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The Wood County Parks & Recreation Commission is seeking a contractor to provide labor, supervision, materials and equipment to perform specified trail construction for a flow trail at Mountwood Park. Bids for this flow trail construction project will be accepted in a lump sum format
Mountwood Park is located in Wood County, West Virginia, 12 miles east of the U.S. 50 and I-77 interchange in Parkersburg. The park is comprised of over 4,000 owned and managed acres. Mountwood Park exhibits a moderate degree of topographical relief. Slopes are slight to moderate ranging from 2 to over 50%. There are approximately 35 miles of single-track trails in the park’s hiking and mountain-biking non-motorized, human-powered trail network. These trails are typically natural-surface trails approximately 18-24 inches wide with some partially gravel 8-10 feet wide trail.
The trail work described in this scope of work is for one (1) corridor of moderate-level rolling contour flow trail. This trail corridor is accessible from the Mountwood Park Shelters #2 and #3 parking lot beside Volcano Rd. at its lower-elevation trailhead, and at the mid-point of the Mountwood Park Horse Camp access road at its upper trailhead.
1.2 TRAIL BUILDING SPECIFICATIONS:
A. NEW FLOW TRAIL CONSTRUCTION:1. The Contractor shall construct one (1) corridor of bi-directional rolling contoured mountain bike-specific flow trail. All new trail construction is shown on the attached map and GPX file. The approximate length of all segments is 5,475 linear feet. Trail lengths are estimates based on GPS data collection along the flagged corridor of the trail.
a. Segment 1: This segment consists of an approximately 175-foot bench-cut modification to an existing trail that will provide access from trailhead parking to Segment 2. This segment will be constructed to allow this trail section to conform to International Mountain Biking Association trail construction standards for maximum-sustainable grade.b. Segment 2:Construct approximately 5,300 linear feet of new, two‐way directional, rolling, moderate-rated flow trail. Relatively smooth tread is expected with a firm natural trail surface over approximately 250 feet of elevation change. Rollers (either constructed or that take advantage of existing terrain contours) and turns with berms (12 total) predominate.
2. All flow trail construction shall be on either flat or side slope terrain within a 20-foot lateral distance on either side of the flagged corridor. Deviation from this distance shall be approved in advance by the Park Manager or their designee. Special care and consideration is required on portions of this trail segment that traverse the vicinity of archeologically-sensitive sites. Contractor shall note that careful attention needs to be made to the location of flagging on sections where the trail needs to fit into the existing terrain. Trail construction shall incorporate grade reversals, knicks, rolling-grade dips, rollers, rolling berms or other low maintenance drainage devices on 20-50-foot intervals.
3. A finished trail tread width of 36-60 inches maximum for Segments 1 and 2 shall be maintained throughout the project.
4. Trail grades shall not exceed 10% except on short distances to get around barriers, create a sustainable feature, or to avoid sensitive sites. Trail grade may exceed 10% on short intervals within the flagged corridor due to steep terrain and elevation changes needed to connect control points.
5. All side hill trails shall be bench cut with a 5-7% out slope ensuring positive drainage.
6. Vegetation clearing required for trail construction is all that will be required. The Contractor will provide a "clean" rough finish in which all tread shaping, out slope, back slope, and movements of earth will be done by machine. As well, any necessary “borrow pits” for trail construction will be approved in advance by the park director or his agent and will be done in a manner that allows for minimally erosive drainage and the prevention of water accumulation. Volunteers and/or park staff will complete corridor clearing before, during, and after completion of the trail as needed. Additionally, light finishing work, any necessary wood structure construction, trail grooming, and signage will be completed by volunteers and/or park staff.7. All trail work will be done according to the specifications contained in the 2004 edition of the IMBA Trail Solutions Guide and the 2007 edition of the USDA Trail Construction and Maintenance Notebook. Refer to these publications for details and descriptions of trail maintenance and construction.
1.3 THE CONTRACTOR WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO:
A. Perform trail work using hand tools and small mechanized equipment.
B. Meet with a designated park representative at the beginning of each work week or as arranged to review projects and project expectations for the week.
1.4THE CONTRACTOR WILL PROVIDE:
A. Proof of experience and/or expertise for building flow trails on terrain similar to that of Mountwood Park. This can be in the form of references, or a portfolio of at least 3 trail contracts completed within the past 5 years.
B. A member of PTBA Professional Trail Builders Association or equivalent.
C. A crew experienced in construction and maintenance of back-country trails and in sustainable trail design.
D. The necessary supervision, equipment, and tools to perform specified trail maintenance and trail construction on identified trails, including gas for any mechanized equipment or tools, including any and all personal protection and safety equipment required.
E. An approximate timetable and schedule of required work
F. Competent technicians, supervised by a competent foreman adhering to all OSHA rules and regulations.
H. Food and water during the workday.
I. Transportation to the trail work site.
J. Contractor will provide Mountwood Park with a copy of contractor's current insurance policy and will show Mountwood Park as Additional Insured.
B. Trucks or cars (passenger vehicles) are not permitted on the trails except for the Mountwood Park roads which can accommodate trucks and small equipment for access purposes.
C. Work should be conducted during the week, unless otherwise arranged with the park staff.
D. Any trail work must be consistent with the character of Mountwood Park and minimize impacts to the natural and cultural resources surrounding the identified trails.
1.6 MOUNTWOOD PARK WILL PROVIDE: a designated staff contact person/project manager that will meet with the Contractor at the beginning and end of each workweek to review project progress, and to be available for information throughout the work week if needed.
1.7MOUNTWOOD PARK CAN PROVIDE:
A. A lakeside cabin with sleeping capability of 4 people during the construction timeframe, based upon cabin availability.
1.9 SITE VISIT: A site visit may be arranged with park management present prior to bid submission. Please contact the park manager, Jeremy Cross, at 304.588.0916 to arrange a visit.
2.FINAL INSPECTION: At the conclusion of the work, the contractor shall demonstrate
to the Mountwood Park’s director that the work is fully complete and in compliance with contract specifications. Any deficiencies shall be promptly and permanently corrected by the contractor at the contractor’s sole expense prior to final acceptance of the work. | {
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In 1908, at the age 16, Fazalbhai travelled from India and landed in Tanga. After three days in Tanga he went to Pangani where he joined in the employment of Mr Mohamed Karim for 6 months. He then worked for Mr Mohamed Tharoo for 3 years. In 1912 he left Tanga with 4 labourers on a 20 day trip to Singida (300 miles away) on foot. He worked for Jaffer Khimji in Singida for 12 months.
Fazalbhai decided to start his own business. He bought cattle in Singida and went on a 25-day journey on foot to Korogwe where he sold the cattle. He continued this business for 3 years. The business was going on well but an incident in 1916 made him to drop the business. While traveling to Korogwe, he reached Kondoa-Irangi where British rule was already established after the defeat of the Germans.
Pemba known as 'Al Jazeera Al Khadra' (the green island, in Arabic) is an island forming part of the Zanzibar archipelago, lying off the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. It is situated about 60 km to the north of the island of Zanzibar. It lies 50 km east of mainland Tanzania. Together with Mafia Island (south of Zanzibar), they form the Spice Islands.
The estimated population of Pemba Island is about 300,000, with an area of 980 km². The island of Pemba currently has 4 districts; they are Chake Chake, Mkoani, Wete and Micheweni.
Pemba Island is the untouched and pristine island of great beauty and fertility. The mosaic of forests, swamps, mangroves, hidden beaches and lagoons is scattered with the ruins of mosques and tombs mostly reclaimed by the forest – sites that date back to Arab domination when Pemba Island was seized by the Sultan of Muscat (Oman) in the 17th century.
Pemba was once the world’s major clove producer, making to almost 70%.
During the 1914 World War, the Mtemani area became commercially active and our community members moved in gradually. Wete at the time was in the early stages of development, it was like a small village. There were no proper roads, water and electricity. Wireless telegram communications started in 1914. Bullock carts were used for movement of goods. Donkeys were used for travel purposes. Since the donkey was the only method of travel, no one felt ashamed doing so. The first motor vehicles arrived in 1926. Telephone communication for public started in 1932. Piped water was installed in 1937 and electricity in 1958.
Mulla Gulamhussein Ladha’s family was the first Ithnaasheri family in Kaberamaido. He arrived in 1938 from Soroti. He was a Zakir-e-Hussain and used to recite majlises in Kutchi and Urdu and Ismaili Community would attend as well. All religious programs which included Thursday, Wafat, Khushali and Mahe Ramadhan majlises were held at Mulla Gulamhusein's house.
Members of the Ismaili Community later on requested for turns to hold majlises at their houses as well which were recited by Mulla Saheb.
Mulla Saheb used to recite majlises in Atuboi (a town 15 miles away) as well where all the residents were Ismailis and the majlises use to be held at the Jamatkhanas.
Haji Hassanali Salehmohamed 1917-1972
Another family in Kaberamaido was that of Alhaj Salehmohamed. Hassanalibhai Salehmohamed migrated from India and arrived in Mombasa at the age of 12. He then travelled to Kaberamaido where he initially worked for his maternal uncle Rashid Bata for six years. He then worked for his brother Rajabali Salehmohamed for two years, before leaving for India for marriage.
Upon returning from India he worked in partnership with his brother for a year, after which he started his own business. When he first arrived at this town, there were 5-7 Turkish and about 5 Ismaili shops. There was good cooperation between Ismailis and Ithna Asheris which continued.
Thursday, Wafat and Wiladat majlis continued to be held in turns while Muharram Majlis were held at the residence of Hassanalibhai on sponsorship basis. The Khoja population increased gradually.
Alhaj Mulla Gulamhussein Peera was famously known as Jomba, was born in Zanzibar on 28th August 1923.
Late Mulla Gulamhussein devoted his entire life for Tabligh activities in the community. He started as a teacher of the Ithna-Asheri Madressah in Zanzibar famously known as School Faize and at a very young age, he took keen interest in Zakiri. He then moved to Arusha in February 1965 where he continued to provide religious services with great zeal and sincerity.
He took great interest in reading newspapers and following local politics. He was also interested in Cricket and used to visit the sports ground to watch matches and encourage youngsters.
He was the chief accountant with Sheriff Dewji & Sons Ltd. in Arusha for many years. He was very particular in accounts especially cash where he would insist on accuracy to the last cent.
He was Zakir-e-Hussein in Zanzibar and then Arusha where he used to recite majalises, nikaahs. He spoke English, Kiswahili, Gujarati and Urdu fluently. He was one of the few first Khojas of East Africa to lead Namaze Jamaat and his outstanding Zakiri made him popular in East Africa and Madagascar. He also used to give Haaj Masaels whenever called upon; he was liked for his humble and affable nature.
Haji Abdulla Datoo Pardhan was born in Mundra, Kutch, India in 1880. He studied up to Level 2 Gujarati at Haji Lalji School which had about 150-175 pupils. There was no established Jamat and Thursday and Wafat majalis were held at this school. Master (Teacher) Noormohamed Hasham, an uncle (masa) of Abdullabhai was trained in Mumbai and was providing primary-level education to children at this school. Every morning, he would teach the children Quran for 1-2 hours. The school had also employed Br. Gulamhussein for teaching and for reciting majalis. Whenever there was death in the community, Master (Teacher) Noormohamed would go to the home of the deceased with some boys and recite Quran and perform Ziyarat rituals.
Khalfan was a young man, newly married, when his family in Gujarat, India, allowed him at his insistence, to board a dhow for the port of Lamu in Kenya like the others of his age who had proceeded. He intended to return and collect his wife the following year. That sadly did not happen. The sea at the Lamu harbour was extremely rough when the dhow anchored. The roving boat taking him with his baggage to the land capsized. He died of drowning and the body was buried in Lamu. That was about the year 1835.
Haji Suleman Walji - Kilwa - Born in Jamwali, Jamnagar, India moved to Kilwa in 1900 and lived in Kilwa, Dar es Salaam, Kigoma and Albertville (Kalemie), Congo. He died in Albertville (Kalemie) in Congo in 1930. (Photo source: book Kilwana Sawal Jawab by Edalji Dhanji Kaba)
The following information was provided by Br Rajabali Mohamedali Suleman in 1960.
My grandfather Marhum Haji Suleman Walji was originally from Jamwadi, Jamnagar, India. He arrived in Kilwa around 1900 from India. My father Mohamedali Suleman was born in Kilwa in 1901. At Kilwa, my grandfather converted from Ismail to Ithnaasheri. He, together with some colleagues, held a question-answer session with His Highness the Aga Khan III and a book was published with the title “Questions and Answers at Kilwa.” (This incident happened in Kilwa in 1905 in a ship off Kilwa harbour. His colleagues were Sheriff Nurmohamed Manekia and Suleman Bhimji).
For the past one and half century, we (Khoja Shia Ishna-asheri) have survived and progressed as a community, thanks to many individuals in different walks of life who have quietly dedicated their lives in the service of the community without seeking any position or public recognition.
To the community members settled in the West, when they observe middle aged individuals originating from Mombasa actively participating in religious activities and in other social services, invariably they will notice one common bonding force amongst them, i.e. they were taught by Alhaj Mulla Abdulrasul Mulla Hassanali Khaki at the Huseini Madrassah in Mombasa and the inspiration they drew from him.
Mulla Abdulrasul is a self taught individual, businessman by profession. He was born in Mombasa in 1926. A voracious reader with special interest in Islamic History and Fiqh, from a very young age, Mulla Abdulrasul sought the company of Ulama to further his knowledge.
He was a dedicated social worker who devoted his entire life imparting religious knowledge to our children.
Born in Zanzibar in 1925, Marhum Mzee Lalji actively participated as a Maalim of Faize Ithnaasheri Night School (Madressa) and also held the post of Headmaster for one full term. He was methodical and passionate in teaching, and had vast knowledge in Islamic history and Fiqh.
His other services in Zanzibar include Ithnaasheri Volunteer Corps, Sabil-e-Hussein management and organization of Hussein Day.
The first Khoja settlers arrived in Nakuru, Kenya in 1936. Marhum Anverali Datoo while travelling with his family to Mombasa from Kampala was very much impressed upon reaching Nakuru. He got attracted to the place and decided to settle. The family continued to live there comfortably and established themselves and our community in the local society.
At the age of 22, I left Lamu (in Kenya) for Tabora (in Tanganyika, presently Tanzania) where I arrived in 1904. I worked for four years as Manager in the firm of Sheth Omar Abdulkarim & Sons. It took me 45 days to travel by foot to Tabora via Bukoba.
I can remember six main families resident in Tabora at that time. Sheth Nasser Virji was running a booming business and their merchandise went to distant places like Ujiji, Rwanda and Bujumbura. Arabs used to be their major customers. At that time it would take about 45 days for merchandise to reach Tabora from Bagamoyo, the main port. The goods were carried by porters who had to pass through dense forests amid danger of attack by wild animals. Sometimes the porters would be looted by raiders. There was no way to get any news about the movement of goods. It is only when the porters would reach Tabora that they would tell us of their escape. Under such difficult circumstances, the company was still able to expand its business and had branches at Mwanza, Bukoba, Biharamulo, Dar es Salaam, Kigali, etc. They were considered King among the businesses in Tanganyika and they had a great influence on the German government of the time. | {
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Tobacco Industry Fires Back, Urges Dismissal of Federal Suit
Washington Post
Published 4:00 am, Tuesday, December 28, 1999
1999-12-28 04:00:00 PDT Washington -- The tobacco industry launched a counterattack yesterday against a Justice Department lawsuit that seeks billions of dollars for federal health care costs, arguing in court papers that the case is built on faulty reasoning and must be dismissed.
Lawyers representing Philip Morris Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and other major cigarette-makers contend that the massive federal lawsuit unfairly portrays the industry in the worst possible light and ignores the changes coming about as part of a $206 billion settlement reached last year with more than three dozen states.
"No matter how reprehensible the government may claim the conduct of these defendants to have been, the issue on this motion to dismiss is not that conduct: The issue is adherence to the rule of law," the tobacco industry's attorneys wrote.
The 89-page filing in U.S. District Court was the tobacco companies' most comprehensive response yet to the federal government's lawsuit, which alleges that the United States is entitled to damages under federal racketeering and health care laws.
The Justice Department's complaint against nine tobacco companies and two industry groups, filed in September, alleges that tobacco executives conspired for 45 years to mislead the public about the dangers of smoking. Besides damages, the suit seeks a court order that would bar the industry from making misleading claims about cigarettes and health, and require the industry to contribute to public education programs.
In court papers yesterday, the tobacco industry's attorneys said the federal lawsuit ignores the fact that the companies agreed to "radically transform the way tobacco products are marketed in this country" as part of last year's settlement with the states. The attorneys said the racketeering claim cannot stand because the industry is unlikely to engage in future illegal conduct, and they argued that the health care laws -- the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act and Medicare provisions of the Social Security Act -- are being applied in an "unprecedented and illegitimate" way.
The defense response maintained the federal government cannot make a case to recover health-care costs because it "has long known full well of the health risks posed by smoking." Instead of holding cigarette-makers liable, Congress chose to address concerns by "requiring explicit warnings on every pack of cigarettes and by collecting $39.5 billion in excise taxes on cigarettes over the last seven years alone," lawyers wrote.
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Justice Department officials declined comment on yesterday's court filing, submitted by roughly two dozen attorneys from some of the nation's major law firms.
Judge Gladys Kessler, who is presiding over the case, had given the defendants until yesterday to file any motions to dismiss. She instructed the Justice Department to file an answer by February 25. The legal papers will set the groundwork for a May hearing before Kessler to decide whether the case can continue moving forward to trial.
Because of the case's complexity, Kessler has talked about a trial in January 2003.
Although the Justice Department acted less than a year after the tobacco industry agreed to settle lawsuits filed by more than three dozen states, federal officials said that deal did not address the $20 billion spent each year for treatment of smoking- related illnesses through Medicare and other federal insurance programs.
Kessler also has jurisdiction over a set of similar lawsuits filed last year by numerous labor union health and welfare trust funds against tobacco companies. She issued a ruling last week that suggests the tobacco companies will not easily wrest themselves of the Justice Department suit. Kessler rejected a bid by the tobacco companies to dismiss the union trust fund cases at such an early stage, saying both sides need time to fully air facts and not "speculative arguments."
The judge's ruling described the high legal hurdle the tobacco companies must overcome to have a suit thrown out so fast. "In a motion to dismiss, the Court must accept as true the allegations in the complaint," Kessler wrote, saying cases can be tossed out only if defendants uncover serious legal deficiencies. | {
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An exploration of 1970s nostalgia and country rock music, "The Essential Straight & Narrow," is being presented by The Mad Ones at the New Ohio Theatre in Greenwich Village, through June 14. The cast includes (left to right) Stephanie Wright Thompson, Joe Curnutte, Connecticut native Marc Bovino and Michael Dalto.
Southington native Marc Bovino is one of the founding actor-writers of the New York company, The Mad Ones, which is presenting its new show, "The Essential Straight & Narrow," in Greenwich Village through June 14.
"Most of the time as an actor you don't get to decide what to do. Your choices are really limited. (I'm part of) a new generation of actors who want to make their own choices. We're not here just to be the objects of someone else's projects," Bovino said in a phone interview last week.
The Mad Ones has spent the last 18 months working on the new piece, which combines many genres, tweaks history and incorporates live music.
The company likes to explore the concept of nostalgia. The 33-year-old Bovino said "The Essential Straight & Narrow" blends 1970s photography, the myths of the mystical Southwest, country rock music and the motel architecture of 50 years ago to create what the company calls "an intimate anthem about regret and reinvention."
The idea of nostalgia has powered many a debate within the company, Bovino said. "Some of us are in love with it, some of us are critical of it ... but we all like to investigate things and places and a time period that we haven't experienced."
An earlier Mad Ones production, he said, was set in "an alternate Russian future where everyone is in love with the America of the 1950s.
"Nostalgia is a tricky thing. ... It was originally diagnosed as an ailment," Bovino said, chuckling.
The Mad Ones are part of a growing movement of actors, writers and directors taking charge of their own careers by starting companies and producing work they create. The new technologies allow the companies to bypass traditional marketing to connect with audiences much younger than the ones who patronize Broadway and mainstream nonprofit companies, such as Lincoln Center Theater and the Roundabout Theatre.
"We talk a lot about modeling ourselves after bands. They tour and produce new work. Bands are so popular with a wide spectrum of the audience ... theater companies are not.
"We like to think of each new play as an album and that every couple of years we release a new one. If you like us, you're going to want the new album," he said.
The Mad Ones also remind young people that a $20 ticket for an off-off-Broadway play is a bargain compared with the $100 or more that they pay for a major concert.
The acting bug bit Bovino early -- while he was in elementary school in Southington.
"My music teacher would have us put on plays, and I was in the Mother's Day play in first grade," Bovino said.
"I started there in sixth grade and did it every summer. Then she hired me to come back and work for the program," he said.
Bovino went on to the University of Connecticut, where he majored in art history and Spanish, but he decided to give acting another go by enrolling in the apprentice program at the Actors Theater of Louisville (Ky.), where he met the performers who would become his Mad Ones partners.
Bovino also saw in Louisville that he didn't have to go to New York City as an actor for hire, waiting for a soap opera or "Law & Order" to validate his career choice.
"At the Humana Festival in Louisville we were surrounded by companies that were all about making their own work. I met people who had taken another path," he said. | {
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Preview : Match 43 – SRH vs MI
Sunrisers Hyderabad, who are fifth in the standings take on fourth-placed Mumbai Indians in Match 43 of the Pepsi IPL 2013.
Defeats in their last two matches – against Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals – has seen the Sunrisers Hyderabad slip out of the top four teams in the standings. The Mumbai Indians meanwhile are on a roll having won their last three matches; they not only beat defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders, but also got the better of the daunting Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kings XI Punjab in their most recent match.
With three teams tied on 12 points and only two points further separating the fifth and sixth-placed teams, both teams will be keen to grab the points on offer in this match.
When
Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 4 p.m
Where
Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad
The Protagonists
With Kumar Sangakkara back in the Sunrisers Hyderabad eleven, it is important that he converts his experience to runs for the team. In a team with not too much Indian talent on the batting front, it is important that one of either Sangakkara or Shikhar Dhawan bat for a majority of the innings and then allow the others to play around them. In Thisara Perera and Darren Sammy, SRH have two batsmen who can turn on the heat towards the end.
In the Mumbai Indians line-up, Dwayne Smith coming good with the bat at the top of the innings has reduced the pressure on Dinesh Karthik and Rohit Sharma, both of who are batting beautifully. They will continue to be the important characters in MI’s batting plans. Sachin Tendulkar has played some scintillating strokes this season and has looked in fine touch – a big innings from the Little Master could be just round the corner.
Among the fast bowlers who are difficult to get away, whatever the format are Dale Steyn (SRH) and Lasith Malinga (MI). While Amit Mishra has used the variations up his sleeve to good effect, Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha have been impressive in their last couple of outings.
Previous Meetings
These two teams are meeting for the very first time.
In their two previous IPL matches in Hyderabad – against the erstwhile Deccan Chargers, the Mumbai Indians got the better of the hosts on both occasions. They won the first meeting against DC in 2008 by 25 runs and subsequently won the match in 2011 by 37 runs.Trivia
This match will feature the top two wicket-takers in the IPL; MI’s Lasith Malinga tops the list with 89 wickets while SRH’s Amit Mishra is one wicket behind.
The first innings totals in the three matches at Hyderabad this season have been 126, 130 & 123.What Next
Sunrisers Hyderabad play the second of their three back-to-back home games against the Delhi Daredevils on May 4. The Mumbai Indians meanwhile head back home to host the Chennai Super Kings on May 5.
I enjoy ‘keeping for DD: Kedar Jadhav
Relishes his role with the Delhi Daredevils
By Harsh Kalan
Raipur 30 April 2013
A rejuvenated Delhi Daredevils outfit will be looking to make it 2-0 at their new home in Raipur when they take on the Kolkata Knight Riders on Wednesday. During their game against the Pune Warriors India on Sunday, the entire team operated like a well-oiled machine and contributed towards their 15-run win.
One of these crucial contributions that night came from the blade of Kedar Jadhav, who has also taken on the responsibility of ‘keeping wicket for his team.
“This is the first time I’m ‘keeping at a high level, but I do ‘keep at the club level. I always enjoy it,” said Jadhav. “Whenever I get a chance, I try to ‘keep wicket, even during practice. It is one thing I am used to.”
Apart from his glove work, the Maharashtra batter has also been playing a key role in the middle order for the Daredevils. He attributes a good preceding domestic season to his productive run in IPL 2013.
“I have been playing well throughout the domestic season, so my confidence level is good. And I have belief in my ability, in that if I stay till the end, I can score more runs. This is because my batting style is attacking,” Jadhav said.
The 28-year-old was also all praises about the brand new IPL venue at Raipur.
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house Bill H.R. 1104
Tax Break: Should you be Able to Make Tax-Deductible Donations to More Types of Organizations?
Argument in favor
This bill expands the kind of organizations that people can make tax-exempt donations to. All of these organizations have to have pro-social aims, and people be able to get tax breaks for supporting organizations that support the nation.
Argument opposed
This bill expands the kind of organizations to which people can make tax-exempt donations. It says that they all have to have pro-social aims, but since when is the NFL doing social good for the country? This would allow for some serious tax-dodging.
Too easy to become one of these "tax break" organizations. Someone else mentioned the one I am furious about. The "non profit NFL" who has now become a pseudo government within our country. Taxpayers paying for stadiums, a billionaire's club with lavish suites, blackouts. The Congress shows their gutless backsides ignoring this "non profit" elephant. Foundations, non profits, "economic development counsels", are epidemic now dodging taxes. Let's encourage more fraud? NO!
What is House Bill H.R. 1104?
This bill would expand the types of organizations that people can offer tax-deductible donations to. Under current law, donations above $14,000 are subject to taxes — but this bill would ensure that donations would be tax-exempt, provided that they were given to:
Civic leagues and employee associations that promote social welfare;
Agricultural and labor organizations;
Business organizations and leagues like chambers of commerce, real estate and trade boards;
The deductions would only apply to donations made after the bill’s passage. It also comes with a note not to make inferences about its affect on the transfer of property. So, you know, don’t do that.
Impact
People that donate to civic leagues, employee associations, agricultural organizations, labor organizations and business organizations, these groups, and the IRS.
Cost of House Bill H.R. 1104
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The CBO found that implementing this bill would have no impact on the Federal budget.
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In Depth:
This bill amends Section 2252 of the monolith that is the IRS tax code. As you might expect, this is the section that outlines what kinds of organizations people can make tax-deductible donations to. The ones already on that list include:
The U.S. government;
A fraternal or social organization that is using the donation solely for charity;
A veterans’ organization, providing none of the donation goes to a shareholder or private individual;
A foundation, fund, corporation or trust dedicated to religion, amateur sports, education, science, literature, the prevention of cruelty to animals, the prevention of child abuse or other kinds of charity.
Of Note:
In his press release, Sponsoring Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) explains that his legislation is a response to a letter sent by the IRS wherein it threatened to tax large donations to non-profits. The IRS has been under Republican scrutiny since 2010, when it was revealed that it was specifically telling employees to look for Tea Party organizations to investigate with harsher scrutiny.
But while donations to non-profit groups might seem innocent, a particular type of donation has recently come under its own scrutiny by government transparency groups. 501(c)4s, the “civic organizations” mentioned above, have become major sources of campaign money that don’t have to reveal their donors. Giving them an exemption from taxes could make these shadowy backers even more powerful.
Too easy to become one of these "tax break" organizations. Someone else mentioned the one I am furious about. The "non profit NFL" who has now become a pseudo government within our country. Taxpayers paying for stadiums, a billionaire's club with lavish suites, blackouts. The Congress shows their gutless backsides ignoring this "non profit" elephant. Foundations, non profits, "economic development counsels", are epidemic now dodging taxes. Let's encourage more fraud? NO!
The argument against makes sense but the bigger issue is the Citizens United issue...that is, the ultrawealthy can get to decide which social issues should be supported and again they could run the country. Perhaps coal could become a "social" issue because it keeps West Virginians and Kentuckians employed. While I am pro West Virginians and Kentuckians, I'd rather provide social aid programs that mine and use coal. We don't want the Koch Brothers spending tens or hundreds of millions of dollars promoting coal any more than they do!!!
With all the talk of deficits and budget cuts, we need to consider the importance of tax dollars; where they go and what they do. Things like education and infrastructure are important, but not often glamorous. I'd rather we chose representatives who respected the needs of society, and allotted tax dollars wisely. That seems better than playing the popularity lottery with truly important things.
"this would allow for some serious tax dodging"......YUP. that's a good thing! it would be legal! why do people think hard-working americans should pay more taxes than they legally have to? our taxes basically go to charity any way, it's just filtered through the government and left to their discretion. charity tax breaks cut out the middle man....you're still giving your money away! it's not greed! ugh! | {
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fs2.schmolie.com is currently under heavy load which is slowing down all services running on that machine. The following systems are affected: mdh0.speedingbits.com, multiple resolver and authoritative DNS servers, and 16 VPS accounts from various clients.
We're investigating the cause and hope to resolve it soon.
New information will be posted to this thread as it becomes known.
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Sincerely,Andrew KinneyCTO, Advantagecom Networks
Please do not private message me. My regular management duties preclude responding to every customer that sends me a support issue. Instead, post on the forum or contact tech support.
Due to another firmware bug in the RAID controller, one of the member disks was marked as a hot spare and the RAID controller began automatically rebuilding onto that disk. It sounds like a fine thing until you realize that it just catastrophically ate a full disk's worth of data, sending it to oblivion, when it presumed the RAID 5 array to be 6 disks instead of 7.
We'll be beginning the restore process soon.
If your account is one of the affected web sites or VPS on this node, please bear with us while we work to bring this system back online from backups.
ETA is 12 to 16 hours to have everything restored.
If you cannot wait that long, please order a new account and you can either restore from your personal backups or instruct us to restore, which we will do as soon as possible.
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Sincerely,Andrew KinneyCTO, Advantagecom Networks
Please do not private message me. My regular management duties preclude responding to every customer that sends me a support issue. Instead, post on the forum or contact tech support.
On closer examination and additional thought, the root cause is likely a failed backplane for the hard drives. We don't have a spare backplane on hand for this type of machine, so we're going to be restoring to other machines.
Please avoid contacting off-hours support about this issue. We're obviously aware of it and working on it as quickly as possible. Screaming at us to work faster won't help.
If you have system which is otherwise unrelated but experiencing difficulties, it may be because of the DNS resolvers that have gone down with this node. If you're experienced and have a VPS, you can change your resolvers in /etc/resolv.conf . Ping each one listed there, remove the ones that are down and save the file.
I've noted that due to an oversight on our part, both dns5.speedingbits.com and dns6.speedingbits.com were on the same node. They should not have been because they are the primary and secondary nameserver pair for many services.
Our priority right now is restoring dns5.speedingbits.com, which we should have complete in the next hour or two. This will restore service for many otherwise unrelated services that are currently showing as "down" for clients.
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Sincerely,Andrew KinneyCTO, Advantagecom Networks
Please do not private message me. My regular management duties preclude responding to every customer that sends me a support issue. Instead, post on the forum or contact tech support.
Our priority right now is restoring dns5.speedingbits.com, which we should have complete in the next hour or two. This will restore service for many otherwise unrelated services that are currently showing as "down" for clients.
This is still in progress.
We're creating a new system for dns5.speedingbits.com and will have the files restored within the next 60 minutes or so.
To facilitate this system being on a new high-availability platform, it needed to change IP addresses. We've changed the IP with the registrar already to begin the process of expiring the old information during the time while we're working to restore the files.
More information will be posted as it is known.
Thank you for your continued patience. We're working as quickly as possible to restore service for all those affected.
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Sincerely,Andrew KinneyCTO, Advantagecom Networks
Please do not private message me. My regular management duties preclude responding to every customer that sends me a support issue. Instead, post on the forum or contact tech support.
Our priority right now is restoring dns5.speedingbits.com, which we should have complete in the next hour or two. This will restore service for many otherwise unrelated services that are currently showing as "down" for clients.
The new dns5.speedingbits.com has modern versions of all system software (Apache, PHP, MySQL), so bear with us while we adapt the 10+ year old code to work on the new platform.
Our first priority will be to restore all authoritative zones (domains) serviced by this name server to get all of them functional again. Once we have done that, we'll begin work on making the web interface accessible and functional again.
We're currently working on transferring the files from our backup system to the new dns5.speedingbits.com.
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Sincerely,Andrew KinneyCTO, Advantagecom Networks
Please do not private message me. My regular management duties preclude responding to every customer that sends me a support issue. Instead, post on the forum or contact tech support.
Please stop texting and asking me to review tickets. They're likely all related to this issue at the moment. The few that aren't will be addressed by ticket support. Any tickets escalated to me will be delayed until further notice.
I won't be reviewing tickets or responding to texts until the resolution of all critical issues is complete. This will likely resolve your issue anyway.
At present, I'm the only one working this issue since nobody else has the technical qualifications to be of any use to the process. Unfortunately, I'm also off-hours support, so off-hours support is being ignored until the critical issues are resolved. The constant interruptions are substantially slowing the resolution, so I'll be handing off-hours support to a non-technical individual who will be responsible for telling people to check the forum for updates.
Please don't take random actions on your own in an attempt to "fix" this if you don't know what you're doing. You'll likely make a bigger mess that will have to be resolved at a later time. You're far better off just sitting tight or opening a ticket as indicated above.
No further responses to individual inquiries by text, phone, or email will be answered until further notice. It may appear that nothing is happening, but, rest assured, I'm working as quickly as possible to resolve ****ALL**** issues in the manner best suited to help as many people as possible as soon as possible.
If it appears nothing is happening because you aren't seeing constant updates on this thread, set that thought aside. I'm working on it as quickly as possible and will not leave anyone hanging any longer than is absolutely necessary.
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Sincerely,Andrew KinneyCTO, Advantagecom Networks
Please do not private message me. My regular management duties preclude responding to every customer that sends me a support issue. Instead, post on the forum or contact tech support.
dns5.speedingbits.com files are restored and adapted to the new system. Currently reviewing logs to vet the configs before making it reachable by the public. It will take 10 to 15 minutes to review the logs and if no problem are found, we'll unfirewall it to allow access by the public.
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Sincerely,Andrew KinneyCTO, Advantagecom Networks
Please do not private message me. My regular management duties preclude responding to every customer that sends me a support issue. Instead, post on the forum or contact tech support.
dns5.speedingbits.com has been unfirewalled for several minutes now and it appears to be processing DNS queries normally. This should resolve a huge chunk of issues related to this outage of fs2.schmolie.com.
Access to sites using dns5.speedingbits.com and dns6.speedingbits.com may still be slower than usual since dns6.speedingbits.com isn't restored yet, but that is coming soon.
We're going to examine the remaining issues, triage them, and begin working them in order of priority.
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Sincerely,Andrew KinneyCTO, Advantagecom Networks
Please do not private message me. My regular management duties preclude responding to every customer that sends me a support issue. Instead, post on the forum or contact tech support.
The web interface for dns5.speedingbits.com has not yet been restored. We're saving that task for later since adding/changing zones is less critical than serving the existing zones.
The next thing in our list of priorities is to create a couple new DNS resolvers to replace the two that went down. Most systems and VPS on our network reference three DNS resolvers and two of them are currently down, resulting in slow access to anything that does DNS lookups such as SSH logins, ftp logins, and email logins. The services that rely on DNS resolution appear to be very slow to respond when only one of three DNS resolvers are up.
For some customer VPS that were already near to crashing for lack of CPU or RAM resources (you know who you are), this may have tipped them over the edge and caused their VPS to crash.
In total the DNS resolvers being down affects far more customers than just the ones on this node. They should be relatively quick to setup and put in service and have a large impact to our overall customer base.
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Sincerely,Andrew KinneyCTO, Advantagecom Networks
Please do not private message me. My regular management duties preclude responding to every customer that sends me a support issue. Instead, post on the forum or contact tech support.
The resolver dns4.schmolie.com has been replaced by a new system with a different IP.
The old ip was 66.29.143.240. The new IP is 66.29.136.240.
If you have a VPS or dedicated server and are technically inclined, you may edit your /etc/resolv.conf to reflect the new IP.
We'll be taking care of this for all the shared hosting systems and managed VPS immediately. For other systems, you can make the change on your own, open a ticket at https://cbp.speedingbits.com/billing/clientarea.php , or wait for us to make the change later.
We still have one more resolver to replace, which we'll be working on shortly.
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Sincerely,Andrew KinneyCTO, Advantagecom Networks
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Robin Thicke helped. So did Florence Welch of Florence and the Machine, as did New Jersey punk group Titus Andronicus.
But last week, when Sesame Street's resident cookie addict became the latest artist to cover Icona Pop's global pop smash I Love It, that pretty much sealed the deal — the song has officially entered the pop-culture pantheon. Like Daft Punk's Get Lucky and Thicke's own Blurred Lines,I Love It has proven to be of those addictive, omnipresent singles that artists across all genres want to cover.
"I think it's amazing that people take the time and they deconstructed it," Icona Pop's Aino Jawo said during a recent phone interview from a hotel in Sweden, her home country. "First of all, it's not that many chords, so it's very easy to learn. But also, I think the song reaches out to so many because it's such a mix when it comes to the music. It's pop music, but it's different. We were influenced by so much more than only pop. When you listen to it, it can actually sound a little punky. It's not ordinary pop. And that makes it so interesting when you try to make your own version of it. When you listen to Robin Thicke, it sounds like R&B, making-love music. And when we do it, it sounds more like, f--- it."
Following in the footsteps of Swedish pop acts like ABBA, Ace of Base, Robyn and Avicii, Jawo and fellow singer Caroline Hjelt have been riding high on I Love It's hedonistic vibes ("I crashed my car into the bridge! I watched, I let it burn!") since the song was released in early 2012. Since then it's spread like wildfire in clubs around the world, reaching the top 10 in some 20 countries, including the United States.
Icona Pop will make a push to avoid one-hit-wonderdom with their album This Is ... Icona Pop, due in September. But first: A U.S. headlining tour, including a stop Sunday at the Ritz Ybor in Tampa. In an interview, Jawo talked about Swedish pop, the enduring appeal of I Love It and more. Here are excerpts.
Sweden is globally known for great pop music. Is the American pop music machine very different from the one in Sweden?
No, I don't think so. But I think Swedish people, it might be that they're very good at finding bittersweet melodies, and lately, bittersweet melodies have become very big all over the world. And Sweden is a very small country, so if you're good at something, it's easier to get to work with the good producers and people. So it creates its own sound in a way.
When you recorded I Love It, how confident were you that it could be a giant hit around the world?
(laughs) I mean, we're dreamers. But every song that we listen to, we never think, "Okay, this is going to be a hit." We had a really strong feeling about that song, but I don't think we understood how big the song had become. It still feels like we're doing exactly what we did before, but on a bigger scale. Of course, it's actually crazy when you think about it. It was like we went there and we had something to say, and we shouted that out on the song, and it feels like people understood that it's not actually some lyrics, it's actually about someone. It's more like expressing yourself and your anger. (laughs) It's so fun when you play it live; you can really see that in people's eyes as they're singing.
You've aligned yourself with artists who fall more on the indie edge of the pop spectrum, like Passion Pit, St. Lucia and Matt and Kim. There's a difference between touring with Passion Pit vs. touring with a pure pop artist like Robin Thicke or Justin Timberlake. Has that opened your world to new opportunities?
Definitely. Our music is a balance between mainstream pop and indie. I loved watching the crowds that were so different, and also, the ages — it's everything from little children to old grandmas standing there digging our music. There's always been such a lovely mix, and we want to keep it that way.
Having a song as big as I Love It can probably come with a lot of unexpected pressures and problems. What's been the most stressful part of this whole experience?
I'm not seeing that many negative sides. Actually, no negative sides from I Love It being this big. Because before, we had the problem that we didn't have anything to do. Now, yeah, maybe we have a little bit too much to do sometimes. But I mean, you want to be able to do everything.
So you haven't had any sleepless nights over, "What am I going to do next?"
(laughs) No. If I get my eight hours' sleep, I will be happy. I don't even think. I just fall asleep like a baby. | {
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The evolving Distributed Lethality (DL) concept ––announced last year –– offers a new approach for how the nation might use its naval surface forces as potential adversaries acquire naval capabilities designed to control the sea. Read More →
A rendering of the Project 09851 nuclear submarine Khabarovsk used with permission. H I Sutton Image
Russia’s plan to create a giant nuclear torpedo capable of wiping out a costal city could be farther along than just graphics on a briefing slide and gives purpose to a mysterious nuclear submarine, currently under construction. Read More →
A briefing slide of the alleged Status-6 nuclear torpedo captured from Russian television via the BBC
A proposed Russian submarine launched doomsday weapon — the existence of which was almost certainly leaked by the Kremlin — gives clues to the Russian mindset for the development of new strategic weapons in the face of the West’s increasing ballistic missile defense capability and Russia’s shrinking national assets, a naval analyst told USNI News on Thursday. Read More →
This post has been updated to include additional information from the U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin.
The U.S. Navy and eight other countries are successfully working through an international detect-to-engage integrated air and missile defense exercise off the coast of Scotland, proving their platforms and people could integrate to provide missile defense in Europe. Read More →
A Raytheon SM-6 launched from an Aegis guided missile destroyer. US Navy Photo
The U.S. Navy and the Missile Defense Agency has proved a modified Raytheon Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) missile can not only tackle cruise missiles and aircraft threats but also inbound ballistic missiles. Read More →
A soldier with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) during the Rim of the Pacific 2014 Exercise. US Navy Photo
On Monday the United States and Japan agreed to the most sweeping changes to their bilateral alliance in more than fifty years. The so-called “2+2” Security Consultative Committee (SCC), consisting of the U.S. secretary of state, and secretary of defense, and Japan’s foreign minister and defense minister agreed to a series of initiatives that will draw the two allies even closer in defense and security matters. Read More → | {
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I've now read the blog. He's not only a bigot, he's profoundly stupid.
He makes the statement that the Supreme Court has declared same-sex marriage a human right - which it hasn't (since it was already government policy) and makes the completely false statement that the provinces' authority over the solemnization of marriage allows them to do an end run around the federal definition - which the Supreme Court has said they can't, as even Ralph Klein eventually acknowledged after lying about it for years. | {
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http://nj1015.com/tanning-mom-patricia-krentcil-rips-critics-video/#commentsFri, 04 May 2012 12:05:47 +0000Double Downhttp://nj1015.com/?p=99074Continue reading…]]>Patricia Krentcil, the tanning mom who has come under fire in the last 24 hours or so for allegedly taking her 5 year old daughter tanning has lashed out against her critics in the latest video. | {
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Workshops seek views on West Berkeley transit future
The EBOT study focuses on better connections between the three cities. The thick red line is a “generalized potential route.”
Three community workshops are planned to solicit views on enhancing transit in Berkeley, Emeryville and West Oakland in the next week.
The federally funded EBOTS — Emeryville, Berkeley, Oakland Transit Study — focuses on transit in neighborhoods west of San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley and Emeryville, and west of Market Street in Oakland.
The study will model transit demand, analyze gaps, compare modes and institutional structures, and plan for transit to support and be supported by economic development. The goal is a phased plan addressing short- and long-term needs to 2040. The study includes both local connections to regional transit and connections between the three areas.
The transit study is paid for by a Federal Transit Administration Transit Planning Grant through Caltrans and is a collaborative effort between the cities of Berkeley, Emeryville and Oakland, and AC Transit, Amtrak/Capitol Corridor, BART, Berkeley Gateway Shuttle and Emery‐Go‐Round.
Why do we insist on endless workshops asking for the opinions of laymen instead of just hiring experts? Do we want a transit system designed by Joe the Plumber or by an expert who has spent their life studying transit issues?
tor_berg
It doesn’t look like it’s an either/or. If you look at the EBOTS site, there are about a ton of local agencies involved in the study, with all their associated engineers and technocrats. So there are transit experts already involved AND they’re asking for input from the citizens who actually use the system. Why wouldn’t you want that?
Besides, as we’re all aware, even when our fair city holds endless workshops on a municipal issue, there are still those who call the end result a “top-down process that didn’t include stakeholders.”
TN
The map with its “generalized potential route” suggests that this study has the premise that the main need will be a line to connect the three areas. It is true that in many ways the areas are under-served by public transit. It is hard to travel between the areas by bus because there is no direct service connecting them. AC Transit had Line 19 for a while which provided roughly this service, but it was discontinued a few years ago with the major budget cuts. I’m not sure that a line connecting the areas is the most important need. Line 19 was a very lightly patronized route. It is not clear that there is or was a demand for the route. I don’t know if demand will increase in the future.
Instead of seemingly starting with the premise that there is a need to fill the physical “hole” in service with a single additional approximately north-south line, I wish we could start with a study of the origins and destinations (O&D) of those people who live, work, shop and use services in the study area. We know that the travel patterns are likely to be fairly complex with people travelling into and out of the designated area as well as within the areas. But it is likely that the bulk of the trips include an east-west vector as well as a north-south vector. AC Transit is already heavily invested in north-south service along the major corridors (San Pablo, Shattuck, Telegraph, College), but that east-west service is very sparse. Its the lack of east-west service in many areas that makes buses impractical to use. It isn’t good enough that we can get north-south adequately fast by bus, if we can’t go east-west too. It may be much more useful for the study area if east-west service could be strategically upgraded instead of thinking first about an additional line.
tor_berg
From a logical standpoint, it would appear to be impossible for anyone to predict that the end result of this study would be the same with or without the citizen workshops.
From a practical standpoint, a regional transit plan that ignores the needs of transit riders is unlikely to produce a useful transit system.
And from a cultural standpoint, this is Berkeley. We like to involve our citizens in municipal issues here.
tor_berg
That is an interesting and thoughtful perspective that would be a very useful contribution to one of the community workshops!
Guest
From a practical standpoint, a regional transit plan that ignores the
needs of transit riders is unlikely to produce a useful transit system.
Why would transit design experts make a regional transit plan that ignores the needs of transit riders? Do you understand what “expert” means?
TN
I have worked as a planner for transit agencies. While my experiences are now long in the past, I do remember that transit experts do have their own personal filters, organizational traditions, and institutional political needs, which can blind even very dedicated professionals. It can be helpful to get direct, face to face or individual feedback. However feedback is never definitive.
southwestberkeley
Does anyone know if anything is happening with the Berkeley ferry terminal? It seems like that would affect west Berkeley transit plans.
Guest
Information gathered in workshops like this only tells us about the habits and opinions of the kinds of people who go to workshops like this.
It would make more sense to poll current riders of various regional transit systems and do street polls of individuals in each of the various communities they are attempting to serve better with the changes.
guest
Last I heard it had been effectively killed by NIMBYs and windsurfers.
The B-Line’s proposed Route B4 will connect Emeryville and sub-San Pablo West Berkeley with downtown Berkeley — in a direct no-nonsense and hyper-useful route. It’s a dream line that AC refuses to implement. | {
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Dealing With the Ebb and Flow of Freelance Income
Whether you’ve decided to pursue blogging as a full-time career or as a supplement toother online revenue, the fact is that when you work for yourself, gross monthly income will fluctuate for most people. The trick to dealing with this is to not try to live on the expectation of top monthly income coming in every month.
Strategy
The first step in dealing with the ebb and flow of gross income is to approximate average monthly income based on your previous year in business. If you can’t do that, try for six months.
Besides fluctuations, you also need to factor in taxes and emergency funds. Some people like to keep 3-6 months of operating costs on hand at all times. Except, of course, when there’s an actual emergency.
So if running your blogging business, paying bills, and setting aside a suitable amount of tax money costs you, say, $1500 per month, and income fluctuates between $1200 and $2200 per month, then you obviously do not want to live off $2200 each month.
Sounds obvious, doesn’t it? But the temptation is there, if you’re just starting out as a freelance blogger. You feel invincible, even that the money supply is infinite. Trust me, I’ve been there, having been a contractor/ freelancer for much of the past 20 years, and actually being out of work almost as often as working. My mistakes were doozies. If you have dreams of blogging full-time and want to quit your job soon, you need to drill this fundamental idea into your head.
Ideal Situation
Ideally, if you can manage it, live off of the lowest monthly income you’ve earned and put all extra revenue into a safe, relatively liquid interest-bearing investment such as an online savings account. In the above example, that means you’re living off $1200 per month, every month – not $2200, and preferably less than the average of all months. So in the months that you gross $2200, you have $1000 to put into savings. While there’s nothing wrong with putting all of that into one savings account, if you feel you may be tempted, set up a separate bank account for taxes. When it comes time to pay income, property and other taxes, you’ll have earned some interest. And you’ll have emergency funds as well.
This is of course an overly simplified treatment of how to deal with fluctuating income that comes from being a freelancer or entrepreneur, but if you get the gist of it and come up with a method that works for you, you’ll be fine. Provided you stick to the plan. Consistently living and operating on the least amount possible is a core principle of bootstrapping a business. | {
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As we ponder the actions and attitudes of Bible records, we may readily come to the conclusion that some of the best and most prominent of Jews and Christians have had their faith sorely tried at times – even to the extent that they found it difficult to believe the direct plain statement of God Himself.
MOSES – THE EMANCIPATOR
As instance Moses, when he was told, “Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.” —Ex 3:10 “And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?” —Ex. 3:11 Passing by the remainder of Chapter Three, we come now to Ex. 4:1: “Behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The Lord hath not appeared unto thee.” This translation is misleading in its first clause – “they will not believe me.” Moses in this instance is typical of our Lord’s return in 1874 to deliver spiritual Israel and to establish the Kingdom; and the conversation between God and Moses is typical of the Second Advent preparations. Therefore, we cannot believe that Jesus would tell God that the people will not believe; rather, the correct translation should be, “They may not believe me.”
It is written of Moses that he was “the meekest (most leadable, most teachable) man in all the earth” (Num. 12:3), so we should not assume that he would make bold contradiction when God spoke to him. However, we cannot but make reasonable allowance for Moses here. For the first forty years of his life he had lived in the King’s palace in Egypt – at that time a formidable military power among the nations; whereas, the Israelites had no military equipment whatever. Thus, Moses would readily consider his mission impossible of performance. Humanly speaking, this certainly was a reasonable conclusion on his part, because the Jews were then slaves – subdued and unwarlike. This was a far cry from the time that Joseph was prime minister in Egypt – at which time Jacob and his entire household were received into the royal friendship and hospitality of Pharaoh. But at the time of Moses’ mission there had arisen a “Pharaoh who knew not Joseph.” (Ex. 1:8)
And God, wishing to increase his courage and his confidence, then proceeded to give Moses the three miraculous signs of the rod turned into serpent, then back to rod again; of Moses’ hand become leprous, then restored to its former health; and third, the water of the river would be turned into blood. (Ex. 4:1-9) But Moses continued, “I am not eloquent... slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.” (v. 10) However, upon God’s insistence, he went to Egypt as he had been instructed. And in due course he brought Israel out of Egypt “with high hand,” and across the Red Sea and away from the pursuing Egyptian army; then fully convinced that God could and would perform whatever He promised.
It is stated of Moses that he was probably the grandest character that ever lived; and his experience foregoing should convince all of us that God will never tell any of us to do anything that we cannot do. Yet God’s experience with Moses had to be repeated several times in subsequent years.Jeremiah answered substantially as did Moses, “I cannot speak, for I am a child.” (Jer. 1:6) And in this he was typical of Brother Russell in the early harvest. He also concluded that he did not have the capacity to proclaim the Harvest message, but he, too, eventually learned that he did have the talents required for the job, and he certainly accomplished his mission in a most excellent manner.
A great failing of some of God’s most laudable servants is that they often expected the wrong thing at the right time or the right thing at the wrong time. Also, on occasion they failed to comprehend the right thing at the right time when it was presented to them. This was pronouncedly true of the Jews at the First Advent. “He came to His own, and his own received him not.” (John 1:11) “They knew not the time of their visitation.” (Luke 19:44) He was indeed the “light of life”; but “the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.” (John 1:5)But of those that did receive Him, their understanding of what was going on was very vague and confused until they were enlightened by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.
Pertinent to the above is the experience of the two disciples on their way to Emmaus, as recorded in Luke 24:13–31. When the risen Lord joined them on the way there, the conversation speedily turned to the death of Jesus three days before; and one of them said, “We had trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel.” (v.21) But now they were much confused. Their timing was right in that Jesus was the Messiah, but they were completely wrong in what they expected at that time; and this improper expectation had placed a great strain on their faith when Jesus failed to do what they had expected Him to do then. On the way to Emmaus Jesus had said unto them, “O fools, and slow of heart to believe all the prophets have spoken. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? Even after they were convinced that Jesus had been raised a spirit being, they were still much confused, as note their question to Him just before He finally left them to go to Heaven: “Lord wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?” (Acts 1:6)
JOHN THE BAPTIST
By way of introduction, Jesus had said of John, “Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist.” (Matt. 11:11) It will be recalled that John was only six months older than Jesus, which means he was probably engaged in his ministry at Jordan for six months before Jesus came to be immersed by him. However, as boys and young men they had grown up together, probably had discussed their various destinies, because we may take it for granted (although the Bible does not specifically say so) that their mothers had told them the words that the respective angels had told them (Luke 1:11–64); and it seems this had thoroughly convinced John that Jesus was the promised Messiah. Therefore, he immediately exclaimed, as Jesus was approaching him, “Behold the lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man which is in advance of me: for he is my superior.” (John 1:29-30, Dia.)
Thus, when John was preaching repentance to the Jews, it would seem he stressed that the Messiah was soon to appear; and that would undoubtedly prod the Jews to expiate any known violations of the Law, because the nation from the least to the greatest was thoroughly imbued with the thought that the Messiah would some day appear. Yet, as firmly as John was convinced at Jordan, having seen the spirit “descending from heaven like a Dove, and it abode upon him” (v. 32), he later began seriously to doubt his own statement regarding Jesus, because he sent “two of his disciples to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another?” (Luke 7:19) At that time John was sitting in prison awaiting execution by Herod; but he, along with the Jews in general, were expecting the restoration of the Kingdom to Israel when the Messiah would appear. In line with this, we now quote a major portion of an article to be found in Reprints 2620 (April 15, 1900):
“While Jesus was performing many miracles, making numerous disciples, and meeting with comparatively little opposition, things were going very differently with his cousin, John the Baptizer. Yet this was only in accordance with what John himself had prophesied, saying ‘He must increase, but I must decrease.’ John was in prison about 120 miles from where Jesus was laboring so successfully. To be shut up in a dark dungeon of the kind usual at that time, and to have our Lord proceeding with his work, and raising no voice of protest on his behalf, and exercising none of his mighty power for his deliverance, probably seemed very strange to John – especially in view of his expectations respecting the work of the Messiah – that he would be a great earthly general and king, in harmony with the general Jewish expectations.
“We see how readily John might have permitted doubts and fears to enter his mind...He might have lost all faith in God’s providential dealings in the past, and all heart and hope for the present and future... This is indicated in his sending two of his disciples to Jesus, to make the inquiry, and also in the character of the inquiry. He does not say, Is this whole matter a farce, and are we deluded? but on the contrary his question was a sound one, and expresses the conviction that thus far the Lord has been leading, and that the only doubt in the prophet’s mind was whether or not, as he was the forerunner of Jesus, Jesus in turn, greater than he, might be the forerunner of some one else still greater and yet to come. And strictly speaking, this was exactly the case, for Jesus in the flesh was indeed the forerunner and preparer of the way before the still greater glorified Christ of the Second Advent, who will accomplish the great and wonderful things foretold by all the holy prophets since the world began. (Acts 3:21-23)
“Our Lord, it will be noticed, did not answer John’s question directly – he did not say there was not another coming and still greater work than that which he was performing, but he did give John to understand distinctly that the work he was doing was the very work which had been foretold in the prophets, and the proper thing to be done at that time. While John’s messengers were with Jesus a number of miracles were performed in their sight, and Jesus sent them back to John with instructions that they bear witness to him of the work of the Lord progressing in his hands, and to say to John that while the opportunities to stumble at Jesus, his work and his words, were many, and while many would stumble at these, as the prophet had declared (Isa. 8:14), yet a special blessing would rest upon all who would not stumble, but whose faith in the Lord would continue despite various disappointments of expectation respecting his work and their fulfillment’s – through misapprehension of the lengths and breadths and the heights and depths of the Divine Plan, which, as the heavens are higher than the earth, were higher than human conception could have foreseen. For instance, what Jew could have thought for a moment of the still higher than Jewish expectations of the kingdom of the spiritual kingdom class to be selected first before the establishment of the earthly kingdom.
“All of the Lord’s faithful servants need to remember the same lessons which were thus forcefully impressed upon John: they need to remember that when sometimes matters turn out very differently with themselves than what they had expected, when they receive injuries, reproaches and oppression, as the rewards of faithfulness to duty and to truth, it does not mean that God has forgotten them, nor that they were misled in their previous service to the Lord; nor does it mean that the Lord has changed his plan; nor that he is careless or indifferent respecting their condition. True, their first thought should be whether or not present unfavorable conditions are in the nature of chastisements or the results of any misdoing on their part, or failures to serve the Lord in his own way, but if they find their course to be harmonious with the Divine will and word they should at once rest their faith upon the Lord, and conclude that God knows better than they how to manage his own work.
Then while thankful to be used in that work for a time – perhaps for the good of others, or perhaps for their own training in the school of experience, and in the learning of lessons of patience and of faith..... The question arises, Was John imprisoned on account of officiousness – on account of trying to mind Herod’s business? Or was he imprisoned because of his faithfulness in discharge of that duty? Was it right or was it wrong for him to reprove the King, and to say to him that it was not lawful for him to take as his wife his brother Philip’s wife? There is no question that Herod was in the wrong, and that John’s expression on the subject was a correct one, and that Herod was living in adultery, but the question is, Was this any of John’s business? Did he need to meddle with the King’s affairs, and thus get himself into trouble? And if it was John’s duty to reprove Herod on this subject, was it not the duty of our Lord Jesus to have done the same, and in addition to have uttered a protest against the imprisonment of John, and in general to have raised a great hubbub over the injustice being done by the wicked ruler? And if John was right in this matter, was our Lord Jesus wrong in not following the same course? Or if Jesus was right in not following John’s course in reproving Herod, does it prove that John erred in giving the reproof?
“We answer that our Lord’s conduct is certainly to be considered as above reproach, since in him was no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth’; but this does not prove guile and sin on John’s part in following a different course. We are to remember that in many respects John and his ministry differed widely from our Lord and his ministry. For instance, the uncouth skin-girdle which John wore was very different from the seamless robe which the Lord wore; and the Scriptures call attention to the fact that John lived a very abstemious life, ‘neither eating nor drinking’ ordinary food, but practicing a continual fasting or self-denial as respects these comforts, while our Lord Jesus came ‘both eating and drinking,’ attended wedding feasts and banquets made in his honor. The lesson is that these grand characters each fulfilled his own mission, according to the Divine arrangement, but that they had different missions. John’s mission was pre-eminently that of a reprover and a reformer, and we are to understand that as a prophet he was supernaturally guided in respect to the various features of the course which he took. Our Lord’s mission, on the contrary, was a different one; he was gathering to himself those whom John’s ministry served to arouse to righteousness and to zeal to know and do the Lord’s will.”
We may have warm sympathy with John for his doubts that Jesus was the Messiah, because John – in common with the entire Jewish nation – was expecting a great leader who would relieve them from the Roman yoke, yet there was nothing in Jesus’ ministry to indicate such action: He even ordered them to pay tribute to Caesar. (Matt. 22:15–21) “ ...He hath no form nor comeliness... no beauty that we should desire him.” (Isa. 53:2)
“THIS MOSES” – ANOTHER TYPE
“When the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount (where God was giving him the ten commandments on the two tables of stone), the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what has become of him.” (Ex. 32:1) The setting in this Chapter of Exodus types the happenings of the Gospel Age shortly after the Apostles passed out of the picture. It had its antitypical beginning in the third epoch of the Gospel-Age Church in the Pergamos period (Rev. 2:12), which spanned the years between 313 and 799 AD, at the beginning of which the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great embraced Christianity.
It is well to inject here a little of the history of this Emperor. His acceptance of Christianity is closely associated with his rise to power. After his victory over Licinius in 324, he wrote that he had come from the farthest shores of Britain as God’s chosen instrument for the suppression of impiety... aided by the divine power of God, he had come from the shores of the ocean to bring peace and prosperity to all lands.
He also fought the battle of the Milvian Bridge in the name of the Christian God, having received instructions in a dream to paint the Christian monogram on his troops’ shields. Eusebius tells of a vision by Constantine, in which the Christian sign appeared in the sky with the legend, “In this sign conquer.” These stories may be somewhat fabricated and politically motivated, although this meant very little in a time when Greek or Roman expected that political success followed from religious piety. Thus, it should not be thought unusual that Constantine would seek divine help for his claim for power, and divine justification for his success in gaining his goals. However, the historian places much more stress upon Constantine’s subsequent development of his new “Christian” religious alliance to quite an extreme personal commitment to the Christian faith.
By 313 he had already donated to the Bishop of Rome the imperial property of the Lateran, where a new cathedral, the Basilica Constantiniana, soon rose. It was in these early years of his reign that he began issuing laws conveying upon the church and its clergy fiscal and legal privileges and immunities from civic burdens. He commented that the Christian clergy should not be distracted by secular offices from their religious duties – “for when they are free to render supreme service to the Divinity, it is evident that they confer great benefit upon the affairs of state.” From the foregoing it is easy to understand why the church from 313 to 719 is styled the Pergamos period, because the word Pergamos means “earthly elevation”; and it was during this period that great temporal strides were made with the help of various Roman emperors. It was in 539 that Justinian also made great concessions to the church, thus in that year, beginning the 1260 years of papal exaltation and eventual political supremacy.
It was in May 325 that Constantine personally opened the Council of Nice with an address to that assembly. At that Council there was great debate over the Trinity; but the subject was really over the Emperor’s head, so he described it as a subject that was fostered only by excessive leisure and academic contention – that the point at issue was trivial. The Council was held just twenty years after Constantine came to power; and he was finally persuaded by the general assembly to banish Arius and two of his supporters from the Roman Empire, at which time the three of them went to North Africa and developed a thriving Christian colony there. Those three had contended that there is but “one God.” As we study the 32d Chapter of Exodus it is easy to understand the similarity of what occurred there to what happened in the antitype – in the Pergamos period from 313 to 799.
The strong hope and belief of the Apostolic Age was that our Lord would soon return to claim His bride and establish the Kingdom for which He had taught them to pray, “Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth.” This belief found much encouragement at the Sea of Tiberias, as recorded in the 21st Chapter of John’s Gospel. There Jesus was prodding Peter over the three times he had denied Jesus on the night before He died. In that conversation Jesus told him that he would come to a violent end, upon which Peter pointed to “that disciple that Jesus loved” (the Apostle John) and asked the question, “Lord, what shall this man do?” This finds a much clearer translation in the Diaglott: “Lord, what of this man?” To which Jesus answered, “If I wish him to abide till I come, what is it to thee?” and verse 23 continues: “This report, therefore, went out among the brethren, that that disciple would not die; but Jesus did not say to him, ‘that he shall not die’; but if I wish him to abide till I come, what is it to thee.”
Jesus had charged the disciples with the duty of hoping and watching for His return, but He had not told them how long that would be. If He had told them that it would be almost two thousand years before He came again, no doubt many of them would have quit. The Jewish Harvest had long been completed; and He had not returned. The second epoch – the Smyrna period of nearly 250 years had also come and gone, but He had not returned. Thus, it was easy to come to the conclusion that He intended to remain in Heaven – not come back to earth at all. Very early in the Pergamos period, the doubts and misgivings of many throughout Christendom now become accepted as fact, so the people appealed to the hierarchy and the priests to provide them with some powerful substitutes for what they had expected in the Kingdom (Up, make us gods), to prepare ways for them to go (go before us), saying that, while Jesus had brought them out of bondage to sin and error in Satan’s empire (brought us up out of the land of Egypt), yet they were at a loss to account for His whereabouts, condition and non-return (“we know not what is become of him”).
The hierarchy and the priests (antitypical Aaron—v. 2) told the people to do what the priests knew was a violation of their Divine understanding of the Lord’s Word, for it implied surrender of the Truth and its perversion into error, held by their churches, movements, powers and qualities, and to bring these understandings into the control of the hierarchy and the priests. Thus the priests took those proper understandings into their charge and changed them into error. The hierarchy, at that time claiming apostolic succession, arrogated to themselves the custodianship of doctrine and practice; and in their arrogance perverted both; then elaborated them in great detail and subtlety by their keen minds.
From the year 100 (right after the death of the Apostle John) to 325 AD was a period of the rise of sectarianism and fundamental error, including union of the Church with the Roman Empire.When Constantine accepted Christianity, he brought with him many of the abominable practices of pagan Rome. Following are the main errors of doctrine and practice that constituted the antitypical golden calf (vs. 4-6): (1) The Church consisting of all professed Christians visibly organized under the hierarchy, must convert the world and reign over it 1000 years before Christ’s return (post-Millennialism). Augmenting this thought, the abomination eventually came to the full when Charlemagne (probably born in 742; died 814) forced most of the Christian world in Europe to combine into one superstate, after which – in 799 – he invited the Church to dominate in civil as well as religious affairs, thus beginning the Holy Roman Empire. This arrangement continued for 1000 years to 1799, completing the supposed 1000-year reign of Christ, which history has now proven to have been a counterfeit reign; and it accomplished just the reverse of what the real 1000-year reign will accomplish when it comes fully into power.
Other errors that arose during or shortly after that time were the Trinity; Christ the God-man; The Spirit a person; worship of Mary and the saints as mediators, and of their relics and images; purgatory; The mass for the sins of the living and dead, and for release from Purgatory; celibacy of the priests; monasticism; a gorgeous ritual; asceticism; excessive penances; secularization of the Church and professed Christians; persecution of dissenters; Church made a civil power; forced conversion, etc. After establishing each of their errors the priests declared it to be a part of the creed of true Christians, as distinct from the alleged errors – actually truths that they displaced. Thus they displaced God’s true Plan and set up another – a counterfeit plan. They also began to agitate for a special mode of religious exercise which they claimed to be for the Lord: they embellished the religious service with singing and entertainment by special talented persons. (This same procedure accounts for much of the success of “successful” evangelists even in our time.) Speedily forgotten are the words of Jesus, “The kingdom of heaven cometh not with outward show.” (Luke 17:20, Dia.)
They made and kept vows according to their new religious creed and practices. They also entered into a thorough union of state and church, which had its beginning shortly after Constantine publicly espoused Christianity, and began to overthrow in war the heathen party in 313 AD. It was at Nice in 325 that the Apostles’ Creed was formulated, the same being repeated in many churches every Sunday even to this day. The evils of doctrine and practice that appeared during the Pergamos period – from 313 to 799 – were gradually enlarged and solidified during the epochs that followed. The Truth and its arrangements as first taught by Jesus and the Apostles were gradually very much changed or completely lost.
THE CRUSADES
The Holy Roman Empire may be said to have its official beginning in 799, but in subsequent years (during the Thyatira and Sardis periods), it increased greatly in prominence and power so that the true followers of Christianity were almost completely submerged. Their number was comparatively very small and often impoverished; they were forced to seek refuge in the catacombs to avoid detection and great persecution. In anticipation of this situation, the Apostle John wrote concerning the fifth epoch of the Church: “Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white, for they are worthy.” The general Christian morale at that time was at a very low ebb; the large majority displayed very little of the sublime characteristics that had been taught by Jesus and the Apostles; and this condition is graphically typified in Ex. 32:25: “Moses saw that the people were naked (devoid of Christian qualities); for Aaron (typical of the priesthood) had made them naked to their shame.”
Much of the same condition exists today, with quite a few claiming to be “in the truth,” but they are not “of the truth.” (John 18:37) We are living in that “evil day” (Eph. 6:13), when “Perilous times shall come” upon the Household of Faith. People are very much confused over the different religious views being taught in our day; and they are more likely to accept any hokus-pokus rather than accept the Truth. “They will not endure sound doctrine... they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” They are “Ever learning, and never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.” (2 Tim. 4:3, 4; 3:7) But those who are “of the truth” will hear His voice. (18:37) Our Lord asked: “When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith (Truth) on the earth?” (Luke 18:8) – intimating it would be scarce.
However, during the time of the Thyatira and Sardis periods of the Church great progress was made in military might and power to persecute all dissenters. It was during this time that the nominal Church – for it was Christian in name only – decided to institute a crusade to wrest the Holy Land from the terrible Turk. It could be said there were seven crusades in all, the first of which was known as the People’s Crusade, and began with papal support in 1095. It ended in complete failure, as did all the following ones. The second began in 1146; also defeated.
The City of Jerusalem was completely subdued in 1187; and Richard the Lion-hearted of England tried to recapture it, but failed to do so. About this time the church members were urged to take the “Crusade Vow,” which would obligate them to join expeditions to the Holy Land. However, if the one making the vow later had a change of heart, or could not go for some special reason, he could hire some one to go in his place, the price for such substitution depending upon the ability of the person to pay. This was somewhat akin to the sale of indulgences which was prevalent in Luther’s time.
Then there were a couple of children’s crusades, the first of which was led by a boy named Stephen, who claimed Jesus had appeared to him in a vision. He was told the Holy Land would more readily be recaptured by love rather than by military might. He gathered around him about 30,000 children; but they fell prey to disreputable merchants, who shipped them to the slave markets in North Africa. Then in Germany a ten-year-old boy named Nicholas gathered about 20,000 boys; but they also were sold to the slave markets of the East.
GENERALITIES
The various efforts to do what was thought to be God’s will, but were proven by time itself to have been nothing but “strong delusions” (2 Thes. 2:11), were prompted largely by the doubts and misgivings of so-called Christians, who thought the Lord was not moving fast enough. Such situations occurred repeatedly – after the work of most of the reformers. The first of these occurred after the Apostles passed away. They gave the Church complete instruction, and had it completely organized for the work it should do (See Eph. 4:11-13); but one of the proofs of human depravity is the rise of corruption after a season of good development in most human movements.
Not only was this true after the Apostles had died, but it was also true of just about every reform movement of the entire Gospel Age. The Lutheran Church today bears little resemblance to the one Luther started; the same may be said of John Wesley, of William Miller, and especially so here in the end of the Age, when new groups sprang up like mushrooms. Every system of error has some good in it; otherwise no one would believe it. This is even true of the Mormon religion, which is probably the most extreme of all the fanatical sects. Of all the Truth groups it is our firm belief there are many good Christians in all of them, with many doing excellent work in “preaching the Word.”To his own Lord each man must stand or fall, so we do not attempt to pass judgment upon individuals in general. Thus we speak here of systems – and not of individuals.
“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding” (Prov. 4:7); and “In all thy ways acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths.” (Prov. 3:6)
LETTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST
Dear Sir:
I found a copy of your magazine dated 3/1‑78 and received literature from you in 1977 and after my husband died, then I lost track of your publications. My 22‑year‑old daughter died in March of this year. I need to know from the Bible if these are the last days, what the parable of the Sheep and Goats mean – also if people who are killed in Armageddon will have a resurrection along with the others. I know the Bible speaks of a resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous. I want to know if Jesus is picking the ones now who will survive Armageddon. I need to know if the Jehovah's Witnesses are the only ones who will survive Armageddon and if I stand a chance of seeing my husband and daughter again in the New Earth the Bible talks about in Revelation.
There are so many things I don't know and understand. I want to be a child of God and have everlasting life. Any information you can send me I will greatly appreciate. Also, who is Babylon the Great in Revelation? I am searching the Scriptures and want to know the right course to take. Sincerely, ------- (MICHIGAN)
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Dear Brethren in the Lord:
Warm Christian greetings in the name of our Lord, Redeemer and King! Thank you very much for sending regularly your monthly papers which I enjoy reading, although I must admit I don't agree 100% with what I read in it. But perhaps 90% is a good average. You must know that there are no two Bible Students in the world who agree 100% on everything. Still we do get along. So please keep sending your papers.
Since I know it costs money to print and mail, I am enclosing a donation to help along in meeting expenses. With every good wish for showers of blessings on you and your work,
I am your brother in the Lord Jesus, -------(CONNECTICUT)
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Dear Mrs. Hoefle:
Thank you for the additional book on Pastor Russell. I placed it in the local library where perhaps many people will read it.
Thank you also for sending the book, "The Time Is At Hand." I have already read it and found it very interesting, I feel I understand it. Also, I would love to read the other three in the set. Since I read "The Divine Plan of the Ages" nearly thirty years ago, I have searched for the remaining books. Is there anyway I could get them?
Sincerely, ------- (NORTH CAROLINA)
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My dear Sister Hoefle: Christian greetings!
I hope you are well and keeping spiritually, physically and mentally tuned up for all your requirements. It has been quite a while since I wrote you, knowing, of course, you have been kept busy in the Lord's work.
Looking at developments in the world I surely see God's predictions coming true in many ways ‑ unmistakably so. Prophecy fulfillment certainly give evidence of God's foreknowledge – knowing the end from the beginning, especially knowing the effect of disobedience, the rebelliousness of human nature, with all its results. Surely, God's Kingdom is the hope that we can rely on – and having the experience of seeing sin's effect on the nations with no formula forthcoming from the cream of the world's human brains.
As yet, Sister, I do not have any local fellowship with anyone – only some postal contacts of Truth people. Many have passed on... I feel very much blessed with the understanding of the Divine Plan of God, and I am always happy to give it to the meek.
I receive Brother Horowitz' papers – some very revealing articles therein. I have studied sufficiently Jewish history to support the Jewish Cause.
I continue to enjoy the papers and appreciate very much, Sister, your prayers. God Bless thee, and keep thee. Numbers 7:24‑26 to all at Mount Dora. | {
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I have a variety of costumes, and therefore do not have to come dressed as a clown - when, for example, I come to do face painting, or a show for very young children.
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Caricatures by Don Landgren's PARTOONS is a great entertainment idea for any corporate or private event, combining a unique show with a one-of-a-kind souvenir. Hire me to entertain your guests at your next Birthday Party, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, Graduation, Quinceañera, Christmas Party, Corporate Function or anywhere people gather to have a good time.
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dailycooking recipes is back on the blog again
About Me
I love too cook, my passion is cooking. And my dream career is to be a chef, make a cookbook and to be a famous chef with my own tv show and magazine. I love cooking but I like people even more. Come learn how to cook with me! - Chef Steph. | {
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INTAROS Project General Assembly Meeting
Date
10/01/2018
The Horizon 2020 INTAROS project general assembly will take place in Helsinki. The INTegrated ARctic Observation System (INTAROS) is a five-year European Commission project aiming to help build an efficient integrated Arctic Observation System (iAOS) by extending, improving and unifying existing systems in the different regions of the Arctic. EuroGOOS is partner in the project responsible for delivering recommendations on the system requirements (through an interface with stakeholders spanning science, policy and industry), developing a business case and an economic benefits analysis, and contributing to the international OceanObs conference 2019.
Project work packages and steering group will meet back to back during the general assembly’s week. Erik Buch will represent EuroGOOS. | {
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Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator, Because Really, How Hard Could It Be?
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Looks like the Malcolm Gladwell backlash has reached its tipping point. (YOU SEE WHAT I DID THERE?). Inspired by such weighty titles as The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers, Cory Bortnicker and Brett Molé have built a “generator” of 25 Gladwellian book covers like the above Blank, Yoga: How Hot Trends Make People Buy Books, Vague: The Power of Generalizations To Impress The Bored and (my personal favorite) Monster Cocks: The Last Book You’d Think I’d Write.
What did Gladwell do to warrant such opprobrium? He questioned the power of the Internet.
“But surely the least interesting fact about them is that some of the protesters may (or may not) have at one point or another employed some of the tools of the new media to communicate with one another.”
Gasp! Gladwell is, get this, not interested in the tools of new media, let’s make fun of him. Malcolm Gladwell, you’re old/not tech savvy!
Okay okay, so maybe I live for the day where I get paid to write shallow Gladwell-esque non-fiction about whatever pseudo-intellectual lark strikes my fancy (not). I really want to add a smiley at the end of that sentence.
In any case, Gladwell might actually be writing My Retirement: What Super-Trendy Book Buyers Like Yourself Are Paying For. I think it could really take off. | {
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Jay Cutler Hasn't Changed a Bit: Still Mouthing off, Still Immature
"It's a lot (different). Denver's like a six, and Chicago's like a nine. It's quite a bit different. Just the fans and how passionate they are, that's probably the biggest difference."
Yes, this is the Chicago Bears' quarterback Jay Cutler speaking on a local Chicago sports show about the fans in Denver.
I do not blame Cutler for speaking out about the Broncos, as the terms of his departure were by no means friendly.
I do blame him for going after the passion of the fans of the Broncos, though.
The debate as to whether it was Cutler or Josh McDaniels (or both) at fault for the messy situation over the winter may never be settled. However, most people in Denver have moved on from talking about Cutler.
Evidently, Cutler himself has not.
According the details given, "Interviewed Tuesday night on ESPN Radio in Chicago, Cutler was asked about the 20,000 fans who showed up to the Bears' practices over the weekend."
That's it. Nobody asked him for his opinion of the fans in Denver. They might have asked him how that compared to training camp in Denver, but Cutler himself was the one who brought up passion.
I believe nearly all fans of every team in professional sports are passionate. Maybe not "bandwagon" fans or fans of the Florida Marlins (or one of the more dysfunctional organizations around the sports world). Other than that, most fans have passion.
Some more than others, though.
There is no disputing the fact that the Denver Broncos have some of the best fans in the NFL. Mile High Stadium, the "Thunder", the Barrel-Man.
Very few people have the audacity to question the passion of Broncos fans.
Clearly Cutler is trying to "stir things up."
He could have ripped on Josh McDaniels, Pat Bowlen, or the front office. He could have blasted the Broncos' defense that let him down many a time in 2007 and 2008.
But he didn't. He went after the passion of the fans, and Denver as a football town.
Nobody said he had to feel any love for Denver, for the Broncos, or even the fans.
He could at least respect the fact that fans stood by him after he fell flat on his face leading the Broncos down the stretch last season—losing the final three games to complete one of the worst collapses in the NFL.
Fans even stood by him in his fight with McDaniels, Bowlen, and the rest of the Broncos' front office after he threw a fit about hearing his name in trade rumors.
People called for the firing of Josh McDaniels, simply to appease Cutler.
So, when asked, what right does Cutler have to bash the very people who supported him while he was becoming the player he now is today?
Broncos fans should use this as a spark. Go out this season and show the team the kind of passionate support they're used to. Even if this year is a "down year", which it may or may not be.
Jay Cutler is just as mature now, as he was back in December when he screamed, "What the f**k Eddie?" after Eddie Royal couldn't quite reach a pass that Cutler had air-mailed 10 feet too high in that infamous San Diego Chargers game. | {
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The Genie in the Admixture Bottle
Eastern Precast of Hatfield, Pa., an Oldcastle company, is using a new approach to designing plants: engineering them around the use of self-consolidating concrete (SCC). Under the leadership of Area Manager Chuck Galbraith, Oldcastle designers have incorporated SCC into practically all types of their precast production processes.
In the course of planning for a plant transformation, Oldcastle engineers have tailored their production layouts to three key elements of SCC workability.
Due to the use of SCC, workers minimize the use of vibrators, which can help to reduce the ambient noise level in the casting area. They're able to cut down on the amount of raking. Also, because SCC requires little handling during placement, crews use fewer tools and trowels. Finally, much less cleanup is required after a pour. In many cases, managers can reduce the size of crews, increase the number of elements cast during a single pour, or increase pour frequency.
Galbraith had set a production goal to maximize most precast plants' most common constraint: the capacity of the bucket hopper. To do this, the engineering team decided to employ two 4-cubic-yard pan mixers.
Another important production constraint that Galbraith wanted to minimize was mixer cleanout time. Designed to reduce any unnecessary labor costs, high-performance stainless-steel liners will lessen the need for cleanout at the end of the chute. Also, a second discharge chute was added so that a plant operator could direct material to a mobile concrete hauler.
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Psyllium husk powder is extracted from fiber obtained from the husks of the seeds of Plantago ovata plant. Psyllium husk is also known as ispaghula and is native to western and southern Asia. Psyllium husk which covers the seeds of this plant is a rich source of soluble fiber (the kind of fiber which absorb water to form a gel).
Psyllium husk Powder uses?
Discussed below are some of the Psyllium husk powder uses:
Uses in Food
Psyllium husk is used as a thickener in frozen desserts and ice creams. A 1.5 percent weight/volume ratio of psyllium husk shows binding characteristics which are superior to a 10 percent weight/volume ratio of starch mucilage.
Research on Cancer
In a research of rats’ exposure to colon carcinogen i.e a chemical that causes cancer, psyllium husk greatly minimized tumor incidences in comparison to control.
No effect of this product has been researched on humans. Therefore, a one rat research should not lay level for usage of any product for cancer fighting purpose.
Psyllium Husk Powder Boosts Satiety and Enhances Loss of Weight
Fibers such as psyllium form viscous components that help in controlling appetite and reducing weight loss. A research with 12 participants who were healthy consumed 10.8 grams of psyllium before meal. They stayed for a longer time before feeling hungry. The results showed higher fullness feelings within an hour after eating reducing total fat consumption in comparison to placebo.
A different research indicated that supplementing psyllium individually and pairing it with diet rich in fiber reduced weight significantly, body fat percentage and mass index of the body.
Improves digestion
Psyllium is a laxative that forms bulk meaning it soaks the water in the gut easing movements of the bowel therefore easing constipation. Persons living with Crohn’s disease and irritable bowel syndrome experience irregularity of the bowel.
Psyllium is prebiotic i.e. substance required for colonies which are important for probiotics growth into the gut. A colony which is healthy releases bacteria in the digestive system useful towards healthy immune function. The body fights infection better, reduces inflammation and maintains cells and tissues health.
Apart from regulating movements of the bowel and management of chronic condition, psyllium softens your stool as long as you take enough water hence reducing simple ailments like constipation.
Veterinary medication
In horses, Psyllium fiber supplements are used as veterinary medicine to treat sand impaction helping to eliminate sand from its colon.
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Lowering Cholesterol
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Lowers the level of Blood Sugar
It has been shown that Fiber supplementation controls glycemic reaction to a meal hence reduces the levels of blood sugar. Factually, in comparison to other fibers such as bran, psyllium works better. it has fibers that form gel which slows down food digestion helping in blood sugar levels regulation.
A study treating 56 men with diabetes, those having 5.1 grams of psyllium two times a day in eight weeks resulted in reduction of their daily levels of blood sugar by 11%.
In a different research done in persons having diabetes type 2, a higher dose in 24 hours i.e. consumption of 5 grams thrice a day for 6 weeks led to reduction of the levels of blood sugar by 29% during the first 14 days.
In conclusion, Psyllium has ability of delaying digestion of food hence helping in regulation of the levels of blood sugar. Dosage of 10.2 grams in 24 hours ingested with meals has significant effect on blood sugar levels.
Helps in Treatment of Diarrhea
Psyllium also relieves diarrhea as it works as an agent for water absorption increasing the thickness of the stool slowing its passage via colon. Another research indicated that psyllium husk reduced diarrhea in thirty patients with cancer who were going through radiation therapy.
Psyllium husk Powder dosage
Discussed below is the recommended Psyllium husk powder dosage
In case of constipation, you should use 2.5 up to 30 grams in 24 hours in divided dosage.
For children ages 6 up to 11 years you should use 1.25 to 15 grams of the powder in 24 hours.
For those suffering from coronary heart disease one should take 10.2 grams in 24 hours meaning 7 grams of soluble fiber per 24 hours. For irritable bowel syndrome one should take 10 grams in 24 hours in one or two doses.
Psyllium husk Powder help with weight loss
A gel which forms inside your stomach as you consume Metamucil helps you feel lesser hungry between taking meals. This gel pushes the walls of the stomach telling the body about its fullness hence curbs appetite and keeps one fuller for longer. Psyllium husk increases fullness leading to loss of weight.
Psyllium husk consumption with meals accompaniment boosts fullness thus lowering subjective appetite sensation. This leads to loss of weight in approximation of 10 lbs. Different triple-blind research conducted on seventeen women showed similar changes in appetite and fullness and indicated that research inherently lowered their fat intake on a daily basis.
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Saturday, May 10, 2014
Started this like a month ago, got distracted and busy, and just now made the time to finish. Sso it's not actually current, but I haven't really had time to finish it up . . . really should've waited til life was a bit calmer before trying to start this blog up again.
I don't particularly have time to write a post on any of these ideas, but the cow's stomach that is my brain has been regurgitating and re-chewing on this stuff lately.
Blogger Kirk Miller highlights some of Carl Trueman's rumination's on his essay, "What Can Miserable Christians Sing?" The historic answer (not that anyone cares about that kind of silliness anymore) is: The Psalms. Having shoved aside the psalms in our worship, what have we done? Truman writes:
By excluding the cries of loneliness, dispossession, and desolation from its worship, the church has effectively silenced and excluded the voices of those who are themselves lonely, dispossessed, and desolate, both inside and outside the church. By so doing, it has implicitly endorsed the banal aspirations of consumerism, generated an insipid, trivial and unrealistically triumphalist Christianity, and confirmed its impeccable credentials as a club for the complacent. In the last year, I have asked three very different evangelical audiences what miserable Christians can sing in church. On each occasion my question has elicited uproarious laughter, as if the idea of a broken-hearted, lonely, or despairing Christian was so absurd as to be comical . . .
if Adam is not the first, who subsequently fell into sin, then the work of Christ loses its biblical meaning. If it is not true that all human beings descend from Adam, then the entire history of redemption taught in Scripture unravels. The result is no redemptive history in any credible or coherent sense and so the loss of redemptive history in any meaningful sense.
John Calvin gives us a good rule to follow:
So then, let us remember that whenever mention is made of [Christ's] death alone, we are to understand at the same time what belongs to his resurrection. Also, the same synecdoche applies to the word "resurrection": whenever it is mentioned separately from death, we are to understand it as including what has to do especially with his death.
Inseparability, however, is not indistinguishably. Plainly Paul thinks of Christ's death and the resurrection as different events on the same plane of historical occurrence. The resurrection is not an aspect or component part of the death. Rather, as Calvin's statement itself reflects, each has a meaning of its own, which is suppressed at the risk of seriously distorting Paul's gospel. | {
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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Give the Minnesota Wild a three goal lead and history shows they will not lose. That was before Wednesday night when the Calgary Flames became the first team to beat the Wild in franchise history when trailing by three goals or more. The Wild jumped out to a wicked fast start, scoring three goals (two power play) in the first ten minutes and took that lead into the intermission. Brian Rolston and Mark Parrish both added a power play goal and Wes Walz shipped a goal in as well. This was the best period I think I've ever seen the Wild play. The play was completely dictated by Minnesota and they really had their way. Anything they wanted they got. Oh how quickly a game can change. The Flames exploded for three goals in less than five minutes near the mid point of the second period and you could feel the momentum swing. The Flames came out in the 3rd period and really dominated, and added two goals in the final frame to take a 5-3 victory from the Wild.It had to happen sometime. The Wild were bound to lose eventually, but you wouldn't think this would be how. The Wild have been one of the leagues best defensive clubs in recent years and to give up five unanswered goals in only two periods is ridiculous. Hopefully this is a wake up call to the Wild and anyone who thinks any kind of lead in any sport is safe. I would never recommend sitting on a lead, and I think the Wild did this a bit as they backed down on their attack. I hope the Wild realize now they're not invincible and that a hockey game is 60 minutes long, not just 20. Minor bump in the road we'll have to see how the squad responds tonight in Edmonton.
Monday, October 22, 2007
The Minnesota Wild continue to be the NHL's hottest team defeating the Colorado Avalanche 3-2 sunday night in St. Paul. Dispite giving away a two goal lead late in the 2nd period, the Wild managed to score with three minutes left in the 3rd to get the victory. The final goal was really a fantastic individual effort by Mikko Koivu, who intercepted a clearing attempt along the boards, looked as though he was going to take the puck behind the net and drove hard to the front and jammed the puck past the Avs goaltender. Head coach Jacque Lemaire has really praised Koivu's play this season. I definately agree, Koivu has been one of the Wild's best players. One minor note, Pavol Demitra left in he 3rd period with an undisclosed injury. Lets pray it's nothing serious.
As the Wild continue to play they only look to be getting stronger. Behind the solid play of Backstrom and Harding, the powerplay which was in a 1-22 slump has caught fire, adding two goals in five chances last night and really moved the puck well. The penalty kill, which has been near the top of the league year in and year out, continues to look good. However having said that the Wild have been taking too many penalties for my liking. Brent Burns needs to clean his game up. Too much stick work and lazy play has left him in the penalty box more than actually on the ice. Last week against the Kings, Burns received five minor penalties and added two more last night against Colorado. That is the only knock I have on the Wild at this point; too many undisciplined penalties, extremely odd for a Lemaire coached team. Lets hope we can get it fixed before it comes back to really hurt us.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Through the first seven games (6-0-1) the Minnesota Wild have failed to score more than three goals in a game. However with the one-two punch of Nicklas Backstrom and Josh Harding (who?) carrying the team that's not a problem. When a team like the Minnesota Wild only have to score only two or three goals per game to get the W it's really scary. With offensive weapons like the Slovakian duo of Marian Gaborik and Pavol Demitra, goals shoudn't be a problem for these two. Then you have Brian Rolston. So far only two goals on the year, but he's added five assists for 2nd on the team in points behind free agent Eric Belanger who continues to impress. Belanger's three goals is tied for the team lead. The line trio of Rolston, Belanger and Pierre-Marc Bouchard have been pheominal. The three have accounted for almost half of the Wild's offensive production (nine of the 19 team goals). Another offensive bright spot has been the play of defenseman Brent Burns. Burns has played solid defensively but has also shined in the offensive zone, adding three goals.
The story so far this season has definately been the play of the goaltenders Harding and Backstrom. Together they own a save percentage near .960 and have given up a toal of eight goals in seven games including three shutouts (two for Backs and one for Harding). Lets give a little credit to the defensemen as well. The play of the defense has allowed Backs and Harding to make that initial save and clear the puck from the front of the net. Nick Schultz continues to impress me. I always thought of him as an OK player, but in the playoffs last year and from the beginning of the season this year he has shown me that he has a rock solid defenseman. Together Schultz and Kim Johnsson draw the task of shutting down the opponents top line. Judging by the scores, I'd say "Mission Accomplished"
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Moving mountains
I’ll start off by saying that I went to these events with an open mind. And all I can say is that the following points left a very big impression on me. Hence why I decided to write about them. Perhaps, you too will be inspired, dear reader.
Before moving on to the actual points, though, I’d like to start by describing what the atmosphere was like during the sessions.
As I made my way into the dimly lit room, I could hear entrancing, ambient meditation music playing. I sat in my chair, approximately forty-five minutes before the start of the event. The hypnotic notes and sounds oozing out from the speakers immediately put me at ease, and calmed my nerves. I remember sitting there, with just two or three other people present, and feeling completely relaxed, almost as if being induced into some hypnotic state by the sheer calmness around me.
As the room slowly started filling up, I couldn’t help but notice the behaviour of some audience members. People who knew each other embraced for a longer-than-usual amount of time, and some people who walked by simply smiled or nodded at me in greeting. Now, these humans were complete strangers to me, yet I felt a sense of belonging being among them. The complete opposite of how I feel when I’m at social gatherings with friends or family. I guess it’s true when they say it sometimes feels better to be in a place/country where nobody knows you.
Another small observation I made was that I was the youngest person in the room, on both days.
Now, on to actual points themselves…
The Refuge and Generation of Bodhicitta Prayers – The sessions would begin with the following prayers. This would take approximately 10 to 15 minutes.
DUGNGEL GYUDANG DRELGYUR CHIG/May all sentient beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering.
DEWA DAMDANG MIDREL SHOG/May all sentient beings never be apart from the supreme bliss, which is free of all suffering.
CHAGDANG DRELWEI TANGNYOM SHOG/May all sentient beings live in the great equanimity, free from the attachment and aversion that keep some close and others distant.
So, what did you notice in the texts? Did you notice, for example, how characters such as ‘god’ or ‘the holy spirit’ are not even mentioned once in these prayers? This is one thing which really struck me. The fact that prayers aren’t addressed to a particular supreme being of some sort. Instead, they are prayers which simply “wish” the best for all people. Correction. All sentient beings, I should say. Which means any living thing; from the biggest blue whale to the tiniest tick (yes, that includes cockroaches, snakes, and grasshoppers, too, for better or for worse).
One thing, however, still eludes me. If, as many say, Buddhism is not a religion, then why the need to pray?
The Orange and Apple Seeds Analogy: I’m sure you’ve heard this one before: We may seem different, but we are not all as different as we may seem. Rinpoche explained this better by using a simple and interesting example, which I call “The Orange and Apple Seeds Analogy”. What this means, basically, is that, although an orange and apple are two completely different fruits (their shape, colour, texture, taste, etc.) they are really the same thing: fruit! Peel away their skin (literally), and you’ll find that they have the same origin: seeds. Yes, once again, they look different, but when you think of it, even their origin is the same (both are planted in soil, given water
Although the fruit seeds analogy made the concept easier to understand, I still have my doubts. I am still unable to fathom how people are “connected” in some way. It is extremely clear that people are different, and I’m not referring to appearance, of course. If we are “all the same”, why then do we each have different personalities? Why do we have different opinions? Why do we disagree on certain matters?
On karma: Buddhists believe that all beings are made up of two things: the mind and body. Karma starts before we are even born, and that when we die, the “mind” part of us lives on.
The Tibetan Buddhist concept of karma is similar to Newton’s Third Law of Motion, which states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This is presented as a universal law that has nothing to do with abstract ideas of justice, reward, or punishment. Karma, whether one is aware of it or not, is constantly being created.
As someone who believes that there is absolutely nothing after death, the karma concept doesn’t seem as far-fetched as, say, the theory that when we die we are reborn as an animal. It kind of makes sense, actually. The things we say to people, when we learn something from others, that’s all passing on of knowledge, right? So, technically, we are sharing our “mind” with those we speak to, and that is how it lives on.
*short water break before carrying on*
The link between Buddhism and science: Chamtrul Rinpoche made a short but bold statement to introduce this topic to us. ‘Look up anything about Buddhism, and you’ll most likely find an explanation about it. Just like science’, he had said. In other words, rather than a reliance on faith, hearsay, or speculation, there is actual evidence.
The case is made that the philosophic and psychological teachings within Buddhism share commonalities with modern scientific and philosophic thought. Buddhism has been described by some as rational and non-dogmatic, and there is evidence that this has been the case from the earliest period of its history. Some popular conceptions of Buddhism connect it to discourse regarding evolution, quantum theory, and cosmology.
On religious extremism: During Q&A time, a woman in the audience asked: What do you make of the recent Rohingya Buddhist attacks? As always, in his calm manner, Chamtrul answered, ‘The Dharma is always good. It is the people who, ultimately, go against the teachings and do wrong in the world. It is the same with other religions, of course. It is not these extremists that define a religion.’
Rinpoche’s concluding words, before the end of his final session, went something like this: I do not expect everyone to leave this room and remember everything I’ve said, or anything I’ve said, for that matter. But the fact that you were present for these sessions, and provided that you’ve listened carefully, then the seed has already been planted in you. Ultimately, it is up to you to acknowledge it, find it within you, and make it flourish. Just like a farmer who sows seeds in his fields, simply planting it in the soil is not enough to make a tree grow. He needs to water the soil, give it nutrients, and maintain it in order for the plant to grow.
Other terms I learned:
khata – A traditional ceremonial scarf, usually made of silk. It symbolises purity and compassion and are worn or presented with incense at many ceremonial occasions, including births, weddings, funerals, graduations, and the arrival or departure of guests. Tibetan khatas are usually white, symbolising the pure heart of the giver.
samsara – A Sanskrit word that means “wandering” or “world”, with the connotation of cyclic, circuitous change. It also refers to the theory of rebirth and “cyclicality of all life, matter, existence”.
The Dharma – The teachings of the Buddha, commonly known throughout the East as Buddha-Dharma. It includes especially the discourses on the fundamental principles (such as the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eightfold Path).
nirvana – A term used to describe the goal of the Buddhist path. It is a place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven. In Hinduism and Buddhism, nirvana is the highest state that someone can attain – a state of enlightenment – meaning a person’s individual desires and suffering go away.
Although I am still quite sceptical of certain Buddhist views and beliefs, one thing I was very impressed about was the way everything seemed to link to one another, even if they are non-related subjects! These two days were truly a fascinating and enlightening experience for me and, should another similar opportunity arise, I will certainly not think twice about going again.
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Trip2GO needs volunteers for study about daily travel in L.A.
Trip2GO, a multimodal trip planning app developed by Metro, Caltrans, Partners for Advanced Transportation Technology (PATH) and UC Berkeley, is looking for volunteers to participate in a study on daily travel in the Los Angeles area. Participation is easy, and participants will also receive gift cards worth up to $100!
Are you eligible? You must have an Android smart phone and live/work in the travel corridor that runs from Pasadena through downtown Los Angeles to Long Beach.
What’s involved? Participants will complete a couple of questionnaires online about their households and travel choices. They can also earn more rewards by filling out a few shorter questionnaires about daily trips. The research team will analyze the data and use the results to hopefully improve travel forecasting and planning.
How do I sign up? The sign-up period will be open until July 31, 2015. Participants must be able to commit to a 2-week period of daily testing. If you’re interested, fill out this form to get started!
Simpler solution is to just partner up with Google and ask them for the data. Chances are most people just leave the Google Now and Google Location History feature on so they already have tons of data spanning months, if not several years from Android smartphone/tablet users based on GPS and cell signal data on where they live, where they work, and what their daily routes are to get there.
The vast majority have 9-5 jobs during the weekday.
Obviously if you’re NOT on the go from 18:00 evening to 07:00 the next day in a particular location almost everyday of the weekday, that’s likely where you live. Google can derive that info from those sets of data.
And if you’re at another location and NOT moving from 09:00 to 17:00 every weekday, then that’s likely where that person is working. Google can derive that info from those sets of data.
Google also tracks how you get there. Super-impose the data over Google Maps, Google already knows how you get between your home and your workplace.
They’ve been doing this for years across millions of Android users so they already have tons of data to work from and I’m sure they’ll have years of data from Angelenos as well. These data are likely to become their backbone of their Google driverless car technology – if they know where people live, where they work, and how they get there, spanning months and years of data, they can derive the best way to deploy their Google driverless cars to start running along a particular set route when they hit the market.
Again, how typical of LA that the only choices of transportation on this app is comparing car vs. mass transit, but nary a peep about a third alternative that increasing number of Millennials are opting to do today: riding a motorcycle, scooter or a moped to get around.
I’m sensing an underlying motive here of promoting confirmation bias that this app was made so that results are skewed to show that it’s cheaper to take transit over cars, when in fact, it leaves out other variables like commuting with two wheel motorized vehicles which isn’t accounted for nor addresses the travel needs and variability of how people travel throughout the southland. By limiting it to only the Blue/Gold Line sector (Pasadena through DTLA to Long Beach? Hmm, sounds awfully skewed to promote the Blue and Gold Lines!), it really limits the reality of how Angelenos actually travel which can be all over the place and varies widely by the distance.
Really Metro, you’ve stooped to a new low – using our tax dollars to promote your bias to socially engineer people to take transit, without accounting for all the variables.
The app also fails to explain how the “cost” and “carbon footprint” figures are derived for cars to compare with transit. You can’t give a fair comparison to the cost of Metro which is fixed versus to a car which has a lot of variables.
The automobile itself has many different categories today from those that do not require fossil fuels, to one that runs on hybrid engines, or traditional combustion engines which in itself can vary widely whether the car was built in the 1970s or the 2010s, whether it’s gas-guzzling Hummer or a fuel efficient Honda Civic.
The cost of a car ownership also varies widely in terms of insurance and maintenance depending on what car you own. A Maybach or a Ferrari is going to be a lot more expensive to maintain than a Ford Focus.
In order for this app to be a true study to compare against automobiles vs transit, it must also be allowed to enter one’s own vehicle, the cost of gasoline per fill up, odometer readings at each fill-up, keep a record of the MPG and the cost per mile of that car, as well as input the relevant data on insurance premiums and maintenance costs.
Yes, if you live or work along the corridor, you may be eligible. Not sure about how wide the travel corridor is though. If you would like details, please email the app team directly: [email protected]
“…and live/work in the travel corridor that runs from Pasadena through downtown Los Angeles to Long Beach.”
Too limiting. Not everyone in LA lives or works in the coridor between Pasadena, Downtown LA and LB . The sample size will to be too small and the criteria too limiting to offer any substantial data or empirical evidence for a commuter study. | {
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Kabul after Regional Cooperation with Tehran: Afghan President
Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani voiced his country’s willingness to cement closer regional cooperation with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Afghanistan seeks to promote regional cooperation with Iran under bilateral and multilateral agreements, the Afghan president said at a meeting with his Iranian counterpart in Tehran.
Ghani arrived in Tehran on Monday morning for a ceremony to sign a trilateral agreement between Iran, Afghanistan and India on the establishment of an international transit corridor via the Iranian port city of Chabahar.
Elsewhere in the meeting, the visiting Afghan official stressed that stability, security and progress in Iran contributex to those in Afghanistan.
For his part, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Tehran attaches great significance to Afghanistan’s stability and development, expressing the country’s readiness for all-out cooperation with its eastern neighbor.
He further pointed to the trilateral deal on international transit route, saying the agreement will help development not only in Iran, India and Afghanistan, but also in the entire region.
The Chabahar route will allow Indian goods to reach Afghanistan via the Iranian port of Chabahar without crossing Pakistan’s territory.
Chabahar is located in the Gulf of Oman on the border with Pakistan. It is the closest and best access point of Iran to the Indian Ocean and Iran has devised serious plans to turn it into a transit hub for immediate access to markets in the northern part of the Indian Ocean and Central Asia. | {
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The Flying Ace is soaring with Hallmark’s 2015 Keepsake ornament
Friday, October 23, 2015
When Love, Hallmark sent out an email to their blogger group asking if we’d like to work on this campaign, I practically begged them to pick me to review and host a giveaway. Thankfully, my “enthusiastic” email was rewarded and I am honored to present the Hallmark 2015 Keepsake ornament giveaway for the flying Ace! While I did receive this ornament free of charge to thank me for my time, my love of all things Peanuts, and most especially Snoopy, are 100% my own.
My family and I aren’t alone in our love of the Peanuts gang. Young and old alike love all things Peanuts- but when Snoopy becomes The Flying Ace, something magical happens. That magical essence has been lovingly captured in this Hallmark keepsake ornament.
Jim Kemme, the Hallmark Keepsake artist who worked on this piece missed no detail. The grimace on the Flying Ace’s face, the perfect shade of red on the plane, the goggles and cap, all work brilliantly to help us root on the Flying Ace as he races to save the day! When duty and adventure calls, he’s up, up and away! You can learn more about the artist and the ornament by visiting Hallmark here.
This ornament has an extra element of cool because with the push the button you will hear the Flying Ace sound off! The batteries are included when you purchase or win it- but be warned, getting the batteries in is tricky! You’ll need a small screwdriver to open the back and a bit of patience as you jockey both button batteries into place. Dexterity will prevail and you’ll hear the Flying Ace take off in no time!
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I love all of the Peanuts characters. Snoopy stands out a favorite and I adore Charlie Brown. I have watched them so much I'm not certain which show/movie I saw them in first, but it was probably A Charlie Brown Christmas
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UTICA — West Seneca Post 735 and the Saratoga Stampede were semifinal winners Friday and they will play in the championship game of the New York State American Legion Baseball Tournament on Saturday at Murnane Field in Utica.
West Seneca Post 735 continued its winning streak Friday, keeping Rockland OTB Pirates Post 130 at bay with a 4-1 win in the tournament’s 4th round. West Seneca is now 4-0, and Rockland, 2-2.
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ROME — The New York State American Legion Junior Baseball Championships got underway with two games Thursday evening at Dilutis Field in Rome, with Rockland OTB Pirates Post 130 of Stony Point defeating Clinton County Mariners, 14-4 (in five innings), and Saratoga Stampede downing William Russell Post 404 of Vernon, 6-1.
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The lovely 4-star Diamond Hotel is ideally situated on the popular Bulgarian resort of Sunny Beach, just 250 m from the fine sandy beach and only 50m from the lively resort centre. With a great location like that you will be in the midst of Bulgaria's party capital, benefiting from a wide array of delicious restaurants, vibrant bars and coffee shops, as well as souvenir shops and ice cream parlours. Basically, everything is a walking distance away, ensuring you will have the most pleasant, fuss-free stay here. Also, do not forget that the beautiful historic town of Nessebar is close by with its ancient Roman ruins and traditional Bulgarian buildings: a UNESCO site that is not to be missed.
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Back on site, the Diamond Hotel offers a buffet-style restaurant serving a variety of local and international dishes, a lobby bar and a cafeteria. A hairstylist is also available onsite should you need a new hairstyle before you head to dinner (or maybe before you hit those famous clubs?). After a long night out or a soothing night in, have a relaxing time at the in-house spa - opt for a massage or just head to the sauna or the Turkish Bath for the ultimate detoxification session. Adults will also love the Diamond Casino - place your bets and win big as you enjoy a fabulous time in the Diamond Hotel, Sunny Beach!
The lovely 4-star Diamond Hotel is ideally situated on the popular Bulgarian resort of Sunny Beach, just 250 m from the fine sandy beach and only 50m from the lively resort centre. With a great location like that you will be in the midst of Bulgaria's party capital, benefiting from a wide array of delicious restaurants, vibrant bars and coffee shops, as well as souvenir shops and ice cream parlours. Basically, everything is a walking distance away, ensuring you will have the most pleasant, fuss-free stay here. Also, do not forget that the beautiful historic town of Nessebar is close by with its ancient Roman ruins and traditional Bulgarian buildings: a UNESCO site that is not to be missed.
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The year really got going in March with a lot of action building on the momentum from February.
The month kicked off with two very interesting cards on March 1st. In Japan we saw Middleweight titles unified as Akio Shibata defeated Daisuke Nakagawa to add the Japanese title to his OPBF belt. Sadly for Nakagawa he would retire after this loss. As for Shibata he has defended the unified crown twice, including a very recent win over Makoto Fuchigami.
In the Philippines on the same day Genesis Servania showed his class as he stopped former world champion Alexander Munoz in 12 rounds. This win saw Servania continuing his rise through the ranks and it now looks likely that he will kick off 2015 with a WBO world title bout.
The busy start to the continued on March 3rd when Japanese boxing fans had “Women's Day” and saw a trio of female world title bouts at the Korakuen Hall. These bouts saw wins for all 3 of the Japanese champions in action with Momo Koseki, Naoko Shibata and Ayaka Miyao all retaining their world titles.
On March 4th we had more title action with a Japanese title double header. These saw Hiroki Okada claim the Japanese Light Welterweight title with a decision win over Masayoshi Kotake and Takayuki Hosokawa upsetting Tadashi Yuba for the Light Middleweight title. For Okada this was his first decision win after starting his career with 7 straight stoppages whilst Hosokawa's reign was a short lived one and he had to give up his title before making a single defense.
On March 11th Japanese fans got a treat as the heavy handed Koji Numata fought to a thrilling draw with Takehiro Shimokawara. The bout was a 12 round war that was incredibly close leading to a split decision draw. A rematch between the two later in the year saw Numata stopping Shimokawara for the title before Numata announced his retirement, incidentally he had also announced his retirement after this draw.
Our “Prospect of the Year”, Kosei Tanaka, fought his first bout of the year on March 16th as he defeated Filipino foe Ronelle Ferreras. Ferreras entered the bout as a world ranked foe though never came close to genuinely testing the Japanese youngster who lost a round en route to a clear 8 round decision win.
Also on March 16th was “The Bloodbath of the Year” as Takuya Watanabe give an-in ring blood donation in his loss to Jaesung Lee. Watanabe was cut early in the bout and although blood was going everywhere the referee was happy for the bout to continue it's 10 round schedule. By the end of the bout Lee's shorts were covered in claret and it was a mystery as to how Watanabe had managed to continue the distance despite leaving much of himself in the ring.
A day later Japanese Welterweight champion Suyon Takayama recorded a narrow defense of his title as he only just over-came Tetsuya Suzuki. Takayama would defend the belt once more, later in the year, and again seemed fortunate to keep the belt with it being very clear that he was one of, if not the, weakest domestic champion in the country.
Just a couple of days after Sabillo's loss we saw another Filipino come up short in a title bout as Vinvin Rufino suffered an 8th round TKO at the hands of Hisashi Amagasa, the OPBF Featherweight champion. On the same show Hidenori Otake retained the Japanese Super Bantamweight title with a narrow decision win over Takafumi Nakajima. Fans in attendance here would almost certainly have been surprised if they were to be told that both Otake, against Scott Quigg, and Amagasa, against Guillermo Rigondeaux, would fight in world title bouts before the year was out.
Staying with disappointment for Filipino fighters we saw Richard Pumicpic come up short in an OPBF Bantamweight title bout against Ryosuke Iwasa. Pumicpic really did give Iwasa a nightmare for 12 rounds though was unable to do quite enough to take the win over “Eagle Eye” who hinted that he had had problems making the 118lb weight limit. Before the year was out however Iwasa had agreed to an IBF Bantamweight world title eliminator, suggesting he was making a little bit of an excuse for a below par performance.
It wasn't all bad for Filipinos however and on the same day Jonathan Taconing claimed the OPBF Light Flyweight title which had been vacated by Naoya Inoue. Taconing took on fellow Filipino Vergilio Silvano and the two men were involved in a full on brawl with Silvano eventually being stopped in round 11. The bout was regarded by many in attendance as one of the year's best contests in the Philippines though sadly full fight footage doesn't seem to have emerged.
On March 26th it was the turn of Thai's to feel disappointed as veteran Denkaosan Kaovichit was stopped by Kohei Kono in a bout for the vacant WBA Super Flyweight title. Kono dropped the Thai in round 4 before finishing him off in round 8 to begin a second reign as a world champion. Sadly for Kono he has been inactive since this win with problems regarding mandatory challenger Koki Kameda delaying any chance of Kono to really build on his momentum. Thankfully however the champion will be back in action on December 31st. For Denkaosan this was the start of a forgetable year which also saw him suffer a KO loss to the exceptionally talented Ryo Matsumoto in September.
On March 29th Russian “Krusher” Sergey Kovalev defended the WBO Light Heavyweight world title with a clear win over the out matched and negative Cedric Agnew who was stopped in 7 rounds after being thoroughly dominated. | {
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Vanilla Ace
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On Saturday, March 28, KU DÉ TA’s Saturday weekly House music night welcomes music mastermind, Vanilla Ace. The mysterious London based Vanilla Ace had a storming 2012 with releases on Toolroom, MODA, Clockhead, Maquina, Ministry of Sound. With support coming from the Magician (two tracks on two Magic Tapes), Soulclap and Seth Troxler to name a few. After being nominated for ‘Best breakthrough and Best new artist’ for the Soundplate.com awards (2012), his most recent ‘Musicology’ EP on Andre Crom’s OFF recordings has hit high heights on Beatport and has had critical acclaim.Inspired by the 1980’s era, Vanilla Ace’s approach to music is anything but plain and ordinary. His tracks are groovy, funky and soulful House, topped with an addictive amount of Bass purely built for the dance floor.
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Digital Summer School – 24 and 25 June
Businesses across the West Midlands are being urged to sign up for a free two-day ‘Summer School’ to help them embrace the opportunities offered by digital technology.
Delegates will be able to attend a series of hands-on workshops around the themes of Data, Marketing and Growth with industry experts from some of the biggest names in the sector on hand to help them overcome their technology challenges.
The event, which takes place at Fazeley Studios and the Custard Factory in Digbeth on June 24 and 25, is open to SMEs from across the West Midlands who trade with other businesses and delegates who complete the two days will receive a Graduate Certificate’ from the Greater Birmingham Digital Academy.
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DreamWorks to remake Hitchcock's 'Rebecca'
Working Title taps 'Eastern Promises' scribe for classic mystery
Jeff Sneider
Variety
February 9, 2012
DreamWorks and Working Title Films are embarking on a feature remake of Alfred Hitchcock's classic mystery ''Rebecca,'' that will be written by ''Eastern Promises'' scribe Steven Knight, who will go back to the original book by Daphne DuMaurier.
Story follows a naive young woman who marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, only to find that the memory of the first wife maintains a grip on her husband and the servants.
Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner will produce for Working Title.
Knight earned acclaim early in his career for writing Stephen Frears' ''Dirty Pretty Things'' and he recently adapted Dan Brown's bestselling novel ''The Lost Symbol'' for Sony. Knight is currently prepping his directorial debut ''Hummingbird,'' which will star Jason Statham. | {
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Higher prices, lower profits and job losses – what the global trade war means for South Africa
With US President Donald Trump threatening to raise import duties on an additional $267 billion worth of Chinese products on top of the tariffs already in place, it is worth pausing to reflect on what the trade wars of the past can teach us about the likely outcomes of the current dispute, especially as South Africa seems likely to get caught up in the cross-fire.
This is according to Tlotliso Phakisi, investment analyst at Cannon Asset Managers, who notes that lessons from the past reveal that trade wars seldom produce winners and that more often than not, the results leave both sides battle-bruised, scarred and worse off for the affair.
“Instead, history teaches us that past trade disputes have led to heightened geopolitical tensions and dampened global economic growth, which in turn have sparked social crises, wars and economic depressions,” he said.
“Take, for example, one of the most famous trade wars of the modern era, initiated under the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.
“In an eerie parallel to current events, this Act was passed by US lawmakers with the promise of protecting American jobs, particularly in the agricultural sector. Attempting to ease the effects of the Great Depression, the Act subsequently raised US import duties from 15% to more than 40% on nearly 1,000 items ranging from eggs and sugar to oil drums.”
However Phakisi highlighted that this strategy did not turn out as planned.
“US import and export volumes plunged 40% over the next two years as trade partners retaliated by raising their own tariffs in a tit-for-tat trade war,” he said.
“The knock-on results saw prices of goods and services falling, unemployment surging, banks collapsing and world trade plunging. For all intents and purposes, the decade following the Great Depression saw a halving in global trade. And as crop prices fell and exports dried up, the American farmers who were supposed to benefit from the trade protection policy instead suffered perhaps the most of all.”
“Far from the heroic measure needed, the Smoot-Hawley Act is now widely blamed for amplifying and elongating the Great Depression and, if not instigating, at least contributing to the eruption of World War II.”
Phakisi noted that there is a difference between the Smoot-Hawley Act and Trump’s trade proposals in that the Smoot-Hawley Act raised tariffs against everyone, whereas Trump’s focus has remained largely on Mexico and China.
“Ultimately, however, the outcome is likely to be the same, as world economies are even more interdependent now than they were in the 1930s. The tariffs imposed on China and Mexico will have a ripple effect on other trade partners, undoubtedly compromising the current system of relatively open and reasonably free markets,” he said.
What next for South Africa?
While the full impact of Trump’s trade war has not yet been seen, US trade policies will have a series of far-reaching effects that are likely to be felt around the globe, said Phakisi.
“Unable to import the materials they need or export the goods they produce, companies will lose profits and lay off workers, while consumers will be hit with higher priced goods. US economic growth will falter, low business confidence and uncertainty will slow global investment, governments will lose revenue and, ultimately, global growth will be pulled lower,” he said.
“One of the most prominent economists of the twentieth century, Joan Robinson, was fond of pointing out that raising tariffs, as a primary tools of trade wars, is like throwing rocks in the harbour to make imports more difficult. And just because you are throwing rocks in your harbour, there’s no reason I should throw rocks in my own. To do so just makes me worse off and why should I do that? Put simply, trade wars don’t produce winners. Everyone loses.”
Unfortunately for South Africa, the global headwinds of protectionism, trade war anxieties and emerging market risk aversion have already hit investor sentiment, demonstrated by the dramatic fall of the Turkish lira over the course of 2018, Phakisi said.
“And resilience, defined as the ability to quickly recover from setbacks, is a quality that our economy sadly lacks.
“Without the kind of solid foundation that can withstand such circumstances, or the flexibility to respond quickly when global challenges arise, South Africa’s economy has been caught up in the emerging market storm. The policy flip-flops and posturing we have witnessed of late have only exacerbated the situation.” | {
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More Than 25% Of Legal Marijuana Customers Spend More On Cannabis Than Restaurants
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One aspect about legalizing marijuana that no one talks about is budgeting. No, not how government budgets. Personal budgets. It turns out people who purchase marijuana are actually becoming smarter with their budgets.
A new study examined the consumer habits of marijuana purchasers in legal states. The study was conducted by LendEDU, a company that helps provide student loans and other financing topics. They found that people who purchase marijuana are incorporating their cannabis buying into their budgets.
According to the study, the average legal marijuana buyer spends about $111 each month on cannabis. They also found that 50 percent of legal buyers include marijuana into their monthly budgets. To make room in their finances for cannabis, 27.6 percent of legal buyers said they spend more money on marijuana than on eating out each month.
People who argue against marijuana legalization say this will enable drug addicts or lead to teenagers buying and smoking pot. But this study largely refutes those notions. Instead, the average legal marijuana buyer looks like a financially competent individual who's figuring out how to spend their money wisely to enjoy their cannabis hobby.
Centralized in Hollywood California, 420 Magazine has been delivering cannabis education to thousands daily since its inception in 1993. The largest Medical Marijuana media publication/organization available, currently serving more than 100,000 daily visitors, 250,000 registered members, and over 1.5 million followers on our social networking channels. | {
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In the AM, 25 back to the water blind in the morning. They are: 1-5-7-8-10-11-12-15-17-18-19-20-21-23-24-25-27-30-32-34-35-36-37-38-39
10-20-2013, 01:06 PM
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15 back to the 4th in the AM. They are: 1-5-7-8-10-11-15-18-19-21-23-24-27-30-35
10-20-2013, 05:04 PM
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A special congratulations to Martha and Tubb
For their open win! 2 weekends in a row for Tubb!!!
Congratulations to Mark Edwards and Briley with the 2nd,
Tim Milligan and Dealer were 3rd with Tim and Boo 4th.
Unofficial results - 2nd hand info | {
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LG has launched its new tablet LG Pad III 10.1 FHD LTE. The name of the device itself confirms the screen size. This tablet is now only available South Korea for KRW 429,000. LG also confirmed that a variant of the tablet with Stylus Pen will also be launched early next year.
LG G Pad III 10.1 LTE comes with 10.1 inch Full HD display. It runs on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. This tablet is powered by an octa-core 1.5GHz processor with 2 GB RAM. This tablet offers 32 Gb internal storage that can be expanded up to 2TB. | {
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Thailand Photo Diary – Part 3
Hi sweethearts. I still have lots of photos from my holiday in Thailand, which means it’s time for another Thailand Photo Diary post! It’s been about a week and a half since I came back to Europe but I miss it everyday and wish I could go back and escape the cold here. Most of these photos were taken our last day in beautiful Krabi, Thailand. :)
Like I mentioned in a previous post I love Thai food, we ate these dishes below almost every day for lunch.
So yummie!
I read many ebooks on my ipad in Thailand. Right now I’m reading the second book in the Blackstone Affair series which is kind of like Fifty Shades. The books are very short (only about 150-200 pages) but I really like the way they are written, especially the second book.
Almost every day we enjoyed the beautiful afternoon sun at the Sunset Lounge of the hotel.
I’ve already promised to show you more of the hotel we were staying at, my next post will be only about the hotel and our amazing room. Stay tuned… :)
Welcome
Norwegian New Yorker Hanne Sagstuen is the editor in chief of Beautylovin as well as a fashion model and art director. Beautylovin is the website where she shares her take on life, travel, beauty and everything in between. | {
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Tom Brady Is The Worst Athlete In The NFL. His Combine Stats Prove ThatToo. But Here's Why That Does Not Matter At All:
Tom Brady has a remarkable story.
No one thought he could do it.
And for reasons beyond his entire control.
They said he was too unathletic, too slow, too gangly. NFL scouts took this picture of him while at the combine the year he entered the 2000 draft:
The most shallow industry in all of America is professional sports.
They judge just about every player on physical attributes.
Can he jump high? Can he bench press? How long are his arms? How big are his hands?
Of all the starting quarterbacks in the NFL right now, Tom Brady had the worst combine. His 40-yard dash time, for example, was THE slowest. Take a look:
Name
40 Yard Dash
20 Yard Shuttle
3 Cone Drill
Vertical
Russell Wilson
4.53
4.09
6.97
34
Colin Kaepernick
4.53
4.18
6.85
32.5
Cam Newton
4.56
4.18
6.92
35
Geno Smith
4.58
n/a
n/a
n/a
Andrew Luck
4.59
4.28
6.8
36
Ryan Tannehill
4.65
n/a
n/a
n/a
Aaron Rodgers
4.71
n/a
7.39
34.5
Ben Roethlisberger
4.75
n/a
n/a
n/a
Jay Cutler
4.77
4.31
7.12
0
Peyton Manning
4.8
n/a
n/a
n/a
Matthew Stafford
4.81
4.47
7.06
30.5
Andy Dalton
4.83
4.27
6.93
29.5
Drew Brees
4.83
4.21
7.09
32
Joe Flacco
4.84
4.27
6.82
28.5
Matt Ryan
4.89
4.51
7.1
24.5
Eli Manning
4.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Chad Henne
4.92
4.4
7.17
25.5
Tony Romo
5.01
4.2
7.11
30
Nick Foles
5.03
n/a
n/a
30.5
Philip Rivers
5.08
n/a
n/a
n/a
Tom Brady
5.28
4.38
7.2
24.5
Tom Brady stuck it to everyone.
Of all the starting quarterbacks in the NFL right now, and all of the ones listed above, Tom Brady has had the best career. He's won more Super Bowls than all of them. He's passed for more yards and touchdowns than almost every single one of them too.
He will be in the hall of fame. He might even be the greatest quarterback to have ever played.
So let this story inspire you, and everyone around you. Forget about the team he plays for. Focus on his story. There's so much more to athletics than physical attributes. Tom Brady is your proof. | {
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New Zune 2 Flash-Based Players Confirmed
By now those in the know are aware that Microsoft is just about set to release several new Zune media players. Thanks to some drawings over at the FCC website, I can confirm that there are definitely new models in the works.
The diagram I was able to dig up shows the label placement on both 4GB and 8GB flash-based player models aimed squarely at the iPod Nano. This drawing all but confirms the leaked photo that Engadget managed to get their hands on yesterday. | {
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VIDEO: Eamonn Dowd Departure Lounge
Two artists come to mind when I think about roads traveled allowing a sense of realities in music. One being Terry Lee Hale and the other being Irish legend Eamonn Dowd. Both troubadours have been around for what seems like forever. Passing through scenes and eras and accumulating those tactile experiences that make honest stories, which subsequently become the songs they share with the world.
Dowd’s new album, Dig Into Nowhere, is a stellar example of earnest and weathered memories. Looking into the past to transition histories and thoughts into the now. A fitting example is the track “Departure Lounge”. So many vision as questions in no frills perfection. | {
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Millennium People
I’m out Sunday, so I’m bringing you tomorrow’s post today (which is more than can be said of the actual post).
In theory, the moon belongs to no one. That is to say, it belongs to everyone. We take solace in the fact that while the Earth might be geo-politically torn by the petty disputes of its microscopically visioned peoples, there lies beyond our fragile sphere the vast reaches of deep space. It calls to us with the voice of the New World, inviting us into the tranquility of eternal emptiness, a profound vacuum of silence.
This is perhaps why the recent bombing of the moon by American satellites sits so uncomfortably in the public mind. The idea of pristine lunar landscapes being exploited by nations (India, China, Japan, Europe) and corporations is abhorrent, because we do not trust our own countries to behave responsibly. We’re no longer sure who is the parent and who the child in the modern citizen-state relationship: 20th century policies of paternalism have largely dissolved into models dictated by the Market Economy.
One thing you sometimes hear from astronauts, although it is now fairly passé, is that ‘from space, the earth has no borders’. This invokes for me not grandiose visions of one nation, nor one love, one hope, nor any of that other white-rasta-fake-hippy shenanigans. I am after all a realist. It makes me reflect more on why there are no boundaries on other heavenly bodies. The moon is an inaccessible, but perpetually present, celestial element that for us is unified because it is unoccupied. I’ve written about the problems of mapping the moon before – the subtext of this post is concerned with the conceptual difficulties of creating a socio-political map of the moon. But what will happen when it is colonised? Most people hardly know the geography of the earth, let alone the moon. But will we begin to look up at that satellite and subconsciously divide it into its political regions, as we do with images of the earth?
The final thing I wanted to say is that the difficulty of visualising the future human boundaries of the moon is tied up in the fact that we know those boundaries are arbitrary. When we view maps of Antarctica, the effect is similar. Yes, that segment belongs to Britain. But it is not a part of Britain, because it is physically unconnected to the socio-political evolution of that country. The New Millennium requires humanity to radically shift the way it conceives of boundaries, and I am not just referring to those that are socio-political. Perhaps the effect of a divided moon will have far-reaching impacts on the way we conceive of space that we cannot even begin to predict…
Makes me think of Kim Stanley Robinson's constitution for Mars, in that it is essentially exploring the same question. Though once Mars is a unified polity, that sets up a boundary between it and Earth. Then later, when they colonise the moons of the gas giants, new boundaries are developed since people who have grown up on those moons can't withstand Earth's gravity… a boundary of ability rather than politics. | {
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Special Fasting means keeping one's ears, eyes, tongue, hands and feet - and all other organs - free from sin.
Extra special Fasting means fasting of the heart from unworthy concerns and worldly thoughts, in total disregard of everything but God, Great and Glorious is He. This kind of Fast is broken by thinking of worldly matters, except for those conducive to religious ends, since these constitute provision for the Hereafter and are not of this lower world. Those versed in the spiritual life of the heart have even said that a sin is recorded against one who concerns himself all day with arrangements for breaking his Fast. Such anxiety stems from lack of trust in the bounty of God, Great and Glorious is He, and from lack of certain faith in His promised sustenance.
To this third degree belong the Prophets, the true Auliya and the intimates of God. It does not lend itself to detailed examination in words, as its true nature is better revealed in action. It consists in utmost dedication to God, Great and Glorious is He, to the neglect of everything other than God, Great and Glorious is He. It is bound up with the significance of His words: 'Say: "Allah (sent it down)": then leave them to play in their vain discussions.' [al-An'am, 6:91]
As for Special Fasting, this is the kind practiced by the righteous. It means keeping all one's organs free from sin and six things are required for its accomplishment:
1. SEE NOT WHAT DISPLEASES ALLAH (SWT)
A chaste regard, restrained from viewing anything that is blameworthy or reprehensible, or that distracts the heart and diverts it from the remembrance of God, Great and Glorious is He. Holy Prophet Mohammad, on him be peace, said: 'The furtive glance is one of the poisoned arrows of Satan, on him be God's curse. Whoever forsakes it for fear of God will receive from Him, Great and Glorious is He, a faith the sweetness of which he will find within his heart.'
Guarding one's tongue from idle chatter, lying, gossiping, obscenity, rudeness, arguing and controversy; making it observe silence and occupying it with remembrance of God, Great and Glorious is He, and with recitation of Holy Quran. This is the fasting of the tongue. Sufyan Said: 'Backbiting annuls the Fast.' Layth quotes Mujahid as saying: 'Two habits annul Fasting: backbiting and telling lies.'
Holy Prophet Mohammad, on him be peace, said: 'Fasting is a shield; so when one of you is Fasting he should not use foul or foolish talk. If someone attacks him or insults him, let him say: "I am Fasting, I am Fasting!"'
According to Tradition: 'Two women were Fasting during the time of Holy Prophet Mohammad, on him be peace. They were so fatigued towards the end of the day, from hunger and thirst that they were on the verge of collapsing. They therefore sent a message to Holy Prophet Mohammad, on him be peace, requesting permission to break their Fast. In response, Holy Prophet Mohammad, on him be peace, sent them a bowl and said: "Tell them to vomit into it what they have eaten." One of them vomited and half filled the bowl with fresh blood and tender meat, while the other brought up the same so that they filled it between them. The onlookers were astonished. Then the Holy Prophet Mohammad, on him be peace, said: "These two women have been Fasting from what God made lawful to them, and have broken their Fast on what God, Great and Glorious is He, made unlawful to them. They sat together and indulged in backbiting, and here is the flesh of the people they maligned!"'
3. HEAR NOT...
Closing one's ears to everything reprehensible; for everything unlawful to utter is likewise unlawful to listen to. That is why God, Great and Glorious is He, equated the eavesdropper with the profiteer, in His words, Great and Glorious is He: 'Listeners to falsehood, consumers of illicit gain.' [al-Ma'idah, 5:42]
God, Great and Glorious is He, also said: 'Why do their rabbis and priests not forbid them to utter sin and consume unlawful profit?' [al-Ma'idah, 5:63]
Silence in the face of backbiting is therefore unlawful. God, Great and Glorious is He, said: 'You are then just like them.' [al-Nisa, 4:140] That is why the Holy Prophet Mohammad, on him be peace, said: 'The backbiter and his listener are copartners in sin.'
4. DO NOT...
Keeping all other limbs and organs away from sin: the hands and feet from reprehensible deeds, and the stomach from questionable food at the time for breaking Fast. It is meaningless to Fast - to abstain from lawful food - only to break one's Fast on what is unlawful. A man who Fast like this may be compared to one who builds a castle but demolishes a city. Lawful food injurious in quantity not in quality, so Fasting is to reduce the former. A person might well give up excessive use of medicine, from fear of ill effects, but he would be a fool to switch to taking poison. The unlawful is a poison deadly to religion, while the lawful is a medicine, beneficial in small doses but harmful in excess. The object of Fasting is to induce moderation. Holy Prophet Mohammad, on him be peace, said: 'How many of those who Fast get nothing from it but hunger and thirst!' This has been taken to mean those who break their Fast on unlawful food. Some say it refers to those who abstain from lawful food, but break their Fast on human flesh through backbiting, which is unlawful. Others consider it an allusion to those who do not guard their organs from sin.
5. AVOID OVEREATING
Not to over-indulge in lawful food at the time of breaking Fast, to the point of stuffing one's belly. There is no receptacle more odious to God, Great and Glorious is He, than a belly stuffed full with lawful food. Of what use is the Fast as a means of conquering God's enemy and abating appetite, if at the time of breaking it one not only makes up for all one has missed during the daytime, but perhaps also indulges in a variety of extra foods? It has even become the custom to stock up for Ramadan with all kinds of foodstuffs, so that more is consumed during that time than in the course of several other months put together. It is well known that the object of Fasting is to experience hunger and to check desire, in order to reinforce the soul in piety. If the stomach is starved from early morning till evening, so that its appetite is aroused and its craving intensified, and it is then offered delicacies and allowed to eat its fill, its taste for pleasure is increased and its force exaggerated; passions are activated which would have lain dormant under normal conditions.
The spirit and secret nature of Fasting is to weaken the forces which are Satan's means of leading us back to evil. It is therefore essential to cut down one's intake to what one would consume on a normal night, when not Fasting. No benefit is derived from the Fast if one consumes as much as one would usually take during the day and night combined. Moreover, one of the properties consists in taking little sleep during the daytime, so that one feels the hunger and thirst and becomes conscious of the weakening of one's powers, with the consequent purification of the heart.
One should let a certain degree of weakness carry over into the night, making it easier to perform the night Prayers (tahajjud) and to recite the praises (awrad). It may then be that Satan will not hover around one's heart, and that one will behold the Kingdom of Heaven. The Night of Destiny represents the night on which something of this Kingdom is revealed. This is what is meant by the words of God, Great and Glorious is He:
Anyone who puts a bag of food between his heart and his breast becomes blind to this revelation. Nor is keeping the stomach empty sufficient to remove the veil, unless one also empties the mind of everything but God, Great and Glorious is He. That is the entire matter, and the starting point of it all is cutting down on food.
6. LOOK TO GOD WITH FEAR AND HOPE
After the Fast has been broken, the heart should swing like a pendulum between fear and hope. For one does not know if one's Fast will be accepted, so that one will find favor with God, or whether it will be rejected, leaving one among those He abhors. This is how one should be at the end of any act of worship one performs.
It is related of al-Hasan ibn Abil Hasan al-Basri that he once passed by a group of people who were laughing merrily. He said: 'God, Great and Glorious is He, has made the month of Ramadan a racecourse, on which His creatures compete in His worship. Some have come in first and won, while others have lagged behind and lost. It is absolutely amazing to find anybody laughing and playing about on the day when success attends the victors, and failure the wasters. By God, if the veil were lifted off, the doer of good would surely be preoccupied with his good works and the evildoer with his evil deeds.' In too full of joy to indulge in idle sport, while for one who has suffered rejection laughter will be precluded by remorse.
Of al-Ahnaf ibn Qays it is reported that he was once told: 'You are an aged elder; Fasting would enfeeble you.' But he replied: 'By this I am making ready for a long journey, Obedience to God, Great and Glorious is He, is easier to endure than His punishment.' | {
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This is very powerful data. A new, first-of-its-kind report from California's Department of Health (DPH) shows that health-harming agricultural pesticides are being sprayed close to schools across the state.
Not just a few pesticides, either — or a few schools. More than 500,000 California children in hundreds of schools spend their days within 1/4 mile of pesticide applications. Of these, more than 100,000 (mostly Latino) children in 226 schools attend classrooms near fields with the heaviest use of dangerous chemicals. We have a problem.
Each year we mark national Autism Awareness Month with an update on how many children officials say are now on the autism spectrum. We highlight the latest science linking prenatal pesticide exposure to increased risk. And we make an urgent pitch to shift from awareness to prevention.
Well, once again the numbers are up. CDC reports that 1 in 68 children are now on the autism spectrum, up from 1 in 88 in 2008 and 1 in 150 "way back" in 2002. And once again, new science links certain chemical exposures to derailed fetal brain development — with an ever clearer understanding of how the damage is done. The good news? When it comes to talking prevention, there's been real progress.
Scientists issued yet another wake up call last week, adding more chemicals to the list of those known to harm our children's brains. These neurotoxicants — including the common pesticide chlorpyrifos — are linked to falling IQs, increased risk of ADHD and other developmental disorders.
Scan the ingredient list of many "antibacterial" soaps and body washes, and you'll find triclosan. This pesticide — yes, I said pesticide — is so widely used that it's now found in most of our bodies. And after decades of thinking about it, FDA is finally saying "enough."
It turns out some significant risks are linked to triclosan, including altering how hormones work in our bodies, undermining our immune systems and making bacteria resistant to antibiotics. Oh, and according to FDA experts, it doesn't seem to get hands or bodies any cleaner than good old soap and water.
Today, our PAN partners in Asia are releasing an in-depth, global study on children and pesticides. As a mom, I'm both deeply thankful for this report and profoundly frustrated that it needs to be written at all.
Dr. Meriel Watts reviewed hundreds of scientific studies from around the world, and found that children across the globe face serious — and growing — health harms from exposure to pesticides. Her report then outlines clear, doable steps to making real change.
When you're pregnant, there's a lot to think about. If it's your first, you're vaguely aware that your life is about to change forever. In the meantime, you worry. Am I eating right? Taking the right vitamins? And just what do I need to know about pesticides and other harmful chemicals during pregnancy?
The critical importance of this last question just got an official nod from the largest national organization of OB/GYNs. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) released a groundbreaking report last month recommending that every mother-to-be receive advice in prenatal visits on how to avoid chemicals that can harm fetal development — and the future health of her child. This is a very good, very powerful idea.
EPA is doing a better job protecting children's health, according to a new government report. This is very welcome news indeed — kudos to EPA for recognizing that when it comes to environmental harms, kids cannot be treated like little adults.
The bad news? The report flagged one arena where kids' health protection is lagging: pesticide decisionmaking. Yikes. As we know from our recent A Generation in Jeopardy report, pesticide exposure is a biggy when it comes to childhood health harms.
Seven years. Scientists tell us that's the window in the first years of life when children are most vulnerable to pesticide harms. That's also exactly how long EPA has — so far — delayedputting rules in place to protect kids from pesticides that drift from agricultural fields.
Bottom line? While regulators think about what to do, an entire generation of rural kids has experienced increased risk of harms that can last a lifetime. Health risks from early life pesticide exposure are very real, and can be serious. Science points to falling IQs, ADHD, learning disabilities, birth defects and, in some cases, cancer. That's why this week, we're taking EPA to court for being too darn slow. | {
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Indonesian divers find crashed Lion Air jet's second black box
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian authorities on Monday said they will immediately begin to download contents of a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from a Lion Air jet that crashed into the sea near Jakarta more than two months ago, killing all 189 people on board.
The crash was the world’s first of a Boeing Co 737 MAX jet and the deadliest of 2018, and the recovery of the aircraft’s second black box from the Java Sea north of Jakarta on Monday may provide an account of the last actions of the doomed jet’s pilots.
“We have our own laboratory and personnel to do it,” Haryo Satmiko, deputy chief of the transportation safety committee, told Reuters.
Satmiko said it had in the past taken up to three months to download, analyze and transcribe the contents of recorders.
Contact with flight JT610 was lost 13 minutes after it took off on Oct. 29 from the capital, Jakarta, heading north to the tin-mining town of Pangkal Pinang.
A preliminary report by Indonesia’s transport safety commission focused on airline maintenance and training, as well as the response of a Boeing anti-stall system and a recently replaced sensor, but did not give a cause for the crash.
A group of relatives of victims urged the transportation safety committee to reveal “everything that was recorded” and to work independently.
Navy Lieutenant Colonel Agung Nugroho told Reuters a weak signal from the recorder was detected several days ago and it was found buried deep in soft mud on the sea floor in water about 30 metres (98 ft) deep.
“We don’t know what damage there is but it has obvious scratches on it,” Nugroho said.
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) officer shows a cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of a Lion Air JT610 that crashed into Tanjung Karawang sea, on the deck of Indonesia's Navy ship KRI Spica-934 at Karawang sea in West Java, Indonesia, January 14, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Aprillio Akbar/ via REUTERS
Pictures supplied by an official from the transportation agency showed chipped bright orange paint on the CVR memory unit, but no major dents.
Nurcahyo Utomo, an investigator at the safety committee, told reporters it should take no more than five days to download the data, but if there was a problem the CVR would be sent to the manufacturer.
“We hope it can be done as soon as possible because all the Boeing operators are waiting,” said Utomo, adding that investigators hoped to complete the full report within a year of the crash.
With the recovery of the CVR, officials said there was no plan to continue searching for other parts of the wrecked plane, including an angle of attack sensor that was suspected to have been faulty.
The navy’s Nugroho said human remains had been found near the location of the CVR, about 50 metres from where the crashed jet’s other black box, the flight data recorder (FDR), was found three days after the crash.
Investigators brought in a navy ship last week after a 10-day, 38 billion rupiah ($2.70 million), effort funded by Lion Air failed to find the recorder. Bureaucratic wrangling and funding problems hampered the initial search.
The L3 Technologies Inc CVR was designed to send acoustic pings for 90 days after a crash in water, according to an online brochure from the manufacturer.
That would mean that after Jan. 27, investigators could have faced a far bigger problem in finding the CVR buried along with much of the wreckage deep in mud on the sea floor..
Boeing said in a statement on Monday that it was taking “every measure” to fully support this investigation.
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“As the investigation continues, Boeing is working closely with the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board as a technical advisor to support Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee,” the planemaker said in a statement.
Since the crash, Lion Air has faced scrutiny over its maintenance and training standards, and relatives of victims have filed at least three lawsuits against Boeing. | {
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Advanced Go Programming in 7 Days
Amaze yourself by the skills you gain in a week with Golang advanced programming concepts
Go is a modern, open source, statically typed language that resembles C. It is particularly useful in developing cloud-native applications as it’s convenient, occupies a low footprint, and deploys fast.
Go greatly simplifies the development of modern applications. With its vast ecosystem of tools and libraries, it’s easy to create an efficient software pipeline that satisfies business requirements.
This course will elevate your knowledge of Go by teaching you the advanced concepts of the language. You’ll also understand how you can utilize them in practice. It starts by introducing familiar features of the language before delving into more details. You’ll master the art of programming with Go, which includes understanding the Go language, writing idiomatic yet readable code, building web applications, microservices, command-line applications, and more.
By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to engineer efficient Go solutions that can move mountains.
This course is super-friendly and accessible as it defines a daily curriculum. It will help you to implement advanced programming concepts (even if you don’t have the time to take a comprehensive course or book) and use it in your daily work. You’ll challenge your existing knowledge of Go by exploring some advanced concepts of the language. Also, you’ll master the art of writing command-line apps and server-level code, then start architecting an example issue tracker microservice-based application while adhering to best practices and making it more robust and deployable.
What You Will Learn
Understand Go’s type system and the language syntax itself
Write elegant Go code that is efficient and readable
Utilize concurrent features and understand the caveats of synchronization
Work with networking and create web servers
Understand Go tools and how to use them in practice by creating a productive workflow | {
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FRITZ!Box 7272 Service - Knowledge Base
Using a PlayStation 3 in the FRITZ!Box home network
You can simply use a network cable or wireless LAN (WiFi) to connect your PlayStation 3 to your FRITZ!Box. The PlayStation can then access the internet and be used as a playback device for multimedia contents such as photos, videos, or music.
Note:Here we show you how to connect a PlayStation to the FRITZ!Box using Sony PlayStation 3 (system software 3.61) as an example.
Note:The configuration procedure and notes on functions given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for your FRITZ!Box.
1 Enabling the FRITZ!Box's DHCP server
In the factory settings, the FRITZ!Box automatically assigns the correct IP settings to all devices via DHCP. If you disabled the FRITZ!Box's DHCP server, re-enable it:
Enter the FRITZ!Box's network key in the "WPA Key" field and confirm the entry.
Now the system checks your network configuration and displays it.
Save the settings list.
Now the PlayStation is connected to the internet via the FRITZ!Box. It can play multimedia contents from the FRITZ!Box Media Server and other DLNA-compatible (Digital Living Network Alliance) media servers in the home network (for example computers with the Windows Media Player).
Note:Refer to Sony for further information on how to set it up, for example on the PlayStation website.
3 Playing multimedia contents from the FRITZ!Box media server
The following steps are only necessary if you would like to use your PlayStation to play multimedia contents from a USB storage device connected to the FRITZ!Box:
Setting up the FRITZ!Box as a Media Server
Playing multimedia contents
Select the "AVM FRITZ!Mediaserver" icon under "Photo", "Music" or "Video".
Now the PlayStation displays all of the files available on the FRITZ!Box Media Server that can be played by the PlayStation.
Select the file you would like to play.
4 Setting up port sharing for online games
By default, the FRITZ!Box's firewall protects all of the devices in the home network from incoming connections and unwanted data from the internet. However, this may cause problems with certain online games (for example FIFA 17) because other players from the internet must be able to access it.
If the PlayStation shows "Type 2" as the NAT type under "Settings > Network > View Connection Status", then the FRITZ!Box and PlayStation are already correctly configured.
If the PlayStation shows "Type 3" as the NAT type, then some of the services or data required by the PlayStation are being blocked. This is usually because port sharing was not configured. In this case, adjust the FRITZ!Box settings:
Setting up automatic port sharing
Set up the FRITZ!Box for automatic port sharing so that the PlayStation itself can open all of the ports in the FRITZ!Box that it requires:
Setting up static port sharing
If you still cannot connect to online games or the connection drops, configure the required port sharings manually:
Set up static port sharing in the FRITZ!Box for the ports and IP protocols used by the PlayStation Network (PSN).
TCP ports: 80, 443, 3478, 3479, 3480, 5223, 8080
UDP ports: 3074, 3478, 3479, 3658
If the online game uses other ports in addition to the ones required for the PlayStation Network, configure port sharing for those ports in the FRITZ!Box. For example, FIFA 17, the football simulation game, requires the following port sharings:
TCP ports: 80, 443, 3659, 5223, 10000-10099, 42127
UDP ports: 3074, 3478-3479, 3658-3659, 5223, 6000
Note:With just a few clicks in the internet you can find lists of ports used by other games such as Battlefield, Call of Duty, Starcraft & Co., for example at www.portforward.com. | {
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Fixing Bad Credit: The Recommended Steps
You go in to get a car loan, or to get approved for a mortgage, and your interest rates or down payment options are through the roof and completely ridiculous.
Having a bad credit score is stressful, and can negatively affect your attempts to live the life you want to live, so if you’ve made some mistakes in the past…
…maybe in college when you first tasted the freedom of being able to spend “whatever you want,” taking action to lowering your bad credit is incredibly important.
Improving your credit score means improving your long-term quality of life, and the following article will give you some tricks and tips to boosting your less than desired credit score.
First of all, here are a few bad habits that you should avoid:
Ways To Destroy Your Credit Score
The most important way to keep your credit score high and dry is to know how to avoid bad credit behavior in the first place.
Engaging in behaviors like paying your credit card or loan amounts late or not paying them at all will tank your credit score and make it hard to dig yourself out of that hole.
This isn’t as well known…
…But only making the minimum payment on your credit amount borrowed can hurt your credit score, since your lenders will think that you are having a hard time making enough to pay your full debt amount off.
It is important to inform your lender right away if you ARE going through financial hardships so that they can help find other options that won’t hurt your score as badly.
Even if there aren’t any additional options, at least then your lender will know that you aren’t just missing payments without any reason.
QUICK TIP:
It is a common misconception that never borrowing will mean a “good credit rating.”
This is simply NOT TRUE.
If you have no history with a credit company, it makes it difficult for a car dealership or mortgaging company to assess your spending habits, and therefore give you the best financial option possible.
Furthermore, if you have no long-term debt with interest possibilities, companies will be less likely to give you more credit, because they are going to want to reward customers that are going to make them the most money through interest payments.
Frankly, though, if you’re reading this article, you probably have already made a lot of these mistakes and are looking to simply fix your credit score, not avoid tanking it.
No fear!
We’re going to cover how to improve your score soon.
Important Things To Understand First:
Repairing bad credit is kind of like losing a little bit of weight: it takes a little bit of dedication and discipline, and if you try to fix it too quickly, it could actually end up hurting you more than helping you.
Therefore, you should also be wary of quick-fix claims by organizations and companies that claim that they can help you improve your credit score overnight.
In order to fix your credit score, you’re going to need to take some long-term steps to manage your credit score responsibly. The following will give you the information you need.
Follow These Steps:
1. Check Your Credit Report
Most banks offer the option to ask for your credit report for free.
Once you receive your credit score, check it for any errors that may or may not have come up in your account.
Some of the errors may include incorrect late payments on your account, or incorrect amounts owed in your open accounts.
It’s important to make sure there are no errors on your account…
…If there are, you need to bring that up to your local credit bureau ASAP.
OF COURSE, this isn’t the only step to solving your bad credit. However, it is the first and a very essential first step.
2. Create Payment Reminders
The best way to keep your credit score “healthy” is to make sure you make your payments on time.
Understandably, sometimes it’s hard to remember every month to make a payment, so it’s incredibly helpful to set up a reminder through email or text message every month so that you make sure you stay on top of your credit payments.
Additionally:
There is another option to have payments take out automatically every month, however, usually when the credit card takes the automatic payment out, it will only take out the minimum payment, which isn’t the best idea.
Also:
Having the automatic payment taken out kind of defeats the purpose of being more aware of your spending habits and payment necessities.
3. Take Steps To Reduce Your Owed Debt
In order to make your credit score improve, first you are going to have to whittle down your physical credit card debt itself.
This may sound difficult, depending on how much debt you have, but giving yourself a clean slate is incredibly important in order to climb up to a higher credit score.
Additionally, having less credit debt is just going to make your life easier in general.
You can accomplish this tough but rewarding goal by ceasing all credit card use, first of all, and then listing all of your accounts so you can figure out how much you owe on each card and then which card has the highest rate.
From there, create a plan for paying off the debt on the accounts with the highest interest rates first, while still paying the minimum payments on your other accounts, until you pay all of your accounts off and are free of debt.
Let’s take these tips a step further
There are still many more ways to improve your credit score.
Keep up on your payments and fulfill them on time.
Even if you only pay your debt a few days late that still can have a very negative effect on your credit score.
Make sure you always keep up on your payments in a timely manner.
If you make a mistake and miss a payment, catch up as soon as possible.
If you do make a mistake, it may negatively affect your credit score, but it isn’t the end of the world.
Bad credit doesn’t stick around forever, and the longer you make payments on time for your credit card, the less effect your mistake will have on your credit score.
Eventually, any bad credit will fade away in light of the fact that you have now proven that you are a responsible maintainer of your credit.
WARNING: Paying off a collection account doesn’t take it off of your report.
A collection account will remain on the report for seven years.
If you are still having issues keeping your credit rate above the water, you should contact your creditor or seek further help in a credit counselor.
Obviously, make sure the credit counselor is legitimate.
This isn’t an immediate fix, but that’s pretty much impossible, and this way, you know for sure that you are making the right decisions regarding your credit payments.
Maintain your payments so that your balance on your credit card is always low, as well as other “revolving credit”.
Your credit score can be negatively affected by high outstanding debt.
Don’t move around your debt. Instead, pay it off right away.
Sometimes having multiple credit cards can result in “revolving” credit card debt that never gets resolved.
Try having only a few open accounts, as it can actually be more beneficial for your credit score.
Don’t ever open a large number of brand new credit cards if you don’t need them in order to get more available credit.
This can actually bite you in the long run and lower your credit eventually, which you want to avoid at all costs.
Don’t open a lot of accounts at once if you have only been a credit card user for a short amount of time.
To lenders, this kind of behavior can look a little sketchy, and this kind of activity will bring down your account age on average.
This is detrimental as it can lower your score if you also don’t have a variety of credit information already available.
Try again to establish a new credit history if you’ve made mistakes in the past regarding your credit.
Over the long term, you can rectify some mistakes in credit usage if you open new accounts, keeping in mind to use these tips and to always be a responsible credit user.
Stay on top of your credit report.
Being diligent about checking your credit score frequently will never negatively affect your credit score, but make sure you get your credit report right from your credit provider, or a reputable and authorized credit reports.
If you need to open a new credit account, be careful and wise.
Don’t open more accounts just to create more credit options and combine them into a “better” credit mix.
WHY?
Because this will probably backfire on you and not raise your credit score, avoid it.
It’s important to have credit cards, but be responsible when you use them.
In order to have a reputable history that will look good to people who provide car loans or mortgages for a house or a rent on a new apartment, you’re going to need good credit.
If you have bad credit, it’s possible to redeem yourself and build that credit back again.
However,
if you don’t have any credit at all, you’re going to come across as higher risk and lenders will be less likely to give good opportunities to individuals who might seem irresponsible when it comes to lending, loans and credit.
Stay away from closing unused credit cards in order to raise your credit score over the short term.
Does closing an account make the debt go away?
An account that got closed will still show up on your credit account, and it won’t go away.
It will still be considered a score, and it can still affect your options for getting a loan in the future.
Listen,
Using credit cards can often be a little overwhelming, and if you make a mistake, it can be a little scary to know how to deal with the consequences and find out ways to solve the mistakes.
However, it is not impossible to solve this issue, and as long as you are careful with creating a good credit option.
There are many clear-cut options to solve credit issues, even if they may be a little hard to implement in real life.
It takes a lot of hard work to fix any credit mistakes, but it is possible to fix with lots of dedication.
In time, even mistakes will blend into the background, and as you apply for car loans, or apartment options, or house mortgages, you will get the best options possible to achieve the life you want and the future that you would like. | {
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Finding Gratitude Beyond My Circumstances
I’ve not always been very good at being thankful. In fact, for many years of my life, I felt like I’d been dealt the short end of the stick in life, that my circumstances were more difficult than everyone else’s.
How was I supposed to be thankful when all my friends had more money, more stuff, more influence, more excitement, more adventure and more popularity than I did?
Needless to say, I hardly even recognize that girl anymore. In fact, when I think about it, I’m a little embarrassed.
But the craziest part is, my ability to feel thankful now doesn’t come from improved circumstances. In fact, if anything, I have less money, less stuff, and less popularity than I did when I complained about those things.
Still, one major thing has changed. I’ve learned that gratitude isn’t dependent on my circumstances. Gratitude is like a muscle, and the more I learn to flex it and to exercise it, the stronger it becomes, the more gratitude I feel, and the deeper that gratitude reaches, even when my circumstances don’t warrant it.
I’m still learning, but this is what gratitude looks like for me.
I recognize everything I have is a gift.
This has been a major shift in perspective for me, maybe because I grew up in a culture that taught me my needs and wants were more important than everyone else’s, and that I deserved to have those needs and wants met. Or, maybe I didn’t need culture to teach me this. Maybe this is just the darkness that comes, when we let it, out of the human heart.
Either way, I’m learning to see everything I have as more than I deserve.
I’m learning it’s okay to want things.
For so many years I convinced myself wants were bad — after all, I was never going to get what I wanted anyway, and if I admitted my wants out loud, they would just made me look selfish (I was). But pushing my wants away or pretending like they didn’t exist wasn’t getting me anywhere. In fact, my selfish wants were just festering and rotting inside of me.
I wasn’t getting better. I was getting worse.
It wasn’t until I learned to admit what I wanted, to talk about why, and to throw my whole weight into pursuing the things that mattered, that I learned what I really wanted wasn’t so far outside of my grasp.
I started saying it before I felt it.
For a long time I resisted this because it felt inauthentic. I had many friends in my life who were eternal optimists, and I respected them, even wanted to be like them in a way, but every time I opened my mouth to say words like, “Even though this isn’t ideal, I’m thankful…” it felt like I was lying. It felt like I wasn’t being myself.
Since then I’ve discovered that sometimes it starts with words, and the feelings slowly follow. Sometimes we have to change the stories we tell ourselves before the realities we feel can catch up.
Sometimes we have to put words to something before we can believe it exists.
I focus on the small things.
My mom calls them TJs. Tiny Joys. I like that. And at the end of the day, if I talk to my mom on the phone, she will likely have half a dozen “TJ’s” she could tell you about from her day. TJ’s don’t have to be extravagant or outlandish. In fact, they rarely are. They’re usually things like running into an old friend, a favorite song on the radio, or something funny someone said at work.
What I’ve found is that, when I focus on the small reasons to be grateful in my life, even when they might feel miniscule or unimportant, usually, after awhile, they add up to something big.
And it’s happening. Slowly, but surely, my gratitude muscle is become more pronounced. I hope yours is, too.
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No, seriously, we can be friends...we can email back and forth and everything! :)
I agree with the above from Tim. I can relate to much, and recognize how selfish my attitude has been often. Gratitude has become a practice over this past year and with intention and focus, it has become a more natural part of my life. Thank you for sharing, I am a work in progress… Barbara
This is so true because The Bible also taught us, “give thanks in all circumstances” (1 Thes 5:18). I am still on learning how to be grateful everytime in every situations. You said it right, I have to exercise the “muscle”. And enjoy little things is one of my way to learn it (:
Such a great post, Allison — that you’d be vulnerable enough to admit how difficult it was for you to be grateful.
I grew up in an area that was filled with affluence, but our family was not affluent. So I lived my early years feeling the same things of things that you did — unfair, short end of the stick and all of that.
It wasn’t until I became a Christian that I realized that it was possible to be satisfied with less, and to be honest — I embraced that with open arms.
Jesus says, “if you want to be the greatest, you must be among the least.”
I wish that growing up I could have had that kind of knowledge under my belt, because I probably would have saved myself a ton of heartache.
When it all comes down to Thanksgiving and gratitude, Bill Hybels said something in a message that many years ago that has stuck with me.
Great post. Especially enjoyed the “speak it first, and sometimes speaking it makes it become true” part of the story. Teaching ourselves to recognize and acknowledge the little things. Changing our perspective.
Bless you, Alison! Tiny Joys is a concept that’s right up there next to gazingus pins. If we focus on our tiny joys, our gazingus pins won’t call us so loudly. Thank you very much – I’m grateful for you and your email newsletter.
So beautiful, Ally! What I loved the most about this post was {well, everything} but what stuck out the most was the line: “I recognize everything I have is a gift.”
YES. I am finding that myself these days. I notice that I’ll be washing dishes and will look around and feel grateful for everything I have. I love my life and even when bad things happen, or unfortunate circumstances, I’m learning to appreciate the good in things.
This is a thought provoking post. It helps me to keep in mind that there’s nothing intrinsically wrong with wanting something. I think it’s when everything else gets tossed out the window that right and wrong becomes an issue. I have decided not to be defined by circumstances; circumstances do change. | {
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France welcomes the unanimous adoption on June 18, 2015, by the Security Council of resolution 2225, which strengthens the international community’s mobilization in support of children in armed conflict.
As a founding member of the UN in 1945, France places great importance on the multilateral system, in which it plays a leading role on a number of issues. Among the main United Nations bodies, it is a permanent member of the Security Council, alongside the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia and China. It is also involved in its subsidiary bodies, including the Human Rights Council, and is a permanent member of the Conference on Disarmament. Moreover, it is particularly active within the specialized agencies, as well as the United Nations funds and programmes.
Within the United Nations, France is active in every field, in the political field (reform of the United Nations and the Security Council) as well as those of Human Rights (re-elected to the Human Rights Council in November 2013), the environment and climate change, official development assistance and maintaining international peace and security. | {
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Posts tagged ‘MsMelanian’
This is going to be a very special time when abundant blessings will be made available. According to Pranic healers, this will be a chosen time of blessings for restoration of spiritual health. Meditation and contemplation accompanied with bodily purity, fasting if possible or food which is obtained without harming / causing violence to animals is highly recommended to complement spiritual opening.
The Super moon to appear Saturday May 5 2012, 11:54PM Eastern Time. A “supermoon” is the coincidence of a full moon (or a new moon) with the closest approach the Moon makes to the Earth on its elliptical orbit, or perigee, leading to the technical name for a supermoon of the perigee-syzygy of the Earth-Moon-Sun system.
On Saturday and Sunday (May 5- 6) the “supermoon” of 2012 appears along with the Eta Aquarid meteor shower and both will hit their peak. While the bright full moon could interfere with the meteor display, some of the shower’s brightest fireballs should still be visible late Saturday and early Sunday.
In addition, astronomers are saying that the “supermoon” will be even more super than usual. “The last full moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993,” Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington D.C. told USA Today. This supermoon (a phrase coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979) will appear especially large because the moment of perigee—when the moon is closest to the Earth in its monthly rotation—will coincide with the appearance of a perfectly full moon. During last year’s supermoon on March 19, 2011, for comparison, the perigee and full moon were 50 minutes apart. The moon will be 221,802 miles away from Earth Saturday night; (the average distance is 238,855 according to NASA.) That’s 17,053 miles closer.
This all translates to a moon that will appear 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than other full moons this year, according to NASA. (An astronomer interviewed by National Geographic says 16 percent bigger.)
The moon actually won’t become totally full until tonight at 8:35 p.m., and it then will be perigee, or super, at 8:40 p.m. and the actural moonrise begins at 8:09 pm reaching it’s zenith at 11:54 pm.
The Super Moon happens about every 20 years as the moon comes closer to Earth in its elliptical, egg-shaped, orbit. It does exert a bit more gravitational pull influencing weather and people.
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The Esoteric:
Super Moon Gravitational Pull
There is a legend that goes along with the Super Moon event where earthquakes, volcanoes erupting and general human mayhem happens. Astrologer Richard Noelle put forth that Idea about 30 years ago; he wrote about the Super Moon legend: “Super Moons are noteworthy for their close association with extreme tidal forces working in what astrologers of old used to call the sublunary world: the atmosphere, crust and oceans of our home planet – including ourselves, of course.”
Noelle referenced the spiritual transformation this Super Moon can represent – and present to us for reflection. The universal healing forces of Virgo and Pisces are the spiritual energies present during this Super Moon. These two energies combined, according to astrologers, is about being called to a service higher than the Self. This is a time to make a commitment to devoting your personal energies to the highest Good, along with humility and surrender of the ego to Spirit.
The cosmos are a reflection of ourselves on a much larger scale.. The planetary body has an atmosphere and so do we. On a spiritual level, with the super moon, it is a time to detox the air (your thoughts), water (your emotions), earth (your physical space) and fire (obstacles to living your life with passion). In short, this is a special time to get spiritually stronger and meet the intensity of this moment during the Super Moon.
The Moon represents our instinct on a spiritual level. The Super Moon is considered special in spiritual belief systems. This Super Moon is happening in the constellation Virgo presenting a need for healing by breaking through.
Envision the Super Moon as a healing presence in your life to help you make the necessary adaptations and adjustments. It can create a cosmic alignment to your path of life service, and even present a few personal miracles! So, “go with the flow,” allow the crust of old wounds to break away. Enjoy the new healing as it emerges to help you walk your spiritual path, and unleash a renewed and stronger person.
Science:
Suppose we were to take in a deep breath, the air sucked into our mouth is three times as much as a normal breath. Now let’s translate this analogy to the Moon and its pull on the Earth. During full moon and new moon days the whole Moon is pulling Earth and the effect is as if in the earlier analogy the Moon is taking a deep breath. We find that the circular atmosphere of three times the size of the moon is attracted from the Earth.
The generic subtle (intangible) effect of the moon
All objects including stars, planets and satellite bodies along with their gross (tangible) attributes emanate subtle (intangible) frequencies. These physical attributes and subtle frequencies affect us in varying degrees at a physical and subtle level.
The frequencies emanating from the Moon affect the frequencies of the mental body, i.e. mind of human beings. By ‘mind’ we mean our feelings, emotions and desires. The mind consists of the conscious mind and the sub-conscious mind. Within the sub-conscious mind we have a number of impressions that are embedded that decide our basic nature and personality. We are however not aware of the thoughts or impressions in our sub-conscious mind. These impressions get collected over a number of lifetimes.
As this New moon comes in, Divine inspiration has blessed me to begin the Esoteric study group in a way that never occurred to me before. Surely this is EVIDENCE of the SUPER POWER of this Sagittarius Moon! I have been reluctant to start the Study group mainly because of the difficulty in finding a place to hold the meetings on a regular basis that would be convenient to all intended participants.
“Thank you Infinite Spirit for opening the way for this blessing to come through for all of us, seeking this grand gathering of the inner movement.”
It came to me this evening during my meditation; rather than try to have a group come to me; that I should go to them…it is as simple as that!
By Divine Grace I am able to come to your spiritual gathering to share and discuss some of the deeper meanings our collective spiritual unfoldment.
If you have a group of friends that enjoy studying the subject of spiritual enlightenment to any degree and would like to develop an Esoteric Study Group please fill in the contact form here–> Study Group
Your group can be small or large, intimate or public, weekly, bi-monthly, or monthly; if I am available on your scheduled date, we can arrange that I will either facilitate or simply participate in your study or discussion group on an ongoing basis or as an occasional guest. It is up to you and your group.
That is all that is needed right now; the important thing is that IT IS TIME TO BEGIN. I trust that this will unfold and develop in the most perfect way.
Please don’t hesitate…right now my Schedule is completely open as this has just this evening (November 25, 2011) come to me….And the first lesson in Esoteric Study in to trust your inner voice and act on your inspirations!
It is my Duty:
To think and say only that which I wish to become true.
To put myself in a position of dignity and independence so as not to be a burden to anyone or myself.
To build my financial structure mentally so that it manifests accordingly with the abundance of the universe.
To have faith in my ability to make money and take action to receive my worth.
To redeem myself from past mistakes with the dynamic forces that enable me to do marvels. | {
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Tag: property management
When you invest in real estate it can be smart when getting into the business but you have to be sure you take your time if you wish to be successful. You want to have done all your research and have all the information prior to making any investment purchases. The tips below will show you the best way to get going.
Remember that reputation is key in this realm of business. Thus, you must consistently keep your promises and maintain complete honesty in your dealings. This will give you the credibility around town that will make people more loyal to you.
Find out as much as you can about the pricing of properties in your selected area. Mortgages and rent in your local neighborhood could give you a better feel for the house’s value as opposed to its financial statements. You can make better decisions when you think about all of this.
When drafting your business strategy, know that the initial costs will go beyond the selling price of the property. From inspection to closing costs, there are many influences on your bottom line. When working out your margins be sure to think of all of these costs and add them into your line item list.
When considering retail or industrial investment properties, remember two guidelines. First, do not overpay for the property. Do not spend too much money on the business either. Look at the property values yourself and make sure the value is what you expect. If the numbers are good, then it’s a good buy.
If you want to be a real estate investor, you need to consider how much free time you actually have to devote to the enterprise. Tenants require time and energy. If you see that you don’t have enough time in managing it, you could choose to hire a person to manage it for you.
Pick properties that you’re confident will raise in value. Remember that good location is a plus when it comes to excellent resale value. Take all factors into consideration when projecting rises in property value.
Always check out the whole neighborhood where a property is before you buy anything there. Depressed neighborhoods aren’t likely to give you a good ROI. Location is probably the primary factor in property value, even more than what’s on the property itself.
When investing in real estate , you’ll recoup your initial investment, plus a profit. If you just invest in property and only get your money back, then you’ll be out the time you spent on the property. Always ask more than you spent so that you recoup the money you spent fixing it up.
Property Management
Try seeking out a company involved in property management. Though you will have to spend money to do so, the investment is often worthwhile. Property managers can screen prospective tenants and manage repair projects. Using a property management company allows you more time to search for new investment properties.
Get along with others. Try to lose the image of them as competitors. You will be able to share valuable contacts. By helping each other out, you can build up a large and satisfied clientele. This can really help you have a better reputation.
If you’re thinking about investing in multiple properties, it is best to have them all within a short distance of each other. By doing so, you’ll control gas costs and save a lot of time when having to visit the properties. Not only will it save you some time, you can become much more knowledge about that specific location.
Learn about foreclosures sooner by using a listing service. This will minimize the work you have to do by eliminating different contacts completely. Finding accurate information is possible, since these tend to be up-to-date.
Make sure that the properties you buy won’t take up all of your time in managing them. Your time is money, so do not waste it. Vacation rentals are something you will want to avoid. You want to choose investment properties that have a solid history of tenancy.
When calculating profits, always factor in the costs of repairs that the inspection dictated as necessary. When planning on putting up the property for sale, you’re thinking about any repairs before this happens. If you plan to rent your property, you need to factor in maintenance costs. Your profit expectations are going to be most successful if you pad your estimates for costs that surprise you.
Determine which types of buildings are easily maintained. You will need to care for the property that you purchase. You have to maintain it well to sell it. To illustrate, a home with heavy landscaping or two stories can be harder to take care of than a simple yard and only one story. Don’t get more than you are able to handle.
Using the above information is crucial. Never make a real estate purchase based on a gut feeling. Do your research to learn what you should know.
It isn’t easy to break into real estate investing. If you want to find some excellent investment tips, look no further. Continue reading to learn how to be a successful real estate investor.
Always do your research, check out locations, and know about the market that you are getting into. Check out anywhere from 50 to 100 properties in your desired location, and take notes in a spreadsheet. You should take into account things like repairs, rental potential, and desirability of location. This will allow you to target the right properties.
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Make the decision before you begin investing on exactly the style of real estate investment you want to concentrate on. You might find flipping ideal for you. Or, maybe you prefer rehab projects. Each area of real estate offers something different, so its best to know where your talents lie.
Try to get an idea of the value of other property in the area. Local mortgages and rent rates will teach you more about a property’s value than some financial statements. Looking at the situation from the street level helps you make better decisions.
Speak with fellow real estate investors. This will give you a stronger foundation than just reading books. It’s also handy to have friends in the business to consult when issues arise. The Internet is a place where you can locate help. Find forums to be active on and find meetings in your area.
Try to listen as often as possible when talking to potential buyers. You might be shocked to see just how many people negotiate against their own interests when they have the chance to just run their mouth. Listening will also help you determine what approach to take before you even open your mouth.
Join up with other investors in online groups, or follow blogs of real estate investors who have already seen success. You can learn a lot this way about how to do business. An online investment group allows you to speak to other investors.
Having a good handyman will facilitate the process when you buy an investment property. Otherwise, you will spend lots on repair expenses. Having someone who understands how to fix things can really help save you a lot of money in the long run.
Know how much the opportunity costs are to start with. While you may like to invest in fixer-uppers, you have to decide if they are worth your time. Should you focus on another opportunity instead? If outsourcing the work is a better choice, take advantage of it. Keeping your time free allows you to focus on the important angles for your business.
Property Management
Think about the advantages of property management companies. Although they will charge you a percentage of the rent, these companies often save you money and time. This company will handle repairs and screen potential renters. Using a property management company allows you more time to search for new investment properties.
Location truly is the most important factor when buying real estate. Even a ramshackle property can be a wise investment if it is located well. You want to think about the potential of the investment and the location as well.
Look at a few business properties. Not only can a business property be rented for longer terms, but they can bring in a lot of money. A strip mall, for example, may increase your capital gains tenfold.
If you invest in real estate, you will have both good and bad times. Do not feel discouraged. Success will be yours, just stay persistent. Continue learning in order to experience financial freedom.
You want to make sure that your real estate properties are as hassle-free as possible. Your time is money, so do not waste it. Bad neighborhoods and also vacation and college rentals should normally be avoided. The properties you put your money into need to show a pattern of proven long-term rental value.
Make sacrifices. Investing in real estate will take up a lot of your time. You may have to eliminate some of your leisurely activities. However, you will have time for them later.
If you have the ability to hold onto a property for a period of time before you resell it, try buying a property in an area with heavy foreclosures. Typically, these areas will increase in value later on. Remember that it can take some time for you to be able to get the money back that you’ve spent.
If you are a partner with someone else in your real estate investments, you may wish to look into a non-recourse type of loan. These loans offer good protection in case the other party becomes irresponsible, or if problems in the partnership make it untenable. There is more freedom in it to make money, but with less risks than other loans.
If you have an investment property with a vacancy, be sure you have money set aside so you can pay the mortgage monthly until you find a renter. This will keep you more calm and allow you to choose the right renter instead of the first person who comes along.
As you can probably tell from the information here, you have to know what you are doing in order to be successful at real estate. After reading through this advice, you have the necessary tools to help you choose the right investments. To become successful, you should study what successful investors do and follow their advice.
Are you considering investing in the real estate market? You should learn about real estate, before you invest in it. If you don’t, you may end up losing your entire investment. This article will help you to set a sturdy foundation.
When deciding to invest in real estate, create something like an LLC. That way, you will be protected. On top of that, the business dealings can quality for tax credits.
Keep in mind that your reputation is one thing you have to keep intact as you start working in this kind of business. You always want to keep an open and honest relationship with your clients. This makes your reputation increase.
You must develop a good feel for local property values. Mortgages and rent in local neighborhoods can help you figure out the home’s value better than any financial statement. Once you’ve got the ground level knowledge, your decisions will be all the wiser.
Do not neglect to consider the various sunk costs that increase the amount you have to spend on a property. You’ve got legal fees, closing costs, staging costs and a lot more that can affect your bottom line. As you work on your numbers make sure that every expense is accounted for on your margin sheet.
Do not assume property values will rise in an area. This isn’t good to think about for any property out there because this assumption is pretty dangerous. Only invest in those that give you an almost immediate cash flow. Then you will have an income you can count on, and you can probably look forward to property appreciation.
Check out the whole neighborhood before investing in one of the properties. You always want to look into the other homes values and how they have been selling on the market. Location is always a high priority, even higher than the properties themselves.
Never dig near your property as part of renovations, but rather call in the experts to determine the location of power lines. It’s illegal to dig in some areas.
Avoid purchasing properties in bad neighborhoods. Pay close attention to where your property is located. Research it thoroughly through newspapers and word of mouth. Sometimes a good deal is too good to be true. Not only will it be harder to sell, it is at risk of being broken into or vandalized.
Think about the advantages of property management companies. It costs money to do so, but the investment can be worth it. A property manager can screen potential renters and take care of repairs. This gives you time to find other properties to invest in.
When thinking about buying up rental properties, you need to consider the advantages of hiring a property management company. Because rental payments are likely to be the source of your mortgage payment, your tenants need to be reliable. If not, you may start bleeding money.
Before buying any property in an area you don’t know, look into the economics and trends of the local market. Property prices will stay low if the unemployment rates are high. This will reduce the profit that you make. A more robust city will increase property values.
As a real estate investor, you are going to experience both good times and bad times. Don’t let the lows cause you to quit. Just keep at it and things will soon pay off. Keep learning, keep trying and you will accomplish great things.
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Get expert help. Prior to making an offer on a specific property, speak with a real estate expert. For instance, you can speak with a real estate appraiser or agent. Speaking to a professional in this area can only help when trying to make a decision.
Try avoiding being emotional when negotiating. Remember, you are buying this home as an investment, and you likely will not be living in it. Keep yourself from feeling too many emotions so you don’t pay too much or don’t make enough profit in the end. If you follow this advice, you will get better returns.
You need to take your time and find a Realtor with a successful track record. When it comes to investing in real estate, you really need someone experienced to provide you with the best opportunities. This usually happens because the realtor with experience has connections established, unlike the rookie. Hire a firm with experience if you have to.
You can earn a decent amount of money in real estate with some knowledge and planning. With what you’ve gone over in this article, you will be sure that you’re making great decisions. You will need the advice as you move forward, so read it as needed.
There have been many successful real estate investors who have made a great deal of money. However, if there is not enough knowledge, the wealth potential may not be there. The following article will give you some great advice for getting off on the right foot.
Before making an investment in real estate, analyze the current market and do your research. Check out a lot of properties, up to 100, in the location you’re thinking of, and be sure to take some notes. You need to be looking at how much you’ll make in rent, what kinds of repairs need to be done, and how much the current prices are. Keeping a spreadsheet of all of the pertinent facts can help you make the best choices.
Do not invest in any property before having it properly inspected. Also, never use an inspector offered by the seller. You need neutral inspections or reports from a person that you can trust.
Be sure that you spend a long while dealing with the business and also learning about how it works. Sacrifice other activities for the time being. Get rid of your poker night, for instance, so you can learn more about investing.
Property Management
When investing in real estate, be realistic about the amount of time you will be able to spend on property management. There are many issues that you may face with the tenants. If you find that you do not have time to manage it, you may want to hire property management company to help you.
Consider the possibility of renting the house out when you’re projecting how much a property is worth. Rental income can be quite substantial. When they move out or the lease is up, sell the home again to make a bigger gross profit than just a quick flip would have given you.
If you are buying an investment property, be sure to hire a good handyman. If you don’t do this, then you’ll be spending all of your profits on fixing things yourself. A reliable handyman is great for tenant issues that may arise during the day or night.
If you plan to do any physical upgrades to an investment property, you should never dig in the ground around it until you’ve talked to an expert to see where the lines are buried around it. There are certain areas in which digging is against the law. Also, you would not want to cause property damage.
Consider hiring a real estate management company. You might spend a bit of money on the management company; however, it is money well spent that can increase your profits. The company that does the property management will screen potential renters and deal with costly repairs. This will help save you quite a bit of time so that you can work on other avenues for investment.
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Learn about the neighborhood and surrounding areas before you decide to invest in its real estate. As far as real estate investments go, location is important. You should also know if there are any special laws or attributes. Talk to the neighbors and try to get a good feel as to whether or not the property is one you can rent within a few weeks.
Location is the pivotal component of real estate investment. The proximity to great areas will increase the value a ton. Think about the area you are choosing to invest in and how it might be in the future.
Buy property locally. It is much easier to make informed decisions on property when you have a through understanding of the market and neighborhood you are buying in. You don’t have to worry about what goes on in your rental property because you live nearby. This will give you more control during the investing process.
You can also pick up commercial properties to add to your portfolio and not just residential properties. When it comes to business properties, you’ll be able to attract long term renters. This makes their potential for profit huge. Strip malls and complexes are great choices when it comes to increasing investment potential.
Work with other real estate investors. Try to lose the image of them as competitors. Share resources and clients among yourselves so that all can profit. Eventually, you will have a list of many happy people. By doing so, you eliminate a few headaches and build positive relationships with others.
You are likely to experience ups and downs. The keys to your success come about when you don’t get too down during the low times. Being persistent can help you be successful. Continue to expand your knowledge, do not give up, and good things will happen for you.
It is wise to not let your investment properties demand too much of your management time. Time is valuable, and there is never enough of it to go around. Bad neighborhoods and also vacation and college rentals should normally be avoided. Always invest in truly sound properties that easily attract quality tenants.
Multiple Properties
Begin with investing in one property. Although purchasing multiple properties can seem like a good idea, if you are an inexperienced real estate investor, owning multiple properties is not always wise. Instead, stick to one. This will allow you to learn and formulate your own strategies. This can help you with all your future investments.
Investing in real estate can be very lucrative. The only things you really need to become successful are some good luck and a healthy helping of knowledge. Hopefully, what you’ve read has given you the knowledge you need to dive into the real estate investing world.
Are you wondering if you should get into real estate investments? If so, it is important to really understand what is happening in the market before you invest. You minimize the chance of your investment going wrong. To start on the right path with investing, continue reading the article below.
Decide which type of investing you will focus on with real estate before you begin. You might find flipping ideal for you. Or perhaps, you would like something more challenging, such as rehabilitation projects that start from scratch. Different work is required for each, and you can then hone your skills.
Devote the time required to manage your business, as well as the time to continue learning everything you can about the field. This will reduce the complications that you have when making deals. Put your time in and reduce the leisurely activities that you have on the side.
When contemplating your overall strategy, remember that your costs encompass more than just the purchase price. You’ll have to cover closing costs, legal fees, and pay for staging. All that will have to come out of your budget. These items should be included in the negotiation process.
Keep two things in mind. First, do not pay too much for the ground. It’s also important to make sure that too much money isn’t spent on the property. Look at the property values yourself and make sure the value is what you expect. You must make sure that both of the answers are good enough to make a final purchase worth your while.
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If you’re going to try getting into real estate, you need to consider how much time you’re able to spend on property management. Issues with tenants can take up a lot of your time. If you see that happening, really look into a property management firm to help.
Select places in great locations that are safe. This is imperative because it will be easier to sell the property. Also, try to look for properties that can be easily maintained.
Do not assume that the value of property will always go up. This is not how the market works, and you should definitely not count on this happening. Protect your investment by choosing properties that are likely to quickly generate a profit. Property value appreciation will help you invest in future properties.
As you look for investment properties, seek those that are likely to grow in value. Purchasing anything near water or close to other businesses will be beneficial to you later on. Think about long-term projects and costs rising later on, which can boost your original investments.
When you invest in a property that you wish to rent, be wary of whom you choose as tenants. The person should afford to pay a deposit and the first month’s rent. If they can’t get cash together in the beginning, they may fall behind the rent. Find someone else.
When buying a property for investment purposes, it makes sense to affiliate yourself with a good handyman. If you don’t, your profits may be sucked up by repair costs. Having someone who understands how to fix things can really help save you a lot of money in the long run.
Don’t buy property in a bad neighborhood. Know the property before you buy it. Do the research needed. A good deal on a beautiful house may mean that it’s in a bad place. It might be damaged and hard to sell.
If you are thinking about purchasing rental properties, consider hiring a property manager who can help you screen qualified tenants. Your tenants should have good credit to help protect your investment. Otherwise, you may end up losing money.
Location is a huge consideration for purchasing real estate. If a house is in decent condition, but it is located in a run down area, it probably isn’t the best investment. You want to think about the potential of the investment and the location as well.
Do your homework about municipal governments of any real estate market you plan on investing in. The city should have an official website. There you can find city planning details that can help you predict how prices are going to fluctuate in the future. It would be wise to invest in a city that is experiencing growth.
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People around the world supplement their income with the help of real estate investments. But to ensure success, you need to learn all you can about it. The advice from this article can help you invest wisely in real estate. You will need the advice as you move forward, so read it as needed.
Real estate is a sound investment you can count on. You will need to know what you are doing though. If you want to invest in real estate, keep reading for awesome tips.
Do not purchase anything that has not been inspected by an unbiased professional. If they offer to pay for the inspection, it may be someone that favors them. You will want to get a full report on this matter from a neutral professional.
If you’re seeking to invest in the real estate market, you must determine the time you plan to devote to managing your property. Having issues with a tenant can eat up quite a bit of time. Consider hiring a company that handles property management.
Picking good, well-known areas is usually a smart way to go. This is critical, since it is going to give you the highest possible resale return. Find properties that have very low maintenance costs as well.
Pick properties that you’re confident will raise in value. Properties near business districts or water can earn you a lot of money. Take all factors into consideration when projecting rises in property value.
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Don’t spend your money on real estate with doing the research first. Investing in real estate can lead to hefty losses when you are careless. Investing in the right type of training is one of the best things you could do.
Always take a look at an overall community before investing in a specific property. A good neighborhood will maintain value, whereas undesirable areas will lessen your return. Buyers look closely at location, and you should too.
If you are buying an investment property, be sure to hire a good handyman. If you don’t, your profits may be sucked up by repair costs. A reliable handyman can also address any emergency repairs that your tenants may spring on you at night.
Know how much your time is worth. You may enjoy rehabilitating properties, however is the amount of labor required worth your time? Would you be better off finding an alternative property? Outsource when possible. You will very much appreciate the free time that you will gain so that you can focus on other important things.
Patience is essential when you get started. Your first real estate investment deal may be more time consuming than you expected. There may not be the right properties out there, or your terms couldn’t be met. Never let it get to you and invest out of frustration. That’s using your funds poorly. Wait a while and see if you can’t catch an investment that’s great.
Management Company
Consider hiring a real estate management company. While it will cost you some of your profits to do so, it can be worth the investment. Property management companies can handle repairs and screen potential tenants. Using a property management company allows you more time to search for new investment properties.
Hire a property manager who can screen tenants. Make sure they are qualified and honest. You might lose money if you do not do this.
Don’t go too far into your personal finances for your investments. When you invest in real estate, you’ll often not be able to access the money for a while. Be certain that you do not feel a financial pinch as a result.
Make sure you keep detailed books. You can easily overlook doing this, especially when you’re new. There are many other more pressing things to think about. Good accounting practices are important, though. You can avoid many pitfalls if your bookkeeping habits are built early and kept strong.
Always keep some cash in reserve when investing in real estate. The cash you place aside can be used in paying expenses such as rental property repairs. You likely won’t be able to rent the property immediately, so it’s important to have that cash. There are always expenses whether your property is rented or not.
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It’s time for you to begin your adventure in real estate. Review your options and think of the choices that will suit you best. You can earn more money by getting that money out of your bank and investing it in real estate. Use this advice and make a lot of money.
Real estate investing is something you can use to make your portfolio more diversified. Using money for properties gives you experience with sectors outside of bonds and stocks. However, the rules pertaining to debts and equities are different when it comes to investing in real estate. Continue reading to find out what it takes to make wise real estate investments.
Before investing in the real estate market, research and analyze market conditions. Look at between 50 and 100 properties in the area you’re interested in, and keep a spreadsheet full of notes. On the spreadsheet list the price, necessary repairs and expected rental income. This will help you figure out which deals are the best.
Never purchase a property without an inspection. Sellers may even cover the inspection costs, but always choose an independent inspector. Always get a neutral report or a lookover from someone that you personally trust.
If you’re planning on investing in real estate, you’ll want to make sure to take time to learn all that you can and have time to give to the business side of it on an ongoing basis. This will reduce the complications that you have when making deals. Shove the poker night or softball league aside to become a successful investor.
When determining strategy, know all the costs. You’ll have to cover closing costs, legal fees, and pay for staging. All that will have to come out of your budget. When working out your margins be sure to think of all of these costs and add them into your line item list.
Look for areas that are in well-known areas that generate interest from your potential clients. This is key, because it provides the greatest possible resale value once you are ready to buy it. Try finding property that can easily be maintained.
Property values go up and down; don’t make the assumption that it will go up only. It is dangerous to assume that any piece of property will rise in value. Instead, you should look for property that offers quick cash flow boosts. When your property appreciates, this will be added income.
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Find a group of other interested investors or read up on blogs from successful real estate investors. This helps you stay privy to valuable information concerning the real estate market. Often, real estate professions are willing to help newcomer to the industry and you can build your network of contacts, in this way.
When buying a rental property, make certain the rent you charge is going to cover the mortgage in its entirety. This will get you started in a good position. Nothing is worse than having to come up with money out of your pocket for the monthly rent because your renter’s monthly payment doesn’t cover it.
Before making a purchase, check into the neighborhood to see what it’s like. Neighborhoods that are desirable will have a lot of value at all times, and neighborhoods that are depressed won’t pay off so well. This will give you a good idea of the value as well.
You want to make a little more than you had to spend on the property. If you just invest in property and only get your money back, then you’ll be out the time you spent on the property. Make improvements to the property and list it at a substantial markup.
Think about employing a professional property manager. It is worth the investment it takes. The property management service can take care of repairs and screen applicants for you. This gives you extra time to spend on other investments.
Know the neighborhood before you choose to invest in real estate. Location is very important, and it is also important to understand the zoning laws. You should also investigate the special attributes of the property. Talk to the neighbors and try to get a good feel as to whether or not the property is one you can rent within a few weeks.
You may get a property management company to deal with tenants. Since the rent they pay will pay your mortgage, you need to make sure they have good credit and habits. Otherwise, you may end up losing money.
Do your homework about municipal governments of any real estate market you plan on investing in. The city is likely to have an official website online. There you can find city planning details that can help you predict how prices are going to fluctuate in the future. Cities or regions that are experiencing economic growth are likely to yield a good profit for you.
Should you look at investing in a variety of properties, keep them within a close, geographical area. This will allow you to avoid major expenses in gas or time as you travel to your properties. This also helps you become a pro in real estate when it comes to that specific area.
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You now know how investing in real estate can give you a different position than just investing in securities. Of course, there are different rules concerning real estate investments. So, use this article as your starting point to investing in real estate, so that you do it wisely and safely instead of going in blind.
Are you interested in real estate investing? Do you want to buy a home for yourself or renovate a second one? The following article will get you started. This article will get you started down the right path. Utilizing this information will help you when investing in real property.
Before you jump into real-estate investment, educate yourself. This will help you build your foundation of knowledge. Seek out books, DVDs, and other sources of information so that you’re in a good place before you get started.
Be sure that you spend a long while dealing with the business and also learning about how it works. This may mean cutting some of your work time to learn, but the long-term dividends will be greater. Let go of some of your recreational time and invest it in your property.
If you are looking to invest in real estate, you should think about how much time you can devote to managing your property. Dealing with your tenants can be very time consuming. If you find that you do not have time to manage it, you may want to hire property management company to help you.
Will the rent you charge cover the cost of the mortgage payment? This will get you started in a good position. There is little worse than needing to dig into your own pockets for rent that isn’t coming from your tenant.
Before making a purchase, check into the neighborhood to see what it’s like. Desirable neighborhoods will always hold their value, whereas depressed neighborhoods may not give you as good a return. Location is key, and it’s what determines the value.
Keep in mind what your time will be worth. Is your effort worth what you are getting out of it? Or would you be better off searching for the next opportunity? Whenever you can delegate a task to someone else, do so. It is important to have as much time as possible to do other necessary things related to your business.
Think about making use of a property management firm. It costs money to do so, but the investment can be worth it. The company screens renters for you and handles repairs. That will give you more time to look for additional investment opportunities.
Learn about any neighborhood you are interested in investing in. The location as well as zoning laws is essential to success. Talking to residents can help you get a handle on the conditions of the neighborhood.
Don’t buy a property just to increase the number of investments you hold. This may be a common habit for newcomers, however more is not always better. Always investigate well before investing and invest for quality. This must be what takes up most of your investments.
If you become a seasoned real estate investor, there are certain to be ups and downs. Do not allow the bad times to bring you down. If you are persistent, you will succeed. Push forward, learn more, and always keep trying so that you can accomplish your goals.
Single Property
Stick with a single property. Though you may have the urge to grab several properties, you can make big mistakes early in the game. You are better off beginning with a single property and allowing yourself to become familiar with this excellent investment. In the long term, you will get better results.
Find and use experts. Before bidding on properties, take the time to speak with someone with experience in the business. You may want to speak to an agent or appraiser in the real estate field. These experts will assist in your decision making.
Are property values rising where you live? Are there more rental properties than there are renters? Depending on your plans, think about two things. You might want to buy a cheap house to flip, but you shouldn’t set expectations to high.
Keep your emotions at bay when negotiating. You won’t live here; you’re making an investment. Don’t make emotional decisions or you’ll wind up paying too much. You can make more money this way.
When you are investing in real estate with someone else you should consider the use of non-recourse loans. This will protect you in the event the other person flakes out or your relationship goes bad. There is more freedom in it to make money, but with less risks than other loans.
Since you just read the above article, real estate investing is something you now know a lot more about. You can make a lot of money when you approach it correctly. Renting an apartment can be beneficial as well. Take what you have learned and use it to succeed and thrive.
Many individuals have made money by investing in real estate. However, if you aren’t completely familiar with real estate investing, it will be hard to make a lot of money at it. If you review the concepts that follow, you will have a great foundation.
There are a couple of things to consider when purchasing property. First, don’t pay too much for the land. Next you never want to pay more than it is worth. Look at both the potential property value as-is, and understand how much rent is paid by the business. If the numbers are good, then it’s a good buy.
Do not assume property values will rise in an area. This assumption is risky in the real estate market and for any one piece of property. You are better off investing in properties that deliver positive cash flow quickly. You can boost your income with any property value that is appreciated.
If you are investing in property to rent out, screen your potential tenants carefully. Make sure your tenants pay you a deposit and first and last month’s rent. If they are not able to get the cash together, chances are, they will also fall behind on their rent. Keep looking for better tenets.
Property Management
Think about partnering with a company that specializes in property management. While it can eat into your profits a bit, it might be worth the cost. The company that does the property management will screen potential renters and deal with costly repairs. This gives you extra time to spend on other investments.
Lean the basics of bookkeeping. You may find it easy to skimp when it comes to bookkeeping, particularly in the beginning. There are many things to think about. Keeping records well is very important, however. You can avoid many pitfalls if your bookkeeping habits are built early and kept strong.
Invest as soon as you can if you want to make real estate something you do for a career. One thing that can be a mistake is to not get into a market quickly and start learning about how the business works. The longer you wait, the farther behind you are.
Real estate investors generally experience both highs and lows. It is important that you do not let those lows convince you to give up. Persistence will pay off. Keep learning new things and trying again and you are sure to accomplish your goals.
You want to make sure that your real estate properties are as hassle-free as possible. Time is valuable, and there is never enough of it to go around. Avoid rentals in the college market, vacation market and depressed neighborhoods. Invest in solid properties with a good history of consistent tenancy.
Single Property
Begin your investing with a single property. You may want to start big, but don’t bite off more than you can deal with. Instead, begin with a single property and allow yourself to learn an investment strategy over time. This will benefit you in the long run.
Become aware of local regulations and laws for any locale that you’re planning on investing in. Stay within the boundaries of the law at all times to avoid trouble. Before laying down your funds, touch base with local officials who can help you understand the regulations you will need to be in compliance with.
Always negotiate free of emotions. When investing in a home, you will most likely not live in it. Maintain composure emotionally so you don’t pay too much for properties and cut into your profits. Adhering to this advice will make you money.
Before buying a property you plan on renting, familiarize yourself with the rents in the area. If you want to rent out a property quickly, you’ll need to make sure that the rent is in line with similar rentals in your neighborhood. This will put your rental unit in a less desirable light among renters, and you may end up bearing the cost longer.
One great way to think about if neighborhoods are worth buying into is to search near them to see if there are any vacancies. The more vacancies, the less likely you are to find a renter for your place.
Everyone you come across in life will always try to dismiss the possibilities of making money in real estate. If others are negative, don’t listen to them. The exception are people with more money than you and better ideas on how to use it.
Stay away from houses that need tons of repairs. Buying a home that only needs some work seems like a great deal. A problem that seems minor can end up turning into a disaster that costs you a small fortune. Be sure that you research it well and do the math.
Get familiar with the marketplace lingo. You have to make it look like you know what you are getting into. If a seller knows you’re new to investing, they may not negotiate the price. Use the lingo you learn, as well as your knowledge, to give you an advantage. The more professional-sounding you are, the better you can perform during negotiations.
There is real money to be made in the world of real estate investing. All that is needed for success is knowledge and hard work. Hopefully this article helped anyone out who is just starting.
Real estate is a very trendy profession. Many people hear about flipping foreclosed homes. There are countless shows on television that feature people successfully buying, renovating and selling real estate. Still, it’s not always simple to get into real estate investing like the media shows it to be. It is important that you understand what is involved in the process, and the following article can help with that.
Real Estate
Learn from others experienced in real estate investment. More and more people are entering or re-entering the real estate market. There are certain community business groups who feel the same way. There are many forums that you can go to talk to people. Mix and mingle, learning from similar people.
When negotiating deals, take the time to listen, rather than doing all the talking. You will be surprised to see how frequently people end up negotiating against themselves when they talk a lot. If you listen, you may be able to get a reasonable price.
Try to look for investment properties that will become more valuable over time. Make sure that you take the future into consideration. Try to think over the price in the long term and if the property will go up in value so you can make the most.
Always take a look at an overall community before investing in a specific property. A desirable neighborhood will usually keep its value, while an area that is depressed is not likely to give you a good return. Location is always a high priority, even higher than the properties themselves.
Before digging, be sure to call the local utility companies to locate any buried lines. It may well be illegal for you to dig, and it can be harmful to the property also.
Make sure that any money you put into a property is given back, and then some, when trying to sell it. It’ll be a waste of time if you don’t make a profit. Renovate the property, then list it for a higher price.
Property Management
You may want to use a property management service. Even though it will eat into your profits, in the end, it can be a wise investment. Property management companies can handle repairs and screen potential tenants. Using a property management company allows you more time to search for new investment properties.
You must consider location when you look at real estate. A decaying building on great land is often a better buy than a solid home in a bad neighborhood. You want to think about the potential of the investment and the location as well.
Avoid using your emergency fund for real estate investing. Investing in real estate can tie up money for long stretches of time, and often not show returns for many years. You do not want your investment property to put your personal life in a pinch.
Before you make a real estate investment, familiarize yourself with the local government. You should be able to find information online. Looking up city planning details will let you know if property values will rise or fall. Cities or regions that are experiencing economic growth are likely to yield a good profit for you.
When figuring out your profits, you should deduct any repairs that have to be made. The repairs will have to be done before the property is sold. Budget money to cover maintenance and repairs on your rental property. Either way you should allow for some padding when you come up with a plan so you can make money realistically.
Real Estate
While many shows portray real estate investments as a fast way to make money, there is a science behind it. Use the solid information to make informed decisions, and include these tips in your thought process to help you out. Make wise decisions so you can make money with the real estate market. | {
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Assad speaks on chemical attack
DAMASCUS. – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said a suspected chemical weapons attack was a “fabrication” to justify a US military strike, as Moscow digs in to defend its ally despite increasing strains with Washington.
In an exclusive interview with AFP in Damascus – his first since the alleged April 4 attack prompted a US air strike on Syrian forces – Assad said his army had given up all its chemical weapons and that Syrian military power was not affected by the US strike.
“Definitely, 100 percent for us, it’s fabrication,” he said in the interview on Wednesday in reference to the alleged chemical weapons attack.
“Our impression is that the West, mainly the United States, is hand-in-glove with the terrorists. They fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for the attack.”
Western leaders including US President Donald Trump have accused Assad of being behind last week’s attack in the rebel-held town Khan Sheikhun, saying his forces unleashed a chemical weapon during an air strike.
The suspected attack killed at least 87 people, including many children, and images of the dead and of suffering victims provoked global outrage.
Syria denied any use of chemical weapons and Moscow said the deaths had been the result of a conventional strike hitting a rebel arms depot containing “toxic substances”.
In the interview, Assad insisted it was “not clear” whether an attack on Khan Sheikhun had even happened.
“You have a lot of fake videos now,” he said. “We don’t know whether those dead children were killed in Khan Sheikhun. Were they dead at all?”
He insisted several times that his forces had turned over all chemical weapons stockpiles in 2013, under a deal brokered by Russia to avoid threatened US military action.
“There was no order to make any attack, we don’t have any chemical weapons, we gave up our arsenal a few years ago,” Assad said.
He said his forces had not been diminished by the US strike.
“Our fire-power, our ability to attack the terrorists hasn’t been affected by this strike.”
President Trump
Denouncing a “very barbaric” attack, Trump ordered a strike that saw 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles slam into the airbase in central Syria from where Washington accused Assad’s forces of launching the attack.
It was the first direct US military action against Assad’s forces since the start of Syria’s civil war six years ago and led to a quick downward spiral in ties between Washington and Moscow.
Russia accused the United States of breaking international law with the strike against the Syrian regime, a key ally that Moscow has supported with air strikes since 2015.
Trump gave such criticism short shrift on Wednesday, saying: “I felt we had to do something about it. I have absolutely no doubt we did the right thing.”
Yesterday Trump expressed confidence that US-Russia ties would improve. “Things will work out fine between the USA and Russia,” Trump said in a tweet. “At the right time everyone will come to their senses & there will be lasting peace!”
The strains in ties were clear as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson received a frosty reception Wednesday on a visit to Moscow, where he said there was now “a low level of trust” between the two countries.
The polarised positions were evident too at the UN Security Council on Wednesday, when Russia vetoed a Western-drafted resolution that would have required Syrian cooperation in an investigation into the suspected chemical attack.
It was the eighth time that Russia has used its veto power to block action directed at Damascus. - AFP. | {
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The "Gossip Girl" actress' workouts weren't just about stunt training, she was also understandably motivated by a daunting 2010 Vogue fashion shoot involving a skimpy white bikini.
Courtesy of Vogue
November 02, 2011
by
Elizabeth Snead
When Gossip Girl star Blake Lively snagged the role of fighter pilot Carol Ferris in Green Lantern, (starring Ryan Reynolds) she realized she was going to need to get physically stronger to do some stunts. So she turned to L.A. trainer-to-the-starBobby Strom, already on the set training his longtime client Reynolds, then married to Scarlett Johansson, who was also trained by Strom.
"The producers told Blake she should probably work out to get stronger, to strengthen her core and help prevent injuries and soreness," Strom tells Fash Track exclusively. "She'd seen me working with Ryan and she'd seen what I had done for his wife Scarlett Johansson for her role in the action movie, Iron Man 2," added Strom, who has also trained buff actresses Jessica Biel, Jennifer Lopez, Leslie Mann, Elle McPherson, and Adrianne Palicki.
Initially, Lively was working out solely to get stronger for stunts. But then she got motivated. Really, really motivated. Why? "When she found out she was going to model in a Vogue fashion spread that would involve swimsuits, a bikini and surfing, she decided she needed to be toned and look more athletic," Strom explains. Yup. Nothing like a little Vogue swimsuit spread to motivate a fitness regimen.
Strom says Lively's workout was different from Johansson's "Scarlett did a lot of boxing," says Strom. "Blake and I focused on circuit training four days a week, 90 minutes each time. All the planks, push-ups, and walking lunges paid off too." Strom also set out to reduce Blake’s body fat by three or four per cent. ‘What you want is lower body fat to get more lean muscle,’ he explains. Yeah, especially in a bikini, right ladies?
The workouts started with a light jog or the treadmill to get the blood flowing before moving onto circuits. "This meant that she was continuously burning fat," Strom added. "We did around 10 different moves three or four times, repeating the same exercises but never in the same order."
Blake’s assistant and Strom shopped at a New Orleans Wholefoods for her uber-healthy diet. Blake also bought a juicer and blended beetroot, carrots, kale and celery for an energy boost. "She also ate healthy foods such as vegetables, tabbouleh salads and quinoa," added Strom.
During her training, Lively also got a nightly massage from Strom's trainer/masseuse wifeAlicia Strom. Oh, wait. Surely you weren't thinking that Lively started training with Strom to hang out with Reynolds. Totally not true. None of that went on on the set. But the former co-stars have been seen together recently, llike on her three weekends in a row visit to Boston where Reynolds is filming R.I.P.D.
As THR first reported, the life of Grace Kelly, the Hitchcock ingenue who went from Hollywood royalty to genuine royalty, is getting the big screen treatment courtesy of producer Pierre-Ange Le Pogam. Which Hollywood actress would be best to star in the highly coveted role? | {
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Adams looking forward to representing Wayland in 2014
PLAINVIEW – Admittedly, Nicole Adams is what she said some people might consider a little different.
“I’m probably more of what people call weird,” she said.
It is, however, her unique perspective and total acceptance of who God created her to be that fuels her passion and makes her the perfect choice to wear the Miss Wayland crown in 2014.
Adams competed with nine other college co-eds on Nov. 9 in Harral Auditorium for the right to wear the Miss Wayland crown. When the final name was called, it was Adams who stood alone.
“Weird” isn’t really the perfect description for Adams. Her personality is one that simply looks at things a little differently. She approaches life with a smile on her face, never trying to fit in, looking for the humor in her surroundings. It is a personality that she grew into once she moved beyond the compulsion to fit in and past her insecurities about being around the “popular people” of whom she held a stereotypical view.
“It seemed like everything about their life was perfect,” she said. “That is something I struggled with. I would ask God, why did you make me this way? Why do I have this type of personality? I wanted to be myself. Everything about me wanted to be who God created me to be. I just wasn’t confident enough to do that.”
Adams was born in Fort Worth and moved to Amarillo with her family when she was very young. From third grade through high school, aside from her freshman year when she attended Amarillo High, Adams went to school in Claude where her mother worked. Adams said she really had no desire to attend college after high school, but her parents, Tinia and Steve, were adamant that she continue with her education.
“I don’t like change. I was terrified of going to college,” Adams said. “My parents definitely were not OK with that. I had to go to college.”
Adams said her parents drug her to a college fair where they visited a number of booths, most of which didn’t impress the soon-to-be college freshman. Steve and Tinia both had backgrounds in psychology and social work. Adams found herself interested in the field of psychology, but she wanted to go to a private, faith-based school. That desire led her, or more specifically her dad, to Hardin-Simmons University.
“My dad fell in love with Hardin-Simmons,” she said. A visit to
the HSU campus, however, had Adams heading in the other direction. “It wasn’t where I needed to be. I couldn’t be myself. It was really quite terrifying.”
Adams said she used the experience to impress upon her parents that she didn’t need to go to college and she was happy staying at home. Her mother, however, had other plans. Tinia signed her daughter up for Big Weekend, a college preview weekend held each spring at Wayland.
“I wound up coming to Big Weekend. I wasn’t going to, but I did,” Adams said. “I walked into the dorm and wound up staying and fell in love. I fell in love with the people and the place and this became home.”
A junior, psychology major, Adams quickly fell in the love with her academics as well, embracing the field of psychology. She said one of her weird traits is being able to approach people and get them to talk when others might find the interaction uncomfortable. These skills, along with her love of people and getting to know them on a personal level has driven her passion for psychology.
“I’ve always been good at getting people to open up,” she said. “I wanted to use the basic skills God had given me to further His kingdom.”
Adams said it’s fascinated to look beyond the surface when dealing with people to learn more about their background and why they think in certain ways.
“In a way (psychology) teaches you to look at the big picture as opposed to what your eyes and your senses see at that moment,” she said.
While Tinia Adams played a major role in getting her daughter to Wayland, it was also her influence that prompted Nicole to compete for Miss Wayland. Nicole said her mother loved the idea and all the preparation that it entails.
“I wanted something to be able to relate with to my mom,” Adams said. “I saw that Miss Wayland was a way to do that. It gave us something to talk about. Whether we were arguing about which outfit to wear or talking about my talent, it gave us something to engage over.”
While winning the title was definitely a bonus, Adams said the relationships she built with the other contestants and the overall experience was well worth the time and effort it took to prepare for the competition. Now, however, she is embracing the responsibilities that come with being Miss Wayland and will use the position to promote the school. Whether she is speaking about her passions, such as the Diakonia project, a backpack project that provides food for elementary school students each weekend, or promoting the university to prospective students, Adams said she can’t wait for the opportunities.
Adams said she is also excited about whatever doors God may open for her. She hopes to one day work with families and churches on connecting generationally and closing those communication gaps that grow between parents and children. She knows this will include additional education however, and is already making plans to work toward a double master’s degree in family ministry and family counseling -- a degree she plans to pursue at Hardin-Simmons.
“But only the Lord knows,” she said. “He can change that at any moment.” | {
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HARTFORD — Robert Crook ordered 1,000 stickers for gun owners opposed to more gun control laws to sport Monday at the state Capitol.
"I am not sure 1,000 will be enough," said Crook, the executive director of the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen.
A huge turnout is expected Monday when state lawmakers assigned to propose recommendations for reducing gun violence conduct an information-gathering hearing.
"It is going to be big," said Ron Pinciaro, executive director of Connecticut Against Gun Violence.
The day-long hearing is providing the first opportunity since the deadly school shooting in Newtown on Dec. 14 for the opposing sides in the gun control debate to showcase their arguments — and their numbers.
The panel holding the hearing is a subgroup of a larger working group that the legislature's Democratic and Republican leaders formed to help shape policy responses to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Advocates demanding and opposing more gun regulation are clearly looking to make an impressive showing at Monday's hearing, said Senate Minority Leader. John McKinney, R-Fairfield, co-chairman of the bipartisan working group.
"It is extremely important," Pinciaro said.
His group has issued an urgent appeal for people who support more gun controls to come out Monday or submit written testimony if they are unable to attend the hearing.
The Connecticut Citizens Defense League is doing the same. It is asking members to consider taking a vacation day from work or make a plan otherwise to be there.
Crook said he has also spread the word about the hearing to members of the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation and the Connecticut Education Association have both scheduled news conferences before the informational hearing's scheduled 10 a.m. start.
The NSSF represents the firearms manufacturing and related industries in Connecticut. The trade group is going to highlight the role these industries plan in the state's economy.
The CEA is going to release what it calls the first-ever poll of Connecticut teachers on gun laws and school safety. The union represents 43,000 teachers.
The legislature last had a big debate on gun regulation two years ago when the Judiciary Committee proposed legislation to limit ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
The bill ran into stiff opposition from gun owners and the firearms industry, and the committee's Democratic leadership let the legislation die without coming to a vote.
THE 10-ROUND LIMIT is among the long list of gun control measures that Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the legislature are eyeing now because the Newtown shooter used 30-round magazines to carry out his killing spree.
The Malloy administration did not take a position on the 2011 bill, but this time governor is not only championing the idea, but suggesting the limit possibly be lowered to seven rounds.
"I support the constitution of the United States, but there is no reading of the constitution of the United States that would lead me to believe we can't do things to make our citizens safer," Malloy said.
Crook estimated that 500 gun owners and sympathizers turned out two years ago when the 10-round restriction was first proposed. He said he expects double the turnout Monday — or possibly more.
"They are upset. They are feeling they are being blamed. Their rights are being restricted. Their sports are being affected. They'll be here. They will absolutely be here," Crook said.
Pinciaro hesitated to put a number on how many people Connecticut Against Gun Violence and allied advocates expect to turn out.
"Frankly, it is difficult to estimate," he said.
Pinciaro said advocates of additional gun regulation are more determined than ever after the massacre of 20 first-graders and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary School last month.
Gun owners will have sympathizers among the subgroup of lawmakers who will be conducting Monday's hearing and making recommendations to the larger group, including Rep. Robert C. Sampson, R-Wolcott.
"When you sit down and really consider the circumstances surrounding what happened in Sandy Hook, you realize it has very little to do with guns," Sampson said.
Sampson said many of the details surrounding the Sandy Hook tragedy remain unknown. The state police are not expected to wrap up their investigation until June at the earliest.
"I think it's unwise to make rash policy changes when we don't have all the facts," Sampson said.
MALLOY CONTENDS THAT ENOUGH OF THE FACTS are known or easily discernible now.
"We know a lot. We know somebody went into a school with semi-automatic weapons with large magazines with the intent to kill people, just as they have gone similarly armed into malls, into movie theaters, into schools in the past," he said.
Some of the legislature's strongest advocates for more gun control laws are also serving on the subgroup on gun violence, including Senate Majority Leader Martin M. Looney, D-New Haven, and Rep. Bob Godfrey, D-Danbury.
Looney and Godfrey are sponsoring some of the most sweeping gun regulations this session. Looney is co-chairing the subgroup.
When all is said and done, Crook is not expecting much gun control legislation to get through the legislature this year.
"I would expect to see one or two bills at most in the end, and I am not even sure those will pass," he said.
However, the Democratic and Republican leaders are planning to approve additional gun regulations as part of an initial package of measures responding to the Sandy Hook tragedy in late February.
There is evidence of bipartisan support for some gun control measures. McKinney co-sponsored legislation to set a 10-round limit on ammunition magazines with Sen. Gary D. LeBeau, D-East Hartford, for example.
"We had a limitation on the size of magazines in the past and I can't imagine that we are not going to have a limitation on the size of magazines in the future," Malloy said.
He was referring to federal assault weapon ban that expired in 2004. The law had a 10-round limit on magazines among its many provisions.
Lawmakers have also proposed a number of bills to strengthen and update the state assault weapon ban that was enacted in 1993.
" the nazi party of connecticut has already decided. this is all for show. a great many citizens will be turned into criminals with the stroke of a pen. people must realize that a seven round limit will outlaw most handguns.
any candidate who runs on repealing this nonsense legislation will cruise to victory in the next election cycle. "
" This is paraphrased from the Hartford Courant ;Mr Willian C Marino stated in written testimony posted on http://www.cga.ct.gov/asaferconnecticut. , "If the state wants to control the sale of any semi-automatic weapon then there should be a 100% sales tax put on the sale of the firearm, ammo, and anything related to it. I would include hand guns, any military type of semi-automatic, and any firearm with a removable, (clip/drum) type of magazine that holds more than 5 rounds. Only active duty law enforcement personnel would be excluded from the tax."Mr. Marino of North Haven goes on to state "It appears to me the slightest hint of any sort of gun control sends the [National Rifle Association] into a wild tizzy, getting all the gun owners worked up about the 2nd amendment. Truth is, the NRA is nothing more than a multi-million dollar lobbying firm for the gun industry," Marino who described himself in a phone interview as a hunter, owner of pistols and rifles, and a Navy veteran.I submit to you that this guy in a fake,and a shill for the liberal anti-gun groups and a prime example of of why law abiding gun owners have to fight for their rights. "
" What is wrong with you people! What part of your brain doesn't work that you can't understand that something needs to be done. There is no reason why everyone who wants to buy a gun should have a background check or waiting period. You can still protect yourself without being a nutcase about it. With rights come responsibility. No one is actually taking time to discuss or listen, all you can think about is ""me, me, me". "
Why don't we arm the children? When buying their little back packs and school supplies they could pick up flak jackets, bulletproof vests and an assault rifle.
After all isn't it their own responsibility to protect themselves. Why should any American have to pay anything that benefits someone else?Isn't that what America is all about? These kids have been living off of us for long enough.
If they don't want to be murdered in school, then they should protect themselves.
Think about how many more assault weapons that would sell! The NRA would be thrilled and no American would be asked to lift a finger for those slacker kids. Win-win! "
" Hummm. According to our mayor's plan, surveillance cameras could have prevented this disaster. The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun. Cameras do not make me feel safe Mayor!! "
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tfa wrote: Not only should every police officer should be forced to wear one of these cameras, their videos should be freely uploaded for crowd-sourcing by the general public on YouTube. If privacy for the general public is a concern, they could blur people's faces a la` Google street view.
This starts out fine, but then flies off into impossible territory. There's no way you could write an algorithm that would appropriately flag private data in a video. It would have to blur faces, bleep names, cut out any video in which the officer enters a private residence, and censor other random personal details. Not to mention that humans aren't dumb and we are able to figure out identities without just a face. The first person who gets fired after video of his arrest circulates his workplace will certainly sue. And be sure, these videos will be used in suspect shaming far more than in corruption allegations.
I definitely think that police should have to wear these, and I think the videos should be automatically uploaded for separate, random review by internal affairs. We're probably headed this way, but it's going to be a fight in some places, and we'll have to wait for costs to come down. | {
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Microchipping amnesty event
Residents are being invited to an identification event to ensure their dog is complying with the law, a year since legislation was introduced.
The FREE event hosted by Blaby District Council will give dog owners the chance to get their pet chipped and update the microchip’s details. The event takes place on Thursday 06 April from 10am-2pm at the Council’s offices, Desford Road, Narborough, LE19 2EP.
In April 2016 it became law across the UK for all dogs to be chipped with the up-to-date details of the owner, and for dogs. Failure to have a dog chipped is a criminal offence and owners could face a fine of £500.
Information about collar and tags will also be available, with the law stating that every dog must wear a collar with the name and address of the owner when in public.
The event was held last year just before the new law was introduced and proved popular with residents, who turned up in numbers to ensure their pooch had a microchip, with all details on the chip up to date.
Michelle Ikin, Senior Animal Services Officer at Blaby District Council, said: “We want to make sure that all dog owners in the District of Blaby are abiding by the law. Having a dog microchipped is a simple process which will take a few minutes and will help any organisation track the owner if a lost dog is handed into a shelter.”
For more information about the event e-mail [email protected] or call 0116 275 0555. Details and advice about dogs can be found at www.blaby.gov.uk/dogs. | {
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Designing the Second State
In this part of our project, the designer is planning on adding some more elements to our wireframe to begin to flesh out the experience design (XD) of the application. In the iPhone and Dashboard versions of the weather widget, the 'back side' of the application has a function to choose which cities you'd like to track the weather for. Our designer decides to begin with this part of the app.
In Flash Catalyst, our designer opens up the .fxp file and creates a new blank state by clicking on the 'New Blank Slate' button in the Pages/States panel. Interface elements are placed in the new state and a state title of 'chooseCity' is given to this second state. In the chooseCity state the user is presented with a list of current cities that are being tracked in a scrolling list. Each item in this list has the name of the city and a button to remove the city from the list. There is also a button to add a new city at the top of the interface as well as a button to go back to the previous view. All of the UI elements are placed on the stage.
Next, our designer realizes that the scrolling list will have more than one city listed for a typical user. Since the items in the list will be similar, he decides to make this a Custom Component... good call! We create the custom component in the same way we created the dayComponent in the first part - select all the items for the component (remove button, city title, surrounding box) and click on the 'Convert Artwork to Component > Custom/Generic Component' in the heads up display (HUD).
Now that our second state wireframe is complete, we'll build the transition from one state to the next. For those of you that attended MAX in San Francisco and were lucky enough to get into the hands-on lab with Catalyst, you'll recognize the transition we're going to build. It is a rotational transition that makes the application flip over like a card to show the 'back side' of the app. This is the same transition that Apple uses on the iPhone and in Dashboard.
Begin by having the Timeline panel viewable - double clicking on the tab works if it's collapsed. Because we had Auto Effects for New Transitions checked by default in Flash Catalyst (it's in the Timelines menu) you should see some standard fade transitions between the 2 states. All the way to the left in the Timeline panel you will see 2 State Transitions - View City > Choose City and Choose City > View City. These represent the names of the 2 view states we've defined so far. We added 2 actions to each state transition - Rotate 3D - by clicking on the row for the item to be transitions (city and cityListGroup) and then clicking on the 'Add Action > Rotate 3D' button. We then selected each Rotate transition and changed the values to the ones in the diagrams below in the HUD. For the second state transition (the one that goes back to the viewCity state) we just reversed the order of the transitions.
To trigger the interactivity for the transitions, our designer selects the round button in the first state, and adds a transition to second state interaction. On the second state, the back button is selected and an interaction is set to go back to the first state. If you run the application, you will see a transition like the one below. (click image to play movie)
Handoff to the Developer
The designer is satisfied with the transitions and basic wireframe positioning of elements and saves his .fxp and hands off to the developer again. Our developer realizes that some changes have been made to our project with a warning presented to him in Gumbo on import of our updated .fxp file. He accepts the changes as none are critical to the functionality already built.
The first thing our developer does is to rename the newCustomComponent that our designer created in Catalyst - I'm hoping that Catalyst will allow you to declare class names in the future so as not to require that as part of the workflow - so that our naming conventions are consistent with one another.
After digging into the created code a bit, our developer realizes that the button component that our designer created to transition from state 1 to state 2 is just 'floating' in state 1 and not part of a group or custom component. He thinks that might not be the best way to have this button represented and decides to place it into the group on state 1. The problem is, when doing this, it becomes difficult to access the state transition that occurs 1 level up in the display list chain. There is no event that would allow us to track this user interaction so a custom event class is created: FlipEvent.
Our developer opens the cityComponent class and adds a few lines of code to include the new custom FlipEvent we've created. He ties that to the button - hmm, gotta' rename that button ;) - which triggers a function to dispatch our new event.
Because our cityComponent is now set up to dispatch our 'flip' event, we can listen for that event in our application! In the weatherWidget_2 file, we add some code to listen for the event to be triggered. Rather than setting up a function to be called to switch the states of the app, we're using a shorthand for that by using the {} with our expression embedded in it to switch the currentState property. | {
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According to the Pacific Business Journal report, a ruling has recently been issued by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (PUC) that aims to halt the state’s current metering program. The ruling hopes to approve two newly developed programs for any customers who are looking to install solar, self and grid-supply options. These new options will compensate customers at a new fixed rate but only if they are actively supplying power back to the grid. They must provide customers with a minimum bill if they do not.
Hawaii is pushing towards its goal of using 100% renewable energy by 2045. | {
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-Vince said there was no point in dwelling on their performance "or lack of it." He added, "We do know what we're doing, by the way." Vince spoke of WrestleMania 29 being the highest grossing WrestleMania to date.
Vince spoke about getting into the reality show business. "We think we do it well and we think we have something under our belt to prove we do it well," he said regarding Total Divas. He indicated that they hope to do more in the reality television genre.
-McMahon spoke about WWE proving via PG programming that they are a safe environment to be associated with. He spoke about Kmart and other business partners.
-Regarding the app and other social media, Vince said they are teaching the television audience how to watch television all over again. He said others in entertainment will try to do the same thing but no one does it like they do.
-Vince spoke about the WWE Performance Center. He praised the talent they have in the developmental system.
-Barrios ran through the financial report presentation. He spoke about the television rights fees improvement and once again touted Total Divas.
-The Fan Axxess event added 2.3 million to the live events revenue.
-Revenue for The Call won't be available until later in the year. They expect to see a profit of $5.9 million off of a $1 million investment.
-Barrios said the cash flow was down due to an $11 million increase in management compensation.
-Barrios said their market research is favorable for the WWE Network. He said that over the next 18 months, they expect to renegotiate their largest television rights fees in the U.S., UK, and India.
-They opened up the phone lines for questions. The first caller asked for an update regarding the WWE Network and their approach. Vince said all options are open to them. He said the rights fees coming up could be tied to the network.
-The topic of rising ticket prices was brought up and they were asked whether they are driving some fans away. Barrios said the increases come at the premium seating level, whereas the lowest ticket prices have remained the same.
-A caller asked Vince to step back and speak about what he's learned regarding the film industry over the last few years. Vince said they've tried a lot of models and they feel they have the right model now. He also praised Michael Luisi, who is heading up the division. Vince said the division is making money for them now and broadens the WWE brand. The caller said it feels better to have the WWE talent in secondary roles. Vince said that talent can be the stars of straight to DVD. He said he hopes that the talent has strong supporting roles in the theatrical releases while they learn how to become the stars.
-The caller noted the "ridiculous" programming fees that are being paid for low level sporting events and questioned how WWE couldn't double what they get from USA Network for Raw. Vince said the caller answered his own question and feels they are poised
-A caller asked a question about Rock's pay for WrestleMania 29, but they said they didn't want to get into who was paid what.
-Vince said they get closer with the network each quarter.
-Barrios said that when you factor in everything, including Fan Axxess, WrestleMania profits were down roughly $1 million.
-A caller asked about the cost of the WWE Performance Center and the talent costs. Barrios said the spending happened predominantly in the first half of the year. He estimated between 50 and 100 developmental talents.
-Vince said he would allow a caller to put a hammerlock on him if they don't deliver in their negotiations for improved television programming fees. The call wrapped up shortly thereafter. | {
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Quintus Mucius Scaevola
Quintus Mucius Scaevola, also called Augur (died 88 bc), prominent Roman jurist. He was the cousin of Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex, who founded the scientific study of Roman law.
Instructed in law by his father and in philosophy by the stoicPanaetius of Rhodes, Scaevola became governor of the province of Asia about 120. Although accused of extortion on his return to Rome, he defended himself successfully and was elected consul in 117. He developed a high regard for the powerful general Gaius Marius and voted against Sulla’s motion to declare Marius a public enemy (88). In his last years Scaevola taught law to Cicero, who became one of Rome’s greatest orators. Scaevola is one of the interlocutors in Cicero’s De oratore (“On Oratory”), De amicitia (“On Friendship”), and De republica (“On the Republic”). | {
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Email Job
ALLO Lincoln Financial Analyst I
Job Description
ALLO Lincoln Financial Analyst I
Job Locations US-NE-Lincoln
Posted Date 2 weeks ago(2 weeks ago)
Job ID
2018-6966
# of Openings
1
Category
Accounting/Finance
Overview
Here's the deal:
We're searching for a data-driven, motivated individual with a freakish attention to detail. More than spreadsheets and reporting, we need a thoughtful go-getter to join our team of big thinkers and innovative idea chasers. ALLO is in a period of seemingly endless growth, and the possibilities require stamina, flexibility, and the cool-keeping skill of an analytics guru in a fast-paced, often-changing environment.
Knowledge and experience are essential, but character is just as important. We look for those who have a natural instinct for our core values: Honest, Local, Exceptional, and Hassle-Free. Advanced fiber-optic understanding isn't required, so if you nerd out about numbers and want to do more than just crunch them, let's talk about GIG things together.
Responsibilities
Here's what a typical day looks like:
1. Responsible for assisting the business with the financial variance reporting process to allow management to track budget and actual expense information.2. Compile and summarize the monthly variance information for executive level reporting financials and costing. Track information throughout the year to provide historical trend analysis.3. Identify and implement improvements in reporting, cost analysis and processes.4. Develop and maintain financial metrics and cost analysis for the division. Analyze results with explanations for growth and/or decline spikes, changes in trend and budget to actual variances.5. Create analysis to evaluate and track the costs of services compared to budget and to assist in development of strategic plans and monitoring of performance. 6. Perform business unit pricing activities which may include cost of ownership, activity based cost analysis, etc.7. Prepare, review, and submit various regulatory filings standard in the telecommunications industry.8. Provide ad-hoc financial analysis for business units as required.
Qualifications
Here's what we expect you to prove at the interview:
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required in Finance, Accounting or Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting or Finance.
EXPERIENCE:
Financial analysis or accounting experience with a proven record of success.
Knowledge of financial concepts relative to profitability and financial ratios.
Consistent, High Quality Results: Establishes credibility and finance leadership by producing timely, accurate and insightful analysis, consistently. Earns the respect of others through effective interaction with all teams
Efficiency/Accountability: Allocates time efficiently, focusing on ever-shifting priorities; continually seeks way to improve individual and team productivity. Highly accountable and able to manage multiple tasks in a fast paced dynamic environment
Confident Communication Style: Effectively communicates with and engages all levels of the organization verbally and in writing
Flexibility to handle pressure coming from all directions simultaneously
Excellent presentation skills and report package development
Excellent skills in analytic problem solving
Discretion
Expert in MS Excel and proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint and Access
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Nelnet is an Equal Opportunity Employer, complies with Executive Order 11246, and takes affirmative action to ensure that qualified applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to race, color, religion/creed, national origin, gender, or sex, marital status, age, disability, use of a guide dog or service animal, sexual orientation, military/veteran status, or any other status protected by Federal or State law or local ordinance. Qualified individuals with disabilities who require reasonable accommodations in order to apply or compete for positions at Nelnet may request such accommodations by contacting Nelnet Talent Acquisition & Recruiting. | {
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Swinney says Tigers should embrace being the favorites
PINEHURST, NC – The ACC media voted Clemson as the preseason favorite to win the Atlantic Coast Conference Tuesday morning at the ACC Kickoff at the Pinehurst Resort, and head coach Dabo SwinneyDabo SwinneyHead CoachView Full Profile didn’t downplay the pick.
Swinney said the Tigers are one of the teams that has a legitimate shot at a special season.
“Ya'll know my answer to that and I've been pretty consistent with my answer for a long time whether we're picked third, fourth or first,” Swinney said. “I think the one interesting thing about nationally where we are - I think about every year I've been the head coach, we've finished higher than where we were picked except maybe once. Hopefully, we can meet the expectations that other people have. I think there are a bunch of teams that have a chance to win the league. I really believe that. I believe that we are definitely one of those teams that has a shot. Whether or not we should be first, that's for people to debate. Hopefully when it's all said and done, the people who voted for us, we can make them look smart. “
Swinney said the season could be special because of the presence of talented sophomore quarterback Deshaun WatsonDeshaun WatsonSo. Quarterback#4 6-2, 205Gainesville, GAView Full Profile.
“We're very fortunate to have a bunch of good players, especially one like Deshaun. He's a good player but he's just a great young man,” Swinney said “He's fun to be around. He's consistent. He's always the same from day to day. He's a great preparer. He loves to prepare. He loves the process of being a good quarterback. He has a work ethic that's contagious and that's what we need from him.
“Last year he was trying to become the guy and this year he is the guy and we need him to assert himself that way from a leadership standpoint. He's done a great job of that this summer. Hopefully, that's what will be different about us this season - you've got that definite leader out there. He's a guy that doesn't expect anything from anybody that he's not willing to do. When your best player is also one of your hardest workers and best leaders, that's a good combination.”
Watson was named as the favorite to win the ACC Player of the Year, and Swinney said Watson will have to have the breaks – no pun intended – Watson didn’t receive last season.
“Hopefully, we catch a few breaks. We didn't get many breaks with him last year,” he said. “The key is for him to be who he is and to execute within our system. He's prepared himself all year long to get back out there and get back to work. He's done a tremendous job in his rehab process and all of that. He's got to do a good job of taking care of himself.”
Swinney then acknowledged that the Tigers will get the best shot each team has to offer.
“We're going to get everybody's best shot. We know that and that's how I prepare our guys,” Swinney said. “There was a time when that might not have been the case. With what we've done at Clemson, we're not going to sneak up on anybody anymore. We're going to get everybody's best shot and that's why it's important that you - from a preparation standpoint and culture within the program - reinforce it. You can't say, 'Well, we're playing Florida State this week, so we're really going to have a great Monday and have a great Tuesday.' If that's your mentality, then you're never going to be consistent.
“I think that's the thing we've been done the best job of over the last several years. We've become an incredibly consistent program from week in and week out. I don't think we have anybody on our team that has a loss to anybody who didn't finish in the top-10. There's been a very consistent approach from our players week in and week out. They've come ready. You just can't overlook anybody. You better be all in every week because if you're not, you're going to get beat. It's that simple. There are too many good teams out there and too many people that are capable of beating you.”
If the Tigers are to indeed play for the ACC title or even make a run at the College Football Playoff, Swinney said the Tigers will have to embrace the expectations and not shy away from them.
“I think that expectation has always been at Clemson. For me, it's trying to be a consistent program, continue to win at a high level and be one of the teams out there that people are talking about,” he said. “The next step for us is that we have to get back to winning this conference. That's the thing, we've won the division, we've tied for the division, we've finished second for the division, we've won the conference, but we've got to consistently stay right there and I think we've done that but we've got to get back to winning this league if we're going to have a legitimate shot at being in the College Football Playoff. As far as expectations, it wouldn't matter what's on the roster, people at Clemson, they expect to win.”
OTHER NOTES
Punt return and kick return
“Artavis is definitely a guy. The only new guy that will be in the mix is probably Ray-Ray McCloudRay-Ray McCloudFr. Wide Receiver# 5-9, 175Land O' Lakes, FLView Full Profile. We pretty much have a good feel for who we want to work at punt return and kick return spots.”
“Tanner just got there, so I haven't had a chance to get on the field with him yet, to really give you a good evaluation. I can tell you that we really like him as a prospect. He's an outstanding three-sport guy up here in North Carolina. He's a great baseball player. He's fast, big. I think he's got a bright future for us. He's done well the few weeks he's been there getting into our off season program. He's got a lot to learn.”
Emphasis on South Carolina
“We've always put a huge emphasis on South Carolina. It's just when you win the game, it's easy to say, 'Well, they emphasized the game more this year.' That's bologna. We did not make it more emphasis. The only thing that changed was there was a clock put in a meeting room by the coaches. It wasn't to sit and talk about that game every day. It was just a reminder that, 'Hey, that game is out there.' We didn't prepare any differently. Our practice plan wasn't any different. There was really no change from that standpoint. It wasn't a weekly meeting. We just played better. We earned the win. The ones before, they earned. It's a simple as that.”
Impact freshmen
“We've got a couple of those offensive linemen. They'll all get an opportunity to get in the mix. A couple of those young wideouts. Shadell BellShadell BellFr. Wide Receiver#11 6-3, 190Decatur, GAView Full Profile came in in January. Deon and Ray-Ray just got there. Definitely a couple of those guys will have an opportunity to get in the mix. We've got some really good redshirt freshmen that will get their opportunity to step up - Trevion ThompsonTrevion ThompsonRS Fr. Wide Receiver#1 6-2, 195Durham, NCView Full Profile, Kendall JosephKendall JosephRS Fr. Linebacker#34 5-11, 225Belton, SCView Full Profile - that I'm excited about. Mark FieldsMark FieldsFr. Cornerback# 5-10, 185Cornelius, NCView Full Profile is a really promising young corner. It's hard to really give a true evaluation of that until I can get out on the practice field with them and see where they all are.”
“Kevin had a great spring. He's a guy that's kind of been laying in the weeds waiting on his opportunity, but he hasn't been just sitting idle. He's been working and preparing. He's been mentally preparing. He's been physically preparing in the weight room. I'm excited about Kevin Dodd. He's ready to step up and assume his opportunity. Kevin has prepared very well for his opportunity and I think he's going to take full advantage of it.”
“T.J. Green, last year was a big year for his development. He had a lot to learn as a safety but he has studied and improved. Athletically, we don't have a better athlete on the team. That's never been a question. As the season progressed, he improved. He had a big interception in the bowl game. I think that gave him a lot of confidence going into the offseason. He's an excellent leader for us. He's a quiet leader. He's as committed a guy as he is in the program.”
On playing a game overseas
“Shoot yeah. I talk to Brad BrownellBrad BrownellHead CoachView Full Profile about that all of the time. He gets to go to Acapulco and Turks and Cacaos and I get trips to you name it ACC. That's about the extent of it. I'd love it. I think it's a great opportunity for your team. I take my guys up to Lake Keowee and that's a huge experience. Some of these guys have never seen the mountains or the lake. I can only imagine what it would be like to take your team to a place like Ireland.” | {
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Eucomis Sparkling Burgundy
These glamorous Eucomis Sparkling Burgundy are particularly long lasting, flowering for around six weeks. This striking variety has large leaves which start off deep beetroot-purple then change to a glossy dark green and then back to beetroot as the plant matures. The stems are densely packed with delicate lilac coloured, star-shaped flowers. | {
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Thank you for an amazing season!
Thank you all for another amazing season! We have created countless memories throughout this winter, and while we saw and dealt with the challenges presented by Mother Nature, Winter prevailed and we have enjoyed it to the fullest! | {
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Microsoft Surface 3 vs Surface Pro 3: Which is best for you?
Before Microsoft announced Surface 3, choosing a Surface tablet was ultimately a matter of deciding which Surface Pro 3 model fits you best, depending on your budget and needs. But now that there's a new kid on the block, which is offered in four, very distinct trims, finding the right Surface just got trickier.
Just like its older brother, the new Surface 3 features a high-resolution display, promises great battery life, offers a decent amount of storage, packs an x86 processor and runs Windows 8.1. The optional Type Cover keyboard makes an appearance as well, and so does Surface Pen. But there are some differences, of course. So which one should you buy?
Now that the specs are out of the way, let's compare the two and find one where they shine.
Power
Many users will be considering a Surface device for resource-intensive applications, and that requires plenty of processing power. Here, Surface Pro 3 wins, hands down.
Surface Pro 3 is equipped with high-end Core i processors, which are designed to offer a good balance between performance and battery life, while Surface 3 is equipped with an Atom processor that prioritizes battery life over outright speed. Not to mention that Surface Pro 3 can be had with a very powerful Core i7 processor, which furthers the performance gap.
Also, Surface Pro 3 can be had with 8 GB of RAM, twice as much than Surface 3 offers in its flagship model, which will make multitasking easier. Even the base Surface Pro 3 model comes with 4 GB of RAM, while the base Surface 3 only offers half as much.
That said, Surface 3 will be able to handle typical Windows software, like Google Chrome and Office. It just won't be able to handle all your virtual machine instances or development software as well as (or even remotely close to) Surface Pro 3.
Productivity
If you ignore the x86 processor found in Surface 3, the smaller Surface looks more like a typical tablet than a mobile device that might replace an ultrabook or smaller laptop.
It will run all the Windows programs that users want, naturally, however it is limited in the productivity department by its smaller 10.8-inch display. In practice, you'll be able to browse the web, write an Office document and handle all your email, but you may want to connect it to a bigger screen to increase productivity.
However, Microsoft is trying to make Surface 3 appeal to more consumers by bundling a one-year Office 365 subscription with each purchase. That's not the case with Surface Pro 3; you'll need to buy one separately. Having used Office 365 for a few good months now, it's hard not to see the value in it (hey, on top of Office, there's 1TB OneDrive storage thrown in for free -- and if you know where to look, you can unlock unlimited storage), especially for folks with tight budgets (like students).
Meanwhile, Surface Pro 3 is designed as a "tablet that can replace your laptop". It's got a bigger display, akin to what you can find on a popular ultrabook like Apple's larger MacBook Air, it comes standard with a stylus (Surface Pen, optional on Surface 3), the kickstand can be angled in any number of ways (Surface 3's kickstand only has three positions), and the optional Type Cover keyboard is larger, and, most likely, more pleasant to type on, and also comes with a larger touchpad area.
Connectivity
Even though on the surface both Surface 3 and Surface Pro 3 are capable of meeting the needs of a road warrior, only Surface 3 also gives the user the option to connect to a 4G LTE network. This can be a major advantage for those who don't want to use their smartphone to tether or are unable to do so.
Also, no matter which Surface 3 model you choose, you get Wi-Fi 802.11ac as standard. This isn't the case with the base Surface Pro 3 model, which gets the slower Wi-Fi 802.11n. The speed difference can be substantial, as long as you have a solid Wi-Fi 802.11ac router.
Both slates offer a full-size USB 3.0 port, and a mini DisplayPort to connect an external display. It's worth pointing out that Surface 3's connectivity can be enhanced using a Surface Pro 3 Docking Station (it goes for $199.99).
Mobile Credentials
Let's talk about portability and battery life.
Both Surface 3 and Surface Pro 3 promise similar battery life, except that whereas Surface 3's battery life is quoted for video playback, Microsoft rates Surface Pro 3's battery life for Wi-Fi browsing. As such, we can't really compare the two directly, as it'd be an apples to oranges comparison. However, both devices should offer great battery life when used accordingly.
When it comes to portability, Surface 3 is the clear winner. It's both smaller and lighter, which means that it won't take as much room in a briefcase or backpack. Even with the optional keyboard on, it won't be much bigger or heavier than Surface Pro 3, sans its Type Cover keyboard.
That said Surface Pro 3 packs a bigger punch, which will make it easier to work with heavy software on the go, if you ever need or want to do so. It's something to keep in mind, as battery life is likely to be similar and the extra bulk isn't intimidating.
The Elephant in the Room
It's the cost. Surface 3 is priced like a high-end tablet. The base model kicks off at $499, and for the money you get the 64 GB version with 2 GB of RAM. Step up to the 128 GB version with 4 GB of RAM, and you'll have to shell out just $100 more ($599). The 4G LTE option adds $100 to the cost, for either model.
For a Type Cover keyboard, Microsoft will ask $129.99 (once it's available, of course). The stylus is a $49.99 option, which, depending on your needs, you may or may not want to get. Type Cover, however, is a must-have from my point of view.
Now let's look at Surface Pro 3. The base model, which offers 64 GB of internal storage, Core i3 processor and 4 GB of RAM, costs $799. There's no 4G LTE option, but Surface Pen is included. Type Cover also costs $129.99. You may be able to get Surface Pro 3 for less, seeing as it's quite old at this stage and there's plenty of stock.
Of course, there's nothing stopping you from spending upwards of $1,949 on Surface Pro 3 (without a keyboard, I should point out), to get the top-of-the-line model with 512 GB of internal storage, Core i7 processor and 8 GB of RAM.
So, if cost (and the added mobility) is a major concern, Surface 3 makes more sense. The $300 price difference, which isn't small, between the base models can go towards a Type Cover keyboard, extended warranty and other things.
Fundamental Differences
Going by the specs alone, Microsoft has introduced Surface 3 for people who want Surface Pro 3, but do not need the extra performance offered by the Core i processors nor the larger display.
Those can be folks who work more on the go (hence the 4G LTE option), don't run heavy software, and who, when they're at the office, connect their Surface to a proper monitor (which Surface 3 can handle, of course). If that's you, maybe Surface 3 should be your first option.
Surface 3 retains all the other benefits provided by Surface Pro 3, like the compatibility with the docking station, Surface Pen support, and more, but offers them in a much more portable package. What's not to like?
Meanwhile, Surface Pro 3 is aimed at folks who are looking for a tablet (let's say hybrid device) that they'll be using more at the office than on the go (or, if it's more on the go, they don't mind/they need the extra screen estate), which can run heavier software, and that they can store lots of data on. They also have to look past the higher asking price.
Basically, Surface Pro 3 is more like a Swiss Army Knife, while Surface 3 looks more like a camping knife, in comparison. Personally, I prefer the Swiss Army Knife, even though the camping knife looks quite good for considerably less money (metaphorically speaking, of course). How about you? | {
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Today sporting organisations at all levels need to be able to respond to complaints from their members and personnel about on field and off-field behaviour, such as inappropriate behaviour in the club rooms, at practice or on away trips.
'Conduct and behaviour' underpins organisational culture. Organisations that have a positive culture generally flourish and bring a huge amount of value to their community. But what is a positive culture and what behaviours can promote it?
There are five key areas for action that create welcoming and inclusive environments:
Champions of change are active
Expectations about behaviour are met
Facilities and activities are accessible
Everyone participates
Commitment through ongoing action
Key to success across sport is data collection, being able to show real evidence of change through consistent data collection
Changing cultures, social norms and behaviours to make sporting organisations more welcoming and inclusive is a long term process
Fear of judgement is a major barrier to womens participation in physical activity
Thank you Paul for the introduction and hi everyone. I’d just like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we’re meeting today and pay my respect to elders past and present and to acknowledge any elders who are in the room today.
As Paul mentioned, I’m from Vic Health. The people who don’t know us we’re the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation so really health and wellbeing is our business. Sport is a setting that we do a lot of work in because it has many great health benefits from a physical activity participation point of view but also because it’s a great setting to work with people around a whole range of other risk and protective factors for health like healthy eating, social connection, reducing harmful alcohol use. There’s a whole range of ways that we work with sport.
The other thing I wanted to say about Vic Health is we have a real focus on health equity and that’s really very much aligned to the focus of today’s discussion and I guess what we mean by that is in all the programming work and all the investment we do we make a really conscious effort to think about how do we make sure the benefits are reaching the communities who are experiencing health inequalities when compared to the rest of the Victorian population so making sure that we’re benefiting everybody but we’re benefiting those communities who need more assistance to level up to the rest of the population more and that’s really where our focus is across a whole range of work.
So I’m just going to talk today about a range of Vic Health work. I know the presentations I heard before, there has been some quite specific focuses on particular population groups, on particular population segments. I’m going to take it up a level and talk about a range of work we’re doing. Some people in the room will know this better than I do because probably you’ve been partnering with us on this fantastic work. I’ve also got a couple of my colleagues in the room today who I wanted to just give a shout out to because they also know this work probably much better than I do.
So when we think about at Vic Health how do we make sure our work is reaching where we want it to reach, that we’re delivering benefits where they’re needed? We start by understanding the issues that we’re trying to address. In the case of growing diverse participation in sport we start by thinking about general trends in sport and physical activity participation and then we dig deeper to think about what’s going on for particular population segments and particular priority population groups. I’m sure you’ll know a lot of this information so I’m just going to very briefly cover off.
We know from our Vic Health Indicators Survey, which is a big population survey across the State that one in five Victorian adults are doing no physical activity every week and that three out of five are not getting enough physical activity to benefit their health. We know that there is an increasing preference for non-organised physical activity particularly as people get older. This means that the demand for more social, flexible non-competitive ways of participating in sport and physical activity are also increasing and our Vic Health Indicators Survey showed that 10% of Victorian adults participate in physical activity by an organised sports club or association so 90% of the Victorian adult population aren’t currently engaged in a formal way with a sporting body so there’s a lot of room for us to move there.
We know that children are playing organised sport in relatively good numbers but they’re dropping out as they hit adolescence so there’s a real question about how do we retain young people in sport as they get older? We also know that sport participation rates for women and girls in community sports club are far less than our male counterparts, about half. It’s a big gap and it’s receiving significant attention across the State and also in Vic Health work.
So at the heart of success in providing participation options that meet the needs of diverse communities is really knowing your customer and I know people have talked about this today. We’ve done some research that looked across five life stages and identified some common themes and some unique attributes relating to people’s attitudes, motivations and barriers to physical activity. We spoke to young people aged 12 to 17, to young adults aged 18 to 24, to people aged over 25 with no children, with parents and with retirees and you can see some of the common themes that run across all of those five life stages up on the screen, things like knowing the benefits of activity are not enough, the importance of family modelling or family participation, winter being a major barrier, we know that, we’ve just come out of it. Having physical activity as part of the must do really gives it importance and prominence. It’s meant to say there I think adding one more session feels possible. Weekly routine is critical. The key role of workplaces and also life or routine changes being a critical window for making change in people’s physical activity participation levels.
You can access resources we’ve got online called Physical Activity across life stages on the Vic Health website and we really encourage you to go and have a look, a much deeper look at what’s going on for each of those particular life stages. It is important to note though that kind of age or stage of life is just one way to think about how to group people. Obviously we’re complex beings. We need to think about other factors when we’re considering inclusive participation such as cultural background, disability, gender, socioeconomic status, geographic location and just that recognition that people don’t fit into a box and so let’s think about that. We need to think about complexity as we’re dealing with how to make sure that all of our programs and offerings are going to work for our diverse communities.
A key premise of the work we do in health promotion is that we can create environments that promote health. We can also create environments that are terrible for health. In the case of growing diverse participation in sport there’s not a great value in just understanding the individual level barriers and drivers of participation, what’s going on for people. We need to also do the work to ensure that our sporting environments are welcoming, inclusive and supportive places for people who want to spend their time.
Vic Health developed two programs, Healthy Sporting Environments, which from now are called HSE and the State Sporting Association Participation Program, which I’ll now call SSAPP to save some time, which ran between 2011 and 2014 and I’m sure some people in the room will have been involved in those programs. They had a specific focus on creating welcoming and inclusive healthy sporting environments and they really tested a new way of working both with State sporting associations, regional sporting associations and community sports clubs with an emphasis on organisational development and organisational practice to see how sport could be more welcoming, inclusive and healthy.
We focused on four priority population groups where participation was particularly low; Aboriginal people, culturally diverse communities, people with a disability and women and girls. Through those programs we developed and tested a toolkit called everyone wins, which identified five key areas for action that could be addressed to help clubs create welcoming and inclusive environments. Those five areas were:
1.Champions of change are active
2.Expectations about behaviour are met
3.Facilities and activities are accessible
4.Everyone participates
5.Commitment through ongoing action
The toolkit also outlined three different levels of activity that clubs could be working at recognising that some would be starting from a low base and some had done work in this area already and that clubs had different capacities, so some could really use their resources to stretch far and make a big difference and some had to take a slower, more steady approach, but clubs could move up the levels to be your club would welcome, involve and then value everyone as you stepped up through everyone wins.
Through SSAPP in particular we identified common principles of working with our priority population groups, which you can see on the screen there. They are leadership, collaboration, process and policies, monitoring and evaluation and sustainability and really they’re the common issues that underpinned successful approaches in SSA as working to meet their organisations and their sports more welcoming and inclusive.
So to give you a sense of what that looks like in practice in the real world to make it a bit more real, Cycling Victoria and BMX Victoria focused through SSAPP on creating more welcoming and inclusive environments for women and girls in their sports. They talked about a key achievement being the establishment of equal prize money for male and female competition. They kind of got that tested and then it got taken on by organizers and it’s become the standard in racing competition whereas previously women would receive a very small fraction of what the male winners would for cycling competitions and I think we have to think about what message that sent to women about what their place was in cycling competitions and making that change. It started to give them a sense of ‘we are welcome here. We are wanted. This is where we belong’.
In the third year of SSAPP both Cycling and BMX were asked what had been the most significant changes within their respective SSAs. They identified increased participation of females in both sports that were measured through change in the number of members and also registration for events. They identified a shift in both organisations’ strategies towards inclusion that there was a deeper sense of what inclusion meant and a real emphasis on making sure that there was a difference in those clubs for women and girls and also increased attention on ensuring sustainability of the changes that had occurred within the SSAs through the SSAPP program. So it wasn’t just this is a three-year funding project. We’ll get the money from Vic Health, we’ll make the change and then we’ll go back to normal. This was about cultural change in those organisations and they were thinking about how to maintain it and how to improve it well past the funding.
Key success factors that Cycling and BMX identified for getting that level of change there in their sports was consistent data collection on participation numbers so they could really use that as evidence to show the change that was happening from their activities to their Board and to their CEO. They weren’t just good stories, they were hard numbers to show that this is working for women and girls in our sports. Also the driver of their Champions of Change, which included their Board and their CEO, who were both enthusiastic about increasing opportunities for women because they understood it was good for their business. They wanted more people participating in their sports and women were coming to the party and giving them those numbers. They also thought it was really important that they’d done a survey of their members to find out what practically they could do to create more welcoming environments for women in their sport and that really gave them some great information.
Vic Health and the partners that we worked with through SSAPP and HSE for those few years that the programs were running learnt a lot it’s fair to say, you know, some things worked and some things didn’t but what we’ve been doing more recently is pulling together the learnings plus the resources that we developed through those programs and working with Vic Sport to make them available to anybody who’s interested in doing work with those population groups to make their own sports more inclusive and welcoming so very soon from the Vic Sport website you’ll be able to get access to tips, principles, templates, guidelines and other resources, very practical resources to take back to your own sport and think about how to apply them.
Just a last point on that slide there is a reminder that changing cultures, social norms and behaviours to make sporting organisations and any organisation more welcoming and inclusive is a long term process and really that’s what we learnt and was reinforced through SSAPP and HSE that in some cases there were big leaps made forward, in some cases it was slow and steady but was really starting a cultural change process.
I just want to finish today by talking about some of our current work focused on gender equality in sport. Our approach at the moment recognises the importance of working to create change in a number of areas simultaneously to really support increased particular by women and girls and it’s important to say we’ve got an emphasis on women and girls who are currently not active or not very active and diverse women so this isn’t about just getting more women who are already active doing more of it but really trying to change the makeup of sport so that different women are participating.
So what we’re doing that you can see on the screen is working to support government and organisations to improve sport policy and practice for gender equality and that really builds on that previous work that we’d done through SSAPP and HSE where we got a good sense of what’s working in organisations to change their practice. We’re also working with our sports partners and with the media to increase the profile of women’s sport in the community and to change attitudes about the place of women in sport, to really start a conversation about what is our role in sport.
We’re also creating the opportunities for women and girls to participate so on the ground programs and opportunities where people can go in and play whatever it is that they want to have a go at and that’s really responding to the insights we have about barriers to participation so important to understand what women want, what works for them and what doesn’t and then how do we make sure that we’re offering those participation opportunities.
We’re also getting ready to kick off a major campaign in 2018 called This Girl Can. The original campaign was run by Sport England and was successful in inspiring 2.8 million women and girls to get active in the UK and Vic Health has now licensed the campaign from Sport England and we’re in the process now of creating our own local version of This Girl Can. The campaign responds to research that identifies fear of judgment as a major barrier to women’s activity and that fear of judgment relates to three specific issues. Women fear being judged about their appearance, the way they look when they’re doing physical activity, they’re worried about being judged about their ability particularly women who were not active or ready and feel like they’re not coordinated enough, they’re not fit enough to get out and have a go. They’re also worried about being judged about what people think about their priorities so as an example if women are participating in sport are people judging them as being a bad mother because they’re prioritizing their own health and wellbeing over looking after their kids. They’re real fears and they’re the things that are stopping many women being active and so what This Girl Can does is it features real women of all ages, sizes, cultural backgrounds, abilities, fitness levels, getting active in ways that challenge attitudes about what women can or should be doing in physical activity and what they should look like when they’re being active so it really is one of those things where all types of women can watch that campaign and see someone who’s a bit like them and think “oh, maybe I can do it and be willing to get out and have a go”.
It’s also really important that when those women get out and have a go that we’ve got sports, we’ve got fitness centres, we’ve got parks, we’ve got all those places where women who look like them are already out there being active and that they feel supported to go, come back after the first try and make it part of their daily routine.
If you haven’t seen the UK ad I’d encourage you to Google it. It’s fantastic. It’s got a great Missy Elliott sound track. It’s really energetic and we’re working out now how do we make our own version that is that exciting and energetic and gets people, women particularly excited about getting out there and having a go.
I think in Victoria we’re increasingly creating environments that support diverse women to be active and what we hope from This Girl Can is that we’re going to get this real wave of increasing demand for women who are looking for different options who are demanding action and really pushing this social change. | {
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Beauty
We could all benefit from better sleep. While The Better Sleep Council raised awareness about the importance of a good night’s rest in May for Better Sleep Month, we’re sharing a slew of products that take beauty rest to a whole new level.
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To celebrate Earth Month and show appreciation for our precious (and delicate) planet year-round, we’ve put together a list of all-natural, eco-conscious products free from chemicals and chock-full of good-for-you ingredients from some of our favorite environmentally minded beauty brands. Happy Earth Day!
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4. ALBA BOTANICA Good & Healthy Range, $10 each (Anti-Oil Weightless Moisture, Oil-Free Radiance Cream, Tinted Perfector, SPF 15 Moisturizer and Spots Be Gone Corrector)
The name says it all: Alba Botanica’s new line of Good & Healthy facial moisturizers is just what the environment ordered. Powered by extracts from leafy greens like kale, spinach and Swiss chard, this certified organic range will rejuvenate your complexion, no matter what your skin type.
6. AVEDA Light The Way Candle, $12
According to Aveda, every scent matters. The company is donating 100% of the proceeds from the sweet and spicy candle to Global Greengrants Fund, a nonprofit that channels high-impact grants to solve environmental problems. | {
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I know we’ve talked about this before, but you know I’m obsessed with the Jewels mini-series. One of my faves! Did we watch that one time at my grandparents back in H.S.? One of the few instances where I like a movie better. AND the movie is how I knew who Wallis Simpson was so I felt all smart when talking about The King’s Speech. 🙂
Wait a minute…this book is a SERIES!!! I am on it! I think we DID watch that in high school! I remember that now! And after seeing The King’s Speech is how I knew who Wallis Simpson was in this book…love it! | {
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I used to post photos of out of the way places in this blog. Today I ran across something that was unexpected. Since it is a little out of the way, even though it is probably pretty obvious, I thought I'd post it.
The World Bank isn't known historically as an environmentally friendly institution in terms of the sorts of development projects it has funded. So when the World Bank gets concerned about the possible affects of global warming perhaps even the skeptics ought to pay attention.
Friends of mine seem surprised, and certainly questioning, when they learn I'm pro life. The questions my stance, which is a life style choice not a political siding, garner include the standard ones. I'm asked why I feel it's okay to tell someone else what they have to do with their body - my response is that I'm not telling anyone what they should do with their own body, just what they shouldn't do to a body too small and defenseless to stand up for itself.
Hasn't that been the American way since the beginning of the American dream? Don't Americans put themselves into harms way and travel across the sea to protect those who don't have the physical abilities to defend themselves against cutting swords or toxic poisons another entity uses on them?
It's easy for me to answer the 'when life begins' question. My response is that as a human development major I was taught that life begins with the zygote. I believe that.
I appreciate people come from different belief systems, lifestyle choices, opinions, cultures and religions.
In a perfect world the smallest form of human life would be cherished, protected, coddled, nourished. Once that perfect world of respect for the most fragile of human life begins, then our climate of a world at war begins to change.
Our focus shifts and we begin to look inward towards the smallest movement, the slightest sound of a beating heart.
I don't want or expect the reverse of our present culture where women for the most part retain secondary rights in respect to equal pay, sexual bias, and exploitation. They don't need to be put on a pedestal.
But our culture would be vastly improved if our focus was placed on the family - the smallest of life's form was cherished to the ultimate end of giving it the optimal in physical, emotional and educational care. Women wouldn't be subjected to the fear of rape or incest because they would be cherished as the sacred houses where honored life begins.
In a perfect world no one would need to defend their reasons NOT to kill an unprotected life.
I know we don't live in a perfect world, but let us begin doing what we can. It starts at home - it begins within.
Additional information about the club and how to become a Kansas Authors Ckub member may be found on-line. Kansasauthorsclub.com. (D stands for one of the seven districts that the club is divided in throughout the state)
Oprah earned $222,000,000 last year. She likely paid a lower percentage in taxes than you or I did. Do you hate her for being intelligent enough to become wealthy and give mega money to the charities of her choice (many of them are outside the United States) rather than the government?
Do you despise Romney or Brad Pitt for being wealthy and giving their money to the charities of their choice?
Do you feel people lose their common sense during the months prior to Presidential elections in political debate?
If you are up, one of the most important space exploration events is happening now through early Monday morning (August 6), the landing of Curiosity. Media coverage is pretty spotty. Fortunately there is NASA TV for us night owls. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html
CNN is covering this at least on line but they are getting their feed from NASA, so go right to the source.
Closer view of Gale Crater-landing site is in the upper left hand area of the crater
by Paul Decelles
Update! Curiosity has landed..first photos.
Low res image from Curiosity. If I understood correctly the rover landed 232M from the landing target.
by Paul Decelles
You may not realize it but we are getting a good lesson about the way science works, or at least should work. The lesson involves an independent study of planetary temperature data designed to examine some of the global warming skeptic's concerns about the nature of the data used in previous studies on climate change. The new study was conducted by a group of scientists involved in a project called BEST- the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature study.
Some of the study's conclusions include the following:
The heat island effect in urban areas is not biasing the estimates of land surface temperature.
Poor quality weather stations are also not biasing the global estimates of land surface temperature.
Adding more temperature data gives results that are consistent with those in previous studies.
The best fit to to the data-(BEST did not use traditional climate models but a correlational approach) are a model that combines volcanic activity (the effect by the way is to cool climate) and carbon dioxide concentration. Variation in solar input is NOT an explanatory factor in current climate trends.
The BEST group has submitted their analysis and results for publication and what is really admirable have opened up their data sets and analytical methods to public scrutiny. The study by the way was funded in part by the Charles Koch foundation.
Now it easy to say well we knew a lot of this stuff from current work-but an important aspect of science is the confirmatory aspect of science- it's what should enable us to gain confidence in our ideas-while others fall by the way side as not tenable. I don't expect these results to convince every one and they may also be flawed in ways that aren't immediately obvious. But maybe they will nudge the scientific and political debate to where we can have a serious talk about how to deal with global warming.
Several people have reported seeing these wonderful insects over the last couple of days. These are sometimes called velvet ants. They are not ants but mutillid wasps. The females are wingless and usually brightly colored-orange or orange and black, though a few are grey. The males are winged. The females are enter the burrows of ground nesting bees and wasps and lay their eggs on or near the larvae of their host. The eggs hatch and the Mutlillid larvae feed on the host's larvae.
Mutillids can pack a powerful sting-especially the one pictured here. That probably is the origin of the other common name as a figure of speech- "Cow Killer." The females are extremely active and never seem to stop moving so it is difficult to get a decent picture of them. Fortunately I had a plastic lid to a lens filter handy and was able to trap this one long enough to get a good shot.
Poet Timothy Pettet, Kansas City, Missouri, is drawn to the prairie, small towns (think Cottonwood Falls and Linwood, Ks), their cemeteries and their history.
Pettet, who is in the process of finalizing an Opera entitled Mona and Zero, made his way to a cemetery outside Linwood today to research the Chance family. By a differing means of chance, Pettet met Stuart Sweeney (Union Pacific car inspector), who has information about the approximately 30 members of the Chance family Pettet is interested in.
Pettet, who made his way into Linwood with the intent to research the lone cemetery, that sits atop a cottonwood treed shaded hilltop, at The Linwood Library, was directed to one of the town's yearly fund raising events hosted by The Lion's Club when he asked a member from the Sheriff's department to direct him to a restaurant.
Wes Knight (stonemason) invited Pettet towards a cooker of pulled pork, homemade potato salad and a selection of desserts even though the fundraiser doesn't start for several hours (it is open from 3 -7 pm Saturday evening - donations accepted).
Knight, Sweeney (sons Jacob and Andrew) and fellow BBQer Phil Rosewicz (Civil Engineer Amy Core), all of Linwood, spoke about a shelter, prescription eye wear and other uses the money from the Lion's Club fundraiser has provided the Linwood community since the mid 1950's when now deceased charter member Casey Jones helped set up tents along the road in which chickens were smoked..
These days, the smokers are filled with pork and chicken and club members remain downtown with their specialty smokers.
Pettet left Linwood with an affirmation of why he is attracted to the prairie and small town comraderie.
Pettet will be reading poem 'Switching Way Back' and discussing additional projects on KLWN live from The Runaway Pony Sunday, July 29th, between 8:30 and 9:30 am.
With all the attention Google is getting with the fiber plans in Kansas City, I thought it was a good idea to share some things I've heard, and see if anyone knows more.
A few years ago, I was sitting in the barbershop. The gentleman next to me was telling us that he'd received a letter from Sunflower/Knology (don't recall which who it was. or exactly how long ago it was) announcing that they would be deploying fiber based internet in his area. He lived southwest of town, somewhere near the Wakarusa school.
A call to Sunflower (or whoever) at the time, and a few inquiries since, have not elicited any more information.
However, there is one more interesting item. About a year ago, I was googling trying to find information about fiber deployments. Somewhere, and I can't find it again now, I saw a map of the Dougas county area that showed fiber deployed in a narrow band north and south of Clinton Lake.
Is there anyone out there with a fiber connection from Knology? Does anyone know anything more?
Yes, I know I haven't posted an IPS photo in a while. Don't give up hope. I haven't.
Locally Westar has introduced Smart Grid technologies that are billed as helping individuals track and manage their power usage and also help the power company manage its load. Does this technology, though pose a threat to civil liberties in ways we haven't thought about yet? I don't know... but a cousin in Canada sent this link to me from a Canadian Libertarian think tank...not a site I would normally visit...but it does provide an interesting take on the new smart grid technologies.
If you've lived in Lawrence for any length of time, you've heard the stuff legends are made from. Amazing keyboardist, song writer and vocalist Mike Finnigan (he originally landed in Lawrence to attend KU on a basketball scholarship) makes it big. Ok, make that huge!
Back in the day, we danced to Finnigan and Wood and held our breath. We knew he was bound to leave us. And we wanted him to. He had music to share with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, Etta James, Taj Mahol, Cher, Ringo and Leonard Cohen (yes, I picked a few at random).
Finnigan and Woods hit, Crazed Hipsters, is a frekin classic.
I was thrilled to hear Finnagin and his band were playing at The Bottleneck last night and again tonight. I hadn't heard him play for years.
He may be the old kid on the block, but he brought a new kid with a newbie old sound along His son, Kelly Finnigan, and band Monophonics (mono phonics.com/).
The pride with which father introduced his son last night was obvious - and for good reason. Kelly has stage presence, voice, soul and talent to die for. He may not resemble his dad physically, but he inherited the music gene and then some.
In a society where offspring of famous talents (think Julian Lennon and Presley), often disappoint, Kelly surprises and just keeps bringing it. And bringing it. His performance of My Baby Shot Me Down was my favorite of the night, but each performance was brilliant.
Monophonics isn't 'just' Kelly Finnigan - here then are the rest of the band, each one a stand out in their own right:
guitarist, Ian McDonald,
Myler O'Mahony, bassist
Alex Baly, saxophonist
Ryan Scott, trumpeter
drummer Austin Bohlman.
With voice and soul reminiscent of Joe Cocker, Kelly oozes stardom.
The Monophonics music is described as psychedelic soul - known these days as black rock.
Students, if you've completed summer finals, treat yourself to this two in one concert for $16. If you have a final tomorrow, you know you either know it by now or you don't!
Music lovers of any generation really do not want to miss this concert.
There has been a lot in the news about the great drought of 2012 and what the high temperatures might be telling us about what is happening to climate. So rather that rely on "some people say" as a source, I decided to check climate data from NOAA to get some perspective on the situation. NOAA has a great time series of statewide data for important weather parameters including average temperatures, precipitation and several measures of drought severity.
First of all how does 2012 stack up so far temperature wise for Kansas?
Notice that June just by itself really isn't so extreme historically. But my impression as a biologist who spends a lot of time doors, is that this year HAS been abnormally warm so lets look at year to date historical data shown in my next plot:
This shows a quite different story. As you can see the year to date temperature through June is very extreme. The year to data average temperature for the state is 55 degrees F. The next closest year to date average for Kansas appears to be 1986 at 54 degrees F. Going back to the 1930's, 1934 is the dust bowl year that comes closest at 53 degrees F. So temperature wise- so far this year is historically abnormal. However many of the record highs of the 1930's still stand.
Another concern is of course the several drought and NOAA provides several drought indices. Not being familiar with how these indices relate to each other I chose just to plot the basic Palmer Drought Severity index which uses local temperature and precipitation data to provide an index of drought severity that can be used to examine historical data: Negative values of the index represent more severe local drought conditions.
Notice that 2012 does not even come close in severity to the earlier droughts, including some relatively recent droughts of the 1980's. What is interesting is that the Palmer index suggests that the drought of the mid 1950's was in some respects more intense than the drought of the 1930's.
So the data suggest that yes it has been really abnormally warm so far in 2012. On the other hand the Palmer data suggest that the current drought is not (At least through June) as severe as a number of other droughts we have had.
One problem we have of course looking at historical data is that agricultural practices have changed since the 1930's. Much of the marginal land that was farmed then is not farmed now or is farmed using large scale irrigation. Farmers today tend to use tillage and other conservation practices that that probably are moderating local temperature and precipitation to some degree compared to earlier years. This might explain the greater number of extreme highs during the 1930's when conservation practices were not as widespread.
If you want to have your own fun looking at climate data, check out the NOAA site at:
There is a pull menu where you can select your state or region. You can also filter the data in various ways. This is a good way to check one's perceptions of climate change against historical data so you won't have to rely on what "some people say" or the infamous "they say" as a data source!
We had 25 entries from fifteen different contestants in The Divorce Girl giveaway.
The Divorce Girl: a story of art and soul is Kansas State Poet Laureate's latest book which has been released as of July 7th by Ice Cube Press.
Goldberg has scheduled readings from July 7th, 2012 through January 13th, 2013 in Kansas, Missouri, Vermont. Minnesota, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Florida, and Tuscon. Additionally, Goldberg will host Skype book group sessions through WOW program. Her book may be purchased locally at The Raven bookstore.
Drum roll please.....
Our winner is Frankie8!
Congratulations to Frankie8!!! I'll be in touch via the secure ljworld messaging service to find out how to get your book to you. I hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as I have.
Thank you to the other contestants. I encourage all of you to purchase the book and embrace it at upcoming book clubs. Goldberg does make appearances at them to discuss her book.
I was zipping back across town early this morning when I noticed a gentleman with a long tool changing gas price numbers on the sign at Westside 66 to a lower number.
My first thought was that if I had not been driving, I'd have given him a round of applause. I then wondered what, if anything, I've done recently that would warrant applause; that of course led to this blog topic.
No, I'm not giving away the book's entire plot, but if you leave a comment, you'll be entered in a drawing to win a copy of State of Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg's soon to be released novel, 'The Divorce Girl: A Story of Art and Soul'.
I was fortunate to receive an advance copy of the book a couple of months ago. I made time to read 'The Divorce Girl' when I recently house sat east of Lawrence on my friend Richard Gwin's gorgeous property. I alternated between picking blackberries, (and ticks) and reading the exquisitely written novel. It was one of the best weeks I've had in years!
'The Divorce Girl' is told through the eyes of main character Deborah Shapiro. This isn't your run of the mill coming of age story about a girl growing up and surviving turbulent times. It is set in New Jersey and is a tenderly written, intricately woven masterpiece of blending varied cultures, poignant human flaws, child abuse and a never ending search for oneself through internal and external processes.
Goldberg's idea of giving main character, Deborah, a camera, which then enables her to carefully scrutinize every person, place and thing without (too much) suspicion, was not only brilliant, but masters movement throughout the book as well.
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Goldberg is the author of 14 books, including upcoming non fiction "Needle in the Bone: How a Holocaust Survivor and Polish Resistance Fighter Beat the Odds and Found Each Other'.
Besides being our state Poet Laureate, Goldberg is the founder of Transformative Language Arts at Goddard College where she teaches. You may follow her at www.CarynMirriamGoldberg.com
Books may be purchased from The Raven Bookstore - 8th E. Seventh St., Lawrence - at a ten percent discount. Goldberg is happy to make an appearance at your book club.
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It had been decades since I'd seen Bill Lynch play. I'd stopped going to dances and local performances once I had children and only recently did I fall back in with the 'in' crowd who enjoy meeting and dancing our caloric needs and weekend nights away.
I was excited this past month when I learned Lynch would be coming to town and would perform this past weekend.
I was disappointed however at how a local business used a big name performer such as Lynch for their bait and switch.
Here is what happened. Online tickets were a few dollars more than those purchased direct from the business - which opens daily at three for drinking and ticket purchases. My son is more likely the age group who frequent the establishment, so I sent him in - three days in a row - to get tickets.
The problem was that their computer 'was down' and they couldn't run any tickets off. I wised up and started calling in advance rather than send my son in a fourth or fifth time in the heat. Each time I was told they still had no means to run the tickets off, but the problem would be solved the next day. There was even discussion that they were bringing in another computer specifically for the purpose to run off tickets.
Saturday, the day of the concert, I called and still no tickets had been printed. I expressed concern that the performance would be sold out. I was assured that it would not be and that I could even wait until that evening to purchase my ticket at the $13 fee.
I arrived early to insure getting a ticket and to save seats for additional friends. No one was at the door at that time. At some point I went to get water for our group and the bartender asked me to go get my wristband. I went to the doorman/ticket taker and was surprised when he told me the price was $16. I mentioned all the times I'd tried to purchase tickets. I was referred back to the bartender (perhaps he is a manager). He wasn't interested in how many times I'd attempted to get tickets or that I'd been assured I could purchase them that evening for the original fee. He said they still had to pay for the price of running off the tickets. I asked why they couldn't just f' ing stamp my hand. I got a look that told me if I didn't back down, I'd be escorted from the establishment. I went to buy my ticket. The doorman said, "So you get the $13 price?" I could have lied, but I did not. I told him I was required to pay the $16.
An hour later, I mentioned to a friend in the bathroom what had occurred. Several other women spoke up and said they had the same experience.
My questions:
How much extra money did the establishment make by doing this? (there were probably a couple of hundred people there)
How could they say the extra charge for tickets at night cost $3 more than tickets during the day that they never had?
When did they become able to run tickets off?
Is this a common practice used by this establishment?
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Red Sox quick hits
Red Sox quick hits
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Three high-profile additions hope to blend in with the returning core to give the Red Sox what could be a special team.
The successful courtship of Daisuke Matsuzaka from Japan was as legendary as it was expensive. Now all eyes will be on him as he joins a loaded rotation.
Right fielder J.D. Drew replaces a fan favorite in Trot Nixon, but the Red Sox are confident that Drew's presence in the No. 5 hole will open more avenues for David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez.
Shortstop Julio Lugo has the tough task of replacing a defensive stud in Alex Gonzalez. However, he also brings an energy and spunk at the top of the order that the Red Sox missed last year.
And many of the familiar faces are back, led by Ortiz, Ramirez, Jason Varitek, Curt Schilling and Tim Wakefield.
The pieces seem to be in place for another title run. But you never know until a team actually takes the field for real.
Team strength: The rotation is the deepest the Red Sox have had in a while. Schilling, though 40, still pitches at a high level. Josh Beckett, with all that talent, could finally be on the verge of that elusive breakout season. Matsuzaka's hype precedes him, but he also has a wide array of nasty pitches. Jonathan Papelbon has electric stuff, be it as a closer or in his new (and old) role as starter. The venerable Wakefield is healthy again and should once more baffle opponents with his knuckleball.
Achilles heel: Who is the closer? That question might not have an answer until the last week of Spring Training, or later. The candidates have been well publicized by now -- the quartet of Mike Timlin, Joel Pineiro, Brendan Donnelly and Julian Tavarez. If you're looking for a dark horse, think Devern Hansack. If the Red Sox don't find someone dependable for this role, things could get unsettled in a hurry. Look back to the first half of 2003 for a reference point.
Top newcomer: Matsuzaka was nothing less than a national treasure in Japan. Red Sox Nation hopes he'll become a Fenway force. Backed by a fastball, curve, changeup and slider, Matsuzaka has a diverse arsenal. But he's never seen the loaded lineups he'll face in the American League this year. Matsuzaka should become one of the best pitchers in the game at some point. The question is how long it will take.
Ready to make The Leap: Dustin Pedroia is set to become Boston's first rookie position player to start on Opening Day since Shea Hillenbrand did so in 2001. Nobody bettered his physique in the offseason more than Pedroia, who lost his pudgy look by dropping nearly 30 pounds. Pedroia will hit ninth, so the team merely needs him to be adequate, but he has the confidence to think he'll be a lot better than that. Don't let his lack of size fool you -- Pedroia has pop in his bat. He should be steady at second base.
On the hot seat: This distinction will belong to whichever man is named the closer on Opening Day. And if the closer does not do the job, general manager Theo Epstein will feel the heat just as much, if not more.
You can bank on: Ramirez will hit 30-plus home runs and top 100 RBIs. How is this known before the season starts? Because Ramirez is a hitting machine who has reached those totals in nine straight seasons, and 11 of the last 12. There are few players in baseball as consistently productive as Ramirez.
Litmus test: If the rotation stays healthy and the bullpen finds some answers, the Red Sox should be one of the best teams in baseball. If not, a second consecutive frustrating season could be on deck.
Games you don't want to miss:
April 10-12 vs. Seattle: Matsuzaka should pitch in this series and have a most enticing matchup with fellow Japanese icon Ichiro Suzuki.
April 20-22 vs. New York: The Red Sox and Yankees, age-old rivals, renew acquaintances for the first of 18 meetings in 2007.
May 28 vs. Cleveland: Nixon makes his return to Fenway Park with his new team, and he is sure to get a thunderous ovation.
June 15-17 vs. San Francisco: Barry Bonds plays at Fenway Park for the first time, and he just might be on the cusp of breaking Hank Aaron's all-time home run record. This will also be the first time Dave Roberts has played at Fenway since he became a legend during the 2004 postseason.
June 8-10 at Arizona: Schilling could face his former team for the first time since the trade to the Red Sox prior to the 2004 season.
Sept. 14-16 vs. New York: Somehow you just know that this three-game set at Fenway is going to have playoff implications.
Ian Browne is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. | {
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Busy Is Boring
Can we can take and make time? Yes!
“I was too busy.”
“I am so busy.”
“I will be busier than ever.”
Suddenly phrases likes these strike me, more than ever, as at best inaccurate, and at worst self-important. The “busy” excuse rolls off tongues…just listen for it. Count the times in a day you hear or say it. But I have never, ever, heard someone with great responsibilities, much to do, complain about being too busy—they are getting it done, each thing receiving the amount of attention it deserves.
While devoting a good bit of my time through workshops, correspondence, and over dinners to January’s topic, “The Joy of Single Tasking,” in The Philosopher’s Table, the repeated justification offered for an inability to concentrate on one thing at a time: helpless enslavement to a life too busy. “I have bills to pay, clients to meet, a dog to walk. I have too much to do, and make a new list every day.” The question: Does this preclude concentrating on each thing as you do it—pay bills…meet clients, one at a time…walk your dog? “I make crucial decisions and it will be dangerous if I don’t think ahead.” The question: Won’t it be dangerous if you aren’t single-minded on the “crucial” task at hand?
The phrase “driven to distraction” keeps coming to mind. We do, indeed, drive ourselves to distraction—no one else is in the driver’s seat! Neil Young’s inability to get audience members to turn off electronics at his recent performances at Carnegie Hall says a great deal. We fly in different directions and fail to land in any one place. Just listen to Neil. Taste ginger. Pay attention to the wind, to your breath, to the person speaking. If we hone the ability to concentrate through patient practice, we can enjoy the efficiency and relaxation that single tasking affords. Sip tea. See patients. Carve wood. Take out trash. Do those dratted taxes. Greet guests. Balance the ledger and oneself. Walk. Pause. Sit.
When I take the time to settle, my focus strengthens, and I actually make time. Truly, we create more time when we stop wasting it—unfocused, flitting here and there, complaining, perfecting procrastination. Years ago I read about a famous restaurant connected to a Zen Center in Kyoto, Japan. When asked what made the food so memorable, so delicious—after all, it was vegetarian and the ingredients ordinary—the Abbess replied: “When I wash rice, I wash rice.”
A child learns to walk, one step at a time. It remains, all our lives, very hard to take more than one at a time, yes? | {
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Trudeau vacationing in Bahamas, PMO says
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is vacationing in the Bahamas, his second Caribbean winter holiday in a row.
The Prime Minister’s Office confirmed to reporters Monday that Trudeau has flown to Bahamas’ capital city Nassau for his vacation – after previously not providing a location to reporters.
“Here is what I can confirm,” PMO spokesperson Andrée-Lyne Hallé said in a curt email to iPolitics. “He was flown to Nassau. He is taking private time with his family in the area.”
Last year around this time, Canadian media found out details about Trudeau’s Christmas vacation at an exclusive villa in St. Kitts and Nevis through local media and the celebrity gossip site TMZ. That trip’s details became public when the Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis posted pictures of himself with Trudeau in front of a government plane.
Details also emerged recently that Trudeau’s ten-day caribbean vacation in late 2015 cost $64,000 for the RCMP accommodations, along with the $48,000 it cost to keep a flight crew posted nearby. The PMO said last year Trudeau would reimburse the economy class fares for the trip. | {
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I have to thank my lovely mother for sending me the print copy of this amazing book – the cover is beautiful and so is the story…
Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival. Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive decision: he will move his family north, to Alaska, where they will live off the grid in America’s last true frontier.
Thirteen-year-old Leni, a girl coming of age in a tumultuous time, caught in the riptide of her parents’ passionate, stormy relationship, dares to hope that a new land will lead to a better future for her family. She is desperate for a place to belong. Her mother, Cora, will do anything and go anywhere for the man she loves, even if it means following him into the unknown.
We are mostly in Leni’s viewpoint throughout this book, which takes us through Leni’s growing up years until she is a woman. I loved her character. Hannah’s writing is lyrical, intense and passionate, allowing us to get right inside the character of this sensitive, observant child. And of course she is hyperaware of the adults around her – with such an unstable family dynamic, it’s the only way she can survive…
I also love Hannah’s depiction of Alaska, which is clearly a remarkable place that attracts remarkable people. And you need something about you that finds modern life in busy cities with all the trappings of civilisation inherently uncomfortable – or you wouldn’t be able to cope in such a challenging environment. The historical flavour of the time is also well captured – having lived through it, I do recall the sense that everything was sliding away. While we didn’t have the draft and a savage war to deal with in the UK, we did have strikes, the 3-day week and the oil crisis.
This one was impossible to put down, once I started to read. The way the family dynamic worked was very well portrayed – it would have been so easy to have depicted her parents as uncaring or complete monsters. But they were nothing of the sort – they were people caught up in events and dealing with the fallout without any support – it’s been well documented elsewhere just what disgraceful treatment the Vietnam veterans endured once they returned home, often traumatised and unable to work.
As for the climax of the novel – I wasn’t sure about the ultimate ending, to be honest. I think it was just a bit too upbeat, given what had happened. But overall, this is an amazing read that I will recall with great pleasure. Highly recommended for fans of books based on recent history and family-based adventure.
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Monday, January 27, 2014
By stealing data out of the apps you use, according to an article in today’s Guardian, the NSA even can determine your specific sexual preferences.
The National Security Agency and its UK counterpart GCHQ have been developing capabilities to take advantage of "leaky" smartphone apps, such as the wildly popular Angry Birds game, that transmit users' private information across the internet, according to top secret documents.
The data pouring onto communication networks from the new generation of iPhone and Android apps ranges from phone model and screen size to personal details such as age, gender and location. Some apps, the documents state, can share users' most sensitive information such as sexual orientation – and one app recorded in the material even sends specific sexual preferences such as whether or not the user may be a swinger.
Part of the genius of dribbling out the Edward Snowden data a little bit at a time is that it ought to keep the public’s anger level high. If the above revelations don’t make you angry, maybe the next batch will.
As the article explains, even the photos that smartphone users upload to Facebook and other sites contain EXIF data that gives the NSA details such as the location the photo was taken. The NSA computers put together anything they can get on you:
Depending on what profile information a user had supplied, the documents suggested, the agency would be able to collect almost every key detail of a user's life: including home country, current location (through geolocation), age, gender, zip code, martial status – options included "single", "married", "divorced", "swinger" and more – income, ethnicity, sexual orientation, education level, and number of children.
Not mentioned in the article is that all levels of government share information. Hawaii has a “fusion center,” so all of that information may be shared with local police. We’ll never know what they are sharing, of course.
Not angry yet? Please click on the link above and go to the Guardian article.
Let me close with this snip from the same article:
An ability to make the phone's microphone 'hot', to listen in to conversations, is named "Nosey Smurf". | {
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
doing fine
Looking back at the last two posts, I fear I may come across as slightly more traumatized than I actually am about the shots fired and whatnot. I wanted to write about the incident the way it felt when it happened - and there were big feelings - but I noticed that the big feelings faded fairly quickly. We are doing just fine.
A couple thoughts still linger with me, tensions that have always been a part of my life in this neighborhood but thrown into greater relief after this experience.
1. Teenagers are scary kids. I have always understood that teenagers are people that most adults find a little frightening, especially when they are in groups. I've never wanted to feel that way about a group of people, and I think I have mostly focused on the kid part - they're just kids. Which is true. However, kids do dumb things (like, oh, say shooting a gun at public park at 4 in the afternoon) when given the chance. Which can be pretty scary. One of my neighbors and I were discussing this and she told me that she thinks of teenagers as being like someone who has never driven a car being given a Ferrari. "Great equipment, no idea how to use it." She said. It's the decision making skills that are scary - and around here there is more than one teenager whose life gives him(or her) no power outside of guns and violence, and no tempering parental presence to help bridge the gap between ability to act and the ability to decide. So. Maybe it's okay to temper my compassion with a little bit of wariness when it comes to the teens.
2. I still love my neighborhood, but it's complicated. (and that's okay) I am used to loving things completely and unreservedly. One of the reasons I love my neighborhood is that it makes me think. There are lots of reasons - racial and economic diversity, lots of parks, my neighbors, proximity to downtown and my work and Andrew's work, etc. It gets in the 90th percentile for walkability scores. And it makes me think. Which is related mostly to the racial diversity part. For the past seven years I have been working on and questioning my internal danger response to certain situations - a group of black teenage boys being loud, hanging out for example. If I feel uncomfortable I question that response and attempt to get curious about it. There aren't clear lines, of course. And this experience reminded me that sometimes it's okay to see danger. Sometimes it's real. So I am thinking on that, working on it.
We have talked about going to our park again, but haven't actually done it yet. We will eventually. The weather is gradually, slowly, sometimes imperceptibly getting better and we have had some great sunny days. I have two more papers to write before the end of the quarter and three more Sundays at St. Paul's before I am done working there. Things are changing, but the sun is coming out. And we're doing fine.
4 comments:
in response to your #1 - yes teens are scary kids. I work with adolescents ("scary" "at-risk" youth no less) and I love them, but I can admit they can be scary and their frontal cortex is not yet fully developed which lead to their not making great decisions (aka doing really really stupid and impulsive things).
in response to your #2 I'm glad you still love your neighborhood and I hope that when you come across those things that make you think and question you have lots of opportunities to talk them through and really examine them :)
I am a firm believer that every "type" of neighborhood has its problems. We even had a drive by shooting between some mixed race gangs in North Ballard 5 blocks from my house in a neighborhood. We have drug dealers around the corner. 2 strip clubs, a plasma donation center (mostly frequented by drug users), a sex shop, a liquor store and a medical marijuana shop are all within easy walking distance. For those of you not in Seattle, Ballard is pretty pasty white.
But I still LOVE my neighborhood and don't want to move. It's hard not to think of teens as evil but if you focus on them just being kids with undeveloped brains (not being rude just truthful)and realize they are doing what they think they should, it can help. Most of them are fronting, trying to look tough and succeeding without realizing the consequences on how they are treated.
Beautiful picture, your girl is really growing up and has a lovely look about her. I'm not sure how I would respond to the events you witnessed but I think responses to teens and perceived danger is an interesting area to reflect on. I try to question my own responses, I don't want to teach my daughter to be afraid of young men. Her cousins will be young men, her father was a young man. However, my only experience of crime, fleeting though it was, was at the hands of teen boys. I'll think on the idea of equipment and decision making, thanks for raising this. | {
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The Economics Of Being A Drug Dealer.
American economist Steven Levitt looks at the common belief system that society places on drug dealers and debunks each concept based on data collected directly from interacting with the gang. He then compares this to modern day economics to show contrast. | {
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FREE Computers for Youth
Research has shown that youth who have access to computers in their home are more likely to attend school regularly and earn better grades when academically tested!
The Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland is offering FREEcomputers loaded academic software for youth ages 10-14 years old who are in grades 4 through 8. Income eligibility documentation is required, as well as an appointment in order for your family to apply.
Burten, Bell, Carr Development, Incorporated (BBC) is a non-profit neighborhood development organization founded in 1990 that serves most of Cleveland's Ward 5. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for residents of Ward 5 by initiating and cultivating housing, retail, employment, and recreation opportunities through effective partnerships with residents, community groups, government, corporations and institutions. | {
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Australians went to the polls on Saturday to elect a new government, and as Monday morning dawns, they still have no idea who won. Instead, the two major parties fought to a tie, with both falling just shy of a 76-seat parliamentary majority.
At last count, 73 parliamentary seats have gone to Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her leftist Labor Party, while 73 have been won by Tony Abbott and his conservative Liberal-National Coalition. However, postal votes have yet to be fully counted and several seats are close enough that they could yet flip.
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At the moment, the Liberal-National Coalition appears to have won the national popular vote, but the independents could make life very interesting. Parliament's three independents have, in some sense, just become the most powerful men in Australia, and the nation is on pins and needles as they decide which side to support. All three sitting independents (Bob Katter, Tony Windsor, and Rob Oakeshott) are former members of the agrarian National Party, the junior partner in the Liberal-National Coalition, and represent conservative rural electorates. However, all three left the Nationals disillusioned and have poisonous personal relationships with the current National leadership. Hence, they might be tempted to go with Gillard, who wants to seduce them with pork projects - including plans to build a national broadband Internet network (telecommunications is a big issue in sparsely populated rural Australia, where coverage is hard to come by) .
To make matters even worse, the Green Party also managed to win it's first ever seat in the lower House, potentially giving the far-left environmentalists a role in breaking the tie - though they look pretty certain to back Labor. At this hour, one Australian publication features unconfirmed reports that two of the three independents (plus the Green) have sided with Gillard - and that the popular vote has shifted in Labor's favor after election night reports put the Coalition ahead by a few tenths of one percent. However, another newspaper is running a feature article declaring that the independents would be committing political suicide by voting with Labor - as they hold solidly conservative seats where voters firmly prefer Abbott over Gillard.
If you have a headache after reading that analysis - you're probably in the same boat as 22 million confused Aussies. The only good news is that it seems the Coalition has some moral advantage in negotiations. Labor was firmly rebuked by the electorate, and Julia Gillard's plea to stay in power has generated comparisons to Gordon Brown. There also seems to be a lot of infighting in the Labor Party as a result of the loss of majority - whereas Abbott cemented his leadership of the Coalition with a totally unexpected surge. So, as the independents have said stability is a priority, Labor is less likely to hold itself together. Still, everything remains up in the air, and just a small shift could change everything. | {
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Time for another "Etch-a-Sketch" project, this time brought to us by Instructables user "MattWStephS". With their version, the drawing is controlled by a Nintendo Wii balance board. This is accomplished with an interesting mix of hardware and software. The balance board and Nintendo hardware connect via Bluetooth to a PC running GlovePIE to capture the movement data, which is then passed to a processing sketch which in turn controls an Arduino with two stepper motors geared onto the "Etch-a-Sketch". Furthermore they've included the plans and designs for the required physical hardware, so you can neatly recreate the project. Finally, the following is a quick video of the system in operation:
Certainly an interesting example of synergy between two different technologies - click here to find out more. And for more, we're on twitter and Google+, so follow us for news and product updates as well.
This tiny 3-axis accelerometer module can operate in either +/-1.5 g or +/-6 g ranges, giving your project the ability to tell which way is up. Ideal for robotics projects, tilt sensors, vehicle data loggers, and whatever else you can dream up. For more information and to order, click here. | {
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We won’t get into the politics of emission-control laws here, except to observe that you’re either a Marx-quoting, global-warming-duped, vegan one-worlder who wants to crush personal initiative beneath tons of bureaucracy and force everyone to ride an electric bus to their groat rations at the communal kitchen… or you’re an Ayn-quoting, gun-fondling, toxic-waste-spreading wingnut who cackles with glee at the mental image of inner-city children shriveling like salt-soaked slugs beneath tons of lead, oxides of nitrogen, and unburned hydrocarbons. Now that you’ve all chosen sides, imagine that every official in every level of every government in the world waved their magic legislative pens and put the kibosh on all emissions-related regulations concerning motor vehicles. Would you go clean, dirty, or in-between with your next vehicle purchase?In such a world, most vehicle manufacturers would offer some sort of choice in the matter; simply tweaking engine-management software allows a vehicle to favor fuel-economy over emissions, power over emissions, or emissions over both. You’d be able to choose, say, the Dirty Bird Edition Challenger, which would have a giant wing, no catalytic converters, and oxides-of-nitrogen-enhancing 14:1 compression. Hey, if residents of Fontana don’t like smog, they can take advantage of our free-market system to find jobs in a place with clean air! If you want to impress others with your commitment to clean air, you could buy the Breath of Fresh Air Edition Prius, which would offer 16 wheel horsepower and a dashboard-mounted meter that registered individual carbon atoms coming from the tailpipe. Hey, if you can’t stand being stuck behind those holier-than-thou types, you have the freedom to get the hell out of San Francisco! What’s it gonna be?
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I’m a libertarian on almost all issues, but these anti-pollution regulations seem to have done a good job at making the air of our cities smell half decent. When I lived in Los Angeles, I remember a time when it was physically difficult to breathe the air in the San Fernando Valley. When I visited Manila in the Philippines, I remember people wearing masks to help filter the horrendous air pollution.
So I have to say it seems like this is one of the few times (in my view) where regulation has actually done some good.
So I’m curious, where did this question come from? I find it hard to believe that air pollution regulations are in any danger with this administration.
Actually this is just about the perfect example of a situation where regulation can do a lot of good. We as a society benefit more from the cleaner air allowed by air pollution regulations than we are harmed by the burden of making our cars comply with them; but any given individual’s interest in driving a noncomplying car would likely outweigh the harm that individual would suffer from the marginal emissions from his own unregulated tailpipe. You can quibble about what regulations are necessary and which do more harm than good, but the idea as a whole is pretty unassailable.
California Air Resources Board may be no fun when it comes to dropping in some crate engine (although now you can get CARB compliant crate engines, GM sells the LS3 E-Rod engine, I’m waiting for GM to do the new C7 Vette LT1 as a crate engine for when my S2000 hits >200K miles), but the difference between 1975 and today is night and day.
Emissions is a classic externality: The cost imposed by a polluting car is not born on the polluter, but on everyone else. There is no no-regulation solution for externalities.
Where it gets tricky is when it comes down to determining whether what is good for California is actually any good for places like Minnesota.
The idea of the community coming to together to solve a common problem isn’t counterintuitive to Libertarian ideals at all. It’s when those solutions are impressed on other communities where the cost/benefit ratio may not work out to be as favorable that objections arise.
Which is why there are actually two car pollution regimes for new vehicles in the US..
There is the Federal standard, and then the California standard. A state can chose whether the vehicles sold have to meet the CA (50 state) standard or the more lenient EPA standard (so called 49 state vehicles). It just happens that enough states follow California’s lead that almost every manufacturer follows the CA standard now.
And it is up to the states to handle how emissions are tested on existing vehicles. Some states require annual or biannual emissions testing, while others just don’t care if the once-compliant car becomes a polluting mess.
Right, that’s how it is at the moment. The fact that automakers have preferred to implement a single standard on themselves is a result of a need to reduce their design and manufacturing complexities.
From an individual or community standpoint, the argument against the current regulation regime is whether 2 standards is satisfactory for 50 States, and whether any Federal control over what is a State/local issue is appropriate.
Yes, the Federal Government granted itself this authority under the Clean Air Act, and yes the EPA allows States to determine how/if they perform active testing. Many proponents of States’ rights argue whether that authority is necessary or valid.
danio, the states’ rights argument gets tricky unless and until the states can set up force fields to keep emissions (and attendant environmental effects) from other states out of their states. Otherwise it’s just the externality problem on a much larger scale.
@Ast Not really, unless you live in a place where there are twin cities in different states with different regulations. At that point it could be shown that one municipality is affecting the other. A resolution can be reached between the two municipalities etc.
Ground level air pollution from vehicles is a local issue. If everyone in Los Angeles ran straight pipes tomorrow, no one in Las Vegas would have just cause to complain.
I’ve thought for years that an emissions tax based system based on measured societal impact would be much better than an arbitrary fixed limit system. I had no idea that this concept was already formalized with an economic description and name. Thanks for teaching me something new today.
BTW, some of the advantages of a tax based system is that the highest volume engines will get the most advanced tech to minimize emissions and fuel consumption. The niche markets would be free to minimize cost, and would go a long way to level the playing field between large corps and small start ups.
California has cleaner air because 1) cars in general are far more efficient and cleaner and 2) CA imports a lot of its energy, including from dirty, coal-burning states to run its Chevy Volts (In other words, CA exports its dirty air). CA emissions rules are ridiculous, and should be preempted by federal law.
California doesn’t have cleaner air than other places it “exports its dirty air” to — it has cleaner air than it had 40 years ago. The topography of the state, particularly in the Los Angeles basin, causes particulate emissions to get “stuck” in a way they don’t elsewhere. Smog in (e.g.) Chicago tends to blow away and get dispersed; in LA it just stays put.
California has different laws because it has different problems — and because it’s had laws for longer than anywhere else.
Would depend upon cost, and what the trade offs would be, if I was able to get 50 mpg and have 1000 hp in a suburban for example with $10,000 off the sticker, hell yea I’d opt out, but I don’t believe emission equipment holds cars back no where near that much (or rather I know they don’t).
Basic emissions standards such as cats are plenty good, diesels on the other hand are hurting badly, a duramax that use to get 18-22 empty stock struggles now to get 14-15 stock.
It would all depend on the particular situation to me, but most likely I wouldn’t opt out, however I would lose systems that I believe to be wasteful in a heartbeat(main concern being diesels). Cats I believe are to be perhaps the only system ever forcibly created by the govt to actually be worthwhile.
I have a feeling some may have been expecting my comments here….
I agree that the impact on diesel engines seems to be higher. I notice that my mileage takes a dive when the DPF gets regenerated – but the SCR doesn’t seem to be hurting anything other than the extra weight and complexity.
The modern common rail direct injected diesels have unprecedented power and torque, and with the DPF, no soot whatsoever, which is really nice.
Do you know why the Duramax is hurting so badly??? (I don’t think the Cummins are)
My brother has both a 05 dodge 2500 and a 11 dodge 2500, both with the cummins and both stock(05 has a sct tune). He uses both to pull a 35′ tripple axle flat deck trailer or a 38′ tripple axle camper. The 11 is an absolute slug to pull even an unloaded trailer with, it slows down on an uphill grade like a semi would(120km/h to say 80) and gets like 10 mpg towing and maybe 15mpg on a good day while not hooked to anything. The 05 on the other hand works. even when not tuned it does not get bogged down on the uphill. the more weight you put on it just hunkers down and do its job and gets 15 mpg while towing and 22 to 25 mpg when not towing. Cummins had to increase displacement from 5.9 to 6.7 liters to combat the emmisions equipment and its still not enough.
In diesel applications the emmisions equipment hampers the trucks usefulness and adds extra complexity and cost to a relativly simple design So I would get rid of emission equipment on all comercially used light trucks. As far as cars and truck used for commuting I would keep emmision equipment and applaud its arvancement.
Funny how some can believe an impercieveable amount of exhaust being treated is worth getting only 2/3 the fuel mileage, It makes you wonder if officials just want to destroy the economy.
Honestly what reason is there to buy a 05 over a 2013 diesel? Technology is easily added, and you don’t have no where near as much drawbacks. GM wanted AM general to put the 6 speed behind the H1, which would have costed AM General millions for a vehicle that is profitable as a low production vehicle. Also why AMG has to make the C-series a kit vehicle only, regulations would make it unprofitable.
Interesting thought excercise. To be totally honest, it would depend on the financial cost. I would presume from the way the question is posed that the “dirty” car would be cheaper because it wouldn’t have the extra emissions equipment.
If the cost was the same, then I would opt for a middle of the road emissions package.
I’d be happy with a car built to comply with 1984 emission regulations using modern technology. That was the level of emissions reduction that actually cleaned up the air, after all. Everything since then has just been the result of bureaucratic leeches needing to justify their place at the teat, adding cost while making negligible difference to anything other than America’s bottom line. This would give me back a throttle cable and eliminate nasty underhood sources of heat that hurt performance and durability.
Back when I was in high school (a ways back but a little after ’84), it was said that less than 10% of the cars made over 50% of the pollution. I bet over 90% of those 10% are off the road now. It really seems as if we are going after diminishing returns pursuing reduced auto emissions when a weed-whacker pollutes more than a Suburban.
That’s the crux of enhanced regulation. The law of diminishing returns should place a natural limit on the extent of emissions reduction, but for some people, that last 2% must be achieved and hang the cost. You can tell them by their “if it saves one life” rhetoric. The EPA doesn’t “do” cost-benefit analysis.
You know that there are almost 100,000,000 more people in America now than there were in 1984, right? That in 1984, Americans drove about 17,000,000 miles and last year they drove almost 30,000,000 miles.
Considering the standards that actually contributed to ground level air quality really didn’t change much between 1984 and now, I’d say CJ has a fairly valid point. The Clean Air Act was amended in 1990 but the updates were mostly to target things like ozone depletion.
Now CO2 has been added to the list as a “pollutant” but that particular compound doesn’t really affect air quality in any measurable way.
Given that every life (and every planet) ends badly, what difference does it make? Do you want your kid’s heart in your chest to save your pitiful, consumer self, or are you still nursing that dynasty thing and hoping they’ll visit you when you’re fighting for a second diaper/week in…False Dichotomy Manor?
Geographically, smog isn’t an issue here, neither is diesel particulate matter. So the elimination of equipment that controls those things wouldn’t make much difference to the air quality around these parts. That’s where I went with that.
No, I’m implying the exact opposite. That the winds and inversions do sufficiently move the air so smog doesn’t form and other criteria matter is dispersed well below any hazard levels as defined by any regulatory body.
The problem with places like LA and Salt Lake City is that their geography doesn’t allow enough air movement to disperse their pollutants.
Most emissions standards ignore carbon dioxide output and are based on percentage of output rather than absolute output. So – I’d be interested in relaxing some standards on cars with very small engines that are more efficient in order to make them more attractive to consumers. The absolute output of HC, NOx, etc, should not change, but the fleet fuel efficiency and CO2 output would be lower. Then we could have some of the small engined super-fun euro-boxes over here.
To answer the question: if we did away with emission regulations, I’d buy whatever I could get equipped with an airlock and filter system. My old E-class had a fantastic charcoal filtration system for outside air that you could turn on and off; turn it off after driving with it on for an hour and it was like walking out of a microchip factory clean room into a, um, much more smelly place. I’d want that on steroids.
The fumes from running without a ‘cat’ would drive you insane. We’re so used to the sanitary driving experience we have today that you would to install basic cats in a hurry. The same goes for diesels particulate filters.
My 1975 MGB has no cat. Never had one (Leyland only started installing them in ’76). I retrofitted ’73 SU carbs and it runs the standard “slightly rich” that the SU setup prefers. It smells terrible. I love the car, hate the exhaust. People in cars behind me hate it more.
I’m considering a kit that converts my TR6’s Zenith Stromberg carbs to throttle body injection – then adding an aftermarket catalytic converter. As it stands, people behind me must feel a bit … fumigated.
Years ago I had a 1st gen RX7. First thing I did was yank the air pump, chucked the rats nest of emissions hoses and replaced the stock exhaust and catalytic converter with a Racing Beat unit. After rejetting the carb it came alive, night and day difference. In retrospect I created a pollution factory. At minimum today I’d put a modern free-flowing catalyst on it though I’d still have to slip the inspection guy a fifty to ignore the revised emissions control gear.
Anyway, I understand your empathy for those behind you.
When tuned (jetting, accelerator pump nozzle size, ignition timing) for good drivability on regular unleaded pump gas, my ’65 Mustang would pass a sniffer test for 1985 model year new cars. The only “emission” control on the car, if you can call it that, is a PCV system in place of a road draft tube. Granted, it lacks the evaporative emissions equipment newer cars have, and probably emits more hydrocarbon emissions while parked than newer cars so equipped do wile running.
According to the rules of the SCCA Solo category I’ve prepped it for, I could pull the cats off my ’99 Cobra and disable other emissions systems. I’ve chosen not to — so far, the powertrain is stock — but when I do open up the exhaust, I’m leaving cats on it. Why? To prove a point: you can make great power without becoming a gross polluter. If you tune for efficient combustion, the exhaust is going to be cleaner. Look at the power levels available today compared to the musclecar heyday of the late ’60s (and accounting for gross vs net, and “insurance adjusted” advertised horsepower ratings): today’s cleaner, more efficient engines in today’s musclecars make more power overall, more power per unit displacement, and generally burn less fuel doing so.
And then there’s my truck. ’99 F350 with the 7.3L. No emissions controls on that truck. The very mild tune I run increases NOx emissions under low-load conditions because it leans out the air:fuel ratio — producing lower fuel consumption. It does not “roll coal” under load — maybe a slight haze. I’m with Gale Banks on this one: smoke (like in the lead pic for this article) is stupid. It’s just wasted fuel. The folks who jack up fuel pressure, boost pressure, and throw a bunch of fuel at their engines are indeed going to make more power, and some of the extra overage of fuel may decrease EGTs a little, but then they keep throwing more and more at it, and all they get is smoke. A smarter approach is to address both fuel and timing (yes, diesels are timed. Instead of spark, it’s fuel squirt) to optimize power delivery without over-fueling.
It’s been 3 decades since one of the hot rodding magazines ran the “new catalysts make more power than open headers!” article, and I’ve been an adherent to keeping it clean ever since. You’ve pointed out all the reasons it’s best to keep the tailpipe emissions clean; keeping all the power your fuel is capable of inside the engine itself.
And you reminded me of why I point and laugh at ABG’s writers; one of them had the foolishness to state the lack of importance of airflow for modern turbodiesel engines during an early Duramax article.
Whatever gets me the best possible performance (in terms of power and driveability).
Which generally means “in a bizarro parallel universe to EPA or EURO regulations”.
Us crafty bikers have been bypassing EPA regs for decades. They’ve been the bane of our existence since they were imposed in the 1980s. They result in poor throttle response and choppy transitions. That’s not so noticeable in a 4000 lb car. In a 400-500lb bike the fueling can be astonishingly bad. Some bikes are considered practically unrideable without an ECU reflash (or carb tuning and a jet kit, depending on the era). It’s part of the basic setup of a machine – buy a free-flow exhaust, de-restrict the intake, and adjust the fuel metering. There are some bikes so strangled from the factory that you can uncork 15 horsepower at the wheel with just baseline tuning.
Of course it’s all “for closed course use only”. No sir, we wouldn’t use our properly tuned and jetted machines on the street. That would be illegal.
I personally would go with the clean version. But I’m guessing unless the clean/dirty cars were exactly the same price a big chunk of shoppers would op for the cheaper dirty version since pollution is an externalized cost.
Of course, given the recently publicized survey which seems to indicate that conservatives shy away from purchasing anything labeled “green” it’s possible fully 50% of the country would pay extra just to pollute more.
“Of course, given the recently publicized survey which seems to indicate that conservatives shy away from purchasing anything labeled “green” it’s possible fully 50% of the country would pay extra just to pollute more.”
This is true. Apparently it applies to smartphones as well – my fiance’s more conservative co-workers are all passionately anti-iPhone.
Is it 16 hp per wheel? That’s like yesterday’s Civic wagon.
I was born in ’63 and remember I liked smelling diesel smoke, but gas fumes gave me a headache instantly. Last week when my mechanically lazy neighbor brought out his ’95 Marquis, I figured Old Louisville would have fewer mosquitos this summer. Just pale grey noxious fog, hanging there for several minutes.
Forty years ago it was like that for a huge number of driven cars. These days that is a rarity and I figured he could get pulled over and ticketed. With more cars out there, and more drivers having less maintenance knowledge and less money for service, it would be nasty fast. I’m opting for clean.
Easy answer: hell no. Emission controls are what made manufacturers pay attention to the details of the combustion events, with the resulting improvements in power, fuel economy, and engine durability we have today. The complaints people have about those controls come from penny-pinching garbage parts and half-assed engineering from certain companies which likely acted that way out of spite.
Provocative question, insufficient information to call it. CJinSD’s suggestion of a rollback makes sense to me. At this point, is there any advantage to de-developing to 1980’s pollution control levels? Would the cars be cheaper? Would they be more powerful and/or more fuel-efficient? Would CARB as the second arbiter of pollution levels allow it? If not, would the manufacturers bother with the parallel development?
I’d say the auto air pollution problem has been solved, but like all regulators, they need to find something new to regulate. Now it’s CO2–an emission impossible to eliminate as long as you’re burning hydrocarbons. You can’t convince me CO2 is any more of a pollutant than water vapor, for example. It’s been classified as such by appeals to junk science for the sole purpose of giving governments the power to regulate us all back to riding bicycles if they see fit.
Water is a natural substance, we typically do not think of it as a pollutant. Yet if a human consumes too much of it, or intakes it in the wrong fashion, a human will die.
Trees take in CO2 and release O2. When a tree (or any organic matter) burns it releases stored carbon as CO2. CO2 is a natural part of our atmosphere; like water, though, increasing its concentration can have adverse effects.
So the questions to ask are:
1. Is atmospheric CO2 increasing?
2. Why is atmospheric CO2 increasing?
3. What effects does an increasing level of atmospheric CO2 have?
#1 is pretty straightforward.
Atmospheric CO2 has varied from ~100 to ~200 ppm over the last 400k years. Since 1960 it’s increased from 315 ppm to 385 ppm.
http://scrippsco2.ucsd.edu/program_history/keeling_curve_lessons.html
I am surprised by the many pro emission control comments.
And proud. I close my window whenever I see an old car go by;
I just can’t take it. I cannot imagine how I tolerated the cars of the fifties and sixties.
Sure the cars cost more. But having made six visits to Denver’s
National Jewish hospital last year and seeing all of the breathing
impaired people in the huge waiting areas, I would say we have been on the right track. Of course most of those people were in for smoking
related illnesses.
But as somone else indicated, certain levels attained in the past are good enough. And I do not like to see manufacturers jack up costs
only to line their pockets while claiming that the cost were emissions
related.
Having spent a summer working in Los Angeles in 1969, I have no desire to return to that state of affairs.
In fact, even at my “senior citizen” age, I can now smell the exhaust of the occasional “classic” car that I see running on the street, even when it appears to be in a good state of tune and the driver is just toodling along. (Just saw/smelled a Chevy Nova SS this weekend in Virginia).
That said, we are well past the point of diminishing returns when it comes to emission regulation, especially when the big polluters are now yard equipment. If you look for it, Motor Trend or somebody did a test of a small, new gasoline powered car, a big new gasoline powered pickup truck and a new 2-cycle gasoline leaf blower and a 4-cycle gasoline lawn mower at an emission lab. They all ran the EPA test cycle (or, in the case of the lawn mower and leaf blower, the best facsimile they could devise). The lawn mower emitted more pollutants during the test than either the car or the truck would in its lifetime; and, of course, the leaf blower was even worse. The big truck was the cleanest. It’s exhaust was actually cleaner than the ambient air. That’s regulatory overkill. While I’m not in favor of electric cars, because they just relocate the pollution; I do favor electric lawn equipment, because even my “coal powered” electric lawn mower is significantly cleaner than my neighbor’s gasoline-powered machine.
Diesels are another matter entirely. The particulates in diesel exhaust (which exist whether it’s making visible smoke or not) are known carcinogens. I don’t see why I should have to breathe that crap when there are alternatives, and I don’t car if it makes your engine less efficient or not.
While the hypothetical doesn’t quantify the benefits from skipping the emission controls (either in terms of increased power or efficiency), it’s hard for me to imagine a benefit big enough to cause me to skip the controls. Having driven carburetted engines for 15 year, I’m not at all nostalgic for their operating characteristics, even in engines that were not emission controlled. My father’s 1963 Chevrolet 6 bucked when it was cold and getting any of them started when the car was too cold or too hot required an arcane skill in which no one should take pride. So, I don’t forsee any significant purchase price savings by purchasing a non-emissions controlled engine today.
Removing some emissions control systems while keeping others certainly would reduce vehicle cost significantly, especially in the case of modern diesels. Reduced cost in initial purchase and legacy costs.
Items like Diesel Oxidation Catylists, Particulate filters, and Selective Catalyst Reduction systems cost thousands of dollars each to replace and the design and manufacture of these has added thousands to the initial price of the vehicle.
Now you did suggest that there would be nearly no cost so high as to justify eliminating these components, so those points are probably moot. But they most certainly do add significant cost to a vehicle which is passed on to the consumer.
Stay clean on emissions regs but eliminate CAFE. I’d love to see what cars the market would go for with no government interference. Would we see V8 powered Sonic special editions or would consumers continue to go “OOOOOOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhh 40mpgs!”
I mean for crying out loud you can get 400-500-600 hp cars now from the factory with existing regs, why eliminate tailpipe emission standards?
I can remember driving in Denver traffic in the late 60’s, and being able to smell the unburned hydrocarbons in my clothes and hair after getting out of the car and into a building.
I can also remember the contempt and unfounded rumors for “smog controls” on cars, as well as the major US carmaker’s whining, resistance to, and blustering about how it was “impossible” to meet these regulations, even as the Japanese and Germans gladly, and innovatively met the standards.
I also remember people removing said controls and feeling they had bettered themselves for it.
I remember people even being pissed off about simple positive crankcase ventilation requirement
To my mind, much of the wonder and goodness of modern powertrain design and engineering has a lot to do with being low CO & HC emission designs.
As an owner of pre-smog and post-smog vehicles, I can confidently say I’d take the emissions-friendly one. I’d be perfectly happy with late 20th century tech though. Give me a cat, OBD2, and electronic fuel injection, and I’d be happy – As long as it’s not a 75 miles of vacuum tubes 120 horse V8. I want it to all work efficiently and reliably, but be simple enough that I can do work on it myself.
Also, I don’t need more than 4-ish airbags. Anything made in 1999 is safe enough for me. A little lower weight combined with decent power is all this guy asks for in a DD.
The more efficient an engine is, the cleaner it burns, there is more power, the motor lasts longer and the consumption is less.
I like an efficient motor… So, I will have both options, have my cake and eat it, if you will, thank you :-)
My first car was a ’73 Datsun 240Z, it had smog gear from hell on it. After a few months of ownership it all went bye-bye. I shudder to think what kind of emissions it put out. Would I opt-out of a smog controlled car now? NO! I have 7 grandkids, and just about everyone of them has sort of repiratory issue and I don’t want them to loose their health at an early age.
Cat’s are what is currently killing fuel economy, as the ECM has to constantly swing from rich to lean while in closed loop in order to have a good life span. If not for that the ECM could run a much leaner mixture.
That being said, modern fuel injection is the way to go for fuel economy, reliability, and emissions. As much as I love carbs, they don’t hold a candle to EFI.
Now diesels are whole different matter, current emissions give horrible fuel economy, kill reliability, and have a huge cost to everyone.
Truth. As wideband O2 sensors become more commonplace, the need for catalytic converters will decrease for HC and CO reduction. Unfortunately we may need to keep them for NOx, which the controlling of through lower combustion temperatures also kills economy.
I may be wrong, I am not in depth versed on this, but here goes.
The Oxygen sensor in the exhaust is used to tell the computer to meter the fuel and air in precise stoichiometric ratio so that there is not an over supply of fuel or air. That oversupply is what gives rise to pollutants. The downstream catalyst finishes the reaction to produce water and CO2. The only at a Catalytic converter would “kill fuel economy” is by being overly restrictive. Plenty of powerful high revving contemporary proof that cats are not overly restrictive.
The problem is tradtional narrow band o2 sensors don’t precisely tell the computer what the Air Fuel Ratio is. All they can tell the computer is whether the exhaust stream is rich or lean. So the engine management is constantly adjusting back and forth, or what is known as “switching”.
Now, the tunes tend to gravitate towards richer than necessary to 1. reduce combustion temperature to control NOx and 2. Not overheat the catalytic converter which can be sensitive to EGT overtemps.
Engine metallurgy is good enough to support much leaner combustion conditions, but unfortunately NOx emissions regulations and catalytic converter technology won’t allow it.
The restriction of a catalytic converter in and of itself will not reduce fuel economy. If anything a restriction in airflow would increase fuel economy in proportion with the reduction of power output.
I was in a city of 10 mil (Seoul) and smelled not a fume. All the buses where CNG and the cars are modern. The locals said converting buses from diesel to CNG made a huge difference. LA Basin in the 70’s…gag. Moden engine tech is outstanding. Shade tree mechanics no more. No points, condensers, plugs, carbs, to fiddle with..what a relief. In retrospect…very few actually “repaired” their autos. And those that did farmed out machine work ’cause no one had a shop full of boring machines, surfacers, etc., I mean..who rebuilt a starter armature? An automatic transmission? Reground a crank? Most repairs were subsystem swaps (generators, starters, master cylinders) with core charges. Good old days my ass, banged knuckles and long hair caught in a creeper.
If you had asked me this question in the mid ’70s through late ’80s when emissions controls were indeed strangling the power and driveability out of engines, I think my answer would unequivocally be to ditch the emissions control equipment. (I would keep the PCV and the evaporative emissions control system because why not? – but I’d certainly be ditching smog pumps, EGR, and emissions-jetted carburetors.)
However if we are talking about the state of the internal combustion engine today and the state of today’s emissions tech, I’d keep it clean. The state of technology today is such that you can have a very clean-running engine that’s very powerful and still very fuel efficient with no perceptible driveability hit and without a lot of extra hardware and rats’ nests of vacuum hoses like those cars from the ’70s.
I think it may be fair to say though that the emissions regulations that came into effect in the ’70s have been a big factor in getting the technology in the industry to where it is today. Without government regulation forcing them to change, Detroit would probably have been perfectly happy to keep cranking out the same old thing and keep those revenues as profit rather than sending them off to R&D. I would contend that ever-stricter emissions regulations are what eventually forced everyone to start using electronic fuel injection. EFI becoming mainstream was the big leap that put us on the road to where we are now.
Perhaps the industry would have eventually gotten around to that on its own, but who knows how much longer it would have taken? I wonder if we’d be in the automotive technological golden age that we are now if not for the regulations.
All of the safety equipment added since 1996 is due to consumer demand for safer cars.
The crash safety standards cars have to meet to be sold in the US are the same as in 1996; that means acceptable results in a 30 MPH fixed-barrier impact, a side-impact door test, lap and shoulder belts for all outward-facing occupants, and two front airbags.
The other safety changes mandated are TPMS (a 2-lb box of electronics plus an ounce or so per tire) and stability control (no additional hardware beyond that needed for four-channel ABS)
You’re missing one significant exception — roof crush standards. Those were increased pretty dramatically in 2009 — allowing less deflection with double the applied weight, in a more strenuous test.
Though the regs only apply to cars manufactured in 2012 and later, they’ve been accounted for for quite some time. My understanding is that these regs were the straw that ultimately broke the Panther platform’s back…so to speak.
The question is, does meeting those standards add hundreds of pounds of weight to the car?
That’s what’s important to me. I don’t want an oversized, heavy, and poorly handling modern car. If I wanted something that was bigger than it really needed to be, weighed more than a car it size should, and handled awfully, I would buy a Buick Electra 225.
Amen Imperial. This is how you create a monster. I think this is why some people preferred pollution taxation rather than the creation of a regulatory agency. Who knows whether it would have worked, but it is an idea worth considering. It attacks the problem without the creation of a new regulatory monster which solves the problem it was created to solve and then just runs wild forever after that.
I guess most people who are trying to argue them have never been somewhere else with tons of vehicles with emissions. You just walk outside and cough it a life i don’t want. I like opening the windows to get some nice fresh air.
My comparison sake is Russia with 15+ year old ladas and newer ones all of which have no catalysts, still use carburetors, and have the most putrid exhaust ever.
Holy Crap … that Honda CVCC vacuum hose diagram picture reminded me of the hell that was those late 70s fiascos. I know it kept them from having to run a cat converter, but when something went wrong, it was not fun to find the system leak!!!
On a gas car? Give me 90’s era emission controls.
On a diesel? I want the hi-po version.
I have a 2003 Ram with the Cummins. This is the sweetest model year, as it was the introduction of the common rail, but without the cat and all the other crap that later on turns into a disaster. Modern diesels with proper tuning are quite clean. It stinks sometimes, but it’s quite benign for daily use.
The performance of today is great but the emission police need to go, let the drivers decide if they want to repair the controls for better performance and economy. Or modify the 25 year exempt rule to ten years. I would rather see a BASIC safety check than more emission checks.
It’s easy to talk about birds falling out of the sky and rivers catching on fire and so forth. I don’t seem to remember those things happening with any regularity, or ever, under the standards of 20 years ago.
Not every car on the road is a new car, so emissions standards tend to take 5-10 years to have a noticeable impact. But I agree, I’d say the 1990s emissions standards are where we started to run into significantly diminishing returns. Now we use goat pee. Awesome.
Most emissions standards, especially 70s/80s/90s eras, did a ton of good and absolutely should stick around. Iirc smog levels peaked around 1990 (considering all the cars from the 70s and 80s still on the road) and have dropped every year since. I don’t think we really need to expand emissions standards from where they are now though.
Pedestrian safety standards on the other hand…how about you give me a car with solid, hydraulic steering and I’ll avoid the pedestrian?
High fuel economy and low emissions are not necessarily the same. The 50 mpg Civics of the 1980s were gross polluters and weaklings compared to today’s cars, not to mention noisier and less safe.
Going back to ‘dirty’ wouldn’t necessarily yield a better-performing car.
I’d freeze emissions standards where they are now. The CARB has already tried legislating so many zero-emission car sales in CA in the past, and failed since the sales never materialized. The problem is that we’re running into barriers of basic science with the internal combustion engine and with EV batteries. Further pollution reductions will cost geometrically more to accomplish, with little benefit to anyone.
Actually, I’d like to see sensible uniform pollution standards across the country. Here in PA, emission testing varies by county – ridiculous. But ‘sensible’ and ‘regulations’ rarely coincide.
I don’t see what’s ridiculous about emission testing varying like that.
With air pollutants the danger is in the concentration, naturally in a dense urban area with weak wind patterns air quality would be a big concern, out in rural areas with strong wind patterns where everything is dispersed and diffused and diluted to next to nothing it’s not so much.. but the added headache of all the extra emissions crap that needs to be maintained by people who tend to have fewer resources than those in the big cities Is a big deal.
Back in the 80’s my dad had a 76 Cadillac Eldorado that he bought from a relative who was upgrading. The single large catalytic converter was starting to get plugged up. We ordered from J.C. Whitney the filler pipe or as they called it “catalytic converter test pipe’ or as they referred to it in the catalog and on the box “catalytic converter test pipe-for test only” We put it on and the car ran somewhat better than having a half-plugged converter but there was not much of a difference in performance from the 500 ci 190 hp motor. Just compare how much HP todays vehicles produce with far fewer emissions.
Being a New Yorker the air quality improvement has been immense many due to improved vehicle emissions regs. It’s our buildings and fixed source emissions, power plants etc. that cause more pollution than vehicles as well as having a decent mass transit system which induces people to leave the car at home.
Back in the 1970’s I would have said “hell yes” because the emission control devices of the time choked off performance and hurt fuel economy. Technology has largely solved that problem. My impression is that in most new cars we wouldn’t really gain that much power or MPG, especially not much MPG, in exchange for more emissions.
I’d be much more interested in being able to select the excess-horsepower delete option, the dozen-airbag delete option, the fat A pillar and oversized high mounted outside mirror delete options, and the enhanced rear visibility package. An amazing amount of the benefit of all that technology has gone into giving the most basic econoboxes acceleration that is unnecessary for safe driving and speed no one will (or should) ever use in the public roads. About ten years ago my daily driver was a FWD ’89 Cadillac. It weighed about 3400 pounds (about 500 less than a 2013 CTS). It was easy to see out of. It was the last year cars were sold without airbags. It did 0-60 in a shade under ten seconds and probably topped out at about 105 and that was fine. With 1989 technology I got 24 MPG on the highway. With 2013 technology but the same weight and the same performance parameters, you probably could get 50 MPG.
Or, if you created a class of light city car exempt from various regs, sort of like a 1960 Bianchina with a modern drivetrain, you could have 75 MPG cars without complex hybrid or short-range EV setups.
Here’s what I believe, normal cars, like my ’12 4Runner for example, should have emission controls on them. There’s no reason not to. Our normal daily drivers are just fine with them.
However, I live in California. Recently I discussed the possibility of importing a ’78-’81 Nissan Skyline GT-ES Turbo, but CARB pretty much makes it an impossibility to do so. What’s incredibly stupid about CARB is how strict they are on modification, even if it quite literally does improve emissions. Case in point, my hypophetical ’78 Skyline; it had a 140hp L20ET engine, a 2.0L OHC Turbo 6 cylinder with no intercooler or even blow off valve. Let’s suppose that I wanted to install a SR20DET or even a RB26DETT into it. The SR would be a cleaner burning engine no doubt, even the RB too, but it would still be illegal according to CARB, even if the sniff test would pass with flying colors. They would prefer the dirtier L series engine only because it’s correct to the vehicle. Stuff like that is asinine. I find CARB to be such, though as a whole, CARB is very much anti- enthusiast car.
I went for the environmental approach. I have a solar-electric panel and a Nissan Leaf for in-town (great acceleration from the stoplights)and a pius Prius for longer trips or when the wife and I need to go different places at the same time. I just wish the government would keep the pressure for improved batteries and Thorium-cycle nuclear electricity.
Researchers are developing nano-tech batteries with 10 times the capacity per weight of current Li-Ion batteries, and the waste from Thorium cycle nuclear plants can be re-used to eliminate the multi-thousand year toxicity. (Problem is that plutonium is one of the intermediates – need to have adequate security) | {
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Annemarie Mannion
Highlights
Experienced journalist whose work has appeared in major newspapers and magazines
Enjoys water aerobics and swimming
Enjoys finding and telling stories about people and the challenges they face
Author Bio
Annemarie Mannion is an experienced journalist who has covered health and wellness for a variety of outlets including major newspapers, magazines and associations. She loves finding and telling stories about people and the challenges they face.
Annemarie's hobbies include water aerobics and swimming, reading historical fiction and making jewelry. | {
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Description
For a data set of features and samples, the classification process is run.
It consists of data transformation, feature selection, classifier training
and testing (prediction of samples not used in training).
Arguments
measurements
Either a matrix, DataFrame or
MultiAssayExperiment containing the training data.
For a matrix, the rows are features, and the columns are samples.
The sample identifiers must be present as column names of the matrix
or the row names of the DataFrame.
classes
Either a vector of class labels of class factor of the same length
as the number of samples in measurements or if the measurements are
of class DataFrame a character vector of length 1 containing the
column name in measurement is also permitted. Not used if measurements
is a MultiAssayExperiment object.
featureSets
An object of type FeatureSetCollection which defines sets of
features or sets of edges.
metaFeatures
Either NULL or a DataFrame which has meta-features
of the numeric data of interest.
minimumOverlapPercent
If featureSets stores sets of features, the minimum overlap
of feature IDs with measurements for a feature set to be retained
in the analysis. If featureSets stores sets of network edges,
the minimum percentage of edges with both vertex IDs found in measurements
that a set has to have to be retained in the analysis.
targets
If measurements is a MultiAssayExperiment, the names of the
data tables to be used. "clinical" is also a valid value and specifies that
numeric variables from the clinical data table will be used.
...
Variables not used by the matrix nor the MultiAssayExperiment method which
are passed into and used by the DataFrame method.
datasetName
A name associated with the data set used.
classificationName
A name associated with the classification.
training
A vector which specifies the training samples.
testing
A vector which specifies the test samples.
params
A list of objects of class of TransformParams,
SelectParams, TrainParams, or PredictParams.
The order they are in the list determines the order in which the stages
of classification are done in.
verbose
Default: 1. A number between 0 and 3 for the amount of progress messages to give.
A higher number will produce more messages as more lower-level functions
print messages.
.iteration
Not to be set by a user. This value is used to keep track of the cross-validation
iteration, if called by runTests.
Details
This function only performs one classification and prediction. See runTests
for a driver function that enables a number of different cross-validation schemes to be applied
and uses this function to perform each iteration. datasetName and classificationName
need to be provided.
Value
If called directly by the user rather than being used internally by runTests, a
SelectResult object. | {
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} |
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