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Junior Chase Scott makes contact with the ball while at bat against South Alabama during Wednesday's game.- Aaron J. Stewart
The University of Southern Mississippi improved to 4-0 against SEC teams this season and also made history Wednesday night. The Eagles' game against the South Alabama Jaguars was the longest game in Southern Miss baseball history and the third longest game in C-USA history.
Southern Miss defeated the Crimson Tide 6-2 in Hoover, Alabama, at Hoover Met Stadium Tuesday in a non-conference showdown, improving their overall record to 24-16-1.
The victory over the Crimson Tide could be just the push the Golden Eagles needed to finish strong in the rest of their conference games against Marshall, Charlotte and Middle Tennessee State.
Starters Cord Cockrell for USM and Nick Eicholtz for Alabama both held their own over the first three innings, leading to a scoreless game. However, USM's offense got to Eicholtz and exploded for three runs on five hits in the fourth inning.
Chase Scott set the tone with a solo home run, scratching the first run on the board for either team, 1-0. Southern Miss hit three consecutive singles, and on the third one by Michael Sterling, Matt Durst scored from second base to give the Golden Eagles a 2-0 lead.
Alabama head coach Mitch Gaspard paid a visit to Eicholtz on the mound and decided to continue with his starter to finish the inning.
Nick Dawson showed no mercy to Alabama's struggling pitcher by drilling a double down the right field line to score Austin Roussel. Eicholtz was able to strike out Dylan Burdeaux to end the inning and strand two Golden Eagles in scoring position. But USM's three-run lead did not last long.
The Crimson Tide answered back when J.C. Wilhite cranked a two-run homer deep over the left field fence, narrowing the USM lead to only 3-2.
In the top of the fifth, back-to-back singles from Braley and Scott ended Eicholtz's night on the mound as Alabama brought in freshman Alex Watkins to slow down the fiery Southern Miss offense. The young pitcher was able to force a couple groundouts, but Matt Durst's groundout scored Braley from third base and added more cushion to USM 's lead, 4-2.
With two outs and a runner at first base in the sixth, Watkins was relieved by designated hitter J.C. Wilhite on the mound. Wilhite's first batter of the night was Burdeaux, who drilled a two-run home run to left field, lifting USM to a 6-2 lead over the Crimson Tide.
Cockrell was relieved in the seventh inning by Luke Lowery on the mound for the Golden Eagles. Cockrell threw six strong innings for USM, only giving up six hits and two runs with three strikeouts.
Rain forced the umpires to call for a rain delay at first, but ultimately the ballgame was officially called as Southern Miss defeated Alabama 6-2 in a rain-shortened game. Chase Scott led the USM offense and went 3-for-4 with a home run.
The Golden Eagles are now 4-0 this season against teams from the Southeastern Conference, which is regarded as one of the best conferences in the country.
USM hosted the South Alabama Jaguars (29-16) Wednesday evening, which turned into the longest game either team has played this season. The Eagles won 7-6 in 17 innings, improving their overall record to 25-16-1.
Barron wasted no time getting the USM offense going, smacking a solo home run over the right field fence on the first pitch he saw from Cameron Cochran. It was Barron's seventh home run of the season.
In the top of the third inning, USM starter Cody Livingston was replaced on the mound by junior Connor O'Brien. Ryan Raspino led off with a hard ground ball that just missed the glove of third baseman Taylor Braley for a single. Cole Billingsley hit a chopper over USM's first baseman Tim Lynch, to put both runners in scoring position with no outs.
Southern Miss coach Scott Berry visited O'Brien on the mound and chose to keep him in the game. Bud Callura battled at the plate before drilling the ball down the first base line, scoring two runs to take the lead.
After a Ben Gann RBI groundout, Adam Ballew knocked in another South Alabama run for a stand-up triple. Clay Targeant replaced O'Brien and worked out of the jam.
Braley's solo home run in the fourth inning sparked a rally that tied the game at 4-4. With the bases loaded, Chuckie Robinson singled in two runs before Barron struck out to end the inning.
Both teams were scoreless in the fifth inning, and the Golden Eagles brought in senior Christian Talley to pitch in the top of the sixth. The game quickly turned into a pitching duel as both Talley and Tageant allowed no hits in the fifth and sixth innings.
Sterling led off the seventh inning reaching first safely on a bunt. South Alabama's head coach Mark Calvi furiously argued the play, but it was not overturned. Dawson sacrifice bunted, moving Sterling into scoring position. With two outs, Burdeaux doubled to right field on the first pitch, scoring Sterling. Braley struck out to end the rally, but USM took the lead 5-4 with two more innings left to play.
A throwing error by Dawson plated two runs for the Jaguars in the eighth inning to give them the lead, 6-5. In the bottom of the eighth, Robinson drilled a ground ball through the left side of the infield, scoring Breck Kline and tying the game 6-6.
The game remained scoreless into extra innings before Roussel hit a walk-off single in the 17th inning, scoring Kline to win 7-6. The 17 innings played is the longest in Southern Miss history.
There was a scary moment in the bottom of the 14th inning. Home plate umpire Brian Clark had a foul ball off the bat of Kline hit him squarely in his mask. He was down for several minutes and the game was delayed for nearly 20 minutes.
The Golden Eagles will continue play when they host Marshall in a weekend series at Pete Taylor Park. The first game of the series is slated for 6 p.m. on Friday.
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Commute to Downtown North Vancouver
Almost all errands require a car.
Many nearby public transportation options.
Biking is convenient for most trips.
2016 Fullerton Avenue has a Walk Score of 23 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
This location is in the Lions Gate neighborhood in District of North Vancouver. Nearby parks include Capilano Park, Anderwood Park and Welch Park.
Explore how far you can travel by car, bus, bike and foot from 2016 Fullerton Avenue.
2016 Fullerton Avenue has good transit which means many nearby public transportation options. Car sharing is available from Zipcar.
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Duty of Care Risk Analysis (DoCRA) is a new standard that describes processes for evaluating information security risks and their safeguards so that the resulting analysis is easily communicated to and accepted by authorities, such as regulators and judges, and to other parties who may be harmed by those risks. Regulators expect that the burden of safeguards should be balanced against an organization's mission. Attorneys and judges similarly use balancing tests to determine whether foreseeable harm could have been prevented by safeguards that would pose a reasonable burden.
While conventional risk analysis methods have neglected to include these significant perspectives, DoCRA describes how they may be incorporated. To bridge information security risk analysis with legal and regulatory expectations, DoCRA builds on and extends the classic risk analysis calculus. The new standard also serves as the foundation for CIS RAM, the Center for Internet Security® Risk Assessment Method co-developed by HALOCK Security Labs and published earlier this year.
Midwest Cyber Security Alliance's meeting on Wednesday, September 19 discussed DoCRA and CIS RAM. The MCSA's very own Terry Kurzynski and Jennifer Rathburn provided a history lesson on how the courts decide on negligence as well as discuss:
- Why the disconnect persists between the legal system and information security community
- How current risk frameworks are failing to protect us
- How to upgrade organization's risk assessment methods to meet Duty of Care
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The BlackBerry maker, Research In Motion (RIM) has announced its plan to double its sales presence in Asia's one of the largest economy, India as it looks to gain greater market share on the country. The company is already facing a tough competition from other smartphone-makers Samsung and Nokia.
According to India's Economic Times, RIM will increase its presence in the country with the covering of 160 cities, that's double the current number that it reaches through its availability in some 4,000 retails stores – the company is also in a plan to launch new devices and the latest Operating System 10 soon.
RIM India Head Sunil Dutt said, ""In terms of expansion, we would like to strengthen our existing presence. As far as new cities are concerned we would like to double our presence this year and go to every city which has a demand for smartphones." This year, RIM is eventually setting itself to introduce number of devices running on its new BlackBerry 10 operating system – as even the company's newly appointed CEO Thorsten Heins too forges on with this plans to keep the company among the top three smartphone makers in the world.
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Question: We have decided to rip up our carpets and put down hardwood floors. It's a big investment, and we want them to last a long time. There are so many choices of colors, and even the size of the planks. Have you any suggestions? Thanks.
Answer: Over the last 15 years we have seen a big swing from wall-to-wall carpets to wood flooring. Engineered floors, floors that can be laid down without nails or glue, bamboo, cork, all the hard and soft woods, have all become familiar and accessible, and there are so many options that it is difficult to settle on one. Popular floor colors expanded as well; from basic wood tones to bleached-out shades of white and gray. I suggest you look at photographs of different floor styles on the Internet, in magazines and in books. When you have narrowed down your choices, most retailers are happy to allow you to bring home samples and live with them for a few days. See if the change complements the furniture and decor you already have, or if you want to make a more radical switch in paint colors as well.
You may notice while you are doing your research that one of the most predominant colors showing up in interior products right now is gray. This shows up in soft furnishings, cabinetry, paint colors and fabrics. Shaw Floor's color of the year for 2015 is Lady in Gray. This gray theme doesn't just hold for their wood floors, but also their porcelain tiles, their luxury vinyl and, yes, carpets too (shawfloors.com). I spoke with Emily Morrow, director of color, style and design at Shaw Floors, to see if she thought the popularity of this neutral shade was going to last. Morrow notes that gray is not a trendy color, rather it has eased its way in beginning in 2007 with high-end fashion and design. Its popularity continued to explode, building every year. This color has longevity, and Morrow predicts that it will last for five more years. Why so popular? It's practical. Grays are forgiving; they don't show every little footprint — perfect when you have kids and pets.
One of the color themes I chose for 2015 I call Industrial Neutrals. Gray plays a big role in this style, as it complements utilitarian settings. Shaw's gray is a warm gray that co-exists with cool shades of blue, such as teal and aqua, and also hot shades like coral. The tranquil bedroom shown here from Shaw Floors combines medium and pale grays with dreamy blues in a gentle blend of hues that are soothing yet fresh. From their Castlewood Collection, the 7-inch-wide planks of the White Oak veneer floor show lots of graining, with a low sheen finish that provides an attractive, distressed look.
When planning for your new wood floors, take into consideration what other materials they will butt up against. For the kitchen, gray porcelain floor tiles work well. They look good with the popular commercial appliances in stainless steel as well as the more traditional white. Then add color and texture with the backsplash areas and the counters. Wallpaper is back and provides more opportunity to boost your decorating with the gray giving you all the balance you need. Is gray the new black? Gray tells a softer story, and we are all loving it today.


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Product DescriptionA strange purple dust is killing off the population of Earth, leaving a telltale purple smudge on the foreheads of its victims! Together, Flash Gordon, Dale Arden, and Dr. Zarkov trace the plague to the planet Mongo and archfiend Ming the Merciless! There's hope for the Earth, though, when the intrepid team discovers Polarite, the antidote to the pandemic, found only in the barren, cold reaches of Frigia. This collection of Flash Gordon serials finds Buster Crabbe teamed up with a different Dale Arden, but facing the usual array of strange creatures and spellbinding thrills. It's worth noting that Mongo looks a lot like Sherwood Forest, with its natives toting bows and arrows and wearing Robin Hood outfits. These installments of the series are unusually inventive, such as the scenes when Flash and company travel to the frozen wastelands of Frigia. The encounters with the Rock People and the "walking bombs" are also rather bizarre, even by today's standards. There's even a topical note to the story line, with a madman bent on genocide; the real-life people of Earth would face just such a threat a few short years later. It's the slam-bang pace and two-fisted action of Flash Gordon's adventures that kept audiences spellbound in the '30s, though, and Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe certainly gave them their money's worth. --Jerry Renshaw
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Good stuff that looks even better when cut down to the central plot. The action does not let up. See the whole series in order.
Larry "Buster" Crabbe is charismatic and strangely beautiful as the lead in this beguiling comic book space opera from the late 30s.
For die hard fans of this series, the full length, uncut serial "FLASH GORDON CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE" is also available....more info
The character of Flash, himself, is a bit mellower maybe. In the first chapter, he's often restrained by Zarkov from impetuous action, and there's less of that this time around. And Emporer Ming while still intent on destroying the Earth seems to, when things are going his way, be much more interested in watching his favorite dancing girl perform than in anything else. Unfortunately for him, our hero Flash keeps distracting him from his fun.
Another key figure this time around is Sonja, the ice princess, and is she ever the ultimate ice princess!
Also notable is the use of Liszt's "Les Preludes" as background music. Combined with the noisy rocketships, the music adds immeasurably to the enjoyment of the action.
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HAGATNA, Guam – The U.S. Coast Guard today suspended a search for survivors of a U.S. Air Force B-52 which crashed more than 25 miles off shore July 21.
A Coast Guard search and rescue command center in Apra Harbor coordinated a massive search effort involving U.S. Coast Guard, Air Force, Navy, National Guard, Drug Enforcement Agency and Guam Fire and Police Departments.
At approximately 6:30 p.m. today (GST), the last searches for survivors were completed. However, debris recovery efforts will continue. The Coast Guard crafted search plans for more than 49 different air and surface missions and search units scoured more than 7,000 square miles — an area 35 times the size of the island of Guam.
"It's extremely difficult to suspend this search," said Capt. Thomas Sparks, the senior Coast Guard officer in Guam and the commanding officer of the Coast Guard's Sector Guam.
"We had excellent search conditions for the past three days, excellent support from our Department of Defense and Guam Territorial Government partners. Our hearts go out to the families of the victims and the entire Coast Guard grieves for their loss."
The Coast Guard cutter Assateague — a 110-foot patrol boat with a 16-person crew home ported in Apra Harbor — was on scene for the entire search, which began about 11 a.m. Monsay near the B-52's last known position, estimated to be more than 25 miles northwest of Apra Harbor.
The Assateague's crew reported favorable search conditions the entire time, with light winds out of the east at 5 to 10 knots and seas of two feet. Last night, searchers had good visibility with the moon at 86 percent illumination.
The Coast Guard devised search patterns from its command center in Apra Harbor and took into account natural factors –such as wind, sea current and on scene weather — to expand the search for survivors who may have drifted in the water.
Search crews today reported some light showers, but mostly optimal search conditions.
Crews aboard two MH-60S Knighthawks from a Navy helicopter squadron on Guam, a Navy P-3 Orion from Kadena Air Force Base in Japan and two Air Force F-15s searched the past three days. The Coast Guard cutter Kukui, a 225-foot buoy tender with a crew of 48 and home ported in Honolulu, was also deployed for the search along with two Coast Guard Sector Guam 25-foot small boats, a Guam Fire and Rescue Boat and a Guam Police Department Boat.
The Air Force reported the B-52 carried almost 19,000 gallons of JP-8 jet fuel, but there is no sign of a pollution threat.


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Cabinet Installer Insurance Michigan Policy Information
Cabinet Installer Insurance Michigan. Kitchens, bathrooms, garages, offices; cabinets are found in virtually every residential and commercial property. This built-in furniture provides vital storage space for things like dishes, cutlery, books, clothing, toiletries, medical supplies, documents, and so much more.
Because cabinets are such an important piece of furniture, as an MI cabinet installer, your services are in high demand. Though you make every attempt to ensure that everything goes as smoothly as possible with each and every job you do, you never know when the unexpected is going to arise. To protect yourself from the unexpected, you need to invest in the right type of cabinet installer insurance Michigan.
Interior carpenters perform remodeling, repair, finishing or refinishing. Interior carpentry consists of either rough or finish work. Cabinet installation is finish work involves making or installing cabinets, shelving or other built-ins.
Cabinet installer insurance Michigan protects your carpentry business from lawsuits with rates as low as $47/mo. Get a fast quote and your certificate of insurance now.
Why Is Commercial Insurance Is Important For Cabinet Installers?
As a cabinet installer, you face numerous risks on a daily basis. Every time you install a product, you put yourself in a vulnerable position, as do any crew members that assist you. Not only could injuries occur, but there's a chance that a client's property could be damaged. There's also a chance that clients or vendors could suffer an injury on your commercial property, an accident could occur with one of your work vans or trucks, or your warehouse could be damaged in a fire or an act of vandalism.
The above are just a few examples of unexpected events that could arise. The cost of paying for any damages, repairs, or medical bills that may be required can be extensive; not to mention the expense of litigation should a third party file a lawsuit against you. Having to pay these expenses out of your own pocket has the real potential to put you in financial ruin.
That's where insurance comes in; if you're properly insured with the right type of commercial coverage, instead of paying expenses that are associated with the unexpected yourself, your insurance carrier will cover the costs for you.
In other words, cabinet installer insurance Michigan can protect you from financial ruin. Not to mention the fact that you're legally required to have certain types of coverage.
What Type Of Insurance Do Cabinet Installers Need?
There are several types of cabinet installer insurance Michigan carpenters should carry; however, the exact type you'll need depends on the specifics of your operation. For example, the size of your business and where you are located will affect what coverage you need. However, there are certain types of commercial policies that all MI cabinet installers should have in place, regardless of the specifics of their business. Examples of must-have coverages include:
- Commercial General Liability - No matter where you're located, you'll should carry commercial general liability insurance. This type of coverage safeguards you from third-party injury and property damage liability claims. For instance, should a client sue you, claiming that you or a member of your team damaged their property, commercial general liability would cover litigation expenses, as well as any damages you may be required to pay.
- Commercial Property - To protect your commercial space, you'll need this type of coverage. It protects the physical structure of your warehouse, shop, or office, as well as surrounding structures and the contents inside from things like fire, theft, and vandalism. Your policy will cover the cost of any necessary repairs or replacements if your commercial space or contents are damaged.
- Workers' Compensation - If you employ a staff, you'll also have to invest in worker' compensation insurance. This coverage is designed to protect employees from work-related injuries and illnesses. For example, if a worker sustains an injury while installing cabinet at a client's location, that would be considered work-related injury and you would be responsible for paying any associated medical bills. You would also have to cover any wages the employee might lose while recovering. Workers' compensation covers these expenses for you.
- Commercial Auto - If a work van or truck is involved in an accident while delivering cabinets to a MI job site, your personal auto insurance wouldn't cover the damages. For that, you'll need business auto insurance. This policy assists with paying for any repairs that your vehicle or other vehicles involved in an accident with a commercial car, truck, or van sustain.
Michigan Cabinet Installer's Risks & Exposures
Property exposures at the cabinet installer's own location are usually limited to an office and storage of materials, equipment, and vehicles. If the cabinet installer does shop woodworking, fire can result from the flammability of wood, paints, varnishes, and wood dust. There should be adequate ventilation and a dust collection system.
Flammable varnishes and glues should be properly labeled, separated, and stored away from combustibles. Some carpenters store lumber in their yards, increasing the potential for fire loss. Three-sided storage structures are highly susceptible to wind damage.
Premises liability exposures at the cabinet installer's shop or office are generally limited due to lack of public access. Fires or fumes from woodworking and/or lumber storage operations can spread to neighboring businesses or homes. Outdoor storage may create vandalism and attractive nuisance hazards. Off-site exposures are extensive. Jobsite operations include the potential for bodily injury to the public or employees of other contractors, or damage to their property or completed work.
Tools, power cords, building materials and scrap all pose trip hazards even when not in use. The use of saws and other power or hand tools is inherently hazardous due to sharp edges and moving parts. In enclosed buildings, the buildup of dust and scraps can result in catastrophic fire and explosion. Disposal of waste materials (dust, scrap, varnishes or paints) could create environmental hazards. There may be significant subcontractor and contractual liability exposures.
Completed operations liability exposures are high if the carpenter provides the structural framework of a building due to the potential for collapse. Quality control and full compliance with all construction, material, and design specifications are necessary. Inadequate monitoring of work orders and change orders may be a concern. Poor record-keeping may necessitate payment of otherwise questionable claims. Inspection and written acceptance of the work by the owner or general contractor is critical.
Workers compensation exposures vary based on the size and nature of the job. Work with hand tools and sharp objects such as saws, chisels and nails can result in cuts, piercings, and accidental amputation. Back injuries, hernias, strains, and sprains can result from lifting. Minor injuries may be frequent even when the severity exposure is controlled. When work is done on ladders and scaffolds, there is a potential for severe injury or death from falling, being struck by falling objects, or adverse weather conditions.
The absence of good maintenance of scaffolds, proper use of basic safety equipment, such as properly installed guards, steel-toed shoes, and eye protection, and strict enforcement of safety practices may indicate a morale hazard. Employees must be carefully selected, trained and supervised. Occupational disease exposures can result from exposure to noise, dust, and chemicals, such as from pressure-treated lumber.
Inland marine exposures include accounts receivable if the cabinet installer offers credit to customers, contractors' equipment for owned or rented tools and equipment, goods in transit, installation floater, and valuable papers and records for customers' and suppliers' information. Equipment at a jobsite can be damaged by drops from heights, weather damage, or being struck by vehicles. Equipment and supplies left at jobsites are subject to theft and vandalism.
Lumber or woodwork can be damaged during transport from shifting, improper loading or inadequate tie down. Oversized loads can be damaged by collision with stationary structures or other vehicles.
Crime exposures are from employee dishonesty. Background checks, including criminal history, should be performed on all employees providing services to customers or handling money. All ordering, billing and disbursement should be handled as separate duties with reconciliations occurring regularly.
Business auto exposures are limited unless lumber and pre-made items are transported by the cabinet installer. MVRs must be run on a regular basis. Random drug and alcohol testing should be conducted. Vehicles must be well maintained with records kept in a central location. Hazards of transport include failure to secure the load properly and equipment failure, especially tie-downs and hitches. If oversized items are transported, vehicles must be clearly marked.
Cabinet Installation Insurance - The Bottom Line
To find out if you need additional types of cabinet installer insurance Michigan and how much coverage you should carry for each policy, speak with an broker that has experience with business insurance for carpenters.
Michigan Economic Data And Business Insurance Requirements
Business owners who are interested in establishing operations Michigan must have a thorough understanding of the state's economy. They should also familiarize themselves with any regulations and limits that state may have in place for commercial insurance.
Any entrepreneur who is thinking about starting a business in the Great Lake State first needs to determine if it's a feasible location for business operations. As such, it's important to have a keen understanding of pertinent details regarding the economy of Michigan, in addition to the types of insurance coverage that are mandatory for corporations that operate within the state.
Economic Trends for Businesses In Michigan
After a long period of stagnant job growth in the early part of the 21st century, MI has been experiencing a steady increase in employment gains. Between 2009 and 2018, the state has enjoyed a period of uninterrupted job growth; the longest stretch of job growth since World War II. According to economists at the University of Michigan. While there has been a slight decline in the rate of job growth, job creation continues and forecasters say will continue for the next two years, into 2021.
In 2018, an estimated 55,200 jobs were created; in 2019, it's expected that 35,800 jobs will be created, and in 2020, economists believe that there will be a total of 39,300 jobs created in Michigan. While that rate of growth is 1.9 percent slower than the job growth rate between 2011 and 2016, it is still a steady increase overall. In total, approximate 683,200 jobs will be created in MI between 2099 and 2020; almost four out of the five jobs that were lost during the early part of the 21st century will be recovered.
While the unemployment rate has steadily improved, it is still above the national average. In March of 2019, the national unemployment rate was 3.8 percent, while in the state of Michigan, it was 4.0 percent. Mid-Michigan has experienced the largest growth rate in the state, and according to forecasters, it looks like that trend will continue, moving forward. Industries that are expected to see the most growth include:
- Energy, due largely to research and development in clean energy
- Food and agriculture
- Water
- Transportation and mobility
- Healthcare industry
- Information and technology
In the state of MI, business owners are not legally required to carry liability insurance; but most entrepreneurs opt to invest in a General Liability or Business Owner's Policy (BOP). A commercial auto insurance policy is also required for any businesses that use motor vehicles to conduct any aspect of their business operations. Workers' compensation insurance is also required for any businesses with non-owner employees. While the following forms of coverage are not required, depending on the type of business you operate, they are recommended:
- Data breach insurance
- Business income insurance
- Commercial Umbrella insurance
Additional Resources For Contractors & Home Improvement Insurance
Learn about small business contractor's insurance, including what it covers, how much it costs - and how commercial insurance can help protect your contracting business from lawsuits.
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A contractor that wants to begin or stay in business, liability coverage must be obtained for the premises or operations, off-site locations and products/completed operations exposures. These coverages may be included as a part of a businessowners policy (BOP) or purchased in a commercial general liability (CGL) policy. Owners and contractors protective liability and railroad protective liability coverages may also be required in certain cases in order for a contractor to obtain a particular job.
Physical damage coverage for tools, supplies and equipment, both on and off the contractor's premises, is a concern. Liability exposures at the premises of the contractor, and at the premises of the contractor's customer, must be properly addressed along with completed operations. Business insurance is very important as is workers compensation insurance protection for employees.
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Pa. budget plan includes more for schools, safety
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Details of a $32.7 billion state budget package began emerging Tuesday, as top Republican lawmakers prepared an election-year plan they negotiated behind closed doors with Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf.
The no-new-taxes spending package could see floor votes in Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled House and Senate by week's end.
The new fiscal year begins July 1, and the state's relatively stable finances were expected to pave a smoother budget process after three years dominated by protracted partisan stalemates over how to plug stubborn deficits.
The plan increases authorized spending by about $700 million, or slightly over 2 percent above the current year's enacted budget of $32 billion.
All told, the spending increase would go primarily to public schools, prisons, social services, pensions, universities and early-childhood education programs, plus $60 million for an off-budget grant program for school safety spurred by February's high school shooting in Parkland, Florida.
See also: No injuries as Brackney Inn goes up in flames again
See also: Studies: Pa. drilling has little impact on water
In the news: Jail sergeant arrested on burglary, official misconduct, drug charges
Despite stable tax collections, House officials say they will rely on about $800 million in one-time cash sources – including money from a forthcoming settlement to litigation with tobacco companies – to cover Medicaid costs off-budget. Lawmakers also say they are counting on $100 million from licenses to conduct the newly legalized sports betting that they hope the state's casino owners will buy at $10 million a pop.
Wolf, who is seeking a second term in November's election, appeared to get most of what he had requested in his February proposal, including more money to expand high-demand computer and industrial skills training in high schools and colleges.
In a statement, Wolf called it a "responsible and bipartisan" plan.
"We have worked cooperatively over the past few months to find common ground and room for compromise," Wolf said. "This budget makes smart investments in education, safety and human services and continues the progress we've made to restore fiscal stability to the commonwealth's finances."
Republicans, however, rejected Wolf's overtures for a fourth straight year for a severance tax on Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling, after the legislation stalled in the House late last year amid a flurry of amendments from opponents. Republicans also rejected Wolf's request for municipalities to start paying a $25 per-person fee for the free state police coverage they receive, a total of $63 million a year.
House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-Indiana, said officials were still deciding how school safety dollars would be distributed to schools and what districts could use it for. Those options could include things like metal detectors, school resource officers or improving entranceway security, Reed said. The legislation is expected to be in the hundreds of pages of budget-related legislation being prepared for passage in the coming days.
"We want to give schools the flexibility on the best way to spend those dollars, but we do anticipate that being part of the movement over the next week or so," Reed said.
Pennsylvania state government entered the final weeks of its fiscal year with stable tax collections, aided by December's federal tax overhaul law, a year after budget makers filled a $2.2 billion deficit, largely by borrowing.
The state faces rising borrowing costs in the coming years after borrowing to fund school construction projects and to backfill last year's deficit.


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Get 5 games / pay as much as you want / support charity … sounds good? It actually is!
The Humble Indie Bundle offers 5 great indie games and you can name the price. Get it at: http://www.humblebundle.com/
A special bonus is the Machinarium soundtrack which is a great Ambient album.


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Finding inspiration
In the midst of objection
Channels affection to the meaningless
And attention to the profitless
The feelings that envelope
The optimism that elopes
Succumb to the fear of annihilation
And the distress of renunciation
The silence of withdrawal
Reaches out to the voice of laxity
The utterance of affinity
Fetches an audience of insensitivity
The leaf that floats on the river of desolation
Hitches on the rock of expectation
Exalting its feet of abjection
Magnifying its air of inclination.
Well, this is my first ever poem I'm writing after I had inspiration from Jess, Obed and Josephine. I never thought of writing a poem in the first place.I think it's an effort, I tried! I'm hoping my next poems would be better than this one.
Eliezer Bernard Owusu Ntim
Photocredit: GoogleImages


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Last Updated on 18.7.16 by Gorvins
Rowan Uren, a trainee solicitor at leading Stockport law firm Gorvins, has received this year's inaugural Johnston Baker Ellis Award at the Stockport Law Society's annual dinner.
Rowan, 27, from Rochdale, joined Gorvins as a paralegal in November 2010, before moving to a training contract in June last year and is due to qualify and become Associate Solicitor on 16th December. Rowan has supported the Personal Injury, Commercial Property and Corporate Commercial teams during his training and now sits firmly within the Corporate Commercial department.
The Johnston Baker Ellis Award is a long-standing prize given to a trainee or newly- qualified solicitor in the Stockport area who has exceeded expectations during their training contract.
Gorvins nominated Rowan for the award because of his passion for law, his exceptional hard work and dedication to the firm.
Lorraine Lockie, Managing Partner at Gorvins, said: "Rowan works tirelessly for the firm, his colleagues and the local community. "His attitude is outstanding and he approaches every case with a professional, no nonsense manner, so much so that every department recognises his exceptional ability to perform.
"In his spare time Rowan is a keen supporter of charity work. Recent achievements include running ten 10k runs in 20 days to raise funds for MedEquip4Kids. We are proud to have Rowan in our team and its been a pleasure to watch him develop."
Rowan said: "It is a great honour to win this award and a privilege to work for such a forward thinking and supportive firm. I love my job and cannot wait to become Associate for Gorvins on 16th Dec"


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Friends, it's been nine whole days since I last posted. What's interesting here is not that I've been swept up in the process of writing a memoir, no, what's interesting is that despite how much you mean to me, despite the fact that none of my writing would mean a damn thing if it weren't for you here reading it,
I've been out of touch, and worse,
I've let us both down. Again.
For about three months now I've had this feeling that all the meaningful writing I do should be for the book. I'd explain it as: the blog and the book both need food, and I'm only serving the best of it to the book, thinking of the book somehow as more important, more deserving.
The truth of it is, both need care, both need nurturing and all manner of delicious. I can't give to one and not the other, when both exist because of writing, and both exist because of your reading.
I've written an apology like this before, with a promise to be better at checking in more often, but I haven't kept it. This time, I mean to.
From now on, you and I won't go more than 48 hours without communicating. When I started this thing, I posted three times per day. 2010 was mayhem of the mind. I knew then, that building any connection with others grew from frequent, consistent communication. Over the years, I've lessened the frequency, the rigidity, but not the passion for what I do here. In the blogworld, there exists a debate between quality and quantity, even though the two aren't mutually exclusive. Quality of posts being how good, how meaningful each blog post is. Quantity of posts being how many blog posts there are in a day, in a week, in a month. As a blogger, of course we aim for quality. It is the content, after all, that matters.
Bloggers vary in what they perceive quality to be, and how often they can produce quality work. However, knowing that readers prefer regularity of posting, or being reliable in terms of what you produce and when, some find that quantity is slightly more important than quality. They know that content, perhaps of any kind, is better than stagnation. A post is better than no post.
Other bloggers are against this. They do not post just for the sake of posting.
I fall somewhere in between these two camps. At first thought, it may seem obvious that putting out posts just for the sake of having more on your blog is distasteful, a bit insincere. Readers want bloggers who care, bloggers who respect them enough to not simply consider their readership as pageviews.
This is true. However, and this is important,
bloggers who post frequently, who check in consistently- sometimes with long ones, sometimes with simple, 'oh hey!' ones- they're extremely caring,
they just care in an outwardly different looking way. I'd explain my appreciation for frequent posters in terms of friendship. In the following example, you are the blogger and your friends are the readers.
Friendship, like blogging, is about interacting. Sometimes it's about meaningful heart to heart experiences, sometimes it's about quirky, spontaneous ones, and sometimes it's about nothing more than being around. If you only contacted your friends when you had something meaningful, something important, to tell them (as in a quality crafted blog post), your relationship wouldn't be as dynamic. You wouldn't talk as often, and maybe, you wouldn't get to know the intricacies of each other.
We all know that as friends, the best ones are serious and funny and odd. They call you just to tell you that they saw a sign on the highway and it reminded them of you. They check in frequently, on Mondays and Wednesdays, and Thursday afternoons, just to tell you how badly they want a cupcake, how seriously they hate their boss, how much they love you, how often they're tempted by the daily deals on CheapCaribbean.com.
As friends, we feel good knowing that we're included in the daily lives of the ones we love, no matter how mundane. We matter in small times and big ones.
This is how I think a blog and reader relationship should work.
Because truly,
honest to my sweet pug's delicate lady ears,
I think about you all the time.
At least ten times a day. I'll find myself grocery shopping, in aisle six with my paws on a new product, and think that you might have tried it. I wonder if you liked it. I'll find myself on a walk, thinking about how much I hate when people walking in front of me stop in the middle of the sidewalk and don't move to the side in consideration of others behind them. I'll wonder if you hate that too. I'll find myself reading an article about a celebrity on a diet, and I'll want to tell you what I think of it. I'll wonder what you think, too. I'll cook a meal that costs very little calorically yet tastes like a million bucks, and I'll want to take a picture of it just to show you. I'll want you to taste it off of my fork, even though that's a little more intimate than we're used to. I'll find myself depressed, and I'll want to talk it through, with you. I'll be shocked beyond shocked when 273 of you can relate.
I want to love what I'm sharing with you, want to feel like each post means something to me and to you, but I also just want to be in touch. So I'm figuring out a way to be the writer, the blogger, that you come here to read while also being the friend I want to be.
And what I'm really saying is,
I'm sorry for being an inconsistent friend, a sporadic blogger and
I'm sorry for thinking the book mattered more, because we both know it doesn't, and
I'm sorry for thinking you wouldn't be satisfied with just anything I'd think to share. Because maybe you would. And in that case, maybe I wouldn't overwhelm myself so much, so often.
I'm here again. Fingers crossed, for good.
**Note:The photos in this post are random ones I take with my phone on a daily basis. Though nearly incoherent and unintelligible, I'll be honest in telling you that they're fairly representative of me. They make even less sense than the outfit I'm wearing right now. I'm sorry and you're welcome.


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Environmental Protection
Alberta's parks preserve landscapes, biodiversity, natural features, cultural history and outdoor experiences that represent our province. The Eagle Point – Blue Rapids Provincial Park/Recreation Area system have been legally designated under the Alberta Parks Act. The legislation that each park is established under defines its classification and provides direction for its management.
The Eagle Point – Blue Rapids Parks Council link to About section is a grassroots non‐profit organization comprised of local recreational member organizations, landowners, government, and industry representatives who are responsible for the planning, funding, and management of the Eagle Point Provincial Park and the Blue Rapids Provincial Recreational Area in partnership with Alberta Parks under a joint management plan. We bring a local community perspective and effort to bring enhanced management, funding and attention to these special places. Environmental protection is our joint priority.
Special management attention is focused on the numerous industrial activities that exist in the Eagle Point – Blue Rapids system.
The Eagle Point – Blue Rapids Parks Council has developed a Reclamation Strategy to guide reclamation of industrial sites and has undertaken several important restoration and reclamation projects. Read the summary Reclamation Summary.
In order to manage the two parks in an environmentally sustainable manner, the Eagle Point – Blue Rapids Parks Council has conducted many biophysical surveys resulting in a bird list, water bird and bird habitat guides, lists of mammals, fish, plants and vegetation classification and summary as well as a vegetation guide, reptiles and amphibians, and significant natural features.


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Photographer's Note
Here I am trying another return after an absence of almost one year... I will try to stay and fight my lazyness because I really miss the good times I had in this site, the people I knew here, the critics and everything else that helped me a lot regaining the joy of photography and made me evolve both technically and aesthetically.
This one was taken last month at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Meritxell (Mare de Déu de Meritxell in Catalan), the sanctuary of the patron saint of Andorra. The original church was built in the Middle Ages (12th century?) and was rebuilt in the 16th century, but it was destroyed by a fire in 1972. The actual building was designed by by the Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill and inaugurated in 1976.
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Tue (94840) 2015-09-22 8:01
Hello Jose,
So good to see you back. I must say I haven't been as active all the time as I wanted to be since my own return last year, so I understand what you say. Lovely view down the road with the large arches looking impresive. I wonder what the lonely hooded figure is doing over there.
danos (110407) 2015-09-22 8:05
Hello Jose,
welcome back after your long-term absence with this superb scenery from Andorra.Good side view of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Meritxell with the arches to lead-in the eyes to the foggy mountain on the backdrop creating depth and perspective in the scene.The man adds scale in the scene.
PS unfortunately there is not interest for the side with the most of the good photographers to go away.
gervaso (28987) 2015-09-22 8:46
Olá, José!
Eu também tenho sido assim, às vezes fico ausente da página mas acabo voltando! Mas acho que é um vício muito bom! Muito interessante a arquitetura desse lugar, com os arcos dando um efeito muito bonito à imagem, e fotografados com muito boa perspectiva! A pessoa serve como uma excelente escala à foto! Belo trabalho!
dta (98848) 2015-09-22 8:49
Ola Jose ,
Fine to see you back on TE !
Excellent presentation of the place . Modern , but using the traditional stones that we can see in old buldings in Andorra . The result is quite interesting .
jean113 (28843) 2015-09-22 8:50
Hello Jose, good to see you back.
An interesting building with these fine arches.The church has had a fascinating history.
Good depth of field.
I really like the composition and the variety of textures.
Regards Jean.
Nicou (193814) 2015-09-23 1:06
le personnage donne bien la taille et l'échelle quelle vue quel arche tout fin et ce blanc qui renforce la forme le rendu sur la maison la perspective splendide vue.
Bravo et amitié
Silvio1953 (224503) 2015-09-23 9:33
Ciao Jose, great view of original architecture with beautiful arches, fine details, good perspective, wonderful colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio
ikeharel (115915) 2015-09-23 11:01
Bom tarde Jose,
Chosen a wonderful perspective, the high arches gave a grand gateway looking down the trough onto the sherer cliff of the mountain far ahead.
Local stones built edifice shown in fine clarity and texture.
My best regards,
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- Copyright: Jose Pires (stego) (24132)
- Genre: Places
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2015-08-18
- Categories: Architecture
- Camera: Olympus E-300
- Exposure: f/6.3, 1/160 seconds
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- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2015-09-22 7:42


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In today's ultra-politically correct climate, there's etiquette – or certain expected behaviors – for nearly every situation under the sun. Sure, golf etiquette has been around for hundreds of years now, but there's also internet dating etiquette (stop with the shirtless selfies in the dirty mirror, bro), office etiquette (no microwaving leftover fish in the break room), hell even Southwest Airline's obnoxious boarding "system" has its own etiquette (Don't board with Group A when your ticket clearly says Group C – you'd be surprised how many adults have a hard time following that one).
Drones too have a system of unwritten rules that governs their use among us responsible, conscientious adults that don't want to disturb others with our newfangled hobby. Until some of the legal grey areas surrounding drone usage are cleared up, it's best that we drone pilots do our best to fly under the radar for the time being.
So with that being said, here are 7 Deadly Sins to avoid when you fly the friendly skies this summer:
Throttle Abuse Is Serious Business: One of the easiest mistakes to make when unboxing a new drone is to take it directly outside for its first flight and try and see what heights one can reach by aggressively mashing the throttle up. This activity in most cases will result in a crashed, lost, or otherwise destroyed drone. Your best bet is to give yourself about a month or two of flight training in a controlled, indoor setting to get the hang of the controls prior to taking it outside. Being that I travel for work, I've found empty hotel conference rooms are fantastic practice areas for drones, and the staff usually won't mind you buzzing around these rooms if you give them a chance with the controls. Once you've mastered indoor maneuverability, then you are ready to deal with such variables as wind speed, weather, birds and whatever else Mother Nature can throw at your flying robot.
One Battery To Rule Them All: Most drones are powered by small, inexpensive and easily interchangeable Li-Po batteries. One will typically keep your drone in the air for anything from 15-30 minutes, and that time is usually cut in half when the camera is operating. Having two or three fully-charged spare batteries for immediate swap out when the first one dies lets you extend that flight session beyond the "man, that felt like five minutes" realm.
Flying Where Everybody Knows Your Name: While it may seem like a great idea to send your drone up over the neighborhood to get some sweet aerial shots to share with the neighbors, most neighborhoods in the United States are filled with two things that drones need to avoid in order to stay operational: roofs and trees. I can't tell you how many times friends of mine have purchased cheap hobbyist-level drones like the Hubsan X4 and in the first few flights have deposited their purchase up a massive pine tree or on a neighbor's roof. Do you really want to have to bang on Bob's door and beg him to let you on his roof to find your drone? Didn't think so. Most of the time, it's best to fly in areas that offer ample space and not much in the way of trees or houses, like public parks or open fields.
Wind Matters: On certain days when wind speeds reach into the double digits, it's often best to exercise caution and wait until a more tranquil day for your next flight. There's video after video on YouTube of some of the most powerful and expensive drones being swept away by prevailing wind gusts after flying too high and losing connection with the controller, and even that "fail-safe" GPS-enabled Return To Home feature will struggle and oftentimes fail when flying into a strong headwind. Trust me, just wait a couple days until the wind dies down. You'll thank us when you still have your drone and haven't lost it or had to wade into a disgusting drainage ditch to save it like this guy:
Tablet/Mobile Phone Control: Call me old-fashioned, but for this author nothing duplicates the feel and responsiveness of a separate dedicated flight controller. Many drones now, however, are coming out with mobile apps for iPads and Android phones that are meant to replace the flight controller. Some are even doing away with flight controllers all together and only making controls for their drones available via these apps. Now, if you've never tried to fly with one of these apps, allow me to give some advice that will save you some trouble (and $): stick with the traditional two joystick flight controller until you feel EXTREMELY confident with the mobile app controls. They take a lot of time to get used to, and if your phone or tablet tends to be buggy and freeze or lag, you're better off saving the phone for Tinder convos and sticking with the old-school controller.
Airfield Awareness: FAA has really stepped up in recent months with its more accommodating approach to drone usage by civilians. However, one aspect that FAA surely does not play around with is operating near active airports. Regulations clearly state that it is illegal to operate within a five-mile radius of any active airport or runway, and that's not just major airports it includes small regional and local airfields as well. Until the drone companies create software that disables their products from leaving the ground when within the five-mile zone (similar to the update DJI pushed out to all its drones after the Phantom crash landing on the White House lawn, disabling them in the metro-Washington D.C. area), it is incumbent upon drone pilots to be aware of their surroundings and any nearby aviation operations that they could affect by flying. For this I recommend iPhone users pony up $1.99 and purchase the RCFlyMaps app. The app uses the phone's GPS to show no-fly zones, as well as locations vetted by the Academy of Model Aeronautics as safe places to take off.
This Isn't A Casino: Above all else, over these last 8 months that I've become a wannabe drone pilot, I've learned that simple common sense can save most situations from becoming untenable disasters. There is just no reason to be taking unnecessary risks with an expensive piece of equipment that can cause great harm to others when used in the wrong manner. Being responsible and not subjecting others to risk of injury or damage to personal property are two of the absolute best pieces of advice I can give any novice drone pilot. Just as my old man always taught me to think before I speak, I implore you to just use some of that God-given common sense and think before you launch.
And now I'll stop preaching. Happy flying all.


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Get the Look: Holiday Beauty Trends
Are you dying to know how make-up artist, Jen Navaro, pulled off that luxurious oxblood lip in Verily's November/December 2013 issue? Or what about that shimmering emerald eye for a holiday party look?
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then we want to make it easy for you! Here is a step-by-step guide on how to recreate two of our favorite looks from our November/December 2013 Holiday Soirée spread.
Add polish to your holiday party outfit with a simple, dramatic pout.
Find your Shade:
Oxblood, wine, and burgundy are all used to describe the moody hue that was styled for this shoot. To find the perfect match, remember that the undertones in the lipstick complement those in our skin—whether cool, warm, or neutral. Cool complexions have a yellow tone, warm has a pink tone, and neutral has a balance of yellow and pink.
On the lips:
With any strong lip color, use a liner to plot the lip line, and ensure it is a close match to the tone of the lipstick. There are a few options for different skin tones, including MAC Lip Liner in Nightmoth for deeper complexions, and Chanel Precision Lip Definer in Amarante for fair and medium complexions. Jen used Make Up For Ever Aqua Lip Liner in 9C with Make Up For Ever Rouge Artist Intense Lipstick in 48 on our model.
After lining the lips, apply the lipstick starting from the center of each lip and working outward. Alternative lipsticks to try are MAC Sheen Supreme Lipstick in Good To Be Bad, which is more sheer, or Wet 'N Wild Megalast Lip Color in Cherry Bomb. If the color isn't looking warm enough, more adventurous ladies may like to try mixing a bright orange lip liner into the deep tone for the full effect, like Make Up For Ever Aqua Lip in 17C.
For any smudges around the lip line, clean up with a makeup remover swab or with concealer on a small brush.
Bonus Tips:
Cheek: Clean, natural skin complements and draws attention to a strong lip. Instead of blush on the apples of the cheeks, Jen contoured our model's cheekbones, which added warmth and definition.
There are a few different contour powders on the market, like this universal shade MAC blush in Harmony, Make Up For Ever Sculpting Kit, or Physicians Formula all-in-one powder. An easy way to apply is to make a fish face, and blend the contour shade into the line under the cheekbone, along the temples and hairline.
Eyes: Eyes and eyebrows need minimal grooming—just a swipe of black mascara and brushed-through brows.
This look is all about the eyes. Jewel tones like sapphire, garnet, emerald, and amethyst intensify the hues of any eye color, so your eyes will look even more vivid than before.
Prep Your Eye:
Make sure to prep your eyelid with a shadow primer so the color has something to stick to—which means it won't fade or crease even into the wee hours.
Apply The Shadow:
Apply the color over the lid, not exceeding the crease where the socket meets the brow bone. With a clean shadow brush, blend the outer edges of the shadow into the bare skin, which buffs away any sharp lines. Jen used Make Up For Ever Diamond Shadow in 310, but other options include Boots No7 Eyeshadow Quad in Green Glades, Maybelline Eye Studio Plush Shadow Quad in Gutsy Green, and L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow in Golden Emerald.
Apply an emerald eyeliner as close to the lashes as possible for added intensity. Repeat on the lower lash line. Dip a smudge brush in the shadow and blend it into the liner to soften it. Finish with your favorite mascara.
Bonus Tips:
Cheek: With the emphasis on the eyes, keep unnecessary color and shimmer off the cheeks. If you need to add a little warmth back into your complexion, opt for a matte bronzer applied softly to the bottoms of your cheek bones, blending outward.
Lips: Our model is wearing NARS Satin Lip Pencil in Floralies with Armour Beauty lip gloss in Stardust over it. If you have a fairer complexion, you may want to try e.l.f Jumbo Lip Gloss Stick in In The Nude paired with BareMinerals Marvelous Moxie lip gloss in Super Power. If you have a deeper complexion, try Giorgio Armani Rouge Ecstacy lipstick in Cashmere topped off by Bobbi Brown lip gloss in Honey.
Have a photo of yourself trying one of these makeup looks? Post it to Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #verilyholidaybeauty. We would love to see how you interpret these!
Photography by Will Hughes Haddad. Makeup by Jen Navaro.


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The following information pertains to students applying for admission to all graduate programs.
Students (domestic and international) are admitted three times a year. Application deadlines are:
- March 15 for Summer term (Graduate Certificate in School Librarianship only)
- May 15 for the Fall semester
- October 15 for the Spring semester
All students must apply through and be admitted by the Graduate School. All application materials must be received by the application deadlines. In addition to materials required by the Graduate School, the following materials are required for all students applying to SLIS:
- A resume that includes all undergraduate and graduate education (regardless of whether
a degree was earned), continuing education, and relevant employment and volunteer
- A Statement of Purpose of at least 1000 words that answers these three questions:
- Why do you want to earn the degree?
- What are your career goals and objective?
- How will the degree help you to achieve these goals?
The Graduate School's criteria for unconditional and probationary admission are shown below.
Unconditional Admission:
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
- A grade-point average of at least 3.0 ("A"= 4.0) on all undergraduate work (or in the final 64 credit hours) and 3.0 on any graduate-level work. Only the graduate GPA will be considered for those who have earned a graduate degree. (SLIS will request a waiver of the Graduate School's GRE requirement for students who are admitted unconditionally.)
Probationary Admission:
- A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- A grade-point average of at least 2.75 ("A"= 4.0) on the final 64 hours (half degree
requirement) of undergraduate work and 3.0 on any graduate-level work previously taken.
Applicants with a GPA of less than 2.75 for the final 64 hours of undergraduate work
must have completed a minimum of nine hours of graduate work with at least a 3.33
GPA for those courses in order to be considered for admission.
- Official GRE scores (Verbal, Quantitative and Analytical Writing) no more than five
years old of at least 300 composite and 3.5 writing. Other standardized graduate admissions
exams will be considered (GMAT, MAT, LSAT, etc.)
In your Statement of Purpose you must also address the reasons for your lack of achievement as an undergraduate and the reasons you believe you would succeed in the program.
For information on the application process, application fees and deadlines, and application processes for international students, see the Graduate School website.


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Production Processes
1. Pile up the wood dust
The most important component of mushroom growing bag is wood dust. Generally, the regular wood dust comes from Taiwan broad-leaved trunks, such as Taiwan acacia, Quercusacuta...etc. The wood dust must be stored outdoor, turned over, piled up, water and exposed under the sunshine. It will take a month to ferment before the wood dust turning into a useful mushroom growing bag component.
2. Mixing components
The next step is to mix fermented wood dust which combines assisting materials such as rice bran, wheat bran and calcium. Wood dust plays the role of fundamental environment while rice bran, wheat bran provides the nutrition for growing. We also need to use calcium to adjust the pH level to create a suitable growing environment for mushroom. After all is done, add in adequate water before we start mixing all the components.
3. Pressed Packing
After mixing all the components thoroughly, the vibrating filter will screen out the bigger wood dust, sharper and harder material. Doing this can avoid the plastic bag been pierced and cause the fungus pollution increasing. We then convey the wood dust through production line to the semi-auto pressed packing machine. This machine can help us to push the wood dust into the plastic bag. Once the bag is full of wood dust, the workers will place a plastic ring as a propagating door. We then have to use cotton to stop the ring for keeping the air and reducing the fungus pollution. The semi-auto pressed packing machine can produce 30 packs per minute. The maximum productivity is 24,000 packs per day in RICHYEAR FARM.
4. High temperature Sterilized
The new filled in mushroom growing bag can not proceed for propagation immediately, because there are still numbers of microorganism and impure fungus will affect the mushroom growth. The microorganism and impure fungus can be eliminated completely by high temperature. The way we are using to sterilize in farm is steaming it up to 98C under high temperature and pressure for 9 hours in a row.
5. Cooling off
After the process of high temperature sterilization, the mushroom growing bag became very hot. It's not suitable to grow the fungus. That's why we need to place it for a while. We wait to propagate until the temperate cool down to about 25~30°C.
6. Manually propagation
After mushroom growing bag is cool down, we can propagate the spwan in the dust - free room. First of all, we take out the cotton; transfer the smashed original fungus strains into the mushroom growing bag. Once it's done make sure we put the cotton back to the bag. The propagation need to be done in dust and bacterial free environment in order to ensure the quality.
7. Growing room
While waiting for the fungus grow we need to place the mushroom growing bag for a while. Once the hyphae are mature, we have to move the mushroom growing bag into the growing room in order to cultivate the mushrooms. The cultivation requires in an adequate environment such as temperature, humidity and sunshine.


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In another case, an accountant could leave a folder with their customer's 2018 tax return in a coffee shop after grabbing their pumpkin spice latte. Another person walks in grabs their Americano and sits down in the same spot. They see the folder and get curious. This time the person isn't bad, they just happen to come across the information. But none the less still a breach.
To go all the way to the "disaster girl" end of the spectrum, an intruder could have access to every computer and device a business owns for years without being discovered (… and then burns it to the ground?)
After looking at all those examples … when a breach occurs, does this mean every customer at the organization has now had their information stolen? No, not necessarily.
A breach in its most basic form, is when a person gets around a layer of security. In terms of a castle, this could be just crossing the mote. The intruder doesn't have to get all the way in to be considered a breach, just one layer.
In other words, a breach can be boiled down to a person getting somewhere or something they were not intended to.
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North Korea has launched 16 nuclear missiles this year. Despite President Trump's promise to find a solution to tensions between the US and North Korea, no progress has been made. The threat of nuclear weapons now seems more real than ever.
Amidst the tensions, some countries are pushing for a treaty that would completely ban nuclear weapons. Talks are currently underway at U.N. Headquarters in New York.
But there are some very noticeable absences at the negotiating table.
From Sydney, Jake Atienza explores why Australia has boycotted the treaty talks.
It's a sunny winter morning. A crowd - mostly women - is standing in a broken circle outside the office of Australia's Defence Minister, Marise Payne.
They hold a large red banner with a clear message: "Ban Nuclear Weapons."
The crowd listens intently as Aboriginal elder Rosemary Lester describes how the horrors of nuclear weapons impacted her family.
"My dad lost one eye instantly when the fallout hit. And then five years later went permanently blind," Lester revealed.
In the 1950s, Australia and Britain secretly carried out nuclear weapons tests at desert sites, Maralinga and Emu Field. Nuclear bombs were detonated, and as the military measured their power, Aboriginal people living nearby suffered the monstrous effects.
"Scientists got the wind variations wrong. When they detonated on that morning, the wind tunnel blew the fallout a 100 km across the desert and [it] hit the homeland on mid-morning."
Many were forced to leave their homes, suffered illness, and some died from the impacts.
It's the reason why Rosemary and her father, Yami have dedicated their lives to fighting against nuclear weapons.
Now, as the United Nations leads treaty negotiations for a ban on nuclear weapons, Rosemary and other anti-nuclear activists are out in force.
"Nuclear weapons threaten us every day whether they're used or not, just by existing," Gemma Romuld, from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, or ICAN stated.
"There are about 15,000 nuclear weapons that still exist in the world held between 9 countries. 95% of those are between the US and Russia and nuclear war has suddenly hit mainstream consciousness again with the election of Donald Trump. It feels more possible and it just increases the urgency with which we have to get rid of nuclear weapons."
If successful, the United Nations treaty would stop production and testing of nuclear weapons. It also promises to assist people affected by nuclear weapons.
120 countries are participating in treaty negotiations. But almost 40 countries – including Australia- are boycotting the talks.
In fact, all the countries that hold nuclear weapons are refusing to be part of the talks.
They argue that with tensions mounting between North Korea and the US, a ban is unattainable and naive.
But Rosemary Lester says it's about money.
"Well, I think it says that the government has some financial interest in the nuclear industry and that they are all part of the system," she speculated.
Australia is one of the world's largest exporters of uranium, which the government values at almost 10 million Australian dollars per year.
That uranium should only be used to generate power, not to make nuclear weapons.
But the fact remains that Australia exports most of its uranium to nuclear armed states including India, the US, France and South Korea.
Physician, author and anti-nuclear activist, Dr Helen Caldicott says Australia decided to opt out of the treaty negotiations because nuclear weapons are strategically important to the country's foreign policy.
"In fact, Pine Gap, in the middle of Australia near Alice Springs, will orchestrate the nuclear war."
Pine Gap, located in the central Australian desert, is an Australian intelligence centre jointly operated by the US, collects data for the US government.
Dr. Caldicott says the operations at Pine Gap underline Australia's close relationship, even dependency on the US.
"Unless America decides to do something about the nuclear arms race, nothing will happen," Caldicott stated.
Most countries in South East Asia and the South Pacific support a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
Flying in the face of regional trends, Australia is aligning itself with states that favour nuclear armament.
Greens Party Senator Lee Rhiannon says the Australian Government is making a grave mistake.
"You should be putting your hand out to your neighbours working with them to increase peaceful relations," she stated.
"There are differences between nations but we should always be working to negotiate with them in a peaceful way not to ramp up the threats to other countries in the area."
Treaty negotiations will continue until July 7 at UN Headquarters in New York.


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Message to a Racist
(originally published at OpEdNews)
OK, let's get real. There are several reasons why it's so easy to talk people into opposing something that could be for their own good. In the case of health care reform, the biggest reason is racism. And this time around it's a twofer.
First, you oppose health care because it's being proposed by an American racist's worse nightmare, a Black president. That's right, Barack Obama has saved you from having to blame the potential beneficiaries of health care reform.
When others like President Clinton have proposed reform, you had to be a bit more open. To paraphrase something I heard with my own ears, "I don't want to pay for health care for Leroy or José."
Take note, Sparky. How many dead bodies have you had to drive over or step over today? None, you say. If you'd like, I can explain that to you.
We've not yet gotten to the point of outright denying health care to people just because they can't pay for it. Poor people with black skin, brown skin and, yes, even white skin ultimately receive medical treatment. Granted, they get it by going to hospital emergency rooms and they get it when their condition is so bad that the care they need winds up costing more than it would have cost if they had insurance or the wherewithal to go to a doctor earlier.
No we haven't yet begun to just let people die out on the street. I'm thinking you actually know who pays for the care of those poor people who have no insurance and end up going to hospital emergency rooms. In case you don't, I'll tell you who pays. I do and so do you. So, want to or not, you're paying for Leroy and José and even some White guy named, let's say, Bubba.
If that's not enough to get you to stop shooting yourself in the foot, consider this.
I'm assuming that you have health care insurance. I think this because, if nothing else, you're selfish. You may have to hold your nose, but, if you didn't have health care insurance and there was a way for you to get it, even if it's on someone else's dime, you'd be for it.
You pay premiums no doubt. Do you know all of the people in your health insurance network? Are you one of those manly men or manly women who never get sick? It's just that you wouldn't be crazy enough to be without health insurance because you know that you just might need medical care one day. Besides, your employer still kicks in a little something, for now.
I'm going out on a limb here, but I suppose that you're not a big believer in mental health treatment. I'm going to assume that you don't believe that mental illness is caused by anything biological or physiological. You probably think that people who claim to have or who have been diagnosed with depression, panic/anxiety disorder or obsessive/compulsive disorder are pussies and are just hiding behind those phony words.
Here's a shocker for you. Not all Leroys, Josés or even Bubbas are lazy bums who don't have jobs. Some work and some are even in your health insurance network. It gets better.
The fact that you don't think that mental illness is a biologically based disease doesn't prevent mental illness from actually being a biologically based disease. Your insurance company knows this and covers mental illness treatment. It covers it for a person whose name is John, Bubba, Leroy or José. That's right, my racist fellow American, you may be paying for someone you disdain because of how he looks to receive treatment for an illness you don't "believe in". Furthermore, instead of paying for it with a small tax donation, you're doing it with your outrageous insurance premium.
This is fun, you know? And I'm not even finished yet.
I haven't checked, but I would be willing to bet that not one CEO of a major health insurance company is Black or Hispanic. However, I worked for a Fortune 500 global corporation and, even though I'm not proud of that fact, I was able to watch as that corporation was promoting people with dark skin to major positions. In spite of what you believe, once they get there, they are legitimately there, just as our president is legitimately our president.
So, Mr. White, you could be paying for dark skinned people to receive emergency room treatment with your taxes, dark skinned people to receive treatment that you don't even believe is needed with your premiums and possibly a $1, $2 or $3 million dollar or more salary for a dark skinned executive who works for your private sector insurance company.
Hold on, I have one more.
If you are beating yourself up by turning your back on the chance to maintain health insurance whether you keep or lose your job, I'm going to posit that you supported your president when he invaded Iraq. You no doubt had a love/hate relationship with 9/11. Even you, like the rest of us, were angered and, dare I say, saddened by what happened on 9/11. However, you might have liked it just a little bit because it gave you the opportunity to use the pejorative "towel head". 9/11 even helped you learn a new one, "haji".
You don't want your tax dollars paying for health care for Leroy or José, but you don't mind paying for bombs, at least you didn't mind and I'm betting, even if you turned on Iraq, your support was good to the last drop. After all, it enabled you to call people like me traitors and unpatriotic. You just love calling people names, don't you? I used to do it, too, when I was in first grade. Well, I admit, referring to you as a racist is a bit cathartic for me, but I only do it because you are one.
What's a bomb? What's that precious tax dollar paying for?
The government gives a private contractor lots of money, some of it yours, to take some steal, mold it, possibly fill it with something volatile and then load it onto a plane. The plane then flies over some "target" in Iraq or now, maybe, Afghanistan, and drops that molded metal or propels it into a building. What happens to your tax dollar then? It breaks into billions of little pieces, never to be of any use ever again. Bye, bye tax dollar.
Of course, you'll justify it if there are 100 members of The Taliban inside the building and they're all burnt to a crisp. You won't entertain the possibility that your tax dollar collaterally burnt 100 Afghan children to a crisp because that might even bother you.
Well, that's it, I guess. Continue to shill for your HMO protectors, even though they won't protect you if you should lose your job. And continue to pay for what you think you're avoiding. I see no good reason for you to start thinking logically now.
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