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Emma spotted this sign on Barrys Point Rd, in Takapuna. "It certainly made me stop and get some impulse goldfish," she says.
Bit of a camouflage blue
An expat Kiwi writes: "At the start of the semester new Chinese university students are required to do military training. This year I was surprised to see that the camouflage is mottled light blue. The explanation one student gave is that we are a seaside city, and blue is associated with the sea and the navy. The blue camouflage would provide good cover if you are floating in the sea, I expect, but not useful if you are hoping to get rescued."
Perils of a house hunter
An Auckland reader reckons some real estate agents need to be more upfront about expected price ranges. "I fell in love with a house that had a CV of $450k, and was told [by the agent] that late $600k to early $700k would be the price [the vendors] hoped to achieve. So I went along to the auction (after spending over $1200 on a builder's report, the full council report on the property and a house valuation which was required for the bank to approve the loan) and the first bid was $700k.
It sold for $860k. And it hadn't even reached reserve."
Getting the latest model house
A home ownership boom in China has led to heavily attended housing fairs. According to China Daily, one eager developer dresses female models in bare-backed evening wear, with sample floor plans and other housing information painted on to their skin, and sends them wandering through the crowds. (Source: News of the Weird)
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Cheerleading causes two-thirds of very serious sports injuries suffered by girls in the United States, a study has found. Visits to casualty resulting from high school and college cheerleading injuries rose from 4954 in 1980 to 26,786 in 2007, researchers said. The sport accounted for about 66 per cent of "catastrophic" injuries - those resulting in permanent disability or medical conditions - to girls, research published in the Journal of Pediatrics said. Most injuries were caused not to cheerleaders being thrown in the air but to those catching them.
Signage: Yesterday there was this and now this "What is it with Aucklanders and eggplants," say Dave. "Perhaps aubergine is too tricky to spell?" (Hat tip Funkypankcake.com)
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PITTSBURGH, October, 28 2013 - The American Cable Association called on the Federal Communications Commission to stop Sinclair Broadcast Group from taking effective control of two Big Four TV stations each in a pair of mid-sized markets where the broadcaster hopes to use its duopoly clout to force pay-TV providers, including ACA members, into paying excessive amounts for retransmission consent to carry those station signals.
"Approving Sinclair's merger with Allbritton Communications without changes sought by ACA and others would draw the FCC into embracing one of the most transparent evasions of its duopoly rule, which does not allow ownership of more than one of the top-four rated TV stations in a given market," ACA President and CEO Matthew M. Polka said. "Sinclair's labored legal maneuverings should not be tolerated because they are blatantly inconsistent with the public interest in competitive local television markets, and approval of the deal would make a mockery of the FCC's enforcement of its own broadcast ownership rules."
As part of its $1 billion transaction with Allbritton, Sinclair will acquire the company's seven TV stations, including its Big Four stations in Charleston, S.C. and Harrisburg, Pa. Sinclair, fully aware that the FCC's rules would not permit its outright ownership of these Charleston and Harrisburg stations, is also proposing to assign its own stations in these markets to third parties - so-called sidecar companies - while continuing to provide many "support services" to the stations through a variety of sharing agreements. Under the agreements, Sinclair will create "virtual" duopolies that are tantamount to mergers in all respects except its name would not appear on record as the formal owner of the station.
One of the many key station functions that Sinclair would retain from the sidecar companies is the ability to act as their stations' "agent" in retransmission consent negotiations. In Harrisburg, Sinclair would be able to negotiate retransmission consent for the ABC and CBS affiliates and on behalf of the ABC and Fox affiliates in Charleston.
This arrangement would permit the nominally separately owned stations to coordinate their retransmission consent negotiations, thereby enabling them to extract higher retransmission consent prices from local multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs) than each station could expect to secure if negotiating separately.
This practice reduces competition between broadcast stations with regard to the sale of retransmission consent, and consumers are harmed when cable operators pass through the higher fees derived from the coordinated negotiations. ACA's petition asks the FCC to deny the Sinclair-Allbritton deal or, in the alternative, to impose conditions that would prevent the stations from coordinating their negotiation of retransmission consent agreements.
Sinclair's claim that ACA is opposed to all local TV station sharing agreements is a red herring.
In fact, ACA has consistently acknowledged that such agreements can create operational efficiencies for the participants, and it has taken no issue with the agreements per se. ACA's sole concern is, and has been, with the collusive practice of top-four ranked, same-market stations that are separately owned and coordinate their retransmission consent negotiations as if under common ownership for the purpose of extracting higher fees than the stations could obtain if negotiating independently.
Sinclair and Allbritton's request for the FCC's simultaneous approval of an acquisition and transfer of two separate stations in the same market when there is evidence that the new owners will then enter into far-ranging coordination agreements is unprecedented for a challenged transaction in recent years, if ever.
"The question before the FCC here is simple: Whether it would serve the public interest for Sinclair to acquire the Allbritton stations in the Charleston and Harrisburg DMAs given all of their contemplated agreements. This is a new, bolder license transfer scheme designed to evade the intent of the FCC's local television ownership restrictions and ought to be stopped," Polka said.
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Next week is a big week for nostalgia.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the reimagining of a game first released in 1994, will hit on Thursday. The same day that Bethesda's Dishonored, in many ways an homage to stealth and immersive sims of old, will be released.
It may be a coincidence these games are being released on the same day, but it's certainly thematically appropriate. Both games have very concerned fans and very involved gamers looking in on the progress of both of these titles and watching how they progress. Even though Dishonored is a completely new intellectual property, gamers already have claimed ownership over this title because it represents abilities and features they haven't seen in games for a long time. That's a good thing.
But there's a dangerous sense of entitlement that can come across games like this. Its shown itself emerge as part of the XCOM community, and it showed itself emerge last year when Deus Ex: Human Revolution was on the brink of release.
In fact, the gamers' ownership of that title was felt the most when the developers apologised for daring to upset the game's theme and create boss battles the players couldn't avoid – an obvious misstep from the original game's mantra of "do anything you please".
Another example is the PC game Mad Max which has been spoiled by game trainers, cheats and hacks such as trainers which lets you modify the game such that you can achieve defence, health, attack, hp and all sort of characteristics (cheats) that the mad max game itself doesn't allow. However, the positive thing is mad max doesn't let you use these cheats and you run the risk of being banned if they ever find out.
You may be wondering how i can link xcom, well they both are similar in that their developers seem to have ignored the title. Look at the latest updates for both games to know what i mean, way far out than you would expect.
Part of this sense of ownership can be seen in articles like this on Rock Paper Shotgun, where the demo of xcom has been criticised for being too short, too linear, and too restrictive in what it can offer players. Never mind the fact most games don't even get a demo in the first place – and never mind the fact that hours and hours of gameplay have already been revealed. No, the demo just wasn't good enough.
As the industry grows and becomes more capable we're going to see more of these stories, as the gamers of the 90s turn into competent developers and start reimagining licenses for a new generation. We'll see it next year when Thief starts showing more of itself, and on and on it goes.
But the reaction from the gaming community has been so hostile I'm not sure what to think. If you read comments on forums like Reddit or Something Awful, the dedicated fans of this series are so protective of the genre they'll dismiss any notion the game could be good because it misses a few key features.
It's the same with Dishonored. The would-be players have been so wrapped up in the idea of a non-kill play through they're obsessed with the idea and when it looks like something may even negate that just a tiny bit, they'll cry foul.
I don't have a problem with that, because Dishonored isn't so much my main beef here. But the outcry in the XCOM Community has been over so many of these small niggles – things as small as types of enemies and the "consolisation" of the game. In true internet fashion, something is either the Best Thing Ever or the Spawn of Satan, and so it is here. Don't have this particular enemy? Pre-order cancelled. Demo not open enough? Pre-order cancelled.
I don't particularly mind people being protective over a game series, let alone an iconic one like XCOM. But isn't this type of reaction getting a little exhausting?
And doesn't it say more about the players than the game itself?
I'm trying to think back to 1994, when XCOM was first released. Gaming was still a subculture, and especially when it came to hard-hitting strategy games like XCOM. Players were extremely dedicated to the game, obsessing over every detail. It was a common point of interest for many people, banding them together. For many it no doubt defined a lot of their teenage years.
It's nearly 20 years later. Those same people have full-time jobs. Maybe they're married or in committed relationships. Several probably have children and are trying to make ends meet. So in one sense, I understand why XCOM fans are hugely attached to this and defensive of any little change. In a world where everything is focused on just staying alive, getting something as close as possible to emulating a childhood landmark would be a breath of fresh air.
But they also need to get over it.
Games change. Times change. The XCOM series – and eventually Thief – are going to become more mainstream because gaming has become more mainstream. They are not going to be able to cater to the dedicated fanbase that loved the original title.
And when it comes to comparing evolution, XCOM hasn't really changed that much. Its fans have. And that's where the fear comes in. It's a subconscious thing, obviously. But the dedicated fans are clinging onto the make-up of the old game because it's representative of their past – complete nostalgia.
And as Leigh Alexander wrote recently, maybe nostalgia isn't such a great thing after all. Maybe it blocks us from seeing something new.
I'm not meaning to criticise anyone for making sure XCOM is as good as it could be. And people can be nostalgic and still defend features that were in the original game simply because they're good mechanics.
But when it comes to gaming remakes, sometimes it's better to let go of the past and cling on to what fresh opportunities a reimagining can bring. Players giving the game some negative marks should keep that in mind.
After all, you've changed in the past 20 years. Maybe it's time you let games change as well.


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Former Tampa Bay Buccaneer tight end Dave Moore is expected to be announced as Shorecrest's next head football coach Wednesday at a 3 p.m. news conference at the school.
Moore is currently a color analyst on the Buccaneer Radio Network, but according to broadcast operations manager Jeff Ryan, he will take over a Chargers program that has been headed up by Phil Hayford since 1978. Moore will keep doing his broadcasting duties. A call to Moore was not immediately returned Tuesday night.
Hayford's 33-year run came to a close this season when he was asked to step aside by Shorecrest officials after 191 victories, second all-time in Pinellas County.
Moore played 13 of his 15 NFL seasons with the Bucs after being drafted in the seventh round in 1992 by the Miami Dolphins. Moore played from 1992-2001 with the Bucs, left for two seasons to play with Buffalo, then finished his career in Tampa Bay, retiring in 2007 after making his first Pro Bowl.
In 220 NFL games, Moore had 207 catches for 2,028 yards and 28 touchdowns.
Moore replaced Hardy Nickerson on the Buccaneers Radio Network in 2007, and has also coached youth football in St. Petersburg.
Other former Bucs with ties to area high schools include ex-coach Jon Gruden at Carrollwood Day, Cosey Coleman at Middleton, ricky Reynolds at Gaither and Mike Alstott at St. Petersburg Catholic. All three were assistants this season.


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There is history between English and Bulgarian grandmasters. Four years ago when Nigel Short was a commentator at the world championship in San Luis, Argentina, some players told him of suspicions that Veselin Topalov, who won the title after a fast start, was receiving outside help. Short later called for an inquiry, though he did not join the cheating claim. Nothing was ever proved, but Topalov and his manager blamed Short for damaging the current world No1's reputation.
So last year at Corus Wijk aan Zee Topalov's aide, Ivan Cheparinov, refused Short the traditional pre-game handshake, and was forfeited. After an appeal the game was rescheduled along with the handshake, and Short won in impressive style.
Relations were still cool last weekend when Bulgaria and England were paired in the European Team Championship at Novi Sad. The Bulgarians were favourites, since the British champion David Howell and Short as his coach were away at the world junior in Argentina. But weakened England got a gift one minute after the start when a Bulgarian's mobile phone rang, an automatic zero under Fide's draconian rules. The incident, captured on an internet video, rocked the Bulgarians and, although Topalov won, Cheparinov was crushed and England won 2.5-1.5.
Luke McShane's anti-Sicilian formation looks tame at first sight but it is like an aggressive Dutch with an extra move and has undertones of the Grand Prix Attack. White's game is easier to play and Black's Bxf3?! and Qa6?! (Rac8) didn't help. His 15...h5? proved a decisive weakening that McShane exploited by the clever regroup Bf3-d1-b3. At the end White is poised for a winning sac at f6 and if 20...Ne5 21 Bxf6 Nxf3 22 Bxe7+ Ke8 23 gxf3 White is material up with Black's king wide open.
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The Australian Defence Force ain't broke - and it doesn't need fixing, writes Pavel Molchanov.
The gravest error in the formulation of a defence budget is the assumption that more is always better. Very often, this error is attributable to a lack of a coherent vision in the budgeting process, which leads policymakers to regress to their default setting - spending as much as politically feasible, in hopes that throwing cash at the problem will make it go away.
It speaks well of Australia's civilian leadership and military brass that they have managed to create thoroughly capable armed forces within tight budgetary constraints: currently 1.9 per cent, of gross domestic product, or slightly more than $A15 billion. But now, a recent study by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Pay Your Money and Take Your Pick, asks whether the Australian Defence Force is overdue for a major spending boost. In an attempt to be even-handed, the report invites readers to arrive at their own conclusion. To summarise mine: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
To point out that Australia has the best armed forces in South-East Asia is a bit like saying that Gulliver is the mightiest man in Lilliput: true, but not particularly enlightening. A comparison with Asia's nuclear superpowers provides an equally unbalanced perspective. To get a meaningful assessment of ADF capability, it is more useful to ask a simple question: "What is the ADF's strategic function?"
Let us start with what it is not. Territorial defence from foreign invasion has been the least of ADF's concerns for decades. The threat from China and North Korea is negligible - their sights are set on Taipei and Seoul, respectively, while their lack of naval strength means that just getting to Australian shores would be an arduous task. It should be equally self-evident that none of the ASEAN countries are remotely capable of launching a serious attack - even Indonesia.
The prospect of a radical, expansionist regime in Jakarta is itself improbable, but the idea that it could plausibly stage a land invasion of its continent-sized neighbour verges on the absurd. The moment they landed on the northern coast, Indonesian troops would face lengthy supply lines and water shortages - not to mention unrelenting bombing by the RAAF. To cross the desert and reach the urban centres of the south-east would be tantamount to suicide. No army, fanatical or otherwise, would even try.
In fact, the ADF's twin challenges for the next 10 to 20 years will be neither defensive in the traditional sense, nor particularly expensive. The first will be continuing to contribute to overall stability in the South Pacific.
The goal will be to prevent armed conflicts from arising by fostering stability and good governance. If this sounds exactly like the former mission in East Timor and operations in the Solomon Islands, that's because it is.
These two broadly successful interventions, drawing on the ADF's fighting capability as much as its humanitarian role, serve as the model for Canberra's long-term regional leadership.
The second task is more global; it revolves around Australia's alliance with the United States and Britain. This challenge demands a blend of military strength and effective conflict management. ADF participation in the Iraq war, given its political rather than military rationale, is not the best example of this. A far more accurate one is Operation Slipper, Australia's ongoing air and naval presence in the Middle East within the context of the war on terror.
Both the US and Britain have long urged their key allies to enhance the tangible military competencies that they bring to the table. Australia has been one of the few that never needed reminding. While almost every NATO member, as well as New Zealand, has been continuously pinching its defence budget, Australia remains in the enviable position of having the ability - not just the political will - to participate in both regional and international operations.
What differentiates Prime Minister John Howard's current standing in Washington and London from the leaders of, say, Estonia and Iceland - both nominal US allies in Iraq - is that his ideological support is backed by the armed forces that he can deploy. Even coalition members with similar-sized defence budgets, such as Italy and the Netherlands, do not come close to Australia's level of capability.
The ADF's advantage is its core of highly mobile, rapidly deployable assets, particularly the SAS and other special forces. They are more economical and yet vastly more useful for today's asymmetric warfare than Europe's bloated, demoralised conscript armies.
And in the final analysis, this is what defence spending is all about: capability. Australia's operational competence is at such a high level that the marginal benefit of increased spending would be minimal. The ADF has amply shown in the past three years that it is already at peak performance.
Pavel Molchanov is a defence industry commentator for the New York-based Foreign Policy Association.
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-WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross will be doing a Q&A speaking engagement at the Comedy Store in Manchester on August 26th. That event is one of only four appearances where tickets are still available. The rest of his live speaking tour is sold out.
-"#SummerSlam" is already the number one trending topic overall on Twitter. You can expect it to remain number one throughout the rest of the evening, unless something catosraphic happens to bump it down a notch or two.
-Lilian Garcia, along with WWE Spanish announcers Carlos Cabrera and Marcelo Rodriguez will be handling the official Spanish-language version of the WWE SummerSlam pre-show tonight.


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During the 1970s, Mark Levy climbed the ranks of professional surfing, becoming renowned as a world-class surfer and South Bay legend along the way.
Levy and noted surfing photographer Steve Wilkings will be honored on Saturday for their contributions to the South Bay's rich surfing legacy when they are inducted into the Hermosa Beach Surfers Walk of Fame.
"I feel honored to be part of it," Levy said. "It's a really good thing. I believe the whole South Bay has a tremendous legacy of surfing. People don't realize it. This is where surfing started outside of Hawaii."
Levy and Wilkings were selected among 21 candidates nominated for the honor. Their names will be etched into bronze plaques and embedded along the pier. A ceremony in Pier Plaza will be held at 11 a.m. today.
Started by local businessman Roger Bacon, the Hermosa Beach Surfers Walk of Fame this year celebrates its 10th anniversary. Inductees are selected from a committee of current Walk of Fame members.
Levy grew up in Hermosa Beach and first began surfing when he was 10. His professional surfing career reached a crescendo in 1974, when he was crowned the Junior Men's Champion at the U.S. Surfing Championships in Cape Hatteras, N.C.
Levy, an accomplished sportsman, has completed paddleboard treks across the English Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar and around the island of Manhattan in New York.
He also ran in the Boston Marathon, completing the race in two hours and 38 minutes. Other sporting feats include finishing in second place in the 1996 Catalina Paddleboard Race.
Levy grew up surfing near Marine Avenue in Manhattan Beach with his father, Sol, and brother, Derek, also an accomplished surfer.
Levy credited his strong family ties to his success.
"I surfed with my dad consistently through high school," Levy said. "We had this one really important thing - surfing - in common. We always had that, and it kept us a lot closer than we normally would have been."
His first job was working in the Hermosa Beach shop of Jacobs Surfboards, earning $6 week. He would eventually rise to become a salesman, and went on to develop his own signature board - the "Tiger Tail," a roundpin with a Z-pattern design near the nose.
"Simplicity is the keynote to good design," said Levy, echoing the words of a former art teacher. "I tried to apply that to the board."
As Levy climbed the ranks of professional surfing, he became known for his fluid, aggressive style.
"The idea of approaching a wave and using it as your canvas was really important and interesting to me," said Levy, 54, a graduate of Mira Costa High School and the University of California, Berkeley. "Typically, the style in California at the time was slow, finesse and soulful. I didn't approach it that way. I wanted to key in to the rhythm of the wave and attack. I wanted to do something with the wave."
Levy is a founding member of the South Bay Boardriders Club. He said he still surfs every day and has passed down his commitment to the sport to his two sons, both young adults.
"Surfing has played a very major role in my life," Levy once told Surfer Magazine. "It has helped me develop a keener sense of awareness and appreciation of the world."
From behind the lens, Wilkings documented surfing's Golden Age in the 1960s.
He began his storied photography career by snapping shots of friends on the beach in Hermosa. Wilkings, who grew up in the beach town, was introduced to surfing's biggest stage - the North Shore of Oahu - by famed photographer and Hermosa Beach native LeRoy Grannis.
He went on to lead Surfer Magazine's Hawaiian coverage and is credited with developing several photography innovations. Among them: a camera mounted on the tail of a board to capture surfers as they rode waves. His work has appeared in Time, Life, People, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone and the Surfers Journal.
Wilkings photographed surfing's greats - Donald Takayama at Hermosa Beach, Eddie Aikau at Waimea Bay and Gerry Lopez at Pipeline.
For Levy, his selection into the elite group of surfers came as a surprise, even though he has been nominated in the past. He said he was honored to be part of South Bay's important surfing heritage.
"It's not just a celebration of one guy, it's a celebration of the surfing legacy in the South Bay," Levy said. "Hermosa is where it all happened."
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Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), a revolutionary treatment for neurological and psychiatric disorders, offers unprecedented hope to patients, caregivers and family members. Yet with this revolutionary treatment come unprecedented philosophical and ethical challenges to all of us. Join Dr. Erwin B. Montgomery, Greenville Neuromodulation Scholar of Neuroscience and Philosophy, and a distinguished guest panel for a discussion of the many challenges presented us by DBS, which will follow an introductory lecture on this remarkable treatment. The lecture and discussion are to be held in the Lutheran Heritage Room, with refreshments and a social to follow.
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BoA Downgrades Ashland to 'Underperform'
Banc of America downgraded Ashland (ASH ) to underperform from market perform.
In a 10 a.m. conference call, the company says the magnitude of asbestos claims did not justify Thursday's stock sell-off: The company lost about $400 million in market value on Thursday. Ashland says it expects about 85% of all claims and legal fees, to be reimbursed by insurers, although it refused to provide details.
Still, analyst Tyler Dann thinks the 154,000 active asbestos-related claims against the company, which are related to a business sold in 1990, will likely cast a pall over the stock until the company resolves and quantifies the claims. Although he thinks plaintiff claims may increase, he doesn't see more than a nominal impact to the company's finances.
Dann also notes that the replacement for the recently-resigned CEO will probably, at minimum, take longer than previously expected.


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September 7, 2011 by Tristan
Recipe: Annette Fear's barbecued squid with green peppercorns & basil
Serves: 6-8 as part of a selection of dishes
What better way to celebrate the growing warmth of spring than by firing up the barbecue and embracing the refreshing flavours of Thai cuisine. This simple dish, from Annette's recent class at The Essential Ingredient Cooking School Prahran, is elegant, delicious and perfect for sharing.
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The EXP function returns the natural exponential function of Expression.
Example 1
Plot a Gaussian distribution with a 1/e width of 10 and a center of 50 by entering:
myPlot = PLOT(EXP(-(FINDGEN(100)/10. - 5.0)^2))
Example 2
Create a simple PLOT of the decay of radioactive tritium (H3) in a waste tank, beginning in 1995 and going for 35 years, given the following:
- initial concentration (N0) = 7,000,000 pCi/L
- tank was sealed after initial filling
- half life tritium (t1/2) = 12.32 years
- decay constant tritium (k) = (-ln(2)/t1/2)
- t = number of years from 1995
- concentration in a given year (N) = N0e-kt
Copy and paste the following code at the IDL command line to generate the plot below:
; Decay constant of tritium.
; Initial concentration in the tank in pCi/L.
; Create the plot using 1995 as the base year.
myPlot = PLOT((1995+FINDGEN(35)), (ipCi*EXP(decay*FINDGEN(35))), $
DIMENSIONS=[753, 500], XTITLE="Year", $
TITLE="Simple Tritium Decay at Source (pCi/L)", $
YTITLE="Tritium Concentration (pCi/L)" )
IDL creates the following plot:
Result = EXP(Expression)
Return Value
Returns the natural exponential function of the given Expression.
The expression to be evaluated. If Expression is double-precision floating or complex, the result is of the same type. All other types are converted to single-precision floating-point and yield floating-point results. The definition of the exponential function for complex arguments is:
EXP(x) = COMPLEX(eRcos I, eRsin I)
R = real part of x, and I = imaginary part of x. If Expression is an array, the result has the same structure, with each element containing the result for the corresponding element of Expression.
Thread Pool Keywords
This routine is written to make use of IDL's thread pool, which can increase execution speed on systems with multiple CPUs. The values stored in the !CPU system variable control whether IDL uses the thread pool for a given computation. In addition, you can use the thread pool keywords TPOOL_MAX_ELTS, TPOOL_MIN_ELTS, and TPOOL_NOTHREAD to override the defaults established by !CPU for a single invocation of this routine. See Thread Pool Keywords for details.
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Good afternoon Aida, I'm Doug, and I'm sorry to hear of the confusion. My goal is to provide you with excellent service today. Under the law, so long as: 1. Your marriage lasted 10 years or more between date of marriage and date of decree of divorce, (and yours did last the minimum time required) and, 2. So long as you did not remarry before age 60, or if you did you---that second marriage ended before your ex-husband died, and 3. So long as you are at least 60 years old now, Then you qualify for social security survivor's benefits based on your deceased husband. So, as you are single now, and will soon be 60, as soon as you turn 60, you will be eligible to begin receiving your survivor benefits. Please keep in mind that, even though you have already paid your deposit money over to JustAnswer, until you rate me highly for my service, I will not be paid for having assisted you with your questions. If you have additional questions, you may of course reply back to me and I will be happy to continue to assist you further until your questions have been answered to your satisfaction. I wish you the best in your future. Doug
so I am not married after my ex husband now i applied on oct 1 becuse social security said i can I will be 60 in Jan my entitelment date . i took all my certified copies and went down there to apply . the lady said they were all good and i was approve does she approve me or someone else does . and you said i was married over 10 years right. was married from oct 89 to dec 2000 . so does that qulifye me. so you are saying under the law i would be approved right
I will rate you the best please tell me facts . i did file the lady said i got all the certified court papers right i also provided the marraige from the state certified my us passport and age proof. she also asked me for my bank stetment . you mean she would know if did qulify or not?
Hi Aida, Under the law you will be approved. No, the person you spoke with at the counter does not officially approve you---that is done by someone else in Social Security. However, you meet all the requirements for eligibility, you will get your approval and you may collect your benefits starting as soon as you turn age 60, in January. Yes, under the law, you qualify and will be approved before the date your benefits begin. You may reply back to me using the Reply link and I will be happy to continue to assist you until I am able to address your concerns, to your satisfaction. I wish you the best in 2013, Doug
And where does that latter approval come from . when. and if was going to be denied she would have told me that i was not elgible she would have told me. right . so when it goes to process that means they take the field case worker recommendetion and approve them?
and one more question do these claims easy to win or did you see any one qylify and then they deny them call me scared but i have been through so much my ex died he was paying me alimony which i depended on died in an accident and left me and his current wife with questions and nothing else left his insurance policy for his kids my ex was somthing else which i happen to have his last son but does not live with me and he lives out of state
have you ever seen one serviver that was denied i see that stuff on tv if you denid call social security lawyer . i want to thank you so much a nd god bless you for helping me i will rate you exellent you just do not know the pain i have been through the day i met my ex till the day he died
I will be 60 jan 7 2014 does that letter comes from field office or the main office
Survivor benefits are cut and dry---black and white. If you qualify on those 3 items you get the benefit. The commercials you see on TV are for social security disability---not survivor's benefits.Thank you for your kind words. They are appreciated. Please keep in mind that even though you have already paid your deposit money over to JustAnswer, until you rate me highly for my service, I will not be paid for having assisted you with your questions. Thanks again. Have a great day, Doug
Thank you so much i rated you the best because that is what you are . you helped someone who has been through so much with my ex he left me for someone else hurt me evry year i knew him more and more raised 2 kids with him from a first marriage . and after 1 kid with him. he still left me for someone and now he left her the same way he left us but worse he is not here any more


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may/june 2010
Diva II turntable
as reviewed by Ed Kobesky
It seems like everyone's spending less lately. One of my friends is even thinking about replacing his aging full-size Lexus with a Hyundai Genesis. It's not just thousands of dollars cheaper, he pointed out—it's tens of thousands. I haven't driven it, but I did poke my head into one at the dealership. It looks and feels expensive. It even smells kind'a like a Lexus inside. Still, I'd rather settle for a smaller Lexus. Call me a snob.
That's why I like Avid's $2395 Diva II: it has all the pedigree of its costlier siblings and an accessible price. Made in England, by people who earn a living wage, it looks just like one of the family. Sounds expensive, too: quiet, confident and detailed. With rudimentary care and maintenance, it'll probably last a few decades. The whole package screams sophistication in stark contrast to today's pretentious, blue-backlit audio jewelry. But not to worry, non-audiophiles will still think you're a wasteful asshole for buying one.
Basic elements of the company's flagship design philosophy trickled down to the Diva II, including the one-piece aluminum plinth, bearing and record clamping system. Cost cutting (such as it is) comes most noticeably in the form of an MDF platter and a less sophisticated isolation scheme (i.e., big gobs of sorbothane) plus a notable lack of chrome accents compared to five-figure Avids.
Setup may look a little daunting at first, but once you get the pieces out of the box, it's easy to imagine how they fit together. Simply place the bare chassis on your audio rack and assemble the main bearing, which is so precisely machined it needs no wet lubrication. Then position the motor in the cutout at the left hand side of the chassis. Slide the belt over the motor pulley and subplatter, then attach the platter. Plug the supplied tonearm cable into the arm. Plug the motor into the power supply. Plug the power supply into the wall. You can be up and running in 10 or 15 minutes.
Take your time and enjoy though, because the assembly process should add substantially to your pride of ownership. It reveals the high level of quality and sensible engineering at work here. For example, the chassis itself might seem small at first, especially if you subscribe to the popular 'bigger is better' philosophy of high-end audio. However, small is good for a budget turntable because it's easier and cheaper to engineer something small and rigid than large and rigid. The platter is the most perfectly machined piece of round MDF I've ever seen on a turntable, while the bare chassis looks and feels like it fell off a Boeing.
You can buy the Diva II armless, or in the case of the review sample, pre-fitted with a Jelco SA-250T straight tonearm. Derivatives over the years have included models from Sumiko, Audioquest and even Graham. I like it. It's easily on par with entry-level Regas while offering far more adjustability, not to mention an easily upgradeable DIN phono cable. Unlike its S-shaped variant, the headshell is fixed, but the leads are removable. If you accidentally nip off a cartridge clip with your needle nose pliers, you can simply replace the entire wire instead of dragging out the soldering iron. Since Avid can supply pre-cut replacement arm boards and adapters, you can easily swap out the Jelco for something better if and when you feel like it. (Good as the SA-250ST is, I have no doubt Jelco's own SA-750 would be noticeably better. Then again, why not an SME 309 if you can swing it?)
I split my listening between a number of cartridges in the $200-$1000 range, played through either an Audio Research PH1 or Pro-Ject Tube Box SE phono stage. As you might expect given the rigid chassis and stout motor, the Diva II has striking immediacy. It does what the direct drive Technics 1200 can—superb dynamics, slam and attack, plus detail and remarkable pitch stability—without the truncated lateral soundstage, or lack of air, ambiance and inner detail.
Properly applied, I believe that a powerful, torquey motor is a good thing. Combined with a heavy platter for flywheel effect (the Diva II's MDF platter has surprising heft), it's a recipe for gripping, start-stop bass, musical notes that decay naturally and highs that shimmer. The Diva II serves up all of that, along with black backgrounds that add to the aliveness of the presentation. A very carefully arranged soundstage with superb image placement, depth and scaling adds to the sophistication. Music jumps off every record. On some recordings, I found it hard to divide my attention as note after note grabbed me and pulled me away from my book or laptop.
Rhythmically, it's fully competent but that's not an outstanding characteristic here. The Diva II draws you into the music head first, not feet first, by offering truly excellent overall resolution and ease rather than overt tunefulness, sorting out complex musical lines—ven in the background—with stunning alacrity. The downside is, like some other modern designs, it can sound vaguely aloof: technically excellent but emotionally detached. I suspect the liberal use of sorbthane in place of the sophisticated suspensions of more expensive Avids may contribute to this, compounded by the acoustically 'dead' but dark-sounding MDF platter. A commendably tight but not super-extended low end adds to a sense of stoicism. To be clear, however, this is a matter of character, not coloration.
Cartridge selection is key. For example, while Denons sounded strangely dull, Dynavectors worked great, particularly the 10x5 model recommended by Music Direct. An older Benz Glider H slotted somewhere in between, with more detail and finesse than the 10x5 but less go-for-it fun factor. Ortofon's thrifty entry-level moving coil, the high-output MC-1 Turbo, made agreeable music for just $175. Sound Smith's $500 handmade, high-value Carmen should delight those who value pure, honest musicality—check back for a more detailed evaluation in a few months. Based on my experience, I wouldn't spend a lot on a cartridge without upgrading the arm first; $600 feels like the point of diminishing returns.
On a practical note, the Diva's external power supply merely turns the motor on and off. If you want to change speeds, you have to move the belt manually to the corresponding pulley. The record clamp can also be a little fiddly to use. I sometimes had to try a few times before I got the threads lined up, but it did function perfectly well and records generally sounded more focused with the clamp on.
Taken together, the negatives never rise above trivial given the price point, which proves how hard it is to criticize the Diva II. You can even send it back to Avid for an upgrade to next-level SP status. They'll replace the MDF platter with one made from machined aluminum and swap the basic power supply for a sophisticated speed control unit with convenient pushbutton switching between 33 and 45. They'll also add an improved bearing and replace the drive system with a dual-belt affair that is said to further reduce motor noise and vibration. With this kind of built-in upgradeability, it could be your last turntable purchase.
But even bone stock, the Avid Diva II is an excellent performer. It'll be a seismic step up for those currently living with entry-level analog. Yet it's so controlled, confident and effortlessly detailed that downsizing from more expensive gear doesn't have to feel like a huge sacrifice. The best part is, because the Diva II delivers solid value and lasting quality, it's a guilt-free purchase either way—a very, very slick little machine. Ed Kobesky
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I am analyzing imputed survey data using the MI SVY estimation commands. I am estimating proportions and requesting confidence intervals (syntax below). However, many of the confidence intervals are falling outside of 0,1 bounds. The tab confidence intervals available in plain SVY (without MI) are generated using a logistic transform that prevents this problem. However, the tab procedure is not available in MI estimation.
Can anyone suggest a work-around that will let me obtain proportion confidence intervals in MI SVY estimation that remain within the 0,1 bounds?
mi estimate: svy, subpop(if var1==1): proportion var2
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Hello everyone. I hate to bug you with a "help me pick a camera" thread...but...I really am at a loss of what to buy.
A little about myself: I have no camera skills whatsoever. It is a miracle that I even know how to turn my laptop on as I am no techie...FAR from it. I have been using my phone to take pictures and frankly, it sucks. I see my forum friends take pictures and think "wow, I wish I could do that".
I mostly take pictures of my dogs. I know...I know...but they are the love of my life. So I want to show them off. So think...the subjects I shoot may be moving.
Anyways, ok, so this is what I need help with. I need an easy to use camera. I would like the greatest zoom possible. I also would like decent/good video capabilities. It must be able to plug into my computer as I live in the dark ages and the whole "wireless" concept is above my head.
I have been reading reviews on cameras and I feel overwhelmed. I do not have a lot of money to throw on a camera either. I am looking at 200-300 tops...and even that is a lot for me but I really want to start taking pictures with something other than a phone and why buy a cheap, crappy camera.
So what do you think? I would appreciate all your suggestions as I am assuming this is the place to ask.
Thank you so much.
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Well yes the Nikon brand is great. But, any suggestions on what would work for me. I read so many reviews and just feel overwhelmed. I don't want buyer's remorse.
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Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 remains flat
The Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 continued flat trading throughout August, with the index failing to rise above the 300 level witnessed in early July.
According to Ditton Wine Traders, in the latest Liv-ex reading from August 30, the index was set at 297.87, up 2.21 points or 0.75% on the previous week.
Despite the static nature of trading, those behind the fine wine price tracker noted that market conditions suggest now could be a good time for fine wine investment.
"If we run the Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 against the ratio of bids to offers on the Liv-ex exchange, we can see that the weight of bids has been steadily climbing throughout the summer," said the Liv-ex blog.
"Historically, a high bid-offer ratio has been a feature of a rising market," it added.
While the company urges caution among would-be investors, both Sotheby's, Bonhams and Christie's are preparing to host major auctions in the coming weeks, with vintages from across the Bordeaux region set to hit the block.


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Wednesday, September 21, 2016
How Chef David Chang Learned to Stop Yelling and Start Leading
How Chef David Chang Learned to Stop Yelling and Start Leading
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Monday, September 19, 2016
Nobody Is Perfect
The recent Paralympic Games have reminded us very well just how much is possible even with what we call a disability.
Many people have experienced things that have left them in a less than perfect way, In some cases this is clearly visible and easy to see. We compare ourselves to them and if we have all our limbs we look at them as though they be missing something that we have.
Yet not all situations that leave us less than able can be seen.
Stroke, brain injury from accidents or other causes. Kidney or liver problems, cancer, mental health problems are just some things we can face that may not show and yet leave us unable to do all that some others can do.
Even with everything working, we are all different.
Some are good at communicating. Some are not. Some are good at maths while others of us don't process well that way or never really got the knack.
While technology is improving the abilities of those of us who have been faced with loss of a limb and given back mobility in a way that was once impossible we still look for differences instead of how we are alike.
The recent interest in Steampunk is fascinating as it looks back to the steam era and imagines a future work born of mechanics and clockwork. The images that are created as a fashion statement don't seek to hide difference but rather to enhance and make a feature of it.
So we move into a new time where jobs are still stuck in many cases much like in Victorian times even though technology has long moved on. We are capable of doing much more with less and yet we have people with disabilities trying to fit into a system that pretends to need traditional working habits of full time employment, even as the workforce is casualized and benefits denied to those who are willing and able to work full time and in fact would prefer that. At the same time, those who would like a more flexible arrangement are seen as being 'inferior' in some way from an employment point of view.
Instead of looking for differences from the norm, perhaps it is time to review what we consider to be "normal". The definition that we are using seems to me to be out of date and less than useful in the current environment.
Disabled, or not disabled the same things apply to us all.
We need to feel useful. We need to have something that satisfies our need for purposeful living. We need to be able earn money and to fit a life around our working hours.
We need encouragement when things don't go to plan. When life doesn't work out the way we hoped. Or when other stuff just gets in the way of us operating at full capacity.
Looking Forward
Do you need some encouragement?
Do you know someone else who could use some?
You probably do, though you may not have heard it from them.
We all need something to hope for. Something to push ourselves a little bit harder to achieve. Not because someone else expects it but because we do.
And that takes a certain amount of confidence to believe that we do - even though we may be less than perfect - deserve that.
Everyone is entitled to make some plans. Big plans, or small plans, it doesn't matter. Just put it out there in your future and set some memories of things that have not happened yet, that you want to reach.
Celebrate your difference.
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Tuesday, September 06, 2016
Idea: A Quick & Dirty Business Review
Too Busy For A Proper Business Plan?
If you are like many business owners, you may be so rushed with filling orders, paying bills and getting through the day-to-day crises, that there is just no time to get organized, and put your thoughts down into a business plan, or even know quite where to start.
If this sounds like you, then a Fast Business Review might be the way to begin your process of getting control of your business, fix those things that have been left undone that will bring the business fast benefits, and cut through some of the clutter that can turn up in a business, and prevent better results than you could be getting now.
Getting Started
To get started on your review, take a few minutes and think about your business and how it operates every day. Think about what issues come up time and again and cause problems, and think about the improvements that you may have considered making in some parts of the business.
Now make a list of the things that you would like in the business to work better, stop irritating you or improve your financial position. Is cash-flow an issue for the business, or is something else holding you back?
Make your Wish List.
- Things you'd like more of
- Things you'd like less of
Look At Your Business Objectively
Your business has a need to operate efficiently across a range of areas in order to work as effectively (and profitably) as it may. Very often, business owners start out in a business because they have a skill in one area, and may be very adept at performing that technical skill. Of course there are more responsibilities that need to happen for the business to run smoothly.
A good business needs a Vision for what it is to become, so that everything that happens in the business can reflect that and move the business in the direction of fulfilling that ambition. Employees need to know what the owner has in mind, in order to buy-in and help deliver that end result.
It needs sound financial management and effective marketing so as to drive new business, and great customer service to ensure repeat business and referrals to drive that cash-flow which is the engine of any business.
A business needs good employees and good employees need good systems to follow, good management to inspire their loyalty, and good standards for delivery of product and services.
In each area of your business
Financial Business Health
Customer Service
Service Delivery
Product & Service Standards
Information Technology
Employee Management
External Relationship Management
Procedures & Policies
Workplace Health & Safety
*Your business may have additional areas, EG Warehouse, Inventory management, Point of Sale, etc
Write down the top 3 things in each section of the business you'd most like to change.
Be sure to include all areas of the business. Be sure to include any items that are particularly prone to producing stress in the workplace for yourself, or friction with employees.
Write down the actions for each change that has to happen.
Write down the deadline for this to be finished.
Write down who is responsible for making this change happen.
Commit to this undertaking, no excuses.
Look At Your Strengths Objectively
As the business owner, the success of your business depends entirely on the quality of the decisions that you make.
What are the strengths that you bring to the business? What are those things within the business that only you can do? What are the things that you do in the business that someone else could do ... possibly better?
As the CEO of your own business, you understand that the needs of the business are separate from your needs as the Owner. Some things that may be your preference may well be bad for the business. Understanding the clear boundaries here is critical.
If you'd like a copy of a form to use for a Quick & Dirty Business Review contact me and I'll send you one by email.
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Financial Planners - Social Media One Good Investment To Make Now
"The newest paradigm shift in financial planning
is being driven by the emerging trans-generational wealth transfer
- the largest in history."
Some interesting numbers fell across my view this week, which should be of interest to any financial advisor.
These numbers from the US would probably be a close match for the experience in Australia too, though many US businesses are in front when it comes to client servicing standards by comparison.
- 2% of children inheriting stay with the parents' financial advisor
- With the death of their husbands, only 45% of women stay with the current financial advisor.
What does this mean for financial advisors? It's vital to learn to build strong relationships or risk losing out in the coming avalanche of inter-generational transfer of wealth that is about to unfold.
What we want from our financial advisors
Here's what one recent survey in the US found about clients' views on what's important to them. This is the response according to an article on Forbes
"The CFA Institute & Edelman Investor Trust Survey."
The survey asked respondents which of the following factors was the most important to them in selecting an investment manager (while the question in the survey related to investment managers specifically, but I would argue that the results are relevant to advisors and other industry participants as well):
- Trusted to act in my best interest – 35%
- Ability to achieve high returns – 17%
- Commitment to ethical conduct – 17%
- Recommended by someone I trust – 15%
- Compliance with industry best practices – 8%
- Amount/structure of fees – 7%
By more than 2 to 1, more respondents felt that the most important thing to them in picking an investment partner is that they feel that they can be trusted to act in their best interest. Returns were less important, and fees were at the bottom of the list."We can see from this that trust is a big factor for clients. That should come as no great surprise and yet if we look at the focus of activity in the financial services industry, there is little that is remarkable in service standards that would lead us to have any great trust in one firm over another.
Building relationships just doesn't seem to be a priority for financial planners and financial advisors, whose focus is often on rate of returns, fees and commissions. To gain trust, matching priorities needs to be demonstrated.
Doing The Right Thing
From this we can see that ethics is important to clients. They want to feel that they have placed their trust in someone whose behaviours they can reasonably expect will follow the client's best interests and that the advisor will be sufficiently in tune with their wishes and investment style to recommend products and strategies that take into account the wishes, capacity for financial resilience, temperament, aspirations, wider goals and the risk management needs of the client.
What does ethical and professional financial expertise look like?
Financial advisors don't just need to be professional and have high standards of ethical behaviour. They need a way to show that. How do customers know how this plays out in your business? How do their friends see that this is an important issue to you and how you run your financial planning business? It is in our actions that our values play out. It is the topics that interest us the standards we hold for ourselves, the public platform we develop to showcase these aspects of our professional and personal identity as well as the services standards that we set in place within the business.
Establishing Trust
We love to be really heard. Talking less and listening more is a good start. But it is not enough to just listen, we need to also carry that through to understanding how that fits into a broader context. So listening is not very useful if what we are told is not translated into the plan that is to be implemented. This is an element of what we could call 'ecology' and should be consistent not just with the words spoken, but the beliefs and values behind the words. Listening is one step in the process. Clarifying and assuring you know what that means to the customer, is the next step to the really important end stage - understanding.
We Do Things Differently Now
While conservative establishments like financial planning companies have established ways that things get done, all of which are likely to be convenient for the financial houses, not necessarily so for the customer.
Customers are not standing still. Technology is putting information as close as their fingertips and they don't want to hang around for yearly statements and feedback when they can now access other things they need in real time. The old business models will have to change and become more convenient and accessible for clients. That's also key to streamlining processes and opening new means using technology to find additional touch points to stay in contact with clients, be of value to clients and establish your relationship with them as being a useful addition to their life.
Leveraging Time and Information To Create And Post Quality Content
Technology, social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin, blogs, instant message and SMS text services can all help to make life more simple and functional and save time for advisors and clients alike. Maintaining contact in the ways that are most beneficial and wanted by the client is also how you show that you have listened and heard what they want when it comes to how they want to work with you.
While some aspects of service can be automated and direct, when it comes to public methods for informing and educating around financial matters, this can be in your hands as the trusted advisor, for both clients and others in their network who could become clients in the future. But this can only happen if you have the means and have developed the resources necessary to be a visible as the credible expert and trusted industry authority. When that happens you are placed well for them to turn to you as their first and most reliable source when it comes to matters of a financial and life planning nature.
Where To Start
Begin with forgetting your assumptions about what you think you know about your clients. The chances are that what you think about your client base is not right. Those clients you think are your best clients may not be any more. And those "C" grade clients you have not seen for years - could be someone else's "A" grade client ... or will be in the future.
- Begin with a good analysis and review of your client base. This cannot be just on fees, but needs to be assessed using a range of metrics that are objective and subjective and take into account the lifetime value of a customer to your business.
- Audit your current method of servicing customers
- Map the current servicing strategy in diagram form
- Check metrics on rate of business lost
- Identify bottlenecks in the service delivery area
- Quantify system for and metrics for new business acquisition
- Quantify lost business and system reporting method
- Diagram customer feedback system
- Review marketing plan
That's a good start. Each of these areas will take some digging to get the information you need to fully understand the present situation.
The next step from there on is to develop your plan what you want to achieve in the future term and how to go about proceeding to What Happens Next.
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Sunday, December 13, 2015
Beware The Doghouse. A Christmas Message
This post comes as something of a Public Service message I think.
This video says in a few minutes what we could not say in a lifetime to our loved ones. For those with a partner who lacks the gift of comprehending social nuance, this is for you. For the sisters and mothers of people who lack this same skills set, please pass it on. To your young men, please pass it on. Fathers with sons... pass it on (but watch it first!).
A Happy Festive Season To All
And To All... A Good Night.
(Not In The Doghouse!)
Update: The Doghouse Sequel.
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This video says in a few minutes what we could not say in a lifetime to our loved ones. For those with a partner who lacks the gift of comprehending social nuance, this is for you. For the sisters and mothers of people who lack this same skills set, please pass it on. To your young men, please pass it on. Fathers with sons... pass it on (but watch it first!).
A Happy Festive Season To All
And To All... A Good Night.
(Not In The Doghouse!)
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Wednesday, December 09, 2015
Working For Promises
It's an interesting world in which we live.Changes happening every day to the way we work, the way we get remunerated and the way we use media and technology.
While industries employ weasel language to talk about "flexibility in the workforce" what they mean is casual jobs and no benefits. Contracts replace employment and many jobs lack the security of employment that can allow the person to plan ahead, borrow money and invest in a home. This group which is growing by the day has been called The Precariat - for the precarious financial situation in which they find themselves.
"Millions of people across the world, including many Australians, are living and working in economic and social insecurity, many in casual or short-term, low-paid jobs, with contracts they worry about. Their incomes fluctuate unpredictably, they lack benefits that most people used to take for granted.
No paid holidays, no sick leave, no subsidised training, no worthwhile pension to look forward to, and no assurance that if they lose their job they will be able to rely on state benefits or other assistance." - Guy Standing is the author of The Precariat - The New Dangerous Class (Bloomsbury) see more on that here in this article on The Drum
Naturally in such a world, retirement funding is up to the individual and we know from experience in Australia prior to compulsory superannuation and in the US (where retirement benefits were changed in the 80's to allow employers to only match contributions from employees) that many people will not put enough money aside (nor be able to afford to) nor be able to retire since they will have few resources to depend on, aside perhaps from a windfall legacy when their parents die.
Similarly, the technical world is full of sage advice on the new paradigm and how people will be moving from job to job expressing their skills and running their career as "my personal business". This is an attitude that we will have to cultivate but we're not there yet.
Part of that techno wonder is the miracle of the start-up where people can be promised big bonuses when (If) 'the ship comes in' and the company gets bought out by a mega player. Meanwhile they can graft away on a subsistence pay - or work for basically nothing. Since most start-ups are likely to fail, many will put in the time and at the end have a very expensive lesson to show for it. Some interesting perspective on this fact is outlined in this piece "Advice for US Entrepreneurs Who Move to Europe" on the difference between the US and Europe when it comes to start-ups. In Australia you can figure the conditions are most like Europe than the US. Bold highlight is mine.
"Another legal obligation that is very common in Europe and unheard of in the USA is state-mandated severance pay packages. This is a direct impediment to start ups, the reason being that most start ups fail and in the USA there is an understanding of this. In the USA employees demand stock options as upside should the start up succeed knowing that there will be no severance package should the start up fail."
Then there is the virtual sweatshop model that is growing apace, where you contribute your writing, your creative pieces and don't get paid. Oh, yes you will benefit, you're told, by "all the exposure" you'll get. Meanwhile if the business takes off and the owner sells it for a bundle, that's going in their pocket, but never yours. That exposure? Probably worth very little in real terms.
Illustrators who have been working professionally for decades are struggling to find work. Where then will the work come from for all those following who are studying visual arts and joining the list of people looking for that creative work? Well there are sites that promote "Freelance" jobs - where you can pimp yourself out in competition with those in third world countries where $10 a day is possible to live on.
Harlan Ellison is a very good and famous author who had something fabulous to say on this matter. He's 'paid his dues' and still yet the hucksters will try it on to get work free. Here's what he thought about that.
So what is the way forward?
It seems that the system in which we work will need to change to accommodate the new less-that-full-time workplace. Perhaps decoupling benefits from employment so that they accrue the same way that superannuation and retirement savings do, and are portable from job to job. A change in the way that banks approach lending for people in this new workforce and perhaps an additional payment made to those who are not regular employees.
It's definitely a topic that needs to be on the agenda for discussion because it is likely to affect every family, and living well in this new environment is going to depend on having a well considered and implemented plan to deal with the issues that pertain.
Working for promises? That's a mug's game.
Don't be a mug.
With the growth in social media platforms many have a huge following personally - but that doesn't translate into job offers or financial reward.
Like this article outlines...
"The restaurant was hosting Buzzfeed's Golden Globes party. For the past two years, Ashley has been one of the most visible actresses on the company's four YouTube channels, which altogether have about 17 million subscribers. ...
The awkward part was that Ashley wasn't there to celebrate with Buzzfeed. She was there to serve them. Not realizing that her handful of weekly waitressing shifts at Eveleigh paid most of her bills, a coworker from the video production site asked Ashley if her serving tray was "a bit." It was not.""The disconnect between internet fame and financial security is hard to comprehend for both creators and fans. But it's the crux of many mid-level web personalities' lives. Take moderately successful YouTubers, for example. Connor Manning, an LGBT vlogger with 70,000 subscribers, was recognized six times selling memberships at the Baltimore Aquarium. Rosianna Halse Rojas, who has her own books and lifestyle channel and is also YouTube king John Green's producing partner, has had people freak out at her TopMan register. Rachel Whitehurst, whose beauty and sexuality vlog has 160,000 subscribers, was forced to quit her job at Starbucks because fans memorized her schedule.
In other words: Many famous social media stars are too visible to have "real" jobs, but too broke not to." Read the full story here: Famous and broke
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Monday, August 10, 2015
Blogging: Try An Ideas Jar
I have a dozen ideas a day about a topic for a blog that comes as I am interacting with a client or reading an article or just listening to the radio. Something will be said, and that will lead me into thinking about other things that are like that and suddenly, there's a topic to expand into a long form piece of writing to publish that could be useful for me to remember or revisit, and may be helpful or other people too.
So I'd scribble that down on a piece of paper.
But pieces of paper get lost, they get used for other notes, lost at the bottom of pile of paperwork and never make it to the publishing - which is where you could really use it.
Ideas Notes
So I thought about a new system to try. Here's how it goes.
I have printed some points to apply to each post to remind me what the thought was I want to write about.
In this case:
- Idea (summary of what the blog post would be about)
- Target audience (who it might interest)
- Main Point (The primary take-away idea from the post that distills the whole message)
- Category eg #productivity #business #personaldevelopment #marketing
So a template made with the questions, fits 3 per page, can then be printed off a few pages at a time and then cut into single idea notes to fill out on the run when the idea strikes.
I'll then fill out the details, fold them up and put them into a jar and there you have it. Part of the thinking is already done on the idea note. The topic and the context are clear and defining the main point makes it easier to then work out an image that will fit with the post.
Moving ideas out into their own space
I'm expecting that having the idea notes contained in the jar will help in two ways.
- The thoughts will be captured along with notes to remind me of the context so I understand the context for the idea when I then write the piece
- They are stored together safely in one space where they are easily accessible but can't get mixed up with unrelated notes, and
- They will build up into a bank of quality topics that I intend to write about and kickstart the process when I am about to write a blog but don't have a particular topic burning right there and then that I want to write about.
Other Ways To Use An Idea Jar
I think this idea can work well for creating a bank of ideas for writing blog posts as it allows the sed to germinate before writing and the ideas to percolate and mature before the writing stage. I'll update this post after I've tested it out a while. I like the idea of having a savings bank of ready-to-go starters to use for blogging. It's a little like cooking dinner - often the hardest part is working out what to have.
This would also be a good system to use for planning and before you get to the formal stage of writing a plan for business, or a travel itinerary or even just setting goals for the future. Try some ideas in the jar and see if you still like them later when you revisit. The nice things about goals is that we can try them on and change them if we don't really care for them. Winnowing the ideas down to the goals that really matter to us before setting them fully and mapping them to our life plan means that when we do that we have tested them well and know they are a good fit and fully meet the criterion we have for being ecologically sound. If using this jar idea for goals, maybe check out the cupboards or thrift store and buy a really special jar to use. One you can get your hand into and one that shows off your goal idea within.
Great For The Not-So-Tidy Deskers
The jar idea is also perfect for those of us who don't have a desk that is completely clean and bare at all times. If your clutter tends to accumulate on the desk, this could be perfect for you to try too.
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Hi, my name is De ' Ashley and I am a student at Virginia Tech. I currently work as a tutor with grade k-4th. I am looking to expand my work experience and do something I really love...working with people.
I begin babysitting in middle school and have volunteered with children for 8 years. I come from a large family, so I have experience with children from the age of newborns to teenagers.
I have volunteered for the programs such as the Boys and Girls Club, Coalition for Refugee Resettlement, Lunch Buddies, Recess Buddies and Homework Helpers.
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Mary, Thank you so much for answering. If you could get the names, I would appreciate it. Even if it is only Olive's. On the 1880 census I show names of William, Ollie, James, Samuel, susan, and Solomon. Which girl also goes by Nancy? I have the 1900 census that shows Olive going by Anna so I guess they liked to change around their names alot back then. I would appreciate any photos you have. I think she was such an interesting women.
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I would like to ask permission to use your photo of the above named memorial in my family history and on Ancestry.com. I would, of course, credit you with the photo.
Thank you for the work you do. It is appreciated.
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Hi, I am the great granddaughter of Olive Ann Rees Watson. I would like to know if you know the names of the children in the order they are in, in the picture. Olive died when I was small, so I have no idea what she looked like. You can also contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com
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I found a biographical sketch of John T. Faris that I thought you might want to add to his memorial. Let me know if you want it.
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KOSIBA, ROBERT - Age 34 of 4431 15th Avenue, Hobart, passed away in Rensselaer, Indiana, Sunday, September 10, 1978. He was an employee of Morraco Sand and Gravel Company. Member of SS Peter and Paul Church. Survivors: wife, Rima; 1 daughter, Elisha; 1 son, Ryan both at home; parents; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace C. (Anne) Kosiba of Gary; 2 brothers, Brad of Merrillville and James of Crown Point; 2 sisters Mrs. Al (Loretta) Ferdi of Columbus, Ohio, Miss Nancy Kosiba of Portage. Funeral services at Gelsen Funeral Home, 7905 Broadway, Merrillville and at SS Peter and Paul Church, Reverand Eugene C. Hoffman officiating. Burial in Weston Cemetery, Rensselaer, indiana.
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Hi Mary,
I attempted to connect Sarah to her parents Alva and Elizabeth Cockerill Yeoman but did not find the edit button for family relationship available. During a recent trip to the DAR library in Wasington DC, I copied the complete file on Stepehn Yeoman's descendants. Info there confirmed the relationship. Could you please make the connection?
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Go to your Contributor/Profile page. Look in the upper right corner. You should now see a tab called "Edits" - check there to see if any have been submitted to you. Then just review and accept.
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Mary - are there headstones for Paul (#62523323) and Ruth (#62523324) for your Find a Grave Memorials for the Longstreth's. That would be great to get photos of their headstone(s) on their memorials. Thank you, Claudia
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NABARD will provide a credit flow of Rs 400 crore to Punjab's dairy sector during the next three years to boost milk production and promote dairy farming.
Stating this, a spokesman of National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) on Wednesday said three districts-- Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Ropar-- had been selected for modernisation and capacity building in the dairy sector.
"NABARD is in the process of redefining the concept of dairy sector as commercial activity rather than calling it as allied agriculture activity," he said.
While milking machines would be provided to dairy farmers, milk coolers will be given to both farmers and societies, under the project.
Punjab's dairy farming has 9 per cent share in country's milk output with less than 2 per cent livestock, he said. Per capita availability of milk in the state stood at 931 gram, which is highest in the country, he added.


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The NSW Opposition has called for a moratorium for property owners forced to pay land tax for the first time, after signs the State Government is planning to amend its land tax regime in the June budget.
The Opposition leader, John Brogden, said it was unfair to force owners to pay the tax now if the law was going to change again in June.
More than 300,000 properties became liable for land tax after the Government abolished the $317,000 tax-free threshold in a mini-budget last April.
The Treasurer, Andrew Refshauge, has asked his department to provide alternatives amid widespread anger at the tax among small investors. One alternative is understood to involve reimposing the threshold at $340,000 but shifting the current tax on unimproved value to one that hits the top end of the market, where wealthier investors have reaped windfalls from property development.
Yesterday Mr Brogden indicated the Opposition would impose an indexed threshold on unimproved values similar to that which existed before the changes. Such a threshold is likely to be around $340,000.
"The Government should place a moratorium on land tax bills for first-time land taxpayers in NSW," he said.
He was concerned that small investors were receiving backdated land tax notices and being made to pay interest because they had miscalculated the value of their properties, based on council rate valuations.
The Premier, Bob Carr, and Dr Refshauge refused to comment on the issue. A spokesman for the Treasurer, Nino Tesoriero, said Mr Brogden's proposal was simplistic and showed a lack of understanding of the budget process.
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