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SHOAL BAY RIGGERS - 5 BEDROOM HOUSE WITH POOL. Short walk to beach and village.
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Shoal Bay Riggers is situated on Rigney Street, just one block from the pristine Shoal Bay beach and shopping village.
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At the foot of the Tomaree National Park.
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Walk to shops, Award winning restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs and clubs. Plus newsagency, chemist, day spa, resort shops, surfwear, medical centre, IGA supermarket with deli section, bottle shop and take away foods.
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All brand new Blackbutt timber decks Winter 2016.
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Table Tennis table - can use large garage area as rumpus room.
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Of ten leading Republicans, two favor keeping our current immigration policy, two favor changing it more or less radically, and six are agnostic. What future for America would each position lead to?
LAST FALL, a Republican National Committee survey discovered a remarkable unity among 134,000 grassroots activists about the potentially contentious issue of immigration. By a 5 to 1 margin, the party leaders and elected officials affirmed: Immigration levels are too high.
But who at the top of the party will champion such mass sentiment for change? The field is not crowded, at least not this summer, according to an informal canvassing of the RNC and of ten national-profile leaders who are considered possible presidential contenders.
-- Only two of the Republicans (Bob Dole and Pat Buchanan) were prepared even to say they agreed with the grassroots GOP majority. Besides taking strong stands against illegal immigration, both favor the reversal of federal policies that have more than tripled legal immigration since 1965, the year a major overhaul of U.S. immigration law was enacted. "While America remains the land of opportunity, it is not the land of unlimited opportunity for unlimited numbers of immigrants, both legal and illegal," says Dole.
-- Two other leaders (Jack Kemp and Phil Gramm) said they believe the apparent grassroots majority is misled on immigration. They said they wanted to use their leadership to resist cutting legal immigration while educating the voters about the advantages of recent higher levels. "I just don't agree with some of my colleagues that immigration is a threat to America," Kemp said.
Gramm said he feels required by principle to defend immigration: "We have room in America for people who are willing to work. I am not ready, nor will I ever be ready, to tear down the Statute of Liberty or close the door to America. . . . We have found genius in ordinary people through immigration and have brought in new blood, new vision, and new energy."
-- Six GOP leaders (Bill Bennett, Dick Cheney, Dan Quayle, Pat Robertson, Bill Weld, Pete Wilson) declined to endorse either the grassroots desire for change or current high-immigration policies. They (or their spokesmen) indicated that they hadn't given the three-decade phenomenon of renewed mass immigration enough thought to comment on it. A spokeswoman for Bennett was as straightforward as any: "This is not his issue. He's not up to speed on it. He hasn't looked at this issue at all. It's not one he's studied and not one he ever speaks on. He has no expertise on it." The Republican National Committee also places itself with these six leaders, offering no analysis of legal immigration because the 1992 Platform didn't address it.
It is important to note that the lack of leadership is on legal immigration. Many Republicans have been forceful in tackling illegal immigration. But illegal aliens amount to only about one-fourth of permanently settling foreigners each year. Leaders who work only to halt illegal entries would, if successful, ensure merely that future immigration will take four years to create the burdens on America (in terms of congestion, welfare, and so on) that today occur in three years.
THERE are essentially two versions of America's demographic future, deriving from the two major approaches to immigration.
The Challengers' Version. Those who challenge the current immigration policy want to cut immigration back to near its traditional U.S. average of about 297,000 per year (the average annual rate from the beginning of immigration recordkeeping in 1820 to the 1965 Act). If successful, the traditionalists would create a country with a slow-growing population that shortly after 2050 would stabilize for the first time in our history. Foreign workers would play a proportionately decreasing role in the economy (which traditionalists argue would lead to improving standards of living for all Americans). America's ethnic minorities would gradually become a larger percentage of the population, because of continuing, though lower, immigration and relatively high fertility. But the country would retain its European-descended majority and its traditional cultural identity in which an American nationhood -- encompassing different ethnicities but based upon a British/European culture -- would continue to evolve.
Public-opinion polling since 1976 has found the majority of Americans endorsing something similar to this vision of the future. Most have opposed the social changes thrust on their communities by federal immigration policies. Many have been concerned that it will be more difficult to maintain what they consider to be an American lifestyle of personal freedoms in an ever more densely populated country. A 1992 Roper poll found Americans, by a ratio 7 to 1, felt the country was already suffering from too high a population, an opinion that placed the public at direct odds with the government's immigration policy.
Pat Buchanan aggressively advocates the immigration traditionalists' version of the American future. Bob Dole has indicated some sympathy for this America, although his current legislative stance would reduce immigration by such a small amount that the results would not differ significantly from those brought about by the government's current policies.
The Government Version. Those who are enthusiastic about the immigration status quo would create anything but a status-quo country. Their America would be one of rapid demographic change. By 2050, they would have added foreigners and their descendants in numbers equivalent to the entire U.S. population at the time of World War II. Most parts of the economy would be constantly infused with fresh supplies of foreign workers and consumers. Gross economic production should expand, but not necessarily per-capita production. African-Americans -- the country's traditional ethnic minority since the earliest days -- would be surpassed in numbers by populations from other continents. The United States would become, in the words of Ben Wattenberg, a "universal nation," a country made up primarily of minority groups, with no majority ethnic/cultural group.
Although many commentators today believe the unfolding of this new America to be inevitable, it would not occur except for congressional policies. Its most vocal advocates are immigration-rights groups, national religious advocacy offices, economic libertarians, and representatives of some industries. They say high immigration and population growth is necessary to ensure economic vitality and to be true to America's moral obligations.
Gramm's and Kemp's immigration stances would continue Washington's creation of this future of rapid demographic change. But so would the non-stances of Bennett, Cheney, Quayle, Robertson, Weld, and Wilson. Whether or not they prefer this second future, their non-involvement in the debate leaves unhindered the immigration policy that would lead to that future.
ONLY RECENTLY have these two radically disparate versions of America's future begun to be raised to the level of a national debate, with attendant media coverage. Until Buchanan's 1992 presidential bid, Americans who opposed Washington's version had few or no leaders to voice their concerns. Last fall Senator Harry Reid, a moderate Democrat from Nevada, broke the legislative barrier and introduced the first bill to provide what the majority of Americans have been telling pollsters they wanted for the last 18 years: a reduction (by two-thirds) in legal immigration.
Reid has been followed by several rank-and-file House members of both parties who have introduced their own bills. They have tapped into a heretofore unseen reservoir of congressional discontent with both parties' leadership support for rapid demographic change. Collectively, the bills have garnered more than a hundred co-sponsors thus far.
The House immigration traditionalists question the country's ability to keep up with infrastructure, education, environment, law-enforcement, and social-services needs if the government stays its course in boosting the population another 130 million by 2050. And they doubt that the government can expand to provide for all the extra people without raising taxes.
"I don't think Americans want to live in a country with 130 million more people than we already have; I know my constituents don't," said Representative Bob Stump, the little-known Arizona Republican who last February showed up with legislation that would cut current legal immigration by at least 75 per cent. With no forewarning or coordination with party leadership, Stump walked onto the floor of the House with his bill and began asking for endorsements. In a matter of weeks he had surprised everyone by garnering more than five dozen co-sponsors, a third of them Democrats. "Very few people have turned me down after I educate them," Stump said. "I don't know what the rationale of the leadership is, but they just won't sign on."
THE government's demographic future actually was born by accident, according to former Senator Eugene McCarthy, who was one of the co- sponsors of the 1965 legislation. Supporters of the bill such as Senator Edward Kennedy said it would remove unjust barriers to immigrants from non-European countries but promised that it would not substantially change the country's ethnic mix or increase immigration numbers by more than a few thousand over the 1965 level of 297,000. (That number coincidentally is the same as the 1820 - 1965 average.) But the bill's provisions for admitting relatives of immigrants -- and its lack of an overall ceiling -- led to a snowballing effect that supporters neither anticipated nor desired.
Through the 1965 Act, Congress unthinkingly put in place policies that would serve as a blueprint for a much-changed future. As the unexpected results began to appear over the next three decades, however, Congress modified the policy only in ways that accelerated immigration and population growth. The stated motivation almost never had anything to do with a vision of America's future, but rather with satisfying short-term immigration demands.
The challengers' blueprint -- the vision of an America with a population that would grow more slowly at first and eventually stabilize -- arose from a conscious examination of America's demographic future. President Nixon believed that many of the domestic problems of his time were due to the nation's inability to deal with having grown from 100 million to 200 million in only fifty years. He feared the consequences of the nation's growing to 300 million, and so he persuaded Congress to create a commission of 24 leaders from corporations, unions, the two major parties, and environmental, ethnic, and women's organizations. In 1972, after two years of work under the leadership of John D. Rockefeller III, the commission concluded that it could find no benefit from the United States' growing beyond its then population of just above 200 million.
"Population growth forces upon us slow but irreversible changes in lifestyle," the report stated. "Imbedded in our traditions as to what constitutes the American way of life is freedom from public regulation -- virtually free use of water; access to uncongested unregulated roadways; freedom to do as we please with what we own. . . . Clearly, we do not live this way now. Maybe we never did. But everything is relative. The population of 2020 may look back with envy on what, from their vantage point, appears to be our relatively unfettered way of life."
In order to achieve its ultimate goal of a less congested, less regulated, less environmentally destructive and less socially strained style of living, the commission put particular emphasis on family planning. As it happens, however, by the time the commission's report was released, American women already were on the verge of voluntarily lowering their fertility to the two-child average, which they now have maintained for more than two decades.
If the nation's demographic future had rested solely on the fertility decisions of American women since 1970, according to demographer Leon Bouvier, the population today would be around 230 million and headed very slowly to a peak of 247 million in 2030. Instead, it already stands at 260 million, headed rapidly to around 400 million in 2050, with no peak in sight. Hence the importance of another recommendation of the commission: that the government place an annual cap on immigration related to its contribution to demographic change. Through the years, immigration traditionalists have seen that cap as one that should allow a steady but small flow of immigrants -- a level that can be easily assimilated into the American population without threatening its cohesion and sense of identity. At their roots, advocates of traditional levels of immigration have assumed that the American lifestyle, by and large, is a good one that should not be forcibly changed by federal immigration policies.
But the commission's vision of America's future was unveiled amidst the turmoil of Watergate, and Congress ignored the request for an immigration cap.
So America adopted a policy of almost open borders in a fit of absentmindedness. With what result? According to Leon Bouvier, post-1970 immigrants and their descendants are responsible for the majority of the growth since 1970 and will account for 90 per cent of the growth projected between now and 2050 if the policies aren't changed and the fertility rate stays constant.
But opposition has increased as immigration has risen. When legal immigration stood at 297,000 in 1965, Gallup found only 33 per cent of Americans wanting it reduced. By 1976, 52 per cent favored reductions. Last year, with legal immigration nearing a million, a Newsweek poll found 60 per cent of Americans thought immigration is a bad thing for their country. A CNN/ USA Today poll found 65 per cent wanted immigration decreased generally, and 76 per cent said immigration should be stopped or reduced until the economy improves.
This hand-wringing about population changes seems a bit overwrought to defenders of immigration such as Phil Gramm and Jack Kemp. They see the traditionalists' America as a duller land, with a flat economy less able to compete globally. They favor the social and economic dynamism found in the midst of rapid population growth.
"Immigration helps America," Kemp said. "You don't come all the way from Africa or Asia if you aren't willing to take risks. They are entrepreneurial. Immigrants bring a lot of skills and a work ethic that in many places has become passe. There is just a lot of work that would not get done were it not for immigrant Americans taking jobs that a lot of people wouldn't take." Concern about a growing population is misplaced, Kemp says: "I find it unseemly of those on the Left and the Right who view America as a zero-sum game and that there's only so much to go around. When you take that to its conclusion, you end up with Bill Clinton and his world-population-control policies."
Gramm is likewise unimpressed with arguments that larger and more dense populations require more government intrusions: "I've never found a necessity to have a correlation between population and government." He said a continual review of immigration levels is advisable, but he believes the level of immigration and population growth in the last three decades has been good for America. "Not only is America a nation of immigrants, but new immigrants continue to build America and to expand its prosperity and freedom," he said. "We don't have room for people who want to live off the work of others. But I don't believe for a moment that new legal immigrants have been a burden to the economy. They have been a great boon."
IN PREPARATION for telephone interviews for this article, national Republican leaders were given questionnaires outlining various scenarios. Based on their responses, each was connected to one of six scenarios of America's future toward which his current stance would lead.* This is a snapshot of where they stand this summer only. As the debate progresses, their roles of leadership might shift.
Total estimated immigration: 1.272 million per year (972,000 legal and 300,000 illegal) and rising
Additions to population by 2050: 145 to 160 million
This is the America that the Federal Government will in effect create if Congress does not lower legal limits or improve enforcement against illegal aliens.
Few Republican leaders at any level endorse a continuation of the present lax law enforcement and border control. (New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is a rare exception. Facing television cameras in June, the mayor said: "If you come here and you work hard and you happen to be in an undocumented status, you're one of the people who we want in this city.") But the fact that the media and the liberal establishment generally favor the immigration status quo may in part explain the failure of some Republicans to speak out against it.
Total estimated legal immigration: 972,000 per year and rising
Backers: Gramm, Republican National Committee, Wilson
Tacit backers: Bennett, Cheney, Kemp, Quayle, Robertson, Weld
Related legislation: HR-3860 (Lamar Smith, R., Tex.), Illegal Immigration Control Act of 1994. Co-sponsors: 45 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Additions to population by 2050: 115 to 125 million
Pete Wilson is the most visible Republican backer of this scenario. In the words of the National Journal, the California governor has "almost single-handedly elevated immigration to the national stage" through his aggressive battle against the flow of illegal aliens. But he often praises the million immigrants a year who play by the rules and come legally. His aides say they never have heard him criticize legal- immigration levels. And, as we have seen, halting illegal immigration would do no more than impose the same hardships in four years rather than three.
Projections for this scenario -- and the next three -- assume that the long list of enforcement provisions in the various pieces of legislation would eliminate all illegal immigration. Most analysts consider the most wildly optimistic hope for such laws is that they would actually scale illegal numbers back to 50,000 to 100,000 a year. Thus, these scenarios probably underestimate the level of population growth.
Gramm and the Republican National Committee also have endorsed specific, tough anti-illegal measures similar to those contained in Smith's House bill.
On the other hand, Bennett, Cheney, Kemp, Quayle, Robertson, and Weld are only tacit backers of this scenario. They have said they oppose current numbers of illegal aliens but have not advocated a system of specific and bold actions that would significantly alter the numbers or that would take the chance of provoking the ire of civil-liberties and immigrant/ethnic organizations. All but Kemp of this group have abstained from endorsing the current level of legal immigration, but neither does any of them publicly oppose it. In effect, their absence from the debate is helping to move the nation toward Scenario 1.
Avoiding the issue offers some political benefits. "I don't think you're going to find Republican leaders wanting to be pinned down on immigration," one Republican congressional staffer said. "To stand against immigration is to confirm the worst things people think about Republicans" -- that they are hard-hearted, narrow, and exclusive. But supporting high immigration might reinforce another charge often thrown at the party: that it ignores the public interest in favor of helping satisfy the appetites of businesses for low-wage labor. Thus far, doing nothing has had few drawbacks. Although the majority of Americans have told pollsters for 18 years that they want immigration reduced, they have not retaliated against their members of Congress when they have failed to respond.
Total estimated legal immigration: 580,000 for each of five years, 972,000 and rising thereafter
Backer: Dole
Related legislation: S-1884 (Simpson, R., Wyo.), Comprehensive Immigration and Asylum Reform Act of 1994. Co-sponsors: 13 Republicans, 1 Democrat
Additions to population by 2050: 110 to 120 million
Senator Alan Simpson carried the torch of leadership in tackling illegal immigration throughout the 1980s. He has never been comfortable, however, challenging the official demographic blueprint by reducing legal numbers. This year he made a modest proposal for reduction of legal immigration with a bill that is similar to Smith's in the House. Proponents of high levels of immigration have little to fear from his proposal, however, which would leave legal admissions above the annual average of the turn- of-the-century Great Wave of Immigration (and double the 1965 level). And the cutback would last only five years. The America that would be created under this scenario would be very similar to the one under Scenario 2.
Dole, however, in co-sponsoring the bill, may be signifying potential leadership toward more significant reductions in immigration and population growth. Dole signed onto it as a step in the right direction toward dealing with a lot of social changes confronting the nation. He also took the initiative last year of assembling Republican senators in a meeting with a broad spectrum of experts to begin to put the two general blueprints for America's future on the table.
Total estimated legal immigration: 350,000 ceiling
Related legislation: HR-332 (Bilbray, D., Nev., and Hunter, R., Calif.), Immigration Stabilization Act of 1993; and S-1923 (Reid, D., Nev.), same title. Co-sponsors: 16 Republicans, 12 Democrats
Additions to population by 2050: 80 to 90 million
No national Republican leaders mentioned as presidential possibilities have supported this scenario. Interestingly, this bill has the support not only of conservative Republicans like Duncan Hunter of California and James Sensenbrenner Jr. of Wisconsin, but also of liberal Democrats like Tony Beilenson of California and Jim Moran of Virginia. Backers tout the fact that annual admissions would be near the traditional average before the accidental opening of the gates in 1965.
Total estimated legal immigration: 235,000 per year and declining
Backer: Buchanan
Related legislation: HR-3862 (Stump, R., Ariz.), Immigration Moratorium Act of 1994. Co-sponsors: 54 Republicans, 19 Democrats
Additions to population by 2050: 45 to 60 million; after which growth soon would cease
This would be an America with time to provide the infrastructure for its slowly growing population and perhaps even to improve the quality of life for all its residents. Our experience with a similar level of immigration between 1924 and 1965 suggests that, other things being equal, this also would be an America in which the sense of common American nationhood would be advanced by the assimilation of earlier and new immigrants, by the evolution of an enriched common culture, and by ethnic, racial, and religious intermarriage.
Although not ready to endorse every detail of Stump's bill -- the most popular one in Congress at this time -- Buchanan likes the numbers: "This country is ready to do it. If Republican leaders are frightened by political correctness from doing this, then it is a sign of what is endemic in the Republican Party; it won't touch an issue that somebody may say is evil and hard-hearted. If we don't start talking about it, somebody else will do it (such as a third-party movement like Ross Perot's) and the GOP will become irrelevant."
Supporters of this version of America say it hardly turns its back on America's immigration tradition since it would allow as many newcomers each year as came annually between 1820 and 1890, when the country had an open Western frontier to fill during its continental expansion.
Stump's bill specifies ceilings on various categories of entrants and would allow unlimited admissions of the minor children and spouses of immigrants once they became citizens. With drastically reduced numbers of new "seed" immigrants coming in, family admissions would decrease and total admissions would decline to perhaps below 100,000 by 2050.
"I've worked on the ground in some urban election campaigns," a Republican House staffer said. "There's a lot of passion about this issue. A Republican can pick up a lot of Reagan Democrats with this issue."
But others look at the potential for stirring up negatives, especially among critics who suggest that immigration reduction is motivated by a white majority's racial fears about having to turn over power to a "majority of minorities."
Stump, a plainspoken rancher, is unfazed by such charges. If cutting immigration were racist, he asks, why do polls show the majority of blacks and Hispanics favor reductions too? He admits, though, that many members of Congress fear the wrath of ethnic organizations that purport to represent minorites on the issues. He says, "My hometown is in my district. It is probably 80 per cent Mexican-American. They aren't mad at me. They want legal immigration reduced. I've gotten a lot of mail from across the nation. Only a couple have been negative."
Total estimated legal immigration: Same number coming in as leave each year (currently around 160,000)
Additions to population by 2050: 40 million
Stump's number-cutting is not restrictive enough for many Americans. Some environmental advocates and organizations have urged limiting the number of immigrants each year to the number of permanent residents and citizens who permanently move from the United States to another country. At present, zero net immigration is estimated to allow around 100,000 newcomers annually. Nearly all of the 40-million population growth would be caused by births to the unprecedented numbers of immigrants who have arrived since 1970 and to their descendants.
Zero net immigration would not be low enough for a significant segment of Americans, though. Of the two-thirds of Americans who want legal immigration reduced, half of them want all immigration halted, according to a CBS News poll this year. It also found that more than 20 per cent of Americans want to send all immigrants who arrived during the last five years back to their home countries!
As popular sentiment hardens against Washington's blueprint for vast increases and changes in our population, national party leaders may find it increasingly difficult to stay on the sidelines. There will be strong pressure either to join Gramm and Kemp in trying to help the public understand the benefits of Washington's blueprint, or to join the immigration traditionalists in the House in trying to give the public the American future it says it wants.
*Immigration numbers in these scenarios come from a recent report by the
Center for Immigration Studies, written by Jack Martin. Estimates of
additional population under each scenario are extrapolated from 1993
projections by the Census Bureau and recent projections by Leon Bouvier.
Estimates are made in ranges because exact projections do not exist for
every level of immigration.
from the National Review, July 11, 1994
copyright 1994 National Review
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Barbara Rowe has an MFA in printmaking from University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She uses traditional and digital processes in prints and drawings and her artwork is in numerous collections, including the Frans Masreel Center in Belgium, the Art Institute of Chicago, Castellani Museum, and the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. She is a professor of Fine Arts at Niagara County Community College where she teaches design and drawing.
Barbara purchased an existing screenprinting business, Design Diva, in 1995 and faced a steep learning curve about commercial printing and owning a business. The previous owner, Andy Metalliano, patiently trained her in many aspects of commercial printing. Workshops at RIT and through SGIA (Specialty Graphic Imaging Association) helped the learning process. Other business owners have been gracious mentors over the years helping Abaca Press to grow and define its niche in specialty screenprinting.


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Just recently the Internet seems to have been swamped with poker sites trying to cash in on the poker craze currently sweeping the globe. Of course, some of these are good, and some of these are bad, and so I decided to see which category Titan Poker fell into.
The vast majority of online poker rooms require a software download to be initiated by the player, and Titan Poker is no exception. As such, the first stop for the poker gambler is the Titan Poker website which, while nothing to rave about, is still perfectly acceptable with all important sections such as promotions, support and game preview being present. Of course, it is the download section that matters - and after clicking on the appropriate link, the 349k installer application is activated.
Installation of the software is simple, and a nice touch is that the language the software installs with is user configurable - English, German, French, Spanish and Italian are all available options. Similarly, new account creation is straight forward, with a player having to provide a few key details about themselves to have a new account registered.
When loaded, the different poker tables available are presented in a lobby format, although a trip to the cashier is necessary before you can sit down at a table. With that I proceeded to the cashier to make a deposit. It was at this point that I had a nice surprise…
Out of nowhere a live chat window appeared and a Titan Poker representative typed a welcome message to me! I thought this was a lovely touch - to get a real person acting as a greeter when signing up at a place is almost unheard of. Even better, the representative said he would add a 10 credit bonus immediately on top of any deposit I made! This was in addition to the huge 100% sign-up bonus (up to $500 free) available at Titan! And so, I made a £40 credit card deposit and true to his word, Frank added the £10 bonus. Also, I noted the sign-up bonus pending in my account (which is available upon playing a set number of hands).
Incidentally, the cashier at Titan Poker offers a number of deposit options ranging from credit card, bank draft and wire transfer to e-wallet solutions such as Click2Pay and NETeller. Also, it should be noted that whilst the tables at Titan are denominated in US $, a player can fund their account in a home currency (such as UK £ and Euros). Any funds held by the player are then converted to US $ when they sit at a table.
So, with just over $100 sitting in my account and a smile on my face from the pleasant welcome I had received, I decided it was now time to see what games Titan had to offer. A quick look around the lobby revealed the answer to be 'a reasonable number'. As well as Texas Hold 'Em games, Titan also offers Omaha and Omaha Hi/Lo. However, I could not see any Stud games, which was a shame. Also, I have to say that the Omaha tables had pretty low numbers of people playing. Nevertheless, a decent number of tables are available for each game ranging from micro-limit games ($0.02 / $0.04 at Texas Hold 'Em) all the way up to high-roller games ($10 / $20 No-limit games).
There are also a good number of tournament games available in addition to the cash games. These again offer choices ranging from low-limit, single-table tourneys to huge multi-table tournaments offering access to huge prizes. There's even a $500,000 free roll available for those who refer friends to the poker room!
Although some of these tournament games looked tempting, I actually decided to start my play at a cash game. To be specific, a $1/$2 No Limit game. I chose to sit at a 10-player table, but only 6 people including myself were actually present. I didn't mind this though as I thought it might give me a better chance of taking down some pots!
With regards to game presentation at Titan, the poker room is perfectly acceptable. The graphics, while not being of the highest quality I had ever seen, were still good and more importantly, very clear. At the end of the day, it should be easy for a player to see the cards they hold along with those dealt as community cards, and Titan certainly passes this test. More importantly, the interface is really easy to use - meaning that no silly mistakes can be made while playing. Along with the subtle sound effects, I think it's fair to say that Titan is at least on a par if not slightly better than the majority of poker rooms available.
As for my dreams of becoming rich from playing poker, it soon became apparent that I wasn't going to realize my dreams this day. However, I did win a few nice pots, although to be honest more with luck than skill! In one hand I won $20.90 by holding on to some dodgy cards, but then hitting running 7's on the turn and river to give me trip-7's! I am sure the other players at the table were not impressed!
To be honest though, I never really found myself with great cards at this table and as such, I decided to see if I could do any better at a tournament game. I decided to play at a 6-person no-limit $30 buy-in Hold Em' game. As stated earlier, a good number of tournaments are available at any one time and as I discovered, it doesn't take too long for a tournament table to fill up.
Disappointingly, my luck at this table didn't improve much either. I have to admit that I did start to get frustrated at the lack of good starting hands, but I am sure many players have gone though being 'on tilt' as it is known. Despite the lack of luck though, I did enjoy partaking in this tournament, thanks partly to the decent game speed. I hate it when poker rooms are slow, but even on a dial-up connection I am positive player's will be happy with the speed available at Titan.
Although I was knocked out in 5th place in this tournament, I was enjoying my tournament play so much that I decided to play in another. This one, however, was a heads up game where play is against just one other person - winner takes the lot. Sadly, despite starting off reasonably well a bad beat meant the winner once again wasn't me.
At this point my bank balance was pretty much near zero, and in fact was completely wiped out with some low-limit Omaha play. Oh well - I guess that's the way it goes sometimes!
Although this time I had no money to cash in, according to the in-game help notes, withdrawals are held in a pending state for 4 days before then being processed. While this is not a terrible turn-around time, I do know some poker rooms process cash-ins quicker than this. Of course, many players will keep money in their account instead of always cashing in and as such I am sure this withdrawal policy would meet the approval of the majority of online players.
Finally, although I had no need to contact support for a real reason, I did test them out. Support is available through email and telephone, although toll-free numbers are disappointingly only available for the US and UK. To compensate for this, live chat is available inside the poker software. However, I actually couldn't get hold of anybody through this means - all support personnel were probably busy welcoming new customers! Seriously though, although support is available, I was a little disappointed with this side of Titan.
In conclusion, I think Titan must be considered to be, overall, an 'average' poker room. The software is decent and a good number of players are connected at any one time. However, it is mainly the Hold 'Em tables that are busy. Similarly, no Stud games at all are available. While the banking function works well and the personal welcome was great, the support function did disappoint me slightly. I guess at the end of the day if players find they do well here, there is nothing wrong with Titan. For me though, the bad luck I encountered coupled with the downsides of this poker room means this is one I probably won't be back to.
As soon as I have registered, a customer support personnel opens a chat window to offer me £10 free on top of any other sign-up bonus!
I get lucky on the river by getting a third 7 to obtain the winning hand
I get the fifth diamond I need to get the nut flush. A jack on the river would have given me a Royal Flush!
Tournaments are also available for those who don't like risking it all at the cash games
Me taking part in a No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament
Heads up tournaments are also available at Titan Poker
I hold the straight but my opponent folds when I bet
I get dealt some decent cards at the Omaha table
Players can play at micro-limit tables if they only want to risk small amounts of cash
My aces pay off for a very healthy $147.98
Holding on to my 10's pays off here when a 10 on the river gives me a full house


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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
The One and Only Dos Lunas
Today's Keeneland feature, a secondary allowances for older fillies and mares going a mile and a sixteenth on the Keeneland turf course, boasts an evenly matched group and the question for us is twofold:
Do we take the fastest horse by definition, the filly coming off a lengthy layoff for Chris Clement whose Equiform figures are clearly faster than the group on her best go, or one with recency who's repeating a favorable stretchout pattern and has raced well on this course?
Clement's Blue Maiden (2-1) with the meet's leading rider, Julien Leparoux, was competitive in graded competition in California and owns a win at today's trip. But we will side with Dos Lunas (5-2) who reunites with Jon Court whose patience suits this filly well.
The clincher, however, including her ground saving position is the fact that she earned an excellent performance figure on this ground when narrowly beaten here, a neck loss behind redoubtable Winter Memories. Court's patience will be needed and hopefully will pay dividends in this spot.
Taking Dos Lunas to win at early line odds or greater and keying her in money positions with the favorite and sharp working Startling Beauty (7-2). Super exotic players can add Gorder-trained returnee Maid of Silver (7-2) to their mix.
Running Totals: (1066) 328-209-158 Total Dollar Return: $2,259.20 [win selections only]
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Following on from there...StaticDet5 wrote:I posted this on the Arduino forums as well.
The reason I suggested trying the library out is that it handles all the configuration and if the library example sketch doesn't work then we know it's something else.
Could you please try with the "WiFly_Autoconnect_Terminal" sketch from the library and see if it works?


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Items where author is affiliated with eBay Research Laboratories
Number of items: 3.
Parikh, Nish and Sundaresan, Neel Buzz-Based Recommender System.
In this paper, we describe a buzz-based recommender system based on a large source of queries in an eCommerce application. The system detects bursts in query trends. These bursts are linked to external entities like news and inventory information to find the queries currently in-demand which we refer to as buzz queries. The system follows the paradigm of limited quantity merchandising, in the sense that on a per-day basis the system shows recommendations around a single buzz query with the intent of increasing user curiosity, and improving activity and stickiness on the site. A semantic neighborhood of the chosen buzz query is selected and appropriate recommendations are made on products that relate to this neighborhood.
Shen, Dan and Wu, Xiaoyuan and Bolivar, Alvaro Rare Item Detection in e-Commerce Site.
As the largest online marketplace in the world, eBay has a huge inventory where there are plenty of great rare items with potentially large, even rapturous buyers. These items are obscured in long tail of eBay item listing and hard to find through existing searching or browsing methods. It is observed that there are great rarity demands from users according to eBay query log. To keep up with the demands, the paper proposes a method to automatically detect rare items in eBay online listing. A large set of features relevant to the task are investigated to filter items and further measure item rareness. The experiments on the most rarity-demandintensitive domains show that the method may effectively detect rare items (> 90% precision).
Lu, Yue and Zhai, ChengXiang and Sundaresan, Neel Rated Aspect Summarization of Short Comments.
Web 2.0 technologies have enabled more and more people to freely comment on different kinds of entities (e.g. sellers, products, services). The large scale of information poses the need and challenge of automatic summarization. In many cases, each of the user-generated short comments comes with an overall rating. In this paper, we study the problem of generating a "rated aspect summary" of short comments, which is a decomposed view of the overall ratings for the major aspects so that a user could gain different perspectives towards the target entity. We formally define the problem and decompose the solution into three steps. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our methods by using eBay sellers' feedback comments. We also quantitatively evaluate each step of our methods and study how well human agree on such a summarization task. The proposed methods are quite general and can be used to generate rated aspect summary automatically given any collection of short comments each associated with an overall rating.
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Howdy Friends! It's hump DAAAAAYYYY! Did ya'll read my last post on showing yourself a little TLC?? If so, how's that coming? Have you felt happier or more mindful of making sure you're taken care of before you take care of others? One of the ones I need to work on is waking up early enough to have a relaxing breakfast! 😛
I come to you bearing a new recipe! Before I started eating right for my body, I used to looove Hamburger Helper. Or anything with carbs and cheese in it, really.
So at the IDEA World Fitness Convention, I got these noodles from a brand called Explore Asian. I don't usually eat pasta (even though I miss it dearly!), I'll usually sub it out for spaghetti squash or zoodles. HOWEVER, these Explore Asian bean pastas are changing the game. They are around/under 200 calories per serving, contain 10g > net carbs, high in fiber, and have 20-25 grams of protein. WHAT?! I just blew your mind. Go clean it up. I'll wait.
Now that you've cleaned up your mess, you must be thinking "But Elyse! Pasta is carbs is pasta is carbs and whaaaaat????" Well, dear friends, as you hopefully know, grains are not the only source of carbohydrates, and meat is not the only source of protein. The noodles in question, my curious kids, are made from either mung bean, black bean, or adzuki bean and water. That's it. Two ingredients. Seriously.
You're probably questioning that if it's not even real pasta, and it's made from weird beans you don't even know about, it probably tastes funny, right? Wrong, mostly. The mung bean fetuccini's texture is slightly different than regular pasta..probably closer to that of whole wheat pasta. Other than that, it cooks fast and tastes great! My favorite is probably the adzuki bean spaghetti. I made it last night in a stir fry with chicken, butternut squash, peppers, onions, and Go Veggie! smoked provolone 'cheese'. (Side note: I sauteed some Japanese Aomori Fermented Black Garlic in the pan prior to cooking. Yay for new and exciting flavor combos!) Sorry I didn't provide a picture – I was too hungry to make it look pretty!
This past weekend, had a hankering for something cheesy, so I whipped up this recipe and now I'm going to share it with all of you lovelies!
Healthy Cheeseburger Pasta:
List of Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef or beef-style crumbles
- 1 package of Explore Asia pasta (mung, adzuki, or black bean), zoodles, spaghetti squash, or your choice of pasta.
- 1 t. onion powder
- 1/2 t. garlic powder
- 1/2 t. worcesterschire sauce (optional)
- Salt & Pepper to taste
Paleo 'Cheese-Sauce'
- 1 egg
- 1/4 c. + 1 c. extra light tasting olive oil, separated
- 1/2 t. mustard powder
- 1/2 t. salt
- Lemon or lime juice to taste
- 2 T nutritional yeast
Or instead of 'cheese-sauce'…
- 3-4 Go Veggie! Cheddar Cheese Style Slices
How to Cook
For the Cheese-Sauce:
- Combine egg, 1/4 c. olive oil, salt, and mustard powder in a bowl and blend using an electric handheld mixer or immersion blender until ingredients are completely blended.
- Continue to blend as you SLOWLY drizzle in the remaining cup of olive oil. The mixture should thicken and look more white in color.
- Blend in lemon or lime juice and nutritional yeast. Set mixture aside.
For the meat/pasta:
- Cook pasta according to your product's directions. (If using spaghetti squash, bake at 425 degrees for 25-30 minutes) I usually add a little salt and olive oil to the pot of boiling water to add flavor and help the noodles not stick together.
- Brown 1 lb of ground beef in large skillet with onion powder, garlic powder, and worcesterschire sauce. Drain in a collander when finished.
- Add pasta, ground beef or beef crumbles, and cheese-sauce or cheese slices to skillet and stir until combined. Serve with fresh steamed veggies! 🙂
Hope you all enjoy that as much as I did! There's nothing better than comfort food after a long day 🙂
What I Ate Wednesday
I haven't done one of these in a LONG time! Here are just a few of the things I've been eating.
That's all for now folks! Feel free to email me at run2yourownbeat@gmail with any questions, suggestions for posts, or just to say Hi!
Happy Healthy Hump Day!


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Cancer cells are the cells that acquired the ability of chaotic division and it is not possible to return them to their normal functions. The only method remaining is to treat them the same way as any foreign object that caused the disease, which is destroying them. Cancer cells live their own lives, regardless of the rules and regulations in the cell community and following only their own needs for persistent growth.
Cancer cells consume oxygen, but significantly less than the healthy ones. Cancer cells, just like the muscle cell may sense the lack of oxygen. As a result, we have the presence of the products such as lactic acid. Embryonic cells grow with the same pattern. Cancer cells appear in healthy tissue, where there is sufficient blood circulation but as soon as the healthy cells are beginning to become cancerous and there is a growing tumor, blood system is simply failing to sprout new formed tissue tumors.
Cancer cells and tumor cells are considered to be the same kind of pathological cells that appear during oncological process . Cancer and tumor cells are not present in the body before the oncological process begins. Cancer cells and their clones are nothing but the result of this process. Oncological process may start in healthy as well as cancerous cells.
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Brand, Marketing & Social Strategy
Below is a sampling of client's I worked with as Lead Brand Strategist at January. Please contact me for more examples.
Australis: The Better Fish – Brand Strategy + Messaging
Identified new target demographic as "YUSSIES" – Young Urban Saavy Sustainable Millennials. Crafted a new brand strategy and design direction to appeal to their needs and create recognition for Australis and thier sustainably farmed fish, Barramundi. Art direction on photoshoot & copywriting.
BreathableBaby – Social Media + Influencer Strategy
This popular breathable mesh crib liner is sold in Target, BuyBuyBaby & Babies R Us– but had yet to gain brand recognition on social media. I crafted a strategy for them to create awareness and drive commerce. This included engagement strategies, posting schedules, influencer identification, tone of voice and design direction.
Incedo Inc – Logo Design + Naming Strategy
Renamed IB Technology, "Incedo Inc" which means to move forward and progress in Latin. Designed new logo type and brand direction to give this leading technology company a modern new website and overall look & feel.
Greetabl – Brand Positioning + Business Strategy
Shifted Greetabl from a clever card to the total gifting experience based on demographics and consumer behavior. The new business model includes a "greeting box" that unfolds to reveal instagram photos, a personalized message and curated gift – all shipped directly to your loved one's door.
Hungry Planet – Naming Strategy + Tone of Voice
Brand and naming strategy for a meatless meat product that is better for your palette and the planet. This included: Brand DNA, demographics, competitive research, brand positioning, design direction, tone of voice, brand messaging, and marketing ideation. I also came up with their new name "Hungry Planet" (formerly Match Meats).
BodyOM – Brand, Social + Influencer Strategy
Worked on the branding and digital launch team for this healthy snack subscription service. Served as the Social Media Director after launch and engaged 150+ influencers in 4 weeks and grew the following to over 6k in 3 months.
exited february 2016
Rockets of Awesome – Marketing + Influencer Strategy
Crafted a marketing and social media strategy for Rockets of Awesome launch last fall. This included: themes, target demographic definition, value hierarchy, email drip marketing campaigns, instagram strategy, posting schedules, physical activations, influencer identification & engagement strategy.
Paravel – Brand + Digital Team
Worked on the branding and digital launch team for Paravel, a new "travleisure" brand that sells colorful wipeable canvas travel essentials. Crafted brand and investment decks, retouched imagery, content and image upload and social media moodboarding and consulting. Since launch they have received press in Vogue, Allure, WSJ & more.
Babyation – Brand, Tone of Voice + Marketing Strategy
Focused in on target demographic for launch identifying "Mom on the move". Crafted brand positioning, core values, mission and vision statements, visual identity direction and actionable community building campaigns.


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via ScienceDaily
By Diana Yates
July 1, 2016
In a new report, dozens of scientists, health practitioners and children's health advocates are calling for renewed attention to the growing evidence that many common, widely available chemicals endanger neurodevelopment in fetuses and children of all ages.
|In addition to mercury and lead, flame retardants, air pollutants and
chemicals found in many plastics, cosmetics and food containers
endanger child brain health, researchers say.
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon
The chemicals that are of most concern include lead and mercury; organophosphate pesticides used in agriculture and home gardens; phthalates, found in pharmaceuticals, plastics and personal care products; flame retardants known as polybrominated diphenyl ethers; and air pollutants produced by the combustion of wood and fossil fuels, said University of Illinois comparative biosciences professor Susan Schantz, one of dozens of individual signatories to the consensus statement.
Polychlorinated biphenyls, once used as coolants and lubricants in transformers and other electrical equipment, also are of concern. PCBs were banned in the U.S. in 1977, but can persist in the environment for decades, she said.
The report, "Project TENDR: Targeting Environmental NeuroDevelopment Risks," appears in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
"These chemicals are pervasive, not only in air and water, but in everyday consumer products that we use on our bodies and in our homes," Schantz said. "Reducing exposures to toxic chemicals can be done, and is urgently needed to protect today's and tomorrow's children."
Schantz is a faculty member in the College of Veterinary Medicine and in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the U. of I.
"The human brain develops over a very long period of time, starting in gestation and continuing during childhood and even into early adulthood," Schantz said. "But the biggest amount of growth occurs during prenatal development. The neurons are forming and migrating and maturing and differentiating. And if you disrupt this process, you're likely to have permanent effects."
Some of the chemicals of concern, such as phthalates and PBDEs, are known to interfere with normal hormone activity. For example, most pregnant women in the U.S. will test positive for exposure to phthalates and PBDEs, both of which disrupt thyroid hormone function.
"Thyroid hormone is involved in almost every aspect of brain development, from formation of the neurons to cell division, to the proper migration of cells and myelination of the axons after the cells are differentiated," said Schantz. "It regulates many of the genes involved in nervous system development."
Schantz and her colleagues at Illinois are studying infants and their mothers to determine whether prenatal exposure to phthalates and other endocrine disruptors leads to changes in the brain or behavior. This research, along with parallel studies in older children and animals, is a primary focus of the Children's Environmental Health Research Center at Illinois, which Schantz directs.
Phthalates also interfere with steroid hormone activity. Studies link exposure to certain phthalates with attention deficits, lower IQ and conduct disorders in children. "Phthalates are everywhere; they're in all kinds of different products. We're exposed to them every day," Schantz said.
The report criticizes current regulatory lapses that allow chemicals to be introduced into people's lives with little or no review of their effects on fetal and child health.
"For most chemicals, we have no idea what they're doing to children's neurodevelopment," Schantz said. "They just haven't been studied."
"And if it looks like something is a risk, we feel policymakers should be willing to make a decision that this or that chemical could be a bad actor and we need to stop its production or limit its use," she said.
"We shouldn't have to wait 10 or 15 years -- allowing countless children to be exposed to it in the meantime -- until we're positive it's a bad actor."
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fund the Children's Environmental Health Research Center at the University of Illinois.
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences at the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fund the Children's Environmental Health Research Center at the University of Illinois.
Journal Reference
- Nsedu Obot Witherspoon, Maureen Swanson, Pamela Miller, Elise Miller, Charlotte Brody, Annie Acosta, Ho Luong Tran, Ted Schettler, Leslie Rubin, Mark A. Mitchell, Mark Miller, Arthur Lavin, Philip J. Landrigan, Katie Huffling, Deborah Hirtz, Robert M. Gould, Nathaniel DeNicola, Jeanne A. Conry, Carla Campbell, Laura Anderko, R. Thomas Zoeller, Tracey J. Woodruff, Robin M. Whyatt, Thomas F. Webster, Susan L. Schantz, Jennifer Sass, Beate Ritz, Frederica P. Perera, Heather B. Patisaul, Devon Payne-Sturges, Craig J. Newschaffer, Jennifer McPartland, Melanie Marty, Emily Marquez, Bruce P. Lanphear, Carol F. Kwiatkowski, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Russ Hauser, Alycia Halladay, M. Daniele Fallin, Stephanie M. Engel, Deborah A. Cory-Slechta, Aimin Chen, Asa Bradman, Linda S. Birnbaum, David C. Bellinger, Deborah Bennett. Project TENDR: Targeting Environmental Neuro-Developmental Risks - The TENDR Consensus Statement. Environmental Health Perspectives, 2016; 124 (7) DOI: 10.1289/EHP358


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Join the CloverCroft Team
Employment Overview:
In 2018 we will raise 1.5 acres of vegetables, 1/4 acre of fruit trees, and various livestock (chickens, bees). Our farm is moderately mechanized: we use a tractor minimally and a walking tractor for minimal tillage, mowing, and hauling the heavy stuff. We weed, plant, and harvest by hand. We're expecting to employ about three workers in 2018. We're a small farm, and we work together with our employees. Everyone shares in the big jobs of weeding, planting, harvesting, and packing produce. Some employees also specialize in particular areas of the farm, such as tractor operation or caring for seedlings in the nursery.
We typically work 8 hours per day, Monday to Friday. A few employees are scheduled to start earlier or end later on certain days to help us prepare for, or finish up, the day's work. One or two employees may work on Saturday mornings during the summer to help with time-critical harvesting. For most of the year, we follow a weekly schedule of harvests and deliveries. On Mondays and Thursdays the entire crew typically works all day harvesting and washing produce. That produce is then stored overnight in our coolers and taken to market the next day, or picked up by farm members on the same day. On Tuesday and Saturday one employee will take produce to market, and Thursday evenings one employee will staff the CSA membership pickup. The rest of the work week is spent doing the work of growing our crops: sowing seeds, transplanting seedlings, weeding, training plants, and so on. Livestock care and care of the forest garden will be determined as interest and experience are presented.
Why work for us?
We're serious about what we do. We have fun while we work; we laugh, tell stories, talk to our kids, and look at the bugs and the birds. But we mainly work while we work. We delight in work: the work that feeds people, the work done by the hands we know, the work that keeps the land healthy and beautiful. We love the sight of a well-weeded row, a neatly trained cucumber vine, a crate of red peppers, or soil washing off of our hands after a good afternoon of work. If you like a job well done, you'll be happy and valued here.
We respect people. We deeply appreciate what others do on our farm. Many of our most joyful and vivid memories are of the work we did alongside employees. We are considerate and respectful of personal time and needs. We devote much of our time and thought to training workers, answering their questions, and making sure they understand their work.
We're a farm that produces. While all farms are subject to the vagaries of unpredictable weather and mechanical breakdowns, we have put years of experience, thought, and planning into shaping methods that work. We organize our time and our tools. You'll work hard here, but your work won't be wasted. If you want to learn how to farm vegetables yourself, you'll see an example of a system that works.
Our Standards
We've listed here the qualities which distinguish successful from unsuccessful workers: Distinguishing a productive and satisfied team who raise fantastic food for people in our community, from employees who are not cut out for this work. These are the standards by which we judge applicants. We're laying them out not to be harsh, but to be clear. You should read and understand these standards before you apply or interview here.
- You must be able to do repetitive physical work outdoors in hot, cold, and rainy weather. Your knees and back must withstand bending, kneeling, stooping, and sitting on the ground for hours at a time.
- You must work carefully and be detail-oriented. We are picky and fastidious. Our quality standards are exacting.
- At the same time, you must be fast. Not sloppy, rushed, or careless, but quick and efficient. Time is money; and money pays you, pays us, and keeps the farm afloat.
- You must communicate and cooperate with your co-workers. There are few things more frustrating than work which was left undone, was done poorly, or took too long because workers did not talk to each other or work together.
- In the end, we are flexible and understanding. We recognize and appreciate human differences, and we've worked happily and long beside employees who've had some shortcomings in the areas above but who were trying their honest best. But without exceptions, you must have a good attitude. We have no tolerance for people who don't respect their work and their co-workers. If you're lazy or rude, then you won't work here.
- You do not need experience. Many great workers have come here with no experience growing vegetables. However, workers with experience are likely to start with higher pay and more responsibilities. You will finish the season feeling confident about growing good food.
We do not often offer on-farm housing for employees. There is rental housing available in Ayr and Paris (each about 5 minutes away). The nearest cities are Cambridge and Brantford (20 minutes), Kitchener/Waterloo and Woodstock (30 minutes). If you're coming to work here from outside the area, we're happy to advise you on finding a place to live.
The Power of Diversity
The applicant selection process reflects CloverCroft's commitment to a healthy and diverse work place
At CloverCroft, we believe in the power of diversity. We proactively seek to have strong representation of women, people with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, and visible minorities in our organization. We are committed to establishing and maintaining a safe, inclusive, equitable, and welcoming learning and working environment for all of our employees regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, or cultural background.
Our positions
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East Anglia leads the way on house price growth
PUBLISHED: 11:11 28 June 2017 | UPDATED: 11:11 28 June 2017
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House price growth in East Anglia has outstripped the rest of the country, rising by 5pc in the past year.
New figures show the region is leading the way with the strongest annual lift in values, followed by the south west at 4.4pc, and the north west of England and the East Midlands with 4.1pc.
It comes as the market saw a rebound in June, pushing the UK's average value over the £210,000 mark for the first time.
Robert Gardner, chief economist at Nationwide Building Society, said UK-wide annual price growth has returned to the 3pc to 6pc range that had been prevailing since early 2015.
He said: "There has been a shift in regional house price trends. Price growth in the south of England has moderated, converging with the rates prevailing in the rest of the country.
"In quarter two the gap between the strongest performing region and the weakest was the smallest on record, based on data going back to 1974.
"London saw a particularly marked slowdown, with annual price growth moderating to just 1.2pc - the second slowest pace of the 13 UK regions and the weakest pace of growth in the capital since 2012."
READ MORE: Demand for a life in the east sees region's house prices soar during 2016
London has seen house price growth soften to the weakest levels since 2012 and the gap between the strongest-performing parts of the UK and the weakest has narrowed to four percentage points, according to Nationwide.
The gap is the smallest since records started in the mid-1970s.
Average UK property values increased by 1.1pc month-on-month in June, reversing monthly declines from the three previous months.
The increase pushed the average price across the UK to a new record of £211,301.
June's monthly increase was the strongest since a 1.2pc uplift in April 2015.
Growth also accelerated on an annual basis, with a 3.1pc increase in June, the strongest since March.
The weakest annual growth was in the North East of England, which saw a 1.1pc increase, followed by London at 1.2pc and Wales with 1.4pc.
In Scotland, prices increased by 1.7pc annually, while in Northern Ireland saw growth of 3.8pc.
READ MORE: Here is how much house prices have gone up in Norfolk and Waveney in the last 20 years
Mr Gardner said it is unclear whether the increase in June reflects strengthening demand on the back of healthy gains in employment and continued low mortgage rates, or whether the lack of homes on the market is the more important factor.
He predicted household spending is likely to slow in the quarters ahead, along with the wider economy, as rising inflation squeezes household budgets.
Mr Gardner said: "This, together with ongoing housing affordability pressures in key parts of the country, is likely to exert a drag on housing market activity and house price growth in the quarters ahead.
"However, the subdued level of building activity and the shortage of properties on the market are likely to provide support for prices. As a result, we continue to believe that a small increase in house prices of around 2pc is likely over the course of 2017 as a whole."
READ MORE: Average property prices reach highest level in 15 years, Rightmove says


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Have you gotten your power bill yet for this month?
If so, you won't be surprised to learn that Charlotte is ahead of last year's pace of 90-degree days. And last year's total was the second-largest in history.
This hasn't been the hottest June in recent years. In fact, our average temperature for the month -- 78.1 degrees at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport -- is well short of last year's June average, 80.3. That was the fifth-hottest June on record in Charlotte.
We're above average this year in June, but if it weren't for a few cool mornings in the middle of the month, I think we'd be close to last year.
Anyway, when the thermometer reaches 90 degrees today, it'll be the 23rd 90-degree day of the year. We had five in May, and today will be the 18th in June. Chances are we'll reach 90 on the remaining two days of June, too.
Last year at this time, Charlotte had 19 days of 90 or hotter. So we're ahead of last year's pace, and Charlotte finished the year with 87 days of 90 or higher. The record is 88, set in the torrid summer of 1954.
Will we be in record territory by the end of the summer?
Let's say we have 25 days of 90 or hotter in July and August. That would leave us around 74 for the year when we reach Sept. 1. So we'd need a hot September (more than a dozen 90-degree days). Last year, Charlotte got 18 days of 90 or hotter in September -- one of the hottest Septembers in recent history.
NOAA's Climate Prediction Center is calling for an equal chance of above-average or below-average temperatures in September for our region, which indicates that meteorologists don't think September will be particularly hot.
So June has been well above-average for temperatures, and we're ahead of last year's pace. But summer has a long ways to go yet.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
90-degree day total climbing quickly
Have you gotten your power bill yet for this month?
12 comments:
- HokieTT said...
Steve, just wanted to say I love these weather stats. Whenever we're in the throes of winter, I find stats to back me up about why I'm so miserable. I imagine the heat-haters do the same thing in summer. Anyway, thanks for the research.
- June 28, 2011 at 10:26 AM
- Anonymous said...
You don't really feel the heat as much if you sit naked in front of a fan drinking beer.
- June 28, 2011 at 10:58 AM
- Anonymous said...
Wonder if that torrid record setting summer of 1954 was blamed on global warming?
- June 28, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- Anonymous said...
HokieTT I'm one of those heat haters and last summer seemed to drag on forever. Here is to hoping it's not that bad. Really enjoy the articles Steve, I love stuff like this keep it up!
- June 28, 2011 at 1:44 PM
- Anonymous said...
I'll bet we have at least 55 90-plus days between July and August. Not to mention the fact that we sometimes have 90-degree days as late as the second week of October. I'll bet we get to 100 days of 90-plus.
- June 28, 2011 at 1:54 PM
- BH said...
Here's betting for a cooler than normal July-Aug. Perhaps will get some of the record cool readings the West has experienced in May-June. The "ridging" may begin to work in our favor.
- June 28, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
"You don't really feel the heat as much if you sit naked in front of a fan drinking beer."
I don't know how beer-drinking fans watching you sit naked makes you cooler, but whatever.
- June 28, 2011 at 2:48 PM
- Anonymous said...
"Have you gotten your power bill yet for this month?"
No. But last month's bill had increased by about $25, and it hadn't gotten really hot yet. I fully expect the next bill to be anywhere from $50 to $75 higher.
I'm not looking forward to it at all.
- June 28, 2011 at 3:54 PM
- Adam Thomas said...
thanks for posting..
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- June 30, 2011 at 7:15 AM
- Anonymous said...
Where i am located in Texas we have been much hotter and much dryer than you in NC. We had close to 10 straight 100 degree days in june broken by a 99 degree day and then more 100. Cooled down end of month to the mid 90's
- July 1, 2011 at 3:28 AM
- Anonymous said...
We are nowhere near the record this year, which is sad. :-( Its been way too cold this past week! Bring back the heat!!
- September 20, 2011 at 2:23 PM
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- December 5, 2011 at 12:26 AM


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This third pregnancy was a surprise (and to be honest, so was our first--- clearly, you can see how we roll in this family. HA!) Don't get me wrong---getting pregnant is a huge blessing and I already love this baby with all my heart, but the timing of this pregnancy came during a very difficult time in my life.
Oh Simon. That boy can sure pull on my heart strings and bring a tremendous amount of joy into my life. He is so incredibly sweet, and sensitive, and will stop in the middle of whatever he is playing to walk over to me and give me a big fat kiss and then walk back to his toys in a nonchalant manner. Whenever Lincoln gets hurt or upset, Simon walks over immediately and plants a fat kiss on him and rubs his head. He loves being cuddled and is as sweet as pie, but there's also another side to him. I had been struggling immensely with Simon who requests a lot of attention and loves to be carried ALL.THE.TIME. When I found out I was pregnant, Simon was 13 months and had been sick for almost a month straight, which added to the feeling of being utterly worn out. I still felt like I wasn't able to accomplish or do anything because I was constantly holding him. Long story short, Simon was trying my patience every day and the idea of being pregnant and having another baby seemed nearly impossible.
I knew I was pregnant for almost 3 weeks before telling Ryan. THREE WEEKS! Who waits that long before telling their husband? This emotional-mess-of-a-mama who had little-to-no faith in the timing of this baby and my abilities to care for the demands of a growing family.
24 weeks
The day I told Ryan I was pregnant was on the night of Lincoln's 3rd birthday. We had an awesome weekend celebrating. That night of his birthday, after we put him to bed, I became so emotional (definitely enhanced by the pregnancy hormones). Just thinking of our first born turning three, how big he was getting, how much I hated him losing his arm rolls that had been prominent for so long and that he was practically a teenager and would want nothing to do with us anymore and... well, ya know... all those rational things mothers conjure up in their heads. And that's when my husband suggested we say a prayer of gratitude for our children and for the happiness and joy they've brought into our lives. He said even though these were trying times, that we were grateful to be parents. His prayer was so sincere, humbling, comforting, and anything and everything a wife and mother full of doubt and fear needed to hear. I knew his prayer was truly inspired.
After his prayer, I knew I had to tell him. This moment was perfect to tell him---Not because I was already bawling my eyes out, either :). I walked into the bathroom and pulled out the pregnancy test I had been hiding for the past few weeks and said, "I hope you meant everything you just said, because... we're pregnant again." And literally, without any hesitation, Ryan responded, "Really?? THAT'S AWESOME!"
(sigh) This man is my rock, I tell ya.
26 weeks
I wish I could say that spiritual experience alone erased all my doubts and fears and anxiety over baby #3. It didn't--- but that was definitely the turning point in this pregnancy that made me trust my Heavenly Father and the plan He had for me and my family. I found myself crying... a lot... over the next few weeks. I found myself excessively praying (can you really pray too much??) because I needed help. What I really needed was faith. Faith in myself and faith in Heavenly Father's plan. Thankfully, I had 9 months ahead of me to work on that and luckily, it happened much quicker.
Simon suddenly became more independent and his never-ending sickness finally cleared up. He wouldn't cry when I left the room, which allowed me to feel like I could breathe again. Ryan buzzed his long-locks and we joke that was the turning point for him. Maybe he really did hate having his long hair, but I also like to believe it was Heavenly Father's way of lightening my burden and showing me that things will get better. I know more trials will come my way--- that's part of life. But I know, through this experience and many others I've had, even when those difficult times come, I am not alone. The Lord is aware of me and is aware of what I'm capable of overcoming.
Lesson learned: I so got this! Bring on baby #3 :)
35 weeks
36 weeks
(Don't mind the boys. Lincoln just taking the car out for a drive and Simon crying from stepping on an acorn.)
Just helping that belly get a little bit bigger. Double-fisting those cones, baby.


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by HarcoRutgers
Daily Insight from the Story of The Little Prince
When we approach life from consciousness instead of from the way we've been programmed from childhood up, we become increasingly deep feeling individuals.
How can we not feel deeply, given that we are expressions of divine love?
The very nature of consciousness is an awareness that enables us to do the loving thing.
The story of the Little Prince has introduced us to the concept of "matters of consequence." Those things which are of consequence are matters that flow from the heart, and therefore involve love, which produces deep feeling and often strong emotion.
Because the little prince feels a powerful connection with the flower he loves on his planet, the idea that her safety wouldn't be of the utmost consequence horrifies him. As a result he becomes angry, his face "white with rage."
Flooded with emotion, which is flowing from deep connection, the little prince is powerfully moved and yet not at all reactive.
The feeling of the heart is poles apart from the reactive emotion of the reptilian part of the brain. Reactivity divides and separates people, whereas feeling flowing from the heart invites us to know each other in a more closely connected way.
The difference between the two is illustrated by the little prince's encounter with a businessman on one of the planets he visited on his journey to Earth. This gentleman is totally out of touch with anything of consequence, such as a flower and its scent, the stars at night, or love for another human being.
All he's concerned about is money.
The businessman thinks he's concerned with a matter of consequence, of course, which inflates his ego because it makes him feel important.
The little prince doesn't see the businessman as a human being. He sees him as a mushroom!
Mushrooms can appear overnight and have huge heads, a symbol of the ego. However, in terms of the imagery of this story, they have little substance. The businessman is unaware that he has a heart, a caring center that can feel.
It's a pretty good image of how business so often operates today, especially what led to the current economic crisis, with some getting rich during this crisis while others lose their job and home.
What's truly important in life is to live from the heart. Whatever comes from the heart is a matter of consequence.
When something comes from the head, the product of thought, we are wise to sit in stillness until our thoughts quiet down and we can feel our heart instead of hearing our thoughts.
But I want to emphasize, as I have often in the past in these blogs, that the heart is very different from emotional reactivity. It's the deep current of being.
The feeling we experience flows from our essence, which is very different from an emotional whim that's triggered in the reptilian brain.
We are talking about feeling that's an authentic expression of divine love, which takes many forms when it comes to emotional expression. But none of it is reactive, egoic, or alienating.
David Robert Ord is Editorial Director for Namaste Publishing, publishers of Eckhart Tolle and other transformational authors. He writes The Compassionate Eye daily on the Namaste Publishing website, together with his daily author blog Consciousness Rising:
Join us in the daily blog Consciousness Rising for an in-depth understanding of how we become conscious, truly present in the whole of our life.


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