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A. In addition to any other penalty assessment provided by law, a penalty assessment shall be levied in an amount of thirteen dollars on every fine, penalty and forfeiture imposed and collected by the courts for criminal offenses and any civil penalty imposed and collected for a civil traffic violation and fine, penalty or forfeiture for a violation of the motor vehicle statutes, for any local ordinance relating to the stopping, standing or operation of a vehicle or for violation of the game and fish statutes in title 17.
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***NEW Oro Valley hands free ordinance No. (O)16-15, effective 1/7/2017.
First offense, no accident - fine amount $50.00; 2nd offense - fine amount $100.00; 3rd offense - fine amount $200.00. A person who violates this ordinance and is involved in a motor vehicle collission is subject to a civil penalty of a minimum of $250.00.
Bond/Fine Schedule Effective 1-1-2019
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I read an article a while back about how it's good to forget stuff. The theory was that if you let the meaningless little things slip from your mind you will always have room for the new and important things. I'm not sure about that idea but apparently my sub-conscious mind can remember what I have missed. The night before the DirtyDuo, I had strange dreams of my last race. I'm pretty sure it was my body's way of questioning my intent for the next day.
The Dirty Duo is held in North Vancouver. The course starts in Lynn Valley and goes up to Rice Lakes, past the Seymour River and up onto the mountains following trails like the Figure 8, Old Buck and Ned's Atomic Dustbin. Much of the race is on very technical mountain biking trails. It's a mixed event for both mountain bikers and runners with 15, 25 and 50 km divisions.
In the days leading up the event, it poured hard in North Vancouver and the forecast for the day of was rain. About an hour before we lined up to start it stopped. Judging by the rest of the event organization, they probably even changed the weather.
When I left the gate I tried not to overpace. It's just so easy to, especially with the mixed start. I purposely held back from most of the other runners but I was still pacing at 4:20 km's – way too fast for a technical trail ultra. I focused on efficient trail movement, enjoyed the dampness and the fog and made my way along the river. Within a few kilometers the loose lead group moved to a slower rate and I started making moves on the way up the incline sections. I felt lactic in my shins, a sure sign of disaster for a 50 but I lied to myself 'oh well – just do this for a little while until you get ahead'.
We kept moving fast but drifted apart on the trail as we climbed up and up to the top of the first loop. My heart rate was very high – above 90% – but I felt good. Really good. Well – keep running then.
The trail was wild- big rocks, little rocks, puddles, running water, roots, logs and little streams. Up and down and around I went. By the time I hit the top of the first loop and a little bit of snow, I was in second place. Then transitioning onto Ned's Atomic Dustbin, I kept my heart rate high but this meant I started really going as it was all downhill. I was barely holding on going as fast as I could, using the granite boulders for grip under running water. Barely controlling an uncontrollable descent, I passed the leader. He held on behind me for a few minutes but I lost him when things starting getting really crazy.
Humans are amazing creatures, capable of more than what we experience in what we do day in and day out. Moving faster than you can think, eyes fixed on the trail 20 feet ahead so your mind can autonomously direct your foot to precision placement on the last ¾ of an inch of a boulder in a split second and then repeat that 180 times a minute you can glimpse our full potential. We have gained much in modern civilization but trail running reminds you the old, internal skills are not lost – just simply below the surface. It takes letting go and trusting yourself to make this happen.
I hit the bottom of the gnarl and headed up past the Seymour bridge, up along the river and then into some nice slopes back to the gazebo at the Rice Lakes parking lot. I grabbed some salt and gels and bolted up towards the Figure 8 trail. I traveled the mountain bike trail fast – back and forth, up and down ramps and over obstacles and soon I was back beside the Seymour River and then transitioning to climbing again.
On the second loop, I learned a new trick – just uphill as hard as you can until you get tunnel vision. As long as you can still see the trail in front of you then you should be fine. My lack of peripheral vision did cause me to go off course once but I quickly corrected. I hit the second downhill as fast as the first loop with the only difference being fatigue. I didn't see anyone except volunteers at the two aid stations and back at the gazebo.
When you are advancing on someone you are the predator but while leading you are the prey. You flee forward without knowledge of those behind, so you run like your hunted. I followed Lynn River and then onto the mud holes of the Diamond Trail. Knowledge that I was close to the end made my movement liberal enough to lose a shoe in the bottom of a bog. I considered running with one foot shod but thought better of it so I dug elbow deep and squished it back on.
I hit the road for the last 900 meters. It was downhill and I ran for all I was worth, counting the seconds to try and break the four hour mark. I made the turn and into the finish line at 3:57:09 with a first overall. Someone later pointed out that this was the third fastest historical time on that race course since the Dirty Duo started.
People were eyeing me a bit strangely. At first I thought it was because I was the only one from Prince George but a few minutes later a lower heart rate and an improved mental state made me realize it was my muddy form and the blood streaming down my leg from a tumble I had taken on some rocks.
I turned quickly to look back as I was intent to see who was in second. I waited and to my astonishment, he passed the line 24 minutes later. It was Matt Cecill from Victoria with a 4:21:35. Colin Miller followed with third at 4:24:40. Jude Ultra took first female overall with 4:58:27
Sometimes things come together and this was just one of those lucky days!
A great big thank you to Falcon Drilling and Queensway Autoworld for supporting me with the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc and the 2012 racing season.

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Royalty Exemptions feature allows your Franchisees to exclude certain Products or Services from Royalty fee depending on your contract.
Royalty Exemptions are set on the product and needs to have a document, that proves that this should be an Exempt, attached. However, every time when this product is added to an invoice, the Exemption has to be approved by the Franchisor. Otherwise, it will not be excluded from the Royalty fee.
Royalty Exemptions feature is NOT a default feature and if you want this enabled in your Franchisee company account, you need to to go to your Companies section and select the company which settings you want to edit:
The Company Details page will open and you need to navigate to the Royalty Settings section. Press the Edit button to see the Royalty settings:
The pop-up window will open where you can see the Exempt Sales field. You need to press the button to enable the Royalty Exemptions feature and click Save:
Right now, when the Royalty Exemptions are enabled, your Franchisee is able to set a Product or Service as an Exempt.
The Franchisee needs to sign in to their Company account and either create a new Product or Service, or edit the Existing one. When they press the Edit button on the Product or Service record, the pop-up window appears. They need to press the button at the Royalty Exempt section to turn it on and click Save:
When the Product or Service is set as Royalty Exempt, they need to upload a document that justifies the Royalty Exemption. If there are no documents uploaded, the warning message appears at the top or the Product or Service record to remind them to upload the document.
Without documentation, the product cannot be Royalty Exempt.
To upload a document, the Franchisee needs to navigate to the Royalty Exempt Documentation section and press the universal add button (+):
This button opens a pop-up window where they need to enter the Name of the document and upload a document. They can also add the Description for this document, but it's optional:
When the Franchisee clicks Save, the document with its Name and Description appears under the Royalty Excempt Documentation section and the warning message at the top of Product/Service record disappears.
When the Product or Service is marked as a Royalty Exempt and the Franchisee adds it to the invoice, in the Invoice Items section it appears as until you as a Franchisor approve the invoice line item. Keep in mind that marking the Product or Service as Royalty Exempt, does not automatically exclude this item from the Royalty fee. Every time the item is added to the invoice it has to be approved and documented.
Also, in the Invoice Details page, appears the section Royalty Exempt Documentation, where the Franchisee can view the documents attached to the Royalty Exempt request, edit those documents or add some new ones:
To add a new document, they need to press the universal add button (+) and upload a file. However, this file will be added only to the invoice they're editing. It will not appear under the Product or Service record.
To approve the Royalty Exemption, you as a Franchisor need to login to your account and in the Actions section you will see a red label with a number of actions that require your attention. Navigate to this section and select Exemptions:
Here you will see a list of pending Exemptions that are waiting for your approval:
You can review the Exemptions documentation in the Link column, filter the grid by company or the Exemption status. The default view is where you see all the pending status Exemption requests, from all of your child companies.
The 'Edit' button opens the Invoice Details page where the Exemption was requested and in the Royalty Exempt Documentation section you can edit the document, approve, decline or delete the documentation:
In the Exemptions list you can either approve/decline the Exemptions one by one, or use the bulk actions functionality:
If you decline the Exemption, the pop-up window appears where you need to write the Decline reason:
When you decline the Exemption, in your your Franchisee's menu Actions section, a red label with the number of actions appears:
It shows the number of the declined Exemption requests. In the grid they can press the 'Edit' button:
The 'Edit' button opens the Invoice Details page and in the Royalty Exempt Documentation section they can upload a new document or delete the existing one:
The important part is that if there is more than one Document related to the same Invoice Item, all of those Documents have to be approved. If there is at least one Document with pending status, the Invoice Item stays with a pending status. If there is at least one Document with a declined status, the Invoice Item has a status declined:
In order for the Item to have the status approved, all related documents have to be approved by you as a Franchisor:
However, if they edit an already approved document, the status becomes 'pending' again and you as a Franchisor have to approve it again.
In the Royalty Report, the Royalty Exempt Sales are separated from Net Sales, and Royalty fee is calculated from Net Sales, excluding the Exemptions:
The important part is that the Exempt Sales are calculated not from the Invoices, but from the applied payments. If in the current Royalty Report period there is only a partial payment for the invoice which has Royalty Exemptions, the Exempt Sales are calculated from the Payment amount based on how many percents of the Sale consist of the Royalty Exempt. If the rest of the payment is applied in the next Royalty Report period, the part of this payment according to the percentage will appear in the next Royalty Report.


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Until last week Mr Burns had avoided the indignities of travelling by the railways he is charged with running, instead taking a department car 35 miles from his home in Essex to London at a cost to the taxpayer of £80,000 a year. He had argued he needed to work on confidential Government papers in private during his commute; a claim rejected by the Cabinet Office.
But, chastened by the exposure of his unusual arrangement on the front page of a Sunday newspaper, this morning Mr Burns chose to share the commuting experience of millions of Britons by travelling by train.
(Heathcliff O'Malley)
Leaving his end of terrace house at 5.30am without any official papers, Mr Burns walked through the freezing cold and near-deserted streets to Chelmsford station.
Despite glancing at his watch he narrowly missed the 5.40am train, which left on time, as he stopped to buy a newspaper.
(Warren Allott)
With an 18 minute wait until the next train the platform was almost deserted as Mr Burns sat down and flicked through The Times, before picking up his book - Five Days in Philadelphia by Charles Peters.
It is an account of the 1940 Republican Party convention and how it propelled Franklin Roosevelt into supporting Britain in the war. FDR, famously, loved to travel by rail throughout his presidency.
The station quickly filled up with seasoned commuters who knew where to stand to wait in line for the doors.
When the East Anglia train pulled in Mr Burns joined the other passengers in a civilised queue to board, with no hint of the pushing and shoving that is often seen on some commuter routes.
(Warren Allott)
The train - typical in its age and general grubbiness - was close to capacity. There were no free seats in standard class. Rather than take a seat in First Class, which carried only six passengers, the MP stood in the vestibule with four other passengers between two carriages near to the closed buffet bar.
(Warren Allott)
His chosen spot allowed Mr Burns to feel the full force of the express train's bumpy ride and he stood with his loafers planted firmly apart to steady himself as other passengers were thrown off balance.
A telecoms worker who stood near Mr Burns in the shuttered buffet car said: "I have given up looking up for a seat now. I just stand."
(Warren Allott)
The journey cost £34 for a day travelcard, which includes tube travel, £25.70 for a day return, or £43.50 for a First Class day return.
But as he did not stop to buy a ticket Mr Burns may have already purchased a seven day season ticket – costing £88.50 in Standard Class or £141.60 in First. Unlike most commuters, he is entitled to claim back the cost on his parliamentary expenses.
Mr Burns got off the train at Liverpool Street station and headed toward Westminster on the tube.
Mr Burns had originally tried to weather out the public dismay at his travel arrangements, and on Monday once again travelled in the £25,000 Toyota Avensis. He claimed his previous arrangements were made in "good faith" and not meant as a "snub" to rail passengers.
Local commuters welcomed the change of heart.
David Brigg, chairman of the local commuter group the Witham and Braintree Rail Users Association, said: "He is the local MP, he should use the train and suffer what we suffer on a daily basis.
"We want our MP to truly enjoy the disruptions so that maybe they will listen when we say that fares going up higher than inflation, based on performance, cannot be justified.
"He should join his constituents and all the commuters and if the train is giving us pain it is right that he should share that pain. As rail minister he should really understand the need for more investment."
Based on the figures gathered by their own members around 13 per cent of peak trains on the Chelmsford line are late every year.


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Unbridled optimism seemed to be the hallmark of the first stanza of this raucous decade. Following several months of unfettered chaos, we've now settled in to the next chapter: what-comes-next-ism.
I'm a little late in posting this, but last week the New York Times' Economix blog had a great piece by Harvard economist Edward L. Glaeser. ""Betting On Atlanta"" is an interesting looks at the city's past, present and future- Glaeser really gets at the nuts and bolts of the situation, and why one should be bullish on what's ahead for the capital city. Definitely worth the three minutes- read it all here.


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The Other Wine Co.
The Other Wine Co. is a new venture that aims to make wines from the right grape, grown in the right place. That may sound obvious, but it's a principle honoured more "in the breach than the observance." Really good matches of variety and place take a long time to become entrenched, but when they do, the proof is in the glass.
The first two wines from The Other Wine Co. are classic matches of region and variety. Grenache from McLaren Vale has often been overshadowed by Shiraz and even Cabernet Sauvignon, but in the last decade it has become more and more clear that Grenache is the gem of the vale. The old bush vines, grown without irrigation, that are in their prime for making great Grenache are, in our view, among the viticultural treasures of Australia.
Pinot Gris, like Grenache, can be and has been under-valued at times in Australia. It has often been grown in warm climates, cropped too high, and made without much ambition. But it's worth remembering that Pinot Gris is Pinot Noir's white twin, genetically the same, but a very different personality. In the high-altitude, high-rainfall hills to the east of Adelaide, Gris is perfectly placed to perform, and to give wines of texture that retain freshness and character.
The Other Wine Co. wines are vinified and bottled at the Shaw + Smith winery in Balhannah. The wines are 'other' because they give the winemakers the opportunity to make wines from varieties and/or regions that fall outside of Shaw + Smith's rigorous definition. Stylistically, the wines avoid over-ripeness, oak and power in preference to freshness, balance and overall drinkability. These are made to drink and enjoy. That's it!


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Posts Tagged 'Broken Water'
Soundtrack2 Ep. 107: Shadow
A Place To Bury Strangers, Stars, Grizzly Bear, Wild Eyes, Glass Vaults & more
Lots of strong new releases this week. Not to mention that two of the featured bands have the word "wild" in them.
Dig in.
1. Dan Deacon – Lots
Absolutely slamming new anthem starts the party. Download on his site.
2. Young Galaxy – Youth Is Wasted On The Young
Seems with every new release, this band steps further into the 1980s. Not that that's a bad thing.
3. Stars – The Theory of Relativity
Somebody's been listening to a lot of M83. Nice to hear fresh sounds from this band, also available on their site.
4. Wild Nothing – Shadow
I can see this fictional airbrushed, longing music video playing in my head.
5. It Hugs Back – Half American
This song hugs me in a very nice way. Imagine a poppier Broken Social Scene.
6. She's So Rad – Rockin' Back Inside My Heart
Shimmering chillwave and vivid choruses make this the track of the week.
7. Wheat Fields – Heaven Is A Place Where Nothing Ever Happens
Some beautifully wistful dream pop.
8. Grizzly Bear – Sleeping Ute
Can't say many other GB tunes stood out for me, but this latest folk electric psych single is just riveting.
9. Richard Hawley – Leave Your Body Behind You
What's in the water these days? First Paul Weller psychs out and now it's RH's turn to get trippy. A crooner from the Standing At The Sky's Edge album.
10. Archers Of Loaf – Dead Red Eyes
I was mainly into their early 90s records, but as part of its reissue series Merge has dropped a great track off 1998's White Trash Heroes.
11. Exitmusic – The Sea
A mysterious quiet/loud mini epic.
12. Amen Dunes – Bedroom Drum
Through Donkey Jaw track that I can't stop listening to.
13. Glass Vaults – Into Clear
Prodding, almost ambient drifting tune that builds to an amazing finale. Was a little slow to realize how awesome this track is.
14. Rancho Relaxo – Wisdom Blackout
Damn catchy Brian Jonestown Massacre-style psych…I keep finding great tracks on my iPod from these S2 faves.
15. Broken Water – Drown
Fantastic, primal drone psych out of Olympia.
16. Black Night Crash – Baby It's You
This new shoegaze track off the excellent Drawn Out Days has been driving me nuts. This singer sounds exactly like someone else, but I'm at a loss. Can somebody help?
17. Six Organs Of Admittance – Waswasa
Sometimes you just have to shred. This new Ascent track embodies glorious rock and roll abandon.
18. Wild Eyes – Ride
Chugging motorik shoegaze? Check.
19. Pagiins – I Don't Feel Anything
The surfers head to the biker bar for an after party.
20. A Place To Bury Strangers – Revenge
Good to hear this band continue scorching the earth on their latest Worship.
Soundtrack2 Ep. 84: Mind Daze
Psychic Ills, Deerhoof, The Chambermaids, Wooden Shjips, Sleeping Bags & more
1. Husky Rescue – Rainbow Flows
Chilling out at a hookah bar on Venus.
2. Psychic Ills – Mind Daze
Hazy psych roots rock off Hazed Dream, due out later this month.
3. Duelelectrum – Ultrasensor
São Paulo band gets murky on this one from Exploding Galaxy.
4. Neutral Milk Hotel – You've Passed
Recent touring and reissues made me dust off this powerful drone rock classic.
5. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Too Real
The trip down memory lane continues with this great midtempo dream pop tune from their first album.
6. Spectrum – How You Satisfy Me
Also recording under Sonic Boom, here the former Spacemen 3 member drops shimmering organ psych like this one from Refractions.
7. Wooden Shjips – Black Smoke Rise
Leadoff track to new album West.
8. Model Morning – We Go All Night
A fantastic rock and roll epic. Anyone hearing a similarity between the lead singer and Peter Gabriel?
9. Starfire Connective Sound – Acid Morning Ride
Bombastic Brazilian rock and roll.
10. Broken Water – Heart Strings
Fulfilling my quota of tunes inspired by Sonic Youth. Available on Exploding In Sound's sampler.
11. Deerhoof – Scream Team
I went to the Battles show last week. Deerhoof singer Kazu Makino was featured on a video screen singing their very cool "Swinging & Shag." Now I'm paying it forward by dropping this gem from The Runners Four.
12. Azma – Sweetness and Light
This melody is 100% guaranteed to get inside your head.
13. The Chambermaids – China Blue
Twin city garage power pop. Lovely.
14. Weekend – Hazel
Indie power pop with a splash of shoegaze.
15. Sea Dweller – Settings
Love Is Coming track of near-perfect C86 shoegaze.
16. The Ludvico Treatment – The Last Thing You Should Do
Blistering cover of David Bowie's 1997 Earthling track.
17. Sleeping Bags – Canteloupe
Released last month, this may be placed in the chillwave category. But to me it's just a fantastic, huge tune.


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1-We know that Al-Shabab is going to attack Nakumatt over Christmas and we advise everyone to be ready
2- The child drank poison (DOOM) and died on the way to hospital, however Police are now investigating the cause of the death.
3-Police recovered nothing from the site. Relatives of the victims should collect their personal effects at police
4-We are closely monitoring the situation and shall update you at a the inconvenient time
5-The armed robber was shot dead and is now in critical condition fighting for his life.
6-The Vehicle was burnt to recognition.
7-We cannot disclose their identity because it will jeorpardise our investigations, however one of the gang members is Siraj Namanya who is popular around Katanga.
8-The vehicle rolled five times killing all the passengers, however three of them survived and are now recovering in hospital.
9-Police is in the know of a plot by Lukwago and Kasibante to insight people but we shall be there to support them
10-All the 5 robbers were shot dead but we have apprehended one and he is undergoing questioning
11- A famous prostitute has been chloroforming drinks with drugs!


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Do you want an amazing website? Do you have what it takes to create a good website? Web design is key. If there is a poorly designed website, you may not have that many visitors. This article has the tips you need. The information here will help you learn all about web page design.
Web designers gave frames the boot in the 90's. Frames were popular back then but created a lot of problems. Visitors may find it difficult to scroll or bookmark your design when a frame design is present. There are much easier ways to provide your users a flow through your website.
Pay attention to your background. Backgrounds with moving GIF views can be great, but can make text hard to read as well. Choose a background that is not too distracting for your readers, and that goes well with the rest of your design.
Check for broken links before publishing a page. Nothing frustrates visitors more than clicking for a page they want and getting an error page instead. If you have very few links, you can check them manually. If many links, try using a link-checking program that can do the work for you quickly.
Alt Tags
Purchase a web design program to help you along the way. Many of these programs are easy to use and you can build a great website rather quickly. Having an attractive site is crucial for drawing in traffic.
Use ALT tags on your images. There are a few core reasons why ALT tags should be used, including helping the visually impaired, providing indexing possibilities for the search engines and also for description and translation purposes. You can also optimize links further if the images you have are shown as links. ALT tags are also used by crawlers for search engines, so they can even boost your search ranking.
Keep your topics separate. If you have many different topics on your websites, place each topic on a separate page. This will reduce visitor confusion and facilitate readability by the search engines.
Be sure your website's load times are quick and efficient. If a visitors has to wait long periods of time for items on your site to load, then they'll wish to exit your site. Try reducing how many graphics you use, as well as how much Flash and JavaScript is on your site, optimize your HTML code, make use of server caches and minimize your use of JS and CSS code.
Be sure your introductory page is clean and simple. People judge you based on that front page. While you should describe the purpose of your business and what it offers, reduce distractions be keeping all else to a bare minimum.
Adobe Dreamweaver is website software that works well. This program is very user friendly, even for beginners. You can add many different features, create various templates and layouts, and test how your site will look once it's loaded onto a permanent server.
Use some pictures on your site to make your site attractive. Putting pictures on a website adds a more personal touch and helps the user relate better to your information. When people see a picture, they spend more time on the site and clicking to see more.
There are many newsletters available that distribute both proven and novel website creation information. Sign for some of them to keep yourself inspired and give yourself a website design "safety net" you can rely on to maintain your base of knowledge on the subject. Newsletters are available to offer advices for site designers of all skill levels.
Regardless how your website is designed aesthetically, it is important to make certain that all of the files have small file sizes. The reason behind this is because the file sizes will affect how fast your website loads. A website that loads more quickly is always a top priority in web design. Remember that not all people who visit your site will have a high-speed connection to the Internet. Perform a test of your website to be sure that it will load quickly on every speed of internet connection.
Begin small when you start off building your websites. This way you can ascertain what works well and what does not, and you will be able to improve your skills based on that. Try starting with a couple basic pages that just have text in order to see how you do.
Do not use frames on your website. Frames are not optimized for most search engines. Frames are good for some situations, but they don't allow your content to be indexed. If important site information isn't seen by a search engine, then your ranking won't be as high as it could be. This can hinder any new visitors.
Limit the amount of content you start out with on a given page to small amounts when you first start out. Visitors want simple, informative content they can use.
Links should have content with text in them. Your visitors should know exactly what they're heading for when they click on a link. If you do not include this, users may find themselves clicking on things they do not want to visit.
When designing the site, ask or poll people in your specific target audience what they'd like in a website. This assists you with your design process and in choosing features to include. Any advice from the audience is important for your website.
Get in the habit of testing early and often. Testing early can help weed out problems before they get bigger or affect other aspects. Make sure to keep improving and testing it as your website continues to grow.
If you want to host videos, check with the web host to make sure that it is allowed. A lot of hosts out there will not allow video hosting on their servers. FLV files occupy a lot of room on servers, so make sure you're allowed before you waste a lot of time.
Website counters were popular in the 90s but are rather unattractive now. Visitors really don't care how many other people have visited your site. Use a different way to monitor your traffic.
Just because you've launched your site doesn't mean the design process is finished. You will have to keep working actively on your site. This does not mean that you have to constantly change it, though you will have to preform some regular updates. You will find this to be particularly important if your business revolves around current happenings or if you utilize video on your site. Updating a site isn't like updating a blog. You will need to work.
When you know about web design, get down to practicing what you know. You will need to do this to make sure you can easily apply what you've learned. Your goal is to take what you know and develop something completely different than your competition and practice is the only way to do so.
If you want to find out how to develop a website, there is no need to pay for information. Books on web design may be a decent investment. There are lots of helpful books on the subject. However, you don't need to pay for this information. Costly books don't contain any information that you cannot find elsewhere for free.
Try your best to make your site entertaining by putting graphics on your site. To make sure you don't have a bland site, make sure text wraps around images. A site that looks like the owner cares and put a lot of time into it will attract more people to it, and maybe they will become one of your customers.
Unused space is something you should consider for your design instead of filling your pages entirely. It makes your site easier to read, and your content easier to remember.
Avoid the use of CAPTCHAs whenever you can. Captchas can trigger a negative response from a viewer when it makes them perform the task just so they can view a basic webpage. Most visitors will simply leave the website and use another resource instead.
To make a unique website, think outside of the box about where to get your inspiration for the site's design. Take a look at magazines, TV commercials and even children's artwork. Always keep your eyes open for new ideas, because eventually you will be inspired and create something unique for your site that your visitors will appreciate and enjoy.
When coming up with content, remember that you users are bound to have different literacy levels. Not everyone who views your website will have a Harvard degree, and some may even be beginners to reading. Create content that is easy to comprehend yet provides valuable information.
Each page on your website should have your logo on the top. It is an easy way to link all your pages together and make your site one coherent entity. A logo also helps develop brand recognition. The logo should visually tell a story about your company.
If you want to host videos, read the rules of your host to make sure you can. A lot of services cannot spare the bandwidth or storage space for videos. The FLV files are big and take up a lot of space on servers, so check to make sure it is allowed before wasting your efforts.
Always get opinions on your design. A web designer's opinion is just one view and you may have different ideas on what you would like to see. If you can, try getting some of your target audience to test the site out to provide feedback about what they don't like and like.
You should always be ready and willing to learn new things during the process of designing your website. When you figure out a certain portion of web design, you need to explore another one. While this can make building your current website more time consuming, it can be a very rewarding experience in that your newly gained knowledge will enable you to create dozens of websites quickly.
If there is a specific country or area you are targeting, you may want to get a domain with top level country code. This will guarantee your domain name for that particular region of your country. A ccTLD can be a great way to help visitors from within your region discover your site. They might not find it without one!
A great way to determine your website appeal is to check your site's statistics every time you update the site. This is important because you should stay abreast of which pages your visitors visit the most and where your customers are located. It will help you formulate a plan for gleaning repeat traffic.
Let the work of others inspire you. This helps you stay away from pitfalls and lets you use good ideas that you wouldn't otherwise have thought of doing.
Design informative error pages. When a person clicks on a broken or moved link, they will be taken to an error page. Design your own error pages that give information to the visitor and add a link to the home page.
One of the most important things you can do to keep your site functional is to ensure that all links are working properly. Good web page design always keeps the user in mind, and broken links are frustrating to users. Regularly check your links to ensure everything is working the way it should.
For most standard websites, maintain neutral background colors. Backgrounds that have patterns and textures can make your website look amateurish and hard to read. Try neutral colors or white for the background. Studies indicate that text set against neutral colors such as these are easiest to read.
Are you ready to make a great site? Are you sure of what goes into a good website? Do you feel more confident in your web page design abilities? Can you use the information you learned here to apply it to future designs? You should be able to now, after reading this article.
Titles which are descriptive and full of keywords are great to use. As an experiment, do a web search for the term "untitled document". It is highly likely that you will find this is commonly misunderstood. Good page names are absolutely essential to your site's success. Search engines will put a greater value on this in their site ranking algorithms.


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Job: I Abhor My Life
10 "My soul loathes my life;
8 "Your hands have shaped me and made me completely,
13 "These things You have hid in Your heart.
18 "Why then did You bring me forth out of the womb?
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Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Fri.-Sun., April 17-19) -- ACMs in Jerry's Palace are super duper drawling card
By ED BARK
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Sunday night's mega-50th anniversary edition of the Academy of Country Music awards ceremony had a resounding twang in the D-FW Nielsen ratings.
Originating from Jerry's Palace and setting an all-time attendance record for an awards ceremony, the bigger-is-better ACMs averaged 732,270 viewers on CBS and 239,689 in the advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-old demographic.
That blew past the previous April's ACM shebang, which had 411,875 viewers and 153,065 in the 18-to-49 range.
The ACMS also drew a far bigger crowd than the arch rival Country Music Association awards, which long have been seen as the industry's gold standard. Last November's CMAs on ABC averaged 488,180 total viewers in D-FW, with 151,382 in the 18-to-49 motherlode.
Sunday night's ACMs, which ran from 7 to 10:30 p.m., included appearances by current Dallas Cowboys Tony Romo and Jason Witten plus Cowboys' Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman. The announced in-house crowd was 70,252.
Many of the ACM winners thanked Jesus Christ for their success. NBC's biblical epic, A.D. The Bible Continues, made it a doubly big night for JC by drawing the biggest overall crowd opposite the ACMs. A.D. had 167,376 total viewers in the 8 p.m. hour. That was more than twice the audience for any other competing network program.
Let's move to Saturday night, where the Dallas Mavericks' loss to Houston in Game 1 of their Round One playoff series was shown on both TXA21 and ESPN. It tipped off at 8:41 p.m. and ended at 11:12 p.m.
TXA21's homegrown telecast averaged 146,454 total viewers while ESPN edged a little higher with 153,428. The national telecast outdrew TXA21 by a wider margin among 18-to-49-year-olds -- 91,460 viewers to 66,230.
(Mavs play-by-play announced Mark Followill has contended in the past that many local viewers still aren't aware that TXA21 is televising the team's first round games, in part because some program listings aren't updated. Whatever the case, the TXA21 listing was correct in my Verizon Fios programming guide. And TXA21 still has the advantage of being a broadcast outlet with a wider overall audience reach in D-FW.)
On to Friday night, where CBS' two-hour edition of The Amazing Race led all prime-time programming with 174,350 total viewers. It also was the top draw among 18-to-49-year-olds.
Here are Friday's local news derby numbers, with the May "sweeps" getting off to an early start this spring with a Thursday, April 23rd launch.
Fox4, NBC5 and Gannett8 tied for the most total viewers at 10 p.m., but Fox4 won outright with 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
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Omesh KiniDistinguished University Professor Finance
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- Ph.D., Purdue University
- MBA, University of Rochester
- B.S., Birla Institute of Technology
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- corporate governance
- corporate restructuring activities
- equity issuances
- dividend policy
- sell-side analyst research
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Omesh Kini is currently a professor of finance and professor of global financial markets in the Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University. He previously taught in the Smeal College of Business Administration at the Pennsylvania State University and the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. He has also served as a visiting professor at the Krannert Graduate School of Management at Purdue University and at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
His commitment to teaching has been recognized at all the institutions that he has been associated with over his professional career. He was awarded two MBA teaching excellence awards while at the Smeal College. While visiting the Krannert School, he was the runner-up for the Salgo-Noren Teaching Award and was awarded the runner-up trophy for teaching excellence for spring semester 1990. He was listed as one of the Outstanding Faculty at the Goizueta Business School in the Business Week Guide to the Best Business Schools (Fifth Edition). He was awarded the M.B.A. distinguished educator award in 1998 at the Goizueta Business School. He was also listed as the most popular professor in that school in the Business Week Guide to the Best Business Schools (Sixth Edition). In the same edition, a course that he developed and taught on corporate control was cited as one of the most popular electives. Recently, he was the recipient of a Professor of the Year Award at the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.
Professor Kini's research interests lie in the areas of equity issuances (IPOs and SEOs), mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, dividend policy, product recalls, market efficiency, and the value and organization of sell-side analyst research. He has published extensively in refereed journals like the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Accounting Research, Review of Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, and Journal of Financial Research. He received the Faculty Excellence in Research Award at the Robinson College of Business in 2004 and 2012. His research has been highly cited in top academic journals. He is actively involved with the doctoral program at Georgia State University. Over the past few years, his Ph.D. students have obtained academic positions at Tulane University, Aalto University, and University of Arizona.
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- With H.H. Chiu, "Equity Issuances, Equity Fund Flows, and Noise Trader Sentiment," Review of Finance, forthcoming.
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Neither the stagnant local economy of less than 1 percent growth, nor a sluggish global economy of less than 3 percent growth, nor even the bureaucratic hurdles imposed for a while by the Department of Home Affairs on international travel have kept the thriving sector from producing a whopping 10 percent year on year growth.
"With such a performance, who would want to be in any other sector?" says Roelofse, who believes the fundamentals for a long-term tourism growth run are in place.
Firstly, the renown of South Africa's tourist attractions is by now entrenched globally, including that of the country's nature reserves, unique regions such as the Cape winelands, cultural riches, and niche offerings such medical tourism.
South Africa boasts world-class infrastructure fit for tourism – excellent airports, good roads, a well-developed accommodation sector and an exciting and growing array of tourism offerings, from helicopter rides to shark spotting.
Huge emerging economies, including India and China, have reached a stage where large numbers of people are starting to look outward for spending their increasing disposable income. The number of visitors from China, for example, has grown by no less than 50% in the last year, albeit off a low base. Even countries such as Saudi Arabia are sending increasing numbers of tourists to South Africa.
Meanwhile, South Africa's traditional tourist wellsprings are still showing strong growth in numbers – 18% more Americans visited South Africa than the year before, 13.7% more British and 21% more Germans. World travel continues to become cheaper, not only with the current low oil prices, but also through infrastructure and technological development that make travel more efficient.
Shorter-term trends, even those that may at first glance seem negative, are also boosting South African tourism. The fall of the rand has made the South African tourism experience even more of a bargain.
"Who would have thought that, with the ructions elsewhere such as terror attacks in Europe, South Africa is starting to seem relatively safe?" says Roelofse. He believes that despite local political controversies, the recent municipal elections point to a long-term stability that can only be good for tourism.
The British exit from the European Union poses one of the few threats to local tourism, because Britain remains South Africa's greatest tourism market, and a serious knock to that country's economy is bound to impact locally. But the effects of Brexit are far from certain and will probably be overshadowed by the continued recovery of the local economy, even if it remains slow.
What about the dangers inherent in any boom, such as over-supply or over-pricing?
Roelofse says South African tourist businesses seem to have learnt their lesson from the previous boom just before and after the 2010 soccer World Cup when the craze led to a glut of tourist accommodation, and the industry, especially Cape Town, was criticised for pricing itself out of the market.
This time it is different, says Roelofse. The growth of the industry is not based on any short-term opportunity such as the World Cup, and the supply levels are realistic and based on the steady growth in tourist numbers. Accommodation levels are healthy and there seems to be the kind of price restraint that points to higher levels of experience and maturity in the industry.
In fact, supply will probably have to grow if the full potential of South African tourism is to be realised, and there is lots of room for innovation, especially when it comes to adventure tourism.
The main internal factor that keeps the local industry from growing is lack of capital, says Roelofse. BUSINESS/PARTNERS is keen to fund new tourism businesses, but the models show that accommodation based businesses such as guest houses require an own contribution to capital of at least 50% to be viable. However, Roelofse points to many tourism-based opportunities that are less capital intensive, for example businesses that put together tour packages.
The industry still has some way to go to learn how to "up-sell" so that each tourist who arrives spends more – and enjoys South Africa so much more. And there can never be enough staff training with the emphasis on better quality service, he says
Already one out of every 25 jobs in South Africa is rooted in the tourism industry. If current trends continue, tourism is set to become one of the biggest job-creation forces in South Africa
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Thanksgiving is giving thanks; thanks for the harvest…….the bounty…………the blessings. We all have blessings to count, one can always find something to be thankful for.
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Most Wednesdays, we poke fun at unitaskers, products that serve only one purpose. However, there are several reasons that these products could be useful. It all depends on your lifestyle. Are you wondering whether or not to spend money on a unitasker? Here are some reasons to help you justify your purchase.
There are several unitaskers that we may never use but they make our lives safer such as fire extinguishers and smoke/carbon monoxide detectors. An emergency escape ladder would be very useful unitasker unless you lived on the ground floor, then it would be a waste of money.
I felt it was safer for my children to cut their fruit using an fruit slicer rather than a sharp knife. We also had toast tongs so they wouldn't burn themselves when getting their toast from the toaster oven. Using glass cutter to cut broken glass into smaller pieces for disposal is safer than using a hammer to shatter the glass and having shards all over that your pets could step on.
If the unitaskers only job is to keep you safe, then it is probably worth purchasing.
If the unitasker will save me significant effort, I will consider buying it. For example, with my small hands, I have difficulty opening wine bottles with a normal corkscrew. An electric wine bottle opener would save me (and anyone with arthritis), a lot of work.
We have several banana savers which I believe should be renamed to, "Saver of effort of cleaning mashed banana from the insides of backpacks and lunchboxes."
Last year, we poked fun at the Staybowlizer. However, a family friend who had a stroke and lost the use of one hand, would have found the Staybowlizer a very useful unitasker.
If the unitasker saves me time, I'm all for it. If I have to grate cheese, I could use my multi-tasker food processor which requires assembly, disassembly, and hand washing of 6 different parts or I could use my unitasker cheese grater that I can put in the dishwasher. (This also counts for saving me effort.)
I wish I had known about the grape and cherry tomato slicer when my children were toddlers. They loved grapes and I seem to remember spending hours cutting them in half because whole grapes are a choking hazard. (This also counts as a safety reason.)
When I was young, our family spend the weekends and holidays at our cottage. Friday after work mother would put most of the food in our fridge into a cooler to transport to the cottage. Often, some of the eggs in the cardboard container would break even if my mother wrapped the container in a towel. The egg dispenser would have saved us running to the "tourist" grocery store and spending three times the normal amount to replace our broken eggs.
When you consider it, unitaskers that save you time, effort, and keep you safe, also save you money in the long run.
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Monthly American Tournament
Congratulations to 2016 American winners and huge thanks to Toby for his year-round organisation. Roll on 2017's competition – which starts on March 5th, 9.45am start. The event runs until c12.15pm.
All adult club members eligible to enter, which you can do by dropping Toby an email now to email@example.com
Entry limited to the first 24 applicants so get your skates on! £2 fee payable on the day.
Americans are held on the first Sunday of each month. All results build towards the annual race for winners – one Lady and one Man.
All adult and intermediate members are eligible to enter and play in monthly Americans, including Midweek members. Monthly and Annual Prizes.
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Social tennis is at the heart of the club. All sessions are doubles play, and everyone mixes in. If you're new to the club it's a great way to meet everyone and enjoy some decent tennis.
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Interview and Other Nice Things.Posted: April 13, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: bbc west yorkshire introducing, independentmusicnews, kvrx, n0ted.net, spop, sputnikmusic, withguitars.com Leave a comment
Hey there,
The good people at N0ted.net have done an interviewz with us.
Read it here
Ummmm BBC Leeds played us on this programme…
Melody Pond on KVRX, Univserity of Texas Radio, played Icarus Drunk in April and Ana Lucia in March.
N0ted /Sputnik gave us a lovely review (4.5/5) as did withguitars (8.8/10)
SPop said we were good as did Spotiferad.
and Indpenedentmusicnews said we were one of the top 50 independent/alternative acts in the world.
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Every Band We've Been Compared To In PrintPosted: April 3, 2013 Filed under: Articles, Bands, Miscellania, The Wednesday Club | Tags: Arcade fire, barenaked ladies, beach boys, beta band, big star, frank turner, guided by voices, jane's addiction, jesus and mary chain, jonathan richman, june brides, kimya dawson, Mercury Rev, modern english, my morning jacket, neutral milk hotel, nick cave, pavement, pearl jam, robyn hitchcock, teenage fanclub, the bats, the chemistry experiment, the chesterfields, the clean, the cramps, the cure, the field mice, the jam, the killers, the kooks, the McTells, the pastels, the white stripes, they might be giants, ween, Yo La Tengo Leave a comment
Hey, you. Yes, you!
Want to know every band we've been compared to in print?
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CG wins Wind Onshore Projects in France
Will produce electricity for over 55,000 households -----Estimated reduction in emissions - 130.000 tons of CO2 per year.
Mechelen, July 3rd, 2013: Avantha Group Company CG has been awarded a contract worth � 3.5Mn for the design, engineering, supply, installation & commissioning of a "WINDSUB" (wind farm substation) at the 75 MW Seine Rive Gauche Nord wind farm in France, located in the Aube department on the left bank of the river. CG will also be responsible for upgrading/building the overall electrical system.
The project scope includes all electrical, mechanical and civil engineering works, supply of two 45 MVA step-up power transformers, medium voltage and high voltage Air Insulated Switchgear (AIS), Substation Automation System (SAS), buildings and ancillaries.
The substation will help to integrate wind energy and boost power supplies to meet the growing residential demand besides reinforcing the transmission grid and improving reliability, efficiency and power quality. The total 150GWh of installed capacity will produce electricity for over 55,000 households with an estimated reduction in emissions of 130.000 tons of CO2 per year.
The project is scheduled for completion by mid 2014. Substations include equipments that protect and control the flow of electric power, transform voltage levels and facilitate the safe and efficient transmission and distribution of electricity in the grid.
CG was successful against established industry competition in securing this second reference project in the French renewable sector after the 225kV wind substation commissioned in 2011 for VALECO's wind farm "Les monts de Lacaune".
Commenting on this win, Avantha Group Company CG's CEO & Managing Director, Mr. Laurent Demortier said: "This is yet another proud moment for us. We thank Nordex and H2air for awarding CG the contract. This win demonstrates CG's local project management strengths, and on and offshore track record besides our cost-efficient approach in offering turnkey "design and build" grid infrastructure solutions. The contract is recognition of our offerings and expertise in the renewable energy sector and our commitment to support France's renewal goal and the growing regional electricity needs".
About Avantha Group Company CG
Avantha Group Company CG is a global pioneering leader in the management and application of electrical energy. With more than 15,000 employees across its operations in around 85 countries, CG provides electrical products, systems and services for utilities, power generation, industries, and consumers. The company is organized into four business groups: Power, Industrial, Automation and Consumer. CG clocks US$ 2.3 billion in revenues from product lines that cover the entire value chain of engineering offerings.
For more information on CG, please visit: www.cgglobal.com.
About Avantha
The US$4bn Avantha Group is one of India's leading business conglomerates. Its successful entities include BILT, Crompton Greaves, The Global Green Company, Avantha Power & Infrastructure, Solaris ChemTech Industries, Biltech Building Elements, Salient Business Solutions and Avantha Technologies. With a global footprint, the Group operates in 90 countries with more than 25,000 employees worldwide. The Group has business interests in diverse areas including power transmission and distribution equipment and services, paper and pulp, energy and infrastructure, food processing, farm forestry, insurance, chemicals, IT and ITES. Led by Gautam Thapar, Avantha demonstrates strong leadership globally and emerges as a focused corporate, leveraging its knowledge, leadership and operations, adding lasting value for its stakeholders and investors.
For more information on Avantha, please visit www.avanthagroup.com.
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Our Team
Our Team
Meet our team here at the Brittle Bone Society, led by CEO Patricia Osborne since 2009. To read about the Trustees who govern the charity, click here.
Patricia Osborne, Chief Executive
Patricia Osborne is the Chief Executive of the Brittle Bone Society and has been working with the charity since 2009. Patricia has developed expertise working previously in the media, politics, and sport. Her career included 14 years working for a leading publisher in Scotland, 4 years serving as an Elected Member and as Chairperson for a sports National Governing Body. During her time with the Brittle Bone Society, Patricia has worked on two successful strategic plans. Patricia's focus has been on establishing the best support possible for the OI community, the formation and set up of the charity's Medical Advisory Board and Scientific Committee, and achieving membership to the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC). The next key aim for the charity going forward is to ensure a workable, fair adult OI health care service is set up and established in the NHS.
Coreen Kelday, Support Development Officer
Coreen is our Support Development Officer and has been working for the charity since August 2011. Her main area of responsibility is to provide a UK-wide support and information service to anyone affected by OI, their families, carers and associated professionals and to signpost to specialist services or bodies where appropriate. Coreen has built up strong relationships with NHS healthcare professionals and is a member of the Paediatric Osteogenesis Imperfecta National Team (POINT). She continues to work closely with POINT to develop new factsheets and resources and is also the first point of contact for any wheelchair applications. Coreen is also kept busy with organising our ever increasing list of events.
Coreen has a BA in Business Administration and prior to coming to the BBS had worked in private healthcare for 10 years. In her spare time, she is a keen musician and plays both flute and piano.
Nichola Stark, Fundraising Officer
Nichola is our Fundraising Officer. She manages existing sources of income and identifies and secures new forms of funding to support the work of the Brittle Bone Society. She also looks after all of our fantastic fundraisers who take part in and organise events for us.
Nichola has a BA in Marketing with Retail Management and has a wealth of experience in delivering digital campaigns across many media platforms. Her spare time is spent 'being mum' to her 3 young children and reminiscing about when she did have 'spare time'.
Rosie Hanlon, Administration and Finance Officer
Rosie is the Administration and Finance Officer and looks after all the day to day administration work including looking after our fundraisers and donors. Rosie also deals with any membership and supporter renewals and all merchandise orders. She also assists with the administration and registrations for all charity events.
Lizzie Walton, Marketing & Communications Officer
Lizzie is our Marketing & Communications Officer and is the newest member of staff: She has been working for the Brittle Bone Society since May 2018. She is chiefly responsible for managing how the Charity presents itself to the world, managing social media, coordinating press, and designing both literature and promotional materials.
Lizzie received a BA with honours from the University of Leeds, studying Graphic & Communication Design. She also completed a Masters degree at the University of St Andrews in 2017, where she researched how photography can be used to communicate political messages.


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The Hezekiah Clagett Home was built around 1840 and later transferred with the surrounding farmland to West Virginia University for use as part of the agriculture program. SEM provided a study and subsequent design which included complete exterior and interior restoration along with a new addition to the rear for necessary support spaces in an architecturally sensitive style. The new front and side porches were constructed from historical photographs.
AIA West Virginia Honor Award
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Exterior and interior restoration
New standing seam roof
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On his very first play from scrimmage, Baltimore showed Houston quarterback Tom Savage the respect they had for his passing attack by sinking safety Tony Jefferson down to the line of scrimmage, creating an eight-man front.
Our first stop on what I will call "back-up quarterback week" is Houston, where Savage was making his fourth consecutive start in place of injured Deshaun Watson. The week before, in just his second career win (31-21 against Arizona), Savage reached season-highs in pass completions (22) and passing yards (230). He also set career bests in completion percentage (68.75), touchdown passes (2) and passer rating (97.1). It was the first time in his NFL career that he was over 90 in rating points.
But as far as Baltimore was concerned, he was just Tom Savage whose best passing efforts should prove no significant challenge to the Raven's second-ranked pass defense.
The Results
By game's end, that would prove to be the case. Houston would end up with only 16 points, and Baltimore would stay in the thick of the playoff hunt with a 23-16 victory (gamebook). Along the way, Savage would toss two bad interceptions (against no touchdown passes), and turn the ball over a third time on a strip sack. He would finish the game with a less-than-mediocre 57.5 rating.
Taken as a whole, Tom's Monday evening looked like the typical evening endured by most back-up quarterbacks across all of the NFL. Tom had many nice moments Monday night. He completed 13 of 20 in the first half, and finished the night as the first quarterback this season to surpass 250 passing yards against the Raven defense. Along the way, Savage showed a better touch on the deep pass than his opponent for the evening – the Raven's Joe Flacco.
On his first drive he found Bruce Ellington over the middle for 29 yards, and drew a 19-yard pass interference penalty on a well-thrown long toss down the left side. Those would lead to the only touchdown the Texans would score on the evening.
He hit DeAndre Hopkins over the deep middle in the second quarter for a 34-yard gain that set up a field goal. Another well-thrown deep pass to Hopkins in the fourth (DeAndre would finish the night with 125 yards on 7 catches) would set up their final field goal of the night. He also made many solid reads in the short passing game, throwing the ball for most of the night with good anticipation and excellent touch.
But, in the end, the mistakes and the missed chances in the red zone (he was 3 for 7 for negative 3 yards in the red zone) overcame any improvements and saddled Houston with its third loss in the four games that Savage has started in Watson's absence.
Savage v Watson
In the five previous games that Deshaun had started, Houston had averaged 39 points, 420.6 yards and just 1.6 turnovers per game. In the four games since, they have averaged 17 points, 307.8 yards and 2.5 turnovers.
Savage is an earnest laborer, but his talents are fairly marginal. He doesn't have a powerful arm, and doesn't run a dynamic downfield passing game. When your game is the controlled passing game, you don't have the luxury of making mistakes. Tom has thrown 5 interceptions over the last three games, and has lost seven fumbles on the season – even though he has played only 4.5 games. This might be the best opportunity Tom will ever get to prove himself as a starting NFL quarterback. So far, things could be going better.
Focus on the Run
It should also be noted that Savage's opportunities were enhanced by Baltimore's focus on the Houston running game. This is another big change in the Houston offense in Watson's absence. In the last five games that Deshaun started, Houston averaged 141.4 rushing yards per game. When they took the field for Watson's last game, they carried the third-ranked running game in the NFL – and then added 142 more against a fine Seattle defense.
In the four games since, Houston has averaged only 95.8 rushing yards per game – falling now to seventh in the league.
Meanwhile, Baltimore keeps getting better and better against the run. The truth is never as simple as the absence of one defender. Nonetheless, during a five-game stretch that coincided with defensive tackle Brandon Williams' absence from the lineup, Baltimore was pounded to the tune of 169.4 rush yards per game. In the last four games – all with Williams back in the lineup – the Ravens have allowed just 64.25 yards per game. This includes holding the formerly potent Texans offense to just 66 rushing yards and just 2.6 yards per rush.
Breaking with the most recent trend toward smaller defensive lineman, the three Ravens who controlled the middle last night are sort of throw-backs to the recent era of large defensive tackles that muddle the middle of the line of scrimmage and allow their linebackers to flow to the play. And Baltimore's three big guys enjoyed quite a night. Williams (335 pounds – listed), Michael Pierce (339) and Willie Henry (310) pushed around the middle of Houston's line in a way the Texans haven't been handled all season. Houston center Nick Martin spent almost as much time in the Texans' backfield as his quarterback.
This, too, takes its toll on the back-up quarterback. With no effective running game to relieve the pressure, it becomes that much more difficult to cope with a defense that came into the game holding opposing passers to a 66.9 rating.
Wither Houston?
The Texans'post-game press conference was pretty grim – as you might expect. The difference between the 5-6 record they might have had with the win and the 4-7 that they now hold is very nearly the difference between NFL life and death. Savage came to the podium, but didn't stay long enough to even hear – much less answer – one question. And try as he might, even the valiant Bill O'Brien couldn't keep the disappointment out of his voice.
O'Brien carries on the very best of old-school traditions. Lining up against some of football's best teams with a shadow of the team that he thought he would have, Bill persistently shoulders the blame for all of his team's shortcomings. He will never point to the long list of missing players, nor will he turn to any other excuse. He understands that football will not weep for you. In the emotionally savage realm that is the football season, you line up and play – and the injuries, however and whenever they come – can only be viewed as opportunities for someone else.
Houston's season won't get any softer. Still ahead are games against Tennessee, Jacksonville and Pittsburgh. After two straight division titles, a 2017 playoff berth is all but completely out of the picture. This will almost certainly be a year of growth through adversity for the Texans. But Bill and his team understand this important fact:
The minute that you allow yourself to feel sorry for yourself – the minute that it becomes OK to lose a game because of your injuries – you have lost a critical emotional discipline that all winning organizations carefully cultivate. All organizations that sustain a championship culture take absolute personal responsibility for their results. The words "if only" are never heard among teams like New England, Pittsburgh, and the other organizations with championship pedigrees. You won't hear them in Houston either.
The Texans will rise from this season mentally stronger. With O'Brien at the helm, they are in good hands.
And as for Baltimore
The Ravens survived at home against Houston. Now 6-5, Baltimore's playoff chances are as good as any of the teams in the wild-card scrum. This is not a great team, by any means. Their offense mysteriously sits thirty-first out of thirty-two teams, and they are clearly surviving because of excellent special teams and a defense that ranks seventh-best in yards and second-best in points allowed.
Concerning about the Ravens is their inability to beat any teams with winning records. They have losses to Jacksonville (44-7 in Week Three), Pittsburgh (26-9 in Week Four), Minnesota (24-16 in Week Seven) and Tennessee (23-20 in Week Nine). Anyone watching this team would have strong doubts that they could win a critical game against a quality opponent.
Fortunately for them, they won't need to do that until the playoffs. Their remaining schedule has an upcoming home game against a dangerous but flawed Detroit team, and a difficult road matchup against Pittsburgh. After that, they are on the road against winless Cleveland, and then they finish with home games against struggling franchises in Indianapolis and Cincinnati.
Of the teams in the hunt, they may have the easiest route.
Trending Up in Buffalo
Sitting just on the outside of the playoff hunt, Buffalo earned a critical road victory against a Kansas City team that I didn't think they would beat. This was a "found" win. Now 6-5 instead of the 5-6 that I expected, Buffalo – like Baltimore – can see a clearing path to the playoffs. They still have two challenging games against the Patriots, but the rest of the schedule is Indianapolis and Miami twice.
If Buffalo moves into the playoff picture, then probably falling out will be the Tennessee Titans. At 7-4, the Titans are presently leading the AFC South (on the strength of an earlier win against also 7-4 Jacksonville).
Tennessee will conclude with a fairly challenging schedule. They have this same Houston team up next week, followed by two road games (albeit against Arizona and San Francisco). They then finish up at home against the Rams and Jaguars. This is a team that I could easily see fading down the stretch.


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Visit to Reserve Bank of India
�The ascent of money has been essential to the ascent of man.� – Niall Ferguson.
Preaching of the above quote beguiled students of our college to visit the monetary museum. This helped our students to know the story of evolution of money i.e. from the old age system of barter to the modern day innovations in money.
Nature Trip to Sanjay Gandhi National Park
�Look deep into the nature, and then you will understand everything better� – Albert Einstein
Nature has always been an enigma and a paradox for the human beings. To quench the thirst of knowledge the college had organised a Nature Trip to Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Borivali East. The activity started with trail which included description about various kinds of trees, grasses, birds, flora & fuana and various insects.
Guest lecture on Business communication
Mr. Unmesh Divan, a successful entrepreneur and distinguished software designer, was invited as the lecturer. The session was interactive and wisdom packed. Students were exposed to a detailed explanation of the various components involved in a business process and an illustration of how communication becomes an inevitably important element when a business grows.
Guest lecture on Management Functions
Guest Lecture was arranged for Management Functions and challenges and with special reference of Information Technology in Management Functions and its practical aspects.
Guest Lecture on Environmental Studies
The lecture was delivered by Ms. Priti Kubal, Senior Research Fellow, Aquatic Radio-ecology Division, Central Institute of Fisheries Education. She explained various components of environment, especially the biotic component, emerging issues of environmental degradation, human role in degradation like deforestation, different causes of environmental pollution & industrial hazards, and how measures can be taken for applying a full stop to these concern.
World Wetland Day
�Without water there will be no wetlands – and without wetlands there will be no water!�
Wetlands for our Future: Sustainable Livelihoods was the theme for World Wetlands Day in 2016. This theme was selected to demonstrate the vital role of wetlands for the future of humanity and specifically their relevance towards achieving the new Sustainable Development Goals. Students designed posters on this concept and made a genuine attempt to spread the awareness.
Guest Lecture on Banking Reforms & SEBI
The department of economics organized an expert lecture on business aspects and its application. The main objective was to get the students familiar with the topics of Indian economy. Mrs Devyani Gokhale, a successful professional with 20 years of experience in retail banking, operations and customer services and currently working as Vice President of Axis Bank was invited for the session. Various real life illustrations were given to students with regard to every day banking transactions.