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Friday is now "Adaptable//Sustainable" day on the AKH blog. The next few months, I'll be posting a blog series, Remaking Your Space to Work for You. The problem solving aspects of a custom remodel or addition can also be applied to looking at ways your space can work better for the way you really live. It's great if you can do a remodel, but let's face it, most people just have to work with what they have. Even if you're stuck with a standard one-size-fits-all floor plan, there are some moves that can really improve how you use your space.
Most single family homes are built for the nuclear family, which is now less than 20% of all households. New strategies and housing types are great, but I am interested in solutions for the vast amount of people inhabiting speculative existing housing stock.
The Adaptable//Sustainable concept is green, since you are using an existing building. If you're itching to move into a larger house, think of the money you are saving each month by staying in your smaller space, especially in a strong housing market like Seattle is currently experiencing. Staying put may serve as a catalyst for decluttering or simplifying your life (for more on the simplicity movement, I highly recommend the blogs/books/ebooks from Rowdy Kittens and Be More with Less). It allows us to stay with the same neighbors, schools, connections.
During the presentation of D+A Studio's entry in the AIA Seattle 2009 What Makes it Green Awards, the judges were most interested in this graphic, illustrating the built-in flexibility of the San Juan Channel House.
The layout of the house and garage apartment allow for future wealth creation and sustainable living arrangements for the family, through rental of different areas of the house, cohousing with another family or allowing adult children a place to live while they find their way financially or take care of aging parents. There are also options for creating a home office, for the owner or for rent to others. So far, the garage apartment in this house has proved its flexibility by acting as a temporary apartment for friends in transition, space for a temporary live-in nanny and a home office.
In tough economic times, or just in looking towards a more sustainable future, we may need to use our space in different ways, whether that be working from home, adding a rental unit, or sharing what was once a single family home. New homes should be designed with this in mind, but more realistically, existing homes can be retrofitted to adjust to our future needs.
Next week: Adaptable//Sustainable: Breakfast Nook to Office Conversion


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Frequently Asked Questions
Program Overview
What is the Performance Partners Program?
The Performance Partners Program allows you to earn commissions by linking to Apple Music and iTunes content like music, apps, books and more. The Performance Partners Program enables you to place links to songs, albums, artists, apps and more on your website, app or emails. You can earn a commission on all qualifying revenue generated by partner links.
How do I sign up?
Signing up to be a partner is quick, easy and free. Apply now, and we'll review your application within five business days. You will receive an email notifying you that your application is under review. If you did not receive this email, please reach out to us at our Partner Helpdesk.
As you setup your account, please carefully consider that your username cannot be changed at later date.
However, you may edit the following:
- Passwords may be reset at any time by you.
- Your Email address can be changed in the "Settings > Publisher" tab.
- You may add or remove multiple user authentications to access your single account.
Why would an application be rejected?
An application will be rejected if you:
- Fail to provide a website or blog URL on your application. We do not currently accept social profiles for applications.
- Provide a URL to a website that is still under construction.
- Are an app developer and fail to provide a link to your app on the App Store or to your company's website.
If your application is declined, you can reapply to the program once you have an appropriate URL.
Reasons for a rejected application may include, but are not limited to, a website or content that:
- Infringes Apple or third-party trademark rights.
- Contains sexually explicit material.
- Contains hate, violence or offensive content.
- Promotes discrimination.
- Promotes illegal activities or otherwise violates any applicable laws.
- Appropriates text or images from Apple's websites or stores.
- Fails to clearly state an online privacy policy to visitors.
- Uses misleading or fraudulent means to prompt clicks.
- Includes an Apple trademark in your domain name.
- Includes other inappropriate elements. What is deemed inappropriate is at Apple's sole discretion.
If you think your application has been denied in error, reach out to us at our Partner Helpdesk and provide your name or company name, account username, email and the date of your application.
What are the next steps if my application is accepted?
Now that you're part of the Partners Program, you can:
- Start Creating Links. Create links using our Link Maker tool, Widget Builder tool, or simply add your Partner ID to the end of an iTunes Store, App Store or iBooks Store URL. Learn more by reading about basic partner linking.
- Get Partner Badges. Link to our stores using iTunes store badges. Badge art is available in our Link Maker tool or through our Partner Resources page. Before using a partner badge, make sure you're planning to use them properly by reviewing our Identity Guidelines.
- Update Your Payment Information. Please provide your banking information, select a payment currency and set your minimum payment threshold by signing in to your partner account.
For more information about the Performance Partners Program, see the Partner Resources page.
What does it cost to join?
Nothing. It's free to become a performance partner. Please be aware that working with any third party service providers to help optimize your performance as partner or your website is at your own discretion and not required at all for participation in our program.
Is my website or app eligible for the Performance Partners Program?
We accept a wide variety of sites and apps to the program. We reserve the right to refuse any site that does not comply with our program terms and conditions. Unsuitable sites include, but are not limited to, those that: * Infringe on Apple or third-party trademark rights. * Contain sexually explicit material. * Contain hate, violence or offensive content. * Promote discrimination. * Promote illegal activities or otherwise violate any applicable laws. * Appropriate text or images from Apple's websites or stores. * Fail to clearly state an online privacy policy to visitors. * Use misleading or fraudulent means to prompt clicks. * Include an Apple trademark in your domain name. * Include other inappropriate elements. What is deemed inappropriate is at Apple's sole discretion.
Are all app publishers automatically approved to be partners?
No, app publishers have to go through the same approval process as websites.
Can I change or negotiate the PHG Terms and Conditions for the Performance Partners Program?
No, we will not do custom agreements or Terms and Conditions for individual partners. For current program documentation, please refer to or download the Terms and Conditions.
Linking to iTunes
Can I put partner links on my social profile?
Yes, you can place partner links on your social profiles (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, etc). But you cannot use your social profile page to apply to the program. Currently, we require for the application that you have a website or blog URL. Or, as a developer you can provide a link to your app on the App Store.
How do links work?
An partner-encoded link to the iTunes store will launch the iTunes software on a Mac or PC. The same link on a website or in an app on an iOS device will take the user out of your app and into the iTunes store. If a visitor to your website does not yet have iTunes installed on a PC, the link redirects their browser to a website where the user can download iTunes for free.
How do I create links?
Log in to your PHG account and look for the "Tools" section. Here you can find all of our link tools including Link Maker. We strongly encourage you to use Link Maker for creating links. You can also manually add your partner ID to the end of an iTunes, App Store or iBooks Store URL. Learn more by reading about basic partner linking.
What does the "at" value in my link mean?
The "at" value is your partner ID. Just add this to the end of any iTunes, App Store or iBooks Store URL to be eligible for commissions. For example, the link below is to the Singapore store (sg): https://itunes.apple.com/sg/artist/bruno-mars/id278873078?at=12345
What does the "ct" value in my link mean?
The "ct" value is campaign text that you can optionally add to any link in order to track sales from a specific marketing campaign. Later you can see in the reporting dashboard all clicks and sales related to the campaign text you added to your links. For example, the link below is to the Singapore store (sg): https://itunes.apple.com/sg/artist/bruno-mars/id278873078?at=12345&ct=email
What is the easiest way to create just a few partner links?
The easiest way to create partner links is to simply add your partner ID to the end of any iTunes Store, App Store or iBooks Store URL. Our Link Maker tool can also be used to find and link to partner-encoded iTunes links. Look for the Link Maker tool in your PHG account dashboard.
How can I create links in bulk?
If you already have multiple iTunes links on your website or blog and plan to add more in the future, use our Auto Link Maker javascript tool to automatically code your links.
iTunes also offers advanced linking tools for finding more than just a couple links. The Search and Lookup API allows partners to find links and metadata about iTunes content in a programmatic way. This tool is currently limited to approximately 20 calls per minute.
Should you have heavier usage requirements or an app that exceeds the current limits of the Search API, our Enterprise Partner Feed (EPF) may be a more appropriate solution. This enables partners to create their own database of iTunes content metadata. As we do not offer support or file management for EPF, we only recommend this option for partners who are able to independently manage the file produced by EPF. Read more here on the best ways to search for these types of content and to determine which tool is right for you.
How do I link to the iTunes top content from my website?
iTunes provides different RSS feeds for the top content in each of the stores. Using our RSS Feed Generator, you can easily create feeds for displaying top albums, top apps, top books and more.
How do I know if my partner link is working properly?
Clicks report in real-time through your PHG reporting dashboard. To ensure your partner link is working properly, click on any of your partner links and then check the PHG dashboard to see if the click is reported. If your test-click did not show up in your reporting, please visit our resource site on creating links. You can also reach out to us at our Partner Helpdesk with any questions.
Do you have other creative assets?
Yes, we have an easy to use Widget Builder that allows you to create a partner encoded search box or to feature an album, a playlist or a favorite app or book. Our Banner Builder tool allows you to create banner for for almost everything on the store.
Earning Commissions
In which countries can I earn commission?
The Performance Partners Program is available in many countries all supported in one dashboard. Visit our Resource site for the list of countries we currently support.
How much commission will I earn?
As a partner, you can earn a commission on revenue generated by encoded links. Commissions are eligible on sales for up to 24 hours after a user clicks on your link. You will earn commission on sales less any local taxes imposed, such as sales tax or VAT.
All content types (music, movies, books, and TV and apps) currently earn a 7% commission rate, except for the Japan store where apps and in-apps earn a 2.5% commission rate. For more details and to access the Japanese version of our Program FAQ, click here.
Per the program terms, products and services eligible for a commission are subject to change without notice at Apple's sole discretion.
How do I know how much money I've earned?
You can run reports on sales, commissions, clicks and conversion rates through your partner account dashboard.
How do I set up my payment information?
In order to receive a payment, you must provide your bank information. Here's how:
- Log into your PHG dashboard, go to Settings > Payment Method.
- Choose to be paid out in a single currency or multiple currencies by clicking on "Add Payment Method", select your tracked currencies, and your paid currency preferences.
You will need to enter your bank information including SWIFT code*, and a minimum payment threshold. Once your commission has reached this threshold, your commission payment will be released. Depending on the payment currency preferences you selected, the minimum threshold may vary.
*A SWIFT code is a unique identification code for financial intuitions required for all international payments. If you do not know your bank's swift code, you can reach out to your bank directly for this information or you can search online. If your bank does not support International payments, you can only be paid in the local currency.
You are responsible for the accuracy of entering all of your banking information. Payments cannot be made if your banking information is incomplete.
Can I choose what currency I would like to be paid in?
Yes, you can select a preferred currency by signing in to your partner account. If you choose a currency other than that of your country of residence, minimum payment thresholds may be higher before a payment can be made.
How long will it take to be paid?
In order to receive a payment, you must provide us with your bank information. Please provide your banking information, select a preferred currency and set a minimum payment threshold by signing in to your partner account. You are eligible to receive commissions through direct deposit after you have reached our program minimum payment threshold. Payment thresholds vary by country or currency and can be seen in your account settings. Partner payments are available 90 days after the date of sale, assuming your payment threshold has been met.
Can I earn commission from sales on the Apple Online Store?
Links to the Apple Online Store products do not earn commissions on the Performance Partners program. iTunes gift cards sold on the Apple Online Store are not eligible for commission. Links to iTunes Gifts on the desktop or within iOS additionally are not eligible for commission.
Can I see the sale of free items using the Performance Partners Program?
Yes, any free item a user downloads during your partner session will be reported just like sales.
Can I see item-level details in my partner reporting data?
Users are now able to download item-level reports by pulling an Item Report in the Reporting tab of their dashboard.
Can I sell music and videos on my website?
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Chances are, if you've ever vocalised to someone else "I'm thinking of going to North Korea", you've faced a barrage of "why the hell would you want to go there?" or "you'll get kidnapped by Kim-Jong-Un!" and so on. You can hardly blame people for this – what little we do know about North Korea from western media portrays the country as a scary, brutal and forbidden place. My reason to go was quite simple – my degree is Japanese and Korean, and I was about to start my year abroad – first with a semester in Seoul, then a year in Tokyo. I had about a month of free time kicking around, so I thought I'd use that and some of my savings to travel both North and South Korea, and do both countries justice – after all, I study "Korean", not just "South Korean."
There's a couple of things you have to bear in mind if you're thinking of going. Firstly, you cannot travel independently in North Korea. Whilst it's fun to book flight tickets and "just go" somewhere, you have to sign up to a group tour (or book your own private individual tour) a couple of months in advance. Contrary to popular belief, this can be done by practically anyone and very quickly and easily, online, over the phone, even at some travel agents. I used Koryo Tours – I'd like to give them a shout out as they were absolutely brilliant, and I'd thoroughly recommend them.
The cost for a 7 day trip, including Korean visa, return flights to Beijing, all accommodation and food was about €1300. You do have to transit in Beijing for at least a day, which you have to pay for yourself – so whilst it's not going to cost you your soul slaving away at that sales assistant job you hate for years on end, you may need to save up a bit of money beforehand! Our group was about 20 people, split into two buses – which felt like just the right number, and I'm still in touch with most of them a year on as we all made fast friends with each other.
It's a little odd in the fact that you also can't just "go for a walk". If you want to visit somewhere, then you must go with your guides. Our guides were pretty relaxed and let us wander off in huge squares, just as long as we didn't leave the squares. Your photography will also be restricted – again, our guides were really quite chilled and politely asked us to delete anything very sensitive like military checkpoints, but otherwise we were given a lot more freedom than I thought we'd be allowed. Finally, you must monitor your speech. Contrary to what I thought, we spent the evenings chatting with our guides about their kids and their hobbies rather than what the Kims have done for Korea, but under no circumstance must you criticise the Kim dynasty or attempt to assert that "your political system is better." Not only is this insensitive to the guides (who are there to show you the country, not give you a politics class), but it could also get yourself and your group in some very deep trouble.
After flying "the world's only one star airline", Koryo Air (who, by the way, had far more professional service and cleaner planes than most of the international bigwigs that I've flown with before), we landed in Pyongyang. Our tour started here and criss-crossed throughout the country, so we kept going back to Pyongyang to do different bits and pieces of it, but the other places we visited were Kaesong (South Korean border city), Hamhung (industrial town), Wonsan (port town) and Keumgangsan (literally 'The Diamond Mountains').
Pyongyang is the most bizarre and fascinating city I've ever visited. If, like me, you prefer things like architecture and monuments to having friends and a social life, then Pyongyang has quite a unique charm to it. On the one hand, statues and pictures of the Kim dynasty are adorned all over the city (you have to pay homage to the big Mansudae monument as soon as you start your trip), but then on the other, there's the 100m deep subway with awesome (in the original sense of the word) Soviet mosaics, a huge replica of the Arch de Triomphe, and plenty of colourful street scenes which can be viewed at ground level or atop the Juche Tower.
(Pyongyang Station - Party Foundation Monument - Pyongyang Cityscape from the Juche Tower)
Kaesong was the only major city to change hands as a result of the Korean War, changing hands from the South to the North. Now, it functions as a border town between the two cities. Very occasionally, crossings do happen between the North and the South. A joint North/South archaeological team, for example, recently crossed into the North to conduct research, and there are some South Korean enterprises here which employ North Korean workers, but otherwise, the border remains closed for everyone else.
I've visited the border from both sides, and interestingly, the North is far more relaxed about picture taking, questions and general freedom of movement at the border. There is also a sense of yearning for reunification at both border points. Whilst this is seemingly unlikely for the foreseeable future (people write PhDs on this topic so I won't digress), I thought it might be more of a hostile approach before I went. Take for example, this poster:
North Korean and South Korean are technically the same language, but North Korean is far more formal and archaic than South Korean (and my Korean is only intermediate!), so my translation of this probably isn't 100% accurate, but it says "let's give our children a united Korean country". I spoke in Korean to a couple of shopkeepers around this area on some fairly basic topics (hobbies, study, hometown etc). We understood each other with a bit of difficulty, but they were so amazed that an outsider was learning Korean, and I think it gave us an opportunity that neither party would normally be able to have.
After Kaesong, we went back to Pyongyang for a bit, and then continued our onward journey to Hamhung. Hamhung is, despite being one of North Korea's biggest cities, very rarely visited, so it was a really good chance for us to get out of the glitz of Pyongyang for a bit. We visited a chemical factory, an agricultural university and a communal farm – none of which I was able to take very good pictures of unfortunately, but we got to hear a lot of carefully-worded talks about communal life in North Korea in these places. I'm not sure that I'm about to give it all up and move to a North Korean farm, but it was interesting nonetheless. We also stopped off on the way to have a picnic at a waterfall, where we got lamented by the North Korean military for disrespecting a sacred site for the Kims. Luckily, our tour guide knew how not to mince her words, and basically told him to do one – how we weren't in trouble for that I don't know! We also made a campfire on the beach that night which was pretty magical, which helped to distract from the fact that our hotel had no running water and we all were in urgent need of a shower!
We then headed off in the direction of Wonsan, which has only been open to tourism for about 2 years. It used to have a ferry service to Niigata, Japan, before diplomatic relations broke down between the two countries. Wonsan is a port city, so there was plenty of beaches, seaside and seafood – it was very pretty, but again I wasn't allowed to get many good pictures here because it's quite a sensitive area. I'd write more about it, but I think its biggest merit is its natural beauty, which comes off far better in photos – so apologies about that, but I guess you'll just have to go and see for yourselves!
(Scenery on Route to Hamhung - Wonsan Square - Views Out Over the Keumgang Mountains from My Balcony - Deserted Beach on the Way to Pyongyang)
The final place we visited was the Keumgang Mountains (which also are accessible from the Southern side – or used to be!). As a Brit I'm used to crap weather spoiling everything – which is exactly what happened to our proposed hike when the heavens opened. Instead of that however, we had some lunch in what clearly used to be a Family Mart convenience store (South Korea used to have some developments in this area but were ejected a few years ago), went to a sauna which was quite literally 100°C (I didn't last too long!) and stayed in the most amazing mountain resort. When I say "most amazing", it was probably a Western 3.5* hotel, but the fact that it had a working toilet and a bed which wasn't a wooden board with a sheet over it made it sheer luxury to us!
We headed back to Pyongyang for our final night, and more emotional goodbyes than I ever imagined possible after just a week. The next day was a weird one for me – eating breakfast in Pyongyang, lunch in Beijing and dinner in Busan was certainly not how I spend most of my Saturdays, but it was a pretty unique experience anyway.
It was a very educational week to say the least. I refer to North Korea as "the best international trip that I've ever made" not for the photos or the food, but for shattering all of my preconceptions about what to expect. Firstly, instead of being a bland, grey, Soviet wasteland of a country, there was an incredible amount of diversity in everything we did and saw. Cities, forests, mountains, beaches – they all exist here, and due to the underdevelopment of the tourism sector, a lot of it is in pristine condition, not spoiled by selfie sticks and litter. We did an immense range of activities, which ranged from having lectures in the Victorious Fatherland Liberation Museum, to getting drunk in a local bar and going bowling.
What really made me happy that I did this trip was the opportunity to meet North Korean people. Our tour guides were absolutely wonderful; they were knowledgeable, courteous, and forward thinking. I remember having one conversation about my homosexuality with one of my guides, and she said although it's illegal to be gay in North Korea, she has never thought of it as problematic and invited me and my (future!) boyfriend to go and stay with her and her parents the next time I'm in North Korea. I miss her, and if I do end up going back, I'll make every effort I can to meet up with her.
I think the chance for North Koreans and foreigners to interact is also very limited, so just by showing our faces and even doing something as simple as greeting people, it was an opportunity to prove that we're human beings one and the same and there's no need to fear one another. The group that I travelled with were also wonderful. None of us knew each other beforehand, but I think we all got on so well because we all had the connection of actually choosing to visit North Korea, which takes someone who's, how can I put this diplomatically…a little bit 'interesting'?!
So there's just one more thing I'd like to say about North Korea. I'm not here to tell you whether it's right or wrong to go, but I will say that it's a perfectly safe country to visit. It's not for everyone – the food and accommodation is, on the most part, survival only, and there is absolutely no internet, news from the outside world or any other mod-cons you might need. If you can't go a week without checking Facebook, or you want a loo that flushes, then don't go to North Korea, you'll absolutely hate it (and indeed, some people in my group did end up hating it for those exact reasons).
If you can accept that your speech, actions, even thoughts, will be limited, and that you'll be in what is to most a very odd country, and you have a curiosity to find out for yourself what North Korea is like rather than relying on media reports, I think that there's the potential that you'll really relish the trip. I'd love to go back again one day on a more specialist architectural tour, as I found that part particularly fascinating, but in the meanwhile, I hope North Korea continues to develop its tourism sector as part of its modernisation process.


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Today I am in my studio, listening to Angus Stone's new solo album,
. After listening to his sister's recent solo album,
, pretty much non stop... Im excited for a new change of pace with this mellow album. Although hers is mellow too, this is mellow in a different way. Im pretty much smitten with everything these two come out with. And I think this goes without saying, but they are both just about two of the most beautiful people Ive ever laid eyes on. Heart melting.
Go give it a listen.
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Fabulous Florals
Blazer (similar): Loft/ Shirt (same style, different color): Express/ Necklace: Target/ Jeans (similar): Kohl's (store) LC Lauren Conrad (designer)/ Heels (similar): TJ Maxx (store) Reaction Kenneth Cole (designer)/ Purse (similar): Macy's (store) Michael Kors (designer)
Even with all of this snow on the ground, I am getting ready for those spring blooms by wearing these floral print jeans. I love how the floral print is subtle, yet still makes these jeans anything, but basic. Pulling the pretty lavender color out of the jeans, I buttoned up this sleeveless collared shirt in the same hue. To keep my arms warm, (since it is still technically winter, but I like being at least one season ahead!) I tossed on this white blazer. For accessories, I stuck with neutral tones, so the pants and top could stand out. The suede heels, taupe and ivory statement necklace, and cream purse complemented the look perfectly. How do you like to style your floral patterns? Let me know in the comments below!
Stay Classy!
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The DNR is sponsoring Project AWARE again this year. The river trip from Mason City to Cedar Falls will start on June 14 and end June 21. A map of this year's trip is here. Volunteers will spend one night at the famed Winnebago Scout Camp near Marble Rock.
AWARE is an acronym for A Watershed Awareness River Expedition. Volunteers spend a week, or as much time as they can contribute, cleaning up an Iowa River. A description is here.


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Citadel Broadcasting going in right 'direction'
Citadel Broadcasting going in right 'direction'
Citadel Broadcasting President Matthew Hanlon said it is was a "thrill" for his company to be included with Rockford Construction Co. and Founders Bank & Trust as a nominee for the chamber's Excellence in Business Award.
"We're honored to be in the company of two of what I think are the best companies in West Michigan, in Rockford Construction and Founders. My goodness, that in and of itself is a great honor," he said.
"But another thing that I think makes it nice is, we have a philosophy as a company that says if we help improve West Michigan, West Michigan will improve us. Our employees bought into that philosophy, as they've demonstrated every day of every week in everything that we do, which is probably why we were recognized. It kind of provides reinforcement that the direction that we're going in is the right direction," said Hanlon.
Citadel Broadcasting has 75 full-time and 25 part-time employees at five radio stations. The company's lone AM station is 1340 WJRW, which features news and talk. The others are contemporary hits HOT FM 105.3, sports radio WBBL 107.3, country music Thunder 94.5 and classic rock WLAV 96.7.
Rockford Construction continues to make mark
Rockford Construction continues to make mark
President and CEO Michael VanGessel hasn't forgotten that Rockford Construction Co. got its start in 1987 when he and co-founder John Wheeler renovated a cottage in northern Kent County.
"We've always operated with bigger plans and bigger goals, but you've always got to start somewhere and that's the job that we first had. The cottage was up in Rockford and we worked out of John's house in Rockford. And that's kind of how the whole name came together."
Nearly 24 years and 3,000 projects later, Rockford Construction is up for the chamber's Excellence in Business Award. It has 150 employees, has worked in 39 states, and is ranked No. 248 on a list of the nation's top 400 contractors.
"It's a great honor to be recognized by the chamber, certainly your peers and your community, which the chamber does such a great job in representing," said VanGessel.
"We've just been working hard, tried to be innovative in our company, tried to be strategic in what we're doing, and, foremost, we're trying to be a good community partner. I think those are the things to us right now that are important. I think it's nice that the chamber recognized that in us and was willing to nominate us."
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Mary Beth Kolenda and Laurie Beard of Excellence in Business nominee Founders Bank & Trust.
Founders Bank & Trust grows its local presence
Founders Bank & Trust grows its local presence
Founders Bank & Trust was born in Grand Rapids in 1991. The small, community bank has taken some big steps since then by adding three branch offices in the city.
Over those years, Founders Bank has developed a reputation for delivering top-notch personal service, for having a positive impact on clients' finances and for creating an unmatched loyalty among its customers.
"For a small company like ours — born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan — all 98 employees share a great sense of pride in being a finalist in the category of Excellence in Business for the upcoming EPIC Awards," said Founders President and CEO Laurie Beard.
The growth Founders Bank has experienced has been steady, a result of the company's commitment to the city and its customers.
"I would say we have maintained a positive, can-do work ethic during this economic downturn. We subscribe to the basic principle of putting customers first. It's a tremendous honor to be recognized for our accomplishments as an excellent, truly local community bank," said Beard.
"We are proud of making Grand Rapids stronger and we appreciate the opportunity to tell our story."


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Seafarer groups respond to Hanjin collapse
Irked about the fate of seafarers on the stranded ships on the sea, the Mission to Seafarers and the union Nautilus have raised concerns on the need to help mariners affected by the collapse of Hanjin Shipping.
Prior to filing for receivership, Hanjin operated about 100 vessels with roughly 2,500 embarked crew. At least 30 of those ships are now stranded at sea, according to the company.
Ports have denied entry to some for fear that Hanjin will be unable to pay fees; for others, the limiting concern is that the ships would be seized by creditors at the dock. In both cases these ships remain at sea, awaiting a solution. Other Hanjin ships remain stranded in port due to vessel arrests.
Mission to Seafarers spokesman Rev. Ken Peters, said: "If the ships continue to be blocked from entering port, there could be a welfare crisis for these seafarers, as vessels will quickly run out of food, fuel and essential provision.
"Seafarers will be very anxious and their families at home will be concerned and distressed. The Mission to Seafarers has now issued a global alert to all our 200 port welfare teams to be ready to assist Hanjin seafarers when they come into port," Peters said.
Separately, maritime union Nautilus said it has been providing advice and assistance to four British cadets who have been stranded onboard one of Hanjin's container ships, the Hanjin Louisiana.
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News & Insights
Other Decisions of Note
Claim Not Covered Where Demand Was First Made Prior to Inception of Policy
The United States District Court for the District of Kansas, applying Kansas law, has held that a public official's liability policy did not cover a negligent misrepresentation claim arising out of a contract dispute with the insured city because the claim was not first made during the policy period and because the policyholder had a reasonable basis to conclude a claim or suit would be made based on the plaintiff's demands prior to the inception of the policy. City of Shawnee v. Argonaut Ins. Co., 2008 WL 852055 (D. Kan. Mar. 28, 2008).
Prior to the policy's inception, the insured and the plaintiff exchanged several letters in which the plaintiff demanded compensation because the insured allegedly misrepresented that it would relocate certain utility lines and breached a contractual obligation to relocate the lines, resulting in higher costs of project completion for the plaintiff. The court concluded that the prior correspondence "constituted a written claim for 'damages' first made against the insured City before the policy period, not during it." The court therefore held that the underlying suit was not a claim first made during the policy period notwithstanding that the complaint was filed during the policy period.
The court also held that coverage was barred by an exclusion in a retroactive date endorsement that extended coverage to wrongful acts occurring after the retroactive date, but before the inception of the policy, subject to certain exclusions. One exclusion barred coverage where, prior to the policy's inception, "any Insured had a reasonable basis to believe that the 'wrongful act' might result in a claim or suit." Based on the correspondence discussed above, the court concluded that the policyholder had a "reasonable basis" to believe that the wrongful acts alleged by the plaintiff would result in a suit because the plaintiff stated on a number of occasions that it intended to file a "formal claim."
Claim for Bad-Faith Refusal to Advance Defense Costs Permitted to Proceed Despite Absence of Duty to Defend
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, applying Ohio law, has held that an insured pled facts sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss on its claim for bad faith against its insurer where the complaint alleged that the insurer refused to advance defense costs in bad faith pursuant to a D&O policy that "contemplated the advancement of defense costs" but did not contain a duty to defend. Abercrombie & Fitch Co. v. Federal Ins. Co., 2008 WL 656029 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 11, 2008).
The insurer issued a D&O policy that expressly disclaimed a duty to defend. The insurer refused to advance defense costs for the underlying litigation and a related SEC investigation. The insured brought suit against the insurer alleging, inter alia, bad faith refusal to pay defense costs. The insurer moved to dismiss the bad faith claim, arguing that the policy provisions did not require it to advance defense costs. The insured countered that the policy required the insurer to pay defense costs that it became legally obligated to pay.
The court noted that several policy provisions contemplated that the insurer would advance defense costs despite the absence of a duty to defend. First, the policy specified that "[a]ny advancement of Defense Costs shall be repaid to the Company by the Insureds, severally according to their respective Interests, if and to the extent it is determined that such Defense Costs are not Insured under this coverage section." Moreover, the policy's allocation provision specified that the insurer "shall advance on a current basis Defense Costs allocated to the covered Loss" if the parties could agree on allocation. If no allocation agreement could be reached, the policy stated that the insurer "shall advance on a current basis Defense Costs which the [insurer] believes to be covered under this coverage section until a different allocation is negotiated, arbitrated or judicially determined." Finally, the policy provided that the insurer "may pay covered Loss as it becomes due . . . without regard to the potential for other future payment obligations."
After examining these policy provisions, the court held that "[w]hile the policy does not contain a duty to defend, . . . the policy clearly contemplates the advance payment of defense costs, whether by agreement or by other determination." The court then denied the motion to dismiss, stating that, "[b]ased on this policy language, the Court cannot conclude that there are no set of facts upon which [the insured] can base its claim for bad faith."
Illinois Court Holds that New York Law Bars Indemnification for Criminal Conduct
An Illinois intermediate appellate court, applying New York law, has held that an insurer had no duty to indemnify a policyholder that knowingly concealed the fraud of its client. BDO Seidman, LLP v. Harris, 2008 WL 696880 (Ill. App. Ct. Mar. 13, 2008).
The policyholder, a provider of tax accounting services, was charged with misprision of felony for "knowingly conceal[ing] the felony fraud of its client." The client was a structured-settlement company that assumed liabilities of defendants in personal injury cases and was required to invest its funds in United States Treasury instruments and use the proceeds to provide a return to the injured plaintiffs from the underlying settlements of the personal injury suits. The accounting firm had advised the settlement company that, if it intended to invest in other securities, it must purchase additional Treasury instruments in order to receive its tax exemptions.
The accounting firm ultimately resolved the misprision charge by a pretrial diversion agreement in connection with which it admitted to submitting its client's tax return and to failing to inform the Internal Revenue Service of information material to the determination of its client's tax return where it "knew and understood" that the client failed to purchase the Treasury instruments required in order to receive the claimed tax exemptions. In addition, the accounting firm agreed to pay $16 million to a fund set up to benefit the victims of the client's fraud from its failure to purchase the Treasury instruments.
The policyholder sought indemnification for the $16 million under an E&O policy that provided that "[t]his policy excludes . . .[t]o the extent it is uninsurable: (a) any claim or claims for fines, penalties, punitive or exemplary damages imposed by a judgment or any other final adjudication."
The carrier denied coverage. The appellate court held that the denial was proper, stating that where the policyholder admitted to "knowingly concealing the felony fraud of its client . . . indemnification for such criminal conduct is barred by public policy." In its holding, the court relied on Drexel Burnham Lambert Group, Inc. v. Vigilant Insurance Co., 595 N.Y.S.2d 999 (1993), for the proposition that "[i]ndemnification from insurers for admitted criminal conduct cannot be permitted . . . [and is] barred by considerations of public policy."


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Here are samples of a project I did with Sandstrom Partners for Stillhouse Moonshine. A very cool concept and package! The client supplied templates from which I created the 3D models. They were then textured and lit. You can find out more about Stillhouse Moonshine by visiting their site at stillhouse.com.


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Louisville Newborn Photographer | Julie Brock Photography
The Studio
I can't keep them from growing up, but I can bottle up time for you.....here.
It's the studio.
Located in the heart of St Matthews, it's not too far from the malls. And just a skip away from LeBliss Salon and Spa, where so many of my clients pamper themselves with hair and makeup prior to their portrait session.
This is where we make time stand still for moments that are too important to let pass by.
It's filled with the most flattering light for portraits. Gorgeous barnwood style floors that would make any Fixer Upper Magnolia Farm's fan grin from ear to ear. A cozy sitting area for parents to relax and enjoy a snack, while I photograph their newborn's details. French doors for you to watch, if you wish, until it's time for us to capture moments with you and your little one.
It's private, cozy, and designed with making your portrait experience relaxed and comfy.
If you are expecting and looking for a maternity or newborn photographer, I would love to hear from you and begin planning your session. Enjoy exclusive services with our clients' favorite - The Membership Collective - a series of three or four sessions for your family to document your baby's first year. I take great pride in providing each family with quality customer care from start to finish. My promise will always be to provide you with the most beautiful photographs of the ones you love and care about the most.
Julie Brock Photography is a leading Louisville, KY newborn photographer, maternity, baby, senior portrait, and family photographer. Her signature photography techniques and natural style are sought-after and celebrated by families throughout Louisville, KY, LaGrange, KY, Prospect, KY, Floyd Knobs, IN, New Albany, IN, Southern Indiana, and surrounding areas.


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Please visit us August 6 for the return of Sea Shirt Sunday!
Create your own fish fashion! Be sure to bring along:
- A pillow case, cloth bag or t-shirt (or purchase a t-shirt from the Centre)
- $2 for fabric paint
- Your creativity
- Sea-Shirt Sundays runs the first Sunday of every month
- Suitable for all ages
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- No registration required
- Standard admission rates apply
- Annual Passes accepted
- $2 fee for fabric paint


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Crime - Sacto 911
A wrong way driver killed her sister and friends. The next day, she disappeared
A family in Williams is missing two daughters after one was killed in a car crash Sunday and her sister vanished the following day.
Karen Garcia, 21, was last seen in Colusa around noon Monday. She planned to go shopping in Roseville or Vacaville later that day, according to multiple witnesses and was wearing a black long-sleeve dress and a white North Face jacket when she left her apartment. She drives a blue Honda Accord with California license plate 6ZHB954.
Garcia's 19-year-old sister Jessica, Jessica's boyfriend and three other friends were driving back from a Denny's in Woodland on Sunday night when their car was struck by a driver headed the wrong way down Interstate 5. All six people involved in the crash died at the scene.
Linda Quintero saw Garcia nearly every day, she said. If they weren't working together at Granzella's, a deli in Colusa, they met up at the four-unit apartment complex they shared. When Quintero got married to her husband Johnnie last May, Garcia was by her side in a bridesmaid's gown.
Garcia was the one who told her mother about Jessica's death, Quintero said, and had struggled with the emotional weight of losing her sister. In the day-and-a-half after Jessica's passing, Karen had worried about finding a burial plot for her sister and made tentative plans to move home to Williams, Quintero said.
Quintero texted Garcia around 5 p.m. to ask if she needed anything from Yuba City. No, Garcia replied, she was shopping alone in Roseville.
"She said, 'I need some time alone to keep busy, to clear my head,' " Quintero said. "After the accident, she was super distraught, super stressed out."
When Garcia didn't show up to Jessica's 8 p.m. vigil, one of Garcia's relatives called Quintero asking where she might be. That's when Quintero remembered Karen left a purse back at the upstairs apartment she shared with Johnnie. Inside, Quintero found cash, a driver's license and Garcia's lone bank card.
A friend attempted to electronically locate Garcia's phone on Tuesday, according to a press release from the Williams Police Department. The friend told police the phone appeared to be in Marysville. Williams police asked the Marysville Police Department to look for Garcia and her car, but they didn't find her.
She is identified as Karen Garcia Romero in the press release, but friends, fliers about her disappearance and her Facebook profile use the name Karen Garcia.
She also didn't show up for a scheduled work shift Tuesday, said Salvador Garcia, the father of Karen Garcia's child.
"That's not like her ... she never misses work," he said. Their daughter, Avianna Garcia, is 2.
"She doesn't know what's going on," Garcia said. "We just keep her playing with other cousins and stuff."
Everyone in the small Williams community knows each other and everyone is worried about Karen, he said. His mother and aunt were looking for her car in Roseville and Vacaville on Thursday, where she was supposed to be shopping. Other family and friends are putting up fliers.
Search parties have scoured Roseville, Vacaville and Marysville for Garcia. Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to call the Williams Police Department at 530-473-2661.
A GoFundMe page to benefit the Garcias and families of the four others in the car with Jessica – Cristian Lopez, Raquel Lopez, Yaneth Lopez and Kristian Paiz – had raised more than $20,000 as of Thursday.
Benjy Egel: 916-321-1052, @BenjyEgel


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Shostakovich and Schnittke Cello Sonatas
Alban Gerhardt – cello
Steven Osborne – piano
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)
Hyperion Records CDA67534 | 78'50
RECORDING OF THE MONTH (Musicweb)
Gerhardt and Osborne are perfectly attuned to the music's nuances and more expressive gestures... Simply put, this is the most convincing version of this sonata I've ever heard
— Fanfare, USA
Schnittke is Shostakovich's successor in life, art and on this CD. Gerhardt and Osborne play the finale of the older composer's sonata with a beautiful fluency, highlighting the cello's running semiquavers and the piano's pinging scales, which then reappear in the thrilling presto of the younger's homage-filled work. There could have been more grit in Schnittke's whirlwind, but the heart-clenching sorrow the duo depicts elsewhere, particularly in the Madrigal for Oleg Kagan, is a compensation. The programme ends lightly with Shostakovich's Eight Pieces for Cello and Piano, which are short, catchy, childish and fun
— The Times
Beautifully recorded and played, this is a disc that enchants simply through the sound it makes. Both Gerhardt and Osborne are noted especially for their poetic insights and whenever the music turns introspective here they cast a magic spell so as to have one hanging on to their every note
— Classic FM Magazine
Because Gerhardt and Osborne do not blast out Shostakovich's music statically and obsessively, and do not make him play the same old role of the eternally divided soul with sewing-machine rhythms and tortured pathos, they take him seriously as a sound painter in chamber-music style. This fabulous recording is meaningfully rounded out with Alfred Schnittke's sonata for cello and piano, the very piece that followed Shostakovich, and two pieces by Schnittke for solo cello, including a wonderful pale-moonlight madrigal with a static melodic pattern, and then, finally, arrangements of some Shostakovich bagatelles. In all: a well-conceived production, expressive playing, generously packed (80 minutes) – a must-buy
Wirdschaftswoche, Germany
The peformers give vivid and briliant delineations in this well-balanced recording
— The Strad
I cannot recommend this disc enough. True, it is full-price, but I bet you will play it many more times than a multitude of super-budgets. Superb.
— Musicweb
It is done with trememdous drama and conviction and a dynamic range that will challenge your ears and speakers.
— American Record Guide
Dmitri Shostakovich carved the scherzo of his Sonata in D minor for Violoncello and Piano op. 40 out of a dizzy deathsome spin. The staccato in the piano part sounds like the bony rattle of a xylophone. Evil shades haunt the harmonic phrases of the cello in the trio. After just three and a half minutes the whole thing is over: as quick as flash, malicious, this little dance. But for the slow introduction to the following Largo, Shostakovich created a kind of never-ending melody. It describes a generous ascending arch: a cello recitative, supported only by a few pillars of piano chords. Hardly has one noticed that a phrase has ended than it begins all over again. Alban Gerhardt plays this quasi-recitative at only half-volume, as if speaking aside, into the backstage area. The elegy that then arises is sung bloomingly and magnificently from the full breast of the cello, with the passion of a full-vibrato tone … But because this D minor sonata was actually the first major work of chamber music by Shostakovich that he himself let stand; because – in four movements, faithful to sonata form, with regular recapitulations – it also has definite conservative-romantic features and seems to lay aside anything would-be revolutionary; for these reasons there is also a strong temptation to see it as an early witness of the biographical-compositional rearguard action – and to interpret it correspondingly, highlighting its contrasts. The great young Berlin cello virtuoso, Alban Gerhardt, and his piano accompanist, Steven Osborne, are not exaggerating when they do so. Their reading is still differentiated, always closer to the sound-speech of the composer's text than to extra-musical hints and suggestions. The range of expressive variants is admirably wide, the rhythmic precision and the cleverly balanced dynamics in the way they play together is no less impressive than the range of pianistic and cellistic tone colours. In this presentation, simply everything is in keeping. The duo also arranges the cello sonata of Alfred Schnittke, written for Nathalia Gutman in 1978, in a lucid and clear fashion, with its melancholy twelve-tone sequence at the beginning and the presto drive threatening to become a tempest in the middle. How this duo gives itself to this deadly long-distance run and still insists on beauty of tone is something one just has to have heard. And the small "encores" on the album? Every one of them a poem in itself
— FAZ, Germany
[Alban Gerhardt] came late to the instrument, but now his mastery of it is both virtuoso and disrespectful, both individual and intellectual. His play is direct and boisterous, but then again astonishingly soft and open to all sorts of fleeting suggestions. He is not a paragon of refinement, but lives music. That can be heard again in his unfeigned enthusiasm for the bitter-sweet cello sonatas of Dmitri Shostakovich and Alfred Schnittke, where he is energetically supported at the piano by Steven Osborne. Gerhardt enjoys a flowering phrase but also a breathy staccato, he plays with full tone and also knows how to whisper. But at all times he is master of the cello, oscillating miraculously between discipline and freedom
— Die Welt, Germany
Dmitri Shostakovich
Sonata in D minor for cello and piano Op 40 (1934)
Allegro non troppo - Largo
Madrigal In Memoriam Oleg Kagan solo cello (1991) Lento
Klingende Buchstaben solo cello (1988)
Sonata No 1 for cello and piano (1978)
Dmitri Shostakovich
Die mechanische Puppe 'The Clockwork Doll' arr. Sapozhnikov
Drehorgel 'Hurdy-Gurdy' arr. Atovmian
Trauriges Lied 'Sad Song' arr. Kalianov
Wiegenlied 'Lullaby' arr. Kalianov
Frühlingswalzer 'Spring Waltz' arr. Atovmian
Nocturne from The Gadfly arr. Atovmian
Gigue from Hamlet arr. Chelkauskas


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Screen Rant is giving away 10 pairs of tickets (20 tickets total) to the Monday, September 17 screening of the film, where Ma-Ma's right-hand man, Kay (Wood Harris, The Wire), will be there to help kick off the screening, and to introduce everyone to Ma-Ma's way of running things. That is, until the most famed and feared Judge, Judge Dredd, comes to serve justice!
Currently sitting at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, now is your chance to see the movie that the Screen Rant Underground Podcast has been raving about!
Giveaway Details and Prizes
Ten (10) lucky winners will each win receive two (2) tickets to the Dredd 3D screening in Atlanta, on Monday, September 17. Winners must be at the screening at least 15-minutes before showtime to be guaranteed entry.
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The future America is an irradiated waste land. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One- a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets. The only force of order lies with the urban cops called "Judges" who possess the combined powers of judge, jury and instant executioner. Known and feared throughout the city, Dredd (Karl Urban) is the ultimate Judge, challenged with ridding the city of its latest scourge -- a dangerous drug epidemic that has users of "Slo-Mo" experiencing reality at a fraction of its normal speed.
During a routine day on the job, Dredd is assigned to train and evaluate Cassandra Anderson (Olivia Thirlby), a rookie with powerful psychic abilities thanks to a genetic mutation. A heinous crime calls them to a neighborhood where fellow Judges rarely dare to venture- a 200 story vertical slum controlled by prostitute turned drug lord Ma-Ma (Lena Headey) and her ruthless clan. When they capture one of the clan's inner circle, Ma-Ma overtakes the compound's control center and wages a dirty, vicious war against the Judges that proves she will stop at nothing to protect her empire. With the body count climbing and no way out, Dredd and Anderson must confront the odds and engage in the relentless battle for their survival.
The endlessly inventive mind of writer Alex Garland and director Pete Travis bring Dredd to life as a futuristic neo-noir action film. Filmed in 3D with stunning slow motion photography sequences, the film returns the celebrated character to the dark, visceral incarnation from John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra's revered comic strip.
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Innovative design and high-tech non-scratch materials are the essential distinguishing marks of the Rado luxury watches. As a leader in the top-of-the-range market, Rado has become famous throughout the entire world for its research into materials science. It is the use of sapphire, ceramics, and even high-tech diamonds that affords the strong, unique character of the Rado watch.
Rado's design concepts draw their inspiration from the intrinsic qualities of the materials used. For Rado, form is intimately linked to more intangible values, and the brand is as ever committed to the quest for outstanding new ideas. This philosophy of surpassing oneself and of tangible interpretations of the imagination has been rewarded with numerous international design prizes.
From 1957 to the present day, Rado's story is marked by a prodigious number of pioneering innovations. One of the most sensational of these is without any doubt the creation of the «high-tech diamond » by the transformation of carbon into a nanocrystalline diamond with a Vickers hardness number of 10,000 ( V10K). This technological prowess has led to the hardest material in the world, with its own entry in the Guinness Book of Records.
Rado is part of the Swatch Group- an international group active in the design, manufacture and sale of finished watches, jewelry, watch movements and components. Group's watch and jewelry brand portfolio: Breguet, Blancpain, Glashütte Original, Jaquet Droz, Léon Hatot, Omega, Tiffany Watch Co., Longines, Rado, Union Glashütte, Tissot, ck watch & jewelry, Balmain, Certina, Mido, Hamilton, Swatch, Flik Flak and Endura.


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BlackBerry finally launched its hype machine, the Blackberry Priv in the Indian market. However, if you have been looking forward to buying this phone then you will have to come to terms with the rather steep(read insane) pricing. The phone is priced at INR 62,990 ($923) and will be available from 30th January.
As far as the specs are concerned, the BlackBerry Priv flaunts a large dual-curved 5.43-inch WQHD AMOLED display (~540ppi) with a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 4 on top. Under the hood ticks a 64-bit hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 processor, coupled with 3GB of RAM and an Adreno 418 GPU.
The new Priv has a physical keyboard, a rarity on Android phones these days. It looks like any other phone until you slide the keyboard out from the bottom, like a desk drawer. It's an engineering feat given that the phone still feels thin, although it's thicker than Samsung's flagship phones and the iPhone.
An 18 MP dual-flash Schneider-Kreuznach certified camera is expected to deliver crisp images. The device has 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage that is expandable up to 2TB via a microSD card slot. A 3410 mAh battery on the Priv gives up to 22.5 hours of battery life according to BlackBerry.
The device also pairs its hardware with a tweaked version of Android, to make it a secure Android phone. The company also stated that it will push a software patch every month to fight against malware on Android. The company's Pop-up widgets offers users quick function apps right from the home screen without launching them.
The Priv is loaded with BlackBerry's suite of applications like BBM, BBM Meetings, BlackBerry Camera, and BlackBerry Hub. It is pre-loaded with DTEK by BlackBerry that alerts users every time any application attempts to access data, or turn on the device's microphone or camera.


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The second episode can be watched here.
The final part of Professor Jim Al-Khalili's documentary series about the basic building block of our universe, the atom. He explores how studying the atom forced us to rethink the nature of reality itself, discovers how there might be parallel universes in which different versions of us exist and finds out that 'empty' space isn't empty at all. Al-Khalili shows how the world we think we know turns out to be a tiny sliver of an infinitely weirder universe than which we could have conceived. (Excerpt from main website)
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She is powered by twin Yamaha 265 horsepower inboard engines. We have two inflatable life rafts stored on the stern of the boat and all passengers are required to wear modern, neat life jackets throughout our tours which are provided before embarkation and available for all ages. The Ayda Ruby II can really shift if she needs to – though our trips are not fast adventure tours, but slow, wildlife friendly trips in a style and with an ethos we feel strongly about as naturalists. We can go smoothly and rapidly to the numerous good spots however!


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DAYTON, Ohio February 22, 2018 – MacAulay-Brown, Inc. (MacB), a leading National Security company delivering advanced engineering services, cybersecurity and product solutions, announced today that it has successfully renewed and updated its Quality Management System (QMS) certification for ISO 9001:2015, an international standard that specifies QMS requirements. Organizations use the third-party International Organization for Standardization certification to demonstrate an ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements. ISO 9001 is the dominant standard recognized worldwide, and the primary requirement to which organizations can certify.
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By Richard I. Gibson
My local paper today had a front-page article about record coal exports, at 125,000,000 tons for 2012. That's a lot of tons, but it's just 11% of the total amount of coal mined in the United States—1,094,000,000 tons in 2012, down a bit from the recent high of 1,172,000,000 tons in 2008. The US has produced more than a billion tons of coal every year since 1994. Exported coal first passed 100,000,000 tons per year in 1981, averaging around 80,000,000 tons a year since then.
The US is a distant second in coal production after China's 3.9 billion tons a year, and well ahead of #3 Australia, which mines about 457,000,000 tons a year.
US coal consumption has decreased by about 25,000,000 tons a year since 2007 to just over 1 billion in 2011, largely because of increasing use of natural gas in electrical power generation. In the same period, China's consumption increased from 2.8 billion to 3.8 billion tons per year, an increase equal to the total US annual consumption. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that China is where the coal demand is, as it is for a great many basic commodities.
So it will also be no surprise to learn that US exports of coal, that 11% of total production, are also increasing to China, close to doubling from 2011 to 2012, from 5.6 million tons to more than 10 million tons (which amounts to 1% of total US production). China is now the third largest single recipient of US coal exports (after the Netherlands and the U.K.), up from the 8th position in 2011.
But by continent, Europe receives more than six times as much US coal as China does, with 66 million tons in 2012. The leading importers in Europe are Netherlands (13.5 million tons) and the U.K. (12.1 million). North American exports, at 11.4 million tons in 2012, mostly to Canada and Mexico, still exceed those to China. A comparable volume of US coal goes to South America, mostly to Brazil and Chile. In Asia, other leading importers of US coal are South Korea (more than 10 million tons in 2011, but just over 9 million in 2012) and India and Japan, at 6.8 and 5.7 million tons imported from the US in 2012, respectively.
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Thank you for being a part of the Palmetto Place community! For the third time, we are participating in Midlands Gives!
Each year generous supporters like you join us for the exciting annual Midlands Gives event -this year it will be May 3 from 12:00:01am until 11:59:59pm. Your generous support makes a meaningful difference to abused, neglected and homeless children and teens in South Carolina.
As you know, Palmetto Place is changing lives every day by providing a safe haven to the state's most desperate children.
On May 3, 2016, Midlands Gives Day, your $50 donation could purchase clothing for a child who was taken into care with none of their personal belongings. Or, it could be used to pay graduation fees for the senior who never thought they would walk across that stage. Without you and your donation, we may not be able to offer the small things that make a childhood great, like trips to the movies with friends or a night of roller skating.
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In 2018, we continue to work to resist the current administration's devastation to people and the planet. The poor, the immigrant, Muslims, Latinos, and our LGBT friends have been especially targeted by our President-Elect. Not to mention his attacks on our environment.
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– OurRevolution.com – This site came out of the Bernie Sanders movement, and is a great place to start to find critical issues and actions that you can take on a daily basis. Start your day with a cup of coffee and a peek at ourrevolution.com!
– Organizing for Action – This one started out as barackobama.com; as Obama began as a community organizer, this movement encourages community organization and is committed to training the next group of progressive leaders. Lots of great stuff going on here including downloadable documents you can use in organizing and lots of tangible advise and links.
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DEA Says Pharmacy Robberies Increasing
Information released recently by the Drug Enforcement Agency shows that pharmacy robberies are at an all time high and continuing to increase. According to the DEA's statistics thus far for 2015, Indiana has seen the most significant rise in pharmacy robberies with 34 between January 1st 2015 and March 31st 2015. That's more than twice the robberies in California this year, which has seen 16, but had a record 94 in 2014. Experts believe that if Indiana continues on this pace they will surpass California's previous year's robberies before the year's end, not a record anyone aspires to break.
The DEA is warning pharmacies to be on the alert. In 2014 there were 829 pharmacy robberies nationwide with California having the most. This was a 16% increase from 2013 when there where 713 pharmacy robberies nationwide with Arizona winning the distinction of having the most pharmacy robberies. According to the DEA California saw 56% more pharmacy robberies in 2014 than in 2013, which is just one of the reasons the increasing number of robberies in Indiana has become so alarming. A difference in state populations alone makes Indiana's increase in pharmacy robberies among the worst statistics ever.
A 2012 report released by the DEA to help state and local police solve pharmacy robberies stated that 69% of pharmacy robberies are solved, 23% go unsolved, and 8% have a suspect, but are still unsolved. So what does a typical pharmacy robbery suspect look like, and what are they seeking when they walk through the pharmacy's door? The DEA says the typical robbery suspect will be seeking out Class II prescription narcotics such as, oxycodone and hydrocodone as well as benzodiazepines like diazepam and alprazolam. Suspects are normally somewhere in their mid 20's or 30's and white males who hid their faces with sunglasses, hats, or other facial or head coverings, such as a hoodie.
Robberies often start by a note being handed to the pharmacy technician or pharmacist and are over in less than a minute. Criminals can net more money from one single pharmacy robbery than they can from the hold up of an ATM. The DEA encourages pharmacy staff to comply with the robbery suspect's demands to protect staff as well as any customers that may be in the store when the robbery is taking place. Many times the robbery is over so quickly customers may not know a robbery has taken place.
The DEA gives the following suggestions to help discourage pharmacy robberies,
- Install cameras throughout the store and in plain site where potential robbery suspects can plainly see them
- Have posted signs that state sunglasses, hats and hoodies are prohibited
- Install a panic button at the pharmacy counter that will silently alert police that a robbery is in progress
- Keep stock to a minimum for the drugs most often sought by criminals
- Train staff to recognize any identifying marks of the robbery suspect such as,
earrings, tattoos, scar, facial features, hair color, height, weight, or even if the suspect was left or right handed.
As pharmacy robberies continue to increase pharmacy staff should be vigilant in recognizing the problem exist, but should never try to stop a robbery or go after a robbery suspect. The safest way to end a pharmacy robbery situation is to comply with demands and then call 911 after the suspect has fled the scene. In a pharmacy robbery keeping staff and customers safe are the only things that really matter.
Ross, M., (2015), "Pharmacy Robberies on the Rise, DEA Data Suggest", Pharmacy Times, http://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/Pharmacy-Robberies-on-the-Rise-DEA-Data-Suggests, retriev
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For example in ps.80:8-16 there is vine which is easy use analyze that it is metaphorically about Israel. But it still doesn't say in this passage that what vine is like, but it has to be analyzed from the context. But then I have heard that all prophecies in the bible unless otherwise stated are to be interpreted literally like the rebirth of nation of Israel in Isaiah.66:8? And I have heard that unless it is seen evidently from the passage that interpretation is to be taken metaphorically, one should interpret passage literally. Is this correct strategy for interpretation of a passage of the bible? So when to use literal and when allegorical/metaphorical interpretation method? Can you give some example passage that is not so easy to decide whether to interpret the passage literally or metaphorically?