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September 30, 2001
Options Bear and Guru
Story Utilities
Bernie Schaeffer, the major domo at Cincinnati-based Schaeffer's Investment Research, is an options guru, a market technician, a natural-born contrarian, a gentleman and a scholar. He has also, since last March, been a bear, quite a transition for a market analyst who'd stayed doughtily bullish through most of the bull's decade-long romp.
But that doesn't bother him. What does, currently, is the complacency he detects among institutional investors, especially in the way they've been piling into riskless' options strategies in a trendless' market that's just broken some longstanding support levels.
What's your take on investor sentiment here, Bernie?
Still way too complacent. But then, why not, with Wall Street strategists recommending allocations of 72 percent to stocks, 3.8 percent to cash? I think, though, that we're in a very high-risk environment. I would point out to you what we are seeing in options sentiment. That is, the 21-day moving average of the CBOE equity put/call ratio. We look at it as an overall market-timing indicator, looking for indications of when sentiment is getting extreme. We've got data on it going back to 1990. What we are seeing is an interesting phenomenon, which is not surprising, when you think about bull and bear market dynamics. What seems to be happening is that, over the past few years, the peaks are starting to get higher and the bottoms are starting to get higher as well.
Why should that be?
Well, you would expect, as you move from a bull into a bear market environment, that when people get extremely bearish, their bearishness would go to even greater levels than it got to when they were getting bearish before. And people would never quite get as bullish, when they're feeling better in a bear market, as they used to get when they were feeling good in a bull market. That's what's happening. We recently got a bottom in the equity put/call ratio at about 0.6, which used to be a level where you would put in some nice peaks. But that's where it actually bottomed. We now have moved into the mid-0.60s on it. I suspect, if some of these negative possibilities come together, we could see the put/call ratio going to some sort of record, which would have people calling a bottom in the market, because the put/call ratio went so high. But all it would really mean is that, very understandably, as the bear market continued to knock stocks down, people were getting more bearish. It wouldn't mean that they are as bearish as they'll ever be. Simply, that as they recognize the bear, they get more bearish. So it'll be interesting to see if we put in a new high in the 21-day moving average of the put/call ratio, if this market continues to frustrate from here.
What else makes you think investor sentiment is still disturbingly complacent?


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Monday, February 16, 2009
happy valentines day people
24 comments:
- damon said...
very cool
i like
- February 16, 2009 at 6:30 PM
- Braintail said...
It's so amazing. I really love it :)!
- February 17, 2009 at 12:45 AM
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Cool style!
- February 17, 2009 at 7:03 AM
- RAWLS said...
Colin, your characters rock my friend! I love it!! Nice work.
- February 17, 2009 at 11:10 AM
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Love this!
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- Oscar Rosales said...
Awesome blog! Really cool stuff!
- February 18, 2009 at 5:16 PM
- Raymond Santos said...
great characters!
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- Jessie Ilham said...
I didn't think you were the type to do valentine drawings! Nice, though!^^
- February 19, 2009 at 9:25 PM
- Bruce said...
man, great stuff.
- February 19, 2009 at 11:43 PM
- Food and Drugs said...
Well, love is blind as they say here at my country.
- February 20, 2009 at 10:38 AM
- Beatriz Iglesias said...
Love the characters!
Great stuff ;D
- February 22, 2009 at 7:52 AM
- Marco Bucci said...
Are you tired of getting glowing reviews from people you've never met? Hi, I'm Colin Jack.
- February 22, 2009 at 9:34 AM
- Eric Orchard said...
Beautiful piece! I love it.
- February 24, 2009 at 7:56 AM
- Kevin Mcleod said...
When you make your finished paintings, do you redraw over the first sketch in photoshop or is the first quick sketch don straight in photoshop and refined from there? It looks like you might be using a tablet to draw the images into the computer.
- February 24, 2009 at 8:27 PM
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- Lorraine said...
Fun illustrations here! Love them!
- February 26, 2009 at 2:48 AM
- Wynne Chen said...
lovely :)
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- sean said...
thanks for posting! Absolutely loving your stuff. Surprised I haven't already dropped by. Time to go through your archives.
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text: My friend Jeremy has the curliest hair I have ever seen on a white person. We met in 2001 on a cross-Canada cycling trip of several crazy environmentalists who thought that being sleep-deprived for an entire summer would be a good idea. It was lots of fun, but kind of silly. Anyway, back to Jeremy…. He is also the funniest friend that I have… no offense to all you other funny people in my life. When Jeremy is around, most people can't help but laugh, except for people who do not appreciate his kind of humour because those people don't really like Jeremy as much. Our visits are often too short because Saskatoon is not usually where he is traveling to or from, but a stop along the way. Nonetheless, every couple of years (or more) there are adventures had with this super duper awesome friend. It was great to have him in Saskatoon last week for even the short amount of time that he was here. I told him that I would blog about him and he promised to read it. So here I am blogging by force. Now, here are some funny pictures of Jeremy and my adventures:


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My first class in my new job at Duke University, Dept of Religion starts today. It's Introduction to the New Testament and meets at 1.30 . . . . . except that I'm not there to teach it. I'm still in Birmingham awaiting the arrival of my visa. Everything else is pretty much in place. You might say that I am "virtually" there -- I have a faculty page and a working email address (email@example.com), I've set up all my teaching on the Blackboard site which Duke uses. Incidentally, I've enjoyed using Blackboard for the first time. So far, pretty intuitive and straightforward.
So what's the plan? Dr Andrew Mbuvi is teaching my NT class until I arrive in person. We await more news from US immigration. I am still hopeful that we will be able to move within the next two to three weeks, but it is impossible to say more until we hear more. In the mean time, one bonus of still being here is that I will take a last visit to the British New Testament Conference at the end of this week. I look forward to seeing some of you there.
Update (Tuesday, 1.16): Not long after writing the above post, I heard from Duke International Office that that my H1-B visa has been approved; now I await an appointment at the US consulate in London.


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DECEMBER 21st UPDATE: I will be clarifying Switch News' editorial stance on Seasons of Heaven in the coming days.
DECEMBER 20th UPDATE: Seeing as this article has blown up in the past 24 hours because of Seasons of Heaven's reveal trailer, I'd like to reiterate that our stance hasn't changed and that Seasons of Heaven's trailer doesn't really help its cause. It's a lovely game that mostly uses Unreal Engine Store assets, and the animation quality in the trailer is very poor. I mean, seriously, look at this.
They had the chance to present the game in the best possible light by using shots that benefit it, and they show this. Not a very good sign.
Get ready for the Kickstarter, which will certainly be up sooner than we think.
I'd also like to respond to the various criticisms I've received on Twitter, amongst other places. Sure, this is a no-name blog that just got started, but let's get off on the right foot, shall we? I think that integrity and ethics are important for Switch News' success, and I refuse to give this game any exposure until legitimate Switch gameplay is shown.
Also, another website has decided to have the same policy as us. The France-based Génération Nintendo also declared yesterday that they would not be covering Seasons of Heaven "until they have more information about the game's actual existence".
Hello everyone, and welcome to the first-ever Switch News editorial.
As some of you may know, Seasons of Heaven, a Nintendo Switch exclusive by Any Arts Production (yes, without an 'S'), received its first teaser trailer today.
You may be wondering why we haven't run a story on it. Let me explain.
This article from Factor News perfectly demonstrates why Seasons of Heaven's creator, Nico Augusto, is not to be trusted, and that everything about this game reeks of sketchiness.
Augusto is the game's creative director. He originally pitched the project to Nintendo, who rejected it. He then recycled the idea and created a book based on Seasons of Heaven's story, while supposedly still working on the project.
Although Any Arts Production started out in France, the studio moved to Los Angeles in 2014 "because that's where [it needed] to be", said Augusto in 2014.
At the beginning of 2016, Any Arts had no more money to pay for its offices because it couldn't find any publishing partners for all four of its games that were in development, including Seasons of Heaven. That already somewhat gives us an idea of Seasons of Heaven's quality, but now, let's delve a little deeper into the "in-game trailer" released today.
First of all, the footage is not running on Nintendo Switch. It's running on PC, on Unreal Engine 4. In its article which exclusively revealed Seasons of Heaven's teaser trailer, GameBlog explained that Any Arts "hopes to replicate [the trailer's] graphics on Nintendo Switch".
So, what does this change? Well, it most likely means that Nico Augusto and his team do not have a Nintendo Switch development kit in their possession, which would also explain why Seasons of Heaven is being revealed now and that, meanwhile, a ton of other third-party developed Switch games remain under wraps. In an likelihood, Nintendo instructed its third-party partners not to reveal any information before the January 12th event, and considering Any Arts' situation, I find it difficult to believe that they've even spoken to Nintendo about bringing Seasons of Heaven to Switch.
So why release the trailer now, then? Well, since no one else is talking about Switch games, Seasons of Heaven is getting quite a bit of attention, being exclusive and all. This is purely strategic. It wouldn't be surprising to see Augusto and his team kick off a crowdfunding campaign so that they can get the game published, especially considering the fact they they're broke as hell and were completely unable to find a company willing to work with them to get the game to market. Since crowdfunding doesn't ensure that a game will be good (or even published), this just seems like a way for Mr. Augusto to make a quick buck.
"But the game could still be good!"
Yeah, that's true. It could, but it's unlikely, and I'll explain why.
Take a look at this screenshot from Seasons of Heaven.
Well, I lied. That isn't a Seasons of Heaven screenshot. It actually comes from this video, which is knows as the "Unreal Engine 4 Kite Demo".
This video was released to show the capabilities of Unreal Engine 4, and it looks a lot like Seasons of Heaven. It's very easy to create generic worlds like that one thanks to freely available assets, and since Seasons of Heaven's new trailer basically only shows grass and trees, creating it shouldn't have taken too much work. Hell, it may just even be a modified version of the world used for the Kite Demo, but maybe that's pushing it, a little.
Fun fact: Nico Augusto used to work for Gameblog, and is good friends with the site's editor in chief, Julien Chièze, who has a very deplorable track record as far ethics are concerned. GameBlog has colluded with publishers in the past to give high scores to their games (their Heavy Rain review caused a lot of ire online) and dined with Sony executives on their dime.
Augusto using GameBlog and the Switch's very existence to generate publicity for his game that desperately needs funding. Lest not forget that he has a terrible reputation within the industry in France, and often makes wild, unsubstantiated claims that turn out to be false.
Keep in mind that this also generates publicity for GameBlog, which is the least popular of the four big French gaming sites, in large part because of its (very) questionable ethics.
Switch News will not be assisting them in their endeavor. Our skepticism is justifiable, and until we see concrete evidence that Any Arts, Nico Augusto and Seasons of Heaven are trustworthy, this is the last time you'll see the words "Seasons of Heaven" mentioned on this website.
Thanks for reading, and don't forget: be wary of everything you hear about this game.


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Opinion: College Athletes Shouldn't Be Paid
Mark Emmert on how to stop college athletic programs from cheating without paying athletes.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
and ... welcome back opinion Journal Live ... on Jason Riley in joining me next is Mark Amor president of the N C a a to discuss whether paying college athletes ... is a good idea while Mr Amor ... oh to be with you Jason ... so one of the most common arguments that I hear in favor ... of paying college athletes is that everybody else ... is getting paid ALM so why not the athlete ... college football and basketball bring in billions ... in revenue every year the coaches are making big money the schools make big money ... markers make big money why not ... the student athletes of course many of which come from disadvantaged backgrounds ... sch well of course collegiate athletics is always bad about dusty needs to happen to be athletes rather than professional athletics and ... others are simply no interest in her appetite for converting college athletics in the new professional athletics ... if you walk down the road logically you quickly realize that ... the the model simply doesn't work that we use ... the revenue generating sports to support all the other athletics and that every university ... there is a myth that universities are making money hand over fist but the fact is that ... around twenty schools last year had positive cash for an athletic departments ... they use the revenue that comes out of men's basketball and football to pay for all the others forced to support older facilities ... then and still most universities have ... put ... additional money into their sports programs to support them ... so that the fact is is that if you if you converted Steve Neflix the professional employees ... then you might have interest in sports but that when a college sports ... Genentech cannot count how all of the athletes themselves feel about ... the way they're being treated aam one sports agent told the New York Times quote the dominant attitude among players is that there's no moral or ethical reason not to take money because the system is ripping them off ... aam well you know why the kids feel the sweat ... well I would take to work in a sports agent four of the the public opinion poll in of all of our student athletes ... if you had a good day to honor Steve nap excess of that we collect on a regular basis you find that there are highly satisfied with their experiences ... they they graduate ... very high numbers higher numbers than the non athletes in universities ... they have great experiences that doesn't mean it's not a lot of things that need to improve upon ... but the but the fact that a sports agent says that he believes kidnappings ... are compelled to take money doesn't it's true ... okay um ... just about the segment ... why should other students on campus ... to be able to earn outside money I mean if I'm a music major ... and get a job with the local Philharmonic making money on the side ... of ... there's no problem with that one should putting on a football or basketball uniform ... change that ... well Steve Nestle's cannon that work outside of of of of the areas in have employment outside of the of ... participation in their own sport not prohibited from that indeed a great many student athletes to have jobs ... universities often that ... help them find employment in that in that it can be ... a very important part of the support for this to happen so this ... is of ... the apology out there that Steve Neflix can work in fact that's not true that a given day often do ... I'm also concerned about making sure we provide ... sufficient support so that Stephen athletes are ... are provided with the full cost of actually attending school ... because that during the school year during their during the error of ... seasons there are very very busy that the successful student and a successful athletes very demanding is no question about it ... I'm supporting try to increase the size of our ... grant made our scholarships for student athletes ... so that it covers of more of the entire cost of the rescue Tao Levy and I think it's a purple we do that ... but again we're we're not ... no one in a higher Education's interested in ... and turn them into employees that we have to get everyone professional athletics ... than that we can use of contract with the local professional team of law do that ... college Board is always bad about students playing sports on behalf of the university not about ... having to be a part of the professional sports world ... in Europe is for the law Street Journal today so that the critics are right ... I in terms of defining the problem it's their solutions ... that you out primarily ... take issue with so I'm you mentioned ... some possible solutions I'm going for but what ... what what you like to see and and what's wrong with ITMN friends that's like putting in place the salary cap ... on on on on teams or or or or paying out with the site and the Sports illustrated suggests ... well the way it that way all of the of the folks that had argued for perfection lies in college athletics second babies they can they simply would ... take whatever revenues available from football and men's basketball and use it to support those two sports ... the course immediately mean just eliminate all women sports because there's no vehicle for sporting than the upper one and all the Olympic sports this is no vehicle for sporting all of them ... so if what you wanted to create was ... a IIa professional ... minor league football program in a professional money League ... men's basketball program but that might work but again it is it that has very little to do with ... collegiate athletics ... what I want to do is I wanna make sure that student athletes are in fact real students that their ... support in a way that they can be successful in the classroom ... that we hold them the very high academic standards ... that they get that they gain the most important differentiator economic success in the world thats an education ... very very tiny portion of our of our student athletes become professional athletes ... we need to help them become of teachers and doctors lawyers and businessmen ... that's where the air with your feature wise and that's what we want them to become ... I'm ... not one final question that is the need for Congress to get involved here and there have been nom ... some congressman representative Bobby Rush is talked about holding ... hearings on the thing staying up looks ... to be part of the solution ... aam is that something ... I've been intervention you would welcome ... well the way Congress is functioning these days I'm not sure that we must solution that might or might postpone the debate for a long time ... know I I don't think ... I don't think there's a role for Congress in writing Intercollegiate athletics that they've they've ever done that by us or we would advise that today ... OK I will leave it there thank you very much for


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I found this amazing recipe from blogger Yummy-Healthy-Easy, I decided I wanted to give it a try, but with a twist.
4oz of Cream Chesse
2- 8oz Cans of Crecent Rolls Cans
1 Large Chicken Breast (because our chicken was already seasoned and grilled we didn't need any salt or pepper, but if you don't want to grill)
Salt & Pepper
First my hubby grilled some chicken, hmm..he is a grill master. Amazing!!
Preheat your oven at 375 degrees.
Than I chopped in tiny squares 1 whole breast.
Than I mixed the chicken with the cream cheese.
Next, you want to take you roll dough and cut it in squares, I did 12 squares, than put the meat on them.
Next you want to fold them like wontons. Pinch the corners together like so.
Than bake for about 12 minutes at 375 degrees.


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Euro zone downturn eases; U.S. services perk up• Reuters
Survey compiler Markit said on Wednesday its Eurozone Composite PMI, which gauges business activity across thousands of companies in the 17-nation currency bloc, rose last month to a reading of 46.5 from 45.7 in October.
That marks a big improvement from a preliminary reading released 10 days ago, but there are few signs the region will emerge from recession any time soon. A reading below 50 indicates contraction.
Markit said the readings still pointed to a deepening of the euro zone's recession during the last three months of this year. Many economists expect the recession to stretch into early 2013.
"We see no signs of improvement that suggest that the (euro zone) economy might recover any time soon. Further contraction in GDP remains our baseline scenario at least until Q1 2013," said Annalisa Piazza, economist at Newedge Strategy in London.
Growth in China's services sector slowed in November as lackluster growth in new orders and a surge of recent hires reduced work backlogs.
The HSBC Purchasing Managers Index for China's services sector released showed the index slipped to 52.1 in November from October's 53.5, as sales prices continued to fall despite a rise in input prices.


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Thursday, June 2, 2016
Battle Report: Russians vs Canada
Kind of a rematch here.. Same Russian player, but he wanted to play up against my Commonwealth British force that I am using as Canadians. Which raised a few eyebrows when I brought them out to a few at the club.. since they were expecting my overpowering Japanese or my newly blessed with blood Americans.
We did things a bit differently here as well.. Since the Russian player is quite new to the game, and I kinda beat him up badly in the last game, we would give him a few more advantages. So he was able to decide on the scenario, which side to take ( attacker/defender ) and set up the table. And I had no input to it before the starting of the game, so he had a lot of benefits going for him, and I was just to bring a more balanced force to try to play against him with. He even got to pick the force, and chose the Canadians in the end, only cause he had not seen them already, and knew how bad my other 2 forces were.
And to be even more crazy I tried a few new things in my force. I took really small units here.. how small? Like 2x5 man SAS and 2x4 man SAS units.. all with SMGs mind you, so still a threat, but crazy small for myself when I am used to units in the 10-18 range thanks to my Japanese forces.
I also gave my opponent a choice of going up against a 1 Platoon or 2 Platoon list.. and he had picked the 1 Platoon to reduce the amount of armor he might go up against. Which was smart considering that he had a T34 with 9+ armor running in his list.
So my list ended up looking like the above photo:
- 2nd Lieutenant
- Forward Artillery Observer (free unit)
- 2x4 SAS w/SMG
- M3 Scout Car Transport
- 2x5 SAS w/SMG
- 2 Bren Carriers Transports
- 8 Reg Infantry w/SMG
- 15 CWT Truck Transport
- AEC Mk I
- Crusader Mk I
-Up and At 'Em Rule
His list was similar to the last one, running with a few Inexperienced, a regular, 2 units of Vets ( one of which was an engineer ), his T34, and his other tank. A medic and he also ran it as 2 platoons. Plus he had 2 units of AT guns, a sniper team, and 2 units of Tank Hunters.
The mission he picked was Scenario 3. Which had the defender sitting on 3 objectives, and the attacker having to claim 1 to Tie, or 2-3 to win. All my troops are off the table, at least half of his troops had to be on the table ( 15 units, so 8 sat on the table ) and the rest were left in reserves. And of course the pre-bombardment allowance for my side if I could roll a 2+.
I rolled the 2+ :) And even killed an AT unit before the game even started, along with the rest of his forces gaining 1-2 pins to start the game with, aside from one unit that was sparred anything.
In Turn 1 I would bring everything on the table in Wave one. Trying to force some heavy hitting from the onset, and with him pulling most of his dice in the beginning I was hopeful of this to happen. he had left my left flank pretty open, but hunkered down more to the center and my right.
Originally my plan was to overwhelm his right side, as there was just a unit of Inexp troops, and a medic sitting there. And I figured my small units of SAS could deal with them easily enough. So I ran up the 2 Brens carrying 5 SAS each to one side, the truck with the infantry up behind the trees for cover, and the M3 to the center with the 2 units of 4 SAS to deal with the smaller units there.
My AEC was on my left trying to keep between the hard cover not to attract too much attention to his AT guns, and my Crusader on my right to get onto the road network.
So this was my original plan, with my opponent hoping to hold down the middle from letting too many vehicles through with his 2 units of Tank Hunters, and AT teams sitting around there. With his reserves to come in as and where needed. Smart plan, and I said as much, though poor dice pulling meant that I could get my transports out before his troops could do anything there.
Turn 2.. we see some mistakes being made.. by the Canadians actually!
I jumped out my 2 units of SAS from the Brens on the right to lay down some fire to the inexp troops there. Meanwhile my infantry in the truck go boom from small arms fire from said inexp troops ( needing 6s, and then 6s.. he rolled really well there! ) and putting that unit down for what would be the next 3 turns!
My central teams would jump out and do some nice damage to his small units in the middle, while his vehicles would miss everything that they shoot at. With mine doing likewise.
But I would use the FO to lay down a fire order for artillery support on the middle objective.. knowing full well this could backfire for me if I roll a 1 when its time to bring it in.
But going back to the mistake, I had forgot he had the Veteran Engineers off the table with their flamethrower at the ready.. Thankfully my SAS unit was too far away for it to be used, but both units would take some hits adding pins to them but no casualties. First dice in Turn 3 would be a deciding factor on this flank for sure... if I can get it I can get within a nice range to tear him a new one, or if he gets it then I can see much flames in my future.
Turn 3 was decent in that the artillery came down and smacked the heck out of the middle groups there. I can also say that this was pretty much the only thing that went well for me in this turn.
First dices .. not just dice.. but dices went to the Russian. His Vet FT unit came and turned my first 5 man unit into ash. Leaving nothing behind. His back up unit there or regulars also came and popped the other unit of SAS leaving nothing left ( well.. he also had a unit full of SMGs so this is not surprising ). So both of my Brens did some major "GTFO" of here moves.. though I then also forgot that they can only hold 5 members.. so the one on the right was more of a pain than something that helped me :)
In the center I was cleaning up some of the units and such with the troops around, and my HQ had hitched a ride in the M3 to fire the HMG on board. And I got some pins on the T34, but not much else occurred. Mostly a lot of long range shooting to happen from tanks, with not much happening.
Turn 4 photo went missing, so above is Turn 5. No idea what happened there..
But combined between them was the movement of my SAS unit on the left to move houses to take on his other Vet unit. Taking a casualty in the process and giving only pins back. The other one would go and charge up his FT unit after it moved too close, and causing some serious hurt. Though my Lieutenant in the M3 would move around the corpse of trees there to pop his Lieutenant, but stay just in range for his SMG boys to pop on back and assault the M3. Killing my Lieutenant, and then popping the transport as they are then the closest unit to it!
My Crusader would do nothing in Turn 4, but in Turn 5 he would run up the road there to take some pot shots at the vets, which turned out to be enough to kill and rout them out! Huzzah! Meanwhile his T34 would continue to fail leadership tests, and slowly move backwards to his side of the board again.
My AEC was moving back and forth around the tree corpse there to take shots at whatever was there and my forces were basically ignoring his other tank that has done nothing for the entire game.
On my right flank the regular infantry began to move again and were able to get to the other side of the trees, while my single SAS with SMG jumped into the building after killing the FT vets. Both unit ready for a charge against the Infantry unit sitting there.. and maybe the medic..
On the left, I still have the FO in the Bren, hoping to make it into range of the left objective.. it is going to be close I think, but there is hope!
Turn 6 sees a lot of movement here...
The remainders of the Russian troops are taken out. The right flank is killed in combat from the regular infantry. This was only due to the squad failing to activate to shoot at them before the charge ( he pulled a dice first ) and thus allowing me to get between the trees there to charge him.
The SAS guy took out the remaining SMG weilding Russians in the woods, with just morale support from the AEC ( who couldn't hit anything that close apparently! ). The 3 man SAS team was able to activate and made an advance to the center objective.
My left, the Crusader opened fire with 2 MMGs to the small AT team there, but with no effect other than a pin. The Bren doing nothing also, but the FO making a full run towards and getting within 3 to challenge the objective.
So at the end of Turn 6, I had claimed 2 objectives, and were contesting one ( but he still held control as far as we knew ).
Rolling for Turn 7, we actually did get it..
Only things happening though were his AT team assaulting my FO.. and losing? Doh! And his Medic getting charged by my regulars on the right, tearing him a new one 6 ways to Sunday.
End of the game was a sweep unfortunately for the Canadians.. I was hoping it would be a bit closer due to giving him a few more advantages on the game, but I think the luck of the dice played in my favour a few times. His T34 getting 5 pins by turn 4 was not helpful for him, and it not coming out of it never helped any. Nor his other tank being pinned from Turn 3 and not doing much from there also didn't help much for him.
Though I was happy to see him have a plan, and stick to it. And cause my plan to fail on Turn 2, making me go a different route overall. And we both took away a few thoughts on how to do better for future, and what to watch out for as well. Let's see how it goes then.
Hopefully I can get in a Tank Wars game soon.. having taken out the American armory lately, it would be a shame not to see them in action. Let's see if I can find an opponent though!
In the meantime.. enjoy!
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Removing snow and ice from paved areas around institutional and commercial buildings during winter months can be among the most difficult and stressful work grounds managers will oversee. The challenges of this work include managing crews, preparing for large storms with significant snow and ice, dealing with equipment operator fatigue from long hours, and preventing hazardous conditions for both occupants and visitors.
Beyond these issues, managers will have to stay within or below budgeted constraints. Even with budget considerations, managers must examine snow and ice management with one overall goal in mind: maintaining a safe environment for pedestrians and vehicles, allowing people to go about their daily lives and limiting risk for the organization.
Among the important steps in this process are determining the scope of the challenge, working with crews to understand proper equipment use, and deciding on the role of chemicals.
A large winter storm bringing significant snow or ice will result in long hours, fatigue, equipment breakdowns, and potentially hazardous situations for the grounds staff who operate the equipment. Add to that challenge the desired level of service that most building occupants are accustomed to, and that challenge becomes removing snow and ice in the most efficient and cleanly method possible to meet defined goals.
Matching equipment to the workload is critical. First and foremost, managers must always be prepared for equipment failure. There is nothing worse than being stuck in the middle of a large storm and losing one or more of the plows needed to get the job done because, very likely, facility operations will find a way to go on.
Students at a university won't stop going to class — at least not for snow — a hospital won't close down, and the businesses in an office building won't be okay with starting work late because they can't get in the parking lot.
Plows are the most common pieces of equipment, but a snow-removal arsenal also can include pick-up trucks, skid steers and compact equipment, all-terrain vehicles, and front-end loaders and large equipment.
Snowplow manufacturers have made significant advances in construction and design of plows to meet user demands, but the final test is how the operator uses the equipment.
When using a straight plow, the driver should angle the blade away from the building on the first pass. Subsequent passes should be made away from the building and toward the outer perimeter. The general rule is to angle the blade away from a building. The goal is to get the snow as far away from the buildings as possible.
When using V-plows, the driver needs to use a V-position to make an initial breakthrough. This position also is effective for hard-packed snow, ice and deep drifts. The blade should be in the straight position or angled position for general, wide-path plowing or stacking. The scoop position is ideal for clean-up and carrying snow with minimum spilling.
A snow pusher on a loader, backhoe, skid steer or compact utility tractor can quickly and efficiently move large volumes of snow. Pushers contain the snow and help minimize windrows, which eliminates the need for repeated plowing of the same area to clean up spills.
When using a snow pusher, the driver must be sure it is attached according to the manufacturer's specifications. These specifications are designed to provide the best performance, wear tolerance and safety.
By using a loader's lifting capabilities, drivers can use snow pushers to stack huge piles of snow. And by removing the snow pusher attachment, the driver can operate the unit to loading trucks in case snow must be hauled away.
Historically, departments have removed snow and ice with overuse of chemicals as a complement to the use of shovels, plows, and related equipment. In recent years, granular materials have become a popular and effective method for maintaining safe conditions during and after a storm.
Understanding the difference between anti-icing and deicing can give managers insights into the different approaches that can help them deal with ice efficiently.
Deicing is the reactive application of ice-control products to melt existing snow and ice on driving or walking surfaces. Deicing after snow removal operations can melt any remaining snow and ice.
Anti-icing refers to the proactive application of ice- and snow-melting products to driving or walking surfaces before a storm. This tactic helps prevent snow and ice from bonding to the pavement, and workers can clear them away more easily. Used effectively, anti-icing can create some of the safest conditions in the winter and can be a cost-effective alternative to deicing.
In general, materials used in these two processes include:
Sand. Although sand can provide some traction, it technically is not a deicing material, since sand in no way melts snow or ice. A common misperception is that sand is the best alternative for snow and ice control, due to its low cost and common use. Managers also need to consider the potential environmental impact of sand related to.
Salt. Sodium chloride, or rock salt, is the most common deicer in use today. This product generally is effective, though not at all conditions. In very cold conditions — typically below 23 degrees — salt begins to lose its effectiveness and either is not used or is overused in trying to make up for reduced performance.
Sand-salt mix. Another common practice is to mix sand and salt for deicing. This method is effective in maintaining some traction, due to the sand. But it reduces the amount of salt workers can apply to an area. As a result, less deicing occurs, while the environmental concerns and clean-up costs associated with sand rise.
Managers also have other chemical options for deicing and anti-icing, and each offers differing levels of effectiveness, cost, availability, and environmental impact.
These products include calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, urea, calcium magnesium acetate, and potassium acetate.
In-house snow removal specialists or private contractors can help managers determine which product might meet a department's needs.
Planning for winter storms well in advance, including a review of equipment and chemical use, is an essential step for managers looking to avoid the problems snow and ice can bring.
Brian Birch is assistant executive director of the Snow and Ice Management Association, www.sima.org or (814) 835-3577.
Managers often wrestle with the question of whether to handle snow and ice removal with in-house staff or hire a contractor. The answer often comes after a review of the benefits and drawbacks that each strategy presents.
Among the pros:
• More control over crews and the timing of removal
• Possible cost savings, but only if crews are properly trained
• No outsourcing of risk to a third party
• No contracts to sign with a third
• No bidding procedures.
Among the cons:
• Proper equipment required, especially back-up equipment in case of equipment failure
• Advance purchasing of deicing or anti-icing materials for at least portions of the season, ensuring workers do not run out mid-storm
• Implementation, because managers must coordinate crews and comply with applicable laws
• Training, because employers are responsible for proper training and planning
• Potential of property damage that the organization must repair
• Monitoring the weather and determining the preparation needed for staff and equipment
• Added risk if safe conditions are not provided for occupants and visitors.
The pros include:
• A manager is hiring a specialist to do the work and doesn't need to be the expert. Among the questions to ask: Is the contractor a certified snow professional?
• Long-term savings for an organization if a manager can form a strong relationship with a solid, dependable contractor. Locking in a good contractor for a two- or three-year contract with defined costs will make budgeting much easier.
• Risk management. By hiring a contractor and signing a contract that defines the relationship with the contractor, managers can outline specific guidelines on who is responsible for various duties.
The cons include:
• Loss of some control
• Time-consuming hiring and bidding process
• High costs, depending on such factors as pricing structures and the amount of winter weather.
Before deciding to outsource all or portions of a department's snow-removal operations, managers should require a formal bid, a defined contract agreeable to and amended by both the organization and the contractor, and proof of all insurances, including general liability insurance.
— Brian Birch


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Of course this statement by the Governor will simply enrage the authoritarians on the left and they will call for limiting migration or forcefully confiscating wealth. For them Freedom is always trumped by so-called "economic justice" but with the understanding that THEY will say what is just.
"You heard the mantra, 'Tax the rich, tax the rich,"' Paterson said Wednesday at a gathering of newspaper editors at an Associated Press event in Syracuse. "We've done that. We've probably lost jobs and driven people out of the state."
"People aren't wedded to a geographic place as they once were. It's a different world," New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch said.
Ravitch said last year's surcharge on income taxes for the next three years won't likely meet budget expectations. He said Albany must look to politically difficult spending cuts, rather than more taxes, to meet a deepening shortfall that Paterson estimated Wednesday could reach $3 billion.
"I don't think they have any choice," Ravitch said. "In my personal opinion, we're at the outer limits of the elasticity of our tax system."


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The People's Guide to Mississauga!
Welcome to WikiSauga, The LocalWiki for Mississauga, Ontario, Canada! This project is an interconnected community effort to explore, discuss and compile anything and everything about Mississauga — especially the little, enjoyable things. This entire site is maintained by the people who use it: Everyone can edit this website!
If you're new, check out the Introduction.
Mississauga LocalWiki News
2013-11-13: Our first Wiki Wednesday meet up will be on Nov 13, 2013 at 7:30 pm 2nd Floor at the Central Library
2013-09-05: Almost all of the City's Neighbourhoods have been mapped!
2013-08-29: WikiSauga has moved over to a new more user friendly platform, now it's even easier to edit the city.
2013-04-12: WikiSauga is 6 years old!
2013-03-15: Sawmill Creek is the 4000th page created on WikiSauga!
Check out the News Archive for older news.
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Mondays have been full of contests and challenges and stuff - so I play catch up with my fellow bloggers.
Here is a fun interview at Tartitude with the author of Possum Summer - looks like a cute book for MG girls and girls who don't want to grow up, like me =)
I have more to add, but it's Monday. Give me a minute.
Ok. I just finished another weekend challenge (above).
And the AW Flash Fiction for this week is here - the password is FLASHED if you need it.


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Mini Penny Pinafore by Kitschy Coo. I used the Avengers pattern knit for the side panels and sleeves, and the solid black Laguna knit for the center front and back, as well as the neckband.
Fashion Film Electric in Firecracker Red, if you'd like to know). Of course, as Myra is an active girl, she also got a pair of matching undershorts, also detailed with the Avengers logo. A superhero likes to preserve her modesty when saving the world.
I actually finished this last week - I'm so behind on blogging - but Myra has already worn it three times. As soon as it comes out of the wash, it's on her body! I'm so glad she's happy with it, and I love that I can make her a superhero dress, since sometimes it's a bit hard to find them in stores. Yay for sewing!


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We Are Who We Are, Americans.
It was okay in the beginning. It was okay to watch other games, root for other teams, get into the whole World Cup atmosphere and being all "YEAH I LOVE THIS GLOBAL GAME OF KICKING" it was meant to be that way in the opening round. Get you accustomed to the feeling of nations rooting for a group of men.
Not anymore.
This is real. This is the elimination round. There's no picking TEAMS to win. You've got one nation to root for. You've got a bunch of other nations to find funny jokes about. You've only got one shot to stand up and believe that your nation will rise.
And the one nation that is under god and indivisible with liberty and justice for all is the one nation you better be rooting for. This is about AMERICA. HOME TO CHUCK NORRIS. HOME TO TACO BELL. HOME TO HULK HOGAN. HOME TO BOBBY BOUCHER, HANK HILL, AND ERIC CARTMAN. HOME TO FREEDOM. HOME TO ENOUGH FREEDOM THAT WE DON'T CARE IF OUR COACH IS GERMAN, THAT HALF OUR TEAM WAS NOT BORN HERE. WE DON'T CARE ONCE YOU'RE HERE, YOU'RE HERE, AND DAMMIT WE RIDE OUT. WE BELIEVE WE ARE THE BEST, AND WE BELIEVE NO ONE CAN COMPETE WITH US. WE MAY NOT BE GOOD BUT DAMMIT WE ARE AMERICA AND IN AMERICA YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GOOD YOU JUST HAVE TO BE AMERICAN. DOES THAT NOT MAKE SENSE TO YOU?! WELL GUESS WHAT A LOT OF THINGS HERE DON'T MAKE SENSE BUT RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T HAVE TO. ALL THAT MATTERS IS WHEREVER YOU ARE. WHEREVER YOU GO. YOU PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR CHEST AND YOU RECITE THE NATIONAL ANTHEM LIKE YOU NEVER HAVE BEFORE AND YOU LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT AMERICA FUCKING ROCKS AND THIS WORLD CUP IS OURS


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For Therese Allison, the pain of childbirth didn't end in the hospital delivery room. Now that her baby's born, she's dealing with another kind of pain: coming up with the cash to pay for the delivery.
Allison, who gave birth to her third child three weeks ago, runs a business with her husband and is one of many self-employed Americans with no insurance. Once she became pregnant, Allison tried to sign up for health insurance to help lighten the financial load.
But the insurance companies balked. "They said, 'Well, we're sorry, but you have a pre-existing condition and we can't insure you,'" Allison said.
It didn't take long for the New Jersey mom and her husband to learn the daunting costs of having a baby when you don't have insurance or government assistance.
Over the last 15 years, the cost of vaginal deliveries has practically doubled in the United States, shooting up from $4,918 to $9,294, while the cost of C-sections has increased 70 percent from an average of $8,268 to $14,055, according to Truven Health Analytics.
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By contrast, the average cost for an uncomplicated vaginal delivery last year in Switzerland was $4,039 and the average cost in France was $3,541, according to the International Federation of Health Plans (IFHP). That's nearly half to a third of what it cost in the U.S.
In fact, the United States is the most expensive place in the world to give birth, according to the IFHP. The reason, experts say, has to do with the way hospitals calculate our bills.
(Read more: Big data's powerful effect on tiny babies)
"Every time you walk into the hospital, they look at everything that happens to you and say, 'Can I bill for that?'" explained Gerard Anderson, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Hospital Finance and Management.


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Plant taxonomy categorizes common tansy as Tanacetum vulgare.
Common tansy is an herbaceous perennial. It is also sometimes classified as an herb plant.
Do not confuse it with "tansy ragwort" (Senecio jacobea), a different plant altogether.
Characteristics of Tansy
The flowers are golden and appear in flat-topped clusters. The tansy flower's shape is frequently described as "button-like." Common tansy often grows to a height of about 3 feet with a similar spread. The flowers bloom July-August. The foliage is feathery and fragrant. Common tansy is an invasive plant (see below), so growing it is not recommended. However, if this flower already grows on your property, you need to be able to identify it (see picture), because common tansy is a poisonous plant. Should a child, say, ingest sufficient amounts, medical treatment would be necessary (stomach pumping).
Where It Grows, Sun and Soil Requirements
Indigenous to Europe and Asia, common tansy grows as a perennial in planting zones 3-9.
Tansy flowers tolerate average, somewhat dry soils (but not wet soils) and will grow in either full sun or partial shade.
Care: Cutting Back, Deadheading
Tansy flowers grow like a weed along roadsides in many areas of North America, so if you are curious enough to desire a look at the plant, some of you may easily be able to do so. If this invasive grows in your own landscape, at least deadhead the flowers to keep them from going to seed.
By late summer, you might wish to cut tansy to the ground, as the appearance of its fern-like foliage may start to suffer from the heat. If you cut it back early enough, a new batch of foliage will emerge in autumn (in warm climates, re-blooming may actually result).
Tansy Poisonous, Despite Medicinal, Pest-Control Uses
Tansy has been used in companion planting for centuries. The leaves of these fragrant plants are said to repel flies and ants, for instance (although their aroma may repel only certain types of ants). To use the plants for ant control, dry the flowers and leaves and sprinkle them to form barriers.
Despite being poisonous (to humans, to livestock, to dogs, and to cats, if eaten in sufficient quantities) if ingested raw, this herb, according to Botanical Online, traditionally has had culinary and medicinal uses, too. The same source notes, however, that contact with common tansy puts one at risk for dermatitis.
On Its Invasive Nature
Tansy flowers have naturalized (along roadsides, for example) in parts of North America, where the plant is widely considered to be invasive.
The publication of this article should not be considered an endorsement for growing tansy flowers; rather, the information here is provided for research purposes and for those who already have the plants growing in their yards.
Tansy Weed Control
If tansy flowers are already growing on your property and you are curious about what organic weed control measures you can take to eradicate this invasive, We do not have good news for you. The plant is difficult to eradicate without chemicals. It spreads not only by reseeding but also via underground rhizomes. One way to check the spread of the rhizomes is by using bamboo barriers. Some people mow tansy down to weaken it and keep it from producing seed, but this approach will not eradicate the plants.
Meaning of the Name, "Tansy" and Some History
While tansy plant has now fallen out of favor in some quarters due to its poisonous nature and invasive tendencies, it was nonetheless once a much-admired herb.
Tansy plant's common name derives from the Greek athanatos, meaning immortality (either because it is long-lived or because tansy was used for embalming going back to ancient times). In Greek mythology, Zeus was said to have made Ganymede immortal by giving the latter tansy on Mount Olympus.
It was an important medicinal and culinary herb in Europe for centuries. "In medieval times, tansy was used for a variety of ailments," says Stephen Byrnes, in Tansy: an Herb with a Rich History. "Its most well-known use was for expelling intestinal worms, particularly in children. Children infected by these parasites would have a cup of tansy tea in the morning, and another at night."
Given their pedigree in the European tradition, it is not surprising that tansy flowers were soon brought to the New World by the American colonists and granted a position of prominence there in the garden. "Use of common tansy led the governor of Massachusetts to list common tansy as a necessary plant for colonial herb gardens in the 1600s," according to Montana State University, which source notes that the herb, unfortunately, escaped cultivation and became a pest.
That escape has culminated in tansy's being listed by watchdog groups as one of the worst invasive plants in North America. It is quite a comedown from those Mount Olympus days, isn't it?


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I have love on the brain.
My wedding anniversary is next week.
Share this card with your significant other, whether it's an anniversary, or a "just because" love note.
Add an element of surprise and tuck it somewhere unexpected.
On the bathroom mirror, in his work boots, taped to the steering wheel of his car in the morning...
What cloud are YOU on?


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Welcome To Cavan and Monaghan AEGIS
The aim of the Adult Guidance Service is to provide adults in counties Cavan and Monaghan with the Information, Advice, and Guidance needed to help them make the correct decisions regarding their education, training and career choices.
AEGIS works to encourage adult learners to think about their lives in a way they might not have done before. We look at the existing strengths, abilities and skills of adults hoping to return to education.
|New part time course timetable will be available on 12th MARCH 2019!
|Click here to download our latest brochure (PDF)
|Timetable for Jan - April 2019 - Monaghan (PDF)
An inspirational story from one of our adult learners about his experience of education second time around!……read Barry's story here


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YORK, Pa.-- It's only Thursday, but it's still time to be well!
In this week's edition of Be Well, Mindy Quesenberry and Marcella Cucchiara from MyFitnessQuest, are stopping by to update FOX43's Amy Lutz's progress on a three month program that can help transform your wellness.
This is how Amy's journey is unfolding:
Session One:
● Discussed key concepts including Bioindividuality and Crowding out
● Discussed goals and challenges
● Strategies to work on included: 1. Adding in three meals to balance blood sugar 2. Add in green smoothie
Progress After Session One:
Amy reported:
1. Flatter stomach, less bloating
2. Better sleep
3. Pain free
4. More mindful of food choices
5. 6 pound weight loss
6. Better energy and mood
Session Two:
● Continue journaling as this helps with mindful piece
● Begin healthy swaps by reviewing my Healthy Food Chart
● Get creative with new smoothie recipes (provided Amy with copy of my Smoothie ebook)
● Begin meal prepping and planning
● Scheduled grocery store tour
Session Three:
- Grocery store tour (how to become a label reader)
- How to make healthy swaps
- Continue journaling progress
Progress after Session Two and Three:
Amy reported:
- Feeling full and reduced cravings during day due to adding in fiber and nutrient rich foods in the form of veggies, greens, and fruits
- More mindful of what putting in her body. "Will this nourish me?"
- Making healthier swaps for some of her favorite meals and snacks
- Offering better choices to her family
- Confident navigating grocery store
For more information, you can check out the Eat Clean Live Big website here.


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3, 5 h North from Toronto, year round access
Winterized lodge + 12 housekeeping cabins
Happy Landing Lodge & Restaurant
After 13 years we are ready to pass our resort on to the next outdoor lovers who will enjoy living in the midst of nature, right on a beautiful lake (110 acres with 2000 feet of shoreline). For those who are happy to leave behind the city life and are not afraid of hard work, we offer these four seasons:
Spring ~ Time to prepare the resort for the tourist season.Plenty of work to do everywhere. A lot of cleaning, painting, minor renovations and repairs. Plenty of grass to mow and in the midst of all that, plenty of wood to be cut for the next winter and for the tourists (we have oil heating, however, we still use a fireplace for ambiance and to save on oil costs).
Summer ~ The campers have arrived and need to be looked after. They require a good deal of patience and good customer service skills. Yes they can be demanding but if their expectations are met they will leave enough money for us to get through to the next season. An annual picnic organized by the local Trout Lake residents association at our resort is the peak of the season. The season winds down from there.
Fall ~ There is nothing more beautiful in our region then fall. Indescribable colors, a lot less work and the free time to head out to the movies (Sudbury is 50 minutes away) or go mushroom picking in the forest. Fishing is only a hundred feet from our front steps… just walk out and start casting. There are also two golf courses within a ten-minute car ride. Thanksgiving weekend finishes off the season with a big dinner for guests, family and friends.
Winter ~ The first ten years we spent the winter here. Pristine white snow, snowmobiling, ice fishing and time for relaxation with a good book. For the last three years, we have shut the lodge down and headed south to Florida. With age, we have developed a desire for sunshine, warmth and time to spend with our grandson.
So, sell your home and buy Happy Landing Lodge without a mortgage. This business will sustain you without a problem. Don't count on big money, count on an 180-degree lifestyle change. Count on an adventure and a lot of work during the short season, especially if you decide (the way we have) to run the restaurant ourselves. The restaurant is not a huge source of income, however, the tax write-offs associated are very worthwhile. For example, 75% of the costs associated with our vehicle can be written off. The same goes for the landline, cell, hydro and internet at 95%, property tax and insurance 85% and others.
My advice is to buy either a small or a large business of this type. If you buy a medium sized Lodge, you will need to hire 4-5 people to run such an enterprise and the wages will cost you most of your profit. Our resort is run by two persons full-time (ourselves) as well as two part-time employees in the tourist season. So, give it some thought. Do you want to live and work surrounded by the pristine beauty of the French River? If you answered YES and have $ 849 000 then give us a call and we will set up a meeting. We are selling the resort privately, however, agents are most welcome (especially if they have serious buyers who know what they want). We offer a life in the forest, far away from the noise and congestion of the city. If this sounds like something you are searching for, your search may well be over.
For more info please go to our website:
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Designed as an alpine retreat, and a private oasis for its owners, the Kerton Residence is surrounded by trees and is settled amidst mountainous hills on the outskirts of Queenstown.
The entry courtyard is sparse and fort-like, and contrasts with the openness of the interior space once inside the home. Living areas are designed around a courtyard, which allows the sun to heat the internal spaces, while creating a sheltered outdoor living area. The bedrooms are a series of separate stacked timber boxes, rotated for privacy and views.
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Grounded in Philly gets its data from a number of city data sources, including but not limited to:
- Parcel outlines from the city's Records Department.
- Land use designations, which identify parcels and portions of parcels by land use, including vacancy, from the City Planning Commission.
- Permeability data by parcel from the Water Department.
- Vacancy licenses and violations from Licenses & Inspections.
- Billing information.
- The Redevelopment Authority's Available Properties are fetched from this API.
Where an API is available, Grounded in Philly updates the data on a rolling basis to keep the data up-to-date.
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On each lot's page we have a section containing the data points that we think indicate that the lot is vacant. We also have a way to report lots that aren't actually vacant to correct the map.
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The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith.
Over the past fortnight I've been reading books that I've been meaning to read for several years, and my latest is The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith (1766). I've had this novel on my list for ages, at least three years and probably more, and have no reason at all as to why it's taken so long!
The beginning rather reflects Goldsmith's earlier essay Old Maids and Bachelors (1760), in which he stated,
"I behold an old bachelor in the most contemptible light, as an animal that lives upon the common stock, without contributing his share; he is a beast of prey, and the laws should make use of as many stratagems, and as much force to drive the reluctant savage into the toils, as the Indians when they hunt the rhinoceros. The mob should be permitted to halloo after him, boys might play tricks on him with impunity, every well-bred company should laugh at him, and if, when he turned sixty, he offered to make love, his mistress might spit in his face, or, what would perhaps be a greater punishment, should fairly grant the favour."
And here is the opening sentence of The Vicar of Wakefield:
"I was ever of opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population."
An odd sentiment, I thought, for a bachelor such as Goldsmith. But I digress. The paragraph goes on on the subject of his wife, a description I thought rather charming,
"From this motive, I had scarce taken orders a year before I began to think seriously of matrimony, and chose my wife as she did her wedding gown, not for a fine glossy surfaces but such qualities as would wear well. To do her justice, she was a good-natured notable woman; and as for breeding, there were few country ladies who could shew more. She could read any English book without much spelling, but for pickling, preserving, and cookery, none could excel her. She prided herself also upon being an excellent contriver in house-keeping; tho' I could never find that we grew richer with all her contrivances. However, we loved each other tenderly, and our fondness encreased as we grew old. There was in fact nothing that could make us angry with the world or each other. We had an elegant house, situated in a fine country, and a good neighbourhood. The year was spent in moral or rural amusements; in visiting our rich neighbours, and relieving such as were poor. We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fire-side, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown."
He goes on to describe an idyllic life as a countryside vicar, however things abruptly go wrong as our vicar, Dr. Charles Primrose, makes an unwise investment and loses everything. The family move, and Primrose is demoted from a vicar to a curate (an assistant to a vicar) as well as working as a farmer. His son George's wedding to Arabella Wilmot, one of the first trials Primrose faces, along with the small matter of trying to marry off his daughters, something that becomes increasingly complex as time marches on.
It's a great little novel and has an interesting publication history. In the words of Samuel Johnson,
To finish, some illustrations by Arthur Rackham:
It's a great little novel and has an interesting publication history. In the words of Samuel Johnson,
"I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion: I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him. I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return; and, having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill."Goldsmith tells the story of a vicar, once rich, now in poverty and his attempts to navigate the tricky path of morality and prudence with such radically changed circumstances. It's a warning too against vanity, and excess: excessive prudence, which leads to naïvety, and comments very much on social class. The vicar shows great strength and moral courage, his faith is his rock and, in a way, this novel is not unlike the Book of Job, if one imagines The Book of Job to be an 18th Century comedy of manners!
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Michael Pinkus Wine Review
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Field Blender's White is an elegant wine that delivers rich complex and wonderful aromatics. Vidal Blanc accompanied with Viognier, Sauvignon Blanc, and Chardonnay Musque effortlessly displaying wonderful of notes of apricots, honeydew melon, and orange blossoms. Nervy minerality runs throughout highlighting crisp acidity on a long citrus finish.
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A wine that reflects an uncompromising vintage … Ontario's 2012 harvest will surely be remembered as one of the best ever, from it we proudly present Veritas. This wine exemplifies the truthfulness of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Malbec melding cohesively . The nose offers lifted notes of eucalyptus, dark cocoa, cassis and white pepper verging towards the spectrum of dark rum and graphite. These tones carry through on the palate with restrained acidity and gentle, chewy tannins propping jammy red currents, sage and fleshly blackberry that finishes elegantly.
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With excellent texture and weight, this 2016 offering possesses wonderful minerality with earthy white stone fruit, green apple peel and a faint tone of honeysuckle that linger well beyond the finish. Fermented in stainless steel this wine displays a rounder, bold structure, with nectarine and spice rendered on the palate along with brisk acidity proudly owing to its cool climate origins. With fruit sourced from Niagara On The Lake, this is our newest edition to the Nyarai Cellars Family.
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The allure of Condrieu's hedonic white varietal is at the best of times too tempting to ignore. This engaging wine offers vibrant notes of white peaches, nectarines, chamomile, Anjou pear skins and sweet mangoes. A seam of acidity brings a nervy tension of freshness that lingers effortlessly on the palate. Fruit primarily sourced from the Lincoln Lakeshore appellation from Red Jeddo clay soils, this textually rich wine offers wonderful balance and depth.
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Masculine in nature the 2012 edition of Cadence was crafted from a generously warm and long growing season. This red blend comprising of 37% Cabernet Franc, 29% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Syrah. Aromas of blackberry and cassis with lifted white pepper and red berry. Palate has a rich texture that includes flesh dark plum fruits along with earthy over tones of sweet oak and bramble inter-woven with firm tannins, a delicate spine of acidity leading to a long finish.
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This pleasant offering typifies the unique attributes of a cool climate growing region. A blend of Cabernet Franc (42%), Merlot (33%), Cabernet Sauvignon (20%), and Syrah (5%), this polished cuvee is a charmer. Aromas of bright red currents, blackberry jam and spice unfold gracefully, with black fruits, boysenberry and bitter chocolate along with nuances of cassis, blueberry and earthy undertones prevail on the palate. Plush tannins provide weight and structure supporting a sweet mix of field berry notes with a touch of vanilla on the finish.
To the many musicians whom have I've had the pleasure to have collaborate with – Cadence is dedicated to you.
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In a sense, the Gala opening event is SF Beer Week in microcosm—if some 80 Northern California breweries pouring from three or four taps each can be considered a "microcosm." The gala is an opportunity for breweries to strut their stuff not only for drinkers, but also for their brewing peers. Keeping in the spirit of the event, many breweries bring special beers.
Indicative of the rapidly growing beer community were the debuts of many new breweries at the gala, including 101 North, Beltane, Free Wheel and Pine Street, to name but a few. Also, breweries that were relative newcomers a year ago have established themselves as an integral part of the Bay Area beer community, like Social Kitchen (with new brewer Kim Sturdavant), Almanac, Heretic and Pacific Brew Labs.
Sampling everything is, of course, impossible, so it makes sense to pass up the familiar in order to concentrate on the new, rare or unusual. Predictably, Russian River's seasonal Pliny the Younger was on everyone's hit list and as usual it did not disappoint. Relatively well-balanced for a big triple IPA, it had some tropical fruit notes. But was it really that much better than other big IPAs from breweries like Moylans or Auburn Alehouse's excellent ZZ Hop Imperial IPA?
A couple of persistent themes of the gala and beer week in general were "sour" beers and beers aged in barrels. Almanac had both in the form of Farmer's Reserve No. 1, a sour ale brewed with cabernet and muscat grapes; and Farmer's Reserve No. 2, an aged wild autumn harvest ale made with pumpkins, ginger and persimmons; as well as Barrel Noir, a blend of American-style imperial stout and Belgian-inspired dark ale aged in bourbon barrels. Russian River brought its standout Sanctification wild ale, always a treat.
Bear Republic revived its barrel-aged brew, Old Baba Yaga, a Russian imperial stout named for the witch who guarded the fountain of life and death in Russian folklore. Shmaltz Brewing got in the act with its surprisingly tasty Human Blockhead dark lager, aged in Buffalo Trace barrels. Not to be outdone, Sierra Nevada brought along a barrel-aged version of its imperial stout Narwal.
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Due to heavy rainfall over the last week, the Delaware River level as measured at Montague, New Jersey, is currently 9.61 feet. It is predicted to rise to over 10.6 feet by8:00 a.m. on Friday, June 14, which is about four to five vertical feet higher than normal for this time of the year.
By order of Superintendent John J. Donahue, all individuals are required to wear a proper fitting, United States Coast Guard approved personal flotation device (PFD) in good and serviceable condition while on board any vessel on the waters of the Delaware River within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. This order is effective immediately and will remain in effect until the river level recedes below 8 feet.
At higher levels, river conditions include large quantities of floating debris, very swift currents, decreased water temperature and increased hydraulic hazards in rapids and near bridge pilings, as well as increased hazards associated with downed trees and submerged obstacles near the shoreline.
It is highly recommended that only very experienced boaters using proper equipment consider a river trip during this period of high water.
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If Marangu is the "Coca-Cola" route, then the Machame Route is the "whiskey" route of Mount Kilimanjaro. It is the second most popular and one of the most scenic routes on the mountain. With this package, all climbers will get to the summit within 6 days. The acclimatization is easier with the Machame Route and the success rate is fairly high. This package is suitable for physically fit people with some hiking experience. Bask in the picturesque landscapes of Mount Kilimanjaro!
You will be accommodated for 5 nights at several campsites in Mount Kilimanjaro including Machame Camp, Shira Camp, Barranco Camp, Barafu Camp, and Mweka Camp. This package also includes 2 nights' stay at a hotel before and after the program.
You will drive from Moshi to the Kilimanjaro National Park Gate for about 45 minutes. The journey passes through the village of Machame which is located on the lower slopes of the mountain.
You will depart the park gate and walk through the rain forest on a winding trail up a ridge. At lower elevations, the trail can be muddy and slippery. Gaiters and trekking poles are a good idea here. You will continue hiking for a short distance until you reach the Machame Camp.
After breakfast, you will leave the glades of the rain forest and continue on an ascending path, crossing the valley along a steep rocky ridge. The route now turns west onto a river gorge until you arrive at the Shira Camp.
From the Shira Plateau, you will keep on hiking to the east up a ridge, passing the junction towards the peak of Kibo. As you hike, you will change your way to the southeast toward the Lava Tower, called the "shark's tooth" (elevation range around 4,650 meters / 15,250 feet).
Shortly after the tower, you will come to the second junction which goes to the Arrow Glacier. You will now continue down to the Barranco Camp. Although you end the day at around the same elevation as when you began, this day is very important for acclimatization and will help your body prepare for the summit day.
After breakfast, you will leave Barranco and continue on a steep ridge up to the Barranco Wall (elevation 4250 meters / 13,900 feet), through the Karanga Valley (elevation 4050 meters / 13,250 feet) to the junction which connects with the Mweka Trail.
You will keep on hiking up to the Barafu Camp. At this point, you have accomplished the South Circuit, which offers views of the summit from many different angles. Here, you will build your camp with views of the summit in the distance.
Very early in the morning (midnight to 02:00), you will continue your way to the summit between the Rebmann and Ratzel glaciers. You will head to the northwesterly direction and ascend through a heavy scree towards Stella Point on the crater rim.
This will be the most mentally and physically challenging portion of the trek. At Stella Point, you will stop for a short rest and will be rewarded with the most magnificent sunrise you are ever likely to see. Faster hikers may view the sunrise from the summit.
From Stella Point, you may encounter snow all the way on your 1-hour ascent to the summit. Once you arrive at Uhuru Peak, you have reached the highest point of Mount Kilimanjaro and the continent of Africa.
From the summit, you will then begin your descent by continuing straight down to the Mweka Camp and stopping at Barafu for lunch en route. You may want gaiters and trekking poles for the loose gravel going down. You will arrive at Mweka Camp and enjoy your last evening on the mountain.
After breakfast, you will continue the descent down to the Mweka Park Gate to receive your summit certificates. At lower elevations, it can be wet and muddy. Gaiters and trekking poles will be helpful.
From the gate, you will continue walking for another hour to Mweka Village. A vehicle will meet you at Mweka Village to drive you back to your hotel in Moshi (about 30 minutes). Don't forget to tip your guides and porters.
Your trekking will take place on Mount Kilimanjaro located in Tanzania.
You will be served daily meals which include breakfast, lunch, dinner and drinks. This is a full board safari. All meals and drinking water are included in the price.
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I was talking with my wife about blogs last night. We both came to a consensus: most blogs are people's attempts to sell something–whatever the product may be, really the owners of these blogs are selling themselves. Most readers of blogs are well aware of the sales pitch thrown at them each time they visit. I will not lie and say I have no desire to sell the readers of "lostwhitemale" something. I am well aware I am attempting to create value for the blog that others will trade their wealth for–even if the only wealth invested is the time spent by someone reading my posts. Time is a valuable and scarce thing.
I will not attempt to lie by appealing to some greater moralistic code either. Just because I am acknowledging my greedy intentions makes me no better. But by me being honest with my audience, I hope to clear the air a bit of the slightly nauseating odor of desperation that follows blogs around.
I am selling you ideas constantly. Through my writings, I plead for value to be assigned. I am reaching for wealth.


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Intel is Putting its Skylake CPUs Inside Smartphones
Good news for people looking to have a single computer they carry around everywhere.
Good news for people looking to have a single computer they carry around everywhere.
Don't buy that new Windows laptop or tablet until you have read this.
Have you been putting off building a new hardcore gaming PC? Well, wait no more.
Intel's 2016 chip line-up, called Kaby Lake, will continue to use 14 nanometer processes.
The transistor strands on this chip are just over twice the diameter of strands of DNA – like, ugh, really small.
To try and stand out from the crowd, AMD is promising two big changes: vastly better battery life over the previous generation, and powerful integrated graphics. As a result, you might actually want it's latest chips in your next laptop. Read More >
Powering on at full speed overheats the Snapdragon 810, so it deliberately throttles its own performance to compensate. Not good.
The company is to stop using the chips in its new Galaxy S6 due to overheating issues.
The chip is being put straight to use in the LG G3 Screen.
Cognitive computing has been one of our most exciting frontiers for years. It's enticing to think that we can someday build a computer that's as powerful and as efficient as a brain. IBM's latest miracle chip just got us closer than ever – squeezing one million neurons into one stamp-sized chip.
Electrical engineers may be better served elsewhere, but for anyone else, this is a great little guide.
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Important Note: On June 12th, 2017, ALL student WebACCess IDs changed to a new format, the ACCess ID. The ACCess ID will open the digital gateway to many of Alvin Community College's student facing applications, including Office 365! See below for details.
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Our client is a world leader in the sector of business consulting, offering services in the field of Finance, Systems Integration, Telecommunications and Informatics among many others. With operation centers in more than 70 countries worldwide, today this corporation is a recognise global leader in the "next generation" of business consulting with reported revenues of billions of dollars. As an employer is ranked among the most innovative companies to work for in various magazines like The Wall Street Journal. This is not only a good chance to get the job you are looking for, but an opportunity to grow in skills and professional experience at international level and with a global known corporation.
Scope of employment:
The Human Resources Shared Services department supports business objectives by responding to customer inquiries, processing HR transactions, and administering standardized functions. The HR Specialist's responsibilities include coordinating and administering specific HR process areas, such as payments and allowances, mobility, personal administration and performance management alongside adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Operation Level Agreements (OLAs).
Key responsibilities:
- Investigating, assessing and recommending solutions to employee queries.
- Interpreting company policies and procedures, and advising employees and managers accordingly.
- Leveraging standardized global processes, tools, and technologies to ensure a quality service.
- Case management, analysis, tracking, and documentation.
- Setting quality standard principles and providing likely solutions to BU obstacles.
- Raising issues with the Team Lead, suggesting practical solutions to day to day issues.
- Participating in projects and migrations as needed.
- Taking ownership of, and accountability of assigned tickets, whilst working collaboratively with other internal HR/Payroll/DM/Finance functions as required.
- A Bachelor's degree in HR Administration, Business Administration, or related field.
- 1-2 years of HR experience (preferably within an international Shared Services Centre Case management expertise).
- The ability to manage multiple tasks.
- A demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive situations with solid judgment and discretion.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English (additional languages are advantageous).
- Must be able to successfully interact with all departments.
- Exceptional customers focus and service orientation.
- Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills.
- The ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
We offer:
- Very competitive remuneration.
- Extensive corporate benefits package.
- Yearly bonuses.
- State of the art office building in Prague center.
- Free refreshments in the workplace.
- Social events and team building activities.
- Extensive training and coaching.
- Perspective projects with an international scope.
- Positive and social working environment.
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