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There are two different world views here. There is the Conservative view of life and then there is the Liberal Left view of life.
The Conservative view says that the best way for everybody to be happy is for everybody to be prosperous. And the best way for everybody to be prosperous is for the government to implement such policies so that the economy grows.
When the economy grows good paying jobs are plentiful. When good paying jobs are plentiful poverty recedes. The wealth of the nation increases from the hard work and entrepreneurship of the people. When national wealth increases the standard of living is higher. It is the system that encourages all this that allow this to happen, which is why the standard of living in the United States is a lot higher than that of Cuba and a whole host of other nations of the world. We have a system which encourages the production of greater and greater wealth thereby raising everybody to a higher economic level. This system maximizes freedom and liberty and is called Capitalism.
The problem is that the Liberal Left says that all of the people do not share equally in their new found riches. Furthermore they subscribe to the faulty economic theory that everything gained by the rich man is something taken away from the poor man. It just isn't so. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs did not create Microsoft and Apple by taking away resources from the less fortunate of society. The total aggregate wealth of the nation is not a static set amount that never changes. On the contrary, it is an ever increasing or decreasing amount based on the health of the economy and the economic policies of the government. Gates and Jobs increased the wealth of the nation and their own wealth from nothing. That's why American society is so prosperous. We give individuals the freedom to profit from their own ingenuity and hard work. And when they do they create jobs and prosperity for others. But remember, they started from scratch and created their riches from nothing.
So the Liberal Left sees their job to be to redistribute the pie, that is the total wealth of the nation, so that everybody gets a fair share. But in so doing they discourage the inventor, the businessman, the entrepreneur from realizing their full potential. For when they take away from the successful the fruits of their labor they discourage the successful from applying themselves fully, reducing the return on their effort. The more the government takes away the less hard the successful ply their trade. When the government is taking over 60% of what you earn and then demands that you pay even more, why bother busting your hump for everybody else?
The point often lost is that this makes matters worse for everybody. For if the successful decide tomorrow that it just isn't worth it to be successful anymore , then the wealth of the nation decreases, prosperity goes down, good paying jobs disappear. And taxes needed to provide for essential services are less.
To make matters worse the Liberal Left, in order to win the hearts and minds of its citizens, resorts to the most disparaging Class Warfare, demonizing the successful and dividing the nation into warring camps.
This system the Liberal Left calls Socialism.
In the end the Liberal Left wants to make everybody equal by dragging everybody down to the lowest common denominator. They can't bring everybody up because that would be heresy to their ideology. There, then, is only one way to make everybody equal…by making everybody equally miserable.
The Conservative wants to do precisely the opposite. He wants to bring the poor out of poverty by providing them with a good paying job not with handouts earned from the sweat of other backs. You can give a man fish or you can teach him how to fish. The latter works better and maintains the dignity of the individual. So the Conservative wants to bring everybody up…up into prosperity. Some will not make it, some cannot make it, but there will always be a safety net to catch these who cannot.
For the Liberal Left its all about redistribution. For the Conservative it's all about economic growth.
The whole trick here is not to let greed run away with your emotions. If your neighbor all of a sudden becomes filthy rich what difference does it make if you are doing twice as well as you were just a few years ago? It doesn't. It only matters how much better off you are.
Two additional points need to be made here:
It was John F. Kennedy who said that, "A rising tide lifts all boats."
And Margaret Thatcher who said, "Socialism fails when it runs out of other people's money."


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National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum
605 East 222nd Street
Euclid, OH 44123
Phone: 216-
Toll Free: 1-
Fax: 216-
Mention Hank Haller and visions of oompah music and "lederhosen" -
While he is a leading proponent of German-
His parents, Henry and Katherine, emigrated to Cleveland from a German settlement
in the former Yugoslavia, seven decades ago. Haller started playing the piano accordion
at age eight, but his teacher doubted his talent, so he switched to clarinet. He
picked up the accordion again at age 16 and joined his uncle Jake Haller's band in
1952. Within 5 years, Hank became the leader, and the Hank Haller band has had a
Haller started playing on a regular basis for his friend Steve Bencic, at the Sachsenheim Club, in 1958. A few years later at the opening of Bencic's "Hofbrau Haus" restaurant in Cleveland, he was the house band. The Hank Haller band was in on the ground floor of the German beer festival "Oktoberfest", which Bencic introduced to United States audiences. In the intervening years, the numberous Oktoberfest celebrations held each fall created a showcase for Haller and his band. The events are an important part of his more than 110 playing dates each year.
Haller numbers among his musical career highlights his annual performances, for 15 years, at the Bavarian Festival in Barnesville, Pennsylvania (near Allentown). He said the first time he saw the festival, it was the biggest one he had ever seen. He quickly became accustomed to playing for the 110,000 people in attendance.
Another highlight for Haller was the nomination of his album "Thank You Dear and Give Her Roses," for a Grammy award in the polka category in 1987.
For 30 years he was joined on stage by his wife Maryanne, who sang with the Haller Ensemble. Haller sings on many of his recordings,as well as featured vocalists Ray Young and Ken Umeck. As an indefatigable polka promoter, Haller is a travel tour leader too, inviting fans and friends, who to date have joined him on 34 cruises and trips to Europe and Hawaii.
Another facet of Haller's energy and popularity was exhibited by the 200 appearances the Haller Band made on the weekly "Polka Varieties" television program, during its 27 years on the air in Cleveland. He also found time to host a German radio show in recent years.
Like many musicians, Haller had a day job. He earned a master's degree in aerospace engineering from Case Western Reserve University. He worked at NASA for 20 years, and 15 years for the U.S. Department of Defense.
Haller has also branched out into the polka music of other nationalities including Bohemian, Slovak, and Austrian. One thread is a constant factor in his recordings, Haller playis it authentically or as he says "authenticity is paramount."
He and Maryanne reside in Avon Lake, Ohio. The couple have four children, daughter Hillary, and sons Henry Jr., Peter, and Conrad.
Inducted in 2000
National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame
Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
www.polkafame.com © National Cleveland Style Polka Hall of Fame and Museum, 605 East 222nd Street, Euclid, OH 44123, USA.


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Fine decorative map of Scotland.
This fine map shows Scotland, the Orkney Islands and the New Hebrides, here called the Westerne Iles of Scotland. The map is filled with minute detail and hundreds of place names.
The cartouches are richly embellished with Mercury, coats of arms, and putti.
Peter Schenk the Elder (1660-1711) moved to Amsterdam in 1675 and began to learn the art of mezzotint. In 1694 he bought some of the copperplate stock of the mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, which allowed him to specialize in the engraving and printing of maps and prints. He split his time between his Amsterdam shop and Leipzig and also sold a considerable volume of materials to London.
Peter Schenk the Elder had three sons. Peter the Younger carried on his father's business in Leipzig while the other two, Leonard and Jan, worked in Amsterdam. Leonard engraved several maps and also carried on his father's relationship with engraving plates for the Amsterdam edition of the Histoire de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.


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Racing News
Another busy weekend for my poor muscles! Saturday was my usual long ride with my triathlon club, Sunday saw my first triathlon race of the season and on Monday I was getting paid to sweat again on The Shopping Channel.
Saturday's workout was a chance to practice all three triathlon legs, with a swim in Lake Wilcox at 7:00 AM, a 45K bike ride on the country roads, and then a 5K run. I took it easy on the swim because a new club member was uneasy in the water. She was wearing a wet suit for the first time and she was asthmatic... I swam back and forth near by to provide a bit of moral support. The bike ride and run were a bit harder and longer than I should have gone, because the next morning I had a race that I should have been saving my energy for. Couldn't do it, had to go hard... Maybe I learn one day.
Sunday was race day, the Milton Triathlon, on the edge of the Niagara Escarpment... My race didn't start until 10:00 AM but because of logistical issues everyone had to be there before 8:30 AM. I got there in good time so I had plenty of opportunities to discover all the things I'd forgotten and needed to replace. Then I relaxed a bit with my friends. We were easy to spot in our new red racing clothes! My race went well and I finished 9th out of 67 in my age group, and 112 out of 613 overall.
Swim (11:22, 1:30/100m) - I got a great start, and led my wave to the first turn. I had put a lot of effort into adjusting my wet suit for a good fit and it paid off. Then I got caught up in the traffic from earlier waves (I was in wave five) and lost a bit of ground trying to get past people.
Bike (51:41, 34.8 kph) - The bike leg was pretty good too, but I often had to pick my way through clumps of slower cyclists. This was a problem both going up and down the notorious Sixth Line hill. On the way up I lost momentum a few times waiting for a gap to pass struggling riders, on the way down I had to hold back because of a clump of riders ahead of me. I still managed to hit 82 kph though! The bike leg is always the weakest leg for me. I'm not massively slower, but it's frustrating getting passed by some of the people that I passed in the water. One of my club mates, Paula, blew by me in convincing fashion. That's when I focused on the lovely day and the beautiful countryside...
Run (34:25, 4:36/k) - Coming out of transition, after having to actually tie my laces because I forgot to put elastic laces on my running shoes, I immediately faced a short but steep hill. Yike! It wasn't a problem though, I got up fine and didn't have any leg pain after the bike. I felt good the whole way and only walked a very short section, the top part of the furthest gravel hill. Otherwise I just kept passing people! I gained back a lot of the ground I lost on the bike, and got ahead Paula again pretty quickly. Most triathlon running courses are pretty flat but this one was fairly rolling, so it was an interesting run but often a bit of a challenge.
Wherever possible I like to go for a cool-down swim after my race, to rinse off myself and my clothes. It felt so good on Sunday...
Monday was another long day at The Shopping Channel, demonstrating fitness equipment. The simplest and cheapest device, "Smart Arms" was the hardest! I was still a bit sore from my race the day before, but I found the strength to go shopping between shows. I also found a great public library nearby that will be a good spot to relax between shows in the future.
Listening to: Icky Thump by The White Stripes from Icky Thump.


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Local Businessman Conducts Transformational Leadership Training with the John Maxwell Team in Guatemala
Frisco, TX -- (SBWire) -- 07/08/2013 --Randy Stroman, President of Dallas, TX-based Convergence Leadership and Relationship Center, recently joined John C. Maxwell, an internationally respected author and leadership expert, on a weeklong leadership training session in Guatemala.
Stroman, a certified member of the John Maxwell Team, was one of 150 coaches participating in this ground-breaking effort to stimulate transformational leadership in Guatemala. During the week of June 9 -16, more than 20,000 Guatemalan leaders, representing seven disciplines of influence, were trained at multiple sites throughout metro-Guatemala.
The training sessions were facilitated by EQUIP, an international leadership organization. Founded by John C. Maxwell, EQUIP has trained approximately 5 million leaders in 174 countries through its global transformation initiative. Stroman, with over 30 years of senior-level experience in professional management and leadership development, states that the opportunity was "the finest leadership week of my life."
Partnering with interpreters, the 150-member team trained nearly 24,000 Guatemalan citizens who have committed to facilitate value-based training to a projected total of 350,000 more leaders over the next seven months. Stroman personally trained over 300 people in this effort and believes that this effort will help Guatemalan citizens transform a nation that is "currently plagued by debilitating social issues."
This experience has added to Stroman's comprehensive leadership training success through the Convergence Leadership and Relationship Center. To learn more about Randy Stroman and his organization, visit http://www.convergence.us.com/.
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Over the weekend we walked around the outer sunset and came across sweet sights of Americana.
I hadn't spent much time in this part of SF and was glad to explore the hidden gems around here.
Walk by the beach. Check out the garden center by the zoo and grab a dirty chai at Java Beach...


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Yes, for someone who is nervous about participating in swap-bot, I am participating in the site way too much! This time, it's a little trade of Disney items. What I didn't notice until right now is that the person I was assigned is the swap creator! Now I am more knotted up than ever. Let's look at the swap, though. This went off to a swapper in Zella-Mehlis, Germany. It's to have been a "little Disney swap," and we were to send 4 items. I sent 6 (officially 5, because if you send 2 of something, it counts as just one). We've got goods from 3 different stores here (oh, these special swap-bot shopping trips!), plus a prior online purchase.
So how did I choose the specific items in the photo? My partner did share some Disney info on herself:
"Right now I am collecting different Disney things: postcards, stickers, and letter sheets/note books…My favorite movie is Beauty and the Beast, I also really like… The Lion King…"
After that, it just comes down to what is available where I shopped. Let's look at the pic again, evaluating it as if I were the recipient:
* Postcards: I like these postcards very much; they're my favorite thing, I think, in the package;
* Princess stickers & notes: not for me, but would make for some lovely regifting;
* Laundry bag: I think this is a very cool find–but I'd probably use it as a gift wrap for someone, and be very excited about doing so;
* Minnie jelly beans: Disney candy packaging is awesome! And also I hate jelly beans. I would regift them.
But that's just me.
I wrote my partner a note, and packed it all up:
So we'll find out how that goes over.
UPDATE: The results are in, and I got my high score: 5-and-a-heart! The recipient wrote:
Also, I've received MY small Disney surprises, and they came from a swapper in La Teste-de-Buch, France. AND, as so often happens with soft mailers, the first thing I did was to destroy part of the contents when I opened the envelope.
Only regiftable as a part of a gag gift. 😡 There must be a better way. If you have some opening-soft-packages advice, I'd like you to share it with me, please!
Is there anything here I would have bought for myself? Nope. I think my benefactor had about as hard a time shopping as I did. Also, I think that if I am going to participate in swaps beyond just postcards, I should refine my profile again to offer some helpful suggestions. Now, the stationary stuff here is very nice–for someone who wants it–and it'll move right along to someone who I think might like it. Or at least enjoy regifting it.
And now, this:
Whoa! From Canada comes this day-making "small package swap." Not so small, at all, and the sender REALLY went to a lot of trouble. Those blue things on top of the book are custom-made return address labels, in some of my favorite cartoon characters–and you see she also made matching ornaments! Dark chocolate (and in Aero, which I love for its texture), a book (because I like to read), and 15–15!!!–Kinder egg capsules! For some reason, this woman enjoys Kinder-brand chocolate (I love the eggs, but what they call chocolate I sweep up into the trash). This package induced gasp-after-gasp as I delightedly opened each of the little parcels within the padded envelope. This shows me that despite the fact I resist making my swap-bot profile a demand list, there's enough in there for people to deduce exactly what I might love to receive. This trader is beyond perceptive–and generous. I've already used a couple of my new return-address labels.
So, going along with that swap, I HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE!
The package I sent out (look for the photo with the bookmark & cookie cutters) to the U.K. for this trade has landed! And I did get my 5-and-a-heart. Here's what the recipient had to say:
Comment: Thanks for the great package 🙂 I adore the spotty packaging tape and pink bunny cookie cutter, but everything is lovely thanks ❤ It arrives here as Autumn is starting to set in and the heating in my house has finally gone back on!!
Whew! Whooooooooo! I don't even know if my heart can handle more swap-bot package swaps, but when you receive a package like that last one… the addiction can be real. But maybe not as real as the nerves.


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I haven't been blogging much about BG East, one of the oldest and greatest producers of Underground wrestle-porn in the world, for two main reasons:
(1). I was scolded by them years ago for posting too much of their content on my old Wrestling Arsenal website (which, they reasoned, would enable some of you cheapskates to get the milk for free and avoid buying the cow); and
(2). Their matches could not be downloaded or streamed unless you paid for the monthly subscription. You could order DVDs, but purchasing (and waiting for) DVDs to ship was kind of a hassle and kind of out-dated when other sites let you download instantly.
Well I recently discovered that many BG East matches are now available for streaming on their website, even by non-subscribers. For about $15, you get 24 hours to enjoy the match — and enjoy it I did, thank you very much. Maybe you've already known for months or years that Video on Demand has been available at BG East without a subscription, but this is the first I learned of it. I either didn't notice or didn't pay attention to this affordable option until now.
So I went ahead and streamed a match from their latest catalog: Masked Mayhem #15 (whoa, there have been 15 Masked Mayhems already?! I really have been gone too long…)
This masked stud, Golden Glutes, is in the ring awaiting his opponent.
The lights go out, we hear some scuffling, and once the power is restored, the dreaded Assassin is in the ring in red zipper briefs, basically assassinating our golden-clad Hero.
This is an old gimmick that was popular 10+ years ago in mainstream wrestling, to cut off the arena lights at a pivotal moment (did the Heel bribe the lighting guy to do that for him or what??) only to find some mysterious villain suddenly in the ring and dominating the Good Guy who couldn't see in the dark. So I appreciated BG East including this classic scenario in the match, even though I didn't get to stare at Golden Glute's body for like 10 seconds while the lights were off!
The match is fairly one-sided with the Assassin firmly in control most of the time, as he should be. The hero does enact a few little pay-backs, even trying to rip off the Assassin's mask at one point — another old school trope that gets me horny.
The Assassin slapped on this beautiful Sleeperhold fairly early in the match, but it does not mean he is finished working over and humiliating the Golden One after putting him out.
As I mentioned, I haven't watched a BG East match in a while, so I'm not sure if these amazing close-up camera shots are just happenstance or are BG's new standard procedure for filming matches. The wrestling in this match happens mostly at the edge of the ring closest to the camera, so we get up close and personal with the fighters many times.
I confess, I really got off on this high level of access to the bodies and gear — this over-abundance of visual stimulation. Nothing is more frustrating than watching hot dudes in action in the ring, but the camera is placed like two miles away and you can't even see what's really going on.
In this match (and hopefully all of BG's matches), the problem is solved by placing the camera like a foot away from their bodies, giving us wide-open visual access to the action and a spectacular ringside seat.
For an older wrestling fan like me, this walk down memory lane with the 1970's style masks, tall pro boots, and revealing trunks was much appreciated. And now readily available with a click of the mouse!
All the classic wrestling imagery and references — the mask pulling, the pro boots, the Sleeper and other traditional holds — really tripped my trigger.
The one-sided humiliation would continue with the Assassin later ripping off Goldenglute's golden briefs, and then unmasking him. It's all very exciting — I recommend it.
However, I had better stop posting images now before I am chastised for revealing too much. I don't want to risk being banned from future Video-on-Demand transactions because, so far, I am loving what I see!


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Introduction: How to Make a Starburst (or Bubble Gum) Wrapper Chain
You can easily make a chain out of starburst or gum wrappers. I'm using starburst wrappers since I ate some today, but gum wrappers work just as well.
I just made a chain from one package of starbursts, but if you get enough, you can make a longer chain and turn it into a picture frame or something more fun. Use your imagination!
Step 1: Supplies
A bunch of starburst or gum wrappers. A great idea: buy a package of starbursts and eat them as you go!
You could also use small pieces of colorful paper, but you'll need to figure out the necessary dimensions - they should generally be much longer than they are wide.
Step 2: Fold 'em Up
You'll need to fold each piece up as follows. You can do this as you go (useful if you want to eat them as you make this) or you can fold them all first.
1. Fold the wrapper in thirds lengthwise. I've found this width works best for the starburst wrapper, but you might need to adjust for gum wrappers or paper. (Pictures 1 & 2)
2. Fold the wrapper in half lengthwise (Picture 3). You will end up with a long skinny wrapper with no raw edges or insides showing.
3. Fold each end (width-wise) in to meet in the middle (Picture 4). It helps if you fold it in half first to mark where the middle is.
4. Fold in half where you might have folded it in step 3 (Picture 5).
Repeat for each wrapper. It will all make more sense when you try to put them together and then you can adjust your folds as necessary.
Step 3: Put Them Together
Now all (or two) of your pieces look like V's. I'm using a red one and a yellow one and I will refer to the two initial pieces as such. The yellow one will be the first piece in our strand.
Notice that if you look inside each V, there is a side that has a bunch of edges of paper facing you and the other side has smooth ends. The smooth ends are important because you'll want to insert from this end, since it won't get stuck.
The first few are tricky until you get the hang of it.
If you hold the pieces like the ones in the first picture, you'll want the smooth side of the yellow one facing your right and the smooth side of the red one facing down. Insert the red tips into the opening in each of the yellow tips. After it's pushed through all the way, it will look like the fourth picture below.
Now for the third piece. This one is probably the most difficult. The third piece in my strand is pink. You'll want the smooth side of the pink one facing the yellow piece. Insert the tips of the pink piece through the open tips of the red piece, starting from where the yellow one is. This way when it is pushed through it will look like the last picture below. This piece will probably need a bit of maneuvering, but once it's started, the pieces will line up better and they will be easier to work with.
Keep adding to the chain until you run out of starbursts. To make a corner, you can insert a piece from the opposite direction. To finish a square, you'll have to play around with inserting a piece that's partially open and then threading it back through.
Step 4: ADDED: Close the Ends!
It was requested that I explain how to close the ends. The easy answer is: use a safety pin or glue or something like that.
I would rather not have an end on my starburst chain. You can close the ends without any extra supplies. (But I had to eat more starbursts to make a bracelet).
1. Make sure that your first and second-to-last pieces line up like in the picture. This way the final piece will connect them in the correct pattern. For the purposes of this step: my first piece is yellow, the second-to-last piece is orange, and the last piece is pink
2. Fold up your last piece just like the others
3. Un-fold the ends so it looks like the picture
4. Insert the last piece into the second-to-last piece as if it was a normal piece (but twice as long)
5. See the picture - the extra ends of the final piece will go into the unused end of the first piece.
6. Put each side of the last piece's long ends through each side of the open end of the first piece. There is a division in the middle of the first piece, you'll want the last piece to go on either side of this.
7. If you split the ends of the last piece, it should look something like the picture. That piece in the middle is part of the first piece and is actually 2 ends.
8. In the picture for #8, you can see the two ends of the inner piece
9. Insert one long end between the short ends.
10. Repeat for the other long end. Stuff these all of the way down. This took a couple of tries for me, I ended up folding them a bit so that they would fit.
In the end, you shouldn't be able to tell where it connects. I asked my boyfriend and he couldn't figure out which one was the end!
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This has been a mystery to me for well over 50 years and now I'm a chewing gum wrapper chain Zen master...and I haven't even made one yet. The trick is way too obvious now. Too bad I wear dentures and can't chew this stuff. Maybe I'll just start chain smoking a whole lot more and use cigarette wrappers.
If your making a bracelet, how do you attach both ends together?
I added a step 4: close the ends! just for you, I hope it helps!!
That's a great idea, I'll add a step once I eat some more starbursts. I'll also add a step describing frames and corners.
To close the end, you would insert the last piece with the ends sticking out (so it's a longer V) and then wrap them around the first piece, sort of connecting them the same as you would've if the first piece wasn't already connected, but with a little more maneuvering. This will probably be easier to understand once I get pictures up!


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As many as 452 rembuk RW consultants will undergo a training held by North Jakarta Administration, starting tomorrow until December 18, 2018 at the mayor office's Fatahillah Room.
" These participants are the result of a consultant recruitment selection held last November"
North Jakarta Mayor, Syamsudin Lologau expressed that it is a series of stages in the preparation of the RKPD in 2020. It is expected that those consultants will improve the quality of proposals in the rembuk RW.
It is to improve the ability of the community to identify issues, develop needs and determine activities to solve issues based on a priority sequence agreed upon in the RW," he expressed, Monday (12/10).
It is very important, as the results will affect the quality of the process at every level of the stages of the Musrenbang in 2019.
That is why he urges the trainer to share material that is informative, easy to understand, factual and interesting. As for all participants are expected could take part in the training with enthusiasm, responsibility and critical.
"The success of this training can be seen from the increase in the quality of proposals based on the community's priority needs by meeting the applicable provisions and mechanisms," he added.
M. Arief, Head of North Jakarta City Development Planning Sub-Agency explained that it purposes to share understanding of the tasks and functions of the Rembuk RW consultants, as well as participatory facilitating techniques, techniques for extracting people's aspirations, rembuk RW consultation facilitation techniques and assisting the process of rembuk RW results.
Its training involves 21 trainers and 452 participants who are representatives of residents in every neighborhood of RW in North Jakarta.
"These participants are the result of a consultant recruitment selection held last November," he stated.


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Conventional research in organizational theory highlights the role of board interlocks in facilitating business collective action. In this article, I propose that business collective action affects the evolutionary path of interlock networks. In particular, large market players' response after a collective action to the classic problem of the "exploitation" of the great by the small provides a mechanism for interlocks to evolve.
Community reactions against organizations can be driven by negative information spread through a diffusion process that is distinct from the diffusion of organizational practices. Bank panics offer a classic example of selective diffusion of negative information. Bank panics involve widespread bank runs, although a low proportion of banks experience a run. We develop theory on how organizational similarity, community similarity, and network proximity create selective diffusion paths for resistance against organizations.
Recent scholarship highlights the importance of public discourse for the mobilization and impact of social movements, but it neglects how cultural products may shift discourse and thereby influence mobilization and political outcomes. This study investigates how activism against hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") utilized cultural artifacts to influence public perceptions and effect change. A systematic analysis of Internet search data, social media postings, and newspaper articles allows us to identify how the documentary Gasland reshaped public discourse.
Recent decades have seen the influence of the professions decline. Lately, commentators have suggested a revived role for a "new" professionalism in ensuring and enhancing high-quality health care in systems dominated by market and managerial logics. The form this new professionalism might take, however, remains obscure. This article uses data from an ethnographic study of three English health care improvement projects to analyze the place, potential, and limitations of professionalism as a means of engaging clinicians in efforts to improve service quality.
Numerous studies document that higher education is associated with a reduced likelihood of depression. The protective effects of higher education, however, are known to vary across population subgroups. This study tests competing theories for who is likely to obtain a greater protective benefit from a college degree against depression through an analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health and recently developed methods for analyzing heterogeneous treatment effects involving the use of propensity scores.
This paper contrasts two money-related stressors—debt and economic hardship—and clarifies where debt fits into the stress process model. Debt may be a direct or indirect stressor, as something mediated by psychosocial resources, and may be a potential buffer, interacting with economic hardship. The analyses use data from a two-wave panel study of 1,463 adults. One way debt is distinct from economic hardship is that debt is more common among economically advantaged groups.
Recent methodological debates in sociology have focused on how data and analyses might be made more open and accessible, how the process of theorizing and knowledge production might be made more explicit, and how developing means of visualization can help address these issues. In ethnography, where scholars from various traditions do not necessarily share basic epistemological assumptions about the research enterprise with either their quantitative colleagues or one another, these issues are particularly complex.
Social scientists have drawn on theories of embeddedness to explain the different ways legal, political, and cultural frameworks shape markets. Often overlooked, however, is how the materiality of nature also structures markets. In this article, I suggest that neo-Polanyian scholars, and economic sociologists more generally, should better engage in a historical sociology of concept formation to problematize the human exemptionalist paradigm their work upholds and recognize the role of nature in shaping markets and society.


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Two more potters have joined the ranks, donating their time and talent to the First Annual Potters Throwdown for Empty Bowls. Carolyn Curran and Mike Rock have spurred the group to increase their "Bowl Goal" to an even more ambitious 400 within three hours. All bowls thrown on the potters' wheels will be donated to Empty Bowls, a joint outreach between Craven Arts Council & Gallery and Religious Community Services. Craven Arts Council has pledged 50 pounds of clay to each artist, as well as they will be providing refreshments for spectators. Members of the public are welcome to attend the throwdown to help assist the potters, or just to watch the pottery taking life. The event will be January 8th, from 5 to 8 pm, held at the Bank of the Arts at 317 Middle St.
Meet the Potters:
Rich Daniels of Daniels Art Glass and Pottery in Pollocksville is a retired Marine Lt. Colonel who took up fine art after retiring from the Marine Corps in 1999. He makes beautiful stained glass and slump glass as well as pottery. His pottery tends to be highly textured, finished with glazes in cool tones.
Carolyn Curran is an expert in miniatures, Carolyn Curran has been a career potter for decades. Her work is often characterized by simple, clean lines with a dash of whimsy.
Shelly Mathiot of Bear Hands Art Factory in New Bern does both wheel and slab work with clay. Her pieces have an Americana-flavor design, and are often functional.
Mike Rock is a recent ECU graduate and new to the New Bern area. He describes his pottery as "graffiti inspired." Mike likes throwing thicker pieces, then carving into them with sharp, interlocking lines.
Brent Wheelwright specializes in Japanese-inspired Raku pottery, and is able to throw very large pieces with elegant lines. His hallmark designs are horsehair and bright colored glazes with bold shapes.
Scott Haines of Bridges Street Pottery in Morehead City has been a potter since the age of 14. His trademark pieces are tall pots and vases with lovely necks, as well as pottery made of stoneware and in the tradition of Raku.
Alessandro Cagiati of Vicious Circle Studios in New Bern believes that his work should be functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. His art's signature features are dipped glazes in rich hues, as well as ornate handles.
For more information, please call The Craven Arts Council and Gallery at the Bank of the Arts, 317 Middle St. at 252-638-2577.
Submitted by: Beth Ellis, Marketing and Gallery Director, Craven Arts Council and Gallery


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The Huawei smartphone flaunts an impressive design with a slim frame that has been crafted to brilliance. Made with a heavy 2.5D glass on the front screen and back surface, the mobile has a sturdy body. The compact and portable phone by Huawei features a stunning brush finish. The 5.9inch screen with FHD display delivers content with utmost clarity. Unlock your phone with a touch of your finger with its 4 level 3D fingerprint technology.
The Huawei 4GB phone features a second generation Leica Dual Camera with a 12MP RGB sensor and 20MP monochrome sensor. The front camera is 8MP for clicking perfect selfies. It features dual lenses where one lens is for color and the other for monochrome effect giving you sharp and vibrant images. Other advanced options for amazing pictures include Hybrid zoom, night shooting, bokeh effect, autofocus and enables video in 4K quality.
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The young have it right in their hands, the new power of communication. It's fast, it's global and it's accelerating very fast. Are we ready? Can we keep up? And who is watching them?
Apparently a teenager from New Jersey who likes the building, the New World Trade Center, made it to the top at 4 am this past Sunday. He made it past four security layers, a guard who was sleeping, an elevator operator and then he tweeted about it.
The security system alone cost $40 million, but is probably not functioning at full force as yet.
He apparently went through a hole in a fence and rode an elevator to the 88th floor, and followed that with a trip up the stairs to floor 104, then strode out to the roof. The young man has been charged with a misdemeanor for trespassing; he told his Twitter friends he had no phone. I'm wondering how he took a photo of himself out climbing around, as it was an apparent back view he posted at 12:04 am on March 2nd. Possibly, that was the run through, the rehearsal, of the big event.
The security chief from the Port Authority made a statement. Joseph Dunne said they are making efforts to keep the place secure.
Another tweet posted, simply said, "Inspired." This was posted at 3:04 pm March 18th, 2014. Why do kids do such daredevil tactics? Because simply, they always have and probably always will want to seek the thrill. Only now they have the immediate proof to showcase the event to their friends and the world. The confirmation of something so fantastic, so super human-like and something for everyone to talk about. Possibly for him it was like many pats on the back and high fives, a certain right of passage.
For those responsible to uphold the law and keep things secure, it is a brand new world for them and our young people, which is accelerating quickly.
This technology is global and has everyone looking down at their phones, constantly. Everywhere I go, kids are holding cell phones, using one, checking sites or it is readily available in a pocket. Even at parties and sleepovers, it is in their hands like a group screen-a-thon, laughing when they see something funny, then sharing the scene-screen with the others. Parents have to ask them to put it in a basket and give them a cell break. Maybe they will just talk and laugh like the good old days.
The moral code, the self constraints of what is right and wrong will be tested and is tested already, everyday. I suppose the young in every generation find something and maintain leverage or a cool factor over their elders. This incident will probably invoke others to pull a 'Justin' and tweet it, an "I dare ya," scenario.
The acceleration of news, events or dares around the world come to our youth, at record speeds we never saw. We waited for our evening paper, monthly magazines or the nightly news. Then there was cable, 24/7 and now it is hand held, live and streaming all in 140 characters on Twitter. Who will be watching our young? Those of us who accelerate with them and greet the new technology. Inspired.
Opinion y Kim Troike


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We at SHIP would like to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who came out to the taco fundraiser yesterday! We were able to sell over 250 tacos! The fundraiser was a big success and we greatly appreciate everyone who was able to come to the fundraiser and support the organization!
Thank you again and we hope you all have a great weekend and Mother's Day!


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After performing new songs for Facebook and Twitter, Kanye West made more news by announcing that his album title, Good Ass Job, was getting scrapped. The news came from his new Twitter account, one that has already gotten more than 250,000 followers in about two days. Now, Kanye is continuing to preview material from his album, including a sneak peak at the video for his track, "Power. "
"Power" will be handled by Italian born artist Marco Brambilla, who has gained a lot of acclaim in the art world for his previous work. While the video is still under wraps, New York Times' Artsbeat got a chance to see some of the visuals. Dave Itzkoff described the video in short, saying, "…Mr. West is seen standing imposingly with a heavy chain around his neck. As Mr. West raps, the camera slowly zooms out in one continuous, unedited take to reveal him in a classical structure, surrounded by female attendants who are partly or entirely nude; some kneel before him on all fours, others wear devil horns and still others are suspended upside down from the ceiling. The sword of Damocles hangs precariously over Mr. West's head, and behind him an unseen executioner is preparing to strike him with a blade."
Still, they were not permitted to view the entire video, which is being kept private for now. The artist, Brambilla, spoke about the project with the Times.
"It's kind of apocalyptic, in a very personal way," he said. "This would be a beautiful death…It had this very dark, personal conflict within it. Because of his own concept of celebrity and his own notoriety, he's keenly self-aware of all these things. And it all came out in the music."
He went on to add more details.
"It's a moment of transition for him. It's like the end of an empire. It's him becoming mortal again."
"It's a very exaggerated, hyper-sensational version of what the song is saying. But at the same time, it has this fallibility to it. Because built into the story is that there is an ultimate fallibility, in bringing someone back down to earth at the end of the piece. That kind of contradiction, hopefully, will create the tension within it."
"I like controversy," he added. "The more controversial it gets, the more interesting it is."


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While much of the attention goes to the shiny and new hotels popping up in Nigeria, it's important to take a moment to recognise the ones that have stuck around through it all. History enthusiast or not, there's no denying that the oldest hotels in Nigeria hold a certain romantic allure.
Nigeria is filled with glamorous, modern hotels, but there is something special about staying in a history-filled establishment that helps tell the story of a destination's local culture.
These hotels have stood the test of time. We have compiled a list of the oldest (or nearly the oldest) hotels in Nigeria that are still worth a booking. After all, their rooms have been reserved by legends, they've witnessed the tales in history books first-hand, and their timelessness evokes an overall sense of nostalgia.
Lagos Airport Hotel
Lagos Airport Hotel started as an owner-managed hotel with 5 rooms in 1942 under the name "Grand Hotel Lagos". It was renamed "Ikeja Arms Inn" in 1956 under the ownership and management of Mr. Joseph Harold, a Briton. In 1961, it was incorporated in Lagos Airport Hotel Limited.
The various halls and syndicate rooms are named to reflect our rich cultural heritage and ownership of the Hotel. There is Oranmiyan Hall, the Banquet Hall, Oyo Hall, Ogun, and Ondo Hall, Osun Hall and Ekiti Syndicate room among others for selected group discussions. The various halls are equipped with public address systems. Other facilities include 3 well secured car parks, 2 restaurants, 4 bars and an Olympic-sized swimming pool.
Today, the hotel has 277 rooms comprising of one Monarchical Suite, Presidential Suites, Executive Suites, Business Suites, Luxury Rooms, Classic Rooms Deluxe, Flat 1 & 2, Standard/Executive double rooms. The owners have sustained the brand name, Lagos Airport Hotel and the growth of Nigeria's foremost indigenous Hotel, through commitment and recognition of all stakeholders including the guests, as important to its corporate sustenance.
Federal Palace Hotel, Lagos
The Federal Palace Hotel was established in 1960 as the country's premier international hotel, it was originally owned by the Victoria Beach Hotel, as part of the A. G. Leventis trading group. Considered "a landmark of the Lagos metropolis" the hotel is notable for having been the setting for the signing of Nigeria's Declaration of Independence. When Nigeria gained its independence from Britain in 1960, it was in the main boardroom of the newly constructed Federal Palace Hotel that Nigeria's independence declaration was signed. This boardroom is now one of the main features of the hotel's casino. The Federal Palace Hotel is associated with the Heritage Environmental Programme that serves to recognise and identify environmentally responsible companies and products in Nigeria.
Golden Tulip, Festac
Golden Tulip Festac Lagos, Hotel & Conference Centre was built with strong historical & cultural background during the Festival of Arts and Culture in Africa; known across the globe as 'Festac 77'. The Hotel is located half an hour drive from the Lagos International and domestic airports which provides easy access to the business district of Apapa and the environs. Business guests also enjoy the proximity to the Apapa seaport, industrial and commercial districts which complement the dynamic environment of Lagos; with 471 rooms and suites. The expansive cosy lobby creates welcoming environment for leisure and business guests. For fun seekers, the hotel is in close proximity to a shopping mall and a cinema centre.
Metropolitan Hotel, Cross River
Originally constructed by the government of Cross River State and now privately managed, the Metropolitan Hotel is considered the a hotel for the government in Calabar, because of the sheer number of public officials and bureaucrats staying there at any given time. With nearly 150 rooms, several conference facilities, two restaurants, a beautiful pool and a spacious lobby with free wi-fi internet access, it is easy to see why the hotel is the first choice for guests. Metro is always busy despite such high room rates. The lobby is grand with many comfortable leather couches perfect for impromptu meetings or informal gatherings. The rooms are nicely furnished and come with small in-room safes, mini-fridges, adjustable thermostats for the central cooling system, data ports for internet access, and television. The in-suite restrooms are spacious with plenty of counter space, bottled water and baskets full of the small soaps and shampoos that international travelers expect. The administration of Brig. Gen. U. J Esuene, the first governor of the then South Eastern State (now Cross River), 1967-75, laid ambitious foundation for the hospitality sector and Metropolitan Hotel was one of his achievements.
Premier Hotel, Ibadan
Premier Hotel located on top of Mokola Hill, Ibadan is definitely one of the oldest and the best hotel in West Africa. It is jointly owned by the Odua States namely Ekiti, Oyo, Ondo, Ogun, and Osun states. With 87 bedrooms made up of 80 Double Rooms, 6 Executive and 1 Luxury Suite, and a standard swimming pool, the hotel tourist centre for guests.
Elegantly perched atop the famous Mokola Hill is Premier Hotel, a subsidiary of the Odua Group. Its magnificent structure presents a good sight both day and night while the serene environment and comfortable lodgings are tailored to deliver maximum guests' satisfaction. This 3-Star hotel is strategically situated at Oremeji, Mokola Hill, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria, 14km away from Ibadan Airport. This hotel's location also provides easy access to major attractions and business districts in Ibadan, making it a good place to stay for tourists and business travellers.
Premier Hotel's storeyed edifice has an elevator installed and houses spacious and well-furnished rooms. Room types are Classic, Deluxe, Executive Deluxe, Business Suites, Executive Suite B, Diplomatic Suite and Oduduwa Luxury Suite. All rooms are en-suite and equipped with smoke detectors, bedside tables, satellite TV sets and air conditioners. All suites have separate dining and TV lounge area. Complimentary breakfast is provided for 1 occupant. Wifi connectivity is available in all the rooms.
Transcorp Hilton, Abuja
The award-winning Transcorp Hilton, Abuja celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2017, having officially opened its door to its first guest on April 21, 1987. The iconic hotel has through the years hosted Royalty, Presidents, Global leaders, celebrities and other dignitaries. The hotel has a legacy and rich history as a pioneer in Nigeria's hospitality sector.In 2016 alone, the hotel won 11 awards and nominations on customer service and innovation. Transcorp Hilton Abuja embarked on a $100million renovation project to deliver on its promise of customer excellence in 2017.


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Ryan Seager is well aware of the importance of Southampton Under-23s' game against Derby County on Friday night.
Saints host the Rams in their penultimate game of the season knowing that a victory would secure their Premier League 2 status.
"All the boys know it's a big game - we need to win it," started the striker.
"Derby are obviously just below us and if they win they will be level on points with us, but if we win we will stay up so it is a big game.
"The last two results mean there is more on this game, but we know that and I think we will deal with the pressure well."
Seager missed the majority of the season through long-term injury, before returning in January from an 11-month absence.
And the 21-year-old has been delighted with his return to the action.
"It's been great," continued Seager.
"It was a long road to recovery for me and I feel like I am finally getting my full fitness back now.
"I don't think it is completely there yet, but hopefully these last few games will really help give me that."


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The New Year is finally here and business owners and executives alike will be planning new strategies to grow their business, boost profits, streamline their processes and optimize their HR, procurement and talent acquisition strategies.
With talent acquisition and a shortage in skilled workers becoming an increasing concern for companies across a variety of industries, hiring the top talent in your sector could prove to be the best way to grow your business in 2019.
However, with the growth of the contingent workforce, a plethora of new technologies and services to hire workers and the increasingly complex nature of managing your workforce, how can your HR or procurement team create a strategy that finds these workers?
If your business is struggling to hire talent that meets your expectations, it's perhaps time to consider the help of a managed services provider (MSP). An MSP can deliver considerable cost savings and other advantages. Here are five strategic benefits an MSP can bring to your organization.
1 - Transparency into your workforce
By overseeing the management of your contingent workforce, MSPs are in a unique position to ensure that your company has complete visibility into your operations and your contingent workers.
Through the use of various innovative technologies and expertise in the industry, MSPs can create, monitor and report on your company's corporate key performance indicators (KPIs). Using this data for benchmarking, best practices and workforce reporting will help to constantly improve your recruiting strategy as your business develops.
2 - Securing top talent fast
Sometimes your company may land an unexpected client, or perhaps you lose an employee on short notice - this is when you need to find a new employee fast, but at the same time you can't risk settling for a staff member that's not up to the job.
By working with an MSP you will be able to find and place high quality workers in a short timeframe. Traditional hiring techniques take an average of 60-90 days to fill a position but MSPs, on the other hand, can find talent across a broad range of staffing vendors and onboard employees in a far shorter timespan.
3 - Improved flexibility and scalability
The digital world has created a business landscape that is constantly evolving, and a result your business must always be capable of responding to a quickly changing market - a flexible workforce will allow your company to do this.
An MSP will give you access to a large database of employees with various skills that can be hard to obtain. This enables your business to scale up or down quickly whenever you need to, as well have the flexibility to adapt to changing market conditions when needed.
4 - Access to world-class technology
The very best MSPs are constantly investing and partnering with world-class technology providers, which will give your company the opportunity to refine your business processes and access to today's most innovative tools.
For example, a vendor management systems (VMS) will help transform your recruiting strategy from a fragmented process to a unified and centralized database that gives your company visibility into worker wages, the most efficient sourcing methods, where your workers are located, payment tools and much more.
5 - Reduce the pressure on your HR and procurement teams
Your MSP partner can act in a purely advisory role to kickstart a comprehensive strategy. However, you can also use them to take the stress away from HR and procurement teams, allowing those departments to focus on other important business decisions.
MSPs can save hiring managers time by acting as the single point of contact for your company and staffing providers, client managers and workers, as well as taking charge of invoicing and vendor payments.
Want to learn more about how an MSP can help your business acquire the top talent in your industry, and as a result drive your company into the future? Contact our team of experts today for more information.


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Jack Be Little Pumpkin & Polenta Soufflé
- Nov 24, 2014
By Chef Eric Skokan, Farm Fork Food (Kyle Books, 2014)
Roasted heirloom pumpkin and a ragout of mushrooms fill a soufflé dish, which is topped with a soufflé made from polenta. With the addition of Parmesan and sautéed Brussels sprouts, this entrée is a showstopper. The Jack Be Little pumpkins are themselves a fun stand-in for a basic soufflé dish. Other possible varieties include acorn, delicata and dumpling squashes. If those are not available, butternut squash makes a fine substitute.
Jack Be Little Pumpkin & Polenta Soufflé
Serves 4
8 Jack Be Little pumpkins
3 tablespoons sunflower oil
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 cups sliced mushrooms
1 medium onion, sliced
¼ cup minced garlic
2 tablespoons white wine
2 tablespoons softened butter, plus more for sautéing
6 sprigs fresh thyme
1¼ cups cornmeal or polenta
1½ cups whole milk
4 bay leaves
½ cup heavy cream
½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
4 large eggs, at room temperature, separated
3 cups Brussels sprouts, separated into leaves
1. Preheat the oven to 450°F.
2. Cut the tops from the pumpkins. Remove and discard the seeds and pulp from the cavities. Dress the pumpkins and tops with 1 tablespoon of the oil, salt and pepper. Place on a baking sheet and roast in the oven until tender and beginning to brown, about 15 minutes. Set aside to cool.
3. In a large sauté pan over high heat, combine the mushrooms, onion, garlic and the remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables begin to brown, about 15 minutes. Add the wine and scrape the pan to remove any browned bits. Add the butter and thyme, season with salt and set aside off the heat.
4. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the cornmeal, 1 quart water and milk, stirring very well to hydrate the cornmeal. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to low. Add the bay leaves and cook, stirring often, until the mixture is very thick and the cornmeal is very soft. Add the cream and nutmeg, season with salt and stir well.
5. Transfer the polenta to a large bowl and let cool. Add the egg yolks and mix well to combine.
6. In a medium bowl, whisk the egg whites until soft peaks form. Fold the whites into the polenta mixture in thirds without overmixing—a few loose streaks of egg white are fine.
7. Divide the mushrooms and onions among the roasted pumpkins, filling the cavities. Top with the polenta mixture until the pumpkins are full. Bake until the polenta is set and the soufflés have risen, about 15 minutes.
8. Meanwhile, in a large sauté pan over high heat, sauté the Brussels sprouts in a bit of butter until the leaves just begin to color, about 6 minutes. Season with salt.
9. Divide the pumpkins among four dinner plates. Garnish with the Brussels sprouts and pumpkin tops and serve immediately.
- Farm Fork Food by Eric Skokan © 2014 Kyle Books, Photograph © Con Poulos.


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Weather is just a website away
The station at Grindstone automatically reports current conditions
- NOAA unit still being tested
The accurate reporting of weather from stations installed at the Grindstone water treatment plant is a work in progress, a spokesman said Thursday.
But people interested in finding out about current weather can access information through WeatherLink or Underground Weather.
The WeatherLink website requires creating a free account, all that's needed to see the wind chill, current temperature, wind direction, total rain, dew point and heat index. For deeper data and charts, a charge may be involved. Just type in "Grindstone" for the location.
The data comes from an automated station installed about three years ago at the Grindstone Water Treatment Plant.
Another station put in place by the National Weather Service still is being tested. But once that is synchronized, data also will be posted on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's website under the same Grindstone designation.
Frank Potter, former village manager and a weather spotter for NOAA, said he especially enjoys the hourly rain feature of the WeatherLink access.
"I am really proud that we all worked together to get an official weather site that Albuquerque Weather Bureau can use," he said. "It reports accurately data hourly to basically anyone wanting to use the site. Just download WeatherLink.com and at the top type in Grindstone Ruidoso and you have it.
The unit is building a data base of more than eight occurrences. Hope we can make this site the go-to place in the future for Ruidoso."
Reporting to NOAA previously came from Sierra Blanca Regional Airport where conditions can differ significantly from the village of Ruidoso, Potter pointed out.


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Tariff Increases Prompting More Companies to Shift Sourcing Out of China
One of the ways companies affected by this year's tariff increases on imports from China can avoid or reduce those duties is by moving production, in whole or in part, to other countries. A number of recent press accounts indicate that use of this option is accelerating, largely to the benefit of smaller economies in Asia.
Some production has been moving out of China for years as government officials work to refocus the country's economy on services and high-tech manufacturing. However, a Reuters article states, "the risk of more, and higher, US tariffs on China, and fears that nearby emerging economies can only accommodate new businesses on a 'first come, first served' basis," are driving what industry experts say is "the biggest shift in cross-border supply chains since China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001." A Politico article adds that about 84 percent of companies responding to a recent Ernst and Young survey said they are reviewing their supply chains amid the ongoing trade tensions and 51 percent have already made changes.
Press reports state that as a result countries in Southeast Asia are seeing increased interest from businesses looking to relocate manufacturing operations. For example, the Politico article states, "small and medium-sized factories that make furniture, textiles and electronics in China's Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta regions, the country's main export production hubs," are being lured to industrial parks in Vietnam. A CNBC article adds that Vietnam and Malaysia could take on more low-end manufacturing of technology products and that auto parts production could be shifted to Thailand and Malaysia. Even makers of large industrial machinery are considering moving some of their assembly lines to Japan or Mexico, CNN states.
At the same time, countries in the region do not typically have manufacturing technology, infrastructure, skilled labor, or customs procedures comparable to those of China, making it difficult to shift sourcing totally away from that country. As a result, Reuters quoted Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg's Sally Peng as saying, "everyone is looking for that China Plus One, Plus Two, Plus Three country strategy, all the way to Africa."
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Moments after competing in the 800-meter relay in the Division I regional meet May 25 at Pickerington North, sophomore Folake Olujide-Ajibade of the Dublin Scioto High School girls track and field team was greeted by coach Stacey Schall.
The two embraced to celebrate Olujide-Ajibade's earlier achievement of qualifying for the state meet Friday, June 1, and Saturday, June 2, at Ohio State for the first time.
Olujide-Ajibade accomplished the feat by finishing second in the 100 hurdles in 15.05 seconds.
The top four finishers in each regional event, along with two at-large berths in each running event based on regional times statewide, advanced to state.
"I'm really happy," Olujide-Ajibade said. "I've been looking forward to this for a long time. I would like to make it to finals (at state), but if that's not possible, I'll just be happy with where I'm at."
Schall, who replaced Matt Suttle as coach prior to last season, was an assistant in 2013 when the girls team last had a state qualifier. That year, the 400 relay of Nykee Scruggs, Aysia Prewitt, Charissa Newkirk and Madison Scurlock finished 11th.
"We have full confidence in her," Schall said of Olujide-Ajibade. "She's been working hard. She's my 'steady Eddie.'"
Also at regional, Olujide-Ajibade teamed with Foluke Olujide-Ajibade, Yosola Olujide-Ajibade and Brooklyn Richardson to finish sixth in the 800 relay (1:42.81), Yosola Olujide-Ajibade was ninth in the 400 (58.27), Kennedie Lomax finished 10th in the shot put (35 feet, 1 inch) and 16th in the discus (92-5), Audrey Bannister was 10th in the 3,200 (11:39.95) and Folake Olujide-Ajibade finished 11th in the 300 hurdles (46.3).
Scioto scored 11 points to finish 17th behind champion Gahanna (84) as 32 teams scored.
No members of the boys team qualified for state.
The 3,200 relay of Cesar Arellano, Trevor Page, Sam Thomas and Tyler Mielke finished fifth (7:57.15), Max Eveland placed seventh in the pole vault (13-8), Eric Holsinger was ninth in the 100 (11.08) and Arellano finished 14th in the 3,200 (10:00.95).
The Irish tied for 26th (6) behind champion Pickerington Central (97) as 41 teams scored.
Girls lacrosse team set program mark
The girls lacrosse team posted the most wins in program history while finishing above .500 for just the second time.
Scioto finished 12-4 overall after losing to fourth-seeded Springboro 17-3 in a Division I, Region 3 quarterfinal May 18. Seeded sixth, the Irish had beaten 10th-seeded Hilliard Darby 16-11 in the first round May 15.
Scioto's previous high for wins in a season came in 2014, when it finished 9-8.
"We're rewriting history for Scioto lacrosse," coach Sarah Zink said. "We had the opportunity to do that this season and to make ourselves more of a competition threat than what's been perceived in the past. We're trying to change minds of not only our school, but our community to show that we are here and we're going to be not only a good team, but a great team."
Scioto went 3-3 in the OCC-Cardinal Division to finish fourth, behind Jerome (6-0), Thomas Worthington (5-1) and Worthington Kilbourne (4-2) and ahead of Darby (2-4), Hilliard Bradley (1-5) and Delaware (0-6).
The Irish are losing five seniors, including goalkeeper Aubrey Webb, a Limestone College commit who totaled 165 saves on the season and was named first-team all-league.
Junior midfielders Jessie Hartman (30 goals, 3 assists) and Allie Vogel (28 goals, 3 assists) and freshman defender Karleigh Rothe (8 goals, 5 assists) all were second-team all-league, while junior attacker Kiersten Jennings (20 goals) was honorable mention all-league.
Vogel was second-team all-region and Rothe was honorable mention all-region.
Volleyball team had rebuilding season
After reaching the Division II state tournament a year ago, boys volleyball coach Doug Arden knew his team would be facing a rebuilding season given that it had lost most of its roster to graduation.
Scioto finished 4-16 overall, losing at top-seeded St. Charles 25-8, 25-8, 25-17 in an East Region semifinal May 22. The seventh-seeded Irish had opened the postseason by beating fourth-seeded Briggs 25-27, 13-25, 25-21, 25-14, 16-14 on May 19.
"We knew we were in for a challenge," Arden said. "We needed time to learn how to play together and to play in new positions, and for some of the guys the game of volleyball was brand new.
"Despite our inexperience, I was impressed by the spirit with which our guys played. I thought they competed well, and this was evidenced by the number of matches that we stretched to deciding sets and the number of tight sets that we played as well."
Scioto went 3-9 in the OCC-Cardinal to finish sixth, behind Darby (12-0), Jerome (10-2), Kilbourne (8-4), Bradley (5-7) and Thomas (4-8) and ahead of Delaware (0-12).
Sophomore outside hitter Dedar Mergaye was named second-team all-region and all-league, senior outside hitter Cole Hussey was honorable mention all-region and all-league and junior setter Cameron Gastaldo was honorable mention all-region.
Other players eligible to return are junior Grayson Bramble (right-side hitter) and sophomores Jonathan Heasley (setter) and Riley Passias (right-side hitter).


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The ARCI has made changes to their Uniform Classification of Foreign Substances schedule. The document may be accessed here or at the ARCI website: http://arci.blob.core.windows.net/webdocs/2018_01_09_CLASSIFICATION_V13.4.pdf and reflects the following changes:
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Altrenogest: Drug Class 4, Penalty Class C substance in male horses only (no restriction on female horses).
Capsaicin: Capsaicin is derived from chili peppers and acts as a local anesthetic, similar to mepivacaine or lidocaine. It is present in a number of over the counter topical preparations - Drug Class 2 Penalty Class B.
Letrozole: Drug Class 3 Penalty Class A.
Metformin: This is an anti-hyperglycemic drug used in horses with equine metabolic syndrome (extra-label). It is reserved for the most severe cases of insulin resistance. Drug Class 2, Penalty Class B.
Mitragynine: Drug Class 1 Penalty Class A.
Pimobendan: Recent research in horses shows that this drug acts as a positive chronotropic (increasing heart rate) and ionotropic (increased contractility) drug. Drug Class 2 , Penalty Class B.
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Funding the Government
Today, Congressman Doug Lamborn voted in favor of the Continuing Resolution, which funds the government through April 28th, 2017. He released the following statement explaining his vote:
"The Continuing Resolution funds our most important national priorities. I am pleased that the CR provides funding for critical national security needs, like border security and immigration enforcement, as well as essential defense provisions to the Department of Defense and the Department of State to fix the military readiness crisis and combat ISIS abroad. The CR also increases funding to respond to natural disasters.
Additionally, I supported the CR to prevent transfers of prisoners from Guantanamo Bay and the resettlement of additional Syrian refugees in the United States. The Continuing Resolution will also set the stage for a smooth start to the Trump Administration by allowing more time for the President-elect to receive confirmation for his civilian and retired military appointments in the Senate.
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The motor is a 15 hp, 2-stroke Yamaha engine. Using a manual I found online (the previous owner didn't leave me the hard copy), I opened it up and went through all the basic checks to make sure the controls work and it had at least a reasonable potential to start. While mounted on the storage mount, I hooked up the gas tank and a clamp-on adapter to provide fresh water for cooling.
It took a couple tries, but the motor did fire up. Of course, the stream of cooling water failed to appear from the appropriate hole in the motor housing where it is supposed to be found. Since running the engine without cooling water is very bad, I quickly shut down the engine. With my recent impeller experience, I figure there is a very good chance that this is the problem. Now, where do they hide the water pump on an outboard motor?
Looking through the manual, I found that the water pump is actually located in the lower end of the motor on the drive shaft. I guess it makes sense, but it certainly isn't a convenient location for checking the impeller. Guess I will need to disassemble the engine just to check and see if my suspicions are correct. As I've learned to do, I consult Google and YouTube for additional information on the process and I found this video that demonstrates the general process.
A little more complicated than replacing the impellers on the inboard engines, but it doesn't seem too bad. I locate the impeller (actually a kit, more on that below) at a local store and begin the process of checking and changing the impeller.
|Motor on the cockpit table...where else would you work on it?
I remove the lower unit containing the transmission and the water pump housing just like it shows in the video (except I disconnected the transmission linkage before I removed the other bolts). I disassemble the water pump and viola, the culprit of my lack of cooling water is found. Another destroyed impeller. As I've learned, it is very important to locate all the pieces of the impeller and I dig through the passages and am able to find enough rubber bits to account for the entire thing.
|Disassembled pump, another destroyed impeller found.
Yamaha did something kind of clever with the pump. Instead of just providing the impeller, they provide a kit that contains not only the impeller, but also replacement walls for the housing and a few other bits so you can rebuild the water pump and all of the working surfaces are new. They do this with simple stamped metal parts so the entire kit costs about the same amount as a single impeller for my Westerbeke engines.
|New shiny pump walls.
With a refurbished pump, I reassembled the motor. I did check the lower unit (transmission) oil before reassembly. With everything back together, I put the motor on the storage mount, hooked everything back up and gave it a try. As soon as the motor fired, a good stream of water came shooting out of the motor housing just like it was supposed to. Another impeller problem solved.
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I am not sure what scenes were filmed in this area, but this is a famous historic site in Korea with fortresses built to defend themselves from Japanese invasion and KBS Drama Studio is also located here, so I think it is worth visiting even if you are not fans of any drama. From the first gate to the last one, it is about 6.5km, so it makes a rather nice scenic walk.
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Forest Wins Special Blue Ribbon Prize
Our charity mascot Forest, a 17 year old miniature Shetland pony who stands at 3 feet nothing, won a special Blue Ribbon prize at the weekend.
He was entered into the Leominster annual Vintage Rally Dog Show, as the most handsome dog, all in good nature of course, and was given a special mention and Blue Ribbon prize for his efforts.
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Asian Games: PH boxers Paalam, Marcial enter quarterfinals
Carlo Paalam of the Philippines (in blue) fights tags Taiwan's Tu Powei (in red) with a right in their men's light fly (49kg) round of 16 boxing match at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on August 27, 2018. AFP PHOTO / BAY ISMOYOFilipino fighters Carlo Paalam and Eumir Felix Marcial breathed life into the Philippines' flat-lining medal bid in boxing in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia.Paalam and Marcial both scored emphatic victories to advance to the quarterfinals in their respective divisions.ADVERTISEMENT Peza offers relief to ecozone firms View comments 'High crimes and misdemeanors': Trump impeachment trial begins DepEd's Taal challenge: 30K students displaced Gov't in no rush to rescue animals in Taal Don't miss out on the latest news and information. Sports Related Videospowered by AdSparcRead Next Will you be the first P16 Billion Powerball jackpot winner from the Philippines? Judy Ann's 1st project for 2020 is giving her a 'stomachache' MOST READ SEA Games 2019: PH's Carlo Paalam boxing light flyweight semi final (HIGHLIGHTS) PLAY LIST 03:13SEA Games 2019: PH's Carlo Paalam boxing light flyweight semi final (HIGHLIGHTS)03:34PH's Carlo Paalam boxing light flyweight final (HIGHLIGHTS)03:42SEA Games: Rogen Ladon enters flyweight boxing semis02:14Carpio hits red carpet treatment for China Coast Guard02:56NCRPO pledges to donate P3.5 million to victims of Taal eruption00:56Heavy rain brings some relief in Australia02:37Calm moments allow Taal folks some respite03:23Negosyo sa Tagaytay City, bagsak sa pag-aalboroto ng Bulkang Taal01:13Christian Standhardinger wins PBA Best Player award LATEST STORIES Lights inside SMX hall flicker as Duterte rants vs Ayala, Pangilinan anew Serena Williams, Rafael Nadal on schedule as US Open begins Marcial forced a referee stoppage in the second round to beat Kuok Kun Ng of Macao in the men's 75-kg while Paalam dominated Powei Tu of Chinese Taipei, 5-0, in their light flyweight duel.Three Filipinos are now in the quarters after flyweight Rogen Ladon also booked his slot on Sunday that stopped Philippine boxing's string of setbacks in the continental showcase.FEATURED STORIESSPORTSGinebra beats Meralco again to capture PBA Governors' Cup titleSPORTSJapeth Aguilar wins 1st PBA Finals MVP award for GinebraSPORTSTim Cone still willing to coach Gilas but admits decision won't be 'simple yes or no'Nesthy Petecio, Joel Bacho, James Palicte, Irish Magno and Mario Fernandez, who got knocked out by his Iraqi foe, have all faltered early. Gretchen Barretto's daughter Dominique graduates magna cum laude from California college Palace OKs total deployment ban on Kuwait OFWs


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Here's a story from one of my friends and one of his students about an ongoing misdiagnosis…
This student, we'll call her Sally, her mom has battled a problem for more than thirty years and was finally given a proper diagnosis.
Constantly falling asleep at odd times, she often brought up the problem to her doctor. The doctor, knowing she was a busy mom with children always brushed her off and said something to the effect of, "You've got three children, it's no wonder you're tired. There's nothing to worry about."
Finally, as the problem seemed to be worsening, she made a list of concerns about the problem.
Upon reviewing her list, the doctor said, "You fall asleep in the middle of sentences?"
To which she replied, "Yes! Don't you find that odd?"
Finally, tests completed, a proper diagnosis of Narcolepsy, a neurological disorder that affects the control of sleep and wakefulness, was made.
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