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Top 10 Marine Insurance Claims
By Charles Fort
Way back in 2005, we first looked at the top 10 claims from the BoatUS Marine Insurance Program, and we revisited them in 2013. This will be our third look, and the files offered lots of woe from which to choose. Each time there are more events (hurricanes, snowstorms, marina fires) that change the ranking of claims. The vast majority of boat insurance claims fall into 10 categories, so knowing what they are and how you can avoid them makes it much less likely you'll find yourself in the top 10. For this review, we analyzed five years of claims, from 2012 to 2017.
Some interesting new findings: 40 percent of all of the claims filed in the past five years were for reimbursement of towing charges under the coverage provided by our BoatUS Marine Insurance program. However, we're excluding towing claims here, as we've done in the past, so we can more accurately compare to our last two top 10 analyses.
Some more observations over the last five years: While we had two major hurricanes last year, most of the previous years were less hurricane-intense. That allowed the "striking a submerged object" category to overtake "hurricane claims" as the number-one spot. These two flip-flop depending on how severe the hurricane seasons are. Hurricane claims, though, are not far behind, coming in second. "Collision claims" took the third highest spot, beating out the "wind and weather" category this time. One of the biggest surprises was that "lightning claims" didn't make the top 10 for the first time; the first study ranked them at number eight, the last one had them at number 10. In addition, "wake" and "theft of equipment" claims made the top 10 list for the first time. There were a few other position changes, but the takeaway is that now that lightning claims are off the list, and except for hurricane claims, every other category of claims is mostly ... avoidable!
Fortunately, over the past few years, we've put even more resources — including analysis of some of the top 10 categories — on our website to help you avoid becoming a statistic.
#10 Wake
2013 rank: N/A | 2005 rank: N/A
This is the first time wake claims made it into our top 10 list. Many of these claims are caused by boats being slammed into their docks from the wake of a passing boat. Extra fenders and proper docklines can often prevent hull damage in areas with large wakes. Mooring whips are another solution.
Other wake claims come from boats that are rafted together and a large wake causes them to crash into each other. While extra fenders may help, it's best to simply avoid rafting in places with lots of boat traffic. While not technically a wake claim, the most serious incidents from wake come from injuries to passengers who get thrown around (see "Injury Claims" below). Bow-rider boats tend to have the most injuries because anyone sitting in the bow seats is more likely to get tossed up (and land hard). In conditions with lots of wake, keep passengers farther aft to minimize the chance for injuries, and let your crew know if you're about to cross a large wake so they can hold on. If you happen to be the boat creating wakes, you should know that under the law, damage caused by your wake is treated exactly the same way as damage caused by a physical fiberglass-crunching collision.
To learn more see, "Boat Wake Damage Liability".
Injury Claims
The 2013 top 10 list included injury claims, and though they don't make the list this time, they're often the most costly. Settlements for injury claims can reach six figures, which is the reason why your personal liability coverage is so important.
Many injuries are from inexperienced passengers who may get tossed about in rough water or fall down a companionway. Make sure you brief newbies on where to sit on your boat and any potential hazards they may not know about.
If someone gets hurt, let your insurance company know right away, even if it seems amicable; some injury claims aren't made right away and after months have passed, it's much harder to investigate them. Many injury claims involve alcohol, an oft-discussed topic in these pages. Unlike in a car, a sober driver cannot guarantee the safety of impaired passengers on a boat.
#9 Theft Of Boat
2013 rank: 9 | 2005 rank: 9
While boat theft only ranks as number nine on our list in terms of number of claims, it's number one in terms of the average payout per claim. That's because when a boat is stolen, the claim is for the entire insured value. Even if a boat is recovered, there's often very little left that's worth anything.
Ninety percent of stolen boats are taken while on their trailers. Last year we analyzed boat theft and found that the most commonly stolen boat type was a runabout, less than 26 feet, on a trailer, with one or more outboards. Surprisingly, only about 15 percent of owners whose boats were stolen said their boat had any kind of lock installed. Many said they didn't think they needed locks because where they kept their boats seemed safe, but that thinking is often misguided. Your best tool for foiling the bad guys is frustration. Thieves are lazy, and anything you can do to increase the time or difficulty it takes to steal your boat will discourage theft.
To learn more see, "Analyzing Boat Thefts".
#8 Fire And Explosion
2013 rank: 5 | 2005 rank: 4
While fire and explosion make up a relatively small percentage of all claims in the past five years, the average payout per claim ranks high. That's because, like theft, fire or explosion all too often results in the total loss of the boat. Faulty wiring causes most fires; most explosions result from fueling issues. Inspect your boat regularly for chafing wires that aren't properly supported, and for corrosion of AC shore-power inlets. If you can smell gas, something's really wrong. Get everyone off the boat and have it checked immediately. Finally, make sure you have the proper number and type of working fire extinguishers aboard.
To learn more see, "Preventing Explosions Aboard" and "Boat Fires".
#7 Grounding
2013 rank: 7 | 2005 rank: 7
Grounding ranks consistently at number seven no matter which way you look at it, across all three analysis. While some boats end up total losses from groundings, others escape almost entirely unscathed The most common boat to run aground is unsurprisingly monohull sailboats with their deep keels.
The appropriate charts — whether paper, electronic, or on a mobile device — and a depth sounder are your best defense against grounding. But a depth sounder's usefulness will be limited to confirming that you're indeed aground unless you know how to use it and how to plot your position on the chart. Once you're aground, waiting for the tide or a tow is often less likely to do damage than trying to power off.
To learn more see, "Running Aground Claims Analysis".
#6 Theft Of Equipment
2013 rank: N/A | 2005 rank: N/A
Theft of equipment makes it into the top 10 for the first time and includes such things as stolen outboards and sterndrives, electronics, and fishing gear. Adding personalized markings to equipment can help identify and recover stolen items. By making them obvious, it also makes the items less marketable.
Avoid leaving a "for sale" sign posted all winter because it may attract the wrong kind of attention and gives someone an excuse to get aboard and look around. Store small outboards off the boat and use locks for larger ones. Sterndrive theft tends to be more common in storage yards so make sure there's adequate lighting and security.
To learn more see, "Avoiding Theft".
#5 Sinking
2013 rank: 2 | 2005 rank: 3
The first rule of boating: Keep the water out! When that simple rule gets violated, the boat often ends up a total loss. In many cases, the dollars paid out for sinking claims exceeded the payouts from hurricane claims, even though they generate several times more claims.
Water most often finds its way in through those pesky holes below the waterline. Many underwater holes have a way to keep them closed when they're not needed — seacocks. But seacocks must often remain open, so it falls to lesser fittings like hoses and clamps to keep the water out. Check, squeeze, and tug on all fittings below the waterline at least once a season. Other causes for sinking include leaking stuffing boxes and clogged scuppers.
To learn more see, "Keeping Your Boat Afloat".
#4 Weather/Wind
2013 rank: 3 2005 rank: 6
These types of claims reflect the devastating storms of the last few years, with heavy wind and snowfall across much of the country in the winter and unusually active tornado seasons. Most of the advice on preparing for hurricanes applies to these other storms: minimize windage, tie your boat securely, and guard against chafe.
Unfortunately, for many of these storms you'll get considerably less warning than for a hurricane. So the best advice is to keep your boat in a well-protected place. Northerners can take a cue from their hurricane-prone brethren: Have a plan in place to visit and secure your boat when a storm threatens.
To learn more see, "Striking Lightning Facts".
#3 Collision
2013 rank: 6 | 2005 rank: 6
While this category ranks third, many BoatUS Marine Insurance claims are for relatively minor "fender benders." On the other hand, collisions with other boats are far more expensive than those too-close encounters with docks, pilings, and other stationary objects. (Note: Technically a collision is between two vessels, while an allision is between a vessel and a fixed object. For this discussion, collision incorporates both.)
Most collisions result from some combination of three factors: inattention, blind spots, and too much speed. Inattention includes leaving the steering to the autopilot. Misunderstandings of the "Rules of the Road" also play a role. The underlying tenet is that you should do everything you can to avoid a collision, even if you 're the "stand-on" vessel. You won't go far wrong if you do whatever is necessary to avoid a collision and make obvious course changes early.
To learn more see, "Avoiding The Video-Game Syndrome" and "Navigational Hazards Or A Hazard To Navigation?".
#2 Hurricanes
2013 rank: 1 | 2005 rank: 1
During the five years we analyzed, there were fewer major hurricanes than the previous five-year period. But last year there were two big ones — Harvey and Irma — and those had claims numbering in the thousands. Little wonder hurricane claims were near the top of the list yet again. Fortunately, many of our members did their best to secure their boats, and our BoatUS Catastrophe Teams were on site within hours. These helped to keep the damages from being worse.
The time to begin hurricane prep starts long before hurricane season with a well-thought-out hurricane plan. Find out what your marina's hurricane plan is before the season starts — does your dock contract call for you to take certain steps? For more on hurricane prep, visit the BoatUS Hurricane Tracking and Resource Center.
To learn more see, "A Guide to Preparing Marinas and Boats for Hurricanes" and "Chafe Protection in Storms".
#1 Striking Submerged Object
2013 rank: 4 | 2005 rank: 2
Severe droughts are often the cause of these increasing claims. Until winter 2016, much of the west experienced the lowest water in history, causing lots of contact with all manner of things in and just under the water.
Unlike fire/explosion and theft, hitting something below the water rarely results in a total loss. But don't let the claim turn into a sinking. If you hit something, stop and check the bilge for leaks. When you get back to the dock, check again, thoroughly. Any water could mean serious damage, and a haulout (covered by insurance, but notify BoatUS Marine Insurance first) is in order.
To learn more see, "Striking A Submerged Object Claims Analysis".
— Published: August/September 2018
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You've come to the end of a long, long journey. For the first time in your life this walk had you thinking you really might not survive. It could be, when she finally passed, that your spirit would just fly away, leaving a dribbling idiot in its wake. There were times when madness was much closer than sanity was. Yet after she passed, and all the work that comes with that was done, when you finally got to that resting spot – that miraculous place where everything finally settles as it will settle – you realized you are still here and more or less still sane. You don't really sit down then so much as fall in place and land on your ass.
Thats good a finish as any you could hope for.
Its time to be a little selfish – drink water, eat food, DO NOT think about the kids for a few minutes. You can wonder at every moment you experienced and unpack everything you couldn't really feel. Every hurt you witnessed, every tiny loss that lead to the end may need to be felt fully. After that you get to drink a beer and forget about all that grownup stuff until its time to feel it again. There are trees above you with light hurling through as it has for eons. Nothing and everything has changed…yet again. You're just a little older, and without her. Thats all.
Then you look over to see your son curled up on the couch with his beloved cat stretched next to him. This gorgeous young man painted from head to toe with every moment of his Mothers love is sleeping without fear. You know his rest is unblemished, it is still the sleep of young, wild things.
Job done. She would be happy, maybe even a little proud. Job done Papa.
True is miraculously self-regulating in her grief. She'll find a reason to cry when she needs one and then wipe away her tears and get back on her rainbow colored Unicorn without a second thought. Take Freddie the grieving stick for example. I met him a few weeks ago, shortly after laying down for bed, waiting for the kids to come in from play. True started to cry just outside the door.
"Whats going on now Tadg!?" They had really been going at it all afternoon. True was ramping up for a good cry and Tadg was very bored. True answered:
"He threw Freddie away…I miss Freddie!"
I quickly went through a mental list of who Freddie might be.
1. An actual, physical person. Nope, we knew no Freddies.
2. An invisible person. That would be a first, and probably not throwable.
3. Stuffed animal. Nope, never heard of him.
4. Frog they'd pulled from the pond. I probably would have heard excitement about frogs.
5. A lizard. Maybe.
6. Something dead. This is entirely likely.
"Tadg, what did you throw away?" Visions of flying lizard entrails…
"A stick, it was pointy."
True is now in full on wailing mode.
"He was my friend", sob sob," and I miss him!"
I gathered her up and carried her to bed. She was completely inconsolable for about 10 minutes, until Tadg tromped in holding Freddie high, placing him carefully in Trues hand. Freddie was a substantial young stick, about 3 feet long, not too pointy but probably too rough to sleep with. The tears quickly ended as she cuddled Freddie the stick and settled in for reading with her new friend beside her.
I explained to Tadg that when you're True's age its sometimes hard to cry about losing someone like your Momma. It can be easier to cry about someone, or something else. Freddie sat outside her bed as she slept, but we made sure to tuck him in when we went down to the house to start the day. Freddie joined us for dinner later that night. He does not eat pasta, though he was given a hefty serving. She declined to bring him up to bed last night.
Last night she started crying over the end of camp, and then kept right on crying for the next hour. It was a knee bump. It was a leg cramp. It was everything. A hot bath, leg rub and one more story did the trick. Next morning she was ready for all of the beautiful mess the world could throw at her.
We have arrived someplace, the three of us. It feels safe here, like a place where new journeys can begin from. If I were the sane, responsible Father I'm supposed to be I would just curl up and nap for the next year or so. But I've never really been sensible.
You see, I've let a new light into our lives.
Of course I'm not ready for her. She lives hundreds of miles away, which is probably the only reason seeing her again hasn't turned me to cinder. She is the one who got away. She is the one who has haunted me all these years. We have been passing each other on our ways somewhere else since before I was really old enough to take care of myself. I knew I had to see her when she was passing through. If there is anything this loss has taught me its that I refuse to allow chances for magic to pass me by. If I have to stand in front of this train to stop it and get on, I will.
So I got on the damned train. Oh man.
Am I going to tell you about her? Not really, its much much too soon. Would Terry approve? She did want me to find someone ASAP and this would fit that bill. I'm sure she approves of her values and her spirit. But really, it doesn't matter. I know I would be here on the other end of the phone, because thats just who I am, I've never been one to shy away from fire. Look who I married.
Life is offering me this, and I will say yes with soul-deep gratitude.
This is different, being in love has never hurt like this before. I've never felt such passion and such grief all at once, but that is passing as I dig deeper, face what I have to face. I've added fire to a cauldron that was already bubbling well enough. Sounds just like me.
As she said wisely, "we all need time."
Will it work out with the kids? I think so, but we have time to find out. We both know their well being has to come first. She has just Mothered her first one to flight, we have time. All we can do is keep breathing, beneath this tree, with its magnificent light, feeling what we're feeling. Me and the kids spend most nights up in the loft of the big cob house. There are two beds up there now, a sea for me, the kids and cats to get lost in every night. I wake up processing the last year and a half, or maybe dreams of her, or maybe I just roll over and pull someone warm to me.
I can also open my hands and just hold this blooming rose in wonder.
Blessings to you and yours during this time of great change.


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Assisting regional volunteers through access to technology
Volunteers in regional and remote locations can travel vast distances to provide home visits and emergency relief to people in need. The Society is one of the only charities in Australia that still deliver services through home visitation.
During home visits, volunteers often require access to forms and client databases, as well as general information on local community support services. To ensure the Society's support for disadvantaged Australians is efficient and effective, it is also critical that volunteers capture local service data that can inform service development. Many of the Society's aged volunteers have found it difficult to adapt to this change due to their limited IT skills and lack of familiarity with technology.
In May 2016, The John Villiers Trust made a grant of $16,000 to equip and upskill the Society's aged, regional and remote volunteers with iPads and basic digital literacy training. The Regional Training Package has involved group and one-on-one workshops across the region.
The benefits of the project extends to volunteers, the Society and the broader community. By helping volunteers to feel confident, comfortable and safe using computers and the internet, communities will see improved access to business and job opportunities, health, education and government services. An improved quality of service delivery will also have a positive impact on the 30,000 disadvantaged and vulnerable people the Society assists in the region each year .


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Four Considerations for Designing or Renovating Your Kitchen
Whether you plan on updating your existing kitchen or designing one as part of a new home, getting the design right is usually a top priority on any homeowner's requirements.
In either scenario, designing a kitchen to fit your lifestyle is a significant undertaking. Getting it right requires balancing your wish list with feasible options and a realistic budget. Working with an architect will allow you to evaluate the different possibilities available where your wishes, options, and budget intersect.
Addressing the four considerations below will help you clarify your priorities and more easily communicate them to your architect.
How should your kitchen relate to the rest of the house?
At one end of the spectrum we have kitchens that are entirely separate rooms, and at the other end are those kitchens that flow seamlessly into other areas of the house. The evolution of residential kitchens began with a completely separate dedicate building for cooking. Eventually, they became attached, walls began to disappear, and the kitchen became part of the open floor plan along with the dining and living rooms.
Consider how the kitchen should related to other areas as well. Should it be immediately adjacent to outdoor entertaining areas? Does the kitchen need to be close to where you park your car for a shorter unloading distance? If your family tends to gather more in the kitchen during the morning, consider locating on the east side of the house to take advantage of the morning light. Will you need access to accessory functions like an outdoor grilling area or herb garden for example?
There's not a single right arrangement of the kitchen for every scenario or lifestyle. Determining what works best for you and your family is the only right answer.
How will your kitchen be used?
Kitchens have come to incorporate design considerations far beyond their once purely functional concerns. Style, comfort, and connection have become important design consideration in the contemporary kitchen.
If your family and guests congregate in the kitchen, it's better to think of it as an important hub in your home. Consider including ample seating along with generous work surfaces. Incorporating space for a table, a keeping room, a breakfast nook, or an island that accommodates stools will transform this utilitarian space into an enjoyable experience. On the other hand, a compact kitchen with a greater emphasis on functionality and efficient use of space may be more suitable for smaller family that rarely entertains.
You architect needs to understand how you intend to use your new or renovated kitchen in order to design the best spatial configuration for your lifestyle.
What appliances and fixtures will you need?
A significant portion of your kitchen budget should be dedicated to the appliances and fixtures you plan to install. The kind and number of appliances is so important that the functional and storage aspect of the kitchen are all but designed around them and their locations. You'll need to provide your architect with a list of these appliance early in the process.
Your architect will take this list and coordinate the sizes and number of the appliances within the larger space and the surrounding cabinetry. Appliance selections will impact other things as well, including power and plumbing requirements, stub-out locations, installation tolerances, and working clearances.
Many appliance manufacturers produce several types of kitchen equipment, but not every one of those is the best of its kind. Fortunately, many of the finishes offered by different manufacturers are similar enough to work alongside each other, so look for the best appliance across manufacturers.
How much and what kind of storage will you need?
While your kitchen's spatial configuration requires some creative organization from you and your designer, the other critical component that deserves just as much attention is storage. Cabinetry can conceal as well as reveal. What things do you want out-of-sight? Do you have special items that you'd like to show off?
Apart from a dedicated pantry, your cabinetry will store everything including food, pots and pans, frequently used items and rarely use ones, small appliances, plates and flatware, first aid and medicine, emergency equipment, cleaning supplies, and recycling and rubbish.
If you're renovating your existing kitchen, document how much space is currently dedicate to the different types of things being stored. Will you need more or less of these? Do their locations and adjacencies to each other need to be reconsidered?
Make ease of access a priority in selecting new cabinetry. Choose drawers or racks that pull out for better accessibility. Ask your architect to incorporate aging-in-place and universal design solutions that will allow your new kitchen to be functional for many years to come.
A new kitchen ore remodeled one is a complicated project. To arrive at a successful solution that meets your present and future needs, expresses your unique lifestyle, and is within your budget, you'll need to work closely with your architect. It's a process that can have a long lasting and positive impact on your day-to-day life.


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Margaret Silf, in her book, The Other Side of Chaos, makes a comparison between the phrase heard on the subway platforms of London (and Hong Kong)—mind the gap—to the space between the "no longer" and the "not yet" that we all experience when we go through great changes. This "gap" between platform and train is a risky space that makes us nervous and uncomfortable.
Throughout our lives, we go through times of living within these risky spaces. And this space is where we experience the most personal growth because the alternative is to stay home. For the past 4 years I have been living in "the gap" having left family, place, friends, and previous positions behind. This past year there have been signs of having started to experience life on the other side of this gap of change. Life is starting to have a recognized rhythm and cycle.
The more we navigate these "gap" experiences, the more we become familiar and anticipate times of growth and adjustment. My younger daughter did not have an easy time living in New Zealand, but this "gap" experience, which pushed her beyond her comfort zone, shaped her in a profound way. She became a cross-cultural bridge for others. When I asked her to consider going to Hong Kong for her senior year in high school, she said—why not? The alternative, of course, was to stay home. In thinking about this opportunity she could articulate that she knew it would take some time to adjust once we got there. And again it was an experience that pushed her beyond her comfort zone, whether it was controlling anxiety on the overnight train ride from Shanghai to Guangzhou when we had no idea what was going on, or managing to get to a friend's house using multiple types of transportation all on her own. She learned once again that she could "mind and navigate in the gap" and grow in new ways that she could not anticipate. When we went back to live in Hong Kong the second time, she leapt into life without hesitation. And having had practice, she moved to an entirely different region of the United States after graduating from college and has navigated these changes.
Often we try to circumvent the process of living in this in-between state of change and learning between the "no longer" and the "yet to be" state of life. Over time, I have found that I have become more conscious of trying to be mindful of being in the gap without pushing toward some future. I have to say that I get great pleasure out of entering a new culture and not knowing what is going on around me—it is the process of navigating and learning that gives me pleasure rather than becoming comfortable as quickly as possible. I desire to be "in the gap" while being mindful of it, taking in each new piece of knowledge of a new place or culture and in the process being changed myself.
Margaret Silf says that there is no shortcut to the "not yet." We can refuse to move toward it and cling rigidly to the "no longer." "We can try to move too quickly by leaping across the abyss. Or we can see this gap as not something to be avoided at all but something to be minded. We are to pay attention to it, not because it is waiting to swallow us up into danger but because it is our God-given tutor to prepare us for the next stage of our life." Hold on tight to life and mind the gap.


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If you're looking to create your first website, or even to update an existing one for your small business, there are a number of things you should consider first. Many small business are disappointed with their first website and feel that it has not delivered what they wanted. This guide will help you to ask the right questions and get the best from your website.
1. Aim of Your Site
You need to have an aim for your website, otherwise you risk getting the message lost, confusing visitors and losing business. Are you going to be selling a product online? Do you want to get data from your customers in the form of a newsletter sign up? Do you just want people to get in touch? If you don't have a purpose for your website, there is no point in having one.
It is important to consider whether you want your website to have a CMS. Many platforms such as Drupal and WordPress make it very easy for clients to have a Content Management System – meaning that you can easily edit the text, pictures, and pages on your website. It also means that you don't need to pay a web developer every time that you want to make a tiny change.
3. Copy
It is vitally important to think about the words on your website. If this is your first introduction to the world of online, make it memorable! Do some competitor research to see what they say about themselves. Note down anything you like and anything that you really don't. It might be a good idea to get someone else to write the copy. Sometimes when it's your business you're writing about, it can be all too easy to get too caught up in it without stepping back and writing objectively. Always, always ask someone to proofread it!
4. Pictures
Please invest in some high-quality pictures for your site. iStock or pixelated images are a poor reflection of your company. It is well worth paying a photographer £100 or so for some nice pictures that you can use for all of your branded materials.
5. How will people find you?
Once you're website's up and running, how are people going to find it? If you're a local business, do some research into Google Local Places and set up a page. Get going with social media as well as it is fairly easy to build up a steady following. There is a wide range of information on the internet about search engine optimization. Be careful if you're hiring a consultation and always ask to see a monthly report of work completed.
This may be only a small part of web design for small businesses but it is a good starting place if you're new to online marketing. A good web designer will make a point to sit down with you to help you understand the work they are undertaking so that the project is a collaboration rather than just their own design.


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Now that a new year has come and 2016 is officially history, I thought it would be nice to have a look back at the year that just passed and reflect on that.
Last year was a year of many changes and for me and Greg it was the year that we worked on settling in to our life in London. It feels like we spent the whole year getting settled and set up a new life, a new home and a new routine. Here is a throwback to the year 2016.
On this day exactly one year ago the day we had been waiting for arrived. Greg moved to London.
I remember the trip to Heathrow airport so vividly as went to pick him up. I had not seen him since September and I was stoked! I was both nervous and incredibly happy. I was nervous about the big step of moving in together and having our relationship go from long distance to one where we not only would see each other every day but also living together and sharing our lives. Would we meet differences that would be to hard to live with? Would we see sides of each other that we were not prepared for? I was also very excited to be living with the person I love and sharing my life with my best friend. To after missing each other for so long to finally be able to wake up together every morning and go to bed together every night.
When Greg finally stepped out to the arrival hall at Heathrow airport, all my nervousness disappeared and I remembered just how good it felt to be with him. I had almost forgot how handsome he was and how much he made me laugh.
Finally we were together again.
Greg didn't stay for many days before we went on a two week holiday to Norway. At that time Norway was covered in snow and the temperature went as low as 17 degrees. I can imagine it was quite a shock to Greg, coming from sunny New Zealand. We spent time with my family, took a trip to Oslo and just fully enjoyed ourselves.
Coming back to London we started looking for a place. As Greg didn't have a job yet, getting a place by our selves was difficult and therefore we ended up renting a room in Stratford through Air Bnb. We moved into a family house with a family of three that rented our their spare room. Our plan was to live there for one or two months, ended up being until July.
At first we were just fine there, but over time being two people sharing one room where we would sleep, hang out, eat and spend all our time on the bed it grew less charming.
Greg got a job impressively fast and had his first day only a few weeks after we returned and is in this job today, working as a paralegal.
I continued with Uni and worked part time as a Health Care Assistant at a local Dementia Home.
In July we finally got our own place. I cannot even begin to express my relief! I felt like someone that just won the lottery must feel. All that space and privacy after months of living in a small confined space was an incredible feeling. I think it took me about two weeks before I finally could relax and believe that this was actually our new home!
When we moved in we spent most of our savings on the deposit and therefore had little left over for furniture. Our place looked empty for months, only filled with basic second hand furniture of what we needed the most. I must say however, I still loved it!
During the summer I went from working as a Heath Care Assistant at my job to covering for the Home Administrator for two months, suddenly working office hours Monday – Friday, shorter shifts but more days a week than normal. It was a lot of fun and gave me an sight of what it is like having a normal 9 – 5 job.
When my time in the office was over, I went for two weeks to Greece with my mum for a holiday before returning to London to start the 3rd year of Uni.
I felt that over the summer I had gathered new motivations for Uni and was excited to start and continue to learn. After the summer holiday I have enjoyed Uni more than ever before so I think the summer gave me just the motivation and excitement I needed.
I honestly dont even know what we have been up to from October to December. The time has just flown by whilst we have been busy planning for Christmas holidays and doing work and Uni.
I did however finally get to decorate the living room how I wanted in December and I am to this day still so excited for it. Finally it looks like a home!
Finally, as you know we flew home to Norway on the 23rd of December and spent the holidays here. I am still here and Greg flew home today where I will join him on the 5th.
I mentioned it earlier in a post, but during this Christmas holiday I feel as we have fallen in love all over again and got a better connection than ever before. Living hectic lives in London and feeling tired and stressed when we get home can make you disconnect and take each other a little for granted. I think we both want to take this holiday with us home in a sense and make sure we make time for each other, disconnect from all the rest occasionally and just enjoy one another's company from time to time.
Like said earlier, I feel that 2016 was the year of getting settled in and setting up our new life.
I hope 2017 will be the year of accomplishments and having fun with, work, uni and travelling!
Tomorrow I am posting about my hopes for 2017!
All that is left for me to do now is say thank you for a very interesting and good year!
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Fertility Assistance
There are a number of reasons why a woman may be finding it difficult to conceive or carry to full term. It is our job to establish what the most likely cause is, and then plan our treatment accordingly. Here is some basic information regarding a few of the more common fertility issues:
- Endometriosis is a condition where the lining of the womb grows outside the uterine cavity.
- Symptoms include period pain, but they can vary a lot (and can be asymptomatic).
- This can lead to difficulty in conceiving.
- The reason is thought to be because endometriotic tissue breaks down in response to the normal cyclical hormones from the menstrual cycle, which generates inflammation and an immune response, thus creating an environment in which eggs, sperm and embryos are not able to function normally.
- Treatment includes surgery to remove the lesions from the pelvic cavity and IVF to remove the eggs from the inflammatory pelvic environment.
Dr Hull is a world expert on endometriosis and has helped many women with this condition conceive.
Low Egg Numbers
- Anti-Mullerian Hormone blood test ('The Egg Timer test') can indicate how many eggs are in the ovaries. This provides information on the likely number of eggs available during IVF and the optimal dose of medication. It also helps determine the speed of treatment and the time frame if considering hi-tech fertility options.
- Women with low egg numbers can consider egg freezing to preserve fertility, although it doesn't guarantee a pregnancy. Younger people undertaking chemotherapy, those with an inherited condition that lowers egg numbers, or those gender transitioning can freeze their eggs. Pregnancy rates are based on the age a woman freezes her eggs or embryos, not on the age she is when she uses her frozen eggs or embryos.
- Some medications are thought to improve outcomes for women undertaking IVF with a low ovarian reserve, but more research is needed to determine their value.
Dr Hull has investigated and published a paper to see if growth hormone improved IVF outcomes for women with a low ovarian reserve.
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome/Disorders of Ovulation
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a common disorder in women that causes irregular menstrual cycles, hair growth, acne and many small cysts (follicles) in the ovaries.
- Women with PCOS have a high number of eggs in the ovaries but their hormones are set in a way that makes it difficult for the eggs to grow and be released.
- Treatment mainly involves taking oral tablets (Letrozole or Clomid) and/or injections of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) to release the eggs.
- Diet and exercise improve fertility and ovulation in women with PCOS.
- Many people with PCOS also have high insulin and sugar levels so treatment of these metabolic problems can improve fertility and reduce the risk of miscarriage.
- There are other endocrinological or genetic conditions that disrupt ovulation that can be treated.
Dr Hull published two articles related to PCOS in 2018; one on how disorders of sugar metabolism can disturb embryos and the lining of the womb and alter fertility outcomes; the other outlining methods of ovulation induction and when and how to use it.
Recurrent Implantation Failure & Recurrent Miscarriage
- Sometimes the reason the embryo hasn't implanted is because it has too few or too many chromosomes in comparison to a normal, metabolically healthy embryo.
- Embryos can be genetically tested to see if this is the reason why pregnancy hasn't occurred.
- Tests for recurrent implantation failure can also identify disorders in the lining of the womb which make it difficult for an embryo to implant.
- Several conditions can alter the way the placenta develops, leading to recurrent miscarriage.
- There are several treatments for recurrent implantation failure and recurrent miscarriage.
Dr Hull is currently involved in two research projects to develop new ways of identifying and diagnosing implantation disorders and to develop better care pathways for couples with recurrent implantation failure and/or pregnancy loss. She has published an article reviewing the therapeutic use of steroids in treating implantation disorders and has also investigated the use of Intralipid in recurrent pregnancy loss.
Male Factor
- There are many causes for a low sperm count which should be fully evaluated. Changes in lifestyle and taking male fertility vitamin supplements can improve male factor infertility.
- The technique of intracytoplasmic sperm injection has helped men with very low sperm counts conceive, and IUI and IVF can help men with a moderately low sperm count.
- Men who have had a longstanding vasectomy can conceive if sperm is surgically extracted from the epididymis or testes (a procedure which Dr Hull carries out).
- Men undertaking chemotherapy, with an unexpected low sperm count, having a vasectomy, gender transitioning, or who work in fly-in fly-out situations, can preserve their fertility by freezing sperm.
- Sperm DNA damage can be assessed by specialised tests. New sperm selection methods can identify sperm with less DNA damage for injection in ICSI to improve pregnancy outcomes.
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J.D. Candidate
University of Virginia
Research Affiliate
Jillian is currently working on her J.D. at the University of Virginia. While at START, she worked on over a dozen research projects on topics including, but not limited to, the nuclear detection architecture in Former Soviet Union (FSU) states, historical mudjahidin movements in Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Kosovo, analysis of terrorist ideologies, and the use of CBRN weapons by violent non-state actors. Jillian's interests include FSU countries, nuclear/radiological security, comparative international law as it applies to CBRN issues, the crime-terror nexus, radiological and nuclear trafficking, and chemical weapon use by non-state adversaries.
Research Areas:Crime and Terrorism Chemical and Biological Threats Radiological and Nuclear Threats
Regions:Eastern Europe Western Europe
- George Washington University, B.A., International Affairs, Concentration in Security Policy, 2014
- Dobro Slovo Slavic Honors Society
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- Researcher, START, 2017 - 2019
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By John Schweibacher
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The Mets face the Yankees this week before heading to Miami to take on the Marlins.
New York's cross-town rivals will play just four games this season, two apiece at Citi Field and Yankee Stadium.
The four total games will be the fewest between the Mets and Yanks since the first two seasons of interleague play back in 1997 and 1998 when the teams played just one three-game series. It will also be the first time since 1997 that none of the games will be played on a weekend.
The Mets have a 36-54 record against the Yankees in interleague play, including a 1 and 5 mark last season. The Mets are 102 and 74 all-time vs. all other American League opponents, including their 3 and 1 record against the Twins and White Sox this season.
Braves pitcher Mike Minor hit a two-run homer in Atlanta's 6-0 win over the Mets this past Saturday night. It was the first home run by an opposing pitcher at Citi Field since Minor's current teammate, Paul Maholm connected for the Pirates back in 2009.
Here is the list of the last 15 pitchers to homer against the Mets at either Citi Field or Shea Stadium:
•5/25/13 Mike Minor Atl
•5/9/09 Paul Maholm Pit
•9/22/08 Jason Marquis Chi
•6/23/08 Felix Hernandez Sea
•9/20/06 Dontrelle Willis Fla (2)
•7/25/06 Carlos Zambrano Chi
•7/7/06 Dontrelle Willis Fla
•6/17/06 Kris Benson Bal
•5/11/02 Mike Hampton Col
•8/23/01 Jason Jennings Col
•6/4/00 Esteban Yan TB
•8/8/99 Darren Dreifort LA
•8/28/93 Armando Reynoso Col
•9/16/92 Joe Magrane Stl
•9/9/89 Jeff Robinson Pit
Last Friday night's suspended game between the Mets and Braves was the fifth in club history.
The last time the Mets had a suspended game was back on August 6th, 1986 at Wrigley Field. The Mets and Cubs were playing a doubleheader that day and, after a 48-minute rain delay, the first game went 12 innings, a 7-6
Mets' win which took four hours and seven minutes to complete. The Mets led the second game of the twinbill, 6-4, in the seventh
inning, but because Wrigley Field was still two years away from installing lights, the game was suspended due to darkness.
The game resumed the next afternoon prior to the regularly scheduled one, with the Mets hanging on for a 7-6 victory.
Prior to 1986, the previuos two suspended games for the Mets both took place in the 1979 season.
On June 17th, 1979, the Mets and Braves played a Father's Day game at Shea Stadium which was delayed twice by rain for a total of two hours. With both teams traveling that night, the game was suspended after eight innings with the score tied 1-1.
The game resumed on August 27th, when the Braves returned for a series in New York. The Mets won, 2-1, on Alex Trevino's RBI single in the bottom of the ninth.
That completed game came one week after another suspended contest between the Mets and Astros at Shea.
On August 21st, the Mets were one out away from a 5-0 win over Houston when things turned strange. Jeffrey Leonard flied to center for what appeared to be the game's final out. But Mets shortstop Frank Taveras had apparently called for timeout before the pitch and the club re-took the field. Leonard then singled to center but manager Joe Torre pointed out that Ed Kranepool had not gotten back on the field and the game should not have resumed with the Mets not having all nine players on the diamond.
The umpires ruled in Torre's favor and Leonard had to bat again. Astros manager Bill Virdon protested that "time was in" even with Kranepool missing, but the game continued and apparently ended when Leonard flied out.
Houston's protest was upheld by N.L. President Chub Feeney, so the game was deemed suspended and would have to be resumed the next afternoon prior to the regularly scheduled one with the Astros, with two out and Leonard on first base.
The Mets did win, 5-0, but it did cost Mets pitcher Pete Falcone, a complete-game shutout because Kevin Kobel, the scheduled game starter, recorded the suspended game's final out.
The only other suspended game in Mets' history also had nothing to do with the weather, although, like the one at Wrigley, it was on account of darkness.
On July 13th, 1977, the Mets were trailing the Cubs, 2-1, in the bottom of the 6th, when a blackout hit New York City. After an hour and 15 minute delay, the game was officially suspended.
On September 16th, the game was completed. Both starting pitchers; Jerry Koosman for the Mets and future-Met Ray Burris for the Cubs, continued as well, with Chicago coming away with a 5-2 win.
Happy Recap: X Marks the Spot. The Mets' Sunday night win over Braves marked the first time since April 21st that there was no bottom of the 9th inning at Citi Field. All three Mets wins since had come in the last of the 9th or in extra-innings.
Nine Miles of Rough Road: For Starters, No W's. Mets starting pitchers have picked up just three wins since April 21st, a span of 30 games.
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Israel sent armored columns storming into the northern Gaza Strip and this West Bank city on Wednesday, killing at least 12 Palestinians as troops clashed with gunmen, demolished metal shops and homes and searched for suspects.
Violence spiraled through the day. After Israel withdrew its forces from Gaza, Hamas broke a three-week lull in such attacks and fired at least three rockets from northern Gaza at the Israeli town of Sderot, wounding an Israeli man.
Also in Gaza, a suicide bomber from Hamas blew himself up near an Israeli tank.
In the West Bank city of Jenin, a Palestinian militant from Yasser Arafat's Fatah faction was killed when his car exploded. His organization, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, called his death an Israeli assassination.
In keeping with the pattern of such incursions, Israeli forces withdrew from Gaza after only a few hours, but here in Nablus they settled in for a longer mission, imposing a curfew on its old city as soldiers searched from house to house.
Gunshots and percussion grenades cracked as boys and young men, in the smoke of burning tires, smashed concrete blocks into smaller stones to fling at tanks and armored vehicles.
Two Palestinians were shot dead in Nablus and 20 were wounded, Palestinian hospital officials said. The army said soldiers had fired at one man who flung a firebomb at them and at another who fled and ignored warning shots after being ordered to stop.
Palestinians identified one of the dead as a 16-year-old stone-thrower and the other as Nasser Abu Safiyeh, 32, who was walking from prayers with his 93-year-old father, Mustafa Abu Safiyeh.
Wednesday's violence followed separate meetings in London by Palestinian and Israeli delegations with representatives of the United States, the United Nations, European Union and Russia -- the so-called Quartet -- about possibly resuming a peace effort.
In northern Gaza and here, officials of Arafat's Palestinian Authority have recently been working to reduce the violence, Israeli officials have said. They credited Palestinian security forces with stopping the firing of rockets at Israeli targets but discounted that as a small step intended only to forestall Israeli military movements into Gaza.
On Saturday, near a Jewish settlement in Gaza, Hamas blew up an Israeli tank, killing the four soldiers inside. Israel's defense minister, Shaul Mofaz, said afterward that Hamas "must be struck down." The army said its incursion into Gaza on Wednesday was aimed at destroying metal shops that manufacture rockets and mortars for Hamas.
As for the move into Nablus, the army said it was part of a broader operation that has been under way here for months.
Some militants in Nablus said they had agreed to the Palestinian Authority's limited cease-fire but no longer felt bound by their commitment.
"You should expect an attack now," a leader of Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade said as he met with representatives of other Palestinian factions to discuss a response.


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Paul Bray is a dynamic and charismatic multi-talented percussionist working as a musical educator and performer in Vancouver. Drawing on a strong classical background, Paul has devoted his attention to the study of African influenced music, specializing in Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian folkloric musical styles.
He has studied extensively in Cuba, and has developed a strong command of Brazilian percussion. In Vancouver, he has collaborated with Afro-Bahia Dance Productions and Yasse Afro-Arts in addition to working as a studio musician and directing Sambata, Vancouver's 20 piece Escola de Samba. In addition, Paul has performed as a guest artist with both Jesse Cook and Tibetan multi-instrumentalist Nawang Kechog.
Currently, Paul is the percussion instructor at the Sarah McLachlan Music Outreach – an Arts Umbrella youth program, and is guest instructor with the Britannia World Rhythms Ensemble. In the performing arena Paul is a member of Tambor Iroko, led by Jack Duncan, Candela, and a regular club percussionist, collaborating with local DJ's in Vancouver.
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Good Records
It's hard to beat Good Records' yearly Record Store Day celebration. They always manage to put a solid lineup together, but this one trumps any from years past. Thanks to Sunday's Edgefest, Good's Chris Penn was able to procure performance slots for Ting Tings, Civil Twilight and Switchfoot, along with a few other nationals (Joe Pug, Stardeath & White Dwarfs) and a handful of locals.
Penn says he's been taking some heat for booking Switchfoot and Civil Twilight, but he looks at it as a way to "draw the people who haven't been to a record store in a while."
It will be quite the racket, all of which will take place inside, on the Astroturf stage, starting at 8 a.m. Outside, Penn says there will be food trucks, kegs of beer and probably the Good Records Chicken. Check out the full lineup with times here.
CD Source
Just up Greenville Avenue a few miles, CD Source will be celebrating in a similar way, starting at at 7 a.m. It's an all-local lineup including Gaston Light, The O's, The Bright and about 10 others. Complimentary food will be provided by Freebirds, Baker Brothers and other respectable nearby restaurants.
CD Warehouse (Arlington)
First of all, yes, CD Warehouse still exists. I was pretty sure my lazy 18-year-old ass put them out of business when I worked there in the '90s, but the Arlington store location informs me that they too will be celebrating Record Store Day. It will also be a grand reopening day, as the store has relocated to a new space at 1213 S. Cooper. The lineup will include Dead Beat Poetry, Playtime Rabbit, and a handful of other local acts.
Forever Young Records
When asked what Forever Young Records has planned for Record Store Day, the clerk on the phone at says, simply, "We will be open." The store will have official Record Store Day releases, barring that they "don't get screwed again."
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Doc's Records and Vintage
Doc's Records and Vintage has a really nice Record Store Day offering for Fort Worth music fans: The very solid lineup of Stoogeaphilia, Whiskey Folk Ramblers, Fungi Girls, The Cush and more, coupled with free food and free beer, will be tough to beat.
Mad World
Mad Word owner Mark Burke opted out of the Record Store Day celebration this year, saying, "There's too much going on in Denton this week and we didn't want to compete." Instead, they'll be celebrating a month from now, when they can get some bigger bands and have a bigger draw.
Bill's Records
Bill Wisener doesn't celebrate Record Store Day. He celebrates his birthday, which falls roughly on the same day. He'll have performances from DOMA-winning Ducado Vega, Blacktop Gypsy and many others, along with "munchies throughout the day."
Recycled Books & Tapes
It's a pretty impressive lineup at Recycled Books & Tapes on the Square in Denton. They won't have any of the exclusive Record Store Day releases, but performances from Doug Burr, Isaac Hoskins, Sam Robertson, Tony Ferraro and Ryan Thomas Becker will more than make up for it. Oh, and they're offering a big discount on all vinyl.


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In the early stages of your SaaS business, the focus is rightly on building the product, developing the market, forming new partnerships, securing early adopters and converting trials into customers. All the energy, and then some, is placed in accomplishing these primary goals.
But often, a business transitions from the new customer acquisition phase to the revenue (MRR) protection and revenue growth phase without realizing it. In some cases, it takes years to get there; other times, it happens pretty much overnight. The one thing that is consistent is that the customer maturity phase will happen and you won't realize how much of your business needs to change and adapt to this new phase.
Your business needs to seize the opportunity to be proactive in avoiding or reducing the impact of growth pitfalls by implementing the right customer management model for each stage of your business development.
These are the 5 telltale signs in a SaaS company's customer maturity phase that justify the need for Customer Success:
Loss of Revenue
Does your company track customer churn and associated revenue loss? Customer churn metrics and associated revenue loss is often the primary factor driving change in how you approach managing a customer. Is churn on the rise but you can't explain why? Or, are you suffering from revenue loss but don't understand why? Are you trying to address this loss with more and more sales cycles being spent on reactive management but not seeing the expected results?
Loss of a Highly Visible Customer
The loss of a strategic customer can have a very negative impact on a business and sales organization. Let's face it – in a startup working hard to find the right market fit with the right product offering, the loss of a customer will likely happen in the early phase of business development. But when a business starts losing brand after brand, reputation starts to suffer. You have arrived at that point in your business development where a very structured delivery and customer management is not only required but also expected by your high-end customers.
Drop in Customer Satisfaction
The voice of your customers is usually heard loud and clear as you transition from one phase to the next, but this message is often drowned out by what feels like other urgent investments. Having an executive management relationship program early in the development cycle, and most importantly preserving it through growth, is likely one of the best tools for a company to stay ahead of the maturity curve.
Operational Cost of a Strained Sales Organization
If you have transitioned into the customer maturity stage, it is very likely that your VP of Sales is already screaming at the top of their lungs as to how frustrated they are by having to deal with customer concerns and your inability to meet and deliver on their contracts. But more importantly to them, is often the fact that your sales organization is struggling to meet their sales revenue targets because they are so focused on supporting customers post sale. This may be something they never budgeted or planned to do and this isn't really the right home for Customer Success anyhow.
Stalled Revenue Growth
In a SaaS business, protecting MRR and stimulating predictable revenue growth is THE key to success. If you can figure out how to do that, your business will prosper. And it is incredibly difficult to grow revenue if your customers are not satisfied with the value they are getting from your product or service, not using the product because they have not adopted it, or are not leveraging key features because aren't aware of them. You will only grow your revenue with a customer that is happy or trusts that you can meet their needs.
Along with industry experts, we advocate that it is never too early to introduce Customer Success and doing so before your company transitions into the growth phase is of course ideal.
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Casey Kelly, KTOO – Juneau
Alaska's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 7.7 percent in January, the lowest level in more than a year and a half.
January's rate dropped 0.2 percent from December, according to the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development. December's rate was revised down from the preliminary estimate of 8.1 percent to 7.9 percent.
It was also the 27th consecutive month Alaska's unemployment rate has been below the national average, which was 9 percent in January. But state Economist Neal Fried says the difference between the two rates will narrow if the national economy continues its recovery.
The education and health care sectors continue to show strong growth in Alaska, up about 1,900 jobs since January 2010. Leisure and hospitality, including tourism, had the strongest growth from last year – gaining about 2,200 jobs. Oil and gas was relatively flat, with about 500 new jobs over the course of last year.
But Fried cautions the labor department's new method of calculating employment could be skewing the numbers.
Juneau's unemployment rate was among the lowest in the state in January at 6 percent. The lowest rate was in the North Slope Borough, which had 4.2 percent unemployment. Skagway had the highest rate at 29.9 percent. Anchorage's unemployment rate was 6.5 percent.
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There are those who appreciate order, to the degree in which it allows them to go about their
lives without constant unpleasant surprises. Then there are those who believe in order, who
devote themselves to the maintenance of social structure and who live to uphold traditions and
proven systems of society; and then there is He who brought order to the Germanic world in the
first place. Heimdall is His name, and not only did He create the order of the Northmen, it is He
who ever watches in anticipation of its total destruction.
Of all the Gods, Heimdall's birth may be the most peculiar. When the world was still so young
after Ođin, Vili, and Ve created it, nine giantesses convened at the very edge. Pooling their
magics and using the earth, ice-cold sea water, and the blood of boars the nine Jötnar sisters
brought Heimdall into existence. Their son grew to be incredibly mighty, yet also so fair as to be
known as "the White." Bearing teeth of gold, His sight and sound were sharper than most and
like Frigga, Heimdall bore the gift of Foresight. The nine mothers even taught their progeny
Runecraft, and Heimdall developed to a masterful degree. Perhaps there, at the very fringe of
Midgard, the giantesses meant to raise a champion for Jotunheim to avenge the death of the
primordial Ymir.
Yet chaos and division would not prove to be in Heimdall's nature. Taking to the northern shore,
He came to three different households – one by an elderly couple, another by a middle aged
family, and the last by a young one. As each gave the best hospitality they could, He blessed
their marriages with conception, and in turn, the three sons born greatly multiplied themselves.
Because their qualities and capabilities were distinctly separate from one another, there formed
the first castes of the Germanic people – Thralls, Laborers, and Warriors. In giving the early
Germanics social order, He did not oppose the creation of the Sons of Bor – He fulfilled it.
At some point Heimdall found favor with Ođin and assimilated into the Asa tribe of Gods.
Trusted to Heimdall is the most sacred duty: ever-watching for the coming of Ragnarok, where
upon the first sign He will gather His great Gjallarhorn and blast so loudly as to be heard across
all Nine Worlds. Yet He is not banished to his post, but otherwise dwells in Asgard amongst the
other Gods. It is He who humorously suggested dressing Thor like a bride to fool Thrym. We are
also instructed that Heimdall attended the funeral procession of Baldur astride His horse
Gulltoppr. The White was also present at the Feast of Aegir where Loki sought to rile Him by
suggesting His post as watcher was a curse rather than a great honor.
His hall Himinbjorg sits where the Bifrost Bridge meets Asgard, the perfect vantage point to see
across Yggdrasil. There Heimdall enjoys fine mead at His post; but never think The White is
slacking or negligent in His duties. When Thor is likely away or otherwise indisposed, it is
Heimdall who fights back wayward Jotun that mean to seek their fortunes in Asgard, and it is the
Son of Nine Mothers who, after heralding Ragnarok, will do battle with Loki, the one so
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So I was sitting with Ima Lister last night, discussing his post about 20 ways to sabotage yourself when a number of things happened. For those of you who are following the genocidal cephalopod invasion with appropriate concern for the welfare of Earth, the events that transpired might be of interest.
"Ima," I said, "I can't believe you wrote that list. You realize that with maybe one or two exceptions I've done every single one of those things. How is that supposed to make me feel better?"
"Still?" he said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Do you still do them?" he asked.
"I don't have a stack of rejections, if that's what you mean," I said.
"No because you got them over e-mail," he said. "And in a slightly appropriate reaction to getting a rejection e-mail instead of a rejection letter, you have altered your approach vector to account for new technology."
I narrowed my eyes and looked at him for a long time. "Okay...you're not fired, I guess."
"Of course I'm not fired," Ima said. "My guest blogs are more popular than your regular ones."
"Well, we did just hit 8,000 page views thanks to that article's performance on Stumbleupon," I said.
A pounding knock rattled the office door in its frame.
"I'm in a meeting," I yelled.
The door opened anyway, and Lieutenant Lambaste walked in with the Sci Guy.
"Uh...meeting," I said.
"I heard you, Chris. I just don't care," she said, sitting down on the office couch. "I need you to do something about the cephalopods. This is the fifth time they've come in this month, and they always go for MY set."
"You think they're trying to get your ubercanon?" I asked.
"I can't imagine what else," Lambaste said.
Beeep. My intercom system beeped. It was Cedric.
I looked through the door that Lt. Lambaste had left wide open when she came in and saw Cedric on the phone in the outside office.
"Cedric, the door's open, you don't have to use the intercom," I yelled.
The intercom buzzed again.
"Okay," I said, rolling my eyes. I pressed the intercom button. "What's up."
"Sorry boss," Cedric said. "I'm not sure your staff fully trusts a member of the Octorians as your personal assistant. I figured it would be best if I stayed out here."
"Fair enough," I said. "What's up?"
"The A-Team is calling again. They say it's urgent. They need to know what to do."
"What do you mean, what should they do?" I asked. "I hired them to take care of cephalopods. That's what they should be doing."
"They apparently would like it if some sort of plan were to come together. They say they really like that," Cedric said. "Love it, in fact....apparently."
"Well, I don't know how much a plan is going to help them. Turns out they really can't hit the broadside of a barn with those assault rifles of theirs! Actually, that's not true. That's the only thing they can hit--as long as it's a black barn. They seem to be able to spell out "A-Team" in bullets on a black wall, but that's IT. They couldn't hit a person if their lives depended on it. Crack commando unit my ass."
"They said they have added aluminum siding to a forklift to make it bulletproof, and they are currently baking a third batch of biscuit grenades."
I paused. I looked up at Lt. Lambaste who looked a little bit like she'd been told that a cousin that she never knew she had just drowned in a vat of asparagus flavored pudding and left her a lifetime supply of cod-scented wet-naps. "Yeah," she said, shaking her head, "I don't think either of those things is going to work."
"Just tell them I'm really sorry to waste their time," I said. "Writing About Writing made five dollars last month, so I got really fast and loose with money and thought I could spring for a mercenary army. Just let them ride out the four months of their retainer and try to stay out of trouble. And tell them that if the recreation complex blows up, I'm going to know it was them."
"Also sir...I think I know why the Octorians are interested in Lt. Lambaste's set. I don't think it's the ubercannon sir. I think they're trying to get to The Pretentitron."