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It's Sunday which means one thing and one thing only: it's my weekly roundup blog post! I know I've been letting these take the reigns over my main and meatier blog posts but I'm hoping to change things up in the future. You see, in the winter all I want to do is stay in so I usually find myself gravitating towards my laptop more. Whereas the summer I'm always looking for an excuse to put my phone and my laptop down and have my head in the clouds a bit more. But anyway, back to the main event. This week I'm talking about Instagram vs Reality and how I'm facing it. How someone in very high power really put me down, and why things came full circle (kinda…) and why you should use others doubts in you as fuel to your ambition. Only two topics this week, but grab your cuppa or commute coffee or whatever wherever you're reading this…
It's one of the biggest facts of life that what we see on Instagram is just a highlights reel, and in many cases of extreme editing and art direction, what we see is actually beautifully filtered "lies" and falsehoods. Don't get me wrong: I actually LOVE really constructed imagery (if it's tasteful and well executed) and shots of a more editorial nature. I think it's what fuses the fantasy and creation behind traditional magazines and modern social media.
But, I also understand why many people don't like this : Instagram was meant to be a social media site for sharing candid shots with friends, holiday snaps and things taken in the moment. And influencers are seen as more "real" people than celebrities, so it comes down to an authenticity thing – people are starting to get a bit tired of it all because it can make you feel quite inadequate about your own life.
Whilst I'd argue that I keep it pretty real and honest on my Instagram, there's a lot of stuff that doesn't make the cut: for example, photos where I'm pulling hideous faces, images where I'm mid outfit change in the street, caught-in-the-moment shots of me being ridiculously clumsy: it's the real, authentic, BTS stuff that goes on in between each perfectly shot and composed imagery. So, I started a separate Instagram account exactly for this – @reallifesophie
I cannot take full credit for this idea. My all time favourite Influencer Jade Tunchy (Aussie babe) has her own real life account @therealjadetunchy – and she is just hilarious. She's funny and smart and witty and brilliant on both of her channels but I love the fact she can let herself go and have a laugh at herself, sharing the imperfections and ridiculous side that comes with this job.
Some people would argue why I don't just post this on my normal account. And it's because I just can't. I can't change the aesthetics and branding because it just doesn't work. For every person who doesn't want to follow the "glossy" life of an influencer, there's a bunch of people who actually do. I had so many amazing messages and comments from people thanking me for starting the account because "it showed life isn't perfect all of the time for you guys" and that it's so real and honest. It seems people are desperate for some rawness and realness in this hyper-filtered world we're living in. With Snapchat Dysmorphia on the rise and even Facetime allegedly getting face filters it seems like social media is getting a bit too much.
But whilst people say they crave reality and honesty – and I don't doubt that they do – I do doubt how much they want to see, and how they want to see it. I always think back at when model Stina Sanders did a little experiment on her account where instead of posting beautiful selfies and model shots, she posted the REAL life things – colonic irrigations, hair removal cream on her upper lip, trips to her therapist about her anxiety – and she lost thousands of followers because people didn't want to see it.
Social media is amazing – you can do with it what you want and ultimately, show the life you want others to see. But I do think as influencers, many people do see us as role models to a degree, and we have a responsibility to keep things relatively real and honest, especially with the rise of mental health issues arising that are linked to social media consumption.
I had an interview for a scholarship when I was studying my masters in fashion journalism, and on the panel was a very big-time, very old-school editor of a very well-known magazine. My blog was relatively in its infancy then – 18 months of occasional outfit posts/ trend pieces/ life updates, and I was still finding my feet – but to cut a long story short, as soon as she found out I had a blog, the interview took a serious nosedive. I think she may have called me a "vacuous narcissist" (or at least said my blog was those two) and suggested it belittled my skill and worth. She asked what was the point? If I had gained anything from it "apart from perhaps some cheap free clothes???"
It hurt. It really really hurt. And it wasn't because I wanted to blog full time or ever thought it would lead to anything. It hurt because I started my blog as a creative outlet to get a little fashion experience during my first degree (straight journalism – no fashion focus) and it was so small, so unprofessional and unslick that I was already wary of it being a bit of a laughing stock – and it just made me feel like it really was. I left the interview and burst into tears, smoked 3 cigarettes (even though I don't smoke) and went home and cried some more. I almost quit my blog that night. My fingers hovered over the "delete blog" button – but I didn't.
The next morning I woke up and had an email saying I'd been nominated for Cosmopolitan's "best newcomer" blog award. For me it was the pick-me-up that I needed that some people believed in me. It was almost as if it was a sign. Oh, and a few days later I found out that I won the scholarship.
Fast-forward to this Fashion Week, and I'm working with one of LFW's official sponsors – and they've got me front row tickets to the shows. Who comes in and sits down all but one person away from me? That exact editor who made me feel worthless and asked if my blog had ever got me anything. If that moment wasn't proof enough of how far I've come, how much you should keep working your arse off even though people will shoot you down, and how much success I'd made off my own back, then I don't really know what is. I rarely feel proud of myself or my achievements – I usually focus on why things aren't good enough or how they could have been better – but in that moment I couldn't have felt more proud to be sitting there having done so for my own business and by myself.
So basically, for anyone struggling with finding their feet or believing in themselves, not because you think you can't do it, but because you've got other people doubting you, take that as ammunition and use it to fuel your ambition and determination. Prove. Them. Wrong.
Photography by Beth Elstone
Jewellery: Missoma, Top: Topshop, Jeans: Zara (out of stock online) Shoes and Bag: Chloe
Truly loved this
Great blog! Glad you didn't give up xx
Loved every moment of this. A true real life devil wears prada moment!
This really is fab!! Loved this post so much! X
This was so empowering to read. Thank you for being so honest and real all the time, even if a photo is posed and perfect! You write beautifully 💓
Thank god you didn't delete your blog after that interview!! That editor obviously couldn't see (or was too worried to admit) that the fashion industry was/is changing so much due to bloggers. Your personal writing and imagery is a huge inspiration to so many of us (myself included) and it has gotten you so far in life! Shout out to you for proving that woman wrong. Also, I don't think you know how much I LOVE the photos in your weekly roundup posts! You and Beth create magic together and I love this seeing these type of pictures from you because they're so different from what you put on Instagram… And speaking of IG, I'm following your new account and am obsessed. Just another reason why you're one of the best in game <3
Amazing Sophie it just shows never giving up and having that inner drive works in all avenues of life !!
Loved everything about this blog post. I didn't even realise you had a separate Instagram account, I will definitely check that out. It's made me want to succeed even more so thank you for this Sophie xxx
YES 👏🏻 SOPHIE 👏🏻. Absolutely loved this and these pics are also fire 🔥 keep doing you gal because you're doing amazing!
I love this post Sophie! Was just talking to some friends today about how frustrating it is that bloggers are often labeled as vain. My blog is so much more than just a cry for attention. It's such a labour of love for me. It's an aesthetic depiction of my creativity and hearing people scoff at me for sharing what is actually very personal work hurts.
Great advice girl! I so have to have those pants! I need to get them asap!
Loved this post so much! You can be so proud of yourself.
I feel really inspired and motivated after reading this! Thank you 🙂
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Yesss, I'm glad you stuck to it! This reminds me of my Masters thesis- I studied Fashion Marketing and my topic was- Fashiom Bloggers as Influencer Sources – I was trying to prove that Bloggers influence what clothes
People buy. This was 6 years ago and nobody believed in me. My teacher said it's silly. Look at it now. Unfortunately I was a blogger and let it slide big time. Never making that mistake again.
Your BTS instagram is one of my favourite accounts, I love to see all the pictures that don't make the cut and your captions are spot on! You definitely have come full circle and I'm a big believer that the universe helps us out every now and then, especially with your Cosmopolitan nomination. I wonder if she recognised you. People need to realise how hurtful their words can be!
Jodie // jodieloue.com
I bloody love that that editor was in the same LFW show as you. I can imagine how hurt you were when she said those awful things but look at you now girl! I hope you gave her a little wave haha! xx
Jessie | allthingsbeautiful-x
I love that you've started that other account, it's so refreshing actually to see accounts like that popping up 🙂
Personally I like seeing curated feeds with beautiful images, but then I still like a healthy dose of more realistic accounts too.
Julia // The Sunday Mode
This was definitely my favourite Sunday post from you!! <3
The Real Life Sophie account is such a fun idea, I love it! It's great when bloggers break down the barrier of perfection on the internet 🙂
Also, you're so brave taking these photos in such a public place – I wish I could haha!
Anika | anikamay.co.uk
I loved this blog post and you look absolutely amazing!
Danielle xx
Good post! I agree with using other people's doubt to fuel your ambition. I love proving people wrong hahahaha! That editor sounds like a spiteful cow. I've had so many people judge me and doubt me throughout my life but I know that I'm a lot more capable than they realise.
Gorgeous pictures Hun, I couldn't agree more with the message 🙂
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Working Papers
Lindner, Andrew M. and Tongtian Xiao. 2017. "When the Public Seeks Anonymity Online: How News, Industry, and Socio-Political Conditions Shape Interest in the Tor Anonymity Network, 2006-2015."
Lindner, Andrew M. 2018. "Measuring Public Opinion in U.S. Metro Areas, 2006-2016." [Data and code].
Larson, Ryan P. and Andrew M. Lindner. 2018. "Professionalization Through Attrition?: An Event History Analysis of Mortalities in Citizen Journalism." Information, Communication, & Society. [Pre-print version].
Lindner, Andrew M. and Ryan P. Larson. 2017. "The Expansion and Contraction of the Journalistic Field and American Online Citizen Journalism, 2000-2012." Poetics. [Pre-print version].
Lindner, Andrew M. and Ziggy Schulting. 2017. "How Movies with a Female Presence Fare with Critics." Socius. [open access]
Lindner, Andrew M. and Ryan P. Larson. 2016. "The Year English Soccer Wasn't For Sale." Contexts. [Pre-print version].
Lindner, Andrew M. 2016. "Editorial Gatekeeping in Citizen Journalism." New Media & Society. [Pre-print version].
Hawkins, Daniel N., Andrew M. Lindner, Ryan Larson, and Jonathan Santo. 2015. "Overrating Bruins, Underrating Badgers: Media, Bias, and College Basketball." Journal of Sports Management and Commercialization 6(3):11-26. [Pre-print version].
Lindner, Andrew M., Melissa Lindquist, and Julie Arnold. 2015. "Million Dollar Maybe? The Effect of Female Presence in Movies on Box Office Returns." Sociological Inquiry. [Pre-print version] 85(2):214-236.
Lindner, Andrew M., Emma Connell, and Erin Meyer. 2015. "Professional Journalists in 'Citizen' Journalism." Information, Communication, & Society 18(5):553-568. [Pre-print version].
Lindner, Andrew M. 2013. "The Sociology of Silver." In The Social Side of Politics. Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen (eds.). New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
- Albany Times-Union Op-Ed based on research: "Culture wars have a new turf."
- New Study Calls Pentagon's 'Embedded' Media Program an Iraq 'Victory' for Bush, Greg Mitchell on the Huffington Post
- The Embed War Dividend, Daily Kos Diary
- Book Your Mongolian Vacation Now, Richard Morin's column in The Washington Post
- Sociologists shed light on crime, sexuality and Canada, Marissa Larouche-Smart's coverage of the 2006 ASA meeting in The Gazette (CA)
- Embed program resulted in more stories about soldiers' lives, media industry analyst Jim Romenesko's blog at the Poynter Institute
- Re-printed in: The Contexts Reader, 2nd Edition (2012), Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen (eds.). New York: W.W. Norton & Co.
- Re-printed in: Mapping the Social Landscape: Readings in Sociology, 7th Edition (2012), Susan J. Ferguson. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Other Works
Lindner, Andrew M. and Ryan P. Larson. 2018. "Regression and Regression Analysis." In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology.
Lindner, Andrew M. 2017. "Attention for Sale." Contexts 16(2):60-61.
Lindner, Andrew M. 2016. Review of The United States of Excess: Gluttony and the Dark Side of American Exceptionalism, by Robert Paarlberg. Contemporary Sociology 45(4):490-492.
Lindner, Andrew M. 2015. "Television news could benefit from additional context." Albany Times-Union, April 30.
Lindner, Andrew M. 2014. "Culture wars have a new turf." Albany Times-Union, July 13.
Lindner, Andrew M. 2012. "Calculating Obama's Chances." The Society Pages, Sept. 10.
Lindner, Andrew M. 2010. "Empire of the Games: A Review Essay" Contexts 9(4):77.
Lindner, Andrew M. 2009. "The War Society: A Review Essay." Contexts 8(4):74-76.
Lindner, Andrew M. 2009. Review of Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives by Todd Gitlin. Contemporary Sociology 38(1):24-25.


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Recently, a doctor declared that he can make anyone lose weight by sleep so, everyone got shocked but he has given ways through which anyone can lose weight during their sleep. But for these, there are some ways that you should follow.
Most of us think that a healthy weight loss is following a diet and doing exercise, but we are here to tell you people something really amazing that there is something more important than diet and exercise and that is 'sleep'.
Let us first share with you the test that doctor has conducted at diethealthmag.com
He asked almost ten women to sleep almost eight hours daily and do not do any diet or exercise and after a week it was observed that almost five of the women has decreased almost 5 pounds after the tenth week
Most us will think that is an effortless work but it is not. Because taking out time for sleep as now a day is very difficult because everyone has a very busy schedule. One of the ladies in our experiment was not able to conduct the test, due to her really busy job schedule and she did not lose any pound.
The majority of the researchers tell us if anyone lacks sleep then he/she has hundred percent chances to gain weight because if you do not sleep properly you usually eat more and lack of sleep makes you a patient of obesity. This experiment proved to us that lack of sleep is very dangerous for one's body and health.
The system of your body works more efficiently as you sleep because during sleep your brain secretes more growth hormones that increase the metabolism of your body and you start losing fat that is in your body because as the hormone level increases your body works more effectively. On the contrary, when you are awake and having food that contains so much of energy, this stops your growth hormones as you are eating continuously and having energy and due to that the metabolism of your body slows down and you cannot easily lose weight then.
If you are living in an area where outdoors lights are throughout night then you should consider to make your room darker by using curtains because when there is darkness in the room you feel more sleepy and your brain secretes hormones called as melatonin which is responsible for making you sleepy as well as help to burn fat during your sleep. So, try to sleep in a darker room with no lights and no television this will help you a lot in losing weight.
Sleep helps to decrease your late night snacking because when you are awake till late night then you will eat more snacks and that is a very bad sign for weight gainers. Because it make you eat more and when you will eat more then you will never lose weight. So, try to sleep at 11:00 P.M and wake up at 8:00 A.M because at this time your body metabolizes the most and you lose most of the fat in your body.
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When you sleep more you gain more energy because researchers have found that people who sleep more thy have more energy to work to work in their daily routine. There was a test that concluded that the women who sleep more spend their most of their time in gyms and working out and due to that they gain less fat and fewer calories. If you sleep more and your body maintain its energy level and you never feel tired and work more accordingly.
Your brain functions accordingly to your sleep times because researchers have found that when you do not have enough sleep it affects your behavior and your metabolism to burn calories. When you sleep less it affects your eating habits as well as your digesting habits because sleepy tend to eat, more and they do not as many calories as they gain because their body is working slowly.
Similarly, if you sleep well your body behavior changes and the fat reduction rate also changes because these things are connected directly to your brain and are directly influenced by your brain. If you want to lose weight then you should have proper sleep and make your brain active so that it can secrete hormones that are responsible for making you active and burn your excess fat.
The conclusion of this topic is that it is proved that sleeping habits change your weight and you can easily lose weight by just changing your sleep timings. The more you sleep the more you are energetic and work effectively and efficiently.


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Napoli snap up Mertens
Napoli have completed the signing of winger Dries Mertens from PSV Eindhoven for a fee of €9.5 million.
Mertens, 26, who joined PSV in 2011 from Utrecht, is Rafael Benitez's first signing since being appointed as the Partenopei boss.
The Belgium international hit 16 goals and created 17 in the Eredivisie last season, and is now looking forward to playing in Serie A.
"Rafael Benitez wanted me really badly and that gives me a lot of confidence. And when people doubt me and say Serie A is different from the Eredivisie because I won't play against any Dutch defenders, that is when I'll be at my best," he told De Telegraaf.
Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis, who confirmed the signing via his Twitter account, was also delighted that the transfer has now gone through.
"I am happy to tell you that a few minutes ago I closed the deal with PSV for Dries Mertens," he tweeted.
"In the last few days Dries has been in Naples. He told me that he fell in love with our city, with its greatness. Welcome Dries!"
Dries in questi giorni è stato a Napoli e mi ha detto che si è innamorato della nostra città, della sua immensità. Benvenuto Dries! #ADL— AurelioDeLaurentiis (@ADeLaurentiis) June 24, 2013
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The information age is born when ENIAC, the world's first general-purpose electronic computer, flickered to life at Penn's Moore School. That year, Popular Mechanics magazine wrote about the day that computers might be slimmed down to a mere 1.5 tons. Few would have guessed, with experts estimating a market for perhaps five of the gargantuan machines, that computers would come to sit on nearly every desk in America, at work and at home.
Dorothy Swaine Thomas, PhD, is named Professor of Sociology at Wharton. Thomas was the first woman to join the standing faculty at the School and the first to hold a senior professorship.
Wharton relocates to Dietrich Hall, the first building devoted solely to the School. In 1941, Dean C. Canby Balderston began a campaign to raise funds for new quarters on land that Joseph Wharton himself had donated 45 years earlier. By the end of the decade, he had raised $2.3 million, and by September of 1952, the School had settled into its new home. Though Dietrich Hall was criticized for its spartan looks and small faculty offices, the building was considered the greatest success of Balderston's deanship. With more than 300 rooms in the new building, Wharton finally had space to grow. 1953
The Securities Industry Institute is established, the first and longest-running custom executive program among business schools. 1954
The University announces that for the first time, women would be admitted to the undergraduate programs of Wharton and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Both programs had been the last at Penn to exclude women. That September, 15 women enrolled as undergraduates at Wharton. In 1956, Carole M. Berman became the first woman to earn a Wharton undergraduate business degree, and eight other women went on to earn their bachelor of science degree in economics by June 1958.
Wharton names Jean Andrus Crockett, PhD, to the faculty position of Assistant Professor of Finance. Promoted to Professor of Finance by 1965, Crockett was the first female departmental chair at Wharton, the first woman to lead the Faculty Senate, and the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Crockett, who died in 1998, was a distinguished economist and scholar of financial interest rates, consumption and savings, investment, markets and the economics of health care. 1955
Howard E. Mitchell becomes Wharton's first African-American faculty member and only the second African-American professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
William J. Brennan, Jr., W'28, is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, serving for 34 years during a period of landmark decisions on civil rights and First Amendment protections. 1962
Professor Irwin Friend publishes a landmark study of mutual funds that raises doubts about the commonly held view that mutual funds generally perform better than an unmanaged portfolio of individual stocks. The study, prepared for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the most comprehensive report in decades, ultimately became a precursor to the rise in index funds and won wide recognition that led to industry reforms.
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When any young person at 18 years old says they want to go to the Wharton School, they're usually carved out of a different shape. And that hunger and that ambition makes them wonderful characters, wonderful people, who turn into great friends. They are the kind of individual that you keep in your life forever.
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What was the business environment like in the 1940s, and how did World War II affect the economy?
Daniel Raff: Understanding what happened in the 1940s requires recalling what happened immediately beforehand. The nation had never had a depression as severe as the one that reached its nadir in 1933; and we didn't start to pull out of it until the last couple years of the decade. Images of out-of-work executives selling apples on the street and the lines of the unemployed outside soup kitchens are familiar. The position of Midwest farmers was desperate. Industrial capacity utilization had essentially collapsed. It was in the context of an economy with such radically underused resources that an activist role of the federal government really began to emerge. Roosevelt experimented with counter-cyclical fiscal policy (though not very aggressive by modern standards), and the federal government began to intervene actively in conditions at the industry level as well. Then, of course, the world descended into war. Those responsible for running the American economy needed to worry about using the productive capacity of the economy not just to provide consumers with things that they wanted, but to produce badly needed war materiel like jeeps, navy boats, airplanes, ammunition. The war mobilization was a very big deal. This involved a lot of manufacturing for the government on a cost-plus basis, as well as the government taking an interest in how shop-floor labor relations worked, because strikes in military supply industries during times of war would have a very corrosive effect on general civilian support for war. By the end of WWII, our manufacturing sector was in radically better shape than those in all of the other industrialized nations. It was also true that an active regulatory role of government in the economy had become widely accepted. So by the end of the 1940s, we had massive productive capacity as well as room for big government. If massive productive capacity and big government shaped business in the 1940s, what shaped it in the 1950s?
DR: Towering over the 1950s you find the post-WWII Cold War suspicions of the Russians and their allies as well as concerns about revolution in China and, in response, a very substantial defense budget. You also saw development within American capitalism. Managerial corporations were becoming widespread and very large. Being a successful businessman increasingly meant having a corporate job. The most striking development of the 1950s was the early growth of diversified conglomerate corporations. International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT), a prime example, had hundreds of subsidiary firms. The divisions were in many different lines of business that the corporate office really had to run them by the numbers � executive committees couldn't really have expertise on such a wide variety of areas. So the conglomerate companies had to play at being capital markets. Yet they didn't have great difficulty raising external finance, and they weren't penalized for their diversification. It's an interesting puzzle why this was so.
The simplest explanation for this lies in the idea that what conglomerates often brought to companies they purchased was systematic thinking about resource allocation, marketing, and finance. There still were not many people in business who had had any kind of systematic business education. Wharton had been granting undergraduate business degrees for three-quarters of a century, but we were the first, and even in the 50s there were not many such institutions. Nor were MBA programs as common as they are now. So the type of training which Wharton and a few other schools were providing was scarce and quite valuable. The conglomerates exploited it intensively.
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We camp in epic proportions. Go BIG or go home! Our trip this year was no exception. With 67 people in our group we have to do a little planing. Most days we on the lake playing in the water and enjoying the beauty of the mountains. But Sunday being a day of rest we stay in camp...keeping 43 kids busy on Sunday can be a task... So in walks some of my favorite Scribbles and Tulip products...
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For those crafters a little intimidated by their empty white t-shirt I brought along Tulip Disappearing Ink Pen...Drawing with this pen allowed our crafty ones the confidence to create. Once the design was drawn with the disappearing ink pen it was used as a guide for the colors desired. Any slightly out from the design phase disappear when washed. :) win win win!
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This enthusiastic Sunday New York Times article on the enduring influence of riot grrrl takes the movement and its influence seriously, and heralds the era's re-examination: "Two decades after its heyday, riot grrrl is beginning to formally take stock of itself," writes Melena Ryzik. NYU, MoMA, now the New York Times… how much more crazy mainstream can '90s feminism get?
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Gaga and Beyonce Grapple with Important Political Questions
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If Violence Against Women and Body Image Issues Are Boring, Why is the Times So Obsessed with Them?
Ada, you are so totally right: Fatal Attraction is not so much an artistic rendering of the real problems confronting American women as gender roles evolved in the 1980s as a male-written-and-directed revenge fantasy against women who dared to have career aspirations and extra-marital sex lives.
Much like Sam Tanenhaus' article on the failure of female artists to be attuned to premeditated female violence is not so much a thoughtful investigation of the relationship between female artists and female perpetrators of violence as it is a revenge fantasy of a powerful man who seems super-pissed at uppity women in general and particularly women who probably don't give a shit about what a New York Times journalist thinks they should engage with in their art.
Tanenhaus' piece is obviously not really about female artists not engaging with female violence. Because at the end of the article, he names a whole bunch of female artists who, in fact, have.
But it's oh-so-instructive to see how he manages to try and support the thesis that he finally disproves. He does it by making the kind of issues that both feminism and some female artists are engaged with seem cliché, uncool, boring.
But if violence against women is really as old hat as Tanenhaus manages to make it seem, then how come the lead story on the NYT's home page right at this very moment is about Governor Patterson's domestic abuse scandal? And if body image issues are such a yawn, then how come the NYT's other baby boomer reactionaries, David Brooks and Maureen Dowd, can't stop writing about the hidden meaning of Michelle Obama's arms? (Which I once wrote about, here on Salon.)
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Can Women Be Killers Too?
Hi Kara! Did you see the Sam Tanenhaus article "Violence That Art Didn't See Coming" yesterday in the NY Times? I am dying to talk to you about it.
Tanenhaus writes of serial killer Amy Bishop: "When she reportedly discharged her 9-millimeter handgun, she also punctured longstanding assumptions, or illusions, about women and violence…"
This is a topic close to my heart because I contributed an essay about Abu Ghraib, zine culture and Inga Muscio's Cunt (like ya do) to an anthology, One of the Guys: Women as Aggressors and Torturers, which was incidentally reviewed by the NY Times Book Review. (As you know, Tanenhaus runs the NYTBR, and I have written for it a bunch.) Continue reading
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Stay-at-Home Fathers are Hot
Did you just write that post about parenting to invite me to mention my book? Cause, you know, my book Instinctive Parenting: Trusting Ourselves to Raise Good Kids is coming out March 16th! Please buy it on Amazon, everyone! It is blurbed by the 90s-est of 90s women, including Lisa Carver, Kathleen Hanna, and Lili Taylor.
Anyway, I agree with you that 90s women and men are all over this equality shit, and I agree with Gail Collins (who I quite like) that Hollywood, etc., have been super slow to recognize it. And I agree with you that David Brooks is super obnoxious. He wrote something not long ago about how, like, America's Vitality and Creativity is threatened by people having healthcare. Continue reading
90swomen are Ahead of the New York Times
Ada, we've talked a lot on this blog about 90swomen making more money than their male partners. We have not talked about how the NYT's David Brooks is a total un-90s-ish reactionary. Here he is talking to Gail Collins about what young men should do given the sad state of jobs in the current economy.
Gail Collins: I think they should also be encouraged to stay home with the kids. In fact, we should celebrate it. In the grand sweep of American lifestyle choices, stay-at-home fatherhood is possibly the only one that doesn't get eulogized in our popular culture. I want to see the Bachelorette questioning her suitors on how many years they'd be willing to set aside for full-time childraising. I want a movie in which Matt Damon stays home while Beyoncé goes out to work. He can capture an escaped terrorist during the hours when the kids are in preschool.
David Brooks: In theory, I agree with you. Men should be staying home more. But I do think for many working-class men, we will find ourselves running into some pretty stiff headwinds. I come back to evolutionary psychology, which suggests that women are just more nurturing. Continue reading
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Not Enough Guys on Campus is a Feminist Issue. I'm Serious!
Wait, Ada, are you publicly shaming me? That is so 90s!
Well, my main thought while watching these commercials was, "No wonder college guys can be jerks! They are getting the message that they only have a few years before they are consigned to this kind of domestic dystopia."
That's because I was thinking about the college guys in a NYT article by my former colleague (disclaimer) Alex Williams. The thesis, articulated by Kathleen A. Bogle, the author of "Hooking Up: Sex, Dating, and Relationships on Campus," is that "on college campuses where there are far more women than men, men have all the power to control the intensity of sexual and romantic relationships."
According to the women in the article, this means girls often go further than they want to, sexually, in order to "lock it down," in the words of one girl; girls nakedly (almost) compete for guys, who can just sit back, drink a beer, and wait for attention to be lavished on them; and girls let male behavior that they don't like slide because they don't want to be single.
As someone who, back in the 90s, went to a college with a huge imbalance of men to women and a more depressing dating scene than my all-girls high school, I would like to say: I concur with Bogle that this is true and I concur with the girls in the piece that this situation totally sucks.
And also that the kind of sexism that manifests when 19-year-old guys know they have the upper hand isn't contained to the romantic realm. Especially at schools where a lot of these guys are already really privileged.


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Yusuke Tashiro is an acoustic engineer with Sony Mobile and part of the team that delivered the new audio features on Xperia Z3. In this post he talks about Hi-Res Audio, what it is, and why Sony is introducing it into its Xperia smartphones.
Smartphones have, for years now, been far more than just phones. They are our day–to-day camera, our diary, our email reader and, amongst many other things, our primary music player. It is strange to think about how much smartphone technology has changed and yet it's even stranger when you think that despite all this change, the format in which we listen to digital music has staid mostly the same since the mid 90s.
All that is changing now. The main reason we kept the same format of music was file size. At first, storage was an issue so we needed to keep files small, then, as streaming services became more popular it was bandwidth – we needed files that could stream easily. But now, high capacity memory cards (up to 128GB) are relatively cheap and 4G data speeds are increasing and, as these technologies are evolving, so is the way we listen to music. Hi-Res Audio already has the backing of major record labels (including Sony) and in Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact and Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact we are making it even easier for consumers to use.
But what is it? Analogue sound comes in waves, if we want to turn that into digital files, we have to measure those waves so that the software can re-create them later. Normal audio (CD quality) samples (or measures) the audio 44,100 every second, that's an industry standard (44.1 kHz) and it's called the "sample rate." The problem is that when you measure sound like this you miss bits of the audio. Hi-Res audio measures the sound at least 96,000 times per second (and often even quicker), and by increasing the sample rate you get a much more accurate recording of the original sound.
Xperia Z2 was compatible with Hi-Res Audio but you needed a converter to listen to it. So in Xperia Z3, we've built that converter into the phone. If you have Hi-Res compatible headphones you can just plug them in to the headphone jack like any other pair and listen away.
Hi-Res Audio sounds incredible and we're convinced that as the barriers to its adoption come down it will only become more and more popular. However we also understand that most people's music collections are not yet in Hi-Res. That's why we also included Sony's DSEE HX "up-scaling" technology in the Xperia Z3 series. DSEE HX uses an algorithm to analyse your music and automatically replace the "lost" information so that the quality is almost as good as true Hi-Res Audio quality.
Our over-riding goal at Sony is to create products that have an emotional connection with customers, so whether that's a camera that captures a moment just like you remember it or an audio experience that takes you straight back to the gig you loved, you can rest assured that we are constantly striving deliver experiences that are inseparable from the real thing. Xperia Z3 series represents the latest developments on our road to doing just that. Discover more about Xperia's hi-res audio capabilities.


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Performance appraisal methods differ in suitability and effectiveness.
Adopt the right methods for maximum results. Do not just follow any method used by other organizations. Just because it is effective there, it does not mean it is suitable for your organization. There are different circumstances.
The appraisal methods stated herein are some of the many methods used in employee performance appraisal. Some refer to a list of eleven different methods. Here, there are twelve. You will remember that performance appraisal is one of the things you need to do in performance management.
Let us look at the various performance appraisal methods.
You can use this method to rate a general group of employees such as clerks or general workers.
It is suitable for task-oriented jobs.
The problem with this method is that it lacks total job evaluation elements. Thus, you cannot truly see the actual performance of the employee.
But it is believed that this is the most commonly used method now.
Appraisal is based on a choice from a number of pre-written statements. There is no provision for a rating that you think falls between two choices. This is the reason why it is called forced choice.
The end result is a "bell-shaped" evaluation results. The majority of employees will fall around the middle range. There are very few people in the non-performance and outstanding performance ranges of the scale.
This method does not truly reflect actual performance level of employees. One of the risks is that superiors may rate all their people within the middle range. This does not serve any purpose. But it can lead to dissatisfaction.
MBO requires you to establish the objectives of the job.
The questions asked in performance appraisal is whether these objectives are achieved by employees and to what extent.
This method is suitable for assessing the performance of managers.
It is either structured or unstructured. If you use the structure method, you need to find suitable performance measures and standards.
In unstructured method, the supervisor is required to state in essay form the performance level of the employee.
This is similar to essay appraisal method. It requires the supervisor to keep a log on employees performance.
The assessor will submit an essay on the poor or outstanding performance of the employee. The problem is that he or she may come to arbitrary conclusions.
As in the case of the essay type of appraisal, it is necessity to keep an on-going log.
These methods are subjective in nature and the factors used are not prepared against performance standards.
This can lead to awkwardness as people do not strictly fall within the lowest, the highest or average performers.
These include:
It is combination of the critical incident technique and the rating scale method.
This method identifies behaviors that demonstrate high performance. But it requires the preparation of detailed performance levels ranging from 1 for very poor to 5 for very good or from 1 for extremely poor to 7 for extremely good. How good is "good" and how poor is "poor" is something that every assessor must understand well. If not the results may not reflect actual performance.
But in forced distribution, the assessor may have to add a few employees to the very poor or outstanding in order to arrive at a required number of people for those groups.
It does not reflect individual performance level.
Every member of the team is given the same reward for every member of the team including those who had made minimum contribution. There is the possibility of the presence of free riders.
There are some organizations that use this appraisal method. It is yet to gain wide acceptance. Most organizations are not yet ready to implement this far-reaching evaluation method.
Regularity of Review
It is usual to implement fixed review dates or periods.
You may fix the review as a yearly or twice a year activity.
Performance appraisal is also conducted before an employee is confirmed in service.
Choosing the Most Suitable Performance Appraisal MethodsTake time to determine which appraisal method is the most suitable for your organization. You may want to consider using different methods for different groups of jobs.
Caution is advised. Using the wrong method can cause chaos in the workplace. Managers need to remember that not everyone accepts performance appraisal as being effective. They give more emphasis to developing their people.
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In Demand Occupations
North Carolina's 5-Star Jobs represent occupations with the greatest projected employment potential through 2024. Occupations were rated from 1-5 stars based on wages, projected growth rates, and projected job openings. For a complete list of Star Jobs and explanation of the rating process, visit www.nccommerce.com/lead/data-tools/star-jobs
Below are lists of two of our region's top Star Jobs and Star Jobs sorted by mininum education level:
Goldsboro - Kinston Region Star Jobs 2017
Jacksonville - New Bern Region Star Jobs 2017
Local In Demand Occupations and Average Wage Earnings
Middle-Skilled Occupations - "The Forgotten Middle"
The National Skills Coalition has identified the largest part of the United States and North Carolina's labor market as middle-skill jobs. These are occupations which require education and training beyond high school but not a four-year degree. Many middle-skill job offer a family sustaining wage and are in high demand in the ECWDB area and nationwide. They also provide an entry point to a pathway of upward mobility. Some middle-skill jobs are: electricians, nurses, engineer technologists, paralegals, law enforcement officers, dental hygienists, industrial maintenance workers, and many, many more. For more information on the high demand for this type of job, click the links below.
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Weight Loss Saga
Do you look in the mirror and wish your reflection looked different? Do you see your fit friends and wish you were like them? Does the word 'Diet' sound like Latin because food is your first love? I hear you people, I hear you! Because I am riding on the same boat. Don't you hate it when skinny people talk about losing weight? While you stand there sucking in breath, hoping your tummy isn't visible, they talk about how they have put on weight. Trust me, I feel like, if they lose more weight, they can float in the air!
"I will lose weight this year for sure" is the only resolution I take every year. After having the same resolution for years together, you would think I have become as fit as fit can be. But if anything, I have only put on more weight. Why? I blame it on my mom. She cooks the most delicious food and hates when I say No to something. "Mom I don't want pakoras. I am on diet" *She stuffs a couple of them in my mouth* "Okay. It's your wish. I think you don't like what I cook anymore". That's it. There goes the diet.
The weight loss journey is so magical. You take it suddenly see food everywhere. Everyone around you feels like talking about food. Mom suddenly starts cooking all yummy dishes. But no! Diet doesn't give you the liberty to devour on it as you would have liked. But I, for one, am different. I see good food, I finish it first. Reason? If it's not there anymore, it can't tempt you 😉
Just like 'I will definitely read from tomorrow' is every student's mantra, 'I will definitely exercise from tomorrow' is the mantra of every person who wants to lose weight.
And exercising! I am not sure I know the meaning of this word. It sounds very scary 😛 My fitness freak friend adviced - "Get up early in the morning and exercise. You should be in shape" I look at her like she asked a share in my property. Get up early? No way. I love sleep so much. There is no way I am sacrificing it! Go away you insane girl! And don't you see? Round is a shape. So I am in shape already!
This month, I had vowed to take dieting and exercising seriously. Did I succeed? Nope. Instead, I have three new people to blame for breaking my diet - Shalini, Tina and Mayuri. They have taken it on them to post dilicious looking food on their blogs and tempt everyone with it. Me being a foodie couldn't avoid the temptation. I mean, a day or two is okay. But how do you survive a month long temptation? Simple, I didn't. I gave in to my cravings and had yummy foods. The resolution is gone for a toss again!
PS: Linking this post to A to Z Challenge 2017. If you are participating too, please leave a link to your blog in thecomments.
Until the next post,
Keep Smiling 🙂
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Beach Cities
At Beach Cities all we do is prepare income tax returns
, and we are very good at it. We work with our clients to develop a long term strategy to reduce the amount of tax you pay. We help our clients structure their finances, so that more of their current expenses become tax deductible. Our extensive deduction list gets you the maximum refund possible. Our business is based on providing excellent service for a reasonable price.
We are open all year round. In the event that you get an inquiry letter from the IRS or just have a question, we are always available!
Our unique approach will almost always reduce your tax liability significantly more than the cost of our services. Our prices are competitive, usually around $250.00 itemized tax returns. We also offer mobile/in-home service for clients who are unable to make it in to the office.
We can also represent you in the unlikely event of an IRS audit, whether we prepared your taxes or not. Please call us if you are considering a change in tax professionals. In the event that you are not totally satisfied, there is no charge for your visit. Questions and consultations are always free.
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Confirm at initial ultrasounds (preferably by 10-16 weeks)
1. Is the placenta monochorionic?
2. Are the babies the same gender?
3. Can you see the dividing membrane?
4. Is the placenta implanted on the anterior or posterior surface of the womb?
5. Do the twins umbilical cords each have the normal 3 blood vessels, or does one of them have 2 vessels?
6. Are the umbilical cords fully attached to the placenta?
Questions to ask at weekly ultrasounds (16 weeks to delivery)
7. What is the largest vertical pocket of amniotic fluid in each babys sac?
8. What is the largest vertical pocket of amniotic fluid in each babys sac?
9. What are the weights of the babies in grams? (every 2-3 weeks)
10.Are the Doppler ultrasound studies normal for both babies?
11.Is the heart of the recipient baby thickened or enlarged?
12.Does the recipient baby have any signs of hydrops?
13.How long is my cervix by ultrasound, and it is showing any signs of funneling or thinning?
14.Is the smaller baby growing at the same rate?
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RISD President Rosanne Somerson praised the students' determination, resilience, clarity and courage.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A one-eyed, multi-armed costumed creature was among the many creative graduates who walked across the stage at the Rhode Island School of Design's 133rd commencement.
Others decorated their mortar boards with bonsai trees, cake and candles, celery stalks and geometric designs.
RISD students are known for expressing themselves in inventive ways at graduation, and Saturday was no exception for the 491 students receiving bachelor's degrees and 217 getting master's degrees. They earned degrees in furniture design, graphic design, printmaking, photography, architecture, ceramics, glass, landscape architecture, apparel design and more.
Student Michael Moyal stepped into an inflatable yellow duck, and with his gown hiked up so his legs were bare, he appeared ready to jump into the waters of the real world.
A small sea of graduates donning pink construction hats stood out at the front of rows of other graduates in black gowns. They were the first to march into the third-floor exhibit hall of the Rhode Island Convention Center — behind the Extraordinary Rendition Band, a Providence street group of brass, reeds and percussion.
Aike Akhigbe said the color pink is used a lot in their department — plus, her inflatable pink and green hammer demonstrated the work she expects to do. After five great years at RISD, she's ready to work in her native Nigeria, in the city of Lagos: "I'm going home to work in architecture."
Inside a festively decorated hall, with huge flowers on the ceiling, friends and family readied cellphones and cameras for just the right moments to capture.
RISD President Rosanne Somerson, who graduated with an industrial design degree from the university in 1976, said the RISD community has worked this year to advance issues of social equity and justice. She praised the students' determination, resilience, clarity and courage.
"You have learned to challenge the norm. You have learned to reinvent the future ... and to bring your unique perspective to life."
As the graduates head out into the world, Somerson, a furniture designer and maker, urged: "Be decisive. Be brave. And please don't forget to share your successes with us."
The student speaker from the senior class, Timothy Plummer, described people's depth, breadth and versatility, saying we may be either a "T-shaped person," or one "with an asterisk — this little star shining bright."
"We have to embrace our asterisk on this messy, strange, melting, violent, beautiful planet Earth," Plummer said. "Complexity may be tricky or controversial or tough to navigate, but if we don't try, then who will?"
Noting that commencement is a "rare chance to sit between the messy world we know and the messy world we don't," he contemplated what today might be:
A period: "Full stop, thanks for the memories, RISD. See you never!"
A question mark: "Future uncertain."
An ellipses: "Dot, dot, dot, to be continued."
The end parentheses of our youths: "And everything from here on out is the real world."
"I see today as an ampersand, a point where two ideas meet," he told them. "The beauty of the ampersand is that it acknowledges everything that came before it but isn't so brash as to prescribe the future. It's a humble character, an intersection that invites something new without forgetting about the past and doesn't let us off the hook and is a challenge just waiting for us to meet it halfway."
That's a message that resonated with Rocco Chodat, 22, from Newburyport, Massachusetts, who is heading to a job in Brooklyn.
But for Chodat's mother, Nina Esile, a single mother of five children, the words of keynote speaker Hilton Als resonated.
Als — chief theater critic for The New Yorker and an author whose books explore race, gender and identity — spoke of his friendship with celebrated dancer and choreographer Twyla Tharp, whose mother gave her the name Twyla hoping it "would look good on a marquee."
"Hope. We had been raised on it," Als said.
For Esile, Als "brought depth and history to today," reminding the proud mother of the RISD grad that hope and hard work helped her son reach this moment.
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Optimizing your Mobile Workspace
Finding time to get the job done efficiently is a never-ending battle. History has been inundated with cookie-cutter solutions to problems that are not "one size fits all". As the world continues to enhance, so do the specific needs of your day-to-day work tasks.
The need for unique designs is becoming more prevalent in all aspects of life and business. Consider your cell phone, once a small screened device used for making phone calls is now a multi-faceted mini computer ready to follow your every demand.
The key to success lies in the ability to make your work day as efficient as possible. To ensure your next vehicle upfit is ready for the job, consider the following:
1. What are your Current Challenges?
What are the challenges you are facing with your fleet? Be sure to obtain feedback from your end users, drivers and field technicians. Whatever challenges the team is facing, make a list of improvements you would like include in your "ideal" mobile workspace. Some challenges to think about:
- Experiencing heavy payload with your vehicles?
- Can't find your tools and equipment easily?
- Unable to store your uniforms and safety equipment?
- Cabinets/drawers opening during travel?
- Shelving/closets sagging or bending due to weight of equipment?
2. Is your upfit partner known in your industry?
There are many manufacturers and upfitters to choose from, so how do you select the right one? Based on the challenges you listed above, research and select your top three potential partners for further consideration. Before moving forward ask yourself:
- Are they familiar within your industry?
- Will they work with you through your specifications, design, and budget?
- Will they point to a catalog and say pick one?
- Or will they take the time to listen to your wants & needs to provide a configurable solution?
If you uncover that the potential upfitters you chose are not a good fit, go back to the drawing board. Find a partner that will work one-on-one with you to develop a configurable storage solution that suits how your team works in the field – nothing less.
3. Configuration is Key
What's important to remember is that no two fleets are exactly alike and each vehicle is suppose to fit the end-users day-to-day job. Configuring a design that is based on the work-flow of your end users will make a big difference in terms of efficiency and productivity. To properly configure your layout consider the following:
- Is your end-user in and out of the vehicle all day?
- Do they need to grab equipment from the rear or side doors of the vehicle?
- What equipment do they need to store and access most?
- Can they quickly and easily find equipment and tools?
You may have one, or a multitude of challenges that can be solved through a custom-designed interior workspace. From size, to layout, to special features – configuration is key and there are partners out there who will deliver the right solution for your fleet.
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John W. Mitchell has been named the new president and CEO of St. Anthony North.
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Gary Campbell, Centura Health president and CEO, has released a short video prompting the input of thousands to help shape the future of health care in Colorado.
Exempla Healthcare has announced that changes to its corporate bylaws have become effective and a new Board of Directors has been appointed.
Findings released from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed an increase in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from a network of U.S. communities participating in the CDC surveillance project.
Theresa Rapstine, BSN, RN, is the director of the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute at The Children's Hospital.
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The first step in the Emmi® program is to speak with one of our staff members. At that time, they will familiarize you with the program and talk to you about which areas of the program will work best for your needs. We will ask you to complete the "pre-surgical" tutorial. Your surgeon may wish for you to watch procedure specific tutorials also. Our staff will issue you a unique access code(s) that is specific to the tutorials you are asked to complete.
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Veil: Journal of Darker Musings is NOW CLOSED to SUBMISSIONS.
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We publish poems on a variety of frisson-inducing subjects. We like the occasional darkly humorous poem, as well as more serious and thoughtful work. Brief cover letters are greatly appreciated; laundry lists of where you've been published before are not.
Guidelines: Submit no more than 3 poems at one time. No simultaneous submissions, or previously published poems, please and thank you. ALSO, please no politics or porn. Poems need to be under 75 lines (we're a small publication). We accept only electronic submissions; poems must be either in the body of the email, or if attached, as .RTFs or .doc files. Payment is one complementary contributor's copy, with additional copies discounted. Rights revert to author upon publication. Response time varies between 4 weeks to 4 months.
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Student accommodation available for summer hire
Liberty Living at Cambrian Point is in close proximity to the city's higher educational establishments including Cardiff University (CU). Located on Maindy Road in the popular Cathays area, Liberty Living at Cambrian Point is within easy reach of all local amenities and transport links, including Cathays railway station.
Liberty Living at Cambrian Point's close proximity to the town centre allows residents to participate fully in the city's diverse culture and exciting social scene. Student Academic Year: If you are a full time student and you wish to book for the academic year starting in September please visit our website and book online. Summer: Summer bookings between 12th July 2012 – 29th August 2012 get a discounted rate when booking for 5 weeks or more. Please visit our summer booking page https://my.libertyliving.co.uk/SummerSearch/Cardiff/CP
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Liberty Living at Cambrian Point is located on Maindy Road, access from outside Cardiff is found via Junction 32 of the M4. You will need to take the exit signposted to Cardiff City Centre (A470 North Road). Follow the road for approximately 4 miles passing through many traffic lights, you will then see some shops on your left hand side plus Maindy Swimming Pool. Just after Maindy Swimming Pool and just before the bridge, turn left onto Maindy Road. Once on Maindy Road, Liberty Living at Cambrian Point is accessed via the first right hand turn opposite Gelligaer Gardens.
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Cypress Lakes Subdivision in Slidell, La
Cypress Lakes Subdivision in Slidell, La is a gated, golf course subdivision of Oak Harbor. It is convenient to the Interstate 10 and only a 30 minute drive to the city of New Orleans. This gorgeous subdivision is mostly new construction (built approximately 2004-2008) and the houses range in size from 1800-3000 square feet. As you enter the subdivision you will notice the primarily French architecture, beautiful black iron street lights and well manicured landscaping.
School Districts:
Abney Elementary/St. Tammany Jr. High/Salmen High School
For more information about Cypress Lakes Subdivision check out www.realestatepub.com
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The Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) flight control law was designed and certified for the 737 MAX to enhance the pitch stability of the airplane – so that it feels and flies like other 737s.
MCAS is designed to activate in manual flight, with the airplane's flaps up, at an elevated Angle of Attack (AOA).
Boeing has developed an MCAS software update to provide additional layers of protection if the AOA sensors provide erroneous data. The software was put through hundreds of hours of analysis, laboratory testing, verification in a simulator and two test flights, including an in-flight certification test with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) representatives on board as observers.
The additional layers of protection include:
These updates reduce the crew's workload in non-normal flight situations and prevent erroneous data from causing MCAS activation.
We continue to work with the FAA and other regulatory agencies on the certification of the software update.
To earn a Boeing 737 type rating, pilots must complete 21 or more days of instructor-led academics and simulator training. Differences training between the NG and MAX include computer-based training (CBT) and manual review.
Boeing has created updated CBT to accompany the software update. Once approved, it will be accessible to all 737 MAX pilots. This course is designed to provide 737 type-rated pilots with an enhanced understanding of the 737 MAX Speed Trim System, including the MCAS function, associated existing crew procedures and related software changes.
Pilots will also be required to review:
All primary flight information required to safely and efficiently operate the 737 MAX is included on the baseline primary flight display. This is true of all our commercial products. Boeing doesn't put a price on required safety features. Crew procedures and training for safe and efficient operation of the airplane are focused around airplane roll and pitch attitude, altitude, heading and vertical speed, all of which are integrated on the primary flight display. All 737 MAX airplanes display this data in a way that is consistent with pilot training and the fundamental instrument scan pattern that pilots are trained to use.
The AOA (angle of attack) indicator provides supplementary information to the flight crew. The AOA disagree alert provides additional context for understanding the possible cause of air speed and altitude differences between the pilot's and first officer's displays. Information for these features is provided by the AOA sensors.
There are no pilot actions or procedures during flight which require knowledge of angle of attack.
Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) – flight control law implemented on the 737 MAX to improve aircraft handling characteristics and decrease pitch-up tendency at elevated angles of attack.
Angle of Attack (AOA) – the difference between the pitch angle (nose direction) of the airplane and the angle of the oncoming wind.
Angle of Attack Sensor / Vane – hardware on the outside of the airline that measures and provides angle of attack information to onboard computers; also referred to as an AOA vane.
Angle of Attack Disagree – a software-based information feature that alerts flight crews when data from left and right angle of attack sensors disagree. This can provide pilots insight into air data disagreements and prompts a maintenance logbook entry.
Angle of Attack Indicator – a software-based information feature that provides angle of attack data to the flight crew through the primary flight displays. It is an option that can be selected by customers.
Control law – a set of software that performs flight control function or task
FCOM (Flight Crew Operations Manual Bulletin) – supplementary operations information
FOTB (Flight Operations Technical Bulletin) – supplementary technical information
Speed trim system – a system that uses multiple components to provide additional speed or pitch stability when needed


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A new parole system for England and Wales
Research funded by the Foundation has led to the publication a new report from JUSTICE, which calls for a new system for freeing prisoners in England and Wales, to replace the current Parole Board.
The Parole Board currently decides whether and when to free all prisoners serving life sentences and those serving 'dangerous offenders' sentences, as well as some prisoners serving fixed-term sentences for older offences.
The report concludes that the current Board is insufficiently independent from the Ministry of Justice and is not given the powers and resources it needs. The authors also note it has been overloaded with cases, resulting in considerable delays and legal challenges.
JUSTICE recommends that the Parole Board should be replaced by an independent Parole Tribunal – as part of the Tribunal Service. It should have full time members and be able to list its own cases, compel witnesses to appear before it and order documents to be disclosed. Journalists should be admitted to Parole Tribunal hearings.
The report also recommends the abolition of the controversial indeterminate sentences for public protection (IPP and for children, DPP) under the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and their replacement with a sentence with a definite final release date.
Roger Smith, JUSTICE
Fuding programme
Law in Society
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January 2008 - May 2009
A New Parole System for England and Wales, Justice (October 2009)
See also
- The first decade of intermediaries in the criminal justice system
- Juries, the digital courtroom and special measures
- Interviewing children who are reluctant to disclose sexual abuse
- Asylum appeals
- An evaluation of one-stop-shops for women offenders
- Children and young adults in gangs: impact on lifecourse development
- Sentencing of dangerous offenders


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This summer I traveled to New Orleans, Louisiana to get my kids yoga teacher certification. One of my favourite moments during training was a 20 minute drawing and breathing activity where we reflected on who we are in an authentic honest way.
It seems we are constantly surrounded by noises, chaos and the hectic pace and demands of our daily lives whether it is from our family responsibilities, work tasks etc. I find it especially true in the twenty-first century whereby technology or social media plays a really big role in most people's lives. In the process of meeting the demands of this pace of life where we just live on "autopilot", we lose ourselves, the core of who we are. There is no time to really think about who we are and what we want to do in our lives to be truly happy. It can be so dire, that some people experience mental, physical and emotional burnout and depression overtime.
This drawing and breathing exercise reminded me once again how important it is to really "pause", whether it is for a few minutes or one hour out of our daily lives to simply breathe and connect with ourselves and think positive thoughts. Remember: "You are what you think." These positive thoughts are essentially positive affirmations that help us to realize and actualize our potential and dreams.
One of my dance instructors once shared with us her positive affirmation. She said that every morning when she wakes up, before she does anything, these are the words she utters: "I am happy. I am healthy. I am blessed." We all thought it was a beautiful way to start the day. As part of her class, we made it into our routine to end the class with these words. I truly felt these words and believed it about myself as I continued my everyday life.
Here are my positive affirmations from my yoga drawing and breathing exercise which I truly see and feel as my true self:
What are yours?
They can be as short and simple as my dance instructor's or as long as mine or anyway you want them. It only matters that you are finding time to pause, breathe, reflect and believe in the power of these two words: I AM.
Go and try it, and see how powerful your own positive affirmations can have on your life to achieve genuine happiness!


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June —
I am paid a day rate for my services. I work in my Broker's office about 70 miles from home, and commute back and forth every day. I am paid a mileage expense, but only on Monday and Friday. I am paid a daily rate (Monday thru Friday) for lodging, another for meals, and another for telephone usage. Since I commute every day, I don't actually incur the daily lodging expense that I am paid. I am not required to submit any receipts for any of these daily expenses. Do these daily expenses count toward income, or can I deduct them as reimbursed expenses included on my 1099? It is all lumped together on the 1099.
Thank you, I hope to see a response from you.
Independent Petroleum Landman
Nacogdoches, Texas
Well, Orlando, what is said is not how it is. I'll go from the simple to the not-so-simple, from income to expenses.
Let's assume for the moment that you are really self-employed. As a self-employed, as described by you, all the money you receive is self-employment income no matter what your broker calls it.
Your "commute" of 140 miles per day is not transportation nor travel expense for you. It is not deductible. Transportation is deductible only when you go from one business location to another.
Lodging is not deductible in the situation your describe. Lodging is a deductible expense when your trip meets the requirements for business travel, not when it is done to avoid a commute.
As for the not-so-simple part: Appears to me that the way your broker has set this up you may actually be an employee not self-employed.
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Friday, September 14, 2018
Elevator World, the elevator industry's leading global trade publication, has announced Columbia Elevator Products as the winners of the prestigious Ellies Award in two key categories: Best Cab Supplier - Cabs and Best Supplier - Doors.
The Ellies were established this year by Elevator World as the first-ever awards program to recognize outstanding performers in the elevator industry. The program was organized into three broad categories of elevator businesses, "Best Contractor," "Best Supplier" and "Best Consultancy" firms, and further divided into subcategories based upon specialty. The announcement concludes a month-long open voting period where members of the industry cast votes in a type of "peoples-choice" award competition.
Said LJ Blaiotta, CEO of Columbia Elevator Products: "We are proud and humbled to be recognized by our industry for such an honor, and even more proud of all the members of Team Columbia, whose daily hard work and commitment have made this possible."


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Marino Institute of Education (MIE) is a teaching, learning and research community committed to promoting inclusion and excellence in education. We have a long and proud involvement with education, specifically initial teacher education (ITE), dating back over 100 years
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The following outlines the services and support that are available for MIE students as part of this agreement.
All the therapists at the Student Counselling Service here in Trinity are qualified and accredited Psychotherapist, Clinical or Counselling Psychologists. We also have trainee students from accredited programmes which are supervised and see students on site. One-to-one assessment and counselling sessions; opening hours Mon - Fri 9.00 - 5.30 and late opening Tuesdays and Wednesdays during term time until 8.00pm. To make an appointment students can call 01 896 1407 or call into the service. Another option for MIE staff is to make the appointment for a student also by calling 896 1407. Daily emergency/duty appointments are held at 3pm; this is reserved for urgent issues such as students who are at risk i.e. suicidal ideation etc or who are at risk of drop-out. MIE staff can request this appointment on behalf of a student, and it is important that this appointment is made as early as possible on the day. Brief consultation drop-in at TCD at lunchtimes (during term time only) - no appointment required. Brief Consult in Marino Room 41/2 St. Patrick's Building Wednesday's between 10am and 6pm during term time only. Counselling groups or workshops run in the service; some of these are drop-in, others require registration by the student or referral from a counsellor. See http://www.tcd.ie/Student_Counselling/ for all up to date information.
Offers advice, resources, individual consultations, workshops and much more to help improve academic performance and reach full potential. For details on all the different services and resources available please check http://www.tcd.ie/Student_Counselling/student-learning/
Silver Cloud – an interactive programme moderated by a student counsellors, designed for those having emotional difficulties such as depression or anxiety. Students can log on to http://silvercloud.scss.tcd.ie/signup/tcd/
My Mind Matters – provides a variety of self-help literature and supports for a number of mental health issues and is specifically for 3rd level students. http://mymindmatters.ie/
E-pub – this is a completely confidential assessment tool which allows you to gain insight to your drinking habits and the impact that alcohol can have on your lifestyle as a whole, it is non- judgemental and very informative. http://interwork.sdsu.edu/echug/ie/TCD/
All further info and considerable resources and support can be accessed by http://www.tcd.ie/Student_Counselling/student-learning/
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From the NYS Gaming Commission: At Saratoga, 3-year-old Midnight Visitor "reared up while being walked to Assembly Barn and fell…removed to Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital where it [was] euthanized this morning [Thursday]." The "it" was slated to be raced in that day's 4th. She is the ninth dead "athlete" at Saratoga this year.
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Copy-editing for [my new novel] The Orphan Palace has begun -- [delighted to work w/ this editor! !!]. . . some tossing 'round cover ideas w/ editor and the publisher . . . We're racing for an OCT release on this . . . More on TOP when the publisher takes me off the leash! !!
Until then, SIN & ashes is out [and gathering a bit of acclaim - Thanks Laird and Ellen! !!] and BLOOD is now out as an eBook, and Nightmare's Disciple has been re-released as an eBook and a TPB.
BLOOD & ND can be found here [and on Amazon]
SIN & ashes is here
SIN will also soon have a book trailer . . . I'll keep you posted! !!
Work continues on The Grimscribe's Puppets and A Season In Carcosa [both will be released by Miskatonic River Press in 2012]. I have received several tales I have shortlisted . . .
And the hellbound train called, The Aklonomicon, is still on track for a SUMMER 2011 release . . . I've just seen Paul Carrick's illos and they are WOW!! ! But then it's Carrick! !!
Paul can be found here! !!
Monday, May 23, 2011
The Orphan Palace & . . .
Posted by kiy1955 at Monday, May 23, 2011
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- AnonymousMay 24, 2011 at 8:18 AM
Congrats on the novel! Can't wait to read it along with the anthologies you're editing.ReplyDelete
Quick question though. Aklonomicon is on track for a 2011 summer release....where can I pre-order myself a copy?
Justin Steele
Hi Justin,ReplyDelete
We hope to have per-orders up very soon. AKLO is on track for a SUMMER 2011 release.
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Citing worrisome data that indicates millennials are fleeing the state and taking their families with them, a Chicago-based think tank is urging state lawmakers to pass pro-growth reforms.
"If young people are our future, Illinois is in trouble," Illinois Policy Institute writer Madelyn Harwood said in a recent report published by the institute. "State policymakers need to correct the policies that could be contributing to this mass millennial departure. Illinois' anti-jobs policies, crushing tax burden and looming pension crisis make the state uncompetitive and unattractive."
Legislators in Springfield need to act, Harwood said.
"Illinois policymakers should heed the grave consequences of a shrinking youth population and enact job-creating reforms so millennials can not only afford to, but also be proud to build futures in Illinois," Harwood said.
The state in general is verifiably shrinking across the board, with 50,000 more taxpayers and their dependents leaving the state than were gained through new migration into the state, according to the latest data available from the Internal Revenue Service. There also is data that indicates millennials are leading that exodus, Harwood said.
"While more than 70,700 taxpayers under the age of 34 moved into Illinois, more than 89,600 moved out," Harwood said. "This amounts to a net loss of almost 19,000 millennials in 2014, and more than one-third of the state's 50,000 net loss to migration across all age groups."
Students especially are leaving Illinois in great numbers. For the same period as the IRS reported, more than 16,400 students left Illinois for public universities in other states, while only about 2,100 students came to Illinois from out of state to attend a public university, according to Department of Education data compiled by The New York Times. "This amounts to a net loss of more than 14,300 students to other states," Harwood said. "Illinois sends the most college students to neighboring Midwestern states, including Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan."
Only California lost more students than Illinois, according to the data. "But Illinois had a greater net loss," Harwood said. "California also gained more than 4,600 students, for a net loss of more than 12,500, while Illinois' net loss was more than 14,300. The combined net loss of millennial taxpayers and students to other states in 2014 amounts to more than 33,000 young Illinoisans, and that's just for one year."
The IRS data does not necessarily count all millennials lost from Illinois because a young person who leaves the state for work straight out of high school and never paid taxes in Illinois would not be counted. Fleeing millennial students also may be counted in both DOE and IRS data reports, which could cause some inflation in numbers.
"The DOE data also only measured public universities, so it does not account for student migration for private universities," Harwood said. "Nevertheless, the trend is clear: Young people are leaving Illinois, and policymakers need to ask themselves why the state is so unattractive to these young people."
The state needs these millennials, Harwood said.
"Fewer millennials means fewer working-age adults — or fewer taxpayers — to cover the state's soaring pension burden, which will be a growing problem as more of Illinois' population reaches retirement age," she said.
The Illinois Policy Institute is an independent group that generates public policy solutions aimed at promoting personal freedom and prosperity in Illinois.
Before joining the Illinois Policy Institute, Harwood was a caseworker with a focus on corporate immigration law at a Chicago immigration law firm, according to her institute bio. Harwood also interned at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., where she specialized in domestic and economic policy. While on an internship, Harwood also studied at Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies, concentrating on public policy and academic research. Harwood graduated summa cum laude from DePaul University in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in political science and a minor in Spanish.