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The Satellite Charmer
Ibrahima looked at him, and then away, back at the beam. Perhaps the Caliphate did get paid in return, perhaps the Caliph was sitting on
During Renward's morning visualization session, he hears someone running across the apartment landing, followed by a thump and a shriek of muffled laughter. It's his landlady's son, a boy of three or four who likes to play as close to Renward's door as he can without getting caught. Renward's landlady has threatened her son with dire consequences for going anywhere near Renward, and no doubt that's why the boy is so fascinated with him. Sometimes Renward finds a forgotten kill drone on his doormat—children have such ingenious toys—and takes it down to his landlady's floor, where he leaves it perched on the molding at eye level for a small child.
It's important to incorporate distractions into the visualization session. Renward accepts the image of the little boy and concentrates on it. He imagines himself running across the apartment landing for the sheer joy of movement, his body still new and uncontrolled, tripping and thudding to the floor and giggling because everything is so wonderfully funny. Then he imagines talking to the boy. Asking him to pay attention. Don't let the subject go unresponsive, is the rule. Keep him awake and talking.
Another shriek from the landing. Renward listens. He lets the unpleasant shrillness of the sound ring in his bones; he lets the moment pass.
Mark steps into his dark kitchen, catches a glimpse of something scurrying, and instinctively stomps. There's a crunch. He rubs his bare foot against the tile, trying to scrape the damn thing off. Given how much he pays for this suite, he should be able to get rid of the cockroaches, but they keep coming back.
Coffee. A stale danish he doesn't really want, the last in the box. Mark feels a little sick, but it'll pass. He might as well get to the agency and figure out what to do with their latest subject. His name is Darryl Graham. They've only had him in custody for a day and a half, and Mark already hates him.
Renward's breakfast is whole grain toast, four juiced carrots with vegan protein powder, and half an apple. The chempack in Renward's surgically implanted arm patch is running low, so he replaces it with a fresh one. On this model, there's no way to tell from the indicator whether it contains the enhancers he most relies on, so he has to play it safe.
His watch displays a yellow-orange bar, indicating a moderately high alert level. On the newsfeed, an agricultural expert discusses new, more humane methods of raising veal calves; a Buddhist cultural center has opened up in Georgetown; a new species of synthetic algae has been named after a scientist's mother.
Renward spends a few minutes every morning testing his earpiece. It needs to be ready any time the call comes. He combs his sandy hair over it so there's no chance of it distracting a subject.
Now it's time for some studying. Renward is taking conversational Arabic, Korean, and Persian on alternating fortnights. To keep the different languages distinct in his mind, he looks through the files of potential subjects while he studies. He looks at a photo of Mohammed Al-Ghamdi, a Saudi man with two sons, and imagines he's speaking to him. Ana ahabak, he says. Tell me a story.
Renward hears a tentative tap-tap from the hall and gets up. He opens the door to find his landlady's little boy holding up a bagged DC City Paper, the one that's distributed free, in both his small hands. The e-print paper glows in the dim light of the hall.
"Hello." Renward takes the paper. "Thank you."
"You weh-come," the boy says. His eyes are bright. Renward thinks perhaps the boy's interest in him is not entirely due to his mother's warnings. Renward has noticed he attracts young children, as well as dogs and cats. He suspects that he gives off an aura of impersonal love and patience—qualities he works hard, very hard, to cultivate. Adults like Renward too, but not for long.
"You're very kind," Renward tells the little boy. Renward believes in the power of suggestion. The boy may be a better person for having been called kind once. "Have a good day."
The paper's glowing headline reads "Popular Grassroots Leader Vanishes with" above the fold. Renward resists the all-too-human urge to turn the paper over and find out who or what else vanished. He already has his carefully curated newsfeed, which prevents him from being unnecessarily upset or distracted from his duty. He listens for the little boy's footsteps. When he's sure the boy is too far away to hear, he inserts the newspaper and bag into the appropriate recycling slots. He takes a moment's satisfaction in having done exactly the right thing, in having been good.
"Wheeee!" the little boy cries as he runs through the hall.
When Renward was that boy's age, his mother once found him hiding behind his father's van, carefully dipping a kitten in a dish of gasoline. He had managed to wrap a rag around the kitten so it couldn't claw him. It mewled and struggled and sent thrills of pleasure through his body. The dish was shallow, so he could only dip one part of the kitten at a time, which made it more exciting. The kitten's tail curled up to avoid the wet. He had to straighten it out with his fingers to make it lie flat in the dish. He had a box of matches on the ground beside him. He'd learned how to strike matches all by himself, watching his father light the barbecue.
In Renward's memory, the mother cat was nearby, pacing back and forth with the rest of her kittens huddled behind her. She cried out in a long, high, almost human wail of despair that raised the hairs on the back of his neck. But he's not sure if that's really how it happened.
Renward's mother snatched the kitten away and freed it (she must have freed it) and held her son very tightly, rocking him. Alex, Alex, she whispered into his hair. You don't know, you don't understand what you're doing.
Alex—Renward—squirmed in his mother's arms. He did understand what he'd been doing, but he didn't understand why his mother was crying. Did she feel it too, that beautiful tremulous pleasure, almost a pain, of the kitten's suffering? Sometimes people cry because they're happy. But his mother wasn't happy. Her unhappiness made him miserable, and he began to cry too. She seemed afraid, as though there were something looming over both of them, some terrible monster, ready to snatch him away.
You must never, never, never do that again. You must be good, she told him. And crying, his heart aching in his chest, he promised he would be good.
Renward has kept that promise. He's going to keep that promise forever and ever.
Mark opens the file for Darryl Edwin Graham and asks himself for the hundredth time what they're going to do to this poor man. Orders have been ambiguous. Graham has a three-year-old daughter who was taken into custody at the same time—Christ—and other than that he's a completely standard American subject. Suspected of vandalizing private property. A wife who's a member of the same grassroots organization; she's disappeared, hasn't been taken into custody yet.
Mark's team is supposed to obtain the names of other environmentalist troublemakers. So far Graham has been sullenly silent. If they don't pull anything from him by this afternoon, Mark's superiors are going to make him use Renward, and Mark dreads that more than anything. He hates everything about using Renward. It's not even genuine moral scruples—if he could only shunt the responsibility onto somebody else, he would probably sleep like a baby. He's almost certain he would sleep like a baby.
Lately Mark has been asking himself whether he's a good person, deep down. The answers he dredges up after several drinks are meaningless. He donates to the local food bank at Thanksgiving. He gets along with his coworkers. People like him.
He tries not to think about Renward.
The videos Renward watches are all fairly old. They come from a classified archive dating back to the 1930s. The practices they record have been illegal at least since the passing of the American Honor & Integrity Act, and arguably much longer—illegal because circumstances didn't warrant such extreme measures. The first time through, Renward always concentrates on the subjects. What are they thinking, what are they feeling? What do they say or hold back? He sometimes develops a psychosomatic ache, the echo of a cracked rib or broken jaw, that lingers for hours.
The second time, Renward watches the practitioners. How are they pursuing their goals? Which opportunities do they take and which do they miss? When do they hesitate, flinch, lose their concentration?
Too many of the practitioners are cold, affectless. Too many swagger with false bravado and cheer for blood. They are not good people. Their insensitivity makes them push too hard, move too fast, fall out of sync with their subjects. Renward pities them. Sometimes he finds tears welling in his eyes, magnifying the screen to a new intensity.
He gets an erection sometimes. He's learned to ignore it except when it seems useful for a sim or a roleplay session. The mingled pleasure and desire he feels have nothing to do with penetration or titillation; they're more like the clumsy, immaterial hands of his soul, reaching through him, feeling for others like itself. Trying as hard as he does to be a good person, he has come to believe that even cruelty can be an expression of love.
Mark can see they're not getting anywhere.
Renward gets up and steps onto his apartment balcony to inhale the damp, hazy morning air. The sun sharpens and dims as clouds pass over it. Cars trundle by. A dog barks in a flurry of excitement then falls quiet. Somewhere, a child screams.
Back indoors, he hears a soft buzz. The sound of something tiny smacking against the wall. It's a wasp. Renward wonders if it will fit in a water glass. He fetches an empty margarine tub and a sheet of paper and waits until the little creature lands on the wall and crawls in an aimless circle. Renward's first attempt fails, and the wasp buzzes away in a wide, alarmed curve, then zooms right at his face.
Renward shuts his eyes reflexively. Something bumps his eyelid. Silence. He holds his breath, still clutching the margarine tub, and feels tiny legs crawl down his cheek. Preparing to feel pain is a large part of the experience of pain. If he's stung, he'll still be able to do his job. His arm patch will drip antihistamines into his blood. He'll still be ready.
After about thirty seconds, there's a fluttering on his cheek and the buzzing sound resumes, retreating to the other side of the room. He opens his eyes and allows himself to feel grateful.
He was too slow, he thinks. When the moment comes, he must seize it without hesitation.
He raises the plastic tub again. The wasp perches close to the ceiling. That won't do. The tub needs to clear the ceiling in order to come down fast. Renward waits. His shoulder grows sore. But he's good at waiting.
The wasp lifts off, circles around, lands again a few times. When it alights on a more accessible part of the wall, Renward slams the tub down. The wasp gives an abortive buzz, knocking itself against the bottom of the tub. Good. That means it didn't lose a wing in the process, and will probably be fine. Renward believes in never causing suffering unless it's absolutely necessary.
Slowly, carefully, Renward slips the sheet of paper under the margarine tub and carries it onto the balcony. He sets it down near the sliding door so he can tip the tub over and shut the door. Again he takes a moment's satisfaction in having done exactly the right thing.
Mark changes the alert level to dark orange. He pictures Renward seeing the notification on his watch and smiling that childlike smile of his.
Sometimes at night, when Mark isn't drunk enough to forget the day's work, he has the urge to pray. He hasn't believed in there being anything out there to pray to in years, but he dimly remembers his childhood awe of God and the comfort of being able to confess your sins to a faceless presence. The things he's done, the things he's watched, they weigh on him. He knows they don't weigh on Renward. Renward is innocent.
The bar on Renward's watch is dark orange now.
Some days, Renward practices scenarios with the colleagues who share his duties. There aren't many, for good reason, and most of them can only interact with him remotely. They roleplay extensively based on what they've learned from the archives. Their practice sessions are recorded for quality control and training.
Renward is rarely impressed with his colleagues. They fall into two general categories. The first is the antisocial type who wants to play out trite little fantasies. The second is the dutiful government employee, the type who looks exhausted and haunted at the end of every practice session, the type who dislikes Renward and struggles to hide it.
Today Renward is on his own, so he runs the sim software. He sets it to American English to start out, to make it easier to get his bearings, but leaves the other parameters randomized.
Renward's plastic VR glasses give him 360-degree video surroundings. He's now standing in a crude, life-size simulacrum of the waiting room, softly lit, with a couch. Renward has often sat in the waiting room for an hour during one of the false alarms, waiting to see if he can be useful, meditating on the thought of sating his desires in the only ethical way he can. He's even sometimes fallen asleep there as the rush of adrenaline leaves his system and his chempack drips calmness into his veins.
This time he doesn't sit down. He opens the door and steps inside a simulacrum of Room A. The wall to the right is dark glass, but it's covered with a curtain panel at Renward's insistence. Renward feels that in a single-subject session, a sense of privacy and isolation heighten the effect he's trying to achieve. In a multiple-subject session, sometimes it's different. Depending on the circumstances, the secondary subjects may be in Room A while the primary is in Room B, watching through the glass. Other times the glass is slid back into the wall.
Renward has repeatedly asked for a mirror to be installed in Room A. He's positive that if the subject could see themself, it would heighten the intensity of the experience, making his job easier. But the agency keeps denying his requests.
The sim session is generated randomly. This time it's a single subject with no preexisting profile in the agency's records: Isaac Mohammed, Saudi-American male, age twenty-six, 5'10", average build. No arrest record. Apartment full of books on explosives and blueprints of important buildings. With an unknown like Isaac, Renward prefers to go in knowing only a few essential facts in advance. Isaac's first glimpse of him is also his first glimpse of Isaac.
The face he's seeing for the first time is a composite of dozens of real people. Isaac is crudely rendered and strapped to the table, but his body language, generated based on archival videos and practice session recordings, still manages to express raw fear. He is beautiful.
The whites of Isaac's eyes have a greenish cast because he's been injected with lethanolol, which prevents the brain from storing long-term memories. It's useful in case the agency wants to release a terrorist without letting him know he was ever captured, placing him back in contact with his fellow conspirators. Isaac won't remember anything he's confessed during the session. He won't even remember Renward's face.
The call comes.
Mark's boss, Lyndon, gets right to the point. "Not talking?"
"Not talking," says Mark.
"What have you tried so far?"
Mark dutifully lists the interrogation tactics his team has deployed. He uses the usual euphemisms, tries not to let the images creep into his head.
"We don't have time to dawdle," says Lyndon.
Mark knows what that means: it's the next-to-last day of the quarter and the team needs to look good on paper. They need to gather intelligence—accuracy be damned—or they lose funding. Intelligence is supposedly their entire reason for existence, after all.
"The daughter?" Lyndon asks.
"We have her," says Mark, his voice coming out gruff.
Lyndon sighs. "Time for Catalina."
"Right," says Mark. He clears his throat. "Right."
The call comes, and Renward is ready. This isn't the first time he's been interrupted in the middle of a sim session, and it isn't the first time he's answered without hesitation, pressing his thumb to the screen of his watch in a silent Yes. The bar is bright red now.
Renward has done this many times before, maybe a few hundred. They're always false alarms, but Renward likes to think of them as drills. The adrenaline rush has lost its intensity over the years. In its place, he cultivates calm, self-awareness, moral clarity. The patch on his arm is likely feeding carefully calibrated amounts of caffeine and other alertness enhancers into his bloodstream. During the sessions, false alarm or otherwise, it's controlled remotely by headquarters instead of by his watch.
The usual black car with tinted windows idles outside his apartment. In the backseat is Mark Conham, the head of Renward's team at the agency. Renward gets in, saying, "Hello, Mark. How are you?" The driver peels out at a speed that makes Renward's head bump the back of the seat.
"Right," says Mark, not looking up from his phone. "State your name."
This is standard procedure. "Alexander Renward Ingold."
"Do you consent to enact the Catalina Operation immediately? If not, you will be returned safely to your home with no further obligations."
"Yes, I consent to enact the Catalina Operation." Renward has noticed that although Mark is friendlier than most of his coworkers, there are moments, like this one, when he can't bring himself to meet Renward's eyes. For a moment Renward places himself in Mark's shoes. He feels the strain, the awkwardness of talking to someone like Renward at a time like this, during what may or may not turn out to be a drill. He is touched. He says, "You've had a rough day, haven't you."
"Hell," says Mark. The word comes out of him as though involuntarily.
When Mark hands him the file, Renward is unsurprised to see that it's a multiple.
Mark finds the name of the Catalina Operation to be a cruel joke. The Catalina comet only crosses Earth's sky once every ten thousand years. So this is the story they tell, and the sick thing is that a few idealists, like Renward, actually believe it:
Once every ten thousand years or so, a very particular set of circumstances arise. The good guys' intelligence is good enough to know a massive terrorist attack is going to happen, and good enough to know roughly when it's going to happen, and good enough to capture one of the guilty parties before it happens. But not good enough to know how to stop it.
Or put another way: A bomb has been planted in a densely populated city. You have captured the terrorist responsible, along with his innocent children, who are his only known weakness. If the terrorist doesn't tell you where the bomb is within t minutes, thousands will be maimed and killed. What's the morally right thing to do? The answer, of course, is to call in a specialist. The kind of specialist who's one of the good guys.
That's the answer Renward would give you, anyway.
The real answer, the one Mark knows, is: Nothing. You don't have to do anything. The ticking time bomb scenario has never happened, and it probably never will. The odds against it are astronomical. But the agency needs information to meet their quotas—and more than that, perhaps, the government needs to keep people scared.
Renward has no way of knowing the value of t, and it's none of his business. It's none of his business whether this is a false alarm or the moment of crisis. He has to move quickly and hope—almost pray—that he can fulfill his duty. The names from the multiple-subject file are humming in his brain: Darryl Edwin Graham, American, environmental activist. Lyssa Eden Graham-Rose.
The atmosphere at the agency is tenser than usual. Everyone here has a higher security clearance than Renward. One hunches silently over a laptop, pretending not to notice Renward, his heel joggling in a steady rhythm against the thin carpet. Others stand around talking in low voices. Everyone avoids Renward's eyes, even the ones who usually pretend not to dislike him.
In the waiting room, Renward sits on the couch, leans his head back, and closes his eyes, focusing on his breathing. After about a minute, Mark comes in.
"Primary subject is in Room B, watching." Mark is the only one who looks Renward in the face—for half a second. "We're ready to roll."
"Thank you," says Renward. As the moment approaches—the moment he has been preparing for his whole adult life—he tries to place himself inside these two strangers' lives, to know their hearts. He wants so badly to be good, even to them, even knowing what he's going to do to them. He steps towards the door to room A.
Renward opens the door and sees Lyssa for the first time.
She hasn't been restrained. She's so small that there's no point. She is sitting beside the restraint table, patting the floor between her legs in time with some music in her head. As the door opens, she turns to look so fast that she almost falls backwards and has to catch herself with one little hand.
She was hoping to see her father, Renward knows. She looks at him blankly for a moment before her face blossoms into a smile. Renward smiles back. He steps inside, shutting the door softly behind him, and drops to one knee.
"Hello," Renward says.
"Where's my dad?" Lyssa wants to know.
Renward picks her up and places her on the restraint table, conscious that Darryl is watching. Conscious that the interrogation has begun, even though he's barely touched Lyssa. The anticipation of what's to come must be as overwhelming for Darryl as it is for Renward. "He's watching us," Renward tells her. He points at the dark pane of glass that separates them from Room B. "Say hi."
Lyssa stares at the glass, looking confused. She puts her hand in her mouth. Renward knows he has to win her over quickly, lest she shut down and become unresponsive. An unresponsive subject is less likely to produce results.
"Let's play a game," he says.
Mark hears the door shut behind Renward and his stomach gives a lurch. He half-walks, half-runs to the restroom, knowing with exquisite clarity that he's going to be sick.
It's over, and Renward has requested a moment alone with the primary subject, Darryl Graham.
"You bastard," Darryl chokes out between sobs. "You fucking bastard. All of you, bastards."
The only sound in Room B is Darryl's sobbing breaths. His whole body, strapped to the restraint chair, is quivering with built-up tension, ready to explode. Renward lets the heat and vibrations and sweat wash over him in waves. He thinks he can smell how Darryl is almost as scared as he is angry; how his nails have drawn blood from his soft damp palms; how he hasn't wet himself, despite his animal terror and rage.
"Your daughter is going to be okay," Renward tells him. "She's being sedated and monitored now. You did the right thing, telling us." It's not enough, of course, but it may offer Darryl a scrap of comfort.
He needed to see Darryl, to feel what he's feeling. Renward loves Darryl now almost as much as he loves Lyssa. Renward has fulfilled his purpose at last—he has been good—and it makes him feel love for the whole world, but he tries to focus on this man, here and now, the one to whom he owes more than he can ever repay. Or perhaps it's the other way around and Darryl is the one who owes him. They are both monsters of a sort.
"Bastard." Darryl bares his teeth. He's trying to control his breathing enough to speak. "You bastard, how many." He gulps air. "How many little girls have you done this to, you sick fuck?"
Renward smiles faintly. Tears well in his eyes and he fights them back, knowing they can only provoke anger. "None," he says, though it's too much to ask for Darryl to believe him. "This is the first time."
Darryl lets out a bark of disgust, disbelief. Droplets of saliva splatter from his mouth, mixing with the tears on his chin.
"Have you ever heard of the Catalina comet?" Renward asks. He can't force the man to understand, but he also can't bring himself to stop talking. "It only passes in sight of Earth once every ten thousand years. That's how often the world needs someone like me. That's my one chance to serve the greater good."
Darryl is looking at Renward now, searching his eyes. Darryl's red, wet face is still twisted with pain, but Renward thinks he sees a glimmer of comprehension there.
"You are my Catalina comet," Renward tells him. A tear spills warm down his cheek and he brushes it away. He feels a rush of fatigue and drowsiness. It occurs to him that his patch cut off the flow of stimulants when the session ended. "You're the first one. The only one I'm likely to see in my lifetime. That's you. Thank you, Darryl."
Mark stands over Renward in the soft light of the waiting room.
The man sleeps like an angel, is the sick thing. His eyelids don't even show the soft goldfish-like flickerings beneath the surface that would indicate dreams, mouth relaxed, lips just slightly parted. He'll wake up soon, refreshed, a little disappointed to go home without having done his work, but accepting. Understanding that not every call turns out to be the real thing. Glad, even, that no one has suffered today.
Mark will say hello. Mark will tell him things went well with the interrogation, no need for Catalina after all. Mark will all but apologize for the inconvenience and Renward, who is incapable of even looking inconvenienced, will smile. Mark will check the whites of his eyes for lingering traces of green, just in case. And then both of them will go home.
Ibrahima looked at him, and then away, back at the beam. Perhaps the Caliphate did get paid in return, perhaps the Caliph was sitting on
There's a knock at the door.
I lift my eyes from the screen and wonder how long I've been sitting here at Miriam's desk, where I
It began with a phone call. It always begins with a phone call. He had been out on his own, living his life, when he


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Cassandra Stephens
Self care comes first
"Promoting self care and well-being amongst women"
Welcome to the real worldDissertation
Extensive research was carried out on whether the projection of perfection is still a relevant way of marketing.
Dissertation looked into; perfection in beauty and marketing, the negative effects of perfection on social media marketing and the demand for more relatable imagery.
Final Major Project
Research obtained from the dissertation showed an increase into the decline of mental health issues (such as anxiety) among young women as a result of negative effects of social media and marketing perfection in imagery.
My final project was designed to promote self-care and a better sense of well being for women, which is a current and growing trend.
Research had shown that a beneficial way of managing anxiety and stress is to practice mindfulness.
The idea for this is a personalised well being box with home wear items that the consumer can set up their space of relaxation such as items that that will help the consumer un-wind.
The box also includes a mindfulness guide to help consumer practice the mindfulness techniques.
My career path
I am looking to have a career in photography and styling.
I am passionate about creating visually pleasing imagery and like to experiment with different concepts, locations and outfits.
Research from my dissertation shows a demand for more relatable people in imagery, which is something that I want to reflect in my photography / styling work. I want to present a real-life and attainable image for consumers to aspire to.


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A few months back, I met Coach Gary Howard and was lucky enough to interview him for the RIBBE. (Diamond Fitness) At the time, Gary had mentioned a mobility and functional assessment test he used with his training clients and baseball players. He offered to assess my baseball player son, Harrison, and I gladly accepted. And last night, we were able to meet with Gary at It Starts Here Fitness in Warwick for The Functional Movement Screen Test.
First off, Gary is fantastic with kids. He is a parent, a head coach, a trainer, and knows how to communicate to a wide range of individuals. His focus is laser sharp as he is listening to your concerns about your child. My concern for Harrison is that he grew so fast in the last 2 years that his mobility and running gait needed to be assessed. Gary's initial assessments, just seeing Harrison stand, involved his posture, foot being turned slightly outward, shoulders tight on one side – all great feedback. Gary explained the Functional Movement Screen Test to me and that I would be receiving feedback from him and an email summarizing the results of the test. Very cool and within a few minutes, Gary and Harrison got started on the test.
The Functional Movement Screen test measures 7 areas of flexibility and mobility. Some are basic tests of functional movement and others are more complex to dig deeper into how the athlete moves. Each of the 7 individual assessments is scored for proficiency and rated as acceptable, passable, or failing. Gary explained the test assessments in full detail to both Harrison and myself and gave a brief demonstration as well. Harrison would then perform the assessment with Gary close by to instruct him on proper form and be available for visual and verbal feedback.
After each assessment was completed, Gary would go to his tablet and record a score/rating. In addition, he would explain to me and Harrison why the test was important, what muscle groups were involved, and the correlation to functional baseball movement. His hands on approach to helping Harrison understand how his body works and how he can improve was just awesome to be a part of. Shoulder mobility, not just your throwing arm but both arms. Rotary stability, why do you need that as a pitcher? Truck stability, why is that important to a hitter? Gary took a lot of time to explain why these movements are so critical to the young athlete. I could see the wheels turning in Harrison's head. He knew that to get to the next level of competition – Middle School, High School, even College baseball – he would have to work on his body movement skills.
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As we were finishing up, I received a "ding" on my phone with the assessment results. It came on a 10 page sheet with the individual assessment explained, Harrison's scores, and some recommendations for activities to promote good functional movement. I can use this sheet now as a guideline for Harrison as he progresses as a teenage athlete. Gary was fantastic throughout and spent a lot of time with us. Harrison felt energized having going through the assessment and learning how an athlete can get better through proper functional training. There was no pain, no soreness after the test and even into this morning before school for Harrison. I was an incredible learning experience with one of Rhode Island's top baseball and personal trainers – Coach Gary Howard of Diamond Fitness and Training.
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text: 14162 Peairs Road, an 83 acre horse ranch and recreational property. SANDY CREEK RANCH is located north of Zachary, LA and provides many opportunities for horseback riding around the 83 acres, fishing for bream and sac-a-lait one of the two ponds, four-wheeling, hunting the back acreage for turkey and deer, or just relaxing in a land that offers a peaceful respite from the city. This property includes a five-stall, 5,230 sf full working horse barn and space to add more stalls, stock station, tack room, office, space for a second floor apartment, exercise rings for horses and covered pens. And with over 1000 feet of frontage along Peairs road, this prime acreage offers multiple build sites and opportunities for resubdividing and development, or a family compound, while still offering privacy and seclusion. There is a 3000+ sf ranch style home on the property as well, complete with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a game room and a large covered patio for entertaining. Make sure you check out link to video.


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Best Ways to Get a NYC-Style Workout
Getting in a NYC-style workout can be a challenge for busy urbanites. But with so many options available most any time of day, there are few excuses one can come up with to skip a workout. In the city that never sleeps there are gyms, spas, and clubs.
Getting in a NYC-style workout can be a challenge for busy urbanites. But with so many options available most any time of day, there are few excuses one can come up with to skip a workout. In the city that never sleeps there are gyms, spas, and clubs open to work and revitalize your body 24 hours a day. Whether renting a bike, enjoying a spa day, taking a class, or taking a run in a park, making New York City one's home means always being able to find a way to shape the body. Enjoying the attributes of a NYC-style workout simply means taking a few steps outside of your city home.
Harbor Fitness
Crazy filled days have busy New Yorkers craving to find the time to get a workout in. Open 24 hours on weekdays and accommodating weekend hours, Harbor Fitness is a homegrown club. It first opened its doors in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn in 1991, followed by Park Slope, Mill Basin, and their newest in Marine Park. In business for over 25 years, this fitness club certainly has mastered the NYC-style workout. Check out their exclusive Train for Life and Eat for Life programs, along with group fitness classes, boxing program, and their yummy smoothie bar. Even buy your stylish workout apparel at their pro shop. A soothing sauna is available in the men's and women's locker rooms at all locations and the day time hours offer childcare.
Citi Bike
A quick way to get from your homebase uptown to an appointment downtown, or a fun weekend workout, Citi Bike offers bikes to rent from hundreds of stations throughout New York. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, New Yorkers 16 years and older can rent a bike from any kiosk and then return it to any other station they want. Pricing is made to fit any lifestyle with options of an annual membership to a seven-day access pass, as well as a 24-hour access pass for those wanting to check it out or who are visiting the city for the day. The bikes even have front baskets installed to accommodate shopping stops.
Juvenex Spa
Balancing work, home, school, play, and more, it seems that women are often left with putting their own body's needs on hold. Juvenex Spa has opened its doors to providing spa amenities 24 hours a day to help women get back into action with lovely treatments and soaking tubs. The charming Midtown location is easy to get to for all calling New York City home. Daytime hours for the soaking tubs are dedicated to female patrons, although men can still enjoy a rejuvenating treatment in comfortable rooms away from the ladies-only day spa area. Take a day to get the body back in shape with a seaweed facial, pumpkin peel, or cherry peel facial. Also available are back and breast facials, hydrating seaweed wraps, fango mud wraps, massages, reflexology, hydromassage, Thermo-Stone Massage, and spa hand and spa foot rejuvenation. From 5 p.m. until 7 a.m., Juvenex opens its doors to couples for some together time of relaxation and pampering.
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Do you or your child have dyslipidemia? This study is exploring how different diagnostic tests can help us understand how lipid disorders, including high blood cholesterol and high blood triglycerides, affect the body. Information from this study may help improve the way lipid disorders are diagnosed or treated in the future. Participants must be at least 2 years old. This study is located in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Do you or your child have dyslipidemia? This study is exploring how different diagnostic tests can help us understand how lipid disorders, including high blood cholesterol and high blood triglycerides, affect the body. Information from this study may help improve the way lipid disorders are diagnosed or treated in the future. Participants in this study must be at least 2 years old. The study is being conducted in Bethesda, Maryland.
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Are you an adult who is healthy or has problems with the level of cholesterol or other lipids in the blood? This study is gathering information on the risk factors for very high or very low levels of lipids, or fats, in the blood. Researchers will collect participants' demographic information, medical history, and blood samples. To participate in this study, you must be at least 18 years old. This study takes place in Dallas, Texas.
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Do you or your child have overweight or obesity? This study aims to find effective ways to prevent and treat obesity and metabolic syndrome in African American communities. The study will test the effectiveness of a family-based comprehensive health and fitness programs involving community health workers. Participants must be 12 years old or older and African American and have overweight or obesity. This study takes place in Charleston, South Carolina.
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- New base>summit tram, gondola, and chairlifts
- More lodging, base area amenities
On the heels of the recent announcement by Alterra Mountain Co. to take over Washington's Crystal Mountain, local skiers and snowboards are already pondering what the new owners may bring to the table.
Related: ALTERRA MOUNTAIN COMPANY TO ACQUIRE CRYSTAL MOUNTAIN RESORT IN WASHINGTON
As Washington's largest resort, Crystal Mountain is very popular for its proximity to Seattle and consistent snowfall. With the pledge made by Alterra to funnel $550 million into their IKON resorts over the next 5 seasons, Crystal Mountain will be able to finally fulfill their masterplan.
The sale of Crystal Mountain comes only a season after John Kircher bought out the ski area. Alterra Mountain Co. purchasing Crystal Mountain also raises the competition with Vail Corp. who just bought Steven's Pass this year, another favorite Washington ski area. So what could be possible with all this newly available capital for Crystal Mountain?
In terms of enhancing terrain and increasing uphill capacity, Crystal Mountain is hoping to add a tram from the base area to the mountain's summit. Additionally, two more lifts could be constructed, one to connect the upper mountain Green Valley area to the base, and another so skiers might be able to explore across the highway in Bullion Basin.
"The Master Development Plan called for the addition of six new chairlifts, a year round tram from base to summit, new lodging, an on-mountain restaurant, and additional service and maintenance facilities. The implementation of the approved plan began the summer of 2007 with the addition of the Northway chairlift. The most recent addition was the $6 million dollar Mt. Rainier Gondola which was installed during the summer of 2010. A new waster-water treatment plant was installed the summer of 2012 paving the way for a new hotel and additional base area infrastructure." – Crystal Mountain Masterplan
If Alterra doesn't want to go all-in yet on developing new terrain or chairlifts, Crystal Mountain does have three chairlifts that could be updated. Skiers and snowboarders may be anxious to see what the new corporation will bring to their beloved ski area, so let's all hope for preserving the wonderful unique qualities Crystal Mountain has, and not another overdeveloped playground for the elite.
Find the entire plan here: Crystal Mountain Master Development Plan


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Professor Bradley Greenburg of Northeastern Illinois University provides in-depth summary and analysis of Chapter 13 of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice.
Soon after Jane and Elizabeth arrive back home, they learn that a cousin, Mr. Collins, will be visiting. According to a legal arrangement called an entail, Mr. Collins will inherit Longbourn when Mr. Bennet dies. Because of some past disagreements, Collins wrote in a letter that he wants to make a personal visit to try to repair the relationship. He also explains that he was recently ordained as a rector in the parish of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who is his patroness. Mrs. Bennet does not completely understand the entailment and reluctantly prepares herself for the arrival of their houseguest. Mr. Collins's arrival is awkward. He behaves pompously and manages to insult Mrs. Bennet by mistakenly assuming that she cannot afford a cook.
Mr. Collins is the closest male relative that Mr. Bennet has and is thus the heir to Longbourn. Entailment was a common legal arrangement meant to make sure that estates remained within the family and would not go to outsiders. This arrangement offers little comfort to the Bennet women, however, who stand to gain nothing from the arrangement. Furthermore, in the tone and substance of his letter—wordy, and full of pomposity and clichés—it's clear that Mr. Collins is an arrogant fool.
As Mr. Collins looks around the house and notices its furnishings, the reader can see that he is imagining himself among them as the future master of the home. His insult to Mrs. Bennet touches on one of her points of pride—her family's ability to employ a cook.


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Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Widener University will be another law school to offer online non-J.D. education -- this time, a master's degree in higher education compliance. The school is reticent to take credit in pioneering the program, though it did say it was unaware of any other school who offered this degree.
It looks like Widener could be a little late to the game as non-J.D. sign ups have been on the rise for some time now.
It must be something in the air. While Rutgers' two law schools announced plans to merge together (largely in solidarity against the move to have Rutgers Law - Camden absorbed by Rowan University), Widener Law has recently split apart. We just thought we'd mention this observation of the two East Coast entities. Or is it three?
Beginning in the fall of 2016, just as the new entering class of Rutgers Law starts Fall of 2016, Widener will open its online network for students to start earning their master's degrees in higher education compliance. The aim, according to Assistant Dead for Graduate and Compliance Programs Eileen A. Grena, is to offer students basic legal education with a focus on legal administration 24/7. The online program hopes to provide higher education officials with basic legal skills as well as a more tightly focused knowledge in law administration that tends to be seen on a daily basis.
To earn the M.J., students will be expected to take 29 credits in focus of higher education compliance. The full time program will be a one-year program; part time will be two. Total cost will be $31,000. In that time, students will be grilled in all things FERPA, ADA, and HIPPA, the federal laws that generally haunt many employment and educations professionals.
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Travels in Northern Greece
Volume 3
Part of Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
- Author: William Martin Leake
- Date Published: October 2010
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William Martin Leake (1777–1860) was a British military officer and classical scholar specialising in reconstructing the topography of ancient cities. He was a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1815. After his retirement in 1815, he devoted the rest of his life to topographical and classical studies. These volumes, first published in 1835, contain Leake's account of his four extensive journeys across Greece between 1804 and 1810. Using the form of a travelogue, Leake discusses the contemporary Greek and Turkish culture and provides detailed descriptions of ancient archaeological sites and geography. Leake's precise observations and detailed descriptions were influential in shaping the study of classical topography, with these volumes providing valuable information for the ancient sites and contemporary culture of the region. Volume 3 recounts his third and fourth journeys in Macedonia and Aetolia.
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22. Third journey. Epirus, Leucas, Ithaca, Cephalenia
23. Cythera, Aegean islands
24. Macedonia
25. Macedonia
26. Macedonia
27. Macedonia
28. Macedonia, Perrhaebia
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32. Fourth journey. Epirus, Acarnania, Aetolia
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The photograph below shows the painting after the first sitting. I have used quite a lot of acrylic paint and ink to get it to this stage. The pool in the centre is the main focus of this one as you can see.
Here it is from a different angle - I've brought the painting around the edges of the canvas (below).
I wanted to make the piece darker in terms of colour and mood when I came back to the painting. These bog pools have a bottomless watery darkness about them that I am trying to convey here. I got it to this stage (below) but now I am not happy with the sky or the mountains in the background.
I returned to the piece when the paint had dried and attempted the background again. I decided to introduce some reds and purples to the mountain range as there is too much blue in the piece above. Here is the painting as I have left it (below).
I am happier with the piece now and I think that the red mountain range is an improvement. I hope that I have managed to create this dark mood I am looking for. What do you think?


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Since my growing years I have heard about men keeping down women and society not allowing equal opportunity to the women. It's common to hear about male bonding but woman bonding? In all my corporate experience I have yet to hear about or experience woman bonding with longevity. Ever wondered why?
Are woman enemies of women? Probably yes! For generations we have heard of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law tussles or, for that matter, sister-in-laws not getting along. The same extends at the work place too. We speak about male domination at work and women not being given equal chances. This may be true but why don't we speak about a woman trying to put down another woman?
"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves". These words of Mary Shelley sum up what I want to say…
With a growing number of women in leadership and key roles, one would think we would spend more time supporting each other rather than take each other apart. Instead of trying to be a strength and support to each other we have an under current of unkindness and negativity emanating from our lives. There is a general air of animosity of women resenting other woman in power or those in control. A simple act of complimenting, we women find it difficult to compliment each other openly, even if we do appreciate the other. The ego and inhibitions play a dominant role. One would not need men to suppress women, we are ourselves capable of undermining the progress.
In this so called man's world why are we women not joining hands and helping one another?
"I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves". These words of Mary Shelley sum up what I want to say…
I feel, we women come with too much baggage; that of proving oneself at work place and at home. In a bid to do so I think somewhere we forget to draw a line and enjoy ourselves and let go of the mental restraints. It also probably come from insecurities and feeling that we need to compete with each other to succeed where opportunities provided are few. We shy away from taking risk and confronting conflict unlike our male counterparts. Furthermore, relationships are the crux for women and friendships are expected to be on the same level. The moment any event happens to De-settle it, such as promotion or better prospects being provided to another, it raises the feeling of insecurity amongst the fraternity. In most cases the comparison of professional abilities amongst women can lead to discomfort.
The whole concept of comparison can lead to a more healthy environment provided women stop comparing women to women alone and make it a more level playing field and one and a stepping stone to fulfill our own ambitions. We no longer need to be inhibited to accept new challenges or deride the success of other women or simply feel apprehensive about success in general.
We need to work together to bring about a change in the attitude and handling altogether. Gossip can be relegated to lighter times. Its time women listen to each other, talk and understand each other. And that's what I would call women power!


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Limón Dance Company to Present Summer Workshop at Kent State
Three-week intensive includes classes on Limón technique and repertory
The world-renown Limón Dance Company will hold a summer worshhop at Kent State University's School of Theatre and Dance this summer.
The three-week long intensive for intermediate and advanced level dancers offers training in the Humphrey/Limón movement tradition and includes:
- Daily Limón Technique Classes
- Instruction in Limón Repertory
- Performance Technique Workshops
- Performance by Limón Company Members
- Optional Individual Mentoring
- Other special events
July 25 - August 12, 2016
For More Information and To Register
The workshop offers multiple attendance options, including full time three-week, full time two-week, full time one-week, and part time three-week options.
Tuition covers the cost of the workshop and housing is available for an additional fee.
Those registering before April 1, 2016 receive a 10% discount on tuition.
All registration is completed directly through the Limón Dance Company Website, linked below.
POSTED: Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 12:07pm
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The System of Care Program focuses on providing mental health services and support to children and youth who are experiencing or may be at-risk of developing severe emotional challenges.
The Healthy Transitions program is focused on helping teens transition into healthy and mature young adults.
The Garrett Lee Smith Youth Suicide Prevention Program (GLS YSPP) provides counseling services to youth and young adults, ages 10-24, who are having thoughts of suicide or have made a suicide attempt.


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Case Diameter (without crown): 23mm. Lug to lug: 37mm; 16mm Lug Width. Dial: Light grey toned dial with light surface wear; Gold hands and numeral markers; Subdial at "6". Band Material: Size 16 Genuine Leather Strap. Comments: This is a very nice and collectible Hamilton "BOULTON" manual wind wristwatch with 14K Gold Filled case.
This is a snap case with a curved lug design. Case shows light surface wear. Light grey toned dial shows light age and surfce wear. Crystal shows very little surface wear. PLEASE LOOK AT ALL PHOTOGRAPHS FOR CONDITION AND MARKINGS AS THEY ARE PART OF DESCRIPTION.
The item "Hamilton BOULTON 14K G. Manual Wind Watch ART DECO 19J Cal.982 ORIGINAL CASE" is in sale since Thursday, January 7, 2021. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Watches\Wristwatches". The seller is "mcpeeks" and is located in Monterey, California.
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Breakfast Cereal Market —
Breakfast cereals are available in different variety, but the essential ingredient is grains. Commonly used grains include oats, rice, barley, wheat, and corn. Few hot cereals such as oatmeal does not comprise any other ingredient while other variants may include coloring agents, yeast, salts, minerals, vitamins, sweeteners, and food preservatives. Changing breakfast habits and demographics across the emerging economies have been acting as the major growth drivers for global demand of breakfast cereals. The increasing preference of western dietary patterns has further led to the growth of global breakfast cereals market in the recent past.
The wide assortment of alternative breakfast items specific to every region and inexpensive breakfast options may create obstacles for the growth of the market. The breakfast cereals market has an opportunity to grow tremendously due to the ongoing product innovation in the flavors and inclusion organic ingredients in breakfast cereals. APAC is the fastest-growing market for breakfast cereals. The increasing demand for healthy ready-to-eat breakfast is fueling the breakfast cereals market in APAC. Many doctors and nutritionists recommend the intake of breakfast cereals as opposed to traditional breakfast items. The increasing awareness about cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and obesity is influencing the purchase decision of consumers.
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Consumers in developing countries such as India, Malaysia, Indonesia, and others are increasingly choosing Western diets due to the increased rate of urbanization. Companies such as Kellogg, Bagrry's India, and Quaker Oats are the top manufacturers of breakfast cereals in India. Hot cereals are highly preferred than cold cereals due to the traditional breakfast preferences of Indians.
Segment by Regions
North America
Southeast Asia
Segment by Type
Hot Cereals
Ready-to-Eat Cereals
This report focuses on Breakfast Cereal volume and value at global level, regional level and company level. From a global perspective, this report represents overall Breakfast Cereal market size by analyzing historical data and future prospect. Regionally, this report categorizes the production, apparent consumption, export and import of Breakfast Cereal in North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia and India. For each manufacturer covered, this report analyzes their Breakfast Cereal manufacturing sites, capacity, production, ex-factory price, revenue and market share in global market.
Segment by Application
Convenience Store
Table of Content:
1 Report Overview
2 Global Growth Trends
3 Market Share by Key Players
4 Breakdown Data by Type and Application
5 United States
6 Europe
7 China
8 Japan
9 Southeast Asia
10 India
11 Central & South America
12 International Players Profiles
13 Market Forecast 2019-2025
14 Analyst's Viewpoints/Conclusions
15 Appendix
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The greatest mistake of all is to "assume" X or to "presume" Y; and this is not uncommon, precisely because the wording of the Standard Forms as presented on SF 3112A (Applicant's Statement of Disability), which is the central basis upon which a Federal Disability Retirement application is formulated (both for FERS as well as for CSRS employees), makes it appear as if obtaining an approval from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is merely a pro forma activity.
And, indeed, many have informed the undersigned attorney that Human Resources' personnel at various agencies will understate the scrutiny which OPM will apply in reviewing and evaluating a Federal Disability Retirement application.
The problem with H.R. Personnel dismissing the arduous and meticulously scrutinizing administrative process as applied by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, is that such underestimation is barely acknowledged when a denial is received from OPM on a Federal Disability Retirement case. All of a sudden, the Human Resources personnel put up their hands and state, "It's not our responsibility", when all along they had been insisting as to the ease of the process.
No, it is true — it is not the ultimate responsibility of the Agency or its Human Resources Department. Yes, it is also true that any application for a Federal Disability Retirement is the responsibility of the individual applicant. As such, because responsibility falls squarely (why, by the way, is it "squarely", as opposed to "triangularly" or "circularly"?) upon the Federal or Postal Worker, it behooves one to take the entire process seriously, and to invest the proper time, attention, and expenses needed, to do it right "the first time".
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It's been proven that consumers love interacting with travel brands on social media, which is great news for hotels that are allocating resources to their social media strategy. Unfortunately, with so many things happening on the operations level, it's easy to let social media take the backseat. Fear not hoteliers, we want to share some of our favorite, quick and easy ways to join the social conversation!
We love social media, and we don't think it should ever be the reason your hotel gets left behind! Here are five of our favorite content ideas that can be implemented in as little as 10 minutes or less!
- Reuse your reviews!
This is one of our favorites because the grunt work has already been done by one of your satisfied guests! Sharing a 5 Star Review on your social media channels is a great way to boost brand awareness, flatter your guest AND brag about your hotel!
- Recycle guest photos!
Did you know that there are already some amazing photos of your property on social media, courtesy of your guests? Not only do these pictures showcase your hotel, they likely feature happy customers! If they have been geo-tagged at your property – share away… just make sure to give the photographer a shout out, they earned it!
- Promote local events!
Chances are your hotel is located in a pretty awesome community that hosts some pretty awesome events! People love getting involved in the community, whether it's a high school sporting event, a holiday celebration or a convention – be a local resource by spreading the word!
*Bonus points if the host of the event returns the favor by giving your property a shout out.
- Travel Tips
You and your staff spend the majority of your day interacting with travelers, and you know the ins and outs of the industry. Share your tips with your social audience! Not only are they likely to put it to good use, they might pass it along! Increasing your organic reach while improving your guests' stay? Win win!
- Behind the scenes snapshots!
People LOVE to see personal content! Staff birthday? Employee of the month? New hire? No occasion is too small to share on social media. Adding a personal touch to your channels can make a huge difference and since these events are already taking place sharing them on social media will take no time at all. With their permission, tag your employees to multiply your reach!
If you have additional questions about how you can improve your social media strategy, contact us! We'd love to see how we can help get your property the exposure it deserves!


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Lender Santos draws on varied experiences to meet the needs of real estate clients
VACAVILLE – Ramon Santos has spent years making it to the top of Solano County lenders: 30 years to be precise.
Santos, who began his career in real estate in 1991, is a branch manager at Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. in Vacaville, where he strives to serve his clients in the best possible way to meet their specific needs.
Santos, after traveling for the United States Marine Corps and the Department of Defense as an electrical engineer, knew he wanted a new career, he says on his personal website. He said he enjoyed piloting planes and helicopters, but didn't want to make a living from them. So he spent the time he needed to learn about business and finance.
He wanted to get involved in his community and in a job where he could help people. âWith my analytical skills and my interest in finance, it became clear that real estate was the perfect choice,â he says on his website.
Santos' depth of experience ranges from banking and financing to construction and permanent loans, all benefiting the community and those in need.
âI take great care in cultivating a culture filled with happiness and teamwork,â says Santos in a social media profile of the real estate market, where he has a plethora of 5-star recommendations from previous clients. âOur organization's slogan, 'Where the first focus is you,' applies to our customers as well as our partner branches, because when you succeed, we succeed.
"As a member of the PRMI team, I always strive to be pleasant, hardworking and willing to go above and beyond to assist you and your clients throughout their transaction."
Santos is a martial arts instructor, minister, and working on wealth management licenses as well as a computer science degree, according to his personal website. He also takes people on short-term mission trips where, according to his website, "people can see God working through them as they help others."
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⢠Company: Primary Residential Mortgages Inc.
⢠Address: 301 County Airport Rd Suite 208, Vacaville
⢠Telephone: 707-427-1400
⢠Website: https://www.primeres.com/rsantos


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It's a raucous boat party attended by thousands on the Intracoastal Waterway in Boca Raton. But can revelers avoid a repeat of last year, when a 32-year-old father drowned?
Officials from Boca Raton will be monitoring the annual Boca Bash on Sunday but say they have little control over activities in the state waterway. They will restrict access to parking lots and boat ramps to limit the crowds, but police declined to provide details about whether they plan to approach the festivities differently from previous years.
"Above all, we want everyone there to be safe," Mayor Scott Singer said. "This is not a city event, so we ask that the organizer and all attendees enjoy our waterways safely."
The bash, an annual wall-to-wall boat fling, has taken place on the last Sunday in April in Lake Boca for at least the past 10 years. Its origins are unclear, although some say it started as a modest birthday party. It has grown each year to include chartered boats, sunbathers, yachts, DJs, wet T-shirt contests and lots of alcohol.
"There are about 2,000 people, good crowd, good times," said Javi Cadavid of Miami, a DJ who will perform on a 40-foot boat with an expected 30 people aboard. "I went last year and had a great time."
The last couple of bashes have drawn the attention of law enforcement. In 2017, two people were taken to the hospital because they were unresponsive; it was unclear whether it was due to excessive drinking or drugs, a Boca Raton Fire Rescue official said at the time. Several people also were treated for cuts and bruises.
Last year, police said Francis Roselin and a friend were on a boat anchored on the west end of the lake not far from the Boca Raton Resort and Club. They decided to jump into the water and swim over to the sandbar.
The friend got tired and grabbed onto a boat. He flagged down a Boca Raton marine unit when he couldn't find Roselin in the water.
The U.S. Coast Guard and officers from Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Boynton Beach joined in the search, along with a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office helicopter.
Police said Roselin remained missing for five hours until a swimmer spotted his body at the bottom of the Intracoastal in five-feet-deep water.
Roselin's family has sued the city and the wildlife commission for insufficiently protecting the crowd from potential hazards at the bash, which they called a "wild party rampant with underage drinking and public intoxication."
"If the city is going to let it happen, it should be safe," Roselin's attorney, Dan Moses, said this week.
The city has filed a motion to dismiss, saying the waterway is not its jurisdiction. The wildlife commission has not yet responded to the suit., but a spokeswoman said the state is urging caution in the water.
"We love having people out there," spokeswoman Carol Lyn Parrish said. "So many fatalities are alcohol-related. We urge people not to drink and boat and to keep a proper lookout."
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Because Boca Raton and surrounding cities limit boat ramp access on the day of the bash, Parrish said participants approach by boat from the north and the south and also arrive at the bash by kayaking, paddleboarding and swimming from the shore.
"It's difficult to navigate in there because all the boats are roped up together," Parrish said. She said the morning starts slowly, but by 3 p.m., she expects the water to be "jam-packed." The weather appears to be cooperating: There's only a 10 percent chance of rain.
The city is limiting access to two parks on the Intracoastal Sunday as a safety measure, police spokesman Mark Economou said. Silver Palm Park will be closed to pedestrians, and Wildflower Park will be closed to pedestrians and vehicles.
The Silver Palm boat ramp will be open only for launching and recovery of registered boats that have a city ramp permit. When parking reaches capacity in Silver Palm, launching of boats will become prohibited.
The bash is making waves in cities beyond Boca Raton. Downtown Delray Beach bars are having "Pre-Boca Bash" parties beginning Thursday night.
Private yacht charters are also capitalizing. One company is advertising a ride on a 38-foot yacht for "open-minded adults looking to share and enjoy new experiences. Get in touch with your inner sexuality and enjoy the cruise." The yacht has two bedrooms and stripper poles. Prices range from $125 to $350 for a five-hour ride.
Neighboring Deerfield Beach is taking precautions in response to bash problems in previous years. The boat ramp at Pioneer Park will close at 8 p.m. Saturday and reopen at 10 p.m. Sunday. In past years, the line to get to the ramp on the day of the bash clogged up the neighborhood near the park, and the mayor described the boaters as "intoxicated and belligerent."
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Mason MI. — CCI completed a five day Hazardous air duct deep clean project at a major container manufacturer. The project was necessary due to renovation activities planned at the facility. The customer was experiencing quality issues in the manufacturing process in their clean room operations.
The building size was approximately one hundred thousand square foot in area, located in Mason Michigan.
CCI was awarded the contract due to competitive pricing and the organization's reputation for quality and innovation.
The assignment included the robotic cleaning of approximately fifteen thousand linear feet of air duct in the facility's cleanroom.
After the initial assessment, CCI assembled a team and developed a HEPA equipped system to clean the affected duct work. Additionally, CCI utilized video inspection to document the before and after conditions of the entire ductwork. During the final documentation, several maintenance issues were discovered. This documentation allowed plant engineering to more effectively troubleshoot issues and maintain ductwork. The maintenance as well as the targeting of problem areas translated to better customer quality and cost savings.
The CCI team completed the project in five days. All of the video documentation was reviewed by the customer to their complete satisfaction.
CCI continues to receive contracts for other project work with the end goal of securing ongoing services in the near future.
To learn more about CCI's Services and Industrial Cleaning team, go to www.ccienv.com.


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I HOPE the hot weather is still with us by the time you read this, but it could just as easily be snowing, flooding or droughting. Okay, droughting is not a word but I don't care.
As I write, in the Tropic of Uxbridge, it is around 30C degrees and I'm buoyed by the liberation you feel on a hot summer's day. I might even do something crazy, like mix up the recycling.
Writing indoors with the windows open, I can hear my late mum telling me I should be 'running about in the fresh air'.
Thankfully, I will get out in the garden later as Mr F is planning to throw a steak on the barbie (and hopefully a veggie sausage or two).
For now, though, I'm shouting at the radio, because listeners have just been told how to cope with the hot weather.
Oh Lordy – do we really need to hear we should sit in the shade and drink lots of liquids?
n We were at a sell-out event at Beck Theatre last week, where people paid to be shouted at.
It was Fawlty Towers – The Dinner Show, in which the actors interacted closely with the diners.
My favourite moment was when Basil decided one table contained a party of Germans, and a Polish diner quipped that he hoped they weren't going to invade his table.
Also, when dishing out the non-meat meals (a delicious cheesy thing in a pastry case) Basil barked out, 'Now then, who are the tarts?'
When I put up my hand, he shouted, "Right, I knew it!"
Sometimes the humour was a bit 'carry on' and repetitive though: Manuel pronouncing 'cook' as 'cock' only bears one telling. It makes you realise how clever the TV scripts were.
The food was delicious and there were proper waitresses, although Manuel decided he would balance several soups for our table.
Mr F ended up dancing with Sybil and we both found ourselves marching between the tables to Is This the Way to Amarillo?
Many diners said they would go again. If you fancy it – be ready to let your hair down.
The company (find out more at www.laughlines.net) returns on October 4. Get your tickets from the box office 020 8561 8371 – but be quick!


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NJ football: Elizabeth edges Bridgewater-Raritan
ELIZABETH — Quarterbacks LeShane Taylor of Elizabeth and Alex Fromberg of Bridgewater-Raritan played a game of can-you-top-this on Friday evening.
It was Taylor who got the last laugh, delivering the margin of victory in Elizabeth's 35-28 triumph on an 80-yard keeper with 5:38 remaining. That score came on the first play from scrimmage after Fromberg had rallied the Panthers from a two-touchdown deficit to tie the score at 28-28 on a 53-yard sprint a mere 14 seconds earlier.
Bridgewater-Raritan, which has lost to Westfield in the NJSIAA North 2 Group V final in each of the last three seasons, scored first on a 22-yard pass from Fromberg to Lyle Nickel midway through the first quarter.
Elizabeth followed with three unanswered touchdowns and Bridgewater-Raritan never regained the lead.
What it means
Elizabeth (1-0) snapped a four-game losing streak to Bridgewater-Raritan over the last three seasons, including a second-round playoff encounter in 2016.
Bridgewater-Raritan (0-1), ranked third in the Courier News Mid-State 38 Top 10, is now 31-6 since the start of the 2015 campaign.
Key play
The first quarter ended with a Bridgewater-Raritan punt and the score tied at 7-7. On the first play of the second quarter, Taylor found Clarence Wilkins wide open over the middle for a 57-yard touchdown, and the Panthers never led again.
By the numbers
► Taylor completed 10-of-13 passes for 179 yards and two touchdowns and ran 11 times for 137 yards and two more scores.
► Fromberg, in his debut as a starter, completed 18-of-25 passes for 173 yards and three touchdowns and gave his team a healthy, but brief, dose of momentum with his 53-yard sprint down the left sideline.
Game balls
► Besides the quarterbacks, there were plenty of heroes on both sides. Colton Rosseland caught six Fromberg aerials for 89 yards while lineman Chris Nice III prevented another Minuteman score with a third-quarter fumble recovery on the game's only turnover.
► Javon Wactor looks like the next gifted Elizabeth back after carrying 17 times for 70 yards and Elizabeth's first touchdown, while 6-foot-4 Jesiah West reached over two defenders for the 27-yard touchdown pass that produced the Minutemen's biggest lead at 28-14 four minutes into the third quarter.
They said it
"The first game you're always trying to find out what you're made of as a team. We put our heads down, we clawed our way back and tied it up. Now we've got a building point." - Bridgewater-Raritan coach Scott Bray.
Up Next
► Bridgewater-Raritan begins a three-game homestand on Friday night against Hillsborough (0-1).
► Elizabeth hits the road next Friday for an early meeting with its archrival Union, which faced Linden on Friday.


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I would love to move out to Gran Canaria. I have visited here many times over the last 10 years and as a result of some life changing decisions recently I have the opportunity to move away from England.
I am 36, recently single, no children and have decent equity in a house in the UK.
I am a qualified accountant, but I don't work in accounts, I am a Commercial & Planning Manager in a large UK retailer dealing with the delivery of products to our customers. I currently to not speak Spanish other than ordering food in a restaurant! I believe this will make it very difficult for me to get a professional job in Gran Canaria. Is this assumption correct?
I am also on a 3 months notice period in my job, which will add to my difficulties of getting a job out in GC as I don't think anyone will wait that long, so I may have to hand in my notice here before securing a job out there. Generally notice periods out there seem to be 2 weeks!
I am planning to learn Spanish to increase my chances of getting a professional job in GC but this will take some time.
Having said all this, I have also recently embarked on working towards a new career in Fitness and Wellbeing. I have improved my health and fitness immensely over the last 2 years and I am now a qualified Fitness Instructor and Zumba Instructor, working towards becoming a Personal Trainer too! This is the work I want to do, it is my passion, but I think it would be extremely difficult to start this up as a freelance business out in GC without speaking the language or having the networks or contacts out there yet.
Does anyone have any advice or experience of either of these two professions out in Gran Canaria or generally in Spain?
I have been looking into the cost of renting and living out in GC, I think I would need to earn an absolute minimum of 1,000 euros to live in very basic accommodation, pay for living expenses and fund a car. I have not found any information on how much fitness instructors/PTs can earn on the island. I suspect it to be very low if working in a gym or for a hotel, which is why I want to do freelance fitness work, working for myself. Are there any particular issues or pitfalls I need to be aware of working freelance in Spain?
Any advice on these topics or general advice for Brits living in GC would be greatly appreciated.
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Why Burnouts Are Now Recognised As An Official Disease
Many of us will feel extreme levels of stress during our work lives, often at the end of a busy period or when suffering in our personal lives, but burnouts are very specific types of work-related issues. With workplace mental health issues on the increase, burnouts have now been added to the World Health Organisations list of official diseases.
With some experts long claiming that burnouts are simply symptoms of stress, exhaustion or depression, new research suggests that people who go through burnouts don't believe their job is the main cause. But, whatever the cause, burnouts are serious health issues and can affect your mental and physical health.
What Is A Burnout?
The term "burnout" is relatively new, first being used in 1974. Simply put, if you begin to feel less capable, exhausted or begin to detest or dislike your job, then you are showing signs of heading for a burnout. Usually, the stress which contributes to a burnout stems solely from your job, but your overall lifestyle can actually be a huge contributing factor. Your individual personality traits can also lend themselves to burnouts, with pessimism and perfectionism known as contributing factors.
Most people spend the large majority of their day at work, so if you begin to dislike where you work or your job, then this can take a huge toll on your wellbeing.
Signs and Symptoms of a Burnout
Before the WHO recently recognised burnouts as an official disease, it wasn't previously diagnosable. But, although many doctors were unable to diagnose burnouts as a recognised illness, it was still taken extremely seriously in the medical world. Recognising the signs and symptoms of a burnout is vital if you feel as though the warning signs are already there, or if you already suffer from mental health issues.
Feeling alienated from workplace activities is one way that some individuals felt was the start of a burnout, as they begin to view their jobs as frustrating or stressful. Employees may find themselves becoming cynical about their working conditions or environments, or the people whom they work with. This then causes them to distance themselves from those people.
Many employees who suffer from burnouts note feeling emotionally exhausted. Burnouts and mental health issues can cause people to feel unable to cope, drained, tired and lacking in energy. This can then lead to physical symptoms, such as headaches, hair loss, bad skin breakouts or stomach issues.
Burnouts can directly affect normal day-to-day tasks, both at work and at home, and worrying about these tasks or feeling unable to carry them out normally can have a direct impact on workplace performance. Burnouts share the same symptoms as most mental health conditions, so it can sometimes be hard to get to the root of the problem if you are also suffering from anxiety or depression.
Prevention and Treatment
Whilst the term "burnout" may sound like a permanent condition, it is reversible. Individuals who feel burned out, or think they are heading for one, … Read More..