated safety and efficacy data from the single-arm study of 28 pediatric and adult patients used to support the drug's accelerated approval in 2010 for the treatment of SEGA in patients with TSC.
In a more recent study involving 117 pediatric and adult patients who were randomly assigned to take everolimus or a placebo daily, 35 percent of patients treated with everolimus experienced tumor shrinkage compared with none who were treated with placebo. The most common side effects observed in patients with SEGA were mouth ulcers and respiratory tract infections.
Studies continue to evaluate the long-term safety and effectiveness of everolimus and Afinitor Disperz in pediatric and adult patients with SEGA. Afinitor Disperz is classified as an orphan drug because it is intended to treat a rare disease or condition. Afinitor Disperz's application was granted priority review, which the FDA completed in 6 months.
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