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President Donald Trump Frets For "Shattered Lives" Of Accused Abusers
White House officials said they learned of the accusations by Sorensen's wife late on Thursday.
Porter told him about the possible allegations because he was concerned that what he characterized as false charges from aggrieved women who were out to destroy him could derail his Federal Bureau of Investigation background check, according to one of the two people briefed on the matter.
Talking to CNN's Jake Tapper, Conway said she had 'no reason not to believe the women'. The pattern's there – Trump defended Bill O'Reilly, Roger Ailes, and Roy Moore – saying things like, 'They denied it, you have to listen to that, ' another user said.
For his part, Sorensen said that "like many domestic abusers, she was especially adept at controlling her rage so that no others witnessed her physical attacks".
Two friends and associates of Corbett said she confided in them during the marriage that her husband was abusive. It contained information from his ex-wives alleging abuse.
'He hasn't complained to me, and I spoke with him last night and asked him this question pointedly, ' she answered. He also alleged she attempted to block the driveway to prevent him from driving away after she had punched him in the face repeatedly after a fight, forcing him to pull the auto forward over the lawn, and that she ran after the vehicle and injured herself in the process.
Porter's first wife, Colbie Holderness, revealed an image of herself with a blackened eye in 2005, which she said she received from Porter punching her while they were on vacation in Florence, Italy. "He has said this in the past about incidents that relate to him as well". "And yet I stayed", she wrote. "The truth proves itself".
She said she and Porter have had a cordial and respectful relationship since their divorce in 2013.
"As chief of staff Kelly has said himself, as the president has stated, they both plan on being here for the long haul and doing it together", she added.
White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short echoed Conway's comments on "Meet the Press", and disputed reports that Kelly had offered to resign. Ivanka Trump told the Times that Hicks was a "team player" and "the president has deep respect for her, cares about her greatly, and listens to her".
Shah refused to confirm in detail when and how Kelly in particular became aware of the claims, or Hicks's role in shaping the White House response. Porter had kept his job despite two ex-wives telling the Federal Bureau of Investigation that he'd physically and mentally abused them.
Porter has denied the charges. "Domestic violence is abhorrent and has no place in our society".
CNN reported on Saturday that Mulvaney is a leading contender to eventually replace Kelly. His two ex-wives gave their accounts of abuse to the Federal Bureau of Investigation during a routine background check, which meant that by 2017, Trump administration officials – including Kelly – had known "Porter was facing troubles in obtaining his security clearance and that his ex-wives claimed he had abused them", CNN previously reported. "I care about Rob and in no way want him to be harmed".
Kelly said he did not know the full severity of the claims until just recently. Strangers complimented him to me every time we went out.


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Many think that being overweight means that you have enough food to sustain the body. The unfortunate truth for some obese people is that although they're getting far too many calories, they are empty, unnutritious calories. Obese individuals from around the world actually suffer from malnutrition.
One study published by the National Institute of Health investigated the prevalence of malnutrition and obesity in a small Brazilian village. The study found that 30 percent of the children in the village were malnourished, some of whom were obese. Over 6 percent of the boys were obese and nearly 9 percent of the girls were obese. Percentage of obesity in malnourished children increased if one of the parents was obese.
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This would be my very first actual project I made other than a workbench and some free standing storage rack/shelves. I had saw the video of how Steve made one and I felt like it would be something I could possibly do myself. Well a week later and some bad glue marks on the top that I could not seem to figure out why they wouldn't just go away. A mallet was made and believe it or not I am actually kinda happy with it. Nothing like I would see on here but hey I gotta start somewhere. At least I tried something a pro actually made
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#1 posted 07-30-2012 01:49 AM
Nice mallet Jason, keep making your own tools and the satisfaction
#2 posted 07-30-2012 02:08 AM
Nice work, you should be happy with it. It works doesn't it!
-- "I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The point is to bring them the real facts." - Abraham Lincoln
#3 posted 07-30-2012 11:56 AM
Hi Jason, welcome to Lumberjocks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is a nice mallet. You'll find you will use it often in the shop!
-- Jim Jakosh.....Practical Wood Products...........Learn something new every day!! Variety is the Spice of Life!!
#4 posted 07-30-2012 06:17 PM
Cool~ I want to make one~ I have been meaning too, but just havent.
Do you have any lessons learned? (what to do, or not to do?)
-- Ride hard or go home~
#5 posted 07-30-2012 06:57 PM
I learned the hard way I guess that my choice of wood was not the answer. I'm still lost as too why I have glue marks on my projects. I see lots of projects out there with hundreds of glue lines that are completely invisible. Like for instance the "GEOMATRIX" tables that (Mr. Joseb) has designed. There must be close to a thousand different glue ups and not a single flaw.??
#6 posted 08-01-2012 11:34 AM
Yes, this is a nice one. It's always gratifying to make you own tools instead of ruching to buy them. Nice work.
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|ELIO "ELIJAH" LLEO // Exec. PRODUCER & HOST
Elio, is a native of Northern New Jersey and a graduate of Kean University, having earned his Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Performance.
Over the last five years, Elio has worked tirelessly to produce Priority One Podcast – the premiere Star Trek Online podcast. Whether it was recruiting and managing the global team of talented volunteers, arranging interviews with special guests, finding sponsors or managing crowd funding, or writing content for the podcast, Elio had a hand in it all.
A long-time Trekkie, Elio has been watching the series since he was a child and sneaking in late night back to back episodes of TNG reruns. He finally embraced the Trekdom in college and spent many hours not studying to watch the various series.
Kenna is a gaming enthusiast whose love of games led her to start livestreaming and making videos on YouTube. She joined Star Trek Online in 2014, and it was the first MMO she ever played; now she calls Holodeck her second home.
Star Trek: The Next Generation was Kenna's first experience of Star Trek. She discovered it when she was in high school and was instantly a fan; she's been a Trekkie ever since.
Kenna was born in Washington, DC but now resides on Florida's Gulf Coast. Having earned her degree in aerospace engineering from Cornell University, she still retains an interest in all things space science.
Originally hired to be Priority One's video director, Tony became a host because he just would not stop talking. Seriously. He's now flexing his hosting muscles on Priority One's sister podcast, Guard Frequency, as well. It's a pretty good show, you should check it out.
Tony believes that the best movie of all time is The Princess Bride (inconceivable!) and that the best Star Trek movie is Wrath of Khan, but First Contact is a very close second.
Elliot Tan was the glue that kept Priority One Podcast together during the first transition. Acting as producer, editor, content creator, and leader, Elliot ensured that the new crew (James & Elijah) stayed on course.
Nowadays, Elliot works behind the scenes with Elijah, Tony, Lennon, and Cookie to ensure that all Priority One Productions stay true to their mission: To entertain, educate, and represent the best of the community while having fun!
Michael McDonald (aka Fleet Admiral Winters) hails from the beautiful island of Ireland near the west coast in County Sligo, the home of W.B. Yeats. Michael is a Military man having served since March of 2003. Michael has completed several Tours Overseas, which include 2 Tours to Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Michael is a lifelong Star Trek fan and his passion for Trek is part of the reason he decided to join the Military. Growing up watching TNG he just couldn't get enough of it. While TNG will always be the reason he got into Star Trek he can't say that it is his favourite Star Trek show. It is a toss up between TNG and DS9. Michael has been a gamer pretty much since childhood and was introduced to STO around the release of the first expansion to the game "Legacy of Romulus" and has been playing ever since. It is his first MMO but he has embraced it 200%.
Michael is the overall Commander-in-Chief for the Priority One Armada and is extremely proud of of his members and senior Admirals for all their accomplishments. Star Trek Online has offered Michael many new opportunities and challenges such as creating two websites for two Fleets and now being a Producer and Chief Audio Engineer for Priority One Podcast.
|BRANDON PARKER // Asst. AUDIO EDITOR
Brandon "aileronroll" Parker started out blogging for different sites, such as Destructoid, IGN and Rooster Teeth before landing at Front Towards Gamer as a writer, associate editor and podcast producer. He joined the Priority One Podcast crew in May of 2015.
Hailing from Bristol, UK, Lennon first joined Priority One as an audio assistant before moving in to production and web development.
A mobile software developer by trade, outside of work Lennon enjoys geocaching, playing the ukulele and get his hands involved in anything technical in the theatre. Lennon got his first taste for MMOs way back in the days of Meridian 59 before moving on to Anarchy Online, and has played pretty much every MMO that's published a demo since.
He first got interested in Star Trek when he was 4, and his dad would let him stay up past his bed-time if Lennon would watch "Captain Kirk" with him. Lennon has also often said that if it wasn't for Geordi LaForge, he never would have gotten into IT and programming.
Lennon also claims to be the world's biggest Tolkien fan (though he now might have a rival in Stephen Colbert) and has a passion for learning languages.
A Priority One Podcast listener since episode one, Henry was thrilled to be brought on board after meeting Elijah and Jayce at the Star Trek convention in Cherry Hill, New Jersey in 2014.
Henry is a life long Star Trek fanatic. His home office and design studio are covered from wall to wall and floor to ceiling with his massive collection of Star Trek memorabilia. His prized collection includes ships, figures, film cells, props and a razor sharp batleth. His favorite movie is 'The Wrath Of Khan'. His favorite Trek episode is 'A Piece of the Action'.
When he's not designing graphics for Priority One, he's running his own successful freelance design company. Over the course of his 20 year career as freelance designer he has worked on lots of projects including apparel design, print media, video and the web. Henry is also an accomplished programmer with six published games for the Windows Phone platform and current projects for iOS.
Jayce has been a Trek fan since childhood, watching TAS and TOS reruns with his dad and taking time out during a family vacation to go back to the hotel to see Encounter at Farpoint. Similarly a gamer since coaxing crackles and pops out of an Intellivision, he started playing MMOs with EverQuest and tried many before settling on STO prior to launch.
Having always enjoyed the more analytical characters like Spock and Data, Jayce enjoys elegant ship builds (especially if they combine nods to canonicity alongside the min-maxing), crafting and inventory management. Just kidding, no one likes inventory management. Also, his mom still teases him about his teenage crush on Doctor Crusher. C'mon, it's right in her name!
|JAKE MORGAN // PRODUCT REVIEWER, WRITER & Asst. AUDIO EDITOR
Jake is a life-long trekkie, Day one STO-er, and huge fan of Priority One. Star Trek TOS helped shape young Jake and he finds it astounding that a show originally airing in 1966 taught a boy in the mid 80's so very much. It taught him the pettiness of racism, the importance of understanding, and gave hope that we, as a people, can overcome our shortcomings to achieve greatness. Most important, though, TOS taught us all that passion is squeezing a womans shoulders uncomfortably and jamming ones head to anothers so hard it was as though one were trying to kiss spine. Jake's wife thanks James T. Kirk.
Jake is excited and humbled to be able to work with a group as professional, entertaining, and welcoming as Priority One, and has 'geeked' several times when he considers he has the opportunity to contribute to a show he loves.
In the last two years, Cookie assisted in the development of Priority One Podcast with Livestream Events, in-game community engagement, video production, event coverage, and overall show improvements.
A long-time Trekkie, Cookie enjoys attending conventions in full TNG Era Medical Officer regalia! When not attending conventions or producing a show, you'll find Ms. Cakes in Star Trek Online!
|Dr. ROBERT HURT // SCIENCE ADVISOR
Born and raised in North Carolina and a graduate of UCLA, by day Robert works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Labs.
He says he can't remember a time when he wasn't devouring anything with pictures of planets, nebulas, or galaxies, and blames it all on Mr. Spock who was kind of a role model growing up, demonstrating that science was a pretty cool thing to be good at.
Besides his research interests in astronomy, Robert has long been a hobbyist in art, graphics, and photography. Growing up reading about special effects, Robert was delighted to have software on my computer that allowed him to visualize alien worlds. But sometimes your hobbies can catch up with your professional life. By the time the Spitzer Space Telescope was ramping up for launch, Robert took the position of visualization scientist for the project.
Born in the highlands of Scotland, Steve was mainly brought up in East of England, UK. Steve works in IT in both a full-time and part-time capacity as a Technical Development Specialist and Software Engineer.
Although Steve had seen numerous and sporadic episodes of TOS, TNG and DS9, he did not find his love for Star Trek until his late teens when he started watching Star Trek Voyager (before people's minds hit the gutter it was pre-Jeri Ryan joining the crew!).
Steve learned about and joined Star Trek Online, his first MMO, in June 2011 and has enjoyed playing since then. Before playing STO, Steve mainly played console games with his favourite being the Metal Gear Solid series on the PlayStation consoles. Since joining STO, Steve has become a quite an active member of the community where he has helped to promote STO podcasts, written a guest blog on the STO and StarTrek.com web site and hosted multiple community quizzes.
Skiffy is a two-time Emmy award winning sound engineer who when asked to give a small bit of info about himself for a biography said "My entire life I've aspired to gain enough fame to where people would write wiki pages for me. I'd never have to write a bio again — and resumes? Forget it, we have IMDB for that!"
Unfortunately Wikipedia doesn't (yet) have a page for James Skifter, so for now this mysterious man will have to remain an enigma…
Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, Ben has a Bachelor of Arts in Recording Arts and is an Audio Engineer working in the film and television post-production industry. He specializes in dialogue recording and editing for films, TV dramas and animation.
Ben has been playing STO since June 2013, and it is the first MMO he has played. He is a proud member of 12th Fleet. Although he loves all of STO, some of his favorite parts of the game are ground combat, story missions, and crafting. Ben's love for Star Trek began when watching TNG on air when he was a young teenager. Ben's Dad talked about Captain Kirk, so then TOS reruns were watched. TNG has always been Ben's favourite series and "Best of Both Worlds" remains as one of his favourites.
A bit of a fitness freak, Ben trains in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and likes to compete in competitions in Australia. He is a novice astronomer and other interests include music production, sci-fi, Formula 1, rugby, most sports really, and long walks on the beach.
|AZMARIA // Asst. AUDIO EDITOR
Azmaria is a long time Star Trek fan, having started watching TNG with her mom when it first came out. As the years went by, her love continued to grow for the ideals and the adventure that Star Trek continues to represent and promote. She now leads two writing groups and is a member of several others so as to not only tell her own Star Trek stories, but to help others tell their own unique stories.
Along the road, she's had innumerable hobbies that aided her specifically in her pursuit of all things Trek, including prop electronics building, costume design, sewing, jewelry crafting, writing, graphic arts, and many others. She's been involved in audio editing and songwriting since 2007 when she decided to try her hand at recording her poetry to the sounds of nature. Her heroes growing up were always the science minded characters in Star Trek (Spock, Data, Jadzia Dax, and Seven of Nine), each one playing a pivotal role in her choices growing up and as a young adult.
Kate hails from south of Boston, where they live with their wife, Robyn, and a small menagerie of animal friends. They attended Savannah College of Art and Design and Bridgewater State University, where they earned their B.A. in Art, concentrating in graphic design and handweaving.
A lifelong Trek fan, Kate rediscovered their love for the franchise while watching reruns of Deep Space Nine on cable in college. Kate and Robyn have been attending science fiction conventions as their Andorian alter-egos Ell and Vynni since 2005. The two recently launched their own chapter of Klingon Assault Group and started The Farthest Star, a blog about their adventures, both geeky and culinary.
Kate has been a gamer since childhood, but tends to prefer single-player console games and overcomplicated board games to MMOs, occasionally making an appearance on STO or Defiance.
|JASON SMITH // Asst. GRAPHIC ARTIST
Jason grew up in the Ontario, Canada. He enjoy sci-fi like Doctor Who, Babylon 5 and of course all parts of Star Trek. He played many MMOs from Everquest, City of Heroes and currently Star Trek Online
When not playing MMOs, He works on drawing, painting and most recent started doing art work with photoshop and/or illustrator
Jonathan Towry grew up in San Diego California, his dad was very much into comics and Sci-fi, and he passed that passion on to his son. Jonathan spent most of his time reading comics and sci-fi books and then drawing from his imagination, creating his own worlds. Star Trek was a natural fit for him, and he would watch reruns of the original series whenever they were on TV. When he was about 8 years old Star Trek: TNG started and Jonathan's love of Trek was solidified.
Video Games have also been a big part of Jonathan's world. When the NES first came out, his dad bought the family one and he has continued playing games down to this day.
Jonathan started with STO when it went free to play. It's his first MMO and still his favorite.
Jonathan currently lives in Raleigh North Carolina with his wife and two sons. He works as a computer trainer by day and a graphic designer by night.
Websites: towrydesigns.com | picklemangames.com
|JERRY L. TILLMAN, Jr. // VIDEO EDITOR
A native of Florida, Jerry was introduced to Star Trek through his father's library of TOS VHS tapes. He followed the resurgence of Trek from the first TNG episode through the launch of Voyager. He came back to the Trek fold in 2001 and got hooked into Enterprise.
Gaming since he was old enough to use a keyboard, STO is his first and only MMO experience and, although he bought it at launch, has only been truly active since just before the Legacy of Romulus Expansion. A proud member of the fleet Task Force Defiance, you can find him in-game and always ready to lend a hand.
Hayden was born, raised and educated in Toronto, Canada where he resides with his wife and their two children (one of whom, may share a name in common with a Star Trek character). There he works for a financial services company, where he happily develops software.
Being a big fan of Star Trek, he purchased a copy of Star Trek Online when it was launched. Even though he stopped playing the game after the first three months, he continued to listen to multiple podcasts about it, so he could track its development. Like many others, he rejoined the game when it went free to play.
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Master, the Tempest is Raging (42 by 30 inches, oil on canvas on panel)
I have a testimony that our Savior and Redeemer can calm the storms of life.
Mary Ann Baker was the well-known author of the hymn, "Master the Tempest is Raging."
The second verse of this hymn describes in vivid detail our Savior calming an actual storm. With this same power, He calms the tempests that are a part of our mortal experience. Mary Ann Baker experienced many trials and extreme adversity due to the loss of her parents and brother to tuberculosis. She wrote how this challenged the very core of her faith, until "the Master's own voice stilled the tempest in my unsanctified heart, and brought it to the calm of deeper faith and a more perfect trust" (Davidson, Our Latter-day Hymns, pp. 147-48).
Years earlier, my brother dreamed about this scriptural account and encouraged me to paint this painting. These experiences were the catalyst for the inspiration for this painting.
Scriptural reference: Mark 4:35-41


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one of the fantasy vibes I like at scientific meetings is the sense we're all pulling together towards the same ends. In harmony. As a team.
We have the same mountain to climb, the same dragons to slay and we're all just happy to play our part.
The science is the thing.
We're not in competition and we aren't seething mad about the grant or paper review this peer right in front of us is suspected of writing.
We even pretend to think all of our peers' models, questions, theories and findings are highly valuable.
It's a good feeling to pretend, if only for a little while.
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C5-018 Water Decal - Roses on blue~
After using so many full nail design sticker/water decal, I have become lazy. I don't feel like taking hours to paint my nails anymore when I can just stick the whole thing on my nails. So, here is another water decal that I previously bought. I don't really like this particular one. The colors look wash out. The blue and the pink roses don't seem to match.
One pack of these comes with 12 water decal. As usual, I use only half of it as I can't stand having all my nails having the same design.
I really want to wash these off now, but it seems a waste of time and money if I wash it off right away...
I cut the water decal a bit too much...showing too much of my nail on the side....
The color of the roses just doesn't match with the ugly blue base color. If you wanted to buy this design, I recommend you not to. This here already look a million times better than real life. If you buy this design, you will definitely regret it.
The blue makes my hand look dirty and dark. I can't stand looking at my hands now.
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Many of the data required to calculate the Safer Healthcare Now! (SHN!) acute myocardial infarction (AMI) measures are already available in the Discharge Abstract Database (DAD). Some hospitals are calculating these measures today, using an approach where clinical staff use a checklist to collect a small number (6–8) of data elements while patients are still in hospital (see sample form). This information is sent along with the patient's chart to health records. Once the chart is abstracted, health records staff calculate the indicators and provide them to clinical teams for review and action. This makes efficient use of clinicians' time and avoids collecting the same data twice.
At the request of a number of hospitals, CIHI has developed draft data collection guidelines for a project field in the DAD, which allow hospitals to enter the additional AMI data in a consistent way. These a dditional data would include all of the SHN! requirements, as well as selected other data on an optional basis. Download the abstracting guidelines here.


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One of my many hats is that of a Governor to a local Primary School and we just reviewed and updated our "Acceptable Use Policy" for IT part of which was an "Email Etiquette" guide. I thought this part would be useful to a wider audience so I've generalised it and used it below.
1. Know Your Audience
Your e-mail greeting and sign-off should be consistent with the level of respect and formality of the person you're communicating with. Write your emails for the person who will be reading it – if they tend to be very polite and formal, write in that language. The same goes for a receiver who tends to be more informal and relaxed.
If you don't know your audience then it's better to go with the formal approach and let their own responses dictate your approach for future emails. A person expecting an informal email is less likely to be offended by a formal email that a person expecting a formal email is likely to be offended by an email which starts "Yo ..."!
2. Emotions Don't Translate Well
Happiness, anger, etc are very difficult to communicate in an email and are also open to wide interpretation. For example "That's great" - does that mean well done for good work or was that sarcasm?
This goes both ways. Don't assume something you've read and taken personally was intended that way. Pick up the phone, drop by the desk (if possible) and talk to the person. If something is not clear seek clarification - don't jump to conclusions. Cultural background, experience with email, as well as just how busy/rushed that person was at the time! can all feature in an email.
3. Respond In A Timely Fashion
If the email requires a simple acknowledgement (such as "Yes, I understand", or "See you then") then respond quickly, for emails which require a more detailed response then 2 or 3 days might be okay, if an email requires a response then longer than that might cause people to think that their email has been missed or ignored (just dropping the sender back an email saying "I've received your email, I'll have the report for you end of next week" - can help with larger tasks).
4. Be Clear In Your Subject Line
With inboxes being clogged by hundreds of e-mails a day, it's crucial that your subject line gets to the point. It should be reasonably simple and descriptive of what you have written about.
Never open an old e-mail, hit Reply, and send a message that has nothing to do with the previous one. Do not hesitate to change the subject as soon as the thread or content of the e-mail chain changes.
5. Email Attachments
Attachments included in emails should be appropriate to the email message, have meaningful names, and where appropriate use a file format that the recipient(s) are likely able to open (i.e. PDF rather than Word or Excel).
If you're sending a lot of attachments then you might have to split your message up - if that's necessary then try and add something that gives the user an idea how many emails to expect so they know they've got everything (for example "Email 1 of 3 ...").
6. Be Careful With Confidential Information
You are responsible for your own emails. If you need to put confidential information into an email you need to ensure that the recipients are aware that the information is confidential and that they shouldn't then forward it on to other people.
One way to do this is to add "** CONFIDENTIAL **" to the start (not the end) of the email subject.
7. Know When To Stop
Sometimes emails will go back and forth as each recipients attempts to "clarify" something - if you spot this it's best to pick up the phone and have a quick call to clear up any confusion rather than continuing with back-and-forth emails!
8. Keep It Short And To The Point
Like this.
9. Include An Email Signature
Outlook (and many other email programs) will let you specify an email signature that is automatically attached to all of your emails. This is a very useful feature for including thinking the like the company you work for and your contact details (phone number, website, etc). If you keep this up to date then it works really well.
Outlook will also let you have a different signature when you reply to an email than if you just created a new one - this is useful as it can be much shorter (Name, Mobile number) and won't clog up the conversation with lots of unnecessary detail.
10. Ready To Send?
Always spell check your message (and subject) before sending. Take time to send your messages to the right people (To), people who are interested but aren't required to response are copied in (CC) and people who you want to read the email message but who need to be invisible to other recipients are on the BCC list.
Beware of the "reply all", ask yourself if all the recipients need the information in your message. If they don't, why send it, and if they do should they be included in the reply or forwarded a separate copy.
If your email is high or low priority, remember to set the appropriate flag but overuse of the high priority might lead to people ignoring it.
So that's it. 10 (simple?) points for better email. The key point though for documents like this is to keep them updated and make sure the users, the people who will be following it, have a means of contributing into the next version.
Your e-mail is a reflection of you, in some cases this might even be the first impression someone has of you, with a few simple tricks and attention to detail you can appear professional and get across the message you have to convey.


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Today is Blog Action Day 2011. It is also World Food Day. This year's theme for Blog Action Day is Food. Bloggers all over the world are writing about this one theme, from their own unique perspective. To find out more, visit the Blog Action Day website. Read more of our Blog Action Day posts on Heifer Blog here.
Happy World Food Day, everyone.
When you have plenty, food is something to celebrate. For those who lack enough, however, it can be a daily struggle. Food security is defined by the World Health Organization as existing "when all people at all times have access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life." Before Heifer enters the picture, our project participants are food insecure. When you're food insecure, you might have enough food to feed your family breakfast and lunch, but not dinner. You might have enough food for your children, but not yourself. You might have enough food five days a week, but not seven; or during the harvest months, but not the thin months.
Food insecurity is scary, and there are many factors that contribute to the situation. A significant factor that has been getting a lot of attention lately is the rising cost of food. That's the theme for this year's World Food Day: Food Prices–From Crisis to Stability. Today we are called to "look seriously at what causes swings in food prices, and do what needs to be done to reduce their impact on the weakest members of global society."
Those weakest members of society? Those are Heifer's participants. At least, that's one way to describe them before they receive their gifts of training and livestock. Our work can play a big role in helping families protect themselves against the negative impacts of volatile food prices. Because when you're empowered to grow much of the food your family needs, you're way less reliant on the global–and even local–food economy. That's just as true here in the United States, but it's strikingly more significant in developing countries, which account for 98 percent of the world's 925 million hungry people in 2010.
What do you think? What else can be done to reduce the impact of rising food costs on the poor and hungry?
Today is also Blog Action Day, which has the appropriate theme of Food this year. Stay tuned here on Heifer Blog for a series of posts by some of our own Heifer staff with their thoughts on food.


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I tried bg bucket but this file well exceeds the 3mb limit. That's why I put it on drop box.
Basically I wanted a decent sized map that had a ton of information on it. I found this map: http://home.comcast.net/~nakomaru/ffmaps/
Then proceeded to downloaded all the most detailed chunks of images from the website, in total almost 800 images to arrange. So I arrange all the most detailed images I could get into this file, flattened it, the link above is for a jpg but I also have pdf and psd in the following dropbox folder:
This is a low resolution preview that I uploaded elsewhere, just so you could see what it looked like. The high res files are at the drop box links.
I printed two versions of this today, one smaller one with all 3 maps together, and another larger one where the 3 maps were cut apart separately, they both came out awesome.
Fiance was having trouble figuring out where she should be leveling so this should help quite a bit.
I left the creator's credits on the map because reasons, if you want them removed its not that hard to figure out how to do it yourself.


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Statistiques de Houle pour Airport Rights, Hiver: Toutes Houles – Tous Vents
This picture describes the range of swells directed at Airport Rights over a normal southern hemisphere winter, based on 8738 NWW3 model predictions since 2006 (values every 3 hours). The wave model does not forecast wind or surf right at the shore so we have chosen the best grid node based on what we know about Airport Rights. In this particular case the best grid node is 33 km away (21 miles).
The rose diagram describes the distribution of swell sizes and swell direction, while the graph at the bottom shows the same thing without direction information. Five colours show increasing wave sizes. The smallest swells, less than 0.5m (1.5 feet), high are coloured blue. These occurred only 0.9% of the time. Green and yellow show increasing swell sizes and red illustrates the highest swells, greater than >3m (>10ft). In either graph, the area of any colour is proportional to how often that size swell happens.
The diagram indicates that the dominant swell direction, shown by the longest spokes, was SSW, whereas the the dominant wind blows from the ESE. Because the wave model grid is away from the coast, sometimes a strong offshore wind blows largest waves away from Airport Rights and out to sea. We combine these with the no surf category of the bar chart. To simplify things we don't show these in the rose plot. Because wind determines whether or not waves are surfable at Airport Rights, you can select a similar diagram that shows only the swells that were predicted to coincide with glassy or offshore wind conditions. During a typical southern hemisphere winter, swells large enough to cause good for surfing waves at Airport Rights run for about 99% of the time.
IMPORTANT: Beta version feature! Swell heights are open water values from NWW3. There is no attempt to model near-shore effects. Coastal wave heights will generally be less, especially if the break does not have unobstructed exposure to the open ocean.


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Fr Ed Stewardship Message
A Disciple's Response: Stewardship {#4}
_______What do you have that you didn't receive as a gift? I Cor. 4:7_____
In the last news letter the significance of our time was raised. How are we stewards of our time in a way that serves the Kingdom well? Pretty much every day most of us have more to do than we are able to do. Given that reality, we are often 'railroaded' by the things that are the most demanding or the most vocal, but not always the most important. Key to having our stewardship of time be done well is to set priorities that actually reflect our values as sons and daughters of God. The more clearly we set and maintain those priorities, the greater the likelihood that when faced with choices of how to spend our time, we will make the right ones.
The first priority in our lives is always our relationship with the Lord Jesus. For that relationship to work we must pray. Prayer takes time. The highest priority for our time needs to be the time we spend with the Lord Jesus in prayer. Having said that, it is probably all of our experiences that, while prayer is the most important need in our life, it is also the least 'demanding': family, work, school, many other needs demand our attention far more vocally than does our prayer life. Knowing that, we need to take special care to set aside time for it. Fr. Michael Scanlon wrote a book called Appointment with God in which he recommends sitting down and scheduling in appointments with the Lord Jesus, just as we would any other appointment, and then sticking to it, just as we would any other scheduled meeting with someone of great importance in our lives. The Scriptures clearly favor an early prayer time. It has two great advantages. First, it is not a time that is as likely to be interrupted by other events; second, if we begin the day anchored in prayer, it will tend to keep our whole day more focused on the Lord Jesus. This will require a certain amount of self-discipline, e.g. getting to bed on time so that we are actually conscious for our prayer time in the morning. This can present a significant challenge, but the results are worth the effort: a deeper relationship with the Lord Jesus!
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What's In Your Closet?
Thank you to Everyone sending in pictures!
This Cosplay is from NanjoKoji (Edward Cullen) and Fujimiyaran (Bella Swan) from Germany! They are both well-known for their Cosplay on Deviantart.com – Here's their pages if you want to check them out!
This is Viki cosplaying as Alice from Toronto! Viki sent in a few pictures, but I had to post all of them because the photos and outfits are great! 🙂
Featuring the Diane Von Furstenberg Oleada Dress…truly a beautiful outfit! Viki also has a Deviant art page where you can check out more of her awesome cosplay!
This is Sarah! Modeling the curly hair and a very Bella like pose!
Bella and Edward 🙂 – modeling the Birthday Dress
Sarah's Modeling the Goody Stay Put Headband! This is such a great Bella and Edward pose!
Bella in Port Angeles perhaps? :p with the BB Dakota jacket!
This is Clover From Killeen, Texas! She's cosplaying as Alice Cullen, and is modeling off the Dianne Von Furstenberg dress! If you're looking for this one, ladies, your definitely not going to be finding it in stores. This is because Clover made the dress herself! 🙂 She also made the bracelet! Clover has her own Ebay site in which she replicates certain Twilight movie things, or creates jewelry inspired by the movie. The stuff on her page is awesome and very reasonable, AND she takes special orders, so take a look!
Clover is sporting off The Earings Alice wears in her first scene of Twilight.
Does the hat look familiar? It's Bella's Hat From The La Push Scene in Twilight! 🙂
This is Maria from Barcelona, Spain! She's sporting a beautiful blue dress in the likeness of Bella's prom dress! She is also wearing the white version of Bella's Goody Stay Put Headband, and Bella's moonstone ring, found on Etsy.com! Beautiful picture! 🙂
This is Sani from Georgia, not to be confused with Georgia, USA!
Sani is wearing Bella's prom dress, along with a turquoise cuff bracelet made in the likeness of Bella's.
Sani is also wearing Bella's moonstone ring, St. Jude bracelet, and prayer bracelet. The pictures were taken at Sani's prom as well! Great choice of prom dress Sani! Alice does a great job!
Here is Sani's blog! (If you need a translation, go to google translate – its very helpful! 🙂 )
This is Annabella Modeling her Burkman Brothers Jacket – Looks great!!! 🙂
This is Jasmine! She is actually Clover's daughter 🙂 She's modeling Bella's Birthday dress which clover made – pretty awesome! 🙂
Edward decided to stop by for a quick photoshoot before the Eclipse premiere – The books were right – he does take pictures very well!
This is Nicole, from the Netherlands! 🙂 She put together Bella's outfit from the ending meadow scene of Eclipse! All the clothes from H&M!
She is also wearing the Stephanie Meyer approved Engagement ring, a moonstone ring she already owned that looks like Bella's (what luck!) and the St. Jude Bracelet! 🙂 Well done Nicole! 🙂 🙂 🙂
This is Anna from Denmark! 🙂 She recently traveled to Voltera! how exciting! 🙂
A Very Bella pose next to a very familiar someone 🙂 – Anna says the shirt if from an Italian H&M and the jeans are from a Danish H&M – this makes me happy H&M are pretty much international 🙂
Awesome Job Anna!
She's showing off her Moonstone ring and paper cut! Uh oh!
Great pic Katie!
Here's some more pictures of Viki! 🙂 – She had attended Twi Con in Canada! 🙂 – heeey… he looks very familiar….
The Hillywood show was there as well! 🙂
Of course, Alice always looks fashionable and is always posing for a picture 🙂 – Awesome job again, Viki! 😀
This is Hannah! Cosplaying as Bella Swan – Lookit the bite mark! – 10 extra points to that!
Rivalries, siblings, and friends – wow so much in one picture!
a very familiar look 🙂Awesome job Hannah!
This is Jamie from NJ! 🙂 She went to the Twilight Convention in L.A and WON the costume contest! 😀
Awesome job, Jamie!!! And Congrats!
This is James from Washington! He poses as..well… James!
He is one of the infamous lookalikes for Dazzled by Twilight, and i had the fun time of getting to work with him! 🙂 He is also officially the first guy to be posted on this page!
Well done, James!
This is Lexi! She's the newest member of the lookalikes in Washington! She's sporting off her Angela wardrobe – I'm pretty excited to see an Angela cosplayer! 🙂 She's my favorite friend of Bella's! 🙂
Awesome Job Lexi! 🙂
This is Chloe! Dressed in an awesome prom outfit!
This is Chessica sporting off more than her awesome Bella clothes! Check out her sweet ride!
Well done, Chessica, but be warned! Emmet may be installing a stereo in the wrong truck! 🙂
This is Lizzybella, from Germany!
She is 25 years old, an loves to cosplay Bella Swan. She says Bella is her soul character!
Amazing cosplay, Lizzybella! 🙂
This is Katie! She felt inspired to do a whole Bella Photoshoot!
Katie modeling her "I know what you are" look! Amazing photo!!
Katie really captures the mood! Katie was successful and saved Edward! Amazing job, Katie!
This is Linda, from Germany! – She is sporting off Bella's Volterra shirt!
A first! Linda sporting off A Breaking Dawn Bella Vampire outfit!!
Modeling my favorite shirt! Beautiful pictures, Linda!
Another first, Natalie modeling her Bella Swan Makeup – Beautiful job!
This is Shawnya Dressed as Jane! I wouldn't want to cross her path! Amazing job!
Here is Natalie, now showing off her amazing Renesme outfit and makeup!
Thanks again to all who submit pictures!
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gixdeba sani es kaba 🙂
June 1, 2010 at 4:57 pm
welcome welcome, sani 🙂
I actually found this one through your blog and your blog through twilight.ge and twilight.ge through ummm – forgot 😀
June 5, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Jasmine is excited about getting her pctures posted…thanks Christi!
July 5, 2010 at 8:42 am
Jasmine's so cute 🙂
July 10, 2010 at 6:05 pm
those dress made by Clover are the SHIT! i'd totally buy one if i had somewhere to where them lol.
August 3, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Thanks Kiann!
August 11, 2010 at 9:48 am
Thanks for Sharing the Pics,
They just opened a H&M store here in AZ, I'm gng to c what i can find before gng back to school…
August 11, 2010 at 1:15 am
oh, you noticed the bite mark! yay! Thanks so much for putting them up!! 🙂
August 16, 2010 at 12:10 am
omg that was sooooooooooooooooo coolll:]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] the dress that clover made was beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i am getting her daughters same exact bedding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!bye! …………………………………………….so awesome.
August 23, 2010 at 2:16 am
oh and nice idea adding the bite mark hannah=]]]]]]))))))))0000
August 23, 2010 at 2:18 am
hey!!!im so anxiouse to see the forks post!!!! lol :)))))
September 27, 2010 at 5:19 pm
Aw, I'm not on here. Haha. Love it though.
October 12, 2010 at 3:23 am
🙂 thank you
October 19, 2010 at 10:00 pm
I like your theme
November 16, 2010 at 11:39 pm
all these photos are amazing !
May 4, 2011 at 4:35 am
Hello ^^
How can I sent a photo from me in my Bella Cosplay?
All the photos here are very amazing!
Sorry for my bad english.
May 29, 2011 at 2:25 am
Wow all look so great i have so many clothes from Bella too… i love her style
June 1, 2011 at 11:38 am
this is epic chessica u look just like bella and where did u get the truck i love this
August 5, 2011 at 1:10 pm
Thank you!!! It was destiny. The truck went for sale by owner 2 blocks from my house. There was a cardboard sign in the window "For Sale" and a phone number. I thought of all the reasons it would be a bad idea….It probably doesn't run, It probably isn't an automatic, etc. I thought it would be for sale by some old man, turns out it was owned by a young girl- you can't judge. When I found that out I wondered if she was a twilight fan or knew she had the short bed Bella truck. I went to meet her in full on cosplay but she said nothing. The truck turned out to be in great condition and just what I needed to be able to buy it. I was so excited- I got a personalized plate "BITTEN." I have been having so much fun, even if it is only my imagination.
August 27, 2011 at 8:32 pm
wear can i get the dress Lizzybella! is wearing?
July 14, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Hey guys!I'm looking for Bella's B-day dress…Is anyone who has it and wants to sell it?Plz help me!
November 10, 2012 at 3:06 am
I just happened upon your website as I was looking for clothes from Breaking Dawn part 2. I'm so happy I found it because your outfits are identical! I was also wondering if I could send you a picture of me as Jane? I had so much fun dressing up as her, and would be thrilled to share it with other Twilight fans!
November 19, 2012 at 1:30 am
Just sent it! Thanks for letting me share it with you! 🙂
November 22, 2012 at 9:02 pm
if anyone's interested in making bella's wedding gown from the ground up there's a pattern out from Butterick. B5779. http://butterick.mccall.com/b5779-products-22951.php?page_id=153
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The people over at ACE/TAO HQ have patched a minor issue that affects us (https://issues.jboss.org/browse/BLACKTIE-147) so I am upgrading the build to use this latest version.
It does mean that you will need to rebuild and reinstall ACE in your local repository if you aren't on a CentOS 5.4 64bit, CentOS 5.5 32bit or Visual C 9 32bit based development.
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The purpose of the mapping discussed below is to concatenate the employee skills data available in the EMPLOYEE_SKILLS source table and load it into the EMPLOYEE_SKILL_SUMMARY target table.
Below is the script for EMPLOYEE_SKILLS source table:
Below is the script for EMPLOYEE_SKILLS source table:
The data available in the EMPLOYEE_SKILLS table is shown below:
Below is the script for EMPLOYEE_SKILL_SUMMARY target table:
The data from EMP_SKILL1, EMP_SKILL2 and EMP_SKILL3 columns of EMPLOYEE_SKILLS table should be concatenated as comma separated values into the EMP_SKILLS column of the EMPLOYEE_SKILL_SUMMARY table.
The mapping shown above is the earlier mapping which concatenated all the skill Input port values in the EMP_SKILL_OUT Output port in the EXP_CONCAT_SKILLS Expression Transformation. The expression used in the EMP_SKILL_OUT port is shown below.
The issue surfaced after the data was loaded in the target table. Below are the records loaded into the EMPLOYEE_SKILL_SUMMARY table.
Now, the EMP_SKILLS field was displayed in some analytical reports and the way the data showed up didn't look very pleasing. For instance, EMP_ID = 1199 has no skills in the EMPLOYEE_SKILLS source table, so when the three input port values were concatenated in the expression transformation, the data displayed in the reports was ',,'. So, a logic needed to be implemented that took care of NULL values and didn't add a 'comma' for the NULL values.
The new logic is discussed below.
Instead of concatenating all the EMP_SKILL1_IN, EMP_SKILL2_IN and EMP_SKILL3_IN port values together, the new logic checked if the Input Skill values in the ports EMP_SKILL1_IN and EMPSKILL2_IN were having NULL values. If it is a NULL value, it will pass a blank string as '', else it would concatenate the incoming value with a 'comma' in the variable ports EMP_SKILL1_V and EMP_SKILL2_V.
The EMP_SKILLS_CONCAT_V variable port will concatenate values from the variable ports EMP_SKILL1_V, EMP_SKILL2_V and the input port EMP_SKILLS3_IN.
Now, the only problem of a 'comma' occurring at the end of the concatenated string will be in a scenario when EMP_SKILL2_IN and EMP_SKILL3_IN values are NULL or when EMP_SKILL3_IN values is NULL. For instance, if we observe in the source table EMPLOYEE_SKILLS, for EMP_ID = 1127, the EMP_SKILL1 and EMP_SKILL2 columns have valid data. So, for this particular record, the EMP_SKILLS_CONCAT_V port will have the string value as 'SQL Server 2005,OBIEE 10.1.3.4,'. At the end of the string, the extra comma gets added as well.
To eliminate this 'comma', the string in the variable port EMP_SKILLS_CONCAT_V is reversed in the variable port EMP_SKILLS_REVERSE_V. The EMP_SKILLS_REMOVE_COMMA_V variable port will check for the occurrence of a 'comma' at the start of the data string. If it encounters a comma, it will pass only the substring without the 'comma' at the start of the string, else it passes the data as it is. This is achieved with the expression as shown below.
Now, to get back the original concatenated string without any extra 'comma' , reverse the data again and pass it through the EMP_SKILLS_OUT output port to the final target table column EMP_SKILLS.
These are the records in the EMPLOYEE_SKILL_SUMMARY table after running the modified mapping again.


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Update - Nick's Eye Surgery
Update - Nick's Eye Surgery
We are back home in Sweetwater. The doctor checked Nick's eye this morning and all is well. The prognosis has changed, however. When we talked with the doctor three weeks ago he said there was no hope for any vision and the surgery would only salvage the eye to prevent it from having to be replaced with a prosthesis. The doctor said this morning that Nick would have some sight in the eye but that it was too early to say how much. The vision can continue to improve for six months after surgery. This morning Nick did not have any vision in the eye but apparently there is now hope that will change as the eye heals. God is at work giving hope where there was no hope before!!
Thank you all for praying and please continue to pray for Nick!!!


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Hello, wassailers
It looks and sounds like party central, with cocktails and maritime themes.
Open Daily 11am-late
Crowd: After-workers and commuters
Vibe: Thank God it's nearly Friday
Highs: Location
Lows: Cocktails
Drinks: Beers $4.50-$7, cocktails $13.50.
With the exception of the pan pipes, of course, I can't think of a more annoying instrument than the steel drum. I ponder this as I run the gauntlet of buskers and other street performers who scrape up a living around The Rocks. The steel drum player bangs out Yesterday as I approach my destination.
The strangest of these "entertainers" are those who throw a white sheet over their heads and then stand very, very still on a plinth waiting for money to be thrown at them. I can't think of another job that commands an income for doing nothing.
Cruise, one of the first bars to open in the Overseas Passenger Terminal a few years back, always looks like party central when I take a ferry from Circular Quay at night - leaving me wondering whether I should be heading towards Cruise rather than away from it. I am here to check whether the throngs of people jostling on the wharf and yelping with delight inside are real or just cardboard cut-outs positioned by management to give the appearance of popularity.
It's a muggy night, bordering on swampy, when I arrive to meet a pal who commutes by ferry, but likes hanging around Circular Quay for a bit first trying to pick up sailors.
She's at an outside table when I arrive and immediately tells me: "If I don't eat something soon, I'll be bladdered after one drink." I believe that's what the sailors like. We move swiftly inside the long, bright, white box that is this bar, set up a tab and order cocktails and food from a particularly charmless barman. He's one of many staff muddling, mixing and blending below a DJ who commands the room with his decks from a raised position facing a wall of multi-coloured panels.
Despite the healthy crowd, we easily find seats out on the wharf facing the Opera House, the ferries and the Captain Cook cruisers.
I'm nursing a Simplicity (which to me tastes too much like a liquid boiled sweet) and my maritime mate has a lychee martini, which comes with a lychee ball garnish - she takes great relish in rolling it suggestively around her mouth at passers-by.
Soon our food arrives, the servings so generous the waitress delivers it with a huge pile of napkins clearly assuming the order is for a large group. The antipasto plate alone, piled high with prosciutto, artichokes, boiled eggs, dips and bread, would have been more than enough for us. We blush when she returns, her knees buckling under the weight of our huge bowl of chips plus the spring rolls and fishcakes.
I am not proud to say that, despite our initial shock, we really put our backs into it and are licking plates and bowls clean only moments later.
What I taste from the cocktail list doesn't do it for me. As ever, the music, though good, is too loud inside for conversation. Despite these shortcomings, Cruise is a top spot for people-watching and open-air drinking in summer.
Wait, I can think of another job that requires one to do very little in exchange for loot. This one. Cheers.


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First aid for frostbite
What is frostbite?
Frostbite occurs when tissues (e.g: the skin) are damaged due to freezing temperatures. It commonly affects the extremities, fingers and toes, as these are furthest from the heart and more susceptible to freezing.
What are the signs and symptoms of frostbite?
The initial stages of frostbite are sometimes known as "frost nip". This results in the area feeling painful, cold and altered sensations (such as pins & needles or feeling itchy). As the frostbite develops the area may start to feel hard and turn blue/white in colour. Severe frostbite may not only affect the skin, but also deeper structures such as blood vessels, nerves and muscles.
The person may also be suffering from hypothermia
What is the first aid treatment for frost bite?
First aid for frostbite involves the following steps:
- Assess for any hypothermia – the person may be very cold!
- Remove any rings / watches or constricting items from the affected limb
- Remove any wet or cold clothing. Replace with dry clothing
- Place the affected part in lukewarm water. If not available, hands can be placed under the arm pits.
- Arrange urgent medical assistance
– Place the affected part in very hot water
– Rub the affected part in an attempt to warm it up!
– Walk on toes or feet affected by frost bite


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Winter conditions can be very unpredictable - especially on the road - so it makes sense to get your Citroën ready for the coming season.
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2013-10-22 — ml-implode.com
``There's no question about it... the whole credit industry is a real racket. They've got us over a barrel or under their thumb, pick the cliché you like, but there's just no way out... we simply have to care about our FCIO scores, whether we like it or not. And if we don't, it's going to cost us a bundle.
I've always been frustrated by the whole FICO score thing... I just don't think that a number assigned by a company after scoring a mysterious test is likely to be the end-all-be-all predictor of how you'll pay your bills in the future. In fact, I know it it's not.
I only started paying attention to the whole FICO score thing a few years ago, when I discovered, along with the rest of the nation, that credit card companies were allowed to increase your interest rate to usurious levels, or cut your available credit limit in half... unilaterally, and at any time they desired. And since then I've learned that a low FICO score doesn't just stop you from getting loans, or cause you to pay higher interest rates, it also can mean paying higher insurance premiums, and it can even stop you from getting hired by some employers... it's absolutely incredible how many ways that one number can either help or harm you.''
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The rantings of a Public Defender constantly fighting against society's pervasive Police Industrial Complex. Enjoy the unique perspective of one whose life's work is to fight the system through the system.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Skelly at Arbitrary and Capricious slammed me today.
You know, the law in California has become so very difficult that for some of these guys it was like walking malpractice. I guess that at one time PDs didn't really need to go to training, didn't need to attend CPDA or CACJ conferences, and didn't need to constantly update their knowledge base. But that time is no longer. Every year or two some MAJOR piece of "tough on crime" legislation gets passed by the legislature, the voters, or both. Likewise, so many bad court opinions roll down the pipe that you have to stay abreast of them, lest you fail in the task of defending your client. If you don't keep up, and that is hard to do for anyone, you stand the risk of screwing your client. That goes for younger attorneys twice as much - they have to learn the ins and outs of California law quickly, and absorb stuff like a sponge. My office used to have NO training program. Now we at least have something, and they give us various updated legal materials. But, seriously, why does it seem like no one uses LEXIS? For God's sake, that tool makes our job so much easier.
That being said, it was nice to be noticed, even if it was in a negative way. Hopefully Skelly, who loves Bob Dylan (as do I, but I am sure I don't like him as much as Skelly does - I like Jakob Dylan too (AKA The Wallflowers), but he is nowhere near as intense and interesting as Bob Dylan still is), will keep reading the posts that I write and give me constructive criticism.
Hopefully someone other than myself reads this blog. I'd like to see some discussions start again.
Dennis Wilkins
The Guest PD Blogger
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It might take awhile for the comments to come in. The posts have been far too infrequent and I'm sure some people have given up checking in to see what's new.
I have been reading the column for a few years but I've gotten to the point where I rarely check in.
Just as an FYI: You have a couple of spots in your articles where you have minor grammatical errors.
keep it up. i love your blog.
- Dennis Wilkins said...
Thank you both for the comments. I will try to keep up the posting. I was frustrated that PD Dude wasn't able to post for long periods of time. Now I have a place to speak my mind. I hope that others join in discussions.
Thanks for reading.


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Posted by SkaterDee on Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Labels: bicycle commuting, shadows
We had a very late spring and now it feels like summer is pretty much over and done. We still have August ahead of us! Don't be like that, Summer.
As you can tell, I like to turn up the heat a bit. I didn't even mind the heat wave we had a few weeks ago; I just kept on riding my bike and loving every minute of it. Can we have that back, please?
At any rate, here's me, chasing my shadow with the sun at my back.


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Check out the video below from economists voicing their support for the Occupy Wall Street movement, and acknowledging some of the failures in the discipline to avoid the recent economic collapse. See also the statement of support and list of about 250 economists that have added their names so far.
Occupy Economics from Softbox on Vimeo.
The OWS movement is an excellent example of what happens when the ways in which we go about meeting our needs is socially unsustainable. In the language of the sustainability principles, our economic system has "systematically undermined the capacity of some people (many people) to meet their needs" - eventually there will be consequences.
The video only touches on the ecological risks our current economic system poses to the continuation of a healthy, thriving global society, but it is a big step towards opening up the dialogue to a much wider audience. I hope this will help bring the work of ecological economists to the conversation in a much more meaningful way, so the discipline of economics can help us avoid the "big collapse" of broad, irreversible ecosystem failure, which will make our current economic woes look like a field day.
Stay going.


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For the month of June The Sketch Team at Outlawz is sponsored by That Craft Place.
The image on my card is Le Squeak. A few of us have used the same image but come up with so many different versions even using the sketch :)
The mouse has been coloured with ProMarkers, cut out with a Spellbinders die and edged with a sandstone ProMarker.
Papers are from Lili of the Valley and First Edition. The only other thing I've added are some green self adhesive gems. I've left the card without a sentiment then it can be personalised for whoever buys it.
Here's a close up of the coloured image for you.
Andrea x
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges
Sugar & Betty's Challenge - Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girl - Animal Themed Card
Gitter n Sparkle - Anything Goes


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Solar-powered computer project at Tomball College won't leave students in the dark
The students, under the direction of Engineering Technology Associate Professor Tony Bom, constructed a computer run completely on solar power and at a cost of only $1,200. The project was funded by an internal grant from the North Harris Montgomery Community College District, of which Tomball College is a member college.
"I put forward the idea that we could build a system with solar panels and then use that energy to power the computer," says Bom. "Using what they learned in their electricity courses, the students ran with it. Of course this was all in motion before the recent power outages and soaring energy prices, but it just goes to show these students that what we do in the classroom is very relevant to what goes on around us."
Bom and students "took an application for generating energy using DC (direct current) that is converted to AC (alternating current) and that produced enough power to run a computer and a monitor," he says. "There are two solar panels that convert sun energy into DC voltage - 12 volts - and that voltage goes into a set of batteries."
Since the controller is "intelligent" it constantly monitors the solar panel and the batteries, says Bom. "So, if we have sunlight, it will use that as its power source and will not use the batteries until it has to," he says. "It works great because the computer doesn't know any difference between solar power and electricity from the batteries- all it sees is the standard 120 volts just like it would from any wall plug in a home or office."
Tomball College Computer Club president Jeremiah Allison says the computer club considers the project a "great success." Working together to witness a viable alternative to electricity really "opened their eyes" to a world of possibilities, he says. "Basically we used solar cells, deep marine batteries and other components to power a PC and it's peripherals without having to plug anything into a wall!"
The completion of the project coincides with the United States Department of Energy's "Energy Awareness Month," which is observed annually in October. In fact, homes across the country that are run either primarily or completely on solar power are highlighted in open tours throughout the country coordinated through the American Solar Energy Society (ASES). The ASES is a national organization dedicated to advancing the use of solar energy for the benefit of U.S. citizens and the global environment.
In fact, the federal government has instituted tax credits for residences using solar power. And in addition to saving money in taxes, solar homes can generate income from the power they produce, says Bom.
"I have a friend who set up his house with solar panels on his roof and installed a windmill in his yard, so when there is wind and sun - he's off the grid and he is using his own energy," says Bom. "And when he generates more power than he needs, the energy company has to buy it from him."
Bom says he thinks the project really hit home with the students. "They can see how just a few adjustments during the construction phase of a building can help cut costs in the end and help out the environment, with no change in the quality of service," he says. "And that is a valuable lesson that we all can learn from."
For more information about the Engineering Technology program or the Tomball College Computer Club, visit the campus Web site, at: www.tomballcollege.com.


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text: We may not have jet-propelled backpacks or Terminator-like cyborgs in sight, but there's little doubt that it's tomorrow's world; we're just living in it. We don't have to look further than our own bodies to come to that conclusion, either. With the plethora of wearable technology that's emerging, we're interacting with the latest technological advancements in an increasingly intimate way. From solar-powered jackets to dresses that double as cellphones, consider this a guide to better living through technology.