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The International Practice Section of the WSBA is organizing a lunchtime CLE on Tuesday, May 23, with the Deputy Chief and Senior Economist of the Immigrant Investor Program of the USCIS. The program will be held at the offices of Garvey Schubert Barer.
During the program, USCIS officials will provide EB-5 program updates and recent developments in the EB-5 program. The second half of the program will be dedicated to Q&A with the USCIS officers. Registered participants will also have the opportunity to submit questions prior to the program which will be addressed during the program.
Lunch is provided for this CLE.
Date & Time:
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
11:30 am – 12:00 pm Registration, checking in, and getting lunch
12:00 pm – 12:05 pm Welcome, Opening Remarks by Host and Moderator, Introductions of Speakers
12:05 pm – 12:30 pm EB-5 Program Updates, Julia Harrison, Deputy Chief, IPO
12:30 pm – 1:05 pm Roundtable Discussion regarding EB-5 Program
– Gregg Rodgers (Moderator), Garvey Schubert Barer
– Julia Harrison, Deputy Chief, IPO
– Jan Lyons, Senior Economist, IPO
1:05 pm – 1:30 pm Audience Q&A
Garvey Schubert Barer
Second & Seneca Building
1191 Second Avenue, 18th Floor
Seattle, WA 98101-2939 (MAP)
Moderator: Gregg Rodgers, Shareholder, Garvey Schubert Barer
Presenter: Julia Harrison, Deputy Chief, Immigrant Investor Program
Presenter: Jan Lyons, Senior Adviser for Economics, Immigrant Investor Program
Law & Legal Procedure: 1.5
Free for IPS members
$40 for non-IPS members
$18.75 for law students
Registration is open but space will be limited. We would appreciate hearing from you beforehand to ensure that enough seats are available.
RSVP by mailing or faxing the registration FORM;
or REGISTER ONLINE.
Julia L. Harrison was named as the Deputy Chief of the Immigrant Investor Program Office in July of 2014. Julia brings more than 20 years of experience with INS and USCIS, and a wealth of program and operational experience to IPO. Most recently she served for four years as the Chief, Operations Division within Field Operations Directorate. There, she led four branches in developing and implementing national policy, operational guidance, and training in many areas of immigration law including citizenship, family based immigration, national security, fraud detection & international adoption. Julia previously served USCIS in many other capacities, including as the Field Office Director in Seattle, Washington for seven years, and prior to that, as a Supervisory Port Director and Supervisory Immigration Inspector.
Jan Lyons is the Senior Adviser for Economics for the Immigrant Investor Program of USCIS. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Lyons served as the Division Chief for Economics and was responsible for the direction and management of the Economics Division, including the supervision of a staff 30 economists and 6 supervisory economists in the due diligence review and adjudication of regional center proposals. Before joining the government in 2004, Mr. Lyons worked in investment banking and municipal finance for over 20 years. This work included the economic and financial analysis of funding for large-scale infrastructure projects. His portfolio includes work supporting over $11 billion in financing. Mr. Lyons holds degrees in Economics from both Northwestern University and the University of London.
Gregg Rodgers is an owner in the Seattle office of Garvey Schubert Barer, a full-service law firm of more than 100 attorneys with offices in Beijing, New York, Portland, Seattle and Washington, D.C. He is the chair of the firm's Immigration Practice Group. He concentrates his practice on the areas of immigration (business, healthcare professionals, and families) and employment law. Mr. Rodgers provides legal advice to individuals, business owners, managers, and executives on each of these areas. He conducts audits and advises clients on Form I-9 and E-Verify compliance. He also conducts training sessions for clients, trade associations, and educational groups, on immigration and Form I-9 issues.


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Greenfield for many years have worked with leading garage equipment manufacturers. Developing their concepts through the manufacturing process to the finish giving a unique high quality heavy duty product.
Keeping the emphasis on the ergonomics to the customer's product, but still designed for the day to day wear and tear of a commercial garage environment. Greenfield have used their precision sheet metal knowledge to manufacture garage equipment for the commercial garage sectors.
The focus is always on working with the customers to produce high quality heavy duty components, making them as unique and robust as possible giving an edge to the end product. Always ensuring we look at every detail even down to colour co-coordinated finishes already in the field.


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Any order placed before 4pm (3:30pm for edible images) Monday - Friday, with the Next Working Day Delivery option selected, will be dispatched for delivery the following business day (Monday - Friday), between the hours of 8am - 9pm. A signature is required for this method, so you will need to be at the delivery address to sign for it. Please allow an additional 24 hours for any order to be delivered to the Scottish Highlands. Please also be aware that any deliveries to Northern Ireland with a 'BT' postcode will usually take three days to arrive (on 2 Day Northern Ireland Delivery).
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Some things you just don't mess with in Chicago—and that includes the city's hot dogs, beef, pizza and their beloved sports teams.
Chicagoans love their sports so much the city's crime rates, which continue to garner national attention, apparently drop during sporting events.
According to a study from University of California-Berkeley, researchers claim that crime in Chicago—including violent crime, drug arrests and property crime—saw a consistent drop during televised sports games (H/t DNAinfo.com).
Researchers for the report, titled "Entertainment as Crime Prevention: Evidence from Chicago Sports Games," indicate the study was sparked by a comment made in 2011 by retired Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis.
Lewis issued a challenge during the NFL lockout to "Do this research… If we don't have a season, watch how much evil, which we call crime, watch how much crime picks up if you take away our game… [People have] nothing else to do."
The study analyzed Chicago crime by the minute during major sporting events from the NFL, NBA and MLB, comparing police crime reports by the half hour when sports teams are playing to crime reports at the same time of day and month when the teams are not playing.
The study, conducted by researchers Ryan Copus and Hannah Laquer, found that during Chicago Bears Monday night football games, overall crime dropped nearly 15 percent compared to Mondays when the Bears did not play. Similar but smaller effects were reported during NBA and MLB games.
(Note: The Chicago Blackhawks were not included in the study)
In addition, total crime reports decreased by roughly 25 percent during Super Bowl game coverage.
"The consistent drop across all crime types -- violent, property, drug and other -- in conjunction with the absence of displacement before or after games, suggests the decline in crime is driven primarily by fewer potential criminals on the streets," according to the report.
Researchers said the study suggests insights into the nature of criminal behavior, suspecting that some crime may be recreational and not a "premeditated and calculated activity."
"Some amount of crime is opportunistic and situational -- if prevented today, it does not inevitably occur tomorrow," the report stated.


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Finding the Best Web Hosting Service
How to Find the Best Web Hosting Service: Five Key Factors to Consider
How to Find the Best Web Hosting Service: Five Key Factors to Consider
If you are ready to take that critical step to create a website and leverage the internet to establish a presence, rest assured that there are plenty of companies in the market to provide the services needed to help make it all happen. Whether your plans involve furthering a hobby, starting up a small business, or migrating your successful brick and mortar store online, there are more than enough suitors to choose from. Now if only finding a good web hosting service wasn't such a challenge.
The service provider you partner up with can make a tremendous difference in whether or not you are able to succeed with your online efforts. How can you sell products or services to your target audience if technical problems have knocked your store offline? How can you provide a satisfactory level of customer support if the company you are paying for service isn't supporting you? Without a reliable partner to back you up, it will be very difficult.
Because finding a quality web hosting service can be a chore, we have composed a guide containing six key factors that need to be considered in order to secure the best solution for you.
1. Your Needs
There is much that must be taken into account when seeking the best web hosting service, and it all starts with assessing your needs. So what are your plans? Do you need a website to share information with a local audience, host a portfolio of your work to attract new clients, or maintain a storefront that allows you to capitalize on the e-commerce phenomenon? This factor deserves attention first because it will help you determine the features you require, and which company is best suited to provide them. Skip this important step and you could end up very disappointed.
2. Type of Hosting
Once you have determined what you need in terms of your website, the next logical step is to determine what type of web hosting you require. Thanks to the slew of niche offerings that have been introduced over the years, the market has expanded to the point of there being too many types to count on both hands. For this reason, we will focus on the three main options currently available to you: shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting.
Shared hosting is the most common variation of web hosting on the market. It is also the cheapest as you can easily find plans going for less than $10 per month. Shared hosting makes a fine option for your first website, but keep in mind that it does come with some drawbacks. The fact that you are sharing server space with other customers means you are at the mercy of their activities, which makes your site more vulnerable to downtime caused by security breaches and mere internet traffic.
Virtual private server or VPS hosting, is the next step up from shared hosting. While it is more expensive, it is generally more secure and reliable as well. With this type of service, you have your own operating system in a virtual environment isolated from other users on the physical server, a situation that ensures better performance and a greater degree of control than you have in a shared hosting arrangement. However, since you are required to share hardware resources, VPS hosting is not equivalent to having your own server.
Dedicated hosting is a more sophisticated option that puts all the power in your hands. You lease the server from a web hosting provider, which gets you the hardware and all its resources. While the equipment is maintained in the company's data center, you have complete administrative authority, allowing you to set your own configurations, install your own software, and ultimately create an environment that is more reliable and secure than both shared and VPS hosting. The disadvantages here are higher costs and complexity as you are responsible for handling all the server administration tasks.
As you can see, each type of hosting discussed above has its pros and cons. When deciding which is best for you, you should base the decision on how each variation can satisfy your needs, and then weigh that against their advantages and disadvantages.
3. Web Design
Although web design is very important, it is also a factor that often gets overlooked when searching for a web hosting service. Your website must actually be created before it goes live, so who is going to build it? Is it going to be you? Are you going to hire a professional web designer? Take the company up on their professional design offer? If you have no clue on how to build a website or cannot afford to enlist the services of a professional, this aspect of the game can make for a rather frustrating experience.
You will notice that most web hosting company's offer the "free and easy to use" site builder in their packages. This is all fine and dandy, but if that site builder does not accommodate your experience level or offer the features your website requires to be successful, then it is of no use to you. This should be incentive to ask the host for some specific details about their site building software and also investigate features that may serve as viable alternatives. For example, their site builder may be lacking, but perhaps they have software such as WordPress or Joomla available that can be used to accomplish the same goal. You won't know unless you take the initiative to find out.
4. Security and Reliability
Understanding how important these two elements are, just about every web hosting company you encounter during your search will claim to offer a secure and reliable service. This all sounds good, but you cannot take these claims at face value. Three months down the road, your website could be the victim of a breach due to the host's lax security measures or experience excessive downtime because of an overcrowded server, neither of which is a good look for your online presence .
So how do you find out if a particular service is truly secure and reliable? Get proactive and conduct the necessary research. This can be done by taking a look at the features on the company's website that speak to their level of security and reliability. You should also take initiative to learn more information on their data center to find out about the efforts they are making behind the scenes. For added assurance, read a few web hosting reviews on the service provider in question to see what consumers are saying about the company. You are likely to find a mix of positive and negative reviews so keep individual instances in mind when making your evaluations.
5. Customer Service and Technical Support
Finding the best web hosting solution will be impossible without placing a special emphasis on customer service and technical support. If you read a couple of reviews, you will see that the lack of support is among the biggest complaints consumers have about companies in the industry. This is something you cannot afford to overlook because the true quality of customer service and technical support is often not revealed until something goes wrong. Maybe your site has been down all day or you just have a question about how to create an email account. Whatever the issue, it can be very frustrating when no one is around to address you concerns.
Aside from reading feedback from other customers, there is really no way you can determine just how good a company will be at providing service and support without actually being a customer yourself. However, there are ways to get better idea of what you're in for. Narrow down your list to a few companies that seem to be an ideal fit for your needs, and send them an email to see how fast and effectively they respond your questions. You can take this concept one step further by calling up their customer service or technical support line to test the knowledge and friendliness of the staff. There are no guarantees of course, but these are two ways to at least gain a peace of mind when making the final decision.
As you have learned by reading this guide, finding the best web hosting service is not as easy as it may have seemed on the surface. There is a lot that must be considered if you want to land a solution that is secure, reliable, and lives up to your expectations. What you thought was a simple decision could easily turn out to be a lengthy journey filled with many twists, turns and a little frustration to boot. This is perfectly normal. Sometimes it takes extra time and effort to find the service that best suits your needs, especially when it comes to something as important as your online presence. Once you find it, we guarantee that you will be glad you put in all the hard work.


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Darby Research Institute
Here's how the Charles P. Darby Children's Research Institute enhances the level of care we provide our children:
- The top physicians are generally drawn to the top hospitals - those on the cutting edge of discovery and innovation. The Institute gives us that edge, helping us recruit and retain the best specialists in the world.
- The Institute enables us to compete more efficiently for grants, generating more money for children's medical research.
- The Institute heavily equipped with the latest technologies and research resources. As a result, our patients have access to the most modern facilities and technologies available anywhere.
- The added space has allowed MUSC Children's Hospital to integrate its pediatric research program across the state, colleges, and departments. This promotes greater collaboration among scientists and physicians, resulting in a more efficient and productive approach to research.
- Research institutes can apply the findings of their research more rapidly than hospitals that must wait for innovations to "trickle down." Because of the Darby Children's Research Institute, our patients are on the cutting edge of innovative treatment options.
Located next to the Basic Sciences building on Ashley Avenue, the seven-story institute houses 150 state-of-the-art laboratory modules, 11 research programs, and approximately 150 investigators and staff. Here, researchers work non-stop to discover the causes of and cures for ailments that continue to afflict our children, including:
- Cancer and blood disorders
- Congenital heart disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- AIDS and other immunological diseases
- Genetic disorders
- Mental retardation and learning disabilities
- Pneumonia and respiratory syncytial virus
- Diabetes, which afflicts more than 311,000 children and adults in South Carolina.
The work being performed in these areas raises the level of care not only at MUSC Children's Hospital but also throughout the entire Medical University. Research conducted at the Institute could potentially assist children throughout the world. View a description of the research projects currently being conducted on each floor of the Darby Children's Research Institute.


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TmoleX Features
TmoleX is our easy to use graphical user interface to quickly handle TURBOMOLE calculations. While quantum chemistry suites have traditionally been developed for a command line or script based use (aiming at power users), TmoleX allows you to do quantum chemistry after a few minutes of introduction. It is the perfect tool for occasional TURBOMOLE use.
The TmoleX Client (download here) version can be used to submit jobs to a remote Linux server without having a complete TURBOMOLE installation.
Job handling / usability
- Starting single molecule jobs locally or on a remote server
- Starting multi molecule batch jobs locally and remotely. A defined standard calculation procedure (job template) will be used for all molecules.
- Define and modify job templates (basis set, method, kind of job, etc.) for later use with single molecule jobs or batch jobs.
- Simple built-in queuing system for local and remote jobs. By defining the number of usable CPUs, TmoleX will submit jobs until all allowed CPUs are put to work. Further jobs will be queued to wait for free CPUs.
Import / Export and visualization
- Import from many common file formats including: .xyz, sdf, ml2, mol2, pdb, .chem3d and specialized file formats: .car., arc, .cosmo, .energy, coord, .cml
- Export to .xyz, sdf, ml2, pdb, .chem3d, .cosmo, .energy, coord, .cml
- Generate 3D structures from SMILES for life science applications
- Integrated molecular builder
- Export of MOs to WFN, molden, and AOMix
Methods and tools
- Choice of all basis sets delivered with TURBOMOLE
- Generation of molecular orbitals and automatic occupation
- Symmetry detection
- Hartree-Fock, DFT, MP2, TDDFT, DFT+Dispersion, SCS/SOS-MP2, CC2, SCS/SOS-CC2, CCSD, CCSD(T), RI for DFT, MP2 and CC2 calculations with automatic assignment of auxiliary basis sets
- Ground state and excited state single-point calculations and geometry optimizations
- Continuum solvation for DFT and HF single points and geometry optimizations
- Vibrational frequencies, NMR shielding and UV/VIS spectra calculations, population analysis, dipole moments, etc.
- Constrained geometry optimization, scan jobs
- Transition state search
- Force field or semi-empirical pre-optimization of structures
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After the sticky heat & overcrowded streets of KL, the next part of our holiday was four days on the island of Penang. We got a 30 minute domestic flight over to Georgetown and checked into Hotel Penaga, an old-style 'heritage' hotel owned by an architect, which had gorgeous period features & stained glass windows. I must admit I squealed with excitement when I discovered the jacuzzi bathtub!
Penang is best known for one thing and one thing only: food. Sure, it's a beautiful old town with some unique cultural monuments, but in reality, most tourists who come here do so for the famous street food markets & hawker stalls.
Our foodie adventures started off with a delicious curry at local Indian restaurant Kashmir, and then extended to incredible Chinese food at the famous Teksen and Western hub China House. None of this, however, compared to the experience of rocking up to the evening market on New Lane (Lorong Baru), ordering dishes we couldn't pronounce let alone guess at what the ingredients were, to then be wowed by delicious food at less than £2 per dish.
Our favourite was wan tan mee, a noodle soup with fresh pork dumplings, thin slices of barbecued pork and tiny pieces of crackling. We also liked char koay teow – a spicier dish with prawns, cockles and Chinese spicy sausage. My favourite though might have been the cooling dessert cendol – green noodles (bear with me) and sweet red beans in a bowl of coconut milk, palm sugar and shaved ice. It was so different to any sort of pudding you'd get in the West, and well you know how I feel about coconuts!
Here's a spicy soup I tried called Laksa as well as a creamy dragon fruit juice that cooled me down on top of Penang Hill
Ok, I'll shut up about food now. We did a lot of cultural stuff in Penang, and spent most of the first day walking around Georgetown and visiting all of the notable sights. There's a strange mix of old and new, as the Malaysian government wanted Penang to follow in the footsteps of Hong Kong in the 80s so allowed developers to build high rise hotels, office blocks etc., destroying many of the heritage homes in the area. The people of Georgetown applied to UNESCO and in 2008 it got listed as a World Heritage Site, saving the heart of the city from a similar fate.
We visited the ancient Chinese clanhouse Khoo Kongsi which is still active today, the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion which belonged to one of the richest men in Asia, and the famous Buddhist temple, Kek Lok Si. The temple was right up in the hills and you could see the enormous bronze statue of the Goddess of Mercy from miles away. We climbed to the top of the Pagoda tower (many many staircases) and marvelled at the intricate design of each room and its ornate shrines.
Penang is known as 'pearl of the Orient', probably because it represents such a diverse mix of cultures. At one junction in Georgetown, you can see an Anglican Church, an Islamic mosque, as well as a Buddhist and Hindu temple. Chinese, Indian and Malay people all coexist together along with many other nationalities, and this allows it to live up to its world class culinary reputation.
We are now in Langkawi having some R&R – the internet here is very dodgy which has been good for me as I've taken a bit of a technology break! As they say in Malaysian, bercakap tidak lama lagi (speak soon),
Ruth x


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City Manager Talks Cambridge Emergency Shelter, Discourages Street Closures in Council Meeting
On Leave Due to COVID-19 Concerns, Forty-Three Harvard Dining Workers Risk Going Without Pay
Harvard Prohibits Non-Essential University Travel Until May 31, International Travel Cancelled Until August 31
Ivy League Will Not Allow Athletes to Compete as Grad Students Despite Shortened Spring Season
'There's No Playbook': Massachusetts Political Campaigns Navigate a New Coronavirus Reality
If you're a sports fan, you loved last week's Harvard Sports Trivia Challenge. But looking back at the Challenge, we here at The Back Page decided we went a little too easy on you. Here are some trivia questions for the most ardent Crimson supporters.
Check back tomorrow for the answers.
1. What two countries' national teams will the Harvard men's soccer team be playing this month?
2. When was the last time Harvard men's hockey team won the Beanpot and who was its opponent in the finals?
3. When the Harvard women's basketball team made history this year by becoming the first team in the Ivy League to record a win in the WNIT, who was its opponent?
4. When was the last time the Harvard men's volleyball team had as many wins as it currently has and how many is that?
5. Which three schools among all NCAA Div. I men's swimming and diving programs ranked above the Crimson for combined GPA?
6. Who is the only quarterback from Harvard to ever go on to play in the NFL, and what team does he currently play for?
7. Who was the last Crimson skier (before Rebecca Nadler) to win a college Carnival? (Nadler was the first alpine skier but a nordic skier beat her to it).
8. In which sport was women's hockey coach Katey Stone named an All American in college?
9. Which Harvard basketball player was selected in the forth round of the 1973 NBA Draft?
10. Which female Harvard athlete was the first Ivy Leaguer in history to win an NCAA individual title and in which sport?
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As our culinary whistle stop tour of Europe pulled into Belgium, we cast our memories back to 2011 when we spent three nights in Brussels (with a day in Bruges).
On our first night there, we were lucky enough to find a fantastic little restaurant called Raphael where we sampled some traditional Belgian dishes like waterzooi and carbonnade flamande. The carbonnade was a highlight but one that was sadly not matched by our ill-chosen dinner on the 'tourist strip' the following night. However, Raphael's version was so good that it was a dish that we were excited about trying to recreate. Continue reading


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How Stats Affect Block, Parry, Miss, Damage, Resist and AoE Resist
Crush Blocked Chance: Defender's (Str+Agi)/2 vs Attacker's Str
Crush Parried Chance: Defender's (Dex+Agi)/2 vs Attacker's Str
Crush Hit Chance: Attacker's (Str + Dex)/2 vs Defender's Agi
Crush Damage Curve: Attacker's Str vs Defender's AC
Slash Blocked Chance: Defender's (Str+Agi)/2 vs Attacker's Dex
Slash Parried Chance: Defender's (Dex+Agi)/2 vs Attacker's Str
Slash Hit Chance: Attacker's Dex vs Defender's Agi
Slash Damage Curve: Attacker's Str vs Defender's AC
Pierce Blocked Chance: Defender's (Str+Agi)/2 vs Attacker's Dex
Pierce Parried Chance: Defender's (Dex+Agi)/2 vs Attacker's Dex
Pierce Hit Chance: Attacker's Dex vs Defender's Agi
Pierce Damage Curve: Attacker's (Str+Dex)/2 vs Defender's AC
NoWeap Blocked Chance: Defender's (Str+Agi)/2 vs Attacker's Cnc
NoWeap Parried Chance: Defender's (Dex+Agi)/2 vs Attacker's Agi
NoWeap Hit Chance: Attacker's Agi vs Defender's Agi
NoWeap Damage Curve: Attacker's Str vs Defender's AC
Ranged Blocked Chance: Defender's (Str+Agi)/2 vs Attacker's Cnc
Ranged Parried Chance: None
Ranged Hit Chance: Attacker's Dex vs Defender's (Agi+Cnt)/2
Ranged Damage Curve: Attacker's (Cnc+Int)/2 vs Defender's AC
Pet Blocked Chance: Defender's (Str+Agi)/2 vs Pet's Dex
Pet Parried Chance: Defender's (Dex+Agi)/2 vs Pet's Str
Pet Hit Chance: Pet's Dex vs Defender's Agi
Pet Damage Curve: Pet's Str vs Defender's AC
Crush/Slash/Pierce/NoWeapon Kited Chance: Defender's Agi vs Attacker's Agi
Pet Kited Chance: Defender's Agi vs Pet's Agi
DD/DoT Kited Chance (Trickshot): Defender's Agi vs Attacker's Cnc
DD Blocked Chance: Defender's (Str+Agi)/2 vs Attacker's Cnc
DD Damage Curve: Attacker's Int vs Defender's AC and Cnt
Gem Resisted Chance: Defender's Cnt vs Attacker's Cnc
Note: Worgen increases the pet's stats for all of the pet stats above.
Effects, AoE Effects, Color-Based Resists, Other Immunities and Resists
AoEs (Area of Effect) are effects that have the potential to hit multiple targets. Colored gems are subject to specific color-based resists which are handled differently in the AoE case.
A gem in Nodiatis can have up to three unique effects. It's important to understand that the effects themselves are what have the potential to be an AoE, not the gem itself. All gems require an initial target regardless of them having AoE components or not. If the initial target is invalid, then you will be unable to cast it or the gem will fail.
The first line of defense against any gem are things that are specifically triggered from gem use such as the effects provided by Do Unto, Discourage Jeweling, and Incidental Reflection. These checks are only performed on the initial target of the gem. If such a trigger is successful, it can prevent, reflect, or mirror the gem in its entirety - that is, all its effects, AoE or otherwise.
After that, all the individual effects of the gem are performed on the initial target.
If the effect has a color, (and it is not an attack effect such as a gem that causes a Melee, Ranged, Pet, or DD attack), color-based resists are performed between the caster and the initial target prior to any AoE spread. If the effect is resisted by the initial target, then that is the end of that particular effect regardless of it being AoE or not.
Only if the effect is successful will the AoE spread to other targets, and those targets will not do a color-based resist roll.
Any AoE is triggered at this point, and the effect is split between all necessary targets.
In the case of attack effects (Melee, Ranged, Pet, or DD), the attack is then handled like a normal attack that came from autoattacking. In the case of DDs, this is when blocks and color-based resists will occur, on each target individually. Because attack components are split before these checks are performed, you could potentially have 3 single-target DDs reflected back to you by a skill such as Deflective Shield (which works on components) rather than a single AoE DD reflected back from Incidental Reflection (which works on gems as a whole).
For normal effects, the assigned targets now have the potential to individually do other types of prevention, such as immunities and resists that are specific to certain effects. Examples would be stun immunity from Aura of the Stoic or daze resist. Immunities and resists have a caveat that you cannot be immune or resist your own effects, ie you cannot protect yourself from yourself in this case. Except the Alcoholic, he can protect himself from his own dazes by being buzzed. Mitigation is not effected by this caveat, ie a Prowler will still mitigate his own diseases and a Berserker will still mitigate his own bleeds, should that ever occur.
We hope this helps shed some light on the AoE process. The most common question we receive asks why the AoE nonattack color-based resists are rolled against the initial target prior to the effects being assigned to all targets. In the end, it ends up providing a taunting tank with a more important role of being able to shield his teammates from nonattack color-based AoE effects, while still requiring his teammates to have a healthy defensive ability to survive a potential onslaught of AoE attack components, further differentiating DDs from DoTs in the process.
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After reviewing Boeing's 'executive summary' for public consumption, my initial impulse was to correspond on the most questionable of Boeing's claims that I found within the protest. But after a short reflection on the matter, I decided to not let my distaste for Boeing's business strategies reduce my efficiency in exposing potential misrepresentations. I decided if I set the low-hanging fruit aside, then others might address them and then I can link to those discussions while moving forward with the 'harder' and potentially more credible of Boeing's complaints. As an aside, please note for future reference- I still expect to find SOME THINGS in Boeing's protest that cannot be proven or disproven without additonal information that may not be made available to the public.
Little did I know that the first complaint that I picked to analyze would turn out to be so relatively easy (albeit tedious) to defuse.
In Boeing's 'Executive Summary' on page 3, we find that some of the most inflammatory rhetoric in the protest concerns the AF cost evaluation (Click on graphic to enlarge):
The 'failed to comply with legal requirements' factor is about the only thing that can get the GAO to uphold a protest, so is there any 'meat' later in the document to back up this complaint?
So IF the events transpired as described by Boeing (the magnitude of risk in this assumption cannot be ascertained) was the Cost Evaluator 'right' or 'wrong' in not accepting 'commercial' cost/price information for the 'commercial' part of the offer? Boeing expands on this complaint on page 15 of their 'Executive Summary':
Extracting the key information from the above:
"Accordingly, under the Federal Acquisition regulation, pricing of underlying commercial items and services must be based upon commercial pricing methodologies and need not be supported by detailed cost or pricing data normally relied upon in major weapons system procurements. See generally FAR Part 12."
Referencing 'generally' FAR part 12? Why not specific clauses? Well, let's go to the source (source: Hill AFB Ogden ALC FAR website) .
[NOTE: I'm including a lot of irrelevant FAR content for transparency and perspective, but I'm highlighting what is important so you can skim or trudge through all of this - it's Reader's Choice!]
So it appears Boeing's case hinges on the definition of 'Commercial' in FAR 2.101. I highlighted the 'modification' subparagraphs above for reasons that will be revealed as we visit the FAR definition of "Commercial Items". Again, I include extra information for perspective and transparency, but have highlighted only the relevant parts:
15.403-1 -- Prohibition on Obtaining Cost or Pricing Data (10 U.S.C. 2306a and 41 U.S.C. 254b).
(a) Cost or pricing data shall not be obtained for acquisitions at or below the simplified acquisition threshold
(b) Exceptions to cost or pricing data requirements. The contracting officer shall not require submission of cost or pricing data to support any action (contracts, subcontracts, or modifications) (but may require information other than cost or pricing data to support a determination of price reasonableness or cost realism) --
(1) When the contracting officer determines that prices agreed upon are based on adequate price competition (see standards in paragraph (c)(1) of this subsection);
(2) When the contracting officer determines that prices agreed upon are based on prices set by law or regulation (see standards in paragraph (c)(2) of this subsection);
(3) When a commercial item is being acquired (see standards in paragraph (c)(3) of this subsection);
(4) When a waiver has been granted (see standards in paragraph (c)(4) of this subsection); or
(5) When modifying a contract or subcontract for commercial items (see standards in paragraph c)(3) of this subsection).
(c) Standards for exceptions from cost or pricing data requirements --
(1) Adequate price competition. A price is based on adequate price competition if --
(i) Two or more responsible offerors, competing independently, submit priced offers that satisfy the Government's expressed requirement and if --
(A) Award will be made to the offeror whose proposal represents the best value (see 2.101) where price is a substantial factor in source selection; and
(B) There is no finding that the price of the otherwise successful offeror is unreasonable. Any finding that the price is unreasonable must be supported by a statement of the facts and approved at a level above the contracting officer;
(ii) There was a reasonable expectation, based on market research or other assessment, that two or more responsible offerors, competing independently, would submit priced offers in response to the solicitation's expressed requirement, even though only one offer is received from a responsible offeror and if --
(A) Based on the offer received, the contracting officer can reasonably conclude that the offer was submitted with the expectation of competition, e.g., circumstances indicate that --
(1) The offeror believed that at least one other offeror was capable of submitting a meaningful offer; and
(2) The offeror had no reason to believe that other potential offerors did not intend to submit an offer; and
(B) The determination that the proposed price is based on adequate price competition, is reasonable, and is approved at a level above the contracting officer; or
(iii) Price analysis clearly demonstrates that the proposed price is reasonable in comparison with current or recent prices for the same or similar items, adjusted to reflect changes in market conditions, economic conditions, quantities, or terms and conditions under contracts that resulted from adequate price competition.
(2) Prices set by law or regulation. Pronouncements in the form of periodic rulings, reviews, or similar actions of a governmental body, or embodied in the laws, are sufficient to set a price.
(3) Commercial items.
(i) Any acquisition of an item that meets the commercial item definition in 2.101, or any modification, as defined in paragraph (3)(i) of that definition, that does not change the item from a commercial item to a noncommercial item, is exempt from the requirement for cost or pricing data. If the contracting officer determines that an item claimed to be commercial is, in fact, not commercial and that no other exception or waiver applies, the contracting officer must require submission of cost or pricing data.
(ii) The following requirements apply to minor modifications defined in paragraph (3)(ii) of the definition of a commercial item at 2.101 that do not change the item from a commercial item to a noncommercial item:
(A) For acquisitions funded by any agency other than DoD, NASA, or Coast Guard, such modifications of a commercial item are exempt from the requirement for submission of cost or pricing data.
(B) For acquisitions funded by DoD, NASA, or Coast Guard, such modifications of a commercial item are exempt from the requirement for submission of cost or pricing data provided the total cost of all such modifications under a particular contract action does not exceed the greater of $500,000 or 5 percent of the total price of the contract.
(C) For acquisitions funded by DoD, NASA, or Coast Guard such modifications of a commercial item are not exempt from the requirement for submission of cost or pricing data on the basis of the exemption provided for at FAR 15.403-1(c)(3) if the total price of all such modifications under a particular contract action exceeds the greater of $500,000 or 5 percent of the total price of the contract.
"Commercial item" means—
(1) Any item, other than real property, that is of a type customarily used by the general public or by non-governmental entities for purposes other than governmental purposes, and—
(i) Has been sold, leased, or licensed to the general public; or
(ii) Has been offered for sale, lease, or license to the general public;
(2) Any item that evolved from an item described in paragraph (1) of this definition through advances in technology or performance and that is not yet available in the commercial marketplace, but will be available in the commercial marketplace in time to satisfy the delivery requirements under a Government solicitation;
(3) Any item that would satisfy a criterion expressed in paragraphs (1) or (2) of this definition, but for—
(i) Modifications of a type customarily available in the commercial marketplace; or ii) Minor modifications of a type not customarily available in the commercial marketplace made to meet Federal Government requirements. Minor modifications means modifications that do not significantly alter the nongovernmental function or essential physical characteristics of an item or component, or change the purpose of a process. Factors to be considered in determining whether a modification is minor include the value and size of the modification and the comparative value and size of the final product. Dollar values and percentages may be used as guideposts, but are not conclusive evidence that a modification is minor;
(4) Any combination of items meeting the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this definition that are of a type customarily combined and sold in combination to the general public;
(5)Installation services, maintenance services, repair services, training services, and other services if—
(i) Such services are procured for support of an item referred to in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this definition, regardless of whether such services are provided by the same source or at the same time as the item; and
(ii) The source of such services provides similar services contemporaneously to the general public under terms and conditions similar to those offered to the Federal Government;
(6)Services of a type offered and sold competitively in substantial quantities in the commercial marketplace based on established catalog or market prices for specific tasks performed or specific outcomes to be achieved and under standard commercial terms and conditions. For purposes of these services—
(i)"Catalog price" means a price included in a catalog, price list, schedule, or other form that is regularly maintained by the manufacturer or vendor, is either published or otherwise available for inspection by customers, and states prices at which sales are currently, or were last, made to a significant number of buyers constituting the general public; and
(ii) "Market prices" means current prices that are established in the course of ordinary trade between buyers and sellers free to bargain and that can be substantiated through competition or from sources independent of the offerors.
(7) Any item, combination of items, or service referred to in paragraphs (1) through (6) of this definition, notwithstanding the fact that the item, combination of items, or service is transferred between or among separate divisions, subsidiaries, or affiliates of a contractor; or
(8) A nondevelopmental item, if the procuring agency determines the item was developed exclusively at private expense and sold in substantial quantities, on a competitive basis, to multiple State and local governments.
Unless it is Boeing's position that the modifications to the commercial B767 aircraft that turn it into their KC-X contender are 'minor', that turning the basic B767 airframe into a tanker does not "significantly alter the nongovernmental function or essential physical characteristics" or that the value of the minor modifications do not reach the threshold of 'major', or that they plan on selling the tanker to the general public, then they really don't have a very good case for insisting the 'commercial' part of their airplane is still commercial. It seems to me that there would be some wiggle room if the FARs did not expressly mention a dollar figure for modification limits on DoD programs. I can see why the contracting official determined he needed better-than-commercial price data that Boeing offered. It seems Boeing's position is that if a part of the end-item being procured wasn't modified, then they only needed to provide the commercial data for that part regardless of the total amount of modification to the end item.
It is therefore my considered opinion, that based upon the language of the protest and the FARs, the contracting official was performing due diligence in insisting upon proper cost/price data. This aspect of Boeing's protest is probably Dead On Arrival at the GAO. In fact, from where I'm standing, it appears pretty frivolous.
It's been about 20 years since I did the basic Acquisition Course, so there just might be something I'm missing on this-- so does anyone else see any merit to this particular Boeing complaint? If so, please point it out to me along with the relevant source material.


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Hey everyone,
Hope you guys enjoyed my previous post telling you all about my holiday and wedding in India, and if you haven't read it yet then should definitely check it out right here. Now that I'm back in England (I've really missed the rain) I wanted to share with you guys what it's like to live the single life even though I'm not single anymore. A while back I wrote a post about my experience of being in a long distance relationship, and now having spent time with my husband and doing absolutely everything together, I wanted to talk about what it's like to be in a long distance marriage (LDM). fyi it sucks.
- I've mentioned this before but I feel like it's an even bigger deal now, but communication is everrrrrything. I mean we're sitting miles and miles apart with an ocean between us, so our relationships depends entirely on good communication. This doesn't just mean talking to each other (because we do that a lot) but it's more about how we talk to each other. We have to work extra hard to not let misunderstandings and miscommunication take over, and let me tell you, it's not hard for things to get a little misunderstood.
- Another crappy thing is spending holidays apart, now this one is a real bummer. I felt especially crappy this past week with Valentine's Day and not being able to celebrate it with my husband (our first one since being married too). But I did get an extra big card through the post which was cute, although I have no idea where the one I sent to Sonu has ended up because apparently international shipping to India is a bit of a ? these days (definitely going for the tracking option next time).
- Talking about post, we do get to send each other handwritten letters and cards which is super cute and makes me feel like I'm part of a Nicholas Sparks novel, awww. I once put my hairband in a card that I sent to Sonu last summer (I didn't want to send anything "precious" because you know, I don't trust Int shipping) and he's kept it on his wrist ever since he got it – I mean how cute? I don't want to sound like I'm bragging too much but no one has ever done anything like this for me so maybe I can get away with it?
- The weird thing about being married but not being together is feeling like I'm single, yet still committed – 'it's like being stuck in a rock and a hard place' – yes Rachel Green, I feel ya girl. I mean we don't get to do normal couple-y things like going out for dinner, or watching movies together and the only real reminder that I'm married is the ring on my finger (oh, and talking to my husband on the phone ha ha).
- I can get past pretty much most of the issues with LDM – except the waiting. I'm quite a patient person, but even for me, this is a pretty testing period of my life right now (I mean come on, I've already waited a year). If we were in different cities, or even on the same continent, it wouldn't be so hard to be apart, but flights to Asia are so damn expensive (like break the bank expensive) and I don't think making multiple trips in a few months would be very practical *crying face emoji*
Despite all of the issues and problems that come with being apart despite being married, I'm really thankful that Sonu and I are strong and mature enough (maturity levels can be debatable sometimes though) to work through everything. I hope you guys enjoyed reading this post, and as always I would love to hear about any of your experiences of being in long distance relationships/marriages – even friendships because being apart isn't easy for anyone. Lots of love to you all,
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How is it possible to improve on perfection?
Nevertheless, Sarah B over at the RichmondSF blog is reporting that there will be a public meeting on July 21 to get public feedback on plans to improve this already-gorgeous trail on the northwestern tip of the City known as Land's End. Just a stone's throw away from Ocean Beach and Sutro Baths, the area is popular with locals from striking views of the ocean and a glimpse of the Golden Gate Bridge from the other side.
Apparently there's a $5 million grant from the Goldman Fund burning a hole in the GGNRA's pocket, or something like that.
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Chris Evans visited Seattle children's hospital to enjoy and support the young patients.
The actor, who came dressed as his character Captain America from the movie "The Avengers" and "Captain America" played half a day with the children and gave them corporate gifts accompanied by his friend and team-mate Chris Pratt.
Such a moral support is very important for children and always helps to distract from the hard struggle with the disease.
A superhero thanks to Chris Evans and Chris Pratt, for the time spent today with our patients!, wrote on Facebook the hospital staff. – The children were incredibly happy to meet Captain America and Star Lord! And thanks to Marvel and Disney for making this day so special!


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Denver Comic Con is only days away, so it's time for me to officially land on the outfits I'll be wearing at the con. I've already let you all in on one of the outfits, Everyday Walter White/Heisenberg:
While I will probably be making a few changes to the original outfit I laid out in my Polyvore set, I just couldn't resist going to the con as The One Who Knocks.
The other outfits I've decided on are Everyday Black Widow:
…and everyday Scarlet Witch:
I promise here, before all of you, to not attempt any sort of a Wanda Maximoff-esque Romani accent at the con.
Of course, this is me we're talking about, and I like to procrastinate and wait until the last minute on stuff like this. I created an Everyday Dragonborn look last week that I kind of love, and ever since GeekGirlCon last year, I've wanted to try to pull off an Arrow Everyday Cosplay. However, though I really love those two looks, it'd require me to build two entire outfits from scratch, and I'm trying to save my funds for con swag. So though there is a small part of me that wants to change up my outfit choices, I will most likely stick with the three outfits I've chosen. Besides, I really, really love the Heisenberg, Scarlet Witch, and Black Widow looks. Super adorbs.
How are your cosplay and con outfits coming? Let me know your cosplay, everyday cosplay, and outfit plans for this year's con season in the comments. And remember, if you're in Denver and want to attend Denver Comic Con, buy your tickets now! The 3-day passes have sold out, but you can still get adult and child day passes. Let me know in the comments if you're coming to DCC; I'd love to say hello!


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With an aim to preserve the architectural heritage of City Beautiful as it was originally envisaged, the Government of India has set up an "Expert Committee" under the chairmanship of Punjab Governor and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Shivraj V. Patil.
The committee will look at both the original concept of the city as well as maintenance of the important public buildings in Chandigarh. The main focus will be on some of the buildings in Chandigarh which are now more than half a century old and no longer do justice to the vision and original concept behind creation of the city.
The Member Secretary of the committee is the Advisor to the UT Administrator while the other members are eminent professionals who have professional expertise, in-depth knowledge and sensitivity to the planning concepts of Chandigarh and Le Corbusier's philosophy. It would be pertinent to mention that the UT Administrator Shivraj V. Patil had recommended the names of some experts to be included in this committee and as per his recommendations, the Government of India has constituted the committee. Those who will be members of committee are nominee of Ministry of Culture; nominee of Ministry of Urban Development; nominee of Ministry of Home Affairs; Dr. S.S. Bhatti, Principal (Retd.), Chandigarh College of Architecture, Raj Rewal, Architect; Ar. Renu Saigal, former Chief Architect, Chandigarh; Madhu Sarin, Architect and Town Planner; Chand Nehru; Jai Singh Gill, IAS (Retd.), Chairman, Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission, Chandigarh; Prof. Manoj Datta, Director, PEC University of Technology; and Dr. B.N. Goswamy.
The expert committee for preservation of architectural heritage of Chandigarh is likely to make its recommendations within a period of three months.


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Funeral: Bible Readings
For thousands of years people have sought comfort and inspiration from Holy Scripture at significant moments of sorrow or joy.
Here is a selection of Bible readings that may be suitable for a funeral, memorial service, or for private reflection:
John 6.35-40
Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away; for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day.'
John 11.17-27
When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.' Jesus said to her, 'Your brother will rise again.' Martha said to him, 'I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.' Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?' She said to him, 'Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one coming into the world.'
John 14.1-6
Jesus said to his disciples: 'Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way to the place where I am going.' Thomas said to him, 'Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?' Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'
Romans 8.31-end
What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He who did not withhold his own Son, but gave him up for all of us, will he not with him also give us everything else? Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? It is Christ Jesus, who died, yes, who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us. Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will hardship, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, 'For your sake we are being killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep to be slaughtered.'
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15.20ff
But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died. For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being; for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ. But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ. Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, after he has destroyed every ruler and every authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. For 'God has put all things in subjection under his feet.' But when it says, 'All things are put in subjection,' it is plain that this does not include the one who put all things in subjection under him. When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one who put all things in subjection under him, so that God may be all in all.
1 Thessalonians 4.13-end
We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who have died, so that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died. For this we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will by no means precede those who have died. For the Lord himself, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call and with the sound of God's trumpet, will descend from heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up in the clouds together with them to meet the Lord in the air; and so we will be with the Lord for ever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Revelation 21.1-7
I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
'See, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them; they will be his peoples,
and God himself will be with them; he will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away.'
And the one who was seated on the throne said, 'See, I am making all things new.' Also he said, 'Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true.' Then he said to me, 'It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give water as a gift from the spring of the water of life. Those who conquer will inherit these things, and I will be their God and they will be my children.'
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Japanese neo-kawaii band Chai release colourful video for new song 'Great Job'
November 8, 2018 | Music News, Music Videos, New Music, New Music News, News, Uncategorised|
Chai has released a new video for their latest single 'Great Job', showing the quartet dancing and doing housework whilst wearing bright pink industrial cleaning gear.
The quartet was formed by twins Mana (keys) and Kana (guitar), who both sing, before Yuna (drums) and Yuki (bass) stepped into the rhythm section.
Since releasing their debut Album 'Pink' last month in October, the band has continued on with their fun message of empowerment, coining the term 'neo-kawaii' and redefining the narrow confines of what it means to be cute.


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It's been awhile! To quell any fears or curiosities, nothing catastrophic happened to us. Life is pretty much the same as it's always been; we're still teaching in the same school in Chicago, we're still best friends, and we're still shopping way too much.
Our hiatus really started back in the fall when we each took on extra work responsibilities that really felt like side hustles, and we lost the one common prep period we always have together to gossip, take pictures, and blog. This separation had us pretty bummed; we lost our consistent hang-out time and we lost the blog. But we definitely didn't lose contact.
And that's how it goes with friends when you're in your 30's, right? Life happens: jobs get crazy, kids get overwhelming, and homes get in need of serious attention (and money!) It's easy to lose touch with the girlfriends you used to have Wine Wednesdays or Happy Hours with on the regular before schedules became more complicated. If time has taught me anything, it's that in order to maintain these friendships from your 20's, you have to get creative about redefining the way you make time for each other in your 30's. And that's really the beauty of group texts, Snap Chat, and Facetime; it gives us connection without requiring a huge time commitment or plane fair.
So when Erinn and I lost our 8th period together, we had to step it up in other ways. We started doing daily texts, usually beginning around 5:30am when we both knew the other had been up with a cranky two year old for probably an hour already.
Yes, it may seem like most of the time we talk about kids, online shopping, and wine, but let's be honest, that's what occupies most of our non-work hours these days. And besides, texting really isn't a time to talk about one's deepest, darkest fears or secrets or anything. It's the simple act of reaching out that keeps you connected, that shows you're thinking about each other through both the stress and the minutiae of life.
We also started doing something pretty new for us since having kids; we borrowed weekend time with our families to meet up for lunch or shopping. And we didn't feel even slightly guilty about it. Recently we checked out an amazing independent design show in Chicago that we can't believe we didn't know about, Show of Hands. This place is like a high end craft show with the most fabulous jewelry, home goods, baby clothes, and candles. It was a much-needed day for these two besties to sit across the table from each other for a meal without the distraction of kids, toast to life, and support local businesses with some champagne and shopping!
What Erinn bought:
It's hard to tell, but these tiny twist earring from Mashalla are just outside of my comfort zone. I typically wear tiny studs, but I love that these can add a little something extra to a casual work or weekend outfit.
I've been wearing these girl power earrings ever since we left the show! They are by far my favorite purchase and No Kitchen Sink has made a customer for life with their cheeky goodies!
Earth Cadets was one vendor we were both looking forward to [we had properly stalked it a few days before] and so we knew we would be spending lots of time browsing for the kids! Obviously this guy was NOT into wearing a sweatshirt or having his picture taken or both, but I absolutely love this alphabet look! I picked this one up for myself too-
Once again, not a lot of cooperation for pics, but the dragon tee was a bit hit with both of us for the kids. He really is excited folks, I promise.
What MB bought:
Earth Cadet was a big win for the family! Lottie J. and I got matching Notorious RBG shirts and Dave and Aiden snagged matching Honest Abe tees.
Not pictured, but highly prized:
- A stunning body chain from Bella Colletta. Fun fact: the designer is my neighbor!
- A cool alcohol infusing kit from Aged & Infused for Dave to feel like he's a whiskey maker. He loved it so much, he bought two more for his brother!
- Home reed diffuser in Tobacco Tonka from Edgewater Candles. Dave loved this scent so much, he ordered the rollerball cologne!
- Candles from my new favorite candle shop, Hearth & Hammer. All of these candles have literary themed names, so this English teacher fell hook, line, and sinker. And they smell amazing-I bought five!
- Some really fun and quirky jewelry from Mashallah, which boasts the sweetest sales gal I've ever met.


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Baked, then fried.
Much lower in fat and healthier than regular latkes
Baked, then fried.
Much lower in fat and healthier than regular latkes
Chickpea Pasta is the Bomb! Made entirely of chickpeas and lentils. Full of fibre and protein. Yum!
1 cup fresh asparagus
1/2 cup fresh mushrooms, sliced
55 gram (dry weight) Chickpea Pasta* (see below on where to order)
1 tbsp basil pesto
1 tsp Olive Oil
1/2 tbsp Lemon juice
salt & pepper
Perfect Vegan Lunch
Simple but really tasty! Different combinations of cheese and spice blends could give you dozens of different results.
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1 1/2 cups warm cheese dip (not yet warmed)
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2 cups light sour cream
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The former from Washington signed a record contract with Minnesota: 3 years to 84 million, guaranteed. Keenum then leaves the Vikings for Denver. So many front page hits
Never like this year the NFL, the only championship that never stops (there are the preseason, the regular season, the playoffs, the market, the minicamps, the training camps and the start of the race) and that catalyzes the attention of the fans 12 months out of 12, has experienced such a buzzing market. Let's try to recap what happened so far and what will still happen.
quarterback – The most popular was Kirk Cousins from Washington. After two years of tag franchise by the Redskins (which earned him 44 million dollars, making it the highest paid in the history of the NFL), the former Spartan has agreed with the Minnesota Vikings (with Trevor Siemien as a backup) with a contract record: 3 years to 84 million, guaranteed. And the key word is "guaranteed", as it rarely happens in football. Vikes then say hello to Case Keenum, passed to the Broncos. Sam Bradford ends up in Arizona with an annual 20 million, 15 guaranteed. The question is: but nobody in the desert has noticed that it is always broken? The Jets confirmed McCown and signed Teddy Bridgewater. But at the same time they climbed to number 3 in the draft, yielding to the Colts 4 choices (3 in this draft) to take home another qb, presumably Rosen of
UCLA or Darnold of USC. What they do then one of the other two remains a mystery. But it's still the Jets … We remember then how the Chiefs had long ago surrendered Alex Smith to the Redskins entrusting the team to Pat Mahomes and how the Browns (who most likely will choose Josh Allen with the absolute number one) have taken home Tyrod Taylor from Buffalo (who awaits the draft signed AJ McCarron) for what will be a year of apprenticeship for the former qb of Wyoming. DeShone Kizer (Browns) goes to reserve the Rodgers to the Packers.
RUNNING BACk – Tennessee (who will be coached by former Patriots Mike Vrabel) snatched Dion Lewis from New England. Patriots who have instead confirmed Rex Burkhead and taken by Bengald Jeremy Hill, a classic low-cost Belichickian engagement with possible big return (low risk, high reward as they say in the US). LeGarrette Blount continues his tour of the league by signing for a year with Lions, where he finds Matt Patricia, now head coach of Detroit, former defensive coordinator under Belichick. Chris Ivory goes to the Bills, while Marshawn Lynch gives another year to Oakland, removing the intentions of a new retreat. Raiders who meanwhile also bring the former Tampa Doug Martin to the Bay. The Giants in one of the most curious moves of the offseason, gave confidence to Jonathan Stewart, who appeared at the terminus in recent seasons in Carolina. Jerick McKinnon signs with the Niners taking the place of Carlos Hyde passed to the Browns. Finally, we will no longer see the little big Danny Woodhead, who announced the withdrawal. The Jets focus on the mediocre Isaiah Crowell, formerly Cleveland.
RECEIVERS – Phila champions surrender Torrey Smith to the Panthers, Jarvis Landry leaves Miami for Cleveland, Allen Robinson from the Jags (who repair with Donte Moncrief) to the Bears (who also take Taylor Gabriel), Sammy Watkins leaves the Bills for the Chiefs, who they also lose Albert Wilson (Miami). Paul Richardson goes to the Redskins in the Seahawks home cleaning work. The Pats lose Danny Playoff, one of Brady's favorite targets. Amendola has indeed monetized by signing with the Dolphins (2 years, 12 million). John Brown leaves Arizona for Baltimore (also signing Michael Crabtree, former Raiders) but the biggest name to move is Jordi Nelson, cut from Green Bay for happiness (we are ironic eh …) Aaron Rodgers and accatatose to Raiders.
THE OTHER SHOTS – Two names above all: Richard Sherman, cut from Seattle who, as mentioned, is doing house cleaning, went to the 49ers. Significant signature (it is recovering from the rupture of an Achilles tendon, with problems also to the other and cleaning operation to a knee) for 3 years to 39 million but certainly intriguing. The other is Sheldon Richardson, passed from the Jets to the Vikings, defensive tackle that reinforces an already stellar defense. Another corneback that changes shirt is Aquib Talib, which leaves the Broncos for the Rams. That they flank him to another "hot head" but of enormous talent like Marcus Peters, former Chiefs, with whom he could form the best secondary of the league. New England fixes the strumming loss of Malcolm Butler (casus belli of the last SB), who signed with the Titans, taking Jason McCourty from the Browns, twin of Devin, already in the stable of Bob Kraft. Another already amazing defense that makes a further leap in quality is that of the Eagles with the arrival of Haloti Ngata, who will take the place of Beau Allen. The tight end Jimmy Graham leaves Seattle (broken record …) for Green Bay. Trumaine Johnson, one of the top cornerbacks on the market, agrees with the Jets leaving the Rams. The Pats let slip the protector of Brady's blind side, the left tackle Nate Solder, who becomes the highest paid (4 years, 62 million) in his role with the NY Giants. Speaking of offensive tackle, note the withdrawal of the future hall of famer Joe Thomas, 11 years with the Browns. The Pats strengthen a very light defensive line with two heavyweights: Adrian Clayborne (Atlanta) and Danny Shelton (Browns). Houston takes a Mr. defensive back home in Tyrann Mathieu. Finally, the WR Cordarelle Patterson, better known as a reverb, passes to the Pats. Linebacker Orlando Scandrick leaves Dallas to switch to Washington's divisional rivals (2 years, 10 million).
IN SEARCH OF HOUSE – There are still "heavy" names waiting to settle down. Above all, Ndamukong Suh, who left Miami. New Orleans, Tennessee and Seattle destinations. Waiting for the draft, which will give us the definitive face of many teams for the next season. When do we start? We are already in withdrawal symptoms …


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Look. Love LeBron. Hate LeBron. It don't matter a whit one way or another.
Sooner or later (probably sooner), the Sun is gonna swell up and fry us all, or burn out and freeze us all, or we're all gonna find out that the Heaven's Gate folks were just off by a coupla decades and some aliens are gonna come shooting off a comet and mutilate our cows and then us.
Fact is, one way or another, life is meaningless, and we're all just wandering through the void hoping that we die before our planet does.
I guess what I'm really tryin' to say is: basketball sucks.


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GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Dubhe Beinhorn, VP Public Sector, AtHoc, Inc
Dubhe Beinhorn describes AtHoc, Inc, winner of GSN's 2012 award for "Best Mass Notification Solutions," as a company that operates in one sector only: critical communications for crisis management. But it is in this business in a big way, with 50% of the U.S. federal government using the AtHoc System, including U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force, both on an enterprise level, the U.S. Patent Office and TSA. She adds that by using AtHoc's Alert Warning System 2.0, all 65,000 of Customs and Border Protection employees can receive emergency notifications immediately from emergency operations or headquarters, as can all 80,000 persons affiliated with the U.S. Coast Guard plus port employees. The AtHoc enterprise software is based in the cloud and offers a fully hosted solution utilizing text messaging, email and desktop notification, all put together in one solution. There is a huge demand for AtHoc technology in private sectors, but Beinhorn believes the company's next move will be into digital 9-1-1, leveraging its technology and incorporating smart phones into its product suite.


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Former Governor of Jigawa state, Dr. Sule Lamido, met former President Olusegun Obasanjo today at his hill-top residence in Abeokuta, Ogun state.
The consultation meeting with the former President was held behind closed door.
Lamido made a similar visit to former military head of state, Abdulsalami Abubakar about two weeks ago amongst others as part of his nationwide consultations on his presidential aspiration in 2019.


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Be happy, you're in Spain ... It means for us German Spain. But that is not is not entirely correct. The official name of Spain is Reino de España - translated: Kingdom of Spain.
The official motto of the coat of arms and also on the flag is to be found is: "Plus Ultra" which means "beyond" or "ever". This award has its importance in the history of the country. When Spain's leading colonial powers of this world was one that was the motto of the expedition in search of new countries for the crown of Spain. This award is derived from the Latin motto: "Non Plus Ultra" which is well known, states: "Until here and no further".
Spain is a merger of several kingdoms. For this reason, in Spain there are also regional differences in languages and cultural backgrounds. Since the end of the Franco dictatorship, Spain is a parliamentary hereditary monarchy.
The flag of Spain
As each state has also Spain's flag and its coat of arms. It is the color and design of the flag are very close to the political and historical circumstances of the country. Each epoch has its influence on the design of the flag had the partly still visible.
The flag in its present form was adopted on 19 December 1981 as the national flag of the country officially introduced and used. The flag consists of three horizontal bands of red-yellow-red, giving the middle yellow stripe is twice as wide as the two red. The crest is located entirely within the yellow stripe.
The flag during the Franco era
At the time of the Franco regime (1936-1975) in 1938 to the old color scheme, red-yellow-red back. During the Civil War was the use of the flag among the older nationalists prevailed. We used in this district is not without reason deliberately the colors, the flag of the Second Spanish Republic abwichen.
1945, finally approved the new flag law, which the details of the coat of arms on the red-yellow-red flag regulated. The national coat of arms was held by an eagle. To his left and right saw yoke and arrow set and stylized pillars of Hercules, which in the unofficial Army Flags From 1940 already had appeared. The slogan was "VNA GRANDE LIBRE" (Some major outdoor).
The flag was named after Franco's death in 1977 and modified with the transition of Spain to the 1981 constitutional monarchy abolished. Since, the current national flag as authentic.
Official language of Spain is Spanish (español) which is also known as Castilian (castellano) is designated. Spanish is regarded as a world language. It is one of the Romance languages of the Indo offshoots. It will use the Latin alphabet.
The Spanish language is spread all over the world. In many Latin American countries is Spanish spoken. But even in the U.S. and other countries, a large number of people with a native Spanish-speaking backgrounds.
Other regional languages also have their importance. They are: regional official: Aranesisch, Basque, Galician, Catalan.
Since the Spanish language usage of the central Spanish region of Castile was coined, and the language of the other spoken in Spain romanic idioms (mainly Galician and Catalan) as well as the nationality designation "Spanish" meaning, there is often also called castellano (Castilian language ").
In modern Spanish, the acute accent on vowels and the two characters ñ and ü are used. In many dictionaries, there are also the ch and ll as separate letters.
Origin of Spanish Language
The Spanish language has historically developed. The origins lie in the same way as Italian, French and Portuguese in Latin. The Spanish / Castilian evolved from a border area between Cantabria, Burgos, Alava and La Rioja Latin dialect spoken language for people of Castile. Hence the name castellano (Castilian), based on the geographical origin of language.
The other name, español (Spanish) comes from the medieval Latin name Hispaniolus from, or by Spaniolus. Historical and socio-economic developments and its widespread use as a common language made Castilian the lingua franca, throughout the Iberian Peninsula along with other languages spoken there.
It is estimated that in the middle of the 16th Century, some 80% of Spaniards Castillan said. Through the conquest of America, the private possession of the Castilian crown was to spread the Spanish language all over the continent, from California to Tierra del Fuego.
In general, castellano (Castilian) and español (Spanish) synonymous terms. Dealing Linguistically, the names in Spain but regionally very different uses. Especially in the bilingual areas, the designation castellano predominantly, and sometimes very deliberately used the language of the nationality designation "Spanish", and, so to show that Spain is a multilingual country, and today the dominant language initially only a regional language was (of Castile).
This fact often falsely led to believe that only those parts of the population use the term castellano. The name castellano is, however, even in parts of Spain are not multilingual (eg Andalusia) used, and depending on the region español castellano or the common name, usually with no political background. In the Spanish Constitution in 1978, regarding the language very deliberately used the following wording:
"Art 3. (1) Castilian is the official state language. All Spaniards have the duty to know and the right to use it. "
Madrid - the capital of Spain
The capital of Spain is Madrid. It is also the economic and political center of the Autonomous Community of Madrid.
In the region live about six million people. This is one of Madrid is one of the largest cities in Europe. The third largest city in the European Union. Madrid is both nationally and internationally significant commercial and financial center. The city is the geographic, political and cultural center of Spain.
In Madrid is the seat of the Spanish government. In addition, resident of King and a Catholic archbishop in Madrid. The city also hosts various administrations and other agencies. Madrid is also the seat of universities and colleges.
The inhabitants of Madrid are "Madrid", in Spanish Madrileños called. It is said also by the Madrid, that they speak the best Spanish.
Madrid is located in the center of Spain 667 m above sea level. NN. The small river Manzanares flown through the city belongs to the historic landscape of Castile. Northwest of the town rise the mountains of the Sierra de Guadarrama, in the Peñalara 2,429 m tall.
East opens the valley of the Henares, in the iron and highways to Saragossa and Barcelona lost. About 50 miles south, on the Tagus, is Madrid's "mother city", the ancient Castilian capital of Toledo.
Because of its altitude and continental climate, the summer in Madrid, hotter and drier, the winter is much colder than in the cities along the Mediterranean Sea. The average temperature in January is about 4.9 ° C in July at about 24.2 ° C. It is usually quite dry.
Spain - a parliamentary monarchy
The king, as head of state is a symbol of unity and resistance in Spain. He is especially a role as the guardian and presenter of the constitutional duties by state organs. In exercising this role, succeeded King Juan Carlos I, the coup of 23 February 1981 by the mere authority of his office above.
Furthermore, the King - similar to the German Federal President - the representation of the state abroad, with special attention to the history of Nations Community (Comunidad Histórica) Spain is laid.
The king himself is not subject to any liability in relation to other constitutional organs. However, his official acts required to manage the royal family even if it is not signed by the Prime Minister or the Minister, who then in turn bear the responsibility.
Official language: Spanish, officially regional: Aranesisch, Basque, Galician, Catalan
Capital: Madrid
Form of government: Parliamentary hereditary monarchy
State: King Juan Carlos I.
Head of government: Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Area: 504,645 kilometers ²
Population: 46,063,511
Bevölker. density: 91 inhabitants / km ²
GDP: $ 1,438,959 million
Status: May 2009
Spain - the country in which we live
Be happy, you're in Spain ... It means for us German Spain. But that is not is not entirely correct. The official name of Spain is Reino de España - translated: Kingdom of Spain.


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Hi there! It's Nicole over at Allison's Speech Peeps today.
I am sooo excited to be guest-posting on Major Speech Pathology Fun with a Side of Gluten Free today! This has always been one of my favorite blogs so I'm honored that Amy's letting me spend a little bit of time with you today.
Today I'm going to talk to you about some fun ways to spice up word therapy. In my mind, "word therapy" can mean anything from practicing articulation words to consonant-vowel-consonant words to synonyms/antonyms. All you need are some flashcards with words on them. My groups were working on learning sight words this week so that is what I used.
1. Hide and Seek.
What child doesn't love the fun game of hide and seek? Even if you have a tiny therapy room, it's nice for the kids to get up once in a while and move around. Simply "hide" target words around your room and ask students to find them. For specific words, I always clarify the word I want them to find. For example, when working on rhyming, my students must find the word that rhymes with "book." If they come across a different word, they must leave it there (shhhh....don't tell anyone!) and remember it for later.
Can you find my sight words?
2. Light it up!
Grab a small flashlight and display cards with words on the table. Turn down the lights and have students say the words that are in the spotlight. My kiddos love this, especially when practicing articulation words!
3. Jump Around!
Use rings or even duct-tape and place words inside on the floor. Call out words and have each student jump into the ring with the word. This is a super easy way to assess whether they know the words. The kids also love it!
Therapy can become hard to make fun during this time of the year. I hope these ideas gave you some fresh inspiration! Thanks so much for letting me have some time with you!


text: The crazy-hot weather in the Portland area has continued this weekend, so I decided to turn to editing a photo of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco just after sunset. The weather was certainly more favorable than it is here today. With that being said, the overcast skies and cooling rain are already forecasted for later this week, but I'll be taking in some gorgeous landscape scenes at Tetons National Park in Wyoming. Sooooo excited!