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Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday downgraded Lebanon's rating to Caa2, citing the increased likelihood of a debt rescheduling it would classify as a default, following protests that toppled the government and shook investor confidence.
Lebanon's issuer rating, which was lowered from Caa1, remained under review for downgrade, Moody's said. Moody's classifies Caa ratings as very high credit risk.
"In the absence of rapid and significant policy change, a rapidly deteriorating balance of payments and deposit outflows will bring GDP growth to or below zero, further stoking social discontent, undermining debt sustainability and increasingly threatening the viability of the peg," the ratings agency said.
Several weeks of protests have led to the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri, stalling the chances of reforms to the 2020 budget and further draining Lebanon's already depleted foreign exchange reserves.
In a sign of Lebanon's increasing financial stress, the cost of ensuring its debt has touched record levels in recent weeks and eurobond yields have risen to distressed levels. On Tuesday, the price of Lebanon's dollar eurobonds fell by more than 2 cents in the dollar, according to Tradeweb data.
Moody's said it expected the central bank's usable foreign exchange buffer of about $5-10 billion will "likely be consumed" by the government's forthcoming external debt service payments estimated at $6.5 billion this year and next, including a $1.5 billion maturity on November 28.
The rating and review for further downgrade "reflect the increasing likelihood of a debt rescheduling or other credit negative liability management exercise that could result in private sector holders of government liabilities suffering significant losses," Moody's said.
That would constitute a default under Moody's definition, it added.
Lebanon has never defaulted on its external debt, despite frequent bouts of political and security instability.
The central bank's holdings of government securities implied Lebanon had options for debt management in the near-term that would limit losses for the private sector in the event of a default, Moody's said.
Options such as debt maturity extension or debt cancellation involving the central bank's debt holdings amounting to 50% of GDP could help as long as the currency's peg to the US dollar remained, the agency said.
"However, those options are diminishing the longer Lebanon's economic and political crisis persists," it added.
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The group is well committed in developing ab inito codes for theoretical spectroscopy. It is in fact crucial to have its own computer codes, which allow scientists to implement, test and benchmark new features in an efficient and robust way. Often models are used as a first step, but the ambition of the group is to make, and to make available, realistic calculations.
Therefore the group, on top of members being co-developers of the ABINIT package for the GW part, maintains, develops, teaches and aims to make freely available three main codes:
DP is a TDDFT code working in linear response regime, with a plane wave basis and in frequency domain. The authors are Francesco Sottile, Lucia Reining and Valerio Olevano (former group member and now in Grenoble). The code is freely available and under heavy development at the moment, in order to introduce new features (like new kernels, netcdf format, compatibility with newer versions of Abinit and Quantum Espresso, etc.). A snapshot of a relatively new version is available here. For older (but also more robust) versions, please refer to the old website.
EXC is an exciton code, aiming at solving the Bethe-Salpeter equation, in transition space and frequency domain. Exactly like DP, it is under heavy development (netcdf, compatibility) and new features will be soon available, like finite momentum transfer and improved parallelization. The authors are Valerio Olevano, from Grenoble, Giovanni Onida (also a former group member, now full professor in Milan), Stefan Albrecht (former PhD in the group), Lucia Reining and Francesco Sottile. The code is freely available on the official website www.bethe-salpeter.org.
2light is a TDDFT code for the non-linear properties of materials. It calculates second and third-order polarizabilities. The authors are Valérie Véniard and Eleonora Luppi (former group member and now in Paris). The code not yet ready for distribution.
Besides the developments of ab initio theoretical spectroscopy codes, the group has shared several post-processing tools to carry out interpolations, spectral function calculations or managing the spectra obtained by DP/EXC or Abinit.
You will find more in the tools page.
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There is an informal proposal before the EC to form a Semantic Web Applied Ontology SIG aiming to fill the gap between the Semantic Web community and the IAOA community. Some people have shown interest in this initiative. As part of investigating this issue, wed like to get feedback from IAOA members.
Often the two communities seem to think they have nothing in common, whereas some of us believe they share many common goals, common technologies, and a common interest in well-engineered applied ontologies. Many of us in IAOA promote and use Semantic Web technologies and reasoning methods; similarly, many in the Semantic Web community advocate more rigorous and principled ontologies based on ontological analysis. Therefore, we have proposed a Semantic Web Applied Ontology SIG to bridge the gap between our two communities before it gets wider. This SIG would support communication and collaboration with our colleagues in the Semantic Web (and Linked Data) community.
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The LILAC Committee are offering two exciting opportunities to join our conference organising team. We are looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals to recruit into the roles of External Relationships Manager and Webs
For a full description and person specification for these roles, please see the following documents;
Applicants should be based in the UK. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented communities and sectors.
Applications should include:
- Curriculum vitae
- A personal statement detailing your experience and how you meet our requirements (750 words maximum)
- A letter/statement of support from your line manager.
LILAC is a successful conference attracting delegates from around the world, and our committee work hard each year to deliver an excellent experience for all those attending. Joining the committee is an opportunity to work with a great team, develop new skills and improve your own professional networks across the profession.
Please send all applications (or any questions) to LILAC chair Claire Packham; claire.packham@city.
The closing date for applications is Sunday 13th September, 2020. Full details can be found on the LILAC website.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Claire Packham (LILAC Chair), on behalf of the LILAC Committee
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I’ve been listening to Of Montreal’s “The Party’s Crashing Us” on repeat today. I’m not sure why, but it’s working wonders at alleviating the exasperation I’m dealing with today.
It surprised me upon listen three that “The Party’s Crashing Us” has totally over come its genesis, which is usually not an easy thing to do.
See, some, but not all songs, have a genesis. You know those songs that come into your life at a very significant time, or from a significant person. When you hear a song and are instantly reminded of someone or something or sometime, that’s its genesis. The very begining of when the song began to mean something more to you.
Oftentimes a the genesis cannot be pinpointed until much much later in your relationship with the song. It might take months, even years. These geneses can be a positive, wonderful thing. However there negative ones too. We all have those songs, the songs that remind you of Him or that was your song.
With a lot of effort you can overcome a song’s genesis and reclaim it as your own. It took me a long, long time to reclaim Big Star’s “Thirteen” thanks to the Outlaw. But after years and years, I have made it mine again. The genesis, though still remembered, is not the first thing I think of when I hear the song.
However, I cannot listen to Tegan & Sara without wincing and thinking about a time in my life when I acted quite poorly and selfishly. I’m sure there will come a day when Tegan & Sara won’t make me flush crimson with humiliation, but that day isn’t anytime soon.
It surprised me when I realized I was having so much fun chair dancing to “The Party’s Crashing Us.” I got this song from a boy who was very special to me, one of those who just randomly disappeared from my life without so much as a ‘goodbye and good luck.’ For the longest time I would put this song on when I wanted to feel a very keen sense of pain and regret and woe-is-meness. It’s been a long time since I’ve even listened to the song. So you can imagine my total delight that it took me three complete listens to remember its genesis, a genesis that it has totally overcome.
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Larry Hanley: A Union Force of Nature
Larry Hanley spent 40 years in the Amalgamated Transit Union, and he died at his post on May 7 after serving almost nine years as the international president.
Larry will be remembered by a lot of people for a long time. The members will mourn, and the employers will breathe a momentary sigh of relief. He was truly a trade union force of nature, the kind of leader largely absent from today’s staggered and dazed labor movement.
Larry Hanley saw his role as hell-raiser and revitalizer—not just a custodian of the union that he came to lead, but an agitator for more aggressive trade unionism on all fronts. If you ever met him, you remember him.
Larry was visible; for countless ATU members, he was the first international president they had ever met, seen, or heard from. He always had something to say to educate and motivate the membership. He always had a sense of how the union could push forward in tough circumstances. Waiting was not an option. Giving up was impossible.
Previous ATU presidents were not like Larry. To one degree or another they preferred their roles as labor statesmen, running the union from the comfortable shadows. Larry Hanley was determined to wake the union from its slumber, both organizational and political.
He challenged many of the old business union methods that had permeated ATU for decades. He pushed adamantly for a more vigorous collective bargaining policy to deliver better results. He publicized the struggles and programs of the union like never before, to show the members that their union was out there pushing back.
He dramatically expanded the ATU’s programs for safety, training, and communications. He revived its organizing and mobilizing capacity. And he pushed its political action away from the stagnant dollars-for-Democrats model.
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Larry Hanley’s life mission to revitalize and energize the Amalgamated Transit Union’s corner of the labor movement has been advanced, but remains unfinished. Thousands of ATU leaders and members must now carry on that work.
Chris Townsend is the director of field mobilization for ATU. He has been an ATU member for 11 years and was a UE member for 25 years.
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POSSESSED revealed their first album in over 3 decades, Revelations Of Oblivion which will be released on May 10th via Nuclear Blast Records.
Now, the band releases their second single, “Shadowcult” with a live clip from their performance at “Live At Bloodstock Open Air 2017” – watch the video for “Shadowcult,” below.
Jeff Becerra comments:
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- Case Studies
At MJ Quinn we are proud to have an industry leading Training Academy through which all of our engineers are inducted, skilled and accredited. In 2018 over 740 engineers attended our Training Academy developing and improving their skills.
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In the olden days (under the 1972 American Bar Association Model Code of Judicial Conduct), a judge was supposed to “encourage members of his family to adhere to the same standards of political conduct that apply to him,” which included discouraging family members from running for political office. The 1990 revisions to the model code eliminated that duty to dissuade (except with respect to a judge or judicial candidate’s own campaign), reflecting “awareness that the families of judges and judicial candidates are composed of individuals with independent lives, interests and rights, and that any requirement that a judge or judicial candidate seek to influence or control the behavior of those individuals must be narrowly tailored.” Milord, The Development of the ABA Judicial Code, at 49 (1992).
However, as a comment added to Rule 4.1 in the 2007 model code revisions explains:
Although members of the families of judges and judicial candidates are free to engage in their own political activity, including running for public office, there is no “family exception” to the prohibition . . . against a judge or candidate publicly endorsing candidates for public office. A judge or judicial candidate must not become involved in, or publicly associated with, a family member’s political activity or campaign for public office. To avoid public misunderstanding, judges and judicial candidates should take, and should urge members of their families to take, reasonable steps to avoid any implication that they endorse any family member’s candidacy or other political activity.
Thus, a judge cannot:
- Solicit votes, funds, or support for a relative/candidate in person, in writing, through political appearances, by telephone, or through the media
- Give speeches in support of a relative/candidate
- Inform friends of the relative’s candidacy even without soliciting votes or support
- Ask an individual why he is backing the relative’s opponent
- Deliver and erect signs for a relative’s campaign or attach political disclaimers to the signs
- Solicit persons to display campaign signs in their yards
- Wear a relative’s campaign button in public or in chambers
- Hand out a family member’s campaign literature or signs
- Place a campaign bumper sticker on her car
- Act or appear to act as a political advisor for the family member’s campaign
There is a split in judicial ethics opinions on whether a judge’s may provide behind-the-scenes support for a candidate/relative’s campaign although the majority advise that a judge should not perform manual labor such as compiling voter or contributor lists and stuffing envelopes
In most states, a judge may be included in a family picture in campaign materials for a family member and be identified by name and relationship to the candidate as long as the judge/relative is not identified as a judge, referred to by title, or pictured in robes or a courthouse setting.
Whether a judge can accompany a candidate/relative to political events varies from state to state, depending in part on whether the judge is prohibited from attending political events in general. Similarly, whether a judge can make a financial contribution to the campaign of a spouse or other family member depends on each state’s rule regarding political contributions by judges in general.
The issues that arise for a judge when a family member is running for office are discussed in Political Activities by Members of a Judge’s Family, which is available to be downloaded on the web-site of the Center for Judicial Ethics. Below are summaries of relevant advisory opinions and discipline decisions issued since that paper was up-dated in 2010.
- Family members of a judge or a judicial candidate may engage in their own political conduct and run for office, but a judge or candidate cannot become involved in a family member’s campaign and must take reasonable steps to avoid the suggestion or implication that he endorses the family member’s candidacy. Arkansas Advisory Opinion 2009-4.
- A judge whose son is running for an open judicial position may attend his son’s post-election gathering after all polls have closed. Florida Advisory Opinion 2014-16.
- A judge may provide behind-the-scenes assistance to the campaign of a relative/candidate, such as preparing envelopes for campaign materials to be mailed to potential voters or donors. A judge may be named or have her photograph in a family member’s campaign materials as long as there is no reference to her title or position, she is not pictured in her robe, and she appears simply as a member of the candidate’s family. Indiana Advisory Opinion 2-2014.
- A judge whose son is a candidate in a contested primary to replace her after she retires may attend a political event at which her son is speaking or that he will attend but may not solicit signatures for a nominating petition for him or sign the petition, contribute money or time to her son’s campaign, place yard signs for his candidacy, go door-to-door, pass out campaign literature, or publicly support her son’s candidacy. Kansas Advisory Opinion 179 (2014).
- A judge may not accompany her spouse, who is running for office, to fund-raisers, rallies, and other campaign events. Maryland Advisory Opinion Request 2015-47.
- A judge should not have angrily confronting a man who was putting up signs opposing his brother’s gubernatorial candidacy. Stephen, Reprimand (New Hampshire Judicial Conduct Committee August 25, 2011).
- A judge may attend a reception in honor of her child’s election to a public office if she clearly is present only as a parent celebrating her child’s accomplishment and avoids any appearance that she is or was involved in partisan political activity connected with her child’s campaign. New York Advisory Opinion 2012-169.
- A judge may be depicted in a family photograph on his child’s political campaign literature as long he does not wear a judicial robe and he is not identified as a judge. New York Advisory Opinion 2010-75.
- A master-in-equity may appear in a family photo used in her spouse’s political campaign and attend his election night party, debates, and speeches as long as she is not identified by title, attendance is on her own time, and her membership in the judiciary is not publicized or announced. South Carolina Advisory Opinion 7-2012.
Next week: When a judge’s relative supports a political candidate
In 2 weeks: Political activities at a judge’s home
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The Perfect Soft Boiled Egg.
Soft boiled eggs…who likes them? I’m not a huge fan, I love an over easy egg but I can’t get on board with the soft boiled egg. I’m sure this doesn’t make sense to the soft boiled eggs lovers, sorry.
These little buggers can be found at hotel breakfast buffets especially in Europe – they can be easily confused as hard boiled eggs since they all look the same on the outside.
Regardless, I’ve nailed the perfect soft boiled egg and now you can too! The white of the egg should be cooked but the yolk should be left runny.
What you need – eggs, a pot of boiling water (the picture does not show boiling water as it should have reoccurring bubbles on the top) and a timer.
Oh and a bowl of ice water.
It is important to leave the eggs out until they come up to room temperature or at least not fresh-out-of-the-fridge cold.
The pot of boiling water should be deep enough to cover the entire egg or eggs if you’re making more than one – which you should. Once the pot of water is ripping bubbles you want to gently (use a spoon!) lower the egg into the water, set your timer for 6 minutes. I kid you not, all regular eggs will take only 6 minutes! – I promise, pinky swear.
The next step is important! Once the timer goes off you have to shock the eggs in an ice bath this stops them from cooking more leaving the yolk soft, hence the name soft boiled. Not to mention, the quick cool down will make it easier to peal the shell off which is a bonus, like I said in the hard boiled egg post, 2 birds 1 stone.
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W-Max Fender Flares
This is item is currently out of stock but is available for backorder. Your order will ship out as soon as it is done in manufacturing (about 4-5 weeks). Thank you for your patience.
Please allow 4-5 weeks for shipping on all OUT OF STOCK products.
These fender flares are a Notch above the rest. Our W-Max WJ Fender Flares look natural on the Grand Cherokee WJ body, and provide your tires with tons of clearance. Here are some of the reasons you’re going to love them:
- Durable 3/16″ fiberglass construction – hand laid with woven reinforcement
- Arrives paint-ready (you’re not stuck with just black!)
- All hardware included
- Bolts are pre-attached to flare with fiberglass reinforced body filler
- Detailed instructions for installation
If you’re reading this page, you probably already know that there aren’t that many options out there for WJ fender flares. But we wouldn’t want you to buy our flares because you’re settling. Oh no, the W-Max Flares have some serious advantages. First, let’s take the durability. These fiberglass fender flares are 1/4″, hand laid fiberglass with woven reinforcement, which means they’ll take a serious beating. Think about your buddy’s plastic pocket-style flares that he goes and “wacks bushes” with. Would you smash those with an 8 lb sledge? Would you take them of and drive over them? Would you stand on them and ride them down a flight of stairs like a surfboard? Well, we don’t recommend it, but we already did it for you. Check our our torture test video to the right, titled “Just How Tough?”
And as for clearance, you’ll cut out more room for bigger tires than any other major fender flares on the market. This is just about as much room as you can get on a Grand Cherokee. Want to run bigger tires, but don’t have the lift? Forget jecking your vehicle up higher. Instead, keep your center of gravity low and put a set of W-Max flares on, and you’ll be able to run some big tires without rubbing. And just check out the style! Every customer is excited about how tough their rig looks with these things.
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Beth Howard, blogger, TV producer, Tenant of American Gothic House, owner of the Pitchfork Pie Stand, and writer, will be at Austin Bookpeople Tuesday, May 8 to promote her book Making Piece – a memoir of love, loss and pie. There will be a book signing and pie will be served!
Beth was kind enough to give a shout out to my blog when I first started baking pies and has been kind in giving guidance in the art of the crust. Of which, I still have my hit-and-miss moments.
I look forward to seeing you there!
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I do have a question regarding the monitoring of the PI buffer subsystem.
Is it possible to monitor the total event writes and reads?
I just want to monitor the total count, not the value per second.
Is there any counter implemented to do this?
Thanks in advance for your answer.
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I'm trying to understand how the sorting algorithm works in PI System Explorer when I sort the Name column.
Something seems to be very wrong here. Sorting is consequent if I sort up or down, but it is not in numerical/alphabetical order. The line containing "245" should be last in the the first picture and first in the second picture.
Version is PI SE 2018 SP1.
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The ARR (Accounting Rate of Return) method is used to rank capital projects as per their earning. Projects that are earning the highest are chosen while those which are not performing up to the standard are discarded. The ARR is further sub-divided into average rate of return, average investment, and earnings per division.
The ARR (average rate of return) method
With the ARR method, the online cheap accountants in east London calculates the average profit that is made. The average rate of return method thus takes into consideration, specific assets earnings in its entire financial run. A project will get approved only if its return percentage is higher.
The return of amount on average investment is the method that is used by the online cheap accountants in east London to calculate the return percentage on the amount of average investment.
Earnings per Division
This method is helpful when the calculation of the total earnings is done. This helps to bring out the rate of average return on every single unit of the amount that has been invested in a specific project.
The 8 advantages of accounting rate of return are:
- Helps to compare
This method helps in comparing a new project with that of projects that are cost-efficient or with other projects that are competitive in nature.
- Easier to Calculate
The method makes it easier to understand and calculate the period of payback. It takes into consideration the profits or the savings occurring over the period of the project’s total financial span.
- Clear view of profitability
The method presents a clear view of a particular project’s profitability.
- Creates the perception of net Earning
The method presents a perception of net earnings, that is, the earnings after tax payments and depreciation.
- Satisfies the owner’s interests
The owners are much more interested in the returns of their investments. So, the method helps to satisfy the owner’s interest regarding their investment returns.
- The Accounting of Profit
The method takes into consideration the concept of accounting profit. The profit can be determined by calculating the return rates. The accounting profit can easily be calculated with the help of accounting records.
- Measuring the Current Performance
The method is extremely helpful when trying to measure the present performance of a firm.
- Calculation of the return rates
Investments that have extremely large span the method helps to calculate the simple return rate to that of the true return rate.
There are, however, certain disadvantages when it comes to the ARR method. The 8 disadvantages of accounting rate of return are:
- The ignorance of the time factor
The method is known to ignore time factor when selecting an alternate use of a fund.
- Ignorance of external factors
The method is known not to take the external factors that hinder the profit earning capacity of a project, into consideration.
- Creates decision-making problems
People will arrive at different results if the ROI (return on investment) and the ARR (accounting rate of returns) are calculated separately.
- Only considers accounting profits
The method does not take the cash inflow into consideration and is only interested in accounting profits.
- ARR is not all that is required
To calculate the rate of return only the ARR method is not required.
- Unhelpful at sometimes
Cannot appraise projects where installments of the investments have been made more than two times and in separate parts.
- Life period investment
The lifetime of multiple investments is not considered by the method. But while calculating the average earnings, the lifetime of investments are taken into account.
- Ignores time frame
The method overlooks the period that the investments take to earn profits.
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This cute pup from the Happy Tails stamp set is ready in a flash with the two step stamping. One quick stamp and his spots are all colored. There’s even a matching punch to cut him out if wanted. For this card, I didn’t cut him out, but simply stamped him on a whisper white square and matted with a basic black square. I love the See A Silhoutte Designer Series Paper that I used behind the pup.
I used this card for a birthday, but it could be used for other occasions as well.
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Are you a fan of Fiasco? Do you want to try your hand at designing a playset for the game? The awesome folks at RPG Geek are running a Fiasco Playset Competition this month. Thanks to Bifford (Sam) for organizing this competition which is fully supported by the publisher, Bully Pulpit Games. So, if you’re interested, check out the details at the link above and have fun!
Need the Fiasco PDF? Want to help support Rolling Boxcars? Buy your Fiasco PDF at DriveThruRPG here. We receive a nominal credit with which to buy new RPGs which we review and blog about.
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Synopsys announced their earnings a couple of days ago. This is actually also the end of their fiscal year. They had quarterly earnings of $539M meaning that they did just over $2B for the year. Their guidance for fiscal 2015 is revenue between $2.185B to $2.225B. They said that about 80% of that revenue is already in backlog.
But it… Read More
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Temperatures may still be in the 40s, but it’s crucial that you care for your air conditioner before temperatures start to rise. After all, you deserve a cool and comfortable home! The expert technicians of Service Plus Heating, Cooling & Plumbing are here to help. Keep reading for an overview of our air conditioning services.
If you’ve dusted off your air conditioner only to realize it’s broken down or stopped working properly, you can trust us for a quick and reliable repair. Service Plus Heating, Cooling & Plumbing’s knowledgeable air conditioning repair technicians will make sure your system is fully functional and running at maximum efficiency. Plus, we complete the majority of repair calls on the first visit!
There may come a time when repairing your A/C system just doesn’t make sense anymore. If you’ve decided it’s time to invest in a new air conditioning unit, turn to Service Plus Heating, Cooling & Plumbing’s installation specialists! We carry a variety of brands, and can fit just about any budget and space:
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For more information on our air conditioning services, give Service Plus Heating, Cooling & Plumbing a call today at (317) 434-2627. You can also contact us online! Don’t forget to connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and Google+, as well.
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Today being my self-imposed day of rest, I left early with a sack lunch for Concord, Mass., to take a walk through the Walden Pond Reservation. This meant boarding the T and then switching to the commuter rail at North Station for the remainder of the journey to Concord. I left home at 8:15 and was in Concord by 9:30.
Walden Pond is a mile outside of town, though I made an inadvertent detour by turning the wrong way on Thoreau Street and walking for a good ways through a wealthy suburb before realizing that I was not going in the right direction. I backtracked through town, passed the rail station, and out across, finally ending up on the boarders of the reservation.
(click on the photograph for the complete album)
I admit that I know very little about Henry David Thoreau, nor have I made any serious study of the transcendentalist movement. The site, however, is beautiful and–despite its well-trodden paths–reminded me of Northern Michigan, particularly the small lake systems I used to canoe in the Upper Peninsula. And I was also reminded of my time at the Oregon Extension, since Thoreau’s retreat to Walden Pond was one of the early inspirations for their own educational project.
I stopped for lunch on the far side of the lake, away from the visitor’s center. There were several intrepid souls swimming in the water! The guy working at the gift shop later told me told me they swim till it freezes over out there, so I guess this wasn’t much different than high summer for them. Sitting by the lake, I caught up on some correspondence and got slightly sun-burnt on the back of my neck for my troubles.
In the park shop, I bought a Dover edition of Margaret Fuller’s Women in the Nineteenth Century (and early American feminist tract), which I started reading on the train home. My favorite quote so far? “We would have every path open to woman as freely as to man . . . a ravishing harmony of the spheres would ensue”! (16).
I have to say, of all the results of women’s equality, I never put “ravishing harmony of the spheres” on my list . . . but whatever it is, it sounds good to me!
I will definitely have to go back when the leaves start to turn.
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I’m playing pundit here, with all the risks that implies, but I think Joe Biden will win enough delegates to have a majority going into the convention, and that he will be the nominee. For one thing, the governor of Michigan. Gretchen Whitmer, has just endorsed him ahead of next week’s primary. Her endorsement, while not as game-changing as Jim Clyburn’s, will help Biden win in Michigan over Bernie. Michigan is one state where Bernie has to do well; it’s heavily working-class, which is his base. If Biden can beat Bernie on his home turf again (he already did it in Massachusetts, where Bernie was supposed to come out on top), then it’s pretty much over. And that’s when the fence-mending needs to begin.
Elizabeth Warren, who was my choice, is now out of the race. As I write this, she has not thrown her support to either man, so once again I’m playing Risk, pundit version. But I suggest that a Biden-Warren ticket is a great winning combination.
First off, let’s remember that when Biden was Obama’s VP, he was given more real responsibility than perhaps any other VP in history, except perhaps Al Gore. He knows how to make good use of a good VP, and whoever he picks will be seen in that light. He can’t pick Bernie. Bernie will not play second fiddle to anyone, and the image of two old white men, one of whom is in — I have to say — questionable health, is not going to sell.
If he picks Buttigieg, Harris, or Klobuchar, he gets a minority or a woman on the ticket, but they are all moderates like him, and that will alienate Bernie supporters.
Warren checks off both boxes. She is a woman, and she is a progressive, close to Bernie but much more pragmatic. Choosing her would announce that Biden is open to new ideas and wants to expand participation in government. Wall Street won’t be thrilled, but they should understand that while VP Warren would have input into the administration’s policies, it will be Biden who will make the final call. It has to be made clear that no one group can have it all, not even the Masters of the Universe. It’s actually a new form of moderation that will work.
Yes, Warren is over 70. Women live longer than men, and if we were willing to put her in the Oval Office, we shouldn’t have any hesitation to put her next door to it.
Also, the VP candidate’s job is to be the attacker while the presidential candidate stays above the fray. Trump upset that, as he upset so many other things, but a return to this arrangement will also remind people just how upsetting IMPOTUS has been. Plus, Warren has already shown by the way she took down Bloomberg just how good she is at that job. I would love to see her take on Pence (assuming Trump allows debates at all).
(I watched some of Rachel’s interview with Bernie last night, and I took particular note of him saying that if Biden wins the nomination, he, Sanders, will back him all the way, and that Biden will do the same if Sanders wins.)
Last week, I posted a diary about a Sanders-Warren ticket (in a bit of wishful dyslexia, I originally titled it the Warren-Sanders ticket). I feel much more comfortable about this configuration. I do have to acknowledge that it will, temporarily, cost us a Senate seat, but our prospects for taking back the Senate are looking better than before with Bullock looking like he will enter the Montana race. Plus a Biden-Warren ticket will pull in down-ballot votes as well. In my earlier diary, some suggested Stacey Abrams, but I don’t think she has the national exposure yet, and I don’t know where she stands on the moderate-progressive scale. Warren has been tested and honed on the national stage and she was the last woman standing. (Has anyone even bothered to tell Gabbard to get out already?)
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A few days ago I was asked to review designevo.com, an online logo maker website. As I am always looking for online tools, I was happy to take a look.
The website design is clean and easy to use. The account making process is quick, in two steps with e-mail confirmation, but with facebook login.
The logo maker section is very easy to use. You can choose from tons of templates or you can design your own logo. You have access to many fonts and icons.
What is free?
After you finished your logo you can download a 500 x 500 pixels low-resolution image, watermark free, of your design. You can also download a transparent logo, also 500 x 500 pixels. This is more than enough for your facebook page or for your website. For the free logo, you have to give credit to the site.
You can save in your account 3 free logos. After that, you have to delete the old ones to replace them with new ones. But you can keep all your creations on your computer.
This low-resolution image is also good for your clients. You can send them a sample of the design. You can always enter in your account and edit the logo until the client is satisfied. After that, you will purchase the logo.
Here is a quick free logo I made for one of my sites. I am pretty satisfied with it.
How much is a full-size logo?
If the client like your design, or if you are satisfied with your logo, you can download a full resolution image 5000 x 5000 pixels. You will have also a transparent logo. You can print on anything from business cards to posters this high-resolution image. But all of this comes with a price of 19,99 $/logo.
If you want a vector logo, for big prints you have to pay 39,99 $/logo and you have the right to trademark the customized purchased logo.
Here is my new high-resolution logo for my travel blog.
I recommend this site for designers, web designers to rich inspiration for their clients. I strongly recommend this site for your own projects. At the end, I will provide my quick photographer logo made in 1 minute with designevo.com.
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WATERIGA is a proud supplier of Industrial Test Systems, Inc. in USA (ITS). For over 30 years ITS has been a leading manufacturer of instruments and chemistries designed to test water quality within the municipal water treatment, food & beverage, trucking & automotive, pond & aquarium, pool & spa, educational and medical diagnostics industries. ITS has developed over 100 tests and proprietary chemistries (many of which have been ETV/EPA performance-verified), including the first and only EPA approved test strip.
Based in Riga, Latvia we provide a full range of inorganic chemistry testing for your needs. Check out our store or get in touch and see how we can help you.
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The coroner for Adams and Broomfield counties has identified the three victims shot and killed when a man opened fire inside a Walmart in Thornton on Wednesday night.
Pamela Marques, 52, of Denver, Carlos Moreno, 66, of Thornton, and Victor Vasquez, 26, of Denver were killed in the shooting.
The suspect, Scott Ostrem, 47, is accused of walking into the Grant Street Walmart “nonchalantly” and opening fire with a handgun on a group of people near the cash registers, according to a spokesperson for the Thornton Police Department.
Ostrem was arrested Thursday morning in the area of 72nd Avenue and Federal Boulevard during what police say was a "high-risk" traffic stop. A SWAT team used a flash bang as distraction before making the arrest, Officer Victor Avila said during a press conference Thursday morning.
Before that, officers executed a search warrant of Ostrem’s home in the 7100 block of Samuel Drive, but he wasn’t home at the time.
Avila described the aftermath of the shooting as “mass chaos," as hundreds of people ran out of the store.
"If and when the surveillance is available, you'll see that there were people running everywhere," Avila said. "That's truly what took the longest amount of time. Just to be able to decipher what exactly we had."
Once officers were able to get inside, they sifted through surveillance video to get a name and description of the suspect.
There's no known motive for the shooting at this time.
Ostrem has recent addresses in Denver and the north Denver area. He filed for bankruptcy in 2015, was charged with resisting arrest in 1999, was sued by a family member in 2011, and was charged with driving under the influence in 2013.
The shooting was reported to dispatch at 6:10 p.m. Wednesday, according to Thornton Police.
Thornton police said two men were killed and a woman was taken to a nearby hospital where she later died. The three who were killed were the only ones shot.
Investigators say they have no idea why Ostrem allegedly opened fire, but they did say the shooting is not known to be an act of terrorism. However, a Thornton PD spokesperson did refer to the shooting as a heinous act.
Anyone who knows anything about the shooting should contact police at 720-977-5069.
UPDATE: Walmart homicide suspect Scott Ostrem has been taken into custody pic.twitter.com/q9EPq5f4ZH— Thornton Police Dept (@ThorntonPolice) November 2, 2017
Forty-eight witnesses were taken from the Walmart to a nearby police building before they were released, according to RTD.
A limited lockdown at North Suburban Medical Center was lifted a few hours after the shooting was reported, according to a director at HealthONE.
The 5-hour delay to say the suspect in the shooting was armed and dangerous -- and still on the run -- was reportedly due to investigators working to gather information on who that person was, according to Thornton Police.
Police set up a large perimeter outside the Walmart store Wednesday night, and FBI, ATF agents and Aurora SWAT all responded to the scene to assist local officers.
One local resident, Aaron Stephens, spoke to 9NEWS multiple times. He said he was at the self-checkout line when he heard a loud pop.
"At first I thought it was a firecracker," he said, "but it sounded more - it was louder... I was like, what the heck's going on? Then I heard two more shots and I freaked out and hit the ground."
Stephens said he was worried about stray bullets flying around the store. But then he heard a couple more shots and panicked.
"Employees were screaming," he said. "Customers were running like crazy. And I went out with everybody else."
He said he panicked, too.
"I didn't want to die," he said. "Here's Las Vegas happening in Colorado - at that moment all I could think about was my life."
A local mother ran up to 9NEWS' Steve Staeger crying and holding her cell phone. Her son was in the store when the shooting happened and told her he heard multiple gunshots ring out inside.
One father, whose daughter was in the store at the time of the shooting, says he just wants to find her.
"I was going to stop by her house," said Loyd Diggs to 9NEWS. "She said she was going to shop at Walmart - haven't heard from her."
He said it scared him - especially with all the violence in the world right now.
"We never go to this [Walmart]," he added.
Family members are being told to go to the Thornton Police Department to reunite with everyone who was in the store at the time of the shooting.
A professional photographer who happened to be at the Walmart shortly after the shooting reached out to 9NEWS and gave us permission to publish his photos. All images are courtesy Keal Vigil:
PHOTOS: Scene of shooting at Thornton Walmart
A Walmart employee spoke to 9NEWS about being in the store as the gunshots rang out:
Witnesses captured this scene outside the Walmart during the chaos shortly after the shooting:
One woman was picked up along the highway after fleeing the store:
If you would like to talk to someone about the shooting, Colorado Crisis Services is available 24/7. The number is 1-844-493-8255.
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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) – The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we get our entertainment. One burning question on the minds of many individuals is how can we get out and see new movies while staying safe.
Davey Davis, film program manager with Utah Film Center joined ABC4 to chat about some alternative options for their upcoming screenings. Livestream Tuesdays, this is where the Utah Film Center presents a film for free for viewers.
Each film is live-streamed at 7:00 p.m and followed by a Q+A with the filmmakers or a panel of topic experts.
On Tuesday, June 2, the Utah Film Center will stream “NO MANS LAND” followed by a questions and answers panel with Filmmaker Dylan Byars .
Byars was embedded with the armed protestors who in January 2016, took over the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon to protest what they felt was infringement of their constitutional rights by the federal government. The film is a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at the incident from a perspective that we didn’t see from the news coverage of the event that culminates with the arrest and acquittal of the occupation leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy, who are currently among the leading anti-government voices protesting the way the government is handling the pandemic.
On Tuesday, June 9, the film “WHAT SHE SAID: The Art of Pauline Kael” will be streamed, also followed by questions and answers with director Rob Garver and TIME Magazine film critic Stephanie Zacharek. Tagged by Roger Ebert as the most influential film critic of the late twentieth century, the film tells the story of Pauline Kael’s turbulent life and work, through never-seen archival footage, her published writing and personal letters, and interviews with both friends and foes of her pen. Pauline is voiced by Sarah Jessica Parker, and participants include Quentin Tarantino, Camille Paglia, David O. Russell, Molly Haskell, Francis Ford Coppola, and daughter Gina James.
Individuals wanting to participate and view the films can visit Utahfilmcenter.org
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Monmouth County, NJ - Join the Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce for their quarterly Women in Business Luncheon on Thursday, October 17 at 12pm at the Park East Restaurant, 3352 Route 35, Hazlet. This popular event for women, men and young adults, spotlights women in business. These educational luncheons are designed to empower women in the marketplace. At the conclusion of our Spotlight Presentation, the floor is opened to our members and guests to ask questions of the presenters.
Our two dynamic Spotlight Presenters for the last quarter of 2013 are Jackeline Mejias-Fuerte and Lisa Kanda. They are highly sought after business executives that will surely give you a great return on your investment of time in attending this luncheon.
The topic Services & Programs for Businesses will be presented by Jackeline, who is the Regional Director of NJ Small Business Development Center at Brookdale Community College. Jackeline earned her BA and MBA, and has over 25 years of business experience. Her expertise is in small business development and management. She serves as the committee chair for the Community YMCA Teen Young Achievers Club. Jackeline is the recipient of numerous awards and is a much sought after speaker as a result of her passion for business and entrepreneurial spirit.
The other topic, 9 "Must Have" Free Business Tools, will be presented by Lisa, who is the Chief Results Officer (CRO) at Elkay Corporate Advisors. Lisa has earned her BA and MA, and has over 25 years of experience in marketing communications, business consulting and coaching, and Jersey Shore Woman Newspaper noted her as an Entrepreneurial Woman. She's the co-host of Blog Talk Radio Show, "30 Minute Business Dig", and is a sought after social media speaker. She's an instructor at the Small Business Development Center where she teaches six social media workshops each semester.
Women In Business Luncheon Chairperson, Katherine Skuback is looking forward to this event stating, “We chose Jackeline and Lisa as our speakers because we wanted to showcase all the free resources available to business owners and professionals in the Monmouth County area, some right in our backyard. We know that the attendees will walk away with a lot of valuable information that they can put to use that same day. The luncheons are open to everyone and anyone—women, men and young adults. We welcome all business professionals to attend our events, including those who are in transition and looking to network. ”
Tickets are $30 for non-members and $25 for Northern Monmouth Chamber members that pre-register before 10/16 and $30 for both members and nonmembers paying at the door. Tickets can be purchased by visiting the Northern Monmouth Chamber website at https://business.northernmonmouthchamber.com/events/details/women-in-business-455.
Many thanks to the Hazlet Perkins Bakery & Restaurant for generously donating their homemade desserts, our event sponsor Colonial American Bank, and to our event photographer, Mario Marcal Studios.
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Recipe for Success
All of our instructors hold degrees from Prestigious Music schools. All with a variety of performance, recording and publishing credits to their names. They understand that it is all about you and your music. Our Philosophy and approach is very simple. Play music you like and the rest will fall into place. If you like the music you are learning in your lesson you will love to practice, If you love to practice you will love to play if you love to play, the goal has been achieved. Mission accomplished. Many Families are enrolled in our program sons and father’s, daughters and dads, Sons and Moms, all playing together at our concerts All of our students have the choice to perform at Open Mic Nights, and bigger concerts at area clubs such as the Hard Rock in Boston and Victory Grille in Dedham. In warmer weather outdoor fairs and parades offer yet another concert venue Strengthening our bond with the communities we live in. Twice a year our LIVE concerts raise funds for the Music Drives Us Foundation, giving students a chance to give back, keeping music in our communities.
Private Lessons are offered at one of our studios or in your home remotely through many available formats.
Band Gig School of Music and Performance “Finally a Music school that is doing it right for you, your family, and your community”.
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If you love to play online bingo and more precisely free online bingo games, then William Hill Bingo should be your online bingo destination. Why? Simply because this week, William Hill Bingo not only do they have one, but they have two online bingo promotions that will give you the chance to play free bingo and win real prizes.
Running until Friday March 18th, the Time Out Tavern bingo room will open exclusively for four days of frenetic free online bingo games with a total of £4,000 in prize fund up for grabs. The daily £1,000 prize fund will be split amongst 75 ball, 80 ball and 90 ball bingo games and the bingo room will stay open from 10am-8pm. If you fancy taking it up a notch, you can swap your free tickets to Supertickets at a 5p per ticket charge for the opportunity to multiply the cash prize on offer by five times. Why don’t you give it a go?
The second bingo promotion at William Hill Bingo will give roomies who spend at least £20 in cash on bingo tickets between March 15th and 7pm on March 18th entry into the Paddock Room on March 18th where William Hill Bingo will be hosting more free online bingo games with a total prize fund of £1,000. Getting access to free games has never been easier and moreover, Supertickets will apply during these bingo games as well. At a small cost of 10p per ticket, you can turn your free tickets to money-making tickets because if you happen to be the winner of the game, the prize will be multiplied five times for even bigger winnings. Play online bingo now for your chance to qualify.
We would also like to take this opportunity and congratulate two huge winners at William Hill Bingo. First of all, big shout goes to the player with the nickname cenk06 who scooped a colossal £155,558.59 when spinning the reels of Snow Queen’s Magic. He was super excited to say: “I’m just over the moon, I never thought you could win that sort of money on here, I can’t believe it.”
Also this month, the player also known as Jhnby57 hit the Pirate Plunder jackpot for a stunning £62,192.60. This is what he had to say about his big win: “I’m really happy with this win,” he continued to say “next month it’s my 40th wedding anniversary and now we’ll be celebrating in style!”
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'Forming a necessary base or core; of central importance.'
We are good at what we do - we have over 15 years of experience in the design industry.
A strong brand can make your business stand out from the crowd, particularly in a competitive market.
It's about more than just 'likes'. When done correctly it has the power to increase customer loyalty.
Design a flexible solution to fit your requirements.
Below is a selection of work, we do what we love.
Case studies, leaflet design, exhibition print and signage as well as branding all featured below.
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The start of the new year brought lots of new movement, sounds and friends to the infant room. We welcomed William and Sylvia to Ambarino and it has been such a wonderful experience getting to know our new friends! Upon returning from break, many of the infants are more mobile and finding new ways to reach works they are interested in on their own terms. Anyone who stops by or looks in the window can see what a busy place Ambarino is these days with infants in various stages in mobility!
With the first full month of winter behind us, there has been lots of talk about snowmen. A favorite book to look at and read has been How to Build a Snowman. The infants love to touch the different sensory sections on each page-from a smooth carrot for his nose, to the fluffy snowball used to create the round snowman at the end of the story. Some of our friends have even attempted to taste and even kiss the snowman on the page. There was also a snowman stacking work that the older infants enjoyed working with and a soft snowman bag all of our friends have enjoyed touching that hung near the mirror.
In February, we will be reading a special book for Valentine's day that talks about friendship. We will talk about "red" and "pink" works that are in the classroom and many hearts that can be seen all around.
El Salon Ambarino Lead Teacher
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As a seasoned driver with nearly two decades of experience behind the wheel, I have a horrifying confession to make: I don’t know what I’m doing. Yes, I can merge onto the freeway (but I hate it) and I can even parallel park (most of the time). But when it comes to basic car maintenance skills, I’ve got nothing.
So, in an attempt to bring myself up to speed on the topics I wasn’t taught in Driver’s Ed, I did some digging and identified three (very) basic things every driver should know how to do. Whether you already have these mastered, need a refresher, or, like me, are a complete noob, here’s a quick guide:
How to Check Tire Pressure
- Start with “cold” tires — that is, tires that haven’t recently been driven.
- Check your manufacturer’s recommended PSI (i.e. pounds per square inch of pressure).
- Remove the valve cap from one of your tires and insert the pressure gauge into the valve stem — if you’re using a digital gauge, it should start reading the pressure immediately; if you’re using a “pencil-style” gauge, the gauge will pop out and display a measured number.
- If the reading you got was too high, release some air from the tire, and if it was too low…fill it up! This may mean a trip to a gas station if you don’t own an air compressor.
How to Check Tire Tread
- Insert a penny into the groove of the tire with Lincoln’s head pointing down.
- If the top of his head isn’t covered, it’s time to replace your tires.
- (Alternatively, do the same test with a quarter; when you can see the top of Washington’s head it’s time to start thinking about new tires, even if the situation isn’t quite as urgent as with a penny.)
How to Jump Start a Car
- Be sure to travel with a set of jumper cables in your trunk at all times.
- Make sure neither car is running.
- Attach one of the red clips of the jumper cables to the positive terminal of your battery and the other red clip to the positive terminal of the second car’s battery.
- Attach one of the black clips to the negative terminal of the other car’s battery.
- Attach the second black clip to an unpainted metal surface on your car that’s not close to the battery (i.e. one of the metal struts holding the hood open).
- Have the other person start their car and let the engine run for a few minutes.
- Try to start your car. If it starts, awesome! Drive around for at least 15 minutes to let your battery recharge. If it doesn’t start, you may need to call a tow truck and get that battery replaced.
Even low mileage drivers need to keep an eye on their cars. Need more helpful driving tips — or just need an insurance company that gets you? We’re here.
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Michelle Konstantinovsky is a San Francisco-based freelance journalist, UC Berkeley alumna, and Metromile customer.
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Launch of +Serv @ Johor and our planned expansion in Malaysia
+Serv maiden foray into Malaysia was made official on Monday, 20th July 2015. Located at No 82 Jalan Molek 2/2, Johor, this ASUS Authorised Service Centre is managed by Micro 2000 Technology Sdn Bhd under the brand name, +Serv. The spacious 3,000 square feet outlet is aesthetically designed to enhance the service experience of +Serv walk-in customers.
This Authorised Service Provider (ASP) contract signifies the trust that ASUS has in Micro 2000’s ability to provide comprehensive and professional After Sales Support for their users. With years of experience in managing Service Centres, Micro 2000 has the necessary expertise and know-how to meet all the service needs of ASUS users in Malaysia to ensure and maintain a high level of customer satisfaction.
Not planning to rest on its laurels after being awarded with the ASUS ASP contract, +Serv is gearing to increase its presence in Western Malaysia with an aim of opening up more service centres at different easily accessible locations in Malaysia by end 2015, so as to better cater to the service needs of the ASUS users in those areas. Cities like Ipoh and Melaka are all in the pipeline.
“This is an important business milestone for Micro 2000 and is a big stride towards our aim of providing efficient and holistic after-sales support for our business partners’ customers in the Asia region.”
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Ethnicraft Oak Mikado Coffee Table - Round
Round Oak Mikado Coffee Table by Ethnicraft
In developing a round coffee table version of his popular Mikado dining table, Ethnicraft's lead designer Alain Van Havre went beyond simply miniaturizing the design. Instead, he made the Mikado coffee table a study in balance and symmetry while reworking the Japanese puzzle base.
The result is a striking and functional sculptural coffee table for your living room.
Designer: Alain Van Havre
Dimensions: 39"w x 39"d x 17"h
Construction & Details:
- Solid Oak sustainably sourced from European forests.
- Wooden legs slotted together to form a strong base
- Quickship when available. In-stock items ship within 1-2 weeks.
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Philip F. Mamolito, D.M.D.
Teeth for a Lifetime
114 Wendell Ave
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Academy of General Dentistry
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DAVID BLUMBERG: Super big picture, from Ronald Reagan in the 1980s until to the 2012 period, something like that- declining interest rates. That was almost a guarantee. So, folks that were heavily debt oriented- private equity firms, real estate firms, people who were investing, saying, assuming that the next year, they could borrow for cheaper, which went great. There was this incredible rising tide, or you might call that the tide was going out on interest rates, things are going down. And then quantitative easing ramp that up on steroids. So, lots of money, it was super easy to get money. And so, things were very capital intensive, and faced a lot of debt, had a pretty easy road for three decades.
Now, it's different. That quantitative easing, at least in the United States, has been stymied and probably reversing, Europe and Japan are sticking with it. I don't know why. I think they're mistaken. But I'm not a central banker. What we're doing in Silicon Valley is real growth- growth by real product sales, new innovation. That's disrupting some markets, you get the cheapest money in the world, and they're still going to decline.
We're trying to build businesses for the future. And these businesses are much less capital intensive, they're much more dematerialized. They're much more software based. They're based on data sources that were never available even five years ago, using AI that was never available five, 10 years ago, on hardware that was never available. Or if it was started, Nvidia started gaming and things like that. And now it's found a wonderful home and powering algorithms for AI and even crypto.
So, we have this confluence of these wonderful technological spurs, or accelerators, plus an environment in the macroeconomics that says, yeah, debt's probably not going to get a lot cheaper, it might go up. Yield is low, I better find some real assets that are going to grow. So, that's why I'm so bullish on this economy. And we're seeing companies, very young startup companies get customers that are Fortune 100 right out of the box. That was not really possible 10, 20 years ago.
Now, the scale of the cloud, as a base gives you a foundation. The credibility of the VCs behind you is a thumb of assurance on the scale. And the innovation that they're able to show and demonstrate 10 x performance better or safer or faster, says to the big customers, hey, I should try this. And if you're not selling to big customers, you can now sell to SMBs on a distributed basis at low cost of customer acquisition for relatively good LTV- long term value of that customer. So, the acceleration of disruption, I would say is happening.
And a funny statistic, I think, in 1955, 'til today, only about 10% of the same Fortune 500 companies are extent, there's been a big turnover. Some of them have consolidated, but some have completely been wiped out. And new ones are being created. And if you notice, many of them are data companies. They're building new data barriers, the Googles, the Facebooks, etc. They're building new franchises. And that's the kind of thing that we think is so exciting.
In FinTech, we're seeing unbundling and then re-bundling of services, adding financial services to marketplaces. A lot of things can be done so much more efficiently by these new folks. And they can partner with large companies, we love that. We would like large companies in our LP base, we'd like to work with them and partner with them because it's not a zero-sum game. Some startups will become the next Fortune 100 themselves, but many will partner with or be sold to the existing large companies today.
TYLER NEVILLE: Let's talk about how capital is moving into more risky parts of the market recently. SoftBank, can you talk about how much division fund affects the venture capital ecosystem? I know you're on the earlier stages, and they're on the latter stages. But how does that affect the whole ecosystem?
DAVID BLUMBERG: Let me start with one of my favorite analogies for this business. Early stage- and that's similar to sports analogy- early stage investors, our sport is really going to be compared to like scuba diving- I'll explain why in a moment. Late stage investors, their sport is surfing. It's catch the wave. It's the trend. It's going to be high-priced waves. It's the latest thing. And it can shift around with wind and ocean conditions and so on. So, that's the late stage investors.
And part of that is driven by the fact that until recently, the IPO market was put into a trauma by Sarbanes Oxley, some other regulatory issues and some changes in Wall Street, decimalized trading a number of things, the ending of really buy side research that was able to be traded for soft currency. That has caused the IPO market which used to start much earlier to retreat back.
So, a lot of companies stay private a lot longer. There are also a lot of tort lawsuits against young companies. So, they would stumble in the first couple quarters, they get sued. A lot of people didn't want that. So, a lot of companies stayed away from the IPO market. Now, what that did is it allowed- and it required the investor class that wanted access to those high growth companies to jump in while they were private. So, a number of big institutions that used to only participate and T. Rowe Price is one that I used to work for, we only used to participate in public companies. Now, they come into the later stage.
So, SoftBank is a hybrid of that. They're coming in with very large checks in late stage companies, pre-public, because they want part of that growth. And I think it's an interesting phenomena. It has caused inflation at the higher end of the market. Doesn't affect us so much. Again, we're scuba divers. We're worried about long-term currents that are consistent like the what's that- the Gulf Stream is always going to the northeast on a regular basis. You want to watch out for big coral reefs, and not to hit those, make sure you have enough oxygen. Our risk factors are very different from those people who are surfing and looking for waves and wind.
So, it's a little bit more like investment banking versus transaction oriented, long-term growth oriented. And we're starting with perhaps a riskier place, it may be riskier to scuba dive than surf. But the risk factors are very different. So, I think it's nice that they're coming into the market, they don't disrupt us so much. They cause inflation at the series C, D, E. That's okay. Sometimes they'll be up, sometimes they'll be down. Ours is more steady. I think the market needs both. So, it's good that everyone's around the table, but doesn't hurt the small stage.
I would say the one thing that is happening in this early stage, I didn't mention, but it's important to note is a lot of new small funds and angel groups. The angel market has really developed into a force in the last 20 years. Very successful entrepreneurs have sold their company, and they can add value and they know people and they can open doors. And they can put in a limited amount of money. We work very well with them. We like the angel market, we like the smaller VCs. And as a bigger VC, we can work with them to help lead around, they might find it first. But we are able to put together the right syndicated amount of money that they need, as an example. So, maybe SoftBank is doing that in the pre-public markets where companies need another 100, 200 million before they go public.
TYLER NEVILLE: I guess the average retail investor releases money where they're normally buying your mutual fund or your ETF. And now, that you saw Lyft go public and sold off a little bit, a variety of others. Do you think that they're going to want to get in on the earlier stages now? Is this going to end in like a euphoria on the venture side of things? Or will that capital just stay there and churn out yield? How do you see that playing out over the next couple years?
DAVID BLUMBERG: Great. I'd probably would not want to forecast day trading psychology, that's not an area that I think I know much about, here's what I would say. Water finds its own level, investors want to have options all across the stack. When the regulatory environment or some other external change has a big impact as Sarbanes Oxley did to cause VCs and entrepreneurs to hold back from IPOs and other trends that I mentioned before. That caused again, a gap in the capital structure, which has been filled by the large late stage investors that come in with mezzanine or late stage pre-IPO funding.
Now, you're talking about down at the earlier market. The change that has happened where individuals complained venture capital is because of they've seen things like crowdfunding opportunities, they've seen the rise of the angel community, now, it's concentrated in certain cities, typically like the Bay Area, New York, Chicago, et cetera, LA, but it's happening. So, people have more exposure. It's still very hard to play VC as an individual. And I don't see that happening much except through groups like an angel list or R crowd. And there are people who can get certain amount of exposure.
But remember, venture is still risky. And it shouldn't be a big part of one's portfolio. And so, if you only have a small portfolio, then venture is a tiny section, you're not going to have impact on the company, you're not going to probably have a diversified portfolio. So, it's hard to play it as a day trader in unlimited means. It's more of an institutional game or for very wealthy family offices and groups like that. And it's also long-term and doesn't have a lot of liquidity.
So, those are risk issues that the individuals has to contend with if they're considering venture, very exciting. And a lot of people find that they enjoy being in angel clubs, where they see the deal flow, they can talk about things, they can learn about stuff. It may not be a key part of their portfolio in terms of return. But it can provide some intellectual stimulation and exposure, maybe in front or even into their public investments as well.
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Your $10 helps these girls play
Sanger Warriors Fastpitch Softball thanks you for your support! All players are required to sell 5 plates.
Cash, checks, and credit/debit cards accepted.
Find out pickup location and time from the player you are purchasing from. Forms and collected money is due on October 5th.
Thank you for all of your support!!!
These young ladies are able to wear quality uniforms, practice with good equipment, play in locations throughout the state and beyond due to your generous support. We appreciate the impact and support you have always provided!
Be sure and put the First and Last Name of the player you are supporting or the purchase will go directly to the organization. You can change the quantity of plates you need in the cart before checking out.
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Highlights of Spain
Best of Spain
Days : 6 | Nights : 5Cordoba , Spain
Spain is truly a country of many facets. It is the perfect holiday destination for people of all ages. No matter what kind of a holiday experience you are seeking, you can get it here in this amazing country also known to be the party hub of Europe. With its deep-rooted cultural values and a fast-paced metropolitan city life, it is definitely on top of all travel charts. Grab a drink at any of the several local pubs and bars and experience the vibrant party culture. Southern Spain has some of the most beautiful cities and towns that are known for their pristine beaches, bustling marketplaces and historical heritage. You can embark upon a special Granada City tour with an experienced and well-informed guide who will take you to the notable heritage sites like Alhambra and the Genera-life Gardens in Granada and the Alzacar in Seville.
While on the Cordoba city tour, you can also visit the hometown of the legendary artist El Greco as well as some other major tourist attractions such as the Great Mosque near the city square and the Jewish quarter. The journey is sure to widen your horizons about the mixed assimilated culture of this amazing country.
Day 01: Arrival Sevilla - Cordoba
Arrival and direct departure to Cordoba (arrival in about 80 minutes). During the Roman age, this city was important, but during the Moslem domination it reached the maximum splendour, especially in the IX and Xth centuries, when Cordoba became the capital of the Caliphate, was the most populated town in the world (almost 1 million). Overnight at the hotel.
Day 02: Cordoba – Granada
Breakfast at hotel, to visit the Mosque, considered one the most beautiful in the world. Then, a walk around the Jewish Quarter, with its narrow streets and Andalusia "patios" and finishing with a visit of the Synagogue. Overnight at the Hotel.
Day 03: Granada
Breakfast at the hotel, to visit La Alhambra, the best example of the sophisticated Royal life in the Nazari Islamic kingdom from XI to XV the century. We will find numerous halls and "patios" (courtyards) of amazing beauty. We will also visit the famous and beautiful Generalife gardens with its fountains. Afternoon at leisure. Overnight at hotel.
Day 04: Granada – Ronda - Seville
Breakfast at hotel and departure to In an impressive location, a sheer cleft of over 300 ft. called El Tajo splits the town. Time to visit the bull-ring, built in 1784, considered the most beautiful in Spain. Walking through the old town, we will find nice palaces and some magnificent views over the countryside. It is possible and we would suggest to include a guided city tour, to know widely the town). Overnight at the hotel.
Day 05: Seville
Breakfast at the hotel, to visit inside the Gothic Cathedral, the largest in Spain and third in the world, with the Giralda tower (striking minaret of the former mosque). Then a walk by Santa Cruz Quarter, a maze of small alleys and small squares with the peacefulness of a tiny garden is an invitation to rest. Afternoon at Leisure. Overnight at hotel.
Day 06: Depart Seville
After breakfast check out from the hotel. Then transfer to the airport to catch a fight for the onward journey.
Days : 6 | Nights : 5
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Bouncing Back: Priceless Independence for Injured Mother of Two after Breaking her Back in Rugby Accident
A family from Wokingham were able to buy their own home and modify it to be fully accessible – including the installation of a Stiltz Trio+ Homelift – after mother of two, Dani suffered a catastrophic injury playing rugby in 2017.
Dani Watts, 31, took up rugby at the age of 25 and instantly fell in love with the sport. Two years later during a match for Reading-based club Rams RFC, Dani’s back was broken during a tackle which left her with a T10 spinal injury, losing the use of her legs. Dani, who has two children, Lillie-Rose (nine) and Freddie (seven) spent six months in hospital and now uses a manual wheelchair. Dani suffers with severe nerve pain but has worked extremely hard to get her life back on track.
Dani said: “It has been a very difficult time and I just want the ability to carry out ‘normal’ everyday tasks for my family and to get back to work. I have never known life any other way and I’ve always had a busy work life. Before retraining to becoming a personal trainer (PT), I was a police officer. I have two young children to look after and life is pretty hectic!”
Building a New Home
The RFU Injured Players Foundation has played a huge part in Dani’s life since her injury. They donated £246,000 towards her new accessible home, she also received additional £140K from Rams RFU and £100K from a kind-hearted PT client. “You don’t know what charity is until you are on the receiving end. It was the most amazing example of humanity I have ever seen; people do actually care”. With the financial support received, Dani and her family were able to buy their own home and convert it, so it was fully wheelchair accessible.
Life Before Stiltz
“Before we had the Stiltz Homelift fitted, my partner Pete had to give me a piggyback upstairs! Not only is this bad for his health, but it’s extremely undignified for me. We did this for nine months until our Stiltz Homelift was installed in January 2019 and it has totally changed my life.
I can go to bed when I like, have a bath when I like… my independence is my life and that’s what my Stiltz Homelift has given me. Now I can carry out normal tasks like taking the washing upstairs, the kids use the homelift to move the vacuum, we fill it with presents on our children’s birthdays and our dog Bailey loves it! I can now do the ‘normal’ things anyone would do with their family”.
My Stiltz Homelift
Dani was conscious her adapted home remained safe for her children and looked contemporary and stylish. “Being an able-bodied person going into the world of disability, I didn’t want to be constantly reminded I was disabled. I was already getting used to the fact I had to use a wheelchair and I didn’t want my home to look adapted. Not only that, this is our family home where our children will grow up. I couldn’t risk a stairlift because of the space they take up, I worried the children would trip. Also, we have talked about having another baby, so a homelift would be essential for me to safely move between floors”.
The Trio+ Homelift by disabled access lift specialist Stiltz was installed in the dining room and goes directly to the bedroom. “I don’t know what I would do without the lift. Independence is such a fundamental need, no one should feel like a burden to anyone else. And not only that, it looks great! The silver and grey go really well with my colour scheme and sometimes people don’t even notice it’s there. Not only that, it’s added value to the house”.
Dani commented on the Stiltz service: “From the very first Stiltz visit, I did not feel sold to. They weren’t pushy at all, they just gave us all the information we needed to make our own decision. The installation process was so smooth, we were away in Ireland, but I was able to watch the guys on our cameras. The builders built a new wall which looked amazing and the lift was installed in just a day. The lift looks smart and modern and its really quiet… it runs off a plug just like any other domestic appliance! Another lift company we saw used hydraulics which we really didn’t want”.
Support from RFU Injured Players Foundation
To thank the RFU IPF for all their support, Dani is aiming to raise £10,000 in the 2020 London Marathon where both her and partner Pete will compete in a wheelchair. Before this Dani has raised £2.5K in the London Landmarks 10K and climbed Snowdon to raise money for spinal injury charity, Back Up Trust.
Looking to the future…
It’s taken two years, but Dani is getting her career as a PT back on track. She has several clients and is about to start working with Rams RFU providing group strengthening classes which can help players avoid injury. She is heavily involved with the club and attends every home game.
“Pete plays for the men’s team and both of my children joined the Junior Rams, even after my injury. At first my daughter was nervous, but sport is such a huge part of our lives, and now they love it as much as I do, which is something I am hugely proud of. My plan is to get my degree show my children what is possible when you have independence and determination”.
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The leader of Italy’s far right Lega Nord has described the potential coalition with the populist five star movement (M5S) as a ‘bomb’ for Italy’s political establishment. It certainly will be a bomb for tax justice, Italy’s public services and economic and social equality in Italy.
Two of the main economic policies being proposed by the two sides of this deal are a universal basic income (UBI) from M5S and a flat tax of 20% from the Lega. Italy’s top rate of income tax is 43% today, and it has a 24% corporation tax with an additional local tax of around 3-5%.
There is every indication that if the coalition manages to get off the ground (and that is still a significant if), then the government will attempt to implement both policies. As a package this would be a disaster for Italy, with the M5S seemingly prepared to trade a small and limited UBI for a tax policy that will promote vast economic inequality and threaten to destroy the country’s public finances.
The flat tax
Many who promote flat taxes argue that they are a win-win. Citizens pay lower tax rates, but the simplicity of the system makes avoidance and evasion more difficult and taxes easier to collect. This, together with an economic boost generated by the policy makes up for any losses in income from the lowering of tax rates, they argue.
However, years of experience with flat taxes in eastern Europe tells us that this is a con. Tax cuts on corporations and the wealthy inevitably lead to less taxes collected from corporations and the wealthy. If government spending is to be maintained, that revenue needs to come from somewhere. In eastern Europe, those revenues come from higher taxes on consumption, like VAT, or higher taxes on labour, such as though social security contributions.
What we end up with, is a regressive tax system, redistributing wealth upwards, from the poor to the rich.
This is no doubt why Latvia, one of the first countries to adopt a flat tax in 1995, is now abandoning the policy and introducing a system of progressive taxation.
Initial analysis of the proposals being considered by the M5S-Lega Nord coalition demonstrate that what we know about the real world experience of flat taxes in eastern Europe is true in Italy – in spades.
The benefits would accrue overwhelmingly to the rich, and the poor could end up paying even more in taxes through the loss of tax rebates that the flat tax would entail. An analysis by Italy’s Il Sole 24 Ore shows how a three person family with a child over 3 years of age, with single earner bringing home 15,000 Euro or less a year, would see a staggering 127% increase in their tax bill. The same family on 100,000 would see a tax cut of 45%.
The Lega Nord have said there would be safeguards in their flat tax to prevent people facing tax rises, but these have not been detailed. Even if lower income families in the end are no worse off than before, the distributional impacts are clear. Single earners earning 15,000 Euro or less would see a tax cut of 5%, or an extra 85 Euro a year non a 20% tax rate. Those on 100,000 Euro would get an extra 16,000 Euro in their pocket. There are more than 18m tax payers in Italy, 45% of the total, who declare a yearly income of 15,000 Euro or less.
Estimates of the cost to government revenues of the flat proposals are between 50-80bn Euro. In addition, the M5S universal basic income would cost an additional 17bn Euro.
Where will the money come from? To generate an extra 100bn Euro in tax receipts from VAT rates would have to double.
A VAT rate of 40%+ is of course out of the question, and in any event both parties opposed to any rise in VAT. For now, the coalition appears to be indulging the fantasy that someone else will pay for their policies. A leaked copy of the draft coalition agreement between Lega Nord and the M5S includes the idea of asking the EU to forgive 250bn Euro in debt, and asking for a EU contribution to their universal basic income policy. I think we all know what the answer to that will be.
The reality is that these tax giveaways to the rich will need to be funded by massive cuts to public services, social welfare cuts and selling off public assets. Again, all hugely regressive policies which are likely to hit the poor even further.
The leader of the M5S has said that any coalition deal will be put to an online vote of the movement’s members. Lets hope for everyone’s sake that they reject any deal which threatens to put a bomb under the Italian economy.
Picture Credit – Palazzo Montecitorio by Simone Ramella on Flickr, used under the Creative Commons License
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transport logistic exhibition sectors: All solutions in one place—for transport on land, on water, in the air, and for intermodal freight.
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Walter Stahr, author of an acclaimed biography on one of Union's
most distinguished alumni, William Henry Seward, will deliver the keynote address at Founders Day Thursday, Feb. 21, at 12:45 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. The event commemorates the 218th anniversary of the College’s charter.
A member of the Class of 1820, Seward is best known as Abraham Lincoln’s Secretary of State, helping to write and sign the Emancipation Proclamation. He was also governor of New York, a state and U.S. senator, and presidential candidate running against Lincoln in 1860. Seward engineered the $7.2 million U.S. purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867.
A memorial noting some of Seward's accomplishments, a gift from the Class of 2000, rests on Seward Place and includes his quote foretelling of the Civil War: "It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces..."
Stahr recounts Seward's life in his compelling biography, Seward: Lincoln’s Indispensable Man. According to USA Today, Stahr "argues convincingly that other than presidents, Seward was the foremost American statesman of the 19th century."
To read a review in The New Yorker, click here (subscription may be required).
The 703-page book finished number two in the History News Network’s online poll to choose the best history book of 2012, trailing only The Passage of Power, the latest installment of Robert Caro’s biography of Lyndon B. Johnson.
Stahr is also the author of a biography on John Jay, co-author of the Federalist Papers.
"It is fitting for Walter Stahr to be our Founders Day speaker to address the legacy of one of our distinguished alumni as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of our campus design and highlight an important part of the history of the College," said President Stephen C. Ainlay.
Also at Founders Day, the College will present the Gideon Hawley Teacher Recognition Award. Named for the 1809 graduate of Union who was New York state’s first superintendent of public education, the award is given to secondary school teachers who have had a continuing influence on the academic life of Union students.
Past speakers at Founders Day have included Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Richard Russo and James M. McPherson; Paul LeClerc, retired president and chief executive officer of the New York Public Library and a former professor at Union, and Ira M. Rutkow ’70, a surgeon and author whose writing has focused on the history of American medicine.
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Magoosh (pronunciation: mə’guːʃ) (a play on the Old Persian word magush, which describes a wise individual and this word also represents Iranian origin) is an online test preparation and study abroad counselling business based in Berkeley, California that informs trainees through audio/video lessons, practice test questions, and online email assistance.
The business likewise has free mobile apps for both iPhone and Android – Compare. Magoosh was founded in 2009 by Hansoo Lee, Bhavin Parikh, Pejman Pour-Moezzi and Vikram Shenoy while they were trainees at the Haas School of Organisation at UC Berkeley. In June 2009, Magoosh launched its first product– GMAT math practice concerns with video explanations.
Over the next two years, as Magoosh’s consumer base began to broaden, the GMAT product and the Magoosh team continued to grow. Compare. Pejman stepped far from business in 2010 to pursue other chances however remained on the board. Hansoo and Bhavin worked with two full-time staff members and, with them on board, developed a new prep program for the GRE.
In December 2011, Magoosh provided away 800 complimentary SAT accounts to high school trainees through partnerships with Bay Area non-profit companies. It was likewise around this time that Bhavin’s co-founder Hansoo Lee was detected with an uncommon case of non-smokers’ lung cancer and needed to remove himself from everyday operations.
Bhavin Parikh and previous co-founder Pejman Pour-Moezzi, together with Lee’s fiancée Wendy Lim, established The Hansoo Lee Fellowship for Business Owners, which is utilized each year to support Haas MBA students wishing to pursue their entrepreneurial ventures full-time. After Hansoo’s death, Bhavin became the CEO and the only staying co-founder of Magoosh.
In 2015, it introduced complete prep programs for the ACT, LSAT and Praxis examinations. And in 2016, the company launched a complete MCAT item. To date, Magoosh has about 30 in-office staff members at its offices in downtown Berkeley and more than 1.5 million trainees have actually utilized Magoosh’s web and mobile apps to prepare for standardized tests. The business has been ranked by Inc.
and by Business owner publication as one of the best entrepreneurial business in America. San Francisco Company Times No. 21 Fastest-Growing Private Company in the Bay Area (2016) Business Owner 360 No. 111 Finest Entrepreneurial Business in the U.S. (2016) Inc. 500 No. 186 Fastest-Growing Private Company in the U.S. (2016) Localwise Finest Employer: Education (2016) San Francisco Company Times No.
2 Fastest Growing Company in the East Bay (2015) TINYpulse Happiest Company in Education (2015, 2017) Intel Structure Entrepreneurial Award (2010) North Bridge Venture Partners Competitors (2010) UC Berkeley Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology Venture Laboratory Competition (2009) Ingenious, The (2012-04-02). “The Ingenious Business: Magoosh Changes the Way Trainees Preparation for Standardized Tests” – Compare.
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C corporations are taxed as separate entities from their shareholders. The corporation pays taxes, and you pay taxes as an employee—the so-called "double taxation." Investors are taxed on the dividends they receive.
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Companies House: Business “Plumbing” now at Light Speed
In this interview with Companies House CEO Tim Moss, we hear how the UK’s companies registry — which dates back to the mid 19th Century — is using XBRL to help UK commerce become more competitive. Since last last year Companies House has made it possible to freely download iXBRL financial statements for more than 1.5 million private and public companies. This is fully electronic reporting and a far cry from the paper registry of 1862! (Above)
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The Hathos Alert is for those moments when you want to look away but cannot. Hathos is the attraction to something you really can’t stand; it’s the compulsion of revulsion.
Below are the finalists we’ve selected for the Hathos Alert Of The Year, please review them and then vote for your favorite at the bottom of the page.
Ghoul Skool captions the corporate event promo:
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Gabe says, “There have been many phone conversations in many movies over the years, but it is widely agreed that this is the very best one”:
Dan Colman captions:
Shaun Clayton got into the spirit, took a series of 1950’s and 60’s-era coffee commercials from the [Prelinger] Archives … and “edited them down to just the moments when the guys were the biggest jerks to their wives about coffee.” The point of the exercise, I’d like to think, wasn’t just to show men being jerks for the sake of it, but to throw into stark relief the disturbing attitudes coursing through American advertising and culture during that era. And nothing accomplishes that better than mashing up the scenes, placing them side by side, showing them one after another. It gives a clear historical reality to views we’ve seen treated artistically in shows like Mad Men.
We’ve all been there, little buddy:
(Hat tip: Gabe)
Chris Sims revisits the 1999 made-for-TV movie NetForce:
You know that stereotype about older people and computers, how they use Internet Explorer with 26 toolbars and make phone calls to their kids for step-by-step instructions on how to log into Facebook? If you took that exact person and asked them to write a three-and-a-half hour movie about cybercops who battled Internet crime, you would still end up with something that had a slightly better grasp of technology than NetForce.
Based on a series of novels by 132-year-old writer Tom Clancy, NetForce follows the adventures of Alex Michaels (Scott Bakula), who takes charge of the FBI’s NetForce division in the not-too-distant future of 2005, a time when “technology has outstripped our morality.” Michaels is something of a loose cannon, to the point where he even goes so far as to time-jump an e-warrant that he got from a virtual courtroom — and I swear that these are actually things grown-ups were paid to say to each other while standing in front of cameras — but he gets the job when his boss, Kris Kristofferson, “one of the major architects of the internet,” is assassinated.
Money quote from the video compilation seen above:
The problem is, the whole cyberuniverse is expanding so fast that any kid who can hyperlink a GIF is a webmaster nowadays!
Michelle serves Michelle:
David Atkins plays the world’s smallest violin:
So this is apparently a real thing from the Wall Street Journal. The Onion couldn’t top this. Whether it’s the sad faces of all these put-upon dejected rich people, or the elderly minority couple who is depressed despite not paying extra taxes (or was that the point?), or the distressed single Asian lady making $230,000 who might not be able to buy that extra designer pantsuit this year, or the “single mother” making $260,000 whose kids presumably have a deadbeat, indigent dad just like any other poor family, or that struggling family of six making $650,000 including $180,000 of pure passive income and wondering how to make ends meet, mockery is almost superfluous. The thing mocks itself.
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Yogurt- A slightly sour thick liquid made from milk with bacteria added to it. This style of soup normally comes from Armenian and Turkey, but is by no means limited to these regions. This category is for the listing of Yogurt soup recipes.
Favorite of Persian Jews. It is a variation of the more familiar Bulgarian Tarator soup.
Made from a variety of ingredients. Recipe from PepperFool.
Made with dill, cucumber, and garlic. From Recipe Source.
An Armenian recipe that serves six.
Recipe from the book, Indian Vegetarian Cooking At Your House.
Turkish Toup from NetCooks.
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The fan has 5 blades and weighs around grams. The Hytec Freshee fan is excellent for ventilating kitchens and washrooms. The exhaust fans help you to replace the stale and stinky air from inside with that of the fresh air from outside.
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|02:24:45 May 28th 09 - Sir Fever:|
When i started the game the kd was still around :P What happened to it and is the leader still around :p
|07:39:54 May 28th 09 - Mr. Boombastic:|
leader was darth slow i think? i was in this kd too! not sre if he is still around
|10:38:50 May 28th 09 - Lord Bishop:|
haha When i lead Burnt we owned Excal(Spount Charley and another guy i cant remember) did most of it :P
|18:57:25 May 28th 09 - Demonslayer The Confused Demon Farmer:|
Yay, I was remembered...and Slade didn't lead Burnt until Sprout got so pissed from Slade's whining that he let him lead :p I remember it was like...Sprout, Borazon(typo?), Tinner Skullcrush, myself, Pimp, and a number of other people...there were also those that jumped ship from Excal...and some people from Angels. Phi was there...if only the recruiting KD :p And Assassins Creed...
|19:53:05 May 28th 09 - Lord Bishop:|
lol whining i did no whining LOL!
|23:45:26 May 28th 09 - Demonslayer The Confused Demon Farmer:|
When I brought it up eras ago, you laughed when you remembered...I still remember Sprout getting pissed because you wouldn't shut your trap :p
|00:17:42 May 29th 09 - Sir Fever:|
Cause when i started playing the game i played in assasins Creed and we were napped to excalibur or fighting.. me no remember :D
|00:58:39 May 29th 09 - Demonslayer The Confused Demon Farmer:|
Ah...I remember being NAPed with AC and they were at war with Phi...
|01:32:17 May 29th 09 - Duke Pikachu:|
so much for quitting homo, you got a KD *beep*, i bet your playing.
|02:03:37 May 29th 09 - Divine Lord Kathandarion:|
arent AC the guys GODLIKE slaughtered? thats the last i saw of them
|07:41:39 May 30th 09 - Sir Fever:|
omg 157 people have seen this forum and still havnet replied in it :(
|08:10:52 May 30th 09 - Demonslayer The Confused Demon Farmer:|
|08:13:14 May 30th 09 - Sir Fever:|
Random are you gwtting hyper again.;D
|19:11:51 Jun 2nd 09 - Sir Llenad The Nomadic Warrior:|
it will be cool if they return :D
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Often, these buyers see condos as an affordable option, but don’t have the down payment, credit score or other qualifications needed to get a conventional loan backed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
When we were choosing between FHA and conventional mortgage loans, the down payment was the biggest factor. 2. Easier approval than conventional loans. It’s generally easier to get approved for an FHA loan, as compared to a conventional mortgage. This is especially true in 2017.
But, unlike FHA loans, conventional home loans are not federally insured, so prospective borrowers can expect strict requirements to qualify. These loans also require the purchase of private mortgage insurance if your down payment will be less than 20% of the cost of your new home. Conventional mortgages still adhere to strict underwriting.
Conventional Mortgages and Loans: A conventional mortgage or conventional loan is any type of homebuyer’s loan that is not offered or secured by a government entity, like the Federal Housing.
When trying to assess whether an FHA loan or a conventional loan (often referred to as a conventional mortgage) is more suitable for you, there is a need to.
30 Year Conforming Fixed interest rate for fha loan Rate is fixed. The payment on a $203,500, 30-year fixed rate loan at 4.375% and 76.22% loan-to-value (LTV) is $1148.38 with 1.875 points due at closing. Payment includes a one time upfront mortgage insurance premium (MIP) at 1.75% of the base loan amount and a monthly MIP calculated at 0.80% of the base loan amount.The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate is 3.81%, unchanged from a week ago. 15-year fixed mortgage rates rose 5 basis points to 3.20% from 3.15% a week ago. Additional mortgage rates can be found.
“Let’s say you’re paying 4 percent interest and .85 percent mortgage insurance on an FHA loan,” he said. “You may be able to refinance to a conventional loan, and even if it comes with a slightly.
When navigating the mortgage process, you’ll quickly notice there are as many loan programs as there are home choices. So, how do you determine what’s best for you? Let’s take a look at two of the.
There are many types of loans as conventional loans, VA loans and FHA loans. Now it depends on the borrower which type of loan he wants to.
Refinance From Fha To Conventional Calculator It requires less documentation than either a non-streamlined FHA refinance or a conventional refinance mortgage. Less paperwork means you will have a faster and easier loan process. The general.
Generally speaking, FHA deals can be closed as quickly as conventional deals, but may have more headaches on the way. Principally, this has to do with the property’s condition. Peeling paint, for instance, is a no-no, and must be "fixed" prior to close of escrow.
FHA vs Conventional Now that you've decided to jump into the home buying process, it's time to face the alphabet soup of mortgage loans.
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Social science research methodology
It is a member of the league an research universities and also maintains intensive contact leading research universities around the van loonassistant professorgerben rie zand scholtenassistant professormatthijs at is the capstone project? Writing a successful thesis or dissertation: tips and strategies for students in the social and behavioral sciences. Learn 3basic statisticsupcoming session: nov 6commitment8 weeks of study, week 1: 3-6 hours; week 2-8: 1-3 hours/lesenglishabout the courseunderstanding statistics is essential to understand research in the social and behavioral sciences.
Ragin writes in his constructing social research book that "social research involved the interaction between ideas and evidence. Acceptance of adapting inquiry as understanding deepens and/or situations change; the researcher avoids rigid designs that eliminate responding to opportunities to pursue new paths of discovery as they eful -- cases for study [e. This type of research focuses on objective knowledge, research questions that can be answered yes or no, and operational definitions of variables to be measured.
He developed the notion of objective suis generis "social facts" to delineate a unique empirical object for the science of sociology to study. The role of the board is to evaluate your research proposal and determine whether it will be conducted ethically and under the regulations, institutional polices, and code of ethics set forth by the university. Ication nmental (social y of ational ophy of e and technology y of social (social sciences).
A helpful way to delineate between them is to understand "theories" as representing different ways of characterizing the social world when you research it and "methods" as representing different ways of generating and analyzing data about that social world. 9] through such studies he posited that sociology would be able to determine whether any given society is 'healthy' or 'pathological', and seek social reform to negate organic breakdown or "social anomie". Briefly reiterate the goals of your study and the ways in which your research addressed them.
How they are presented depends upon the research philosophy and theoretical framework of the study, the methods chosen, and the general assumptions underpinning the be the central research problem being addressed but avoid describing any anticipated outcomes. Social research aims to find social patterns of regularity in social life and usually deals with social groups (aggregates of individuals), not individuals themselves (although science of psychology is an exception here). Approaches to applying a method or methods to your study help to ensure that there is comparability of data across sources and researchers and, thus, they can be useful in answering questions that deal with differences between phenomena and the explanation for these differences [variance questions].
Learn 2qualitative research methodsupcoming session: nov 20commitment8 weeks of study, 4-6 hours/weeksubtitlesenglishabout the coursein this course you will be introduced to the basic ideas behind the qualitative research in social science. Contrast to quantitative studies where the goal is to design, in advance, “controls” such as formal comparisons, sampling strategies, or statistical manipulations to address anticipated and unanticipated threats to validity, qualitative researchers must attempt to rule out most threats to validity after the research has begun by relying on evidence collected during the research process itself in order to effectively argue that any alternative explanations for a phenomenon are implausible. By the turn of the 1960s, sociological research was increasingly employed as a tool by governments and businesses worldwide.
Addition, good research will "look for differences that make a difference" (rule 2) and "build in reality checks" (rule 3). 210 introduction to qualitative methodology and research 464 field research in 470 qualitative research: inquiry and 302 research methods in women e: quantitative research designs (5 credits). It demonstrates to the reader that you can provide a cogent rationale for the decisions you made to minimize the impact of any problems that as the literature review section of your paper provides an overview of sources you have examined while researching a particular topic, the methodology section should cite any sources that informed your choice and application of a particular method [i.
For best results, please make sure your browser is accepting the characters you see in this image:From wikipedia, the free to: navigation, the journal, see social research (journal). Choosing a research ing a topic ning a topic ing the timeliness of a topic idea. For clarity, when a large amount of detail must be presented, information should be presented in sub-sections according to r note: if you are conducting a qualitative analysis of a research problem, the methodology section generally requires a more elaborate description of the methods used as well as an explanation of the processes applied to gathering and analyzing of data than is generally required for studies using quantitative methods.
Systems -- there is attention to process; assumes change is ongoing, whether the focus is on an individual, an organization, a community, or an entire culture, therefore, the researcher is mindful of and attentive to system and situational case orientation -- assumes that each case is special and unique; the first level of analysis is being true to, respecting, and capturing the details of the individual cases being studied; cross-case analysis follows from and depends upon the quality of individual case ive analysis -- immersion in the details and specifics of the data to discover important patterns, themes, and inter-relationships; begins by exploring, then confirming findings, guided by analytical principles rather than ic perspective -- the whole phenomenon under study is understood as a complex system that is more than the sum of its parts; the focus is on complex interdependencies and system dynamics that cannot be reduced in any meaningful way to linear, cause and effect relationships and/or a few discrete t sensitive -- places findings in a social, historical, and temporal context; researcher is careful about [even dubious of] the possibility or meaningfulness of generalizations across time and space; emphasizes careful comparative case analyses and extrapolating patterns for possible transferability and adaptation in new , perspective, and reflexivity -- the qualitative methodologist owns and is reflective about her or his own voice and perspective; a credible voice conveys authenticity and trustworthiness; complete objectivity being impossible and pure subjectivity undermining credibility, the researcher's focus reflects a balance between understanding and depicting the world authentically in all its complexity and of being self-analytical, politically aware, and reflexive in , bruce lawrence. Respiratory care 49 (october 2004): ance of a good methodology must explain how you obtained and analyzed your results for the following reasons:Readers need to know how the data was obtained because the method you chose affects the findings and, by extension, how you interpreted ology is crucial for any branch of scholarship because an unreliable method produces unreliable results and, as a consequence, undermines the value of your interpretations of the most cases, there are a variety of different methods you can choose to investigate a research problem. Ideas help social researchers make sense of evidence, and researchers use evidence to extend, revise and test ideas.
If appropriate, describe why earlier studies using quantitative methods were inadequate in addressing the research y there is a research problem that frames your qualitative study and that influences your decision about what methods to use, but qualitative designs generally lack an accompanying hypothesis or set of assumptions because the findings are emergent and unpredictable. The final rule, "let method be the servant, not the master," reminds researchers that methods are the means, not the end, of social research; it is critical from the outset to fit the research design to the research issue, rather than the other way ations in social theories can be idiographic or nomothetic. By carefully examining suicide statistics in different police districts, he attempted to demonstrate that catholic communities have a lower suicide rate than that of protestants, something he attributed to social (as opposed to individual or psychological) causes.
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Pastor David reads Matthew 6:19-24 and offers a prayer from Augustine:
Almighty God, in whom we live and move and have our being, you have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in you. Grant us purity of heart and strength of purpose, that no selfish passion may hinder us from knowing your will, no weakness from doing it; but that in your light we may see light clearly, and in your service we may find our perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Welcome Back! SMP is here with season 2 and to kick things off we are going with a classic, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. This film, released in 1997, was the first in a trilogy of James Bond spoof films staring Mike Myers.
This season we are switching things up. We want to hear more from YOU, our listeners. Have you seen this week's film? Was it recently? What are your thoughts on the film? Did we totally gloss over your favorite part? What memories do you have of this film or that are associated with this film? How do you think this film would change if it were made today? Let us know.
Haven't seen the film? What are your thoughts based upon our review? Are you now interested in checking this out or have we scared you away? We want to hear from you.
You can share in a comment below, via Twitter/Instagram at SMP_Jax, or you can e-mail Jax direct via our contact form at the bottom of the post. Comments will be shared at the beginning of next week's episode. You totally have the option to remain anonymous on the podcast. Just let me know.
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FERGUSON PART II: “Police are having a difficult time investigating because of the rocks being thrown at them.”
Baltimore and Ferguson are one in the same. They’re organized by radical leftist groups, funded by radical leftist organizations and
At least two people were shot in separate incidents in Ferguson, Missouri, on late Tuesday and early Wednesday as hundreds of demonstrators gathered in support of protests in Baltimore.
More gunshots. pic.twitter.com/qpqmVatFM5
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) April 29, 2015
“Police are having a difficult time investigating because of the rocks being thrown at them,” said Jeff Small, a spokesman for the city of Ferguson. “At this point police are not sure if the (shootings are) linked to the protest or not.” St. Louis Alderman Antonio French posted video on his Twitter account. Multiple gunshots can be heard as people flee in panic. Via: CNN
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Unbelievably complicated to sign up to and log into. Once you log in it boots you back out. Not worth it
Pathetic support. Over-priced.
No way to cancel the account. I have to place a "cancellation request".
And they don't reply to the request for 5 days and charge my card.
Even after showing them the charge they have not replied.
Worst support ever!
One of the best email providers on the market. So easy to use and create emails and retargeting lists. Absolutely amazing work, thank you!!
The best email marketing app for Shopify! Anyone leaving a bad review is just in experienced. This app is easy to comprehend, and you can set up any type of email campaign. Also you can intergrate your current shopify email list and send them as many emils as you want. ALso you can customize your emails and make them look very professional. I HIGHLY SUGGEST this app for anyone looking to generate some more income through the backend! You can increase your revenue by up to 20% with email marketing. This app is the perfect choice trust me I have tryed many apps and this one is the best by far. Also many high level internet marketers, and people who own email marketing buisness's use this app. All in all I love it and its free!
Excelent app for marketing and re-marketing, really useful to recover abandened carts and other custumers. The only complain is that it doesn't have chat for tecnical support, and the tutorials not always are user friendly. Excelente aplicación para hacer marketing, remarketing. Muy util para recuperar carritos abandonados. La única queja que tengo es que no hay chat para soporte, y los tutoriales muchas veces no son muy user-friendly
If you are using this on multiple stores, or doing any sort of switch, reinstallation, it is an absolute nightmare.
They have the most counterintuitive design and setup.
I don't trust letting them handle thousands of my email list, so would rather pay higher for a better email marketing app
What a waste of time and work!. Sign up forms will not show on internet explorer. Do you know how many people use explorer that won't be able to subscribe? What a big flaw. Not recommended
This app is amazing, just sent bulk emails to customers letting the, know about shipping delays from the virus, AWESOME!!
I wish their fee was more reasonably , they are extremely expensive. Gosh $300 for 13k list. Even my whole Shopify account cost $75 a month. Charging that much is ridiculous.
Fantastic for email marketing and SMS. Great deliverability, love the flows that you can set up. Klaviyo accounts for about 30% of our revenue. The team is also fantastic - they're always looking to improve and actually speak to their customers about what they like, don't like etc. Cannot recommend them enough.
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Arch Biopartners, McMaster Scientists, Expand MetaMx Collaboration with Mitacs Award
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jan. 6, 2016) - Arch Biopartners Inc., (Arch or the Company) (TSX VENTURE:ACH)(OTCBB:FOIFF), a portfolio based biotechnology company, today announced a Mitacs fellowship with McMaster University for its MetaMx product, a library of synthetic peptides that target and image brain tumour initiating cells.
Arch will support Dr. Parvez Vora's Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship to further develop MetaMx, under the supervision of renowned McMaster brain cancer scientist and neurosurgeon, Dr. Sheila Singh. The Mitacs fellowship grant of $32,500 has been augmented by $32,500 from Arch for a total of $65,000 for a period of 1-year.
During the next year, Dr. Vora will work in collaboration with Arch and the MetaMx team led by Dr. Stephen Robbins at the University of Calgary. The goal is to advance MetaMx to its first human imaging trial involving patients with recurrent malignant glioma. Dr. Vora's objectives include: testing MetaMx against new glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) BTIC lines; investigating and developing MetaMx to detect treatment resistant GBM; and, to assist Arch in the pre-clinical development and submission of an Investigational New Drug application for the MetaMx Phase I/II imaging trial.
About Dr. Parvez Vora
Dr. Vora is a cancer biologist with a strong background in basic and translational research, and experience in planning and management of collaborative biological drug discovery projects, from the preclinical biomarker discovery, preliminary drug screening and tumor cell targeting using various therapeutic modalities. He completed Master's degree from University of London, UK, before coming to Canada to pursue a PhD at the University of Manitoba. Prior to Arch, Dr. Vora worked as a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Sheila Singh's laboratory with primary research interest in translational neuro-oncology, with a focus on using novel targeting strategies to specifically seek out the cancer stem cell fraction of brain tumors.
About Dr. Sheila Singh
Dr. Singh is an associate professor of surgery and biochemistry at McMaster University and a pediatric neurosurgeon at McMaster Children's Hospital. She was appointed as a scientist to the Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute at McMaster University. She holds a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Human Cancer Stem Cell Biology, and is Director of the McMaster Surgeon Scientist Program. Her PhD thesis described the novel identification of a population of cancer stem cells that exclusively drive the formation of brain tumors. Dr. Singh became a medical and clinical advisor to Arch and the MetaMx program in 2015.
Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in Canada for 15 years. Working with 60 universities, thousands of companies, and both federal and provincial governments, Mitacs builds partnerships that support industrial and social innovation in Canada. Mitacs was founded in 1999 as a Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence. Mitacs Elevate Fellowship supports postdoctoral fellows and Canadian companies/partners collaborating on cutting-edge research projects. The program develops and builds on the skills and experience of the next generation of R&D management leaders.
About MetaMx™and Malignant Glioma
MetaMx is composed of novel, synthetic peptides that target and attach to BTICs and invasive glioma cells, for the purpose of imaging, diagnosis and developing targeted therapies to improve patient outcomes and survival rates among glioblastoma patients.
Worldwide, there are approximately 70,000 new patients with malignant glioma each year and clinical outcomes for these patients have not changed substantially over the past 30 years. Average survival rates, for adults with more aggressive glioblastoma multiforme, remain at a dismal 12-15 months and long-term survivors (i.e. those surviving more than 3 years) are rare.
This poor survival rate is linked to BTICs and invasive glioma cells which represent disease reservoirs that are not detectable using current diagnostic techniques as they are indiscernible from normal tissue. As a result, these cells are usually left behind in brain tissue post surgery and often lead to tumor relapse and poor patient outcomes.
Therefore, a significant unmet medical need and commercial opportunity lies in the ability to target BTICs and invasive glioma cells for the purpose of imaging, diagnosing and developing targeted therapies to improve patient outcomes and survival rates.
Arch continues to prepare for a human trial to characterize the safety and pharmacokinetics of MetaMx and to demonstrate the efficacy of MetaMx to cross the human blood brain barrier and detect BTICs and invasive glioma cells. Such results in human patients will increase the value of MetaMx not only as a diagnostic and imaging tool but also as a potential drug delivery platform to destroy BTICs and invasive glioma cells.
About Arch Biopartners
Arch Biopartners Inc. is focused on the development of innovative technologies that have the potential to make a significant medical or commercial impact. Arch works closely with the scientific community, universities and research institutions to advance and build the value of select preclinical technologies, develop the most promising intellectual property, and create value for its investors.
Arch has established a diverse portfolio that includes MetaMx, which targets illusive brain tumor initiating cells; AB569, a potential new treatment for Pseudomonas aeruginosa pulmonary infections; and, Metablok, a potential treatment for sepsis and cancer metastasis. MetaMx and AB569 are both on track to enter human clinical trials in late 2016.
For more information on Arch Biopartners, other public documents Arch has filed on SEDAR and its technologies including MetaMx, please visit www.archbiopartners.com.
The Company has 53,189,679 common shares outstanding.
All statements, other than statements of historical fact, in this news release are forward looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, statements regarding the future plans and objectives of the Company. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate. Actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. These and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements are based on the estimates and opinions of management on the dates they are made and are expressly qualified in their entirety by this notice. The Company assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements should circumstances or management's estimates or opinions change.
Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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One of the great paradoxes of modern life is that while the quality of life has, on aggregate, improved across the globe, we find ourselves at risk for all manner of health issues due to our lifestyles. How can this be so? There are many culprits to blame for this decline in the health and lifestyle of the American worker in particular, from poor diet to not enough opportunities for exercise to jobs which increasingly require more desk and computer time and less physical activity.
Those points aren’t in dispute.
The real question is, what are we going to do about it?
Thankfully, these four tips can help you improve your health while at work.
Watch What You Nosh
More workers are eschewing full-blown lunch hours in favor of snacking throughout the day. While there’s nothing inherently wrong with that, if the items on which you’re noshing are M&Ms, jelly beans, jerky, and similar snack foods, you’re not doing your health any favors.
Instead of that soda, try drinking water during your working hours. Ideally, you should be having several glasses of water per day.
More workplaces are responding to these dips in worker health by installing workplace gyms. If your place of work has this, take advantage of them. Not only can they be a great way to get some exercise in, but they’re a great workplace networking opportunity as well.
Short Bursts of Exercise
Even if you don’t have time to work in a full exercise regimen, doing a little here and there can have a big impact on your health. For example, while you may not have a full hour or two to spend working out at a time, taking 5 to 10 minutes here and there to take a short walk every hour or two can add up to that elusive hour’s worth of light workout time. In addition, fitting in some time for light stretching in your office can be time-effective, as well as rejuvenating.
Doing a little bit here and there can help you establish a healthier lifestyle at work.
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The Minnesota Department of Health reported 611 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19 and eight newly reported deaths, bringing the state’s cumulative total to 44,347 cases and 1,526 deaths.
Of those deaths, 1,179 were residents of long-term care or assisted living facilities. Of those cases, 4,232 were health care workers.
Approximately 805,212 tests have been completed so far, with 14,812 completed July 15.
To date, 38,290 COVID-19 patients no longer need to be isolated.
There have been 4,526 COVID-19-related hospitalizations cumulatively, with 249 hospitalized today, and of those 103 are in ICU.
MDH reported nine new cases of COVID-19 in Beltrami County, bringing the MDH’s case count total here to 71. Megan Heuer with Beltrami County Public Health reported the county was currently monitoring 34 active cases, with seven new positive cases confirmed today and two hospitalizations. Heuer also reports there is currently a significant delay in receiving test results due to an increase in the number of specimens collected.
MDH reported three new cases in Cass County, bringing their cumulative total to 26 with two deaths, six new cases in Itasca County, bringing their total to 86 with 12 deaths, three new cases and one new death in Koochiching County, bringing their cumulative total to 29 with two deaths, two new cases in Mahnomen County, bringing their cumulative total to 15 with one death, and one new case in Roseau County, bringing their cumulative total to 30.
The COVID patient that passed on in Koochiching County was in their 80s, according to MDH.
Clearwater County has had 14 COVID cases, Hubbard has had 12, and Lake of the Woods County remains the lone Minnesota county without a single COVID case.
Congregate care facilities that have been identified as being exposed to COVID-19 include Sanford Health WoodsEdge Senior Living Neilson Place in Beltrami County and WoodsEdge Senior Living in Beltrami County.
Exposure is defined as a person diagnosed with COVID-19 who either visited, worked or lived at a congregate care facility while they were contagious.
The Good Samaritan Society in International Falls was removed from the list, as was the Mahnomen Health Center. As of last Friday, facilities that reported no new exposures for a minimum of 28 days would be removed from the list.
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As an end-user, in our day-to-day life, we spend lot of time waiting in queues for various simple services. All those times are spent waiting while they could have been used in many different ways.
QTIP.ME is a cloud based service that allows you to spend your waiting time however you want to. Do you want pick some groceries or do some laundry while you are still a part of the queue at the local tax office? Or may be you would want to grab a cup of coffee at your favourite cafe? qtip.me gives you that independence. It allows you to be a part of the queue remotely, so that no physical presence is required to be a part of the queue.
- See the “real time status” of the queues at all the nearby offices that use qtip.me
- Take a remote ticket at the office of your choice
- Relax! You will be notified of the queue’s progress
Based on the “tips” or notifications we provide you about the queue progress, you can decide when is the right time for you to visit the service point and get served without waiting aimlessly for too long.
So, what you need to do?
- Download our application from leading app stores*
- Find an office nearby and then, “take a tip, skip the queue”
Don’t worry if you don’t find any nearby offices! Feel free to recommend us to any offices near you! Or get in touch with us at [email protected] with details of an office where you would like to see qtip.me and we will make that possible! Remember, qtip.me will always be free for you!
For service points, this means a huge amount of savings and happier customers! By using qtip.me, the service points can allow their customers to view the current status of any of queues available and be a part of it. Customers can enjoy the independence of doing whatever they want and they are not forced to wait at the boring waiting lounges. This immediately means reduction in the maintenance cost of the lounges.
Some of the benefits all the service points can enjoy by using qtip.me are:
- Happier customers! Yes, your customers will feel privileged when they know that you value their time.
- Happier staff! With the ability to predict the customer flow and not so many people standing right on their face waiting to be served, this will improve the mental state of the staff! Happy staff will make customers happier!
- Reduced infrastructure costs. To be able to make the waiting lounges support a large number of customers, there are many things that need to be taken care of. For example, drinking water, coffee, seating arrangements, air conditioning, WC etc. All these add to miscellaneous operating costs for an office. When your customers have this independence of queuing remotely, you definitely deserve an independence of more and more cost savings.
- Instant customer feedback. qtip.me allows your customers to give an instant feedback to the services they obtained at your service point thus, allowing you to regularly improve your service.
- Predictive customer flow. With most of your customers visiting your office when its their turn, you can easily predict the customer flow and decide on how many service points you really want to operate. This way, your staff can be more productive.
And all of these benefits come at a charge as low as 0,95 € / day**!
- * Apps available on leading app stores: Windows Phone Store | Google Play Store | iTunes Store
- ** Detailed price plans available here
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Construction of learning centre/treatment unit for children with special needs. 900m² steel framed structure with blockwork walls, internally and externally rendered. Parking facilities with had and soft landscaping totalling 2,000m² constructed.
The building structure was a mix of steel frame and load-bearing blockwork with hollowcore slabs.
For construction of the building structure and envelope Cahalane Bros' tower crane was employed and a remote control system was installed to allow the crane operator to operate the crane from the ground.
We coordinated with the nominated lift contractor to ensure connection locations were provided and within tolerance and that the lift was installed and commissioned on programme.
We engaged specialist contractors and suppliers to create the extensive play area with impact zones and compliant fencing.
We installed a sedum blanket over a trocal membrane roofing system to the subground service rooms.
Cahalane Bros managed the full suite of fit-out works including residential sections, kitchens, function rooms and offices.
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By Aurélien Broussal-Derval
September 24, 2019
One of the oldest maxims of resistance training is that if you aren’t doing squats, then you aren’t actually training.
The squat is an important movement in the world of strength and conditioning!
What is a squat?
This squat consists of flexion followed by extension of the lower limbs with the bar resting on the back of the shoulders. During the exercise, your hip joint passes a point even with or lower than your knee joint. Be sure to get in a stable position before performing the exercise!
What muscles are involved in the squat?
Of the many resistance training exercises, the squat recruits one of the largest assortment of muscles (more than 250!).
Primarily you use the quadriceps (vastus lateralis, vastus intermedius, vastus medialis, and rectus femoris), glutes (gluteus maximus, medius, and minimus), and hamstrings (semimembranosus, semitendinosus, and biceps femoris).
The superficial and deep core muscles (including the erector spinae) and calves (gastrocnemius and soleus) help with stabilization.
Using the rack and loading the bar
Set the supports of the rack to position the bar slightly below shoulder-height. Keep the bar racked and evenly load the weight plates on each end of the bar using a collar to keep the plates in position.
Hand placement on the bar
Position the hands on the bar slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
Position of the bar on the back
Dip under the bar and position it on top of the trapezius across the posterior deltoids. To keep the bar on the back of the shoulders, use an extended wrist grip (as when accelerating on a motorcycle) with the elbows pointed down.
Get in the beginning position
Extend the hips and knees to lift the bar off the supports then step back but stay close to the supports.
The stance should be symmetrical and comfortable. Most people place the feet between hip- and shoulder-width apart with the toes slightly angled out.
Position of the head
The neck and head should be natural extensions of the spine; do not tilt the head back or tip it forward. To help with this, look for a visual anchor right in front.
Simultaneously flex the hips and knees to lower the center of gravity. Keep the abdomen flat without exaggerating the lumbar arch. Squat down to the desired level, depending on whether you are planning full or partial squats. Keep the knees aligned with the thighs and feet. Keep the heels flat on the ground.
Extend the hips and knees in synchrony.
Throughout the exercise, pay close attention to the position of the back and the control of pelvic tilt. Be sure to maintain the natural spinal curve; rounding the back can cause injury. Feedback from the spotter can be helpful to improve or maintain proper exercise technique.
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Skills. Career. Life.
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Attached is a PSoC Creator project that uses the PrISM block on PSoC4 as a voltage digital-to-analog (VDAC) converter. The project runs on a CY8CKIT-044 PSoC4M kit and requires an external filter circuit to turn the density output to an analog voltage. Using a compile time option the project can be setup to output a static analog voltage, or a sine wave. In STATIC MODE the output value can be updates using the kit SW2. In SINE MODE DMA us used to update the waveform as quickly as possible with no CPU intervention. Additional details can be found in the notes and schematic of the project.
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If you have spent any time down the rabbit hole of cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin over the last couple of years and had the pleasure of listening to a Bitcoin commentator with a macroeconomics bent, talk about how Bitcoin is impacting the wider economy you will have heard the term ‘QE”. If like me, you last studied macroeconomics at college and your profession is far away from Wall Street then you will be asking yourself – what is QE? and more importantly why do I care? Well ask no further this blog post is for you…
What Is QE?
QE is Quantitative Easing and it is a somewhat unconventional monetary policy in which a central bank purchases government securities, bonds or other securities such as company stocks from the market in order to increase the money supply and encourage lending and investment. Sounds straightforward on the surface…
Let me put this more simply – the government is buying bonds or stocks with the taxpayers money.
Why is the government doing this?
When a situation arises where central bank set interest rates are at or approaching zero, the ability for a central bank to control the economy via interest rates alone is no longer effective, so instead a central bank can target specified amounts of bonds or shares to purchase. Quantitative easing increases the supply of money in circulation by purchasing assets with newly created bank reserves in order to provide banks with more liquidity.
The plot thickens – the government is printing money to buy stocks or bonds to keep the economy ticking. Hmmm… let that one sink in for a moment…
Understanding Quantitative Easing in more detail
To execute Quantitative Easing, central banks increase the supply of money by buying government bonds and other securities. Increasing the supply of money is similar to increasing the supply of any other asset – it lowers the cost of the asset, in this case, money. A lower cost of money means that the prevailing interest rates are subsequently lower and therefore banks can lend more easily. This strategy is used when interest rates approach zero or are close to zero (as has been the case since 2008). The rationale being that interest rates have disappeared as a mechanism to control the economy, so central banks need another lever to pull to influence economic growth.
When I said let this concept sink in, the penny should now be dropping (excuse the pun). Quantitative Easing blurs the line between monetary and fiscal policy. Just imagine the scenario that the assets purchased consist of long-term government bonds that are being issued by the Government o finance counter-cyclical deficit spending. Now, of course, this would never happen, the government buying its own bonds with freshly printed money supply…
The Drawbacks of Quantitative Easing
If central banks increase the money supply, it can lead to inflation. In the worst-case scenario, a central bank may cause inflation through QE without economic growth, causing a period of so-called stagflation (basically what has happened in Japan over the last decade).
Central banks are created by their respective countries’ governments and are involved in some regulatory oversight. However, central banks cannot force the banks that operate in their jurisdiction to increase lending or force borrowers to seek loans and invest. Challenges arise if the increased money supply does not work its way through the banks and trickle out into the wider economy, so QE may not be effective except as a tool to facilitate deficit spending.
Or put another way QE allows a government to spend money it hasn’t raised in taxes through buying of its own debt with freshly printed money…
It gets worse. Another potentially negative consequence is that quantitative easing can devalue the domestic currency. For manufacturers, this may help stimulate growth because exported goods would be cheaper in the global market. However, a falling currency value makes imports more expensive, which can increase the cost of production and consumer or retail price levels.
Put another way – QE allows a government to spend money it hasn’t raised in taxes through buying of its own debt with freshly printed money and this leads to the population’s money being worth less year on year.
Is Quantitative Easing Effective?
During the QE programs conducted by the US Federal Reserve starting in 2008, the Fed increased the money supply by $4 trillion. This means that the asset side of the Federal Reserve’s grew significantly as it purchased bonds, mortgages, and other assets. The Fed’s liabilities, primarily reserves at U.S. banks, grew by the same amount. The goal was that the banks would lend and invest those reserves to stimulate growth.
However, banks held onto much of that money as excess reserves. At its peak, U.S. banks held $2.7 trillion in excess reserves, which was an unexpected outcome for the Fed’s QE program.
What has this got to do with Bitcoin?
Great Question! Bitcoin will only ever have 21 million Bitcoins, not one more not one less. This level of certainty in the supply side of a currency is powerful. It means that Bitcoin is hard money. Also due to the decentralized and community-driven nature of Bitcoin, no one government or entity controls Bitcoin meaning nobody can change the supply of Bitcoin to suit their whims.
As the Federal Reserve tries to manipulate the money supply, the supply of credit, inflation and economic growth the one thing that suffers is the value of the money that this the unit of measure for the economy. Inflation, or put another way the debasement of money, erodes savings in the hope that consumption will happen in the short term to keep the economy humming.
Bitcoin turns this dynamic on its head. With a store of value that favours a long time horizon over the alternative where short term consumption is encouraged, Bitcoin makes a compelling case when you take mass consumption and the environmental problems it creates into account.
Put simply – Hodl-ing Bitcoin is good for the environment!
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Fact or Fiction: Only lousy investigators get burned (caught) by claimants.
The quarterback sneak is clearly football’s most basic play. Snap the ball. Plow forward. End of story. Right?
In reality, the sneak features a multi-layered plan of attack dependent on a flawless center-quarterback exchange, a significant line surge amidst a world of 350-pound behemoths, and the ball carrier’s ability to remain patient for that critical nanosecond before plunging ahead. If any one of these elements fails, it could mean the difference between winning and losing.
Along those lines, to the casual observer the surveillance business may seem blandly straightforward. Investigator sits in car with camera. Investigator films claimant with said camera. End of story. Right?
Just like the quarterback sneak, a successful surveillance depends on multiple factors, some of which are beyond the investigator’s control.
In reality, the only investigators who never get caught are those who don’t show up. While that may seem like a sweeping statement, folks, that’s a fact.
Check out these scenarios.
· The head of the neighborhood watch notices an unusual vehicle in the community and calls the police. Despite the investigator notifying law enforcement in advance, patrol cars arrive with their lights flashing and sirens blaring. The claimant looks out his window, understandably, and watches the scene. While he may be unaware of the exact circumstances, that claimant will at least become cognizant of the investigator’s vehicle. Worse, in many instances the local officer will make known the fact that an investigator was on the street. This can sometimes be avoided by taking the police around the corner away from the claimant’s view. However, it may still cause a big enough neighborhood stir to warrant suspending surveillance for a few days. As the client, however, the most disturbing ramification is that you might receive a call from the claimant informing you that the police ran off your investigator. Truth be told, claimants will often say this even though they’re unaware of surveillance in the area. In situations like the above-referenced, though, it can clearly lead to an uncomfortable conversation.
· The neighborhood in which the investigator is working might double as one of the many workers’ comp compounds dotting this country’s residential landscape. Such neighborhoods are filled with convicted criminals, drug dealers, and of course, a number of allegedly disabled people. Most investigators have had at least one experience in which a claimant has confronted them on surveillance. Sadly, the claimant doing the confronting is not always the claimant under surveillance. With so many claimants in a given area, the investigator was bound to end up on one of their doorsteps. Of course, regardless of whether or not the confronting claimant is being watched, you can bet he’ll spread the word that investigators are in the area. Again, this may prompt a call from your claimant demanding that you stop harassing him. And again, this was not necessarily the investigator’s fault.
· Possibly the most interesting scenario involving a “burned” investigator stems from claimant paranoia. Some claimants are so suspicious, they think the squirrels in the front yard are investigators. A recent case in Columbus, Georgia comes to mind. The claimant actually completed an affidavit describing how the investigator had been relentlessly pursuing him. Said claimant went into great detail describing the situations in which he confronted the investigator and told the investigator to leave him alone. What makes this story interesting is that our investigator was not watching the claimant on the days in question. Furthermore, the claimant’s description of the investigator’s vehicle was completely wrong. To be specific, the claimant stated that the investigator was driving a blue Chevrolet Camaro when, in fact, the investigator was driving a white Ford F-150 pickup truck. When the client contacted our offices, he was irate. However, after reviewing our records, the truth, as they say, set us free. Plus it gave everyone a laugh.
· Finally, there are occasions when the claimant directly makes the investigator. This may be the result of extensive moving automobile surveillance, an aggressive surveillance position, a hyper alert claimant with solid coaching from an experienced attorney, or unfortunately, investigator carelessness. (At Ethos, we like to keep that last one at a minimum.)
Clearly, the above examples illustrate how a “burned” investigator is not always at fault. Like a mishandled snap on the quarterback sneak, it’s an unfortunate reality in the world of surveillance.
Plus, in all honesty, the prevailing belief among investigators is that if you never get caught, you’re not being adequately aggressive. That belief is correct. To get results, investigators will need to take chances. Of course, taking chances means that, on occasion, investigators will suffer a failure or two. Still, if an investigator’s triumphs far outweigh his flops, that’s an investigator you want on your file.
One final note.
You hired the investigator because, on some level, you believe your claimant is dishonest. So why, if the claimant calls to say he’s being watched, would they suddenly become honest? Granted, sometimes they’re right. Nonetheless, it’s important to remember that you and the investigator are on the same team. You want the same results. You have the same goal.
Forgive the occasional fumble and you’ll be rewarded with a high-scoring surveillance.
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As an incident response service provider, Kaspersky delivers a global service that results in global visibility of adversaries’ cyber-incident tactics and techniques used in the wild. In this report, we share our teams’ conclusions and analysis based on incident responses and statistics from 2019. As well as a range of highlights, this report will cover the affected industries, the most widespread attack tactics and techniques, how long it took to detect and stop adversaries after initial entry and the most exploited vulnerabilities. The report also provides some high-level recommendations on how to increase resilience to attacks.
The insights used in this report come from incident investigations by Kaspersky teams from around the world. The main digital forensic and incident response operations unit is called the Global Emergency Response Team (GERT) and includes experts in Europe, Latin America, North America, Russia and the Middle East. The work of the Computer Incidents Investigation Unit (CIIU) and the Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) are also included in this report.
In 2019, we noticed greater commitment among victims to understand the root causes of cyberattacks and improve the level of cybersecurity within their environments to reduce the probability of similar attacks taking place again in the future.
Analysis showed that less than a quarter of received requests turned out to be false positives, mostly after security tools issued alerts about suspicious files or activity. The majority of true positive incidents were triggered by the discovery of suspicious files, followed by encrypted files, suspicious activity and alerts from security tools.
Most of the incident handling requests were received from the Middle East, Europe, the CIS and Latin America, from a wide spectrum of business sectors, including industrial, financial, government, telecoms, transportation and healthcare. Industrial businesses were the most affected by cyberattacks, with oil and gas companies leading the way. They were followed by financial institutions, dominated by banks, which bore the brunt of all money theft incidents in 2019. Ransomware’s presence continued in 2019 and was felt most by government bodies, telecoms and IT companies in various regions.
Verticals and industries
Adversaries used a variety of initial vectors to compromise victims’ environments. Initial vectors included exploitation, misconfiguration, insiders, leaked credentials and malicious removable media. But the most common were exploitation of unpatched vulnerabilities, malicious emails, followed by brute-force attacks.
In addition to exploiting vulnerabilities, adversaries used several legitimate tools in different attack phases. This made attacks harder to discover and allowed the adversaries to keep a low profile until their goals were achieved. Most of the legitimate tools were used for credential harvesting from live systems, evading security, network discovery and unloading security solutions.
Although we started working on incidents the first day of a request in 70% of cases, analysis revealed that the time between attack success and its discovery varies between an average of one day in ransomware incidents to 10 days in cases of financial theft, up to 122 days in cyber-espionage and data-theft operations.
Based on 2019 incident response insights, applying the following recommendations can help protect businesses from falling victim to similar attacks:
- Apply complex password policies
- Avoid management interfaces exposed to the internet
- Only allow remote access for necessary external services with multi-factor authentication – with necessary privileges only
- Regular system audits to identify vulnerable services and misconfigurations
- Continually tune security tools to avoid false positives
- Apply powerful audit policy with log retention period of at least six months
- Monitor and investigate all alerts generated by security tools
- Patch your publicly available services immediately
- Enhance your email protection and employee awareness
- Forbid use of PsExec to simplify security operations
- Threat hunting with rich telemetry, specifically deep tracing of PowerShell to detect attacks
- Quickly engage security operations after discovering incidents to reduce potential damage and/or data loss
- Back up your data frequently and on separated infrastructure
Reasons for incident response
Significant effects on infrastructure, such as encrypted assets, money loss, data leakage or suspicious emails, led to 30% of requests for investigations. More than 50% of requests came as a result of alerts in security toolstacks: endpoint (EPP, EDR), network (NTA) and others (FW, IDS/IPS, etc.).
Organizations often only become aware of an incident after a noticeable impact, even when standard security toolstacks have already produced alerts identifying some aspects of the attack. Lack of security operations staff is the most common reason for missing these indicators. Suspicious files identified by security operations and suspicious endpoint activity led to the discovery of an incident in 75% of cases, while suspicious network activities in 60% of cases were false positives.
One of the most common reasons for an incident response service request is a ransomware attack: a challenge even for mature security operations. For more details on types of ransomware and how to combat it, view our story “Cities under ransomware siege“.
Distribution of reasons for top regions
A suspicious file is the most prevalent reason to engage incident response services. This shows that file-oriented detection is the most popular approach in many organizations. The distribution also shows that 100% of cases involving financial cybercrime and data leakage that we investigated occurred in CIS countries.
Distribution of reasons for industries
Although, different industries suffered from different incidents, 100% of money theft incidents occurred inside the financial industry (banks).
Detection of ransomware once the repercussions had been felt occurred primarily within the government, telecom and IT sectors.
Initial vectors or how adversaries get in
Common initial vectors include the exploitation of vulnerabilities (0- and 1-day), malicious emails and brute-force attacks. Patch management for 1-day vulnerabilities and applying password policies (or not using management interfaces on the internet) are well suited to address most cases. 0-day vulnerabilities and social engineering attacks via email are much harder to address and require a decent level of maturity from internal security operations.
By linking the popular initial compromise vectors with how an incident was detected, we can see detected suspicious files were detected from malicious emails. And cases detected after file encryption mostly took place after brute-force or vulnerability exploitation attacks.
Sometimes we act as complimentary experts for a primary incident response team from the victim’s organization and we have no information on all of their findings – hence the ‘Unknown reasons’ on the charts. Malicious emails are most likely to be detected by a variety of security toolstack, but that’s not showing distrubution of 0- to 1-day vulnerabilities.
The distribution of how long an attack went unnoticed and how an organization was compromised shows that cases that begin with vulnerability exploitation on an organization’s network perimeter went unnoticed for longest. Social enginnering attacks via email were the most short-lived.
30% of all incidents were tied to legitimate tools
In cyberattacks, adversaries use legitimate tools which can’t be detected as malicious utilities as they are often used in everyday activities. Suspicious events that blend with normal activity can be identified after deep analysis of a malicious attack and connecting the use of such tools to the incident. The top used tools are PowerShell, PsExec, SoftPerfect Network Scanner and ProcDump.
Most legitimate tools are used for harvesting credentials from memory, evading security mechanisms by unloading security solutions and for discovering services in the network. PowerShell can be used virtually for any task.
Let’s weight those tools based on occurrence in incidents – we will also see tactics (MITRE ATT&CK) where they are usually applied.
Most of the identified exploits in incident cases appeared in 2019 along with a well-known remote code execution vulnerability in Windows SMB service (MS17-010) being actively exploited by a large number of adversaries.
|MS17-010 SMB service in Microsoft Windows
Remote code execution vulnerability that was used in several large attacks such as WannaCry, NotPetya, WannaMine, etc.
|CVE-2019-0604 Microsoft Sharepoint
Remote code execution vulnerability allows adversaries to execute arbitrary code without authentication in Microsoft Sharepoint.
|CVE-2019-19781 Citrix Application Delivery Controller & Citrix Gateway
This vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote code execution on all hosts connected to Citrix infrastructure.
|CVE-2019-0708 RDP service in Microsoft Windows
Remote code execution vulnerability (codename: BlueKeep) for a very widespread and, unfortunately, frequently publicly available RDP service.
Remote code execution vulnerability also known as Drupalgeddon2. Widely used in installation of backdoors, web miners and other malware on compromised web servers.
|CVE-2019-11510 Pulse Secure SSL VPN
Unauthenticated retrieval of VPN server user credentials. Instant access to victim organization through legitimate channel.
For a number of incidents, Kaspersky specialists have established the time period between the beginning of an adversary’s activity and the end of the attack. As a result of the subsequent analysis, all incidents were divided into three categories of attack duration.
|Rush hours or days||Average weeks||Long-lasting months or longer|
|This category includes attacks lasting up to a week. These are mainly incidents involving ransomware attacks. Due to the high speed of development, effective counteraction to these attacks is possible only by preventive methods.
In some cases, a delay of up to a week has been observed between the initial compromise and the beginning of the adversary’s activity.
|This group includes attacks that have been developing for a week or several weeks. In most cases, this activity was aimed at the direct theft of money. Typically, the adversaries achieved their goals within a week.||Incidents that lasted more than a month were included in this group. This activity is almost always aimed at stealing sensitive data.
Such attacks are characterized by interchanging active and passive phases. The total duration of active phases is on average close to the duration of attacks from the previous group.
Cyber-espionage and theft of confidential data
|Common attack vector:
||Common attack vector:
||Common attack vector:
|Attack duration (median):
|Attack duration (median):
|Attack duration (median):
|Incident response duration:
Hours to days
|Incident response duration:
|Incident response duration:
False positives rate
False positives in incident responses are a very expensive exercise. A false positive means that triage of a security event led to the involvement of incident response experts who later ascertained that there was no incident. Usually this is a sign that an organization doesn’t have a specialist in threat hunting or they are managed by an external SOC that doesn’t have the full context for an event.
Age of attack
This is the time taken to detect an incident by an organization after an attack starts. Usually detecting the attack in the first few hours or even days is good; with more low-profile attacks it can take weeks, which is still OK, but taking months or years is definitely bad.
How fast we responded
How long it took us to respond after an organization contacted us. 70% of the time we start work from day one, but in some cases a variety of factors can influence the timeframe.
How long response took
Distribution of the time required for incident response activities can vary from a few hours to months based on how deep the adversaries were able to dig into the compromised network and how old the first compromise is.
MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques
In 2019, the cyberattack curve was not flattened. There was an increase in the number of incidents accompanied by greater commitment among victims to understand the full attack picture. Victims from all regions suffered from a variety of attacks and all business types were targeted.
Improved security and audit planning with continuous maintenance of procedures along with rapid patch management could have minimized damages and losses in many of the analyzed incidents. In addition, having security monitoring and an investigation plan either on-premises or performed by a third party could have helped in stopping adversaries in the early phases of the attack chain, or start detections immediately after compromise.
Various tactics and techniques were used by adversaries to achieve their targets, trying multiple times till they succeeded. This indicates the importance of security being an organized process with continuous improvements instead of separate, independent actions.
Adversaries made greater use of legitimate tools in different phases of their cyberattacks, especially in the early phases. This highlights the need to monitor and justify the use of legitimate administration tools and scanning utilities within internal networks, limiting their use to administrators and necessary actions only.
Applying a powerful auditing policy with a log retention period of at least six months can help reduce analysis times during incident investigation and help limit the types of damage caused. Having insufficient logs on endpoints and network levels means it takes longer to collect and analyze evidence from different data sources in order to gain a complete picture of an attack.
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Produits du tutoriel
A tougher take on a favorite multitool. Safely poke and pry with this tough, firm, and antistatic tool for electronic repair. 5” carbon fiber tool essential for smartph...
Phillips #00 Screwdriver
Precision fixed blade screwdriver engineered by iFixit and manufactured in Taiwan.
United States Quarter, used to open many devices. Possibly already found in your pocket.
MacBook Upper Case Clip Set
Replace a set of four plastic clips that secure the upper case above the optical drive opening compatible with MacBook laptops.
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2020-09-29T20:18:25Z
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Kansas City Canning Co. Cucumber Dilly Pickles
Specializing in pickles, preserves, and cocktail goods, Kansas City Canning Co. looks to elevate and stretch the conceptualization of canning while making use of as much locally sourced produce and product as possible. Check out the latest from our friends here.
Whole Kirby Cucumbers get a brine bath in fresh garlic, spiced peppercorns, with a full press of both dill seed and dill weed. These little beauties are crisp and tart and the perfect combo of perfectly salty and savory.
Size- 24 oz. Jar
Ingredients: Cucumbers, White Vinegar, Filtered Water, Salt, Fresh Dill, Garlic Cloves, Natural Cane Sugar, Dill Seed, Dill Weed, Peppercorns
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Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner, and Second Vice Chairman of the General Assembly of the Church of God, Rev. Josiah Jones,??join??in?? the hymn singing at the Church of God’s celebrations.??
Women must prepare themselves to take a leadership role to help ride out the global crisis and create a better world.
Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner, issued this challenge yesterday, as she addressed the 25th anniversary celebrations of the Regional Women’s Organisation of the Church of God.
"Women have to step up to the plate and let their voices be heard. For too long we have heard that men are in crisis. That is true, but at the same time, women are still intimidated and prevented from taking a leadership role," Senator Sandiford-Garner said.
Touching on the issue of gender discrimination, the Parliamentary Secretary noted that "even though the majority of voters were women, only 10 per cent of the elected representatives were female".
"Even though 60 per cent of university students are female, very few of the higher positions in religious and economic institutions are held by women. At the same time, the majority of our children are brought up in female-headed households. The political reality is that this situation will not change, unless women overcome their fear and show real leadership by intensifying the movement for the liberation of women," she proclaimed.
The Senator reminded her audience that the world was caught up in the midst of a global, regional, national and communal crisis, which was often referred to as an economic crisis, but, she stressed "it was bigger than that".
She pointed out that increasing numbers of the poor, particularly women and young people were resorting to immoral and criminal activities in order to survive. She indicated that if this was allowed to continue, unchecked, that it could "destroy the moral and social fabric of our societies" and "lead to serious political consequences".
Mrs. Sandiford-Garner warned: "Women should no longer sit by and allow another generation of our children to fall victim to cultural penetration and pressure."
Remarking that the church had to become the vehicle for change, she said: "On the one hand, you have the moral authority to campaign for the rights of women. On the other hand, you have the unity and infrastructure for mobilising support among women and enlightened men."
She pledged Government’s support for any programme that targeted the vulnerable members of the society and brought them benefits and praised the organisation for its excellent work in Barbados and throughout the region, in particular its outreach programmes for women and children. These would ensure that succeeding generations of young Barbadians are exposed to the moral values essential for the well-being of our society.
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Currently, feminism is considered a highly controversial subject; its definition seems to vary from person to person. It’s why I haven’t committed to identifying as a feminist, which seems, somehow, like a scandalous statement in this impossibly politically correct world that we live in. Due to this, I tend to avoid the subject of feminism because what does ‘feminism’ mean, anyway?
Ode to Man, written and performed by Emma Mary Hall, with the assistance of Lindsay Cox, is a simple yet hilarious production that showcases a thought provoking discussion about what lies beneath the word feminism.
Emma Hall attempts to outline the subject in a comedic yet analytic manner as she walks through the 14 chapters of her ode to man. She appears maniacal at times: screaming profanities, openly disclosing her hatred of men, and stereotyping the male gender as misogynistic pigs. However, her performance is almost a hoax as she delivers an intense, yet comedic approach towards feminism and the redefinition of masculinity. In short, the stereotypical definition of a man is dying as modernity blurs away the lines that segregate the genders.
This show may appear to cater directly to a female demographic as Hall paints a world without men, but this assumption couldn’t be more incorrect. During her performance the entire front row was occupied by young men who seemingly enjoyed every second of the show. These twenty-something-year-old men were genuinely engaged: they were still laughing and discussing its nuances as the crowd poured out of the theatre.
Initially, I wasn’t overly excited about watching Ode to Man as I was half expecting to encounter a similar experience to Chandler’s in F.R.I.EN.D.S (The One With The Soap Opera Party); as he’s ditched by the gang and finds himself alone in the theatre as the woman on stage yells “why don’t you love me”. I’m not going to lie; I did feel a sense of déjà vu as there were moments when Emma Hall yelled “why don’t you love me”. But my reaction couldn’t have been more opposite to Chandler’s. The delivery of her ideas was incredibly clever: she told anecdotes, quoted well-known authors like Sylvia Plath, and interacted with the projected animated backdrop in an entertainingly witty manner.
While I didn’t leave the theatre completely enlightened on the subject of feminism, or the final definition of what it means to be masculine, Hall managed to ignite an awareness, and I found myself questioning what women actually want, and whether this dilemma is truly caused by the existence of men.
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Recently, vaporizers have become a trendy lifestyle accessory like smartwatches—aimed at a chic, upscale clientele who apparently want everything they touch to bear a passing resemblance to an iPhone. But if you’re a self-described hippy who’s nostalgic for the days of flower (the dry kind) and a more ‘natural’ way to get your daily dose of herbs, Magic-Flight might be more to your liking.
This San Diego-based collective of artisans and designers are the proud makers of unique vaporizers that eschew space age gadgetry and high tech alloys in favor of solidity and simplicity. Smooth wood, sturdy metal, maybe a tiny bit of glass if you’re into that: these are the materials from which Magic-Flight vapes are made, with not a circuit board or plastic alloy to be found.
At the Herbalize Store, we think there’s a lot to like about Magic-Flight’s mentality. After all, we pride ourselves on being the most sustainable vape store on the internet—where else does your every vape purchase plant a tree?—and we have a genuine admiration for brands gutsy enough to follow their own vision instead of chasing each fleeting trend.
If you’re in the market for a vape that makes you feel connected to the earth, Magic-Flight is the brand for you, and the Herbalize Store is the place to get your hands on one. Why? Keep reading to find out.
Magic-Flight Vape FAQ
Magic-Flight vaporizers are obviously a little different than your typical vape—just one look will make that clear. Having said that, they’re also simple devices, so you can learn everything you need to know about them in just a few minutes. Let’s start by looking at some of the most common questions people ask us:
1. How do Magic-Flight vaporizers work?
Magic-Flight vaporizers are straightforward to operate: there’s a large bowl on the top of the device, which can be loaded with ground dry herb. Two replaceable batteries power the heat source, which warms the material without combusting it. The vapor produced by this process is then inhaled through the removable mouthpiece, which Magic-Flight refers to as a ‘draw straw.’
2. How long do Magic-Flight batteries last?
This will depend in large part on your personal usage (i.e. the batteries will drain faster for large, sustained hits as opposed to quick little ‘sips’). As a general rule, though, Magic-Flight says to plan on the battery lasting for one full bowl. The brand includes rechargeable batteries with every vaporizer, and these tend to last around 500 recharge cycles—at least a year, for most people.
3. Are Magic-Flight vaporizers worth it?
It’s a subjective question, obviously, but the reviews of Magic-Flight vaporizers from critics and users alike tend to be quite positive. They’re not the most modern or petite of vaporizers, but if those aren’t your key criteria in a vape, you’ll probably be quite satisfied.
4. Where can you buy Magic-Flight vaporizers?
Magic-Flight vapes aren’t quite as ubiquitous as those of brands like Storz & Bickel or Arizer. This is actually a good thing in some ways—since Magic-Flight vapes are artisanal creations, they tend to only be sold at reputable online vape shops like the Herbalize Store. We’re biased, of course, but we think you can’t go wrong when you order a Magic-Flight vaporizer from us: not only will we plant a tree in your name, you’ll also get free UK shipping and a 14 day free return policy.
5. What’s the best Magic-Flight vaporizer?
This is a bit of a trick question, because there’s only one Magic-Flight vaporizer. Keep reading to learn more about it, it’s a definite work of art.
What Makes Magic-Flight Stand Out?
Magic-Flight vaporizers are some of the most instantly recognizable devices on the market. Today, most vaporizers are similar to smartphones—they tend to look the same, work the same, and have many of the same features. Magic-Flight vapes, on the other hand, are like a brightly colored parrot in a crowd of pigeons. Here’s what makes these portable vaporizers so unique (and beloved by fans):
1. Wood Body Design
Magic-Flight have skipped the space age plastics and advanced composite materials in favor of an old familiar standby: wood. Each Magic-Flight vaporizer is carved from a block of solid wood, giving it a sturdy and impact-resistant frame that somehow looks better over as it ages. The wood is available in a variety of rich finishes, and the brand even occasionally releases custom designs (the crop circle-inspired ones) are particularly appealing, if you ask us).
2. Environmentally Friendly
Magic-Flight bills its Launch Box as ‘the first organic vaporizer.’ Whilst that might not be technically true—the vaporizer does use stainless steel for its heating system, and there are a couple of replaceable batteries involved, neither of which are particularly organic—it’s no exaggeration to say that Magic-Flight are uncommonly conscientious when it comes to eco-friendly design. Each vaporizer is made without the use of plastics or heavy metals, and since Magic-Flight vapes are intended for use only with dry herb, there’s no risk of exposing yourself (or those around you) to potentially harmful additives known to be present in some poorly-made cartridges.
3. Lifetime Warranty
Magic-Flight offer a lifetime warranty on the materials and workmanship of all their vaporizers. This is a definite anomaly in the vape world, where most brands tend to offer a year or two at most. If somehow a Launch Box manages to make it into your hands with factory defects, the brand will replace the vape at no charge. It’s one of the reasons that Magic-Flight is renowned for its customer service in an industry where it’s all too common for brands to pop up, sell a bunch of substandard products to unwary customers, and disappear into the night.
What’s New in Magic-Flight’s Collection?
Unlike most vape brands, Magic-Flight are specialists—they only offer a single vaporizer, though it comes in a dizzying array of designs and colors. Whilst that means you don’t have quite the selection of other brands, it does ensure that Magic-Flight products (or product, to be specific) gets the full attention of everyone involved at the company. Here’s a quick background on their latest creation:
The Magic-Flight Launch Box looks like a hippie’s dream—a solid wood box with a detachable ‘straw’ and a huge, easy-to-access bowl that can be loaded by sliding open the ‘door’ on the front of the device. There are no electronic controls or complex circuits on the inside, just a stainless steel heating chamber that allows the Launch Box to heat up in as little as 5 seconds. Available in a range of handsome wood finishes, the Launch Box is pocket-friendly and silent, both of which are nice perks for those who like to vape in public. Just be ready to field questions from your friends when you whip it out at a party.
Final Thoughts on Magic-Flight Vaporizers
Magic-Flight is a relatively niche brand in the vape world, but it fills that niche exceptionally well. If you’re the kind of person who loves flower and has a certain distrust of vaporizers that come with their own smartphone apps and NASA-grade electrical circuitry, the Launch Box is tailor-made to meet your needs. What you give up in terms of ‘customizability’—especially the ability to select your preferred temperature or switch between flower and concentrates—you get back in terms of simplicity and user-friendliness.
A Magic-Flight vaporizer is going to last a long time, as evidenced by the lifetime warranty, and there’s a certain hard-to-describe pleasure that comes with handling a well-made wood object every day for years on end. The enormous bowl doesn’t hurt, either. In short—a Magic-Flight vaporizer might not be for everyone, but if it is for you, then it’s really for you.
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Two designers, each from distinct countries put their disparate design philosophies into creations that startle the eyes without forgoing practicality.
Homegrown designer Voon Wong and Malaysian-born Benson Saw are the creatives behind the moniker VW+BS. They have a 13-year partnership in the field of product design and interior design. While the layman may not be familiar with their work, design purists are familiar with the duo’s Loop lamp designed in 2004 for Italian lighting company Fontana Arte. It is made up of two steel discs where the top part can be swivelled to shed light and closed to omit light. The luminaire is both light and sculptural and remains an object of desire for design aficionados. Its design didn’t go unnoticed by the international crowd which was later nominated for the prestigious Compasso d’Oro award in the same year. “The light really took us to places and got the design community talking about it and we are still known as the design duo who designed the Loop lamp. I guess it looks so iconic and is a simple engineering feat that is practical and chic,” enthuses Wong.
More notably, Wong snagged the President’s Design Award in 2012, another credo to the duo’s unrelenting work and passion. Wong studied architecture at the National University of Singapore and pursued his further studies at the Architectural Association in London. He worked and mingled with some of the United Kingdom’s best-known architectural practices and also tutored at the University of North London. However, much of his commercial experience was gained by working in Singapore.
Wong even worked as an architectural assistant at Zaha Hadid Architects in 1990, 1991, 1994 and 1995. During this tenure, he was recruited to be part of the competition team tasked to work on the winning design for the Cardiff Opera House. But lady luck was not on his side and the building was never erected. From 1995 to 1997, Wong founded VX Designs with Ian Chee and their union produced high-end buildings and refurbishments of residential projects in London. Thereafter, Voon Wong Architects was formed with an emphasis on exclusive residential and commercial projects. There were also notable projects designed by Wong such as the redevelopment of numerous historic residential buildings in London, a hotel extension in Australia, remodelling of houses in China and Singapore, not forgetting set designs for the Institute of Contemporary Art in London and the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
VW+BS has come a long way and their current practice focuses on residential and commercial projects in London and Singapore. The duo’s design tour de force seems unstoppable: They snagged the OXO Peugeot Design Award for lighting. This includes a series of lights with integrated electro-luminescent wires. Wong’s other acclaimed works include Virgin Atlantic’s cabin design that integrated the various disciplines of his expertise in product, lighting and interior design. The project caught the eyes of several editors and has been featured in periodicals such as Wallpaper, Designboom and The Business Times.
So for budding designers, Wong had this to say: “Love what you do. See the world through the eyes of a child. Find your own voice. Burn the midnight oil. Keep your eyes open and ears to the ground. Look before you leap and practice, practice, practice.” Here’s a passionate duo committed to making great products for lay people and creating engaging environments for clients all over the world.
For more on the duo, check out pages 22 to 25 of Issue 21.
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Dear readers, I would like to alert you to the biggest travesty of Privateer Press’ CID program since the release of the Siege Animantarax. Clearly dissatisfied with their ability to come up with ideas on their own, the creative team at Privateer Press has decided to engage in bald-faced copying of my work. The pictures speak for themselves; on the left, you can see my Bombshell Battle Mechanik Officer, an original creation of mine kitbashed out of three or four different Privateer Press models and on the right, you can see some concept art for one of their models currently being tested in the Steelhead CID. As you can see, the resemblance is uncanny.
The legal department of Ice Axe Miniatures has been notified, and they will be working around the clock to prepare a blistering response.
Okay, but seriously…
I’m having some fun here with the uncanny resemblance between my model and the Ironhead (Steelhead Ironhead?) concept art, so I figured this might be a good time to revisit an older model.
This model is a conversion I did at least two years ago, using the Bombardier Bombshell as a base and arms from the Battle Mechanik Officer, as well as a few bits and bobs here and there. I fashioned a blowtorch out of parts from an Assault Kommando flamethrower and replaced the beer in her hand with a scratchbuilt wrench. Nothing too complicated, but it was an early entry into the kitbashing aspect of this hobby for me.
When it came to painting, she was my first attempt at something that might be close to display quality before I got into serious display painting. While she is on a gaming base, I remember when I painted her that my goal was to really push my abilities and do a good job. I remember the challenges of painting the skin tone and the tattoos on such a small model (with a 40mm base, the actual woman inside the armour was smaller than usual for a Warmachine miniature), and I made sure to incorporate highlights (even if they may not be the brightest highlights) and shadows on plenty of surfaces. I believe the base coat was laid down with my first airbrush, a single-action Badger 350 that a coworker who had long since given up the scale armour hobby had handed down to me.
Now, I think I’ve come a long way since then. A couple of the conversion parts were a little rough and the metallics are nowhere near my current skill level with true metallic metal. This was also long before I started really experimenting with weathering techniques, so aside from the spot of grease on her cheek, the model is a lot less dirty and dinged up than my more recent work. It’s interesting looking back on this model, one representing the pinnacle of my abilities at the time, and seeing how far I’ve come.
I did end up playing this character in a campaign where one of the perks was that we could build our own warcasters using IKRPG rules. Because Kommander Harkevich is my favourite character from the Warmachine universe, I envisioned her as Harkevich’s apprentice, Alexandra Volkov, a mechanic whose warcaster powers were discovered while she was doing repairs on Black Ivan. Like the Iron Wolf, she was assigned to Llael to defend the territorial integrity of East Khador from Cygnaran invaders. She ended up getting a lot of jack support spells, and feat that allowed her to swap upkeep spells around for free, allowing for more focus allocation on one key turn. While she performed admirably during the league, I couldn’t tell at the end of the day whether she was unplayable trash or OP bullshit, which are the only two things a model in Warmachine can be.
While this older miniature may not be quite up to my present standards, it does represent a certain progression on my hobby journey, and it’s not bad by any stretch of the imagination. As proof, I would point to the saying that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so clearly someone at Privateer Press is a big fan of my work.
PS: If Matt Wilson is reading this, I would consider settling any legal proceedings in exchange for a nice big royalty cheque or a free Khador colossal…
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SWITZERLAND – On January 14, representatives of the International Lutheran Council (ILC) met with representatives of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) in Geneva for regular meetings.
As is customary with these meetings, the ILC and LWF took time to highlight important work taking place in each of their organizations. How each intends to commemorate the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation was a key topic for discussion, given that the anniversary will take place in 2017. The ILC noted its appreciation for the document From Conflict to Communion (prepared by the LWF and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity), indicating that the ILC intends to engage in further study of the document.
The meeting also addressed areas that continue to be challenges between the two groups. In particular, differing understandings of the theology of mission and disagreements over the concept of the unity of the church were frankly addressed, with plans to follow up on these topics in the future.
Representing the ILC were Chairman Hans-Jörg Voigt, Bishop of the Independent Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany); ILC Secretary, Rev. Dr. Albert Collver; ILC Representative for Africa, Archbishop Christian Ekong of Nigeria; and ILC Secretary Gijsbertus van Hattem, President of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belgium. Representing the LWF were General Secretary, Rev. Martin Junge; Assistant General Secretary for Ecumenical Relations/Director for the Department for Theology and Public Witness, Rev. Dr. Kaisamari Hintikka; Director for the Department for Mission and Development, Dr. Carlos Gilberto Bock; and Area Secretary for Africa, Rev. Dr. Elieshi Mungure.
The LWF and ILC signed a memorandum of understanding in 2005 which has led to regular meetings between the two bodies since then. This was the fourth regular meeting since 2011. The ILC and LWF agreed at their most recent meeting to continue holding annual meetings in the future.
The next meeting will be hosted by the ILC and will be held February 25-26, 2016.
Download the communiqué from the meeting here.
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Meet Crusoe, a rad little wiener dog who is getting pumped for the NHL playoffs with his buddy Oakley by playing some driveway ball hockey. Too bad the Leafs are not actually in the playoffs.
"Oakley and I playing a bit of our national pastime!" hehe :)~ CrusoeBecome a fan for more videos -> Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund :)Instagram is pretty cool, too —-> http://instagram.com/crusoe_dachshund
Posted by Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund on Wednesday, April 6, 2016
For those unfamiliar with Cruose the Celebrity Daschund, he is a ridiculously famous little dog with videos on Facebook racking up millions of views.
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European authorities are raising attempts to try to stave off the economic consequences of coronavirus.
The European Union (EU) will place a deal of measures in spot which include a €37bn euro (£33bn) expenditure initiative.
And German finance minister Olaf Scholz said his place could element nationalise firms to tackle the disaster.
Norway suspended some airline taxes as global aviation physique IATA stated carriers could fold in excess of the upcoming several months.
Markets have become ever more risky as the influence of the unfold of the coronavirus turns into far more pronounced. Worldwide stocks soared on Friday, following report falls on Thursday.
Worries about the financial results of the pandemic led to a variety of steps by European authorities on Friday.
European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen claimed the EU response package will include giving member states versatility on funds deficits and point out assist.
The EU will also assurance €8bn in loans to 100,000 firms to help the corporate sector, she reported.
“I am convinced that the European Union can face up to this shock,” she mentioned. “But each and every member state wants to reside up to its full obligation and the European Union as a entire needs to be established, coordinated and united.”
In the meantime, German finance minister Olaf Scholz said Germany would give tax relief and deferrals to corporations which would acquire billions from the condition treasury, and could consider bail out ailing corporations by getting stakes in them.
“The German authorities… all agreed collectively that we will use all suggests to be certain we can tackle this disaster,” Mr Scholz stated.
“We will every offered resource at our disposal to get by way of these hard times with all our economic opportunities and to make positive we appear out of this scenario in very good condition.”
Airways have been hit by a slump in demand induced by the coronavirus pandemic, with 1000’s of flight cancellations as the virus unfold.
On Thursday, Norwegian Air stated it would suspend fifty percent of its personnel and cancel 4,000 flights for the reason that of the outbreak, with the situation exacerbated by sweeping vacation limitations concerning the US and Europe.
On Friday, Norway’s govt suspended some charges and taxes levied on airways and reported it is in talks with the country’s aviation sector on further measures to support ease the scenario, finance minister Jan Tore Sanner claimed.
“We are perfectly educated of the wishes of the airline industries… I you should not want to speculate on what actions could be carried out,” mentioned finance minister Jan Sanner stated.
The chief executive of the International Air Transport Association, Alexandre de Juniac, claimed additional airlines could collapse if the coronavirus crisis very last more than yet another two to 3 months.
Mr de Juniac claimed on Friday that world earnings losses would be “almost certainly over” $113bn that it estimated a week ago, before the Trump administration’s announcement of US travel curbs on travellers from a lot of continental Europe.
In the meantime, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin explained he expected the US economic strike from the coronavirus outbreak to be small-time period, and that the Trump administration was retaining its solutions open up for any other long run methods that may be desired.
Mr Mnuchin stated the US Treasury and the Federal Reserve have been working to keep marketplaces open up and to offer “unlimited liquidity.”
He also claimed negotiations with Democrats in excess of an economic reduction bundle ended up also likely effectively. “We’re going to look at each and every tool in the toolbox,” he claimed.
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Harmony & balance
The Aozora villa designs would need to work efficiently in multiple topographical conditions, use local materials and the best of Lombok craftsmen. The villas are designed to be very energy efficient, using passive cooling techniques to create responsive environmental architecture perfectly in tune with the local climate.
We took a modular approach to the villas, streamlining sourcing and giving us efficiency of scale in the custom built elements. We are able to pass the cost saving on to the clients, which is reflected in the price points.
Framing all of this, is the shared desire to create aesthetically compelling designs, which have a strong identity, using warm toned natural materials to create a pure modern villa with a warm tropical atmosphere, embracing the lush tropical landscape and clear blue skies of Lombok.
The Aozora villas integrate the interior design with the Architecture. The structure is designed to be open and views maximized whilst providing shade via overhangs and vertical sunshades. The interior design elements flow from the Architectural language, blending the tropical modern style shamelessly into the villa itself.
We custom design and build all the interior cabinets using the best local craftsmen, using repeat details throughout the villa we can ensure maximum efficiency whilst keeping the minimalist ethos of harmony and balance through a few well chosen materials.
We have selected a range of furniture under the guidance of the Architect and design team, all have a modern and crisp aesthetic in tune with the villa itself.
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Farrah is amazing Colorist and stylist. She has been doing my hair for over 14 years. She not only does my funky style but she has an amazing talent for understanding where each of her clients wants to convey and present to the world. She is great at relating to each individual’s personality. Let me go back to the beginning of how I chose to go Farrah. Red is a hard color to keep bright especially with highlights. I called the salon she was at during that time. I heard it was good salon but I wanted to speak to the colorist because I am pain in the rear when it comes to my hair. I questioned her and actually debated with her over reds. I thought wow this girl is making me mad I have to meet her lol! She was fisty and confident spoke direct. I can appreciate confidence and someone being upfront with me in a direct way. So I said ” I want to meet you, and come in for a consult”. So I did. I liked her she knew her colors and I went to Farrah for my hair. Then small world she knew people I knew and as time passed we became friends. She got married has two beautiful children and has flourished. She went to another salon and then decided to go off on her own. She had her own space at Solas in White Plains, New York. As she flourished she just moved recently to a beautiful location in Upscale Dobbs Ferry, New York. I had the pleasure of being there the other day. A beautiful Salon looking over the Hudson River. I am so happy and proud of Farrah. As a friend and client I have to say she’s an excellent colorist and stylist for all types of styles and personalitys.
I highly recommend going to her. For those who want to refresh their look or maintain what they have. She has a golden personality and a way with making everyone satisfied and happy! Below are photos where of course my hair is cut and colored by Farrah Santelia.
Embrace U Salon, 27 Main Street, Dobbs Ferry, New York
Online booking : http://www.vagaro.com
She also will have someone for lashes.
She also does airbrush tanning.
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We have a 10 member LLC used for Investments.
We file the 1065, with K-1’s sent out to each member.
This year, 2 members got a Loan, purchased a Rental House as an Investment.
1. What Tax forms do we need to use to figure their portion of the LLC?
2. What Tax Forms would they need to use in their own Personal Tax Returns?
I have really enjoyed your Posts… I hope this one isn’t over the Edge.
Be Blessed Investors,
– Randall, Iowa
Your multi-member LLC is taxed as a partnership.
Form 1065–which you have already been using–is the proper form for your partnership’s tax returns.
The individual LLC members will use the K-1 they receive to record their income (or loss) on their personal tax returns.
Is this new rental house the member’s purchased part of the LLC, or a side venture outside the 10 member LLC?
If it’s outside the LLC, and they own it in their own name, then it would be recorded on Schedule C. Schedule C is part of your personal 1040 return.
If the investment was inside the LLC, then the members need to decide among themselves how to allocate income, expenses, profits/losses, and distributions.
LLC law is very flexible when it comes to these decisions, which is both good and bad. It’s good because you can pretty much devise any profit sharing scheme you want. It’s bad because you have to make these decisions, and these decisions have tax and other consequences.
When it comes to multi-member LLCs with complicated tax issues involving loans to the LLC, uneven contributions of property from a subset of members, and so forth, there’s one piece of advise to give:
See an attorney.
I know you’d like to get your answer from “some guy on the internet”, but trust me, you don’t 🙂
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District Commissioner for Chikhwawa has accused workers at the district’s council of stealing money from the assembly.
The DC, Bester Mandere, was reacting to reports that council workers in the district have not been given their salaries for the past four months.
He said the workers are lazy and they steal money which they collect in the council’s markets.
The commissioner suggested that the workers are not being paid as punishment for not working hard.
“We mostly pay our direct employees using the money from locally generated revenue and the situation may continue being like this if they (employees) do not pull up their socks,” said Mandere.
Most of the unpaid workers are market masters and revenue collectors.
The workers however said they have been collecting more than enough from the markets, but the council does not want to pay them.
The workers of which some have been with the council for 15 to 20 years claim that all benefits including the assistance they used to get during funeral and other circumstances have been removed.
“We have been complaining on these ill treatments to our bosses but to no avail. What we have been getting from the council officials once we lodge a complaint to them are threats of dismissals,” said one of the employees.
Apart from failing to pay direct staff, the council has also been struggling to pay water bills.
Currently, the water board disconnected water at Chikhwawa, Dyeratu and Nchalo markets a situation which is worrying most vendors there.
Chikhwawa District Council spends K3.3 million to pay 72 direct workers every month but council officials claims that revenue collectors brings less than K3 million a month.
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This Article and video explains how to apply for unemployment benefits in Florida
Under Florida Unemployment Law, eligible employees are entitled to receive unemployment benefits for up to 6 months (unless congressionally extended). The maximum amount is $275 per week.
Benefits are applied for online. To apply for benefits the unemployed employee can go to Floridajobs.org. The on-line application process takes about 30 -50 minutes to complete.
Once the application is completed, you will get a confirmation number. With that, you will be given instructions as to how to claim your weeks of unemployment. To be eligible for unemployment benefits, you need to have completed a certain number of qualifying credits (usually by having worked at least one quarter), be willing and able to work, and not have lost your job as a result of misconduct or voluntarily resigned.
Once you complete the process, the agency for workforce inovation, (now known as Florida Department of Economic Opportunity) will make an initial determination as to whether you are eligible for benefits based on the above criteria.
If you get an initial adverse decision, you have twenty days to appeal that decision. The appeal process includes having a phone hearing where you present your evidence.
At any step in the process, our experienced attorneys can help.
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Our Attorney General is elected directly by you, not appointed by the Governor, to be the state’s chief law enforcement officer and an independent, non-partisan watchdog and advisor to state government.
The current Attorney General has abandoned the long tradition of running the office as a professional law firm, instead turning it into a partisan shop pursing lawsuits against his political opponents. He has diverted millions of dollars from groups helping our state’s most vulnerable communities–just to pay for his obsession with suing the President.
Unfortunately, Bob Ferguson has abandoned his oversight responsibilities, and has been silent as the Governor leads the state into a constitutional crisis over his partisan and unequal use of his emergency powers.
As Attorney General, Mike will restore the office to be an independent, non-partisan, and professional office to:
- Exercise his independent power to advise the Governor and other executive officers and legislators on the limits of their power, including limits on emergency orders.
- Issue public AG Opinions on the limits of emergency and other powers.
- Propose amendments to the emergency powers laws to require–as a check and balance on the Governor’s power–that the AG review the constitutionality of their use.
Mike is the only candidate for Attorney General with decades of legal experience.
Mike has practiced for more than 30 years at one of the Northwest’s top law firms, leading its consumer protection and antitrust practice. He has advised some of the Northwest’s most successful companies, helping them solve tough challenges.
Mike has won cases in the Washington Supreme Court and the federal appeals courts, including ones to limit the reach of government by lowering car tab fees, reducing regulations, and protecting private property rights. Mike has also been a successful advocate for lowering the cost of and increased accountability for public transportation agencies.
Mike most recently served three years as chair of one of the most successful political organizations in our state, leading the recruitment and election of leaders who believe in working across partisan divides and taking common-sense approaches to our challenges.
Mike will restore the great tradition of a professional, non-partisan Attorney General’s office to serve you, not the political ambitions of the Attorney General.
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Travel Sights and Outdoors, restaurants and cafes, bars and nightlife, culture and entertainment, shops and services — find anywhere on the world map. Trips in Schoneberg Bezirk.
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This article was published at StepFeed on March 11, 2017.
Joumana Haddad is not your typical author, nor is she your typical woman. A rebel on her own terms, she has penned several books to date on feminism, equal rights, patriarchy, and gender in the Arab world.
Also known as the writer “who loves to be hated,” (though she disagrees with the description, and prefers the more accurate “who doesn’t mind being hated”), the accomplished activist, journalist and playwright, is now setting her sights on politics.
Haddad will be running in Lebanon’s upcoming parliamentary elections.
Why? Because she believes that at this point in her life, she is ready to be the change she wishes to see.
Haddad grew up in Beirut during the 1975-1990 civil war, in a modest family whose primary goal was to provide her and her brother with a good education.
In an interview with The Guardian, she speaks of how she eventually got used to everything: “the severed limb of a neighbor lying on the pavement, the men tied to cars and dragged through the streets, the gunfire and bomb shelters – everything except the whistle of approaching shells.”
Amidst all that horror and violence, the only thing that saved her life and soul was reading. In that sense, books have been her number one ally.
Haddad has come a long way since then. She is a working mother of two (Mounir and Onsi), speaks seven languages and has received numerous awards.
More recently, she was just featured in Arabian Business’ “100 Most Influential Arab Women” list. She has also been selected as one of the 100 most influential Lebanese figures from around the world in a book titled “The 100” and launching on March 17.
But, it is her upbringing, her life experiences, her trials and tribulations that have made her who she is today.
StepFeed interviewed Joumana Haddad about her life, and political aspirations while she’s currently in Hollywood for the premiere of a play based on her book, “I killed Scheherazade”.
Here’s what she had to say.
Q: So, you’re already an established journalist and author, why do you now want to venture into politics?
Actually, one of the main reasons behind my candidature is to bring the messages that I defend and the convictions that I have into the political arena. This can greatly help in transforming Lebanon into a more humane, just and civilized country for all. I started considering running ever since my eldest son, Mounir, left Lebanon for a brighter future and for fair and impartial opportunities abroad -and he’s not the only talented, hard working young man or woman that we’ve lost because of Lebanon’s locked horizons.
This, coupled with all the problems that we have to deal with on a daily basis, and which suck up all our energy, while they should be given, fundamental rights like electricity, water, pollution, lack of public transportation … propelled me to seek direct action.
I want to play an active role in coming up with solutions that would make the lives of Lebanese citizens better. I’m also interested in being involved, as a Lebanese deputy, in the laws that concern us all.
Many laws in Lebanon need to be reconsidered, passed, enforced. I am convinced that the Lebanese parliament is in dire need of new blood. I and so many people around me are constantly feeling tired, frustrated, fed up with the deadlock that we have been facing for so many years. And the civil society has so much to offer.
The inclusion of young motivated people in our political life would help bring this country forward. I believe in justice, I believe in hard work, I believe in transparency, I believe in humaneness; and I think that if we can bring these values into the parliament, we can have a real chance at changing Lebanon.
Since I’m not one to wait for change to just happen, but rather one who does her best to create the change she wishes to see, I decided to run!
Q: You’re quite well known both on and off camera. But, away from the spotlight, who is Joumana Haddad deep down inside?
I’m a ‘what you see is what you get’ kind of a person. I’m very transparent (some people would say “too transparent”, but I don’t believe there is such a thing as an “overdose of honesty”). My books already speak for that.
I grew up in a very modest Beirut apartment. The main objective of my parents was to allow me and my brother to have the best education they could provide us with. And I’m deeply grateful to them for that. Books were like bread in my daily life. I started reading at a very young age and I think this is what saved my life because I grew up during the civil war. No dreams were allowed, no hopes, no plans: there was only fear all around us, and the need to survive the day. Books became an escape for me. They allowed me to have multiple lives, and aspirations that I would learn to fight for later on throughout my life.
I’m also quite determined, even stubborn. If I have a goal in mind, I would not rest until I’ve accomplished it. I’m a person of action, dreams to me are plans and strategies. I seem rather tough and harsh to some, but that’s just straightforwardness and a great deal of passion.
I also gradually liberated myself from the judgment of others in order to be able to express and live and achieve without being intimidated.
Do I stumble and fall? Of course! Who doesn’t? But I do get up and try again. And again. And again.
Q: You call yourself a humanist, is this so you can avoid the “feminist” tag? Is feminism a bad word?
I call myself a humanist but I’m also a feminist. I think the two are intertwined. You cannot be a humanist without being a feminist and you cannot be a feminist without being a humanist. So, in this respect, I definitely don’t avoid the feminist tag, and I definitely don’t think that feminism is a bad word, but it is a widely misunderstood one unfortunately.
Q: Why so?
A part of that misunderstanding comes from the patriarchal mindset that mistakes fighting for your rights and for your dignity as a woman for aggressiveness and spitefulness. The other part of the misunderstanding is the responsibility of some in the movement who are hostile towards men and who generalize about them… I am convinced that men are an important ally in life and in this battle for equality and human dignity. I have come to meet many feminist men in my life, and I’ve also come to meet lots of patriarchal women. Feminism isn’t about gender, it’s about being fair, being humane and wanting justice and dignity for all human beings.
I also call myself a humanist because I really admire the philosophy behind the term. And I discussed it at length in my last book, “The Third Sex”.
I think that if all of us return to our basic humanity, this beautiful common identity that we share, we can overcome our discords, and allow our differences to enrich us rather than divide us.
Q: What are you hoping to achieve as a running candidate? What do you want?
I want a more humane Lebanon. The word humane englobes everything else you can think of. It means the right to have a decent life, job opportunities, developmental projects, and basic needs, like water and electricity; it means tolerance, justice, respect, positivity, and caring for the environment, so on and so forth.
I do believe that the last twenty years I had spent fighting for the causes I believe in, despite all the obstacles that I have had to face, all the attacks that I have had to absorb, are a clear indication that I am a woman of actions and not a woman of words; that when I believe in something and plan a project, I deliver.
I think this is one of the most important things that people should be looking for in a candidate right now, along with of course his/her human ethics and honesty.
Q: How much of a chance do you think you have at winning? And if you do, how much of a chance will you be given as a minority to make change?
I do not obsess about my chances of winning. I’ve simply decided I will do everything that I can do in accordance with my values to win. I don’t even start my sentences with “If I win”, I start them with “When I win”. It’s a state of mind. Winning starts right there, in your head. And when I shall win, trust me, I will not wait to be “given” a chance to make change, I will hunt that chance myself and grab it.
Q: What message do you have for Lebanese women on International Women’s Day?
Kindly SHARE if you AGREE with this message. عقبال ما نعود بحاجة ليوم عالمي للمرأة! #internationalwomensday #equality #humanity #human #humanrights #justice #joumanahaddad
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It’s a marvelous concept, find happiness in the 364 other days of the year that are not about you and celebrate your UNBIRTHDAY. My real birthday is hiding just around the corner and I hate her. My birthday always disappoints me. I won’t let myself be happy on that day. I have a tendency to become withdrawn and melancholy because I set the bar of expectations way too high. I decided that this year I was going to use this time of Unbirthday to celebrate the people in my life and for once give presents instead of feeling sorry for myself because there is no one (except hubby, of course) to have a party with.
You know what? I am happy. I am looking forward to being on vacation and just living in the moment. Sure I have less family but I have discovered I have more people in my life that I enjoy and that I talk with and laugh with than I have ever had before. I am blessed. Reap what you sow. Send kindness and joy out into the world and see what rewards you truly gather.
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In this year’s race for Wisconsin Supreme Court, Michael Screnock often invokes the conservative mantra that a judge should decide cases based on the law as written. At the same time, the Sauk County judge laments what he views as excessive partisanship.
It is an interesting strategy, given the chasm between his words on the campaign trail and his actions over the years.
Screnock most blatantly put his own beliefs above the law when he was arrested for trespassing and resisting or obstructing officers on two occasions in 1989. The arrests stemmed from his participation in protests seeking to block women from entering and accessing legal health care services at a Madison clinic.
When questioned by the media about his actions, this “law and order” candidate said he has no regrets about his behavior. He has no remorse for preventing women from receiving services deemed legal by the U.S. Supreme Court. He has no qualms about refusing to comply with orders from law enforcement and giving a false name when taken into custody for his actions.
The disparity between Screnock’s words and actions doesn’t stop there.
He regularly accused his opponent of “deeply troubling” expressions of political beliefs. Yet he was part of legal teams defending Gov. Scott Walker’s divisive, partisan policies that attacked workers’ rights and the Republican rigging of legislative district lines.
After loyally serving to advance the Republican political agenda, Screnock was made a judge in 2015 — via a political appointment from Gov. Walker.
Now that he is running for the state Supreme Court, Gov. Walker’s campaign team has become Screnock’s campaign team. Based on a review of campaign finance reports filed in January, virtually every disbursement reported is to a vendor or consultant connected to the governor’s campaign team.
Public disclosures also reveal the Republican Party of Wisconsin made a contribution of over $140,000 directly to Screnock’s campaign, making this partisan political organization his largest single campaign donor.
Screnock seems to have overcome his opposition to detailing his views on issues while pandering for the endorsement of the National Rifle Association. In a mailing to potential voters, the NRA declared Screnock is the candidate who has committed to their agenda, having “vowed to protect your firearms freedom.”
Of course, other familiar conservative special interests who have spent millions to elect a state high court conservative majority also are making their down payments on Screnock. The state’s big corporate lobby and other right-wing front groups have poured over $663,000 into television and radio advertising to boost Screnock’s electoral prospects.
Far from decrying this interference, Screnock recently showed he would make their investment pay off by refusing to support reforming court rules to require judges to recuse themselves from cases involving parties that contribute large sums to judges’ campaigns.
So as we look to the April election, the question is: If Screnock applies his own rhetorical standard for judges to himself, could he earn his own support? If he’s being honest, it seems the answer would be no.
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Now, there is a story. There are many stories. One of them I am citing. It is very interesting. ViÅ›vÄmitra Muni. ViÅ›vÄmitra Muni, he was a great king, ká¹£atriya, but his priest, Vasiá¹£á¹ha Muni, he had great spiritual power. So he renounced his kingdom. He wanted to advance. He was kingly, royal order, but still, he wanted to advance in the spiritual orders. So he adopted yoga process, meditation. That time it was possible for adopting this process, yoga process. So he was meditating in such a way that the Indra, who was the king of heaven, he thought that "This man is trying to occupy my post." As there is competition... This is also... Heaven means that is also material world. So this competition—no businessman wants an another businessman go ahead. He wants to cut down. Competition of price, quality. Similarly, that Indra, he thought that "This man is so strongly meditating, it may be that I may be deposed and he come to my seat."
Then he arranged one of his society girls, MenakÄ, to go there and allure this muni. So when MenakÄ approached that ṛṣi, ViÅ›vÄmitra Ṛṣi, he was meditating. And simply by the sound of her bangles, he could understand, "There is some woman." And as soon as he saw there was heavenly, celestial beauty, he was captivated. Then there was a result, that a great... ÅšakuntalÄ. Perhaps some of you may know. There is a book made by KÄlidÄsa, ÅšakuntalÄ. This ÅšakuntalÄ is supposed to be the most beautiful girl in the world, and she was born by this combination of ViÅ›vÄmitra Muni and MenakÄ.
So when this girl was born, then ViÅ›vÄmitra thought, "Oh, I was advancing in my spiritual culture, and again I have been entrapped." So he was going out. At the same time his wife MenakÄ brought this girl before her, and little child is always attractive. She showed that "Oh, you have got such a nice girl, such beautiful girl, and you are going away? No, no. You should take care." So there is a picture, very nice. That is a very famous picture. That MenakÄ is showing ViÅ›vÄmitra Muni the girl, and the muni is like that, "No more show me." Yes. There is a picture. That is... Then he went away. So there are chances of failure. There are chances of failure. Just like a great sage like ViÅ›vÄmitra Muni, he also failed, failed for the time being. But Kṛṣṇa says that this failure is not, I mean to say, unsuccessful. As we have sometimes the proverb, that "Failure is the pillar of success," so especially in the spiritual life, this failure is not discouraging. This failure is not discouraging.
So Kṛṣṇa says that "Even one fails in completing his spiritual course, still, there is no loss on his part."
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On this page we present you lots of short birthday wishes. Choose a greeting short birthday message that you like most and send to your friends, let them know that you care and think of them on this special day. We hope that here you will find a bday message that you like.
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It’s as simple as ABC,
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The more candles, the bigger the wish.
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I hope that for every candle on your cake you get a wonderful surprise.
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May the best of your wishes be the least of what you get.
Age is all but a number.
Age does not matter, you can party as much as you want.
You’re aged to perfection.
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Wishing you miles of smiles in the coming years.
SHORT BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR family
May each and every passing year bring you wisdom, peace and cheer. May this day bring to you all things that make you smile.
You’re strange. Don’t change. Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday! i hope you have an awesome birthday.
Just live it out to the fullest and have fun! 🙂 Bday
Eat, drink and make merry. It’s your birthday.
Happy birthday!!! wish you all the best from the bottom of my heart.
You have to get older, but you don’t have to grow up.
Keep being awesome, and always take care. Happy Birthday!
May you stay Forever Young. Happy Birthday.
Wishing you metric tons of happiness on your birthday. Enjoy it.
I hope all your birthday wishes and dreams come true.
Happy Birthday! You are such a beautiful person.
Wishing you love and happiness on your birthday. Happy Birthday
SHORT BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR dad
I hope that this year will be full of all that makes you happy.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAVE THE BEST DAY EVER!!!!
Life is great at any age. Enjoy yours. Happy Birthday.
Pause and make your soul glad on your birthday!
Reach for the stars. You can do it. Happy Birthday.
The younger you try to look the older you actually are.
Happy Birthday! Just want to say thank you for just being you
Party hard – this is YOUR day, and only yours! Happy Birthday!
Birthday Toasts and Speeches for Loved Ones
Happiness is not a reward; it is your gift. Happy birthday.
May a happy bright star always light your path. 🙂 Bday!
You are only as old as you feel, so grab me. Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday! You’re amazing. Thanks for all.
I hope you have a wonderful Birthday filled with Love & Fun!
Support wildlife, Have a wild birthday party!
Life is a journey. Enjoy every mile. Happy Birthday.
Good things happen when you just go for it. Happy Birthday.
SHORT BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR mom
Happy Birthday, you go girl!
Today is a big day so try to have a big time. Happy Birthday!
I am sending you warm and fuzzy birthday wishes. 🙂 Bday.
You rock my world. Happy Birthday.
Happy birthday and much more life, love, and happiness to come!
You deserve the best today and always. Happy Birthday.
I want to wish you happiness for your birthday and every day.
It has been fun so far but the best is still to come. 🙂 Bday
Take care always and keep on rocking. 🙂 Bday!
You are the best …. nobody is like you !!! happy b day !!!
Take care always and keep on rocking. Happy Birthday!
Hoping this will be your best year ever. Happy Birthday.
short bday wishes
Wishing you a peaceful and relaxing birthday.
Age hasn’t spoiled you a bit! I wish you a wonderful birthday.
I wish you all the happiness in the world! 🙂 Bday
Thinking of you and wishing you all the best on your birthday.
I wish you all the happiness in the world! Happy Birthday!
I hope that you ‘Rock the Casbah’ on your birthday.
YOU ARE MY ONE AND ONLY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!
Here’s to another year of success, health and happiness… 🙂 Bday !!
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Don’t see a shot list as necessarily being a bad thing. Have some shots in mind that you and the couple have discussed prior to the wedding. This way you can discuss the feasibility of the ideas. Plus if they want a shot with Auntie Edna you will know to capture that specific photo. A shot list can be unnecessary for the things you know you will capture. But for the more obscure things a couple wants photos of it can be a great thing.
I'm so glad you've found my Kansas City photography studio! I have a beautiful, spacious studio space in the Red Bridge neighborhood of south Kansas City, just 5 minutes from the State Line and 435 area. Whether coming in for newborn, baby, child, or family session you'll find plenty of room to spread out, props and backgrounds to work with, and amenities to make you and your family comfortable.
Consider shooting a fake wedding couple in order to practice posing techniques or just to build up some portfolio images. It can be hard to get your feet on the ladder at the start and you need images in order to attract clients. Shooting couples who are friends is a great way to build confidence and experiment with new techniques without the pressures that come with a wedding.
2. USE A PHOTOGRAPHER. I have a real problem with people who buy themselves a nice camera and decide that means they can take their own amazing photos. Not usually true. Yes a nice camera is helpful, but for newborn shoots, there is SO much involved as far as lighting and posing goes that if you don't know what you are doing, it won't look good and it could even put the baby in danger. Before I ever started shooting newborns, I did a ton of research on best practices and safety and comfort for the baby. Plus, the pictures probably just won't look as good.
She advises against using a Speedlight mounted on the camera. While this may be her preference, and often for good reason, it really depends on your location's light. I tend to shoot in open shade under a large tree where it can get pretty dark. Shadows under the eyes, nose and chin can be eliminated with a slight flash fill. In post processing, I'll using Lightroom's dodge tool to add more light to faces, if necessary. Even a half-stop boost will make your subjects stand out.
Hi Lina 🙂 I am so happy that you loved this post! Many find their true passion is with Newborn/Baby Photography, but aren’t sure where to start. This post is a great start for quick tips but because of all of our readers who wanted more info, and more detailed information, we created a very detailed and complete Newborn Photography Workshop, it might be something that would be perfect for you. Feel free to check it out right here. If any questions, just email me 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Timing for the session depends on two things : location and time of year. If you're wanting to shoot in Manhattan, Brooklyn, or downtown Philly, we may need to adjust our start time because of the buildings. What do I mean by that? In the city, the sun goes behind the buildings before it goes below the horizon, so you lose the light in the city before the sun has actually set. Generally as a rule of thumb, I recommend starting engagement sessions in the warmer months around 4:00pm, and around 3:00pm in the winter.
I'm not a fan of maternity shots. I'd be lying if I said I felt anything other than a hot mess during both pregnancies. Plus, they always seem kind of forced. My go-to photographer does them and has asked me about getting some a few times. But in every maternity session, it's some glowing woman in a super long dress that attaches around her boobs and is flowing in the wind. Very realistic, no?
I know many portrait & wedding photographers love to shoot wide open at f/1.2 & f/1.4. However, with newborn photography, many of the baby poses can have extreme angles and you often will have better luck with your depth of field and sharpness by shooting around f/2 & f/2.2. Remember, it will be rare that the baby’s eyes are on the same plane of focus all the time and by closing down my aperture a bit from wide open I get that little bit extra of depth of field that is often needed.
8. Experiment with settings. We’re used to seeing photos of babies in cribs, in beds, the bath, etc. But how about asleep on dad’s chest, nestled inside of a box, or positioned atop a decorative rug? Unexpected settings can add visual interest to your shots. Of course, you want to be extra careful with creative settings too! Most of the amazing pro photos have a spotter’s hand in the shot to keep baby safe, and then is later photoshopped out of the photo. Don’t ever pose baby in a precarious position and then step back to take a photo.
Get dressed up! And schedule ample time for the shoot. We usually make it the only thing on our schedule for the morning or afternoon, and don’t have anywhere else to rush off to. Often it takes a lot longer than you expect for everyone to get ready, to go and find the perfect spot (we try to figure out where we’ll shoot before the actual day, especially if we have to drive there), take all the shots, and then pack up. And by the end everyone will be a bit tired! So make your shoot a priority for the day, and you’re much more likely to get it done, and enjoy the process.
I set up our family shots with my DSLR on a tripod and then I used a 10-second timer to take the photos! I also set my camera to take three photos in a row. So I had 10 seconds to run into place, fix my clothes and hair and smile at the camera! All the while my kiddos yelled, “run mommy run!” Believe me, we got some genuine smiles and laughter from them watching mommy run and act like a crazy person!
This one is a biggie when answering the question of “How do I choose a family photographer.” Are you looking for a cheap, quick and easy process where you only need 1 or 2 good images or do you really value the images that the amount of money you spend is less important? The easiest way to narrow down your list of family photographers is to set a budget. This being said, it’s important to understand that in the photography industry, you get what you pay for. Our pricing is usually based on experience and a professional photographer comes with a professional price tag. Additionally, professionals use price as a way to attract clients who truly value photography. I would rather work with someone willing to communicate and put the time, effort and money into achieving a great set of images then someone who is just bargain hunting. If you’re looking for a cheap and quick photo, consider using a new and budding photographer who is trying to build their portfolio or a set portrait service in a department store studio. If you really do value photography but are low on funds a cheap option is to look for mini-session specials from the photographers you really love. These are usually quick 10-20 minute sessions in a set location that include only a few digital files and photographers of all levels usually do sales on this kind of session at least once a year.
This is the biggest question I get from almost all of my couples. While clothing is very subjective, your clients will seek assurance from you that their style is worth being photographed in. Regardless of what you say, your clients will probably end up wearing something they feel most comfortable in. However, from your experience, you can guide your clients into choosing to wear things that will look good in the camera.
Eden Bao is a premier maternity photographer based out of Bothell WA and serves Greater Seattle and the surrounding areas, including Millcreek, Everett, Woodinville, Snohomish, King Counnty, Skagit County, Pierce County, Bellevue, Kirkland, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Marysville, Lake Stevens, Monroe, Redmond, Issaquah, Shoreline, Green Lake and Pacific North West. Check out her maternity portfolio!: https://www.edenbaophotography.com/maternity-portfolio-seattle-photographer/
They are very similar and both are cute pictures. However, the bottom photo is much more flattering to the baby’s face. In the top photo I was slightly closer to his feet and shooting up his nose, which makes his nostrils very prominent in the photo. It also makes the bottom half of his face look larger than the top half. The second photo shows his face in much better proportion. (Did you notice his hand? I should have pulled that pinky finger out so the whole thing would be visible – it’s those little details that really make a beautiful photo.)
One thing I learned when I became a parent, was that the baby is the boss regardless of how much control I pretend I have. The same is true for newborn photography. If the baby doesn’t want to go to sleep for posing after you’ve tried everything, take some lifestyle shots & keep shooting. Swaddle tight and try to get some eye contact. Get images of mommy rocking the baby, be open and flexible – the session doesn’t always go as planned and that might just be the best thing that happens to you.
Hi Lola, thank you for the reply. Yeah I tried the white balance tips but then I sacrifice the ‘non skin’ color tone. I’ll have a look in detail about the targeted adjustment tool. May I beg your pardon, did you use flash? I guess you did as some of the pictures above were in bright background. That made me thought that utilising flash is one of the secret to get natural tone.
Adrian Sommeling is not just a professional photographer as he is also a graphic designer, digital artist and web developer. The main secret behind making Adrian’s photographs really stunning is his unique style of photography. He captures his photographs in a unique way and adding the cartoon effect to the photos increases their beauty and makes them more impressive. If you find that Adrian Sommeling’s work is impressive and want to make use of his experience, then why do not you attend the workshops that he gives around the world?
Eden Bao is a maternity, newborn and baby photographer whose work is based in the United States to cover Greater Seattle metro area that is located in Washington, USA. Eden is a member of Master Photographers International and Professional Photographers of America. She cares about capturing those priceless moments of having new babies before they fade or fly to be forgotten forever. Her passion for photography was born with the birth of her first daughter to start capturing the most stunning photos of pregnant women and newborn babies.
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It is possible, entirely possible, that I am trying to draw attention to myself.
Or maybe I just had too much scrap wood and eight baby chicks living in my spare room.
Who’s to say that I just had a fit of nostalgia upon realizing that the babies’ sandboat was a weed-laden home for black widows. Who’s to say that it wasn’t the force of sentimentality that caused me to launch it upon the roof of the already-leaning chicken coop? (Yes, I am still bragging about that.)
Subject: Re: IMG00243.jpg
Sent: Mar 16, 2010 5:05 PM
So, the name change:
There is always something interesting about everything. Something that catches us off guard. I consider these tiny doses of “?!?…!…” to be prizes. They console me and in doing so prove how far from inconsolable any of us are…
if we are interested in consolation, there are prizes to be had.
I document mine here. Daily drawings are a constant source of surprise. Sometimes what I end up with on paper is so far from what I intended that I laugh out loud…
I wonder if, we imagine ourselves to be happy as our culture defines it, a success by all means and measures…if stop seeking consolation, holding the “prize” as we are…
Which is really a washer and dryer you didn’t need anyway?
Stupid Door #1 Grand Prize Winner!!!
I’m happy I didn’t win. Viva la Failure!
(“Sent From My Horizon Wireless Blackberry” – this strikes me as hilarious; I am ridiculous.)
show details Mar 15 (1 day ago)
…Not ever what we really wanted, but better than nothing.
I am an expert on this subject.
Ah, good old emailing myself. Not as brilliant seeming as it used to seem. But, what is?
It stopped seeming brilliant when I realized I could blog direct from this device. I am still somewhat non-believing about technology and the awesome power of the hand-held device. I need to leave this thing at home sometimes.
My parents are phobic of quickly-changing technology. Any sort of speed in general seems to alarm them. They are slow people. Really. I asked a friend/coworker today about whether or she would read over a 100,000 words if they were written by her son or daughter, both young adults and loved with the ferocious love of an empty nest being settled into.
She stammered a little: “How many?…a hundred thousand?…no, that’s too many. Maybe if you – she – cut out portions that she really liked and then gave them to me to read…but, it’s really an issue of quantity.”
“What if she kept a three-time per week weblog, would you look at her posts?”
“Three times a week!? That’s too much…no, it’s really just an issue of quantity.”
This exchanged actually made me feel, if not better, better-ish. So what if my parents don’t care if I am wickedly prolific in some endeavors. Who cares that they don’t seem the least bit impressed by the fact that I haven’t quit this…that drawing everyday for a year is turning out to be a piece of cake.
Really, it’s not that big a chore. There are millions of ba-jillions of middle-school kids that draw all day every day…
But they draw cause they want to…and then they stop…except for a few…they keep drawing, become amazing in some way that the rest of us in our thirties enviously feels is a testament to the enormous amounts of time that we, ourselves, have wasted doing things that bum us out.
I hardly ever want to draw, but I draw anyway. Everyday. Because I don’t want to waste any/more time.
this was supposed to be about consolation prizes. My mom doesn’t read this.
My dad thinks it is a waste of time.
(I am learning to shrug valiantly.)
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