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Where does the real executive power lie?
The executive power of the Union is vested in the President [Article 53 (1)]. This power is to be exercised in accordance with the Constitution [Article 53 (1)]. Though formally vested in the President, the idea could never be that he should personally exercise this power, or take every decision himself. Although the executive power of the Union is vested in the President, actually, in practice, it is carried on by the council of ministers. The prime minister is the head of the council of ministers.
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Through running Happy Inbox, I have evaluated hundreds of newsletters. Newsletters are very much a matter of personal taste, but I have found that there are some key traits to great ones:
(1) Unique Content. Unique content is paramount to having subscribers that actually read and look forward to your newsletter. Recycling content published online won't cut it. A great newsletter should also anticipate how and where it will be read, be it in bed or in the middle of the work day, and optimize for that experience. The newsletter's content should offer a striking contrast to what a reader may get from anything else at that time, and it should leave the reader with a genuine sense of feeling informed, entertained, or connected. The Mattermark Daily—which shares the most significant startup analysis published each day—stands out from competitors by providing a thoughtful impression for each article it shares. The impressions are crafted so well that you feel the gravity of each piece and you understand how they add to the conversation. Politico's Playbook (the "Godfather of newsletters," if there were ever such a thing) and Capital New York's Playbook—which feature national and New York political news, respectively—provide an "insider" take on the latest political news early each morning. The insights are so fresh and respected that, as the New York Times described, "some of America's most influential people will read [the Playbook] before they say a word to their spouses."
(2) Humanized. Adding a personal, human message to a newsletter is a great way to connect with readers. Product Hunt's newsletter nails this. In each edition, Product Hunt founder Ryan Hoover adds a little message that deviates from the newsletter's primary purpose, which is to share the top products posted to the site. His messages share everything from updates on his growing company to trends that the Product Hunt team is seeing. It's this personal touch and element of surprise that I believe gets people hooked to a newsletter—even if its minor and takes seconds to consume. To the contrary, newsletters that effortlessly share an RSS feed are unlikely to have engaged readers.
(3) Thoughtful Design. A newsletter's design need not be fancy or loaded with graphics to be great. The Playbook newsletters, for instance, simply contain paragraphs of text. But the basic design seems to be an almost intentional way of reinforcing that the Playbook contains pure insight—no nonsense. A great newsletter's design is more about what it shouldn't look like. It shouldn't look automatically generated (such as from an RSS feed), and it shouldn't have lackluster graphics. But the content must be extremely readable. After that, the possibilities are endless. I love newsletters that take the effort to give you visual cues as to how to read it, such as highlighting important information or boxing special messages. The Farnam Street newsletter, for instance, literally has a heading that says "Start Here" to guide readers on where to begin reading.
(4) Consistent Schedule. Preparing a great newsletter is not easy. It takes a lot of effort to incorporate unique content, a humanized component, and a great design into each newsletter you send. But the best newsletters meet all of these criteria while being delivered on a consistent schedule, without fail. Promising a daily newsletter yet having frequent spates of not sending it will ultimately result in reader mistrust and disengagement. You also risk missing out on the natural growth that a great and consistently delivered newsletter can experience. Dan Primack's Term Sheet and Connie Loizos's StrictlyVC excel at consistency. They rarely miss a day. But if they have to, they arrange for substitute authors—which has the added bonus of changing the rhythm and adding some excitement to an otherwise consistent newsletter experience.
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IN ONE of the most misbegotten rulings of recent times, the Supreme Court decided in Citizens United in 2010 that corporate campaign contributions are a protected form of free speech and that "effective disclosure" would guard against corruption. The court declared, "With the advent of the Internet, prompt disclosure of expenditures can provide shareholders and citizens with the information needed to hold corporations and elected officials accountable for their positions and supporters." Moreover, the justices said, "This transparency enables the electorate to make informed decisions and give proper weight to different speakers and messages."
The court's assumption was naive and has largely proved wrong. "Dark money" campaign groups that keep their donors secret have ballooned in size and importance, including tax-exempt "social welfare" organizations that are allowed to conceal the sources of their funds. Now a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law shows how the contamination of dark money is spreading.
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The California Society of Printmakers opened the Light/Dark show juried by Enrique Chagoya last night to a packed house. It was the first time I remember being claustrophobic in a crowd since being manually pressed into a Japanese train ten years ago, but the show was well displayed (especially for a group show of this size) and the Light/Dark theme was perfect for printmakers. I would recommend going on a quiet afternoon on the heels of a walk through the rose garden.
Some highlights from the show below are Jenny Robinson's Billboards and Debra Jewell's Soberanes.
Event: Light/Dark
Venue: Berkeley Art Center
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Most disgruntled, Jedi were, yesterday, when they learned they are not recognised as a religious group despite outnumbering Sikhs, Jews and Buddhists on the census forms.
In a move Star Wars fans described as "almost religious persecution", officials said they had counted the 390,000 people who identified themselves as Jedi among the 7.7m who said they had no religion.
Jedi make up 0.7% of the population, while Christians number 42m (72%) and Muslims 1.6m (3%). But those who have chosen the faith, portrayed in the George Lucas films, outnumber the 329,000 Sikhs, 260,000 Jews and 144,000 Buddhists who filled in forms.
Officials blamed the large numbers on an email which suggested, wrongly, that Jedi would be officially recognised as a religion if more than 10,000 people cited it. "I think it was not a particularly serious answer," said Len Cook, registrar general for England and Wales.
But Andy New, of the UK's official Star Wars fan club, said: "People should be allowed to classify themselves how they want."
Asked if he was not being presumptuous in deciding what was and was not a religion, Mr Cook said that, like Yoda, left, he acted "with immense consultation and remarkable concentration".


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If you need phone wiring or a jack repaired, you might be wondering. Who's responsible for fixing it, and who's responsible for paying for it?
Generally, equipment inside your home is your responsibility, and equipment outside your home is our responsibility.
Basically, if signal isn't getting to your house, then the problem is outside your home. If, however, you have dial tone on one (or more) of your jacks -- even if it is faint, unclear or intermittent -- the problem is most likely inside your home, and your jack(s) and/or inside wiring need to be repaired.
Tip: To figure out whether signal is getting to your home, read "How to troubleshoot for no dial tone on your phone" -- which includes step-by-step how-to instructions.
If you subscribe to one of our maintenance protection plans, there's no fee to have us repair most jack and wiring problems. However, if you don't have one of these plans, you are responsible for all repairs within your home -- including finding someone to do the work and paying that person.
Handymen and electricians are usually the ones who handle this kind of repair, and you can find listings for them in the phone book, on the Internet or by asking for referrals. The cost for them to do the work will vary based on what needs to be done and how long the work is likely to take. Most professionals charge an hourly rate as well as a materials fee.
Tips for hiring handymen:
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If you are experiencing service issues and suspect jacks are a problem, we can do the work for you. If you don't have a maintenance protection plan, there will be a fee for the trip and any needed work, but our rates are competitive. Use the Service Troubleshooter tool to find a repair schedule that meets your needs. We're here to help!


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News from HR Tech: FinancialForce Peoplecasting® Customer Momentum
While Dreamforce has taken over San Francisco, our FinancialForce HCM team has invaded the Windy City for HR Technology Conference and Expo!
Last year at HR Tech in Las Vegas, we formally introduced FinancialForce Peoplecasting®, the unique interoperability between Salesforce CRM, FinancialForce Human Capital Management (HCM), FinancialForce Professional Services Automation (PSA) and FinancialForce Financial Management applications. A lot has happened in a year and today we're excited to showcase how our customers are succeeding with FinancialForce Peoplecasting®.
Because there is one system of record managing employee, customer and project data, organizations are empowered to make smarter and faster business critical decisions, they have improved financial predictability at their fingertips and are able to increase employee retention and engagement. In this morning's press release, we featured two customers who have achieved impressive results:
Concept Services
Concept Services, a new business lead generation service provider and Silver Salesforce Partner, uses FinancialForce Peoplecasting® across all company departments. Concept Services' recruiting and production teams for its Lead Generation division rely on the interoperability of FinancialForce PSA, FinancialForce Financial Management and FinancialForce HCM for forecasting how many people will need to be recruited or allocated to the projects that are created through Sales and CRM teams. Managers are able to instantly view number of available hours for consumption and the number of resources needed, and make fast decisions on who to hire and when.
Summa Technologies
Summa Technologies, a digital solutions consultancy, found that connecting FinancialForce PSA, HCM and Financial Management helped it better serve its employees and customers. Prior to FinancialForce, Summa managed a handful of disparate systems and applications that inevitably forced its teams to rely on Excel and email. In tandem, the company was expanding very quickly, doubling headcount every two years, and was outgrowing the basic processes in place to manage employees and client projects.
On FinancialForce Peoplecasting® customer momentum, Laura Castillo, General Manager of FinancialForce HCM applications commented: "Since we introduced FinancialForce Peoplecasting® to the market in 2015, we have been inspired by the incredible success customers have achieved so far. Every year, our customers are constantly challenged to perform higher and make their customers happier with fewer resources and budgets. Yet with the right tools at their fingertips, teams can be able to make business critical decisions quicker, ensuring customer and employee satisfaction. FinancialForce Peoplecasting® brings the unique ability to have a real-time view of a business, all on one platform and we expect continued growth and productivity from FinancialForce Peoplecasting® users in the future."
To learn more, review today's FinancialForce Peoplecasting® press release here.
To meet with the FinancialForce team at HR Technology Conference & Exposition and to learn more about FinancialForce Peoplecasting®, please visit Booth 1443 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois.


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Unfortunatley the stairs have claimed another victim.
Anyone who has been to our place can attest to the fact that the stairs are no joking matter. There are a lot of them, they are steep and they are slippery. I try to remember to always wear sneakers when running around the house because about a month ago I slid down seven or eight steps bruising my back. Unfortunatley, Phil did the same thing last night and sprained his foot. This picture was after our trip to the doctor, which was also an adventure since the doctor spoke very little English.
The conversation went something like this while we all looked at the x-ray...
Doctor: I see a fracture.
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blodgett did first fry and then boil various quantities of the following items:
red onions
leetle pigs in blankets
eating apples
sweet potato
butter beans
blodgett did first fry and then boil various quantities of the following items:
red onions
leetle pigs in blankets
eating apples
sweet potato
butter beans
blodgett had some small apples and a carrot required to consume, decided to cook with the small piglets in blankets!
1) obtain 1 medium carrot, 3 cox apples, 12 chipolatas bacon-wrapped, sunflower seeds sufficient to fill approx. half a tennis ball
2) peel carrot, quarter apples and remove cores
3) eat half an apple
4) grate remaining apple and carrot, mix together with seeds
5) maybe a tablespoon of olive oil into the bottom of a loaf tin, spread around to avoid the sticking
6) pile all the grated mush into the tin, add the leetle sausages on the top
7) oven on gas mark 6 or 7 for about half an hour, rotate the leetle piglets after about 20 min. increase the fire if they are not going crispy
blodgett not greatly enamoured of the smell of the resulting food item, but the taste was rather good!
this was rather tasty:
skipped the chilli and the parsley (yuck), added paprika and cooked low for maybe 4 hours?
although after the manufacturing, blodgett discovered that those small bottles of white wine sold in supermarket actually a little more than twice as much as required
ah well, people seemed to like it…
blodgett experimented with putting coconut cream into its leek and potato soup instead of the regular kind.
not awful, but also would not make again…
blodgett almost made a recipe originally glommed from sainsbury! alas cannot currently find it online. eat it with breadandbutterfood
tuning parameters and suggested values:
oil for to fry
3 cloves garlic
1 can aduki beans
1 can black eye beans
1 can tomato beans
1 large onion
1 large courgette
3 carrots
1 small lettuce or cabbage leaffoods (blodgett used little gem)
black pepper
1 vegetable stock cube
1 cow stock cube
hot water
handful of macaroni food
100g chorizo sausagefoods
1 LARGE saucepan
010 CUT everything into bits (may be handled concurrently with FRY)
020 FRY garlic and onion till brown or soft or impatient
030 FRY carrot a few minutes
040 FRY courgette
050 FRY chorizo
060 RINSE beans
070 APPEND herbs and pepper and beans and tomatoes and stock cubes and hot water to saucepan contents
080 BOIL 30 mins
090 APPEND macaronifoods and leaffoods
100 BOIL 15 mins
gloooooop x about 6 people
-1hr time
tasty gloooooooup
makes maybe 8 soupfoods? depends how much one doth consume.
about 1.5 hours including potwatching
loosely requires:
4 leeks
2 onions
7 normal size potatoes*
3 stock cubes (blodgett used cow)
much herb
black pepper
half small pot of creme fraiche
frying medium
large pan
electric hand blender, masher, or other whoosking device
1. cut up all vegetables into lumps
2. fry them enthusiastically for a while (~10 mins) to make a bit soft
2.1. may want to fry non-potato items first, but blodgett not sure it makes any difference
2.2 boil water in kettle
2.2.1. this is not the same thing as 'boil kettle'. you have been warned.
3. add much herbs, crumbled stock cubes, and peppery; mix it up
4. add water till covered, bubble gently for an hour or so
5. turn off the heat and whoosk until approximately smooth
5.1. carefully so as not to decorate the cooker
6. stir in creme fraiche
7. slurp
*in case wondering, the canonical scale of potato sizing as follows:
tiny, small, normal, large, abnormally large
blodgett estimates increase in step size of factor approximately 1.5, although abnormally large potato size is clearly unbounded.
mmm creamy
1 can campbell concentrating soup
1 large leek
1 onion
2 chicken breast pieces/1 large turkey piece/whatever
1 chicken stockcube
olive oil
herbs as wanted
much black pepper
some frozen peas
1 saucepan
1. cut up chicken, onion, leek into small pieces
2. heat oil in pan fairly hot and add chickenfoods and herbs, mix until colourchanged
3. add onion and leek and mix around, add some pepper, turn to medium heat
4. do something else for 10 minutes
5. return to pan, mix up foods, add peas and squished stockcube, mix up more
6. add all soup from can and about 3/4 can of hot water in bits, mixing each in separately to avoid lump
7. turn to veryvery low and leave for 10-15 minutes
7a. could be worth mixing occasionally. if appears the little grainy bits, just mix them in
blodgett eats it with ricefood!
this made last week so maybe a leetle inaccurate. made in slow cooker, definitely find something else to do while it bubble.
260g pacquet of lamb neck fillet
1 medium onion
4 medium tomatoes
1 intermediate potato
2 oxo cubes
arbitrary herbs
tablespoon of gravy granules
mug of water
1. lamb fillets came in sausage-shaped rolls. cut into slices across width of roll, makes small pieces 0.5 — 1cm wide
2. cut up onion and intermediate potato into small chunks
3. cut tomato into halves and then into slices
4. add everything into slooooow cooker, mix it up, turn it on
5. leave for 3-5 hours until all the sheepfoods almost fall apart, but check it a couple of times in between and add more water if too dry
6. tasty with with breadfood or ricefood!


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AJ "Big Al" Alfaro answers questions about:
- Tunica toughness,
- Stamina training,
- How penis tissue multiplies,
- Detoxing from porn, and
- More in this Ask the Experts article.
Q. What are your thoughts on the tunica? I seem to get thinner girth-wise…
…when I am 100% hard, and after some workouts I seem to be more tough . Do you think that the tunica gets tougher and would this inhibit gains?
Big Al: There's a misconception about the tunica that stems from researchers familiar with the tensile strength and deformation properties of metals and plastics, but not biological tissues. There is absolutely no reason why the tunica cannot be both strengthened AND made more flexible.
I like to compare PE training to gymnastics, which is likely the closest analogy (along with yoga) to how the tissues should be penile affected by male enhancement training.You'll note that a gymnast's muscles are usually both very well developed and extremely flexible. That should be the goal of every man who trains his penis- to have a strong but extremely supple tunica.If you are training correctly, targeting the tunica in your training, and balancing your exercises with stamina work and rest, there's no reason why your tunica should be the limiting factor in your gains.
Q. Occasionally, I have done scenes for a small porn shoot and that requires me to have an erection…
… for an extended period of time. Sometimes on the weekend I will engage in sexual activities if I go out. These do not occur often. If I know they will happen, would it be wise to cut the stamina to 3 times a week to compensate?
Big Al: Here's a good benchmark to go by: For stamina, you'll want at least 60 minutes of either training or sustained sexual activity. If you can get 60 minutes or more per week of actual sexual activity (maintaining an erection for that duration), then you can offset any scheduled stamina work. You can also offset the balance of any sexual activity you didn't do- e.g.- if you had 30 minutes of sexual activity in a week, you can make up the balance with 30 minutes of scheduled stamina exercise.
Q. What theory do you follow In regards to how the tissue multiplies…
…for the smooth muscle, tunica and ligs. I would like to develop an understanding of this, in the hopes that I can somehow meet the conditions for growth, without under or over doing the intensity. I continually wonder as I go through my routine where my intensity is relative to the "sweet spot" for gains. Not sure if I am expressing myself exactly how I intend but basically I want to understand the science better.
Big Al: My findings lead me to believe that expansion of the tunica and fascia- as well as the stretching of the basal ligaments have much more to do with growth. The corpora/corpus (smooth muscles) appear to be "passive" agents in the growth process- restricted in size by the tunica and fascia, and in overall length by the ligaments. Consider that these tissues' resting status is the CONTRACTED position, and it's the erection (Nitric Oxide) mechanism that RELAXES the smooth muscles and allows the to expand to their fullest- provided the tunica, fascia, and ligaments are pliable.I've also come to the conclusion that EQ is a HUGE factor too, and the mindset behind being able to maintain high EQ and SC DURING a sexual encounter has a strong correlation with gains as well.
Q. Today, I have officially started my detoxing period from porn….
…During my daily routine i just used a massage video as pre-arousement, and then I proceeded just with my fantasy (like imagining being touched by a fantasy girl). Is this what visualization is about?
Big Al: Minus the video, yes- to some extent. Fantasizing about others can help initially, but it's actually a shortcut that eventually causes limitations (and its own problems) at higher levels. Some men complain of getting so wrapped up in fantasizing that they find themselves doing just that even when their engaging in a live sexual encounter. "Pure" visualizations focus on the emotions and sensations, and at its height you would not need any imaging of fantasy girls, and the like. The goal is to allow you to be able to fully immerse yourself in the experience when you're with a partner, and to enable you to be free of distractions.
Multi-part Q&A:
Client: Psychologically is where I am focused now, as I am having a hard time relaxing before sex…
… with the woman I am with who I want to not mess up a thing and that has made arousal harder. I typically perform cunnilingus till she reaches orgasm and often times I am not hard and can't get fully erect for sex. It is frustrating, even though she is fine and appears to be supportive and says it will come with time.The inability to have spontaneous sex and get an erection without touching penis which makes it take too long to enjoy it being quick and spontaneous. My erection often does not last long enough, and some positions requiring a very erect penis is not possible.
Big Al: Do you ejaculate outside of any training or live sexual activity (masturbate)?Do you view porn and masturbate?Are you able to achieve erections effortlessly during scenarios where you don't feel under any pressure?
Client: Not sure I know exactly what you mean but I do ejaculate during sex now when I am able to be erect enough with the girl I am seeing now. I used to masturbate after sex with my wife almost every time, as I didn't enjoy the sex and basically was there to give her what she needed, and then I took care
of myself after. She thought I did this because we didn't use a condom and I was afraid of getting her pregnant, but that was not true. It was because I didn't enjoy it with her.
Big Al: Ejaculating during sex is to be expected, but are you ejaculating/masturbating during other times as well? My intent on asking this is to see if you may be ejaculating excessively. For now, I would advise ejaculating only during sexual activity or stamina work. If you are very sexually active, you can offset some or all of your scheduled stamina work- though it would behoove you to simulate some of the techniques in the Stop and Start during actual sexual contact. Not only would you note imprvement, but your lady friend would benefit from the technique as well.
Client: I used to in the past fairly often. In the past two months, I have looked at porn maybe three times. Once in the last two weeks. My masturbation sessions now I typically am thinking of the girl I am seeing now and haven't felt the need to look at porn.
Big Al: This ties into the above. The fact that you're porn use is nearly eliminated is a good one. Please read the following article if you're interested in learning more about the porn issue and how it affect you: https://www.pegym.com/articles/detraining-effect-understanding-reversing-negative-habits-improve-erection-quality-sexual-confidence-part-1
Client: I wouldn't say effortlessly, but it's definitely easier when I am not in the presence of the girl I am seeing and am alone. It takes less effort that way. Since she has been so understanding of what is going on we will talk sexually on the phone and masturbate, and during those times I usually don't have
a problem getting erect and staying that way for a while before ejaculating. I still can't get erect without stroking my penis though.
Big Al: That indicates a strong psychological component compounded with some stamina and perhaps some penile sensitivity issues. I would recommend that you try doing your stamina work with a lighter grip, and that you make a concerted effort to take some pauses where you do not stimulate yourself (or use only minimal stimulation) and attempt to maintain your erection through visualizations.


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Today is a big day for T-mobile. They are launching not one, not two, but three Android smartphones: the T-mobile Comet, the Motorola DEFY, and LG Optimus T.
The T-mobile Comet is coming at a low price of $9.99, but it's also available for free on their site T-mobile.com. This phone is a great choice for those who are buying their first Android smartphone.
Motorola DEFY has gotten a lot of news about its ruggedness and water resistance. It comes with a decent price of $99.99, after a $50 rebate. You can also get it for only $48.88 at Walmart, or if you want it unlocked you get it at $379.99.
The LG Optimus T is available for $29.99, after a $50 mail in rebate. It comes with Wi-Fi calling, a 3.2 MP camera and all Google's services. It's also a great choice for people getting their first smartphone.


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Finland has an ambitious New Year's resolution in mind: learn how offering free money for two years helps the unemployed get back to work.
Starting January 1, 2017 and lasting until 2019, the federal social security institution Kela will distribute roughly $590 each month to 2,000 jobless Finns.
Regardless of whether they find work during that period, the money will keep coming in at the beginning of each month — a trial version of basic income, one of the past year's most popular theories of how to solve poverty.
Under universal basic income (UBI), people receive a standard amount of money just for being alive. By handing out the money to everyone, regardless of their income status, UBI advocates say the system prevents people from falling through the cracks.
Marjukka Turunen, head of Kela's legal benefits unit, says the experiment in Finland should provide insights on two fronts.
The first is whether basic income could help clean up Finland's messy system of social security. Depending on their specific needs, Turunen says residents could be on one of 40 different benefit systems. Each benefit — whether it's for someone who's sick, unemployed, a student, or so on— is calculated differently and must be changed when the person's status changes.
"That's really a burden for customers and Kela to do all those status changes," Turunen tells Business Insider. A form of basic income could mean people just need to apply for one status indefinitely, no changes required.
The experiment will also provide clues about how people behave when they're receiving free money. Skeptics say people will sit on their couch all day. Proponents claim they'll actually use the money to make their lives better. (Limited evidence from developing countries suggests it's more of the latter.)
Turunen suspects the experiment will compel at least a few wannabe entrepreneurs to make the leap into starting their own business — a risky proposition in Finland today since business owners who are forced to close shop don't receive unemployment benefits. It's not unlike the system in place in most US states.
"The system nowadays, it's pretty negative for people who try to do something — even little — in their lives and get something out of it," she says.
A basic income might turn a risky move into a much safer one.
Turunen doesn't expect the trial to lead to larger basic income studies in Finland. The current experiment is tax-free, and in a small country like Finland the cost would be too great.
But other long-term experiments are picking up the slack. Basic income is part of government conversations in Canada, India, and the Netherlands. A pilot project run by the Silicon Valley firm Y Combinator is soon launching in Oakland, California, and the charity GiveDirectly has launched a massive 12-year study in Kenya.
Turunen, for her part, expects basic income to continue gaining in popularity if the data from those experiments keeps coming back positive.
"Some people might stay on their couches, and some might go to work," she says. "We don't know yet."


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Saturday, 5 May 2012
Floral Card in Blue & Pink
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12 comments :
so lovely work!!! love the colors! it look so delicate like a lace! i love them!!! Good Job!!!!ReplyDelete
What a classic piece.. Love the color combo and am absolutely floored by your neatness...!!ReplyDelete
wow!! your cards are so beautiful nupur...i have a ques though...how do you punch these tile'S so equally?? i mean do you draw squares and then punch it out...cos your's are in such perfect alingment and so neat!!ReplyDelete
beautiful cards.... love it totally...ReplyDelete
Wow so elegant. LOve the both.ReplyDelete
I just love this colour combination.....it has a very sweet taste. Love it.ReplyDelete
gorgeous cards, love them!!!ReplyDelete
wow really pretty!! I also have the same ques as Hussena!! Plz do answer in your future post. I also have a similar square punch but it is difficult to align them together in one line...you have done a great job!!ReplyDelete
Thank you Cristina, Khushboo, Hussena, Deepti, Sudha, Syvia, Paula, & Indira.. :)ReplyDelete
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Keep posting ya....
Thanx Deesha...ReplyDelete
It is very simple... I would post a tutorial on aligning the square punches.. :)
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Hi thanks for dropping by and having a look at my blog. Your comments are much appreciated. Hugs. Nupur...


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Public land under the ownership of the United States.
"The power over the disposition of such land and the minerals contained therein is in Congress and not in the states".
(McLemore v. Express Oil Co. (1910) 158 Cal. 559, 562; Moore v. Smaw (1861) 17 Cal. 199, 218-219.)
Small scale suction dredging is the primary exploration, and production method for recovering placer gold on mining claims on federal public domain lands, open to mineral entry under the General Mining Laws (30 USC § 22 et., seq). The vast majority of all small scale suction dredge gold mining in California takes place on unpatented, or patented mining claims situated on or within federal public domain lands. With only rare exception, small scale suction dredging is the only economically viable means that ordinary men have to economically benefit from private property rights granted to them under 30 USC § 22.
Indisputably, 30 USC § 22 is a federal land disposal law, including the right to mine applicable minerals therein. "Lands open to purchase by citizens: Except as otherwise provided, all valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, …shall be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States … under regulations prescribed by law, and according to the local customs or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States". 30 USC § 22.
On September 9, 1850, Congress passed an Act for the Admission of California into the Union. 31 Cong. Ch. 50, September 9, 1850, 9 Stat. 452. In critical part, that Act states as follows:
"Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said State of California is admitted into the Union upon the express condition that the people of said State, through their legislature or otherwise, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the public lands within its limits, and shall pass no law and do no act whereby the title of the United States to, and right to dispose of, the same shall be impaired or questioned. . ."
As such, Congress clearly abrogated, and California forever expressly conceded all rights to control the disposition of how the federal government disposes of federal public domain lands within its boundaries. Furthermore, provisions of SB 670 prohibit all suction dredge gold mining statewide in California, for an indefinite period of time. As such, SB 670 suction dredging gold mining ban is an unlawful constraint on mining claim owners use of federal public domain in California.
When a State through its entities or officials voluntarily elects to participate in a federal program knowing that a consequence of participation is a waiver of immunity from suit, the State's waiver of immunity is just as much an "intentional relinquishment or abandonment of a known right or privilege" (College Sav., 527 U.S. at 682) as a waiver that is expressly embodied in state law.
Congress has authority under the Constitution to condition state access to a federal program or benefit on a waiver of the State's immunity from suit, federal law determines the consequences of the State's voluntary actions, and any state effort to negate that condition through reliance on state law would be preempted by the Supremacy Clause. Lawrence County v. Lead-Deadwood Sch. Dist. No. 40-1, 469 U.S. 256, 257-258 (1985)
A State may not simultaneously accept the benefits of a federal program and fail to comply with the conditions upon which those benefits are extended. Townsend v. Swank, 404 U.S. 282, 286 (1971) (state rule that conflicts with the conditions on which federal funds are offered is "invalid under the Supremacy Clause").
Furthermore, less than 5,000 acres of federal public domain lands may only be withdrawn from entry, occupation and use under The General Mining Laws by the Secretary of Interior. More than 5,000 acres can only be withdrawn with the explicit consent of Congress pursuit to provisions of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. §1701 et seq.
FLPMA 43 U. S. C. § 1702. Definitions (e) The term "public lands" means any land and interest in land owned by the United States within the several States and administered by the Secretary of the Interior through the Bureau of Land Management, without regard to how the United States acquired ownership.
(j) The term "withdrawal" means withholding an area of Federal land from settlement, sale, location, or entry, under some or all of the general land laws, for the purpose of limiting activities under those laws in order to maintain other public values in the area or reserving the area for a particular public purpose or program;
FLPMA 43 U.S.C. §1712 (e) (3) Withdrawals made pursuant to section 204 of this Act [43 USCS Sec. 1714] may be used in carrying out management decisions, but public lands shall be removed from or restored to the operation of the Mining Law of 1872, as amended (R.S. 2318-2352; 30 U.S.C. 21 et seq.) or transferred to another department, bureau, or agency only by withdrawal action pursuant to section 204 [43 USCS Sec. 1714] or other action pursuant to applicable law:
FLPMA 43 U.S.C. § 1732(b)… "no provision of this section or any other section of this Act shall in any way amend the Mining Law of 1872 or impair the rights of any locators or claims under that Act, including, but not limited to, rights of ingress and egress". FLPMA § 302(b).
A regulation (a de facto closure) which removes [public domain lands] from its prior use, or from mineral entry, is a withdrawal within the meaning of the Federal Land Planning and Management Act of 1976, (FLPMA). (Mountain States Legal Foundation v. Andrus, (D.C. (Wyo.) 1980) 499 F.Supp. 383; 36 CFR §13.22(c)(4); 50 CFR § 36.42(c)(4).)
It "operates to remove lands from public use" and, as such, constitutes a "withdrawal" subject to FLPMA. (Mountain States Legal Foundation v. Andrus, (D.C. (Wyo.) 1980) 499 F.Supp. 383; FLPMA §204(c); 43 USCA §1714(c); FLPMA §103(j); 43 USCA §1702(j).)
State jurisdiction over federal land "does not extend to any matter that is not consistent with full power in the United States to protect its lands, to control their use and to prescribe in what manner others may acquire rights in them." Utah Power, 243 U.S. at 404.
If Congress so chooses, federal legislation, together with the policies and objectives encompassed therein, necessarily override and preempt conflicting state laws, policies, and objectives under the Constitution's Supremacy Clause, U.S. Const. art. VI, cl. 2. See Kleppe, 426 U.S. at 543 ("'A different rule would place the public domain of the United States completely at the mercy of [the State]'" (quoting Camfield v. United States, 167 U.S. 518, 526 (1897)).


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Poland pick up third victory at FIVB Boys' U19
The much awaited duel between the vice champions of Europe and Asia didn't disappoint those who attended the match between Poland and China played at noon at the Baja California High Performance Center as they were able to admire the potential of the future stars of the game.
The Poles took the first two sets of the contest only to see the stubborn Chinese climbing back into the game to tie the score. A long tie-breaker followed and at the end it was the team of Poland who came up with the victory 25-19, 25-22, 21-25, 13-25, 18-16.
Polish Alexander Sliwka and Rafal Szymura recorded 21 and 20 points while middle blocker Zhang Zheiha had 21 and seven blocks for China.
"I am very happy for this win and I think this is the first time we can play our game," Poland's captain Bartosz Bucko said. "I only hope we can keep this level for the match against Belgium, one I think we are going to win."
Russia demolished France in straight sets playing almost perfectly for three sets 25-16, 25-17, 25-13 for their second victory in as many days.
"We had the experience of playing against France two months ago at the European Championship and our goal was to stop their No.16 (Henry Mederic)," Russia captain Victor Poletaev said. "We decided to locate our serves so they couldn't organize their attack."
Chile claimed its second victory in the competition prevailing in five sets against Turkey 22-25, 25-19, 25-17, 18-25, 15-12 and relying on the offensive contributions of Dusan Bonacic who registered 26 points.
"We want to show Chilean volleyball to the world," Bonacic said. "This has been an amazing opportunity to do so."
Finland survived scary moments before winning in five sets 21-25, 25-18, 25-21, 16-25, 19-17 over Rwanda and the 33 points scored by Samuel Niyogisubizo.
"It was as tough match as anybody can ever see," Finland's coach Pertti Honkanen said. "They served the hardest floating serves I've ever seen but I am happy for my guys."
In the rest of the matches, Argentina defeated Japan, Korea beat Algeria and Brazil saw off Egypt all in three sets while Belgium closed the activities with a five-set victory over hosts Mexico.
2013 Boys' Under 19 World Championship Performances
Top Scoring Performances
33- Samuel Niyogisubizo of Rwanda v Finland (June 29)
28- Yuki Ishikawa of Japan v Turkey (June 28)
26- Dusan Bonacic of Chile v Turkey (June 29)
25- Dusan Bonacic of Chile v Japan (June 27)
23- Mohammad Javad of Iran v Finland (June 27)
23- Yaisin Aydin of Turkey v Japan (June 28)
Top Blocking Performances
8- Emre Savas of Turkey v Japan (June 28)
8- Henry Mederic of France v Finland (June 28)
8- Douglas Bastos of Brazil v Egypt (June 29)
7- Zhang Zhejia of China v Poland (June 29)
6- Maxim Troynin of Russia v Iran (June 28)
6- Elias Ndagano of Rwanda v Finland (June 29)
Top Blocking Performances by Team
23- Turkey v Japan (June 28)
19- Russia v Iran (June 28)
17- Mexico v Belgium (June 29)
16- France v Finland (June 28)
16- China v Poland (June 29)
15- Iran v Finland (June 27)
Top Serving Performances
5 – Nicolas Szerszen of France v Rwanda (June 27)
4 – Akbar Valaei of Iran v Finland (June 27)
4 – Samuli Kaislasalo of Finland v Iran (June 27)
4 – Lowie Stuer of Belgium v Tunisia (June 28)
Top Serving Performances by Team
11 – Belgium v Tunisia (June 28)
09 – France v Rwanda (June 27)
08 – Iran v Finland (June 27)
08 – Brazil v United States (June 28)
Highest Scorers by day
25- Dusan Bonacic of Chile v Japan (June 27)
28- Yuki Ishikawa of Japan v Turkey (June 28)
33- Samuel Niyogisubizo of Rwanda v Finland (June 29)
Highest Set Score
29-27 Turkey v Cuba (2nd Set, June 27)
28-26 Egypt v Algeria (1st Set, June 28)
27-25 Finland v Iran (4th Set, June 27)
Highest Scoring Matches
228 – Japan d Turkey 3-2 (24-26, 24-26. 25-17, 26-24, 19-17) June 28
212 – Finland d Rwanda 3-2 (21-25, 25-18, 25-21, 16-25, 19-17) June 29
209 – Poland d China 3-2 (25-19, 25-22, 21-25, 13-25, 18-16) June 29
204 – Iran d Finland 3-2 (25-15, 25-18, 21-25, 25-27, 15-8) June 27
203 – Chile d Turkey 3-2 (22-25, 25-19, 25-17, 18-25, 15-12) June 29


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This post dedicated to my brother Bobby who helped me deepen my Catholic Faith; love ya dude.
The Mass is to be Completely Respected by All Participants
I've been attending Mass, well, since almost the day I was born. Growing up in Brooklyn and attending a Gothic style church just after Vatican II, I remember the palpable feeling of holiness within St. Marks. At Mass; before, during, and after, there was almost complete silence (except for the occasional cry of a child) because this was a Catholic church, a place of prayer, reflection and reverence, with God in the Tabernacle. Parishioners dressed with reverence, entered the Narthex with reverence, entered the Nave with reverence, spoke with reverence, prayed with reverence, approached the altar with reverence, received Communion with reverence, and left the church with reverence. We were to venerate the Holy Eucharist and completely respect the Sanctuary. The real presence of Christ in the Tabernacle, as unbelievable as it may sound to atheists, agnostics, separated Christians and some Catholics, is a fact to the Church. This grand mystery is hard to fathom, but through Apostolic Succession, Sacred Tradition and Scripture, we know this to be true.
When we moved to Florida (early '70s), even though our church was not as grand as St. Marks, its holiness was protected by the examples of the priests and the edict of the Pastor. But as the years have gone by, with Vatican II implemented in a liberal fashion and with Americans becoming increasingly liberal – more or less, including Catholics, irreverence at Mass is rampant and alarming. A Catholic church is simply not a place where you act any way you want. You carry yourself with absolute reverence "in God's actual presence".
Reverence of God's Presence Well Documented
An example of the tradition of unconditional adoration of God can be found in Exodus when Moses approached the Burning Bush. God was actually present and told Moses to take off his sandals and not come any closer because "he was standing on holy ground". Another example is the Temple in Jerusalem. The most sacred part of the Temple was the Sanctuary. The first hall was called the Holy Place. No one was allowed to enter it, except priests twice a day. Beyond the Holy Place was a smaller room called the Holy of Holies. This room originally contained the Ark of the Covenant: a large box covered in gold that held the bones of Joseph (Jacob's son) and the tablets of the Ten Commandments. God was believed to be invisibly present in the Ark, as if it were "sitting on his throne". The Holy of Holies could only be entered once a year by the High Priest, on Yom Kippur.
The Jews venerated something, the Temple, with incredible humility and respect. Jesus called it "His Father's House". Jews could not imagine defiling the Sanctuary in any way, shape or form, because it was God's place. So why do Catholics so easily disrespect the Sanctuary, where God is present in the consecrated hosts, during the Sacrifice of the Mass? The answer is obvious; the lack of reverence at Mass is emblematic of liberalism's effect on our society, including Catholics and the Clergy. The sad fact is that most Catholic Pastors are more interested in "shepherding the flock" no matter how wild the flock is, as long as the flock fill the baskets, instead of protecting the sanctity of the church and the Tabernacle.
Reestablishing the Veneration of the Mass
The Catholic Church must reestablish the absolute expectation that those who enter the Nave and participate in Mass do so with complete reverence. Sadly, what we get now in most churches is noise, distractions, insipid preaching, and maybe even "entertainment." But we don't get the Mass as the Church wants us to get it. Instead, we get:
- Popular music rather than sacred music—syrupy folk songs or even drums and electric guitars instead of chant and hymns that normal people can actually sing.
- Adult women and young girls who look like they are preparing for a night of club hopping, openly displaying the "junk in their trunks", cleavage, tramp-stamps and t-backs versus covering up as a sign of humility and virtue.
- An atmosphere so lacking in reverence that private prayer before or after Mass is difficult because of all the chattering (by people who enter movie theaters in perfect silence).
- Extraordinary ministers who are so numerous that one begins to wonder if the word extraordinary has had its meaning reversed by some governmental commission.
- Priests who bow at the altar of political correctness by substituting "people", "persons" "brothers and sisters" in place of the written Word in Scripture that refers to the masculine "man", "brothers", etc.
- Catholics so devoid of doctrinal knowledge that they don't touch the Holy Water font on entering the Nave, don't know how to genuflect – or don't at all – don't know how to properly recieve our Lord in the Eucharist and don't even make the sign of the cross when called to do so.
Sadly, the list of liturgical and sacramental abuses goes on and on. The "sense of sacred" and the mystery of the Mass have been tragically lost in many Catholic parishes these days—precisely because the liturgy isn't being celebrated correctly. As a result, millions of Catholics—and especially our Catholic children—are growing up without a proper understanding of the holy sacrifice and what it could and should mean in their daily lives.
There's an old Latin saying—"Lex orandi, lex credendi"—which, loosely translated, means "the way you pray affects the way you believe." So if the Mass is celebrated in a casual, lackadaisical, worldly, "people-pleasing" way, it stands to reason that there will be a weaker understanding of what the Mass really is—and thus a weakening of people's faith, particularly their belief in the Real Presence.
Thank God for Pope Benedict VXI
Pope Benedict is on a mission to restore the "sacred" to the sacred liturgy—and thus restore the faith of the people. In his brand-new apostolic exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis ("The Sacrament of Love"), the Pope lays out his plan to revive the proper celebration of the Eucharist, which, as he points out, is "at the root of every form of holiness" and "the source and summit of the Church's life."
Along those lines, the Pope lists everything he wants to see fixed, changed, and improved upon in how the Mass is celebrated in parishes around the world. Specifically, he deals with:
- Why Catholic politicians and leaders must publicly express their faith—especially those beliefs that are not negotiable, including defense of life from conception to natural death, family built around one man and one woman, freedom to educate one's children, and the promotion of the common good. Moreover, why bishops must strongly reaffirm these values!
- Why Catholics should more frequently go to confession in order to receive Holy Communion worthily.
- Why priestly celibacy is so important as a pure imitation of Christ.
- Why divorced and remarried Catholics are not allowed to partake of the Eucharist (that is unless the marriage is properly annulled by the Church), but how they can participate in other ways at Mas.
- The proper way to bring the faithful to participate in the liturgy.
- Why vestments, furnishings, art, and liturgical texts—even church architecture—are so important to a proper celebration of the Eucharist.
- Why the music at Mass should never undermine the meaning of the liturgy—and why Gregorian chant should be preferred.
- Why homilies need to be improved and made more catechetical—avoiding the generic and abstract homilies that seem to be so popular today.
- Why the presentation of the gifts and the sign of peace need to be done reverently.
- Why non-Catholics cannot receive the Eucharist.
- Why Latin should be used more frequently in the Mass—especially in the music.
- Why outward signs of reverence for the Eucharist are so important—particularly the gestures of genuflecting and kneeling.
- Why the location of the tabernacle is so important—and where it really should be.
- Why the Sunday obligation must be reaffirmed.
- How the Eucharist can combat today's secularization and the marginalization of the Christian faith.
- Why priests should celebrate Mass regularly—even if the faithful aren't present.
All this—and much more—is coming to a church near you! Its "Sacramentum Caritatis" starring Pope Benedict XVI and all Catholics in tow. Nuns, dust off your habits, Priests grow a spine, Catholic men "man up" and lead, and Catholic women leave the Jersylicious wardrobe at home. The Church is turning to the right and Thank God.


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APC presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari's refusal to participate in the presidential debate being organized by the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria (BON) and the Nigeria Election Debate Group (NEDG), has sparked controversy.
Public figures including media mogul, Dele Momodu, have expressed their thoughts on the matter.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe, has also spoken about the issue. He took to Twitter to criticize Buhari:


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Posted on March 25, 2015
Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) offer a number of opportunities to reduce hospital pharmacy costs, while also improving patient care and safety. Hospitals frequently introduce antimicrobial stewardship in phases and each step includes interventions that can lower costs. Six common steps include:
Only prescribing antimicrobials when needed. Up to 50% of antibiotics prescribed in hospitals are unnecessary or inappropriate, so ensuring that use of an antimicrobial is indicated—and documented—significantly reduces pharmacy costs.1 As part of this step, hospitals may institute automatic stops to antimicrobial use if the suspected infection is not clinically verified within 48 to 72 hours.
Restricting broad spectrum, expensive antimicrobial use. Many ASPs require preauthorization or criteria-monitored use of specific broad-spectrum medications to reduce selective pressure for specific resistant organisms and rein in costs. Others review prescriptions to identify opportunities to streamline therapy to a narrower spectrum antimicrobial. ASPs have achieved savings of more than 30% by implementing these steps.2
Switching patients from intravenous to oral antimicrobials as soon as they stabilize. Many patients benefit from an IV to oral switch, which often enables them to leave the hospital earlier than they would otherwise. Hospitals also benefit as oral drugs typically cost less than their IV counterparts. Development of oral agents with greater bioavailability that achieve higher and more consistent serum concentrations has increased adoption of this practice.3
Improving empiric therapy with recommendations based on facility or unit antibiogram. By choosing antimicrobials most likely to be effective for a specific infection in a particular hospital or unit, clinicians can reduce the number of treatment failures, decrease patients' length of stays and lower costs associated with the use of ineffective agents.
Establishing recommended days of therapy and dosages. Using an electronic surveillance system with clinical decision support can alert pharmacists when patients receive prescriptions that exceed the recommended duration of therapy or require adjustment for renal insufficiency or other factors. These alerts can help eliminate excessive and often counterproductive use of antimicrobials and further cuts pharmacy costs.
Intervening in bug-drug mismatches. Surveillance systems can be programmed to alert pharmacists involved in antimicrobial stewardship when a prescribed agent is inappropriate for infection based on laboratory results, so that the prescriber can be informed of a more effective antimicrobial. These alerts can help produce better outcomes for the patient and conserves both medications and pharmacy budgets.
CDC. Get Smart for Healthcare: Know When Antibiotics Work. National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease. Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion.
Craig WA, Uman SJ, Shaw WR, Ramgopal V, Eagan LL, Leopold ET. Hospital use of antimicrobial drugs. Survey at 19 hospitals and results of antimicrobial control program. Ann Intern Med. 1978 Nov; 89(5 Pt 2 Suppl):793-5.
Cyriac JM, James E. Switch over from intravenous to oral therapy: A concise overview. J Pharmacol Pharmacother. 2014 Apr;5(2):83-7.


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Kwalu does elegant, comfortable and versatile exceptionally
well. We offer lounge collections, accent seating options,
beautiful benches and an array of occasional tables to fit all
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office and the first overseas. The expansion was an immediate success, and soon
we were being asked to design everything from hotels to office towers, while also
developing master plans. However, in mid-2015, the Chinese economy began
to falter and eventually tanked. Our Chinese clients started to make investments
in California but hit a few roadblocks, including a big one called the Foreign
Investment in Real Property Act (FIRPTA).
Since the 1980s, the FIRPTA has hampered investments in construction projects
in the U.S. ASID realized that a revision to this law would expand commercial real
estate investment across the nation—and cash-rich foreign developers would need
interior designers to design their new office towers, apartments, condos, and hotels.
So, ASID put its legislative weight behind efforts to revise FIRPTA. In December
2015, Congress passed the Real Estate Investment and Jobs Act, freeing up an
influx of new funds to boost construction. Here at Steinberg, we are now working
on six high rises and many other small projects across California, with a combined
construction value of nearly $750 million.
It's important to note that the passage of the FIRPTA revision was supported bythe entire ASID community, even those who are not commercial designers. In thefuture, there will certainly be other issues that will not directly affect my own practicebut will be good for our entire profession, and I will be there to speak up. It's thismutual support and unity that is the core of the ASID "One Voice" initiative: smallbusinesses and large firms, from all sectors of interior design, working as one toadvance our industry and to support each other. We can use One Voice to amplifyour messaging so that everyone, including our elected officials, understands theimpact that interior design has on the human experience.There are many other topics in interior design that may not appear to be politicalin nature but are potentially legislation related: universal design, ADA, the adoptionof the new WELL standard, and incentivizing adaptive reuse and building repositioning.Paying attention to these issues means that I am localizing my politics. So, yeah,maybe you can't wait for the presidential race to be over. But please, rememberthat politics isn't just about the White House; politics, especially local races, canaffect your house.
Charrisse Johnston, ASID, LEED AP BD+C, Associate AIA, is the
chair of the Board of Directors, a principal, and the firm-wide interior
design practice leader at Steinberg Architects. Learn more about
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By Brian Lowther
One of the Roberta Winter Institute's most strategic goals is to establish a board of reference of respected individuals in the Christian community who knew Ralph Winter and his heart for the unreached peoples of the world as well as those who have an understanding of his last major initiative, that of founding the RWI.
Recently we met with Bob Blincoe, U.S. Director of Frontiers, and I'm very happy to announce that he agreed to join our Board of Reference.
Prior to leading Frontiers, Bob led his family and a Frontiers' team to the Middle East following the Gulf War (1991). Before that, he and his wife taught English in Thailand. Bob earned a PhD in History of International Development from William Carey International University. He also earned Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary. Bob is an ordained Presbyterian Minister. He is the author of Ethnic Realities and the Church: Lessons from Kurdistan. He also publishes a blog.
I'm personally quite excited about this development because God has used Bob to influence many people to go to the hard, unreached places. Besides that, I just like the guy. In the brief interactions I've had with him, he seems wise, kind-hearted and humorous.
Plus it is clear that Bob loved Winter. He gave a heartfelt address at Winter's memorial service in May 2009. In his address Bob admired Winter's prowess as a student of the Bible and a teacher of Christian history. But he was most affected by Winter's problem solving nature. He told a story of attending a lecture once where Winter began by explaining that he had some remarks prepared, but said, "If any of you have a burning question, I would like to hear it. I may not be able to help, but I do like to try and solve problems." Apparently Bob wrote this down on a card that he carries with him.
Rejoice with me over Bob's willingness to lend the credibility of his good name to our cause.


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Add some of these items to your Monday morning routine…
have a WONDERFUL Monday
and remember… there is always Tuesday!
How many of you have heard the quote, "Perception is reality." There is a constant battle on the concept of this quote, however, perception is equated with reality for most practical purposes and guides human behavior in general.
How you carry yourself in an interview and in the workplace often defines to others (whether fact or not, solely based on perception), the type of worker you are or will be. It's in how you communicate, your appearance, and your overall work ethic, that helps define your total package.
The below infographic "Professionalism in the Workplace" provides the results of a survey on Professionalism conducted by the Center for Professional Excellence at York College of Pennsylvania. Contributing to the survey was a sample HR professionals, undergraduates, and workplace managers
Take a look at the below infographic and see what characteristics you can brush up on to give the right impression!
Take 20 minutes to watch this great video from the TED Talks library by Social Psychologist, Amy Cuddy. In this video, Amy Cuddy shows how "power posing" — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don't feel confident — can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain which configure your brain to basically be either assertive, confident and comfortable, or really stress-reactive and feeling sort of shut down. Also how power posing might even have an impact on our chances for success.
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Did you know that for most people, emotional intelligence is more important than one's intelligence in attaining success in not only their lives but careers as well? As individuals a lot of our success depends on our ability to read other people's signals and react appropriately to them.
"Your EQ is the level of your ability to understand other people, what motivates them and how to work cooperatively with them."
– Howard Gardner, Harvard theorist
What is Emotional Intelligence (EI)? Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions. Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer, leading researchers on EI, defined emotional intelligence as the "ability to perceive emotions, to access and generate emotions so as to assist thought, to understand emotions and emotional meanings, and to reflectively regulate emotions so as to promote both better emotion and thought."
"If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far."
– Dr. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D, Psychologist
Breaking down Emotional Intelligence. Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer have been the leading researchers on emotional intelligence and proposed a model that identified four different factors of emotional intelligence.
Travis Bradberry, in his Forbes article titled "Emotional Intelligence – EQ" uses the below graphic by TalentSmart to explain that emotional intelligence is made up of four core skills that pair up under two primary competencies: personal competence and social competence.
As described by Travis Bradberry, personal competence is made up of your self-awareness and self-management skills, which focus more on you individually than on your interactions with other people. Personal competence is your ability to stay aware of your emotions and manage your behavior. Social competence is made up of your social awareness and relationship management skills; social competence is your ability to understand other people's moods, behavior, and motives in order to improve the quality of your relationships.
For a more thorough and interesting overview of Emotional Intelligence, check out Travis Bradberry published Forbes article by clicking here.
Want to see more-or-less how emotionally intelligent you are? Take a short quiz provided by psychology.about.com to find out! Emotional Intelligence Quiz
Lastly, the "Emotional ID and You" infographic provided by eleraninginfographics.com created by the University of Maryland dives deeper into what emotional intelligence entails as well as why it's important in the workplace.
Reference: Meyer, J.D., & Salovey, P. (1997). What is Emotional Intelligence? In P. Salovey & D.J. Slyter (Eds.) Emotional Development and Emotional Intellgence. New York: Basic Books.
One of my favorite shows on TV is Million Dollar Listing NY. Some may see this show simply as reality hogwash. Just a bunch of realtors, with the egos the size of a mammoth competing against each other for listings, however, from a personal development and professional development standpoint, one can learn invaluable lessons from this show.
For those readers that do not know what the Million Dollar Listing franchise is, it is a series that chronicles the professional and personal lives of real estate agents in NY and LA. It also gives viewers an inside look at the world of high-priced real estate in NY and LA.
In Million Dollar Listing NY, they follow three real estate agents, (left to right) Fredrik Eklund, Luis D. Ortiz and Ryan Serhant.
Fredrik Eklund (37) has closed over two billion dollars in residential real estate over the last 11 years. He works for Douglas Elliman, the largest real estate brokerage on the East Coast, alongside his business Partner John Gomes, together they run The Eklund Gomes Team at Douglas Elliman. Eklund is also the Founder of the most high-end residential real estate brokerage in Scandinavia, Eklund Stockholm New York with three offices and 50 employees.
Ryan Serhant (30) in less than 5 years has sold nearly one billion dollars in real estate. He works for NestSeekers International. Serhant's motto "Expansion. Always, in all ways." is fitting in that his real estate team has grown to include eight seasoned agents, allowing him to service clients all over the world. Ryan leads a team in NY and is currently expanding with a team in Los Angeles.
Luis D. Ortiz (27), the youngest of the bunch, has seven years experience in real estate. Luis has sold more than $100 million in residential real estate over the past three years. In August of 2013, Ortiz joined forces with Douglas Elliman and founded his own real estate Team – Ortiz & Co.
Now to why I find this show so fascinating…
With every sell, with every showing, even when these gentleman are simply walking down the street (or riding their bike) they walk with an air of confidence. They are an example of a walking brand. They are not just real estate agents in New York City, they are Fredrik Eklund, Ryan Serhant, Luis Ortiz. They don't need your business, but you want their business! You want to create a brand that sells itself. These gentleman have created a pristine brand reflective of their passion, charisma, drive, integrity and hard work.
You may not be at the Eklund, Serhant, Ortiz level but as a professional you should always be considering YOUR professional brand. There really isn't much of a difference between your personal and professional brand but for the sake of keeping this professional let's focus on what matters to a potential employer, networking contact, or anyone who can help you find a job or grow your career. In today's world we have two brand representations, our walking brand being how we carry ourselves and handle our business daily as well as our online presence. (Yep… that online presence thing again…) When a colleague, potential employer, or a networking friend researches you online, your professional brand is the culmination of information easily attained.
Next is passion… passion… PASSION! These three love what they do and it shows in their interaction with their clients and colleagues. Passion SELLS! You want to get the person you are interacting with as excited and as passionate with your vision as you are. Passion is one of the core sales competencies. Have you ever tried selling a product you don't like, or maybe a product you don't have complete faith in? Do you realize in interviews, in relationships, in networking, you are selling yourself? Now is a good time to ask yourself, do you know what it is you are trying to sell? What does your walking brand and online presence represent? Does it match your vision? Confidence comes into play here as well. Passion and confidence go hand-in-hand when selling your product. Not only do you have to be exciting but you have to be believable. You have to believe in yourself and the product to effectively convey your message to the receiver.
In Season 3, Luis has to take under his wing a client's son, Todd, to help sell the family home. Todd had very little, if NO, real estate experience. To get the sale, and for the sake of reality show entertainment, Luis agreed to work with Todd on the listing. Rather than seeing it as an inconvenience, Luis approached it as an opportunity. He wanted to help Todd work towards his goal of becoming a good real estate agent.
In the episode, Luis takes Todd for a run around Central Park. This run was not for the sake of fitness, rather it was a run to teach a lesson. The lesson: do not take rejection personally. Luis had Todd run around and stop random people to give them his, what I call the 30 Second Elevator Pitch. Some people looked at him like he was insane, others ran faster and away from him and there was even a few that actually stopped and listened graciously. Luis' goal was to get Todd out of his comfort zone. He wanted Todd to understand that it is okay to be rejected, it is not personal. One situation drops, you pick up and move on to the next. In life you have to keep it moving. In the real estate game, rejection is not personal, and it's quite the norm.
Like every reality show, the formula is to throw in the drama and this show has no shortage of drama. If you look past that and observe the work ethic each of these gentleman have you can see a formula for success. It's all about perspective. When I watch this show I focus on the formula, the drama just adds some extra fun to the tale. One cannot deny the success of these 3 men, take a look at their online presence if there is any doubt. You can learn a lot about them just from that!
One of the processes I see abandoned quite a bit in the workplace is Time Management. Granted, there are some jobs that random tasks "pop-up" and it is very difficult to manage every aspect HOWEVER it is not IMPOSSIBLE. The typical process is to squeeze as many tasks into your day as possible… so tell me… how often do you leave the office feeling like you accomplished anything using this process?
Not very often I'm sure…
Time Management is about simplifying how you work, making you more efficient, and most importantly relieving stress.
Take a moment to consider how you spend your time during the day and what you can do to make your processes more efficient?
Below is an infographic by bestmastersdegrees.com that provides tips, ideas, and strategies to make you more efficient.
We're all familiar with goals. How often have you set a goal and you don't exactly make it past the thought? *(Yep… I'm guilty of that as well.)
The goals we often set aren't very structured. Most often all we really focus on is the result and not the steps on how to effectively reach our goal. We trek through the days just reminding ourselves of the general goal but nothing more.
Setting goals is important because it gives us a sense of direction. Essentially goals are like a road map that guides us to our destinations and allows us to track our journey.
SMART Goals are a simple tool used to form an actionable plan for results. They help improve achievement and success.
So what are SMART Goals?
S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Based goals. SMART Goals state a desired future achievement and define exactly what the future state looks like and how it would be achieved and measured.
Let's break down the acronym…
SPECIFIC: A specific goal has a much greater chance of being accomplished than a general goal. To set a specific goal answer the six "W" questions:
By answering these questions, your goals will be well-defined and focused. This will also provide enough detail so there is no indecision as to what needs to be done.
MEASURABLE: Establish concrete criteria for measuring the progress towards the attainment of each goal. A goal is measurable when it is easy to determine if it has been accomplished.
ACHIEVABLE: One of the biggest mistakes people make while setting goals is that they set unattainable goals. Goals should be set high, but they must also be realistic.
RELEVANT: Your goals should be important to YOU. Goals should be important to the work and focus on results. A goal must represent an objective toward which you are both willing and able to work.
TIME-BASED: Any effective goal MUST have a target date. Make sure each goal has a specific time frame for completion. A goal should be grounded within a time frame. With no time frame there is no sense of urgency.
Seems like a lot of work huh? Well things worth waiting for don't come easy! Let's break down the benefits of creating SMART Goals.
SMART Goals provide a structured approach to the planning, implementation and monitoring of your goals progress and success. Creating SMART Goals give you a sense of control. With the specific details, it is easier to visualize what success will look like and also gives you a clearer sense of time as to when you will potentially reach the success of your goal. Typically large goals are overwhelming, but when you break them down into smaller [SMART] goals it makes it easier to visualize, and it improves your confidence in having the ability to reach the larger goal (even if in smaller steps)!
Remember, you can't manage results but YOU CAN manage the process.
Work SMART'er, not harder.
Here is a tool provided by SparkPeople.com to assist you in laying out your first SMART Goal. Click here to access the SMART Goal-Setting Worksheet.
Now carry on… get started on those SMART Goals TODAY!
-Setting Smart Goals. (n.d.). Signal Hill. Retrieved May 19, 2014, from http://www.signalhillspot.com/work/setting-smart-goals.555086
-How to Set and Reach SMART Goals. (n.d.). SparkPeople. Retrieved May 19, 2014, from http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=1794&page=2


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As a new mom, you know you're not going to get much sleep. It's just a fact. Also as a new mom, you will have the mind of a crazy person. Partly because of the sleep factor, partly because you don't know what the F you're doing, and mostly because you are so damn terrified of everything that you create anxiety around scenarios that are for the most part, far-fetched.
For example, a few weeks ago, I brought Liam home to Iowa. Early one morning, my niece, Sloan, came in to play. I told her that it wasn't playtime, that me and Liam were sleeping, and to please go find her mommy until it was time to get up. She got mad and left the room. Instead of falling back asleep, I thought about how I felt bad that I couldn't play with her at all hours like I used to. I wondered if she was playing by herself in her playroom just outside my door. I couldn't hear her. Then I wondered if her dad remembered to lock the sliding door to outside, because if he didn't, she could think to open it and go outside. Yes, she was definitely outside. And she didn't have shoes on, or a jacket. And it was below zero. She would freeze to death! I lay there with bated breath thinking about how I'd never forgive myself if we found Sloan frozen outside, and how it would be all my fault because I'd turned her away. Then I heard her playing, and I breathed a sigh of relief. See? CRAZY, and not even just thoughts about my own kids -- I find myself anxious about ALL of them.
Many times in the past 14 weeks as a mommy, I've wished there was some type of device that could record the actual crazy thoughts running through my head. At night is when I find myself having the strangest dialogues. I'm not sure why - perhaps because it's dark and quiet and everything seems scarier when the sun goes down. I do everything from bargaining with God if he'd just let Liam sleep a little longer to contemplating going to the gym after Liam's first feeding of the day instead of going back to sleep (I told you...crazy thoughts).
While the thought process changes based on the baby's age and where is he sleeping, here's what a typical night in a new mom's head might sound like:
10:00 pm: "I'm so exhausted. I can't wait to get some sleep."
11:00 pm: "The baby is hungry AGAIN? Already?!"
11:30 pm: "Alright kid, let's speed it up..."
11:35 pm: "He's so adorable. I love this time with him."
11:45 pm: "Well, that should hold him over until for at least a few hours."
12 am: "Tomorrow, I'm going to workout, go to the grocery store and go on a nice long walk with the baby."
1:00 am: "ALREADY?"
2:00 am: "Oh shit! I fell asleep nursing! Phew, the baby hasn't fallen out of my lap."
2:05 am: "Please God, let the baby sleep until morning."
2:45 am: [You hear the baby cough.] "WHAT WAS THAT?" [wait to see if he starts to cry. Nothing.] "What if he's choking? He's not choking, I'd know if he was choking.
2;46 am: "But I forgot to burp him after he ate last. What if he's spitting up in his sleep and can't make any noises to let me know he's not OK?"
2:47 am: "I'll never forgive myself if he's choking and I didn't check. I might as well, I'm awake anyway."
2:48 am: [After sticking your finger under his nose to make sure he's breathing] "Oh, thank God."
3:25 am: [hear a whimper on the monitor] "Please don't wake up, please don't wake up, please don't wake up."
3:28 am: [baby crying] "God Dammit."
3:50 am: "Please, please, PLEASE: go the F to sleep!"
4:00 am: "He's so beautiful and peaceful when he sleeps. I'll just rock him a few more minutes..."
4:10 am: "I'm so tired." [baby cries]
4:11 am: Sigh.
4:15 am: "Thank God, he just needed his pacifier."
[Watch the baby monitor for 5 minutes to make sure he is asleep. He is. Get back in bed.]
4:21 am: [Baby fusses]
4:22 am: "OH MY GOD THIS KID HAS A 6TH SENSE FOR WHEN MY HEAD HITS THE PILLOW."
4:24 am: [Return binky]
4:28 am: [Hear sucking on the monitor, baby cries]
4:30 am: "I hate that god damn pacifier."
5:00 am: "Why hasn't the baby woken up to eat? Or made a noise? I better go check on him..."
[Put finger under baby's noise. He is breathing and sound asleep.]
5:01 am: "I love you, so much." [Cry a little bit.]
5:05 am: "Why are you crying right now? You're crazy. Sleep when the baby sleeps!"
5:09 am: [Baby cries]
5:10 am: "I knew he'd be hungry."
5:11 am: "Why hasn't my husband woken up once to see if the baby - OR I - need anything?"
5:15 am: "Maybe I'll just shoot for the grocery store and a walk tomorrow."
5:25 am: [Baby has fallen asleep eating]
5:26 am: "He is so delicious when he sleeps. I could stay like this forever."
5:30 am: "I should change his diaper, but I'd hate to wake him. I'll just hold him a little longer."
[Lay baby down, go back to bed.]
5:35 am: "But what if he's uncomfortable with that dirty diaper on? I should change it."
5:45 am: "Seriously, why hasn't my husband woken up ONCE this whole time?! Screw him."
5:50 am: "Look at him, sleeping soundly. MUST BE NICE. I am not talking to him in the morning. Oh wait, it is morning and I've been up all night."
6:00 am: "I should just get up and shower right now."
7:00 am: [Hear grunting on the monitor. Look to see baby struggling to escape swaddle.]
7:02 am: [Go into baby's room. He gives you the biggest smile in the whole world, and you forget that you have gotten maybe 2 hours of sleep and that not too long ago, you were promising your first grandchild to Rumpelstiltskin if he or anyone would just let you sleep.]
"Hi buddy! Did you have a good night's sleep? I love you, I love you, I love you."
7:05 am: "I think we'll just stay home today..."


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William Wilson and Michelle Martens are the poster children for Gov. Susana Martinez's attack on a voter-approved constitutional amendment she once supported that allows judges to hold dangerous suspects in jail before trial and release others not deemed to be a danger or a flight risk.
Martinez twice last week took to Facebook to announce her campaign to "repeal and replace" the bail reform amendment and court rules that implement it. She wants the Legislature to take action as early as the 30-day legislative session, which begins Jan. 16.
But her two examples may not be the best argument: Martens is still in jail pending trial on charges related to the horrific murder of her daughter. And a court audiotape shows the prosecutor in the Wilson case never filed the paperwork to hold him in jail without bail. Wilson was killed in a shootout with State Police in San Juan County on Aug. 27.
Martinez didn't post the messages on her governor's Facebook page, but on her "Stand with Susana" page, which describes her as a "politician."
In early 2016, she joined the state District Attorneys Association in supporting the bail reform amendment on its journey through the Legislature.
The Republican governor then publicly endorsed the amendment last fall, releasing a statement that as a 25-year prosecutor she "understands that we need to do more to keep dangerous, violent criminals off the streets." The amendment passed with 87 percent voter approval.
Asked about her new stance, a spokesman for Martinez told the Journal in an email Friday, "The Governor called for bail reform to allow judges to keep the most dangerous criminals in jail. Unfortunately, both the legislature and the judiciary failed to deliver – and misled voters with a proposal that is putting more violent criminals out on the streets. That's why the Governor is once again calling on lawmakers and the courts to act and end the revolving-door criminal justice system."
She joins a chorus of most of New Mexico's 13 district attorneys who have criticized the way the amendment has been implemented. The prosecutors are asking the state Supreme Court to make changes but have stopped short of calling for outright repeal.
Meanwhile, the bail bond industry has consistently opposed the amendment and has gone to federal court seeking to invalidate it.
Advocates of the amendment argued that releasing suspects on monetary bail sets up a two-tiered justice system that permitted the wealthy to bail out, while the poor sat in jail until trial. Bail is still permitted under the amendment, but judges now have new discretion to hold certain dangerous defendants without bail. The amendment also allows low-risk defendants to be released pending trial without bail.
Martinez's Facebook message says, "It's clear that the judiciary is using these new provisions to return criminals back to our neighborhoods and it must stop." She wants the legislature to "bring this issue to the voters immediately."
In her Facebook post on Oct. 17, she blamed the San Juan County judge who released Wilson from custody on Aug. 2. District Judge John Dean Jr. required Wilson post a $25,000 unsecured appearance bond, wear a GPS monitor and stay with a third party pending trial on charges of burglary and stealing firearms from his uncle's house in 2015. Wilson, a convicted felon, was previously jailed under a $20,000 cash bond his attorney said he couldn't afford.
An audio recording of an Aug. 2 hearing obtained by the Journal shows the judge made his decision to release Wilson after an assistant district attorney – who called Wilson a "one-man crime wave" – conceded that the DA's Office had never filed the paperwork to seek the defendant to be held without bail.
Procedural rules in criminal cases require a prosecutor to file a written motion with a district court to request pretrial detention of a defendant.
District Attorney Rick Tedrow of Farmington didn't return a Journal phone call last week. Neither the judge nor Wilson's public defender responded to Journal requests for comment.
At the Aug. 2 hearing, court records show, Assistant District Attorney Brian Decker told the judge, "It is telling that we have not filed, to the best of my knowledge, a motion for a no-bond."
"I don't see one in the file," the judge responded.
"We have not," Decker said. "So the court has to decide what conditions to let this man out on under the new rules."
Later in the hearing, Decker told the judge: "At a minimum, we would ask that a GPS monitor be in place."
After the judge inquired further, the prosecutor said, "Our recommendation, your honor, is that he stay in custody, but I understand that may be problematic. So at least a GPS monitor, at a minimum, we would ask for."
Wilson, 26, was killed weeks later in a shootout in which police say he shot at a New Mexico State Police officer.
He was a passenger in a vehicle pulled over by a San Juan County sheriff's deputy the morning of Aug. 27. The occupants were suspected in connection with the theft of a trailer and other cases of larceny and burglary.
Wilson was being handcuffed by the State Police officer who arrived on the scene when Wilson retrieved a gun, believed to be a revolver, State Police said. Wilson shot a State Police officer, hitting his law enforcement badge and bulletproof vest. The officer sustained bruising and shrapnel in the face. It isn't clear whether Wilson had been subjected to a pat-down for weapons before the shooting.
Within hours of the shootout, San Juan County Sheriff Ken Christesen, a Republican, put the blame on the constitutional amendment and bail reform.
"They're putting dangerous criminals back on the streets," he said. "This nonsense of catch and release" needs to stop, he added.
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In a follow-up Facebook post on Thursday, the governor brought up the high-profile case against Martens, who is being held on $1.5 million bail after being charged in the Aug. 23, 2016, sexual abuse, murder and dismemberment of her 10-year-old daughter, Victoria.
"Had the current 'catch and release' system been in place at the time of her murder, Victoria's mom would likely be free right now," Martinez said.
She wrote that in applying the new amendment, judges created rules and "a scoresheet to determine if an accused criminal can be let back out on our streets." Under that score sheet, which is produced through a risk assessment tool used in Bernalillo County, Martens would have only scored a 2, "making it very likely that she would be free today," Martinez wrote.
District judges in Bernalillo County began using the risk tool last year but the scores aren't binding.
In fact, state District Judge Christina Argyres of Albuquerque on Sept. 16, 2016, dismissed the risk assessment score to allow Martens to be released to a third-party with intensive supervision pending trial. The score was based on the fact that Martens had no criminal history. But the judge noted the heinous circumstances of crimes alleged.
The hearing occurred prior to the passage of the amendment. So Argyres increased the amount of bail for Martens, 35, from the original $1 million set upon her arrest to $1.5 million. She also retained the original $1 million cash bail each for co-defendants – Fabian Gonzales, 31, and Jessica Kelley, 31.
The risk assessment tool takes into consideration the criminal history of a defendant only when it involves a conviction. Critics fault the tool for not also taking arrests and certain other factors into account.