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SEMINAR | 32nd Annual Labor and Employment Seminar (Seattle)
Lawyers for Employers®
Best Practices For Best Employers™ Seminar
How to Become a Best Workplace Starting Today!
Best employers stay current on trends in employment law to avoid disruptive and expensive audits, charges and lawsuits. Please join us for our 32nd Annual Labor and Employment Seminar on September 9 as we team with Puget Sound Business Journal; Lake Washington Human Resource Association; and Parker, Smith & Feek to discuss current employment trends.
This annual seminar, geared toward employers, managers, human resource professionals and corporate counsel, is part of our ongoing Employment Law School For Managers® series.
This seminar has been pre-approved for 4.5 general CLE credit hours in Washington and 5 HR Certification Institute credit hours.
September 9, 2014
7:30 – 8 a.m. Registration and Breakfast
8 – 8:10 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
8:10 – 9:15 a.m. Annual Labor and Employment Law Update — Lessons for Best Employers
Laura T. Morse, Lane Powell PC
It can be hard to keep up with all the changes in employment law this year. From the U.S. Supreme Court to the City of Seattle and everywhere in between, employers are facing a litany of new rights and obligations. We will cover changes in state law, including Washington's new recognition of reasonable accommodation claims based on religion, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's new guidance on pregnancy in the workplace, the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions regarding contraception in Hobby Lobby, the recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board, Seattle's new minimum wage law and much more.
9:15 – 10 a.m. Revenge Is Sweet, but Has a Bitter Aftertaste — The Continued Surge in Retaliation and Whistleblowing
D. Michael Reilly, Lane Powell PC, and Edward Rhone, Parker, Smith & Feek
It's the fastest growing legal claim facing employers and in this session you will learn through a review of recent cases: (1) the newest arguments employers can use to defend retaliation cases; (2) developments that dramatically expand the rights and remedies of the would-be whistleblower; (3) the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's Nassar decision; and (4) the generic defense to a retaliation claim and how employers can negate an inference of "causation."
10 – 10:15 a.m. Break
10:15 – 11 a.m. How to Handle Mental Disabilities in the Workplace Without Losing Your Mind
Katheryn Bradley and Craig A. Day, Lane Powell PC
Katheryn Bradley will address how to comply with laws governing mental disabilities in the workplace, including what triggers the interactive process and what may be considered reasonable accommodations for mental disabilities. She will also address when an employer can demonstrate an undue hardship or direct threat and when an employer may terminate an employee with a mental disability. Craig Day will address how to manage short- and long-term disability policies and other benefits that may be due under retirement plans, equity plans and other nonqualified plans for employees who may be on disability leave or terminated because of a disability.
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. Employment Unplugged — The Effects of Mobile Technology on All Phases of the Employment Relationship
Jacob M. Downs and Kelly M. Lipscomb, Lane Powell PC, and David Stenhouse, DS Forensics, Inc.
Is your company using mobile technology in the employee-recruiting process or performing reference checks? Do you expect your employees to be available outside of work hours by way of a mobile device? Are these devices provided by the company or owned by the employee, and who owns the device and data both during and after employment? What safeguards are in place for when an employee misplaces a device holding company data? This session will: (1) discuss the benefits and detriments of using mobile technology in all phases of the employment relationship; (2) explore the practical application of having a "Bring Your Own Device" policy; (3) assess the technology security systems that may be beneficial to protect your company; and (4) provide you with the tools and knowledge to interface with IT and risk management to develop an effective approach to securing your company's data.
12 – 1 p.m. Lunch
12:30 – 1 p.m. Weed at Work — Will Your Drug-free Workplace Policy Go Up in Smoke?
Michael B. Harrington, Lane Powell PC
On November 6, 2012, Washington state became a national trailblazer when voters approved I-502, an initiative that legalized the recreational use of marijuana. As of December 6, 2012, it no longer violates state law for adults over the age of 21 to possess one ounce of marijuana. And beginning July 8, 2014, adults of the legal age are able to purchase marijuana in state-approved retail stores. However, employees shouldn't break out the Doritos® just yet — federal law still says that marijuana is illegal. What does this mean for your drug-free workplace policy and how do you make sure that your employees are at the top of their game when they are at work?
1 – 1:15 p.m. Break
1:15 – 2:15 p.m. May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor — More Tips to Avoid the Litigation Arena
Sarah Swale, Lane Powell PC
We can't teach you to shoot an arrow or throw a sack of flour, but we can give you the tools to avoid litigation in areas that might not be on your radar screen, including: will Seattle's new minimum wage affect my salaried employees? Is it ever okay to favor a particular gender in my hiring practices if the job demands it? Can my female employee get the year of protected leave she is requesting? Let us help you before you volunteer as tribute.
We outgrew our previous venue and moved to a new location this year.
Motif Seattle
Emerald Ballroom
1415 Fifth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
Please click here for directions.
(Please note that parking will be at your own expense.)
Cost for this seminar is $125 prepay online; $150 at the door. This seminar sold out last year, so early registration is encouraged.
Questions? Contact:
Kelsey Lamon
The use of this seal is not an endorsement by the HR Certification Institute of the quality of the program. It means that this program has met the HR Certification Institute's criteria to be pre-approved for recertification credit.


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Understanding the Universe: What's New in Astronomy 2003 VHS
Professor Alex Filippenko is back to teach this new course, Understanding the Universe: What's New in Astronomy, 2003. Find out about the latest developments in the exciting world of astronomy as Professor Filippenko returns to guide you through the remarkable discoveries astronomers and physicists have made during the last five years.
Like his first course, Understanding the Universe: What's New in Astronomy, 2003 is exceptionally visual. You don't simply hear about supernovae, quasars, gamma-ray bursts, or the stunning deep field photographs transmitted to us by the Hubble Space Telescope, you actually see them, as Professor Filippenko uses more than 700 images (600 new to this course — including pictures, diagrams, graphs, and even animations).
Professor Filippenko is an award-winning researcher, noted scholar, and teacher whose students have voted him "Best Professor on Campus" three times. Designed to accompany Professor Filippenko's original course, Understanding the Universe, An Introduction to Astronomy, filmed in 1998), this course also stands well on its own. 2 Part set of 3 VHS tapes each plus Guidebook.
Part I
Lecture 1: From Dawn to Dusk
Lecture 2: Exploring the Night Sky
Lecture 3: Recent Discoveries in Our Solar System
Lecture 4: Other Worlds Galore!
Lecture 5: The Formation and Evolution of Stars
Lecture 6: Supernovae — Catastrophic Stellar Explosions
Lecture 7: Gamma Ray Bursts and the Birth of Black Holes
Lecture 8: Observational Evidence for Black Holes
Part II
Lecture 9: Einstein's Relativity
Lecture 10: Cosmology and Cosmic Expansion
Lecture 11: The Birth and Evolution of Galaxies
Lecture 12: The Accelerating Expansion of the Universe
Lecture 13: The Stuff of the Cosmos
Lecture 14: Dark Energy — May the Force Be With You
Lecture 15: Theories of Everything, and Hidden Dimensions
Lecture 16: Our Universe, One of Many?
Understanding the Universe: What's New in Astronomy 2003 Lecture Transcript
By Alex Filippenko
Review the text while enjoying the lectures with the transcripts to Understanding the Universe: What's New in Astronomy 2003. These new Transcript Books are handy, soft-bound books that include everything already in the guidebooks that come with each lecture series, plus a lightly edited, professional transcript of the complete lectures themselves. Make notes on what you find most interesting as you listen or use the books on their own. 2 books, 213 pgs each.
Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy
Forty 45-minute lectures packaged in five bookshelf cases - a complete college course on videotape. Professor of the University of California, Berkeley and current ASP President, Alex Filippenko takes us on a journey through the heavens. Increase your knowledge in astronomy with this exceptional series or forty captivating lectures that will instruct, enlighten, and even amuse you. Without the need for extensive scientific background, youll gain a solid grasp of the basic laws that govern the cosmos. More than 600 spectacular images, including many from the Hubble Space Telescope, have been carefully integrated to ensure the best learning experience possible. Beginners in astronomy will learn more about the cosmos, astronomy buffs will gain a deeper knowledge in the latest cosmological theories, and the educator will become an expert in the classroom. 1999, VHS, 40 45-minute lectures in five bookshelf cases. High school and up.
Tours of the Night Sky
This best-selling ASP collection of 4 seasonal audio nightsky tours and 40-page booklet with star charts makes stargazing easy. Whether hiking, camping, or simply going out into your backyard, you can play these audio tours (either CD or cassette) on your portable player and embark on a magical tour of the heavens. Using the brightest stars as markers, you will soon effortlessly locate major constellations and discover their mythical origins. It's like having an astronomer by your side! Set includes 2 compact discs, 4 audio cassettes, 40-page booklet.
For use in North America. For all ages.
The Hubble Deep Fields Poster
Gaze down a 12 billion light-year corridor, with our oversized print that reveals thousands of never-before-seen galaxies. Printed on high-quality paper, this print includes both the North and South Deep Fields plus images of sky to put them in context. 28″ x 39″
Please note: posters must ship separately via USPS in a cardboard tube. If your order contains items in addition to a poster, an additional $7.95 shipping charge for the poster will be added to your order. If you are only ordering posters, the poster shipping charge will be a flat $7.95. The shipping charge in your cart may show a higher shipping charge but your credit card will only be charged $7.95 in shipping.
Star Quest Fundana
The Star Quest Fundana contains 33 of the most commonly known constellations which makes it the perfect tool to introduce the wonders of astronomy.
More Universe at Your Fingertips
Edited by Andrew Fraknoi and Dennis Schatz.
The best-selling astronomy education resource available just got better! The thousands of educators and astronomers who own the original Universe at Your Fingertips have asked us for more! Here are 25 new classroom-tested activities, a host of resource listings and teaching suggestions, plus a guide to reliable astronomy information and activities on the web. Activities include Measuring the Hubble Deep Field, Organizing the Galaxies, Sorting Saturn's Moons, Making a Mapping a Volcano, and many more! An indispensible supplement to the first notebook and a stand-alone guide to the most up-to-date astronomy education resources.Click here to view the Table of Contents for More Universe at Your Fingertips. This product is also available in Spanish. 180 sheets, 3-hole punched. For all grades.
Andromeda Galaxy Poster
This wonderful image of the Andromeda Galaxy from David Malin is digitally re-mastered to show much more detail and a greater extent to the galaxy. 24″ x 36″
Please note: posters must ship separately via USPS in a cardboard tube. If your order contains items in addition to a poster, an additional $7.95 shipping charge for the poster will be added to your order. If you are only ordering posters, the poster shipping charge will be a flat $7.95. The shipping charge in your cart may show a higher shipping charge but your credit card will only be charged $7.95 in shipping.
*SALE!* Cosmos in the Classroom 2007: Papers and Handouts from a Hands-on Symposium on Teaching Introductory Astronomy
Special sale, while supplies last, 1/3 off!
In August 2007, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and Pomona College hosted "Cosmos in the Classroom 2007," a 3-day conference on the most effective ways of teaching the introductory astronomy course for non-science majors. Edited by Andrew Fraknoi. 3-hole punched, loose-leaf, 8.5 x 11 inch, 265 pages, shrink-wrapped.
This 265-page, loose-leaf format volume includes 73 contributions by over a hundred experienced instructors, divided into the following categories:
1. Astronomy Education Research
2. Teaching Techniques
3. Laboratory Exercises, Demonstrations, and Observing Activities
4. On-line Teaching and Telescopes
5. Interdisciplinary Approaches
6. Debunking Pseudo-science
7. Resources for Teaching and Learning
8. Other Educational Topics.
Designed for university, college, and high-school faculty who teach a first astronomy course, the volume is full of practical advice, reviews of instructional tools, curriculum guides, and class activities you can put to direct use. Both instructors just starting out in their teaching and veteran instructors seeking to update or revitalize their course will find things of interest in among the many different papers and guides to additional resources in this handy notebook.
A special feature is the inclusion of meeting discussion summaries on such topics as:
- Should you have a separate lab course
- What do we need from textbooks
- What topics to drop from a one-semester course
- Special challenges of being a part-time instructor
- Running an on-campus planetarium
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I could write 4000 words analyzing my life-and-times, and how it relates to the number of common things I simply don't know.
Let's skip that and go right to listing two of those things that have come to recent attention:
1) Figs are actual things. Up until last week, I truly thought "fig" was short for Fig Newtons, the popular cookie that I now realize is among the foods I've never eaten.
2) Shamrocks are actual things. I'd never actually thought about this until I actually thought about it. For me, the word has always been associated with Shamrock Shakes, or that boat the Pilgrims came on, or etc. Part of me thinks I assumed shamrock was another word for clover, but I can say with 100% assurance that's not true. Shamrocks are one of my Life Blind Spots.
As I write this concluding sentence, it occurs to me that I've not bothered to Google either of the above items, so I might just be taking someone else's word on this, and it's all a big trick.
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The Official DIY Book Scanner Store is open, and there are now kits in stock! Here are the design files. Read the complete store post for more.
I ship primarily to the US, but if you're international/elsewhere, send me a PM or email.
The kits are currently selling for $475 and include an LED light.
The kits are cut from true Baltic Birch (18mm).
The complete hardware list is available on the kit page.
I typically ship twice per week; Tuesday and Thursday.
Unlike the betas, these kits do not include a mechanical trigger -but you can still buy it separately.
SO many pieces!
Here's a shot of the hardware you'll be getting:
[50] 1 5/8" drywall screws
[40] 5/16" washers
[14] 2" 5/16" bolts
[2] 8" threaded rods
[2] Wing nuts
[1] 12" threaded rod
[1] PVC pipe section
[8] 3/4" drywall screws
[4] 1" wood screws
[2] Wood pulleys
[24] Skate Bearings
[8] Small Felt Pads
[8] Chrome-plated angle brackets.
[2] Long felt strips
[4] 2.5" fully threaded 5/16" bolts
[1] 10W LED light with US plug.
This is what the extremely high-quality Baltic Birch looks like when it comes out of the machine:
I'm proud to say that all the wood parts are made right here in Los Angeles on wonderful, peaceful robots.
I'm going to copy/paste the store text here - later I will update it into a cohesive post.
Hey! This is the official Do It Yourself (DIY) Book Scanner kit. This is going to be long; get yourself some coffee and settle in.
First and foremost, this is a beta. It's not a consumer product like you might buy in a store. It requires that you Do Some Things Yourself! It's made for book lovers, tinkerers, and builders. If you're not a builder or tinkerer yet, this is a good place to start. But don't buy this kit if you don't want to learn how to build things - you will learn a lot as you build it. Getting to a complete, working scanner will require some perseverance on your part - building this kit is just the first step. Configuring it, and figuring out the best software workflow are individual to your project and also require time and effort.
The good thing is that there is a large community of people, including me, who will help you at http://www.diybookscanner.org/forum; the bad thing is that I cannot offer personal help via email for every question you may have. Also, I personally offer ONLY hardware support. Software is not my strength. For that, you'll have to use the forums.
Another thing I have to cover right away: the first batch of these kits included an experimental mechanical bicycle brake camera trigger system (which is also mentioned in the video below). Honestly, most people found it unsatisfying. It is no longer included in the kit. If you really want it, or you feel comfortable tinkering with it to get it right, you can buy it separately. I'll make them available soon.There are many other options for triggering your cameras. You can do it with software, with hardware, and with custom firmware. We can talk about triggering on the forums. Contact me if you have any problems registering there.
THE BIG IDEA(s)
DIY Book Scanning is using cheap cameras (like Canon Powershots) and Free software to digitize books quickly and effectively. With a a scanner of this design, people have been able to copy 400-1200 pages an hour for post-processing.
This scanner is the result of three years of intensive work by myself and my crew of over 3,000 collaborators, who have contributed hundreds of ideas, thousands of hours and lines of code, and millions of pageviews to the DIY Book Scanner project. In this hardware design, I tried to collect the best parts of that effort, and make it manufacturable and Open Hardware to the core. Endless nights, weekends, and several cross-state moves later, here it is.
I made this design specifically to be installed in "Hackerspaces" which are new community workshops for builder-types to come together and share skills. The dream is to put one within driving distance of every person on Earth. It may take a few years, but I believe the dream (and the hardware) are compelling enough to make it happen. For now, I'm selling one to all interested parties with the intention of building a community around this design - one that can help me vet the hardware, prove the design, and smooth out the software so that we're all scanning books with a minimum of fuss.
In the fullness of time, I hope they become so widely available at community spaces that I can stop selling them.
1. All the wood parts.
2. An LED light that is bright enough for most compact cameras.
3. All the fasteners, bearings, a handle, felt pads, etc.
In total, the kit is over FORTY POUNDS (40lbs) of hardware. The package that will come to you is 23x27x7 inches in size. It's a surprisingly heavy box with a surprising number of parts in it. Wood parts! Cut from GORGEOUS, EXPENSIVE, FLAT Baltic Birch Plywood.
They'll come packed like this:
And the fasteners, hardware, felt, bungees, and LED light all laid out:
[50] 1 5/8" drywall screws
[40] 5/16" washers
[14] 2" 5/16" bolts
[2] 8" threaded rods
[2] Wing nuts
[1] 12" threaded rod
[1] PVC pipe section
[8] 3/4" drywall screws
[4] 1" wood screws
[2] Wood pulleys
[24] Skate Bearings
[8] Small Felt Pads
[8] Chrome-plated angle brackets.
[2] Long felt strips
[4] 2.5" fully threaded 5/16" bolts
[1] 10W LED light with US plug.
Whew! That's a lot of hardware. It weighs a lot and the box is large. So keep in mind that shipping is expensive, between $45 and $120 depending on where you are.
FYI, some of the parts may have splinters or need some sanding. I do personally sand every part but not to a furniture-finish. Not everything will be absolutely perfect; occasionally there may be a part that doesn't fit right. It's normal to have to sand a little, but fit issues are something you should contact me about.
The Kit DOES NOT include:
1. Glass (11x14" panes, available cheap at Home Depot)
2. Paint (Flat black, also available cheap and local)
3. Cameras (up to you; people are testing many different models of cheap Canon cameras now)
Some people were bothered that glass is not included. I apologize; I tried shipping glass repeatedly; the weight of the wood and the brutality of the shipper (USPS) smashes it, even when well-packed. It would cost a lot of money to pack well enough to include glass.
I have a complete Shopping List online here. The kit already includes most of it, but you can see details on the glass, paint, and other hardware. Here is a similar document for cameras. They're editable - please update them with your experiences!
This scanner is Open Hardware. That means you get the design files with it and you can use them almost any way you like. I strongly recommend checking the design files out here if you are at all interested.
HERE is the assembly manual for the LAST VERSION. It is currently being updated for this version. THIS PRODUCT PAGE that you are currently viewing, has the latest information on parts counts. Please do not use the parts counts in the manual, please use THIS PAGE. That said, the manual is still accurate for ~90% of the assembly that you'll be doing. Read it.
I've put up a TON of videos about this scanner, including a complete series on how to build one. If you have time, watch this overview video on the very first prototype of this scanner. Some things have changed, and many problems have been solved, but the basic truths of this video are still correct:
OK, if you've seen all that, and you still want more...well, there is a lot more.
Here is some very important context for the project and why things are the way they are:
Daniel Reetz - "DIY Book Scanning" from adafruit industries on Vimeo.
If you're still thinking about buying a kit, or are wondering about design decisions or considering building one yourself, I strongly encourage you read these two very important and very long threads where I built the scanner from scratch:
"A DIY Book Scanner in Every Hackerspace/DIY Kit"
"Daniel's Work Thread: Toward a Hackerspace Scanner"
PS. The assembled dimensions of the scanner are roughly 26x20x36 W*D*H.


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Like most mid-sized corporations, our company grew organically until it was big enough to require certain kinds of structures to make things work better as we scaled up. Initially our AD infrastructure was small, but we're tightening things up now and running a lot of group policy scripts to protect the users from themselves. However, we have a couple of departments that use Sharepoint and up until now we've treated them as tiny islands. Is there an easier way to manage corporate governance policies on Sharepoint so we can bring these servers under the IT department's control?
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Microsoft has been working on governance issues for Sharepoint since 2004 or so, and you can learn a lot about managing Sharepoint in a corporate environment by checking out the articles in Technet. Licensing obviously varies based on your Microsoft licensing agreements, but the costs are about $6000/server, or if you're running a farm of Sharepoint servers, it can cost close to $5000 + $1200 per server on the farm. If the IT department is to take ownership of multiple Sharepoint servers, there may be some benefits to migrating them to virtual machines and running them on some kind of cluster to make maintenance a little more homogeneous.


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The rewards of exploring the vagina to find the G-spot are plentiful and pleasurable.
The G-spot is found one and a half to three inches up the front (anterior) wall of the vagina, and is generally characterized as being a noticeably rough texture compared to the vaginal wall, sometimes described as having a 'ridged' feel to it. To begin exploring the vagina, insert your index or middle finger into your vagina as far as it will comfortably go (this is easier – and more fun – with a partner) and run your fingertip along this anterior wall. You may feel the change in texture that usually indicates the location of your G-spot, or you may feel that you've come in contact with a sensitive spot within your vagina.
Because the G-spot is not located on the surface of the vaginal wall, but within the tissue, you'll have to apply a small amount of pressure by curling your finger in a 'come hither' gesture when you've found this sensitive spot by exploring the vagina.


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The recent announcement that President Obama will be visiting Burma in a few days is the most startling indicator of how quickly relations have thawed between the two countries.
Obama is set to visit Burma November 18-19 (the first incumbent U.S. President to do so) as part of a reaching out of the Obama Administration to the reformist regime. "Washington has invited Myanmar to observe its 'Cobra Gold' military exercise in Thailand early next year, announced an expansion of aid and whittling away of economic sanctions," reports the Los Angeles Times. And Secretary of State Hillary Clinton preceded Obama with a trip to Burma last winter.
Thein Sein, an ex-general who became Burma's president last year, is being mentioned in the same breath as a more famous reformer.
"He is sometimes called the Mikhail Gorbachev of Myanmar [the name the junta gave the country], a once-loyal apparatchik of one of the world's most brutal military dictatorships who is chipping away at some of its worst legacies -- freeing political prisoners, partially unshackling the press and allowing the long-persecuted opposition to run for election," wrote the New York Times earlier this year.
The question here is how genuine are Sein's attempts, and here we get into tricky territory.
"We think [Obama's] visit is premature," Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch told the Los Angeles Times. "What is actually the rush?"
At the same time, Human Rights Watch acknowledges on its website that "Myanmar under President Thein Sein's government has made some important strides in changing its previously appalling performance on human rights," even as it lists the problems that remain.
There are hundreds of political prisoners in jail, though hundreds others have been released. The regime is continuing its repression of ethnic minorities such as the Kachins. And, in the most infamous recent episode, there's been official apathy as scores of the country's Rohingya Muslims have been killed and tens of thousands made homeless by the dominant Buddhist majority.
There has been real progress toward democratization in the country, though. Aung San Suu Kyi, the global icon of nonviolent resistance, has been allowed to enter Parliament along with forty-plus fellow members of her party. She was also permitted recently to make historic visits to Europe and the United States. Suu Kyi was kept in custody by the regime for fifteen long years, and so the latitude being given to her is almost unbelievable.
Despite the positive changes, let's not kid ourselves. Much of U.S. policy in Asia is based on efforts to "contain" China.
"In November 2011, President Obama stood before the Australian Parliament and issued a veiled challenge to China's ambitions in Asia: 'As a Pacific nation, the United States will play a larger and long-term role in shaping this region and its future,'" the New York Times reported last Sunday. "A year later, the details of his pledge -- along with a nascent American military buildup in the Pacific -- are emerging."
Burma, which has long been very cozy with the Chinese regime, is part of that strategy of containment. The Obama Administration hopes to reorient it toward the West.
Obama's visit "fits with its so-called pivot strategy aimed at checking China's influence by bolstering military and political ties with democracies on its periphery," reports the Los Angeles Times.
The only problem is that Burma is not a democracy.
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The Speed Conditioning Workout
Hip rotations
Stand with feet at outside hip width and rotate right leg forward in a circular motion. Then, rotate backward. Repeat on other side.
Reps: 10
Wall swings (lateral)
Reps: 10
Face a wall and place both hands on wall. Swing one leg across body and back out.
Wall swings (saggital)
Place one hand on wall so you're perpendicular to it, facing the back of the room. Kick one leg forward, then backward. Repeat on other side.
Reps: 10
Spider-Man steps
Reps: 12 (each side)
While in pushup position, step forward with left leg so your heel is two inches away from your left hand. Repeat on right side.
Reps: 10 (5 each side)
Do a pushup, and then pivot your body to the side so you're facing the side with one hand posted on side and the other in the air.
Glute hip bridges
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While lying on ground with one knee bent, hug your knee to your body. Then, do a hip bridge with the single leg that is bent on the ground, driving through the heel.
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Man that sucks.
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Hey all,
I'd like to have some tubes on hand to compare when I recieve my Taboo. I will try the Phillips 5R4GYS rectifier. Would the Philips or Tungsram 6BQ5/EL84 offered by Upscale have any promise? Any suggestions for something to try for the input tube? There seem to be a lot of options in that family.
Thanks for the help
Hey all,
I'd like to have some tubes on hand to compare when I recieve my Taboo. I will try the Phillips 5R4GYS rectifier. Would the Philips or Tungsram 6BQ5/EL84 offered by Upscale have any promise? Any suggestions for something to try for the input tube? There seem to be a lot of options in that family.
Thanks for the help
Both are tubes of excellent reputation. Also try Tubemaze for good used EKL84 tell Nikolay I recommended you I paid 75.00 for Amperex O getter and they are very nice and quiet strong tubes.
Guys for anyone interested I have my first article published on Dagogo.com and joined the staff for reviews as well there in addition to my contributions here. The Taboo review will appear there also and my Bio and commentary are now up for anyone interested.
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That, or someone is having a lot of fun updating orders :D
They just updated my order to Cherry! I got Frank's CSP in yesterday and fell in love with the Cherry base.
So, now I am officially on the list of people delayed and waiting for a base. Sadly, the woodworker suffered a heart attack and is recovering. I pray he gets better very soon, as he is an incredible craftsman. I will wait for the Cherry base because I want the two amps to look good together.
Seeing this amp makes me wish I could swing their 5,000 speakers, though
Incredible build quality! This stuff is not just electronics, it is art. Hand created by real people. I feel fortunate to be in a position to be able to own such a beautifully crafted amp.
I am counting the days....
Matt glad your enjoying the CSP2 and I feel its in good hands and it will become your go to amp for headphones. The two together will keep you satisfied for a very long time.
I am glad you enjoyed the article and thanks for the kind words
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And may it bring you (and us) many interesting opportunities and perspectives!
(would clink glasses at this point but hard to do on an iPad in mobile mode).
Thanks Aidee I really appreciate it and still look foward to my contributions here as well. It is an exciting time to be in the hobby.
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Testing QC....Tick Tick......
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wondering if I can get some ?s answered, I am in line for the MKIII! my first venture into a home rig, which I thought I'd never do it, but I got some full sized headgear (HE400 & 500, and HD600 & 650s) and want to hear how it can sound out of something nice, other then thru my portable grear, which really sounds awesome, and then I came across Erics visit to Decware, I was sunk from there, well that and there introductory offer,
I will be using my iPod thru my CLAS or HP-P1 as a source, I guess I don't need a 3.5 input jack as the 3.5 to RCAs sould do just fine?
I asked about getting one 3 and one 4 pin XLR as outputs? as I don't have any balanced cables atm. I thought it would be nice to have the flexaability with one of each? or will adapters work nicely, get 2 4 pins, and and adapters to 3 pin XLRs? are there any advantages to having one pin over the other? my first step into balanced cables, and I don't really know a damned thing? I feel as if I am jumping in over my head, is the Taboo a good first step for a newbie? oh well too late Steve took my down payment, lol,
and maybe a 3.5 output with lower gain for IEMs? which will more then likely prove futile? as the gain should be fine for IEMs as is? and overkill with the MKIII, will more then likely just fall in love with the HEs?
any suggestions as for trying out tubes, I read on some earlier in the thred, still have alot more to read up on though, ggrrrr, this is going to be fun and expensive? I would like to get some ahead of time to try out? and I don't know a damned thing about tubes euther? there where some listed up on Decwares site, yep I am over my head, luckily I can hold my breath, lol,


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Unfamiliar with Flat 84? Don't worry! We are going to rectify that right now…
Flat 84 is an online fashion boutique for both men and women. They carry several cool labels including Vivienne Westwood and Grey Ant just to name a few. There are so many great pieces, both Lukus and myself have been known to wear Flat 84 finds!
So when they asked if I would play dress up, errr…model a few pieces for the site I jumped at the chance! The shoot was a blast, I had to share some of the behind the scenes photos with you:
This is just one of the looks I had fun trying out! There are several sheer tops perfect for spring.
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Building a birdhouse might have been a worthwhile vocation skill in the 1970s, but as the vacuum of construction sector's free fall is filled by STEM jobs, shop class needs a reboot. Minnesota's Lewston-Altura school district is now giving students hands-on experience with the very circuit boards that power the technology world. Building computers in shop class is an innovative move that makes school more relevant, reduces costs, and gives girls confidence that they can, literally, construct the future of computers.
The mass undertaking had its roots in a simple problem: "Technology Director Gene Berg was setting up a new computer lab several years ago, four of the 24 new computers didn't work," reports NBC affiliate, WBIR news. The problem inspired Berg to turn to students to solve the problem. What began with a few fixed computers expanded into a full-fledged lesson. Now, Shop class includes a computer section where students learn about "components, rebuilding, and upgrading."
Aside from the obvious benefit of introducing students to technology, the district discovered two other major bonuses:
1. Cost Savings
"Students fix about 70 computers during the session," says the report. "Over the years, that's added up to hundreds of computers, and thousands of dollars the district's saved, all while educating the students." Cash-strapped schools have increasingly turned to free or low-cost online tools, but this seems like one of the first student-powered solutions.
2. Girl Power
Unlike universities, high schools have few electives, offering one can be tantamount to requiring a large portion of the school to learn the subject. Inevitably, that means a sizable chunk of the female student body will be installing circuit boards along side their male counterparts. The report profiled two particular girls fixing a computer; "You usually think of technology as a man area," one teenager said, and, immediately, her colleague jumped in, adding, "Like, women can do stuff men can do!" Yes, they can, and Lewston-Altura is on the forefront of helping all students understand their role in the future of our changing economy.
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A "picnic" strips eating down to a simpler form. The trappings of a restaurant and its flurry of activity is absent. One can focus on the beauty of their natural surroundings and the food and drink that nourishes them. In essence, our menu is what we offer on our shelves. With the continual rotation of the seasons, our cuisine reflects the weather outside.
Wine, cheese, pate, salumi, duck confit and pork rillettes and other charcuterie, salads of locally grown vegetables and fruits at the peak of their season and bursting with flavor and juice. At picnic, we provide our neighbors with restaurant caliber meals to be enjoyed in the privacy of their own home or even on a blanket in the park.
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We are the people behind picnic. Professionally trained chefs and lifelong lovers of food and wine. This venture has been formulating in our minds over the course of the past several years. Our inspiration for picnic was to offer restaurant caliber food to takeaway paired with an extensive collection of affordable excellent wine. Our focus is on flavor with sustenance. We are also huge proponents of sustainability with much respect for nature and for the earth and what it provides all of us.
We have traveled together extensively in the wine country of California, Oregon, and Washington. And we have dined in the finest restaurants in Seattle, Northern California, New York, Chicago, Washington DC and Europe. We have eaten a lot! We know food and we love working with our hands to make beautiful, balanced, and proper food. We will both work to develop relationships with farmers, local artisans and our customers.
Most recently, Anson helped Jason Wilson open the hugely popular Crush restaurant. While Jenny graduated at the top of her class from the highly-esteemed Seattle Culinary Academy.
Cooking is our craft. We thank those who shared this craft with us. It is with pride that we share all that we have learned with you.
The menu at picnic will be a collaboration of what we each feel like cooking that day.
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Price paid: $ 98.88
Purchased from: Walmart
Features: A 21 fret bolt-on guitar. Strat-look-a-like and Tele-style bridge. One volume knob and one tone knob. A single humbucker pickup and no Switch. Okay for a beginner but bad if you actually want something worthwile. Not only is this guitar excessively poor performance-wise but it can't stay tuned for longer than a week. Surprisingly, the strings provided with the instrument have still not snapped and it has been over two years now! This guitar is played on a regular basis. Comes with a 10-watt portable amp, gig bag, cord, and that's it! No strap and the cord died out on me after a month. // 3
Sound: Pretty lousy since you can either have the tone knob on 10 or 1 or in between if you prefer; with no Switch basically making it sound the same. It sounds bad through a 10-watt portable amp and even through a 30-watt Dinatouch 300 DSP Champion Fender amp, it still sounds like crap. The G string is horribly out of tune at all times and this may be due to poor worksmanship. It is very noisy with distortion on and no matter how hard you palm-mute, the high strings can always be heard. Don't expect to woo anyone with this. // 2
Action, Fit & Finish: It was tuned and that's about it. After a week, it wasn't tuned anymore. There is a significant flaw, the third fret is misplaced and slightly hanging over the edge of the neck, therefore the high e string sometimes gets caught behind this fret, not very good at all. The knobs are not loose but the pickups move around. // 2
Reliability & Durability: This guitar will probably be able to play live but it will not produce a great sound at all. The hardware will probably not last but the strap buttons are on solid. It isn't really dependable due to its inability to stay in tune and would definately not be used as a backup. // 1
Overall Impression: You basically get what you pay for and my advice to anybody would be to steer clear of this guitar. Get a guitar worth your while because I am sure that this guitar has caused many people to hate playing guitar and even discouraged others. I have been playing for 4+ years now and wish I had tried this guitar out before buying it, althoug it did come in a case, so that was out of the question. No wonder this can't be found in any reliable guitar shop. If this were stolen or lost, I wouldn't really care, good riddance. There is nothing to love and a lot to hate. // 1
Price paid: $ 49.99
Purchased from: eBay
Features: This 21 fret Strat style guitar has a rosewood neck. It has an ordinary medium glossy black finish. The bridge is Tele-style and it comes with the knob set up of your ordinary Stratocaster (5 way-sel., volume, 2 tones etc). It has a humbucker pickup for the bridge, and two regular strat-style pickups for the mid and the neck. This guitar is a decently looking guitar. It came complete with a 10 watt practice amp, strings, chord, guitar book and all the Starter Kit goodies. // 9
Sound: This guitar suits my music style well (classic rock to modern rock and anythign in between) I use a Peavey 30 watt amp and a MD-2 Dist. pedal. This guitar only gets really noisy on the bridge pickup. The variety of this guitar is not as good as an average guitar, but I did only pay 50 dollars for it, so I'm not complaining, a guitar is a guitar when you are starting out. // 5
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar was very well set-up at the factory, I barely even had to tune it when I got it outta the box. The guitar did not contain any flaws that I can catch. // 8
Reliability & Durability: This guitar already has few chips in the paint, I'm dissapointed, because the finish chips right off and breaks in pieces, it doesnt take chunks, it cracks it good. I think that eventualy it will wear down becasue of the price I paid for it, but it has held up for the past 6 months pretty well. // 6
Overall Impression: I play just about anything that I can get my hands on so I would have to say classic rock. This guitar I bought only to get the amp, and it is currently a display model hanging up to show off. If this was stolen or lost, or broken I would not consider getting a new one. I would save my money up for something more useful. But if you are looking to try guitar out, and give up easily, and you don't want to spend a lot of money, this package would be the one that you should want to get. // 8
Price paid: $ 50
Features: This guitar is the kind of guitar you buy for someone who isn't sure whether or not they want to start playing guitar or not. You got your basic volume and tone, along with the neck Switch thing, but thats it. Everything else on it looks generic, I don't think anyone could tell you what brand of parts on there. It is very limited overall; 21 frets, not a very fast moving fret board, just a good old Walmart guitar. // 6
Sound: I found this tone to be some of the dryest I have ever heard. It can't really handle being cranked through an amp too loud because it feeds back and isn't made for anything huge. It isn't bad if you have a decent amp and keep it at a reasonable volume, but you can't get too much versatality out of it such as going from metal to blues or something. It sounds just like what it is, one of the cheapest guitars you can buy. // 7
Action, Fit & Finish: Now I am not just ranking down on this guitar because it is First Act, but when I looked at the wireing inside I couldn't help but laugh. The wireing looked like a disaster, and seemed like they were doing the sawdering as if it was in the middle of an earthquake. The action was normal though, and the pick ups were set just fine. Another flaw was that for some reason the higher frets on the high string buzz horribly because of a messed up fret. Other than that it looked pretty normal. // 7
Reliability & Durability: I could never trust this guitar to be honest, this thing is meant to practice with by yourself but not for a reliable guitar during a gig. The hardware and overall put together just doesn't seem like it would last very long when you compare it to more expensive guitars. I wouldn't try to see if it can withstand damage because I would be afraid of the poor thing snapping. // 6
Overall Impression: This was a huge mistake on my part buying it from a friend who didnt want it anymore. It doesnt fit my musical style at all, whether it be Steve Vai, Stevie Ray Vaughn, or Helloween, it just can't accomplish a tone that can be taken seriously. I have been playing for about 4 years and this guitar I just use to take apart and put back together to learn from. However, besides all my complaining, this is an extremely cheap guitar, so don't ask 700$ worth of tone to come out of it. It is made to be what it is, a cheap guitar to give to your kid who "kind of" wants to start playing. However if your not careful they are going to pick it up and not want to ever play again! No, no I kid, but overall I say its not the best guitar, but it's also one of the cheapest. // 7
Price paid: $ 100
Features: 21 fret bolt on neck. I don't know what kind of wood it's made out of or where it's from, but it's a piece of junk. Mines got a double cut away body done in a glossy black color. I don't know exactly what the bridge is, but it's also a piece of junk. First there are screws in it that are constantly getting stripped and lowering th eaction to an unplayable level, and the bridge just also makes it hard to PM. I don't know if I just have bad technique, but I borrowed my friends Ibanez and I could PM just fine. My guitar came with a decent strap (falls off often) and a crappy cable that has now stopped working. // 2
Sound: I run mine through a Fender 25 Watt amp with reverb and a Boss D-1 Distortion pedal. It comes with a small and cheap 10 watt amp w/overdrive that really doesnt't do to much. About a year after purchase the amp stopped working all together. I play mostly rock and metal and the guitar was decent sounding for it. It was noisy when you Switch to the neck pickup, but it gives off a warm and bright tone, it's decent to play the intro to Sweet Child O' Mine, or making somewhat acustic sounds such as the intro to Fade to Black. My guitar came with two single coils and a humbucker. The humbucker is usually what I play on or I will use the neck. I usually don't use the middle pickup. The guitar comes with a volume and two tone knobs, which really don't affect anything. // 2
Action, Fit & Finish: The guitar is not a great one by any means, but there wasn't to much that was wrong with it right out of the box besides just being extremly out of tune. I would recomend putting on new strings almost immediatly though. The finish isnt great and picks up small scratches and smudges easy, and the pick guard is next to impossible to get to look nice. The action was a little high out of the box, but nothing that made me not want to learn to play. // 5
Reliability & Durability: I would never even think of playing this guitar at a gig unless my guitars necks broke off or something catastrophic like that happened. It would probally be worth re-stringed a guitar with a floyd rose than play this Live. The strap buttons actually popped off because of bad screws put in, so I would also recomend replacing the buttons all together with bigger screws incase the holes get stripped, and if you want to use the strap it comes with get strap locks because the strap easily comes off. The jack you put the chord in has recently become very lose and the chord it came with wont even stay in any more. Besides the smudges and small scratches, the finish has held up decent over almost 2 years of playing. // 1
Overall Impression: Overall if you want to get a starter guitar, only get this if the kid is young, or if you really don't think they'll stick with the instrument. Squier, Ibanez, BC Rich, and Epiphone all put out way better starter packs, but they are a bit more expensives. I've had the guitar for 2 years and it's still the only guitar I own besides my cheap yard sale acustic. If this guitar was lost or stolen I think I would thank the person and go buy something better. The only thing I love about this guitar is it plays music and I tought myself to play on it. The guitar was a surprise Christmas gift so there wasn't much I could ask anyone or compare it to but I recomend buying a Squire or Epiphone starter pack. // 2
Price paid: $ 175
Purchased from: wal-mart
Features: Well then I got this a year ago just something cheap to play on and smash around so my good guitar would be well still good. This is a 2005 or 2004 model, it's mostly a Fender Strat rip off same headstock, 21 frets, same setup but only with bad gear. The tuners are only good for scrap metal if thay are even metal, the pickups are very poor lots of buzzing. And the thing just falls apart without a reason. // 3
Sound: I play a wide range of styles and this cannot play eny of them metal forget it, punk's alright on it but only because of the cheap sound, classic rock no way man, rock no no amego, only a real bad cheap sound. And I play this on a Vox tube amp which plays with a charm on enything else. This try's to do what Strat does with three pickup deal neck, middle, and brige all are bad. // 2
Action, Fit & Finish: This came un tuned the action was good the pickup were at a good setting too. Everything was loose after a month or two the finsh was good though. The brige saddle's were a little low but a quick fix the nut was a little loose to. // 3
Reliability & Durability: If you want to go live with this forget it it would junk out into one song. The hardware is cheap what can I say not much time before that's gone. This make's a good smash up guitar just to mess around on that's really it. // 3
Overall Impression: I have seen some bad guitar's but this is worse if you want a good guitar buy the one that this try's to look like a Fender Strat that my veiw of it. // 1
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Athlete Profile
Athlete: Michael Sweeney
How I Eat
I eat strict Paleo
I eat quality foods but don't measure the amount
Paleo light diet. Bread once in awhile and occasionally pizza and beer
How I Train
I workout mostly at a CrossFit Affiliate
I have a coach who determines my programming
I record my workouts
Crossfit Milford CT. Five days a week and follow the posted Wod's
My Athletic Background
I played youth or high school level sports
I played college sports
I regularly play recreational sports
High School Football, Baseball and Wrestling. 4 years College Baseball.
My Experience With CrossFit
I began CrossFit with a coach (e.g. at an affiliate)
I have had a life changing experience due to CrossFit
Began Crossfit in July 2012.
My Work/Rest Schedule
I usually only do 1 workout a day
I typically rest 4 or more days per month
Work out 5 days a week and rest days are determined by my work schedule but mostly 2 rest days a week
How long have you been doing CrossFit?
1-2 years
Since July 2012


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The Peace Jesus Brings
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Biblically sound, well thought-out, relevant and clearly understandable by members of the congregation... and for me personally, helpful in my walk with the Lord Jesus Christ. Thanks Matt.
Jojo Bive
I disagree with the previous post that the article is merely a 'nice sermon for a college or seminary chapel service.' While it qualifies as a seminary chapel service sermon, I dont think the man on the pew is too dumb enough not to get the whole drift of the message. It is even argued that 'there is no good news in the sermon, just theory.' I wonder what theory is he talking about. The shalom concept of the Hebrew people is far from being a theory. This shalom is emphasized in the New Testament through the work of Christ. It anticipates the fulfillment of the shalom of Christ by the introduction of the New Creation. The author focused on the metanarrative of Christmas. Some may not sit well with this because of the commercializing of the Christmas story. But we need sermons like this to give us the broader Biblical view of the Advent of Christ.
Derek Carver
Right now, in the middle of a raging congregational storm, the challenge to the 'people in the pews' to be peacemakers, because the Jesus in them IS peace itself, would be a great message. To realise, to actually believe, that Jesus IS our peace - present tense - is mind-blowing and Spirit-lifting. To know that we have peace - guaranteed by 2 Peter 1:3,4 - is to realise we can be peacemakers, simply by our presence in a situation, since we bring His Presence with us by His Spirit (His character and nature) in us. Hallelujah!
Judge Morris
I agree with Bruce Donald. I can think of more than a few members in the pews that sit before me each Sunday that would leave with a better sense of why they were created and the powerful possibility of experiencing a "peace beyond understanding."
bruce donald
I feel I need to reply to the injustice I hear in the pervious reveiwers thoughts. "there is no good news in the sermon just theory"? "He will be their peace" and "God calls the lame and the outcast to be his peacemakers" Isn't that good news?! I could go on but enough said


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The dual role of the Optometric Technician
In my practice, all optometric technicians are trained to perform duties in both clinical pretesting and optical dispensing.Ā While most eye care practices separate those two functions and assign them to different staff members, it's really not difficult at all to combine the tasks.Ā
Having staff handle both duties can seem like quite a culture shift, but I approach it like it is no big deal and when I adopt that view, the staff does as well.Ā It is not hard to train an optician to do pretesting.Ā Most automated instruments work by just lining them up and pushing a button.Ā It is a bit harder to train a pretester to be a good optician - but we don't need all staff members to be master opticians, they just need to know how to do a frame selection (easy), know how to measure a PD and seg height (fairly easy) and know how to figure out vision plan pricing (not real easy, but doable especially if you make your own in-office worksheet to guide employees through it).
Of course, you should always follow your state law when it comes to licensed opticians and delegation to staff.Ā In many cases, if there is a licensed optometrist on the premises, non-licensed employees can work under his or her supervision.
The benefits of the dual role
There are several benefits to having all technicians able to dispense and fit eyewear.
Scribing is the third role
The ultimate in efficiency occurs when you take staff members who are skilled in pretesting and optical dispensing and train them to scribe.Ā Now you have the ideal situation where a technician calls a patient in from the reception area, introduces herself, does all the pretesting, stays in the exam room during the doctor's portion of the visit, records data and listens to the doctor's recommendations and disposition.Ā At the end of the exam, the doctor says goodbye and leaves the room first.Ā The technician carries out whatever additional services are needed: it could be additional diagnostic testing (like fields or OCT), dilation (work the patient back in to the doctor later), trial contact lens insertion, frame selection, ordering of glasses or referral to outside specialists.Ā The technician also takes care of all coding, billing (doctor can help if needed) and the next appointment date and then turns the patient over to a business office staff for check out.
Scribing is very common among ophthalmology practices, but the clinic and optical are generally completely separate.Ā Optometrists can easily put all three roles together for optimum efficiency.Ā Scribing is not expensive; it pays for itself and is really quite practical.Ā Any practice can do it.
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To the editor:
I am strongly opposed to Senate Bill 875 which state Sen. Bill Rabon introduced May 11. This is not in the interest of the citizens of Brunswick County and certainly not in the interest of homeowners and taxpayers of Sunset Beach.
The only reason I can see Rabon would propose such a bill is to allow a developer to proceed with an attempt to spoil the wetlands and Bird Island by attempting to convince Brunswick County to reverse the decision by Sunset Beach citizens and their town council that the town owns the west end of Main Street.
I am a resident of Sunset Beach and writing in reference to Senate Bill 875 sponsored by Sen. Bill Rabon that proposes to de-annex from Sunset Beach three areas under development.
I would like to simply remind legislators of one of the foundation principles that allowed our country to become the greatest country on the planet: We are a government of the people, by the people and for the people!
Wikipedia describes a 19th century experiment in which a frog was supposedly cooked alive when water at room temperature was slowly heated to the boiling point. Evidently, politicians in Raleigh heard this story because a similar tactic is being used in their so-called tax reform package.
There was a 2015 rollout of new taxes on services or entertainment such as concerts. The sales tax base in 2016 expanded to include repair, maintenance and installation services on a variety of things. Is this any way to protect citizens and small businesses?
Regarding Thomas McGrath's May 5 letter on cause and effect of policy, my conclusion is he needs to do a lot of research on The New Deal. Just like hope and change, it sounds good but didn't solve anything — only made The Depression last more than a decade and the recent recession more than a decade. Just pick your own era of time.
As I reported to Sen. Bill Rabon (and received no response), his Senate Bill 875 has created a firestorm in Sunset Beach. It must be rescinded.
The process — without any input from taxpayers or town council and apparently meant to satisfy the financial interests for a developer — is morally reprehensible, riddled with political favoritism and a classic case of cronyism.
Sunset Beach Police Chief Lisa Joyner recently announced three new programs available to residents of our town:
Coffee with the Chief: This program provides residents an opportunity to personally meet with their police chief in a friendly and casual setting. Residents are encouraged to attend to discuss matters of interest, learn more about their police department, offer tips and share information directly with Chief Joyner.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner and State Fire Marshal Wayne Goodwin recently announced the Tri-Beach Fire Department completed its routine inspection and received a rating of 4 for the Holden Beach District. The 4 rating is an improvement from the department's previous 5 rating and will be effective Aug. 1. Ratings of responding fire departments directly impact property insurance calculations.
Sunset Beach Town Attorney Grady Richardson is wrong in claiming a "2006 legal opinion involving Riverside Drive and petitioner Jan Harris, when ownership of the 69-lot property was resolved by submission of deeds."
Regarding the tragic story of Pearl the cat, this was a sickening, barbaric and inexcusable violent crime.
Those who care about animals should be aware there is a direct correlation between animal abuse and domestic violence that has been documented through research across various academic disciplines. If there is animal cruelty occurring within a family, there is a good chance people are being abused also, including intimate partners, children/babies and/or the elderly.
They are sick, if indeed sincere, and are in desperate need of help. I am referring to those who claim they are of the sex opposite to that evident by their physiological constitution. I am not a medical doctor, but I am also not stupid. When a person believes and claims they are really members of the opposite sex, ab utero, or whenever, something serious and very dangerously wrong is going on.
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The good news is more young people are coming to our concerts.The bad news is most of them rarely look up from their phones and hand-held devices.It saddens me to look out at them from the bandstand, to see them there in the audience, sitting in the darkness,looking not to the stage but downward, their expressionless faces illuminated by cold blue light.I want so badly for them to experience—truly and without distraction—the gift of a soulfully crafted melody.I want to share with them the thing I love most: the pure emotional power of instrumental music,without the need for lyrics, explication or visual spectacle.Am I naive? In today's world, is it even possible?
Let's face it: the twentieth century jazz masters were better than us at performing, recording, even touring.And they did it all without Wi-Fi, GPS or Avengers Cheese Nips.
Dmitri Matheny Group JAZZ NOIRMichigan Tour Diary — Day 15April 25 DetroitOn the final night of our Michigan Tour we performed at one of the oldest jazz clubsin the heart of Detroit's historic entertainment district: the legendary Cliff Bell's.What a night!Cliff Bell's fulfilled my fantasy of what a music venue should be.The lavish 1930s Art Deco decor and swanky supper club atmosphereset exactly the right tone for an evening of live jazz.From the moment we arrived, each member of the professional staff(door man, hostess, manager, bartender, waiters, everyone)greeted us warmly and put us at ease. They treated us with courtesy and respectthroughout the evening, thanked us for the music, and paid us in cash.The menu was spectacular and the band dined gratis.I had the shrimp and grits with roasted chilies.Spicy, creamy, delicious.After dinner, we played to a full house of enthusiastic patrons,mostly couples dressed to the nines. Our sound man Alex really took care of business.The band did not disappoint.According to drummer Sean Dobbins, I'm now an honorary Detroiter.I feel honored, indeed. As my friend Joan Belgrave so eloquently stated,'Ain't no swang like Dee-troit swang.'
Dmitri Matheny Group JAZZ NOIRMichigan Tour Diary — Day 14April 24 Midland, LindenGave two Melodic Mastery jazz improvisation workshops today:a morning clinic at Herbert Henry Dow HS in Midland,and an afternoon session one hour south at Linden HS in Linden.I love presenting these workshops at high schools and colleges around the country.It's such a pleasure to hear and meet so many talented young musicians,encourage them in their development as jazz soloists and ensemble players,and pass along some of what I've learned about music and life from Art Farmer.Friday night is our final Michigan performance atthe legendary Cliff Bell's in downtown Detroit.It's my first time at the celebrated venue, andI'm really looking forward to the show.It's been one hell of a tour:In 2 weeks we did 13 gigs (4 performances, 9 workshops),covering over 3,000 miles throughout the state of Michigan.With Sassy behind the wheel, we made it safely through snow, ice and rain,along many crocodile-cracked and pothole-laden roads,past big stands of scrubby winter oak, hickory, maple and pine trees,across icy bridges over rivers and muddy fields of grass and cattail,beside frozen grey lakes that stretched to the horizon.We drove through dozens of picturesque towns and weary citieswith names like Arcadia, Cadillac, Pontiac, Garfield, Gaylord, Inkster and Ypsilanti,each name proudly emblazoned on a water tower beside the lonesome road.We saw wild turkeys, black crows, seagulls, nervous deer,fat squirrels, badgers, beavers, possums, all manner of roadkill,and curiously, dozens of giant wooden bears, carved by chainsaw.We saw clapboard houses with green shutters and wrap around porches,antiques dealers, country stores, machinist shops, Christmas tree farms,trailer parks, modular homes, farmhouses and churches,ramshackle barns, silos, low stone walls,and lone brick chimneys where houses used to be.
Dmitri Matheny Group JAZZ NOIRMichigan Tour Diary — Day 13April 23 Bloomfield HillsToday we visited Cranbrook, a private, PK–12 college prep schoolin tony Bloomfield Hills just outside Detroit.The Cranbrook Schools comprise a co-ed elementary school,separate middle schools for boys and girls,and a co-ed high school with boarding facilities.Directly adjacent are the Cranbrook Institute of Science,Cranbrook Academy of Art and Cranbrook House and Gardens.To call the sprawling campus 'impressive' is a bit of an understatement.Imagine an ivy-covered mash-up of Exeter, Miss Porter's, Interlochen and Hogwarts.Add 100 acres of gardens, fountains and outdoor sculptures and you're beginning to get the picture.Thanks to a personal introduction from pianist Dave Henning(Cranbrook's second most famous alum after Mitt Romney),I was invited to present an improv workshop for the Cranbrook jazz ensemble.The kids were engaged and enthusiastic. No surprise there.Music director Sarkis Halajian, an inspiring and charismatic teacher,has been making it happen at Cranbrook for nearly 40 years.What a pleasure to meet Sarkis, work with his students,and tour the Cranbrook campus afterward with Sassy.Surprise cameo appearance by Janet Henning (Dave's mom!)who sat-in on the workshop and took the center photo, above.A beautiful day in Bloomfield Hills.
Dmitri Matheny Group JAZZ NOIRMichigan Tour Diary — Day 11April 19-21 Kalamazoo, Potterville, Traverse City, HillsdaleOn Saturday Sassy and I checked into the 'Billy Hart Suite' at the home of Tom and Renata Knific in Kalamazoo,a distinctly modern two-story house with soaring cathedral ceilings,clerestory windows and musical instruments in every room.We had a wonderful time visiting with the Knifics, two very well-traveled and respected musicianswho also happen to be warm, soulful people, sharing stories around their tableand playing with their beautiful Weimaraner Lara.Tom, a world class bassist and educator who chairs the jazz department at Western Michigan University,is a very important person to me. 30 years ago he was my teacher at Interlochen Arts Academyand one of the first people to take my jazz aspirations seriously.When I say that Interlochen changed my life,I'm talking about Tom Knific.We've stayed in touch over the years and have run into one another from time to time at industry events,but this week was our first opportunity to work together. For me it was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream.The Union Cabaret & Grille is a beautiful venue, a joint venture betweena visionary group of investors and the WMU music department.We had a magical night. The band (featuring Corey Kendrick, Marcus Elliot and Sean Dobbins)was in fine form, playing with heart and finesse. WMU jazz bought us all dinner,and Tom presided over everything --- the Jazz Mayor of Kalamazoo!On Easter Sunday we visited Lela Horton and her husband Bill in Potterville.Lela made us a late breakfast of biscuits and gravy. It was interesting to meet Bill,to see where they live, and find out what it's like to enjoy a home cooked mealprepared by my own mother (not bad).Monday was another big driving day for Sassy.At 7 AM (zero hour) I gave a master class at Traverse City West High School.At 7 PM I did the same at Hillsdale College, 250 miles south.Just another day at the office.
Dmitri Matheny Group JAZZ NOIRMichigan Tour Diary — Day 8April 18 InterlochenToday I returned to Interlochen Arts Academy for the first time in 30 years.When I first came to Interlochen as a high school student in the mid-1980s, I loved it instantly.It seemed to me a magical place populated by social misfits and eccentrics,kids who, like me, were passionate about art and music.Interlochen changed my life.For the first time I was surrounded by creative people my own age.Interlochen was where I learned the discipline required to build a life in the arts,and where I learned how rewarding an artist's life can be.Jazz was still something of a novelty at the academy back then.It's gratifying to see how much the school, and in particular the jazz program,has grown since those days.Heartfelt thanks to my friend Bill Sears, director of jazz studies,for inviting me to come and spend the afternoon with his improv and combo classes.Bill is a phenomenally gifted musician and educator.His students are serious and dedicated.Several of them already play like pros.It was a giant joy for me to sit-in with them,present a workshop, and share some of my experiencesas an IAA alumnus and working musician.On a more personal note, coming back to Interlochen after all these years was soul-stirring.To spend the night in the campus hotel, dine in the cafeteria with the students,sit by the lake, stroll the grounds, see my old haunts,and share it all with Sassy, filled my heart with joy.


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StoryCorps: Harry and Kenny Putnam
By Karl Gehrke • Oct 10, 2013
Harry Putnam grew up on a farm near Ft. Pierre with dreams of leaving it all behind and going to Oregon. After serving in the Navy during World War Two, he returned to South Dakota and found a job working construction in Pierre. When the crew moved on to Rapid City, he went with them. He met the boss's daughter, married her and stayed in Rapid City to raise a family. Although Harry Putnam never made it to Oregon, he told his son Kenny in a StoryCorps interview that he has had a good life.


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Clamor magazine will host its Ides of Summer Smash at Headliners tonight, an event that will feature 10 bands and a number of styles of music.
Doors for the all-ages show at the 4500 North Detroit Ave. club open at 5 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door and the bands scheduled to play include Gil Mantera's Party Dream, The Fury, Stylex, Brandston, Spindle, Del Cielo, Spit for Athena, Flow Naze, Point to Rise, and Bullet Teeth.
Clamor is an independent 'zine headquartered in Toledo.


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The apartment industry is a profession that is chock full of surprises, especially when it comes to the day-to-day management of the community and staff.
Perhaps what is most surprising is when we think we have put together the Dream Team—a group who will allow the vision of the owners to come to pass. As we seek to maximize our time, increase productivity, and serve our residents, we cannot forget to put quality time into hiring and retaining the personnel who have the goal of the firm at the forefront, and balance this with maintaining and enhancing the value of the owner's asset, as employees.
What is critical to any team is the cohesion that develops as a result of having a high-impact team or a combination of high collaboration and interaction that forces the team to accomplish its daily, weekly, and monthly goals. They must then excel at reaching their goals, and have the ability and wisdom to come back and do it again, and again.
In graduate school, I learned the benefits of team dynamics by reading the book "Team Dynamics" by Debra J. Housel. The writer explores four areas—forming, storming, norming, and performing—and how almost any team ever created has become one through these stages. The performing stage is the peak performance of a team. As a result, all of these stages are necessary in order for the team to have the collaboration and dynamic needed to see the results it wants and accomplish more.
Recently, the onsite team of Willow Ridge created its "ABCs of a Team" and decided these components are what a team needs in order to be a high-impact team:
A- Accountability/awareness;
B- Building blocks (one block builds upon another);
C- Character (it defines your work and commitment;
D- Dependability (making sure you are doing your job);
E- Effort (to do better);
F- Failure (the mistake/decision is not final, you learn from your mistakes);
G- Game plan (you must have a roadmap);
H- Hospitality (it's what should be required in the industry);
I- Integrity (goes a long way with character);
J- Joy (if you are not passionate about it, why are you here?)
K- Kindness (it matters);
L- Loyalty;
M- Mistakes (minimize defects, especially if you have not learned from them);
N- Negligence Awareness (be mindful of the choices you are making, minimize risk);
O- Optimism (it's better to believe you can get the desired occupancy/reach the goal than not. You must believe in your ability);
P- Proactive (be ahead/think ahead. Don't wait…anticipate);
Q- Quest (be determined to be No. 1);
R- Responsibility (yields results);
S- Sustainability (it's the fundamentals that got you here);
T- Time Management;
U- Understanding (be realistic and know your abilities and capabilities);
V- Visibility (focus on what your apartment product is, but from a positive perspective);
W- Work & will (do you have the will to work?);
X- Xtra mile;
Y- Yes (say yes, because you have been chosen at this time and for this season);
Z- Zeal (believe and show you are up for the task).
While each team's ABCs will be different, this is a foundation as to how each team views itself. Each member was excited to discuss the ABCs of our team and this team-building exercise served as motivation to reach our next goal.


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1 in 3 Families in Snohomish County
struggle to afford basic needs
11% of Snohomish County families live in poverty - 80,000 people.
22% of Snohomish County families earn more than the Federal Poverty Level but still cannot afford basic needs - nearly 60,000 families or about 165,000 people.
...all together, almost 250,000 children and adults in Snohomish County live on the edge of hunger and homelessness every day. Learn more about United Way's ALICE Report →
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November 2000
Favored Nations
Nowadays, it's not unusual to see fusion cats sharing hangs with chops-heavy rockers. Or, if you prefer the other angle, chops-heavy rockers dipping into the fusion waters. Drummer Gregg Bissonette's Submarine (Favored Nations FN2010-2; 54:42) is studded with shred hotshots (Steve Stevens, Frank Gambale, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai) and non-shred notables (Robben Ford), all of whom get hard-blowing guest spots. This disc works as a fusion album mainly because it's not a fusion album-it's a rock album, even though it rocks in ways that put you in a 1989 state of mind. Tunes like the Kings X-ish "Submarine" and the power poppish "The Son Man" would still be on rock radio if that Nirvana thing had never happened a few years back. Robben Ford takes some liberties with the blues scale on "Cloudy Day," while Steve Vai whips up his trademark note-souffle on the propulsive "Noah's Ark." Joe Satriani, on the other hand, turns in the date's most affectingly tasty performance, on the reflective, waltz-time "Lum Lum," playing off Bissonette's vaguely Elvin Jones-ish rhythms.


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Steinway, you're a monster after my own heart. I'm also allergic to diets.
Link on the right is working again! the ibook is now available. Just click on the right and it should take you there!
iBooks can't be read on a nook. Sorry
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workin' on it. But it'll take a little bit of time.
Kindle here
Try a program called Calibre;
it converts just about any type of ebook file to any other type.
I use it with my Nook Simple Touch, it's WAY better for organizing and loading files than anything the manufacturers provide. You might have to search a bit for a plug-in to remove any DRM that would prevent you from loading onto a different device than the one intended, but it's really not difficult. I like Calibre so much that, cheap so-and-so that I am, I've contributed to it! Incredibly useful, the only minor gripe I have is that the author updates the program so frequently that it seems that whenever I fire it up, it tells me there's a new update available!
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This In Brief explores the problem of power of attorney abuse and how state legislatures can protect vulnerable adults against it. It explains how the new Uniform Power of Attorney Act helps prevent, detect and redress abuse, and provides resources to promote enactment of this model law.
In upcoming legislative sessions, states will consider adopting the Uniform Power of Attorney Act (UPOAA or Act). This model law aims to address power of attorney abuse, a type of elder abuse that can have devastating consequences. Research indicates that most states can improve protections for older people by adopting the UPOAA.
What is Power of Attorney Abuse?
A power of attorney (POA) is a legal document used by an individual to allow someone else to act on their behalf. It is commonly recommended by attorneys as a tool for planning for incapacity because a trusted person can stand in for an individual who can no longer make or communicate financial decisions. When used for planning, the POA generally is "durable," meaning it continues if incapacity occurs.
While POAs enhance autonomy by authorizing a trusted person to act and avoiding court appointment of a guardian, they also confer a great deal of authority without regular oversight or clear standards for agent conduct. Advocates for older people often call the POA a "license to steal." While there are no national data on the incidence of POA abuse, adult protective services and criminal justice professionals report an explosion of financial exploitation cases of this type.
POA abuse takes many forms. An agent may spend the principal's money for self-dealing purposes, such as buying him- or herself a car rather than paying for the principal's nursing home care. The agent may exceed the intended scope of authority by, e.g., making gifts of the principal's property when that power hasn't been granted. The principal's estate plan may be undermined when assets are given to unintended recipients. The power of attorney itself may be a fraudulent document or a forgery.
State Regulation and the New Uniform Power of Attorney Act
Powers of attorney are regulated by state law and those laws vary substantially. In 2006, the Uniform Law Commissioners (ULC), who draft and propose model laws, approved the Uniform Power of Attorney Act. Among other goals, the UPOAA aims to promote autonomy and prevent, detect and redress power of attorney abuse.
Some of the key provisions of the UPOAA that benefit and protect people who execute POAs include:
- The clear statement of an agent's duties, including the agent's responsibility to act in good faith, within the scope of authority granted, and according to the principal's known expectations or best interest—as well as more specific duties such as preserving estate plans and cooperating with health care proxies;
- Stringent requirements for exercising "hot powers"—those with a high propensity for dissipating property or altering an estate plan;
- The provision that a third party may refuse to honor a POA when the third party reports suspected abuse to an adult protective services agency or knows that someone else has made a report; and
- Liability of malfeasant agents for damages, attorney's fees and costs.