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MEDIA RELEASE – THE Queensland Government’s spiteful war on struggling businesses must end today, according to one of the country’s peak lobby groups.
In March, the state’s Chief Health Officer issued an order closing every gun shop and armourer in the state as part of the COVID-19 response. Following intense pressure and from industry, agricultural and rural representatives, that was amended a few days later to allow rural landowners and volunteer pest controllers to buy ammunition and reloading components, but still prevented target shooters, recreational hunters, and competition pistol shooters from buying ammunition or using police-issued Permits To Acquire for firearms.
Shooters Union Australia president Graham Park said with the notoriously anti-gun Western Australia now having lifted their trade restrictions and Victoria – also helmed by a Labor premier – having followed soon after, Queensland had no excuse to keep preventing licensed shooters from buying ammunition or vital equipment.
“There is no – I repeat: absolutely none whatsoever – public health emergency justification for restricting the trade of licensed gun shops and armourers in Queensland or anywhere else, for that matter. There wasn’t one at the start of this mess and there isn’t one now,” he said.
“It is obviously a political move; only the Labor state governments restricted gun shop trading. The decision was not an outcome of the formal National Cabinet meetings, from what we understand.
“The home confinement directions have largely been lifted, outdoor shooting ranges are open again while exercising social distancing, and non-essential retail shopping is expressly permitted – so why are Queensland’s shooters and associated businesses being punished?”
The toll on affected businesses from the trade restrictions was enormous, Mr Park said, with a number of gun shops facing financial ruin from having their livelihoods yanked out underneath them without any justification.
“These were viable local businesses, an important part of their community, and shut down because someone in Brisbane doesn’t like guns and decided to take advantage of a crisis to further their own agenda,” he said.
“Every hour Queensland’s gun shops and armourers remain restricted in trade just adds to the mountain of proof this decision has been made to hurt law-abiding firearms owners and the businesses supporting them.”
Mr Park blasted the State Government’s refusal to justify themselves on the restrictions and said they needed to be held to account.
“We have not received a single response to any of the numerous letters and e-mails we have sent the Premier, and the only response we have received from the Chief Health Officer’s office was clearly written by a staffer and reiterated the changes allowing rural landowners and volunteer pest controllers to buy ammunition – changes we helped negotiate in the first place.
“The contempt the Palaszczuk Government has shown to Queensland’s law-abiding shooting community is simply incredible.
“They haven’t even given us the courtesy of an obvious and half-baked lie as to why they’ve done it – we’ve heard absolutely nothing.
“We guarantee there will be consequences at the ballot box in October for the way Queensland shooters have been treated by the ALP. We’re going to make sure of it.”
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Officers responded to a burglary call around 1 a.m. in the 500 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. Officers learned the homeowner shot the man on the front porch of the home.
Sunday, February 28, 2021
Saturday, February 27, 2021
The Wisconsin DNR reports as of 3:25 p.m. Thursday, 216 wolves have been harvested since the first day of the state’s wolf hunt. That’s 97 more wolves than the limit for non-tribal hunters. Zones 1,3,4 closed at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Zones 2,5,6 closed at 10 a.m. Wednesday morning. The hunt began Monday morning.
A comment at the Sheriff's facebook page indicates this may have been a domestic love triangle situation.
“The preliminary investigation revealed that an armed male entered the residence without consent,” the Facebook post stated. “This woke up the other male who lives at this address. Words were exchanged between the two males, and both males began shooting at one another.”
Both men were shot multiple times, and the woman was hit as well, the Facebook post stated.
The man that broke into the home later died as a result of his injuries.
Friday, February 26, 2021
Mark explained, according to an official report, that he was at his sister's apartment, asleep, when a noise outside woke him up. Mark claimed he went to the window to investigate and saw two black males in ski masks breaking into his truck.
So, Mark claimed he proceeded to arm himself with a handgun, go outside, and confront the burglars.
While approaching them, Mark said he noticed one of them holding something that appeared to be a weapon, which Mark told police "could have been a screwdriver or tool." But, in the heat of the moment, Mark feared the item was a handgun.
So, Mark said he shot at one of the two burglars, and both fled.
Mark went on to tell police he chased the wounded burglar on Burbank drive, caught up with him, and demanded that he drop "his weapon," which Mark then realized was a screwdriver and not a gun.
Mark said he then demanded that the burglar lead him to where he'd stashed $10,000, which Mark said appeared to be missing from his truck.
Thursday, February 25, 2021
“Because if he was getting into my house, I probably would have done the same thing if I had a gun,” neighbor Robert Gonzalez said. “I’m just going to do things a lot safer, look out for myself. Make sure whoever comes, got a look, look at his face, see what’s going on. You know, probably scope him.”
Police say the gun the woman used was legally registered.
No charges have been filed against the woman.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Screenshot from Youtube video of hearing, cropped, scaled and yellow text added by Dean Weingarten.
On 11 February, 2021, there was a bond hearing for Kyle Rittenhouse, conducted on Zoom, over the Internet, by Judge Bruce E. Schroeder.
The hearing was requested by the District Attorney Office, represented by DA Thomas Binger.
Those opposing Kyle Rittenhouse had characterized Kyle as dangerous and a white supremacist. There has not been any evidence presented to support this claim, other than claiming the OK hand sign is used by white supremacists. DA Binger appeared to be echoing those claims.
The hearing did not go well for DA Binger. Judge Schroeder corrected DA Binger on using the prejudicial word "victim" inappropriately, mis-interpreting the law, miss-representing fact, and mis-representing bond procedures.
DA Binger, presumably, had invited one of the men who had attacked Kyle, Gaige Grosskruetz, to the hearing. Also invited (presumably by Binger) were the attorney representing Grosskruetz, Kimberly Motley; the attorney representing the two men who had attacked Kyle and who had been killed, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber; and Huber's Father, John Huber (in the yellow shirt).
Kyle Rittenhouse has always claimed his use of deadly force during the Kenosha riots were justified self defense.
Rittenhouse can be seen fleeing the mob before the shooting, and being attacked in a coordinated manner by three men, two of which had weapons (a pistol and a skateboard). It is all documented on video from numerous angles.
Screenshot from Youtube video of hearing, at 45:11, cropped and scaled by Dean Weingarten.
By the end of the hearing, Judge Schroeder had assured those present he was committed to the rule of law, a fair trial, due process, and a respect for Constitutional rights. He stated he would treat everyone in his courthouse without regard to skin color.
Judge Schroeder reiterated his long-standing policy that the word "victim" would not be used in his courtroom, because calling some parties involved "victims" prejudges the case.
In ordinary circumstances, this would be applauded and hoped for.
One of the functions of a trial is to determine who was the victim, especially in a self defense case, where the person being tried claims they were attacked and defended themselves. The people Rittenhouse shot were white.
These are not ordinary circumstances.
Kyle Rittenhouse did not simply defend himself against multiple attackers, two of whom were violent felons (Rosenbaum and Huber). The people Rittenhouse shot were considered to be allies of the violent left.
The philosophy of the violent left holds the system itself as illegitimate, therefore, the rule of law is illegitimate.
The attitude is seen in John Huber's response. Huber, without evidence, read a prepared statement smearing Rittenhouse and claiming the people supporting Rittenhouse were "hate groups" and "militia". Huber holds the laws to be illegitimate:
"Whatever the statutes are, they must be wrong."Huber holds the statutes must be wrong, because they do not give him the result he wants.
John Huber appeared to make a veiled threat. John Huber said:
"You're not going to be free as F. Justice is going to be served to you. "
Judge Schroeder was gentle with him, probably because he is expected to be a grieving father.
Judge Schroeder carefully explained the law, bail bond procedure, and the facts to the DA. Then he made his ruling.
John Huber's response was was the middle finger salute. A less disciplined and gentle judge than Judge Schroeder might have taken offense, if not for himself, then for the dignity of the court.
Perhaps John Huber has anger issues.
Judge Schroeder let it pass.
It seems unlikely such conduct will be allowed during the trial.
Those on the left have repeatedly shown they do not believe in the
rule of law or of due process. They believe the system needs to be
destroyed so they can replace it. They desire the rule of man.
©2021 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice and link are included.
OTTUMWA, Iowa — A man was shot and killed Thursday night in rural Wapello County after forcibly entering a home defended by an armed homeowner.
A statement issued Friday morning by the Wapello County Sheriff’s office said their agency received a 911 call about 9:15 p.m. by a caller who “explained that a male subject was attempting to gain entry into their residence, located between Ottumwa and Agency on 97th Avenue.”
Joel Gilbert has produced an superb work of investigative journalism. If the old media were not complicit in the hoax, this would be front page news across the nation. A travesty of justice was perpetrated against George Zimmerman. The two hour documentary shows how and why it was done.
Full disclosure: This correspondent has written extensively on the Trayvon Martin - George Zimmerman case. I was one of the first to defend George Zimmerman, to declare the case was being used for political purposes.
Joel Gilbert's documentary and investigative work are convincing evidence of how the fraud on the court was created, propagated, and promoted for political and financial gain.
Gilbert started his investigation with a desire to document how a far-left, radical mayor, with significant corruption problems, came within a squeak of being elected as the Governor of Florida in 2018. As he looked into the politics of the election, it became clear candidate Andrew Gillum used false perceptions about the Trayvon Martin - George Zimmerman case, fostered and promoted by the Media, to promote his candidacy. Gillum, who has since been involved in more scandals, came shockingly close to winning.
Joel Gilbert decided he needed to know more about the Trayvon Martin - George Zimmerman case. He was able to meet with and interview George Zimmerman. He obtained the entire phone log for Trayvon Martin.
As someone who has done investigative work, Joel Gilbert does a brilliant job.
He illustrates that 99% of genius is hard work.
The investigative work, clarity of the evidence, and thoroughness of the multiple lines of investigation pursued, are superb. This is what serious, well done investigative journalism is and should be.
There is the evidence. Well documented, explained and verified. The case put forward by Gilbert is compelling, understandable, and damning.
The star witness in the case was not who she was portrayed to be. It was a deliberate fraud on the court. The evidence Gilbert uncovered is bound to figure prominently in the current lawsuit George Zimmerman has filed against those who defamed him for political and financial gain.
Gilbert does not spend much time on a side plot revealed by his investigation, which may give a glimmer of understanding as to why Trayvon Martin chose to attack George Zimmerman.
Trayvon Martin was 17. He was head over heals in love with Diamond Eugene, a beautiful, sexy 16 year old young woman. Their relationship was intense and overtly sexual. Trayvon was spending hours a day on the telephone with Diamond. He did not know she was also in a relationship with another young man. Diamond expected and demanded a lot of time and attention. Just before Trayvon Martin attacked George Zimmerman, Diamond seems to have dumped him. It is in the text messages, as Gilbert illustrates:
u sayd ima waste of yo time
it wat it is
u really hurt a nigga feelns
u done wit m??
nigga go fuck a hoeCould this be why Trayvon felt compelled to attack George Zimmerman? Male humans are often at their most dangerous when they have been rejected by a significant love interest.
Joel Gilbert does not say that was Trayvon's motive. He does not dwell on this aspect of his investigation.
Most of the investigation is about finding the real Diamond Eugene, and linking her to Trayvon Martin, Sabrina Martin, the false witness (Rachel Eugene), Benjamin Crump and Matt Gutman with irrefutable evidence.
Joel Gilbert uses his fine-tuned skills to develop:
- Phone evidence
- Handwriting evidence
- DNA evidence
- Video evidence
It is no small thing to substitute a fake witness in a murder trial for the real witness.
I give The Trayvon Hoax documentary five stars. If you have been interested in the Trayvon Martin - George Zimmerman case, watch this documentary. It reveals how much the nation has been played by those who benefit from racial strife.
Joel Gilbert deserves high praise for doing the work none of the power elite wanted done.
The two hours spent watching this documentary is two hours well spent.
If you prefer to read the book, it is available at this site.
©2020 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice and link are included.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
DENVER (CBS4) – Denver police preliminarily said three suspects invaded a home on South Madison near Colorado Boulevard and Yale Avenue. They also said a fourth suspect was waiting in a vehicle outside the home.
Investigators say the suspects demanded everyone to get on the ground, and one person inside the home then pulled out a weapon.
Police say the suspects pulled out a rifle, and a shootout followed. Two people were hurt; one person suffered a head injury which investigators say is not life threatening.
The outburst, at a gun store and range just down the road from Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, also left two people wounded, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
Monday, February 22, 2021
A murderous Bronx drug dealer settled his beef with a local deli by coldly executing a store worker and blasting its owner in the chest before taking a bullet to the head from his own gun during an ensuing brawl, police said Wednesday.
The grudge-holding gunman, Tykwan McLeod, 45, made a beeline toward deli worker Donte Thomas, 33, and opened fire at 8:45 p.m. Tuesday, cops said.
Records show 31-year-old Oraine Mitchell Grant came into the business seemingly upset with a large knife, later identified as a machete. Grant argued with a woman and a man who worked there, then went to stab the employees, investigators said. Officers said as Grant was trying to lunge at the employees, one of the workers shot him.
Saturday, February 20, 2021
Screen shot from Montana Public Access video, cropped scaled and text added by Dean Weingarten
On 18 February, 2021, Governor Greg Gianforte signed Montana HB102 into law. The bill is the largest, most comprehensive reform of Montana gun laws in the history of the state. A previous AmmoLand article discussed the details of the law.
Many of the reforms in the law have been sought for decades, but have been thwarted by Montana Governors. Democrat Governors vetoed Constitutional Carry bills three times in the last 15 years.
In 2021, Governor Gianforte said he was looking forward to signing HB102 on February 4th, in an interview on KGVO.com:
“There are a number of pieces of legislation moving through the Montana legislature,” said Gianforte. “I'm looking forward to getting them on my desk. One of those bills is HB 102, which would provide for constitutional carry here in the state. I'm looking forward to signing that bill, and if there are attempts to infringe on our state's rights as it relates to our constitutional rights, know that I will work side by side with our Attorney General to oppose any of those efforts.”
HB102 passed the legislature on the 9th of February, and was sent to Governor Gianforte on 11 February. A week later, on 18 February, the bill was signed in a video-recorded ceremony.
When a governor publicly signs a right to keep and bear arms bill, it indicates they actually support it, rather than are ashamed of it.
Montana becomes the 18th State to restore Constitutional Carry. Constitutional Carry is a reasonable approximation of a return to the state of law when the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791. At that time, no permits were required to carry arms either openly or concealed.
The carry of arms was essentially unregulated in the first thirty years of the new republic. Early gun laws were designed to prevent slaves from carrying arms without their owners' permission.
The regulation of concealed carry by states gained ground after the Supreme Court ruled the bill of rights did not apply to the States in 1833.
Vermont has always had Constitutional Carry. Alaska restored Constitutional Carry in 2003, Arizona in 2010. An additional 15 states followed, including Utah and Montana this year. The other 13 states in order of passage, are:
Wyoming, Arkansas, Kansas, Maine, Idaho, Missouri, West
Virginia, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Oklahoma, and Kentucky.
A study published in the Journal of American College of Surgeons showed no effect on violent crime rates over the 30 years previous to 2019, as nearly all states removed significant restrictions on the legal carry of firearms. From the abstract:
During the study period, all states moved to adopt some form of concealed-carry legislation, with a trend toward less restrictive legislation. After adjusting for state and year, there was no significant association between shifts from restrictive to nonrestrictive carry legislation on violent crime and public health indicators. Adjusting further for poverty and unemployment did not significantly influence the results.Conclusions
This study demonstrated no statistically significant association between the liberalization of state level firearm carry legislation over the last 30 years and the rates of homicides or other violent crime. Policy efforts aimed at injury prevention and the reduction of firearm-related violence should likely investigate other targets for potential intervention.
The principle reason to restore Constitutional Carry is to restore the rule of law and of limited government. The fact that no have is caused is a good thing. The enormous benefits of the rule of law and limited goverment could not be measured by such a study.
©2021 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice and link are included.
Authorities said the robbery victim was at a drive-thru BB&T ATM when he was approached by Clark.
After a confrontation, shots were fired by both the accused robber and victim, but Clark was fatally wounded. A second subject was spotted fleeing the scene.
The suspect who was shot has been arrested, and the homeowner who shot him wants other would-be bad guys to take note.
The homeowner, who did not want to reveal his identity, told Local 10 News he was alone and spotted the two men outside his home.
They split up, and one of them walks straight into the home’s carport, grabbing items that don’t belong to him, wheeling out a pricey pressure washer.
In the surveillance footage, the property owner is seen confronting the intruder and pointing a gun.
Friday, February 19, 2021
Post 10 in Harlan received a burglary complaint at Sutton Drive in the Dayhoit community of Harlan County. Police then received a second call that an individual shot the suspect in the leg.
Troopers arrived and found William Devan Farley lying in the yard with a single gunshot wound to his leg.
An investigation revealed a neighbor arrived on the property and police say Farley, who was discovered inside a building unlawfully, assaulted the neighbor by kicking him in the face.
According to the Nash County Sheriff’s Office, a male and a female were inside of the residence when the break-in occurred. Arizpe is reported to have assaulted the woman with a construction hammer. The male inside of the residence, a North Carolina concealed carry permit holder, shot at the suspect several times. There were no children inside of the residence at the time.
Warrants were obtained against Arizpe for first degree burglary and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. This investigation is still ongoing by the detectives of the Nash County Sheriff’s Office.
An incident report reveals that 82-year-old man and his 79-year-old wife heard a knock at the back door of their home and a 61-year-old man ran inside with a large knife attacking them.
Investigators say a man used the back handle of a knife to beat the elderly couple causing the woman to fall onto the ground. That's when the woman injured her left index finger and the suspect used a knife to cause a laceration to the woman's forehead.
During the invasion, the husband used the handle of a firearm to constantly strike the suspect to put an end to the attack.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
According to reports, around 6 p.m., two robbers stole a man’s wallet, cellphone and car at 10th and Spruce streets.
Then around 8:40 p.m., they tried to rob another man at 18th and Callowhill streets, but that man pulled out a gun and opened fire, shooting one of the suspects, reports indicate.
Cleveland police said this happened in the parking lot of the HP Gas Station in the 7300 block of Lorain Avenue around 8:45 p.m. Wednesday.
According to police, a 24-year-old man called 911 and told dispatchers he had shot a man during a robbery attempt and a second suspect had followed him home and was standing outside his house.
When police got to the gas station, they found Rufus Harris, 19, laying on the parking lot, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Screen shot from the hearing, cropped, scaled and text added by Dean Weingarten
On 11 February, 2021, there was a hearing requested by the Kenosha District Attorney office in the self-defense case involving Kyle Rittenhouse. The shooting occurred during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on 25 August, 2020. Judge Schroeder of Kenosha presided over the virtual hearing, which was done on Zoom. The hearing was contentious. Judge Schroeder schooled DA Thomas Binger on the law, bond procedure, and the facts several times during the hearing. At the end, the judge denied Binger's requests, and forbade the DA's office from accessing the location of Kyle Rittenhouse' abode.
There exists extensive video of the riots and the shootings, online, from several perspectives. The video shows Kyle Rittenhouse running from the mob and shooting armed attackers in self-defense.
DA Thomas Binger from Kenosha started off the hearing, characterizing Rittenhouse as dangerous, irresponsible, and violating the terms of his bond.
DA Thomas Binger was brought up short by Judge Bruce E. Schroeder, who showed the DA was aware of the issue of where Rittenhouse was staying on the original bond, had the opportunity to request limitations on where Rittenhouse would stay, had not asked for limitations, and no limitations were imposed by the judge.
Judge Schroeder explained to DA Binger on the difference between a place of abode, and an address for receiving notification of court hearings.
Judge Schroeder made clear his policy that people involved in incidents before the court would not be referred to as "victims" before the case was adjudicated. Calling some parties "victims" is, in effect, pre-judging the case, particularly when self defense is claimed.
DA Thomas Binger said he filed a motion for a gag order in this case.
The effect of a gag order would be to only allow the prosecution version of the case to appear in the court of public opinion, thus tainting and biasing the jury pool, as well as promoting the DA's political narrative.
Throughout the hearing, the DA and others DA Binger had invited to the hearing, attempted to smear Rittenhouse with the accusations of white supremacy, and to invoke racism.
Judge Schroeder stated he would not involve race in his courtroom and he would not allow anyone to be judged by the color of his skin.
DA Binger and Gaige Grosskruetz' lawyer, Kimberly Motley, repeatedly made the claim that not knowing a person's abode was "highly unusual" and "required for all criminal defendants". Judge Schroeder repeatedly showed this to be false.
The judge pointed out that Rittenhouse has showed up for every hearing, on time. He noted that the court had the cash for the bond.
Judge Schroeder: "I want to have a fair trial in this case. This case is not going to be decided by demonstrators. I do not want to hear about a demonstration."
DA Thomas Binger admitted he does not have clear and convincing evidence to revoke the bond as required by law.
John Huber is the father of Anthony Huber. Anthony was recorded on video attacking Kyle Rittenhouse with a skateboard, and struggling to take Rittenhouse' rifle, before Anthony was shot. Anthony's father was allowed to make a statement. Huber became confrontational with the judge, about taking off a mask he was wearing. The judge was gentle with him, but Huber took off the mask.
Huber then appears to read a prepared statement characterizing the people supporting Kyle Rittenhouse as "hate groups" and "militia". The statement seemed to call for punishment now, trial later. He further smeared Kyle as linked to "White supremacist groups" and appeared to make a veiled threat.
Grosskruetz' lawyer, Kimberly Motley, used the word "victims" and called for much greater bond, and the giveing of Rittenhouse' address, asks for electronic monitoring and for movement to be confined. She claims Rittenhouse was "wearing inappropriate attire", "chugging" three beers over a 90 minute time period. None of the actions she describes, except the mailing address change, were forbidden in the original bond.
Judge Schroeder warned her about using the "victims" term.
When the lawyer for Kyle Rittenhouse, Mark Richards, was allowed to speak. He schooled the DA. His comments show:
- DA Thomas Binger knew from the beginning that Rittenhouse was not living at the Antioch address.
- The defense attempted to provide the DA with addresses under seal; the DA refused the restriction.
- Kyle has appeared for every court appearance.
Rittenhouse' Lawyer, Mark Richards, ends with this statement:
"My client will appear. He looks forward to litigating these offenses in your honor's courtroom. We have nothing to fear, the truth will set my client free."
Then Grosskruetz' lawyer, Kimberly Motley, brings up the race card, referring to a separate case in Kenosha.
Judge Schroeder gives a historical explanation. He sums it up with:
"I am not going to decide anything in this case or in any other, on the basis of the color of someone's skin."
The last eleven minutes of the hearing sum up everything. Judge Schroeder explains the law, facts, and procedure. DA Binger make the same arguments he made before. The judge then denies everything to the DA. Here is a transcript of the last 11 minutes of the hearing: It starts with Judge Schroeder, speaking of Kyle Rittenhouse:
"He was not put under a condition of living at a specific address. That could have been done. The District Attorney apparently was aware of what he now refers to as "flying the coop, was aware of that situation back then, and he didn't ask for a condition for place of abode, and judge Keating didn't order it, so there is no change of circumstances there. I do not believe it would be proper to issue a warrant. I do not think that it would be lawful. No matter what feelings anyone has, I took an oath to follow the constitution and uphold the laws, and that is what I am going to do.
It is sad this is getting at the level that it is. I can't help that. I will tell you that the violation.., well, most of the people who are out on bond, we don't know where they are. There are people who are out on bond, who are, they are business people. I have had cases where people are, they do international business. They fly all over the world while they are out on bond, and there is nothing prohibiting them in that bond. This is a border county. A significant portion of the people who are out on bond are living in Chicago or one of the other collar counties and are in and out available every day. We don't have these restrictions on travel except when the judge, following the statute, puts an abode condition on. That was not done in this case. So he didn't violate anything like that.
I don't have the authority to issue the warrant the District Attorney is talking about.
I don't agree with his analysis of what the circumstances, or I should say the procedure, for getting the bond changed. I get people in here and I do change their bond. Then I tell them to post it by a certain time, or they have to report to the jail.
If they don't report, that's when the warrant is issued. But to issue a warrant now, for a defendant who has appeared at every hearing, I would be breaking the law, and I am not going to do it.
I disagree with your statement that bail is a privilege. Bail is a right. In the Constitution.
We spoke to the bail that was set. He is in violation of a condition of updating his address.
Lawyer for Gaige Grosskruetz, Kimberly Motley: Are you talking to me?
Judge Schroeder: I am talking to everybody.
Actually, if he would have left a forwarding address, that probably would have been full compliance, with the bond order. We are interested where we can send notices to the defendant to appear for a hearing or whatever the case may be. He apparently didn't leave a forwarding address, at least that is the evidence that was returned to the clerk. So he is in violation.
I can tell you, and I talked to the clerk yesterday, to confirm what I thought. There are a very, very, very high percentage of people who are out on bond who, when, because she routinely asks, after a hearing is done; Are you still living at the same address?
I would estimate the number of cases where the person says yes, is over 10%, maybe significantly more than that, where the people say, yes I have got a new address, and they haven't notified the clerk. They are in violation.
I have never jailed one of those people. I have never heard of any other judge jailing those people. I have never seen a bond, a bail jumping violation based on one of those things.
I have never seen the District Attorney bring anything like that into the court. We amend their address on our record. And, they might get barked at a little bit for violating the court's order. But that is the extent of what happens.
And they don't get a raise in their bond, of a 10% raise in their bond. I can't recall that ever happening. I am not sure if it has.
He didn't, he fully is in violation for not updating his address. And that has to be addressed going forward.
The desire, that the bond, or the request for the defendent's address be kept from public scrutiny is a legitimate one. What I am going to order is that the actual physical location of the defendant, and it will be his place of abode. If he is going to remove from there he will have to follow the bond conditions, and give us the exact physical location of the place of abode.
And that is to be given to the deputy clerk, working in this court, who will keep it privately, it will not to be part of the public record. It will be given to me, it will be held the same way. and it will to be given to whomever the sheriff designates as the commanding, the person who would be responsible for the full knowledge of the whereabouts of the defendant, and that is to be kept secret by the sheriff's office. So, is that clear Mr. Richards, what is required.
Kyle Rittenhouse' Attorney, Mark Richards: It is your honor and you and your clerk will have that by Five O'clock today, and I will have it to the sheriff's department as soon as I am told who is designated to.
Judge Schroeder: OK.
DA Thomas Binger: Your honor, is that information to be shared with the our offices too?
Judge Schroeder: No. The District Attorney's Office, and the answer is no.
DA: Why not?
Judge Schroeder: That has nothing to do with you or your office, I think the Sheriff, would be your right arm or left arm, whichever is preferred, in discharging anything that needs to be done. And they are not to share it with you unless you offer good reason. And it is not that I don't trust you. I think that, again, the less of this, the safer everybody is. As I said.
You remember what went on six months ago here, I have two broken windows here, right here in this courtroom. The doors are still covered with plywood. A good share of the community is still boarded up after millions of dollars of property damage at this ghastly event occurred. So,
DA Thomas Binger: Because we would not be in any way contributing to that but our obligations to help monitor the defendant's bonds conditions, without knowing were he is at, that becomes very difficult. If I am to file a charge of felony bail jumping, for example for the defendant violating his bond, and I don't know where he is at that makes if pretty difficult...
Judge Schroeder: call the court, ... call the court...
And if someone has criticized me for not doing so in the past, and I feel like I need to have this information, and certainly no on this zoom call needs to be reminded of the events of six months ago. We have the loved ones of two deceased and a victim who was shot in the arm by the defendant that night.
Judge Schroeder: Please do not use the term victim.
DA Thomas Binger: Mr... Mr. Grosscruetz was shot in the arm
Rittenhouse' Lawyer, Mark Richards: Your honor, if my client, if Mr. Binger wants to...
If my client, If Mr. Binger wants my client to appear on what he is going to do next, which is issue a felony bail jumping, send it to my office. He will be in court the next day. This posturing is not serving any purpose at this point. The Court has ruled.
DA Thomas Binger: Your honor this is not posturing. This is standard procedure in all criminal cases. that everybody knows were the defendant is. This is highly unusual for this to be withheld under seal. The court has ruled this can be sealed from the public. But we are not the public. We are the prosecuting agency, we are the prosecutors on this case. And we have a very important right to know this information as the prosecuting agency in Kenosha County. And I have never heard of a situation where this information has been withheld from our office. The sheriff department, you are right, is a law enforcement agency, but we work with them and to withhold them from giving to us, the court from giving to us, to cut us out of that information is not appropriate here. We are, our office is headed up by the elected DA which is, the chief law enforcement officer in this community. This is murder case. And we are entitled to this information, your honor. We have never been denied this information in any case that I have ever heard of and I, if the court is aware of a case in this history where the you've not shared this information with us, I would appreciate you sharing that case with us, letting us know what case that was, because this is highly irregular. We have a right to know this. I would argue the public has a right to know it as well, I can understand the court ruling concealing it from the public. But our office has a responsibility to enforce the laws, enforce the bond here, to file bond, ah, bail jumping charges if there is a violation of that, and we cannot do our job without this information.
Judge Schroeder: The sheriff can keep on top of this, as to whether there is a violation. That's where most of your information...
When I was district attorney, and I know it has been a long time, but, I did not have any investigative staff, except for one investigator, which i won't go into. But the sheriff department was in charge of reporting bond violations and the like to us. And I think the same situation is good now.
The hearing is over. Thank you.
DA Thomas Binger: The defendant does not reside in Kenosha County, your honor! The sheriff can't help ...
Judge Schroeder: Thank you
Rittenhouse' Lawyer, Mark Richards: Good afternoon.
Judge Schroeder: Good afternoon.
End of hearing.
If you want the best understanding of the case, the video contains many nuances which are not transmitted in a transcript. A transcript cannot catch facial expressions or inflections in the voices.
Analysis: This is part of a continuing attempt by the prosecution to make the trial into a Soviet style political trial. There is no legitimate reason for the DA office to be aware of the actual location of Kyle Rittenhouse, given the extra-legal animosity shown to Rittenhouse by the DA office, their political allies, and their continuing attempts to smear him. The judge made it clear, if an actual legal issue occurs, the DA need only call the court.
Having the actual location would be immensely valuable to a politically motivated DA. It could be leaked to their allies in Black Lives Matter and to Antifa. The "protestors" could apply extra-legal pressure to Rittenhouse, his
family, and his attorneys, as tends to be done in totalitarian regimes. That would make the defense immensely more difficult. The press coverage of such events would play into the public smearing of Rittenhouse.
The "protestors" could stage violent demonstrations, in an attempt to make Rittenhouse' trial into a repeat of the trial of the officers involved in the Rodney King incident, where jurors later said, they believed the officers to be not guilty, but found them guilty to avoid another riot.
Judge Schroeder was having none of it. He stopped the political prosecution in this hearing and pointed out the falsehoods and political interpretation of law put forward by the DA.
Judge Schroeder was appointed by a Democrat governor in 1984. He graduated from law school in 1970. He has been a judge in Kenosha for 34 years. He appears to be the man for the job.
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According to ECSO, deputies responded to a burglary in progress at the 4200 block of Molino Rd. Two deputies arrived on scene to find the homeowner holding Franklin and Liechty at gunpoint.
The homeowner told deputies when he got home that evening, he saw a strange vehicle parked down the road and found the two suspects walking around his property.
Deputies say a search of the car revealed two guns and stolen items that were taken from vehicles in previous car burglaries in the same area. Franklin was also caught trying to rid of a bag of methamphetamine in the back of a patrol car.
At least four MPD sources told FOX13 one suspect got away. The other suspect ran toward the house, where they were pinned in. The suspect pulled out his gun, sources said, and pointed it at the shooter. That’s when, sources said, the shooter shot the suspect at least six times.
“You don’t really hear that around here; that kind of stuff doesn’t happen around here.”
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- Goldsboro police are investigating after a
12-year-old shot at two intruders who forced their way into an apartment
and shot a woman overnight.
Around 1 a.m., officers responded to
a shooting report near 402 S. William Street. Officers then found a
resident, a 73-year-old woman, with an apparent gunshot wound. Shortly
after, a man was found at the intersection of William Street and Elm
Street with a gunshot wound.
CLEVELAND — During a press conference held on Friday evening, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced that a grand jury in Cuyahoga County returned a "no bill" in the case of Desmond Franklin, the father of four who was shot and killed by an off-duty Cleveland police officer in April of 2020. The officer will not be charged as a result.
Franklin, 22, was killed on April 9, 2020, when off-duty officer Jose Garcia opened fire on a maroon sedan near West 25th Street and Pearl Road around 1:50 p.m. A 17-year-old was also injured in the shooting.
Monday, February 15, 2021
From Loris Police Department on Facebook
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The mother of a 23-year-old woman who shot at an attempted robber at a Valero gas station told Local 10 News that her daughter had a legal license to carry the firearm. Miami-Dade police said the victim shot the suspect multiple times during the attempted robbery.
EL PASO, Texas -- A man with a gun helped save the lives of possibly dozens of people inside the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.
Stephen Willeford is in El Paso sharing his story about what happened Nov. 5, 2017. He's also here to shed light on a new documentary.
The woman said she and Mason knew each other. They had texted the night before and got into an argument.
She said Mason fired multiple shots into the house, left then returned. That's when she said he charged into her room and shot her.
The woman said he was still hitting on her when her brother came in the room and shot Mason. He died at the scene.
Sunday, February 14, 2021
HB 52 in Missouri is written to remove some prohibitions existing in one of the gun free zones in Missouri. It allows people with concealed carry permits to carry their defensive firearms on public transportation. First, the current law. From House Bill NO. 52, mo.gov:
Paragraph 3(11) of Section 70.441:(11) Except as otherwise provided under section 571.107, no weapon or other instrument intended for use as a weapon may be carried in or on any facility or conveyance, except for law enforcement personnel. For the purposes hereof, a weapon shall include, but not be limited to, a firearm, switchblade knife, sword, or any instrument of any kind known as blackjack, billy club, club, sandbag, metal knuckles, leather bands studded with metal, wood impregnated with metal filings or razor blades; except that this subdivision shall not apply to a rifle or shotgun which is unloaded and carried in any enclosed case, box or other container which completely conceals the item from view and identification as a weapon;
The bill adds the below addition to 571.107, The addition exempts permit holders, while they are carrying a concealed firearm.
Theoretically, if HB 52 passes, permit holders could still be arrested for the concealed carry any of numerous other weapons, such as knives or clubs.
Here is the relevant new part of Section 571.107, exempting permit holders:
3. Not withstanding any provision of this chapter or chapter 70, 577, or 578 to the contrary, a person carrying a firearm concealed on or about his or her person who is lawfully in possession of a valid concealed carry permit or endorsement shall not be prohibited or impeded from accessing or using any publicly funded transportation system and shall not be harassed or detained for carrying a concealed firearm on the property, vehicles, or conveyances owned, contracted, or leased by such systems that are accessible to the public. For purposes of this subsection, "publicly funded transportation system" means the property, equipment, rights-of-way, or buildings, whether publicly or privately owned and operated, of an entity that receives public funds and holds itself out to the general public for the transportation of persons. This includes portions of a public transportation system provided through a contract with a private entity but excludes any corporation that provides inter city passenger train service on railroads throughout the United States or any private partnership in which the corporation engages.
Missouri passed Constitutional Carry in 2016, overriding Governor Nixon's veto in that year.
No permit is required to carry concealed weapons in most of Missouri. Why limit the carry of weapons on public transportation to hidden, unloaded rifles and shotguns for anyone; and hidden pistols for people with concealed carry permits?
The sensible thing would be to prohibit the carry on public transportation to legal weapons by people who may legally carry weapons.
Perhaps this incremental reform is the best which can be moved through the Missouri legislature at this time.
Improvements which seem plausible would be:
Replace "concealed firearm" with "legal weapon"
It makes no sense to allow concealed unloaded rifles and shotguns, and/or loaded handguns, and forbid all other legal weapons.
"carrying a firearm concealed on or about his or her person who is lawfully in possession of a valid concealed carry permit or endorsement"
"carrying a legal weapon on or about his or her person who is
lawfully in possession of the weapon."
It make no sense to trust people to carry all through the state, and forbid their carry on public transportation.
It seems the law is designed to disarm poor people.
HB 52 is an incremental improvement. It is better than nothing.
Perhaps the legislature will see fit improve HB 52 with appropriate amendments.
According to police, the homeowner, a 24-year-old man, fired gunshots shots at the intruder while he tried to force his way inside through a side window using a pickax.
Police said the intruder, a 22-year-old man, was hit multiple times but was able to run to a nearby fire station for help.
Adams said Beau Gehret, 40, was intoxicated on the night of Jan. 20, as he threatened and assaulted his mother inside the home they shared in the 1400 block of Hampden Boulevard.
The woman, Adams said, retrieved a handgun and shot her son in self-defense. She then stayed at the scene and notified a friend to call the police.
The officers went down Buttermilk Drive and encountered a man in the middle of the road with his hands up. He told officers he had just shot a dog. The man used his licensed pistol to shoot a canine after the dog allegedly became aggressive towards him.
The 60-year-old resident of the neighborhood said he discharged his weapon because he was in fear. He shot the dog in the back and the animal fled to a driveway where it succumbed to its injuries.
Image by Dean Weingarten, Open Carry at the Vertical Church in Yuma, AZ
There are only five states which currently ban the open carry of
handguns in most public areas, most of the time. They are: Illinois,
New York, California, Florida, and South Carolina. New Jersey and Hawaii ban open carry in practice, but legally, anyone with a permit can open carry. It is just extremely difficult to obtain a permit.
South Carolina is moving toward restoring the right to openly carry handguns in public with House Bill 3094, labeled "Open Carry with Training".
The bill is reasonably easy to read and understand. From scstatehouse.gov:
TO AMEND SECTION 23-31-210, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF CONCEALED WEAPON PERMITS, SO AS TO ENACT THE "OPEN CARRY WITH TRAINING ACT" BY REVISING THE DEFINITION OF THE TERM "CONCEALABLE WEAPON" TO ALLOW A PERMIT HOLDER TO CARRY A CONCEALABLE WEAPON OPENLY ON HIS PERSON; AND TO AMEND SECTION 16-23-20, RELATING TO THE CARRYING OF A HANDGUN, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PERSON WHO POSSESSES A CONCEALED WEAPON PERMIT MAY CARRY IT OPENLY ON OR ABOUT HIS PERSON IN A VEHICLE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the "Open Carry With Training Act".
SECTION 2. Section 23-31-210(5) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(5) 'Concealable weapon' means a firearm having a length of less than twelve inches measured along its greatest dimension that
mustmay be carried openly on one's person or in a manner that is hidden from public view in normal wear of clothing except when needed for self-defense, defense of others, and the protection of real or personal property."SECTION 3. Section 16-23-20(9) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(9) a person in a vehicle if the handgun is:
(a) secured in a closed glove compartment, closed console, closed trunk, or in a closed container secured by an integral fastener and transported in the luggage compartment of the vehicle; however, this item is not violated if the glove compartment, console, or trunk is opened in the presence of a law enforcement officer for the sole purpose of retrieving a driver's license, registration, or proof of insurance. If the person has been issued a concealed weapon permit pursuant to Article 4, Chapter 31, Title 23, then the person also may secure his weapon under a seat in a vehicle, or in any open or closed storage compartment within the vehicle's passenger compartment; or
(b) carried openly or concealed on or about his person, and he has a valid concealed weapons permit pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, Chapter 31, Title 23;"
SECTION 4. This act takes effect sixty days after approval by the Governor.
On Wednesday, 10 February, 2021, the South Carolina House Judiciary Committee General Laws Subcommittee passed the bill to the Judiciary committee for debate. The open carry bill will almost certainly pass the House. From thestate3.com:
In a 3-1 vote down party lines, House members sent the bill to the full House Judiciary Committee, giving the bill its first step to becoming law despite concerns from some in law enforcement. Lawmakers spent two days taking testimony from groups and residents on the bill.
From Ballotpedia, of 124 members of the House, 81 are Republicans, and 43 are Democrats.
members of the House have signed on as sponsors of the bill. The
sponsors are already a majority in the House. They are listed below.
Each name links to their biography and contact information.
B. Cox, White, Lucas, Burns, Jones, Allison, Caskey, Chumley, Collins, Crawford, Daning, Davis, Elliott, Erickson, Felder, Forrest, Fry, Gagnon, Gatch, Gilliam, Haddon, Hardee, Hewitt, Hiott, Hixon, Huggins, Jordan, Kimmons, Ligon, Long, Magnuson, McCravy, Morgan, Murphy, B. Newton, W. Newton, Nutt, Oremus, Pope, Sandifer, Simrill, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, M.M. Smith, Stringer, Taylor, Thayer, Trantham, West, Whitmire, Willis, Wooten, Yow, Robinson, McGarry, Bryant, V.S. Moss, T. Moore, McCabe, Hosey, W. Cox, Bailey, Lowe, Atkinson, J.E. Johnson, Brittain, Bennett , and Hyde
House Majority Leader Gary Simrill and Senate Majority Leader Shane
Massey say they support the bill, labeled as "Open Carry with Training".
House Majority Leader Gary Simrill, R-Rock Hill, and Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey, R-Edgefield, are both on board with the bill, giving it a good chance of passing through both Republican-dominated chambers and making it to Gov. Henry McMaster’s desk.
Simrill said it is a “near certitude” that the bill passes out of the House. Massey said he expects the main issue in the Senate will be fitting it onto a busy calendar, but he believes it is possible they will be able to get it through before the session ends in May.
There are 46 members of the Senate. 30 are Republicans and 16 are Democrats.
The critical question is whether the South Carolina Senate leadership will allow the bill to be scheduled for debate and votes.
Senate members' biographies and links to emails and phone numbers are available here.
The open carry of handguns in public is one of the most obvious of Second Amendment rights. How is one to bear arms, if not to carry them in public?
The bearing of arms on private property is almost never in question, as the banning of arms on private property has always been up to the property owner.
The government would be stepping on private property owners' rights to allow (or ban) the carry of arms on private property, if it banned them on private property without the consent of the owner.
Logically, that would be forbidden to the government by the 10th Amendment and the Second Amendment.
The bearing of arms in public is not only protected by the Second Amendment. As strong, symbolic, political speech, it is protected by the First Amendment.
Both rights are under attack by the current powers in the Federal government.
Early attacks on Second Amendment rights claimed concealed arms could be banned, because only criminals would wish to conceal their weapons.
The Second Amendment does not differentiate between private property and public areas. Protection of the right to bear arms in public areas would reasonably be what was considered most protected by the original text and context of the Second Amendment. The right to bear arms on private property is also protected by the Fourth, Sixth, and Tenth Amendments.
Many Second Amendment supporters in South Carolina would like to pass Constitutional Carry instead of Open Carry with Training.
Open Carry with Training is an incremental step toward Constitutional Carry, if the votes are not available to pass Constitutional Carry.
The difficulty for Second Amendment supporters is to avoid allowing their opponents to use a loss on Constitutional Carry as a tool to prevent Open Carry with Training from passing, thus preventing any incremental gains in restoring Second Amendment rights.
There is a folk saying: Don't allow perfect to be the enemy of the good.
Considerable benefit comes from reducing the number of states banning open carry from 5 to 4.
Read more here: https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article249154940.html#storylink=cpy
Saturday, February 13, 2021
Screenshot from video, cropped and scaled by Dean Weingarten
At the beginning of the video, Marvin Payton, the felon who was shot, can be seen in grey/black hat and black over yellow jacket, with black pants, siting in the classroom. The scene then shifts to outside.
Las Vegas -- Officers were called at 11:59 a.m. last Weds to The Range 702, at 5999 Dean Martin Drive, after an employee reported that a man had been caught rifling through a customer’s bag during a break from a concealed carry permit course . Range employees escorted the man, Marvin Payton Jr, 27 outside to await the police.
Seconds after police pulled up, the man attacked a female officer, striking her twice with a screwdriver. Most everyone on the scene then shot Payton 14 times.
Friday, February 12, 2021
HB102 Passed the Montana Senate on 3 February, 2021, with a strong majority of 29 to 21 votes. The bill is scheduled for debate and a vote in the House on 4 February, 2021. This correspondent expects the bill to pass the House with the Senate amendments, and send the HB102 to Governor Greg Gianforte. Governor Gianforte has been reported as saying he wishes for this bill to be the first bill he signs as Montana's new Governor. The bill was extensively considered in a previous article.
Reform bills with similar provisions have been repeatedly vetoed by Democrat governors in Montana for 15 years.
The amendments added to HB102 in the senate are expected to be acceptable to the House. As this correspondent reads the bill they are:
- The effective date for changes to University policies has been changed from on passage to 1 June, 2021.
- A gun free zone has been added to the university exceptions. It is:
(i) the possession of a firearm at an athletic or entertainment event open to the public with controlled access and armed security on site.
- The same training required for Montana concealed carry permits may be required to carry on campus, either openly or concealed, by university regulation. People must be allowed to carry if they meet the requirements.
- The prohibition on carry in places which serve alcohol has been removed.
Here are the various ways the training requirement may be met, under Montana law. From Statute 45-8-321(3) :
(3) An applicant for a permit under this section must, as a condition to issuance of the permit, be required by the sheriff to demonstrate familiarity with a firearm by:
(a) completion of a hunter education or safety course approved or conducted by the department of fish, wildlife, and parks or a similar agency of another state;
(b) completion of a firearms safety or training course approved or conducted by the department of fish, wildlife, and parks, a similar agency of another state, a national firearms association, a law enforcement agency, an institution of higher education, or an organization that uses instructors certified by a national firearms association;
(c) completion of a law enforcement firearms safety or training course offered to or required of public or private law enforcement personnel and conducted or approved by a law enforcement agency;
(d) possession of a license from another state to carry a firearm, concealed or otherwise, that is granted by that state upon completion of a course described in subsections (3)(a) through (3)(c); or
(e) evidence that the applicant, during military service, was found to be qualified to operate firearms, including handguns.
(4) A photocopy of a certificate of completion of a course described in subsection (3), an affidavit from the entity or instructor that conducted the course attesting to completion of the course, or a copy of any other document that attests to completion of the course and can be verified through contact with the entity or instructor that conducted the course creates a presumption that the applicant has completed a course described in subsection (3).
(5) If the sheriff and applicant agree, the requirement in subsection (3) of demonstrating familiarity with a firearm may be satisfied by the applicant's passing, to the satisfaction of the sheriff or of any person or entity to which the sheriff delegates authority to give the test, a physical test in which the applicant demonstrates the applicant's familiarity with a firearm.
As listed, there are several available avenues for those who wish to carry on campus to meet the training requirements, including demonstrating to a sheriff their familiarity with a firearm, if the sheriff agrees.
The bill includes numerous other reforms which Second Amendment supporters have been attempting to pass in Montana for years.
Update: HB102 has been sent to Governor Gianforte for his signature.
An Idaho Falls man was shot and killed by a police officer in his own backyard after being mistaken for a suspect fleeing a traffic stop.
The fatal officer-involved shooting took place in Idaho Falls early Monday morning as police scoured a residential neighborhood in search of a man with a history of violence against law enforcement who was said to be armed.
'There are no words to express how heavy our hearts are today,' said Chief Bryce Johnson. 'This situation is devastatingly tragic for the family, for the officer, and those that love and care about them. We all feel the weight of what has occurred today. Our sincere sympathies are with the family and friends of those involved, and most especially the family of the deceased.'
Thursday, February 11, 2021
Image from votecox.com, cropped, scaled, and text added by Dean Weingarten
Utah is very close to passing HB60, a strong Constitutional Carry bill.
HB60 passed the House, 54-19.
It passed the Senate 22-6.
In the Senate the bill was amended to include the creation of an account to provide funds for suicide prevention.
HB60 creates a restricted account in which the funds collected for concealed carry permits are segregated and used for the administration of the issuance of the permits.
The Senate amendment takes 50% of the funds left over at the end of the fiscal year, from the concealed carry account, and assigns them to a suicide prevention fund, where the focus is to be on firearm safety as related to suicide prevention. From the amended bill:
27 ▸ provides for the transfer of unused funds in the Concealed Weapons Account to the
28 Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health for suicide prevention efforts; and
29 ▸ creates the Suicide Prevention and Education Fund within the division for suicide
30 prevention efforts.
Bureaucrats are very good at using funds they are told they will lose, if not used by the end of the fiscal year. Some may, because it will only be 50% of the money left over. It seems unlikely very much money will be transferred to the suicide fund.
Because the bill was amended, it has been placed on the conference committee calendar. It is likely the Senate amendment will be accepted by the committee and sent to Governor Spencer Cox. Governor Cox has said he is supportive of Constitutional Carry and is expected to sign HB60.
Update: HB60 has been confirmed by the House and is on the way to Governor Cox.
Utah is likely to be either the 17th or 18th state to pass Constitutional Carry. The Montana legislature has passed a significant reform of the state gun laws, with includes Constitutional (permitless) Carry.
Governor Greg Gianforte of Montana has been reported as saying he wishes the Montana Constitutional Carry bill, HB102, to be the first bill he signs into law.
The Utah bill is a stand-alone Constitutional Carry bill. It eliminates most restrictions on concealed carry of firearms by adding a section to existing law. From a previous AmmoLand article:
HB60 accomplishes this in a simple manner. It adds a section to the end of Statute 76-10-504 which says:
(5) Subsection 76-10-504(1) does not apply to a person 21 years old or older who may otherwise lawfully possess a firearm.
Both the Utah HB60 and Montana HB102 are close approximations of the state of firearms carry law when the the Second amendment was ratified in 1791. At that time, there were no state or federal prohibitions on the open or concealed carry of weapons in the new United States of America.
Vermont has always had Constitutional Carry.
Fifteen States have restored a reasonable version of Constitutional Carry. The 15 states are, in order of restoration:
Alaska, Arizona, Wyoming, Arkansas, Kansas, Maine, Idaho, Missouri, West Virginia, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Kentucky.
Montana and Utah are likely to be added to the list by the middle of February, 2021. The states started enacting restrictions of the carry of weapons in the early 1800's, to restrict slaves. Most early gun restrictions were designed to keep slaves and minorities disarmed and subservient.
The right to bear arms is one of the last fundamental Constitutional rights to be restored to minorities in the United States. All of the Constitutional Carry reforms are color blind. As no permit is required, no discrimination can be applied in granting permits, as is still common in some states, such as in California.
The man said he found the suspected burglar, Plummer, in his front yard “out of control” and yelling curse words at him. Deputies said the husband told Plummer multiple times to go home.
The man said Plummer began to run at him, so he fired one round of his gun, hitting him. Plummer reportedly began walking away, but turned around and charged at the husband again. The man shot Plummer a second time.
First responders transported the suspected burglar to Sebring Hospital where he died.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Image from wikipedia, cropped, scaled, and text added by Dean Weingarten
Facts are starting to seep out about Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick's death. There has been an intense push by the Media, the Left and most of the ruling class to cement into the public's mind the narrative he was murdered by Trump supporters.
The cause of death is unknown. There is no evidence officer Sicknick was struck by a fire extinguisher. There does not appear to be any evidence he suffered from blunt force trauma.
All that is actually known is he died after going back to the office, from what appears to be a stroke resulting from a blood clot.
Brian Sicknick was a Trump supporter.
Here are two sources attempting to report facts instead of the narrative being pushed by the ruling class and the left to smear Trump supporters.
I am amazed there is actual reporting going on at CNN. From cnn.coma clickable link:
In Sicknick's case, it's still not known publicly what caused him to collapse the night of the insurrection. Findings from a medical examiner's review have not yet been released and authorities have not made any announcements about that ongoing process.
According to one law enforcement official, medical examiners did not find signs that the officer sustained any blunt force trauma, so investigators believe that early reports that he was fatally struck by a fire extinguisher are not true.
One possibility being considered by investigators is that Sicknick became ill after interacting with a chemical irritant like pepper spray or bear spray that was deployed in the crowd. But investigators reviewing video of the officer's time around the Capitol haven't been able to confirm that in tape that has been recovered so far, the official said.
The case could also be complicated if Sicknick had a preexisting medical condition. It could not be learned if he did.
There is a good summary from Law Officer, which works hard to relay the facts, just the facts. From lawofficer.com:
Yet beyond the politics and pandering, there are facts.
And while we do not have the autopsy results yet, sources have advised that there are no indications that Officer Sicknick sustained blunt force trauma. This coincides with what his family said just days after his death, indicating that they believed he may have died from a medical condition. If our suspicion proves correct, then Officer Sicknick’s death was undeniably used as a prop for the sake of politics, and even worse, for the sake of political gain.
Making this matter even more political, federal investigators announced that they are “struggling” to build a murder case against anyone in his death.
Most major outlets are reporting that Officer Brian Sicknick was killed because of being beaten with a fire extinguisher by a Trump supporter.
The Capitol Police said in a statement that Sicknick was injured 'while physically engaging with protesters'.
During the struggle, Sicknick, 42, was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher, two law enforcement officials said. The officials could not discuss the ongoing investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
In spite of the facts, the narrative that officer Brian Sicknick, a Trump supporter, was murdered by Trump supporters , is simply too useful a propaganda tool for the Media, the Tech Oligarchs, and the ruling deep state to allow the truth to creep out. It joins the big lies of:
- Hands Up Don't Shoot from Ferguson Missouri, (it never happened)
- The idea George Zimmerman used Florida's Stand Your Ground to kill an innocent black child, Trayvon Martin, (Martin attacked Zimmerman, who justifiably defended himself)
- The hoax that President Trump colluded with Russia during the 2016 election, (after two years and millions of dollars, no evidence was found, but evidence of a conspiracy to remove President Trump, using the hoax, was found).
- It joins the ongoing big lie that Kyle Rittenhouse was a white supremacist who hunted down protestors and shot them in Kenosha, Wisconsin, during the riots there. There is ample video evidence he clearly acted in self defense. There is zero evidence he was a white supremacist.
I was at the rally/boisterous protest on 6 January, 2021, covering the events for AmmoLand. I witnessed many interactions between the police and the protestors. The vast majority of them were peaceful. I overheard several protestors tell Capitol Police officers: We have no problem with you. You are just doing your job.
It is clear, in hindsight, relatively small numbers of violent agitators from both the left and Constitutional supporters were among the people who pushed their way into the Capitol on 6 January.
I was not inside the capitol, but I interviewed several people who claimed to have been inside.
The people I interviewed said they worked hard to prevent injury to the police and to prevent destruction of the Capitol, which they considered to be their House.
As a supporter of President Trump, it seems unlikely Officer Brian Sicknick would want his death to be used to promote the politicies of those he opposed.
It appears five people associated with the boisterous protests at the Capitol on 6 January died that day. All five were Trump supporters. Only one, so far, was killed. That was Ashli Babbit, an unarmed white woman, a veteran, who was shot by a Capitol Police officer inside the Capitol.
Why did the protest occur on January 6, 2021? Half the country believed the election was stolen, and there was ample evidence which the system refused to investigate. They believed the ruling class, including the media, routinely lied to them.
The part about lies, at least, seems to have been vindicated.
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The Rossi booth at the NRA Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, 2023, had a new product this correspondent had been hoping to see. It is the RB 22 Compact, a bolt action .22LR with a 10 shot magazine, 16 1/2 inch barrel, with muzzle threaded to 1/2x28, and a composite stock. It is sized to be child friendly, has the very good fiber optic Rossi open sights, and is grooved for mounting optics.
It weighs (unloaded) 3 lbs, 4 ounces. It comes, as seen, in a variety of colors, with one magazine. The overall length is 31 1/2 inches. Take down to minimum length for transport is easily done with the removal of the two action machine screws. This brings the minimum length to less than 25 inches, which will fit in most full sized luggage, without the tell-tale "gun case" look.
The trigger on the floor model felt very usable to this correspondent. Add a suppressor to this rifle, and it makes a nearly ideal rifle to start young shooters with. It would be a wonderful camp rifle for summer camp rifle introductory courses.
In the picture above, notice the stock has been changed to allow easier access to the crossbolt safety. The manufacturer's (MSRP) suggested retail price is $185.99. The MSRP for the RS 22, the popular Rossi semi-auto, is $159.99. This correspondent has purchased RS 22 rifles on sale for as low as $97. If the new RB 22 compact eventually follows the trend, expect street prices to be in the neighborhood of $150, or less on sale.
The RB 22 practically begs for a lightweight red dot sight and a silencer/suppressor. It will be a wonderful lightweight hunting platform, and a great camp/woods-running gun. With the smooth bolt action, there is nearly no action noise to accompany a shot with sub-sonic ammunition. It would make a wonderful "truck" gun as well. It is small, easy to use, tough and inexpensive.
The RB 22 action has it's own magazines, which are not made to activate the hold-open feature of the RS 22. However, the RB 22 will work fine with the RS 22 magazines. The only difference is: the bolt will not close with an empty RS 22 magazine fully inserted into the magazine well. Some would say this is a feature, not a bug, which signals the operator - the rifle is empty!
This correspondent likes the option to go either way, and has several spare magazines for the RS 22.
The RB 22 Compact is a bolt action, light weight, compact, threaded muzzle rifle at a very reasonable price. It was difficult to find anything to complain about with the new RB 22 compact.
This correspondent's experience with the RS 22, is the trigger pull can be improved with a little gun plumbing. There are several videos online to show the tinkerer how to do so. The directions are not difficult to follow, and good results may be had with a little effort. As noted, the floor display model examined had a good trigger already. Your mileage may vary.
Perhaps the most important feature to this correspondent is the inclusion of the threaded, accessory ready muzzle, with included thread protector. Add a suppressor, flash hider, forward sound director, or reverse paradox tube. With a 20 inch reverse paradox tube, an easy to handle garden gun with .22 shot shells. The bolt action handles them with ease, the rifle is still easy to handle, and you have increased the effective range to at least 10 yards, over the usual range out of a rifle of 10 feet.
This correspondent would like to see a manufacturer offer aluminum reverse paradox tubes for the price of an spare magazine.
It is difficult to surpass the versatility, economy, and durability of a .22 LR bolt action. With minimal care, it is expected the RB 22 should give decades, perhaps centuries of service. This correspondent predicts several hundred thousand rounds would go downrange before mechanical wear becomes a problem.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 10, 2022 (World NEWSWIRE) — LPL Economic LLC (Nasdaq:LPLA) announced these days that McLaughlin Asset Administration, Inc. has joined LPL Economic, aligned with Gladstone Wealth Partners (Gladstone), a huge business on LPL’s hybrid RIA platform. The group serves close to $600 million in advisory, brokerage and retirement plan property,* and they join LPL from Lincoln Economic Advisors.
Based mostly in Haddonfield, N.J., McLaughlin Asset Administration presents purchasers with a in depth wealth management method intended to tackle 5 crucial issues: earning sensible decisions about cash, mitigating taxes, taking care of their heirs, safeguarding their property and magnifying their charitable presents. Founded in 1991 by Taking care of Lover Michael McLaughlin, CFP®, CRPS®, RICP®, the team’s seasoned advisors are professional with orchestrating topic make a difference gurus to supply techniques to enable tackle their clients’ most difficult desires. The organization serves the large-web-worth market and specializes in doing work with pros preparing for retirement, women of all ages in changeover these as divorce or death of a partner, and closely held business enterprise proprietors preparing for a liquidation celebration.
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Why the group selected LPL Economic and Gladstone
In excess of the past yr, the group evaluated its support product and resources accessible to finest provide their clients’ intricate financial desires. Just after in depth analysis, the McLaughlin group manufactured the determination to commence to changeover to an independent hybrid RIA product to deliver far more overall flexibility to the company’s support offerings. By leveraging LPL and Gladstone’s expansive advisory abilities, the McLaughlin group is confident that they will be capable to increase their finest pondering in asset allocation, analysis and economic modeling for their clients’ portfolios.
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Hey, have you heard about Metal Jack O Lanterns? They’re these awesome creations that combine the traditional vibe of Jack O Lanterns with a cool twist of metal. These unique pieces add a touch of edginess to your Halloween decor.
Imagine a sleek, shiny pumpkin made entirely out of metal, carved with intricate designs that reflect the spooky essence of Halloween. With their metallic sheen, these Jack O Lanterns stand out from the rest, bringing a modern and captivating element to your festivities. Whether you place them on your front porch or use them as table centerpieces, Metal Jack O Lanterns are sure to intrigue and impress your guests. So, why not add a little metallic flair to your Halloween celebrations this year with Metal Jack O Lanterns? Metal Jack O Lanterns have gained popularity in recent years due to their numerous benefits and unique design options. Whether you’re looking for a durable and weather-resistant outdoor decoration or a customizable centerpiece for your event, metal Jack O Lanterns are an excellent choice. In this article, we will explore the various benefits of metal Jack O Lanterns, the different design options available, the materials used in their construction, tips for decorating with them, how to properly maintain them, their use for outdoor purposes, their sustainability as decor, DIY options, and where to purchase them.
Benefits of Metal Jack O Lanterns
One of the most significant advantages of metal Jack O Lanterns is their durability. Unlike traditional pumpkin lanterns that can easily rot or be damaged, metal Jack O Lanterns are built to last. Made from robust materials like stainless steel, aluminum, or copper, these lanterns are resistant to wear and tear. They can withstand various weather conditions, making them perfect for both indoor and outdoor use. Whether you place them on your porch or use them as table centerpieces, metal Jack O Lanterns will remain intact and looking great for years to come.
Metal Jack O Lanterns offer a wide range of design options, making them incredibly versatile decor pieces. You can choose from traditional pumpkin designs that replicate the classic Halloween vibe. These designs feature carved faces and cut-out shapes, allowing the light to shine through. If you’re looking for something more unique and trendy, there are countless modern designs available as well. From intricate patterns to abstract shapes, metal Jack O Lanterns can cater to any style preference.
Unlike their pumpkin counterparts, metal Jack O Lanterns are highly weather-resistant. They can withstand rain, snow, and even extreme heat without deteriorating. This makes them ideal for outdoor use, as they won’t be affected by the elements. You can confidently display them in your garden or patio throughout the year, without worrying about them being damaged. Metal Jack O Lanterns allow you to embrace the festive spirit without compromising on durability.
Another significant advantage of metal Jack O Lanterns is their safety features. Traditional pumpkin lanterns pose a fire hazard, especially if left unattended or placed near flammable materials. Metal Jack O Lanterns eliminate this worry, as they are typically designed to accommodate electric lights or LED candles. These alternatives provide a safe and flameless way to illuminate your decor, allowing you to enjoy the cozy glow without any risks.
Design Options for Metal Jack O Lanterns
Metal Jack O Lanterns offer a wide array of design options to suit any preference or occasion.
Traditional Pumpkin Designs
For those who appreciate the classic Halloween aesthetic, traditional pumpkin designs are perfect. These metal Jack O Lanterns often feature carved faces, similar to real pumpkins, allowing the light to create spooky patterns. They can be as simple or as intricate as desired, making them versatile enough for both casual gatherings and haunted house themes.
Trendy and Unique Designs
If you’re looking for something more contemporary, there is an abundance of trendy and unique metal Jack O Lantern designs available. From minimalist shapes to abstract patterns, these lanterns can be a stylish addition to any modern decor. With the wide range of options available, you can easily find a metal Jack O Lantern that fits your personal style.
One of the most exciting aspects of metal Jack O Lanterns is their ability to be customized. Many manufacturers offer the option to personalize your lantern by adding names, initials, or special dates. This customization can be a great way to add a unique touch to your decor and make your metal Jack O Lantern even more meaningful. Whether it’s for a wedding, anniversary, or special event, a personalized metal Jack O Lantern can be a cherished keepsake.
Materials Used in Metal Jack O Lanterns
Metal Jack O Lanterns are crafted from various materials, each with its own attributes and benefits.
Stainless steel is a popular choice for metal Jack O Lanterns due to its durability and corrosion resistance. It is highly robust and can withstand exposure to the elements, making it perfect for outdoor use. Stainless steel lanterns also have a sleek and modern appearance, adding a touch of sophistication to any setting.
Aluminum is another common material used in the construction of metal Jack O Lanterns. It is lightweight, making it easy to handle and move around. Aluminum lanterns are also resistant to rust and corrosion, ensuring longevity. With aluminum’s versatility, manufacturers can create intricate and detailed designs to enhance the overall aesthetic of the lantern.
Copper is a premium material often chosen for its elegance and unique patina. Over time, copper Jack O Lanterns develop a beautiful greenish-blue patina, adding character to the decoration. Copper lanterns are often considered works of art and can be a stunning focal point in any space.
Tips for Decorating with Metal Jack O Lanterns
When decorating with metal Jack O Lanterns, consider the following tips to create an eye-catching and cohesive display.
Choosing the Right Size
Consider the size of the space where you plan to display your metal Jack O Lanterns. If you have a large porch or garden, opt for larger lanterns to create a statement. In contrast, smaller lanterns can be grouped together on tabletops or windowsills to create an intimate ambiance. Ensure that the size of the lanterns matches the scale of the surroundings to achieve a balanced and visually appealing display.
Placement and Lighting
Think strategically about where to place your metal Jack O Lanterns for maximum impact. If you have a walkway leading up to your entrance, line it with lanterns to create an inviting path. Place lanterns at different heights to add visual interest and depth to your display. When it comes to lighting, consider using LED candles or small string lights inside the lanterns. These options not only provide a safe alternative to real flames but also create a warm and cozy atmosphere.
Accessorizing with Other Decorations
Metal Jack O Lanterns can be enhanced by incorporating other seasonal decorations. Consider using hay bales, cornstalks, or a spider web backdrop to create a festive scene. Add colorful fall leaves or twinkle lights to complement the warm glow of the lanterns. Don’t be afraid to get creative and experiment with different textures and colors to make your display truly unique.
How to Maintain Metal Jack O Lanterns
To ensure that your metal Jack O Lanterns retain their appearance and functionality, follow these maintenance tips.
Cleaning and Polishing
Regularly clean the surface of your metal Jack O Lanterns to remove any dirt or debris. Use a soft cloth or sponge with soap and water to gently scrub away any stains. Avoid using abrasive materials or harsh chemicals, as they can damage the finish. To keep the lanterns looking polished and shiny, apply a metal polish or wax according to the manufacturer’s instructions.
Storing During Off-Season
When the holiday season is over, it’s essential to store your metal Jack O Lanterns properly. Clean them thoroughly, ensuring they’re free from any moisture. Store them in a dry and cool place, away from direct sunlight or extreme temperatures. Consider wrapping or covering them with a soft cloth or bubble wrap to protect them from scratches or damage.
Metal Jack O Lanterns can be prone to rust, especially if exposed to moisture for extended periods. To prevent rust from forming, ensure that your lanterns are properly sealed and that water cannot accumulate inside. If you notice any signs of rust, gently sand the affected area and apply a rust-preventive primer and paint suitable for metal surfaces.
Metal Jack O Lanterns for Outdoor Use
Metal Jack O Lanterns are an excellent choice for outdoor use, thanks to their durable construction and weather resistance.
Metal Jack O Lanterns are built to withstand outdoor conditions, making them an ideal choice for outdoor decor. They are often made from robust materials such as stainless steel or aluminum, ensuring their longevity. Whether it’s rain, snow, or wind, these lanterns can withstand the elements without losing their functionality or appearance.
Outdoor metal Jack O Lanterns offer various lighting options to suit your preferences and ambiance. You can choose to place LED candles inside the lanterns for a warm glow or opt for string lights that wrap around the exterior. Some manufacturers even offer solar-powered options, allowing your lanterns to charge during the day and illuminate your outdoor space at night.
To ensure your outdoor metal Jack O Lanterns remain in pristine condition, consider some weatherproofing measures. Apply a clear sealant to the surface of the lanterns to protect them from rust and corrosion. Additionally, you can use weather-resistant covers or enclosures to shield the lanterns from extreme weather conditions. These precautions will help extend the life of your outdoor metal Jack O Lanterns.
Metal Jack O Lanterns as Sustainable Decor
In today’s eco-conscious world, it’s essential to consider the sustainability of our decor choices. Metal Jack O Lanterns offer several eco-friendly benefits.
Unlike traditional pumpkin lanterns that need to be replaced every year, metal Jack O Lanterns can be reused indefinitely. Their durable construction ensures that they remain intact and functional for many seasons to come. By investing in metal Jack O Lanterns, you reduce waste and contribute to a more sustainable lifestyle.
Many metal Jack O Lanterns are made from recyclable materials such as stainless steel or aluminum. These materials can be repurposed or recycled at the end of their lifespan, minimizing their impact on the environment. By opting for eco-friendly materials, you can enjoy your decor while minimizing your carbon footprint.
Metal Jack O Lanterns eliminate the need for disposable decorations that end up in landfills. They offer a long-lasting and eco-friendly alternative to traditional Halloween decor. By investing in metal Jack O Lanterns, you reduce the amount of waste generated during the holiday season and make a positive impact on the environment.
DIY Metal Jack O Lanterns
If you’re feeling crafty, you can create your own metal Jack O Lanterns with just a few materials and some creativity.
To make your own metal Jack O Lanterns, you’ll need the following materials:
- Sheet metal (such as stainless steel or aluminum)
- Glass or acrylic for the lantern openings
- Metal cutting tools (such as shears or a jigsaw)
- Sandpaper or a file for smooth edges
- Drill and bits for creating holes or patterns
- Metal glue or soldering tools for assembly
- Optional: paints or patina solutions for added color
Start by drawing and cutting out the desired shape of your metal Jack O Lantern using the sheet metal and metal cutting tools.
Once the shape is cut out, smooth any rough edges using sandpaper or a file.
Decide on the location and size of the lantern openings and mark them on the metal.
Use a drill and appropriate drill bits to create the holes or patterns for the lantern openings.
If desired, apply paint or any patina solution to add color or texture to your metal Jack O Lantern.
Once the metal pieces are ready, assemble them using metal glue or soldering tools.
Attach the glass or acrylic pieces to the lantern openings, ensuring a secure and watertight fit.
Allow the glue or solder joints to dry or cool completely.
Your DIY metal Jack O Lantern is now ready to be displayed and enjoyed!
Creative Ideas for Personal Touches
Adding personal touches to your DIY metal Jack O Lanterns can make them even more special. Consider incorporating stencils or etchings that reflect your favorite Halloween symbols or add a touch of whimsy. You can also experiment with different finishes, such as using a patina solution to create an aged look. Let your imagination run wild and create a truly unique piece that reflects your style and creativity.
Metal Jack O Lanterns for Events and Parties
Metal Jack O Lanterns can be a captivating addition to various events and parties. Whether you’re planning a wedding, a Halloween party, or a corporate event, these lanterns can enhance the ambiance and create a memorable experience.
Weddings and Celebrations
Metal Jack O Lanterns can add a touch of elegance and romance to weddings and celebrations. Place them at the entrance to greet guests, or use them as centerpieces for guest tables. You can even personalize the lanterns with the couple’s names and wedding date for a unique and memorable keepsake.
When it comes to Halloween parties, metal Jack O Lanterns are an obvious choice. Whether you opt for traditional pumpkin designs or more unique and trendy ones, these lanterns can create a spooky and festive atmosphere. Place them strategically around the venue for an eerie glow or use them as accents on a Halloween-themed dessert table.
Metal Jack O Lanterns can also be utilized for corporate events to create a welcoming and visually appealing setting. Whether it’s a holiday party, product launch, or awards ceremony, these lanterns can add a touch of sophistication and style. Place them strategically in entrance areas, on stage, or as table centerpieces to impress attendees and create a lasting impression.
Where to Buy Metal Jack O Lanterns
If you’re interested in purchasing metal Jack O Lanterns, several options are available.
Online retailers offer a wide selection of metal Jack O Lanterns, ranging from traditional to modern designs. Websites like Amazon, Etsy, or Wayfair provide a convenient shopping experience with various options and customer reviews. When purchasing online, ensure that the retailer has a secure payment platform and check customer ratings and reviews to ensure the quality of the product.
Specialty stores that focus on home decor or seasonal decorations often carry metal Jack O Lanterns. These stores often have knowledgeable staff who can provide guidance on design options and help you make an informed purchasing decision. Check your local directory or search online for specialty stores near you.
Supporting local artisans is a fantastic way to find unique and one-of-a-kind metal Jack O Lanterns. Craft fairs, farmers’ markets, or local galleries often showcase the work of talented artisans who create beautiful and innovative designs. Purchasing from local artisans not only supports small businesses but also allows you to acquire a truly unique and handmade piece.
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Guests: Leslie McDevitt & Lindsay Wood Brown
Leslie McDevitt, MLA, CDBC, CPDT-KA, is the author of the internationally popular Control Unleashed series of books and DVDs. Her books have been translated into many languages; people all over the world have learned how to use her science-based and empowering methods to help companion, performance, and working dogs learn how to function optimally without stress in very challenging environments. If you have a dog that worries about stuff—other dogs, people, noises, the unexpected—Leslie has many fun counter-conditioning games just for you. Leslie is a popular conference speaker and is especially proud to be a presenter at ClickerExpo and a consultant for the Penn Vet Working Dog Center.
Lindsay Wood Brown is a board-certified Associate Applied Animal Behaviorist (ACAAB) with a master’s degree in Animal Behavior and I just love her. Did I just make this awkward? Oh well. With a stacked professional portfolio, Lindsay has a long history of leadership and building high-functioning teams within animal shelters, is no stranger to teaching workshops and also serves as a faculty member for Karen Pryor Academy and Clicker Expo.
In this episode we discuss:
- What is arousal?
- How does arousal show up in our training?
- How does arousal affect both people and dogs?
- How arousal affects reinforcers.
- Discussing “eating as behavior” and how to build functional food drive with a dog that won’t eat.
This podcast is supported by: Control Unleashed Over the Top Workshop
This workshop will teach you how to help your dogs modulate their arousal level to find the perfect balance of excited and relaxed that they need to succeed in sport and life. Join us on May 27th and 28th in Julian, NC, watch the live stream from your location, or watch on-demand at any time!
Lindsay: [00:00:00] Figuring out what is actually inherently reinforcing for Sonnet, because food I had screwed all up. But chasing me? That was really reinforcing for him. So he’d look up at the squirrel, I’d say “yes,” he’d orient, I’d take off running.
Hannah: And he would bring you down like a gazelle.
Hey there, fellow training nerds. You’re listening to Drinking From The Toilet. And I’m your host, Hannah Branigan: teacher, trainer, podcaster, and author of the book Awesome Obedience and its companion, Awesome Obedience: The Field Guide, which you can get either or both anytime you like from clickertraining.com.
So this week I am bringing you a very special episode with two [00:01:00] very popular guests – Leslie McDevitt and Lindsay Wood Brown – and a conversation about arousal, which is a very popular topic. So we got together to jam on this topic specifically. Well, it’s one we talk about together all the time anyways. Please reference episode number 69 on arousal with Lindsay. But specifically because we wanted to tell you all about a workshop that we’re giving together at the end of this month, which is the month of May, 2023. This is really a cool project. I’m excited about this. We’ve been talking about it for a while and we finally figured out how to make it happen.
So this is a workshop that’s going to be held simultaneously live and in person as well as virtually. And the whole thing is focusing on helping your dogs modulate their arousal level, finding that perfect balance of excited and relaxed so you can be focused and control, but also like awake and fast with low latency and enthusiasm, all the things that [00:02:00] we want and need to be successful in sport and in life. How do you adjust that thermostat?
And this is a very much a group effort. There’s a bunch of us that are all descending on the small town of Julian, North Carolina. We have Dr. Sophie Liu, Lindsay Wood Brown, myself, of course, Leslie McDevitt, Julie Daniels and Adam Skandarani.
We’re gonna cover everything from the neuroscience behind arousal regulation all the way into the most practical ways to actually teach and work with arousal in your everyday training. So all the skills that we’re gonna teach, we’re gonna be presenting in both sports contexts and also more generally, so that hopefully you have the tools that you need to understand how to support your over the top dog in whatever context arousal comes up for you.[00:03:00]
So how the whole thing is gonna work: this is a live workshop. It is in North Carolina, so not too far from where I am. We do have 10 working dog and handler teams. I think that’s already full and chosen. And what we’re planning to do is we’re gonna have some presentations with Q&As and then also training sessions with the working teams. So you’ll be able to talk about the theory, ask questions, and then see it in action with a lot of different kinds of dogs and handlers, which I really like for getting a full understanding of how to apply a particular technique or concept.
This is all happening May 27th and 28th Eastern time starting at like nine o’clock in the morning. Because of course it is a dog activity, so we have to start early in the morning. (Could be worse, could be tracking.) And you’ll be able to attend live and in person if you would like and then there’s also a live stream and on demand version, which are [00:04:00] being hosted through Clean Run. So that means you can again, show up in person, hang out with us, we would love that. You can catch the live stream so you can watch along with us in real time if your schedule allows that. And you’ll be able to watch the recordings in the Learning Center on the Clean Run website at at any time. You have lifetime access to those recordings. And yes, you can get CEUs for attendance.
For the specific guests that we have today hanging out with us on this episode, you probably already recognize Leslie McDevitt’s name. Of course, if you’ve been following the podcast for a while, she’s been on multiple episodes. We love to hang out and talk. And at least at the time of this recording, she is not mad at me! And Leslie, just so you know, I’m also not mad at you right now. We’ll update later.
So we talk all the time. Her books Control Unleashed and her more recent books and her videos have influenced a lot of us that train in that positive reinforcement and particularly [00:05:00] in the sports world. They kinda changed how we think about things like arousal. Her books teach very science-based and empowering methods that help companion, performance and working dogs learn how to function optimally and manage stress in very challenging environments.
And then we’re also hanging out with Lindsay Wood Brown. Again, you’ll remember her from several other episodes. She’s a board certified Associate Applied Animal Behaviorist (ACAAB) with a master’s degree in animal behavior and I just love her. She’s a really good friend. She’s also really influenced both my teaching and my training. I hope I haven’t made this awkward for her (I probably have), but Lindsay, I’m not mad at you. I hope you’re not mad at me. So she’s got a just truly stacked professional portfolio and a long history of leadership and building high functioning teams, primarily within an animal shelter environment. She’s also no stranger to teaching workshops and also serves as a faculty member for Karen Pryor Academy and Clicker Expo.
So from here, that’s enough lead up. [00:06:00] Let’s jump into our conversation and let’s talk about arousal.
Hannah: Alright. We’re here to talk about arousal in general, and I thought it might be interesting to start with a general conversation around “what is arousal, how do we define it, how does it show up,” like maybe we can talk some about how it shows up in our own personal training, if that works for y’all?
Leslie: The people or the dogs?
Hannah: I mean, that’s actually a really good point because that’s relevant–
Leslie: If it’s like a stress type thing and you’re upregulated, it certainly shows up in your training. Just thinking about it.
Lindsay: If I have any sort of agenda in my training – if I get in front of Sonnet and I’ve got some agenda – there is some level of arousal that I come into that training session with and he is much more likely to [00:07:00] not engage. That’s hard.
Leslie: Interesting. What behaviors– Like, what does it look like when you feel like that, when you’re interacting with him? (I feel like I’m on NPR somehow?)
Lindsay: Agreed. Sonnet, he’s two now and he’s been a pretty significant challenge and also this wonderful thing in my life. But when I first got him, there were these kind of behavior things that were unexpected. Then there were some expected ones, right? And if I looked at some of the unexpected ones, they were those high arousal behaviors, screaming at the sight of another dog, refusing to eat. Not unexpected, right? Right, right. Icelandic sheep dog.
I think the piece that was unexpected for me [00:08:00] was not just refusal to eat in those high arousal conditions, but lack of interest in food overall. If I didn’t have really strong feelings around labeling him as “not food motivated,” I would’ve labeled him as “not food motivated.”
So I have this new puppy and I’m excited to teach everything and train all of the things that I’ve wished to do and play with over the past few years that I haven’t had a dog. And I would get out my treats and start a training session and I was “I’m gonna work on transport, like I’m gonna practice all of these exciting things” and I think my stance, having the food, all of it, he just was not interested.
Leslie: That is so frustrating because I’ve been going through that too. [00:09:00] So I know personally how frustrating that is. Like, I have other tools to use, but that’s my favorite one!
Lindsay: That one is really important to me and I’m really excited to do it and I wanna teach you all of the things. And I have an agenda. If it’s clear to him that I have some agenda, he’s out. Now we’ve made huge progress, but this was what it looked like for those first few months.
Leslie: Interesting. Do you find it, either of you, that if you’re filming something, that makes it worse? Because the only time I feel like I have an agenda in my training is when – and this is usually the only time that I’m training, ironically – is that I have to make a video for something and I’m like, “Alright dogs, come over here. I’m [00:10:00] making this webinar. I just need to catch this.” And I’m already in like a mood because I don’t like doing that. And they’re like, “Dude?”
Hannah: Oh yeah, the camera, setting up to record– Now if I’m just recording a training session for my own purposes, not so much anymore. But if I am recording a video with the intent to capture or show something specifically, then that definitely affects it. And certainly doing any kind of live demo or training on Zoom is absolutely introducing an additional layer of something performance related has a lot in common with any performance: teaching, public speaking, being at a dog show, teaching a [00:11:00] seminar.
Leslie: I was just thinking about that. I was thinking that when I’m at a dog show, there’s still still some element with me of like a sense of humor. I’m like, “This is ridiculous. I’m so nervous and I can’t believe that I’m–” But when I’m doing a video like for a webinar or something, I’m in a really different mindset. It always starts with me going, “I thought I was gonna be training dogs for a living and being outside all the time and working with animals and now I’m just at my computer.” It starts with that and only gets worse as I’m making the webinar. I don’t have that much of a sense of humor. Which is one of one of the ways that I deal with arousal from stress and things like that, you know? There’s just nothing funny about it. So.
Hannah: Maybe we should back up. Does anybody have a [00:12:00] working definition of arousal?
Leslie: Lindsay does. What is it?
Hannah: I didn’t wanna make eye contact, but–
Lindsay: I mean, I just have to spit something out. I don’t have a great definition, but I would say it’s that level of activation or alertness that an animal displays, right? It’s made up of all of these things, these physiological responses and behaviors that we see, and I think we just lump it all in there and we call it arousal.
Lindsay: That’s not really a good working definition, but that was just what–
Leslie: No, it makes sense to me. I mean, like, functionally, what we need to understand about it in order to recognize the behavioral manifestations of it so that we’re not like, “my dog is this and that,” and like labeling them [00:13:00] certain things. We can take a step back and go, “oh, at least there’s some kind of arousal. What’s the antecedent to that? How are we gonna support them so they can regulate it?”
So that’s helpful even if we don’t understand deeper than that, like “What is actually happening? What is activated, what chemicals are these, right?” I don’t know, as far as labeling things go, to say like, “Well, that’s arousal.” At I think it gives people an idea of like, “There’s something happening behind the scenes here,” you know? Gotta address more than just what the animal’s doing. Like something is making these things happen that’s causing this behavior.
Lindsay: The physiological pieces that are happening in there, I don’t know what they all are. The behaviors that I observe and this dog look like [00:14:00] this, you know? Behaviors I observe my dog may look a little bit different. But I think typically there’s some topography that we all tend to label as high arousal. If I think of the shelter dogs, it’s the kind of vertical behavior, right? They’re at the kennel front and they’re jumping, they’re barking, it’s all of those noisy pieces. I think they often will not take food. That’s what we see in the short term–
Hannah: I agree, of course, but also like I have a border collie laying on my feet right now and it can look both exactly the same and then it can also look totally different. I’ve had a similar experience with my [00:15:00] Belgians and I’m thinking of Spark in particular where, for her, it almost comes like full circle like the snake eating its tail, like the more stiller-er she is, the closer we are to the leaping and the screaming. And Fig is very much like that, where like the more excited– Oh, I’m having a hard time not just swapping out a different label that’s the same thing.
So one of the challenges that I have when I’m trying to talk about a training plan and kind of – this is gonna be a long journey, but if you stick with me, I hope to bring the plane into land with as many metaphors as possible – is that we say, “well, why is he barking? Because he’s aroused.” But that can’t be a cause, right? Like that’s, that [00:16:00] might be a description, but it can’t be a cause. But there is definitely something in there that I need to account for, right?
Now part of it has to be described in terms of observable behaviors, because that’s all I have in the field, right? Like when I’m looking at a dog and I’ve got my toy or my treats or whatever, all I’ve got is like looking at him and what I can see and if he’s pointed at me, maybe I can see things that like we– I think probably have the most overlap in terms like pupil dilation and stuff, but only if he’s pointed at me and I’m quite close.
So that’s not that helpful. And then I try to describe, you know, “Oh, well, if they’re barking.” Well, I feel like probably most dogs that are barking would also have other things going on that we would throw in that arousal bucket. Probably most [00:17:00] dogs that are like feet off the floor in any way are probably also gonna have other things going on that we would throw in that bucket.
But also like a totally still staring at a squirrel sticky border collie sticky behavior? So like Rugby my border terrier can come out of his crate clacking like a malinois under really specific circumstances, which is why I blame myself because I am fairly confident I have done this. Depending on the day, sometimes I have regrets and other times I’m fine with it. But in general, if the dog I’m working with is pulling my clothes off, probably there’s other things going on. So it’s like trying to isolate like one thing isn’t sufficient, and then it also doesn’t necessarily tell me what to do, right?
So, [00:18:00] and this is kind of tough and I think I’m gonna mostly stick to how we talk– When I’m talking about arousal, I’m mostly thinking of it in the way that we are mostly using it in dog training circles. Because I do think it’s used differently in a more like neurophysiology/neuroscience field kind of way, like the action potentials and things.
But for our purposes– And I don’t even remember where we started and I should probably stop talking in a second; I should have stopped talking a minute or three minutes ago, but– I’ve got two things and then I’m gonna mute myself and let you take over, okay.
One category that I think ties in here is the behaviors that we tag with “arousal” that we don’t like. They’re problem behaviors for our [00:19:00] purposes, at least in this context. Leaping at the front of a door, throwing your body at the front door of your house or the door to your kennel, biting your handler in the ring, tearing your handler’s clothes.
Leslie: Not being able to eat around other dogs that smell really good.
Hannah: Yeah. AKC does not like that. So there’s that. Asterisk: is it the arousal or is it the barking that’s the problem? Okay. We can come back to that. Maybe.
But then there’s also where it might be a problem– or, ohhh, now I have a third parenthesis here. Okay. But I’m not gonna, I’m gonna stick to the two that I originally described.
And then there’s the scenario where you’re trying to train a behavior that you do want and then something happens to that behavior under conditions that we are labeling or tagging with “arousal.” And [00:20:00] I can give you an example cause I have one of those right now that I am working through – hopefully, hopefully working through, think we’ve established a trajectory at this point [fingers crossed tone of voice] – where… Well now I may as well:
So with Figment we’ve been working on his retrieve recently and his formal retrieve. So he has several different versions of very useful play retrieves for Frisbee and balls and things like that. But when I bring a dumbbell in and I need that more control, I want like all of the speed out to get it, a clean pickup and a lot of speed back and then a controlled and precise sit and hold in front of me.
We lose that last part.
Or rather, it’s one or the other. So if I’m doing it indoors and things are like, the whole situation’s very controlled and there’s not a lot of speed associated with it, pretty happy with the [00:21:00] hold that he gives me, he’ll give me good duration, he’s very still, and the sit is there. So like that’s coming along really nicely.
But as soon as I add a throw, some running and some speed, he’s now leaping out, flinging himself on the dumbbell, galumphs back and then flings the thing in the air and plays with it like a 40 pound cat, cracks me in the kneecaps with it. So… that won’t work. It’s not meeting my needs. So we’re trying to isolate some pieces of that and making some progress on it.
But it was just so funny to me because I’ve seen it a hundred thousand times in other people’s dogs and then there’s something else when it’s your dog doing it to your shins in your own yard [00:22:00] and you’re like, “God, I gotta fix this.” But it is very state-dependent in a way. So what do you think?
Lindsay: Didn’t you have a third one?
Leslie: It was in parentheses. We still wanna hear it.
Hannah: So the parentheses… fine. It was kind of the opposite, where I have a dog that’s too flat, right? And I was actually thinking about that when Lindsay first started talking and then we went a different direction with it.
But like, I’ll have two versions of crappy training sessions. (Well, no, I have many. I have many more. But two that come in here!) One is where I come in and I’m too worked up to begin with for whatever reason. It may be because I’m doing it like with people watching me and there’s like some other contingencies in play. But it could also be that I’m just coming into it [00:23:00] when things unrelated to the training session have me already kind of a little extra for whatever reason. And that’s usually not gonna be our best training session under those circumstances. Treats are gonna get dropped. Fine motor skills go out the window. Timing. Cues become odd.
And then the other side usually comes up in the scenario where I feel like I should be training and I am supposed to be training but I’m kind of tired and I’m not really fully engaged with the session. And again, I tend to do really crappy training under those circumstances.
But I think we encounter that in sports probably more so where we want a lot of the stuff that comes in the bucket with arousal, but maybe not everything in the bucket. [00:24:00]
Leslie: Right. A controlled form. Now, can we teach those behaviors without the arousal or not?
Lindsay: Yeah. Can you raise the conditions?
Leslie: There’s a dog, there’s a ridgeback– I’m actually taking my Belgian to an obedience class right now. There’s a ridgeback in the class that just understands everything, I think already has a CD, but she’s just like slow and her tail’s kinda down, but every so often she just – I don’t know, finds something to smile about. She starts to trot and she looks so adorable, and then that kind of fades off and she’s like morose again. And she does everything technically nicely, but she just looks like Eeyore except for these moments and then she’s trotting and she looks so adorable. And I’m always like, “See, [00:25:00] I would go back and reteach all the behaviors, but with the bounciness.”
And so that’s why I said what I said. I was thinking about her specifically. I just want that bounciness in there. I don’t wanna see a sad obedience routine. Like I don’t care that she’s in the right position. I want the bounce back!
Hannah: I always think of Patty Ruzzo’s “ears up and eyes bright.”
Leslie: So you could go– You could work on that by trying to just kind of amp up, which I think is what sport people go to. But you could also could just like say “click for bounce,” so you could work inside out or outside in to get the same result.
Hannah: I [00:26:00] would actually wonder if that is the same result though.
Leslie: Okay. So tell us more.
Hannah: Well, I’m just thinking– So earlier in my journey, let’s say when I had a dog that seemed flat, flatter than I wanted in training, what I learned and replicated was to jolly them up. Right? Get out the tug toy, smack the tug toy on the ground, poke the dog, push them around, get ’em excited, get ’em biting the toy and then go do the thing.
Leslie: Mm-hmm. Yeah. This is what we have all learned.
Hannah: With the dogs that I did that with, what would often happen is I would get a better session in the moment, but usually [00:27:00] not reliably better over time. And in fact, trying that made more than one dog avoid me in the situations where I was trying to jolly them up or it just wouldn’t work. Like I was having to increase the dose of cocaine every time to try to get the same outcome, but not always.
Leslie: There’s pressure on you too, to do that.
Hannah: Oh yeah.
Leslie: Versus just isolate what you like and click it and reinforce it.
Hannah: I felt like I started getting different and I would venture to say more reliable results when I flipped around to like what you were just saying: effectively “get something but then reward with the reward procedure that had those higher energy pieces to it, like the dog moves first [00:28:00] in some way.” That’s how I’ve explained it to students and teams. If the dog initiates it in some way so I’m not like, “Oh, my dog is showing like mild avoidance of me or not-so-mild avoidance of me? Let me become way more intense in his direction! And the only way he can get me to just chill out is to bite my toy!”
And I have thought of that from a kinda more of a classical respondent kind of formula where previously I was feeding the dog and then ringing the bell. And I mean, I guess sometimes the dog was still drooling at the time that I rang the bell and I called it successful? [00:29:00] But now I’m a little– I try to ring the bell and then feed the dog, even if I have to ring it really, really quietly at first.
There’s room for a lot of nuance too.
Leslie: There is. I’m thinking about dressage horses right now and how ridiculous it would be to tell a dressage trainer, like, “Oh, just your horse needs to be more excited! Go run it around and whatever!”
Hannah: We do that! We call it a lunge line! But it’s usually not to get them more excited.
Leslie: But it’s to tire them out!
So let’s look at the other side of that coin, which is the dogs that are not flat. Because a lot of [00:30:00] sport people have been told to jolly those dogs up too when what we’re labeling as “arousal” right now is causing distraction and inability to perform how we want them to or whatever. And I still have had a lot of friends be told the same advice that you were told for a dog that was being flat, “get them tugging,” all that stuff, to sort of make the person more interesting or whatever for focus reasons. But a dog that’s already past that point– I feel like it’s this Bandaid situation where they may focus on you for like a period of time, but they’re not learning the performance behaviors that you want with the focus that you want over the long term.
And also I’ve seen it go terribly wrong, like if there’s other dogs [00:31:00] around. I was in a situation once where a trainer was telling somebody to tug with their dog because the dog wanted to watch other dogs run. And the dog did tug, so then the trainer was like, “See, that’s all you need to do!” And then as soon as that dog – which was a big German shepherd – dropped her tug toy, she saw my friend’s border collie running and she just went after her. Because you’re not addressing anything in that moment. I mean, redirection is important, but it shouldn’t be your only go-to.
Lindsay: You’re using that high arousal reinforcer though, right? That tug toy. But that dog is already super amped up.
Hannah: But there’s something to, if you have to substitute a function, having reinforcers that are closer together is usually more effective than… [00:32:00] In my experience – and you guys chime in here – but in my experience, trying to take like the other side of what I have tried to do from that is, “Well, I’ll teach this dog to lie on a mat and eat food and do a down stay in the presence of this running dog.” And that is also a terrible disaster most of the time. And everyone ends up in tears. And by everyone, I mean me.
Leslie: So you can’t teach these things in the moment, right? So if you know you have a dog with an issue and you use the tug because you’re in that moment and you need to address now, and that’s the state that they’re in and you need like a reinforcer that’s similar to what they’re already doing and all that? That’s one thing. But then you wanna make a note, “Oh, here’s some conditions that cause these behaviors” so that you can [00:33:00] go back and set them up with what I think of as questions.
It doesn’t have to be on a mat eating food necessarily, but I would still ask some questions. Like, okay, so we’ll just look at eating food for now: “Can you eat a treat while this dog is standing at this distance, maybe behind a barrier, whatever setup, you know? Can you do that while they are walking? Can you do it while they’re walking faster? Can you do it while they’re walking even faster than that? Can you do it if you’re walking while they’re walking?”
Hannah: I think of that as shaping. And I think there’s also a place for shaping– Like there’s the shaping in the manipulation of the A, the antecedent, and then there’s shaping of the behavior. [00:34:00]
And I’m thinking about all of my herding dogs, German Shepherds and Belgians, which are the breeds I have probably the most experience with of anything. Often a down-stay is like step 16 of like to harder behaviors. And so “Can I get you moving in some sort of rhythmic, predictable patterned kinda way” usually.
Leslie: Yeah, no, I don’t do stays.
Hannah: No, I know that. I know that. But I didn’t realize that– I don’t know. That was one thing I had to come to because like, my first dog was a hound and for him a down-stay or a sit-stay at heel wasn’t that big a deal. But holy crap, trying to make Stormy my first terv do a down-stay under those conditions – even like the LaCroix of arousing [00:35:00] conditions was hard for her and I didn’t realize that and I dug a lot of holes. Whereas something like moving from one mat to another, back and forth–
Leslie: Right, get the movement in there!
Hannah: –was totally different than the “frenetic, spinning, spiraling, screaming head popping off her neck” set of behaviors that we were trying to move away from. That was an easier– That was her walking meditation, right?
Leslie: It is! It’s like walking meditation. It’s like a structured movement. And for dogs that don’t wanna be still, it’s actually okay. You can shape it towards being more still for longer if you need that.
Hannah: And that it was in the middle that that I found your book and was like, “Well, I’ll try this, whatever.”
Leslie: So you had Stormy when you found it? This is the first [00:36:00] Stormy story that I’m hearing. I met Gambit and I didn’t–
Hannah: No, because I was trying to do down on a mat, relax on a mat with her and she was just becoming more explosive.
Now I could do better with exactly that now than at that time. But she was becoming more explosive and got to the point where she was barking while on her mat in a down. I was like, “Well, this is terrible. This is the opposite of the right direction!” But she could go from her crate to a mat, back to her crate, back to a mat, back to her crate, back to a mat. And she would fall into this like rhythmic kind of loop movement. And her mouth would close and her eyes would like get back in her skull. And then I could have her down on the mat for a little bit.
Leslie: Right. You could a little bit, go back in to a pattern that they’re okay with, that they can do and are okay with.[00:37:00]
Hannah: Yeah. And that was without– At that point, there wasn’t a lot of strategy to it. It was just like banging around in the dark and like, “At least right now she’s not barking at me. So let’s try to do that again!”
Leslie: I get very stressed out with barking. I’m very auditory defensive. I don’t like it. I feel like I’m under pressure or something and I don’t like it. It doesn’t work well for me.
Hannah: No, it’s very aversive for me. Particularly that kind of barking. That high-pitched, frustrated – well, now I know what was frustrated – barking is really hard for me to work with, but yeah.
Leslie: Yes. I like working with it now because I know that I can stop it.
Hannah: Now that I have like a sense of like, “These [00:38:00] are some of the knobs and switches that we could adjust. I don’t know exactly which ones for this particular dog, but I’m confident that I’ll be able to work through– like here’s three things I could try first. One of these is likely to do something. Now I have the information. I know where to go.”
Leslie: Yeah. And you know what? That’s the theme of our weekend that we’re gonna be doing together. We’re gonna be doing a weekend about working with arousal and arousal regulation, and it’s what you just said: giving people more knobs and switches that they can use. Right? It’s a knobs and switches kind of weekend.
Because we have worked with this for a lot of years and there are things that you can do and it’s like systematic. You can feel like you have a plan, a systematic plan, that can be adjusted for each dog. We have things that we know help so that you don’t have to feel like, [00:39:00] “Well, it’s either tugging or a down-stay.” There’s all kinds of things in between those two states that you can use.
Hannah: Yeah. No, I think that’s the shaping. I think of it very much as application of shaping skills, right? The like, “what’s the easiest for this dog? Is it going from movement towards stillness? Or is it starting from stillness and going towards movement? And then what are the things in the environment?”
That’s one of the big pieces. I think you do a really good job– actually, both of you. Lindsay – I’m pointing at her square on my screen like anyone has any idea what I’m doing?
Lindsay, both of you do a really good job of describing and breaking down the conditions and I think that gets skipped a lot. I think when we get locked into talking about a arousal as a [00:40:00] thing, we can easily end up trying to have a conversation about it in the abstract and I think that’s where we get derailed.
Leslie: That makes sense! Because it’s not just one thing, right? There’s internal conditions that are boiling around there.
Hannah: I think about that a lot. Yes.
Leslie: There’s the interaction of all these things. I mean, we can say, “Oh, it’s arousal,” because that’s an easy way to describe an issue. But yeah, there’s so much going on. That’s why I do love hearing from the neuroscience-y people. It just gives you a perspective, you know?
Lindsay: All of the different conditions. Right? Like with Sonnet, one of the things that was hard for me was he felt so different from shelter dogs who were displaying what I would’ve labeled “over aroused behavior and not eating.” Sonnet was not eating unless he was a [00:41:00] little bit amped up. Right? And that was interesting and that I think kind of threw me for a little bit of a loop. And he’s a breed that has a tendency to bark when he’s amped. “You’re not eating but you will sometimes take food if there’s a squirrel in the tree… so how do I…”
Hannah: So how do I squirrel, right?
Lindsay: So how do I get you eating? Because actually that was really the only behavior I cared about for quite a while and is still probably the primary behavior that I really– is eating behavior. He could not eat in super high arousal conditions. The sight of another dog was, I would say, one of unpleasant valence and high arousal, but the squirrel in the treetop, he’ll eat.
So I [00:42:00] made an inference that there seems to be some level of pleasant valance. Like he seems to be feeling good. How do I get you eating in these different conditions, but I also really don’t want that barking behavior that you are highly likely to do. And like, how do I deal with this? I was concerned that I was going to get eating behavior with the squirrel in the treetop and also get barking behavior. And how do I get in that loop soon enough, early enough, right? Where I’ve got the conditions of the squirrels and the treetop and you are oriented towards the squirrel, but you have not yet started barking.
Lindsay: How do I reinforce that orienting, are you with me? But I can’t like– Reinforcing it with food may or may not work. Reinforcing it with something of a higher kind of [00:43:00] arousal topography like chase will work, but I really need you eating. But shit, I can’t have you barking! Am I making sense? Like it was–
Hannah: No, you are making sense! Like you just described all of my training problems. Like all of it! Like with Fig– So first, Fig, totally similar patterns. If I like just get him out of a crate or we’re just like in the living room and I could hand him a piece of ham and he would be like, “What? No.” He might even at this point take it from me out of politeness and just like have it in his mouth, like play with lips and then he’ll like put it on the ground and rugby will be like, “Well–”
But then yes, if there’s something very exciting like a ceiling fan, also the eating goes away, but it’s finding that sweet spot, right?
But for my sports [00:44:00] training, I want all of the sharpness and speed and the “ears up, eyes bright,” low latency, I want all of that picture and I want him to STFU. It’s really hard.
Or in the case of the retrieve where something’s in his mouth and he doesn’t often bark with something in his– God, knock on wood. Now I’ve jinxed myself. But I want all of the speed out to the dumbbell without flinging it at my kneecaps. So it’s trying to slice out, “I want this behavior out of the bucket. Can I like filter this out? And what adjustments exactly do I need to make to get that particular section of that Venn diagram?”
Lindsay: Yeah. How do I arrange the conditions just so and I’ve titrated everything just perfectly and I have the right reinforcer at the right moment?
Leslie: Good luck! [00:45:00] I am wondering what would happen if you took yourself out of that picture. Does he have a behavior where he puts the dumbbell in something like a box or something like that?
Hannah: We do have retrieved to basket. It’s also there. The flinging is equally there. So it’s not just me. And he actually plays with himself in this exact manner in the yard with his basketball carcass. That’s like his favorite hobby outside of staring at the cat. He throws it up in the air to himself and then he pounces on it and he’ll shake it and he throws it to himself again.
Leslie: Oh, that’s so cute.
Hannah: It’s very cute. And in the yard, I don’t care. So that’s fine. But that’s actually where I– This is not ready for prime time, but something I’m exploring is the idea that, “well, this is actually [00:46:00] how he likes to play with things, one of the ways he likes to play with things. So, can I use this behavior that he is already doing to reinforce holding the dumbbell for just a little bit longer and just a little bit longer? So can I give him something that’s more fun to fling on cue and under stimulus control?” So that’s what I’ve been working on is cultivating the flinging behavior with a soft rubber toy that, one, doesn’t hurt my knees as much if he gets me with it and I think is more inviting than the dumbbell itself. So that’s what I’m playing with, like just at the beginning stages. Because I had to do a lot of brainstorming and then trying to figure out what object and how to work with that and now I’m getting that on cue. That’s what I’m gonna see. Maybe I’ll be able report back in a [00:47:00] few weeks or months.
Leslie: Interesting. I’m gonna want an update on that.
Hannah: Fingers crossed. It’ll be fun if it works.
Leslie: Yeah, it’ll be fun. It’ll be fun and adorable.
My main thing I’ve been working on teaching eating as a behavior to my puppy, little schipperke mix puppy, because he reads a certain stage of adolescence and just lost interest in food, like you were talking about with Sonnet. No negative valence about dogs, loves dogs, but was just so interested in them that he just didn’t– just kind of “No, thank you. I’d much rather–”
And it’s like some dogs like that, if they just can’t have access to the other dog – say they’re at the training building or whatever – they’ll be like, “Well, I’d [00:48:00] prefer that, but I don’t have access to it, so I think I’ll eat.” But he would just lie down facing the door. Like if there were dogs in the parking lot of the training building and I had him in the lobby of the training building offering him anything, he would just lie down at facing the door and just, “I wonder who might be in the parking lot.”
And so I really had to start at square one and teach him eating is a behavior – which is a phrase I got from you, Lindsay and I love that. And I made eating contingent on doing lots of things. It was very hard. But I did manage to shape him to eat in order for me to let him out of the crate in the car in the parking lot of the building, because that was a place where he was just a thousand percent in that sticky state of just wanting to come out. And then I had to fight with myself internally about, “but I could just use the functional [00:49:00] reward.” But the thing is, letting him out was not gonna stop the sticky state.
Hannah: No. And I think zero training minutes are ever wasted cultivating your reinforcement behaviors. Plus with a baby dog, working on the food eating behaviors, your food-based reinforcement procedures, that’s an huge investment.
Lindsay: Yeah. I’ve spent two years now.
Leslie: Yeah. I spent so much time that I made a webinar about it.
Hannah: No, I think you can never go wrong–
You can, but I think that’s the same thing as like in a training session, like, “Oh, well, I know Fig would take a toy and so I could today swap to using the toy for this training session.” And if I did that one time, it is probably fine. That would [00:50:00] just be a choice. There would be a training choice that I made in the moment. But if I do that many times, over time, I’m definitely not making my job any easier. And I’m actually making it harder because now I’ve established a dynamic that can get problematic.
So I really– And the more weird dogs that the universe brings to me, and weird in different ways, the more I’m like, “Oh, I really should, as much as I had my agenda for this training session and what I wanted to work on was heeling, it is really in my best interest to shelve the heeling for the moment and work on this reinforcement problem.”
Leslie: Yeah. No, I think it’s really important.
And the other thing is like– For most dogs, I teach them to turn around in the doorway of the training building. [00:51:00] I kind of shape it into a start button so that they can tell you like, “Walk in with me,” you know? Because there’s always dogs, other things happening on the other side of those doors. But I couldn’t worry about teaching a turn around in that space because he couldn’t even eat in that space.
But luckily, outside of that space, I had already done a lot of counterconditioning to being picked up and eat when you’ve been picked up. So he didn’t want my kids to pick him up, so they’re only allowed to pick him up if we did it with a cue and food. So he had learned to eat from being picked up and then being put down. And it’s possible he learned to eat in order to be put down by my kids. That’s possible.
Hannah: I love that.
Leslie: So I was like, “Okay, no amount of luring, begging, crying is gonna turn this dog’s head around.”
Hannah: Did you try threats?
Leslie: I tried all the threats. [00:52:00] I picked him up and he can eat in the doorway with the door open if he’s picked up. So I started from that point. And now like I wait for him to look at me before I pick him up so there’s like an attention start buttony thing. The looking at me at the door of the training building causes me to pick him up, he eats, I put him down, I feed him a second time when he is down. And if he does that, then I run into the rest of the building with him.
Hannah: No, that’s perfect! You made a little container to have a moving point of success. I love that!
Leslie: Yeah. And so there is the functional– there’s the constructive stuff happening because I am taking him in there. Like he and I have the same goal. I wanna take him in there. Yes. I can take him in there under the conditions that he’s giving me. Like he can’t be in a class if I can’t use the reinforcement [00:53:00] that is available. And taking him to sniff another dog’s ass is not available. Not all dogs are into that, you know?
But I was able to teach him sort of the way that you teach a puppy to like switch between toys and food and stuff like that. It was like, “Okay, you can sniff with this dog, now you’re gonna eat, now you can sniff a little bit more, now you’re gonna eat.” So now being around dogs means you’re gonna be eating a lot food. And so he can interact and then stop and then eat. And there’s a lot of social facilitation going on where the other dog wants to eat so he can do what the other dog is doing. But he couldn’t do it without a lot of steps, you know? And he couldn’t do it at the building.
We were talking about the external factors and figuring them out earlier in this conversation. So I had the same dogs he saw at the building, I invited them over and he learned to eat [00:54:00] with them here and then we would go over there.
But I had this lofty goal of like, “I’ll teach him that seeing a dog is contingent on eating and therefore he will have a treat and then see the dog.” And of course, he wasn’t capable of doing that, and so I had to just chuck that plan out the window and have him “play and then eat” enough times that I could just kind of make it, “Well, now that we’ve played and eaten a number of times, maybe I can trick you into doing it first.” So I was able eventually to make playing contingent on eating first, but it took a lot of finesse and thinking. It took a lot of thinking.
Lindsay: Yes. Yeah, I hear that. I feel like with Sonnet, it took a lot of thinking for me to figure out how to get him to eat. Because he wouldn’t eat in the presence of other dogs, even those that he played with [00:55:00] regularly, right? So I had to figure out “what are those conditions in which he will take food?”
And this is a dog that he was just not all that interested in food anyway. He didn’t rush to his food bowl at mealtime. He’s just not an eater. There was a level of inappetence really that I would– some other things there happening.
But when I did a lot of thinking and then kind of focused on “what are those conditions in which he does eat,” I just did the thing I never thought I would do. I left food in his food bowl so I could start to attend to “When do you go to that food bowl?” Right? And one of the times that he would was after he’d been outdoors chasing squirrels: he’d come inside and go straight to the food bowl. When my daughters come home from school, he greets them and goes straight to the food bowl.
Leslie: That’s interesting!
Lindsay: Really fascinating. And so [00:56:00] that’s what I did first and it was so hard because– That’s not what I did first, that’s what I did after a great–
Hannah: After the first three things you tried failed. Yeah.
Lindsay: Right! After trying to offer food and offer food and offer food. Until I was at the point where like, I was starting to poison food. Like I truly was–
Leslie: Yes! You’re doing this.
Lindsay: It was a horrible feeling, right? Absolutely. You know, my outstretched hand to my puppy was being met with like look-aways. Like my hand even then going into the treat bag was becoming aversive. I had this dog in this like negative reinforcement contingency and I was a freaking mess, you know? He just wants to escape anytime I reached into a treat bag! Like that feels awful for a positive reinforcement trainer when you have a new puppy! [00:57:00]
The first thing I did was all the wrong things, but then once I got my shit together a little bit and started looking at it from the perspective of, I don’t know, a behaviorist or something?
Leslie: Something that I’m supposed to be!
Hannah: And that’s the hardest when it’s your own dog! It is so hard.
It’s very easy for me to tell like Leslie and you that, “You know, any training session, even though you meant to do something else but you just spent it trying to get your dog to take a treat, that’s still a good training session.” That applies to both of you.
Hannah: Not easy for me to internalize. I have to constantly remind myself, like “[deep, long-suffering sigh] Reinforcement drive behavior and investing in your reinforcement procedures is never a bad investment…”
Lindsay: Well it’s a two year investment for me at this point and you know–
But it’s interesting how we find [00:58:00] those conditions in which the dog will eat. So your little troublefox is eating when you scoop him up, when you collect. And you utilize that as a condition to get that eating behavior. And with my little troublefox, it was, “we’re outdoors and there might be cardinals in the treetops. Some days there may be squirrels.” And figuring out what is actually inherently reinforcing for Sonnet, because food I had screwed all up, but chasing me, that was really reinforcing for him. So I used the, he’d look up at the squirrel, I’d say yes, he’d orient, I’d take off running.
Hannah: Nice. And he would bring you down like a gazelle.
Lindsay: And then I’d offer food and he was likely to eat then. And then I’d run again and reinforce the eating with the–
Leslie: That’s a nice little pattern! I love it.
Lindsay: And that how I got that little squirt [00:59:00] eating. It was great. And then I had to figure out where to go from there to get eating in some sort of a training dialogue.
But it was that, how do you find the conditions in which they will eat and how do you reinforce eating if food isn’t currently a reinforcer, how do you reinforce it so that you are conditioning–
Leslie: So the behavior of eating leads is something that is reinforcing until it gets smooshed together. Eat and play or eat and run.
Leslie: And if you do a pattern game where the treat is on the ground, they eat it and look up at you and then that causes you to do something, so like the behavior of eating – it doesn’t even have to be orienting at you, it can just be the eating part – and makes you run and et cetera.
Lindsay: Yes. I think the first– Once I got some eating behavior established, then I was able [01:00:00] to play with some of the reinforcement procedures. And the ones that I used, it’s from the two of you. I was able to get him eating indoors using the things that I had learned from each of you. I’ve got video of my five-year-old doing 1, 2, 3 outdoors and it’s not a terrific 1, 2, 3, because she’s five. But he’s engaged and it was really beneficial. And then I got eating indoors, Hannah, by using an exercise that I learned from you. I was able to actually attach the click as a cue to eating indoors by he looked up at me, I would click and then I’d toss the treat a little bit behind. He’d get it. I’d click the return and just get that nice little loop there and getting something indoors was a big deal, like a huge success. Because he is less likely to eat inside.
Hannah: Interesting! [01:01:00]
Lindsay: So yeah. But it was the two of you that I–
Leslie: I love this so much and you were in my mind about “eating is just a behavior,” just to get that behavior with him, you know?
But I love this conversation because people are still going to, “oh, he’s not quote unquote food motivated? Well, you just haven’t tried the right snack.” Or something like that. You could drive yourself effing crazy with this stuff. For him and for Sonnet I’m sure it wasn’t about what we were feeding them. And there is a certain level of, going back to arousal, there’s internal conditions happening that make them not want to eat. And if we wanna like contact those internal conditions and change them around, getting them eating is one way to do it because it changes their mindset or whatever!
Hannah: Yeah. I think a lot about like moving [01:02:00] from conditions– A lot of times when we’re talking about cues, we’re talking about conditions, we’re talking about things that we’re perceiving in the outside world as part of the environment. But I forget who it was. May have been Jo Lang. I can’t remember. Somebody said something. It was probably not related to this in any way, but just the way my brain does random association games on me at times. I finally caught onto the idea that, “Oh, the internal environment is part of the environment,” right? Interception and proprioception are just as much part of– are stimuli in the exact same way that a light coming on or a hand signal are stimuli, or another dog running. And so the physical sensations–
And I know this from my personal experience, like because I’ve struggled with panic attacks at times in my life. [01:03:00] And what my brain decided to grab from that was the sensation of my heart rate. And so then other things that would make my heart rate go up, like carrying heavy box upstairs, I would all of a sudden be like, “oh man, I think I’m feeling anxious. Why? What are you feeling anxious about? Like what brain? This is dumb. Cut it out! Geez!”
But yeah, so like that sensation of my heart going, that’s definitely a piece of it. Right? And then of course you get a feedback loop of, “Well, my heart rate is up so I must be anxious now. I’m anxious about my heart rate being high. And so the best thing I should do is like, sit down and really think about it, really think about my heart rate, really pay attention to it until it’s all I could do.” Which is why like my early attempts of meditation didn’t work really well, because paying attention to my breath was the worst for me in that [01:04:00] moment!
But it has to be similar for dogs. Like, we don’t even necessarily need to go all the way down to a cellular level to have something we can work with here. If your heart rate going up, your respiratory rate going up, muscle tension is giving you sensory feedback. And if it’s sensory input, it can be a cue.
Leslie: I mean, that’s what self-regulation is about! Yourself is cuing yourself that you need some supportive behavior.
Hannah: The heart rate is helpful for me, things like heart rate and respiratory rate are helpful because we can quantify that in a way. When I was working on myself, it was like, “Okay, I’m gonna get my heart rate up to 80 and then I’m gonna bring it back down and I’m gonna get my heart rate up to 100 and I’m gonna bring it back down and then 120 and then [01:05:00] 130.” Until I was able to separate like my thinking behaviors from that cue and, you know, “be more normal” air quotes.
But I think about that with the dogs, because sometimes it’s like, “Well, how do you know that he’s really aroused? We don’t, I don’t know, but I know how the physiology of aerobic metabolism works and so if his muscles are moving a lot, his heart rate has to be going up because he has to be able to profuse those muscles or pass out.” And so that’s one of the ways I can approximate arousal for the purposes of–
Leslie: And think of how hard it would be if you are in that state– When I’m in that state, when I used to have panic attacks, I needed pace. [01:06:00] I needed to walk. I’m a very hyper-motor person. And so to tell me to do a down-stay and also if I’m stressed I don’t have an appetite. To tell me to do a down-stay and eat would not have helped me either.
Lindsay: It’s like someone’s telling you to “calm down.” Right. Calm down. I’m gonna calm down right now.
Leslie: But taking a walk to a bench and sitting on each bench on the trail, that I can do.
Lindsay: Yeah. And the food piece that you were just saying, those times in my life when I’ve been highly stressed, right? Like there’s some level of like duress, right? Real distress. I can’t eat. So I can understand.
Hannah: It’s interesting, like if [01:07:00] we can figure out– I’m totally digging Lindsay’s observing for when her dog did eat. Lord, I didn’t think to do that. But now I’m gonna try it next time. Hopefully there isn’t a next time, but next time.
Lindsay: It took me a while too!
Leslie: I love that you saw that when the– Because when the kids come home from school, that’s like this crazy transitional energy time, right? It’s so interesting that that’s– Like most dogs would go get a toy or something if they needed to redirect themselves. So it’s really interesting that that’s when he was like “And now I want a snack.”
Hannah: I also like an afterschool snack.
Leslie: An afterschool snack!
Lindsay: It was really fascinating.
Hannah: Yeah. No, that is so cool. Because it’s very much like we find, “What are the conditions where you can do the thing, however impractical,” and then “How can I incrementally move those, like [01:08:00] add additional conditions so they can inch that closer to something that is practical,” right?
Lindsay: And get away from–
Leslie: I enjoy thinking about– Those are the puzzles that I like to…
Hannah: Oh for sure.
Lindsay: But I had to get away from like not just “what are the conditions in which you’re gonna take food from my hand,” because I had gone down the road of screwing that one up pretty good.
Hannah: Chasing his face around in space to like, “if you just get it, if you just taste it, it’s delicious.
Lindsay: Will you eat it now? Will you eat it now? Like how about, what about this way? Like it’s just my hand, like everything about me gentle and sweet! But it was, “when does he choose to eat?” And that’s why I kept food in the food bowl, which was a little hard for me because I felt like I’m not supposed to leave food in a food bowl.
Hannah: Cardinal rule. Cardinal rule of dog training. What are you gonna do next? Let him sleep in bed with you?
Lindsay: [01:09:00] But all of that stuff, you’re doing it and you’re like, “What? I’m an animal trainer. I’m not supposed to leave food in the bowl!” or whatever. You have to kind of toss some of those things off because it was about when does he choose to eat.
Hannah: Right? And you get to a certain point where it’s like, “What do I have to lose?” Like he’s not– may as well try– I tried the normal things, so those didn’t work. Let’s try the off the wall things that are like totally against the law and I will be ostracized from the training community.
Lindsay: Yeah. There were a few others I did that felt against the law, you know? When Sonnet was feeling particularly good, playful, I would now call them like bids for attention I guess, he would hop his two front feet up on a counter, right? And I was like, “Um, I’m sure I shouldn’t reinforce this because of course I don’t wish to have a counters surfing puppy, however I can tell that this is likely one of those times where [01:10:00] he is going to take food. So how do I repurpose some of these things that could be problem behaviors and change them into [inaudible] is going to eat so I get more eating behaviors.”
Leslie: I love it.
Lindsay: Yeah, some of those cardinal rules felt kind of like I was–
Leslie: No, that’s–
Lindsay: And I don’t have a counter surfing puppy now or two year old.
Hannah: So far. They ain’t over yet, Lindsay,
Lindsay: You never know what I might mess up next.
Hannah: This gonna be something totally, totally unexpected that you did not see coming. That’s exactly right.
Leslie: Well, I’m looking forward to doing more of this stuff on our Over The Top Weekend that we’ll be doing that I’m now plugging, talking [01:11:00] more about this stuff and we’ll be working with dogs too. I’ve already chosen– I have chosen the ten working dogs, Hannah. Chosen specifically for their needs of working on arousal regulation, so it’s gonna be fun.
Hannah: I can’t wait. I’m looking forward. It’s gonna be very, very geeky.
Leslie: This gonna be very geeky.
Lindsay: I’m definitely looking forward to an Over The Top Weekend.
Lindsay: I need one.
Leslie: We all need one.
Hannah: Over the top and under the table.
Leslie: Yes. That is with nachos. With nachos. Yes. Yes.
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How does reinsurance impact your premiums? Here’s what you should know.
The fundamentals of reinsurance
Reinsurance can be a complicated process. In a typical transaction, a consumer or business buys a product such as home insurance or car insurance from an insurance organization. This organization is called the primary insurer. A reinsurance organization is the third party in this process that deals directly with the primary insurer, not you.
Similar to how you buy a policy from your primary insurer, the reinsurance company will structure an agreement with the primary insurer that transfers some of the risk the primary insurer has taken on. As part of the agreement, the primary insurer pays a defined sum of money in each time period, a percentage of the premiums that the customer pays, to the reinsurer. When this happens, the primary insurer is known as the ‘ceding company’.
Why is reinsurance important?
Reinsurance companies have a very important role to play in the entire end-to-end insurance process. Imagine a small insurance organization that underwrites home, auto, or life insurance policies. This small organization would likely collect premiums. However, the premiums wouldn’t be sufficient to cover a major event in which a high volume of claims are made in a short period of time.
To address that problem, federal policies mandate that an insurance company must have enough funds on hand at all times to fulfil the policies it underwrites. This is where reinsurance companies come in to share some of that risk and enable the insurance company to meet both its regulatory objectives and growth priorities.
The reinsurance process
Reinsurance has three main parties involved: (i) the customer who buys the insurance policy, (ii) the primary insurer who underwrites the policy, and (iii) the reinsurance provider that shares the risk of the policy with the primary insurer. The steps involved in the reinsurance process are listed below. For the purposes of this explanation, we have illustrated the reinsurance process for an auto insurance policy.
1. The customer buys a car
The first step in the process is when the customer buys a car. Under Canadian federal law, the customer must buy an insurance policy to drive on Canadian roads.
2. The customer buys a policy from an insurance company (primary insurer)
After reviewing various options, the customer will choose one insurance provider who will offer a stipulated amount of coverage in exchange for the customer paying a premium, usually on a monthly basis.
3. The primary insurer signs a reinsurance agreement
When the primary insurer underwrites a large number of auto insurance policies, particularly if they are in one geographic area that is prone to adverse events such as floods, they may feel overexposed to risk. In this case, they will sign an agreement with the reinsurer that transfers some of their portfolio’s risks in exchange for a pro-rated share of the premiums made by the initial customer to the primary insurer.
4. An adverse event occurs
Once the customer has bought the insurance policy and starts paying premiums, they are eligible to receive coverage for a specified set of adverse events as defined in the insurance agreement. If any of these adverse events occur, customers can file a claim with the insurance provider to help mitigate their personal financial losses.
5. The reinsurance company steps in
Depending on how the reinsurance agreement is structured, the reinsurance company may step in immediately to cover claims or at a later stage when a certain threshold of losses has been breached.
Types of reinsurance
Not all reinsurance agreements are the same. There are two main types of reinsurance: (i) treaty reinsurance and (ii) facultative reinsurance.
Treaty reinsurance is an agreement between the primary insurer and the reinsurance company in which the two share certain risks. In this type of agreement, the reinsurance company will assume coverage over large policy groups, such as the insurer’s entire home insurance or auto insurance portfolio. These agreements are then valid for a set period of time, after which they need to be renewed.
A facultative reinsurance agreement is more specific in nature. In facultative reinsurance, each risk is underwritten on an individual or case-by-case basis. This type of reinsurance is usually undertaken when the underlying risk is of a larger magnitude, such as if the insurance policy provides natural disaster coverage for a high-rise commercial or residential building.
Types of facultative reinsurance
There are two main types of facultative reinsurance agreements: (i) proportional and (ii) non-proportional. A proportional agreement means that the primary insurer and the reinsurer will share in both the premiums and any losses incurred as a result of claims. In a non-proportional agreement, the primary insurer covers losses up to a certain threshold. Once the total claims exceed that threshold, the reinsurance provider must cover the remainder of the losses.
The impact of reinsurance on customer premiums
The reinsurance industry is a key component of the overall industry ecosystem. Without reinsurers, insurance companies would not be able to underwrite as many policies. This is because they would need to keep huge sums of capital on hand to comply with government regulations.
By transferring some risk from the primary insurer to the reinsurance provider, the reinsurance company allows the insurance provider to underwrite more policies and cover a wider range of risks.
Reinsurance enables insurance companies to keep their premiums steady for customers. Reinsurers also closely follow catastrophes occurring around the world to determine the probability of various events, such as natural disasters. If they notice increased claims for a certain type of coverage, the costs of these claims will then be passed on to the primary insurers, which in turn will pass them on to customers via higher premiums.
FAQs about reinsurance
Reinsurance is insurance for insurance providers. Insurance providers will work with reinsurers to share some of the risks they assume when underwriting policies, which enables them to de-risk part of their portfolio and gives them the capacity to underwrite more policies.
Reinsurance companies receive part of the premiums that customers pay to the primary insurer. Depending on the reinsurance agreement, the reinsurance provider will receive a certain pro-rated share of premiums in exchange for the risk transfer.
Reinsurance is the contractual transfer of risk from the primary insurer to the reinsurer for a policy or group of policies. In return for a portion of the premiums collected from customers, the reinsurance company offers financial protection that prevents a single insurer from becoming financially overwhelmed by a large claim or number of claims at once.
The two types of reinsurance are treaty insurance (risk transfer for an entire portfolio of insurance business) and facultative reinsurance (risk transfer for single risks evaluated on a case-by-case basis).
The primary difference between reinsurance and insurance providers lies in who they work with. Insurance companies deal directly with the end-user (either individuals or organizations) whereas reinsurance companies deal exclusively with the insurance provider. The individual customer often has no visibility on who the reinsurance provider is, and interacts directly with the insurance company for premiums payments, claims, and any other customer support issues. | <urn:uuid:5ae016e6-824f-4449-ac45-ed9cedc01e77> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://hardbacon.ca/en/insurance/reinsurance/ | 2024-04-22T23:22:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.95485 | 1,641 |
Yesterday, I linked to a clip from Jim Jefferies’ Comedy Central show, which I enjoy from time to time — even though it includes one of my broadcasting pet peeves.
At the top of the show each week, as the opening rolls, we see Jim Jefferies’ name. As it ends, we see Jim Jefferies enter the stage, which has signs all over it tell us this is the Jim Jefferies Show. Then the announcer introduces your host, Jim Jefferies. And finally, Jim Jefferies’ starts his monologue by saying, “Welcome to the Jim Jefferies Show. I’m Jim Jefferies.”
Really? I thought you were Kelly Ripa. [Side note: Ripa’s former co-host Regis Philbin, who’s in the Guinness Book Of World Records for the most hours on US television, never said his own name at the beginning of his morning TV show.]
Jefferies is not the only offender. Stephen Colbert and James Corden do it, too. And it’s not just people on TV.
I once worked on the same station as a guy I’ll call Mike Simon. Like Jefferies’, Mike show began with a recorded intro that began with a song he let play for way too long before the Voice Of The Station told us that we were listening to The Talkback Show, starring Mike Simon. As the music continued, this went on three times before the announcer finished with, “Now here’s your host, Mike Simon.” Yet, when Mike Simon cracked the mic to open the festivities, the first thing he felt he had to do was tell us that he was, indeed, Mike Simon, thus clearing up any confusion.
The practice of repeating your name is even more unnecessary on podcasts. In that medium, if I want to listen to a certain episode of your podcast, I have to proactively click it on my phone screen to begin listening. Whether I stream or download it, I know what I’ve chosen and who you are. There’s no need to tell me again — regardless of whether you do it yourself or some professional announcer does.
It’s not like you’re a radio host who someone might just happen to come upon — although that’s a phenomenon that doesn’t happen much as much as it did when you had to physically turn a knob to move the little red line through the band (AM or FM) to find a station to listen to. That method became obsolete when car radios got buttons you could preset for your favorite stations, and now, those buttons are all digital, so there’s no dialing around at all. In fact, with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, you don’t even have to touch the controls — you just tell the system what audio source you want to hear. Still, you know whose show you’ll get because you have intentionally opted to listen to it, so there’s no need for self-identification.
One last point on this subject. For the most part, unless they have an entourage of people who share the airwaves, talk radio shows do not need any title other than the host’s name. Years ago, when I was lured away by a big contract offer from a competing outlet — a stodgy place where all the other shows had names — I was asked what they should call mine. I replied, “The Paul Harris Show, just like it was on the other station where I had higher ratings than you.”
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This boutique design studio is looking for a Middleweight Interior Designer to work on a range of projects across interiors, lifestyle, fashion and events.
Middleweight Interior Designer
For a creative design studio in West London
Salary Guide: £28,000 – £38,000
This boutique design studio work on a range of projects across interiors, lifestyle, fashion, and events. With creativity and imagination at the core of every project. With a strong pipeline of work going into 2023 the studio is currently expanding, looking for a Middleweight Interior Designer or a proven designer of over 3 years of experience. The small creative studio based in west London focuses on high profile projects such as residential, restaurants, retail and hospitality. A studio with a background in fashion and film set design every project is fully unique.
- A key member of a small team gaining exposure to all aspects of the design process
- Working closely with clients and the senior studio members
- Creating concepts and developing the design
- Putting together project presentations
- Liaising with contractors and suppliers
- Utilising your technical drawing and creative skills to develop and create unique interiors across varying sectors
- Visiting site and involved with installations
- May also be required to work across other creative projects from time to time, outside of strictly interior design
- Must have previous experience working on interior design projects, preferably both residential and hospitality projects
- Must have a strong eye for detail and good design, with an appreciation for the beautiful and extraordinary
- Happy to work in a small but growing team, and a somewhat unstructured environment
- A positive go-getter attitude of someone who is happy to get stuck into any aspect of the design process
- Proven experience and knowledge of technical drawing work, using either Vectorworks or AutoCAD
- Proven experience and knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite
About the company:
- A dynamic studio, constantly producing inspiring selective projects
- Great variation of project scales, styles, and sectors, with no two projects the same
- Huge potential for an ambitious designer to join a small but fast-growing studio with a range of creative projects
- Direct support and training from the successful studio founder and other senior team members
- An agile working position to keep up to speed with the everchanging working requirements
One last thing…
If you are interested in this great Middleweight Interior Designer opportunity with a creative studio, please apply now with your CV and Portfolio.
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The ingredients found in Prime Shred and how they work:
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Potential Side Effects
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When and How To Take Prime Shred
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Although many fat burners contain testosterone boosters, there are no claims that Prime Shred has any. There are no official studies about that.
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Are you looking for a new challenge, working as part of a team that deliver a safe environment for all patients attending theatres? We are particularlylooking or someone with anaestheticexperience to work within the day surgery unit Our Day Surgery team has a great deal of experience in delivering the highest quality care, and are delighted to say we are expanding with new theatres and increased secondary recovery. As part of our growth, we are recruiting for an additional four registered Theatre Practitioners (either NMC or AHP Registered).
The majority of the surgery performed at Torbay and South Devon is day case surgery, which is when people come to hospital, have their surgery and return home on the same day.
Our Day Surgery Unit treats over 9,000 people a year, and has been open since 1995. It is a really welcoming and warm environment, and we see both adults and children.
Joining our team, you would be expected to be an advocate for the Trust who put patient care as a priority and high quality patient focused care at the fore front of all we do. You will be responsible for the delivery of high quality care for patients in the perioperative stage of their care.
We are looking for staff with experience in scrub and or anaesthetics. If this is you,
#Caretojoinus ?Main duties of the job - To be responsible for the delivery of high-quality patient focused care
- To provide and maintain a safe environment for all patients attending theatres
- To co-ordinate and carry out perioperative care with minimal supervision, acting as a role model and working with all members of the multi-disciplinary team
About usWhy work with us.
Torbay day surgery is recognised locally and nationally as a centre of excellence we work very closely with the whole multi-disciplinary team and our very proud of the service we provide and our outcomes.
We get regular positive feedback from patients who comment on the friendly atmosphere which we try to promote for our patients and our staff.
The variety of care in day surgery means there are learning opportunities and further training.
Many staff work in more than one area of the unit and enjoy the challenge. Day surgery is changing and growing across the NHS and in Torbay we push boundaries, we have close links with The British Association of Day Surgery and our always looking for ways to improve our current pathways and take on new challenges.
Job descriptionJob responsibilities - Work collaboratively with other professionals to ensure that the arrival and departure of patients in the theatre suite, is in accordance with policy. Advise the Theatre Coordinator of proposed changes in the operating list, to ensure that patient safety and an efficient safe service is maintained
- To develop effective communication with the multidisciplinary team, relatives and other nursing staff to ensure they receive clear and accurate information
Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential - Registered Nurse (NMC) / Registered Operating Department Practitioner (HCPC)
Desirable - Post registration theatre experience and / or qualification
ExperienceEssential - IT Skills
- Ability to assess, plan and evaluate patient care
- Effective verbal and written communications skills
- Able to work as a member of a team, Organisational and leadership skills, Research and development awareness
Desirable - Evidence of continuous education and professional development
- Mentorship qualification
KnowledgeEssential Desirable - Day surgery knowledge of pathway
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Duloxetine belongs to a class of medicines called selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SSNRIs). IT is often sold as Cymbalta. Its ability to help balance an individual's brain chemicals is one of the major reasons this medication is prescribed for several conditions. However, doctors need to monitor patients closely when they are taking it. This is because of the significant side effects.
Duloxetine is an effective medication for depression in adults and is also a common option for anxiety treatment. This medication is also one of the only approved ones for fibromyalgia treatment. It is also considered a powerful pain treatment for the muscles, joints, and nerves. Thus, it is often prescribed as a treatment for osteoarthritis, chronic muscle pain, and diabetic neuropathy. Of course, patients need to understand it before they take it.
How It Works
This antidepressant is used to balance chemicals in the brain. Rather than investigating the exact effects on the brain, doctors have documented the medication's effects on patient symptoms. The best understanding of the mechanism is that it changes how norepinephrine and serotonin interact with the central nervous system. These are both chemicals that occur naturally in the body. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter. It is responsible for a variety of essential functions, including pain perception, digestive system function, and regulation of emotions.
Norepinephrine acts as a neurotransmitter and hormone. It chiefly carries out its functions in the brain stem. It affects an individual's fight-or-flight instincts, which occur in response to environmental stress. When individuals have an anxiety disorder or depression, they are at a higher risk of experiencing these responses even when they are not in danger. In addition to this, norepinephrine affects an individual's perception of their mood, pain, emotions, and thoughts. It can affect blood pressure and physical movement as well.
Reveal the major uses of this medication next.
Uses And Benefits
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved duloxetine to treat several conditions. This includes both mental and physical health disorders. It is a common treatment for major depression in adults. This medication is also used to treat anxiety in adults and children. It is one of the few medicines that are specifically approved to treat fibromyalgia. This medication affects an individual's perception of pain. Thus, it may be prescribed to those who have chronic pain caused by many issues. This includes lower back pain, pain from osteoarthritis, or other types of joint pain. Diabetic neuropathy can be treated with it as well.
This medication helps keep the central nervous system of depression patients from reabsorbing serotonin and norepinephrine. It is also theorized to help increase anti-inflammatory cytokines. These are chemicals that reduce inflammation. However, there are not any studies proving this yet. This medication treats chronic pain by preventing sodium from moving into an individual's cells, which reduces the pain response.
Continue reading to reveal the side effects of this medication now.
Potential Side Effects
The most common side effects of this medication are mild. It may cause fatigue, sleepiness, and dizziness. Thus, patients should avoid driving until they know how the medicine affects them. Some patients will also experience insomnia. This effect increases daytime sleepiness. Individuals can also deal with mild flu-like symptoms such as constipation, nausea, and diarrhea on this medication. An increased appetite is relatively common, as is difficulty urinating and low sodium. This can cause issues with staying hydrated.
Excessive sweating has been reported on this medication as well. It might also cause irregular control of blood sugar in diabetes patients. There may also be severe skin reactions that prevent individuals from continuing to take this medication. With time, it may lead to organ damage in specific systems. Serotonin syndrome can occur due to this medication also. This is a medical emergency, which means that it can be fatal if it is not treated promptly. Serotonin syndrome has many symptoms, some of the most common being hallucinations, agitation, and coma.
Get the full details on precautions linked to this medication next.
Precautions To Remember
Pregnant women or those who are breastfeeding should not take duloxetine due to the effects on the baby. According to the FDA, this medication may also cause patients to have suicidal thoughts upon first taking it. This is particularly likely in adolescents and children. Thus, it is important for doctors to carefully monitor a patient's mood and other reactions during the first four months that they are taking this medication.
In addition, patients cannot drink alcohol or smoke on this medication. Smoking can make it up to a third less effective. Doctors should screen for bipolar disorder before prescribing this medication. The reason is that it may trigger manic or rapid-cycling episodes.
Uncover the potential medication interactions next.
Potential Medication Interactions
Duloxetine can interact with many medications. Thus, patients must discuss the medications that they currently take with their doctor. Patients cannot take this medication with any monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs). They also need to wait for several days after finishing a course of MAOIs before it is safe to take this medication. If individuals take other medicines that affect their serotonin levels, their chances of developing serotonin syndrome are higher. This is why patients need to tell their doctor if they take other antidepressants.
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If you’re seeking a natural remedy that may provide pain relief, relaxation, and mood enhancement, Red Bali Kratom could be worth considering. This Southeast Asian herb has been used for generations to combat a variety of ailments, including anxiety, depression, and chronic pain.
In this section, we will explore the scientific aspects of Red Bali Kratom, focusing on its alkaloids and the effects they have on your well-being.
- Red Bali Kratom is a natural remedy that may provide pain relief, relaxation, and mood enhancement.
- The scientific aspects of Red Bali Kratom relate to the alkaloids it contains and their effects on your well-being.
What is Red Bali Kratom?
If you’re looking for a powerful and popular strain of kratom, look no further than Red Bali Kratom. Considered one of the most potent strains available, this variety is known for its relaxing and pain-relieving effects. But what is Red Bali Kratom and why is it so highly regarded by kratom enthusiasts?
Red Bali Kratom is a strain of kratom that is grown primarily on the island of Bali in Indonesia. It gets its name from its reddish-brown leaves and veins, which are harvested and dried before being ground into powder form for consumption.
Like all kratom strains, Red Bali Kratom contains various alkaloids that are responsible for its effects. However, this strain is particularly rich in mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine, two alkaloids that are known for their potent pain-relieving and calming properties.
Red Bali Kratom is often consumed for its analgesic and anxiolytic effects, making it a popular choice for those seeking relief from chronic pain or anxiety. It is also known for its sedative properties, making it a popular choice for those who struggle with insomnia or other sleep-related issues.
The Potent Alkaloids in Red Bali Kratom
Red Bali Kratom is a unique strain known for its powerful effects on the mind and body. What makes it so potent are the alkaloids present in its leaves. Alkaloids are organic compounds that have a significant impact on the human body, affecting everything from pain perception to mood and energy levels.
Red Bali Kratom contains several alkaloids, including:
Alkaloid | Concentration (%) |
Mitragynine | 0.5-1.5 |
7-hydroxymitragynine | 0.03-0.05 |
9-hydroxycorynantheidine | 0.04-0.09 |
The most abundant alkaloid in Red Bali Kratom is mitragynine, which is responsible for many of the plant’s effects. Mitragynine is a partial opioid agonist, which means it binds to the same brain receptors that opioids do, but with a much weaker effect. This makes Red Bali Kratom a safer option for pain relief than traditional opioids, as it does not have the same risk of addiction or respiratory depression.
7-hydroxymitragynine is another important alkaloid in Red Bali Kratom, as it has been shown to have potent analgesic effects. Studies have found that it has 13 times the potency of morphine, making it a highly effective painkiller.
9-hydroxycorynantheidine is a lesser-known alkaloid in Red Bali Kratom, but it has been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties and may help to reduce swelling and inflammation.
Together, these alkaloids work in synergy to produce the unique effects of Red Bali Kratom, which include pain relief, relaxation, and mood enhancement.
Exploring the Benefits of Red Bali Kratom
Red Bali Kratom has been praised by many for its potential health benefits. Here are some of the ways it may benefit you:
Benefit | Description |
Pain Relief | Red Bali Kratom is known for its excellent analgesic (pain-relieving) properties. Its alkaloids, such as mitragynine and 7-hydroxymitragynine, interact with your brain’s opioid receptors, reducing the sensation of pain in the body. |
Relaxation | Red Bali Kratom has a calming effect on the mind and body, promoting relaxation and reducing feelings of anxiety and stress. Its sedative properties make it an excellent natural alternative to pharmaceutical sleep aids. |
Mood Enhancement | The alkaloids in Red Bali Kratom interact with the brain’s receptors and may improve mood and energy levels. Many users report feeling a sense of euphoria, increased motivation, and improved focus. |
It’s important to note that Red Bali Kratom’s benefits may vary depending on the individual’s body chemistry and the dosage taken. As with any natural supplement, it’s always best to consult with a healthcare professional before incorporating it into your wellness routine.
Understanding the Effects of Red Bali Kratom
When consumed, Red Bali Kratom can have a range of effects on your mind and body. These effects vary depending on the dosage and frequency of use.
One of the primary effects of Red Bali Kratom is its ability to provide pain relief. The alkaloids in this strain have analgesic properties that can help alleviate chronic pain and discomfort.
Red Bali Kratom is also known for its relaxing effects. It can help calm your mind and body, making it an effective tool for managing stress, anxiety, and depression.
Another effect of Red Bali Kratom is its mood-enhancing properties. It can boost your mood and increase feelings of happiness and well-being.
Furthermore, Red Bali Kratom may also provide you with an energy boost. It can help increase focus and motivation, making it an effective tool for tackling work or other tasks requiring attention and concentration.
Combining Red Bali Kratom with Other Substances
It is important to note that combining Red Bali Kratom with other substances can have adverse effects on your well-being. Avoid mixing it with alcohol or other drugs, as this can lead to negative side effects and potentially harmful interactions.
Additionally, it is vital to use Red Bali Kratom responsibly and in moderation. Overuse or dependence on this strain can lead to negative side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, and constipation.
It is recommended to consult with a healthcare professional before using Red Bali Kratom or any other supplement, especially if you have pre-existing medical conditions or are taking medication.
Where to Find Red Bali Kratom Online
If you’re interested in trying out Red Bali Kratom for its potential benefits, you’ll need to ensure that you’re getting a high-quality product from a trusted source like Choice Botanicals. Fortunately, there are many reputable online vendors where you can buy Red Bali Kratom.
When considering where to purchase Red Bali Kratom, be sure to read reviews from other customers and do your research to ensure that you’re getting a quality product.
It’s also important to note that the legality of Kratom can vary by state. Before making a purchase, be sure to check the laws in your state to ensure that it is legal to possess and use Kratom.
After exploring the scientific aspects, benefits, and effects of Red Bali Kratom, you now have a better understanding of this unique plant.
By incorporating Red Bali Kratom into your wellness routine, it may help alleviate pain, promote relaxation, enhance your mood, and boost your energy levels.
If you decide to purchase Red Bali Kratom online, make sure to choose a trusted and reputable source to ensure high-quality and safe products.
Lastly, listening to real user experiences and testimonials can provide valuable insights into the potential benefits of Red Bali Kratom.
Remember to always consult with a healthcare professional before incorporating any new supplements or practices into your routine.
Take care of yourself and enjoy the benefits of Red Bali Kratom!
What is Red Bali Kratom?
Red Bali Kratom is a strain of Kratom that originates from Bali, Indonesia. It is known for its distinctive red veins and is highly valued for its potential effects on relaxation, pain relief, and mood enhancement.
What are the alkaloids present in Red Bali Kratom?
Red Bali Kratom contains several alkaloids, including mitragynine, 7-hydroxymitragynine, and ajmalicine. These alkaloids are believed to contribute to the unique effects of Red Bali Kratom on the mind and body.
What are the potential benefits of using Red Bali Kratom?
Red Bali Kratom is commonly used for its potential benefits in providing pain relief, promoting relaxation, reducing anxiety, enhancing mood, and improving overall well-being. However, individual experiences may vary.
How does Red Bali Kratom affect energy levels?
While Red Bali Kratom is often associated with relaxation and sedation, it may also have energizing effects, especially at lower doses. Some users report increased focus, mental clarity, and improved productivity when using Red Bali Kratom.
Where can I purchase high-quality Red Bali Kratom online?
There are several reputable online sources where you can purchase high-quality Red Bali Kratom. It is important to do thorough research and choose a trusted vendor to ensure the product’s purity and authenticity.
What do users say about their experiences with Red Bali Kratom?
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On a warm Saturday afternoon, the residents of Terra Colinas gathered together to celebrate the holiday season. It was a festive event that featured live music, fun activities and great company!
With bubbles filling the air and the Chris Bell Duo playing holiday classics, the stage was set for fun. Kids had a great time at the arts and crafts station where they wrote thank you cards for Santa, played reindeer games and took part in the Santa chalk art contest. Nabrs enjoyed creating unique hot cocoa concoctions with caramel, peppermint, cinnamon and sprinkles along with tasty holiday cookies at the hot chocolate bar.
Of course no Christmas event would be complete without a special visitor from the North Pole, Santa Claus! Santa met with kiddos, hearing what they hoped for under the tree and took pictures with them and their families. Even The Grinch stopped by to show off his dance moves, his heart growing with the holiday spirit that filled the air!
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The HENI Editions website serves as a catalogue of all limited-edition artworks published by HENI. We work with artists, institutions, and estates to produce high-quality, limited-edition prints, tapestries, and stained-glass, making blue-chip artists’ work accessible to a broader range of collectors and pushing the boundaries of editioned media.
The new website offers three browsing options for HENI Editions releases; namely as ‘Editions’, ‘Series’ and ‘Artists’, allowing you to easily find a specific artwork that might be of interest, or learn more about our artists and their collaborations with HENI Editions. The 'Editions' view also includes advanced search filters, so results can be refined by artist, media, and edition type.
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Here’s the conversation we should be having but aren’t as we prepare for elections:
The Democratic Party is, depending on the gracious generosity of the observer, teetering on the brink or it has dived headlong off the cliff of “Can Safely or Reasonably Govern.”
The crazy has quieted because they’ve been in power for 2 years and busy implementing.
But remember, this is the party that has normalized and heartily advocated ending the Electoral College, packing the courts, adding states, rioting and mayhem in response to absolutely legal elections, appointments, and judicial rulings they dislike. They have bribed and accepted bribes, bowed out, bowed down, and now entering a new and exciting phase where we seek to jail opposition or exclude them from ballots. They have undermined parents, sought to overturn states’ rights, and corrupted anything that was good or trustworthy about education or medicine.
And that’s just the crazy things they’ve said, not even the crazy things they’ve done.
Defund the police? That wasn’t an off-the-cuff remark by the fringe, it was a platform. They ran on it. And we are living in its results. As one faction tries to distance themselves and walk the stupid back, Cori Bush doubles down on it every chance she gets. “If you could do it again, would you still double down or use that slogan, defund the police?” ABSOLUTELY. At least she’s honest.
How are you feeling about crime now? How can one who does not think man is even capable of evil–apart from dissent–govern appropriately?
CRT/Gender/Queer theory? Again, once radical ideologies now adopted and normalized by an entire party. We are well past just assuming everything’s fine. We are now in the “we need watchdogs for hospitals who are performing mastectomies on minors” chapter of this political horror story.
How are you feeling about our education system? Have you seen the hysterical teachers on Libs of TikTok? Where is the conservative targeting equivalent? You don’t see any fomenting teachers in polos and dockers delighting in how they have introduced racism into their classroom, squealing about sneaking in confederate flags behind bulletin boards and trying to engage in conversations with students about their heteronormativity. Why is that? Because sanity. Because morality.
Have you noticed the instances of parents rising up recently, forcing change locally…only to be undone by a federal judge? This week an activist judge refused to define “woman” and another blocked school districts from notifying parents about changes in their own child’s gender identity. Whose party do they reflect?
Our current economic crisis? Or as Joy Behar claims, the dawn of greater personal wealth. Tell me you are out of touch with the common man without telling me you are out of touch with the common man. We are so naive.
This is not their policies failing, this is their policies succeeding.
Destabilize. Redistribute. Force dependence. Inflation is not the unfortunate byproduct—it’s the intended fruit. How are you feeling about the economy?
The Democratic party’s response to immigration and border security? The optics of the politically useful cages, now long forgotten. BUT NOT CHANGED OR SOLVED. The only thing different now is the number in coffins, from trafficking and fentanyl. The number of border cities in overwhelming crisis has grown. Now, the sanctuary cities of NYC and LA feeling a fraction of the weight, are boohooing and buckling under it. Welcome, to our reality of the middle, my coastal friends.
How’s the border policy looking now that we have open antisemitism in our streets and schools, and officials testifying on capitol hill this week about the likelihood of terrorist cells already on our soil?
There’s no need for moderate republicans anymore, because there is no such thing as a moderate democrat to work with.
We have gone to extremes, one side in radicalism and the other side in response to radicalism. Who are they gonna run—Puddin’ Pops or Kamala? Hillary? Bernie? Mayor Pete who’s crashed and grounded transportation?
Trying to pass off Biden/Harris as moderates in 2020 was laughable…and yet it worked! Because people don’t really care if it’s true or not. Being a moderate in a party of misfits and Maoists is pointless.
Who’s your moderate this go round? Newsom? Let me just roll my eyes like energy brown outs in California.
If there are any democrats left in the now Radical Party, you need to purge your party. If not, you cannot be trusted to be in power.
Not when you have stated, as though it’s a reasonable idea, and executed without impunity, the complete overthrowing of our government institutions, the weaponization of government agencies, and the interference in the election of 2024 by way of political prosecution.
As for the elephants in the room? There is simply no need for moderate Republicans anymore.
There is no such thing as a moderate Democrat to reach across the aisle towards. Might as well honor the values you espoused to win your seat and quit placating in the middle. The middle is gone. It was barricaded, blocked off, and set ablaze by radicals.
There’s a larger quieter group than either party realizes who understood 2020 rightly and are watching to see if we have free and fair elections, ever again.
Extremists by today’s standards–sane, rational, and objective by every other reasonable metric.
Surely, you see this.
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On Sunday, Google paid tribute to the late British actor Alan Rickman with a Google Doodle commemorating his performance in the 1987 Broadway production of “Les Liaisons Dangereuses.” Rickman, who passed away in 2016 at the age of 69, was an iconic figure in the entertainment industry, known for his versatility and ability to portray complex characters.
The Google Doodle features an animated sketch of Rickman in his role as the anti-hero Le Vicomte de Valmont, a character who uses his wit and charm to seduce and manipulate those around him. The play, based on the 1782 novel by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, was a critical and commercial success, and helped launch Rickman’s career in the United States.
Before his success on Broadway, Rickman worked as a graphic designer and had only appeared in a handful of small roles on stage and screen. But his performance in “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” caught the attention of critics and audiences alike, earning him a Tony Award nomination and paving the way for his future success.
Rickman’s most famous role came in the form of Severus Snape, the enigmatic potions master in the “Harry Potter” film series. Rickman played Snape in all eight films, bringing depth and nuance to a character who was initially portrayed as a villain but later revealed to have a complex backstory.
But Rickman’s talents extended far beyond the world of “Harry Potter.” He played a variety of roles throughout his career, from the suave and villainous Hans Gruber in “Die Hard” to the Sheriff of Nottingham in “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,” for which he won a BAFTA award.
Rickman was also known for his work on stage, including a memorable performance as the title character in “Hamlet” at the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was a gifted actor who could convey a range of emotions with just a subtle change in expression or tone of voice.
In addition to his work as an actor, Rickman was also a director and producer, and was involved in a number of projects throughout his career. He was widely respected by his peers and fans alike, and his passing in 2016 was met with an outpouring of grief and tributes from around the world.
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While Eminem, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, T.I. and Kanye West remain Rap superstars, the last two years of Hip Hop have welcomed some new blood to the conversation. Artists like Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Nicki Minaj have released major label debut albums, and conquered the charts, the radio and become household names. Others are patiently waiting, and releasing project after project on independent labels, still to be labeled “new artists.”
HipHopDX wanted to acknowledge five of these hard working, super talented new artists, that in actuality, aren’t so new at all. Some have major label backing now, others remain in the underground grind. While Hip Hop continuously (and rightfully so) celebrates freshmen talent, DX opted to knight five hand-selected emcees, chosen by members of our editorial staff, that we want to be looked at as great artists, nothing new about it.
From May 23 through May 27, HipHopDX will post these celebratory editorial pieces each day, unveiling our mystery picks. Do you agree with the choices? Do you agree that they’re beyond the “new artist” stigma? Weigh in, starting today.
Freddie Gibbs: Class of 2010, School of Hard Truth
“I can’t teach you how to Dougie, but I can teach you ’bout this thuggin'” – Freddie Gibbs, “The Coldest One”
As a kid, I remember traveling through some of the areas that emcees had taught me about. I remember an early 1990s trip through Queens, New York, thinking about how the surroundings had influenced LL Cool J. A year after the L.A. Riots, I journeyed through South Central, Los Angeles in transit and drew the parallels to the music my friends were playing on The Chronic and N.W.A. cassettes. Even in one of my first jobs, driving artwork from Pittsburgh to Cleveland, I couldn’t help but think of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony when I’d make my rounds on Euclid Avenue. Hip Hop can truly be an audio Travel Channel for its listeners, but in an era of Google Earth, what’s there to listen to that we can’t see for ourselves?
Last fall, I drove through Gary, Indiana on a cross-country trip. As I saw the vacant storefronts, rusted away mills, and people on sidewalks seemingly waiting for nothing, all I could think about was Freddie Gibbs. One emcee helped me understand a place and feel its essence through his raps. It all made sense to me, and I immediately wanted to listen to the just-released Str8 Killa EP to see if I could draw more from it. That’s something I loved about Hip Hop and it felt lost on me in recent times.
I remember the summer of 2006. Another Midwest rapper with a similar name, Jibbs, had a nerve-racking hit on his hands in “Chain Hang Low.” As children everywhere mistook the St. Louis’ rapper’s hit single for an ice cream truck that was never coming, my friends at Interscope Records began talking to me about Indiana’s Freddie Gibbs. A close-minded editor still cutting his teeth, I waved them off, paying little attention to either, jadedly assuming that the two had more in common than similar-sounding names. I was wrong, and in the years, I’ve apologized to Freddie with laughter for my grave mistake.
Two years ago, Freddie Gibbs’ music resurfaced on me. One of my favorite sites online, CocaineBlunts.com, began talking about the often expressionless emcee. Through that, I heard a song from Gibbs’ then-latest tape “Murda On My Mind” that changed my overall feeling about Hip Hop’s future. The same year that Drake made his ascent from blog sensation to star throughSo Far Gone, and Kid Cudi made a superb-but-deeply sensitive debut album, I was yearning for raw lyrics. I wanted something macho in Hip Hop at a time when so many emcees were veering into experimentation and exploration. Through mixture releases of his own, Freddie Gibbs was my answer.
Giving fans over a hundred mixture songs in one year, practically bootlegging himself, Gangsta Gibbs definitely subscribes to the new artist method of marketing. However the mid-twenties emcee carries himself like a seasoned veteran and highly-educated fan of Rap music. Like Waka Flocka Flame, Freddie Gibbs often appears highly apathetic to the industry. The Beanie Sigel line, “I ain’t even chase this dream, I feel sorry for those who did” comes to my mind when I watch or read Gibbs’ interviews. However, get him talking about Hip Hop, and the man is clearly a listener. It’s understandable as to how Gibbs started rapping so late in his life and found success. His story was original and his ear was already trained to various styles and deliveries. Even his Labels Tryin’ To Kill Me title and cover art alluded to a 1994 Master P album that I personally was new to, something that made me both embarrassed and intrigued. Working with the likes of Buckwild, Bun B and Alchemist, this emcee knows his history and respects his elders – a trait I don’t always get from ’00s-era emcees.
There have been a limited number of new artist releases in the last few years that have been incredibly eager to support – Yelawolf‘s Trunk Muzik 0-60, Fashawn‘s Boy Meets World and U-N-I‘s Fried Chicken & Watermelon are some of the few. However, when Gibbs released Str8 Killa, I was there to buy it the day it released. Walking in the rain through downtown Philadelphia to FYE, I purchased the album, with Discman in hand. Walking back home reminded me of the kind of experiences I had with Hip Hop as a kid. Moreover, Freddie Gibbs reminds me of the kind of emcee that made Hip Hop music my tireless passion. He’s cool, skillful and sincere – another element I find absent through many new-jacks.
That Str8 Killa project was far from perfect. Give or take a Dan Auerbach and Bun B, I found most of the guest appearances unworthy to share the mic with Freddie. Gangsta Gibbs is just that – a gangsta. I enjoy the fact that more than brag about how many ounces he’s bagged, Gibbs speaks in broader terms. Like 2Pac, Scarface or even somebody like B-Legit, Freddie puts some substance in his thug definition. It’s about drinking in the afternoon, dealing with raising siblings and maintaining a low profile in crunch-times. In the music of Freddie Gibbs, hustling is not synonymous with selling, it’s synonymous with survival. And last year, driving through Gary, I got a glimpse of the odds Freddie’s been up against. That EP reveals this, and songs like “National Anthem” are blue-collar anthems, odes to oppression and music that touches the angst in so many of us. Moreover, surrounded with a hard-working management team, Gibbs made a visual for the song that was more profound than those with 10 times the budget.
At South By Southwest this year, Freddie Gibbs was scheduled to headline Decon and HipHopDX’s Never Not Fresh showcase. A fan of all the acts, I was most eager to see Gangsta Gibbs perform, with his signature Hennessy bottle in tow. Five minutes from set-time, my colleagues and I watched Freddie eyeing the entrance of the club like a hawk. Unlike other rappers, who portray one thing in songs and act surprisingly different, Gibbs’ attitude that night matched his most abrasive lyrics. As an altercation broke out at the club’s entrance, Gibbs immediately jumped off of the 12 foot balcony and bum-rushed the melee. It reminded me of that Jay-Z MTV special 10 years ago, where Beanie Sigel tumbled into the crowd to punch a drink-thrower. Gibbs was up, and Gibbs was out. The event ended abruptly with its headliner out in the streets. I for one was impressed – not with the violence or the fakery, but with the mere fact that at least one talented young emcee is walking it as he talks it. Just-Ice, Freddie Foxxx and ‘Pac would be proud, I think. Hip Hop at its best is a lifestyle, and when an artist is telling you to never back down, he better live by his own sermon. I don’t know what came of Gibbs’ evening. Back in the hotel, I checked Twitter and saw that the event was never addressed. Real G’s move in silence like lasagna.
I am happy that Gary’s pride has signed with Young Jeezy. With T.I.’s proven success aligning with B.o.B. and Killer Mike, every superstar needs raw talent surrounding them. I was never too keen on U.S.D.A. or Jeezy’s past artists, but hopefully this adds to his empire. While I wonder when Baby Faced Killa will come out, I urge fans to look back to (and support) Str8 Killa. It is an EP, but Gibbs and Decon reached stores, they compiled liner notes (thanks for the look), and they shot videos. As an indie operation, that’s more than so many new artists are willing to do. We may be waiting several years for what comes of this Jeezy support (the success of Maybach Music Group’s new roster leads me to believe that the wait won’t be long at all), but this five-plus year veteran of the industry has laid his mark. Like 50 Cent‘s move from Guess Who’s Back to Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, we must remembered what delivered him. And if it never gets better than this, it’s still pretty fucking good.
As the budgets increase and the recognition grows, I salute Freddie Gibbs for unpretentiously going back in time. His flows may call back to Do Or Die and Twista and his beats polish off ’90s-sounding Gangsta Rap classics, but this is somebody who I trust with the future. As the sunglasses and neon continues to create a nice ambiance around Hip Hop, Gangsta Gibbs’ hard squint remains a reality check for us all to hold onto.
Jake Paine is HipHopDX’s Editor-in-Chief. He has over nine years of professional journalism experience, and has written for XXL, The Source, Forbes, and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. A native of the Steel City, Paine lives in Philadelphia. | <urn:uuid:9d6e1ece-40fb-4d8e-bb91-157ec624ac85> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://hiphopdx.com/editorials/id.1707/title.freddie-gibbs-school-of-hard-truth | 2024-04-22T23:14:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.963703 | 2,313 |
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Posted by Elena del Valle on October 27, 2006
“El Platanal” by Elizabeth Erazo Baez
Art: Elizabeth Erazo Baez
Six artists, from almost as many Latin countries, will display 29 works at a show called “Colors of Hispanic Heritage” from October through December 8, 2006. The exhibit can be seen at the Broward Community College administrative art space on the panoramic 12 floor of the Willis Holcombe Downtown Center in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Elizabeth Erazo Baez, a painter whose works will also be on display, will curate the show for the second year in a row. She has organized a mix of media, including photography and glass sculpture. The other exhibiting artists are Mirta Lopez, Lourdes Crosby, Mima Marin and Luis Matos, who hail from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
The event is presented by the Broward Community College Board of Trustees, Viva Broward! and BCC President Dr. Larry Calderon. The artists are contributing several pieces for a silent auction that will be held for the benefit of ASPIRA, a nonprofit organization devoted to helping Latino youth. | <urn:uuid:6c2d32e0-e33c-47dc-81ae-a5fbc10d5567> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://hispanicmpr.com/2006/10/27/broward-community-college-to-celebrate-hispanic-heritage-with-art-exhibit/ | 2024-04-22T21:43:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.950409 | 247 |
Mr. Hay to Mr. Conger.
Washington, July 2, 1902.
Sir: In March last the Department received a petition signed by Wong Leong and Ng Fawn and seventeen others, Chinese residents of Honolulu, Hawaii, making the following complaints against Mr. Yang Wei-pin, Chinese consul at Honolulu:
That Lam Sai having fallen under the displeasure of the consul, the latter reported Lam Sai to the taotai of Quang Tung Province, China, as being revolutionary and holding opinions adverse to the Government of China, in consequence of which report Lam Sai’s mother and grandmother, residing at Tong Ka, Heong San, Quang Tung, were arrested and imprisoned; and that while so incarcerated the mother committed suicide and the grandmother died, whether owing to tortures or not is unknown to the petitioners.
That the said consul has in several similar cases reported the supposed antidespotic belief entertained by Chinese residents of Hawaii, with the result of similar hardships to their innocent relatives residing in China.
That the said consul has instituted a form of certificate which Chinese residents were called on to procure from him, for which he made a charge of $5.25 each, such certificate declaring that the holder was a good man and not a member of any secret society antagonistic to the Chinese Government.
That said consul unreasonably increased the “charge for a certificate which warranted the late Government in issuing a permit for a wife or female relative or child or a resident Chinese to come to Hawaii,” from the old charge of $2 to $11 and $12.50.
That said consul makes a charge of $20 for a certificate extending the United States laborer’s certificate one year for alleged sickness of the holder.
That said consul has caused dissension and created suspicion among the Chinese in Hawaii.
Wherefore the petitioners ask that these charges be inquired into, and if found to be true, that said consul’s exequatur be recalled.
In a separate communication Wong Leong declares that the said consul reported to the governor of the province of Kwang Tung that he (Wong) was disloyal to the Government of China, and a member of a society in Honolulu antagonistic to said Government; that thereupon [Page 245] the Government caused the district magistrate to send a force to Wong’s native village, Tung Hon, Heong San, China, which took possession of the ancestral temple of his family, together with the family records, and demanded from the family the sum of $500; that under this coercion, his family, on July 10,1900, paid that sum to have the temple and records exempted from molestation; that subsequently the said magistrate took possession of his home in Tung Hon, and compelled his relatives there to pay a further sum of $500 to prevent its destruction; that, again, the magistrate threatened to arrest two of Wong’s cousins, his nearest of kin there, and that to save themselves from imprisonment they were compelled to pay a further sum of $250; that this was all done in pursuance of the report forwarded to the governor by Yang Wei-pin, consul; that his cousin writes him that the Wong family demand that he remit the sum of $1,250 to recoup the family for the amount paid by them on his account, and that in the event of his refusal or inability to remit, his inheritance will be canceled and his name struck from the roll of membership in the Wong clan.
Wherefore the said Wong demands from the Government of China, for the loss sustained and the suffering and anguish caused by the barbarous actions of Yang Wei-pin, consul, the sum of $5,000, and asks the Department of State to make request of the Government of China for payment thereof. He further asks the Department to recall the exequatur under which the said Yang Wei-pin is acting as consul.
Copies of these petitions were sent to the governor of Hawaii, with the request that he inquire carefully into the truth of the charges made against the consul and inform the Department of the result of his investigation.
It appears from the report of Acting Governor Cooper, which has just been received, that the first serious difference between the Chinese of Hawaii and their consul was brought about by the objection filed by the latter in March, 1900, to the granting of a charter to the “Bow Wong Progressive Association,” a petition for which had been presented to the minister of the interior. The basis of the consul’s objection to the Bow Wong Association, as stated by him, was that its design was, under the guise of a benevolent association, to inculcate political doctrines hostile to the Chinese Government and to collect contributions to aid a revolutionary movement. The result of the consideration of the matter by the executive council of Hawaii was a denial of the charter. It is stated that the Bow Wong Association was organized notwithstanding the granting of the charter was refused. The acting governor states that the leaders of the Bow Wong Association were among the most conservative and highly respected Chinese citizens in Hawaii.
The acting governor personally examined Wong Leong, He Fon, Ng Fawn, CI K. Ai, and Sheadick, five of the petitioners, Le Cheung, the governor’s official Chinese interpreter, and Wing Vun, who was in China at the time of the arrest of Wong Leong’s relatives, and a copy of their testimony is transmitted with his report.
Ho Fon, who the acting governor believes to be absolutely trustworthy, states in his examination that the Bow Wong people are sympathizers with the Emperor of China and opposed to the Dowager Empress.
In reference to the case of Lam Sai, it appears that about the time of the formation of the Bow Wong Association a prominent Chinese [Page 246] reformer named Leong Chi Tsao arrived in Honolulu, and during his stay was the guest of Lam Sai. It was well understood in Honolulu that the Chinese Government had placed a price on the head of Leong Chi Tsao and that Chinese had been warned not to associate with him. Ho Fon states that because Lam Sai harbored Leong Chi Tsao the consul sent a letter to China and made trouble for Lam Sai’s family, causing his grandmother and mother to be arrested; and that while under arrest his grandmother died and his mother committed suicide. He states that his grounds of information were a letter from Lam Sai’s father to Lam Sai, which the latter showed him, and also that many of his countrymen told him that it was the general reputation among his people that the thing happened.
C. K. Ai, in his statement, says that the object of the Bow Wong society is to reform China, to adopt Western ideas; that this is the idea of the Emperor; that he wants everything changed; that, before, he abolished some of the old forms, but his side was weak and they overthrew him. This witness corroborated Ho Fon’s view that the complaint of the consul against Lam Sai was because he had entertained Leong Chi Tsao. He said that the usual method employed in China to punish people supposed to be opposed to the Government was to imprison and behead them, their parents, uncles, and grandparents. He further stated that Lam Sai is now in China, at Shanghai.
Wong Leong, in his examination, stated that the object of the Bow Wong Association, of which he was president, was to support the Emperor in his efforts to reform. In corroboration of his complaint he delivered to Acting Governor Cooper two letters, from his sister in China, informing him of the threatened arrest of the members of his family in China and the payment of the sum mentioned in his petition to prevent such arrest and destruction of ancestral property. His sister states that the reason given for the action of the Chinese authorities was that he had joined the Bow Wong society. She requested him to refund the sum paid by his family.
Sheadick stated that he knew of the cases of Lam Sai and Wong Leong; that he had received his information from the parties themselves, also from a letter from his cousin in China. He also stated that it was published in a Chinese paper, which he saw, that the consul had written to the magistrate of Heong San district to make the arrests.
Ng Fawn, said to be one of the most intelligent and conservative members of the Chinese community in Hawaii, corroborated the statements of the other witnesses as to the complaints of the consul against Wong Leong and Lam Sai. He said that the reason of their trouble was that the former is a member of the Bow Wong society, and that Lam Sai had to do with Leong Chi Tsao. He stated that he had talked with the consul about the matter and had remonstrated with him against his action, but that he had been told to mind his business. The witness stated that since the complaint had been made against these parties by the Chinese consul he had seen a notice in a Chinese paper stating that the viceroy of Canton had informed the consul not to interfere with members of the society, and that since that time he had heard nothing about any further arrests.
Wong Vun states that he was in China when the Chinese soldiers came to the village where he lived and made a demand for the arrest of Wong Leong; that the elders explained that Wong Leong had been away from the country many years; that the soldiers wanted to take [Page 247] the ancestral temple as well as Wong Leong’s landed property, and that over $1,000 in Chinese money was paid them to secure immunity; that they subsequently went to another village and threatened to close the ancestral temple there if Wong Leong were not handed over to them; that the soldiers said that Wong Leong was a member of the Bow Wong society, and that the complaint was made by the Chinese consul in the Hawaiian Islands to the viceroy. He stated that the elders of the Wong clan paid the money to the Chinese officials from the Wong ancestral fund.
The statements in the petition of increased charges made by the consul for certificates for wives or female relatives of resident Chinese to come to Hawaii, extension of laborers’ certificates, and as to certificates for Chinese going to China are corroborated generally by the witnesses.
Li Cheung, the governor’s official interpreter, states that the Chinese consul at Honolulu was instructed by Mr. Wu, the Chinese minister at Washington, to advise the Chinese not to join or have anything to do with the Bow Wong society; that at the instance of the Chinese minister notices were published by the consul, stating that “anyone joining the society, there would be some trouble in China”—trouble with these people’s families in China.
This witness also stated that the customary way of punishing in China for any offense, when they can not get at the man who is guilty, is to take action against his people in China, his children, parents, grandparents, brothers, and cousins; that there are ancestral temples in China of different clans; that if a man had done anything wrong against the Government his name is liable to be stricken from the roll of the clan.
He stated that the feeling of discontent against the consul at Honolulu was confined to the Bow Wongs and to a certain extent to some people outside of the Bow Wongs. He said that the real interpretation of “Bow Wong” was “to protect the emperor.”
Two of the witnesses, when asked whether if Yang Wei-pin were removed his successor would not be as bad, replied that they thought not.
The acting governor, in his report, says:
My conclusion, based upon the statements submitted and upon a general inquiry into the matter, is that the complaints made by Wong Leong and Lam Sai are true.
The Bow Wong society was looked upon as a seditious organization and every effort was made by the Chinese authorities, acting through the consul, to suppress it, and the usual method was adopted to intimidate the Chinese residents in Honolulu from participating in any way in the revolutionary movement. The most formidable way of reaching the Chinese who are residents in a foreign country is to punish the members of their families in China, which is recognized as a very powerful weapon in the hands of the Government officials.
It will be observed from the foregoing that three citizens of the United States, namely, Wong Leong, Ng Fawn, and Lam Sai, have been vicariously punished for alleged political offenses committed within the United States. These political offenses appear to consist in their alleged membership of a society engaged in the dissemination of a propaganda unfavorable to the Chinese Government and promotive of a revolutionary movement.
Under the law of nations a state has the undoubted right to punish all political offenders against it who may be apprehended within its jurisdiction, but no state has the right to punish such offenders as may have found asylum in another state otherwise than by the seizure [Page 248] and confiscation of the property of the offenders, if such punishment is authorized by the local laws.
The vicarious punishment of such offenses by the imposition of fines and imprisonment upon the innocent kinsmen of the offender is a species of moral torture not only inconsistent with the enlightened principles and humane sentiments which govern the conduct of civilized states, but is a form of coercion incompatible with the enjoyment of the recognized rights of asylum, and in which, as applied to citizens of the United States, this Government could not acquiesce. It is not a question of the right of the Chinese Government to punish all offenders against its laws who may be found within its borders, but it is a question of the punishment of citizens of the United States in a cruel manner through heavy penalties inflicted upon persons who are in the eye of international law and upon principles of abstract justice innocent of any offense whatever.
You will therefore bring this grave matter to the serious attention of the Chinese Government, and you will express the expectation of this Government that the action of the former will respond to the sentiments of justice and humanity which have inspired the Government of the United States in bringing the matter to the attention of the Chinese Government.
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A former policeman has been jailed for 10 months for sedition and denied bail pending an appeal after a magistrate found he was unremorseful about mocking a chief inspector’s death and denigrating senior officers in social media comments.
Chui Chun-man returned to West Kowloon Court on Monday to be sentenced on a charge of committing an act or acts with seditious intent by a magistrate who was endorsed by the city’s leader to hear the case.
The 28-year-old former constable was found guilty three weeks earlier of instigating hatred towards the force by praising the untimely death of 14-year police veteran Lam Yuen-yee and saying he wished all “dog officers” would die.
Marine officer Lam was thrown overboard alongside three colleagues when their vessel was rammed by a turbocharged speedboat they were trying to intercept in mainland Chinese waters on September 25 in 2021.
Her body was found two days later, with the force posthumously promoting her from senior to chief inspector in recognition of her service.
Chui, then 26, wrote on the force’s official Facebook page that Lam deserved to die and that he wished all “dog officers” would “perish as soon as possible”.
He resigned in early November that year after police began disciplinary proceedings against him.
Acting Principal Magistrate Veronica Heung Shuk-han on Monday said Chui’s actions risked entrenching antagonism against police and exposing officers to the threat of violence by those who harboured ill feelings towards authorities.
She explained that even though the adoption of the national security law had successfully quelled anti-government protests in 2019, there were still safety concerns in the city and that an outbreak of violence remained likely.
The court considered Chui disclosing his profession in the remarks an attempt to establish credibility and his decision to publish the comments on the force’s official Facebook page a “deliberate” choice to be more provocative.
“The defendant insists that he bore no seditious intent in committing the offence. He shows an utter lack of remorse,” the magistrate said.
Defence lawyer Raymond Yu Chiu-cheuk asked for his client’s temporary release immediately after the ruling on grounds including a “reasonable” prospect of winning an appeal in the High Court and a “manifestly excessive” sentence, but Heung refused.
The court heard in mitigation that Chui, who moved from Guangzhou province at the age of 15, had considered being a police officer his dream job and had received 12 commendations during his four-year tenure on the force.
Chui was said to have committed the offence out of impulse after being taunted by a senior officer.
The former constable had lived off his mother as well as his own savings after his resignation, the court was told. He was said to be pursuing a higher diploma with a view to turning over a new leaf.
Earlier during the trial, Chui told the court that he was feeling “grumpy” at the time of the offence and did not genuinely believe in what he wrote on the spur of the moment.
But the magistrate found his explanations unreasonable and said he could not have made such “callous” remarks if he was indeed saddened by the inspector’s death.
Sedition is punishable by up to two years’ imprisonment upon a first conviction. It has been defined by the city’s top court as an offence capable of endangering national security, meaning defendants can face higher hurdles when applying for bail and their cases may only be heard by judges approved by the chief executive. | <urn:uuid:148ea4d0-7e60-44b9-a3c6-8b27119c8638> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://hksar.org/10-months-jail-for-ex-policeman-for-mocking-hong-kong-chief-inspector-s-death | 2024-04-22T21:30:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.990086 | 763 |
Hongkongers flooded the Sha Tin Racecourse on Tuesday for the first race day of the Lunar New Year, which was finally opened to the public after it was closed for two years because of Covid.
There were 11 races today, and fans received a souvenir pen and a ticket for a lucky draw upon entry. Fans needed not to display their
vaccine pass QR code and could go maskless when eating and drinking in the stands.
The first race kicked off at 12.30pm following the opening ceremony in the morning attended by the Financial Secretary Paul Chan Mo-po.
A man from the audience surnamed Tang said the atmosphere this year was way better than that of two to three years ago, with the races fully open to the public.
He added he had about HK$1,000 budget for betting and especially wore a red jacket hoping to boost his luck. He wished citizens good health and good lives.
Another woman surnamed Lau said she was here to feel the electricity at the racecourse with her family.
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The Minnesota Wild have now earned at least one point in each of their last nine contests, which is pretty remarkable considering where they were just a few weeks ago. Can the Wild extend their point streak to 10 games against a potent Florida Panthers offense?
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If you feel that your school has discriminated against your child or you, you may need an Title IX Lawyer Nevada. Title IX is a federal law that bans gender discrimination in the academic setting. Although the laws were passed to address issues such as sexual harassment and discrimination however, many schools do not comply with the guidelines. This could result in serious consequences.
A Title IX investigation can be an extremely complex disciplinary process. Depending on the nature of the allegations, it can take months or even years to conclude. A competent legal representative can make the process simpler. They will likely have more details on how to file a complaint as well as what it takes to succeed.
The US Department of Education has an Office of Civil Rights that is designed to protect student rights. Schools are required to conduct investigations and follow the Office’s guidelines. Students have the right request an investigation report and to appeal against adverse conclusions.
When you are deciding on the procedure the most important thing to know is that a complaint isn’t an opportunity to get a free pass. You must include information regarding the incident in question, including the name of the institution involved. Once you have completed the paperwork, you must submit it to Office of Civil Rights.
It is not unusual for a Title IX investigation to include allegations of sexual infractions. This could be stalking or harassment. These allegations can be extremely frightening for students and could lead to a variety of discipline actions. Students could be banned by the school for violating these rules. Other penalties could include the loss of scholarships or professional employment.
It is essential to understand that it is important to realize that a Title IX lawsuit may not be the best solution for every problem. It is often the last option. Students who have been expelled from school may find it difficult to transfer to a different school. A student who has been cleared of criminal charges may still be penalized by colleges.
There are practical considerations and legal aspects to be considered. Do you know the name of your school’s Title IX coordinator? If your child is currently under investigation for Title IX, will you be able contact them? You can file complaints online. Will the school protect your child’s privacy?
A lawyer who can represent you can make all of the difference. He or she can help you prepare for the meeting with your accuser. They can help you determine whether the case is worthy of your time. In the end, a Title IX lawyer will help you navigate the system and get the results you deserve.
The most important thing when filing a Title IX complaint is to give all the details. The complaint must include the address and name of the establishment where the discriminatory act was committed and the specifics of what happened and the most important thing about the complaint, as well as the name of any person who is in charge of the investigation. | <urn:uuid:638470cc-0c6c-4b53-9a5e-77040b6462e5> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://homeandfitnessnews.com/title-ix-lawyer-will-help-you-navigate-the-system/ | 2024-04-22T23:33:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.971475 | 575 |
A typical look might come to mind when you think of New Zealand interiors. For this book, the venerable Jane Ussher MNZM shot some that are in another category altogether.
Jane spent 29 years as chief photographer for the Listener, rising to become the country’s foremost portrait photographer. After stepping down from the role in 2008, a chance meeting sent her to Antarctica to shoot explorers Scott and Shackleton’s huts, and she arrived home indelibly altered, committed to photographing interiors as she had people. Evident in this book is her expert ability to capture and communicate the singular nature of a space — akin to the uniqueness of an individual.
This tome doesn’t take us anywhere as exotic as Antarctica, but many of these rooms from around Aotearoa have an international feel that makes this a read you can really escape into. Bookended by a wonderful essay by architecture writer John Walsh and an illuminating index by publisher/journalist Nicola Legat ONZM, it’s page after page of spaces you can get lost in, marvelling at the layered detail lovingly installed over time. In fact, more so than the houses themselves, Jane’s interested in the human urge to collect and curate the stuff that’s in them. “Put me in a room… and I don’t see the architecture,” she says. “I’ll be drawn to the corner with a pile of things.”
Although no people feature here, there are many signs of life: artworks creatively chosen, sofas you want to sink into, curiosities you’d love to clutch in your own hand. All are a very entertaining portal to the personalities that have made these walls talk.
Words Philippa Prentice
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“So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.” -Isaiah 41:10
You are not scared because you have a trust in God, who is faithful and powerful enough to break every chain in your life, who can sustain you. On some level, you have always trusted him, and you always will continue to trust him. He is so proud of you, and he has seen your trust in your faith and he’s going to reward you. If you receive that, just say amen.
You trust the Lord and that is good. You are not afraid and you have no need to be afraid because God is with you. To trust God means you have put your whole faith in God. You are an amazingly strong person that throughout all the challenges in your life, you’ve continued to trust God and to be faithful to him.
Even with your doubts, even with your challenges you say, “Lord, I trust your word and I trust what you say. Every step I take in my life, I will trust in you.” Every day you are faithful and this has been your creed and your cry, and because of that, God is going to carry you through the storm. Your best days are ahead because you trust in Jesus Christ. And isn’t he worth trusting?
PRAYER: Dear Lord, I trust you to carry me though whatever is ahead in life. You’re carrying me now and I’m not letting go. Amen.
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How to Fix Steam Error Code E502 L3?
Steam e502 l3 error is a typical network malfunction. It appears because the user is unable to connect to the servers of the game platform. Logically, the problem can be either due to the inaccessibility of the servers themselves, or due to a problem with the connection on the client side. To avoid unnecessary work, it is worth checking if Steam itself is working normally or if it is experiencing interruptions.
All of the methods listed below are aimed at restoring proper network operation on your computer. They are arranged in order of increasing difficulty.
How to fix e502 l3 error in Steam
- Check the stability and quality of your network connection. Internet may be present, but work intermittently, for this reason, errors will occasionally appear. One of the most effective ways of diagnostics is “Troubleshooting” (the option is available by right-clicking on the connection icon near the system tray). If problems are detected, it is worth trying to fix them automatically. Only after that can you move on to manual solutions.
- Eliminate the risk of a firewall blocking the connection – the built-in traffic filtering tool in Windows. If it deems Steam or its components a threat, it can impose a restriction on outgoing or incoming traffic. To check this, search for “Windows Firewall” and go to “Allow interaction…”. Make sure that both checkboxes are checked next to Steam. If they are not, fix the problem.
- Reinstall Steam. A special tool from “Control Panel” – “Programs and Components” will help us in this task. All that remains is to find Steam, select it and click “Uninstall”, and in the uninstallation wizard confirm the intention several times.
- Disable third-party security software. Steam may not work smoothly with anti-cheater or antivirus software. We recommend that you try to disable such services for the duration of the platform launch, making sure that their processes do not remain in the Task Manager.
Sometimes e502 l3 error occurs while making purchases by credit card. In this case, the reason is the excessive number of requests to the platform. Steam simply cannot handle transactions. This happens on various holidays or during sales. The good news is that the issue is not on your side, you should just wait a bit and try again. | <urn:uuid:99ba7f99-b31b-4278-a0d2-5c84a59ac94d> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://howfix.net/computer/steam-error-e502-l3/ | 2024-04-22T22:29:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.940789 | 502 |
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On this page you'll find officially unreleased GN'R songs in the mp3-format. The songs that you'll find here will be special in some way. It might be songs that haven't been officially released, demos or it might be live versions of well-known songs. The reason for putting the songs online is that I think GN'R have made some great stuff, that haven't been available to the public. The only way to get to hear some of these songs have been by buying expensive bootlegs. I don't make any profit by putting these songs online and I hope you don't either. Keep it free for everyone. Do not link directly to these files! Thanks. Enjoy! Note: Remember that these songs might be replaced by other songs at any time. Please save the files to your computer's hard drive in order to be able to listen to the songs even after they've been removed from this page. |
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Used To Love Her (live @ Intex, Osaka) | NEW |
Used To Love Her live at Intex in Osaka, Japan on July 21st, 2007. This was the last show of the Japanese tour. |
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Crash Diet the unreleased GN'R track. |
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Look More Confident
In order to look more confident, you need to put on a show.
Confidence can begin as an act, and if you don't believe that, ask any teacher what it felt like the first time they had to stand in front of a class of children. Ask an actor or performer what it felt like the first time they stepped onto a stage, faced with an audience of people they didn't know and whose reactions they couldn't predict. The only way to fight back the butterflies and get the nerves under control in those kinds of situations is to exude confidence, even if you don't have any.
How can you exude confidence if you don't have any? That's a good question: however, as you'll soon discover, just by acting like you're confident you'll be able to give the appearance of being confident, which in turn will actually work to raise your confidence levels.
5 Tips That Will Help You Look More Confident
Confidence is as much about how you feel as how you present yourself to the world. Here are some things you can do that will accomplish both objectives - they'll make you feel good and make you look good at the same time.
Tip No. 1: Perfect Posture
Stand up straight, stand tall and hold your head up. You don't need to look up at the ceiling or the sky, but keep your head level so you're not looking down. Try not to cross your arms or shove your hands in your pockets, and avoid fidgeting. When you hold yourself erect in this way you present a solid and confident image to another person. It's also better for your back, your spinal column, and your health in general.
Tip No. 2: Smile at People
Smile as often as possible. It makes other people happy, and it will make you happy too. If you feel like you can't force a smile just like that, try to think of something pleasant in your life, whether it's your children, your partner or that silly thing that happened to you the other day. Smiling is instinctive, which is why babies start to smile at their parents within just a few days of being born.
Tip No. 3: Stay Cool
When you enter a room or an office, walk like you own the place, as if you're in control. Let other people see that you mean business. When you get to where you're going, slow down, relax and breathe slowly and calmly. Take charge by being calm and collected rather than trying to dominate whatever's going on. That way you'll appear super cool and get more respect and admiration.
Tip No. 4: Make Eye Contact
Make eye contact with people when you meet them and when you're speaking to them. This tells the other person that your confidence levels are high and that you have nothing to hide. Balance the amount of eye contact you make by ensuring you don't stare at people. You want them to see you're confident, bold and full of self-belief, but you don't want to frighten them away, do you?
Tip No. 5: Be Gracious
Confident people can accept compliments and are able to give them as well. That makes sense, because if you're feeling good about yourself you won't have any trouble praising others. Likewise, if you're confident and someone compliments you, it costs nothing to simply say "thank you" and carry on.
More Ways To Quickly Boost Your Confidence Levels
They say confidence comes from within, but there are things you can do to manifest it outwardly as well.
- Dress in clothes that accentuate your best features - and cover up any of the bits you might not be quite so keen on.
- Wear shoes that are comfortable but give you a bit of additional height, adding to your stature and your perceived importance.
- Take up space wherever you are. Try not to sit neatly inside a chair with your arms and legs tucked in. Spread out your arms, cross your legs and make your presence felt.
- Speak clearly and carefully, taking your time to ensure your message is understood. Confident people take their time and make sure their words get their message across.
- Remember that confidence is not the same as brashness or as being cocky. Sometimes less is more... you'll get more attention if you're reserved and thoughtful than if you're loud and aggressive.
- Laugh when the occasion demands it. Laughter really is the best medicine; it will stimulate the release of feel-good chemicals in your body that should boost your confidence levels even further.
- Have fun letting the confident you take over for at least some part of every single day, until eventually you won't be able to stop it.
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New York State Mansion Sells For Only $50,000
As a kid, I remember always wanting to live in a mansion. I'm not sure what kind of mansion or where exactly I would have said mansion, but I wanted one.
I think it had to do with growing up watching all of the sports players and TV and Movie stars living in there huge houses.
Whatever the case, I missed my opportunity and so did you.
For $50,000, you could have owned a 10 bedroom, 6,000 square foot mansion in Auburn, NY.
According to CNN, the city of Auburn had purchased the building and teamed with a Real Estate agent to figure out a unique way to sell the house.
A contest was held and potential buyers would enter their intended use, cost of renovation, etc.
The city will vote on January 8, 2020 and award the home to it's new owners.
The full article, rules and details can be found HERE
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What connects philosophers, linguists, and logicians? How do you develop partnerships with dozens of foreign research centres in just six months? Can science exist in isolation from the outside world? Elena Dragalina-Chernaya, Head of the International Laboratory for Logic, Linguistics, and Formal Philosophy, discusses these and other issues.
HSE Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Aaron James Wendland, recently launched a popular philosophy column in a prominent British Magazine: The New Statesman. In this interview, we ask Aaron about his research interests, his experience at HSE, and the rationale behind his new column on popular philosophy.
On September 1, 2017, Sean Winkler joined the School of Philosophy as a research fellow for one year. Originally from Chino Hills, California, he holds an undergraduate and Master’s degree in philosophy from Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, California), as well as a Master’s degree and PhD from KU Leuven (Leuven, Belgium).
It was a class in cultural evolution during his second year as an undergraduate at Tufts University that caused Brian McLoone to become hooked on philosophy. A native of Phoenix, Arizona, he went on to complete his PhD in philosophy of biology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2016. He will be joining the HSE School of Philosophy as an Assistant Professor in early September.
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Back in the early 1960s, when TV shows like Doctor Who and The Twilight Zone were first starting, nobody had actually seen the surface of any other planet in our solar system. 1965 was the year when we saw the first photographs of another planet courtesy of the Mariner 4 spacecraft. Since then – in a single generation – humanity’s view of our solar system has changed forever from fuzzy pin-pricks of light to high resolution digital images of interplanetary real estate.
When the final Star Trek (TOS) movie hit the theatres in 1991 and portrayed alien worlds, human beings had not yet seen any evidence that such worlds actually existed. Then, in 1992, astronomers found the first exoplanet and now we know of over 4000 of these places.
During 2022, surpassing the marvels of the Hubble Space Telescope, the first images from the James Webb telescope began to expand our view of the universe more than ever before in human history. Where we could once only imagine galaxies a long time ago and far, far away, we can now see them and marvel at their beauty.
We are reminded of Carl Sagan, who pointed out that we are made of star stuff, and these images bring us closer than ever to seeing our earliest origins.
However, we must not ignore the the cost of space exploration: the tragic deaths of astronauts and cosmonauts in space and related accidents. Knowledge and progress are never free. In the USA, this week includes NASA’s Day of Remembrance to commemorate the loss of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia during the same week in different years.
Let’s remember our pioneers who created the pathways we walk today. Let’s also look ahead to those visionaries who are yet to take that journey. Sic Itur Ad Astra.
To commemorate the anniversary of the Human Be-In (14 January 1967)
Rarely a day seems to pass without some comment in a letters column or a social media thread where someone is complaining about the baby boomer generation, who are apparently all affluent, privileged, self-absorbed, and selfish.
It seems somewhat puzzling that ageist generalisations about baby boomers come from subsequent generations of adults who appear to largely abhor racism, sexism and homophobia. Why is this other form of discrimination acceptable?
As a tail-end baby boomer myself, I was born towards the end of the era and so I just made it into the generation, but many of these people – older girls and boys when I was a child but who seemed so grown up to me – ultimately became my mentors and heroes in my youth and adulthood. In response to ageist criticism of these people, I would like to say to my role models:
Hey boomer, thank you.
Thank you for once being young and idealistic and full of dreams and naive hope.
Thank you for taking the world of Robert Menzies and Joseph McCarthy, and turning it into a world of Rosa Parks and Gough Whitlam.
Thank you for the hippies who turned the nuclear arms race into flower power and pacifism that stopped the Vietnam War.
Thank you for taking the empathy of Dr Spock, who raised your generation; and contributing to the modern-day mythology of Mr Spock, who encouraged us all to think more logically and rationally.
Thank you for questioning and challenging the establishment – everything from institutional Christianity to the Vietnam War draft – and inspiring a wave of independent thinkers.
Thank you for the civil rights movement which established the equality of people regardless of race or skin colour.
Thank you for ending racial segregation and apartheid.
Thank you for the 1967 referendum in Australia which recognised Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australians.
Thank you for contributing to the space program and Moon landings, helping to create the biggest non-military scientific program in history which led to much of our modern-day science and technology.
Thank you for advancing the environmental movement and many animal liberation causes.
Thank you for the second-generation women’s lib movement.
Thank you for the gay liberation movement and its subsequent LGBT+/queer rights momentum.
Thank you for all your activism during the era of HIV/AIDS, when millions of people were dying in a double epidemic of AIDS and homophobic stigma – yet you cared for them, changed the world for them, and became heroes.
Thank you for starting the world-wide trend towards abolition of the death penalty.
Thank you for promoting women’s sexual autonomy via the pill, abortion, the right to say no, and granting women some power within marriage instead of treating them like the property of their husband.
Thank you for advancing many of the human rights that subsequent generations of adults enjoy, including their right to criticise you.
Thank you to those of you who, even in retirement, continue to lobby hard for human rights, equality, and uplifting the underdog: refugees, indigenous people, and others who are oppressed or disempowered.
For those of you who are still active and empowered and educated, and who keep your finger on the pulse of a younger world, I say please keep working hard to create an even better world for posterity. To those of you for whom the spirit may be willing but the flesh is becoming weak, I respectfully suggest it is time to graciously pass the mantle to a younger generation and enjoy a well-deserved rest. Those who follow will be grateful and capable in continuing the work of changing the world in newer ways of which perhaps we can only dream.
Thank you, boomers, for your lifetime of work. I’m not saying that you got everything right, but you did your best to make the world a better place for your having been in it. May subsequent generations learn from your example, agitate to change the world for the better, and enjoy their own well-deserved retirement after a lifetime of hard work and activism.
(These same young people in this video would now likely be in their seventies or eighties. Grandma and Grandpa were young once – boomers in their heyday enjoying being alive, carefree, and full of potential to change the world. Let’s see subsequent generations do the same.)
The Apollo 11 astronauts were not the only people to report observing strange lunar phenomena. Fortunately, science and common sense can plausibly explain the sightings. The truth may be out there, but it is even more exciting than we imagine.
It sounds like a sci fi story: a UFO (technically an ‘unidentified flying object’ because it remains officially unidentified) trailing the Apollo 11 spacecraft as it flew towards the Moon for its historic landing. Was it a vehicle carrying aliens who were observing humanity’s first steps offworld? Or perhaps it was a space bus full of time-travelling tourists who wanted to observe what was, for them, an historic event from humanity’s past?
Sadly, neither possibility seems likely. In his book No Dream Is Too High, astronaut Buzz Aldrin reports this sighting by the Apollo 11 crew as they flew Moonward, three days and 200,000 miles (over 320,000 km) away from Earth. The object (or light) in question was visible but too distant to be identifiable to them, and Buzz reports they were reluctant – in the glare of the world’s media – to simply ask aloud: “Hey Houston, we have something moving along beside us, and we don’t know what it is. Can you tell us what that might be?” They concluded that it was either the final stage of the Saturn rocket that had launched them on their lunar trajectory two days earlier (somewhat implausible because that was reported to be 6000 miles, or just short of 10,000 km, away from them), or – more likely – was one of four panels from the casing that had been discarded when they had extracted the lunar module. This panel, flying its own lonely trajectory alongside them and reflecting sunlight, would appear to be a light or a vehicle following them at some distance.
This was not the only strange sighting these astronauts experienced on the way to the Moon. Time magazine (25 July 1969) includes in its Apollo 11 report that the astronauts were asked to investigate a strange sighting near the crater Aristarchus: “Astronomers in Bochum, West Germany, had observed a bright glow on the lunar surface—the same sort of eerie luminescence that has intrigued moon watchers for centuries. The report was passed on to Houston and thence to the astronauts. Almost immediately, Armstrong reported back, “Hey, Houston, I’m looking north up to ward Aristarchus now, and there’s an area that is considerably more illuminated than the surrounding area. It seems to have a slight amount of fluorescence.” Aldrin confirmed his observation.”
This latter sighting was a transient lunar phenomenon (TLP) or lunar transient phenomenon (LTP) – which Wikipedia summarises as comprising a short-lived light, color or change in appearance on the surface of the Moon. These events, reported for over one thousand years (at least since monks in Canterbury reported such a sighting on 18 June 1178) are attributed to possible outgassing, geologic, or meteorite activity. Even NASA notes these sightings:
“If you stare at the Moon long enough, you start seeing things. “82 things to be exact,” says Bill Cooke, leader of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Group. That’s how many “transient phenomena” the group has video-taped since they started monitoring the night side of the Moon in Nov. 2005.”
So while staring upwards and yearning for excitement, it may seem exhilarating to ponder whether alien cities, UFOs, portals to other dimensions, or other exciting possibilities exist within plain sight. However, such possibilities are best consigned to exciting sci fi stories, while the reality is more plausibly explained by solid science and critical thought.
Aldrin, in his aforementioned book (subtitled “Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon”) quotes Carl Sagan: “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”. Let’s remember that and accept that reality can still be as breath-taking as our imaginings. Sure, the Apollo 11 crew may have missed the chance to be stalked by aliens or time travellers, but hell, they walked on the Moon. Sagan’s quote provides its own challenge. While sci fi might provide inspiration for future dreams, it cannot compete with the excitement of real life. If you think that your life is only half as exciting as an episode of Star Trek, chances are you’re reading this blog article on a piece of technology that was inspired by – and closely resembles – the tech represented in that imaginary future. We are here already, folks.
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To safely evacuate / remove / exit / Nutanix AHV, ESXi host / nodes from Nutanix HCI Acropolis AHV / VMware ESXi cluster through Nutanix Prism and/or ncli cli command line. This is the common question asked by Nutanix loving customers to me frequently. Today i will answer in detailed to remove / evacuate the Nutanix node / host from Nutanix HCI Acropolis AHV , ESXi cluster without any downtime or problem.
Use Case of Removal Node
What are the use cases in that case need to remove the Nutanix AHV / VMware ESXi Node(s) / Host(s) from Nutanix HCI Cluster. Following use case may fit in
- Node – no more need to be in same Nutanix cluster
- Move Node(s) from one Nutanix cluster to another Nutanix cluster
- Mismatch the Node’s specs among nodes in the same Nutanix cluster
- Node having some technical issue and want to replace it with new one
- Want to create different cluster to remove few nodes from existing Nutanix cluster.
You may have different reasons to evacuate / remove node(s) / Host(s) from Nutanix HCI cluster but above are common reasons to removal nodes.
Prerequisites to Remove Node
If you want to remove / evacuate / exit the Nutanix AHV , VMware ESXi host / node from Nutanix HCI cluster then you need to complete the Nutanix node removal prerequisites before removing / evacuating the node / host.
Nutanix AHV / ESXi Node / Host Removal Prerequisites are:
- Nutanix cluster must have atleast 3 and/or 5 nodes in the cluster as per Nutanix Redundancy factor RF2 / RF3
- Nutanix Cluster must have N+1 / N+2 nodes to sustain the one / two node failure after evacuate the node(s)
- Nutanix Cluster Health must be Green Heart is recommended
- Nutanix Cluster Redundancy Statu must be OK
- Nutanix cluster HA and DRS must be enabled with AUTOMATICALLY functionality in case of VMware Esxi hypervisor running on Nutanix HCI Platform
- VM should not pinned on host / VM-host affinity must be disabled
- Admission Control Policy must be disabled in VMware Esxi hypervisor
- Atleast 30% free space must be available to avoid filling any disk beyond 95%.
- You cannot remove nodes from a 3-node cluster because a minimum of three Zeus nodes are required
- Remove one node / host at a time to avoid any downtime or unexpected issue.
Remove Nutanix Node(s)
To Remove / Evacuate the Nutanix AHV / VMware Esxi node(s) from Nutanix HCI Acropolis cluster has two methods
Through Nutanix nCLI Command Line
Remove Nutanix AHV / VMware ESXi node / host from ncli command line to login any controll-VM CVM on the same Nutanix HCI Acropolis Cluster.
Step 1 : Login to Controller-VM CVM of the Nutanix HCI cluster
Step 2 : Get Nutanix AHV / ESXi host / node ID though ncli command line
cvm$ ncli hostl list
Determine the right Nutanix AHV / VMware ESXi node / host ID that will be marked for removal. For Example host / node ID is 123456
Step 3 : Execute Nutanix ncli command to evacuate / remove the AHV / VMware ESXi Node / host from Nutanix HCI Acropolis Cluster
cvm$ ncli host rm-start id=123456
Note : Nutanix AHV / ESXi node removal time may take up to 20 – 30 minutes per node basis.
Read Also how to Enable Nutanix CVM, AHV Maintenance mode
Through Nutanix Prism
To remove / evacuate the Nutanix AHV / VMware ESXi node from Nutanix HCI Cluster through Nutanix Prism is one-click job as shown below steps.
Step 1 : Login to Nutanix Prism web-console
Step 2 : Click on main menu > Hardware > Select Node ( That you want to remove from Nutanix cluster ) > click on Remove Node
Remove \ Evacuate Nutanix AHV Node \ Host from Nutanix HCI Cluster as shown in below Screenshot
Remove \ Evacuate Nutanix VMware ESXi Node \ Host From Nutanix HCI Cluster as shown in below Screenshot
Now Nutanix cluster will be initiated the removal of Node / Host from Nutanix AHV / ESXi Cluster and will take up to 20-30 minutes. Now keep patience and have a cup of coffee 😉
Nutanix Evacuation Node Process
Nutanix cluster will live migrate the VMs from evacuating / removing node to another nodes with load balancing technique to distribute the VMs load other entire hosts in the cluster after VMs migration completed, the Node will be entered into maintenance mode to evacuate the node successfully.
Reclaim License of Removed Nodes
After removed / Evacuation of Node(s) / Host(s) need to reclaim the Acropolis and/or Add-on licenes to re-use it. To re-claim the Nutanix license read this post Reclaim Nutanix licenses
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Removal node(s) / Host(s) from Nutanix HCI running cluster is very rare but sometimes needs to be removed to satisfy the real scenario to solve the issue.
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What are Cohesive Devices?
Cohesive devices are those words, punctuations and sentence structures, which link your ideas in writing. Cohesive devices ensure that your essay has a flow and is readable.
Following are few cohesive devices that make your writing shine!
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Random paragraphing not only makes your essay look disorganised but also indicates lack of proper ideation. Therefore, it is necessary to paragraph your essays well.
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What a cohesive writing should look like?
Take a look at this paragraph:
Plenty of people think veganism is a myth. People all over the world consume animal protein. The most popular food chains are non-vegan. Many cultures around the world promote veganism. Many people opt for a vegan diet for health issues. Some opt for pure personal choice.
Now read this:
Plenty of people think veganism is a myth. The major food chains in the world are non-vegan and they are thriving. While a good number of people in the world consume animal protein, plenty of people prefer to have a vegan diet. This could be due to cultural issues; health issues or due to pure personal choice.
Between these two paragraphs, you can see that the first one is full of short and choppy sentences without cohesive device. It doesn’t give you a comfortable read nor does it appear organised.
The second sentence, on the other hand, provides a smooth read and has cohesive devices like, “while”, conjunctions like “and” and punctuations like semi colons. It also looks more organised and has a flow.
As you know an essay usually has three distinct parts: Introduction, Main Body and Conclusion. A cohesive writing will have clear paragraphs, with the introduction having a good opening; the main body, with the main idea, reasoning and supporting examples, facts and figures and finally end with a well-rounded concluding paragraph.
Let us take a topic and see how it can be cohesively organised:
Some believe using social media is risky, while others believe it is a great platform for socialising. What is your take on it?
For this topic the main idea of the essay is: social media can’t be trusted blindly. The reasoning that will follow would be:
- There is always a risk of people using fake profiles.
- The information/ photos you put online aren’t safe.
- Social media profiles can be hacked.
You can follow this up with a conclusion that should contain: a brief sum up of your opinion.
How to Improve Your Writings using Cohesive Devices?
If you think your writings lack cohesion, here’s a way to add them:
- Note down all your ideas about a given essay topic.
- List them down in a sequence.
- Rephrase them in a way that all the sentences are either part of the main idea or they are connected to the preceding sentence.
- Remember cohesive devices are not just linking words, they are reflected in your sentence construction and also in the kind of punctuations you use.
The following image shows how you can improve your band by correctly using cohesive devices:
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The impact of implementing a chronic care residency training initiative on asthma outcomes
Publication Date: 01/01/2007
PURPOSE: To examine the impact of a chronic care residency training intervention on continuity clinic patients’ asthma-related emergency department use and primary care residents’ application of key elements of the Chronic Care Model (CCM). METHOD: In 2002 and 2003, the authors conducted a pre- and posttraining survey of 41 intervention residents at Maine Medical Center to assess residents’ implementation of the CCM. The change in implementation for intervention residents was compared with that of 77 primary care residents not receiving CCM training. Asthma-related emergency department (ED) use by 441 patients cared for by intervention residents was compared with that of other asthma patients at Maine Medical Center using hospital billing records. RESULTS: At baseline, residents in both groups reported sporadic application of key elements of the CCM. At posttest, Maine Medical Center residents reported significantly greater increases in CCM implementation than the comparison group for 4 out of the 12 items. The greatest increases were in residents’ access to asthma guidelines, the proportion of patients receiving written asthma management plans, and residents’ access to information on community asthma programs. The number of asthma-related ED visits dropped significantly among patients treated by intervention residents (pediatric patients 42%, adults 44%). There was a slight increase in asthma ED use for nonintervention pediatric patients at the hospital (8%) and a very small decrease for adults (3%). CONCLUSIONS: Chronic care training programs for residents may influence the health outcomes of patients treated in their continuity clinics while simultaneously offering an important educational experience in an underemphasized area of medicine. | <urn:uuid:b8c3dd1d-d9ac-44b1-b41d-3cda8020e7ac> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://ifh.rutgers.edu/recent_publications/the-impact-of-implementing-a-chronic-care-residency-training-initiative-on-asthma-outcomes/ | 2024-04-22T22:24:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.927678 | 345 |
System proposal is functions like a summary of the unit analyst’s work on the market. System proposal is provided towards the organization owner to improve their business and be lucrative.
Listed here are song of system proposal:
It’s their list of people who did the research and summarize the objectives within the study. In addition, it provides the schedule within the prearranged place and here i am at this dental presentation within the system proposal.
2. Title Page of project
It offers the title page, the specific project, what they are referred to as within the systems analysis team people, along with the date the proposal is printed.
3. Table of contents
Writing table of contents may be helpful to readers of extended proposal. It may be overlooked when the proposal is extremely short.
4. Executive summary
It’s 250 to 375 words that gives the who, what, when, where, why and also the means by the proposal. Readers must have accurate articulate the data within your executive summary. It has to offers the overall picture of what’s being suggested.
5. Outline of system study with documentation
It offers everything about all the methods based in the study, and who or even the factor which was studied. Also, her data sources accustomed to consider the machine like the lists of individuals interviewed and observed combined with forms examined as evidence the thorough and comprehensive study was completed.
6. Detailed link between systems study
It presents problems with the present system such as the kinds and rates of errors, current and forecasted work volume and exactly how jobs are being handled using the current system.
7. System alternatives (three or four possible solutions)
During this section, the analyst gives you three (3) to four (4) alternatives solutions that directly address these issues.
Each alternatives should explored individually and describe the price and advantages of each situations. You can insert graphs to evaluate costs and benefits for every alternative. In addition, each alternative must clearly indicate what management should do for doing things.
After offering alternatives, the body analyst might make recommendation that’s most workable and it also offers the suggested solution.
It’s a brief statement that mirrors the information within the executive summary. Also, it provides the objectives within the study along with the suggested solution.
It’s the last area of the system proposal and it also contains pertinent correspondence, all the phases transported the study, detailed graphs for analyses purposes or even formerly done system studies.
It (IT) is applying computers and telecommunication equipment to process data for example storing data, retrieving data, transmitting data and manipulating data.
IT proposal is suggesting using software or maybe a approach to get rid of the conventional method of processing data. It has to attract the client and convince them it’s more advantageous to alter that old system to new computerized system. The benefit of computerized technique is rapid processing of understanding and provides a large capacity of storage for storing information.
Check out this certainly one of Brief IT Proposal
IT Proposal presented by: ABC Software Firm
Date of Submission. August 10, 2001
Name of Software Offer: ABC Computerized Inventory System
Together with your Software:
- Computerized Inventory System gives you accurate data
- Having the ability to access data within the faster and happy manner
- It handles data in accurate and timely manner since deliveries
- Eliminates documents and manual processes
- Reduced overtime cost
- Faster streamlining purchasing and inventory control
- Reduced clerical errors
Cost in the program: Fifty Three 1000 Pesos (Php 53,000)
Advantages offer over competitors
- Warranty for 12 several days
- Provides training before the user learned all function and technique system
- Provides instructions and problem-solving
- Assign one (1) programmer to modified numerous your request
- Parallel runs for six (6) a few days
Clients use our physiques
- Procter and Gambles Company
- Jack and Jill Corporation
- Leona’s Enterprises
- Globally shop
- Mega Link Corporation
- Zobel Corporation
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Whether a business is going via an acquisition or perhaps raising funds from buyers, it’s necessary to regulate sensitive records securely. A virtual data room enables firms to streamline homework by writing confidential is your vdr worth the price files over the internet in a handled environment. A VDR can also improve production by enabling teams to work together slightly and proficiently. Choosing the right provider is important, and so check testimonials on program review websites for unbiased feedback on each product’s features.
The life sciences industry uses VDRs to share documents during mergers & acquisitions, fundraising, and other offers. Biotech, pharma, and medical companies have to protect their intellectual property in order to prosper. When getting a vendor, search for enterprise-grade protection technology that prevents access simply by unauthorized users on any computer or device. Also consider an advanced feature like redaction that blacks out areas of folders so personally-identifiable information continues to be private. A good VDR will offer granular document permissions that let administrators establish how and for how long each file can be looked at.
Investment lenders use VDRs to facilitate M&A financial transactions and other financial transaction techniques. These projects need a lot of document exchanges with multiple people, so it may be important to pick a vendor using a robust support team. A lot of the best vendors provide 24/7 customer service through in-app chat, phone, or email and have support teams that speak multiple languages. In addition to this, the most trusted VDR service providers have thorough audit tracks that help administrators trail and survey on file activity. | <urn:uuid:77009591-8718-4f4b-883f-987f690711a6> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://ihms.ac/2024/01/23/what-is-virtual-info-room/ | 2024-04-22T23:41:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.905582 | 327 |
Choose from three passes that can save you money: The London Pass, Go City London Explorer Pass and Merlin London Attractions Pass – and then decide which one is right for you.
What is the difference between three passes?
The London Pass* allows you to enjoy unlimited visits for a set period of time (choose the amount of days that you prefer). This Go City London Explorer Pass* grants you access to an exclusive number of attractions over a 60-day timeframe.
Purchase The London Pass for one or two, three or five six, seven, or 10 consecutive days. Select from more than 90 experiences, attractions, and tours. You can choose between two three or five, six or seven of London’s top 20 tourist attractions in 60 days. The Go City London Explorer pass.
This Merlin London Attractions Pass allows you to select from five attractions you must visit to utilize for 90 days.
What are the major advantages of each of the passes?
The London Pass
This London Pass is ideal if you plan to visit many attractions in one day. With over 90 attractions tours, experiences and tours to select from, you’ll have plenty of options.
This card is perfect when you are only spending a few hours in London and it allows fast-track entry to some of the attractions.
Visit this site when when searching to the find the best London pass…
Go City London Explorer Pass
Its Go City London Explorer Pass lets you choose between different visits while saving the cost of individual tickets, savings of as much as 55% off the price of your tour and attraction tickets. Additionally, you’ll have access to an app called the Go City app to help you navigate directions and maps.
This pass is ideal for those who live in the area or go to London frequently.
Merlin London Attractions Pass
With five attractions with five different attractions, the Merlin London Attractions Pass is an affordable, flexible pass that offers savings up to 45% when compared to purchasing individual tickets.
After you’ve reserved a date for your first activity and you’ve got 90 days to make reservations and go to the other attractions. If you have to alter your time slot, you are able to change your date at no cost.
It is the only pass that includes iconic attractions. Merlin London Attractions Pass is the only pass that has famous attractions like The London Eye, Madame Tussauds London and the SEA LIFE London Aquarium.
What attractions are included?
London Pass London Pass gives you access to a variety of experiences, including a hop-on/hop-off bus tour, river cruise and other attractions like Tower of London, Tower of London, The View from The Shard, Windsor Castle and ZSL London Zoo.
Go City London Explorer Pass includes attractions like Tower Bridge, Tower of London as well as excursions like Up at The O2 and Emirates Stadium Tours.
Merlin London Attractions Pass features the London Eye, Madame Tussauds London and the SEA LIFE Aquarium in London, London Dungeon and Shrek’s Adventure! London. The only London experience pass that can include the bucket-list of London tourist attractions.
How do I purchase and get the passes?
The three passes are all available for purchase online prior to or during your excursion. You will get an email confirmation with instructions on how to download the pass onto your smartphone, or show or print the barcode that scans. Purchase an London Pass*, Go City London Explorer Pass* or an Merlin London Attractions Pass online today.
Which one is right for you?
This is the London Pass is best when…
…you have planned a quick visit to London and would like to visit the most sights you can while making money.
This Go City London Explorer Pass is ideal for those who…
…you reside in or around London or near London, and you are planning a trip of a long duration or you would like to experience the city over a longer duration of time.
It is recommended to purchase the Merlin London Attractions Pass is the best option for when…
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I enjoy popping into the High Times website once a week to read articles about policy, growing, health,… I also recently came across Grasscity Magazine which is similar, but is rarely updated. Can you name any other cannabis media that has good stuff to read?
Weed World magazine used to have some interesting nuggets of info.
Haven’t been there in a while tho.
Outstanding. It looks like they are putting out new articles daily, so I’ll be following Weed World too.
Glad to be able to help.
Have a smokin high day.
Oh gosh who is it… @ThcinKC was it you that linked all those Cannabis books and articles from Google drive or something. I can see them as shared in my drive but it doesn’t say by who.
Edit nope it was @THCCBD lol
Cannabis Related Books - Free to download online
Leafly tends to have some good blogs and news. They did the best in depth investigative reporting on the whole vape situation killing people.
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MONTICELLO – Peaceful protests against racism and police brutality not only took place Saturday in cities like Chicago and Champaign, but also in small Illinois towns like Monticello.
The Piatt County Journal-Republican reports 500 people gathered in downtown Monticello on Saturday. The community of 5,500 sits along I-72 in Piatt County.
Demonstrators held signs like “Black Lives Matter” and also kneeled during the hourlong event called the “Demonstration for Justice And Peace.” It was one of hundreds of protests held around the world nearly two weeks after George Floyd, a black man, died after a white officer pressed a knee on his neck for several minutes.
Current and former students of Monticello High School also spoke, including Vinnie Strack, who now lives in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
“We must do more,” said Strack. “Sometimes we need to have the hard conversation to get on the right path. Today, for this community, I recognize this is a hard conversation, but its time we get on that right path.”
A conservative group called Central Illinois Citizens For Freedom asked for people to attend the event especially if they had concealed carry permits or owned motorcycles. In their post, they stated, “we already know that protests turn into riots. We cannot allow out-of-town protesters to destroy our historic hamlet.” No clashes were reported.
Among other peaceful small Illinois city gatherings on Saturday, a few hundred protesters gathered at the Tazewell County Courthouse in Pekin, according to Peoria Public Radio.
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Imagine if a water bottling company offered its customers two options: 1) Pure bottled springwater, priced at three dollars; 2) Water from a polluted lake, bottled and priced at one dollar.
Now, Imagine if car companies offered two options in the types of cars they sold: 1) Safety models that came with seatbelts, airbags, and protections built into the frame designs; 2) Cars that didn’t have any of those safety features at all, priced 25,000 dollars cheaper.
Why must companies go for cheap at the expense of consumer health and safety?
When I was in the skydiving business there was a company that had the lowest priced parachute container system (the system that held parachutes in place when you were in freefall). Their system was made with inferior grade products and was terribly engineered. It was a pile of garbage, but it passed the Federal Aviation Administration requirements.
All the competing parachute systems were superior in every way and cost twice as much. How could someone come into the sport of skydiving and not insist on getting the safest possible product?
Sacrificing health and safety for cheapness is economic madness.
In my mind it’s the same thing if I walk into a supermarket and they have “two produce”departments, one of which is organic and one of which is “conventional”? I believe that this is bullshit. “Conventional” produce shouldn’t be an option. It’s a gimmick and it shouldn’t even be legal.
The term “conventional produce” means that the farmer can spray the produce with a litany of poisonous chemicals that the government has declared to be safe for you to ingest into your body. What’s even worse, the government has decided that it’s OK if the chemicals leach into the soil and find their way into our water supplies.
This has come to pass because the people in charge decided that farmers should be able to protect their crops from insects and from other plant life that might destroy their harvests. Somewhere along the way these practices became the norm. Then, negative side effects were discovered. Those negative side effects have been covered up by giant corporations with lots of money to pay for politicians who make laws to overlook the obvious.
Who pays the price of the negative side effects? Everyone.
The farmer eats and drinks the poison. The politicians eat and drink the poison. The corporations that make the poisons eat and drink the poisons. Consumers eat and drink the poisons. Nobody gets off.
I hate conspiracy theories, especially those that are entirely unfounded. I don’t like conspiracies that talk about things that don’t even matter whether or not they’re true. But the relationship that large supermarkets have with giant chemical manufacturers and farmers is not a conspiracy theory. It’s a gigantic problem, and the problem is fueled by ignorance.
It doesn’t really matter if the problems are based on corruption at various levels or if the problems are intertwined in a conspiracy of some sort. But you need to be aware of one thing: It will be necessary for farmers to grow organic produce free from pesticides, herbicides, and GMOs if we are to keep our earth healthy and allow consumers to have access to food that isn’t hazardous to their health.
In the US, we have wealth and access to excellent sanitation and delivery mechanisms. So there is no reason that we should feed our citizens and our global neighbors substandard, unhealthy food products. The short term savings that come from growing, purchasing and eating conventional produce are worthless when compared to the toll such food will exact on the health of everyone.
Perhaps you believe that these pesticides are not that bad for your chemistry. This doesn’t take into consideration the harmful effects that these chemicals have on the planet. We are ruining our environment. We take its valuable resources, add pollution to the air supply, and poison our waters. And we manufacture synthetic compounds that slowly but surely destroy the infrastructure of the organic matter that this world and your body are made of.
The next time you go into a beautiful supermarket, take a moment to feel the gratitude for the abundance that is all around you. To have so many choices is a blessing. But oftentimes it’s a blessing in disguise. It’s a very bad situation when there are a great many options that are in complete violation of the obvious laws of the natural world.
This begs the question: What about people that don’t have money, who can’t access the same quality of food that people with money have access to? To say that toxic conventional produce is better than no produce is assuming that we can do nothing about this bad situation. This is not true. We can vote for people who pledge to subsidize organic farmers and make the use of toxic chemical compounds illegal. We can interact with our elected representatives, and we can become activists who fight for positive change in connection with this issue.
We’re better off with a lot of options that force people to change behavior and do the right thing, not the partially right thing that fucks up every other thing. I’m trying to make you aware of something that’s been perpetrated for a very long time. Even major health food markets are guilty of the crime of peddling toxic conventional produce. They give people the conventional option because they want to compete with the bigger markets. They recognize that they would be out of business if they couldn’t advertise a lemon at a lower price. They want to get you into the store the same way a spider wants to get you into its web.
Companies deceive us. They display conventional produce mixed in with organic produce to make it look as if they are environmentally and socially conscious. And they often don’t have separate conventional and organic produce sections—they have everything mixed in together hoping that you won’t notice.
I don’t have a solution for this large scale problem in this one essay. I don’t have the power to change anything. But I wouldn’t put an apple sprayed with pesticides and one grown organically next to each other on a table and offer a choice between the two to your child or to your beloved elders.
If you had to make such a choice, I think that you’d pick the organic produce every time. And I want to make it clear that in my businesses I am committed to organic produce. If I ever had to sell conventional produce so that I could keep my business open, I’d close my business instead. | <urn:uuid:9249fcaa-07cd-4315-945d-e0922ad1356e> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://ilovegoodsugar.com/blogs/street-knowledge/conventional-produce-was-invented-by-a-jack-ass | 2024-04-22T21:22:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.970307 | 1,369 |
Communities of faith have long been a critical voice in environmental justice. Faith in Place, a nonprofit organization, connects communities of faith with solutions for climate change and environmental justice issues through Green Teams.
Green Teams are groups of three or more people from a House of Worship who provide leadership to educate, connect and advocate for healthier communities.
Chicago Outreach Coordinator Isioma Odum said Faith in Place likes to work with Green Teams and the resources already available to them. Focusing on small goals helps establish a good team, Odum said.
“We try to figure out what each House of Worship is interested in or struggling with, and work to provide the necessary resources and tools for them to take action in their community,” Odum said.
Green Teams meet regularly to connect faith communities with solutions for climate change and other environmental justice issues. The goal is to motivate faith communities to incorporate environmental consciousness.
“Our Green Teams exemplify powerful community partnership. These connections give us the strength to confront the challenges of our changing climate and take collective action toward building healthier communities, starting in our own backyard,” Director Rev. Cindy Shepherd said. “Planting trees together, meeting with our elected officials, raising food for ourselves and our neighbors—our Green Teams strive to embody the change we wish to see in the world.”
Faith in Place provides the team with a Green Team Coach who serves as a mentor to the group. The coach works alongside a House of Worship’s Green Team to provide updates on programs and opportunities, help create goals and foster connections with resources at no cost.
“Our theory of change begins with the principle ‘Get in where you fit in.’ We help Houses of Worship take action on the issues that matter most to them. For some, this may look like providing funding and support in developing a rain garden to help reduce flooding in their neighborhood. We also support Houses of Worship in installing affordable solar power, planting community gardens, hosting educational events and advocating for environmental justice at the local, state and federal levels,” Odum said.
Green Teams help keep consciousness about Earth and justice at the forefront of conversations. Indianapolis is home to eight Green Team churches. For more information about Green Teams or to submit an application, click here.
Indianapolis Green Teams
United Methodist Church Zionsville, 9644 Whitestown Rd, Zionsville, IN 46077
Congregation Beth Shalom, 3085 W 116th St, Carmel, IN 46032
Carmel United Methodist Church, 621 S Rangeline Rd, Carmel, IN 46032
Bethel Cathedral African Methodist Episcopal Church, 6417 Zionsville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46268
Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, 6501 N Meridian St, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260
Saint Pius X Catholic Church, 7200 Sarto Dr, Indianapolis, IN 46240
Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis, 615 W 43rd St, Indianapolis, IN
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An Iran-affiliated outlet has reported an attack on the boxship CSAV Tyndall, a vessel previously owned by Israeli shipowner Eyal Ofer.
According to Israeli media, the vessel was struck by an unknown weapon while under way in the Indian Ocean . The ship may have been hit by a missile, according to Israeli outlet N12, but the details are not yet certain.
The incident was first reported by Lebanese TV network Al Mayadeen, an outlet with suspected ties to Hezbollah and Iran. As the CSAV Tyndall was previously linked with an Israeli shipowner, defense analysts quickly pointed to Iran as the likeliest culprit. Iran has been accused of orchestrating previous attacks on Israeli vessels in the Gulf of Oman and Indian Ocean, part of a long-running series of suspected tit-for-tat strikes by the Israeli and Iranian governments against each others’ merchant fleets. The explosions that struck the Israeli-owned car carriers Helios Ray and Hyperion Ray earlier this year have both been widely attributed to Iran, though Tehran has not provided confirmation.
The Tyndall incident also follows shortly after a successful Israeli drone strike on an Iranian uranium centrifuge manufacturing plant, part of Israel’s campaign to prevent Tehran from developing a stockpile of nuclear material. Iran has denied that the airstrike caused significant damage, but independent satellite imagery appears to show signs of a large fire at one of three large factory buildings on the site .
The 2014-built CSAV Tyndall was purchased by a subsidiary of Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime in 2019, and she was resold to a single-vessel holding company named Polar 5 Ltd. in May. At the time of the sale, Anglo-Eastern took over her technical management and London-based Oceonix Services took on her commercial management, according to her Equasis record.
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So today we are going to go down the rabbit hole of NFTs. What the heck is an NFT? It is a Non-Fungible Token. Basically, an NFT is a completely original digital file or a digital collectible which is registered on a blockchain ledger just like any cryptocurrency.
But unlike cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin or Ethereum, an NFT is totally unique and because it lives on the blockchain it verifies who is the rightful owner of this one-of-a-kind digital collectible file.
In February 2021, digital artist Peebles sold a digital artwork for $69.3 million at auction. You heard correctly almost $70 million for a digital file. The founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey, sold his very first tweet as an NFT for $2.9 million.
It took me a minute to understand what these things were and then it clicked. In short, they are digital collectibles. NFTs essentially are digital baseball cards, comic books, Garbage Pail Kids, Funkos, or Pokemon cards. They are just a digital version and in many ways better because you know exactly how many copies exist.
I’ve already had conversations with Hollywood executives that told me that the studios are coming very soon and they are coming hard. Hollywood is beginning to see the value of NFTs and when they come in it will be a feeding frenzy. Imagine Marvel Studios, Harry Potter, Star Wars, or Pixar NFTs. It’s going to be insane.
Could Oscar® winning screenwriters create NFTs for their screenplays? Could a popular filmmaker create NFT short films? Would you buy an NFT from Chris Nolan, David Fincher, Aaron Sorkin, or Quentin Tarantino?
The NBA is selling “moments” as NFTs through NBA Top Shots. Basically, they are selling highlight clips as NFT and are killing it. Fans of the NBA are gobbling these NFTs as fast as they are released. I really think there is now one doing NFTs better than the NBA right now.
Musicians are having amazing success selling NFTs directly to their fans. This is turning the established music industry on its head. NFTs are essentially killing off the middle man. No more label, just a direct relationship with the artist’s fans.
The other amazing thing about NFTs is that the artist continues to make money on every sale of the NFT forever. Let me explain. When an artist creates an NFT by “minting” it. Minting is the process of create the digital file (NFT) and placing it on the blockchain. The artist then sets the residual percentage every time the NFT sells.
So if I mint a short film and sell it for $500. I get $500. Now, if the new owner sells it 2 years from now for $10,000 I get 10% of that sale. Every time that NFT is resold I get my cut. All transactions are transparent. All on the blockchain.
So how can filmmakers make money? There are so many options because NFTs are in their infancy. Everyone is trying to figure out how to use them in indie films.
Indie Film legend Kevin Smith is selling the distribution rights to his new horror anthology Killjoy. He has even created his own NFT Studio called JAY & SILENT BOB’S CRYPTO STUDIO PRESENT SMOKIN’ TOKEN NFTS. Here’s some info on Kevin’s new endeavor.
Since their first appearance in CLERKS over twenty-five years ago, Jay and Silent Bob have been selling out to the world of collectibles! From t-shirts to toys, the stoner duo’s likenesses have been stuck on both tacky and tremendous trinkets treasured around the globe!
Now Jay and Silent Bob blaze into blockchain with crypto-collectibles called Smokin’ Tokens!
From Jay & Silent, Bob’s Crypto Studio comes the first in a series of NFT’s that celebrate the many movies of New Jersey’s least likely heroes. The inaugural Smokin’ Tokens commemorate the pair’s latest cinematic adventure,
JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT – featuring amazing art by fan-favorite John “Captain RibMan” Sprengelmeyer!
You gotta love Kevin Smith. He’s always looking for new ways to connect with his fans. His first collection of NFTs almost completely sold out. There might be something here boys and girls.
Some other ideas are:
- Selling the distribution rights to your film in shares like the indie film Lotawana
- Create an NFT for a short film to finance it
- Sell NFT collectibles from the film
- Fundraise your budget with NFTs
- Anyone with a fanbase or that can tap into a fanbase can and should create NFTs
- Social Media Influencers, YouTubers, any company with IP that has fans should be all over NFTs.
These are just some ideas. I decide to throw my hat in the ring and created an experiment. I minted a few NFTs for my first short film BROKEN and some “legacy NFTs” of the first-ever filmmaking tutorials ever uploaded to YouTube. Here is the description of one of the NFTs.
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I decide to throw my hat in the ring and created an experiment. The Indie Film Hustle NFT Collection. I minted a few NFTs for my first short film BROKEN and some “legacy NFTs” of the first-ever filmmaking tutorials ever uploaded to YouTube. Here is the description of one of the NFTs.
This NFT is called Muzzle Flash Breakdown and is one of the first filmmaking tutorials to ever be uploaded to YouTube. It was uploaded on August 28, 2006, by filmmaker, author, and Indie Film Hustle Podcast host Alex Ferrari from his 2005 award-winning short film BROKEN.
It was taken from the best-selling DVD of the film. That DVD was one of the first indie short films to ever create a massive collection of tutorials and making of videos that explained how to make a low-budget independent film with off-the-shelf software and digital consumer cameras.
This is part of a limited series of filmmaking tutorials that were uploaded to YouTube from the short film BROKEN. All the videos were uploaded and released on the same day in 2006. The external link attached to this NFT will show the original upload to YouTube.
When you purchase this NFT you will also gain access to the short film BROKEN, the entire collection of tutorials and commentary tracks via private link and passcode. You will also receive the original QuickTime file that was uploaded to YouTube.
To access my NFTs go to: www.ifhnft.com
I released three of 6 of the total filmmaking tutorials I uploaded on YouTune back in Aug 2006. If these sell out I’ll upload the rest and maybe some of my other popular short films I directed over the years. I wanted to give you an example of what an independent film NFT looked like and this is totally an experiment to see what happens.
Maybe I’ll never sell an NFT, maybe I sell them three years from now or maybe they will sell out in 15 min. Who knows. What I am excited about is the potential of what this could mean for the indie filmmaking community.
UPDATE: In less than 72 hours I sold out of my first ever NFTs. I just added the second part to the film tutorial series as well as the FIRST Indie Film Hustle Podcast Episode NFT. Click here to check it out.
In this episode, I break down everything you need to know about NFTs, how to make money with them, and more. Enjoy!
Alex Ferrari 0:02
Now, there's been a lot of talk lately about this thing called NFT's. And it's going to revolutionize the world of the artist and being able to put the money back into artists pockets. And of course, when I heard about this, I was like, Well, what does this mean for us as independent filmmakers. So I wanted to put together an episode that would be a guide to all independent filmmakers out there on what NFT's are, and the many different ways you can use them to possibly generate revenue for your film or fundraise for your film or distribute your film and so many other things and we'll talk about that in this episode. But let's first off talk about what an NFT is. An NFT is a non fungible token, which means that is a unique digital file that is registered on the blockchain. Now before I continue with NFT, I need to explain to you what blockchain is. Now, many of you might have heard the term blockchain associated with cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, or aetherium, or Dogecoin, or some many other cryptocurrencies out there.
The technology of blockchain is revolutionary, and I personally believe it will transform the world, if not as big or bigger than the internet did. I know that's a very big statement. But you'll understand in a minute, what blockchain is basically, is a ledger. It is a public ledger, that cannot be messed with hacked, adjusted, and it's completely transparent for everybody to see. So every time there's a transaction, it gets put on a blockchain, and then that blockchain is registered there. And then the next page in that ledger, let's say, which we call a block will be the next one. And then other transactions happen there, and then another one and another one, and it goes on for infinity.
But you can't go back to page two or three and adjust something or erase a number or change something, because it will screw up the entire blockchain. And it's on it's impossible to do. So Bitcoin has been around for 13 years since 2008, when it was first released. And I was the first time the concept of blockchain was presented to the world. In that time, no one has been able to hack, modify or adjust the Bitcoin blockchain. It is not possible to do it is as perfect of an idea as anything that's come out of humanity in such a long time. And I don't want to go into so deep into blockchain but that is the basis of what NFT's are because NFT's live on a blockchain. Now when I first heard about NFT's, I was just like what I don't I don't understand what it is, is a digital file. Why are people spending millions of dollars for these digital files?
Well, in February 2021, there was a digital artist named Peebles who sold a digital artwork for $69.3 million in an auction. And the founder jack Dorsey of Twitter, sold his first tweet for $2.9 million dollars. And it is essentially a digital collectible. Now, I know a lot of you out there who are probably either my vintage or older or might not get this and I'm going to break it down for that part of the audience right now, because the younger crowd might understand what this is. It is essentially a baseball card. It is a comic book. It is a garbage pail kid. It is a a Pokemon card. They're just collectibles. But unlike those examples I gave you where there is hundreds if not 1000s of rookie cards out there for a baseball player.
There's only one that you could make multiple versions of it, you could do a limited run of you know, 1000 or 100 or 50 if you like, but they are digital collectibles. So in a lot of people are asking Well, why would you pay money for something that you could just download a JPEG off online for? Or buy a printer by buy a copy of it and put it up on your wall? Was there same reason why people buy cop posters and prints in limited edition prints of artist or they buy replicas of Van Gogh paintings, and put it on their walls? Because limited edition prints are the same thing as NFT's you can or if it's not limited edition prints, you want the actual print? So what would you rather own? Would you rather own the Mona Lisa?
Or would you rather own a poster of the Mona Lisa? And that's what this all is. These are that's what an NFT is it is a digital collectible. Now how is this going to work for us as independent filmmakers and screenwriters? How is that going to work? Well, let me give you an example. Let's say that Van Gogh painted a painting. And he went and sold it to a art gallery for $500. Because no one knew who Vincent van Gogh was, at the moment, he sold that painting to a gallery, someone at the gallery said this guy has some talent, let me buy this thing for 500 bucks, then fast forward five years, and Van Gogh is the biggest artist in the world, let's say. And that $500 print of that $500 painting that they bought, they go off and sell it for $30 million at auction.
Well, that's great for the the owner of the original painting. But that does nothing for the artist, the artist does not get to reap any of those rewards. And that has been the problem with art for the longest time in the art world because the artist never gets to, you know, you know, wet his beak, as they say or wet her beak, as they say, when it comes to upsells, or future revenue generated from their art. Well, the thing with NFT's is is as the artists you control what you do with your art. So if I'm an artist, I'll put my let's say digital painting up as an NFT.
And there's only one of them, and I'll auction it off, or I'll sell it at a fixed price and someone buys it for that. So let's say I put a poster up of one of my movies, and somebody out there decides to spend $1,000 for it. And I'm like great, you now own that NFT I don't own it anymore. You own it. Now let's say in a couple years, my art starts selling crazy people will really pop really want my poster art and all that kind of stuff. Well then say the original owner of that first NFT that they that was bought for $1,000 they put it back on the market and they sell it for $100,000.
Well, because I created that NFT I could put whatever percentage it is I want but because it's on the blockchain every single time that NFT is sold 10% comes back to me. That's the standard rate for this. So you could do 20% you could do 5% but standard percentages are 10%. So from here until eternity, every single time that NFT is sold somewhere else. Anywhere, anytime. instantly. I get 10% of whatever sells. So if this, this art continues to grow in value, so someone bought it for 100,000. A year later, they sell it for a million, I get 10%. In two years later, they sell it for 10 million, I get 10%, and so on, and so on and so on. So that way the artists still is able to generate revenue from their art for their lifetime.
This is revolutionary for artists in this world. Now, how does this translate to independent filmmakers? Well, when I got when I finally understood that this was basically a baseball card, a digital collectible version of a baseball card or a comic book, I'll use this analogy. Imagine that Steven Spielberg created an NFT for his shirt first short film called amblin. And that was his first short film, and he put it out as an NFT and he sold it for $100. That would be the equivalent of a Mickey Mantle rookie card. How much would ambulance shortfilm be worth as an NF? T. Today?
How much would it have been worth when jaws hit on Raiders of the Lost Ark hit or when he hit? Or when jurassic park or Schindler's List hit and all these other milestones in Steven Spielberg's career, what would that short film be worth? Would it be worth $5? Or would you be worth hundreds of 1000s of dollars? Possibly millions? That is what we're talking about here, guys. So imagine a world where filmmakers are treated like baseball players, or like your favorite comic book character, the first appearance of spider man is worth millions of dollars. But as the career goes on, let's say we keep that example going. Or I'll switch over to a contemporary director as well. Let's talk about Chris Nolan.
So Chris Nolan make he made his first feature film called the following. If we if we would have had an NFT for the following, how much would that NF t be worth today? So after that, he creates an NFT for momento. How much would that NFT be worth today. And he continues to create NFT's per movie per project that he makes throughout his career for people to buy, trade and sell, because they are now buying into him as an artist. Just like you would buy a rookie card for Mickey Mantle, but then you would also buy every year that he's playing baseball, you would buy that year's card, the equivalent would be with filmmakers. Imagine if you owned Reservoir Dogs NFT. Quinn, Tarantino's first feature film or Pulp Fiction or Django Unchained are in glorious bastard. Imagine if you had the rights, or excuse me if you owned that NFT and that could be one NFT.
Or it could be a limited edition of maybe 100 nF T's or 1000 NFT's but that's all the NFT's that will ever be made of that piece of art. Now, that's that's the way I've been able to wrap my head around this seeing like, Where can we go with this? Where can independent filmmakers go now, that is one way you can use NFT's Kevin Smith is now currently using an NFT to sell all distribution rights to his next film. Now, that means that the person who buys that NFT owns the movie owns it and can exploit it and do whatever they want with it from here until eternity.
Now, if they ever sell these rights, Kevin gets 10%. And the producers of the film gets 10%. That's one way of going about it. And also with buying the rights Kevin included in that NFT full marketing, promotions, interviews, they're gonna help the film whoever buys those rights to get it out into the world. And he has a stipulation as well that you have to release it, you can't just sit on it and just go Haha, no one will ever see this movie.
So that is another way. We have a up and coming interview with the first feature film ever independent film to ever sell NFT's for an independent film. And that film is called Lata Juana with Trevor, the director is going to be on as well as his producing partner, we're going to talk all about how he did it. And what they did, essentially was sell shares in their movie.
So you're selling shares as NFT so now every time there's money to be made from anytime there's money that comes in these, these people who own the NFT's will get a piece of the movie. So there's that's another way to make money is with NFT's and independent films. Even Another way is to essentially crowdfund your film with NFT's meaning that you can put 1000 shares for me or for your film as NFT's, and people could start buying them.
And you can set whatever price you want. You can auction it if you like. And you can raise capital to make your movie, if you have an audience if you have people who will believe in the project you're doing and so on. But this is unlike crowdfunding. It's they're just buying shares in your movie, and they can do that. Now, how is this all done? This is all done using cryptocurrency. So the reason why NFT's work it's not because they're sending you a check every single time a sale comes in, it all happens automatically on the blockchain, to your to your cryptocurrency wallet, usually it's using etherium, which is a whole other conversation.
But that is the that is the cryptocurrency that they're using for NFT's right now. But the thing is, guys, the NF T's right now are in their infancy, everyone's just trying to figure out what to do with it, what what's going on with it, how to do it, some people are selling NFT's with physical things with it, they're selling experiences with their NF t. So if you buy my NFT, you also get a hardcopy version of it. And you'll also get, you know, a conference call with me and you can maybe get an autographed picture from the store and they just constantly are packaging things together. So nobody really knows what to do with the film and how to with the with the NFT's and how to actually market it because it's all brand new.
This is essentially the internet in 1996. Okay, that's what NFT's and blockchains are right now the concept of a blockchain, people are starting to figure out imagine in 1995, if I told you to go go to this URL, nobody would have understood a lot of people would have not understood what you're talking about. There was a group of people that did, but many people wouldn't. It's the same thing. Now people are like, what is cryptocurrency? I don't know, what is a blockchain? What does that what is an NFT?
These are things that will be part of our societal vernacular, in the coming years. These things everybody will understand what an NFT is just like everybody now knows what www dot blah, blah, blah, calm means, or what at? the at symbol is for email or what email even was trying to explain what email was to somebody who didn't understand it? It's the same thing that's going on right now with NFT's blockchain and cryptocurrency and I promise you one thing the moment the studio's understand what's going on with NFT's they are going to jump in because what would you think the NFT for the latest Star Wars movie is?
Or the limited edition stuff that they're going to put out for the next Star Wars movie? Or for the next Marvel movie? What would the Avengers end game be worth as an NFT? What would Iron Man's NFT be worth and all sorts of different products and NFT's that they can create limited editions for all of these digital assets that they can create an auction off? to not only sell, make money with the actual NFT. But the marketing? Can you imagine that Disney puts up the Avengers end game NFT. And there's only one and you get to auction it, I promise you that will go from millions of dollars. And the press that they will get from that in addition to just the the money that they're going to get is going to be invaluable.
So the moment that the studio's figure this out there it's going to be they're going to just get everyone's going to go into it. Because then they're going to go into the Casa Blanca NFT, The Three Stooges, NFT's, the the jaws, NFT's and they're going to go into their archives, I'm going to pull up all of the greatest movies that they have in their catalogue and start creating NFT's from those films, because movie fans are going to want to own a digital collectible from their favorite movies. I'm telling you, this is going to happen. Can you imagine the Criterion Collection NFT of Seven Samurai? Can you imagine the Criterion Collection version of Rashomon or of any of their Chasing Amy or whatever movies that they have the NFT rights to? You mean to tell me that no Criterion Collection, collector out there will not buy the NF T of their favorite films. I'm telling you, this is going to be something it might be nothing, but I truly truly doubt it. Now I know a lot of you are asking where do I set these up? Where can I actually sell these things? Where can I create an NFT? How do you how do you create an fd?
Well, there's popular marketplaces like open sea, rare herbal and mental mental is the one that has in vestment from Mark Cuban Ashton Kutcher and a couple of other big shots. And at NBA top shots, sells pro basketball moments, like highlights, like you own the highlight from LeBron doing this, or Michael Jordan doing that. Major League Baseball is starting to finally get into it as well. And they're creating NFT's for different moments and things like that. And they're selling out like their people are going crazy for this stuff. And I know a few of you asking, Is this a fad?
Is this a bubble is it's just a waste? I personally don't believe so. I think that it is here to stay. It's going to change. But I think not only do I think blockchain is here to stay, blockchain will be here, and will be part of every fabric of our existence, in my opinion, on the digital world. In the next coming years, there's things that are being worked out things, they're trying to figure out technology wise, and in bandwidth things, the exact same stuff that people were talking about when the internet showed up.
And if you old enough to know what it was like to dial up internet through the free AOL disk, that you would get an A magazine and a computer magazine to get access to the internet, how slow it was. And nobody really understood what a website was how to build it properly. jpg wasn't even a thing then. So pictures took forever to download, all those things needed to be figured out. And that is what's happening right now with blockchain. And if t is just another thing that you could put on the blockchain, there's so many things that can be put on the blockchain.
But NFT is that so I personally don't believe that NF T's are fad, I think it's here to stay. I think it will change and maneuver and, and and morph into something else in the coming months and years moving forward. But I think it's here to stay. And it's a very exciting time, because it's something new, and it gives power back to the creator to the artists. And I mean, right now, the music industry, musicians and artists are putting out albums and NFT. And they have complete control of the money flow. And labels now are putting in their contracts that they own NFT rights as well. I promise you distribution contracts are going to start coming up that we want NFT rights. This is a thing, it's here to stay in my opinion.
So if you want to see an example of it, I decided to put a test study together. And I launched my own NFT's. Now I have the distinction unless somebody else tells me different. And I've done research and I can't find any others. I was the first person to ever upload a filmmaking tutorial on YouTube. I cannot find one any where else. I was the first one it was released August 28 2006. Now, there are six total videos I uploaded to YouTube. And I actually put in the NFT. A link to the YouTube video for proof and a provenance, if you will, of one this file was actually uploaded.
So when you buy this NFT, you will have access and you will own one of the original six uploaded filmmaking tutorials on YouTube. I only uploaded three of them currently I wanted to see what happened. And there's three other ones if you check out the YouTube page, you'll see that there's three other ones as well. I also think I have the first movie trailer ever uploaded to YouTube due because I can't find it. I beat Sony Pictures by like, a couple months of when they before they opened up their YouTube channel so I don't think I'm the only I'm the first movie trailer ever but I think I'm one of the first for sure. But right now I can't find any other any other movie trailers because now I actually uploaded those much earlier.
I forgot what date I did, but that's not an NF t But anyway, that's regardless. So that's what we call a legacy. Nf t. a legacy NF T is essentially the first ever of its kind. So the first filmmaking tutorial NFT that would be mine. A lot of wanna would be the first independent feature film ever sold as an NF t in the history of of NFTs. So those are what they call legacy NFT's so like the first tweet ever sold as an NFT is a legacy NFT. The first comic book The first baseball card, the first Garbage Pail kid, these are first Pokemon card, these aren't legacy, NFT. So those are things that you should look out for as well. So I put these three up, made it really affordable right now currently because aetherium has gone down in price is 65 bucks. If Ethereum, the cryptocurrency goes back up, when I put first posted them, it was like 125 bucks. So it went down a bunch. So now they're 65 bucks, 64 bucks.
So it will range depending on when you buy it. Now, obviously 65 bucks is not going to make or break me, I'm using this as an experiment, I want to see what happens. I want to see if there's anybody out there in the indie film hustle tribe that finds value in that. And you're not only buying that NFT because of its legacy, but you're also buying it because I put it up. And hopefully one day, I will do other things in my career where these will become much, much more valuable. I have no idea. We'll see. But it's just a really interesting experiment. And another NFT I put up was to my first short film broken, which many of you know and listen to my podcast? No, it was in over 200 film festivals, it was reviewed by Roger Ebert.
It was basically the start of me even thinking about doing something like indie film hustle back then where I created a DVD that sold 5000 copies made over 100,000 bucks as a whole. All sorts of stuff, I'll put links to all the story if you haven't heard that story in the in the show notes, but I put it up as an NFT. To see what you know, if you believe that one day, I will do something artistically that will become more valuable. or for whatever reason, I become more popular. And this becomes more valuable. It might be a good investment. I don't know, this is a weird conversation, because I'm the artist saying hey, maybe one day I'll be big guys. And this will be worth a lot of money. I have no idea. This is an experiment.
Okay, I have no idea. But I wanted to kind of show you have put an example up there. So you can see what what it is and how to do it. And what you know, we'll see what happens, you know, I don't know, I have no idea what's gonna happen in the future with my career, this will be worthless, or this will be worth something or whatever I don't know. But I wanted to show you guys I wanted to give you an example of what this was. So if you do buy the NFT, to my first short film broken, not only do you get the NFT, the actual digital NFT file for the original collectible, if you will have broken, but you also get, I also threw in a bunch of physical stuff. So I'll send this stuff out to you.
So you'll also get access to it digitally. So all of the special features all the other things, including those first tutorials that I upload won't be sent to you digitally. And you'll have access through indie film, hustle TV, you will also get a copy of the DVD signed by me. And you'll also get a lipstick and bullets which is the blu ray really rare because it was only released very little a lipsticks and bullets, blu ray, which has broken and three of my other feature films that they put into a compilation, blu ray that was released a god like eight years ago, as well. So you'll get that. In addition to that plus, you'll also get a digital collection of never before released poster designs that I created October 22 2004. And those are the original files as well.
So you'll get a bunch of stuff when you buy this NFT. Currently, as of this recording, the NF T is running $264.60 that will change depending on the rate of, of aetherium. So if these sell out, I'll put up the other three filmmaking first filmmaking tutorials on YouTube. So there's you'll have the entire collection of six up there. And then I also have three other short films that I made that are red princess blues, references blues animated which have Lance Hendrickson in it, the late great, Robert Forster, and I'll put those up as well as NF T's and those are and if those ever became a feature film, which I want to make one day, they might become valuable.
I don't know, again, 250 bucks, 50 bucks, it's not making a break. And you guys, I'm just putting it out there to see what happens. It's gonna be a really interesting experiment. Nobody might buy it right now. It might sell out in 15 minutes. I have no idea. So I'm really curious about it. So how did I put them up? Where did I put them up? I put them up on mental. So mental dot app. The reason why I use mental is because there was no cost to put them up. If you use any of the other platforms. Those other platforms are going to charge you what is called a gas fee.
A gas fee is the cost to actually have someone verify the transaction on the Ethereum blockchain. And gas fees go up and down and they're really expensive sometimes, and sometimes they're more affordable. It all depends on where aetherium is at the time. This is one of the problems that you're trying Figure out, we're trying to figure out right now, we're not we but the whole community is trying to figure out how to streamline this. So it becomes more mainstream. You could also buy with cryptocurrency, you could also buy with a credit card. So that's why also like mental as well, I know a lot of wanna use open sea to put up theirs, which is probably one of the biggest, but minimal is up there as well. And there's no cost to get things up there. So if you want to put some tests up to see what's going on, you can join me there are no other independent films up there.
Right now, guys, we are at the beginning stages of this stuff, guys, I don't think it's going to go away, I might be wrong, but I don't think it's going to go away. So that's why I jumped on and threw my hat in the ring to see what would happen the same way I've done so many times before in my career, like the YouTube videos and see what would happen. And I had a website back in 9798, making money online. And I always try to be ahead of the game, I'm always trying to see what's around the corner. And I think NFT's are around the corner, it's going to take a minute for everyone to figure out what to do, how to do it, how to set up standards, all that kind of stuff.
And also putting things up as an NFT, you do need a little bit of technical knowledge, I'm not gonna lie to you, it's not the easiest process in the world. But I learned it, you know, in a couple hours watching a bunch of YouTube videos, and tutorials on how to do it on mental mental is pretty easy, not that complex to do, you just have to educate yourself a little bit about it.
And there's tons and tons of tutorials on youtube for free on how to update things and understand what gas fees are, and all this kind of stuff. So you can learn all that stuff fairly easily. But it is doable. So I hope this episode has, you know, lit a fire under your butts to see if there's something else that you can do maybe another revenue stream maybe another way to raise money another way to, to distribute your film and get it out there into the world. There's so many just the opportunities are endless. And the options are endless with NF T's you can really do a whole lot with it. So let's all see what happens. You know, I'm really interested. Now if you want to purchase, or at least look at my NF T's, all you have to do is go to IFH and f t that's like indie film, hustle, IFH and FT.com. And it'll take you straight to my, my collection of NFT's and let's see what happens.
Again, big huge experiment, I'm expecting that no one's gonna buy anything, and nothing is gonna happen. Because I just don't know, I just don't know. So I'm really excited to see what happens. And then the next week, week and a half, we're gonna have some great guests on talking about NFT's talking a little bit about blockchain, and all that kind of stuff. So I really wanted to kind of give you guys a nice, a nice collection of information about this stuff. So just keep an eye out for all of those. So if you want to get links to all the stuff I've been talking about in here, and I'll throw some tutorials and how to get some stuff done and everything. I'll put those in the in the show notes as well at indie film hustle.com Ford slash 471.
Thank you so much for listening, guys. I really hope this, a lot of you come back to this episode. And really, it helps you guys. I hope this helps everybody out there. I hope I want to hear if you as a filmmaker, put out some NFT's and you sell them, call me I want to know about it. I want to see how you're doing. I want to hear stories about how you're using NFTs and what's going on with NFT's in in your process in your workflow with your project either at the beginning of a project in the middle of a project at the end of the project, whatever I want to see what you guys in the tribe are doing. Reach out to me You guys know how to get a hold of me online. through the website. All you got to do is email me and message me and me or somebody from my team. We'll get you back but I am very interested to see what happened. So thank you again for listening guys.
As always, keep that hustle going. Keep that dream alive. Stay safe out there. And I'll talk to you soon.
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For most people aluminum is simply aluminum, a silvery white metal that is lightweight used in aircraft, and beverage cans. This is, however, a mostly inaccurate assessment. Metals are never simply one metal. They are almost always alloyed with other metals to enhance certain properties and minimize others. The different aluminum alloys are then given a heat treatment to further enhance their strength and corrosion resistance. The combination of these additional metals and treatments results in different aluminum grades and properties.
The difference in these grades are what makes the difference between sophisticated jet aircraft, and the beverage container crushed on the forehead of a youth trying to prove something. These differences are worth knowing, and exploring in depth. There are differences between wrought aluminum alloy and cast aluminum alloy grades.
Aluminum Grades and Properties
How cast aluminum alloys are designated depends on how they are formed. There are different designations for wrought—pure aluminum that is drawn, rolled, or otherwise mechanically formed—and cast—molded while molten. These designations are not an exact science. The categories are very broad and always expanding. New formulations are periodically developed, and are given a designation based on the additional metals added to the formulation. One logical number set—the 6000—in the sequence for cast aluminums is skipped over entirely due to 6061, 6062, and 6063 wrought aluminums being so widely used. In structural use and machining 6061 aluminum is effectively the default.
Aluminum Alloy Designations | |||
Wrought Aluminum Alloys | Cast Aluminum Alloys | ||
Series | Alloying Element | Series | Alloying Element |
1XXX | 99% Pure Aluminum | 1XX.X | 99% Pure Aluminum |
2XXX | Copper | 2XX.X | Copper |
3XXX | Manganese | 3XX.X | Silicon Plus Copper and/or Magnesium |
4XXX | Silicon | 4XX.X | Silicon |
5XXX | Magnesium | 5XX.X | Magnesium |
6XXX | Magnesium and Silicon | 7XX.X | Zinc |
7XXX | Zinc | 8XX.X | Tin |
8XXX | Other Elements | 9XX.X | Other Elements |
*6XX.X series not used for cast aluminums |
In addition to these series there are additional considerations. Tempers that harden the metal through the use of heat, chemicals, and even stressing the material. Alternatively there are treatments that technically soften the metal, but improve its ductility and flexibility or its thermal or dimensional stability over time.
Temper Type | Description | Subtypes | Subdivision |
F | As fabricated—no additional treatments | NA | NA |
O | Annealed-heated to increase ductility and improve dimensional stability | NA | |
H | Strain Hardened—Strained to produce plastic deformations “prestressed” and strengthen the metal. Additional treatments may be applied | H1-Strain Hardened H2-Strain Hardened and Annealed H3-Strain hardened and stabilized H4-Strain Hardened and coated | HX2-1/4 Hard HX4-1/2 Hard HX6-¾ Hard HX8-Full Hard Hx9-Extra Hard |
W | Solution Heat Treated—Chemically treated to induce tempering at room temperature. Tempering may be unstable. | ||
T | Thermally Treated—Tempered by elevated heat in order to produce a stable temper. | T1-Naturally aged T2-Cold worked T3-Solution treated, cold worked, naturally aged T4-Solution heat treated and naturally aged T5-Artificially aged after shaping and cooling T6-Solution heat treated and artificially aged T7-Solution heat treated and stabilized T8-Solution heat treated, cold worked, and artificially aged T9-Solution heat treated, artificially aged, and cold worked T10-Cold worked after cooling from hot shaping, and then artificially aged. | Naturally Aged— allowed to cool naturally from elevated temperatures Artificially Aged— Maintained at elevated temperatures for an extended period of time Stabilized— Overaged, maintained at elevated temperatures for an extended period to work out instabilities potentially sacrificing strength. |
Not only are the differences between series substantial. The addition of a temper to these aluminum alloys can also substantially change the mechanical properties of an alloy type in a series. The 6061 aluminum properties for naturally aged T4 aluminum are quite different from solution treated, and artificially aged T6 aluminum. Understanding all the difference between the different types of aluminum alloys is important. However, most work with aluminum uses a relatively few aluminum grades that have a good general use profile.
The Common Aluminum Grades for Daily Work
One of the reasons that pure aluminum is just aluminum for most people is that the difference between certain grades of aluminum only really comes up in highly specialized applications. If you work with aluminum as an architectural welder T6-6061 aluminum is going to be the aluminum grade that you see most often. Likewise if you are a machinist. The difference between grades isn’t really going to come up unless there is an issue of some type. A job where the typical aluminum grade that is commonly used won’t suffice.
In machining an example is found in high precision parts like making the molds used in injection and vacuum forming molds for plastic. While 6061 aluminum does an admirable job in most machining tasks it does suffer a fault as a result of the forging process. It creates internal tensions that are balanced within the material. When one side is removed during machining this balance is altered and the piece can become distorted. This is an issue in most applications, but especially big when the part that is being machined will directly affect the tolerances of additional parts. There are other even more demanding applications. In this example switching to cast aluminum provides a solution. As it is a molded product it doesn’t have the same internal forces that wrought products do, and can be machined more accurately without the risk of distortion.
Knowing aluminum grades and properties matter when these issues arise. As is knowing where the correct aluminum grade with the needed properties can be found. A good aluminum, and metal supplier overall, is the key to finding the right metals including the aluminum grades and properties that you need to complete tight tolerance and high specification jobs.
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Pan Pacific Hotels Group appoints industry hero Jean-Philippe Jacopin as General Manager of its flagship eco-hotel, Parkroyal Collection Pickering, Singapore. We share Jacopin’s take on how the luxury hotel market responded to the pandemic, market recovery, and, what changes will be here to stay.
Known as ‘JP’ in the industry, Jean-Philippe Jacopin is one of the leading talents in the international luxury hotel and resort sector. Hailing from a family of hoteliers, Jacopin’s thirty-year career has seen him hold senior management positions for some of the world’s leading hospitality brands in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
A 22-year stint with Hilton International took the French national from the UK and Ireland to Japan, South Korea and China before joining Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts in Xi’An.
Jacopin went on to manage The Pavilions Hotel Resorts in Thailand for two years and, most recently, was General Manager of Orchard Hotel Singapore.
Commenting on his latest appointment, Jacopin says Parkroyal Collection Pickering is more than an icon in Singapore’s hotel sector.
“Through its architecture, design, commitment to sustainability and guest experience, the hotel is the embodiment of the future of our industry. It is a privilege for me to take on the role of General Manager and with the support of a fabulous team around me, I look forward to ensuring the hotel’s continued success in the years to come,” says Jacopin.
Pan Pacific Hotels Group Vice President of Hotel Operations Gino Tan says the Group is delighted to welcome Jacopin to the fold.
“His leadership and wealth of experience in the international hospitality sector will not only benefit Parkroyal Collection Pickering but the Group as a whole as we continue on our mission to redefine the hospitality experience in Singapore and beyond,” says Tan.
Featuring a sustainable hotel-in-a-garden design concept, Parkroyal Collection Pickering is located in the bustling Chinatown precinct.
Since opening in 2013, the hotel claims to have won a multitude of honours for its architecture, sustainability and service, including the FIABCI World Prix d’Excellence Awards, Singapore Experience Awards, Asia’s Leading Green Hotel and World’s Leading Green City Hotel by the World Travel Awards.
Given the unforeseen drop to global tourism over the past 18 months, we asked Jacopin to share how the luxury hotel market is coping under duress.
“With a modest domestic market in Singapore, we depend largely on regional and international inbound travellers. With the unprecedented impact the pandemic has causing borders to close, there is no doubt the hospitality industry has taken a massive hit. At the onset of the pandemic, [our hotel] played a part in supporting the national effort to help curb the spread of Covid19 by housing returning residents, to ensure that they are well taken care of as they arrive in Singapore. It also served business travellers coming to Singapore as part of the government’s ‘Green Lane’ initiative. When the hotel reopened to the public in November 2020, we shifted our focus to the domestic market, introducing a variety of staycation experiences, often in collaboration with specialist operators to provide our guests unique and enriching experiences,” says Jacopin.
With the current focus on the domestic market, Jacopin says they are seeing a shift to a younger, more adventurous demographic on the lookout for exciting and memorable experiences that are more than just a stay in a hotel.
“As locals tend to have higher expectations, we have introduced a host of complimentary activities, from Architecture Tour to Mixologist Class, Yoga, Pilates and more, for guests to get the most out of their stay here,” says Jacopin.
In terms of perspectives on how to creatively and logistically prepare for recovery, particularly with boosting local patronage during international travel restrictions, Jacopin says the pandemic has greatly accelerated some pre-existing trends that Parkroyal Collection Pickering will continue to embrace.
“Beyond making the guest experience a safer one, it is also important to ensure that it is a better one as well. We responded to the pandemic swiftly with heightened awareness of safety, hygiene and cleanliness through the Group’s launch of the ‘Pan Pacific Cares’ programme, in partnership with Diversey, a leader in healthcare and infection prevention, to implement a range of protocols regarding enhanced hygiene measures in guest rooms, meeting facilities and restaurants and dining outlets,” says Jacopin.
One indisputable outcome of the pandemic, has been the acceleration of digital transformation across all sectors, and for hoteliers, Jacopin says they are no exception.
“Digital innovation, [such as] contactless payment and digital menus are just two examples of where new safety measures have led to improved operational efficiency and customer experience. We have also introduced a digital concierge service to enhance the guest experience and improve productivity. Guests are now able to seek information, put in request for extra amenities, order in-room dining and make reservations for facilities and services at a touch using their phones. This full contactless guest experience utilises AI to optimise hotel operations and offers seamless communication between the guests and hotel associates,” says Jacopin.
As with other sectors too, Jacopin says the industry is witnessing notable shifts in spending patterns with themes such as sustainability, wellness and a more values-driven approach to consumption taking on greater importance.
“Some of our efforts include our plant-based menu which features an array of vegan dishes, usage of biodegradable napkins and potato starch straws in the restaurant, placing separate recycling bins for plastic, glass and paper in all guest rooms, together with other energy and water saving features throughout the hotel. With this shift from buying things to buying experiences, driven in part by younger, more experiential-minded consumers, we have initiated collaborations with a number of specialist sports, culture, F&B and lifestyle operators to curate truly unique staycation experiences for guests,” says Jacopin.
Examples include A Ride To Remember, offering a Crazy Rich Asians-style experience touring colonial architectural enclaves in a sidecar; the Bait & Breakfast staycation where guests can enjoy a 3-hour private fishing trip venturing around the Southern Islands as part of a hotel staycation and a collaboration with Hong Lim Food Centre to provide diners with the very best of Singapore’s notorious hawker cuisine.
“We’ve also partnered up with some of our favourite tours and attractions for guests to uncover the hidden gems in Singapore at exclusive rates – from Chinatown Instawalk by Tribe Tours to Lion City Cycling Tour by Bike Around Tour and Chinatown Trishaw Tour by Trishaw Uncle,” says Jacopin.
As nations undertake a collective effort to roll out vaccinations, and discussions abound on the introduction of vaccination passports to help encourage non-essential travel again, we asked Jacopin when he thinks the hotelier’s market will make a full recovery, and, the factors underpinning it.
“Travel will return but we expect the rate of recovery for the hotel industry to take longer than other sectors. A return to normalcy will largely depend on lateral travel lanes and bubbles with selected countries where quarantines are not required. Until a high level of immunity has been achieved across the globe, the tourism numbers will take awhile to bounce back. The key factors that will drive it include governments easing border restrictions, carriers opening up flight routes again and customers feeling that it is safe to travel again – all of which will be dependent on an effective vaccination programme roll-out and a coordinated international response to the easing of travel restrictions,” says Jacopin.
In the short term, Jacopin says his focus remains on the domestic market and staycations which is a trend he expects to remain for the foreseeable future.
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Affiliate marketing is one of the most powerful tools in your digital marketing arsenal. As a business owner, affiliate marketing can help you to publicise your products, zero in on the kind of demographics you want to attract, and naturally and organically insert ads into content that people will genuinely want to read.
However, you can’t simply press a button marked “maximise ROI with affiliate marketing” and expect the success to come unbidden. You’ll have to put a little work in if you want to increase your chances of success, so without further ado, we present our guide of helpful tips and tricks on how to maximise your ROI when you’re using affiliate marketing!
It’s all about the content
More than any other kind of marketing technique, affiliate marketing is all about the content you’re creating. If the content created by bloggers isn’t meaningful and engaging, then you won’t see a return, because nobody is going to want to read it, so nobody is going to find the links embedded within the content. That’s why it’s important to emphasise quality content over everything else. Make sure your affiliates are writing about something that people will care about, and doing so in an informative and entertaining way.
Make sure conversions are easy
While content is, of course, critical to any affiliate marketing initiative’s success, it’s also important to make sure that it’s easy for customers to convert when they’re reading your content. That means the links you provide to your affiliate bloggers should be clear, simple, and obvious; they should lead right to the product or page you want to promote, with no fuss and no interstitial stages. This will also make it easier for bloggers to insert links into content naturally and organically, so do make sure you’ve done your part.
When you’re engaging in affiliate marketing, it can be easy to get lost in a world of analytics and metrics. You can spend hours looking at impression rates, click-throughs, and other stats that, in the end, don’t really matter. There’s only one number you really need to be looking at when it comes to affiliate marketing: your profit. Are you making money on sales, and is that money more than you’re spending on marketing? If so, then you’re in the black, and you don’t need to worry about anything else. It really is that simple!
Research your competition
Affiliate marketing isn’t easy when there’s so much competition out there. You can bet that your competitors are probably also looking for affiliate marketing opportunities, and they’re going to be searching for ways to undercut you at every possible turn. Look into what your competitors are offering in terms of commission and try to be aggressive with your competition. If you don’t offer good rates, then affiliates will just look elsewhere and want to promote someone else’s product or service, and that’s only going to come back to bite you.
Create a budget and stick to it
While it is absolutely crucial to start out in affiliate marketing with good rates, it’s also critical to make sure that you have a budget which you can stick to. When you start routinely going over-budget, that’s when you know you’re taking things too far, and if you’re under-spending, then you’re not going to see any realistic return. Nobody can tell you exactly how much it’s going to cost you to start affiliate marketing; that depends entirely on your market research, the capital that’s currently available for your business, and what kind of results you personally want to see.
Talk to your affiliates
It’s too easy to just set up your affiliate marketing program and assume that your affiliates will be motivated to continue it without any ongoing communication. However, talking to your affiliates is absolutely key to achieving success in the affiliate marketing world; it lets them know you’re still around and that you still want to engage with them. Talk to them about how things are going and ask them if there’s anything they need from you. They’re performing a valuable service for you, after all; you should treat them as befits that service’s value.
Keep watching your affiliate network
It’s tempting to simply think that you’ve found a golden goose when you arrive at an affiliate network that works for you, but the sad fact is that this network may not always be the right choice. Keep looking for ways to improve your communication with your affiliate network, as well as your own efforts; search for methods you can use to change your links, improve your commission rates, or offer services your competitors don’t. That’s how you stay on top in the world of affiliate marketing; complacency is a real killer in that industry.
Disclose your affiliate relationships
The worst thing you can do when you’re engaging in affiliate marketing is not to disclose that you’re doing so. Not disclosing affiliate posts or content could not only hurt your search engine process, but it could also land you in trouble with government organisations or regulatory bodies that have strict guidelines regarding advertising.
For instance, the UK Advertising Standards Authority – which isn’t affiliated with the UK government, but which essentially governs the world of advertising – requires that affiliate content be “obviously identifiable”. Make sure you know what laws and regulations apply to what you’re doing, depending on where you’re operating. That might not sound like a tip for maximising ROI, but hey – there’s nothing better for continuing to see a return on an investment than ensuring that investment is legal and compliant. | <urn:uuid:48faa303-60a8-4c51-85ce-3528d70d3e2a> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://inetventures.com/blog/your-affiliate-marketing-program-success-blueprint-boosting-roi/ | 2024-04-22T21:56:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.945493 | 1,219 |
John Elway is a retired professional football player who has an estimated net worth of $145 million. He played his entire 16-year career with the Denver Broncos and is currently the team’s executive vice president of football operations. Elway is considered one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time and helped the Broncos win two Super Bowl titles.
John Elway is a retired NFL quarterback who played for the Denver Broncos from 1983 to 1998. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004. During his 16-year career, Elway was a nine-time Pro Bowl selection and led the Broncos to Super Bowl victories in 1998 and 1999.
He was the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 1987 and 1993. Elway retired as the league’s all-time leader in passing yards and passing touchdowns.
Today, Elway is the Executive Vice President of Football Operations for the Broncos.
He is also the owner of several car dealerships in Colorado.
In July of 2019, Forbes estimated John Elway’s net worth to be $145 million.
Does Elway own any of the Broncos?
No, Elway does not own any stake in the Broncos. He is, however, the team’s president of football operations and general manager.
Who is the richest NFL player ever?
The answer may surprise you. It’s not Tom Brady or Peyton Manning. The richest NFL player ever is actually defensive end, John Elway.
He played for the Denver Broncos from 1983 to 1998 and is currently the team’s executive vice president of football operations. Elway’s net worth is estimated to be $145 million.
Elway was a highly successful NFL player.
He was a nine-time Pro Bowl selection and was named the NFL’s Most Valuable Player in 1987. He led the Broncos to victory in Super Bowl XXXIII. Elway was also inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004.
After his playing career, Elway went on to have a successful business career. He is the owner of several car dealerships and has also invested in real estate. Elway’s net worth has grown steadily over the years, and he is now the richest NFL player ever.
What is Eli Mannings net worth?
Eli Manning, who is the current quarterback for the New York Giants, has a net worth of $120 million. He is one of the highest-paid NFL players, with an annual salary of $21.5 million. In addition to his NFL earnings, Manning has also earned millions through endorsements and appearances.
Manning was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and grew up in the suburbs of New Orleans. He is the son of former NFL quarterback Archie Manning and Olivia Manning. He has two brothers, Peyton Manning and Cooper Manning.
Eli Manning attended the University of Mississippi, where he played quarterback for the Ole Miss Rebels. He was drafted by the New York Giants in the first round of the 2004 NFL Draft.
Manning has played his entire NFL career with the Giants.
He has led the team to two Super Bowl victories, winning Super Bowl XLII and Super Bowl XLVI. He was named the Super Bowl MVP in both of those games. Manning is a four-time Pro Bowl selection and was named the NFL Comeback Player of the Year in 2011.
In addition to his on-field accomplishments, Manning has also been successful off the field.
Did John Elway sell his car dealership?
No, John Elway did not sell his car dealership. He is still the owner and operator of the business.
John Elway: Short Biography, Net Worth & Career Highlights
Peyton manning net worth
Peyton Manning is a retired American football quarterback who played 18 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is a two-time Super Bowl champion and was the MVP of Super Bowl XLI. Manning is the NFL’s all-time leader in passing yards and touchdowns.
He is also the only quarterback to have won Super Bowls with two different teams.
As of 2021, Peyton Manning’s net worth is estimated to be $250 million. He has earned his fortune through his NFL career, endorsements, and business ventures.
Manning has endorsement deals with companies such as Nike, Papa John’s, and Nationwide Insurance. He also has his own line of merchandise, which includes everything from shirts to barbecue sauces.
In addition to his on-field success, Manning has also been successful off the field.
He has written two books, ” Manning: A Father, His Sons, and a Football Legacy” and ” Peyton’s Places: Volume 1.” He also has a minority ownership stake in the NFL’s Denver Broncos.
Manning’s success has not come without its share of challenges.
He underwent multiple neck surgeries that caused him to miss the entire 2011 season.
John Elway is a retired American football quarterback who played for the Denver Broncos in the National Football League (NFL). Elway is also the current general manager and executive vice president of the Broncos. He played college football at Stanford University, and was drafted by the Broncos with the first overall pick in the 1983 NFL Draft.
In his 16 NFL seasons, Elway was a nine-time Pro Bowl selection, and was the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIII. He led the Broncos to five AFC Championship Games, and was the winning quarterback in two Super Bowls. Elway was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2004, and his number 7 jersey is retired by the Broncos.
Elway has been married to his wife Paige since 1984, and the couple has four children. Elway also has two daughters from a previous marriage.
Elway’s business interests include car dealerships, restaurants, and real estate.
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What does the future hold for solar pv scada applications?
With the vast number of technological changes and rapid business growth the solar PV industry has undergone in the last 10 years, it is a somewhat arduous task to keep our eyes on the horizon and start considering the future of SCADA systems. What can we expect for the future? We know that most panel arrays will last 20-25 years, but what will happen to the SCADA systems controlling them? How will these advancements impact O&M teams, EPCs and Asset Owners?
We sat down with Eric Valleton, CTO of SOLV Inc., an O&M solution from Swinerton Renewable Energy, and Bob Lopez, CEO of Nor-Cal Controls, to see what their predictions are looking forward towards the next 5 years in solar PV SCADA systems.
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We’re continuing our celebration of NAEYC’s Week of the Young Child with Music Monday.
Children are born musicians. Babies turn their heads when they hear a parent or caregiver sing, toddlers sway to the music, and preschoolers dance and twirl around the kitchen (generally when one of their parents is trying to prepare a meal). Elementary-aged children may sit with a tablet to listen to music on their headphones, while older kids may walk around with earbuds permanently inserted in their ears. And what child has not picked up a stick or a kitchen utensil and used it to tap out a beat?
As it turns out, this interest in music is good for kids. Calm music can help reduce anxiety and stress while aiding in self-regulation. Children who sing rhyming songs learn about sounds, and children who try to figure out how to tap (or hit) the drum to make the loudest sound are using complex thinking skills.
A Helpful Rhythm
We know that young children thrive on predictability. That’s why they ask us to read the same book or sing the same song over and over again - long after we’ve gotten tired of the book or the song. Barney the purple dinosaur was popular when my children were small and even now, I cringe a bit when I hear the all-too-familiar refrain of “I love you, you love me.” If you’re feeling the same way about Baby Shark “...doo doo doo doo doo doo,” here are some ideas on how to promote music with your children.
1. Setting the “Tone” for the Day
Music is often used in the classroom to signal the start and stop of different activities - this helps children learn about and anticipate routines and expectations. The same can be true at home.Playing a song at key transitions in the day - starting with a song when it’s time to wake up - can help set that schedule. Younger children might enjoy hearing some of the same songs that they hear at school (greeting, hand washing, cleaning up, toothbrushing). If you don’t know the songs, ask the school if they can send them to you or share a playlist on Youtube or Spotify.
Here are some musically based activities that you can do with your children:
2. Don’t Have Instruments Around? Make Your Own!
You don’t need any special supplies to make your own instruments: an oatmeal box makes a great drum, a plastic container filled with dried beans can stand in for a maraca, and a paper towel tube can serve as a wind instrument. Your kids will have fun and may even give you an impromptu concert!
3. Experiment with Objects and Sounds
Take out your pots and pans (or plastic ware if you want to dull the noise) and let your kids experiment with different ways to make music. Ask questions like, “What kind of noise will this paintbrush make on this pan lid?” “ Do you think the sound will be louder or softer than the sound when we bang these two metal pan lids together?” “Why do you think that?” Older children may even be able to predict which household materials can best imitate the sounds and timbres of real-world instruments.
4. Follow My Lead
Support your child’s ability to recognize patterns by making up simple musical patterns and having your child repeat them. Once they get the hang of it, let them take a turn driving the rhythm.
5. Move and Groove
Internet resources mean that you and your child have access to music from decades past and countries far and wide. Explore new music together and share new vocabularies such as tempo, beat, rhythm, or genre. Make up dances to match the music!
6. Find The Right Sound
Do a musical scavenger hunt! Ask the child to find everything that can play music (phones, radios, tablets, computers, instruments, musical books).
The most important thing you can do to foster your child’s interest in music is to love it yourself. Music can not only be a great way to engage with your children, it can be therapeutic in these tough times. We hope this gives you some new ideas of ways to bring music into your children’s daily lives.
Other Music Resources
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Since 1958 china has there first computerized numerical control machine made from Tsinghua university, it starts a new era in the Chinese heavy machine industry. However, due to the limited technology at that time and the beginning of economic and industrial recovery from world war two and civil war, Chinese CNC manufacture are still under the research and development stage and mainly focus on services for the military or aerospace industry only. Until the 1980s, with the Chinese economic reform and open, the CNC machine industry start serving for civil purposes since china becomes the world industry center.
Even though the CNC machine has become the critical role of modern Chinese manufacture tools, it still serves as an advanced tool for manufacture and mass production that complete industrial market-ready products that orders from a foreign country, and there is no real work that involves in prototyping. And the transition from manufacturer outsources base to prototyping capability starts when China becomes the world’s largest automotive industry country.
How rapid prototyping starts from the automotive industry?
In 1990, China has become the largest automotive manufacturer(fig1.1). Even high-end automotive brands such as Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz have manufacture locations in china. The demands of CNC prototyping for mechanical parts of automotive and headlight that involve in plastic injection molding from local china due to the cost-saving and time reducing are rapidly increasing every year, it triggers the supply of CNC industrial and reaching 62 billion US dollar capital in 2014. The quality of products from the CNC machine also improved drastically as the speed and tolerance also enhanced, which is the two most essential standards in the CNC machine prototype industrial. The patience of a standard three axial CNC Machine reduced from 10 μm to 5 μm. Accurate classic five axial CNC machine reduced from 3~5 μm to 1`1.5 μm, hyper-accurate CNC machine tolerance can reach up to 0.001 μm. all the above tolerance achieve by implementing the Technology of ball screw pair, hydrostatic guide, linear rolling guide, and magnetic suspension guide. the feeding speed of the central axial also increase to a minimum 60m/min, acceleration and deceleration can achieve 1 to 2 g minimum, the rotation speed can reach 100000rev/min.
These tolerance and speed improvements allow china not only to satisfy and take challenges from the automotive industry but also to establish advanced manufacturing projects such as the China High-Speed railway and china Railway High-Speed when all the essential components require rapid prototyping.
Why CNC prototyping machining is more and more important?
All R&D project or process need to develop an engineering or product prototype, not only the appearance and size needs to be close to the final release market-ready product, its functionally and output also needs to be close to the final design purpose. Since the purpose of a prototype is for demonstration, test, and functionally check, it most likely to be disposed of recycling. Therefore, the cost-efficient solution needs to consider since the keyword of rapid means keeps making and disposal; it is a ubiquitous process of an engineering project. Material that falls in the Aluminium and plastic category is great cost-effectively and can achieve the general purpose of most product required strength/weight ratio.
Compared to CNC, someone who proposes 3D printing is also a new option for a prototype. It costs less material in the production and can achieve complicated geometry shaped of design such internal honey corn structure to reduce the weight. At the same time, maintain the strength of the material, but CNC machining takes less production time compared to a standard hand size part, 3D printing needs approximately 30-40 mins, CNC machining only takes about 2-3 mins to complete. When it comes to a prototype, CNC prototype material consumption is not a consideration anymore. Hence, the CNC machine prototype is better options than a 3D printer in the current world manufacturing environment.
Why should you have your CNC machining prototype in China?
The answer is simple: Compared to other countries, you can get the same quality of prototypes or parts with much less price and time-consuming if you order CNC prototypes in China. In 2018, there are 1391 companies that specialize in CNC machining, include all the CNC machine ownership, 82% are made in China which mainly focus on the preliminary type of prototyping, 65% medium precision 5 axial CNC machine for high precision prototype or manufacture, 6% of them are for high precision 7 axial CNC machine.
China has a complete CNC machine industrial system from production to maintenance, cutting tools supply, and highly trained machine operator. With many years of experience in automotive, mechanical machinery, molding, and aerospace, a sophisticated system that supports all types of a prototype that use to prototype in a traditional industrial-based country like japan or German.
With the guarantee of quality and services, the price advantage is enormous: the combination of operator fees and machine operation fees is 34% of North American, 41.3 % of Japan, 26% of Europe CNC machine service. The amount of production time can reduce to up to 61% of the original prototype time. With a combination of Chinese robust transportation and shipping supply chain, guaranteed service for the prototype assured.
The 13th five-year plan decides to shift traditional manufacturing to advanced manufacturing, information technology, biotechnology, and new energy with new material demand precise, high efficiency, and specific type of objective focus CNC machine prototyping method. Economic globally accelerates these changes and upgrade traditional CNC machining prototype to advanced technology in china and keep up a highly competitive situation to meet the global challenge.
Eventually, the Chinese CNC prototyping industrial will cooperator with foreign manufacturing enterprises or independent foreign investors to combine resources and technology. And generate an ultimate product supply chain that allows most civil purpose products can create directly from concept to prototype product then establish mass production all within china to save the time, cost, and reduce the risk.
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Understanding the Australian Student Visa Process
Studying abroad can be an exciting and life-changing experience. If you’ve set your sights on pursuing your education in Australia, it’s important to understand the process of applying for an Australian student visa. This article will guide you through the necessary steps and requirements to make your dream of studying in Australia a reality.
Choosing the Right Course and Institution
The first step in applying for an Australian student visa is deciding on the course and institution that best suits your academic and career goals. Australia offers a wide range of educational institutions and programs, from internationally recognized universities to vocational schools. Take your time to research and evaluate the options available to you, considering factors such as location, curriculum, reputation, and career prospects.
Gathering the Required Documents
Once you have chosen the course and institution, it’s time to gather the necessary documents for your visa application. The exact documents required may vary depending on your individual circumstances and the type of visa you are applying for. However, some common documents include:
Preparing Your Visa Application
Once you have gathered all the required documents, it’s time to prepare your visa application. The Australian Department of Home Affairs provides an online application system called ImmiAccount, where you can submit your visa application and supporting documents. It’s important to fill out the application form accurately and truthfully, providing all the required information.
One of the key factors in successfully obtaining an Australian student visa is demonstrating that you have sufficient funds to support yourself during your studies. Australia has specific financial requirements that applicants must meet, which include:
It’s important to carefully plan your finances and provide all the necessary evidence to meet these requirements. The Australian Department of Home Affairs may request additional documentation or conduct interviews to verify your financial capacity.
English Language Proficiency
Most Australian institutions require international students to demonstrate English language proficiency. This is usually done through an internationally recognized English language test such as IELTS or TOEFL. The minimum required score may vary depending on the course and institution you choose. It’s important to check the specific requirements of your chosen institution and ensure that you meet the necessary English language proficiency criteria.
Australia has a mandatory health insurance scheme called Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for international students. It is a requirement to have OSHC for the duration of your stay in Australia. OSHC covers basic medical services and hospital care. Before applying for your student visa, make sure to obtain OSHC from an approved Australian health insurance provider.
Visa Application Fee and Processing Time
Once you have prepared your visa application, you will need to pay the applicable visa application fee. The fee may vary depending on the type of visa you are applying for and can be paid online through the ImmiAccount system. After submitting your application, the processing time for an Australian student visa can vary. It is advisable to apply well in advance, as processing times can take several weeks or even months.
Applying for an Australian student visa can seem like a daunting task, but with careful planning and organization, you can make the process smoother and increase your chances of success. Remember to thoroughly research your course options, gather all the necessary documents, and fulfill the financial and English language requirements. By following these steps, you’ll be well on your way to pursuing your education in Australia and embarking on an enriching and transformative experience. Discover additional pertinent details on the subject by checking out this thoughtfully chosen external resource. how to apply visitor visa for parents https://www.aussie-linkvisaservices.com.au/how-to-apply-parents-visitor-visa-australia/, extra information available.
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Groww - Building the Foundation for a Financially Empowered India
A revolution is quietly unfolding in the heart of India's bustling financial sector. It's a movement led by Groww, an ambitious entity on a mission to democratize financial services and empower every Indian with the tools and knowledge necessary to navigate their financial journey. This isn't just about access to financial products; it's about creating a future where financial literacy and empowerment are accessible to all, breaking down barriers that have historically made financial planning seem daunting and inaccessible.
At the core of Groww's philosophy is a profound customer obsession. This isn't about mere satisfaction; it's about understanding and anticipating the needs of millions, crafting each product, design, and algorithm with an unwavering focus on making the customer's experience as intuitive and seamless as possible. It's a belief that the finest details matter and that excellence in the minutiae translates to transformative experiences for the people they serve.
Groww stands as a testament to the power of a vision driven by more than just profit. It's driven by a passion for making a difference, challenging the status quo, and daring to imagine a world where financial services are available, understandable and engaging for everyone. This vision is supported by a team whose dedication is palpable and who finds strength in diversity, innovation, and a shared commitment to redefining the financial services landscape in India.
The values that anchor Groww's journey are not just words on a page; they are the lifeblood of their operation. Customer centricity, ownership, simplicity, long-term thinking, and transparency are the principles that guide every decision and the standards that define their culture. In an industry often criticized for its complexity and opacity, Groww's commitment to these values offers a breath of fresh air, promising a future where financial services are not just accessible but also aligned with their users' needs and aspirations.
But what does Groww's future hold? The vision is clear: to become the trusted financial partner for millions of Indians. This is no small feat in a country as diverse and complex as India, where each individual's financial needs and literacy levels vary widely. However, Groww's approach, grounded in empathy, innovation, and a relentless pursuit of excellence, positions it well to tackle these challenges head-on.
By focusing on education and empowerment, Groww aims to do more than provide financial services. It seeks to transform how individuals think about and engage with their finances to instil confidence and competence in their financial decisions. In doing so, Groww is not just growing a business; it's nurturing a financially savvy society ready to take on the challenges of tomorrow.
In conclusion, Groww's story is about ambition, innovation, and unwavering commitment to its customers. It's a beacon for what's possible when a company dares to dream big and put its values into action. As Groww continues to push boundaries and redefine expectations, it promises to change the financial services landscape in India and empower millions to take control of their financial futures. This is more than a business; it's a movement, a testament to the transformative power of vision, values, and customer-centric innovation.
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Objective: Antidepressant drugs and cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) are effective treatment options for depression and are recommended by clinical practice guidelines. As part of the Assessing Cost-effectiveness - Mental Health project we evaluate the available evidence on costs and benefits of CBT and drugs in the episodic and maintenance treatment of major depression. Method: The cost-effectiveness is modelled from a health-care perspective as the cost per disability-adjusted life year. Interventions are targeted at people with major depression who currently seek care but receive non-evidence based treatment. Uncertainty in model inputs is tested using Monte Carlo simulation methods. Results: All interventions for major depression examined have a favourable incremental cost-effectiveness ratio under Australian health service conditions. Bibliotherapy, group CBT, individual CBT by a psychologist on a public salary and tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are very cost-effective treatment options falling below $A10 000 per disability-adjusted life year (DALY) even when taking the upper limit of the uncertainty interval into account. Maintenance treatment with selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors (SSRIs) is the most expensive option (ranging from $A17 000 to $A20 000 per DALY) but still well below $A50 000, which is considered the affordable threshold. Conclusions: A range of cost-effective interventions for episodes of major depression exists and is currently underutilized. Maintenance treatment strategies are required to significantly reduce the burden of depression, but the cost of long-term drug treatment for the large number of depressed people is high if SSRIs are the drug of choice. Key policy issues with regard to expanded provision of CBT concern the availability of suitably trained providers and the funding mechanisms for therapy in primary care. | <urn:uuid:a6e3eb63-999b-4afc-a2a3-a4d09327b8b7> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://investigadores.unison.mx/es/publications/cost-effectiveness-of-cognitive-behavioural-therapy-and-drug-inte | 2024-04-22T21:57:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.923374 | 366 |
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MEET NEHEMIAH SIKHOSANA
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What made the IQbusiness Graduate Programme unique?
I was given the luxury to start on a clean slate. I felt like they thought I was a talent they could give guidance to, give me room to grow and grace to make mistakes to learn from… from the very beginning. They afforded us the opportunity, resources, guidance, support and environment to learn and discover our own career paths. On top of that, they gave us the flexibility to not be bound by the career paths defined by the qualifications we obtained in Varsity. This freedom gave me the confidence to learn as much as I can and made me see IQbusiness as the ideal place to discover my true potential as a creative and young person in corporate.
What’s an IQbusiness hack that someone has shared with you?
If you have an idea or concern, you have the freedom to reach out. The management is unusually approachable and open to IQers, irrespective of their experience or lack of (in my case). This hack allowed me to reach out to people higher up in the “hierarchy” who were always available to give me opportunities and guidance. In fact, even saying hierarchy feels weird because it never felt like that. It always feels like a flat structure where you are free to connect and collaborate with any other IQer, no matter their title or position.
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Earl Stadtman Investigator Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: How many positions are available in this year’s search?
A: The exact number of slots filled per search cycle varies and is not predetermined. Approximately 10-20 tenure-track positions have been filled through this mechanism each year. - Q: Where will these positions be located (which Institutes, sites)? My work would only be a good fit for one institute and I am pretty sure they do not have any tenure-track positions available. Should I still apply?
A: All NIH institutes with intramural research programs are eligible to make offers to interviewed candidates from this search. We are anticipating that some Institutes or Centers may pool resources for joint appointments, thus all doctoral-level researchers interested in NIH intramural tenure-track positions are encouraged to apply. For more information about which NIH Institutes and Centers have intramural research programs, where they are located, and the variety of research they conduct see http://irp.nih.gov/about-us/our-programs. - Q: Are these positions centrally funded or funded by specific Institutes or Centers?
A: Positions will be funded primarily by the hiring Institutes and Centers, individually or in combination. Some central funds are available to assist with the hiring of investigators who have a history of mentoring and outreach activities, especially those involving women and persons from racial/ethnic or other groups that are underrepresented in biomedical research. - Q: Are NIH scientists allowed to apply or is this just for extramural scientists?
A: NIH intramural scientists and extramural scientists are welcome to apply. Both intramural and extramural scientists have competed effectively for these positions. - Q: Are you looking for researchers in particular fields?
A: Applicants from any field of research relevant to biomedicine are invited to apply. To facilitate the review process, each applicant is asked to include in the first paragraph of their cover letter one or two scientific areas, from the list in the advertisement (List of NIH Scientific Focus Areas (SFAs)). If you do not see an exact match to your research type, indicate the one or two that are closest to what you do. Please note that each group connected by slashes counts as a single research area (e.g., Biochemistry/Proteomics/Metabolomics counts as one research area). - Q: I am “just” a postdoc (or Staff Scientist). Do you have to already be in a tenure-track position to apply?
A: It is anticipated that postdoctoral fellows will be the major pool of applicants, together with some persons who already hold faculty positions. Postdocs should apply. Staff Scientists and Staff Clinicians are also welcome to apply. Persons from all these categories have been hired through the Stadtman search. - Q: I have tenure at my current institution. Am I eligible to apply?
A: Yes. However, you must be willing to accept a tenure-track position within the Intramural Research Program. - Q: I was intending to apply for tenure-track positions next year, after I have had more experience and publications. Will NIH be doing an Earl Stadtman Investigator search next year?
A: It is currently anticipated that this recruitment will be an annual event. We also encourage Stadtman applicants to apply for other appropriate Principal Investigator positions posted at https://irp.nih.gov/careers/faculty-level-scientific-careers. - Q: Are there preferred formats for the Cover letter, CV, Research Plan, and Letters of Recommendation?
A: Other than parameters stated in the advertisement, there are no preferred formats, however, the font should be readable at 100% (e.g., Calibri 11 is an acceptable font). Page limits, when stated, should also be observed. Your cover letter must include in the first paragraph one or two (no more than 2) research areas from the list in the ad, and a clearly labelled section describing your past, present and/or planned activities to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in biomedical research. For more information about NIH’s interest in diversity see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-20-031.html. Your C.V. should include your academic or medical degrees, research experience, patents, relevant awards, a complete bibliography, and a description of your leadership, mentoring and outreach activities, especially those involving women and persons from racial/ethnic or other groups that are underrepresented in biomedical research. In the four-page Research Plan, you should outline the research you hope to perform at the NIH in the next five years, and its innovative nature, as well as your long-term (20 year) vision for what you hope to achieve for yourself, your field, and society, as well as a description of your mentoring philosophy. References do not count towards the page limit. You should provide background on the problem(s) you wish to study, why it is an important problem, and details on what approaches and methods you would use to move your field forward, along with what makes you qualified to do this work. Be clear about what elements are immediate plans and which represent your longer-term vision. For example, describe the pathway from your research to the treatment or prevention of a disease 20 years from now. Also include a description of your mentoring philosophy. Letters of recommendation should reflect your ability to run an independent research group as well as your potential to become a world leader in your field of interest. - Q: How should I have letters of recommendation sent to the website?
A: At the application website, you will be asked to submit contact information for your references, including e-mail addresses. An e-mail will then be sent to each recommender automatically, with instructions. Please note that these automated e-mails sometimes end up in junk mail boxes, so you should alert your references when you submit your application. - Q: Can one send in more than three letters of recommendation?
A: No. Therefore, you should verify the contact information, especially the e-mail address of each recommender, before submitting your application. - Q: To whom should the cover letter and letters of recommendation be addressed?
A: Stadtman Investigators Search Committee. - Q: I do not see the application website in the ad. Where can I find it?
A: We expect to post the link for uploading application materials in late August of 2023. It will be inserted into the Stadtman ad at https://irp.nih.gov/careers/faculty-level-scientific-careers when it is ready to accept applications. - Q: Will these positions be independent?
A: All tenure-track positions at the NIH are Independent Investigator positions with well-defined resources assigned by the Institute or Center’s Scientific Director. For a description of the NIH tenure-track see https://oir.nih.gov/sourcebook/tenure-nih-intramural-research-program/tenure-track-overview. - Q: Who are some of the investigators who have been hired through this search?
A: To see profiles of Stadtman Investigators, please visit the NIH Catalyst website and enter the search term "Stadtman Investigators". - Q: I applied to this search last year and I was not offered a position. Should I try again this year?
A: Yes, especially if you have additional scientific accomplishments. Many Stadtman Investigators had applied in previous years. - Q: Is there a website that shows what traits NIH seeks in tenure-track investigators?
A: Please see the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIKgNaUmtc for more information about tenure-track positions at NIH. Please note that this presentation is from 2022, so there have been some procedural changes, but the basic review criteria have not changed. - Q: Is this the only tenure-track search conducted by the NIH Intramural Research Program?
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AN ACT REAPPORTIONING THE LONE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT AND THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF ILOILO
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Entitled: AN ACT REAPPORTIONING THE LONE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT AND THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF ILOILO [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2017 ] 3/7/2017 Introduced by Senator PANFILO M. LACSON; 3/8/2017 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on LOCAL GOVERNMENT; and ELECTORAL REFORMS AND PEOPLES PARTICIPATION; (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau) | <urn:uuid:fa32d3fa-8de7-4610-be1b-b7a63df88544> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://issuances-library.senate.gov.ph/bills/senate-bill-no-1368-17th-congress-republic | 2024-04-22T22:58:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.680199 | 243 |
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1. Initial Experience on the Homepage
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2. The “Location” Tab
At the top of the page, there was a section with individual tabs for “Location”, “Check in”, “Check out” etc. as well as the corresponding questions/instructions “Where are you going?”, “Add dates”, “Add guests” etc. in each tab. The location of this section at the top of the page made it easily discoverable. The labels/questions/instructions, which in this case are the signifiers, helped me overcome the Gulf of Execution by informing me what to do. I like how the organization of this section specifies the action sequence for the user – first input information in the “Location tab”, then the “Check in/Check out” tabs, and then the “Guests” tab. This is the 3rd step in the 7-action cycle. When I hovered over the “Location” tab to input where I wanted to go, the tab turned grey and the mouse turned into a cursor, implying that I had to input some text. This again is an example of a signifier, an aspect of the interface which told me the appropriate action to take. The act of me inputting some information into the “Location” tab was step 4, perform the action.
3. The “Check in” Tab
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Camel Camp is one of about twenty outstation camps on the Utopia Homelands. These small settlements have been the basis of family life for the Alywarr and Anmatyerr people who first gained freehold rights to the Utopia lands in 1978. The importance of this fact is stated by Ngarla Kunoth Monks – ‘A homeland is a place where family and extended family, all live in one area. I have certain responsibilities in my upkeep of the land, I have to perform ceremonies and look after the country.’
The linked values of land and painting are also well expressed by Camel Camp painter Kathleen Ngale – ‘I cannot paint when I’m not on my land. My art exists because of my connection to my homelands. My home and everything it means cannot be moved or rebuilt elsewhere. I have lived here all my life.’
Kathleen also says ‘I am the oldest living generation on the Utopia homelands. I have a great responsibility to educate my family and my community about our history and the stories of our country. My paintings are ‘maps’ of our country, featuring clay pans, soakages and other geographical features, as well as sacred sites and various flora like the Ahakey, or bush plum.’ (quoted on the Amnesty website on Indigenous Rights)
The exhibition of paintings from Camel Camp and Beyond runs at Japingka Gallery from 2 September to 28 October 2016 and features works by Angelina Ngal Pwerle, Kathleen Ngale, Gladdy Kemarre, Polly Ngale, Josie Petrick Kemarre, Susan Pitjara Hunter, Cowboy Loy Pwerle and sculptures by Sandy Hunter.
The exhibition is available online, and can be viewed in the Gallery until 28 October.
View the Exhibition: Camel Camp and Beyond – Utopia Artists of the Eastern Desert
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After his dismissal from Anderlecht at the end of October 2022, he had already implied that he wanted to take a sabbatical. A little rest to turn this painful page. But the alignment of the stars and the call from Mehdi Bayat had decided otherwise. It didn't take hours of arguing to convince him to succeed Edward Still in Charleroi and thus get back on the bike very quickly, a few weeks after falling off it. Too bad if the scars were still alive…
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Hope you are having a great day and managed to squeeze in some crafting time. Its challenge time over at Just Add Ink, and this week Nikki has provided us with a delicious colour combination for you to play along with.
Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler and Whisper White. Instantly conjures thoughts of traditional Christmas for me - which I don't do well. But its a challenge, right? So I gave it my best shot and I actually liked some of my creations! Lol
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I ended up making three cards.....again. One was an absolute boo boo as I used the wrong shade of green. The second I wasn't overly happy with so submitted the third, which is the card below.
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The next card uses all SU products. This was my 'bugga, wrong colour' card. I was being a tad lazy and picked up the base which I had already adhered the Old Olive DSP left over from a previous round of projects. It wasn't until I had used the new Stampin' Up! blends did I click that I wasn't supposed to be using Old Olive at all - gah moment. No loss though, I like the card and will send it to someone.
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This is really important particularly into the hatchery company where they may have to provide chicks which were chosen for a sex that is particular.
They are called sexed chicks. Probably the most useful way of intercourse dedication at early age is known as vent sexing or sexing that is cloacal merely venting.
The vent or cloaca may be the socket when it comes to chicken droppings. Just just What in other pets could be called the anal area.
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If wing feathers are located appropriate in the tip end, male chicks may have wing feathers being associated with length that is same feminine chicks may have wing feathers showing at the least two various lengths.
Aside from venting plus the other currently stated means and that can be done to really young chicks there are additionally other ways of sexing which include observation of physical features and behavior and these inevitably need to be done after birds reach a specific chronilogical age of readiness.
Around three days of age it is almost always possible to make use of real features to differentiate between sexes of this birds. One feature that is such the brush and wattle size.
As a whole male chicks will begin to develop bigger, more mexican brides prominent and darker combs than feminine chicks. So by watching your chicks at that specific age spending awareness of how big the brush you can easily anticipate whether it is likely to be a pullet quickly or cockerel.
The other feature that is physical observe could be the size of feet and legs. They are called shanks in birds and chickens that are male to possess much longer and thicker legs in addition to bigger foot than females.
Additionally the farmer can observe what exactly are called hackle feathers and the way they develop. They are feathers that develop round the neck of birds, particularly while they approach reproductive readiness.
Theoretically with birds you ought to be actually in a position to differentiate them by gender at the same time but this may be less apparent along with other kinds of chicken.
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Typically, the unspoken contract a fiction reader makes with the author is that he or she will suspend disbelief in return for entertainment. Tolkien hammered away at that archaic agreement with the tools he had available – words and his imagination. He called this notion, “secondary creation.” By creating a universe so shockingly rich with history and detail, Tolkien relieves that burden on the reader to suspend disbelief. The universe of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion is so dense and fleshed out, it is easier than anything literature had ever before seen to fully immerse oneself in.
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The initial book in the series is the award-winning A Game of Thrones. Describing the book is not an easy task. Mainly because a short summary will miss one of the precious facets of a great piece work. But here’s an attempt to give those who’ve never read the book a feel:
Imagine a feudal kingdom on a massive continent in a world filled with many cultures and half-legendary lands, all connected together through an ancient history. Imagine a time where dragons once lived but magic is now dwindling,where the seasons can be long or short, bringing glorious summers or terrible winters that last years at a time. Imagine an iron throne from which seven kingdoms are ruled, with false knights and true all gathered about it in hopes of blood or glory or profit, and shadows behind it pushing the pieces that make up the game of thrones.
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The story begins with an immensely frightening prologue that announces who the truest “enemies are”, suddenly we enter the castle of winter-fell. We are then introduced to the Starks, King Robert and his Iron Throne. Yes, the beginning includes a man being executed and on the same bloody day direwolf pups are found next to the dead body of a huge direwolf, killed by a broken antler in her neck.
Later on down the line we the readers are introduced to a series of events such as a shock of fear that arrives when Stark Motto announces, “Winter is Coming”, this serves as a reminder that there’s a great danger that almost no one is paying attention to. Game of Thrones consists of Politics, murders, and conspiracies. Tournaments, love, hatred. War, battle, trials. Disaster and victory. But, thats not even the half, Game of Thrones is notably one of the best fantasies written in the last decade, and it stands proudly up there right next series such as The Lord of the Rings. In short, If you want something written in a straightforward tone without the use of political intrigues, minus bloody battles or frank language and sexual situations, without the use of a huge cast of characters, then A Game of Thrones may not be for you. But if you are looking for a fantasy book series that surprises you and leaves you yearning for more but also leaves you elated, angry and sad by the turn of the page, then give it a try! I promise you, you wont be disappointed. | <urn:uuid:00ea90a3-4ae8-4de5-b9c3-4921b4a1aae2> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://jerrydaskoski.info/category/epic-fantasy/ | 2024-04-22T22:46:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.959692 | 1,333 |
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With more companies relocating to countries like Ireland to escape higher corporate taxes in the U.S., Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has stated that the government might find ways to stem the tide of home-grown businesses going expatriate. The issue is not just the perceived unfair tax breaks these corporations receive, but that domestic job growth is being exported.
Secretary Lew said the Obama Administration would make a decision “in the very near future.” He said that it is Congress’ responsibility to address the issue, but isn’t confident the legislative body will act quickly enough.
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The recent controversy over Burger King eloping with Canadian Tim Hortons for tax advantages highlights the issue. Secretary Lew added that the Administration is “clear-eyed about the possibility that Congress will not act and may not move as quickly as necessary to respond to the growing wave of tax inversions.” Therefore, the Treasury is finding ways to make these deals “less appealing.” Among them are tax rules that might limit the benefits of moving overseas.
Speaker of the House, John Boehner, wondered whether the Treasury Department has the authority to make such moves. Secretary Lew said, “Any action we take will have a strong legal and policy basis.” | <urn:uuid:41db594a-4c89-4453-8919-9e28b8d40637> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://jewishbusinessnews.com/2014/09/09/treasury-secretary-jack-lew-to-battle-tax-inversion-perversion/ | 2024-04-23T00:04:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818374.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20240422211055-20240423001055-00868.warc.gz | en | 0.963609 | 338 |
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I had a completely new student schedule a private lesson to see what Brazilian jiu-jitsu was all about. She did not come from any previous martial arts background nor was she a fan of MMA.
I asked her, “What are you looking for in jiu-jitsu? What do you want out of it?”
Like the majority of people who try a martial art for the first time, she said that she wanted to learn Worm Guard, berimbolo, and how to sweep for points to win a gold medal.
No, just kidding.
Her answer was, “I find the gym boring, and I’m looking for another type of fitness. Of course, I would like to learn how to defend myself and feel more confident that I can protect myself if there is a problem.”
I started her with a few ground movements to warm up the body and began to teach some fundamental skills required for the techniques to come. Shrimps, bridges, safety standups, a few stretches.
We covered standup self defense. “Do you know how to defend a double throat grab?” She tries to defend on instinct and is unable to escape. I show the very basic, but effective, step back and duck your head out defense. A light bulb comes on – hey, that is simple but it really works!
Working on the ground, I take top mount with a throat grab and ask “What would you do in this situation?” The untrained individual has little idea of how to escape and must admit she has no answer.
I then asked her to take top mount and try to choke me, the instructor. Immediately and effortlessly, I escape with the basic bridge escape from mount. “Try again.” Same result.
“Remember the bridge exercise we performed in the warm up?” I explain how we can use the more powerful muscles of the hips and legs to reverse a heavier opponent and escape a difficult situation. Another light bulb goes off.
“Wow! This BJJ stuff actually works!”
Next, she learned the difference between the guard and the mount, how we can use our legs in the guard to keep our opponent’s weight off of us, and a scissor sweep as a way to reverse the fight and get to the top position. We will use that shrimp move that we learned in the warm up. Use the collar and sleeve grip on the kimono to control our opponent and employ the strength of your legs to scissor sweep.
Finishing off the individual techniques, we had some fun with the straight arm lock from mount. I showed her how she can use the larger, stronger muscles of her hips against the weaker, smaller elbow joint of an opponent to force them to submit.
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That was just enough jiu-jitsu for her first class. It was a lot of information, and she got a little taste of what jiu-jitsu is all about.
“That was great! When can we train next?”
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Minister for Education Mr. Naeem Akhtar today said that there is need for exploiting and highlighting the rich Golf potential of State to attract the domestic and international golfers in the state.
The Minister, who was chief guest, was speaking on the Prize distribution function on the Chief Minister’s Golf Tournament held at Royal Spring Golf Club here today.
Minister for Roads & Buildings Syed Altaf Ahmad Bukhari was guest on honor on the occasion.
Mr. Naeem said that the State has various Golf Courses and need of the hour is to market it to become Kashmir as Golf Capital of the Country. He said the State has ample potential in Golf and efforts are afoot to tap it, saying that with the exploitation of existing potential and developing it in good manner, the Golfers would get complete Golf circuit in the State. He said that, making Kashmir a Golf Capital of the Country, would help the State economically also.
The Minister said that Chief Minister, Who is Minister Incharge of Tourism department, is keen to develop more golf courses in the State. He said, with the directions of Chief Minister, efforts are afoot to develop new golf courses and golf spaces including Yousmarg, Bhaderwah and Sonamarg in the state, saying that development of these places would give fillip to golf activities and the state would emerge as one of the best and choicest golf resort for the domestic and outside golfers.
Mr. Naeem congratulated the Army Commander’s team for winning the tournament. He also appreciated the participating teams which despite of bad weather took part in the tournament.
During the tournament Chief Secretary’s and Army Commander’s teams participated.
It is pertinent to mention here that Chief Secretary Mr. B R Sharma tee-off the tournament this morning.
GoC 15 Corps Lt. Gen S K Dua said that Kashmir is known for golf in the country and global levels. He said organizing such events cement the liaison between civilian and the army.
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Good day CheckiO users!
As we've previously announced, now we have full TypeScript support, which also includes the latest ECMAScript standard, and this week we're starting the transition process.
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Mecole Hardman Jr., born on March 12, 1998, is an American football player renowned for his role as a wide receiver with the Kansas City Chiefs in the NFL. His journey to stardom began during his college years at the University of Georgia, where he showcased exceptional athleticism and skill on the football field.
Drafted by the Chiefs in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft, Hardman quickly established himself as a key player, contributing to the team’s success on multiple fronts.
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Since joining the Kansas City Chiefs in 2019, Mecole Hardman has been an integral part of the team’s offense. His rookie season saw him making notable contributions, including catching his first NFL touchdown and securing a game-winning reception.
Hardman’s versatility as both a wide receiver and a return specialist has made him a valuable asset to the Chiefs, earning him recognition and accolades within the league.
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Mecole Hardman has been in a relationship with Chariah Gordon since at least September 2021. Chariah, a beauty entrepreneur, has been a supportive presence in Hardman’s life, celebrating his achievements both on and off the field.
Following the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory in 2024, Chariah expressed her pride and admiration for Hardman in an emotional Instagram tribute, highlighting their strong bond and shared journey.
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Upon joining the Chiefs, he secured his first contract, which included a $495,000 base salary for the 2019 season along with a signing bonus of $1,652,764.
In the following year, his base salary increased to over $720,000, supplemented by an additional $250,000 in incentives.
In 2022, Hardman secured a significant milestone in his career with the Chiefs, signing a contract worth $3.9 million in base salary.
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As of 2024, Hardman’s compensation with the Chiefs is expected to have a corresponding impact on the team’s salary cap, with a dead cap value totaling $2 million.
Mecole Hardman’s Parents
Mecole Hardman was born in 1998 to Latrivia Hardman and Mecole Hardman Sr. He spent his childhood in Elberton, Georgia, and attended Elbert County High School, where both his father and uncle had been football stars, garnering significant attention for their exceptional skills on the field. Following in their footsteps, Mecole pursued his passion for football. He earned a scholarship to play collegiate football at Savannah State University. However, his journey took an unexpected turn at that point.
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