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The plate fits with all clear stamps and rubber stamps.
In addition, the precision press, although 17.7 cm wide, can accommodate larger paper (30 cm x 30 cm pages for example). You can simply stamp in the middle of the page.
The anti-slip surface of the press prevents your support from moving and the measurements (in inches and cm) allow for proper positioning.
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Dr. Meredith "Mimi" Kunzeman was born and raised in Illinois before graduating with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Missouri. She attended the University of Louisville School of Dentistry, where she fell in love with the city of Louisville. After graduating Dental School, she completed a residency in Advanced Education in General Dentistry in Southern Illinois where she had the unique opportunity to work with advanced prosthetic cases, pediatric dentistry, oral surgery, and special needs dentistry.
She is a member of the American Dental Association and the Kentucky Dental Association. Dr. Mimi enjoys outdoor activities, live music, baking, traveling, and reading. She loves new book recommendations!
Elated to be back in Louisville and working with Parkside Family Dental, she is excited to meet new patients and help provide them with their best smile. Whether dental appointments are part of your normal routine or if the dentist brings feelings of anxiety, it is her mission to treat you comfortably and respectfully. Caring for patients and getting to meet new people are her favorite aspects of dentistry.

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Trying to buy a fake Gucci belt that is high-quality? Then you'll want to continue reading as I'll be sharing about a beautiful Gucci belt replica that I just got.
If you don't know about me or my Gucci replica guide, I'm Maurielle and today I'll be dishing out my review on one of the replica Gucci belts I've bought from LuxuryTastic.
It's still one of my favorite Gucci inspired belt.
Just like the high-end fake Gucci wallets and fake Gucci bags that I've got, this white Gucci belt fake version fetches me a lot of lovely compliments and approving stares wherever I go.
The authentic version of this Gucci belt costs close to $500 but I got this high-quality GG belt replica for only $177.
I'm sure you've got a lot of questions about the quality of this Gucci belt look alike. This is why I've taken out the time to give you a thorough review of this Gucci replica belt.
So is the replica Gucci belt as good as the other high-quality Gucci handbags replica that I've got before?
Ready? Take the front seat, please.
Fake Gucci Belt Quality – Rating 10/10
Wondering where did I get this fake Gucci from? I got this Gucci belt replica from: https://luxurytastic.co/product/leather-belt-with-double-g-buckle/.
Like I earlier mentioned, I got this belt at a steal price of $177 compared to the $500 for the authentic one.
The quality? I'm way too impressed.
It looks quite close-to-the-real-thing than the other replica belts I got from other sellers. At first glance, you'll notice the great stitching and stellar detailing.
I love the attached belt strap, with this I've got no worries of losing it. It's a little touch but it's amazing.
Of course, the leather used on this belt looks and feels original too. No cheap looks, no weird smell.
Replica Gucci Belt Accuracy – Rating 9/10
It's an awesome replica. I was concerned about the GG hardware and buckles when I got it but then I realized that there weren't any serious giveaways.
It's hard to tell the difference unless you've got the original beside you and a magnifying glass.
The gap between the G's is not as exact as the original but it's not squashed or circular like the obvious fakes. That's a pass for me.
I'll keep wearing this belt as long as I need to. I've compared it with my previous authentic Gucci belts and next to them, you won't easily pick it out as a fake.
Satisfaction With This Fake Gucci Belt – Rating 10/10
I'm very happy with my replica Gucci belt purchase from LuxuryTastic. I'm even more pleased that I didn't have to spend so much to get it. I've got a strict budget plan and this purchase left me with no regrets.
The color and thickness don't fall into my everyday wear but I got it for an upcoming event.
I'm going on holiday soon and will be attending an all-white party. A lot of fashion enthusiasts will be there so I'm really glad that I could get this without breaking my bank for it.
I almost forgot to mention the hole punch! It came with my purchase and thankfully I didn't have to look for a screwdriver [as I always do] to make an extra hole.
Seller Communication and Service – Rating 10/10
One word. Fast.
No delays.
I made my decision easily as they provided all I needed quickly and politely. Especially in the area of size guides and shipping options.
They were quite friendly to me. I made an accidental wrong payment via Transferwise and it didn't end up as a huge issue.
I also didn't need to keep sending reminders or running after them for anything. If this isn't great customer service then I don't know what is.
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So, as I said at the end of my last post, I would show you some photos of my home away from home.
All these photos were taken in and around Huizhou, which is a city found in the Guangdong Province of southern China. Its roughly 2 hours away from Hong Kong and 2 hours away from Guangzhou.
This city is seen as being one of the cleaner, safer and happier places to live in within China…apparently. What I can say with absolutely certainty is that I have never felt threatened or worried about my personal safety since I have been here.
Anyway, I don't want to do too much talking, so I shall just show you the photos.
I found this old lady rummaging through the bins one day. These old ladies collect anything that can be recycled. Huizhou doesn't have much in the way of recycling, but what it does have is a lot of poor people like this woman. For 1 plastic bottle they will be given the equivalent of about 1p. And these woman collect a lot of them.
All over Huizhou and other places that i have been too there are these exercise areas where anybody can come and use the apparatus. Mostly you only get old people who go, as all the young people go to the gyms where their are much better facilities. But on this day i enjoyed sitting down and just watching the old folks doing there exercises.
This picture above was taken just before Chinese New Year, this is one of my favorite photos i have taken recently. I don't however know what any of the writing says unfortunately, but the whole scene seemed very sad at the time to me.
I love the contrast of on this photo. The rough old building with the beautiful cat just perched on the window sill.
This is a modern pagoda on top of a place in Huizhou called Gaobang Shan, shan meaning "mountain". It isn't really what i would call a mountain as it only really takes about half an hour of relaxed walking to get to the top. Unfortunately, i have yet to find a really nice old, authentic pagoda. This is the view from the top of Gaobang Shan out over Red Flower Lake.
Okay, so I really just wanted to show you some of my favorite photos that I have taken over the time I have been here really. Next week I will be showing you some photos I took over Chinese New Year.
I sincerely hope you have enjoyed this weeks entry, and stay tuned for next weeks.
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Internship or Service Learning Course Option
Students at the advanced Spanish level may undertake an internship or service learning project for 3-4 credits as part of their regular Spanish Studies Abroad semester program. The internship or service learning is treated as a course, in addition to the student's regular course schedule. Also available during summer programs in Córdoba and San Juan.
As an intern or service learning participant, you will be evaluated by the Resident Director and your supervisor in the workplace. Additionally, a written report is required of you at the end of the period. Your home college or academic advisor may establish additional criteria for evaluation, grading, and granting of credit.
Due to complex labor laws and because internships are not completely within the control of Spanish Studies Abroad, even accepted applications for internships and service learning projects cannot be guaranteed. Therefore, as a potential intern/participant, you are advised to select an alternative course or an Independent Research Project in the event that a proposed internship/service learning fails to materialize. Please note that all internships are unpaid.
When applying for an internship or service learning, you have the benefit of specifying what you would like your placement to look like, and we will strive to match you with the best available option. Students have completed internships and service learning projects in a variety of fields including legal offices, Greenpeace, television production, and education.
Some fields you may want to think of when applying:
- Animal Science / Horses
- Communications
- Education*
- Health Services
- International Business
- Information Technology / Graphic Design
- Museums and Cultural Centers / Fine Art
- Physical Therapy
- Political Science
- Public Relations
- Social Work
- Tourism
- Enrollment for either a semester or the full Academic Year in Seville, Alicante, Córdoba, or San Juan, or enrollment for the Summer Term in Córdoba or San Juan.
- Ability to understand normal, rapid Spanish. Completion of a minimum of one Spanish course at the advanced level.
- Academic or experiential preparation in the field.
- Submit an additional application for the Internship or Service Learning Course Option, which requires approval by your home institution, a resume in English, and an essay written in Spanish. Further instructions in your online application portal.
- Fall Semester: June 1st
- Spring Semester: December 1st
- Summer Term: May 1st
*During the second Summer Term in Seville, Spanish Studies offers a special internship for students interested in education called Practicum in Education. Students enrolled in this program work as Teacher's Assistants in the Center's Playschool program for Spanish children aged 4 to 12. In addition to receiving formal instruction in English, the children learn about the U.S. culture through arts & crafts, technology, games and theme week activities. Teacher's Assistants combine the study of language-acquisition theory with teaching methodology while developing important cultural perspectives on the field of education.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) Buffalo Sabres forward Evander Kane says he fully expects to be dealt before the NHL's trading deadline hits Monday.
Kane says he's been preparing to be dealt all season long. The only question is when the trade will take place and where he'll be headed. Kane spoke after practice Wednesday as Buffalo prepared to leave for a two-game road trip starting at Detroit on Thursday.
Kane is in the final year of his contract and not considered a long-term fit for the last-place Eastern Conference team. Kane's 19 goals rank second in Buffalo. He's scored 20 or more in each of his previous two years since being acquired by the Sabres in a multi-player trade with the Winnipeg Jets in February 2015.
The 26-year-old is in his ninth NHL season after being selected No. 4 by the then-Atlanta Thrashers in the 2009 draft.
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Candida environment (living, working place) needs careful evaluation. Electrical signal (low freq) can change the env, after cleaning
Protocol 1:
Graphites 30, once a day for a few weeks, after that 200, less frequently (once in 4 days) is a great remedy.
Protocol 2: (only one of the protocol must be followed. Graphites is highly preferred)
Flouric Acid 6, two drops, every 3rd day (once in 3 days) for 3 months.
Hair fall and baldness is often the proneness to fungus, due to syphilis. Flouric Acid 6 corrects it at the root and hair grows again
Avoid or stop CORN and Corn derived products. Cows are fed with corn and hence milk is a product of corn (Organic milk is from cows fed with organic corns!!). The most amazing milk products is grass fed milk available in whole foods.
To improve digestion and drive fungus out of the body, take ABROTANUM 6, every day for 3 weeks. This can be taken on other days when Flouric Acid is not taken.
Day 1: Flouric Acid 6
Day 2 and Day 3: Abrotanum 6
Day 4: back to Flouric Acid and cycle continues for 3 months
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PHOSPHORUS 200, once in 4 days. Bryonia 6, three times a day. These clears all molds and bacteria. During the same time, you can also add BERBERIS VUL 6 (or Golden Thread Supreme, from supreme nutrion products) for even be more effective (AK, June 15,. 2013)
Antimonium Crud 30, every night, before going to sleep for 3 to 4 days. Repeat after a few days if necessary.
You can also take Phytolacca 6 in the same way after Antimonium Crud 30.
Acid Nit 6c, one a day for 1 week only will crear the root of this problem (thrush)
Only if the above measure is insufficient
Berberis Vul 6 in wet dose, twice a day for a month
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- B'cuzz Blossom Builder liquid will increase the size and mass of flowers.
- Specifically created for the final weeks of the blooming phase.
- It works as a finisher that will lead your flowers to strong, healthy look and a beautiful attractive final weight and aroma of your flowers.
- Is suitable for different typed of cultivation substrates (soil, hydro and coco), and all irrigation systems.
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It can be confusing and overwhelming as you set out to purchase your first ever car. If you have been looking, but are finding it difficult, read our beginner's guide to help you make the best decision when buying your first car. No matter whether you have saved up the money, using car finance, or have been given the funds from your parents, this guide makes sure that every penny you spend will be worthwhile for your new car.
The amount you are willing to spend on a car varies from person to person, but it is sensible to figure out the appropriate budget you can afford and stick to it. Expenses such as your rent, mortgage and bills need to be taken into account to budget effectively.
Other than budgeting for the cost of the car, you need to also consider other unavoidable costs as well, such as:
Purchasing a brand new, pristine car can be tempting, but you can save yourself a hefty chunk of money if you decide to buy a used car instead. A new car will depreciate the most in the first year and will continue to lose its value significantly for the next four years. A car which is 5 years old will cost 37% less than the initial price – so buying a used car will save you a lot of money.
It is possible to pay the full price of the car straight away if you have the money. Also, you can take a loan to buy your car if you do not have enough savings in your bank account. There are several car finance loan options such as hire purchase, conditional purchase, personal contract purchase and personal loan which you can choose from. Take a look at our Car Finance Glossary article to learn more about the types of loan available, and to help you decide which is the most suitable for you.
If you would like to find out the best deal available for your next vehicle loan, try using a car loan calculator. It will save you some money as a car loan from a third-party is cheaper than from the dealer's lender.
You can search for local car dealers online in order to find a car that is practical and within your budget. All the vehicles at the car dealership have undergone inspection before the sale and all the necessary paperwork will be done. You can have a test drive before you make up your mind about whether to buy the vehicle or not.
You can also buy a car from a private seller, which can be cheaper than local dealerships. It is likely that the car has not been inspected before the sale and you may have fewer rights as a buyer, and if you manage to catch a great deal at an auction, you will not have enough time to do a test run of the vehicle. It is also important to make sure that the retail price is accurate and within your budget. It is easy to get caught up in the moment when bidding as you may end up overpaying for the car.
It is always important to give the car a visual check to save yourself money and ending up being disappointed when you discover something requires fixing. Check for any bumps, scratches or paint irregularities on the body of the car. You should look closely for rust, leakages or damage around the bumpers or bonnet. Also, ensure you are able to open the doors, windows, boot and bonnet normally. Make sure the tyres have at least 1.6 millimetres of depth as anything below this value is illegal and unsafe. It is also necessary to investigate if all lights, windscreen wipers and washers, air conditioning, locks, radio and power mirrors are functional.
It is a good call to take the new or used car for a spin to get a feel of how the car runs and whether there are any obvious mechanical dysfunctions. Test the steering wheel and ensure the car does not vibrate whilst you are driving. When changing gears, make sure they are smooth — if they are not smooth, this is an indicator that there may be a problem with the gearbox or the clutch. As you accelerate, stay alert for any unusual sounds or vibrations. Test if the brakes work effectively and are responsive when you apply them.
You need to negotiate a price for the car with the dealership or from a private seller to save yourself thousands of pounds. Get an idea of roughly how much you should be paying for the car by using online car valuation tools and reading buying guides from popular car magazines. Use this value as your starting price or ask the dealer to match the cost.
Do not be afraid to go low for a used car. However, do not try to go lower than the bottom range of prices for that model as the seller may not be keen on bargaining. If you found minor issues after inspecting the car, you can use these problems to get the seller to lower the price of the car.
It is okay to walk away from the negotiation if you feel that the seller is offering too much than what you expected the price of the car to be.View more from The Car Finance Hub


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Integrated Services Digital Network modems have long used channel bonding to boost their connectivity speeds by spreading data over a pair of wires. Why not apply the same idea to analog modems and phone lines?
Several vendors are doing just that. U.S. Robotics Access Corp. of Skokie, Ill., Hayes Microcomputer Products Inc. of Atlanta and Ramp Networks Inc. of Santa Clara, Calif., are working on multiline analog devices that will arrive by the end of summer, before final standards are thrashed out for the current crop of 56-kilobit/sec modems.
But that doesn't mean you'll be able to enjoy the multiline benefits anytime soon. Internet service providers still have to embrace the idea.
In the meantime, you can try making your existing modems work together. Visit the World Wide Web site at http://www.midcore.com to see how MidCore Software Inc. of Middlebury, Conn., developed what it calls modem-teaming software to manage up to four individual connections to an Internet provider.
The MidCore product is specifically for small LANs with access to multiple modems. The teaming software routes your Internet requests through the least-busy modem.
Analog modems with channel bonding could bring high-bandwidth Internet connectivity to small offices at about half the price of an ISDN connection. But ultimate success depends on whether Internet providers-not just their customers-support it and buy it.
Here's how it works. A multiline modem essentially merges the bandwidth of two or more analog phone lines. It spreads the data you send and receive across multiple lines for reassembly at the other end.
That's a breakthrough, because modems have already reached the physical limits of analog phone lines. Buying a faster single-line modem no longer speeds up your throughput because the line itself is the bottleneck.
A two-line modem that supports dual 56-kilobit/sec connections could yield nearly 112-kilobit/sec throughput. Your costs would be about $700 for the modem, $50 to $150 for line installation, the monthly cost of the additional telephone line (about $30 depending on location) plus your Internet provider's monthly charges. The latter would likely be about double the cost of a single-line connection.
In contrast, an ISDN connection costs as much as $500 to install and has a monthly service fee of about $80, depending on location. On top of that, the local phone company charges you ISDN connect rates that average 2 cents to 5 cents per minute.
Modems that support multiple analog lines sound wonderful, but there's a hitch. Many Internet providers have hundreds of ports that answer on a single phone number. If your multiline modem connects to two or more of those ports at once, the provider's system must know which two are yours, so it can divide and route the data properly. Most providers aren't set up for that.
This problem could be solved with software so providers would not face expensive hardware upgrades. But it's a much different approach to the way they do business. I suspect they'll change only if there's a strong demand for it, and that's not going to happen overnight.
Besides serving as a double Internet connection, U.S. Robotics' new LANLinker Dual Analog router can even be attached to a LAN like two separate modems to dial out to two separate locations. For information on LANLinker, visit http://www.usrobotics.com/aboutusr/103_119.html.
For a look at other high-bandwidth alternatives, see the High Bandwidth Web Page at http://www.specialty.com/hiband/. There's a good collection of technical papers and non-techie reviews of cable modems, ISDN, 56-kilobit/sec analog modems, digital subscriber lines, wireless cable connections and satellite Internet connectivity.
Shawn P. McCarthy is a computer journalist, webmaster and Internet programmer for GCN's parent, Cahners Publishing Co. E-mail him at [email protected].
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Welcome to the GUT gift shop. The offer includes perfect gifts from Santa Claus for Christmas - among others beautiful baubles with the logo of Gdańsk University of Technology in shades of red and navy blue. They are available individually at a price of 16 PLN and packed in four (two navy blue and two red ones) at a promotional price of 40 PLN. Possibility of payment by card or cash
These and many other gifts are available at the Promotion Office (building No. 2 on the GUT campus map) between 8.00-15.00. The full store offer can be found at pg.edu.pl/sklep.


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"Monika Filipina's illustrations have just the right amount of energy" - Alex O'Connell, the Times
Many congratulations to Claire Freedman and our new Plum Pudding illustrator Monika Filipina, whose brilliant book How to Nab a Rabbit has been chosen as the Times newspaper's Children's Book of the Week!
How to Nab a Rabbit is a hilarious guide written by the Big Bad Wolf himself on how to nab a rabbit, with tips and tricks on bears, traps, and springs with too much hop!
Monika Filipina is one of the newest Plums to join the Plum Pudding family, and her vibrant and expressive illustrations really bring stories to life. We're very excited to be working with her and to see what she comes up with next!
You can read the fantastic review of How to Nab a Rabbit on the Times website here: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/review-how-to-nab-a-rabbit-by-claire-freedman-and-monika-filipina-nw252kxn5


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Walking into Reading Terminal Market is like walking into a dream where everything imaginable awaits to be tried and tasted. This indoor farmers market was founded in 1892 and features a diverse range of food stalls, as well as many Amish specialties. This is a place that calls on all the senses, but more importantly, smell and taste, as housemade confections and baked goods are made on-site and beg to be tasted. For those who aren't hungry, there are several small shops that sell souvenirs, cookbooks, herbs and flowers that will pique all interests.


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Canal Convergence
Friday, November 6, to Sunday, November 15, 2020
Mission Statement
Canal Convergence's mission is to provide an authentic and immersive art experience in and around Scottsdale's canal.
Canal Convergence | Water + Art + Light is a free, 10-day, public art event from November 8–17, 2019, at the Scottsdale Waterfront. This immersive art event features 14 large-scale artworks created by local, national, and international artists. Most of the light-based, interactive installations are located on or near the Arizona Canal and reference this year's theme of "The Story of Water." In addition to a beer and wine garden, there will be food vendors, all-ages workshops, artist talks, live music, dance performances, art tours, comedy, storytelling, and more.
Land Acknowledgement
We recognize that this event takes place on unceded and unsurrendered Indigenous homelands. We acknowledge the ancestors of the First Nations peoples of modern-day Arizona. The makeup of our current state is entirely shaped by these ancestors. In fact, the name "Arizona" comes from the word for "little spring" in the O'odham language.
We also invest in the future of contemporary tribal members. As an arts and culture organization, it is our duty to uplift the artists and activists doing the work. We were honored to have multiple visual artists and performers, representing numerous tribes, taking part in Canal Convergence 2019.
2019 Event Overview
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The largest river in North America will soon be the Amazon. I have been harping on this company the last 24 hours due to the grandstanding and hyperventilating over the Amazon announcement regarding HQ2 and the Operations center, designated the Operations Center for Excellence, is almost laughable given what I know about Tennessee and Nashville; Not only does it fit as it contradicts itself it does so in regards to the community at large and that is very much the Nashville Way.
First let's talk about the "city" itself. True they are finally building a downtown after not having one and with this announcement they may actually have one. As admitted the buildings that will house the Amazon did not have any tenants secured and the one housing the sole company that had announced its relocation sometime in the 2020's, Alliance Bernstein, had H&M and the Steak Shack so this may mean that the Nashville Yards that will house Amazon will actually host a movie theater and other businesses that want to affiliate themselves with the new hub. I saw this in Seattle and what happens is that Amazon makes most of their offices highly secured and inaccessible. I was kicked out of a coffee shop when I was told it was Amazon only. I lived in the Apartments next door and the hood was once a mix of housing, industrial and little retail and then the river overflowed and many of the businesses found themselves awash of new business that eventually died off an in turn rents and costs pushed them out when the waves became overwhelming. The Amazon is always full of pirhanas.
Nashville has none of that it has a hodge podge mix of third rate shops and businesses that will go once Amazon arrives. The local seamstress is already speaking of retiring and that arcade where her shop is another mix of fast food and odd retail will likely be sold and remade in a vision that will of course reflect the waters of the Amazon. Not that it doesn't need it but it should be organic and with the idea of enabling artists and others to remain on site but given a site that reflects this supposed city of it.
Shop on Sunday in Nashville.. after Church. Again this is the biggest draw here and with a highly educated tech crowd they are less likely to partake in parking their cruise ship on that pier. If they are supposedly paid an average of 150K per gig.. again the average.. really three times higher than the current average wage? Why is that? What job is that that of 5000 supposed jobs that would mean the lowest would be 50K and the highest 300k. Really? And again this is over seven years. And Amazon that just raised the lowest bar to $15/Hr but in doing so removed the stock option bonus is clearly aware of the bottom line. This is a company that spent better part of a decade avoiding paying sales tax on online transactions so please tell me that they are really going to pay 5000 people $150k annually regardless of the position? That would put their payroll at 750M. Really, that is higher than even Vanderbilt the current largest employer with over 125K in jobs. All of that in Nashville? Really?
This would decimate the industries surrounding them and force many to raise wages to be comparable and that would include the Alliance Bernstein assholes who used the same figure and EY or Ernst Young to do the same. They were less vocal about wages when they made their announcement and when you look at their website they are very clear about what their wages are in varying positions. So to hit the three figure mark you need a lot of experience and education in which to attain said level. Again this is wages and with the cost of health care and any type of retirement benefit you do not take home 150K. Add to that the jump in costs as it will in Nashville when the river rises say goodbye to having a significant disposable income. But you as the smartest person in the room would know all that right?
Then we have the endless violence and a city surrounded by public housing and a history of racism and discrimination that will have to be addressed. How it was in Seattle was that the late Paul Allen simply bought the sole public housing unit in Seattle and changed it to mixed housing. I don't see Bezos doing that. In turn the homeless crisis in Seattle is just that a crisis and the Council was confused and frustrated in how to deal with it. Good luck with that in Nashville as that issue is beyond the scope and scale of that crew.
So Nashville has three years to prepare for what will be around 300 people taking on the jobs "advertised" and can be applied for next spring in 2021 when the property they have designated as their new op center is ready for occupants. Okay then what? This is according to Amazon who if you note comes from a former Obama press secretary whom they hired to secure more connections and access... remember availability and access are not the same.
Operations Center of Excellence, will be responsible for the company's customer fulfillment, transportation, supply chain and other similar activities. The Nashville jobs will include management and tech-focused positions, including software developers, with earnings expected to average $150,000, Carney said. He said he expected Amazon to recruit locally and from outside the area.
No one in their right mind will take jobs in the hospitality and service industry. Certainly no one will take Substitute Teaching jobs which pay $11/13 hour based on experience and licensing. Right now an unlicensed inexperienced individual can sub here in the Nashville schools and make $11 hour. They make 1.42 cents LESS than I do, a licensed, experienced veteran educator. Again lets not forget health care and any type of retirement so just that alone puts Amazon in a higher classification as they will offer benefits which few do here. We have massive issues with health care coverage here another irony upon a contradiction here in a medically centered city. But that is okay as soon Amazon is planning to become a health care insurance provider! How convenient or coincidental? Hmm.
As I watched the coterie of white men brag about the upcoming Amazon center of excellence outright lie and claim that their is a wealth of tech talent and educated individuals ready to step in and take jobs I laughed my ass off. Really the numbers speak volumes and right now Tennessee has moved from 47 in level of education to 45. The rating for innovation falls in the same according to Wallet Hub. Then we have the politics and that religion thing again. And health and wellness thing. We don't do so well so I think recruiting may come from outside so that will somehow again validate the 100 people a day claim that dominates the landscape. Tell that to my coffee shop in the hotel I go to which now is closed with no hours on the door as they cannot keep staff. Sure there are tons of people moving here and apparently with jobs already lined up so go figure and that is before Amazon. Cannot wait to see what happens when they do come here. Oh wait no I will be gone like the wind fabulous.
But this is a clue as The Atlantic reminds us
For decades, economists have said that locating innovative companies in cities helps raise wages and the quality of life for everyone. But that's no longer the case in all places. In cities with inflexible housing markets, a 2017 paper from the London School of Economics found, the addition of tech jobs in fact reduces real wages, since rents and other costs go up significantly. "While the paychecks in the pockets of barbers and phlebotomists in tech agglomerations might be larger as a consequence, housing and other rising costs might make these workers considerable worse off," the paper concluded. Another paper that studied the trickle-down effects of high-wage jobs in housing markets put it more succinctly: "In tight housing markets, the poor do worse when the rich get richer."
If nothing else, Amazon's HQ2 decisions may accelerate America's great divergence, where highly educated urbanites are doing better and better, and everyone else is doing worse. Amazon has jobs outside of cities too, of course, but those are often low-paying and grueling jobs that don't have much room for upward mobility. "If you project forward to the dismal geography of a future in which Amazon utterly dominates, you have a handful of places that are doing well, where there are high-paid tech jobs," Stacy Mitchell, the co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, told me. "Then you have a bunch of cities and neighborhoods, that if they're lucky, will maybe get some warehouse jobs at $15 an hour and nothing else."
But I am not alone in those examining the politics of Amazon and their unrestrained growth which again will include soon drones, planes and delivery services to rival UPS, USPS and FedEX. And of course outer space. Next on the hiring list, Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
From Facebook to Google we have failed to see these behemoths as what they are - large conglomerates that control and manage our personal data, our shopping habits and more importantly our access and availability to information and knowledge. It is manipulated, exploited and in turn limited. We have to do better. We need to do better. When a group of white men stand on a stage to tout lies and brag like children about largely subsidizing a major company's whims to build offices and in turn their business and take money from them while eschewing the greater needs of a much larger community that sits in the shadows tells you all you need to know about whom you elect to represent your needs. Here in Tennessee we have a Plumber and a former Beauty Consultant to do just that. I cannot imagine that they have the intelligence, ambition and desire to change the status quo as they truly believe they were elected by a majority in which to carry on doing this. I would like very much to see the total numbers of the voting electorate versus those registered and in turn broken down by region on who elected these fucktards. But again I have a year left and I can only hope that they do as little damage as possible in that time frame. Oh who the fuck I am kidding look at the #winning The Resting Dump Face managed to do and here nearly two years in it is only worse. Bless his heart! And yes this insane process of poaching, bidding, extorting and largely ignoring the needs of the community while kissing the ass of the Oligarch belongs in Russia not America. Why is this going on. Again The Atlantic asks this question: How is this legal?
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Amazon's fast expansion invites growing political scrutiny
The Washington Post
By Jonathan O'Connell and
Rachel Siegel
November 13 2018
When Amazon told the country that it was going to anoint one winning city with 50,000 jobs, the announcement triggered excitement in city halls and statehouses across North America.
They mailed gifts, they created sports promotions, they filmed catchy videos featuring Amazon products. New York lit its skyscrapers Amazon orange. A small city in Georgia offered to hack off 345 acres from itself and rename it Amazon.
But when Amazon announced Tuesday that it would move 25,000 people each to New York and the suburbs of Washington, it was less clear who had won. The company, which eclipsed $1 trillion in stock market value for a time this year and is led by the world's wealthiest person, extracted $2.4 billion in incentives from New York, Virginia and Tennessee, where it plans to open a 5,000-job operations center.
The concerns about Amazon's process for selecting the winning cities — as well as the taxpayer subsidies it gained — underscore how the company's furious expansion is inviting increasing political scrutiny. And as the company prepares to enter its 25th year in existence, the political risks aren't likely to ease.
"Increasingly, Amazon will be challenged as being the big Goliath," said Thomas Cooke, a professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. "Attention will turn to Washington, D.C., and certainly Capitol Hill. . . . I can't think of a better location to be in to fight those battles than to be in Washington."
Many of the technology industry's giants are facing extra political skepticism today. But Amazon is unusual in that it is becoming geographically entrenched across America — offering it potential grass-roots support — as it also becomes formidable in a number of sectors such as retail, government contracting and entertainment. Amazon is now the second-largest employer in the United States after Walmart, giving it access to more lawmakers, mayors and public officials whom it can try to influence and whose support it can try to enlist.
Indeed, in naming two new cities for additional headquarters, as well as a third major expansion, Amazon could gain additional support from at least six senators, three House members and many other local officials.
At the same time, Amazon is running up against political concerns in many dimensions of its business. President Trump has repeatedly questioned the company's business arrangement with the U.S. Postal Service and its record on paying sales taxes. Liberals such as Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) have criticized how it compensates workers. Others have raised alarms about whether it is becoming a modern-day monopoly, as well as its efforts to sell lucrative technology to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and the Pentagon — efforts the company has strongly defended.
Amazon "is becoming a constituent of a number of senators and lawmakers," said Stacy Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, an advocacy group that has raised concerns about overdependence on Amazon by municipalities. "This whole notion of 'Amazon is going to be in one city' " was shortsighted, Mitchell said. "Amazon wants to be everywhere."
The reaction to the new headquarters offers a microcosm of the challenges Amazon faces. Prominent political leaders hailed the decision, but others raised fears that the company had manipulated dozens of cities in a beauty contest that allowed it to gain valuable insights and extract economic concessions while ultimately landing in two of the most vibrant cities in America.
"Amazon is now treating even the biggest of American cities with the same disrespect it shows for the suppliers and the merchants who depend on its website to reach customers," said Barry Lynn, executive director of the Open Markets Institute, a group that has raised concerns about excessive political power held by tech companies.
Amazon officials took pains, however, to stress that they were mainly motivated by the talent of the workforces in Washington and New York, and noted that they are building outposts in other cities, too. They said they were also sensitive to the notion that an influx of high-wage workers could have negative effects on local communities, after learning tough lessons in Seattle.
"One thing that's different here is we are planning in advance with these cities. Amazon started in a garage. Nobody foresaw, not even Jeff, when they got launched that Amazon would become what it became or that we would have tens of thousands of employees in Seattle alone," said Jay Carney, a former White House press secretary who now serves as Amazon's senior vice president for global corporate affairs.
Amazon spent years avoiding Washington, running its operations a world away in Seattle, its hometown. Its biggest policy issue was whether it would pay local sales tax, which it had been able to avoid in the early age of the Web.
But in recent years, as it has sought to be a major player in multiple areas, it has stepped up its influence operations.
Amazon's political action committee spent $1.8 million this campaign cycle, 16 times what it did 10 years ago. It has 102 lobbyists, including five former members of Congress, who focus on 24 policy areas — four times the 2008 number, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
"It's a pretty stark increase in the amount of money they've invested, both in terms of lobbying and in terms of campaign donations," said Sheila Krumholz, the center's executive director.
Amazon's new footholds could help keep it closer to debates in Washington around whether the power held by tech companies is excessive. Companies such as Facebook and Google have been under intense scrutiny recently, and a generation ago Microsoft was sued by the government on antitrust concerns. Microsoft leaders famously recalled that they were slow to understand the importance of deepening connections in Washington.
Some experts now argue that Amazon, too, is growing into a kind of monopoly, one that can't be reigned in under current antitrust law. But others argue that the company is nowhere near achieving pricing power for any of its businesses, from cloud computing to digital advertising to entertainment.
Amazon opened its own downtown lobbying office in 2014 and hired Carney in 2015.
Bezos has turned his focus to the Washington area as well, buying The Post in 2013. Three years later, he purchased the city's largest home, a $23 million former museum, where he began a massive renovation, according to public filings.
He and other Amazon executives are backing Colorado Republican Sen. Cory Gardner's 2020 reelection campaign. He and his wife, MacKenzie Bezos, also gave a $10 million gift this year to a super PAC focused on electing veterans across political parties to public office.
One area where Amazon's presence in the Washington region could be particularly important is its work with the federal government — particularly in contracts servicing defense agencies. Amazon was the first company to meet the government's secure-cloud-computing guidelines. And in 2013, the CIA awarded Amazon Web Services, its cloud-computing business, a $600 million contract.
Now, analysts say, Amazon is favored to win a $10 billion cloud contract from the Pentagon, as the Defense Department begins a long-term effort to build artificial-intelligence capabilities into its operations. The company may beat out Microsoft, IBM and Oracle.
Other would-be competitors, such as Google, have steered clear of supporting weapons systems, sometimes under pressure from employees over excessive contact with the military.
But Bezos has embraced working with the Pentagon. In February, Amazon chose Herndon, Va., — about 25 miles from Crystal City — for the long-term home of Amazon Web Services.
"If big tech companies are going to turn their back on the U.S. Department of Defense, this country is going to be in trouble," Bezos said at a recent conference.
Of Amazon's 613,000 global employees, 250,000 are hourly workers in the United States, and its expansion of shipping operations has provided a silver lining to some cities that lost on the new headquarters. In Charlotte, officials were so distraught at not making the list of 20 finalists for the project that the city reworked its economic development operation. The pain was softened when Amazon announced plans in June to open a $200 million distribution center there with 1,500 workers.
"It's only when they got to this size, and they had to do things like build campuses in cities, that they realized they have to pay attention to the political stuff," said Heather Redman, a Seattle venture capitalist and recent chair of the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce.
Amazon has also quietly been growing its white-collar tech hubs, populated with the type of $150,000-plus-a-year jobs it promises for its headquarters expansion.
Most are already clustered in top coastal cities, with 7,000 in the San Francisco Bay area, 2,500 in the D.C. area, 1,500 in Los Angeles and more than 2,000 in New York, with another 2,000 on the way. Offices in Boston and Vancouver will roughly triple from 1,800 and 1,500 respectively in the coming years.
"They are making investments in these communities," said Krumholz, from the Center for Responsive Politics. "They are providing jobs, which is a good thing. With that comes more defenders in Congress."
For some analysts, the question is whether the new headquarters will be enough.
"Who's to say five years from now we're not looking at a third location or a fourth?" Cooke, the Georgetown professor, said.


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I was shocked! A recent article by Seeking Alpha proclaims the death of value investing.
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The bible of value investing is Security Analysis by Columbia finance professor Benjamin Graham. He printed the first edition in 1934 with less well known fellow faculty member David Dodd. They pencil out a three-point model to explain the valuation of common stock.
The first is the dividend rate and record. Zealots point out that dividend yield should be at least two thirds of investment grade bond yields according to the Graham and Dodd original recipe.
The second is the earning power in the income statement. This is measured by earnings yield which is also called the earnings per share or EPS. A company with deep value would have an EPS at least double triple A bond yields and a price no greater than sixteen times earnings.
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The third is the asset value in the balance sheet. Debt should not be greater than two-thirds liquidation book value according to the value investing bible.
Another Ben Graham strategy is to scour bargain basement lists of firms with share prices trading below net asset value. Bestselling financial author and famed value investor Mohnish Pabrai calls companies trading below liquidation value to be "net-net" opportunities. In the United States today valuations are so high that not a single firm qualifies as a deep value net-net opportunity from the Dodd and Graham filter according to GMO, a well-known investment firm. Does this mean that value investing is dead?
Friedrich Nietzsche famously stated that God is dead. The philosophical genius was not trying to draw followers away from Christianity. What he meant was that individual members of society must think for themselves rather than be led around by Dogma dictated by Church leaders.
At the time the Catholic church was the largest component of the European political economy. Nietzsche was also living during the inception of Lutheran protestant Germany.
And these two forces dictated what roads scientists could safely purse.
Doctor Nietzsche writes that freedom is won in independently deciding right or wrong on the path to determining one's definite major purpose in life. Professor Nietzsche admitted that neither task is easy.
Socrates said much the same in a different way. He taught that a life un-examined was not worth living.
Greek society did not like him for it. He was sentenced to death as a radical.
The pinkos didn't pick up Socrate's message either. Marx's partner in crime Engel felt that a life without women wasn't worth living.
And by the way I prefer Bill and Ted's pronunciation of Socrates. Trust me.
The American pronunciation is wrong.
Panayiotis Theodossiou is a finance professor and Dean of the Faculty of Management and Economics at the Cyprus University of Technology. He is also an expert on Socrates.
And when he says Socrates in Greek it doesn't sound anything like what comes out of our American mouths.
Both of these "think for yourself" philosophers described the introspective philosophy of famed value investor Warren Buffett exactly.
The danger with the deep value filters employed by such financial professionals as GMO is that the dogma of value investing obscures true independent analyses. Esteemed value investor Mohnish Pabrai explains that such intensive stock research can be injurious to your financial health in a YouTube video of the same title.
He describes an important lesson from Charlie Munger who noticed how quickly bias formed in the minds of Berkeley law students arguing cases in class. Munger points to a best ideas fund by that experienced dismal returns because of bias.
How can we eliminate bias from our independent financial analysis of the stocks we buy and sell as investors? Mohnish Pabrai offers up a simple hack.
First spend very little time on a given company.
Buffett trained himself at the beginning of his career by scanning each page of the Moody's manual which summarizes the key information of thousands of stocks one page per firm. As a mature investor Warren Buffett enjoyed stellar returns in Korea.
He purchased shares of firms he did not know in exact detail. He discovered these opportunities by rapidly scanning through a manual with thousands of stocks with summary information of each firm on one page.
The Japan Company Handbook is another example. Buffett will scan tens of thousands of companies a year across different stock markets around the world.
Pabrai points this out to emphasize that Buffett does not spend much time analyzing a particular company. "It has to be a stock that just stops you in your tracks" he explains "a hundred thousand in book value trading at forty thousand making twenty-five thousand a year.
Many firms are scanned but very, very few are chosen. Those that are chosen must have a pattern that hits Buffett over the head with a two by four.
Warren Buffet typically decides "no" after scanning a company in ten seconds. Mohnish discovered from reading Berkshire Hathaway letters to shareholders the importance of being extremely selective.
This frees up a lot of time for Pabrai to intensively study just a few businesses after scanning a lot of stuff on the horizon before letting it in. Once a company really grabs him then and only then does he take the time to really get to know it.
Case in point is that he spent two months studying General Motors and Fiat Chrysler which both had unusual traits.
He earned eleven hundred percent on his value investments from two thousand to twenty thirteen.
Some stock investing opportunities come through the door that are obvious no-brainers. Warren Buffett when approached with the opportunity to buy Dairy Queen was able to make an offer in a half an hour because of the clarity that arises from this approach.
Make sure you pick up Security Analysis by Graham and The Dhando Investor by Mohnish Pabrai on Amazon. Both are excellent reads that will help you understand Buffett better.
Then google "Warren Buffet Letters to Shareholders."
That'll get you to the right part of the Berkshire Hathaway website to download and read each free of charge. Don't forget to pick up the book "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis for a raw look at the stinking armpit of Wall Street.
And for fun watch the nineteen eighty-nine Keanu Reaves flick "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure."
What's the monster takeaway from this podcast? And it is a monster.
It's vital to your financial health to flip through summaries of thousands of companies from time to time. And the more mindless you make it the better.
This gives you a shot at tapping your unconscious mind.
These summaries may be complicated data gleaned from the financial statements. Or they can be simple price and volume data charted over time.
You choose.
But I ask you this. Do you want monster paydays?
Either way you must sit and stare with sparkly eyes. And very good things only come to investors who stare at goats.
Reading List:
- Graham, Bejamin. 2006. Security Analysis.
- Pabrai, Mohnish. 2007. Dhando Investor.
- Buffett Letters to Shareholders
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure


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With the decision to close Indiana's Central State psychiatric hospital in 1994, patients were faced with the prospect of a different future. The exhibit "Leaving Home" explores how patients achieved new levels of independence as they prepared for life after Central State, drawing its primary content from patient-produced newsletters. The panel discussion will focus on the development of mental health services in Central Indiana in the aftermath of the hospital's closure, and confront difficult issues such as jails and prisons as "homes" for those suffering from mental illness, and the impact of mental illness on families today.
Panel moderators Elizabeth Nelson, PhD and Modupe Labode, PhD will lead the discussion. Confirmed panelists include: Alan Schmetzer (former Director and CEO of Midtown Community Mental Health Center) Ellen Dwyer (historian), Dr. Jeffrey Kellams (Midtown Community Health), and Marianne Halbert (National Alliance on Mental Illness).
Doors open at 5:30pm and the panel discussion begins at 6pm. From 7 to 8pm, attendees can mix and mingle over snacks, talk with panelists, and view the "Leaving Home" exhibit.
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The world's largest parcel service, Federal Express will add Naha to its regular stops, beginning the end of August. Naha will be the third airport in Japan directly serviced by FedEx. In welcoming the company's decision, Okinawa Governor Masahide Ota hailed the opening of the route as a big step towards establishing Okinawa as a truly international region.
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Well... fear not: below are the top six reasons why you should in fact resist temptation, fancy Neocash outfits, and the Meepits' evil stares in order to follow the path of the Hero! *cue triumphant music*
*swings Jeran's sword at the Meepits*
*dodges Dr. Sloth's Ray Gun blast*
*snatches back list from the Pant Devil*
Ok, so as I was saying: Top Six Reasons to be the HERO! *looks around nervously for any more Villains*
#1: The Hero always wins! Literally. ALWAYS. Think back through Neopian history. I mean, Dr. Sloth is pretty menacing... but how many times has he ACTUALLY succeeded in taking over Neopia? How many times did Razul manage to destroy Sakhmet? When exactly did the Darkest Faerie conquer Altador and live evilly ever after? See? No matter how cool the Villain looks or sounds, the Hero always, always, ALWAYS wins in the end. I mean, sure – you could pick the role of the Villain just for fun, to look cool, and hope you're remembered (and feared) long after your humiliating defeat. But it takes some serious evilness to pull that off! For every Sloth out there, you have a dozen Sloth-wannabes running around in a Toxic Green Face Paint trying (and failing) to look evilly cool. Ask yourself: is it really worth it? You can be laughed at in your pitiful attempt to look like an evil Villain, or you can get yourself a Kyrii Swordsman outfit and hear your Neo-neighbor's chorus of "aww's!" as you practice your Hero sword moves on your front lawn.
#2: Heroes have the faeries on their side. Yes, yes, I know – the Darkest Faerie, Jhudora, blah blah blah. I'm not talking about a couple rogue faeries. I'm talking about THE faeries. Ask yourself, how many faerie quests have you gotten? How many times have you tried politely to ask the Shop Wizard a quick question, only to be forced to first go locate a random keychain or eye shadow for a faerie who ambushed you at the most inopportune moment? How many faeries must there be to keep up with all those Faerie Quest Cookies and to work the Faerie Festival? Thousands upon thousands, surely! And, as the Hero, that means ALL THOSE FAERIES are on YOUR side! Goodness! It's no wonder the Hero always wins, isn't it? (And yes, that's not even counting Her Mightiness herself, the amazingly powerful Fyora. It goes without saying that you really wouldn't want to meet up opposite her in the Battledome arena.)
#3: More color choices! LOTS more color choices! As the Hero, it is your prerogative to select a color palette that fits your style and complements your appearance. Colors that link to your realm in Neopia are always favored (think Jeran's red and blue for Meridell, or Fyora's purple for Faerieland). If you go Villain, what are your color options? Well, there's your basic black. Dark green. Dark purple. Maybe some dark blue. Seeing a common thread yet? (Badump bump!) Villain color options are severely limited. Sure, the clothes, the hats, the masks, they look sinister and cool. But they're dark! No flair, no flash, no pretty highlights or anything. Just boring, dreary, evil dark colors. Boo to that! Take back the bright colors – go Hero!
#4: You're less likely to be chased by an angry mob of Neopians when you venture out of your Neohome. True, as a Hero you do have to deal with all those pesky requests for autographs, Neopian Times reporters just "happening" to stop by for a quick "chat"/interview, late night calls from the Defenders of Neopia urging you out of bed and into action, and the like. But really – did you ever stop and think about WHY Villains always have secret hideouts? Is anyone really going to go knock on Kastraliss' door and shout "Trick or Treat!" if his address is published in the Neopedia? I think not! No, for Villains the secret hideout is imperative because without it, every Hero-in-training (and some of the more powerful, post-training Heroes) knows just where to hang about in order to defeat Evil and gain a reputation as a Force of Good in Neopia. Neohome associations everywhere band together to make strict regulations prohibiting Villains in their areas. Villain wannabees drop in for a quick "chat"/attempt to join forces and receive a little free training. And, of course, Villains are constantly on the lookout for us, the Common Neopian Citizen, ready to catch them in the act of Villainy so we can gather the torches and pitchforks and run them out of Neopia. Heroes have no such troubles to worry about.
#5: Loyal allies are nice. Super nice. Great to be able to count on. If you need to move that heavy Babaa Wardrobe, you need a few allies to call upon. If you suddenly realize you're fresh out of Kau Kau Farm Milk, you need an ally whose doorbell you can ring. And, of course, when the Defenders of Neopia call at 2 a.m., you need a loyal ally (or two, or three) you can roust out of bed to fight alongside you. Heroes are blessed with good allies. Heroes typically have MANY allies they can call upon to join the battle against Villains, and at least one strong and loyal ally who is ALWAYS there for moral support. Lisha has Jeran, Tormund has Roberta, King Altador has his council... Heroes always have allies, and they always work together for the good of the cause. Villains, on the other hand, typically work solo. Oh sure, they might have a few nameless henchmen who scurry about and do little tasks. But the Villain does most of the work all on his/her own. So not fun!
#6: Even Villains do the right thing in the end. King Jazan may have had a bad day and "relocated" Sakhmet, but in the end he fought against his father and helped save the day. Lord Darigan possibly made things a little difficult for Meridell for a while there, but eventually he helped overthrow Lord Kass and made peace with King Skarl. Actions typically seen by a Hero, right? Villains often just can't resist the lure of the Heroic Action. Heroes burst in at the last moment, save the day, wave to the cheering public, accept flowers from a pretty Ixi... Admit it, you're now daydreaming about just that scene! The thought of being the Hero that comes in to save Neopia is pretty nice sometimes, and Villains find themselves drawn to that idea more often than they like to admit. This shows that the role of the Hero is just the way to go.
And there you have it – the Top Six Reasons to be the HERO! So when you, dear Neopian, find yourself at a crossroads and you have the chance to choose either Team Villain or Team Hero, consider well your choice. While the path of the Villain may seem cool and attractively dangerous, remember all the perks of being the Hero. Remember the pretty colors, the lack of mobs, the great allies (such as the faeries) and all the other wonderful things that could be yours. It's your choice! But remember: even Villains find themselves "slipping" and picking the role of the Hero. Guess there's just a little bit of the Hero in all of us!
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The 10th AnnualTeaching With Purpose Conference. Calling all Educators; Teachers, Administrators, Parents, Students, and Community Members!
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I never had a sister but this is about as close as it gets. These girls are my heart and soul, they have been my best friends for almost 20 years, they know me inside out and upside down. We were all pom pom girls together and you can bet when the weekend came we were together every single second of it. Literally from Friday after school to Sunday evening, we were inseparable We lived at each others houses.
Now, we are spread out all over the country, literally all 5 of us live in different states, and all the stars have to align ever so perfectly for us all to get together again. But over the holidays we did, (and yes we are all in the same order as the photo above on purpose :)
From L to R we have :
Now, we are spread out all over the country, literally all 5 of us live in different states, and all the stars have to align ever so perfectly for us all to get together again. But over the holidays we did, (and yes we are all in the same order as the photo above on purpose :)
From L to R we have :
Mandy : She was the good one, the smart one, the responsible one. Made straight A's, never partook in our fondness of strawberry wine coolers and Marlboro lights but she loved us anyway. She works in Law in Chicago and spends her days keeping people from making stupid decisions. In High School she was voted "Most Likely to succeed"
Kelly : Hey that's me, no need to talk about myself but for the record I was voted "Most likely to be a stunt woman in Hollywood" - let's just say in my youth I had balls the size of church bells and I pray to God my kids don't find out half of what I did.
Tracey : The funny one, holy crap this girl will make you pee your pants with her impressions and stories. Also talented one...you name it she could do it. Dance, Act, Sing - she was voted "Most likely to have their name in lights" she is currently living the dream in New York with her adorable husband. She is part of a popular improv group called "Candy Slice" you may have seen her in this video here she is the Lady GaGa.
Stefanie : Well she was voted "Class Hair" but dang it, she's got it back it a ponytail...just trust me... it's gorgeous. She was the loyal one, the tough one, the strong one. The one we all leaned on for support and hid behind if anyone wanted to beat us up. She has been married for 4 years, I was the maid of honor at her wedding and she has a beautiful little boy named Keithan, whom Luci is very fond of.
Julie : Another talented one, you should hear this girl rock a piano and sing. She was voted either "Always Late" or "Sleeper" I don't remember which one, but she deserved them both. Julie is the most self-less person you will ever meet in your life. She would do anything, literally anything for her friends. If my car breaks down at 3am she would be the first person there to help. She was the Maid of Honor in my wedding. She lives in Arizona now and I miss her all the time and my kids adore her.
So yeah, it takes a freak of nature to get us all in the same state every few years, but when we do it's magic. I love this girls with everything I have.


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Trickster Tales
Richard Walker
Trickster Tales recount the adventures of those underdogs and eccentrics whose cunning and luck enable them to wriggle out of impossible situations and to surmount insuperable difficulties. The best known tricksters are Brer Rabbit from the Black American tradition, his African ancestor Ananse the Spider Man, and the Mullah Nasrudin whose adventures originate in the folklore of Turkey and the Middle East. All three of these rogues are represented here by refreshingly lesser known tales. Walker, a professional storyteller, also introduces us to tricksters from Native American, Bengali, Kampuchean, Russian and Swiss traditions, and he opens the collection with a tale about the ubiquitous Jack, the English representative of the trickster tradition. Many readers will find familiar motifs in the stories: a wizard hamstrung by a vainglorious display of his own magic; a banquet of soup prepared with an old iron nail; an old woman rolling home in a hollow gourd. The retellings in this collection are vivid and simple, preserving both the clarity and the conversational flourishes of the oral tradition, and providing a powerful support for teachers who want to try oral retellings themselves, or to encourage younger readers to do so. The book is strongly and attractively designed, and the illustrations brighten the text without upstaging it.


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Jun 5, 2016 404 Gender not found
Now that I've got that out the way I can explain to you why I think that.
I recently worked on a project for making it easier to verify and approve drivers, en masse, for businesses that require it. As part of the project I had to build a licence "verification" tool to prevent drivers from inputting wrong details or licence numbers into the system. The tool works by creating its own licence number from the user's personal details and comparing it with the number they provided - If there's a match then the system can continue on to the next step, otherwise throw a big red "invalid" message back to the user.
The licence number is derivable from the personal information due to the way DVLA designed it - This can be found here. In a nutshell, each driving licence number has a 16 digit long unique sequence of characters and is constructed using the following rules:
- 1-5th The first five letters of your surname. If surname is less than five characters in length, the remaining spaces will comprise of the digit 9.
- 6th The decade digit from the year of birth.
- 7-8th the month of birth. Add 5 to the 7th character if driver is female
- 9-10th The date of birth
- 11th The year digit from the year of birth
- 12-13th The first two initials of your forenames. The second character will comprise of the digit 9 if no middle name
- 14-16th Usually 9, Computer check digits
Note: For our purposes we can discard the last 3 digits and work with the rest
So after reading that, do you see any problem with how the number is generated?
…………………….. go on, take your time …………………………
……………. hint: it's related to the title of this post ……………..
………………………. I can wait all day ………………………….
Fine! I'll tell you - They only cater for 2 genders, male and female. That is tantamount to blasphemy in this day and age of freedom, of both speech and most importantly expression. I find this anti-progressive, as by default I would want to provide users multiple gender options without thinking twice about it.
"Gender identities are complex and for many people, describing themselves as just a man or just a woman has always been inadequate," - Professor Stephen Whittle, vice-president at Press for Change.
The European Court of Human Rights has upheld the right to develop our gender identity, as key to our personal autonomy.
At this time where UK Facebook users are allowed to choose from 71 gender options, I believe everybody should follow suite. If DVLA ever update their forms to cater for more genders, I wonder how they will cope with people who choose different genders other than male or female on the application form. Based on the current driving licence generator no verification can be done on other genders.
Easy mode would be for DVLA to stop taking gender into consideration at all, not just for the generator but the form too - It doesn't really help identify a person at face value.


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All in grades 9-12 are welcome on Sunday nights, whether you have a lifelong relationship with the Church or have never been to worship.
Our senior high youth group, known as "Oasis", gathers at Carmel on Sunday nights for faith and fellowship. From 7:00-8:00pm, we talk about our week, share food and drinks, and spend some time in devotion and prayer. Throughout the year, we plan various worship experiences, volunteer, and mentor the younger kids in the Refuge program. This is an experience that you won't want to miss out on and an opportunity to hang out with kids your age going through the same things you are. All 9th-12th graders are welcome!


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Explore the woods at MacLennan Park (Cedar Crest). These oak-hickory woods have an abundance of native woodland wildflowers. We will hike on the Kansas Trails Council's trails at MacLennan Park and scout for wildflowers. The first wildflowers of the season will be blooming: fawn lily (both the pink and the white species) and Dutchman's breeches. Meet at the parking lot on the west side of the governor mansion
What to Bring: For outdoor events we recommend bringing sturdy footwear, long pants, insect repellent, sunscreen, a hat and water!
- Categories: Hiking | Native Plants | Wildlife Viewing
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Today, I asked some friends, "What do you do when you just feel done?" There is no one specific thing that is weighing on me, but I feel restless . . . antsy . . . and also like tossing in the towel.
I recognize these feelings as anxiety or stress or whatever name works best for you and I recognize that this happens when my self care is not in place. Then I had to ask myself, "Lisa, what is self care for you? And how can you get a better grip on it in the middle of your busy life?"
By the way, being busy isn't a sign of honor, so that isn't me bragging. It's a statement of fact. I have a full time job and am taking six hours of graduate work every semester. I also teach yoga once a week and help sponsor a student organization on campus. And I have a marriage relationship which I long to give time to and I try to stay connected with my kids as much as possible. Which isn't much.
So I need a self care kit. A list of things to incorporate into routine to help prevent these days of wanting to run away to Canada. I read about a school that has comfort corners with supplies for kids when they are feeling overwhelmed. That sounds like a wonderful idea, so this weekend I am going to create a comfort corner in my house.
Lisa's Self Care Survival Toolkit
- Yoga — 15 minutes a day keeps the anxiety away
- Writing — journaling to get the thoughts out and gratitude to find the happies
- Music — it's the language of my soul
- Fiction — I need to read for fun
- Movement — dance or walking or something. I just need to move more.
- Visual beauty — I need to do something creative
- Soft things — a super soft blanket or other warm fuzzy
- Fuzzy socks with aloe
- Lavender anything
- Cooking and filling the house with the yummy smell of baking
So tonight when I get off work, I'm going shopping for a few things to add to a self care kit. I am also going to focus on planning a morning and evening routine that will incorporate some of these things.
I'm tired. I'm tired of life and the world being hard and weighty and constantly present and never getting better. The world is too much. The longer I live, the more often I come back to these words:
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We live in a world full of words.
On billboards, websites, emails, magazines, direct mail, brochures and catalogues not forgetting online digital content.
Who cares I hear you say?
You should because if you are an established business, SME or new business startup you need to develop your voice (in words, how you project what you say to your clients online and on your website) and your brand as we call it in the print business.
Your brand is your identifier, your company, your persona, what you and your business stand for, the differentiator that sets you apart from your competitors.
How do you develop your voice and brand through the use of words or text?
Text or content is the copy (words) that make up your website, direct mail, emails, articles, blog posts, social media posts, sales and marketing collateral. Without words, there is no brand or voice that tells your audience what you and your company are about.
Producing great copy for your project isn't about making a few notes and bullet points hoping that someone will understand, it is about crafting and using the right words that make the content 'sing' to your audience.
Not literally, although you could produce a video of yourself singing the entire contents of your services that would be original.
The content on your website and your sales collateral needs to be understood by your potential customer and be able to tell them something they don't know which prompts them to take action.
More often than not the first point of contact your newbie customer will have with you is the content on your website and your social media accounts.
The wrong words = wrong voice = no customer.
The words that you choose to develop your voice and brand are key to ensuring the customer "gets it".
What is copy and what does it have to do with you?
The definition of a copy means different things to different people but, as far as I am concerned copy is the set of words used to sell something or to promote it for sale.
And there are many types of copy – Slogans, Advertising, Promotional, Web SEO, Press Releases, Direct Mail and Advertising Features.
The content of your marketing piece helps hook the customer and it has to be easy to read, interesting and persuasive.
Making the time to generate and write content is a real pain for many businesses.
You are running a busy office, business or a company and time is at a premium but you also know that part of the sales and marketing objectives has to be to write and deliver consistent good quality copy on a regular basis.
This can be in the form of a business blog, podcast, sales and marketing print, marketing letters and sales literature either offline or for online viewing.
There never seems the time to do it consistently. One aspect that is often overlooked is, how do you write objectively when it is your business.
You are likely to amplify the virtues of your company; how fantastic your services are and how you delivered the widgets on time to Customer X in Leicester.
To hook, catch and keep customers your words need to be persuasive and informative without sounding big headed and arrogant and getting that across in words requires skill and thought.
When you're the one writing it, sometimes it can appear too fluffy and cringe-able.
There are numerous examples I read daily of copy that literally makes me cringe because it has been written without the customer in mind.
A copywriter is trained to write copy that makes an impact, is persuasive, is kept short ( and I mean no longer than necessary). The challenge for the writer is to make the copy sound original and fresh while at the same time persuading people to purchase or use your product or service.
Your brand helps the customer form an opinion of you and develops your reputation, ultimately it is about gaining creditability but by building a reputation you become the 'go to' person in your industry.
Think of the great brands who spend hours developing straplines for their products and service like:
Tesco "Every little helps"
Coca Cola "They don't make'em like they use to, WE DO" or "Open a Coke, Open happiness"
Nike – "Just do it"
Sony – "BE MOVED" and, "Like no other"
They have the money and the resources plus a whole host of advertising agencies to help them but you can adopt the same principles with your own brand, website and sales literature. If you have never given any thought about your own voice the chances are you have undervalued your business.
The right tone, language and consistency are crucial so that it sends out the right message to your audience.
How can a copywriter help?
The copywriter's job is to ensure your brand has a voice whether it is in print or online. Use of language, consistency, correct spelling and grammar are vital to building trust with your audience and developing a brand voice all of which can be achieved by working with me.
Finally, some key points to think about when you are writing your own content
What does your business do and, how do you help customers?
Do you know your target audience?
What are your sales/marketing objectives with your website, sales and marketing?
Why should a customer contact your business?
What writing style best suits your company's image – technical, conversational, salesy?