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Outsourcing your overdue accounts receivable to a Collections Agency will save you time, energy and money.
Outsourcing your collection activity will also reduce your stress and make you more legally compliant with all the federal debt collection laws and regulations, significantly lowering your chances of getting sued back from your debtor. Here are all the benefits of involving a collection agency versus having your in-house staff deal with past-due accounts.
- These two-letter words "Collection Agency" have a similar impact on debtors, like when you are speeding, and you see a "Cop". You suddenly slow down and start following all the rules. When a debtor understands that your unpaid bills are being handled by a collection agency, the probability of getting paid suddenly increases.
- You cannot handle debtors excuses well enough, but Collection Agencies deal with all sort of excuses, all day long. Here is the list of most common debtor excuses.
- You do not have a subscription to the expensive services used by Collection Agencies that assist in recovering money from accounts receivable. For example, they Skip Trace every debtor to find its latest address or to know if he is bankrupt.
- Focus on your critical growth activities rather than collection activities. I guarantee that no one in your company likes to follow up again and again with debtors who are late on payments.
- Collection agencies are experts in recovering money, your in-house staff is not. Outsourcing accounts receivable to a good collection agency will maximize chances of recovery and improve your cash flow.
- Are you trying to collect money from a debtor who has a history of filing lawsuits? Collection agencies perform a "Litigious Debtor" check to minimize the litigation risk.
- Save money on labor costs because you can never beat the invoicing cost of a collection agency, which is roughly $15 for 5 diplomatically crafted yet firmly written collection letters. They include various scrubs and tons of other checks.
- If you prefer using only the contingency-based "Collector Calls" service, go for it. You do not need to spend a penny from your pocket, if the collection agency recovers money, only then they get to keep a smaller portion of the amount recovered.
- Faster you transmit your accounts receivable to a collection agency, higher the chances are to recover money. Chances of collecting money from a 90-day old debt are way higher versus waiting for nine months and then transferring.
- There are many federal and state laws on how the money can be collected from debtors, failing to follow those can be very risky and costly. Collection agencies train their staff regularly on these rules and regulations.
- Collection agencies can accept payments online and in many other forms, lot more ways than your office can accept money. They can also negotiate with the debtor to pay in installments if required.
- Most collection agencies are so confident of their service that they will offer a written guarantee for their Letters Service, else they refund most of your money back.
- Agencies can report unpaid accounts to credit reporting agencies like Equifax, Transunion and Experian.
- Collection agencies have staff who can perform collection activity in both English and Spanish. Can your own staff do that?
- They can also file a legal suit to collect money from the hardest accounts, while you remain stress-free.
- Collection agencies sometimes check the credit history report to verify the credit-worthiness of your debtor, to determine if they will pay soon enough or not.
- Haven't tried outsourcing accounts receivable yet, or your collection agency is not up to the mark? Contact us, and you will be connected with a collection agency with low contingency rates and recovery rates far above the industry average, at no cost to you.
- Your in-house staff must be very frustrated making reminder calls and sending invoices again and again. If you outsource accounts receivable to an external collection agency, it will allow them to focus on the core responsibilities of your business.
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While there is a lot to complain about vis-a-vis Apple Maps, we, as Americans, should really be upset with the new iOS 6 app for what it has done to many of our nation's most notable landmarks. When Apple showed off its new 3D functionality coming to its iPhones in June, people oohed and ahhed at being able to virtually fly through city scapes. But now that people are downloading the company's replacement for Google Maps, which people are not happy about at all, the reality is not living up to the hype. To see what this new technology is like like, we went on a roadtrip to some of America's most famous landmarks in iOS 6. The results are not pretty.
Mount Rushmore No more iconic faces.
Lady Liberty What does this mean for liberty?
Brooklyn Bridge No longer operates as a bridge.
Washington Monument An earthquake couldn't, but Apple has.
Martin Luther King Memorial I have a blur.
St. Louis Arch A gateway to nowhere.
Golden Gate Bridge It was shown in the demo last June and looks just fine.
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Sunday, January 26, 2020
4pm in the R.R. Smith Center for History and Art galleries
The Annual Meeting, held in January of each year, is a gathering of the membership of Historic Staunton Foundation in order to elect new members of the board, review the accomplishments of the prior year, and share plans for the coming year.
The highlight of the meeting is the presentation of year's Preservation Awards, featuring projects that reflect outstanding qualities of rehabilitation and revitalization within our community.
2019 Annual Meeting and Preservation Awards
HSF's 48th Annual Meeting is scheduled for January 26, 2020. Nominations for the 2019 Awards will be accepted through January 9, 2020.
2019 Preservation Awards Guidelines If you are interested in nominating a property, please refer to the 2019 Annual Preservation Awards Guidelines. If you have any questions regarding these guidelines, please feel free to contact the HSF office at 540.885.7676 or [email protected]
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Spring is here and that means sudden changes in weather. Flooding could become a problem. Outdoor enthusiasts including fishermen need to pay attention to these changes. Storms can happen quickly so fishermen or fisherwomen need to keep in touch with the weather service and let others know where they are for safety sake when out and about. Enjoy yourself but remember alcohol alters your judgment. So use it sparingly while enjoying the outdoors. Keep an eye on the weather as conditions such as temperature, wind, fire and precipitation can come in with fierce strength. This report is compiled on Monday and Tuesday and reflects conditions and results of fishing from the past week. If you wish other information feel free to contact most parties for current daily information. Good luck fishing from the Montana Outdoor Radio Crew.
Rock Creek Marina- Monty LeTexier , Wyatt call 1-406-230-1283 for Linda
Marina number is 1-406-485-2560
Monty reports," no one was in this past week. We had winds that were pretty tough. .
If you could get out there I think you would find the bite is on from the bank. You should catch some lake trout and possibly some catfish also from the bank. The walleye from the week before were caught from a boat heading toward McGuire Creek. I would pull bottom bouncers with a minnow. The road is very compact and passable. We just need the weather to get warmer as well as the water."
Linda reports on Wednesday morning," It is a frosty morning with a temperature of 27 degrees. It is a beautiful morning. The loons are singing. "
Linda and Monty are available to make reservations for spring by calling 1-406-465-0241 or the above numbers.
Tongue River Reservoir Raymond /Spencer/ Greg
Spencer reports, " We had the Kats tournament this past weekend so we had a lot of boats on the water. It was really windy. Other people fishing said it was only okay for other species. I heard of some people catching a few crappie. The water hasn't turned over yet. The boat ramp dock is in. The water is rising. It is about 80 % of full pool. The electricity is on now in the sites. The water is not turned on. " Remember to check your regulations for the information for this region about what minnows you may use on Tongue.
Tongue River Marina 1-406-757-2225 Wade, Stephanie, Greg /Warden Jordan Staley
Wade, the marina owner reports, "Some nice fish were caught this past weekend on Tongue. It has been a bit slow. The bass seem to be in depths of 6 to 15 feet. The crappies are at 22 to as much as 50 feet depths. Going south the water temperature was 52 degrees and going north was 42 degrees. People are saying they are marking fish and that they are stacked but not real active. Right now things are a few weeks early.
The marina Is open and I now have minnows. We are set up for spring with supplies, food, drinks and beer for your camping needs. Remember the rules on bringing minnows to Tongue River if you come to fish and that your license expired March 1st. "
Hell Creek Marina- Clint Thomas-Layne 1-406- 557-2345
Clint says," The guys are catching pike and doing pretty well. They are starting in the shallows and toward the bank especially in the heads of the bay. The walleye are still in the spawning beds in timber Creek and towards Forchette. The lake trout have gone deeper and pulling cranks at 15 to 40 feet. The bass are moving into the shallows and the few out fishing were pitching. It is not great fishing because of the time of the year but it was pretty good. "
Marina is open 7 days a week, 7 am to 6 pm.
Lake Ridge Motel Eddie and Carrie Mindt 1-406-526-3597
Justin reports, " Not many people out fishing. We had rain and more rain this week. Lake trout are at depths of 2 to 3 feet. Guys were pulling cranks and spoons using banana weights. They have been getting them at Bear creek and Haksbee or at the face of the dam. Walleye have slowed down. They are in the shallows towards Duck Creek".
You can call us at 406-526-3442 for details.
Our hours are 7am-6 pm Monday through Sunday.
Fort Peck Marina Jessica & Scott Collinsworth 1-406-565-6283
Thursday, Friday and Monday noon to 1 pm / Saturday and Sunday 8 am to 10 pm We will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday.
Scott says, "The fishing on the weekend was phenomenal. Some really nice walleye. The water temperature was in the 40's. The lake trout bite was very good as well. Guys were using jigs and minnows trolling spoons. The walleye were in the shallows. Today (Tuesday) my friends and I were out for 12 hours we did not catch a walleye or lake trout. We could not even mark any. We caught zero absolutely zero of them. We caught a couple of pike. They were in the shallows. It was crazy after the weekend so they are moving. "
We have lots of items at the bait and tackle store. We have plenty of bait and minnows. We also have campsites available with power for anyone that wants to bring your camper to the lake. The spots are concrete and right on the lake shore. You can access the lake right from your camper. If you need a fishing license renewed you can do it at the marina.
Cooney Reservoir – Marina Matheson. Shauni, Cynthia
Marina says, "The water right now is muddy and murky. It clears some going east towards the dam. Fishing isn't great people are saying. People were mostly fishing from boats. They said they were using worms or spoons and jigs. The docks are not in.
Guys are catching walleye. They are using a night crawler or a spoon jig. The water in the campgrounds is not on and neither are the docks yet. All the campgrounds are open. Please remember dogs are welcome at Cooney but remember your leashes."
The fish cleaning station is still open. Our electricity is on year around.
Lake Elmo FWP Bob Gibson
Bob says, " Fishing pressure was pretty slim this week. There was a lot of wind out there.
Earl told me the Yellowstone River by Billings is very cloudy. Visibility makes fishing for walleye and bass not very good, On the other hand it was not bad fishing for cats. The river is up. "
Deadmans Tony Stefani/ Pat
Pat says," things have thawed to the shore but it is muddy. We saw a couple of guys in boats out there. They seemed to be checking their boats out. The ramp is open but the dock is not in yet. Things are definitely muddy and may be more so if we get the rain they say is coming."
Deadmans/Martinsdale Cozy Corner bar Lavina 406-636-2261
Terry explains, " Early this week we had rain. People just were not going out. We had a lot of wind. So who the hell wants to go out in that."
Checkerboard Inn Checkerboard, MT Rick and Judy Geordge 406-572-3373
Judy says, " We got three to four inches of snow. Not any people were out fishing considering the weather. It started with rain and wind and then went to snow. The ice is finally off of Bair. The shore is muddy. "
Sports Center 120 2nd Ave South Lewistown, MT 535-9308 Colby / John Tognetti
Our hours are 8am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and 10 am to 4pm on Sunday
Colby reports , " The grand opening was a success. Thanks to everyone who came.
We got a foot of snow. We also had days when we had 60 mph winds this week.
Spring Creek – At Spring Creek the water is probably dirty because of the rain earlier in the week.
Ackley- Trout fishing had been good the week before but now you would probably have a hard time getting out there.
On the Missouri it is muddy and some cats have been caught.
Paddle fish season opens May 1st. Maybe by the weekend things will be changed.
Crooked Creek- Guys I talked to said the bite was not stellar. A front came in and things just stopped for them. "
We do have smelt, worms, meal worms, maggots, minnows and wax worms.
Crooked Creek Marina Winnett, Montana James (Slim) and Abbie Craig, Carri Craig 406-429-2999
Our hours will be 7 am to 7 pm daily.
Slim says, " The marina is now open since 4-26-19. We are happy to be here for you again.
The water is open. It was raining and really blowing. The guys fishing off the bank guys have said they found pike and cats. The bite slowed down because of the weather. It has been muddy and they have been using smelt and cut bait. There have been some boats going out. They tried for walleye and found them at 24 to 28 feet. As far as the road conditions the Ballatine and Dove Roads are good. The Crooked Creek Road is washboard and rough. I am hoping they will grade it soon.
This next weekend is the Crooked Creek walleye Classic Fishing Tournament. We now have 75 teams so we are full. It is part of the Walleye Circuit. Guys are going out to pre fish but they are not talking about if they have found anything. "
When you can get to Crooked Creek I suggest you bring minnows if you have them. I do have some bait but not a lot so I suggest people bring some.
If you have questions call Slim at 406-366-6313 and leave a message.
Silos Canyon Ferry-Sharon 46-266-3100
Sharon says," people are catching some walleye going east. They are heading to Duck Creek and Pond 1. The fish have been shallow. The bite has been pretty slight as the water temperatures are 55 to 56 degrees. Fishermen going west are catching trout. It has also been a shallow slow bite. The marina bay is at about 7 feet of water right now. The docks are in. There has not been much fishing pressure. The wind has not been a problem. With the water coming in be very cautious looking for floating debris. There have been a few railroad ties. The best thing to do is call if you want to get information.. "
The Marina is open. Hours are 7 am to 7 pm.
The Flamingo is closed right now.
West Side Sports Jim Mayer 1-406-654-1611
Jim reports," It has been at freezing every night. It has been 30 degrees for several days . We did not get any snow. Nelson was so windy nobody could get out. We had 50 mph winds this week. We had everything this week cold, rain, snow and sleet. No one wants to be out there in that.
Forchette has open water. It was stained water last week and it probably still is. "
Shop hours are 8 to 6 Monday to Saturday and closed on Sunday.
Billings-Scheels Jayce, Tanner, Matt
Jayce reports, "
Tongue- My friends and I headed to Tongue River last week. At Tongue the water is wide open and the water was 54 degrees on the south end. The bite definitely slowed. The three of us fished all day and never caught a fish. We did see little perch following our bait. It was cold and windy.
Cooney- The bite has slowed down . Guys caught only a few walleye and not with a lot of weight. They were using cranks from the boat with a minnow.
The wind was up and blowing in a lot of places so getting on the water was tough in a lot of places. "
Rich's Tackle Richard 406-285-4540
Rich says," The weather has changed again. We had 30 degrees this morning. The wind and cold water makes fishing tough. I talked to a guy who went to the Dry Arm at Nelson Creek. He found it very windy and slow. On Saturday the weather was decent and fishing was good. They caught 30 walleye in the 14 to 15 inch size and one caught a 12 pound walleye. Canyon Ferry is picking up some. "
Stillwater Anglers-Chris 406-322-4977 ,Bill, Ken, Jasmine
Chris says," The lower Stillwater has opened. With the rain and snow it probably will become to be off color on the lower part. Nymph fishing has picked up. They say there is more dry fly action. People are seeing some blue wings. On the upper Stillwater the guys are trying blue winged olives and a few March browns. Try a midge pattern as well.
The Yellowstone does have color and with the rain and snow we just got this week it will probably be more off color soon."
Montana Adventures and Angling in Fort Smith Beau McFadyean 406-855-3612
Beau reports," I went out fishing this week for several days. It was okay fishing. I do think fishing was a little better on the Big Horn this week. The water is clear.
There are baetes out there and only a few fish jumping for them. Some blue wing olives also at times. Not a lot of them. Fishing continues to be tough in the morning. Things pick up fishing wise right around noon before that it is just dead. It continues to be location. Find a specific deep hole. Fish that spot. It will have just so many fish there and then you will have to find another hole. If you work the holes you will catch some fish but you still have to work for them. Pink sow bugs worked. Try some baetes patterns. "
Big Horn Trout Shop Fort Smith 666-2375
"Rick reports, " It is snowing right now. (Tuesday) People feel like fishing was picking up this week. The cfs is at 3500. Water temps were 39 degrees on the upper part and 42 degrees on the lower depending on the weather. Of course with snow today it won't be as warm. The fish are starting to move. People are catching fish more in the afternoon. On the upper three the dry fly fishing is better. People are getting results dry fly fishing. Nymphing is steady. Try a two tone orange scud or a red blood midge or the BP3 which one of our guide's ties. The water is crystal clear. "
Our hours are 8 am to 12 every day.
Riverside Anglers in West Yellowstone : Alice Owsley, fishing guide and outfitter 406-640-1698.
Fishes Madison River and Yellowstone National Park waters
Madison River
Nymphing has been great on the Madison. Try fishing a stonefly with a small mayfly below. Midges and a few blue winged olive mayflies have been hatching. The fish will eat them on top of the water if it is calm out.
Streamer fishing can also be good, Use dark streamers which are best to try.
Yellowstone Park
All fishing in Yellowstone is closed until 2019.
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Equipping our airplanes with ADS-B is on our "radar" these days. What does this new technology do for us? Is it worth it to equip? The FAA just provided a tool to anticipate where ADS-B coverage is available, which could help you decide whether to equip your aircraft.
Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) was born in Alaska, as a demonstration project in the Bethel area — part of a safety program to reduce aircraft accidents. It succeeded by significantly reducing the accident rate in southwest Alaska, along with the addition of more weather stations, instrument approaches, and other improvements. This and follow-on projects contributed to the national system (NextGen) we are transitioning to today. By 2020, pilots wishing to fly in certain classes of airspace will be required to have ADS-B Out, the component of the system that broadcasts your position once a second to other airplanes that are equipped to receive it. And ADS-B Out also broadcasts to stations on the ground, which relay your position to Air Traffic Control facilities who may track you inflight, something that in the past only radar could do. Of course, ADS-B also has an IN side. With additional additional equipment added to your airplane, you receive not only the location of OUT equipped aircraft, but weather information, pilot reports, NOTAMs and more. However, to get the full benefits of the system, you need to be within the coverage footprint of a ground station to receive that data. And that's the rub. The network of ground stations in Alaska is pretty sparse. The good news is that this month the FAA added Alaska coverage to the Google-Earth tool to see where you can expect to receive ADS-B coverage at different altitudes. Below is an example.
The screen shot above shows what ADS-B coverage at 3,000 agl looks like. Also displayed are two flight routes—a direct flight for those clear days when you can climb to altitude, and the more indirect route past Palmer, through Tahneta Pass, across the Copper River Valley to Isabel Pass, and then on to Fairbanks. The more indirect route illustrates that there is no coverage in the Copper River area, until you make it through the pass, and are in the Tanana Valley. With Google Earth, you may define any route you like, and get an idea of where you will or won't receive the full benefits of the ADS-B system.
RADAR Coverage Included
Another information source is included in this package. For each of the altitude categories in the KML file, you may also display ATC radar coverage. This can be helpful if you are trying to determine where, and at what altitudes you might be able to get VFR Flight Following from ATC, which is another handy feature.
Alaska ADS-B Coverage Lacking
There are many benefits of the ADS-B system, but to receive the full value of the system, the airspace you fly in needs to be in coverage. Zooming out and looking at coverage statewide, it becomes apparent that large portions of the state have no coverage. AOPA, the Alaska Airmens Association and other organizations have and will continue to advocate to increase coverage across the state. While no ground-based system will ever cover the entire state, we estimate that another 12-14 stations would be required to provide an adequate minimum operational network of coverage. We continue to work with the FAA to push for more stations, however the cost benefit calculation is in part determined by how many aircraft are equipped to utilize the system.
Benefits Still Exist
While we continue to advocate for improved coverage, there are many safety benefits regardless of coverage. For example, two aircraft flying opposite directions on a drizzly day under a low cloud layer following the Yukon River half-way between Fort Yukon and Eagle will be able to "see" each other, without the benefits of any ground station, if both are equipped with ADS-B. This benefit, along with the ability to receive weather information, current pilot reports and NOTAMs from a remote area or while enroute are features that can help improve pilots' situational awareness and should be considered when deciding if, and how to equip your aircraft. You can use the FAA's ADS-B coverage map to asses the availability and value for the flying that you do.
Getting the Tool
To obtain this KML file, go to the FAA's Equip ADS-B page https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/equipadsb/airspace/ and select the link to download the Google Earth map. If you don't already have Google Earth on your computer, you will need to separately download and install that free program. The KML file from the FAA encompasses the entire country, and at first may appear overwhelming, as it contains airports and airspace in addition to the ADS-B and radar coverage folders. After opening the file in Google Earth on your own computer, you may turn off those other features. The FAA includes the Alaska ADS-B and radar coverage in a separate folder, which you may save independently, if you like. Scroll down the list of folders to find the Alaska section.
With this tool, it is easy to look at the places you fly, and see what kind of ADS-B coverage to expect along the routes most important to you. It may help you make an investment decision!
Other ADS-B References that might be helpful:
Online course on ADS-B Basics: Link directly to an AOPA Air Safety Institute interactive course that provides the basics on what ADS-B is and how it works. https://flash.aopa.org/asf/ads-b/
AOPA's ADS-B OUT selector: A flow sheet to help figure out what equipment might be most appropriate for your flying. https://www.aopa.org/go-fly/aircraft-and-ownership/ads-b/ads-b-selector
Updated information on the FAA ADS-B Rebate Program: https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/equipadsb/rebate/
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Cline: Water, power limiting economic development
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(Tooele Transcript Bulletin) Tooele County's top economic development official says lack of power and water are hindering the county's ability to attract new industrial businesses.
"I am often asked what things would be on my wish list to improve economic development," said Nicole Cline, Tooele County director of economic development. "My answer is always the same: water and power."
Cline said the county has lost out on recruiting some manufacturers, including a food processing plant, because of lack of water.
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Lucas "destiny" Bullo and Bruno "shz" Martinelli have joined the Counter-Strike roster formerly known as paiN Gaming.
The move marks an interesting roster swap, as both players were previously a part of Luminosity, which replaced destinyy and shz with former paiN Gaming players Marcelo "chelo" Cespedes and Gabriel "nekiz" Schenato last month.
"I wanna announce my new team: tatazin, landin, dzt and shz," destiny wrote on Facebook. "I am sure that with dedication and focus we will be able to rise to the top leagues and reach the best championships. This 'vacation' made me change my thoughts and i will definitely go to this different season and hopefully I will come back stronger."
Destiny and shz's new team — which also includes Paulo "land1n" Felipe, Alef "tatazin" Pereira and Denis "dzt" Fischer — consists of players who used to play for paiN Gaming before leaving the organization at the beginning of July. The players said in a statement to ESPN that it would be easier to achieve something in the U.S. "without an organization's name" behind them.


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MURFREESBOROUGH, May 21, 1863-12.20 a. m.
General BURNSIDE:
Please answer my last dispatch, and let me know your moves. If you could come down soon, I think we could strike a blow that would tell.
CINCINNATI, May 21, 1863.
Generals BOYLE and HARTSUFF,
Louisville, Ky.:
You have doubtless seen Colonel Loring and learned of my plans. It is very desirable to hurry up the concentration of the troops. All surplus regiments should be sent to Columbia and Glasgow at once, with a view to concentration, as proposed. If you can get two regiments and battery at Glasgow, I can withdraw the three Tennessee regiments there. Colonel Loring will explain. Time is everything just now. How are you off for transportation? The Michigan regiments can be left at Louisville. Answer.
CINCINNATI, May 21, 1863.
General WILLLCOX, Lexington, Ky.:
Some rough pontoon boats have been sent to Nicholasville. Please have them sent to Carter at once. Babcock had better go with them. Order Sturgis' division to join Carter, and order him to prepare for a move upon Jamestown, Tenn., at once. The two Tennessee mounted regiments ought to be ready for a move at an hour's notice. What kind of roads lead from Middleburg to Jamestown, Columbia, and Somerset? Send orders to Welsh to be ready to move to-morrow morning; also the Sixty-fifth Illinois.
CATLETTSBURG, KY., May 21, 1863.
Major-General BURNSIDE:
Trust worthy scouts and other sources of information predict an early raid between the Kanawha and Sandy Rivers by the enemy, now near General Scammon. This place and Ashland, where our general hospital is situated, are greatly exposed. The Guyandotte and Sandly Rivers are fordable at many places. The enemy number 3,000 to 4,000. I can hold Louisa, but my force is too small to divide into smaller detachments.
General Scammon's force is all at Charleston. The entire region between my district and the Kanawha is filled with secesh, and not a Union soldier in it. Will I soon have the 1,000 infantry and a battery? Answer quickly.


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Americans think sitting President Barack Obama is the nation's worst leader since the last World War, according to a poll released this week.
A third of Americans singled-out Obama as their least favorite president since 1945 in Quinnipiac University's latest presidential poll, just ahead of George W. Bush, who received 28 percent of the vote.
In a head-to-head match-up between the two most recent presidents, Bush and Obama, Bush narrowly came out the victor, with 40 percent of survey-takers saying he was a better president than Obama and 39 percent saying he was worse.
'Over the span of 69 years of American history and 12 presidencies, President Barack Obama finds himself with President George W. Bush at the bottom of the popularity barrel,' Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Poll, said in a statement.
Ranked in order of how bad Americans say they were, the 12 presidents included in the survey were: Obama, Bush, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy.
Americans told Quinnipiac the best man to serve as leader of the free world since WWII was Reagan, a former Hollywood actor who held the office of the president for two terms from 1981- 1989.
Reagan took a solid 35 percent of the vote, beating out his closest competitor, Clinton, by 17 points.
Clinton, who was impeached by Congress during his second term, was selected by 18 percent of the poll's takers as their favorite.
Fellow president John F. Kennedy came in third with 15 percent of the vote.
Obama's favorability ratings were underwater in nearly every issue area Quinnipiac asked voters about except the environment.
The president scored below 50 percent on healthcare, the economy, terrorism and foreign policy.
Respondents were clear about their disapproval of the president's signature law Obamacare. The nays beat out the yeas by 12 points.
Questions about the way Obama was doing his job overall were also met with bad news for the president.
A majority, 53 percent, said they did not approve of the job he was doing, while 40 percent they approved.
Likewise, 51 percent said Obama does not have 'strong leadership qualities,' compared to the 47 percent of respondents who said he does.
Americans were split over whether they could trust Obama, with 48 percent answering in the affirmative and 48 percent answering in the negative.
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Monacus Spender
|Spend 250,000 Energon in the Teletraan 1 store
This will probably your final achievement in the campaign as it requires you to grind it out a bit. Any progress you have made will carry over if you choose chapter select. Now you can decide to do a full second playthrough and spend Energon as you go, but the suggested route would be the following:
NOTE: You receive 20,000 Energon upon completing the campaign any difficulty.
In the level that you play as Jazz, Chapter V (5) later in the level you will be in an area with a bunch of snipers flying around. This is where you have to move a giant bot to make a bridge to cross over. You will then go through a few rooms, until you have to pull down one door. In this room you will see a Teletran 1 store, and then a door a little after. At that point you will hear Cliffjumper say, "Careful, there's a squad of baddies on the other side of that door" followed by Jazz saying, "Yea, that's probably what they're saying to each other." There are a total of 10 Energon creates in this room, 3 on ground level and 7 more on a ledge just opposite of the door you need to go through. This will net you 1500 Energon shards. After you have collected everything, pull down the door and let the enemies kill you. You will spawn back inside the Energon room you came from. Rinse and repeat. Recommend setting the difficulty to Hard after you die, so that way when go through the door again the enemies can kill you quicker. You can get about 4500 - 6000 every minute.
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text: Rupert Murdoch: Facebook Should Pay for News 11:01 AM PST 1/22/2018 by Paul Bond FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Larry Busacca/Getty Images The mogul said as much in addressing the social giant's recent decision to allow its users to determine the trustworthiness of a news source through a survey system. Rupert Murdoch is criticizing Facebook and Google for promoting fake news, and he's asking Facebook to pay for the privilege of using trusted news sources, similar to the way cable companies pay for the TV channels they carry. In a statement released Monday in his role as News Corp executive chairman, the media mogul addressed Facebook's recent decision to allow its users to determine the trustworthiness of a news source through a survey system. Facebook drew criticism on Friday when CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a change in the way that it determines the trustworthiness of the news sources on its platform. Under the new system, Facebook has said that it will survey its users on which news sources they are familiar with and trust most. "We decided that having the community determine which sources are broadly trusted would be most objective," Zuckerberg wrote in a post on Facebook. But many observers are concerned that the survey system could be manipulated. News sources with strong online followings could be pushed to the top of such a ranking system, regardless of whether they offer stories that are balanced or fact-checked. That means fake news sources could actually prosper in this new system. Read Murdoch's entire statement below. Facebook and Google have popularized scurrilous news sources through algorithms that are profitable for these platforms but inherently unreliable. Recognition of a problem is one step on the pathway to cure, but the remedial measures that both companies have so far proposed are inadequate, commercially, socially and journalistically. There has been much discussion about subscription models but I have yet to see a proposal that truly recognizes the investment in and the social value of professional journalism. We will closely follow the latest shift in Facebook's strategy, and I have no doubt that Mark Zuckerberg is a sincere person, but there is still a serious lack of transparency that should concern publishers and those wary of political bias at these powerful platforms. The time has come to consider a different route. If Facebook wants to recognize "trusted" publishers then it should pay those publishers a carriage fee similar to the model adopted by cable companies. The publishers are obviously enhancing the value and integrity of Facebook through their news and content but are not being adequately rewarded for those services. Carriage payments would have a minor impact on Facebook's profits but a major impact on the prospects for publishers and journalists. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Paul Bond email@example.com @thr


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Since it would be a late night we grabbed a hotel room in Hollywood for the night & checked in and met up with our friend Oblivia (Blivvy) from the 7th House Danzig board & got a nice dinner at a cute little courtyard restaurant on Sunset called the Cat & the Fiddle (really good food & not too expensive, they had especially wonderful appetizer of lightly breaded & fried veggies not at all greasy - just needed more mushrooms!!)
From there Blivvy went to a favrorite bar to watch a paer per view fight & Mary and I headed up to the Henry Fonda theater for another show. Caught Viva Hate again, even better than at the troubador & on a larger stage, I got some GREAT shots there!!
They were followed up by Plan 9 who were a really fun Misfits tribute band - they went the whole 9 yards & dressed just like Glenn, Jerry & Doyle (with a generic ghoulish looking drummer but then hey the 'fits went through so many drummers anyhow!) The singer needs to shave but he had a pretty nice voice & sang the old classics well & they were a lot of fun to watch - you could almost squint our eyes & pretend you were watching the read deal - besides, aside from seeing Doyle perform with Glenn this is prolly as close as we'll ever get! (See what you missed Blivvy!)
In between bands we checked out the merch booths - the Henry Fonda has a nice rooftop bar & some vendors had booths set up there & in the balcony. Ran into Daniel DeLeon & Troy from Rezurex hanging out & talked to Kamilla & Stephanie for a while at the Viva Hate booth & nabbed some shirts, buttons & stickers.
Last but not least up were German psychobillies Mad Sin who are an amazing band, especially cool to see them now that Peter Sandorf, formerly of the Nekromantix is now their new guitarist - Nekro Pete is now Mad Pete! Kofte is as scary looking as ever but they put ona great show. They came on really late, about 12:30 and played 'til nearly 2 in the morning and the show was taped so should be coming out on DVD :) Had more fun with the camera (natch!) and got lotsa pix -
From there it was a quick late snack at Dennys & we fell over as soon as we got back to the room! (Liz too tired to even check email or download off camera!)
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Daniel Defoe is the founder of the English novel. [Defoe]was one of the germinal minds in political and economical thought, a defender of religious toleration, and an opponent of the evils of human slavery (Moore, 7). Defoe reflects his diverse experiences in many countries and in many lifestyles. Besides being a brilliant journalist and novelist, Defoe was a prolific author, producing more than 500 books, pamphlets, and tracts. Defoe was a religious man who stood up for the Christian code of ethics. He spent a great deal of his life trying to get men to act more morally, to abandon prejudices, and to right injustices.
Defoes most effective writing style was to give as much precise detail so that the reader could not decipher whether the event actually took place, or was just all made up by a brilliant mind. He would incorporate details into his writing that would seem true only because the detail was so great the reader figured it to be the real thing. there is a quality in Defoes style that keeps them obstinately alive. It is mainly a matter of spiritual energy, a natural alertness and liveliness that kept him at a high pitch of intensity (Sutherland, 6).
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Daniel Defoe perfected the art of giving his fiction the appearance of truth, thus making his works come alive and appear to be a matter of personal recollection. Daniel Defoe was born in the year 1660 to Alice and James Foe. There is some controversy over the date because the date was never actually written down. The births of his two older sisters, Mary, on November 13, 1657, and Elizabeth, on June 19, 1659 were inscribed in St. Giles parish records, but not his. It is assumed that Daniel was born in the fall of 1660. Probably we shall never know the exact date of his birth (Moore, 1).
Daniel was the first to be born in London. James, Daniels father, started an apprenticeship under John Levitt in 1644. James Foe, upon completing his apprenticeship became a tallow chandler in 1654. The work of tallow chandlers required the skill of craftsmen as well as strength and stamina (Backscheider, 27). Daniel grew up in some of the toughest times for England. Charles II was invited to assume the English throne. The Restoration raised new hopes of change to come. The first effect on Daniels childhood was the great plague, which killed more than 69,000 in 1665.
During the plague, all of the shops were closed and no one was out on the streets. The plague was due mainly to the poor sanitation. There were dead bodies lying around out on the streets. John Reresby reported that it was, usual for people to drop down in the streets (7). Another influence on Daniel was the fire in London. The Great Fire hit on September 2, 1666. nearly 229 houses in Cornhill burnt to the ground, and the official survey report gave 13,200 as the number of houses destroyed ninety percent of the citys living accommodations burned (Backscheider, 4).
The fire was started in a bakehouse (or bakery) and was spread quickly by the breeze (Freeman, 43). During the four-day fire, eighty-nine churches burned. Property loss totaling ten million pounds. It is said about Defoe that, His family probably took what they could to his uncles in St. Botolphs (Backschieder, 6). The aftermath of the fire was horrendous. Ash and fallen houses blocked entire streets. Blocks of houses were completely burned to the ground. Their post office, government buildings, exchange houses, courthouses, and jails all lost to the fire.
Even if you had money, there was no place to buy anything. Moreover, with the jail burned to the ground, all of the criminals were free to haunt the streets. King Charles worked extensively to get the businesses back in London. He built new government buildings, post offices, and tried to get the economic system flowing again. Although the rebuilding had begun, the city would be in shambles for the next thirty years. The people of London were taxed horribly for the rebuilding of their homes. Daniels main influence as a child was most likely his parents choice of religion.
They decided that they did not want to conform to the Church of England, and thus they became outcasts. They were Nonconformists, or protestant Dissenters. Samuel Annesley was the pastor of this new religion. Annesley and eighteen hundred clergymen were cast out of the church by the Act of Uniformity. Because of the Defoes choice of religion, Daniel was alienated from attending college. In addition, he was barred from military service. The second part of the Act of Uniformity required anyone that was teaching the word of God, to swear an oath stating that they forbade to take arms against the king.
Annesley was a strong man and would help his people out any way he could. Daniel witnessed first-hand the cost of choice through Annesleys persecution. If you were caught practicing, you were fined. Approximately 15,000 families went bankrupt because of these fines. Defoe remembered trapdoors in pulpits, secret passages from one house to another, and hidden rooms with doors disguised as cupboards. (Backshieder, 10). Persecution was the worst in 1662-1664, 1670, and in 1681 through 1685. The first twenty years of Defoes life were extremely influential. They taught him the price it takes to be different.
In 1681, at the age of twenty-one, Defoe was in London writing Meditations and in the throes of a deciding course for his life. He had completed four of the five years expected of ministerial candidates at Mortons Newington Green Academy. James Foe was now a leader of the Butchers Company. During his term as Renter Warden, he made major changes in bookkeeping procedures. Meanwhile, Defoe was trying to figure out whether he wanted to become a minister or to get into his fathers line of work. By the end of 1681, Defoe decided he would become a wholesale hosier.
The stocking knitting trade had become an enormous occupation. The merchant who had the variety of sizes, lengths, textures, and patterns made with different kinds of raw wool, yarns, dyes, and decorations could expect to prosper (Backshieder, 30). Defoe sold to towns all over London. Defoe met Mary Tuffey, the seventeen-year old daughter of a wealthy businessman. In 1682, Daniel wrote Historical Collections containing passages exerpted from several authors and prepared for the press (Moore, 254). In it, Defoe complimented Marys knowledge and sense of dedication. On January 1, 1684, Daniel and Mary got married.
Defoe always recommended that a man establish himself before he married (Backscheider, 33). Altogether, she bore him two sons and six daughters (two of whom died in infancy). During the next two or three years arrived his three eldest children, Hannah, probably the first-born; Mary, who died a child; and Daniel, born probably in 1685 (Wright, 17). In June of 1685, Daniel left his family and his business to join the Duke of Monmouths rebellion. Facing new religious persecution and the prospect of a lifetime barred from public office, Defoe joined the rebellion. On July 6, the rebellion tried to attack forces at Sedgemoor.
A single shot, as Defoe said, by accident, or treachery, alerted the kings troops; the pace had to be accelerated, and Monmouths regiments were never well organized after that (Backshieder, 38). After Monmouth was defeated, those who were alive tried to flee back to London. Perhaps he [Defoe] found temporary refuge with a relative he excelled at disguising himself and mingling in a hostile crowd, and he was a fine horseman (Moore, 54). The hunt was on to find the Dissenters. A five-shilling reward was given to those who turned in a Dissenter. They were starting to obtain search warrants to find the Dissenters.
That Defoe had remained uncaptured was simply amazing, at best a one-in-fifteen chance (Backshieder, 40). After the Monmouth rebellion failed, Defoe and others decided to create an anti-violence solution. The gathered together to create political pamphlets. These pamphlets were an early form of propaganda. Defoes generation saw its potential as shapers of opinion, and Defoe would write more of such pamphlets than anyone else (Backshieder, 44). Daniel wrote hundreds of pamphlets. One was entitled, A Letter to a Dissenter from His Friend at the Hague, concerning the Penal Laws and the Test.
The pamphlet was put out to warn Dissenters of the motives behind King James Declaration of Indulgence. In 1688, he was in serious financial trouble. He owed Joseph Braban 396 in unpaid bills for goods he sold on commission. When Defoe did not pay off the full sum, Braban took him to court for the money owed. In November of that year, Defoe agreed to pay the balance but only without the penal sum. To help raise money, Defoe sold the part of the ship he owned to Robert Harrison. Harrison relinquished to pay and sailed off on Defoes ship before the deal was final. Defoes next couple of years were financially heart breaking.
He began to borrow heavily for overseas trade. When his shipments did not come in he had no way of repaying those intended. Defoe declared bankruptcy in September of 1692. Defoe was taken to Fleet Prison in October of 1692. He owed over a whopping 17,000. Backshieder states, it might have been more had he not been committed to the Fleet Prison (58). Once out of prison, with his credit in shambles, Defoe wrote An Essay upon Products in 1697. He continued to write pamphlets for what he believed in. As a political writer under William, Defoe eventually achieved fame in 1701 with his brilliant satire, The True Born Englishman.
Rising above its immediate purpose of defending Williams character and his policies, this poem became the most famous of all attacks on the myth of racial superiority (Moore, 233). Later in 1701, he daringly presented to the speaker of the House of Commons his Legions Memorial, in which he threatened Parliament with the wrath of the people for failing to heed their will. The death of William in 1702 and the accession of Queen Anne, a strong adherent of the High Church, wrought a dramatic change in the political life of Defoe.
High Church ropagandists began to attack the Dissenters for holding positions in government. In 1702, Defoe published The Shortest Way with the Dissenters. Here he [Defoe] no longer attacked individual dissenters who had proved too weak to undergo oppression, but the organized power which used oppression as an instrument of national policy (Moore, 109). The pamphlet enraged the High Church. they were naturally furious when they realized that they had been imposed upon by an impudent parody of their own more violent protagonists (Sutherland, 86).
An order for his arrest was issued on January 3, 1703. Captured soon after, he was sentenced on July 9, 1703, to stand three times in the pillory. Had a mob been in an angry mood, the pillory might have meant Defoes death. He won the mob to his side by distributing a poem from A Hymn to the Pillory, in which he proclaimed his innocence and attacked the judges. Robert Harley, one of the secretaries of state, rescued Defoe from jail. Defoe was grateful and remained a supporter of Harley for the next 15 years. In 1704, at the age of 44, Defoe began to write the Review.
It started out being published once a week, then later three times a week. The contents of the Review held all sorts of personal and peculiar views on all kinds of subjects (Sutherland, 106). When Harley returned to power with the Tories in 1710, Defoe turned the viewpoint of the Review to support the new government. However, his lack of sympathy with some of the governments policies frequently put him in a dilemma. Such conflicts made the Review useless as a vehicle for propaganda, and Defoe, in 1713, founded a new trade journal, Mercator. Queen Anne died in 1714.
With the death of the Queen Defoes tottering world suddenly fell to pieces (Sutherland, 204). Defoe next threw his energies into writing pamphlets defending Harley from charges of treason. At the same time, Defoe attempted to protect himself from his former Whig friends. In the first months of 1715, he published a defense of his own life, An Appeal to Honor and Justice, saying that, he had owed his freedom to the intervention of Harley (Sutherland, 148). However, on July 12, 1715, the day on which Harley was sent to the tower, Defoe was tried on a false charge of libel and found guilty.
Fortunately, he managed to convince the presiding judge that he was sympathetic to the aims of the Whig ministry and that he could be useful to them. The Whigs agreed, and Defoe was hired to act as a double agent. After 1715, Defoe turned to a variety of fictional forms, including moral dialogues, such as the Family Instructor, and the fictitious memoirs, such as The History of the Wars of Charles XII. His masterpiece, Robinson Crusoe, was published in April 1719. Robinson Crusoe originated from Alexander Selkirks adventures. Selkirk was a Scottish sailor who had a dispute with the captain of the ship.
In 1703, Selkirk was put ashore on an island upon his own request in the Juan Fernandez Island, off the coast of Chile. He lived isolated until 1709 when the commander of an English privateer rescued him (Selkirk, Alexander). Defoes Robinson Crusoe is about a man who struggle time after time only to knocked down every time. Crusoe gets stranded on a desert island after the ship he was on sinks in a horrendous storm. The next day he realizes that the ship did not sink at all, and that everyone would have survived if they had just stayed on board.
Crusoe collects the things he needs from the ship and creates a hospitable place to live. Defoe uses his use of detail to flood you with facts that you cannot tell if it really happened. Defoes favorite method of authenticating his narrative is to overwhelm us with details so trivial, and so apparently irrelevant, that we feel the only possible reason for being given them at all must be that they are true (Sutherland, 15). Crusoe is given in such vivid detail that it makes it hard to believe it never really happened. An example of this is the journal that Crusoe is making to keep track of the days.
The day to day descriptions makes it hard to believe anything else. Defoe writes: Dec. 10I began now to think my cave or vault finished, when on a sudden (it seems I had made it too large) a great quantity of earth fell down from the top and one side, so much, that, in short, it frightened me, and not without reason too; for if I had been under it, I had never wanted a Grave-digger. Upon this disaster I had a great deal of work to do over again; for I had the loose earth to carry out; and, which as of more importance, I had the ceiling to prop up, so that I might be sure no more would come down (73).
Defoe uses vivid detail to give you the chance to see the problems he encounters with every step he takes. Defoe gave Crusoe limited resources to make his character actually survive. He showed that it really is not easy to live on an island with little material to work with. All of Crusoes tools had to be made by hand. The reader was drawn in to follow. Defoe could therefore expect his readers to be interested in the very detailed descriptions of the economic life which comprise such an important and memorable part of his narrative (Kalm, 72). During his remaining 12 years, Defoe concentrated on books rather than on pamphlets.
In 1720 came Memoirs of a Cavalier and Captain Singleton, and a collection of essays, Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe. At age 62, he published three of his greatest works: Moll Flanders, A Journal of a Plague Year, and Colonel Jack. Moll Flanders, like Robinson Crusoe, creates the vivid detail, which makes you believe the story is true. Moll is a woman motivated by greed. Her main objective in life is to marry a man with money. She marries a few with money and a few without, (one of whom she finds out to be her brother) but still she is unable to fulfill her need for money.
She resorts to stealing anything she can. She will do anything to keep from becoming poor. Defoe uses explicit detail to tell Molls story. Defoe writes: The next thing of moment was an attempt at a gentlewomans gold watch. It happened in a crowd, at a meetinghouse, where I was in very great danger of being taken. I had full hold of her watch, but giving a great jostle as if someone had thrust me against her, and in the juncture giving the watch a fair pull, I found it would not come, so I let it go for that moment, and cried as if I had been killed, that somebody had trod upon my foot (222).
Defoe shows the reader how Moll actually goes about stealing a watch. Whether it be Moll or an actual thief, the point he shows is that she could be a real figure or just another face in the crowd. All this happens in real, particular place Defoe makes no attempt to describe it in detail, but the little glimpses that emerge win us over completely to its reality (Watt, 97). His next great production was the Journal of the Plague Year.
Defoe may have been elaborating upon a diary kept by his uncle (Henry Foe) in the year 1665, or perhaps recollecting some of the stories of the Plague that his uncle had told him in boyhood (Sutherland, 9). Defoes own credibility fades due to that fact that he was five when it happened and obviously, he could not remember that much. But Defoe was a great journalist; he could give a vivid picture of anything, whether he had seen it or not (Sutherland, 6). There is a part in the book that shows Defoes incredible use of detail.
People were so afraid to touch something that might have been in contact with someone else. Defoe writes: In the middle of the Yard lay a small Leather Purse, with two keys hanging at it, and money in it, but no Body would meddle with it. I askd how long it had lain there; the Man at the Window said it had lain almost on Hour I had no such need for Money, nor was the some so big, that I had any Inclination meddle with it, or to get the Money to the hazard it might be intended with (59).
Defoe show the reader the trouble that could come along with the purse. The boy thinks if he really wants the money. He knows he is not it desperation for money, and he knows that the amount of the money inside is not that much. Like so much in Defoe, this is a description of something happening, and he makes an immediate bid for our attention and our credulity by his careful setting of the event (Watt, 16). Defoes last great work of fiction, Roxana, appeared in 1724. he strange, belated flowering of Defoes imagination withered; and in A New Voyage Round the World, published in the following spring (1725), it may be said to have died (Freeman, 262).
Also in 1725, The Four Years Voyages of Captain George Roberts was published. The Memoirs of Captain Carleton, in 1728, and Robert Drurys Journal, in 1729, are memoirs of actual persons with slight fictional embellishment, However, Defoe never abandoned the use of the short tale to make a social or moral point. His History of the Pyrates adds to its factual accounts the story of an archetypal fictional pirate, Captain Mission.
Defoes volumes on the occult and his treatises on trade and economics are also replete with fictional narrative. Defoe had been haunted by creditors almost all of his life, and finally, at the age of 70, he was forced to flee and hide from a creditor claiming payment on a bill Defoe had thought he had settled in 1704. On April 24, 1731, separated from his family, he died of a Lethargy, says the parish register, in a lodging house in London. Eighteen-century diagnoses were crude and casual (Freeman, 293).
Consequently, Daniel Defoe uses his use of extreme detail to overwhelm the reader, thus enabling him to create elaborate fantasies. Defoe crated a style unheard of at the time. He could show people how things really happen even though he was never there himself. When Defoe began to write fiction he took little notice of the dominant critical theory of the day, which still inclined towards the use of traditional plots; instead, he merely allowed his narrative order to flow spontaneously from his own sense of what his protagonists might plausible do next.
In so doing Defoe initiated an important new tendency in fiction: his total subordination of the plot to the pattern of the autobiographical memoir is s defiant an assertion of the primacy of individual experience in the novel (Watt, 15). Defoe created excellence through his works. He created his own unique which captured the minds of million. His [Defoe] Dissenting background engaged his sympathies with those who were struggling to assert their rights, rather than with those whose struggle was to maintain an inherited position and traditional privileges (Boulton, 7).


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The Wilderness Act Turns 50
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Fifty years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Wilderness Act. The legislation designated over nine million acres of federal land as protected ground, "an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain." Greg Aplet, senior scientist at the Wilderness Society, says that wild spaces are important for reasons beyond landscape postcards—they have implications for species habitat, global warming, and more.
Gregory Aplet is senior science director at The Wilderness Society in Denver, Colorado.
As Science Friday's director, Charles Bergquist channels the chaos of a live production studio into something sounding like a radio program. Favorite topics include planetary sciences, chemistry, materials, and shiny things with blinking lights.


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GREAT VALUE Fundraising for the Australian Team traveling to the World Deaf Golf Championships (WDGC) in England August 7-15, 2020. Your generosity and support is GREATLY APPRECIATED!
REMEMBER - whatever you are bidding for is for the benefit of the Australian Team. You might end up with the winning bid at the end of the day but also remember you are contributing to the cost of sending a team to England!


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Rev. Peter Franz
Peter has served as Pastor of Grace Free Lutheran since 2000. He and his wife Judy live in Maple Grove MN, have 7 grown children and are grandparents to a few more!
Phone: 763-442-1174
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Mary Jo has been the secretary at Grace for many years. She and her husband Sam live in Maple Grove. Her office is located in the upper level of HCA.
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Youth Worker
Madi is a 2018 graduate of the Free Lutheran Bible College (FLBC) and is now pursuing an English degree at the University of Northwestern-St. Paul. She enjoys being around others and partaking in sports, travel, and music. Her favorite people in the world to be around is her family.
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Andrew Hanson has been our music director for many years. He has a passion for music and worshiping the Lord. He has a Bachelor of Music from St. Olaf College and a Masters of Music in choral conducting from St. Cloud State University. He also serves as the Director of Music at the Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary.


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How to use this model directly from the
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from transformers import AutoTokenizer, AutoModelForSequenceClassification tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("Hate-speech-CNERG/dehatebert-mono-polish") model = AutoModelForSequenceClassification.from_pretrained("Hate-speech-CNERG/dehatebert-mono-polish")
This model is used detecting hatespeech in Polish language. The mono in the name refers to the monolingual setting, where the model is trained using only English language data. It is finetuned on multilingual bert model. The model is trained with different learning rates and the best validation score achieved is 0.723254 for a learning rate of 2e-5. Training code can be found at this url
Sai Saketh Aluru, Binny Mathew, Punyajoy Saha and Animesh Mukherjee. "Deep Learning Models for Multilingual Hate Speech Detection". Accepted at ECML-PKDD 2020.
Please cite our paper in any published work that uses any of these resources.
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The first day back on the slopes is often brutal. I know my muscles like to yell "What have you done to me Kathleen?!"
The good news is, you still have time to prep your body–you don't have to be exhausted and sore for days!
Whether you are a veteran on the slopes or a newbie braving the hills for the first time, the exercises below will strengthen your body so that you can ski and snowboard with (relatively) fewer aches and pains.
The details
Skiing and snowboarding are interval sports; you recover as you rest on the chair lift (or in the chalet) and then work intensely to whip down the hill.
The tricky thing is that you also need endurance to make it through an entire day of skiing or snowboarding.
Train your body to have endurance as well as strength and speed by doing these strength training exercises followed by one of the interval workouts below.
Strength training
1. The 1¼ squat
The 1¼ exercises mimic the leg motions needed for skiing and snowboarding. To do a 1¼ repetition you lower down toward the floor (or hill), come up slightly and then lower back down again.
Place your feet shoulder-width apart, feet parallel. Bend at your ankles, knees and hips and squat so that your bum moves toward the ground. Lower your bum until it is in line with your knees, or until your form breaks, whichever comes first. Hold at the bottom for a second then come a quarter of the way out of the squat before lowering yourself back down again. Engage your bum and flex your abdominals to return to standing. Repeat 10 times. To increase the intensity, hold weights.
Form tip: As you stand up, imagine you are using your legs and bum to push the floor away. This will help you engage your bum. Also make sure your abdominals are engaged.
2. The 1¼ lunge
Step your left leg backward into a lunge. This is your starting position. Bend both knees and lower your left knee toward the ground. Come up a quarter of the way and then return back down to the bottom of the lunge. Finish by using your right bum muscle to return to your starting position. Repeat 10 times and switch legs.
3. Four-square reaction drill
Train your body to react to anything on the hill. No collision accidents allowed.
Stand on your right foot. Put four place markers in a square around your foot. Label them 1, 2, 3 and 4. Have a partner call out those numbers randomly. As they call out the number, jump to the corresponding place marker. Make sure to repeat on the opposite leg.
4. Standing balance
Stand on your right leg. Your weight should be equally distributed through the ball of your big toe and the two sides of your heel. To perform the exercise, bend at your right ankle, knee and hip to sit into a single leg squat. As you squat, reach your left hand across your body so your fingers reach the outside of your right foot. Engage the bum muscle of the right leg to push you up to standing. Repeat 8 times and switch legs.
5. Dead bug to stand
Train your legs and core to be able to stand up after falling on the hill with a Bosu dead bug to stand. If you are skilled enough that you never fall on the hill, do the dead bug part of the exercise. The bug works your core, and core strength is always important.
Start with the Bosu dome side up. Lie your lower back on the Bosu. Lift your legs up in the air and crunch forward with your upper body. Balance in this position with all four limbs off of the ground for five seconds. Slowly lower one leg at a time to the floor. Then use your legs and bum muscles to stand up. Finish by bending your legs and lowering yourself back down onto the Bosu. Repeat five to ten times.
Cardio interval workouts
1. Progressive build
The length of the intervals gets longer as the workout progresses, making you work harder as you become more fatigued. This progression will help to mimic how your legs will feel by the end of a long day on the hill.
Warm-up for five minutes on any cardio machine. Then do one minute of hard work, one minute of recovery, 90 seconds of work, one minute of recovery, two minutes of work, one minute of recovery, three minutes of work, one minute of recovery, four minutes of work, one minute of recovery, five minutes of work, one minute of recovery. Cool down for five minutes.
2. Diminishing recovery
In this workout your recovery time decreases as the workout progresses. Again, this will mimic how your legs will feel at the end of a long day of skiing.
Warm-up for five minutes. Do 10 sets of two minutes of work followed by a decreasing amount of recovery. Start with two minutes of recovery. With each interval decrease your recovery slightly so that by the end of your 10 sets you are only doing 30 seconds of recovery. Cool down for five minutes.
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Ricardo Alejandro Rubinstein is a doctor, psychiatrist, training psychoanalyst of the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association, and full member of the International Psychoanalytical Association. He is also Professor at the Center of Psychoanalytical Teaching, and has published various works presented at Congresses in Argentina and overseas (Brazil, Colombia, USA, Spain, Holland, Italy and Greece). He is the director of Sportmind, a consulting firm that works with athletes and competition teams, where he also gives courses and seminars about sport topics. He has frequently appeared on radio and television, and written articles for the press and giving his views as a psychoanalyst about topics of general and social interest, but particularly in matters related to sport.
Bringing together concepts from psychoanalysis with an attentive eye and A. Rubinstein popular wisdom, Sports on the Couch explores the psychology of athletes and those around them. As a product of... (more)


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Today I am going to show you how to setup your Raspberry P (Model B or A (With Ethernet adapter) as an Airplay receiver. It is very simple to do and will not take much time at all.
Step 1: Materials
(Sorry for the bad picture quality, it gets better) To get the receiver set up, you will need these materials:
Raspberry Pi (With Ethernet)
Ethernet Cable and Router
SD Card (Min. 4GB)
3.5mm to 3.5mm Audio Cable
Computer running Win32 Disk Imager or Apple-Pi Baker
A Speaker or Stereo System
An Internet Connection
Step 2: Install Volumio
Plug your SD Card into your computer or card reader, then go to http://volumio.org/get-started/, and download Volumio for the Raspberry Pi.
Step 3: Install Volumio
Once downloaded, un-zip the file and open Win32 Disk Imager, or similar program. Then, select the SD card and click "Write". After that has completed, eject the SD card and put it into the Raspberry Pi.
Step 4: Finishing
Connect the Ethernet cable into the R-Pi and into your router. Connect the audio cable into a speaker/Hi-Fi system, then connect the R-Pi to a power source. Wait about 2 minutes, then, try streaming audio to it, but selecting "Volumio" or similar in the Airplay device selection list. To edit the settings of the R-Pi, go to volumio.local in your browser. Enjoy!
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PlayStation Vita
The PlayStation Vita (also called PS Vita or just Vita for short) is the second portable gaming console developed by Sony and the successor of the PlayStation Portable. It was first released in Japan in December 2011 and in February 2012 in the rest of the world.
Tomb Raider for the PlayStation Vita
There is currently no Tomb Raider game that was specifically made for the Vita.
In 2011 the first five Tomb Raider games (Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider II, Tomb Raider III, Tomb Raider IV The Last Revelation, Tomb Raider Chronicles) were released via the PlayStation Network for the Vita, the PSP, and the PlayStation 3. Additionally, the PSP versions of Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary can be downloaded from the PSN store. Note: These games are ports of the original PlayStation or PSP versions without any alteration to the game play.
Remote Play
- Main article: Remote Play
The Reboot Games are playable on the Vita via Remote Play. While using Remote Play the game actually runs on a PS4 the user has to connect to his or her Vita using a WiFi network. The Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and the Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration support Remote Play; additionally, one can play Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris the same way, with the limitation that there can only be one player per PS4 system logged in using remote play, while other players have to use a PS4 Controller and a TV screen.


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There's data, and then there's data about data. Your web page contains data: the text, images, links, and all that on the page are the stuff that people look at when they visit your site. The source files for the pages on your site also usually contain data about data, in this case called meta data. You've seen those tags in the page headers: description, keywords, that kind of thing. These guys aren't the actual data of your pages, they are additional chunks of information that talk about your data. This kind of data-about-data is used in other contexts as well, like in the media files you deal with every day.
When you fire up iTunes or some other player and see things like performer, album name, and all that, this information comes from tags that are embedded in your media files. These tags can be edited and customized if you have the right tool. Maybe TigoTago is the right tool for you.
TigoTago is a spreadsheet-based tag editor for media files like MP3 and WAV audio files, AVI and WMV video files, and more. Grab the files you want to tweak and open them up with TigoTago. You can edit any of the fields, either one-at-a-time for individual files, or as a group for multiple file operations, like adding an album name or performer name to a whole bunch of files all at once. You get to see that your changes will look like before you commit them—after all, you don't want to have to go back and fix a typo after you've just updated dozens of files.
A free download, TigoTago is a Windows application. It should run under all versions of Windows from Win9x on up.


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Decarb Cannabis: How to Get Your Weed Ready to Cook With
Cannabis edibles are the most popular form of cannabis whether used for medical or recreational purposes. This has inspired many people to make their own edibles at home. While not hard, cooking with cannabis can be a little bit tricky and does take some patience and attention to detail. It's ok though because we're going…Read More
Best Herb Grinder for Vaporizing
A Volcano vaporizer without an herb grinder, is like a car without gas. Proper grinding of the herb prior to vaporizing is crucial; whether your are using a Volcano, a Vapir or a Vapor Brothers Vaporizer – grind your herb! How much to grind the herb? Very fine, but not so fine it falls thru…Read More


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Council to use compulsory purchase order on abandonded Bow house after garden 'colonised' by foxes
PUBLISHED: 17:15 28 September 2018
A homeowner who abandoned his £900,000 property in Bow will be forced to give it up after the back garden was "colonised" by foxes.
The 57-year-old moved out of the three-bedroom property in Antill Road, seven years ago and has refused to sell up.
Today the plot is overrun with weeds — which are even growing out of the roof — while the windows are either smashed or boarded up.
The terraced property, which sits on a street where houses sell for £1 million, has twice been taken over by squatters, who have blighted the area with anti-social behaviour.
At one point, residents called in Tower Hamlets Council officers over a dead fox which was rotting in the back garden.
Following years of complaints, neighbours wrote a letter to the council this month demanding action.
The council says the home is "very likely" to remain unoccupied if it is not sold. It is now using compulsory purchase powers to buy the property for £860,000.
Tower Hamlets mayor John Biggs said the council had a "duty" to resolve the situation. "Squatters and drug dealers have used it over the years and we have had to remove them," he said.
"The garden has been colonised by foxes. The windows are boarded up and it attracts anti-social behaviour."
The council estimates it will have to spend £960,000 to buy and refurbish the property near Mile End Park. Diana Gibbs, who lives two doors away, said: "It is absolutely full of foxes — a bit like an urban nature programme at times. One died in my garden. It's actually been very disturbing.
"It's fantastic news that it is going to be sorted out, although I imagine it's going to cost quite a bit of money."
Stuart Fraser, 72, a construction project director who worked on the Olympic Park and lives opposite, said: "It's an eyesore and it's got structural damage which could be dangerous for people walking along the street."
Another neighbour said: "We had a fox stuck in our back garden. I could be here all day talking about the problems we have had with that place."
Tower Hamlets Council wants to use the property to house homeless families for five years before it is resold on the open market. If the owner contests the sale, the case will be heard at a public inquiry, the council added.
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Product Video: Shaolong Professional BackpackRAJA HASAN
In Bagmia.com we are trying to provide the most authentic information of our products and services. Our strength is our honesty. Customer lack confidence when buying from e-commerce sites as they don't see the product in real. So we have come up with a solution to show our products through videos. Even customer can come and see the products before they buy.
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Hormones play a massive role in how our body functions and each of them is responsible for a very particular job. While one makes us feel hungry, another does exactly the opposite. While one tells our brain that we need to store fat just in case, another gives us a signal to start burning it like there's no tomorrow. The trick is to learn how to turn on the hormones that we want and switch off those that we don't want.
We at Apegeo have always found this really incredible and can't wait to show this article to our readers.
1. The hormone that makes you feel hungry
Ghrelin is the "I am hungry" gremlin. It's the hormone that sends a message to your brain that it's time to eat. The interesting fact is that reducing calorie intake stimulates ghrelin production, and even after being on a low-calorie diet for 12 months, its level is still high. That's one of the reasons, why low-calorie diets don't work for the long term. Our body just can't get used to it.
What to do?
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The good news is that intensive cardio exercises can drop your ghrelin level.
Cardio exercises can be almost anything — running, weight training, boxing, boot camp, as long as your heart rate rises up to a particular level. Achieving this level is important and there are plenty of different tools you can use to read heart rate. But there's an easier way to figure out when you've reached it. If you're breathing heavily and you can still speak, but you can't sing, then your heart rate is probably at the right level.
2. The hormone that tells you to eat less
Luckily, our body also produces hormones that tell the brain to use more calories and eat less, leptin is one of them. It's produced by fat cells, meaning that the fatter we are, the more leptin we have. Which sounds great, but it's a trick. After a certain point, our body gets what specialists call a leptin resistance, a condition where the brain can't read the leptin signal.
What to do?
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The solution is simple, food that is high in antioxidants increases sensitivity to leptin. The list of foods that are high in antioxidants is very long and you can always find something that you like. Losing weight has the same effect, and eventually, the more weight you lose, the stronger the leptin's effect is.
3. The hormone that absorbs sugar
Insulin is very important for our well-being, it regulates blood sugar levels and helps us to recover from exercising. Our body releases insulin when we eat carbs and it helps cells to absorb glucose. That glucose is used for energy, but if we get more glucose than we need, any leftovers will turn into fat.
What to do?
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The solution is to get most of your carbs from grains, veggies, and fruits that have a low Glycemic Index (GI). The lower the GI is, the slower glucose gets released and the more time we have to use it all. This doesn't mean that you should stay on a strict diet, you just need to substitute high GI food with low GI food. For example, white rice can be replaced with brown rice, or instant oats with traditional rolled oats. It's simple.


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Maria Callas Quotes
25 Maria Callas quotes:
"I was always too mature for my age - and not very happy. I had no young friends. I wish I could go back to those days. If I could only live it all again, how I would play and enjoy other girls. What a fool I was."
"There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility."
"Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddam rules."
"Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends."
"If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top, it couldn't be helped. What should I do if someone gets hurt... retire?"
"When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed its point."
"An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I've left the opera house."
American Musician Quotes Opera QuotesCategory:
"Love is so much better when you're not married."
"I prepare myself for rehearsals like I would for marriage."
"On stage, I am in the dark."
"When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping."
"I don't need the money, dear. I work for art."
"I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged."
"Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women."
"I don't know what happens to me on stage. Something else seems to take over."
American Musician Quotes Singers And Singing QuotesCategory:
"It's a terrible thing to go through life thinking that you have a rock on your side when you haven't."
"You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there."
"That is the difference between good teachers and great teachers: good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends."
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"I cannot switch my voice. My voice is not like an elevator going up and down."
"I would like to be Maria, but there is La Callas who demands that I carry myself with her dignity."


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West Town
West Town
- Includes: Noble Square, Ukrainian Village, Wicker Park
- Population: 81,400 (57% white, 29% Hispanic, 9% black, 4% Asian)
- Median household income: $52,500
- Median sales price (house): $690,000
- Median sales price (condo): $363,000
- Violent crime rate: 6.7 per 1,000 (vs. 9.3 citywide)
- Transportation: Four el stops; one Metra stop
Proof that the many neighborhoods that make up greater West Town are hot: Post real-estate crash, housing prices have revived faster here than anywhere else on the West Side. Amenities include trendy boutiques (Study Hall in groovy Ukrainian Village), top-notch restaurants (A Tavola, also in Ukie Village), and approachable cocktail havens (Bar de Ville in East Village).
Unfortunately, public schools here are not a selling point. If you're child-free and don't mind taking a chance on a still-emerging (some might say sketchy) neighborhood, check out Smith Park near Ukrainian Village. There you can find a cottage or fair-size condo for less than $300,000.Edit Module
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