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Top 5 Austin Texas Food Stories This Week
Another big week in Austin food.
Off this site, I've been busy putting the finishing touches on the guide to dining in Istanbul, as well as creating content for an iphone and android app that concerns itself with the Austin Texas Barbacoa trail. I'll keep y'all posted on both these projects as they come closer to fruition.
Here are the top 5 Austin, Texas food stories this week.
1] Unsurprisingly, the tale of an acid bomb being detonated in a north Austin restaurant went through the roof in page views http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2012/4/27/Acid-Bomb-Teenagers-Attack-North-Austin-Wienerschnitzel-Fast-Food-Restaurant?adminview=true 2] Tony Bourdain came to East Austin to visit Raymond Tatum's Three Little Pigs food trailer-left without bothering to eat http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2012/4/27/Austin-Daily-Photo-Three-Little-Pigs-Nose-To-Tail-Pork-Trailer-In-East-Austin-Texas?adminview=true
3] There's a brand new coffee shop in the woods of deep, East Austin. If you like pour-overs, creekside dining and a nearby Mississippi soul food joint then you might like it http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2012/4/23/Birth-Notice-Black-Lodge-Coffee-in-East-Austin?adminview=true
4] The shit keeps getting deeper for the locked-up Yassine Enterprises brothers. http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2012/4/24/Yassine-Enterprises-Scandal-Deepens-State-Of-Texas-Comptroller-Seizes-Nightclub-Property-Roial?adminview=true
5] Day one on the Austin,Texas beef fajita taco trail http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2012/4/26/Austin-Daily-Photo-Beef-Fajita-Taco-At-Janitzio?adminview=true
Thanks for checking out the site y'all. We're happy to have you.
last week's top 5 http://www.scrumptiouschef.com/food/2012/4/22/Top-5-Austin-Texas-Food-Stories-This-Week?adminview=true


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12-13 September 2019 Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina, USACar Body Engineering
Insight @ BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC 2019
Plus: Guided tour through the body shop of the BMW X series production in Spartanburg
About the conference
Agile manufacturing in high volume production: integrating future products and technologies into the production system
Electrification of the powertrain, autonomous drive, new mobility concepts and mobility users - the automotive industry is facing major upheavals worldwide. This revolution has already begun; however, its full extent and exact implementation cannot yet be entirely foreseen.
Even though it cannot be predicted completely, the future has to be prepared and planned today. OEMs and their suppliers are faced with the immensely difficult task of finding solutions today that will solve tomorrow's requirements. It is, ultimately, through their own developments that they are going to shape this future themselves.
One big challenge for many is not only to develop new concepts and vehicles, but also to integrate them into existing global production structures. The Insight @ BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC conference focused on the solutions available for this purpose.
BMW is an expert in flexible production, and nowhere is this more evident than in Spartanburg, USA, the BMW plant with the largest production volume worldwide. A large part of the X-models is produced here, with the X5, X6 and X7 models running on one production line and all models being fully interchangeable. With an export quota of 70%, Spartanburg is already ideally equipped to react flexibly to the most diverse requirements worldwide.
In co-operation with
Karl Loessl
Vice President Body Shop
BMW Group
Dr. Stefan M. Baginski
Department Manager Body Shop
BMW Group
The conference is aimed at
Automotive engineers in development, pre-development, planning, design and production as well as materials suppliers and other interested parties.
About Insight Conferences
Insight Edition is a series of conferences which Automotive Circle regularly holds at leading international OEMs. The focus of this event serie is on current topics specific to the car body. It offers sophisticated presentations and discussions of leading car manufacturers and selected systems suppliers. Attendees gain valuable insights into the modern manufacturing processes in the automotive industry and an opportunity to participate in an exclusive tour of the host's production facilities.

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Ancient China is a detailed unit study of eleven key dynasties in Chinese history. Daily lessons plans listing project supplies, recommended resources, writing assignments and timeline suggestions, as well as extensive teaching notes, are provided for each dynasty. Reproducible maps, timeline figures, an end-of-study quiz, review activities, and an expansive bibliography are also supplied. This 12-week unit study includes: history, geography, science, Bible, health, language arts, arts & crafts, research skills, and critical thinking. Ancient China was written for students in K-6, but extensive teaching notes and supplemental project ideas for students in junior and senior high are also listed, making this study on the Far East usable for your whole family.
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The Educational Views of Huck Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is a well written piece of literature for secondary school students to read. This novel has many views and situations which can be beneficial for a high school reader. Huck Finn shows a real view of life in the South in the late 1800's. The novel also traces the maturity of an authentic character from this time period. Through the use of the characters Huck and Jim, Twain illuminates the deeper issue of what it is to be a human through the South's generic treatment of slaves and the misconceptions of many of their owners. High school readers may use these three points as learning tools for their future.
In reading this novel, an historical point of view of the South is gained. The South during the late 1800's was driven by slavery- the ownership of Africans by whites.
Without teaching other generations about the mistakes of our, a full understanding of the evils will not be appreciated and a continued generational prejudice may ensue. Although history has left its mark on the relationships between whites and blacks, Twain shows a more intimate relationship between colors at this racial time.
Until the Civil Rights Act, blacks were treated inferior to Whites. Blacks were viewed as slaves and their owners were, in most cases, Whites. This relationship never seemed to allow them to get to know each other personally. During the 1800's in the South, blacks were not seen as people, but as merely servants. In this novel, a relationship is formed between Huck and Jim, a slave, which proves to be controversial for the time period. However, one of the central points in this novel is that Twain did not see people as black...


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Employment after immigration in Atlantic Canada: What you said, and what we learned
A sober reminder
Tareq Hadhad's is newcomer success story.
The support and welcoming he and his loved ones experienced are leading to great things — for his family, the community and the economy.
Peace By Chocolate is an example of what's possible.
For more such success stories to happen, and for a brighter future in Atlantic Canada, the community at large needs to appreciate and embrace the value newcomers can bring.
While compiling this Deep Dive on Hiring Immigrants, we had a sober reminder that anti-immigration and hate are very real.
The March 15 massacre of 50 people at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, was committed by extremists who were anti-immigration and anti-Muslim.
These sentiments, this hate, have no place in Atlantic Canada, or anywhere else.
As economists, policy makers and pundits tell us, if this region is going to survive and prosper, immigration is essential.
Hopefully, this series has enlightened some who doubt that.
— Steve Bartlett, senior managing editor
How do we learn more? One question at a time.
We asked our journalists what they learned as they dug into immigration in Atlantic Canada to uncover new information and find solutions.
What's the biggest gap you see in terms of the challenge and solution?
Sam McNeish: From the conversations I had with employers and groups representing immigrants and refugees, I think the biggest problem is society itself. In some places, there is acceptance of new people seeking to make a new life for themselves. And then there is the old school who want things to stay the same. The broad thinkers are the ones who will help make any of these programs work … and our society grow to the levels it needs to be at — as we are now a global community. The people I talked to have that vision, but there are also a host of trolls out there who like to comment, many of them nameless, and chastise these initiatives.
Andrea Gunn: It seems to me like there's no one real cohesive idea about challenges and solutions in attracting and retaining newcomers - because immigration is such a varied and complex area it's difficult to pin down one or even a few particular areas. Instead, the issues (and associated solutions) vary from person to person and community to community. But as shown by my sources, that doesn't mean we can't identify areas where we are lacking - whether those areas are policy based, or larger societal shortcomings - work towards doing better.
What's the one piece of research you expected to find, but didn't exist?
AG: It wasn't so much research but I found a lot of the people I interviewed, though quite well versed in the topic as a whole, focused a lot on anecdotal evidence and broad topics/ideas. As a political reporter and someone who thinks rather analytically I like looking at specific policies and their implications, especially since that was the initial aim of my story. I was hoping more of my sources would be able to say "this subsection of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is problematic because of X, Y or Z and these are the changes we need to make to fix it." I think what that shows is that the issues facing attracting and retaining immigrants, a large and complex topic, are more big-picture in nature and less focused on a particular policy or law.
What's the most surprising thing you learned? What sticks with you after you hit submit?
SM: I can't believe that with all the kind and caring information and nurturing that is abundant around the globe, that we as human beings wouldn't want human beings to be kinder, nicer, gentler and of course more accepting of all races and cultures. As individuals, we are taught right and wrong, likely before we hit the age of 10, and then we make smart and intelligent choices. Why in this situation does that teaching go out the window?
Who did you try to interview, but didn't get to?
AG: The one type of person I really wanted to interview was an immigration lawyer, one in particular but anyone who was really well versed in the particular challenges that exist in Atlantic Canada would have been great. A lawyer would have been a good addition to the immigration story as they could really shed light on very specific issues with immigration law that cause roadblocks for those that want to make Atlantic Canada home. I had an interview set up with one very highly regarded immigration lawyer but we kept having to reschedule, and other calls I put out to other lawyers were not returned.
Who or what is a standout success in this series?
SM: The people who standout in this series for me are the ones who have taken the time to help educate and employ immigrants, to help them get a fresh start in life. People like Jason Aspen of Aspin Kemp and Associates and Russ Mallard, president, Atlantic Beef Products, the fine folks at Rabbittown Learners Program, and those who are with the Immigration Services Association of Nova Scotia and the Association of New Canadians in St. John's, and Deirdre Ayer of Other Ocean Group Canada Ltd. in St. John's and P.E.I., were all valuable assets in explaining the plethora of issues these immigrants and refugees face not on a daily basis, but sometimes minute to minute. And those are just the ones I have spoken with. Those who were featured in the additional pieces of this series, the immigrants themselves, the educators, the experts; all painted a vivid image for me of what needs to be done to exact change.
Heard around the web
Anthony Spencer: A million immigrants come to Canada every few years but how many have chosen to settle (or remain) in Atlantic Canada? Why do they go elsewhere? Perhaps more concern should have been shown for creating the sort of environment and opportunities which would have encouraged more people to stay in CB in the first place. And I will never apologize for my belief that unemployed Canadians should be trained and put to work before looking for talent abroad.
Wallace Ryan We need a lot more immigrants in Newfoundland & Labrador if we're going to survive and prosper!!! We can't make it on a population of aging white folks.
Canada needs to give us a much bigger quota of New Canadians!!! It's Newfoundland & Labrador's best hope for a real future.
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DEEP DIVE: Employment after immigration in Atlantic Canada
Employing immigrants - how can we get businesses on board?
Attracting, hiring newcomers: who's making a difference in Atlantic Canada?
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Whitsunday Regional Council has today resolved to approve $31,500 in Community Assistance Grants to six different sporting clubs in the Whitsunday Region.
Mayor Andrew Willcox said that the Community Assistance Grants Program enables sporting clubs to upgrade equipment, maintain or upgrade their clubhouse facilities or host competitions and events.
"Council is providing a massive amount of support across the region through this program with $239,000 being approved to 28 different sport and community groups in the previous financial year," Cr Willcox said.
"It is an important focus for this Council that we can ensure our region is active, healthy and inclusive and that our residents enjoy access to a range of social and recreation activities."
The following grants were approved at today's Council Meeting:
Bowen Touch Football Association - $3000Collinsville Barebow Hunters Club InC - $1,000Whitsunday Sportspark Inc - $20,000Whitsunday Touch Football Assocation - $3,000Whitsunday Football Club Inc - $3,000Proserpine Junior Cricket Association - $1,500
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Carter Law Group Recognized by U.S.News – Best Lawyers®
"We are excited to receive the highest ranking from U.S.News – Best Lawyers® "Best Law Firms" rankings. When I made the decision earlier this year to build my own firm so that I could serve clients in new and better ways, I did not expect to receive national recognition this early on." said Ellis Carter, founder of Carter Law Group. "The distinction of being selected as one of the best nonprofit/charity law firms in the country is a wonderful affirmation that our efforts to serve clients in innovative ways and create a more socially responsible model are working."
Small is Beautiful – Economics as if People Mattered
Fritz Schumacher published "Small is Beautiful – Economics as if People Mattered" in 1973. According to The Times Literary Supplement, it is among the 100 most influential books published since World War II and rightfully so.
For the last 60 years or so our way of life has been based on the premise that so long as there is demand there will always be supply. Schumacher wisely challenges these assumptions when he writes that sustainability is an impossibility when we are, "assuming all the time that a man who consumes more is 'better off' than a man who consumes less", in an environment with finite resources.
E. F. Schumacher is clear about what economics can do and what it can't do. Mainstream economists divide humans into producers and consumers. As consumers, consuming more will always be in our self-interest. As producers, efficiency is to be desired above all else. This breaks down, Schumacher says, as soon as we realize that producers and consumers are the same people with the same desires.
Carter Law Group: Small is Beautiful
Yes, the rumors are true. CharityLawyer has formed her own law firm. My theme for 2010 is "Small is Beautiful" (which happens to be the title of the next book review). I started my career at a big four accounting firm with thousands of tax professionals, moved down the food chain to a national law firm of only 400 lawyers, and then to a regional law firm with a mere 200 lawyers. So, to continue the trend, I have started my own boutique law firm specializing in representing nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations. The firm is located in Phoenix, Arizona but will represent clients with respect to exempt organizations matters nationwide.
Top 10 Smart Moves Great Nonprofit CEOs Make
Asks Forgiveness, Not Permission. I receive calls from nonprofit CEOs who are struggling with their boards. I am also asked by boards to intervene when there is a an issue with the CEO. What I have learned is that great CEOs do not overly confer with the Board. Instead, great CEOs understand that it is their job to implement the Board's strategy within the scope of the strategy, policies, and budget the Board has set. Too much "checking-in" can have the unintended consequence of inviting the board to micro-manage. Conversely, scribbling too far outside the lines of the board approved strategy, policies, and budget can get a CEO fired.


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According to the First Command Financial Behaviors Index, 6 out of 10 Americans with a minimum household income of $50,000 believe that military compensation —including base pay plus allowances —is lower than civilian salaries for comparable jobs in the broader marketplace. This data surprisingly contrasts with that of the Congressional Budget Office, which reported that military pay has "outstripped inflation and private sector compensation by more than 25 percent during the past decade." Also, the Department of Defense reported that the average servicemember receives $5,400 more in annual compensation than a comparable civilian.
According to a story by Stars and Stripes, the Pentagon was expected to include a 1.7 percent pay raise for servicemembers for 2014, yet officials have recently proposed a 1 percent pay increase to decrease overall costs.
The RAND Corporation proposed numerous options for slowing the increase in military pay. If the Defense department takes some action, survey respondents said the best of the proposed choices would be:
- A four-year series of smaller raises set at the Employment Cost Index minus a half percentage point (44 percent of respondents).
- A single-year pay freeze, meaning no pay rate increase for one year (39 percent).
- A one-time increase in pay set at half a percent below the Employment Cost Index (17 percent).
"Servicemembers and their families are worried about how defense downsizing will affect their pay, benefits and career opportunities," Scott Spiker, CEO of First Command Financial Services, said. "Half of surveyed households anticipate a reduction in their military retirement benefits and increased responsibility for healthcare costs. Many believe they are less likely to be promoted and more likely to experience early separation. The result is an uncertain economic future for many military families."


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Question: Dear Luise: I have 4 sons we where all very close untill my Eldist son told us he was gay 5 years ago. For 3 years i was in denile and tryed to ignor it,he was 18 when he told us i was devistated .Slowly slowly i started to come to terms with it as i love my children very mutch ,however the next son down was not so forgiveing and now hates his brother completly and blames all his own downfalls on him.He has also started to hate me becouse i keep intouch with my gay son.He tells me as long as you see him ,you mean nothing to me.This is breaking my heart as i love all my children very mutch I just dont know how to deal with my second son anymore he has pushed us all away becouse we still love are son who is gay.My other two sons dont find it a problem only him.He is now leaving home and said he doesnt want to see any of us again should i let him go? J.
Answer: Dear J.: Your second son is already gone and you don't have any real choice regarding whether or not to accept his decision. It's his to make. What he hasn't faced and may or may not ever be ready to look closely at is that his older brother's sexual orientation isn't "the problem." He is using it as an excuse. Something else is behind his downfalls and they are his to deal with. At present blaming someone else works for him. He may someday be able to look at the truth on his own but no one can make him do that. It's a perfect solution for him. "My brother is gay, therefore I _______." Fill in the blank.
You have every right to let him know that you know he is troubled about something else. And you may also want to offer to help him enter and work through therapy if he gets to the point where he is ready for that…but do not let him think his older brother needs therapy because he doesn't. He needs love and support which you have wisely offered. Good for you. Blessing, Luise


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Another poetic device which is central to this poem is Anne Bradstreet's use of apostrophe. Apostrophe is when the narrator speaks to something that is nonliving as though it were living and could respond. In this case, the narrator of the poem is speaking to her published book (a very imperfect "child" of her brain rather than her body, a comparison she makes via metaphor), as though that book could hear and react to her. It is a sort of mild form of personification.
In addition to comparing her text to a flawed child of her own mind, Bradstreet also compares herself, via metaphor, to an imperfect mother. She says, for example, "In better dress to trim thee was my mind, / But nought save homespun cloth i' th' house I find." She would have liked to have been able to make her text better, literally, but she was only able to "dress it" in homely cloth, figuratively, because that is all she has access to: she identifies the homeliness and limits of her own mind as the cause of her text's flaws. The "child" is imperfect because the mind that produced it is, likewise. Then, in the final lines of the poem, she instructs her text/child, "If for thy father asked, say thou hadst none; / And for thy mother, she alas is poor, / Which caused her thus to send thee out of door." In other words, the text has no father and only a mother who is lacking, and this is why, though she would like to have put something better out into the world, she was unable.
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In her poem "The Author to Her Book" Anne Bradstreet bemoans the quality of her work that has been exposed to the public because "alas [she] is poor." Most importantly, the poem is written as an extended metaphor in which her literary endeavor is compared to "an ill-formed offspring," a child that has defects. Bradstreet blushes at the return of her cast-off child whose appearance was "so irksome" in her sight, conveying her embarrassment that the work that "friends, less wise than true," have had published.
Within this extended metaphor, of course, there are other metaphors. For instance, Bradstreet writes that she "washed" the face of the book, meaning she made attempts at improving its appearance and content, but in "rubbing off a spot, still made a flaw," in correcting one error she commits others. The use of these metaphors describing her actions upon the book certainly personify the work as a child with an "irksome" face and "hobbling" legs that are metaphors also for the sequence of plot events. The last line contains both personification and metaphor as the child/book (personification) is sent out of the door (metaphor), meaning it is put out for publication. And "door" is an example of metonymy in which the door represents the whole house.
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Larry Goodman's son in 'ghost estate' makeover
The son of beef magnate Larry Goodman has been given the all clear to redevelop a Castlebellingham 'ghost estate' which has been sitting idle for a number of years.
Lawrence Goodman Jnr's Urban Life Developments has been given permission to complete small 'ghost estate' on the northern edge of the village after he and his business partner acquired the site last year.
Urban Life applied for permission for development at the partially constructed "ghost estate" known as Castle Court on Main Street.
The proposed development is for the completion of this "ghost estate" that is within the built-up area of Castlebellingham.
The development will consist of the construction of eight two storey semi-detached dwellings.
Laurence Goodman jnr set up Urban Life Developments last year.
Urban Life are also behind the ongoing construction at the Mount Hamilton site on the Carrickmacross Road, which will ultimately become a 179 housing estate.
Last year the company were given conditional planning permission to build a 141 home housing estate on the Mount Avenue, though that decision was successfully appealed to An Bord Pleanala.
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I decided to restore another one, this time for a wedding present. This is a young couple that also have a garage where their friends meet. They already have a bar, snooker and karaoke there … a real mancave. The only thing left was an arcade! So we decided to get them one and it had to be a classic.
The arcade was running on a Pentium 4 connected to a J-PAC that I bought at Ultimarc. I used the rest of the existing material like buttons, joysticks, etc. ..
On special anniversaries for Pac-Man (released in 1980) and/or Ms. Pac-Man (released in 1981). Namco has released compilations of their classic arcade games as arcade machines. So far, Namco has made anniversary machines for the 20th anniversary for Ms. Pac-Man, and the 25th and 30th anniversaries for the original Pac-Man.
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The acquisition complements G & L Beijer's existing operation both geographically and from a product viewpoint. Ecofrigo was founded in December 2009 and has in a short time established a strong position in the Norwegian market. The company delivers environment friendly refrigeration units equipped with the latest technology from G & L Beijer's Italian subsidiary, SCM Frigo. G & L Beijer acquired SCM Frigo at the beginning of 2011 and the acquisition of Ecofrigo means a further strengthening of the synergies.
In the acquisition of Ecofrigo, G & L Beijer has identified a number of synergy effects, mainly on the purchasing side. The acquisition is expected to have a marginally positive effect on G & L Beijer's profit per share. Ecofrigo is included in G & L Beijer's accounts from January 2012.
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Sultry New Photos Of Nollywood Actress, Empress Njamah
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The Nollywood actress, Empress Njamah who is yet to settle down with the right man "if there is anything like that", despite been rich took to her Instagram page to share some stunning, sexy and cute photos of herself.
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It's bound to be different because these are people at the top of the profession. It's bound to be different because they have an outside perspective. It's bound to be different because people naturally are more open to and give more access to (and actually look forward to talking to) the "big boys."
You cry for Roy Firestone, not for the guy you have to chase away from your locker every day.
So I always look forward to seeing how this stuff turns out, what they come up with, what they see, what they get. It's interesting.
Well, we've seen it. And I have to think that the people in charge at UH have to be loving all this recent national media attention.
No, not for the "exposure" aspect of it, although that is great, too. But for the message of it. Because, well, for all of us in our own lives, there are things that, as George Costanza once put it, are "really just something you say."
With some of our local sports figures, you know what these things are. (As it went in "Animal House": "Germans? Forget it, he's rolling.")
To me, that's been the surprising thing about the national media attention. You would think these guys would be more questioning than we hometown folks. But apparently not.
Whatever UH is rolling out, the national media is rolling right along.
And if I'm UH, I'm loving it.
All of this stuff is suddenly gospel, to this new, eager, unjaded audience.
And so it is that the national media has completely bought the party line about Hawaii's 2007 schedule. Completely bought it. Everything I've seen and read has gone along with Herman Frazier's explanation for the strength of this year's schedule and why it's short a game (everybody's too scared to play Hawaii, oooooh!), rather than another possible explanation (because he, um, "miscalculated").
And 1420-AM has on a loop a sound bite from an ESPN guy telling us again and again that June Jones is not a "cheerleader" and would never, ever overhype his players. Ever.
No, no, of course not.
And the Sporting News wrote matter-of-factly that Hawaii does all of its recruiting by phone.
(Maybe they were thinking of UH-Hilo. Joey Estrella's team.)
I imagine all of these big-time, hardened, been-around-the-block guys writing all of this down and saying, "Really?!"
But hey, it is an outside perspective.
And now it really is gospel, because it's on ESPN. That supersedes everything. Even I have to believe it now.
(Yes. The schools that were contacted at the last minute, and would have had to disrupt the flow of their seasons or pull off double switches, were too scared to play Hawaii.)
I have enjoyed all of this national coverage. But it does speak to having the familiarity, the context, to spot a "just something you say."
(That last point would sound a lot more impressive to someone who doesn't know who wrote down the Fresno screwdriver thing.)


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A new study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has found there were more than 200,000 motor vehicle crashes from 2011 through 2014 involving debris on our nation's highways.
The crashes resulted in 39,000 injuries and more than 500 deaths. AAA researchers found that:
- Nearly 37% of all deaths in road debris crashes resulted from the driver swerving to avoid hitting an object.
- More than one in three debris-related crashes occur between 10 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., a time when many people are on the road hauling or moving heavy items such as furniture or construction equipment.
- Debris-related crashes are much more likely to occur on interstate highways
A spokesman for the AAA Foundation said drivers can easily save lives and prevent injuries by securing their loads and taking other simple precautions to prevent them from falling off the vehicle.
About two-thirds of debris-related crashes are the result of items falling from a vehicle due to improper maintenance and unsecured loads. The most common types of vehicle debris are:
- Parts detached from a vehicle (tires, wheels, etc.) that fall onto the roadway
- Unsecured cargo such as furniture, appliances, and other items falling onto the roadway
- Tow trailers becoming separated and hitting another vehicle or landing on the roadway.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has regulations that strictly govern securing loads on commercial motor vehicles.
Currently, every state, including Vermont, has laws that make it illegal for items to fall from a vehicle while on the road. Most states' penalties result in fines ranging from $10-$5,000, with at least 16 states listing jail as a possible punishment for offenders.
Vermont's law stipulates: "No person shall operate a passenger vehicle with any load carried thereon extending beyond the line of the fenders on the left side of such vehicle nor extending more than six inches beyond the line of the fenders on the right side thereof, nor when any baggage or other object is carried in a way to obscure either number plate or any light on such vehicle."


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Today, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste Political Action Committee (CCAGW PAC) announced its endorsement of three Colorado candidates: Reps. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.), and Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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EarthCube Science & TAC Committees
Sci–Tech Workshop
April 23-24, 2015
Hotel Shattuck Plaza, Berkeley, CA
Workshop Summary
This Sci-Tech Workshop Summary, released April 30, will be available for review and comment until May 8, at which time it will be sent to the Leadership Council for approval and released to the broader EarthCube community.
Purpose and Goals
This workshop will (in the context of the cyberinfrastructure products domain scientists need) identify a mechanism for representing an EarthCube Lexicon; and delineate (by producing a roadmap and template) processes for defining Essential Variables and use cases in different geoscience domains. This workshop is a joint effort between EarthCube's Science Standing Committee and Technology and Architecture Committee (TAC).
Organizing Committee
Basil Gomez, U Hawaii
Danie Kinkade, WHOI
Ilya Zaslavsky, UC San Diego
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Participant ResourcesWorkshop Packet
Participant List
Workflows Roadmap for the Geosciences
Semantics and Ontologies Roadmap
EarthCube Layered Architecture Roadmap
EarthCube Cross-Domain Interoperability Roadmap
End User Workshop Executive Summaries
EarthCube: Past, Present, and Future
Workshop Proposal
Breakout Group Notes Folders
EarthCube Glossary
Workshop Google Folder
EarthCube Presentation Slide Template
Travel Reimbursement Policy
AZ W-9 and Vendor Authorization Form
Venue: The Meeting will be held at the Hotel Shattuck Plaza, 2086 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA.
Lodging: Your room will be booked under your name at the Hotel Shattuck Plaza.
Transport: Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has trains running to the Downtown Berkeley BART station from Oakland International (~30 min) and SFO (~60 min). Please be sure to save your public transport receipts for reimbursement—these will appear in the bottom tray of the BART ticket machine along with your ticket.
Meals: Lunch and two breaks will be provided as part of this workshop. But participants will be on their own for breakfast.
About Downtown Berkeley: Click here for an area map, or view the Hotel Shattuck's list of things to do.
Reimbursement: We are able to reimburse for travel, lodging, and meal expenses related to this meeting per our Travel Reimbursement Policy. Due to new state regulations, the EarthCube Office will require original receipts in order to process reimbursement for incidentals such as luggage fees, airport parking, and ground transportation. Please feel free to contact the Office with any questions.
To receive reimbursement, you will need to complete the State of Arizona Substitute W-9 & Vendor Authorization Form. (If you have previously submitted this form, you do not need to do so again.) To expedite the process, you may bring the completed form with you to the meeting, or email or fax it to Kendra Decker at 520-770-3505.


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A Conversation With Kae Lani Kennedy
Kae Lani Kennedy is a storyteller and producer specializing in travel, food and all things quirky. She is currently a Producer and Audience Engagement Editor at USA TODAY 10Best and is the Co-Founder of the network's newest venture, Eat Sip Trip. Using audience data to help direct her team's editorial strategies, Kae Lani is also skilled in identifying authentic influencers and quality storytellers that help grow her network's audiences. She joins us this week to talk about her career along with current and future projects.
What inspired you to head down the path of travel and food writing?
I've always loved travel and learning about new cultures and exploring cuisine has been the best way for me to connect deeply to a place and to other people. Food tells an intimate story. It is an expression of culture and history. As times change, traditional foods keep people rooted to their heritage. Food also tends to be very personal. Have you ever seen how passionate New Yorkers are about their pizzas or how defensive people from Cincinnati get about Cincinnati Chili? Food is beyond sustenance. Food connects deeply with people's cultural identities.
You're a founding partner of the digital publication Unearth Women—which will also be a quarterly print magazine. How was that idea conceived and what did you learn in the process?
Unearth Magazine was inspired by a panel discussion at the Women's Travel Festival that focused on Sexism in Travel. The panel was proposed by Nikki Vargas, who is the main person spearheading Unearth Women, and moderated by another co-founder Kelly Lewis, who is also the founder of the Women's Travel Festival. We discovered from the panel that, in the age of #MeToo, many of the experiences that women travelers and women working in the travel industry are universal and that this conversation needed to continue outside of the Women's Travel Festival. So Nikki Vargas, Kelly Lewis, Elise Fitzsimmons and myself banded together to create Unearth Women, a print and digital publication for women, by women.
Even though 70% of the travel consumer base is women and 85% of travel purchasing decisions are made by women, travel media and journalism is run predominantly by men, where either the publisher is a man, the editor-in-chief is a man or both. This structure, where men are the main decision-makers in editorial strategy, lacks the perspective of the majority of those who are consuming this content. With women at the helm and leading the editorial, we offer a type of storytelling that is completely unique. We provide a perspective that a huge, underserved audience has long been hungry for.
As a member of the USA Today 10Best Team, you focus on building a social and editorial strategy. What are the key factors you consider in that process?
Data is king when producing and distributing editorial within the digital space. There is no automation in my strategy. It is a strategy that is intentional, where not only am I watching our metrics carefully, I am interacting with and listening directly to the audience while they are interacting with our content. So we know by our readership's behavior what they are interested in which helps us produce stories that are meaningful and valuable to them.
What advice would you give to someone striving to follow your lead?
Don't wait for permission from someone else to create what you want to bring into the world. There will always be someone there to try to stop you or tell you you're not ready or tell you you're not enough. Well, that's not for them to decide. Don't let their projected insecurities stand in your way.
USA Today's product, Eat, Sip & Trip was developed from your Foodful Thinking publication. Can you tell us more about the project and what you seek out when you're looking for new content to produce?
I'd say it was more of a perfect storm. Foodful Thinking was a Facebook page my husband and I started as a hobby so that we could learn how to use Facebook Live when it was still a new product back in 2016. The page ended up amassing a very large, engaging audience (we had over 28 million video views in less than one year) and provided us with a lot of data that indicated that there was a corner of the food media marketplace that no one else was focusing on. The data that we collected showed us that people were not only interested in food but were also interested in the backstories and the cultural and historical significance of food around the world.
USA Today 10Best was already interested in creating a vertical that was focused on food travel. So when I came on board, I not only had a huge platform through which to distribute food travel content, but I had a lot of data that supported the project and guided the editorial strategy.
Eat Sip Trip has a niche audience that responds well to the backstories, the origin stories and the unique perspectives of foods and cultures that are familiar. For instance, we had a story about whiskey aged in Tabasco barrels which was successful because people generally know what whiskey is and know what Tabasco is, but the two together is something that's new and intriguing. Our audience also responds to foods that they've never heard of from cultures and lifestyles that they're familiar with. For example, we did a story about Pennsylvania's love of Scrapple — people know where Pennsylvania is but they might not know what Scrapple is.
So when we are producing content and looking for new stories, we are looking for new ways to look at food.
If you could travel to anywhere in the world for the foodie scene, what are some of the destinations you would choose and why?
I'm currently doing a lot of research about the Spice Route, which is an old trading route where spices and incense moved from the east to the west. It's been really fascinating to see how the Spice Route influenced cuisine in places along the trading route. I recently went to Nuremberg, Germany, which in medieval times served as a major marketplace and checkpoint for spices as the route moved through Europe. One of the coolest results of the Spice Route making its way through Nuremberg is that it led to the creation of the first bratwurst in Germany. But if I were to travel anywhere in the world for the foodie scene, I'd like to continue to different places on the Spice Route. I've already been to Israel which was also a huge player in the spice trade, but I'd like to continue east through Jordan and other Middle Eastern countries to see how the Spice Route influenced their cuisine as well.
Aside from that, I've been meaning to get down to Kentucky and explore the world of bourbon. I'd also like to learn more about the different types of barbecues throughout the United States. And Buffalo, New York is this peculiar culinary destination that has almost a cult-like following, so I'd like to check that out as well.
Kae Lani has been featured in Billboard, Fodor's Travel, Budget Travel, Yahoo and more. She has been a guest lecturer at several universities, has been a speaker and panelist at multiple conferences, and has made appearances on NASDAQ and Cheddar Life. She will be a speaker at TBEX North America in September. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram @KaeLaniSays.


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In today's apparel market, there appears to be a "no man's land." Much of the conservation is focused on the triple A's, which includes Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF), American Eagle (NYSE:AEO) and Aeropostale.
However, these retailers appear to be quickly falling out of fashion as teens move away from logo-based clothing. In their place, the likes of Forever 21 and H&M, dubbed "fast-fashion" retailers, have taken reign of the apparel market. These companies turn over their merchandise very quickly, allowing them to stay atop the trends.
Yet, there's a large market to be served between the logo-based and fast-fashion retailers. That's the no man's land I was referring to. This area is wide open, but there is one company that could be a great investment in the space.
That's where retro styles come into play
For shoppers looking for "hipster" and retro styles, the market leader is Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:URBN). Urban Outfitters has a trio of store brands that attack the apparel market from a variety of angles. Its three key brands include Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and Free People.
Like all retailers, Urban Outfitters has been negatively affected by the weather. But Urban Outfitters' most recent weakness can be attributed to misses in its fashion offerings. This has led to markdowns at Urban Outfitters and excess inventory left over from the holidays. It's looking to fix that by focusing more on higher-growth areas and less on apparel.
Where Urban Outfitters is at today
Urban Outfitters' multi-brand strategy is a big positive. It's able to cater to a variety of shoppers with its three brands. The other interesting aspect to Urban Outfitters is that unlike the major apparel retailers, its merchandise assortment includes some higher-growth areas, such as footwear and home furniture.
Being a multibrand company, many investors miss the fact that Anthropologie generates almost as much revenue as the Urban Outfitters brand. So, despite the weakness in the Urban Outfitters brand, the company as a whole is still performing well. Comps were up 10% and 20% for Anthropologie and Free People, respectively, last quarter. On the other hand, Urban Outfitters' comps were down 9%.
Its new plan for the Urban Outfitters brand is to increase its design offering and focus on the 18 to 28-year-old demographic, essentially moving away from teen customers. This will help diversify the company from the volatile teen apparel market.
Teens are just too fickle
With apparel trends in teen fashion changing faster than ever and teen unemployment over 20%, it's a tough time to be in teen retail. As a result, Urban Outfitters is looking to make an exit.
That's because despite the weakness in teen retail, Urban Outfitters has been seeing progress in other areas, areas that it plans to focus more on. During its fiscal fourth quarter, footwear retail sales were up 54% year over year at its Free People stores. At Anthropologie, its BHDN bridal concept grew 50% year over year.
Sizing up the competition
Shares of Urban Outfitters are down almost 5% over the last year, but the S&P 500 is up over 20%. However, Urban Outfitters is doing better than other retailers, where both Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle are down over 15%. This comes as Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle are both still heavily tied to teen apparel.
As Urban Outfitters makes its exit from teen retail, it'll have to worry a lot less about what the triple A's are doing. Unless, of course, they decide to take Urban Outfitters' lead and follow suit, but that doesn't appear likely.
Abercrombie & Fitch and American Eagle both trade at a 0.75 price-to-sales ratios, which compares well to Urban Outfitters' 1.8. Yet, their cheap valuations don't necessarily make them buys. During the fourth quarter, American Eagle saw comparable-store-sales down 7% year over year, and it's expected to post an earnings decline of 10% for fiscal 2015 according to analysts.
However, Abercrombie & Fitch appears to be making some improvements. It plans on turning its Hollister brand into a fast-fashion retailer. Forever 21 and H&M have had marked success in the space, so it will be interesting to see if Abercrombie & Fitch can replicate that.
Bottom line
The likes of Forever 21 and H&M have had an impact on the apparel market, but there is still room for other retailers that offer unique fashion styles. The apparel industry is trading at an average P/E of close to 20, but Urban Outfitters trades at a P/E of 16 using next year's earnings estimates. For investors searching for exposure to the apparel industry, Urban Outfitters might be worth a look.


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Stephanie Clark is a Salt Lake City, Utah based artist who's doing some fantastic work with embroidery. We've seen meaty typography, expressive book covers, and detailed portraits, all told through thread. Stephanie has taken a separate path by creating these brightly colored embroideries of homes.
What I love about these pieces is how vibrant each dwelling is sitting on the vast swath of fabric. Only a few subtle details are brought to life in her pieces; a tree, a puff of smoke or a dog sitting in the yard. It seems that her work is getting more detailed (as you can see in the piece above) which makes me excited to see how it begins to grow and evolve.


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Giving is an Act of Worship
We believe giving is an important act of worship, just like our singing, praying, or serving. God uses the financial gifts given by his people to further the work of the local church by spreading the gospel in our community and around the world, but giving also has personal effects and benefits as well. Giving increases our intimacy and directs our attention and heart to Christ. (Matthew 6:19-21)
- Giving increases our character, conforming us to Christ's image as an unselfish giver. (Colossians 3:10-15)
- Giving helps us realize the true ownership of ALL of our possessions. (I Chronicles 29:11-12)
- Giving teaches us to trust and submit everything to God. (1 Timothy 6:17-19)
- Giving works as our greatest weapon against the idolatry of money and its illusion of power in our lives. (1 Timothy 6:6-10; Hebrews 13:5)
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
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Respiratory diseases are a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Most drug therapies of respiratory diseases have only palliative effects, and many have significant side effects, especially those with corticoids or steroids. So, a physical therapy like Halotherapy is greatly needed.
Testing for chronic
is generally painless and easy. If you feel you may be suffering from chronic bronchitis it is a good idea to schedule an appointment with your doctor and make sure. Avoid smoking and breathing in irritants either in the workplace or in the home. If you are diagnosed with chronic
it is often a smart idea to change your diet, and begin exercising daily to avoid feeling the symptoms of chronic
The salt therapy was found to have beneficial effects in the treatment of: 'Asthma and Chronic Bronchitis 'COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) 'Allergic Rhinopathy or Hay Fever 'Cystic Fibrosis 'Sinusitis 'Ear Infections 'Smoking Cough 'Various acute or chronic respiratory disease 'Reduce snoring and activates better sleep by clearing the airway passages in oropharyngeal region 'Increased resistance to Cold & Flu by opening and clearing the nasal airway and improving the drainage of the sinuses 'Humidifies the bronchial secretions reducing broncho-spasm and facilitating elimination of the smoke residual tar, phlegm expel and other allergens 'Improves the quality of the indoor air by eliminating the dust, cigarette smoke, bad odours, mould and mites, having bactericide reduction properties.
In many cases of snoring, breathing periodically stops and starts which may last up to a few seconds throughout the night. But it is the constant nightly breathing interruptions over the years that so many more life serious health risks will start to arise. With almost 50% of men being snorers, and a good one third of women now regularly snoring, the evidence of the serious health risks has only become even more evident.
One of the most recent health risk findings is the association of snoring all the time and chronic
. As of January 2008, those patients that suffered from chronic
had been found to more often be regular nightly snorers than those without chronic
. These specific linking studies between chronic
and habitual snoring have been under the research microscope with doctors around the globe since the earliest part of the 2000-decade and the studies have been continuous ever since. Even with all of the studies linking the chronic
and habitual snoring, the exact causes and specific reasons of connections are still being researched due to some unsure answers still not being known.
In the mid 18th Century a Polish health official Felix Botchkowski, noticed that the workers of salt mines did not get ill with lung diseases. He wrote a book about the effects of salt dust in 1843. His successor M. Poljakowski founded a Salt Spa in Velicko near Krakow, which is still in operation. During the Second World War salt mines were often used as bombproof shelters. After spending time there many people who suffered from asthma felt that their health had gotten better! Today there are many salt sanatoriums in Europe (Austria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia ').
Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) - This test involves a series of breathing exercises into a machine. This machines measures the airflow, and amount of oxygen that is able to flow into your lungs. This is important in testing for
chronic bronchitis
because many individuals who suffer from chronic
experience a shortness of breath, and labored breathing. This test allows your doctor to assess how well your lungs are functioning.
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The lists of health risks range from kidney failure, heart attacks, and heightened blood pressure and strokes are now only the beginning added on to health wise. With so many snoring complications and no sign of the health risk list stopping anytime soon, it is vital for every regular habitual snoring individual to do all that they can to stop the snoring forever. Before there is a need to consider one of the invasive anti snoring surgeries, such as Somnoplasty, or one of the several other types of surgical procedures, it is best to try out some of the many other anti-snoring remedies now available.
This salt therapy being very well known for its beneficial effects, a Romanian inventor put his mind at work and developed a device that is able to reproduce a speleotherapy micro environment in your home in an affordable and convenient way. Internationally recognized, with Gold and Silver medal at 'Salon International des Inventions', Geneva and 'World Exhibition of Innovation, Research and New Technology', Brussels, this Romanian invention brings new hopes in the natural treatment of chronic respiratory diseases.
Diagnosing chronic
can be very difficult, because chronic
shares several symptoms with other diseases including pneumonia and emphysema. During the examination the doctor will ask you for a full medical history, and then run a full physical check up. Your doctor will ask you about any symptoms you are experiencing, and probably inquire about your smoking habits, because smoking cigarettes is the number one cause of chronic
. If the results are inconclusive, there are several different tests that may be done to see if you are suffering from chronic
The effectiveness of speleotherapy is not acknowledged in all countries of the world, but in countries like Romania (Praid, Tg.Ocna, Seiged, Sovata, Slanic, Ocna), Poland (Wieliczka), Germany (Teufelsh'hle), Austria (Hallen, Solzbad-Salzeman), Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Russia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Nakhichevan mines in Azerbaijan, the salt aerosol plays an important role in the treatment of chronic respiratory diseases, working well with or without medical treatment and without any known side effects. Because of these, pregnant women with asthma or other respiratory diseases could use this therapy without any harm to the child. Very well known and appreciated in these middle-eastern European countries, this therapy is covered by the public health care system. In Romania there are also many salt lakes - Sovata with 7 salt lakes, Ocna Sibiului with 52 salt lakes in S-W of Transilvania, very well known in the treatment of infertility, metabolic diseases, skin diseases. These salt lakes were usually formed by collapsing of salt caves ceilings. All these salt lakes have different salinity, increasing with deepness ' from 9g/l to 320g/l.
is usually the result of a cold. This happens because the same virus that causes the flu, also causes
. Furthermore, almost any infection in the respiratory system leads to
. This condition, bronchitis can be of two types:
acute bronchitis
or chronic
. Acute
is a milder illness that affects the inner portion of the bronchial tubes. As a result of
, these airways become inlamated or even infected. People suffer from a cold very often, but not so after do they develop bronchitis afterwards. However, almost everyone has had
once in his/ her life. Acute bronchitis is a very mild illness that usually pases on it' s own. The majority of
cases last about one week. Acute
also does not leave effects. However, the cough, which is the trade mark of
may last a few weeks longer, after your
has healed. Br careful, though, because if you have bronchitis, even acute
, quite often, this may lead to
Speleotherapy also makes a great demand on patients' time. The mines are not conveniently located for most people and the total cost is fairly significant.
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At this point, there are now over 88 million snoring Americans, and a good 10% of these habitual snorers are beyond the embarrassing nuisance that snoring tends to be. Even though, habitual snoring is not a good safe way to live, but it is within this last 10% of excessively loud and breath stopping constant snoring that is found to be where the highest level of health demeaning risks will set in.
For the more serious snorers, a continuous positive airway pressure mask or also known as a CPAP mask that holds the throat open throughout the night and increases the nightly oxygen flow might be another option. But it is best to start exploring less invasive anti-snoring remedies such as Asonor nasal drops that can be purchased over the counter, because with so many to choose from, there is a good chance to find just the right one for you.
The inventor thought this device as an air salinizer that uses forced ionization of the indoor air by salt sublimation creating a micro climate of dry aerosol salt therapy in your living space. He used a natural process of salt crystallization to obtain salt micro crystals under 5'm in diameter, invisible to human eyes, being able to penetrate deep into the lung. The device uses only natural salt from within the mountain of salt, untreated or touched by the human processing technology.
For more information, clinical studies and testimonials you can visit the web site. The salt therapy device could also be available in some health stores.
The salt therapy is a natural method of therapy and does not involve any risk and is finally adapted to the living space. However, this is NOT a substitute for medical treatment and should only be used as an adjuvant helping to improve the quality of patients' life, reducing the antibiotics and corticoids or steroids intake, reducing the rate of annual hospitalizations and decrease the frequency of respiratory diseases attacks.
Based on clinical studies, the inhaled saline has bactericide, mucokinetic, hydrophilic, anti inflammatory properties, reducing inflammation in the whole respiratory tract, absorbing edema from the mucosa lining the airway passages leading to widening of the airway passages, restoring the normal transport of mucus and unclog blockages in the bronchi and bronchioles leading to rapid elimination of the residual tar and foreign allergens, all of these in a natural process. Edema of the nasal mucosa and the oropharynx and soft palate, causing nasal obstruction and snoring is diminished, leading to widening of the airway passage in the nose and the tubes of the sinuses and improving the sinuses drainage and reducing snoring. In the auditory tube, edema of the Eustachian tube causing ear infection, is also diminished, leading to widening of the airway passages, better drainage and better aeration behind the tympanic membrane.
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Hi All, Unfortunately I don't think that I will have time to have a proper attempt at this challenge (although it looks really good), however I would be really interested in seeing how people have approached it after the competition. Does anyone plan to share their code after the event has finished? Thanks, Sam
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My approach is based on a neural net with minimal pre-processing. I'd be happy to divulge more after the competition, and interested to hear what others have done
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Ah brilliant, I had been meddling with an NN but never got it to stick together for this. I look forward to reading about your approach after the competition. Best of luck! @lance
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Switzerland's first sex drive-in will open in Zurich, aimed at creating a safer space for sex workers and taking prostitution off the city's streets.
The drive-in, in a former industrial zone in the west of the city, has a track where the sex workers can show off their assets and negotiate a price, and nine so-called "sex boxes" where they and their clients can park and conclude the transaction.
When it opens Monday evening, the downtown street of Sihlquai, where barely-dressed street-walkers have long openly and sometimes aggressively plied their trade to the dismay of residents and businesses, will become off-limits to prostitution.
The drive-in is designed to be safer, with security guards on hand to ensure there is only one man in each car that enters as well alarm buttons in each "sex box" and on-site doctors and social workers.
However, some prostitutes have voiced concern that the strictly controlled environment of the drive-in would scare off their customers, and Zurich police say it remains unclear whether they and their clients will agree to the move.
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Tis the season for relationships ending. Tis the season for being aware of your aging parents. What is it about the fall that sets the world in flux? For the last few months, I would say since mid-April, I have had sense that the world might be ending. I'd been having apocalyptic thoughts in correlation with natural disasters. I'd been tingling with anxiety and excitement in the face of political uprisings in Egypt, Libya and throughout the world. I was cautious and humbled by two of the worst cycles of Mercury being in retrograde that I had ever experienced. Important people in my life and the lives of people close to me got sick, one very important person passed. One very important relationship changed drastically for me three weeks ago.
But other people welcomed new life into the world, began new projects, and some of them even opened up to people they'd been closed to for a long time. Sitting back in New York City after having been away for months, I am surrounded by a calm aura. Somehow, we are all still here. And we're okay. So I am sending out some love to the people around me. I am also posting a brand new mixtape from my friend LIM at Kinfolk. It's a heartbreak mix at the bottom of the page--lord knows I could use it.
Two weeks ago my friend B took me to have a psychic reading for my birthday. This was the first reading I'd had in 4 years to the date. My first was done here, in New York. This past one was done in Calgary, my Canadian hometown. Her name was Cecilia and she held my hands and was silent for a long time. Cecilia looked at me and proclaimed, "You will be a mother. You will have two children and they will both be girls." Okay--First of all, I don't want to have any kids. Hello? Psychic? Didn't you know that the dream of motherhood ended when I embraced my intimation of post-neo-3rd-wave feminism yo. No kids, no required domesticity. No reproduction, just pleasure and power. But go on.
"You will encounter medical issues that will greatly change your life. But you will live a long life and die at the age of 86. You will get through the health problems and will learn to be strong." How much is this the last thing you want to hear from a psychic? I guess she sees what she sees. Time to get some American health insurance. Don't tell my mom I don't have any right now.
The next thing Cecilia said to me kind of stopped my breath. She goes, "A person will come into your life with the first initial 'M'. They will change everything and it is your destiny." This is EXACTLY what the psychic said to me 4 years ago. Destiny? I don't know about that. But I will take what I can get today, I'm having an open-minded aura. Two psychics in a row envisioned this person. So, M, if you could hurry up and get here that would be great. Oh, and one more thing, could you bring me some health insurance too?


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Following are some reporting and disclosure reminders and updates. In addition, penalties for failure to comply with certain reporting and disclosure obligations, as well as failure to post certain work site notifications have increased.
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Updated Model Disclosure Notices
The Affordable Care Act requires all employers to provide a Notice of Marketplace Options to their employees explaining the pros and cons of buying coverage through the marketplace. There are two different versions of the model notice – one to be used by employers who offer health coverage to some or all employees, and the other version is to be used by employers who do not offer health coverage. Both model notices were approved for use by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), with an expiration date of January 31, 2017.
On February 1, 2017, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a notice in the federal register requesting OMB to extend the current version of the forms another three years, without any substantive change in the language contained in the forms. Once the comment period ends on March 3, 2017, it is anticipated that the model forms will be re-issued to reflect a new expiration date. In this interim, the DOL has released revised editions of the forms that now reflect an OMB expiration date of February 28, 2017. Employers are encouraged to use these updated versions that display the February 28, 2017 expiration date until further notice from the DOL.
As a reminder, the notice of marketplace options must be provided to all new hires including full-time and part-time employees, without regard to eligibility status for the health plan, within 14 days of date of hire. Once the OMB and the DOL release updated versions of these notices, we will provide them to you. Following are links to the current forms that can continue to be used:
Employers sponsoring health plans are obligated to annually provide a premium assistance notice to their workforce. This notification can be accomplished by using a model notice provided by the DOL's Employee Benefit Security Administration (EBSA). The DOL has recently updated its model Medicaid/CHIP notice. The revised notice, current as of January 31, 2017, makes the following changes from the July 31, 2016 version:
The notice explaining the right to premium assistance must be provided to employees residing in the below-listed states at least once annually, without regard to where the employer is located, or where the plan is sitused:
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As mentioned below, the Department of Labor increased the penalty for certain reporting and disclosure failures. The penalty for failure to provide the Medicaid/CHIP notice is now $112 per day, per person, up from $110 per day, per person.
The revised Medicaid/CHIP notice is available for viewing and/or downloading from the DOL's website, in both English (pdf or word) and Spanish (pdf or word),
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Failure to abide by certain reporting and disclosure obligations could result in civil penalties assessed by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Treasury. These civil penalties may be adjusted at certain times for inflationary reasons due to enactment of the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. For example, below are select inflationary adjustments announced by the Department of Labor that become effective January 13, 2017, as compared with the inflationary adjustments in effect last year (see Increased Penalties for Reporting and Disclosure Violations, Benefit Beat, 7/7/2016):
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It should also be noted that several penalty adjustments apply to the protections afforded under the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). For example, individuals denied access to group health coverage based on his/her genetic information could result in civil penalties of up to $112 per day of noncompliance (up from $110 per day).
Work Site Postings. The penalty for failure to post certain workplace posters has increased, as follows:
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I devoted a whole chapter of The Extended Phenotype to parasites manipulating their hosts to assist the parasites into the next stage of their life cycle. There's a large literature on this, which I interpret as parasite genes finding phenotypic expression in host bodies. The logic of gene/phenotype causation is the same, whether the genes are foreign or "own" genes. Indeed, part of my aim was to break down the conceptual barrier between "own" and foreign genes. There's an abbreviated version of the argument in Chapter 13 of the Second Edition of The Selfish Gene.
Given all that, I reproach myself for missing a lovely paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society 2000, by a group of Oxford colleagues, which is a perfect illustration of the principle.
The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which lives inside the cells of its host, has cats as its definitive host, and rats as intermediate host. It leaves the cat in the faeces, from where it may then be ingested by a rat. It travels from rat to cat when an infected rat is eaten by a cat.
Natural selection would therefore favour Toxoplasma genes that change the behaviour of the rats they inhabit, making them more likely to be eaten by cats. This could be achieved as a "boring byproduct" of simply making the rats sick, so that they are less adept or speedy in running away from cats. However, Berdoy, Webster & Macdonald found something much more interesting. They showed experimentally that
"although rats have evolved anti-predator avoidance of areas with signs of cat presence, T. gondii's manipulation appears to alter the rat's perception of cat predation risk, in some cases turning their innate aversion into an imprudent attraction."
It's a beautiful example, which I wish had been available when I wrote The Extended Phenotype. The altered rat behaviour is an adaptation for the benefit of T.gondii genes, specifically those T.gondii genes that express themselves in the rat brains that they inhabit.
I repeat, it is especially pleasing that this effect is achieved, not in a boring way simply by making the rats sick and therefore more sluggish in escaping from cats. Indeed, they seem to have no obvious effect on the general health of rats. Their effect is a specific manipulation of rat behaviour vis-a-vis cats. It's as though they are pulling puppet strings in the rat's brain. A neurophysiologist would not be surprised to discover a way of doing exactly that, either with micro-electrodes in rat brain cells or with drugs. Or geneticists could do it by genetic manipulation of rat genes. It seems that natural selection, working on protozoan genes, has achieved exactly the same thing.
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