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Pop quiz: You're out of work, you can afford to keep looking and you just got a job offer that can best be described as, eh. What do you do?
The question of whether to accept an offer that's only so-so or, worse, beneath one's pay grade is a growing source of angst for the 14 million Americans who remain unemployed.
Some maintain that a lengthy gap on your resume renders you less desirable to prospective employers, suggesting it makes the most sense to take the mediocre job, collect the paycheck and continue your search for a better fit.
But taking a position that you don't really want can do just as much damage to your resume cred, not to mention your future earnings potential, warns Ken Schmitt, president of Turning Point Executive Search firm in Carlsbad, Calif.
"In fairness to your employer and yourself, you should never accept any job unless you're willing to commit for at least a year," he says. "What happens is you'll be unhappy and end up leaving in three months. Then your resume starts to look very unstable, which makes it harder to get employed."
When It Pays to Step Down
There are times, of course, when it makes good sense to settle for less.
If you're strapped for cash, for example, it's a no-brainer. You do what it takes to pay the bills, says Lynn Berger, a New York-based career coach.
Likewise, if you're in an industry that's shedding jobs such as manufacturing, financial services, or publishing, it might also pay to take a lesser position outside your field for the sake of job security.
"If you're in a career that's on the decline and you feel that your job is threatened you have to create a different situation for yourself," says Berger. "You have to think about opportunities in your own field."
That's all the more incentive to live on less, she notes, if the new employer is willing to help pay for retraining or continuing education that will leave you more marketable in the modern job market.
The decision of whether to take a job with diminished pay or prestige also hinges on how long you've been unemployed.
According to Schmitt, job hunters at the senior executive level should take the first reasonable opportunity that comes along if they've been pounding the pavement for more than a year. The threshold is six to nine months for lower-level professionals.
As of the fourth quarter of 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statisticsreports that nearly 11 percent of those on the unemployment roll had been looking for work for two years or more.
"If you're doing all the right things, like spending 80 percent of your time networking, setting up informational interviews and coffee meetings, using online job postings and reaching out to your alumni network and you still haven't found something within a year, it probably makes sense to take a lower-level position," Schmitt says. "Skill sets become stagnant much more quickly than they did 10 or 15 years ago, so employers start to worry if you've been out of work for too long."
Erika Safran, a certified financial advisor with Safran Wealth Advisors in New York, agrees.
"You hold out for the brass ring only if you know that the career you are in is viable and if you have the resources to support your quest for the desired position. But not everyone has that luxury so at some point reality and expectations have to meet," she says.
Your age, she notes, is also relevant.
"People in their 50s who are unemployed are going to be long-term unemployed because companies are looking to pay less for younger people and get more bang for their buck," says Safran, noting those at the top of the salary scale may have to be more flexible than their lesser-paid peers.
Don't forget about benefits either, she cautions.
With the rising cost of medical care, even a short-term lapse in health insurance can expose your family to significant financial risk—especially if one of you is managing a chronic condition.
As such, and depending on your family's health care needs, you might decide that the insurance benefits alone make up for the loss in pay.
"If you don't have health insurance and COBRA ran out, I would strongly recommend either purchasing it on your own, which is expensive, or getting into an employer situation where they cover your benefits while you pursue another job," says Safran, noting the end in that case justifies the means.
Do the Math
Before you determine whether to take a job with a lower salary, though, you must first determine whether you can afford it.
Start by crunching the numbers to determine how much you need to maintain your standard of living and whether your new paychecks will be sufficient.
If not, you'll have to decide whether the job is worth the price—and where you're willing to scale back to make the numbers work.
"Define what your expenses are and determine at what point a salary will no longer be acceptable," says Safran. "If you recognize that the job you're trained for is no longer valued in the marketplace the way it once was, then it's time to really change your lifestyle—perhaps geography, career or your housing situation."
As with all new jobs, she adds, you should also consider the impact your new salary will have on your long-term financial goals including college savings for your kids and your retirement fund.
A significantly reduced salary means you may not be able to contribute as much to your 401(k), which ultimately effects the size of your future nest egg.
"If you're not making enough money you're going to be balancing two things—your immediate cash flow and your long-term future savings goals," says Safran. "You have to reevaluate and decide what needs to change and how you can reduce your expenses to not only be able to buy food and pay your mortgage today, but save for your retirement."
If you decide to hold out for a higher paying position, try casting a wider net by working with a career counselor to determine what other options you have based on your interests, education and skill set.
A Fresh Start
In today's job market, where the supply of available labor outweighs demand, those looking for work are facing tough choices.
Taking an offer with diminished pay and prestige isn't easy, but it may be the best move if it offers increased job security or benefits your family needs.
Just be sure you know what you're getting into, and how your new salary might impact your lifestyle and financial goals.
"If you take a job and it's lower-paying you really want to make sure that you like the job, the responsibilities and the people because the reality of the situation is if you stay there it's very hard to get back to where you were before," says Berger. "You're going to get raises based upon what the job is."
Remember, too, that while a temporary step down can be defeating, especially if you're more qualified than your new boss, it's not the end of the road, says Schmitt.
"Once you get in there and demonstrate your credibility and contribution to the company, you can start to think about what other projects you can take on and who else in the organization you can support," says Schmitt. "As the economy improves and companies continue to grow, at some point there will be an opening much more closely aligned to your background."
In the meantime, he suggests, stay involved in networking events, join a board, volunteer with trade associations and continue to cultivate your network.
"Stay visible and stay engaged," advises Schmitt. "One of the things we hear all the time from people who are in job search mode is that they wish they had never let their network get so stale. Have those informational coffee meetings once a month even when you are employed so you don't have to reinvent the wheel every time you're looking for a new job."


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It is well known that more people are buying home teeth whitening kits to help get their to teeth to a better standard. A good thing about these kits is that they are very convenient. They are not a very big product so you can easily carry it around with you either in your pocket or in a bag. Another good thing about them is the price, the price of these kits are not high and are very average on different models. They come in different types of models and also different manufactures so as an outcome of this, the prices will vary. So a positive point for all customers is that you can get the model or the price of the kit which will suit you best.
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At Mullucks we have been following the career of young BMX rider and Olympic hopeful, Beth Shriever, who splits her time between her family home in Finchingfield and the National Cycling Centre in Manchester. Beth desperately needs to raise funds to enable her to attend the qualifying competitions around the world which will hopefully see her to next year's Tokyo Games.
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For monitoring high BP, automated office BP readings best: JAMA
According to a new systematic review and meta-analysis, automated office blood pressure readings have been found to be more accurate than those recorded by nurses and physicians in routine clinical practice. The findings of the research have been published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
On the basis of evidence, automated office BP (AOBP) readings should now be the preferred method of reading a patient's BP in clinical practice despite initial reluctance to incorporate this technique over other methods.
Dr Michael Roerecke, at Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada and colleagues conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to evaluate whether an automated office blood pressure measurement replace readings recorded by nurses and physicians in routine clinical practice.
This systematic review and meta-analysis of 31 articles comprising 9279 participants compared automated office blood pressure with awake ambulatory blood pressure, a standard for predicting cardiovascular risk. Mean automated office blood pressure readings were similar to the awake ambulatory blood pressure readings and did not exhibit the "white coat effect" associated with routine office blood pressure measurement.
The researchers found systolic AOBP of 130 mm Hg was associated with significantly higher readings from routine office (mean difference, 14.5 mm Hg) or research BP readings (7.0 mm Hg), while participants had similar AOBP and awake ambulatory BP readings (0.3 mm Hg). All differences were statistically significant (P less than .001).
The limitations of the study were the large statistical heterogeneity of the sample, though the researchers noted little clinical heterogeneity, and that most studies measured AOBP and awake ambulatory BP on the same day to limit differences in timing.
"The existing evidence supports the use of AOBP to screen patients for possible hypertension in clinical practice, especially if one takes into account the white coat effect associated with current manual or oscillometric techniques for office BP measurement," wrote Michael Roerecke, PhD, of the University of Toronto, and his colleagues.
In order to use AOBP in clinical practice, readings must closely adhere to the procedures used in the AOBP studies in this meta-analysis, including multiple BP readings recorded with a fully automated oscillometric sphygmomanometer while the patient rests alone in a quiet place. There has been some reluctance among physicians to adopt this technique because of uncertainty about its advantages compared with more traditional methods of recording BP during an office visit. Based on the evidence, AOBP should now be the preferred method for recording BP in routine clinical practice," the researchers wrote.
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But expect it by 2018.
Justin Timberlake's new album will definitely premiere by 2018. Sigh.
Timberlake swung by Comic-Con last week to promote his new film Trolls, but reporters couldn't help but inquire about a follow-up to The 20/20 Experience.
JT was asked if he has plans to release the new record soon.
"Define soon," he told EW. "I don't know."
They clarified, asking if it would arrive in 2017 or 2018.
"Definitely before that time period ends," he said.
No surprise there. Timberlake told Tyler, the Creator during an interview on Pharrell's Beats 1 OTHERtone show the new LP is "so in it's infancy right now that I couldn't say."
He added: "and plus I won't talk about that **** right now. Just because, there may be a longer length of time that this stuff that we're working on right now [needs], and then when it comes out it may turn into something completely different."
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Kearstin Piper Brown will sing the lead role of Esther in Ricky Ian Gordon's new opera INTIMATE APPAREL in the upcoming Off-Broadway run at Lincoln Center Theater's Mitzi Newhouse Theater. The opera is based on Lynn Nottage's play of the same name and the production is co-presented by the Metropolitan Opera as part of the Met/LCT New Works Program.
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The Trump administration is threatening tariffs on French cheese and wine, escalating the worldwide trade war. French wine and cheese are the primary victims of the tariffs, although aircraft and motorcycles will also be affected. The total cost of the tariffs is estimated to reach around $11 billion, in addition to the cost of the tariffs placed on European metals last year.
On Trade, France makes excellent wine, but so does the U.S. The problem is that France makes it very hard for the U.S. to sell its wines into France, and charges big Tariffs, whereas the U.S. makes it easy for French wines, and charges very small Tariffs. Not fair, must change!
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The dispute goes much deeper than cheese. The USA has long complained about EU subsidies given to Airbus, the main competitor of Boeing, which is itself struggling after the mechanical faults found in the 737 MAX planes. Trump also has a habit of targeting world leaders against whom he has a personal grudge – the US President has been highly critical of Germany and its automotive industry after several clashes with Angela Merkel, even attempting to place tariffs on German cars before being informed that it would affect the thousands of workers in US factories, where a lot of German-branded cars are made.
If the cheese tariffs go ahead, the likely result will be an increased price of French wine and cheese like Roquefort, along with balsamic vinegar, Champagne and certain seafoods.
While significant, this may not yet be the start of a trade war on the scale of that with China. European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker and Trump met last July, and they both agreed to "work together toward zero tariffs, zero non-tariff barriers, and zero subsidies on non-auto industrial goods." However, the negotiations are yet to take place.
It isn't the first time a world leader has taken on French food – Vladimir Putin was the last in 2014, targeting French food in response to Western sanctions following Russia's invasion of the Crimean Peninsula. Putin claimed that it would give Russia the chance to rediscover its own food identity – the French weren't too fussed.


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The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has established a Joint Coordination Activity on Smart Grid and Home Networking (JCA-SG&HN) and has it has the main focus of its smart grid and home networking standardization activities.
The Joint Coordination Activity ( the new JCA) has its first meeting on May 9th.The scope of the JCA-SG&HN is the coordination, both inside and outside of the ITU, of standardization work concerning all network aspects of smart grid and related communication, including smart meters, home energy management and data concentrator, as well as home networking.
It will provide a visible point of contact for home networking and smart grid activities in the ITU, coordinating them within the organization and encouraging support from the relevant bodies working in these fields.
The JCA will also facilitate work within the ITU-T study groups and identify areas where specifications are needed.
The JCA-SG&HN is convened by Richard Stuart of Lantiq, with Les Brown of Lantiq and Stefano Galli of Assia acting as co-conveners.
In May 2010, the ITU Focus Group on Smart Grid was established to review smart grid standards. It concluded in December 2011, after deliverables including use cases for smart grid, architecture for smart grid, requirements for communication and overview.
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Two elderly Christian men who were imprisoned in February for distributing gospel tracts on the island of Sumatra have been released. Andreas Sarno and Bintang Sirait were sentenced to eight months in prison for distributing several copies of a booklet about Jesus Christ in a Muslim-majority region near their home in Jambi City. Andreas has distributed Christian literature regularly since his partial retirement five years ago. Praise God for these men's release and for their desire to share Christ with their Muslim neighbors.


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It is a 21 jewels movement beating at 21,600 bph or 3Hz (6 half-cycles per second). Jewels, typically synthetic rubis are used in watch movements, not to add to their value, but to reduce friction and wear on moving parts. Lower end watches may have only 7 to 15 jewels. The standard for quality watches is 17 jewels or more. Tipically, anything over 25 jewels for these types of automatic movements are just for decoration.
Most modern watches have some form of shock protection around the balance wheel, as that's one of the most delicate parts of the movement. This key part is the one most likely to break upon impact, which until the 1930's or so was a real problem. The basic idea is to house the jewel in a circumferential spring mount, so that it can flex and absorb the energy. Citizen Miyota has developed in 1956 a proprietary shock resistance technology called parashock used till this day in many of their movements as in the Miyota 8217.
The auto winding mechanism of the Miyota is unidirectional and charges the spring barrel when rotor moves counter clockwise. The movement has a power reserve of about 42 hours and its daily accuracy is of about -20 to +40 seconds per day. The date setting mechanism also has a quick set mode as found in majority of modern mechanical watch movements.


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Gay marriage activists in Cuba defend their cause
The updated version of Cuba's constitution, which will be the subject of debate beginning Monday, modifies the concept of marriage, now defined as a "voluntary union between a man and a woman," to a "union between two persons."
Without massive rallies but with a lot of passion, LGTBI activists in Cuba use fashion design, social networks and photos of symbolic weddings in the landmark Plaza de la Revolucion in order to raise awareness about the new constitution that will open the way to gay marriage on the island.
Though activists defending the rights of this community have been working for over a decade - with sometimes more, sometimes less government support - their projects notably increased after the contents of a draft of the new Magna Carta became known, and which will be debated starting this Monday in a three-month referendum process.
"When I saw two women dressed as brides, kissing each other and having their wedding pictures taken on the Malecon esplanade and in the Plaza (de la Revolucion), I said to myself, something's going on here," Darily, a Havana woman who was "pleasantly surprised" when she saw the "positive reaction" of most onlookers, told EFE.
The photo shoot, organized by activists of the theater group El Ciervo Encantado (The Enchanted Deer), was one of the "eye-catching" activities intended to make visible the debate on Article 68 of the new constitution, which will be the subject of a referendum next February.
The updated Magna Carta modifies the concept of marriage, now defined as a "voluntary union between a man and a woman," to a "union between two persons," which opens the way to the legalization of same-sex marriage and responds to a historic demand by the Cuban LGTBI collective.
Constitutional reform includes among its more noteworthy changes the elimination of the term "communism," though in practice Cuba's political system will continue as usual.
Despite the generalized acceptance of same-sex marriage by the Cuban Parliament, its legalization has provoked widely divergent opinions among the islanders.
For Lolita, "love is free" and gay marriages ought to be something quite "natural," while for Alexander, a biketaxi driver, it's all the same to him because "people do what they want with their lives."
"In Cuba there are few physical areas where people of different ideologies can come together. But to some extent, social networks have filled that gap," EFE was told by Yadiel Cepero, administrator of the Facebook group called Structuring an Agenda of Sexual Diversity in Cuba.


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Prototype iPhone 6 with 'SwitchBoard' operating system & red Lightning port hits eBay
Every so often we see a prototype Apple product hit eBay and go for an astronomical amount of money. Today, a "vintage" iPhone 6 prototype with a red Lightning connector has surfaced on eBay. The listing just went up earlier today and has a starting price of $4,999. But expect it to go for much higher than that.


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A dog-friendly festival called Family Fun Fest took place in Sleaford, a town in England. The festival was full of music, dog shows, and a three-kilometer run.
– The Family Fun Fest in Sleaford took place over the weekend.
– Dogs enjoyed the event as there were dog classes and lots of activities.
– Dog owners also had the chance to buy…
Doggos had a lot of fun at the event organized by Rainbow Stars Committee, a support group that aids parents and siblings of kids who are in the spectrum of autism. Dog owners and families also had a blast when the color run took place. The live music was performed by William Alvey School choir that surely entertained the event-goers.
Dog owners were able to let their dogs join different dog classes, too, during the event. There were a number of dog-related stalls so dog owners also had fun shopping for their fur babies. Some dogs also won prizes from the contests they joined.
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STRONGSVILLE, Ohio – October 10, 2012 – PPG, continuing its leadership in waterborne technology, has launched two new waterborne primer surfacers, Envirobase® High Performance EPW115 Waterborne Speed Prime and Aquabase® Plus P950-5505 Waterborne Primer Surfacer, for the automotive refinish industry.
The low-VOC products are intended for use with PPG's popular Envirobase High Performance and Nexa Autocolor™ Aquabase Plus waterborne product lines and will become essential elements in PPG's waterborne refinish systems for collision repair centers across North America.
"Our new waterborne primer surfacers offer an alternative to traditional 2K surfacers and are high-quality, durable products that demonstrate PPG's ongoing commitment to meet the needs of any progressive repair center," said Tim Jones, waterborne segment manager. "These new waterborne primer surfacers will have an immediate impact on shop productivity by reducing cycle time. They also provide superb corrosion resistance and offer excellent adhesion performance. We believe customers will find these primer surfacers to be an excellent enhancement to their repair process."
Both products offer direct-to-metal performance and may be applied over properly prepared substrates including cold rolled steel, aluminum and galvanized metals, plastic, E-coat, OEM or previously repaired refinish paints. Each air dries quickly and is ready to sand in just 30 minutes. In addition the fast air dry properties will reduce energy costs. EPW115 and P950-5505 both have a 24-hour pot life and are currently available in gray, with black and white options available soon.
PPG Industries' vision is to continue to be the world's leading coatings and specialty products company. Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than does any other company. Founded in 1883, PPG has global headquarters in Pittsburgh and operates in more than 60 countries around the world. Sales in 2011 were $14.9 billion. PPG shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: PPG). For more information, visit www.ppg.com.
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Laois County Council's day to day costs for 2019 revealed in budget
Laois County Council's Budget for 2019 revealed
The money needed to run public services in Laois on a day to day basis is €72.05 million for 2019, up from €63.9 million last year.
Laois County Council's revenue Budget was approved on Monday at a meeting with council officials and public representatives. Housing and commercial rates were the most contentious issues for councillors.
Chief Executive Officer of Laois County Council Mr John Mulholland gave a report on the budget.
The budget stood at €53.9 million in 2014 and has risen by €18 million in five years.
Breaking down the expenditure by department €12.3 million (up from €12m last year) is budgeted for housing including maintenance, management, improvement work, emergency accommodation and other housing aids and schemes.
Roads will cost over €19.6 million (up from €19.3m) including costs like general improvement work and grants, footpaths, local improvement schemes, public lighting, traffic management, car parking and road safety education.
Water services in the county will cost €3.3 million (up from €3.2m) with the main costs being water plants and networks and operation and maintenance.
Development Management will cost €5.7 million (up from €5.6m) which covers costs like forward planning, planning control, tourism promotion, community and enterprise costs, unfinished housing estates, property management, heritage conservation and more.
Environmental services will cost €6.9 million (down from €7.1m) including landfill, recycling, litter management, street cleaning, waste monitoring and enforcement, maintenance of cemeteries, fire prevention, climate change and flooding.
Recreation and amenities in the county will cost €4.2 million (up from 4.1m) to run in 2019. This covers the cost of leisure centres, libraries, outdoor leisure areas, community and sports development and arts programmes.
The areas of agriculture, education, health and welfare will cost €838,000 (up from €737,800) including land drainage and veterinary services.
Miscellaneous services such as administration of rates, local election costs, coroner fees, local representatives allowances, motor tax and payroll will cost €9.9 million (up from €9.8m).
The total for all programme groups comes to €63 million. Adding in management charges of €8.9 million (up from €8.7 million) brings the total expenditure to €72 million for the year up from €70 million last year.
The council's income to cover these costs comes from central government grants (67%), local commercial rates (19%), Local Property Tax (13%) and pension levy (1%).


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KPIX 5 Morning Weather Anchor Roberta Gonzales answers the questions you never get to ask on-air.
Q: Roberta, we saw you collect rain water and so do we! Our barrel is filled to the brim! Denise and Freddie Woodward, Livermore
A: Good for you! All that water could be used for dampening outside plants until our next possible rain on Monday!
Yesterday's rainfall produced so much runoff from Denise and Freddie's patio, they were able to capture enough water to fill a 55 gallon barrel and more! Checkout their set up in their Livermore backyard!
Meanwhile, I came across something completely dumbfounding! A viewer wrote to me and said collecting rain water in the state of Oregon is illegal. I couldn't believe it, so I started fact checking. Well, the statement is true and false!
According to Oregon newspaper the Mail Tribune, back in 2012 an Oregon resident (Mr. Harrington) was sentenced to 30 days in jail for "unauthorized use of water." What appears to have happened, is the resident built dams across channels of public water running across his property. He collected 40 acre feet of water (enough to fill 20 Olympic size swimming pools!) and stocked his new reservoirs with ducks, boats and fish for recreational fishing.
So the folklore began, "it is illegal to collect rain water in Oregon." Not true. The bottom line is, you must have a water rights permit to use public water in Oregon, but exceptions are in place for the general public to capture rain water in a barrel, bucket, tub or rain gauge. So for most living in Oregon, it is legal to collect rainwater.
Other states maintaining rainwater collection laws include Arizona, Illinois, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington.
These laws don't make it illegal to collect rainwater; they outline allowable uses for rainwater and establish tax credits for people who invest in rainwater collection systems.
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Vans: 50th Anniversary
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March 18, 2010
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ATLANTA – The third-ranked Georgia Tech baseball team (14-1, 3-0 ACC) will hit the road for just the second time this season, first time in conference play, when it travels to Maryland (7-9, 1-2 ACC) for a weekend series in College Park, Md. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. Friday, as both Saturday and Sunday games will begin at 1 p.m.
Friday, March 19 (6 p.m.) – Shipley Field
Georgia Tech – Deck McGuire, RHP, Jr. (3-0, 0.87 ERA, 33 K's)
Maryland – Brett Harman, RHP, Jr. (2-2, 5.81 ERA, 25 K's)
Saturday, March 20 (1 p.m.) – Shipley Field
Georgia Tech – Brandon Cumpton, RHP, Jr. (3-0, 3.18 ERA, 8 K's)
Maryland – Adam Kolarek, LHP, Jr. (1-0, 1.08 ERA, 16 K's)
Sunday, March 21 (1 p.m.) – Shipley Field
Georgia Tech – Jed Bradley, LHP, So. (2-1, 2.12 ERA, 27 K's)
Maryland – Sander Beck, RHP, So. (0-2, 4.05 ERA, 17 K's)
Playing 13 of its first 15 games at home, Tech will play outside the state of Georgia for the first time this season when it travels to Maryland this weekend.
The Jackets are coming off a 6-5 win over Georgia in midweek action Tuesday at Russ Chandler Stadium. Tech extended its win-streak to seven games with the victory, and came from behind to win for the third-straight game.
Georgia Tech currently is in first place in the Coastal division after the first weekend of ACC play, and remains one of two unbeatens in conference play. Tech is currently the only team in the ACC with just one loss.
Tech leads the conference on the mound with a 2.73 ERA, led by junior Deck McGuire's 0.87 average. McGuire (33) and sophomore Jed Bradley (30) rank No. 1 and No. 3 in the conference in total strikeouts.
McGuire (3-0) is coming off of a career performance last weekend, as he held the Demon Deacons to one run on just three hits in his first career complete game. It was the first nine-inning complete game for a Georgia Tech pitcher since Eddie Burns threw one on March 21, 2007, and the first of the season for an Atlantic Coast Conference pitcher. The Tech bullpen has also pitched well lately. The group has allowed just three runs in 6.2 innings pitched over the last three games, and picked up wins in all three outings. Senior Andrew Robinson (2-0) has led the charge, holding opponents to just three hits while striking out three in 3.0 innings pitched.
Offensively, the Jackets are hitting .357 through 15 games on the season, with an impressive .614 slugging percentage. The average is the third-best in the conference, while the slugging percentage ranks the best among all teams. Cole Leonida (.453), Jacob Esch (.407), Matt Skole (.407), and Chase Burnette (.407) are all hitting above .400, while Tony Plagman has belted a team-leading seven home runs.
Leonida is batting .500 with two home runs and nine RBI since being moved to the cleanup spot on March 6.
Sophomore Matt Skole has hit at the No. 5 spot in the batting order in nine games this season, nine of Tech's last 10 games (chart on page 11). Since the move, he is hitting .516 (16-for-31) with 3 doubles, 3 home runs and 9 RBI. In the previous five games, the third base hit just .250 (5-for-20) with one home run while batting cleanup. He had his eight-game hit streak snapped in Tuesday's game.
Plagman is on an 11-game hit streak himself, two shy of tying his career high of 13. He hit his 41st career homer on Tuesday against Georgia. He is currently tied for eighth on the all-time list at Tech.
Maryland went 1-2 against Virginia Tech to open conference play last weekend, before splitting its mid-week games with a 3-2 win over Old Dominion Tuesday before falling 5-2 to William & Mary Wednesday. The Terrapins are under the direction of first-year head coach Erik Bakich, and return 17 letterwinners (three position starters and 11 pitchers) from a 2009 team that finished with a 27-27 record.
Georgia Tech holds a 66-23 advantage in the all-time series against Maryland, including a 41-8 (.837) record under head coach Danny Hall. The two teams have met every year since the 1991 season, battling 89 times since the first ever meeting in 1921.
Last Meeting: The Jackets swept the series in 2009 at Russ Chandler Stadium, winning by scores of 5-1, 24-3 and 10-7.
Following this weekend's series with Maryland, the Jackets will play head to Mercer Tuesday, March 23, for a 6 p.m. makeup of the March 10 rainout. The two teams will then head to Atlanta the next day, for a 6 p.m. game at Russ Chandler Stadium on Wednesday.
Maryland enters the weekend currently tied for second in the Atlantic Division with a 1-2 record in conference play. The Terrapins won five-straight games from March 3-12, but had the streak snapped with a 13-4 loss at Virginia Tech last Saturday. The team is hitting .252 on the season, and is led by Brandon Padula with a .518 average. Padula's clip currently leads the conference. Maryland has also stolen 39 bases in 52 attempts on the year. The 32 are 10 more than the next closest team in the ACC.
The Terrapins hold a 5.59 ERA on the mound, and have struck out 140 batters on the season. Junior left-hander Adam Kolarek, a possible starter for Saturday's game, leads the team with a 1.08 ERA. Three pitchers have at least 20 strikeouts on the season, with junior Brett Harman's 25 leading the way.


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Each season has its beautiful days but if there is snow, the wavy landscape has really something magical. After a snow storm, the skies suddenly go from black to bright blue and then, when the sun appears, you get beautiful lighting effects. The weather is always unpredictable and unstable with a lot of rain but also sunny days in any season, that is Belgium and we have to accept that. In the Ardennes (south of Belgium) the people are happy with the snow: all ski slopes in the area are open and it is a nice extra for the local merchants and catering businesses.
Skiing in the Alps or on the Baraque Fraiture is, of course, a big difference. On weekends it's just too busy: you have to wait half an hour at the ski lift and after a few minutes you're allready down, but on ordinary working days, if there is enough snow, the slopes are also open. It is much quieter, nowhere you should join and everywhere you can hire ski equipment. It is definitely worth to come and enjoy the winter landscape and the healthy country air. In addition to several ski slopes for Alpine skiing, there are a lot of "cross country skiing trails"
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Bridal Babe Romper
The Bridal Babe Romper is perfect for engagement photos, bachelorette parties or a date night! You can also throw it on over a swimsuit or dress it up with heels to go out for drinks! This white romper features an elastic waistband and lace detailed butterfly sleeves.
A suplice romper in figure-flattering crinkled fabric maximizes its boho style with belled, lace-traced sleeves.
32" length; 4 1/4" inseam; 28" leg opening (size Medium).
Long belled sleeves.
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Carbide waste: Trial run for disposal likely to resume, says MP govt
After facing numerous complications, the process of conducting trial runs for disposal of the highly toxic waste lying at Union Carbide plant in Bhopal will finally see the light of day, MP government officials confirmed on Monday.indore Updated: Mar 03, 2015, 19:26 IST
After facing numerous complications, the process of conducting trial runs for disposal of the highly toxic waste lying at Union Carbide plant in Bhopal will finally see the light of day, MP government officials confirmed on Monday.
"Ramky Enviro Engineers, the company running the waste disposal facility, has submitted the estimated cost to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), which has forwarded the same to Union environment ministry for approval. Once the ministry gives the green signal, the trial runs will take place under the CPCB's watchful eyes," a state government official told Hindustan Times on the condition of anonymity.
In 2013, the Supreme Court had directed the state government to conduct trial runs using 10 metric tonnes of toxic Carbide waste at the Pithampur waste disposal facility.
At present, the state government is awaiting for the nod of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
The official added that the state government will only provide logistical support for the safe transport of 10 metric tonnes of toxic waste to Pithampur.
The CPCB, which comes under the union environment ministry, will take a call on whether the Pithampur facility run by Ramky Enviro Engineers is safe for incineration of the toxic waste or not.
Sources said that the dates of the trail runs will not be made public fearing opposition from the NGOs who have alleged that the Pithampur waste disposal facility is unsafe.
The local NGOs and villagers living nearby, however, are opposing the move. The CPCB had in an affidavit before the Supreme Court in August 2013 stated that the toxic Carbide waste can be safely disposed of at the incineration facility in Pithampur.
Source said that the waste, packaged in small bags of about 20 kg each, will be transported in leak proof specialized tankers as per the CPCB guidelines.
"We are fully prepared for incineration of toxic Carbide waste. It will take about a month to package the waste, which is at present stored in jumbo bags," an official of Ramky Enviro Engineers, who did not wish to be named, told Hindustan Times.
The government proposes to dispose of 346 tonnes of toxic Carbide waste at Pithampur.


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Child-impact Assessment of Master Plan of Delhi 2021
Delhi is the most master-planned city in India and is in the process of creating its fourth Master Plan that will guide the future of Delhi's development for 20 years after 2021.
The Census 2011 population of Delhi is 16.7 million. The child population of Delhi is significant: 5,500,000 in 0-14 years, and 1,700,000 in 15-19 years. To critique urban planning in India's most planned city from a child-centered perspective, ACE conducted a rapid child impact assessment of the Master Plan of Delhi 2021 (MPD 2021).
A child-centered approach embeds the rights and needs of children in the process of development and promotes the best interests of children in all aspects of planning and development as children live and grow up as part of a family, community, city, town, village and a nation. Such an approach also sees the child as an active social agent capable of participating in decisions affecting their lives and making informed choices.
The evaluation also analyzes the impact of previous master plans on the most vulnerable children in Delhi and understands how Delhi's master plans had served or failed children. The assessment focused primarily on the provisions of 'Housing for the Poor" in the Master Plan of Delhi (DDA 2007).
Even after 14 years no provision has been made for water, sanitation, drainage, and any social infrastructure leading children to live in unsafe neighborhoods, play in open defecation sites and garbage, study in streets and work in dark workshops.


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We need a saint who was known to dance while playing castanets. And to levitate in prayer, so intense was her communion with God. That this holy rising sometimes took place while she was doing housework makes it all the better. Add to that a gift for writing about life in Christ that has made her one of the most important Catholic authors, and we have today's remarkable saint, Teresa of Avila, or Teresa of Jesus, Doctor of the Church.
Teresa was wealthy and beautiful, and, in truth, she never lost her vanity, though she tried mightily to tame it. When she joined the Carmelite Convent of the Incarnation at 21, it was like she had joined a college sorority. There was a big, comfortable house with lots of good food, and good gossip. The women were freed from the dangers of childbearing, free to live lives of leisure and recreation, hemmed round with just enough prayer (think "Rocks for Jocks" as the college course equivalent) to make it all acceptable to the rich parents footing the bill. The women kept their own property and so were able to buy whatever they wanted or needed, and they had easy access to family and friends outside the convent.
But Teresa became a woman of deep and constant prayer. She wanted more and more of God, and she desired the same for her Carmelite sisters. In 1562, when Teresa was in her late 40's, she opened her first convent under the original, and much stricter form, of the Carmelite rule. These reformed Carmelites are called "discalced," or "barefoot," because they went without shoes. Over the next two decades she travelled all over Spain, opening new convents (there were seventeen in all), teaching and leading and writing and praying.
We need a saint who was known to dance while playing castanets.
She did all this work in the face of fierce opposition: from church authorities and other Carmelites, from people who threatened, again and again, to report her to the Inquisition, from her own ill health and from the harsh land and weather through which she travelled. Woven through this history is the thread of Teresa's vibrant faith and wit. It is said that she poured out her grief and anger over ill treatment to Christ, who replied in prayer, "Teresa, that is how I treat all my friends."
She replied, "No wonder you have so few."
In 1582, an archbishop summoned her to start a new Carmelite convent in his diocese. She arrived in a torrential downpour, only to be told by the archbishop that her services were no longer needed. As she turned to leave, Teresa remarked, "And the weather so delightful, too."
Teresa said, "May God protect me from gloomy saints." May we not be among the gloomy saints, but among those who, like Teresa, find joy and gladness in Christ.
Celebrate her day with a Spanish flan for dessert. Here's an easy recipe for Coconut Flan:
First, make the caramel. It's the hardest part of the recipe. Bring 1 cup of sugar and ¼ cup of water to boil in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat. Keep stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Keep scraping the sugar accumulating on the sides of the pan down into the mixture. Once the mixture has reached a boil, stop stirring. (You may swirl the pan occasionally.) Stop stirring, but don't stop watching. You want to sugar/water mix to turn a nice golden brown, but you don't want it to harden or burn. As soon as the mixture is toasty brown, pour in into 12 ramekins. Swirl each ramekin so that the caramel covers and coats the bottom of the dish. Put the ramekins in a large roasting pan.
Now, the easy part: Pour 2 cups of whole milk, 1 (13.5 or 14 oz.) can of coconut milk, 3 large eggs and ½ – 1 Tb. of dark rum (optional – you can substitute vanilla) together in a blender. Blend about 1 minute. Once the mixture is smooth, pour it into a bowl and stir in 1 ½ cups additional whole milk. (That's 3 ½ cups of whole milk, total.) Divide this mixture among the 12 ramekins. Pour water into the roasting pan (about ¼ way up the sides of the ramekins) so that the flan bakes in this water bath.
Put the roasting pan in a preheated 350-degree oven on the center rack. Bake until set around the edges and still wobbly in the center, probably 1 – 1 ¼ hours. (The center will continue to set once it is removed from the oven and be just right when you serve it.) Cool on a rack.
Just before serving, run a thin knife around each flan and turn the ramekin upside down on the serving plate. You'll have a creamy flan with a caramel top.
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Earlier today we posted about Dwight Howard buying a $20 million home…with a check which means the house would of sold for a lot more if a mortgage company had to get involved. For people with a lot of money but not Superman 2.0 money you can purchase Joe Johnson's mansion which is for sale on Estately.com for only $4.7 million. Sounds like a steal for a 13,822 square feet estate with 8 bedroom, 8 bathrooms and even a barber's chair to make sure you always look great even if you are overpaid.
I wonder if Joe Johnson included his "world's greatest sneaker collection" it would help the sale of the house.
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The closing date for the 2020 Festival entries Saturday 28th March 2020 at 20:00
Online entries will then re-open on Tuesday 31st March until 20.00 on Wednesday 8th April after which entries will only be available at Race Registration. However, for all entries from 31st March there will be a £2 per race surcharge and entrants will not be eligible for extras such as t-shirts, transport and hill race hats.


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Kubatana & the Moringa Dancers are a high energy percussion and dance ensemble influenced by West African music, rhythm and culture, with funky moves and grooves to get you rocking.
We come from across the globe, with members from the UK, Brazil, US, Madagascar, India, Mexico, France, Phillipines, Solomon Islands, and New Zealand. We have united here in NZ through a shared passion for musicality and expressive movement.
Kubatana means UNITY. Why Unity? This group comes from all walks of life, but when they play together as a group, they become one, and unity is what African drumming & dance are all about.


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Shelby High head football coach Lance Ware will take his 12-2 Golden Lions to Lenoir Friday night for a matchup with unbeaten Hibriten in the 2AA Western Finals. The victor moves on to play in the state championships at UNC�s Kenan Stadium on Dec. 9.
Here�s Coach Ware�s thoughts on this week�s contest as well as last week�s 7-0 win over Mount Pleasant:
�We expected to put up more than the seven points we had. Fortunately, our defense played well enough to give our offense time to get things going. But a lot of that was due to what Mount Pleasant was doing.
�I do think it goes back to the fact we had been in those tough situations before in our early games. That�s why we play a tough schedule.
�We�re going to have to be prepared to play a fast and physical team (in Hibriten). Their defensive line is very active. Their linebackers get to the ball and their DB�s are very physical. We know when we get in the red zone we�re going to have to come away with points.
�They look a lot like us on defense. They have a big middle linebacker and a quick defensive line. They also have good size.
�They line up like South Point but they want to put the ball any way they can in the hands of (No. 25) McKinley Witherspoon (5-11, 185). They do a lot but they don�t do as much pure option as South Point. They have a big offensive line and they�ll run some winged-T stuff. They throw very few passes, they don�t have the dominant receiver we�ve seen with some other teams, but when they do they�ll go with play-action.
�I think turnovers are going to be a key in this game. It could be another defensive struggle and we�re going to need to protect the ball like we did last week.
�They are another unbeaten team. I think the Newton-Conover game may be the only time all year they�ve got behind against someone.
�This is a tough stretch for us on the road. But our guys have done really good taking things one game at a time. Yes, we�ve been fortunate during our (5-year) run but also our kids expect to win and I think that says a lot about them. They know what it takes and it will take a great effort this Friday.�


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The product suppliers all make some concessions to the standards as they mature, but they always retain some of their proprietary features, which in fact means they are still proprietary. The prime example of this is SQL, a standard which is endorsed by all RDBMS products, but it is still a major exercise to port an application from one database product to another.
The Internet has improved the situation somewhat because it was developed for an academic user base and was well established before it came to the attention of commercial systems. The big worry now is that major suppliers are all trying to add their own proprietary flavours to their Internet related products. This will have the same effect of distorting standards as happened with RDBMS unless the user base firmly resists such efforts. At least the core standards for communications and markup (XML) are established all ready.
The one other sector which has had some success with standards, before the Internet, was ED, because it was the prime example of an application which was applied between companies and not dominantly in-house. EDI was never truly open, but within significant groups of users each EDI system worked well. Now with B2B e-commerce we are approaching a new era of EDI, and a chance to establish global standards. The involvement of the Internet bodies such as W3C is very helpful, but already we are seeing a diversification in services. Again there are some genuine reasons for this, because EDI covers a vast range and inevitably different industries perceive that they have their own special needs. Fortunately most industries have formed user dominated groups who are taking responsibility for establishing relevant standards. These are not all encompassing standards, but conversely they are based on the accepted standards. As an example XML has been adopted across the board, each industry consortium developing their own schema.
The retail industry is an established user of EDI and thus is a leading light in B2B and the use of the Internet for commercial purposes. Unfortunately, while there is a big global requirement for supply chains in the retail industry, the major players are more Nationally based. Thus there are different standards bodies for Europe, USA and the Pacific. This has been true in the past, for instance with competing standards for bar code marking (EAN versus UCC), and has probably been as good as we could hope for, but with the advent of the Internet and an increase in global trading the time is ripe to try and establish true standards.
The immediate problem is to cope with the standards so far proposed. The new EDI service centres are referred to as Exchanges (purists will want to differentiate between the older EDI and Exchanges, but in my opinion Exchanges are simply the latest incarnation of EDI networks), and there are already services in place which are incompatible. The biggest examples are GlobalNetExchange (GNX), WorldWide Retail Exchange (WWRE) and the Transora Exchange, between them already handling over $1,500 billion of sales and involving investments of around $300 million. Thus they are already entrenched and are not going to be too reactive to adapting to any one standard. The retail standards bodies, UCC, EAN and the recently formed Global Commerce Initiative (GCI) claim to be trying to resolve this problem before if becomes as shambolic as other standards failures. The need for GCI simply points to the perennial problem of standards, too many, too late!
The probable outcome of all this is the introduction of a higher level Exchange, one which concentrates on translation rather than message processing. This Exchange would translate message formats from one system to another and forward then to the relevant Exchanges for processing. These gateway exchanges could also provide an interface to the older EDI services. What a blessing XML is, it can make this nightmare scenario into a practical proposition. There is too much investment already in the existing Exchanges for them to change.


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In this Role you will be required to meet various types of users, understand their work flows and accordingly work on Navigation Flow for our technology product a SaaS platform for Managing OOH media spaces. Candidates having worked on product documentation, user experience design and wire framing will be given preference but bright minds with willingness to learn fast can also apply.
We are disrupting the OOH Advertising Industry with enterprise class SAAS based technology platform for Media Owners. Our platform will reduce inefficiencies and will function as the largest structured database for Out of Home Media Properties. The platform will be used by all big brands of the country to plan their outdoor media and retail visibility campaigns with actionable information.


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Sunday, March 16, 2008
Lens Day: Icicles On Metal Roof
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- AnonymousMarch 16, 2008 at 5:22 AM
I wonder what there is about the rust on your roof. Under that cap I am betting the wrong nails were used and they rusted? I see things like this and wonder and then try to imagine a solution. I know the solution for the icicles. Sunshine. Lots of sunshine. I hope we have a normal summer here in Ohio this summer.ReplyDelete
This is a real good shot.. the colour of the barn, the snow and or course the rust.. fantastic shot.ReplyDelete
excellent shot. the red, the icicles, the contrast---great. MBReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 25, 2008 at 10:09 PM
I wish my browser would cooperate and open these pictures. There are so many elements captured here that I want to explore. I love how evenly spaced the icicles are -- they almost look fake! lol I love the white of the trees continuing the line of the icicles. Well done, as always.ReplyDelete
Great Picture of Shed.
Thanks for sharing this.
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