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It may be costly to correct a vehicle repaired. You have to pay for parts and also the labor connected using the repairs. Right could handle your vehicle repairs yourself? The techniques that you'll learn will help you how.
What this means is the specialist has transpired an evaluation and it has over 2 experience under their belt. Where you can realize that the best option for the vehicle.
Don't underestimate how important it's to help keep an urgent situation package as a given. This package should contain tire altering tools, jumper cables, etc.
Try out your automobile after repairs before having to pay because of its repairs.
Don't leave anything of worth inside your vehicle while you are getting it repaired. Mechanics may need to empty within your automobile plus they can't be held accountable should you uncover something missing. You need to remove products out of your trunk.
If you feel your headlines aren't as vibrant as always, check to make certain they're clean. Clean your car's headlights and taillights with a decent quality glass cleaner.
Assemble a car repair tool package and set it inside your trunk. Your vehicle most likely included the equipment for altering a tire. You have to buy a lug wrench along with a jack if you do not currently have them. You ought to have a couple of screwdrivers with assorted shapes in addition to different wrenches like with this package.
Focus on your car's wiper blades. You'll need new blades if they're streaking or making noises.
Ensure that you understand how frequently the oil change schedule. You need to change it out regularly obtain the oil altered to make certain your automobile runs easily. In case your oil isn't altered regularly, your vehicle could cease working much sooner than expected.
Take multiple images of your whole vehicle before you take it to a different shop. Some dishonest shops might strip your automobile and re-sell them. You need to document exactly what the vehicle appears like in situation your auto technician does not fix them or makes things worse.
Don't self-identify and connect complex auto repair issues. Whatever you decide and think is a straightforward fix can be a hard one, particularly if the vehicle is newer. Let repair centers identify your condition. Inform them about any sounds you heard or what problems you've been getting, but permit them to identify the ultimate issue.
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Not too lots of people make time to read their user guide. You have to discover the manual to ensure that important details are simple to find. Your manual has everything you should learn about preserving your vehicle and performing small repairs yourself.
It's possible there would be a recall issue if multiple people report exactly the same problem. The maker might even repair the problem free of charge for you.
Don't fix your vehicle immediately. Call other dealerships or garages to inquire the things they charge for the kind of repair the initial auto technician states you'll need. If there's a less expensive cost elsewhere, spend the money for look for the labor and obtain your vehicle fixed elsewhere.
Although dealer mechanics could be pricy, you will find occasions when utilizing them is completely necessary. The dealership are specialists inside your kind of vehicle. They've been trained for issues present with your vehicle. They have to also attend training programs.
Getting written documentation is helpful should you choose to file a complaint from the road.
Always inquire when talking having an auto technician. How lengthy should it bring them? Which kind of work being carried out? Just how much would be the parts cost? Question them something that you concerning the work being carried out.
When you're quoted with an auto technician, make certain all the labor and parts are itemized. This should help you to check different mechanics to one another. The parts' cost ought to be much the same, however the labor is how there is a deal.
When washing your vehicle, go ahead and take mats out and spray all of them with a hose. Dirt particles could possibly get lodged within the rubber and make holes with time. Holes aren't attractive and let dirt to possess an obvious road to your carpet that's under it.
Ask as numerous questions before letting an auto technician focus on your vehicle whenever you absorb it. Any decent company will happily answer all your questions.
All cars will be looking for repair every so often. Repairs can be achieved within the repair center with an auto technician, or right in your front yard should you choose the job yourself. For many jobs, it can save you the cash and perform the repairs yourself. These pointers can provide you with the opportunity to perform the repairs yourself.


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CareFlight perform winch rescue off cargo ship
The RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter has winched a seaman from a cargo ship tracking 25 nautical miles east of Fraser Island.
It is suspected that the man, aged in his fifties, suffered a stroke earlier today.
The Sunshine Coast based RACQ CareFlight Rescue helicopter was tasked to the Brisbane bound ship around 1.15pm.
Its Flight Intensive Care Paramedic was winched down onto the deck of the moving vessel, estimated to be travelling approximately 20 kilometres per hour.
The man was treated, secured in a rescue basket and winched aboard the helicopter.
He was airlifted to Nambour General Hospital in a stable condition.
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Low maintenance, low hour fishing machine, ready to put into immediate service. With many recent upgrades and regular service, this 40 Express is rigged to fish and with a pair of dependable and economical Caterpillar 3126 with just 1866 hours, she will be affordable to operate for years to come. If you are the kind of fisherman that likes to run the boat and still be in on the action, this center console express layout offers easy access and plenty of room to move around for the whole crew. She also boasts a fully rigged tuna tower for when you need to get up above it all.... Easy to clean up and with a comfortable interior layout and ample storage throughout for all of the array of tackle that it takes these days to compete, this 40 Luhrs makes more sense than a lot of others in her class and price range. She's also the lowest priced one on the market from her era. Give us a call and check her out.
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Centerline doorway leads to the steps toward the salon area. Galley is set up immediately to Port with raised sole, a large countertop area with drawer and cabinet storage and appliances. Comfortable cushioned bench seating with storage on both sides of the salon with ample space to lounge and move around. The spacious head is set up to Stbd. with large toilet, vanity, shower and mirrored storage cabinets.
Forward is the large master stateroom with a contoured queen mattress, hanging lockers, storage shelves and privacy door.
There is ample rod and tackle storage throughout the boat.
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Custom Luhrs AC/DC Distribution panel
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(3) Aluminum Fuel Tanks
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Pompannete Air Comfort Control Center A/C
(3) Bilge Pumps with Float switches and Indicator Panel
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Richie 4" compass
Robertson AP II autopilot
Furuno radar
Dytek ST1000 temp. gauge
Standard Horizon VHF
Icom ICM302 VHF with external speaker
Northstar 951X
Maxel Teaser reels
Garmin GPSMap 4212
Furuno FCV-582 color sounder
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Large drink box to port and stbd. at steps
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7 panel isinglass enclosure over glass windshield setup with removable rear panels
Vented forward panel
Overhead electronics area
Large in deck and transom fish boxes
Hawse pipes in transom
Rocket launcher
Tuna door to port in transom
Cushioned coaming
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Rupp double spreader black outriggers
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VOI: A Selfie for your clients? MSA Launch VOI App.
MSA Launches 'best in market' Verification of Identity (VOI) App.
Secure - Simple to Use – ISO27001 Certification.
MSA National has become the first Australian law firm to launch a verification of identity mobile phone App that simplifies the VOI process for lenders, brokers, franchisees and loan writers. Aptly named "IDyou" the App puts the verification of identity experience in the palm of your hands.
CLICK HERE TO LAUNCH IDyou MINI-SITE
Copying and scanning is eliminated and amongst many other features, you have the ability to use your iPhone or Android to take photos, upload identification documents and submit to any lender, on a secure web platform, all in a matter of minutes.
"MSA launched the product for its own internal use for customers collecting home loan documents and title deeds from our office. The mobile App was so popular that we decided to share it with all our lending partners and their mortgage brokers.
Stamping out identity theft and giving our clients the tools to guard against this are something MSA are very passionate about. We are here to help our clients work through these processes and help mitigate risk." Says CEO, Ayhan Baba.
For more information contact George Kogios on 0401 727 303 or Anthony Aupek on 0456 835 660
MSA VOI App IDyou: Demonstration Video
What is IDyou?
IDyou is a mobile application that can be used on your iPhone to verify the identity of your clients for mortgage transactions. IDyou lets you take pictures of your client and their identification documents in order to satisfy VOI regulations. IDyou's intuitive system understands the VOI category requirements and guides you through simple steps to ensure a standardised and compliant VOI process within your office.
Why use IDyou?
Changes to legislation across Australia have placed stricter regulations on lenders, brokers, franchisees and loan writers when conducting lending activity. Many states have already implemented Verification of Identity regulations for all loan transactions.
Verification of Identity generally requires the lender, broker, franchisee or loan writer to:
- conduct face-to-face interviews with the clients;
- view and store copies of current, original identification documents; and
- confirm that the client bears a reasonable likeness to the photos in their identification documents.
Storage of the copies of these sensitive identification documents places great responsibility on you. Through IDyou, MSA National offers secure storage of all your VOI documents. All the data you input into IDyou is encrypted and stored on certified secure servers avoiding the risk of loss or theft, and ensuring the security of your client's information.
- Compatible with iPhone (iPhone 4s and above and running Apple iOS version 8.4)
- Intuitive system that understands the identification category requirements
- Generates a secure VOI report for you to retain in your records - Allows you to save incomplete identification data and finish orders at a later time once all identity documents are received
- Creates a standardised, secured and streamlined verification of identity process
- Allows you to maintain face-to-face contact with your client during VOI, creating a more personable experience
- Integrates with existing practice management systems to capture search costs automatically and save time on rekeying data
- Gives you complete control of the VOI process - you can verify your client's identity in any location without having to rely on third parties
- Saves time by eliminating the need for document photocopying and physical filing
- Securely stores your VOI records for 7 years
- Encourages compliance with new VOI requirements
- IDyou requires you to enter your MSA National username and password each time you open the application
- MSA National complies with the ISO27001 Certification for storing data
- MSA National does not rely on any external parties
- Documents are transmitted and stored securely to a private cloud provided database which is only accessible to a few highly privileged MSA National administrators
- Photos are not stored locally in your phone's photo gallery, they are saved in secure app storage until verified
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- UBank announces partnership with MSA National to provide DigiDocs.
- David Berry joins MSA National as associate director - risk and operations.
- NAB and Advantedge Now Accepting IDyou
- MSA surges ahead to 4th Position on PEXA Leaderboard for week ended 01/09/17 for non transfer invitations
- MSA National and EY mark robotics process automation program milestone
- MSA's Push on PEXA leader board
- Does Remote VOI pass the Reasonable Steps test?
- MSA launches best practice New-Generation e-Sign Solution.
- MSA launches mobile VOI App - IDyou
- MSA goes live with e-Settlements via PEXA - DigiSettle
- MSA National Among First To Gain Access to PEXA


text: Press Release F5 Networks Delivers Key Technology At NETWORLD+INTEROP 2002 Tokyo ShowNet F5 products successfully deliver IDS load balancing, firewall load balancing and CDN deployment at the NETWORLD+INTEROP 2002 exhibition July 18, 2002 F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the leading provider of Internet traffic management (ITM) products announced today that F5 Networks technology played an critical role in supporting ShowNet at NETWORLD+INTEROP 2002 TOKYO. ShowNet was the broadband network providing a smooth Internet access environment at NETWORLD+INTEROP. The network backbone was supported by a 10 Gigabit Ethernet in addition to an innovative dual-stack networking environment consisting of both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols. F5 Networks successfully responded to the three major requirements of ShowNet, which included IDS load balancing, streaming CDN and firewall load balancing with its award-winning BIG-IP® local area traffic manager and 3-DNS® wide area traffic manager. "Previously ShowNet had been focused on Layer 1-3 network configuration, however, this year, upper layer (L4-L7) network infrastructure was implemented for the Security Operation Center and Content Delivery Network's requirements," said Youki Kadobayashi, Ph.D., NETWORLD+INTEROP 2002 TOKYO Network Operation Center member, participating from the Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology. "F5 products far exceeded my expectations in that they not only delivered key CDN infrastructure but also supported ShowNet topology in various aspects by responding to the needs of IDS load balancing and firewall load balancing." "ShowNet is a broadband network providing smooth Internet access for exhibitors' booths as well as conference halls at the Interop tradeshow," said Takashi Sato, Senior Manager of Production and Operations at the Key3 Media Event. "Every year we provide reliable broadband access using state of the art technology and this year for the first time we were able to showcase F5's high availability traffic management products, BIG-IP and 3-DNS. Deploying firewall and IDS load balancing at the SOC (Security Operations Center) and demonstrating streaming CDN using 3-DNS, we were able to make a broad appeal to visitors and add value to the ShowNet." In order to detect unlawful access at the ShowNet, IDS devices were installed at various points of the venue. A number of BIG-IP products were installed in front of these IDS devices and provided intelligent traffic management for more than ten IDS devices from various vendors. The live streaming CDN at the ShowNet consisted of three BIG-IP products and two 3-DNS products. These solutions were deployed within three points across ShowNet, enabling access to streaming media from the closest and the best performing server. Moreover, the ShowNet network engineers easily completed the streaming CDN configuration in only 2 days, with little need for F5 support, thus proving the ease of use of F5 products. For firewall load balancing the BIG-IP solution, deployed in a firewall sandwich configuration, efficiently load balanced NOKIA IP 530 firewalls, enhancing the performance and reliability of these devices. The BIG-IP solution not only load balanced the firewalls, but also simultaneously ensured that traffic was routed to the most efficient IDS device. About F5 Networks F5 Networks is the leader in Internet Traffic Management (ITM), and delivers application aware networks through its open Internet Control Architecture. F5 features the industry's leading set of integrated products and services that manage, control and optimize Internet traffic and content. Our solutions automatically and intelligently deliver the best possible Internet performance, availability and content distribution for service providers, enterprises and e-businesses. Our products remove bandwidth congestion and optimize the availability and speed of mission-critical Internet servers and applications, including Web publishing, content delivery, e-commerce, caching, firewalls and more. Our solutions are widely deployed in large enterprises, the top service providers, financial institutions, government agencies, healthcare, and portals throughout the world. The company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, and has offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. F5 Networks is located on the Web at www.f5.com. TAGS:


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Scotiabank Saddledome, an indoor arena, is in Stampede Parks, just a few minutes from downtown Calgary. Built for the 1988 Winter Olympics and Calgary Flames NHL team, it holds 20,000 people and hosts a variety of indoor events such as hockey games, music concerts, figure skating, and the famous Calgary Stampede, held every July.
O Hotel Suites Inglewood, Regency Suites Hotel, Days Inn Calgary South, and O Hotel Suites Calgary Beltline are all within a 10- to 15-minute drive of Scotiabank Saddledome. They offer great amenities and affordable prices. Staying at a hostel is also a great way to save money, and the HI-Calgary City Centre is quite popular.
Being so close to Calgary, visitors staying near the Scotiabank Saddledome have the best of both worlds: access to the venue and close proximity to downtown Calgary.
Scotiabank Saddledome has plenty of on-site parking. It is also available by taking Calgary Transit's light rail system to Victoria Park/Stampede and Erlton/Stampede stops. When visiting or attending an event, plan to dine at one of the restaurants or bars throughout the building. Free tours of the arena are available during the summer months between 11a.m. and 2p.m. Find out behind-the-scene information like how long it takes to convert the arena to an ice arena!
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As the World Burns
Malthindor, Oblivion's Blade
A black metal blade, capped with a pommel of etherstone
Malthindor is a masterwork longsword, and has additional powers for a user attuned to its use.
Attuning a new user to the blade takes 24 hours.
This gradually tapering grey metal blade was last seen in the hand of Lord Eccardian Drovenge, as he pulled it from the ribs of Roygart Holman.
Forged by the Mage-priests of Azlant, this was the sword of their leader, Yagrax. Made from a dark, unreflective metal, Malthindor is a long, narrow blade that tapers gradually to a point. When brought near magical light, strange grey runes appear even as the light dims, almost as if the magic was being absorbed.
The crosspiece is made of the same black metal, curving in toward the hilt at the ends. The grip is not bound in any kind of leather, instead two sets of parallel lines have been etched into its surface. A faceted green etherstone adorns the pommel, Set inside a cold iron ring.


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The recent exposure of Oxfam staff in Haiti using the services of prostitutes is disturbing, but maybe not for the reasons most expect. You can question the charity's procedures when dealing with the issue, and definitely when dealing with the media once the story broke. That's not to say the men weren't wrong to act like they did. As one of the world's leading relief agencies, the staff must have known how women are trafficked or forced into prostitution. Then there's the mental and physical scars working in the profession can have, sometimes lasting many years. Those Oxfam staff involved were right to be disciplined.
Some will say that prostitution isn't illegal. That may be true in many countries, but not in Haiti. There are also allegations that some of the women "used" were under age. Some illegal activity has taken place. The fact that prostitution is illegal but accepted as a norm in some countries makes no difference. It may be seen as a way for women to make a scant living, but when doing so risks their very being it is wrong on so many levels. It's still against the law and those found breaking it should be brought to justice.
The danger of this tragic episode is that many will see this as an opportunity to withdraw financial support from Oxfam, and perhaps other charities by association. And all this at a time when many charities face funding decisions that are the difference between life and death. If that happens it will be tragic, but also misguided.
For a start there is no evidence that Oxfam directly paid the prostitutes. This was the men acting as individuals. Admittedly they were paying for services with their Oxfam wages, but that's not sufficient case to chastise the charity. If I worked for the International Vegan Rights Alliance, but decided to buy a burger from McDonalds, that up to me.
For me the issue we should be debating is how charities like Oxfam educate their staff about what is acceptable, and ensure robust procedures are in place to deal with staff who digress. The disturbing thing about this case, is how a group of men responsible for providing relief in one of the poorest countries on this planet, thought even for a second, that it's acceptable to act the way they did. Oxfam should make it crystal clear what is acceptable to staff, and have procedures in place to quickly and effectively investigate cases where employees are suspected of digressing.
This case raises certain questions:
- The allegations against the main culprit, their Country Director, were known before he was sent to Haiti. In fact there were concerns he was using prostitutes whilst stationed in Chad.
Why was it thought acceptable to assign him to another country?
- The Country Director apparently used a Haitian villa provided to him by Oxfam to meet the prostitutes. Such a flagrant misuse of Oxfam's facilities must have raised eyebrows, yet this all happened in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake.
How come this continued for several years despite rumours of such activities by Oxfam's own staff on the ground?
- Finally Oxfam have admitted that the use of prostitutes wasn't "explicitly contrary" to their code of conduct.
It should have been. Why wasn't it?
One thing is for sure: Oxfam's procedures were found wanting. These have started to be addressed, but it's too late for those involved and the adverse publicity created. There will be those who withdraw financial support as a result. Perhaps that's understandable.
My issue here is that the charity does fantastic work around the world. It provides help to millions of people when they need it most. Whether they are refugees fleeing from war, a province dealing with a natural disaster, or a country dealing with famine. Oxfam and other charities provide the basics of human life. They provide shelter and food, and care for the sick and dying. They also campaign to get the status quo changed.
All of this takes money. It is understandable for those funding Oxfam to question what they knew about this affair, and what changes they've made to ensure it doesn't occur again. However the money is needed. So if you're thinking of cancelling that monthly Direct Debit, think again.


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The Chorus Foundation Looks to Communities to Take the Lead on Climate/
The Chorus Foundation has committed to a unique climate program that will divvy up its wealth mostly across four locations—in large part through eight-year general support grants to community and justice groups—and then close up shop after 2023.
Chorus, the foundation of tech money heir and activist Farhad Ebrahimi, has been funding climate work since around 2007, but toward the end of last year, announced an interesting shift. As it spends down, the foundation is focusing grantmaking on four locations with a few anchor groups in each place leading the way.
Related: The Chorus Foundation's Radical Philanthropy
It's a bottom-up an approach yielding a lot of leadership to a set of community and justice organizations for the remainder of the foundation's lifespan. The anchor groups will also coordinate funding to additional groups in their locations. The program is among a set of progressive tactics that Chorus has been pursuing, including fossil fuel divestment, mission-related investing, and dedication to the underfunded branch of climate work that emphasizes movement building and economic justice.
Ebrahimi sat down with Inside Philanthropy recently to explain how the program was devised and why foundation leaders decided to take the course they did.
"It was just the realization that we really love these groups; we have a lot of confidence in them," he says. "There are other conversations that I think both the groups, and us as a foundation, would rather have than doing that kind of ritual reapplication."
Though always a climate funder, he says that when Chorus first set out, the foundation board was pretty open to the kinds of work it was going to support. Ebrahimi has a mathematics and computer science degree from MIT, and others on the board had science or investment backgrounds.
But as Ebrahimi wrote in a blog post on Medium regarding the announcement:
As we studied what most climate-driven philanthropy was supporting at the time, we saw three major themes: changes in individual behavior, market-driven energy efficiency retrofits, and a Beltway-centric push for policy. Let's just say that the results were mixed — and that's being extremely generous in some cases.
As he explains it, it wasn't that they discovered policy or energy efficiency were not important.
"What we were seeing with those three areas is that it felt like they were being done in a vacuum," he says. Campaigns were often disconnected from the public and political landscapes in the places they were trying to change.
"I think for us, the critical point is really building political power and political will. What is the ability of the people on the front lines of this crisis to influence or control collective decision-making, like, at every level?"
That led the foundation to the environmentalist concept known as a just transition, meaning that as the economy shifts away from fossil fuels, it provides an opportunity to also shift power, economic and political, toward workers and local residents. Otherwise, the move to a clean energy economy could just mean corporations move in and build new infrastructure, but keep consolidating power. This is especially relevant in communities that are or were heavily reliant on a particular industry.
"We have to come up with answers for that. I think as a society, if we don't have a soft landing and a sort of way to shift to something regenerative in places like Appalachia, in cities like Buffalo, then we are just leaving a huge number of people behind."
That involves change on many levels that a policy win, for example, can't pull off. Instead, it requires a long-term process of building political power on multiple fronts. For Chorus, that process started in Eastern Kentucky.
In 2010, the foundation started backing just transition work in Kentucky, which in 2013 turned into a $10 million commitment over 10 years, with long-term general operating support for Kentuckians For The Commonwealth, and the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development.
Kentucky offers a prime example of what just transition proponents are describing, as rural areas are hemorrhaging coal jobs and need to rebuild their economies. As the greater movement pushes to shut down fossil fuels, consequences in localities like these can be overlooked.
Chorus's Kentucky grantees are doing community organizing across a set of issues, including shifting rural electric co-ops to clean power, providing loans to local entrepreneurs, and protecting voting rights.
That kind of grassroots work in Kentucky resonated with Ebrahimi and Chorus, and led the foundation to expand into other places. The foundation, which works with Cuong Hoang at Mott Philanthropic, had a "break the piggybank moment" in which the team tallied up the funds they had to work with, and how many locations they could strategically afford to work in during spend down.
The call for proposals didn't preselect locations, but instead looked for organizations that were already doing a certain kind of collaborative community organizing. The foundation's decisions were mostly based on the organizations themselves, combined with other factors like a desire for diversity of places and populations involved.
The final program settled on three places to add to Eastern Kentucky—Alaska; Richmond, California; and Buffalo, New York. Chorus will direct about 60 percent of future funding to these four communities, with the remainder funding similar work at smaller levels in other locations, and other connected priorities like trainings, funder organizing, and movement support.
In Alaska, Chorus will fund groups like Alaska Center for the Environment and the Native American Rights Fund to manage resources in collaboration with indigenous communities. In Richmond, Communities for a Better Environment and Asian Pacific Environmental Network are organizing low-income residents in the backyard of one of the country's largest oil refineries. And Open Buffalo and PUSH Buffalo are working to revive their local economy with green jobs and neighborhood development that doesn't displace residents.
Chorus certainly isn't the only funder supporting this particular brand of work, and Ebrahimi is quick to credit others that have influenced them, like the Fund for Democratic Communities. Environmental funders like Surdna and Kresge make community and justice-related grants along these lines. But it's still a small slice of the overall pie.
Related: For Surdna, Infrastructure is Where Justice and Sustainability Cross Paths
According to the Environmental Grantmakers Association's latest Tracking the Field report on giving trends among network members, Health & Justice received $85 million in 2013, up by almost $30 million since 2011. But it still ranks as the least-funded issue group among environmental grantmakers. Justice in the context of the environment is trending up, but has a long way to go before it's a real force in national philanthropy.
It's Chorus's full-throttle embrace of this kind of work, combined with the level of general support, and whopping eight-to-10-year grant periods, that makes what they're doing impressive.
The approach is not without risk. For one, when a funder from one part of the country puts significant investment into another community, there are all kinds of politics, allegiances, and connections they have to navigate. As a philanthropist, in general, the dynamic of being an outside party, swooping into an arena or a community where he's not wanted is "one of the things that keeps me up at night."
One solution is the level of leadership that Chorus yields to the program's grantees, which in itself carries risk. This is by design, Ebrahimi says. "It seems right to me for a social movement-oriented foundation to assume risk."
Even if the organizations are not hitting certain benchmarks, the greater goal is to strengthen these communities, and it's one that Ebrahimi hopes will catch on in the environmental movement.
"Regardless of the specific wins, we would like to see the local, political, economic, and cultural power of each of these communities… grow, and we would like to see recognition of this approach both from other field organizations as well as funders."


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Occupy web street is a limited edition of the purepro theme and is available for Geeklog 1.8.0+.
To install this theme, you need fist to install the Purepro theme. Then unzip the archive and upload the content from the folder call 1 to your private/data/purepro/1 folder. That's all, your new theme is online.


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Facebook iPhone App Gets Timeline
- Facebook iPhone App Gets Timeline
- Pros and Cons of Facebook Timeline
Facebook's Timeline feature is now live via the iPhone and iPod touch app, thanks to a Dec. 18 update.
Timeline is an opt-in feature that replaces a user's profile and wall with a reverse-chronological timeline of all activity on Facebook. On the iPhone app, only year-by-year "highlights" from your activity are shown, rather than the comprehensive history of activity available on Facebook's Web site.
Once you opt in to Timeline, you have seven days to self-publish before it goes live automatically. Warnings on your Facebook page alert you to the impending deadline.
Facebook unveiled Timeline in September and started rolling it out globally last week. At launch, it was available on Android devices and via the mobile Facebook site, but and now iOS joins the party.
In Timeline, all your activity on Facebookplus any other events you want to add from the past, such as a graduation, wedding, illness, or even your own birthis categorized by year and month. On the iPhone app, a condensed page only lets you select a previous year, last month, or current month. Selecting any of those dates opens up a list of activity highlights, including status updates, photos and videos shared, and friendships made.
The iPhone and iPod touch app lets users see their own Timelines, as well as their friends', but only for people who have opted in to the feature and published their Timelines.
Timeline on the iPhone app loads pretty fast. Like most Facebook iPhone app functions, the speed and reliability is at its peak when showing text-based information, rather than photos or multimedia.
To see your friends' Timelines in the Facebook iPhone app, just go to the person's page, which used to be the profile page. You'll only be able to see their Timelines if they've opted in and published them. To see your own Timeline (it also must be switched on), just select your name from the collapsible left-side pane.
Highlights of Timeline
Splash photo. Facebook Timeline gives users a creative space in which they can drop a large photo at the top of the Timeline page. The photo can be changed at any time, including from within the iPhone app.
Activity. Highlights from your Facebook activity from the years and months that have passed are now easier to find, because they are more accessible and classified by date. However, if you don't know roughly the date when something occurred, it's still very difficult to find old status updates, links shared, and other activity. A strong keyword search for all Facebook activity is still lacking in the social network. Plus, the iPhone app version of Timeline doesn't show everything, just what's considered a highlight.
Friends' Timelines. If your friends have enabled Timeline, you'll be able to scroll through or explore their history much easier than before.
Delete/Hide. All users have the ability to remove old posts before Timeline goes live, although for many users, the amount of data that needs to be reviewed could be overwhelming. The items on Timeline are nothing more than your past Facebook activities, the idea being if you felt it was appropriate to share then, there's no reason it's inappropriate now (for more on that, see the next page).


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Why do I call Anthony Weiner, Democratic Representative from New York, my new hero? Weiner is the first politician (including Barack Obama) that I have heard make a bold and unambiguous stand on health care reform. He says very simply to extend Medicare to everyone. His interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" is a brisk cool breeze blowing through the humid murky summer discussions of this topic. The host, Joe Scarborough is a former Republican Representative from Florida and the lone conservative voice on the otherwise ultra-liberal cable channel.
This video is broken into two parts and is well worth the watch.
Notice when Weiner asks Scarborough what value private insurance brings to the table, Scarborough is speechless.
Notice Weiner's salient points:
- What value does the health insurance industry add to the health care "transaction"?
- When has the health insurance industry ever operated at 4% overhead?
- Why does the Medicare "CEO" make $250,000.00 compared to the several million made by a private insurance CEO?
- What would a 50 year old man who was just laid off say if offered Medicare?
How does Scarborough react? He basically says that Weiner's solution is a government takeover of health care and an interference with free market capitalism.
Baloney! We are confusing financial mechanisms with delivery mechanisms. Health care is about doctors and hospitals providing the best care possible to their patients. No one is suggesting that the government can do that better than private health care providers. No one is suggesting a government takeover of health care. Health care is something that can be shopped for and the free market system is the best way to find the best doctors.
On the other hand, reimbursing people for their health care expenses is not a commodity. It is what should be a simple financial transaction based on using pooled money from member contributed premiums to lower out of pocket cost to patients. There is no skill involved in this financial transaction. There is no special trick that makes one health care insurance provider any better at this than any other. There is no value add. It is a financial transaction that should be executed with the lowest possible overhead, and with no discrimination against the premium payers. Much of the current debate revolves around preserving the health insurance industry. Why? As Weiner says, what value do they add to the transaction?
If you were 50 years old and just laid off and you therefore lost your employer based private health care, wouldn't you very likely think at some point, "man, I sure wish I could get Medicare."? Why is it that the very next thing that everyone says after they decry "socialized medicine" is "don't touch my Medicare"?
Do we expand Medicare in one fell swoop? Of course not. Too much too soon. We phase it in by age. In 2010 extend Medicare to 55 and older. In 2011, 45 and older. In 2012, 35 and older and so on.
The argument that Medicare is going broke is a diversion. Costs are rising in private insurance as well. The difference is private insurance can always raise rates on a captive customer base. The answer to the argument is you fix Medicare and extend it. You don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Republicans will work to defeat any change in the status quo so why settle on half measures? Let's enact legislation that is at once simple and bold. Obama needs to take a page from my new hero.


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Peace Warriors and People Power
It sometimes seems as if violence is an unstoppable force in the world, but, surprisingly, there's also great power in peace. A peace warrior is person who fights for peace and justice without using violence – and when peace warriors join together it's known as people power.
WAR: Stories of non-violent resistance during wartime
The White Rose – a group of university students expose Nazi crimes (Sophie Scholl)
The Non-Violent Village – a town in France saves thousands of Jews (Le Chambon)
Arne and the War Machine – a teenager's plan to resist the invaders in Denmark (Arne Sejr)
Sold To Death – a pacifist on the battlefield in First World War (Archibald Baxter)
Hero To Zero – a war hero who turns pacifist in the Second World War (Ormond Burton)
Asked To Kill – an Australian teacher refuses to fight in Vietnam (William White)
WEAPONS: Peaceful resistance against deadly weapons
Ships Against the Atom – a boat sails into a Pacific nuclear weapon zone (Rainbow Warrior)
Blood and Bombers – young friends protest on an American military base (Moana Cole)
DICTATORS: Non-violent resistance in countries ruled by dictators
Hitler's Birthday – the only public protest in Nazi Germany was by a group of women (Rosenstrasse)
Facing The Generals – Aung San Suu Kyi and Burmese students versus a brutal army
The Yellow Revolution – the biggest people people movement in history (Corazon Aquino)
PROTEST: Non-violent protests against injustice and oppression
Salt Versus Bullets – Gandhi and the long march to freedom in India
Little Rock Nine – American high school students face an angry mob (Elizabeth Eckford; Martin Luther King Jr.)
The Lions Rage – the first documented people power protest was in New Zealand (Parihaka; Te Whiti)
The Disappeared – mothers of 'The Disappeared' protest against a dictatorship in Argentina (Plaza de Mayo)
To Create, Not Destroy – New Zealanders' creative protests during the Second World War (Lois White, Rita Angus, Johnny Johnson)


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Port Arthur Historic Site: A Case Study
Randall Mason, David Myers, and Marta de la Torre; 2003
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This case study looks at the management of Port Arthur Historic Site in Australia by the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority (PAHSMA) since 1987. PAHSMA is a government business enterprise created by the Tasmanian State government. Conservation and stewardship of Port Arthur as a heritage site is the primary objective of PAHSMA in managing the site.
Related project: Research on the Values of Heritage.
How to Cite this Work
Mason, Randall, David Myers, and Marta De la Torre. 2003. Port Arthur Historic Site a Case Study. Los Angeles, CA: Getty Conservation Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/10020/gci_pubs/port_arthur_historic_site


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The horror of January was making the Grady twins look like fun company.
First it was a lice outbreak, now our dog was deciding to crap endlessly in our new place.
When I talk about a dog pooping on a floor, don't picture a sweet, 10 lb Chihuahua who has made a firm, glossette-sized doodle on an inch of the living room.
Picture instead, a 110 lb chocolate lab who has stored up 2 days worth of 'gotta-go' and decided to let loose in EVERY SINGLE CORNER OF THE HOUSE.
It was a shitstorm. Literally.
There were trails. There were different textures. There were different colours. There were smells that I don't even have words for. There were rugs that had to be thrown out. There was almost 8 hours of cleaning in the hallway; in the den; in the bathroom; the kitchen. Our shame faced pooch had decided he would redecorate with gusto.
I couldn't contain my rage. Never mind that he was now cowering down by the front door. This was obviously a plot to mess with my fragile sanity.
Maybe he's having transitional issues, I thought. We just moved after all.
"BUT I TOLD HIM. I TOLD HIM WE WERE MOVING. I WALKED HIM THROUGH IT." I was yelling at no one in particular. I had officially lost it.
"Maybe he got into something at the park?" Mused Cap as we scrubbed.
This wasn't the first time our dog had this issue. There were similar 'explosions' at our other place — about once a month. We chalked it up to a gross-but-favourite watering hole at the dog park, a potentially poor reaction to his chicken-based food, and/or the generalization that it was a 'lab thing'.
That morning however, it seemed to be a diabolical, pre-meditated statement of protest about the change in surroundings.
By the end of the day the floor sparkled, we were exhausted. And after that we became fixated on the dog and his pooping. Of course no matter how many times we took Rolo out to do just that, he wouldn't. He would just stare at us defiantly with his laser-dog vision. He seemed to say:
"I want to poop where I like to poop and this isn't it."
Back inside we'd go. Overnight, Cap was waking up at 2 hour intervals to check the dog.
No poop.
We'd created a comfortable closed in area for him in the kitchen so if there was another accident, we wouldn't be scrubbing the entire first floor again. His energy was good, he was drinking plenty of water, and he was playful. This went on for a couple days.
No poop.
Tuesday morning we woke up to make pancakes and coffee, safe in the knowledge that Rolo was at least confined in the kitchen should anything happen. But nothing was safe. Nothing.
Rolo had broken out of his confines. And this time, even forensics would have been confused.
I sat on the stairs sobbing, holding Kid Vader. "Mommy?" asked Vee from behind me on the stairs. "Did Rolo…explode?"
Cap stood in the centre of it all, a broken man staring. "How did he even…" Torn between admiration and disgust we pieced together the devastation that was our dog's opus magnum.
"It looks like he started in the kitchen," began Cap, tracking the trail, "then broke out and made his way to the living room…where he trickled back down the hall and pooped again here in the back corner of the den… and then… yes —here in the bathroom…" We all retraced the path on our tip toes.
"Then he came back out and pooped again here and here," continued Cap, "Before heading down the stairs and oh GOD HONEY DON'T LOOK…"
The bottom of the stairs was a sea of rancid dog shit. Vee started crying. There, huddled into the smallest ball we had ever seen was our boy. A shame-faced grin on his face.
My nose was burning and Vee broke the silence. "Soooo… can we get a German Shepard now and give Rolo away?"
"No honey. But if he does this again I WILL TRADE HIM FOR A SWIFFER!"
Downstairs Rolo cried as the whites of my eyes blazed. The mixture of rage and guilt and sadness and fear we were feeling did not dissipate after the hours of cleaning. I couldn't look at him without growling low in the back of my throat.
A $300 visit to the vet later, we were relieved to find out that it was indeed his diet that was the issue. His tummy wasn't reacting well to his chicken-based meal. Although I maintained it was because he was passive-aggressively telling us he didn't like our move.
We began to look at different foods for sensitive dog tummies —raw diets and lamb/grain free kibbles. After much crowd-sourcing and forum stalking and talking to dog lovers and experts, we decided to go with Acana's Ranchlands grain-free, (beef and lamb) food for sensitive tummies and things have started looking up.
It was mid-January now and things were slowly starting to feel 'normal' again. Except that moving forward would mean leaving someone special in the past.
And none of us were ready for that.
Mantra: When the shit hits the fan it might literally hit the fan.


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more on tamanu oil
Scientific name: Callohylum tacamahaca
Family: Calophyllaceae
Origin: Pacific Islands
Form: cold pressed whole oil
Parts: nuts / seed
Tamanu oil is an incredibly diverse folk remedy from tropical Southeast Asia and the South Pacific and highly prized by its native inhabitants. The Tamanu tree grows in a wide number of habitats, are large hardwoods, and have shiny and leathery leaves. Actually, the name Calophyllum is derived from the Greek and means "beautiful leaf". The best oil comes from trees that grow along coastal areas favoring salty, sandy soil. The oil itself is a botanical oddity. When the fruits of the tree are hand-gathered and cracked open, the blond, odorless nut kernel inside contains no apparent oil. But when the kernel dries on a rack for a month or so, it turns a deep, chocolate brown, and becomes sticky with a rich oil. Using only a screw press, the oil is hand-squeezed from the dark kernels. This labor-intensive process yields very little oil—the amount of fruit that one tree produces annually makes just 5 kilograms of this unrefined, highly concentrated oil. The resulting oil of Tamanu is rich, dark green, and luxurious, and has a fragrance similar to butter pecan ice cream. Because it is extracted by cold press method, the oil retains all of its nutrients. For centuries, the Tamanu has provided protection from hot sun, high humidity and ocean wind to the natives of its shores as well as one of their most potent and diverse medicines. It has been used to heal chapped lips, scrapes, cuts, burns, insect bites and stings, acne and acne scars, psoriasis, eczema, sunburn, diaper rash, herpes sores, and more. It is also used as a skin oil by Polynesian women to promote healthy, clear, supple, and blemish-free skin. It's no wonder that natives believed the Tamanu tree was a sacred gift of nature and that gods hid in its branches!


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The thing I come up against time and time again is people love the videos I've created from concept to execution. They love the production value, the messaging and that they learn something every time. But, "Um, can't I, you know, just shoot it on my iPhone? I heard they're shooting movies on iPhones nowadays."
Yes, yes you can! And chances are you should. What you should not do yourself is spend the time, energy and, I'm assuming, some amount of money without a clear marketing and branding strategy in place.
This means not just figuring out exactly what you want to say on camera (or phone as the case may be), but why you're saying it. Are you selling something? Explaining something? Establishing yourself as an authority on a subject?
Ha, trick question, the answer is ALWAYS selling something, the others are just methods of doing so.
One of the approaches I always take is to map out how to maximize the content by nailing down a strategy and content schedule. Don't shoot something every time you want a new video when, with a little guidance, you can knock out enough content in one day to potentially create a dozen videos. All with specific goals.
Some videos are better on YouTube, others are naturals for Facebook or even Instagram. Shooting videos with no marketing plan in place is as useful as talking to your dog. It feels good to do, but it's not really going to help you.
I don't care what business you're in, you need to be using videos to promote it, just do me favor and be open to DIMY--doing it mostly yourself. Let's schedule a time to talk. First 15 minutes is on me.
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A Secure Mail package can be sent to multiple individuals, in which each recipient will receive a unique link for security and tracking purposes. Packages can additionally be protected using passwords.
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GoAnywhere MFT is installed within your network, so your organization will keep localized control over the Secure Mail settings, packages and audit trails. Files will remain on your system until they are downloaded by the recipients; the files are not hosted by a 3rd party. Your employees can authenticate against an existing Active Directory (AD), LDAP or IBM i system within your network.
Messages can be composed through the GoAnywhere MFT browser-based interface or by using the GoAnywhere Outlook Plugin.
With the Outlook Plugin, the user would compose the message in Microsoft Outlook as normal. When ready to send, the user would click on the new "Send Secure Mail" button to pass the message through the GoAnywhere MFT Secure Mail module. Rules can be set to automatically use Secure Mail whenever the user sends large file attachments using the regular Outlook "Send" button. The Outlook plugin supports Kerberos Single Sign-on for easier adoption by your users.
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Coming Soon: Front for Evil
It's not true that blondes have more fun. Evil has more fun. Sure, great things can be done by good people, but it's the bad guys who enjoy life and look good doing it.
Front for Evil, the second sketch comedy show from Three Legged Race, explores evil in all its forms. At least, the enjoyable ones, like pirates, rehab, Hollywood agents, and alcohol. Not evil like racism. We're opposed to that.
Directed by Jay Steigmann of Back Table Productions, Front for Evil opens August 7 at the Apollo Studio Theater, 2540 N. Lincoln. It runs Friday nights at 10:30 through September 25, and tickets are $12.
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I turned 30 earlier this month and at first I was a little disappointed in myself knowing I hadn't completely finished my original list from last year. But it was a pretty amazing year overall and I accomplished a few things I didn't really set out to, and also overachieved on a few of my goals, so I'm feeling content going into 2019 and my thirties! Here's a brief(ish) recap:
Finished! (19/30)
Let Go - The idea here was to let go of the things I wasn't excited about to make room for things that I was. I'm glad I set this as an intention and that it was something I saw every day because I made some huge moves in my life thanks in part to this. I did a lot of critical thinking about who I am and where I fit and shifted things in my personal and professional life.
New Lens - Bought a Lensbaby Trio on my trip to NYC earlier this year and it was even more worth it than I thought. I pulled out my camera much more often and used it much more on trips. I also bought myself some macro tubes which have been fun to play with as well!
Run a 10K - Ran the Big Ten 10k with my sister in Chicago this year. It was even a bit easier than I was anticipating. Unfortunately now I am completely out of shape relative to August when I ran the race, ha.
Finish another 100 Day Challenge - Because I'm a little crazy I actually tackled and completed another 100 Day Challenge this past summer-- proud of myself for finishing this during the craziness that was my summer in my previous job!
Go out of state (x2) - I completely overachieved and went on trips to Massachusetts, New York, Wyoming, Illinois, and Ohio over the course of the year. It made me realize it's actually pretty easy to take quick weekend trips so this is something I want to duplicate in 2019.
Half Moon & Crow Poses - Simple, little challenges to myself that I did achieve-- yay!
Learn some animation skills - I finished an intro course in After Effects so this definitely counts as a success to me. There might be some opportunity for me to create animated graphics in a major project I'm working on at my new job so I'm excited for that.
Build my portfolio site - Done! This was kind of a necessity when I applied for my new job so I'm glad I was given a de facto deadline to finally push myself over the finish line.
12 Photos I love enough to frame - The original thought was to actually print and frame said photos, but seeing as I will be (temporarily) moving back in with my parents in January I am content with just having taken a bunch of photos I loved this year.
Host another dinner party - I'm going to count this as a success even though I shouldn't because I'm really proud of the birthday party I hosted, which I'll touch on in a minute, and think it should count as 2-for-1.
Hang out more with Misty - I feel like, as much as you can be, I have a closer bond with my little boy. I made toys for him this year, let his wings go unclipped so he could fly to me and back as he pleased. It was a solid year for our relationship and I'm glad he's made it to 20!
Write 50 postcards - I think I sent fewer than 50 when it came to postcrossing but overall I definitely sent more than 50 in the year so, in short, success!
Try out a new art technique or two - I bought an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil this year and it has been SO fun to dive into illustration as a whole. So I count all of that as learning a new technique, especially since I've been able to use illustration in my new job in some fun ways.
Visit the DIA or other art museum - This is another one where I seriously overachieved and I'm so happy about it. Art museums I visited this year included the MFA, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, UMMA, the Met, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. So much good art and zero regrets.
Go on a Hike - In another major overachieving moment I not only hiked, but did a week-long back country trip in the Wind River Range in Wyoming with True North Treks. It was an incredible experience I could not have predicted last December but I'm glad I made the relatively last minute commitment to it and went anyway.
Visit a Beach - I squeezed this in during a family labor day trip in Ohio. Yes, there are beaches in Ohio and it was perfectly lovely for the 20 minutes we spent on it.
Plan something for my 30th Birthday - I had a little seed of an idea to host a Bob Ross birthday party and it turned out to be the best possible way to celebrate entering another decade of my life. It was basically a "paint and pour" but with Bob Ross instructing and a very delicious Whole Foods cake instead of booze. And it made me feel much better about "being old" to see so many friends at one time so if that's not a success I don't know what is.
Eh, Good Enough (4/30)
Share Better - While I definitely thought a lot about social media this year as a whole (kind of hard not to given how often Facebook was in the news), I'm not sure I changed much about the way I share to say that I really completed this as I intended. I'm thinking one of my 2019 goals will revolve around social media usage and I'll be more specific about what success means this time around.
Work Deeply - I'm getting there but I'm really only at about 50% of where I'd like to be. I've definitely realized just how much of Cal Newport's writing on deep work and focus is true for me. I was getting to a decent place with focus in my old job, but now that I'm in a new job with a totally different working environment I'm working on adjustments and figuring out what makes sense for me now.
Konmari my Computer - I made some good progress on this but I didn't have a lot of time to devote to this in the past year and it's something that became less important to me as the year went on anyway.
Schedule/Review my days/weeks - I think I got a bit ahead of myself on this one with the desire to schedule my days. But I did a pretty good and consistent job of keeping up with my weekly reviews and want to continue with that and build on it for 2019.
Definitely didn't do, but it's okay! (7/30)
Leave the Country - I ended up going on several out-of-state trips that I think worked a lot better for me considering how my year panned out so I'm not unhappy about "failing" at this one. But I do need to renew my passport this year so I'm dreaming up out-of-country trip ideas again.
Reading Challenge - In a year with a lot of change this particular goal did not go according to plan. I definitely read a lot of books but it was almost all exclusively related to fine art with a few exceptions and I'm not even sure I can say I read 40 overall. But I'm totally fine with it considering I had more upheaval in my life than I was anticipating. And I think this upcoming year will have enough major change (I'm moving, etc) that I'm not planning on tackling this like I originally planned next year either. But I still love the idea that I'm going to keep it in mind for 2020 :)
Bird of Paradise Pose - So I can do this… just not with straight legs. I have no idea why I thought I would be able to do this without extensive splits training alongside it which I don't quite have the time to commit to. So I'm not sad about this one!
Get into a regular sleep schedule - All I'm going to say is that this one needs a lot of work… haha.
50 Blog Posts - I realized pretty early on that this was going to take much more effort than I initially thought so this is another one that I am okay with not completing. The key piece of this goal was really to document things so that I can remind myself I'm making better progress than I think I am so I will roll that into a 2019 goal in some way.
25 Movies - I'm still confused as to why I find it hard to sit down and watch a movie-- it didn't help that I cancelled my Netflix DVD plan part way through the year (yes, I still had one lol). But I have seen like two movies in the last week so I'm making up for my failure now.
Picnic in the Arb - So I kind of did this very informally on a Bumble date that went nowhere but it did not involve a picnic blanket which I feel is very key so I'm going to carry this over to 2019 because I'm just baffled I didn't squeeze this very simple goal in somehow.
I'm already looking ahead to 2019, evident by some of the thoughts I expressed in this recap, so I'm going to leave that recap as it is even though I was hoping to make this a bit more of a multimedia post with plenty of photos… especially since I'm thinking "Better to finish something imperfectly than to not finish at all" will be one of my resolutions.


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OMG y'all. I seriously think I may have just died and gone to Heaven.
No kidding.
And here's why…
I have just discovered mug cakes!
I know most of you are sitting there thinking, 'Geez, Jenn- really? That mug cake sensation is almost yesterday's news! Exactly what rock HAVE you been living under?'
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Bartholin gland abscess
Dr Daniel J Bell ◉ and Dr Yuranga Weerakkody ◉ et al.
Bartholin gland abscess is a complication that may result from an infected Bartholin gland cyst.
Radiographic features
Abscesses are usually in a similar location to Bartholin gland cysts. Features of Bartholin gland abscess are otherwise similar to Bartholin gland cyst described in separate article.
Signal characteristics include:
- T2: tends to show heterogeneous signal 1
- T1 C+ (Gd): pericystic enhancement may be present 1
- 1. Hahn WY, Israel GM, Lee VS. MRI of female urethral and periurethral disorders. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2004;182 (3): 677-82. AJR Am J Roentgenol (full text) - Pubmed citation
- 2. Ros PR, Mortele KJ. CT and MRI of the abdomen and pelvis, a teaching file. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (2006) ISBN:0781772370. Read it at Google Books - Find it at Amazon


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text: Ancient Mayans May Have Had Molé Chocolate was used like a spice, new research suggests By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Aug 3, 2012 1:13 PM CDT 16 comments For the Mayans, this was more ingredient than dessert. (Shutterstock) (Newser) – Archaeologists say they have found traces of 2,500-year-old chocolate on a plate in the Yucatan peninsula, the first time they have found ancient chocolate residue on a plate rather than a cup, suggesting it may have been used as a condiment or sauce with solid food. Experts have long thought cacao was mainly used in pre-Hispanic cultures as a beverage for the elite, made either by crushing cacao beans and mixing them with liquids or fermenting the pulp that surrounds the beans in the pod. But the discovery announced this week by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History expands the envelope of how chocolate may have been used in ancient Mexico. It would also suggest that there may be ancient roots for traditional dishes eaten in today's Mexico, such as molé, the chocolate-based sauce often served with meats. "This indicates that the pre-Hispanic Maya may have eaten foods with cacao sauce, similar to molé," the anthropology institute said in a statement. (Read more Mexico stories.) My Take on This Story Report a story error Show results | 4% Annoying 1% Hilarious 84% Intriguing 2% Depressing 8% Brilliant 1% Scary


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The Best 10 Workouts You Can Do at Home for 2016
Hello New Year! How are those resolutions coming? Are you staying on top of your nutrition and fitness goals? Statistics say by the third week in January, a vast majority of people have thrown in the town on their new-year goals.
If you set fitness goals for yourself this year, I want to give you a new boost of motivation. So I'm writing a new, revamped version of one of the most popular posts I've ever written, The Best 10 Workouts You Can Do At Home to give you yet ANOTHER 10 awesome home-based workouts.
No excuses. No gym membership needed. Minimal gear required for some of these.
You ready????
Here are the BEST 10 Workouts you can do from home (or anywhere!) for 2016
1. Beach Babe Booty. Here is another great booty workout from Lita, a dancer who blogs on Tumblr as Back on Pointe. This girl is truly ON POINT at shaping your booty.
A 100% at-home without a single piece of equipment required. Let's get it!
2. 3-Minute Workout – ARMS. Who cares about arms in January? You do! Summer bodies are made in the winter! NYC-based fitness trainer Anna Altman designed this no-equipment arm workout to get you ready for tank tops in no time.
3. SELF Magazine's 6 Moves That'll Work Your Abs, Butt, And Thighs In The Best Way.
This total-body workout was designed Tracy Carlinsky, founder of Brooklyn BodyBurn to give you a total body burn. Some of these moves are done against a wall, so make sure you have a sturdy spot with plenty of room to move.
Do the routine two times, switching sides for moves 3, 4 and 5. For best results, do 3-4 times per week. You can watch the workout here to learn the moves.
4. 6 Minute Sexy Thighs Workout. Cassie Ho (aka Blogilates) is my go-to girl for sculpted thighs. Everyone LOVED her Inner Thigh Workout that I included in the original Best 10 Workouts post.
Grab a mat, and try this workout 3-4 times a week for sexy thighs!
Need a mat? Check out this one on Amazon:yoga mat
5. At-Home Barre Workout. Unless you've been hiding under a rock, you've heard about the ballet-inspired barre workout. I finally tried a barre class just a few weeks ago, and although I've been doing Pilates for about four years I still felt sore in places that I've never felt the next day.
This video from SkinnyMom.com will guide you through an at-home barre workout. And don't worry if you don't have a ballet barre at home … you can use a sturdy chair or even your countertop to do these moves. A squishy ball is used for some of the moves. If you don't have one, you can find one for under $10 on Amazon.
6. The Foam Roller Workout. I have super tight hamstrings and hips, and the foam roller is my favorite way to stretch and relax after a workout. If you are a runner, maybe you already have one that you use to roll out muscles. I love the idea that this prop can also be used to sculpt lean muscles!
You can view step-by-step instructions for all of the moves on the Women's Health magazine website here.
7. Total Abs Workout. Dying to have those abs of steel? I like this workout called "Total Abs," which is one of twenty from Neila Ray at trimmedandtoned.com. You can browse all twenty if you'd like OR start sculpting your abs NOW and hit the floor.
8. 7-Minute Workout. This one is a favorite from @workouts_daily. You don't want to miss this 7 minutes workout. Yep, I said 7 minutes. You can't tell me you don't have SEVEN minutes! And if you have more time, perform another set or two.
9. The Bra Bulge Workout. Say goodbye to "bra bulge" and annoying back fat with this great little workout from TheScienceofEating.com.
Complete the listed number of reps for each of these moves (this is called a circuit.) Then perform the circuit 1-2 more times.
"Pin" this pic to make it easy to find next time. Say "Good Riddance!" to back fat.
10. 5 Minutes to Leaner Legs workout. Got 5 minutes? Then you've got time to sculpt long, lean legs.
Perform 12-15 reps on each move (on each side, as applicable). Five minutes, and you're done! For more detailed instructions of these moves, check out this link.
I hope you found some must-do workouts in this updated list! Don't forget to warmup for about 5 minutes before starting your workout, and stretch when you are done.
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Arran Miles is an artist based in Marlborough, Wiltshire. Arran's focus is drawing the life figure, she also works with landscapes, cityscapes, flowers and printmaking. Arran graduated from St. Martins School of Art in Fashion & Textiles and worked in the business for a number of years both in London and Paris. Over the years she has gradually made the transition from Commercial Art to Fine Art. As well as exhibiting her work locally and nationally, Arran runs courses and workshops in life drawing.
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According to an e-mail reprinted on the Gazette's coloradosprings.com blog, Mary Ann Bransby, a longtime local artist, passed away today due to kidney failure. Read it here.
Among her many pursuits, both in arts and education, Bransby was known for her jewelry and painting. She was also the founder of the group Chromatic Edge, which recently showed at Commonwheel Artist's Co-Op. Earlier this summer, she was honored by the Pikes Peak Watercolor Society at Cottonwood Center for the Arts' International Watermedia XVII show, a group she founded, and was once president.
She was married to Eric Bransby, also an artist, who has installed murals in the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum, Colorado College's Cossitt Hall, and soon, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.


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Calling All Artists.
Oh Barcelona, you are so saucy and so much FUN. If you need a place of inspiration, a playground for your craft, or simply a place to relax and have a good ol' time, Barcelona is the place. As my intro to Spain, I could not have been more pleasantly surprised at the awesomeness of this city. Barcelona is eclectic, doesn't take itself too seriously, and celebrates its charming, over-the-top bohemian vibe. The skyline is like a cartoon, characterized by it's willowy modern architecture and tropical waterfront. We spent the day strolling down the Ramblas, munching on paella and seafood tapas and wandering in and out of artisan shops. I fell in love with Barcelona, which was the most pleasant of surprises.
// We juiced up. //
// Sagrada Familia Basilica //
Cathedral Hunger.
The crowning glory of this town is (in my opinion), the Sagrada Familia Basilica, which is an epic church on the edge of town that was designed by Antoni Gaudi himself. This is the first cathedral-type church that I've been in that I felt like I could actually attend. Like for church. In fact, I wanted to sign up to become a member right there on the spot. And it's not just because I'm churchy. I'm really not that churchy. It's just that I've never been in a church that embraced and invested in such a radical display of artistry (and for those of you who don't know, I've attended some super cool, uber radical, artsy Jesus institutions, so that's saying quite a lot.) But this building was the most incredible work of top-to-bottom creativity, completely free of religious pretension and creepy omen-art. You could call it a modern design, but that just does not do it justice. When I think of modern design, I think of Ikea, and that just cheapens how I mean to describe this monumental structure. It was like a fantasy land out of Star Wars. Plus Jesus. AKA THE DREAM. Well, it's missing Yoshi, but that's about it. Sheesh I can't even talk anymore about it. Everyone must visit and see.
// Inside this crazy cathedral //
Sagrada Familia Basilica from Kristen Hale on Vimeo.
// La Rambla //
We visited the Picasso Museum, which was a ridiculous amount of fun and super educating. I had no idea how classically trained and talented Pablo Picasso truly was. His early work was completely traditional, characterized by spot-on portraiture and impressionist-style landscapes. Absolutely lovely; I think his early work is sorely underrated. His art radically changed as he spent more time in Paris in his mid-late 20's, which is when we begin to see his use of stark colors and bold shapes that ultimately defined his body of work as we know it today. This museum is so great. I've never appreciated his work as much as I do now, after walking through and seeing the transition in his lifetime of creativity. I have to admit, I surprised myself by falling in love with his Dovetail series (also called Les Pigeones), which are some of the last pieces he ever painted. Divine. I might have snagged a few prints while I was there. Not exactly in the budget.
Give Me More!
One day in Barcelona is stupidly too little. We were disappointed to get on our night train to Madrid and leave the sparkle of this city behind. Our day was like an appetizer (or tapa, if you will!), but it just gave me a hunger to return to Spain in the future, armed with more time and less agenda. This is a city you purposely get lost in. It begs you to visit, stay a while and deliciously appreciate the come-as-you-are vibe.


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Ask questions and taste what appeals to you, while chatting with Tony Soter of Soter Vineyards, Brian Larkey of Dalla Terra, and local wine minds Francis Fecteau and Louis Koppel.
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"ZABARDAST" Trailer – A Freeride Expedition in Pakistan
[embed]https://youtu.be/rBvsaIBsVJY[/embed] Jérôme Tanon brought us The Eternal Beauty of Snowboarding, and now we have the trailer for his latest piece. ZABARDAST chronicles the intimate travel diary of an incredible freeride expedition into Pakistan through the heart of the Karakoram range, searching for a peak that stands just under 20,000 feet. No mistakes are allowed during these five weeks as the crew goes deeper and deeper into remote Pakistan. Hauling all their own food, supplies, and gear, this is a true mountaineering and freeriding adventure.
Starring Thomas Delfino, Léo Taillefer, Zak Mills, Yannick Graziani, Hélias Millerioux, and Jérôme Tanon.
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To more and more people watching the carnage of
Israel's bombardment of Gaza
last summer, it seemed that Israel
is like a run away truck; picking up speed, engine red hot, exhaust spewing out poisonous gas, racing downhill,
no one at the wheel and heading for a crash. The question is, will we, the U.S., crash
with it?
It seems that our congressional leadership is determined to keep its blinders on even as more people around the world see that we are on the wrong side of history.
Last month, the Swedish Prime Minister announced that his country would become the first in the European Union to recognize
Palestine as a state. A
week later, the British Parliament voted 274 to 12 to do the same, saying that
the British public is fed up with Israel's brutal occupation of
Palestinian land. Last month's war against Gaza was the last straw. Some of the moral concerns expressed by the
parliamentarians sounded like a foreign language to our congress:
One lawmaker says that the occupation is "much worse" than apartheid in
South Africa. Another says that the
Balfour Declaration of 1917 now seems like a "sick joke," because it never
guaranteed freedom to Palestinians. Many members offer frank descriptions of
Israeli detention of children and unending settlement expansion. Several
describe Israeli actions in Gaza
as war crimes. One mentions the use of terrorism by Mandela and Begin long
before Palestinians used the tactic. Labor and Conservative members alike speak
of the role of the Israel
lobby in the United States.[1]
Of course, recognition does not solve much. In fact, it hardly solves anything. Recognition without rights is next to meaningless. After a cease fire and recognition,
Gaza will still need food
and medicine, water and electricity. More than 450,000 people have been run
over. According to the United Nations:
At least 2,168 Palestinians were killed, 519 children and 77 % were civilians.[2] 11,321 Palestinians were injured, 108,000 are currently homeless and over 1000 children will be permanently disabled. 142 families lost three or more family members in the same incident. At least 220 schools were damaged, with 22 completely destroyed. 62 hospitals were damaged, 278 mosques (73 completely demolished). Some of the mosques were historical sites that dated back to the 7th century. The
power plant remains
inoperable - with electricity outages for 18 hours a day in most areas. Gaza
George Galloway, member of Parliament, identified himself as a life time friend of
Israel, abstained from voting on the Parliament's
recognition of Palestinian as a state because he said that such an act will not
solve the major problems facing Gaza:
I cannot support this motion as it accepts recognition of the state of
does not define borders of either state or address the central question of the
right of return of the millions of Palestinians who have been forced to live
outside Palestine.
was a state born in 1948 out of the blood of the Palestinians who were hounded
from their land. Since then it has grabbed ever more land from the Palestinian
people. In the last five years it has twice launched murderous assaults on the
Palestinian people of Gaza,
some 1.8 million people crammed into what is in effect a prison camp. In the
wake of the most recent war on has
announced its biggest land grab in the Occupied West Bank so far. Gaza,
Israel Israel has
defied UN resolution after UN resolution with impunity…[3].
Richard Ottaway, long time supporter of
Israel said that Israel has made him "look like a
fool. I have to say to the government of Israel that if they are losing
people like me, they will be losing a lot of people."[4]
Of course, it's hard for the
States government to condemn Israel for its barbaric bombing of
innocent unarmed people when we are providing the bombs to do it.
Marc Ellis asks:
What is to be thought of world leaders who know the score in private and continually lie in public? They are little better than the Israelis gathered on the border of
Gaza who cheer each Israeli bomb strike.
Maybe those Israeli bomb cheerleaders are not far off.
Israel was born through violence. Israel has expanded
through violence. Israel
makes sure that there won't be a Palestinian state through violence.[5]
What recognition does do is send a message to the world and especially to the U.S. Congress that
Palestine has not yet been
pushed under the rug. It also sends a
message to the people of Palestine
that they have not been forgotten in spite of all the efforts of self-serving
politicians, irresponsible media and silent pulpits. The British Parliament,
along with Sweden
and 130 other countries have said, we
have not forgotten you.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer once said that the church (synagogue and Mosque) has three obligations to the State. First, to ask the State if its actions are legitimate. Second, to aid the victims of State despotism. And third, to jam the wheels of State when it runs over people. When a mad man drives down a crowed street, we must put spikes in the spokes of the truck.[6]
Of course, the Israeli government never heard of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and couldn't care less about the British Parliament. But, an increasing number of people both in the
and around the world watched the news from Israel/Gaza and are saying, there is
something wrong with this picture. And that angers Israel, which in itself makes me
feel that we may be clogging the wheels of the Zionist truck.
Thomas Are
October 22, 2014
[1] Mondoweiss, British Parliament Sends a Message to Obama: The People see
as a "Bully., Oct. 15, 2014
Human Rights Palestinian Center
[3] George Galloway, Why I Cannot Support This Motion on
, Information Clearing House, Oct.
14, 2014. Palestine
[4] Philip Weiss, British Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly to Recognize
, Mondoweiss, Oct. 14, 2014 Palestinian
[5] Marc H. Ellis, Burning Children, A Jewish View of the War in
(New Disapora Books, 2014) p.51 Gaza
[6] Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer, (Thomas Nelson, 2010) p.153-4.


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Submitted by r-bolton1@hotma... on Sun, 2014-11-23 22:12
Hi All, on Saturday 29th Nov, at 10am, anyone who would like to join in, we are going to have a tidy up of the area to the left of the steps near the park at the end of R4. Feel free to come along bring a broom, shears, cutters and we will try to make this area a little more pleasant to look at as you drive down the road.
Rowena & John 202
Submitted by John Felix on Mon, 2014-11-24 09:11
clearing day
John and Rowena,sorry can't make this day but always willing to help when i'm in Spain.
It's good that we have people that care about our area.
Pity there are not more like minded neighbours around.
John 321
Submitted by trevoreileen on Mon, 2014-11-24 18:56
Cleaning Day
Hi John & Rowena
Sorry we cannot make the 29th November, but if you can book us in for January we are always happy to help.
Regards Eileen &Trevor


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Title 46 Part 345
Title 46 → Chapter II → Subchapter I-B → Part 345
Electronic Code of Federal Regulations e-CFR
Title 46 Part 345
e-CFR data is current as of November 15, 2019
Title 46 → Chapter II → Subchapter I-B → Part 345
Title 46: Shipping
Section 1 Definitions.
Sec. 2 Effective date.
Sec. 3 Federal control of port facilities.
Sec. 4 Port facilities predesignated for emergency use.
Sec. 5 Restrictions on the transfer or change in use or in terms governing utilization of port facilities.
Sec. 6 Application for approval; place of filing; investigation; disposition by Federal Port Controller; request for review; disposition by the NSA.
Sec. 7 Exemptions.
Sec. 8 Applicability.
Sec. 9 Communications.
Authority: The Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 App. U.S.C. 2061, et seq.;) E.O. 12656, sec. 1401(7) (53 FR 47491, 3 CFR 1988 Comp.); E.O. 12919, section 201(a), June 3, 1994, 59 FR 29525; 49 CFR 1.45(5).
Source: 44 FR 9381, Feb. 13, 1979, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 45 FR 44587, July 1, 1980.
Section 1 Definitions.
As used in this part or any other part of this chapter XIX the term:
(a) National Shipping Authority (NSA), means the emergency shipping operations activity of the Maritime Administration established by the Secretary of Transportation, when specifically activated during an emergency affecting national security in accordance with existing statutory authority.
(b) Person means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, joint stock company, business trust, or other organized group of persons, or any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative, and includes any department, agency, or corporation of the United States, any State, or any political, governmental, or legal entity.
(c) Federal Port Controller means a person designated as such in accordance with part 1902 of this chapter XIX, under a standard form of service agreement to exercise delegated authorities of the Director, NSA, in the control of operations of a designated port or group of ports upon deployment of the Armed Forces of the United States, or other requirements of the nation's defense.
(d) Port or port area includes any zone contiguous to or a part of the traffic network of an ocean or Great Lakes port, or outport location, including beach loading sites, within which facilities exist for transshipment of persons and property between domestic carriers and carriers engaged in coastal, intercoastal and overseas transportation.
(e) Port facility means a specific location in a port where passengers or commodities are transferred between land and water carriers or between two water carriers, specifically including: wharves, piers, sheds, warehouses, yards, and docks.
(f) Port equipment means mechanical and other devices used for loading and unloading passengers and commodities, including fork lifts, towmotors, jitneys, straddle carriers, floating cranes, etc.
(g) Transfer means to sell, lease, trade, lend, give, relinquish title or possession to, or to physically transfer in any other way.
[44 FR 9381, Feb. 13, 1979. Redesignated at 45 FR 44587, July 1, 1980, and amended at 60 FR 38736, July 28, 1995]
Sec. 2 Effective date.
The provisions of this part are effective during the existence of a state of war or national emergency proclaimed by the President of the United States in accordance with existing statutory authority or by concurrent resolution of the Congress.
[44 FR 9381, Feb. 13, 1979. Redesignated at 45 FR 44587, July 1, 1980, and amended at 46 FR 36709, July 15, 1981]
Sec. 3 Federal control of port facilities.
During any period when the provisions of this part are in effect the NSA shall exercise such control of ports in the United States and its territories or possessions as may be necessary to meet the requirements of the national security. Control shall be consistent with the orders of the Coast Guard Captain of the Port relating to the safety and security of the port.
Sec. 4 Port facilities predesignated for emergency use.
(a) Certain port facilities selected for standby contracts or agreements for use by Government agencies shall be controlled directly by the NSA.
(b) Facilities which are not required by the United States immediately on the effective date of this part will be released. The Director, NSA shall have the discretion to approve contracts for subsequent exclusive use by the United States of port facilities in lieu of formal requisitioning of such properties.
Sec. 5 Restrictions on the transfer or change in use or in terms governing utilization of port facilities.
Except as otherwise provided in this part, and irrespective of the terms of any contract or other commitment, whether or not the facility has been designated for emergency use in accordance with section 3 of this part:
(a) No person shall transfer, and no person shall accept transfer of any port facility unless such transfer has been approved by the NSA.
(b) No person shall use any port facility for any purpose or use other than that for which it was being used on the day preceding the effective date of this part, unless such change in purpose or use has been approved by the NSA.
(c) No person shall change or alter the terms or conditions under which any port facility was being operated or used on the day preceding the effective date of this part, unless such change has been approved by the NSA: Provided, That this restriction shall not relate to the filing of tariffs with the Federal Maritime Commission as required by applicable law.
Sec. 6 Application for approval; place of filing; investigation; disposition by Federal Port Controller; request for review; disposition by the NSA.
(a) Application for approval of a transfer of, or change in use of, or change in terms governing utilization of any port facility shall be in writing, and shall contain the following information:
(1) Name, address, and principal place of business of applicant;
(2) Specific description and location of port facility involved;
(3) Name, address, and principal place of business of owner and/or operator of such port facility;
(4) Present use of such port facility;
(5) Proposed use of such port facility; and
(6) A statement of the reasons why such transfer, change in use, or change in terms, is in the interests of the war effort, national defense, or the maintenance of the essential civilian economy.
(b) The application shall be signed by the applicant or by any lawfully authorized agent or representative of the applicant who is familiar with the facts stated therein.
(c) The application and two clear copies thereof shall be filed in the office of the Federal Port Controller of the port in which the port facility is located, when a Federal Port Controller has been designated for the port. For all other ports, the application and copies shall be filed in the office of the Maritime Administration Region Director for the area where the port is located.
(d) The Federal Port Controller or Region Director may require the applicant to submit reasonable proof of statements made in support of the application, and may make such investigation as may be necessary for proper disposition of the application. The Federal Port Controller or Region Director shall not be required to make any disposition of the application unless and until such reasonable proof has been submitted: Provided, That the disposition of any such application by the Federal Port Controller or Region Director shall not be delayed for more than 60 days from the date of the filing thereof for the purpose of completing any such investigation.
(e) The Federal Port Controller, or Maritime Administration's Region Director or Area Officer may approve the application in whole or in part when the action covered by the application to the extent approved, is in the interests of the war effort, national defense, or the maintenance of the essential civilian economy.
(f) Any applicant aggrieved by the action of the Federal Port Controller or Region Director in disapproving in whole or in part his application may request, in writing, that such action be reviewed by the Director, NSA. The written request shall contain a statement of reasons why the decision of the Federal Port Controller should be reversed or modified. The Director, NSA, or a designee, will review the application on the record made before the Federal Port Controller and will dispose of the application on its merits in accordance with the standards set forth above.
Sec. 7 Exemptions.
The provisions of this part shall not apply to any port facility owned by, or organic to, any agency or department of the United States as of the effective date of this order.
Sec. 8 Applicability.
This part shall apply to the States of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
Sec. 9 Communications.
Communications concerning this part should refer to 32A CFR part 1901 and should be addressed to the Maritime Administrator, Department of Transportation, Department of Transportation, Washington, DC 20590.