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US Unemployment Rate 20%, could it be?
Posted 07 June 2003 - 06:26 PM
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Posted 16 June 2003 - 01:55 AM
Most unemployment claims since 1983
By JUDITH SCHOOLMAN
Jobless claims have been rising this year.
In an ongoing sign of the weak economy, the number of Americans getting unemployment benefits hit the highest level in more than 20 years during the last week of May.
But on the upside, shoppers sent retail sales higher last month as the war in Iraq ended, the government said.
The employment picture remained gloomy as productivity improved but companies held back on hiring, awaiting firmer signs of economic strength, the Labor Department said in its weekly report on jobless claims.
The ranks of the unemployed rose to 3.8 million, the highest since early April 1983, from 3.68 million in the prior week, the Labor Department said.
Initial jobless claims fell in the latest week by 17,000 to 430,000, still above the 400,000 mark that indicates a weak labor market. New claims have been above 400,000 for 16 weeks in a row.
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Posted 16 June 2003 - 10:34 AM
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Posted 16 June 2003 - 11:02 AM
And besides: is it a lie? There is a lot of unemployment in the states. The famous "Mc Donald's-jobs" may keep peple out of unemployment sometimes, but they don't keep 'em out of poverty.
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Posted 16 June 2003 - 09:52 PM
But I don't see it any better anywhere else.
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Posted 17 June 2003 - 10:11 AM
People aren't factory machinery that they can go twenty four hours a day Eric. The doctors will end up taking most if it and the
lawyers when the family splits in two.
One can't complain about people speaking to the subject of the
thread either.
It may well be that because the U.S. has been the leading world economy that problems that are long standing in other economies
are only starting to make themselves felt in the U.S. which proves it's not as bullet proof as some U.S. citizens tend to sound thus
attracting the kind of comment that sounds like its anti-U.S.
The fact that young families whoes breadwinner has chosen a
career in the U.S. military and currently over in Iraq, the young mother and children are leaning on welfare to suppliment the military wages in order to get by doesn't speak of a nation on the rise but on the way down. The same thing has been going on in my own country to my disgust.
The focus on employment-unemployment which is really about money distorts the bigger issues of society anyway. The family unit is supposed to be the basis of western culture, is it not?
Yet families are breaking up because of highpayed and highpowered jobs by either or both spouses as much as those struggling to make ends meet. Many families, both spouses are like passing ships in the night working all hours on more then one job. What's happening to the kids without a proper home life with the parents like boarders-rich or poor.
The social costs down stream are horendous and everybody is too busy to notice. Why build a fortune or grand business and then have it split in half when the spouse walks away?
The asnwer is not- we don't care we've still got job.
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Posted 18 June 2003 - 12:16 AM
Many people aren't really working to survive, they are working the long hours because they live beyond their means.
Poverty is a state of mine too, in one sense. I've heard more than one person say, seriously, that they were poor when they were kids but didn't know it. Mom didn't work, and was there for the kids, and they didn't have the material goods, but they always had a meal to eat, and they didn't feel poverty stricken. Values have definitely changed for the worse in some cases.
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Posted 19 June 2003 - 08:59 AM
opportunity and therefore the extent of it is greater in the US.
But then the unique characteristic of the US is that it naturally
achieves greater greatness and grandure than any other society.
Europe should be the same but can't be perhaps because of more
entrenched and much older history/culture and crowded in by numerous countries of various languages. But the US is still a young nation within a huge continent of one common working language where the sky not the horizon was the subliminal limit.
There lots of factors - self made, socially made, politically made,
personally and ability/lack of ability made, generational-
that come into the issues of peoples/family standards of living
as you have alluded to.
Family life was so diferent before and after world war two, women moved out of the home into the workforce in the fifties
and have increasingly moved into what were exclusively male domains. The shift of rural labour to the cities was another big
cause of change from independance to dependance which demands more money to get by. The change in attitude regarding better and higher education has put more pressure on parent to give their children a better chance.
There are many things that create the "living beyond their means" situation that may have nothing to do with being
affluent-greedy. This is just further up ther scale from what was
mentioned in regards the need to escape poverty can be just
as great as escaping unemployment.
One could say that if someone is struggling to pay rent, food and power etc and getting into financial difficulty they should stop living beyond their means and go and live with others on the street, save on rent and manage the rest easier.
It is becoming more complex and therefore more perspectives
are required to take it all in, it seems, making it impossible for anyone to be totally right or totally wrong.
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Posted 19 June 2003 - 09:45 PM
Historically speaking, unemployment could be a lot worse, but it should be an awful lot better. June 19, 2003: 3:50 PM EDT
By Mark Gongloff, CNN/Money Staff Writer
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Though U.S. unemployment is at its highest level since July 1994, it's still a lot lower than its peaks after recessions in the early 1980s and 1990s.
But these are the aughts, not the '80s or '90s; the economy is different, and most economists say the standard for unemployment is different, too.
Unemployment hit 6.1 percent in May, the Labor Department said recently. While the rate was nearly a nine-year high, it still was a far cry from the 7.8 percent peak it hit after the 1990-91 recession and the nasty 10.8-percent peak it hit in 1982.
In fact, 6 percent unemployment was -- in the early 1990s -- considered by many economists to be "full employment," or labor-market nirvana, the level at which the economy was growing strongly, but not so strongly that it fueled inflation.
That level is probably much lower today, however -- the Congressional Budget Office, for example, believes 5.2 percent unemployment is the new standard for full employment.
"I've spent the past couple of days in Washington, talking to people at the Federal Reserve and the [White House] Council of Economic Advisers, and this issue came up," said Sung Won Sohn, chief economist at Wells Fargo & Co. "The consensus seems to be that an unemployment rate representing full employment is somewhere between 5 and 5.5 percent."
New economy, new unemployment rate
There are several reasons that the "perfect" unemployment rate has fallen. For one thing, the development of radical new technologies in the 1990s created new industries and job opportunities, even as they cut the amount of labor businesses needed to produce goods. That higher productivity pushes overall prices lower, meaning higher employment will be less likely to fuel inflation.
And the labor force has grown much larger; 6.1 percent unemployment in 1994 meant 7.9 million people were out of work; now, 6.1 percent unemployment means 9 million people are jobless.
Gus Faucher, senior economist at Economy.com, also pointed out that the labor force has grown older and more skilled, meaning workers should stay employed longer and be unemployed for shorter periods of time.
"The 'full employment' unemployment rate is about 5 percent," Faucher said. "It's still the case that the unemployment rate is pretty low, given the poor economy, but 6 percent unemployment is not the same now as it was 10 years ago."
And today's unemployment rate could be much higher -- if the 4.7 million people who want a job but have given up looking all started looking for work again, thus rejoining the labor force, the unemployment rate would skyrocket to 9.1 percent.
Most economists believe the economy needs to grow to its full potential -- a rate of about 3.5 percent per year -- for a sustained time, possibly a year or more, before unemployment falls back to 5 percent.
Right now, most economists hope that sort of growth pattern will get started in the third quarter -- but stronger growth will mean a lot of those 4.7 million people will start looking for work again and rejoin the labor force, meaning the unemployment rate will probably rise for a few months before it starts to fall.
Should sights be set even lower?
An eventual decline to 5 percent unemployment won't be enough to satisfy some economists, however, who think unemployment could be even lower. It fell all the way to 4 percent in 2000 and occasionally dipped even lower, without triggering inflation.
While many economists dismiss this super-low unemployment rate as a symptom of the enormous stock and investment bubble of the late 1990s -- a situation unlikely to be duplicated anytime soon -- others think it's possible to get back to that unemployment rate in a more stable environment.
"The full employment situation reinforces itself," said former Labor Department economist Jared Bernstein, now with the Economic Policy Institute and co-author of a recent book, "The Benefits of Full Employment," which urges policy makers to aim for much lower unemployment.
"When unemployment is that low, wages are growing broadly, and family incomes are rising," Bernstein said. "Wage-based demand growth keeps the economy growing at potential."
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Posted 19 June 2003 - 10:48 PM
Well said, I must say. I have reassessed your perspective, which is broader than I had thought. Food for thought it is.
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Posted 28 June 2003 - 10:27 AM
The top 1 percent, those earning over $230,000, saw gains of 78 percent in their income share. The top half percent, that half million families earning over $524,000, saw their income share double. The top tenth of 1 percent, those earning over $1.5 million, got almost three times as large a slice of the pie. And the top one-tenth of 1 percent, America
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Posted 29 June 2003 - 09:24 AM
landscape from the front seat of a covered wagon over many months travelling west to a new life, meeting many different peoples all
offering something particular they brought with them from the UK
and Europe where the best knowledge and practical knowhow
would have come to the fore. Everything new, not old grimmy
buildings and industrial smoke everywhere. Plus a continent of
greater bounty than anywhere else- so what can one expect?
Half the nation wasn't thinking about getting out and going somewhere across the world on a sailing ship to get a decent start in life for ones children. Some were busy
with a gold rush but most with a liferush. (Accepting the dangers and hard work and sometimes harsh conditions).
Getting back the issue of unemployment:
checkout web site "eagleforum.org/column/2003/june03/03-06-11.shtml
Its about the big move mainly by Wall St towards using Aisians
particularly Indians overseas to do their business office work over
the next decade. Obviously it wont be limited to Wall Street.
You keep coming up with good stuff SmallMind.
The commonist stats I have seen re the freemarket economics is that 80 percent are not winning, 20 are winning and 15% of those are working for the 5% who own most of whats worth owning.
Last but not least the poverty water-mark is slowly rising up the
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Posted 01 July 2003 - 01:09 AM
The Fed Fuels Overcapacity By Aaron L. Task and K.C. Swanson
Staff Reporters
Last week's 25-basis-point rate cut was too small, according to most on Wall Street. But a vocal minority believes it was unnecessary and that the Federal Reserve's aggressive policies are contributing to the very deflationary pressures the central bank is trying to forestall.
By keeping the fed funds rates so low, and indicating it won't be raised anytime soon, the Fed has dramatically lowered the cost of capital for corporate America, as evinced by the recent torrent of convertible bond issuance.
History isn't repeating itself, but it is rhyming. When the Fed lowered interest rates in the late 1990s, the resulting liquidity fueled the IPO boom, bringing public a number of companies with questionable prospects. Within the Fed's current policy, convertibles are playing a similar role: allowing many companies that might otherwise have gone bankrupt -- or forced to look for a suitor -- to stay afloat, preventing consolidation in many sectors and curtailing pricing power for all competitors.
But Richard Bernstein, chief U.S. strategist at Merrill Lynch, worries "investors will soon be calling Mr. Greenspan 'Greenspan-san' for his Japanese-like strategy of keeping overcapacity alive," as reported here.
"What's basically happening is Washington in general, not just the Fed, is trying to solve a supply problem" -- really an oversupply problem -- "with demand solutions," Bernstein said in a subsequent interview Friday. "The Japanese have tried for many years to fill up their oversupply with created demand. They haven't been able to do it [and] I'm not so sure we'll be" either.
Bernstein is clearly in the minority among Wall Street strategists -- most of whom view the Fed's policies as reason to be more bullish -- but some share his concerns.
"Unfortunately, there are periods of pain that have to occur in capitalism. They cleanse the system," said Fred Hickey, editor of The High-Tech Strategist. "When that's not allowed to happen, you end up with a messed-up system. The unintended consequence of all this money being thrown at the economy is this overcapacity problem." The most obvious example being the tech sector, where capacity utilization was 62.5% in May vs. a 20-year low of 74.3% overall.
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Posted 01 July 2003 - 07:19 AM
The last time the world had a free-market fling, they are usually only good for a burst it seems, it led to instability, the great depression and war to get out of it.
I liked the comment that history is not repeating itself but is starting to rhyme. Looks like war has come early this time.
Over capacity is primarily driven by the fact that the debt money system has to keep expanding in order for the interest to be paid.
People and businesses borrow principle. Out of the money supply
pool the interest is syphoned off so what is syphoned off is not there to pay back all the principle so the answer is to continue to expand the money supply to protect the banks.
The other side of the interest issue is the tax one. Taxes also syphones the principle out of the money supply adding to the demand to incease the money supply by creating more debt.
No debt money system- no need for taxes.
The continuous lowering of interest rates to entice (maintain the
rate of expansion) borrowers had to be done in the face of no
evidence of an increase for demand. Company bureaucrats will
do their thing rather than sit on their hands. They want bonuses and shareholders want good returns. Then there is the need to be a step ahead of predators and rivals.
This demand for an ever increasing money supply was the
cause of trade wars ( a major cause of WW1) which came as a result of the same problem that caused over production and everyone had to sell off-shore to get a return to pay the banks.
This is why the planet resources and the environment have been
overplundered and abused- overcapacity driven by debt. Open doors immigration is founded on the same problem. People will bring in money (hopefully debt free) into the money supply and reduce borrowing.
People cannot keep on spending when they are being laid off,
wage increases are behind inflation over time; the twenty percent of society that are winning cannot consume what the eighty percent (should be) are not; everybody cannot keep on immigrating; every nation wants everybodies tourists and investment, they cannot be everywhere at the same time; every nation cannot have a surplus by selling more than they buy because everyone else is trying to do the same and because governments are cutting back and spending less in order to try and create a surplus to please the IMF. Yet banks have to be saved as well as corporations and that requires doing the irrational- keep flying the planes even if there are not enough passengers.
While adjustments have been made since the last great depression to prevent a simultaneous collapse, notice how many there have been around the world over the last say fifteen years, but since they aren't recovering like they should it's only a matter
of time and over-capacity will become global.
But notice although the world has been experiencing over-production/capacity poverty and privation is expanding.
There is no lack of understanding or ability to make a balanced system to serve humanity, just the lack of will.
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Posted 09 July 2003 - 01:30 PM
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Posted 09 July 2003 - 07:49 PM
12:12PM Cisco Systems follow-up (CSCO) 18.95 +0.22: --Update-- Reuters reports that Cisco officials on Wednesday said comments attributed to CEO John Chambers about an imminent recovery in the technology sector were misinterpreted by a Dutch newspaper. Dutch daily Het Financieele Dagblad quoted Chambers as saying corporate spending on IT would recover in the next two to four months. According to a Cisco spokeswoman, Chambers actually said companies would start spending on information technology two to four months after their business turns up. "There is nothing new in what John has been saying the last several quarters."
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Posted 10 July 2003 - 05:15 PM
Initial claims rose 5K to 439K (consensus of 420K) - representing the 21st consecutive week above the 400K mark - and continuing claims increased 87K to 3.82 mln - the highest level in over 20 years, the combination of both pointing to continued softness in the employment picture...
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Posted 11 July 2003 - 07:37 PM
NEW YORK -- An arbitrator has ruled that Verizon Communications has to reinstate more than 2,000 employees who were let go in December.
The ruling says that the company will also have to pay out back wages for the seven-month period. It's still unclear how much that would cost Verizon. A Verizon spokesman wasn't immediately available for comment.
The arbitration case revolved around the phone company's workers' labor contract, which says that the company can't lay off workers unless an external event prompts such situation. Arbitration kicked off after the Communications Workers of America (News - Websites) union and Verizon disagreed over the interpretation of the conditions under which Verizon had decided to lay off the workers last December.
"It's a great victory for the union," said Larry Mancino, vice president for CWA District One, which covers New York, New Jersey and New England. "This ruling clearly demonstrates that the company is on the wrong half in terms of dealing with changes in the industry."
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Posted 11 July 2003 - 08:06 PM
The queue of people making unemployment benefit claims for two weeks or more leapt 87,000 to 3.82 million in the week to 28 June.
This is the highest figure since February 1983, seasonally adjusted Labor Department figures showed.
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Posted 29 July 2003 - 07:32 PM
What is the perception of the future in a US family?
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Writer: Gail Simone
Artist: John Byrne
Publisher: DC Comics
Reviewer: Squashua
"That is not dead Which can eternal lie, Yet with strange aeons Even death may die." -- H.P. Lovecraft
When declaring a new Lovecraftian entity, unless said being wears a thousand masks, the task of providing a name becomes a cosmic balancing act between satisfyingly creepy and downright silly. The empyrean daemon must come across as wholly alien, yet be memorable enough without deriving from "Zarkon", the overused moniker officially embedded in the geek racial subconscious. Hints of tantilizing familiarity may encroach, as with the Egyptian-esque Nyarlathotep or the bordering-racist Shub-Niggurath (Black Goat of the Woods with a Thousand Young) and care must be taken to allow pronounceability by the entity's supplicants; use of apostrophes and hyphens are not unheard of in the quest to simulate that-which-man-may-not-emote. With these parameters in mind, writer Gail Simone has gifted Ivy Town with the omnious M'nagalah the Cancer God, both a success as a classic riff on Ubbo-Sathla and
a failure to escape this reviewer's ridicule (CC).
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." -- Arthur C. Clarke
After two-point-three lacklustre issues (recall BRAVE NEW WORLD) of nothing really happening, the short Asian man finally hits the flowing underground river of poo with this issue, which brought me back from the brink of dropping the series by pulling me in with unexpected and gratuitous Lovecraftiness as well as setting multiple intriguing plots in motion. One can definately taste the Grant Morrison influence, examples of which include both joy with the aforementioned Cthulhu-gasm and dismay at the use of "QQQQQQQQQQQ" as an audible word from a high-science bug warrior. The plot primarily centers around a conflict between science and magic (super-science?) permeating beneath and about Ivy Town, with The All-New Atom caught right in the middle. The text is satisfyingly thick and the multiple scenes are sufficiently varied that I feel this is one of the few books on the market that provided a proper bang for my buck.
"Stick with me [and the error will be resolved]" -- Bill Willingham, writer of SHADOWPACT
For those of you interested in the nitty-gritty of the plot, one mystery is solved in that we finally receive an explanation for why the character known as Panda is drawn with dark circles under his eyes. It's intentional, not an art faux pas, and not due to AIDS like a Judd Winnick yarn. It's all due to SPOILERXtXhXeXXXhXeXrXbXSPOILER. In addition, a certain gigantic villain steps up to the (dinner) plate, simultaneously skeeving me out and making me suspect this storyline takes place a few months before the current bi-monthly WONDER WOMAN plotline. Either that or we've got another case of Superman-in-Shadowpact syndrome.
"Read what Lea had to post on a neighbor's computer while wearing her pajamas at:
Livejournal.com/users/divalea ... Finally, if I understand the story correctly [...] it was Lea's daughter hearing the smoke alarm that allowed the family to get out in time, so for [M'nagalah's] sake, do everyone you love a favor and CHECK YOUR SMOKE ALARMS. Donate (PLEASE) to her paypal account at: firstname.lastname@example.com" -- Gail Simone
There are only a couple of drawbacks to this issue, but they apply to the series in general. The first is the use (or abuse) of distracting and seemingly irrelevant quotes throughout the text. The second is the concept of Dwarfstar, who is possibly an "evil Atom" character. With TEEN TITANS' revelation of the teen Atom known as Molecule, these days it seems that every character at DC is being provided with both a diametrically opposing number (a Bizzaro to Superman) and a teen sidekick (a Supergirl or -boy). I don't know if there is a coordinated plan in place or if this is all just coincidence, but without an Earth-3 and an Earth-Teen to ship these duplicates off to, it's getting to be a bit of a juggling act for the fanboys.
"I get no sense from Morrison's work that he has any 'love for the genre'. I get the same vibe I get from Moore -- a cold and calculated mixing of ingredients the writer knows the fans like, but to which the writer himself has no eviceral connection. Nostaligia without being nostalgic, as I have dubbed it." -- John Byrne
The art is fellow @$$hole Dave Farabee's bestest buddy John Byrne all the way. To me, that means meticulously detailed (and beautifully rendered) backgrounds and John Byrned people. His own politics aside (a wonder he didn't try to influence Gail to rename M'nagalah something racist like Golkahnahda, the Floating Frozen Feculence), you already know whether you love or hate Byrne's art. I didn't care for it with Doom Patrol, but I really like it here, with the exception of the Byrne Mouth. "Byrne Mouth" is synonymous with (Gil) "Kane Eyelashes" as both distinctions are easily recognizable in the work of a comic artist considered by many to be a master, and they are both distinctions that do not appeal to me. As an aside, I used Google to search for "Byrne Mouth" to see if anyone had coined the phrase yet, and interested parties should cross-reference one "D rew Leavy".
"Squashua, enough with the fucking quotes man, they get it! And where the hell is that GIRLS review you promised me?" --AiCN @$$hole Ambush Bug
This issue is a pick-up, and I recommend it to any cosmic horror fan who might be on the fence. I'm going to continue reading the storyline next month, but I hear that Byrne is no longer on the series and despite the issues I have with his art (and politics), it's a shame he had to go, but I understand and respect the decisions behind it. Eddy Barrows has art duties next issue, so we'll see how it all works out. At least it'll still be Gail Simorrison at the helm.

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The Old Oak Cliff Conservation League raises tens of thousands of dollars through its Fall Home Tour, which this year is Oct. 17-18.
The ten homes on the tour include this one, and the 11th "special" house, is this one behind the Belmont Hotel.
The league first gives grants to member neighborhoods, which are used for things like beautification, sidewalk repair, police patrol and support of neighborhood schools.
For the past few years, the league has raised enough money to also offer grants to neighborhood nonprofits.
Here are this year's grant recipients:2000 Roses Foundation, for transportation
Friends of Oak Cliff Parks and Texas Garden Clubs Inc. for improvements to Kiest Park
Hampton-Illinois Library Friends for early literacy support
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The laminate on the wall in the interior: pictures of walls with laminate
The laminate on the wall in the interior: a photo of design solutions of a very unusual, but they have their right to exist. Today to surprise someone with a non-trivial use of this clean floor covering anymore. As to the walls with laminate photo which can often be found, she began to have popularity among the most modern and fashionable designers.
The contents
- 1 Laminate on the wall in the interior: photo works
in different rooms
- 1.1 Hall – a contrast and its use
- 1.2 Kitchen is a great alternative to tile apron
- 1.3 Living room design accent
- 1.4 Bedroom – decorating headboard
- 1.5 Balconies and loggias – a great alternative to the paneling
- 1.6 Attics and cottages
- 2. Technology of finishing of walls with laminate photo and description
the installation process
- 2.1 the Peculiarities of installation on walls adhesive laminate
- 2.2 How to attach the laminate blade on the walls
- 2.3 Mounting on a wall surface of groove laminate
- 3 Laying laminate on the wall (video)
The laminate on the wall in the interior: photo works in different rooms
Today, laminate flooring has become so versatile material that it is not the purely outdoor use. Moreover, some manufacturers produce a special laminate for the walls, having a system fastener that is more convenient for vertical surfaces. However, the conventional laminate is quite possible to apply to interior walls.
Hallway – contrast and its use
The hallway is often a small-sized room. Before the walls it is often trimmed with panels of lining. Everything is changing and siding today less and less used in the design of dwellings. In the hallway walls with laminate photo these options there are many design decisions are made on the principle of contrast. If the floor is covered with dark laminate flooring, the walls make the light and Vice versa. Not taken to close this material, the entire surface of the walls.
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Wall panels for interior decoration. Classification, description of the advantages and disadvantages of some of the most common types. The dimensions of the panels. Read more
Most often in the hallway make panel to a height equal to the length of the laminate or trim one of the walls completely, often one where there is furniture for the hallway.
A useful tip! It must be remembered that the horizontal panels visually expands the space, but also reduces it and increases the vertical height of the ceiling. In low small rooms to do vertical stacking. Horizontal suitable for high rooms.
The kitchen is a great alternative to tile apron
In the kitchen with laminate often trim apron over the kitchen. I choose the colour so that it is sure to blend in with the facades of furniture. This apron is almost not inferior to ceramic wall tiles in performance. He is much cheaper and easier to install. Very easy to take care of the sanitary condition of the cooking area if the kitchen made wall decoration with laminate. Photo of these solutions impress with their cleanliness and tidiness very susceptible to contamination of space in the house.
Living room design accent
To decorate the walls of the room the laminate is already overkill. But to use this material as an accent on one wall or part of it – a very good design decision. It is very important for the living room. In this room with laminate often cover a wall or part of it, near which stands a dresser with a TV. Things like lighting and shelves with figures give the interior a beautiful and romantic look. The laminate is attached horizontally or vertically. Sometimes you can find finishes with the diagonal direction of the laminate panels.
Bedroom – decorating headboard
Very perfectly in this room looks like laminate on the wall in the interior. Photos of the most interesting options to say that in the bedroom, it is customary to decorate the wall surface, which is located behind the headboard of a large bed. Select the panel in strict accordance with the furniture color. This creates the impression of a single headset. Finished with laminate on the wall can also hold a variety of shelves and accessories that give warmth and bring to life any interior.
Balconies and loggias – a great alternative to the paneling
Today, many insulated loggias and balconies, creating for them comfortable conditions. As a finish coating on insulation laminate fits best. Laminate wood balcony looks very elegant. In addition, this material creates an additional layer of heat insulation. The only thing you need to worry about the quality of waterproofing insulation, as the laminate is afraid of too much moisture.
Attics and cottages
Looks great attic on the wall in the interior. Photo, trimmed the material of the attic floor, indicate that designers prefer to mount the panel in large areas not only on walls, but also on sloped ceilings, and in different directions. For finishing the country house laminate fits perfectly. Because of its wood texture emphasizes the closeness to nature and creates an atmosphere of warmth and comfort in this rustic haven of comfort.
Even casual touching finishes laminate walls of the various rooms, it becomes palpable the full potential of the use of this material in unusual locations. But how to implement it mount on vertical surfaces, unlike sex, where specific fasteners are not required?
Technology of finishing of walls with laminate photo and description the installation process
In contrast to laying laminate on the floor, decorating the walls of this coating involves some difficulties associated with the need for mounting panels. The method of fixation depends on the type of laminate. Today, there are three
- The adhesive type laminate.
- With bladed type of connection.
- The sheet laminate.
The peculiarities of installation on walls adhesive laminate
Feature of adhesive laminate is that it does not have special locks on the ends. For this reason, its mounting is possible only with the whole plane on a completely flat surface. So no question of installing sheathing can not go. Attach these panels directly on a flat wall with special adhesive composition, which is applied in zigzags on the rear surface of the panels and on the wall itself.
A useful tip! The best way to align the walls at the finish of the laminate is the installation of drywall on the frame. Panel adhesive laminate will perfectly adhere to the drywall sheets.
After alignment of the walls, they begin to glue the laminate. Possible to finish horizontally, vertically and diagonally. It should be noted that the use of adhesive laminate for the walls is not very convenient, so rarely used.
As fixed bladed laminate on the walls
Bladed type of laminate, in contrast to the adhesive, has at the ends of a safety lock by which it is possible to fasten the panels together very tightly. In addition, these locks can drive small cloves or staples for fastening to the sheathing. Its installation in this case is mandatory. Do obreshetku from wooden bruskov 25Х50 mm, which was Packed to the walls at a distance of 20 – 25 cm. this will require a level of construction, dowels, and screws. From the tool you cannot do without a hammer, screwdriver and jigsaw.
Consider how to attach the laminate blade on the wall. In the interior photos of this type of laminate dominate over the others because of the convenience of installation:
- initially, the crate is constructed. To do this, each bar attached to the wall anchors with the screws. Mount produce strictly on the level, since even a slight deviation from it will cause deformation and will spoil the appearance of the wall;
- panel laminate adhesively bonded to the sheathing with glue, lubricating both surfaces. After that, each bar is nailed small nails into the tongue of the lock. Carnation drive deeper, not to create an obstacle for the installation of the next panel.
A useful tip! For mounting the blade laminate is possible to use a construction stapler. Its bracket will securely fasten the panels to the sheathing. While they won't be visible, and installation of the following panels they will be fine.
Surface mounting of wall mounted laminate
Lock design of this type of laminate is very durable and reliable. So it can be secured to wall with nails, staples and even small screws. It locks similar to the locks of the plastic wall panels, so the installation is identical with them. First is a crate, which then alternately beat laminate panels. Before mounting, you need to accurately measure to the whole panel is placed symmetrically.
Before you clean the walls with laminate photo available samples can be studied in more detail. This will help you to Orient in the desired style and choose a design. To make the finish yourself using the most common hand tools is easy, if you follow existing instructions.
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College football: Big Ten championship
Michigan State fans celebrate after a touchdown in the second quarter of the Big Ten championship game Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Michigan State won the game 34-24. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)
EAST LANSING -- Michigan State will hold its 12th annual "Meet the Spartans" autograph session on Tuesday, Aug. 12, the school announced Thursday.
The event will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Spartan Stadium. Players and coach Mark Dantonio will be available for autographs on the stadium's south concourse, with offensive players available from 5:30 to 6:30 and defensive players from 6:30 to 7:30.
Fans are limited to one item per person and photos with players and Dantonio are not available due to time constraints.
The playing field and press box will also be open to fans, and the 2013 Big Ten championship and 2014 Rose Bowl trophies will be on display for photos.
The school will also hold a punt, pass, snap and kick competition at nearby Ralph Young Field, where Zeke the Wonderdog will also make an appearance.
Parking for the event is free in lots 79 and 62W, and admission is free.
The 2014 Spartans report this weekend for their preseason camp. They open the season Aug. 29, 7:30 p.m at home against Jacksonville State.
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Spam calls in the african countries
Spam calls are an issue that concern also the African continent, in fact South Africa, Nigeria, and Egypt are the most affected countries in 2017. Globally, there are common categories that tie all spam calls together, with some of the most common occurring being local scam calls, telemarketing and debt collection calls, and unsolicited finance and insurance product offerings.
Spam calls are big business in South Africa, as the direct marketing industry reported employing more than 150 000 workers, with the average call centre agent logging around 1 600 calls on a monthly basis. This amounts to South Africans being collectively bombarded by tens of thousands of spam calls each and every day.
According to the company's Top 20 Countries Affected by Spam Calls in 2017 report, South Africa seems to have more of an even spread when it comes to who is spamming. With telemarketing (39%) leading the way, while financial services (24%) and insurance (13%) are the most known types of spam calls. Unlike Kenya and Nigeria, South Africa only has 1% of its local calls marked as scam calls.
Kenya was a different case when compared to the other Top 20 countries listed in this research. Scam calls made up a whopping 91% of the reported spam calls. Scam calls are basically fraud attempts via your telephone, with scammers using a phoney scheme to swindle money from unsuspecting members of the public.
Like its regional partner, Kenya, Nigeria also has an issue with scam calls, but on a noticeably smaller scale comparatively at 10% of the reported total spam calls.
One major problem around spam calls in Nigeria are calls from operators, which amount to the majority (61%) of the total for reported spam calls. Operator spam calls involve telecom companies cold calling people. During these type of calls, call centre agents attempt to upsell data plans or push promotional offers to the public at large.
How to avoid spam phone calls?
Within South Africa, the Direct Marketing Association of South Africa, enables people to add themselves onto a list of non-contactable contacts, at least by members of this association. In addition, more than 250-million people around the world are using apps such as Truecaller to see caller IDs and know who's calling, even if the number is not stored in their phonebook. This app also enables users to block calls as well as SMSs and report spam callers and messages, allowing the larger community of users to avoid the spammers too.
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The Importance of Advertising & Salesmanship in the Modern Distribution System
While distribution has traditionally been treated as a separate concern from sales, modern distribution can be significantly affected by advertising and salesmanship. This function must work in a coordinated way with advertising and sales, so that company efforts share the same direction and goals.
Regional Surveys
A salesperson should conduct a regional survey. The purpose of this survey should be to determine what kind of demand for your products or services exist. It should include not only an evaluation of the prosperity and tastes of customers, but also an evaluation of distribution channels available. In this way, salesmanship drives distribution. If you establish a need to get your products into an area, distribution channels will respond.
Tie Sales Management to Distribution Management
Sales management cannot exist without distribution management. The two functions must work together. To put it simply, there is no point in selling customers on your product if they don't have access to it. All sales efforts should be made with the awareness of distribution managers, and both departments should communicate any needs, delays or trends directly to each other.
Advertising Campaigns
Distribution should be activated at the same time as advertising campaigns. It is difficult to get outlets or vendors to accept your products if there is no advertising. Once you commit to advertising, you have enough lead time to distribute in the area you are focusing on due to the speed of modern distribution. Distribution is driven by advertising and should respond to it quickly.
Advertising, Salesmanship and Warehousing
If your distribution is carried out through distribution centers, you can move goods to the region your advertising and sales are focusing on well in advance of your campaign. Distribution from regional centers can begin in conjunction with your sales efforts, creating a seamless flow between demand and supply.
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Skandia Spa started business in 1979, producing and distributing after-ski boots and winter footwear. Since the year of establishment Skandia Spa has been on the market applying a philosophy that will guarantee a product of high quality when it comes to both design and workmanship. In a short time Skandia gains appreciation of the customers for the quality of the products, the variety and style of the collection they are offering, working in close co-operation with the leading brands for customization and industrialization of the product. Skandia has diversified the range of products thanks to experience gained over the years and to the development of advanced technologies in order to meet the increasing needs of the market. Today the company is organized with several and well advanced technical and manufacturing departments providing the customer both high quality standards and reliable service.
Skandia is able to give the customers a completely personalized service by offering the skill and excellence of its various internal departments: the creativity of the styling department, the ability of the workshop, from the creation of the sketches to the development of the first prototypes and samples; the experience and know-how of the technical department that, thanks to different teams, chooses and controls the quality of all materials, studies and develops innovative technical solutions suitable for every different type of product; a quick, efficient and continuous consulting service from the sales office in order to meet all the customer's requirements. We are proud to affirm that Skandia is known for the high quality of its products, the wide range of selections that goes from waterproof winter boots to technical waterproof trekking and outdoor shoes, from casual shoe to professional and safety shoes and for the several types of constructions which can be used for the production of footwear with the lasted upper on cemented sole, strobel construction with cemented sole and direct injection on the upper.
In addition to the factory employing 60 people in Italy, Skandia owns two manufacturing units in Romania, one for stitching and cementing and one for the upper's injection, with a total of 400 employees. The potential capacity of upper making is about 6.000 pairs a day, 2.000 made with 4 owned stitching lines and about 4.000 directly managed through 9 satellite units across Rumania, Bulgaria and Serbia. The direct injection on upper is realized using 4 injection machines, one with 24, two with 18 and one with 14 workstations reaching a daily potential capacity of 5.000 pair of shoes. This can be increased by 1.500 additional pairs a day through the cooperation with other contractors in Italy.
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Maltron is a leading manufacturer of Bio-electrical and Electrical Impedance Tomography used in the assessments of Body and Abdominal Composition, Malnutrition, Fluid Monitoring and for monitoring lung diseases bedside by leading hospitals and institute worldwide. The company focus is on the research, development, manufacture and marketing of innovative products. Maltron products are well known for quality, reliability and consistent reproducibility providing reliable assessment of Body Composition and hydration in a simple, safe and scientific manner.
Masimo (NASDAQ: MASI) is a global medical technology company that develops and manufactures innovative noninvasive patient monitoring technologies, including medical devices and a wide array of sensors. A key medical technology innovator, Masimo is responsible for the invention of award-winning noninvasive technologies that are revolutionizing patient monitoring, including Masimo SET® pulse oximetry, Masimo Rainbow Pulse CO-Oximetry and new Masimo noninvasive and continuous total hemoglobin (SpHb™) monitoring technology. The recent introduction of the first-and-only FDA-cleared technology that noninvasively and continuously measures total hemoglobin without a painful needle stick and invasive blood draw is expected to open new markets and significantly expand the company's growth opportunities.
Mise Au Point en Anesthésie Réanimation
You just enter the site of one of the university Anesthesiology Departments of Paris. The Department of Anesthesiology of the Hospital of BICETRE, located in Kremlin Bicetre in the southern suburbs of Paris was established in 1970 as part of the Paris-Sud University. The Department has three major clinical guidelines: regional anesthesia and pain, pediatric anesthesia and trauma. Moreover, the university laboratory anesthesia has developed experimental models on these areas. Teams of Anesthesiology hospital in Clamart Antoine Béclère and Paul Brousse in Villejuif are attached to this Department and respective specificity for obstetric anesthesia and anesthesia for liver transplantation. This Department has an important academic activity. 30 annual publications in refereed journals are from different parts of the Department and reflect the significant desire for innovation and reflection of our team.
MTT Medical Technology Transfer
MTT is specialised in non-invasive monitoring of Ventilation and Perfusion. The Evidence Based Monitoring technology for Hemodynamic optimization of IC and OR patients, the Oesophagale Doppler Monitor ODM.
ODM-guided fluid management is a cornerstone of Enhanced Recovery, delivering better quality, more cost effective care as it means patients recover from their surgery faster and leave hospital sooner and in better health than they otherwise would do.
What NICE said about Cardio-Q Doppler
". . .The case for adopting the CardioQ-ODM in the NHS,. . .is supported by the evidence. . .The CardioQ ODM should be considered for use in patients undergoing major or high-risk surgery or other surgical patients in whom a clinician would consider using invasive cardiovascular monitoring. This will include patients undergoing major or high-risk surgery or high risk patients undergoing intermediate-risk surgery." NICE: Medical Technology guidance 3. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellent, March 2011.
Medical Technology Transfer is founded in 1993 and has the ambition to effectively support medical practice and medical treatment with carefully selected, evidence based technologies.
MTT focuses on the introduction, delivery and maintenance of directly applicable clinical measuring, monitoring and respiratory equipment and related systems with high added value. Neonatology, developmental care and optimal care of the heart and lung function are focus points.
At the same time is an excellent support to both doctors and nurses as well as medical physicists and medical technicians a high priority. Hereto MTT offers training standard with procurement of a system and a telephone helpline 24 hours, seven days a week available for user questions and emergency support.
Also the short and long term rental of systems belongs to the possibilities. The "budget save rent" is developed together with some major clients and is frequently asked for nowadays.
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Play feel is a light, silky lube designed to give you an intensely sensual experience. Containing a specially formulated blend of ingredients which will enhance touch between you and your partner. It's available in 50ml and 100ml tubes.
Why use pleasure gel?
Using a pleasure gel can add spice to your sex life, experiment with different flavours and sensations until you find the one that suits you best. From time to time, no matter how sexy you are feeling, your body might not always produce as much moisture as you need so add a little pleasure gel to make things a little more sensual. Pleasure gels are also perfect for use with vibrators or stimulators if you are looking to make things even more sensual. Water based pleasure gels are Durex condom friendly but oil based products can damage and degrade them so make sure you check before combining them.
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GE Training Helps Sonelgaz Leverage Power Sector Innovation
Innovation is revolutionizing the power sector. Just consider what's happening in areas like equipment upgrades, digital industrial solutions, enhanced maintenance, and new turbines. However, to benefit from these innovations, companies need employees trained with the right skills.
Sonelgaz, Algeria's national electricity utility, understands this and is committed to training its workforce and contributing to the country's national development goals. As part of this effort, GE Algeria Turbines (GEAT) – a joint venture created by GE and Sonelgaz – recently provided training to more than 50 Sonelgaz employees – both executives and technical staff.
"Innovations in the energy sector are accelerating its transformation. It is imperative to support our partners in this transition, and training remains a vital tool in this mission. The GEAT training program is specifically designed for the client and adapted to their needs, in order to strengthen their management skills and enable their technical teams to operate in a competitive and increasingly complex environment," declared Mr. Touffik Fredj, CEO of GE North-West Africa.
The first training session, which took place in January 2018, included 27 managers and executives from SPE and was developed to strengthen their capacities in the areas of leadership and change management. The second session took place at the Boufarik plant from the 25th of February to the 1st of March and trained an additional 27 participants on how to implement a new maintenance strategy adopted by the company. The training welcomed maintenance division staff from Boufarik and Hassi R'mel 2 power stations and was designed for technical staff such as engineers, technicians and maintenance managers.
Mr. Sabri Lazhari, President and CEO of Sonelgaz SPE said, "Coaching, a motivated and trained staff are required in order to consolidate our position as a national and regional leader in the electricity generation segment, to maximize return on the investments made and complex technologies acquired, as well as to achieve international standards of cost and reliability. The choice of a world-renowned partner like GE to support us in this approach is a strategic option to achieve these objectives, and builds on the history and strength of our relationship, which dates back several decades."
The training program is part of the implementation of a contract signed on April 24th, 2017 between SPE and GEAT, which includes long-term operations and maintenance services for 10 plants across the country that together generate 11 gigawatts of power, a capacity building system for energy efficiency that will deliver 420 megawatts of additional power with greater fuel efficiency, as well as the introduction of GE's digital solutions, for which a Monitoring & Diagnostics center has already been inaugurated at the end of 2017.
The training reflects the deep partnership between Sonelgaz and GE in other areas that strengthen Algeria's energy ecosystem. The two organizations are building a new production complex – GEAT – in Ain Yagout, in the province of Batna, that will annually be able to manufacture equipment with the capacity to generate up to 1.5 gigawatts of power to meet the growing demand for electricity in the country. GEAT will manufacture the first "Made in Algeria" turbines.
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Skip to 0 minutes and 8 seconds Here are the sources of information that Patrick refers to. You'll see that he has used evidence from different sources. Firstly, the European Commission, 2011. Then, Gustavsson et al, 2011. And finally, Cicatiello 2016. Notice that the reason why he uses this evidence is to support his own ideas, claims and generalisations. For example the evidence about the amount of food waste in Europe "90 million tons every year" is used to support Patrick's claim in the previous sentence, "It also detrimentally affects the stability of the whole food chain". Sometimes perspectives from authoritative sources are used to support the writer's claim.
Skip to 1 minute and 0 seconds For example, notice that Patrick states a generally accepted point that food waste has negative effects on food security, food quality, and also food safety. In the next sentence he uses a claim from Gustavsson that food waste also impacts the economy to support his point. He then comments on Gustavsson's point by relating it to food waste at the retail stage, and by assessing the scale of the problem. Acknowledging your sources is another essential aspect of academic writing. Patrick has acknowledged his sources in two different ways. One way to do this is to refer to the source in the sentence, for example "The European Commission (2011) estimated that…". In this case the year of publication is included within parentheses.
Skip to 2 minutes and 0 seconds The other way to refer to the source is just to include the source and the year of publication within parentheses at the end of the sentence. We refer to this way of acknowledging sources as in-text citations. Remember that you also need to give fuller information on these sources in the list of references at the end of the essay.
Patrick's essay: sources
Acknowledging your sources is an essential aspect of academic writing. In this video, follow Jonathan as he examines the three sources of information Patrick refers to within his essay to support his ideas, claims and generalisations.
You can view the extracts from Patrick's essay which are included in the video in this PDF document.
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text: After nearly two years of points building at Yodobashi Camera (about 10-15% of every purchase goes to "points" and 1 point = 1 yen) I cashed them in today. I had built up over 50,000 points (about $500). I have a nice new computer from last year, so a new one seemed dumb. I can't buy a Japanese wii because it will not play US games, so there really isn't much more for me to get. That is until I got myself an absolutely beautiful, sexy, great (and incredably expensive) camera. I got the Canon Rebel XTi . My points made it a pretty reasonable buy, but I still payed a lot (I got the money though so why not?). My interest in photography has been building over the years and it was time to get myself a real camera. I also got the more expensive package that came with two lenses which will be really nice. Equally nice is that I earned points on this purchase so now I have about a $100 in points again (I love points) so I can get a back up battery, case, etc. All in all I am happy. My one fear is that my interest in photography is a result of living in Japan where it is beautiful and once I move back home that interest will wain. Brain pointed out that after buying this camera my interest will probably remain based on how much it cost :) So the bottom line here is LET ME TAKE YOUR PICTURE!


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- Diplodocus Tooth in Matrix
- Jurassic (145 Million – 155 Million Years Ago)
- Morrison Formation
- Albany County, Wyoming
- The matrix measures approx. 1 3/16″ wide and the tooth measures approx. 1 1/8″ long.
Among the best-known sauropods, Diplodocus were very large, long-necked, quadrupedal animals, with long, whip-like tails. Their fore limbs were slightly shorter than their hind limbs, resulting in a largely horizontal posture. The skeletal structure of these long-necked, long-tailed animals supported by four sturdy legs have been compared with suspension bridges. In fact, Diplodocus carnegii is currently one of the longest dinosaurs known from a complete skeleton, with a total length of 25 metres (82 ft). Modern mass estimates for Diplodocus carnegii have tended to be in the 11– to 13-ton) range. Diplodocus had an extremely long tail, composed of about 80 caudal vertebrae, which are almost double the number some of the earlier sauropods had in their tails (such asShunosaurus with 43), and far more than contemporaneous macronarians had (such as Camarasaurus with 53). Some speculation exists as to whether it may have had a defensive or noisemaking (by cracking it like a whip) function. The tail may have served as a counterbalance for the neck. The middle part of the tail had 'double beams' (oddly shaped chevron bones on the underside, which gave Diplodocus its name). They may have provided support for the vertebrae, or perhaps prevented the blood vessels from being crushed if the animal's heavy tail pressed against the ground. These 'double beams' are also seen in some related dinosaurs. Like other sauropods, the manus (front "feet") of Diplodocus were highly modified, with the finger and hand bones arranged into a vertical column, horseshoe-shaped in cross section.Diplodocus lacked claws on all but one digit of the front limb, and this claw was unusually large relative to other sauropods, flattened from side to side, and detached from the bones of the hand. The function of this unusually specialized claw is unknown.


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When I was in college one of my three part-time jobs was at a bar. Cocktail waitress. It was loud and crowded. Smoky and a bit shabby…more than once I was groped by drunk patrons (gross, I know). I worked there because I could make enough $$ that I only had to work two shifts a week. Easy. There was entertainment on the nights I worked (I mean, besides me and my hilarious lack of math skills trying to make change). Once a night, Chief, the guitarist / singer would play "Amie" and I would walk around the bar with his giant tip bucket collecting tips from everyone. It was a weird job. I wasn't even old enough to drink. My other part-time jobs were at a toy store (yes, it was wicked fun) and work-study at the college (boring, but tax free). That's how it was. A retail job, a waitress job and work study. I also worked at a shady delicatessen (paychecks frequently bounced), Kroger, The Loop, a Mexican restaurant (serious health violations, I had to quit when the stress of possibly poisoning families gave me hives), delivered prescriptions to a retirement home (sad), and a fancy schmancy restaurant on the river (where I clearly did NOT belong and was treated like crap). Two things I learned: working more than one job is hard and I am a terrible waitress. Like, the worst. Ever.
Working with the public (huge crowds in touristy Savannah) was a major drain. I lost fifty pounds my junior year running around trying to make it to class and work and somehow my 20 year old brain thought I needed a puppy in addition to all my other responsibilities. As I look back on it now it seems mad. I knew after I graduated that I would never work that hard for so little (money) ever again. And, thankfully, I haven't.
I still work hard, though. My work pattern is very specific, I guess you could say I'm a "details" person. I'm in my own head most of the time. It's alright in there (up there? in here??). Which brings me to what I really want to say: I understand that people (some people) need to categorize others. We're so threatened by the differences between us: "She doesn't want kids, they're gay, she's got two baby daddies, that one's REALLY into JESUS…weird, defective, wrong, lazy…blah blah blah".
Yes, I'm generalizing but I know from experience that it feels pretty crappy to be placed in a box, labeled and sat up on a shelf somewhere or buried down into obscurity, if you prefer. We are not who/what people decide we are. We are what we say and do and feel…we ourselves decide what we are..or aren't. Let the assholes be who they are and we'll be who we are. I actually have an incredible amount of empathy for them…the egotistical…self- absorbed, narcissistic…souls, because I believe all those traits derive from some kind of pain. The pain of feeling unworthy, invisible, unloved, ashamed…
Yeah I know…nobody gets a pass for being a jerk, Aimee. But accepting that someone is a "jerk" is simpler than wasting energy on said jerk because you can't know what other people have gone through or are struggling with. You cannot make people "act right". You don't live in their head and you really can't know what they think.
I posted a picture of me with this post (since deleted) because it makes me uncomfortable (hence the deletion)… because posting a selfie means you are a vain, insecure, self-absorbed jerk. You can put me in that "box" if you like. Your choice. I know who I am and that's all that matters. I am not what other people decide I am and neither are you. Who am I? I'm a "nobody", and how you treat a "nobody" will tell you who YOU are.
WE ARE ALL MAKING MISTAKES. I saw that on pinterest or somewhere recently…it was scribbled in crayon or colored pencil or something. Being different and being a
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SEATTLE (August 9, 2011)– Seattle Southside Visitor Services, the official tourism department for the cities of Tukwila, SeaTac, Kent and Des Moines, launched a newly wrapped Seattle Southside Express shuttle, which features eye-catching photos of shopping attractions and reinforces Seattle Southside's brand. The shuttle offers visitors a free ride from SeaTac hotels to Westfield Southcenter mall in Tukwila and has gained great appreciation by the riders over the years.
Since first introduced in 2005, the number of riders has been continuously growing. In 2010, the ridership increased by 22 percent compared to the previous year and the visitors who rode the shuttle spent an estimated $3.6 million on goods and services in Seattle Southside. A steady increase in ridership is expected for the year of 2011 since there have already been more than 13,000 riders and an estimated economic impact of $1.8 million in the first half of this year.
The shuttle also serves as a mobile advertisement for Seattle Southside Visitor Services. Fully funded by lodging tax dollars, Seattle Southside Express is a wonderful free service for visitors and it benefits the local economy. The shuttle travels between SeaTac hotels and Westfield Southcenter mall approximately seven times a day.
"We believe the Seattle Southside Express shuttle will serve and satisfy more visitors with its stunning exterior, comfortable interior and excellent customer services," Katherine Kertzman, Executive Director of Seattle Southside Visitor Services. "We will continue to improve our products and services to contribute to the benefit of our cities."
About Seattle Southside Visitor Services
Seattle Southside Visitor Services (SSVS) is the leading tourism and marketing organization in South King County. The program offered jointly by the Cities of Tukwila, SeaTac, Kent and Des Moines, is responsible for competitively marketing the area as an ideal travel destination for tourists who wish to explore Western Washington. For more information, please visit www.seattlesouthside.com.
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Huawei Mate 10 Professional Camera Evaluate
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The macabre spirit of George A Romero meets the crazy core of a Bollywood comic caper in an outr? terrain never seen before in a mainstream Hindi film ? part Goa, part Mauritius, part tropical paradise swarming with zonked-out zombies fresh from a rave party gone horribly wrong.
That is a whole lot of words, but it is actually rather easy to describe Go Goa Gone. It might be easier still to dismiss it as a misshapen genre monster.
Yes, it is difficult to make sense of the film in its entirety. But that is as much its strength as its weakness.
First the film?s strengths. Go Goa Gone is full of surprises: it is as if Delhi Belly on acid has strayed into Zombieland.
It is anything but a mindless zombie film. It is visceral yet humorous; over the top yet perfectly controlled.
It is a wild, wacky ride crammed end to end with wicked twists that all but outnumber the famished living dead that are on the trail of an unsuspecting trio of buddies, Hardik, Luv and Bunny, two of whom are high on girls, booze and cocaine. No prizes for guessing which two. The names are giveaways.
As ghastly and ravenous ghouls lumber through the remote island in search of human flesh to gorge on, a bunch of four ? the aforementioned friends and a footloose girl ? run for cover with the help of an auburn-haired half Russian-half desi mobster called Boris. The last named is a sharpshooter who knows how to tackle the zombies.
Made by Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK (whose films thus far have demonstrated a healthy disregard of things predictable), Go Goa Gone thrives on an imagination that is allowed to run riot.
True, not all of it clicks into place without leaving behind a bit of a mess, but the sheer audacity of the act ? transporting the zombie flick to an Indian landscape puts this film in a league of its own.
Go Goa Gone goes so insanely off-kilter at times that it is hard to see that the film also has an obvious underlying ?say no to drugs? message.
Thankfully, the message isn?t the medium. The directors stay true to the demands of the genre, but they approach it with a tongue-in-cheek shuffle that randomly mixes up the key devices of the narrative.
It all begins when a newly imported hardcore rave drug turns revelers at a clandestine island party into zombies, dead creatures with only a small part of the brain still working and egging them on to look for the living to feast on.
And it?s about two hard-drinking, chain-smoking, coke-snorting big city drifters ? one loveless, the other jobless ? who drag a career-minded, straight-laced pal into a misadventure of epic proportions. Their trip quickly turns into a nightmare.
Mercifully, it?s a nightmare only for the characters caught in the middle of weird muddle. For the audience, it is a source of befuddled mirth.
Go Goa Gone is so manic that one guy, on discovering that a Russian girl that he had a nocturnal roll on the beach with hours earlier is now a bloodthirsty zombie on the prowl, can only say: ?She was so alive last night.? Dead right!
And the swaggering Mafioso, who has a wonky accent but can hurl the choicest Lajpat Nagar expletives when provoked, declares: ?I kill dead people.? He is the go-to man when the zombies on the loose.
Go Goa Gone is only mildly scary, but it is often very, very funny. What works is its refusal to pull back and away from its chosen course. It goes all the way down the path to the bitter end, even at the risk of turning far too jokey to be effective.
That is the film?s major weakness. The zombies are, well, zombies. They multiply like maggots and after a point cease to terrorise. The film relies more on verbal exchanges than shock effects to carry itself forward.
But it remains engaging despite some of the slack stretches. The acting by the principal members of the cast ? Saif Ali Khan, Kunal Khemu, Vir Das and Anand Tiwari ? go along with the zany spirit of the film.
Puja Gupta has the easiest job: as the sole eye candy in an environment in which all other women have turned into flesh-eating creatures, she doesn?t have to break into a sweat in order to stand out.
Saif lays into the character of the Russian gangster with apparent relish, and both Khemu and Das, who get most of the one-liners, make an impression.
The actor who steals many a scene is the deadpan Tiwari. He is the one who is supposed to provide ?comic relief? in a film that is essentially a comedy. That couldn?t have been a cakewalk, but he keeps his composure through the madness.
Pretty much the same could be said of the film as a whole ? it?s crazy but cool. It gives you what you least expect and in ways that you least anticipate. That is a rare attribute for a Hindi film. I am going with three stars for Go Goa Gone.


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published (online first) in the Journal of Banking and Finance. Titled "Does Investor Risk Perception Drive Asset Prices in Markets? Experimental Evidence", the paper finds that investors nearly exclusively focus on an asset's probabilty of yielding negative returns. In other words, risk perception is driven by the probability of losses, while for example the size of the potential losses does not seem to receive investors' attention.
While this result confirms prior research by some of the authors, finance theorists would rely on a market to eliminate any individual biases, yielding efficient prices, which properly reflect more comprehensive risk measures. Yet the paper's most important finding is precisely that this mechanism does not work. The results show that real-money experimental asset market prices fully reflect the individual risk perceptions. Assets with a higher probability of negative returns fetch lower prices in the market and vice versa. This has important implications for markets outside of the lab, for individual investors, and for investment advisors, who should account for this bias.
Huber, J., Palan, S., Zeisberger, S., Forthcoming. Does Investor Risk Perception Drive Asset Prices in Markets? Experimental Evidence, Journal of Banking & Finance 108(105635)., DOI 10.1016/j.jbankfin.2019.105635.
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Getting locked out of your house is annoying, but getting locked out of your car is pretty infuriating. You may dispute this, but if you're locked out of your house, you can wait with a neighbour or sit in the shed while you wait for either a friend/loved one with a spare key or a local locksmith to arrive to let you in. However, if you're locked out of your car, you may be stranded in an unfamiliar location, a long way from home. Unless you're an incredibly well-organised individual, your only spare car key will be at home in the bottom of a drawer somewhere eagerly awaiting its first use. To make matters worse, if it's pouring with rain, you have to stand and endure it while waiting for help; there is no porch to stand under.
You could phone roadside assistance, but you may be better off calling a locksmith
So what do you do? Aside from cursing, the most common solution would be to call a road service or breakdown patrol company like the RAC to come and assist you. However, unless you are a member of the organisation and have the appropriate cover, the call-out costs can be dear. You may be thinking, well what's the alternative? Smash a window? This only works if the keys are trapped inside the vehicle; if you've lost them, then this isn't the smartest course of action to take (albeit it may temporarily relieve some stress). The alternative is actually to call a locksmith. If you live in London, then phoning a local locksmith makes more sense than calling out a large breakdown cover company; it will be much cheaper and you're supporting local business.
Keep your locksmith's number handy
If you're a member of a roadside cover company then it's likely you'll have a membership card or form with contact details on. Failing this, you can whip out your mobile and find a contact number within seconds just by searching online. However, this only works if you're in an area that receives a good 3G signal, and you own a Smartphone. Because of this we recommend that you search for a locksmith company – before you need one – and save their number in your phone in case of an emergency. This isn't just handy if you get locked out of your car, but also if you're locked out your home or if you have the misfortune of having your home burgled.
A final word of caution: There are several professional locksmiths who will provide assistance for car-related problems, but not all locksmiths will be able to help specifically with your car. UK Locksmiths are experienced auto locksmiths, so if you're in London, you can easily call us. Further afield, you will have to rope in another creditable locksmith in your vicinity.
Don't take the risk and assume it won't happen. Save a trusty locksmith's number in your phone, so if the infuriating situation does ever befall you, you know exactly who to call!
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Submitted by Paul Brodsky of Macro Allocation
According to the Fed, there is about $60 trillion of US Dollar credit (claims for US dollars):
Also according to the Fed, there are about $12 trillion US dollars:
So, the data show plainly there are five times as many claims for US dollars as US dollars in existence. Does this matter to investors?
Well, yes, it matters a lot. Not only is there not enough money to repay outstanding debt; the widening gap between credit and money is making it more difficult to service the debt and more difficult for nominal US GDP to grow through further credit extension and debt assumption. Remember, only a dollar can service and repay dollar-denominated debt. Principal and interest payments cannot be made with widgets or labor, only dollars.
This means that future demand and output growth generated through more credit issuance and debt assumption is self-defeating. In fact, it adds to the problem. Credit-generated growth is not growth in real (inflation-adjusted) terms because rising GDP, which engenders an increase in money, is also accompanied by a larger increase in claims on that money. Why larger? Because debt comes with interest.
By definition then, debt compounds while real growth does not. In fact, economies naturally economize because innovation and competition tend to drive prices lower. This natural deflation works against debt service and repayment that needs perpetual inflation.
As we know, for thirty years beginning in the early 1980s the Fed helped the US and global economies grow consistently more or less by reducing interest rates, which gave consumers of goods, services and assets incentive to take on more debt. Following the inevitable debt crisis in 2008, the Fed had to reduce the overnight interest rate it targets to zero percent.
As we also know, to keep the economy growing from there, the Fed then had to begin creating money, which it did through quantitative easing (QE). It bought assets directly from the money center banks it deals with (primary dealers), and paid for them with the newly created money. At the same time, the Fed paid these banks – and continues to pay them - interest on the money they created for them (Interest on Excess Reserves). This provides a disincentive for banks to lend to the public, which is how the Fed is trying to control US growth and inflation today.
The long and the short of this discussion is that either the Fed and other central banks overseeing highly leveraged economies must inflate their money stocks and get the new money into the hands of debtors, or inflate their money stocks and get the new money to creditors. The former would make systemic debt service and repayment easier. The latter would keep creditors solvent when debtors inevitably default. The economic impact of getting new money in the hands of debtors would be significant inflation. The economic impact of creating more bank reserves would be significant economic austerity (a full-blown depression). Why? Because debtors would be increasingly starved of the ability to service and repay debt.
Impact on Assets
Investors might ask themselves how two pools of dollar-denominated assets can be valued collectively at $38 trillion ($19 trillion each for US Treasuries and US equities), when there is only $12 trillion in existence? Not only does this gross imbalance not include the market value of other assets, like other bonds and real estate; it also does not include the value of the US private capital stock, such as inventory, resources, enterprises, and collectibles. (Economists might want to think about this too.)
In short, the value of dollar-denominated assets is not supported by the money with which it is ostensibly valued. This has not been a problem historically because the proportion of un-reserved credit has been low relative to asset values and cash flow. As we are seeing today, however, it is becoming a significant problem because balance sheets are already highly levered and zero-bound interest rates chokes off the incentive to refinance asset prices higher.
If the total value of US denominated assets is, say, $100 trillion, and the US dollar money stock is somewhere around $12 trillion, then the inescapable implication is that the market's expects either: a) $88 trillion more US dollars will be created in the future to fund the purchase of the gross asset pool at current valuations; b) there has to be a decline in the nominal value of aggregate assets, or; c) both.
Obviously there never has to be a full exchange of assets for money because there will always be asset holders wishing to keep their assets. But that is not the point. The issue is that there is a significant rate of inflation embedded in the currency (clearly higher than 2% targeted by the Fed), and/or a significant rate of deflation embedded in assets.
What forces the issue? Production, or the lack thereof. If/when the value of asset prices exceed the value of production by an amount that disincentives production, GDP will contract.
Warren Buffet is famous for considering the total market capitalization of US equities against GDP. While this Market Cap-to-GDP ratio provides a clue as to how easy or difficult it may be at any point in time for public companies to generate higher revenues and earnings relative to past equity markets, it does not consider the dynamic driving demand for goods and services in the broader economy.
In other words, it does not consider what actually drives GDP. The presumption is that nominal GDP will always grow. This is not necessarily a bad assumption (in fact it is a reasonable one for reasons we will discuss next week), but it does not consider how the pursuit of nominal growth in today's macro environment will actually reduce real growth and real ROI.
It is that easy. We think there will continue to be an inflationary deleveraging in the US and across the world, and ultimately significant widespread inflation. More on this next week.
Mr. Buffet and most investors have not had to be concerned during the secular leveraging phase with output contraction in real terms, and so they have not had to be concerned with negative real ROIs. Looking forward, we think it is becoming increasingly obvious that wealth and alpha will be created by allocating capital to assets in which price and real value are closely aligned.
Un-levered assets should outperform levered assets. Businesses that sell to less levered consumers should outperform businesses that sell to levered consumers; and so on.


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Lab-grown human eggs; Prof Evelyn Telfer
From Stuart Dunbar on March 1st, 2019
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2018 marked the 40th anniversary of the birth of the first IVF baby and since then there have been over 8 million babies born through IVF. There have been many developments in the area of Assisted Reproductive Technologies and in particular the emergence 20 years ago of the new field of Fertility Preservation. Women and young girls now have the opportunity to have pieces of their ovary removed and stored before undergoing damaging chemotherapy treatments with the goal of future re-implantation; this is not, however, feasible for a high proportion of patients.
In this talk, Evelyn discusses how we can grow the earliest stages of human eggs in the lab and where we are on the long path from lab to clinical application, to provide more options for women to preserve their fertility.
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Your refrigerator is one of the hardest-working appliances in your home and one that is never at rest. Subject to spills, odors, overcrowding and more, your refrigerator needs routine cleaning every couple of weeks and a deep clean every few months. Additionally, using the space in your fridge correctly is one of the best ways to reduce food spoilage and odors. Here are some tips for cleaning and best utilizing your refrigerator:
- How to use them: The doors of your refrigerator are ideal for storing condiments, dressing and pickled items. Because this is the warmest part of the fridge, it is most suitable for less perishable items with longer shelf lives.
- How to clean them: Clean refrigerator doors weekly. Dampen a cloth with water and dishwashing liquid and wipe the doors, edges and top of the refrigerator. Be sure to make note of the handles, which can attract fingerprints. Each season, clean door seals with hot water and dishwashing liquid to remove any crumbs and residue. Dry thoroughly to prevent mold.
Shelves and drawers
- How to use them: Shelves are best for meat, dairy, eggs, seafood and leftover items in containers. Shelves have the most stable temperature in the refrigerator, making them the best location for food that is most perishable. Drawers are best for fruits, vegetables and herbs. Drawers have the highest humidity in the refrigerator which is helpful in preserving the flavor and texture of produce.
- How to clean them: Remove shelves and drawers from the refrigerator each month and wipe them as well as the interior walls with a mixture of two tablespoons of baking soda and one quart of hot water. Wipe mixture from surfaces with a damp cloth, then dry with a clean towel. Be sure that all surfaces are fully dry before returning them to the fridge.
For more refrigerator cleaning and organizing tips, watch the video.
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Melissa Smith & Kim Hemmert "Banker Buds"
1. Tell us a little about yourself?
Kim- I grew up in the Allston/Brighton area of Boston with pretty much most of my extended family all living within a few blocks of each other. As a result, I am an only child that feels like I grew up with multiple brothers and sisters. Five years ago I ventured outside the box, and moved to the South Shore with my husband Brian. Brian and I currently live in Weymouth along with our pride and joy, Louie. Louie is a 1 ½ year old mini goldendoodle and anyone that is friends with me on Facebook, Instagram or just talks to me for 5 minutes knows that little guy owns my heart.
Melissa- Lifelong resident of Hingham and mom to two little girls who are equal parts fun and work! I try to bring them to the Family WOD when our schedules permit but unfortunately that isn't as often as I would like. Also, I live so close to RCFBC I should probably walk to class, and I do feel guilty when I see Colleen running home and I am getting in my car!
2. Tell us your CrossFit story (where were you before RCFBC and where are you now?)
Kim- Before CrossFit I was doing the typical gym thing, taking classes and being pretty bored with the whole scene. I feel like I tried everything, but nothing really held my attention for long so I would eventually get bored and move on to something else. I had heard a lot about CrossFit, both good and bad, and decided I wanted to see what it was all about for myself, but I wasn't sure where to go and I was a little nervous to actually try it. Brian came home one night, told me about the new CrossFit that opened next to Salsa's and encouraged me to give it a shot. So, I did what anyone else would do, I stalked the place. I looked at the website, drove by trying to figure out where they were and what they were doing in there, trying to find out if everybody was super fit and muscular. Finally, Brian convinced me to give it a try so I signed up for On- Ramp and was hooked by the end of the first night. Every time I step inside I know it is going to be a challenge. Sometimes you leave feeling pumped and exhilarated and sometimes you leave feeling a bit defeated, but you always leave knowing you will be back for more.
Melissa- Running on my own and losing motivation, so a good friend of mine suggested I try CrossFit. She joined the previous fall and she really enjoyed it. So I listened to her and signed up for a free class and then On-Ramp, and I was hooked.
3. What does being part of RCFBC community mean to you?
Kim- When I first started CrossFit, I honestly didn't think much about the community aspect of it all, but you can't help but be pulled in by it. You have this amazing group of people consisting of all ages, backgrounds, sizes, and fitness levels that are empowering each other to be the best they can be, pushing each other past what you think you can do, lending a hand when needed, cheering each other on and even just having fun and being silly. It is really great to be part of a place where everyone really does have everyone's back. The coaches here are the best; they truly have a vested interest in every single member. They are knowledgeable, motivating and inspiring and it amazes me that they can remember on a person by person basis if you should in fact be adding more weight to that bar. I love when I am wearing something with RCFBC on it and someone happens to ask me if I like it. They probably get more than they bargained for, because I can go on forever about all the reasons why I love it!
Melissa- I like working out as a group. At first I didn't think I would like the group dynamics, but I have to say after experiencing it, working out together does motivate you more and makes the classes fun.
4. What accomplishments are you most proud of?
Kim- Definitely competing in the Open and the Ghetto Games competition.
Kim- I didn't sign up for the open until after I completed the first workout because I was sure I wouldn't be able to do it. I think I completed half the double-unders with my mouth open, I couldn't believe I was actually doing it. Then one week after the next for five weeks (except Toes to Bar week), I kept surprising myself. I couldn't believe I completed 14.5, it hurt like hell, but that accomplishment felt so good! Melissa and I were teammates at the Ghetto Games and looking back now, I can't believe how far we have come from those two scared girls wondering what in God's name we were thinking by participating in this CrossFit competition. We barely made it through the first WOD just trying to battle the nerves, but by the last WOD we killed it coming in at the top in that particular event. We obviously didn't make it to the leaderboard or the podium; but we were there, we competed and gave all we had to every WOD and for that I will always be proud of us.
Melissa- Getting up in time for the 5:30 AM class!
5. What are your challenges and goals going forward?
Kim- ROPE CLIMB!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will get up that rope no matter how long I have to work at it and of course I would really love it if my knees would just cooperate and stay OUT while squatting. Seriously, everything is a challenge at CrossFit and that is why I love it, you just have to keep coming back and plugging away at it.
Melissa- If Mike could answer this I know he would say, "Squats….knees out" so I have to go with squats as my challenge. Goals would be never to hear "no rep" and losing my fear of overhead squats….it always comes back to squats!
6. Has CrossFit changed the way you feel about fitness and health?
Kim- CrossFit has definitely changed the way I feel about fitness, but most importantly it has changed the way I feel about health. For as long as I can remember, I would live by the scale, stepping on it at least twice a day. I was fixated on what that number was saying and of course how that number ultimately made me feel. Since CrossFit, I think less about the number on the scale and more about what my body can actually do. My quest for "skinny" has turned into a quest for strong and healthy. I do still sometimes step on the scale, just to sneak a quick peek and it sometimes freaks me out for 5 minutes, but then I remember that I can deadlift more than that number and that helps to put it all in perspective.
Melissa- I am in better shape and stronger than I was before I joined, and I try to eat healthier. I am not saying I am always better at eating healthy, but I definitely think more about it.
7. How did you two ladies meet?
Kim- I met Melissa on our first night of On-Ramp at RCFBC. I remember walking through the door for the first time and really just wanting to run back out, but I saw Melissa sitting on one of the boxes and thought, "she looks nice, I'll chat with her" and the rest is what they call history. Melissa has become a great friend inside and outside CrossFit. Most people think we have known each other since kindergarten; sometimes I think we have too.
Melissa- I met Kim during On-Ramp back in March 2013 and it turns out we both work at State Street Bank in Boston. It is good to have a partner in crime, makes getting up for class easier and coming to class not as scary. And she never "no reps" me!
These two strong, dedicated, and motivating ladies are one dynamite duo! They have both gotten way stronger to the point that they don't know what their own body's are capable of. Just like everyone else in the gym they have goats but with the drive they both share they will continue to break down walls! It truly is a small world the way these two ladies met and the fact that they work for the same company is pretty AWESOME! Kim's quote is the best "My quest for "skinny" has turned into a quest for "strong and healthy". I would have to say that's the best goal to have my friends. Great job ladies, and continue to crush it!!!!


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On Wednesday I attended an interesting panel discussion, part of a series "In Numbers", "on the ways in which mathematics interacts with the humanities".
Month: May 2015
MacNeil of Barra's March
I am going to play the replica Queen Mary harp in Kisimul Castle on Barra in the Autumn, and so I thought I should get a MacNeil of Barra tune up and running. I am finding it a great challenge to get MacNeil of Barra's March working on the harp.
Wighton centre, Dundee
Here's a photo of me taken at today's Lament for the Union concert at the Wighton Centre in Dundee.