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Where to stay in Palawan
Palawan is abundant with diverse ecosystems; from beaches, caves, rock formations and lush rainforests. The white-sand beaches boast of reefs, corals and different species of marine animals where you can enjoy swimming, kayaking, diving and snorkelling. The lush rainforests boast of plant and animal wildlife.
After a long flight, boat rides and road travels to reach your destination anywhere in Palawan; a cosy and clean place to stay will surely be a heavenly treat. Finding the best accommodations in Palawan will not be difficult whether you are on your honeymoon, travelling with friends or families or just a backpacker who wants to explore and enjoy the place may it be for pleasure or business or both.
A luxury stay
Choosing the best place to stay in Palawan depends on what experience you want to have. If you want to be pampered and to enjoy luxurious amenities then you can choose to stay in 5-star hotels and resorts but if you want to experience life in Palawan just like the locals, you can choose to stay in simple native-themed cabins, but be sure to check on the services and facilities first before making a reservation because lacking facilities may leave you uncomfortable.
Another factor to consider is the location of the hotels and resorts from the airport, the best beaches, restaurants, bars and other famous landmarks you want to visit. You can choose to stay near the beach, near the mountainous areas or in a place where you can enjoy everything Palawan has to offer. From high-end hotels to budget accommodations, you are sure to find one anywhere in Palawan. There are many places to go when in Palawan, but the most popular are Puerto Princesa City, Coron and El Nido. In each place, you will be able to find accommodations that will suit your need and budget.
If you want world-class service and modern accommodations, El Nido Resorts come in highly recommended. Four resorts are situated on individual islands namely Pangulasian Island, Miniloc Island, Lagen Island and Apulit Island. Each island resort offers a unique experience. Pangulasian and Miniloc Island offers seclusion perfect for romance where you can enjoy the beach and lush rainforests. Lagen Island offers great opportunities to experience wildlife sightings particularly endemic and endangered bird species while Apulit Island offers cave exploration and rock climbing.
All of El Nido Island Resorts offer amenities such as swimming pools, in-house mini bar and restaurant, Wi-Fi connection, no smoking/smoking areas, concierge, spa, fitness centre and conference rooms for business of family gatherings. Some villas or cottages can give you a perfect view of the sunset. Their services include airport shuttle, and the staff could also arrange activities and tours around the pace for you.
Spending your vacation in Coron? Two Seasons Coron Island Resort and Spa will take your mind off the hustle of city life. It is a luxurious yet eco-friendly resort with bungalows surrounded by white-sand beaches and lush coconut trees. Amenities include safety deposit box, adult and children's pool, spa, gym, in-house mini bar and restaurant, library, conference room and even karaoke and game rooms. While at the resort, you can take long walks along the sandbar to the islets or discover shipwrecks.
When in Puerto Princesa City, you can stay at Dos Palmas Island Resort, and Spa located in Honda Bay. The resort has 19 villas with its refrigerator and four air-conditioned rooms. Other amenities include swimming pool, banquet, mini bar and restaurant, spa and gym, childcare and laundry services, safety boxes and conference rooms. It is conveniently located near the Puerto Princesa Subterranean National Park and other famous spots. The resort also provides diving services including equipment and training.
A bed & breakfast and pension
But, if you want seclusion during your stay in Palawan; a bed and breakfast accommodation will be the perfect alternative to traditional hotels and resorts. Bed and breakfast offers more privacy and personalized services since guests are fewer. Owners are hands on and can offer you tips and info on how to make the most out of the activities and places in Palawan.
Treetops located in El Nido is overlooking Corong Bay, and although the beach right outside is not excellent for swimming and diving you can easily ride a boat and go to wonderful beaches nearby. The guest house has two native cottages, and each can accommodate two people. It has its bathroom where you can take a hot shower. The owners prepare excellent breakfast and can also prepare dinner for an additional charge.
You can also find a great bed and breakfast accommodation in Coron. Patrick and Tezz Guesthouse is popular among local and foreign tourists. It is strategically located near the best beaches and the town proper. The rooms are simple and clean at a very reasonable price. Uyang Bed and Breakfast is also popular even to those who travelled with a group; located in Puerto Princesa City and only 5 kilometres away from the airport, you can easily get to the must-see places in the city.
A budget stay
For those who are travelling alone or with friends and prefer budget accommodations; inns can be found all throughout Palawan. However, you should not expect much from what you pay for but do expect clean, comfortable rooms and friendly staffs. Do remember to bring cash since most inns may not accept credit cards.
Islandfront II in El Nido is a simple inn overlooking the beach. It is a 3-minute drive from the bus terminal and 20-minute drive from the airport. An additional fee will be charged if you want to avail of the airport shuttle services. The rooms can either be air-conditioned or fan-cooled; the in-house restaurant offers local dishes at an affordable price.
Casa Mila Inn and Charing Pension House in Puerto Princesa provide great accommodations for a low price. The rooms are air-conditioned and have its bathroom. They offer airport shuttle services and can book tours and activities for you. Malls and the Puerto Princesa airport is just a few minutes' drive from both inns.
You can also check Coron Sunrise Inn; a semi-concrete native-inspired inn with air-conditioned rooms and private bathrooms with hot and cold shower. Guests can have karaoke nights and use the kitchen facilities at a minimal charge. It is a 30-minute drive from Busuanga airport.
A family stay
Truly, you will never ran out of choices on where to stay in Palawan; but if you are bringing small kids, teens and older people along then you should make careful choices considering that everyone gets to enjoy while staying safe. Kids and teens can be picky and grumpy thus you need to choose a place where they can have fun as well.
Hibiscus Garden Hotel in Puerto Princesa City has native-inspired cosy rooms and a tropical garden. Other amenities include satellite TV, Wi-Fi connection, in-house mini bar and restaurant. It is located relatively far away from the city proper thus it is quite secluded and peaceful. You and your kids can spend time in the garden and relax at the hammocks as you wait for your excursions. The in-house restaurant serves a variety of foods your kids may like, but you can also try the restaurants nearby.
Sophia Garden Resort in Coron provides excellent service and facilities that you and your kids will surely enjoy. It has eight deluxe rooms, Wi-Fi connection, adult pool and kiddie pool plus a Jacuzzi. The in-house restaurants offer an extensive menu from simple meals to fine dining. They can also book tours and excursions around Coron for you.
A beach stay
Palawan is known for its pristine white-sand beaches and great diving sites, it would be a shame if you get there yet haven't explored what the beaches has to offer.
Sangat Island Dive Resort can certainly offer you the best diving experiences. The cabins are simply-furnished bamboo and nipa huts. The water is translucent and perfect for swimming but what is amazing about the island are the abundant marine wildlife and the nearby World War II shipwrecks, which has caught the interests of divers, local and foreign.
If you want to spend a nice, peaceful vacation near the beach, Secret Paradise Resort & Turtle Sanctuary of Port Barton will be the perfect choice. The resort can be hard to get but will be worth your while. The cabins are simple, and it is advisable to bring foods, snacks, insect repellents and other things you need; convenience stores are not available within the area. There will be a few guests on this 70-hectare resort, so you are sure to find your private place. You can safely swim, kayak or snorkel; turtles and other marine are often sighted within the beaches. You can also explore the forests and a huge waterfall.
In every place you go; the place where you stayed could make a lasting impression. It could add wonderful memories or ruin it. Before booking for hotel reservations, does a thorough research first and carefully examine details or you could end up disappointed from your high expectations.


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I was contacted by a client who liked my nautical stripes quilt but wanted a larger size. i used white and aqua mm cotton couture and a free spirit solid in navy for the top. the dimensions are approximately 36x48.
The customer picked out the fabric for the backing and binding. It's a line called "Ahoy Matey" by Michael Miller. I hadn't really noticed it before but it has several cute prints perfect for a nautical-themed nursery. i thought that the large panel would be perfect for the backing but it wasn't quite long enough, so i added a strip of navy to the top and a teal kona scrap that was in my stash. it happened to be just the right size and although not a perfect match, it was pretty darn close to the color of the water.
I did wavy line quilting with my walking foot and white 50-wt aurifil. the binding is cut on the bias and handstitched to the back. i love simple minimalist quilts. this one came together very smoothly and i really hope my client likes it!


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On Monday morning I went for an early morning walk and as I walked up the stone stairway through the bush I heard a butcher-bird singing up in a tree. I looked up to the sound and could see him clearly, his head tipped up, singing and welcoming a new day.
Today I was reading a chapter from 'I Find Australia' by William Hatfield, an Englishman travelling and working in the outback of Queensland just prior to World War 1. He, too, saw and heard the butcher-birds in the early morning and said that they, '...gave out their clear sweet call, on surely the most beautiful notes in the range of music.'
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The media in Scotland
Many Scots see the UK's "national media" as London-based and London-biased, and prefer to listen to Scottish radio programmes, read Scottish newspapers, and – albeit to a much lesser extent – watch Scottish TV. Local papers are also avidly consumed, with the weekly papers in places like Orkney and Shetland read by virtually the entire adult population.
Continue reading to find out more about...
The press
The Scottish press centres on two serious dailies – The Scotsman, published in tabloid format and based in Edinburgh, and The Herald, a broadsheet published in Glasgow. Both offer good coverage of the current issues affecting Scotland, along with British and foreign news, sport, arts and lifestyle pages. Scotland's biggest-selling dailies are the downmarket Daily Record, a tabloid from the same stable as the Daily Mirror, and the local edition of The Sun. Most of the main UK newspapers do produce specific Scottish editions, although the "quality" press, ranging between the right-wing Daily Telegraph and the left-of-centre Guardian, are justifiably seen in Scotland as being London papers.
The provincial daily press in Scotland is more widely read than its English counterpart, with the two biggest-selling regional titles being Aberdeen's famously parochial Press and Journal, read in the northeast, Orkney and Shetland, and the right-wing Dundee Courier, mostly sold in Perth, Angus, Tayside and Fife. The weekly Oban Times gives an insight into life in the Highlands and Islands, but is staid compared with the radical, campaigning weekly West Highland Free Press, printed on Skye; both carry articles in Gaelic as well as English. Further north, the lively Shetland Times and sedate Orcadian are essential weekly reads.
Many national Sunday newspapers have a Scottish edition, although Scotland has its own offerings – Scotland on Sunday, from the Scotsman stable, and the Sunday Herald, complementing its eponymous daily. Far more fun and widely read is the anachronistic Sunday Post, published by Dundee's D.C. Thomson publishing group. It's a wholesome paper, uniquely Scottish, and has changed little since the 1950s, since which time its two long-running cartoon strips, Oor Wullie and The Broons, have acquired cult status.
Scottish monthlies include the glossy Scottish Field, a parochial version of England's Tatler, covering countryside interests along with local travel and fashion, and the widely read Scots Magazine, an old-fashioned middle-of-the-road publication which promotes family values and lots of good fresh air.
TV and radio
In Scotland there are five main (sometimes called "terrestrial") TV channels: state-owned BBC1 and BBC2, and independent commercial channels, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five. BBC Scotland produces news programmes and a regular crop of local-interest lifestyle, current affairs, drama and comedy shows which slot into the schedules of both BBC channels. The commercial channel ITV1 is divided between three regional companies in Scotland: populist Scottish Television (STV), which is received in most of south-central Scotland and parts of the West Highlands; Grampian, based in Aberdeen; and Border, which transmits from Carlisle. There's also the quirkier though often trashy Channel 4, and downmarket Five, which still can't be received in some parts of Scotland.
The BBC radio network broadcasts six main channels in Scotland, five of which are national stations originating largely from London: Radio 1 (pop and dance music), Radio 2 (mainstream pop, rock and light music), Radio 3 (classical music), Radio 4 (current affairs, arts and drama) and Radio 5 Live (sports, news and live discussions and phone-ins). Only the award-winning BBC Radio Scotland offers a Scottish perspective on news, politics, arts, music, travel and sport, as well as providing a Gaelic network in the Highlands with local programmes in Shetland, Orkney and the Borders.
A web of local commercial radio stations covers the country, mostly mixing rock and pop music with news bulletins, but a few tiny community-based stations such as Lochbroom FM in Ullapool – a place famed for its daily midge count – transmit documentaries and discussions on local issues. The most populated areas of Scotland also receive UK-wide commercial stations such as Classic FM, Virgin Radio and TalkSport. With a DAB digital radio, you can get all the main stations crackle-free along with special interest and smaller-scale stations.
Some Scottish radio stations
BBC Radio Scotland 92–95FM, 810MW bbc.co.uk/radioscotland. Nationwide news, sport, music, current affairs and arts.
Clyde 1 102.5FM radioclyde.com. Glasgow's main contemporary rock and pop station. The slightly mellower Clyde 2 is at 1152MW.
Lochbroom FM 102.2 & 96.8FM lochbroomfm.co.uk. One of Britain's smallest radio stations, broadcasting to the northwest coast from Ullapool.
Moray Firth 97.4FM, 1107MW mfr.co.uk. Mainstream rock and pop for the youth of the Inverness area.
Nevis Radio 96.6 & 102.3FM nevisradio.co.uk. All that's happening in Fort William and surrounds, from the slopes of Ben Nevis.
North Sound 96.9FM, 1035MW northsound.co.uk. Pumps out the latest tunes for Aberdeen.
Radio Forth 97.3FM radioforth.com. Rock and pop for Edinburgh and around. Forth 2 at 1548MW is their easier-listening stablemate.
Radio Tay 96.4 & 102.8FM, 1161 & 1584MW radiotay.co.uk. Dundee's local radio.
Real Radio 100–101FM realradiofm.com. Mainstream pop and shock jocks for the central belt.
SIBC 96.2FM sibc.co.uk. Shetland's own independent station.
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Indiana deputy attorney general fired over Twitter posts
Indianapolis - An Indiana deputy attorney general has been fired after a magazine reported he used his Twitter account to urge police to use live ammunition against Wisconsin protesters.
Mother Jones reporter Adam Weinstein said he exchanged tweets with then-Indiana Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Cox over the weekend, and was disturbed by the messages he read from Cox.
The Mother Jones reporter tweeted riot police in Wisconsin had been ordered to clear protestors from the Capitol. A follower who has since been identified as Cox replied, "use live ammunition." When a staffer for the magazine tweeted back, Cox wrote "you're darned right I advocate deadly force."
Weinstein says he emailed Cox at the attorney general's office to confirm he was the one who had sent the "live ammunition" tweet. He says Cox confirmed it and invited more questions from Weinstein.
That's where the dialogue ended. Weinstein says from there, Cox never replied again.
Cox spoke with Eyewitness News and told us the tweet was all part of his online persona, which he described as a mixture of humor and satire to get people's attention.
"Of course I'm not an advocate of deadly force against people expressing their views, that's wrong. It's so ridiculous, I can't believe anyone took it literally," Cox said.
Weinstein told Eyewitness News Cox identified himself as a lawyer from Indianapolis. The reporter also got a tip from another reader that Cox was a public figure in the community.
"Obviously, we all have our constitutional right to say what we want, but when it's a public servant, there's always a question of is there a greater sense of decorum that should be dominating here," said Weinstein.
Cox said he's had a blog for several years called Pro Cynic that the attorney general's office knew about and often garnered him praise.
"When you're on a blog and you post something serious, a lot of times people don't read it. You have to say something outlandish in order to get their attention and in this instance it obviously backfired. But I hate to think by someone's virtue of public employment they lose their first amendment right to freedom of speech," said Cox. "I think we may be getting down a slippery slope when people have to watch what they say in their off hours, on their own time, because someone may not agree with them and use it to silence them."
The controversy comes six weeks after the mass shooting in Tucson that left Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords seriously injured. Cox admits his comments were ill-timed.
"I would have to say, I'm sorry that I made an inflammatory statement that could have been taken literally, even though it was not meant that way," he said.
Still, after seeing Cox's other posts, such as "kill! kill! annihilate! to handle Afghanistan," the attorney general's office said, "We respect individuals' First Amendment right to express their personal views...but as public servants, we're held to a higher standard."
The Attorney General's Office issued this statement this afternoon:
"Today the Indiana Attorney General's Office announced that Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey Cox is no longer employed by this agency.
The Indiana Attorney General's Office conducted a thorough and expeditious review after "Mother Jones" magazine today published an article attributing private Twitter postings and private blog postings to Cox.
Civility and courtesy toward all members of the public are very important to the Indiana Attorney General's Office. We respect individuals' First Amendment right to express their personal views on private online forums, but as public servants we are held by the public to a higher standard, and we should strive for civility."
Cox statement
Cox issued an "official statement" to the media about his termination Wednesday night.
"Today I was fired from my position at the Office of the Indiana Attorney General for statements that I made on my personal Twitter account and blog Pro Cynic outside of work.
This past weekend I was contacted by a far leftist blogger from San Francisco who didn't like a recent Twitter post I made which was clearly political satire. My post used a ridiculous tone and solution to the challenges associated with the Wisconsin statehouse protests. In no way was my post meant to be taken literally and I don't think any reasonable person would conclude otherwise.
This post and many other outrageous comments made by me on either Twitter or my blog over the years have been a combination of serious political debate and over-the-top cynicism. This approach has successfully served to get people's attention and draw them into a substantive debate on political issues of the day. I have never posted anything that related to my duties and responsibilities with the state. Nor have I ever used state resources or blogged during or at work.
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The big question before us is whether or not public employees maintain their First Amendment rights once hired by the government. The Attorney General's Office was well aware of my blog which started over seven years ago and at no time did they express any concern about its content.
Today that office stated that "We respect individuals' First Amendment right to express their personal views on private online forums, but as public servants we are held by the public to a higher standard, and we should strive for civility." Does this mean that a public employee has "first amendment rights" unless your government feels you are not "civil" enough or meeting an undefined "higher standard" even away from the workplace?
Yes, I made a lousy choice of words that too many people find "out-of-bounds" today. I regret that decision and will tone things down in the future. Yet, this entire situation has been blown out of proportion and has highlighted what I feel is a double standard regarding who can talk and who can't."


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So the other day I had a moment. I'll call it a flash of insanity, cause that's how I felt. I couldn't get centered, my mind and emotions were all over the place. When I get like that, I just need to get out of the house, do something anything, exercise, shop (SB would prefer I steer clear of this option), go to a museum, a cafe....anything.
Ironically, I also get super productive when I get these moments of insanity. This particular day, I got a package packed....thank you UPS lady for being so kind to me, seriously she made it all better. Got the package sent out, I restocked my stamps, and mailed a bunch of letters out. Made a stop at the homeopathic store for something to center me, had another great conversation with a super nice lady, just talking helped.
Then I made my way to Thyme Cafe. Love this place, it's about the only nice place on this particular street in Santa Monica. The baked goods here are just the best. I've tried a quite a few things. I really love the pecan, apricot, coconut scone. But the gruyere bacon croissant is so good. It sounds rich, but it's actually really light and very flavorful. A few days later I went back and ended up talking to the GM. She was fantastic, told me about all the great things they make in-house, which is 95% of all the baked goods. Only the breads are made outside, and that's only because they don't have the room for the equipment to make them in-house. She invited me and my friends to a wine tasting they are doing with one of the wine distributors. I so wish that I could make it, but I have two other events that day.
All this to say, sometimes it just takes people being kind and conversational. I will remember this and give back, even if I have not idea how it affects the person. I always say "just be nice."


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A new press release reports, "ViON Corporation, a market leader in the design, delivery and support of mission-critical IT infrastructure solutions, and Kaminario, a leading all-flash storage company, announced today a partnership to provide flash storage to Federal agencies focused on increasing efficiency and modernizing legacy IT infrastructure. ViON will implement the Kaminario K2 all-flash storage array with an as-a-Service model, enabling agencies to more rapidly move workloads to the Cloud. This solution is critical to a modern infrastructure and is in alignment with the cloud-first initiative, ensuring FedRAMP and FISMA compliance. The announcement comes at a time when there is a growing demand for ViON's unique as-a-Service offering within the Federal market. Kaminario is already included on three of ViON's contract vehicles including: CIO-CS, SEWP Group B SDVOSB and NCPA."
The release goes on, "Kaminario focuses on redefining the future of modern datacenters and helping customers scale their evolving business, without disruptions. As the as-a-Service IT delivery model continues to disrupt legacy infrastructure strategies, Kaminario is filling the need for private cloud based, all-flash storage solutions with the performance, scalability, agility, and cost efficiency modern applications require. 'Kaminario is focused on being the all-flash storage provider for the as-a-Service world. Whether for government, financial services, healthcare, retail or enterprise apps-as-a-service, we help our customers grow their businesses easily and cost effectively,' said Itay Shoshani, Chief Revenue Officer, Kaminario. 'This partnership with ViON creates an elegant solution for our government clients to realize the benefits of all-flash storage while confidently managing the realities of modern digital government'."
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I'm so excited, today I have a couple of layouts on the Prima blog using the GORGEOUS Royal Menagerie collection! I have two layouts, one of each of our precious Granddaughters!!! First is Ava, these pics were taken on her 5 month birthday! I love how the colors match perfectly with all the lucious goodies in this collection. Lots of flowers, leaves, stamps, chippies and more! The pretty pinks, yellow, lavendar, aqua and hints of green!
Here you can see how perfectly the colors in the embellishments match the colors in the cute pictures!
I added some small blooms, leaf stamp, punched leaves and alphablend letters on this tag. I also took one of the wooden elements and used the white pastel stick to give it a whitewashed look.
I love the lavendar blooms! I did some faux stitching and used a border punch too.
Here you can see a little better, I also distressed the edges slightly with the Ingvild Bolme distressing tool.
This was a lot of fun, so many fun elements in this collection. It's one of my favorite collections ever, maybe even all time favorite!!! Thanks so much for stopping by. Please visit the Prima blog to see what else the DT has created with this collection :)
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Beatrix flowers – 583323
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Caroline flowers 583347
Anne flowers 583316
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Elizabeth flowers 583309
Mary flowers 583286
Matilde flowers 583385
Patricia flowers 583378
Chalk Edger Sweet Pea 891394
Chalk Edger Vintage Pink 891138
Chalk Edger Teal Damask 891206
Chalk Edger Moss Lawm 891190
Ingvild Bolme Distressing Tool 890940
Chalk Edger Sweet Pea 891394
Chalk Edger Vintage Pink 891138
Chalk Edger Teal Damask 891206
Chalk Edger Moss Lawm 891190
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Many years ago, when my predecessors were trying to convert the El Toro Marine Base into an international airport, the Board made a counter-intuitive move to assist their cause.
In a move to curry favor and support from the union community, as this would be a major public works project, the majority of the Board quickly voted in a multi-year "Project Labor Agreement (PLA)."
That move hurt non-union shops in the County and it failed in assisting the then-Board majority in their base conversion attempts.
My office put a new ordinance on Tuesday's Board agenda that prohibits the Board from approving a PLA, unless mandated by Federal or State law.
This will prevent a future Board from putting such an idea on the agenda on a late Friday afternoon, to be voted on the following Tuesday, thus giving little time for opposition to respond.
This agenda item did not receive printed newspaper coverage, although the LA Times did have an electronic article on the vote, see http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-oc-labor28-2009oct28,0,6153443.story.
Today, the OC Register has a supportive editorial and today's PublicCEO.com coincidentally addresses the topic (which will provide you with the reasons why our ordinance was critical to pursue).
Unions' public-works loss is taxpayers' gain
An Orange County Register Editorial
Score one for taxpayers, at least for the moment.
On Tuesday, the Orange County Board of Supervisors dealt a blow to backroom union deals that squelch competition and raise costs for government public works projects.
At its regularly scheduled meeting the board unanimously voted in favor of a ordinance that will prohibit so-called project labor agreements for public projects in Orange County, much to the chagrin of union bosses, many of whom were at the meeting.
Supervisor John Moorlach introduced the ordinance, which, if it wins final approval at next week's board meeting, will put into law what already had been the philosophy of the board: opposition to project labor agreements. Supervisor Chris Norby suggested that the ordinance was just a reaffirmation of a current policy. The controversial first reading of the ordinance brought out droves of union bosses, community organizers and activists on both sides of the issue. More than two dozen people commented, and the heated discussion lasted well over an hour.
Of course, the union bosses and workers in attendance wanted the supervisors to leave PLAs alone because by allowing PLAs unions are delivered a de facto monopoly on government projects because the agreements require that private firms bidding on public projects use union labor.
There is a lot of bad blood and history surrounding PLAs in the county. In 2000, in exchange for granting a multiyear project labor agreement, labor unions agreed to push for the El Toro Airport project (a priority for the board majority at the time). The political deal was revoked in 2004, but it didn't completely correct the damage that had already been done – reduced competition and hikes in the cost of contracting projects that had been completed under the PLA. Final approval of the ordinance will help protect the county in the future.
Unfortunately, the ordinance will not be retroactive, meaning existing PLAs in the county will not be overturned (which would be illegal under current state law). Mario Mainero, a senior policy adviser to Supervisor Moorlach, told us that several subcontracts in the county might currently include PLAs; this ordinance will not correct those but will protect Orange County residents in the future by making the prohibition of PLAs a law, rather than an understanding among board members.
The unions will come out in force at next Tuesday's meeting because they have a lot to lose. But we still expect the ordinance to pass unanimously. If passed, the new law would go into effect 30 days later.
Unions Blackmail Agency Over Project Labor Agreements
Facing the pressure of blackmail, a California Agency is seeking to railroad through a suspicious Project Labor Agreement that will waste dollars and embarrass a number of local government agencies.The vote is set to take place next week over a Project Labor Agreement for a power plant project in Lodi. The Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) seeks to adopt an agreement that would bar fair and open competition for labor bids on the project, based on the threats of labor unions. It appears a vote will be pushed through in favor of the agreement, with a number of bizarre twists along the way. The decision on whether or not to adopt the agreement was already voted on last week, resulting in a 3-3 tie with five abstentions and nine absences. Following the meeting, it was announced that there was no quorum, and the issue will be voted on again on Nov. 2. The NCPA is jockeying for a change of voting based upon politicking those who weren't there that it believes would vote in favor of the special interest agreement. NCPA staff even e-mailed its voting members a list of "Not for Distribution Talking Points" with a blatant pro-labor agreement stance in preparation for the vote. There was no attempt to offer arguments for and against the policy, just rhetorical arguments advocating for a policy that wastes public money. A Commissioner's Take Doug Crane, who is in his fifth year as the City of Ukiah's NCPA Commissioner, voted against the agreement last week but expects the NCPA will get the outcome it's seeking. So why would any organization choose to shorten its list of potential bidders when the goal should be to find the highest quality of work at the lowest bid? Well, it's more about what the unions want. "Its not about what's right or what's fair," Crane said. "It's about who has the most power and who can extort the most. It's a simple shakedown in my opinion." Shakedown is certainly one way of putting it. Unions have essentially blackmailed the NCPA with threats of delaying the project by blocking the California Energy Commission's permit for power plant construction if a Labor Agreement was not adopted. It is a practice commonly referred to as "Greenmail." The unions use the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and seek to delay the project on environmental grounds. Once the target agency agrees to the Project Labor Agreement, the environmental objections are withdrawn, thus the term "Greenmail." In addition to the barring of qualified bidders, this Project Labor Agreement includes a $150,000 payment to the union's slush fund. Sound fishy yet? "They'd rather pay extortion than stand up and do the right thing," Crane said. "The right thing is to say, 'Are we going to get blackmailed or are we going to stand up?'" While unions try to allege otherwise, this isn't a union vs. non-union issue. If union labor can put together a better project at a lower bid, it will win the project. It should be that simple. Prohibiting Project Labor Agreements In a phone conversation with NCPA Assistant General Manager Jane Cirrincione, she told PublicCEO that the two significant benefits of the Project Labor Agreement were 1) a no-strike clause and 2) that labor jobs would be awarded to those workers in a 50-mile radius. What remains unclear, however, is why those couldn't be included in any standard Request For Proposal? It's absolutely possible. So possible, in fact, that the Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to approve a resolution that will prohibit the requirement of labor agreements on county projects. Fresno also prohibits them. Author of the O.C. ordinance, Professor of Law Mario Mainero, is the senior policy adviser for County Supervisor John Moorlach. He said the major point of not allowing Project Labor Agreements was simple: to level the playing field. "I think that's just better policy," Mainero said in a phone interview. "Just like everyone else in the market, be competitive and come up with the best price and you're going to get the job." If Orange County and Fresno can build multi-million dollar projects without a need for Project Labor Agreements, why can't the NCPA? The truth is that it can. And given the fact that local governments throughout California are laying off employees, including those who are members of NCPA, it's unconscionable to think that any overspending is an appropriate way to spend taxpayer money. And the issue isn't even about wages. The State Prevailing Wage must be paid on this project, with or without a Project Labor Agreement, according to NCPA's "Talking Points." Still A Chance To Say No Instead, decision-makers at the NCPA are knuckling to pressure that in any other context would be considered extortion. "Looking at it from the standpoint of small community, I'm not thrilled," Crane said, "We get saddled with additional costs based upon this essentially legalized racketeering." With a total project price tag of $432 million, and an estimated $60 million dedicated to labor, it would seem there might be a closer eye on spending ratepayer money most efficiently. The increased costs of this project due to the Project Labor Agreement will result in higher than necessary utility rates for customers. So as taxpayers, they're being forced to pay more to fund the project and their rates will be higher as well. It's this lack of public accountability that has given government a black eye. And with local agencies already mired in red ink, how can an organization explain not opening up the bidding process to potential lower bids? The fact is that all the alleged benefits within the Project Labor Agreement can be accomplished through a fair and open process that results in a binding contract. Businesses, union and non-union, do it everyday. But that doesn't appear to matter to the staff at the NCPA. Maybe it's because they're not accountable to voters and they've worked hard to keep this out of the public eye. It will be offensive to hard-working taxpayers and an embarrassment to commissioners if this second chance vote is in favor of this agreement. James Spencer can be e-mailed at email@example.com
Join us for a tour of the Tustin Blimp Hangars. OC Parks and the U.S. Navy will be escorting us for a tour at 1:30 p.m. We have a good sized group that is attending, so arriving a few minutes early may be a good idea.
We will meet at Gate 14, which is at the end of Armstrong Avenue, next to the Sheriff's Academy Training Center. Be prepared to drive on a gravel road.
We have been requested to encourage everyone to enter at the same time because the gates will be closed once we enter, so it might be difficult for latecomers to enter the hangar. We are working on a solution for those that cannot arrive at or before 1:30 p.m.
To whet your appetite, please go to the City of Tustin's website at http://www.tustinca.org/ and click on "The Tustin Hangars: Titans of History." This documentary, written and directed by Costa Mesa's Peter Buffa, is an outstanding program on local history. It premiered on September 21st, so it is hot off the press.
Please RSVP by responding to this e-mail or with Margaret Chang at email@example.com.
October 30
The OC Register did a "Proposition Watch" series, which included "Prop. 71 allows bond sale for stem-cell research."
Who's against it: State Sen. Tom McClintock, R-Thousand Oaks, and Orange County Treasurer John Moorlach signed ballot arguments opposing, saying Prop. 71 needlessly subsidizes California's biotech industry and establishes a giant new bureaucracy with little public oversight of spending.
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The New York City Police Is Now Equipped With Android Smartphones
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is now equipped with Android smartphones. In fact, the New York City has launched a large "pilot" to test the relevance of a smartphone in the fight against crime.
This Android Smartphone Special NYPD will be unable to make or receive calls, but data connections, it can help police during interventions. It will check the files of suspects or the identity of people using police photographs, and have access to vehicle registration. The smartphone apps offers a full range of information as well as computers in the 2500 patrol cars, but they are often slow and require agents to connect to multiple and different databases to retrieve information.
Do you think that crimes will decrease using this technologie ?
via | The Verge


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If we are to talk about news… We arrive at a tandem of fatigue and intrigue. Get rid of the TV, and it is resurrected on all your other screens. We feel uncomfortable knowing the reason for news and all its relentlessness, because we can't help but respond like a knee would to the light and accurate hammer.
Stroke, Cortex (2016) is a cinematic karaoke-musical about love and news. Structured around iconic love songs and working against expectations of broadcast and cinema, Yi Yi Lily Chan choreographs visuals that twist commonly known lyrics into sly commentary about our relationships with journalism and globalized visual culture. The audience follows the journey and point-of-view of a disembodied protagonist, who is put through phases of suspense, sentimentality, elation, eruption and curious in-betweens. Traversing from desert scape to vast waters, the protagonist introspects, is overwhelmed by disjointed words and evocative colors of urgency, and gradually becomes flat. His or her identity is not to be pinned down, when news is really collectively produced, capitalized upon inexplicit dynamics of expectation and desire. Journalists perform through the microphones that we collectively and remotely sing our unconscious wishes into, creating for a duet of twisted karaoke. Cycles of love and news are paralleled in their relentless ability to captivate and manipulate, upon which Chan poses a question: What is entertainment, and what for?
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The Heartland Metermans Association (HMA) was formed in the fall of 1993 and has held quarterly meetings since that time. The group consists of electric utilities across the Midwest, including Investor Owned Utilities, Rural Electric Cooperatives, and Municipal Utilities.
The group meets to discuss new metering technologies, problems, applications, testing, safety policies, record keeping strategies, and any other topics which relate to the ever changing metering industry.
Each meeting is held at a volunteer utilities' office and is open to utility staff only. Occasionally, vendors are asked to demonstrate new products but there is always a "utility only" session afterwards.
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Artist Decoded is a weekly podcast series created by emerging creative director and fashion photographer Yoshino: "I started this series as a means for exploration, an exploration of self and an exploration of the perspectives of other artists. This series is an unabridged documentation of conversations between artists."
In Episode 3, Yoshino interviews Michael Donovan - a prolific multi-disciplined creative visionary born in Spokane, WA. Donovan uses photography, video and a podcast to communicate his interests in the "Two Great Bookends of Life," (sex and death).
I was immediately drawn in by the candor and eccentricity of this conversation between two visionaries I respect. Amidst (and partly due to) a flurry of commentary on tits and ass, a lot of things Donovan had to say resonated with me.
On the transition from New York to Los Angeles (26:15):
Fuck the articles...It's not about the articles [saying L.A. is the next fashion hub]. It's about the one-on-one connections. It's about the challenge. Like, who's challenging us? Is it the New York Times and the L.A. Times challenging us? Or is it a billionaire challenging us? Or is it the industries challenging us? Or is it the artist-on-artist? Where it's like, I really dig your work...how can I help you? How can I support you and lift you up?
On what it means to be an auteur (30:54):
"To be an auteur means there's a weakness that I have and part of the weakness that I have is that I can't necessarily get along with everybody and play their games...I've got this vision and I'm stuck on it. It's like a thorn. Helmut Newton has a thorn in him...Irving Penn had a thorn...I've got this fuckin thing and I'm seeing it. I'm seeing how to have fun and have jokes and play and then do serious things and topical things and bring something new to the industries. But how do you monetize that?....Most of all it's being open and finding good people."
Listen to the full episode over at artistdecoded.com.


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Medium. Digital glaze print fused to tempered glass, mounted on wall with custom hinges.
Dimension. 33 ft wide x 40 in high x 15 in deep
Commissioning Agent. Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
As a point of transformation our approach for this opportunity was to create a synthesis of image, material, light and space. Very important to the work is how the format and medium transforms the library. The work we have made provides a visual integration of various avenues of information, while simultaneously prompting curiosity and inquiry centered on the essence of research.
The central conceptual idea is "flow of information." The Red River, as it moves through Moorhead seems a great fit to actualize this passage of data, facts and fiction. We see this great landmark as the purveyor knowledge, curiosity and research, directly coming from within the University and its footprint in Minnesota.
Current 2016.
Minnesota State University Moorhead College. Livingston Lord Library. Moorhead, MN


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D.C. Commuters to be Scanned With Infrared Cameras
owlgorithm writes "Washington, D.C. area commuters are going to be "scanned like groceries at the supermarket" in order to catch single-occupant vehicles who are illegally using carpool lanes. The article, from the Washington Post, says that infrared cameras capable of detecting human skin will be installed, rather than the visible-spectrum cameras in use today. So much for using dummies in the front seat."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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First Lady Pam and I are elated that you have chosen to visit our website! The Pleasant Hill family welcomes you, and we pray the Word of God delivered from this ministry becomes a testimony you can share with friends and family.
Rev.Antonio Smith – Senior Pastor
Dr.Pam Smith – First Lady


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We can only imagine what it's like living as Justin Bieber. Not many people are worth a reported $200 million before their 21st birthday, so it is hard to relate.
However, one thing Justin had trouble with earlier in his life was adding muscle his skinny frame. As crazy as it might seem, Bieber felt self conscious about his body and sough advice from some of the most respected figures in the weight-lifting industry. Justin had a super fast metabolism and was desperate to put on muscle.
His trainer immediately had him working on aesthetics, which meant performing a lot of the old fashion classic bodybuilding routines. He combined 2 different muscle groups each day. Each session consisted of a 45 minute workout session, and they alternated abs every other day.
Justin Bieber is considered an ectomorph which means he is naturally lean and lightly muscled. That doesn't mean he can't gain hard, solid muscle and look impressive when he takes his shirt off, it just means when he does gain muscle, he'll look better than bigger less lean guys.
With help of a nutritionist and most importantly the Justin Bieber Supplements he was able to lower is body fat percentage to single digits. He looks muscular, healthy, and fit. Bieber is now the total package.
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Farmers Walk
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Close Grip Pulldowns
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This year, I'm excited to be volunteering for BØ (Bergen Ølfestival). BØ is Norway's largest beer fest. Volunteering is a great opportunity for international – or any students – and volunteering for Ølfestival has its own set of benefits. So today I want to share my top 3 reasons to join me and volunteer for BØ! And if you don't already know, Øl means beer and Mat means food – an important Norsk lesson!
Map of brewery stalls. Image: http://bergenolfestival.no/festivalkart/
1. Taste and learn about Norwegian beers
- This year's festival features all 35 Norwegian microbreweries:
7 Mountain Brewery Aass Brewery Amundsen Bryggeri Austmann Brewery Balder Brygg Baran Brewery Berentsens Brygghus Bryggerhuset Veholt Bådin Drone Potion Ego Brygghus Mountain Brewery Færder microbrewery Grim & Gryt Grünerløkka Brygghus Haandbryggeriet Hansa Borg Breweries Kinn Brewery Klostergården microbrewery Lervig Aktiebryggeri Lindheim Ølkompani Little Brother Brewery Lysefjord microbrewery Mack Brewery Namdal brewery Northern & Co Nøgne Ø Nøisom Craft Beer Qvart Ølkompani Ringnes Schouskjelleren microbrewery St. Hallvards Brewery Sundbytunet Voss Brewery Ægir Brewery
A taster at Voss Brewery Image: Stand Hiestand
- There are also beer-related classes including a brewing demonstration.
- A homebrew competition (winner is announced at the festival) with the theme "Beer to Norwegian food" – or beer pairing with Norwegian foods.
- And stands featuring beer and cuisine-related products.
Of course you can experience this all by getting a ticket, but if you choose to volunteer you get to attend the BØ after-party, where free food and beer abound as a thank you for your volunteer-efforts. Additionally, you can get into the Øl and Matfests (see below for a link to more Mat-fo — that's info about Matfest) for free at times you are not at work. For the full programme of activities, click here – but it is in Norsk.
One of the fine restaurants providing food at BØ. Image: http://bergenolfestival.no/
2. Eat food!
- As mentioned above, get into Matfest for free when you're not working where you can explore local specialities.
- There is also free food provided for BØ volunteers during the shifts Friday and Saturday (by 3 of Bergen's finest restaurants) as well as at the after-party.
Video from http://www.matfest.no/
3. Meet new friends
- Volunteering at the Ølfestival is a great way to make other volunteer-friends, both international and Norwegian.
- You might also meet some new buddies perusing the beer and food stalls, the lectures, or even the event stage.
Maybe this guy will be your new pal? Image: http://www.mademan.com/6-awesome-ways-to-drink-beer/
Ready to volunteer?
- To be a volunteer you must be available to work for 10 hours
- There are a variety of different opportunities for shifts, either at the festival itself or helping to set up or take down the festival
- For more information check out their page for Ølfestival Volunteers.
- Email questions to: email@example.com
Image: http://www.nordicbrews.com/festivalsold/2015/9/4/bergen-olfestival
Not into volunteering and just want to go to BØ?
- BØ will take place at Bergenhus Fortress – popular concert venue sometimes known as, "Bergens venue."
- Tickets can be booked online –
- Admission costs kr 50 advanced, kr 60 at the door (+ fees), admission covers both BØ and Bergen Matfest
- You must be 18 years or older to buy beer at Bergen Ølfestival.
Signs of last year's beerfest. Image: Stand Hiestand
Buying Beer at BØ:
- To consume beer at BØ you must buy the "starter kit" that includes one taster glass and 3 beer vouchers for kr 100. Beer in BØ served only in these tasters.
- Then you can buy 4 beer vouchers for kr 100.
- One beer voucher generally gets you one beer serving (about 1 dl), but some more expensive beers may cost 2 tickets for 1 serving.
- There will some food sales inside the courtyard, where three of the city's best restaurants are preparing menus that pair well with different varieties of beer. Also, you can head over to the Bergen Matfest section of the festival, however, keep in mind these are separated and you can't bring your beers with you – so plan ahead!
Friday: 13.00 to 21.00
Saturday: from 12.00 to 20.00
To read more about my love for Norwegian microbrews, click here.


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Jay Danner, Threshold Repertory Theatre's new artistic director, grew up in Myrtle Beach, where he dabbled in theater in high school. But he had no intention of studying theater beyond that until he moved to Chicago at age 18, where he experienced what he calls a "very different culture."
"I was exposed to the arts like I never was in South Carolina," he says. He started going to more plays, and saw the wide range of possibilities in Chicago's theater world. That exposure quickly grew into a passion, and Danner started performing around the city, eventually attending Columbia College, where he and a group of friends formed a theater group, Nomenil Theatre Company.
"We wanted to do things that were avant-garde and controversial," he says of the burgeoning theater company. While the core group didn't stick together after college, Danner continued to pursue writing, acting, and directing, moving to Los Angeles to, as he says, "try to earn some money."
In L.A. Danner acted in commercials while working a day job as a retail manager. While he never broke into film and TV — Danner says that at 25 he was just too old for that market — he continued his theater education, moving to San Francisco to study at The American Conservatory Theatre.
"I went back to L.A. for another year [after San Francisco] and I wasn't sure why I was there," says Danner. So he decided to reboot, heading back to the East Coast to be closer to his family.
"I didn't know about all of the opportunities Charleston has," he says of the city's current theater scene. A lot had changed since Danner's early days in Myrtle Beach and he says all it took was a Google search to find auditions in the Charleston area, where he stumbled upon an open part in a Threshold Rep production.
He got the part, in the Donald Margulies' play, Dinner With Friends, and played opposite Pam Galle, Threshold Rep's then artistic director.
Just last year, in June 2015, City Paper wrote about Pam Galle moving to Los Angeles, ceding her position to Brendan Kelly, who acted as artistic director for most of last season. "Brendan needed to pursue other interests," says Danner, adding that the role of artistic director is pretty much a part-time gig. Danner, who still works as a retail manager during the day, says that taking over where Kelly left off was an easy decision. "How could I say no? I'm a big fan of black box theater; it's a lot of the way I was trained in Chicago. It was a no-brainer," he says.
So how has Danner transitioned from an actor and director to an artistic director? He thanks his day job for the skills he uses in the theater. "It's management," Danner says of his new position. "It's putting teams together to work to create something. The skills are kind of the same."
While some artistic directors are still active during a theater's season, Danner has decided not to act in any plays this season, the theater's seventh, so that he can focus on producing and directing.
Threshold Rep's season started on Sept. 1 with Becky Shaw, a dark comedy written and produced by House of Cards and Law and Order writer Gina Gionfriddo. "I love all the shows I picked, of course," says Danner. But he admits he has a special place in his heart for Becky Shaw, which he calls "really provocative." "It will definitely leave the audience with something to talk about," he says.
Danner wants to produce the most thought-provoking theater at Threshold that he can, saying, "If you do your best to produce theater that's professional, that's what people want to see." He says that things like Threshold's upcoming collaboration with What If? productions on Evil Dead The Musical, are what keep Charleston's theater scene interesting and thriving. "Everyone is dedicated and passionate," Danner says of the city's theater companies. "I like that different companies support each other. I hope I can do that, too."
Becky Shaw plays at Threshold Rep through this weekend, Thurs.-Sat. at 7:30 p.m. and Sun. at 3 p.m.


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Trading plan is a set of tough rules, you use to make key decisions in process of trading.
A smart trading plan allows you to reduce the risks which are feature of cryptocurrency trading, helps you to make well-informed decisions, use the best trading practices most effectively and gives consistent results.
For successful traders cryptocurrency trading is not a hobby, but a business in the strictest sense of the word.
When starting a business, a business plan is usually developed in order for the business to make a profit and to influence this process.
Trading, and especially cryptocurrency trading, gives the impression of an extremely chaotic environment. However, success depends on the planning of key decisions and actions here, as well as the strict implementation of these plans.
A trading plan is a set of rules which defines the basic principles of entering the market, exiting the market, calculating the volume of positions, defining goals, around which to open and close positions, the role of indicators in your perception.
If you change the market, make sure that your trading plan is developed and tested on it, do not use the old plan again. The reason for this is that all the markets are different and they work a little differently. To minimize the profit loss, it is important to work according to the plan for each different market, according to your individual strategy regarding how you are going to make profit.
Types of cryptocurrency trading plans
Not all the traders trade according to the plan; they make decisions manually and "on-the-fly" responding to information coming from the markets in real time.
This approach refers to the discrete type of trade.
The system trader relies on a set of rules for making decisions and can implement it through the automation of trading.
To start trading with a discrete plan, no preparation is required. Most traders are like this. They make decisions based on a combination of information and intuition, hoping to reach valuable markets with a high probability of making profit. Even using rules to guide the decision-making process, a discrete type trader can break them any time: decisions are made manually and the last word is always left to the trader.
System traders, on the contrary, fanatically follow their trading system. This type of trading relies on a fixed set of rules; it is perfect for automation. Their system is encoded into the trading software setup, and with the push of the "ON" button it performs all trade management. In contrast to the intuitive traders, the system type of trader relies on a consistent and well-developed trading plan, which eliminates the need to guess and creates consistent profits over longer periods of time.
Competent planning of deals in the long term brings regular profit. This part of your trading business is not easy to accomplish, but it is important to create a trading plan, and do it before starting a technical and / or fundamental analysis, and even more so before opening your first deal.
How to develop a trading plan for cryptocurrency trading: 6 elements
- Market choice: liquidity and volatility
- On which part of the chart you will make decisions
- Which indicator you will use to make decisions
- The volume of the positions to be used on this particular market
- Your market entry rules: trade filters
- Market exit rules
Market choice: liquidity and volatility
Market choice. Usually cryptomarkets are based on trading in BTC with other well-established crypto and fiat currencies, or with new coins, which have been just released after the ICO. Your task is to clearly determine on which markets you want to trade. This decision is based on picture of volatility and liquidity of the market - for sure you want your orders to be effectively executed regardless of their volume and not to cause disruptive price changes.
Factors affecting liquidity:
- Order execution speed
- Stability: how long does it take for the market to return to the nominal price after a large trading order was executed.
- Depth: the number of orders outside the best offers and demand
- Width: how wide is the difference between buy and sell orders
You can talk about good liquidity, when the market provides the trader with really tight spreads and enough depth for quick order fulfillment. This ensures that your orders will be completely fulfilled without significantly affecting the price and with minimal slippage of your budget.
Volatility shows how quick and deep are rises and falls of the price. Each change in the price is associated with the ability to make a profit; if the price remains constant, the probability of making a profit tends to 0%. You need some average volatility. If the volatility is too high, then the risks of losing trading capital increase; gaining trading experience in such complex markets doesn't make much sense.
On which part of the chart you will make decisions
This is not the same as the trading style, which we describe separately.
These intervals can be based on different factors:
- time,
- activity,
- volume.
Which one you choose depends on your personal preferences and trading needs. For example, long-term traders prefer long-term charts, shorties - one and five-minute intervals.
The price action will be the same regardless of the selected chart - the difference is in the way of looking at the market. You can also use several intervals, the most important is to use the main chart as an indicator of entry and exit to the trade.
Which indicator you will use to make decisions
Technical indicators are mathematical calculations that describe the movement of the market and form forecasts for it. They are based on the past and current price or volume activity of a particular market. There are at least 4 basic types of indicators you can use:
- interpretation of trends,
- volatility,
- dynamics
- trading volume
To be honest, no indicator will give you 100% reliability, each has its own peculiarities. This is why we recommend to get familiar with at least few of them, and not to choose the first that is easy to understand.
The volume of the positions to be used on this particular market
Most exchanges allow trading on minimum order volumes. Balance the number and volume of positions for your tasks and clearly define the size of the positions.
You can link the volume of deals with the liquidity of the coin, its reliability and longevity of coin itself.
Your market entry rules: trade filters
Entry rules are directly dependent on the individuality of the trader. Some of us are aggressive, others are conservative. Conservatives miss good trading opportunities, aggressive traders risk entering markets prematurely and create good trading opportunities for others. It is important that these rules provide the tools for consistent, confident and decisive entry into the markets without breaking the price of conservatives, aggressive traders and even traders who consider themselves balanced.
To create entry rules, traders use trade filters.
These are the conditions that must be fullfilled to enter the market. The choice range is large: from the price threshold to the indicator values. In fact, they work as a security toggle for a trade trigger. The trigger is activated when these conditions are met.
Market exit rules
The old adage says, you can enter the market at any price and create profit exiting at the right time. They say it works.
Criteria for exit the market - the final, one of the most important aspects, which defines the profitability of trade. Therefore, it is worth spending at least as much time on researching and testing your exit rules as your entry rules.
Which criteria will you use to close the deal: These rules determine what is considered the result of your bidding:
- Achievement of profit targets,
- Closing at Stop Loss and Take Profit,
- Change of transaction strategy to the opposite one
- Just like in case of the rules of entry, it is important to determine which type of orders you intend to trade.
Fox example:
Take Profit: Set a target at 2% above the entry price, use a limit order.
Stop Loss: Exit when a loss reaches 1%, use a market order for guaranteed sale.
On traditional markets, one of the criterias is time - for example, the end of the day. In crypto-trading, the change of time zones of large markets has some importance: when the USA, Asia, etc. wakes up. This should be taken into account in the trade, but it is hardly advisable to rely on it when planning.
How to start creating a trading plan
If this is new to you, it's better to focus on one market and expand as you gain trading experience, skills and confidence. In order to work in several markets, you will need to quickly switch between them, and this is a great amount of mental effort.
Decide what you can do, what you can master in the nearest future and gradually improve these skills.
Trading plans testing
After you creating a trading plan, you need to test it in order to qualify it as profitable or unprofitable.
The process of testing trading plans brings you closer to realistic estimates of the feasibility of future investments in trading.
This is an important step, but it is worth treating it as critically as all the others: it will give you an idea of how well you understand how the combination of aspects of your plan works, how changing one or another aspect will affect your trading. Backtesting is considered to be one of the basic tools for determining whether the plan will be successful in the future. You can use it in 3Сommas to check how certain parameters of the bot will work on the trading.
We found out that cryptocurrency trading is not a hobby and not a roulette, but a business in the purest form.
Cryptocurrency trading is fairly easy to get into, especially in the pursuit of big profits, but not everyone becomes a competitive trader who is able to understand the market and make good profits.
You can become one only if you are willing to spend time and energy on learning information and acquiring the skills necessary to develop an effective, profitable strategy and become a professional trader.
Try it yourself, if it will be difficult, ask questions in the trading chat, offer your trading plans there for discussion: https://t.me/commaschat.
What's next
It is easy to load your strategy into automatic programs, since they strictly follow the rules, do not take emotional decisions, instantly consider, act without delay, and are able to insure a diverse set of risky situations on the chart. By the way, the algorithms of 3Сommas have a wider functionality than the stock exchange solutions, and a friendly interface for beginners: http://bit.ly/2qJoRMq.


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There are many options out there when it comes to witch hazel toners, but I've become more interested in making my own to save money. Here is a recipe I found on eHow to make your own toner (find the entire article here):
1. Place the witch hazel bark and water in a saucepan. Allow the witch hazel bark to soak for half an hour.
If you're interested in learning more about witch hazel, this site has a ton of fascinating info on the history and uses of this wonderful plant.


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Indicator Measure Percentage of local authorities that had a positive evaluation in all reference quality indicators used by the Care Inspectorate in child protection inspections
Current Status 94% of the local authority areas that have been inspected received a positive inspection report in the second cycle of inspections.
Percentage of local authorities receiving positive child protection inspection reports1
Percentage of local authority areas
Number of local authority areas inspected
August 2009 - April 2012
May 2006 - Feb 2009
1. All 32 local authority areas have been inspected. Data do not include East Dunbartonshire and Highland as they were pilot inspections. Inspections refer to the first local authority area child protection inspection not to the evaluations from any subsequent follow through inspections.
Source: Summary of Indicative Quality Indicators from HMIE Inspection, 2009 and 2010, and from the Care Inspectorate, 2011 and 2012 The data for this table is available at the bottom of the page
Last Update: 9 October 2012 Next Update: April 2016
No child should have to suffer neglect or abuse. When we do discover such circumstances, we owe it to our children to act quickly, effectively and collaboratively. That is why the joint inspections of child protection services, led by the Care Inspectorate, are so important. The inspections provide nationally-comparable data, with six indicators, on how well children at risk in Scotland have their needs identified, assessed and acted upon so as to keep them safe from neglect or abuse.
The reports provide the Scottish Government with the assurance that the various agencies providing protection services to vulnerable children (principally social work, police, health, voluntary organisations, education and the Scottish Children's Reporters Administration) are working well together locally, under the strategic direction of their local multi-agency Child Protection Committees (CPCs). An increase in the proportion of local authority areas receiving positive inspection reports provides evidence of an increasingly confident and competent children's workforce, skilled at identifying and assessing how best to meet the individual needs of the children who require their services.
The current round of child protection inspections ended in April 2012. The inspections will be replaced with a new set of inspections that will consider vulnerable children and young people in the wider context of children's services. A new methodology for this indicator is currently being developed and will be introduced in 2013.
Scotland's 30 CPCs set the strategic priorities locally for the improved multi-agency policies, procedures, training programmes and services which help ensure that children at risk are protected. A key influence is the joint inspection process itself. This is already driving up standards, as CPC areas that have already been inspected begin to implement the recommendations for follow-up action. The new inspection model, introduced in April 2012, will put strong emphasis on the links between external scrutiny, self-evaluation and robust performance management.
A more fundamental positive cultural influence is the growing extent to which all services working with children understand that child protection is everyone's business. This dictates that every organisation and every worker has a duty to recognise signs that a child might be at risk and to take appropriate action where they have concerns, in line with the Getting it right for every child approach.
We are working with inspectorates, CPCs and other stakeholders to address national gaps revealed by inspection and to put in place a new, child-centred approach to inspection. Consistent with the Getting it right for every child agenda for children's services, we recently revised our national child protection guidance, and have been taking forward a number of manifesto commitments designed to provide specific practical support to services in child protection such as the development of a national risk assessment toolkit and a national child protection competency and skills framework.
Children's services more generally will be improved through a range of initiatives being taken forward, including legislation on children's rights and children's services improvement, a national parenting strategy and the shift of spending and focus of services towards preventative spend and early intervention.
A baseline of three years of local authority data was completed in September 2009. The baseline includes 30 of the 32 local authorities. Two of these were pilot authorities in the first cycle and so are not directly comparable. This data is available on the HMIE website – http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/publication/iqirhmie.html - for inspections up until April 2011, and the Care Inspectorate for inspections conducted since April 2011 - http://www.scswis.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7909&Itemid=727.
In the second cycle of child protection inspections all Local Authority areas have now been inspected. All but two had positive inspection reports. This shows an increase in the number of positive inspection reports.
The data is available at the bottom of the page.
As the second child protection inspection cycle is now completed, no further updates will be made to this indicator using the current methodology. A new methodology for this indicator is currently being developed and will be introduced in 2013.
For information on general methodological approach, please click here.
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The beta has ended. B1 is now purchase only.
For the past week, I've been playing the beta, learning as much about the ins and outs of the game as I can, and engaging in copious amounts of shenanigans. Now, I'm asking myself the big question: is the game worth its $60 price tag?
This is a big thing for me. I'm a huge fan of Battlefield 4. It is one of the few games I play on a semi-regular basis while I'm doing this whole PhD thing. The rounds are short, and the game, while extremely fun, doesn't suck me in the way other games do, leaving me with good feelings but no pressure to play for 9 hours in a row while putting off things I should be doing as an adult critter.
So, you can imagine my excitement when DICE announced Battlefield 1, set in the First World War and featuring brand new gameplay, weapons, vehicles, etc. Equally exciting: getting access to the open beta!
Let's dig into the pros and cons:
1. The Premise!
I can't think of many games set in the First World War, and certainly not many GOOD games of the FPS variety set in that period. B1 does a fantastic job of adapting the war to the Battlefield format, with biplanes, tanks, and weapons that feel period-specific even if they are anything but.1 When you can get into a good match, these new weapons are a lot of fun, especially the melee weapons. There's something magical — if not disturbing — about smashing someone across the neck with a shovel or initiating a bayonet charge and smashing some poor enemy to the ground. In fact, I've played entire games where all I did was wander around in the village looking for opponents to melee, because it's just so much fun!
2. The Beauty!
B1 is absolutely freaking gorgeous. When the visuals and animations hold up2, the game is stunning, from the characters to the landscape to the weather. It's hard not to be impressed by the game's look. See for yourself:
Or look at this (one of my own videos):
The new animations are also quite fun, especially those associated with the melee weapons (sensing a theme here?). I don't know why I get so much joy out of striking someone down with a shovel or a hatchet, but I have on more than one occasion fallen into fits of laughter while meleeing in the village. Each melee weapon has its own unique animation, and they are all incredibly personal. When you bayonet someone, for example, you drive them into the ground like a ragdoll; when you get killed by the bayonet, you see that whole process from the other side (and, yes, it's sometimes terrifying).3I love these new animations. They add flavor to an already visually appealing game.
3. The Weather!
I'm still waiting for the day that things like wind actually affect bullet drop4, but at least B1's weather system makes for different game dynamics. For one, the Sinai map that comes with the open beta has intense dust storms and fog, both of which significantly decrease visibility, preventing spotting at anything but close range. It also makes it difficult to make targeted strikes with the bomber. What makes this so exciting is the fact that it equally impacts everyone and changes the combat strategies you can deploy. Snipers can still sometimes get you at long range if they can see your shadow, but in my limited experience, most everyone spends a lot more time trying to get kills at close range, which is a lot more exciting. And the decrease in visibility for the vehicles means they are less effective, which is a good thing when you consider one of my cons below.
The weather isn't exactly "new." B4 also has weather elements, including hurricane winds (that don't affect bullet drop for some reason), nighttime effects, and other weather elements. But I think the effects are better in B1. Plus, watching the dust storm crash into the field is kind of awesome.5
1. Gameplay Discourages Teamwork and Class-based Play
One of the biggest problems I have with B1 is the way it has reversed everything that worked so well in B4. Like its predecessor, B1 has a class system that includes Assault, Medic, Support, and Scout. However, B4's maps and game structure regularly force players to make use of the skills each of these classes come with6. B4's system uses a countdown of "tickets" which is affected by player deaths and flag control. Every legitimate death (we'll get to that) results in the loss of a "ticket" for your team; controlling more flags than the opponent takes away from their available tickets. Once your tickets are gone, you lose. B4's Assault class is crucial for limiting the impact of death on your ticket count, since the unit serves as a medic whose ability to "revive" players prevents a death from counting against the tickets. Basically, B4 incentivizes using class abilities AND some degree of teamwork.
B1's system counts up to 300, which, from what I can tell, is impacted more by controlling all of the "flags" than it is by individual deaths. In other words, the medic becomes a useless character. In a week of play, I have been revived maybe 5 times, most of them by my brother. Generally, nobody revives using the Medic, nobody drops ammo using the Support class, and most people seem to either play Support for the automatic weapons or Scout for the near-one-shot kills.7
So what you end up with is a system in B1 that, while a bit faster paced, doesn't lend itself to coordinating with teammates or to using class functions to help your teammates.
2. Sinai is a fun map, but…
So, I enjoy Sinai quite a lot. It's a fun map with a variety of different "arenas" – open areas, rock formations, a village, and dunes. Despite this, however, I haven't seen much in the way of varied gameplay, in part because the key strategy for winning on Sinai seems to be "get the vehicles and blow everyone up" OR "shoot people in the face from a distance." Building hopping is a thing, but it takes on a much less critical role in the game than it should, especially since you need to hop between the buildings to maintain control of the flags – people tend to pick scout and camp out waiting for people to come in for a flag (it works).
Part of the issue I have with the beta is the fact that it doesn't provide us with more materials to look at. Providing two maps that require very different play styles would give a more accurate impression of the functionality of B1's new ticket system.8 Presumably, we'll get a lot more to do when the full game drops, which brings us to…
3. The game is buggy as hell!
B1 is NOT ready to drop. Not even close. Let's break this down:
- In almost every game I have played, someone's character animation bugs out. Weapons or items attached to a character's clothing turn into bizarre rubber band penises.
- The class system isn't valuable, which means half the function of the game doesn't work — or, at least, it doesn't work as it should.
- Vehicles – particularly tanks – are extremely powerful, and there aren't a lot of weapons available that can do damage to them. Sure, you have anti-tank grenades for a certain class and some anti-vehicle guns, but if you're facing off against a heavy tank, you'll be lucky to take it out on your own, let alone with two or three people. If you can control the air and the land with vehicles, you can basically wreck your opponent without much in the way of a response.9
- The bullet range system is bizarre. I've seen a number of videos looking at the scout in particular that criticize it for its bizarre accuracy at 100-200 meters and the odd system of damage dropoff at certain distances (for a lot of guns). Some of this makes sense; a guy shooting a machine gun from 200+ meters shouldn't be able to do 100% damage with each shot for the simple fact that a bullet traveling that distance losing momentum. But the scout shouldn't be dead-on accurate at 100-200 meters. We should have to lead or arc our bullets more OR adjust the scope to compensate. In other words, if you can shoot straight (an admittedly difficult thing), you can wreck with the scout. That explains the overwhelming number of scouts on the map in most of the maps I've played.
So, will I buy the full game?
Right now, I'm in the "I'll wait until I see more gameplay videos or the game drops in price/goes on sale" phase. The first few days of B1 were fantastic. But the longer I play the game, the less enthused I am about its structure.10 And if I'm not all that enthused about it, I certainly can't justify spending $60 on the game, not when there's a much better game to be played in B4.
So, for now, B1 is on hold. They need to really impress me to bring me back to the game,11 because B4 is, to be frank, just a better game. And that kind of sucks, because I do really love the premise of B1.
Anyone else have opinions about B1?
- I'm no expert on the First World War, so I have no idea if the game is historically accurate. However, I'd guess that the game probably takes some serious liberties to maximize excitement.
- The game, unfortunately, is a little buggy, so the animations sometimes go haywire.
- Unlike COD: Black Ops II, meleeing in B1 isn't the easiest thing to do, since only the bayonet appears to insta-kill – and that is not easy feat given that to kill with the bayonet, you have to charge, which severely limits your mobility and makes you vulnerable. Still, catching someone with a bayonet is hilarious.
- There's probably a game that does this…
- The Internet tells me that the dust storm/fog effects are "client side," meaning that two players might see things very differently. This isn't my experience, so I assume that DICE fix that little but.
- The classes in B4 are slightly different (Assault, Support, Engineer, Scout), but they serve more or less the same basic functions with some variations. B1 also comes with other temporary classes associated with vehicles, such as the pilot, cavalry, and a new version of the engineer that comes with the tank; B1 also has a kind of "hero" class – a flamethrower guy, an armored machine gunner, and a rifleman with an anti-tank rifle. I've yet to play the rifleman.
- The Scout is probably the most affected class, since its only ability appears to be to spot enemies, which I haven't found nearly as useful as spotting on B4. The Scout also doesn't appear to have anything like a spawning beacon, so its added functions seem reduced to using a flare gun as a mass spotting mechanism. I can't think of a single moment when I needed to use a flare.
- Players who were invited to the Alpha were able to play a different map. I haven't watched enough on that to know if the strategies turn out to be the same.
- Planes are weak to ground unit fire, especially the machine gun "hero." That's nice.
- As if that wasn't clear from the much longer responses in the "cons" section.
- I watched a lot of gameplay videos, so I'll get a good sense of the full game in the next couple weeks


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Hello Tere,
Welcome to our Community!
Look for Café do Brasil to be part of it too. Eduardo will accept you and I am sure that he will be very happy to have y ou among us.
I am sure that you will contribute a lot with your ideas and life experience.
Maria Helena
Hi Terezinha, welcome to this Online Community of Learning and Practice.
Oh, Maria! i came across her somewhere online, how wonderful :)
Thank you for all your information in your profile Terezinha, much appreciated!
If you feel like writing a little freestyle part about yourself, the introduction-section is a great start...
Good to have you here - may this space be meaningful to you. i am here for your questions,
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