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President Obama took action to allow some unauthorized immigrants to remain in the United States because House Republicans wouldn't, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell told a national cable-TV audience this morning.
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Munster coach Johann van Graan has got off to a terrific start. On Sunday his team broke Leicester's eleven-year record becoming the first to claim double victories in the back-to-back stage of the Champions Cup as they added a 25-16 away win to the 33-8 Thomond Park triumph a week previously.
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The Irish provinces had a great weekend as Leinster, Ulster and Munster all won their doubleheaders for the first time in Champions Cup history.
Despite Matthew Tait's 12th minute try, when he found a gap in the Munster defence, the visitors worked extremely hard to grind out a solid victory thanks to a 42nd minute CJ Stander try allied to five penalties and a conversion from Ian Keatley.
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Discipline was something that van Graan had worked at, he told the media, "I thought we adapted quite well to the referee last week and even better this week. We knew this was going to be a totally different battle. So I'm very happy with the composure and maturity shown by the team. We want to go to the next level. This team is hungry to grow, and very happy with the away result."
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Commenting on the game, Leicester manager Matt O'Connor said, ""We were inaccurate, you can't come here and be inaccurate. I thought we didn't look after the ball well enough, I think we turned the ball over 20 times. They took their chances in the first half and from there were very diligent and cynical, killing the ball whenever we had opportunities."
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Ryan Deweese has been officially announced as the split lead trumpet for the GRAMMY Camp Jazz Session band. They selected only 4 trumpets from throughout the country! He will spend 10 days in LA from Feb. 3-13 with a variety of performances and events culminating with a recording session at Capitol Records and attending the Grammy's on Feb. 12 (the band will also perform at an after party).
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Selectees Announced For 2012 GRAMMY Camp — Jazz Session
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High school musicians representing 14 states to travel to Los Angeles for a musical adventure during GRAMMY Week
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The GRAMMY Foundation announced today that 30 talented high school students from across the United States have been selected for positions in the 2012 GRAMMY Camp — Jazz Session (formerly known as GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles). Their selection launches them into the spotlight surrounding the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards, and provides them with unparalleled opportunities to perform in front of some of music's biggest names.
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The young musicians will again record at the legendary Capitol Studios & Mastering in Hollywood, Calif., courtesy of the EMI Music Group. GRAMMY Jazz Ensembles albums from 2007–2011 are available for purchase at online music outlets such as Amazon, iTunes, Napster, and Rhapsody.
The GRAMMY Camp — Jazz Session selectees are eligible for more than $2 million in college scholarships made possible through the GRAMMY Foundation's college partners: Berklee College of Music, Manhattan School of Music, the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and USC Thornton School of Music. In addition, each selectee's school will receive a professional cymbal courtesy of the Zildjian Company.
Since 1993, the GRAMMY Foundation has provided students with this extraordinary musical experience. Many past members of the GRAMMY Camp — Jazz Session program have gone on to enjoy thriving performance careers, including singer/pianist Peter Cincotti (2001), two-time GRAMMY-nominated jazz pianist Gerald Clayton (2002), saxophonist Grace Kelly (2008), New York Philharmonic bassist David J. Grossman (1995), and pianist Aaron Parks (2000).
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April 05, 2012 16:02 ET
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - April 5, 2012) - Constellation Software Inc. ("Constellation") (TSX:CSU) today announced that its wholly-owned division Harris Computer Systems ("Harris"), a leading provider of financial, customer and public safety management software solutions for utilities, local governments and public safety agencies, purchased Cognera Corporation ("Cognera") of Calgary, Alberta.
Cognera provides a managed services platform that is used by competitive commercial retailers for billing and settlement services as well as by municipal customers in Alberta and Ontario for residential billing. The Cognera solution supports the billing of a wide variety of commodities including electricity, gas, water, waste water and recycling.
As a result of the purchase, Cognera will become a business unit within the Harris Utilities Group and will continue to focus on providing a high level of customer engagement including industry and regulatory expertise to its customers from its base in Calgary.
Harris Utilities Group President Rob DiMurro stated, "We welcome the employees and customers of Cognera to the Harris family. Cognera and its managed services platform are a significant addition to our existing portfolio and we look forward to continuing the success that Cognera has realized to date. The Cognera managed services platform will become a core offering within Harris Utilities and we believe it has great potential."
ENTx Capital Corporation partner William Steadman commented "We are pleased that Cognera will continue its record of success within Harris and believe that both the Cognera employees and customers will benefit from being part of the Harris family."
About Constellation:
Constellation acquires, manages and builds vertical market software businesses that provide mission critical software solutions. Constellation's common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "CSU". Further information about Constellation may be obtained from the Company's web site at http://www.csisoftware.com.
About Harris:
Harris is a wholly owned division of Constellation and is a leading provider of financial management and Customer Information Systems (CIS) software solutions. Since 1976, Harris has focused on providing feature-rich and robust turnkey solutions to all levels of local government, public power and water entities as well as school districts throughout North America. Harris' focus is on creating long-term relationships with our customers and ensuring that we meet the changing needs of our customers over time. For further information on Harris Computer Systems, please visit our website at http://www.harriscomputer.com, or call 888-847-7747.
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Published on December 15th, 2014 | by Kristen Swain0
Trash to Treasure – Pistachio Shell Flower Ornaments
This is literally a trash-to-treasure craft.
We occasionally enjoy pistachios, and and we always throw the shells in the trash.
This time, after eating the nuts, I saved the shells to use for a craft project.
At Christmas, I am always looking to add handmade ornaments to our tree.
It's even better if we make them together as a family. So, I created these pistachio shell flower ornaments.
I would suggest that this is a craft for older kids, because of the use of the hot glue gun, but it would be just as fab using a low- temp glue gun instead.
Come look at how you can create these rose- and mum-shaped flowers from these shells.
Just take a couple shells, add a little glue, and kind of wrap them around each other.
This makes the center part of the rose. Continue adding shells around the middle part adding three, then four etc. shells per layer.
The result is an open looking rose. Beautiful as it is, even prettier painted.
I just thought these were lovely. They would add pretty decor to a beach-themed room or tree.
Just continue adding layers until you are pleased with the result. Once you are done, you can pull off any hot glue strings, or use a hot hair dryer to melt them off. Careful though…too much, and the ornament will begin to fall apart.
The mum-style flower starts with a double layer of shells. I place two shells side by side and then add a single shell on top of them.
Next, I add another shell to the bottom layer, and add another shell between the two. This links them together.
Create a circle as your base.
On top of that base, begin adding the next layer. Add shells between the bottom two shells, going for a smaller layer.
Keep adding shells until you have the whole middle filled in with shells.
This is what it looks like from the back side.
Again, pull off any glue strings after the ornament has cooled.
I decided that I wanted silver flowers. I found a metallic silver paint, and then I also added iridescent glitter over the ornaments while the paint was wet – just to give them extra sparkly sparkle.
After they are dry, make sure they are completely coated in paint. Add a hanger to them so they can hang on the tree.


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Hope everyone has a great weekend! Look forward to a sweet vineyard wedding and a vintage French inspired shoot coming your way next week!
February 18, 2011
Photo Fridays
Today I'm loving this woodsy yet edgy engagement shoot from the awesome team at Adam and Imthiaz Photography. This couple is modern and fun, but they are contrasted with this vibrant yellow forest backdrop. Creating contrasts is a unique and easy way to set your engagement shoot apart with little need for props.
Posted by Megan at 6:46 AM
Labels: Engagement, Modern, Photography
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Love it! My favorite image is def the one of her striking that sassy pose & you can see the guy peeking btw the two trees. Awesome photography!ReplyDelete
So gorgeous. I love your commentary on it, as I think it's an important point for bride's to realize... you don't need 8543157984618 props to have a great shoot!ReplyDelete
Beautiful colours.. although I love the b&w's too. And the one on the swings is fun! So agree with Nicole re the props!ReplyDelete
Oh wow what a gorgeous chick! And we didn't use props in our e-pictures either. Just really rad backdrops and good ole love :) xoReplyDelete
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What is still missing here is any kind of an end-to-end view of infrastructure latency that is also real time, deterministic and comprehensive. The marrying of the SAN point of view with the IP network point of view is the obvious combination. The hard issue here will be the identification of the applications so that these view of infrastructure performance can be surfaced on a per application basis. In summary, we have a long way to go here, and this just might be why so many of those virtualization projects for business critical and performance critical applications are having so much trouble getting traction.
Should VMware Administrators Care About Applications Performance
Applications Performance Profiling is an essential step in the process of virtualizing business critical and performance critical applications. In this case "performance" means response time not resource utilization. The virtualization team should go even further and commit to meeting response time based SLA's for business and performance critical virtualized applications.
Monitoring SQL Server Performance on VMware vSphere
Attempting to infer the performance of a database server by looking at resource utilization metrics will fail technically and organizationally. In a shared and dynamic environment, the only way to truly assess the performance of an element of the infrastructure or an application is to measure how long it is actually taking to do its job. This makes response time and its companion metric latency into the two most important metrics for virtualized and cloud based systems.
VMTurbo Breaks New Ground for Free vSphere Monitoring Tools
VMTurbo has delivered a new free vSphere performance and capacity management solution that is neither time nor size of environment limited, and that breaks new ground in terms of capacity management functionality delivered in a free solution. The automatically generated VM Rightsizing Recommendations should prove to be of particular value to vSphere administrators.
News: BMC buys Coradiant
BMC has acquired Coradiant the leader in web applications performance management. Now it remains to be seen if BMC will follow up this step with additional steps to create a modern monitoring stack suited for virtualization and the cloud, or if BMC will under-utilize Coradiant's assets by simply integrating Coradiant with its legacy systems management framework.
CA Acquires Hyperformix – Bolsters Predictive IT Management Capabilities
It is also interesting to speculate what long term role the Hyperformix statistical modelling technology will play in CA performance management and performance assurance products. VMware has puts its stake in the ground via the acquisition of Integrien that only a real time and self-learning approach will be able to keep up with variability inherent in a virtualized or cloud based system in order to provide effective root cause analysis. It is possible that over time this modelling technology will evolve into a real time self learning performance management capability analogous to what is p; provided by VMware/Integrien and Netuitive. If this occurs this will mean that CA will be the first and only one of the big four systems management vendors with an effective root cause strategy for the new dynamic data center.


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July 2016, Part 1
Jim Miller on Politics
Pseudo-Random Thoughts
The Chilcot Inquiry Is Out: And so is the Wall Street Journal's review.
Britain's establishment never forgave itself for taking the country to war in Iraq in 2003, and Wednesday's publication of a public inquiry into the invasion provided a fresh opportunity for self-flagellation. At four times the length of Tolstoy's "War and Peace," the so-called Chilcot Inquiry tells us nothing we didn't know.Obviously, I'm not going to read all of the report, but if the news accounts I've been seeing are even roughly accurate, the Journal is right to give the Inquiry a failing grade.
- 4:38 PM, 7 July 2016 [link]
Welcome To The Hotel European Union: The New York Times was mad as hell after the Brexit vote. You could see the anger not only in the editorial pages, but in the news pages, as well.
By July 2nd, they had calmed down enough so that they could admit that the European Union did have a democracy deficit, and could use some reform.
One of the most basic critiques of the union is that it is not democratic. This is an exaggeration, but it includes a kernel of truth. Of the E.U.'s three main institutions, the most powerful is the European Council, which is made up of 28 national governments. Its decisions, which are subject to political compromise, rarely reflect the pure preferences of the people of any of its member nations.(Links omitted.)
Another, blunter way to say the same thing is that the European Parliament is a facade, put up to hide the bureaucratic structures.
The Times does not explain why they think the people running the EU would reform, even after the shock of Brexit.
Nor does the Times confront this unpleasant fact: The EU has lost referendums, notably in France and the Netherlands — and then ignored the results of those referendums.
For me, that is enough to make the great constitutional changes of 2005 illegitimate, and I gather that many Europeans agree with me on that point.
(The EU hasn't lost all the referendums; for instance they won the 2005 Spanish referendum. In general, they lose referendums in nations that have had successful democratic governments for generations, and win them in nations that haven't.
I found this Marine Le Pen op-ed amusing, and you may, too.
The post title refers to the hotel that you "can never leave", as most of you probably guessed.)
- 2:30 PM, 7 July 2016 [link]
If Donald Trump Is Such A Brilliant Executive, why can't he hire and keep a competent campaign staff?
He's not alone. Even as it tries to build up, the Trump campaign has been hemorrhaging staff in recent days. Republicans Kevin Kellems, Erica Freeman, Vincent Harris, and now Bennett have all left recently — Harris after two days on the job and Kellems after a little less than three weeks. And that is on top of Trump's firing of campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. Earlier, Rick Wiley, a former top Republican National Committee official and Scott Walker campaign chief, also left Trump after a brief tenure.If you were considering investing in a start-up, would you see that level of turmoil as a plus?
- 9:59 AM, 7 July 2016 [link]
Today's New Yorker Cartoon isn't bad.
But I think I like Tuesday's even better.
- 9:38 AM, 7 July 2016 [link]
Want To Call Male Fireflies? Joey Stein has invented a gadget, the Firefly Communicator, that lets you do just that.
From the description, I think it only works with one species so far, but it should be possible to extend it to others.
(Mildly surprising fact: "But only some continue to flash as grown-up beetles that we know as fireflies." You might get that adult suppression if some predator started using the flashes to prey on particular species.)
- 7:57 PM, 6 July 2016 [link]
Insightful: Peter Wehner's op-ed, "The Theology of Donald Trump".
After reading that, I hope he does a parallel piece on Hillary Clinton's theology.
(Caveat: It has been a long time since I read any Nietzsche. Wehner's description of his thinking looks right to me, but I can't say any more than that.)
- 7:06 PM, 6 July 2016 [link]
What Did President Obama Know About Clinton's Email Server, And When Did He Know It? As soon as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton began using her private email server for official business, people would have noticed.
Anyone who received an official email from her could have noticed that the return address was wrong, that it was not an official government email address. From what I can tell from news stories, some people in the State Department noticed immediately, just as you would expect. (And, as I have mentioned before, some bureaucrats tried to get her to use the government system, but were rebuffed.)
Her emails didn't just go to the State Department; they also went to the Defense Department, the CIA, and, sometimes — to the White House. A few of them, undoubtedly, even went to President Obama.
We have, I think, three possibilities for what happened when the White House began receiving those emails.
The second seems less likely than the third, though it may have taken some time for the story to reach the president.
Which would make President Obama an accessory, after the fact, in the server scandal, because he did not stop it.
If he did not know, then he was not paying enough attention to his job.
(In Boss, Mike Royko observed that the late Mayor Daley was not corrupt himself — but ignored corruption he must have known about. Barack Obama has followed the same strategy in Illinois, and then in national politics.)
- 9:50 AM, 6 July 2016 [link]
Boris Johnson's Little Fibbing Problem Will Remind some of us of the far more serious Profumo affair, with its famous limerick:
"Oh what have you done?" said Christine.(Profumo, like Johnson, lost his position not because of the adultery, but because he lied about it.)
I've heard other versions of the limerick, and you may have, too.
- 6:45 AM, 6 July 2016 [link]
It's A Crude Joke, But Boris Johnson Laughed At It: And you may, too.
(When the then Tory leader Michael Howard sacked Boris in 2004, for fibbing about his extra-marital antics, I told the adulterous miscreant my favourite joke about him: 'A new poll asked 10,000 women if they wanted to have sex with you, and 8,567 said: "Never again, no".' Boris roared with laughter.)If you are wondering why Johnson is the target of that joke, you can find some answers here.
- 6:10 AM, 6 July 2016 [link]
Juno Is Now Orbiting Jupiter: (Which, according to Roman mythology, is where you would expect her to be. No word yet on whether there has been an increase in Jovian marriages.)
If, like me, you are more interested in the space probe than the myth, you'll probably want to take a look at this Wikipedia article.
Juno completed a five-year cruise to Jupiter, arriving on July 4, 2016.[5] The spacecraft traveled over a total distance of roughly 2.8 billion kilometers (18.7 AU; 1.74 billion miles) to reach Jupiter.[11] The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter 37 times over the course of 20 months.[4][12] Juno's trajectory used a gravity assist speed boost from Earth, accomplished through an Earth flyby two years (October 2013) after its August 5, 2011 launch.[13] On July 5, 2016, the spacecraft performed an orbit insertion burn to slow it enough to allow capture. It will make two 53-day orbits before performing another burn on October 19 that will bring it into a 14-day polar orbit.(Links omitted.)
It was clever of them to have it arrive on the 4th of July. I suppose someone noticed that it was going to be close to that date, in the original planning, and decided to be patriotic.
- 4:27 PM, 5 July 2016 [link]
James Comey Decides Not To Overrule Millions of Voters: Were you surprised by the Comey decision? I wasn't, because I thought he, and the Justice Department, were in an impossible situation; they could follow the law and overrule millions of voters, or they could punt.
He chose to punt, wrongly perhaps, but understandably.
Incidentally, Comey is a Bush appointee, which may have actually made it harder for him to do the right thing.
(For the record: I'm not sure which of the two, Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, belongs in prison, more. Is it worse to have bribed elected officials, as Trump boasts of having done, or to have accepted bribes, as Clinton has done? They have committed different crimes, because they have had different opportunities, but neither is an example you would want your children to emulate.)
- 10:53 AM, 5 July 2016 [link]
Trump's Vice Presidential Pick: The criteria for the pick are different depending on whether you think Trump will win, or lose.
(Like most observers, I think it unlikely that the pick will influence who wins the election. John Kennedy's pick of Lyndon Johnson in 1960 may have made the difference in that race, but I can't think of any examples since then.)
Whether Trump wins or loses, his running mate will be tarnished by the association, so you don't want Trump to pick a rising star, who might do more for the party in years to come. So, if you think Trump will win, then you will want him to pick an elder statesman, someone who is capable of being president, if necessary, and someone who might be able to block the worst of Trump's ideas, someone like — Dick Cheney.
If you think that Trump will lose, then you want the pick to be someone who has as little connection to the party as possible, and I think I have the perfect choice — Les Moonves.
It's true that the CBS chairman is not a Republican or a conservative, but neither is the Donald, judging by his past statements and actions. The two are similar in an important way: Both entertainers are willing to put profit ahead of national interests.
And, of course, Trump owes Moonves.
- 9:46 AM, 5 July 2016 [link]
This New Yorker Cartoon is the winner of a caption contest.
(The drawings for the caption contests are mixed; sometimes, it looks as if the cartoonist had a caption in mind, and was hoping a contestant would guess it, and other times it looks, to me at least, as if the cartoonist was hoping that someone else could think up a caption for the cartoon.)
- 8:57 AM, 5 July 2016 [link]
Happy 4th Of July! And thank you to those who make it possible.
- 10:28 AM, 4 July 2016 [link]
Changing Attitudes On Genocide: The death of Elie Wiesel is a bitter reminder of how attitudes on genocide have changed in recent decades.
When the Cambodian genocide occurred, the facts were denied widely, especially by leftists such as Noam Chomsky.
When the Rwandan Genocide was occurring, President Bill Clinton hid it from the public, so he would not be forced to intervene.
(Intervening there would have been a far easier operation than intervening against the Cambodian genocide.)
When candidate Barack Obama admitted that his proposed Iraq policy might result in genocide, few paid much attention. And no one seemed to think it strange that he has made Susan Rice — who helped in the Rwandan cover-up — an important official in his administration.
When Secretary of State John Kerry announced that ISIS was committing genocide against Christians and Yazidis, it drew less attention than the plight of a few orcas at SeaWorld.
And President Obama has not changed his policies even a tiny bit, as the result of that announcement.
We have gone from "Never again" to "No big deal".
- 7:11 PM, 3 July 2016 [link]
Tech Support: With a twist.
(It occurs to me that that might be good advice, in many circumstances, because to get a good night's sleep you have to do those two things.)
- 5:24 PM, 3 July 2016 [link]
Hillary Clinton And Donald Trump's Legal Problems Have Gotten Worse: Or, to be more precise, we have learned more about their legal problems.
In April, I began a post as follows:
Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied: There is a twist to that old truism this election year, because those who are not getting justice are the voters.At the time, I thought that these legal matters could have been settled, one way or another, before the campaigns began.
Now I am not so sure, as I learn more and more about the Clinton Foundation, and Trump's business deals. For instance, just a few days ago, I learned about Trump Institute, which appears to be an even bigger scam than Trump University.
As with Trump University, the Trump Institute promised falsely that its teachers would be handpicked by Mr. Trump. Mr. Trump did little, interviews show, besides appear in an infomercial — one that promised customers access to his vast accumulated knowledge. "I put all of my concepts that have worked so well for me, new and old, into our seminar," he said in the 2005 video, adding, "I'm teaching what I've learned."They even plagiarized much of their printed material.
If we elect Clinton, there's a good chance we will have another bitter impeachment fight; if we elect Trump, there's a good chance we will have to watch him giving depositions in fraud trials.
It's wrong of me, but I am beginning to think that perhaps a little tiny meteor might solve some of our problems.
- 3:41 PM, 2 July 2016 [link]
These Voters Are Joking — I Hope: Because a Giant Meteor would be very bad.
More than 1 in 10 voters say they'd prefer a giant meteor hitting earth over supporting Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.It isn't a joke that would have wide appeal in an ordinary election year.
- 2:07 PM, 2 July 2016 [link]
If Things Move, Guys Will Race Them: I know of no exceptions to that general rule.
But it hadn't occurred to me that it applied to rototillers.
Those races look like fun, to be in if you are a young guy, to watch if you aren't.
- 99:99 AM, 2 July 2016 [link]
Happy Birthday! To our Canadian friends, who are celebrating Canada Day. (Which they used to call "Dominion Day".)
Since Canada was founded in 1867, this is their 149th birthday. The man most responsible for that founding was Canada's first Prime Minister, John Macdonald.
Recycled, with some changes, from 2008.
(Picture notes: This flag appears every Canada Day, a few blocks from where I live, along with the American flag, which you can just see behind it. In 2008, I finally met the couple that own the flags. He's American; she's Canadian. And the two seem to be getting along very well, which may be a lesson for our two nations.)
-49369 PM, 1 July 2016 [link]
Steven Hayward's Weekly Collection pf pictures.
My favorite? Probably the "I love Brexit."
- 4:17 PM, 1 July 2016 [link]


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5 Things To Consider BEFORE Selling Your Home
- Tidy up to make your house stand out
If you're looking to sell quickly, you're going to want to start cleaning, especially before those listing photos are taken
- Have your house staged
Want to go the extra mile beyond cleaning? Consider having your house staged, a way of decorating it so it's more attractive to buyers
- Hire a professional photographer to take listing photos
A professional photographer has all the tools to capture the right lighting and make everything look brighter and inviting." The pros also have wide-angle lenses to fit the entire room in the photo.
- Make your home available for showings
Once everything is set up, get ready to spend a lot of time away from your home so buyers and real estate agents can view the property comfortably— without you or your pets wandering around
- Find the right price
Staging and marketing your home are important components, but at the end of the day, the amount of money you're asking buyers to pay could be what seals the deal
Consumer Confidence is high which is great news for Home Sellers!!
Consumer confidence definitely affects the Real Estate Market and currently the Consumer Confidence Index is at 125.9, up from 120.6 in September. Consumer confidence is at its highest level in 17 years which was boosted by the job market. Confidence remains high among consumers and their expectations suggest the economy will continue expanding at a solid pace for the remainder of the year which proves that selling during the holidays can be a great idea because economic conditions are unknown for 2018.
Your home's value is likely higher than you think, If you are wondering what it's worth, call me today @ 323-717-2262
3 HUGE Benefits To Putting Your House On The Market During The Holidays
(1) Holiday buyers are motivated buyers. Some of the reasons why they need to buy is because they're relocating, some have received end of year job bonuses that they can apply to a down payment, some need to buy for tax benefits while others want to buy before interest rates go up (and they will go up)
(2) Your home looks great and buyers can be more emotional around this time. From the smell of cookies to a beautifully decorated tree can make a buyer see themselves living in your home. The more emotional a buyer gets about your home, the more they are likely to pay.
(3) During the holidays there will be less homes on the market which means you will have less competition. Its basically the law of supply and demand. Motivated home buyers outnumber the amount of homes for sale. This could mean MORE money for you!!!
Home Seller Advice – Things To Consider If Your Home Gets Appraised
The appraisal
If your buyers are getting a mortgage, they will also have to hire an appraiser. The appraiser will not only size up your home in person but check out the sale prices of comparable houses in your neighborhood (much as a Realtor would do for you). If the appraiser's price matches the one your buyers are paying (or even if it's higher), all is good.
But if the appraisal comes back lower than the asking price, it may become a problem. Typically, lenders won't loan buyers anything above the appraisal amount. The buyers have two choices: Pay cash for the difference, or negotiate a lower sale price with you. If they choose the latter, you've got two choices, too: Accept the lower home price, or walk. To decide, ask yourself: How easy would it be to find a new buyer? If you were deluged with offers, it may be in your interests to move on, but keep in mind that you might run into the same problem with subsequent appraisals. So unless you're confident your home is worth more and you're willing to head back to square one, you may want to take a hit just to keep moving forward
Home Seller Advice: On the fence about selling your home? Read this
All year, the overwhelming sentiment in the housing market has been frustration. Too few homes for sale drove prices sky high and led to fierce competition among buyers, especially at the entry level. So it was a little bit more than surprising to see a sudden burst of optimism among potential homebuyers in a monthly sentiment survey from Fannie Mae. Housing confidence rose in September to match the all-time high set in June. The main driver: a big jump in the share of current renters surveyed saying now is a good time to buy. In addition, the share of those respondents saying they believed home prices would go up in the next year dropped significantly. This, even though respondents continue to say that the main barrier to entry-level homeownership today is high prices. Consumer confidence is good for the time being, but when it shifts, it shifts rather fast and usually effects the real estate market. If you've been thinking of selling, the current conditions are in your favor, but won't last forever
Today's Consumer Confidence Index Report
Consumer confidence can effect the real estate market and currently the Consumer Confidence Index is down .6 point which is nominal and consumers assessment of economic conditions remains favorable
What Is a Listing Agent? Why a Home Sale Hinges on Agent's Expertise
- Recommendations for home improvements or home staging, if necessary. Yes, these alterations will cost you time and money, but they will improve your chances of a faster sale and higher asking price.
- Taking photos or hiring a photographer who will be able to highlight your home's best features.
- Adding your home to the multiple listing service, where home buyers and their agents can view your property and decide if they'd like to come visit for a closer look.
- Advertising and holding open houses.
- Coordinating showings with prospective buyers.
What is a listing agent? Here is the answer…
What Is a Listing Agent? Why a Home Sale Hinges on Agent's Expertise
If you're getting ready to sell your home, finding a listing agent should be at the top of your to-do list. But just what is a listing agent? You might have a vague mental image of someone who plants a "For Sale" sign on your front lawn and shows potential buyers around your place, but there's plenty more to it.
Here's a primer on what a listing agent does, how the agent makes or breaks your sale, and how to find the right agent for you.
How listing agents help you price your home
How much is your home worth? That's a hard question to answer and that's where a good listing agent can help.
And the stakes are high: Price your home too low, and you could lose out on a lot of money. Price it too high, however, and the picture isn't pretty either. While it may be tempting to work with an agent who says he can fetch a fortune for your home, overpricing may mean your home languishes on the market for months or even years—making buyers wonder if something's wrong with your home and lowball you anyway. Listing agents have many duties and responsibilities, but at the top of the list is to properly price your home.
To do this, a listing agent will analyze the sales prices of comparable homes, or "comps," in your area to see where yours should fit in, and advise you accordingly.
How listing agents help you sell your home
After you determine an asking price, a listing agent should provide you with a comprehensive marketing plan detailing how she'll get your property sold. This plan should include the following:
- Recommendations for home improvements or home staging, if necessary. Yes, these alterations will cost you time and money, but they will improve your chances of a faster sale and higher asking price.
- Taking photos or hiring a photographer who will be able to highlight your home's best features.
- Adding your home to the multiple listing service, where home buyers and their agents can view your property and decide if they'd like to come visit for a closer look.
- Advertising and holding open houses.
- Coordinating showings with prospective buyers.
How listings agents negotiate with buyers
Once you get an offer on your home, it's the listing agent's job to present it to you and advise if any haggling needs to be done. For instance, if you get an offer way below asking price, your knee-jerk reaction may be to refuse in a huff. But a listing agent might be able to negotiate with the buyers and bring that price up to a decent level—or, if the buyers truly can't budge much, find other ways to sweeten the deal like a faster closing date or waived contingencies. These compromises can actually save you tens of thousands of dollars.
How much listing agents get paid
Listing agents don't receive a dime unless your home gets sold. If it does, the typical agent commission is 6% of the price of your home (which is typically split between the listing agent and the buyer's agent). This price may seem substantial, but consider this: For every hour an agent spends with you, he will spend an average of nine hours behind the scenes working on your behalf. In other words, listings agents work hard to earn that commission and get your home sold. (Realtor.com)


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Department for Transport written question – answered on 20th September 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans the Government plans to adopt in the event that no replacement for the single aviation market and open skies agreement is available when the UK leaves the EU.
We want our future relationship with the EU to be based on mutual economic and security interests.
To which end, it will be in the interests of all parties to maintain closely integrated aviation markets. The opening up of access to air services helps to deliver connectivity, choice and value for money that benefits consumers and businesses both here and abroad.
The Government continues to work closely with the aviation sector to ensure this industry continues to be a major success story for the British economy. As well as seeking suitable aviation arrangements with the EU, the Department for Transport is also working closely with the aviation community to ensure that this global industry continues to be a major success.
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correction: the name of the elephant that was beaten at the San Diego Zoo was Medundamelli (also called Dunda) and there are several references to it on the net.
That would be wonderful, if they could live together at the sanctuary. I have been to PAWS and it is a fantastic place for the elephants. The point is that even if they have to stay where they are now, they should do that rather than have to undergo the emotional pain of being torn away from each other. Zoos should not be a place where animals are hurt physically or emotionally. Unfortunately, it seems that there are unfeeling and uncaring people running this zoo and, it seems, the San Diego as well. When the video of keepers tieing up and beating an African elephant named Medundanella, in San Diego, came out some years ago, we should have known what to expect from that zoo and places like it. The zoo was really angry about that video being taken and made public. Keep those elephants together!


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I must be honest. I felt a surge of mixed emotions when I read the word Courage. I think that courage is a word whose meaning has blurred over the centuries. We use the word courage when we refer to battlefield bravery, difficult physical tasks, facing a difficult emotional situation such as grief, and so on… You get the idea. It has become a synonym for stiff upper lip, bravery, toughening up.
We have lost touch with the word's original meaning. It is actually a word that means 'in touch with the heart'. That makes me think. Listening to your heart means courage. Doing what your heart tells you to do is courage. That boils down to recognizing that your heart is the emotional essence of 'you'. Courage is being able to recognize it and accept your individuality, no matter how different one is from the rest. Therefore being true to yourself, being proud of yourself, accepting exactly who you are and what you feel is courage.
So courage is 'I am thrilled to be me. To feel what I feel, even if others don't understand it. To be as I am, even if others can't accept it. To react as I do, even if others can't relate to it. '
Courage is being completely in tune with who you are.


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Center for Promotion of Science exibition
History of numbers is the history of human civilization. Measuring by counting and the introduction of the abstract symbols that determine the quantity, as well as their latter mathematical evolution follows the ups and downs of cultures, ideas and philosophy.
The exibition will be held in the lobby of the second floor of the Faculty of Philosophy, on saturday, March 25.


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Summer Pursuit Series
Saturday 12th May - Saturday 18th August 2018
A series of seven fun races held on Saturdays. Sailing instructions can be found on the Southwick notice board before each day's race, courses use the inshore marks off Shoreham, with each race taking around 1.5 to 2 hours. There will be a Pursuit Supper at Southwick after the 18th August race. See the Sailing Handbook on the front page of the website for further details, race dates and times, or contact David Skinner or David Nunn who are the series organisers.


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Where workers are known to be exposed to nickel in the air, it is necessary to conduct air monitoring in order to determine whether worker exposures fall within permissible limits. A successful air monitoring program begins with a good understanding of the physical layout and processes of the workplace. Before any monitoring is undertaken, a visual survey of the site should be conducted in order to identify potential areas of significant exposure. Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) should also be reviewed and discussed with employees as another means of identifying potential problem areas. Only when these initial surveys have been completed and analyzed should the employer embark on an air monitoring program.
Characterization of exposure is a complex task that is best done by trained personnel. For facilities that lack the appropriate staff, certified occupational hygiene consultants are the suggested alternative. Governmental organizations may provide assistance on air monitoring or advice on where to obtain skilled help.
The components of an air monitoring program are:
Specific requirements for each of these components may differ from country to country; therefore, employers should consult the appropriate government agency or code for detailed procedures.
Air monitoring is not an end in itself but should be considered part of an overall program of risk assessment and management. Upon completion of an air monitoring survey, it is necessary to evaluate the results and decide whether any action is required to modify the sampling procedures or working environment.
Current nickel standards generally differentiate only between water-soluble and insoluble compounds and nickel carbonyl. Thus, the application of air monitoring techniques that collect total dust samples in combination with analyses that distinguish between compound solubilities has been sufficient to determine compliance. Recent work, however, indicates that health effects associated with nickel exposures may be dependent upon a number of factors, including chemical form (speciation), particle size, and solubility within biological fluids (as opposed to water) (see Section 5). Therefore, it is recommended that each worksite be characterized with regard to the individual nickel species present in the air and to the distribution of particle sizes in the aerosols.
New sampling instruments have been developed that measure inhalable aerosol (Mark and Vincent, 1986). The performance of these devices closely matches the human inhalation curves, adopted by the International Standards Organisation (ISO, 1984), the Comité Européen Normalisation (CEN, 1993) and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH, 1993-94). The ACGIH replaced the traditional 'total' aerosol concept with a new sampling convention based on human inhalability in their 1998 TLV recommendations for nickel. It should be noted that side-by-side comparisons of the inhalable sampler to "total" aerosol samplers (such as the 37 mm sampler) have shown that the inhalable sampler consistently measures 2-3 times more nickel aerosol than the 'total' sampler. (Tsai et al., 1995; Tsai et al., 1996a and 1996b).6 Consequently, when epidemiological data based upon "total" measurements form the basis of a hazard identification conversions of the results will have to be performed to establish new guidelines for using "inhalable" measures (i.e., the "total" values will have to be increased to account for the greater efficiency of the "inhalable" sampler).
(6) More information on this research is available from NiPERA.
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text: difficult child has been doing all that he is supposed to do and he went to his weekly PO meeting yesterday as planned. She didn't show up and so he had to fill out a report which he did. He then asked for a travel pass to go to our family TG dinner just over the state line. No one in the office would write it for him. They said it was up to his PO and since she wasn't there he couldn't get one. I am sooooooooooooooooooo angry. I'll be writing nasty letters for sure this time. husband and I and my other son are driving up to have brunch with difficult child at a diner or where ever we can find that is open. I am worried that difficult child will do something stupid because he is angry and depressed over not being able to come to the family dinner. I hope brunch with us will help a bit. Then after that we have to drive 2 1/2 hours in the other direction to get his grandfather at the nursing home and drive another hour to the relative's house who is hosting the dinner. then back to the nursing home with dad and then another hour to home UG! Thanksgiving day and we will log over 200 miles before all is complete. Then tomorrow we have to travel to upstate NY for a wedding. It's about an 8 hour ride for us. We just got back from my nephew's wedding on sunday night that was another 8 hour drive and two nights in a hotel for us. I am exhausted before I even get started today. -RM


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Think all First Nations oppose resource development? Not even close
>>> Joe Dion has a vision for energy development in Canada, and it includes First Nations. He is promoting the First Nations National Energy Strategy, which has been signed by nine oil and gas producing First Nations and promotes environmentally responsible energy development. It also calls for equity stakes in major projects for First Nations.
ALBERTA VENTURE: What support do you see for the First Nations National Energy Strategy? JOE DION: It has wide support among First Nations, even though some won't say they support it. It has good support from the oil industry folks. They may not want to give up equity but the fact is that if they don't give up equity, they don't get any projects. The premier read it. I had a chance to talk with her during the Calgary Stampede. She didn't say she would support it but I think she knows that without a broad consensus of First Nations support for something like this, these pipeline projects – any mega-projects in Canada – are in jeopardy of stalling. And I think Ottawa would accept it if we had enough consensus among First Nations that this is the way to go.
AV: How much consensus would be enough? JD: There will always be the diehards who, by virtue of their strong belief in the environment, are opposed. But we're all on that page, all Canadians, that the environment should be protected. At the same time, we have resources that need to be exploited, whether it's gold, coal, nickel or oil. It needs to be moved. When I say "consensus," that might be 60, 70 or 80 per cent, but I don't think any single First Nation can hold up a project and risk the other First Nations or, for that matter, our province and country. AV: Why the focus on equity positions? JD: I've been on this track for equity in lieu of land claims, money, revenue sharing, even cash payments. Cash payments can happen one time, but then be used up quickly. When it's gone, then what? This is a sustainable way of building communities and our country. And the pride of ownership is huge. If we can achieve this on pipelines, it becomes a template for other projects across the country, for hydro, for mining, for forestry, you name it.
AV: What if the project is a pipeline crossing unceded territory in B.C.? JD: I think there's a way to get around it. That's why I've said, "You give First Nations the benefit from these projects, the long-term benefits, and I don't see them opposing them."
AV: But 50 First Nations leaders recently signed a "treaty" opposing oil sands and pipeline development. What of them? JD: They have a position, and you respect that. We need to get a compromise with them and with First Nations like us who want to export oil, because if we export oil and get a better price for it, our profit margin improves and we can build more houses and more roads in our communities. If there's ownership by First Nations along the pipeline route, if there's revenue sharing at the wellhead, that's what's required. We need a fair revenue sharing arrangement with First Nations across the board.
AV: What is your ultimate goal? JD: We want to lift the First Nations out of poverty, and you achieve that by getting money into their hands to be able to afford their health care, housing, education. That's what's required. The $8.4 billion [over five years] that the federal government has proposed for First Nations is a drop in the bucket. –


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Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) launches a new service
On 17 June 2013 the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) launches a new service, called the Update Service. Individuals can choose to subscribe to the Update Service for an annual fee of £13, or free for volunteers. Their DBS certificate will be kept up-to-date so that they can take it with them from role to role within the same workforce. To find out more from the DBS department visit GOV.UK.
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