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Old Pine is formed by Justin Brown (guitar / vocals) and Tony Kissell (drums). For his solo project, under his own name, Justin Brown replaces Tony by a drum machine.
Old Pine is part of this twinkle emo resurgence scene, along Algernon Cadwallader, Dads or Brave Bird, among many others.
Alone, Justin Brown, if he keeps the emotional aspects navigates towards totally different directions, using 80's beats which make him closer to the chillwave scene.
These 3 +1 songs sound a lot like demo's, approximate at times, energetic, full or urgency and rough, and in many ways, these are just more or less very much like these hundreds of anonymous projects which you can cross browsing through blogs.
But two songs, "Soon enough" by Justin Brown and "Dutch Apple Pie" by Old Pine are giving a lasting, arresting, uncommon and special impression.
Both share the same default, they are played really too fast, and it can be quite tiresome after a few spins. "Dutch Apple Pie" sounds at first like another emo midwest meets punk pop song until you notice it has been built on several levels, not unlike Boys Life was doing on "Departures & Landfalls" starting in a rough way and growing in subtlety. There are also these instants when they move from average style towards something much more original, after 1:43 and until the end.
You can recognize elements of American Football and Appleseed Cast played a little bit too fast but mostly between 2:00 and 2:20, during 20 seconds, what Justin Brown plays at the guitar is much more original and totally bright - maybe the mixed influences of Dinosaur Jr and My Bloody Valentine ? -, justifying the credit given to the song. There is an absolute potential underneath Old Pine and it will request a lot of work to make it emerge.
I think "Soon Enough" by Justin Brown alone is already one step up this alley. Of course there is the speed, but from beginning to end, the guitar parts are totally superb, and the rhythmic beat structures strangely remind me of The Blue Nile, but could be related probably to other 80's acts. It makes me think also of Keith Vogelsong's project the The Blue Hour in the way he pushes the emotional approach into intense melodic directions. Once again and even more you have the feeling of a huge aesthetic potential behind a present confusion of genres and a saturation of textures.
Justin Brown should stop caffeine, tend towards a quieter songwriting, forget about cliches and too obvious elements, trust his natural inspiration and focus on on his unexpected and beautiful guitar textures, progressions, and rhythmic twists. The melancholic dimension of his vocals is interesting too and also shows room for progression.
"Soon Enough" and "Dutch Apple Pie" are two addictive songs which contain the promise of many others as they open doors to be explored.


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Christian Benner is one of the hottest designers out there right now and we got the chance to sit down with him and shoot the shit, find out what makes him tick and what's next for him on this epic journey…
Interview by NAKID Fashion Editor – Rachel Lynch
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What's a day in the life of Christian Benner like?
"Each day I like to treat differently, so I make it a point each morning to explore different parts of the city whether I'm getting errands done or just walking around to clear my head. I end up at my shop in the South Street Seaport, put on a record and start to work on projects. I never plan which project I work on first as I like it to happen naturally. I spend the majority of my time working in the shop as it is a form of therapy for me."
When did you make your first shirt?
"The first shirt I made was five years ago when I was at a store called Trash & Vaudeville. I bought a band shirt, took it home and it was so new and stuff, I wanted to give it an older feel. So I buried it in my backyard for a month then took it out, cut up the sleeves, threw some bleach on it and it was perfect."
How did you first know you were creative?
"I always felt I had something inside but never knew how to get it out. Finally when I lost my job, I came to the realization it was time for me to get out and find myself at the same time."
Is music your greatest source of inspiration?
Were you creative in High School or College?
"When I graduated High School, I stayed around my hometown for a few years until I decided I wanted to give fashion school a shot. I originally went to school for design and thought it was a joke. It was more of the professors telling us how to design instead of us coming up with our own ideas. I dropped out of college, moved to New York City, did an internship for a fashion company and decided to go back to school to learn fashion marketing."
Where do you get the inspiration for a new piece?
"Usually the mood I'm feeling at the exact moment. I put on a record, clear my head, and it naturally flows."
What's the most difficult thing you've ever done?
"Starting my own company."
What are you most insecure about?
"Being in rooms with lots of people in them."
Who are your top favorite musicians and why?
"Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Alice in Chains, Big Mama Thornton, Black Crowes, Lightinin' Hopkins, Hound Dog Taylor, Lou Reed, Janis Joplin, The Doors, The Cult, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. I have such a diverse taste in music as it all depends on the mood I'm in for the day. I try to cover all the genres as rock and roll comes in, all shapes and sizes."
Does NYC inspire you?
"I've been in the East Village for 15 years now, which has always been my biggest inspiration. Granted, it has changed over the years and it's a lot less rock and roll and artsy. I still find new forms of inspiration there everyday."
Could you see yourself living anywhere else?
"I like to go back and forth between LA and NYC. Los Angeles clears my head and gives me a different kind of inspiration, but NYC inspires me to get more work done."
Favorite place you've traveled?
"The Nevada desert."
What does being successful mean to you?
"I don't really like to use the word successful. I consider myself happy which is what's important."
And finally, what does living the creative life mean to you?
"It's a pretty wild lifestyle and my brain never shuts off. Every day is a new adventure for me."
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See more of Christian Benner's work and follow him here: WEBSITE / INSTAGRAM / FACEBOOK

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The City of Vermilion Police Department announces Chief Hartung and Sgt. Holmes have graduated from the 24th class of the Certified Law Enforcement Executive Program through the Law Enforcement Foundation and the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police.
CLEE is a 14 month program with in service days at the State Highway Patrol Academy for executive development.
Captain Graham just began the 25th session and will graduate next February.


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The members of the expanded Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) were urged to be "united in purpose and direction" as it began its work of drafting the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).
On Monday, new BTC Chairman Ghazali Jaafar told the other 20 commissioners that he considers them as "brothers and sisters in a common struggle" even if they may be coming from the sides of the MILF or GPH.
"We all aspire for a system of life and governance suitable and acceptable to us. We are all one in this endeavor," Jaafar said in his message that formally began the first plenary session of the BTC under the Duterte administration.
The two-day session was held on March 6 and 7 in Cotabato City, ten days after BTC's formal launching last February 24 in Davao City where President Rodrigo Roa Duterte was the guest of honor.
The new BTC aims to finish the draft BBL by July 2017, in time for the opening of the second regular session of the 17th Congress.
Jaafar is confident that the Commission will be able to meet the timeline. He said that "we would be able to finish the draft BBL… After all, we are not starting from scratch. We must build on the achievement of our predecessors in this Commission, some of whom are still with us".
On November 8, 2016, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed Executive Order No 8 which reconstitued the Commission. The EO expands the membership of the BTC from 15 to 21. Out of the 21, eleven are from the MILF and 10 from the government, including 3 representatives from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) – Sema Faction.
The agenda of the sessions included review of the BTC internal rules and administrative matters.
The Commission also adopted its budget for 2017 and appealed, through a resolution, to the Department of Budget and Management for its early release.
Below are the members of the new BTC:
Ghazali Jaafar – Chairman
Haron M Abas
Ibrahim D. Ali
Mohagher M. Iqbal
Atty. Raissa H. Jajurie
Gafur A. Kanain
Abdulraof Abdul Macacua
Hussein P. Munoz
Ammal D. Solaiman
Said M. Shiek
Melanio U. Ulama
Atty. Firdausi Ismail Y. Abbas (MNLF)
Atty Hussin U. Amin
Dr. Susana Salvador-Anayatin
Hatimil E. Hassan (MNLF)
Datu Mussolini Sinsuat Lidasan
Atty. Maisara Dandamun-Latip
Atty. Jose I. Lorena
Romeo C. Saliga
Atty. Omar Yasser C. Sema (MNLF)
Samira Gutoc-Tomawis
Next plenary sessions is on April 3 to 7.


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Recycling can save a lot of money for the economy. Obviously, recycling is the right thing to do for the environment, but it is also the right thing to do for the economy by making use of materials that would otherwise be thrown in the waste bin. Recycling has created a new industry with jobs and economic benefits for the entire community.
Putting it simply, recycling helps to reduce waste and prevents environmental hazards, protects scarce natural resources, reduce energy costs and reduces a country's reliance on raw materials, including energy. Municipals save a lot of money as they do not have to worry about managing waste disposal at landfills, combustion and degradability.
This industry is opening excellent job opportunities for many people and is reducing the level of unemployment in various countries. These jobs generate taxable revenue that is reinvested in a country's welfare and at the same time, supports economic prosperity.
These are the economic benefits of recycling:
1. Eliminates high waste management costs
Tonnes of recycling instead of dumping is always an advantage. Waste management is the critical cost that always has to be paid to ensure the proper disposal of waste. Transportation to landfills can be costly, and landfill tax can also be expensive. All these costs add up and can be costly for the community and the economy. Thanks to the economic benefits of recycling, these costs are reduced, and some are even eliminated.
2. Save costs in extracting natural resources
As you are aware, soda cans are made from aluminum. Aluminum is made from mined ore called bauxite. This material is refined and smelted, resulting in molten aluminum. The extraction of ore is costly and requires specialized mining equipment. The economic benefits of recycling make it way less expensive than extracting metals from mines.
Extraction can be over $100,000, while recycling can cost as little as $800. This is a big cost difference making the savings significant. Apart from that, countries can conserve their natural resources.
3. Save costs of manufacturing new goods
After extracting raw materials, the next step is to process the materials to make them aluminum cans or plastic containers. The cost of production during the manufacturing process is reduced as there is no need to transform raw materials. Even energy is saved when using recycled materials instead of raw materials. This is because many products made from recycled materials require less energy to be produced.
The energy savings lead to significant cost savings. Aluminum cans, for example, need as little as 4% of energy when made from recycled material compared to the same cans that are made from bauxite ore. Likewise, recycled paper can save up to 165 gallons of gasoline.
4. Create new jobs
The economic benefits of recycling include job creation. With more jobs in recycling, there is less waste at landfills. Because waste has to be collected, sorted and processed, these steps create jobs for people. It even creates an opportunity for companies to consider recycling and processing of waste as a profitable business. Recycling creates more jobs than transporting waste to landfills.
Research indicates that over 50,000 jobs have been created when the economy shifts to reusing materials instead of throwing them away. Additionally, recycling is contributing to tax revenues equating to a substantial amount that is reinvested by the government into improving a country's welfare and infrastructure.
5. Recycling is a promising industry
Recycling is a win-win opportunity for the people and the economy. The recycling industry is expected to grow with the expansion of existing companies and new ones entering the industry. This increase in waste management companies increases employment while creating a positive environmental impact. The recycling industry will stimulate jobs in areas of high unemployment, stabilizing the economy and employment conditions.
6. Financial benefits for recyclables
Recycling can raise funds. Aluminum cans, glass bottles and plastic containers can all be exchanged at recycling centers in exchange for money. Recycling is commonly used as a way to raise funds for charities.
7. Companies get recognition from customers
Companies that promote recycling and sustainability are essential to clients, especially government organizations. Clients are looking to work with organizations that are environmentally friendly and responsible.
When companies recycle and record these statistics, they can share this information with their clients. Recycling undertaken by organizations creates a positive company as well as community image.
8. Generates revenue
The recycling industry has been growing at a fast pace. Today, recycling is an economic driver generating high revenues and saving municipal budgets in landfill disposal fees. Setting up a recycling business can be profitable as the company can source the recycled materials for a low price and resell at a profit.
The benefit with this is that start-ups are not just earning a high revenue, but they are saving the planet with their business. Some of the waste materials that start-ups should consider include plastics, cardboard, electronics, metals and textiles.


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by Alexandra Hanlon
On September 11th, 2012, Mount Saint Mary College students walked into the Guzman Chapel, anticipating the candlelight vigil that was about to take place in remembrance of those who lost their lives eleven years ago to the day.
Survivors still mourn after all these years and can't help but to ask why it happened. Candles were lit and the room grew silent as people reflected on the violence that struck our nation. Prayers were read, songs were sung, and a video of remembrance reminded all of us why life should never be taken for granted in a world full of unknown terror. Sniffles of sadness were heard through the chapel as the video revealed photos of the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, the fields in Pennsylvania, and the destruction and chaos that ensued on that day. Photos of fire and rescue groups helping those injured were shown, and the sadness left for the loved ones who lost a family member or friend was palpable.
That was only the beginning of an intense vigil that would end in tears. The ceremony began, "We pause to remember those who have died. We also look to the future with hope as we come together as a community to pray instead of hate and anger, the world may come to know love and peace."
As a community, we held this vigil to show those who lost loved ones that we do care about them, that we do understand the pain they feel. Each year that a vigil is held, more and more people attend, wanting to understand and to participate in celebration of the lives that were lost. We can never end the suffering, but we can take away some of the despair that was left with them by honoring those who died. Attendees walked away with tears in their eyes and a powerful sense of self and of others. They began to realize that those who did not make it home that day eleven years ago have left behind a family who grieves for them every waking moment, and they have reflected on their own lives since then.
Forever we will ask why this happened and wonder if it could have been prevented. In a simple moment of silence and short ceremony, we remembered and we celebrated the brave men, women and children who are true heroes to us. God bless.


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Green tea originated in China, but it's now one of the most popular beverages in the world. It can be found in hot or iced varieties everywhere you go.
There are many types of green tea, so if you think you don't like it, consider a different variety. Matcha, for example, originates from Japan and has a grassy taste and bright green color. It's popular in smoothies and is very high in caffeine. However, other green teas are more popular for everyday hot tea consumption due to their milder flavor.
Drinking a cup of green tea is a simple way to do something healthful for your body and mind. Read on to learn more about the impressive health benefits of this ancient beverage.
According to Healthline, green tea is one of the healthiest drinks on the planet, mostly because it's rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants are shown to help with maintaining a healthy weight, protecting against cancer, stroke, high cholesterol and heart disease and improving brain function.
Tea reduces inflammation throughout your body. Green tea, specifically, contains a substance called epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) which has been shown to help reduce the signs of aging by preventing cell damage. EGCG also helps prevent some diseases, including dementia from Altzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
Green tea is caffeinated but contains less caffeine than a similarly sized cup of coffee. If you're trying to limit caffeine but still want a lift or if you dislike coffee, green tea might be a good alternative, as it won't make you as jittery. The caffeine in green tea makes you more alert, but the amino acids can make you feel less anxious. Together, caffeine and amino acids work together to promote brain function, making green tea a more productive cubicle mate than coffee.
Green tea is an ingredient in most fat-burning supplements because it can boost metabolism, making it easier to burn fat. This effect coupled with caffeine makes green tea a better energy boost before a workout than other caffeinated beverages.
One study about green tea showed that people who drank it regularly had a significantly lower instance of Type 2 diabetes, because green tea reduces insulin sensitivity and can help keep your blood sugar levels down. Green tea alone cannot keep you from getting diabetes, but coupled with other healthy lifestyle choices, it helps.
Green tea has oral health benefits as well. It's been shown to reduce plaque buildup and mouth bacteria, which means healthier teeth and gums and better breath.
To prepare a cup of tea, let your tea steep for several minutes and add honey for a warm, comforting treat on a winter day. Do a little research on your type of green tea to figure out the best way to prepare it — some teas do better steeped for longer in cooler water and become bitter if steeped too long in very hot water.
Drink loose green tea in the morning, using a tea infuser or use bagged green tea. Make a big batch in a tea kettle and serve it in your favorite tea pot, or load it into your travel mug before heading off to work. Remove the tea bag or loose tea when you arrive and enjoy strong, flavorful green tea all morning.
In the summer or when you don't want a hot drink, packaged iced green tea is a refreshing beverage, but watch out for sugar content in packaged teas. Alternatively, control all the ingredients and make your own iced green tea with a cold brew and iced tea maker. Add honey, lemon or other fruit to jazz up the flavor.
Matcha green tea powder can be used to make regular tea, lattes and can be used in the blender for smoothies. People also love green tea powder in baked goods or even as an ice cream flavor.
Another use for green tea is in beauty products. You can use green tea-soaked cloths on your skin to reduce redness or on your eyes to tighten skin. When you're done enjoying a cup of bagged green tea, let two tea bags cool and place them over your eyes. The tannins in green tea can help your skin "shrink" and give you more youthful looking eyes.
If you enjoy the scent of green tea, use a green tea lotion or facial cleanser to impart some antioxidants into your skin. The caffeine in the lotion provides anti-aging effects such as wrinkle reduction, and green tea is said to help reduce acne. Make your own facial scrub or look for one with green tea as an ingredient for a more luminous facial glow.
Some people swear by the trick of placing a cool cloth soaked in green tea on sunburns to ease the pain and promote skin healing. Soaking your feet in green tea can help reduce odor-causing bacteria and foot fungus and give you a fresh feel.
Similar to using a box of baking soda, you can make a sachet of green tea leaves and place it in your cupboard or fridge to absorb and eliminate odors, or use it in a drawer to make your clothes smell fresh. You can also leave sachets of green tea in places around your house where there's too much humidity and it can help soak up some of the moisture in the air.
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Seize the Data! DevTech at Tableau Conference in New Orleans
Visualizing our Way to Success
On October 22nd, DevTech sent five staff to the annual Tableau Software Conference in New Orleans, LA. The conference consists of three jam-packed days where 16,000 data visualization professionals participated in hands-on trainings, breakout sessions, keynote speakers, and data-focused activities.
The Tableau Software gives DevTech the ability to manipulate data into stunning and interactive charts, graphs, and maps, which can be easily accessed online. DevTech uses Tableau to produce data analyses for the Analytics Data Visualization and Information Services (ADVISE) project for USAID globally, and the Support for Strategic Information and Project Management Services (S4SIPMS) project for USAID/Nigeria.
Not only did DevTech staff interact with other companies and organizations using Tableau, they completed hands-on trainings, such as "Dazzling Dashboards; Finesse your Format," "Top of the Table (Winning Table Calcs)," "Stack the Deck Utilizing Tabjolt (and other performance tools)," "Tableau + Python = <3," and "R… You Ready? Jedi stats with R and Tableau." These 2.5-hour training sessions allowed DevTech staff to follow guided lessons from Tableau professional staff, while practicing on the provided laptops and Tableau files. Some of the tasks that were learned included "set actions," which is a new feature in Tableau that allows for benchmarking or showing a few selected countries in context. Other skills learned included cluster analysis with R and Python, performing advanced table calculations, and developing advanced charts such as sunbursts. These sessions were extremely helpful to the growth and development of the skills of DevTech staff.
"The Tableau 2018 Conference was my first hands-on introduction to the software and I was blown away by all of the functionalities in Tableau," said Meredith Kerrigan, DevTech Monitoring & Evaluation Associate. "I am very excited to keep learning and improving my abilities – in fact I have already developed a dashboard based on newly collected data and have shared it with one of my projects."
Additional sessions called "Brain Dates" were available, that allowed Tableau participants to meet one another and share ideas. DevTech analyst Srivani Valluru attended one of these sessions where she discussed the implementation of Tableau at USAID with other practitioners.
Throughout the week, the conference provided opportunities for DevTech staff to hear from keynote speakers and attend events focused on Tableau analysis. During "Devs on Stage," DevTech was able to learn from the Developers of Tableau about the new Tableau features, from "Vector maps" to "Multiple table storage for extracts," enabling our team stay on the cutting edge of Tableau usage. During the Iron Viz Championship – a competition where three Tableau experts each built a visualization in front of the 16,000 conference attendees in only 20 minutes – our team was able to gain ideas for new visualizations that we will use in the future for our clients.
DevTech staff attended breakout sessions that were designed to introduce new concepts to Tableau users and help them refine their existing work. Two attendees went to the "Practical Guide to Guided Analytics" session, which provided tips on how to format a visually compelling dashboard. Overall, the five DevTech staff attended a total of 36 (1) hands-on trainings and breakout sessions, three keynote speakers, and multiple data-focused activities. Moving forward, DevTech staff will use the skills and lessons learned at the Conference to improve upon their visualizations and create even more impactful products for DevTech's clients.
"The conference spanned everything about this software—from the most basic, minute functionalities to the parts of Tableau that push the boundaries of what we can do with computers. Each session was presented with an infectious, earnest energy that was unapologetically passionate about data visualization, which reminded me vividly of the ADVISE team," commented Robindra Banerji, DevTech Data Analyst (Economist), ADVISE. "The ten sessions I selected cover most of the data analysis functionalities there are in Tableau, and I'm especially looking forward to sharing level of detail calculations with the Foreign Aid Explorer team, since we deal with data along several aggregable dimensions."
(1) Some sessions were counted twice as they were attended by multiple individuals.


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The Bookworm Beat 11-24-15 — the "a little help from my friends" edition and open thread
My day has spiraled so wildly out of control, I despair of ever getting it back. Fortunately, a good friend who knows well how I think sent me an email that says much of what I would have said today if I'd had the time. So, here is the "Bookworm friends" edition:
On the subject of white guilt, let me paraphrase Alan Dershowitz who calls today's tenured faculty the biggest wusses he's seen in 50 years. All of them are unable to respond to the outrageous demands and tactics of perpetual grievance groups, paralyzed by the white guilt. What Dershowitz doesn't say is that the victimization these groups are claiming as justification is nothing more or less than the tenured faculty has been trying for decades now to inculcate in them. I think Mary Shelly wrote a cautionary tale about this . . .
Also, Bret Stephens places blame firmly where it belongs when it comes to those monstrous students — on their Progressive parents and faculty members, who are themselves the spawn of the Greatest Generation who, flush with winning the war and dominating the peace, forgot to parent.
What would are world be like if the radical feminists were to achieve true dominance? That is, what would it mean for science and math, and all of civilization predicated on those disciplines? This would be Lysenkoism on steroids. The linked article is especially risible when the author dispenses with the need for "objectivity" in those disciplines as a mere social construct. Can't you imagine buildings designed to the standards of feminist architecture falling down around our ears since even math now would be subjective.
And you just have to love the Colombia student traumatized by having to read books by white people. Well, she could always go back to her roots. I understand Congo has a thriving book industry primarily by native black authors. They published 64 last year.
VD Hanson has a great article at National Review if you haven't seen it yet. He thinks that Obama will be at his most dangerous in his final year as he marries his incredible petulance to a belief that his radical vision will be vindicated by history. Hanson also points out the fantasies spun by the press that have made it all possible.
In trying to ride Bill's coattails, Hildabeast's campaign is pushing a new angle, "Bill and Hillary, a Love Story." As Instapundit dryly notes, they spelled "mutual opportunism" wrong. All I can think of is the old movie poster, can't remember which movie it was for, but it was of the "carnal knowledge" variety, that showed the bare feet of four people in one bed.
Hildabeast is now parroting the Obama line that Islam has nothing to do with terrorism.
But here is one good thing: Ted Cruz is floating up to the top, so much so that some are beginning to predict what I predicted a long time ago, which is that he'll win the GOP nomination.


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Friday, February 24, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
Lazy Days
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This is a daily painting that I had to walk away from a couple of times. But reminded me of what I love about what I do. When I go back to the painting I see it through new eyes and can continue. I hope that when people look at me art its the same for them. That each time they look at it, its through new eyes.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Four Days Till Valentines Day
I am still having fun with my daily paintings. Valentines Day will be here soon. I spent the day with my Grandson Micheal. We went shopping for Valentine's and lots of candy. Every candy he picked up he assured me that it was his favorite and that is why we had to have it. Yes, I am a gramma. We got them all.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Twisted in Pink
I am finding that I am enjoying the daily painting thing to much. I am working on spending more time in the studio and now I am doing that. it feels great!
I just have to learn to stay there and continue working on the larger pieces I have waiting. I do have a couple of competitions that I will enter. The canvas are drawn, sitting here in my studio and ready to go.
I also do 3 art fair type shows during the summer with my Mom. Who is a fabulous oil painter. Those shows are coming up fast.
Anyway back to the twisted flamingo's . I have a cousin that Has a bath done all in pink flamingo's and this is for his collection. Hes gone this week and I was thinking about him.
I will get some of my mom's art and show you. It truly is Fabulous.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
White on White Challenge
The Daily Paintworks has a challenge listed on there site. This one looked like fun and I was right. Sometimes just painting to paint is fun. When you don't have to pick out the subject. I enjoyed this and you should go and check out all the entrys. they are great.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Larry & Chris
Larry and Chris is a painting that I did as a Christmas present for Chris. He had given me an old picture of him and his dad Larry that meant a lot to him. I had to make a copy of the picture for reference and he kept the original. That's when I knew how important it was to him and knew that it was going on my list of paintings I must do. Because for me to create something that connects with a person one on, one is the greatest achievement that there is. even though it was from Christmas. I forgot to take a picture of it before it left my studio. I have one now and wanted to share this father and son team with you,
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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Today in History
Today is Wednesday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2014. There are 182 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress.
On this date:
In 1776, the Continental Congress passed a resolution saying that "these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States."
In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln signed a measure establishing the National Statuary Hall inside the former House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol.
In 1881, President James A. Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington railroad station; Garfield died the following September. (Guiteau was hanged in June 1882.)
In 1926, the United States Army Air Corps was created.
In 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along the equator.
In 1943, Bing Crosby and the Ken Darby Singers recorded "Sunday, Monday or Always" for Decca Records.
In 1961, author Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death at his home in Ketchum, Idaho.
In 1979, the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin was released to the public.
In 1982, Larry Walters of San Pedro, California, used a lawn chair equipped with 45 helium-filled weather balloons to rise to an altitude of 16,000 feet; he landed eight miles away in Long Beach.
In 1994, a USAir DC-9 crashed in poor weather at Charlotte-Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, killing 37 of the 57 people aboard.
Thought for Today: "No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men." -- Thomas Carlyle, Scottish critic and historian (1795-1881).
In 1999, former Northwestern University basketball coach Ricky Byrdsong was shot to death in Skokie, Illinois; authorities believe he was the victim of a three-day shooting rampage by white supremacist Benjamin Nathaniel Smith that targeted minorities in Illinois and Indiana. (One other person was killed and others wounded before Smith committed suicide.) "Godfather" author Mario Puzo died on Long Island, New York, at age 78.
Ten years ago: Elijah Brown, 21, described by police as a disgruntled employee, went on a shooting rampage inside a ConAgra Foods Inc. plant in Kansas City, Kansas, killing five co-workers before taking his own life.
Five years ago: Thousands of U.S. Marines poured into Taliban-controlled villages in southern Afghanistan in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country. North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles. The 35-nation International Atomic Energy Agency chose Yukiya Amano of Japan as its next head. Federal marshals took possession of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan penthouse, forcing Madoff's wife, Ruth, to move elsewhere.
One year ago: The Obama administration unexpectedly announced a one-year delay, until after the 2014 elections, in a central requirement of the health care law that medium and large companies provide coverage for their workers or face fines. Homer Bailey threw his second no-hitter in 10 months, pitching the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory over the slumping San Francisco Giants. Olympic track star Suzy Favor Hamilton's name was removed from the Big Ten female athlete of the year award following revelations she had worked as a prostitute.


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"Sheer Khurma"…what is a Sheer Khurma?
Well Sheer Khurma means ' milk with dates' in Persian. It s Mughlai dish. It is a rich milk based dessert made of nuts and more importantly dates with vermecilli noodles. And it is generally made on the month of Ramadan or on the last day which is celebrated as Eid.
This delicious sweet pudding is an excellent dessert to be made in at special occasions. As it has lot of dry fruits so it is very good for both kids and adults,it gives lot of heat and warmth to the body.
Let's make tasty Sheer Khurma😊😊😊….
Type- Dessert, Sweets
Preparation time- 10-12 minutes
Cooking time- 25-30 minutes
- 1 litre full fat milk
- 2 tbs chopped cashew nut
- 2 tbs chopped walnut
- 2 tbs chopped almonds
- 2 tbs dessicated coconut
- 3 tbs chopped dates
- 50 gm vermecilli/seviyan/shemai
- 120 ml condensed milk/100 gm sugar
- 3-4 tbs ghee(clarified butter)/butter
- In a deep dish pan boil 1 litre full fat milk
- In between in a another pan add 2 tbs ghee( clarified butter)/butter
- Roast the nuts and coconuts
- Fry until aroma comes
- Now in that very pan add another 2 tbs ghee( clarified butter)/butter
- Add the vermecilli/seviyan/shemai
- Roast until light brown
- You can see that in this time your milk has come to a boil
- Add 120 ml condensed milk or you can also add 100 gm sugar
- Mix and add the roasted nuts
- Cook for 5-8 minutes on a medium flame and then add the roasted vermecilli/seviyan/shemai
- Now mix and cook it for 5-8 minutes on a medium low flame
- And its done
- Dish it out
We've added a step by step video of the recipe 😊😊😊
Hope this is helpful 😊
Enjoy this recipe both hot or cold,it's equally tasty.
Here, we're giving links of few more sweets we made👇👇👇
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http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0224/web-dodia-02-27-03.asp By Matthew French Feb. 27, 2003 The Pentagon recently issued the second part of its information assurance (IA) policy that sets guidelines on using Defense Department networks. DOD Instruction 8500.2 sets forth implementation of the rules and policies in Directive 8500.1, which was issued in late October 2002. The directive calls for the different agencies within DOD to protect its data as it is shared across the Global Information Grid (GIG). Instruction 8500.2, dated Feb. 6, "implements policy, assigns responsibilities, and prescribes procedures for applying integrated, layered protection of the DOD information systems and networks." "The Department of Defense has a crucial responsibility to protect and defend its information and supporting information technology," the 8500.2 policy states. "Factors that contribute to its vulnerability include increased reliance on commercial [IT] and services; increased complexity and risk propagation through interconnection; the extremely rapid pace of technological change; a distributed and nonstandard management structure; and the relatively low cost of entry for adversaries." Donald Jones, a member of the IA Directorate for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence, said 8500.2 offers the different parts of DOD the guidance necessary to implement the rule in 8500.1. DOD Directive 8500.1 makes it departmentwide policy for IA requirements to be identified and included in the design, acquisition, installation, operation, upgrade and replacement of all DOD information systems. "The guidance [8500.1] was developed largely in response to changing security needs brought about by DOD's growing dependence on interconnected information systems, particularly desktop computer networks, and increased concern about the protection of unclassified but sensitive information," according to a DOD spokesperson. 8500.2 indicates the Defense IA program is predicated upon five essential competencies that ensure a successful risk management program, which include: * The ability to assess security needs and capabilities. * The ability to develop a purposeful security design or configuration that adheres to a common architecture and maximizes the use of common services. * The ability to implement required controls or safeguards. * The ability to test and verify. * The ability to manage changes to an established baseline securely. - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomoat_private with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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Will Spanish label Rosa Clará's popularity know no end? Kudos Bridal Boutiques, in Edinburgh and Dunfermline, is the latest in an ever increasing line of stores to fall under the designer's spell. "Rosa Clará's new collection has just arrived at our Edinburgh shop and we are so delighted to add another fabulous name to our rails," reports owner Michelle Scott. Make the trip to the capital for a peek at a handful of decadent yet dainty designs from one of Barcelona's brightest bridal creatives – we're eyeing up Doe (above, £POA) which balances a beaded bodice with a sublime, airy skirt, and Dakota (below, £POA), with its ethereal, fairy-queen cape.
"As the popularity of barn and rustic weddings increases, we are seeing a lot more of the softer skirts and off-the-shoulder necklines hitting our stores," Michelle considers. "The floaty, bohemian look will continue to be very popular this year and next and I can't wait to see more brides explore this relaxed bridal aesthetic."
If Rosa Clará doesn't win you over, Kudos has ushered in fresh styles from Australian designer Wendy Makin, local talent Catriona Garforth and True Bride and there's plenty on offer for mother dearest too. "We've welcomed our autumn/winter range from key occasionwear designers Cabotine and Zeila into the boutique," announces Michelle. "Expect blue and raspberry tones to dominate this season. There's also some killer hats and bags to complete the outfit."


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FONOM Meets with Provincial Cabinet at ROMA/OGRA
Date published: Tuesday, February 24, 2015
The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) met with members of the Provincial Cabinet yesterday at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association (ROMA)/Ontario Good Roads Association (OGRA) Combined Conference in Toronto.
FONOM was delighted and impressed with the number of government representatives that participated in the meeting which included the Minister of Northern Development and Mines, Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure, Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Minister of Government and Consumer Services, Minister of Transportation, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Energy and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Finance.
FONOM brought forward a range of issues for discussion including opportunities for the utilization of Crown land for economic development, protecting northern industries by amending the Protection of Public Participation Act, development of a long-term plan to four-lane across northern Ontario, and to increase the number of residency program positions within the Northern Ontario School of Medicine which has been integral to the supplying of physicians to northern Ontario.
"The multi-minister delegation provided an excellent opportunity for FONOM to meet with several senior government officials to discuss issues affecting the north," says Mayor Alan Spacek of Kapuskasing and President of FONOM. "We are thrilled that we are being heard across several ministries."
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When is it Time to Call it Quits?
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Coping with Change
"All great changes are preceded by chaos." – Deepak Chopra, author, public speaker and alternative medicine advocate Wow! Chopra's comment about change was definitely directed toward me this past month. After 20 years, I recently moved my practice to two new locations, Denton and North Dallas. While this is a positive change that brings a wealth of opportunity and provides great benefits to my … [Read more...]


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NORMAN MAILER, who did some of his best writing decades ago for this very magazine--a fact that, I swear to God, will not influence me in the least--struts like a Balzacian demigod, a harlot of high and low, through the pages of Mary V. Dearborn's Mailer. Though I have problems with reading life stories of the living (last year we saw a biography of Joyce Carol Oates!), Dearborn would probably argue that the lion has already done most of his important roaring.
I'm not sure I want to lay bets just yet. Mailer seems to be hooked up to a more powerful generator than most of us. This Brooklyn-raised Jewish boy, apple of his mother Fanny's eye, has bounce-back vigor of an almost occult nature. Though he is fast pushing eighty, he might yet find a way to leave us all gasping.
The most striking thing about Mailer is his instinct for controversy coupled with his zeal for full-bath immersion in whatever has captured his attention. That and his gift for self-transformation. How quickly he went from being a pampered Harvard boy who sent his laundry home every week to being a foulmouthed private. And though he did not see any real action, he emerged just a few years later with his massive, war-indicting, generation-making milestone, The Naked and the Dead. At age twenty-five--the novel was published in 1948--he was famous, and though he has failed in many ways since then, Mailer has never stopped being famous.
There are reasons and reasons. He was daring and loud, and even his many flops--novels like Barbary Shore and Ancient Evenings, or political initiatives like running for mayor of New York--seemed important, of the moment.
Mailer has been controversial in every way--in his marrying (six times) and philandering, his drinking and marathon pot smoking, his public brawling and feuding, his ill- fated advocacy of prisoner/writer Jack Abbott, his mano a mano gender-wars combat with Germaine Greer and Kate Millett . . . If I stop, it's only to hyperventilate.
But also, let's not forget, Mailer was at various junctures brilliant--a glowing chunk of the times hurled overhead into collective space. If the novels were too often uneven, the nonfiction gave definition and defiant challenge to several recent eras, from the early hipster broadside "The White Negro" to the self-preening/self-excoriating diatribes of Advertisements for Myself.
But enough with the lists. Read Dearborn's account of his many exploits and weep, as I did, for the bounded horizons of your own little life. Or else feel glad that it has not been your curse to live in the klieg glare of such notoriety. The questions to ask are the basic ones. What does it finally add up to? Where do we put the man who declared--famously, of course--in a 1958 proclamation, "It is my present and future work which will have the deepest influence on any work being done by an American novelist in these years."
The assertion is pure Mailer--Mailer right in the heyday of his "existentialist" period, during which he argued so boldly that living was, as poet Robert Lowell put it, "free-lancing out along the razor's edge," making it up, responding to uncertainty with nerves and reflexes, and thrusting oneself at the world with more than a dash of gall.
Probably like most readers over forty, I have adored and despised the performance, maybe in equal measure--delighting in the energy of excess; puffing with disappointment and fatigue when the excess became flatulence; clapping, booing, and sighing every so often as the sweet arrow of one of his sentences shivered to its mark. Odi et amo--I hate and I love. But one does not survive to posterity by being colorful. Lest we forget, Mailer's claim is literary--it is as a writer that he asks to be judged.
My own sense is that much of the work will not survive the winnowing of time, that what made Mailer will also unmake him. Let me explain. Mailer is a capital-N Narcissist--indeed, he is one of the heroic embodiments of the type. And I know narcissists. It has been my fate to log hundreds of hours in their company. Sometimes, let me add, by choice. For I have also realized this: They not only try at every moment to suck all available molecules of attention to themselves, but some may do this with certain warrant. At times, they are the most interesting people in the room. Immersed utterly in themselves, they don't suffer inhibiting doubts like the rest of us do. Not heeding the deeper needs of those around them, they have energy to burn. Supply them with talent and intelligence and they can be formidable. Mailer.
The gifted narcissist creates his own force field. When you are in it, you feel one way. When you leave, the soufflé collapses. And this is how it is, I would say, with our man. His reputation far outstrips his attainment, at least in terms of what is likely to last. A creature of the shining moment, Mailer is also the consummate seducer. On the page, his self-regard takes the form of a commanding, buttonholing rhetoric, a bombast as persuasive as it is entertaining. Here, from The Armies of the Night, is Mailer onstage, needing to get to the bathroom and deciding not to tell the emcee: He remarks on his own "incandescence of purpose," adding, "Incandescence is the satori of the Romantic spirit which spirit would insist . . . that everyone understands exactly what he is about to do, therefore waste not a moment by stopping to tell them." Jesus, just go pee, Norman!
No question, the moxie lures you in, keeps you going. Does it leave a trail in the mind? Not much. Closing one of his books, I often feel as I do after a night of chatter with some brilliant but self-involved tablemate--empty and unaccounted for. The narcissist's legacy. Of the twenty-five books listed in Dearborn's Mailer bibliography, I could find only three that I would promote to the next millennium: The Armies of the Night, The Executioner's Song, and The Naked and the Dead. Everyone will have his own list.
Mailer has come a long way from his fabled existential errands. Dearborn's biography, which is crisply written and generally shrewd about separating signal from noise, ends with some fairly straight-on glimpses of a man now paying the toll of age and hard living. The old rebel wildcat, the man who once founded a group to monitor the CIA, has spun quite the other way. He now admires his old nemesis and sups with the rich and powerful. The existentialist tag used to be "Existence precedes essence." First we act, then we discover ourselves. Our author has reversed that. On the far side of the roustering, after all the high-wire acts, we encounter again the mother's cherished son, her prince, the essential Mailer.


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Skip to comments.How voluntary is "voluntary"? (Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide)
Posted on 04/09/2012 4:33:48 PM PDT by wagglebee
Respect for autonomy is one of the most convincing arguments for euthanasia. It was the theme of a strong defence of legalising it in Australia in the Journal of Law and Medicine by Margaret Otlowski and Lorana Bartels in 2010. They concluded that in a secular society with an ageing population legalisation is inevitable.
However, in the latest issue of the JLM a criminologist at the University of Tasmania has made a vigorous response. Jeremy Prichard doubts that many people in the community will be able to give full and voluntary consent to ending their lives. He contends that the growing prevalence of elder abuse suggests that aged people could easily be manipulated.
Such procedures may be safe for socially connected, financially independent individuals with high autonomy and self-efficacy, he writes, but circumstances may be entirely different for isolated patients with low self-efficacy who represent an unwanted burden to their carers, some of whom may benefit financially from the death of the patient (even just in a reduction of financial pressure).
Sometimes the request for euthanasia may be genuine, but it has been prompted by subtle pressure. Carers may easily convince a patient that death is the best option for everyone. Dr Prichard cites some disturbing anecdotes from research into elder care in Tasmania. In one, a woman describes how she is treated by her husband:
I had the stroke a few years ago, Im absolutely helpless to do anything myself ... [My husband] gets annoyed because I have to go to the toilet all the time and he has to help me. ... In his own selfish way he cares for me too, its just that hes so disagreeable, hes a real disagreeable old grump, he doesnt like anyone around ... He talks about hell be glad when he dies all the time and I say well what will I do? He says I just hope my time will hurry up and come. Thats my life and Ive got to put up with it ... I couldnt get anyone else to look after me.
Very little research has been done on pressures that could be exerted on the elderly and disabled. Research on the risks of voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide is in its infancy, he writes. So far as this article could ascertain, only one qualitative study has investigated the issues of pressure on patients to access voluntary euthanasia or physician-assisted suicide.
Which is why the culture of death has long advocated death panels to insure their agenda.
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"How voluntary is voluntary? (Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide)"
I guess a large part of the answer depends on how much somebody is willing to pay for "donor" organs.
How voluntary is voluntary? (Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide)
Just ask the victims while they are kicking and screaming...
Oh, it's all voluntary.
Until it isn't.
That's the problem, eh?
The frail elderly are very vulnerable as everyone who's had an elderly loved one knows.
They can be talked into anything and are obsessed with "not being a burden." They are also often mentally compromised and of course are physically weak.
Easy to kill.
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SCDigest Expert Insight: Keep It Moving
Marc Wulfraat
MWPVL International, Inc.
Marc Wulfraat is the president and founder of MWPVL International, a supply chain and logistics consulting firm. Marc has 27 years of supply chain consulting experience across a variety of industry sectors and countries. His expertise is in supply chain strategy, facility design, material handling systems, automation, and supply chain execution technologies. He has managed many complex consulting mandates to help a diverse range of companies with their supply chain challenges. For more information, please visit http://www.mwpvl.com.
November 11, 2014
Many Companies in North America will be Paying more for Ground Freight as UPS and FedEx start Charging on the Basis of Dimensional Weight
In 2015, many companies in North America will be paying more for ground freight as UPS and FedEx start charging on the basis of dimensional weight. Will this revenue increase be enough to offset the volume loss being caused by the new Amazon sortation network and by e-retailers shifting volume to other local service providers for same day delivery?
Perhaps the best way to answer this question is to study the impact that the Amazon Sortation Network will have since Amazon has the largest share of the online retail market at approximately 20%.
Shipware Systems Corp, a parcel consultancy firm, estimates that UPS will experience a $380 Million increase in revenue in 2015 due to their move towards dimensional weight pricing. Similarly, Kevin Sterling, a BB&T Capital Markets analyst, estimates that FedEx will experience a $180 Million operating income increase. If these numbers are accurate then the question becomes whether or not UPS and FedEx will experience a similar drop-off in revenue as Amazon begins to shift volume away to The Postal Service and other service providers?
Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. analysts estimate that Amazon shipped about 608 million U.S. packages in 2013 with the breakdown by carrier as shown in the % of Total Column in the table below.
Depending on who you believe, the latest sales revenue projections on the street suggest that Amazon will grow top-line revenue by 23% in 2014 and let us say that Amazon's 2015 revenue growth is more conservative at 18%. Based on these assumptions, and no change to the status quo in terms of the percentages shipped by carrier, Amazon's shipping volume projections out to 2015 areas follows:
The average cost per parcel shipment by carrier is known only to Amazon so some assumptions are required at this point. As per the Wall Street Journal (which sourced shipping-industry analysts), Amazon typically pays between about $2 and $8 to ship each package, with the cheapest option being through the Postal Service, and the most expensive being via UPS or FedEx.
If 80% of the small packages shipped are less than 5 pounds (as per the Amazon Drone hype), then the weighted average parcel shipment cost will tend to be on the lower end of this scale. Let us say for the sake of this discussion that the average parcel costs $5 to ship with UPS or FedEx. We may be off on this but we'll use this figure as a starting point and see where it takes us.
1. If we divide the projected $380 Million UPS revenue increase in 2015 by $5 then this works out to 76 Million packages. In other words, Amazon would have to shift 76 Million packages away from UPS next year for their dimensional weight price increase to be revenue-neutral. This represents about 29% of the projected 2015 UPS volume under the status quo.
2. Similarly, the projected $180 Million FedEx revenue increase in 2015 divided by $5 works out to 36 Million packages. In other words, Amazon would have to shift 36 Million packages away from FedEx next year for the FedEx dimensional weight price increase to be revenue-neutral. This represents about 23% of the projected 2015 FedEx volume under the status quo.
Now Amazon is building out a sortation network to shift volume away from UPS and FedEx but Rome was not built in a day and it will take time for these pieces to fall into place. Amazon has indicated that 15 sortation facilities will be up and running by the end of 2014 and it is highly probable that we will see close to 40 of these facilities eventually positioned nearest to highly populated metropolitan cities across North America sometime by 2015-2016.
With these figures as the backdrop, is it feasible that Amazon will shift a total of 112 Million packages away from UPS and FedEx within the next 12 months? If this happened then the impact would be revenue-neutral for UPS and FedEx. This implies that 12.7% of Amazon's projected 2015 shipment volume would move away from UPS and FedEx to the Postal Service and/or to smaller regional service providers.
While this is all subject to debate and conjecture, our assessment is that there is a high probability of this volume shift happening quickly as Amazon aggressively moves to gain control over their shipping network and cost structure. Clearly the dimensional weight pricing increases from UPS and FedEx are a defensive measure designed to offset the threat of revenue loss not only from Amazon, but also from other retailers that will increasingly be shipping from stores with local service providers like Shoprunner, Instacart, Deliv, LaserShip, OnTrac and many others.
The real question in my mind is how will Amazon's loyal customers perceive these shipping changes if they no longer receive the premium quality of service that is the bedrock of UPS and FedEx, where online shipment tracking and reliable and dependable service is the norm. Amazon customers, particularly Prime customers, are tickled pink with their current shipping arrangements and it will be interesting to see if this love affair continues into 2015 and beyond.
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J Aaron Pratt
A native of Texas, Aaron was raised in San Antonio. He attended Arizona State University where he studied Architecture and Urban Planning, and moved back to San Antonio to continue his education at the University of Texas at San Antonio where he studied Interior Design. He is currently working in the field of architecture, where his 17 years of experience has provided him with the skills of organized planning, attention to detail and management.
Aaron has been married to his wife Dane for 12 years and is the father of two beautiful boys, who are the inspiration to his children's books. His boys give him great passion for life . . . "Their journeys, through life, each year are truly inspiring."
Javier Zamora
Passionate about all forms of art & expression, Javier is an Artist who enjoys exploring all mediums. Dabbling in paint, print & technology, "My favorite medium is the one I have never used.
Formally trained in the practice of architecture, Javier began his education in Uvalde Texas where he was born and raised. He attended Uvalde High School and completed his education at the University Of Texas at San Antonio, where he received a Bachelor's of Science in Architecture. Also noteworthy is Javier's selection to attend an exchange program in Mexico City at UNAM.
Javier is married and a father to two children. He not only enjoys spending time exploring new places with his family, but he is also driven to connect with people. "Forging new relationships is the goal. I want to meet people that are not like me. Those are the ones that teach."


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"The difference between having an estate plan and not is the same between leaving a legacy or a mess"
When we get older there are so many concerns we begin to develop about the future, and objectives that we still hope to accomplish. Whether it be professionally, academically, or financially. We go to school to get an education that will hopefully yield a good job and provide enough money to live a comfortable lifestyle. All the while, through life there are items that people are aware of but put on their "to-do" list and yet may never accomplish.
Once one finishes college or a higher degree of study some of their stresses may involve getting a job with a respectable salary, paying off their student debt, getting married, and starting a family. It almost seems like life goes from "0-60 mph in 2.3 seconds". At certain intervals of one's career or hitting certain milestones in their life it is always a worthy idea to stop, and review that "to-do list". This provides a level of accountability and course of accomplishing goals.
One of the few things that may tend to be on a list of young professionals could be items such as saving for a house, opening a retirement account, or establishing a budget that allows them to live within their means.
Alternatively, for those that are at a stage where they may be married and possibly have children, additional items which might be considered are things such as, getting insurance coverage and establish their estate planning. At bare minimum this could be just having a will. Additional items might be necessary depending on circumstances, but the objective is to ensure that in the event of a premature death the surviving spouse and the family won't be left to guessing what the wishes of the parent that passed away might be.
When it comes to estate planning items, it is best to work with a lawyer that is well versed in this area of law, who may recommend a couple to establish advance healthcare directives, power-of-attorney, and trusts for the children. Each of these documents have a prudent role in their overall estate planning efforts. The rationale is to provide a written agenda for what should be done in circumstances that involve one spouse becoming incapacitated or passes away. Establishing trusts might be a useful tool to protect or "shield" assets for the benefit of family members1.
I would anticipate that many professionals have encountered situations where clients have had successful careers, grew their investment portfolio nicely, all the while neglecting to take care of their estate planning. I would expect, if people were asked what they anticipate their spouse's wishes might be, how many would know precisely what they are when it's not in writing?
The conversations about these topics might be emotionally taxing in nature, but once it's written it provides a set or orders of what to do if one's husband or wife cannot speak for themselves or worst was a vegetative state, and doctors didn't know what type of care to administer. If couples are unaware of how to initiate a conversation or know where to begin this planning process it would be advised to meet with a lawyer who can best address any concerns or answer very specific estate planning questions.
To establish any sort of plan is not only meant for the upper-wealth class, it is meant for everyone. The delay in this part of the planning process may lead a family into a state of confusion and duress while that moment may already be emotional suffering from a loss.
About the Author:
Aaron Safier is the founder and chief executive officer of Sapphire Wealth Advisory Group, a strategic partner of Empire Wealth Strategies. Sapphire Wealth Advisory Group is a New York based firm that provides a full suite of financial services for high-net-worth individuals, families, and business owners. Aaron has a long history of success within the financial sector that encompasses more than 14 years of experience and several roles in prominent companies. To learn more, please visit www.sapphirewealthbuilders.com
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Clay Shirky Interview on Outriders
I don't listen much to Radio 5 Live – and consequently have missed previous editions of this programme with in a programme 'Outriders' which is broadcast at 3.00 am. This morning's programme was a 26 minute conversation with Clay Shirky. Below is the link to the blog and you can follow that to the podcast.
"This week on Outriders a longer discussion as Clay Shirky chats about his new book Cognitive Surplus and how he switched from theater and the arts to new media observation."


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Folks who live in a quiet La Vista neighborhood got a scare around dinner-time. Police had to call in the bomb squad to an apartment complex.
Police shut down several blocks near 87th and Brentwood to clear the area before a 'suspicious device' was removed from a dumpster.
La Vista Police were hesitant to label the device a bomb, but said that they planned to take the device to a remote location to detonate it. Police found the device in a dumpster in the parking lot of the Inwood Village apartments, which are just off 87th and Brentwood.
They say anyone could have planted it in the trash.
"We have no idea, it's a dumpster sitting in a parking lot, anybody could have come on by, it could have been a resident or it could have been somebody driving by, walking by. So we have no information on that at this time, says Officer Mark Walter, La Vista Police.
The OPD Bomb Squad appeared to take a cylindrical device out of the dumpster and then searched the trash for several more minutes to ensure no other dangerous devices were inside.
Longtime neighborhood resident Sue Watson says these type of events do not happen often in her neck of the woods.
"I was shocked, yeah for something in this neighborhood, usually it's a pretty quiet neighborhood, I've lived in this neighborhood for almost 46 years."
After being called around 4 p.m., police were able to clear the threat and open up the streets in less than two hours.
Representatives for the apartment complex where the bomb was found did not wish to speak with 3 News Now, saying they had "no comment."


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The fact that the distributor of Johnny O'Reilly's Moscow Never Sleeps is calling it a "Russian Crash" is a major tease, since, given the preponderance of dashboard cams and general mayhem on the road, one might expect they're referring to David Cronenberg's Crash. While a Russian adaptation of the Ballard novel actually sounds pretty great, the Crash in question is unfortunately the 2004 Paul Figgis film most remembered as an example of how frequently the Academy bungles the Best Picture category.
Moscow Never Sleeps follows several characters over the course of the annual Moscow City Day celebration, including dying TV actor Valery (Yuri Stoyanov), businessman Anton (Alexey Serebryakov), his pop-star wife Katya (Evgenia Brik) and her lover Ilya (Oleg Dolin), who also happens to be Valery's son. There's also aspiring rapper Arto (Rustam Akhmadeyev) who functionally kidnaps Valery before he and his bros turn their douchey attention to squabbling stepsisters Kseniya (Lubov Aksenova) and Lera (Anastasia Shalonko), and so on. The picture resembles the recent 100 Streets, though it could have used some of that film's unabashed soapiness — and while Moscow Never Sleeps probably wasn't the film's working title, it's worth noting that some Muscovites go to sleep during the course of the film, and not just the several who get roofied. Oh, Russia.
Moscow Never Sleeps
Not rated.
Opens Friday at the 4-Star Theatre.


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Certification to ISO 14064-1
by Richard Hadfield
If, when at school, I had been told that there would be something called a "carbon footprint" I might have imagined it was something to do with carbon dating or not wiping my boots on the door mat when coming into the kitchen.
Today a movement is established which addresses the management of carbon footprinting on a personal, product or organisational level. ISO have issued, and continue to issue, standards on carbon footprinting for the voluntary sector. The European Union have published Directives and guidelines for the permitting and enforcement of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) for the mandatory sector in Europe.
Although there is controversy about the future global warming scenario and the political implications of greenhouse gases, we are facing an inevitable limit to the amount of fossil carbon based fuels that can be extracted from the planet. Recently, China has changed from an exporter of coal to the biggest importer in the world which has created new coal mining opportunities as ships carry coal to China from as far away as Colombia. "Peak Oil" will be sometime in this century; this is the point when oil production will plateaux and eventually decline. Natural gas is flowing through our grid but for how long? Will we change to a hydrogen economy? Will we produce alternative fuels in commercial quantities from sustainable sources?
If one looks at developing countries, it is evident that sustainable organic sources are also limited and, in some countries such as Nepal, goats and firewood scavenging have removed most of the vegetation from the countryside. We have choices which we must make while we can.
These choices are either be voluntary or imposed by legislation and commercial pressures. As an example of this, we already see the imposition of carbon taxes in Ireland and know that these will increase. In addition to this, the price of fossil fuel increases with demand and the increasing costs of supply (exploration, recovering, processing, transporting and delivery).
NSAI have been offering greenhouse gas verification services since 2005 and are now offering carbon footprinting certification to ISO 14064-1.Our first clients are as enthusiastic as NSAI's auditors. Talking to one CEO recently, it is evident that it is both a commercial imperative as well as satisfying the "green agenda".
From NSAI's perspective, it nicely compliments other systems such as Energy Management EN 16001; Environmental Management ISO 14001 and Quality Management ISO 9001 (or ISO 22000 in food companies).
For an organisation, there are three levels of commitment:
- Direct emissions and energy indirects
- Direct and indirect emissions and
- Offset direct and indirect emissions.
NSAI recommend that a company starts on the first level as this the emissions which are totally within an organisation's control. Direct emissions are those coming from boilers, chemical use, vehicles, generators and other processes under the organisation's direct control. Indirect emissions are those where the organisation does not directly control the creation of emissions but has some influence (e.g. employee commuting, business travel, electricity use, waste disposal etc.). Energy indirects (because they can amount to 50% or more of an organisation's emissions and substantially within the organisation's control) are included in level 1.
Companies are free to define their scope of certification at present but NSAI are considering publishing a national specification to use with ISO 14064-1 so that organisations within Ireland are taking a uniform approach. For instance, at present, some organisations are adopting a "cradle to gate" approach while others are taking a "gate to gate" approach.
There are many challenges with indirect emissions as some become very complex as the number of variables increase (e.g. use of consolidated international freight services, agricultural operations etc.). However, NSAI take a practical approach with the main benefit being the actions arising from assessing emissions and acknowledgement of uncertainties. One company, which is offsetting its carbon footprint buy buying carbon on the market, says that, even with buying carbon credits (at present, about €15 per tonne), they have a net financial benefit.
In 2011, I would hope that Ireland can develop their own specification for the use of ISO 14064-1 (as has been done in the UK, PAS 2050) and a mark which can be used by certified companies on packaging and company documentation. Other countries have possibly been too idealistic; Ireland needs to be practical and focussed on benefit to organisations and consumers. Carbon footprinting is a commitment to the future and to sustainability. Some may see this as though it was a new religion and the early adopters as evangelists; the truth is that we really don't have an option – it's jump or be pushed. NSAI look forward to working with individuals and organisations and their work on carbon footprinting. The payback is improved sustainability through informed choice as well as energy and environmental security in the long term.
For those that have completed their carbon footprint, there's water footprinting – but that's for another (wet?) day.
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