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Top Ten Video Cameras For This Holiday Season: The Best Budget, Consumer and Prosumer Video Camera Options
Best Budget Camcorders
It's the holiday shopping season again, and it's time to start thinking about buying your loved one a new video camera. But, with so many options, it's hard to narrow down which are the best. So, to help you, here are the top ten video cameras for this shopping season.
To start off the pack is the low-priced Flip UltraHD. This cameras are aimed at on the go people who are just looking for a camcorder that they can slip into their pocket or bag. It shoots 720p HD video, and it uses rechargeable batteries, which means that you won't waste money buying new batteries all the time. Plus, this device is compatible with both Mac and Windows, and you can easily upload your videos to social networking sites using the FlipShare software. It costs less than $200.
Another low-priced, social networking geared video camera is the Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video Camera, and it is also less than $200. It can capture 1080p video at up to 30 fps, and it comes with a SD/SDHC memory card slot. And, it's perfect for teenagers since it comes with built-in software that allows you to upload video directly to YouTube.
Kodak's other pocket video camera is also worth the $100 that it's currently selling for. The Kodak PlaySport HD Waterproof Pocket Video Camera looks like a cell phone with its viewfinder on the top-side of the camera, giving you plenty of room to hold and manipulate the camera. Plus, it can capture HD video up to 1080p, and it can take 5 megapixel HD still images.
Best Consumer Video Cameras
For the mid-level consumer, the Canon FS200 is a great standard definition 6.8 megapixel camcorder, and it's actually compact enough to take with you when you are traveling. It features a 37x zoom and a CCD sensor. This camcorder is selling for about $400.
A similar camcorder is the Panasonic SDR-T50, but it's even cheaper than the Canon at about $250. It comes packed with manual controls, allowing you to better manage your video. It also has an amazing internal image stabilization, allowing you to take full advantage of the 70x zoom.
If you are looking for an on-the-go camcorder that can still capture indie quality film, go for the Canon Vixia HF S21 Dual Flash Memory Camcorder. It features a 8.59 Megapixel HD CMOS Sensor, and it can capture video at 1920 x 1080 resolution. Plus, it has 64 GB of internal memory and two SD card slots, allowing you to record nearly 24 hours of video. This video camera sells for between $1,000 and $1,299.
Not to be left behind, the Panasonic HDC-TM700 also captures 1080p video, and the video quality is amazing. It works perfectly in low-light situations, and you have a full menu of manual options. It also features a 3 CMOS sensor and a 12x optical zoom. This camcorder costs between $800 and $1,000.
Sony's Handycam HDR-CX550V is slightly higher prices at around $1,200, but it features geotagging for your videos, which allows you to see exactly where the video was taken. It comes with a number of manual controls, and the video is actually really good.
Best Prosumer Video Cameras
For a prosumer video camera, the Canon XH A1 is worth taking note of with its optical and lens stabilization technology, which allows you to capture quality video without a tripod. It's got a good body and is easy to handle. Plus, it produces amazing video quality for its $3,000 price tag.
Another amazing prosumer video camera is the Sony DCR-VX2100 3CCD MiniDV Handycam, and this one is half the price of the Canon. It comes with a 12x optical zoom, and you can take still images with it. It has a 2.5 inch LCD color LCD screen, and it can capture video in 16:9 wide screen format.


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Dutch FA president to challenge Sepp Blatter for FIFA presidency
Dutch football association president Michael van Praag announced on Monday his intentions to challenge Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency.
Van Praag is the first would-be challenger to Blatter to announce he has the required five nominations from FIFA's member federations. He is expected to send his official candidacy letter along with the five declarations of support to FIFA headquarters on Tuesday. The entry deadline is Thursday, four months before the May 29 ballot.
Although Van Praag presented his campaign intentions to the UEFA executive committee, the association is not formally endorsing him as its candidate.
"There is no candidate of UEFA, as a matter of fact," UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said at a post-meeting news conference, according to the Associated Press. "What we provide at UEFA is a platform for everyone to express (his) view. It is certainly positive for football that there is more than one candidate."
Earlier Monday, Blatter said members of the UEFA "don't have the courage" to overtake him in the upcoming presidential election, the BBC reports.
Blatter, 78, is seeking re-election for a fifth term in May. Under his leadership, FIFA has come under scrutiny for a lack of transparency, particularly during the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, which were awarded to Russia and Qatar.
He is viewed as the overwhelming favorite to win the election and called out his critics in UEFA.
"All those who want to get rid of me should come," Blatter said. "All this opposition is coming now, it's unfortunate to say - but it's true - it's coming from UEFA.
"They don't have the courage to come in. So let me go [on] - be respectful."
• USWNT sets pre-World Cup, send-off schedule
In addition to van Praag, three other candidates have declared their intentions to run against Blatter. FIFA's former international relations director Jerome Champagne announced in September that he will run, and FIFA vice president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein confirmed his intentions to run earlier this month.
Former French midfielder David Ginola announced earlier this month that he will run. He is reportedly being paid $380,000 by a bookmaker to challenge Blatter.
Voting for the presidency will be held on May 29 in Zurich.
• ABNOS: USMNT names roster for Chile, Panama friendlies
- Josh Sanchez and Mike Fiametta

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ARTICLE I. General
Section 1. Name
This organization is incorporated under the Laws of the State of New York, and shall be known and designated as the Amityville Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (the "Chamberâ€).
Section 2. Purpose
The Amityville Chamber of Commerce, Inc. is formed for the following purposes: a. To improve the climate of the business and industrial atmosphere of the Amityville community and its environs: b. To encourage qualified and reputable businesses to locate within the Amityville community and its environs; c. To act as a liaison between consumers and the business community; and d. To maintain a high standard of ethics and business practice among the members of the Chamber.
Section 3. Limitations
The Chamber shall be a non-profit, non-partisan and non-sectarian, non-political and non-sectional.
ARTICLE II. Membership
Section 1. Member
Active members shall include merchants, professionals, associations, firms, partnerships and corporations having a place of business in, or doing business in the Amityville community and its environs, as well individuals having an interest in the Amityville community's general welfare.
Section 2. Honorary Member
The Board may at any regular or special meeting of the Board and by affirmative majority vote, admit to Honorary Membership any person of distinction in public affairs or preeminent by ability or high character, not directly connected with any mercantile or professional pursuits who is deemed worthy of such distinction. Honorary Membership confers upon such a person the privileges of the Chamber, except that they shall not hold office, they shall not be entitled to vote and they shall be exempt from paying dues. Honorary Membership may be revoked by the Board at any time.
Section 3. Election to Membership
Applications for new membership shall be made in writing on the prescribed application form. Applications shall be submitted to the Membership Committee or its designee to the Board. The application shall be regarded as a guarantee on the part of the applicant of interest in the purposes of the Chamber and of adherence to the By-Laws, rules and regulations. The election to membership shall require the affirmative majority vote of the Board at any regular or special meeting thereof. Memberships approved by the Board will begin upon payment of the prescribed dues.
Section 4. Exercise of Privileges
Any merchant, professional, association, firm, partnership or corporation holding membership may nominate, in writing to the Board, an individual whom the holder desires to exercise the privileges of membership covered by its subscription, subject to approval by the Board of Directors. An individual member may not so nominate another to exercise his/her privileges of membership.
Section 5. Voting Restriction of Members
Every member of the Chamber in good standing is entitled to one vote in any election, referendum or membership meeting. No voting by proxy shall be permitted.
Section 6. Not in Good Standing
A member shall be in good standing unless its membership has been terminated in accordance with the provisions of this Article, or unless it is in arrears in payment of dues for three (3) months, or unless its status as a member in good standing has been suspended by a two-thirds (2/3rds) affirmative vote of the Board at any regular constituted Board meeting. A member not in good standing shall have suspended all of its interests and rights in and to the property of the Chamber.
Section 7. Termination
Any member may resign from the Chamber upon written request to the Board of Directors. Any member may be expelled by the Board of Directors by a two-thirds (2/3rds) vote for non-payment of dues after three (3) months from the due date unless otherwise extended for good cause. Any member may be expelled by a two-thirds (2/3rds) vote of the Board of Directors at a regularly scheduled meeting thereof for conduct unbecoming a member or prejudicial to the aims or repute of the Chamber, after notice and opportunity for a hearing are afforded the member against whom the complaint has been made. The termination of membership from the Chamber for any reason shall cause a forfeiture of all interest of the member in and to the property of the Chamber, and the member thereafter shall have no rights thereto or in any part thereof.
Section 8. Dues
Membership dues shall be at such rate as may be prescribed from time to time by the Board of Directors, payable annually, in advance. Dues should be paid on or before the first day of the month the Chamber Member initially joined the Chamber. For those members who paid dues under the By-Laws adopted in October of 1997, dues will be payable on or before the first day of the fiscal year.
ARTICLE III. Meetings
Section 1. Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Chamber, in compliance with state law, shall be held during the month of June of each year. The time and place shall be fixed by the Board of Directors and notice thereof mailed to each member at least five (5) days in writing before said meeting.
Section 2. Regular Meetings
Meetings of the general membership will be held on the first Wednesday of each month. Meeting of the Board of Directors will be held on the third Wednesday of each month. the time and place of each meeting shall be determined by the President, unless otherwise noticed to the membership or Board, respectively. Either meeting may be canceled at least seven days in advance by a majority vote of the Board, or by an Officer in the event of severe weather event, which shall not be subject to advance notice.
Section 3. Additional Meetings
(a) General meetings of the Chamber may be called by the President at any time, or upon written request of any twenty (20) active members in good standing, which writing must state the object and purpose of the meeting. Notice in writing setting forth the date, time, place and purpose of the meeting must be mailed to each member to the last known mailing address at least five (5) days prior to such meetings. (b) Board meetings may be called, by the President or upon written request of any five (5) members of the Board, setting forth the object and purpose of the meeting. Notice, including the purpose of the meeting, shall be given to each director at least one day prior to said meeting. (c) Committee meetings may be called at any time by the President, Vice-President or the Committee's chairperson.
Section 4. Notices, Agenda, Minutes
Written notice of Chamber meetings of the General Membership and of the Board of Directors, shall be mailed at least five (5) days in advance, unless otherwise stated herein. Members in good standing shall also receive in said mailing the minutes of the previous respective meeting Notices shall be mailed by the Secretary or other designee of the Board. Minutes shall be maintained for all meetings by the Secretary or other designee of the Board and recorded in a book of minutes to be maintained by the Board.
Section 5. Quorums
(a) No less than ten (10) active members in good standing shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any regular or special meeting, and the Annual meeting, of the general membership of the Chamber. (b) Five (5) directors present shall constitute a quorum of the Board of Directors. (c) Three (3) committee members present at committee meetings shall constitute a quorum, unless the committee consists of two members, in which case same shall be considered a quorum. (d) The highest ranking Officer, the committee chairman or his/her designee, present shall call the meeting to order and proceed with the business promptly at the designated time.
Section 6. Cost of Meeting
The Board of Directors shall prescribe the costs, if any, of attending a meeting of the Chamber for members and non-members.
ARTICLE IV. Board of Directors
Section 1. Composition of the Board of Directors
The Government of the Chamber shall be vested in a Board of Directors consisting of: a maximum of eleven (11) Directors, including the immediate Past-President, in addition to four (4) Officers: the President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. Additionally, there also may be an Executive Director, whose duties shall be determined by the Board. The Board shall have the power to fill all vacancies of the Directors and Officers by a two-thirds (2/3rds) affirmative vote of the Board present at any regular constituted Board meeting. They may adopt rules for conducting the business of the Chamber. They shall meet not less than once a month. They shall cause to be submitted a full report of the work and the finances of the organization at the Annual meeting.
Section 2. Election of Directors
Directors, except for the Executive Director, shall be elected bi-annually in accordance with Article VI.
Section 3. Appointment of Past President
The retiring President may seek appointment to the Board for the two year term following her/her last term as President. Appointment shall be made upon the majority vote of the Board at the April Board meeting. If the Past President position is not so filled, then same shall be an open Directorship which shall be filled in accordance with the terms of Article VI.
Section 3. Appointment of Executive Director
An Executive Director may be appointed, and likewise removed, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, (bold removed) Executive Board by a majority vote. (bold removed) The Executive Director shall have no right to vote, in that capacity, at a meeting of the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Term
The term of office of a Director shall be two years, commencing on July 1st following the election to the position, through to the last day of June two years thereafter. See also Article VI.
Section 5. No Term Limits
A Director may, if elected, continue as Director for additional consecutive terms.
Section 6. Automatic Excused Absences/ Removal
Absence by a Director from five (5) regular meetings of the Board and/or of the Chamber, within one fiscal year, without a valid excuse approved by a majority vote of those voting at a meeting of the Board, shall be construed as a resignation from office.
Section 7. Suspension
A Director shall have all rights and duties suspended if said Director has become a Member not in good standing in accordance with Section 6 of Article II.
Section 8. Indemnification
The Chamber may, by resolution of the Board of Directors, provide for indemnification by the Chamber of any and all current or former Officers and Directors against expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in connection with the defense of any action, suit or proceeding in which they or any of them are made parties, or a party, by reason of having been Officers or Directors of the Chamber, except in relation to matters as to which such individuals shall be adjudged in such action, suit or proceeding to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of duty and in such matters as shall be settled by agreement predicated on the existence of such liability for negligence or misconduct.
Section 9. Replacement
In the event of death, disability, resignation or any other reason that precludes a Director from performance of his or her duties, said Directorship position may be declared vacant by two-thirds (2/3rds) vote of the Board within two months of the vacancy, and at that time the successor elected by the Board for the balance of the unexpired term.
Section 10. Phone Voting Procedures
In the event that a matter is in need of the Board of Directors immediate attention, any Officer of the Board of Directors (President, Vice President, Treasurer or Secretary) may hold a telephone vote to poll all the members of the Board for their vote. A majority of the Board of Directors is required to pass a Phone Vote.
ARTICLE V. Officers
Section 1. Titles
The Officers of the Chamber shall be President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary.
Section 2. Election of Officers
Officers shall be elected bi-annually in accordance with Article VI.
Section 3. Term
The term of office of the Chamber Officers shall be two years, commencing on July 1st following the election to the position, through to the last day of June two years thereafter. See also Article VI.
Section 4. Term Limits
Any Officer may, if elected, continue as an Officer in the same capacity for additional consecutive terms.
Section 5. The President
The President shall be the head of the Chamber and preside at all meetings of the Chamber and the Board, and perform all the duties incident to office. The President shall determine the need for ad hoc committees, and all committee chairmen, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors by a majority vote. The President shall be a member ex-officio of all committees, unless otherwise specified herein. With the approval of the Board of Directors, the President shall sign all contracts and other instruments affecting the operation of the Chamber or any of its properties. The President shall, with another officer, sign all formal documents of the Chamber. The President shall have authority to expend up to $500.00 on behalf of the Chamber; sums in excess of that amount must have the approval of the majority vote of the Board of Directors. The President shall recommend to the Board such matters and accept suggestions as may tend to promote the prosperity and increase the usefulness of the Chamber. The President shall be responsible, with the Treasurer, and the Budget and Finance Committee, for the preparation of an operating budget covering all activities of the Chamber subject to the approval of the Board of Directors.
Section 6. The Vice President
The Vice-President shall act in the absence or disability of the President shall have the same power, authority and duties as the President. In the absence of the President and Vice-President, a member of the Board shall be chosen by the Board to act temporarily.
Section 7. The Treasurer
The Treasurer shall be receive all monies paid to the Chamber and deposit all monies of the Chamber in a bank account maintained in an Amityville bank as designated by the Board. Treasurer shall pay all duly authorized bills and expenses. The Treasurer shall keep an accurate record of all receipts and books belonging to the Chamber and shall make and announce a quarterly report at the Board meeting and regular meeting, respectively, following the close of each quarter. The Treasurer shall bill all members for payment of dues no later than the first day of the month prior to the Annual meeting, and render a current report on bank balances, dues payments and delinquent members at each Board meeting. The Treasurer shall render a full annual report of all receipts and disbursements at the first regular meeting following the close of the fiscal year and at any time upon request from the President or the request of the majority of the Board.
Section 8. The Secretary
It shall be the duty of the Secretary to conduct the official correspondence, preserve all books, documents and communications, maintain an accurate record of the proceedings of the Chamber and the Board by recording of minutes at all regular, Board and special meetings. The Secretary shall prepare notices, agendas and minutes of prior meetings for all meetings of the General Membership and the Board, and shall mail them to the membership and directors respectively, prior to the meetings, except that minutes of prior meetings shall not be mailed to non-members.
Section 9. Automatic Excused Absences/ Removal
Absence by an Officer from five (5) regular meetings of the Board and/or of the Chamber, within one fiscal year, without a valid excuse approved by a majority vote of those voting at a meeting of the Board, shall be construed as a resignation from office.
Section 10. Suspension
An officer shall have all rights and duties suspended if said Officer has become a Member not in good standing in accordance with Section 6 of Article II.
Section 11. Replacement
In the event of death, disability, resignation or any other reason that precludes the Officer from performance of his/her duties, said position may be declared vacant by a two-thirds (2/3rds) vote of the Board, within two months of the vacancy, and at that time, the successor elected by the Board for the balance of the unexpired term. Said Officer should be selected from one of the Directors in good standing.
ARTICLE VI. Elections
Section 1. Nominating Committee
At the regular March Board meeting, the President shall appoint,, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, a nominating committee of three members of the Chamber. The President shall designate the Chairman of the committee. At the April Board meeting, the nominating committee shall present to the President and Secretary a slate of candidates to serve two-year terms to replace the Officers and Directors whose regular terms are expiring. Each candidate must be an active member in good standing and must have agreed to accept the responsibility of the respective position.
Section 2. Publicity of Nominations
The Secretary or designee of the Board shall notify the Membership in the Notice of the May regular meeting of the names and persons nominated as candidates for Officers and Directors and the right of petition.
Section 3. Nominations by Petition
Additional names of candidates for Officers or Director may be nominated by Petition, which makes reference to the respective positions, bearing the genuine signatures of at least ten (10) members in good standing of the Chamber. Such petitions must be received by the Nominating Committee chairman no later than five days after the May regular meeting. The determination of the Nominating Committee as to the legality of the Petition(s) shall be final.
Section 4. Determination
If no Petition is filed within the designated period, the nominations shall be closed and the nominated slate of candidates shall be declared elected at the Annual meeting by the chairman of the Election Committee. If a legal petition shall present additional candidates, a ballot shall be drafted by the Nominating Committee. The ballot shall state the names of those candidates duly identified as being nominated by the Nominating Committee, in alphabetical order, followed by the names of those nominated by Petition, in alphabetical order. The Nominating Committee shall mail this ballot to all members in good standing at least 14 days before the Annual meeting. The ballot shall be marked in accordance with instructions printed on the ballot, bearing the raised seal of the Chamber, which ballot must be post-marked or hand-delivered to the chairman of the Election Committee no later than five days before the Annual meeting.
Section 5. Election Committee
The President shall appoint and submit to the Board for approval at the regular April Board meeting a committee of three who are not candidates for election, which shall be responsible for the collection of the ballots, the counting of votes for each candidate and the reporting to the General Membership at the Annual meeting the number of votes cast for each candidate. The committee shall tally the votes no earlier than the day before the Annual meeting. The committee shall report the names of those candidates who received the highest number of votes which are therefore elected for the respective positions. In the event of a tie, a vote taken of the General Membership at the Annual meeting will decide the outcome.
Section 6. Retirement and Installation
Retirement and installation of the Officers and Directions shall take place at the July regular meeting. Same shall be conducted by the Village Justice or other designee of the Board.
Section 7. Staggered Elections of Directors and Officers
The respective terms of the President, Treasurer and six Directors, including the Past President, shall expire on the last day of the fiscal year in 2010 and each even year thereafter, each having a term of two years. The respective terms of the Vice-President, Secretary and five Directors shall expire on the last day of the fiscal year in 2009 and each odd year thereafter. Said positions shall have terms of one year from July 1, 1998 through June 3, 1999; thereafter, the terms shall each be for two years. The Nominating Committee for the 1998 elections shall present a slate of candidates which designates the length of the terms for the proposed eleven directors, such that six directorships shall be for two-year terms and five directorships shall be for one-year terms. Nominations by Petition must indicate the length of the term for each proposed candidate.
ARTICLE VII. Committees and Divisions
Section 1. Appointment and Authority
The President, by and with the Approval of the Board of Directors, shall appoint all Committees and Committee chairmen. Committee appointment shall be at the will and pleasure of the President and shall serve concurrent with the term of the President, unless a different term is approved by the Board of Directors. The Board shall authorize and define the powers and duties of all standing and special committees except those committees whose function are set forth in these By-Laws.
Section 2. Functions and Reporting
It shall be the function of committees to make investigations, conduct hearings, make recommendations to the Board and the carrying of such activities as may be delegated to them by the Board. They shall examine into and report on such subjects as may be referred to them by the Board.
Section 3. Limitation of Authority
No action by any member, committee, division, employee, director or officer shall be binding upon, or constitute an expression of, the policy of the Chamber until it shall have been approved or ratified by the Board of Directors. No member, committee, division, employee, director or officer shall take or make public any formal action or make public any resolution, or in any way commit the Chamber on a question of policy, or in matters of general public interest, without first having received approval of the Board. A committee shall be discharged by the President when its work has been completed and it's report accepted, or when, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, it is deemed wise to discontinue the Committee.
Section 4. Standing & Special Committees
The President shall, with the approval of the Board, appoint such additional standing and special committees as may be deemed necessary for the proper functioning of the Chamber and shall prescribe their duties when not herein specified.
Section 5. Suggested Regular Committees
There may be the following committees, the membership which shall be appointed at the first Regular Board Meeting of the fiscal year: A) Program Committee – shall have charge of planning programs for regular chamber meetings, arranging for guest speakers, demonstrations, lectures, etc. B) Entertainment Committee – shall have charge of entertainment in social functions of the Chamber. C) Marketing Committee – shall plan and work for the promotion of business interests and commercial progress in the Amityville Community and its environs, report on their problems, and to promote Chamber membership interest in this category. D) Publicity Committee – shall arrange all publicity on behalf of the activities of the chamber including the activities of all Chamber Committees. E) Membership Committee – shall conduct a continuous membership expansion program, set goals for new membership, solicit new members, review and report on all applicants, submit all applications and recommend approval or disapproval to the Board. F) Community Events and Fund raising Committee – shall plan and organize fund raising activates and keep the membership informed as to the community events scheduled during that term. G) Budget and Finance Committee – shall prepare and present at the first regular Board Meeting of the new fiscal year, in conjunction with the Treasurer, a proposed budget for the ensuing year of estimated income and expenditures and submit it to the Board of Directors. The budget shall be voted upon at the Board Meeting and shall serve as the appropriation measure for the Chamber. No committee may exceed its appropriation without prior consent of the Board. The committee shall be responsible for determining the ways and means by which budget requirements are met. H) Seasonal Decorations Committee – shall plan seasonal decorations for enhancement of the business district throughout the Amityville community and its environs. I) Nominating Committee – See Article VI. J) Election Committee – See Article VI. K) Such other committees as the President shall find necessary from time to time.
ARTICLE VIII. Finances
Section 1. Funds
All money paid to the Chamber shall be placed in a general operating fund. Funds unused from the current year's budget will be placed in a reserve account.
Section 2. Disbursements
Upon approval of the Budget, the President and Treasurer are authorized to make disbursements on account and expenses provided for in the budget without additional approval of the Board of Directors, in accordance with Article V. Disbursement shall be by check.
Section 3. Fiscal Year
The Chamber's fiscal year shall end the 30th day of June.
Section 4. Annual Audit
The accounts of the Chamber shall be audited annually as to the close of business on the last day of the fiscal year by the accountant. The audit shall at all times be available to members of the organization within the offices of the Chamber.
ARTICLE IX. Parliamentary Procedure
Section 1. Authority
The current edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall be the final source of authority in all questions of parliamentary procedures when such rules are not inconsistent with the By-Laws of the Chamber.
Section 2. No Proxies
No proxies shall be allowed on any matter requiring a vote, and unless specifically otherwise stated herein, those present and voting shall determine the outcome.
Section 3. Seal
The Chamber may use the seal of such design as may be adopted by the Board of Directors.
Section 4. Order of Business
1. Attendance and determination of a quorum. 2. Introduction of current members and presentation of new members. 3. Minutes of prior meetings and communications 4. Finance report (see Article V and VIII). 5. President's report. 6. Unfinished business, including committee reports. 7. New business, including committee reports. 8. Program. 9. Adjournment.
ARTICLE X. Dissolution
Section 1. Procedure
The Chamber shall use its funds only to accomplish the objectives and purposes specified in these By-Laws, and no part of said funds shall inure, or be distributed, to the members of the Chamber. Upon dissolution of the Chamber, any funds remaining shall be distributed to one or more regularly organized and qualified charitable, educational, scientific or philanthropic organization(s), to be selected by this Board of Directors as defined in IRS Section 501(c) (3).
ARTICLE XI. Amendments
Section 1. Revisions
These By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds (2/3rds) majority vote of the officers and directors present in any duly convened Regular or Special Meeting of the Board, upon compliance with the following: A) Proposed amendments must be prepared in writing and submitted to the Board for its review. B) The proposed amendments shall be made available at a duly convened meeting of the Chamber, it must include article number, section number and the proposed changes, additions or deletions. C) The Secretary shall be directed by the President to send written notice of the proposed amendments to each member not less than seven (7) days prior to the next regular meeting, indicating that the proposed amendment shall be voted upon at the next regular meeting of the Board. D) Any amendment shall be effective immediately upon such vote of the Board and shall be incorporated verbatim in the text of the By-Laws.
ARTICLE XII. Enabling Resolution
The proposed By-Laws and any revision thereto shall be made available to the membership at the regular meeting held in the month preceding the Board meeting at the same shall be voted upon.
"Revised and ratified by the Board of Directors at a duly constituted meeting held the month of October 1997â€


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The nawab of Bollywood, Saif Ali Khan, has come up with the recent trailer of his new movie Kaalakandi and the audiences are going crazy. The unconventional storylines and movies are anyway picking up pace these days in the Hindi film industry and is the perfect time to come up with absurd ideas as the people want something new and stuff which is unseen. Talking about the movie, it has got some amazing songs which are visually rich and aesthetically astounding. Check them out before making your playlist for this New Year Eve 2018.
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Sung by the director Akshay Verma himself, the song is composed by Sameer Uddin and is the modern take on rap in the Haryanvi language. This will be the first song you've ever heard in Haryanvi and if you think Pungi or Second Hand Jawani were the only times Saif let his inner crazy self out in the open, the latest Kaalakaandi song will prove you wrong.
Kaala Doreya
Kaala Doreya is the new song from Saif ali Khan's latest movie Kaalakaandi which has just come today. A rather modern take on the traditional Punjabi song Kaala Doriya Kundey Naal, it captures the characters and the complexities of the protagonist in the whole movie. Sung by Neha Bhasin, rapper Raxstar also features in this song with a a rap segment.


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Michael H. Kramarsch is founder, Delegate of the Board and Managing Partner of the hkp /// group.
In his more than 20 years consulting business he has established himself as one of the most highly regarded experts in the field of value-oriented management, corporate governance, performance management and top-executive compensation - in industrial companies as well as banks. His consulting expertise to Boards (Aufsichts- und Verwaltungsräte), Executive Boards and HR managers spans Germany, Switzerland and Austria – as well as additional European countries and the U.S.
Prior to founding hkp/// group on January 1st 2011, Mr. Kramarsch worked 13 years for an international HR management consulting firm. There he held various management and executive positions, e.g. as Managing Partner for the German-speaking regions.
Jointly with Prof. Fred G. Becker, Michael H. Kramarsch published one of the first studies in German-speaking countries on value-oriented corporate management and incentives in 1997. His book on equity-based management compensation ("Aktienbasierte Management-Vergütung", Schaeffer Poeschl), available as second edition, is still considered a standard reference of executive compensation in Germany. Together with Dirk Filbert he analyzed the regulatory framework conditions of an altered remuneration landscape in "Performance-based remuneration in the banking business", a chapter of the "Handbook Corporate Governance in Banks" (Ed. Hopt, K. and Wohlmannstetter, G., Vahlen / CHBeck, June 2011).
Michael H. Kramarsch was a named specialty expert for German regulatory bodies as Governmental Commission on Corporate Governance (Deutsche Regierungskommission Corporate Governance), managed by Chairman Prof. Dr. T. Baums (2001), and The Government Commission German Corporate Governance Code (Regierungskommission DCGK) managed by the Chairmen Klaus Peter Müller und Dr. Manfred Gentz (2012 to 2014). He is founding member and CEO of the German Association of Independent Compensation Consultants (VUVB) as well as member of the advisory board of HHL Center for Corporate Governance, Leipzig.
Mr. Kramarsch is regularly cited in articles, lectures and publishes on current developments in corporate governance, top executive compensation and performance management.
hkp/// group and Ipreo have analyzed the ownership structure of DAX-listed companies and worked out how different investors and proxy advisors act in relation to management board remuneration and what kind of patterns can be identified.
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Hal Holoun received his bachelor's degree from Hastings College in Hastings, Nebraska, and Master's Degree from the University of Wyoming in Laramie in the early 1960s. Trained in abstract art, Holoun shifted to landscape painting, prompted by his captivation with the interplay between earth and sky. Many of his landscapes take place at either dawn or dusk when the colors are most intense and the earth-sky event most dramatic. In his finest landscape paintings some viewers find that "something spiritual occurs" in which Holoun himself essentially serves as the conduit by which the scene is rendered onto canvas. Holoun has held a variety of teaching positions and has been a full-time artist since 1980. His work has been included in numerous group and invitational exhibitions at such institutions as the Tucson Art Museum and the Museum of Nebraska Art.
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I recently found myself bragging about my marriage to a friend at a party. Actually, it was a "mutual bragging" as we shared about our spouses and the qualities we valued in our marriages.
At one point, I nudged my friend and jokingly said, "Yeah, next year we'll hear the other is getting a divorce!" We both laughed! You know the laugh – "Ha ha ha! That would never happen! Never!" But my joking comment begged the question, "What will our marriages look like next year and the years following?"
When providing couples counseling, I encourage couples not to be overly confident.
Let's face it. A lot can happen in a year. Look at all the changes that have taken place in our world in the last year or two. Who would have imagined? You see people not sticking to fundamentals – not saying and doing the right things and then wondering why others are upset and progress isn't being made.
What happened? This is what couples I provide marriage counseling to in my Newport Beach office are often wondering when they come to me in crisis. "One, five or twenty years ago we seemed to have it all!" they say. As I listen to the stories of couples, most seem to have had the American dream. But somewhere along the way, something went terribly wrong.
Too often, marriages that should be an appreciating asset, sadly became a depreciating liability in the eyes of one or both partners. As a result of poor fundamentals, neglect, mismanagement, selfishness and/or naivete, what once had incredible value has declined to the point of having no value. The marriage became just a marriage on paper, in perception, and in potential only.
How can a couple maintain sufficient value in their marriage? I explain to couples during couples counseling that like most areas in life, the answer is practicing good fundamentals and having a sound investment strategy that takes into account the volatility of life. Life happens! Kids, career, aging parents, and unforeseen events like health problems or the loss of a job put major stress on a marriage.
What are good fundamentals? Good fundamentals are what you did when you established a loving relationship in the beginning. You admired the other, showed respect, expressed affection, tried to meet the felt needs of the other, listened, spent time together and made sincere efforts to repair the relationship when you hurt the other. You expressed value regularly and the other felt valuable. The couples counseling process helps marriages to reestablish these fundamentals.
One particular night I came home from work around 9:30 pm from my Newport Beach office where I provide couples counseling. When I went upstairs to say "hi" to Morag. I noticed she did not seem to be feeling well and so I asked her how she was. She began to share how she had burned her hand while cooking earlier and that she was feeling physically under the weather. As she talked, I listened, empathized and told her how genuinely sorry I was that she wasn't feeling well.
The next morning I noticed a special glow in Morag's eyes…like she liked me! Then later, when we were standing together at our daughter's school, she began to rub my back like she really liked me! The fact is we were both feeling valued. We had both practicing good fundamentals.
Marriage fundamentals serve to maintain and/or increase value in a marriage. When I met Morag's felt need for empathy by listening with care and concern, she felt valued, which in turn, gave value to the marriage. When she admiringly looked at me and provided me with a little PDA (public display of affection), I felt valued and the marriage was given value.
Do you regularly feel valued by your spouse? Do you practice fundamentals that cause your spouse to feel valued?
I share with couples during marriage counseling that fundamentals are things you have to practice, and practice regularly. It is, too, easy to get into bad habits.
Morag and I go out to breakfast each week. It is something we do to invest in our marriage. Admittedly, it's not easy to protect our "couple time" from the demands of life. Like many married couples, we have many areas that require the investment of our time, energy and resources. However, in order to be good investors of our limited resources of time, emotions, and energy we work hard to be intentional about "where" and "how much" we allocate.
Our goal is to put our marriage on the top of the list. Other areas of life may have to do with a little less. But, we realize that if our marriage tanks, every other area of our life will suffer. I see the devastating impact of struggling marriages and divorce on a family in my work with couples and families. Children depend on parents to invest wisely for their future – the most important investment is in the marriage. I explain to couples there is nothing more important.
When something does not go right in life, it is easy to wonder if you made the wrong decision. This is illustrated in the joke about two women who were at a party and one woman said to another, "Aren't you wearing your wedding ring on the wrong finger?" The other woman replied, "Yes! I married the wrong man!" Sadly, when a marriage declines in value it is easy to wonder, "Did I marry the wrong person?" But most often, it is not the wrong person…it is poor fundamentals and bad investing. The marriage became devalued as a result of neglect and mismanagement.
When counseling marriages and couples who are engaged, I remind them that their spouse & marriage are assets. By practicing good fundamentals and investing wisely in their marriage, they will stay that way!
Couples counseling is a great investment for those wanting to develop and strengthen healthy relationship skills. When it comes to your most important assets, you should always be willing to access an expert if your goal is to get the best return.


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Distribution and Habitat
Country distribution from AmphibiaWeb's database: Australia
Life History, Abundance, Activity, and Special BehaviorsInhabits coastal and river floodplains, monsoon forest, savanna woodland and open grassland.
Breeding occurs in spring and summer from November to March. Males call from exposed sites
(usually steeply sloping banks) adjacent to temporary pools. About 100 � 330 eggs are laid in
free-floating clumps in pools where there is little to no emergent vegetation. Pools are often
surrounded by gravel or sandy soil. Development takes 10 weeks.
Trends and ThreatsNo known declines and large extent of occurrence.
None known.
Conservation Measures
None in place.
Barker, J., Grigg, G. C., and Tyler, M. J. (1995). A Field Guide to Australian Frogs. Surrey Beatty and Sons, New South Wales.
Cogger, H.G. (1992). Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Reed Books, New South Wales.
Tyler, M.J., Crook, G.A., and Davies, M. (1983). ''Reproductive biology of the frogs of the Magela Creek System, Northern Territory.'' Records of the South Australian Museum, 18, 415-440.
Tyler, M.J., Smith, L.A., and Johnstone, R.E. (1994). Frogs of Western Australia. Western Australian Museum, Perth.
Species Account Citation: AmphibiaWeb 2008 Litoria inermis: Peter's Frog <http://amphibiaweb.org/species/1256> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed Oct 24, 2020.
Citation: AmphibiaWeb. 2020. <http://amphibiaweb.org> University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Accessed 24 Oct 2020.
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The Liberals maintained their 22-year hold in Toronto Centre in Monday's vote with a first-place finish over the trailing NDP.
Liberal candidate Bill Morneau won the riding easily with 57.9 percent of the vote (29,090 votes).
"We're going to make a better Canada. We're going to make it better because we're going to invest in the things that matter," Morneau told a jubilant crowd at the Paintbox Bistro at Dundas and Sackville, Monday, Oct 19, 2015.
Repeat NDP candidate Linda McQuaig came in second with 26.6 percent (13,382 votes) and Julian Di Battista was well behind in third with 12.2 percent (6,131 votes). Green party candidate Colin Biggin and independent Jordan Stone received 2.6 percent (1,306 votes) and 0.3 percent (147 votes), respectively.
Toronto Centre, roughly bordered by Bloor Street, Bay Street, the Don River and The Esplanade, has been a Liberal stronghold since 1993. The riding contains Toronto's gay Church-Wellesley Village.
"I feel my role, not only because of this riding but as a member of Parliament, is to focus on many things, including rights for all individuals across the country," Morneau said, when asked by Daily Xtra how he would act on behalf of his LGBT constituents.
"I think we should start by focusing on trans rights, which obviously is something that got left behind by the last Parliament in the Senate, and I know we're committed to doing that."
Morneau is the former chair of the CD Howe Institute and executive chair of human resources consulting company Morneau Shepell.
The redrawing of electoral boundaries after the 2011 federal election meant the riding did not have an incumbent. Chrystia Freeland of the Liberals won Toronto Centre in the 2013 by-election, but ran and won in the newly created riding University-Rosedale for the 2015 election.
Conservative candidate Julian Di Battista was running for the first time, and felt his party made big strides in the riding from the by-election, where it had received 8.7 percent of votes.
"It's quite clear that Canadians wanted change. Whether or not we see change is something we'll have to see," Di Battista, a bank analyst and long-time Conservative Party supporter, said.
Morneau said he'll be bringing messages about jobs and immigration from the riding back to Parliament.
"In this riding, we heard people are really concerned with jobs for their children and their grandchildren," he said. "We absolutely heard people very frustrated with the way immigrants are treated in this country, very concerned with Bill C-24 . . . And we did hear about people who want to find a way to do better, who are struggling to get by."
NDP candidate McQuaig declined a request to comment.


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GunDoll shooting caltrops targets in the Utah desert with a Belgian FN Five-seveN IOM pistol with extended 30 round magazine. The suppressor is a SilencerCo Sparrow SS.
Here are a few more photos of GunDoll at SHOT Show 2015 worth sharing. View parts 1 & 3.
The B&T APC45 from Switzerland.
A 5.5 lb AR15 from Battle Arms Development.
Christensen Arms KeyMod handguards. Like us, Christensen is also based out of Utah.
CMMG's Mutant has made a lot of buzz, this is the 7.62x39mm Mk47.
Dead Air Armament was at Media Day at the Range with their Sandman series and .22LR Mask silencers.
Jessie James got into firearms a few years ago, here is a little over-done belt-fed pistol.
Kriss Vector Gen.II with AR type stock; hopefully the 9mm conversions aren't too far away.
Here GunDoll is holding a short XCR with a new low profile gas system by Robinson Armament.
Serbu's SU-15 will be released soon, as a complete pistol, SBR, carbine, or AR15 conversion.
Spuhr handguards for the MP5, with an Aimpoint mount and an H&K rail in the white.
The guys that first brough KeyMod to market, VLTOR has their SCAR handguards available with KeyMod or picatinny.
The new prototype LWRC 45 SMG (more info).
You Tube channel Man – Woman – Guns often feature short videos of the Kirsti firing a weapon with another purpose beyond seeing her do just that. Here she is with an M1918 BAR (User Nelson Adcock points out is likely a Colt Monitor).
Serbu employee Lil' Red Danger with a Super Shorty Serbu shotgun.
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Falia's (Falia Photography) review and field strip (including barrel removal) of the XCR-M.
Miss Battle Born is disappointed with the self healing target she purchased. We like them – they aren't fantastic, but we don't use them with pistol calibers nor at such close range. These targets are convenient when you don't want to potentially litter and when you have an impromptu range day with just what we happen to have in the vehicle.
This is the new .22LR curio from ZiP Factory. It's an unconventional design which can be used (if registered with the ATF) as a secondary weapon mounted under a rifle's handguard. With some imagination there are strange possibilities for this concept.


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Aug 7, 2010
Looks like the flap over fluoride isn't going to disappear anytime soon.
Worried about the "medication" of local drinking water, a new group has formed to educate people about the dangers of adding fluoride to public water systems.
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"STOP FLUORIDE" will hold its first meeting at 3 p.m. on Thursday at Progressive Gardens, 6005 Oleander Drive.
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Kevin Lisota of Findwell sent me a heads up about a rule clarification sent out today by the NWMLS to all their members:
Short Sales: Status Change Required after Mutual Acceptance
Rule 120 (b) requires the listing office to timely report the mutual acceptance of a purchase and sale agreement for a short sale as Pending (e.g. Pending, Pending Inspection, Pending Back-Up). A Short Sale property shall not remain in the Active status if the buyer and seller have reached mutual acceptance and are waiting for the lender's consent to the transaction. The only Short Sale properties that should remain in the Active status are those properties where the buyer and seller have not reached mutual acceptance.
In other words, properties that have any offer approved by the seller and awaiting bank approval must be marked as "pending," regardless of the known fact that many banks are taking 2-3 months just to respond to such offers, many of which are then rejected by the bank.
This rule is not new, but according to Kevin, there is "zero consistency for this practice right now." One would assume that many agents are already doing this, causing some of the growing discrepancy between "pending" and closed sales. Of course, if there are a non-trivial number of agents out there not doing this already that begin to do so now, this will definitely artificially inflate the pending sales data even further.
Kevin points out two problems with this rule (and the NWMLS' newly-found fondness for enforcing it):
- Your pending numbers are going to be even more messed up. Often the distressed home seller will sign anything they receive, no matter how crazy, and then submit it to the bank. (Many banks won't even look at it without a signed contract.) If typical wait times are a 2-3 months for a response, you'll see all of those properties marked as pending, yet they are not pending until the bank approves the transaction. To give you an example, we have a short sale buyer that is in contract with the seller. They signed an agreement for a sales price close to $300k off the list price and more than $300k being owed to the mortgagor. I believe that this price has zero chance of success, yet the seller signed it just to move things along at the bank.
- This policy is not in the best interests of short sellers. Since there is limited success getting buyer's offers approved, particularly lowball offers, it is in the seller's best interests to continue marketing the property to try to attract better buyer offers while they wait for bank approval. The moment you change it to pending, it disappears from websites and no one will seriously look at the property any more.
At this point, I'll continue to report "pending" sales in our monthly summaries, but will be converting our regularly scheduled graphs to closed sales, since that is a statistic that has had a consistent definition since 2000 (as far back as my data goes).


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Today is Wednesday, June 5, the 156th day of 2013 with 209 to follow.
The moon is waning. Morning stars are Neptune and Uranus. Evening stars are Mercury, Saturn and Venus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include British furniture maker Thomas Chippendale in 1718; Scottish economist Adam Smith in 1723; Lincoln County, N.M., Sheriff Pat Garrett, the man who shot Billy the Kid, in 1850; Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa in 1878; English economist John Maynard Keynes in 1883; actor William Boyd (Hopalong Cassidy) in 1895; Italian shoemaker Salvatore Ferragamo in 1898; author/illustrator Richard Scarry in 1919; actor Robert Lansing in 1928; journalist/commentator Bill Moyers in 1934 (age 79); British novelist Margaret Drabble in 1939 (age 74); Olympic athlete John Carlos in 1945 (age 68); Welsh author Ken Follett in 1949 (age 64); financial adviser Suze Orman in 1951 (age 62); entertainer Kenny G in 1956 (age 57); rapper-turned-actor Mark Wahlberg in 1971 (age 42); and actor Chad Allen in 1974 (age 39).
On this date in history:
In 1783, the first public demonstration of a hot-air balloon occurred at Annonay, France.
In 1933, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed a bill abolishing the gold standard.
In 1967, the Six Day War began between Israel and the Arab states of Egypt, Syria and Jordan.
In 1968, as he campaigned for the Democratic presidential nomination in Los Angeles, U.S. Sen. Robert Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian immigrant. Kennedy, 42, died the next day.
In 1976, the Teton River Dam in Idaho collapsed as it was being filled for the first time, killing 14 people, flooding 300 square miles and causing an estimated $1 billion damage.
In 1985, General Motors agreed to buy Hughes Aircraft for more than $5 billion. At the time, it was the biggest corporate purchase outside the oil industry.
In 1986, Ronald Pelton, a former National Security Agency employee, was convicted in Baltimore of spying for the Soviet Union. The verdict came one day after former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Jay Pollard pleaded guilty to espionage on behalf of Israel.
In 1991, in a step away from apartheid, South African legislators repealed the Land Acts of 1913 and 1936, which reserved 87 percent of land for whites.
In 2000, Ukrainian officials announced that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, site of the worst radiation accident in history, would be closed.
In 2003, officials said U.S. troops would withdraw from the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, bringing an end to 50 years of guard duty.
In 2004, Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. president, died at his Los Angeles home at the age of 93 of complications from Alzheimer's disease.
In 2007, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff for U.S. Vice President Dick Chaney, was sentenced to 30 months in jail for lying to FBI agents and to a grand jury in the investigation of who leaked the name of a covert CIA agent to the news media.
In 2008, the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States told a military court in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, he wanted to plead guilty to the charges to become a martyr. Khalid Sheik Mohammed said he expected to face the death penalty.
In 2010, after several unsuccessful attempts, BP placed a cap on a ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well and began funneling crude into a drill ship. The well, off the Louisiana coast, had been spewing an estimated 798,000 gallons of crude a day into the gulf for more than a month since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing 11 workers.
In 2011, the center-right Social Democratic Party, headed by Pedro Passos Coelho, won the Portuguese parliamentary election over the incumbent Socialists. In Peru, Olllanta Humala Tasso, a leftist former military officer, was elected president in a runoff.
In 2012, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican, became the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall election.
A thought for the day: Alfred Whitney Griswold said: "Books won't stay banned. They won't burn. Ideas won't go to jail. In the long run of history the censor and the inquisitor have always lost."


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Tips Shoulders Abs Tip: Single-Arm Push Press with Accentuated Eccentric by Eric Bach | 11/14/17 Use an explosive dip and drive to power the dumbbell up, then take about 4 seconds to lower the weight. Tips Shoulders Tip: Band-Resisted Floor Press by Kelvin King, Jr | 11/15/17 Here's an easy way to add accommodating resistance to the floor press using only one band. Try it out and boost your bench press PR. Tips Bench Press Powerlifting & Strength Tip: JM Floor Press by John Gaglione | 11/15/17 The floor variation of this powerlifting accessory exercise builds triceps size and lockout strength on the bench press. Tips Arms Powerlifting & Strength Tip: The Power Curl by John Gaglione | 11/16/17 Set up like a deadlift and use the hips to drive the weight up to a standing position, then lower under control. Tips Arms Powerlifting & Strength Tip: Shoulder Rotations on the TRX by Tom Morrison | 11/16/17 Warm up your shoulders and keep them mobile with this drill. Walk your feet out or elevate them to increase the challenge. Tips Shoulders Mobility Tip: Neutral-Hip Nordic Hamstring Curl by Bret Contreras | 11/17/17 Looks simple enough, but this is one of the toughest hamstring exercises there is. Tips Legs Glutes Tip: Band-Assisted Nordic Hamstring Curl by Bret Contreras | 11/17/17 The NHC is a tough exercise for the hams and glutes. The key is to lower slowly under control and pull yourself back up. Too tough? Add a band. Tips Legs Glutes Tip: Sumo-Stance Zercher Squat by Dr Jorge Garza-Contreras | 11/18/17 Improve hip mobility and strength with this exercise. Tips Squat Mobility Tip: Movement Pattern Warm-Up: RDL, Lunge, Rotation by Christian Bosse | 11/19/17 Train three of the foundational movements patterns by adding these drills into your warm-up. Mobility « First ‹ Prev … 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 … Next › Last » Get The Weekly Dose Newsletter It's Free! 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EPA to Announce $400,000 in Recovery Act Funds to Clean Up Brownfields, Create Jobs in Talladega, Alabama
Release Date: 05/20/2009
Contact Information: : Carl Terry, 404-562-8325, firstname.lastname@example.com
(ATLANTA – May 20, 2009) On Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will announce $400,000 in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the City of Talladega, Ala., to clean up brownfields sites. The funding will be used to revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem properties to productive community use, and creating green jobs in the process. This is the first investment of EPA Recovery Act funds in Talladega.
President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 on Feb. 17, 2009, and has directed that the Recovery Act be implemented with unprecedented transparency and accountability. To that end, the American people can see how every dollar is being invested at Recovery.gov.
WHAT: EPA Brownfields Recovery Act funding awarded to the City of Talladega
WHO: Beverly Banister, EPA Acting Deputy Regional Administrator;
- The Honorable Brian York, Mayor of Talladega;
Michael Stampfler, City Manager;
- Gerald Hardy, Chief of the Land Division, Alabama Department of Environmental Management;
Bill Curtis, Executive Director, East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission;
Ellen Austin, Community Development Director, East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission; and
John Paradise, Local Government Liaison, Alabama Department of Revenue.
WHEN: Friday, May 22 at 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: Wehadkee Yarn Mill Site
203 West South Street
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Washington, D.C.-based developer Kettler is on track to break ground early next year on its first entry into the Florida market: a $75 million Class A apartment complex in Celebration, the project manager told GrowthSpotter on Tuesday.
Kevin Peterkin, director of multifamily development for Kettler, shared the project's first rendering and explained how the company engaged Torti Gallas + Partners early on in the process at the recommendation of Disney executives. The architecture firm, which designed a condominium complex in Celebration, opted for a muted gray and mint-green color palette.
"It's Art Deco-themed," Peterkin said. "We went with more of a New York Art Deco style, instead of a South Beach style. So it's a more conservative color palette. I think it will fit in nicely with the context of Celebration Boulevard."
First reported here in late May, Kettler acquired the 18.4-acre site with plans for a hotel, multifamily and senior housing. The anchor is a 379-unit apartment community to consist of four elevator-served, four-story buildings and an 11,000-square-foot clubhouse. The first two residential buildings and the clubhouse face Celebration Boulevard, and the site is designed with an internal street grid.
"All of the residential buildings will have garages, and that's complimented by quasi-street parking. So it's a more new urbanist kind of design," Peterkin said.
The rear buildings will have their own amenities, as well. Peterkin said the design team is planning to add a party room on the top floor where residents can watch the Disney World fireworks. The complex will have its own dog park and pet spa/grooming facility.
"We're still early in the design phase, but we'll have all the latest and greatest amenities," he said. "We'll deliver the clubhouse and first units in 12 months and the balance over the next eight months. So it's a 20-month construction period."
Peterkin said each building would likely be designed with a locker system to accommodate tenants' e-commerce deliveries.
"This is our first project in Florida, but in our other projects in D.C. we have Amazon lockers and other package locker systems," he said. "It's something you have to plan for today, and it works because it frees up our on-site maintenance staff so they're not having to deal with package deliveries."
He said Kettler communities also offer large storage rooms at the main office for package deliveries that don't fit in lockers. Each building has space for dry-cleaning deliveries, and some even have commercial-grade refrigerators for grocery deliveries.
"It's more or less required now," he said. "It's how renters live."
Kettler has a contract with a national hotel company to build a $20 million, 134-key hotel, which will be constructed over the same timeline.
Peterkin said the hotel lot would be subdivided and sold to the hotel developer. "I can't say who it is but it's a national brand," he said.
The initial site plan called for 100 senior housing units -- also projected at $20 million -- to be developed in a later phase. Peterkin said the company is keeping its options open and may elect to add those units as a later phase of the apartment complex or as a stand-alone, age-targeted building.
"We're entitled for 602 units, and that includes hotel rooms and multifamily," he said.
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Grade 4
Mathematics - Grade 4: Introduction
In Grade 4, instructional time should focus on three critical areas: (1) developing understanding and fluency with multi-digit multiplication, and developing understanding of dividing to find quotients involving multi-digit dividends; (2) developing an understanding of fraction equivalence, addition and subtraction of fractions with like denominators, and multiplication of fractions by whole numbers; (3) understanding that geometric figures can be analyzed and classified based on their properties, such as having parallel sides, perpendicular sides, particular angle measures, and symmetry.
1. Students generalize their understanding of place value to 1,000,000, understanding the relative sizes of numbers in each place. They apply their understanding of models for multiplication (equal-sized groups, arrays, area models), place value, and properties of operations, in particular the distributive property, as they develop, discuss, and use efficient, accurate, and generalizable methods to compute products of multi-digit whole numbers. Depending on the numbers and the context, they select and accurately apply appropriate methods to estimate or mentally calculate products. They develop fluency with efficient procedures for multiplying whole numbers; understand and explain why the procedures work based on place value and properties of operations; and use them to solve problems. Students apply their understanding of models for division, place value, properties of operations, and the relationship of division to multiplication as they develop, discuss, and use efficient, accurate, and generalizable procedures to find quotients involving multi-digit dividends. They select and accurately apply appropriate methods to estimate and mentally calculate quotients, and interpret remainders based upon the context.
2. Students develop understanding of fraction equivalence and operations with fractions. They recognize that two different fractions can be equal (e.g., 15/9 = 5/3), and they develop methods for generating and recognizing equivalent fractions. Students extend previous understandings about how fractions are built from unit fractions, composing fractions from unit fractions, decomposing fractions into unit fractions, and using the meaning of fractions and the meaning of multiplication to multiply a fraction by a whole number.
3. Students describe, analyze, compare, and classify two-dimensional shapes. Through building, drawing, and analyzing two-dimensional shapes, students deepen their understanding of properties of two-dimensional objects and the use of them to solve problems involving symmetry.
Mathematical Practices
1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
4. Model with mathematics.
5. Use appropriate tools strategically.
6. Attend to precision.
7. Look for and make use of structure.
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.


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Central Connecticut junior Tyler Kohl was named Northeast Conference co-Player of the Week it was announced on Monday by the league office. Kohl shared the honor with Mount St. Mary's Junior Robinson after helping the Blue Devils split a pair of league contests on the road last week. Kohl nearly averaged a triple-double en-route to his second NEC Player of the Week award of the season.
CCSU is 12-11 overall on the season and 5-5 in the NEC. Central is in action again on Thursday, Feb. 1, at Wagner in a 7:00 p.m. tipoff.
Kohl piled up 25.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 3.5 steals per game in a CCSU split. Kohl narrowly missed a triple-double with 23 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists in Saturday's 94-89 overtime setback at LIU Brooklyn. He scored 18 of his team-high 23 points after halftime against the Blackbirds to help CCSU erase an 18-point deficit, and then netted all seven of his team's points in OT. Kohl was just one off his career-high when he tallied 27 points, seven rebounds and seven assists in an 80-74 win at Bryant on Thursday.
Kohl is the lone NEC player who ranks in the conference top-10 in scoring (15.5, ninth), rebounding (7.8, third) and assists (4.2, fifth). Kohl has scored 20 or more points in nine games this season, including each of the last three contests. The 6-foot-5 wing also earned Player of the Week honors back on Nov. 27.
Central travels to Wagner on Thursday, Feb. 1.


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I love ponies. To make these ponies, it took me 2 days, they were much more difficult to make than I had thought of. I was extremely happy with the result though. Every details count, especially their eyes, three of them had three different eye shapes, brows and colors. As we know, the soul of an animal is portrayed from its eyes, once its soul is 'created', it is alive.
I used a mixture of gumpaste and fondant to sculpt them, not the usual CMC added fondant. It helped to strengthen the structures, the ponies wouldn't fall in the process of drying and they would stand firm for a long time.
Modelling of sugar figurines is therapeutic if you're not in a rush to finish it off, that's the reason that I have always wished that I could have plenty of time to execute a cake design. However, in commercial world, it's simply a luxurious dream for me.