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This past Friday night members of Offense-Defense's Bowl Selection Committee traveled from our headquarters in Myrtle Beach, SC over to Twin City, GA to honor 2017 O-D All-American Zachary Carruth.
Zach, a senior defensive tackle at Emanuel County Institute, is also a cancer survivor who was told at age 10 that he'd never be able to pursue his dream of playing football - and possibly may never even walk again due to malignancies in both of his feet.
That obviously wasn't good enough for Zach, and at age 12 he bravely beat the odds and was cleared by his doctors to be able to play the game he loved so much - and has been ever since.
We couldn't be more excited to welcome Zach to the O-D Family, and can't wait to see him on the field this winter at the 11th Annual Offense-Defense All-American Bowl in Atlanta!
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2019-04-25T12:40:46Z
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http://blog.o-d.com/posts/cancer-survivor-zachary-carruth-honored-as-od-all-american
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A far poorer than expected November jobs report helped curb what had been rapidly rising bullish sentiment on Wall Street. While stocks edged up for the day, some investors credited the gains to expectations that the Fed will take further steps to boost the economy.
Still, investors should put the admittedly sour jobs report in more perspective even though there is no shortage of commentators jumping to conclusions. Some have gone as far as to declare the report as a watershed moment on the jobs front and a terrible blow to the Obama administration, for example.
But a look at the market backdrop in comparison with prior recessions shows that the data hardly torpedo the mounting evidence that the economic recovery is gaining momentum.
For starters, investors should note that the November jobs data came in a month that saw major swoons in the stock market. The S&P 500 index started a 4% slide on Nov. 5 that wouldn't reverse until almost two weeks later.
Fed officials have previously said that the stock market has a major effect on confidence broadly. Chairman Ben Bernanke noted the impact that a rising stock market can have when laying out his case for the latest stimulus round, and just last week, former chairman Alan Greenspan again argued that rising stock markets are the key to an economic recovery.
The so-called "wealth effect," in which rising equity prices boost the net worth of households is the most frequently cited mechanism for explaining why a rallying market helps the economy. More disposable income can help generate overall demand, after all.
A steadily lifting stock market, though, could also serve as a cue to employers that business conditions are stabilizing. And that's likely to play a key roll in generating the type of confidence required to take on major new commitments, like full-time employees.
Indeed, blockbuster job gains in October, which blew by all estimates, followed a months-long market rally. And that was also true for the strong spell of job creation earlier in the spring, before market turbulence and a hiring hiatus set in.
Employer anxiety about a tumbling market may have dampened job creation again in November. As the European debt crisis that caused so much consternation over the summer resurfaced – indeed, Ireland is a bigger issue than Greece – it's reasonable to expect employers to be less inclined to hire.
A wait-and-see approach, after all, is an understandable reaction in the face of a brewing financial crisis that could spin out of control.
A more sober-minded assessment by investors would reveal a surprisingly strong recovery even when the latest disappointing job figures are taken into account. Analysts at Ned Davis Research tabulated employment across industries following the November data and compared the current recovery to two prior recessions.
"To put the trend in perspective, private payrolls are tracking slightly better than the 1991 expansion and much better than the 2001 expansion," Ned Davis research wrote in a note to clients last week. Employment in the financial sector is at 12-year lows, while mining jobs growth is growing at its fastest pace since 1982.
Investors are likely to be bombarded with declarations of a jobless recovery following November's results. But they should factor in the month's market turbulence as well. Even though the U.S. is digging itself out of a much deeper hole this time around, the progress has actually been relatively strong compared to the last two downturns.
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2019-04-19T15:18:16Z
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https://www.aol.com/2010/12/04/recovery-still-strong-despite-november-jobs-report/
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Virginia Tech is among 58 colleges and universities in the nation to be designated a Bicycle Friendly University by the League of American Bicyclists.
Add "bicycle friendly university" to Virginia Tech's growing list of accolades acknowledging its institutional-wide commitment to campus sustainability.
This most recent recognition was recently given by the League of American Bicyclists which designated Virginia Tech as a Bicycle Friendly University / Bronze level. It recognizes Virginia Tech’s commitment to promoting and providing a more bicycle-friendly campus for students, staff and visitors.
Virginia Tech is among 58 colleges and universities in 30 states across the United States to be designated a bicycle friendly university.
The Bicycle Friendly University program evaluates applicants’ efforts to promote bicycling in five primary areas: engineering, encouragement, education, enforcement and evaluation/planning. The program provides a roadmap to building a bicycle friendly campus and the application has become a rigorous and educational tool providing a clear incentive for universities to continuously improve.
“Virginia Tech has instituted several successful programs to encourage bicycling on campus," said Kathryn Zeringue, alternative transportation coordinator. "Among those is the Bicycle Ambassador Program launched last fall and continues to host many events catering to cyclists."
Virginia Tech has invested in infrastructure to improve conditions for cyclists including three miles of bike lanes, nine miles of shared paths, and several covered bicycle racks. In the future, Alternative Transportation plans to install additional bike racks to meet the growing demand for parking and provide more bicycle repair services for students, faculty, and staff. Additionally, a new link, connecting the existing Huckleberry Trail with the Foxridge Trails, is being built in a cooperative effort between Virginia Tech and the Town of Blacksburg.
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2019-04-25T06:39:20Z
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https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2013/05/051313-vpa-bicyclebronzeaward.html
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I had a good land starting hand and played an early Crawlspace, Nihil Spellbomb and Maze of Ith. Lucifer ramped a lot and played Jenara, Asura of War and a Greater Good. Lyzolda smacked something with a Flame Tongue Kavu and played some discard rats. Sisay played a Karametra, Twilight Drover, and Nullmage advocate, which was scary to me as I had built up a Cloud Cover, Propaganda, and Dreamstone Hedron that I wanted to keep around. Keranos played an Akroma’s Memorial, and Karona played an actual Akroma, as well as a True Conviction and Light Within.
I made my move to try to win the game, casting Lim-Dul’s Vault and digging 35 cards down to find the second half of the Sanguine Bond/Exquisite Blood combo to try to deal with Keranos and especially Karona (who had a ton of life), but Karona flashed in a Pernicious Deed to blow up one of my enchantments in response to the casting of the other one. Sisay was hanging around at a miniscule amount of life, and Lyzolda played a Void for 8 to get rid of Akroma. I tried for a Storm Herd, but my tokens could do nothing against Karona who had played an Avacyn and Empyrial Archangel.
About the Deck: I know Oloro kind of gets a bad rap, but I did like the idea of playing a “creatureless” Oloro deck, where the goal is not to ever even cast the General (I know this isn’t original). I took the stock pre-constructed deck, pulled out all of the creatures and replaced them with other life-gain/life payment spells. It plays Test of Endurance, Exquisite/Bond, and Storm Herd as potential win conditions. There are almost no counter-spells and not too many board-wipes.
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2019-04-23T10:34:19Z
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https://edh100.wordpress.com/2015/06/
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Our lab works at the interface of biophysics, biochemistry, nanoscale engineering, and math biology. We develop and employ new ways to reconstruct and carefully measure the world of biology under controlled conditions. We use a variety of biophysical and biochemical tools to examine biological phenomena at the single molecule level and to then work our way up.
The lab is currently focused on the properties of the microtubule cytoskeleton and the associated cargo transport. We are interested in how individual molecular motors which move cargos can be regulated by various biochemical factors and biophysical parameters. But more than that, we want to know how one takes this local machinery and builds an efficient logistics system out of it.
How are cargos routed? How is the cargo delivery timed? How do cargos navigate the complex cytoskeleton to build optimal spatial cargo distribution? What is the role of the mechanical response of the microtubules to cargos pushing their way through? And incidentally, what is the logistics in cells optimized for?
In short, we aim to rationalize and quantify emergent complexity of the cytoskeleton and associated motility. Our goal is to bring together the local and the global picture of the microtubule-associated world.
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2019-04-26T08:23:49Z
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http://www.physics.utah.edu/~vershinin/home.html
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Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) lawmakers have endorsed President Yoweri Museveni to continue leading the party and the state.
The Parliamentary Caucus in Kyankwanzi District unanimously endorsed the Chobe resolution by the party's central executive committee (CEC) to have President Museveni continue leading.
NRM spokesman Rogers Mulindwa, in a statement on Sunday, said the legislators' position was taken shortly after party Secretary-General Justine Kasule Lumumba's presentation titled: Towards 2021: Milestones and Strategies for the NRM Party.
Ms Lumumba read out to members the Chobe resolutions.
The motion, mover Ms Hellen Asamo, representing People with Disabilities (PWDs) in eastern region, said Uganda needed President Museveni now more than ever before for his firm guidance and mentorship of the party membership.
"Her position was unanimously seconded before the legislators took a break," Mr Mulindwa said.
While meeting at Chobe Safari Lodge in Nwoya District last month, the CEC members endorsed a number of resolutions to consolidate the party's political and economic agenda, including the need to maintain President Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, at the helm of the party and the country.
That, the members argued, would foster the continued strengthening of Uganda's socio-economic agenda.
If afforded an all-clear sign by the National Executive Committee and the National Delegates' Conference, the endorsement would mean President Museveni, already in power for 33 years, would seek a record sixth re-election.
The next General Election is two years away, in 2021, according to a roadmap the Electoral Commission released late last year.
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2019-04-26T02:34:12Z
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https://allafrica.com/stories/201903190554.html
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In the past 10 months global investment firm Legatum Capital has invested around $3 bn in Indian market & finds it to be a market that gives returns with a long-term view.
In the past 10 months global investment firm Legatum Capital has invested around $3 billion in the Indian market. Unlike other portfolio investors, Legatum has been investing the personal wealth of Christopher Chandler in markets across Japan to the US.
Till last year, the New Zealand-based Chandler brothers — Richard and Christopher Chandler — under Sovereign Global were investing in India through Crown Capital, a Sebi-registered FII sub-account. They started investing in the Indian market from 2005. After the split between the brothers last year end, Christopher Chandler now runs Legatum. In India, Sovereign’s investment vehicle Crown was passed on to Legatum.
Its investments in India include ICICI Bank, HDFC, HDFC Bank, United Breweries and United Breweries Holdings. It has also made investments in Intellecap (a strategic services firm) and also in firms involved in micro finance operations like Share Microfin, Financial Information Network & Operations (FINO) and A.Little.World. ET catches up with Legatum Capital president Mark Stoleson.
Where is Legatum invested in India? Other than banking have you invested in any new sectors?
Our investments in ICICI Bank and HDFC are already a matter of public record, as is our investment in Share Microfin, India’s largest micro finance institution. Thus, we have retained an important focus on the provision of financial services in India.
In 2006, even before the demerger of Sovereign, Legatum began investing in the Indian beverage sector. Since the demerger, Legatum has significantly strengthened its involvement in the beverage industry, such that Legatum today is likely to be the single-largest portfolio investor in the sector by an order of magnitude.
Has Legatum exited from any of its investments in India?
Our focus is on markets in transition, which is supported by the development of excellent companies creating long-term value. India is a wonderful example of an economy that can provide exceptional absolute returns for investors with a patient, long-term view.
We work to keep our capital allocated to those businesses and sectors that are the most productive over the long term. In practice, this means that while our core holdings tend to be very stable, there is also a degree of rotation and consolidation in the ordinary course of prudent portfolio management.
How much has Legatum invested in India?
Legatum’s commitment to India has increased significantly over the past year. We have over $4 billion currently invested in a few select sectors.
What is Legatum’s view on the sharp run up in the Indian stock market?
The recent run-up has been augmented by global macro-economic forces, driving a wave of liquidity into the Indian market. Historically, capital flows have a high correlation to price/earnings multiples in Asian markets. We are clearly seeing an expansion of these multiples in India, particularly among stocks that capture a high level of foreign investor interest. Valuations in India are lower than China.
India is driven by domestic demand and insulated to some extent from the US economy. As such, portfolio flows into the country could be expected to persist for some time. Additionally, with RBI having pre-emptively tightened and now having room to ease policy, the market’s expansion is likely to be supported by the sustained growth of corporate earnings. However, we should expect to see some sector rotation.
Which are the countries that Legatum is currently invested in and how is India positioned?
Legatum is a global investor with interests spanning from Japan to the United States. We continue to evaluate companies, industries and countries for investment. However, among these, India offers unique opportunities for patient investors due to the long-term growth outlook for the economy.
Are you still bullish on India’s growth prospects, given that there is likely to be a global downturn and many of the bigger investors are either bearish or neutral?
Legatum’s investment perspective runs over years, not quarters, and accordingly our view is somewhat different from mainstream thought or trends. In our experience we have seen that even in bear markets, there are some businesses that continue to do well even if the market reduces the price of their shares.
Legatum is confident of India’s long-run prospects. Indeed, the recent flows into the country partially reflect the fact that India’s growth is not entirely dependent on global economic growth. While a sharp slowdown in the US could precipitate a period of volatility in the Indian stock market, real GDP in the country is likely to continue to grow at a fast clip.
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2019-04-22T11:37:44Z
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https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/opinion/interviews/india-offers-opportunities-for-long-term-investors/articleshow/2441228.cms?intenttarget=no
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A $270-million school bond is in the hands of Glendale residents after school board members on Tuesday voted unanimously to place it on the April 5 ballot.
If approved by voters, the bond would set the stage for a fresh round of capital improvement projects at schools throughout the district.
"This bond is going to allow for so many of the exciting things that we are talking about and ready to put into place," school board member Christine Walters said.
The decision followed months of voter surveys, number crunching and site visits meant to explore the need for the additional funds. If passed, the bond would build on Measure K, a $186-million bond approved in 1997 that financed several major construction projects, including the refurbishment of Clark Magnet High School.
The bond will likely be leveraged to attract millions of additional dollars in the form of state and federal matching grants, board President Greg Krikorian said.
Repayment of the bond would be phased in around 2017, just as Measure K is paid off, so local property tax rates will remain the same, about $46 per $100,000 of assessed property value through 2050, according to the school district.
Priority projects that could be financed by bond dollars include school safety improvements, technology upgrades and science lab renovations, said Eva Lueck, chief financial officer for the district.
The money cannot be spent on administrator or teacher salaries, but it would free up $20 million in other funds, allowing the district to keep class sizes from increasing significantly. If passed, the first $54 million could be available to the district as early as September, Lueck said.
The bond has received widespread support from administrators, teachers and community members, many of whom were at the meeting on Tuesday for the vote. Carolyn Williams, a first-grade teacher at Keppel Elementary, said the bungalow that serves as her classroom is in terrible condition.
"It is our hope that we will be able to improve our schools and keep our class sizes down," Williams said. "The upgrades would enhance the learning environment for all of our students."
College View School did not receive any of the Measure K funding, teacher Mary Garripoli said. She said the flooring in her classroom is uneven, causing teachers and students to trip, and there are just two electrical sockets and no door.
"My students need and deserve to work in a safe and modern environment," Garripoli said.
Tami Carlson, president of the Glendale Teachers Assn., raised some concerns about how the bond revenue would be spent.
The union, which locked horns with the school board earlier this year over spending cuts, has not taken an official position on the bond because officials haven't put in writing their commitment to use the freed-up $20 million strictly for the improvement of classroom instruction, Carlson said.
"I personally would not want to ask the homeowners of Glendale to pay an increase in taxes during an economic downturn if it is not going to be directly for students in the classroom," Calson said.
There are also teachers within the district who are unhappy with how Measure K dollars were used, Carlson said.
But school board members described Measure K as a success that benefited not only the district, but the entire community, and officials have stressed that tax rates would barely change.
And the ongoing state budget crisis poses a real threat to the quality of programming the district can offer, they said.
"Our kids get one shot at third grade; they get one shot at being in high school," board member Mary Boger said. "And if we are going to protect them and keep them safe … then we will support this bond."
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2019-04-25T00:10:48Z
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https://www.latimes.com/socal/glendale-news-press/news/tn-gnp-xpm-2010-12-15-tn-gnp-bond-20101215-story.html
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This recipient embraces inclusivity, collaboration, and models values that support an interdependent and interconnected global world. She is a founder and president of Sigma Iota Pho-Eta Eta Chapter, co-founder and e-board director of Rutgers Gen/UN/UNA, and a board member of the Rutgers Student Assembly. As a Leadership Scholar at the Institute for Women’s Leadership, an Eagleton Undergraduate Associate, an SAS Honors Program Student Advisory Council member, and Douglass Residential College Global Summit ambassador, she has honed skills that will prepare her to be a leader in life wherever it takes her after Rutgers.
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2019-04-19T14:38:39Z
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http://studentawards.rutgers.edu/2018/05/01/nainika-paul/
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Have you ever wondered why Japanese people are so thin? Well, if you have, here is the answer to your question. People in Japan follow a technique that helps them lose weight without having to burn out in the gym or eliminating essential food groups from their diet.
Doctors in Japan recommend this exercise to everyone and it has been helping people since ages.
Not only will it help you lose weight, it will also give you relief from back pain.
All you need for this exercise is a towel and a yoga mat.
Step 1: Fold your towel into a cylinderical roll.
Step 4: Your ankles should be along the width of the shoulder.
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2019-04-21T11:08:10Z
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/weight-loss/this-japanese-trick-using-towel-will-help-you-lose-weight/articleshow/60891115.cms
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War of the Rebellion: Serial 002 Page 0226 OPERATIONS IN MD., PA., VA., AND W. VA. Chapter IX.
the next morning at 9 o'clock. All the trains but the two first were equally and unaccountably delayed. From daylight till 9 o'clock my utmost efforts with the telegraphed seemed to avail little or nothing. The regimental commanders, Colonels Dunning, Stanley, Morton, Smith, and Turley, were equally balked by railroad detections. Without waiting further, the twenty-five cavalry and the few of Colonel Morton's Twentieth Infantry had formed to move hon, when Captain Bond arrived at 9 a. m. with news of the escape, as before stated.
Before this I had relied with entire confidence that the line was occupied as stated in Colonel Irvine's telegraph of the 12th instant, instead of which it now appears that his troops were at West Union, eight miles west of the Red House, where the Horseshoe Run road, traveled by the rebels, intersects the Northwest pike; and it also appears by the statement of Lieutenant H. A. Myers and Angier Dobbs, of the cavalry atached to Colonel Irvine's command, that all scouts and pickets had been withdrawn, by Colonel Irvine's order, from that road early on the 13th, and the road left entirely free all night along. On this subject see Colonel Irvine's report, herewith presented.
As soon as possible after Captain Bond's arrival at Oakland, the horses were taken from Colonel Morton's baggage wagon and hitched to one of the guns, and, with the few of Colonel Morton's infantry then arrived, started in the pursuit, while I moved on with as much dispatch as possible with my aid, Captain Bond, a guided, and twenty-five cavalry. At Red House I found the gun sent to Colonel Irvine some days before, one company of his infantry, and a few prisoners captured that morning. Ordering forward all but eight of the cavalry, I stopped a few moments to gather information and make dispositions rendered necessary in consequence of the (since found to be erroneous) reports that there was a body of rebel troops yet to come up. I moved forward again with five of the cavalry, and soon overtook Colonels Irvine, Depuy, and their commands, which halted about six miles east of the Red House. A council was immediately called, including the field officers and captains of all the companies, in order to learn the actual condition of the men and all other facts that should govern the action of the command. A free interchange of facts and opinions occurred, when the facts found and opinions arrived at were, that the enemy had passed the Red House, about three thousand strong, including from three to give guns and several hundred cavalry, before 5 o'clock in the morning, the artillery covering the rear.
That the very sparse settlements along the line of the march had been and were being so stripped of provisions by the enemy that no reliance could be placed upon getting any kind of supplies in their track.
That none of the companies that marched over the night before from Oakland had any supper, and that very few, if any, in the whole command had any breakfast, and the haversacks were almost entirely empty, and wholly so with the most of the men.
There did not appear to be on an average one day's rations for the men then on the march drawn and unconsumed. For the whole but one wagon; and all there was in the way of means of transportation, provisions, camp equipage, and cooking utensils had been left in the rear and in camp.
The whole force then in the column, I think, did not exceed 1,300 men.
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2019-04-23T02:48:15Z
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https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/002/0226
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using a good quality of printing paper, with the inclusion of the two dates Hijri and Gregorian and the signing of the Governor of the Central Bank and the Agency Abdul Basit Turki Saeed, with the addition of some signs of security.
Adding that “the new tags will help the blind to see these categories.
The bank said that “it was changing the image of the Arab world, al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham in the paper category of 10 000 dinars to the image of the Freedom Monument in Baghdad artist Jawad Salim, in addition to modify the image of agriculture and the field in the category of 25 000 dinars, which will be charged farming pitcher of water appears behind a tractor plowing the ground the new.
Central Bank of Iraq, on Tuesday, re-printed banknotes Iraqi pictures of new and superior protection, and in the time that indicated that the currency will continue to be traded now, confirmed that the new currency will help the blind to see the value of these categories.
declared the Iraqi Central Bank in November 2013 its intention to issue coins denominations are small and other paper-related large segments of the category of 50 000 dinars written in Arabic and Kurdish.
was established Iraqi Central Bank as a bank independent under the law issued on the sixth of March of the year 2004, as an independent body, which is responsible for maintaining price stability and the implementation of monetary policy, including exchange rate policies and being sessions daily for buying and selling currencies.
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2019-04-19T05:04:39Z
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https://currencynewshound.wordpress.com/2014/04/08/cbi-will-reprint-new-banknotes-with-added-features-2-articles/
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Based on an original screenplay by me; we are gearing up for the filming of our own short film - LABELS - a short film exploring some of the issues associated with stereotyping.
LABELS is our own project. It will be shot on location here in Jeffersonville, utilizing all home-grown talent. It will be our first collaboration with Corry Housdan.
We expect filming to take place in September 2015.
The Street With No Name - out today!!
The 5th instalment of The Tales Of The Unexpected series.
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2019-04-25T19:41:18Z
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http://alpmortal.weebly.com/news--updates/archives/08-2015
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The convoy had been taking fire for a while by the time it came across the first roadside bomb.
Maj. Jim Gant knew he could not wait for the Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians to show up.
So he decided that his up-armored vehicle would have to eat the roadside bomb. He also made sure that it would explode on his side.
Gant, 41 explained that was his job as a leader.
“I need to be where the most danger is,” said Gant, team leader for the Iraqi National Police Quick Reaction Force Transition Team.
On Dec. 11, 2006, Gant was leading a convoy of Iraqi police commandos from Balad to Taji.
Iraqi police had been making regular trips to Balad, and there had been heavy fighting along the route for the past six weeks, said Gant, of Fort Bragg, N.C.
This day would be worse.
And the two F-16s that were supposed to support the convoy had been diverted, Gant said.
About 15 miles from Balad, the convoy started taking heavy enemy fire.
Two Iraqi police commandos were wounded — one, shot in the face.
Gant said he treated the Iraqi who was hit in the face and got them evacuated.
By the time the convoy got to the first roadside bomb, about 30 minutes later, it was taking fire from both sides of the road, Gant said. He knew they had to push on.
“If we would have stopped, they would have tore us up,” he said.
He also knew that if one of the police commandos’ vehicles ran over the roadside bomb, the results would be catastrophic and would tie down the rest of the convoy.
“If that IED is going to hit one of my vehicles, I want it to be mine,” Gant decided.
Gant said he had his gunner drop into the Humvee and he positioned the rest of the convoy away from the roadside bomb.
Then they drove forward until the bomb went off. The blast “absolutely rocked” the Humvee, Gant said, but everyone was OK, so they kept driving.
About two minutes later, the convoy found a second roadside bomb.
Again, Gant positioned the rest of the convoy away from the bomb as his Humvee drove toward it.
They got closer and closer to the roadside bomb, but nothing happened.
When they got between 15 and 20 feet away, the bomb finally went off.
Once again, the blast rocked everyone in the vehicle, but otherwise, the occupants were unhurt.
As soon as the bomb went off, a machine gun opened up on Gant’s vehicle with bullets hitting the windshield.
The fight was not over….
And there is more. Go here to read the rest of these incredible events on that fateful day.
That sentence is something that Maj. James “Jim” Gant, who serves as thechief of the Iraqi National Police, Quick Reaction Force Battalion Transition Team, tells his policemen all the time, encouraging them to fight for what they believe in.
Though most the time he was talking in generic terms, this time he knew the fight was waiting for them. For six weeks his patrol of three armored high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles and 23 “soft-shelled” national police pick-up trucks had been getting in fire fights with an organized insurgent force in an area between Balad and Baghdad. On Dec. 11, his patrol was finally on their way back home. Maj. Gant knew there would be a grand finale.
His actions, during that gift, resulted in him earning the Silver Star, which will be awarded on May 3 at a Iraqi National Police station near Forward Operating Base Prosperity. The Silver Star is the third highest award given for valor in the face of the enemy. It is given to American heroes.
Maj. Gant knows four Soldiers who have earned Silver Stars; two died for them. He said heroes are everywhere, it just depends on if they get the chance to show it.
He was given his change to prove himself on that fateful day in December.
The enemy on that stretch of road was well trained and waiting, Maj. Gant said. But he knew his crew was ready. After spending 17 years in the Army, he should know.
“I had a really well trained transition team,” he said. That confidence was also extended to his Iraqi brethren as well, with good reason….
“We try to maintain contact with the enemy as long as possible and kill as many as we can,” Maj. Gant said. “We were going to do some serious damage that day.
This is when Maj. Gant received word that a woman in the civilian vehicle had been severely injured in the first blast. Still under heavy small arms fire in a hasty perimeter, he got out and tried to perform first aid on her.
She then allowed him to apply tourniquets to both of her severely wounded legs. There was also a little girl in the vehicle. Gant, a family man with two kids of his own back in North Carolina, Tristen, 9, and Scout, 7, wanted to keep this child safe.
“I realized that we might all die today, but this little girl will not,” he said, talking about how he put the child in his up-armored vehicle. “We had some sporadic small arms fire after that, but we had broken their back. They wanted us to stop there.
When they finally made it back that day, they were met with a celebration. There were more than 200 Commandos singing and bathing the road with goat’s blood and planting bloody handprints all over there war-torn, bullet-ridden vehicles. There were celebrating.
Though nearly six months has passed since that battle occurred, Maj. Gant can tell the story of the battle like it was yesterday.
Only two Soldiers remain on his crew that were with him that day, most of the American Soldiers have rotated back to the United States, but he remembers all of his team.
and the heroic acts by all involved in that day.
Thank YOU for your service, Major Gant.
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2019-04-26T10:13:15Z
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I Let My Babies Watch TV. And I Regret Nothing!
On Tuesday, the American Academy of Pediatrics reaffirmed a longstanding statement that children under the age of two should not watch television. This is not exactly a new position. Doctors and development experts have urged parents to keep young children away from screens for years. And the AAP itself made much the same statement about a dozen years ago.
I knew that. I was writing about TV professionally when my kids—now seven and ten—were babies. I let them watch anyway. And I would do it again.
Let me say this up front: I am not a doctor. I only occasionally even watch Grey’s Anatomy. And while I someday hope to engage my children in rousing debates about Breaking Bad and the moral fallibility of the everyman, my being a professional TV critic does not make me an expert on the psychological effects of TV any more than it qualifies me to install a satellite dish.
Whether TV is good or bad for kids—for anyone—is a medical and psychological issue. My field is judging whether TV shows are good or bad, period. So I usually resist the urge to play doctor or Supernanny, to judge whether reports like these are valid, or to tell other people how to raise their kids.
But as a parent, you learn that sometimes the perfect is the enemy of the good. And sometimes the perfect is the enemy of your getting to take a goddamn shower.
So yes, many was the time I put on a baby video to buy that most precious parenting asset: a few minutes. Did that help my kids? I am not going to lie to myself. Did it harm them? Not in any way I can ascertain, but I’m not a physician, and anyway, of course I would say that, right?
In the end, I take pronouncements like the AAP’s like I take so many guidelines for parenting: as Platonic statements of an ideal that I will continually fall short of. I implement them—like parents do advice about food, sleep, discipline, &c.—using a combination of half-informed memories of newspaper clippings, my even less-informed gut feeling about what feels like common sense and my hazy memories of how-they-did things-when-I-was-a young-‘un-and-I-turned-out-fine.
That gut feeling tells me that it’s naive to treat electronic media as if they have no effect, and useless to take the absolutist stance that they’re the digital equivalent of cigarettes. My kids would have been fine without any TV in their early years. They also would have been fine without cake.
But they each had cake at their first birthday parties. (I will never forget that eyes-bulging look of “Why the hell have you been hiding this from me all my life?“) And my entirely unscientific philosophy is that it’s my job as a parent to teach them that you don’t have cake all the damn time. My kids are going to grow up in a world of media, and I want to raise them as smart media consumers as well as smart readers.
None of which do I mean to minimize the AAP’s concerns. (Let me stress again: Not a doctor!) I love TV, but that means I believe it’s best watched actively, not passively—that you should engage with it and talk and think about it. Babies don’t do that. And my wife and I are lucky enough to have jobs and lifestyles that allow us to spend a decent amount of time doing things with our kids—it’s much tougher for single parents or cash-and-time-strapped parents who end up turning to the cheapest, most available babysitter.
So, by all means, take the baby-TV guidelines seriously. But do you really want to help parents, AAP? Maybe you could offer to watch the baby next time while we grab a shower.
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2019-04-24T00:15:36Z
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is mapped to the truth value TRUE when Charles is substituted for x and Genghis Khan is substituted for y. The Relation TO_THE_LEFT_OF comprises all true propositions and only true propositions that get generated when values are substituted for x and y. So the predicate is a function whose range is the truth value TRUE for every proposition that is included in the relation, and FALSE for every proposition that is not included in the relation.
Charles is to the left of Genghis Khan.
we then projected on the null set of attributes (“columns”). We would then end up with Chris Date’s TABLE_DEE, that is, the Relation with cardinality 0 (o attributes, that is, 0 “columns”) and a single tuple. TABLE_DEE is the Relation that corresponds to (I guess I should say ‘is identical with’) the weird classical logic proposition TRUE. The predicate returns the proposition TRUE wrapped in the Relation TABLE_DEE when the Charles and Genghis Khan substitution is made.
John is to the left of Genghis Khan.
the Restriction selects no tuple in the Relation TO_THE_LEFT_OF. We then have a Derived Relation with a cardinality of 2 (i.e., the Relation has 2 “columns”) holding the null set of tuples. If we then project on the null set of attributes, we end up with a Relation of cardinality 0 comprising 0 tuples. Chris Date calls this Relation TABLE_DUM, and it holds the tuple, that is to say, the proposition FALSE. The predicate returns the proposition FALSE wrapped in the Relation TABLE_DUM when the John and Genghis Khan substitution is made.
Thinking of the predicate as returning either TABLE_DEE or TABLE_DUM simplifies things a bit, because it means we never have to leave the Relational Algebra when modeling the predicate. Everything gets explained in terms of just one set of operations, the operations of the Relational Algebra.
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2019-04-20T08:57:34Z
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Switch to NETVIGATOR broadband to get the Super Sports Pack at a discounted price!
*This Super Sports Pack and Asia entertainment at HK$268/month offer is a limited time offer and is only available to new NETVIGATOR customers (whose service installation address has not been installed with any NETVIGATOR / LiKE1OO broadband service within 3 months prior to the application date) subscribing to designated NETVIGATOR broadband service with at least 24-month commitment period for designated estate, and allowing us to complete service installation within 30 days from the application date. Customers can subscribe to only one pack/combo with a designated commitment period at the offer rate. Now TV will broadcast all Premier League matches in Hong Kong for the 2018/2019 season. In respect of the 2018/2019-2022/2023 seasons of the LaLiga, Now TV will broadcast all the matches that are broadcasted by beIN SPORTS. Details of the dates of the matches, times and channels will be announced later. Bundesliga is provided by FOX SPORTS and Ligue 1, Serie A, MLS and A-League are provided by beIN SPORTS. All program content may be subject to change. Other terms and conditions apply. ▲Customers must activate NETVIGATOR broadband service within 12 months from the application date. ^According to the Fiber-to-the-Home household penetration rate published by OFCA in June 2018, HKT occupied over 60% of Fiber-to-the-Home market share and ranked No.1 among all internet service providers. +Club SIM free combo promotion: Each eligible The Club member can enjoy a Club SIM free combo when successfully register the first Club SIM. Every combo within the promotion must be activated within specified period. Club SIM service is provided by Club Services (HKT) Limited and is subject to terms and conditions. For details, please access here or dial 183 3000.
NETVIGATOR Broadband Service and Now TV are only available for designated residential areas. NETVIGATOR Broadband Service is provided by Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT) Limited. Now TV is provided by PCCW Media Limited and is a registered trademark of the PCCW Group. Services are subject to relevant terms and conditions.
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2019-04-20T12:44:26Z
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https://netvigator.com/eng/promotion/nowtv-super-sports-pack.html
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Major League Baseball‘s emoji push began late this season and you can tap into that action with the MLB.com Clubhouse app on iTunes. It’s loaded with emoji and gifs perfect for summing up your thoughts on the game without tying a single word.
But now you can take it a step further with the Emoji Collection T-shirts.
The aim? To make you .
The Durham Bulls‘ history books include Chipper Jones, Evan Longoria, David Price and even the likes of Ebby Calvin “Nuke” LaLoosh and Crash Davis, but there’s another player you might know who could make their mark with the team this coming season.
Thanks to Topps and the Make Your Pro Debut contest found in packs of the recently released 2016 Topps Heritage Minor League baseball cards, it could be you. No, really.
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2019-04-18T10:16:47Z
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https://blowoutbuzz.wordpress.com/tag/david-price/
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I recently completed an academic research paper examining some of the ways in which interactive media, which for sake of this post will include social media, is relating to government. It is along these lines that I find it very fitting to devote a post to the efforts being undertaken in a small Texas town, which could prove to be a litmus test for government adoption of new media tools.
Thanks to the terrific website govfresh.com, I learned about an interesting scenario playing out in the Lone Star State. Manor, Texas is now utilizing the power of collaborative, social crowd sourcing to improve governance. At the very least, that is the idea behind the application called Manor Labs. Essentially, the town realized that there are issues that could be improved for the betterment of the community. However, the questions that come up often in any government body is how to best approach an attempt at a solution to a given problem. Instead of relying upon the combined perspectives of an esoteric few officials huddled inside a boardroom at city hall, why not open up the thought process to the public, the constituents, who interact throughout the community on a daily basis in a multitude of ways. The officials of Manor, Texas decided to take this process a step further. Instead of limiting idea contribution solely to those living within the town limits, anyone who has Internet access can provide a suggestion. I think this is an excellent advancement to an already great idea, mainly because chances are good that another community elsewhere has or is dealing with similar difficulties and people from these communities can easily provide suggestions that may be applicable in Manor. Voila, a potential solution from someone who has never set foot inside this Texas town!
Motivation can sometimes be lacking when it comes to public participation in local politics this is nothing new. One potential motivating factor may assist in convincing people to check out the Manor Labs application is that of Innobucks. These serve as a currency within the Manor Labs space and can be accumulated from ideas being submitted. A marketplace is therefore present within the application so users can choose to cash in their Innobucks for real, tangible rewards. Although the selection is limited, users Innobucks could be used to spend a shift riding along with the Chief of Police or be Mayor for a day or win a unique custom framed Texas flag.
What is happening in Manor, Texas is exciting and could serve as a very valuable model for other communities in the years to come. The fact that a smaller Texas town has realized, coordinated and enacted a working system to harness public insights for the sake of making a better community is proof that government can work for the people. I am curious to see how Manor will build off of this application to make government even more responsive to public input. The future of government, especially relating to interactive media, may be before us in Texas, we all should be taking notice.
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2019-04-24T02:42:50Z
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Adam Cuker - "Monitoring unfractionated heparin: best practices and controversies"
Dr. Cuker will review evidence, controversies, and best practices in the measurement and monitoring of unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin, and fondaparinux.
Gualtiero Palareti - "Monitoring of direct oral anticoagulants"
Dr. Palareti will review in which circumstances and for which purposes measuring the concentration of the direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) is indicated and which are the laboratory assays that should be used for this scope and those that are not recommended.
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Please note: The course fee is $10.00 in addition to a $2.50 processing fee which is assessed for all electronic registrations.
Understand the evidence for and against laboratory monitoring of unfractionated heparin.
Identify indications for measurement of low molecular weight heparin and fondaparinux.
Describe current best practices for monitoring and measurement of unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin, and fondaparinux.
Adam Cuker "Laboratory Measurement of the Heparin-based agents"
Dr. Adam Cuker will review evidence, controversies, and best practices in the measurement and monitoring of unfractionated heparin, low molecular weight heparin, and fondaparinux.
Gualtiero Palareti "Monitoring of direct oral anticoagulants"
Dr. Gualtiero Palareti will review in which circumstances and for which purposes measuring the concentration of the direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) is indicated and which are the laboratory assays that should be used for this scope and those that are not recommended.
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https://ocpe.mcw.edu/isth-enduring-material-series-2016/content/16128-monitoring-anticoagulation
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Diners at the restaurant, a KFC brand in China known as KPro, can place their order at a wall-mounted terminal, which then scans their face.
Paying for food at one KFC restaurant in China just got a lot more personal.
Forget cash, credit cards or a smartphone -- customers can now settle the bill with their face thanks to new technology unveiled on Friday.
Ant Financial, an affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba (BABA), launched the new service in the eastern city of Hangzhou. It's the latest example of the growing use of facial recognition by businesses and government agencies in the world's most populous nation.
The system is based on Ant Financial's digital payment platform Alipay, which has more than half a billion users worldwide and already allows people to sign into its Chinese app using their face.
Ant says the KFC restaurant is the first physical store in the world to use facial recognition software to take payments.
The company is eager to reassure consumers that the technology is secure. The software analyzes more than 600 facial features to make a match, and uses a 3D camera and a "liveness" algorithm to make sure people aren't trying to fool it with photos or videos of someone else.
Similar technology is already being used in a variety of ways in China.
Tech company Baidu (BIDU) began testing facial recognition software last year to manage tourist admissions in Wuzhen, a historic town that receives millions of visitors each year. Staff at Baidu headquarters can pay with their faces in the company restaurant.
Baidu has also attempted a more ambitious test project at a KFC in Beijing, scanning customers' faces to try to predict their preferred order based on factors such as age, mood and gender.
"We hope one day in the future people can go out without their cell phones or wallets," said Dong Liyun, a product manager at Ant Financial.
Experts say the introduction of facial recognition software in China has been helped by the country's massive database of citizens' ID photos -- as well as the huge amount of images collected by internet companies.
Western tech firms have taken a more cautious approach because of privacy concerns. Google (GOOGL) said in 2011 that it had scrapped software that would let smartphone users snap a picture of a person's face to find out who they are.
Chinese authorities, meanwhile, are already combining facial recognition technology with the country's network of surveillance cameras to monitor citizens. Police are reported to have caught suspects by surreptitiously scanning faces at events, including a recent beer festival.
"Facial recognition has started to become a requirement in new city surveillance projects in China," research firm IHS Markit said in a recent report.
Face scanners even made it into the toilet stalls at a popular park in Beijing in order to stop people taking more than their fair share of toilet paper.
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2019-04-25T04:26:14Z
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Mammoth skeleton. Side view of the largest mounted Mammuthus columbi skeleton in the world. It is housed at the University of Nebraska State Museum, USA. At upper left are giant up-curved tusks. This specimen is 4 meters in height. Mammuthus columbi (Columbian mammoth) was a giant elephant-like mammal, which roamed temperate parts of North America more than 10,000 years ago, when it became extinct. This species was an important later relative of the woolly mammoth of Europe and Siberia. These well-preserved bones of Mammuthus columbi were discovered in Lincoln County, Nebraska, in 1922, a site famous for its fossils. The skeleton was assembled in 1933. 1992.
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2019-04-19T07:19:36Z
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Jassy Correia and her daughter.
BOSTON (AP) — Family and friends have gathered at a Boston church for the funeral of a 23-year-old woman who was kidnapped and killed following an outing for her birthday at a nightclub.
The service for Jassy Correia was being held Saturday morning at Saint Peter Parish in the Dorchester neighborhood. A private burial was to follow.
Correia, of Lynn, Massachusetts, was last seen leaving a Boston nightclub early on the morning of Feb. 24. Her body was found four days later in the trunk of a car driven by a Rhode Island man during a traffic stop by Delaware police.
Louis Coleman, of Providence, is charged with kidnapping resulting in death, a federal crime that carries the possibility of the death penalty upon conviction.
Messages seeking comment were left for Coleman’s lawyers.
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2019-04-19T11:47:07Z
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https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2019/03/09/family-friends-gather-for-funeral-of-jassy-correia
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The iconic Caxton Street Festival will be celebrating it’s 21st Birthday this weekend on Sunday 7 June 2015. We recently got to do a tasting tour of a couple of venues on Caxton Street to get a taste of what’s in store for this weekend!
First stop of the night was at Brewski, with my craft beer obsessed boyfriend being completely blown away by this venue and summed it up in his own words saying “these guys are serious about beer!”. We got to try Brewski’s ribs, and yes, they were as delicious as they look!
We then popped across the road and visited Statler and Waldorf, upon walking into this venue we felt like it was never ending and we ventured all the way out the back to a new section of the venue, a beer garden like area complete with ping pong table and a stage which will be used to have live music on weekends! Pictured below are sliders from Statler and Waldorf.
Our third (and personally our favourite!) venue that we visited was the luxurious Gambaro Hotel. The Gambaro Hotel has recently been awarded the best Seafood Restaurant in QLD and the best function centre/caterer in QLD by the Restaurant and Catering Savour Awards. Their sister restaurant Black Hide Steakhouse is also an award winning restaurant, recently being awarded the best Steak Restaurant in QLD and nationally and the Brisbane Restaurant of the Year. Pictured below are the Korean BBQ Beef Ribs and Albondigas Spanish Style Meatballs from Black Hide Steakhouse, the Korean BBQ Beef Ribs were cooked to perfection and just melted in your mouth. Also pictured is the BBQ Herb Marinated Squid which will be served at the Caxton Street Festival with Gambaro fat chips!
Our last stop on our Caxton Street Festival Tasting Tour was at Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall. What a venue! We honestly felt like we had stepped back in time and didn’t want to leave Lefty’s at the end of the night. Stepping into Lefty’s feels like stepping on to a movie set and into a Saloon complete with Johnny Cash style music, craft beer and décor to match! Lefty’s is a must do on Caxton Street!
To get your tickets for Caxton Street Festival, visit http://tickets.oztix.com.au/default.aspx?Event=52051 or follow us on Instagram @eatdrinkseeaus to enter our competition to win 2 free tickets!
Caxton Street Festival is excited to announce their biggest and most diverse food program to date, boasting not only a delicious mix of seafood, but also a range of gourmet street eats, premium lunch packages and pop-up bars, Sunday June 7, Queen’s Birthday long weekend.
From humble beginnings, the iconic festival in its 21st year has evolved into so much more than just seafood and wine, with an all-new food program offering something delicious for everyone!
Whether you’re craving fresh seafood, gourmet burgers, traditional New York style pizza, spicy butter chicken or even something sweet, Caxton Street Festival has you covered.
As always, award winning Gambaro Seafood Restaurant, Caxton Street Hotel and Casablanca will be serving up their sensational seafood platters, featuring delicious sand crabs, oysters both natural and Kilpatrick, tiger prawns, Moreton Bay bugs, smoked salmon, spiced prawn cutlets, mussels and half shell scallops to name a few of their scrumptious seafood specials.
Get a group of friends together and book a table for lunch, but be quick they reach capacity every year!
In addition to all the iconic seafood offerings, there will also be an abundance of delicious street eats available from restaurant pop-ups and market stalls; spanning from Hotel LA’s juicy gourmet burgers to Black Hide Steakhouse Stall’s tasty Korean BBQ beef ribs; Spanish style meatballs and crunchy hand cut chips.
Caxton Thai Seafood will be spicing things up with their BBQ prawn and fish cake skewers, along with Casablanca’s international themed menu featuring both Portuguese char-grilled and traditional butter chicken.
Statler & Waldorf will be serving premium gastro-pub grub you can enjoy on the go; including homemade duck sausage rolls and chickpea burgers.
Joining the festival this year are newcomers Nitrogenie and The Doughnut Bar, who will be popping up with their indulgent desserts, guaranteed to satisfy every sweet tooth.
For those wanting to go all-out and make the most of their festival experience, there will also be a range of inclusive lunch and dinner packages available from participating venue partner restaurants and bars along the street.
Join us in the Brewski Beer Garden, a beery paradise literally on Caxton Street with access to 10 taps and over 200 bottles of the best craft beer on the planet, plus an awesome menu of great food, proper pizzas and deluxe, melt-in-your-mouth pork ribs finished with an amazing beery bourbon glaze.
Statler & Waldorf will be hosting a beer garden party, as well as a three-course roast lunch with all the trimmings, including a bottle of sparkling, white and red to wet your whistle!
To top it off, there will be plenty of pop-up bars throughout the street serving up ice-cold bevvies, including Sirromet’s very best blends, refreshing craft beers and ciders courtesy of Rogers and Rekorderlig, as well as Canadian Club and Coca-Cola.
Three live stages of headliner entertainment, seafood, street-eats, pop-up bars all for just $29 + BF! Tickets available online at www.caxtonstreetfestival.com.au, get a bunch of your friends together and get booking!
Caxton Street Festival is also proudly supporting Youngcare who will be fundraising on the day – so please give generously.
Since it burst onto the Brisbane coffee scene in 2011, Pourboy Espresso has made a name for itself as one of Brisbane’s best espresso bars. Four years later, it will now add another impeccable string to its bow with the launch of its liquor licence.
Pourboy will continue to raise the bar in delivering exceptional specialty coffee and cafe dining as well as offering Brisbane wine connoisseurs and lovers alike, classic drops in stylish and relaxed surrounds.
Pourboy’s owner, Sebastian Butler-White, cut his teeth in some of this country’s best fine dining restaurants (such as Marque and Aria), and he will continue to head up the floor team; bringing years of expertise as a qualified sommelier to afternoon and evening soirees.
Having scoured the globe for wines that are stunning examples of their region and variety – from Arbois to Zinfandel – Pourboy’s wine list will rouse the senses and introduce you to some of the best wines you’ve never had.
Pourboy’s drinks list will also include a selection of craft beers from Australia and around the globe, as well as some of the finest spirits on offer.
Thursday and Friday evenings will now be synonymous with the convergence of friends and colleagues on a new hot spot in Wharf Street. And if you don’t find yourself there too, you’ll surely be missing out.
Kwan Brothers is inspired by the hawker markets of Singapore, the night markets of Hong Kong, the izakayas of Tokyo and the street carts of Bangkok. Kwan Brothers serves up funky asian and you could easily be fooled into thinking you are in Singapore, Hong Kong or Tokyo when you walk through the front doors. We believe Kwan Brothers is revolutionary, bringing to Brisbane out of this world Asian Food, late night dining (with the kitchen open till 11pm every single night – can I get a hallelujah!?) and they also deliver food and booze (provided you live nearby) all at a very reasonable price! Ah, Kwan Brothers, you complete us!
Not only are there already a million reasons to visit Kwan Brothers but they have one more big reason to go see them as they are currently giving away a FREE TRIP TO HONG KONG! Dine with Kwan Brothers between February 19 and March 1 and you can enter the competition, further competition details can be found by visiting Kwan Brothers.
Below are some photos to drool over while you plan your next lunch or dinner with friends at Kwan Brothers and who knows you might find yourself in Hong Kong very soon!
We recently stumbled upon Matt Moran’s Riverbar and Kitchen whilst doing a self guided restaurant/bar crawl of the Eagle Street precinct in Brisbane and we were absolutely blown away!
We stopped at Riverbar & Kitchen to enjoy some lunch and upon finding this venue we immediately felt like we had been whisked away to an exotic location like Seminyak in Bali (one of our favourite locations and a very glamorous part of Bali!).
Riverbar & Kitchen is complete with outdoor mist cooling systems to cool you down on a hot summers day whilst sitting outside enjoying the view of the glorious Story Bridge. When you wander inside you are greeted by a very well presented bar and the most glamorous decor reminiscent of a luxury boathouse completed with white boarded walls, nautical styling features and a feature ships rope light right in the middle of the venue.
We ordered a chicken and beef burger for lunch and were pleasantly surprised after taking one bite of these delicious buns, the meat was cooked to perfection and the buns soft and fluffy just the way we like it.
Riverbar & Kitchen is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 days a week, with bookings only required for groups of more than 10, for groups of less than 10 all you need to do is walk in and grab a table. They also have a mean cocktail menu with jugs available for only $30, we think this calls for a Sunday Session with friends.
COMPETITION: Riverbar and Kitchen are currently giving away a year’s worth of free coffee! All you need to do is visit Riverbar and Kitchen, grab a coffee, snap a pic of it and upload to instragram with the hashtag #RBKOFFEE and 25 words or less on why you should win 365 days of coffee. Competition closes March 14 2015, so hop over to Riverbar & Kitchen’s instagram page and get following!
The perfect time to say cheese!
Entries are now open to the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show’s (RQFWS) Cheese & Dairy Produce Show and Ice Cream, Gelato & Sorbet Competition.
Whether it’s brie, blue or parmesan that takes your fancy, leave it up to the RQFWS judges to find Australia’s cream of the crop.
Competitors from across the country, ranging from boutique producers to larger dairy companies, are invited to enter their top products into this prestigious food and wine competition.
It’s not just our European counterparts who succeed in all things fromage, Australian producers are creating delicious, award-winning cheeses.
Last year’s cheese and dairy judges, led by chief judge and dairy connoisseur Russell Smith, tasted their way through 360 entries from across the nation, with Lion Dairy & Drinks Allansford’s Mil Lel Superior Parmesan taking out the coveted Palatable Partners Champion Cheese of Show.
The Dairy Produce Show stems back to the first ever exhibition in 1876, making it one of the RNA’s oldest competitions.
In 2011 the Ice Cream, Gelato & Sorbet Competition was introduced as a stand-alone competition, being the first competition in Australia dedicated to judging the best in sorbets, gelato and ice cream.
Last year’s entries came in all flavours including lychee and mint, basil, coconut ice and lemon meringue. It was an ice creamery in Sydney, Serendipity, which took out the top gong for their delectable Grand Jaffa.
Blend the base in a food processor or good blender. Lightly grease the bottom of a muffin tin or alternatively you could use a plastic muffin tray which doesn’t require greasing. Place a small amount (approximately 2 – 3cm) of the base mixture in each section of the muffin tin and refrigerate while preparing the filling. Blend the ingredients for the filling and place on top of the base in the muffin tin. Refrigerate for approximately 2 hours and then your Raw Berry Mini Cheesecakes are ready to serve!
Alternatively you can freeze the mini cheesecakes, they will last for approximately 2 weeks in the freezer, just remove the frozen mini cheescake and thaw for approximately 20 minutes before consumption.
This recipe is courtesy of CMC Nutrition, to see more healthy recipes visit www.cmcnutrition.wordpress.com or visit CMC on Instagram by clicking here.
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2019-04-26T08:22:34Z
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Over the years we have been involved with a variety of projects, whether it be bands, solo careers, collaborations or comedy. The links below will take you to the complete discography and videography of each project we (Duckman & Weasel) have been involved in, since not all of the projects have been fortunate enough to be documented by any other means than text.
Note: Such projects as n-Somnia and Supertrip have their own website and can be found on our Links page.
The music collaboration between Jared and Forbes from 2004 to 2011.
This page covers our releases from 2007 to 2012.
Forbes' solo music project from 2008 to 2011.
This page covers all releases from 2008 to 2015.
Ducksel Comedy, most notably the "Ducksel FM" series.
such as "The Ducksel Comedy Podcasts" (2011) and beyond.
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2019-04-25T14:09:07Z
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http://stuffedduck.weebly.com/media.html
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London: Treatment with common chemotherapy drug combination appears to increase the number of young eggs in women's ovaries, a new research has found.
Although it is too soon to link the outcome to fertility, researchers believe more research is needed to better understand the implications and findings of the study, published in the journal Human Reproduction.
If further research can reveal the mechanism by which treatment with the drug combination, known as ABVD, results in increased production of eggs, this would aid understanding of how women might be able to produce more eggs during their lifetime. This was until recently thought to be impossible.
"This study involves only a few patients, but its findings were consistent and its outcome may be significant and far-reaching. We need to know more about how this drug combination acts on the ovaries, and the implications of this," said lead researcher Evelyn Telfer, Professor at University of Edinburgh in Britain.
The researchers analysed samples of ovary tissue donated by 14 women who had undergone chemotherapy, and from 12 healthy women.
The study showed that the ovaries from eight of the cancer patients, who had been treated with a drug combination had a much greater incidence of immature, or non-growing, eggs compared with tissue from women who had received a different chemotherapy, or from healthy women of a similar age.
The ovary tissue was seen to be in healthy condition, appearing similar to tissue from young women's ovaries.
Researchers had set out to better understand why treatment with ABVD is one of the few cancer drug combinations that does not impact women's fertility.
Future studies will examine the separate impact of each of the four drugs that combine to make ABVD -- known as adriamycin, bleomycin, vinblastine and dacarbazine -- to better understand the biological mechanisms involved.
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Tom is the frontman for the Gainesville, Florida punk band, Against Me!. Though this is officially his first solo EP, Against Me! began as his solo project, so it’s not unfamiliar territory for him. He maintains the political and protest songs of his bands, offering commentary on the world around us. This release maintains the punk and rock energy of his band while exploring folk, singer-songwriter acoustic guitars (though not in a wimpy manner), and even a bit of electronics. This dude is awesome, he rocks, I’d go see him live and I’ve listened to this EP four times in a row and I’m still not bored. Awesome!
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An Arizona company plans to open a Harley-Davidson dealership in Kennewick next month.
RideNow Powersports of Tempe, Ariz., recently took over the assets of Shumate Tri-City, which operated Shumate Motorsports on Kennewick's Highway 395 and 19th Avenue.
The store sold motorcycles, scooters, ATVs and watercraft before the owner filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year.
A RideNow representative confirmed the plans to open the store, but didn't provide any details.
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The next Artwalk is Saturday, May 7, 5-10 p.m.!
Participating artists and galleries feature one of a kind art and collectibles available for purchase as well as art openings, gallery shows, demonstrations and interactive art.
Experience local art, live music and fun for all ages at the award-winning artwalk in Downtown Akron. Galleries are located in the Northside District, North High Street, East & West Market Street and Main Street.
Summit Up! at the John S. Knight Center, 6-9 p.m.
The June Artwalk will be held on Saturday, June 4, 5-10 p.m.
The July Artwalk will be held on Saturday, July 2, 5-10 p.m.
The August Artwalk will be held on Saturday, August 6, 5-10 p.m.
The September Artwlak will be held on Saturday, September 3, 5-10 p.m.
On the first Saturday of each month the Artwalk features nearly two dozen destinations for art, shopping, dining and entertainment with offerings that fit every budget. Hand-blown glass, pottery, ceramic, paintings, textiles, jewelry and eclectic house wares all dot the footprint of this spectacular monthly event. The participating spaces change every month, as do the exhibitions, food and entertainment. Each month is a unique experience and a wonderful opportunity to meet the artists that make Downtown a culturally and artistically vibrant community.
The City of Akron’s free trolley service runs the entire route, making shopping convenient and parking painless. Trolley service begins at 5 p.m. and runs through 10 p.m. with destinations opening their doors between 5 and 6 p.m. Many Artwalk patrons make a night out of their visit to Downtown by enjoying a dinner at a Downtown restaurants as they peruse the galleries.
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The government’s own assessment of how the work programme is going, conducted for the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) by independent experts, suggests it is still badly under-performing.
The “work programme evalulation: interim meta-report” was signed off ready for publication in September 2013, but has been sat on ever since.
A Whitehall source told Channel 4 News that the decision not to publish was taken “at a ministerial level” on the basis that the department didn’t want another embarrassment to deal with.
The report is not written in the most strident language, but contains confirmation that one of the DWP’s pet projects is failing in one of its central tasks.
The scheme has been devised to incentivise “prime” contract holders to focus extra efforts and resources on those who are hardest to get into the labour market.
Earlier assessments have complained that instead of doing that the prime contract holders have been “creaming” – focusing on the easiest to place – and “parking” – reducing attention to the hardest to place.
The September 2013 report, two years into the work programme, suggests that “creaming” and “parking” are still significant problems.
The whole payment-by-results contract structure didn’t seem to be doing what it was meant to do.
This all matters. Not just to make the scheme work, but to make sure that if the government tenders new contracts it improves the mechanisms.
Payment-by-results is one of the central planks of the government’s public sector reforms, being rolled out in justice and health amongst other areas. Getting it right is pretty important and, you could argue, getting relevant data into the public domain to inform that discussion is pretty helpful too.
The report also challenges the use of sanctions against those who don’t take up work opportunities under the work programme.
A survey of work programme providers makes horrible reading for the government.
I make that about 58 per cent thinking it’s not helping or worse.
The DWP told Channel 4 News: “the reality is that the work programme is working… Previous schemes simply didn’t do enough for disabled people or the long-term unemployed.
“Since we launched the scheme in 2011, we have taken action to drive performance up significantly and we are committed to making sure providers continue to improve the service they give to jobseekers.
ACEVO who represent some of the involved charities who’ve been complaining about the way the contracts are structured insist the work programme is “not bust”, but needs re-working and adjustment.
And the participants seem to appreciate the individual attention they get from work programme workers. Satisfaction amongst them is really surprisingly high.
You can see our report on Channel 4 News at 7pm.
The wp has been very effective at transferring huge amounts of public money into (very favoured) private hands.
It’s failure to perform even better than doing nothing is an indictment, not just of the laughable Work Pogrom, bur also of the current rush to outsource just about every public service.
The fact that this report has been suppressed “at a ministerial level” on the basis that the department didn’t want another embarrassment to deal with£ is a scandal.
Above the subject is true because I have tried to send many applies for jobs as I want to achieve a wonderful career for my happiness life and support my family however they never offer me a job for nearly 5 years because I am hearing impaired. It’s not my fault BUT any company should stop unthinkable about all disability or deaf/HOH people because one of us should be brilliant brain than you think. They must kindly be accepting to offer any disability or deaf/HOH people the job because too many hearing people get the job easier, is not very fair! In the meantime the disability or deaf/HOH people are more suffering as they earn very little as they desire our dream to become well off. Please stop being selfish and should be thoughtful more for all disability or deaf/HOH people equality as the normal hearing people. Please change for a better service NOW without any excuse. Thank you for understanding our point of view. I appreciate your helping.
The work programme providers do very little in terms of finding suitable employment for jobseekers. They employ poorly qualified workers mostly IAG qualified, who are unable to deliver the guidance element which is so needed for such jobseekers. Their work does not equate to the thousands they charge the UK tax payer.
Well done Channel 4 news tonight (12 March)! Felt like I was watching a Labour Party Political Broadcast, featuring Margaret Hodge as Labour’s chief presenter.
Is there ANY chance that Channel 4 News could provide just a semblance of balance to its reporting?
Probably not based on past experience.
Besides the minister himself, is that?
I worked for 34 years, 20 as a Teacher, before being dismissed for Whistleblowing. I am well-educated and should be highly employable. However, I have now been out of work for 28 months. I attend the Work Programme once a month, tell the Adviser what I have been doing to find work. and then go home. I also have to attend the Job Centre and do the same thing, every fortnight. I have tried to find work through conventional routes but have four barriers; 1) Dismissed Teacher, 2) Whistleblower, 3) 54, 4) I cannot get a reference from my former Head Teacher. The Work Programme and Job Centre are only set up to deal with low skilled employees. They make vast sums of money from their conveyor belts, temporary positions, for minimum wage jobs. Every time they place someone, even for a temporary post, they are paid a very significant fee. It is in their interests to keep finding only temporary positions. Some people have been on this conveyor belt for a couple of years. Neither the Work Programme nor the Job Centre have done anything for me or those like me. I have even written to every MP and explained my predicament, hoping with their contacts, the fact that many have their own companies and many have connections to Government offices, they could help me get a job. Twelve answered say that they are bound by Parliamentary rules which says they can only deal with their own constituents; yes, that old chestnut. Every waking moment is devoted to trying to find a way into work. Everyone sees that I am a dismissed Teacher, 54 and a Whistleblower. They don’t see my unblemished, 34 year career, prior to my dismissal. No-one can, without being in the same position, understand how desperate I feel. Regular threats of Job Seekers Allowance sanctions for not finding work leave me with stress pains in my stomach, what can I do?
Even the meager employment results from the Work Programme are largely a result of fraud, the unemployed on the WP are being pushed into unsuitable and unsustainable self employment, such as Dog Walkers, Online Poker Players and Cup Cake Bakers, the ‘victims’ of this fraud are told they can live on Working Tax Credits for a year, while they’re not being told the Work Programme providers will be pocketing £13k of tax payers money for each of their non-existent jobs.
This will go down as the prime example of privatisation of public sector not working, how ironic. I am a participant myself on the Work Programme, obviously not by choice. I have not been on benefits for two years and I refuse to do so, causing me some financial hardship. Because I know that they will hound me with mandated appointments and unnecessary appointments. Unpaid work is NOT the way forward to gain experience, never mind for someone with a family to support and bills to pay.
I have refused consent, I have told them no further contact and now I have the ICE investigating my complaints against them, yet they still contact. They have threatened to sanction my benefits 3 times since May 2013, I haven’t claimed benefits since 2012!
They are continuing to hassle me, this is severely detrimental to my mental health and I refuse to participate in a dodgy welfare-to-work scheme, especially under A4e. Why should private companies profit at the expense of the taxpayer and unemployed? How has anyone not realised how undermining and dangerous that is?
I heartily empathise with you and am afraid to say not at all surprised that you signed off, yet they still hound you!!! I was with them for 2 years as an older woman with a disability and was promised a “personally tailored programme to suit my needs”, and of course that’s exactly what I didn’t get.
I worked for DWP for 5 years prior to landing on the Work Programme (don’t shoot me down) I didn’t have much choice in that at the time! , so had insider knowledge and a lot of experience in bringing up a disabled son on benefits, but I found they were actually worse than the Jobcentre, which tells you plenty! The particular small town in Kent I lived in at the time didn’t have either a Jobcentre or Work Programme office, so when I went to either, had to take a long bus journey, coupled with all the hanging around that involves. Going to the Jobcentre as well as the WP was just duplicating things, so waste of time in every sense, when I did go my WP meeting with the Advisor (initially a nice man who had worked at the Jobcentre) he spent most of the appointment typing who knows what on their “system”, looked at my job logs, asked a few naff questions, got me to sign loads of paper, I suggested I go on a course through Learn direct, he thought that was a good idea.
Every now and again he would ask me had I applied for such and such job, I would respond that I either couldn’t get there by transport or if I could, it was too far for me to walk at each end & he would look blank. I didn’t even bother to ask what about my constant pain, fatigue, lack of concentration/memory problems, going to medical appointments, as I knew they weren’t interested. I then had to attend some truly awful “courses” at their office, they were like something you’d do with school children and when we were all asked for feedback on a truly mind numbing week, we said it was of no use to any of us and why had we been put on it. We were told that they had to justify what they were doing with us!!!
Another amusing snippet while on that course, I said to the “trainer”(use word loosely) that i felt I was being discriminated when going to job interviews, her suggestion was that I should complain!!!
Why has this taken so long to gain an investigative response given the lives of those most disadvantaged it was meant to be helping? This in itself is a failure!
Also, where was he Labour Party in all of this mess? I don’t remember any LOUD voices and any desire to harness the voices of those most disadvantaged, into the media flood light and to create a desperately needed debate o this fundamental matter?
If politicians and the news media acknowledge that Upwards Social Mobility is as fundamental to the development and mind-sets of ‘ordinary’ people – as it is to the overall economy – then WHY or why has it been left for sub-contractors to pick-up the pieces of those failed by Work Programme contractors instead of someone – at least one political party – stepping in and making a LOUD NOISE about such appalling FAILINGS!!????
Why are politicians allowed to waste our tax money on schemes that simply DO NOT work?
The very fact that the DWP suppressed this for six months shows thy are a rouge department. It comes as little or no surprise to those of us who’ve been on the WP and have had to deal with one or more of the major providers. They’re a byword for failure and mismanagement throughout the New Deal, Flexible New Deal, Pathways to Work and now the Work Program.
When on the WP, I was not seen for MONTHS on end!
If as few as 5% of Work Program providers think the scheme is “very effective”, then it really is in more trouble than I though. Iain Duncan Smith is entirely responsible for this debacle.
He needs to do three things in quick succession and soon.
Explain just why he has allowed failures such as the Work Program, Univ. Credit (massive cost overruns) and Univ. Jobmatch (riddled with fake vacancies) to continue. Publically apologise. And then resign.
Yet the government closes remploy factories that employed disabled people in worthwhile jobs that paid a decent wage thus forcing them out of work and onto benefits therefore increasing the benefits bill. I’ve worked for remploy since 84 but I’m placed outside a factory but over the years I’ve known a lot of people in remploy factories. No prizes for guessing how many of those i know from closed remploy sites have found work? Errm exactly none. Makes no sense whatsoever to have closed all these sites that were productive. It’s just increased the benefits bill. The government has shot itself in the foot on this. If the sites had remained open all them thousands of people would have been working and contributing to the economy. Bit of a no brainer isn’t it Messrs Cameron Smith and Ms may.
Not that will have anything at all to do with the fact that the participants live under the constant threat of being sanctioned by their work programme providers if they so much as put a foot wrong. A bit of Stockholm syndrome may be in play here.
The Government always says its plans are working, whatever the state of things.
Iain Duncan Smith, on the BBC Sunday Politics show, just kept saying the figures were wrong when presented with statistics showing how things were going wrong with benefit changes.
I went through A4E, they pretty much ignored me and just asked me in once a week to do jobsearch, normally they’re supposed to find placements for you and get you into work in your preferred area. However because admin is so hard to do this for, they pretty much didn’t do anything, just told me to keep showing up to do pointless jobsearch sessions.
I never got help on A4E, they don’t even help you with more specialised courses you might be willing to take, it’s too expensive for them to do that.
As for sanctions not working as intended, I’m not surprised. Jobseekers Allowance is the minimum required to live on, being sanctioned means you end up with none, or on Hardship allowance, which is £40 per week. You’re too busy scraping by to survive, spending money on Jobsearching is the last thing you want to do with that little money. Especially for those without computers and needing to travel to a library.
The problem is, sanctions are so easy to be given to you, you can be given them for all sorts of daft reasons.
The government does not understand the nature of the jobs market. My partner I were recently classed as long tern unemployed, though in reality, between us, we were actually getting work. In one twelve month period we were signed off for 35 weeks out of 52, but because the jobs we had were temporary contracts lasting between one and twelve weeks, as each job finished we returned to the unemployment register and were classed as long term unemployed. I think a lot of ‘long term unemployed’ are actually in and out of work as we were. This is what a ‘flexible jobs market’ looks like but no one seems to acknowledge the fact. For that year our joint income was £12,700 including dole payments.
The Work programme fail to have an efficient policy aimed at building and sustaining relationships with a vast diversity of employers that reflect the employment/career goals of clients. If a skilled, job seeking client is desperate for the support that helps ‘bridge the gap’ between their skills and employers that don’t reflect Morrisons, KFC… etc, then the Work Programme CANNOT help you. It seems to me that this goal to empower clientele is all that the Work Programme offers – rather than a desperately needed innovative & commercialised approach to widening the circle of employers they speak to.
The perception therefore remains that Job Seekers are simply ‘unemployed’ people who are neither sufficiently skilled nor over ambitious to seek the type of jobs that others have enjoyed in a more sustained employment history. This is a poor perception that fails to mirror the reality of ‘recession failed’ Britain – and those who were failed by banks… and politicians – and the homes of skilled individuals that were also repossessed. Simply put, there are so many ‘skilled’ people who have been extremely challenged.. who have had to rely on a Work Programme whose policy remit is so narrow it fails to do what is desperately and actually needed.
I have always said that “a market tested by a recession is one that needs the encouragement of innovative minds to empower the development of new and refreshing policies… aimed at changing attitudes – so that the ‘harnessing of Ideas and Skills’ can become the building blocks of Hope and Solutions”.
Does this Work Programme really aim to do this?
This article offers a skewed presentation of dated information.
The Work Programme is far from perfect, but it is delivering results at around the same (or better) levels as Flexible New Deal (it’s precursor) for approx half the funding.
Mark, I do wonder whether your comments reflect someone who has used the programme or, in fact, you are just simply letting off steam from the side-lines?
As someone who is proud to have experienced both sides of the coin – long term employment and business development, but also have been a job seekers – I have also been a former user of the Work Programme too. Thus, in my personal and professional experience – and given that I have also used my skills (voluntary) to help other job seekers to achieve goals – I have been deeply concerned about the its failure – both in policy and practice – to be much broader in its ’employer building’ scope to reflect the diversity of skills that job seekers have. For example, I was only offered Tesco, KFC and other jobs of this nature – far from any form of innovative approach by the Work Programme to reflect my skills and career goals.
I acknowledge the fundamental importance of employer engagement and the desperate need for Work Programme contractor to become innovative in their approach and promote the talent that is presented before them as job seekers.
Finally, I am tired of this myth being spread in form of perceptions that emphasises the term ‘unemployed’ – along with the appalling use of terms used by politicians such as ‘scroungers’ and ‘skivers’ – as they fail to grasp the fact that skilled groups are being failed by the Work Programme in the ways I have described above. These are groups who no doubt, for the first time in their lives, had to ask for employment support.
In my case, the use of the Work Programme was only met with further gaps in my employment. This is not acceptable! If we acknowledge that the users of this programme are diverse in many ways, but also have experienced ‘failure’ and challenges too, then is it not obvious that they cannot afford to be failed again? But, they are. I have worked with sub-contractors who pick-up the pieces of those failed by the Work Programme.
Why on earth is such an important subject matter that challenges policy, not being allowed a fair debate on our TV? This adds to the failure.
The Work Programme is a complete waste of money. I had been on the Work Programme with A4e for over 1 year and created my own 1 page CV containing 5 jobs spanning over 20 years, as this is what my advisor told me to do.
I showed this CV to a friend who works in HR, who said my CV was useless. Through his help, I created a far superior 2 page CV resulting in employment I found myself. I even had to buy myself an interview book containing answers to questions asked at an interview.
Why did this provider give me incorrect advice on creating my own CV or not provide mock interview skills and good answers to interview questions. A4e is one of the largest providers and are useless, as they provided no professional support. I bet they were paid by the Government for finding me work, when it was I who found myself the job only because of my friend rewriting my CV.
I would recommend MPs, jobcentre advisors and reporters stand outside work programme centres nationally and speak to the jobseekers and check they have a good CV, as well as understand basic interview techniques, as the Work Programme is a disgrace and a national scandal. The DWP and MPs know many of the providers are providing a poor service, yet do nothing.
Pete, I hear your frustration and, as expressed in my own comments, you will acknowledge that I also understand not just the frustration but the stress that such poor polices & practices can have on one (a ‘client’) who may already be challenged.
It is also not helpful when the media place significant emphasis on the ‘reduction of unemployment’ instead of questioning whether ‘Employment’ itself contributes to the reduction of unemployment.. or whether there are clear indicators that job seekers are losing their benefits(?)… or being placed on ESA or Incapacity Benefit(?).
I haver a friend who was also placed with A4e, and when I asked him to email his CV over to me I found that it was not sufficient in layout, information or ‘action verbs’. I then did something that not many people do for each other…. I developed a new CV for him. He then started to get phone calls from agencies.. and employers. He was soon offered a job.
With these skills I have… and more, is it no wonder that I, and others like me can get ‘burnt-out’ by having to rely on a Work Programme – such as Ingeus – who continually fail to ‘harness’ such skills? What is more perplexing is that Ingeus is a private sector company… with professional contacts who they could have connected me with. But instead, I was taken on a journey that only installed stress and frustration into my mind… until burn-out became the inevitable outcome for me.
Why aren’t our ‘stories’ even being given the opportunity to be aired in the news media and politicians held to account via these experiences?
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I come before you today, in this forum of What Not To Crochet, to humbly bring to your combined notice, an Item which leaves me concerned for the state of Crochet and the patterns that are being sold to the public.
The intention is not to denigrate this pattern’s representative item for its colour, which is admittedly that least favourite: the indescribable Putrid Pea Soup of a Misbegotten Grinchy Green, the very thought of which makes me, an average crocheter, feel nauseated to the point where only the memory of the 11 x 200gm skeins of pure natural coloured wool I scored for a whopping $1 a skein at a thrift store today can numb the discomfort but instead to highlight the flawed construction of an item which, to purchase the pattern, will cost you $US 2.99 ( $Aus 3.23, £1.85, €2.06, ¥273, $SGD 4.65, Rph 463) alone.
Even if a pattern is a) quick, b) easy and/or c) all of the above, should the resulting item not also involve some level of Quality ?
If you travel further down the tunnel of wrist pain that every FPDC carpals you towards, should not the Finished Product refrain from allowing the wearer’s big toe prolapsing?
If you hook it, whether afghan, amigurumi or applique-intended flower, does it not then exist as a Crocheted item, bearing witness to and representing Crochet-kind throughout the Intarwebs and beyond? Does the Item not then deserve, in Crochet’s larval form: pattern and skein to be rendered with some element of mechanical/artisan skill?
Consider the flaws above – gaping stitches being probably the most obvious of sins, is this then, a pattern you would actively buy?
Now we’ve beaten 2009 and the rest of those effin’ horrible Noughties into submission, dipped them in peanut butter and fed them to a Poodle, 2010 is The time to party and to make the changes we want to see in the world.
Apparently, however 2010’s new and fresh opportunities doesn’t mean I’m allowed to wrestle the yarn away from an elderly lady in the Craft SuperStore, when she’s gathered together Turquoise, Mustard, Emerald, Teal and Fuschia acrylics with the texture of baling twine on the pretext of making an blanky for her granddaughter.
Yeah – Even when I called it an Intervention, I got told No.
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Dec. 17: The Braves send reliever Anthony Varvaro to the Red Sox in exchange for pitcher Aaron Kurcz. The Braves had designated Varvaro for assignment two day previously. Varvaro, 30, has pitched parts of five seasons in the major leagues, including the last four with the Braves. He went 3-3 with a 2.63 ERA in 61 appearances last season.
Reliever Anthony Varvaro was designated for assignment by the Braves on Monday when they needed to open a roster spot for infielder Alberto Callaspo, whose one-year, $3 million free-agent contract was finalized after he passed a physical.
Callaspo agreed to terms last week and is expected to play second base until prospect Jose Peraza is ready.
Given the generally high quality of work that Varvaro produced the past two seasons with the Braves, the DFA move led to some speculation that the right-hander would be traded soon, since it seemed highly unlikely he would pass through waivers without getting claimed by another team. After DFA’ing him, the Braves had 10 days to trade, release or place him on waivers.
Varvaro had a 2.63 ERA in 61 appearances in 2014, with 50 strikeouts and 13 walks in 54 2/3 innings, and has a 2.74 ERA and .238 opponents’ average in 123 appearances over the past two seasons. The right-hander was particularly effective against lefty batters in 2014, limiting them to a stingy .149 average (11-for-74) and .198 OBP.
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I ended December and started January with grand plans. I was going to make time daily to get out and shoot, I was going to be more diligent about blogging my favorite shot of the week and I was going to find my passion again. Funny how that works out, I could blame the weather after all we had a Polar Vortex. I could blame so many things but the truth is much more personal and painful. I tried to explain it to someone last night and in doing so realized I did have a post.
I have a new cat “Nippers”. We have bonded quite well all things considered. Nipper’s was a stray not a true feral but we had been dancing around each other since early spring. Late October Nippers finally made the move to visit inside and a few weeks later she had settled in. She loves her new home and is without a doubt happy. I believe she would not change a thing. Even when she sits and stares for long periods of time out the window at the world she played, hunted, slept and belonged in. Sure she would love to be climbing that tree and stalking those birds but she is where she belongs.
That is my life right now too. I am grieving still for my mom, stuck as I walk through these last few weeks leading up to her being gone a year, Grieving for a son I miss dearly and a little surprised how quickly the years are flying by without him. I am saddened watching the struggle my dad is going through and so amazed by how brave and funny and excepting he has been with the changes cancer brings to a body. But I am happy, content, and at peace with my life. Yes I am looking out the window right now at the places I cannot go shoot and the light and shadows and compositions I am missing right now. But like Nippers I am turning away from that window and finding new ways to construct my time and my days in this new role I find myself in. Nippers will always be a cat and I yes I will always be a photographer.
This is a beautifully written post… and what a pretty kitty!
Be kind with yourself, be gentle, have no expectations – there is no road map to grief, we each tread one path – our own.
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Tyler McCreary joins the Wabash College athletics program as head cross country and associate head track and field coach for the Little Giants.
McCreary spent the past year as the head girls track and boys and girls cross country coach at Lawrence Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. His girls track team recently finished in a tie for ninth place at the 2018 Indiana High School Athletic Association state meet.
Prior to his time at Lawrence Central, he coached four years at North Central High School, leading the Panthers to a ninth-place finish at the 2014 Indiana High School Athletic Association state cross country meet. McCreary also served as the boys and girls track and field distance and cross country coach at Lawrence Central High School from 2011-2013, coaching two individual state champions and one runner up as well as the indoor state record holder in the 1600-meter run. He also worked with the distance program at Bloomington South High School in 2009 where he coached the boys 800-meter state champion.
McCreary competed at Indiana University from 2005-2008 where he won the 2008 Big Ten-SEC Challenge mile run. He earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for six consecutive semesters, graduating in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree.
“It has always been a dream to take my passion for running, and now more importantly the passion of coaching other runners, and do that full time at the collegiate level as a career,” McCreary said. “To be able to do that at Wabash College is incredibly special. I know a lot of Wabash alumni and I know what kind of a special place it is.
McCreary begins his duties at Wabash immediately.
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The Gulf Research Center (GRC) is a privately funded, non-partisan think tank, education provider and consultancy specializing in the Persian Gulf region. The GRC produces research from a Gulf perspective which redresses a current area studies imbalance wherein regional opinions and interests are underrepresented. Based in Jeddah, and the foundation, now based in Geneva, the GRC was founded in July 2000 by Abdulaziz Sager, the current chairman.
The Gulf Research Center focus is on four interdisciplinary areas: social science research, education, news media and consultancy. These include social science in the context of the Persian Gulf region, international relations and politics of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, E-Education, Executive Learning Programs, the GRC E-Library and the "Gulf in the Media" news portal.
Specialized GRC publications include Araa Magazine, an independent magazine about social, defense and security issues in the Gulf; Yemen Studies, a peer reviewed bilingual academic series about Yemen and Yemen-GCC relations; and the GRC Newsletter.
The GRC maintains cooperation agreements with major partners such as Emirates Bank, Shell, Glaxo Smith Kline, the University of Queensland, the Saudi Arabian Marketing and Agencies Company (SAMACO) group, the National Defence College, the Saudi Binladin Group, and the FRIDE Foundation.
GRC publications in 2006 included the Gulf Yearbook and the Green Gulf Report, ten research papers including "Impact of the Disbandment of the Iraqi army on the Security Situation in Iraq," ten Gulf papers including "The Arab Gulf States: Further steps towards political participation," ten Gulf Translations, and three Gulf Theses including one about GCC-EU relations.
GRC held its 4th Annual Conference, “The consequences of US Policies in the Gulf Region,” on January 13 and 14, 2007.
Gulf News cites GRC analyst: "New Arabic channel to hit airwaves tomorrow" March 31, 2007.
Edmonton Journal cites GRC research: "Attacks in Iraq deadlier: study" April 3, 2007.
ArabianBusiness.com newsletter cites GRC senior consultant: "Opec idea to loom over gas producers meeting" April 5, 2007.
Gulf Daily News cites GRC senior consultant: "Middle East 'must satisfy its own gas demand first'" April 6, 2007.
Financial Times cites GRC security analyst: "Arab street warms to showman Ahmadi-Nejad" April 6, 2007.
Gulf News cites GRC environment researcher: "Green technology is 'the way forward'" April 14, 2007.
Gulf News cites GRC economics programme manager: "Dollar hits 26-year low against pound" April 19, 2007.
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Changes to security procedures are part of a regular security assessment and are intended to make our safe City facilities even safer.
We encourage visitors to arrive 5-10 minutes earlier to accommodate these procedures.
Screening Officers on duty at the public entrance to Council Chambers and the River Valley Room will also be able to answer your questions.
Visitors will be screened for possession of prohibited metal items.
Visitors will be asked to empty their pockets of metal objects and to place those objects in a container provided.
Visitors will pass through a metal detector and once successfully through, the items in the containers will be returned. They may then proceed to enter.
If undisclosed metal is detected when passing through the metal detector, an alarm will sound. The visitor will be asked to remove any metal objects on their person and to pass through the detector again.
If necessary, a secondary screening involving a visual inspection or the use of a hand-held wand may be completed.
Backpacks, bags, luggage, large purses and other items are subject to visual inspection before entering Council Chambers and the River Valley Room.
The City of Edmonton reserves the right to alter its screening procedure at any time to ensure the safety of Council and citizens.
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Was just about to post a similar thread!
That ExAgent account looks a dodgy one.
Re Ahearn-Grant apparently we went for him in January. His record on loan at Crawley looks good.
i like the summer rumours and the squad building, but it will be interesting to see how many times we get tagged onto these rumours. do agents just add club names of clubs perceived to have money, just to increase interest?
our best summer signing - eardley - came in on trial at the very end of pre-season, and was never even mentioned before that. whereas we were rumoured to be signing wilson, who ended up at port vale and was pants.
Yeh this is why it's not worth starting a new thread for all rumours - but our interest in Ahearn-Grant is apparently genuine (or was in January).
We're definitely an obvious club for that - we're perceived to have earned lots of cash (which we have over 2 seasons now) and I guess our budget still has headroom. Very true.
A Dalek, would be an excellent signing. It could be used in the following ways.
To nullify the match officials. "You will obey."
It would also be useful at corners. "Halt. Do not move."
It could also use it's plunger to sucker the ball and run with it over the goal line.
Although it may fall foul of VAR and those asking questions about a possibly penalty, In the press conference after.
"I only exterminated him a little bit. Do not question."
Agree. Both Boldewijn and Ahearne-Grant were very good Vs us at Crawley..
Danny at Scunthorpe v Plymouth tonight!! Eye on a player maybe?
Who is that sitting behind him? Does Victor Meldrew live in Scunthorpe?
Terrible attendance for a top of the table L1 game - 4700 with around 600 from Plymouth.
Sir Ian Botham is sitting behind Danny.
Yes, I know...I was watching it on television.
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The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute create information technology solutions for society’s most pressing challenges.
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute leverage the research strengths of University of California campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Merced and Santa Cruz, and operate within the greater ecosystem of the University and the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of Silicon Valley. The institute was created by the California state legislature to shorten the pipeline between world-class laboratory research and the development of applications, platforms, companies, and even new industries. CITRIS and the Banatao Institute facilitate interdisciplinary work among hundreds of University of California faculty members, students, corporate partners, and international institutions. Together with these public and private partners, we are shaping the future of technology in ways that cross traditional boundaries.
From concept to prototype, the CITRIS invention ecosystem includes competitive seed funding, specialized testbeds, Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory, CITRIS Invention Lab, and the CITRIS Foundry startup accelerator.
We bring the expertise of multiple disciplines to bear on critical challenges such as designing sustainable energy, water and transportation systems; fostering civic engagement in the digital era; improving the human experience through advances in robotics and automation; and modernizing health care delivery. CITRIS and the Banatao Institute represent a bold and exciting vision that engages one of the top university systems in the world to generate social and economic benefit.
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Gender diversity among leadership teams and the broader workforce offers demonstrated advantages for innovative thinking, job satisfaction, and corporate bottom lines. Yet the percentage of women in computing jobs has actually declined over the last 25 years, and now stands at roughly 25% in both industry and academia.
Causes for this gap remain unclear. Tech companies and other employers have tried offering flexible work hours and generous family leave; some universities allow women to stop the tenure clock to care for young children.
Are such policies sufficient to bring women into parity with men, both in numbers and in pay, or are other nuances hindering full participation of women in the tech workforce? What incentives have inspired those women who have persisted in these fields? And what unique perspectives do women bring to a range of domains that make technology solutions more creative, robust, and equitable?
At this public event, leaders and champions of women in technology offered their thoughts on challenges to achieving gender diversity at all organizational levels of industry, academia, and the public sector. The inaugural CITRIS Athena Awards were also presented to honor inspiring women and organizations making outstanding technical contributions and providing support for the next generation of women and girls.
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The CITRIS Invention Lab supports faculty, student and community innovation by providing the knowledge, tools and support to rapidly design and prototype novel interactive products, embedded sensing systems and integrated mobile devices. The facility is a vital piece of the CITRIS pipeline running from the minds of researchers through CITRIS laboratories, and into the markets, industries, and streets of the world.
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We held our second meeting on October 25, 2006.
(1)Meeting with Denise Jurick of Reunion Committee, Inc.
(2)Discussion of potential locations, general costs and dates.
Front: Debbie Mollner, Josie Edmonds Montanari, Dona Bunzel Rawson, Kelly Tyson Montgomery.
Back: Nancy Sellers, Julie Lagerwall Riddell, Tammy Graf, Kathee Boyer.
Photo taken 10/25/06, Sagebrush Cantina, Calabasas.
Glenn Kurosaki, Michael Nikaido, Daniel Shudo, Eric Zucker, Randy Farber, John Tsuchiyama.
Our next meeting is 11/1/06 , Wednesday, 7pm, at the Sportsmen’s Lodge.
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A FEW months ago an American citizen without title or office landed in England, and so apprehensive was Threadneedle Stree t of his power in the financial world, and of the effect which his sudden death might have on the markets, that certain brokers, to protect themselves in their American investments, immediately took the extraordinary measure of applying to Lloyd’s for insurance on his life, paying premiums at the rate of thirty pounds on the thousand for three months.
This citizen was J. Pierpont Morgan, who had just organized the most powerful industrial and financial institution the world has ever known. It matters not whether he was a large owner in the United States Steel Corporation; as its recognized and actual dictator, he controlled a yearly income and expenditure nearly as great as that of imperial Germany, paid taxes on a debt greater than that of many of the lesser nations of Europe, and by employing two hundred and fifty thousand men, supported a population of over one million souls, almost a nation in itself. Iron and steel making has long been known as the basic industry. England’s greatness and Germany’s recent progress were due largely to their ability to produce iron and steel cheaply and in large quantities. Mr. Morgan, as iron-master, controlling the world’s greatest and cheapest sources of iron supply, threatened the trade and profits of England and Germany, both of which had already felt the sharp tooth of American competition. It is no wonder, therefore, that he was regarded at the moment as the American peril incarnate.
While in England Mr. Morgan bought—whether for himself or for American clients, it matters not—one of the greatest of English steamship companies, the Leyland line, operating thirty-eight vessels between Europe and America. This move, following so closely upon the organization of the Steel Trust, was interpreted at first as a blow to England’s supremacy on the seas. It was natural and inevitable that Europe should anxiously inquire as to the further intentions of this man, to whom the purchase of a great steamship line seemed only the incident of a holiday.
About the same time still another episode brought into high relief Mr. Morgan’s power. A panic occurred in the London Stock Exchange, resulting from the great financial struggle between Mr. Morgan and certain opposing interests for the control of the Northern Pacific Railway. A number of English traders must have faced ruin, with serious subsequent effects to the whole market, if Mr. Morgan had not stepped in and relieved the situation by accepting small payments from the distressed traders where he might have exacted his pound of flesh.
No one could follow the accounts of his doings in England, and of the deep concern which his presence caused, without realizing the meaning of power. Mr. Morgan, no doubt, controls and influences more money and money interests today than any other man in the world. Perhaps no one, not even Mr. Morgan himself, fully realizes the responsibility and gravity of that power. Certain it is that the death today of Mr. Morgan would disturb more capital and shake more settled business institutions than the death of almost any sovereign in Europe.
If Mr. Morgan were merely rich, he would not be worth thoughtful attention except as a social problem; but his own riches constitute the least of his claims to distinction. Nowadays a rich man has little more opportunity to reach a commanding place in the world than a poor man, and often his very riches hamper his advancement. Native force and genius, sustained with hard work, govern progress among men of wealth as in any other class. Twenty-five years ago Mr. Morgan was practically unknown even in Wall Street, and he could hardly be called wealthy as wealth is now measured. By deep thinking and hard work he has reached, at the age of sixty-four years, the foremost place in American finance He is the most advanced expression of a new world movement, that of “community of interest,” of consolidation; he saw that great combinations were to constitute the next step in the development of industry and commerce, and he took early advantage of his sagacity.
Mr. Morgan, therefore, is to be considered not as a millionaire, but as a man of original force. Whether or not he has used his unquestioned genius to the highest purpose, whether or not he deserves all the credit or all the abuse that he has received, are questions the future alone will be able to answer. Americans of great wealth may be divided into two classes: those who are self-made and those who inherit their riches. The self-made millionaire, although by no means unknown in old Europe, is peculiarly an American product, and there is no story which bites more keenly on our popular imagination than that of the poor farmer lad—never a plain ” boy “—who hoed potatoes at twenty-five cents a day, and grew to be worth twenty-five millions. To this class belong such men as Huntington, Armour, the first Astor, the first Vanderbilt, Peter Cooper, Jay Gould, Hill, and Pullman. They have all been bold, active, fearless men, sometimes rough and unpolished, sometimes unprincipled, always forceful and original. To their sons and successors these men left their money, but rarely their force and daring. Passiveness, polish, and conservatism naturally succeed creative activity, and the later Astors, Vanderbilts, and Goulds have been conservators rather than creators. J. Pierpont Morgan possesses the somewhat rare distinction, in America, of belonging to both of these classes. Born to considerable wealth, surrounded in his youth by evidences of culture, and carefully educated, he could have led a life of leisure if it had so pleased him. It was of his own motion that he chose a business career.
Stand! the ground’s your own, my braves.
Mr. Morgan was born April 17, 1837, in Hartford, Connecticut, where he continued to live until he was fourteen years old, attending a neighboring country school for several years. In 1851 his father moved to Boston, and J. Pierpont became a student in the famous English High School, graduating at the age of eighteen. He is described as being a boy of sturdiness and independence, not talkative, taking small part in the social side of his school life, and not at all distinguished in his studies, except possibly in mathematics. At one time in his youth, an old friend of the family told me, young Morgan had a decided inclination toward poetry writing. For two years after he left Boston he was a student at the University of Gottingen, Germany. At the age of twenty-one, he embarked on his career as a banker, receiving his first experience with the house of Duncan, Sherman & Co., of New York City.
One of the most complicated departments of banking is that of foreign exchange; it is also the department which has had the greatest growth in America in recent years. Through his father’s world-wide connections, as well as in his own business relationships, Mr. Morgan attained a thorough knowledge of every intricacy of the foreign business. He acquired a mastery of the delicate relationships between the business transactions of nation and nation, and he saw the world’s credit system in its broader aspects. Many an able banker is limited by the lack of such a breadth of view, the possession of which must have counted high in many of Mr. Morgan’s achievements. It is significant of his idea of a banker’ s education that he appointed his son, J. Pierpont, Jr., to a position in the foreign exchange department of the bank at the very beginning of his career, and when he had mastered the American end of the business he was sent to London.
All who knew Mr. Morgan in early life agree that from the very beginning he exhibited the cardinal feature of his character, the capacity for pursuing his own way without advice, and that, independent of his father, he worked with him rather as man with man than as son with father. In 1860, at the age of twenty-three, he became the American agent for George Peabody & Co., of London, and with that firm his experience began in the handling of large funds, and he acquired familiarity with the risks and responsibilities of great business transactions. At the age of twenty-seven he helped organize the firm of Dabney, Morgan & Co., and seven years later, in 1871, he formed a combination with the wealthy Drexels of Philadelphia, the firm being known as Drexel, Morgan & Co. In 1895 Drexel, Morgan & Co. became J. P. Morgan & Co., and Mr. Morgan’s father having died in 1890, the London house of J. S. Morgan & Co., and the Paris branch of Morgan, Harjes & Co., with all their connections the world over, fell under the sole dictatorship of J. P. Morgan, and today J. P. Morgan is the supreme director of all this great financial machine.
Significant of the changing centers of the world’s money power is the fact that J. S. Morgan, the father, directed his banks from London, while J. Pierpont Morgan, the son, directs the larger system from New York. It was characteristic also that Morgan should have finally dominated every man and every firm with whom he came in contact; he must, by nature, be absolute dictator or nothing. It is for this reason, no doubt, that his house has remained a private bank—a private bank giving larger scope and freedom of action than a national bank, or any institution limited by fixed rules and subject to the divided mind of a board of directors. J. P. Morgan & Co. is not a corporation. It is a partnership. There are many partners in all, eleven besides Mr. Morgan—and most of them men of the first rank, though wholly under the influence of the vital personality of the senior member.
Comparatively few people possess any very clear conception of what Mr. Morgan is or does in Wall Street. He is vaguely compared with Mr. Keene, who is a speculator; with Jay Gould, who was a wrecker; with Hill and Harriman, who are strictly railroad men; with the Astors, who are primarily real-estate owners ; with Carnegie, who was an iron-master. But Mr. Morgan’s business is purely that of a banker—a worker with money. As such he acts as an agent for rich clients in the investment of money; he loans, borrows, transmits money abroad, issues letters of credit, and buys and sells securities which are the evidences of money. The extensive foreign connections of J. P. Morgan & Co. enable the firm to do a large business in foreign exchange. The interchange of merchandise commodities between the United States and the rest of the world now amounts to the vast sum of seventy-seven million dollars for every business day of the year. The banker who issues the drafts or the credits makes a profit on every dollar conveyed. J. P. Morgan & Co. transacts a large share of this business.
Mr. Morgan is not a practical railroad man, nor a steel manufacturer, nor a coal dealer, although he is interested in all of these things, because he is constantly buying and selling railroad and steel and coal stocks. Sometimes for some specific purpose he buys so much of a railroad company’s stock that he and his clients practically own the railroad, and he takes a strong position in directing its policy. Not long ago I heard an apparently intelligent speaker who conveyed the impression that Morgan bought a railroad out of his surplus cash as a farmer buys a cow. Nothing could be further from the truth. While Mr. Morgan must make use of his own large means, it no doubt forms but a small part in his vast deals. The essence of successful banking is connections, otherwise friends. While coveting large earnings capital is proverbially shrinking and timid, fearing to strike out boldly for itself, and yet ever ready to trust itself with confidence to the leader whose skill, foresight, and cautious daring have been steadily fruitful of success. Such a money-master is J. Pierpont Morgan. The millionaire Peabody trusted him first, then the Drexels with their vast fortunes, then the Vanderbilts, for whom he made a profitable sale of bonds early in his career. All through the years he has thus built up an army of powerful connections, not only in America, but in England, France, and Germany, so that more and more millions of capital follow the dictates of his judgment.
I asked a number of men in Wall Street who knew Mr. Morgan and his methods intimately—and some were his friends and some his enemies—how he attained the leading position in the world of finance. The answers were: “He does exactly as he agrees to do.” “He keeps his word.” “He is an honest man.” And one said: “He is a gentleman in his business dealings.” It is plain that Mr. Morgan would not have the handling of such important interests unless men of money trusted him. But a leader must not only be honest; he must justify his leadership by success. The value of his judgment must be vindicated in good times and bad, else his splendid following will surely fall apart. His followers must continue to regard him as strong and wise. It should not be forgotten that Mr. Morgan has been working doggedly at his profession for forty-four years, and that his prestige and preeminence are of no sudden growth. With these facts in mind it is plain why Mr. Morgan’s life is now so precious to the markets. When he drops out there is a possibility that some of the warring interests which he now holds together with an iron hand, as he holds the rival coal railroads of Pennsylvania, for example, may clash; the aggregation of capital which he now leads to swift successes may be unable to find at once another master in whose judgment it reposes such confidence, and it may begin to withdraw from the great activities to which Mr. Morgan has spurred it, and withdrawal of capital means stringency and falling prices.
Besides his own private banking house here and its branches abroad, Mr. Morgan largely controls a powerful national bank in New York City—the National Bank of Commerce, of which he is the vice-president. It is known in Wall Street as “Morgan’s Bank.” He is a dominating influence in other banks and financial institutions, and a director never without much influence in twenty-one railroad companies, great and small, including the New York Central and Lake Shore systems. He is a director in the Western Union Telegraph Company, the Pullman Palace Car Company, the Aetna Fire Insurance Company, the General Electric Company, the greatest electric company in the world, and in other less important corporations. And through his partners, who are directors in other railroad and steel corporations, his influence reaches far and wide. He is a potent, and in times of trouble the controlling, factor in several of what are known as the “coal roads”of Pennsylvania—the Erie, the Lehigh Valley, the Central of New Jersey, and the Reading, together with their tributary coal-fields. He is the predominating influence in the Southern Railway and in three of its connections, the foremost railroad system of the southern states, with over eight thousand miles of track, a system which he has created, and of which an associate and friend is president. He is also a power in many other railroads, as witness his recent appointment of the directors of the Northern Pacific Railroad, and his evident influence through J. J. Hill in the Burlington and Great Northern management. And, as I have already said, he is at present practically dictator of the vast steel interests of the country, through the United States Steel Corporation, and he controls at least one Atlantic steamship line.
It is impossible, of course, for any outsider to know Mr. Morgan’s exact influence in any one of these vast business concerns. It may be set down for a fact that if Mr. Morgan’s interests reach into any corporation even slightly, and Mr. Morgan chooses to dictate, his word is going a long way. “Why,” exclaimed a somewhat enthusiastic admirer of Mr. Morgan’s, “if he owned one share in a railroad company and wanted to boss, he’d boss.” Indeed, he has something to do with so many widely diverse interests, that he occasionally finds one of his companies fighting another, as when, the other day, the General Electric Company began suit against the Lorain Steel Company, one of the components of the Steel Trust. If anything dim and big in the way of business is impending in Wall Street, brokers tell with bated breath that Mr. Morgan, or, as it is usually expressed, “the old man,” is behind it. He is the bogie of the street. Indeed, it is amusing to behold in what awe Mr. Morgan is everywhere held. Everyone who speaks of him or about him must first be assured that the disclosures will go no further, as if he were committing a sort of treason. And Mr. Morgan himself sits in his office and works prodigiously, apparently paying no attention to what is said about him, whether good or evil.
Mr. Morgan’s office occupies the first floor of a large, somewhat old-fashioned building, standing at the corner of Wall and Broad streets, New York City, the financial center of our country and of the world. On one side in Wall Street rises grimly the columned portals of the United States Sub-treasury Building, with George Washington standing in bronze dignity in front. On the other side, in Broad Street, facing Mr. Morgan’s window, the new Stock Exchange is building. Within a radius of a quarter of a mile are gathered some of the richest banks in America, and the offices whence most of the great railroad and other corporations of the country are controlled. Uncounted millions of dollars’ worth of business—American, European, Australian, Chinese, African business—is there transacted every hour. But in the crook of the steps of Mr. Morgan’s office a man makes a good living selling lemonade and chewing gum, and he looks contented too.
To Mr. Morgan’s office come railroad presidents, bank presidents, and the heads of great corporations, to consult with him, and once the Secretary of the United States Treasury came to seek his aid in preserving the solvency of the United States government. He rarely goes to them; they all come to him. Until recently any man might walk up to his desk, which stands in plain view from the outer office, without the formality of presenting a card; but, while approachable, it would be an intrepid man indeed who would call upon him without definite business in hand.
Mr. Morgan impresses one as a large man, thick of chest, with a big head set close down on burly shoulders, features large, an extraordinarily prominent nose, keen gray eyes, deep set under heavy brows, a high, fine forehead, a square, bulldog chin. His hair is iron-gray and thin, and his mustache is close cropped. For a man of his age and size he seems unusually active, moving about with almost nervous alertness. He is a man of few words, always sharply and shortly spoken. When a man comes to him Mr. Morgan looks at him keenly, waiting for him to speak first, and his decision follows quickly. A young broker, who had never met Mr. Morgan before, went to him not long ago to borrow nearly a million dollars for a client. He told Mr. Morgan what he wanted in half a dozen words, and handed him the list of securities to be deposited as collateral. Mr. Morgan looked sharply at his visitor, “looked at me as if he saw clear through me,” as the broker expressed it, then glanced swiftly down the list. “I’ll take the loan,” he said, and passed the borrower on to one of his partners. That was all. The whole transaction, involving a loan larger than the yearly business of many a small bank, had not taken a minute and a half, and Mr. Morgan’s side of the conversation had consumed not more than a dozen words.
Mr. Morgan knows to the last degree the psychology of meeting and dealing with men. The man who sits in his office, a citadel of silence and reserve force, and makes his visitor uncover his batteries is impregnable. That is Mr. Morgan’s way—the way he dealt with a certain owner of coal lands in Pennsylvania who knew that Mr. Morgan must have his property, and so had come down prepared to exact a good price, to “thresh it out with Morgan.” Mr. Morgan kept him waiting a long time, and then he came out, bulky, cold, impressive, looked the coalman in the eye, and only broke the silence to say, “I’ll give you $– for your property.” And there the bargain was closed. His way is to deal brusquely in ultimatums; he says: “I’ll do this,” or, “I’ll do that,” and that settles it.
All who know say that Mr. Morgan does not ask advice, not even of his partners, and that when he makes up his mind nothing short of a cataclysm will divert him. No doubt his confidence in himself inspires confidence in others. He may make, and must have made, mistakes, but he goes tramping forward as though nothing had happened, and even his partners may be more than half convinced that nothing has happened, or else that it is all a skilful feint in some unsuspected maneuver.
Mr. Morgan has the surety of judgment and the broadness of mind; which enable him to work with large numbers of men—a strong man with eyes on a clearly defined though distant purpose, which he alone perceives, marching ruthlessly forward until his goal is reached. It was Bismarck’s way. We may not like such men, and the cries of those who are trampled upon may ring ugly in our ears, but this is the method of the men who accomplish things.
Without what has been so well called the “leaping mind,” Mr. Morgan never could have accomplished what he has. Mr. Morgan does not spend many hours at his office, and when he is there he rarely remains long at one desk. A man who was long associated with him told me how he “leaped” through his correspondence, how he was often complete master of a proposition before the explanations were half finished, and the lawyers who drew up the papers for the Steel Corporation could hardly keep pace with his swiftly enunciated plans. Indeed, Mr. Morgan is given credit in Wall Street not so much for his skill in organizing the Steel Trust as he is for the speed with which the enormous task was accomplished. On December 12, 1900, he attended a dinner given at the University Club by J. Edward Simmons, of the Fourth National Bank. Charles M. Schwab was there and gave an illuminative address on the steel and iron industry. Mr. Morgan, though already a dominant factor in three steel combinations, had never before met Mr. Schwab, but he was so impressed with his address, that he conceived the idea of a gigantic combination of the steel interests in America. Three months later the largest corporation in the world was organized, with Mr. Schwab as its president, and the stock was on sale.
As yet I have given no account, except incidentally, of what Mr. Morgan has actually done to make him a great figure in finance. There is not space here to mention even briefly half of the great money maneuvers which he has planned and carried to success. First of all it is evident that Mr. Morgan has never been a wrecker, like Jay Gould; he has always been an up-builder, or a creator. Most of his achievements have had for their object the saving of money waste. Economy in production, economy in management, economy in interest charges are what he has always sought. That is why he never misses an opportunity to strike a blow at competition in whatever form it may appear. Rival companies compete and lose money; Mr. Morgan steps in and combines them, thus saving not only the losses due to the competition, but economizing also in administrative expenses. In times of great excitement in Wall Street, when panic and loss threatened the entire country, Mr. Morgan has been the first to come to the rescue with his money and credit, knowing that panic and uncertainty are among the most fruitful sources of loss to capital. In the panic of December, 1899, for instance, when call money reached one hundred and eighty-six percent, Mr. Morgan at once poured several million dollars into the market, and instantly quieted the panic. For many years he has acted as a sort of balance-wheel to the country’s finance, wielding his immense power and credit so as to steady the market when panic threatened.
Mr. Morgan has been such a reorganizer and reconstructor of bankrupt corporations, especially railroad companies, that Wall Street has come to call the process re-Morganizing. He acts, sometimes, as a sort of expert financial doctor, called in to treat financial illness for a fee—and he knows as well how to charge as the best specialist in surgery. At other times he buys up a railroad, as a second-hand furniture dealer buys a dilapidated settee, refurbishes it with new upholstery, stiffens the legs, polishes up the varnish, and sells it for new at a big profit. One might also liken Mr. Morgan to a shrewd retail merchant, for he knows so well how to make his goods attractive that, when he places a fine new line of stocks and bonds in his window, they are recognized as the latest fashion, and find a ready market.
But this reorganizing is a tremendously difficult business. For instance, in 1893, Mr. Morgan’s firm took hold of what was then the Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse System, a loose, confused combination of some thirty jealous companies, all involved in bankruptcy, with some two hundred and fifty million dollars in securities outstanding. It required months merely to learn the nature of the business, and then Mr. Morgan took up the almost hopeless task of getting the consent of all the warring interests to his plan of reorganization. He had to persuade, frighten, or force crowds of creditors to bow to his will, besides providing the vast sums of money necessary to buy up claims and to support the railroad while the work of reorganization was going forward. It is impossible to give more than a hint of the complications involved in such an achievement; in this case there were no fewer than twenty-six foreclosures. And at the last, in this as in every reorganization, Mr. Morgan was confronted with the great task of convincing the public that the new company could so operate the railroad, which had gone bankrupt before, that it would pay a profit, else the stocks and bonds would not sell. Today the Southern Railway, which sprung from this feat of reorganization, is one of the best railroads in the country, doing a large part of the transportation business of the Southern States. In a similar manner Mr. Morgan’s firm reorganized the West Shore Railroad in 1885, and sold it to the New York Central, thereby stopping the fierce competition which was injuring both roads; the Reading Railroad in 1886, the Chesapeake and Ohio in 1888, the Erie Railroad in 1895, the Lehigh Valley Railroad in 1897. As far back as 1880 Mr. Morgan’s firm furnished the money, forty million dollars, which enabled the Northern Pacific Railroad to build to the Pacific Coast, and in 1887 it saved the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from insolvency by forming a syndicate to provide that company with ten million dollars.
However, many of Mr. Morgan’s reorganizations are criticized in Wall Street for being slow in paying profits, and he is accused in some quarters of overcapitalizing his corporations, basing the stock issue on the most favorable and promising aspects of the business, rather than on an average accomplishment. Many Wall Street men assert that the new Steel Corporation has thus been overcapitalized, and that it can never earn the expected dividends on so large a capital. This view, however, is as strenuously combated in other quarters.
Mr. Morgan’s most noteworthy achievements have been the part he played at least three times in relieving the United States government from serious financial embarrassment. As early as 1876 Drexel, Morgan & Co. were the chief instruments in furnishing the cash for refunding the government debt, and placing the United States once more on a gold basis after the years of stress and paper money following the civil war. The part that J. P. Morgan & Co. played in 1895, when, after the panic of 1893, gold began to flow out of the country until it threatened the stability of the Treasury, is familiar history. At that time Morgan and Belmont, with other bankers whom they had interested, agreed to buy two hundred million dollars’ worth of government bonds, to pay for them in gold, and to prevent gold, as nearly as possible, from leaving the country. It was one of the greatest financial undertakings ever attempted. In effect it placed all the credit of the private money interest of the country behind the government, and it saved the day. For this service J. P. Morgan & Co. and its associates exacted very large pay, and when roundly abused for it by the public and in Congress, they answered that their profits were not large considering the magnitude and risk of the undertaking. In the threatened panic of the next year, 1896, Mr. Morgan offered again to provide gold for the government, but when the people demanded a popular loan, he immediately wrote to President Cleveland pledging him his support. In 1899 J. P. Morgan & Co. took the lead in a significant departure in American finance. Until then London was the world money center, and the United States had, therefore, been a borrower, not a lender. But in 1899 Mr. Morgan’s firm financed the first foreign loan ever negotiated here. With the assistance of its connections in Europe the entire foreign debt of Mexico, amounting to one hundred and ten million dollars, was converted. In 1900 the firm took the lead in helping to supply Great Britain with war money, placing twelve million dollars of bonds in this country, and since then it has taken part of several other foreign loans.
These are only a few of the achievements of Mr. Morgan and his firm. A history of J. P. Morgan & Co. for the last six years would constitute a fairly complete history of Wall Street, and, indeed, of finance in the United States.
Business by no means absorbs all of Mr. Morgan’s energy. Perhaps his first interest outside of his work is his enthusiasm as a collector of works of art. He is the possessor of many famous paintings, and is interested in rare china, Limoges ware particularly. As evidences of his taste he has gathered and presented a collection of fabrics to Cooper Union, of rare gems to the American Museum of Natural History, of Greek ornaments to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Yachting is his diversion, and he superintended the building of his steam yacht “Corsair” in every detail. For a long time he was commodore of the New York Yacht Club, to which he recently presented the land for a new club-house. After a hard siege at business Mr. Morgan goes for a cruise, and it is related that he often takes with him a mass of papers, and that when his friends look for him he is to be found below deck buried deep in figures, utterly oblivious to his surroundings. Fond of a fine dinner, a connoisseur in wines, and a judge of cigars, he is temperate in all these. Caring little for society, he occasionally enjoys a quiet party, and may warm into talkativeness, though never on business subjects. Anyone who has seen him at the dinners of the New England Society knows that he enjoys them. There he will sometimes join in the singing, but it is very rarely that he makes a speech. None of his few intimate friends are among his business associates. The outward mark of esteem which Mr. Morgan bestows upon a man is to present him with a collie dog from the kennels of his country home. A member of many clubs, he is too busy to be much of a clubman, but he has always been a churchgoer, and what is more, a church-worker, being a vestryman of St. George’s Church in Stuyvesant Square, and the unfailing friend and helper of its rector, the Rev. Dr. Rainsford. He has taken especial interest in the boys of the church, has helped devise means to keep them off the street and to teach them trades, and sometimes he attends the evening sessions of their club and talks to them. Two of his known philanthropies have been the establishment, at a cost of over five hundred thousand dollars, of the now well-known New York Trade School in the upper east side of New York, and the founding of a smaller trade school in connection with St. George’s Church.
Mr. Morgan has also given to Harvard University for the Medical School one million dollars; for a great lying-in hospital near St. George’s Church, one million, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars; for St. John’s Cathedral, five hundred thousand dollars; for help toward paying the debts of the Young Men’s Christian Association, one hundred thousand dollars; for the Loomis Hospital for Consumptives, some five hundred thousand dollars; for a library in Holyoke, Massachusetts (his father’s birthplace), one hundred thousand dollars; for preserving the Palisades along the Hudson River, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars; for a new parish house and rectory for St. George’s Church, three hundred thousand dollars. He also contributed largely to the Queen Victoria memorial fund and to the Galveston relief fund; he presented St. Paul’s Cathedral in London with a complete electric plant, and built a hospital at Aix-les-Bains, France.
And this is J. Pierpont Morgan, a powerful factor in one of the great departments of human activity, a man endowed with extraordinary energy and capacity, who has trampled forward in his own rough way, asking neither sympathy nor advice; who has been widely trusted and feared, little liked and much abused; who has attained great wealth, which he neither needed nor desired, except as a tool to carve a way to greater achievements; who has worked prodigiously—in short, a man who has lived his life and fought his fight to the limit of his power.
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Thank you to Woodcraft for signing up as an exhibitor today. They have not been to our event before so we are excited to have them join us this year! They plan to bring hands on demos with woodworking tools. For more info about Woodcraft - click here.
New England Laser and Transit Company also signed up this week. They will be doing one on one survey demos with students using state of the art survey equipment. To learn more about New England Laser go to their website at http://www.newenglandlaser.com/.
Thank you to Granite State Plumbing & Heating for signing up as an exhibitor today. They joined us last year for the first time and are coming back again with plumbing, heating and welding demonstrations. For more info about Granite State Plumbing & Heating, go to http://gsphinc.com.
Please join us tomorrow afternoon at the offices of ABC in Concord, NH for our next NHCCD 2013 Planning Meeting. 1pm at 58 Chenell Drive off Rt. 106.
The next scheduled meetings are June 12th at 2pm and July 10th at 2pm.
Please click the link below for a great article on one of our participating contractors who is celebrating 30 years in business! Congrats John and Denise Neville! Thanks so much for mentioning NHCCD in your article. We truly appreciate your involvement and enthusiasm for our event.
"For the past three years, I have brought a piece of equipment to a two-day event called 'New Hampshire Construction Career Days' in Hopkinton," he said. "The event is a career 'field day' for high school students to get an idea of the construction field. Contractors set up displays for general contracting, engineering, estimating, landscaping, surveying, welding, electrical, various equipment such as backhoes, small excavators, trucks, dozers are brought in. Approximately 500 high school students attend each of the two days. It’s a great event. I really enjoy participating in it."
For full article in Construction Equipment Guide click here.
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Your extended health benefits plan assists in reimbursing for specified medical services and supplies while your dental plan assists in reimbursing for dental care costs for services such as exams, cleanings, x-rays, fillings, crowns, bridges, and orthodontia.
To ensure that the rates are at the appropriate levels, the experience of both plans was evaluated. As a result of increased claims usage, upward adjustments in the dental fee guide, and changes to the government prescription drug program, it was necessary to initiate increases to the rates (approximately 2% increase for extended health and 5% for dental care).
Since the premium rates for your Extended Health and Dental Care plan are 50% employee / 50% employer paid, your portion of the rate will change effective January 1, 2012, as follows, and will be reflected on your December 31, 2011 pay advice (premiums are taken one month in advance).
If you are interested in making changes to your benefit plans by enrolling, adding or deleting dependents, or ending your coverage, please complete the applicable form from our website. Click here to view further details on the plans.
If you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Mah at 604-822-6823 or [email protected].
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Larry Mayer and Simon Kaufman of ChicagoBears.com discuss the Bears players they'll be watching on both sides of the ball in Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Vikings in Minnesota.
With No. 1 receiver Allen Robinson dealing with an injury to his ribs, Gabriel should have more opportunities to make plays Sunday against the Vikings. The fifth-year pro led the Bears with seven receptions for 52 yards on nine targets in a pivotal 25-20 win over Minnesota Nov. 18 on Sunday Night Football at Soldier Field. The speedster figures to be even more dangerous on the artificial turf at U.S. Bank Stadium.
This season Gabriel ranks second on the Bears with 63 receptions for 627 yards, both career highs. He has also caught two touchdown passes—both in a Week 3 win over the Buccaneers. Gabriel has caught a lot of short throws this year, and this could be the week that he turns one of those into a long touchdown.
It won’t be easy, however, against a stellar Vikings defense that ranks third in the NFL in total yards and passing yards. The unit is especially dangerous at home, where it has recorded 33 sacks in seven games versus 17 in eight road contests. With the way the Vikings rush the passer on their home turf, it makes sense for the Bears to get the ball out of quarterback Mitchell Trubisky’s hands quickly and let Gabriel try to turn a short pass into a long gain.
Smith has performed like the Bears envisioned when they selected him with the eighth pick in this year’s draft, demonstrating sideline-to-sideline speed and quickness in addition to tremendous instincts and athletic ability. The talented linebacker leads the Bears with 116 tackles and needs nine stops Sunday in Minnesota to break Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher’s franchise record for tackles by a rookie.
Smith has shown steady progress throughout the season but still remains far from reaching his high ceiling. He has reached double digits in tackles in six games this season, including five times in the last eight contests. Smith also has registered five sacks, one interception, four pass breakups and seven tackles-for-loss this season.
The Bears will need another strong performance by Smith Sunday against a Vikings offense that has leaned more on its running game since coordinator John DeFilippo was fired Dec. 11. Running back Dalvin Cook had more than 10 carries only twice in eight games under DeFilippo. But in two contests since DeFilippo was fired, Cook rushed for 136 yards on 19 attempts in a win over the Dolphins and 73 yards on 16 carries in a victory over the Lions.
Offense: Running back Taquan Mizzell Sr.
The promotion of Mizzell from the team’s practice squad to the active roster prior to Week 9 may have surprised some—the Bears already had solid depth at the running back position—but Mizzell has proven to be another weapon out of the backfield whose role has increased with each game. Mizzell came in for just 16 offensive snaps total during his first three games this year. Over the last five games, Mizzell has averaged nearly 10 offensive snaps per contest— still far fewer than running backs Tarik Cohen and Jordan Howard—but enough to make an impact when he is in.
Bears coach Matt Nagy said the plan is still to play the starters against the Vikings despite having already locked up a playoff spot. Chicago could still clinch the No. 2 seed in the NFC playoffs and a first-round bye with a win and a Rams loss, and Nagy conceded that if he saw the Rams were up big on the 49ers, he’d consider resting some of his starters.
If that is the case, Mizzell could see even more reps than usual. Mizzell’s numbers don’t jump off the box score, but his strength has been his ability to be a dual threat for the Bears. He’s tallied nine carries and eight receptions for Chicago this season—making two catches for 27 yards last week against San Francisco. The Bears’ final regular-season game would be a perfect opportunity to run Mizzell out more than usual and see how he responds as he continues to grow into his role as a complement to the Bears’ other running backs.
Hicks is coming off a performance in which he tallied three pass breakups and helped limit the 49ers offense to just 47 rush yards. His ability to get pressure on the quarterback but keep his hands up to defend a throw will be just as important this week against a Vikings team that’s struggled to run but has a host of receiving options for quarterback Kirk Cousins.
Minnesota ranks 30th in the league in rush yards per game but is in the top 10 in passing yards. Hicks has historically stepped up for this division rival. In his five games against the Vikings as a member of the Bears, Hicks has averaged one sack per game and two tackles-for-loss per contest.
Earlier this season, Hicks had a big showing, tallying five tackles-for-loss, a sack and two quarterback hits in Week 11 against Minnesota. Hicks’ ability to attack the Vikings’ run game and bat down balls from Cousins when the quarterback looks downfield will be key in the Bears rolling into the playoffs coming off of a win.
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The city of Ulm has a rich history dating as far back as 5000 BC and is situated at the confluence of the Blau and Iller rivers into the Danube. Despite its altitude of 479m above sea level, the three rivers have created the environment for an extensive fishing and tanning industry, with parts of the city resembling a coastal town with all the watery channels and waterways rushing around the houses. Ulm is mainly known for the Minster, with the highest steeple in the world and as Albert Einstein’s birthplace.
Historically Ulm was situated at the crossroads of important trade routes and blossomed accordingly. The confidence and prosperity was reflected in new and opulent buildings and the conception of a Minster within the city walls in the 14th century. To give you an idea how confident the citizens were: even though the city of Ulm at that time had less than 10,000 inhabitants, the Minster was designed to accommodate up to 22,000! In 1377 the foundation stone was laid and it was consecrated in 1405.
But the architectural dreams proved too much for the technology of the time and major structural damage necessitated a reconstruction. In 1543 construction stopped due to economic, political and religious problems. It took nearly three centuries for the economic and political scene to stabilize and construction was resumed in 1817. In May 1890 it was finally completed. As you will have a chance to view other cathedrals on the Alpine Gems and other tours, here’s a comparison chart between the Ulm Minster with the Cologne cathedral, the Frauenkirche in Munich and the cathedral in Aachen.
The Nebelhorn (foghorn) is with its 2224 meters height the highest peak of the region and offers spectacular views of the surrounding peaks and ranges. The peak can be reached by foot, but it’s recommended only for trained climbers and with specialist equipment. The easier and much more picturesque way to get there is by using the gondola.
The map gives you an abstract idea of all the peaks to be seen during your trip up to the top, while the photos should get your feet itching to explore the region in person!
Once at the top, you will be able to explore the alpine flora and fauna along the trails on your day hike back down to the valley.
As today’s trip on your Alpine Gems tour will have you tip-toeing around the mountains trying to take the best shot home, you better make sure you won’t go over the top!
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SLAM! was a multiracial, radical student activist group at several CUNY campuses from 1996 to 2004. It was strongest at Hunter College, where it served in student government during that time. SLAM! organized students against tuition hikes and budget cuts, for access to the university, immigrants' rights, childcare access, ethnic studies, the right of welfare recipients to attend college, and also participated in city-wide planning of mobilizations against police brutality and mass imprisonment. SLAM! also helped organize national mobilizations against war and the harms of global capitalism, as part of the global justice movement.
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*** Please use the above link to access the list of the Conference Committee members responsible for finalizing the FARRM bill. Please contact as many members as possible before the end of January.
The current FARRM Bill does not make any attempt to conserve water. It does virtually nothing to address water conservation issues. We are seeking to add two sentences, which will enable US agriculture processing facilities to save over 20 Billion Gallons of Water a Year at NO COST TO GOVERNMENT. This would be the most water savings in any industry in the US. In the past 10 years.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall require the use of water saving devices for hand washing stations and bathroom faucets at animal processing facilities inspected by USDA. Such devices shall automatically shut-off the water flow when hands are moved out of the water stream and shall be proven to reduce cross-contamination caused by touching faucet handles.
Our position is that the water that is wasted by the processing plants wastes belongs to the community. The water came directly from community owned source and drought threatens their water supply. We demand that processing plants take immediate action to reduce the amount of water they waste.
The direction, shape and size of snowflakes depend on a balance between faceting and branching. Faceting tends to make simple flat surfaces, while branching tends to make more complex structures. This is an image of a complex branching multifaceted snowflake called a dendrite snowflake.
This image is graciously provided for your wonder and amazement by National Geographic.
The LCROSS mission was designed to bomb two spots in a crater on the surface of the moon’s south pole to search for water. These impacts created craters by throwing tons of debris and potentially water ice and vapor above the lunar surface. The impact released materials from the lunar surface that were analyzed for the presence of hydrated minerals to tell researchers if water is there or not.
The Shepherding Spacecraft (SS) and Centaur rocket were launched together with another spacecraft called the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). All three were connected to each other for launch, about one hour after launch, the LRO separated. The SS guided the Centaur rocket through multiple Earth orbits, each taking about 38 days.
Next the rocket separated from the SS hit the moon’s surface going more than twice the speed of a bullet. A large plume or cloud of lunar debris could be seen. As the plume rose, the SS’s cameras, took pictures of the rocket’s descent and impact into the moon and its other instruments analyzed the material . Four minutes later, the SS followed almost the exact same path as the rocket, descending down through the plume and analyzing it for water (ice and vapor), hydrocarbons and hydrated materials.
In comparison, the sands of the African Sahara are 2 to 5 percent water, and the water is tightly bound to the minerals. In the lunar crater, which lies in perpetual darkness, the water is in the form of almost pure ice grains mixed in with the rest of the soil, and is easy to extract. The ice is about 5.6 percent of the mixture, and possibly as high as 8.5 percent of it, Dr. Colaprete, the Principal Investigator for the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing (LCROSS) mission said.
When was the scientific principal of respecting new lands and environments, disturbing as little as possible abandoned?
A sense of danger and intrigue fill the divers as they descend into the unusual waters of the blue hole.
There are many different blue holes located around the world, from Belize and the Bahamas to the Red Sea.Blue holes are roughly circular, steep-walled depressions formed during the last ice age. The center of the hole is deep filled with dark blue waters and surrounded by the lighter blue of the shallows. Their water circulation is poor, so oxygen supply is low so most sea life is low, but large numbers of bacteria can easily thrive in this environment.
The deepest blue hole in the world at 202 meters (663 ft) is Dean’s Blue Hole, located in a bay west of Clarence Town on Long Island, Bahamas.
Check out the beautiful blue hole images at National Geographic Magazine online.
Radiocarbon data taken from 30 sediment cores at various locations in the North Pacific indicate that the earth’s climate is regulated largely by the world ocean’s circulation.
This density-driven loops of currents brings warm surface water to the polar regions and transports cold water away. As poleward flowing salty waters cool in the North Atlantic, they become so heavy that they sink. This sinking acts as a pump for the ocean’s conveyor belt circulation.
This icy deep water spilled out of the subarctic North Pacific at depths of 2000-3000 meters (6,561.7 – 9,842.5 feet) merged into a southward flowing deep western boundary current with a warm, strong poleward current formed at the surface. These conjoining currents gave off lots of heat into the atmosphere.
The deep churning flow of water in the Pacific may have stirred up old carbon-rich deep waters,which would also increase the atmospheric CO2 concentration further warming and accelerated the glacial meltdown.
A computer “earth system model” was run under conditions that mimicked the catastrophic meltwater discharge from the retreating ice sheets 17,500 – 15,000 years ago and disrupted the heat The North Pacific Ocean served as a kind of global backup generator to partly offset There are many complex changes that took place in the oceans of the world during these periods of climate change.
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Nearly one in five British adults think the country became involved in the First World War to stop the rise of Nazi Germany, a survey suggests.
Knowledge of who the British Prime Minister was at the start of the conflict was somewhat sketchy, with one in 10 believing Winston Churchill led the country into war.
Only 36% correctly answered that Herbert Henry Asquith was Prime Minister, while 34% guessed it was David Lloyd George, whose premiership started during the war.
Nearly seven in 10 people - or 69% - knew that Franz Ferdinand was the Archduke of Austria-Hungary.
His assassination is widely seen as having started the chain of events that led to the war.
More than half - or 57% - were aware that Britain became involved in the First World War because of a treaty with Belgium to help defend the country in the event of an invasion.
Areas in which respondents were most knowledgeable were when the First World War took place (90%) and what the term The Allies refers to (92%).
People in the East Midlands were the most knowledgeable about the war, with an 70% of correct answers overall.
Londoners were found to know the least, with only 63% of right responses.
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He played a pivotal role in Pittsburgh's run to consecutive Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017. His empty-net goal in Game 6 of the 2017 Cup Finals against Nashville assured the Penguins of a second straight title. Hagelin, who is making $4 million this season, is scheduled to become a free agent next summer.
When Los Angeles Kings left wing Tanner Pearson lines up against the San Jose Sharks, as he will in San Jose on Saturday, the 25-year-old forward has nothing but good vibrations.
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2019-04-21T22:30:56Z
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https://www.nhlpa.com/news/2-10268/penguins-send-hagelin-to-kings-for-pearson
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President Bashar al-Assad's brother-in-law and the Syrian defence minister have been killed in a bombing that struck at the heart of the country's security establishment.
State TV said President Assad's brother-in-law, Assef Shawkat, and Gen Dawoud Rajha, the defence minister were victims of a blast during a high level security meeting. The Interior minister was also injured.
Gen Shawkat was the deputy defense minister and was among the most feared figures in Assad's inner circle. He is married to Assad's elder sister, Bushra.
Reports said the officials had been killed by a bodyguard in a suicide bombing in the capital of Syria but other reports said a device was placed within the building. A "terrorist bomb" which exploded at a national security building in Damascus during a meeting of ministers and security officials wounded several people, some of them critically, state television said.
The state-run news agency SANA reported that Wednesday's blast took place at the National Security building, a headquarters for one of Syria's intelligence branches. Activists in Damascus said by telephone that Republican Guards sealed off the Shami hospital in the capital after ambulances had brought casualties from the site of the explosion.
"The terrorist suicide bombing" came in the high security Rawda district in the heart of the capital as battles raged in Damascus for the fourth consecutive day.
There were "badly wounded" among ministers and officials, the broadcaster said.
Gen Shawkat was the deputy Minister of Defense of Syria since September 2011. He previously served as the army’s deputy chief of staff from July 2009 to September 2011.
Gen Shawkat was considered one of the president’s top security chiefs, however, he was replaced in 2010 as head of Military Intelligence and made deputy chief-of-staff of the armed forces.
A claim of responsibility was posted on Facebook by Liwa al-Islam, a rebel group. Translated as "The Brigade of Islam", it said in a statement that it "targeted the cell called the crisis control room in the capital of Damascus."
The Free Syrian Army also claimed responsibility for the attack, according to spokesman Qassim Saadedine. "This is the volcano we talked about, we have just started," he said.
Syrian opposition leader Kamal al-Labwani told al-Arabiya, a satellite channel, that a member of the rebel Free Syrian Army planted a TNT and C-4-based device inside the building ahead of the meeting, and then detonate the bomb remotely before fleeing to safety.
The capital has seen four straight days of clashes pitting government troops against rebels - an unprecedented challenge to government rule in the tightly controlled capital.
Rajha, a former army general, was the most senior Christian government official in Syria. Assad appointed him to the post last year.
His death will resonate with Syria's minority Christian population, who make up about 10 percent of Syria's population and have generally stood by the regime.
Christians say they are particularly vulnerable to the violence sweeping the country of 22 million people, and they are fearful that Syria will become another Iraq, with Christians caught in the crossfire between rival Muslim groups.
Columns of black smoke rose over the capital, with the Local Coordination Committees, which organises anti-regime protests on the ground, reporting that Qaboon and Barzeh neighbourhoods were bombarded by loyalist forces.
It also said there was less traffic than normal in the city where fighting has raged since Sunday, with the rebels announcing a full-scale offensive dubbed "the Damascus volcano and earthquakes of Syria."
Regime forces and the FSA clashed in the Al-Midan and Zahira districts of Damascus as well as at Assali south of the city.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9408321/Assads-brother-in-law-and-top-Syrian-officials-killed-in-Damascus-suicide-bomb.html
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Vladimir Jelisavcic is the Chief Investment Officer at Bowery Investment Management, and the Founder of Cherokee Acquisitions. Prior to founding Cherokee Acquisitions, he was the Principal & Co-Portfolio Manager at Longacre Fund Management, and also served as the VP of Distressed Claims and Loans at Bear Stearns. Cherokee Acquisitions was a generous sponsor of the 2018 NYU Entrepreneurs Festival and we spoke with Vladimir to learn more about his experience, lessons, and vision as a financial entrepreneur.
NYU Entrepreneurial Institute: Can you tell us a little bit about your journey as a financial entrepreneur?
Vladimir Jelisavcic: I graduated from NYU (BPA ‘87) with an accounting degree. After graduation I started working at Deloitte doing taxes. I really like tax. I think of accounting work much the same way I think of coding, like accounting records is a set code and we have to interpret its logic.
After a few years of working I got into law school at University of Iowa College of Law. During the huge recession around 1990, major corporations were either financially teetering or outright filing for bankruptcy. I realized that I wanted to understand how a corporate balance sheet actually works. Rather than take an advisory or consulting role, I wanted to do it myself.
I met some of the most important people in my life there, like my two friends there who were also attorneys. A few years later the three of us felt like we were ready to do our own thing so we started our own hedge fund called Longacre Fund Management. Each of us wrote a check totaling $1 million, which we used to attract third party capital. We built the fund to $3 billion in about 9 years. Eventually we sold a minority stake of the management company to Goldman Sachs’ Peterhill group.
Institute: How did the Great Recession around 2008 impact you and your business?
Vladimir: After the financial crisis, everything changed. We couldn’t serve our partners as well in the new shifted market. In 2009 we started incubating Bowery Investment Management out of Longacre, and in 2012, Bowery was born as its own management company.
Separately, I also founded Cherokee Acquisitions, which is a family office/proprietary investing firm. Cherokee doesn’t have any third party capital and is run on 100% proprietary capital. This was such a nice change, a breath of fresh air to be able to make investments without the distractions of managing third party capital. This, for me, felt like I was coming back full circle, back to the joy of investing that brought me into this industry in the first place.
Institute: What are the areas that Cherokee Acquisitions work in?
Vladimir: Cherokee has three business lines. The first is in distressed debt, which is a cyclical business and well-suited for proprietary investment firms. It’s a common and fundamental mistake to have long-term, non cyclical capital committed for a cyclical strategy. And because distressed debt is good for folks to get into during good episodes, and then walk away from when it’s not good, it’s a luxury to be able to work in that space.
The second business started a few years ago and is in physical oil and gas assets. The federal government allows private entities or individuals to own underground real estate (literally everything in the ground). So we own minerals in places that have hot shale oil/gas. The trick is to find the right minerals and sell at the right price. Oil and gas companies come and extract resources that they then resell, and we receive royalties for their sales at about 20% of their earnings.
The third business focuses on venture capital funding for early-stage startups working in the blockchain space. We’re working with one company now that we’re really excited about: Panda Pilot. Panda Pilot is a passive investing and analytics company that empowers investors to create strategies on how they want to invest in crypto. It uses a fun interface that educates users on different crypto assets, then applies research-based capital market techniques to recommend how they should build their portfolio. They will be launching their product in a couple of weeks – you should try it out!
Institute: Do you see social impact investing fitting into the work that you do? If so, how?
Vladimir: Great question. The blockchain world is basically Internet 3.0. The early promise of Internet 1.0 was decentralized peer to peer relationships, which got co-opted by giant tech firms that dominate Internet 2.0. You have Facebook who controls all data that you make available on their platform, which they then analyze and resell to turn a profit. Users never see any of that money. And I think that’s wrong.
Right now I think we don’t really understand the true value of personal data. Blockchain offers a powerful structure that enables direct relationships, removing intermediaries and letting people understand the value of their own data and privacy. They are able to find ways to interact with peers directly rather than through gatekeepers like Facebook.
I’m excited about the Brave browser, which has a strong ad and cookie blocker so that advertisers cannot penetrate. Within Brave, if an advertiser wants you to see a commercial, Brave users will need to be paid to watch it. Brave’s concept is mediated through BATs (Basic Attention Tokens), so if the reverse happens, and the consumer chooses to watch an educational video on YouTube, for example, the consumer can pay for this content with BATs. There can be a whole market developed based on this model.
Institute: What advice do you have for aspiring financial entrepreneurs?
Vladimir: I would say spend a great deal of time focusing on blockchain, period. Really study any aspect of it, there’s just so much potential. To me it’s the most important invention/innovation since Internet 1.0 twenty-five years ago. Over time, it’ll affect virtually all of finance. Go study it or work for any blockchain-focused company.
Institute: What book would you recommend to those interested in finance or FinTech?
Vladimir: I would recommend a book called Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction. It’s gives a great overview without too much theory, and is very accessible, fun, and enjoyable. It’s what I’m reading now!
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2019-04-21T01:04:42Z
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http://entrepreneur.nyu.edu/blog/2018/03/30/interview-vladimir-jelisavcic-seasoned-financial-entrepreneur/
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Applications are being accepted for a lucrative research award for early-career researchers.
The Terra Nova Young Innovator Award is valued at up to $50,000. It recognizes and supports outstanding faculty members whose research is particularly innovative and whose specific proposal has real potential to make a significant impact on society.
The Terra Nova Young Innovator Award recognizes and supports outstanding young faculty members.
The award is supported through funding from Suncor Energy, on behalf of partners in the Terra Nova oil field.
Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 19.
“Memorial is home to talented young faculty members who are the rising stars of their generation and are demonstrating strong leadership in their respective fields,” said Dr. Neil Bose, vice-president (research).
Applications should be submitted electronically to Tina Winsor or delivered to room IIC-1001.
More information about the award, including its criteria and Terms of Reference, is available online.
The Terra Nova Young Innovator Award builds on the legacy of the Petro-Canada Young Innovator Awards and reflects a shared commitment by Suncor Energy Inc. and Memorial to enable exceptional young faculty to be adventurous in their research, to explore novel ideas and to be creative in the way they investigate important research issues.
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2019-04-20T16:18:35Z
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https://gazette.mun.ca/research/supporting-big-ideas/
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Creating Your Path to Success. Let's Get Back Down to Business!
NBMBAA Cleveland Chapter leaders and members will be present to share their experience and expertise as students navigate through the informal table-talk discussions. Refreshments will be served.
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2019-04-24T02:16:52Z
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https://www.kent.edu/cas/event/all-majors-matter
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We provide high-quality training and research supervision for postgraduate students in all areas of staff expertise through the College of Social Sciences Graduate School.
Structured masters courses link to specific vocational areas such as urban planning and real estate, and dedicated training courses to prepare students for doctoral study.
There is a wide range of options for independent research in the School of Social and Political Sciences.
Visit the College of Social Sciences Student funding opportunities webpages for more opportunities.
To find out more about potential supervisors in the School, visit our Staff listings.
The College of Social Sciences is offering a PhD scholarship to honour the work of Professor Andy Furlong. The Professor Andy Furlong scholarship will comprise a 100% tuition fee waiver and stipend at the full RCUK rate for three years, and will be awarded in a field of research related to and reflecting the many and path-breaking contributions made by Professor Furlong to understanding the impact of social inequalities, with a particular focus on young people and labour markets. The College welcomes applications that seek to address this broad field, and that come from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Proposals should be submitted by academic members of staff at the University of Glasgow, but there are no geographical restrictions on the nationality or domicile of the scholarship holder, so prospective students who wish to apply for this scholarship should, in the first instance, make contact with academics at Glasgow.
Applicants should complete the Professor Andy Furlong Scholarship Project Proposal Application form, attach CVs of both the primary supervisor and the prospective student, and submit to the College Graduate School by 10 June 2018.
As a doctoral student you may have the opportunity to become a paid Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA). This is a great opportunity for students to enhance and develop their skills set.
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2019-04-25T16:09:03Z
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https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpolitical/postgraduateresearchstudy/
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Broaden your horizons: FCS 4800 is a 3-credit hour course that may be used as an elective and/or as a substitute for BGSU International Perspective requirement. It is open to students from all majors. We partner with Santa’ Anna Institute in Sorrento, Italy to customize learning experiences for students who participate in the class. Students have the option to participate in student-led research projects and/or practicum experiences.
Cultural Explorations in Italy 2018 is a fast-paced, 17-day adventure of 5 cities in Italy (Milan, Cinque Terre, Florence, Sorrento and Rome). The interdisciplinary experience is designed to foster student’s hands-on opportunities in service-learning, human/family development, education, business/marketing/design/fashion, and history/culture.
Check out these photos from the 2017 Italy trip - as our students traveled to some breathtakingly beautiful Italian cities, they learned new things, enhanced their classroom knowledge with hands-on skills, and enjoyed their unique Italian experience in varied ways.
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2019-04-20T08:21:28Z
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https://www.bgsu.edu/education-and-human-development/family-and-consumer-sciences/apparel-merchandising-product-development/StudyAbroad.html
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William & Mary librarian Kathleen DeLaurenti has been featured in the book This is What a Librarian Looks Like by Kyle Cassidy, a celebratory tribute to the unsung community heroes. As a music and arts librarian at the W&M Music Library and Open Access Editor for the Music Library Association, DeLaurenti helps people access resources and make their work available to a broader audience.
DeLaurenti is just one of almost 220 librarians featured in Cassidy’s book. From brightly-dyed hair and tattoos to collared shirts and bow ties, this photographic montage of librarians from communities across the country gives a new perspective on who librarians are and what they look like – and it’s not the stern, humorless stereotype commonly portrayed in books and films. Librarians around the nation are fighting for patrons who need library resources to live in the modern age of technology. As a part of Cassidy’s project, DeLaurenti has called attention to the challenges music libraries face with collecting and preserving digital music.
With the rise of digital music, it has become increasingly harder for music libraries to collect and share music, particularly music released through services like iTunes and Tidal, due to ownership rights. DeLaurenti explained that libraries aren’t able to purchase MP3s because they can’t be shared like a CD, which prevents libraries from preserving music for scholars and listeners of the future.
“Many libraries are trying to solve this problem locally by working with artists who haven’t signed big record deals and who are much open to having their music preserved and accessible in their local communities, but we don’t have a solution for making sure that Frank Ocean’s Blonde is in library collections 50 or 100 years from now,” said DeLaurenti.
In addition to highlighting the challenges faced by music libraries, DeLaurenti hopes that readers of Cassidy’s book learn about all of the different ways that librarians support, advocate and impact their communities every day.
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2019-04-24T16:22:47Z
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https://www.wm.edu/sites/womensnetwork/news/new-book-features-wm-librarian.php
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Vote for PCbasics in the BMAs!
voted for u in all 3, Good Luck!
Thanks Grr! I really appreciate it!
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2019-04-23T16:57:01Z
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https://pcbasics.webs.com/apps/blog/show/12600027-vote-for-pcbasics-in-the-bmas-
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Pro Designs, makers of handcrafted Waveskis/Surfskis, Stand Up Paddleboards(S.U.P.), Lifeguard Surf Rescue Boards, Coolite Prone Racing Paddle Boards, Open Ocean/Flat Water Paddleboards and Surfboards, for sport, leisure and rescue. We also carry out repairs.
Jonny "militia" Gibbings on a early 90's Surf Pro Design Waveski !
Alan has been building boards for use in surf conditions for over forty years. In that time he has traveled to France, Spain, Germany, Italy and Austria applying his craft for many high pofile companies. Surf Pro Designs was founded in 1985 and since then all boards have been custom made and sold direct to the customer. No high street outlets or mass production. There has been many firsts, from building the first custom wave skis in the UK to using Epoxy resins, hybrid laminates and laminate foams. A new generation of light Surf Rescue Board has also been developed with a Hybrid Laminate which withstands nocks and damage associated with rescue work by leading rescue organisations both at home and abroad.
Alans hands on approach to building boards from design, shaping, graphics, laminating and final polishing ensures the quality throughout is under his control. This has always been the same. Rarely seen in the surf industry today. All Surf Pro Design products are designed and built to your exact requirements.
If you are unsure about your requirements or how design details work together, this is not a problem, there are no secrets. Your ideas and Alan's experience will formulate to produce a craft for you to progress and enjoy. "You have custom made, what you need, not what's in stock".
Surf Pro Design products are original designs, unrestricted by pre-shaped core materials or material content. "Its much easier to be original than to copy".
Our testimonials will show the many satisfied customers and sponsored athletes enjoy owning a Surf Pro Designs craft.
Use this site to view our products and services and submit a no obligation request for your own customised wave tool. Feel free to contact us if you have an enquiry.
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2019-04-22T08:21:42Z
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https://www.surfprodesigns.com/
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Broadway UWA is designed to ensure access to our courses is available to the broadest range of students with the potential to succeed at university.
Note: Participation in Broadway scheme is restricted to eligible Australian citizens, permanent residents, permanent humanitarian visa holders and New Zealand citizens.
An applicant is eligible for consideration as a Broadway Direct Pathway applicant if they have undertaken their entire Year 12 studies (WACE level with a minimum ATAR of 96) at a Broadway UWA School.
There are two main categories of adjustment for eligible students.
Tier B – all other Broadway UWA-identified schools.
Any student from a Broadway UWA school who submits an application through the Tertiary Institutions Service Centre (TISC) for admission to UWA will be automatically identified and assessed against Broadway UWA criteria; there is no need to submit a separate application for Broadway UWA.
Eligible students will be notified through their Universities' Admissions Advice Letter (UAAL), on the TISC website, when they receive and view their WA Certificate of Education (WACE) results in late December.
It is important to note that eligibility for UWA undergraduate scholarships will continue to be based on original ATARs and not on adjusted selection ranks.
Tertiary studies are a big commitment, and we know you’re more likely to succeed if you’re stress-free and able to focus on your course. That’s why, if you put in your best effort now, we’ll make sure you get a bonus to help you along the way.
you could be awarded up to $5,000 per year towards the cost of accommodation at a UWA college. Just nominate your preferred college and we’ll pay it $2,500 each semester for the first three years of your degree (four if you go on to study honours).
Even if you’re coming to UWA from a regional or remote area but are planning to stay off campus, we’ll still look out for you! We’ll provide you with $1,500 per year, paid in two instalments, which you can use for anything you like – a rental bond, textbooks or even just some new clothes.
Metropolitan Broadway schools aren’t left out either – if you rank in your school’s top 10 per cent and make UWA your first preference, we’ll give you a $1,500 Guild cash card, which you can spend at various outlets on campus like cafés, the Co-op Bookshop, the Library and more.
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2019-04-23T05:00:22Z
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https://study.uwa.edu.au/how-to-apply/admission-entry-pathways/broadway
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Thursday evenings, 6–8 pm, Durham World Heritage Visitor Centre.
Please see the poster for dates, costs etc.
This entry was posted in E Newsletter and tagged Durham on February 26, 2014 by cbanorth.
Geophysical survey will start at WARK CASTLE on 3rd March 2014 and continue for 3 days. Volunteers are welcome between 10am and 4pm daily and will have an opportunity to use geophysical equipment and work with professional geophysicists from Glasgow University.
No previous experience is necessary just a willingness to join in and try it out. Volunteers wishing to sign up can join in for 1/2 or whole days and for individual periods or the whole 3 days.
Please contact Chris Burgess ([email protected]) to book a place on a first come first served basis.
This entry was posted in E Newsletter and tagged Flodden on February 26, 2014 by cbanorth.
Secrets of the Sand at Hauxley – tune in!
Northumberland Wildlife Trust’s ‘Rescued from the Sea‘ archaeology project, which took place at Druridge Bay throughout summer 2013, will feature in the Time Team programme on Channel 4, Sunday 2 March at 8.00pm.
The project, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, unearthed, amongst other things, an 8,000 year old Bronze Age burial mound and a Mesolithic settlement dating back to 6,100BC.
For more information about this exciting project, visit our website, and also read more about the Time Team episode here.
This entry was posted in E Newsletter and tagged Northumberland on February 26, 2014 by cbanorth.
This joint project between TAS and Tees Archaeology* will record the archaeological evidence of the buildings, camps and other structures used during the First World War. Documents from the War provide a good starting point, and old maps and aerial photographs can give us a better idea of where sites were. By visiting the sites we can understand more about their history and physical character. Site visits also help to determine what condition the site is in and what needs to be done to preserve it.
Many of the sites still exist. For example, the Army used various houses and hotels in the area as sleeping quarters for troops. Other sites were never much more than a field which, in the case of Kirkleatham, the Royal Navy used as a mooring post for airships.
There is a great deal more that we would like to know—and record—about Teesside during the First World War. If you have any information to share, please get in touch using the contact details below. If you would like to be kept informed about the project and discover opportunities for involvement, please email [email protected] and keep returning to TAS’s website for updates.
This entry was posted in E Newsletter and tagged Tees Archaeology on February 14, 2014 by cbanorth.
If you are interested in the project you can email Jean Hirst [email protected] or the Secretary of BAS Deborah Campbell [email protected] for more information.
This entry was posted in E Newsletter and tagged BAS, CBAP on February 14, 2014 by cbanorth.
Northallerton & District Local History Society will give the floor to local researcher Alan Todd of East Cowton. At the outset of the Second World War, appraisals were made of all the feasible areas of land which might be developed as airfields. One of these earmarked for implementation was on land spread across the parish boundary between Croft and Dalton on Tees, formally called RAF Croft.
Initially forming a satellite of another local bomber aerodrome constructed at the same time at Middleton St. George, as time went on throughout the war, Croft developed into a separate base with two heavy four-engined bomber squadrons. Like all the other such aerodromes, Croft experienced the frenetic activity, noise and tragedy associated with that desperate period – and younger relatives of personnel who served there still make pilgrimages to the site.
At the end of the war, Croft’s major contribution to the defence of Britain was no longer required to the same degree, but that was not the end of its involvement. Various aeronautical activities continued before the defunct airfield eventually reverted largely to its original agricultural state. However, sections of the runways and perimeter tracks were retained and redeveloped to create the present motor racing circuit, which attracts enthusiasts from far and wide.
Venue | Sacred Heart Church Hall on Thirsk Road, Northallerton, where limited parking is available, at 7.00pm on Tuesday 11 February. Non-members are welcome to attend at a nominal admission charge of £2.50, while students under 18 will be admitted free.
This entry was posted in E Newsletter and tagged Northallerton on February 3, 2014 by cbanorth.
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2019-04-18T11:12:07Z
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https://cbanorth.wordpress.com/2014/02/
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When the urge to draw a guy in a tiny hat hits you, I find it best to just give in.
My son Ethan has apparently been stricken with the same malady as his pop. The kid can fire off some of the most beautifully random doodles. And much to my wife’s chagrin, his thought processes also seem to closely mirror mine. Pray for him.
Philippine? Phil O’Peen? Feel a peen?
Well, apparently I’m so Southern that, even when someone has pronounced a word properly, I hear it-and, therefore, doodle it- with a Southern accent. But, see, this at least proves that I was listening.
So, as all good friends should, I felt it my duty to do an embarrassing birthday card illustration of my friend Allen a few years back on his 30th. He’s a self-proclaimed superhero-lovin’ übergeek, thus the character Birthday Boy was born.
The zombie horse is from one of the many bizarre things that have happened to dear ol’ Allen during his lifetime, and merited a starring role on the cover. I won’t go into all the gory details here. Let’s just say the car he was in at the time of the…er…encounter ended up looking like the Purina Dog Chow float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade.
You can see the finished piece in all its glory by clicking the thumbnail of the card.
Not all doodles are happy doodles….some are angry…or manic depressive…or lazy.
And, yes, that’s part of a nose in the lower left corner. I got a thing for doodling disembodied noses, alright? You got a problem with that?
Opening up a whole can of Eric on ya!
I’m hoping that my friend Eric will some day become President of the United States just so this can be the official portrait they hang in the White House. Or maybe they’ll decide to put his likeness on the $7.34 bill, and use this drawing. And then, when you have to pay for something that is EXACTLY $7.34, you could whip one of these bad boys out.
I like to experiment with different techniques in Photoshop. With this one, I was mainly focusing on mimicking a stippled ink effect by modifying some of the brush settings. That, in conjunction with my pen tablet (a tool I love so much I briefly considered naming my daughter Pen Tablet Gregory….darn my wife and her levelheaded, merciful ways!) makes stippled inking about a billion times faster than doing it by hand on paper.
And you don’t have to worry about smearing your ink or ruining your base sketch in Photoshop, either, which is a BIG plus for those of us who have large doses of klutz running through our veins.
Thumbnailed for your safety and convenience; click to see more detail.
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2019-04-20T14:14:21Z
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https://jaggedsmile.wordpress.com/2007/07/
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As one of the fastest supercomputers, Mira, our 10-petaflops IBM Blue Gene/Q system, is capable of 10 quadrillion calculations per second. With this computing power, Mira can do in one day what it would take an average personal computer 20 years to achieve.
Faster and more sophisticated computers mean better simulations and more accurate predictions. Mira is helping researchers to tackle more complex problems, achieve faster times to solutions, and create more robust models of everything from jet engines to the human body.
Consisting of 48 racks 786,432 processors, and 768 terabytes of memory, Mira is 20 times faster than Intrepid, its IBM Blue Gene/P predecessor at the ALCF. Mira was grown from the same DNA as Intrepid, but features many revolutionary advances.
As a machine for open science, any researcher with a question that requires large-scale computing resources can submit a proposal for time on Mira, typically in allocations of millions of core-hours, to run programs for their experiments. This adds up to billions of hours of computing time per year.
In addition to being one of the fastest computers in the world, Mira is also among the most energy efficient. The supercomputer saves considerable energy through innovative chip designs and a unique water-cooling system.
By fitting more cores onto a single chip, Mira speeds the communication between cores and saves the energy lost when transporting data across long distances. Mira’s water-cooling system uses copper tubes to pipe cold water directly alongside the chips, saving power by eliminating an extra cooling step. Overall, the new system operates five times more efficiently than Intrepid, and roughly within the same footprint.
Beyond enabling scientific discoveries in a sustainable way, Mira itself is a stepping stone toward the next great goal of supercomputing: exascale speed, where computers will operate a thousand times faster than today’s top machines.
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2019-04-24T11:58:54Z
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https://www.alcf.anl.gov/mira
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Are you trying to grow your business? If so, don’t ignore your email signature. It sounds so simple and it is. Today, people send emails all day, for work or for personal correspondence. I regularly get emails from acquaintances for a variety of reasons, and at most they will put their name, first only. What a missed opportunity! The more effective alternative is to have a professional signature with a nice valediction like “sincerely” or “take care” and your full name. You are probably already do this with your business email account. But why not consider it for your personal email account as well? Include your phone #, business name, tagline and website. Save it as an automated signature in your email application. If they allow you to include your logo or photo even better! People will see it and may remember it or pass it along to someone else. You don’t have to be selling them anything or even mention your business. It is simply an FYI.
Here’s a real life example of how this worked for me. Recently. I sent an email to a group of parents about a school related project for my son. My automated signature was included which mentioned my company, my tagline, website and phone number. Within 2 days, I had a parent call me to discuss a potential project for their business. If I hadn’t included the signature, she would have never known what I do for a living, and I would have never known about the opportunity!
A signature, it’s free, it’s easy and it can help you grow your business. Don’t miss out on this quick and simple step to build your brand!
~ by Shannon Group on April 30, 2009.
Great point and ever so critical today. Your signature can become a part of your social networking (and should be). Whether you work for a large company or yourself (or both, as many of us do), your signature should help clients remember you and provide enough information to find you on the web.
Help clients find you when they are ready to and an email signature is a great tool for that! Great post Lisa!
Great post! Anytime your name (your brand) is in digital form it adds to your SEO efforts. Make sure it’s consistent. Use elements of your sig in tags on blog posts, in your Flickr, on your Titter profile. Facebook too and if you are an online entity like this blog represents, create a fan page in Facebook for it too.
When you think Nike only a few things come to mind: Just do it is one of them. It’s been the same message for 30 years. That’s the power of your signature too.
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The program is designed to train the next generation of CV imaging investigators by exposing them to three complementary areas – clinical, engineering, and molecular imaging.The two-year training program supports fellows with an MD and/or PhD background.
The BMI training program encompasses bioinformatics, clinical informatics, and public health informatics.
The Training in Biomedical Imaging Instrumentation Training Grant program (TBI2) is designed to to train the next generation of researchers in and inventors of biomedical imaging technology through funding from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).
The goals of SMIS are to train postdoctoral fellows through a diverse group of over 40 basic science and clinical faculty mentors representing 8 program areas, incorporating formal courses in molecular imaging, molecular pharmacology, cancer biology, cancer immunology, virology, and gene therapy, with a clinical component including hematology/oncology rounds.
2. Candidate must be either a US citizen, a non-citizen national, or must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence and possess an Alien Registration Card (1-151 or 1-551) or some other verification of legal admission as a permanent resident.
The Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS) was established as an inter-disciplinary program to bring together scientists and physicians who share a common interest in developing and using state-of-the-art imaging technology and developing molecular imaging assays for studying intact biological systems. Areas of active investigation are cancer research, microbiology/immunology, developmental biology and pharmacology.
The Stanford Cancer Imaging Training (SCIT) Program, funded by the National Cancer Institute, aims to train the next generation of researchers in the development and clinical application of advanced techniques for cancer imaging. This two-year Training Program accepts only US citizens or permanent residents and will help develop a US workforce to make progress in the battle against cancer.
The mission of the Center for Biomedical Imaging at Stanford (CBIS) is to advance science through multidisciplinary biomedical imaging. The Center emphasizes applied biomedical imaging by fostering collaboration between researchers and sharing of imaging resources.
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What Color Are You? Your color represents your human personality.
The Internet with a personality. The Internet in Technicolor. Be Understood. Understand. Earn money for you personality perspective.
Sign up for NEON, find out what color you are. Download the extension and now use the Internet the way you normally would. Now color personality perspective appears in your search, social, review and mapping- offering a human perspective to content on the Internet. Also, earn money for your usage with your NEON color. We only sell your data when you ask us to, and YOU make the money back.
Finally, the Internet for the people, by the people.
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AIMPLB is against the outlawing of Nikah Halala, though it feels that its use should be discouraged and restricted to the "rarest of rare situations"
NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) is against the outlawing of Nikah Halala, though it feels that its use should be discouraged and restricted to the "rarest of rare situations".
Formalising its stand ahead of the hearing of the issue in the Supreme Court on the controversial practice where divorced Muslim women seeking to remarry her former spouse is required to first marry another person and consummate the marriage, the AIMPLB has said that the "practise is in line with Islamic law".
"Nikah halala cannot be challenged," board secretary and legal counsel Zafaryab Jilani has said. "Nikah halala is a practice where you cannot marry your wife again after divorce unless she marries and consummates the marriage with someone else. It is a must that the wife is divorced again. This is as per the Quran and the board cannot have a different opinion," Jilani said after a recent consultation.
Significantly the board which represents the Muslim clergy has stuck to the stand despite growing voices within seeking a review.
Members of the board have come forward to say that the "concept of a temporary marriage with intent of remarriage with the first husband does not exist in the shariah". If a marriage is solemnised with intent of divorce so that the woman can return to the first husband then it is "haraam" and nothing short of a crime that should be punished.
"Marriage with another man with the intent to remarry the first husband is a sin as per the Quran. Such couples who do a contract marriage with the intention to remarry the first husband should be punished with the severest of punishment under the Indian Penal Code," Kamal Faruqui, member of the board told TOI. "There is no denying that one hears of few unscrupulous elements in the community misusing nikah halala. This is wrong and unacceptable," Faruqui added.
When asked would the board support a ban on nikah halala in Supreme Court, he said, "We are abiding by the SC decision on instant triple talaq by building awareness about marriage and rights of the couple through guidelines in our nikah namah so that they don’t pronounce talaq in one go. Similarly, we will see what SC says on nikah halala."
Maulana Saifullah Rahmani, spokesperson of the board said, "We cannot support nikah halala done with the intent of returning to the first husband. We have resolved at our working committee meeting that we need to create awareness on issues like triple talaq and nikah halala."
On Sunday, the AIMPLB working committee chaired by Jalaluddin Umri who is the chief of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind met and resolved to promote resolution of marital disputes through the framework of "Darul Qaza" which they call "arbitration centres". In their statement the board has said that these are not parallel courts and cite a 2014 Supreme Court judgment on the status of Darul Qaza.
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2019-04-21T06:19:15Z
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https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/aimplb-against-outlawing-of-nikah-halala-but-wants-it-to-be-discouraged/articleshow/65016748.cms
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The suspect was charged with first-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm.
Police say a Springfield man shot another man in the head Wednesday after a discussion about money.
Derrick McKinzie, 51, was charged Thursday with first-degree assault and unlawful possession of a firearm after police say he shot someone outside of his north Springfield home.
Court documents say the victim survived the shooting and was able to help police with the investigation.
According to a probable cause statement, the victim was taken by friends to Cox North Hospital in Springfield just after 11 p.m. with a gunshot wound to the head.
The injury is described as a graze wound to the forehead with a fractured skull.
The statement says Springfield police responded to the hospital and the victim told them he had done some work for McKinzie but he hadn't finished the work, so he went to McKinzie's home in the 2100 block of North East Avenue that night to return some of the money McKinzie had paid him.
While the victim was talking with McKinzie through the door, he said McKinzie opened the door, made a quick move and shot him in the head, according to the statement.
Police then responded to McKinzie's home and arrested him without incident.
The statement says McKinzie denied shooting the victim.
Police searched McKinzie's home where they found drugs, drug paraphernalia, more than $1,000 cash and a stolen pistol with one shot missing.
A bond recommendation document from prosecutors says McKinzie has an extensive criminal history that includes a 17-year prison stint for selling drugs near a school.
"It is evident that this defendant is continuing to sell drugs and continuing to engage in dangerous behavior," the prosecutor wrote.
McKinzie is being held in the Greene County Jail on $75,000 bond and does not have an attorney listed for this case. The first-degree assault charge carries a possible life sentence.
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Morbier is in France at an altitude of 875m2,871ft with 35km22 miles of marked runs.
When will it snow in Morbier?
The next notable snow forecast for Morbier is 4cm1in, expected on 27 April, with around 32cm13in forecast over the next 7 days.
The French Ski Resort of Morbier has direct access to 35km22 miles of downhill skiing, with 3 marked pistes.
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We don't currently have confirmed season dates for Morbier.
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Morbier is in Jura, Franche-Comté, France.
The nearest airports to Morbier are Geneva, Dole–Jura and Annecy. There are 10 airports within three hours drive. Geneva is just one hours drive away, in good driving conditions, so you can be on the piste quickly.
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Warning :- Snow Sports are Dangerous! Skiing, snowboarding and all winter sports involve risk of serious injury or death. You MUST confirm all information, especially snow and weather conditions, in Morbier before you ski or board. You participate at your own risk.
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Participated in a graduate level class around leadership development at the Dept. of Education Studies at University of California, San Diego in January, 2016.
Liou, Y.-H., & Daly, A. J. (2016). Diffusion of innovation: A social network and organizational learning approach to governance of a districtwide leadership team. Pedagogía Social. Revista Interuniversitaria, 28, 41-55. DOI:10.7179/PSRI_2016.28.04.
Daly, A. J., Finnigan, K. S., & Liou, Y.-H. (2016). How leadership churn undermines learning and improvement in low-performing school districts. In Daly, A. J., & Finnigan, K. S. (Eds.), Thinking and acting systemically: Improving school districts under pressure (pp. 183-208). Washington DC, US: American Educational Research Association [AERA].
Liou, Y.-H., Grigg, J., & Halverson, R. (2014). Leadership and the design of data-driven professional networks in schools. International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2(1), 29-71.
Moolenaar, N. M., Daly, A. J., Cornelissen, F., Liou, Y.-H., Caillier, S., Riordan, R., Wilson, K., Cohen, N. A. (2014). Linked to innovation: Shaping an innovative climate through network intentionality and educators’ social network position. Journal of Educational Change, 15(2), 99-123.
Daly, A. J., Liou, Y.-H., & Moolenaar, N. (2014). The principal connection: Trust and innovation in a network of reform. In D. V. Maele, M. V. Houtte & P. B. Forsyth (Eds.), Trust relationships and school life: The role of trust for learning, teaching, leading, and bridging (pp. 285-312). New York, NY: Springer.
Daly, A. J., Del Fresno Garcia, M., & Liou, Y.-H. (2014). Understanding the social side of educational improvement. In Fresno, M., Marqués, P., & Paunero, D. S., Connected by social networks: Introduction to social network analysis and case (pp. 293-309). Barcelona, Spain: Oberta UOC Publishing.
The three authors contributed equally to the work. Authors in alphabetically order by last name.
The first three authors contributed equally to the work.
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A system and method is provided for acquiring, collecting, comparing and evaluating the condition of rental property at several time periods during a lease or rental agreement. A deposit amount that is returned to a rentee or owed by the rentee is determined by a computer or individual based on a comparison of the documentation provided by the rentee and/or renter at the start of the rental period to the documentation that is provided the end of the rental period. The documentation provided by the rentee and renter is time-stamped and imprinted with geo-location information if it is available.
This application is a continuation-in-part of and claims priority to U.S. application Ser. No. 12/541,390, filed Aug. 14, 2009, all of which is herein incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to the field of renting property, including real and personal property. More specifically, the invention relates to the technical field of acquiring, comparing and evaluating property conditions at the start of the rental and at the conclusion of the rental period.
Renting is a part of life. It's something that many people experience at some point in their lives. The concept of renting may involve real property or personal property. With personal property, the cost of renting is usually less than the actual value of the property being rented.
A “renter” or “leasor” refers to a person, group of people or an entity that is renting or leasing real or personal property to another party, namely a rentee or leasee. A rentee or leasee refers to a person, group of people or an entity that is renting or leasing property from a renter or leasor. The renter must have a certain degree of trust in order to rent to a rentee. This is overcome for the most part through a security deposit. For example, when renting a power tool at a rental center, the renter may ask the rentee to leave an open credit card slip or may ask for cash or may simply ask for a driver's license. With real property rentals, there is also usually a security deposit in place in case of a skipped payment or excessive cleaning fees. Many people have their first experience with security deposits when they move away to college and need to rent a dorm room or apartment. As is often the case, the security deposit is paid but either a portion or all of the security deposit is not returned at the conclusion of the rental period.
Some common reasons that renters justify keeping this money is because of cleaning fees, missing items or simply items not being returned in the same condition that they were lent. For example if a renter claims that the rentee damaged the property, one way that a rentee can respond is to show evidence in the form of lists, marked diagrams, notes, pictures etc., all determined at in the beginning of the rental period. Often times, the rentee is not legally savvy enough or simply not conscientious enough to collect this evidence at the appropriate times. The end result being that the rentee loses part or all of the deposit.
Thus, there exists a need for a system and method of collecting this evidence at the appropriate times and securely storing the evidence. Furthermore, there exists a need to be able to determine an amount of the deposit based on a comparison between a condition of the rental property at the start of the rental period to a condition of the rental property at the conclusion of the rental period. As presently disclosed, this system will preferably be able to create a differential image(s) or a differential list, which cites or makes evident the differences in the two conditions. Even more, this system could also possess the ability to identify the items and evaluate the differences in conditions and the differences in price. This could also correlate to a percentage of any deposit amount that had been paid.
The present invention relates to methods for determining an amount of a deposit that will be returned to or owed by the rentee by evaluating conditions of the rental property at the commencement of a rental agreement to conditions of the rental property at the conclusion of the rental period. In some embodiments, determining the condition of the property may be implemented on a general purpose computer, system and/or server. In other embodiments, a rentee utilizes a camera or video recorder, a general purpose computer with internet connection and a website that contains secure personalized pages for different users. Additionally, a server computer (which may host the website) executes software for processing the information for determining the condition of the property at specific time periods.
One aspect of the invention provides a method for determining an amount of a deposit associated with rental property that will be returned to a rentee, the method comprising receiving and storing first documentation about condition of the rental property before a rental period, receiving and storing second documentation about condition of the rental property at termination of the rental period, comparing the first documentation to the second documentation to determine if there is any damage to the condition of the rental property, determining one or more deductions based on the resulting damage, and determining an amount of the deposit that will be returned to the rentee based on the one or more deductions.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one aspect of the present invention depicting an exemplary system for implementing the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a logic flow diagram of a method showing one aspect of the present invention, for determining the remaining deposit using document information.
Referring to FIG. 1, system 10 depicts a system that is used in determining property condition and for determining the remaining deposit that is refunded or owed. 20 is an image capture device or image capture system such as a digital camera, camera phone, VCR, digital video camera, analog video camera with an analog-to-digital converter, analog camera with an analog-to-digital converter, scanner, 3D scanner, or any device or system that is capable of capturing an image thru an optical lens and provides a digital representation of the image. A GPS receiver may also be optionally included in the image capture device 20.
Image capture system 20 may comprise one or more digital or analog cameras or video cameras arranged or configured to capture different views of rental property. In one embodiment, a photography station or booth may be set up to capture different views and angles of the outside of a rental vehicle. The rental vehicle could be driven into the photography station, and separate cameras would capture images of the front, back, two sides, top and bottom of the rental vehicle. Alternatively, a camera could be mounted to a robot where the camera would move around the rental vehicle and take separate shots or a continuous video of the condition of the rental vehicle. When the driver of the rental vehicle is checking out at the rental gate, the images could be printed out and provided to the driver. Alternatively, the images could be uploaded to the website of the company renting the vehicle which could be accessed by the driver via the internet. Another alternative is to have the images printed and put inside the rental vehicle so that driver could inspect the vehicle and make any special notations on the images. The images could then be scanned by the person at the rental gate so that the company would be aware of any condition issues before the driver exits the rental lot.
22 is a computer device, system and/or server that includes but is not limited to one or more processors or CPUs, hard disks, memory systems and devices, system buses, keyboards, display devices, and optional I/O ports such as Bluetooth, Wireless such as IEEE 802.11, VGA, SVGA, HDI, USB, Ethernet, Serial, Parallel and optional proprietary ports (all not shown). 22 can have any computer configuration, and can be an fixed location computer, or a moveable computer such as a laptop or an iPad. The CPU or processor is operatively connected to memory. The memory system or device(s) would contain one or more programs that are adapted to be executed by the CPU or processor. 22 includes a connection to the internet 24 such as a modem or local area network connection through which the internet 24 may be reached. 22 may optionally also be configured to operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. As used herein, a server computer is a computer, or series of computers, that link other computers or electronic devices together. They often provide essential services across a network, either to private users inside a large organization or to public users via the internet.
Computer 22 and image capture device 20 may be separate devices and systems. However, in alternative embodiments, computer 22 and image capture device 20 may be integrated into one system or one device, such as a phone or a digital camera, for example.
24 depicts the internet. The internet 24 includes any and all switches, routers, hubs, modems, cable modems, wireless access points, computers, servers, and all wired or wireless connections and any other devices, physical connections (wires) or wireless connections that enable a connection to and throughout the internet. The internet also includes a global system of interconnected computer networks that use protocols to serve billions of users worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic and optical networking technologies. The internet carries a vast range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW) and the infrastructure to support electronic mail.
26 is a computer device, system and/or server that comprises similar components as computer 22. 26 connects to the internet 24 and one or more databases 28. 26 may optionally also be configured to operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Optionally, in such cases, multiple hard drives may be implemented in a RAID configuration and other configurations for heat dissipation and power may be used as is known in the art of server computers. 26 may be configured and/or optimized to execute a web server such as a Microsoft IIS Server, or Apache Server.
28 is a computer device, system and/or server such as in 22 and 26. 28 may be configured and/or optimized to also execute, for example, a database program such as MySQL, Oracle, SQL, or any other database software program on the market. 28 is an optional computer because 26 may be configured to also execute a database software program. Although server 26 and database 28 are shown separately in FIG. 1, server 26 and database 28 may be combined into a single unit, device and/or system.
22, 26 and 28 may be a single or multiple computer devices, systems and/or servers. For example, 22 may comprise a single computer device, system or server, while 26 may comprises multiple servers 26. In another example, 22 may comprises multiples servers and 26 may also comprise multiple servers. If multiple computer devices, systems and/or servers are used, such devices, systems and/or servers can be local and/or remote to each other.
12, 14, 16, and 18 are communications links. Data messages from or to any of the elements 20, 22, 26, and 28 may travel on a wire (landline) or wirelessly. Communications links 12, 14, 16 and 18 in some embodiments are wired communications links and can include analog, digital and optical links. In some embodiments, communications links 12, 14, 16, and 18 may be standard wireless cellular phone connections as is known to those skilled in the art. In other embodiments, communications links 12, 14, 16 and 18 may be EV-DO, GPRS or other data links across a cellular communications network.
In another alternative embodiment, communications links 12, 14, 16, and 18 may be standard Ethernet communications links. In each of the communication links 12, 14, 16, and 18 embodiments, described herein there may be switches, routers, hubs and servers, not shown in FIG. 1. Depending on the type of communications links 12, 14, 16, and 18 selected, the elements 22, 26, and 28 will have the necessary hardware and software to communicate across the selected type of communications links 12, 14, 16, and 18. Communications links 12, 14, 16, and 18 may all or partly be secure links and may use encryption. Communications links 12, 14, 16, and 18 may be any combination of link type described above.
FIG. 2. depicts a process or method 200 for determining a deposit that will be returned or refunded to the rentee, or that will be owed by the rentee at the conclusion of a rental period using information provided by the rentee and/or renter. The process may be performed, for example, by the system shown in FIG. 1. For example, the process elements in FIG. 2 may be executed individually or in combination with an image capture device 20, general purpose computer 20, server computer 26, or database computer 28. In other words, any of the process elements in FIG. 2 may be executed on any of the elements in FIG. 1, individually or in combination.
The method or process 200 shown in FIG. 2 is applicable to all types of personal or real property rentals. This includes, but is not limited to, vehicles, cars, airplanes, trucks, sport utility vehicles, vans, buses, train cars, boats, motel rooms, hotel rooms, rooms in cruise ships, apartments, condos, cabins, houses, stores, offices, any other place that may be for rent/lease, and all types of personal property such as household or business devices or items, gardening tools, building tools, moving tools and every other tool, furniture, device and/or item that a party may offer for rental or lease, The method or process 200 of FIG. 2 is also applicable to long (e.g., monthly, yearly) or short term rental periods (e.g., daily, weekly).
The method or process 200 of FIG. 2 and of method 300 of FIG. 3 are also applicable when the deposit consists of an amount of money (that is either paid upfront or over a period of time), or when there is no deposit (e.g., no deposit is typically required for renting a rental car) or the deposit is zero. When the deposit is equal to zero or when the deposit is insufficient to cover the damages made by the rentee to the rental property, then any damage that is found at the conclusion of the rental period will be owed by the rentee.
In block 210, a rental of personal or real property commences. This usually occurs after the terms of the rental agreement have been agreed to (and signed if a written agreement) between the renter and the rentee, including upfront deposit, rental period and what is being rented, and after the appropriate deposit or payment has been made. For example, a rentee rents an apartment and moves in or executes a lease or rental agreement on a certain date. In alternate embodiments, this could also indicate a move-in date for a mortgaged property (ie. house, store, etc.), a rental date for personal property, such as the date a rentee rents a power tool, or the commencement of a lease.
In some embodiments, in the commencement of the rental may also indicate that an account is created for the rentee and initial information about the rentee is entered, uploaded and/or stored into a computer server by the process. The server receiving this information may be associated with the entity providing the rental or may be associated with an independent company, such as www.Renti.com for example. Information that is uploaded and stored in server 26 includes, but is not limited to, items such as the original security deposit amount (a fixed, varying or zero amount), the rentee's name, address and other contact information, deposit amount, start and termination dates of rental period, whether rental payment is one time, weekly, monthly, yearly, when the rental agreement was signed, and any other information that may be helpful in identifying the rentee or renter. The actual signed rental agreement may be uploaded and stored on the server 26. Block 210 is an optional block and may not be included in all embodiments where the presently described system and method are used.
In another example, suppose rentee is renting a condo from a multinational company with condos all over the world. Before the rental period begins, the company creates an account in its servers for the rentee or as provided by an independent website/company. The account may include an account name and an initial password. The company stores basic information about the company and the condo being rented, including for example, the company's name, address, contact information, a layout of the condo, the general condition of the condo, and images of the condo as taken by the company prior to the rental period to rentee. When the rentee logs on, the rentee can access the information previously stored by the renter prior to the rental period and store additional information including images as provided in method 200.
In block 220, a rental inspection of the rental property is performed by the rentee. Block 220 is performed at the beginning and end of the rental period. Block 220 also may be performed at any time during the rental period. Block 220 may include determining which conditions will need to be documented. The type of documentation may include fixed images, video and/or written documentation. The inspection may be random or ordered according to some type of a checklist, a step by step inspection list, or any other way that a rentee would inspect the rental property. The inspection may also be computerized and may prompt the rentee to do specific tasks, or alternatively, may prompt the rentee via rentee's phone to execute a series of tasks, having prompts for answering any questions that may be posed.
At the beginning of the rental period, the renter may provide the rentee with a list of problems that would result in some type of deduction from the deposit. The list may show a percentage deduction or a flat rate deduction from the deposit. For example, the list may show that a carpet stain having a diameter of under a foot would have a deduction of $50, a carpet stain having a diameter of over a foot would have a range of deduction from $100-$500, while multiple stains of over a foot would mean 50% deduction from the deposit. This list will help the rentee to understand what type of damage to the rental property corresponds to a larger deduction. The rentee then can try to avoid damage to the rental property where there is a larger deduction.
In the preferred embodiment, the rentee randomly shoots images of the rental property using a camera or video camera 20. There are no specific guidelines provided by the renter. The images shot by the rentee can be of any angle of the rental property and are then uploaded to the server and time-stamped in block 230.
In another embodiment, the rentee may be provided general or specific instructions or suggestions by the renter on what to take and how to document the initial condition of the rental property at the beginning of the rental period. The instructions may include a written or electronic checklist, step by step instructions or any other types of guidance. These instructions may also include instructions about what images to take, where to stand, and which direction to point the camera. For example, the instructions may show a layout of the rental property, what location to stand as designated by a series of numbers (the first number representing the first location that the rentee should stand), and an arrow pointing in the direction that the image should be taken. Multiple images may be taken by the renter and all or some of these images will be uploaded to the server.
In another embodiment, the rentee may fill out a check list indicating the condition of rental property or each of the items being rented. For example, in the real property rental example, the rentee may indicate stove [not working], refrigerator [OK], carpet stains master bedroom [yes]. These responses may be checked off on a sheet of paper, and then they are scanned and uploaded to server 26 in block 230.
In another embodiment, such as involving the rental of real property (e.g., apartment, condo or house), the renter would provide the rentee with a handheld computer and camera unit (CCU) that has GPS capabilities and is capable of being wirelessly coupled or connected to the server 26. The CCU may be a single device that combines the capabilities and functions of the image capture device 20 with a computer 22, or may be similar to an iPad which is coupled to a camera. The server 26 would then prompt the rentee via the CCU to physically move to specific locations throughout the rental property using commercially available GPS location techniques and applications, and to take pictures in a certain direction or orientation. The resulting images or some set thereof taken by the rentee would then be uploaded to the server.
In a similar example of a rental of real property, instead of providing the rentee with a CCU, the renter would obtain the phone number of the renter's smart (cell) telephone or hand-held computer such as an iPad. The smart phone and/or hand-held computer would also need GPS and camera functionality. Either the server would initiate the call to the rentee or the rentee would call a phone number associated with the server. Whereupon a connection between the server and the smart phone, an application would be initiated and executed on the smart phone, Similar to the above example, the server would prompt the rentee's smart phone to move to specific locations throughout the rental property to take photos, upon which the photos would be uploaded to the server.
In another embodiment, a checklist could be provided by the computer device or server where the rentee provides answers to questions. The computer device would ask for example whether the refrigerator was working, and would provide a yes/no prompt to the rentee to answer. The computer device would then prompt whether there was any damage to the refrigerator, providing a yes/no prompt to the rentee to answer. These prompts would cycle through every room of the rental property, providing an easy way for the rentee to record if there were any issues with the rental property. If a major problem was noticed, the computer device may prompt for an image to be taken with an image capture device and may even provide notice to the renter about the need for scheduling a repair. The answers to the questions and any images taken would be uploaded to the server in block 230.
In yet another embodiment, an outline of the rental property would be provided to the rentee, either in written form or some type of computerized document. The rentee would place/select a number where there were problems and then write/enter a brief description of the problem which would be associated with the number. If a computerized outline was used, a bubble may pop-up, where such pop-up could then be filled-in with a description of the problem. The computerized outline may also provided a list of common problems which could be selected.
In the example of the rental of a car, the rentee may drive in to the photography station or booth where cameras will take images of the car. The images would be uploaded to the server and possibly to the rentee's cell phone or computer. When the rentee stops at the rental gate for verification, the images taken by the photography station could optionally be provided to the rentee as verification of the condition of the rental vehicle at the start of the rental period.
As can be seen from these examples, there are may different ways to perform an inspection of the rental property. It ranges from simple notations on a piece of paper, taking images of the rental property to computerized interactions. The information that is gathered and used by the rentee to document the condition of the rental property is referred to as “documentation”. Documentation may include all forms and all types of electronic or written documentation as well as any images (still/video) that may be taken of the rental property.
A rental inspection will most likely be performed at least twice, once upon the start of a rental agreement and once upon terminating or ending a rental agreement. However, a rental inspection can occur at any time during the term of the rental period. For example, another inspection can occur after a flood or hurricane or other significant event. The renter may also perform an inspection of the rental property before it is rented and at the conclusion of the rental period. There may be two sets of documentation, one set from the renter and one set from the rentee.
In block 230, the documentation from block 220 are received by the server and/or database. In some embodiments this is performed image capture device 20 uploading the documentation via computer 22 to the server and/or database. In alternate embodiments, electronically formatted documents such as word documents, adobe PDF documents, CSV documents, text documents, or responses to an electronic questionnaire delivered by computer 22 via a website hosted on server 26 or database 28.
Once the documentation is received in block 230, it is time stamped with the date and time that it is received by the server and/or database. If geolocation information is available on the device that shot the images and/or video, then this information is also provided and stored in the server and/or database. Having the images and documents time-stamped helps to prevent fraud. The renter cannot claim that the damage to the rental property did not exist if the images shot by the rentee at the beginning of the rental period shows such damage. Geolocation information in relation to real property for rent, will help to verify that the images/video taken pertain to the rental property and not to property that is not subject to the rental agreement (i.e., property that is identical to the rentee's rental property but is not the rental property that actually is the subject of the rental agreement).
The documentation may be permanently stored in the server until after the conclusion of the rental period and the calculation of the deposit. By preventing the time-stamped documentation from being erased or deleted, it will help protect the renter and rentee in a fair and equitable resolution to any disputes about condition of the rental property and determination of the deposit.
In block 240, method 200 waits until there is another inspection or the rental period has been terminated. If the rentee wants to perform another rental inspection, which may include documentation and/or images, then method 200 returns to block 220 where the rental inspection 220 is performed as described above. The rentee/renter can perform as many rental inspections during the term of the rental period, if there are conditions that have changed to the rental property and are conditions that the rentee would like to document. At the conclusion of the rental period, it is preferred that the final rental inspection would be performed by the rentee. However, the renter may perform the final rental inspection if the rentee was unable or unwilling to do so.
After the final rental inspection has been performed and the rental period has ended, block 250 compares the documentation at the start of the rental to documentation at the end of the rental. The comparison can be manually performed by the renter, a third party who may or may not be independent, or it may be computerized. Any documentation that was previously received can be compared by the process 200 and the results returned to the server/computer, the rentee and/or renter. For example, documentation at the start of the rental will be compared to documentation at the end of the rental period. Additionally, the results of the comparison could be sent to a landlord, rentee, title company, attorney or interested third party or any combination of the above via an email, electronic alert or snail mail.
When the renter and rentee both provide documentation at the start and end of the rental period, the comparison also involves making an accurate determination of the rental property at different time periods by resolving discrepancies between the documentation provided by the renter and rentee. For example, when determining the condition of the rental property at the start of the rental period, the computer system may look for documentation that is as close as to the date of the start of the rental. If the renter provided documentation that dates to two months before the start of the rental; while the rentee provided documentation that dates to one day before the start of the rental. The system, computer or server would determine that more credence should be given the rentee's documentation since the date of the documentation is closer than the date of the renter's documentation. Similarly, at the end of the rental period, if there are discrepancies between the documentation provided by the renter and rentee, the system would have to resolve what damage was actually caused by the rentee or the renter. Resolving these discrepancies is key to finding a fair and equitable solution to the amount of the deposit to return to the rentee and having enough money to repair or replace the damage to the rental property.
The results of the comparison would provide information and details about what damage has occurred to the rental property. The results may be in the form of a list or table, detailing the amount of damage, the location of the damage, whether such damage is minor or major, and indicating or highlighting portions of an image to support the damage claim.
In some embodiments, document comparison comprises comparing responses to a check list. For example, if the process receives a rental property checklist the day a tenant/rentee moves into a property and then receives the same rental property checklist from the property manager upon the end of the rental period then the process will compare the responses for each item. Specifically, if the tenant/rentee indicates in the rental property check list, on the move in date, that the refrigerator is OK on the check list then the process will compare the status of the refrigerator for the document that was received by the process at the end of the rental period from the rental property manager. If the property manager indicates the refrigerator as broken then the compare process will flag this difference and store this difference in a memory. In alternative embodiments, many documents may be stored in server 26 or database 28 and used as a baseline in comparing documents.
In another embodiment, the comparison may be performed by the server/computer. In the case of a checklist, the server/computer would be able to compare the answers by the rentee and renter to determine what had changed. The differences would be noted for the next step 260. In the case of images and video, the server/computer would first align images that are alike, and then determine if noticeable damage can be found. If so, the differences would be noted and sent to the rentee and the renter. There is commercially available software for comparing images, including for example, Merge by Araxis, Image Comparer by Bolide Software and Abonsoft Image Compare.
In block 260, when damage is found to the rental property, a deduction or value is assigned for each occurrence of damage to the rental property. Block 260 also calculates the total deductions and the resulting deposit to be refunded or amount owed. In some embodiments, each item in a rental property checklist may be stored in a database such as database 28. Additionally, standard amounts for damage to each item may also be stored in database 28. For example, one item may be a refrigerator. If a difference is flagged for the refrigerator, in block 250 then a standard sum of money such as $100.00 may be automatically deducted from the security deposit. For example the deposit refund is determined by subtracting $100.00 from the original security deposit that was paid by the tenant/rentee. In this example block 260 may also automatically pay the remaining deposit refund via an electronic payment service such as PayPal or check may be made out to the tenant/rentee for the remaining deposit amount and sent via snail mail.
The deduction or value assigned to each occurrence of damage to the rental property may be a flat rate or a percentage of the total deposit. These value are then summed and subtracted from the deposit. The remaining amount after the subtraction is the deposit that will be returned to the rentee. In some case, the damages may exceed the deposit, where the rentee will receive no deposit and may be forced to pay an additional amount to reimburse for the excessive damages.
FIG. 3. depicts a process 300 for determining the remaining deposit using image information. The process may be performed, for example, by the system of FIG. 1. For example, the process elements in FIG. 3 may be executed individually or in combination with an image capture device 20, general purpose computer 20, server computer 26, or database computer 28. In other words, any of the process elements in FIG. 3. may be executed on any of the elements in FIG. 1. individually or in combination. Block 310 is similar to block 210 and will not be discussed again.
In block 320 a rental inspection is performed. This is similar to what was described in relation to block 220 of FIG. 2. In some embodiments, a rentee may perform a rental inspection by using an image capture device 20 to capture images of the rental property. A rental inspection may be performed at least twice, once at the beginning of the rental period called a first image or first set of images and then later upon termination or end of a rental agreement called a second image or second set of images.
In block 330, the images captured from block 320 are received by the server and/or database. In some embodiments this is performed by taking digital pictures and uploading them via a computer to a website. In some embodiments geotagging, time and date information may be included with the images stored in server and/or database. Block 330 is similar to what was described in block 230 of FIG. 2.
In block 340, the images are geotagged, time and date stamped if this information is not already included with the stored images. In some embodiments the geotagging process comprises using software such as the OziPhotoTool which can be found at http://www.oziphototool.com. In other embodiments the geotagging process may be embedded into an image capture device 20. The time and date stamping process usually occurs within an image capture device 20 but may also be performed by software executable separate from the image capture device 20.
In block 350, the images are compared by server/computer/database. In some embodiments, this is performed digitally using a pixel scanner. It can also be performed using an optical sensor or any other techniques known in the art. In other embodiments, the image comparison may be performed by software known as Compare Suite by AKS-LABS (http://www.comparesuite.com). Once the images are compared, they are sorted so that a person may compare the sorted images. Each of the sorted images is compared to each other to determine the before and after images. For example, in a real property rental the rentee will capture one or more first images upon move-in, then these first images will be compared to second images of the same items upon termination of the lease. If there are differences between the images, then these differences are flagged. This may be a manual process (as performed by a person who looks and examines the photographs) or may be computerized. In alternative embodiments, the previous captured images may be stored in server 26 or database 28 and used to form a baseline to be used in the comparison.
In block 360, the appropriate deposit can be calculated and returned to the rentee. In some embodiments, each item in a rental property image list may be stored in database 28. Additionally, standard amounts for damage to each item may also be stored in database 28. For example, one item may be a refrigerator. If a difference is flagged for the refrigerator, in block 350 then a standard sum of money such as $100.00 may be automatically deducted from the security deposit. For example the deposit refund is determined by subtracting $100.00 from the original security deposit that was paid by the tenant/rentee. In this example block 360 may also automatically pay the remaining deposit refund via an electronic payment service such as PayPal or check may be addressed to the tenant/rentee for the remaining deposit amount and sent via snail mail.
A college student rents an off campus apartment for the semester. Before moving in all her belongings, she uses her smart phone to take pictures of the inside of the apartment, including the walls, flooring, cabinetry, appliances, and any furnishings. She then logs on to a secure website and uploads her images to her account. The system stamps or records the time and date that the images were shot and incorporates the location coordinates based on the address provided by the student or via an integrated GPS unit. At any point, the student can view her profile and input the amount of her security deposit that was paid to her landlord. At the end of the semester, she again takes pictures of the same places and objects to record any changes in condition. The system can suggest an amount of security deposit that could be retained by her landlord. She may also choose to allow access to the images to her landlord, family or a legal advisor.
A family purchases their first house that has just been built. They call a professional who works for the business using the disclosed system to come out periodically and record the progress of the construction. The professional brings a camera that can geo-tag and time-date stamp the images at the moment they are taken. Later, the images are uploaded to the families account. Five years later, the family has flooring that buckles up from the ground. The builder alleges that the family caused the damage by excessively watering their yard. The family can then use images from the construction to show that an adequate water barrier was never laid under the foundation.
determining an amount of the deposit that will be returned to the rentee based on the one or more deductions.
the at least one image of the first documentation and the second documentation corresponding to a similar view of the rental property.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising comparing the at least one image of the first documentation to a corresponding one of the at least one image of the second documentation to determine if there is any damage to the condition of the rental property.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first documentation includes a first video of the rental property and the second documentation includes a second video of the rental property.
5. The method of claim 4, further comprising comparing the first video to the second video to determine if there is any damage to the condition of the rental property.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first documentation includes a first checklist, and the second documentation includes a checklist about the condition of the rental property.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising comparing the first checklist to the second checklist to determine if there is any damage to the condition of the rental property.
comparing the first documentation from the renter and from the rentee to the second documentation from the renter and the rentee to determine if there is any damage to the condition of the rental property at the termination of the rental period.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the deductions are flat rate deductions or based on a percentage deduction of a total amount of the deposit.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining the amount of the deposit that will be returned to the rentee by subtracting one of more of the deductions from the deposit.
11. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving third documentation from the rentee about the condition of the rental property at some time after the start of the rental period and before the termination of the rental period.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising comparing the first documentation, the second documentation and the third documentation to determine if there is any damage to the condition of the rental property.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein the first documentation and the second documentation are time-stamped with a date and a time of when the first documentation and the second documentation are received.
14. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is performed by a computer, a system or a server.
15. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparing step is performed by a person.
16. The method of claim 1, wherein the first documentation and the second documentation include one or more images that are time-stamped when received by a server.
17. The method of claim 1, wherein the first documentation includes at least one electronic document and at least one image, and the second documentation includes at least one electronic document and at least one image.
determining the remaining deposit amount by subtracting the values from the deposit.
19. The method of claim 18, wherein the method is performed by a computer, a system or a server.
20. The method of claim 18, wherein the step of determining whether the differences between the first images and the second imaged correspond to damage of the rental property is performed by a person.
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https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110040692A1/en
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On Tuesday, Nov. 6, Marylanders voted to extend in-county/in-state tuition at local community colleges and public universities to undocumented immigrants who graduate from Maryland high schools and meet other requirements. Press following the 59% to 41% Maryland Dream Act victory have cited a recent study on the Dream Act’s economic impacts by UMBC’s T.H. Gindling (economics) and Marvin Mandell (public policy).
NPR’s political news site and Inside Higher Ed link directly to the study itself. Other media referencing Gindling and Mandell’s findings include the Chronicle of Higher Education, Baltimore Sun, Gazette, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Capital News Service and Delmarva Now.
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2019-04-20T13:15:29Z
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https://news.umbc.edu/umbc-study-on-economic-impact-of-dream-act-in-national-press-following-vote/
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I also was very impressed with Minute Maid Park. Much nicer than I had expected. Loved the home run pump and the walk of fame as well!
Reachelle, love your posts to date. You brought the world of baseball to me. I never would have even checked it out if it hadn’t been for you. I will follow faithfully and hope to see you when you hit the east coast….
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you’re turning into a baseball fan! I will definitely keep you posted when I get out your way!
I told you those ballpark tours are awesome Reachelle! Hurry up and get to the east coast already! LOL. Glad you’re having lots of fun! Safe travels!
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2019-04-24T13:58:23Z
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https://stitchedinmysoul.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/houston-fans-follow-through/
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For more information about Sculpture, see the Department of Art and Design Website.
Portfolios for BFA review in Sculpture due. See department website for more information.
The BFA is a professional art degree requiring above-average accomplishment in art. Only students demonstrating considerable promise will be accepted for this more demanding professional degree program. This degree requires 78 semester credits in Art courses leaving 42 credits to fulfill all other General Education and University Studies requirements. A GPA of 2.75 is required for the BFA degree. No grade less than C is acceptable in any foundation classes. No grade less than B- is acceptable in any other art class. No grade less than C is acceptable in any Art History class. This degree fulfills the requirements for entrance into graduate schools of art.
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https://catalog.usu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=12&poid=10293&returnto=3318
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หน้านี้แก้ไขล่าสุดเมื่อวันที่ 11 ธันวาคม 2560 เวลา 02:47 น.
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2019-04-24T00:38:54Z
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https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C
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"'Bout that '83 'Vette: have you sold that thing yet?"
She said, "No, you're my first call today."
"They've printed the price wrong somehow."
"Oh no," replied she, "they got that from me."
I said, "Don't sell that thing, I'm leaving now!"
"What's wrong with this car? Tell me please!"
"And I've lived here with my husband, Earl.
"He left me for a young teenage girl.
"I knew that he couldn't get far.
"Said, 'I need money, dear, sell the car!'"
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2019-04-20T14:13:21Z
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https://euphoricfatigue.livejournal.com/173610.html
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I’ve never been susceptible to the claim that you solve problems with taxpayer money.
Indeed, this amusing poster is a pretty good summary of my views on the effectiveness of government spending.
But what about the horrific stories about veterans dying because of secret waiting lists and bureaucratic skullduggery at the Veterans Administration?
I want to take care of former soldiers who need treatment because of their service, and national defense is one of the few legitimate functions of the federal government. So is this one of the rare cases where a budget needs to increase? That’s certainly the mentality in some quarters on Capitol Hill.
Here are some excerpts from Byron York’s column in the Washington Examiner.
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2019-04-18T23:15:50Z
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https://pubsecrets.wordpress.com/tag/veterans-administration/
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During this CAS my group and I brainstormed ideas for service that is applied globally. We thought of some issues in the world that we can address to our community such as, gender discrimination, natural disasters, diseases, etc. our first idea was to visit a children cancer hospital in Jakarta, however we decided to create a social media page regarding gender discrimination.
What happened in the community and what have you done? (Completed with the evidence when you are doing the project).
We created a public social media page that supports gender equality in the website called Facebook. This method is effective because people from all around the world can see it easily through the Internet. This social media page has become an awareness to bring gender discrimination.
How do I feel about doing the project?
The project was also an interest of mine, including blogging and gender equality. I really support gender equality because I think sexism is a major problem of this world and it happens in small communities too, like schools, and even in a family.
Ideas (What can I do to improve my service to the community? What will be more effective project to reach the community in need)?
As much as impacting this project has been for me, I think we can still empower issues that are similar to ours through the school. Bringing awareness to the school community is the most effective, in my opinion. This could be addressed through speeches about gender equality, feminism, racism, etc. through this, students will be more aware of this global issue, which then will hopefully encourage them to bring it out to the world.
Key concept: The key concept is relationship. one of the assignment we had was CAS and through this assignment we are suppose to build relationship with people through global issues.
My best work in Biblical studies is the quarter test we had about the greatest commandment. This test is my best work because its the highest grade I got in the whole quarter, and I studied a bit for the test.
How will you improve for the next quarter?
I can improve for the next quarter by being more persistent with all my work in this subject.
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2019-04-22T08:18:52Z
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http://lidyadevegaportfolio.weebly.com/quarter-21.html
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Now here’s a cool idea. Grab two of the best surfers in the world – Chippa Wilson and Damien Hobgood, give them surfboards and send them out to surf boards strung with neon lights. At night. In the Maldives.
It may be an advert for a fancy new Philips TV (yes, really!) but the effect makes it a pretty spectacular/half mesmerising watch!
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2019-04-19T22:25:20Z
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https://mpora.com/surfing/watch-these-guys-surf-the-maldives-at-night-on-neon-led-boards
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Many Pittsburghers know Paul Guggenheimer from his myriad appearances in local theatrical performances, or from the former radio program “Essential Pittsburgh,” which ran on WESA. But what many people do not know is that Paul’s father, James, is a Holocaust survivor with a fascinating story to tell. If you miss hearing Paul’s voice coming through your radio, here’s your chance to hear him again (and even meet him in person) soon, while hearing him discuss his family’s Holocaust story.
Paul and his father, Dr. James Guggenheimer – a dentist who is on the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Dental Medicine – will be speaking together at the Holocaust Center on Wednesday, May 16 at 6:30, as part of our ongoing Generations Speakers Series. For the uninitiated, the Generations Speakers Series are talks in which survivors and a family member (who was not involved in the Holocaust) speak about their experiences alongside one another. The program started in January, and this will be the third installment of the Generations Speakers Series. Additionally, these talks will be live-streamed via our website – you can watch along at home at this link, which will be activated when the program starts on Wednesday.
Christina Sahovey: Tell us a little about yourself and how you came to be involved with the Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh!
Paul Guggenheimer: I first became involved with the Holocaust Center about six years ago when I was hosting a daily radio program. I did several segments that covered the work of the Holocaust Center, including interviews with survivors. Then in 2013, the former director, asked me if I would be willing to become vice chair of the Programming Committee and I have been involved with the Holocaust Center ever since.
CS: Can you tell us, very briefly, about what we can expect to hear from your father’s story?
PG: What happened to my father occurred when he was a very young child so it will be interesting to hear exactly what he remembers. The bottom line is that he was born in Belgrade in the former Yugoslavia after his parents fled Germany (my grandmother was pregnant at the time). And then in 1939, they had to escape Europe and ended up in New York.
CS: When did your father tell you about his experiences in the Holocaust?
PG: My father basically told me next to nothing about his experiences in the Holocaust. Any stories I heard came from my grandmother who told me that my Dad spoke Serbian until they moved to New York.
CS: How has having a parent who lived through the Holocaust impacted you?
PG: When you realize that someone you love, who has cared for you throughout your life could very easily have been killed by the Nazis, it gives you a sense of the enormity of the tragedy of the Holocaust. It becomes more than just an historic event and makes it personal.
CS: In your own words, why do you think it’s important for children and grandchildren (and now in some cases, great-grandchildren) of survivors to tell their family’s stories and preserve the legacy?
PG: I think it’s important to preserve the legacy because it’s a part of what shapes who we are as individuals. And because so many Holocaust survivors and Jewish refugees ended up in America, it’s an important part of what has shaped the United States as we know it. It’s an integral part of our American identity.
Thanks, Paul! We cannot wait to hear the rest of yours and your father’s story on Wednesday evening. We hope you all will join us, too!
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2019-04-19T12:28:35Z
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https://hcofpgh.wordpress.com/2018/05/15/an-interview-with-paul-guggenheimer/
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Sugar Loaf, Hudson River, N.Y.
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Every few days, it seems, there is news about a new way in which Cuba and the United States are trying to heal more than a half-century of animosity, dating to the rise of Fidel Castro’s communist regime on the Caribbean island.
These fresh developments frequently involve baseball.
Since Halloween, for instance, we have learned that baseball officials from the U.S. and Cuba are in discussions about creating a system whereby Cuban players would be able to play up north without defecting. Major League Baseball selected the Tampa Bay Rays to play a couple of exhibition games in Cuba during spring training next year, pending approval of the two governments.
And a goodwill tour of Cuba this week by MLB officials and Cuban defectors will include Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig and Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu, who will be allowed to meet with family members they had to leave behind when they journeyed to the United States.
What immediately jumped out to us was that our presence was a serious matter -- a big deal that seemed to carry implications beyond the games themselves.
There’s precedent: sports has a history of affecting change beyond the diamond. The most obvious example is Jackie Robinson’s integration of baseball, but don’t forget the ping-pong diplomacy of the early 1970s between the United States and China. Or, more recently, the impact of the NFL -- even if was belatedly -- putting its financial muscle behind the National Domestic Violence Hotline, dramatically increasing the calls it can take.
The U.S. Department of State itself acknowledges the power of athletics through its sports diplomacy initiative.
Also, there’s this: despite its moves to ease restrictions on contact with Cuba, the Obama administration -- not to mention all the U.S. corporations that would like to get a toehold down there -- is faced with the fact that it is Congress that ultimately has to lift much of the anticommunist economic embargo that has been in place for decades. The Republican leadership in the House and Senate appear to have little interest in that move.
Cuba has already opened itself up to the world. The sense in the street is not of some Eastern Bloc holdover but of an evolving, if struggling, economy -- a place in need of capital and certainly ready to use it.
Again, sports offered an insight into the state of Cuba today. What we noticed is that for all the talk of baseball as the national sport – Castro himself liked to pitch when he was a young man -- we often saw children playing pickup soccer games. And, at the baseball stadiums, there were fans in Real Madrid jerseys and wearing Lionel Messi’s Barcelona gear or his Argentine national uniform. One student, Gabrielle Chappel, began to ask around about it and learned soccer has been growing in popularity -- particularly among the young, who want something new -- as Cubans have been exposed to more international matches.
Now, a new Cuba is emerging, one that even embraces soccer. That process is already well under way. The only real debating point for the US is whether it wants to be part of the transformation or not.
Affleck is the Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society and director of the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism.
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https://bellisario.psu.edu/news/article/sports-history-shows-why-playing-ball-with-cuba-makes-sense
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Whether you love to create, have a knack for business or even if you’re unsure where your passions lie, at Ozarks we’ll help your promise find its purpose and give you the tools to move forward: Informed; Empowered; and Prepared.
We want you to go boldly into the future, using the things that make you different to make a difference in the world.
Applicants are evaluated on an individual basis. We take a more holistic approach, taking into account courses and grades, GPA, ACT or SAT test scores, and volunteer or service activities in your school or the community.
No matter where you’re coming from, at University of the Ozarks we’ll meet you where you are, and give you the tools to go further.
3. Send your supporting docs.
ACT – school code 0120.
SAT – school code 6111.
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2019-04-24T12:57:47Z
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https://ozarks.edu/new-student-2/freshman/
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There’s a new face on the sidelines for Cedarville women’s soccer this season. Following the retirement of John McGillivray, new head coach Jonathan Meade is ready to assume the role and take the program to even higher heights.
Meade comes to Cedarville after an eight-year stint as the head coach at Ohio Dominican University, where he led the Panthers to a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship and an NCAA national tournament berth last season.
Beyond his credentials as a coach, Meade impressed Geist with his understanding of what Cedarville is all about.
Meade spent his playing career and the first half of his coaching career competing against Cedarville at Mount Vernon Nazarene University.
Now that he’s here, Meade has set to work implementing a new style of play and structuring practices for specific goals. The transition has been smooth for the most part, helped by the fact that assistant coach Brianne Barnes is back for her sixth season.
On the field, Meade has lofty goals for the program, including winning a national championship.
The players are buying in, knowing that while these goals may seem far off, what they do now will set the stage for the teams to come.
Tyler Greenwood is a junior mechanical engineering major and a sports reporter for Cedars.
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2019-04-23T14:19:16Z
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NEWINGTON, N.H., (February 1, 2019) – The SIG SAUER ROMEO4T is the ultimate red dot sight for fast accurate target acquisition in all lighting, weather, and terrain conditions. Register today in the ROMEO4T Sweepstakes for your opportunity to win the sight used by elite government and military agencies by visiting sigsauer.com/promotions now through Wednesday, February 6, 2019 to participate in this promotion.
The ROMEO4T features 1x20mm zoom capabilities with four different integrated reticle options to choose from, MOTAC (Motion Activated Illumination), and a runtime in excess of 100,000 hours with solar and battery usage. The optic is waterproof and fog proof (IPX-8 rated), housed in a strong, lightweight CNC 7075 aluminum housing, and is designed for semi-automatic pistols, MSR platforms, and shotguns.
There’s no purchase necessary to enter. For full contest rules, terms, and conditions visit sigsauer.com/promotions.
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2019-04-22T02:22:00Z
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https://twobirdsflyingpub.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/sig-sauer-announces-romeo4t-online-sweepstakes/
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Mary Magdalene is one of several women who followed and "provided for" Jesus of Nazareth during his traveling ministry, according to Christian scriptures. Mary Magdalene is also variously portrayed in other ancient texts, medieval legends and modern interpretations as a reformed prostitute, a rich person, a disciple with special gifts and authority, and a model of feminism. “Magdalene” means “of Magdala,” a fishing village (modern-day Migdal) on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee in Israel. Brief direct references to Mary Magdalene in the Gospels, the first four books of the New Testament, indicate her importance. She is among the women present at Jesus' execution who later discover his empty tomb, and is the first person to whom he appears after his resurrection. Some Christians also identify her with unnamed women elsewhere in the Gospels, such as the "sinner" who anoints him with costly oil, or one caught in adultery whom he saves from stoning. Mary Magdalene is not the mother of Jesus — that's a different Mary.
She is sometimes called simply “the Magdalene”… The Bible does not say she was a prostitute. All it mentions of her past is that Jesus had cast seven demons out of her… A 2003 novel and 2006 movie, The Da Vinci Code, popularized a theory that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene, had children with her, and thus has descendants — and that the church over the centuries has suppressed this truth… Basilicas in Vezelay and Saint-Maximin, France, both claim to house her remains… Mary Magdalene was played by Rooney Mara in the 2018 feature film Mary Magdalene. She was also played by Yvonne Elliman in the original 1971 Broadway cast of Jesus Christ Superstar, the musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
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2019-04-26T02:48:16Z
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https://www.infoplease.com/people/who2-biography/mary-magdalene
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Is Your Golf Swing Efficient?
It’s easy to watch the British Open or any major professional golf tournament and be amazed at how effortlessly (most of the time) the golfers seem to hit the ball and how much control and consistency they have during the rounds.
None of this happens by accident.
Occasionally we also get to see a golfer break down over the course and become less consistent, or never really find the groove for that day.
None of this happens by accident, either.
Poor Physical Conditioning—golf fitness coaches/professionals use physical screens to isolate any limitations in the body.
The Titleist Performance Institute certified golf fitness professional is responsible for utilizing specific physical screens and working to prevent efficiency breakdowns.
An efficient swing, or one of the main keys to great ball striking, is a good kinematic sequence. This is the correct sequence or pattern of the hips, torso, arm, and club, firing in that sequence at point of contact or ball strike. This is the sequence for an efficient swing, which is crucial for consistency and accuracy.
Additionally, for great ball striking, you will need good segment stabilization (stability in each segment during the sequencing), and square face contact of the club.
Inefficient movement, poor kinematic sequencing, and/or lack of stability all can directly contribute to one of the major swing characteristics (or faults).
It is the job of the Titleist Performance Institute certified golf fitness professional to screen for physical limitations that could create inefficient movement, poor kinematic sequencing, and/or lack of segment stability. Once these limitations have been identified, a customized program can be created to work to correct these issues, and help create a more efficient golf swing.
For information about specific golf fitness programs offered at Finish First Sports Performance, you can reach us at [email protected].
Please stay tuned for more articles about the swing characteristics and different physical screens that are used to correlate with each characteristic.
How often do you need to train specific motor abilities?
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2019-04-21T01:07:11Z
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https://finish1st.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/is-your-golf-swing-efficient/
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Women's ASICS® GEL-Tactic™ :: Update to our popular 1100™ series, the new GEL-Tactic™ comes equipped with a two layer SpEVA® midsole and visible Rearfoot GEL® Cushioning System for excellent shock absorption on the court. The new upper offers a combination of synthetic leather and air mesh for improved performance and breathability. The addition of the toe guard improves durability of the shoe. If you're a volleyball player ready to go no matter the challenge, the new GEL-Tactic™ is the shoe for you. The new GEL-Tactic™ will be offered in five primary team colors.
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2019-04-19T16:48:49Z
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https://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/products/03825/womens-asics-geltactic/
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Nature of a Knife Attack Sets It Apart : ON THE SCENE: Images From the Simpson Drama : Crime: There is more physical and emotional involvement than a shooting, experts note. It does not necessarily mean an attacker's intent was more evil.
The double slaying for which O.J. Simpson stands accused is everything the typical Los Angeles killing is not.
This is a city renowned for its impersonal murders--drive-by attacks, stray bullets, indiscriminate violence often inflicted by anonymous assailants from a safe distance with a high-powered gun.
Homicides caused by stabbing accounted for only 9% of the 2,065 killings in Los Angeles County last year. They are often characterized by excessive slashing or puncture wounds that far surpass what is necessary to end the victim's life, according to detectives, psychologists and other students of criminal behavior.
Unlike most shootings, in which the perpetrator never touches his victim, an assailant with a knife usually has to engage in a hand-to-hand struggle. Unlike the armed robber who can coolly eliminate his witness with a pull of the trigger, a knife-wielder must fervently want his victim dead. Unlike the average drive-by, in which a carload of gangbangers may speed off without even knowing whether their target was struck, a killer with a knife often cannot escape without being doused by his victim's blood.
"If you got a gun, it's real easy and clean--you don't have to get yourself dirty," said Kris Mohandie, the Los Angeles Police Department's in-house psychologist. "Using a knife entails a lot of something else--a lot more work, a lot more involvement, a lot more investment, both physically and emotionally."
Testimony on the last day of Simpson's preliminary hearing focused on the graphic details of the June 12 knife attack at his ex-wife's Brentwood condominium.
A coroner's examiner said that the killer slashed Nicole Brown Simpson's neck so deeply that the blade cut into her vertebrae. Ronald Lyle Goldman's neck was also sliced, a lung was pierced and a critical artery was punctured by a five-inch-deep gash. More than a dozen other cuts scarred his body, indicating a fierce struggle with his attacker.
"When you have something like a severed head or someone disemboweled, the first thing you think is, what kind of person, what kind of thing, what kind of animal would do something like this," said veteran LAPD Detective Andy Cicoria, who has responded to more than 1,000 homicides.
For every rule, of course, there are exceptions, and experts are quick to caution that many people who kill simply seize upon the most readily available weapon. Moreover, they add, a blood-soaked crime scene may appear more brutal, but it does not necessarily mean that the attacker's intent was any more evil.
Stuart Fischoff, a psychology professor at Cal State L.A., recalled his experience last year outside a friend's Hollywood restaurant, where three skateboarders whizzed by and knocked over a potted palm.
When his friend protested, one of the skaters clubbed him over the head with his board. Fischoff said he instinctively grabbed a chair and swung it at the teen-age assailant before being restrained by an onlooker. It was only afterward, he said, that he even became aware of how fiercely he had reacted.
"When you're in the throes of it, you lose a sense of what's going on, you're just thrashing and bashing," said Fischoff, who studies aggressive behavior.
Ironically, in the criminal subculture that stretches from the streets to the jails, men with the stomach for such intimate warfare generally are held in high regard. It is not uncommon to hear veteran gangsters lament the passing of more honorable days, when beefs were frequently resolved with face-to-face combat.
In the gang world, a person with enough ruthlessness to kill with a knife "would be considered loco, psycho, straight crazy," said John Berge, an instructor at the California Youth Authority facility in Chino. "For some reason, in that subculture, they get a lot of respect for that."
Jim Galipeau, a longtime probation officer, believes few criminals have the appetite for such up-close bloodshed. He tasted it back in Vietnam, strangling to death a Viet Cong soldier while rescuing a wounded comrade behind enemy lines.
"I think you either have to be survival-oriented, like in my case, or actually sociopathic," Galipeau said. "I know guys who will shoot somebody at a distance or driving by in a car. But there's probably only one-half of 1% out there who have the heart to come up to you and stab you until you die, all the while smelling your blood and your sweat."
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2019-04-22T22:43:54Z
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https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-09-mn-13475-story.html
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proboards
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ben trying to get a group of organisers together to "agree" on what races should be in a special room is quite difficult. Since random race generation was fixed the races will probably vary between the two tourney rooms.
quick question mod, with the random races, is there way were u can get the g1 races NOT within the 5min mark of the cup race? There is no point winning it as u cant enter the cup any way and most people skip that race to go for the next hour cup. Like I see a g3 race 8min before cup race and then a g1 within the 5min mark, were it would be best served having it the other way around.
so renew your vip ?
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2019-04-23T18:19:01Z
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http://hoovesoffire.proboards.com/thread/4764/come-on-hooves-doing?page=4
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Here are some photos Adam took of Deb and AG. It was so cold outside but AG was a trooper! It is so sweet to see how Deb can make her laugh. She lights up when her Mama talks to her.
We finally gave G a haircut. He looks so grown up!
Why do we buy toys for kids under the age of 2?
Duke enjoys being lazy on the couch and jumping up on the fence. Oh and of course he likes chasing chickens.
Adam’s work Christmas party was at a hotel on the beach in Fort Walton. We were able to stay the night at the hotel in an ocean view room for $20 thanks to Okaloosa Gas! We had a lot of fun at the party and because of farm life we of course woke up in time the next morning to watch the sun rise. It was beautiful!
K and I made a calendar for her room (thanks to Aunt Debbie Ellen) and the other 2 pictures are the kids being goofy.
Our care group had a party and the kids were supposed to dress up from a character that might have been at Jesus’ birth. G was The Little Drummer Boy and K was an angel. The picture on the end they are washing dishes together.
We went to some friends house for a Christmas party. The adults exchanged mugs and the kids had a toy exchange as well. It was fun!
This was their December memory verse and a countdown until Christmas. It turned into a math lesson everyday because G’s birthday is 2 days before Christmas. For example: There are 9 days until Christmas. How many days until G’s birthday? Also, MJ got a haircut and she FINALLY started walking on December 19th!!
I got to hang out with AG one day. She is such a doll baby!
I am a little behind so here are some information and pictures from November.
I took K to see The Nutcracker with the local home school group. She moved (bounced up and down in the movie theater type seats) the entire 90 minutes, including the intermission. Fortunately, we did not spend a lot of money on the tickets; they perform a day show for the local schools and it was only $5/ticket. Afterwards we met Adam for lunch. I asked K what her favorite part of the ballet was and she said, “When the backdrop went up and down.” We definitely won’t be spending money on ballet lessons!
K had an exciting month. Our 25 broilers arrived and she claimed them as her own. She calls them “her chicks” and she helps with taking care of them (don’t worry, she is fully aware of what we do with broilers). At the beginning of the month, she had 1 mildly loose tooth. I went to work one day and when I arrived at my parents she was missing 2 teeth. Apparently, she and G were playing rough and the tooth that was loose fell out and another tooth became loose in the process. During her “nap” she decided to go ahead and pull the second one out. Fortunately the day before my MIL sewed a tooth-fairy pillow with a little pocket for teeth. Her new teeth are coming in and she is so proud of her missing teeth. We sang “All I want for Christmas is my 2 front teeth” a lot this Christmas!
K and G have always been close and they are definitely best buddies! They have started sleeping in the same room as well.
The kids love to watch Andy Griffith scenes with Adam. Their favorite is The Preamble to the Constitution. This is some of my favorite pictures of them laughing together.
We went to my sister’s house for Thanksgiving. Aaron, Laura and their boys recently bought a house on 7 acres in Winder GA, which is NE of Atlanta and close to Athens GA. We had a great time visiting with family and my friend, Elin, came down from NC as well.
We were loaded down. Adam and I in the front, 3 kids in car seats in the back seat and Duke was in the cargo area. Of course our luggage was on top!
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2019-04-24T03:18:53Z
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https://ziglars.wordpress.com/2014/12/
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Volunteering is vital to making a community program such as FPYC cheer successful!
We believe that we have the opportunity to set an example for our athletes, to use their cheering abilities not only out loud from the sideline, but also to cheer on our community and lead by example.
You can help us set that example by volunteering in one of the many avenues below.
Youth volunteers are eligible to receive service hours and letters of recommendation; and our adult volunteers are eligible to receive some great discounts.
Check out our volunteer positions below, and let us know how you can help!
Cheer Coach: Responsible for teaching basic cheerleading skills. Must be at least 18 years of age to be a Head Coach and 16 years of age to be assistant coach. Cheerleading or gymnastic experience preferred but not required. All coaches are provided training and resources to help you during your season. Attendance to all games is required unless previously arranged with the director or assistant director. We will be giving a discount to parents that sign up and agree to be a Coach for our Fall Season by July 15th.
Assistant Cheer Coach: Assist the cheer coach in the teaching of the cheerleading skills. Again experience is preferred but not required. Must be at least 16 years of age. Attendance to all games is required unless previously arranged with the director or assistant director. We will be giving a discount to parents that sign up and agree to be a Coach for our Fall Season by July 15th.
Please email me for details about the coach and assistant coach discounts.
Each committee falls under a Director, and has a coordinator and a set of volunteers. As the old saying goes, many hands make light work; so grab a friend and come help out! Most activities are low impact on your time (we know you have lives too!) and several of them can be done while your kid is at practice if you prefer! We provide you all the information, resources, and everything you need to get the job done. Read through the different options, and then let us know what you are interested in by filling out our Volunteer Interest Form. And don't worry - saying you are interested does NOT lock you in - we'll chat with you first and make sure this is a good fit for you!
Coordinates with fundraising coordinator, sponsorship director, and spirit wear manager.
Select apparel and designs or coordinate with student volunteers who will handle development of the spirit wear line.
Coordinate purchase of coach’s shirts.
Time Requirement: Medium - Several hours over the course of the season depending on the event.
Ensure website is updated and maintained.
Works with all other Coordinators and volunteer positions to ensure all their information is posted.
Time Requirement: Low - approx 8 hours in the off season to update information for new season, and then less than 1 hour per month during the season.
Time Requirement: Coordinator - Medium - Several hours over the course of the season depending on the events. Specific Coordinators - Low/Medium - <1 hr to several hours over the course of several weeks depending on event. Volunteers - approx 1-2 hours day of event depending on number of volunteers.
Identify past sponsors and coordinate with either the people that brought the sponsor in the previous year or new volunteers to solicit those sponsors.
Collect sponsor paperwork and checks and document sponsor activities. Coordinate with Finance Director to ensure checks are received.
As our program continues to grow the need for coaches gets larger and larger! If you know anyone who might be interested, please help us spread the word! Coaching is a very fun and fulfilling experience!
Anyone who is interested in coaching should contact Angel Santee at [email protected] as soon as possible! We can never have too much help!
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2019-04-23T11:07:25Z
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http://fpycsports.com/sports/cheerleading/volunteers-cheer-board/cheer-volunteers/
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uib
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This overview enables you to study the spatial and temporal distribution of the Norwegian state employees, covering the time period 1950-2009. The overview is primarily based on numbers from 'Statens sentrale tjenestemannsregister' (SST) (from 1974 onwards) and is constructed so that the users themselves can explore variations in the number of employees between different departments and department areas, in addition to civil service organisations outside the ministries. From 1974 and onwards the overview also includes the gender distribution among the state employees.
Note that in cases were the departments and/or civil service organisations outside the ministries have had different names through time we use the most recent one. This makes the tables more parsimonious (fewer units) and the trends in the dataset are more suited for graphical display. An overview over the history of name changes for the units can be found in here.
Choose the category you are interested in studying. You have different options:'Total', 'Department', 'Department area' og 'Civil service organisations outside the ministries'.
The menu enables you to choose between different departments, department areas and civil service organisations outside the ministries. You can also choose time period and study the gender distribution.
Diagrams and figures are available by clicking on the icons in the top-right corner.
The first annual overview of state employees came in 1949, as a Report to the Storting (Stortingsmelding). The same procedure was followed in 1950 through 1952. From 1953 to 1961 the overview came as an appendix to the State budget. Again from 1961/62 to 1973, the overview came as Reports to the Storting, this time at a four year interval. Hence, our numbers are based on reports from 1961, 1965, 1969, and 1973.
Statens sentrale tjenestemannsregister (SST) was founded in 1973. It is a register, in part developed by Statistics of Norway that encompass civil servants and state employees. From 1974 to 2005, SST’s annual overview, which comes as an appendix to the State budget, constitutes our data source.
Please note that NSD’s civil service database contains more information than this offer entails. If you want access to other categories (such as ‘man-labour year’, part time employees etc) please contact NSD.
NSD has recently conducted an extensive verification of its material on state employees to ensure a perfect match with its sources.
Roness, P.G. (1979). Reorganisering av departementa. Eit politisk styringsmiddel? (vedlegg 1) Bergen: Universitetsforlaget.
If you have any enquiries or questions, or detect any errors, please send an email to [email protected].
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2019-04-21T02:26:37Z
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http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/en/civilservice/stateemployees.html
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During the April 11, 2015 Masonic District NCR-G Awards Night, I was awarded a Plaque of Appreciation for the Outstanding Performance as Worshipful Master of Pagkakaisa Lodge No. 282 for the year 2014.
I would like to thank the District Deputy Grand Master Manuel Luis P. Idquival for the appreciation of my service to the Lodge and to the District. I would like also thank the Pagkakaisa Brethren for supporting my term as Master of the Lodge.
Likewise, the GAOTU for the guidance and the Father’s care.
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2019-04-19T01:22:47Z
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https://taughtbydegree.wordpress.com/2015/04/
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cmu
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Summary of my thesis research.
M.P.H., Epidemiology. University of Pittsburgh. December 1998.
Ph.D., Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon University. March 1995.
M.S., Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon University. August 1989.
A.B., Computer Science and Mathematics. Cornell University. May 1987.
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2019-04-24T14:55:17Z
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https://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/user/fmm/public/www/modugno-home.html
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Sports
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Computers
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sfgate
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Yellow hibiscus are whitefly favorites.
Fine threads of white wax dangling from the undersides of your hibiscus leaves indicate the shrubs are under attack from giant whiteflies (Aeleyrodicus dugesii.) If the waxy substance covers the upper leaf surfaces, the infestation is serious. Hibiscus, especially red and yellow varieties, attract whiteflies and eradicating these insects can be challenging. Because many whitefly species are now resistant to the insecticides that once controlled them, removing the pests from your hibiscus may require a multipronged approach.
Examine the undersides of newly infested hibiscus foliage. Look for leaves with large numbers of small, white oblong eggs and flat, oval stationary nymphs. Cut off the affected leaves with stem clippers and put them in plastic bags for disposal.
Dislodge heavier whitefly infestations by syringing -- targeting the leaves with a strong blast of water from a spray hose -- once a week. As the populations diminish, reduce syringing to every two or three weeks.
Remove large adult populations with a hand-held vacuum when they are lethargic from cool weather. Kill the insects by placing the vacuum's filter bag inside a plastic bag, leaving it in the freezer overnight and discarding it in the morning.
Treat chronic whitefly infestations by saturating your hibiscus foliage with a spray of insecticide, such as neem oil, that suffocates the nymphs or interferes with their metabolic processes. Spray at a temperature below 80 degrees when drought is not stressing the plants. Direct the spray where it will cover the nymphs, usually on the plant's lower leaves.
Make sticky-coated yellow traps to snare the insects on the hibiscus using quarter-inch plywood cut into 3 by 10-inch rectangles. Spray paint the traps brilliant yellow and nail them to wooden stakes. Mix a sticky coating using one part petroleum jelly to one part liquid dish detergent and apply it to one side of each trap with a paint brush. Position the traps in the ground with their painted surfaces facing your infested hibiscus. Shake the shrubs to agitate the insects; as they swarm, many will land on the yellow traps instead of returning to the plants. Clean the traps with soap and water and reapply the petroleum mixture as needed.
Whiteflies often spread from hibiscus to other plants. Regular inspection and syringing of your entire garden minimizes their presence.
When used to control giant whiteflies, clipping off affected leaves is more effective control on yellow than on red hibiscus.
Hibiscus plants may be sensitive to neem oil spray; follow manufacturer's precautions.
Wolfe, Judy. "How to Eradicate Whitefly on Hibiscus." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/eradicate-whitefly-hibiscus-23852.html. Accessed 25 April 2019.
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2019-04-26T12:23:13Z
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https://homeguides.sfgate.com/eradicate-whitefly-hibiscus-23852.html
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teenink
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This is at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in orlando, Florida. It was the best trip ever. I truly felt that I was in the book of Harry Potter.
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2019-04-22T11:30:57Z
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http://www.teenink.com/art/photographs/95209/Magic-Everywhere/
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Sports
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yahoo
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Beverly Hills, CA / ACCESSWIRE / October 15, 2014 / "Our goal is to help hard-working people rise above the weak and panicked crowd chasing their secure retirements," said Isaac Nuriani, CEO of August Precious Metals. "A lot of not so great things are happening in this economy and we want to give our clients new options for retirement savings - just waiting for things to get better won't do! We advise people, you can't just 'wait this out' for 'things to change.' The emerging new economy is going to demand using these new and superior strategies permanently."
People are constantly looking for safe places to invest their money so they can grow their wealth without everything they have. Gold and silver have historically been safe investments, as their value will never be worthless as is possible with currency. Augusta Precious Metals created a step-by-step guide that allows people to control their own retirement savings. The guide teaches people how to expand their funds. The Augusta Home Storage Gold IRA still allows people to defer income taxes, rollover their existing IRA, 401(k) or other retirement plan. It allows people to do everything they can do with other IRS qualified retirement plans.
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Due to historical events, some people fear that the government would seize their precious metals if hard times arise. Experts have debated this theory for years, and the conclusion they always come to is that the government would not confiscate gold and silver coins. In general, it is the wealthy that have a significant amount of precious metal, and it is these same people who help politicians and supply them with donations.
People with political power do not want to upset the people who got them to where they are, so in all likelihood, coins will be safe. Additionally, a few states have legalized gold and silver coins as money. The trend is to get it back into the monetary system, rather than to outlaw it.
Augusta Precious Metals is dedicated to helping clients save as much money as possible, and they are proud to help people save for retirement effectively. Augusta has a long, proven history of serving the financial best interests of its clients. The firm's commitment to service includes: Rock-Bottom Prices - Each morning, Augusta check its competitors' prices to make sure theirs are the absolute lowest. If clients find a better price or promotion than Augusta's on anything it sells, then Augusta will match or beat that offer. Guaranteed Fast Shipping; Free Insured Shipping; 100% Money Back Guarantee; and High Buyback Prices.
Because of our values-based business practices, the Nuriani family has thrived in the coin business for more than 40 years. Quite simply, we follow the Golden Rule, "treat people the way you would want to be treated" - like family. We are committed to helping Americans protect their hard-earned assets by making the gold and silver buying process EASY, SIMPLE and PERSONAL.
For more information, visit, Augusta Precious Metals.
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Author/Illustrator Paula Wallace Presents a New PB: Mr. Reginald and the Bunnies + a Chance to Win a Copy.
Today it is my pleasure to interview children’s picture book author/illustrator PAULA WALLACE who just released a new picture titled MR. REGINALD AND THE BUNNIES. Paula tells where the idea for this delightful story came from and how she illustrated it. My review of the story will follow and then you will have an opportunity to enter a drawing to win a copy .
Mr. Reginald and the Bunnies evolved from a series of paintings created after an artist residency at the Heartland Family Service Therapeutic School in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The school was established for children unsuccessful in a conventional school setting and my residency was supported by WhyArts, an arts organization whose service is dedicated to those on the margins, the under-served, and those with disabilities.
The kids and the teaching/support staff provided a wealth of opportunity to observe and fully appreciate the challenges and energy and love required to serve children (ages 5-20) who carried so much trouble with them. Of course, I also observed other children in my family or my friends’ or at church – there’s the remarkable universality of movement and curiosity and testing of boundaries. Yet teachers, moms and dads, caregivers of every stripe need a break – and so do children. In Mr. Reginald & the Bunnies we see that everyone is looking for a little respite, a little change. We also see that sometimes all our planning and great expectations can be upended and, as a result, we have to roll with it.
All of the paintings are oil on panel. Because I also do fine art painting for galleries, oil is the tool I know. I can move from one painting to another as they dry enough for me to take them to the next level. Needless to say, there were rabbits everywhere while working on the book. Anna Olswanger, my agent, really put me through the paces to fine tune everything. She could look at work objectively and honestly – something very important to artists and writers who are often too close to their work. Making changes, stretching and pulling the work, even hearing “no,” can be daunting and humbling and deflating. Yet there is a grace in all of that sweat, an appreciation for doing your best to give it your best. After all, the story and the pictures are not something to hoard and hide, they’re meant to be shared, making all the work so much sweeter.
By the way, I learned that Foreward Reviews named Mr. Reginald & the Bunnies among the finalists in the picture book/early reader category!
Darlene’s Review: Mr. Reginald the rabbit and his neighbor Mrs. Paddock live in a quiet neighborhood where they pride themselves for the orderly lives they lead. They like everything to be tidy and “just so”. This order is disrupted when Mr. Reginald gets a visit from his three rambunctious nieces and nephews. Get ready for a sweet and delightful romp with an old-fashioned, homey feel reminiscent of Peter Rabbit. The soft, colorful illustrations add whimsy and humor to the playful and energetic antics of the rabbits. Snuggle up and put on your bunny slippers. This has the makings of a favorite read-aloud bedtime story for the youngest readers.
To enter and win a copy of MR. REGINALD AND THE BUNNIES, leave a comment on this post. I will put your name in a hat and one winner will be chosen at random from all who entered. If you share this post on FB or Tweet it, let me know and I will add your name again. The winner will be announced on this blog on Thursday, April 11, 2019.
Artist and author, Paula Wallace, has a studio in the Hot Shops Art Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Wallace, a graduate of the University of Iowa, recalls a professor saying “the artist’s job is to pay attention.” Her art and stories are informed by her work with children and other under-served communities, as well as the urban and rural landscapes in which we dwell.
Wallace has illustrated for other authors, as well as writing and illustrating her own books, including Choose Your Days (Cinco Puntos Press) and Mr. Reginald and the Bunnies (Pomegranate.) In 2018, Choose Your Days represented Nebraska at the National Book Festival in Washington, D.C. Her work as a fine artist includes many gallery exhibits in the United States and Italy. Her work is held in private collections throughout the United States and internationally.
PB Author Laurie Wallmark Presents:Hedy Lamarr’s Double Life.
Best-selling Non-fiction PB Author of ADA BYRON LOVELACE AND THE THINKING MACHINE (Creston books), and GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE (Sterling) has a new book about one of the most glamorous women from WWII era Hollywood, Hedy Lamarr. LAURIE WALLMARK’S new book explores the brains behind the beauty of one of Hollywood’s most popular leading ladies.
Writing Reviews For Beloved Books:How Did I Do? Are You Up For the Challenge?
I am happy to say that I posted EIGHTEEN REVIEWS for PB, MG , and YA books and even gifted three of them in contest give-aways. Here is the list of titles I reviewed – in no particular order – all of them amazing reads and worthy of recognition.
I read more than FIFTY books, but managed to write reviews on the above 18. I hope to do better this year and spread the word about great books, and under-represented authors.
Care to join me? Next time you read a book that you love, let the author know in the best way possible: write a few sentences telling him or her what you enjoyed about the story, and share it on Goodreads or Amazon. Take it from me, it will make a writer’s day and let other readers know about great books.
Happy Reading and reviewing. May 2019 be a great year!
WHAT THE NIGHT SINGS by Vesper Stamper is an exquisitely told tale of despair, hope, love and how music has the power to heal even the most damaged souls.
I knew this would be an amazing book from the moment I held it in my hands. The weight of it, the thickness of each page, the light and shadow of each illustration reinforced my assumption that this was a story to be reckoned with. A force that should not be denied. A serious tale that will imprint itself into the psyche, like the horrific numbers branded onto the arms of holocaust survivors.
Gerta is a survivor of the death camps and lived through the horror of watching so many loved ones, including her beloved Papa, die. Singing meant everything to her – before. Before the rounding up, before the detainment, before the concentration camps. When liberation finally came, Gerta lost her voice and had to be content with playing her Papa’s viola. Alone, with her whole life in front of her, how can Gerta find her place, her peace, her voice and maybe even love in this uncertain world?
This story will stay with you long after you turn the final page.
Vesper Stamper was born in Nuremberg, Germany and raised in New York City. Her family was an eclectic mix of engineers, musicians and artists who didn’t think Voltaire too tough for bedtime reading, Chopin Valses too loud for wake-up calls, or precision slide rules too fragile as playthings. She married filmmaker Ben Stamper right out of college, and together they have two wildly creative children. When Vesper earned her MFA in Illustration from School of Visual Arts, Ben gave her an orange tree. She illustrates and writes under its leaves and blossoms at her grandfather’s old drafting table, in the pine woods of the Northeast.
YA Author Joshua David Bellin’s New Book: ECOSYSTEM Blog Tour.
Details on how to enter the drawing for a copy of ECOSYSTEM are at the end of the post.
Tasty Colors in SCOOP THE ICE CREAM TRUCK by Patricia Keeler + Give-Away.
SCOOP is about a retro ice cream truck. For lots of summers, children came running to buy his small vanilla cones. But now, Scoop is having a hard time competing with the new ice cream trucks that sell fancy flavors like rum-raisin and bubblegum. They even have new types of ice cream like dots and flash frozen.
For the art in SCOOP, I wanted to highlight the original flavors of ice cream—to give the art a taste of the retro colors in ice cream flavors like vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. Spunky’s red ball suggests a cherry.
Here is the mint-flavored page!
I think of this spread as being minty-fresh. This is the moment when Scoop meets Spunky and his life is soon to be refreshed.
Here is the creamsicle page— orange on the outside, and vanilla inside. Getting to play with a joyful little girl after all his years of working is like a dream come true for Scoop.
There is chocolate fudge sauce running down, when Scoop’s world comes apart. Scoop is in a sticky situation.
At one point Scoop transforms himself into a ‘cool’ truck with neon cones that zoom around. First, I created a watercolor explosion of ice cream flavors — lemon, cherry and raspberry.
Then I used Photoshop to apply this watercolor explosion to the big new cones on Scoop’s roof.
On the final page spread, when Scoop and Spunky get to the mountains, I dropped this same watercolor explosion into the trees. The fall trees become brilliant with ice cream colors. Then I placed the cherry on top!
Here is a SCOOP seek-and-find for you! One of my favorite pages is the coffee-flavored page. There is a pattern on the coffee page that gives it away! Can you find it?
Enter to win the fabulous prize package above: A copy of SCOOP, a Scoop framed sketch and pin. Leave a comment on this post and your name will be entered in the random drawing. Share on FB or Twitter or reblog the post and you’ll get another chance to win. One winner will be announced here on WEDNESDAY, 4-25-18.
Patricia Keeler is the author-illustrator of SCOOP THE ICE CREAM TRUCK and LIZZIE AND LOU SEAL, both published by Sky Pony Press. She is the Christopher Award winner for her illustrations in WOULD YOU STILL LOVE ME IF and first place winner of New York Book Festival.
Thank you for inviting me to your blog today, Darlene. I’m delighted to tell you about 7 KEYS TO RESEARCH FOR SUCCESSFUL WRITING! published October, 2017.
What motivated you to write the book (a break away from your usual poetry)?
Kids ask authors, “How long does it take to write a book?” A variation is, “How many books can you write in a day?” When I explain that I must first learn about my subject before I can write about it, many look surprised. When I tell them I often spend as much time getting ready to write as I do writing, they look amazed. Kids in school aren’t accustomed to spending much time investigating what they are going to write about.
My writing partner for 7 KEYS TO RESEARCH FOR SUCCESSFUL WRITING is Mary Jo Fresch, Professor Emerita and Academy Professor of The Ohio State University. Prior to becoming an educator of pre-service and in-service teachers of Kindergarten to Grade 8 teachers, Mary Jo was a classroom teacher.
Together we have seen far too many writing-before-ready results. They are usually dismal at best and at worst convince students that writing is too hard and mysterious and not for them. The goal of our collaboration is to provide classroom teachers with a practical resource to help them demonstrate that writers don’t just pick up and a pen or sit down at the keyboard and start writing.
What was the collaboration like?
This is our sixth book together. Prior to 7 KEYS, we wrote a series of five titles called LEARNING THROUGH POETRY, each dealing with different aspect of sounds: consonants, vowels, blends, digraphs, and rimes. We come from different backgrounds but share much in common, including work ethic and goals, so we make a compatible team. Before and during a new project we discuss ideas by email and conference via SKYPE. Once we establish a direction and general outline we agree on our respective responsibilities and jump in.
In this case we decided to use my 50-year experience to demonstrate how writers prepare to write and Mary Jo’s deep knowledge of classroom and scholarly research to provide meaningful follow up activities. We adopted a word not used much — presearch – to show how writers get ready to get ready before they write that first word. That gave us shape and direction. The result falls into seven categories, or keys, which are important elements that lead to good writing.
Things you learned doing your own research for the book.
The first thing we learned was that nearly all books we could find that are meant to help young writers focus on the process of writing and how to improve it. We decided early on that teachers might not need yet another book about the act of writing. What they do need is a book about the act of getting ready to write, the kind of thoughtful, organized preparation that leads to good writing. Except for a page here, a chapter there, we didn’t see a lot of help out there.
The challenge was to find ways to make “doing your homework” seem necessary, fun, and un-daunting. My solution was to show by example what I do, and Mary Jo created imaginative and practical activities that children can relate to. This also gave me a chance to introduce two segments, one directed to teachers and one to kids. The ones to teachers are a cross between mini-PD sessions and personal asides meant to provide insight into the KEY in that chapter. Those meant for students are like a quick author’s visit that can be read as often as wished. They, too, set the stage for Mary Jo’s creative activities.
Please let your readers know how one of them can win a free copy of 7 KEYS TO RESEARCH FOR SUCCESSFUL WRITING. We say the grade range is 3 and up but a university president recently told me he thinks more than a few freshmen could benefit from it. We hope readers will enjoy our book and feel free to leave their comments on Amazon.com. Mary Jo and I will present a 2-hour workshop on the subject in July at ILA in Austin. Maybe we’ll see some new friends there.
David is the prolific children’s poet and author of 100 titles. His books have received more than 50 honors, including Best Children’s Nonfiction Book of 2016 by Society of Midland Authors. He has been translated into twelve languages, anthologized in nearly 200 books, and appeared in dozens of magazines and interviews in print and online. Among other professional books are Easy Poetry Lessons that Dazzle and Delight with Bernice Cullinan and Rhymes for the Times, Literacy Strategies through Social Studies with Tim Rasinski. Professional articles have appeared in Dragon Lode, Reading and Writing Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, New England Reading Association Journal, and others. David is trained in research, holds two degrees in science and two honorary doctorates in letters. He has performed 300 times across the country and abroad in conferences, schools, and workshops. He is Drury University’s Poet Laureate.
Mary Jo is Professor Emerita and an Academy Professor of The Ohio State University. After years as a classroom teacher, She became an educator of pre-service and in-service teachers of Kindergarten to Grade 8 teachers. She speaks nationally and internationally about literacy-related topics and researches the developmental aspect of literacy learning. Her articles have appeared in peer reviewed journals, such as the Language Arts; Journal of Literacy Research; Reading and Writing Quarterly; Reading Psychology; The Reading Teacher; Journal of Just and Caring Education; and Journal of Children’s Literature. She has authored/co-authored 19 books for teachers, including The Power of Picture Books (NCTE), Strategies for Effective Balanced Literacy (Shell Education); Engaging Minds in the English Language Arts Classrooms: The Surprising Power of Joy (ASCD) and Learning Through Poetry (Shell Education).
To have your name entered in the random drawing for a signed copy of 7 Keys to Research For Successful Writing, leave a comment below stating you will happily write a review of the book on Amazon/Goodreads. Darlene will add your name to the list and ONE winner will be chosen and announced her on Wednesday, March 7, 2018.
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'MESSAGE' => string 'George Seielstad, director of UND's Northern Great Plains Center for People and the Environment, will present "The World of Education/Education of the World" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, in the Memorial Union Lecture Bowl. It is open to all. It will simultaneously be webcast (<a href="http://www.umac.org)." target="_blank">http://www.umac.org).</a> Refreshments will be served beginning at 3:30 p.m.
George Seielstad presents "The World of Education/Education of the World"
George Seielstad, director of UND's Northern Great Plains Center for People and the Environment, will present "The World of Education/Education of the World" at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, in the Memorial Union Lecture Bowl. It is open to all. It will simultaneously be webcast (http://www.umac.org). Refreshments will be served beginning at 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Seielstad observes that humanity has arrived at a major inflection point in the history of civilization. Humans collectively are changing the planet at an unprecedented pace and with a magnitude greater than natural changes. The path we are on is unsustainable. A finite Earth cannot meet the unlimited expectations of a burgeoning population.
Changes to get humankind onto a sustainable path will be transformational, not incremental, and no sectors of society will escape the need to transform. The institutions best equipped to provide the leadership needed for a social transformation, Seielstad believes, are universities. For them to meet challenges of the future, they, too, must be the change they wish to inspire. And their change must be equal in magnitude to that of the challenge society faces.
Dr. Seielstad will describe a vision for integrating existing programs at the University of North Dakota into a new College of Earth Systems in which could be educated tomorrow's leaders. Those faculty, students, and members of the greater community who wish to contribute to the college's creation, or to encourage its formation, are especially invited to attend.
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If you were previously enrolled at any of Penn State's campuses, you may be able to use your Penn State credits toward a World Campus program of study. There are several paths you may take to return to your studies, depending on your circumstances.
Note that you will need to plan ahead; returning and nondegree student forms are due in advance before each semester begins. Review upcoming semester deadlines in our academic calendar.
If you are a student returning in academic warning or returning from academic suspension or dismissal, you will need to follow different procedures. You must submit your re-enrollment form and your Academic Action Plan (if required) four weeks before the start of the returning semester.
To enroll again, you’ll need to find the return path that best fits your situation and submit the necessary paperwork.
You should contact World Campus Academic Advising six to eight weeks prior to the semester in which you wish to return. It may take some time to review your circumstances and plan your next steps.
Once you’ve identified your return path, you’ll need to submit the required form(s). Returning student forms are due at least two weeks before the start of each semester. This includes forms for re-enrollment, adult learner re-entry, and academic renewal, depending on which path you take to return to Penn State.
You can contact our Advising team at 814-863-3283 or email [email protected] and include the following information in your correspondence: first and last name, telephone number, date of birth, last semester attended, intended degree program, and Penn State ID (if known). You can expect a response in one to two weeks.
Were you enrolled in a degree program at Penn State?
If so, were you enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program?
What was your last GPA before leaving your studies?
After your return path has been identified, don’t forget to submit your undergraduate re-enrollment or nondegree enrollment form.
Note that if you plan to pursue an undergraduate degree and already know which form on this page you need to submit, you can simply complete it and email it to [email protected].
To return to a graduate course of study, please read more about graduate options.
* If you had less than a 2.00 cumulative GPA, then please email [email protected] to discuss your options.
Academic renewal provides an opportunity for former undergraduate students to resume their academic career without being penalized by their past academic record.
Please email [email protected] prior to completing an academic renewal form.
New and returning undergraduate nondegree students will need to submit an Undergraduate Nondegree Enrollment Form. If you are an undergraduate nondegree student, you will receive an Access Account and enroll in courses after your nondegree enrollment form is processed. If you were previously enrolled and dropped due to poor scholarship, please email [email protected] to discuss your options.
Please check the academic calendar for upcoming nondegree enrollment deadlines.
To return to Penn State as a World Campus graduate student, you must apply and be accepted by the academic department and the Graduate School.
Please reach out to a Graduate School representative with any questions regarding resuming your graduate studies.
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