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Amendment C013
Campaspe Planning Scheme
Amendment status
Amendment last updated
Environmental Effects Statement (EES)
Planning authority contact details
Campaspe Shire Council
Echuca Civic Centre 2 Heygarth Street Echuca VIC 3564 Australia
Tel: (03) 5481 2200
Please Note: Proposal description below describes the amendment. To verify content of the final approved amendment see the Explanatory Report.
Complete the restructure plans for Corop Toolleen Strathallan Runnymede and Wharparilla| Correct a mapping anomaly by introducing the Land Subject to Inundation Overlay Control within the town boundary of Corop| Extend the Restructure Overlay boundary in Toolleen to cover the area of the Township of Toolleen


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The Senate Meeting on February 26 was highlighted by a Q&A session with Associate Dean of College Life Keira Kant, where students from Hanson and others attending senate were allowed to ask questions pertaining to the housing situation and extenuating mold. Ms. Kant began with a short summary of the issue — finding mold in the basement, eventually finding mold on the other three floors of the building, and then hiring two outside consulting firms, the Compliance Management International and INX Technology Corp to assist with the mold and clean the buildings respectively.
Kant was adamant that the current compensation for residents that will not be changing; each resident of the building will receive $250, despite earlier promises to only basement residents that they would receive priority housing. Kant cited the changing scope of Hanson Hall as the reason for the rollback of the earlier promise.
One student's comment earned an applause from the rest of the students in attendence.
"I'm a bit more concerned with the school going back on its promise."
Several Hanson basement residents also raised the issue of not consulting them before the change was made; they found out through The Gettysburgian and were emailed only after that. Kant maintained that the residents were notified at the earliest point possible, but a later comment noted that mold testing only started on January 12th, when complaints had been received much earlier.
Emily Keyser '19 asked if previous basement residents would be compensated; Keyser is highly susceptible to lung infections, and never had a problem until living in the basement, when she submitted a facilities inquiry about mold. Miss Keyser has used a daily inhaler since then.
Much of the rest of the Q&A dealt with procedures surrounding mold on campus. Currently, mold is responded to on a report-by-report basis. Ms. Kant was adamant that the current procedures are working. When President Frigon called for student concerns at the end of the meeting after the Q&A, a long litany of student complaints pertaining to both the mold in Hanson and other problems in residence areas around campus called that certainty into question.
The discussion spilled over into the open Board of Directors meeting afterwards, where students discussed possible actions to take after what Nick Arbaugh '20 called "f–cking b-lls–t".
President Frigon maintained throughout both meetings that he was concerned with the lack of an apology, even after he mentioned that an apology would at least help students feel recognized and listened to. Since then, Dean Ramsey has issued an apology through the Gettysburgian.
After the Q&A with Keira Kant that dominated the meeting, the Gettysburg Student Senate heard more student complaints, discussed the College's Freedom of Expression Philosophy and passed a budget.
The Student Concerns section of the meeting raised concerns with buildings across campus, not just in Hanson. The Student Senate was notified of Education House's laundry room being flooded for two weeks, as well as the multiple Facilities Service requests submitted before microwaves were fixed. Students said that Colonial's washers are also not working and that there is current cockroach problem. Concerns about the operation of Paxton's fire alarms were raised, and another student claimed that bathrooms on the second floor of Patrick were unusable for two weeks. President Frigon suggested that someone from facilities should come talk to the senate.
The Freedom of Expression Philosophy was agreed on and tabled without much discussion, except for a concern raised about how exactly the college will define "disruption", which is the condition for regulating student speech. The Richard Spencer incident was called on as something that certainly caused disruptions to the campus, and yet was allowed to go on. It was clarified that while this is not technically a policy, the philosophy may influence policies and enforcement in the future. The philosophy is scheduled to being voted on by Student Senate next meeting on Monday.
GASA received their full requested amount of $1452 to cover various events including Umoja, a bead-making workshop, an artistic expression event and a uniform for their dance group.


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Seether Shows Off Their Softer Side With Acoustic "Against The Wall" Video
By: Anthony Capobianco
June 6, 2018
If you've taken a listen to Seether's newest album, Poison The Parish, you can go on record saying it's the band's hardest, heaviest record to date. But just because there's a whole lot of blasting guitar chords, thunderous bass, head-banging drums, and plenty of Shaun Morgan pushing the limits of his voice, that doesn't mean there isn't room for some of their mellower material.
The band recently posted an acoustic version of one of their more solemn songs off the record, "Against The Wall," shot entirely in black and white while featuring Sevendust's Clint Lowery on guitar.


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Ko Young Wook — the disgraced idol singer of 90s hit group Roo'Ra — has today been served his conclusive jail sentence for sexually assaulting minors.
The 37-year-old singer was sentenced September 27 to two-and-a-half years in prison by the Seoul District Court.
RELATED: Ko Young Wook Admits to "Non-Consensual Physical Contact" with Abuse Victims — Details
The original sentence was set to be five years in prison and a court-ordered electronic ankle tag for 10 years, however the singer's attorney appealed in June, based on the fact that some of the three alleged victims' statements were "admittedly inconsistent".
A court judge court agreed to adjust the sentence, however Ko will still be added to the child sex offender register for five years and wear an anklet for three.
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When challenged that the electronic anklet sentence was still yet "unreasonable", the judge explained: "All the victims were minors and this indicates that the defendant clearly does not have a healthy awareness of sex."
The court sternly ruled that the defendant would not receive special treatment because he is a well-known personality. Indeed, Ko will be the first Korean celebrity to wear an electronic anklet.


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Back in October we announced that we would be retiring our old OpenAPI product on Saturday, January 31st. OpenAPI was replaced almost a year ago with our easier-to-use and much more feature-rich MapQuest Platform: Free Edition.
January 31st is rapidly approaching. If your application is still being powered by the MapQuest OpenAPI product, you will need to complete migration to one of 6 APIs available in the MapQuest Platform: Free Edition within the next two weeks.
The MapQuest OpenAPI product servers will go offline on Saturday, January 31st, 2009. Applications not migrated off of the MapQuest OpenAPI product will stop working after this date.
Please don't be that guy (or gal) who procrastinates and then winds up with the broken app in production.
You can find documentation and downloads for the MapQuest Platform: Free Edition product on our Developer Network.


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Derek Jeter returns to the Bronx to have his number retired
Vincent Davis | 5/12/2017, 5:09 p.m.
Retired New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter returns to the team's historic Bronx stadium Sunday afternoon, Mother's Day, to have his Number 2 retired, an honor only given to the major league's greatest Yankee players.
Jeter, turning 43 next month, retired from the game three years ago after the 2014 season. Known for being clutch, a big-game player, Jeter, in customary fashion, hit a game winning walk-off single against the Baltimore Orioles Sept. 25, his last game at Yankee Stadium.
It was the ninth inning, one out, a man on second, the score tied 5-5. Cameras flashing throughout the sold-out Yankee Stadium crowd who were on their feet in anticipation. It was a ticket that was both expensive and hard to get.
Jeter, a sure Hall of Famer, is up to bat. He steps to the plate, takes three practice swings, intermittently adjusting his arm and ankle pads, a pre-batting ritual. Jeter hits the first pitch thrown by Orioles' relief pitcher Evan Meek into right field, driving in the game-winning run—a Hollywood ending to a storied career.
In his 20 years as a New York Yankee, Jeter has contributed greatly and reliably to the team's successes, winning five World Series: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009. Jeter, the 1996 American League Rookie of the Year, was named the MVP of the 2000 All-Star Game and MVP of the 2000 World Series between the Yankees and New York Mets, known as the Subway Series. He's the only player to ever win both awards in one MLB season. Nicknamed Captain Clutch and Mr. November because of his outstanding postseason play, Jeter hit a leadoff home run on the first pitch of Game 4, a triple later in that game and a game-tying home run in Game 5 in the Yankees five-game defeat of the Mets.
His dive into the stands parallel to third base July 1, 2004, at the stadium to make an out of play catch in the top of the 12th inning against the Red Sox was another memorable, iconic Jeter moment, and another contribution to the many team victories. Another right field single in September 2009 gave Jeter 2,722 hits, one more than legendary Yankee great Lou Gehrig, whose Hall of Fame career was cut short by illness in 1939. It's a record that took 70 years to break.
Jeter, appointed team captain by Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner in 2003, a position that he held until his retirement, finished his career with a .310 lifetime batting average, 260 home runs, 3465 hits, 1311 runs batted in, five Gold Glove Awards and appearances in 14 of Major League Baseball's All-Star games. He has a .321 batting average in the World Series.


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More often than we'd like to think, what is described as a problem with a brand is actually a problem with a company's structure. I found myself in a meeting last week where this was particularly evident to everyone but, it seemed, the company concerned.
The client (a large financial services brand who shall remain nameless) was telling us that we need to look at the brand's messaging and its imagery and tone of voice — the usual stuff — as their website doesn't seem to be delivering the growth they'd expect.
All the latest fashionable stuff is trotted out: how important storytelling is. How we need to revisit the brand's message house. How we need to workshop some new positioning statements and ensure we have a firm grasp on the customer personas we're dealing with.
Absolutely nothing wrong with doing all of the above from time to time, if necessary. But the real issue in this instance (as it often is) was nothing to do with "the brand" per se.
It was entirely an issue of how the company structured its product offering.
Put simply, the company was offering two main types of financial service: protection (ie insurance), and pensions (ie savings/investments). Each had their own sales and management team. Each had their own revenue and profit targets. They even had separate buildings in different parts of town.
As a consequence of this internal structure, each had, effectively, their own website with just a shared initial homepage. Plus, each had their own advertising campaign with markedly different imagery and messaging.
In other words, each product area was pretty much a separate brand.
So the customer would, to all intents and purposes, be dealing with two separate entities. She couldn't get a statement that showed her protection and pension products on a single document. The documents she did receive were entirely different in appearance and structure. She couldn't manage her two products through a single online portal. She had to log in separately to two different dashboards. She received no cross-sell benefits or discounts. In short, as far as the company was concerned she was essentially two different people.
From a company perspective, this can make perfect sense. Often the structure comes about through mergers and acquisitions. A company buys another company's insurance 'book' or sells off its pension business. The new bit is just bolted on to the old bit and remains a separate entity in everything but name. Why change anything other than the product's name and logo?
Because it's unbelievably frustrating and confusing for the customer, that's why. And that's bad for business.
You arrive at the website expecting a clear UX journey. You want to feel like you're a loved and appreciated customer of The Brand. You don't give a monkey's that the company behind the website is operating out of two separate offices in different parts of the company and that the management of one bit rarely talks to the management of the other bit.
What you care about is being able to look after your finances simply and confidently. You don't want to have two different logins and two completely different website journeys. You couldn't care less that each brand has a slightly different version of the logo and a different ad campaign.
In your mind, the brand is a single entity and you want it to help you manage your financial affairs as best it can. If it's not delivering this, you think bad things about the brand. Perhaps you think about moving to competitors who get it right?
My point is this: we must always remember that The Brand is the impression of your company/product/service that exists in YOUR CUSTOMERS' MINDS. It's not a logo, it's not a TOV, it's not your values or mission statement.
If your customers think your website is clunky and confusing, your service is sloppy, your communications unnecessarily complex and wasteful, it doesn't matter that your advertising is sensational, your logo is beautiful and your TOV is warm and witty. Your brand is what your customers feel about you, not what you tell them they ought to feel.
Nobody's saying it's easy to change a company's structure to reflect what your customer needs, it isn't. It's complex and expensive. It puts massive numbers of noses out of joint and, of course, can even result in redundancies. So it's entirely understandable when the main board refuses to even consider it.
But if you genuinely believe all those customer-centric promises in your latest brand values document, you need to do it.


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CRM for iOS 7 – Meet Base
It's finally here, and whether you like it or not, iOS 7 is the next operating system for Apple devices. If you've already updated your iPhone, you'll notice a brand new Base interface to match the new OS. If you haven't updated your iPhone yet, once you do, you'll have access to Base for iOS 7.
Here's a glimpse at the new look Base is sporting alongside the new iOS 7.
When you open a Deal on Base for iOS 7, you'll find a new slider to move Deals from stage to stage. Try moving a Deal forward with the slider and it will begin to change colors. You'll also see the top of the card with the Deal details is compressed – this makes more room for Deal details, activities and for future improvements.
You'll also find that the list views for Leads, Contacts and Deals have a new look to match iOS7. Aside from the aesthetic changes, we didn't change much. However, you will find that filtering is now in the top bar, rather than next to the search. This gives you easier access to your filters.
These are just a couple shots from the latest update. To see for yourself, update to iOS 7 and install Base. Don't have an account? Try Base, Free for 14 days.


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From the San Jose Mercury News:
One of the worst droughts in state history is pushing water
prices to record levels — fraying nerves, eroding bank accounts
and stress-testing the state's "water market," an informal and
largely hidden network of buyers and sellers.
Read more
From the Chico Enterprise-Record:
The federal District Court in Fresno denied a legal effort by
Chico's AquAlliance and the California Sportfishing Protection
Alliance to stop water transfers this year.
From the Bureau of Reclamation:
The Bureau of Reclamation and the California Department of Water
Resources have scheduled a negotiation session with seven Cross
Valley Contractors on long-term conveyance contracts for the
delivery of federal Central Valley Project water conveyed through
state-owned facilities.
From The Fresno Bee:
In drought-scarred farm country, coffee shop talk turns
obsessively to water and its cost — which several months ago hit
a shocking $1,000 per acre-foot and then climbed to more than
A federal judge in Fresno on Friday rejected a motion for a
preliminary injunction against irrigation water transfers from
Northern California to the San Joaquin Valley.
From the Associated Press:
Throughout California's desperately dry Central Valley, those
with water to spare are cashing in.
From the Redding Record Searchlight:
The city of Shasta Lake could receive help from the Bella Vista
Water District in future years of severe drought.
Bella Vista Water District customers may see water restrictions
eased after the district and the city of Redding reached a water
sale deal.
"Redding is looking to transfer some of its water to the parched
Bella Vista Water District. A proposal to provide up to
1,200 acre-feet over the summer makes its way to the Redding City
Council Tuesday night."
From the Stockton Record:
"Environmentalists sued Wednesday to block proposed water
transfers from Northern California to the drought-plagued south
San Joaquin Valley, arguing that the plan fails to protect the
fragile Delta."
"A lawsuit was filed Wednesday in federal District Court for the
Eastern District of California against the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation, stating a proposed package of San Luis and Delta
Mendota Water Authority transfers require a full environmental
impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act."
"A drought-inspired water swap will likely save hundreds of
citrus orchards in the rolling hills of Tulare County, but it
won't come cheap for desperate farmers."
From The Sacramento Bee, in a commentary by Mariel Garza:
"[Ken] Tucker stood before the Merced County Board of Supervisors
on Tuesday pleading with the five officials and his fellow
farmers not to try to stop a controversial water transfer deal
that will ship groundwater from Merced County across the county
line north to farmers in Stanislaus."
Read more from The Sacramento Bee
From Capital Public Radio:
"A proposal to send groundwater from Merced County to farmers in
Stanislaus County is facing stiff opposition."
Read more from Capital Public Radio, or listen to the story
"A federal appeals court says environmental reviews were properly
done on the nation's largest farm-to-city water transfer, the
latest ruling to uphold a 2003 agreement on how California
agencies divide that state's share of Colorado River water."
Read more from AP
From the Merced Sun-Star:
"The fight for water during the drought pitted Merced County
farmers from opposite sides of the county against one another in
an emotional and lengthy Board of Supervisors meeting
Tuesday. At issue was a controversial contract allowing two
private landowners in Merced County to sell up to 23,000-acre
feet of groundwater to Stanislaus County."
Read more from the Merced Sun-Star
From The Modesto Bee:
"On split votes Tuesday, the Modesto Irrigation District board
made it easier on several fronts for farmers to buy and sell
water locally. But participants still might have to provide some
private well information."
Read more from The Modesto Bee
"Farmers might be waiting to see what the Modesto Irrigation
District board will do Tuesday before committing to water
"The [Fresno] City Council on Thursday will consider a deal that
would move millions of gallons of Fresno-earmarked river water to
the Orange Cove Irrigation District struggling to keep crops
alive and people on the job."
Read more from The Fresno Bee
"Plans to combat drought by allowing water transfers among
farmers could be in jeopardy, growers and Modesto Irrigation
District leaders learned Tuesday at a meeting tinged with
uncertainty and accusations of unfairness."
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How 3PL Companies Use Geospatial Data
In today's global society, one product may travel by rail, ship, plane and truck to reach its destination. While globalization creates a more connected world, it also introduces complexities to supply chains. Supply chain managers must orchestrate multiple facilities, and they are responsible for countless interactions and dependencies. As a result, many rely on third party logistics companies for warehousing, monitoring, tracking, and tracing.
Most 3PL providers use GPS and GIS systems for a real-time look into monitoring and managing supply chain deliveries. So, how does this impact operations for decision-makers? Here are a few ways 3PL companies leverage geographic insights through GIS logistics.
GIS: A Modern Tool for Modern Problems
For most supply chains and 3PL providers, geographic data is a tool that underlies all strategic decisions. At its core, a GIS tool is designed to store geographic data for further analysis, reporting, graphing and insight. It supplies a convenient way to manage spatial information visually—and uncover patterns or trends within data. Third party logistics companies use advanced GIS systems to achieve several goals for their supply chain clients, including:
- Assisting with fleet management
- Improving transportation communication
- Tracking vehicle locations
- Monitoring vehicle performance (e.g. condition of tires, fuel level)
- Checking routes for driver safety
- Monitoring inventory levels and shipping times
- Optimizing on-hand supply levels
Companies that choose to ignore location-based data, or don't use a 3PL who employs real-time GIS logistics, are risking big consequences. Inventory may go to waste, arrive late or not at all. Weather may cause delays, and without essential monitoring and tracking in place, supervisors can't swiftly advise drivers on alternate routes. Without GIS logistics driving location-based analyses and decisions, 3PLs struggle to plan schedules and forecast costs.
Skillsets for Successful GIS Execution
It's true—the right GIS technology helps 3PL professionals analyze the impact of location, weather and natural disasters near distribution hubs, departure and arrival times, and much more. However, efficient use of a geospatial data system requires in-depth knowledge in a variety of areas. To ensure your 3PL business is making the most of your current system or is well-equipped to adopt a new GIS mapping software, it's important to assess employee readiness.
Third party logistics employees can be trained in key fields to make the best use of a GIS system, such as:
- Computer programming
- Cartography
- Visual design
- System administration
- Database management
By using a GIS system to its full potential, decision-makers can manage large datasets and achieve a holistic view that can improve activity and production across nearly every point in the supply chain. Are you interested in GIS mapping for your business?
Learn more about GIS mapping and spatial analysis for supply chain management now.


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Rep. Holt Bests Watson
At the finish, IBM supercomputer and "Jeopardy!" e-nonpareil Watson trounced four members of Congress tonight in a pitched battle of trivia. Only Rep. Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat and five-time "Jeopardy!" winner, bested the machine.
Heckled by the crowd with shouts of "Go humanity," the artificial intelligence powerhouse beat Reps. Bill Cassidy (R., La.), Jared Polis (D., Colo.), Jim Himes (D., Conn.) and Nan Hayworth (R., N.Y.). Watson is a computer system that can answer questions framed in natural language.
Mr. Himes, gracious in defeat, kissed Watson's virtual LCD face as he departed the stage.
Mr. Polis, who lost by 15,700 points, was content with his performance, telling Washington Wire, "I avoided humiliation and came behind a supercomputer and a nuclear physicist," referring to Mr. Holt. Ms. Hayworth attributed her loss to a "slow-clicker"–something Watson didn't have to worry about.
Watson's coup de grace of the trivia showdown came with the clue, "Ambrose Bierce described this as 'a temporary insanity curable by marriage.'"
As Mr. Cassidy and Mr. Holt fumbled, Watson answered, "What is love?"
The contest comes on the heels of Watson's defeat of "Jeopardy!" champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter .


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STAINMASTER® Carpet
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MASTER® carpets are designed for the way you live. From easy-to-clean carpet that's perfect for families to extra durable carpet options that can take the abuse your pets dish out, we have a carpet for you. If your family includes a four-legged friend, be sure to check out our STAINMASTER® PetProtect® carpet and cushion system. And if you have kids in your home, you'll want a durable carpet to stand up to your active lifestyle—STAINMASTER® Active Family™ carpet.
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Mohawk Carpet
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More than anything, carpet manufacturers like Mohawk have your specific lifestyle in mind. That's why we innovated the softest, most family-friendly and pet-friendly carpets ever. Our carpet stands up to high-traffic wear and resists life's spills and stains like never before. With so many colors and textures to choose from, there's no reason to put off buying new carpet. With Mohawk, you're sure to find carpeting that suits both your lifestyle and your budget.
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Anderson Tuftex Carpet
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Tuftex Carpets of California, Shaw Floors premier residential brand, is known for its innovative design, color, quality, and care for the environment.
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Shaw Carpet
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Like you, Shaw Floors is passionate about creating beautiful homes founded on innovative design and lasting function. We know that a beautiful room doesn't happen by accident. Shaw offers more than 25,000 carpet styles and colors. That means your ultimate carpet choices will always reflect your own, unique vision.
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Dixie Home Carpets
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Dixie Home offers an array of high fashion, trendsetting,broadloom residential products. These highly differiential products use premium yarns and offer the consumer above average styles and performance.
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Bigelow® Carpet
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Bigelow offers an unparalleled legacy built on a tradition of carpet manufacturing excellence that dates back to 1825.
Queen Carpet
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Queen Carpets has been transforming homes for more than thirty years.
Godfrey Hirst Carpets
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With over 150 years of manufacturing experience, Godfrey Hirst is a world-wide producer of high quality tufted wool carpets.
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Masland Carpet
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Masland Carpets and Rugs was founded in Pennsylvania in 1866 and still today boasts of its heritage as the leading carpet manufacturer in the United States. Since 1866, Masland has insisted that its carpets and rugs maintain the highest quality. The tradition of manufacturing quality products has been practiced for over 140 years and continues to be practiced today.
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Dream Weaver Carpet
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We love our pets, and that's one reason we created our PureColor® technology. Our carpet will combat your pet's worst stains, or we'll replace it.
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Royal Dutch Carpet
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Royal Dutch Carpets, acquired by Stanton Carpet Corporation in 1995, dominates the broadloom category with decorative patterns and tufted products at mid-tier pricing
Kraus Carpet
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The Kraus Group is one of the largest integrated carpet and flooring manufacturers and distributors in North America with facilities throughout Canada and the USA. Established in 1959, the Group has grown from a sole manufacturing facility to a multinational distributor servicing approximately 10,000 customers in both the residential and commercial flooring markets.
Phenix Carpet
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As a leading manufacturer of residential carpet, Phenix has been committed to producing the highest quality products since 2006.
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Mohawk Floorscapes®
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If you're looking for excellent selection, quality, and finance options when it comes to your carpeting, you'll find it all at a Mohawk ColorCenter Select store. ColorCenter Select retailers offer comprehensive and premiere selection of Mohawk carpeting. We work hard to make sure your carpeting fits your lifestyle and your budget. A Mohawk Floorscapes® store is a locally owned store.
Lees® Carpet
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LEES For Living, America's Most Durable Carpet TM, features a legendary 25-year stain warranty plus an exceptional range of styles and colors.
Fabrica Carpet
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Fulfilling the promise of our corporate mission of "Quality without Compromise" Fabrica manufactures carpets for the most demanding segments of the high-end style residential market. Our distinctive broadloom carpet has earned Fabrica an international reputation for exquisite style and exceptional performance.
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Interface Flooring Systems invented free-lay carpet tile more than 25 years ago. Back then, the idea was to hide the seams and to create a monolithic, broadloom-like surface. We still do that. Better than anyone, in fact. Which is why Interface is the world's leading commercial carpet tile brand. But today we're taking modular carpet further, with new styles that celebrate each tile as a design element, allowing the creation of richly detailed, large-scale patterns that are nothing short of stunning.
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Philadelphia Carpets is Shaw's oldest and broadest product line. Philadelphia offers a broad selection of carpets designed for today's busy lifestyles that are both beautiful and affordable.
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Mannington is the only U.S. manufacturer of commercial flooring that offers a full range of flooring solutions from a single source—LVT, commercial broadloom and modular carpet, resilient heterogeneous and homogeneous sheet, premium rubber flooring, VCT, hardwood, porcelain tile, wall base and other accessories. We've been recognized as a leader in product innovation, styling, and design, as well as in operational excellence and environmental stewardship.
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Masland Contract was founded in Pennsylvania in 1866 and still today boasts of its heritage as the leading carpet manufacturer in the United States.
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From fiber manufacturing to carpet finishing, J&J's manufacturing facilities are engineered specifically for the production of commercial carpet. To allow us to meet the complex needs of all our customers, we offer a wide array of flexibilities, whether it be a custom color, special treatments, a certain dyeing technique, the exact matching of a custom color, the creation of a unique graphics pattern with particular colors, or backing product with one of several special systems to extend life of the carpet and/or provide outstanding performance characteristics.
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Durkan Commercial Carpet, acquired by Mohawk Industries in June of 1999, has become another fast growing division of the leading commercial carpet manufacturer. Distinguished by its tufted product designs, Durkan Commercial is specified in the corporate market, retail and hospitality segments and other facets demanding design distinction and individuality.
Aladdin Commercial Carpet
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Aladdin Commercial is much more than a collection of flooring products.
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Believe in Better. It's Mohawk Commercial Flooring's commitment and relationship to our customers. Our entire company is designed to support you at every step of your journey. Learn more about Mohawk Group. Karastan, Durkan, Mohawk
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Tandus Flooring's innovative product line of Powerbond®, modular, broadloom and woven solutions work in tandem to enhance spaces for learning, healing, and living.
From sumptuous pastel plush to rugged berber tweeds, carpet is a universally popular floor covering, Broadloom has long been synonymous with comfort and luxury, but in today's eclectic room schemes, carpeting is just one of numerous soft options for a high-fashion floor.
Whether you choose a room-size loose-laid or wall to wall permanently installed over a cushion, this soft floor covering, offers many practical advantages. Broadloom's sweep of color and underfoot comfort gives any room-even sparely set ones-a more "furnished" feeling. Colors can work magic, too. For example, a light hue visually expands a small space, and a dark one cozies up a large room. Carpet in a sunny color can visually warm a room short on natural light. Before you buy carpets, study samples at home, and remember that the color of a room-size carpet will be more intense than the samples.
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- Yarn construction and surface texture add soft contrast to a room's angular architecture.
- As versatile camouflage, broadloom goes over any existing floor, with no need for a new sub-floor, and it hides uneven surfaces and existing floor damage.
- Today, carpet is available with soil, stain, odor, and static-resistant features, and manufacturing techniques have increased its durability and cleanability.
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I am looking for advice on how to uninstall ActiveX bundle on Windows 8.1. Version to uninstall is 5.3.3. There is no Chilkat listed in Programs & Features etc.
Dirk, there is no actual "install" with the Chilkat ActiveX. The Chilkat ActiveX is provided w/ the DLL in a .zip that is downloaded. It is "installed" by registering the DLL with regsvr32. The Chilkat ActiveX is a standard ActiveX DLL, that registers via regsvr32 like any other ActiveX. "Uninstalling" is simply to unregister. (regsvr32 -u <path-to-dll>)
ActiveX registration is just a glorified, over-complicated, problem-riddled, pain-in-the-ass way to map a name to the path of the DLL. ActiveX registration creates Windows registry entries to essentially store the name and path. A program instantiates an ActiveX via a CreateObject statement (or some language construct that boils down to a CreateObject), where the string passed to CreateObject (such as "Acme.Widget")is looked up in the registry to find the path of the DLL to load.
One way to remove the ActiveX is to delete the DLL file. One could then run a registry cleaning program, which I'm sure would cleanup ActiveX registration entries that point to non-existent files.
You could manually remove the registry entries via regedit. Look in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/Chilkat* You can remove those entries. Each ActiveX has a CLSID. Look in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/{...} for the given CLSID. You can remove those entries. The "regsvr32 -u" command removes these registry entries. If you have the DLL, you can remove it that way.
Remember: Chilkat did not come with an "install program". It is a developer tool that is meant for software developers. The developer "installs" and "uninstalls" by registering/unregistering the ActiveX. An application developer may include a Chilkat ActiveX in his application install, and in that case the particular application installer/uninstaller would (as part of it's install/uninstall) register and unregister any ActiveX's it includes. (Of course, if other unrelated programs are using the same ActiveX, this might be problematic if the Chilkat ActiveX suddenly disappeared.)
Now.. having said all that... Chilkat is considering to provide the ActiveX in a .msi. The main reason is to eliminate the countless pitfalls encountered by developers in trying to manually register/unregister the DLLs. See http://www.cknotes.com/chilkat-activex-msi-installers/


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I'd rather die my way than live yours. – Lauren Oliver, Delirium
The Bible says we are dead. That's kind of creepy. Doesn't sound like the "Good News" everybody needs to hear. But actually, it's one of the most amazing, powerful truths in God's Word: We were crucified with Christ and we've died. But what have we died to? That's the question. What have we left behind? (It's certainly not the capacity to sin. As of this morning, I was still capable!)
"For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God." - (Galatians 2:19)
Whether we realize it or not, whether we act on it or not, we are dead to the laws of performance-based acceptance. We are dead to the notion that we can do anything to earn additional favor from God. That's powerful! With clarity, we can embrace the truth that only Jesus can do what we never could.
Somehow, in some way, when Jesus died on the cross, we did too. Reaching across time, our souls cried out in anguish – the same anguish as Jesus on that cross – and right there, on the cross, we released our last breath and said "so long" to a life of the dizzying need to perform and do it all for God's sake.
And oh, this death serves a most beautiful purpose.
"So that..." When I read this tiny transitional phrase in Scripture, my eyes are peeled for purpose. For what purpose did I die to the law? For what purpose did I try to stop gaining God's favor through ritual and performance? "So that I might live."
Friend, in my new life – filled with His breath – I am calling to all the exhausted, to all the marchers whose boots are so heavy with mud and muck from the cesspool of sin. I am calling to you to leave the boots in the mud and approach Him with bare feet dancing.
You are on the most sacred of dance floors.
Leave the boots behind, my friend. Leave them in the pile of funeral attire.
Die and live.
Giver of Life, what an invitation! What an exchange! You are calling me to leave behind a life of rules and "not enoughs" so You can give me a life of acceptance and "more than enoughs." I accept. Wholeheartedly, I accept death. It's what I've been waiting for – a call to live. Amen.
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A farmhouse and its threshing barn have been converted into new dwellings as part of a four home development in the Conservation Area of the South East Leicestershire village of Ashley.
A partially demolished outbuilding was rebuilt on the same footprint to reinstate an historic thatched roof cottage that once occupied the site.
And a final new-build property is supplemented by the conversion of a former piggeries into a workspace/studio and garage.
The cluster of four properties are each bespoke designed for the needs and tastes of four individual clients.
Their detailing and use of materials responds to the local architectural vernacular and the rebuilding of the 'lost' cottage was desired by residents and the planning authority.
Local masons were used during the construction. They included detailing to the Northamptonshire ironstone, including coursed walls and dressed ironstone chimneys.
Ancillary buildings, such as the garages and studios, are largely constructed using high quality oak frames with ironstone infill.
A high level of environmental performance was required. All the buildings have a highly insulated envelope and many have underfloor heating.
Low water use fixtures and low energy appliances also contribute to a more efficient home requiring substantially less energy to meet the modern needs of a family.
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File Form 1040-X to do the following.
- Correct Forms 1040, 1040-A, 1040-EZ, 1040-NR, or 1040-NR EZ.
- Make certain elections after the prescribed deadline.
- Change amounts previously adjusted by the IRS.
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Clear Creek is a schoolwide Title I school. Title I is a federal program that provides additional resources for students who are struggling to learn.
In our school district, the instructional goal of Title I is to provide high quality supplementary instruction that complements classroom instruction. Coordination with your classroom teacher is a critical component of the process.
The following links can help you learn more about the Title I program:
You can also learn more about our school's plans to improve and keep you involved:
Clear Creek Elementary
Title I Building Plan
Based on our SIP (School Improvement Plan) – review of data and student needs/Parent Input
3.5 full-time para-educators to support Literacy and Math
1.0 Certificated Teacher for Reading Instruction
Tier II and Tier III Intervention Block Support (Reading)
Kindergarten – 30-60 minute literacy intervention block
1st grade – 30 minute literacy intervention block
2nd grade – 30 minute literacy intervention block
3rd grade – 30 minute literacy intervention block
4th grade – 30 minute literacy intervention block
5th grade – 30 minute literacy intervention block
Math Intervention support will be determined based on need at each grade
Journey's Tier II Intervention with Write in Reader (K-5)
Reading Mastery (Grades K-2)
Corrective Reading (Grades 3-6)
Assessments: Acadience, STAR Enterprise, (DRA and IRI are optional) Classroom assessments, Smarter Balanced State Assessment
Teacher/Title I PLC Collaboration to review data, goals, modifications, plans
Parent and Family Engagement
Two meetings a year (all parents invited) – Fall meeting (Open House) to introduce plan/spring meeting to evaluate and revise/develop plan)
A copy of the plan will be distributed to all parents in the fall – School Newsletter/Open House
All parents will be informed of intervention opportunities in writing and during conferences in the fall.
Information about curriculum, assessments, and programs will be provided throughout the year through the school web site, newsletters, conferences and meetings.
A family resource library IS available to assist parents with reading, math, writing, homework, and other parenting issues.(Located in the Learning Specialist's office)
At least two Family Nights will take place during the school year (Reading and Math) in addition to PTA sponsored events.
At least 1 "during the day" read-ins in the library will take place during the school year
If parents have concerns about the Title I/LAP Program, they are encouraged to talk with the principal. Title I/LAP Complaint Procedures are outlined in Chapter 392-168 of the WA Administrative Code. This can be found at http://apps.leg.wa.gov/wac/default.aspx?cite=392-168
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These biscotti are fragrant and have a beautiful complex flavour. For an extra treat, half dip them in chocolate.
These were an instant favorite. I used juice from the zested orange instead of the liqueur and drizzled white and semisweet chocolate over the finished biscotti. Baking these on parchment paper, especially the first baking, made for a much easier transfer to the cooling rack. Absolutely delicious! - 28 Dec 2007 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
This was the easiest biscotti I have ever made! I always cook on a stone, and with the even distribution of heat, the cookies came out simply perfect! I did sub. orange juice for the liquor and made 1 batch with double cranberries instead of nuts - due to allergies. Overall, they were AMAZING! - 17 Dec 2001 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
I've made this recipe twice now and they turned out wonderful both times, the only difference was the choice of orange liquor. The first time I made them I used Triple Sec and the second time I made them I used Grand Marnier. The batch with the Grand Marnier was superior by far. When I make these again I will bake sure to use the Grand Marnier. - 17 Feb 2008 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)


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Now days you get a range of online tutoring websites providing professional online tutors whenever you need help. The technology proffered by all the websites is apparently same.
TutorPace.com and Tutor.com both are well recognized online tutoring websites. But there are still some unique features that make TutorPace.com the most favored websites by most students and parents.
The website employs highly educated, professionally trained, patient tutors. Every tutor needs to go through a special training whereby they are well-informed about the technology. They employ tutors irrespective of the geographical boundaries.
Both Tutor Pace.com and Tutor.com facilitate students to enjoy a one-to-one session with their tutor during the online classroom. Tutor.com does not provide homework help to students, neither do they have subject program. Students can get expert guidance for test preparation.
Sessions offered by Tutor Pace for subjects: English, History, Social Science, Math, Science, Social Studies, Writing and Test Preparation.
Tutor.com however, does not offer sessions for History, Social science, reading and writing.
TutorPace is the most affordable online tutoring website. The sessions are planned in a way so that it suits everyone's budget. They are a dependable platform dedicated in delivering high quality services that meet the needs of both students and parents. The website strives to offer user-friendly and convenient sessions. They are committed to deliver the highest educational value.
A comprehensive internet survey will however, help you to understand which of the two websites meet your requirements. Compare Tutorpace.com and Tutor.com product features, ratings and reviews before finalizing.


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Here at Samsung's product showcase in New York, multimedia connectivity played a big role. The company talked up its rebranded AllShare Play technology, not to be confused with Google Play, which was previously called AllShare.
Essentially AllShare Play allows owners of Samsung tablets and smartphones, Samsung Galaxy Tabs and Galaxy Nexus devices for instance, to push media files such as pictures to servers in the cloud. Samsung says it will save up to 5GB of data for users of the free AllShare Play service.
Samsung also partnered with remote file storage software maker SugarSync. As a result, AllShare Play can also upload files directly from Samsung mobile devices to SugarSync's servers if you have access to a SugarSync account. To be clear, current Samsung 2012 HDTVs already have the SugarSync app installed and users can get much of the same functionality just by downloading the SugarSync app from the Android Market.
This is the first time, however, Samsung has demoed this version of the AllShare Play app, which is still in development but expected to become available "soon." Another compelling capability is SmartView, which lets you mirror what's being displayed, and heard, on compatible Samsung TVs to enjoy on tablets and smartphones around the house. All devices need to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network for this to happen, though, so a Slingbox competitor it is not.
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POT - 100mm - WEB ROUND WITH FRILLY EDGE - Pack of 10 Pots
Orchids in nature grow on trees and on rocks. Their roots are not confined to pots surrounded by potting mix.
100mm Round Pot with additional drainage holes.
Just what orchids need. They need to get their roots out of the pot and into the air, also they must have good drainage.


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Professional artists at BransonCon will take audience requests for drawings suggested by the audience. These fabulous drawings are auctioned off for charity.D id we happen to mention that these artists will be given copious drinks to add to the level of difficulty?
It's going to be a great time with awesome people for an amazing cause.


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TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Ind. -- An Indiana State Trooper died late Friday night when he was on his way to help another trooper in Tippecanoe County.
The Indiana State Police say 27-year-old Trooper Peter R. Stephan was on his way to help another state trooper who had called for back-up near Americus Township at approximately 10:25 p.m. Friday.
Trooper Stephan was driving his 2018 Dodge Charger police car on Old State Road 25 North, just south of Stair Road, when he approached a curve. For some unknown reason, the car went off the east side of the road, rolling at least once and hit a utility pole.
EMS personnel responded to the scene. Unfortunately, Trooper Stephan was pronounced dead at the scene as a result of his injuries.
Peter R. Stephan is the 44th Indiana State Police Trooper to die in the line of duty.
Trooper Stephan served with the Indiana State Police Department for four years. He leaves behind a wife and 5-month-old baby daughter.
The Indiana State Police says it is planning on honoring Trooper Stephan. ""This is a tremendously sad day for the entire Indiana State Police family. We will band together as we always do in support of Trooper Stephan's family, friends and co-workers", said Indiana State Police Superintendent Douglas G. Carter.
Indiana State Police say an account has been set up for people to donate to support the family. People wishing to make a donation can visit an Old National Bank branch and donate to Indiana Fallen Heroes Foundation/Peter Stephan.


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HSM-74's mission is to provide combat ready MH-60R aircraft and personnel for deployment onboard CVNs and RAST capable ships. The Swamp was awarded the 2013 Battle "E", Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy, Captain Arnold J. Isbell Trophy, & COMHSMWINGLANT Aviation Safety Award.
This squadron has a proud and storied history. The Swamp Foxes have flown in support of the Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, the War on Terror, tracked and seized drug smugglers in the Eastern Pacific, deterred acts of piracy off the Horn of Africa, conducted Search and Rescue on land and sea, and have provided disaster relief support around the globe. Our mission continues to develop and evolve, and you are joining a team on the leading edge of that change.
The variety of our missions and our ability to rapidly respond when called is reflective of the high quality individuals that comprise HSM-74.
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Take Your Training to the NX Level
NX Level is for athletes who are serious about improving their strength, agility, speed and conditioning -- under the watchful eye of a highly trained performance coach. It's for the athlete who wants to work out in smaller groups with varied training routines...it's for the athlete who wants to experience the same training used by athletes in college and beyond...it's for the athlete who is looking to push himself or herself by working out side by side with athletes from other sports and schools.
Individualized Training
Our training programs take into account the uniqueness of each young or adult athlete. We adapt scientifically supported training methods most appropriate to each individual in order to increase their knowledge of their body, maximize their potential, and ensure active regeneration and recovery. Complete development of the athlete dramatically reduces the risk of injury and prepares them to compete at a higher level.
We work with each athlete individually, discussing in depth with them their sport of choice and targeting areas that need to be monitored and improved. By doing so we're able to prepare a program that, over time, will enhance their sport performance.
Achieving Success
NX Level uses sport performance training to help athletes achieve their goal of excelling at their sport(s) of choice. We believe that an athlete's physical preparedness enhances his or her mental image, which equates to improvement in their athletic performance.
In addition to physical preparedness, NX Level provides an environment that is intense, informative and, at the same time, enjoyable for the athlete and the performance coach. A performance coach works with the athlete every step of the way and creates an environment in which athletes can train, develop and self-monitor. In turn, this will improve the athlete's self-confidence, training program and overall self-image.


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Morality is not determined by the church you attend nor the faith you embrace. It is determined by the quality of your character and the positive impact you have on those you meet along your journey
Friday, October 09, 2015
Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood, says that Roe vs Wade is on the ballot in 2016.
Last Tuesday, when Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, appeared at a hearing to account for her organisation's federal funding, it might have only attracted political diehards. But during the course of a day-long appearance, Richards was interrogated with such undisguised contempt, such outright hostility and disregard for the facts, that video of the hearing jumped out of the political and into the popular realm.
In the days that followed, Richards was stopped at every juncture – on the train back to New York, on the subway, in the coffee shop next to her office – by people echoing disbelief both at how she had been treated, and the things ostensibly sane Republican congressmen had said. The footage was so bananas, says Richards, that "it has really ignited people who don't think about this day in and day out".
"This" is women's reproductive rights, an issue that, 40-odd years after Roe v Wade, is still as central to US electoral politics as it ever was.
"In this primary, I think they've moved even further to the right than Governor Romney," says Richards, quite an achievement given Mitt Romney's 2012 campaign pledge to eliminate Planned Parenthood.
"In this coming presidential election, Roe v Wade is on the ballot. The battle lines were drawn last week. This isn't about Planned Parenthood or fetal tissue" – one of the charges against the organisation is that it sells fetal tissue to scientific researchers – "it's about whether abortion is going to be legal any more in this country."
You really cannot argue with this statement considering what we have seen these last few months.
There is an incredibly aggressive effort by the conservatives to undermine or do away with legal abortion in this country, and there are NO indications that they are going to stop any time soon.
This is why it is incredibly important to support the Democratic candidate in 2016.
And I think it's clear that no matter who wins they will fight for the preservation of Roe vs Wade.
Which is why I get so angry when people say that if Hillary is the candidate that they will sit out this election.
My response to that is "Fuck you! If that is true you might as well go register as a Republican now because you are essentially working to promote their agenda."
This is NOT the time to take your ball and go home because the game is not going the way you envisioned it in your fantasies. Now is the time to take your lumps, dust yourself off, and get back into the game.
And if you need any more incentive just keep this in mind:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the oldest justice, was born on March 15, 1933. She is now 82. When the next presidential term ends she will be 87 years and 10 months old — or 87.8 years old.
Antonin Scalia, the second oldest justice, was born on March 11, 1936. He is now 79. When the next presidential term ends, he will be 84 years and 10 months — or 84.8 years old.
Anthony Kennedy, the third oldest justice, was born on July 23, 1936. He is now 78. When the next presidential term ends, he will be 84 years and 5 months — or 84.4 years old.
Stephen Breyer, the fourth oldest justice, was born on August 15, 1938. He is now 76. When the next presidential term ends, he will be 82 years and 5 months — or 82.4 years old.
Clarence Thomas, the fifth oldest justice, was born on June 23, 1948. He is now 66 — and will turn 67 next week. When the next presidential term ends, he will be 72 years and 6 months — or 72.5 years old.
Samuel Alito, the sixth oldest justice, was born on April 1, 1950. He is now 65. When the next presidential term ends, he will be 70 years and 9 months — or 70.8 years old.
Sonia Sotomayor, the seventh oldest justice, was born on June 25, 1954. She is now 60 — and will turn 61 next week. When the next presidential term ends, she will be 66 years and 6 months — or 66.5 years old.
Chief Justice John Roberts, the eighth oldest, was born on January 27, 1955. He is now 60. When the next presidential term ends, he will be 65 years and 11 months — or 65.9 years old.
Elena Kagan, the youngest justice, was born on April 28, 1960. She is now 55. When the next presidential term ends, she will be 60 years and 8 months — or 60.7 years old.
By 2020 the average age of the Justices will be 75 years old.
However it is very unlikely that all of them will remain in the Court until then, and if the next President is lucky enough to get two terms it is relatively certain they will have to replace four or more of the Supreme Court Justices during that time.
Still feel like sitting this one out?
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- Anonymous4:52 PM
It makes me quite angry when people say they won't vote for Hillary, too. And you're right, those people may as well register as Teapublicans because is the net result. I understand the appeal of Bernie Sanders, but it is quite possible that he won't be the nominee, and if not, Democrats still need to support other Democrats.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Scruffer6:11 PM
That's ridiculous, needless to say. One can vote for Bernie Sanders and, if he's not the nominee, can still vote for Hilary Clinton if she's the nominee.Delete
Why register as a so-called 'Teapublican' if your preferred nominee doesn't win?
That sounds like you're one of those that 'if my person doesn't win I'll take my toys and go home'.
It's childish thinking. And yes, I'm accusing you of that.
- Anonymous6:20 PM
Maybe you misunderstood the OP, because he/she was saying the exact same thing.Delete
The best response to Bernie supporters who don't want to vote for Hillary in the general is "I'll be voting for the person Bernie is voting for." Bernie has always made it clear that he puts the good of the party and the country ahead of his own ego. If Hillary is the nominee he'll vote for her and will want his supporters to do so.Delete
And of course the same applies the other way around. I'm supporting Hillary, but if Bernie is the nominee, I'll vote for him and do everything possible to see that he's elected.
- Anonymous4:54 PM
GOP is also trying to capture piece of Latino vote that opposes abortion.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5:19 PM
1st in Line for next Justice. Our current President Barack H. Obama. No one is more qualified, no one..ReplyDelete
all the way to Chief Justice...Replies
- Anonymous6:03 PM
You understand the current chief would have to resign or die....it's not like he could move his way up. Taft is the only time that's happened.Delete
Stuff happens.Delete
Roberts could get hit by a bus or be in a car crash.
Despite the best healthcare available people die of the flu and pneumonia.
There is no guarantee any of the justices no matter what age won't die tomorrow.
It is essential that the next president be a Democrat unless we want to see the end to Roe v Wade, Obamacare and a host of other laws we've fought for and rights we take for granted tossed out the window.
This court as it is gave us Citizen's United.
It could get a lot worse.
The Republicans are leading us down the road to Fascism. If the next President is a Republican, you can kiss Democracy as we know it in this country goodbye.
- Anonymous5:19 PM
I really love Cecile. Such a calm, respectable and intelligent rep for a great organization. Those repubs came out looking like the bastards they really are. Sometimes it's difficult for me to understand how so fucking many of these people came to power. I know Dems need to vote EVERY election not just the biggies. The R's just blow so much with their selective interpretation of "the good book". Stick your bible up your ass.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous5:45 PM
If you will allow me, Gryph, this upcoming election scares the crap out of me. Darn straight, we need to vote if it even matters anymore.ReplyDelete
I saw the local coverage of President Obama's trip to Roseburg and, thankfully, they did not give much coverage to the protesters. There's just not enough tin foil in the world for some people.
- Anonymous5:50 PM
"My response to that is "Fuck you! If that is true you might as well go register as a Republican now because you are essentially working to promote their agenda.""ReplyDelete
I completly echo your sentiment.
- Anonymous5:55 PM
Two good things about getting older: (1) my ovaries shriveled up years ago; and (2) I get to vote absentee ballot in advance of election day, so I don't have to worry about a blizzard keeping me from votingi in general, and in voting Democratic in particular.ReplyDelete
- Cracklin Charlie6:01 PM
You know another really great thing to like about about Cecile Richards?ReplyDelete
Her mother was the fabulous Ann Richards, Democratic Governor of Texas. I thought Cecile did a great job at that Republican hatchet job, I mean hearing, about Planned Parenthood.
- Scruffer6:06 PM
What's the christian equivalent of sharia law?ReplyDelete
I mean, sharia law is an extreme of the muslim faith, much like the orthodox jews are to judaism.
So what's the equivalent in christianity? Is there a name for that?
I'm serious...Replies
- Anonymous6:20 PM
The repub version is "fuck them before they fuck you".Delete
The Dem version is, "do unto others as you would have them do unto you"..
The Christain version is what ever you want it to be since there is so much shit in that bible you can make it anything you want.
- Anonymous9:19 PM
Fundamentalism. Women have no rights; submission to male leadership. Period.Delete
And/or Dominionism over all; theocratic (global, America First) government. Pseudo-christiany leadership; must be the right kind of Christian, mostly defined by 'righteous' oligarchs.
Fundamentalists and their literal interpretation of selective passages of the bible, leaning heavily on old testament, Paul and anything to do with suffering and punishment. They are the thou shalt not grazers.Delete
Lots of Southern Baptists are Fundamentalists.
There are also the End of Days Dominionist crazies.
Some of the Jehovah's Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists and Mormons could probably be included in that lot.
They don't call it Sharia Law. They call it Biblical Law or just Christian Law. Or like Kim Davis it's God's Law and it trumps everything else including our Constitution.
Theocratic Fascism.
- Anonymous6:22 PM
OT-Issa said he "did everything but carry Ryan's gymbag to try to get him to run". Please...for speaker..ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6:39 PM
I'm tired of women who are jealous of Hillary. Those women are not married to intelligent, charming, successful men who women are drawn to. Those women don't have the accomplishments of Hillary andReplyDelete
those women don't have the strength of character to stand by their love and convictions and forgive their husbands in front of the entire world.
None of those jealous, lazy bitches "sitting out" the election will ever be half the woman that Hillary Clinton is.
They can all go to hell with Sarah Palin.Replies
- Anonymous7:32 PM
I've been married to a man for 32 years of whom has been disabled for five years, and it is a struggle to keep everything together. How condescending can you be?Delete
Strength of character???? Fuck you.
- Anonymous7:37 PM
While I agree with your last line, I take exception with always endowing women with the same old tired stereopical reasons for not agreeing with other women. Would ever say that men were "jealous" or didn't have the strength of character to standby and forgive their wives?Delete
6:36 doesn't sound like he or she knows anything about Hillary Clinton, women, or Democrats.Delete
- Anonymous8:51 PM
Ya think?ReplyDelete
GOP Probe Into Planned Parenthood Funding Comes Up Empty
Jason Chaffetz says he's found no evidence of wrongdoing by the family planning provider.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Thursday that the GOP's investigation into Planned Parenthood's use of federal funds hasn't turned up anything.
"Did I look at the finances and have a hearing specifically as to the revenue portion and how they spend? Yes. Was there any wrongdoing? I didn't find any," he said during a Judiciary Committee hearing on the family planning provider.
Chaffetz, a candidate for House speaker, grilled Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards during a five-hour hearing last week. He questioned her salary, asked about the organization's expenses and revenues, and pressed Richards on why the group had revenue of $127 million last year if it's a nonprofit. (Nonprofits put their revenues back into their programs.)
But after all that, he concluded that Planned Parenthood isn't doing anything sketchy with its money. "Did we find any wrongdoing? The answer was no," Chaffetz said.
- Anonymous10:19 PM
Using the scare tactic to get all the follower sheep into voting for the Hill Gryph?ReplyDelete
What a joke. I'll vote with my brain, and I will never vote for that piece of crap.Replies
- Randall2:16 AM
Look, Hillary may no be perfect, or even desirable in your mind - but the other side is totally, fucking nuts!Delete
- Anonymous4:25 AM
Then you're passively voting for the even bigger piece of crap - the Republican candidate. You flatter yourself by claiming to have a brain.Delete
- Anonymous8:22 PM
Hillary loving losers. Sheep. Baaabaaaa.Delete
It doesn't matter anyways. Hillary will drop out.
- Randall2:09 AM
Many have either forgotten or else never knew that way back in '73, when Roe v. Wade was decided, women were dying. By the thousands.ReplyDelete
Real, breathing, ambulant, conscious, laughing, dreaming, living women.
The indisputable fact of it is: Roe v. Wade has
saved thousands and thousands of lives.
- Anonymous6:15 AM
The fact that we are still fighting old cultural battles just means that none of the real problems in the country ever get addressed. Divisive issue are required to stir up bases of both parties, so they perpetuate. The gay issue has abated to a large extent, so the far right had no choice but to double-down on another one: Abortion and women's rights.ReplyDelete
I suppose a young person might open the newspaper and see a cause or cultural debate and feel angry, or energized, or responsive in some way to it. But by the time you've spend 50 decades here, you realize it's like groundhogs day, fighting all the same battles, and getting nowhere. And the other side is doing the same, they're still donating to pro church and pro military and anti abortion anti liberal efforts.
The wealthy and powerful require us to be at each others throats, to be red and blue, and when necessary black and white, in order to distract us from the fact that our neighborhoods are deteriorating, our food and water is poisoned, our jobs pay nothing, our housing and transportation is too expensive, and our freedoms and privacy are being eroded. And when the distractions aren't enough, when we're not hating our neighbor enough, they just pull the ace out of their pocket and here come the terrorists.
And in this world of social media and tapped cell phones and read emails and so forth, TPTB know exactly what lever to pull at what time.
We are all afraid, and we vote out of fear. Fear of what the opposing party will take away. And we're angry, confused and jealous of each other. The voters who never had to rely on welfare are jealous of those that receive it. The welfare recipients are jealous of the middle class and wealthy who don't need it. Language divides us, race divides us, religion divides us. There are so many ways to divide us it's not even funny. And they know this.
To be honest with you, I thought Obama was the beginning of reform. Obviously he wasn't. Not because he isn't a good man, but because it's impossible. It's impossible because we keep paying attention to the wrong things. Impossible because we never focus on making a freer, fairer, stronger, cleaner, richer, more educated, more informed country for all our citizens.Replies
- Anonymous7:59 AM
You are sounding like you are at the beginnings of why many people turn libertarian.Delete
- Anonymous10:25 AM
Anon, perhaps. I've been steadfastly liberal democrat all my life, the last time I tested my preferences it came up Green Party, that was a few years ago. Right now I don't know. I just know what's right and what's fair. I agree with some of libertarianism but disagree on other parts of it.Delete
Our modern global economy has reached a state where nations don't even matter anymore, and the survival of people depends on planned solutions, not bootstraps. Just like the wildlife - there is no wild lands anymore, just like there are no free people. The animals survive only because we allow it and we manage it and plan for it. Such it has to be for humans, because we can never go back to a time when we pick ourselves up and move to new lands to settle and use our own resources. The resources on the planet have all been seized, and therefore must be shared.


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According to a Dem leadership aide, Senate Democrats have decided, as expected, to proceed with a vote tomorrow on a resolution that would declare that it is the "sense of the senate" that those who make $1 million or more per year should "make a more meaningful contribution to the deficit reduction effort."
The vote — a cloture motion on the question of whether to proceed to an up-or-down vote on this resolution — is designed to put Repubicans on the spot. The idea is to force GOPers to go on the record choosing between declaring general support for more sacrifice from the wealthy — which in theory could strengthen Dem leverage in the talks — or reveal that they're ideologically hostile to the notion that the rich should sacrifice anything to fix our fiscal mess. Dem Senators are holding a presser this afternoon to push the issue.
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The notion that the wealthy should sacrifice anything at all in the way of higher taxes or revenues is now such a nonstarter that Dems are finding themselves forced to hold a vote on the general concept that the rich should contribute something "meaningful" to deficit reduction.
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Dems are hoping this move puts Republicans on the spot when the resolution is debated on the floor, and it will certainly be interesting to see how Republicans vote on it and how they defend it if they vote No.
I don't know if the Dem strategy will work, but I do know that this vote reveals that this debate ran off the rails a long time ago.
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I first met Paul Dippell, from Service Leadership, way back when I owned my first managed service business and belonged to HTG (Heartland Technology Group). Service Leadership gathers financial and performance data from thousands of technology companies. Since he's been doing this for more than a decade, he has historic data for comparing millions of data points.
As you can imagine, Paul was very excited to see the LOGICcards announcement yesterday. After all, MAX and Service Leadership are organizations working with truly big data in the Managed Service space.
Paul has been doing more than collecting data. He's also been analyzing it. As he looks at actual performance data across thousands of companies, he's developed some sophisticated ways of defining who's doing well, who's doing poorly, and the business practices of those companies. Here's a bit of advice from his findings.
The number one recommendation is to commit to your tool set. He notes that this is true whether you use MAXfocus or something else. Committing to the tool set means that you deploy all of the tools to all of your clients. There's a huge correlation between MSPs who install the whole tool set and those that deploy only one or two offerings.
The reasons for this are no surprise. Because your tool set provides consistency across tools, this makes your staff more efficient. And when you spread this consistency across all of your clients, you multiply that increase in efficiency. As Paul says: "This is not a technology business. You don't make money inventing new technology. You make money executing processes." Amen to that.
You are in the service delivery business. So you need to find clients that value excellent execution.
The Payoff
What's the payoff for going "all in" with your tool set? In a word: Money!
The average (median, actually) MSP has a 7.3% profit after paying themselves a reasonable salary. At the same time, the top 25% of MSPs have a profit margin of 19.3%. That's almost three times as profitable. Whether you want that because you just want to make more money or you want to sell your business for a higher price, you obviously should try to move into that top quartile.
How do you get there? As Paul says, "Better analytics is the magic." Once you look at your own operations, you can begin upgrading your operations. No matter what excuses you hear (or hear yourself saying), these numbers are consistent across all markets. That means your business can move to the next level!
But the news gets even better
Paul argues, based on historical data, that there is NO evidence that managed services is becoming "commoditized." Some people have been worrying about this and some people have even assumed that it's true. They just assume it's happening because some companies are out there selling at very low prices. But here's the reality: Those people under-selling are losing money. Period. They just are. There's no magic. There's no rainbows and unicorns. When people under-charge, they lose money. Eventually this will go away. At a minimum, they will always be in the lowest 25%!
The data shows that the best MSPs have been earning the same margins every year for the past five years. In other words, they are just as profitable year after year. Why? Processes. The top tier service providers sell a small variety of services and they sell as much of their tool set offering to as many clients as possible. And, finally, they have very strict standards for new clients.
If you sell to the lowest prospects, you will lose money. It's better to walk away from people who see technology as a necessary evil. Stop selling losing deals. The only thing that's scalable is to be "all-in" and only sell the best.
The bottom line is to FOCUS your business. Get narrow by focusing on technology-savvy clients that are willing to invest in service. Narrow your services by selling a core offering that you can be very profitable with. Stop making exceptions and having a different agreement with every client in order to try to get every sale. And, of course, narrow your tool set offering. Stop buying from six different vendors. Narrow it down and buy as much as you can from as few vendors as possible.
As with many things in business, the clearer your focus on a few key elements of success, the more success you'll enjoy!
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