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A man killed in a road collision in Co Down has been named as Patrick Lively.
The 60-year-old farmer died after a crash on Bryansford Road near Hilltown on Monday.
PSNI Constable Stephen Dickson said: " Police can confirm that a man, who has been named as 60-year-old Patrick Gerald Lively, has died following a two-vehicle road traffic collision which occurred in Hilltown last night."
The incident happened at about 6pm at the junction with Kinnahalla Road.
Pc Dickson appealed for anyone with information to contact police and said the scene of the accident would remain closed for some time.


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Četvrtak, 06. Kolovoz 2020, Tisno, Defected Croatia 2020 Loyalty
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After four amazing years, we return to the idyllic corner of Croatia's Adriatic coast in August for Defected Croatia 2020. Once again, there will be an array of main stage house superstars and disco icons, joined by underground heroes on the beach stage and boat parties, all making for a truly unique outdoor clubbing experience. Combined with delicious food and a chance to genuinely relax with our well-being programme, we've discovered the perfect spot for our very own musical festival come holiday.
Simon Dunmore:
"We don't just rock up and play records. The six days take a full 12 months of planning...yes, we are already deep into discussions for 2020.
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I may be the **** of a lot of what goes on but the crew are the real heroes, the people behind the diligently and hard to make the magic happen.
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I saw yesterday that the polls are showing that a lot of people are happy with the economy and that is causing Trump to gain ground in the polls in battleground states.I now think we're screwed. It will probably be an electoral college victory again, but it makes no difference in the end.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said his Democratic opponents would tear down crosses and pledged to bring prayer to public schools at a re-election rally to shore up evangelical support.[. . .]"These angry radicals want to impose absolute conformity by censuring speech, tearing down crosses and symbols of faith and banning religious believers from public life."He got a big reaction from the crowd when he promised to bring religion into U.S. schools. A clause in the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from promoting one religion over the other, which means public schools don't promote prayer or religious symbols."Very soon I'll be taking action to safeguard students and teachers' First Amendment rights to pray in our schools," Trump said. "They want to take that right along with many other ones."[Continues . . .]
As the 2020 election approaches in the United States, President Donald Trump is adding school prayer to the list of contentious issues up for debate. At a rally in early January he announced plans to "safeguard students' and teachers' First Amendment rights to pray in our schools." On the schedule of the White House later this week is a plan to issue new "guidance on constitutional prayer in school."This announcement comes after a year in which officials in six states, including the populous swing state of Florida, considered bills permitting the study of the Bible in classrooms. Last January, President Trump tweeted his support for these laws.The evangelical proponents of the legislation insist that the Bible would be treated as a historical and literary source, not as a means of religious guidance. Critics oppose them for fear that their real intent is to teach Christianity.Efforts to return religion to public schools threaten to reignite one of the oldest debates about the separation of church and state.As a historian who has studied how American Protestants have engaged with the culture at large, I know that the question of religion in education was among the first social issues to split American Protestants into competing liberal and conservative camps.In the early 19th century, as many states created public school systems, children's moral development was viewed as a crucial component of education. Advocates for public schools came from some of the established Protestant denominations such as Congregationalism and growing liberal traditions like Unitarianism.Since these public school proponents had diverse religious beliefs, they agreed that educational institutions should not teach particular doctrines. But they believed schools should cultivate morals based in what they thought were generally held Christian principles.Opposition came from Roman Catholics, a growing segment of the population due to immigration, who took particular issue with Bible reading. Many schools used the Protestant King James version of the Bible, which differed from the translation familiar to Catholics. Moreover, Bible reading apart from the study of Church teaching was by nature a distinctly Protestant practice.Yet even Protestant agreement on Bible reading in public schools did not survive for long.[Continues . . .]


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Monday Morning Manager: My Weekly Take on the Detroit TigersJune 15, 2009
My weekly take on the Tigers, also known simply and affectionately as "MMM."
Week of 6/8-14: 4-4
This week: 6/16-18: at StL; 6/19-21: MIL
Goat of the Week
This week, we hand out the Goat dishonor as a group effort.
Who was it, exactly, who decided that Jeremy Bonderman was ready to pitch in the big leagues?
Bondo, who's been recovering for about a year from major shoulder surgery, made his 2009 debut last Monday in the second game of a doubleheader in Chicago.
He wasn't anywhere near big league caliber.
It wasn't just his pitching line (4 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 3 HR). It was his velocity, too.
Bondo was nowhere near the low-to-mid-90s fastball that he's accustomed to.
Sure enough, he's back on the DL, as even the wild and wooly Dontrelle Willis is deemed a safer bet in the rotation right now.
The DL is of the 15-day variety, but Dr. James Andrews, the renowned surgeon for pitchers, has indicated to Bonderman and the Tigers that this stay may be of significant length.
Translation: he wasn't ready to pitch in the bigs, after all.
Let's just hope that last Monday's start didn't do any more long-term damage.
Hero of the Week
Rick Porcello, on Friday in Pittsburgh, was a one-man wrecking crew.
Seven innings pitched. Six hits and one run allowed.
Oh, and a couple hits and two knocks, too.
The Tigers won, 3-1. Porcello's two ribbies were the difference.
Porcello had two singles in his big league debut as a hitter, driving in the Tigers' first two runs.
The 20-year-old is now 7-4 with a fine 3.71 ERA. He's walked a paltry 21 hitters in 68 innings.
Can you say "Rookie of the Year"?
Maybe the Silver Slugger, too, for pitchers.
Quick scouting reports: Cardinals, Brewers
The Tigers find themselves in the thick of interleague play right now, and usually that's not a bad thing.
They are among the top three, in terms of winning percentage, in interleague play since 2006. They have feasted on NL teams lately.
This week, a return to St. Louis, the Tigers' Waterloo in the 2006 World Series.
All Cardinals talk starts and ends with Albert Pujols.
Pujols is at it again: 22 HR, 57 RBI, a .324 BA. His OPS (On Base Avg. plus Slugging Pct.) is a sick 1.131. And he's only struck out 24 times in 219 AB.
Trouble is, the Cards aren't getting much offense from anyone else. After Pujols, the next highest Cardinal in HR and RBI is Ryan Ludwick, with 9 and 31. Ludwick broke out in 2008 with 37 dingers and 113 RBI, plus a .299 BA.
The most reliable starter has been Adam Wainright, who's 6-4 with a 3.49 ERA. He'll likely start on Tuesday. Although, Chris Carpenter has a 1.59 ERA in 51 innings and is 4-1. But Carpenter missed about a month of the season, divided between April and May. Carpenter pitched on Sunday, so the Tigers will miss him in this series.
The closer is Ryan Franklin, who's 15-for-16 in save opportunities and has a tiny 1.09 ERA. Franklin blew eight saves last year, but he's been lights out in '09.
As for the Brewers, Prince Fielder is again leading the way, with 15 HR and 56 RBI. Mike Cameron and Ryan Braun have combined for 25 HR and 72 RBI.
41-year-old Trevor Hoffman has proven to be a terrific free agent signing--15-for-15 in saves with a microscopic ERA of 0.47.
In the Cardinals and Brewers, the Tigers play the top two teams in the NL Central; Milwaukee leads St. Louis by a half-game.
Under the microscope
I'm not sure that I like the new, powerful Curtis Granderson.
I think I prefer the "other" Granderson — the one who hit .300-ish and slapped triples all over the ballpark.
Granderson has 14 homers already, but his batting average has suffered; he's muddling along in the .260 range. Not only that, but the triples that he's become famous for have virtually disappeared.
Grandy has just two three-baggers this season, after producing 23 in 2007 and 13 in 2008.
He's not even making it up with doubles; he has only seven in 247 AB, after averaging 32 the past three seasons.
So what's up?
The home run stroke clearly is working, which has placed him fifth from time-to-time in the batting order. But it says here that Granderson is more valuable as the leadoff hitter he's been since 2006.
MMM is placing Granderson under the microscope, especially as interleague play continues, to see whether the "old" Grandy returns while the Tigers play NL ball.
Bottom line: The Tigers took three of five in Chicago, which was huge for them–especially coming in a ballpark that has been less-than-friendly to them over the years. But that was partly nullified by dropping two of three to the feeble-hitting Pirates in Pittsburgh.
The Tigers continue to stay at arm's length in first place, but there still seems to be a feeling of a missed chance to really put some daylight between them and the rest of the division, in which they are the only team playing .500 or better.
That's all for this week's MMM. Join me every Monday!


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It has been repeatedly stated that life is difficult and that people change over time throughout the course of their life. Unfortunately, that change is usually not one that is beneficial to the person. Rather, it is a negative change that slowly erodes a person's mental state. Soon enough, they become sick and tired of themselves and desire a positive change. Of course, the best way to change a person's outlook on life is to change their attitude.
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EXCLUSIVE: Pauley Perrette Still Can't Believe She Got Away From Her Alleged Attacker Alive
Nearly two months after being attacked by a homeless man, Pauley Perrette opened up to ET about the unseen scars that still remain.
"Physically I am fine," the NCIS star assured ET's Kevin Frazier. "Emotionally that was a very traumatic event. "
WATCH: Pauley Perrette on Facing Alleged Attacker in Court: 'It Was Terrifying'
The incident occurred on Nov. 13, during which the 46-year-old actress says she was punched repeatedly and had her life threatened by a "psychotic homeless man." After she escaped, Perrette drew a sketch of the man she believed assaulted her and the Los Angeles Police Department later booked a 45-year-old white male suspect named David Merck on felony battery charges.
"I can't believe I made it out of that," Perrette said. "By the grace of God I did."
Frazier was on the scene shortly after the alleged assault, which Perrette appreciated.
WATCH: Pauley Perrette Fights Back Tears as She Confronts Her Alleged Attacker in Court
"Kevin is like my brother," Perrette said of the ET host. "I know you were there as my friend."
Perrette stopped by the ET set ahead of Tuesday night's NCIS-NCIS: New Orleans crossover episode in which Abby's chef brother is linked to an NCIS case that unites the Washington D.C. and New Orleans offices when the passengers and crew on a private plane he catered are murdered.
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Video Poker benefits from a great popularity especially among ambitious and skilled players who are not afraid to target a higher level of success, when it comes to online gambling. In fact, this game actually offers quite increased chances of winning and obviously frequent winnings are an extra motivation to players.
Oninecasinoportal.net has compiled the most succinct account of the Video Poker rules to make you understand how the game works. Once you learn the basic rules it is easy to approach the game and turn it into an entertaining and profitable adventure.
Online Video Poker relates a card game, namely a combination of 5 card draw and slots. The machine requires a new bet at each hand and respectively, payout value depends on the size of the bet. The game starts with a hand of 5 cards. The player must decide which cards to keep and which to give away and take others trying to finish the round with the best possible hand. There is no limit for the cards you can give up during the game. After the first 5 draw you can get new cards to create a convenient hand for the payout table. Also, Video Poker does not oblige players to bet on hands with several players, as in the case of simple draw poker.
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Jacks or Better Video Poker is the most commonly played version of Video Poker. The main principle of Jacks or Better relies on winning money based on hands containing pairs of Jacks or Better. The rules are extremely simple; all you need is a single draw. Beginners really enjoy this version due to its simplicity and good odds. It's the first step towards becoming a strategist in Video Poker. Once you get bored of Jacks it's time to move on to the next option, which can be Jokers Wild Video Poker. This variation involves a 53-card deck with a wild joker. The joker can be any card. The version has some affinities with Pai Gow poker but doesn't imply ace limitations. The odds are generally enhanced because of the joker that makes its appearance approximatively once at every ten hands. Particularly high payouts are granted in case of hands of kings.
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1.1 Art, Craft and Design are three inter-dependent disciplines. They are fundamental to human existence, predating written language. They play a major role in human evolution and development. Each involves a different way of thinking:
Art emphasises ideas, feelings, and visual qualities
Craft emphasises the right use of tools and materials
Design emphasises planning, problem-solving and completion, using
drawing as a means of thinking
These unite in the basic human drive to shape the world, for functional purposes, and to express and communicate ideas and feelings. The contribution of the visual and plastic arts to life is a unique and enriching experience for all.
1.2 Art, Craft and Design provide a unique part of the education of the whole person, through heart, head and hand, enabling the person to shape his or her world with discernment, and to understand and appreciate the work of others. The benefits of an education in Art, Craft and Design for the student at this developmental stage extend far beyond a competence in the subject itself (and the ability to apply it through life): Art, Craft and Design education develops a number of important personal qualities, particularly those of initiative, perseverance, sensibility and self- reliance.
1.3 This syllabus framework is designed for the full ability range in Junior Cycle. To facilitate implementation of this syllabus, it is essential that sufficient time be allocated to the subject.
1.4 The practical core syllabus in Drawing, two-dimensional Art, Craft and Design: three-dimensional Art, Craft and Design, with Support Studies, is augmented by a wide range of options. The teacher will select a minimum of one option for Ordinary Level, and a minimum of two for Higher Level, to suit the ability, developmental stages, previous experience, interest and potential of the students. The teacher's specialist skills, the school's resources and facilities, and local identity and tradition should also be taken into account. The core syllabus is to be applied to the teaching of the selected options, so as to widen and deepen the student's development.
1.5 Support Studies involve History, Critical Appraisal, Evaluation, Appreciation, Science, Technology and correct working vocabulary.
1.6 The lessons should be organised as sequential, practical, learning experiences incorporating Drawing and Support Studies as appropriate.
1.7 The starting point (or subject matter) for each learning experience is crucial in developing the student's capacity for focussed personal response. The motivation should be visually oriented, and derive from the student's direct experience of the natural, social or man-made environment...... See the Art Curriculum


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The Daily Caller reports:
Memphis VA Medical Center management has retaliated against two whistle-blowers responsible for a series of exposés in The Daily Caller — despite assurances from the new VA secretary that whistle-blowers are protected against reprisal.
"The Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center fully supports the Whistleblower Protection Act and does not engage in retaliatory actions," said Willie Logan, the communications officer for the Memphis VA Medical Center.
But Sean Higgins and Charlie Williams both told TheDC that hospital authorities have found ways to target them.
Higgins was employed by the Memphis VA Medical Center until recently, and Williams continues to be employed by the facility.
Both previously asked to remain anonymous for a series of Daily Caller exposés, but have gone public after they say they have faced retaliation for cooperating with TheDC and other media.
Higgins told TheDC that in April 2014, he made a complaint first to the Joint Commission on Hospital Accreditation (JCOHA) and then anonymously to local media that a number of dialysis machines weren't being cleaned properly.
The employee responsible for cleaning the machines was using 20 cubic centimeters of cleaning fluid when they were supposed to be using 20 gallons.
"That's like using a teaspoon of cleaner when you're supposed to use a bucket," said Higgins.
Five days after a surprise inspection by JCOHA, Higgins said the medical center human resources department told him he'd be the subject of an administrative investigative board for an unspecified complaint over creating a hostile work environment.
"Two and a half years ago I made a hostile work environment complaint, but they never investigated that and they left me working in that environment the entire time," said Higgins, charging that the difference between the way the complaints were treated as proof the complaint against him was retaliatory.
Higgins said he's been blowing the whistle on corruption at the facility since shortly after he began working there in 2007.
Higgins originally tipped off The Daily Caller in June that the Memphis VA Medical Center closed down a therapy pool purportedly due to a lack of funds — months after approving $1 million in bonuses.
Charlie Williams originally snapped two photos that became the centerpiece of two Daily Caller exposés of medical records backlogs at the facility.
Williams told TheDC that over the last two weeks, he's been the subject of a series of dubious complaints — all since he was spotted speaking with Higgins while both waited to meet new VA Secretary Robert McDonald during an Aug. 12 visit.
"They [hospital management] put two and two together," said Williams to TheDC, referring to his belief that hospital management presumed he was the original source of photos used in the two stories after he was spotted with Higgins.
Though he tried to remain anonymous, Higgins believes it was an open secret that he was the source of most of the negative stories about the hospital leaked to the media.
Williams is one of four people who work in the room where the backlogs occurred.
Williams, a veteran of the Iraq War who suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), said his boss, Rebecca England, claimed he was absent without leave after he took time off for treatment about six months ago.
Williams told TheDC that not only did he have the time off approved, but England wasn't even his supervisor when he was off work. His supervisor at that time never questioned his absence, Williams added.
Williams initially reported the backlog in March 2014 in an Office of Special Counsel complaint, and described retaliation from the employee responsible, which he told TheDC exacerbated his PTSD.
Last week, England sent him an email suggesting he'd be under investigation.
"I was in the area at 300 [3 p.m.] as I was pulling inpatient documents for a report for QM [Quality Management] from the documents you had previously scanned," England wrote in an email to Williams on Aug. 19. "We will schedule a fact finding session upon my return."
Williams told TheDC that the employees who were responsible for the two backlogs — Carnell Clark and Brenda Rodgers — weren't held accountable, and that Clark was even chosen for overtime to help catch up the backlog.


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What are you doing now:
Now? I am officially retired and loving life as much as I can.
Please visit my website http://eraya.fotki.com/ and view hundreds of photos, and many are from Vietnam.
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After retiring from the Army in 1991, I worked part-time at a Radio Shack in the Hampton Mall in Hampton Roads, VA. Moved from VA in 1993 to Gatlinburg, TN and lived and worked about six months for a Chalet Company. Moved from Gatlinburg in June 1993 to Cookeville, TN, and graduated from an Architectural Drafting School in Livingston TN, then moved to Dale Hollow Lake in Pickett County TN where for about ten years I ran my own Professional Photography business and also worked part-time at a local Funeral Home. In 2004, I moved back to Scott County Tennessee where I was born and raised, in Norma to be exact, and for a few years I worked for FOUR OAKS FUNEERAL HOME before finally retiring for good.
Now, I'm loving retirement, and just trying to stay out of trouble!
Other MemoriesI had just returned from a 2 year tour in Germany and had only 5 months left until ETS. I left the Army in August 1967, got married, and Reenlisted in December 1968. Volunteered for immediate assignment to Vietnam and remained on Active Duty until I retired in 1991.


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Neighborly Brad even tossed Matthew a beer! According to the bestofneworleans.com, the brew was NOLA's Hopitoulas.
Matthew was in town with Drew Brees for an "Amazing Race" event benefiting McConaughey's Just Keep Livin' Foundation and the Dream Brees Foundation.
Brad, who owns his French Quarter pad, was in New Orleans to host a gala for his Make It Right Foundation.
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It's the last snow day for a while! Today, I planned lessons, did my evaluation work and made a pumpkin cheesecake (extra pumpkin to even out the sweet) with bourbon caramel sauce and Madagascar vanilla whipped cream.
I intend to eat this, cry, shower, cry, go to bed, cry, and then pretend I have a tummy ache so my husband doesn't send me back to school. How's everyone else's night?


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Most of all employees know it: the annual review. This is the dreaded performance review together with your boss to walk through your accomplishments and targets for the past year. Generally you will also talk about some areas where you need improvements and the trainings to participate for the coming year. But, does this really make sense to talk about performance gaps or training gaps that had occurred months before under concrete circumstances? [Read more…] about The Annual Performance Review – a Dying Dinosaur?
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Barbie Birkin Does Paris Fashion Week
Meet the new plastic-fantastic queen of Instagram.
Her party-hopping, pill-popping antics have amassed a devout Instagram fan club—103K followers and counting. She eschews narcissism, but condones vanity (two very different things, people!). She's a proud client of J.Lo's stylist and has a wardrobe that rivals that of the Kardashi-klan combined. Oh, and did we mention she's eleven inches tall and made of PVC?
Whether it's perched atop an ice bucket overflowing with chardonnay or posing with the likes of Katy Perry and Jessica Alba, Barbie Birkin's sultry selfies have taken Instagram by storm—don't be fooled by the Mattel logo, this account is definitely NSF kids. Preaching such Starbucks cup-worthy quoteables as "With a positive attitude and a great pair of boobs, you can do ANYTHING!" and "When people tell you you're more beautiful without makeup, it may be time to buy better makeup," it's hard not to come away from BB's photos with—as she would say—a severe case of the Wonderfuls.
We caught up with Barbie on her Fashion Week schedule, New Year's resolutions and that time Joan Rivers totally crossed the line.
— Chelsey Burnside
…On go-to products:
Whatever my doctor can fit into a syringe. Most are still undergoing animal testing.
…On favorite accessories:
…On five things she couldn't live without:
Derma fillers, my three ex-husbands, a pharmacist with loose morals, private flying, and my gays.
…On Fashion Week survival kits and etiquette:
My garter belt flask and Hourglass Eyeliner. When sitting front row, never let last night's mistakes show. Always carry a pair of sunglasses, much like our favorite editor.
…On that time Katy Perry photobombed her selfie:
I am constantly bombarded by fans wanting to be in photos with me. This was nothing new.
…On her feud with Joan Rivers:
She kept trying to pull my hair to see if it was real, and for the record, it is. I would never wear synthetic extensions.
…On staying grounded amid newfound fame:
There's a pill for that.
…On items to never leave the house without:
Panties; I learned my lesson the hard way when those pictures were all over the Internet.
…On favorite poses:
Any pose that shows off my assets, both liquid and fiduciary.
…On New Year's Resolutions:
To work more with my charity for animal rights. Or was it literacy for children? Whichever is a better tax write-off.
…On drinks of choice:
Rosé shaken with collagen.
…On her legacy:
I want to be remembered for the life that I worked so hard to build, from the waist down.


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Emini Trading Update – Friday 8 Apr 2011 (12:39)
We fell out of the channel on Friday and got the trend break I was expecting (see Thursday's Emini Trading video). Now this trend move has to play out – form a Pull Back and End of Trend sequence before it's over.
I'll be playing any weakness we see on Monday morning.
Links of the day …
Apparently good news that the US Government is being allowed to limp on – spending like drunken sailors. See chart on the left – doesn't this just blow your mind! You all know what I think about this.
But what is lining up is a colossal battle between the US Government and the Fed. The Fed is signalling (Bernanke's testimony and Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher's speech on Friday) that it will not continue to monetize the Government's deficit indefinitely.
The Fed know that monetizing the deficit leads to hyper-inflation. And Bernanke does not want to go down in history are the Fed Chairman that willfully created hyper-inflation in the US. He already has the legacy of being the guy who missed the largest housing bubble in history!
And this weekend's settlement between Democrats and Republicans just shows – THEY DON'T GET IT! The gap is vast and they don't have the balls to say "no" to anyone.
No, you can't get your over-priced drugs for free. No, you can't have your Stealth bombers and 820 overseas bases. No, you can't retire at 55 on 100% of your final year salary and overtime. No, you can't pay an effective corporate tax rate of 7%.
Karl Denninger is a national treasure and doing a huge service by providing solid analysis and thought-provoking solutions. His latest re-working of the US budget is a beautiful and elegant solution.
But it's just too late – the US Empire is over and in terminal decline. Entropy has taken over and these things don't get fixed neatly – they end in seismic shifts and chaos.
From time-to-time I get emails asking "why are your such a Bear?" I just think – why aren't you? I suppose that is what makes a market 🙂
Don't miss: Buy and Hold Is Dead … IMHO.
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Does it matter if the powerful production committees in Japan cast the right actors in our favorite manga, anime or light novels? The question appears either valid or invalid to fans since no one could do anything about it anyway, but still – what have we got to lose?
It is equally relevant to say that – some of us – can also make accurate 'predictions' as in the case of Kento Yamazaki and Ryunosuke Kamiki grabbing some noted roles of late. I say it's delightful since it only means 'we get it!' And the people in these committees do too! Though I question their choices most of the time. The fact remains that the members of these committees and not artists or filmmakers, but are businessman and they are tasked to make sure that the funds put into these films will earn them a reasonable ROI (return on investment).
Let me get back to that later.
A Casual look in Casting History
Back in 2005, Death Note fans wondered if Tatsuya Fujiwara and Kenichi Matsuyama could play the roles of Light Yagami and L with honesty and authenticity. When it aired, fans were happy with Matsuyama's performance but not with Fujiwara. The theater-trained actor even said that he find playing Yagami as "difficult" since it's a "character with such restrained emotions." It is of equal interest to note that Kenichi Matsuyama went on to play Soichiro Negishi in Detroit Metal City, a live-action adaptation that showcases Matsuyama's comedic talents.
It was the opposite when Shota Matsuda and Erika Toda took on the main leads in Liar Game. Toda was happy to note of getting the second season way back then:
'Season 1′ was the first Saturday drama. The staff and I were tense and made a lot of mistakes. I still remember how nervous I was. Even now there are a lot of firsts, from the lightning to the cuts. Many things have never been done in a drama before. That kind of originality was a lot of fun. I guess that everyone enjoyed watching something more original. Such individual characters and such a complex yet fascinating psychological warfare were something new for drama. This time we moved to the 9 pm timeslot on Tuesdays, and I was anxious about how this is going to affect the style and story of what used to be a Saturday drama. [ source ]
Perhaps one of the most successful castings is the Hana Yori Dango series with Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri and Shota Matsuda, among the lead stars. Inoue went on to win acting awards for playing Makino Tsukushi, and the manga/drama went on with various adaptations in South Korea, Taiwan, mainland China, and India.
Also worthy of mention is the casting of Joe Odagiri as the bugmaster in the 2006 live-action Mushishi and Ninomiya Kazunari in The Blue Light.
Mika Nakashima and Aoi Miyazaki nailed their characters in Nana, an acting collaboration that is as good as it gets. Eita and Ryuhei Matsuda match this partnership to a different level when they star in "Mahoro Ekimae Tada Benriken" by Shion Miura.
Fast forward to the 2010- present 'era.'
When Warner Bros. announced the production of a live-action movie for Rurouni Kenshin, fans and moviegoers were ecstatic to learn that Takeru Satoh will play the legendary assassin, Hitokiri Battōsai. The film spawned two sequels, with some of Japan's best talents joining the cast.
The same applied when the lead actors for Bakuman became known. Again with Satoh in the lead (as Moritaka Mashiro), and Ryunosuke Kamiki playing his mangaka companion and teammate Akito Takagi. The additional casting of Shota Sometani added another layer of excitement, reuniting Someya with Kamiki (after the TV drama Kokoro no Ito).
The lesser-known Minoru Furuya's manga "Himizu" adapted for the big screen by Sion Sono paved the way for Sometani and Fumi Nikaido to win the prestigious Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Young Actor or Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 2011.
When the Death Note franchise resumed production in 2015, many were surprised that Kento Yamazaki was cast to play L in its drama version. A Japanese blogger even commented that Yamazaki lacked the "flair" for playing the tough character. Well, she can be as biased as we are, because she said Masataka Kubota was great when in fact, Kubota started 'great' then went on to do a lot of overacting himself. I don't understand the need to roll the eyes ever so often! The saliva dripping down his mouth is fine but can the show director demonstrate a particular 'know-how' by putting subtleness into an otherwise colorful, loud character? Even so, the role made waves for Yamazaki, and the young actor is currently one of the most in-demand in Japan, competing with Masaki Suda.
On the same year, Yuya Yagira, Koji Seto, and Amane Okayama play the leads in the live-action adaptation of the manga series "Gasso" by Hinako Sugiura. Okayama went on to play a supporting role in Litchi Hikari Club, featuring Yuki Furukawa in the lead.
Recently, a lot of fans complained about the casting of Daytime Shooting Star. Since Kentaro Sakaguchi was the model of one of the characters, isn't it just logical to have him play the role in the live-action? That role went to Aran Shirahama. The same can be said when Sota Fukushi was cast to play the lead in BLEACH and Ryosuke Yamada in Fullmetal Alchemist.
@_tMF here comes the "why kento again" in 10, 9, 8…
— jill T (@prima_optima) November 22, 2016
How can fans insist that #KentaroSakaguchi is #DaikiMamura in #HirunakaNoRyuusei The casting is a done deal but it's still Bull$hit to me! pic.twitter.com/800Ik1Bhcl
— Psycho Drama (@_tMF) November 19, 2016
There are also some who complained about Kento Yamazaki getting a lot of roles, but I think if you're going to complain, you have to justify it by citing some reasonable explanation. I would have bothered to respond to these complaints if I see any feasibility in doing so. But the sad fact remains, these are trolls having some issues with something.
I also don't think Kento Yamazaki is a pretty face. There are plenty of good-looking guys in Japan. Why is it that Yamazaki gets these roles? One simple fact: He knows how to act and he look the part. Being fairly good-looking is the least of his qualities. I can understand if some people can't get it, I also can't get it that Sota Fukushi is able to land lead roles. One big difference between them – Sota is a #deasfisheyes and his agency and fans can talk for decades and I will not believe them for a second.
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The New York City Fire Department has begun running predictive computer models to pinpoint which buildings are most likely to burn down, and then sending safety inspectors to them in an effort to prevent fires before they ever start.
New York has around a million buildings and each year 3,000 of them suffer a serious fire. To cut this number the department is now using data mining techniques to pore over the vast amount of data it has stored and highlight the largest risks.
A number of factors alter the chance of any particular building catching fire, including how old it is, whether there are lifts or sprinklers and if it is occupied or vacant – empty buildings are twice as likely to suffer a fire. The department also claims that buildings are more at risk in low-income areas of the city.
Jeff Chen, the department's director of analytics, spoke at the Big Data Innovation Summit in Las Vegas about the technique, called FireCast.
In all, the New York Fire Department has identified 60 different factors and used them to compile a prediction model for which inspectable buildings are most at risk. Officials are only able to inspect around 330,000 of the city's buildings; homes housing one or two families are not visited, for example.
Now, when inspectors plan which buildings to investigate each week, they turn to the FireCast data mining software to point which are most at-risk. Previously searches were conducted at random. The system came into effect in July and will be gradually expanded in coming months.
Jeff Roth, the Fire Department's assistant commissioner for management initiatives, told the Wall Street Journal: "Ultimately, we should see the number of fires go down. And fires should become less severe."
The department is also overseeing other data experiments, such as tracking 911 calls to map outbreaks of flu around the city.


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The Chinese island Pingtan is located in front of the Taiwan coast and is one of the windiest areas with lots of waves. Because of these conditions it was chosen as the venue of this year's 3rd IKA Tourstop. After two unsuccessful Big Air Events in El Gouna and Leucate due to a lack of wind, there was a 100% wind yield in Pingtan.
Thanks to the relatively constant winds and great waves the result of the Wave and Big Air competitions were already known after the first two days. Lewis Crathern seemed to be in top shape again and showed a versatile repertoire of massive spins and board offs as well as risky kiteloop-handlepass combinations at dizzy heights, which got him the victory. In the women competition Bibiana Magaji boosted herself out of the water with a BOOST2 11.0m even though the wind lessened in the finals. Her high board-offs, controlled rotations, double spins and cleanly landed kiteloops brought her the 1st place.
Big Air Men:
1. Lewis Crathern (GBR, North)
2. Marius Hoppe (GER, Core/F2)
3. Posito Martinez (DOM, Da Silva)
Big Air Women:
1. Bibiana Magaji (SVK, Flysurfer)
2. Ines Correia (POR, North)
3. Jingle Chen (CHN, Ozone)
The second half of the event was dedicated to the Chinese national Twin Tip Open Championships. Which attracted an amazing amount of riders, 73 men and 10 women registered. Against all expectations the wind increased and lead to thrilling races with rapid downwind passages. Overall there were 11 rounds raced on a triangle course, with great podium results for the Flysurfer Team. Bibiana could fight her way up to 2nd place and Atte Kappel faught himself onto the podium with an amazing last race, making him finish 3rd overall. Bibi & Atte were both on a SONIC2 for their TT-Racing.
TT-Racing Open Men:
1. Julien Kerneur (FRA, Airush)
2. Yo (THA, Ozone)
3. Atte Kappel (SWE, FLYSURFER)
TT-Racing Open Women:
1. Jingle Chen (CHN, Ozone)
2. Bibiana Magaji (SVK, FLYSURFER)
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Smooth and gentle formula removes unwanted particles of dirt without extracting moisture from the skin. It's also formulated to gently and thoroughly removes skin secretions, face and eye make-up easily. Apply the gel smoothly into your skin using a circular motion. Afterwards, rinses off with warm water. Best used twice a day, once in the morning and in the evening.
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Leiden / Boston / Paderborn / Singapore / Beijing – 3 April 2018
Expanding their publishing program in the Social Sciences, Brill Publishers has launched a new journal, Youth and Globalization.
Leiden / Boston / Paderborn / Singapore / Beijing – 5 December 2017
International publisher Brill has launched the journal Populism, under the editorship of Dr. Lane Crothers, Illinois State University.
Populism is a peer-reviewed, international journal devoted to promoting transdisciplinary examination of populism in both historical and contemporary contexts. The journal is added to Brill's growing list of publications in Social Sciences. Populism will consist of two issues each year and will be available online and in print. The first issue is planned for spring 2018.
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MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine will premiere music off the band's new album, "TH1RT3EN", on this weekend's (October 14-16) edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show. Also scheduled to appear on the program is Athens, Ohio's SKELETONWITCH.
To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJackieRadio.com.
Due on November 1 via Roadrunner Records, "TH1RT3EN", was recorded at Dave Mustaine's Vic's Garage studio in San Marcos, California with producer Johnny K (full name: John Karkazis), who has previously worked with DISTURBED, SEVENDUST, MACHINE HEAD and STAIND, among others. The artwork was once again created by artist John Lorenzi, who worked on the last two MEGADETH studio albums, 2007's "United Abominations" and 2009's "Endgame", as well as the band's 2007 box set, "Warchest".
"TH1RT3EN" marks the recorded return of bassist David Ellefson who was part of the band's classic lineup from 1983 to 2002. In a move that delighted the band's legion of diehards, Ellefson returned to performing live with MEGADETH in early 2010 and has remained a fixture on the stage ever since. This is the first time Ellefson has played on a MEGADETH record since 2002's "Rude Awakening".
MEGADETH filmed the "Public Enemy No. 1" video on September 17 in Santa Clarita, California. The clip was shot on a movie set where old Westerns are filmed.


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The UM School of Law is in its second year of our annual Law Alumni Challenge! Like last year, we are challenging over 20 Mississippi law firms to reach 100% giving participation from all UM Law Alumni within their firm. Alumni may give to any UM Law Fund to participate. The Challenge for 2018-2019 runs from July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019. If your firm reaches 100% giving participation you will receive a personalized trophy, recognition on the UM website and our alumni newsletter.
What is the Goal of this Challenge?
Currently our annual giving rate amongst our 7,000 alumni is only 4.4%! Our goal is to triple that number by the end of this year's challenge. Increasing our giving participation would provide the school with vital scholarship and operational funds needed to help numerous initiatives that are not funded by endowments.
This challenge is a great way to stay engaged with your alma mater by giving back. By donating to the Law School you will be supporting our students directly! Some areas of support include:


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Every three years, ICLEI holds its World Congress to showcase how local and regional governments across our network are advancing sustainable urban development worldwide. The ICLEI World Congress connects them with their peers and strategic partners, and provides a platform for discussions that will inform and enhance their work.
At the ICLEI World Congress 2018, hundreds of local, regional and national governments, international agencies, representatives of the private sector, academics and researchers, community groups and other partners from around the world came together to steer the global sustainable development agenda by strengthening action taken in urban areas worldwide.
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We believe that the digital transformation of our society is not a one-off task but a change of inner attitude. That is why we aim to make the process of culture change deliberate, to initiate and support it.
We became aware of the demand for this support in 2016 when we asked our cooperating companies what their greatest current challenges were. The quintessence of their responses was that the greatest challenge was the change to their business model brought about by digitization and Industry 4.0.
In addition to the changing demands on managers and their teams, new technologies and more agile processes create numerous new opportunities for manufacturing and the service sector that need to be evaluated.
We have since continued to develop at our NIT Think Tank an approach to process support for digital transformation.
The Idea: We would like to support and advise companies on digital transformation. The program is intended to cover the entire value chain from an analysis of the current situation and training for employees to the implementation of new technologies.
The NIT supports companies in the different stages of the transformation process.
We maintain an interdisciplinary network of international scientists and practitioners and are happy to place this expertise at companies' disposal. We put together just the right team of experienced consultants and digital natives and support change processes at the company on-site if required.
We see digital transformation at the company as a holistic process.
That is why we designed our process mentoring so that it integrates all the steps and kicks in exactly where it is needed.
What is digitalization? How does digital transformation change entire industries? Which technologies are relevant for your company? We illuminate these and other questions from the perspective of business, science, politics and culture. We do so inter alia at our regular Hamburg Economic Dialog.
The first step in process support is aimed at developing among all concerned an understanding of necessary current and future changes and an awareness of the benefits of new technologies.
We start where you are right now. Together with our process facilitators we take a close look at your company.
Which technologies have you been using to generate value creation? Where might new technologies such as 3D printing be of interest? Our experts will advise you comprehensively and analyze your requirements using the latest findings and methods.
Think differently, leave the beaten path, take an open approach to innovative technologies. Digitization calls for new mindsets. To enable you to acquire process skills the NIT offers a range of workshops and seminars for employees or entire innovation teams.
They can be held at your premises or a the NIT's Design Thinking Space in the south of Hamburg, where attendees can try out new methods and approaches in a protected space - away from your day-to-day business. You are expressly encouraged to make mistakes - in order to learn from them.
Interested parties have an extensive further training offering from our NIT toolbox at their disposal. They get to know innovative methods and can try them out on entrepreneurial projects of your own.
Using tools such as the lean startup approach they can trial new business ideas for marketability. With a new entrepreneurial mindset employees, once they are back at the company, can take digital change forward and shape the transformation.
Our aim in everything we do is to train shapers of digital change. What we at the NIT mean by training is to enable people to take innovations forward and use new technologies to take the world a step further and make it cleaner, safer, more open and more worth living in.
In process mentoring we also strive to prepare companies to the best possible extent for the challenges of the future and thereby make them fit for digital change. Would you like to actively shape change at your company? We will advise and support you. Feel free to contact us!
Our corporate programs range from intensive workshops over several days and summer schools to management training over several months for up-and-coming executives and management staff.
Alternatively, we can offer various meetings on your premises, in our Design Thinking Space at the NIT in Hamburg, or elsewhere.
Digitalization covers all areas of society without exception. For companies, this means that they have to adapt to fundamental changes in their work processes. The new qualification series of the associations Nordmetall and AGV Nord, entitled "Modulqualifizierung Digitale Strategie" (Module Qualification Digital Strategy), assists companies over a period of several weeks in shaping structural change.
The offer: Several employees from three different companies take part forming interdisciplinary teams to work together over four modules in interactive Workshops. The attendees will learn how they can actively manage change in their enterprise.
The workshops take place at the participating companies, and thus are able to offer insight into the respective working environments. In the practical phases between individual modules, work continues on the innovative ideas from individual companies.
We would be pleased to create an individual process mentoring program for your company. Feel free to contact us!
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Full Thoughts Bubble speech word pendant
This unique Full Thoughts Bubble pendant is a part of my Childhood Memories collection. Fun and trendy every day jewelry piece.
This exciting collection was created as a tribute to kids and children at heart.
Designed to match the shape of toys we all remember from our childhood and recreate happy memories of games shaping our world.
The pendant is especially ergonomic and perfectly adapts to the shape of the chest.
Height: 2 cm
Width: 2 cm
Material: 14K gold
Chain: standard length 42cm, the chain length can be made to your size – please mention it on checkout
Technique: hand sculptured, sawing, casting, soldered by hand
Finishing: shine or matte
All products can be ordered in the following materials:
925 silver, 14 or 18 karat gold, yellow, red and white (rhodium-plated white gold).
The Full Thoughts Bubble pendant can be customized by adding a personal engraving. We'll love to make it personalized for you. Contact us for quote.
This pendant is made with special attention to small details. We love our job and its fun to see you loving it as well.
The pendant is sent beautifully gift-wrapped, and can be used as a perfect gift for you or someone you love.
Each pendant is custom- made and individually suited according to any request. Therefore the producing time may vary up to 14 business days.
Our standard shipping is with Registered Airmail with tracking code, a 2-3 weeks delivery service.
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After opening the casual Mexican restaurant Centro in July, restaurateur Jami Olson has opened an "elevated," more formal restaurant next door.
Popol Vuh will showcase chef Jose Alarcon's French cooking techniques with Mexican ingredients, from hand-ground corn to a mushroom-like fungus that grows outside corn husks, which Olson call corn truffles.
The restaurant is the finer sister concept to Centro, a counter-service bar that churns out agave-infused slushies and tacos. With a four-course tasting menu and unusual ingredients, Olson said Popol Vuh will be its own unique experience.
"(Popol Vuh) is definitely more refined," she said.
The restaurant officially opened last month in a former adhesives factory at 15th & Quincy, across the street from Indeed Brewing Co. The 5,300-square-foot restaurant features a 65-seat dining room, 10-seat bar and chef's table that allows diners to see behind the scenes. A private dining room is available for small events for up to 12 people.
Popol Vuh is open for dinner and offers both an a la carte menu with about 14 items and the multi-course tasting menu ($45). Dishes include tuna ceviche, a roasted vegetable course and octopus served with a squid ink aioli in a red tortilla.
"It's definitely not your traditional Mexican taco," she said.
On the bar side, the restaurant continues Centro's agave focus with a wide variety of cocktails based on tequila, mezcal and more. Olson likens the agave program to an education.
"It's almost like a wine menu. It's a really, really cool menu," she said.
Olson and Alarcon are both veterans of Lyn 65 in South Minneapolis. Olson, a bartender by trade, has worked in several local establishments like downtown's Butcher and the Boar. Alarcon, who originally hails from Axochiapan, Morelos, Mexico, brings in experience from Café Ena and Travail Kitchen & Amusements.
Popol Vuh, at 1414 Quincy St. NE, is open 5 p.m.–10 p.m. Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday and 5 p.m.–1 p.m. Friday and Saturday. It is closed Monday.


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After a three year lapse, Hugo Weaving will return to the big screen in the remake of The Wolf Man. Hugo's last movie where he actually appeared was V for Vendetta in 2006, although he also voiced Megatron in Transformers from last year and Noah the Elder in Happy Feet in 2006, but both of those were only voice acting roles (although one could claim the same for V for Vendetta as well). The Wolf Man is a remake of the classic 1941 Universal monster movie that will star Benicio Del Toro as Lawrence Talbot, Anthony Hopkins as his dad Sir John Talbot, and Emily Blunt as the female lead. Weaving joins the cast as Detective Aberline and will start filming next month in London for a February 2009 release.
The film has actually gone through a number of development issues, including the original director, Mark Romanek, leaving just weeks before production was slated to begin due to "creative differences". Joe Johnston (Jumanji, Jurassic Park III, Hidalgo) stepped up and will fill in for Romanek instead. The original script was written by Andrew Kevin Walker but was recently rewritten by David Self (The Haunting, Thirteen Days, Road to Perdition). The budget is reported to be around $85 million and special effects maven Rick Baker (An American Werewolf in London, Men in Black, X-Men) is attached to the film as well.
There is no Det. Aberline in the original 1941 Wolf Man, but after doing some research I discovered there was a real life Abberline who was the Chief Inspector for the London Police in the late 1800's. He was actually one of the prominent detectives involved in the Jack the Ripper murders of 1888. My guess (read: unconfirmed suspicion) is that this new contemporary script features a modern day Detective Aberline who investigates the case of Lawrence Talbot, aka the Wolf Man. Early reports on Walker's script said that this version apparently has some frightening new twists from the original that includes several new characters, hence Detective Aberline, and plot points to take advantage of new visual effects technology.
To me, Hugo Weaving is somewhat like Daniel Day-Lewis (who is a shoo-in for the Oscar on Sunday). What I mean is that he takes on a very limited number of roles, but in each one he delivers an absolutely stunning and unforgettable performance. Just think of Agent Smith in the Matrix trilogy or Elrond in the Lord of the Rings trilogy or V in V for Vendetta. He's an amazing actor and I mean that with true sincerity. I'm wondering whether this means The Wolf Man may actually be good, because now that he is a part of it, it's guaranteed that he'll be one of the best aspects of the remake. Can Joe Johnston really pull it off, even with Weaving involved now, too?


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Forum:Creating a project
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I'm working on 2 "special" articles:
Basically, they're lists of locations/characters that don't appear at World of Warcraft.
I already made stuff like this in my personal space as lists to help me watch over specific articles. This works, more or less, as a merge of all that personal research.
Now I'm wondering if I should try to make it a project. It has a big scope, probably going to grow in the future, and I would like to have a neuralgic place to discuss about these 2 and all the similar articles that could appear eventually.
Right now, the stuff I've at mind is:
- Categorize the lore characters into a proper category, or clean the existing one.
- Finish up categorizing the lore locations (most of RPG ones are missing).
- Take a decision on how to represent locations/characters that appear, but as a different state (Fields of Farahlon is Netherstorm, but they had notable differences worth to mention).
I could bring it further, and make it cover other articles I've been monitoring like novels, manga and comics, including all their content, that is, novel/manga/comic articles and their character articles.
Well, opinions? should I try to make this a project, or is it too small? or maybe I should make it a personal project?--Lon-ami (talk) 13:19, September 11, 2010 (UTC)
- While it seems useful, I ... 1) don't know how big it is, and 2) don't experience that outside content as a general rule. I would be unable to assist. --Eirik Ratcatcher (talk) 18:11, September 14, 2010 (UTC)


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Fifteen years after it was founded in Seattle, digital signature pioneer DocuSign on Wednesday registered to become a publicly traded company, joining a growing list of technology companies looking to start trading on Wall Street this year.
Revealing its financial data for the first time as part of the filing, DocuSign reported revenue of $381.5 million for the fiscal year ended Jan.
31, 2017, up 52 percent from the $250.5 million in revenue the year prior.
For that same period, it showed a net loss of $115.4 million, down from a $122.6 million loss the year prior. The filing does not disclose financial results for the year ended January 2018.
With the IPO filing, DocuSign is poised to become the latest in a series of technology companies to go public in 2018; others that have filed registration papers or already started trading include cloud storage company Dropbox, music service Spotify, and Bellevue, Wash.-based work management tech company Smartsheet.
DocuSign will trade on Nasdaq under the symbol DOCU.
Founded in 2003, DocuSign has expanded beyond its early work in digital signatures into a range of electronic contract and business technologies. Long rumored to be an IPO candidate, the company said previously it was aiming to go public in early 2018.
IBM, Microsoft, Visa, and Oracle have made bids to acquire DocuSign.
The company originally started in Seattle and later relocated its headquarters to the San Francisco Bay Area.
However, its Seattle office at the 999 Third Avenue tower remains its largest, with more than 850 people as of December. DocuSign currently holds the top spot on the GeekWire 200 ranking of privately held Pacific Northwest tech companies, though its status as a public company will disqualify it from the ranking once it prices shares on the Nasdaq stock market.
Reports first surfaced last week that DocuSign had filed confidentially under the SEC's confidential process, just like Dropbox did in January.We have a history of operating losses and may not achieve or sustain profitability in the future.
DocuSign has raised more than $500 million in funding since it was founded in 2003.
The company was valued at $3 billion after its most recent round of funding, a huge $233 million cash infusion in May 2015.
Investors include Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Fidelity, Brookside Capital, Sands Capital, and others.
DocuSign also counts companies like Microsoft, SAP, Google, Dell Technologies Capital, and Salesforce as strategic investors.
According to the SEC filing, Sigma Partners is the largest shareholder with a 12.9 percent stake, followed by Bellevue-based Ignition Partners at 11.7 percent and Frazier Technology Ventures — a now-defunct Seattle venture capital firm — at 7.2 percent.
The filing also shows an accumulated deficit of $450 million as of January 2017.
DocuSign said "we have a history of operating losses and may not achieve or sustain profitability in the future."
The company's primary global competitor is Adobe, which acquired EchoSign in 2011 and offers its own electronic signature solution called Adobe Sign.
"We also face competition from a select number of niche vendors that focus on specific industries or geographies," the filing notes.
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"In addition, our current and prospective customers may develop their own e-signature solutions in-house. The introduction of new technologies and the influx of new entrants into the market may intensify competition in the future, which could harm our business and our ability to increase revenues, maintain or increase customer renewals and maintain our prices."
DocuSign said more than 180 million "Successful Transactions" were completed on its platform the year ended Jan.
31, 2017.
DocuSign's technologies are used in industries including real estate, financial services, insurance, healthcare, and others. It has more than 90,000 customers, including Comcast, Box, LinkedIn, Salesforce, and more. The company integrates with apps from Microsoft, Google, and Apple, among others.
It also expanded into payments in 2016.
Under Springer, DocuSign last year beefed up its machine learning offerings by acquiring Paul Allen-backed Appuri.
DocuSign was founded in 2003 by Tom Gonser, Court Lorenzini, and Eric Ranft. Gonser remains on the board of DocuSign, but now works as a venture capitalist at Seven Peaks Ventures in Bend, Oregon.
He holds a 1.5 percent stake in the company.
DocuSign hired its current CEO, Daniel Springer, in January 2017 after a long search. Springer previously took marketing company Responsys public in 2011 and sold it to Oracle in 2013 for $1.5 billion. Former CEO Keith Krach is chairman of the board, and holds a 6.3 percent stake in the business.
In an interview with GeekWire last year, Gonser, the company's co-founder, talked about the potential IPO:
It's fair to say that we've talked about that for a long time.
An IPO is a funding strategy, and when it makes sense, it makes sense. It's also something obviously nobody talks about before they actually go do it.
But the business is doing really well. The markets are doing well, and we like it right now.
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It's a great time to be at Docusign.
Some people have asked me that question, 'So your exit strategy, when are you going public?' That's not an exit strategy. An exit is like selling the company or quitting or shutting down. It's a funding strategy, and the private markets have been pretty good. We've been able to raise money at fair valuations to fund the business and go forward.
You're always balancing public versus private as you look forward is your funding strategy. We're in no rush, and we're also not not looking at it either.
It's all about strategy."
Read DocuSign's full S-1 filing here.
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Earlier this year we visited young Italian clothing brand Q36.5 and since then we've been testing some of the key garments from the company's summer range. Q36.5 produces a compact and easy to understand clothing range and it's now available at Bespoke Cycling stores and through our online shop.
For our first ride in Q36.5's clothing we must go back to earlier this year when we flew out to Bolzano in northern Italy to meet founder Luigi Bergamo, with the aim to find out more about what inspires and motivates him when it comes to producing high-end cycle clothing. We came away from our visit a lot wiser about just what goes into designing and manufacturing cycle clothing, but it's on a bike ride around the beautiful countryside surrounding his office that we really get under the skin of what separates Q36.5 from other clothing brands.
We got kitted up in some of the latest Q36.5 clothing and headed out on a lovely cycle ride around the idyllic countryside that provides the perfect testing ground for putting new clothing through its paces. And it's on the bike that we really learn more about what goes into Q36.5. That he rides his bike every day is clear, and its time on the bike that serves to help Luigi form ideas and push himself to develop the most advanced cycle clothing to deliver superb performance.
And it's clear his years of experience designing cycle clothing has paid off, with a long stint at Assos before establishing his own company. Performance must always start with fit, and that's an area where painstaking attention to the shape of the panels, the stretch of the fabrics, each custom designed by Luigi to meet specific requirements, has produced a stunning pair of bib shorts.
The main material of the shorts is a compressive woven fabric that supports the leg muscles during pedalling and keeps the weight of the shorts to a minimum. They are snug shorts but not overly tight, there's no restriction when pedalling. There are very few panels, and that means very few seams to cause irritation. A key feature that really helps is the lumbar panel of highly compressive material, amplifying the fine fit of the Dottore bibs.
The star of the show is the chamois, it's on a par with any other high-end bib short you can buy, if not the best we've ever tested. The foam padding varies in thickness and cushions your rear from the saddle without any excess bulk. It moves freely with your movement, and there are no irritating seams or channels to disrupt the comfort on longer rides.
Weight is lower than most rival shorts as well, but despite the lack of weight the shorts are durable and robust, the hundreds of miles we've logged in them is testament to that. The bib straps are wide to spread the load and well tensioned over the shoulders. Hems are exceptionally well designed, no irritating tight band or silicone tape here. And the texture of the shorts seems to help keep you planted in the saddle, which comes in handy when you're on the proverbial rivet.
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It's a similar story of great fit and performance with the jersey. The fabric, a polyester microfilament with a silver thread running through it providing the pinstripe design, is soft next to the skin and the fit is ergonomically excellent. The fit is most generously described as close but it's not restrictive, it does that great trick of feeling like a second skin, all but disappearing once you're a few miles into a ride.
Breathability is outstandingly good on the L1, whether on the heat soaked roads of Italy trying to keep up with Luigi on his lunchtime ride, or chasing Barry up Sa Calobra - he climbs surpassingly quickly for a big guy. The proprietary fabric, aided by the silver thread and weave, soaks up sweat effectively keeping your skin dry.
The weight of the jersey, as well as its breathability and sweat management, makes it an ideal choice for hot weather. Features are kept to a minimum, all you need and nothing more, from the high-quality front zipper to the three generously sized pockets out back, and the useful addition of +50 SPF sun protection.
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The other garment we really like and one that has been getting a heck of a lot of use on our return to the UK is the Vest L1 Essential. Where would we be without a decent gilet? It's both highly packable and very lightweight, you don't notice it when you're wearing it and it's small enough to stuff into a jersey pocket, yet the front-facing fabrics keep out wind and light rain due not to a membrane but the tight weave of the material. Who wants to stuff a newspaper under their jersey when you can pull on an extraordinarily well designed gilet like this? Not us, that's for sure. Two slits provide access to jersey pockets underneath, adding extra functionality without unnecessary weight or bulk.
Q36.5 set out with the simple yet ambitious aim to make the most advanced cycle clothing, and based on our first ride around Italy and subsequent testing on home roads, we can vouch for the validity of that claim. Of course you would expect us to say that, but we're not happy selling clothing that we don't whole-heartedly believe in, so it gets our seal of approval.
The clothing lives up to Luigi's desire to produce garments that keep your body's core temperature at 36.5 degrees Celsius, providing unparalleled comfort during the hardest and most intense rides in extreme heat. Luigi is clearly on an obsessive quest to find the best fabrics combined with the best fit, to produce the finest high-performance cycle clothing, and this approach has resulted in some of the best clothing we've ever worn.
Learn more about Q36.5 with our behind-the-scenes feature over on the blog.
Q36.5 clothing is available to buy here.
Bespoke chats with Luigi Bergamo, founder and designer behind Q36.5.Read more
After my Mallorca trip I was blown away by how well dressed my fellow cyclists were. I literally had no idea men could be so considered, or colour co-ordinated in their...Read more


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Porter & Reynard
Spectacles makers
Collin Porter and Bennett Reynard, two close friends, after being involved in the optical industry for several years, concluded that they shared a common vision and decided to start up their own independent label based in New York. In their attempt to cover their creative needs as spectacles makers, aiming to display avant-garde designs, they have come up with irresistible collections of both eyeglasses and sunglasses. Their brilliant perspective combines carefully selected materials for frames and sunglasses that can be molded in functional designs of unique aesthetics. The Porter & Reynard wearers find protection, comfort, pleasure and confidence behind a pair of glasses that accentuates their facial features by providing unparalleled style.


text: I fear this is my most boring post yet – give me a break, I haven't bought anything new for a looong time and due to my expanding stomach all the stuff I like is out (I still have interiors though, and I have THREE rooms I want to change.. watch this space). Anyway, said expanding stomach may be bringing lots of joy etc etc but it is also bringing a raging thirst, bleeding gums and sore cracked lips. This lovely little lip balm can help with the last one, luckily. I've used it on and off for years and still can't get over the cold numbness it brings a second after use. Mmmmmm. Oh and it's all natural, bla bla bla. Buy it here.


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FETC: Real Estate NQF Level 4
Full Qualification – 12 months
Individuals who require a FFC (Fidelity Fund Certificate) to perform within their job specifications, and who have entered the property industry after 15 July 2008, must by law - complete the Full Qualification.
The unit standards that make up this qualification will add value to the learners understanding of the sector and functioning in the workplace. The Qualification is intended to enhance the provision of entry-level service within the Property and Real Estate industry.
How to get started
Step One: Employment at a registered agency
You will first need to find employment with a real estate agency as prescribed by the Government in terms of the mandatory training requirement. It is important to ensure that the Principal Agent that you will be working for holds a valid FFC (Fidelity Fund Certificate).
Step Two: Register with EAAB
You will then need to register with the EAAB for an Intern FFC. Download and complete an application form from their website www.eaab.org.za. Hand this in at their offices in Johannesburg or post registered mail, with a copy of your identity document; letter of employment from the agency confirming employment and signed by the principal; as well as proof of payment of R529.80.
Step Three: Register with an Accredited Training Provider
You will now need to register with an accredited training provider to attain the SAQA ID 59097: FETC Real Estate NQF level 4.
Step Four: Complete 12 month internship training
The curriculum content of the qualification will add value to your understanding and functioning within the real estate sector on both a theoretical and practical (workplace) level. The mandatory training requirements require the learner to complete at least 150 credits (1500 Notional hours of training).
Learning Unit 1 Analyze, evaluate and apply the real estate code of conduct and ethics
Learning Unit 2 Demonstrate knowledge of the real estate environment and various laws, rules, and regulations that impact on the real estate function
Learning Unit 3 Real Estate Practice
Full programme runs over a 12 month period
· 4 Contact Sessions (2-days per Contact Session)
· 1 Compilation Session (a month before the end of the programme – to ensure all files are complete) and Final Summative Assessment on the same day
· All training material provided at no extra cost
- Contact sessions are face-to-face in a classroom environment
- New Dimensions Training facilitator support throughout the entire learning process
- Formative and Summative Assessments
- Our training material overlaps and greatly assists the learner with the compilation and completion of the EAAB Log-Book
- Assessments and Internal and External Moderation to SSETA Certification


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Old Pine Treehouse
Welcome to the Old Pine Treehouse! This charming treehouse is nestled amongst the only pine stand on the property against a gentle hillside and accessed by a stunning staircase and suspension bridge. Although just built in 2015, guests feel as if they are stepping back in time 150 years. 1800's feel decor and timeless charm, guests embrace the past. The treehouse was constructed with 100% reclaimed materials including 100 year old barn siding and hand hewn beams. Cedar shake roofing brings that antique 1800's feel along with its vintage interior accents. You will be wrapped in luxury with an indoor deluxe bathroom/shower and decadent bedding. The treehouse includes a small kitchenette, living room, bathroom, first floor bedroom (1 queen bed), upstairs loft (queen bed), small eating area and outdoor shower (warm weather only). Fun and unique design features include a sliding bedroom barn door, dramatic loft design overlooking the main living area, private decks built around pine and oak trees, and expansive windows to take in the bird's eye view.
The kitchen cabinets were constructed out of reused, 100 year old barn wood with accent rough cut cherry doors and counters. A magnificent wrap around porch provides views of the peaceful pine stand. This treehouse is truly a work of art.
Please call for more information - 740-599-9030
Interior Amenities:
What to Bring...Suggestions:
Kitchen - spices, ICE, aluminum foil, plastic wrap, ziploc bags, paper towels/napkins, garbage bags, specialty cooking items (roasters, blenders, etc.)
Firewood-(can be purchased in Loudonville at the Marathon Station on State Route 3 across from Mohicans Adventures Canoe Livery)
Bathroom - bath soap, shampoo/conditioner, extra toilet paper, blow dryer, although towels are provided, you may want to bring extra for outdoor activities.
General - DVDs as tv is for movie watching only (no satellite or cable) alarm clock
Treehouse Fun Facts
On May 1st, 2012, The Mohicans began an exciting project with tree house designer and star of Discovery Channel's new series "Treehouse Masters", Pete Nelson, and commenced building our first treehouse- the White Oak. We have since completed a second Pete Nelson treehouse which was featured on the show in June 2013. Our newest treehouse, the Old Pine, is based on this same treehouse design technology. Click here to check out Little Red!


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Bid on unique gifts December 6 in Witherell's Holiday Auction
- SACRAMENTO, California
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- December 01, 2017
Starting at 10 a.m., people can bid online, call-in or join the fun at Witherell's gallery in Sacramento for the Holiday Gifts auction December 6, 2017.
Bid on unique items of jewelry, watches, coins and luxury goods. for loved ones, friends and colleagues
Witherell's gallery is located at 300 20th Street, Sacramento, Calif., 95811.
Witherell's is the perfect source for something special besides being an exciting way to shop….
For the serious collector, Witherell's is offering a 1853-D U.S., gold $2.50 Quarter Eagle coin, estimated at $4,000 to $6,000.
For that special woman, a lovely platinum ring with two Old European-cut diamonds (1.35ct & 1.14 ct - each VS2L) surrounded by 29 diamonds. With a total weight 4.82 grams, it is estimated at $2,500 to $5,000.
For the world traveler, a 44' long by 22" wide by 15 inch-deep Louis Vuitton trunk, a $2,000 to $5,000 value.
For the sports fan, try a rare Jackie Robinson signed baseball…. Or a Locke art glass liquor decanter with a golf theme, valued at $250 to $500.
Find your heart's desire in this one-day only auction of more than 100 lots.


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Products Feature:
Fully sealed oil pump forced lubrication structure, 16 pcs of raising heald arm,, overhead installation,, and can be adapted to various rapier loom and jet loom which maximum speed at 600 rpm for plain weave, twill, satin and circulated in the various changes of fabric shedding device which among 6 latitudes.
Independent knife-hook control mechanism
Phase-synchronous device
Manual or ESD electric, two methods for your choice
Pattern card idling device
It is an independent device which is not related with other device when pattern card taken down.
Heald leveling motion
As adopted Aoerdan link system, all the heald frames can drop down in any time. Level handle is adopted by latest cam style, so it is very easy to set position.
The bearing on the point are in high quanlity
For the key point,adopting the needle roller bearing, to make the blade and lifting arm's movement more stable during high-speed running, and inhibit its fever too.
Multiple oil cleaner
Use suction filter to filtrate the flyings to wipe off the impurity in the dobby with super magnet,and then filtrate the oil clearly with filter element.
High strength piano wire cable
The cable is made of new material which could control the ultra-high-speed operation cable shimmy and extension with great degree.Its joint's connection is made of high strengh materials.
Sufficinet lubrication
The main body external automatic lubication and internal oil tube's pressure lubrication is favorable to the formation of spare parts surface oil film.Both can prolong the service life of parts and can realize mechanism action's zero error (commonly known as zero fault flowers). Can also improve the performance index of temperature rise, noise, power consumption,etc.
Main Technical Specification:
Every drag hook is controlled by an independent knife-hook, it reduced the cleaarance of the drag hooks and keep unused drag and harness levers are completely in a stopped state.
Adopting the planetary-gear handle operation, can accurately do positive and negative phase rotation.Therefore, it is very easy for the shedding involution.
|Main Parameter
|Dobby,Frame,Heald Revering Motion
|Type of Shedding
|Double Lift Full Open
|Method of Mounting
|Top Mounted
|Lifting Unit
|16 pcs
|Signal Reading Method
|Cycle Card/Peg
|Cycling Weft
|Can be added to 800 weft
The main body of dobby's automatic external lubication together with internal oil tube's pressure lubrication, heald reversing parts use manul grease lubrication.
Highest Speed Suitable For Looms
|600 r/min
Reed Width Suitable For Loom
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Our Company:
Zhejiang Hequn Machinery Co., Ltd. was founded in 1985, covers an area of 86580 square meters, the number of employees reached more than 400, is a large-scale, professional textile machinery enterprises. And in early 1999 we has been ISO9000 certified which is the lead of the industry.
We uphold the people-centered, continuous innovation, sustainable development principles, and has developed a number of new products with independent intellectual property rights, enjoys high praise from customers. We continuously introduce new equipment in the international forefront in the technology and equipment modification, such as vertical machining center, CNC lathe and horizontal machining center, grinder, cam, and is equipped with three coordinates measuring instrument of the most advanced, cam curve measuring instrument, length measuring detector and other testing equipment.
We are producing series shedding devise by "Hequn" brand ,which enjoys a fast sale in major provinces and cities in the China, and the share in Southeast Asia market is continuously expanded, In Indonesia, India, South Africa, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Vietnam and other countries, our market share reached as high as 65%.
Hequn people have been adhering to the principle of "Quality First, Service First, Business Integrity", keeping production "exact & innovation" to serve our customer, and repay the society.
Relative Products:
HQ6716 High Speed Cam Shedding 16 Shafts
HQ6900 High Speed Cam Shedding Device For Water Jet Loom
HQ3620 High Speed Top Mounted Electical Dobby Device For High Speed Water Jet Loom And Air Jet Loom
Our Customers:
Contact Us:
Zhejiang Hequn Machinery Co.,Ltd
ADD: Chengtan Town Industry Zone, Xinchang County, Zhejiang Province,China
Tel:0086-575-86054831 Fax: 0086-575-86058353
Kelsey Pan Sales Manager
Mobile Phone No: 008613754353452


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Posts Tagged 'ChrisPirillo'
Gnomdex6 Live
Gnomedex6 (July 29th – July 1st) – I'm not at the conference but I'm listening to the live stream. Props to Chris for streaming the conference live – video included through the keynote. Chris' blog is is updating with conference content as it progresses.
Chris Pirillo
I started paying attention to Chris Pirillo (bio) back when he was hosting TechTV — now I subscribe to his PodCast (iTunes) as well as his blog feed. I enjoy Chris' commentary and and I've enjoyed following the progression of his career — he's a Web celebrity — he's achieved a-list Blogebrity status. Oh, did I mention he has some pretty interesting service ideas? For example – http://www.rentmychest.com/ - great idea. The Chris Pirillo Show.


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The 5th Grade Music Class continues learning about folk and classical string instruments and had the wonderful opportunity to hear guest harpist, Phoebe Durand McDonnell. Phoebe delighted her young audience and answered their many questions. Our students were able to try her 80 lb., 7 pedal concert harp and her smaller Irish harp. She is even lending the small harp to our music program for students to try! The music notation was similar to piano and contained many arpeggios. Phoebe played pieces by Handel, Hindemith, and Irish tunes.
Phoebe Durand McDonnell is an 18 year old harpist from Bar Harbor. She started playing harp at age 10, and currently studies at the New England Conservatory Preparatory School program on Saturdays in Boston. She loves playing in orchestra, and has played with five different orchestras in Maine -- Bay Chamber Odeon, University of Maine, Portland Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the Southern Maine Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Maine All-State Orchestra. In June she recorded for the radio show From The Top, which aired nationally this fall. Phoebe considers herself a "music theory geek" and is currently rehearsing the harp parts for Mahler's 1st Symphony, the Hindemith Harp Sonata, the Concerto for Harp by Handel, and an etude by J.S. Bach.


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MBS-1 eyepieces 8x F:64 Russian STEREO Binocular Microscope #736159. Very good Item Without lamp. MBS-1 microscope is purposed for research of both 3D objects and thin films, and transparent objects.It is used for preparations as well. Observation can be done in artificial light or daylight, in reflected or transmitted light. It can be used in botany, biology, medicine, mineralogy, archeology, machine-building, instrument-making, and other fields of science and engineering.
Ilems send within 1 day (24 hours). Return the goods within 14 days. Body: This item is in very good condition.--------------------------------------------- Optics: Glass is in excellent condition, no fungus. --------------------------------------------- Function: Everything work properly. Optical head Microscope stage; Lighter bracket; Eyepiece 8x (2 pieces). FEEDBACKS: I will try to give you the best service I possibly can. Please leave feedback for me after your parcel arrives.
This lets me know that you have received your item(s). PLEASE LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE PICTURES. THEY ARE PART OF THE DESCRIPTION.
YOU GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU SEE. (According to our experience, parcels to the following countries may go missing without a reason). The item "MBS-1 eyepieces 8x F64 Russian STEREO Binocular Microscope #736159" is in sale since Thursday, November 24, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Science & Medicine (1930-Now)\Scientific Instruments\Microscopes, Lab Equipment".
The seller is "kmz_photo_deals" and is located in Saint-Petersburg. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, to all countries in Europe, to all countries in continental Asia, to Australia.


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In small rural communities where there is little anonymity, people who use drugs may not seek treatment. Therefore, rural programs are working to reduce stigma so that people with a substance use disorder will seek treatment resources. In the case of opioid misuse, rural programs are training community members and family members of people with opioid use disorders in an effort to increase the number of people who can administer naloxone. Rural programs are also addressing stigma through Good Samaritan protections at the local level. These protections may help to reduce concerns about the legal implications of calling for emergency medical services or helping someone who is having an overdose. Further, rural programs are conducting cultural sensitivity trainings and providing technical assistance to healthcare providers to help them support people with substance use disorders.
Resources to Learn More
Barriers to Substance Abuse Treatment in Rural
and Urban Communities: A Counselor Perspective
Compares rural and urban substance abuse treatment counselors' perceptions of barriers to providing treatment by analyzing data collected from 28 counselors in Kentucky.
Authors: Pullen, E., Oser, C.
Citation: Substance Use & Misuse, 49(7), 891-901
Date: 6/2014
A Comparison of Mental Health, Substance Use, and Sexual
Risk Behaviors Between Rural and Non-Rural Transgender Persons
Evaluates the mental health, substance use, and sexual risk behaviors of transgender persons in both rural and non-rural areas to determine the need for mental and physical health services
Authors: Horvath, K., Iantaffi, A., Swinburne-Romine, R., Bockting, W.
Citation: Journal of Homosexuality, 61(8), 1117-1130
Date: 6/2014


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I hope you are enjoying summer. I am! I wanted to have some little berry boxes to use in projects but it was hard to find ones that were not stained by berries (and I didn't want plastic ones) so I made my own:
To make them sturdy I used a sheet of kraft cardstock and a sheet of printed cardstock to make the box!
I have been loving the trend of chalkboard art (not that I've mastered it) so I wanted to try stamping some. I made this card that looks like a sandwich board that would be on display on a sidewalk in front of a cafe:
You can get my printable templates & SVG cutting files here. I designed the printables to be printed right on your good cardstock so you don't have to trace. You get two cards on one sheet of cardstock (2 different sizes) a box and tags. The project makes up in minutes perfect for summer crafting!
Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
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Find more garden information
Craig LeHoullier, who gardens in Raleigh, NC, is the author of Epic Tomatoes and Growing Vegetables in Straw Bales (Storey, 2015). He is the longtime tomato adviser to the Seed Savers Exchange. He welcomes questions about the project via his website.
Consider the humble bale of straw. Think beyond its reputation as a Halloween decoration and picture it as a productive part of your garden. The concept is simple: As the straw begins to break down, it turns into a rich, compostable planter that's ideal for growing vegetables.
Although the practice of gardening in straw bales dates back to ancient times, I learned of it only a decade ago during a chance encounter with a local straw-bale guru, Kent Rogers. When my publisher asked me to write about straw-bale gardening, I tested the techniques in my own gardens and was quite impressed with the results.
Think of the straw bale as a large container with a volume of 40 gallons. Unlike a planter filled with potting soil, the bale begins life as an essentially sterile medium. By season's end, it is transformed into a partially composted mass of organic matter that's teeming with life. After the crops are harvested, the material makes a perfect top-dressing to garden beds or a valuable addition to the compost pile.
My advice to beginners: Start small. That way you can see if the technique works well for you. My first year involved a dozen bales, planted with tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, summer squash and cucumbers. In the second year, I expanded to 40 bales, adding lettuce and other greens, leeks, garlic, carrots, beets, radishes and herbs.
You can find bales at garden centers. Wheat-straw bales are ideal, though other types such as alfalfa and buckwheat, are reasonable substitutes. Avoid hay bales, which are often quite a bit cheaper. They often include dried grasses with lots of seeds. In addition, they break down too quickly and become weedy. Pine straw does not work well either. It isn't absorbent and it composts too slowly.
Vegetable crops need at least eight hours of sun a day. More is better. Make sure you have easy access to water, too. I use bales in my garden and on my concrete driveway. A wet straw bale gets quite heavy, so consider that if you are a rooftop gardener. Wooden decks can be damaged by the constant wetness.
You can grow crops from seed or plant seedlings — just as you would in a raised bed or in the ground. For seedlings, consider tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and spring greens. If you're planting from seed, start with beans, cucumbers and squash. Carrots, beets, sweet potatoes and potatoes can be grown well but are a bit trickier.
Before you can plant in the bales, they need some special preparation, so buy the bales at least two weeks before you want to plant. Place the bales where you want to grow; once they are prepared, they will be too heavy to move.
Conventional lawn fertilizer (29-0-4 NPK). Make sure it doesn't include pre-emergent weed-killer. Use 1/2 cup per bale, per application
Blood meal. Use 3 cups per bale, per application.
Why so much nitrogen? It jump-starts the composting process and creates an ideal environment for plant roots. Over the course of the two weeks, the bales heat up considerably and can reach temperatures of 125 degrees F or more.
After the two weeks of treatment, the bales are ready for planting. The internal temperature should be about 75 to 80 degrees F, which you can verify with a compost thermometer. Probe from side of the bale, about halfway down. Low-tech option: Use your finger. The interior should feel warm, but not hot. If the bale still feels too hot, wait another couple days and check again.
To plant seedlings — tomato, pepper, eggplant and greens — make a gap or divot in the top of the bale and set the roots in place. Fill in around the roots with a good-quality, peat-based potting soil, ensuring that the seedlings are well-seated and level with the surface of the bale. Water gently and, if needed, add more soil to fill gaps and stabilize the seedling.
Plant no more than two tomato, pepper or eggplant seedlings per bale. I've found that all tomato varieties — indeterminate, determinate and dwarf — work well in bales. Success depends upon the ability to adequately support them. If you can't provide a tall stake or fencing behind the bale, choose determinate or dwarf varieties. For other crops, use the spacing that's recommended for the variety you choose.
To plant crops from seed, spread a 2-inch layer of moistened, peat-based potting soil on the top of the bale. Avoid bagged "topsoil," which is too coarse for good germination and can become waterlogged. Tamp it down, make it smooth and water lightly. Plant seed at the recommended depth and spacing. Be sure to water regularly during germination.
A good way to support tall plants, such as tomatoes, is with sturdy stakes hammered through the bale and into the ground underneath. Wire tomato cages work for medium-sized plants, such as peppers, eggplants and compact tomatoes, but taller plants can end up a bit unstable as they become laden with the harvest and the bales soften.
When growing in straw bales, it's worth considering compact varieties, which can be surprisingly productive. And when it comes to tomatoes, consider some of the varieties identified by the Dwarf Tomato Project.
Bales can dry out quickly because they are above ground and permeable. Be sure to water regularly. Drip irrigation or a soaker hose, draped across the top, work well.
Similarly, regular feeding is important, because frequent watering will lead to nutrient loss more quickly. Feed your crops once a week with a balanced, water-soluble plant food.
Because the bales are elevated, it helps deter certain critters, such as rabbits. I've found slugs to be a bit of a bother to bush beans. A sprinkling of diatomaceous earth helps with this issue.
By the end of the season, the bales will break down, the extent depends on the crops grown in them and the weather. Some hold up well enough to plant garlic in the fall. Others collapse into a rich mound of compost, perfect for adding to containers, amending garden beds or tossing in the compost pile.
Last updated: 3/14/19
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