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by David Zatz in August 2014 (4.5)
To get from Alfa to Chrysler, they changed the Giulietta's length, width, and other dimensions, used a new suspension and powertrain, and changed the body and interior. Hence, "loosely" based on...
The 2015 Chrysler 200C was loosely based on the Alfa Romeo Giulietta and Dodge Dart, a relationship which helps with its fine handling. The 200 is far above most of its competition around sharp turns, yet the suspension is not punishing, a refreshing change from the numb Toyota Camry — though perhaps, for the segment, it should be more plush and less rush.
For feature-checklist lovers, the new 200 has a standard nine-speed automatic, and a host of modern safety-and-convenience gadgets too numerous to list here.
The old 200 had a somewhat old-fashioned approach to luxury, with lots of chrome, a 300C-like traditional grille, and a basic interior layout would not have stood out in 1996 or 2006. The new 200C, with its sleek lines, and driver-oriented, space-efficient interior, is a different kettle of fish. One exception to that rule is the overtly rocket-shaped roof antenna, seemingly a tribute to Chrysler's work on the Moon rockets.
While it may seem a bit generic at first, the front of the 200C is unusually well-crafted; it doesn't bring any new themes, as such, but integrates what it has well, with elements flowing into each other. The "face" is nearly vertically symmetrical; the flow of the DRLs into the headlights, and headlights into the grille, is what really sets it off, along with a smooth straight flow from hood to tail. The fog lamps are not large enough to integrate that well, but you can see that the stylists tried. After really looking at it for a while, the sculpted roof antenna is less surprising.
After looking hard at a 2015 Chrysler 200, the other cars in this segment just seem to be slapdash constructions, at least up front, with different styling elements thrown together for no apparent reason other than trendiness. Nothing is especially unique on its own accord, but it all works together, and was clearly designed for a reason. Well, at least, with the front license plate off.
Inside, the "center stack" is not really a stack; the sculpted dashboard yields to an angled surface for the climate and transmission controls, which merges with the spacious center console. The setup provides much more storage space just about any midsize sedan, yet looks sharper and pretty unique.
One "cool" feature of the center stack is the moveable cupholders and armrest, which hide power outlets and audio ports, along with a surprising amount of space; and underneath the climate control/transmission console is space for a woman's handbag.
Quite a bit of space was freed up by getting rid of the console shifter, which takes up a lot of space but, in modern cars, is just a switch. Rather than returning to pushbuttons, Ram and now Chrysler have adapted a rotary shifter, used on some big rigs, with paddles on the steering wheel. The setup provides easy access to the Park-Reverse-Neutral-Drive settings, with the paddles providing low-gear settings.
It takes little time to adjust to the rotary transmission shifter; my fingers learned after just two or three shifts to get from Park to Drive (or Reverse) without hesitation — or looking at the thing. (Getting to Drive or Park is easy since they're the last stop — the knob could go back around again, but it doesn't. Someone recognized Fitts' Law.) The knob gives good tactile feedback, with good gaps between gears, and clear but not stiff detents (stops). There's also a press-and-turn entry to Sport mode, which keeps the engine revving higher, shifts faster, and shuts off the stability control (you can override the latter).
The electric parking brake controller was less enjoyable. It quickly and efficiently cinches up the "emergency brake," but I just couldn't get used to it, and don't see the advantage over foot-operated parking brakes. Electric parking brakes annoyed me when I first encountered them in a Toyota Prius, and they still annoy me today.
Our test car was an all wheel drive 200C, which became apparent the first time we slammed on the pedal of the 295-horsepower V6, and all four wheels gripped the pavement and shot us forward. The all wheel drive made each launch just about perfect, and made foolish-fash starts with 90 degree turns all too easy. This should be one good snow car, too, though it's too soon to know that.
The car is front wheel drive by default, but the AWD option gives 60% of power to the rear wheels under most conditions, which makes it feel more like a RWD car. To save fuel, it switches invisibly to front wheel drive when there's no need to engage the driveshaft and rear axle, and if a particular tire starts slipping, it will automatically move power away from it.
The throttle is fast and precise, and coupled with a low first gear and four-tire grip, gives very good stoplight response. Under less than optimal conditions, we recorded a 0-60 time of 6.4 seconds, measured via DashCommand, beating the big 300C eight-speed (rear wheel drive) by 0.2 seconds; the FWD version of the 200 could probably go faster, due to lower weight, if lack of traction doesn't get in the way.
As Patrick Rall wrote:
The Pentastar V6 is whisper quiet when cruising down the highway at 70 miles per hour in 9th gear, but when you put the hammer down, the transmission quickly pops down several gears and all 295 horsepower are channeled to all four wheels with a hearty roar. With incredible urgency, the new 200 will rip up past the century mark without any hesitation and for those drivers with a real need for speed – the new 200 feels very calm, confident and comfortable when traveling at very high speeds.
The Pentastar V6 is whisper quiet when cruising down the highway at 70 miles per hour in 9th gear, but when you put the hammer down, the transmission quickly pops down several gears and all 295 horsepower are channeled to all four wheels with a hearty roar. With incredible urgency, the new 200 will rip up past the century mark without any hesitation and for those drivers with a real need for speed – the new 200 feels very calm, confident and comfortable when traveling at very high speeds.
The wide-ratio nine-speed keeps the engine barely turning over at highway speeds; we saw 1,500 rpm at 75 mph, in ninth gear. On the highway, by the end of our test week, the transmission responded more quickly than the eight-speed in our 300, downshifting as needed to maintain speed on a grade or to suddenly grab power and fly; it can skip gears, going from 9th to 7th or 6th in one go. (At first, we found the car reluctant to downshift, but that quickly faded along with, apparently, the memory of a particularly gentle driver.)
Downshifts vary by how hard you're pressing your foot to the floor. A slight press and you may drop one gear (hard to detect, and worth just 500 rpm at highway speed) or none at all; a third of the way down, and you can drop two or three gears; floor it and you might drop by four. The severity of the downshift and resulting surge of acceleration is entirely in your, um, feet.
One has to be actively paying attention to detect the incredibly fast shifts. When you're using the paddle shifters, downshifts during coast-downs become obvious, as the engine matches revs before shifting, which causes the feel of coasting down to change.
Gas mileage on the highway was better than we expected, given EPA ratings of 18 city, 29 highway (far from the four's 23/36); we were usually able to beat 30 without slowing down. The heavier, less aerodynamic Chrysler 300 V6 is rated at 18/31 with rear drive, just 1 mpg less than the far more slippery 200 (FWD V6); then again, the 200 seems faster, so maybe there's some gearing and calibration work that sets them apart.
Driving aggressively quickly drops efficiency, as one would expect, but you can get away with some stunts and still end up with a good 30 mpg in a highway trip — at 75 mph. For that, you can thank the nine-speed and surprisingly low aerodynamic drag, which also puts an end to wind noise. Road noise still comes in, especially on concrete and rough roads, but the wind is barely noticeable at normal speeds.
The paddle shifters worked easily and intuitively, push the left one to go down a gear and the right one to go up a gear, in either Sport or Drive. To get out of manumatic mode, hold down the right hand paddle shifter. These were mainly useful when you knew you wanted to accelerate soon, but the car did not; it was pretty good about downshifting automatically to maintain speed downhill. The car revs the engine on downshifts, to match the engine speed to the transmission speed, but only when using the paddles.
Sport mode, which one must enter every time the car is shifted out of Drive, makes the steering and throttle control more precise (and the steering firmer, with less power assist), the nine-speed set to increase engine revs for faster response (and lower mileage), and biases the AWD more to RWD, to make the 200C feel more like a sports car. As Patrick Rall wrote:
The throttle response is acute in normal drive mode but in Sport Mode, there is little hesitation from the point when you put the pedal down to the point when the 200 has shoved you back in the plush sport seats. When combined with the altered shift schedule of the Sport Mode, the throttle response provides instant-on power at any speed while the AWD provides a rear wheel drive feel ... It is one of the most advanced Sport Mode setups in the industry and that shows on the road.
The throttle response is acute in normal drive mode but in Sport Mode, there is little hesitation from the point when you put the pedal down to the point when the 200 has shoved you back in the plush sport seats. When combined with the altered shift schedule of the Sport Mode, the throttle response provides instant-on power at any speed while the AWD provides a rear wheel drive feel ... It is one of the most advanced Sport Mode setups in the industry and that shows on the road.
Perhaps, with the wide-range automatic and slippery skin, the car can reach the 140 mph on the speedometer. We hope so, because there should be a reason for crowding all the numbers into a small space, requiring either excellent vision, a long stare, or (easiest) reserving part of the trip computer for a digital speedometer. The tachometer, at least, ends at a reasonable 7,000 rpm — the next even number after the unmarked redline. We ended up showing the speedometer on the gauge cluster where you'll see the gas mileage below (in case you're wondering, we do get horrible mileage when doing photo shoots. Move the car here. No, here. No, here. Let's try this place now. Look for better numbers in later photos.)
Chrysler has standardized on blue backlighting, presumably because that is the Color of Technology for Star Trek, Eureka, (etc) viewers.
Our 200C had a fancy trip computer — no longer a "configurable gauge cluster." When there was a warning, the screen showed "orange shadows" on both sides, as though it was reflecting warning lights from underneath the physical gauges. It had 3-D graphics showing which doors were open, in addition to a simple red "doors open" indicator, because it can alternate warnings and you might miss the open door while looking at something else.
The system is, in general, more fluid-looking and refined than most, though not necessarily more useful. Having the heat and fuel showing as bright blue filling in "tubes" is odd but not hard to read, and it's far more precise than the five-LED readouts on some cheap imports; and the gas gauge still points to what side of the car the gas cap is on.
Buyers can customize the screen to show things like outside temperature, current speed, compass heading, and fuel economy (see video) in any of the top three positions; and the numbers are large enough for people with less than perfect vision. It's a gee-whiz feature, yet it's more useful than a standard EVIC... but it could still use a "multiple items in one screen" view or two. On a cold winter's day or in hot summer traffic, I'd like to monitor the antifreeze, oil, and transmission temperature, thank you.
The controls are all sensible enough, and most are backlit. The steering wheel has voice command buttons clearly separated from gauge buttons on one side and cruise buttons on the other, with hard controls for the adaptive cruise control (more on this in the safety section). Audio controls are on the back, and paddle shifters peak out of the top. They are running out of steering wheel space, but it's better than the stalk proliferation some cars had a few years back.
The windshield wipers have their own stalk now, on the right, separated from the flashers and turn signals for no apparent reason other than symmetry; the 300 uses a single multifunction stalk. Or perhaps there is a reason — to avoid accidental wipes when one just wants to use the turn signal.
The 8.4 stereo has two knobs, for volume and tune/select, ending the "single knob for cheapness" period. There is another knob for the climate control, which includes Off and Auto buttons, and more buttons for key climate control features; the knobs are all knurled and large enough to handle with gloves. The one objectionable thing is the use of buttons for adjusting the temperature, rather than, well, yet more knobs.
The 200 felt quite a bit like the Dart, though they have different suspension designs. There is no comparing the 200 with the 300 in handling; the 300 handles well for its size, but the 200 feels like a small car as you whip it around turns, and it is hard to break its traction without resorting to dirty or wet roads. The small-car handling is a real departure from the 2014 200, which excelled in having a large-car ride that eliminated road imperfections, without being a Camry-style slop monster.
The emphasis on cornering is an interesting direction for Chrysler, since it seems to duplicate Dodge's feel, and spells the end of cushy rides for Chrysler buyers. It also seems to be the direction of the entire Fiat Chrysler hierarchy, from Fiat to Ferrari: coupling luxury with sport — a formula that works for Maserati, but may not be so helpful for Chrysler. Allpar folk who have driven both 200S and 200C say the differences are minimal. This trend may not be in Chrysler's best interests; those who want a more plush ride will no longer have a Chrysler option, and the extra-capable cornering is not a sales point for many buyers.
Some cars have handling that can't be supported by their seats, but those of the 200, while generally comfortable, also have good enough bolstering to hold the driver in place. The car has little body roll, but still manages to dampen shocks and sudden pot-holes in a way the Dart can't.
Passengers may find that the ride is a bit busy, between the precise steering and throttle response and the sport-tuned suspension. Drivers are rewarded with fine handling through tight turns and confidence on the highway. Road feel comes in, dampened; the ride is a bit busier than the old 200 but the cornering is far better. Variable assist power steering helps the car feel stable and controllable on the highway, as does, I suspect, finely tuned downforce. The main drawback of the suspension was the rather large turning radius on our AWD car.
The 200C we tried out had the optional automatic parking system, which is, if not quite ready for prime time, at least closer than it was in the Lexus we tried out back in 2008. While the Lexus required flat ground, two lanes, and three empty spaces or so, the Chrysler can do its trick with a single parking space in a single lane; it's much faster in operation; it can work on an incline; and it just seems faster and more competent, swinging the wheel around quickly and providing both audio and video feedback.
It's a nifty trick that we would probably never use, and it's activated easily from a physical button. Press the button once, and when you pass a parking space (at under 15 mph), it will tell you to stop, then automatically park for you. The first time, it required a bit of back-and-forth maneuvering, and got us three inches from the curb. The second time, it was a single Reverse, a single Drive, and one inch from the curb. We took a video of the first and second time, please excuse the shakes...
The self parking system also works in perpendicular (parking lot) situations, and you can switch from one mode to the other by pressing the OK button. We found the perpendicular system to be a bit less well crafted than the parallel one, but it did work, even though it came awfully close to other cars at times.
The safety gizmos include the Chrysler-first rear cross path detection, now being heavily advertised by Acura, which spots oncoming traffic as you're backing out of a space, using the sensors used for parking — there are a couple on the corners of the car, facing out to the side, as well as the ones facing backwards. These are very handy for avoiding crashes as you're blindly backing out from between, say, a pair of huge SUVs with black-tinted windows. The system includes a sensor to make sure that when you change lanes, you at least know that someone's in your blind spot; you can have it turn on a yellow LED in your mirror, or, if you feel lonely without beeps and buzzes all the time, have it give an audio alert.
Up front, one finds the adaptive cruise control cameras. The best way to describe adaptive cruise: if you are cruising at 75, on autopilot, and the car in front of you slows and stops, you will also slow and stop. It maintains a space, as well as a speed, and there are three space settings (which I call Northeast, Midwest, and Montana).
These cameras are quite likely the ones which also figure out where the lanes are, and try to keep you between them. You can shut off the "lane holding" feature, or you can dampen it down; when I first started driving the 200, it was set to strong response, and I was wondering why the steering wheel seemed to be yanking itself around from time to time. It definitely works, but I am waiting for the first lawsuit from the guy who sets the adapt cruise and the lane holding, then falls asleep until road construction yields a turn without any lane markings, or some such. This is why you're supposed to stay awake when using these systems, and the most important safety feature is a trained, alert driver.
Moving along, visibility is good day and night, the latter assisted by optional HID headlamps. The 200 may be somewhat more visible than many other cars due to its unusual front and rear side lights, which one almost never sees any more except on Dodge Challengers.
The 200's trunk is quite large, with a small pass-through up front and the usual 2/3 fold-down back seats. We dramatically improved the stereo by disconnecting the subwoofer while we were back there taking photos. The hinges intrude into the trunk, but not into a part that you're really likely to be using.
Front seats are comfortable and maintained a balance of bolstering for skinny drivers and accommodation for wide ones. There is a large dead pedal for the driver, with map pockets in front and small door storage in rear; both front seats had leather pouches on the backs. A sunglass tray, finally lined with rattle-ending rubber, is in the overhead console (which, unfortunately, trades Chrysler's old "touch to switch" lights for "tiny button next to it" lights.) The center console has cupholders with bubbles to hold various containers, and an EZ-pass or pen rack.
Critics have complained about the rear seat entry, and we can confirm that it might be hard for six-footers to get in without bumping their head on the roof. One of us, at five foot seven, got in easily; another, at five foot eleven, had to carefully duck, and then the roof was not far away — keeping in mind that the key measurement is butt to head, and people vary as to the proportion of leg length to trunk length.
In short, though, one pays for the aero/fashion roof arc, but if you only keep kids (or median-or-lower-height adults) in the back seat, it works. In any case, the front seats are the place to be, because the rear seats are firm and not as shape-conforming, while the front seats put those of the 2014 300C to shame.
The stereo had fine sound fidelity, except for over-emphasized bass which continued after we disconnected the overactive central woofer (Chrysler made this easy to do). The surround sound is a good feature, but makes back-seat sound muddy; it's a shame they don't make it adjustable, as other automakers have.
The UConnect system has won numerous awards for its ease of use, and we found it easy to pair and use an ancient Motorola flip-phone; you can plug in a USB thumb drive with your music, too. It rejected the 32 GB thumb drive we normally use on our 300, but took an SD card hooked into a miniature USB adapter. Thumb drives are cheap and some experimentation may be needed, but using a thumb drive (or his-and-hers) is far better than locking up an iPod in the car. The system treats both well, using the folder hierarchy and filling in any gaps with Gracenote. It catalogued the disk remarkably quickly, as the Dart had (the Dart, by the way, took the USB drive. Go figure.)
Satellite radio is well integrated, as you'd expect, and the car comes with a starter subscription to Sirius XM. If you let your subscription lapse, they usually cut the price to get you to come back. Or you can ignore it and use USB drives, because the satellite radio is highly compressed to fit so much data from so many channels into such a small bandwidth, and you can tell.
The Garmin navigation system is as easy to use as ever, and reacts more quickly than in older models.
Most common controls are on the steering wheel and/or physical knobs; but if you want to change bass and treble, or play with the fader and balance, you need to go to the UConnect screen.
Luxury features on this car included a heated steering wheel — unlike past models, the entire rim of the steering wheel is heated — and heated/ventilated front seats, with two levels of heat and ventilation. The high level is not as noisy as on the 2014 300C. The down side is there are no heated rear seats.
The navigation system includes traffic reports (though to keep them after one year, you'll have to pay SiriusXM), a Detour button, and an emergency feature which is duplicated in hard buttons on the mirror — one button for routine assistance (e.g. lockouts, out of gas), another to have an operator call 911.
UConnect 2 includes various apps; you can use your cell phone data plan to play music from Pandora and such, or use Chrysler's "Wi-Fi Hotspot" feature, which provides data access on the road, no matter where you are. This can be slower than dedicated cell data setups, but it's inexpensive and was designed to work well when the car is moving at highway speeds. An Assist app seems to do nothing but connect you to one of Chrysler's call centers.
The Chrysler 200 starts at $22,695, including destination charge, but the well-equipped AWD version of the 200C starts at $31,190.
Standard safety gear includes ten airbags (two front, two side, four side curtain, two knee bolsters), rear backup camera, stability and traction control, antilock disk brakes with "slam-it-on" assistance, an automatic parking brake (which you can use manually instead), and an alarm.
Luxury features include a remote starter, dual-zone automatic climate control, keyless entry and starting, cruise, six-speaker stereo with five-inch screen, USB port, voice control, and cell phone integration. Buyers also get the seven inch vehicle information display, leather-wrapped steering wheel, paddle shifters, express front power windows, and heated front seats.
Our test car had several option packages which boosted the price to $36,365, which is 300C territory. The most expensive of these was Navigation and Sound Group I, which includes the navigation system, eight Alpine speakers and a subwoofer which you may want to disconnect, HD radio, a 506 watt Alpine amp, the 8.4 inch display, and UConnect Access.
The next was SafetyTec, at $1,295, which included the automatic wipers, lane departure warning (with active "lane keep," automatic high beams, forward collision warning with optional braking, adaptive cruise control that can stop and restart the car, blind spot and rear cross path detection (which are probably the most valuable part of the package), and parking assistance.
The Premium Group, at $995, added better leather, ventilated front seats, "luxury" door trim panels, an AC outlet, memory for the outside mirrors, seats, and radio, heated steering wheel, and real wood which, with its matte finish, looked just like fake wood.
The Premium Lighting Group ($795) consisted of HID headlamps, LED daytime running lights, and LED fog lamps. This was more of a bargain than the $695 wheels, though at 19" x 8", they certainly helped the cornering.
The whole package came with a five year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty with roadside assistance, and a three year or 36,000 mile basic warranty. The 200 is still built in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with 73% US and Canadian parts — including the engine (Michigan) and transmission (Indiana).
Overall, if you like a car that sticks to the road, the new 2015 200 is an incredible improvement on the old 200; but if you liked the old-fashioned road-smoothing feel of the old 200, you might not like the new one, at least not at first. The car is a major departure for the Chrysler brand, harkening back to the days when they had superior cornering and left wallowing to their competitors. It's ironic that Toyota has gotten softer and softer suspensions, and Chrysler has gone for the "Eurosport" feel; but 2015 200 owners may surprise a lot of "sporty car" owners on the twists and turns.
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I recently ran across the notes I took at the last Gartner Customer 360 Summit. The summit was insightful and challenged my thinking by bringing radically new and disruptive business models to the forefront. I hope you find the insights as valuable as I have.
I have broken down the key takeaways into three sections:
- New mind-blowing business models enabled by disruptive technologies
- Key insights for contact center professionals
- Interesting stats/facts for the inner nerd in all of us
1. New Mind-Blowing Business Models Enabled by Disruptive Technologies
We all deal with continual change. However, there are some true disruptive forces at work challenging entrenched business models. If you would like to learn more, check out this great video that will take you deeper into the topic (you will need to create a free account to watch Peter Hinssen's CIO Keynote).
Here are a few mind-blowing examples:
- Airbnb doesn't own any property yet has a higher market cap than Hilton
- Uber is worth more than Hertz and Avis combined
If that's not enough, see Uber's valuation on Business Insider's Chart of the Day.
If you think the first two examples are anomalies…think again. These technologically enabled disruptive forces are impacting every industry.
- dfree – An app disrupting the Depend Adult Diaper market
- Quirky – Taking innovations to market doesn't require working for a billion dollar company
These are just a couple of examples. What new competitors are in your industry?
2. Key Insights for Contact Center Professionals
Top 10 Customer Demands Driving Change in Customer Service
- Customers do not want to queue or wait for customer service
- Customers want quick and easy access to help
- Customers want knowledgeable answers to their questions
- Customers want to choose the channel they interact through
- Customers want more access to independent information about suppliers
- Customers want consistency across channels
- Customers want personalized communication
- Customers want a human touch
- Customers want their needs to be anticipated
- Customers do not want to have to contact the customer service department to resolve their issues
3. Interesting Stats/Facts for the Inner Nerd in All of Us
10 years ago we didn't have…
- Smartphones
- Tablets
- YouTube
On Customer Satisfaction
- 95% of companies measure CSAT (Customer Satisfaction)
- 30% do something based on the feedback
- 5% inform customers that the company made changes based on the feedback
By 2018, 70% of e-commerce will move from business-to-consumer and business-to-business models to models that focus on the individual customer experience.
Internet of Things is for Real
(Here is Gartner's definition for the Internet of Things)
- In 2009 there were 1.6 Billion Personal Devices and 0.9 Billion Internet of Things
- In 2020, there will be 7.3 Billion Personal Devices and 30 Billion Internet of Things
Through 2017, 80% of enterprises will not achieve competitive advantage through their mobile strategies due to poor customer service.
- By 2017, 50% of today's deployed mobile enterprise apps will be completely rewritten or replaced
- By 2018, 5% of customer service cases will be initiated by Internet-connected devices, up from 0.02% in 2014
I leave you with this, what are you doing today to create a tattoo worthy customer experience? In the near future, that is what is going to separate the disruptors from the disrupted.
*All stats and insights in this post came from Gartner's guest speakers and analysts at the 360 Summit.


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IN YOUR DAILY DOSE: today is information about how mothers and fathers need - or don't use - social support to help them become better parents.
MAKING CHANGES: Learning how to accept and use support from your family and peers may not only help your parenting skills, but also your ability to become the best you that you can be.
FACT OR FICTION: Do dogs sweat?
In The News
Parenting teenagers is not an easy task. Researchers took it upon themselves to evaluate the way in which mothers and fathers function differently in their parenting role and how social support systems may play a part.
They found that mothers who felt they weren't in control of certain parts of their lives, or had a difficult time parenting a teenager, experienced greater relief from their stress when they used social support systems. However, the researchers didn't find the same results in the fathers in the study.
The study also showed that parents who felt in greater control of their life could have warmer and better relationships with their children - benefiting both the parent, the children and the family unit.
Daily Health Tip
Getting support from friends and family is strong option when you feel you are spinning out of control and need to regain your 'center.'
Making Changes
Online social networks are not social support mechanisms that can give you the emotional and mental support you need to become the best you that you can be. This means you'll need to get out from behind your computer, smartphone or tablet and interact in the real world. This may feel strange at first if you're more adept at being isolated and communicating in the digital world, but you'll find that it is healthier and you'll be happier in the long run.
You may have to make the effort and time to create a circle of support. Start with your family and work your way out toward friends you have through your children, church, or business contacts. It won't be long before you have a circle of friends you can call exactly when you need them.
Daily Affirmation
I talk with my boss about how to orient my job to my unique talents. I volunteer to work on projects that display my flair for marketing or decorating.
My spouse and I work together as a team. We complement each other by sharing our resources. Between the two of us, we can cover just about everything, from financial management to car repairs.
Fact or Fiction?
Although covered in hair or fur, dogs will only sweat between their paws. The only other mechanism to cool their body temperature is panting. They can easily breathe 300-400 times a minute while panting heavily, as opposed to their normal breathing rate of 30 -40 times per minute.
Have a wonderful day!
Your Healthy Life America Team


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Our fave farmer and all round genuine guy Paul West revealed a few secrets about himself - and the secret to a good steak - in the podcast Can't Live Without, with host Melinda Buttle.
When it comes to living sustainably, we know Paul and his family have got it down pat. But did you know that Paul is a bit of a bookworm and loves classic Russian literature?! No? Either did we!
In Can't Live Without, Paul opens up about family life on the farm, his chocolate obsession, and how to kick-start your sustainable future. Here are a few takeouts from Paul West's episode of Can't Live Without.
Starting your own sustainable garden…
If you're a city slicker wanting a taste of real 'River Cottage life', think mint, parsley, oregano, thyme and rosemary. "Start with a micro veggie patch just in pots," Paul suggests. "Most herbs are pretty robust, you don't have to have a super green thumb to keep them alive."
When it comes to barbecuing culture, Aussie are "babies". Look to barbecuing cultures like South America for inspiration. "For me, it always starts with a really good cut of meat," he says. "Not the most expensive meat, but first and foremost, a cut of animal that has been grass-fed for the entirety of its life."
When choosing a cut, Paul's a fan of the flank, skirt or rump for barbecuing, and he's not afraid of the controversial flip. "I'm like Shayne Warne crossed with a dolphin – I do so much flippin' it's not funny," he jokes.
Making succulent stock…
Paul is passionate about agriculture and adopts a nose-to-tail approach to cooking. "When people make a chicken noodle soup – put the whole chicken in there and then you're making a stock. The more meat the better," he says. "You want to be economical about it though, you want to be using something that's destined for waste.
"In any traditional agriculture, you really are eating absolutely everything you can because meat is a real privilege."
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You're hosting a small tea party and invited your friends to come over. A few minutes before your scheduled party however, you realize that you don't have a cake stand to present your yummy muffins or delectable cake with. Though you can easily make up with wide trays or serve it on a platter, the effect would have been better if you had put your baked goods on a beautiful cake stand.
You'll suddenly find yourself asking, "Why didn't I thought of buying one when I went to the depot last week?"
Though you can't race down the streets to grab one, you can always try to make up for the next tea party by promising to buy a cake stand and keep it in handy. Here are some of the cake stands that you might want to look at.
Small and cute cake stands
If you're serving for a small group of people, or have baked small goods like muffins or cupcakes, it's more practical to work with a small pedestal. It's not slightly to serve a half-full cake stand; you'll find yourself in trouble if you'll get a big one.
Little tarts, cookies, and other sweet bites will look perfect on cute mini cake stands like these.
Ceramic pedestals
Keeping everything coordinated is very much a girl thing. Why not purchase this cute ceramic tea party set we've found Online?
Go ceramic and have your desserts presented on this 3 tier cake stand.
Or you if you're only looking to buy cake stands, you can just find one that can complement your tea cup set.
Glass stands
Or perhaps you can invest on something that you can use for whatever occasion, theme, or season? If you're thinking along this line, try buying a glass cake stand. This will never go out of fashion and will always look elegant on the table.
Your cakes and other goods will always look sumptuous in it.
Careful though as these are really fragile. You don't want to put them out if you're having little kids as guests. Try cute, character stands instead like the one's below.
Character stands
If you prefer the bold and interesting against the traditional, these character cake stands might be for you. The green turtle crinkle dome is just irresistible, isn't it?
Or how about this high-heel cake stand?
Grand and big
15" to 22" cake stands are usually intended for grand parties like weddings, debuts, or corporate events. But if you're having too many guests, I guess using cake stands like these wouldn't hurt.
Investing on cake stands is a practical idea – some are even making money out of renting out their cake stands for parties or events. If you're thinking along those lines, you can look for wholesale cake stands dealer like the Chair Cover Factory. They sell cake stands in bulk and gives it at very low rates.


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Millions rely on public transport in the metros and other Indian cities. And, a startup called Zophop is aiming to become a one-stop app that provides all the required information, such as timings and availability, for practically all modes of public transport in a city and lets you make bookings if possible.
Vinayak Bhavnani and Nikhil Aggarwal started Zophop in 2014 and it is currently available in 15 cities, viz. Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Nagpur, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur and Vijaywada.
In Mumbai, for instance, the Zophop app provides live tracking of buses. "We started our pilot testing by convincing conductors to download the app and check-in to places," Aggarwal told HuffPost India in the course of an extended interaction. "As the devices had GPS, we got to know where the buses were. Later, we partnered with authorities such as BEST and Navi Mumbai Municipal Transport (NMMT) to get GPS devices installed on the buses to have a more accurate reading."
The app enables users to search for scheduled timings for buses, trains, the metro, ferry services, cabs and any other mode of public transport. It also offers the best route option to reach somewhere through a combination of public transport including cabs. The user has to enter the destination and the app suggests the fastest and cheapest options. It also suggests route options with just buses, trains or cabs.
"There are a number of factors taken into consideration while choosing the routes," Bhavnani explained. "We consider changing time between transport modes, walking time and cost, among other attributes for traveling on that route."
Zophop has tied up with Uber to let users book a cab through its app and it has partnered with Jugnoo for the availability of auto-rickshaws. However, users can't book autos straight from the app.
There are plenty of personalisation options as well. You can set up your favorite routes and check on the available timings for transport options. You can also feed the app your preferred bus numbers and boarding stops to get live alerts for any buses nearby. The app has partnered with third party agencies to update users about traffic conditions as well.
With over 50,000 users already in its kitty, the next step for Zophop is to improve the user experience.
"Soon you will see a refreshed design of our app," Bhavnani said. "We have listened to the feedback from numerous people to work on the most anticipated features. Apart from that, we will make the navigation of the app easier for users."
Zophop is currently only available for Android-based smartphones.


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For Palm Sunday we invited Reggie Kidd to visit our church to speak on the future-looking aspects of the Lord's Supper (as part of our Calvin Worship Grant). He spoke with our leadership team on Saturday night, and twice on Sunday morning (Sunday School and Sermon). During our leadership team dinner we talked about how... Continue Reading →
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NHS bodies are paying millions of pounds to private firms that stop patients being referred to hospital by their GP, an investigation has found.
Controversial referral management centres are used by some clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) to scrutinise patient referrals to hospitals by family doctors.
Supporters say they can cut down on inappropriate referrals, saving the NHS money, but critics argue that adding an extra layer of scrutiny can risk delaying diagnosis for the patient. There is also a question mark over how effective such schemes are.
In a new investigation, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) sent f reedom of information requests to all 211 CCGs in England. Of 184 that responded, 72 (39%) said they currently commissioned some form of referral management scheme to help manage outpatient demand at their local hospitals.
Almost a third (32%) of the schemes are provided by private companies, while a further 29% are provided in house and 11% by local NHS trusts.
Some 69% of CCGs with schemes gave details of operating costs. These CCGs combined have spent at least £57m on schemes since April 2013.
Most CCGs were unable to provide evidence showing the scheme saved money. Only 14% could show that the scheme had saved more cash than it had cost to operate, while 12% showed that their schemes had not saved money overall.
Meanwhile, 74% of CCGs (53 groups) failed to supply figures to show whether any money had been saved, the BMJ reported.
Some CCGs did not collect data on savings, some said that their referral scheme was designed not to save money but to improve the quality of referrals, and others refused to disclose details of savings on the grounds of commercial confidentiality.
Overall, there were 93 referral management schemes in operation across 72 CCGs, with some CCGs having more than one scheme.
Dr Richard Vautrey, deputy chairman of the British Medical Association's GPs committee, told the BMJ: "(CCGs) are leaping at these schemes without any clear evidence of benefit and that they're just hopeful that it might reduce their costs.
"It is a very, very short term approach to healthcare management. We need to see much more evaluation...and not just keep making the same mistakes year after year."
He added: "As public bodies, there should be an expectation on every CCG to account for what it's doing."
However, Dr Vautrey said some schemes were helpful because they gave GPs rapid access to advice from local specialists.
Graham Jackson, from NHS Clinical Commissioners, the membership organisation which represents CCGs, said referral management was just one way of managing demand for services.
He said: "In many cases they provide a useful and effective role which is more than a redirection service. CCGs will balance the cost of commissioning with the benefit they provide to GPs and patients in terms of peer review, education, caseload management and choice."
In October, Durham Labour MP Roberta Blackman-Woods criticised a local scheme to screen referrals for conditions including cardiology, gynaecology and gastroenterology.
North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group has awarded a contract to private firm About Health to manage referrals.
Chris Naylor, senior fellow in health policy at the King's Fund, said: "It is important not to judge referral management schemes on purely financial measures, as their main focus should be on improving the quality of referrals rather than on reducing costs.
"While there may be some potential to save some money, an effective scheme will highlight under-referral as well as over-referral, and so lead to people getting referred who otherwise may not have done.
"Compared to other ways of improving the quality of referrals, referral management centres come with significant overheads and can potentially introduce new clinical risks, so it is important that local schemes are evaluated to make sure the benefits, both financial and clinical, outweigh the costs.
"Our research suggests that the best approaches tend to be those based on regular peer review of referral data and audits at practice level, as well as collaborative working between GPs and specialists."
Jonathan Ashworth, Labour's shadow health secretary, said: "This is a worrying development highlighting how much our NHS is struggling to cope with increase in patient demand and Tory cuts to our health service.
"Patients will rightly be alarmed that millions of pounds is being siphoned off to the private sector to stop people from being referred to hospital.
"Private firms are effectively calling into question clinical decisions which have been made by qualified GPs, simply to cut costs, and patients deserve better."


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by Daniel Lutz, ALDF Litigation Fellow
— Our thanks to the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) for permission to republish this post, which originally appeared on the ALDF Blog on July 29, 2014.
Today, in American Meat Institute v. U.S. Department of Agriculture the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld a USDA regulation requiring meat retailers to disclose country-of-origin information on labels for consumers, or "COOL."
In a significant victory for consumer access to information, the appellate court found that there is substantial governmental value in labels that help consumers avoid outbreaks of disease. The decision also clears a path for an ALDF petition to require labeling of meat that comes from animals dosed with antibiotics.
This important case took a circuitous route to the full, or en banc, D.C. Circuit court. Meat producers challenged the rules, arguing that mandatory labeling violated their free speech rights. The district court and appellate panel rejected the meat industry's challenge. With an eye towards our antibiotics labeling advocacy, the Animal Legal Defense Fund, along with the Center for Food Safety submitted an amicus brief in support of the constitutional validity of the regulation. In line with ALDF and CFS's arguments, the en banc court decided that public health justifies mandatory labels.
As the court wrote, there is a substantial interest in "enabling customers to make informed choices based on characteristics of the products they wished to purchase, including United States supervision of the entire production process for health and hygiene." The D.C. Circuit's opinion recognizes the heightened importance of labeling the health risks inherent in meat, and provides all the more reason to urge the USDA to grant ALDF's petition to require labels on meat and poultry from animals given "subtherapeutic" antibiotics.
Consumers who eat (and feed their children) meat and poultry have no way of knowing if it comes from an animal who was given subtherapeutic antibiotics—dosed out preemptively to animals on factory farms due to the rampant illness that intensive confinement can foster—and that's why ALDF is demanding the government place labels on meat products.
Consumers have a right to make informed decisions—and animals have rights to live in conditions that don't require mass doses of medicine simply to survive. A Change.org petition to require labeling on meat from animals fed antibiotics has surpassed 150,000 signatures. This petition supports ALDF's request to the USDA to protect the public from a "superbug" crisis resulting from standard industry practices at factory farms. Help us spread the word by signing here.


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It is a nightmare for dog lovers everywhere. A young woman, Tamara Seibert, noticed her dog caught its leash between an elevator's closing doors.
She tried to save him by frantically pushing the elevator's emergency buttons. She even rushed to hold up Vado so he won't choke to death.
She told INSIDE EDITION, "I thought he was going to die in front of me."
Watch the Terrifying Scene Caught On Tape!
In seconds that seemed like a lifetime, she struggled to unhook the leash and keep the 110-pound Rottweiler alive.
"At first I was trying to lift him with one arm and I couldn't do it," she said.
Finally, the leash snapped off just as the elevator doors open. Vado and a neighbor's dog that Seibert was taking for a walk scampered out safe and sound, but she slumped between the elevator doors and started to sob.
Seibert said, "I was terrified and I just remembered that once he was down, I was hysterical."
Seibert, a student and model who lives in Toronto showed INSIDE EDITION the two fingers she broke while coming to the rescue of five-year-old Vado.
Amazingly, her terrifying experience has happened before.
In another incident, a kid had his dog on a really long leash and held the elevator door open but the dog refused to come. The doors closed and the puppy was hoisted in the air before the leash snapped and he landed on the floor.
Dog trainer Andrea Arden said many dog owners just don't realize how dangerous elevators can be.
She has good advice to help keep your dog safe, saying, "Make sure you don't press the button for the elevator until you know you the dog is in there with you. Teach your dog to sit in the back of the elevator because if the door opens you have the best chance of preventing your dog from exiting without you."
Seibert posted the video of her terrifying experience on Facebook where it has received over 112,000 views, saying, "I just wanted to warn people, so it never happens again."


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Money, work, and the economy are significant causes of stress for residents of the Denver metropolitan area, and stress in Denver is still higher than considered healthy, according to a recent survey released by the American Psychological Association.
Clinical psychologist Dr. Stephanie Smith joins Business Unconventional co-hosts David Biondo and Dean Rotbart to discuss the implications of the survey for business owners and employees. Dr. Smith is the co-owner of Front Range Psychological Associates in Erie, Colorado.
This is part two of a two-part interview.
Also during this segment, B. Unconventional Certified Entrepreneur #1, Homer Hudson Hillis, Jr., phones in from his headquarters in Abilene, Texas, to discuss entrepreneurial stress and how he manages it. On a scale of one-to-ten, how stressful do you find your job? Hillis tells us his answer.
Business Unconventional airs each Sunday morning at 8 a.m. (MST) on 710 KNUS in Denver. It is also streamed over the Internet at www.710KNUS.com.
Original air date: February 19, 2012
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6 Keys to Making Successful Career Transitions
Before joining the real estate industry, Susanne Rhow (B'88) worked for a variety of luxury brands, conducting business all over the world. Although she enjoyed success in the luxury goods market, she decided that she wanted to switch gears in her career. She is now a licensed real estate salesperson at Engel & Völkers in New York City, with a focus on New York City and international real estate.
Here she shares the key tips that helped her successfully transition across professions and continue to thrive in her career.
1. Find the right fit in your new position.
You may already know that you want to move into something different career-wise, but it is important to make sure that the new position will be a good fit for you. Rhow explains, "Don't just jump at the first opportunity. Take your time and research whether a particular job is really the move you want to make. Getting feedback from others who are already in your new field of choice can also be a big help in making the right decision."
When Rhow first realized she wanted to make a change, she wasn't quite sure what it would be. She considered the skills she already had and where else she might be able to use them and grow. "Real estate was one of several ideas that I had," she said. "It wasn't until I had a meeting with a client who works in real estate, and who gave me some great positive feedback about what I had to offer, that I was sure what I wanted was achievable," she said.
2. Use the skills and experience you've already acquired.
When making a career transition, leveraging everything you've done to that point can be an important step in carrying you through to your next move. Take an objective look at your skillset, especially those skills that are unique, and find a way to use those skills in your new role.
For Rhow, promoting luxury goods and selling luxury real estate turned out to be quite similar. As a vice president at Sotheby's, she gained experience working with high net-worth clients and private wealth managers. As a result, she was already familiar with the client base that would become her niche market while selling estate condition properties. Where previously Rhow pitched to sell the art and furniture contained in each home, she now pitches to sell the homes themselves.
In a 2015 interview with Forbes on how she made the transition from luxury goods to real estate, she explained how her international experienced helped her. "I've had the opportunity to live and work in New York, Seoul, Hong Kong, Paris, London, and Stockholm, as well as many cities here in the U.S.," she said. "Being a 'global citizen' is an asset, as I'm now part of the global luxury real estate firm Engel & Völkers. They have over 7,000 brokers in 540 offices in 38 countries around the world."
Her knowledge of the customers and their needs also allowed her to create innovative marketing tools that really set her apart from the competition, giving her an advantage.
3. Have a detailed plan.
Don't just jump blindly into your new venture. After doing the initial research about a position or project, many leap headfirst into it, thinking only of the potential outcome and without carefully considering what each step or hurdle might be along the way.
"It's important to go through that step," says Rhow, "Do your research, talk to others who are experienced, figure out next steps, and create a timeline. As you get older, you must consider that you have different responsibilities now in a career transition than you may have had when you first began your career." This may mean waiting a bit before starting, or moving at a slower pace than you may be used to, but having a plan will save you time and money in the long run by cutting out wasted efforts from ill-advised next steps.
4. Use your network not just for assistance, but to be of assistance too.
Being established in your career means you likely know how to work your network and make use of your contacts for referrals. However, when making a career transition, it can also be helpful to look at your network as a group of people to whom you can offer your services.
From her previous position, Rhow already had a very strong network of leading trusts and estates attorneys. She asked herself one question, "How can I be of service to the network that I already have?" thus giving herself a jumping-off point to begin her strategy. Instead of contacting them to ask for assistance or promotion, she made it known that she was offering a service that these contacts would likely be in need of at some point. "Instead of just asking for a favor, I created a level playing field of us helping one another," said Rhow.
5. Understand that things might be different at first.
"Mentally coach yourself beforehand that you probably will not be able to dive into your new field at the same level of success you experienced before," advises Rhow, "but be patient and give yourself time to grow and succeed in your new role."
It's okay to be uncomfortable at first. As long as you know yourself and what you're comfortable with, you will be able to make the transition. "You have to make sure that you can adapt and be flexible and that may involve change," she says.
Being honest with yourself is also very important during a transition. Rhow says, "It comes down to being very realistic about your situation. It is humbling but important to be open to learning from those around you that are already in the place you want to be."
Another big difference you might experience is negativity from peers or those around you. "It is so important to tune out the negative voices, or naysayers. Often, when people are that way, it's a reflection of their own doubts and fears, and not about you." The preparation and planning you do to establish yourself can give you a firm foundation in which to be confident and help shrug off those who are unsupportive.
6. Get out there—in person.
Simply being savvy with marketing isn't always enough. It can be hard to put yourself out there, but the difference is worth it.
"My sales and marketing background taught me about marketing plans and traditional outreach," says Rhow, "but at the end of the day, people want to do business with people they know and trust, and the best way to establish that is by meeting them."
Reaching out to those whom you've never met about a business proposition or request can be awkward, sometimes annoying, and often unproductive. "Many people rely on email and social media to develop and maintain contacts, but the most meaningful relationships are established in person," says Rhow. "Introductions from those who've actually met you can open the right doors." Being able to say you met a person at an event or through a colleague can provide the recognition you need to make your audience receptive. Talking to potential clients in person is also the best way to learn the needs of your target market.
"This career is an ideal fit for my personality and skill set and each day is different—it never gets boring!" says Rhow.


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BANGKOK - World stock markets were mostly lower Tuesday as weak economic data, falling commodity prices and big losses on Wall Street shook investors. A deadly bombing in the U.S. also rattled confidence.
The sell-off in markets was triggered by the Chinese government's report Monday that growth in the world's second-largest economy slowed to 7.7 per cent in the first quarter from 7.9 per cent in the final quarter of last year. Growth was expected to accelerate slightly to 8 per cent.
The report stoked worries about the strength of China's economy at a time when U.S. economic data has disappointed and Europe remains embroiled in its government debt crisis. It also pummeled oil and commodity prices.
A bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon that appeared timed for maximum casualties further fanned anxiety. Three people were killed and more than 140 injured. No one has claimed responsibility.
"China GDP data spooked investors into thinking that the world's second largest economy is slowing at a faster rate than anticipated," said Evan Lucas of IG Markets in Melbourne. "All these gyrations on commodity and currency markets were compounded further by the dreadful events in Boston."
Lucas said the markets were probably overreacting to the China growth news, but it creates a disquieting picture when coupled with last week's trade data showing some weakness in the country's exports.
European stocks fell in early trading. Britain's FTSE fell 0.7 per cent to 6,302.38. Germany's DAX lost 0.8 per cent to 7,652.29. France's CAC-40 fell 0.7 per cent to 3,683.78. But U.S. markets appeared ready for a comeback, with Dow Jones industrial futures rising 0.4 per cent to 14,563. S&P 500 futures rose 0.4 per cent to 1,548.90.
In Asia, Japan's Nikkei fell 0.4 per cent to close at 13,221.44. Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 0.5 per cent to 21,672.03. South Korea's Kospi opened lower but ended 0.1 per cent higher at 1,922.21. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.3 per cent to 4,950.80. Benchmarks in mainland China and India rose, while New Zealand and the Philippines fell.
On top of the disappointing data from China were figures on Monday showing a drop in U.S. homebuilder confidence. A separate report showed weak manufacturing in the Northeast. On Friday, the Commerce Department said retail sales fell 0.4 per cent in March from the previous month, reinforcing views that the U.S. recovery is losing some steam. The negative news pummeled Wall Street on Monday, its worst day of the year.
Gold-linked shares across the region fell following steep drops in the precious metal's price. Hong Kong-listed Zijin Mining Group, China's biggest gold miner, fell 1.7 per cent. In Australia, Kingsgate Consolidated tumbled 5.4 per cent and Newcrest Mining fell 5.1 per cent.
Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea's flagship carrier, sank 7 per cent. Enthusiasm for airline shares has been damped by threatening rhetoric from North Korea in recent days.
The sharp decline in gold and fears about global growth reverberated throughout commodity markets. Benchmark oil for May delivery fell $1.01 to $87.70 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract dropped $2.58, or 2.8 per cent, to finish at $88.71 a barrel on Monday.
In currencies, the euro rose slightly to $1.3047 from $1.3036 late Monday in New York. The dollar rose to 97.64 yen from 97.18 yen.
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Although I've found numerous guides and questions already I still don't seem to be able to get this to work.
Situation: I'm trying to move the home folders of 2 users to an already mounted disk. The home folders are now on the hard disk mounted as /. This is an SSD so it's not really the safest way of storing data (including mbox files) so I'm trying to move everything to my RAID 1 disc already mounted at /media/dataB.
There are already some other folders and files located at this drive, so this differs from the guides and Ubuntu documentation I've found. The guides seem to focus on an entirely new partition.
Problem: I've been able to copy the home folder to the new partition as described in the guides using rsync. So the data is already at the correct disc. The problem is in mounting the directory as /home using fstab.
I've tried mounting /media/dataB/home as /home but this gives an error at boot. Can someone see what I'm doing wrong here or help me with the correct way of mounting /home at /media/dataB/home?
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# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
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Skill Acquisition Phase – Identification Trials for 2018 are now open
Brisbane Strikers will be conducting Identification Trials for players born in 2009 (Under 9) and 2008 (Under 10) for our Academy's Skill Acquisition Phase in 2018.
Open trials will be held Sunday 3rd September and Saturday 9th September at Perry Park (Bowen Hills) arriving at 9.00am for a 9.15am start for approx 2 hours duration.
• A final invitational trial will be held on Wednesday 13th September at Meakin Park (Slacks Creek) at 4.30pm for a 4.45pm start.
• Players should be prepared to attend all sessions unless notified otherwise
• All players must have shinpads and boots and appropriate training clothing. Please bring water bottles.
• All players looking to trial can apply by completing the on-line trial application form. You will receive a confirmation email and will also receive a follow up email late in the week preceeding the first trial date.


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Ah well.
My Christmas was better than expected, quiet though. Got some nice little presents :) I'm thinking of maybe buying the Australian release box sets of season 3 and 4 of Pokémon with the money my mum gave me for Christmas, since I really don't think those seasons are gonna see a release anywhere else.
Also: http://www.mediafire.com/?q2n7nj43i74fl - This mediafire folder contains screenshot downloads for episodes 1-26 of Indigo League :) Download and have fun using them however you wish!! Most of them have image size of around 400 x 300, but some are a bit smaller. Hoping to add more soon :)


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Six years ago, the Heritage Foundation helped kill immigration reform. Now the conservative think tank is on the defensive, fielding attacks from left and right over its claim that reform would cost trillions. The change is a sign of why reform is far more likely to survive this time around.
In 2006 and 2007, senior research fellow Robert Rector wrote two reports that helped kill immigration reform the following year -- one predicting a flood of 100 million new legal immigrants over the next 20 years, the other again finding that reform would swell the welfare ranks. Senators referenced it during debates; Rush Limbaugh caught then-Vice President Cheney off-guard by asking about the findings in an interview.
A Heritage report co-authored by Rector released this week made similar claims. But this time reform supporters were ready -- and coming from the right.
The pro-reform CATO Institute put out a paper back in April calling some of Rector's past work on the issue "fatally flawed," in part for not using the dynamic scoring favored by Republicans in budget disputes. Sen. Marco Rubio's chief of staff highlighted on Twitter a different Heritage report arguing that immigrants -- skilled or non-skilled -- boost the economy. A group of conservatives released its own analysis finding that more immigrants would lower the deficit.
After the report came out, Rubio (R-Fla.) himself called it "flawed" and not legitimate. In response, the think tank acknowledged that "Heritage has worked with Sen. Rubio on numerous issues and we admire him." Former Mississippi governor Haley Barbour (R) called it "a political document" and "not very serious analysis." Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) also pushed back:
Meanwhile, immigration reform's traditional defenders on the left have a bigger platform, thanks to the growth of left-leaning blogs and Web sites since 2007.
The Post's Wonkblog pointed out that the study's co-author has argued that there are deep-set, likely genetic IQ differences between races and that low-IQ immigrants should be kept out of the country. Heritage distanced itself from that argument, saying "its findings in no way reflect the positions of The Heritage Foundation." The American Prospect highlighted the fact that the anti-"amnesty" study is featured far less prominently on Heritage's Spanish-language site. (The report is being translated into Spanish, a Heritage spokesman says.)
That's not to say the opposition to immigration reform is dead or that Heritage's numbers won't again be used in the argument against it. But thanks to a divided right and a more nimble left, supporters are no longer easy to catch by surprise.
Update: Politico reports that Heritage is considering hiring an outside public relations firm to deal with the response to the report.


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- Curator's blog
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Dendropsophus mathiassoni (Cochran and Goin, 1970)
Hyla mathiassoni Cochran and Goin, 1970, Bull. U.S. Natl. Mus., 288: 286. Holotype: FMNH 81779, by original designation. Type locality: "Villavicencio, [Departamento] Meta, Colombia".
Dendropsophus mathiassoni — Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 92.
English Names
Mathiasson's Treefrog (Frank and Ramus, 1995, Compl. Guide Scient. Common Names Amph. Rept. World: 56).
Western part of the Llanos of the Department of Meta, Colombia, ca. 470 m elevation.
In the Dendropsophus microcephalus group of Faivovich, Haddad, Garcia, Frost, Campbell, and Wheeler, 2005, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 294: 91-92. See comments by Lynch, 2006, Caldasia, 28: 140.
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- To search the NIH genetic sequence database, see GenBank
- For additional information see AmphibiaWeb report
- For information on conservation status and distribution see the IUCN Redlist
- For related information on conservation and images as well as observation see iNaturalist; for a quick link to their maps see iNaturalist KML
- For access to available specimen data for this species, from over 350 scientific collections, go to Vertnet.


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Navigating life after emancipating from foster care can be hard. For those people in foster care between 18 and 21 and enrolled in Medicaid, Colorado has extended your available Medicaid benefit until the age of 26. This means that regardless of your current income you can receive Medicaid until your 21st birthday.
If you were in foster care at 18, 19, 20, or 21 in the state of Colorado, call us for more information on you Medicaid benefit at 719-557-5886.


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