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Mr. Speaker, I would hope the hon. gentleman would make it clear, even in some of the hyperbole in the media, that the quotation he is referring to did not come from me. In fact, I take the concerns and interests of all investors in this country seriously. I am anxious to make sure that the laws of this country, including the tax laws, treat them all in a fair and appropriate manner while at the same time contributing to growth and productivity.
House of Commons Hansard #127 of the 38th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was organized.


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No Hope for Oakland Schools
Unions have stonewalled any meaning change in order to protect their power and control. Screw the kids they don't vote or pay taxes!
OAKLAND – A local grand jury has found "seemingly insurmountable hurdles" facing the Oakland Unified School District, and many of them are a result of collective bargaining and the teachers union's persistent effort to reject necessary reforms.
It found that "the Oakland Unified School District has many problems, including high teacher turnover, low teacher pay, teacher assignment issues, an ineffective and cumbersome teacher evaluation system, contractual issues and a strained relationship with the Oakland Education Association," according to OaklandLocal.com.
The site noted some of the grand jury's many findings, which we report below verbatim:
OUSD's current staffing rules disregard quality or fit when assigning a teacher because seniority takes precedence, leaving less desirable schools with the loss of experienced teachers and little consistency or continuity resulting in morale issues for staff, students and parents.
Administrative efforts by the district to improve schools—through Mutual Matching, Advisory Matching and Teacher on Special Assignment—were rejected by the Oakland Education Association because these efforts went against OEA's core belief that seniority should prevail in teacher placement.
The current teacher evaluation process is cumbersome and ineffective. Budget constraints and staffing reductions have affected some principals' abilities to complete evaluations.
There is no centralized database to track evaluations and other personnel information.
One recommendation is that the school district should work with the union to develop a system for teaching assignments that is not based solely on seniority. Another said the district should streamline its evaluation process – "in conjunction" with the union.
The grand jury obviously put its finger on some significant problems in this troubled district, but some of its suggested remedies completely miss the mark.
The unions insist that seniority be the key factor in teacher assignments. They're not going to change their minds. States that have made seniority a secondary consideration did so without the consent of teachers unions.
The unions insist on teacher evaluations that ignore a teacher's ability to help student learn. States that have imposed evaluation systems based on performance did so without the consent of teachers unions.
The union is the source of the problem in many of these instances, and the grand jury is fooling itself if it believes the union will suddenly agree to be part of the solution.
The Oakland teachers union looks out for the interests of its members and its left-wing political agenda. It has little interest in what's best for students.
California's traditional public schools will not significantly improve until the state passes a law similar to Wisconsin's Act 10, significantly curtailing the collective bargaining power of teachers unions.
Until such a law is passed, student success will continue to be a secondary consideration in the operation of public schools.
Grand jury finds 'seemingly insurmountable hurdles' facing Oakland schools – EAGnews.org powered by Education Action Group Foundation, Inc..

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text: Feeling incredibly thrilled of my mom's coming on 19th Feb 2015, just the right day of Chinese New Year. I woke up at like 3 a.m and getting ready to pick my mom in the airport. Knowing that my place and the airport was like from the most-western part to the most-eastern part, I took the first train at 5.49 and the sky was amazingly beautiful, more like shades of blue and freezing since it was about 1 degree. I then arrived at the airport with almost the same time as my mom and we finally met and I ran to my mom and we hug each other ! it was more like i-havent-seen-you-for-about-5-months-hug-and-exteremely-missing-you hug :D. One thing that my mom always find the first time she came to somewhere, either it's new city or country is Starbucks. Yes it is some kind of her addiction, but not bad, eh ? She told me that my "requests" from Indonesia including food such as kecap manis, kornet, abon, sambel, and my mom brought nastar + kue keju, my favoriteeee <3. I didn't really expect my mom bought them but I could use some martabak, though. Anyways, we had quite a moment of catching up for the last months we haven't talked and then with excitement, we went to my apartment by MRT. And obviously we took some snaps on the road cause it was quite a time passing through 23 stations before "the station" near my apartment. When we arrived, my mom was fascinated by the goats display outside Parkson with pink, red and orange color. Those were using black ribbon ties and as if we almost could hop on their back and ride 'em. Then we continued our journey to my place and my mom was tired so she was taking some short nap while I unpacked my things carried by mom from Jkt to Sh J. There were shoes, bags, magazines (that I didn't have chance to buy while I was here), my lotion, skincare, vitamins, and the sacred ingredients for the kitchen as I mentioned earlier. Cause I felt homesick and miss my mom's recipe, we cooked for lunch. She cooked "nasi goreng" with cornet and ham. Oh I always love that one cause no vegetables haha. Too bad I didn't took a picture since I was so amused and hungry so I just dig in without some beautiful preparations before you capture something. One of the perks of being an overseas student was when you have relatives and they asked you to come by their residents. And their apartment was 8 stations from mine so its quite far, With these cold weather and unexpected wind blowing from every directions, my mom was kind of like 'shocked' of the temperature and I had to borrow her my coat, scarf, and hat. Haha and I did give her the warmest coat of mine :p. but when we got there, it was such a comfortable place, remembering they have 2 children. We were chatting, joking and it was magical that they gave us snacks to eat which were lemper, lumpia and homemade chocolate brownies served with wine for the beverages. OMG it was heaven. Too long not having those kinds of food and it felt like the most delicious hometown food you've ever tasted. But sadly, my heart still wanting martabak till now… Anyhow, after quite a time, we decided to go home, actually my mom did. Remembering that she hadn't had enough sleep yet and I bet she could really use some sleep for new day of strolling Shanghai tomorrow. Lucky us, before we left, they gave us one bottle of red wine and we really need those for fighting through these unexpected temperature, hahaha plus chocolate with drinks in it. On our way home, we stopped by to these cute stand offering doughnuts named Mister Donut. We count eating these chewy and sweet doughnuts with wine as our dinner and it was a superb 1st day with my mom <3.


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Frontier markets approach positive turning point - HSBC, Renaissance
Investment managers such as HSBC and Renaissance are bullish about frontier markets, especially in Africa, and suggest they look better value than emerging markets in Asia and Latin America
Investment managers such as HSBC and Renaissance are bullish about frontier markets, especially in Africa, and suggest they look better value than emerging markets in Asia and Latin America
Frontier markets (FMs) historically behave as "late cycle markets", so can be expected to benefit as global markets enter a more mature stage of recovery, according to HSBC Global Asset Management.
Since the outbreak of the financial crisis in 2008, frontier markets have lagged the MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) index. Year to date, the MSCI FM index is up a meagre 0.74% and over five years the index is down nearly 15%. In comparison, the MSCI EM index is up 6.72% year to date and is down only 4.43% over five years.
However, HSBC says this year "may well be a turning point" for frontier markets, as local companies begin to post good end-of-year results. But while these markets are still down, valuations are cheap relative to emerging markets and historical values. Frontier markets are still trading 40%-50% lower than the pre-crisis levels of August 2008, while emerging and developed markets have almost completely recovered.
The region also offers higher profitability than developed markets and typically higher dividend yields than both emerging and developed markets, according to HSBC. Some countries, such as Pakistan, are offering average dividend yields of almost 8%.
Andrew Brudenell, manager of the HSBC GIF Frontier Markets fund, sees particular potential in the banking and consumer sectors, which he expects to continue to benefit from credit growth, and the growing spending power of a larger, wealthier middle class. HSBC's favourite part of the region is Sub-Saharan Africa, where it sees long-term attractive investment opportunities. Unlike the rest of the frontier region represented in the MSCI FM index, Africa has flourished this year. MSCI Africa is up 35% year to date.
Brudenell points to Nigeria as HSBC's favourite African country, where the firm has been building up exposure. He says: "Within this oil-rich nation, financials are showing robust potential, while consumer brands such as Nestlé Nigeria are also enjoying strong growth as a result of the rising consumer."
He also singles out Kenya as a regional hub for trade and finance in East Africa. Here, the telecoms sector is particularly attractive, given its ties to mobile banking, which is a rapidly growing sector in the region.
Renaissance Asset Managers is also making a bet on Sub-Saharan Africa. CIO Plamen Monovski (pictured) says GDP growth in frontier Africa has been "nothing short of spectacular". GDP in the region has been growing at about 6% on average, fuelled by growing consumption and developing transport, infrastructure and construction.
Strong labour force
Apart from this, strong population growth is expected to make the African labour force greater than that of both China and India in just three decades. The IMF predicts eight out of ten fastest-growing economies will be in FMs.
FMs are at an earlier stage of economic, political and financial development than EMs. Apart from increased returns, this also implies higher risks, arising from the lack of liquidity and transparency, and political instability in some regions. There is also a risk of inflation, although recently declining food inflation has reduced this.
HSBC sees opportunity in these market inefficiencies, which allow investors to exploit significant mispricings of FM equities to enter the market at an early stage. These equities have also been less volatile than wider emerging markets, which HSBC attributes to the lack of liquidity and the low expectations for the region.
Apart from this, the correlation within the asset class is one of the lowest globally, which makes diversification within a frontier portfolio easier. For example, correlation between Nigeria and Kuwait, both large oil exporters, is negative at -0.07. The correlation between frontier and emerging markets is also low.
Apart from Nigeria, HSBC's portfolio has high exposures to Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. It also has a relatively positive outlook on Egypt, despite recent political instability.
Asia and Latin America are too expensive, so the fund remains underweight in these regions. Pakistan is the favourite country in Asia, offering cheap valuations and high dividend yields. Exposure to eastern Europe remains small and domestically focused.
Year to end of September the fund has recovered from the losses of the previous year and is up 19.6%, beating its customised benchmark, MSCI Frontier EM Capped, by about 6%.
Monovski also points to "endless opportunities" to make money in African private equity. "There will be a lot more chances to make money in Africa, so watch this space," he concludes.


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Prenda's Paul Hansmeier Now Under FBI Investigation For His ADA Lawsuits
from the lawyer-working-on-fraud-hat-trick dept
The wheels of justice have turned to the point where Team Prenda copyright trolling efforts have netted John Steele and Paul Hansmeier federal indictments. The list of charges the pair face is ugly: mail fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and suborning perjury.
After Prenda's many copyright lawsuits fell apart, Paul Hansmeier decided to start trolling small, local businesses with ADA lawsuits, hoping to turn what little legal expertise he has into profitable settlements. During this time, Hansmeier was also facing the dismantling of an attempted bankruptcy filing -- one that very much looked like an attempt to avoid paying judgments resulting from Prenda's years of bullshit. To avoid having his assets turned over to creditors, Hansmeier engaged in some creative accounting, like handing off money to a newly-formed trust and... dumping cash into a cardboard box.
Hansmeier's ADA lawsuits weren't particularly successful and his efforts were beginning to attract judicial scrutiny. Worse, it appears the lawsuits have also attracted the attention of the FBI, which means Hansmeier could soon be facing a second set of indictments.
Jennifer L. Urban, an attorney for DSA [Disability Support Alliance], said in court filings that the nonprofit was a victim of a crime perpetrated by Smith and Hansmeier, his former attorney.
Urban wrote that the DSA filed criminal complaints with the Burnsville Police Department against Smith and another former DSA director, Aaron Dalton, over a series of cash withdrawals earlier this year. A Burnsville detective helped DSA retrieve $4,400 that Dalton was captured on camera taking out of an ATM but was unable to recover $6,900 withdrawn by Smith, Urban said.
The FBI, meanwhile, notified Urban in October that DSA was a possible victim of a federal crime. She wrote Wednesday that DSA is "cooperating with the ongoing federal criminal investigation/prosecution of Paul Hansmeier."
During the short period Hansmeier was in the ADA trolling business, he filed nearly 100 lawsuits against Minnesota small businesses. Some settlements were obtained, but not nearly as many as Hansmeier would have hoped. His law license was suspended this fall, which meant his trolling efforts have to continue without his assistance. Someone who helped Hansmeier hide money from creditors is now the new face of Minnesota ADA trolling.
His wife, Padraigin Browne, picked up his pending disability access lawsuits — including the CCRE federal suit — and has since filed a number of her own.
Apparently, Hansmeier has more cash on hand -- and has helped others similarly situated in the ADA trolling business.
DSA Board Chair Eric Wong hired Urban's firm late last year, partly to investigate suspected internal theft. The investigation revealed the theft by Smith and Dalton but also that Hansmeier helped four DSA directors — Smith, Dalton, Zachary Hillesheim and Melanie Davis — steal settlement proceeds from litigation efforts, according to Urban.
She said the investigation also revealed that Hansmeier got $312,218 — more than 70 percent of the revenue generated by DSA litigation — from July 2014 to June 2016 despite never litigating a case to a verdict and being awarded attorney's fees or invoicing DSA for payment.
A letter [PDF] from the FBI to Jennifer Urban of the DSA confirms the investigation. The letter informs her of her rights as a victim and cautions that investigations are often lengthy and not easily resolved. But the good news is that another set of justice wheels are grinding, however slowly. And at the end of the grind is a lawyer who never found a way to turn his law degree into an honest living.
Filed Under: ada, ada troll, copyright troll, fbi, investigation, paul hansmeier


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There's over 7,000 square feet of shopping selection and parking in front and the rear. Come by and visit with Scott, Lance or John for a personal and attentive approach to your shoes and your repair needs.


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Father's Day Special: 7 Tips for Being a Better Outdoor Dad
Dave Maas 06.16.16
The vast majority of passionate hunters and anglers began their infatuation with the outdoors at an early age. And most of the thanks for this can be pointed directly at one person – a father who took the time to share.
My dad taught me to hunt, shoot and fish, and I've passed on the same love of the outdoors by teaching my two sons. Was my dad the perfect teacher and mentor? No. And God knows I'm not either, but like my dad, I'm trying. I'm really trying.
One of my sons just turned 11, and the other is 13. Both killed their first deer with me sitting beside them, and I look forward to watching them grow into fine outdoorsmen.
This is an important point: By "fine outdoorsmen" I don't mean the person who always shoots the biggest buck or catches the biggest bass. Those things are nice, but more importantly, I want them to have in-the-field integrity, which means doing the right thing when no one (like a conservation officer – or me) is watching.
As I look back at the years my kids, my wife and I have spent in the woods and on the lakes and streams of Minnesota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming, I take comfort in knowing I've done some things well. And it pains me to realize I've failed in other ways.
So it's time to get to the point of this story and share with you – a dad who might be raising a young hunter, shooter or angler of your own – seven lessons I've learned along the way. Because as my dad, who at the age of 78 is still going strong in his outdoor pursuits, told me when I was a kid: "A stupid man learns from his own mistakes; a smart one learns from other people's mistakes."
- It's not about you. When you take a child hunting or fishing, put him or her first. Even though the on-the-water conditions might be perfect for muskies, if your kids haven't developed the skills (or desire) to pursue the "fish of 10,000 casts," it's better to target sunfish, crappies, bass (even rock bass!), northern pike, catfish or carp. Your kids want action. Give it to them.
- Don't get angry. It's easy to become impatient with tangled lines and the like. Of course, you must be firm when it comes to the safe handling of firearms, but in all things keep a level head. Your son or daughter won't want to spend hours with you in the outdoors, and probably will choose an iPad over a fishing rod, if time in the field equals a yelling – or nitpicking – father.
- You're not always right. Just because you always place your turkey decoys a certain way doesn't mean your son or daughter has to follow suit. Let them make their own decisions. And you just might find that their way can be just as good. Or better. Trust me on this one.
- Trophies can wait. My brother arrowed his first whitetail, a yearling doe, with a recurve at 12 years old. He didn't shoot his second one (a doe) with a bow until his mid-20s. Why so long between kills? Because he was holding out for a big buck. Kindly discourage the pursuit of trophies – fish and game – until your son or daughter has many years of experience. That way, when a 10-point buck finally walks through the shooting lane, chances are good your child will make the shot because they've killed numerous smaller deer during previous seasons.
- Pack food. Just because you can survive 10 hours in a deer stand on nothing more than a Mountain Dew and three sticks of beef jerky, your son or daughter will enjoy their time outdoors more if they're not starving. Take granola bars out of noisy foil wrappers and place them in more silent zip-closure bags. Prepare their favorite sandwiches and pack extras. And bring lots of snacks – lots and lots of snacks.
- Good clothing matters. Hand-me-downs are fine if they fit and are in good working order, but don't assume your son or daughter can "tough it out" with poor gear. You don't have to spend a lot of money to ensure they're dressed properly. Show them how to dress in layers when it's cold, and you should wear about the same amount (and quality) of clothing as them. That way, you'll both experience the weather conditions in much the same way.
- Stay in the moment. I remember a time last summer when I boated eight bragging-size, deep-weedline largemouths in only a couple hours of fishing. And then my 10-year-old's voice from the back of the boat knocked some sense into my head: "Dad, I haven't had a bite. Can we try for sunfish?" Shaking my head at my stupidity, I grabbed all of the bass rods from my front casting deck and stored them in my rod lockers. I then steered the boat for the shoreline and my son spent the next 2 hours sight-fishing for sunfish. I unhooked the ones he couldn't release on his own. And during our evening prayers, when each family member explains their favorite part of the day, my son said: "When I was catching sunnies with Dad and that huge carp swam under our boat. I tried to hit it with a rock from my sling-shot, but I missed. I thank God for that carp."


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The 9 Best Texturizing Sprays That Will Give You Model-Off-Duty Hair
By Macy Cate Williams
If you've always been hesitant to try a texturizing spray on your hair, now is the time to branch out. Summer is great time to experiment with styles without the rain and wind that comes with Winter. Consider the product a marriage between dry shampoo and hairspray — it's meant to revitalize and give your hair a little extra oompf if it's lacking body.
Texturizing spray can be used throughout the day: in the morning to create volume, as a midday pick-me-up to give life to flat hair and even to smell nice (depending on the brand you get, they usually have a perfume-like scent). Just spray it all over (not just at the roots), scrunch or fluff your hair to define it, and you're done. You won't believe how much of a difference it makes — the thickness is visibly noticeable. Take a look at our favorite texturizing sprays and try one for yourself.
The Eva NYC Surfs Up! Texture Spray ($12) will help define your waves. The lightweight formula adds volume and long-lasting texture. It also includes vitamin C and fatty acids that provide hair with nourishment.


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Samsung is launching a new application, CARmagApp, designed to assist South African motoring enthusiasts. The application will provide information about road tests, driving impressions, the latest motoring news and new vehicle launch dates. On some date after April 2012, new Samsung tablets will be sold with CARmagApp pre-installed. Customers who want to take advantage of the application before its release in second quarter 2012 can try it on Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets.
What to Expect from the New Android App
In addition to news and other motoring information, incredible photographs and video galleries will also be featured. Many motoring enthusiasts use the application for research before purchasing a new vehicle or for keeping up with new technology. Some motoring enthusiasts use the magazine for comparison when trying to sell a new or used vehicle.
When attempting to buy a vehicle, the application prompts the user to enter information such as make, model, year and mileage. The price range the customer is willing to pay and the location of purchase is also requested. Similar information will be requested if owners are attempting to sell cars. Make, model, derivative, price requested, color, body type, transmission, mileage and doors should be entered to display a car for sale.
CARmagApp gives its users access to over 25,000 pre-approved used cars based upon the location detected by the phone. When users find vehicles of interest, favorites may be saved in My Garage. Later, saved vehicles may be shared on Facebook, Twitter or Google+. Sharing makes shopping for vehicles easier. Friends can provide input and even vote on the photographs they like the most. This is a cost effective and collaborative way to shop. Sharing may even inspire friends in the market for a car to look at some of the Facebook recommendations. Collaboration improves the overall car buying or selling experience.
CARmagApp's Instant Success
CARmagApp has registered tremendous success since its release date. In the first two weeks, more than 16,000 downloads were recorded. In February, it was the most popular application downloaded from the applications store. Most people enjoy the fresh new content presented by CARmagApp. If complimentary videos and photographs are not enough, more can be purchased through CARmagApp. These sales bring incredible revenue for application producers.
How Will the Application Affect the Motoring Industry?
As South Africa and the rest of the world become more interested in consuming digital information, more consumers will purchase applications to find intriguing information about the motoring industry. CAR magazine has been an authority in the motoring industry for over 50 years. The overwhelming response to this refreshing new way of presenting the information has proven there is a market for people who consume digital information.
When information is at customers' fingertips, they will shop from an informed perspective. They will know where to find dealerships featuring vehicles in the application, and they can immediately schedule an appointment to test drive vehicles and potentially make a purchase. The sales process becomes more integrated and easier from the sales associate's perspective because the information has already been presented, and the interest is high. CAR magazine wants to be an assistant in the car buying or selling process. With CARmagApp, information is available via smartphone or tablet while shopping at the dealer. This convenience is appreciated by consumers.
CAR and Samsung are Changing the South African Motoring Experience
South African motoring enthusiasts have overwhelming praise for CARmagApp. The application has brought new conveniences to motoring enthusiasts. Information is accessible from any location all over the world and even while standing at a dealership. Motoring enthusiasts who have not tried this application should try it on a new Samsung tablet or smartphone. The download or device purchase will be worth the effort.
You can download Carmag app from Samsung App Marketplace here.
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Friday, February 24
Breakfast: Long Johns
Lunch: Lasagna & Green Beans
There will be no Sr. High Quiz Bowl Practice today.
Fast Fact: February frequently occurs in lists of the most commonly misspelled words in the English language.
Thought for the Day: "Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh the things you can think up if only you try." Dr. Seuss
It's funny to think about thinking. It seems like it's something that just happens on autopilot, and not something that you can control. Realizing that you're actually in control of your thoughts, and you can think deep thoughts or not-so-deep thoughts, happy thoughts or sad thoughts on command, it becomes clear that it's your responsibility to think the thoughts you want to think. Seuss seems to be encouraging you to think in all sorts of different ways, and different directions so that you can scour the mind for really amazing ideas.


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I have no idea how I missed coming across this before now. It's got everything, a ukulele, Stephen Fry, and a baby proposition.
An Open Letter to Stephen Fry was a song created by Molly Lewis, and it became quite a YouTube hit in 2011. She got to sing it for Stephen at a Lifetime Achievement award ceremony for Stephen that year. There are few things more adorable than watching Stephen Fry get embarrassed. As this is a couple years old y'all might have seen it before, but I hadn't, so I'm sharing it for everyone.


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This transformation is completed by way of cross-useful enterprise processes which can be guided by company technique, policies and procedures, and enabled by individuals, facilities, tools, programs and other property. Many individuals might imagine that the study of enterprise ethics is merely a sentimental endeavor, one that's based totally on personal opinion and standards. An lawyer whose authorized companies to a health plan contain entry to protected well being information. The effectiveness of a enterprise group usually pertains to the power of leaders to get all departments and employees to work together toward company goals.
As a normal time period in enterprise and commerce, margin refers back to the difference between promoting price and the seller's prices for the products or services being offered, expressed as a percentage of promoting price. Money circulate statement – One of the three fundamental monetary statements (along with Earnings Assertion and Balance Sheet), the Money Circulate exhibits precise money inflows and outflows of the business over a specified time frame.
Integration – in this state of affairs, the corporate's business model relies on having the company's product combine with third-events. The definition of a parent company differs by jurisdiction, with the definition normally being outlined by the use of legal guidelines dealing with corporations in that jurisdiction. Howson explains that organizations usually opt for classic BI for certain forms of reporting, reminiscent of regulatory or financial stories, where accuracy is paramount and the questions and information sets used are commonplace and predicable.
Business ethics can thus be understood as the examine of skilled practices, i.e., as the research of the content material, improvement, administration, and effectiveness of the codes of conduct designed to information the actions of people engaged in enterprise activity. Business plans often embrace a bit devoted to operations so that firm founders perceive the techniques, gear, folks, and processes have to make the organization perform.
Without the appropriate group model, the correct roles, skills, processes and governance, the chances of succeeding are slim. The mission statement can be not essentially the same as your vision statement , which defines the place you need your organization to go. Whilst you may embody the assertion in your marketing strategy, a mission statement will not be an alternative to the plan itself.


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Characteristics of Successful People
If you want to achieve something in life like other successful people but facing a challenge that seems impossible to overcome, just remember this: you are a soul, a creative spark of God. As soul you have all the qualities of God. That means you can solve any problems. Remember that always. It will give you the self confidence needed to go through the challenges you are facing.
On the other hand, to be like successful people or achieve what you want means you need to equip yourself with the knowledge of how to achieve what you want to achieve. It means learning all about achieving whatever you want to achieve.
What this means is that you need to find a system of approach that works to achieve each of the goals you want to achieve. So the first step should be ensuring that any system of approach you want to use to achieve your goals is something that will work. You must know for sure, it will work. Otherwise you will be wasting your time.
Of course you wouldn't know until you actually try it. If you do use trial and error method, you still can look at the bright side of things when something goes wrong, for each failure presents an opportunity to learn something. We learn from mistakes. However, we don't have to use the trial and error method to achieve our goals. We can always borrow an existing system used by successful people to help us achieve our goals.
Look at those people who have achieved similar goals that you want to achieve. What is it that they did, that made them successfully achieve the goals? Learn that, duplicate that system and apply it in your own life to achieve your goals. When you do this, you save a lot of time and move ahead faster. This way of achieving something gives us the possibility of achieving something within a certain time frame. Yes, you can determine when you will be successful.
All those successful people are visionaries. They have a clear purpose and vision of what they really want to achieve in their life. Are you clear about your direction in life? Is whatever you are doing consistent with this purpose and vision? Think about that for awhile. Sometimes we tend to believe on a goal which is something that we don't really want to achieve. Are you sure the goal is what you really want? If you are sure, you can have it. Go ahead, achieve it.
Successful people also are strong believers. They believe in themselves and also in God. They believe in someone or something so strongly that it creates an aura or an elector magnetic field so strong around them; it attracts all those things needed to achieve their goals. This is what positive thinking is all about – creating the wavelength at which those needed to achieve your goals will travel to you.
Successful people are also very self responsible. They realize that they have a choice in life and that they are responsible for whatever outcome of their effort. They don't blame anyone or anything for their mistakes but make a positive choice to change their style of approach for better outcome in the future. Don't blame anyone for your failure. Just learn from it and move on. Usually this is how the successful people think.
Successful people also know the correct method of using affirmations. If you want to be millionaire, say 'I am a millionaire' instead of saying, 'I will be a millionaire'. Say it in the present tense instead of future tense. Be whoever you want to be now instead of in the future. When you do this, you are actually rearranging your own magnetic field or aura to whatever you want to be now. Your magnetic force will attract whatever necessary for your success. Remember the famous saying, 'I think therefore I am' by Descartes? Whatever you affirm, you become it eventually.
Successful people are also very committed to their goals. They don't give up on their goals whenever things go wrong. They do whatever within their resources and turn the problem into opportunity leading to their success. Don't neglect your desire to achieve your goals when things go wrong, be strong and do something about it. What does that means? It means persistence. You need to have persistence to achieve something.
Well, so far, I have written out the common traits of successful people. Yet, my experience shows one thing. The secret of success in anything is through humility and love. If you have both these qualities, you will attract anything. Look, listen, learn and be grateful for whatever you already have now, for they are leading you to all your desired goals. Put these two traits in the forefront of your mind no matter what you do and see for yourself the miracle it brings.


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Update: It's almost 4:30 am and I have copied and pasted all but one post- sans comments. *tears* There was one other post on another page that I couldn't access because I needed to republish my website. Thank goodness I had the original one up in another tab while I was editing. How did I do this? Trying to add a new page and it wasn't cooperating, so I deleted it and I guess I hit delete and yes one too many times. Lucy would totally call me a blockhead right now. I'll be over this in a day or two.
Update #2: It's now 2:17 pm Tuesday, Sept. 8th and I just finished moving over comments from the old blog page. How did I do this? Weebly restored my old blog page today. So, instead of moving posts and comments around, I just copied and pasted the old comments onto the new blog page. This is why some older comments will look kinda funky. I made sure I included the original timestamps, though they were all reposted with today's date. It took about an hour, but I'm glad peace is restored to my little nook.


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Former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine, Kurt Volker – who resigned his post last week after his name appeared in a whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump's dealings with the Ukraine — will testify in the House's impeachment inquiry on Thursday.
Volker resigned his post on Friday, after he was named in the whistleblower complaint and after Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, told reporters that Volker had encouraged him to speak to Ukrainian officials regarding former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.
In the whistleblower complaint, it says that the day after Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and urged him to investigate Joe Biden, Volker traveled to the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv to meet Zelinskiy.
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AIG have collaborated with Opta, New Zealand Rugby, and USA Rugby to launch the AIG Rugby Innovation Challenge, offering $85 000 in prizes for software developers that would like to work with big data and bring rugby to the masses.
Software developers who want to help change the way fans around the world experience rugby can submit their Opta-data fueled apps via the AIG Rugby Innovation App Challenge
The software competition challenges developers to harness rugby data and get it into the hands of fans via useful, engaging apps, and runs through October 9, 2013.
A high profile panel of judges will evaluate the submissions and award prizes totaling $85,000, including $20,000 in cash, access to Opta's live international data feeds for two years, Air New Zealand flights and accommodations to see an All Blacks match, consulting meetings with Opta Sports, signed New Zealand All Blacks and USA Rugby merchandise, and exposure via two of the world's biggest rugby websites, AllBlacks.com and our very own, Rugbydump.com.
Entries will be judged based on the quality of the idea, how well the app integrates AIG Opta Rugby Data, and the potential impact on rugby enthusiasts. Developers must submit either a working app or a link to a Web app, along with screenshots and a video demonstrating the working software.
You can watch the video below for a brief overview, and then more details, challenge rules, and registration are available at http://aigrugby.challengepost.com


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1977 Ford Ranchero 500 NO RESERVE!!!
Price: - Item location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- Condition: Used
- Make: Ford
- Model: Ranchero
- Type: Standard Cab Pickup
- Trim: 500 Standard Cab Pickup 2-Door
- Year: 1977
- Mileage: 90,259
- VIN: 7a47h169233
- Color: Burgundy
- Engine size: 5.8L 351Cu. In. V8 GAS OHV Naturally Aspirated
- Number of cylinders: 8
- Power options: Power Steering, Air Conditioning, Power Seats
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Transmission: Automatic
- Drive type: RWD
- Interior color: Brown
- Options: Leather Seats
- Vehicle Title: Clear Want to buy? Contact seller!
1977 Ford Ranchero1977 Ford Ranchero NO RESERVE!!351 V8, P/S, Cold Factory A/C, New Tires, New Carb, runs good, Interior in really nice condition, Ready for restoration or daily driver, Not perfect (see pictures) but in good condition for its age.Bought a year ago from California.
I will require a $500.00 non refundable deposit through paypal within 24 hours of auctions end the rest to be paid within 7 days no exceptions. Buyerresponsiblefor shipping/picking up the vehicle. The vehicle is sold AS-IS with NO warranty.


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Serendipity (Vudu/HDX)
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On a bustling shopping day in the winter of 1990, Jonathon Trager meets Sara Thomas. Two strangers amid the masses in NYC, their paths collide in the mad holiday rush as they fall victim to a mutual attraction. Despite the fact that each is involved in another relationship, Jonathon and Sara spend the evening wandering Manhattan. But when the night reaches it's inevitable end, the two are forced into determining some kind of next step. When the smitten Jonathon suggests an exchange of phone numbers, Sara balks and proposes an idea that will allow fate to take control of their future. If they are meant to be together, she tells him, they will find their way back into one another's life.
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Mr. Joseph A. Canonici, 93, of Shaw, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012, at Cleveland Nursing and Rehab. Visitation will be 9:00 a.m. Saturday, December 8, 2012, at St. Francis of Assisi in Shaw with a Rosary beginning at 10:00 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will immediately follow beginning at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 8, 2012, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Shaw with Father Thomas Mullally officiating. Interment will be in Shaw City Cemetery.
Mr. Canonici was born in Shaw, MS, on November 5, 1919, to Alexander Canonici and Rosa Cacichecaci Canonici. In 194, he married Louise Gainspoletti. He proudly served our country in the United States Army and worked as a farmer until 1957. After leaving farming, he opened and operated his own grocery and liquor store in Shaw, and worked there until his retirement in the 1980's. Mr Canonici was a past member of the VFW and American Legion. He recently recieved The Lifetime Award in appreciation for years of outstanding service and lasting contributions to the citizens of Shaw in the business industry.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Alexander and Rosa Canonici;wife, Louise Gainspoletti Canonici; and son, John J. Canonici.
Mr. Canonici is survived by his sons, David A. Canonici (Cece ) of Biloxi,MS, and Michael A. Canonici (Trina ) of West Helena, AR; daughters, Elizabeth Ann Duff (Gene ) of Belle Glade, FL, Patricia Ann Plese (Charles ) of Henderson,NV, Monica Rose Tedford (Donnie ) of Bolton,MS and Daughter in law Wilda Canonici of Shaw, MS; grandchildren, Nick Joseph Canonici, Shannon Bumpous,Paul Jason Canonici, Nicole(Niki) Shemper, Caleb Duff, Kirsten Duff, Alex Plese, Matt Plese, Liz Plese,Morgan Powell,Lauren Harman and Sara Ray; great grandchildren, Devin Canonici, Todd Vance, Cody Vance, Jacob Canonici, Caden Canonici, Alex Shemper, Alli Shemper, Joseph Tyler Powell,Nathen Tucker Powell and Penelope Duff; and brother, Father Paul V. Canonici of Madison, MS
In memory of Mr. Joseph, memorials can be made to St. Francis of Assisi P.O. Box 239 Shaw, Ms. 38773.


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PPROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former bank executive working to hasten a resolution to hundreds of foreclosure disputes in Rhode Island's federal courts calls the mortgage crisis a "Gordian knot" and says debt forgiveness needs to be part of the solution.
Former Bank Rhode Island CEO Merrill Sherman said in her special master's report to U.S. District Judge John McConnell last week that the best approach to fixing the mortgage crisis is reducing struggling homeowners' loan amounts _ an approach that has garnered significant resistance from mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac despite pressure from the Obama administration.
Sherman called it "economic folly" for defaulting homeowners to stay in homes that are underwater _ or worth less than the amount owed _ by means of other loan modifications, including stretching out payments over a longer period of time and reducing interest rates.
Rhode Island has the highest foreclosure rate in New England and one of the highest in the country. Hundreds of homeowners in the state have sued, saying their mortgage foreclosure proceedings were fraudulent or flawed.
McConnell appointed Sherman special master in January to bring together homeowners and lenders to negotiate settlements and keep people in their homes.
As of Sept. 28, 215 of the cases Sherman is overseeing involved homes already foreclosed on, with more than three-quarters of the plaintiffs still living in the properties. In 288 cases, the homes had not yet been foreclosed on. The median mortgage size was $226,000.
Sherman said she could not yet report on how productive the settlement process has been because so many requests to modify loans are pending and she doesn't yet know the outcomes.
Of the 131 settlement conferences Sherman held between Aug. 7 and Sept. 13, the report said, 81 led to requests for loan modifications and 33 led to "cash for keys" negotiations, a program in which homeowners are effectively offered money to leave. Nine cases have been resolved, and one dismissed.
Rhode Island was also one of 49 states to sign on to a $25 billion settlement with the nation's five largest mortgage services. Some 5,500 Rhode Islanders who lost their homes because of improper foreclosures are eligible to claim funds under that agreement.
Sherman said "nothing could be worse" for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than if homeowners stopped fighting their foreclosures and handed over the deeds to the homes. In that case, she wrote, Fannie and Freddie "would be TOAST."
"All they would have is the present (reduced) value of the property, marketing and maintenance expenses and a worthless claim against the borrower(s)," she wrote. "That would mean immediate and worse losses."
Sherman said Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have already cost taxpayers billions of dollars in part because their lawyers "have the capacity to litigate indefinitely."
"So our taxpayer dollars are being utilized to fund a significant amount of lawyering that may not be productive from a business standpoint," she wrote.
The financially troubled mortgage agencies were taken over in 2008 by the U.S. government. Edward DeMarco, head of the agency that oversees them, has insisted that writing down mortgage amounts isn't in taxpayers' best interests. He said some homeowners could abuse the process and fall delinquent to reap the benefits of principal forgiveness.


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Considering the only 'canon' movie due to Oda's involvement, it certainly helps to add to the quality as easily the best shounen jump movie I have seen…ever.
What They Say:
When the Straw Hats catch wind of trouble in the peaceful waters of the East Blue, they quickly set a course for home! But before they reach their destination, fate leads them into the deadly path of Golden Lion Shiki. This gravity defying madman needs a navigator, and he wants Nami! Shiki scatters the Straw Hats across the far corners of a floating island filled with ferocious, genetically mutated monsters, and issues Nami and ultimatum: join his crew – or her friends die! Big mistake. Luffy kicks his attack mode into Third Gear and begins a brutal rampage across the beast-ridden island. It's all hands on deck in Monkey vs Lion. Winner gets the navigator! Spoken Languages: English, Japanese, English subtitles.


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When council meetings are held
The parish meetings are held in the War Memorial Hall in Pilley.
Unless Council should decide otherwise, at least one month in advance of a date to be changed, meetings of the Council shall be held on the second Monday of each month, commencing at 6.15 pm. There will be no meeting in the month of August. Signed agendas will be sent to each council member and displayed for the public a minimum of three clear days prior to the meeting.
Members of the public are always welcome to attend.
The annual meeting to report on the previous year and look forward to the coming year is normally held at 7pm on the third Monday of March every year.
When can you speak
Members of the public may request to speak at the start of the council meeting. This may be to draw a topic to the attention of the council or to comment on a topic present on the agenda. If you wish to speak, please contact the Clerk in advance of the meeting or speak to the Clerk or Chairman prior to the start of the meeting. Speaking time is limited to 3 minutes per speaker, so please ensure that you are well prepared and are able to present your topic succinctly.
Legally you do not have the right to speak during the formal parish council meeting, this is reserved for elected members of the parish council. However, at all meetings of the Council the Chairman may at his discretion and at a convenient time in the transaction of business, adjourn the meeting so as to allow any members of the public to address the meeting in relation to the business to be transacted at that meeting.
How to contact us
By phone: 07751 497597
By the Contact Us form
By mail:
Boldre Parish Council
PO Box 378
Grant applications
Grants may be applied for by completing the Grant Application Form.98 KB
Use of the sports field and council owned facilities.
Requests should be submitted to the council. Policy for use of Council Facilities 40 KB.


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The death of Mr. R. M. Ballantyne, which we announced yesterday, is the close of long and busy and distinguished literary career. The news will have been received with regret by the many readers whom Mr. Ballantyne's books have stirred and stimulated and charmed. They were written avowedly for boys, but they have been caught up eagerly by readers of every age, old and young alike, and when once taken in hand have seldom been laid down again until the last page has been reached. Mr. Ballantyne was a writer of almost inexhaustible fertility. He is credited with being the author of 74 books for boys, all marked by the same general characteristics. They are books specially of adventure, full of stirring incidents, of hairbreadth escapes, and of deeds of courage and of devotion to duty. But if the nature of their subject is somewhat narrow, their range is none the less wide. They take us with them to all parts of the habited and uninhabited globe, We follow with rapt attention the fortunate of their young heroes over sea and land. The scene is laid sometimes at home, more often in far distant countries, but the type is everywhere the same. It is the triumph of energy and courage and perseverance over dangers and difficulties by the way. The central figures of Mr. Ballantyne's tales never fail to be interesting. They represent to boys just what boys themselves most wish to be and to do, and small blame it is to older readers if they, too, force an entrance in to the charmed circle, and submit themselves for awhile in fancy to the same spell. We need not say much about the positive instruction which Mr. Ballantyne's books afford. He was a careful writer, well aware that he must learn before he could describe, and that his own personal experience was the surest warrant for the correct setting of his descriptions. This, however, is a comparatively small matter. His readers would have been well satisfied with less accurate work. They asked not to be instructed but to be amused and Mr. Ballantyne was always ready to meet them on their ground, to amuse them to their heart's content, and to set before them at the same time those lessons of pluck and steadfastness and ready resource with which his stories are everywhere replete, and to which they owe at once their value and their charm. They are thus good reading in every sense of the word, and we do not envy those boys for whom they have no attraction and no message.
Boy in the present day have much to be thankful for. They are better treated in a thousand ways than their predecessor were half a century ago, and more perhaps in their books than in anything else. In no other department is there a more marked contrast between the present and the past, between tales for the young as they used to be and as they are now. Those of our readers whose memories can carry them back to the old days will be in no doubt as to the change which has been brought about. They will remember a time when boys' bookshelves were slenderly furnished with reading matter of any kind, and when they hardly owned a volume, except the immortal "Robinson Crusoe," which boys of the present day would so much to condescend to look at. Miss Edgeworth's Tales were among the best, and are not wholly out of favour yet, though they no longer stand in anything like the front rank. But can we say as much as this for "Sandford and Merton," for the "Fairchild Family," or for the well-meant efforts of Mrs. Barbauld and Mrs. Cameron? For Sunday reading there was the "Pilgrim's Progress" of immortal fame, but when this was exhausted there was little else, except possibly some tracts on the evils of Sabbath-breaking or of drinking and profane swearing. The present generation of boys is more lavishly supplied. It has command of the services of half a dozen first-class writers and of half a hundred others. Mr. R. M. Ballantyne is but one of them, and stories such as boys love. We will not go further with the catalogue. Our recent notices of Christmas books are proof how long it might be made, and what an almost endless variety of books of all sorts it would include. It presents, indeed, a positive embarrassment of riches, so many and so excellent are the authors of the new literature which it chronicles. And this, it must be remembered, is but one season's work, one drop, as it were, added to swell the ever-flowing tide of books for the young.
It may be thought that there is danger in the profusion, that with so many books to choose from the choice will often not be of the best, and that an age of careless, inattentive, desultory half-reading will succeed an age in which every book that was worth reading had to be read a dozen times over, and in which a good many books had to be read that were not worth reading at all. We are not sure that it is a danger much to be feared. Boys are not now the passive recipients of literature furnished for their use. They have become a critical race, with rules and canons of their own construction to which books must conform if they are to read them. They are a gregarious race, too. The word is soon passed from one to another of them what books are and what are not to be read, and though they may not always follow the best guides, it is something that they will submit to be guided, and most important of all that, pick and choose as they will, they will find nothing mischievous of debasing in any of the books written for them and likely to come into their hands. Their instincts will usually be correct. They are no hypocrites in their pleasures. They know what they like, and they turn with confidence to books which come out recommended by the right name, It is certain that a great deal of what is written form them misses its mark and falls flat and unappreciated. Ballantyne they could always trust, and their choice of him as a chief favourite is no small proof of their discernment and of their literary good sense.
This work was published before January 1, 1924 and it is anonymous or pseudonymous due to unknown authorship. It is in the public domain in the United States as well as countries and areas where the copyright terms of anonymous or pseudonymous works are 100 years or less since publication.


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Tomorrow is Dia del Cartero hereabouts. If you left your universal translator on the Enterprise, that means Postman's Day.
For me, it means thanking the three men who sell me stamps, send out my cards and letters, and ensure that my ever-increasing pile of mail gets to my postal box. They do a great job.
These pages have included several entries about my love affair with the Mexican mail service. If I mail a letter to The States from here, it will be delivered up north between 10 and 14 days. And letters sent this way arrive on a similar schedule.
The only problem I have had is with magazines. My print issues of The Economist are once again showing up in my box -- even though I can read it through my internet subscription. I now read The American Spectator solely online.
Babs recently sent me a card from San Miguel de Allende. If I remember correctly she said this was her first use of the Mexican mail system. I had it in hand within 5 or 6 days.
But all of that is merely the job. What is more important is that I enjoy talking to Saul, Julio, and Ramon. When I go in to check my box for mail, we stand around and talk about soccer, the weather, accidents, recent deaths. The type of conversation you would have at a small town post office in southern Oregon. That is, if the participants knew only a few words in each person's language.
But it works. Guys don't need lots of words. For me, that is fortunate.
Dia del Cartero is the day that all of this service is honored. Patrons of the post office drop off small gifts or tips during the week (the office is closed on the day itself).
In my case, I combine their Christmas gift with my Carterois tip because I am usually out of the country for most of the winter. And that will be true again this year.
So, I will use three of those tiny, girly cards that grandmothers use to give gift money to their grandchildren, and stuff a 200 peso note into each of them.
Small change for three workers in an institution that is central to my life in Mexico.


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Reno Harnish: USA consider last decree by President Ilham Aliyev new move in democratic development
The USA find the latest decisions by the Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on preparations to the parliamentary elections a new step on the way of democratic development, the US Ambassador to Azerbaijan Reno Harnish said in a statement on 26 October 2005 at the meeting with journalists, Trend reports citing the ATV channel.
According to the American diplomat, the official Washington is ready to render any assistance to implement these decisions. В"The last meeting, held by the head of the state and the decree signed needs to be assessed as a new and positive move in the democratic development of Azerbaijan", the Ambassador said, reminding, the necessity to use inking on the election day was one of the recommendations of the Council of Europe.
Harnish drew the attention to the fact, that such worldwide known media as Reuters and ABC also appreciated highly the last decree by the Azerbaijan's President.
The head of the Azerbaijan's representative office of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) James Gogen stated, with the purpose of holding the monitoring of the forthcoming parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan the US government prepares 40 observation teams, which will be sent to Azerbaijan shortly. В"Along with this, the US citizens will be also involved in OSCE ODIHR observation mission, however their exact number is not known yet, Gogen noted reminding, a lot of trainings have been held in the country under the USAID support, in which hundreds of the Azerbaijan's citizens were involved.
В"We are interested in holding democratic elections an all our steps are aimed at ensuring more transparency of the electoral process", Gogen noted in conclusion.
The Central Elections Commission is recommended to prepare the instruction in the shortest possible time on use of inking during the voting and put it on the discussion.


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text: Posted on December 1, 2017 in Uncategorized First December Sailfish Today's trip was with Bob Tedford visiting from Buffalo N.Y. Winds were again out of the North East at 13 kts. and perfect for live bait kite fishing. Sailfishing is generally best with a North East wind and a North flowing current. We ran South to a couple of my favorite artificial reefs. Along the way we trolled for a short time in an area known to hold kingfish and landed one before setting out the live baits on the kite rod. We set up our first drift in 200′ of water and after a hour or so we had no sailfish sightings. We then decided to move to a shallower artificial reef in 120′ of water and try again. This seemed to do the trick as our far kite bait was engulfed by a skyrocketing kingfish that came flying out of the water but escaped cleanly with our live goggel eye. Quickly rebaiting the stage was set again and about five minutes later a sailfish tore off with the bait and the fight was on. After many jumps by the sailfish the battle finally came to an end and after a quick photo the sailfish was released to fight again.


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Global Transcathter Market Analysed in New RNCOS E-Services Report Published at MarketPublishers.com
17 Feb 2016 • by Natalie Aster
LONDON – Cardiovascular diseases rates continue to grow from pole to pole, this growth is particularly high in the valvular diseases segment. This has led to discovery of ew treatment techniques.
For instance, transcatheter heart valve replacement enabling delivery of new replacement valves without removing the diseased valve by means of a catheter is amongst the most recent technology innovations.
As of 2015, a value of the global global transcatheter heart valve replacement marketplace amounted to approximately USD 1.78 billion.
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement formed the largest market segment in terms of transcatheter heart valves' types.
Region-wise, Europe is the largest marketplace. This can be attributed to less stringent regulatory environment in this region. In the meantime, the USA is expected to show the swiftest market growth in the years to come.
St. Jude, Edwards Lifesciences, JenaValve Technology and Medtronic are some of the largest players in this marketplace.
New research study "Global Transcathter Market Outlook 2020" worked out by RNCOS E-Services Pvt. Ltd. offers comprehensive examination of the global transcatheter market. The report provides an in-depth overview of the marketplace. It insightfully looks at market drivers, sheds light on challenges and opportunities. The study estimates a size of the market and forecasts its future growth. The research report analyses the market on the basis of valve types and delivery routes. It covers regional markets and contains a pipeline analysis (for Europe and the USA). A competitive analysis and an analysis of key players can be found in the research study.
Report Details:
Global Transcathter Market Outlook 2020
Published: February, 2016
Pages: 95
Price: US$ 1,500.00
Report Highlights:
- all-round overview of the marketplace;
- investigation of the market dynamics;
- data on regional markets;
- Porter's five forces analysis;
- details on the competitive landscape;
- future market outlook;
- and more.
More new research studies by this publisher can be found at RNCOS E-Services page.
The Market Publishers, Ltd.
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Fax: +44 207 900 3970
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Keith Adams tells the story of the Rover 55 – the 75's smaller brother, and part of a two-pronged attack on the premium car market for the mid-2000s.
Rover 55: the new-age midliner
The Rover 45 was one of the longest-lived stop-gap cars produced in a very long time. We all think of the Morris Marina as a car that outlived its usefulness by many, many years (1971-1984, if one considers the Ital a Marina), but the Rover 45 equals that achievement when one considers that the Honda Domani was launched in 1992 and the final 45 rolled out of Longbridge in 2005.
Thanks, of course, to its sophisticated suspension set-up, the 45/ZS was actually a pretty accomplished steer – but, in truth, it wasn't designed to last much longer than 2000. That's where the Rover 55 comes in.
Back in the late 1990s, Rover engineers and designers were already hard at work on creating an all-new replacement. The initial plan had been for Rover to become a premium brand, with a two-model attack on the upper-medium segment. That would have meant the introduction of the Rover 55 in 2002, followed by an all-new 75 in 2004/2005.
Rover 55: Underpinned by BMW-engineered plans
Both cars were to be powered by the much talked about BMW NG engines in four- and six-cylinder form. Most intriguingly, the front-wheel-drive cars' powerpacks would have been longitudinally-mounted, rather like FWD Audis.
Belying their Bernd Pischetsrieder-era conception, the engines in the 55 and 75 would have been mounted rather a long way back in the chassis – just as the current Audi A4/A5's are – and, as well as FWD, it was planned to offer the Rover 55 and 75 in 4WD form, too.
These exclusive images, supplied by Nigel Garton, clearly show that the 45's replacement was due to grow. That was also going to be the case for the next Rover 75. This was part of a new two-model strategy that would see Rover producing what one designer referred to as a pairing of BMW 3+ and 5+ Series models.
What its designer thought of the Rover 55
When we showed these images to Richard Woolley, the car's stylist, he said: 'Yes, I think it was shaping up well. Considering it went from sketch to clay to model in one shot, I think it still looks pretty good nearly 13 years on. But, of course, I may be a bit biased!'
He added: 'The car sat on a long wheelbase (c.2800mm), giving maximum rear accommodation, but with an overall length less than R75, the North South installation enabled a much shorter front overhang. The clay model was completed in Gaydon, spring of 1997, and the composite model build was contracted out to Futura in Birmingham with completion that summer.'
What came of this car? Well, in late 1999, the dual model policy was cancelled, with the Rover 35 (R30) programme taking over when BMW decided it was a better idea to take Rover downmarket instead.
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Ever since Something About Jane and those pictures of Adam Levine naked, we have loved a bit of Maroon 5. So get ready for new music from Maroon 5…
The multi-platinum, 3-time Grammy award winning band Maroon 5 are back with the release of Maps, the first single from their upcoming album V out this August!
Maps was produced by Benny Blanco, Ryan Tedder and Noel Zancanella. The track follows on from the massive success of their previous album, 2012's Overexposed which spawned the singles One More Night and Payphone, both of which achieved 5 x Platinum sales and #1 Airplay Chart positions in Australia.
It is the next Moves Like Jagger? No, however it certainly is a catchy pop track. Grab a listen now and see what you think. If you love it, then grab a copy on iTunes now..!


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For Part 1 of this post on the gift of GOLD, look under Shadows & Types of Christ and His Church on the Menu Bar.
We have already read how the gift of gold brought to Jesus in the manager by the Magi revealed Jesus as King and divine, and how it revealed the existence of the Bride of Christ (us!). Let's take a look at the gift of Frankincense.
Frankincense was a very valuable and key ingredient used in incense. Incense was used by the priests in the temple as they prayed on behalf of the nation of Israel. It speaks of the sacrificial prayers of the saints and the burning of frankincense in the tabernacle which was to continue day and night, never ceasing. So here we see the eternal sacrifice of Jesus as our High Priest in the order of Melchizedek, on behalf of all mankind. We see the sacrifice of Jesus as the pleasing aroma unto God, the "once and for all" eternal, sacrifice.
Keeping the word 'sacrifice' in mind, it is amazing to know that the means by which Frankincense was obtained is an astounding announcement of the Lord Jesus' death. "Frankincense is a white resin or gum. It is obtained from a tree by making incisions in the bark and allowing the gum to flow out…" (http://www.gotquestions.org/gold-frankincense-myrrh.html).
Here we see Jesus (the Tree of Life) on a tree, the cross, being pierced for our transgressions. His hands, feet and his side being pierced until water and blood flowed from His side. Wow. The Tree of Life being pierced, incisions into His body on the cross, allowing this sacrificial, sweet smelling fragrance of His life, to flow out.
And what was born out of His side at this time? What came from Adam's side? A wife! The Bride! The church! We are a sweet smelling aroma unto God! The birth of the church, was announced at Jesus' birth by the wise men in the gift of frankincense!


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I just wanted to share these pictures from a resident who is autistic and that is 27 -30 years of age. I have massaged him 5 times now and each time he has appeared to enjoy the sessions.
The first picture was drawn 27th Feb and 6th March 2014.
Whenever I work with any special needs they always do something even if they can't talk something to show how much massage can effect there life's through the power of touch. and I feel so grateful to be working with such special people within my job role.


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This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplementary Volume, (MUP), 2005
Abdul Wade (1866–1928+), Afghan camel merchant and businessman, was born on 18 January 1866 at Coonah (Kunar), Afghanistan, to parents from the Ghilzai tribe. His name may have been Wahid or Wadi. Although he claimed to have reached Western Australia in 1879, he probably arrived in the mid-1880s when gold was discovered in the Kimberley region. He and his cousin Gunny Khan were working for the camel merchants Faiz and Tagh Mahomet in northern South Australia by 1892.
Next year Wade began importing camels and recruiting Afghan cameleers for the recently formed Bourke Camel Carrying Co., New South Wales. An Afghan settlement, with a mosque as its central focus, developed on the outskirts of Bourke, where Wade had his house. In 1895 he was appointed manager and overseer of the company. With the firm's secretary George Tull, he made several trips to Karachi, India (Pakistan), to purchase camels and recruit drivers; in one year in the late 1890s he reputedly landed 750 camels at Port Augusta, South Australia—some 500 in one shipment. The company served western New South Wales and Queensland, including the copper fields of Mount Garnet, Chillagoe and Mungana and the OK mines. A depot was established at Cloncurry, where Sayed Omar, the ghantown's religious leader, was Wade's agent. Dressed like an English gentleman and riding a white camel, Wade was sometimes seen on the copper fields supervising his men.
On 10 June 1895 in Perth he married Dublin-born Emily Ozadelle, née Murcutt, a widow with one son. They had three sons, one of whom died in infancy, and four daughters. The drought of 1901-02 benefited Wade's business. In 1903 he purchased Wangamanna station, a grazing property thirty-five miles (56 km) east of Wanaaring, New South Wales. That year he and Tull again sailed for Karachi for an additional 350 camels and some sixty men. Faced with paying their wages upon landing at Port Augusta, however, Wade abandoned about sixteen men. Gunny Khan sought help from the police, but Wade offered only basic food rations until they found other employment.
With part of this shipment, Wade established a camel breeding and carrying business at Wangamanna station, where the Afghan settlement had a mosque. His men were put to work carrying in the district as well as harvesting and bagging salt from the property's lakes and transporting it to Bourke to be sent by rail to Sydney. Wade's monopoly of the cartage business in the Warrego region sometimes led to violent clashes with European teamsters.
Wade was a flamboyant and stylish entrepreneur, with a passion for horse racing on the country circuits. His employees treated him with such respect that he was known locally as an 'Afghan prince'. He issued a challenge for a race from Bourke to Wanaaring and back, between himself, riding a camel, and a European on horseback. The race resulted in victory for Wade, his rival's horse having died from exhaustion at the halfway mark. He liked to be seen in restaurants, clubs and hotels.
In 1902 Wade was naturalized. Next year he bought Northwood House, designed by Edmund Blacket, on the Lane Cove River, Sydney, and adjacent property, which he subdivided. According to local legend, he sometimes landed camels at Northwood wharf. His son attended The King's School, Parramatta, in 1910-11, and his daughters were educated at private schools. By 1917 he had sold his Lane Cove land, having reputedly lost Northwood House in a poker game, and moved to Chatswood. He later had property at Redfern.
Although Wade attempted to move as a successful gentleman among Europeans, he was ridiculed for his 'Afghan-ness': a ballad recounted how he purchased a new saddle in Sydney but gave it away when persuaded that it was made from pig skin, taboo to Muslim beliefs. Another tale lampooned his commitment to religious butchery restrictions: he would reportedly instruct the Gumbalie Hotel, near Bourke, to provide a live chicken which he would kill and bleed halal; he would then eat a previously cooked chicken for lunch.
Recognizing that camels were not suited to conditions in monsoonal regions, in 1905 Wade had purchased five steam traction engines in Sydney for £7000. These were intended to service the booming copper mines of North Queensland, employing European labour to operate the machines. In 1914-15 he offered his Australian camels and his contacts in Afghanistan to the Australian government for service in the Imperial Camel Corps against the Turks; the offer was apparently not accepted. Following the introduction of motorized transport into the outback in the 1920s, and the passage of the Camel Destruction Act (1925) in South Australia, Wade sold Wangamanna station. Many camels from its neglected stud escaped into the bush or were shot.
In October 1923 Wade had left for Afghanistan. Next year he surrendered his Australian passport. His wife died in Sydney in 1926. Wade was said to be living in England in 1928. His children remained in Sydney, including his son Abdul Hamid (1900-1982), a taxi-driver who served in the Royal Australian Navy in World War II.
Christine Stevens, 'Wade, Abdul (1866–1928)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wade-abdul-13230/text7395, published first in hardcopy 2005, accessed online 29 October 2020.
This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplementary Volume, (MUP), 2005
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Family Trusts
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Family trusts are designed to provide for or distribute wealth to your surviving family members in the event of your death. Family trust is a generic term used to describe a number of different trusts that provide for minor children, widows and widowers, and surviving adult children.
Advantages of a Family Trust
A family trust ensures that your wealth remains private. Instead of your property going through the probate process, which leaves behind public documents, a trust is set up while you are still living and avoids probate entirely, when done properly. For those with estates larger than 2 million dollars, planning a family trust can channel your wealth and drastically reduce the amount of estate taxes owed when you die. In fact, any irrevocable family trust avoids estate taxes entirely by instead requiring that gift taxes are paid on the property when it is deposited into the trust. This can be very advantageous because gift taxes tend to be much lower than estate taxes.
Family Trust to Provide for Minor Children
As difficult as it is for most parents to even consider, tragedies do happen, and sometimes a tragedy can take the lives of both parents, leaving any surviving children orphaned. While most parents will create a will that names a guardian for their children, very few parents consider the need for a trust to provide for the children's financial needs. As most parents know, raising kids is expensive and leaving a guardian with little or nothing to cover the children's needs could result in a guardian refusing to accept your children.
Instead, parents can set up a family trust for minor children. The trust can be either placed in your will or set up in advance if you prefer the trust to remain private. This type of trust allows the guardians of your children to focus on parenting without worrying about also supporting their financial needs. Instead, this job is assigned to a trustee who oversees the distribution and investment of the trust funds and makes certain that there is always enough to provide for the children.
Typical drafting for a family trust for minor children will instruct that trust funds are for the welfare, health, and education of the children and are at the discretion of the trustee. If you do not want the guardians to ask permission for a release of trust funds, you can instead designate that the monthly income is distributed to the guardians based on the current market value and additional emergency funds must be requested.
Family Trust for Widows and Widowers
Most often, one spouse passes away before the other, leaving the surviving spouse to care for the home and estate. If only a will is created, then the entire estate must go through probate—a process that can take up to two years. Even worse, the surviving spouse is placed on an allowance by the court and must request additional funds from the court as necessary.
If this plan sounds undesirable, then a family trust would be a good decision for your wealth. A surviving spouse family trust will provide for the surviving spouse during the duration of his or her life without costing the spouse any estate taxes. In fact, for families with large estates, proper planning can take advantage of current tax codes to begin removing funds from the total estate when the first spouse dies. This means less taxes for the eventual beneficiaries once your spouse also dies.
Family Trust for Surviving Adult Children
If you would prefer to see your wealth spread out over a longer period of time for your children, a family trust will meet this need. In fact, you can set up a family trust that only pays the children the interest accumulated in the trust from the past year. Additionally, the trust can prevent irresponsible children from signing away their interest in the trust and ex-spouses from accessing trust funds as part of a divorce.
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Our first outside practice is this Sunday Mar. 28th. from 4:30- 7pm. at Muskego High school. Now I shouldn't have to tell you how important practice is. We have great talented veterans coming back this year. And we have also added some extremely talented rookies. But if no one comes to practice all that doesn't mean squat. There are alot of reasons why guys play for this team. One might be they appreciate the organization as a whole, another is they love their team mates. There are many more. But one reason that shines through to many is that we win. And this year will be no different. But how far we go depends on the dedication of all involved. We have said many many times that family and work come first. They do to all of us. But this past mini camp there where a lot of guys missing, and I only got one phone call, and I think coach Blawat only got maybe a couple. Many guys didn't even bother to call. This needs to stop right now. If you can't make it we understand and will not hassle you, but you need to pick up the phone and let us know.
This is our 7th season, and if you ask any of the guys that have been around they will say it is a long hard road. There will be alot of blood, alot of sweat, and tears. But if we all come together as a family, Brothers that can count on each other, and know the guy next to him will cut off his frickin arm for you if you needed him to. Brothers that will come together in the good times and become stronger in the bad times. WE WILL WIN IT ALL THIS YEAR! That is my guarantee. There are guys on this team that know what it takes, and know what it means to be a champion. I am calling on those guys now to step up and lead this team to glory.
Practice, Loyalty, dedication and a combined desire to be great are four key things that make a champion. The Hitmen are and have always been made up of guys with heart. When the chips are down and time is ticking away and we need one more score to win the game our guys will leave everything they have on the field and do what they can to score that touchdown. If that means blocking for and extra second with and injured shoulder to give the quarterback just a little more time. Or going up for a ball in traffic when you know you are gonna take a big hit. The Hitmen are not make up of individuals who are in it for themselves, but of men that love the game and love their brothers they bleed next to. Make no mistake! This is a family, and as a family and only as a family will we succeed. So come March 28th at 4:30 pm be ready to strap it up and begin the road to glory.