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Yuliya (ID: 86433)
Date of birth:September 20, 1987
Height:5' 5" (167 cm)
Weight:151 lb (69 kg)
Hair color:brown-haired
Eyes color:aqua
Religion:Russian Orthodox
Marital status:divorced
English language:beginners' level
Others foreign languages:No
Seeks partner:35 - 47 years old
Total photos:8
Bikini photos:0
Hobbies and interests:
I like active rest on nature. This is very important to read books which help to develop my personality. I also respect people who help children and I do the same. I also like visiting new places and getting new impressions. I am a good hostess and I like to cook. My best dishes are cakes! I also can say that music can make my mood better and support me during my life.
About me:
I am not a weak lady and that is why I think that I will be good partner and support for my man. With me he will be happy because this is very important for me. I am dreaming about having a child. I am very tidy person and I like to create cosiness and comfort at home. I support healthy life style. Well, as for my personality, I am very kind person and open. I also like animals a lot.
Looking For Men Type:
I want to meet a kind man with sense of humor. My man is sincere and open. We need to feel some chemistry between each other. This is also important when a man has goal in life and who is missing wife to be happy! I want to feel his life with love and care. I am ready to be his beloved person and person on who he always can rely on.
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Teacher Networks
We believe we can achieve high levels of learning, for both students and educators, when we collaborate together in a professional learning network. We view collaboration as a systematic process in which we work together interdependently to analyze and impact professional practice in order to improve our individual and collective results. No one has all of the answers. Our collective intelligence, commitment and synergy will move us and ultimately our students forward.
To this end, we facilitate a variety of Teacher & Teacher Leader Networks in support of curriculum implementation, instructional shifts, assessment and other areas of focus.
The charge for the teacher networks is to:
- Build new knowledge and skills
- Engage with current research
- Collaborate across the county
In order for that to occur it is essential that participation remain stable and that every district is represented. The agendas and information presented builds from one session to the next. The role of CiTi is to provide continuous turnkey training to a stable network of teachers in order to build capacity across the county. The role of participating districts is to send stable participation to the networks and provide a forum for them to turnkey the information back in the district.
K-5 Literacy Network; 6-12 Secondary Literacy Network
Audience: Instructional coaches, reading teachers, teacher leaders and classroom teachers. Purpose: Support best practices in literacy, supporting our community of educators, professional dialogue and keeping up with SED initiatives and standards.
Math Network
Audience: Diverse group of math leaders, instructional coaches and classroom teachers. Purpose: Focuses on the various aspects of standards and instruction, current issues in math education, teacher leadership and coaching strategies and meeting the depth of the standards whetehr using modules or teacher-developed materials.
Mindful Educator Network
Audience: All educators. Purpose: To facilitate mindfulness, social-emotional learning and trauma-informed instruction strategies in the classroom.

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Location: Shortwave Cinema, Bermondsey Square, London, SE1 3UN
Date: Sunday 20th November
Start time: Doors: 5:30pm
Screenings: 5:45pm
Quiz: 7:30pm onwards.
It's the New Empress Screening and Quiz night: The Sequel! After the roaring success of our first quiz night earlier this month we return for more eccentric film quizery and we hope you will too! Form the ultimate geek team and come and join us for a film quiz experience like no other.
Together with Double Crossed Films and Shortwave Cinema we bring you a game of two halves involving trivia from the silent era onwards, picture rounds and, for the dramatically inclined, scene reenactments from film classics. All the film fun is hosted by our hilarious Comedy Central writer and compere: Adrian Mackinder.
Of course, it wouldn't seem right to lure you into a cinema without showing you a film. Consequently the first 50 people to book their tickets will receive a free screening. Double Crossed films have put together a unique programme of short films from some of the best budding film makers in the biz.
Tickets for the quiz are limited to 80 places and tickets cost a paltry £3 per person so please book early to avoid disappointment.


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Urban modern hotel in Alicante. The Nou Petrer Hotel is an actual establishment perfect both to enjoy the holidays and to hold business trips. The hotel is located fully in Petrer center, dynamic city 40 km away from Alicante and perfectly connected to Murcia and Madrid. Its facilities are designed in order to offer a modern and functional style, with high comfort standards. Its 31 rooms include air conditioning, HI-Fi equipment and large Bathroom, as well as warm and cared decoration. The business traveler will find in the Nou Petrer Hotel a practical and complete Business Center. And this, totally in Petrer's center, next to the train and bus stations and its charming old town, and on the White Coast (Costa Blanca), one of the most charming places from the Spanish Mediterranean.
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I'm obsessing over the culvert pipes. We're having the pipes excavated soon to address this problem, and hopefully keep it from re-occurring. When I'm not obsessing over pipe plans, I'm getting ready for this weekend. I'll have 20 people altogether over two separate workshop days on Saturday and Sunday. The number of workshops I'm giving this year is mind-boggling, and I learn something every time and try to make the next one even better. Meanwhile, I gotta go bake brownies for 20.
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Decision Maker: Cabinet, Council
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
Approval of the Revenue, Capital and Housing Revenue Account Budgets, Fees and Charges and Council Tax Setting 2020/21
Approval of the Medium Term Financial Strategy 2020/21-2022/23
Approval of the Capital Strategy and Treasury Management Strategy
The Cabinet approved the following budget proposals and noted that any comments from the Resources Overview and Scrutiny Committee would be returned to the Special Cabinet on 21 January 2020 for consideration, before final recommendations were made to the Council:
General Fund
(1) The proposed General Fund Budget as summarised in Appendix A, and detailed in Appendix B.
(2) The inclusion of the savings and growth proposals into the budget as detailed in Appendices C and D.
(3) The approval of the 2020/21 fees and charges which have been incorporated into the budget proposals, as set out in Appendix E.
(4) The increase in the Council's Band D Tax of £3.15 (1.49%), taking the average Band D Tax to £214.92 for 2020/21.
(5) That £100,000 be added to the Climate Change earmarked reserve from the 2020/21 budget, the expenditure of which will be delegated to the Corporate Director (Resources, Environment and Cultural Services) and Corporate Director (Planning, Public Protection and Governance), in consultation with the Executive Members (Resources), and (Governance, Public Health and Climate Change) and the Cross Party Climate Change Member Group.
(6) That £1.2M be added to the Pensions earmarked reserve from the 2020/21 budget to help the Council meet its potential pensions liability in year three of the proposed medium term financial strategy with the current balance of the reserve being used towards an additional payment to the fund in 2019/20 as required by the pensions actuary.
(7) That the Budget Priority and Transformation earmarked reserve be renamed as Modernisation reserve and that authority for its expenditure be delegated to the Modernisation Board (Chief Executive, Corporate Directors and Corporate Modernisation Lead), in consultation with the Leader and Executive Member (Resources).
Housing Revenue Account (HRA)
(1) That dwelling rents be increased by CPI+1% in accordance with Government legislation, resulting in an average rent of £106.16 per week.
(2) The continuation of the policy to charge formula rent when vacant properties are re-let.
(3) The approval of the Housing Revenue Account budget for 2020/21 as shown in Appendix F.
(4) The approval of the 2020/21 fees and charges which have been incorporated into the budget proposals, as set out in Appendix H.
(5) The Medium Term Financial Strategy (MTFS) to maintain HRA working balances to around 5% of rental income.
Capital Programme
(1) The approval of the Capital Programme for 2020/21 to 2024/25 as set out in Appendix I.
(2) The approval of the Capital Financing for the Capital Programme for 2020/21 to 2024/25 as set out in Appendix J, and noting the forecast capital balances in Appendix K.
Medium Term Financial Strategy
(1) The approval of the Medium-Term Financial Strategy and Financial Governance Framework, including all annexes and prudential indicators for 2020/21 – 2022/23 as set out in Appendix L.
Report author: Richard Baker
Publication date: 10/01/2020
Date of decision: 06/01/2020
Decided at meeting: 06/01/2020 - Cabinet
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- (of an angle) less than 90°.
- (of a triangle) containing only acute angles.
Origin of acute
SYNONYMS FOR acute
ANTONYMS FOR acute
synonym study for acute
OTHER WORDS FROM acute
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH acuteacute , chronic.
Words nearby acute
Example sentences from the Web for acute
Exploitation of trafficking victims may be most acute in conflict and adjoining regions, but it is not confined to these areas.ISIS, Boko Haram, and the Growing Role of Human Trafficking in 21st Century Terrorism|Louise I. Shelley|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The soil variations are acute enough that they can differ radically from one side of a road to another.Napa's Earthquake Is Not The Only Thing Shaking The Vineyards|Clive Irving|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And my teenage daughters went into the town to shop at cute stores selling cute things at acute prices.Why I Hate The Beach|P. J. O'Rourke|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
My early years were a mix of acute loneliness and great freedom.An Author at Home in Lonely Landscapes|Letitia Trent|July 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The authors collected data related to 54 different causes of death that could be attributed to alcohol, both chronic and acute.Excessive Drinking Kills 1 in 10 Americans|Russell Saunders|June 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Its course is slower, it is less severe, and is not accompanied with so much fever as the acute form.Special Report on Diseases of the Horse|United States Department of Agriculture
In acute poisoning (especially by the corrosive salts) the changes are great and striking.Poisons: Their Effects and Detection|Alexander Wynter Blyth
Until the diagnosis is thoroughly established, soothing applications, such as are employed in acute eczema, are to be advised.Essentials of Diseases of the Skin|Henry Weightman Stelwagon
When the subject is caused to walk, symptoms of excruciating pain are manifested in all acute cases of laminitis.Lameness of the Horse|John Victor Lacroix
But even if I knew that it had, I should always remember that Christmas night of 1870 with acute regret.Princess Mary's Gift Book|Various
British Dictionary definitions for acute
- (of an angle) less than 90°
- (of a triangle) having all its interior angles less than 90°
- arising suddenly and manifesting intense severity
- of relatively short durationCompare chronic (def. 2)
- (of a vowel or syllable in some languages with a pitch accent, such as ancient Greek) spoken or sung on a higher musical pitch relative to neighbouring syllables or vowels
- of or relating to an accent (´) placed over vowels, denoting that the vowel is pronounced with higher musical pitch (as in ancient Greek), with a certain special quality (as in French), etcCompare (for senses 8a, 8b): grave, circumflex


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FBI Can Read E-mails without Warrant
According to recently released documents, the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG) of Federal Bureau of Investigation allows agency reading your e-mail without having a warrant.
The American Civil Liberties Union published a copy of 2012's edition of FBI's Guide for Federal Bureau of Investigation, which basically allows the Bureau reading your e-mail whenever it sees fit and without a warrant.
In short words, under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, better known as ECPA (a privacy law of 1986), the law enforcement agencies are able to read your e-mail before being opened by an addressee as long as a warrant exists. However, there's a problem: once the e-mail is opened by an addressee, or hasn't been opened within 6 months, a warrant is not needed anymore. A few months ago, the Department of Justice of the United States attended a Congressional hearing, where it admitted that ECPA needs to be revised and even offered to support ECPA's revisions.
Worse still, one of the circuit court of appeals recently handed down a decision that federal authorities need a warrant before accessing an e-mail address, but the problem is that the ruling only applies in the 4 states covered by the Sixth Circuit. This is why American Civil Liberties Union filed a request to find out whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation and similar agencies are taking advantage of a loophole in the outdated Electronic Communications Privacy Act and accessing some electronic communications without a warrant. Any person is able to find Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide for 2008 and 2011 on the FBI's official website.


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Caribbean cocktail with rumTropical fruits
Start with a pineapple base, add coconut milk for creaminess, some lime to refresh the senses and a touch of rum to take you away to island paradise.
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Discover this Les vergers Boiron's flavor in all its frozen forms. They will meet all your needs and inspirations.
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Some suggestions to combine flavors and enhance their qualities in terms of taste, texture and color.


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When You Miss A Salary, What Should You Do?
It's that time of the month. You've finally got a handle on your budgeting and then the unexpected happens… your salary is late. What should you do when you miss a salary?
If the thought is already sending you into a downward spiral, hold up. Yes, missing a salary is a less than ideal situation, but you need to have an action plan in place before it happens.
Don't feel like you have to take out a personal loan or grab your credit card. Go through the following steps first to see what makes sense for your individual situation.
Engage in a Little Distraction Activity
When you miss a salary, engage in a little fun activity that will get your mind off the stress. A good example is dancing. No really. If you're not a dancer (but c'mon we know you can move it move it) choose another little activity that will dissipate any nasty emotions.
When you panic, you might make a knee-jerk reaction you'll regret. Yes, you need money to survive, but if you do something like yelling at your employer or borrow money with a high-interest loan, you may be dealing with those consequences years down the line.
Instead, take a few deep breaths and try to relax. The goal is to look at your situation objectively. Once you feel more in control, move onto the next step.
Look at Your Bank Accounts
Seeing where you stand financially will help you set a plan. No matter how you feel (you got this!), looking at the numbers gives you an objective picture of what is going on.
- Look at all your bills (including debt) and see what you owe and their due date
- Look at how much money you have in your checking and savings accounts
Once you have those numbers, you can create an emergency budget to get you through the red.
Tap Into Your Emergency Fund
If you have savings set aside for emergencies, now's the time to use it. That being said, it's still a good idea to cut your budget down to the bare necessities just in case. When you start receiving your salary again, then you can factor in a line item on your budget to replenish your emergency fund.
For those who don't have emergency funds, now's not the time to feel shame around it. Take this as a reminder that an emergency fund is there to help you when times are tough. Once your situation is back to normal and you're receiving a regular paycheck, consider setting aside money in case an emergency fund happens.
As for how much to aim for, most experts agree that Sh.100,000 is a good amount to strive for. Once you've reached that milestone, then aim for more — three to six months of your expenses.
Make Sure The Necessities Are Taken Care Of
Now is the time to focus on the essentials, literally. Right now, your essentials are shelter, food, utilities, and transportation AKA the items you need to ensure you still have a place to live and food on the table. If your last resort is eating at home with your parents for a week, you do what you gotta do.
The last step is essentially to list out all of your bills and debt. Go ahead and include expenses and list them in order of importance. Once you have that, look at your emergency budget to see if you've allocated money towards the essentials. If not, adjust your budget accordingly.
Let's say you have Sh.50,000 in your checking account. Take a good, hard look at what you need to purchase until the next salary comes in.. For example, you tend to buy groceries once a month, but you notice that your pretty well stocked on grocery. Can you get creative and make meals based on what you already have? Or can you buy grocery items to resell them for a profit?
Slash and Burn Unnecessary Items
Remember — this is temporary. Once your paycheck arrives you can get your subscription services back if it makes sense. It sucks to think about giving up on things like Netflix and meal delivery kits. However, cutting back will help provide some relief when money is tight.
If there are services you can suspend or cancel temporarily, great. If canceling them means paying a hefty fine (like many cable subscription packages), see if you can negotiate with the company to see if there's anything they can do.
Same goes for any necessary expenses. Call up your mortgage provider and explain your situation. Some companies — though not all — may help provide some relief by allowing you to defer your payments.
Sell Your Stuff
If cash is really tight, consider selling some of your unwanted items. Go through all your goods to see what you can sell — think baby clothes, designer items, books, CDs and even jewelry. There are plenty of people that will take those items off your hands and pay you cash right away.
You can also consider selling your time and skills, like offering to mow your neighbors' lawns, walk some dogs, or tutor kids in the evenings. There are tons of ways to put a few extra shillings in your pockets. Get creative and you may be surprised at what you'll find!
To gain some extra cash, you may also like to check out 14 ways to invest Sh. 10,000. These are things you can do to make some cash that can come in handy when you miss a salary.
Talk to Your Employer
Now's the time to approach your employer to ask what's going on and when you can expect to receive your next pay. Don't be afraid, don't overthink it; just do it. What's the worst that could happen? On the bright side, you'll be updated on what's going on and it might provide some relief.
If you do miss a salary, remember that it's not the end of the world. Breathe, try to relax and look at your financial situation objectively. There are solutions. And if you need to ask for help from friends, family or in the form of a loan, so be it.
You've got this.
Article by Charlie Santos at https://www.hicharlie.com


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Anti Wrinkle Treatment
Hormonal changes can cause breakdowns in collagen levels, facial bone changes, and slacked facial ligaments. This makes the face look older and tired but there are a number of options to combat these common problems.
Now, with the aid of injectable fillers, we can address these signs of aging with little to no downtime and recovery.
anti-wrinkle treatment is used in the reduction of fine lines and wrinkles on all areas of the face. Toxin injections were first used in the 1980s. Today the treatment is very successful, safe and has a short recovery time post procedure.
- Sagging jowls
- Marionette lines (extending from the corners of the mouth to the chin)
- Frown lines
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Prince Harry and his bride, Meghan Markle, have named their new Labrador puppy, and the choice has people puzzled over the meaning behind the moniker.
According to People magazine, the dog's name is "Oz," which could, some say, be a nod to Australia and the royal couple's upcoming first official tour in the fall — they'll be visiting Australia, Fiji, the Kingdom of Tonga and New Zealand. The land Down Under also will host the next Invictus Games, a paralympics-type competition that Harry founded for wounded and injured service members.
Others — apparently the well-read — believe the name is drawn from an 1818 poem, "Ozymandias," by Percy Shelley. The poem is about the fate of Ramses II.
There are other less literate theories, too. Markle gave her dog, Bogart, to friends before departing for England, but he was named after an actor, so perhaps Oz is a nod to "The Wizard of Oz," where a dreamy-eyed girl finds herself in a most unusual land.
Or maybe the couple really likes Dr. Oz.
Prince William and Kate named their first dog, a cocker spaniel, Lupo, which means wolf in Italian. The dog's name apparently is a salute to Kate's family. Her paternal great-grandmother was Olive Christiana Lupton, and the family crest includes wolves.
For now, we can only speculate — which is a national pastime on both sides of the pond.


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White-backed artist proofs are printed by Wizards of the Coast and are only issued to the artist. Only 50 of each card are produced. Many of my popular cards have been completely sold out long ago. The front of the cards are printed as normal but the backs are unprinted/only white. They are unique collectible items and highly sought after by some.
Each card comes signed by the artist. The prices are dictated by popularity, rarity, and inventory--as stock reduces, prices go up on remaining cards.
Set: Iconic Masters
Card Type: Artifact
Casting Cost:
Card Text: Sacrifice Moonglove Extract: It deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
Oracle Text: Sacrifice Moonglove Extract: It deals 2 damage to target creature or player.
Flavor Text: Diluted, moonglove can etch living tissue. Concentrated, a drop will kill a giant.
Artist: Terese Nielsen
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This boy has been accompanying me when I was sewing pouches to help raise fund for Charlie, little did i know he pooed ribbon… yes! ribbon!!! scare me for a while and brought him to vet yesterday… Dr Lin was saying that those small threads like ribbons and glitter kind (lucky i don't use glitter objects) and tiny bitsy objects can torn animal's internal system… i was horrified for a while and been urging Mojo to go poo poo to see what else he swallow… okie… no more sitting in my room when i do sewing and double effort to pick up all small objects on the floor!
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Then last week, I carried my laptop to the kitchen to check my email after work. I set it down on the table and my boyfriend remarked, "Did you know there's a crack in the back near your hinge?"
I said no, but was aghast when I saw the crack. I hadn't noticed it. I treat my laptop with tender loving care. Finding a crack in its lower case was very upsetting. The crack was curved around a screw.
"I wonder if this is covered under your AppleCare," my boyfriend said.
I froze. "Oh my gosh, I think it expired yesterday." The one year of courtesy coverage plus the two years I purchased were set to expire this month of this year—January 2011. I looked through my files and found my receipt.
I shrieked. "January 19th!" Today was the 20th.
"Are you kidding me?"
"No." I sighed. "I guess I have to put up with it. I hope it doesn't affect the life of the computer."
"Why don't you call them anyway?"
What did I have to lose? I called up AppleCare and first spoke with a nice woman named Brittany. She said she wasn't sure if they could do anything, but that she would get her senior advisor on the line. I waited on hold, all the while feeling like Apple had somehow tapped into my personal music preferences for the "hold" music, until Phil came on the line.
Phil was a friendly guy and sounded genuinely sorry for the crack in my Macbook. It wasn't his fault, but he somehow sounded like he personally wanted to help fix it. He asked me to take a photo of the crack and email it to him. So I did. That's the image you see here.
Phil looked at it and said they'd cover it. He didn't even hesitate. He said he was glad I called just one day after my AppleCare expired, saying that if I had called one month after it expired that we wouldn't be having this conversation. I agreed, and thanked him. I was so glad my computer would be repaired.
We worked out the details for the repair. I'm sending it through the home shipping method again. It's scheduled to go out tomorrow. I'll probably have it back by the end of the week. (It didn't take that long last time, so I anticipate roughly the same turn-around time. Regardless, I can check the status of my repair online if I want to know where it is or if I get nervous.)
This, among other reasons, is why Apple will have my business. I enjoy their products and they back up what they sell. They treat their customers right—or at least this customer—and I am pleased.


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One Simple Tip To Shift Your Nonprofit's Workplace Culture from Outrage to Well Being
We've just finished two weeks on the road of book events for my new book, Happy Healthy Nonprofit, co-authored with Aliza Sherman. During many of the Q/A sessions, we heard from many nonprofit professionals who were feeling impact of a perpetual cycle of outrage. … Read More


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Scott Gardner
Very representative of the North Carolina BBQ that I love. If you are looking for other foods, not the place for you. They are very good at the food they specialize in
Dennis Mitchell Jr.
What a great place to eat. Very kid friendly and the prices were fair. Loved the train decor with the model trains.
Rite Lite
Always enjoy the southern hospitality here. The food always hits the spot. We visit for lunch time and the service understands our time restraints as they get our orders quickly and bring the food out in a timely manner so we can eat, enjoy the food, enjoy the company, and get back to work.
Erika Galloway
We eat here regularly. Not a hipster bbq spot, much more like those you'd find in rural NC (which is our thing). If you're looking for the staples, this is a great spot. If you're looking for lots of creative sauces and sides, this isn't what you're looking for.
Nathan Wheeler
When I'm in the mood for some good BBQ there is no better place than R&R BBQ. Great food, very reasonable in price and the service is always friendly. Highly recommend.


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That was a really nice game.
A few comments, technical and on content, including spoilers:
1) Make sure players understand that they can drag around the room to see more of it. This was not obvious to me at first.
2) Looking at the playthrough of navarsai, he was "stumped" by the origami/password/safe puzzle for some time, because he did not remember that multiplication is supposed to go before addition. It's always frustrating to see someone "get" the puzzle and then be stopped by a simple technicality. If you arrange the operation symbols in the order " * * + " instead of the current " + * * ", you will avoid this problem.
3) This password puzzle seems to be randomized, as I got a different color order on the tv and therefore a different password. "The Internet" (according to some discussions I have read) seems to hate this, as it interferes with their ability to use a walkthrough. See Monkey Kombat explanation for a historical example that I still remember (I liked Monkey Kombat, but was apparently the only person to do so).
4) As an addition to 1), as I watched navarsai's playthrough to find the one collectable I missed, I found it to be the "Alex" on the lion origami. I had no idea that you could interact with objects directly with your mouse, I always used USE/COMBINE/DISMANTLE. Again, make it somehow clear how players can interact with the environment. Nothing is more frustrating for me to see some interaction being the solution to a problem, which would be trivial to do IRL but that was apparently not available to me.
5) When I selected to start the game (download, not in browser) as 1900 x 1080 fullscreen (the resolution of my primary monitor) during the Unity startup, the unity logo screen would be fullscreen, but the game would revert to 1900 x 1080 *windowed*. The same is true for using smaller fullscreen resolutions.
Again, I really liked this. I'm not much of a horror fan, but the story of Mark, as told through the collectables and starting with his childhood room, is interesting for me.


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Potato-stamp T-shirts
Budding fashion designers will be thrilled to create their own T-shirts using nothing more than a potato or two, some cookie cutters and a little paint. Chop a baking potato in half, and then push a cookie cutter through it. Do the same with the other half of the potato and squeeze a few colors of fabric paint onto a sheet of newspaper. Dip the potato shapes into the paint, being careful to wipe or scrape off any excess, and stamp away onto a clean T-shirt!
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- Immergut, Debra. "Jar Luminarias." (June 3, 2012) http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/jar-luminarias-1030109/
- Martha Stewart. "Kids' Accessories." (June 3, 2012) http://www.marthastewart.com/275294/kids-accessories/@center/276975/marthas-crafts-kids
- Martha Stewart. "Potato-Stamp Shirt." 2006. (June 3, 2012) http://www.marthastewart.com/272370/potato-stamp-shirt?czone=crafts/kids-crafts-cnt/favorite-kids-crafts¢er=276975&gallery=275413&slide=272370
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Plata o Plomo?
Sleep or no sleep?
It was 3.21 A.M. Everything in the building was as silent as a tomb, except for the sound of the ventilator in my laptop which was wheezing like an asthma patient during a marathon. My eyes were fatigued by the blue, fluorescent light emanated by my laptop screen depriving me of my precious melatonin and throwing my circadian rhythm more out of whack than a smile in North Korea. My arm was going numb every five minutes from the weight of my head resting on it. My neck had given up on supporting my upper-body cerebral Kinder Surprise in this 45-degree inclined angle a long time ago, and rested in the pillow that had now permanently taken the shape of a dried taco-chip. My mouth had grown as dry as the Atacama desert, my eyes as tired as the weary doctor ending his graveyard-shift. I was just about to embark on the 10th episode of Netflix's latest form of legal drug, Narcos. 'Just one more, I'm almost at the end' I pleaded with myself like a cheap crack-whore looking for a quick fix in the dark and somber alley called Bingestreet.
It was then, at that very moment in between episodes, when Netflix was purging the last bytes of the old episode and preloading the new one, that it promptly asked the completely rhetorical and self-exploring question:
"Are you sure you're still watching "Narcos?"
I've already told you that my biggest fear for the future is sassy programming, and now my reaction could only be summarized (in a thematically correct way) like :
I was in the same state of passive-agressive panic you are struck with when you finish the assembly of your latest piece of Ikea furniture, only to see that there are still six bolts left and a big piece of unused wood. The initial elated feeling that makes you feel as proud as a peacock, since for a brief minute you actually thought that you could correctly read and interpret an Ikea manual, vanished immediately.
I quickly regained my composure however, and my anger flared up faster than a hillbilly's blood-alcohol level at a Nascar event.
HOW DARE YOU? Here I had been spending hours and hours of my life on you, cultivating both my viewership and my scoliosis for you. And you betray, stab me in the back, like this? Asking me redundant and self-confronting questions? Yes, I know I shouldn't be up at this hour of the night, glued to my computer screen like a golden chain on a rapper, watching a fictitious rendition of real events. I know. Don't question my choice. I've obviously to go down a path from which I know there is no return, and in stead of questioning me you should embrace my poor decision-making skills.
It was then that a question dawned on me. What had I become? I was willingly setting myself up for a horrible next day at the office when I would eventually wake up, some three hours later. I had been in a state of physical agony for the last couple of hours, lying there waiting in a position that could only be an invitation to be painted 'like one of the French girls'. I had placed myself in all of that torment, to watch something to which I already knew the outcome. What kind of self-fulfilling monster had I become? Who was the culprit? Who was to blame for this? Weirdly enough, these questions are as much applicable to serial bingewatchers as they are to real-life drug addicts. We're all one big family really.
It was during a subsequent discussion with a like-minded friend that the long sought-after clairvoyance on the subject of addiction erupted : is there anything more beautiful than addiction to addiction ? The subconscious is a wavering and irrational thing, misguiding us and making is prone to subliminal advertising. Like a young naive, blonde college freshman at a frat party, it gets easily distracted by seemingly nice things. Here we have a show whose premise is amongst others depicting how addiction is the genesis of both the rise and downfall of all parties involved -regardless if its money or drugs that they're after -, and yet, this very same show warning us for the consequences of addiction is itself hugely addictive. There's something absolutely amazing in that, and more so even maybe in the fact the irony that comes from not recognizing a growing addiction while watching something about addiction.
But Narcos doesn't only cover the topic of drug addiction. It also covers the most malignant types of addiction, the addiction to power, and the inherently fleeting nature of it. Escobar obviously didn't see himself as a bad guy, and probably would have fancied himself a fanatic of Plato if he had lived in the era of the Greeks. Didn't Plato tell us that one of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics, is that you end up being governed by your inferiors? You can't deny that Escobar at least tried to do something about that, even if it was a road laden with bad judgement and monstrous mistakes. Good people don't need laws to tell them to act responsibly, and bad people will always find a way around those laws. As our friends Cicero puts it nicely, the more laws, the less justice. In hindsight, Escobar might have been the one carving that way all along.
So really, the real dichotomy here is not Plata o Plomo, but Plato o Plomo?
Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle drugs. So why do people abandon all their independence, their freedom of will ? People who are prone to being addicted to (illegal) substances are usually essentially addicted to thinking as well, so that they have such a toxic, compulsive relationship with their own thinking, that they are willing to lose control over their own actions and voluntarily relinquish consciousness, in order to escape the self-imposed prison of their own thinking. But in a way, not that I've stepped into the twilight zone myself, I admire addicts. In a world where everyone is making decisions based on the uncertainty of death, the next natural disaster, an uncertain promotion, the addict rests in the comfort of knowing what's most likely down the road for him. In some ways, he's taken more control by surrendering all control than the ones thinking they are in control. They are the true masters of their fate.
So, all in all, is it worth it? Is it really worth it to add yet another potential source of cancer, diabetes, obesity, heart disease and what not to reduce your already short life expectancy? FUCK YES. Anyone telling you otherwise has clearly never been but before the dichotomy that is Narcos or no Narcos? Plata o Plomo ? Day or night? I will take all of it. Certain things in life just have to be experienced and never explained, binge-watching is just one of those.
Somewhere far away there's an executive sitting ominously in the dark, in an egg-chair in front of a wall of screens muttering 'excellent' in a dark, gravelly voice as he realized his plans worked out perfectly. You have won good sir, you have won.
Somos banditos hermano, somos banditos.


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Since September 8, 1966 many actors and writers have contributed to makeStar Trek the institution it is today. The Flag Officers and membersof the Starfleet Phoenix (SP) Sim Group would like to take thisOpurtunity and web page to acknowledge just a few of these talentedpeople.
As time passes, so do so many who mean so much to members of our group. This being the case we have expanded our page to pay tribute to not only Trek characters and creators, but other individuals and moments in history. Below is a quick-ckick table of contents to our page. Thank you for your interest in our interests.
An American Trajedy
The death toll as of this time has not beentallied, but suffice it to say that even one life loss to this kind ofattack is one too many. When this is all said and done, I bet there willbe more than one of us who will have been personally affected by the trajedy.
Let us never forget what happened on thisday, and always remember how precious our time with family and friends is. How quickly and randomly it can be taken away from us. And finally, let'snot forget to say a prayer for all those civilians, airline workers, and emergency services personnel whose only sin that day was reporting for work.Remember, too, the loved ones left behind and pray they have the strength to deal with this trajedy.
Here is a poem recently e-mailed to me to reflect the trajedy:
(Fair warning - Get your tissues ready.)
her favorite dress tied with a bow.
Today was Daddy's Day at school,
and she couldn't wait to go.
But her mommy tried to tell her,
that she probably should stay home.
Why the kids might not understand,
if she went to school alone.
But she was not afraid:
she knew just what to say.
What to tell her classmates
of why he wasn't here today.
But still her mother worried,
for her to face this day alone.
And that was why once again,
she tried to keep her daughter home.
But the little girl went to school,
eager to tell them all.
About a dad she never sees,
a dad who never calls.
There were daddies along the wall in back,
for everyone to meet.
Children squirming impatiently,
anxious in their seats.
One by one the teacher called,
a student from the class.
To introduce their daddy,
as seconds slowly passed.
At last the teacher called her name,
every child turned to stare.
Each of them were searching,
for a man who wasn't there.
"Where's her daddy at?"
she heard a boy call out.
"She probably doesn't have one,"
another student dared to shout out.
And from somewhere near the back,
she heard a daddy say,
"Looks like another dead beat dad,
too busy to waste his day."
The words did not offend her,
as she smiled up at her Mom.
And looked back at her teacher,
who told her to go on.
And with her hands behind her back,
slowly she began to speak.
And out from the mouth of a child,
came words incredibly unique.
"My daddy couldn't be here,
because he lives so far away.
But i know he wishes he could be,
since this is such a special day.
And though you cannot meet him,
I wanted you to know.
All about my daddy,
and how much he loves me so.
He loved to tell me stories,
he taught me to ride my bike.
He surprised me with pink roses,
and taught me to fly a kite.
We used to share fudge sundaes,
and ice cream in a cone.
And though u cannot see him,
I'm not standing here alone.
'Cause my daddy's always with me,
even though we are apart
I know because he told me,
he'll forever be in my heart."
With that, her little hand reached up,
and lay across her chest.
Feeling her own heartbeat,
beneath her favorite dress.
And from somewhere in the crowd of dads,
her mother stood in tears.
Proudly watching her daughter,
who was wise beyond her years.
For she stood up for the love
of a man not in her life.
Doing what was best for her,
doing what was right.
And when she dropped her hand back down,
staring straight into the crowd.
She finished with a voice so soft,
but its message clear and loud.
"I love my daddy very much,
he's my shining star.
And if he could, he'd be here,
but heaven's just too far.
You see he was a fireman
and died just this past year
When airplanes hit the towers
and taught "Americans to Fear."
But sometimes when i close my eyes,
it's like he never went away."
And then she closed her eyes,
and saw him there that day.
And to her mother's amazement,
she witnessed with surprise.
A room full of daddies and children,
all starting to close their eyes.
Who knows what they saw before them,
who knows what they felt inside.
Perhaps for merely a second,
they saw him at her side.
"I know you're with me daddy,"
to the silence she called out.
And what happened next made believers,
of those once filled with doubt.
Not one in that room could explain it,
for each of their eyes had been closed.
But there on the desk beside her,
was a fragrant long-stemmed pink rose.
And a child was blessed, if only for a moment,
by the love of her shining bright star.
And given the gift of believing,
that heaven is never too far.
*~In God we trust-September 11, 2001~*
Eugene Wesley (Gene) Roddenberry
DeForest Kelley
Images courtesy of TV and Movie Trivia Tribute: DeForest Kelley.
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George Harrison
1943 - 2001
The date is now remembered each year to memorialize the lives of the brave U.S Servicemen and women that were lost in the early morning attack.
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27.5-inch wheels (also known as 650B) offer the best characteristics of 26- and 29-inch wheels for an outstanding ride.
Efficiency: Increasing the wheel diameter decreases the angle of attack (the angle at which round objects meet square objects). The lower the angle, the easier it is to roll over obstacles and maintain momentum.
Traction: With a larger diameter, the tire's contact patch increases, putting more rubber on the trail. A 27.5-inch (650B) has nearly the same contact patch as a 29er for superb acceleration, braking and cornering.
Weight: The weight of a 27.5 wheel, tire and tube is only 5% more than an identically built 26-inch wheel. Compare this to a 12% increase with a 29-inch wheel. Lighter wheels mean a lighter bike, and better climbing and acceleration.
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|ALUXX SL-grade aluminum, Advanced Forged composite upper rocker, 110mm Maestro suspension
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|Rear Shock
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A few weeks ago, No. 19 Cal beach volleyball lost the first dual of its season — the only blemish on the season with the Bears' in the midst of a seven-win streak.
This weekend, Cal will have the opportunity to avenge that sole imperfection, as it plays St. Mary's once again — this time at home.
But the Gaels aren't the Bears' only competition this weekend. Cal will play Sacramento State and St. Mary's on Friday and San Jose State and Pacific on Saturday.
With the Bears having played three of the four teams already — the lone exception being Sacramento State — they have a good idea of what to expect.
"We are facing three other Bay Area schools, so it's always fun to compete against your neighbors and for teams that we've already beat, they are looking to take us down, so it'll be a lot of fun competition," said head coach Meagan Owusu.
If the Bears play remotely like they did in the Stanford Tournament, the dual against the winless Hornets should be a warm up before the Bears face the Gaels.
In the past four encounters between Sacramento State and Cal, Cal came away with the win. When the teams met last season, the Bears beat the Hornet, 4-1, the only dropped set being a pair of seniors who have since graduated.
Following their matchup with the Hornets, the Bears will have their redemption dual — arguably the most important one of the weekend. St. Mary's is unranked by the AVCA beach volleyball poll, but the Gaels' only dropped dual so far this season was to now-No. 14 Stanford.
In the teams' last encounter, several strong performances from St. Mary's in combination with Cal's first-match jitters allowed the Gaels to take the win, 3-2.
In particular, St. Mary's No. 1 pair — juniors Payton Rund and Morgan Hughes — shone as they defeated Cal's senior Jessica Gaffney and sophomore Iya Lindahl, 21-15, 21-14. The Gaels' top duo gave the Bears a tough match, but Cal has since changed its lineup a number of times.
In the past four duals, the all-freshmen pair of Alexia Inman and Mima Mirkovic, Cal's sole undefeated pair, has taken reign of Cal's No. 1 spot.
Re-ranking the pairs wasn't Owusu's only modification. She also split up freshmen Caroline Schafer and Maddie Micheletti, who fell in that first dual against St. Mary's, and paired them with older teammates who have more experience.
"We've switched up our lineup since the last time we played St. Mary's, but more than anything, we are playing with a consistent confidence each and every match, and that allows us to play at a really high level," Owusu said.
The Bears won't have much time to sulk or celebrate, as they have a busy day Saturday on deck against San Jose State and Pacific.
In their first matchup of the season, Cal dropped one match to San Jose State en route to a 4-1 victory, but it improved the next time around with a perfect 5-0 victory the second time.
Likewise, Cal took a decisive 4-1 victory over Pacific when the teams first played in Stockton. As they go into their fourth and final dual of the weekend, it'll be important that the Bears stay level-headed and continue to focus on the game they bring on their side of the net — something Owusu consistently emphasizes.
"We are a different team than we were the last time we played St. Mary's," Owusu said. "I know the entire squad has been waiting to face them again. It will be a really fun match."
Surina Khurana covers beach volleyball. Contact her at [email protected].


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February 04, 2015
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• Weather has stabilized after a series of storms caused significant yield loss over the past month
• Current varieties are exhibiting firm texture, sweet flavor, and medium-to-large size
• A small amount of decay remains in some lots, but harvesting crews are working to avoid it
• Between the Oxnard and Coachella growing regions, supplies are expected to meet Valentine's Day demand
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Recent addition: Pepsico
On thursday the 17th of May I decided to let go of my Sanofi shares, I collected the yearly payout and got a small capital gain. I let them go as I'd like to focus more on quarterly dividends and I don't really like the tax situation in France, it's too much of a hassle for me. This resulted in a -€38,18 for my net yearly dividends.
With some reinvested dividends, fresh capital and the capital that was unlocked by the sell of Sanofi I decided to increase my Pepsico position. 21 Shares were bought for $97,84, this adds a net dividend of $66,22 to my account. This makes Pepsico the largest position in my portfolio with 10,73%, followed by Unilever 9,95% and Starbucks 8,16%.
The recent weakness in Pepsico almost kept me up at nights, I had only 10 shares and was desperate to capitalize on this weakness. Their dividend yield has never been as high as it is now, not even in recessions, roughly 3,80% yield on a stock that has increased their dividend 46 years in a row. Their most recent raise was 15,22% back in February, that's great for such a stable company, and also they have 22 billion dollar brands, how insane is that?
All in all, I'm extremely happy with my new shares as I had to watch for a few weeks how the entire DGI community got into this great stock and I had to sit on the sidelines until today.
My new position of 31 shares will bring me a total net dividend of $97,76.
Did you too, buy some Pepsico lately?


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Can Testosterone Shots Cause ED?
In this article we will answer the question can testosterone shots cause ED or erectile dysfunction? We will also talk a little bit more about how testosterone can actually help or enhance erectile function. If you are using testosterone shots, there are a few instances where this can actually worsen erectile function and you should be aware of those potential problems.
If this is something that interests you keep reading, we are going to discuss the details.
Testosterone Shots Can Cause ED
Can testosterone cause ED? Is this possible? I think this question is interesting because a lot of people assume that more testosterone will make their erections more pronounced and improve their erectile function. For the most part, this is true. When your testosterone is low and you bring it up into a normal range, almost always there will be more erectile function. However there are some distinct physiological areas that can actually get worse.
In a previous article, we talked about how some people can get a paradoxical effect from taking testosterone. For instance, generally it will help with anxiety, help with mood, and it can even help with your ability to stay calm. In some subsets of people it you can have the reverse effect.
Can Testosterone Cause Anger and Anxiety?
In these cases, the person thinks they are in the optimal range but really the dose of testosterone is just slightly too much for their system. The testosterone is causing more anxiety and more irritability. This generally has to do with the two issues estrogen and cortisol.
How Testosterone Shots Cause ED Through Cortisol
With regard to erectile dysfunction the main thing that allows for the penis to get erect has to do with blood flow. In medical school we learn two things 'point and shoot.' The point part is related to parasympathetic activity and the shoot part as related to sympathetic activity. These refer to two parts of the nervous system that control our state of relaxation and excitement. The parasympathetic activity is related to rest and digest. This activity is associated with relaxation, calming and blood flow and dilation of the arteries. If you are not able to get or maintain an erection, this could be that you have too much anxiety, worry, and cortisol. Cortisol definitely can have a stress provoking activity. It puts you closer to that stress threshold. Another way to think about it is the time to irritability or anxiety is smaller. So there is a thinner layer between when you feel calm and when you feel agitation, anxiousness or worry.
When your testosterone is up at the high end, some will produce more cortisol. With higher cortisol some people can get this erectile dysfunction effect, with an inability to maintain or initiate an erection. You can see this too with the psychological stress and worry about the performance. There are definitely some psychological things that make the problem worse. The idea here is too much testosterone can cause elevated cortisol which can be an issue.
How Testosterone Shots Cause ED Through Estrogen
The second way testosterone shots can cause ED is through estrogen. If you think your testosterone shots are causing ED, make sure you are checking your estrogen in the middle of your weekly cycle. For instance, if you do your injection on a Monday and you check your estrogen the following Monday you will not see the peak estrogen level. To ensure you see the peak you want to make sure you check your estrogen 3-5 days after the injection. If you are doing multiple injections per week then it is not as important. Regardless you do want to try and catch the peak, if you are having ongoing erectile dysfunction and possibly from your testosterone shot.
The other thing to think about is higher doses of testosterone means higher levels of estrogen. Sometimes people will not be able to see the estrogen as easily if they are using a standard estradiol test. If you want to ensure you are measuring the whole true estradiol levels, test the ultra-sensitive estradiol. This test uses a more accurate technology called mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography. This will give you a clearer understanding of what your actual conversion of testosterone to estradiol is. Of course, the more estradiol you have the more counteracting of your free testosterone. The testosterone is what has the ability to produce more nitric oxide and dilate the arteries. The arteries are what bring more blood flow to the penis to cause the erection. If you have higher estradiol counter acting your testosterone, you are not getting the most benefit out of your testosterone shots. The same is true with other forms of testosterone replacement causing ED.
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(October 22, 1999) Every recruiting budget involves a balancing act. Cost-per-hire varies greatly between firms for a variety of reasons. Generally, a high visibility, trendy company pays less in advertising-cost-per-hire than a unknown competitor. Network development can offset some of the difference.
Timing is another critical factor. If you need lots of IT professionals in this market, cost per hire is ballooning. If your major requirements are for more readily available talent, the cost is lower. The trick to developing a highly profitable third party company is identifying a key skills arena with growing requirements.
That's why we're so jealous of the folks at Staffwriters.com.
Positioned at the non-technical nexus of the Internet business, the staffing company provides writers and editors. Since every website needs a writing team (if you plan to really engage potential candidates), Staffwriters.com has staked out one of the best online niches. As far as we can tell, they are the only current players!
A look at their straightforward and effective website reveals the fundamentals required for online Recruiting success. Niche specific links, advice newsletters and postings create a solid resource for the kinds of people they engage. The site is designed to attract candidates by being useful and interesting. No more, no less.
If you want to see the minimum requirements for success in a contemporary Recruiting website, just make a list of the functions at Staffwriters.com and apply them to your niche. As long as they remain the only player in their game, it will be an adequate presence.
The cost to run a website grows once competition really enters the arena. Once the game becomes a battle for the attention of scarce resources, costs grow quickly. The bare minimum, useful only when you are the only player on the block, fades into distant memory as the cost of attracting talent increases. In a shortage, competition drives prices up.
We think that this simple trend has astonishing consequences.
Instead of Staffwriter's lightly occupied niche, imagine a similar endeavor in IT Recruiting. Given the depth and aggressiveness of the competition, cost-per-hire is skyrocketing. Websites that serve techies multiply at an astonishing rate. Features abound and the players are eternally seeking the next advantage. The bare minimum requirements might look more like Earthweb (last year's purchasers of DICE). As it has been since the dawn of the web, the services provided to IT professionals (from free training to huge perks) are the Industry's bellwether.
It's really not very difficult to imagine that HR Departments will begin moving toward the acquisition of job boards and other service providers in the IT niche. Who owns what and under what conditions is extremely subject to change as the competition for scarce resources escalates.
As it was in the beginning, the web is all about a battle for mind share.
- John Sumser, © TwoColorHat. All Rights Reserved.
(October 21, 1999) "Vivant! Corporation today announced the launch of vivant.com, the first horizontal business portal for sourcing and managing contractors through an open network of suppliers."
"Webhire, Inc. (NASDAQ: HIRE - news), the leading Application Service Provider (ASP) in the Internet recruiting marketplace, today announced that thepavement.com, a new online site designed to meet the career needs of recent college graduates and young professionals, is the latest career site to be Powered by Webhire."
Really? We thought CareerCast won that job.
Sowing FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) is a traditional way of keeping the market confused. The use of FUD as a marketing technique is time honored. There are two schools: the intentional and the unintentional.
In the case of Vivant, the confusion stems from a bad case of buzzword-itis. Just a couple of years ago, we would have called it "a meaningful improvement in the idea of a Recruiting Network." Collaborating with the computerjobs.com folks, Vivant just might make a difference. The simple idea, an online service that provides one stop shopping for IT contractors, is easy to understand. The confusion comes from statements like "In vivant.com we have created a business-to-business portal with enterprise strength to solve contractor staffing challenges."
We're thinking of starting a deprogramming rehab center for recent MBA graduates.
Intentional FUD is another thing entirely.
It must be tough to be Webhire. A name change, refinancing by Softbank, a widely touted partnership with Yahoo, an online version of their enterprise software and a series of other positive moves have done nothing special for their stock price. The company continues to lose money at a healthy rate without the deep pockets of an Internet IPO. We imagine that they feel like Rodney Dangerfield.
In its announcement, Webhire used language that would confuse a casual reader. When they say "powered by Webhire", they usually mean that a job board has purchased one of their standard products. Most often, "powered by Webhire" means "using the technology we purchased from Junglee to manage the flow of data."
But, according to our sources:
They are not "powering" the pavement...nor is their input to the job data significant. They are on a "very" short term and temporary contract to supply some job data they already have in their database. That's it.Our phone calls to Webhire and their PR firm went unreturned!
FUD, used intentionally, clutters the market with bad information. It's bad enough that our formative industry is struggling with its own identity. When the vendors, intentionally or unintentionally, add layers of confusion, it slows down everyone's progress.
- John Sumser, © TwoColorHat. All Rights Reserved.
(October 20, 1999) A recent article by an online stock analyst suggests that an industry consolidation is near at hand. We're always tickled by the persistence of the industrial mindset. It's a mass customization and personalization business without any standardizable components, we say.
Although the buzz has shifted and people are talking about "cultural fit", the underlying perception remains the same. With the right formula, a single entity (you name it, company, market, industry, job board) can devise a one size fits all strategy and corner the market. We believe the more likely answer is a universe of nichey entities who simultaneously compete and collaborate with each other.
Here is our simple test case.
Any sophisticated businessperson understands the occasional importance of the "very cranky managers who know how to get things done". You know the type. They restructure ailing firms; manage operations as a representative of the Venture Capital company; kick life into failing projects; make impossible deadlines happen; and so on. Never popularity contest winners, these specialists do not fit in any sort of cultural map. By definition, they work best when they are the opposite of the prevailing culture. They understand that their future includes getting fired once the problem is solved.
Known for a lack of finesse and the ability to wield a club with precision, these executives rarely have long term relationships with their clients. The mercenary nature of their profession makes long term relationships a bit hard to muster. As a result, collaboration amongst peers is unusual. A few executive search firms have a modest practice in the arena. No one offers schooling or professional development for these turnaround artists.
A board that specialized in meeting the needs of these focused problem solvers would be a high profit, high value, easy to protect franchise. Imagine toughturnarounds.com or getitdone.com . Discussion of "war stories" (dumbest culture I ever fixed, sappiest CEO I ever replaced), on the ground tactics (how to fire the CEO's wife), organizational politics and ruthless budget slashing would be enough to make the operation a winner.
The same principle applies to other specialties. The web, we think, resists consolidation in spite of the typical analyst's desire to predict it.
- John Sumser, © TwoColorHat. All Rights Reserved.
(October 19, 1999) What's the most important component of an online Recruiting campaign? Where are you most likely to acquire candidates suited to your culture and interested in your business? We're tempted to believe the evolving message at Hire.com: The Most Important Recruiting Website Is Yours.
Located in the building that the George W. Bush campaign recently vacated, Hire.com offers a different spin on the online recruiting business. The Austin headquarters and pure Texas culture are the backbone of an enterprise with its eyes squarely on management of the recruiting process. Hire.com doesn't sell advertising or claim to solve all problems for all people. They focus on the bigger than life problem of managing the candidates (and more importantly potential candidates) who constitute the traffic to a corporate website.
In yesterday's article, we tried to get our arms around the unreasonably broad group of potential employees who are referred to as "passive candidates". We underlined the point that the best definition of "passive" is "not currently looking for a job." We suggested that the category is extremely broad (maybe as large as 95% of all employees). Passive candidates never come to job boards (only active people search for jobs). Passive candidates do visit corporate websites, however. They come looking for market research information, products, service, investment data and so on.
In a protracted labor shortage, the very definition of a company is under assault. Investors, customers, competitors and the employees of those groups are all logical sources of new employees. The change, while hard to grasp in the beginning, can be assaulted on a tactical level by focusing on the company website. People who visit a company's website are precisely the kinds of people who can become a part of growth.
That's where Hire.com shines.
Rather than guaranteeing the impossible, the Hire.com system focuses on harvesting immediately available crops. By integrating a powerfully simple interface and communications system directly into the corporate web presence, the firm allows a company to successfully manage the flow of web traffic, turning it into an asset and a series of relationships.
We like the fact that Hire.com is intensely focused on a single mission: the cultivation of relationships with a talent pool. By setting aside the question of traffic development, the company neatly segments the recruiting problem into two easier to understand piles: traffic development (candidate acquisition) and relationship farming (talent pool management). Over a five year horizon, having an automated process to stay in touch with potential candidates will differentiate the winners from the losers. The Hire.com offering solves that problem clearly and effectively.
The company is very smart. They do not offer a product that can be all things to all people. Instead, they solve a single problem in a way that allows more important issues to be addressed. Obviously, a tool that mines corporate web traffic works "better" for hip, high traffic operations. In our opinion, that simply illuminates the importance of traffic development for the less hip, lower volume operations. Using Hire.com to mine your corporate traffic will make the shortcomings in your traffic development process more obvious. Knowing that you can handle the consequences, clear attention can be focused on the real problem.
In the near term, we expect Hire.com to add a marketing tagline: "Our Jobs Find People." As simple as that sounds, it clarifies a critical point. The company isn't in the business of traffic creation (though we're sure that they will help you find a subcontractor). They are clearly and elegantly focused on the management of the traffic that comes their way.
The nuance may seem subtle at first. We think it distinguishes Hire.com from the rest of the competition in a very powerful way. They are not data managers, though they do some of that. They are not in the candidate acquisition business though their result is a flow of quality candidates. They don't emphasize advertising placement though they have a sophisticated cross-posting program. They very simply sift and sort the traffic to a company website, allowing recruiters to recruit and develop relationships. It's the simplicity and focus that clearly separates them from the rest of the pack.
It's an honest to goodness different idea. They are rare these days. While we expect to see their marketing slogans copied quickly, it will take a potential competitor a while to develop the technology and momentum. Hire.com may be about to break through as a player simply because of the way that they have defined and solved the problem. That makes them a very likely recipient of large investment dollars in the near term. It's nice to see a good idea positioned so well.
- John Sumser, © TwoColorHat. All Rights Reserved.
(October 18, 1999) Recently, the good folks at Monster.com announced two odd statistics. First, "job seeker membership" reached 4 million. Second, the Resume database now contains more than 2 Million Resumes. Leaving aside questions about the age of the resumes and the obvious wondering about why so few of their visitors "sign up", we wondered if these numbers had anything to do with the fabled "passive candidate" we've been hearing so much about.
Mind you, Monster.com isn't alone in publishing odd statistics. It seems to be the current rage in the industry. It looks like the game has changed from simply saying "We're the largest" to "Here's a really big number proving that we're the largest." For some reason, all of the high-visibility services are participating in a macho "mine is bigger than yours" contest. How interesting for them. How unfortunate for customers.
These days, everyone we talk to is busy pitching the fact that their solution helps Recruiters discover so-called passive candidates. The traditional definition of the term is "a person who isn't looking for a job." Pretty simple, no? Really aggressive Recruiters use the net to scavenge for information about these people and their contributions (or potential contributions). In the old days, the telephone was used to mine the insides of a target company for likely candidates.
The essence of the historical definition of a passive candidate was that the Recruiter made the first move.
Today, the prevalent definition seems to be "came to a job board but didn't apply for a job."
We'd call it "looked for a job but couldn't find one." We bet that the much touted "passive candidate" is more likely to be a casualty of bad site design. By definition, passive candidates don't visit job boards. They are too busy with their jobs.
The term "passive candidate" seems to be a catch-all phrase that obscures more than it reveals. Before we can really get a grasp on this significant component of the Recruiting market, we'll need more precise definitions. For instance, the beauty of a Network (like CareerBuilder's or the interesting alliance of MicroSites at ITTA) is that it has the potential to reach people who didn't intend to look for work. This approach (which is useful for describing some visitors to some corporate employment sites) suggests that there is a motivational scale involved in the question. It's likely that passive candidates range from "mildly interested" to "not interested at all". Targeting along this motivational scale might well produce some interesting sub categories.
Meanwhile, we suggest you take claims about reaching "passive candidates" with a grain of salt.
- John Sumser, © TwoColorHat. All Rights Reserved.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Muse Global, a school in Calabasas co-founded by filmmaker James Cameron, his wife Suzy Amis Cameron and her sister Rebecca Amis, has entered the franchise market to expand its educational format in the U.S. and internationally.
Muse, which currently has two campuses at 1666 Las Virgenes Canyon Road and 4345 Las Virgenes Road, offers a "plant-based, sustainable learning program" that aims to teach children "self-efficacy and respect for one another and the planet."
It features a 100 percent plant-based lunch program and special programs that focus on seed-to-table and world languages.
"Educators and prospective business owners around the world who invest in Muse have the opportunity to expand this innovative learning experience and make it available to children in their communities," the company said in a statement.
The organization, formerly called Muse School, has changed its name to Muse Global with the launch of the franchising program.


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Mayor Bill de Blasio released New York City's November Financial Plan Update for fiscal year 2018 and an updated four-year financial plan on Tuesday. City spending, which increased by $47 million in fiscal year 2018 and $59 million in fiscal year 2019, is entirely offset by $234 million in new savings this fiscal year and $238 million of new savings and $123 million in pension savings next. New savings include debt service savings, health care savings, and agency adjustments. The vast majority of growth in the budget, which is now $85.99 billion in fiscal year 2018, is due to increases in federal funding for Superstorm Sandy recovery efforts and homeland security grants.