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Sergei Grits / AP ImagesNatural gas has been the most beat up commodity in the world. Professor Mark Perry of the Carpe Diem blog recently noted that adjusted for inflation, the commodity was priced at multi-decade lows.
Relative to oil prices, the price drop appears even more dramatic.
And it's no surprise. The unseasonably warm winter caused demand to collapse. And with all of the new drilling activity, supplies are bloated.
But increasingly, big names are jumping on the natural gas bandwagon. It's currently the favorite investment idea of investment legend Jeffrey Gundlach.
So, how do you play it? Not all of us are savvy enough to trade futures contracts. And there's something unsettling about investing in an exchange-traded note that tries to track natural gas prices.
One easy alternative is to invest in the companies that are exposed to natural gas.
Morgan Stanley recently published its Diversified Natural Gas Investing Playbook, which guides investors through the current issues facing the commodity.
What follows are six stock picks and key highlights from the 63-page report.
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Rachel connects a few more dots to expose the people behind the teabagging protestors that are disrupting the townhalls of Democratic members of Congress. This time she connects some shady former Bush Adminstration officials.
Then she calmly, carefully and politely connected Americans For Prosperity and their President, Tim Phillips, with this astroturfing effort and with catering to the religious right. If you pay attention you will actually see near the end of the interview where realizes that he has said too much and tries to call what she is doing gotcha journalism, but by that point it the cat was already out of the bag. I think he was thrown off because she was so mild mannered when asking him tough questions. So she came off as friendly all the while she was pulling negative information out of him. That's some top notch work righ there! She deserves an award for her reporting on this issue.
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ISBS (International School & Business Services) provides consulting services to American schools and businesses wishing to expand to Sub-Saharan Africa and need help in identifying potential distributors and partners and other services as needed.
Other services include fostering partnerships between local and foreign universities, college admission, American international school development, school management, school conversions (converting existing private schools into American international schools), school acquisitions, school partnerships, school accreditation (including International Baccalaureate) assistance, curriculum development, professional development for teachers and administrators, college tours, new school school business plan assistance.
Our vision is to develop 21st Century American international school communities where students are informed and formed to become productive global citizens; with skills and values that excel in a complex, interconnected, and changing world.
In all schools that we develop, partner with, convert, or manage, our mission will be to offer a United States curriculum and international baccalaureate program that will prepare students to become global citizens, and to grow in self-knowledge in order to become productive and responsible citizens with a capacity for lifelong learning, and a pathway for continued studies in the United States.
"Curriculum as a process of constructing life involves the manipulation of the learning environment which in turn introduces cognitive conflict and curricular disequilibrium into students’ curricular constructions. Student construct knowledge for themselves as they deal with the cognitive struggle to restore curricular equilibrium."
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Jon Corbett was the first person in this country to sue the TSA for invasion of privacy. He maintains a blog where you can read all about the progress — slow, of course — of his lawsuit. Despite his repeated run-ins with abusive TSA agents, he still flies. And recently, he slipped something past the scanners.
As he details in this video, he put a little metal case into a side pocket, which didn’t show up on the scan. Why? Because black on black doesn’t show up. You’ll have to watch the video to get the full picture, as it is, indeed, worth a thousand words.
For the record, though Corbett’s method was ingenious, he’s not the first person to demonstrate the worthlessness of the scanners. Here are a few more accounts, dating back over two years:
It’s also worth remembering that the scanners cost $150,000 to $200,000 apiece, not including upgrades, ATR (Automated Target Recognition) software, modifications, etc. And that a few corporations — Rapiscan and L-3, for example — have multi-million-dollar contracts with the U.S. government to supply them. (And that such contractors are the biggest contributors to both Republicans’ and Democrats’ political campaigns. But I digress.)
It’s also worth remembering that the scanners have a 54% false-positive rate, as we’ve documented repeatedly. And as we’ve also documented repeatedly, going through a scanner doesn’t mean you won’t also be hauled aside for a grope. The two aren’t mutually exclusive. You still stand to be abused.
So what do you think? Will the TSA appreciate Jon Corbett’s little demonstration?
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Featuring: Lotte Bronsgeest, Daniëlle Celie, Aras Gökten, Arantxa Gonlag, Esther Hessing, Pim Huijsmans, Mascha Joustra, Carla Kogelman, Dagmar Kolatschny, Alexander Krack, Leonardo Magrelli, Misha Pipercic, Katharina Pöhlmann, Alice Smeets, Evert Smit, Sebastian Steveniers, Julie van der Vaart, Lydia Weijers, Christian Werner, Aleksander Willemse Featuring Lotte Bronsgeest, Daniëlle Celie, Aras Gökten, Arantxa Gonlag, Esther Hessing, Pim Huijsmans, Mascha Joustra, Carla Kogelman, Dagmar Kolatschny, Alexander Krack, Leonardo Magrelli, Misha Pipercic, Katharina Pöhlmann, Alice Smeets, Evert Smit, Sebastian Steveniers, Julie van der Vaart, Lydia Weijers, Christian Werner, Aleksander Willemse
International Photo Festival Leiden 2015 presents 20 emerging European Photographers
Featuring: Various Artists
Getty is proud to announce, in collaboration with Instagram, a curated exhibit of the 2015 winners of the inaugural Getty Images Instagram Grant.
Featuring: Various or Unknown City Appointed Photographers
View rarely seen historical images of the Brooklyn Waterfront from the City’s Municipal Archive.
Featuring: Chris Bartlett
Photographer Chris Bartlett and journalist Delphine Schrank combine the ineffable image with the poetry of language to convey the hidden and very human experience of dissidence: of a social movement, until now largely closed from the eyes of the world, whose members dared across five decades of brutally repressive military rule to wrest their country back and deliver it to freedom and democracy.
Featuring: Dustina Sherbine, Daniel Naman, Molly Flores, Skyler Maggiore, Carly Moreno, Daniel Bracken, Brittany Petronella, Gianna Sergovich, Grace Tyson, Christopher Postlewaite
A group exhibition of lens-based work comprised of current and recent alumni from Purchase College’s BFA and MFA programs.
Featuring: Photographs by Graham MacIndoe, Interviews by Susan Stellin
American Exile is a series of photographs and interviews documenting the stories of immigrants who have been ordered deported from the United States, as well as their family members – often, American citizens – who suffer the consequences of the harsh punishment of exile.
Featuring: Lynn Johnson
Co-winner of The Fence 2015 Jury’s Choice Prize: “I got blown up.” That’s what they say. “I was right there in the blast seat.” In addition to receiving sophisticated imaging and care from physicians and therapists, soldiers make masks. Making art cracks open the trauma and then knits the brain. The masks, like MRIs of their psyches, make the scars of blast force visible, a first step to healing.
Featuring: Karel Kravik
In his photo essay, Blood Unquiet, Karel Kravik recreates his childhood memories, the urges, dreams and desires from the time. These are his key moments, but they pose questions about the story-like nature of our own fate.
Featuring: Ethan B. Backer, Taylor Baucom, Cristina Baussan, Natalie Camou, Kirsten Celo, Lenny Christopher, Carli Cichocki, Ben Cleeton, Erika Colbertaldo, Ousman Diallo, Alec Erlebacher, Emma Fierberg, Annie Flanagan, Michelle Gabel, Hong Gao, Jason Greene, Katie Hogin, Alexandra Hootnick, Chris Janjic, Roman Knertser, Maura Lisson, Ryan MacCammon, Manuela Marín Salcedo, Shawn Miller, Laura Mortelliti, Chongyoon Aaron Nah, Sarah Nathan, Andrew Renneisen, Jessica Suarez, Jennifer Swanson, Kristen Tomkowid, Jim Tuttle, Brittany Wait, Shawn Weismiller, Andrea Wise, and Eric Xin
This exhibition highlights the work of photographers from C.O.R.E., a summer experience for graduate and undergraduate students in the Multimedia Photography & Design Department of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.
Featuring: Ellen Kok
In “Cadets” Dutch photographer Ellen Kok explores the importance of the military in American society through the lives of teenagers in a poor region of the USA.
Featuring: Liz Arenberg, Mia Berg, Nicholas Calcott, Sean Carroll, Maureen Drennan, Sara Fox, Sara Macel, Minta Maria, Tim Melideo, and Charlotte Strode
A group of ten Brooklyn artists explore the theme of “Constructed Identities” through their interaction with the world around them and how the environment and culture shapes they see themselves.
Featuring: Various Artists
A collection of shared visions and imaginations from Instagram community members around the world.
Featuring: Mari Bastashevski & Mark Curran
In DATA RUSH international photographers and multimedia artists examine the digital world in which we are immersed, and the field of tension between freedom and control in a virtual world.
Featuring: Glenna Gordon
Diagram of the Heart features images of Muslim romance novelists in Northern Nigeria and the daily life they describe in their popular books.
Featuring: Yuyang Liu and Souvid Datta
The Abigail Cohen Fellowship in Documentary Photography supported the work of two photographers to address the issues of migrant labor and environmental pollution, both of which pose serious challenges to China’s future and impact its relations with the rest of the world.
Curated by: Janette Beckman
Curated by Iconic Music Photographer Janette Beckman — celebrating music photography from over four decades featuring acclaimed photographers such as…
Featuring: Edoardo Delille and Gabriele Galimberti
Co-Winners of The Fence 2015 Jury’s Choice: In Rio de Janeiro, sports are life and life is not a spectator sport.
Featuring: Josephine Herrick Project Participants, Josephine Herrick Project Teaching Photographers, and Josephine Herrick
This exhibition features photography by JHP program participants from 18 community partnerships, JHP teaching photographers and by JHP’s founder Josephine Herrick.
An interactive installation showcasing real moments from real life captured by photographers in 150 countries – and a live exhibition created by you.
Featuring: Jenny Boot, Paul Breuker, Gitte Brugman, Cleo Campert, Fieke van Dieren, Ton Dirven, Nelske Elzer, Aloys Ginjaar, Anton Havelaar, Rudi Huisman, Jasper Juinen, Mariska Karto, Wim Koen, Carla Kogelman, Margaret Lansink, Elmer van der Marel, Marinka Masséus, Ilvy Njiokiktjien, Imke Panhuijzen, Lilian van Rooij, Maartje Roos, Patricia Steur, Tina van Turnhout, Astrid Verhoef, Edgar Verhoeven, Edel Verzijl, Jac Weerts, and Bastiaan Woudt.
The Image Culture has changed since the rise of internet and digital enhancement, and smartphones have skyrocketed visual communication. Therewith came a generation of photographers who shape reality, and their culture, in a new fashion.
Featuring: Various Artists
We do it all the time. In a subway car. On a bus. In a movie theater. Standing in line to order a caramel frappuccino. Waiting for our number to be called at the DMV. And on the ferry.
We look around and wonder to ourselves, “Who are these people?’
This exhibition offers a glimpse into the wide range of everyday people who interact with New York’s East River Ferry, on any given day. It just so happens that this day was Wednesday, August 26th, 2015.
Whether they’re commuters, foreign or domestic tourists, nanny’s with strollers, or individuals just killing the day, these people momentarily become the heartbeat of this leading transportation alternative, in the greatest city in the world. With their plans for the upcoming day in mind (along with mobile devices, a map, and possibly a beverage in hand), they often exchange only a fleeting glance with those around them. It goes no further than that. It doesn’t really need to. That would be like crossing some unwritten line of privacy.
The collection you see here dives a little deeper into just who uses this river and rides this ferry from day-to-day…on any day.
Press the shutter. Freeze the action. Ask a question.
In observing and learning more about the people we pass by on a daily basis, we’re reminded that most people’s human experiences
are anything but ordinary…as are they themselves.
Featuring: Jeff Sheng
FEARLESS is a 13-year photo series by artist Jeff Sheng about openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender student athletes. It features over 200 student athletes and was just published as a memoir and photography book with an afterword essay by retired NBA basketball player Jason Collins.
Featuring: Diego Bendezu, Angelina D-auguste, Meg Farrell, Alex Jiang, Holly Jo Schnaudigel, Jordan Tiberio, Tudor Vasilescu, and Erin Yamagata
The images exhibited by FIT are culled from the 2015 FIT Photography BFA Thesis exhibition.
Featuring: Andrea Bakacs, Federico Ciamei, Ramsay de Give, Brooke DiDonato, Mediha DiMartino, Yurko Dyachyshyn, Jon Feinstein, Fiona Filipidis, Sophie Gamand, Kari Herer, Winky Lewis, Kevin McCollum, Emma McEvoy, Ruairidh McGlynn, Yiğithan Özden, Liam Sinnott, Elizabeth Stowe, Kate Sweeney, Hajdu Tamas, Meg Wachter, Sarah Wilmer, and Thomas Wilson
Flora & Fauna, presented by the photography website Feature Shoot, is a show about plants and animals curated by Feature Shoot’s 24K+ Instagram followers.
Featuring: Debi Cornwall
Gitmo at Home, Gitmo at Play (Gitmo on Sale) explores the grim absurdity of daily life in a place where nobody has chosen to live: the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Featuring: Paolo Ciregia, Giles Clarke, Glenna Gordon, Talia Herman, Mario Kaiser, Andrew Renneisen, Katia Repina, Joseph Rodriguez, Marieke van der Velden, Patrick Willocq, and Theo Zierock
Presented by Narratively
Insider. Outsider. We tend to think of them as polar opposites. But the labels we covet and stick onto others are nothing, if not a reflection of perspective.
Featuring: Juried Winners Collection
American Illustration-American Photography (AI-AP), producers of the leading juried annuals in North America, announces its 4th annual competition to honor the best work being created today in or about Latin America.
Featuring: Amanda Berg, Noah Hendler, Kate Joyce, Emma Raynes, Amanda Van Scoyoc, and Sarah Stacke
The Lewis Hine Documentary Fellows program connects the talents of young documentarians with the resources and needs of organizations serving women, youth, and their communities around the world. The Hine Program exemplifies a longstanding commitment to youth-focused work at the Center for Documentary Studies.
Featuring: Omar Imam and Natalie Naccache
Bringing together the dreams and anxieties of Syrian refugees who yearn to return to their country, Omar Imam and Natalie Naccache give us two very distinct and powerful perspectives on exile, and the inner landscapes of those who have lost their native homes.
Featuring: Rita Leistner
High-tech meets low tech in the theatre of war and in the printing process itself in this journey of process and discovery about communication, photography, technology and war.
Featuring: Mark Mann
A beautiful selection of celebrity portraits by renowned photographer Mark Mann.
Featuring: Lynn Savarese
The New York’s New Abolitionists project seeks to raise awareness around human trafficking by recognizing and honoring those who are actively involved in the effort to combat this scourge and provide services to victims, as well as prominent figures willing to take a public stand to condemn modern-day slavery.
Featuring: Rami Abouemira, Saida Blair, Ashley Bordoy, Jason Bravo, Austin Canales, Kayla Cerda, Sindra DeJesus, Sterling Diaz, Nia Gordon, Danny Martinez, Rashawn Meeks, Nora Molina, Christian Ogando, Kamal Robinson,Christian Rodriguez, Allyssa Rubino, Malike Sidibe, Irvin Vega, and Henry Zapata
Celebrating the passion of youth in photography through technology and keeping art in education in NYC.
Featuring: Mike Bailey-Gates, Dana Davenport, Juniper Flemming, Logan Jackson, Zak Krevitt, Ken Lavey, Molly Matalon, Signe Pierce, Tim Shutsky, Jake Sigl, and Ian Stoner
Each artist invited to participate in this show uses the photographic medium as a platform of power to address topics of identity – gender, sexuality, and the body, to name a few.
Featuring: Janette Beckman
Omaha Nebraska seemed to be a “Tale of Two Cities” divided by economics and culture, having the wealthiest and the poorest people per capita in the United States, and I wanted to make portraits of the folks who lived there.
Featuring: Rebecca Arthur, Mike Berlin, Bryan Denton, Rose DeSiano, Myles Golden, Lindsay He, Moogy Seungwoo Kim, Diane Meyer, Nicole Motta, Lorie Novak, Karl Peterson, Alice Proujansky, Hank Willis Thomas, and Deborah Willis
An exhibition of 14 photo-based projects by New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts Department of Photography and Imaging Faculty, Alumni and Students that re-imagines war, beauty, landscape, identity and history.
Featuring: Alejandro Cegarra, Amanda Mustard, Andrew B. Myers, Anna Beeke, Annalisa Natali Murri, Antoine Bruy, Benjamin McMahon, Christaan Felber, Clarissa Bonet, Dina Oganova, Erin O’Keefe, Jennilee Marigomen, Jonno Rattman, Katrina Tang, Keith Yahrling, Malin Fezehai, Maurizio Di Iorio, McNair Evans, Michael Clinard, Molly Lamb, Pascal Shirley, Paul Colangelo, Peter Bohler, Philip Montgomery, Rus Anson, Ryan Lowry, Sara Macel, Sara Naomi Lewkowicz, Sarker Protick, and Yeong-Ung Yang
Each year, the editors of PDN select 30 emerging photographers who represent a variety of styles and genres and have demonstrated a distinctive vision, creativity, and versatility.
Featuring: Aida Muluneh, Aron Simeneh, Dawit Tibebu, Hilina Abebe, Netsanet Fekadu, Mekbib Tadesse, Belete Aklilu, Belete Tekle (posthumously), Desta “Keremela” Getu, Girma Berta, and Yafet Daniel
Photography In Ethiopia (PIE) is a portal to show not only Ethiopian photography by Ethiopian photographers, but also a tool to promote the image of Ethiopia to the global community through a balanced perspective.
Featuring: Eugene Richards
Red Ball of a Sun Slipping Down speaks of life in the Arkansas Delta forty years go and today. Black-and-white photographs made long years ago are interwoven with recent color photographs and, in turn, with a short story.
Featuring: Daniel Berehulak
Daniel Berehulak’s award winning series on scenes from the Ebola crisis in West Africa, presented by The New York Times Lens Blog
Featuring: Alexandra Bourassa, Michael Difeo, Arash Fewzee, Benjamin Freedman, Elizabeth Harnarine, Annaleena Keso, Fernanda Kock, Alex Kwok, Kyle Meyer, Varvara Mikushkina, Cecilia Mezulic, Charles Park, Sebastian Perinotti, CHR!S REEL, Rowena Rubio, Teddie Sun, Steve Xiao, and Mengting Zhou
In Shared Value, Parsons MFA Photography students consider ways in which the value of images change as their context changes in circulation.
Featuring: Dougie Wallace / INSTITUTE
Blackpool, a Northern English town once the granddaddy of the seaside resorts. It has now an unenviable reputation for its stag and hen parties. A dirty great whorl of debauchery, licentiousness, laughter, vomit, furry handcuffs, fancy dress and drunken oblivion. Turned every weekend into the heart of social darkness.
Submerged is a video installation that envisions our world from the constantly shifting perspective of just below the rippling surface of a quiet pond. The accouterments of the installation enhance the experience for those viewing the projection.
Featuring: Various Artists
Roads & Kingdoms presents “Talking Photography”, an audio-visual incarnation of the award-winning online magazine’s weekly interviews with photojournalists from across the world.
Featuring: Various Artists
A group show highlighting the very best of Creative, News, Sport, Entertainment and Archive imagery illustrating our photographic heritage through award winning images shot over the past two decades and marking our 20th anniversary.
Featuring: Misha Friedman
Being gay in Russia is lonely and extremely dangerous. Being different is not celebrated. It is prosecuted.
Featuring: Stephanie Sinclair
An exhibition of photographs by Award-winning photographer Stephanie Sinclair who first stumbled upon the issue of child marriage more than a decade ago while on assignment in Afghanistan, and she’s been committed to documenting it worldwide ever since.
Featuring: Sabrina Cardenales, Billie Jean Hill, Brenda Ann Kenneally, Breyanna King, Terri Mason, James Miles, Jessica Schubart, Chantell Secore, Matthew Allan Solomon, Robert Stocklas Jr., Dana Marie Wells, Elliott Wells, Anne Marie Wood, and Heather Redcross
Living history vs. ephemeral work of art, The Unraveling Collar City People’s History Project goes to the emotional intersection of personal and political to compile a nuanced transmedia document of Post Industrial America in the 2000s.
Featuring: Peace Corps Volunteers
Vantage is a series of vignettes, captured from the perspective of Peace Corps Volunteers, that offers an intimate look into cultural exchange as a tenet of serving overseas.
Featuring: Amy Lombard, Chris and Jonathan Schoonover, James Robertson, Josh Wool, Leo Martinez, Mustafah Abdulaziz, Natalie McComas, Nirav Patel, Nour El Refai, and Yumna Al-Arashi
A $1,000,000 USD grant and movement of solidarity that provides artists the resources to pursue their creative vision, no matter what the medium. The Initiative honors art and artist by discovering, funding, advising, and promoting creatives from all corners of the globe.
Featuring: Radcliffe Roye
Recently news of Black men and women being killed by some members of law enforcement has raised the consciousness of this country to see how black folks have been living. With the increase in social media platforms and the use of smart phones to both document and record everyday life, the United States and the World on a whole are seeing first hand the evidence of complaints that can be traced back to the death of Emmett Till.
Featuring: Li Qiang
A large scale project documenting around 50 Chinese WWII veterans, presented by Yiheimage from China, a community of professional photographers.
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Police in the UK say they have disrupted a plot to blow up planes flying from the UK to the US.
The exact number of US air marshals is classified
Among the measures being put in place in response, the US Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff has announced that additional air marshals will be sent to the UK to provide extra security on flights to the US.
We examine what air marshals do and explore the issues surrounding their deployment.
Who are air marshals?
An air marshal is an undercover armed guard on board a commercial aircraft, to counter hijackings and other hostile acts.
US marshal training includes marksmanship, intimidation tactics and emergency procedures, according to the US Department for Homeland Security.
What do they do?
The guards, who usually work in teams of at least two, enter the plane before the other passengers. They keep a watchful eye on the other passengers, but try to maintain a low-key profile.
In the event of an imminent threat from a passenger, air marshals say they are trained to respond with lethal force.
But marshals also contribute to security in quieter ways, for example by logging examples of suspicious passenger behaviour.
What are the details of the UK deployment?
The Department for Homeland Security refuses to say how many marshals are being deployed to the UK. They did say Mr Chertoff's announcement described a redeployment of personnel, not new staff, as substantial training is required.
What is the US policy on air marshals?
There were 33 federal air marshals at the time of the 2001 attacks. Numbers were dramatically increased after the attacks, and the Department for Homeland Security now says there are "more than a thousand", but the exact number is classified information.
The programme began in 1968 and was expanded in 1985. The Federal Air Marshals Service (FAMS) is now part of the Department of Homeland Security. It is in line to receive $700m (£367m) in funding in the 2007 fiscal year (up from just $4.4m in 2001).
In late 2003 the US said international flights to or over the country would be required to carry armed guards in certain cases. Washington said flights could be banned if airlines refused to comply.
The demand prompted concerns over safety and cost from some carriers. Some were worried that a firearm carried by a sky marshal could be used against the aircraft or its crew.
How many other nations use air marshals - and what is their record?
Israel's El Al has had armed marshals operating on its flights for more than 30 years.
A minority of other countries hase also introduced armed guards on board, including Germany, Canada and Australia.
In the 1970s a team managed to overpower hijackers on an El Al flight from Amsterdam to New York by warning the pilot, who put the plane into a steep dive, throwing the attackers off their feet.
In 2002 El Al guards arrested a man with a knife who appeared to be storming a cockpit.
Also in 2002, two hijackers on an Ethiopian airline flight were shot.
In late 2005, Rigoberto Alpizar was shot dead by air marshals at Miami International Airport after claiming to have a bomb - the first time a US air marshal had shot someone dead since 9/11.
In June, the European Parliament toughened restrictions on the use of air marshals, requiring that must now be granted permission from the country granting each airline's operating licence, and the countries of departure and arrival.
Are any guns safe on aircraft?
There will always be the risk of injury, but proponents of air marshals argue the level of risk is manageable.
There is the potential for gunshots to penetrate the cabin walls, but this is unlikely to lead to serious cabin decompression.
Air marshals are trained to avoid hitting critical systems, but this remains a risk.
The type of ammunition used is also important. "Frangible" bullets - which break up on impact and thus minimise the risk of bullets exiting the target and continuing on to damage the aircraft - seemed to be ideal but a recent US congressional report suggested that following outside testing they are no longer in use.
A gunfight on a passenger airliner is seen as an option only of last resort.
Are there other problems associated with using US air marshals?
There have been reports about morale problems within the marshal service since late 2004, and in a recently reported memo to agents, the head of the service Dana Brown promised to review the way the service is run.
Marshals still complain about being forced to adhere to a formal dress policy which makes them stand out from fellow passengers, despite attempts to adjust this policy last year. Other complain that they are made to display their credentials prior to boarding.
Some air marshals also allege that pay raises, bonuses and performance appraisals are linked to submitting regular reports on suspicious passenger behaviour. They complain linking such reports to pay and other benefits undermines the credibility of such reports, and risks resulting in passengers' names being put on watch lists without due standards of proof. But chiefs deny there is any "quota" system for such reports.
What do pilots think about hosting air marshals?
There has been some controversy over the introduction of air marshals onto flights.
In 2003, the British Airline Pilots' Association threatened to strike over the introduction of marshals, saying "we don't believe that guns and air travel mix". They were also unhappy about marshals travelling on planes without pilots' knowledge.
French pilots were also said to be unhappy.
But air marshals are not the only ones carrying weapons. In December 2005, John Mica, chairman of the US House of Representatives aviation subcommittee, was quoted as saying many pilots had now been certified to carry weapons, and that armed pilots now outnumbered air marshals.
What is the consensus among security experts on air marshals?
Experts in general say there is nothing wrong with them in principle, but that other security measures are more important.
Security is a chain stretching from the point where passengers arrive at the airport, to the point where they leave at their destination.
Stopping a potential attacker before they board the plane is the priority, though many experts believe air marshals are an important last line of defence.
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The creation of unique and special one-off pieces is a core focus of LORN JEAN®.
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Rodney McMillian has had solo exhibitions at numerous museums and galleries in both the United States and in Europe. His works are in the permanent collections of The UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
; The Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach
; Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
; and The Studio Museum, New York. A native of Columbia, SC, McMillan studied at the Skowhegan School and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before earning his MFA at CalArts in 2002.
He is represented by Susanne Vielmetter in Los Angeles.
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January 13, 2003
Dr. Talbert O. Shaw
President, Shaw University
118 East South Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Sent via U.S. mail and facsimile (919-546-8301)
Dear President Shaw:
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) is a nonprofit civil liberties organization dedicated to the promotion of academic freedom, free speech, and fair procedures in American higher education. As you can see from our Board of Advisors, FIRE enjoys the advice, support, and respect of public intellectuals, academics, journalists, and others who have a common concern for these vital areas of American public life. Please see our website, www.thefire.org, to gain a further sense of our identity, activities, and resonance.
FIRE is intensely concerned by the threat to free speech, fundamental fairness, and academic freedom presented by your summary dismissal of professor Gale Isaacs in November 2002. According to a letter from and signed by you (attached), Isaacs’s only “crime” was criticizing you and the administration of your university. Terminating a professor for such criticism shows utter contempt for the foundational principles of democracy and transforms a university into something more resembling a dictatorship than a place of learning in a free society.
This is our understanding of the facts. On October 24, 2002, an anonymous resolution was circulated that criticized your presidency, the administration, and the Board of Trustees. Among other things, the resolution criticized “the present atmosphere of contention and distrust of the Faculty and Staff … with regard to The Shaw University Board of Trustees, the Academic Administration and the sitting President.” The resolution also called for you to step down as president on December 31, 2002, as you had indicated you would. We note that you have decided not to step down.
On November 12, 2002, Gale Isaacs, a professor at the University since 1986, admitted to being one of the authors of the resolution. She was immediately stripped of her appointments and, on November 18, she received a letter from you terminating her position as of November 16. The termination letter stated that her co-authorship of the resolution “demonstrated faithlessness in and disloyalty to the University and exhibited an unwillingness to work for the common good of the University.” She was escorted from her office by campus security by the end of the day on November 18.
While a private university, Shaw University promises “Academic Freedom” (“Shaw University endorses the concept of academic freedom. Faculty members are given full freedom in teaching their subject matter and presenting their views in the classroom, and they are free from institutional censorship or discipline when speaking or writing as private citizens”). Shaw University also promises unfettered “Participation in Political Activity” (“Faculty and staff, as citizens, are entitled to the fullest freedom of political thought and activity”). Shaw University has not only failed to uphold those rightful obligations, but it also utterly and consciously betrayed these promises to its faculty and students, in contravention of both law and basic moral principle. The right to criticize the administration and the sitting president of a university is well within the customary understanding of what free speech and academic freedom mean in this country. Any court looking at this case will recognize that a university promising its faculty these rights must, at minimum, allow them to criticize the administration of the university.
What could account for such a shocking discrepancy between Shaw University’s actions here and the customary practice of virtually every other university in the nation is unclear. Perhaps your http://www.thefire.org/pr.php?doc=letter_shaw.inc (2 of 4) [10/11/2004 7:13:08 PM]Foundation for Individual Rights in Education: Press Releasestatement in the December 12, 2002 Raleigh News and Observer article, “Shaw Professor Fired over Letter,” was an attempt to clarify this discrepancy. You stated: “Freedom of speech doesn’t mean you can say everything.” This quote shows a deep misunderstanding of the concept of free speech. Your statement might be relevant if Isaacs’s speech were anywhere near the line of protected speech (if it incited someone to imminent lawless action, for example). However, Isaacs’s speech was nowhere remotely close to this line. While some things may be unclear about the outer parameters of free speech, it is uncontested that, at its core, free speech exists to allow people to air grievances on matters of public concern and to question the legitimacy and decisions of those in power. Isaacs’s resolution is the very essence of the heart of free speech. To fire her for this is to demonstrate grave hostility to freedom itself.
You are also quoted in this article as saying that Isaacs should ”stand up and talk, rather than writing anonymous, careless and destructive letters. I don’t think we ought to throw stones and hide our hands.” This implies that the “resolution” was not only dangerous and somehow irresponsible (despite the fact it demonstrated legitimate concern for the welfare of the University), but also was punishable because it was anonymous. The right to anonymous speech is clear in constitutional law, and is therefore likely implied when a private institution promises free speech. Furthermore, despite any arguments one may come up with against it, in situations where citizens must fear malicious retaliation for speaking their minds, the right to criticize anonymously becomes essential as a weapon against tyranny. By immediately terminating Professor Isaacs, you have proven to your entire faculty that, if they are to survive at your institution, they either must never criticize you or the administration, or-when they do-they must do so anonymously. It appears that Isaacs’s only error was in admitting that she had co-authored the resolution.
FIRE urgently requests that Shaw University immediately reinstate Professor Isaacs and publicly recommit itself to the principles of free speech and academic freedom. You have already, possibly irreversibly, injured your university, perhaps fatally damaging any atmosphere of candor and open discourse that may have existed. Only the most extreme and most enlightened remedies, taken immediately, will be able to reassure your faculty and students that freedom of speech is not a joke at Shaw University and that criticizing the administration is not treated as if it were treason.
No one wishes this matter to become the subject of national attention, but it undoubtedly will become a public scandal unless Shaw University takes immediate and comprehensive corrective action. If we do not hear back from you within one week of the date of this letter, FIRE will use its full media and legal resources to support Gale Isaacs and, ultimately, to see this matter through to a just conclusion. As a result of this action, your students and faculty now live in insecure possession of what should be their common human, civil, and academic rights as members of a great university. Please spare Shaw University the embarrassment of fighting against the most basic tenets of free speech and of a decent society, by which it is morally and legally bound.
I look forward to your response.
Director of Legal and Public Advocacy
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
cc:Ernest L. Pickens, Executive Vice President
Melanchton Crosse, Vice President for Fiscal Affairs
Patricia Pierce Ramsey, Vice President for Academic Affairs
Cleon F. Thompson Jr., Interim Vice President for Institutional Advancement
Vaughan C. Witten, Vice President for Fiscal Affairs
Mack Sowell, Assistant Vice President for Fiscal Affairs
Lillie M. Boyd, Special Assistant to the President for Strategic Planning
Quincy Scott, Jr., Dean of Chapel
Gale J. Isaacs
Schools: Shaw University
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Thunder Cookie Gingerbread Stout All Grain
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Father’s Day in the DC Area: 14 Ways to CelebrateBy Rina Rapuano
June 11, 2014
Wondering where to take dear old Dad for Father's Day this Sunday? We rounded up more than a dozen reasons to rely on the area's rich dining and drinking options to honor him. (And if these offerings are any indication, Dad apparently wants booze, BBQ and steak.) Here are some tasty options, many of which include freebies for fathers. Consider making reservations since these will likely be hot tickets this weekend.
Art and Soul
If your Sunday is spoken for, take Dad out for a decadent Saturday Supper on the patio (weather permitting) the night before. This one pairs Texas BBQ and sides with brews from Jester King Brewery of Austin. Tickets cost $65 per person (415 New Jersey Ave. NW; 202-393-7777).
On Father’s Day, pops will receive a free order of patatas bravas with an order of tapas (1837 M St. NW; 202-558-9545).
Pick up a BBQ bag and Todd Thrasher’s $30 spiced-rum kit, which includes tin of spices, tin of sugars, glass jar and funnel, and you’ve got lunch and a gift covered all at once. Rum not included, and Old Town location only (277 S. Washington St., Alexandria; 703-683-3247).
City Tap House
This newish Philly import offers a Father’s Day dinner special - a grilled 16-ounce porterhouse served with lobster mac and cheese, bacon-braised Brussels sprouts and béarnaise sauce ($36), which comes with one free draft beer for dads (901 Ninth St. NW; 202-644-9433).
Take your epicurean Dad to try the food of Puerto Rican Celebrity Chef Wilo Benet of the award-winning Pikayo restaurant. The chef will be cooking there through June 16, including a Father’s Day brunch (1110 Vermont Ave. NW; 202-955-0075).
Show up at this Shirlington Village farm-to-table restaurant for dinner and receive a complimentary take-home goodie bag, which includes house-made bison jerky and BBQ spices (4021 Campbell Ave., Arlington; 703-552-8010).
Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar
If Pops appreciates his rum and cigars, take him here for a complimentary snifter of Mount Gay Black Barrel Rum with the purchase of select dinner entrees as well as a Montecristo cigar as an added take home gift (801 Ninth St. NW; 202-408-1600).
Smith & Wollensky
If you come here to check out the new summer menu on Father’s Day, dads receive a $25 Summer Bonus Card good for one return visit throughout summer (1112 19th St. NW; 202-466-1100).
This downtown steakhouse has King of the Grill to-go packages for $55 per person featuring high-quality raw steaks, sides and dessert, plus steak seasoning, grilling tips and a BLT Steak cooler to hold it all. Orders must be placed by 5 PM June 12; the meals are available for pick-up June 13-14. Call Isabel Torres at 202-689-8989 (1625 I St. NW; 202-689-8999).
The Georgetown bocce and bowling restaurant features a Father’s Day Backyard BBQ from 9:30 AM-3 PM, when a bottomless, meat-heavy buffet is available overlooking the C&O Canal (1064 Wisconsin Ave. NW; 202-625-6500).
Catch 15 offers bottomless bloodys and mimosas for $15 during brunch and a complimentary glass of wine for all dads during dinner (1518 K St. NW; 202-969-2858).
This pizza spot offers a BOGO pizza offer for the first 100 dads who order an entree of equal or greater value and mention it to their server at the beginning of the meal (400 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church; 703-226-3460).
Jack Rose Dining Saloon
The Adams Morgan spot celebrates Dad with a $40 deal on flights of scotch or bourbon paired with a three-course dinner and a cigar to end the meal (2007 18th St. NW; 202-588-7388).
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CARTOON: How Liberals View Gun Violence By The Real Side - Sep 3, 2015 19 0 SHARE Facebook Twitter Blame The Gun is how the Left looks at violence in America. As if taking away your ability to protect yourself is going to somehow make you safer? Cartoon by A.F.Branco ©2015 via LibertyAlliance.com RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR Whats a few XTRA MILLION voters among friends? Fool Reporter calls Pence a racist! Then it comes! Can Pro-Lifers Tear Down The Abortion Clinics They Find Offensive?
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COAH / Fair Share Housing Obligations
The purpose of this web page is to provide residents of the Township and interested parties with information and access to documents concerning the Township’s proposed settlement agreement with the Fair Share Housing Center and Superior Court in compliance with the New Jersey’s Supreme Court’s decision to make affordable housing available to eligible citizens of New Jersey. The following serves as background information to help you better understand the Court’s decision.
If you are looking for information on current affordable housing options in Hanover Township please visit the Affordable Housing Opportunities page.
In 1975, the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its landmark decision known as South Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel. This decision virtually reshaped New Jersey’s housing market and the obligation of many municipalities, like Hanover Township, to meet its fair share obligation.
Historic Overview of the Courts and COAH
As stated above, the 1975 New Jersey Supreme Court rendered its decision in South Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount. Laurel, 67 N.J. 151 (1975)(“Mount Laurel I”), in which it held that every developing municipality in the state had an affirmative constitutional obligation to provide for its fair share of affordable housing. After that, there was little movement by municipalities to produce affordable housing. Consequently, the Supreme Court issued a second decision known as South Burlington County NAACP v. Mount Laurel Township., 92 N.J. 158 (1983)(“Mount Laurel II”), in which it created the builder’s remedy lawsuit in an effort to get municipalities to comply with their constitutional affordable housing obligations. The Supreme Court also refined the constitutional obligation to focus primarily on those municipalities with portions of their boundaries within the growth area as shown on the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan, and called for the state legislature to enact legislation that would save municipalities from the burden of having the courts determine their affordable housing needs. As a result, the state legislature adopted the Fair Housing Act in 1985. This action resulted in the creation of the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH), the State agency responsible for monitoring the manner in which the State’s municipalities addressed their low and moderate-income housing needs.
COAH adopted regulations establishing housing need numbers for the First Round obligation covering the years 1987 to 1993 and established Second Round housing-need numbers that cumulatively covered the years 1987 through 1999. Under both the First and Second housing rounds, COAH utilized what is commonly referred to as the “fair share” methodology.
COAH utilized a different methodology, called “growth share,” to prepare Third Round housing need numbers. COAH first adopted Third Round substantive and procedural rules in 2004. These regulations were challenged, and in January of 2007, the Appellate Division invalidated various aspects of the regulations and remanded considerable portions of the rules to COAH with the directive to adopt revised rules.
In May 2008, COAH proposed revised Third Round regulations, which became effective on June 2, 2008. On the same day, COAH proposed amendments to the rules it just adopted and said amendments went into effect in October 2008.
The rules and regulations adopted in 2008 were also challenged. And, in October 2010, the Appellate Division concluded that COAH’s revised 2008 regulations suffered from many of the same deficiencies as the first iteration of COAH’s Third Round rules. The Appellate Division, therefore, invalidated substantial portions of the 2008 Third Round regulations, including all regulations that dealt with the growth-share methodology. (Refer to: Adoption of N.J.A.C. 5:96 & 5:97, 416 N.J. Super. 462 (App. Div. 2010). The Supreme Court affirmed this decision in September 2013, and on March 14, 2014, issued an order which required COAH to adopt new Round 3 regulations by October 22, 2014.
Unfortunately, COAH failed to adopt its newly revised Third Round regulations, deadlocking with a 3-3 vote in October of 2014. A third-party organization, known as the Fair Share Housing Center (“FSHC”), which was a party in both the 2010 and 2013 cases, responded by filing a motion in aid of litigants' rights with the New Jersey Supreme Court. The Supreme Court heard the motion in January 2015. On March 10, 2015, it issued its decision “In the Matter of the Adoption of N.J.A.C. 5:96 and 5:97 by the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing, 221 N.J. 1 (2015)(“Mount Laurel IV”).” In this decision, the Supreme Court held that COAH was effectively dysfunctional, and consequently, returned jurisdiction of affordable housing issues back to the trial courts, where it had been prior to the creation of COAH in 1986. The Mount Laurel IV decision also created a process for municipalities, like Hanover, that have endeavored to address their fair share obligations in the past, but could not obtain Third Round substantive certification of their Housing Element and Fair Share Plan (HE&FSP) because of COAH’s inaction. Instead, Hanover had to work toward getting its plan approved via a Third Round Judgment of Compliance and Repose. Municipalities were entitled to file declaratory judgment actions seeking to declare their affordable housing plans constitutionally compliant, and were also entitled to apply for temporary immunity from all Mount Laurel lawsuits, including builder’s remedy lawsuits, while they prepared a new or revised affordable housing plan.
In response to the Mount Laurel IV decision, the Township of Hanover filed a Declaratory Judgment Complaint, along with a simultaneous motion for temporary immunity on July 2, 2015. This was docketed in Superior Court in Morristown as MRS-L-1635-15. The Court granted temporary immunity to the Township on August 14, 2015, which has been subsequently extended via the entry of a series of court orders through the present date.
The Township's Historic Response to Its Affordable Housing Obligations
Hanover has prepared a number of Housing Elements and Fair Share Plans over the years to address its affordable housing obligations. The Township was initially granted a judgment of compliance and repose to address an obligation of 250 units (new construction) on September 24, 1984, by the Honorable Stephen Skillman, J.S.C.
The 1984 Judgment of Compliance and Repose included the zoning of five sites to address the Township’s 250-unit First Round obligation. An RM Residential Multifamily district encompassing these sites was adopted (Ordinance 19-84) to implement this Judgment, permitting multifamily development, consisting of townhouse, garden apartment, and other housing types, with a 22 percent set-aside for low and moderate-income units.
In 1994, COAH issued new housing need numbers for the combined First and Second Round period between 1987 and 1999. Hanover was assigned a pre-credited need of 366 units, inclusive of a 355-unit new construction obligation and an 11-unit rehabilitation share. This number was ultimately reduced to 83 units after credits and reductions for zoning in place were considered. The calculated need of 83 units consisted of 72 new construction units and 11 rehabilitation units. The Township’s Second Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan (adopted July 22, 1997) addressed a twelve-year cumulative obligation for the years 1987-1999. No objections were received and COAH granted substantive certification on August 4, 1999.
The prior round plan components are summarized in the accompanying table. As shown, each of these plan components has been fully implemented.
Table 1: CERTIFIED PRIOR ROUND PLAN COMPONENTS
Hanover Township, New Jersey
|Plan Component||# of Affordable Units||Status|
Regional Contribution Agreement
City of Orange Township
Sunrise at Hanover
Eden Mill Village
Oak Ridge at Hanover
Sterling Parc (formerly Cedar Glen) - Rental Units
Jewish MetroWest I Rentals
64 (56 Age-Restricted and 8 Family)
36 Age Restricted
Special Needs/Supportive Housing
21 Longview Drive ARC Group Home
Horse Hill Road I Group Home
Horse Hill Road II Group Home
Mountain Avenue Group Home
Rental Bonus Credits
Jewish MetroWest I
26 (18 Age Restricted and 8 Family)
In December 2004, COAH adopted new substantive (N.J.A.C. 5:94) and procedural (N.J.A.C. 5:95) rules to address the Third Round period. Subsequently, in May 2008, COAH proposed revised procedural (N.J.A.C. 5:96) and substantive (N.J.A.C. 5:97) rules for the Third Round period. However, as detailed above, the 2004 regulations were challenged and, in 2007, various aspects of those regulations were invalidated by the Appellate Division.
The Township adopted a Housing Element & Fair Share Plan on September 28, 2010, to address this second reiteration of Third Round Rules, and, subsequently, petitioned COAH for Substantive Certification on October 27, 2010. The Petition was deemed complete by COAH on December 7, 2010. No objections were filed. However, as detailed above, the Third Round methodology based upon growth share was subsequently invalidated, necessitating a new plan based upon the prior rounds’ fair share methodology.
In response to “In re Adoption of N.J.A.C. 5:96 & 5:97 ex rel. New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing., 221 N.J. 1 (2015) (“Mount Laurel IV”)”, the Township of Hanover filed a Declaratory Judgment action on July 2, 2015, (Docket No. MRS-L-1635-15 along with a simultaneous motion for temporary immunity, which was granted by the Court on August 14, 2015. Subsequently, on March 15, 2016, the Township adopted a new Third Round HE&FSP based upon the prior rounds’ fair share methodology. This 2019 HE&FSP updates and revises that 2016 HE&FSP in recognition of the fluid nature of the state’s affordable housing issues and evolving case law on affordable housing, as discussed in more detail below.
The Third Round Affordable Housing Obligation and the Township's Response
The state of the Third Round affordable housing obligations for municipalities throughout New Jersey at present remains a fluid one, given the fact that neither the Courts, COAH, nor the Legislature has decided on a definitive set of housing-need numbers that has been universally accepted. Two sets of numbers have been promulgated. These include numbers prepared by Econsult Solutions on behalf of a consortium of municipalities known as the Municipal Joint Defense Group, of which Hanover is a part, and numbers prepared by Dr. David Kinsey on behalf of FSHC. The statewide affordable housing-need numbers vary dramatically.
On March 8, 2018, an opinion was rendered by the Honorable Mary C. Jacobson, A.J.S.C., in the consolidated declaratory judgment proceedings: In the Matter of the Municipality of Princeton, Docket No. MER-L-1550-15 and In the Matter of West Windsor Township, Docket No. MER-L1561-15, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Mercer County (collectively, the “Mercer Proceeding”). The opinion rendered in the Mercer Proceeding is titled: “Opinion on Fair Share Methodology to Implement the Mount Laurel Affordable Housing Doctrine for the Third Round” (the “Jacobson Opinion”). The Jacobson Opinion considered, analyzed and, ultimately, determined the appropriateness of the competing methodologies advocated by Econsult Solutions and Dr. Kinsey to determine New Jersey state-wide, regional and municipal present need rehabilitation and present need Gap + Prospective Need (1999-2015) affordable housing obligations. On March 28, 2018, state-wide and municipal obligations using the methodology found to be most appropriate by Judge Jacobson in the Jacobson Opinion (the “Jacobson Methodology”) were released.
The following table compares the latest Econsult report’s fair share obligation numbers for Hanover (dated November 2017) against those assigned to Hanover in Fair Share Housing Center's (FSHC) May 2016 report and the affordable housing obligations for Hanover as calculated in the March 2018 report using the Jacobson Methodology:
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|3. Gap + Prospective Need Obligation (1999-2025)||393||1139*||897|
* Although Kinsey calculated Hanover’s total Gap+ Prospective Need (1999-2025) to be 1,549 units based on an April, 2017 Gap Period (1999-2015) calculation of 710 units and a May, 2016 Prospective Need (2015-2025) calculation of 839 units, the application of the 20% cap rule ultimately reduced Kinsey’s figure to a total Gap+ Prospective Need (1999-2025) for Hanover of 1,139 units. (20% of the 5,654 occupied housing units in Hanover Township in 2015 equals 1,139 units).
Since the Township lacks vacant land, it decided to attempt to globally settle with FSHC, rather than engage in a trial with FSHC to determine fair share numbers. Under the supervision of the Court Master, the Township and FSHC entered into a Settlement Agreement last executed on March 7, 2019 (hereinafter “FSHC Settlement Agreement”). A properly noticed Fairness Hearing was held on May 10, 2019, after which the Court entered an Order on May 14, 2019, which approved the FSHC Settlement Agreement and set forth the parameters with which the Township would comply.
Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, FSHC and the Township agreed that Hanover would accept, for settlement purposes only, the following affordable housing obligations:
- Rehabilitation Obligation: 26
- Prior Round (1987-1999) Obligation: 356
- Gap (1999-2015) Obligation: 975
- Total Units Per Settlement: 550
- Total Unmet Need Units: 425
The Settlement Agreement also affirms, irrespective of the above, that the Township’s Third Round realistic development potential (RDP) is 550, which was based upon a vacant land adjustment (VLA) analysis, and that its remaining Unmet Need is 425. In addition, the Settlement Agreement details the manner in which the Township will address its affordable housing obligations, which can be summarized as follows.
The Township will address its affordable housing need through the identification of existing affordable housing units and credits, proposed inclusionary housing units, alternative living arrangements, assisted living units, the extension of expiring affordability controls on existing units, the creation of inclusionary overlay zones, the creation of an Accessory Apartment Program, and the creation of a Township-wide mandatory set-aside ordinance. To address its Prior Round obligation, the Township seeks 9 credits from a completed Regional Contribution Agreement (RCA), 282 credits from existing affordable housing units, and 65 rental bonus credits. To address its Third Round RDP, the Township seeks 146 credits from existing affordable units, 262 credits for proposed inclusionary developments, 4 credits for proposed alternative living arrangement bedrooms, and 138 rental bonus credits. To address its Unmet Need, the Township seeks 9 credits for proposed inclusionary development, 32 credits for proposed alternative living arrangement bedrooms, 4 credits for approved assisted living Medicaid waiver units, and 137 credits for extensions of affordability controls. The Township also provides a realistic opportunity for the development of affordable housing through the creation of an Accessory Apartment Program, the adoption of overlay zoning for inclusionary development, and the adoption of a Township-wide mandatory set-aside ordinance.
In addition, the Settlement Agreement affirms, irrespective of the above, that the Township may conduct a Structural Conditions Survey in accordance with COAH’s Round 2 rules at NJAC 5:935.2(a) to reduce or eliminate its Rehabilitation obligation of 26 units. The Township prepared a Structural Conditions Survey in June 2019, the results of which reduce Hanover’s Rehabilitation obligation from 26 units to 6 units. The Township will address its 6-unit rehabilitation obligation through continued participation in the Morris County Housing Rehabilitation Program and the hiring of a rehabilitation consultant, with funding from the Township’s affordable housing trust fund. This is also discussed in more detail herein.
The HE&FSP is organized into three sections. The first part of this plan, the Housing Element, contains background data on the Township’s population and housing characteristics. The second part, the Fair Share Obligation, describes the Township’s obligation for the provision of affordable housing. The Township’s plan for meeting its affordable housing obligations as detailed in the Fair Share Plan.
Affordable Housing Annual Reports
The Township must provide annual reporting of the status of all affordable housing activity within the municipality through posting on the municipal website with a copy of such posting provided to Fair Share Housing Center, using forms previously developed for this purpose by COAH, or any other forms endorsed by the court-appointed special master and FSHC. Copies of these reports can be found here.Link to page
2019 Township Committee & Planning Board Actions
A summation of actions taken by the Township Committee and the Planning Board in 2019 as they relate to Affordable Housing compliance and legislation.Link to page
2020 Township Committee & Planning Board Actions
A summation of actions taken by the Township Committee and the Planning Board in 2020 as they relate to Affordable Housing compliance and legislation.Link to page
2021 Township Committee & Planning Board Actions
A summation of actions taken by the Township Committee and the Planning Board in 2021 as they relate to Affordable Housing compliance and legislation.Link to page
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Warning: This post contains spoilers from The Walking Dead's midseason finale. Proceed with caution.
Someone's not happy with The Walking Dead's latest casualty.
William Riggs, the father of actor Chandler Riggs, took to Facebook to air his grievances over the apocalyptic series killing off his son's character in the midseason finale, per The Hollywood Reporter.
"Watching [showrunner Scott] Gimple fire my son two weeks before his 18th birthday after telling him they wanted him for the next 3 years was disappointing," he reportedly wrote on Facebook in response to a commenter asking how he felt about Sunday's episode. "I never trusted Gimple or AMC but Chandler did. I know how much it hurt him. But we do know how absolutely lucky we have been to be a part of it all and appreciate all the love from fans all these years!"
The jaw-dropping finale revealed that Carl had been bitten by a zombie while trying to save Siddiq's (Avi Nash) life a few days prior. According to Gimple, this means it's the end of the road for Rick Grimes' floppy-haired son. "This is a one-way ticket," he said on Talking Dead. "But the things we see in the next episode are so important to his life and the other characters' lives."
Carl will appear one more time when the show returns in February for what promises to be an emotional send-off for the OG character.
The Walking Dead returns Sunday, Feb. 25 at 9/8c on AMC.
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|Review: Krieg - Rise of the Imperial Hordes|
|Rise of the Imperial Hordes|
Label: Red Stream
Year released: 1998
Genre: Black Metal
Review online: October 21, 2004
Reviewed by: Sargon the Terrible
for:Rise of the Imperial Hordes
Rated 2.31/5 (46.15%) (13 Votes)
Well this was Krieg's debut from '98, and about a third of the way through, I thought this was going to be a classic. It isn't, but it does have some damned cool shit on it. It states in the liner notes that "Personally I hate this recording and I hope you do too." Well that's kvlt isn't it?
The first few songs on here indicate some serious BM genius at work, as "Alarum", "The Great Black Death" and "As Humanity Fades" are just awesome raw Black Metal with painful howling vocals that recalls the old days of Mayhem. In fact the whole first part of this CD reminds me a lot of "Der Mysteriis Dom Sathanas", which is hella cool if you ask me. But the then the bullshit starts, with crap like "My Weeping Soul" which is just an extended movie soundclip, and the awful screeching jangle of "Coronation". You do get some good stuff after this point, but it's in fits and starts only – nothing like the sustained fury of the first few songs. You get a lot of filler instrumental garbage and some more lame soundclips, and not enough metal.
I'm going to have to get some of this band's later stuff, as there is some great potential here, but with a 30-odd minute album that is half filler, I can't say this is a great album. Kvlt as all fuck, yes, but not great for all that.
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Patents, Trademarks, & Technology
Our experienced patent and trademark practitioners are available to our clients to explain intellectual property procedures and regulations and guide clients through the process. We provide our clients with solutions that protect their assets, keeping in mind their needs, goals and budget.
We can help you...
- Acquire patents, trademarks and copyrights around the world.
- Protect proprietary trade secrets and craft a customized protection strategy.
- Expand protection globally through foreign filing.
- Avoid potential infringement litigation through clearance searches, international property protection strategies and even “design around” strategies.
- Determine if a competitor is infringing on your intellectual property rights.
- Understand what potential intellectual property assets you may have and assist in identifying any patentable technology and what trade name assets can be protected.
- Develop and train R&D personnel on proper confidential record keeping, invention documentation, patent searching and identifying potential technology that might be protected.
- Develop a program and host seminars for key team members.
- Expand protection globally through foreign filing.
- Enter the U.S. market, for clients with a PCT or Madrid Protocol application that want to enter the national stage in the U.S.
- For clients with a product and who are looking for assistance with manufacturing agreements, sales agent agreements and distribution agreements, we draft, review or negotiate contracts to provide the best advantages and advise of potential warning signs of trouble.
Examples of Patents We've Worked On
- Control System Methods for Networked Water Heaters
- Operating Table Patient Positioner and Method
- Mobile Device Utilizing Time of Flight for Localization
Check out more examples of patents
Who Needs to Understand Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Laws?
Anyone who invents a process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter, or a new and useful improvement thereof may be an inventor. An inventor who is also looking to profit commercially must understand patent, trademark, and copyright laws. Many devices created by inventors may be infringing on existing patents due to the complexity of some devices that may be using patented parts contained within them without the inventor realizing this.
A person who starts and runs a new business or organization must be familiar with business law to the extent that may affect their product or service. This may include patent, trademark, and copyright law as well as state and federal liquor laws.
Content Producers (This Includes the Internet)
Those who publish digital content online are responsible for adhering to the same copyright and trademark laws as those who publish in print offline. Namely, understanding the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) and making sure all content published online is done while following its guidelines.
The distribution of copies of content to the public under the Berne Convention requires that this can only be done with the consent of the copyright holder (initially the author). In the Universal Copyright Convention, "publication" is defined in article VI as "the reproduction in tangible form and the general distribution to the public of copies of a work from which it can be read or otherwise visually perceived." In providing a work to the general public, the publisher takes responsibility for the publication in a way that a mere printer or a shopkeeper does not. For example, publishers may face charges of defamation if they produce and distribute libelous material to the public, even if the libel was written by another person.
When a business entity is formed around a new product, patent, trademark, and copyright laws must be followed. For example, there may exist several details in the form of patented parts included in a product.
A start-up is typically a newly emerged, fast-growing business that aims to meet a marketplace need by developing or offering an innovative product, process, or service. This usually involves a rapidly developing and scalable business model. Many times the speed that start-ups are put together results in start-ups facing legal problems at the copyright, trademark, or patent level simply because business law can be easily overlooked during a fast growing start-up's early stages.
Small Businesses, Mid-sized Businesses, Large Businesses
Business of all sizes and types must be familiar with patent, trademark, and copyright laws for multiple reasons. Not just for the sake of protecting their product or service but making sure their marketing and advertising is compliant as well.
For example, A company logo can be infringing on another company's intellectual property causing legal problems for both parties.
The craft beverage industry particularly involves several business laws that must be adhered to at a state and federal level. When a business creates their own alcoholic beverage, both liquor law and trademark law must be understood and followed. The business owner (or owners) can face legal consequences for failing to do so.
New business laws and regulations come into effect regularly, so it is important for business owners to be up to date and have a firm understanding of any new changes.
The result of failing to follow proper business law can result in suspension, fines, and even jail time.
In its simplest form, a patent grants you the right to exclude others from practicing, making, using or importing your invention in exchange of disclosing your invention to the public. The public’s interest is represented by the patent office. In the US, the patent office is called the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In Europe, the patent office is called European Patent Office (EPO) which is based in Germany. There are other major patent authorities in the world. The patent office is responsible for issuing patents. Once the patent is issued, the patent holder must enforce the patent.
Applying to register your trademark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) begins a legal process. Legal requirements and deadlines must be met and fees may be required throughout the process. Not all applied-for trademarks register. And if the requirements are not correctly satisfied, it may provide a basis for cancellation of a mark that was registered.
Types Of Patents
A utility patent protects the function of an invention. The subject matter of a utility patent generally includes a useful process or method, a machine or device, a chemical compound or a manufactured item. Currently, the term of a utility patent is 20 years from the date of filing or priority. For patents issued prior to June 8, 1995, the patent term is 17 years from date of issuance. Utility patents are usually more desirable than design patents because of the broader protection generally available to them. (Design patents protect only the ornamental, non-functional elements of the item – the decorative configuration of the parts, surface contours, shapes, colors and textures, for example.)
Provisional Utility Patent Application
A provisional patent is a U.S. national patent application that lasts twelve months (which cannot be extended). Filing a provisional patent application does not give the invention a patent. Only a non-provisional application can receive a patent. Before the twelve months expire on a provisional application, it must be converted to a non-provisional application to continue seeking protection. If this is not done, the patent application is abandoned and does not mature to an issued patent. Provisional patents are often recommended for independent inventors early in the development process. There are several factors that make a provisional patent a good option for some independent inventors: (1) it provides an earlier priority date); (2) it provides an option for delaying some of the application costs; and (3) it allows the applicant to use “patent pending” status in its marketing strategy.
As long as a provisional patent is followed with a non-provisional application within one year, the non-provisional application may claim priority to the earlier filing date of the provisional application. When filing the non-provisional application, the applicant converts the provisional application into a non-provisional application by filing a corresponding non-provisional application that claims specific priority to the provisional application.
Since provisional patents do not require claims or formal drawings, they are less costly to prepare and file. Preparing a less costly provisional application before preparing and filing a non-provisional application allows the independent inventor to spread the patent application costs over the course of the year. Not surprisingly, this comes with a price: by filing the provisional application first, and then following with a non-provisional application, the examination of patent claims, and therefore issuance of an enforceable patent, is delayed by the same period. On the other hand, some inventors discover during the twelve-month provisional period that the invention is not the financial windfall they had envisioned and elect not to proceed with the non-provisional application, thus having risked only a portion of the full non-provisional application cost.
Additionally, over the course of the year that a provisional application is pending, many inventors continue to test and develop their invention. Modifications may be made after meetings with manufacturers or prototype developers. This additional data may be added to the utility application and be useful in preparing the claims, allowing the patent professional to focus claim coverage on the most likely commercial embodiments. It should be noted that any newly disclosed data may or may not be accorded the earlier filing date (depending on whether it was “enabled” in the original application), however, the originally disclosed material should be accorded the earlier filing date. In this case, there may be some claims in the applications with one priority date and other claims with a second priority date.
Once any patent application is filed, inventors are encouraged to market or produce their invention while their patent is pending USPTO approval.
Non-Provisional Utility Patent
Because only non-provisional applications can be granted a patent, the filing of a non-provisional application begins the examination process by the USPTO. The non-provisional application is a complex legal document with very specific requirements. A non-provisional utility application must contain a specification, including a claim or claims; drawings, when necessary; an oath or declaration; and the prescribed filing, search, and examination fees. Depending on the complexity of the application, a non-provisional application can be quite costly, but definitely worth the investment if obtaining exclusive rights to the idea would increase marketability of the product to investors and manufacturers and give the patent holder a competitive edge.
Under 35 USC 171, a design patent protects the overall appearance of an invention and is granted for any new, original and ornamental design for an article of manufacture. They may also be available to protect the configuration or shape of an article of manufacture. (Of course, a combination of the two may be protected by design patent as well.) The term of a design patent is 14 years from the date of issuance. A design patent application can only be non-provisional. A design patent may protect a product manufacturer from “copycat” products that may have an inferior quality and detract from its reputation in the marketplace. Therefore, a design patent should only be chosen if the appearance of the invention is important, otherwise utility patent protection should be sought.
The focus of design patents is on protecting the pleasing aesthetic appearance of the article where such design is not dictated by functional considerations. To qualify for design patent protection, the design must be definite and reproducible, novel/original and non-obvious. Design patents often are used to bolster trade dress (trademark) or copyright protection.
Unlike a utility patent, where the applicant has the option to first file a provisional application, a design patent application can only be filed as non-provisional. The same substantive and procedural rules apply to design patents. Full disclosure and definiteness is provided through the drawings. The drawings that accompany the specification typically include at least 7 drawings: each side of a cube and one of the article in use.
Design patent protection may be available for portions of an article of manufacture. For example, design patents have been granted for the shank portion of a drill. In this example, consumers may recognize and desire a unique design in an entire line of tool products. A confusingly similar design might detract from their identification of the desired product and cause them to select an inferior quality copycat design.
When we think of ornamental design, we generally think of things of beauty. However, design patents are available for mechanical devices that “eliminat[e] [the] unsightly repulsiveness that characterizes many machines and mechanical devices which have a tendency to depress rather than excite the esthetic sense.” For example, concrete mixers have received design protection on this basis.
In some circumstances, design protection might be a viable alternative in cases where utility protection is not available because of novelty or obviousness reasons.
Things not eligible for design patent protection include things not intended to be visible in actual use, offensive designs and functional designs. The first factor has been the subject of litigation and the test that evolved was whether in some point of commercial life, design is a matter of concern. (Take for example, lingerie, garment hangers, tent pegs, inner sole for shoes and prosthetic bone implants – all things that are hidden from view during use.) In assessing functionality, it is critical to understand that it is the functionality of the design, not the article of manufacture itself. A key inquiry is whether there are several ways to achieve the function of the article.
Infringement of a design patent occurs when another article of manufacture resembles the patented design so as “to deceive the ordinary observer who gives as much attention as a purchaser usually gives.”
A plant patent provides exclusive rights for the invention or discovery of an asexually reproduced variety of plant. This does not include a tuber-propagated or an uncultivated plant. A plant patent lasts for 20 years from the filing date and excludes others from reproducing, selling or using the plant. As with utility patents, plant patent applications are either provisional or non-provisional.
International Patent Protection
Most countries have patent laws, and many of these laws differ between countries. If you would like to acquire patent protection in several countries, you have two routes to consider for starting the process:
(1) File a separate patent application in each desired country simultaneously (some regional patents are available). By filing a patent application in one of the Member States of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. This establishes the filing date to use for any other application filed in a Paris Convention country within the next 12 months.
(2) File a PCT application to use in PCT Member States. The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international treaty administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and includes more than 125 Member States. The PCT application allows the applicant to file one “international” application filed simultaneously in the desired PCT countries. This method eliminates the need to file several separate national or regional applications. The PCT applications may then enter the “national stage” in each individual country where you seek patent protection.
When To Patent
The United States gives inventors
Most other countries are absolute novelty jurisdictions, meaning that no patent can be obtained if it is disclosed before patenting. In other words, there is no one year grace period. To preserve your rights, it is best to patent before any of these activities occur.
The law requires an inventor and attorney to disclose these things to the Examiner via an Information Disclosure Statement. Failure to do so is fraud on the patent office and the patent is void and unenforceable. On a practical note, when money is involved, an inspired competitor or alleged infringer will go to great lengths to uncover these things. Disgruntled employees, ex-spouses and business associates are happy to assist them with testimony.
Components Of A Patent Application
The Manual of Patent Examination Procedure (MPEP) requires an application for Letters Patent to contain:
- Title of the Invention
- Cross-reference to Related Applications, if any
- Reference to Microfiche Appendix, if any
- Brief Summary of the Invention
- Brief Description of the Drawings
- Detailed Description of Preferred Embodiment
- Abstract of the Disclosure
- Signed Oath or Declaration
Customarily, most patent applications also contain a “Background of Invention” section with subdivisions for field of the invention and objects of the invention.
The specification shall contain a written description of the invention, and of the manner and process of making and using it, in such full, clear, concise and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains, or with which it is most nearly connected, to make and use the same, and shall set forth the best mode contemplated by the inventor of carrying out his invention. (35 USC Section 112.)
Thus, the statutory requirements of the specification are:
- An adequate description (level of description varies by technology and desired breadth of claim scope)
- Enablement (enough information for a skilled person in the art to make it/use it without undue experimentation)
- Best Mode (also referred to as the preferred embodiment): The best known way for the inventor to practice the invention must be disclosed within the specification, but the inventor need not point out which embodiment (version) is the best mode.
The patent professional will work with the inventor to develop the specification and drawings, determine the most critical features to describe and depict, broaden the scope of the invention where possible to enhance the strength of the patent, and develop aggressive claims that are not likely to be rejected but will provide the maximum patent protection possible.
Drawings will be required for most inventions. Patent drawings should illustrate the novel concepts and significant features of the invention. In process claims or software patents, these drawings may consist of standard industry flowcharts describing the steps. Formal drawings meeting patent guidelines will be required for utility and design patent applications to issue. Informal drawings may be used for provisional applications and in some cases, in the early stages of utility applications. Notably, with new patent procedures, it is increasingly our experience that informal drawings will not be accepted even for provisional patent applications.
Oath or Declaration
A utility or design patent application requires an oath or declaration from each inventor.
Fees depend, in part, upon the size of the entity with an ownership interest in the application. The USPTO recognizes two classes of patent applicants: small entity and "other than small entity." In order to encourage inventions and the progress of science, the USPTO generally charges only one-half of its fee to small entities. While this is an overstated generalization of the fee structure, it is a good rule of thumb for most filings.
Small entities include individual inventors, not-for-profit organizations and companies with less than 500 employees. (There are other restrictions, but these are the most defining elements.) Currently, a basic utility patent containing less than a total of 100 pages, 20 claims, 3 independent claims and no multiple dependent claims for a small entity pays a basic filing fee of $730. Additional fees will be incurred for lengthy applications, additional claims and other conditions. The current fee schedule is available on the USPTO official website (www.USPTO.gov). A basic provisional patent will incur a filing fee of $130 and a design patent will incur a basic filing fee of $380.
The process of “arguing” the merits of your application is referred to as “prosecuting” the patent application. This process typically takes from one to three years and is often similar to a negotiation with the patent office. A balance is reached between the limited scope of patent protection offered by the Examiner and the broader scope of patent protection sought by the inventor. This discussion is not intended to cover the full scope of patent prosecution practice, but to familiarize a non-patent professional with a typical prosecution scenario. It should be understood that additional and other actions may be taken by the USPTO.
After filing a patent application, an Office Action from the USPTO will usually be received within 18 to 36 months. (Some art units are so overwhelmed with applications that it may even take 40-44 months or even longer in the electrical and business method arts.) Typically, the first review of the application by the USPTO Examiner is sent to the applicant in the First Office Action. This may be final or non-final, but it is usually non-final.
In some cases, the First Office Action on the merits is preceded by a Restriction Requirement from the Examiner. The Examiner may break the claims into distinct inventions and ask the inventor to elect one such invention for prosecution. The remaining claims may be immediately prosecuted by the inventor via a continuation application, or held in abeyance until the first application is allowed and prosecuted via a divisional application. Of course, the inventor may elect not to prosecute on the non-elected claims.
Typically, in the First Office Action, the Examiner will reject some or all of the claims of the patent under 35 USC 103 when the Examiner believes it would have been obvious to create your invention in view of the prior art located by the Examiner or disclosed by the applicant. Other typical grounds for rejecting an application include 35 USC 102 rejections for lack of novelty. Yet other grounds for rejection may include 35 USC 112 indefiniteness, 35 USC 101 subject matter or double-patenting.
It is then necessary for the patent professional to argue that the invention is patentable based upon specified differences between the invention and the prior art cited by the Examiner. Prior art may generally include other domestic and foreign patents (both published and unpublished), articles, thesis, conference papers, and other literature. Legal arguments and case law may be used to refute the Examiner's position. A telephone or in-person interview with the Examiner may also be arranged to find agreement on any issues of dispute.
Typically, the Examiner responds to the inventor’s Reply to First Office Action with a Second Office Action. While this may be final or non-final, it is usually final. The Examiner may reject all of claims a second time, indicating that the inventor’s arguments were not persuasive. The Examiner may set forth conditions (in the nature of required changes) upon which a patent would be allowed for some of the claimed subject matter. The inventor may make the “suggested” changes and request the patent to be issued in accordance with the Second Office Action. Alternatively, the inventor may request continued examination (“RCE”) and another opportunity to address the Examiner’s rejections. This additional chance to argue for patentability requires a fee (typically $430 for small entities). The inventor may also make improvements or revisions in his invention, addressing the issues raised by the Examiner, and file a continuation-in-part application requesting priority to the parent application. The new subject matter will not be granted priority if not enabled in the parent case and the application may have some claims with one prior art date and other claims with a second prior art date.
Once put in condition for allowance, the USPTO will issue a Notice of Allowance. Upon payment of an issue fee (you have 3 months to pay) and attention to any formalities raised by the patent office, a patent will normally be published and issued within 3 months. These formalities typically include replacement of pending patent application or published patent application references with the issued patent numbers for any such patents that issued during the pendency of prosecution. They may also include minor drawing revisions such as renumbering or changes to the title of the invention.
How To Protect An Idea
Nondisclosure agreements create a state law contractual obligation, and thus, contractual damages for breach. These fact-specific enforcement actions are often expensive and lengthy endeavors. The strength of a nondisclosure agreement is proportional to the specificity of the confidential information covered by the agreement. Whereas nondisclosure agreements are written fairly broadly, used alone, they may not offer the best protection to an inventor’s proprietary technology. In many cases, it is preferable to base a nondisclosure agreement on a filed patent application, including a provisional application. This creates a firm scope of the technology being disclosed, as well as potential federal causes of action for infringement on a patent that issues from such patent application or the utility application claiming priority to a provisional application.
Nondisclosure agreements are often used when a new concept is brought to a third party for manufacturability/marketability analysis or assistance in reducing it to practice. These meetings often become collaborative “think tank” sessions and it may become difficult to sort out which technology was brought in and which technology evolved as a consequence of the collaboration. Inventorship issues arise as well as disputes over ownership of the technology. A simple nondisclosure with broadly listed subject matter may not effectively assist in resolving these fact-specific conflicts. On the other hand, a filed provisional patent application would be extremely helpful in establishing the bounds of the concept or invention prior to any collaboration or improvement.
It is important to remember that even “patent pending” indicates that an application has been made seeking a patent; it is not a guaranty of a patent being issued by the Patent Office. Additionally, provisional patent applications have no enforceable claims and may provide virtually no real protection if they are not converted to utility applications within one year. Thus, if a patent never issues as a result of an unpublished application (provisional applications, design applications, and utility applications with nonpublication requests and applications abandoned prior to publication), it may still be a trade secret.
Once the “cat is out of the bag” without an NDA, it may be difficult to maintain it was a trade secret. We generally recommend a conservative practice that includes the use of both provisional patents AND confidentiality agreements.
Purpose Of A Trademark
Trademarks protect the public from confusion and protect the trademark owner from losing his market. Trademarks serve several functions in the modern marketplace:
- Indicate origin of your product or service allowing customers to easily identify your brand from others in the marketplace;
- Indicate to your customers an assurance of quality;
- As a marketing and advertising device to develop and protect your market.
Mark Format: Standard Character Or Stylized/Design
Before filing your trademark application, you must decide what format you would like the mark to take. There are two choices of format: (1) standard character and (s) stylized or design.
This format is used when how the mark looks is not important. Standard character format registers only the word(s), letter(s) or number(s) (or any combination of these). The rights granted for a standard character mark are quite broad in that they provide exclusive rights to any manner of presentation.
Stylized or design
This format should be selected when there is a certain design element and/or word(s) and/or letter(s) that have a particular appearance (font style, size or color) for which you are seeking protection. Marks registered in color must be used in color to fall within the scope of protection.
A business may have several marks or the same name. They may register a standard character mark, a stylized mark and a mark with a logo. They may register a mark with different colors or writing styles. In addition, it is not uncommon to have both a trademark and a service mark in the same name. A restaurant is a service but it may also sell take-home products (sauces, ice cream, etc.). Franchise entities often have trademarks for products and service marks for the franchising consultation services.
Filing Basis: 'In Use' Or 'Intent To Use'
A trademark application must include a basis for filing, either that the mark is currently being used in commerce or the applicant intends to use the mark in the future. Before your trademark will register, you must be able to demonstrate that the mark is being used in commerce. An ‘in use’ application, therefore, will generally register more quickly than an ‘intent to use’ application because in order to file as the former, the mark must already be used in commerce.
If you plan to file an ‘intent to use’ basis, it is important that you have a bona fide intent to use the mark, but perhaps need a bit more time before you are market ready. An “intent to use” application must include a sworn statement that you have the good faith intent to use the mark in commerce. When it is time to file a specimen, if you have not used the mark in commerce, you can request an Extension of Time of six months (up to five times total). You must file a specimen before the mark will register. Keep in mind that each extension adds expense to the overall costs for registration.
Components Of The Trademark Application
In order to file a trademark application with the USPTO, you must include:
- Applicant (owner of the mark)
- Contact information for correspondence (usually the attorney)
- The Drawing (depiction of the mark)
- Good/Services to which the mark applies
- Filing basis (usually actual use in commerce, bona fide intent to use in commerce, or based on a foreign or international application)
- Specimen (for use-based applications; an actual example of how you are using the mark in connection with the identified goods and/or services, usually a digital image of the mark such as a product label, product insert, advertisement, business card, or pamphlet describing the goods or services)
- Signature (usually an electronic signature of the Trademark Attorney)
- Filing fee
Trademark Clearance Search
A trademark clearance search searches the federal register, state registers and common law sources (for unregistered marks) to determine if the field is clear to use a proposed mark and to identify potential issues before the process is started. This service is recommended before investing in your brand, logo, etc., as the costs of these investments is high.
Choosing A Strong Name
It is appealing to choose marks that are related to the product, that describe or suggest something about it. But these are harder to register and more difficult and expensive to protect in the long run. Your best options for a mark are those that are unique and unrelated to the product. Shoot for arbitrary or fanciful marks.
Remember, some marks are not protectable at all: those classified as generic terms or common names for a product. Keep in mind, however, that a term may be generic for one product but arbitrary for another! For example, "spoon" is generic for eating utensils but arbitrary to cigarettes.
Another thing to consider: a trademark can lose its trademark status if it is not protected. You MUST choose a product name different than your intended brand name. That sounds easy, but inventors who make new products forget this rule so often it is cliché. We all know the story about Kleenex® brand tissue and Xerox® brand photocopies. Moral of the story: ALWAYS refer to "Your brand of product X." This reduces the chance of your trademark losing its registered status and becoming generic.
Maintaining A Registered Mark On The Federal Register
In order to keep a mark in force on the register, periodic filings are required. These include affidavits of continued use or excusable nonuse and applications for renewal. Generally, these are required at the 5 year mark, the 10 year mark, and every 10 years thereafter. The fees generally range around $300-$600 per class of good or services.
Other optional filings such as an affidavit of incontestability under Section 15 (§15 declaration) may also be filed. Fees are similar to those described above. In theory, a mark may continue as long as it is used in commerce in connection with goods and services identified in the application. It may continue for more than a century, well beyond protections offered by patent and copyright law in most cases.
To maintain your trademark registration, you must file a Declaration of Continued Use or Excusable Nonuse under Section 8 (§8 declaration) before the end of the 6th year after the registration date. Failure to file this declaration will result in the cancellation of the registration.
A combined §§8 and 9 must be filed before the end of every 10-year period after the registration date. Failure to make these required filings will result in cancellation and/or expiration of the registration.
If the examining attorney decides that a mark should not be registered, the examining attorney will issue a written document (Office Action) explaining any substantive reasons for refusal, and any technical or procedural deficiencies in the application. If a conflict exists between the applicant’s mark and a registered mark, the examining attorney will refuse registration on the ground of likelihood of confusion. If the refusal is based on a pending application, the examining attorney will notify the applicant of the other mark, but a refusal will ultimately be issued if the earlier-filed application is ultimately registered.
In addition to likelihood of confusion, other reasons marks are refused for registration include marks that are primarily merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of the good or services, primarily geographically descriptive or primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive of the goods or services, primarily a surname or ornamental. This is not a complete list of reasons, but the ones most often encountered by applicants.
The applicant’s response to the Office Action must be received in the Trademark Office within six (6) months of the mailing date of the Office Action or the entire application will be declared abandoned. If the applicant’s response does not overcome all objections, the examining attorney will issue a final refusal. To attempt to overcome a final refusal, the applicant may, for an additional fee, appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, an administrative tribunal of the Trademark Office.
Publication For Opposition
Once the examining attorney issues a Notice of Allowance or raises no objections to registration, the application is approved by the examining attorney for publication in the Official Gazette, a weekly publication of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The publication is available online for review each week.
The Trademark Office will send a Notice of Publication to the applicant’s attorney (if one is used) stating the date of publication. When it publishes, a party who believes it may be damaged by registration of the mark has thirty (30) days from the publication date to file an opposition or a request for an extension of time to oppose. An opposition is similar to a proceeding in federal court, but it is held in the TTAB. If no opposition is filed or if the opposition is unsuccessful, the application enters the next stage of the registration process. A certificate of registration will issue for applications based on actual use or a Notice of Allowance will issue for intent to use applications. This generally happens within about 12 weeks of publication.
The Trademark Law classifies perceptory features as descriptive in nature. Therefore, distinctiveness must be shown before protection can be granted to these nontraditional marks.
If the color is used for source identification rather than a functional aspect, and the choice of color does not affect cost or quality, the color may be protected as a mark if secondary meaning (consumer association and recognition) is established. In other words, the color must be recognized by the consumer as signifying a “brand” or source of the product rather than merely a color selection. For example, in sandpaper, colors are used for color-coding various abrasiveness and therefore are functional in nature and not protectable. A popular example of a registered color marks is the brown of UPS.
Sound clips that are source-identifying may be protected as marks. Examples are movie and TV studio sound clips (such as the lion roar of MGM or the chimes for NBC).
The key inquiry for scent is whether it is unrelated to utilitarian aspects or function of the product. For example, scents are utilitarian for air fresheners and perfumes, but not for sewing thread.
Flavors must be unrelated to product function to be granted trademark protection. They must also be used by a consumer to distinguish products from one another. With respect to pills, flavors are functional in that they make medicaments palatable. Additionally, since consumers don’t taste pills until after purchase, they don’t function for consumer recognition purposes. Therefore, flavors were unprotectable for medicament applications.
Motions are especially desirable for internet and website applications and film companies where a series of motions by digital imagery are source-identifying in nature, and therefore, protectable under Trademark Law. The animated “Netscape” logo and the moving image that appears before Columbia and 20th Century Fox Films Corporation features are examples of trademarkable motions.
Copyright is a form of intellectual property law that protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works. Artistic works include poetry, novels, movies, songs, and computer software. Architecture is visual art that enjoys copyright protection. Copyright does not protect facts, discoveries, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed. Chapter 13 of the Copyright Law protects original designs of vessel hulls.
Copyright is vested in a work of original effort as soon as some aspect of the work is fixed in a tangible medium.
Reasons A Work Might Not Be Protected By Copyright
- It is not original
- It is not fixed in a tangible medium
- The copyright term has expired
- It was dedicated to the public domain by the owner
When You Need To Register
Your work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and fixed in a tangible form (perceptible either directly or with the aid of a machine or device). In general, registration is voluntary. (For boat hull design protection under Chapter 13, registration within 2 years is required.) You will have to register, however, if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work. The practice of sending a copy of your own work to yourself is sometimes called a “poor man’s copyright.” There is no provision in the copyright law regarding any such type of protection, and it is not a substitute for registration.
Copyright Ownership By Business
When employees or outside consultants draft text or graphic design more marketing, websites and product, packaging, the employer should consider seeking rights to the material. Businesses may apply for and own copyrights. The business will need to be the owner of the copyrighted material. This is commonly by an assignment or through a work-for-hire arrangement with the author.
Formal Registration Process
The time the Copyright Office requires to process an application varies, depending on the amount of material the Office is receiving at the time the application is submitted. If your submission is in order, you may generally expect to receive a certificate of registration within approximately 4 months of submission. Your registration becomes effective on the day that the Copyright Office receives your application, payment, and copy (ies) in acceptable form.
Average Copyright Registration Costs And Filing Fees
* The following costs are provided for reference only and are subject to change.
Legal Fees for copyright registration of product brochure, packaging artwork, a literary work, drawings or photographs (not applicable to software registration) - $295
Disbursements include filing of the copyright application (approx. $45) and postage for express mail delivery (approx. $15).
In some cases, we it is possible to include more than one related digital or graphic image, photograph, drawing, artwork, and article in a single filing as a collection.
Legal services for copyright registration include:
- Up to 1 hour consultation (1 meeting or teleconference)
- Execution of all paperwork
- Preparation of Formal Filing Papers for United States Copyright Office
- Review of Registration Certificate for deficiencies
- Ancillary Documents and Services
Copyrights After Registration
Copyright rights accrue under common law, even without notice of your intent to claim copyright. This means that even before registering, you have some weak copyright interests. However, to be able to sue for infringement in federal court, you must register the copyright with the Copyright Office (a part of the Library of Congress). Additionally, one defense that an infringer may use is that he was an innocent infringer, that is, he had no notice that a copyright was claimed in the subject matter. Damages are much different than in the case of willful (knowing) infringement. Thus, it is advisable to mark your work, plans or drawings with a copyright notice to protect your interests.
Copyright law provides the following notice format for general copyright:
© or Copr. or Copyright + Year of First Publication + Name of copyright owner
Some people also use more extensive warnings in a legend (in addition to the notice above).
I Think Someone Stole My Copyrighted Idea
While you may feel violated, ideas and facts are not protected by copyright. It is the expression of ideas that is granted copyright protection. For example, a similar character or plot found in another literary work will not likely be infringing. It is the words used to tell the tale, that is, it is the expression that is protected by copyright. Similarly, an algorithm or function of a software program is not protected by copyright; however, the code written to accomplish the function may be protected.
The Test For Copyright Infringement
The test to determine whether you are infringing on someone’s copyrighted work or someone is infringing on your copyrighted material is “substantial similarity”: whether an ordinary observer would recognize the later work as copied in whole or in part from the earlier work.
“Fair Use”: Permissible Reproduction Of A Copyrighted Work
Section 107 of US Copyright law contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a copyrighted work may be considered “fair.” These "fair uses" include criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. The U.S. Copyright Office's official website explains:
Section 107 also sets out four factors to be considered in determining whether or not a particular use is fair:
- the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
- the nature of the copyrighted work;
- amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
- the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
The difference between “fair use” and infringement is unclear and not easily defined. US copyright law does not specify the number of words, lines, or notes that may be taken without permission and not considered infringement. Also, acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material is not a sufficient substitute for obtaining permission. It is always recommended to get permission from the copyright owner before using copyrighted material. If obtaining permission is not possible, the copyrighted material should not be used, unless the material qualifies under the “fair use” doctrine. It is best to consult an attorney to determine if the material would be considered “fair use”.
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Equipment Adaptive Problem on the 2006 KIA SEDONA
Car problem(s) with the 2006 KIA SEDONA.
This database includes information received by NHTSA from consumers either directly or as recorded by the Vehicle Safety Hotline. This information may be used by NHTSA during the investigation process.
You may file your own complaint by calling the NHTSA Monday-Friday 8am to 8pm at (888) 327-4236, TTY: (800) 424-9153. You can also file your complaint online.
Problem with Equipment Adaptive
Feb 11, 2010 - Cartersville, GA - Equipment Adaptive
WHEN DRIVING 2006 KIA SEDONA VAN, GAS PEDAL STICKS INSIDE THE RUBBER MAT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. RUBBER MATS WERE PURCHASED FROM KIA. RUBBER MAT COMES OFF THE FLOOR POST WHICH CAUSES THE MAT TO SLIP FORWARD. I AM CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND FAMILY. OCCURS EVERY TIME ADJUSTABLE PEDALS ARE POSITIONED FARTHEST TO THE FLOOR WHEN HUSBAND DRIVES THE VEHICLE BECAUSE HE IS TALL. KIA DEALER OFFERED TO PUT A SCREW IN THE MAT BUT THAT WAS NOT SATISFACTORY TO ME AS THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND THE "SCREW" DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PERMANENT FIX TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS DOES NOT OCCUR WITH THE CLOTH MATS BECAUSE THEY ARE THINNER. BUT THE RUBBER MATS ARE THICKER AND POST IS TOO SHORT WHICH CAUSED THE MAT TO SLIP OFF.
See similar problems for the following vehicle(s)
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One of the sadder aspects of our development into a technologically driven global village is the way in which views get polarised.
For, as the middle classes walk away from regular newspaper reading, and our youth set aside programmed TV for NetFlix and their own entertainment feeds, people are exposed less and less to news, different information or to divergent views.
It’s the movement into silos that is increasingly affecting us, but perhaps, this year, we shall see its greatest impact when it takes our food away. As a nation, we already struggle with food security. Likewise, we are classified as a water-scarce country. Much of our food production rests on advanced water management.
But now, we are set to lose many, and by some counts, most of the crop protection products that our farms and farmers have been able to use to stop damage to their crops by pests that can destroy 40 to 90 per cent of their harvests. And that is set to be near catastrophic to our food security, so let’s be clear what food security means; producing enough food to feed everyone, all the time despite pests and drought.
Yet, in what can be considered an unorthodox move, four NGOs have employed a Women’s Reps to petition parliament for a wholesale banning of hundreds of pesticides.
The four NGOs are committed to organic farming, which is good enough. At the Fresh Produce Consortium, we are also in favour of organic farming under the right circumstances.
But as we stare at the horror that will hit output, our GDP, our rural communities, our economy and jobs once these NGOs have opened the door to almost all known pests, it becomes clear that there may now be millions of Kenyans who will, in time, die from nothing more than being born into the post-truth era.
For sure, these anti-pest control campaigners have thrown around the word ‘cancer’, as if none of these pesticides were ever tested. The pesticides are all approved and in use in the US, in Australia and in numerous regimes where scientists galore have evaluated their test results over many years.
Yet populists, pursuing an alternative agenda and without a hope of any acceptance by them that any pesticide of any sort is good to use, have exploited a change of regulatory regime in Europe to savage Kenya’s food output. Indeed, they have played upon ignorance, telling journalists and parliamentarians who require no greater degree of proof, that cancer deaths have gone up as pesticide use has gone up.
Over the same time, social media use has gone up, so maybe we can say that it is causing cancer too. But their trump card is that these pesticides are ‘banned’ in Europe.
The 262 listed pesticides have not been banned in Europe on some new health or environmental evidence since Europe approved them for use. That’s why they are still approved for use in the US and elsewhere.
What has changed is Europe’s pesticide regulatory regime. Reams of chemicals are now being reassessed in new ways, and reclassified. The new system no longer bases approvals on risk assessments, looking at where and when and at what levels a pesticide might present how much risk – as it previously did.
It now has a new approach called hazard assessment, which is based on zero risk. If there is a chance that any pesticide could cause any adverse effect used in any way at any time, it can no longer be used at all.
Based on a hazard assessment, no one in Kenya would be permitted to eat cassava, or use household bleach, or get into a matatu, or buy alcoholic beverages, or consume sugar, and the list goes on.
Zero risk is a decision Europe has taken in the face of many organic NGOs, and perhaps Europe can afford to do that when it buys so much of its food from elsewhere.
But in Kenya, we use the same risk assessment methods as the US and everywhere else in the world, except Europe. So what those NGOs are close to doing is to getting parliamentarians to overturn our Pest Control Act and all its regulations, end our Pest Control Products, and then cheer all the way to the food queues.
Because cancer is bad and cancer has gone up and Europe has changed its regulatory system – so, therefore, let’s end our pest control, and end a third of our food production.
It’s so ruthless as to be amoral. But that’s the point of polarisation: people lose all perspective and sight of any counter views or of any consequences at all. We shouldn’t let that happen. Let’s, instead, be scientific about our pest control – rather than political – and keep our food secure, safely.
Mr Ojepat, CEO Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya (FPC-Kenya)
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Potential fraud targeting members
An alert to AOP members about potential fraudulent phone calls
Earlier today we were made aware that someone had called an AOP member claiming to be a courier company in order to obtain personal information over the phone.
The caller told our member that they had an envelope for him 'from the AOP' but there had been 'insufficient postage paid'. Our member was then asked to provide card details for the outstanding amount.
As previously reported in November 2016, fraudsters may be opportunistically targeting members using details available on the GOC register.
We would like to take this opportunity to ask members to remain vigilant of unsolicited phone calls and to report any calls of this nature to our membership team on 020 7549 2010.
The advice from Financial Fraud Action UK (FFAU) is to: 'Only divulge your card details in a telephone transaction when you have instigated the call and are familiar with the company'.
For more advice about protecting yourself from phone scams please refer to the FFAU website: www.financialfraudaction.org.uk/consumer/advice/phone-scams
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Not All Money is Created Equal
We came across an interesting article recently which presented the interesting notion that money is not all equal. This notion refers to not the monetary value of the bill itself, but rather the source of the money. Consider the sources of your financial capital while we discuss the major points of this interesting article.
Debt vs. Equity
Financial capital can be categorized as either debt or equity. Generally, banks and business function on debt while investors deal mostly with equity. What kind of money are you obtaining? What are your other options? Remember that equity gives the investor a percentage of future profits and requires surrendering ownership.
Though you may not realize it, certain types of financing reduce your control. Deciding to incorporate investors or partners will reduce the freedom you have in making decisions and therefore reduce your control. Some lenders may request or require financial oversight and input on a project. This will change the way things are done and you may run into a few obstacles. It is important to be mindful of control when making financial decisions.
The security details involving your finances should be taken into careful consideration when choosing between financial opportunities. How is your financial capital secured? If it is, has the lender or investor explained in thorough detail (in writing) how it is secured? Is there a lien on your assets? What are the procedures if a payment is defaulted?
Do not forget about the future when making financial decisions for your business. If you happen to leave the company, can you transfer the capital to the next business owner? Is the capital for you or is it for the business?
Ease of attainment
How easy is it to acquire this financial capital? How much time will be required to secure the capital? Do you have the time to wait? Usually, the “quick –fix” remedies will end up costing you much more.
Obtaining financial capital can sometimes be the most difficult aspect of starting a new business venture. As we’ve discussed, it is important to keep in mind that the monetary value of the loan is not the only thing that matters! There are lots of other factors to consider when choosing the best financial capital option for your business. For financial and bookkeeping services, trust the experts at Behm Bookkeeping. Our finance professionals are ready to help you succeed today!
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First, parents worried about their children being approached by predators at grocery stores and on playgrounds. Then the threat moved online via shady profiles on social media.
Now, authorities say, some phone apps have opened even more channels of communication between adult predators and minors — including some video games like Fortnite and Minecraft.
Earlier this week, in announcing the arrests of 24 alleged predators, state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal warned the public that people looking to take advantage of young teens and children have more options to do so than ever due to the ever-developing landscape of internet communication.
“It is a frightening reality that sexual predators are lurking on social media, ready to strike if they find a child who is vulnerable,” Grewal said in describing how the 24 suspects were attempting to lure and elicit sex with teenagers.
Some of them — a police sergeant, included — posed as teenagers, themselves.
The suspects, all men, varied in age and walks of life.
But Grewal said most were taking advantage of a multitude of apps allowing them to reach out to children, or in this case, undercover detectives.
The men thought they were chatting with 14- and 15-year-old boys and girls, but were instead talking with detectives with the New Jersey State Police’s Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
The task force trains its detectives to maintain online profiles on apps known for hooking up like Tinder and Grindr.
But Grewal said their presence can reach far beyond that.
Arrests of alleged child predators have been made after communicating through apps like Kik, Wishbone, Tumblr and even video games like Fortnite, Minecraft and Discord.
The similarities to the more social apps are that the gaming apps have a chat area.
“These arrests serve as a sobering reminder that parents should closely monitor their child’s online activity,” State Police Superintendent Col. Patrick Callahan said Tuesday.
Some of the apps, like Tinder, have an 18+ age requirement, but users are able to enter a birth date that’s older or younger than they actually are. A person’s age listed on Facebook sets their age on Tinder, as well, if the apps are synced.
But the app wasn’t always adult-only.
Up until June 2016, a user only had to be 13 to sign up. The company changed its requirement after being heavily criticized by parents, parentinfo.com reported.
Many other social mediums and apps, like Tumblr, Instagram and Snapchat also have a minimum age requirement of 13. Tumblr says it’s serious about its age requirement, writing:
“You have to be the Minimum Age to use Tumblr. We’re serious: it’s a hard rule. “But I’m, like, almost old enough!” you plead. Nope, sorry. If you’re not old enough, don’t use Tumblr. Ask your parents for a Playstation 4, or try books.”
But Tumblr and other apps don’t have a surefire way of keeping children off the app. If a kid can calculate a birthday that would make them older than the required age, they can access the app.
Making sure a child or teenager doesn’t get wrapped up in a conversation with someone much older than they are pretending to be boils down to parents taking note of the apps their kids are using and talking through what is appropriate, authorities say.
“If children appear anxious of evasive when the topic is raised, it may be a red flag,” Grewal said.
“It’s critical that parents talk to their children about social media and chat apps to let them know that the people they encounter may not be who they initially seemed to be.”
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It appears that Mystique has been captured by Viktor, so Shortpack comes to the rescue. However, it turns out that she was not captured--she was merely ignoring Shortpack out of spite. And to make matters worse, Mystique has murdered Viktor against Shortpack and Xavier's orders! Meanwhile, Helena Carlson arrives in Salzburg to deal with matters personally. She wants the mutant lab rats found and executed--and it looks like she's going to get her wish!
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Pony Beads are great for children’s crafts and beginners and here at The Bead Shop we have a huge range of colours and effects to create eye-catching pieces. Pony Beads are made of a durable plastic with a large hole so are very easy to string on a whole host of stringing materials, from waxed cord and leather cord to Shamballa cord and stretch elastic. If you can’t pick just one colour from these beautiful shades then our pre-mixed packs are the perfect solution for your Pony Bead needs.
Pony beads are a truly wonderful bead. Made from durable plastic, they are a hard-wearing, colour-fast option to seed beads and round beads and are available in a fantastic range of bright and fun colours such as Glow In The Dark, Glitter, Neon and Pearl. Pony beads are perfect for a whole range of creative projects from stretch bracelets and necklaces to beadweaving, decorations and hair braiding.
You can even melt pony beads (carefully!) to create stained glass effect pieces and beautiful bowls using just a normal oven and baking tray or muffin tin: If you are looking for inspiration you can find a tutorial of how to make a melted sun catcher over on our blog.
Due to their large hole and easy spherical shape, pony beads are brilliant for use with thicker cords, making them the ideal bead for children's projects or beginners. These inexpensive beads are so versatile with beautiful bright colours they are the perfect bead for adding a beautiful pop of colour to your next creative project.
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Though most of us call it, "processed food" in this case Mrs. Q.'s going to show us it's, "school food".
Who's Mrs. Q.?
She's an anonymous teacher, at an anonymous school, in an anonymous State, who's taken it upon herself to eat school lunch, "just like the kids", every day in 2010.
She's also blogging about her experience.
Her blog, Fed Up: School Lunch Project describes what we're feeding our children and while her school's in the States, there's no reason to believe things are any better here in Canada.
What really blows me away - and I'm not talking about the obvious how can we serve kids the stuff we teach them is bad for us? What really blows me away is the fact that people make arguments about why it is we can't possibly change what the kids are eating because it'd be too difficult and/or too expensive.
Really? You want to save money on the backs of our children's health? We shouldn't try because it'd be challenging?
Great lessons for our kids there.
Oh, and for the Canadian readers, too expensive? Can't just look at school bottom lines as we live in a country with socialized medicine where the effects of poor diets indeed hit the country's bottom lines (and bottoms).
Too expensive to reform school food in Canada? I'd argue we can't afford not to.
In case you're wondering what good school food looks like, Mrs. Q. provided a link to Madison Wisconsin's REAP Program. Have a peek and see what can be done.
Just because something's tough to do, doesn't mean we shouldn't figure out a way to do it.
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Fruitful Minds is determined to address the obesity epidemic by bringing nutrition education and guidance to students in elementary, middle, and high school. Operating the educational programs will also provide practical experience for college student ambassadors. In Stage One, they operated through one college (UC Berkeley) and served 10 local schools from 2010-2012. In Stage Two, they will be expanding to 12 schools (including 2 high schools), introduce a condensed curriculum for two new primary schools, and will partner with Saint Mary’s College outside of Alameda County. The ultimate goal of Fruitful Minds is to support partnerships nationwide and provide their unique program to any school with access to the college volunteers and resources necessary to replicate their model.
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So-called "Pilgrim Chef" Najat Kaanache truly is a pilgrim, with another move on her plate: Kaanache has left the employ of Souk, the Moroccan restaurant at Trinity Groves owned by Yaser Khalaf.
"She left at the beginning of this week, but I cannot comment further on this topic," Khalaf said.
Khalaf may remain silent, but staffers at other restaurants in the Trinity Groves complex spoke off the record of a negative attitude in the Souk kitchen that pervaded the restaurant. Kaanache did not respond to an email inquiry.
She first came to Dallas to consult on the menu at Stephan Pyles' Stampede 66. In 2012, she took over the kitchen at Private Social after the departure of original chef Tiffany Derry. (Private Social shut down and reopened as Barter.)
Khalaf said that Kaanache's departure would not affect operations at Souk and promised a new menu coming soon.
"For now, it's myself and my chef from Baboush picking up the slack," he said. "Right now, we don't want to shock the menu. But in the next few weeks, we'll have new menu items and a lot of improvements."
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9988 Watervliet (Sint-Laureins)
01 March - 30 November
Mon 8.30 - 18.00
Tue 8.30 - 18.00
Wed 8.30 - 18.00
Thu 8.30 - 18.00
Fri 8.30 - 18.00
Sat 8.30 - 18.00
Sun 8.30 - 18.00
01 December - 28 February
Fri 10.00 - 17.00
Sat 10.00 - 17.00
Sun 10.00 - 17.00
Isn't the church open when you're planning a visit? Contact the Tourist Office on +32 9 218 76 47.
Masterpiece of the church, attributed to the Master of Frankfurt (Antwerp 1460 - ca. 1533). It is suspected to have been commissioned by a lord of Watervliet and intended for the church, but information is missing.
Stylistically, the work is dated between 1515 and 1525. A first mention of this triptych in documents only dates from 1627, when a Brussels painter, David Noveliers, was paid to restore it. From this mention, we also know that the work was originally on the high altar. The open triptych depicts the Portage of the Cross on the left, the Descent from the Cross in the centre and the Resurrection on the right.
This early baroque organ was built in 1643 by Baudouin Ledon from Bruges. It is a remarkable instrument, which is particularly suitable for baroque music. It has characteristic registers such as the nightingale, one of the acoustic tricks that people appreciated in the baroque period.
Under the organ there is an ornate portal announcing the Baroque period; it is a work by Jacques Sauvage from Ghent and is dated in a cartouche of 1649; it consists of three parts marked by columns placed on a high, advanced pedestal. In this rhythmic arrangement we find the Renaissance style.
The monumental high altar is entirely built in Baroque style. In 1652-1655, the Malinese sculptor Lucas Faydherbe was commissioned to create it. He worked for three years in Rubens' workshop, understanding from an early age the dynamic style of the master and transposing it into sculpture.
The style of the choir stalls is completely different from that of the communion bench and the pulpit, but very similar to the portal. It was made in 1643 by Jacques Sauvage. The doors leading to the stalls bear the coat of arms of the Lauwerijn family.
Hieronymus Lauwerijn had this beautiful church built between 1501 and 1540, and until the French Revolution his tomb dominated the large choir of the church. In his will, Lauwerijn mentioned his wish to be buried in the choir of his church. During the French Revolution the tomb was removed and destroyed. In 1893 the tombstone was rediscovered. The remaining fragments were brought together and completed in plaster by the sculptor Rooms from Ghent. This stone, bearing the effigy of Lauwerijn and his wife, was placed in the choir ambulatory in 1894.
From the Counter-Reformation onwards, the pulpit became an important piece of church furniture. It is a 1726 work of art by the famous sculptor Hendrik Pulinx (1698-1781). The theme represented here is the Last Judgement as described in the Apocalypse of John. Below is Hieronymus Lauwerijn, the founder of the church.
The communion bench is in the same hand as the pulpit. The resemblance is striking in terms of the composition and design of the foliage and the angels.
The church in Watervliet was founded in the early 16th century and is locally called "the cathedral of the North". The church overlooks the beautiful village square or Stee, which used to have a weekly market day and an annual fair. The centre of the village is situated around this trapezoidal square with a kiosk and a public water pump. Around the square are the main buildings of the municipality, the church with the cemetery, the presbytery, the old communal house and some middle-class houses. The north-south course of the Molenstraat and the Ketterijstraat has determined the appearance of the village for centuries.
9968 Bassevelde (Assenede)
09.00 - 16.00 Open
09.00 - 16.00 Open
9968 Oosteeklo (Assenede)
09.00 - 16.00 Open
9991 Adegem (Maldegem)
08.30 - 17.00 Open
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Originally Posted by 96LT4
Changed my mind. I miss the Camaro, and I'm going to sell the Z and save a few $$ and have a pro touring 69 Camaro built with an LS motor this time.
Somebody sent me a PM, but I'm off the net on the weekends...replied this morning.
It would be a shame to sell this beast but you need to do whatcha got to do!!
Brandt's car is about as nice as you can get.... White / red, low miles and very tasteful mods!
You won't be disappointed in his car
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The annual FabricLink Network's Top 10 Innovation Awards are presented to exceptional textile-based materials and technologies that have launched during the past year and are commercially available. FLN recognizes the research and development effort required to create new products for the specialty fabric markets. The FabricLink Network's Top 10 Innovation Awards honor the companies and researchers who develop the innovative textile products that drive our industry. This year's Top 10 winners include: Innovative manufacturing and production technologies; Novel insulation solutions; and Advancements in textiles for a variety of markets.Looking for this year's winners? Check them out here.
3M™ Thinsulate™ Featherless Insulation
Breaking new ground in thermal insulation—warmth, without the downsides, 3M™ Thinsulate™ Featherless Insulation offers 600 Fill Power protection. Its loose fill down alternative mimics or surpasses the performance of natural down in fill power, loft and performance when wet. Made of durable, lightweight polyester fibers, 3M™ Thinsulate™ Featherless Insulation provides warmth without a single feather. Fill power measures the volume, in cubic inches, that an ounce of insulation creates at maximum loft, typically rated on a scale from 450 to 800+. The higher the fill power, the lighter, fluffier and more insulating the product is. Using this measurement, 3M™ Thinsulate™ Featherless Insulation provides a rating of 600 Fill Power. With a high focus on product development, 3M continues to broaden its portfolio of insulation products. 3M™ Thinsulate™ Featherless Insulation is 3M's latest development to keep the wearer at the forefront of outerwear design.
Thinsulate Featherless by 3M
Hohenstein Certifies Freudenberg's
1st Nonwoven Polyester Lining Material
Freudenberg Interlining introduces the first nonwoven polyester lining material made from independently certified biodegradable fibers. The Freudenberg linings have been tested and certified according to procedures and standards developed by Hohenstein Institute, a worldwide textile research, testing, and certification organization. Hohenstein scientists have developed the test methods to evaluate textile biodegradability from every angle. Using ISO standardized soil burial tests, Hohenstein scientists define a textile's decomposition behavior—how long it takes, what elements remain, and the effect on surrounding water and soil. Additionally, ecotoxicological analyses using marine bacteria, water fleas, fish eggs, and other biological systems determine the potential risks the degrading fabric poses to the environment. Hohenstein thoroughly tested Freudenberg's nonwoven polyester linings and found them to fully meet the criteria for their "Biological Degradability" certification. Now apparel made with Freudenberg linings will have a less intrusive impact on the environment at the end of its useful life when it is discarded in a landfill.
HydroTurf™ CS and HydroTurf™ Z
This economically, environmentally friendly erosion armoring technology, developed by Watershed Geosynthetics, Alpharetta, Georgia, is designed to reduce construction and long-term maintenance costs in geotechnical applications. HydroTurf combines a modified woven engineered synthetic turf with a high-friction geomembrane locked into place with a specially designed HydroBinder™ high-strength infill. HydroTurf offers the aesthetic benefits of vegetation with the performance and maintenance benefits of hard armor. Since it has a lower carbon footprint, HydroTurf is a more sustainable solution than other hard armor revetment systems. HydroTurf is used in the following applications: Overwash/overtopping protection for levees and embankments; Lining for drainage channels, swales, and canals; Overtopping protection for spillways and slopes on dams; Shoreline protection within basins and impoundments for reservoirs; Mechanical stabilization for earth walls; and for cart paths, drainage channels and lake banks on golf courses. HydroTurf is available in two system configurations: HydroTurf™ CS for high velocity conditions, and HydroTurf™ Z for less critical applications involving lower velocities and flow conditions.
Mount Vernon FR AMTEX™ PLUS and Carhartt Wind Fighter™ Technology: FR Extremes™ Arctic Outerwear
Mount Vernon FR and Carhartt, America's premium work wear brand since 1889, launched Carhartt Flame-Resistant (FR) Extremes™ Arctic outerwear. The Extremes Arctic line offers wind resistance, durability, warmth and comfort to workers in extreme weather conditions, without added weight or bulk. The outer shell of the Extremes Arctic line is made from an abrasion-resistant 9-ounce FR canvas, using Mount Vernon F's AMTEX™ PLUS cotton/high-tenacity nylon FR fabric. Ideally suited to extreme working conditions, Extremes Arctic uses Carhartt's proprietary Wind Fighter™ technology to provide protection from the potentially dangerous effects of wind chill. Unique features of the line, made up of a parka, coat, biberall and hood, include lightweight insulation for superior warmth without the bulk, FR Sherpa lining to trap air and maintain warmer core body temperature, hi-vis reflective trim for safety, multiple utility pockets for convenient storage (12 total), large, mitten-friendly zipper pulls for ease of use, and inner radio pocket with pass-thru for mic and cord.
Outlast® Releases 'Universe' – a PCM/Down Filling Material
Outlast Technologies, the leader in phase-change materials (PCMs), launches 'Universe' - a PCM viscose fiber and down blend filling material. The heat and moisture regulating PCM viscose fibers combine perfectly with down to offer a natural solution for climate comfort – great for use in outerwear. In warm climates, the Outlast® fibers absorb excess body heat. As the climate cools, the fibers release the stored heat back to you– working to proactively manage your temperature. While incorporating Universe into a product offers added value and performance, it can also reduce the costs compared to using 100% down. The down adds advantages like lightness, fluffy volume and naturalness, while the Outlast PCM viscose fibers regulate and optimize the climate comfort - resulting in a light filling material that keeps you warm while reducing overheating and sweating.
Schoeller®-WB400 soft-shells with Memory Foam
Developed by Swiss company Schoeller Textil AG, the new schoeller®-WB-400 soft-shells with memory foam are offered in natural shades like warm beige tones and neutral stone grey for Winter2016-17 for a trend combining nature and technology. The jacket fabrics in fluffy wool looks are ideally suited to round cuts, as well as voluminous looks that always return to their original shape and do not crinkle. Schoeller®-WB-400 soft-shells with memory foam are ideal companions in autumn or winter. These elastic, comfortable all-round Schoeller fabrics are sustainably produced in Switzerland. With functions such as breathability, moisture transport, water repellence and heat retention, these qualities are long-lasting and supersoft companions in sports and leisure. The wearer is kept nice and warm during winter times by the voluminous double fabrics with cosy fleece on both sides. Conclusion: In multifunctional soft-shell clothing, you are always appropriately and comfortably dressed.
Wet-Spun Carbon Nanotube Fibers
Teijin Aramid (Arnhem, The Netherlands) together with a research team at Rice University in the USA, have developed carbon nanotube (CNT) fibers with performance properties, far exceeding those of the competition. The fibers are "wet spun" from liquid crystalline dispersion of CNTs in super acids. That process is known to be scalable, because it is similar to that used in producing rayon, Twaron® and Kevlar®. The CNT fibers feature the high electrical and thermal conductivity performance of metals, combined with added textile flexibility, robust handling and tenacity. Due to the novel combination of properties, CNT fibers have great potential to inspire new developments in such industries as aerospace, healthcare, automotive, electronics and smart clothing. Current end-uses include lifesaving, conductive sutures for heart patients; lightweight data cables for satellites, aircraft and high-end cars (by replacing copper wires); high quality interlink audio cables; conductive sewing yarns; electron sources for digitally accessible X-ray sources; and thermal links for cooling space devices and advanced garments.
A spool of 2000dtex CNT yarn
Aramid anti-ballistic fabric with conductive stitches connecting a battery, switch, and fan.
Developed by Chicago-based AFM Heatsheets®, Ultraflect™ is an innovative, reflective, lightweight (35 GSM) polyester woven insulation fabric. While reflective insulation technology isn't new – inducted into the Space Foundation's Hall of Fame in 1996 and used as protection from the extreme temperature changes of outer space – AFM Heatsheets' new DWR-coated Ultraflect™ with Silver Lining® technology translates the products originally developed for space environments into today's demands for comfort, convenience, style, and function. With a single reflective-insulation layer, Ultraflect™ provides protection in a more compact form. The fabric incorporates an ultra-thin, soft, and durable reflective-insulation membrane laminated to familiar woven fabrics to deliver exceptional protection from the burning rays of the sun, or to stimulate warming. Ultraflect's™ goal is to provide stream-lined solutions that impose little change to the appeal of the host fabric in outward appearance, drapeability and launderability. Ultraflect™ is an ideal insulation for performance wear, outdoor fashion apparel, and shelter products (i.e. sleeping bags, tents, emergency bivvys, etc.).
VOORMI CORE CONSTRUCTION™
VOORMI®, an innovator of domestically sourced Precision Blended Wool, is proud to unveil the future of weather protective textile technology. CORE CONSTRUCTION™ Technology ushers in a new age of weather protective fabric construction that delivers the first true single-layer fabric to contain an integrated weather-proof membrane. CORE CONSTRUCTION™, the most recent in a line of breakthrough fabrics from VOORMI, represents a major shift in weatherproofing technology: transitioning from decades-old lamination and coating technologies to the integration of weather resistant barriers and other functional cores directly into textiles. CORE CONSTRUCTION™ Technology refers to a new process of co-constructing knit textiles around "functional cores" — often a waterproof membrane. During development, VOORMI may fine tune water resistance and airflow to perfectly match the textile's properties with the product's intended use. In practice, CORE CONSTRUCTION™ Technology will unlock previously impossible or improbable apparel and textile possibilities.
CoolVisions®, a disperse-dyeable polypropylene fiber produced by FiberVisions®, has added WoolVisions™, an intimate blend of dyeable polypropylene and wool, to its range of superior performance products. Unlike other wool/polypropylene blends, in which different yarns are knit together in a fabric, wool and CoolVisions® yarns are intimately blended into a single dyeable yarn, many of which are 60% merino/40% CoolVisions® polypropylene, which maximizes the performance potential of each yarn in the content. As a disperse-dyeable, staple synthetic fiber, CoolVisions® is ideal for spinning with fine-micron merino wool, offering color and design options unavailable with solution-dyed polypropylene and wool blends, as well as providing an exceptionally soft hand. Available for both woven and knit constructions, the WoolVisions™ yarn raises the bar for 'natural performance' fabrics by offering a host of advantages over 100% wool or wool that is blended with other synthetic fibers. CoolVisions® polypropylene has a better thermal performance than other synthetic fibers—cooling when it is warm and retaining heat when it is cold.
DRAPER BODY THERAPY® GRAY INFINITY SCARF
This comfortable and fashionable Infinity Scarf can easily be folded and draped around the shoulders and neck, providing protection from the elements and keeping your shoulders and neck loose and limber. The Draper Body Therapy Gray Infinity Scarf contains 37 % Celliant® (Polyester) and 63% Cotton. Celliant® is the world's most technologically advanced fiber which contains a proprietary blend of minerals which have been extruded into a polyester fiber. Learn more about this technology. Shop for this technology>
CHILLBAND STUDIO WOMEN'S HEADBAND
Dr. Cool's Women's Studio cooling headbands provide chemical-free comfort and cooling. They are made using Coolcore's patented cooling technology, which provides three distinct functions: wicking, moisture circulation and regulated evaporation. The result is a stylish accessory piece that can go from "work out" to "out and about" with ease. Colors: Blue, Curaco, Fuscia, and Watercolor. Learn more about this technology. Shop for this technology.
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South Africa: And we think that our police have problems?
The advice, offered by a smiling Charles Nqakula, the country’s embattled Minister of Safety and Security, to a passing-out parade for new recruits, drew immediate criticism.
Mr Nqakula was responding to complaints that because his force was undermanned and underequipped, officers were often slow to reach the scene of a crime. “If you don’t have a car, ride a bicycle or a donkey,” Mr Nqakula told the newly qualified officers at the weekend. His remarks came after an upsurge in armed attacks and concern that the country’s criminals are better equipped than its police.
“This is typical of the complacency of a government which is no longer accountable to any except its own,” a spokesperson for the opposition Democratic Alliance said.
The South African murder rate is second only to that of Colombia and reported rape cases rank among the highest in the world. Residents are 12 times more likely to be murdered in South Africa than in the United States and 50 times more likely than in Europe. The issue of violent crime has resurfaced recently after the country’s successful bid to host the football World Cup in 2010 and growing concerns that the event could be tarnished by attacks on visitors unless the Government brings crime under control.
This week the Government bowed to criticism and announced a new drive against crime with the backing of big business. However, there are frequent complaints about long delays between reporting a crime and police arriving at the scene. Most ordinary South Africans say that there is a huge gap between the Government’s promised action and the reality on the ground. . . . .
Thanks for sending this, Dan GIfford.
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According to a report published on March 15, 2017, on PRNewswire, paralegals may have more job opportunities throughout the year 2017. 21% of Lawyers who were interviewed by Robert Half Legal revealed that their company or law firm plans were to increase the number of paralegals working for them in the course of the year. Only 4% of those interviewed admitted to making plans to cut on the numbers of paralegals working in their firms.
Paralegals are therefore encouraged to get certification necessary from paralegal education programs that have been approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) ass well as a college degree.
The survey conducted to furnish this information was created by Robert Half Legal, a legal recruitment and consulting resolutions firms that specialize in paralegals, lawyers, and other skilled legal professionals. The research was conducted by an independent firm that based their results on 200 phone interviews conducted with lawyers from some of the largest companies and law firms within the United States.
When asked what the educational and/or certification requirements for paralegals to work in their respective firms, 1% said High School Diploma, 28% said Associate degree, 42% Bachelor’s degree, 46% said a certificate of completion from ABA approved paralegal education program was a must, 18% said a paralegal must have both a bachelor’s degree as well as certificate in order to work in their respective firms, 3% alluded to a post-baccalaureate certificate in paralegal studies, and the remaining 5% gave different answers or said they didn’t know the answer to the question.
According to Charles Volkert, the senior district President of Robert Half Legal, law firms and corporate legal institutions are hiring more paralegals in an effort to enhance legal services while cutting costs. There is, therefore, a high demand for paralegals with advanced education, experience, and specialization. They now have an opportunity to get employment opportunities that can earn them more money.
When Robert Half Legal was preparing their annual salary guide, the conducted a research which indicated that there was a 3.5% salary increase for paralegals in the United States in the year 2017. Those with four to six years of experience in small to medium sized firms would benefit the most from this shift as they are likely to see a salary increment of up to 5.2% which will mean earning $55,750 to $70,000 annually.
With remuneration anticipated to improve for paralegals, this would be a great time for anyone who is currently working as a paralegal or looking towards working as one to get the recommended certification and education so that they too can benefit from this change in the industry.
Robert Half Legal is one of the leading providers of consulting solutions and legal staffing for many corporate legal department and law firms across the United States. The company also offers expertise on a range of practice areas as well as highly trained legal professionals on temporary projects and full-time basis.
Content writer and guest blogger at Paralegal-Edu.Org.
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There is a class on conflict resolution at our church for couples preparing to get married. Every marriage seminar we have attended taught conflict resolution. When I write about not arguing at all, people usually comment that this is not possible. Conflict resolution needs to be taught.
Show me in the Bible that conflict resolution should be part of a marriage. I find many verses about being peacemakers and pursuing peace with all men. I assume this means with our husbands also. I read verses about not quarreling and fighting with others. If you have something against your brother, go to him quickly and make amends.
God makes it very clear throughout Scripture that we are to be people of peace, kindness, patience, and love. Quarrelling, arguing, fighting, and discord should have no place in our lives.
Therefore, I think it is much more profitable to teach engaged couples to not argue and fight. Simply state your opinions and leave it at that. Since God has called for the husband to be the head, he should have the last word. Most husbands will gladly listen to their wives counsel before making decisions. If they do not, live with it and learn to accept it gladly. This brings honor to the Lord.
I know this can be done. My marriage is proof of it. We fought for 23 years. Now we rarely do. We are not perfect. Nobody is but it is much better for couples to make it a goal to not argue than how to argue. Our marriage is peaceful now. We love to be together. This is the way it should be.
If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men.
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But, we’ve made it. Here we are.
Myth. This is stuff I know about… kinda.
*reads today’s entry in the book*
Shit. That wasn’t about “myth” at all. It was more about… hmmm… legacy? The illusion of legacy? Yeah… that sounds right. The illusion of legacy.
We polytheist folx have an obsession with “doing things that will be remembered”, things that our children will tell the tales of for generations, deeds so great, or meaningful, that we will live on in memory into the ages.
Time, like Gollum’s riddle, will ultimately get us in the end, and there’s no escaping it.
Is it possible to live fully in the here-and-now when a big part of our consciousness is dedicated to becoming a character of legend? I argue, no… and I’m sure if my answer doesn’t suit your egoic needs, dear reader, there are DOZENS of other pagan and polytheist folx who will happily support your pet theory.
Keep a list before your mind of those who burned with anger and resentment about something, of even the most renowned for success, misfortune, evil deeds, or any special distinction. Then ask yourself, how did that work out?
Smoke and dust, the stuff of simple myth trying to be legend…”
(Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 12.27)
… it’s our here-and-now.
(See y’all tomorrow)
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Duran Duran rocker John Taylor must have a pair of BRASS COJONES ... 'cause after the guy was pulled over in L.A. yesterday, he BROKE THE LAW AGAIN right in front of the cop ... and it was all caught on tape.
TMZ cameras rolled as Taylor was getting written up for a routine traffic violation (we're told an illegal left turn) ... total bummer.
But after he got the citation, Taylor PEELED OUT ... blowing right through a stop sign ... just 20 YARDS from the cops!!
But the shocker -- he totally got away with it ... 'cause the cops were still getting in their cruiser when Taylor was speeding away.
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The zebrafish, Danio rerio, is a tropical freshwater fish belonging to the minnow family (Cyprinidae) of order Cypriniformes. It is a popular aquarium fish, frequently sold under the trade name zebra danio, and is an important vertebrate model organism in scientific research.
The zebrafish is native to the streams of the southeastern Himalayan region, including the countries India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Myanmar. It arose in the Ganges region in Eastern India. It commonly inhabits streams, canals, ditches, ponds, and slow-moving to stagnant water bodies, including rice fields.
The fish is named for the five uniform, pigmented, horizontal blue stripes on the side of the body, all of which extend to the end of the caudal fin. Its shape is fusiform and laterally compressed, with its mouth directed upwards. Males are torpedo-shaped and have gold stripes between the blue stripes; females have a larger, whitish belly and have silver stripes instead of gold. Adult females will exhibit a small genital papilla in front of the anal fin origin. The zebrafish can grow to Template:Convert/cmTemplate:Convert/test/A, although it is uncommon for them to grow past 4 cm in captivity. Life-span in captivity is around 2–3 years, although in ideal conditions, may extend to 5 years.
The approximate generation time for the Danio is 3–4 months. A male must be present for ovulation and spawning to occur. Females are able to spawn at intervals of 2–3 days, laying hundreds of eggs in each clutch. Upon release, embryonic development begins; absent sperm, growth stops after the first few cell divisions. Fertilized eggs almost immediately become transparent, a characteristic that makes D. rerio a convenient research model species. Development progresses rapidly. Precursors to all major organs appear within 36 hours of fertilization. Hatching takes place 48–72 hours after fertilization, depending on the embryo's internal conditions and the external temperature, ideally Template:C to F. Swimming and feeding behavior begin about 36 hours later. The sex of juveniles cannot be distinguished except by dissection, and sex determinants are not clearly understood.
The zebrafish is omnivorous. It primarily eats zooplankton, insects and insect larvae, and phytoplankton. It can eat a variety of other foods, such as worms and small crustaceans if its preferred sources are not readily available. Most Danios accept common food flakes and tubifex worms in the aquarium.
Recently, transgenic zebrafish have become commercially available that express green fluorescent protein, red fluorescent protein, and yellow fluorescent protein. They are tradenamed GloFish. Other subspecies include golden, sandy, longfin and leopard.
The leopard danio, previously known as Danio frankei, is a spotted colour morph of the zebrafish caused by a pigment mutation. Xanthistic forms of both the zebra and leopard pattern, along with long-finned subspecies, have been obtained via selective breeding programs for the aquarium trade.
The Zebra Fish Information Network provides up-to-date information about current known wild-type (WT) strains of D. rerio. The most commonly found WT strains are: AB, TÜ, IN and WIK.
Hybrids between different Danio species may be fertile: for example, between D. rerio and D. nigrofasciatus.
See link for photos of hybrids: Figure 1. Danio pigment pattern diversity and phenotypes of D. rerio hybrids with other danios.
Zebrafish are hardy fish and considered good for beginner aquarists. Their ease of keeping and breeding, beauty, price, playful nature and broad availability all contribute to their popularity. They thrive best in Template:Convert/-Template:Convert/test/A water. They need an aquarium of Template:Convert/USgalTemplate:Convert/test/A or more, and they do well in schools. They also thrive as shoals of six or more, and interact well with other fish types in the aquarium. However, they are susceptible to Oodinium or velvet disease, microsporidia (Pseudoloma neurophilia), and Mycobacterium species. Given the opportunity, adults eat hatchlings, which may be protected by separating the two groups with a net, breeding box or separate tank.
In scientific researchEdit
D. rerio is a common and useful model organism for studies of vertebrate development and gene function. George Streisinger at the University of Oregon established its utility. Success with it in large scale forward genetic screens (commonly referred to as the Tübingen/Boston screens) consolidated its importance. The scholarly journal Development devoted an issue to research using it in celebration of this landmark. It has a dedicated online database of genetic, genomic, and developmental information, the Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN). D. rerio is one of the few fish species to have reached space. They may supplement higher vertebrate models, such as rats and mice.
Research with D. rerio has allowed advances in the fields of developmental biology, oncology, toxicology, reproductive studies, teratology, genetics, neurobiology, environmental sciences, stem cell and regenerative medicine, and evolutionary theory.
Its greatest advantages for use as a model system include:
- Fully-sequenced genome
- Well understood, easily observable and testable developmental behaviors
- Availability of well-characterized mutants
- Rapid embryonic development (progressing from eggs to larvae in under three days, although overall generation time is comparable to that of mice)
- Large, robust, and transparent embryos that develop outside the mother
- Nearly constant size during early development facilitates simple staining techniques
- Drugs may be administered by adding directly to the tank.
- Unfertilized eggs can be made to divide
- Two-celled embryo can be fused into a single cell, creating a homozygous embryo
- Demonstrated similarity to mammalian models and humans in toxicity testing
- Exhibits a diurnal sleep cycle with similarities to mammalian sleep behavior and physiology
Zebrafish have the ability to regenerate fins, skin, the heart and the brain (in larval stages). Heart muscle regeneration does not make use of stem cells; instead, mature heart muscle cells regress to a stem-cell-like state and redifferentiate. In 2011 the British Heart Foundation ran an advertising (including on television and online) campaign publicising their intention to study the applicability of this ability to humans by "spend[ing] £50 million on a programme of groundbreaking research that could help us begin to repair damaged [human] hearts."
Zebrafish have also been found to regenerate photoreceptor cells and retinal neurons following injury. The mechanisms of this regeneration are unknown. Researchers frequently amputate the dorsal and ventral tail fins and analyze their regrowth to test for mutations. This research is leading the scientific community in the understanding of healing/repair mechanisms in vertebrates. It has also been found if the same fin is damaged enough times, the fish will grow a new fin which will have mutated only a small amount. Most scientists believe this is a defence mechanism to try to prevent the fin from being damaged again.
In medical researchEdit
Repairing retinal damageEdit
In 2007, researchers at University College London grew a type of zebrafish adult stem cell found in the eyes of fish and mammals that develops into neurons in the retina—the part of the eye that sends messages to the brain. These cells could be injected in the eye to treat diseases that damage retinal neurons—nearly every disease of the eye, including macular degeneration, glaucoma, and diabetes-related blindness. Retinal damage is responsible for most cases of sight loss. The researchers studied Müller glial cells in the eyes of humans aged from 18 months to 91 years and were able to develop them into all types of retinal neurons. They were able to grow them easily in the lab. The stem cells successfully migrated into diseased rats' retinas and took on the characteristics of the surrounding neurons. The team is working on the same approach in humans.
- The subfamily Danionin
- Development of fish: post-fertilization development and axes formation Regional_specification#Fish
- List of freshwater aquarium fish species
- See-through frog
- ↑ Template:FishBase species
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mayden, Richard L., Tang, Kevin L.; Conway, Kevin W.; Freyhof, Jörg; Chamberlain, Sarah; Haskins, Miranda; Schneider, Leah; Sudkamp, Mitchell; Wood Robert M.; Agnew, Mary; Bufalino, Angelo; Sulaiman, Zohrah; Miya, Masaki; Saitoh, Kenji; He, Shunping (2007). Phylogenetic relationships of Danio within the order Cypriniformes: a framework for comparative and evolutionary studies of a model species. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 308B (5): 642–654.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 USGS NAS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Spence R, Gerlach G, Lawrence C, Smith C (February 2008). The behaviour and ecology of the zebrafish, Danio rerio. Biological Reviews 83 (1): 13–34.
- ↑ Watanabe M, Iwashita M, Ishii M, et al. (September 2006). Spot pattern of leopard Danio is caused by mutation in the zebrafish connexin41.8 gene. EMBO Rep. 7 (9): 893–7.
- ↑ Mills, Dick (1993). Eyewitness Hnbk Aquarium Fish, Harper Collins.
- ↑ ZFIN
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Parichy, DM (September 2006). Evolution of danio pigment pattern development. Heredity 97 (3): 200–210.
- ↑ Development journal
- ↑ (December 1996). Zebrafish issue. Development 123 (1).
- ↑ See link for pigmentation mutants of D rerio: Figure 5. Pigment pattern mutants within D. rerio. Mutant names are shown along with gene identities in parentheses when known. For example, the picasso phenotype results from mutations in errb3
- ↑ Xiang J, et al. (February 2009). Identifying Tumor Cell Growth Inhibitors by Combinatorial Chemistry and Zebrafish Assays. PLoS ONE 4 (2): e4361.
- ↑ Hill AJ, Teraoka H, Heideman W & Peterson RE (July 2005). Zebrafish as a Model Vertebrate for Investigating Chemical Toxicity. Toxicological Sciences 86 (1): 6–19.
- ↑ Major RJ, Poss KD (2007). Zebrafish heart regeneration as a model for cardiac tissue repair. Drug Discov Today Dis Models 4 (4): 219–225.
- ↑ (2006). The Zebrafish Exposed. American Scientist 94 (5): 446–453.
- ↑ Jones, Rachel (16 October 2007), "Let Sleeping Zebrafish Lie: A New Model for Sleep Studies", PLoS Biology (Public Library of Science) 5 (10): e281, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050281, PMID 20076649, PMC: PMC2020498, http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pbio.0050281, retrieved on 27 March 2011
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 includeonly>Wade, Nicholas. "Research Offers Clue Into How Hearts Can Regenerate in Some Species", New York Times, March 24, 2010. Retrieved on March 29, 2010.
- ↑ http://www.bhf.org.uk/research/mending-broken-hearts-appeal/the-science.aspx?pid=p&sc_cid=MBH-EX-24&utm_source=MBH-AW&utm_medium=MBH-AW&utm_campaign=MBH-AW-G9_010211&gclid=CL2w_L2hhqcCFcgf4QodBA25eA
- ↑ Zebra fish may point way to cure for blindness The China Post Friday, August 3, 2007.
- Lambert, Derek J (1997). Freshwater Aquarium Fish, 19, Edison, New Jersey: Chartwell Books.
- Sharpe, Shirlie. Zebra Danio. Your Guide to Freshwater Aquariums. URL accessed on December 15, 2004.
- Kocher TD, Jeffery WR, Parichy DM, Peichel CL, Streelman JT, Thorgaard GH (2005). Special feature--roundtable discussion. Fish models for studying adaptive evolution and speciation. Zebrafish 2 (3): 147–56.
- The Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN)
- Bradbury J (2004). Small Fish, Big Science. PLoS Biology 2 (5): 568–72.
- The Zebrafish Information Network (ZFIN)
- The Zebrafish International Resource Center (ZIRC)
- The Zebrafish Genome Sequencing Project (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
- FishMap : The Zebrafish Community Genomics Browser
- Zebrafish GenomeWiki Beta Preview maintained at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
- The Zebrafish wild-type strain Genome sequencing initiative at the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology
- Danio rerio
- Danio rerio embryonic development images
- Sanger Institute Zebrafish Mutation Resource
- Heartbeat and blood flow in transgenic Zebrafish - movies
- FishforScience.com - Using zebrafish for medical research.
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- Trip Outline
- Trip Includes
Tour the Gemelos two lava craters, a walk where you will be surrounded by endemic plants, where many small birds nest.
Reserve, El Chato where we will take a walk where we will find tortoises in their natural state, and then we will pass the largest lava tunnel in all of Santa Cruz, enjoy the geology of the site surrounded by abundant nature.
Finca Chato: In the highlands of Santa Cruz we visit a private farm, home to the famous giant tortoises and numerous species of birds. We also see the famous lava tunnels.
Los Gemelos: two inactive volcanic craters, surrounded by numerous plants and bird species.
Garrapatero Beach: Fantastic yellow sand beach, where you can find flamingos and many birds. In addition to the mangroves and the beach apple trees, you can admire an immense flora and fauna.
Bilingual guide (English and Spanish)
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- Switch & Go Dinos Jagger the T-Rex from VTech
- We recommend this product for ages 3 and up
- 4 AA batteries required TTPM trusts
What It Is
Switch & Go Dinos Jagger the T-Rex is a super-sized electronic dinosaur. Like all Switch & Go Dinos, Jagger has two modes: dino and vehicle. There is an LCD screen that creates Jagger's eyes in dino mode and a truck's windshield with driver in vehicle mode. The conversion is very easy, though, younger kids may need a little help from an adult. What makes Jagger so cool, however, are all the different things you can do. Kids can control Jagger with voice commands, and there are 12 in each mode. For example, when kids say "Roar with me" in dinosaur mode, Jagger will open his mouth and roar. Kids can also use buttons to activate speech or fire the drill, and there's lots to explore as they imagine and play.
Is It Fun?
The big size is great for kids, and all the different features are engaging and fun. For all the technology and ingenious engineering, what makes this toy stand out is the way that VTech keeps the child's active imagination at the center of the play experience.
Who It’s For
Switch & Go Dinos Jagger the T-Rex is for ages 3–8.
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Four AA batteries are required but not included.
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The following table details the trading activities
(stock purchases, stock sales, and stock option exercises)
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
by insider Holmes Chad M since year 2005.
The trader's CIK number is 1621819.
At the time of this reporting, Holmes Chad M is the CFO, EVP and Treasurer of Cra International, Inc. .
(stock ticker symbol CRAI).
See this page for all insider trading activities at Cra International, Inc. .
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|2016-11-20||CRAI||Cra International, Inc.||Option Ex||703||.00||0|
|2016-11-12||CRAI||Cra International, Inc.||Option Ex||978||.00||0|
|2016-10-28||CRAI||Cra International, Inc.||Option Ex||2,088||24.11||50,341|
|2016-10-28||CRAI||Cra International, Inc.||Sale||2,088||29.11||60,779|
|2015-11-19||CRAI||Cra International, Inc.||Option Ex||405||.00||0|
|2015-11-20||CRAI||Cra International, Inc.||Option Ex||703||.00||0|
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Zhengzhou Bangmi Smart Technology Co., Ltd.
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This will be very difficult for the French team to live down. They have got a long, long 7 months to bear the brunt of criticism and scorn from, basically, everyone, everywhere (including their own countrymen.) France can be a great team again, but they have a HUGE challenge ahead of them, just from a psychological standpoint alone.
Sans Zidane, they will not do well. Zidane took them to another level.
Franck Ribery was supposed to take over. But he has been missing through injury. Now, they have Yoann Gourcuff but he is still gaining in experience. So there is no consistency in the attacking midfielder position as yet. But there is still 7 months to go. What they need is a good coach and Raymond Domenech is not the answer.
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Our Factory is a place where dualisms become an asset.
We are different
As Enterprises Factory, e-Novia is unique. We are different. In our uniqueness, we are multiple: thanks to the variety of competencies, personalities and capabilities, we contaminate each other and continuously reinvent ourselves. Here, the result is much more than the sum of the parts.
Determination & Diversity
We are engaging
At e-Novia we we breathe excitement, sometimes pressure, enthusiasm. Our diverse passions playing off each other make us engaging and gives us the courage to be leaders and entrepreneurs. We face chaos and uncertainty with curiosity intrepidness towards new discoveries and new opportunities.
We are explorers
We are visionaries. We dream, we imagine the future without the need for VR glasses. Our strength lies in the ability to transform visions into a tangible and concrete reality. Dreaming the future enables us to make an impact on the present.
We are builders
Although multilayered, we are coherent and consistent. Belief in what we do is our common thread, which represents the e-Novia approach and style. How we do it? Through organization and method. Fearless, we make the complex simple.
We are concrete
We look at the result: a precise, concrete, specific result. The method and approach we apply to our Factory allow us to reach excellent and rapid results.
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St John Elementary School
This week we continue with Library Street and look at St John’s Parish House and Elementary School. Two adjacent parcels of land were purchased by the diocese between Connell and School Streets for the elementary school. The first, adjacent to School Street, was purchased from Julia Robinson in July 1955. This parcel was next to the town owned tennis courts on School Street and was what remained of a larger parcel which extended up School Street. The second parcel, adjacent to Connell Street, consisted of land and buildings purchased from Arthur L. Crosscup in August 1956. This had been the home of Phyllis and Arthur Crosscup and their family.
Ground breaking for the school occurred on April 28, 1957. While construction was taking place the school actually began classes in the basement of the church under the supervision of Sisters of the Presentation of Mary. For the next year the Men’s Club and members of the parish pitched in every night to assist with the construction. As many as 17 men were there helping 2-3 hours each night to prepare for the opening of the school. In October 1858, after the dedication, the classes were moved into the newly completed school.
By 1962 an 8 room addition was built onto the school to accommodate the growing enrollment. The first graduation of a full eight years occurred in 1965. Into the 1970’s enrollment was on the decrease and in 1975 St John Parish announced the school would close as of June 1975. The St. John’s School Board and the School Board of Hudson worked together on a transition. A plan was devised whereby the town would lease the building for one year. After which the town purchased the property and it is now Library Street Elementary School. This school had made a lasting impression on our town.
St John Parish Center
Diagonally across Library Street from the elementary school and adjacent to the church building, the diocese purchased the former home of Charles and Marguerite Farmer in June 1955. By 1962 the home was converted into a convent for the Sisters of Presentation of Mary. It was used for that purpose about 12 years. By 1978 the building re purposed and enlarged as a Parish center. The Parish Center was dedicated May 7, 1978.
During it’s nearly 70 years in Hudson, St. John the Evangelist Church, the Parish, and their affiliated organizations continue to serve the Town of Hudson. I think of the Men’s Group (called Holy Name Society), Knights of Columbus an International Organization, Women’s Guild, ,Boy Scout Troop 252, Cub Scouts to name a few. At the present time and in today’s economy perhaps the most notable is St John XXIII Parish Food Pantry. Their service began about 1982 as St Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and has grown to providing food to some 300 different families in Hudson over the course of a year. The pantry is housed in a major portion of The Parish Center at 23 Library Street. One project of note is the ‘Feed Our Kids’ Program where the volunteers of the Food Pantry work with the students of Alvirne High School. This program supplies a backpack with food for eight meals, snacks, and drinks to provide nourishment over the weekend to a number of students. The food pantry provides the food and the students pack the backpacks and deliver them to the students. The food pantry receives support from the entire Hudson Community and their services are available to any family within our town. The photo of the elementary school is from the collection of the Historical Society. The photo of the Parish House is from the records of the Town of Hudson.
Prior to the mid 1940’s Hudson had no large industry. As World War II ended cars and gas were more obtainable and travel was easier. Families were moving into the area and finding employment in Nashua or other places, and choosing Hudson as their place of residence. Families with Catholic background traveled to Nashua for their religious connections. Those families of French descent would attend Infant Jesus (Crown Hill) or St. Francis Xavier (French Hill). Those of Irish descent attended St. Patricks; Polish descent to St. Stanislaus; and the Lithuanian families to St. Casimir.
By the mid to late 1940’s the Catholic population in Hudson neared 500 families. The Bishop of Manchester, Most Reverend Matthew F. Brady, decided that Hudson could well support and maintain it’s own Roman Catholic Church. In May of 1947 Articles of Agreement were written by Bishop Brady stating that the Diocese would establish a church in Hudson. Thomas J. O’Loughlin and Arthur L. Lougee were selected as trustees. The months which followed were spent planning, selecting a site, and procurement of land. By March 1949 the Diocese owned three contiguous land parcels. Two of these, the former Goddard Home and Connell Home, faced Library Street. The third parcel, formerly site of the town sheds, was to the rear of these parcels and had frontage on Chase Street. This third parcel would become the parking lot for the church. You may be asking, as I have, why this particular location was chosen? It is conveniently located, close to the bridge, and close to Town Services. Beyond that I have no additional insights. As you read this article, you may have some thoughts to share.
By March 17, 1949 the first pastor, Rev. John Belluscio, arrived in Hudson and took his residence at St. Patrick’s in Nashua. Within two days of his arrival the Rowell Family of Hudson offered the use of the old Ferryall farmhouse on Webster Street so he could be closer to his parish. Hudson had it’s first rectory! Father John held the first Mass in Hudson on April 3, 1949 in the gymnasium of the H.O. Smith School, then the Hudson Junior High School. Sunday Masses continued at the school until a building was ready for use on Library Street.
Work on the new church buildings began the very next day. The Goddard house on what is now 27 Library Street was razed to make room for the new rectory. By mid June the Harry Connell house on what is now 25 Library Street was moved across the street to 30 Library Street on land purchased for that purpose from Raymond Victor Lemery. The Connell house was converted into 4 apartments which were retained by the Diocese as income for the parish. This property was later sold to help with the purchase and building of St. John’s School.
In June 1949 Rev. Robert J. Faucher came to Hudson as the first curate to work with Father John and by August the new rectory was ready for occupancy. As the basement of the rectory had an altar; daily masses could now be held. It should be noted that a part of Father John’s task was to create an atmosphere compatible to parishioners of varied backgrounds. Tragically, in August 1950 the associate pastor, Rev Faucher was killed in an auto accident. Rev. Hector Lamontagne was appointed and he would serve 10 years.
Construction continued on the church building by Brideau Construction Co of Berlin. The first Christmas Midnight Mass was held in the basement of the new church in 1949. The following Easter morning the first Mass was held in the new sanctuary. The building was dedicated December 3, 1950. In the years which followed improvements were made to the building. By 1987 a 400 pipe Felgemaker Organ (built in 1886) was installed and dedicated. In the 1990’s stained glass windows were added to the sanctuary in addition to the stained glass windows overlooking the sanctuary which was given by St. John’s Women’s Guild. In 1999 St John The Evangelist Parish celebrated 50 years of service in and to the Town of Hudson. The plan of the Diocese was to merge the Infant Jesus Parish in Nashua and the St. John’s Parish in Hudson. In 2007, with the retirement of the priests in each of these parishes, these parishes merged together as Blessed John XXIII Parish (now St. John XXIII Parish) with Monsignor Paul Bouchard serving as Pastor in both.
The photos for this week are from the Historical Society Collection. They show the Rectory and St John Evangelist Church as photographed about 1975 in preparation of The Town in Transition. My thanks to Pauline Boisvant, Leona Shanholtz, and Don Smith for helping with he background information for this article. Comments or sharing of information can be by email to HudsonHistorical.com.
In 1892 there was but one house on the western side of Sanders Street (now Library Street) between Ferry Street and what is now Central Street. That house belonged to Joseph Fuller. The Hills Memorial Library had not been built and that corner lot was the location of an Ice House. In May 1910 Fred Blodgett transferred a parcel of land containing about 11,975 square feet on the west side of Sanders Street to The Congregational Society. This parcel was part of land previously owned by Joseph Fuller. The very next month the church contracted with Nashua Building Company to construct a parsonage house. Work began July 1 and was completed by October 1 of that same year. This was a major accomplishment for this Hudson Church and their new Pastor, the Reverend Lewis E. Perry formerly from Ayer, Mass. Rev. Perry delivered his first sermon in Hudson in July 1910 and was the first pastor to reside in the new parsonage on Library Street.
This residence at 31 Library served as parsonage for the Congregational pastors until the merger between that congregation and the Methodist church in 1930. It then served a parsonage of the Hudson Community Church until October 1970. The last pastor to reside there was Rev. J. Vernon Whittenburg who served the church from 1963 to 1970. At that time a decision was
made and the property was sold as a private dwelling. From 1970 to the present this home has had 4 owners, including the present owner, Mr. Walid Alhgoul, owner of Wally’s Pizza in Hudson Center.
The accompanying photo shows 31 Library as of the summer of 2016. The Historical Society does not have a good photo of the early parsonage; ff any of our readers can help locate such a photo; please send an email to Ruth at HudsonHistorical@Live.com. Also, special thanks to David Morin for helping with the research for this article.
Resulting from the merger of two historic churches , the Congregational and the Methodist-Episcopal, the Hudson Community Church was registered with the State of New Hampshire in April 1930. Prior to this date meetings were held by each of the two churches in order to discuss and approve the plan to merge as set forth by a joint committee. The newly formed Hudson Community Church selected the church building of the Methodist-Episcopal (aka the brick church) on Central Street and the parsonage house of the Congregational Church located at 31 Library Street. The Congregational Building (aka the white church) was sold t to Hudson Grange; the Methodist-Episcopal parsonage on Baker Street was sold to members of the Baker Family. The Community Church continued to use the organ from the Methodist-Episcopal church which had been recently installed and dedicated in 1924. Later, in 1950, a new Skinner 2-manual organ was installed and dedicated. At the same time, renovations were made to the sanctuary and the chancel in order to accommodate the organ. This occurred during the pastorate of Rev Arnold Tozer.
In 1937, under the Pastorate of Rev Stanley Anderson, the Community Church organized and hosted the 200th anniversary of the formation of the first church in Hudson. This was a joint celebration between the Baptist Church and the Community Church: Celebrating 200 years of established religious services in town through the Congregationalists, Baptists, and Methodists. Dr. Henry O. Smith presented an historical sketch at this anniversary. A copy of this speech, in his original handwriting, is on file at the Historical Society.
Hudson Players, the dramatic club of the Hudson Community Church, was organized by a group of church members interested in producing and presenting stage plays. During the years to come this group prepared and presented at least 8 different productions. The first was “Ghost Train”. At one time this group had as many as 63 members. Initially an auditorium with a stage was rented offsite for these presentations. The group looked forward to an opportunity to have a parish house where these plays could be presented in-house. Such an opportunity started to become reality in December 1953 when the church voted to start a financial campaign to raise $60,000 for a new parish house. A Building Committee under the chairmanship of Grant Jasper was established.
Parish House Completed
By April of the following year the goal was met and the construction phase for the parish house began. Plans called for a chapel, assembly room with a stage, 7 class rooms, and a kitchen. By December of 1955 work was completed and the new parish house, as shown in this week’s photo, was dedicated. The project was begun under the pastorate of Rev Norman Jimerson and completed under pastorate of Rev Lawrence Vincent. Later, in May of 1961 the chapel was dedicated tot he memory of long time organist Marion Joy.
The exterior of the church building remained much the same until 2012 when a handicap ramp was constructed and dedicated to the memory of John Goes by his friends and family. Again, early in January 2016 the front and interior of the parish house was extensively damaged when a car crashed into and through the plate glass window. The driver of the car was not insured; the church and community met the challenge of repairing this damage.
Celebration Service February 12
As of this writing, the new window(s) and associated renovations to the parish hall have been completed. The church, under the leadership of their current Pastor, Rev Patti Gerry-Karajames, will hold a Celebration Service on Sunday February 12, 2017 at 11:00am with an Open House immediately following. Many historical items and documents from these historic churches will be on display. You are all invited to attend.
These photos are from the Historical Society collection. The first shows the ‘brick church’ with the Parish House. This photo was taken about 1975 in preparation for the Town in Transition. The second shown the redesigned and recently completed Parish House window.
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Profitability and Solvency
What drives house fundamental value
The previous made a sociological description of the varied types of home dwellers in the US and their motivation. We will now concern ourselves with real estate as an investment and review some of the fundamental drivers of home value.
- Inflation: the Shiller study of house prices show the national level US house value in inflation-adjusted terms along with its building costs. Over the long run, house prices are stable in inflation-adjusted terms, and their value seems to follow the general level of consumer prices. Since 2000 however, we observe a decoupling between national house prices and inflation. This graph aggregates very different numbers together, as some areas have houses trading much nearer their building cost, while in others, land value is socially or speculatively enhanced. The bottom line is that one should not expect house prices to appreciate faster than inflation. This being said, owning a house instead of cash always makes sense in a context where central banks are printing money. Houses are excellent hyperinflation hedges.
- Demographics: some areas will appreciate faster than others. Demographic changes occur over very long periods of over 30 years. For instance, the population of Chicago (IL) decreased from 3.6mln in 1950 to 2.6mln. For Detroit (MI), it went from 1.8mln in 1950 to 700k today. The population of these cities declined steadily every ten years for more than 60 years. In each of these cities, sufficient dwelling for 1mln people has become vacant; high-quality brick houses are now available below replacement cost. For house prices to rise again, the population needs to increase again so that we go from housing glut to scarcity again. Cities such as Austin TX where the population grew 15% to 40% every ten years saw much faster home value growth. You can find demographics in the Wikipedia section of any city.
- Depreciation and costs: while long-term house prices appear to follow inflation, a house built in 1900 would need to have its plumbing updated from lead pipe to copper, electricity installed, etc. If the home has a wooden frame, the house needs to be demolished and rebuilt after some time. The taxman asks you to assume that the house value will depreciate for 27.5 years, and you should indeed expect some depreciation if you buy and hold a house in an area where the population is not increasing.
- Rent: as suggested by Shiller, purchasing an expensive home and hoping that it appreciates over time does not make sense in many locations: you cannot expect to break even with inflation if the population is stable or even worse than that if it decreases over the long term. Besides, you need to add in the cost of maintaining the house, and this may well cost you 3% to 4% per year. The game changer here is that if you receive a high rent compared to the house expenses, this effect may more than compensate the others. So buying an expensive home may be a poor investment, but buying many reasonably priced rental properties has much better economics.
Houses are good inflation hedges. Markets can be capricious, and there is a significant risk in holding real estate for a few years. Capital gains are a source of profit, but an unreliable one. Rental yield is a measure of building's fundamental value, and that yield allows one to compare this investment with bonds or stocks.
Similar to gold bullions, houses are good inflation hedges, and their short-term price move is subject to animal spirits. Unlike gold bullions, a rental property is a productive investment that generates income and costs. We will next look at rental as a business activity and define of net income.
When viewed as a rental business, an income statement from the activity has the following elements:
- gross income comes from rents and any other receipts (coin operated laundry...)
- operating expenses corresponds to insurance, fees, repairs, management fees, home office costs
- interest from mortgage and credit card need to be deducted
- depreciation from improvements and property that have a life above 12 months need to be deducted, although they can be amortized over the life of the improvement.
- net income = gross income - expenses - interest and depreciation
If spending is categorized as an operational expense, it is fully deductible from income for that year. If it is categorized as a capital expenditure (e.g., if it is an improvement rather than a repair), it needs to be depreciated, which means that the deduction will occur over the life of the expenditure.
We'll review this definition in the section about tax, as net income is what the IRS uses to determine rental income.
Profitability and Solvency Measures
The following section deals with finance computation. Going through this will enable you to do the comparative analysis of investments, to know which one is safer, and which one will double your money faster. You might want to skip this section if you are not in a mood for learning difficult (but rewarding) concepts. It is a dry topic that requires focus, so you may skip this section and return to it when you are ready for a more technical read.
It is one thing to compare the investment potential of similar properties, and another to get the right metrics to analyze investments. You need to know in absolute terms how well your investment is supposed to make.
The following measures will help you determine the intrinsic profitability or a real estate investment. To keep the formulae simple and straightforward, all the income and expense numbers should be annual, and a yield calculation giving 0.05 means 5%, a yield of 0.11 gives 11% to avoid seeing factors 100 show up at multiple places in every formula.
- gross yield=gross income/price: this is the gross annual rent. This tells you how much your gross receipts from the properties are in the best case. Note that the actual gross yield will be much lower if the rental is left vacant. One generally includes a statistically realistic estimate for vacancy, but each year will have a different vacancy rate. The gross yield is generally in the 10%-14% range for profitable cashflow properties.
- expense rate=expenses/price: where expenses correspond to annual expenses for the property. You would expect some money on repairs, local property tax, insurance, management, and any other expense that are commonly deductible. Depending on area, you can expect (0.5%-3%) property tax, 0.5%-1.5% insurance, 1% management cost. Repairs will be anywhere between 0%-1% on good years, 2% on less lucky years. This means an expense ratio of 3%-6% for the property. You should look for properties with low fixed expense ratio, as having high expense will make your situation difficult if the gross income is lower than anticipated due to vacancy.
- capitalization rate=gross yield-expense rate: This number gives you the intrinsic profitability of the property, independent of the financing you choose. As a yield net of expenses, it also tells you the property the margin of safety seen as an investment. Capitalisation rate measures how this investment value grows if the property is bought cash. The income net of expenses is also called EBITDA (earning before interest tax and depreciation), and the cap rate is also called the EBITDA yield of the rental activity.
The following measures take into account the leverage that financing gives you:
- Loan To value Ratio (LTV)=(mortgage principal)/price is the number showing how big the loan is compared to the investment.
- leverage=price/(price-mortgage principal)=1/(1+LTV) is the number showing how much leverage the mortgage is allowing for your investment. A mortgage with a LTV (Loan To Value) ratio of 0.95 gives you a leverage of 20, LTV=0.8 gives you a leverage of 5, LTV=0.5 gives you a leverage of 2, while purchasing cash LTV=0 results in leverage=1.
- cash on cash rate=leverage x (gross income-expenses-mortgage pmt)/price. This measure shows you how much cash flow will be generated by your investment given the amount of cash invested initially. This will be linked to the cap rate as follow: cash on cash = leverage x (cap rate-interest rate-addon repayment rate). The addon repayment rate is dependent on mortgage term and interest rate, it is 1/NbYear when rates are 0, but lower when rates increase. For 30Y, the addon repayment rate will go down from 2% to 1.25% for rates in the 3%-7% range. This is a solvency ratio.
- irr (internal rate of return)=leverage x (gross income-expenses-mortgage interest)/price. This measure the leveraged net investment yield without taking into account the mortgage principal repayments. It will be linked to the cap rate by irr=leverage x (cap rate-mortgage rate). This number shows how the financing you obtained in increasing the property profitability. The difference with the cash on cash rates is the mortgage add-on rate, and this number shows the true profitability of the investment, and should be used for relative value computation.
Note that the last 2 rates include the effect of financing in the profitability computation. They involve a leverage multiplier which is applied to both gross income and expenses. The higher the leverage, the bigger the difference between pro-forma irr and actual irr. You will find that gross rate and cap rate are relatively stable estimates, while cash on cash and irr are much more uncertain given the leverage.
One more element is needed to understand how the tax authorities view your property income: the depreciation. The IRS considers that a real estate property has a useful life of 27.5Y, which means that 3.6% of the property value can be deducted every year. The depreciation applies to the house but not to the land, in case the house is estimated to be worth 0.8 the total property price, the depreciation is 0.8 times 3.6% or 2.9%.
- depreciation rate=(building value)/(building+land value)/27.5. The irr net of depreciation would be irr=leverage x(cap rate-mortgage rate-depreciation rate)
Houses have been around for hundreds of years. Since most of them were either fully rebuilt, or have undergone major renovations of their plumbing and electrical installation in the last 50 years, some owners must have paid for these. While the optimist will assume they can sell the property at an appreciated price, there are large repairs and improvements that you will need to pay if the property is kept for a long time.
You will need to refresh the property and update it to standards every 15 or 30 years. So having a long term reserve set aside for such work makes sense.
If you invest in a property that has good demographic trends, and prices compare favorably with replacement value, you might decide that the IRS is too pessimistic and it would be more realistic to include an appreciation rate than a depreciation. On the other hand, it is most likely that properties with a yield above 12% will not appreciate as they usually only appeal to high yield investor.
We finish with a last measure:
- taxable net yield=cap rate-LTV x interest rate-depreciation rate.
Whatever your assumptions to compute appreciation/depreciation for the property, your investment income will be taxed at your marginal tax bracket rate computed on the net taxable yield, which is the cap rate, net of mortgage interest if any and depreciation rate. For a property that with a 80% LTV mortgage at 5%, the interest deduction will be 4% and the depreciation deduction will be a further 2.6%. That means that the first 6.6% income from the cap rate is not taxable, and the rest is taxed at your marginal rate.
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If you go
What: The Boulder Philharmonic performs with Cirque de la Symphonie
When: 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Macky Auditorium, University of Colorado campus
More info: 303-449-1343 ext. 2 or boulderphil.org
"It's another way of making the music come alive for an audience."
That's how Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra music director Michael Butterman described Cirque de la Symphonie, a program returning for two performances with the orchestra on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, April 2, after selling out Macky Auditorium twice before, most recently in 2013.
"We thought that adding a second afternoon performance might add a better option for a family audience," Butterman said.
Aerial flyers, acrobats, jugglers, contortionists and strongmen will share the stage with the orchestra during the concert. As for the music, Butterman said that it consists of excerpts from the standard repertoire that people will readily recognize but that don't make it onto subscription concerts very often. Most of the pieces are around 8 or 9 minutes long.
"You could call them orchestral showpieces or barnburners," he said.
The physical performances of Cirque are closely choreographed with the music. Butterman said that Bill Allen, executive director and producer of Cirque de la Symphonie, coordinates the music and choreography and "has a great sense of how to put a program together."
Speaking to the Daily Camera, Allen said that while he wears several hats with the organization, his heart is truly in working with conductors and music librarians, putting together coherent musical concepts that will work with the artistry of the Cirque performers. That even includes the few pieces the orchestra plays on its own (which on Saturday will include the likes of "Finlandia" by Sibelius and Bernstein's "Candide" overture).
"Choreography with orchestrated music turns it from a show to a real fine arts event," Allen said. "It creates a three-dimensional effect that has to be experienced. Even videotape can't do it justice. It can't give the feeling of aerial dancers soaring above the audience and the orchestra."
As for the relationship with the famous Cirque de Soleil, Allen said that many of the Cirque de la Symphonie artists have performed with that company at some point or another.
"It's not a competitive relationship," he said. "We are the only Cirque company that works exclusively with symphony orchestras and are thus very specialized within this world. With us, the music is much more integral to the whole experience."
"It's true audio-visual fusion," Allen continued. "One art form doesn't dominate another, and we want to make it look as if they are meant to go together."
He said that while the company is celebrating its 10th anniversary, the experimentation with the concept goes back 25 years.
On the topic of a broader appeal, Allen said that sellouts are regular no matter where the group performs and that they have played with the largest major orchestras and smaller community groups, such as the Boulder Phil and Butterman's other orchestra in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.
"In a place like Boulder, you see a lot of young folks," he said. "It bucks the expectation that these concerts are just places for grandmothers to take their grandchildren."
Butterman has worked frequently with Cirque de la Symphonie, and Allen had high praise for the Phil conductor.
"We think Michael Butterman is an absolute genius, and Boulder is lucky to have him," Allen said. "I've gotten to know him and become familiar with his incredible capabilities in planning musical programs. He knows whether our concepts will fit with the orchestra's capabilities, and he always makes our shows even better with his input."
As an example, Allen cited the Ary Barosso's famous song "Brazil," one of the most recognizable melodies in that country. "I liked the song and mentioned it to Michael. He immediately knew of an orchestral arrangement we could use."
The song will be choreographed to a quick-change act on Saturday.
About the presentation itself, Allen acknowledged that it is daring, but said that after 10 years with no issues "these artists know what they are doing and take the responsibility of safety for all extremely seriously."
He said that the performers are never very far from the musicians, and that the interactive relationship is quite intimate.
"We never have more than two artists on stage at once," he said. "We never want to overpower what is going on in the orchestra."
Butterman admitted that he was initially skeptical of the concept.
"I thought that the acts might not only be a distraction but that they might also be a way of subtly suggesting to the audience that the music is difficult, so we would give them something nice to look at," he said.
But he changed his mind completely after experiencing it from the conductor's podium.
"What's great is that we are playing real classical music that makes the orchestra sound wonderful and is exciting to listen to," he said.
Butterman especially raved about the strongman performance at the end, choreographed to Stravnisky's "Firebird" Suite."
"The slow motion poses are quite spectacular and dramatic," he said.
While there are a lot of companies doing similar things these days, the conductor said that Cirque de la Symphonie is unique in their respect for the music.
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Modern surgery involves numerous sophisticated nondrug techniques to help wounds heal rapidly and completely. Various medications can be used to help offset the side effects of anesthesia.
Principal Proposed Natural Treatments
A variety of herbs, supplements, and other alternative therapies have shown promise for problems encountered following surgery. However, keep in mind that many such substances have shown the potential to increase risk of bleeding during or after surgery. (See Herbs and Supplements to Use Only With Caution ). Furthermore, it is not at present possible to determine all the potential interactions between herbs and drugs used for anesthesia. For this reason, herbs and supplements should only be used for surgical support under the supervision of a physician.
According to most but not all studies, proteolytic enzymes may help reduce pain, bruising, and swelling after surgery.
A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 80 people undergoing knee surgery found that treatment with mixed proteolytic enzymes after surgery significantly improved rate of recovery, as measured by mobility and swelling. 1
Another double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluated the effects of a similar mixed proteolytic enzyme product in 80 individuals undergoing oral surgery. 2 The results showed reduced pain, inflammation, and swelling in the treated group as compared to the placebo group. Benefits were also seen in another trial of mixed proteolytic enzymes for dental surgery, 59 as well as in one study involving only bromelain . 3
Other double-blind, placebo-controlled studies have found bromelain helpful in nasal surgery, 6 cataract removal, 7 and foot surgery. 61 However, a study of 154 individuals undergoing facial plastic surgery found no benefit. 8
Note : Bromelain thins the blood and could increase risk of bleeding during or after surgery. For this reason, physician supervision is essential.
Oxerutins and Other Bioflavonoids
Oxerutins have been widely used in Europe since the mid-1960s, primarily as a treatment for varicose veins . Derived from a naturally occurring bioflavonoid called rutin, oxerutins were specifically developed to treat varicose veins and related venous problems. However, they may also be helpful for treating swelling following surgery. Closely related bioflavonoids from citrus fruit may be helpful as well.
Women who have undergone surgery for breast cancer may experience a lasting and troublesome side effect: swelling in the arm caused by damage to the lymph system. Along with the veins, the lymphatic system is responsible for returning fluid to the heart. When this system is damaged by breast cancer surgery, fluid accumulates in the arm. Three, small, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies enrolling a total of more than 100 people have examined the effectiveness of oxerutins in lymphedema following breast cancer surgery, with generally good results. 9-11
For example, in a small, 6-month, double-blind study, oxerutins reduced swelling and improved comfort and mobility as compared to placebo. 11 Another study found benefit with a combination formula containing oxerutins, ginkgo , and the drug heptaminol. 82
The citrus bioflavonoids diosmin and hesperidin have also shown promise for lymphedema following breast cancer surgery, 16 as has a product containing hesperidin plus a bioflavonoid-rich extract of the herb butcher’s broom . 62Note : Do not use bioflavonoid combinations containing tangeretin if you are taking tamoxifen for breast cancer.
Oxerutins might also be helpful for the ordinary swelling that occurs after any type of surgery. In one double-blind trial, researchers gave oxerutins or placebo for 5 days to 40 people recovering from minor surgery or other minor injuries, and found oxerutins significantly helpful in reducing swelling and discomfort. 17
Oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs), substances found in grape seed and pine bark, may be helpful for recovery from surgery as well. Like oxerutins, to which they are chemically related, OPCs are thought to work by reducing leakage from capillaries.
A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 63 women with breast cancer found that 600 mg of OPCs daily for 6 months reduced postoperative symptoms of lymphedema. 22 Additionally, in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 32 people who were followed for 10 days after a face-lift, swelling disappeared much faster in the treated group. 23
For more information, including dosage and safety issues, see the full OPCs article.
Acupuncture and acupressure are two related forms of treatment that involve stimulating certain locations on the body, known as acupuncture points. Numerous studies have evaluated treatment on a single acupuncture point—P6—for the relief of nausea following anesthesia. This point is located on the inside of the forearm, about 2 inches above the wrist crease.
Many controlled studies involving more than 2,000 people have tested the potential benefits of stimulation at P6 in people undergoing surgery. 12,14,34-47,58,63-67,83,90,95,97,101 In most of these trials, treatment was carried out through the surgery itself, as well as afterwards. The results of these many trials, involving various types of surgery and diverse forms of acupuncture/acupressure, tend to contradict one another. On balance, however, it appears that acupuncture/acupressure may reduce nausea during and after surgery to at least some extent beyond that of the placebo effect.
Acupuncture has also been explored as a means of reducing pain after surgery with inconsistent results. 18,2948-50,63,68 In a 2008 review of 15 randomized controlled trial, however, researchers determined that acupuncture is capable of reducing pain and the need for opioid medications (morphine and related agents) immediately following surgery compared with sham (fake) acupuncture. 93 An analysis of 5 trials found similar results.102 Patients who received ear acupuncture (auriculotherapy) did not use pain medication as much as those in the control group.
A small randomized trial of 70 patients found that acupuncture may decrease dry mouth and pain after removing lymph nodes in the neck for cancer treatment. 99
Contrary to popular belief, acupuncture does not appear to be helpful for providing or enhancing anesthesia itself. 19,96
For more information, see the full Acupuncture article.
Other Proposed Natural Treatments
The herb ginger is thought to have anti-nausea effects. In studies, ginger has been given prior to surgery in order to prevent the nausea that many people experience when they awaken from anesthesia. However, despite some early positive results, the preponderance of evidence indicates that ginger is not helpful for this purpose. 24-27,69,84
Warning : Do not use ginger either before or immediately after surgery, or labor and delivery, without a physician's approval. Not only is it important to have an empty stomach before undergoing anesthesia, there are theoretical concerns that ginger may affect bleeding.
Preliminary evidence suggests that peppermint oil may be helpful for postoperative flatulence and nausea. 53,85
One small double-blind, placebo-controlled study found that magnet therapy patches of the "unipolar" variety reduced pain and swelling after suction lipectomy. 52 However, a study of 165 people undergoing various forms of surgery failed to find that use of static magnets over the surgical incision reduced postsurgical pain. 30 Furthermore, the positioning of static magnets at the acupuncture /acupressure point P6 in patients undergoing ear, nose, and throat (ENT) or gynaecological surgeries reduced nausea and vomiting no better than placebo in a randomized trial. 98 Interestingly, a small, pilot study involving 80 women undergoing breast augmentation procedures found that daily pulsed electromagnetic field therapy reduced postoperative discomfort significantly more than placebo therapy within 3 days of surgery. 91
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 37 people undergoing surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome , an ointment made from the herb arnica (combined with homeopathic arnica tablets) appeared to slightly reduce post-surgical pain. 70
Horse chestnut has effects similar to OPCs (discussed above ) and has also shown promise for reducing postoperative swelling. 54 A preliminary study suggests that topically administered capsaicin provides short-term pain relief immediately following hernia repair surgery. 94
Good nutrition is essential to recovery from any physical trauma. For this reason, use of a multivitamin and mineral supplement in the weeks leading up to surgery, and for some time afterwards, might be advisable.
A placebo-controlled study failed to find that onion extract can help reduce skin scarring following surgery. 21
A randomized trial involving 90 women who had undergone a mastectomy found that the Chinese herbSalvia miltiorrhiza did help to reduce wound complications.100 In this same study, the Chinese herb anisodamine was also helpful, but there were more adverse effects related to this treatment.
Treatment via inhalation of essential oils is called aromatherapy . One controlled trial found that that lavender oil, administered through the oxygen face mask, reduced need for pain medications following gastric banding surgery. 32
At least 20 controlled studies, enrolling a total of more than 1,500 people, have evaluated the potential benefit of hypnosis for people undergoing surgery. 71 Their combined results suggest that hypnosis may provide benefits both during and after surgery, including: reducing anxiety, pain, and nausea, normalizing blood pressure and heart rate, minimizing blood loss, and speeding recovery and shortening hospitalization. Unfortunately, many of these studies were of very poor quality.
Relaxation therapy techniques, such as meditation, guided imagery, and self-hypnosis, have also shown promise for relieving some of the discomforts of surgery. 72-80,92 One study found minimal benefits with music therapy. 28
For a discussion of homeopathic approaches to surgery support, see the Homeopathy database.
Numerous herbs and supplements have the potential to cause problems during or after surgery, including some of those discussed in this article. For this reason, we strongly suggest that you do not use any herb or supplement in the week leading up to surgery, except under physician’s supervision.
For example, the herb garlic significantly thins the blood, and case reports suggest that garlic can increase bleeding during or after surgery. 55-57 For this reason, it is probably advisable to avoid garlic supplements prior to surgery and not to restart it after surgery until all risk of bleeding is past. However, raw garlic consumed in food may not present the same risk. A placebo-controlled study found that one-time consumption of actual raw garlic consumed in food at the fairly high dose of 4.2 mg did not impair platelet function. In addition, volunteers who continued to consume the dietary garlic for a week did no show any change in their normal platelet function. 33
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Last updated Updated: 6/27/2011
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São Paulo: Museo Lasar Segall, IPHAN, 10 de maio a 06 de julho de 2003. 45 b/w and color plates, ports., facs., chron., cat., bibl., pict. fldg. wrps. Iconographic exhibit of the image of international theater star, Berta Singerman (b. Argentina, 1901-1962) and her relationship with modernist artists from Brazil.....
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The importance of SEO in omni-channel marketing, part 2
Search engine optimization is a critical component of digital marketing, but how can you incorporate it into your omni-channel marketing strategy? Columnist Trond Lyngbø lays out his process for doing just that.
The first part of this article series on SEO in omni-channel marketing explained how search engines are intimately integrated into your customers’ lives. Ignoring SEO will eliminate you as an option when customers evaluate and buy things. SEO is critical to any company’s financial success and should be a top priority.
Today, let’s look at a seven-step process to incorporate SEO into an omni-channel marketing strategy.
Note: This blueprint was inspired by P.R. Smith’s SOSTAC framework, an effective model for various elements of business strategy planning. You can learn more about it here: http://prsmith.org/sostac/
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I have figured out that:
- When photons leak out from a container, the entropy of the photon collection increases, because each photon has a different escape time.
- Photons that have leaked out from a container can be collected into a container of the same size, if that container is in a gravity well deep enough.
- When photons fall some distance in a gravity field, each photon's energy becomes multiplied by some factor, which does not change the entropy.
- After aforementioned container has been winched up from the gravity well, the entropy of the photons inside must be increased compared to the entropy of the photons inside the first leaky container.
So I suspect that lifting some radiation increases its entropy. Am I on a right track here?
I have a suggestion how the entropy increases when a cube-shaped mirror walled container of radiation is lifted: A photon moving into just right direction does not touch the floor or the ceiling of the container during the lifting process. The lifting agent does not do any work on that photon. Work done on a photon ranges from zero to X joules, which increases entropy. When gravity does work on photons, every photon's energy increases by K percents, which does not increase entropy.
Clarification to point 2: Observer in the gravity well sees the radiation to leak out rapidly. The short time implies small entropy increase. Observer outside the gravity well sees that radiation slows down when the radiation enters the gravity well. The line of photons contracts when photons at the front are slowing down.
Oh yes, optically dense material has the same effect as gravity well. And also if a photon catcher device moves rapidly towards the photons, then photons go in rapidly and come out slowly, which allows an arbitrarily large photon gas cloud to be caught into a small volume container, in this process temperature of radiation increases without entropy of radiation increasing.
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I made some strawberry-infused blanco tequila last May for the Alice In Wonderland #2, and since then I have been looking for other applications that suit it. Some readers may remember it from the Rafaela, a strawberry and chocolate variation on my favorite mezcal drink. Last Saturday for a pregame, my homies and I decided to make a grapefruit juice version of a Paloma, the most popular tequila drink in mexico. Usually a simple combination of grapefruit soda and tequila, the Paloma can also be made with fresh grapefruit and lime juice, and that is exactly what I did.
I have never been crazy about grapefruit juice as a cocktail ingredient. Its flavor is too mild, too watery, and too subtle. I’m told that older grapefruits used to have a bitter flavor to them, but it has been bred out of modern commercial grapefruits in what I imagine was an attempt to sell more. The watery quality of juice from a fresh grapefruit from the supermarket is disappointing, and so is everything into which you mix it. Even so, the Strawberry Paloma:
1.5 oz Strawberry-infused Tequila (But stick to un-infused tequila, it’s better in this)
1 oz Grapefruit Juice
.5 oz Lime Juice
.5 oz Honey Syrup
Shake over ice and double strain into a cocktail glass. Garnish with a grapefruit peel.
On account of the above-mentioned difficulties with grapefruit juice, I could not find a balance of grapefruit juice to tequila in this drink that I loved. The idea to use honey syrup came from a similar pairing in the between grapefruit and honey in the Brown Derby. That worked pretty well, but the strawberry tequila kind of fell flat. Stick to un-infused agave spirits for this one, to really focus on the flavor of the base. The strawberry infusion produced an almost tart flavor in the tequila, and it might pair well with yoghurt or cream, but it did not work well with grapefruit.
Speaking of grapefruits, the peel sank, looking pretty, but providing no aroma. A parable.
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The hospitality kiosk is a universal guest services solution for your hotel, resort, and casino. The kiosk is twenty-four/seven operational and accessible through mobile platforms. Kiosks are also designed for ease of use for those with visual or hearing impairments. It is a virtual concierge that acts as a second front desk, offering real time information for travelers who are constantly on the go.
The hospitality kiosk is an all-in-one solution and includes hardware, software, installation, service and support. Hotels are able to tailor offered services based on the uniqueness of the property.
Choose your own guest services on the hospitality kiosk
The whole field of guest services is present. It ranges from specific hotel information, your loyalty programs, business-center services, real-time flight information, boarding pass printing, and wayfinding just to name a few.
Just pick and choose which guest services are the most desired for your hotel.
General hotel information
This button covers all the general information of your hotel. Examples include: front-desk services, check-in and check-out information, room-delivery services, safety and security and so forth.
All installed services can be updated through a content management system available locally, at your hotel, or at the corporate offices.
Guest loyalty programs may be accessed directly. Guest can update their status, check for special offers, and sign-up for instant participation.
Many hotels choose to add an event calendar to their hospitality kiosk. Information for hotel events and other attractions located within the general vicinity are often displayed.
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This service allows you to tell your guest where and when to get coffee, whether it is in your own hotel or a shop nearby.
Information regarding dates and descriptions of conventions and shows being held at the hotel or nearby convention center may be displayed. Optional sign-up/sign-in, pay, presenters’ notes, and routes can also be included.
Business Center Services
Hardware, software, installation, service and customer hotline are available. Over a thousand hotel and resort properties have our business center solutions. Our technical development and support team monitor and maintain those systems daily.
Some names of installations are the Hyatt, Starwood, Best Western, Walt Disney, Choice, Sheraton, Marriott, and so forth. Ask for references!
Provides real-time flight information on kiosk, LCD and in-room on the TV-network.
We collect the data of all airports and airlines in the world and display them in your hotel. This includes arrival and departure notices as well as delays and cancellations.
Many hotels in metropolitan areas include this service for their guest.
Print Boarding Pass
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Guests may obtain information regarding how to store baggage through this selection. Link includes everything your guest needs to know, such as locations, access routes, and size / amount requirements.
This button may be used by properties that house their own shopping area. Guests can order and pay directly through the kiosk.
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Provide your guests with directions to restrooms, both non-accessible and accessible. This amenity is especially important in larger properties. Routes and text directions can be displayed and sent to mobile platforms.
This option on the hospitality kiosk is meant to inform guests in regards to the accessibility provisions you have taken. Adjustments can be made to allow the user to request extra assistance.
Selection provides schedules and routes to public transportation options in your area. Hotel shuttle service information is often included.
Selection contains descriptions of the various available taxi services, including UBER. An option to reserve taxi transportation may be included.
Many (and positive) references of your hotel are great for your online reputation. This direct connection with Trip Advisor makes it simple for your guest to leave a comment.
Topping the list of frequently asked questions is how the guest can connect to your WIFI. Providing this notification through the hospitality kiosk makes this information readily available, even when the front counter is closed.
The kiosks can be tailored to provide locations and routes to available ATMs. This feature has proven quite convenient for guests, especially when they are staying in larger hotel properties.
Wayfinding allows access to locations and routes to all possible points of interest within your building or on the property grounds. The provided route information can easily be scanned to the cell phone for guidance along the way.
The hospitality kiosk can be used as a payment processor for various purposes. It accepts all major credit-cards and Paypal.
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Frontier Communications (Nasdaq: FTR ) is expected to report Q4 earnings on Feb. 21. Here's what Wall Street wants to see:
The 10-second takeaway
Comparing the upcoming quarter to the prior-year quarter, average analyst estimates predict Frontier Communications's revenues will decrease -3.5% and EPS will drop -14.3%.
The average estimate for revenue is $1.24 billion. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.06.
Last quarter, Frontier Communications logged revenue of $1.25 billion. GAAP reported sales were 3.0% lower than the prior-year quarter's $1.29 billion.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.
Last quarter, EPS came in at $0.07. GAAP EPS of $0.07 for Q3 were 250% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.02 per share.
Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.
For the preceding quarter, gross margin was 91.9%, 100 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 22.3%, 310 basis points better than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 5.3%, 370 basis points better than the prior-year quarter.
The full year's average estimate for revenue is $5.01 billion. The average EPS estimate is $0.26.
The stock has a three-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 969 members out of 1,079 rating the stock outperform, and 110 members rating it underperform. Among 216 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 193 give Frontier Communications a green thumbs-up, and 23 give it a red thumbs-down.
Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Frontier Communications is hold, with an average price target of $5.16.
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Recessed Deck Lighting-FVTLED
Jun 11 2019
A deck is a great place to spend time when the weather is nice, so don't limit the usage to just the daylight hours. Recessed deck lighting allows people to see at night, provides an enchanting appearance and provides security and safety. Because it is easy to install, comes in a large selection of sizes and is relatively inexpensive, there is no reason not to have recessed deck lighting.
Reasons To Install Recessed Deck Lighting
Regular lights can be too bright and are often placed in obtrusive places where they protrude and can be tripped over. Recessed deck lighting, on the other hand, is perfect for any outdoor space because the lighting fixtures sit flush with the surface. This means that they can be installed virtually anywhere. Areas like the patio floor and steps are ideal spots because they provide an illuminated path for people to see where people they are walking.
When used as overhead lighting in the deck ceiling, they create just enough light for evening cocktails or a nighttime cookout. In addition to utilitarian purposes, they can also function as extra security. Potential intruders are more likely to avoid areas that are well-lit.
Types Of Recessed Deck Lighting
Although a professional can install the lights, there are many kits available for the homeowner to do the installation themselves. They can be either solar powered from sunlight, which does not require any electricity, or low voltage electric powered, which uses a step-down transformer to convert the high-powered household current into a very low voltage. Obviously, the solar powered lights will be much easier to install since they do not require any knowledge of cables and wires.
The lights come in many different sizes and shapes, such as oval, round and square. Some recessed deck lights will have a design on the cover plate, like a swirl or curved lines, to create more interest. The color of light output is available in several color choices, such as white, red, blue, green and amber.
Recessed deck lighting provides a captivating effect after dark. Because of the low cost and ease of installation, almost anyone can take a basic deck used only during the day and transform it into the favorite nighttime spot for homeowners and their guests. The large variety of available shapes, sizes and colors ensures that there is a recessed light fixture to match any home exterior and any budget.
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The kids were with Rob at his warehouse, they love hanging out there, not sure why, personally I'd rather have a root canal. Anyway, Nathan was tossing some kind of toy boat in the air, and it hit a light fixture which fell down and cut him.
So if you've ever had a cut anywhere on the head you know it bleeds pretty bad, and this put poor Nathan into a panic and when he saw all the blood and it made him toss his cookies, poor guy.
Rob got it under control and he was up and running around right away. Well I suggested he take Nate to the doctor to look at it but you know men. Rob said Nate is fine and running around like nothing happened and I'm bringing them home right after they get these airbrushed tattoo's done...WHAT!!!!
One of Rob's warehouse friends is an airbrush artist. Rob said it'll just take a minute, okay if you know Rob, a minute in Rob's world is easily 20-30 minutes. So at 10pm he calls to say Nate's head is gushing again....HELLO!!
So I found an after hours pediatric emergency care center because we all know if he went to the Emergency Room at the hospital, we'd still be there 8 hours later!!! They took him in right away and fixed him all up, he got 3 staples. And the doctors loved them so much he only charged half price!! Thank Goodness because they did not take the kids insurance.
Here a few pictures I took once they finally got home around 11:30pm!! I think it was 1:30pm before everyone was in bed!!
Nate showing us his tough side
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I lost my virginity to my boyfriend about a week ago & I've been bleeding lightly for about 3 days? Is this normal? Also, didn't use a condom but I'm taking Aubra birth control & my inactive pills are next week so I know it's not my period.
It could just be because it was the first time and because of the hormones in the pill. You should be safe since you are on the pill. Spotting isn't unusual in the first few months of the pill.
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NR 504 Week 2 Assignment: Role of Ethics within Leadership
The purpose of this assignment is to apply ethical principles to current leadership practices within healthcare by a) explaining two ethical principles, b) applying selected ethical principles to leadership, c) identifying how selected ethical principles can prevent or resolve leadership concerns, d) discussing how selected ethical principles will be incorporated into own leadership practices, and e) communicate ideas in a clear, succinct and scholarly manner.
NR 504 Week 2 Discussion Question/Answer Leadership Whirlwind
Step into a Leadership Whirlwind by clicking on the icon below. After listening to the “Whirlwind” identify two issues and develop a specific plan that would facilitate improvement for C.J. Your plan requires scholarly support for the actions as well as providing C.J. information useful for improvement.
Peer response: For the peer response, you assume the role of C.J.’s immediate supervisor……………… different technique/action to improve the identified plan.
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Full name: James Allan "Jimmy" Ball
Height: 5-10.5 (180 cm)
Weight: 152 lbs (69 kg)
Born: May 7, 1903 in Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Died: July 2, 1988 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Affiliations: ?, Winnipeg (CAN)
Medals: 1 Silver, 2 Bronze (3 Total)
Jimmy Ball rose to prominence on the Canadian track and field scene while studying pharmacy at the University of Manitoba. In 1927 he became the national champion in the 440 yards and the mile relay, before setting a Canadian record of 49.4 seconds in the 400 metres at the trials for the 1928 Summer Olympics. Less than an hour later, he broke that record with a mark of 48.6 seconds. At the 1928 Games he won a silver medal in the 400 m, behind Ray Barbuti of the United States, in a Canadian-record time of 48.0 seconds. He also earned bronze in the 4x400 metre relay alongside Phil Edwards, Stan Glover, and Alex Wilson. After breaking the Canadian record in the 300 yards at the 1929 national indoor championships, his next stop was the inaugural 1930 British Empire Games, where he took silver in the 4x440 yard relay with Glover, Wilson, and the non-Olympian Art Scott. He was also fifth in the 220 and 440 yards.
Ball was able to make Canada’s Olympic delegation a second time, in 1932, where he repeated his bronze medal-winning performance in the 4x400 m relay, this time alongside Edwards, Wilson and Ray Lewis. He was also eliminated in the semifinals of the 400 m. In 1933 he received the Norton H. Crowe trophy as Canada’s top athlete and won a second national title in the mile relay. He earned his third and final Canadian crown in the event in 1935, after which he retired from active competition. He was made a member of Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 1959 and the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1980.
Personal Best: 400 – 47.9e (1929).
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Initial excitement with PD-1 inhibitors was focused on renal cell carcinoma, lung cancer, and melanoma. However, a second wave of excitement has been generated by this approach in bladder cancer, explains Brian I. Rini, MD.
Promising data from a phase I trial exploring the anti-PD-L1 therapy MPDL3280A were presented at the 2014 ASCO Annual Meeting, explains Rini. This study explored treatment with MPDL3280A in 67 patients with metastatic urothelial bladder cancer who received prior chemotherapy.
The objective response rate with MPDL3280A was 43% in PD-L1 positive patients (IHC 2/3). At the time of the data cut-off, 94% of patients had ongoing responses. This response rate is as high as chemotherapy with a promising safety profile, representing a potential "game-changer," Rini explains.
The current standard in bladder cancer is gemcitabine plus cisplatin for most patients. Adding to this, it makes sense to combine chemotherapy with a PD-1/PD-L1 targeted agent for patients with bladder cancer, Rini believes. Additionally, for patients who are unfit for chemotherapy, the level of activity as a single-agent is particularly promising, Rini notes.
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This article is about a historic Army post in Virginia. ... Fort Myer is the previous
name used for a U.S. Army post next to Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington
Apr 2, 2015 ... Hatfield Gate, 2nd Street South, Fort Myer, Va. 22211 - All non-DoD- non-
federally-affiliated visitors MUST use Hatfield Gate to access Fort ...
Jan 24, 2014 ... An Arlington, Va., aerial view from the mid 1960s, shows the Pentagon and Fort
Myer's South Post (left). Later in the decade, until the mid 1970s ...
Fort Myer, Virginia, holds a central place in the history of the Army. .... The Army
designated the area "South Post," but the current boundaries of Fort Myer no .....
The history of the northern Virginia and the Potomac River Valley since European
... and Department of Defense civilians at the education center in Fort Myer,
Virginia. ... Fort Myer is a military installation. ... Take Interstate 395 south to Exit
Fort Myer Officers' Club provides Wedding Catering, Wedding Ceremony ... Of
Columbia - Washington DC, Maryland, Northern Virginia, and surrounding areas.
Current local time in Fort Myer, Virginia with information about Fort Myer, Virginia
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The Fort Myer Old Post Chapel is located across from Brucker Hall, adjacent to
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It's time to wrap up!
The cookie season is coming to the end. Jan 26th is the last date to turn in the cookie orders. I would appreciate if all of you would turn in your order forms to us by January 24th because this year cookie club is not going to update your orders and we have to do it manually. Please see to it that you get all your orders turned in by the evening of Jan 24th.
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Permaculture Town: Franklin NH
Greater Seacoast Permaculture Group
Location: The Urban Forestry Center, 45 Elwyn Rd, Portsmouth, NH
Date: Sunday, April 19, 2015
Time: 5 – 7pm
A New Hampshire Permaculture Town? Todd Workman is leading an effort to revitalize Franklin NH using permaculture. His plans call for: hydroelectric generators to harness power from the river, collecting storm water for reuse, a local winery, and green spaces including an “edible forest” planted with hazelnut trees, blueberry bushes, and grape vines, alternative transportation, becoming a Transition Town, and much more. Todd is looking to bring ecologically balanced development and to put together a real local economy.
He has had successes and hurdles so far, and is in the midst of the work. He’s coming to Portsmouth to tell us about it and see if we might do some work together. Come learn more! We will hear from Todd, share in a potluck dinner, and have a discussion. This is free and open to all, though we will be accepting donations gratefully!
For more information: http://www.meetup.com/GreaterSeacoastPermaculture/events/220804142/
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Discover Africa 4×4 is a family business, it has been developed from large amounts of requests coming through to African Overlanders from people who wanted to travel Africa for a longer period than is financially viable for rental companies. It is run by Duncan and Eli who have been running African Overlanders since 2011 and Danie who is the specialist 4×4 mechanic.
African Overlanders started in South Africa in 2011, Since then we have shipped hundreds of 4×4’s, cars and motorbikes all over the world. Discover Africa 4×4 is part of African Overlanders but provides a totally different service. Please take a look at what else we do by visiting
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It’s human nature. For most people even the thought of having to accomplish a defined task in a certain, limited timeframe produces an uneasy, queasy feeling. But for illustrators a “deadline” is a sought after condition. For us, and to many other communication arts professions, it’s just part of the job. Physically speaking a deadline marks the cure to an assignment, and when payment can be discharged.
|©2014 Don Arday.|
Like other conditions, deadlines present themselves various ways, with each variant requiring its own form of treatment and consideration. As such, careful identification and diagnosis of a deadline can provide an illustrator with a notable benefit, which can be brought to bear on the evolution of an assignment.
Six Types Of Deadlines
These acute deadlines arise suddenly and intensely. They are usually contracted from a stress inducing client relationship, and if not managed properly, they can lead to loss of sleep and acute anxiety. Fortunately, due to their brevity this kind of deadline can be cured quickly, if not painlessly.
This strain of deadline actually presents itself as a series of prescribed deadline stages. A typical staged course would include a deadline for pencil concepts followed by another for a comp, which would then proceed to the finished art deadline. Staged deadlines, because they are well organized are generally easier to swallow than other deadline types.
As the name implies, solo deadlines are a one shot deal. All stages occur simultaneously and for one time only; at the end of the job’s treatment. The all or nothing nature of a solo deadline makes it difficult to detect any symptoms or warning signs that may become available during the course of an assignment that could alter its outcome, and ultimately its acceptance by a client. Solo deadlines are most manageable when an illustrator has been given carte blanche.
|© 2014 Don Arday.|
Cyclical deadlines are those that will need treatment on a reoccurring schedule. At some point or another, every illustrator has contracted cyclical deadlines during their professional life. These deadlines are somewhat less common these days than in the past due to the constant change that occurs within many periodic illustration commissions. Mild in nature, cyclical deadlines almost always result in a positive prognosis.
Also known as self-administered deadlines, a self-imposed deadline is a form of vaccination against a common deadline. The self-imposed deadline is meant to head off any anxiety or discomfort that may result from a client imposed deadline. It works by way of keeping an illustration assignment’s progress ahead of a schedule imposed by a client.
Sometimes beneficial and other times not, a false deadline or blind placebo deadline is meant to keep an illustrator out in front of a true deadline of an assignment. It is similar to a self-imposed deadline except that a false deadline is dispensed by a client to an unknowing illustrator.
Whereas a false deadline is the compression of the time period of an actual deadline, an arbitrary deadline is a deadline that has no basis for existing at all, and it has no positive effect on an illustration assignment. It’s a prescription written for a condition that doesn’t exist, and almost always administered by an inexperienced, disorganized, or adversarial client.
Why Deadlines Are Healthy
A deadline is an essential ingredient that ensures a wholesome professional career for an illustrator. And most illustrators can easily digest a deadline without difficulty or any bad aftertaste. Deadlines are a part of the DNA structure of the illustration business; they a progenitor to the evolution of all communication arts. Deadlines are a fundamental factor in commerce and even business progress.
What A Deadline Does For An Illustrator
1. Prompts an illustrator to foresee the future and manage time accordingly.
2. Triggers the organization and prioritization of assignment related activities.
3. Provides motivation to see a project through to completion.
4. Ensures closure on one assignment so another one can begin.
5. Combats procrastination.
6. Imparts a feeling of satisfaction, of accomplishment at having triumphed over a challenge.
7. Encourages an illustrator to engage in a smarter, more efficiently workflow.
8. Increases the number of assignments an illustrator can take on by providing a concise schedule.
9. Sets a fixed point in time for a project’s completion that is understood by all parties involved.
10. Gives support to bringing in a steady income.
In The Too Much Information Category
Printers to denote a line on a printing press, beyond which text would not print properly, first used the term deadline in the early 19th century. (The early day version of what is now known as “live area” in print). In the mid 19th century America to denote a physical lines that were not to be crossed by either an enemy in a battle, or by a prisoner in a stockade without death being the consequence for doing so. The first use of the term deadline as a synonym for “time limit” was coined by the newspaper industry a nearly a century ago.
Deadlines are good for illustrators and the illustration business. They dispel the impression that the art of illustration is also one of self-indulgence. Deadlines prove that illustration, being an art, is also a business that operates to provide a timely service to commercial clients.
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Rebels move on: P-B-K, top-seeded Cardinals win
Published 12/14/2012, The Jamestown Sun
Missing the team’s most prolific scorer, the backs of the Pingree-Buchanan-Kensal Rebels were against the wall during the opening round of the Stutsman County Boys Basketball Tournament at the Jamestown Civic Center on Thursday night.Word count: 1424
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The Zero Draft for Post-2015 Development Agenda Contains Gaps on Key Feminist Issues
Press Release, June 17, 2015
Next week the Zero Draft of the Outcome Document of the Post-2015 Development Agenda 'Transforming Our World,' will be negotiated at the United Nations (UN). The document was recently released by the Co-facilitators of the Post-2015 Intergovernmental Negotiations and provides the main framework for the Post-2015 Development Agenda to be adopted during the UN Summit this September. The Post 2015 Women's Coalition welcomes the Zero Draft as an opportunity to change business as usual and promote a comprehensive gender equality strategy, address inequalities, promote peace and security and be inclusive and accountable to all. Unfortunately, the Zero Draft falls short of ensuring the universal realization of all women's and girls' human rights.
Gender equality and women's human rights must be an integral part of the framework for the Post-2015 agenda and must be considered in the Declaration as a core principle of the Post-2015 vision. Radhika Balakrishnan, Faculty Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) emphasized the importance of gender equality as a crosscutting issue throughout the development agenda, and said, "The post-2015 agenda has to integrate gender at every level, it has to engage with the multiple forms of inequality at both national and global levels to provide a meaningful framework for thinking about a political and economic agenda anchored in social justice."
Although states are obligated under international human rights law including the Maastricht guidelines to progressively realize women's human rights using maximum available resources, these obligations are not adequately reflected in the Zero Draft. Coalition members stressed that the Zero Draft's voluntary follow up mechanisms, disconnect from existing human rights monitoring mechanisms, and restricted targets and indicators fail to capture the ambition needed for transformative change. Sivananthi Thanenthiran, Executive Director of the Asian-Pacific Resource and Research Centre for Women (ARROW) said, "The zero draft does not attempt to address the problems of power which are at the root of current inequalities, and shies away from tackling issues around social marginalization such as gender and sexuality which were hard-won at Beijing and Cairo."
"We must stop subsidizing the current war system and start investing in gender justice and peace," said Madeleine Rees, Secretary General of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Building on the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action's commitments to reduce and redirect the current $1.7 trillion arms trade should be one innovative financing mechanism. Reducing military spending by just 10% per year and developing a mechanism through the Financing for Development processes to transfer savings into gender equitable social development would significantly close the financial gap to achieve the SDGs. Beyond this, building on financing obligations to women's human rights are critical to creating change that women human rights defenders can see and feel.
"The document highlights women's rights and gender equality prominently, and it is critical that this focus remains. Nevertheless, we are concerned and staying alert to the fact that women's rights are often used as bargaining chips, to be traded as if they are optional, rather than obligations, especially as negotiations continue." said Alejandra Scampini, Lead Advocacy Coordinator at the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). "Our engagement will seek to ensure that there is no roll back at the international conference on financing for development [to be held in Ethiopia in July], and in relation to decisions on the indicators that will measure progress on the SDGs…we are concerned that there is very little that is transformatory in terms of economic and financial governance."
The Zero Draft Outcome Document for the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda is a critical opportunity to reinforce gender equality and women's empowerment as vital components of the Post-2015 agenda. While the Zero Draft takes steps to address these themes it falls short of establishing a comprehensive gender equality strategy.
Photo: Franck Vervial, Flickr, Working women in rice padding, Bali, 2013.
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Have you ever wondered what types of workouts are the best ever for a healthy body?
Scientists at the Harvard Medical School released a paper outlining the only five exercises we need to practice to get the best outcome for our bodies.
Strength training is on the list and viewed as one of the five best exercises you can do to boost longevity, maintain strength and improve flexibility.
“The more muscle you have, the more calories you burn, so it’s easier to maintain your weight,” says Dr. I-Min Lee, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, who was involved in the research on the best exercises ever. Lee has studied the effects of exercise for more than a decade.
High-intensity interval training, or HIIT, is another way to get results from resistance training.
“If you don’t use muscles, they will lose their strength over time,” says Dr. Lee. The key is to up your reps if you’re using light weights, and lower your reps when employing heavy lifting and resistance. Results include stronger bone density, increased metabolism and reduced body fat.
The other types of workouts that are the best for muscle building, weight loss, bone strengthening and improving your heart and brain health are swimming because it uses nearly every muscle in your body, walking, even if it is a brisk daily walk of just 20 minutes, Tai Chi, a Chinese martial art that incorporates movement and relaxation and Kegel exercises which can help you prevent or control urinary incontinence and other pelvic floor problems.
Lee and colleagues also found that inactivity was responsive for more than five million deaths a year worldwide, about the same as the number of deaths attributable to smoking.
She suggests moving around for one to three minutes every half hour while you are work.
“There are lots of apps you can use on your phone or computer that will sound an alarm to remind you. The key is to make these things habits that you do without thinking about, like brushing your teeth,” says Dr. Lee.
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Mike Epps Hits Us Up On The Jamzline!!
February 4, 2011 12:38 PM
Don’t miss the hilarious Mike Epps and his friends performing live Valentines night at the Bob Carr Performning Arts Center. Tickets sold so fast, they had to add another show!! Don’t miss out!!
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A question I get almost every day is “What do I do to get rid of this blond peach fuzz on my face? Does laser hair removal help?” Unfortunately, the answer is no. Laser hair removal does not work on light blond or fine hair. It has to be dark or have pigment to it.
The best way to get rid of that annoying hair is dermaplaning. Dermaplaning is a fast, painless treatment using a surgical blade to remove dead skin from the epidermis, as well as that peach fuzz.
I know what you’re thinking: “Wait, doesn’t shaving your face cause your hair to grow thicker and darker?” The answer is no. Peach fuzz is technically called vellus hair. If shaved, it stays the same and will not grow back thicker or darker.
Dermaplaning also leaves your skin brighter, smoother, glowing and more youthful. You can expect to see instant improvement in your skin’s tone and texture and the removal of your fine facial hair. The long-term effects include increased cell turnover, which helps to improve your wrinkles and dark spots – not to mention how incredibly soft your face feels afterward.
I also love to combine it with a chemical peel. Dermaplaning your skin enhances the results of the chemical peel, allowing the chemicals to penetrate deeper into the skin. Chemical peels are great for improving your skin’s tone and texture, discolorations, fine lines and for giving you a brighter, more radiant appearance with minimal downtime. And don’t worry, after the chemical peel you won’t look like Samantha from “Sex and the City.”
I love the results I get after dermaplaning. I love how smooth my face feels, that my skincare products penetrate deeper and, most of all, that my makeup doesn’t cake up as much when I apply it.
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Archive - Mar 13, 2014
NEW YORK — Just in case Ed Cooley let it slip from his mind that the Providence Friars and Madison Square have gone together like oil and vinegar for the longest time, he received a reminder from the college’s president, the Rev. Brian J. Shanley.
“From what (Shanley) told me, we haven’t won down here often,” stated Cooley. “So for us to get off the schneid, it’s a great accomplishment for our program.”
NEW YORK — Ed Cooley didn’t mince words when asked if he feels St. John’s should be one of the Big East teams selected to the NCAA Tournament.
When the subject turned to whether his Providence squad has done enough to get off the proverbial bubble and move closer to lock status following Thursday’s 79-74 victory over St. John’s, Cooley refrained from politicking on the Friars’ behalf.
WOONSOCKET – Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt struck a tone of cautious optimism as she recapped her administration’s accomplishments last night in a speech marking her first 100 days in office.
With the aid of Power Point visuals, Baldelli-Hunt embarked on a detailed, hour-long synopsis that covered a bit of old ground, but also contained a few surprises. Most controversially, perhaps, the mayor reaffirmed her commitment to all-day kindergarten and announced that she is ready to begin consolidating police and fire dispatching services in a move expected to save the city $630,000 a year.
Ann E. Paquette
WOONSOCKET- Ann E. Paquette, 77, of Woonsocket died Wednesday morning at home surrounded by her family. She was the loving wife of Roger A. Paquette. They were married on October 12, 1957.
Born in Woonsocket she was a daughter of the late Alderic and Eva (Fortier) Denomme. She was a lifelong resident of the city.
Mrs. Paquette was employed as a stitcher for several area sewing shops. She also worked at U.S. Rubber, Royal Robes and in the housekeeping department at Mt. St. Francis Health Center before retiring.
NO. SMITHFIELD- Brian Sewell, 36, of No. Smithfield, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in Hebert Health Nursing Home, Smithfield, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with cancer.
Born and raised in Woonsocket, he was the son of Raymond F. Sewell of Woonsocket and Rita E. (Charette) Sewell of No. Smithfield.
Robert H. Marceau
NORTH SMITHFIELD- Robert H. Marceau, 73, of Mendon Rd. and formerly of Woonsocket, died January 9, 2014 in St. Antoine Residence, No. Smithfield.
His memorial service will be held Friday, March 28, 2014 at 10 AM in Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, 1409 Park Ave., Woonsocket. Burial will follow in St. John the Evangelist Cemetery, Slatersville. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Holt Funeral Home, 510 So. Main St., Woonsocket.
Marcel E. Rondeau
WRENTHAM, MA- Marcel E. Rondeau, 94, of Wrentham, MA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at the Metrowest Medical Center, Framingham, MA with his loving family by his side. He was the beloved husband for 67 years of Bernice (Rej) Rondeau.
Born in Woonsocket, RI on February 24, 1920, he was the son of the late Arsene and Mary (Boursier) Rondeau.
WOONSOCKET – A 27-year-old city man is facing charges of child neglect after two small children were discovered wandering around Monument Square Tuesday morning without any adult supervision.
Justin R. Pomerleau of 28 Church St. was supposed to be watching them, but he didn’t even realize the children were missing from his apartment until police showed up at the door with their photographs about 2 p.m.
That was almost seven hours after they were scooped up by a local shopkeeper who called the police.
Estelle Y. Lachapelle
NORTH SMITHFIELD- Estelle Y. Lachapelle, 89, of Lincoln, RI, formerly of North Smithfield, passed away March 12, 2014, at the Holiday Retirement Home in Lincoln.
She was the wife of the late Albert Lachapelle.
She was born in Woonsocket, RI, daughter of the late Friderick & Martina Durand.
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The iPhone sure took pop culture by storm. Its debut has inspired countless viral internet parodies and even prompted an on-air robbery (doof!), but who could've guessed that it would give rise to a new kind of modeling: iPhone modeling on e-bay. Lovely ladies are doing it, thumbs are doing it, even kitties are doing it-- cuz it's not like these nifty little units can possibly sell themselves, right? That'll be the day.
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The family of James Noel-Pou, who was killed last weekend when a boat rammed into the rented boat he and his friends were on, filed suit on Friday against the rental company and the man who rammed into the group.
Noel-Pou and Monica Burguera were killed and seven other people were injured Saturday night when the 22-foot Sea Ray they were on was being towed south of the Rickenbacker Causeway. A 21-foot Sea Ray with 10 people on board was towing the 22-foot Sea Ray and a 15-foot Bayliner with two people on board.
As the three boats, traveling in a straight line, neared the causeway, a 35-foot Intrepid cabin cruiser crashed into the boat carrying Burguera and Noel-Pou.
The suit, which seeks unspecified damages, alleges that Club Nautico rented defective boats to Noel-Pou's group of friends on Saturday and sent an unlicensed 16-year-old who did not follow proper lighting and towing procedures to be their "boat captain."
At some point during their outing, the 22-foot Sea Ray carrying Noel-Pou, 23, Burguera, 20, and seven of their friends became disabled. The teenager towed them on the 21-foot Sea Ray also rented by the group of friends and then towed the Bayliner, which was unrelated to the group.
"You have 19 people on two boats, plus the two that they encountered on the Bayliner is 21 people," said Stuart Z. Grossman, attorney for Noel-Pou's family. "This is a lot of people to tow, much less be 16 years old and an unlicensed captain without appropriate lighting. How he hoped to accomplish this I have no idea."
Carlos Silva, attorney for Adelaida Perez, 25, who suffered a heart injury in the accident and is in intensive care at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, said witnesses also saw the teenager drinking alcohol.
The lawsuit says Roland Desrochers, of Miami-Dade, the operator of the Intrepid, failed to operate his boat in "a reasonable and prudent manner." Attorneys allege Desrochers, 30, was speeding and apparently became airborne as he hit the group.
Noel-Pou and Burguera were killed by propeller injuries to the head.
Jorge Ramos, attorney for Club Nautico, declined to comment Friday. Neither Desrochers nor the teen, who is not being named by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel because he is a minor, could be reached for comment.
According to Grossman, the Sea Ray was the second boat Club Nautico gave the group because the first one failed to start. Noel-Pou and his friends paid an extra fee for a boat captain to accompany them, according to the suit.
The teen captain was inexperienced at towing disabled boats, the suit alleges, and Club Nautico did not provide necessary lighting for the boats being towed. The teen also failed to follow proper towing procedures, according to the suit.
Florida law requires anyone under 21 who operates a vessel with 10 horsepower or more to pass a boater safety course. According to Jorge Pino, spokesman for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, anyone acting as captain of a vessel for hire needs a captain's license.
Pino said the agency, which is investigating the accident, is looking into whether the teenager was an employee of Club Nautico and whether he had the proper certification.
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Painter 11 Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook (Paperback)
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Jeremy Sutton is one of the world's premier Painter artists (www.JeremySutton.com and www.PaintboxJ.com), and in this brand new edition of his best-selling Painter Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook, he shows you the methods and techniques he's developed over the years to perfect his art and earn him the title of Corel Painter Master. This edition has been completely revamped to cover all of the new features in Corel Painter 11 and the Wacom Intuos4 pen-tablet, including:
*The new Hard Media brushes
*Complete visual summary of all brushes, new and old, in Painter 11
*Revised and updated command shortcuts
*New way of creating and controlling Reference Layers (formerly Free Transform)
*Programming suggestions for new Intuos4 Express Keys and Touch Ring
*And much more!
Inside, you'll find comprehensive coverage of the way that Jeremy uses the Painter 11 brushes and the Wacom Intuos4 pen-tablet for drawing and painting. You'll learn how to paint from scratch as well as a loose expressionistic approach to painting from photographs as you follow the clear step-by-step instructions throughout the book. Focused, in-depth case studies provide you with the expertise and guidance you'll need to become your own master of this wonderful world of digital painting. Jeremy balances technical instruction with artistic advice, including a whole chapter on going for it with color. In addition to Jeremy's own works of art, you'll find a gallery of images created by painters who have studied his methods, showing you examples of how you can apply his teaching to your own style and subject matter. Finally, be sure to check out the enclosed bonus CD for valuable supplemental content such as four QuickTime movies as well as custom brushes, art materials and a new Painter workspace.
*Packed with full color, original artwork, created both from scratch and from photographic reference, to inspire your own creative juices *Clearly defined step-by-step instructions guide you through the latest version of the Painter software quickly and easily, so you can focus on your creativity *Includes a free CD with extras to get you started
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interactive installation VIEW
[05.12]europe versus facebook
realizing the concept for Ars Electronica. basically it is a puzzle, where users can learn about data-categories, which are saved by facebook.
in collaboration with Gwendolyn Henn I was teaching at the University of Applied Science in Salzburg 'Mediale Szenographie'
working at MESO for 5 different interacitve robot exhibits; march - sep 2011
realizing interactive audio-graphic projects (maxMsp)
held a 3 days vvvv workshop at the international seminar week at the hfg in Schwäbisch Gmünd (Germany).
Thanks to the crew!
[04.11]taxon @ sound:frame
location: rinderhallen in vienna; live visuals for the blessings (uk)
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Not all Muslims are terrorists, but nearly all terrorists are MuslimsThe FBI has published a list of Most Wanted Terrorists (to which Bill Ayres' friend Joanne Chesimard was added on Thursday). There are 32 names on the list. The two prominently placed at the top of the list are the only non-Muslims.
Nice Deb via Bad Blue).
Ace of Spades comments (Hat Tip: Weasel Zippers).
Interesting that with all of the obfuscation about domestic terrorism and Christian terrorism and Jewish and Lutheran and Episcopalian and Amish terrorism, 30 of 31 on the list are Muslim.
It's easy to stand in front of a malleable press corps and claim that terrorism is not the exclusive domain of Islam, but when it comes to actual facts, they haven't arrived at manufacturing charges....yet.I'm amazed that the FBI actually published this list as is. Is Eric Holder on vacation or out playing golf with President Hussein Obama?
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Published 9:29 pm, Thursday, August 20, 2015
On this date in ...
1915: The Rev. Archibald Love, a Brooklyn evangelist who had recently moved near Gloversville, was arrested and charged with third-degree assault after being accused by a female school teacher. Allegedly, Love objected to the woman's wearing of a male bathing suit and swimming in front of his cottage so he rowed his boat in her direction until he struck her.
1965: The 10,000-member Building Trades Council announced the end of a nine-week strike which had tied up more than $250 million in area construction. The long labor dispute concluded with a contract agreement between Local 724 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and Eastern New York Construction Employers Inc. Work was expected to resume Monday, Aug. 23, at "99 percent" of area construction sites.
1990: The North Colonie School Board voted against accepting free scoreboards that would carry the names or logos of commercial advertisers. Board members said they were concerned about allowing advertising in the schools, especially in the elementary schools where it could greatly influence young children.
Want to read more about the Capital Region's past? Have any memories or thoughts about how our history relates to today's events? See http://blog.timesunion.com/history/
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Dictionary of Disagreeable English
The Grumbling Grammarian is back with a revised and expanded edition of The Dictionary of Disagreeable English. In this second edition, Robert Hartwell Fiske has added more language blunders, additional witty commentary, and a new feature that includes frequently asked questions about language.
Fiske rails against "laxicographers and ding-a-linguists" who, with their misguided thinking, actually promote the dissolution of the English language. He also illustrates why dictionaries don't always provide the correct meaning or usage of a word. With concise instruction and numerous examples of misused words, Fiske makes it easier than ever to learn from others' mistakes.
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I haven't read this one cover to cover, though I started to. The author makes some good points regarding word usage. The dictionary is certainly a worthy addition to any bookshelf for the sake of ... Read full review
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MEMPHIS, TENN. — Gov. Bill Haslam is ordering flags at state buildings to be flown at half-staff to honor an Air Force pilot from Tennessee whose remains were found in Laos.
The Department of Defense says the remains of Maj. Howard V. Andre Jr. of Memphis and Maj. James E. Sizemore of Lawrenceville, Ill., will be returned to their families for burial with full military honors Monday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Sizemore and Andre were on a night reconnaissance mission during the Vietnam War when their A-26A Invader crashed on July 8, 1969, in Xiangkhoang Province, Laos.
Both mens remains were unaccounted for until April. Teams from the United States and Laos excavated the crash site, recovering personal effects and military equipment.
Haslam says flags should be lowered from sunrise to sunset Monday.
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Northcoast Inc. Recycling of Wickliffe, Ohio, has signed a deal to buy industrial nylon scrap from Cast Nylons Inc.
Northcoast plans to sell the recycled material to Complete Plastics Corp. of Schenectady, N.Y.
In the past six weeks, the recycler has begun purchasing nylon chunks and scraps from Cast Nylons, a Willoughby, Ohio-based manufacturer of stock, shapes and custom-cast components for industrial mechanical applications.
Northcoast plans to buy as much as 100,000 pounds of the nylon chunks annually, according to Chet Green, the company's co-owner.
Financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed. But, Green said the deal will benefit Northcoast by providing a potentially profitable waste stream for his firm to handle.
Northcoast collects recyclable materials of all types, but pays only for those materials it can sell at a profit in the ever-changing recyclables market.
The deal also allows Cast Nylons to find a use for material that it otherwise would ship to a landfill.
``Even if we receive less than 10 cents per pound, which is probable, that is a lot better than paying to have it hauled away,'' said John Yankus, shipping and quality-control manager for Cast Nylons.
``We didn't have to hire somebody to get the material ready for Northcoast to pick up,'' he said. ``We already had a blower hooked up to a compactor that is attached to a Dumpster.''
On the other end, Complete Plastics gets a reliable supply of used nylon, which it blends with virgin material for use in industrial products.
``Using this arrangement makes things easy, because the scraps are ready for processing without putting out any extra effort,'' Yankus said.
In the past, nylon composites have taken a back seat to recycled polypropylene, because of nylon's higher recycling cost and more arduous cleaning process, according to Al Maten, automotive director for the American Plastics Council, based in Washington.
Northcoast prepares the nylon for shipment at its 13,000-square-foot facility in Wickliffe. The current setup with Complete Plastics means the materials will not remain at the plant for more than a month before being transported to Schenectady, Green said.
He and partner Barbara Adoryan formed Northcoast in 1994, after becoming convinced that a small curbside recycling business Green ran in Lake County, Ohio, could not compete with large firms like Browning-Ferris Industries Inc. and Waste Management of Ohio.
During its first year, Northcoast processed only about 30,000 pounds of waste. But Green expects that figure to exceed 5 million pounds and sales to top $1 million, in 1997.
Northcoast, with seven employees, serves about 100 commercial and industrial customers, including a hospital and an office building in downtown Cleveland.
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AIFlow is a MSFS simconnect utility designed to ease AI congestion and go-arounds at the airport the user is departing from and arriving at.
AIFlow does this by enforcing spacing minimums between arriving AI aircraft to make the approach patterns more orderly, first by varying speed, then commanding holds if necessary. By controlling approach speed, AIFlow can also make approach patterns more uniform for differing AI aircraft (e.g., slower piston vs. faster turbojet).
AIFlow also detects and corrects poor AI approaches under the control of the MSFS AI engine (e.g., too high, indefinite circling, crashes into terrain, flying too slow).
For added realism, AIFlow adds landing effects that scale up during crosswind conditions.
AI taxiing out to the same runway that AI on short final for can optionally be commanded to stop in order to reduce crowding (stacking) near the hold short line and to reduce the chance of incursions between AI attempting to land and AI attempting to depart the same runway.
The user can also briefly squawk 1234 in their aircraft to temporarily suspend landings so that the user can find a slot to depart a busy runway.
AIFlow also enforces spacing spacing minimums between the AI aircraft and the user’s aircraft during all phases of the user’s flight (e.g., departure, enroute and approach). This feature is default OFF and must be enabled.
AIFlow does not require a configuration file to run, however the configuration file AIFlow.ini is included, which contains several parameters that the user may change to suit personal preferneces.
AIFlow is designed to compliment the default MSFS AI program and thus is fully compatible with it. Thus, AIFlow is compatible with any AI-related program that places AI mostly under control of the default AI program (SU10), such as MSFS live traffic, MSFS off-line traffic and external AI injection programs that mostly rely upon the default AI program after injection.
AIFlow operates externally via simconnect and thus makes NO changes to the MSFS sim.
See the included readme.txt and readme.pdf for additional details.
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Geothermal Well Design Review
Client: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Location: Boston, MA
Service: Sustainable Development, Permitting & Compliance, Construction Support
In 2012, Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum underwent a $118 M expansion to more than double the size of the current facility. The project was to be LEED Certified and included a geothermal system, consisting of eight 1,500 foot deep wells, designed to provide up to 170 tons of cooling,
The Environmental Services Provided:
SAK provided geologic and engineering expertise in well design and construction, on-site inspection, compliance with contract documents, geologic and aquifer condition assessment, water quality testing, and system troubleshooting. SAK reviewed the geothermal well design details and specs prepared by the design team and acted as an intermediary underground specialist and permit compliance monitoring during well construction. Proper construction was crucial to ensure the geothermal wells would achieve their maximum performance. SAK Environmental’s construction monitoring and geologic expertise were instrumental in producing a design modification to address a zone of soft, flaking bedrock that threatened to obstruct well water.
Additionally, wastewater discharge from the construction of the deep geothermal wells required pretreatment prior to discharge into the nearby Charles River. The discharge was permitted under a federal NPDES RGP and BWSC permits. Water quality sampling, laboratory testing, and analysis was needed to comply with regulatory agency environmental permits. SAK prepared and submitted discharge monitoring reports (DMR) from flow data to calculate discharge and submitted water quality data to EPA Region 1 to satisfy permit conditions. SAK field engineers were able to identify and troubleshoot problems with TSS in the discharge to allow construction to continue expeditiously.
Summary of Services
- Permitting & Compliance
- NPDES Permit Compliance Testing
- Wastewater Discharge Management
- Geologic consulting
- System Troubleshooting
- Regulatory Coordination
The geothermal well system is successfully providing efficient and cost-effective heating and cooling for the newly expanded and renovated Museum, adding energy efficiency to a number of green elements in the project. The new wing opened to an excited public and received LEED Gold certification from US Green Building Council.
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6 Posts Tagged
Retired Titans linebacker is one of several athletes using own funds to revitalize communities through education, social justice and the environment
His new book is a guide to heal the pain of racism
The ex-NFL player launched ‘Lights Out Drive’ youth initiative that exposes children to the sport
Oh, you don’t know? We got you.
Forget the X’s and O’s (and the Bears and the Dolphins … ) — here’s everything you need to know
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It has been announced that a new defined routes of entry into emergency medicine specialty training will be introduced in 2014. This is one of the actions arising from the HEE Emergency Medicine Workforce Implementation Group and will be delivered by Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber (HEYH) in conjunction with the College of Emergency Medicine. The DRE-EM initiative will appoint candidates with transferable competencies as outlined in the person specification to specialty training through a national selection process (hosted by HEYH) to ST3 Emergency Medicine. Please see the attached ‘Quick Guide’ for further detailed information about DRE-EM and the link to Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber
The purpose of DRE-EM is to allow a route of entry for those who have transferable competencies from surgical training at core level, and experience from ACCS related specialties. The intention is to increase throughput whilst maintaining quality. The initiative is innovative in many ways and aligns with principles set out in the Shape of Training report.
The person specification (attached) outlines two routes within DRE-EM ST3 Emergency Medicine. It is recognised that successful applicants are likely to need between 12-24 months at ST3 level prior to progressing (run through) to ST4. Candidates will usually require one year of Emergency Medicine training, plus potentially additional time in other ACCS related specialties (Anaesthesia, ICM and/or Acute Medicine) to fulfil the requirements to enter ST4. An assessment will need to be made by the local training programme working with the College of Emergency Medicine of each applicant’s transferable competences and a bespoke training programme will need to be created to support the early years of successful DRE-EM applicants. It is recognised that there are potential training capacity and cost implications for those requiring additional training time in ACCS related specialties.
The General Medical Council has recently approved DRE-EM leading to Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) for trainees appointed from a surgical UK approved training programme, as per the person specification attached.
What is DRE-EM?
Defined Route of Entry into Emergency Medicine, ‘DRE-EM’, is an entry point into Emergency Medicine specialty training. DRE-EM is new in 2014, and has its own national selection process – with applications opening on 3 February 2014. The intention of DRE-EM is to increase recruitment to Emergency Medicine training whilst maintaining quality.
Person Spec DRE-EM 2014
Who is eligible to apply to DRE-EM?
The person specification for DRE-EM clarifies two routes. One route is to enter into Emergency Medicine specialty training, having successfully completed two years of a UK core surgical training programme or two years of a run through surgical training programme in the UK, with evidence of achievement of CT/ST1 competences in surgery at the time of application and CT/ST2 competences in surgery by the date the post commences. Entry via this route leads to a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Emergency Medicine.
The other route is to enter into Emergency Medicine specialty training with evidence of a minimum of 24 months at core trainee level (not including time spent within a Foundation programme or equivalent) in any ACCS specialties (Anaesthesia, Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine or Acute Medicine), of which at least 12 months must be in Emergency Medicine, with at least 6 months of this worked within an Emergency Medicine environment similar to that seen in the UK and at least 12 months worked in the UK as a fully registered medical practitioner OR completion of the equivalent of core surgical training with evidence of achievement of CT/ST1 competences in surgery at the time of application and CT/ST2 competences in surgery by the time of appointment. This route leads to a Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration – Combined Programme (CESR CP) in Emergency Medicine.
Please note that any time periods specified in the person specification refer to full time equivalent, and there are additional requirements detailed in the person specification. It is important that applicants ascertain that they are eligible. Applicants must meet all essential criteria for the programme to which they are applying. The person specification clearly states which elements are required for both routes, the CCT route and the CESR CP route.
Where can I find the person specification?
Please visit Health Education England’s Specialty Training website or visit the Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber recruitment DRE-EM website to download the person specification.
What is a CESR CP?
The Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration - Combined Programme (CESR CP) route allows applicants to be appointed above ST1/CT1 level to a LETB/Deanery and General Medical Council (GMC) approved training programme. They are awarded a National Training Number (NTN), but at point of entry to the programme have previous training that has not been prospectively approved by the GMC to count. Trainees in these circumstances will have an NTN ending with the suffix ‘L’.
The certificate does not replace the Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) and is not the same thing as a CESR. Trainees who are awarded the CESR (CP) will be recommended to the GMC for Specialist Registration in the same manner as a trainee on the CCT route. Trainees will thus be able to work as substantive consultants in the UK.
Where can I find further information about CESR CP?
The GMC website provides further information. Please visit: http://www.gmc-uk.org/doctors/cpfaqs.asp#1 Please do not contact Deanery/LETB offices for information on CESR CP as the offices will not be in a position to offer advice on individual circumstances and eligibility.
At what level will successful DRE-EM applicants be appointed?
Successful DRE-EM applicants will be offered an appointment to an “ST3 Emergency Medicine” post. Prior to the successful applicant commencing in post, a review will be conducted by the College of Emergency Medicine, in conjunction with the local training programme, to define transferable competences and establish future requirements. A decision will be made as to the additional time/competences required prior to moving to ST4 Emergency Medicine. Successful applicants will usually undertake a minimum of one year of Emergency Medicine, plus additional time as needed in Acute Medicine, Anaesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine, etc. It is recognised that successful applicants will normally require between 12 months and 24 months at ST3 level prior to progressing to ST4 Emergency Medicine.
Does DRE-EM provide uncoupled or run through training?
DRE-EM provides run through training; successful applicants will progress through ST3, ST4, ST5 and ST6 automatically, subject to meeting all curriculum requirements and College exams.
If I am appointed to DRE-EM ST3 Emergency Medicine, do I need to take and pass the Membership of the College of Emergency Medicine (MCEM) examination prior to commencing ST4?
Yes, successful applicants are required to pass the MCEM examination, and all other ACCS/core EM competences, prior to moving to ST4 training.
Are applicants from a surgical training background – either from a UK approved programme or an equivalent programme - required to have achieved the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) examination?
If candidates are applying via the CCT route, they are required to have achieved MRCS.
If candidates are applying via the CESR CP route (equivalent surgical training), they are not required to have achieved MRCS.
I do not meet the ST3 DRE-EM nor the ST4 EM person specifications, but I am interested in applying for Emergency Medicine training? At what level should I apply?
Those who do not meet the ST3 DRE-EM or ST4 EM person specifications should refer to the ACCS EM ST/CT1 person specification and consider whether they are eligible; there is no ‘upper limit’ in terms of time/experience within this person specification.
Is there an upper experience/time limit for DRE-EM applicants?
No. The intention is to allow entry from a broad range of applicants, but applicants will have to demonstrate that their career progression is consistent with personal circumstances and that their achievements and performance is commensurate with their total period of training or experience.
How will the national recruitment process work?
The national recruitment process will be hosted by Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber. There is one national application form for DRE-EM Emergency Medicine ST3. Therefore, eligible candidates will apply and be interviewed under one process, irrespective of whether they are applying for the CESR CP route or CCT route.
Longlisting will take place in line with the person specification after the closing date.
Short-listing will only be undertaken if required.
Applicants will be asked to preference all Units of Application within LETBs/Deaneries, although it is not yet certain whether all LETBs/Deaneries will have vacancies. If a candidate preferences a LETB/Deanery which does not have vacancies, the system will skip to the next preference on the candidate’s preference list, and so on.
Applicants do not have to preference all Units of Application (they can preference as many, or as few as they like) but are encouraged to consider their choices carefully.
Once the upgrading offer deadline has passed, should additional vacancies be realised by local LETBs/Deaneries, these will be offered to the next appointable candidates on the reserve list.
For all DRE-EM applicants, the interview format will be a multi-station selection process. Thorough checks will be carried out by Consultant faculty to confirm eligibility. Whilst the station questions will be the same for those applying under the two routes, there will inevitably be some differences in terms of supplementary questions, as a result of the differing backgrounds of the two routes. A comprehensive scoring matrix will be used to ensure that all applicants from both routes are equitably assessed and are on a ‘level playing field’.
DRE-EM applicants will be ranked on one list, and offers will be made based on this single list, with the top candidate being offered their preferred post (subject to available vacancies).
Why is the CESR CP process limited to trainees who have a background in ACCS specialties or equivalent surgical training?
Analysis of training curricula has confirmed that applicants from these backgrounds have transferable competences, which in turn allows the training period to be shortened.
Why are only applicants who have completed Core Surgery Training in a UK programme (or two years of a surgical run through UK programme) eligible for the CCT route?
In the first instance the GMC have only approved this route, which will be evaluated after a two year period. It is recognised that surgical trainees will have transferable competences and may wish to pursue a career in EM.
It is conceivable that the GMC may further explore widening the entry from other core specialties following the initial evaluation.
Where do I find out further information – such as how to apply, where the interviews are happening, timeline for when applications open/close, etc?
Please visit the Health Education Yorkshire & the Humber (lead LETB for Emergency Medicine) website; the recruitment pages provide further information about DRE-EM.
Am I allowed to have an inter-deanery transfer under DRE-EM?
Inter-deanery transfer (IDT) applicants must meet the eligibility requirements under the national IDT process, but in addition to this the “receiving” LETB/Deanery must confirm whether they can support the applicant’s training requirements.
How have the documentation and process been developed?
The person specification, documentation, FAQs and the process have been developed by the College of Emergency Medicine and Health Education Yorkshire and the Humber, having undergone legal scrutiny. Whilst legal challenge can never be ruled out, it is considered that the person specification and processes to be applied are reasonable.
I am a trainee considering a change in specialty, and think EM may be right for me. Who can I speak to?
Trainees may seek views from trainers, senior trainees, trainee representatives, other faculty and careers advisers. Heads of Schools and Training Programme Directors in Emergency Medicine can be identified on local LETB/Deanery websites.
Is this process subject to change?
Whilst this document outlines the planned direction for DRE-EM, like any new process we will be reviewing and monitoring plans, implementation of the process and management of this initiative. As such, all aspects of DRE-EM national selection are subject to change at any stage.
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Pretty boy Zac Efron has stirred up a lot of interest over the last couple of months in the build up to his new film Baywatch.
Why could this be?
…Oh yea, because he's gone from being in fairly good shape to being ripped as a mother!
He looks like he's dropped his body fat from about 9% down to 4%. And he looks like he's added some quality muscle mass at the same time. And us natural lifters know how extremely difficult it is to build muscle and burn significant amounts of fat at the same time – unless you're a newbie or on steroids.
And it's quite clear that Zac isn't a foreigner to the weights room, bulking up considerably from his early high school musical days.
It's like the Tom Hardy effect all over again. The average man gives zero cares towards Zac, then all of a sudden he gets jacked and you've got every gym bro copying his workouts and googling his diet plans.
However, doing the exact workouts and following the same dieting strategy won't necessarily guarantee you the same results if you're not taking steroids…
So, was Zac on the juice?
First of all, I'd like to point out that Zac's impressive physique IS attainable for a natty.
After all, he's ripped to shreds but he doesn't have a tonne of muscle mass. So with hard work and smart dieting this transformation is perfectly possible for someone without drugs, with years of hard work.
Here's the evidence that Zac Efron was on Steroids:
It only took him ‘months' to undergo this transformation
A transformation like this simply doesn't happen in a matter of months if you're natty.
Unless you have incredible genetics, which Zac doesn't appear to have. Instead he has a naturally small, skinny ectomorph frame.
It's known that Zac trained with the Rock for Baywatch
The Rock's steroid use is well-known and with Dwayne Johnson personally training Zac for Baywatch it means Zac could be ‘guilty by association'.
Although this isn't ‘evidence' that Zac is on the juice, it is still a link that could increase the likelihood of him using steroids.
Testosterone jaw/more masculine face
Steroids will give your face a more blocky/wider look. Your chin will become more broad while your jaw will also get noticeably bigger and defined.
Steroids simply make your face look more manly and attractive to women.
If you browse through a few pictures of Zac you'll see that his face has become a lot more blocky-looking.
Zac's face has aged dramatically between his films Bad Neighbours in 2014 to the pictures of him training for Baywatch in 2016.
Steroids have been linked with causing premature ageing (1). The theory behind this is that several steroids can reduce collagen production, meaning your skin will become less elastic, thinner and more prone to wrinkling.
This could explain why Zac's skin has aged so much in a such short space of time.
In this picture of him doing a pull up he literally looks like a 40 year old man.
This skin-thinning effect will also increase a person's vascularity, as there is less skin covering your veins. In other words they will be positioned closer to the surface of your skin.
This combined with increased blood cell production can explain why steroid-users become so vascular compared to natural lifters. Coincidentally Zac looks very vascular in Baywatch, with bulging veins flowing through his biceps.
Listen to the interview below of Zac onset in Bad Neighbours 2014:
Now listen to his interview in 2016 onset in Baywatch. His voice in the video below has become noticeably deeper. Why is this? A deeper voice is a symptom of higher testosterone levels.
And steroids = higher test.
Increased body hair
Zac Efron has always been known for having baby smooth skin, with no hair follicles in sight…even on his legs!
However, during Baywatch filming Zac is sporting a furry looking chest that even Wolverine would be proud of.
This is the sort of hair growth where you shaved it the day before, but your test levels are through the roof, so it's grown back by the next morning.
Since his last film, Zac's hair also looks noticeably thinner and more receded towards the sides.
This is usually due to an increase in the hormone Dihydrotestosterone (DHT). DHT is the greatest hormone for building muscle mass, being 5-10 times more anabolic than testosterone. Boom!
However this hormone also kills hair follicles (how evil), accelerating hair loss. Do you ever get a really sore scalp, like all the time?
This is the sadistic work of DHT and the soreness you're feeling is inflammation from the damaged hair follicles.
Some guys use DHT-blocking shampoos such as Rogaine and Propecia, but the problem with these products is that they lower DHT levels in the bloodstream. The result? These guys struggle to build muscle because their most androgenic hormone is sapped.
The answer: Get a scalp massager.
Using a scalp massager daily will increase blood flow to damaged hair follicles, reduce inflammation and stimulate new hair growth. This can reverse the process of male pattern baldness.
And it feels bloody amazing!
Based on the evidence it seems like Zac Efron could be taking steroids.
Potential Steroid Stack:
Zac hasn't gained a huge amount of size, but he has got shredded and is super dry.
Winstrol's three main benefits are:
- Burns fat
- Builds muscle (small amount)
- Sheds water
Zac has experienced all three of these, especially winstrol's diuretic effect – as he's extremely dry.
Winny is also a DHT-derived steroid, explaining Zac's steroid jaw and thinner hair.
So, if guys like Zac are on the sauce…who on earth is it going to be next?
Please don't let it be Bieber.
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Google Kills the Google Directory
If you happen to actually use the Google Directory, or just like to stay up on random Google news, then you will be interested to know that it is gone.
I always used the BOTW Directory anyhow, but figured I was share what I found.
Also, if you happen to work a lot on Google Apps accounts and regular Google Accounts, then you will notice they finally fixed the log-in issues where you could be logged into both at the same time on different tabs. I personally really enjoyed being logged into both, but it did cause some issues with Google Docs when opening links from emails with your default browser taking over.
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You don’t want to miss the Weekend Maximum Music. We’re kicking off the Holiday Season and playing a great mix of 80s, 90s, and music from today. Tune in at www.radiomaxmusic.com for two fun hours of great music. We’re also celebrating Birthdays for Natasha Bedingfield and Billy Idol. Some of the other artists we’ll feature include: Darius Rucker, Loverboy, Melissa Etheridge, Lindsey Stirling, Los Lobos, Rob Thomas, Wham, & Jazz Alchemy.
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What's Happening: New faces and outside voices
At a meting Tuesday, Ruidoso village councilors greeted a new employee, a promoted employee and an employee ready to retire.
Jess Kaplan, director of general services for the village, left the meeting to bring Manny Madrono to the council, where he was presented with a plaque of appreciation on his retirement for his years of dedication to the village.
Next up was Jazmin Estrada, who is joining the village Parks and Recreation Department as recreation supervisor to develop new celebrations and projects.
"She filled in temporary for us for the past couple of months, so when a full-time position opened up, she was selected through the hiring process," said Parks and Recreation Director Rodney Griego. "We are really excited about the direction and her leadership. We're looking at creating new events as well as improving a lot we already have and partnering with other organization such as MainStreet and the chamber of commerce.
"She had large role in the pumpkin roll event, which is a sample of the new and creative ideas."
"I've know you since kindergarten," said Mayor Pro Temp Rafael Salas. "I'm glad you are on board and for all you do for the village."
"She brings a lot of excitement to an event," Councilor Susan Lutterman said.
Josh Long was introduced as the new village street department supervisor, replacing Fred Payton, who retired.
"He's been responsible for some of the changes in the snow removal," said Village Manager Tim Dodge.
"Josh has been a village employee for 12 years, and worked construction with a private company before that," said Deputy Manager Ron Sena. "He's come up the ranks. Prior to the promotion, he was under Fred and supervised the crews. He's been working with the hot mix plant. We are moving forward with a different schedule with snow removal and Josh has been a big part of that out there with his crews plowing the roadways."
Long consulted with the school bus company on special requirements in snow and is working on the estimate for cooperative projects with the state Department of Transportation, Sena said.
"Snow removal is a group effort, the water department and parks and rec," Salsa said. "I've been receiving compliments that this has been a better season for snow removal. Just don't run out of salt."
Several other councilors said they also received good reviews on the condition of streets quickly after a snow. One resident told a councilor he used to wait a few days before his street was plowed but this year, it was cleared within hours.
Toys delivered to Mexico
The 12th Annual López Toy Drive ended its run in Mexico.
"We are happy to be have been able to provide this Toy Drive another year, for families that are in need," said founder Sal Lopez. "It is a pleasure to be able to bring a smile to families and children throughout town.
"With the help of the Lopez Toy Drive, we had the opportunity to also send presents and gift baskets to children in The Children’s Specialty Hospital in Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico. We were able to put a smile on the face of children battling cancer during the holidays. The presents were delivered on Jan. 6, the day of the Three Wise Men."
Lopez thanked the congregation from the Episcopal Church of Lincoln County, as will as families from California and Texas that sent turkeys and gifts for the children.
"You helped us make the day especial for them, thank you so much," Lopez said. "My family and I are very grateful for the help.”
In a 5-1 vote Tuesday, Ruidoso village councilors approved a change in the ordinance governing how members are chosen for the Parks and Recreation Commission, to allow one member to live outside the boundaries of the village.
Parks and Recreation Director Rodney Griego explained that at times filling the seats on the five-member board was difficult. Allowing someone who may have served, but moved or is involved in village activities, but lives elsewhere to be on the board would help, he said.
At the suggestion of Councilor Tim Coughlin, a line was added that the appointees must be residents of Lincoln County. The councilor pointed out that the additional wording would prevent the possibility that someone living in Texas or a different county in New Mexico might be appointed.
Councilor Susan Lutterman cast the only nay vote.
"I understand where you are coming from," she said. "But I don't agree (with outside membership). I think members should be totally from Ruidoso, like the council. Appointed boards and commissions represent Ruidoso, so I will vote no."
Dianne Stallings can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.org. This coverage only is possible with support from our readers. Sign up today for a subscription to the Ruidoso News.
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All Florida beaches are great but tropical Florida beaches are even better. If you’re in search of beautiful water and lots of coconut palm trees, these are the best ones the State has to offer.
Despite its difficulty getting to, Loggerhead Key is by far the best tropical beach in all of Florida. Located in the Dry Tortugas National Park and only accessible by boat, this is the only beach where you feel like you are truly in the middle of the Caribbean. Crystal-clear water, a beautiful coral reef, white sand, and the iconic lighthouse...
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Buying and selling property might seem like a pretty straightforward transaction. You decide you want to buy the property from the person who owns it, money exchanges hands, and it becomes your property. Real-life situations, though, aren't always that simple. Any time you're thinking of buying a piece of property, you could run into a lien, delaying the process until the lien is dealt with. A vendor or a contractor could also put a lien on property you already own such as your house or your car.
A lien is a type of encumbrance or legal restriction on a piece of property, preventing the title to that property from transferring to a new owner until a debt is paid. When you want to buy a house, the title company performs a title search to find out if there are any encumbrances attached to it. If the title search reveals a lien on the house, you can't complete the purchase until you resolve the lien. Liens are attached to the property, not the person owing the debt, so if you decide not to do a title search before you buy the house, you could end up buying the debt as well. Liens can be either judicial, statutory or consensual. Tax liens and mechanic's liens are found most often. Both are considered statutory liens.
Liens For Unpaid Taxes
When a property owner fails to pay a tax debt, the government can place a tax lien on the property. The lien could originate with the municipal government in the case of property taxes, or with the state or federal government in the case of income taxes. Section 6321 of the Internal Revenue Code gives the federal government the authority to place a lien on all property owned by the debtor for unpaid taxes, fees and interest. You can have a tax lien removed from a property you're trying to buy by either having the seller pay the debt, paying the debt on behalf of the seller, or asking a court to remove the lien.
Liens For Money Owed To Contractors
A mechanic's lien is a lien placed by any contractor for unpaid bills. For example, if the seller of the home hired a contractor to work on his roof and then neglected or was unable to pay him, the contractor could have placed a mechanic's lien on the house to prevent its sale. The only thing you can do to remove a mechanic's lien is to either persuade the seller to pay it or else pay it yourself. The house sale cannot be completed until the debt is paid and the lien removed.
Judicial and Consensual Liens
Most liens on real estate are either tax liens or mechanic's liens, but the title search could also reveal judicial or consensual liens. If the owner of a home loses a lawsuit and cannot afford to pay the judgment, the court can place a judicial lien on the property. If a homeowner borrows money or enters into some other type of debt, he can agree to a consensual lien to use the house as security for the debt. As with other types of liens, the only solution is usually to pay off the debt or have the seller do so.
Other Types of Lien
Many types of property can be affected by a lien. If you ask a mechanic to do some work on your car and then fail to pay him, he can file an artisan's lien on your car to collect the debt. Artisan's liens can also be filed on any other type of property for unpaid repairs. If you buy a laptop computer or a car or any other type of personal property, the company you bought it from can put a vendor's lien on it if you fall behind on your payments. A storage unit can put a warehouseman's lien on the property you're storing with them if you don't pay them on time. These are only a few examples of the wide range of statutory liens you might encounter.
- Ablestock.com/AbleStock.com/Getty Images
- How to Put Up a Bond Against a Lien
- Can a Roofer Take a Lien out on My House Without Permission?
- What Is a Mortgage Lien?
- Can Proceeds From an Inheritance Be Intercepted for Back Child Support Owed?
- Mortgage Foreclosure and Mechanic's Liens in Florida
- Can a Lien Be Placed on Me Due to Credit Card Debt?
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A blank page. A good book. Stimulating conversation.
The pleasure of learning something new.
The pleasure of giving someone the thing they most need.
What is your most marked characteristic?
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Learning to read.
What is your greatest fear?
What historical figure do you most identify with?
Not Marcel Proust, certainly.
Which living person do you most admire?
Who are your heroes in real life?
My daughters, my sons
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
What is your favorite journey?
The journey home.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
(I should clarify here that what I am thinking of most is the kind of honesty that does more harm than good, and is rendered invisible as violent and cruel because it is called honesty. So, outing people without their consent, or criticising others for having been ‘in the closet’ for any part of their lives. Invading another’s privacy, and disrespecting their right to privacy and discretion.)
Which word or phrases do you most overuse?
What is your greatest regret?
Not learning enough when I was younger. Languages, in particular. I would like to be fluent in at least ten different languages.
What is your current state of mind?
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
The distances that separate us from each other.
What is your most treasured possession?
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Reading a book that has been highly recommended, only to discover it is awful. Or, worse, seeing a book I believe to be awful get glowing reviews and win awards.
Where would you like to live?
In comfort and plenty
What is your favorite occupation?
A walk along the beach at sunset, knowing that at home afterwards there will be good food, good wine, and good company.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
What are your favorite names?
Huckepack, Naseweis, Packe, Pick, Puck, Purzelbaum, Rumpelbold.
What is your motto?
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. [Annie Dillard. The Writing Life]
Your turn! If you have a blog, I’d love to see your answers to these questions posted there. Don’t forget to come back and post a link to your responses!
In the 1880s
, long before he claimed his status as one of the greatest authors of all time,teenage Marcel Proust (July 10, 1871–November 18, 1922) filled out an English-language questionnaire given to him by his friend Antoinette, the daughter of France’s then-president, as part of her “confession album” — a Victorian version of today’s popular personality tests, designed to reveal the answerer’s tastes, aspirations, and sensibility in a series of simple questions. Proust’s original manuscript, titled “by Marcel Proust himself,” wasn’t discovered until 1924, two years after his death. Decades later, the French television host Bernard Pivot, whose work inspired James Lipton’s Inside the Actor’s Studio, saw in the questionnaire an excellent lubricant for his interviews and began administering it to his guests in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1993, Vanity Fair resurrected the tradition and started publishing various public figures’ answers to the Proust Questionnaire on the last page of each issue. (Brain Pickings Weekly)
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Noties, special celebrations are everywhere this year, from Canada’s 150th birthday to Montreal’s amazing 375th to the F1 Grand Prix’s vroomy 50th.
Even yours truly’s little brand that could, the social mag and website Diary of a Social Gal (proudly distributed with the Gazette), turns five years old. And with all the exciting milestones partout, it’s no surprise that energy levels are running high, inspiring all kinds of take-action initiatives, like those embraced in 2017 by the Italian-Canadian Community Foundation (ICCF).
Not only did the long-established community organization choose this momentous year to officially launch its new UNITAS initiative, an ambitious mandate uniting five cherished Montreal-based Italian-Canadian community groups — the ICCF, Canadian Italian Business and Professional Association (CIBPA), Centro Leonardo Da Vinci, Casa D’Italia and National Congress of Italian Canadians — with a view to working together for the greater good, but it also took on other admirable challenges, namely a passionate agenda to bridge the gap between generations, and, most relevant to the social pages, a complete overhaul of the annual Governors’ Ball!
Newly baptized “The Party” (can you feel the energy yet?), the event’s much-anticipated 32nd edition made its annual debut during the spring season this year, rather than the fall, as was customary, thanks, in large part, to a bold suggestion by 2017 ball president Emilio B. Imbriglio, president/CEO of Raymond Grant Chabot Thornton, who attended festivities with lovely wife Lyne Tourigny.
Bold decision? Yes (given the history). Brilliant? Double yes! The new spring date breathed life and excitement into the ball masterminded by foundation executive director Anna Giampà, Governor Mario Magri, Marsha Brumer and their teams, resulting in one of their most outstanding dazzlers to date, delighting guests with fresh touches including a new venue — stunning Windsor Station, colourful whimsical decor and theme honouring Montreal’s birthday and overall creativity, as well as, surprise, surprise, a trendy incorporation of social media.
Fabulously, though, the savvy organizing squad still retained the ball’s treasured traditions like paying homage to governors of 10 years or more, recognizing new governors including Richard Laramée (partner, Kaufman Laramée), John Marcovecchio (CEO, Magil Construction Canada), Franco De Lauri (owner/president, Elio Pizzeria and Buffet Anna Maria), Mark-Anthony Serri (managing director, Mid-Market M&A, Royal Bank), Rosario Ruggeri Jr. (vice-president, Miracle Entretien d’Immeubles), Marco Tozzi (vice-president, Les Entreprises Laurentien Electrique), and, of course, spoiling palates with the most perfect multicourse menu and cocktail (prepped by Sheraton Laval and Chef Joe Mercuri); as well as nonstop entertainment throughout, courtesy of emcee Carole Gagliardi, the Montreal Rhapsody Orchestra and DJ Vito V.
The formula worked. Guests were smitten.
Speaking of whom, they were as powerful as the impression made on them, topped by the influential likes of ICCF president Joey Saputo, president, Montreal Impact/Stade Saputo attending with wife Carmie; foundation governor Lino Saputo Sr., Saputo board chair, with wife Mirella; Lino A. Saputo Jr., CEO/vice chair, Saputo with wife Amelia; ball founder and president of Groupe Petra Giuseppe Borsellino with wife Elina; ICCF past president Carmine D’Argenio, dealer principal, BMW-Mini Laval, with wife Rosine; minister Martin Coiteux with wife Monica Navaro; 27th Quebec premier, attorney Lucien Bouchard with wife, businesswoman Solange Dugas; Italian consul general Marco Riccardo Rusconi with wife Michela Verga; foundation governor Joseph Broccolini, vice-president, Broccolini Construction, with wife Carmella; governor Sam Scalia, president, Samcon and family; interim dean of Concordia’s John Molson School of Business Stephane Brutus; and Mario Rigante, senior vice-president, Quebec Division, Canadian personal and commercial Banking, BMO, with wife Enza Tufano.
Not surprisingly, the masterful blend of old and new raised invaluable monies that will greatly benefit numerous organizations servicing Montreal’s Italian Community, including but not limited to the Unitas partners.
For more party fab: diaryofasocialgal.com
Direct access: firstname.lastname@example.org
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Pineapple Olive Oil Dry Skin Facial
This pineapple facial is an excellent exfoliant for dry skin. The citrus fruit contains bromeliad, a protein-digestive enzyme which helps rid the skin of dead cells and dirt. It also counteracts histamines, has anti-inflammatory properties, and is a mild astringent. Olive oil has excellent healing properties and is a good source of vitamin E, which restores the skin’s surface.
Use only the highest quality cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oil — it should go without saying that bread dippers and flavored oils ought be left on the shelf. Reach for the good stuff!
- 4 large pineapple chunks -or-
- 1/2 cup canned, drained pineapple (100% fruit, no added sugar)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- In a blender, combine the pineapple and oil and blend until almost smooth.
- Apply mixture to face with fingertips and leave on for 15 minutes.
- Rinse face with warm water and pat dry. Do not store.
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Question about Nokia 1661 Cell Phone
Use 0000 or 12345........if they work then use this code *#7780# and reset ur phone then it will works quite fine :)
Posted on Nov 19, 2009
a 6ya expert can help you resolve that issue over the phone in a minute or two.
Best thing about this new service is that you are never placed on hold and get to talk to real repairmen in the US.
the service is completely free and covers almost anything you can think of.(from cars to computers, handyman, and even drones)
click here to download the app (for users in the US for now) and get all the help you need.
Posted on Jan 02, 2017
Tips for a great answer:
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110 people viewed this question
Usually answered in minutes!
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Case management is a collaborative process which coordinates, monitors and evaluates options and services to meet an individual's health needs to promote quality cost-effective outcomes. The key to successful case management is early identification of individuals needing assistance.
HDP applies a consistent set of criteria to screen potential candidates for case management. The criteria consist of specific diagnoses as well as situational circumstances to target potential candidates.
Case management opportunities are identified in a variety of ways, including:
- Utilization management
- Claim data and provider
- Family or patient referral
The program is voluntary and goal setting is a collaborative process between the case manager, patient and/or family member and provider. A case manager's assignment is client-specific, so that he or she has an excellent understanding and knowledge of the client's plan benefits.
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I am not using names for legal protection. While I want to scream this doctor’s name from the rooftops and tell everyone in the world to never ever go see this jerk, I know that if he finds it I could get sued for libel. Instead, I am writing this to educate and warn people that doctors like this exist, and as a form of therapy for myself to help me process this awful appointment.
I am also not using names in case this does end up in a legal case. During legal investigations and such, you’re not allowed to talk about the case, so I don’t want to cause any conflicts by having it published. Well, obviously my husband’s name appears in there because he was in the appointment and he is already not anonymous on this blog.
I had been referred to Dr Jerk by my current ENT/allergist. My allergist suspected I have a mast cell problem due to the difficulties I had with my allergy shots. My PCP was happy I was going to see an immunologist because we suspected that my immune system had shut down, but we aren’t sure why or what we can do to fix it (this would be the second time, the first time was in 2012 and had a definite trigger). On top of the difficulties with my allergy shots, I was concerned about the allergic reactions I was having at home, that an urgent care doctor said were anaphylactic reactions when I described one to him (I was there for another problem).
The nurse that did the initial interview with me was very kind and listened well.
When Dr Jerk entered, I remember thinking “he looks like a nice person.” My husband, Dan, was there in the appointment with me.
He asked why I was there, so I summarized in a “bullet point” format: possible mast cell problem, possible anaphylaxis, and an immune system problem that my PCP said warranted a visit with an immunologist. I did, at some point, mention that I had a few other health conditions.
He asked for these “other health conditions” and I started to list the main ones: dysautonomia, fibromyalgia, EoE, g-hsd, etc. I only got to say “dysautonomia” before he interrupted and started to talk over me. He was looking at my medication list (which lists my meds, dose instructions, and why I was given the medication and which condition caused the problem). I said “dysautonomia” and he started talking about how dysautonomia is a junk diagnosis. “Cardiologists love to hang dysautonomia on people.” He wouldn’t even let me explain what had led to that diagnosis, as he would start talking over me after I’d only gotten to say ½ a sentence.
He saw fibromyalgia on my medications list, and then started talking about how all of my conditions were psychosomatic. He even asked me “are you happy?” It was so out of left field that I simply responded “what?!” Again, “are you happy? Like, happy in your life.” Well, reasonably, yes I am.
Then, he went on to say that due to my age, I couldn’t be sick. I needed to “abandon the mindset of being sick” and “be healthy.” I just blinked at him because I couldn’t fully process that this was actually being said to me.
Then, he asked me to sit up on the exam table (I had been in a chair). He took a 2 second look up my nose, but that was the extent of any sort of examination.
He proceeded to go into a rant about how doctors were just trying to make money, didn’t like me being complicated and thought I was faking everything so would prescribe me pills, tell me to get out, and then have me come back for a follow-up so that they could make money. He said he was going to write a book about how doctors are just scamming patients.
He then started ranting about how I was on too many medications and “not a single internal medicine doctor, pharmacist, or anyone else” could say how all of those medications were reacting in my body. “Even 80 year old women aren’t on this many medications!” I just nodded a bit, because I’m well aware my medication list is ridiculously long, but it’s taken years to get my medications to a manageable point with my health.
Then he said he was “appalled [my] internal medicine doctor isn’t doing their job” by taking me off all of my medications. “But of course they wouldn’t, because these were all specialists.”
“I bet you spend 40% of your time in doctors’ offices?” A nod, because he wasn’t wrong. “You’re young, thin, pretty, and fit. You shouldn’t be in doctors’ offices, you two should be going on dates and making babies.” Just stared at him, because did he really just say all of that? “Do you have any kids?” “Not yet.” “Are you trying?” “Yes.” Then he just smiled smugly, and it made me feel as though I’d somehow said something to prove his points about whatever he thought he was trying to prove.
He noticed one of my medications is for eosinophilic esophagitis. “If I took 30 people out of his [motions to Dan] office, and randomly scoped them, I bet half of them would have eosinophils in their esophagus…” I cut him off because I hadn’t even heard of eosinophilic esophagitis until I landed in the ER with an impaction that made it impossible for me to even swallow my own saliva and my usual tricks for resolving these hadn’t worked (I had had a few impactions, no idea why as I thought I was just not chewing properly, but they were usually resolved by a few very hard hits to my back and trying to cough as hard as I could). Thankfully, he didn’t harp on the EoE again, but he looked extremely disappointed that at least one of my conditions was “real.”
Throughout everything, he kept saying “you have to admit these are not organic” and “you know not all of these are organic, right?” I felt like I was being interrogated by a shark lawyer. He would also look at Dan and try to get him to agree in some fashion with him. Like, he’d ask one of his questions, look at me and I’d just stare, then look at Dan. Dan just had a perpetually confused look through the appointment because neither of us could fully process what exactly was happening.
He said he was almost positive that I had MCAS. However, he said that for him to treat me, we would have to do “some heavy lifting” at home. He then clarified that the heavy lifting was me coming off of every single one of my medications. I had to come off “one a week” after calling the doctor that prescribed it. He said “I bet if you call them and ask to come off they’ll say ‘sure’ because it’s not real. If they say ‘no, I need to see you’ then they’re actually concerned… but they won’t.”
Then he saw the carvedilol and started going on and on about how that was toxic and a 27 year old shouldn’t be on it and “it’ll lower your blood pressure and stop adrenaline and make you tired.” He wouldn’t listen to me explain that I was on it specifically to lower my blood pressure and stop my adrenaline because my blood pressure was totally out of control otherwise and it had helped a lot.
He said that I needed to come off of all of my medications, that I needed to see him every week or two so he could “be your internal medicine doctor,” and that we could then run some tests to see about MCAS and any immune problems.
At one point, I forgot exactly when, he was trying to get me to admit I was faking my fibro, when I said “I believe it may not be ‘just fibro’ but could be due to my hypermobility condition.” “Oh, do you have EDS? Have you been tested?” “No, the adult geneticist that I waited 18 months to see because there’s only one in Colorado, did an exam and determined we didn’t need to do testing because I did not fit the criteria for any of the testable EDS types. Due to the new classifications that have come out, he gave me the diagnosis of generalized hypermobility spectrum disorder.” “So, he blew you off too?” I just shrugged because the appointment with the geneticist had not felt like I’d been blown off.
Also, at some point (when trying to prove I wasn’t just “acting sick”), I mentioned that I had actually finally gotten to a point this summer where I was doing extremely well for me and had been able to do a lot of the stuff I hadn’t been able to do in years. But then, suddenly, in December, my body crashed on me. He nodded with another smile, as if I had proved to him that I was indeed faking my conditions.
I left the appointment in shock because I had never been treated that way.
After my appointment, I was in shock for quite some time. I messaged a few of my chronic illness friends because I was confused and unsure about how to process what was happening. They all responded immediately with absolute outrage. I tried to defend some of what he’d said, but barely had any form of argument. “Well, I was sick of swallowing pills, so coming off some of them probably won’t be too bad” or “MCAS causing some of my fibro pain due to the mast cells attacking my nerves could make sense” were the extent of my rebuttals.
After I had more time to think, I was getting angrier and angrier. By that evening, I was livid. I went into a total meltdown and went into a screaming and crying rage for about 30 minutes. My husband was still trying to process everything and was surprised at exactly how emotional I was… but he understood my reasons for being upset (the best he possibly could). I decided that the next day (because it was 7pm by then) that I would call my PCP, talk to her about what had happened, and get recommendations to different immunologists.
I called my PCP after I woke up to get an appointment ASAP. When I gave my name to the receptionist, she said “your name sounds familiar… oh, here it is. Your doctor, [Dr Jerk], called and talked to [your PCP]. She wants to see you and your husband for a 45 minute appointment.” My jaw just about hit the floor. Wait, what?! I have no idea what he said to her, but we are going in on February 15th (the first 45 minute block she had available) to find out.
In fear, I called my mother and told her the entire situation. She was just as livid as I was, and just as upset as my friends had been. We agreed that I needed to write the entire thing up ASAP, so that I wouldn’t have to worry about forgetting details, and that I needed to get Dan to do the same. I also needed to get into see as many of my doctors as I could, as fast as possible.
Thankfully, I am seeing my favorite doctors all very soon. I also have several other doctor appointments scheduled now. The next two weeks, I have a massive amount of appointments and I’m dreading every single one of them.
Dr Jerk’s office also called to schedule my follow-up and I told them that several of my doctors wanted to see me first, so I wouldn’t be able to schedule for at least two weeks (when I was done with all those appointments). I do not plan on going back to that doctor.
I’m hoping that I can find another doctor in the Denver metro area that is knowledgable with MCAS so that I can get a diagnosis and get on a treatment plan that actually will help minimize these reactions… and another immunologist that can help me figure out why my immune system stopped working and how I can fix it.
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sexual, as in the best sex you have ever had. Usually said when describing the love of your life, or to their face.
" That grunge kid was the best I've ever had."
" You're the best I've ever had, babe."
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A track fire at the 145th Street subway station caused major delays along the A, B, C, and D lines on Monday morning.
There will be no D trains between Columbus Circle and Yankee Stadium.
Video posted to social media showed fire trucks at virtually every corner of the intersection near St. Nicholas Avenue and West 145th Street.
A spokesperson for the Fire Department issued a separate statement to DNAinfo informing them that nine people had been injured due to the track fire, and were being treated for "non-critical injuries" in nearby hospitals.More news: Blue Apron shares hit as Amazon files for meal-kit trademark
There is no trains service between 125 St and Norwood-205 St in both directions.
And B and C train service will end early each night.
A trains were suspended between 125th Street and 207th Street, but running local along the rest of the line, the MTA said. "As an alternative, customers were sent redirected to the 1 line which experienced heavy volume".
Service was disrupted for more than two hours before resuming around 9:50 a.m. with extensive delays, leaving many riders scrambling to find different travel options.
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Brodi is a Porn Star from United States. She was born on August 10, 1984. She is listed on FreeOnes since 2005 and is currently ranked 8705th place. She currently has 16 gallery links in her own FreeOnes section.
Our records show that Brodi is currently retired which means she is not making movies, doing live shows and/or doing photo shoots at this time.
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2015-11-30T20:41:09Z
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