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Dog Man: Chronicles of an Iditarod Champion (Paperback)
What does it take to become an Iditarod champion? Join four-time winner and mushing legend Martin Buser as he reveals his life's journey in candid and action-packed detail. From a childhood overseas to becoming a proud immigrant to the United States, Buser's story of self-discovery takes the reader with him on the adventures, misadventures, and lessons that have shaped him and his incredible bond with his sled dogs. This compelling narrative shows what it means to be a real "Dog Man," but it also serves as a stirring tribute to the spirit of the Alaskan Husky. | <urn:uuid:14d55a44-511f-44af-b49b-361b897a6b03> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://www.kingsenglish.com/book/9780990782636 | 2021-12-02T22:57:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964362297.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20211202205828-20211202235828-00317.warc.gz | en | 0.977038 | 139 | [
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If you are going to tell lies about someone, why bother to print it?
I was reading obituaries the other day and saw one of someone I knew. It was so full of horseshit, that I nearly fell out of my chair, laughing. The euphemisms they used were astounding - as well as the outright lies. Here are some examples, and the translations:
"Mr. Jones was adventurous and free-spirited" - he smoked an astounding amount of pot and got shitfaced every night and slept around.
"Mr. Jones was a community activist and believed in the power of community action" - he voted, most of the time, at least in some elections. He would, however, bore you with his political opinions for hours on end.
"Mr. Jones was an avid hiker and cyclist" - he owned a bicycle (it sat in the garage with a flat tire) and occasionally walked he dog. He wasn't in the iron-man competition or anything.
"His love for family and friends were a source of inspiration" - he was a tired old misanthrope who harbored grudges against almost everyone, would talk behind others' back at the drop of a hat, and despised his parents, children, and siblings.
"A celebration of his life will be held a the Presbyterian Church.." - Everyone will breath a sigh of relief it finally is over. He rarely saw the inside of said church.
"In lieu of flowers...." We know you're not sending anything anyway. It's OK.Who writes this shit? And why? Funerals are for the living, not the dead. And I am sure I am not the only one of the living to not recognize Mr. Jones from this description. What is sad is that this obituary is all that will remain of Mr. Jones, years from now. Very odd.
I guess we have some need to have these things. And what is often weirder is where they are published. People will have their obituary published in the "hometown paper" even though they haven't lived in the "hometown" for over 20 years, and no one they knew there is still alive or lives there.
We get a lot of these on our island. It is nice they publish them, but many of these oldsters are people who left the island a decade ago, when their health was failing, to live in assisted living or be near their children. All of their friends are also gone or dead or both, and the folks living here, for the most part, have no idea who they are. Very odd.
But I guess you have to publish these things somewhere. Why not Obituaries online? Wait, someone already thought of that one. Why not just no obituary at all? Why not? Unless you are a pop star or Secretary of State, no one is going to remember you or really care about what you did in life. That is the harsh truth of it, sadly. Even your kids will forget about you, after a while. Only the scars you inflicted on them will remain.
"When I die, and everyone who knew me has died, then it will be like I never existed"
-- Warren R. Schmidt
Maybe that is one advantage to not having children - you don't walk around with a lot of pretensions of leaving a "legacy" behind you. Parenthood tends to imbue an aura of immortality to some folks. Although, as the obit below illustrates, sometimes the living have the last laugh.
Not that they're bitter, or anything....
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This heart print mask is perfect for Valentine's Day! Those little hearts are so cute! This washable face mask is super precious and the fabric is super soft and stretchy so it's also very comfy! Well, as comfy as a face mask can be! This face mask is triple layered with a built in filter, nose wire for a secure fit, and adjustable ear bands.
*Note: These masks are NOT N95 surgical grade masks, and are not intended for protecting against virus particles. In the midst of the COVID-19 situation, make sure to wear proper FDA-Approved Personal Protective Equipment if you expect to be in a medical setting.
*Final sale (no refunds or exchanges)
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Collecting numerous documents to produce an end of well report?
Spending hours looking for that BHA or bit that worked so well?
Is preparing a good offset well review a cumbersome job?
Let WellRep do the work for you!
Why use a reporting database?
Certainly in-house developed spreadsheets or forms can be used to produce a variety of reports, but data input will be repetitive and prone to error. When it comes to summarizing and analyzing data, all these reports will have to be consolidated manually into other in-house developed spreadsheets or forms. This requires a lot of time and effort and it is not unlikely that formulas are (accidentally) modified, leading to incorrect results.
Using the Softdrill NL Well Reporting System, data is collected and input as “raw” date whilst the well is being drilled. Because of the well structured database, defining the logical relations between data, data is consolidated without further user intervention when it comes to printing a variety of reports and summaries.
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Melton Hits Three Home Runs In 17-3 Win Over Utah
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Jacob Melton hit three home runs, including a seventh-inning grand slam, to highlight a big night for the Oregon State offense in a 17-3 win over Utah Friday night at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field.
Oregon State finished with five home runs, including back-to-back shots by Ryan Ober and Garret Forrester in the Beavers' five-run fifth inning. Melton opened OSU's scoring with a third-inning solo blast that tied the game at one.
He then highlighted a seven-run seventh inning with his first career grand slam.
Melton capped his night with a solo home run in the eighth, becoming the first Beaver with three in the same game since Andy Jarvis on March 11, 2001 versus Washington State.
Melton went 4-for-5 with seven RBI as he also doubled home a run in the fifth. He extended his hit streak to five games; he is 14-for-19 during the streak with nine RBI, four home runs, a double and a triple.
Overall, Oregon State (20-5 overall, 7-1 Pac-12 Conference) tallied 17 hits against the Utes; Joe Casey and Preston Jones both had three while with Troy Claunch and Andy Armstrong tallied two apiece.
Down 2-1 entering OSU's half of the fifth, the Beavers put five on the board; Melton opened the inning's scoring with an RBI double, then watched as Troy Claunch put OSU up for good with a sacrifice fly. Melton then scored on a wild pitch, paving the way for back-to-back home runs from Ober and Forrester.
OSU scored two in the sixth before the seven-run seventh pushed the Beavers to a 12-run lead. Armstrong, Wade Meckler and Jake Dukart also drove in runs in the inning.
Kevin Abel made his seventh start of the season and picked up his third win. He went six innings, scattering three hits and two runs. His counterpart, Utah's (5-15, 2-6) Kyle Robeniol, took the loss to drop to 1-3. He allowed eight hits and six runs in five innings.
The teams conclude the series Saturday at Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. First pitch is slated for 12:05 p.m. PT.
Follow The Game
The game will be live streamed; the link is available at osubeavers.com. Live stats, info on the Beaver Sports Network and TuneIn and more can also be found by visiting osubeavers.com.
On The Hill
Oregon State is set to send left-handed pitcher Cooper Hjerpe (2-1, 1.93) to the mound Saturday. Utah is set to counter with right-handed pitcher David Watson (1-3, 5.68).
Oregon State scored five runs in the fifth inning Friday, a day after posting three in the series opener. The Beavers have tallied those eight runs on 10 hits and two walks.
- Jacob Melton became the second Beaver this season to hit a grand slam; Ryan Ober also did so on Feb. 20 against New Mexico.
- Melton is also the second Beaver with sevn RBI in a game. Joe Casey had seven on Monday versus Washington.
- Ryan Ober and Garret Forrester are the first OSU teammates with back-to-back home runs since Alex McGarry and Adley Rutschman on March 17, 2019 at UCLA.
- OSU reached double-figure hits for the seventh consecutive game.
- The win, coupled with a loss by USC to California, pushed the Beavers to a two-game lead in the Pac-12 Conference standings.
- The five home runs marked the most for the Beavers since OSU hit five on April 13, 2018 at Missouri State. It's the most against a conference foe since the Beavers tallied seven against Washington on March 7, 2001.
Follow Us On Social
For more information on the Oregon State baseball team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball, by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball.
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A resource for tree care professionals and the public to protect and care for Georgia's trees.
AERIAL RESCUE TRAINING
The course is designed to teach work positioning and rescue techniques used among arborists and other high-angle workers while responding to emergency situations. All levels of climbers and aerial rescuers, experienced and non-experienced, looking to increase their technical knowledge and skills as it relates to access, positioning, climbing and rescue systems are encouraged to attend. Participants are required to bring personal protection equipment and their regular climbing gear. The course is limited to 15 participants.
Participants will learn:
ISA CEU's available.
Email: [email protected]: (404) 913-1422
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Today: Visit The Domain You’re Buying Before You Buy It / Reinitiating failed domain transfers / 22278.com Sold for $13,750 / And more!
Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today:
Looking for .com wireless/signal related domain (Up to $15k) – Could you use $15,000.00 in your wallet? Be sure to double check your portfolio for one of these domain names. This investor is ready to spend.
TravelPlan.tours – Are you investing in new gTLDs or specifically, .tours domain names? If so, maybe you have a good idea of what TravelPlans.tours would be worth in today’s markets.
StoreMember.com – I’m not sure a domain like this has much use or any value for that matter. What would you appraise this domain name asset for?
NamesCon Europe 2018 – Let’s see a show of hands from everyone that will be attending NamesCon Europe 2018. Don’t be shy. Get on over to the discussion and let other people know you’ll be there.
Visit The Domain You’re Buying Before You Buy It – Have you ever bought a domain and then found out later you paid ten times more than what it was listed for at another marketplace by the same seller? Be sure to check a domain name completely before buying to save money.
22278.com Sold for $13,750 – Now there is a great five number .com sale for an easy five digits. I wonder how much they paid for the domain initially?
Reinitiating failed domain transfers – Have you ever started a transfer, accidentally canceled it, and then tried to start a new transfer? Did the domain get stuck in limbo or did it take weeks to finally go through?
Domain hoarders anonymous – Are you a domain hoarder? Would you even admit it if you were? You might just need some domain hoarders anonymous in your life. | <urn:uuid:d2c75386-e0dd-460b-89d3-1ace12a7d25e> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | http://www.tntnames.com/blog/domain-hoarders-anonymous.html | 2021-12-07T15:08:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363400.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20211207140255-20211207170255-00637.warc.gz | en | 0.91859 | 425 | [
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Noosa Taupe CushionRegular price $49.95
The Noosa Taupe cushion features an unique hand-painted tropical illustration on the front (plain on reverse side). Taupe (grey with a hint of brown) goes well with most colours, we like to go with neutral tones and warmer colors, like soft yellow, pink or olive tints!
- Linen / Polyester
- Concealed zip at base of cushion
- Cold hand wash separately using mild detergent
- Do not soak
- Do not bleach
- Line dry in shade
- Cool iron on reverse
- Avoid direct sunlight
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Bonnie Hutson Obituary
Here is Bonnie Hutson’s obituary. Please accept Echovita’s sincere condolences.
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Bonnie Hutson of North Little Rock, Arkansas, who passed away on November 23, 2021, at the age of 89, leaving to mourn family and friends. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by : her parents, Raymond Bean and Etta Bean; her sister Juanita Phillips; her grandmother Clara Morris; her aunts, Mary Irene Ives and Emmeline Cole McMurtry; and her uncle Wister Morris.
She is survived by : her husband Harold Hutson, Sr. of Carlisle, AR; her sons, Harold Hutson, Jr. Linda Shatsar (Jane) and David Hutson; and her grandchildren, Daniel Hutson, Kate Mabra, Brian Hutson, Caleb Shatsar (Christina), Adam Shatsar and Jake Hutson. She is also survived by three great grandchildren.
Visitation was held on Monday, November 29th 2021 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the Park Hill Baptist Church (201 E C Ave, North Little Rock, AR 72116). A funeral service was held on Monday, November 29th 2021 at 11:00 AM at the same location.
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From the publisher’s website:
Yongju is an accomplished student from one of North Korea’s most prominent families. Jangmi, on the other hand, has had to fend for herself since childhood, most recently by smuggling goods across the border. Danny is a Chinese-American teenager of Korean descent whose parents left China when he was nine; his quirks and precocious intelligence have long marked him as an outcast among his peers, and he yearns for the China of his youth.
These three disparate lives converge when each of them travels to the region where China borders North Korea–Danny to visit his mother, who is working as a missionary there; Yongju to escape persecution after his father is killed at the hands of the Dear Leader himself; and Jangmi to protect her unborn child.
As they struggle to survive in a place where danger seems to close in on all sides, in the form of government informants, husbands, thieves, abductors, and even missionaries, they come to form a kind of adopted family.
The novel transports the reader to one of the most complex and threatening environments in the world, and explores how humanity persists even in the most dire of circumstances. | <urn:uuid:33723348-2f76-46a6-8ec4-954562593f6a> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/how-i-became-a-north-korean/ | 2021-12-09T06:30:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363689.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20211209061259-20211209091259-00317.warc.gz | en | 0.979885 | 245 | [
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In the VMware CMBU lab, I built something cool that I wanted to share. Creating a demo for vRealize Network Insights featured called Flow-based Application Discovery, I needed to get applications running in the lab to dynamically resize from time to time. In a demo three tiered application; add one or two web or app servers, or remove them. Flow-based application discovery would then detect the change and suggest updating the application in Network Insight.
One of the requirements is that there has to be traffic going between all servers before application discovery picks it up. That’s what led me to write this action.
Disclaimer: The script itself is quite specific. If you want to use it, expect to need to modify it to your needs.
The application isn’t a big thing and it’s easy to build. A web server at the front, that connects over HTTP to an application server, that in turn connects to a MySQL server.
The web servers have an NGINX service running that configures the web server to forward requests to the app servers. That means the web servers need to know the list of app servers when the deployment changes. vRealize Automation’s API can dig up a list of IPs that the app servers have but only when it’s done deploying. Maybe I should rephrase that: you can only trust the list once it’s done deploying.
This post doesn’t go through the entire cloud template configuration, but know that the 3 tiers are also represented in the blueprint. Another important detail is that the OS password for the deployed VMs is a Cloud Template Input – so it gets asked when you deploy this blueprint. It’s what the script uses to log into the web servers.
If you don’t want to store these passwords like this, you could also consider to use SSH key authentication. You can put the SSH public key into the VM template and store the SSH private key as a secret that’s passed to the action script when it runs. I just had low security requirements for this one; it’s a demo environment.
vRealize Automation has event-based automation called subscriptions. You can subscribe actions to an event and run code when something happens. That something could be a deployment request, network provisioning, kubernetes cluster allocation, and the one I’ll be using here, when a deployment completes. There are about 60 of these events, so you can get creative.
The Deployment Complete event gets fired when a new deployment or update of an existing deployment completes. Perfect for post-deployment steps where you need the full details of the deployment as it is after vRA is done.
You’ll need to create the action first, which I’ll cover in the next chapter, but for the sake of explaining the logic: knowing about subscriptions first, made sense to me. Here’s the configuration I used:
Simple enough, right? Give it a name, select the Deployment complete event from the Event Topic list and select the action.
Now for the good part, what does the action do? The code is in the GitHub Gist below, but let’s have a look at how to add it to vRA first:
Adding an action defaults to Python and the only modification needed is the Dependency field with requests (API calls) and paramiko (SSH). And of course putting the script into the left side.
Talking about the script, let’s (finally!) take a look at it. First off, the logic is as follows:
- Action runs when the event triggers. It’ll provide basic info to the script, like deployment ID (line 83)
- Take the deployment ID and request the full deployment details from the vRA API
- From the deployment details, find the IP addresses of the web and app servers (line 100)
- Loop through the web server IPs, SSH into them and update the NGINX config to point to the list of app servers (line 111)
When adopting this for your own purposes, the most interesting lines will be 100 to 104 (that determines what servers we’re looking for), and then the function reconfigureWebserver. That is where the commands are defined that run on the servers and the SSH connection takes place. Without further ado, here’s the script:
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80% of B2B buyers* voiced uncertainty in their ability to manage and navigate the change involved in a multiple stakeholder purchase. The pandemic has made the buying journey even more complex and high risk for buyers, so any solution that a buyer is willing to sell on internally, will have to be a solution that they have co-created with the sales person. Many sales people will put in the hard work and effort at the beginning of the sale when they hear that initial yes from a customer, however only a few sales people know how to ensure that the buyer has taken an active role in tailoring the solution to the specific results they need.
Creating shared ownership makes it 10x more likely that a client will buy from you**. If a sales person doesn’t have the skills to effectively collaborate at the start, and throughout the buying process, the deal is likely to stall and fail further down the line. Without ownership of the solution, any initial motivation a customer has will be lost once the sell on becomes more involved.
It’s now more important than ever that sales people have the confidence and skills to actively influence the ‘sell-on’ journey with their client
“The goalposts in sales are moving too fast, so we work with Flume, a modern and dynamic company, whose trainers have revolutionised our sales cultures and approach to client delivery. Our CEO business partners love them.”
Piers Bearne, Founder and Chairman, Collingwood Advisory | <urn:uuid:af500799-4795-4f37-84cc-fecc288b1e64> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://flumetraining.com/workshop/co-creating-solutions/ | 2021-11-28T08:56:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358480.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20211128073830-20211128103830-00357.warc.gz | en | 0.971519 | 306 | [
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Oct 2011, I bought the laptop I have been using until now, a Dell XPS 15. Many components like screen, hard drive and battery all have failed, but thankfully it still works functionally after several repairs.
Even though, using it starts become painful, which makes me decide to get a new one.
Since primary school, I’ve been using laptops. They are surely easy to carry around, but always underwhelming for a gamer like me. That’s why a desktop PC become my go-to device.
It took quite a while to do all the research, purchasing and building, and they’re all finally done today. No big problems, fun experience. | <urn:uuid:a15e30ef-93ff-4f5e-bb5e-a26a7e1a50d2> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://seewang.me/en/my-new-pc/ | 2021-11-30T00:23:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964358847.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20211129225145-20211130015145-00037.warc.gz | en | 0.975248 | 142 | [
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Early 18th century Scottish Receipt To Heal - Hastings Ointment
Early 18th century Scottish Receipt To Heal
- A Hastings Ointment -
From An Early 18th Century Rural Scottish Herbal Recipe Book Held In A Private Collection In Glasgow
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So many recipes have been lost throughout the centuries. This one is important historically because not only is it a very very old recipe from the early 18th century in Scotland- but it is one of the examples of how families kept their own recipes and passed them from generation to generation to be recopied and added to ( usually by the women in the family).
The original recipe states, "A hastings ointment to cure all wounds in 2 days". The title caught my attention I really wanted to see what it would heal in 2 days.. or even if it was possible. I gave a sample to my grandpa because he had some skin issues on his face which weren't healing well with the other store bought ointments. He agreed to try it and called me two days later, very excited, that it not only took his redness, scaly skin bits away, it also helped heal his open sores.. He said he noticed a drastic difference in 2 days and at about 4 days things were completely healed and he did not need to reapply it. I was very happy when I went to visit. His face had been bad for such a long time and it looked so good. I have been testing it too, on heel blisters, burns, and all sorts of wounds.. and I have to say.. I am super impressed. It's all organic and natural. You will have to try it- keep it in your kit or medicine cabinet.
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What makes a 10th dan?
While judo 10th dans are all supremely skilled at judo, the difference between a 10th dan and a 6th dan is not technique nor judo skill, but rather contribution to the art. Consider these excerpts from a list of profiles of judan-ranked judoka:
He was unbelievably energetic and eventually stood at the head of the Kodokan's instructors. The speed with which he mastered the techniques of Judo can only be matched by the rapidity of his promotion... He was a permanent member of the Kodokan Dojo Consultative Group. He is the author of the Canon of Judo.
As a young man he was very keen to go abroad but in 1906 was asked to become Judo instructor at Keio (the oldest private University in Japan) and he remained there for more than fifty years, devoting his whole life to the work. He was a member of both the Kodokan Council and the Dojo Consultative Group.
In 1899 he became the head of the Judo Section of the Butokukai and later traveled extensively teaching at schools and police establishments. In 1931 he began teaching at the Kodokan and was a member of the Dojo Consultative Group.
All his efforts were poured into the training of young teachers and he was of the greatest assistance to the President of the Kodokan. He did much to gain for the Kodokan the secure position it enjoys today
The Shihan's assistant from the very founding of the Kodokan, he is one of the great names in Judo. He entered the Kodokan in 1884 and gained a formidable reputation from his contests with the strong men of other jujutsu schools during the Meiji period. He later went to the United States where he taught Judo to President Theodore Roosevelt.
he worked for many years spreading Judo and training new teachers.
Author of Kodokan Judo: Throwing Techniques, and several other judo textbooks. He has been the chief instructor at the Kodokan for many years, manager of the Japanese Judo Team at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics, an international referee, and he won the All Japan Judo Tournaments in 1951 and 1954.
The repeated themes are not competitive success, though that is a factor and certainly important. Nor is it technical mastery, though all of them possess that too. It is devoting one's life to judo: working to further the art, training new students and instructors, moving in order to establish a far-away school, representing judo in government.
In the end, the ranks above 6th dan are for spreading the art, political success within the ranking bodies, past competitive success, and sharing the highest level of technical expertise with the next generation of students. So no, the 70-year old 10th dan on the brink of death who sits in a chair to teach class is not going to beat a 26-year-old 4th dan who recently medaled at the Olympics. That's not what the 10th dan is awarded for.
High-ranked eldery judoka in competition
Elite competitive judo is a game for the young. The training necessary to maintain the razor's edge of conditioning and reflex is severe, and not suitable for the elderly. That's not to say that old judoka can't be competitive and best their younger counterparts, but merely that there is a reason that judoka in their 40s don't win the Olympics in judo. However, it is interesting to note some of the age-outliers, as in this 36-year-old:
One of his impressive competitions was the May 1926 Emperor's Cup final facing one of the young upcoming strong players, Ushijima Tatsukuma, a 26 year old 5th Dan. He won a decision here after a hard competition to take the title.
To understand this, watch 10th dan Kyuzo Mifune's Essence of Judo, particularly the parts where he plays randori. Randori is meant to be as vigorous as possible, but one does not smash weaker players unless they are training for competition. Mifune's opponents are attempting techniques but not attempting to overpower Mifune. If they did, he would be in danger of injury--and they in danger of injury and social backlash. | <urn:uuid:3d675f9f-8233-488b-8bd6-94d88cd9620f> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://martialarts.stackexchange.com/questions/1995/understanding-the-nature-of-a-high-ranking-judoka | 2021-12-03T03:14:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964362589.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20211203030522-20211203060522-00037.warc.gz | en | 0.980699 | 910 | [
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We get it; you don’t want to think about a future crisis – who would?! It would be great if everything went according to plan, but sometimes things get a little rocky, and if they do, we’ll be prepared – and you will, too. Whether it’s crisis communication planning or response, we can help.
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Follow the below steps if you are discovering the Oracle Private Cloud Appliance X3-2:
From the Setup menu, select Add Targets, and then select Add Targets Manually:
Figure 4-14 Add Targets Manually Menu
On the Add Targets Manually page, click Add Targets Using Guided Process.
Figure 4-15 Add Targets Manually
On the Add Using Guided Process window, select Private Cloud Appliance. Click Add to begin the discovery wizard.
Figure 4-16 Select Private Cloud Appliance
On the Discovery Inputs page, you will need to enter the Monitoring Agent host location.
Figure 4-17 PCA Discovery Wizard: Discovery Input
Click the Search icon to display the Select Discovery Agent pop-up window:
Figure 4-18 Select Discovery Agent
Select the URL from the available list. Once you select the URL, the Management Agent field on the Discovery Input page should auto-populate with the required information.
On the Discovery Prerequisites page, a series of checks are conducted automatically. Any errors returned must be resolved before continuing.
Figure 4-19 PCA Discovery Wizard: Discovery Prerequisites
If you get error severity messages, you must resolve the errors then click Reload to run the prerequisites check again.
A confirmation pop-up window will appear to show how many targets to be discovered:
Figure 4-20 Confirmation Window
Click Close to continue.
On the Discovered Targets page, select the targets you want included in the discovered PCA rack. By default, all available targets are pre-selected.
Figure 4-21 PCA Discovery Wizard: Discovered Targets
For each component type, click the Edit icon. In the Monitoring Credentials pop-up, enter the user name and password for each component in the Oracle PCA rack:
Figure 4-22 Component Monitoring Credentials
In a default case, for the InfiniBand Switch, enter public in the Community String mandatory field input.
You can select Use same credentials for all in the credential's edit dialog to use the same credentials for all targets of the type. The image below shows an example of the Monitoring Credentials page with all credentials set:
Figure 4-23 PCA Discovery Wizard: Monitoring Credentials
On the System Review page, click Promote Targets to promote all components of the Oracle PCA rack. If any component fails the promotion process, click Back to update the inputs for that component. A pop-up window will appear to show the progress. Once complete, click Close.
Figure 4-24 Target Promotion Confirmation
The image below shows an example of completed promotion of all components:
Figure 4-25 PCA Discovery Wizard: System Review
New Features in Oracle Fabric Interconnect Target
This section provides information about new features in Oracle Fabric Interconnect Target.
Enterprise Manager 13.3 introduces new features to the Oracle Fabric Interconnect Target. The following information can now be monitored:
The managed devices and their serial numbers
The discovered servers
The configured I/O templates
Network and storage clouds
The Alarms tracked by the Oracle Fabric Manager
To view this information, select the Fabric Interconnect Target from All Targets menu or click the Fabric Interconnects on the Private Cloud Appliance's Target Navigation Tree.
Figure 4-26 Oracle Fabric Interconnect Target Home Page
Oracle Fabric Manager supports high availability mode, in which multiple Fabric Manager servers are associated with each other to provide a system of Fabric Manager servers that operate in active or passive roles. The summary section of the Fabric Interconnect home page lists the current Oracle Fabric Manager's status and version, and the high availability mode.
When vNICs and vHBAs are configured and deployed on the host server, it can be seen in the graph of the network and storage total throughput.
Information about the Oracle Fabric Interconnect chassis and the Oracle SDN that are managed through the Oracle Fabric Manager is displayed in the Fabric Interconnect home page. The Devices table displays the host name of each managed device, the device IP address, the software version currently installed on each managed device, the current state of the managed device and the model of the device.
Oracle Fabric Manager discovers servers that are connected through the devices and have Oracle Virtual Networking Drivers installed. This table lists the host name of each server that Oracle Fabric Manager has discovered, the operating system currently in use on the host server, the name of the I/O profile bound to each server, and the total number of vNICs and vHBAs that are configured on the server.
When I/O templates are configured, they are listed in the Fabric Interconnect home page regardless of whether they are deployed to a host server or not. This table lists the name of each configured I/O template, the total number of vNICs and vHBAs configured in each I/O template, and the description that was applied to the I/O template.
Information about the Private Virtual Interconnect (PVI) clouds is displayed. If Oracle Fabric Interconnect is attached, this table lists the name of each configured cloud, the number of Ethernet ports, and link aggregation groups (LAGs) in the cloud.
Storage Clouds (only for Oracle Fabric Interconnect)
Information about the configured storage clouds is displayed. This table lists the name of each configured cloud, and the number of Fibre Channel ports in the storage cloud.
The Oracle Fabric Interconnect target monitors system events and network management alarms tracked by the Oracle Fabric Manager.
The alarms shown in the Fabric Interconnect home page are of one of the following severities:
To view critical, major, minor, and warning alarms go to the Target's All Metrics page, and select the Alarms metric. Critical alarms are displayed in the Incidents and Problems section of the Fabric Interconnect home page. Major, warning and minor alarms can also appear on the Incidents and Problems section, if the user activates a rule for this purpose.
Figure 4-27 Alarms Shown in the All Metrics Page
Important Steps to Enable the Fabric Interconnect Target
Execute the following steps to enable the Fabric Interconnect Target's new features if the version of Oracle Enterprise Manager that you're using is 13.2 with 28195765 [Jun'18 ] BP or earlier:
Upgrade the OMS to 13.4.
From both the Fabric Interconnect home page menu, select Control, and then select Create Blackout option to enable blackout for both the Oracle Fabric Interconnect Targets (not a full Private Cloud Appliance blackout):
Upgrade the agent from 13.2 to 13.4.
Execute the steps in the Prerequisites to Monitor the Fabric Interconnect in Oracle Private Cloud Appliance section to setup the Fabric Interconnect.
Rediscover the Fabric Interconnect Targets by following the steps in Private Cloud Appliance Rack Discovery section and at Step 7, explicitly enter the root/administrator credentials to access the Oracle Fabric Manager.
Promote the Target
Clear the Blackout state for both the Oracle Fabric Interconnect Targets. To clear the Blackout state, perform following steps:
From both the Fabric Interconnect home page menu, select Control.
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Firestarter Recording Studio is in search of videographers to videotape music recording sessions for its clients wishing to document said sessions. Artists will be compensated 50% on day of shoot, and 50% at moment of receipt of edited session. If interested, please reply with a bit about your experience. Please be advised that Firestarter Recording Studio is a private recording studio in Dutchess County, N.Y. and will be opening in the month of June, 2016.
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Purdue team wins state clean energy business plan competition
April 1, 2014
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - For the second year in a row, a team from Purdue University won a statewide business plan competition for clean energy startups and will compete in a regional competition in Chicago.
Spero Energy Inc. won the Indiana Clean Energy Challenge in February and will compete in the Midwest Clean Energy Challenge on Thursday (April 3) in Chicago. The company's mission is to develop sustainable processes to create high-value flavor and fragrance chemicals from plant components.
Ian Klein, a graduate student in Purdue's Department of Chemistry, said Spero Energy's technology benefits firms that produce cellulosic ethanol, an alternative fuel that is produced from wood biomass.
"One of the three main components of biomass is lignin, which provides structure in a plant. It accounts for 20-30 percent of biomass, and it is known to inhibit the production of cellulosic ethanol," he said. "Our one-step, patent-pending process converts lignin into two products: dihydroeugenol, which is a flavor and fragrance chemical, and lignin-free material that is ready for ethanol production."
The Spero Energy team includes Barron B. Hewetson, a graduate research assistant in Purdue University's Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Trenton Parsell, post-doctorate researcher, Department of Chemistry; and Mahdi Abu-Omar, the R.B. Wetherill Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and associate director of Purdue's Center for Direct Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels.
Spero Energy will compete against five teams in Clean Energy Trust's 2014 Clean Energy Challenge: Black Pine Engineering, from the University of Michigan; Imagine Labs, University of Missouri; Meter Genius, Northwestern University; MyPower, Northwestern University; and Sprav Water, Case Western Reserve University.
All Clean Energy Challenge finalists receive mentoring and training from the Clean Energy Trust network to prepare for the competition. Finalists are eligible for prizes, including the $100,000 Wells Fargo Grand Prize for Clean Energy Entrepreneurship; the $50,000 United, Boeing and Honeywell UOP Aviation Energy Prize; the $25,000 McCaffery Interests Prize for Building Efficiency; and the $20,000 ComEd Prize for Female Entrepreneurship. The winner will represent the Midwest in early summer in the National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Four other teams from Purdue University competed in the Indiana Clean Energy Challenge.
* Atlas Energy Systems - Josh Auger, Ian Hamilton, Kyle Harris and Kyle Pendergast.
* Ceres Biofuels - Trevor Barnes, Nathan Craig, Tyler Futch, Bryan Greene, Bradly Grube, Tracy Guerrero, Wesley Major, Reilly Meehan, Bridget Stanley, Petar Todorovic and David Yates. The team's mentor is Gozdem Kilaz, assistant professor, Department of Aviation Technology, College of Technology.
* EcoBreeze - Hsien Chin, I Fan Lin, Hunter Johnstone and Eric Liu.
* Midwest Biofuels Analytica - Benjamin Albertson, Deborah Bae, Iman Tabar Beheshti, Ronald Brender, Jacqueline Cooney, Kevan Hoffman, Ghanim Khan and Samuel Martin. The team's mentor is Gozdem Kilaz.
The Spero Energy team has received guidance and support from Purdue Foundry, which provides entrepreneurial resources aimed at launching new ventures. Abu-Omar said the Foundry has been a tremendous resource.
"The Foundry provides coaching, business advice, and is absolutely an invaluable connection in market research," he said. "All of this has made us at Spero more savvy and knowledgeable about how to build a successful business plan and executive summary, and formulate a winning sales pitch around our technology and product."
About Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization
The Purdue Office of Technology Commercialization operates one of the most comprehensive technology-transfer programs among leading research universities in the United States. Services provided by this office support the economic development initiatives of Purdue University and benefit the university's academic activities.
Purdue Research Foundation contact: Steve Martin, 765-588-3342, [email protected]
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TTexas Rodeo season kicked off in February, but only a few were had before this crazy Coronavirus thing happened upon us. While we were happily planning drinking Corona with limes at the local rodeo, this thing that had the audacity to name itself after cheap Mexican beer came a callin’.
If you aren’t familiar with the customs and traditions of rodeo, you may think it’s just those crazy bull riders you see on TV, guys with a death wish more suited to reality TV. Those with some skin in the game know that it’s much more than that.
The sport known as Rodeo got its start in the early 1800’s. Cowboys would “gather” at the end of long cattle drives and hold informal competitions amongst themselves to prove who was the best roper, drover, steer wrestler, etc. It was done in the spirit of friendly competition, and a way to wind down from long periods on tough drives.
When barbed wire later started going up around cattle country, and the open ranges became a thing of the past, many cowboys found themselves unemployed. Many of these cowboys joined travelling Wild West Shows, where they put their skills to use in theatrical performances designed to entertain audiences with stories of the old west. This was when the additions of trick roping, stunt riding, fancy shooting, and the more theatrical skill shows were added to the cowboy repertoire.
Yes folks it’s true—and I hate to be the one to tell you—prior to the Wild West Show, real cowboys DID NOT do hand stands on their galloping horse, wear sparkles on their shirts, or Double Dutch through their spinning lassoes. The end of open range ranching turned a bunch of rough and rowdy tough guys into little more than stage performers.
Eventually, the Wild West shows began to fade away, due to the higher costs associated with producing them. But the essential competitive elements remained, and even flourished in the time since.
In small and even large towns across rural America, rodeo gatherings are the most anticipated local events of the year. Local and visiting cowboys and cowgirls compete to see which is best at roping, riding, wrestling, bronco busting, bull riding, barrel racing, horsemanship, and more.
Many of the bigger modern rodeos also include stock show events, as well as family fairs. There are musical acts, family dances, carnivals, and Rodeo Queen pageants in their lineups. Aside from an ample supply of fair food, expect competitions such as chili cook-offs, pie baking competitions, and jam and jelly contests.
If you aren’t from an area where rodeo is part of the local tradition, you may see it as simply a collective bunch of competitions. One where people gather one week or so a year, see who is best at this, that, or the other, and then return home again to try again next year. But you would be wrong in that.
So, what does rodeo mean to the people who have grown up with it?
True to the meaning of the word, Rodeo is about gathering together and celebrating the history, and the present, of the American farmer, rancher, and cowboy. It is very much similar to the original cowboy gatherings at the end of the long cattle drive. It may be seen as theatrics and show for city dwellers, but these men and women are often showing off skills on rodeo weekend that they use every day in their life on the ranch.
When livestock needs to be moved from one pasture to another, cowboys herd them. When a calf goes astray, he will be roped and brought back to the herd. On smaller family ranches, branding is still done the old-fashioned way—by wrestling the calf to the ground. They aren’t really born with birthmarks in the shape of the ranch brand.
Horses, by the way, are not born under saddle with bits in their mouths. Someone has to teach a horse to accept a halter, a saddle, a bit, and eventually a rider. This is not done by reasoning and negotiation. This is done with grit, determination and fortitude on the part of the cowboy, and a lot of bucking, thrashing, twisting and general “having none of it” on the part of the horse. Once the horse will accept the idea of it all, then he is taught how to respond to verbal commands, to pressure applied by the rider’s leg on his side, to the pull of the reins. If he will be used for more than pleasure riding, he will have to learn to jump, or to pull equipment, or to cut a herd of cattle. These things take substantial investments of time, as well as substantial skill.
The rodeo is a way of showcasing those skills to the public, as well as to stage some friendly competition among the cowboys and cowgirls.
Kids that are in FFA (Future Farmers of America) and 4-H spend much time before and after school all year-long raising prized pigs, goats, chickens, milk cows, horses, and every manner of livestock. The stock show is where their hard work pays off, as their animals are auctioned off to raise money for college, or for investment in their future projects. The buyers at auction will often use these prize animals to improve the quality of their own stock. Everyone’s a winner.
Families may also showcase their harvest of fruit, vegetables, fresh eggs and grains. Some will display their preserved and canned foods, their pickles, and their baked goods. There are displays of handmade quilts, antique collections, and taxidermy.
But even above and beyond all that, rodeo is about community. Not just a place for the community to come together for a few days out of the year, but about giving back to the community. Many rodeos, big and small, include a component that establishes and funds college scholarships.
In San Antonio, the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo is under way. As part of this annual event, the San Antonio Livestock Expo began its scholarship program in 1984. To date, their endeavors have contributed over $113 million to education in the form of scholarships, grants, endowments, junior livestock and western art auctions, a calf scramble program and show premiums paid to youth! With a strong foundation of giving and a mission of “emphasizing agriculture and education to develop the youth of Texas.”
Since 1986, that one food booth alone has been able to donate over $2,000,000 to the scholarship fund. How awesome is that? Buy a fajita taco, send a kid to college!!
In an event focused on rodeo volunteers one year, Richard M “Tres” Kleberg III, spoke about what the rodeo meant for him. The Kleberg family descended from Richard King, of King Ranch fame. The King Ranch has long been one of the largest ranches in the world, with vast holdings around the globe. He said that as a boy he asked his dad what it meant to be a successful rancher, and I thought “good question”. His daddy told him that to be successful, you must improve the breed. Then he spoke of his experiences with the San Antonio Rodeo—the satisfaction of working with a group of people who do what they do out of their faith in God, their love of family, and their passion to give back.
Pulling up to the event, you wouldn’t have seen more pickup trucks at a Chevy dealership. Inside the hall, were a few hundred people dressed in their rodeo finery. Looking out over a sea of silver belly cowboy hats did my heart good. It was nice to sit in a room where everyone stood for the same sorts of values. Three hundred people stood to pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States of America. Three hundred people remained standing to give thanks to God, and to ask for protection for the competitors in the upcoming rodeo. And I knew every last man in that room stood for God, family, and country. I also imagined what would happen to any wacko that entered that building hell-bent on violence. It’s sad that we live in a time when I even had to think that for a moment, but it was a comfort to know that such a wacko wouldn’t get very far. All those men would have jumped on him like a fat kid on a cupcake.
Real men, with the courage to stand for what they believe in, and the fortitude to fight for it. You, know. Cowboys.
Since so many of us are missing out on this special time of year, I am glad to provide my favorite fajita recipe, so you can capture at least part of the rodeo spirit at home.
3 pounds tenderized beef skirt, trimmed of the silver skin -OR- 3 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast or thigh meat
1 cup soy sauce
1 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 cup olive oil
1 can beer
4 smashed garlic cloves
2 chopped Serrano chilies
Place meat into a large zip top bag. Put all other ingredients into bag, and zip the bag shut, pressing out any excess air. Massage the bag to mix the marinade, and to make sure all of the meat is coated. Place bag in a large bowl, and marinate more 24 hours, turning a few times.
Grill over medium heat until starting to char a bit on the edges. Cut each beef skirt crosswise into pieces that are about 3 or 4 inches wide. Cut those pieces against the grain into thin strips.
Serve in warm flour tortillas, with the following suggested toppers:
grilled onions and bell peppers
shredded cheddar or jack cheese
pica de gallo or salsa
chili con queso (click here to view my recipe)
guacamole (click here to view my recipe)
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What Is an Auditor?
With a projected growth rate of 11 percent over the next eight years, auditing is one of the fastest-growing professions around. Because it can provide exposure to many sectors of the economy (including tech, media, and sports), it’s also among the most exciting professions in which to be involved. To learn more about the world of auditing, we sat down with the team at the CAQ (Center for Audit Quality) to find out why auditing can be a great career path for recent grads.
Here are some of the key things you need to know about being an auditor.
What is an auditor?
An auditor is a professional—usually a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)— who reviews financial records to check their accuracy. Depending on their specialty, auditors can work for corporations, government agencies, or public accounting firms. Public company auditing is one of the most popular types of auditing, focusing on reviewing the financial records of companies in a broad range of industries including media and tech.
What do auditors do and why is it important?
Auditors are professionals who play a valuable role in business as they work to verify a company’s financial health by checking the accuracy of its financial statements. This information is then used by investors, banks, and by the companies themselves to make relevant business decisions.
Do I need a CPA license to be an auditor?
The short answer is no. The slightly longer answer is that it depends on your career aspirations. Although it’s possible to work for a public accounting firm without having your CPA license, most auditors choose to take the exam in order to expand their opportunities and their expertise, as well as to increase earning potential. The exam, which is called the Uniform CPA Examination, is developed by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and consists of four sections, each focusing on one specific aspect of accounting such as auditing or financial regulation.
Pro Tip: Although taking the CPA exam requires time and dedication, it definitely comes with rewards. Once you pass the test, your earning potential increases by 10 percent and continues to go up from there. It’s also a high valued credential in the broader business world.
What are the benefits of working in auditing?
With plenty of opportunities to travel and learn about new industries, auditing has a lot of benefits. “One of the things that I like best about public accounting is that you get to travel to where your clients are,” explains Ben, an auditor from Chicago who frequently travels around the country to conduct audits. In addition to making the most of travel opportunities, many auditors enjoy the novelty of growing their professional connections within their firms and at the companies they audit and gaining exposure to different industries. Another great perk is the flexibility. Since some of the work involved in auditing can be done autonomously, many auditors are able to work remotely if needed.
You might say that auditors are in the people business. That is, they work with a variety of people at all levels of a company to better understand its financial statements. They also team up with colleagues to achieve a common goal. Many auditors say this is the reason they enjoy their work so much. Rather than sitting behind a desk all day, they are learning the language of business in face-to-face meetings. This interaction helps them build the foundation of a successful career within a public accounting firm or in any business.
What is a typical auditor salary?
Auditing is not only a stable field but also a lucrative one. Entry-level auditors typically earn around $52,000, while auditors with one to two years of experience earn upwards of $65,000. Even more impressive, an analysis by the CAQ showed that many audit partners in large public accounting firms can make close to a million dollars a year.
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Long Range RC Transmitter XPAD2 is designed for FPV-UAV flights of short and long distance up to 180 Km. It has 500 mW power and -115 dBm sensitivity, dual band 866 – 960 MHz, long range RC transmitter, Bluetooth, GPS, video receiver and more.
This RC Transmitter is part of the superb eXtended Long Range System D2 (XLRS_D2) kit.
1.0- SMA-Female Connector for Radio Control of 866-960 MHz. You can connect standard or dual antennas to have greater range, according to your requirements.
1.1- RF (Radio Frequency) Blue Led
1.2- SMA-Female Connector for Video: of 2.4 GHz. You can connect standard or dual antennas to have greater range, according to your requirements.
1.3- LCD Display: hight contrast backlit Blue/White to configuration and telemetry display.
1.4- Speaker and Bluetooth
Speaker: For sound effects of the system.
Bluetooth: For connection to other devices (PC, Laptop, Tablets).
1.5- Central 5-positions Micro Joystick: To navigate through the menu (Left, right, up and down), center to “Accept/Ok” and hold down to turn on the XPAD2 system.
1.6- Central Rotary Encoder: To select desired percentage values in XLRS_D2 system settings.
1.7- Button “Exit/OFF”: To exit the menu or submenus. Hold down to turn off the XPAD2 system.
1.8- GPS: For positioning and location of the XPAD2 system (e.g. for being on the move while flying and have a dynamic Return-To-Home).
1.7- Input Charger: To charge the XPAD2, you can use a XCHARGERD2 charger with Mini USB interface powered via PC or a standard mobile charger. (XCHARGERD2 is included with the XPAD2).
It can also be charged with a standard RC charger.
1.8- RCB Mini jack connector: The RCBus is a serial bus data to extend and test XPAD2 devices, as Head tracker or tracking antenna.
1.9- Input SPPM: SPPM to connect a standard RC station on the trainer port and send its Joysticks movements through Long Range.
2.0- AUDIO/VIDEO Connectors: Through the two Video/Audio connector jacks you can directly connect video/FPV glasses or headset, a TV monitor or a standard video recorder.
2.1- Mini USB Port: Used to configure the system, send and receive commands, receive telemetry, have online access to equipments connected via radio and update the system with the BootADMD software.
|Maximum RC and Telemetry range||180 Km|
|Dual Band RF||ICM 866 MHz or ISM 960 MHz. Configurable for other bands|
|Frequency||866 – 868 and 902 – 960 Mhz. Configurable|
|RF Filtrate||Digital. Compatible with 2.4 and 5.8 GHz video|
|Channeling||50 Khz. 100 KHz for LRS compatibility|
|Modulation||50 kb. AFA (Adaptative Frequency Agility), FHSS. 19-38 kb. GFSK for LRS compatibility|
|RSSI||Digital. Calibrated ± 1 dBm|
|RF Module||5G Radio, XLRS_D2|
|PPM Refreshment||40 Hz|
|Fail Safe||Yes. Programmable|
|Dimensions||104 x 94 x 33 mm|
|Maximum range||30 Km (Depending on antenna used)|
|Channel selection||CH1: 2414 MHz, CH2: 2432 MHz, CH3: 2450 MHz, CH4: 2468 MHz, CH5: 2490 MHz, CH6: 2510 MHz, CH7: 2390 MHz, CH8: 2370 MHz|
|Screen||LCD, Backlit high-contrast Blue/White|
|1 Input Mini Jack||RCBus. It is a serial bus data to extend and test XPAD2 devices, as Head Tracker|
|1 Input Jack||Audio-Video. You can directly connect video/FPV glasses or headset, TV monitor or standard video recorder|
|1 Input Jack||SPPM (Trainer)|
|1 Mini USB Input||Used to configurate the system, send and receive commands, telemetry, update and more|
|2 Antenna Connectors||1-SMA-Female RC (866-960 MHz), 1-SMA-Female Video (2.4 GHz)|
|1 Micro Joystick||5-position micro joysticks for control and menu selection|
|1 Rotate Encoder||Configuration of control values (in %)|
|1 Button “Exit/Off”||To exit the menu or sub menu selected and if holding down to disable the XPAD2 system|
|Radio Locator||Radio Locator + GPS|
|Note||Individual cells are protected electrically over voltage, low voltage and excess consumption|
|Description||XPAD2 charger with Mini USB interface|
|Connection||Mini USB input|
|2 Leds||1 Charging, 1 Full charge|
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Applicants from EUROPE ONLY!
If the link no longer works (validity is 1 week), let me know and I will send a new one.
What I want is a travel booking page, through which both objects (e.g. hotel rooms, apartments) and services (tours) can be booked. The website should then (possibly with a plugin like "AndroApp") become an app (both Android and IOS).
The whole thing should be a marketplace (maybe with the plugin "Yith Multi Vendor")
It would be good if one could somehow integrate "Artificial Intelligence" to show the user useful advertising and offers instead of random ones, but I don't really know what could be used.
Language and currency should then adapt to the user (browser language-based). If that is not possible, I would otherwise limit the multilingualism to a selection menu and the languages "German / English / French / Spanish".
WordPress as CMS. I already have a domain, theme is also loaded. The theme is a blog topic, I hope you can "convert" it into a marketplace.
Before I send you the exact layout (where now you see only blanks), I need you to verify your identity through the app "Yoti" and then sign a nda. This applies for me too so you also have more ease of mind as well.
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For as long as people have been flying, there’s been a common misconception about the air on an airplane. That misconception has been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the airline industry has suffered because people have been too nervous to fly because of the fear of getting sick.
In reality, the air on an airplane is some of the cleanest, purest and freshest air anyone could breathe. According to the World Health Organization, aircraft cabin air is carefully controlled and completely changed between 20 and 30 times per hour by recirculation systems that combines fresh air from outside the plane with recycled cabin air that passes through HEPA filters. Someone who gets sick on an airplane cannot blame the cabin air.
On the flip side, it’s understandable that passengers are concerned about air quality. We need air to live, and we need fresh air to live well.
Benefits of Fresh Air
According to advancedneurotherpay.com, the brain uses about three times as much oxygen for healthy neuron function as muscles do. Because of that, the brain is very sensitive to drops in oxygen levels—think of how a person acts when at higher elevations, like when visiting places like Colorado. They can be loopy, get headaches, feel sluggish.
Indoor air quality can be especially bad, because it accumulates chemicals and exhaled breath, increasing CO2 levels. This is one reason companies encourage their employees to take walks outside during the day and why students, especially young children, have outdoor recess.
These outdoor breaks help the lung dilate and repair, as well, so not only is a person getting better air, but the body is also expelling unwanted compounds.
School Air Quality
Another benefit of fresh air, indoors or outside, is that it can provide more energy and mental focus—something essential for children in school.
In fact, a study by researchers from the Human Cognitive Neuroscience Unit at Northumbria University in England showed that people given oxygen versus regular air performed up to 20% better on a memory test. Fresh air also can help increase the production of serotonin, which helps people feel happier and less anxious.
Imagine a school full of happy children with clear lungs and clear minds. Instead, thousands of schools across America do the bare minimum, if they do anything at all, to address problems with classroom ventilation and the lack of fresh air on campus. Replacing HEPA filters or installing new school ventilation systems is not enough. School districts must do more to ensure students are breathing fresh, clean air.
Founded by Roger Silveira, We Need Fresh Air is an organization dedicated to improving student achievement one breath at a time.
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By Lisa Rapaport
(Reuters Health) – People may think of millennials as being one right swipe away from a quick hookup, but a new study suggests many 20-somethings are actually having less sex than their parents did back in the day.
“The misperception that millennials have a hook-up culture may be driven by the most promiscuous members of the generation, who are now able to advertise their exploits through social media,” said lead study author Jean Twenge, a psychology researcher at San Diego State University in California.
“But the culture of dating apps leaves out a large segment of the population,” Twenge added by email.
In reality, millennials born in the 1990s are more than twice as likely to be sexually inactive as young GenX’ers born in the late 1960s, Twenge and colleagues report in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.
Fifteen percent of young adults aged 20 to 24 reported having no sex since turning 18, compared with just 6 percent of the previous generation at that age, the study found.
Previous research has also found that millennials – born from the 1980s to 2000 – have fewer sexual partners than Generation X’ers or baby boomers, Twenge said.
The only generation that showed a higher rate of sexual inactivity in the analysis was born in the 1920s.
To look at generational shifts in sexual activity, researchers examined survey data from a nationally representative sample of more than 26,000 adults.
One limitation of the study is that the survey didn’t ask about specific sexual activities, making it impossible to determine how respondents interpreted questions about whether they were sexually active, the authors note.
Still, the findings suggest that millennials may be experiencing a unique set of circumstances that, combined, may make them less likely to have sex in their 20s, the authors conclude.
For one thing, young adults are living longer with their parents and delaying marriage, which may delay sexual activity, the researchers note.
Oddly, the rise of hookup culture may dissuade sexual activity as teens and young adults shy away from committed relationships.
The mismatch between how adults perceive the millennial hookup culture and the reality of what 20-somethings are actually doing in bed speaks to a larger story about how older generations tend to view the kids that come after them, said Joshua Grubbs, a researcher at Bowling Green State University in Ohio who wasn’t involved in the study.
“Middle-aged and younger adults have complained about how disrespectful younger generations were, how risque they were, how immoral they were, how lazy they were, or how unwise they were – this is sort of the natural order of things,” Grubbs said by email.
“However, the millennial generation is the first real generation to face that criticism in the digital age, where hot takes and instant opinions are ubiquitous,” Grubbs added. “So, instead of having middle aged adults complaining about ‘kids these days’ at lunch or at the water cooler, they are doing it on blogs and open-source news websites.”
It would be a mistake to jump to conclusions about whether millennials have a healthier sex life than the generations that came before them, Grubbs said.
“I think there is some data to indicate that young adults in the U.S. are perhaps a little more comfortable talking about their sexuality and that there is a greater emphasis on sexual self-awareness now, but there’s also evidence (per the referenced studies) that young adults may actually be having less sex or fewer sexual partners,” Grubbs noted.
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The Royal Court in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced, in a statement issued yesterday, the death of His Royal Highness Prince Nawwaf bin Saad bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
The royal court stated that he will pray him today in the city of Riyadh.
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Creative and innovative independent watchmaker MB&F was established in 2005 by Maximillian Büsser, who was already a prominent figure in the world of horology, all thanks to his daring projects with Harry Winston Rare Timepieces. A talent to make friends with exceptional watchmakers, combined with marketing genius and sheer creativity, is the key to practically all MB&F inventions. Max Büsser and Friends return with two new models in the Legacy Machines lineup this year. The Split Escapement EVO watches are a fine addition to the MB&F LM collection, so we are taking a closer look.
For the first six years, we all admired interesting incarnations of Büsser’s childhood memories and experiences in the Horological Machines (HM collection), designed to recall spaceships, aeroplanes, racecars, giant robots, and fauna. When the company launched the Legacy Machine collection in 2011, it was a rather radical and headlong experiment, something no one expected. It proved successful, and founder Maximilian Büsser admitted that it made him feel very sure and secure about MB&F’s future as a business.
Legacy Machine 1 was not just a departure from the Horological Machines for which MB&F was famous. The watch, created together with Jean-François Mojon, the “best independent master watchmaker” of 2010 as per the GPHG, and award-winning independent watchmaker Kari Voutilainen, established new aesthetic codes. It was a watch with the features of a classic timepiece, round case, and oversized 14mm balance wheel with four traditional regulating screws hovering above the movement and dial, tuned to 18,000vph. Yet, it was a marvel of very contemporary horological art.
MB&F presented the two-time-zone LM1 more than ten years ago. Since then, the LM collection has added several other series. The Legacy Machine 2, with its two “flying” balances and planetary differential on the dial side, appeared in 2013. The LM101, the quintessence of design of the Legacy Machine collection, came a year later, and it was powered by a calibre conceived and developed in-house by MB&F, with help from award-winning independent watchmaker Kari Voutilainen (remember, F is for friends!). The ultra-complicated Legacy Machine Perpetual arrived in 2015. In 2019, MB&F released the LM FlyingT with a flying tourbillon and the first MB&F watch for ladies. However, looking at the movement architecture and specifics of the LM Perpetual reveals the technical solution that was essential for the birth of the LM Split Escapement.
An overlooked part centre stage
Belfast-born watchmaker and movement prototyper Stephen McDonnell had to devise a way to place the LM’s signature flying balance wheel in the centre of the dial of the perpetual calendar system he developed. His QP was a revolutionary creation, designed to be user-friendly and trouble-free. It was built using an innovative mechanical processor, as MB&F calls it, consisting of discs sitting on each other and with a 28-day month as a default, constructed to avoid skipping dates or jamming gears, and with several other problem-solving feats. To keep up the appearance and to feature the balance wheel where it had to be, on top of the works, suspended from a beautifully executed bridge, McDonnell thought about separating the anchor and escape wheel from the balance. He split the escapement into two parts and connected them by a “balance column”, or the balance staff. This balance staff is 11.78 mm long and enjoys the world record status as the longest in the business. Since then, this technical innovation, conceived by McDonnell, has found its way into other creations in the MB&F collection, such as the Legacy Machine Split Escapement, where this often-overlooked feature steals the show.
MB&F released the first Split Escapement watch in 2017, with the LM SE movement based on the same calibre as the LM Perpetual but (naturally) without the perpetual calendar complication on the dial side. A simplification, but not all that simple. Some people would love to own an LM Split Escapement watch because of its great looks, without overthinking why it is the way it is. Still, for mechanical watch enthusiasts, this is a big deal – not only is the balance pinion the longest, but it is also the first experiment of a kind. I believe no brand or watchmaker has ever offered an escapement like this.
The escapement manages the release of power from the mainspring; as a vital part of any watch movement, so the execution of this regulating organ must be impeccable. One usually would seek to arrange the parts close to each other, with the driving escape wheel, the lever, and the balance wheel all placed together and in sequence to ensure everything couples together correctly and securely.
But MB&F would never pursue the ordinary, so Büsser and his friends must be praised for that. MB&F is also praised for making creative, wonderfully designed and technically impressive timepieces. The new members of the LM SE family with an “EVO” attached to their name are no exception.
The MB&F Legacy Machine Split Escapement EVO
EVO, for evolution, has to mean progress, and so progress it is. I can not quote anyone in particular, but the rumour was that clients and fans wanted MB&F to improve specific watch characteristics and make them more apt to withstand real-life conditions, whatever they meant by this. So the EVO line came to be, sporting some “sporty” design ideas, pun intended. The sporty look is all about the case with a no-bezel construction that moulds the domed sapphire crystal directly to the case, opening up the dial as though inviting us to take a closer look inside the dome.
The EVO line is water-resistant to 80 metres, has a screw-down crown, an integrated rubber strap, and a FlexRing, MB&F’s own shock-absorbing system (a dampener made of steel), which is placed between the case and the movement. All these make MB&F EVO watches very wearable and appealing to people with an active lifestyle. The first watch with an EVO spirit was released in 2020, and it was a Perpetual as if to point out that even a delicate, at first glance complication is, in fact, protected by MB&F technology.
Earlier this year, the company increased the EVO offer. It introduced the LM Sequential EVO, a fully integrated dual chronograph system model, and a 10-piece salmon dial limited-edition of LM Split Escapement EVO. The latter was at the request of Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, a watch retailer in UAE, to commemorate 50 years since the United Arab Emirates was founded.
The recent editions of the MB&F Legacy Machine Split Escapement EVO are a step forward from the previous LE references. The entire movement was turned to a 30-degree angle, making a visually stunning watch even better and making the balance more visible. The new edition has a crown at 4:30, changing from 3 o’clock on the previous case. The calibre is manually wound, driven by two barrels that provide 72 hours of power reserve, and a total of 298 parts function as one to make it work. LM Perpetual offers some excellent user-friendly and fool-proof features, and the LM SE EVO has a fool-proof rapid date-changing system, which is done with a button next to the date dial.
One of the new editions, with an attractive “Icy Cool” dial and slate grey sub-dials, will become a serial production. The second, with a black base dial and dark blue sub-dials, is a limited edition of 25 pieces exclusive to the Beverly Hills MB&F LAB (managed by Westime Jewelers, hence the choice of Westime corporate colours). Both editions come in a grade 5 titanium case, with integrated rubber straps: light grey for the “Icy Cool” and white for the Beverly Hills, with a titanium folding buckle. MB&F LAB is a retail concept MB&F is building in some markets, a smaller version of the MAD Gallery, which is said soon to appear in Paris.
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Good Smile Company: The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement - Pop Up Parade Ban
The next figure in the Pop Up Parade series is Ban from The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement anime.
The Pop Up Parade series of figures that are easy to collect with speedy releases and high quality sculpt! Each figure typically stands around 17-18cm in height and the series features a vast selection of characters from popular anime and game series, so there's something for every kind of fan!
- 7.87 inches (20cm)
- Made of PVC and ABS
- Based on The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement anime
- Part of the Pop Up Parade series
- Ban figure
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I recently created a vendor account on Guru, a freelance platform that resembles Upwork and Fiverr a little too much. I submitted a few bids. Then I got a response on this one:
I addressed the items requested for the application, directed the potential client to my portfolio of writing samples, and clearly stated my rates.
This person contacted me: had I written gay romance before?
No, I had not. Of course, I assumed the prospective client actually read my bid.
Would I be willing to write a short sample of 200 – 300 words?
I took a chance. I’m an idiot.
The prospective client liked my sample, but would I expand upon it, take the burgeoning relationship from attraction to sizzle? I expanded upon the scene, but didn’t go “all the way.” The second request made me suspicious.
I allowed myself to be duped. The prospective client asked if I would accept $100 for the 15,000-word novella. Um … no. (Actually, that’s hell no. Would you put in approximately 50 hours of work for only $100?) I stated my rates clearly in the bid. He replied that my rate was beyond what he was willing to pay. So, why did he ask for writing samples? Why carry on the conversation? Why not just proceed to the next quote from a low-bid writer?
We know why: he wanted to take advantage of free content of a higher quality that a low-bid writer hasn’t the skill to produce. I attempted to reply, but he closed the conversation. Guru will not allow me to respond.
I am angry with him and myself. He’s an asshole and I’m an idiot.
Another client for whom I wrote two blogs (for which he did pay) has dropped off the face of the planet with a draft of a third blog in his hot little hands. I’m not happy about that, either, especially as I felt we’d established that he could trust me and I could trust him.
To quote Charlie Brown: “ARGH!” I prefer to begin professional relationships from a position of trust. It generally works out and both the client and I are happy. But that’s twice this month someone unscrupulous has taken advantage of my good nature. It’s enough to make me change. I hate that. I don’t want to be that mistrustful, cynical, manipulative businessperson who plays hardball and is always looking for an angle to fill my pockets and to serve my advantage regardless of whom I trample.
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In this interview, the first in a new series on SPOTLIGHT authors, we speak to Elizabeth Ridout, whose poetry collection Summon is published by Myriad Editions.
Spotlight Books is a collaboration between Creative Future, New Writing South and Myriad Editions to discover, guide and support writers who are under-represented due to mental or physical health issues, disability, race, class, gender identity or social circumstance.
See all interviews in this series.
What are the challenges of your own life experiences, and do these present in your writing, as concerns, themes, ways of thinking about writing?
I think that the challenges of my own life experiences have actually enriched my writing, not necessarily in terms of determining the content of it, but by giving me a form of liminal space from which to explore different voices and examine the edge of experiences, or the experience of those things and people at the fringes of things. In various ways, the world that we live in today is a bipolar one – socially, politically, and morally – and sometimes that is liberating and sometimes that is frightening. Both freedom and fear are necessary in order to write and reflect different views on what reality is, and even though it may be an uncomfortable place to inhabit at times, I’ve always felt the ways my mind works and the emotional intensity at which I live my life does give me this kaleidoscopic view of the world, which enables me to make familiar things strange, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse! I do think that writing is one of the most powerful forms of metaphorical exorcism there is – driving out all those demons, bloodletting lines of poetry or lyrics or voice, and I think I see my writing as an attempt to purify things going on in the world and in my own head – which is why I am drawn to poetry, which is all about the power of purifying experiences and feelings into our messy human words. Having said all that, I do feel it is incredibly important not to pigeonhole or restrict the lens through which work is viewed – a piece of art can be imaginary but have a strong personal and political voice, and a personal account made into a piece of art can have a strong thematic and social voice as well.
Is there a writer you particularly admire, and what about it is powerful to you?
I really love artists and writers who go out and disrupt and disturb the status quo. I’ve always really loved the idea that ‘art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable’, and most of the writers I particularly love do this with huge grace. I love Sylvia Plath and Patti Smith so much I have tattoos of them both. Kate Tempest, John Cooper Clarke, William Burroughs, the Beats, Carol Ann Duffy, Stevie Smith, Ginsberg, Ezra Pound, Rimbaud, Audre Lorde, Zadie Smith, Anne Sexton, Rumi, Genet. Shirley Jackson, Frieda Hughes, Leonora Carrington. To be honest, an awful lot of my inspiration comes from rock music and lyricists – I would like to be able to write the way Janis Joplin sings. Kate Bush, Jim Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan. I am a Bowie obsessive – I have a Bowie tattoo as well! The most powerful thing in the world to me is the ability to express yourself without fear of judgement, and all these people have this in common in their writing and their personas.
What are you working on now?
At the moment, I’m working on getting pieces together for my next poetry collection, which will be based around different ideas about metamorphosis and transcendence. I’ve also very excitingly properly begun my first novel, The Samothrace Project, about the formation, corruption and disintegration of a women-only cult in dystopian Britain. I’m writing it woven within the contents and instructions of the cult’s handbook, which is a fantastic challenge that I’m really getting into, so watch this space!
What made you apply for the Spotlight Books project and how has it had an impact on you?
Three big factors – I had been really ill for a long time, and a lot of the self-destructive and scary stuff that came out of that had meant that I had always felt I had never felt able to make the most of any of the opportunities that had managed to come my way through occasional luck or almost always very hard work. I had done a lot of things which had made my life very difficult and frightening in parts and had an awful time finding mental treatment and help that worked for me. I finally found a more stable way about two years ago, which was partly due to the second factor, meeting my partner, who is a musician and was incredibly supportive and encouraging of my creative work in a way that my previous relationships had not been. The third factor was feeling that I was finally ready in a way I had not been before to actually tell stories – I felt able to speak out, which I had been unable to when I was not properly treated. I also didn’t have any money (poets never have any money, so no surprise there) and the fact it was freely accessible to me was just so incredibly wonderful. I really loved the Creative Future team, having won an award with them two years before, and I knew the fantastic support and work they bring to others and might help bring to me. So I submitted. When I found out the outcome, I was so happy for my childhood self – that little girl who was so desperate to be a writer but lost the ability to think she could. It’s been just a dream come true, and I am so honoured to be part of such an amazing series, particularly as the line-up are all women writers. It has also made me feel I can go forward into the writing world with support and advice, and that I can really begin to fulfil myself as a writer.
See all interviews in this series.
Elizabeth Ridout has published her poetry and reviews in Agenda, where she was recently Broadsheet Poet, and in various other publications online. She studied English Literature at Oxford University, and she won a Creative Future Literary Award in 2017. She lives in Tunbridge Wells. | <urn:uuid:8107a4dc-d1bf-4e60-b959-c853d8c2a18f> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.newwritingsouth.com/interview-with-spotlight-author-elizabeth-ridout/ | 2024-02-23T16:21:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474440.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20240223153350-20240223183350-00397.warc.gz | en | 0.97806 | 1,301 | [
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An Examination of How the Canadian Military’s Legal System Responds to Sexual Assault
Forthcoming Dalhousie Law Journal 43:1 Spring 2020
40 Pages Posted: 20 Jun 2019 Last revised: 29 Oct 2020
Date Written: May 29, 2019
Although the Canadian military has been conducting sexual assault trials for over twenty years, there has been no academic study of them and no external review of them. This review of the military’s sexual assault cases (the first of its kind) yields several important findings. First, the conviction rate for the offence of sexual assault by courts martial is dramatically lower than the rate in Canada’s civilian criminal courts. The difference between acquittal rates in sexual assault cases in these two systems appears to be even larger. Since Operation Honour was launched in 2015 only 1 soldier has been convicted of sexually assaulting a female member of the Canadian Armed Forces by Canada’s military legal system. (One other conviction was overturned on appeal and is pending before the Supreme Court of Canada.) In addition, plea bargains in which accused individuals can avoid Criminal Code convictions by pleading guilty to military specific discipline offences like drunkenness and disgraceful conduct have been used in some cases involving aggressive sexual attacks. Sanctions for even these serious sexual attacks involved fines and reprimands. Last, the decisions of military judges in some cases suggest a critical failure to recognize the Canadian military’s culture of hostility to women documented in the Deschamps Report. Together these findings raise the following question: regardless of the outcome of the current constitutional challenge to courts martial proceedings in Canada (in R v Beaudry), should the military’s legal system continue to maintain jurisdiction over sexual assault cases?
Keywords: sexual assault, courts martial, military sexual trauma, operation honour, judge advocate general, Canadian military, Beaudry, plea bargain, court martial
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Corkcicle Star Wars Collection - Stormtrooper (3 sizes)
Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back with Corkcicle. Styled after the classic Stormtroopers, the collection features a glossy white finish embossed with the empire sigil. You're sure to feel out of this galaxy!
Designed with Corkcicle's signature flat sides for easy gripping and a wide mouth to fit ice cubes.
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by Jorge Santiago
What do you think happens to the millions of dollars paid to today’s professional athletes? Do you assume that all of them have fat bank accounts? If so, you’d be wrong. Unfortunately, many of these heroes of the gridiron and diamond squander their earnings. In fact, 78 percent of former NFL stars go broke within two years of their retirement, and 60 percent of NBA stars also find themselves in financial ruin once their stars have faded, according to a historic 2009 Sports Illustrated article.
As the Sports Illustrated article reported, the main causes behind these massive financial losses include bad investments, excessive spending, divorce, and mismanagement of funds by trusted advisors.
But then there are the sports figures who manage to keep their accounts in the black, such as Shaquille O’Neal, Phillip Buchanon and Derek Jeter.
How do these athletes manage to accomplish what their peers have failed to do? For Shaquille O’Neal, it’s simply a matter of doing his homework before investing, appearing in movies and television programs, endorsing a variety of products, and maintaining his own fashion lines in major department stores such as Macy’s and J.C. Penny. Despite spending $1 million in less than an hour after signing his first professional contract, O’Neal’s ability to invest intelligently and stay out of major debt came from simply saving his money. As O’Neal himself advises, “Let’s just say you got $100, you break it in half—smart people put $50 away and don’t touch it. Now you still got $50 left. But the really smart people, the people that know that one day you’re never gonna play again, they save $75 …”
Former NFL star Phillip Buchanon learned his lesson about finances the hard way. After signing his contract, Buchanon’s mother demanded that he pay her $1 million for everything she’d done for him. Instead of giving her the money, Buchanon bought her a house, which ultimately caused him “financial strain.” In his book “New Money: Staying Rich,” Buchanon advises new millionaires to do the following:
- “Draw a line between wants and needs.” Setting limits is imperative to avoiding the common financial pitfalls, such as giving away money and buying family members expensive things.
- “Watch out for takers.” Similar to setting limits, Buchanon advises new professional athletes not to give money to people just because they think you have it to spare. Setting up boundaries is fundamental to ensuring that people don’t take advantage of you.
- Surround yourself with people you can trust. Differentiate between true pals and fair-weather friends, as the real ones will want to ensure your well-being.
Another example of an athlete who has secured his financial future is 20-years baseball veteran Derek Jeter. This Yankee utilized a method similar to O’Neal’s, using his personal brand to start a business. He partnered with Simon & Schuster to publish books, and become a brand development officer and partner at the company Luvo. Jeter’s publication and business, “The Players’ Tribute,” is a way for Jeter to combine his own interests and experiences while providing professional athletes with an outlet for the release of information about their own careers or personal lives. By diversifying his sources of income and creating a new publication that filled a gap in the reporting industry, Jeter was able to maintain his financial position following his retirement.
If it is starting to look like your professional sports career isn’t going to pan out, fear not—by taking the financial advice of these former athletes, you can still save money with the best of them. Be sure to stop by any office of The Milford Bank to get more advice about achieving your financial goals. | <urn:uuid:fbe715f8-a530-4385-b083-9b3e0a7f41f5> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.milfordbank.com/save-like-a-pro-financial-advice-from-famous-athletes/ | 2024-02-26T12:03:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474659.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226094435-20240226124435-00397.warc.gz | en | 0.976951 | 820 | [
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BLACKBERRY Official Trailer Opening in theaters May 12th, The true story of the meteoric rise & catastrophic demise of the ...
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Max Launches Today In Latin America And The Caribbean
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Cinco de Mayo is next week, and you know what that means . . . margaritas!
Who says you have to be Mexican to celebrate? Not this girl!
This recipe is quick and easy and DELICIOUS. I love it because I can make it even if I don’t have fresh limes on hand. It uses frozen limeade concentrate instead. Of course, fresh limes do make a nice garnish.
These margaritas are delicious served with my homemade guacamole or these fantastic enchiladas.
- 6 oz frozen limeade
- 3/4 cup tequila (Cuervo Gold is my favorite.)
- 1/4 cup triple sec
- lots and lots of ice
- Place all ingredients in a blender and give it a whirl.
- I don’t defrost the limeade so the drink is slushy. If you like your margarita on the rocks, thaw the limeade and use less ice.
- Serve in a salt-rimmed glass and garnish with a slice of lime. Cheers!
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Peace is present now and here, encounter.
Peace is present now
in this moment in everything, sense it.
Peace is present now
in this instant in this space
and simultaneously in all spaces, realize.
Peace is your origin. Peace in communion with others is the naturalness at the basis of every encounter. Peace in the world is the responsibility of us all.
The Light Awareness Philosophy as a philosophy of unity believes that all humans, all animals and all plants on this Earth are connected with each other because their common, eternal origin lies in UNITY. If this unity is recognized in the mind and felt in the soul, we accept others as our brothers and sisters and feel the deep wish to live in peace and connection with this great world family. Our family also includes animals, plants and Mother Earth. They are valued and appreciated equally by us and supported and encouraged in the best way to express their life principle. We call this “extended humanity.” It describes the ethics of the Light Awareness Philosophy. This ethos provides for a social order that expresses the highest dignity, honor and appreciation of all. When we recognize that multiplicity, diversity and variety are possible in unity, i.e. that there can be differences and varied forms of expressions among humans, animals and plants but the unity of all in a common origin remains, this provides the foundational awareness on which such a society is based.
In peaceful, connecextended humanityted communion with each other, we honor all humans and value different nationalities. We value different cultures. We value different religions. We value animals. We value plants. And we value Mother Earth. We are devoted to each other in respect, admiration, appreciation and homage. We find global solutions for problems to the benefit of all, and we strengthen peace – we find the joyous solution for problems. These solutions are not guided by economic interests, consumerism or other financial figures. Our orientation is toward the essence of human beings and all living things. 11 fundamental values
According to the Light Awareness Philosophy, the path to peaceful, vital, free and true connection in unity is the path of the development of awareness. It describes three levels of peace: individual peace, global peace and universal peace. On our path of development we attain knowledge of individual and global peace in order to be able to receive the universal peace through mature awareness.
The development of awareness on the part of human beings is a bottom-up path. Each person is concerned first with their individual, internal peace. And as soon as we have recognized and realized this peace as individuals, global peace becomes possible. Our task is then to interact peacefully in our thoughts, feelings and actions with other humans, animals, plants and Mother Earth and to no longer disturb peace. Finding joyous solutions, living as vegetarians or even vegans, and meditating and witnessing for peace also grow from this development.
Absolute and universal peace is an eternal presence, no matter whether we feel it or not, whether we realize it or not. This peace is never dependent on anything else. The Light Awareness Philosophy refers to this as top-down, as the descent of eternal peace. With mature awareness gained through the bottom-up path, the universal level of the ONE peace with its inexhaustible strength and stability is revealed to us. We recognize that we are peace.
Our own development and the philosophical foundations just described allow us to express these words today:
- World peace is possible.
- We humans can create world peace.
- We are all asked to contribute our share.
With WORLD TOUR for PEACE, we bring the most far-reaching and profound vision of peace to the world.
WORLD TOUR for PEACE exists NOW because the world needs change NOW.
WORLD TOUR for PEACE exists NOW, because people and all living beings long for a new quality of global togetherness.
WORLD TOUR for PEACE exists NOW, we have already started.
Peace in the world is the responsibility of all of us. Can you feel that YOUR unique expression of peace is essential too?
Peace with animals, now.
Peace with plants, now.
Peace with human beings, now.
Peace with the Earth, now.
Peace with life, now.
Peace information, peace consciousness and peace energy is eternally, infinitely and immortally available in the cosmos and an unconditional gift to all existence. Every human being can connect to this source and will be energized and supported from it for their own peace journey.
Trust, confidence, and certitude that every living being is protected, safe and supported in peace becomes tangible. We humans have forgotten that peace is our origin. Let us remember this and look together at the countless Benefits of Peace as we bring peace alive within us and out of us:
Trust that people appreciate each other.
Confidence in spiritual, mental, and physical integrity.
Certainty that there is enough for everyone.
Protection for all who need protection.
Comfort to live free of fear and lighthearted.
To be supported by stable communities.
Sustainably protecting all living beings and preparing a peaceful future for all those who come after us.
Extended Humanity of humans, animals and nature.
Remembrance that we are all ONE world family.
Connection - peaceful love connects all hearts.
Peace communication with all beings.
Fairness: every being is of equal value and equal worth.
Appreciation of the diversity and multiplicity of all living beings.
A safe and pacified home for everyone.
Homeland - peace to all hosts and preserves creation.
From the origin, all are equally gifted.
Joy and gratitude for the gift of life.
Abundance for spirit, soul and body.
Being free and thus living the highest, deepest and broadest meaning in one's life.
Healing through reconciliation, forgiveness, integration and blessing.
Living happiness and joy in every instant, in every moment and in every now.
To feel again the fundamental goodness within - energized and empowered.
All states acting on the same ONE precept from peace.
New technologies for the benefit of all.
Basic income for all.
All people and living creatures on this Earth are longing for peace from the bottom of their heart because peace is the original natural state of everything and everyone. We wish to stir the desire for peace, love, freedom, truth and unity in people throughout the world, strengthen their awareness of peace, bring people together in encounters, and encourage and support them on their personal path to peace.
The concern of all ethics should be to educate people and help them to achieve their highest possible development. Recognition of free choice, accountability and sustainability is an essential criterion. This goes beyond the previous understanding of ethics, which summarizes desirable, appropriate or instrumental rules for human behavior. In light awareness, expanded humanity means the extension of ethics beyond the focus on good behavior.
Ethics in the Light Awareness Philosophy is eternal and independent of all human epochs and life forms - which makes it a universal ethics. Fundamental goodness and justice becomes real when it is an expression of the 5 eternal values. It is based on the following pillars:
- Five eternal values of the Light Awareness Philosophy
- Light, Love, Life
- Order, Harmony and Rhythm
- Honor all life, human beings, animals and plants
- The principle of the equality of male and female
- Staying healed in life
- Freedom of choice
- Responsibility for your own thinking, feeling and actions
- Human enlightenment
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Sustainability means that human beings feel responsible for their thoughts, feelings and actions, especially for securing the livelihood of future generations. The sustainability of all actions is an essential principle of decision making and contributes to a social order of mutual respect and benevolence. A social order founded on light awareness serves all and supports humans in their development.
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Understanding and assessing talent is something I don't think we talk about in enough detail in our industry. Advances in both technology and neuroscience are challenging traditional thinking in recruiting if this will be another key topic for me this year.
To get the conversation started my guests this week have a simple fascinating story to share. Eric Castien and Andries Van der Leij are the founder and CTO of Brainsfirst. Brainsfirst is a Dutch company that uses cognitive psychology and machine learning to help elite football teams identify future talent. They have brought their learnings into the business world and have some incredible insights to share.
In the interview, we discuss:
▪ Talent identification in elite football
▪ Studying the link between specific brain function and performance
▪ Learnability over capability
▪ How understanding brain skills can drive talent redistribution
▪ Only assessing skills you can actually quantify
▪ Seeing a role as a set of desired behaviours
▪ Focusing on future fit
▪ Eliminating bias
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Small Business Health Insurance Bill Gains Broad Bipartisan Support
Legislation promising health insurance relief for Connecticut small businesses is gaining broad bipartisan support in the General Assembly.
HB 6710, supported by CBIA and a coalition of business organizations and nonprofit groups, provides a pathway for small employers to aggregate buying power and purchase large group health insurance.
“HB 6710 offers two pathways to lower health insurance costs for small businesses instead of the multiple barriers to affordability that many of them face now,” said state Rep. Kerry Wood (D-Rocky Hill), co-chair of the legislature’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee.
Small business healthcare insurance costs have been the focus of numerous legislative hearings and bills over the years.
Today, small employers are experiencing volatility in the small group market due to unpredictable rate increases, lack of market power, and restrictive rating requirements.
Lower Costs, Greater Benefits
The bill, discussed during a Feb. 21 public hearing, allows businesses with less than 51 employees to pool together to jointly purchase large group, fully insured health insurance plans directly from a carrier, a market they currently cannot access.
Groups can negotiate directly with an insurance company to design a plan that meets their needs with lower administrative costs, rating flexibility, and increased buying power.
Trade and industry associations of significant scale can also provide self-funded insurance plans.
CBIA Service Corp. president Ken Comeau said those plans will help improve patient outcomes, incentivize healthy lifestyles, and keep healthcare costs down.
“These are the kinds of things that large companies are doing today for their populations, but small employers simply can’t,” he said. “They don’t have the voice to be able to do it.”
A bipartisan group of lawmakers joined representatives from more than two dozen businesses organizations, trade groups, and chambers of commerce in support of the bill.
“Allowing our local employers to work together under their trade associations to skip the failing small group market and access a significantly cheaper self-insured plan is both innovative and empowering,” said the committee’s House ranking member, state Rep. Cara Pavalock-D’Amato (R-Bristol),.
Healthcare costs were put into sharper focus by the recent withdrawal of a major health insurance company from the fully insured small group market and double-digit rate increases approved by regulators last fall.
“This coalition is forming a new option of plans for small businesses, plans that are unique and affordable,” said Wood.
“I think the most important thing is to understand we can’t do nothing,” added state Sen. Tony Hwang (R-Fairfield), the committee’s Senate ranking member.
“Advocates and legislators all agree that something needs to be done. This is one small part toward that solution.”
“It’s great to see bipartisanship needed to create an innovative solution that addresses a challenge that we’ve had in Connecticut for such a long time,” said CBIA president and CEO Chris DiPentima.
DiPentima said the bill will not only make healthcare more affordable for small businesses, it will helps address the state’s workforce crisis.
“Right now, we have 100,000 job openings in our state,” he said. “If we had zero percent unemployment, we would still have more than 20,000 job openings.
“This bill helps small businesses attract talent, giving them the ability to band together to provide quality, affordable health insurance benefits to their employees—our residents.”
For Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance president and CEO Gian-Carla Casa, the bill helps put nonprofits on an equal footing with larger employers when it comes to offering health benefits.
“If they cannot retain and attract new employees they can’t have programs, they can’t have services” Casa said.
“And the losers, if that happens, are the people of Connecticut. It affects the quality of life of the state.”
“It is not simply an issue of getting better care or getting better coverage, it is a workforce issue,” said Credit Union League of Connecticut president and CEO Bruce Adams.
“It allows our credit unions to compete in the marketplace and against much larger financial institutions.”
While the final language of the bill is being negotiated, a key feature will be regulation by the Connecticut Insurance Department to help ensure plan oversight.
Self-funded insurance plans offered by trade and industry associations will be subject to the Affordable Care Act’s 10 essential health benefits and state-mandated benefits.
Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, states maintain the near-absolute authority to regulate these self-funded arrangements.
Further, key market reforms apply to these arrangements under ERISA, including dependent coverage for adult children up to the age of 26, coverage of preventive health services without cost-sharing, a bar on discrimination based on health status, no lifetime or annual dollar limits on EHBs, no pre-existing condition exclusion das for any enrollees, and maximum out-of-pocket expenses for covered EHBs cannot exceed specified amounts.
“The bill provides that the Connecticut Insurance Department, through regulation, has the right to develop solvency standards, filing requirements, oversight, audits, transparency measures, and more,” said CBIA assistant counsel Wyatt Bosworth testified.
“We welcome that regulation as it was the key thing missing from the public option proposal in the past.”
A number of states have paved the way for association healthcare plans, with Virginia last year passing a bill that largely mirrors the bill now before the Connecticut legislature.
“When large associations are able to offer these self funded products that tens of thousands of employees can join, then we can truly move the needle on bringing costs down and improving healthcare outcomes,” Bosworth said.
HB 6710 is supported by the following organizations:
- Berlin Chamber of Commerce
- Bristol Chamber of Commerce
- Central Connecticut Chamber of Commerce
- Connecticut Brewers Guild
- The Connecticut Community Nonprofit Alliance
- Connecticut Restaurant Association
- Connecticut River Valley Chamber of Commerce
- The Credit Union League of Connecticut
- Farmington Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce
- Greater New Britain Chamber of Commerce
- Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce
- Greater Waterbury Chamber of Commerce
- Middlesex County Chamber of Commerce
- Mystic Chamber of Commerce
- National Federation of Independent Business
- Northeastern Connecticut Chamber of Commerce
- Plainville Chamber of Commerce
- Plymouth Chamber of Commerce
- Quinnipiac Valley Chamber of Commerce
- Windham County Chamber of Commerce
- Wolcott Chamber of Commerce
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When you read a headline about a modern way to trade in your home vs the traditional model of listing, selling, and buying – your first thought is likely, what is this going to cost me? The answer is there is a new approach that likely won’t cost you more than the traditional model. At Brock Built, we’re here to help you learn a better way to trade your home and protect your equity. Plus, when market conditions swing in your favor, it can even save you from the traditional expenses of buying and selling a home.
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Knock, an Atlanta start up, is different from all the local commercials and plugs from other national trade-in programs you may have heard about. The Knock plan gives you an easier transaction without treating your existing home like a discounted fixer-upper. Allow us to explain more about this newer approach to trading in your home.
We’ve listened and learned things from our Atlanta homebuyers. For example, we know you don’t want a reseller to make more money off your home sale than you do. Also, we know you’re not looking for a home-flipper to come in and bail you out. Whether it’s from a leaky roof or a 30-year old HVAC system last serviced when spacejam.com was cutting edge, Knock is here to help not hurt. Knock’s repair assistance will net you more gain than a firesale since you’ll, in essence, be flipping your own home for profit.
Old Way, Known Issues
To be fair, let’s cover what happens when you use the old method where a service that comes in and makes the typical low-ball offer on your home. You’ve probably heard of a large national broker that has started marketing a program where you can receive a guaranteed offer on your home and close in just a few days. The basic parameters of this style program are that your home was built after 1960, needs no structural repairs, and has nothing holding it back from a sale except time to show it. Also known as a “slam dunk”, easy sale in a buyer’s market.
Now if all of that is true, the biggest challenge with this style of service is they will give you an offer at a starting point that takes a huge chunk of your equity. This is how they tend to appease these “quick sell” programs. The full disclosure is that additional repair items (not already discounted), and fees for service (again, thought this was already discounted) will come along after the paperwork flow begins. Your equity continues to erode into 3rd party profit, and you’re not the 3rd party. While other companies are stuck to this model, Knock stands out by helping you trade up to your new home without asking you to take big losses on your old home. It’s your equity, you keep it.
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With Knock, there is an option for the method of quick sale described above but even better than that is their program to secure your new home for you. By taking advantage of this program, you’ll get Knock to make a cash offer on the Brock Built Home of your choice and let you move in right now. You maintain ownership of your current home and list it for sale with Knock for a normal commission and a maximum price (to you) vs a low-ball offer. You continue to pay your old mortgage, but you do not make monthly payments on your new home. Those begin after your old home has sold and you close on your new home. Knock will even help you sell your old home by providing up to $10,0000 in repairs to get it ready for the market, ensuring maximum value at the time of sale. You’re not in the old home for showings or to be in the way of repairs (if needed), and you have the peace of mind that the offers you receive will be fair market value offers!
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When you need to sell your home quickly, especially in an attempt to avoid financial trouble, there are programs out there that will help you if you can stand the fees. But when you find your new dream home and want to act quickly before someone else scoops it off the market, you can now safely secure your new home without risking the equity you’ve built up in your existing home through Brock Built’s relationship with Knock. The risk of losing out while waiting for a conditional sale is removed along with the low-ball pricing. Now, all that’s left is the opportunity to cash out, move up, and win big through a new home trade-in at Brock Built! | <urn:uuid:aac3f509-f342-4f14-9989-19a3832c40a5> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://staging.brockbuilt.com/trade-your-home-protect-equity/ | 2024-03-02T23:30:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476137.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20240302215752-20240303005752-00397.warc.gz | en | 0.958753 | 980 | [
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Some long binders (which cover the upper body) can have the tendency to roll up on themselves. A possible solution is to stuff the binder in your pants or underwear.
Binders should be manually washed and left to dry outside and using cold water to wash them is recommended. This is not essential for using the binder, but it can increse its durability.
Binders made from more rigid materials can be more effective at first, but usually last less than ones that are more flexible.
In case the binder material is uncomfortable ou causes skin irritation, you can use a t-shirt under the binder without it becoming less effective.
Binders that adjustable (ex: binders with velcro on the side) can be easier to remove but harder to put on. The best way to put them on is adjusting the binder before you put it on.
In case you can’t wear the binder as you would with any other top (over your head, by putting your arms in first and then moving the binder down so you cover your chest and upper body), try wearing it from below your body: turn the binder inside out and upside down, and go in the binder with your feet and then pull it up untill it reaches the lower part of your upper body, pull the straps up and put your arms in the right places (visual explanation in this video: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=tR4qfN5pQvk)
To test the binder effectiveness, it’s ideal to look at yourself in a mirror. If you try to evaluate by looking down on yourself to check out your chest, it will always seem bigger than reality.
While buying a binder in case you find two different sizes, your safest bet is to buy the size above your own. With a smaller size than your own, you run the risk of getting a binder that is too tight, uncomfortable or even impossible to wear.
Cis men don’t have (or rarely have) a perfectly flat chest.
Binders, independentely of the method or fabric used, cause stress in your body because your ribcages are being compressed. For that reason, it’s advisable to never use a binder for more than 8 hours staight.
Elastic or compression bands should never be used as binders, as well as tape. These are methods are easily accessible to the general population, but are a horrible idea to use: they restrict breathing, don’t allow your thorax to expand, compress the bones in your back (they can even break those bones in the process, in extreme cases), bruises, etc.
Even when using the correct type of fabric, you should never use a size below the recommended size for your own body shape. Using a smaller size can be tempting, but it will end up being uncomfortable and will likely cause damage to your body.
Another bad idea is to use two binders at the same time. The extra compression of the second binder will, again, end up being uncomfortable and cause damage to your body. These same problems apply to bandages and tape.
Long term use of binders (for several years straight) can alter ou damage the breast tissue permanently and can affect future breast removal surgery.
http://www.f2mbinders.com/ USA Prices: 23-30€, or your country’s equivalent Really popular among trans men for being one of the stores with the best price/quality ratio and for being efficient in providing for all sizes and body shapes. They have good customer support and are trans-friendly. They have all kinds of binders, including binders meant for swimming.
Sometimes they accept codes like “under10” or “aj4uw10” so you can receive a 10% discount. Most popular model: Tri-top Chest Binder, Ultimate Chest Binder Tank
http://www.gc2b.co/ USA Prices: 30-32€, or your country’s equivalent
http://www.t-kingdom.com/ Taiwan Prices: 23-52€, or your country’s equivalent Really popular among trans men, mainly those who have tiny breasts. They have adjustible velcro or zipper zippers.
http://www.lesloveboat.com/shop/index.php?language=en Taiwan Prices: 17-78 euros, or your country’s equivalent They sell a variety of other products aimed at the trans and LGBT community. They have a big selection of models (adjustible, strapless etc) and a lot of different brand, including swimming binders. They have a “Plus size” section aimed at people with bigger breasts.
http://www.mansculpture.com/ USA Preços: 30-52€, or your country’s equivalent
http://www.danae.info/en/female-male/tops The Netherlands Preços: 37-59€ or your country’s equivalent Includes adjustible models with velcro or zipper zippers and a swimming binder. It has other products that might be of interest to both trans men and women.
http://www.esha-taipei.net/en/gallery-4.html Taiwan Prices: 20-41€, or your country’s equivalent
To remove your breasts, see read this page.
This is the most accessible method. It consists in using one or two sports bras at the same time, sometimes using one of these with a smaller size than your own.
These can be found in sports clothes shops, farmacies or charity shops.
Homemade binder #1 Check this link: http://transitioningdownunder.com/post/60059037344/tutorial-chest-binder
Homemade binder #2 Check this link: https://web.archive.org/web/20190403151628/http://fuckyeahbinders.tumblr.com/post/81835018742
Homemade binder #3 Check this link: http://ftmbinding.tripod.com/
Homemade binder #4 Check this link: http://nonbinary-support.tumblr.com/post/96081616271/cheap-homemade-binder-tutorial
Homemade binder #5 Check this link: https://web.archive.org/web/20150426235425/http://musketqueers.tumblr.com:80/post/85553537363/chest-binder-tutorial (this page had to be recovered using “Wayback Machine”, because the blog was moved elsewhere)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/freeftmbinders/ Facebook group for selling, buying and exchanging binders.
http://ftmgaragesale.livejournal.com/ Community for selling, buying and exchanging binders, over at LiveJournal, as well as other devices that might be of use to trans men.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180623014642/https://www.transactivegendercenter.org/in-a-bind Only avalaible to residents in the USA. Restricted to people under 21 years old.
http://replacetheace.wordpress.com/binders/ Only avaible to residents in the USA.
https://web.archive.org/web/20131220065348/http://binderprogram.ftmaustralia.org/ Only avalaible to residents in Australia and New Zealand
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- De-identified and Aggregate Information. In an ongoing effort to better understand our users, our Site, and our products, we might use personal information and other information about you to create de-identified and/or aggregated information, such as de-identified demographic information, de-identified location information, information about the device from which you access our Site, or other analyses we create in order to operate, maintain, manage, and improve the Site and our products and services. This aggregate information does not identify any individual. We may share this aggregate information with our affiliates, agents, and business partners. We may also disclose aggregated user statistics in order to describe our products and services to current and prospective business partners and to other third parties for other lawful purposes.
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- We may share personal information with our affiliated companies, for our administrative purpose including activities such as IT management, for them to provide services to you, or support and supplement the Site and Services we provide.
- Advertising Partners. Through our Site, we may allow third party advertising partners to set technologies and other tracking tools to collect information regarding your activities and your device (e.g., your IP address, mobile identifiers, page(s) visited, location, time of day). We may also combine and share such information and other information (such as demographic information and past purchase history) with third party advertising partners. These advertising partners may use this information (and similar information collected from other websites) for purposes of delivering targeted advertisements for us to you when you visit third party websites within their networks. This practice is commonly referred to as “interest-based advertising” or “online behavioral advertising”. We may allow access to other data collected by the Site to share information that may be useful, relevant, valuable or otherwise of interest to you. If you prefer not to share your personal information with third party advertising partners, you may follow the instructions below.
For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.
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- Information Shared Publicly. As described in “Personal Information We Collect” above, if you post a review on our Services, we may share the review, along with your first name and last initial, publicly, including in our advertising and promotional materials.
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We may access, preserve, and disclose any personal information we store associated with you to external parties if we, in good faith, believe doing so is required or appropriate to: comply with law enforcement or national security requests and legal process, such as a court order or subpoena; protect your, our or others’ rights, property, or safety; enforce our policies or contracts; collect amounts owed to us; or assist with an investigation or prosecution of suspected or actual illegal activity.
C. Disclosure in the Event of Merger, Sale, or Other Asset Transfers
Please also note that we do not sell, trade, or transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless it is requested by law and/or contract. We do not transfer or sell your personal information and other information as an asset in connection with a proposed or actual financing, merger or sale (including any transfers made as part of an insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding) involving all or part of our business or as part of a corporate reorganization, stock sale, acquisition, financing due diligence, reorganization, bankruptcy, receivership, purchase or sale of assets, or other change in control.
4. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
You have certain choices about your personal information as determined by applicable laws. Where you have consented to the processing of your personal information, you may withdraw that consent at any time and prevent further processing by contacting us as described below.
- Accessing and Updating Your Personal Information and Preferences. If you have an account, you may access and update your registration information, and personal information and preferences to receive email or other communications from us by contacting us as set forth below.
- Do Not Track. “Do Not Track (DNT)” is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. U7 does not monitor, recognize, or honor any opt-out or do not track mechanisms, including general web browser “Do Not Track” settings and/or signals.
- Cookies and Interest-Based Advertising. You may stop or restrict the placement of Technologies on your device or remove them by adjusting your preferences as your browser or device permits. However, if you adjust your preferences, our Site may not work properly. Please note that cookie-based opt-outs are not effective on mobile applications.
The online advertising industry also provides websites from which you may opt out of receiving targeted ads from data partners and other advertising partners that participate in self-regulatory programs. You can access these and learn more about targeted advertising and consumer choice and privacy, by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative, the Digital Advertising Alliance, the European Digital Advertising Alliance, and the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada. . Alternatively, for some devices you may use your device's platform controls in your settings to exercise choice.
Please note you must separately opt out in each browser and on each device.
Advertisements on third party websites that contain the AdChoices link may have been directed to you based on information collected by advertising partners over time and across websites. These advertisements provide a mechanism to opt out of the advertising partners’ use of this information for interest-based advertising purposes.B. Your Privacy Rights.
In accordance with applicable law, you may have the right to:
- Access Personal Information about you consistent with legal requirements. In addition, you may have the right in some cases to receive electronic copy of personal information that you have provided to us, or ask us to send that information to another company (the “right of data portability”);
- Request Correction of your personal information where it is inaccurate or incomplete. In some cases, we may provide self-service tools that enable you to update your personal information or we may refer you to the controller of your personal information who is able to make the correction;
- Request Deletion of your personal information, subject to certain exceptions prescribed by law;
- Request Restriction of or Object to Processing of your personal information, including the right to opt in or opt out of the sale of your personal information to third parties, if applicable, where such requests are permitted by law;
- Withdraw your Consent to our processing of your personal information.
If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as set forth below. We will process such requests in accordance with applicable law.
5. How We Protect Your Information
Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities in order to make your visit to our site as safe as possible. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.
We implement a variety of security measures when a user places an order enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information. All transactions are processed through a gateway provider and are not stored or processed on our servers.
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards designed to guard and prevent misuse of your personal information. Our security measures include industry-standard physical, technical and administrative measures to prevent unauthorized access to or disclosure of your information, to maintain data accuracy, to ensure the appropriate use of information, and otherwise safeguard your personal information. We restrict access to your non-public personal information to those employees and third parties who need such information to provide products or Services.
Please recognize that protecting your personal information is also your responsibility. We ask you to be responsible for safeguarding your password, secret questions and answers and other authentication information you use to access our Services.
If you feel that the security of your account or personal data has been compromised, please immediately contact us at following email address [email protected]. Please be aware that, despite our best efforts, no security system is impenetrable. In the event of a security breach, we will promptly notify you and the proper authorities if required by law.
6. International Data Transfers
You agree that all personal information processed by us may be transferred, processed, and stored anywhere in the world, including but not limited to, the United States or other countries, which may have data protection laws that are different from the laws where you live. We have taken appropriate safeguards to require that your personal information will remain protected and require our third-party service providers and partners to have appropriate safeguards as well. Further details can be provided upon request.
7. Data Retention
If you send us correspondence, including emails, we retain such information electronically in the records of your account. We will also electronically retain customer service correspondence and other correspondence from U7 to you. We retain these records to measure and improve our customer service and to investigate potential fraud and violations. We may, over time, delete these records as permitted by law.
U7 will also retain site and services usage data for internal analysis purposes. Usage data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Site, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.
8. Notice for California Residents
This section applies only to California residents. Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended (“CCPA”), below is a summary for the last twelve (12) months of the personal information categories, as identified and defined by the CCPA (see California Civil Code section 1798.140 (o)), that we collect, the reason we collect the personal information, where we obtain the personal information, and the third parties that we may share the personal information.
We generally collect the following categories of personal information when you use our Services:
- Identifiers such as a name, address, unique personal identifier, email, phone number, your device’s IP address, software, and identification numbers associated with your devices;
- Commercial information such as records of products or services purchased, obtained, or considered by you;
- Internet or other electronic information regarding you browsing history, search history, the webpage visited before you came to our Site, length of visit and number of page views, click-stream data, locale preferences, your mobile carrier, date and time stamps associated with transactions, and system configuration information;
- Your geolocation, to the extent you have configured your device to permit us to collect such information;
- Audio recordings of your voice to the extent you call us, as permitted under applicable law; and
- Inferences about your preferences, characteristics, behavior and attitudes.
We generally do not collect protected classifications about our users, biometric information, professional or employment-related information, or education-related information. For more information about the personal information we collect and how we collect it, please refer to sections above.
We collect your personal information for the business purposes described in section above. The CCPA defines a “business purpose” as the use of personal information for the business’s operational purposes, or other notified purposes, provided the use of personal information is reasonably necessary and proportionate to achieve the operational purpose for which the personal information was collected or another operational purpose that is compatible with the context in which the personal information was collected.
The categories of third parties with whom we may share your personal information are listed above in section above.
If you are a California resident, you have rights in relation to your personal information; however, your rights are subject to certain exceptions. For instance, U7 cannot disclose specific pieces of personal information if the disclosure would create a substantial, articulable, and unreasonable risk to the security of the personal information, your account with us or the security of our network systems. To assert your right to know or your right to delete your personal information, please contact us by email at [email protected]. To confirm your identity, we may ask you to verify personal information we already have on file for you. If we cannot verify your identity based on the information we have on file, we may request additional information from you, which we will only use to verify your identity, and for security or fraud-prevention purposes.
- Right Against Discrimination. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of the rights described in this section. We will not discriminate against you for exercising your right to know, delete or opt-out of sales.
- Right to Know. You have the right to request in writing: (i) a list of the categories of personal information, such as name, address, email address, that a business has disclosed to third parties during the immediately preceding calendar year for the third parties' direct marketing purposes, and (ii) the names and addresses of all such third parties. In addition, you have the right to request: (i) the categories of personal information we have collected about you, (ii) the categories of sources from which personal information is collected, (iii) the business or commercial purpose for the information collection, (iv) the categories of third parties with whom we have shared personal information, and (v) the specific pieces of personal information we hold about an individual. You have the right to request a copy of the specific personal information we collected about you during the 12 months before your request.
- Right to Delete. You have the right to request us delete any personal information we have collected from you or maintain about you, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Opt-Out of Selling. You have the right to opt-out of having your personal information sold. We do not sell your personal information. The CCPA broadly defines “personal information” and “selling” such that sharing identifiers linked to you for a benefit may be considered a sale. As noted above, you have the right to know the categories of personal information that we sold about you and the categories of third parties with whom we shared such information.
In addition, California Civil Code Section 1798.83 permits customers of U7 who are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third-parties for their direct marketing purposes. In your request, please specify that you want a “California Shine the Light Notice.” Please allow 30 days for a response. To make the request, please contact us at [email protected] with the subject line “California Do Not Sell Request”.
9. Notice for Nevada Residents
If you are a resident of Nevada, you have the right to opt-out of the sale of certain personal information to third parties who intend to license or sell that personal information. You can exercise this right by contacting us at [email protected] with the subject line “Nevada Do Not Sell Request” and providing us with your name and the email address associated with your account. Please note that we do not currently sell your personal information as sales are defined in Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A.
This section only applies to individuals using or accessing our Service while located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland (collectively, the “European Countries”) at the time of data collection. Pursuant to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), personal information is referred to as personal data. For the sake of clarity references to personal information in this Policy concerns personal data in the sense of the GDPR.
We may ask you to identify which country you are located in when you use or access some of the Services, or we may rely on your IP address to identify which country you are located in. When we rely on your IP address, we cannot apply the terms of this section to any individual that masks or otherwise hides their location information from us so as not to appear located in European Countries. If any terms in this section conflict with other terms contained in this Policy, the terms in this section shall apply to individuals in a European Country.
Your Personal Information will be initially processed in Ireland and then will be transferred outside of Europe for storage and further processing, including to Canada and the United States. For more information on how data transfers comply with the GDPR, see Shopify’s GDPR Whitepaper: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/privacy/GDPR
11. Children's Privacy and Parental Controls
This Site is not intended for persons under the age of 16 (or other age as required by local law), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are not 16 or older, you are not authorized to use the Site. If you are a parent or guardian and wish to review information collected from your child, or have that information modified or deleted, you may contact us as set forth below. If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal information in violation of applicable law, we will delete any personal information we have collected, unless we have a legal obligation to keep it, and terminate the child’s account.
12. Other Provisions
13. Contact Us
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We are a diverse group of people, offering a full range of design and technical talent ready to support your needs. We are engaged in the lighting community, a leader in our field, and incredibly proud of the work we create.
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Alex Is a part of the London office and supports the team in both the conceptual and detailed design stages. With a background in product design, he shows sensitivity for understanding details and tackles projects from a holistic approach. He also has a keen interest in using 3D visualizations as a tool to produce interactive concepts.
Alexander has a degree in lighting engineering from Stockholm Institute of Technology. He has a few years of experience in lighting planning for park, square and road projects. He has previous experience of working with electrical engineering.
Allan is a Senior Electrical Engineer and the team leader with responsibility for the Engineering team. Allan has special expertise within the design and supervision of installations for exterior lighting, including extensive knowledge of the operation and maintenance tenders of lighting systems.
Andreas has extensive experience from the lighting industry. He started as an electrician and has worked as a lighting designer for the past 10 years. With his interdisciplinary knowledge, he always finds a way to perform installations efficiently and co-planned without making exceptions in good lighting for the user.
Andreas has long experience of lighting design. His interest in lighting comes from the possibility to work in all scales, solving the little technical detail and shaping the overall ambiance of a space. He started his career in the family company and has since then worked in various companies in both Sweden and UK.
Anita Kobierska is an architect with expertise in lighting planning and lighting design, specifically care-related planning, and assignment responsibility. She has more than 20 years of experience within design work, project management, sketching and investigation, as well as planning of public and care environments.
Arve has played a key role in Light Bureau’s projects internationally since he joined the team in 2009. He uses light exceptionally well as a medium of expression and a tool to tell the story of a structure. Arve is actively involved in projects, marketing and the strategic development of the company.
Benjamin is a devoted system designer that started as a control specialist inn Light Bureau in 2016. He works closely with the, customer, light designers and other consultants to develop the right system for the projects . Benjamin strives to construct systems that are sustainable and intuitive.
Bruna has extensive experience of working with lighting design. In addition to her lighting design degree, she holds a master's degree in architecture and building engineering. Bruna works with both interior and exterior assignments and specializes in architectural lighting design, product development and light art installations.
Daniel has a background in architecture and hospitality, with an architecture degree from Westminster and a masters in lighting design from KTH. At Light Bureau since 2010, Daniel has gained a wide range of experience working on projects from inception to completion, across a variety of project types and sizes.
Efi holds master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Architectural Lighting Design and has been recognized as ’40under40’ lighting designer in 2023. She works with both interior and exterior lighting projects from concept to construction phase and her expertise lies within urban lighting and large-scale projects.
Eli Janne is Group Manager for Lighting Control. She holds a Bachelor`s degree in Electrical Engineering and an Executive Master of Management. Eli Janne has international sales experience and the Lighting Control group takes on assignments in Norway as well as abroad.
Espen has vast experience as an electrical contractor from a variety of electrical systems, including maintenance of road lighting systems. Espen is structured and efficient. He is solution-oriented, and quickly identifies the core of the problem. Espen is sociable and easy to work with.
Fanny is a devoted lighting designer who aims to create spaces where people thrive. With her wide knowledge and perceptive way of working she takes on many types of projects, including architectural lighting, master plans, light art and product development.
Frederik has extensive experience in lighting design and management from projects of different scales. His main specialty is in custom-made luminaire development and project management. Frederik especially enjoys the encounter of prototypical project runs for a steady professional development.
Frederik is an experienced lighting engineer and designer, working in architectural lighting design. He is recognized as 40under40 - one of the most talented and promising people in the industry. And validated as a professional member of The International Association of Lighting Designers - IALD.
During the 30 years of working with lighting Fredrik has come across several opportunities to explore and learn more about the craft of lighting. With his knowledge and understanding of the possibility to control all kinds of lighting he can help to enhance the final result that the designers and architects are striving to achieve.
Frida transforms great ideas into concrete solutions with just the right balance between aesthetics, functionality and sustainability. She is a landscape architect and has worked with large-scale development projects near water, lighting of historic areas and transformed central urban spaces and playgrounds.
More than 30 years of experience with technical installations in tunnels, bridges and roads. Especially regarding lighting systems, maintenance, project- and construction management. Experience with implementation of tenders for major repair projects, maintenance, financial management, strategies and supervision.
+25 years of experience - Key qualifications includes design, quality assurance, project and crew management, prof. supervision, Occupational Health and Safety coordination all in connection with establishment, renovation, O&M of electrical installation systems, including road lighting and traffic signal systems.
Igor is an expert in visualization, lighting calculations, installation, focusing and has extensive experience from both interior and exterior projects. He has the ability to analyze, concretize and process conceptual and design-wise challenges. In addition he has experience of working with programs such as Autodesk and BIM.
Jesper is a mathematician and physicist with experience in applied mathematics, analysis, data handling and simulation. He works with computational, design and planning engineering in all manner of projects related to lighting, as well as optics development and technical light measurement.
Joakim is a lighting designer, project manager, and luminaire designer, who has been working with outdoor lighting since 2011. Joakim calls his design philosophy “Design with a technical interest”.
Kai has 30+ years of experience working with lighting design all over the world. He is a much-appreciated lecturer worldwide and works closely with, among others, KTH in Stockholm to improve education in lighting. Kai's main passion is to use light as a tool to improve the quality of life!
Katrine has a mission to effectively promote Light Bureau’s brand, people, and services. Katrine is also a trained anthropologist and experienced in applying and involving anthropological insights and qualitative methods for both public and private institutions.
Kenneth has worked with all areas of light and lighting within the lighting industry since 2002. Kenneth is an experienced Project Manager and Lighting Engineer with a focus on EU-regulation and national lighting regulations. He works primarily with outdoor lighting, tenders, LED-technology, and renovation in municipalities.
Lars has through his 27 years in the lighting industry worked in almost all Light Bureau's expertise areas and has a proven successful track record in sales, leadership, management, marketing, lighting design and engineering. Before coming to Light Bureau Lars worked in the luminaire industry and has therefore valuable insight in the complete value chain. Today he is responsible for our business in Denmark.
Lia is a creative and enthusiastic lighting designer with more than 10 years of experience. She was involved in a variety of projects from hospitality to leisure, from landscape to heritage. Lia is fascinated by the power of lighting to modify any environment.
Luaras is a passionate lighting designer, that works with indoor and outdoor lighting projects at the design office in Copenhagen. He is well structured, always in a good mood and amply combines his knowledge of architectural technology and construction management with his creative lighting design in a holistic way.
Malene has been a part of many complex projects and several BREEAM In-Use recertification processes. Malene has a good understanding of how architecture and landscape can create safe and functional spaces with the right lighting due to her education in both architecture history and lighting design.
Martin is a senior lighting designer that through the years have help both large and smaller companies develop well-planned, unique and award-winning lighting environments. Martin works with passion and likes to create long-lasting and good relationships with his customers.
Mathew is the Design and Section Manager based out of the London Office. Working with the project leads/designers, finance and HR teams, Mathew ensures the smooth running of the projects and operations at Light Bureau UK.
Mette is a highly accomplished business leader, well-known for her managerial abilities and proven track record of achieving success in the world of architecture. Her extensive experience in combination with her knowledge from lighting design has earned her with a strong strategic mindset and ability to manage complex business operations.
Morten has 25+ years of experience working with lighting as a designer and in managerial positions. With his innovative and creative way of thinking, he develops customers' vision into sustainable technical and beautiful solutions that have received recognition in several national and international lighting awards.
Ozan is based in our Oslo office and provides the design team with essential skill sets for both interior and exterior projects. He also specializes in Daylight calculation and is currently developing his expertise as a Visualizer to add further value in projects.
Øystein is Team Leader at Light Bureau in Oslo and has over 20 years of experience in the management and operation of municipal and state road lighting. He has extensive experience in new and effective road light systems. He is also co-developer of Powel Streetlight and ORIGO Street Light, road light management systems.
Since joining our London office, Paloma has focussed her passion for architecture into the field of lighting design. She has astute design flare and works brilliantly within a design team bringing immense architecture and design understanding to the creative process.
Paul founded UK based Light Bureau in 1999 which became part of AFRY in 2017. Paul is an internationally recognized lighting designer with a track record in diverse applications from heritage to headquarters buildings. Knowledge-sharing takes equal priority, in particular his lecturing on the Wismar Master’s degree course.
With more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry, Petter has gained extensive experience in interdisciplinary coordination, project management and participation in lighting design projects. Petter is therefore a sought-after resource for both public and private construction projects.
Rolands is a highly efficient and structured designer with an in-depth knowledge of construction processes and proficiency at developing technical information and lighting details due to his prior education and work experience in architectural technology and construction management.
I believe in a visual and transparent design process in close cooperation with the customer. I do visualizations in every project phase – from early sketch to immersive environments. I work to integrate scientific results in our workflow as designers, to ensure the lowest possible impact on the environment.
Silje has been planning indoor and outdoor lighting and electrical installations since 2002. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering from the university in Trondheim. Silje has worked on varied projects - from lighting the Nidaros cathedral to roads, tunnels, office buildings and schools.
With over 25 years of experience from working with lighting, Sivert adds knowledge within a broad range of fields to our team of engineers. He has been in charge of all aspects of the lighting on countless productions in museums, theatre and concerts, and is specialized in control systems for architectural lighting.
Sondre has long experience in managing building automation, from sales to programming and delivery. He has worked with automation and 3D modeling in large tunnel projects and lighting planning for road projects. He is a super user of Novapoint and develops BIM workflows and street lighting management system for ArcGIS.
With many years of experience as an electrician and telecommunications engineer, Stian adds great knowledge to our team within the field of network, automation and lighting control systems. As programming and dynamic effects is a key factor in several projects, Stians role in making this work seamlessly, is crucial.
Stine is specialised in lighting for retail and hospitality. Her background in Visual Merchandising is strengthening her power of exposition and execution in these projects. While doing dedicated work, Stine also brings an encouraging energy in to our offices, creating a good atmosphere for her colleagues.
Thea believes that successful projects contain just the right balance between darkness and light. She has worked on a broad variety of projects, spanning from stage lighting to large infrastructure projects. Thea has a degree in architecture and teaches architectural lighting at the University of Sørøst in Norway.
Tobias holds a bachelor’s degree in Lighting Design, complemented by a background in concert photography. He is currently developing his expertise across indoor and outdoor projects, encompassing calculations, visualizations, and prototyping. He is devoted to make good lighting design for human well-being and biodiversity.
Valeria is starting her professional career in lighting as a project intern at Light Bureau, she has a background in product and interior design and is currently completing a M.A. program in ALD at the Hochschule Wismar in Germany. She’s enthusiastic about learning and growing along with the Light Bureau team.
Wiggo has worked in the field of lighting for 10 years - and is a graduate of Lighting Designer BA at USN. In addition to his interest in lighting, he also has extensive experience from other design disciplines, as he holds a BA in Art & Design from USN. He has a great passion and dedication for his profession. | <urn:uuid:6291e893-7fd8-4964-8410-bb69de1abd1a> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://lightbureau.com/meet-our-people/ | 2024-02-21T01:44:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473360.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221002544-20240221032544-00497.warc.gz | en | 0.965461 | 2,884 | [
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Now that we have introduced the recommended popularity ranking of rechargeable e-cigarettes, we will continue with the recommended popularity ranking of 9 disposable vapes. Compared to rechargeable e-cigarettes, disposable e-cigarettes do not require maintenance or recharging, and have the advantage of being easy to use. However, since they cannot be used repeatedly, their cost performance is poor, but they are recommended for those who want to try out e-cigarettes for the time being. XYLISHOT XYLISHOT is an unusual e-cigarette that contains xylitol in its flavor liquid. While enjoying the vapor from the e-cigarette, you can prevent tooth decay and the progression of tooth decay, so you can enjoy the pleasant effects of the flavors in addition to enjoying the taste. The flavors in the lineup are basically refreshing and cool, and are recommended for those who want to enjoy a fresh taste. The xylitol shot is an e-cigarette with a refreshing flavor that contains xylitol, making it ideal for those who normally enjoy menthol cigarettes. There are only a few convenience stores that carry Kili-Shot, but there is information that it was available at some 7-Eleven stores, so you may be able to purchase it at some 7-Eleven stores that carry many tobacco products. The cosmetic aspect will be worse since it is a disposable e-cigarette, but if you would like to try it out, please give it a try. HoneySmoke HoneySmoke" is an e-cigarette with a strong and rich flavor that is hard to believe that it is a disposable e-cigarette. The number of times it can be smoked is approximately 500 times. The reason for its popularity is its high cost performance, but it is also supported by young people because of its overwhelmingly stylish design compared to other e-cigarettes. The flavor is rich, but the overall feel of the smoke is light, so it does not have the kick of a paper cigarette. Honey Smoke can be purchased at 7-Eleven convenience stores, but it is also available at drugstores nationwide, making it a comparatively easy-to-obtain e-cigarette. In addition, many young people carry them as a fashionable item because of their stylish appearance and wide variety of flavors, so they never get bored of using them. Try the Honey Smoke for those who want to refresh and refresh themselves with a rich flavor by simply removing the cap and inhaling. Ecigator Licky 600 Ecigator Licky 600 is a disposable e-cigarette from the SmoothV!P TRYME series, which was introduced in the rechargeable e-cigarette category. In the past, this e-cigarette was so popular that a limited edition design in collaboration with the popular manga "Fist of the North Star" was also sold, but it is currently not available for purchase on the official website. However, sales have not ended, and those who wish to purchase Smooth Bip Trimmy Plus can easily buy it at convenience stores. Smooth Bip Trimmy Plus disposable e-cigarettes are commonly found at Family Mart among convenience stores. It is also sold in some Ministop stores, but if you cannot find it, look for Family Mart. Just note that the convenience stores do not sell the limited edition device in collaboration with Fist of the North Star. Although the number of flavors is small, they are also inexpensive e-cigarettes, so you can buy them as a substitute when the e-cigarette you normally smoke runs out. KAMIMAZE KAMIMAZE is a collaboration between Smooth Vip and KAMIKAZE. If you like vaping, you probably know KAMIKAZE, a long-established e-cigarette liquid manufacturer, and now you can enjoy KAMIKAZE in a casual disposable form. The release will be announced via official Twitter, etc., and is currently not available on mail order sites. Please be aware that the product is being released first at convenience stores. Kamikaze disposable e-cigarettes are only available for pre-sale at Family Mart among convenience stores, and are not yet available at other convenience stores. There are a total of four flavors, including Super Hard Menthol, which is popular for its strong menthol refreshment, from the domestic liquid manufacturer KAMIKAZE E-JUICE. It has a fairly large capacity of approximately 600 inhalations, so those who have been curious about kamikaze but find it difficult to get their hands on the liquid can easily try it. PUFFTHY PUFFTHY, which comes in at No. 5 in our e-cigarette recommendation ranking, is an e-cigarette that is made by China disposable vape manufacturer especially popular among women because of its cute appearance. In addition to its appearance, the flavored liquid contains beauty ingredients such as vitamins and collagen, making it an e-cigarette targeted at women. In addition, the e-cigarette has a stronger flavor than other e-cigarettes, and since the number of puffs can be selected from 500 puffs and 700 puffs, it is recommended to choose the 700 puffs if you value cost-effectiveness. PuffSea does not have an official website, so the prices are those listed on the Rakuten market. It would be a difficult e-cigarette to find, as it is rarely seen in convenience stores, although there is information that they carry them. There are only four flavors available, but the design of the body is different for each flavor, and by changing flavors, you can enjoy the design together.
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In unions all across the United States — with a few exceptions — radical members and staffers have been waiting for Godot, dreaming of a moment when their leadership takes the membership away from the next contract or organizing battle and to a broader agenda of economic justice. They wondered, for instance, when their presidents would start mobilizing to push Congress for universal health care rather than bargaining with employers for an attractive insurance package for their members, a strategy that might boost a union re-election campaign but won’t alter the lack of access to healthcare and the underlying structure of inequality.
The radicals from the Sixties, former college anti-sweatshop activists and self-educated rank-and-filers are a minority in a small club, as just less than 12 percent of the nation’s workforce is unionized. And as the U.S. labor movement’s influence has been waning since the 1970s, these radicals have gone to work each day, putting aside their hopes of mobilizing the working class in an anti-capitalist revolution, and focused on electing Democrats, easing laws concerning union elections and defending pensions.
But something has happened. With the Occupy Wall Street protests well into their second month and growing in numbers, unions, including the nation’s main labor federation, the AFL-CIO, have come out strongly in support. “It’s important to recognize that there’s a long stretch of the history of the mainstream labor movement where it would be hard to imagine them coming out in favor of an anti-capitalist direct action,” said Janice Fine, a professor at the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University at New Brunswick.
In a sense, the broadening of labor’s agenda has been going on for years as unions have fought to stay relevant in a post-industrial economy. The nation’s largest union, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has formed alliances with community groups to win organizing campaigns and attack the Republican economic agenda. Unions today often campaign by urging the public to support them during workplace conflicts because labor cutbacks would hurt the consumers, not because siding with labor over corporate greed is the moral thing to do.
The Occupy Wall Street movement represents something on a whole new level. Transport Workers Union (TWU) Local 100, a 37,000-member union with a radical history, has been at the forefront of labor support, going so far as to seek an injunction to stop the NYPD from forcing its members to transport arrested OWS protesters. Labor support is growing on the institutional level. 1199/SEIU sent members to provide medical assistance. Several big unions including the United Federation of Teachers and District Council 37 have lent nearby office space to OWS working groups. And email blasts from the AFL-CIO and unions urged members to join with the protesters in Liberty Park Oct. 14 to defend the OWS encampment from a possible eviction.
Jackie DiSalvo, a retired member of the Professional Staff Congress (CUNY professors union) and active member of the OWS labor outreach committee, noted that OWS participants have been constantly meeting with new union representatives to assist with other labor conflicts around the city, including organizing against Walmart. OWS protesters marched Oct. 21 with the Communications Workers of America, which is in a tough bargaining after a brief strike in August. “We’ve grown a lot,” DiSalvo said. “Even the more conservative unions are supporting Occupy Wall Street.”
The most high profile alliance has been the sustained OWS presence at Sotheby’s, protesting the auction house’s continued lockout of 43 Teamster art handlers despite posting the biggest profits in the company’s history. “This is a sophisticated group,” said Jason Ide, Teamster Local 814 president. “Nobody needed to tell them that this was the kind of fight they’re having. This is where the 1 percent shops. The people who own this place are part of the Wall Street economy.”
Occupy Wall Street protesters have an itch; they want this taken to the next level.
“We should have 100,000 people out here,” TWU Local 100 organizer J.P. Patafio said while joining the columns of protesters Oct. 14 to resist the eviction in Liberty Park. He noted that nearly 25 percent of New York City workers are unionized, “so we got work to do.”
There are opportunities. SEIU Local 32BJ represents 25,000 commercial building cleaners in the city, many of whom serve the FIRE sector (Finance, Insurance and Real Estate), and their contract expires at the end of December. While bargaining hasn’t started, the union is bracing itself for draconian giveback demands. “We are working, visiting buildings, talking to our members, and workers are preparing for a possible strike,” said SEIU Local 32BJ organizer Saul Nieves in Liberty Park.
No one should expect the union to prolong a strike just for the sake of OWS, but if this strike occurred, it would paint a perfect picture, and create a new local campaign, for the movement: Wall Street greed against “the help.” And next year, TWU Local 100 will probably have a bitter contract fight with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which is expected to demand both worker concessions and service cuts to fill its yawning budget gap.
Embracing the Left
This is where the natural link between this union and OWS becomes evident. TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen didn’t run as a radical. In fact, he ran on a platform of fighting for a decent contract for transit workers. But what the left-wing faction of that union has said, and what Samuelsen has become more vocal about, is that finance and real estate interests have ruined the MTA (which operates as much as a private corporation as it does an arm of the state government), not worker pay or the costs of providing service. This has allowed the union to build new alliances with rider advocates and environmental groups, while using the contract battle to show how Wall Street bankrupts essential services will provide an opportunity for OWS to expand.
As Fine points out, beginning these relationships is the hard part. Unions have rigid leadership structures and bylaws and must comply with strict federal and local regulations, and the bigger ones work with high-priced lobbyists and media consultants. It is hard to fuse that with something as leaderless and nebulous as OWS, but there’s been marked progress, she said. And there is also a faction in any union that believes the business of the union is settling and administering contracts, and that any other endeavor is a just a waste of dues money.
In that regard, a better way to think about the role of unions in the Occupy Wall Street movement is to ask what OWS can offer the labor movement. Occupy Wall Street could inspire what remains of organized labor in this country to move away from just pushing specific employers for modest wage gains and start organizing working-class people in order to shape not just industry standards, but a new economic order, as its frustrated radical factions have dreamt about.
“The labor movement has conditioned itself to only think of itself in legal terms. ‘What does the NLRB [National Labor Relations Board] say about this or that?’” Fine said. “It has to get beyond that.”
To borrow a phrase from free market fans, OWS is about “creative destruction.” Old models for resisting corporate power have failed, and OWS is forming a new one. Maybe it is time for labor to shed its old skin and remake itself. Some of that is happening at Liberty Park when union members join the emerging movement., said OWS activist Harrison Magee. “They sort of drop that identity,” he said. “They become Occupy Wall Street and they become something new.”
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If you were asked, “What makes life worth living?” and your response had to be a single word – what would your answer be?
This is a great conversation around the water cooler, or the lunchroom, or even the dinner table. Lou Tice would often use it as a way to understand the people he would meet. When asked what he thought the answer was, Lou said, “The more I thought about it, the more convinced I became that what makes life worth living is ‘You!’”
Here is what he meant. Harry Emerson Fosdick wrote about a summer day during his childhood when his mother sent him out to pick a quart of raspberries. “I dragged my feet in rebellion,” he said, “and the can was filling very slowly. Then a new idea came to me. Wouldn’t it be fun to pick two quarts of raspberries and surprise her!”
“I had such an interesting time picking those two quarts, to the utter amazement of the household, and they never forgot it. We can change any situation by changing our attitude toward it. Nobody ever finds life worth living. One always has to make it worth living.”
Each day, we are faced with situations that we didn’t plan for, or plan on, but still need to succeed at. How are we going to face them: with a positive, can-do attitude, or are we going to drag our feet and give in to adversity? We do have choices. Let’s repeat that: We do have choices, and the effects of those choices reverberate through our lives, our families, our co-workers, and to some extent, our communities.
The kind of life you have is a choice you make, every single day. The success you have in your work is a choice you make every day, with every project – large or small. Change seems to be a constant in the universe, as well as in our lives. How do you deal with change? Is it either face forward and keep your eye on your goals, or do you get caught up in the negative and turn away?
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Horse racing is one of the oldest sports and its joyful simplicity has not changed since its creation.
Big racing events generate hundreds of millions of pounds each year through bets alone, so what are some of the common and easily made mistakes to avoid when placing your best at the upcoming races.
- Bet on Fact not Emotions
It is a common decider for bets, people basing decisions solely on emotion and personal interest in the horse or jockey.
Sports is a passionate source of entertainment, for both the participants and the spectators, but when betting, those emotions need to be put aside if you want to make a logical and profitable bet.
Betting on your personal favourite might pay out if you are lucky, but it is a flawed method and limits your chances to pure luck as opposed to an educated choice which is well research and highly likely to result in a bigger pay out. But if you don’t believe in your bet you will be unlikely to see the bet though and could end up cashing out and miss out on a big pay day.
- Only Bet on the Best
You should be selective and only bet when a good opportunity arises, and don’t settle for anything less. These choices should be well research to optimise your odds, based on real information, insights and racing results.
But everyone has access to the same information when at a race, so make sure you are prepared and found so trustworthy sources of your own and have personal insight into the winners.
- High Risk Doesn’t Guarantee a High Reward
Go big or go home are not words to live by, especially when placing smart bets. Trying to get rich quick is not a good method of betting and so going for the low odds bets due to the bigger returns does not mean you will go home with bags of money, it means that there is a much higher chance of you leaving with big bags of regret than anything else.
Betting requires skill and the accumulation of a plan and budget in order to really succeed, slow and steady wins the race, well in betting anyway.
- A Good Craftsman Never Blames His Tools
When bettors lose a bet, it’s easy to blame everything but themselves, but that only leads to rage fuelled, uneducated, impulse bets, which are almost never a good idea. These best cause budgets to be ignored, facts to be dismissed and often cause big money losses.
You should learn from your mistakes and let that power you to make better bets next time.
- Wish for the Best. Expect the Worst.
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In a significant advancement for U.S. military capabilities, Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a series of live fire tests for the Spike NLOS missile system, using the AH-64E Apache attack helicopter. Conducted at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona, this event marks a pivotal step towards the full integration of this advanced missile system into the U.S. Army’s arsenal.
Over a span of five days, eight Spike NLOS missiles were launched from the AH-64E Apache, demonstrating the system’s readiness for operational deployment. This successful demonstration leads to the Airworthiness Release (AWR) of the Spike NLOS system for the U.S. Apache fleet, signaling a new era in precision strike capabilities for the U.S. Army.
Tom Bargnesi, a senior manager at Lockheed Martin, emphasized the significance of this integration. “The Spike NLOS system represents a cutting-edge solution for modern warfare, offering unmatched precision and reliability. Its integration into the Apache fleet enhances our defense capabilities in complex combat scenarios,” he stated.
The demonstration highlighted the versatility of the Spike NLOS missile, showcasing its ability to engage various targets in different operational scenarios. This test is one of the final stages before the system receives AWR, allowing the Army to commence equipping its Apache V6 helicopters with the Spike NLOS system.
Looking ahead, Lockheed Martin plans to collaborate with the Army in mid-2024 to train pilots on utilizing the Spike NLOS system on the Apache V6 platforms. The goal is to have the system fully operational on all 18 Apache Echo Model V6 helicopters by September 2024.
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Participants of the Writers Guild of The usa (WGA) and the Display screen Actors Guild proceed the wooden sequence out of doors of Netflix in Hollywood, California, on August 9, 2023.
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Hollywood manufacturers are taking their fresh agreement proposal family as talks between the studios and writers union stay blazing.
The Alliance of Movement Image and Tv Manufacturers in a single day publicly evident the latest proposal, which they dropped at the writers on Aug. 11. The do business in addresses residuals and reimbursement, synthetic wisdom and higher transparency in regards to the streaming industry — the lead problems for the writers.
Writers Guild of The usa union participants had been putting for greater than 100 days — with the actors’ union additionally occurring crash in July — halting Hollywood’s manufacturing of TV presentations and films right through a week when media corporations are looking to put together their streaming methods winning and pushing customers again into theaters.
The fresh proposal from the studios got here days later manufacturers requested the writers for a gathering and contains the best salary build up proposed for the WGA in 35 years, in line with the AMPTP — “a compounded 13% increase over the three-year contract, with an increase of 5% in year one; 4% in year two; and 3.5% in year three.”
The proposal additionally will increase residuals, supplies for a unutilized reimbursement construction, protections in regards to the significance of AI, “data transparency” referring to streaming viewership knowledge, and to coach writers to transform showrunners.
“Our priority is to end the strike so that valued members of the creative community can return to what they do best and to end the hardships that so many people and businesses that service the industry are experiencing,” mentioned AMPTP President Carol Lombardini in a statement. “We have come to the table with an offer that meets the priority concerns the writers have expressed. We are deeply committed to ending the strike and are hopeful that the WGA will work toward the same resolution.”
Nonetheless, the negotiations seem a long way from over: Quickly later the proposal was once made family, the writers union immune its fresh update and mentioned the events have swamped in additional discussions for the reason that August 11 do business in.
The discussions incorporated a sit down unwell with lead media honchos together with Disney CEO Bob Iger, NBCUniversal movie head Donna Langley, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav.
The writers mentioned that instead than just right religion talks, they had been “met with a lecture about how good their single and only counteroffer was.” The union mentioned the studios’ fresh do business in nonetheless contains “limitations and loopholes and omissions” that fail to give protection to Hollywood writers.
“This wasn’t a meeting to make a deal. This was a meeting to get us to cave, which is why, not 20 minutes after we left the meeting, the AMPTP released its summary of their proposals,” the writers mentioned in a remark.
Representatives for the AMPTP didn’t right away reply to touch upon Wednesday.
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As of 1 January 2020, Cyprus has taken on the role of Reference Member State in decentralised and mutual recognition procedures.
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The intent of these guides is to quickly launch a sandbox that you can use to evaluate Rancher. These guides are not intended for production environments. For comprehensive setup instructions, see Installation.
Use this section of the docs to jump start your deployment and testing of Rancher 2.x. It contains instructions for a simple Rancher setup and some common use cases. We plan on adding more content to this section in the future.
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Love Your Wetlands Day
February 3 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pmFree
NOTE: Pre-registration closes Feb. 1 at 11:30 pm. All other attendees will have to register at the entrance.
Love Your Wetlands Day is an opportunity to explore UC San Diego’s protected Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve in Mission Bay while also learning about the importance of coastal wetlands, the climate threats they face, and the ways local communities are working to restore and protect them. Uniquely located in the densely populated urban area, Kendall-Frost Marsh is a valuable laboratory and popular component of the University of California’s Natural Reserve System, a library of ecosystems throughout California representing most of the state’s major habitats. Activities will take place throughout the day and are family-friendly:
- Guided marsh and kayak cleanups
- Guided birding
- Booths from environmental organizations
- Educational presentations by local scientists
- Speeches by elected officials and cultural activities with Indigenous leaders
- Native planting
- Fish seining
The event will run from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Please note: NO DOGS ALLOWED AT THE EVENT
Minors can not participate without a waiver signed by a parent or guardian. Children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
The first 100 pre-registered attendees to arrive will receive a shirt! Register today!
Free parking and free shuttles will be available from Crown Point Park North, 3700 Corona Oriente Road, located about ¾ of a mile from Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve. Shuttle service will run from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Street parking is available but very limited.
This public acknowledgment serves to honor and respect Indigenous peoples and their land on which our campus resides. UC San Diego was built upon the territory of the Kumeyaay Nation. From time immemorial, the Kumeyaay people have been a part of this land. Today, the Kumeyaay people continue to maintain their political sovereignty and cultural traditions as vital members of the San Diego community. | <urn:uuid:65321292-9fb4-40fd-9380-b339e7fbe807> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.sdcoastkeeper.org/event/love-your-wetlands-day/ | 2024-02-29T07:49:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474795.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20240229071243-20240229101243-00497.warc.gz | en | 0.934985 | 449 | [
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Welcome to our Substack Weblog that focuses on development prices. Engineering Information File (ENR) historical past that may be traced again to 1874. The publication has its roots in two separate publications, Engineer & Surveyor and The Plumber and Sanitary Engineer. The primary challenge of Engineering Information-File was revealed on April 5, 1917. On January 1st, 1987, the acronym ENR was adopted because the title of the journal. The charts that comply with use information which can be courtesy of ENR journal that’s revealed 26 instances a 12 months. Historic information was pulled from microfiche copies of the journal obtained from the New York Public Library. ENR journal is simply a small portion of the merchandise provided by Engineer Information File and we suggest readers, significantly these with an curiosity in engineering and development, take the time to view the ENR web site to be taught extra at…
The ENR 20-Metropolis Common Value of 1 1/2” Copper Water Tubing notched one other new file value earlier than the latest minor pullback nonetheless it’s up 12.05% over the previous 12-months.
Ductile Iron Pipe is up 19.95% from this time final 12 months.
The 20-Metropolis Common Value of Strengthened Concrete Pipe marked one other new excessive within the Q3 earlier than the current pullback but it surely stays up 15.07% from this time final 12 months.
The 20-Metropolis Common Value of 8” Polyvinyl-Chloride Water Pipe notched one other new excessive it’s now up 51.68% from twelve months in the past.
After a short pause Prepared Combine Concrete costs have added to the the positive aspects marked in Might and June and is now up 13.95% from this time final 12 months.
The parabolic advance within the value of the 20-Metropolis Common Value of Crushed Stone often known as Base Course has resumed and is up 38.21% over the previous twelve months.
The ENR 20-Metropolis common value of Cutback MC800 Asphalt (per ton) has reached one other file value in November and is up 13.44% since November of final 12 months.
The 20-Metropolis Common Value of Portland Cement is up 21.64% over the previous 12-months.
There was no let as much as the advance of 20-Metropolis Common Value of Masonry Sand over the previous 12-months. Over that interval Masonry Sand is up 47.82%.
Knowledge is courtesy of Engineering Information File
Charts are courtesy of Optuma whose charting software program allows anybody to visualise any value information. To obtain a 30-day trial of Optuma charting software program go to
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Can a notary marry someone in Maine?
Maine does not have Justices of the Peace. Out-of-state Notaries and Justices of the Peace cannot officiate weddings in Maine.
How do I find someone to officiate my wedding?
How to Find a Wedding OfficiantAsk recently married friends for referrals.Scroll through The Knot Marketplace for professional officiants and couples’ reviews in your wedding location.Contact your house of worship.
What do you need to get eloped?
How to ElopeCheck the Law.Book Your Travel and Find Your Vendors.Plan the Ceremony.Throw a Post-Elopement Party.Send Those Announcements.Do: Prepare Yourself for Family and Close Friends’ Reactions.Don’t: Forget to Take Care of All the Legal Details.Do: Hire a Local Planner, Photographer, and Videographer.
How can I get ordained fast?
Getting Ordained Online Go to an online non-denominational ministry’s website, such as The Universal Life Church Ministries or Open Ministry. Click on “Get Ordained” or something to that effect. Fill out the form. Pay the nominal online ordination fee, if any.
Does ordination expire?
To be fully compliant with general legal standards, ordination cannot be granted “for life.” Most ordaining bodies — churches and religious organizations — conform with a standard that limits the ordination term to a specific period. This gives both parties the option to continue the relationship, or to terminate it.
Can any judge perform a marriage?
Any ordained minister, priest or rabbi of any regularly established church or congregation, Judges, Justices of Peace, and County Clerks or their appointed Deputies may perform wedding ceremonies. Mayors of cities and boroughs are also authorized to perform marriage ceremonies.
What states recognize online ordained ministers?
Ministers ordained online can officiate at weddings in 48 states, with the exception of Virginia and some parts of Pennsylvania, according to the Universal Life Church Monastery, which says it has ordained more than 20 million ministers nationwide. But rules can vary by county, as in New York State.
Can a minister marry himself?
No. A wedding officiant cannot marry themselves. When you are serving in the capacity of a wedding officiant and signing a marriage license you are swearing that the couple you are marrying is completing the marriage license in accordance with the law.
Can a ship captain marry you?
A ship’s captain generally does NOT have the legal right to officiate a wedding at sea. In order for a Captain of a ship to perform a marriage at sea, he must also be a judge, a justice of the peace, a minister, or an officially recognized officiant such as a Notary Public.
Can a notary public perform a marriage?
— A notary public is authorized to solemnize the rites of matrimony. For solemnizing the rites of matrimony, the fee of a notary public may not exceed those provided by law to the clerks of the circuit court for like services.
Can an airline pilot marry a couple?
It has never been legal, but is one of the most widely believed myths around. Well, you can get an official marriage license from a state with some sort of officiant, and a captain can perform the high seas ceremony simply for show (either before you are officially married or after), but it is not official.
Are online ordained ministers legal in CT?
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Scalable radio channel emulator for testing 4G LTE
EB Propsim F32 — with 32 RF channels and 128 fading channels –— is an easy solution for testing complex technologies such as 3G/4G, LTE, LTE-Advanced and beyond. It is a scalable test solution with up to eight times the traditional emulator testing capacity in a single box — hence being the first radio channel emulator that can truly test the performance of an entire 4G LTE network in a laboratory.
In order to ensure the reliable functionality of 4G LTE products, it is essential to accurately capture its veritable performance during R&D phase. EB Propsim radio channel emulators are designed to replicate wireless environments such as fading, noise and spatial channel conditions. The radio channel emulator isolates the performance issues of a developed product in all phases of R&D and therefore shortens the product development cycle, which provides cost savings down the wireless ecosystem.
"4G LTE creates design and test challenges with adoption of new technologies such as MIMO and beam forming. With this in mind, we have designed EB Propsim F32 to support our customers to conduct cost-effective LTE testing," said Janne Kolu, vice president, test tools at EB. "There is a remarkable gap between lab testing and field testing. Often the test results in the lab are good but the actual product performs badly in real field conditions. Our mission is to bridge this gap by bringing the most technically advanced test methods available to everyone working with LTE."
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• HZO technology
• Submerge your compass 1 meter for 30 minutes without losing functionality
• Press and Hold On or Press On/Press Off Backlit Switch
• To ensure your NavELite compass remains WaterBlocked, use only NavELite Batteries
• Only battery approved for warranty on the WaterBlock compasses.
• 3V Lithium Battery CR1632
• Rated capacity of 125 mAh
• Operates in a temperature range between -40 to + 85°C
• Encased with a rubber coating
• Loaded with NavELite accessories such as the NavELite Screwdriver, 2 NavELite CR1632 lithium batteries, and five spare battery compartment screws (NOTE: Case doesn't include compass)
• Easily accessible when traveling
NavELite's quality custom designed Size #00 Phillips head screwdriver features a compact durable handle and hardened steel magnetized shaft for assisting in managing miniature screws.
NavELite's traditional 3V Lithium Battery CR1632 with a rated capacity of 125 mAh can operate in a temperature range between -40 to + 85°C and is encased with a rubber coating with a female quick-connector.
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Babel Buster Network Gateways: Big Features. Small Price.
John J. "Jack"
Mc Gowan, CEM
Energy Control Inc.
…the Buildy targets Next Generation Buildings
Building technologies are in a state of continuous flux, but in recent years the breadth of this topic has outdistanced architecture and traditional engineered systems. Today, building technology includes wide ranging information technology (IT) and Internet services. Online technologies for next generation buildings hold significant promise, but implementation in actual facilities often lags availability. Readers of ES have seen editorial supplements with great information on Convergence, but many ask …who is really doing this? Builconn, the pre-eminent forum for Integrated and Interoperable buildings, developed a new awards program to answer that question and highlight just those types of buildings. The Buildy Awards were designed to increase awareness of the benefits to whole building integration, and to honor North American facilities that demonstrate the vision of networked building systems and strategies. This means effectively integrating a wide array of building systems and enabling operations over corporate IT infrastructures. The Best Integration Project Buildy Award winner is an example of such a building. The Summit Building is shown below during the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, which takes place this month.
Integrated and Interoperable
The term of art used for this technology in the past was Intelligent Building. Intelligent Buildings have been discussed for more than three decades, but only recently have they become viable. Actually the old definition of Intelligent Buildings falls far short of the “Buildy” level. 1980’s Intelligent Building technology envisioned integrated Automation for energy management, fire alarm and security. A key goal was to combine system and telecommunication cabling. The Internet and IT were barely blips on the industry radar screen then. Redefining building systems as a result of IT and the Internet was further extended by the proliferation of data communications standards such as BACnet®. This confluence of events was significant in many ways, but most important it made it possible for building systems to integrate devices and software developed for much larger markets. Evolution of proprietary data communication networks to BACnet® and Ethernet for intranets and then to BACnet/IP and TCP/IP for Inter-networking were significant events. With all these developments the term Integration has taken on new meaning. A simple example of such technology is a Web Browser for interface to building systems, but that is just the start.
For many in the industry integration means achieving data sharing and some level of control sequence cooperation (interoperability) between Direct Digital Control (DDC) systems, particularly legacy systems, or combinations of legacy and “standard” or “open” systems. The term has taken on a much broader meaning. Initially integration did focus on DDC, but as early as the 1980’s a number of manufacturers added Fire and Security systems, and expanded the concept. Interoperability is one aspect of integration that makes it possible to leverage the combined power of multiple building systems through coordinated control action. Some of these functions may be between DDC systems, but equally exciting are those that occur when disparate systems are integrated. An example is when access and video surveillance systems interoperate to ensure that an unauthorized occupant does not follow an authorized one into a building, called anti-piggybacking. The Buildy focus on integrated and interoperable buildings envisions achieving such functionality and more, including many functions that were not before conceived. Consider integration to enable a combined heat and power system based upon real-time pricing data from an energy supplier, historical weather data and actual electrical demand for the past 24 hours. For the Buildy Award winners this is just the beginning of technology applied. Some of the exciting interoperable systems applied by one award winner are shown in the Architecture diagram below and include:
Automation and Direct Digital Control in every office
Access Control for Security
Video Surveillance for Security with Virtual trip wires
Fire Alarm Notification
Data Networking (Ethernet and T1)
Information Technology services
Internet Services and Internet Service Provider
High Speed Wireless for streaming data and video.
Achieving this expanded level of functionality required a new specialized industry professional, the System Integrator. System Integrators combine the power of many computer-based systems in buildings with Information Technology (IT), the Internet and Web Services to increase occupant comfort and productivity. System Integrators apply sophisticated digital hardware, while creating and programming software to make “Convergence” possible. Convergence has been the subject of several editorial supplements in Engineered Systems (ES). It has also been covered in trade publications, industry events, Internet discussion groups, and has even seeped into manufacturers’ web sites. Without a doubt IT convergence is changing the face of the building systems industry, and Buildy awards recognize those who champion the resulting whole building integration. The Summit project blends traditional building systems technology, IT and Web Services to optimize building operations. Whether integration projects begin with Access Control, HVAC, Lighting, Security or IT, the Buildy Awards recognize those companies that have integrated a system into the entire scheme of a building. This building must support the vision of networked systems in which all the facility’s disparate systems are seamlessly integrated to provide managers greater value from their investment.
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At Kenai River Recon, we understand a fishing trip to the Kenai or Kasilof Rivers is often a once-in-a-lifetime experience, and we’re here to ensure your trip is unforgettable.
We provide all the fishing gear you’ll need, and we know the best places and times to catch the fish you’re after. So whether it’s fly-fishing or spin casting, we’ll make sure you have a safe, fun, and thrilling trip to beautiful Alaska!
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which fish are you after
Whatever your level of fishing experience, and whether you want a spin-casting or fly-fishing adventure, come join us for your guided fishing excursion of a lifetime. You’ll be provided a safe and thrilling trip among Alaska’s big fish and breathtaking beauty.
The Alaska King is the largest Pacific salmon out there, and we have the stats to prove it. 8 out of the top 10 kings were reeled in on the Kenai River. The best time to fish for kings is mid-May through July.
Silvers are an acrobatic and lively fish when you get one on the end of your line. They typically weigh about 6-18 pounds. The best time to fish for silvers is late July/early August through September.
There’s no better place to catch some big, beautiful rainbows than the Kenai River. They rush in to feast on the salmon eggs, and they get big! The best time to fish for rainbows is June through October.
Red (Sockeye) salmon are as delicious to eat as they are fun to catch. They typically weigh about 6 – 12 pounds. The best time to fish for reds is June through mid-August.
Alaska halibuts are one of the largest flatfish out there. They’ll wear your arms out reeling one in, but they’re so tasty, it’s worth the fight. The best time to fish for halibut is May through August.
The steelhead trout is one of the most challenging and fascinating fish when it comes to Alaska fishing. They are a bit more challenging to catch but worth the effort. The best steelhead fishing is spring and fall.
Why you should fish with us
Born and raised alaska guide.
We know the kenai river.
the best fishing gear and boats.
friendly, fun, and professional.
Your Kenai River Fishing Guide
Sean Smart was born and bred in the beautiful state of Alaska. He spent his childhood on the Kenai Peninsula fishing, hunting, and doing pretty much any outdoor activity you can imagine. So when you have Sean as your guide, you’re getting a true Alaskan expert that will give you the best chances of catching the fish of your dreams.
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Booking a trip with Kenai river recon is easy!
When you’re planning a fishing trip to Alaska, it’s hard to know where to start. So here’s the thing:
Don’t worry about it. Just give us a call, and we’ll walk you through everything.
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Genmaicha is a classic Japanese green tea, blended with toasted and popped rice. This delicious green tea has a warm and nutty taste, with the fresh and grounding notes of green tea. It is a wonderful tea to serve with savory foods like sushi. Genmaicha is a great tea for those seeking a full bodied green tea, with a less astringent flavor.
Ingredients: green tea, roasted rice, puffed rice
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Diabetes in pregnancy can cause significant problems and is increasingly more common. LVHN’s Diabetes in Pregnancy Program (DIPP) and Comprehensive Diabetes in Pregnancy Program (CDIPP) each provides leading-edge care for women with this condition. We can reduce the chance for diabetes-related complications during your baby’s development in the womb.
Team approach to caring for pregnancy diabetes
Caring for gestational diabetes requires a team of experts who work together to provide the right kind of care at crucial moments in your pregnancy. Our maternal fetal medicine specialists (perinatologists) lead this program and work with:
- Doctors who treat hormonal imbalances (endocrinologists)
- Specially trained diabetes nurse practitioners
- Diabetes educators
Together, we help you understand your condition and make necessary lifestyle adjustments to ensure a healthy pregnancy.
Women who already have chronic diabetes mellitus when they become pregnant have preexisting diabetes. How diabetes impacts the pregnancy often depends on the severity of the mother's diabetic disease, especially if she has vascular (blood vessel) complications and poor blood glucose (sugar) control.
If you have been diagnosed with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, it is important that you speak with your doctor before becoming pregnant so they can refer you to the Comprehensive Diabetes in Pregnancy Program (CDIPP). Together, we will review your medications because some may not be safe for a developing baby. We will also discuss how to best control your blood sugar levels during pregnancy.
Gestational diabetes mellitus (gestational diabetes) refers to diabetes developed during pregnancy. It may occur even though a woman wasn’t previously diagnosed with diabetes. This form of diabetes usually disappears following delivery. However, for approximately 2 percent of women, it does not – and they end up having lifelong diabetes.
Unlike type 1 diabetes, insulin resistance causes gestational diabetes. Insulin resistance occurs when other hormones produced during pregnancy make insulin less effective. Although any woman can develop this condition, related risk factors include:
- Being overweight or obese
- Having a family history of diabetes
- Prior birth of a baby that weighed more than 9 pounds
- Being older than 25
- Being African-American, American Indian, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino or Pacific Islander
- Having prediabetes (impaired glucose tolerance)
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23/06/17 - Class 5 and 6 First Holy Communion
Classes 5 and 6 thoroughly enjoyed receiving their First Holy Communion today. The children were beautifully behaved in church and demonstrated a mature and responsible attitude throughout. Following the wonderful service, the children and their families were invited for refreshments in our school hall. This proved to be a hit, as our St Francis de Sales families mingled and enjoyed the special occasion as a community. The fun continued into the afternoon with a disco to top off this delightful day.
We would like to say a big thank you to everyone involved in preparing for this celebration especially the children who have worked exceptionally hard throughout their Sacramental preparation and to Father Ged for all of his support and guidance.
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What Does FPS (First Person Shooter) Stand For?
A first-person shooter (FPS) is a type of action video game in which the player controls the protagonist. FPS games usually track the player’s movements and show what a real person would see and do in the game.
In a first-person shooter, the protagonist’s arms are normally seen at the bottom of the screen, carrying whatever weapon is available. The gamer is expected to use the game controller to move his avatar through the game by moving it forward, backward, sideways, and so on. The avatar moves ahead through the surroundings when the controller is moved forward, usually with a slight left-right rocking motion to properly replicate human gait. Many games feature the sounds of breathing and footsteps in addition to the standard sound effects to boost the level of realism.
Mission or quest mode and multiplayer mode are the two main ways in which FPS games can be played. For a single player game, the mission mode is usually the default mode. It usually entails the user battling their way through increasingly difficult game stages in order to reach a final goal. Multiple players participate in multiplayer mode through a network and play in a shared game environment. Multiplayer mode can take many different forms, such as:
- Take control of the flag.
- Deathmatch between two teams
- Look for and destroy
- a foundation (a.k.a assault or headquarters)
- The last man standing wins.
First Person Shooter Explained by Techopedia (FPS)
The term “first person shooter” refers to the game’s perspective. Racing games and boxing games are two examples of genres that use the first person perspective on occasion. Shooters, or games in which players employ a variety of weapons (mainly guns) to kill their opponents, have been created in all of the fundamental gaming perspectives: first person, third person, side scrolling, top-down, and 3/4.
“Maze War,” released in 1973, was the first first-person shooter. The notion was solidified in 1992 with the release of “Wolfenstein 3D.” “Doom,” “Quake,” and the “Half-Life: Counter-Strike” series are among the most influential FPS games. All of them have devoted fans.
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The Women’s March on Washington, the largest civil rights protest on American soil, generated plenty of criticism from conservatives, men who believe “rabid feminists” are ruining masculinity, and women who claim they don’t need feminism at all. Although this march wasn’t solely a protest against the GOP’s dream of defunding Planned Parenthood and banning abortions, that certainly was an important issue. A week after the Women’s March, thousands of pro-life activists, including our own Vice President Mike Pence, stormed the streets of our nation’s capital chanting “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Roe V. Wade has got to go!” claiming that the March for Life was the true women’s march.
As I watched the snapchat story of the March for Life, I began wondering why those people believe so strongly that Roe vs. Wade ought to be overturned. Are these people truly as Christ-like as they think? Are those who claim to be pro-life genuinely so? I’ve been thinking about the answers to these questions for a long time, and I’ve come to the conclusion that majority of pro-life activists are indeed nothing of the sort, but are in fact anti-choice hypocrites.
Being anti-choice means one believes that the lives needing to be protected are those of the unborn because the unborn do not have a voice. Anti-choicers want to see children born so that they may expand the Kingdom of God, but seldom want to take time out of their day to feed a starving child or volunteer at the local homeless shelter. If the mother is unable to provide for the child after it’s born, the anti-choice activists say she is irresponsible, shouldn’t have sex if she cannot afford a child, or if they’re radical will go as far as to call her a heathen or a slut. They do not care for the health of the mother who carries the miracle of life inside her womb. They will quote scripture at you, condescendingly say they are praying for you, but will not do a single Christ-like thing for someone in their lives.
To be pro-life is to believe all life is sacred, not just unborn children. It’s feeding the hungry, clothing the poor, curing the sick. In present day America, it’s giving a home to a Syrian refugee fleeing from violence and destruction, seeing that children in the inner city get a good education, and making sure every American, rich or poor, receives affordable healthcare. It’s advocating for comprehensive sex education, safe sex, and the use of contraceptives. It’s practicing compassion and empathy for every human life, not only white cis-gendered, rich, Christian Americans.
When I see people protesting at the Red River Women’s Clinic in Fargo, I get sick to my stomach. They yell horrible things and call the women seeking abortion services names when they do not know them. They do not understand what these women have experienced or what their circumstances are, but they feel the need to make them feel guilty. There’s something deeply wrong with those who feel it’s necessary to tell a woman that God does not love her anymore for having an abortion. Maybe I missed a Sunday School lesson, but I thought in the Ten Commandments God said to love thy neighbor as thyself?
For those who don’t understand, no woman wants to have an abortion. We don’t walk happily into abortion clinics knowing the life we carry will be extinguished. We want to choose life every time, but only if we can properly care for the life. To believe otherwise only displays lack of understanding. If people are offended by this, I’m not sorry. I will not apologize for calling attention to hypocrisy. But when those who are anti-choice start advocating for the use of contraceptives, teaching safe sex instead of abstinence, practicing compassion and empathy for all, only then will I truly believe they are pro-life activists whose mission is to put an end to abortion.
I’m Olivia Lepage (’19) from Westland, Michigan studying Communications and Film. I currently live in the F/M area year round and consider this tundra my second home. I sing Alto 2 and am President of Cantabile, I work at the Circulation Desk in the Carl B., and I do shows with Concordia Theatre as much as I can without spreading myself too thin. Chocolate chip cookies are my only weakness. | <urn:uuid:6cfb3b6b-4034-4485-8d4b-83fb19e9299e> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | http://theconcordian.org/?p=10845 | 2024-02-26T18:25:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474661.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226162136-20240226192136-00597.warc.gz | en | 0.950145 | 944 | [
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11.30.10 Version ###
- Players may now log out to character select.
- Menu -> Quit will now give the option to quit to Login Screen, Character Select, or Desktop.
- Fitness Pool powers have been incorporated into Inherent powers available at Level 2
- All characters will be granted Swift, Hurdle, Health, and Stamina.
- Existing characters with these powers selected via Pool Powers will be able to gain the powers they have not previously taken via the normal leveling process. They will not gain access to any of the Inherent fitness powers until they Respec.
- Upon using a Respec, the Fitness pool will not be selectable by the character and all 4 powers will be granted as Inherent Powers at level 2. This prevents issues with lost enhancements or slot allocation errors.
- All existing characters will receive one free Respec token with the release of Issue 19: Alpha Strike! On December 8, 2010, 8 days after release, all existing characters will then receive a second free Respec token. Please note that free Respec tokens do not stack. If your character already has a free Respec token, the new free Respecs cannot be applied.
- By visiting a Tailor, players can now select Alternate Animation choices for certain powers.
- Power sets:
- Dark Blast
- Electric Blast
- Energy Blast
- Fire Blast
- Radiation Blast
- Psychic Blast
- Ice Blast
- Sonic Attack
- Mind Control
- Psionic Assault
- Sonic Resonance
- Icy Assault
- Fiery Assault
- Mental Manipulation
- Energy Assault
- Power sets:
- Your Level 50 City of Heroes character can now unlock the beginnings of the Incarnate System via an Incarnate Introduction Story Arc, accessible from Mender Ramiel in Ouroboros. Following completion of this arc the Alpha Slot is unlocked for the character and you can begin to construct the first stages of Incarnate Abilities.
- Incarnate Abilities follow a new power advancement system whereby you can construct higher powered versions of a power along an advancement tree instead of spending slots to enhance the power. Each Incarnate slot has a variety of ability trees which each have different flavors of power and effects as you progress deeper in the tree. Incarnate Abilities do not count against your power or enhancement specification choices and are build-independent, but do not work if exemplared below level 45 as the Well of the Furies intends the power be used by those at the pinnacle of their expertise.
- The Alpha Slot is the first slot, and the abilities inside Alpha are unique to Alpha and take the form of universal enhancements which apply to all of your powers which would accept an enhancement of that type. Each tree begins with a Common Boost ability which can then be upgraded into the Uncommon Core or Radial variants of the power which have additional effects. The four Alpha trees are:
- For more information, please view the Incarnate System overview on the City of Heroes Going Rogue webpage .
- Currently only the Common and Uncommon tiers of the Alpha Slot are achievable given the current challenges available to characters. As those challenges increase, the Well of the Furies will spread more of its power...
- You can freely choose which of your Incarnate Abilities you are currently channeling outside of combat and a short delay between changes.
- The components to unleash the power of the Alpha Slot and its Incarnate Abilities can be acquired by completing existing level 50 content:
- Statesman's Task Force (STF)
- Lord Recluse's Strike Force (LRSF)
- Imperious Task Force (ITF)
- Lady Grey Task Force (LGTF)
- Dr. Khan's Task Force / Barracuda's Strike Force
- Cathedral of Pain
- A component is also available from the Vanguard Merit vendor in the Rikti War Zone
- Once you’ve started your Incarnate journey, you can attempt the new Apex and Tin Mage II Task Forces which will reward Incarnate Components for those tough enough to handle the first taste of the Praetorian Alpha Strike.
- If all else fails, minor Incarnate Shards sub-components for constructing your Alpha Abilities can also be occasionally acquired off of level 50+ foes and level 50 players in PVP.
- Incarnate Abilities can be created and equipped via the new Incarnate interface which is accessible from the “Incarnate Abilities” label at the top of the Power Inventory UI, next to the “Combat Attributes” label. Only your equipped Incarnate Abilities will appear in your Power Inventory.
Task Forces (Incarnate-only)
- We have added two Task Forces for characters who are level 50. These TF's should be tackled by characters who have slotted the Alpha slot with a power. Emperor Cole has perfected a debuff that affects characters who have no Alpha Abilities slotted. Characters without an Alpha Ability can still attempt the TF but it will be significantly more challenging.
- Apex Task Force – see Apex in the Rikti War Zone to thwart an attempted invasion from Praetoria
- Tin Mage Task Force – see Tin Mage Mark II in the Rikti War Zone to take the battle back into Praetoria
- Praetorians entering Primal Earth and Primal Earth characters who have reached level 20 can run new story arcs (Level 21 – 30).
- Heroes should see Roy Cooling in Talos Island to find out why the public is up in arms over the information that medi-porters are being upgraded for heroes, while there are no plans to release them to the public
- Villains should see Vincent Ross in Sharkhead Isle to find out more about the “sleeping beast” the Legacy Chain is investigating.
- Incarnate Alpha Slot Unlock (Going Rogue expansion required)
- Missions for Heroes and Villains provide backstory to the System we're introducing in this issue and then expanding for Issue 20 (Levels 50+)
- Praetorian players have access to repeatable mission content provided by either the Resistance or Loyalists
- Resistance should speak to Message Man
- Loyalists should speak to Clockwork A76-293
- Warehouses and Praetorian Tech have received a cosmetic upgrade as well as a few new end rooms and their layouts have been modified.
- Vigilantes in Rogue Isles and Rogues in Paragon City should now see tip drops specifically designed for fallen Vigilantes and redeemed Rogues exclusively in 'tourist' zones.
- The Calvin Scott Task Force is now available to flashback via Ourorobos
- New map sets, villain groups, and power Sets introduced with Going Rogue have been added to Mission Architect. In addition, additional unique maps have been added to the map pool.
- Map sets:
- Praetorian Tunnels
- Praetorian Tech
- Villain Groups:
- Praetorian Clockwork (Loyalist, Anti-Matter, Neuron, Resistance)
- Praetoria Police Department / Seers
- Power Sets:
- Electric Control
- Kinetic Melee
- Map sets:
- Primal Earth and Praetoria have received some access and quality of life features.
Paragon City / Rogue Isles
- Taking a cue from Praetoria, Nurses have been brought in to hospitals across Paragon City and the Rogue Isles to provide low-level inspiration to recently defeated players
- Mobile hospital areas (similar the Hollows) have been added to Hazard and Trial zones across Paragon City and the Rogue Isles so that defeated players will respawn within the same zone
- Paragon City
- Green and Yellow Line are now one monorail line. Players can access any zone with a monorail station from any other station. Steel Canyon and Skyway City have two stops.
- Container ships to Striga Isle will now also connect between Talos Island and Independence Port.
- Rogue Isles
- All ferries are now a single ferry line. Players can access any zone with a ferry stop from any other ferry. Port Oakes and Cap Au Diable have two stops.
- All black helicopters to the main isles are now a single line. Players can access any zone with a helicopter stop. Mercy Island has two stops.
- The monorail window will now provide information about the level of content in destination zones
- The monorail window will now provide a notification next to a stop name if you have an available missions in that zone
- The monorail line will now place missions that require players to board a train at the top of the window and sets these mission destinations off from all other stops
- More exploration badges have been added to Hazard and Trial Zones to round out the badges introduced in City Zones
- Paragon Studios and Alienware have brought increased functionality to Alienware systems with AlienFX lights and Alienware Command Center enabled.
- Health Low – When a character’s health is low, system lights will go black and will then quickly pulse red.
- Health Zero – When your character is defeated, system lights will go black and will then slowly pulse red.
- Mission Completion – Successfully completing a mission will trigger two green flashes.
- Level up – When gaining a level, a multi-colored strobing light effect will appear.
- Known Issue:
- The new AlienFX updates do not function correctly with Aurora and Aurora ALX desktop systems. Alienware is aware of this issue and will be releasing a driver that will correct this functionality. Dell and Paragon Studios will update Aurora desktop customers when the driver is available on the Dell/Alienware support site.
CITY OF HEROES
CITY OF VILLAINS
- Corrected an issue which could prevent Masterminds with Chill Mastery from being able to select Hibernate as a Power.
- All doors that are normally restricted to resistance and loyalist factions will not allow in Primal Earth Heroes, Villains, Vigilantes and Rogues.
- Primals can access Praetoria (Going Rogue expansion required)
- Access through Praetoria can be done through Pocket D, which links to Studio 55
- The transition between Praetoria and Primal Earth now takes place via trans-dimensional portals instead of manhole covers.
- Primal Heroes and Villains can join a Praetorian Resistance or Loyalist to participate in missions with them (Levels 1 – 20)
- Zone Events have been added to Praetoria
- Nova Praetoria – The Protest
- Imperial City – Syndicate Takedown
- Neutropolis – The Great Escape
- Notoriety Contacts have been introduced to Praetoria
- When a Praetorian character leaves Praetoria for Primal Earth and joins a Super Group in the Rogue Isles or Paragon City, that Super Group receives a bonus to their Prestige of an additional 100,000P for each Praetorian that joins. The reason for the bump in Prestige is to make up for the fact that a Praetorian cannot form/join a Super Group while in Praetoria so isn’t contributing to a Super Group until they leave Praetoria at level 20. The bump is to bring them in line with other Primals in the Super Group.
- Before Issue 19, if a Praetorian left their Super Group, the prestige would go with them.
- With Issue 19, the 100K Prestige bump is still given, but it’s only given to the first (and only the first) Super Group that a Praetorian joins upon arriving in Primal Earth. If they choose to leave their Super Group, that Prestige no longer goes with them.
- When selecting a set of alternate animations, some powers may remain set to original but they may be changed manually.
- Mender Ramiel cannot be tracked by map point or compass in Villain Ouroboros. He is located on the northwest side of the pool, by the stairs.
- When first entering the ‘Bootleg Video Case’ Rogue to Hero Tip mission, the sub objective for rescuing Jennifer Collins is not displayed. The next objective will appear as normal after she is set free.
- The signature contacts in Crucible and Fort Trident will not advance past their initial dialogue. The portals near them may still be used and their duplicates through the city or isles are unaffected.
- In the Imperial City zone event, The Syndicate Takedown, players may need to go back down to ground level to advance the event if too many critters have been pushed off of the rooftop.
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Xbox One S has over 1,300 games: blockbusters, popular franchises, and Xbox One exclusives. Play with friends, access entertainment apps, and enjoy 4K video streaming.
Minecraft is a game about placing blocks and going on adventures. Build anything you can imagine with unlimited resources in Creative mode, or go on grand expeditions in Survival, journeying across mysterious lands and into the depths of your own infinite worlds.
Sea of Thieves
A Shared-World Adventure Game that lets you be the pirate you’ve always dreamed of in a world of danger and discovery. Explore a vast ocean where any sail on the horizon could mean a ship filled with real players who may be friends or foes. (Sea of Thieves requires an Xbox Live Gold subscription, sold separately.)
Fortnite Battle Royale
Fortnite Battle Royale is the free-to-download 100-player PvP mode in Fortnite. One giant map. A battle bus. Fortnite building skills and destructible environments combined with intense PvP combat. The last one standing wins. Download now for FREE and jump into the action. | <urn:uuid:2dbc22f3-208c-4132-8583-d454137110ab> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://pebelize.com/product/xbox-one-s-all-digital-1tb-new/ | 2024-02-26T17:26:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474661.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20240226162136-20240226192136-00597.warc.gz | en | 0.870458 | 296 | [
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Nothing Bundt Cakes
Bakeries - RetailSmall Business Saturday
When celebrating life's special moments from ''Happy Birthday'' to ''Just Because,'' nothing says it sweeter than Nothing Bundt Cakes! Choose from ten delicious flavors and four different sizes, each hand-decorated and crowned with our signature cream cheese frosting. Make someone's day by making your way to your Lynchburg Nothing Bundt Cakes bakery or place an order online at NothingBundtCakes.com. | <urn:uuid:483f442a-d027-4232-86bf-fa0576c1ceaa> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://business.lynchburgregion.org/list/member/nothing-bundt-cakes-49631.htm | 2024-02-28T01:54:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947474690.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20240228012542-20240228042542-00597.warc.gz | en | 0.832678 | 102 | [
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Conference of the Parties (COP)
In 1992, an international environmental climate treaty was adopted called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Since 1995, all states that are Parties to the Convention gather at the COP annually, and review the implementation of the Convention and discuss not only mitigation but also adaptation or climate finance. In 1997, Kyoto Protocol was adopted which obliged developed countries to reduce greenhouse gas emission until 2020. Historic Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, which for the first time brings all nations to combat climate change.
The Paris Agreement aims to keep a global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
To reach these goals, we need decarbonize our world as soon as possible. Furthermore, it is clear that building any new coal fired power plant is incompatible with this 1.5 goal, and need to phase out existing coal power plants. Despite this, Japan has been keep providing finance into coal power plants both domestically and internationally. Japan’s coal financing has been criticised by international society many occasions, especially at COPs.
Japan is the fifth largest emitter of greenhouse gases globally. Taking into account historical responsibility to causing climate change, Japan must immediately reduce GHG emissions domestically drastically but also need support developing countries for transition to zero carbon, but Japan still continues to export coal power plants to developing countries claiming it helps developing countries.
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Memorial Service honoring Dr. Robert Bowles set for next weekend
The life and legacy of Alcorn State University alumnus Dr. Robert Bowles will be celebrated next weekend during a memorial service at his home church.
Bowles’ service will be held Saturday, June 1 at 11 a.m. at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church, located on 2050 Thornton Avenue in Gulfport, Mississippi. For more information, contact the church at https://www.msbcgulfport.org/location.html.
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Things You'll Need
Sewing Machine or Needle and Thread
1/4-inch elastic - at least 56 inches
Making your own queen fitted bed sheets can save you a lot of money, especially if you purchase high-quality fabric. Sewing your own fitted sheet will take only 1 to 2 hours, depending on your skill level. After you've made the first one, it will be even easier.
Trim fabric to 75 inches wide by 102 inches long.
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Measure and mark 11 by 11 inches in each corner to create a square in all four corners.
Leaving a 1/4-inch seam allowance, cut out the square from each corner.
Pin together each of the four corners, right sides facing. The two cuts you made in each corner should be pinned together.
Zigzag stitch the raw edges, then turn 1/4 inch and finish seam with a straight stitch.
Roll up 1/2 inch two times all the way around your fabric and pin.
Measure 10 inches from corner seam on each side and mark. You should have eight marks.
Sew bottom hem leaving a 1-inch opening at each of your eight marks.
Trim elastic into four 14-inch sections.
Feed one section of elastic into one opening, around the corner and out the other opening.
Pull the elastic so it is stretched slightly and pin each end in place.
Stitch both openings close, including the elastic ends. This will secure the elastic and gather the fabric slightly.
Repeat Step 10, Step 11 and Step 12 for the other three corners.
Snip away the excess elastic sticking out of your finished seams. There should be about 1 inch on either end.
Try to find fabric at least 75 inches wide, so you don't have to sew two pieces together to make it wide enough.
Jersey or T-shirt fabric is great for this project.
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Here at Blooming Chic we create unique designs for our engaged couples, this means the prices for our services differ according to your requirements. We will happily discuss this with you as it is our pleasure to help you to make the most of your budget, please do not hesitate to call to arrange an informal chat about your wedding flowers.
From 2023 in addition to the wedding flowers we already offer, we are delighted to be able to offer totally british grown wedding flowers during the months of May - September. If sustainability is something you are passionate about please do ask us about this option.
Blooming Chic is dedicated to becoming totally free of anything that is harmful to our beautiful world, this means we do our utmost to only use materials that are recyclable, compostable biodegradeable, sustainable and re-usable. We cannot bear anything going to waste which is why we also offer a repurposing service the day following your wedding, to make sure the flowers can all be taken away or gifted by you to your friends and family.
Bridal Bouquets, Bridesmaids flowers, Floral Crowns and Circlets, Buttonholes, Corsages and Table Arrangements, installations, hanging flowers, garlands and so much more...We can also supply an eclectic mix of vessels from vintage crockery, ceramic vases, glass vases, hoops, high risers, etc for the table flowers to crates for meadows of flowers, milk churns to hoops for your table plans and so the list goes on. Please ask or let me know your ideas. | <urn:uuid:a27d2c47-eb91-4d00-8011-bed8197463f7> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | http://www.bloomingchic.co.uk/weddings/ | 2024-03-03T06:46:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476205.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303043351-20240303073351-00597.warc.gz | en | 0.942306 | 323 | [
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I bet the audience wished they had some rotten vegetables or fruit on hand. They could have been put to good use. Maybe some slingshots as well?"Thanks to your effort we achieved this (saving lives during pandemic), but those of you protesting the (mandated) vaccination, you do NOT have a contribution to our success, and you are NOT supposed to be here. You do not have a right to be here.Here we have the (vaccinated) ones that we owe our success (indicates with arm gesture). YOU on the other side did not play your part (indicates with arm to other side). It's an impudence you have the audacity to join these rightful protests of those (healthcare) workers that were always and still are burdened with hard labor. YOUR work is worth nothing." | <urn:uuid:5c4c3106-da07-436c-bfff-ab9140842e3e> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://cassiopaea.org/forum/threads/coronavirus-pandemic-apocalypse-now-or-exaggerated-scare-story.48214/page-1801 | 2024-03-03T04:38:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476205.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20240303043351-20240303073351-00597.warc.gz | en | 0.979535 | 171 | [
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Affordable Drug Rehab Programs
When it comes to seeking drug addiction treatment, cost should never be a barrier. Fortunately, Azusa, California offers a range of affordable drug rehab programs that provide accessible recovery resources to individuals in need. Whether you require sliding scale rehab programs, budget-friendly rehab options, or reduced-cost addiction therapy, Azusa has drug rehab centers that can help you on your path to recovery. In this article, we will explore the various affordable drug rehab programs available in Azusa and the resources they offer to those struggling with addiction.
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The Importance of Affordable Drug Rehab Programs
Drug addiction can affect individuals from all walks of life, regardless of their socioeconomic status. However, the cost of addiction treatment can often be a significant barrier for many individuals seeking help. Affordable drug rehab programs play a crucial role in ensuring that everyone has access to the treatment they need, regardless of their financial situation.
By offering sliding scale rehab programs, budget-friendly rehab options, and reduced-cost addiction therapy, drug rehab centers in Azusa are making it possible for individuals to receive the care they need without the burden of exorbitant costs. These programs not only provide affordable treatment but also ensure that individuals have access to comprehensive recovery resources that support their journey towards a drug-free life.
Sliding Scale Rehab Programs
Sliding scale rehab programs are designed to accommodate individuals with varying income levels. These programs consider an individual's income and ability to pay when determining the cost of treatment. This ensures that treatment remains affordable and accessible to those who may not have the financial means to afford traditional rehab programs.
In Azusa, several drug rehab centers offer sliding scale rehab programs. These programs typically involve a financial assessment to determine the individual's ability to pay. Based on this assessment, the cost of treatment is adjusted accordingly, making it more affordable for individuals with lower incomes.
Sliding scale rehab programs in Azusa not only provide affordable treatment but also offer a range of recovery resources. These resources may include individual counseling, group therapy, detoxification services, relapse prevention programs, and aftercare support. By tailoring the cost of treatment to an individual's financial situation, sliding scale rehab programs ensure that no one is denied access to the care they need.
Budget-Friendly Rehab Options
For individuals seeking affordable drug rehab programs in Azusa, budget-friendly rehab options are available. These programs are designed to provide comprehensive treatment at a lower cost, making them more accessible to individuals with limited financial resources.
One of the advantages of budget-friendly rehab options is that they often offer a range of services and resources similar to those provided by higher-cost programs. These may include individual and group therapy, medication-assisted treatment, holistic therapies, family counseling, and relapse prevention programs.
While the cost of treatment may be lower in budget-friendly rehab options, the quality of care remains high. These programs understand the importance of providing effective treatment to individuals struggling with addiction, regardless of their financial situation. By offering affordable drug rehab programs, Azusa ensures that individuals have access to the resources they need to overcome addiction and build a healthier future.
Accessible Drug Rehab Centers
Accessibility is a crucial factor when considering drug rehab programs. Azusa is home to several accessible drug rehab centers that cater to individuals from all backgrounds. These centers prioritize inclusivity and ensure that their services are available to those who may face physical, financial, or other barriers to treatment.
Accessible drug rehab centers in Azusa may offer specialized programs for individuals with disabilities, transportation services for those who may have difficulty commuting, and accommodations for individuals with language barriers. These centers understand that everyone deserves access to quality addiction treatment and work to eliminate any barriers that may hinder individuals from seeking help.
Additionally, accessible drug rehab centers in Azusa may provide support for individuals with co-occurring mental health disorders. These centers recognize the importance of addressing both addiction and mental health issues simultaneously to promote long-term recovery and overall well-being.
Reduced-Cost Addiction Therapy
One of the most critical aspects of drug addiction treatment is therapy. Counseling and therapy sessions play a vital role in helping individuals understand the root causes of their addiction, develop coping mechanisms, and build a strong foundation for lasting recovery.
Azusa's drug rehab centers offer reduced-cost addiction therapy options to ensure that individuals can access these crucial services without financial strain. These therapy sessions may include individual counseling, group therapy, family therapy, and specialized counseling for specific populations, such as veterans or LGBTQ+ individuals.
Reduced-cost addiction therapy programs in Azusa are designed to provide high-quality counseling services at a fraction of the cost of traditional therapy sessions. This enables individuals to receive the support they need to overcome addiction and maintain their recovery without the burden of overwhelming expenses.
Affordable Drug Rehab Programs Near Me
Affordable drug rehab programs in Azusa, California, provide accessible recovery resources to individuals seeking treatment for drug addiction. Sliding scale rehab programs, budget-friendly rehab options, accessible drug rehab centers, and reduced-cost addiction therapy all contribute to ensuring that individuals have the opportunity to receive the care they need without financial barriers.
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Convince the reader of the value of a comprehensive performance management strategy for a business.
Convince the reader of the need to hire experts in the field to assist with strategic planning and deployment of the comprehensive performance management strategy.
Please use a minimum of 8 outside resources (journal articles, HRM-related websites, performance-management focused-books, etc) beyond your textbook.
To learn more about what a white paper is please see: A Definition of a White Paper (http://hoffmanmarcom.com/) . Note that this is not an endorsement of the linked organization. The white paper should clearly serve as a means of presenting your consulting firm as an expert in the field because of the stellar content and written communication in the paper.
Here is an example of a good white paper, but it uses an overt advertisement, which should not be used in this assignment: http://www.kenan-flagler.unc.edu/executive-development/custom-programs/~/media/files/documents/executive-development/maximizing-millennials-in-the-workplace.pdf | <urn:uuid:3a1f286f-1655-4415-b8cd-a1c44e97b826> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://astuteessays.com/value-of-a-comprehensive-performance-management-strategy-for-a-business/ | 2024-03-04T15:32:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476452.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304133241-20240304163241-00597.warc.gz | en | 0.896833 | 234 | [
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Although it can be great for folks who live here, Florida’s climate can be harsh for lawns. This makes picking the right grass type for your home’s lawn so important. The region is known for its heat and humidity, which can wreak havoc on some grasses. Additionally, in some areas, the soil is quite sandy; the salt content is very high, complicating matters even further. Not to worry though, for there are several popular grass varieties that are uniquely suited to growing in Florida. Of course, each comes with its own set of benefits and drawbacks.
Let’s take a closer look at some of the best and most popular varieties to help you make the right choice for your property.
St. Augustine Grass
St. Augustine is without a doubt the most popular variety of grass in Florida, making appearances everywhere from residential areas to public parks to golf courses. It features broad, flat blades with a rich blue-green hue, growing well in heat and sun with decent salt tolerance. It grows fairly rapidly and spreads to fill in any gaps or bare patches quickly. This makes it easy to establish a new lawn or replace an existing one that has fallen into disrepair.
However, it is this rapid growth that also leads to the main drawback of St. Augustine sod: it requires quite a bit of maintenance. Because it grows so quickly, you’ll have to mow much more often than with other grass types to keep it at its healthy height of 3.5 to 4 inches. Floratam St. Augustine Grass is a variety of St. Augustin grass that does not tolerate shade well. There are, however, varieties of St. Augustine grass like Seville and Citrablue, that do well in shade. You need to make sure you get the right type of grass for your specific yard. This will start your yard on the right foot from the start. Finally, it can be susceptible to lawn pests and disease, though there are some genetically engineered variations of St. Augustine that aim to solve these problems.
Bahia grass is another variety that does well in the heat we experience here in Florida, and it can tolerate sandy soil conditions as well. It requires minimal irrigation to grow well, making it highly drought-tolerant, which is important in this part of the country. During extreme droughts, the grass will go dormant rather than die off, springing back to life once again when conditions improve.
On the negative side, Bahia grass doesn’t do well in shade, and it is highly susceptible to overwatering, which includes water coming from rain. It also requires frequent mowing and is prone to developing weeds, so you’ll have your hands full in terms of ongoing maintenance.
Icon Zoysia Grass
Zoysia is highly popular for its drought-tolerance and ability to withstand heavy traffic. Whether you have children or pets, or you are looking for turf for a golf course/park area, Zoysia can hold up under the frequent foot traffic. Its dense, dark green turf looks great and fends off weeds and pests better than many other grass varieties. In general, it is pretty low-maintenance, as it only grows at a moderate pace, and it doesn’t require extensive watering or fertilizing. Finally, it can handle being in partial shade, so there is no need to worry if your yard doesn’t get full sun throughout the day.
Because Zoysia is such a well-rounded grass, it doesn’t have much in the way of negatives. However, some homeowners don’t like its coarser texture, which isn’t as comfortable underfoot as some other popular grasses, but that’s the trade-off for the additional hardiness Zoysia provides.
New Sod for Your Florida Lawn
Here at Duda Sod, we have all of these types of sod for sale and more. Our lawn experts will be happy to review your options and find the best grass for your property. We’ll evaluate your location, needs and preferences, as well as the soil in your yard. This helps determine which variety is best suited to your lifestyle and outdoor space. From St. Augustine to Zoysia, we’ve got all the sod you need to establish a beautiful, lush lawn. | <urn:uuid:b85a0b32-9a08-4b35-9199-7ff7eef56d45> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://ec2-54-83-225-146.compute-1.amazonaws.com/news/grass-thriving-in-florida/ | 2024-03-04T14:02:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947476452.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20240304133241-20240304163241-00597.warc.gz | en | 0.957902 | 896 | [
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Clinicians are prompted to check in through the app when they arrive at your facility. This is to help confirm and inform those at the facility of expected arrival and when the clinician is at their building. This step will not affect the Shift Report or payment, but rather it helps promote proper communication between the clinician and facility. Starting an hour before the shift starts, you’ll see a message saying “Clinician Arrival Not Yet Confirmed.” After the clinician arrives and checks in, you’ll see “Clinician Confirmed Arrival at [time,]” so you’ll know when they arrived to your building. This is displayed both on the Shift Details and your Schedule Page. Facilities are always encouraged to contact a clinician directly from the Nursa App if they are suspected to have not arrived for their scheduled shift. If you need further steps, follow the links below for other helpful articles. Click here for a YouTube video. How to Contact a Clinician How to Remove or Cancel a Scheduled Clinician | <urn:uuid:2875e976-0387-487e-837f-5a6c95bedeb5> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://community.nursa.com/tags/scheduled%20shift/ | 2024-02-21T07:38:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473401.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221070402-20240221100402-00697.warc.gz | en | 0.939341 | 235 | [
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Charlotte, NC – Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP is pleased to announce the Charlotte Business Journal has named Shalanna Pirtle among its Power 100. Shalanna was recognized as one of "the region’s leading players in building a more diverse and inclusive Charlotte," according to the publication.
Shalanna is Parker Poe’s executive overseeing all aspects of talent management, diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). She sets the strategic vision and oversees implementation of the firm’s efforts related to DEI, professional development, and recruiting and retention. She also cultivates strategic partnerships with organizations and individuals outside the firm to help further DEI in the legal profession and the broader community.
In addition, she serves as general counsel of the Charlotte Regional Business Alliance. In that role, she is the primary source of legal counsel, guidance, and advice as the economic development organization works to promote growth and prosperity across the Charlotte region.
Shalanna is also a trusted mediator and employment attorney. Certified as a mediator by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission, Shalanna mediates disputes of varying subject matters at the state and federal levels, both before and during litigation. She also represents employers in all industries and aspects of the employment relationship.
The Charlotte Business Journal will feature Shalanna in a special report about the Power 100 and celebrate her and the other honorees at a reception on September 28.
About Parker Poe
Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP has more than 275 lawyers in eight offices in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Washington, DC. The firm provides legal counsel to many of the largest companies and local governments in the Southeast.
Parker Poe is a member of two leading international legal networks: TerraLex and the Employment Law Alliance. TerraLex and the ELA have chosen Parker Poe to help guide clients through the challenges of global business. | <urn:uuid:7d3165f0-ec73-453d-bfe8-3bb806d91c4e> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://www.parkerpoe.com/news/2023/09/shalanna-pirtle-honored-among-charlotte-business-journals-power | 2024-02-21T07:32:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473401.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221070402-20240221100402-00697.warc.gz | en | 0.95295 | 384 | [
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Saturday 26 September 2015
High Spy - Paralysed and Hypnotised (2015)
The fourth studio album from this British band.
High Spy has released more official live albums than studio albums. That goes some way to explain how obscure this band is.
High Spy is one of the more unknown British neo-prog scene bands. They are a five piece band with a lineup of keyboards, bass, guitars, drums and vocals.
The vocals is not particular convincing to say at least. The music is a blend of neo-prog and straight rock. The sound is not particular convincing either.
What this album is mostly suffering from is the lack of any really good songs. The album is pretty decent and dull throughout these seventy-two minutes. The opening song Take Me Inside is a good song though and is the saving grace on this album. Some bands and albums are obscure for a good reason....... | <urn:uuid:d0901e29-d5c8-4482-8aea-5922ea71ceba> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | http://thesoundoffightingcats.blogspot.com/2015/09/high-spy-paralysed-and-hypnotised-2015.html | 2024-02-21T12:35:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473472.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221102433-20240221132433-00797.warc.gz | en | 0.967616 | 185 | [
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Table of Contents
Overview of Article 157 of the Constitution of Pakistan
The Constitution of Pakistan, established in 1973, serves as the supreme law of the land, shaping the nation’s governance and legal framework. Within this constitutional tapestry, Article 157 stands as a pivotal provision, intricately detailing the roles, powers, and responsibilities concerning electricity generation and distribution between the Federal Government and Provincial Governments.
Article 157 States
- The Federal Government may in any Province construct or cause to be constructed hydro-electric or thermal power installations or grid stations for the generation of electricity and lay or cause to be laid inter-Provincial transmission lines:
- Provided that the Federal Government shall, prior to taking a decision to construct or cause to be constructed, hydro-electric power stations in any Province, shall consult the Provincial Government concerned.
- The Government of a Province may-
- to the extent electricity is supplied to that Province from the national grid, require supply to be made in bulk for transmission and distribution within the Province:
- levy tax on consumption of electricity within the Province;
- construct power houses and grid stations and lay transmission lines for use within the Province; and
- determine the tariff for distribution of electricity within the Province.
- In case of any dispute between the Federal Government and a Provincial Government in respect of any matter under this Article, any of the said Governments may move the Council of Common Interests for resolution of the dispute.
Key Points of Article 157 of the Constitution of Pakistan
- Federal Authority in Electricity Generation: Article 157 grants the Federal Government the authority to spearhead electricity projects, emphasizing the significance of a coordinated national approach to power generation.
- Provincial Autonomy in Electricity Management: Provincial Governments, as per this article, possess significant autonomy in managing electricity within their jurisdictions. They can demand bulk supply, impose consumption taxes, construct power facilities, lay transmission lines, and set tariffs for distribution within the province.
- Consultation Requirement: The provision emphasizes collaboration and consensus-building between the Federal and Provincial Governments. Prior consultation is mandatory before embarking on hydro-electric projects, reflecting the constitutional commitment to cooperative federalism.
- Dispute Resolution Mechanism: Article 157 introduces a dispute resolution mechanism, enabling either party to bring conflicts before the Council of Common Interests. This provision reflects the constitutional commitment to address disagreements through dialogue and consensus.
Crux of Article 157 of the Constitution of Pakistan
At its core, Article 157 encapsulates the delicate balance between federal and provincial powers in the realm of electricity generation and distribution. The Federal Government is endowed with the authority to undertake large-scale projects, recognizing the interconnected nature of the national power grid. Simultaneously, Provincial Governments retain crucial powers to manage and regulate electricity within their borders, reflecting the constitutional ethos of autonomy and decentralization.
Conclusion: Article 157 of the Constitution of Pakistan
In conclusion, Article 157 of the Constitution of Pakistan serves as a linchpin in the nation’s energy governance. It navigates the intricate relationship between federal and provincial entities, acknowledging the need for a collaborative approach to address the complexities of electricity generation and distribution. The provision embodies the spirit of cooperative federalism, promoting dialogue and consultation as the bedrock of effective governance in the energy sector.
As we delve into the constitutional landscape of Pakistan, the 1973 Constitution emerges not just as a legal document but as a dynamic framework that adapts to the evolving needs of the nation. Article 157, with its nuanced provisions, exemplifies the careful calibration of powers, fostering a harmonious balance that underpins the vitality of Pakistan’s energy infrastructure. | <urn:uuid:3ffab747-d8f1-4da8-ac28-b8f3d24e6103> | CC-MAIN-2024-10 | https://pkwisdom.com/article-157-of-constitution-of-pakistan/ | 2024-02-21T12:50:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-10/segments/1707947473472.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20240221102433-20240221132433-00797.warc.gz | en | 0.895169 | 732 | [
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S5D ( www.sector5digital.com) is an award-winning, enterprise focused, immersive technology company that combines brilliant storytelling with emerging technologies for industry leading organizations. It helps companies transform their brands by creating innovative digital content for marketing, communications, sales, entertainment, virtual events, training and simulation. Key customers include: American Airlines, BAE Systems, Bell Flight, Ecolab, Galderma, Halliburton, Recaro, Textron Systems and others. S5D has approximately 25 employees, was founded in 2014 and is based in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Lyron Bentovim, President & CEO of Glimpse commented, "The successful completion of our largest acquisition to date, essentially doubling our revenues, accretive to earnings and in a structure that is well aligned with our shareholders' interests, marks yet another key milestone for Glimpse on our path to becoming the premier VR/AR software and services company."
"By bringing Sector 5 Digital into the Glimpse family, we not only strengthen our financial and operational foundations, but also significantly improve our ability to scale and create synergies. The acquisition adds hard to come by immersive technology talent including developers, engineers and 3D artists, first tier customers and a high caliber industry executive, Jeff Meisner, who in addition to continuing as S5D's General Manager will also serve as Glimpse's Chief Revenue Officer and join our Board of Directors. Together, we are well positioned to propel Glimpse forward as an emerging leader in the immersive technology and metaverse landscape."
The Glimpse Group (NASDAQ:VRAR)(FSE:9DR) is a diversified Virtual and Augmented Reality platform company, comprised of multiple VR and AR software & services companies, and designed with the specific purpose of cultivating companies in the emerging VR/AR industry. Glimpse's unique business model simplifies challenges faced by VR/AR companies and creates a robust ecosystem, while simultaneously providing investors an opportunity to invest directly into the emerging VR/AR industry via a diversified platform. For more information on The Glimpse Group, please visit www.theglimpsegroup.com
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Arguably the world leader in wind surfing equipment, Neilpryde has decided to take that knowledge of carbon fiber design and manufacturing and apply it to the world of high end road bikes. Taking it one step further, Neilpryde has teamed up with BMW Designworks USA in an effort to produce the highest level of product, all available direct to the consumer.
Truth be told, the bikes look pretty good especially for a first time effort. Although with BMW Designworks on your side, there’s really no excuse for a poor design. So far there are two models to choose from, the aerodynamic focused Alize and the lightweight focused Diablo. Each model is available in three colorways, and comes in a Full Dura-Ace or Ultegra build or is also available as a frameset.
The Alize is designed with an aero seatpost while the Diablo goes with more traditional round post presumably to save weight. Both models will be stocked with Mavic Ksyrium Elite or SL wheels, and an FSA cockpit set up. Neilpryde offers a 10 year warranty on the frames with 2 of those years for the paint and decals. Even though the Neilpryde sells directly to you, their bikes aren’t exactly cheap with prices ranging from $3,950 to $5,400 depending on the model and build group. Even if you factor in their free shipping, this still works out to be right about where most shop bikes fall as far as price, if not higher depending on the model. Although, if you want something different and you only want you to work on your bike this might be right up your alley.
Check out the Diablo after the break!
Be sure to check out their site, and build your bike!
Hong Kong, 11 August 2010… NeilPryde, the world’s leading brand of Windsurfing Sails and Rig Supplies, announces the launch of its two high-performance road bikes. Developed in collaboration with DesignworksUSA, a global design consultancy and subsidiary of the BMW Group, Alize and Diablo mark an extension of the NeilPryde brand into the bike industry. The bikes will debut at one of Europe´s biggest cycling races, the Vattenfall Cyclassics 2010, Hamburg, Germany from 13 to 15 August.
DesignworksUSA brings its knowledge in creating premium designs for mobility related products from the automotive industry to aircrafts and yachts leveraging its global leadership in translating distinct brand values into compelling design solutions. “This is a bold step forward, both in terms of the products’ design and the evolution of the NeilPryde brand, and we’re sure it will be a resounding success from both perspectives,†said Laurenz Schaffer, President, DesignworksUSA.
The Alize focuses on aerodynamic performance through optimized tube profiling and an extended Kammtail. The changing aerofoil profile along the length of the tubes manages the airflow specific to the aerodynamic characteristics of each element – frame, forks, wheels and components. The Alize incorporates a progressive Kammtail profile in the lower 1/3 of the down tube, with the extended trailing edge morphing into a squared-off surface, enabling a more efficient transition from the down tube to the seat tube. “Using a Computational Fluid Dynamic modeling system, we were able to create a design that tricks the airflow to remain laminar around the down tube, seat tube and rear wheel,†said Magnus Aspegren, Director of DesignworksUSA’s Singapore Studio.
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In conjunction with our College Football’s Best series, highlighting the top plays, players, highlights, and moments from all 133 teams, we’re here to showcase the best the USF Bulls have had to offer in 2023. Who has stood out? What units are turning heads?
And who from South Florida is among the top mentions in our College Football’s Best series this season?
USF Bulls Best of 2023
At College Football Network, we watch every game. Every player. Every team. And our notebooks are chock full of top players, plays, highlights, and moments. Today, I’m emptying the notebook.
Below, find USF’s noteworthy players, groupings, or units, all listed under a different category: good, great, grand, or wonderful. Every team across the country has put forth their best efforts in 2023, and through four weeks of action, those players deserve notoriety for what they’ve put forth this season.
Highlighting the best with a line from the one and only Chris Farley, welcome to this season’s Good, Great, Grand, Wonderful!
For all 133 teams, head over to College Football’s Best of 2023.
Good: Donovan Jennings, LT
The big man at left tackle has been doing this for years, yet it looks like Donovan Jennings is just getting started. In his sixth year with the program, Jennings has been a South Florida staple along the left side.
He’s moving well on the run and providing clean pockets more often than not.
Great: Naiem Simmons/Byrum Brown, WR/QB
Forging perhaps a scary duo in Week 4, if Naiem Simmons and Byrum Brown keep up this level of play, we’ll be talking about them in a much brighter light later this year.
Brown has run for 357 on the ground and thrown for 885, improving his passing skills, it appears each week (save for the ‘Bama game). Simmons blew up in Week 4 and has 357 receiving yards now.
Grand: Logan Berryhill, S
Leading the way with two interceptions, Logan Berryhill has flown around with precision in 2023. He’s broken up another two passes and chipped in with a handful of plays around the line of scrimmage.
Wonderful: Daquan Evans, DB
His impact against Alabama should be enough to reach legendary status around campus. Daquan Evans has recorded three sacks, all of which came against Alabama, as he’s stalked the opposing offense brilliantly off the edge.
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Dykes v. Weinberg, 564 F. Supp. 536 (M.D. Fla. 1983)
April 15, 1983
Thomas A. WEINBERG, et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Orlando Division.
*537 Francis B. Burch, J. Edward Davis, and J. Calvin Jenkins, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff Diana Dykes.
Hugh Carithers, Jr., James A. Edwards, and E. Thom Rumberger, Orlando, Fla., for defendants.
GEORGE C. YOUNG, Senior District Judge.
This cause is before the Court on the motions of the defendants, Roger Francis Dykes, Sr., Roger Francis Dykes, Jr., and Thomas A. Weinberg, for summary judgment. In an order entered January 8, 1982, the claim of plaintiff Aaron Matthew Dykes was dismissed with prejudice and the ruling on defendants' motions for summary judgment as to the claim of Diana Christine Dykes was stayed pending the Court's review of the depositions filed in this case. After a review of the depositions the Court requested E. Thom Rumberger, attorney for defendants Dykes, Sr. and Dykes, Jr., to furnish a copy of the state court files of the custody proceedings in Dykes v. Dykes, including the appellate files. This request was honored and the files have been reviewed and considered by this Court.
The following material facts are undisputed:
Diana Dykes and Roger Francis Dykes, Jr. ("Buzzy") were married in Phoenix, Maryland on June 30, 1973, and lived in Florida for the first two years of their marriage. Their son, Aaron, was born on November 18, 1974. In December of 1975, the Dykes moved to Maryland and then in June of 1976, to Pennsylvania. While they were living in Pennsylvania, Diana had a part-time job and Buzzy was attending college.
In 1977, the couple were having marital problems and had been seeing a counselor. Buzzy believed that Diana was seeing another man. Diana denies any wrongdoing but admits that this was a bone of contention. They also argued frequently about Buzzy's progress in college and his poor grades.
Before Thanksgiving of 1977, Buzzy decided to withdraw from school and go to stay with his father, Judge Dykes, in Brevard County. Buzzy informed Diana that he was going to take Aaron with him to his father's home and asked Diana to accompany them. Diana helped them pack but decided to remain in Pennsylvania. Diana was unhappy because Buzzy and Aaron left on November 15th, just three days before Aaron's third birthday and Aaron missed the party she had planned.
Buzzy's parents had been concerned for some time about the couple's marital difficulties. When Judge Dykes called Pennsylvania the night of November 15th, Diana advised him that Buzzy and Aaron were on *538 their way down to Florida. Diana spoke with Buzzy over the telephone on the 17th, the day they arrived in Florida. Buzzy's parents were upset about Buzzy's separation from Diana. Buzzy and his parents were all concerned that Diana would try to come and take Aaron back with her, a fear which was later proven to be correct. Buzzy was determined to take some kind of action to protect Aaron from being abducted and discussed the problem with his father.
Judge Dykes called the Juvenile Court to familiarize himself with the proceedings which could give Buzzy temporary custody of Aaron. Judge Hosemann, the Juvenile Judge, told Judge Dykes that a dependency petition was usually handled through an intake officer at Health and Rehabilitative Services (HRS). Judge Dykes accompanied Buzzy to the neighborhood HRS office early in the evening on November 21st. There they met with Mr. Kendrick Lofback. Buzzy explained that he feared for Aaron's safety, and asked if there was anything that HRS could do to assist him. Mr. Lofback called his supervisor, Mr. Thomas Weinberg, to find out exactly how to proceed with Buzzy's request. Both Mr. Weinberg and Mr. Lofback felt that this was not an appropriate petition for the agency to file. Mr. Lofback suggested that he could help Buzzy write the petition and Buzzy could then file it in his own name. Mr. Weinberg agreed that the HRS could at least assist in filling out the petition since Buzzy appeared to have legitimate concern for Aaron's welfare.
The next morning Mr. Weinberg took the petition to the police station which was being used as the courthouse while the new courthouse was under construction. Buzzy met him there and signed the petition. Mr. Weinberg then accompanied Buzzy in presenting the petition to Judge Hosemann in chambers. Judge Hosemann testified that it was customary for him to receive dependency petitions in chambers. After reading the petition, Judge Hosemann issued an order adjudicating Aaron to be a dependent child and giving temporary care, custody and control to Buzzy. Diana was not served with notice of the dependency petition and had no opportunity to appear before the order was issued.
Buzzy called Diana a day or so later and informed her that he had a court order that Aaron could not be taken out of Florida. Although Diana contends that she never received official notice and did not learn of the contents of the order until January 30, 1978, she admits that Buzzy told her during that telephone conversation that an order had been granted.
Plaintiff claims that Judge Hosemann had no subject matter jurisdiction to grant the order since Aaron was not a "dependent" or "delinquent" within the meaning of Chapter 31, Florida Statutes. Whether in fact the order was subject to reversal does not obviate the fact that Judge Hosemann, who entered the order, was sitting as a juvenile judge and it was a case presented to him within his jurisdiction.
Shortly after entry of the order, Diana and Buzzy closed up their Maryland apartment and Diana came back with Buzzy to Florida. They first stayed in Judge Dykes' home with the judge and his second wife (Buzzy's stepmother). Later they moved in with Buzzy's mother, Marilu.
Diana stayed in Florida until the end of January 1978, when she decided to take Aaron with her to her parents' home in Maryland. Diana told no one she was leaving because she was afraid that someone in Buzzy's family would try to stop her. Instead, she left a note for Marilu telling her that they had gone to the beach and then Diana and Aaron flew to Maryland and went to stay with Diana's parents.
*539 After Diana left, Judge Dykes accompanied Buzzy to the Juvenile Court office to try to locate Mr. Weinberg. Buzzy was hopeful that Mr. Weinberg could help in contacting the Maryland authorities handling custody matters and could enlist their help to locate Aaron. Apparently Judge Dykes, Buzzy, Tom Weinberg, Michael Dea, another HRS employee, and Judge Hosemann met in Judge Hosemann's chambers and discussed the possibility of getting Aaron returned to Florida. Of the five, Judge Hosemann was the only one who did not recall that the meeting took place.
On January 27, 1978, in connection with a petition filed by Buzzy for dissolution of marriage, State of Florida Circuit Judge Muldrew issued an order giving temporary custody to Buzzy and directed Diana to turn over custody of Aaron to Buzzy. Diana also filed a complaint in Maryland seeking custody and alimony. On January 30, Buzzy obtained a custody order from the Maryland Circuit Court in Baltimore. That night Buzzy and several other individuals served Diana with the petition for dissolution of marriage and the Maryland Circuit Court order. Diana then surrendered custody of Aaron to Buzzy.
Judge Muldrew issued an order on February 22, 1978 which granted further temporary custody of Aaron to Buzzy and ordered that a social investigation be conducted and filed with the court within 60 days. Mary Rodon, the social worker on the case, filed the social investigation with the court in November of 1978, some eight months later. Plaintiff contends that Judge Dykes and others directed Ms. Rodon to delay in finalizing the report in order to work to Diana's detriment in regaining custody.
Ms. Rodon testified that in the majority of her cases a social investigation will take five months, depending on her total case-load and the difficulty in the individual case of contacting references. She stated that out-of-state cases take longer and it was normal for one to last more than seven months. As was the custom, Ms. Rodon waited for the Maryland and Pennsylvania investigations, which she received in August, before conducting the local investigation. In September, October and November she completed her local interviews, did the home study, ordered Buzzy's psychological examination and ordered Aaron's medical examination. Ms. Rodon's final social report made no custody recommendation, but left that decision up to the judge.
On August 15, 1978, Judge Muldrew issued a final judgment of dissolution of marriage. Then on February 22, 1979, Judge Muldrew entered a final judgment granting permanent custody of Aaron to Buzzy.
Plaintiff brings this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Action taken "under color of state law" is an essential element of any suit brought under this statute and it is well settled that 42 U.S.C. § 1983 does not reach purely private conduct. District of Columbia v. Carter, 409 U.S. 418, 93 S. Ct. 602, 34 L. Ed. 2d 613, reh. denied, 410 U.S. 959, 93 S. Ct. 1411, 35 L. Ed. 2d 694 (1973); Parker v. Graves, 479 F.2d 335 (5th Cir. 1973).
Apparently plaintiff argues that either defendants' participation in state court litigation and/or what plaintiff claims is Judge Dykes' use of his office to obtain the temporary custody order for Buzzy translate into action under color of state law.
The Fifth Circuit has repeatedly held that use of the state's judicial processes by private litigants does not constitute action taken under color of state law. Dahl v. Akin, 630 F.2d 277 (5th Cir. 1980), cert. denied, 451 U.S. 908, 101 S. Ct. 1977, 68 L. Ed. 2d 296 (1981);Hill v. *540 McClellan, 490 F.2d 859 (5th Cir. 1974); Henry v. First National Bank of Clarksdale, 444 F.2d 1300 (5th Cir.1971), cert. denied, 405 U.S. 1019, 92 S. Ct. 1284, 31 L. Ed. 2d 483, reh. denied 406 U.S. 963, 92 S. Ct. 2057, 32 L. Ed. 2d 351 (1972). Thus plaintiff's argument that defendants' participation in state court litigation constituted action under color of state law can easily be dismissed.
Alternatively, plaintiff contends the requisite element of action under color of state law is present because Judge Dykes and/or Weinberg used their positions to obtain the temporary custody order for his son.
The only documentary evidence which plaintiff has presented in support of her claim concerning Judge Dykes are six pages of Xerox copies of handwritten and typewritten notes which the plaintiff found in a filing cabinet in Buzzy's apartment. It is undisputed that several of the notes are in Judge Dykes' handwriting. One note, marked with the caption "notes made back in Nov.", and written by Judge Dykes is similar in writing to the language contained in the dependency petition which Buzzy filed on November 22, 1977. The other notes apparently were written after January 23, 1978 when Diana returned with Aaron to Maryland and January 30, 1978 when Diana surrendered custody of Aaron to Buzzy since they refer to Buzzy's upcoming trip to Maryland and attorney Ken McIntosh's legal research with regard to the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act.
At most, these notes show that Judge Dykes was aware of his son's marital problems and knew of the preparations that Buzzy was making for his January 30 trip to Maryland. There is no indication that, as Diana alleges, there was a plan devised by Judge Dykes and Buzzy for Judge Dykes to utilize his position to wrongfully insure Buzzy's custody of Aaron, nor do the notes evidence judicial impropriety or undue influence on the part of Judge Dykes.
A careful reading of the state court proceedings in Dykes v. Dykes shows that Diana presented her claim of judicial impropriety and undue influence to the Brevard County Circuit Court, to the Fifth District Court of Appeal, and to the Florida Supreme Court. This is the same issue which she raises now in Federal Court. All the Florida state courts decided the issue adversely to Diana.
The state decisions would seem to put the matter to rest but in the case at bar this Court has gone further in its consideration of plaintiff's claim. A review of all eighteen depositions submitted, totalling over one thousand pages of testimony, does not disclose any judicial impropriety or undue influence on the part of Judge Dykes. Plaintiff has presented no evidence that Judge Dykes used his office or acted in his official capacity to obtain the temporary custody order for his son. It is true that he is a judge, but he is also a father with a natural concern for his son's and grandson's welfare. Judge Dykes had a right to assist Buzzy in ironing out the younger Dykes' marital difficulties so long as he did not assert the influence of his office. Plaintiff contends that the mere fact that Buzzy's father was a judge and Buzzy discussed his problems with him means that there was improper use of his office. If that were true, Judge Dykes could perform no normal functions as a father or citizen without fear of a Section 1983 suit. Clearly, Judge Dykes' actions were not "judicial acts" and the essential element of state action is missing in this Section 1983 suit to the extent such claim rests on the alleged participation of Judge Dykes.
As for defendant Weinberg, plaintiff alleges that he, acting in his official state position as District Intake Supervisor with the Brevard County division of the Florida Department of HRS, deprived plaintiff of procedural and substantive due process and equal protection under the law. During their depositions, both Weinberg and Kendrick *541 Lofback, the Intake Counselor on duty the evening of November 21, 1977, testified that the usual and customary practice at HRS was to assist persons wishing to file dependency petitions when HRS counselors did not feel that there were sufficient grounds for HRS to initiate a petition. An HRS counselor would help in preparing the petition and in presenting the petition to the judge. Plaintiff has presented no evidence to show that the procedure followed in the preparation and presentation of Buzzy's petition was a departure from such routine. On January 26, 1978, during the meeting in Judge Hosemann's chambers, Weinberg and the others present discussed what effect the Uniform Child Custody Act would have on any attempt of Buzzy to regain custody of Aaron. Weinberg, at Judge Hosemann's request, called Maryland to ask whether that state would honor a Florida custody order. Weinberg states that that was the extent of his involvement with the matter and plaintiff has presented no evidence to the contrary.
The evidence shows that in November of 1977, defendant Weinberg simply assisted Buzzy in preparing and submitting Buzzy's petition, just as Weinberg would have helped any other member of the public. Then in January of 1978, Weinberg performed one of his duties as an employee of HRS by advising Judge Hosemann, a juvenile court judge, on a custody matter.
In his answer defendant Weinberg asserted the affirmative defense of qualified immunity and now raises that defense again in support of his motion for summary judgment. In Scheuer v. Rhodes, 416 U.S. 232, 94 S. Ct. 1683, 40 L. Ed. 2d 90 (1974), the Supreme Court held that a state executive official enjoys a qualified immunity for acts which fall within the scope of that official's discretion and responsibilities. In addition, any claim of qualified immunity must be based on "the existence of reasonable grounds for the belief formed at the time" of the official's act "coupled with good-faith belief" that the act would not result in deprivation of plaintiff's constitutional rights. Id. at 247-48, 94 S. Ct. at 1691-92.
Up until last year, an official's "good faith" had to be measured by both an "objective" and a "subjective" standard. In Harlow v. Fitzgerald, ___ U.S. ___, 102 S. Ct. 2727, 73 L. Ed. 2d 396 (1982), the Supreme Court did away with the subjective standard and stated that "good faith" should be measured only by "the objective reasonableness of an official's conduct." Id. at ___, 102 S. Ct. at 2739, 73 L. Ed. 2d at 410. The Court recognized that use of the subjective "good faith" standard had almost entirely precluded the dismissal of even insubstantial constitutional claims without trial. The Court emphasized that abandonment of the subjective standard will "avoid excessive disruption of government and permit the resolution of many insubstantial claims on summary judgment." Id. at ___, 102 S. Ct. at 2739, 73 L. Ed. 2d at 410. The Court held that "governmental officials performing discretionary functions" are entitled to qualified immunity "insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known." Id.
Defendant Weinberg's responsibilities in the processing of a claim that a child is "dependent" are prescribed by statute. The pertinent portions of Florida Statutes, Chapter 39 provide:
(1) Intake shall be performed by the department of health and rehabilitative *542 services. Any complaint that a child is dependent, delinquent, or in need of supervisions shall be made to the intake office operating in the county in which the child is found or in which the case arose. Any person or agency having knowledge of the facts may make a complaint. He shall furnish the intake office facts sufficient to establish the jurisdiction of the court and to support a finding by the court that the child is delinquent, dependent, or in need of supervision. The intake officer shall make a preliminary determination as to whether the facts presented by the complainant are legally sufficient to file a petition, consulting with the state attorney or assistant state attorney where necessary.
. . . . .
(d) Upon the refusal of the intake officer to file a dependency or need of supervision petition, the complainant shall be advised of his right to file a petition pursuant to § 39.05(2). 39.05 Petition
. . . . .
(2) All proceedings seeking an adjudication that a child is dependent or in need of supervision shall be initiated by the filing of a petition by the state attorney, an authorized agent of the division of family services, or any other person who has knowledge of the facts alleged or is informed of them and believes that they are true.
39.06 Process and service
. . . . .
(2) Upon the filing of a petition containing allegations of facts which, if true, would constitute the child therein named a dependent child, or a child in need of supervision, and upon the request of the petitioner, the clerk or deputy clerk shall issue a summons.
. . . . .
(4) The summons shall be directed to, and shall be served upon, the following persons:
(a) The child, in the same manner as if he were an adult, when the petition alleges delinquency or need of supervision;
(b) The parents; and
(c) The legal custodians, actual custodians, and guardians ad litem, if there be any other than the parents.
. . . . .
(6) It shall not be necessary to the validity of a proceeding covered by this chapter that the parents or legal custodians be present if their identity or residence is unknown after a diligent search and inquiry have been made, if they are residents of a state other than Florida, or if they evade service or ignore a summons, but in this event the agent of the division of youth services, the agent of the division of family services, or other person who made the search and inquiry shall file in the case a certificate of those facts, and the judge may appoint a guardian ad litem for the child. This subsection shall not apply to a proceeding permanently to commit a child to a licensed child-placing agency or to the division of family services for adoption placement.
Kenneth Lofback, Weinberg's subordinate, refused to file the dependency petition and then, as required by Florida Statutes, § 39.04(1) (d), informed Buzzy and his father that they had a right to file their own dependency petition which Buzzy did. When Lofback called Weinberg at home to ask his advice, Weinberg agreed that Lofback had followed the correct procedures and offered to accompany Buzzy when he filed the petition. Section 39.06(2) clearly states that it is the responsibility of the individual petitioner and not the HRS, when HRS is not the petitioner, to request the clerk of the court to issue a summons to the child's parents. Thus, HRS was under no duty to notify Diana that the petition had been filed. The evidence shows that in November of 1977 Weinberg was fulfilling his duties as Intake supervisor with HRS.
Weinberg, and three other HRS employees, filed affidavits to the effect that in juvenile matters the HRS serves as an arm *543 of the court and HRS employees have a duty to advise the judge on juvenile cases when the judge asks for assistance. Exhibits A-D, Defendant Weinberg's motion for summary judgment (December 11, 1981). The evidence shows that in January of 1978, Weinberg did no more than call Maryland to inquire whether Maryland would honor Florida child custody orders, all at the request of Judge Hosemann. Once again, Weinberg was performing one of his responsibilities as an HRS employee.
Clearly Weinberg's acts of November 1977 through January of 1978 of which plaintiff complains, fall within Weinberg's official capacity. Thus, under Harlow v. Fitzgerald, ___ U.S. ___, 102 S. Ct. 2727, 73 L. Ed. 2d 396 (1982), Weinberg is entitled to qualified immunity if his conduct "does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known." Id. at ___, 102 S. Ct. at 2738, 73 L. Ed. 2d at 410. In her lengthy amended complaint plaintiff alleges in only the most general terms why she believes that defendant Weinberg deprived her of procedural and substantive due process and equal protection. The facts show that at all times Weinberg followed the usual and customary procedures of HRS in helping Buzzy file the dependency petition and later in answering Judge Hosemann's questions. This Court finds, after reviewing all the evidence, that the material facts with regard to plaintiff's claim against defendant Weinberg are undisputed that Weinberg reasonably and in good faith, believed that he was not violating any of plaintiff's "clearly established statutory or constitutional rights." Weinberg has shown that he is entitled to the defense of qualified immunity so this Court will grant Weinberg's motion for summary judgment.
Plaintiff's claim against Buzzy apparently is based on plaintiff's allegation that Buzzy and his father, Judge Dykes "formulated a plan" to have custody of Aaron given unlawfully to Buzzy which they successfully carried to completion and the allegation that defendant Weinberg collaborated in this "plan". Obviously, without the alleged involvement of Judge Dykes and/or Weinberg, plaintiff would have no valid claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 because the essential element of state action would be missing.
In an en banc decision in 1979, the Fifth Circuit overruled the circuit's previous holding that private persons who conspired with state actors, themselves immune from suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, were entitled to derivative immunity. Sparks v. Duval County Ranch Co., Inc., 604 F.2d 976 (5th Cir.1979) (en banc) aff'd sub nom., Dennis v. Sparks, 449 U.S. 24, 101 S. Ct. 183, 66 L. Ed. 2d 185 (1980). In the present case, even if this Court had held Judge Dykes and defendant Weinberg immune, it would not by itself insulate Buzzy from liability. Buzzy may be liable if he himself acted under color of state law to deprive plaintiff of her constitutional rights and the required state action element would be satisfied if Buzzy conspired with a state official. For purposes of § 1983, a private person is engaged in a conspiracy if he "is a willful participant in joint action with the State or its agents." Dennis v. Sparks, 449 U.S. 24, 28, 101 S. Ct. 183, 186, 66 L. Ed. 2d 185 (1980).
It was alleged in Sparks that one defendant bribed a state judge to grant an injunction and two other defendants acted as sureties for the injunction bond. The judge granted the injunction and plaintiffs were thereby prohibited from producing certain oil. The court held that matters alleged in the pleadings were sufficient to survive a motion to dismiss. Sparks v. Duval County Ranch Co., Inc., 604 F.2d 976 (5th Cir.1979) (en banc) aff'd sub nom., Dennis v. Sparks, 449 U.S. 24, 101 S. Ct. 183, 66 L. Ed. 2d 185 (1980). But the court cautioned that "mere conclusory allegations of conspiracy cannot, absent reference to material facts, survive a motion to dismiss." Id.
In Cole v. Gray, 638 F.2d 804 (5th Cir.) cert. denied, 454 U.S. 838, 102 S. Ct. 144, 70 L. Ed. 2d 120 (1981), another § 1983 case, the Fifth Circuit reversed the district court's denial of motions for summary judgment as to two defendants, concluding that the evidence *544 did not support a theory of conspiracy. The opinion states that Alabama State Senator Jones and Alabama State Representative Holmes were members of a joint interim committee to investigate the use of federal funds in the Military Department of the State of Alabama. Plaintiff Cole was an employee of the military department and a colonel in the Alabama National Guard. The committee turned up evidence that high ranking officers in the department, including Cole, had received pay for a substantial number of extra duty days in addition to their regular salaries. The Interim Committee was then dissolved. General Gray was appointed by the governor with instructions to "clean up the mess." General Gray contacted Jones, who gave Gray a great deal of information gleaned from the committee investigation. Gray first suspended Cole and later dismissed him from his position. On appeal to the Alabama Personnel Board, Cole was reinstated. Holmes publicly stated his opposition to Cole's reinstatement. Cole filed suit alleging, among other things, that Jones and Holmes acted to deprive Cole of his position without due process. The Fifth Circuit ruled that Jones and Holmes were entitled to absolute legislative immunity only for acts taken and statements made during their service on the Interim Committee but not for actions which were outside the sphere of legitimate legislative activities and which occurred after the committee was dissolved.
Since Gray was the person who actually fired Cole, Jones and Holmes could be liable only if they conspired with Gray. The court held that:
"the evidence does not nearly support a theory of conspiracy between Gray and the legislative defendants. Cole has shown a possible motive of personal animosity on the part of Jones, but there is not an iota of substantiation for his allegation that he was fired in retaliation for utterances protected by the First Amendment. He has shown minimal contact between the executive and legislative defendants, with no buttressing proof of the actual nature of the information conveyed. No proof of the making or accepting of statements known to be false exists in the record. Finally, there is the discharge itself. These elements, murky allegations as to motive plus mere contact plus the fact of discharge are linked together by speculation and conclusory allegations. The evidence was wholly insufficient to raise a fact issue for trial on the conspiracy complaint."
Id. at 811.
Assuming without deciding that plaintiff in this case was deprived of certain constitutional rights, the undisputed facts fail to show that Buzzy was a "willful participant in joint action" with the other defendants. As the Fifth Circuit emphasized in Cole, "murky allegations ... linked together by speculation and conclusory allegations" are not enough to allow this lawsuit to continue on to trial. But beyond that, plaintiff has not shown that she was deprived of any constitutional right. It appears primarily that her claim was based on the fact that she received no notice of Buzzy's filing of the dependency petition in November of 1977 and that the petition was granted ex parte. Yet, as noted in an earlier portion of this opinion, she admitted that Buzzy told her he had obtained a court order that Aaron could not be taken out of Florida and she thereafter resided with Buzzy for several months. This Court will grant the motion for summary judgment as to Buzzy also since the undisputed facts fail to show evidence of any conspiracy as alleged.
After careful consideration of the copy of the state proceedings in Dykes v. Dykes, as well as all pleadings, affidavits, depositions and memoranda submitted, this Court finds that there are no disputed issues of material *545 fact and defendants are entitled to judgment as a matter of law. It is therefore appropriate to grant defendants' motions for summary judgment. Separate order will be entered in accordance herewith.NOTES
A State of Florida Circuit Judge (a trial judge of general jurisdiction).
In 1977 this procedure was established by Section 39.05 Florida Statutes. In 1978 the Florida State Legislature revised Chapter 39 and it became known as the "Florida Juvenile Justice Act", with new sections effective October 1, 1978. The procedure for filing a dependency petition is now established by Section 39.404, Florida Statutes.
The first Mrs. Dykes, who was divorced from Judge Dykes.
In Dahl, a daughter, fearing diversion of her father's estate if he were to remarry, represented to the Texas court, ex parte, that her father was incompetent and succeeded in having herself appointed as guardian. Then, again ex parte, she petitioned the court to issue a writ directing that the father be institutionalized, which the court did. "Thus armed with less process than would be necessary to seize a refrigerator ... Texas peace officers dragged Dahl from his home and deposited him with a Presbyterian hospital in Dallas." Id. at 279. The Fifth Circuit held that plaintiff had been deprived of liberty and property without due process but that the daughter's conduct in initiating court proceedings did not constitute action taken "under color of" state law. Id. at 281.
Even though Harlow involved federal, not state officials, the immunity principles articulated in Harlow are equally applicable to the instant case. In Butz v. Economou, 438 U.S. 478, 504, 98 S. Ct. 2894, 2909, 57 L. Ed. 2d 895 (1978) the Supreme Court found that "it would be untenable to draw a distinction for purposes of immunity law between suits brought against state officials under § 1983 and suits brought directly under the Constitution against federal officials."
All references are to sections of Chapter 39 in effect November of 1977 through January of 1978. Pursuant to the "Florida Juvenile Justice Act", effective October 1, 1978, these sections were renumbered as Sections 39.403-39.405.
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I got 2014 words today on The Wishbone Conspiracy, and sent Cady home — back to Cantata, back to Oldcity…
And someone showed up whom I was not expecting to see for several more books.
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Three Arrested In Germany For Involvement With Al-Qaeda Linked Groups In Syria
April 2, 2014
Germany: Three Arrested in Syria-Linked Terrorism Bust
German authorities arrested three people with alleged ties to an Al Qaeda-linked rebel group on Monday in police raids across the country, the federal prosecutor's office said.
Two of the suspects, a German and a Turk, are believed to have travelled to Syria last year and joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), according to Middle East Online, which Berlin - like most Western countries - has proscribed as a terrorist organization.
The third person, a woman, was taken into custody on suspicion of providing 4,800 euros ($6,600) to the group.
More than 100 members of the elite police squad GSG 9, the federal police force and state police conducted simultaneous searches of 10 apartments in Frankfurt, Berlin, and Bonn for suspects ISIS members.
Federal prosecutor Harald Range said that the operation showed "that violent conflicts like the one in Syria have a direct impact on us in Germany".
"We must decisively fight this phenomenon with all the means of the criminal justice system, with an eye to the possible dangers that radicalized people returning from Syria can pose to the population in Germany," he said in a statement.
While Western countries - especially the US and Britain - have backed the rebel forces during the three year conflict, western states have become uneasy over the growing influence of radical Islamist elements among the rebel movement.
Recently, funding for some extremist rebel groups was revoked, and western states have mostly refrained from providing more than "non-lethal assistance" to rebel units; but foreign nationals - including many western citizens - continue to pour into Syria.
Over 75,000 foreign nationals are estimated to be fighting in the Islamic holy war there - including some 660 Germans - and western security services are concerned about what this means for their own countries' future security.
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