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Satellite tracking will help answer questions about penguin travels
You could understand if a half-dozen Magellanic penguins developed a "big bird is watching" phobia before this month is over, but the surveillance really will be for their own good.
University of Washington scientists will attach satellite tracking devices to the backs of six penguins that have been treated at two centers in northern Argentina after their feathers were fouled with oil. The birds will be released into the Atlantic Ocean and their movements traced using satellites and the Internet.
The idea is to plug a critical gap in the knowledge of the Magellanics' annual life cycle, their movements on the journey from their winter feeding grounds back to their breeding colonies along the southern Argentina coast and the Islas Malvinas, or Falkland Islands.
"We're missing that information. We know what happens when they leave the breeding grounds but we don't know what happens on the return trip," said Elizabeth Skewgar, a University of Washington doctoral student in biology.
"We want to model the energy requirements for these birds so that we understand what it takes to return to the breeding grounds and still have enough energy to reproduce. Human fisheries competing for the same food could make migration even more difficult for them."
The project is led by Dee Boersma, a UW biology professor who for 25 years has headed the Magellanic Penguin Project at Punta Tombo, Argentina, the birds' largest breeding colony in South America.
"We need to know how penguins use the ocean so we can make their migration route safe through a combination of national marine parks, marine protected areas and ocean zoning," Boersma said.
During the week of Aug. 20, the scientists will select six adult male penguins from rehabilitation centers at San Clemente del Tuyu and Mar del Plata, coastal towns more than 500 miles north of Punta Tombo. Epoxy and special tape will be used to attach a transmitter to each bird before it is released into the Atlantic. The tags are about the size of many common cellular telephones and weigh less than 3.5 ounces.
"We want to put the transmitters on healthy, robust birds that we think are likely to get back and start breeding," Boersma said. "The point is to follow them back to their colony and see where they might be running into petroleum."
Through late October the birds' movements will be tracked by the Argos satellite system, operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the French space agency. A satellite will pass overhead every two hours and chart the penguins' positions, then transmit the information back to the researchers, who will use it to update a public tracking map on the Internet at www.penguinstudies.org .
The transmitters will be active for 36 hours at a time and then will be off for 36 hours, a means of preserving the two double-A batteries in each transmitter for the life of the project. The researchers have no way of knowing whether the birds will go to southern Argentina or the Malvinas, or whether they will follow a straight course to the breeding grounds or take a circuitous route.
"After we release them, they could just hang out at Mar del Plata for a month. It's all up to them," Boersma said. "We're hoping the males we tag will be in a hurry to get to their colony and start breeding."
The satellite tracking also will be instrumental in pinpointing the birds after they arrive at the breeding grounds. Punta Tombo alone is home to some 400,000 penguins during breeding season.
"Tracking the locations by satellite is only accurate to within 5 kilometers, so it really is like trying to find a needle in a haystack," Boersma said.
Locating the penguins once they reach the breeding ground is important so the researchers can assess the birds' physical condition after the long journey.
"We'll know how much weight they gained or lost on their journey," Boersma said.
After its mate arrives, a male fasts until the female lays two eggs, then he returns to the ocean to feed, sometimes swimming hundreds of miles in search of fish such as anchovies that are staples of the penguin diet. After about two weeks the male returns to the nest to incubate the eggs while the female goes in search of food.
The birds' energy can be drastically sapped if they become coated with oil, and that can mean death. Last year, a team of scientists that included Boersma reported they had found 19 groups rehabilitating oiled seabirds along the Atlantic coast from central Brazil to central Argentina, indicating a much larger problem than generally had been believed. It remains uncertain where the oil comes from -- it could be from a combination of sources, including seepage from offshore oil rigs and ballast water from passing ships.
"We know that birds show up oiled back at our colony, so that means they're getting oiled somewhere between where they winter and Punta Tombo," Boersma said.
Source: University of Washington
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Another months means another list of outfits and looks that I've been loving!
I love sharing the trends and styles from outfits that I'm lusting for. It keeps me inspired and motivated to step out of my comfort zone more with outfits on a daily basis. Hopefully, this will inspire you and motivate you to step out of your fashion comfort zone as well!
Summer Lace | annelibush.com
I don't think I've ever seen an all-black outfit that I didn't love. I know summer is a time for bright colors that you can't wear during other months of the year, but I love when fashion bloggers can incorporate all-black outfits into their style. For me, I'm all about the neutral colors regardless of the season—so this outfit was a priority to share!
Confidence + Comfort| excessoriesexpert.com
Aside from all-black or all neutral outfits, I LOVE neutrals colors paired with bright, neon mixes. I am also in love with her shoes in this outfit. They're a more causal, beach-inspired wedge than your typical, summer wedges. I've been on the hunt for these particular shoes, but haven't had any luck. This would work well even for the office if its paired with a blazer or cardigan.
Floral + Off The Shoulder | laurenkaysims.com
Again, I think it goes without saying that bold, attractive patterns a definite "do" for summer style. What I love about this look is how you pair neutral white jeans and light brown wedges, so that the floral top can be the focal point of this outfit. This way, you won't overdo it with showing off too many trends all at once in your outfits.
Iconic Maxi Skirt | thecharmingolive.com
There are outfits you completely fall in love with even when it's out of your comfort zone or personal style. This outfits holds true for me because I don't have the bohemian-inspired style; but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy and appreciate the look as a whole! If you're into maxi skirts this summer, pair a tight crop top with it like this photo. The flowing skirt will balance out the tight crop top.
Top Rompers For Summer | charmedbycamille.com
Rompers are my anthem for summer because you don't have to think about several separate components to create a finished, causal look. That's the beauty of rompers—you need one time and you're all set. However, I love the additional accessories and jewelry pieces in her outfit because it brings a southern meets bohemian vibe. Personally, I love this look for simplicity.

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Keluar dari sebuah hubungan dengan kekerasan akibat pengaruh narkoba bukanlah sebuah hal yang egois.
Stigma ganda terhadap perempuan pecandu membuat mereka tidak mendapatkan layanan yang seharusnya diperoleh.
Merry Utami, the next drug convicts to face execution, has been dubbed the "heroin queen", but her story is sadly typical of that of female domestic workers, who are ideal targets of drug syndicates.
A messed up childhood, selfish and neglectful parents might have led her to drugs, but from the failures of the grownups around her, she has learned to become a better person.
A Filipino says Indonesia should ban the death penalty, legalize drugs, and free Mary Jane Veloso.


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|TLT Outline
|Troop Leadership Training outline. In Power Point format.
|Youth Leader Training Continuum
|Explains the purpose of each of the youth training programs. In PDF format
|Yearly Planner
|Denotes the rough dates of events that occur every year
|BSA Guide To Safe Scouting
|Describes how to run safe activities in all conditions.
|BSA training programs
|Description of BSA training programs
|Advancement training videos
|Boy Scout advancement training videos
|Guidelines for using St. Joseph's Facilities
|Describes procedures for setup, cleaning and securing rooms at St. Joe's.
|Board of Review Guide
|Sample questions for Committee Members performing a Board of ReviewThe purpose of the board of review is not retest a Scout, but rather to ensure that he has completed all of the requirements, to determine the quality of his troop experience, and to encourage him to advance toward the next rank.
|Another board of review Guide
|Contains a great deal of material for Scoutmasters
|Excellent forum to read and discuss topics on Scouting.
|Allows you to read and search for past issues of Scouting Magazine.
|Easter Flower Sale
|Various documents used to plan and execute the Easter flower sale. (Password required)
|Treasurer's Guide
|Available in the Troop Library
|The Scoutmaster Handbook (BSA # 33009C) Recommended for all Scout leaders.
|Troop Committee Guidebook (BSA # 34505B)
|Troop Leadership Training (BSA # 34306A) Discusses how to train youth leaders.
|Scoutmaster and Assistant Scoutmaster Leader Specific Training (BSA #34879B) This is the guidebook for the instructor that is teaching the class.
|Advancement Committee Guide, Policies and Procedures ( BSA # 33088E)
|The Chartered Organization Representative (BSA # 33118C)
|The Patrol Leader Handbook (BSA # 32502)


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Surf Camp Fuerteventura
What are you waiting! Want to have the complete package and live the authentic experience of learning to surf on the coast of Fuerteventura. Stay in our surf camp with all amenities and just think about enjoying our surf lessons.
The Surf Camp is located just 5 metres away from the Surf School. It offers a garden with outdoor swimming pool, a Jacuzzi and free sunbeds.
The rooms have a balcony, satellite TV with international channels, kitchenette with a microwave, grill and hob, and a lounge area with a sofa bed. Some rooms have a sea view.
Also, one day a week we organize outings for the old part of town to eat, drink or have fun with friends.
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If you're tired of all the cinnamon and peppermint flavors or you just want to try something new, this pistachio brittle recipe will refresh your palette.
The crunchy treats resemble festive mint chocolate bark that are lining the shelves of stores this holiday season, but it does not contain a trace of the stereotypical Christmas ingredients. Your mouth will water over the corn syrup mixture sandwiched between semi-sweet chocolate and then sprinkled with chopped pistachios. The tasty shelled nut is often seen as the more refined member of its family, sporting a sleek covering that is nearly impossible to open at times. Combining it with chocolate and corn syrup creates a satisfying, teeth-sticking pistachio brittle that leaves you smacking your lips.
The Pistachio Brittle is a Refined Crunchy Holiday Treat
Nikki Taylor — November 26, 2012 — Lifestyle
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I've been thinking about home groups. Sunday morning church is a really good thing and all, but no matter how good the church is, it's still a big group. It's still hard to really get involved. It's still easy to hide in the background.
I love the worship of the big group; it's often really hard to match that in most home groups. And the teaching in the big meeting is often (but not always) really valuable. There are things that you can do in a big group that you can't do in a little group.
But the reverse is equally true. There are things you can do in a little group that you can't do in a big group, really valuable things like making great friends, like sharing your heart, like getting prayed for regularly, like laughing together until your sides hurt, or weeping together in the presence of God.
The combination of the two is priceless. In fact, between the two, I often think the home group is the more important gathering of the two. Not always. Not saying the big meeting is insignificant. Just saying home groups are that valuable.
Too often, I've found it too easy to be too comfortable in a big church. If I plaster on a big fake smile and don't linger too long in conversation in the lobby, I can get away without ever having engaged anyone at all. I can't get away with that in a home group. And I like that. I need that.
We're starting home groups in our church. It's kind of hard work, mostly because of all the bad experiences we've had before. We have as much un-learning to do as anything else.
Here are some values we have in our home groups:
• The first rule is that church leadership is not making a bunch of rules for home groups. If you want to start a group, go for it. We'll help, but we won't tell you what to do. Well, we'll try not to.
• You can meet whenever you want, wherever you want, and as often as you want. Homes are always a good place for home groups, but so are coffee shops, pubs, conference rooms and the local shopping mall. Take field trips. Wherever you are, the Church is, so have at it! Be creative.
• Teach what you want to teach. All we ask is that you love God and love people. Then teach what you want. Teach the Bible. Teach from a study guide, from a popular book, from current movies. Or don't include any teaching in your group. We don't recommend reviewing this weeks sermons unless the group insists. They've already heard that.
• Invite who you want to invite. People from the church. People from the neighborhood. People from other churches. People from other home groups. Heck, you can invite people from other planets if you can figure out where to park their cars. Bring in guest speakers if you like. Or not.
• Relationships are primary. More than teaching. More than acts of service. More than prayer. More even than having a meal together! (Oh my!) On the other hand, there's not much that's better at building relationships than praying together, or serving together, studying the Word together or especially sharing supper together.
• If you're leading a group, you're choosing to submit yourself to a higher standard of accountability than Joe Schmotz in the back row of the church with the big fake smile. But like Paul Manwaring says, "Accountability is not about making sure you don't smoke. Accountability is making sure that you are on fire."
We'll undoubtedly think of more values as we do this for a while. But for now, this is a good starting place.
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Guest post by Frank Simon
Imagine these scenarios:
#1: A commercial real estate opportunity comes your way. The property is fully leased – as it has been for years — including a major retail outlet as its anchor. You bid, you buy and the property is yours to collect rents and make a profit on. Except that major tenant on which you were banking? It has decided to leave, and now your property is immediately worth less than half of your purchase price.
#2. You buy a property to house a particular kind of business only to find out after purchase that the property zoning disallows the kind of business you envisioned for the property. Now you are left scrambling to either unload the property or reinvent your entire business plan.
#3. You have taken over a building and are charging tenants for Common Area Maintenance (CAM), such as snow removal and heating-unit repairs. But somehow the fees aren't covering your expenses. This is slowly eating away at your profit margin.
Unfortunately, I have seen the above situations happen too many times to both seasoned and novice real estate investors. The culprit is non-existent or poor legal counsel. Successful real estate investors know – sometimes by experiencing one of the above scenarios – that the right legal counsel is needed at the start and throughout the entire real estate purchase process. It can be the difference between buying a property that will provide you steady income or an albatross that is difficult to sell and depletes your resources.
You can't be too careful, and your attorney can't be in place too early in the process. Your attorney should be the one drafting your letter of intent and then your purchase agreement. An attorney is crucial for the due diligence period. Some of the areas in a real estate transaction that require real estate law expertise:
- Title work
- Escrow account
- Environmental issues
- Maintenance
- Leases
- Zoning
When hiring an attorney to help you navigate the legal waters of a real estate transaction, look for attorneys with experience in real estate law specifically. Ask the attorney or firm how many transactions they have done. It's important that you hire someone with specific expertise in purchases agreements and title work and all the other intricacies of real estate law. I have seen the scenarios I described at the beginning of this article happen even when there was legal counsel in place. It just wasn't the right kind of counsel. Don't think that your tax or personal injury attorney can pinch-hit in these transactions. That kind of thinking can end up costing you more than legal fees.
One of the major areas of real estate transactions that can turn into major headaches for investors is the lease. This is an area where a good real estate attorney will be able delve in and figure out what is really going on with the property, especially to determine if there are termination clauses in a lease. This is very important because many times buyers assume they have a major tenant locked in, when in fact their termination clause gives them the right to pack up and leave under certain circumstances. If you bought what you envisioned as a lucrative property with a Walmart as a tenant and it can and does get out of its lease upon your purchase, your property went from potentially very profitable to worthless almost immediately.
Another area that can trip up investors is CAM. If you are able to charge tenants for this maintenance, a good real estate attorney can help figure out what the fees need to be. When the wrong calculations are done, it can cost you money: Too low, and it doesn't cover your expenses. Too high, and it will cost you potential tenants.
Other issues that can turn out to be bad surprises if not investigated properly are in the areas of zoning and environmental issues. You certainly want to make sure you understand how your property is zoned and if that fits your plans. It is also imperative you understand what, and the extent of, any environmental issues before purchase. It you find out afterwards, those issues are yours and can be costly.
The rule of thumb regarding real estate and the law is to hire the right attorney right away. It can be the difference between owning a profitable commercial property and a white elephant.
Frank Simon is the founder and managing partner of Simon PLC Attorneys & Counselors of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Simon is a licensed real estate broker and holds an additional graduate degree in banking. In addition to its Michigan headquarters, Simon PLC has offices in Arizona, Illinois, Florida, New York, Ohio and Texas. For more information visit www.simonattys.com.


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Economic Outlook
Economy To Withstand Absence Of Adults
While talk of the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) "tapering" of monetary policy dominated recent discussions, the central bank surprised most observers and elected to postpone the first step in "lifting off the accelerator."
Most recent economic data suggests that U.S. and global economic conditions are slowly and tentatively getting better, albeit still moderate, and that risk levels have diminished. Nevertheless, the Fed – whose mandate includes both inflation and employment goals – concluded that job growth was still not anchored, while inflation remained too far below targets. Further, it worried that the ongoing sequester, a possible federal government shutdown and uncertainty over debt ceilings could hinder recovery. As a result, in a "close call," it decided to wait.Download PDF
Equity Portfolios
Another Robust Quarter, Another Dose Of Uncertainty
The equity market continues to weigh the healing in many economic sectors, record earnings, supportive monetary policy and even forecasts of economic acceleration against uncertainty from many corners – here and abroad – and a level of valuation that's now less alluring.
Although it's not zero, we feel that the probability of a sustained shock to markets – from talk of Fed tapering or a real debt default arising from the acrimony in Congress – is low. Even if buffeted near term, markets should be able to return to the mundane task of assessing relative value rather than reading political tea leaves (no pun intended…).Download PDF
Fixed Income Portfolios
Taper Take-Off Tabled
The Fed delayed its first steps of stimulus reduction when it postponed tapering its monthly bond purchases, impacted by recent economic data and apparently the pending wrangling in Washington. We believe the core reason behind the Fed's willingness to shift policy remains intact – moderate economic growth is fueling ongoing economic recovery.Download PDF


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Top 5 Detroit Mob Murders of All-Time
1 Jimmy Hoffa – The most infamous and iconic unsolved crime in American history, Hoffa, the high-profile one-time Teamsters union president intent on reclaiming his post upon his release from prison to the dismay of his former allies in the mafia, disappeared from a suburban Detroit restaurant parking lot on July 30, 1975, never to be seen again. The spunky labor leader and longtime mob associate, who had used his prior joining forces with the underworld to get elected in the first place and build the union to goliath heights, was supposed to meet Detroit mafia street boss Anthony (Tony Jack) Giacalone and New Jersey mob capo and Teamsters power broker Anthony (Tony Pro) Provenzano at the Machus Red Fox Restaurant that afternoon, but it was a set-up and he was kidnapped and killed instead. Hoffa had been in the midst of a multi-year media campaign to take back the union, threatening and bad-mouthing the mob and possibly cooperating with the FBI to rid the Teamsters of mafia influence. A myriad of theories and suspects in the crime have been proffered in the years since to no avail, lending to its enormous legacy and the public's seemingly-everlasting morbid curiosity that surrounds the slaying and its circumstances. Investigators believe Hoffa probably "done in" by a team of hit men consisting of members of Provenzano's and Giacalone's crew and his body possibly incinerated at one of the three nearby sanitation companies owned by local mobsters.
2 The Crosstown Mob War – In an epic gangland conflict fought for supremacy of the Detroit underworld in the wake of Prohibition Era don Salvatore (Singing Sam) Catalanotte dying of pneumonia, the city broke off into two different factions, one led by the East Side Gang's William (Black Bill) Tocco and Joseph (Joe Uno) Zerilli and the other spearheaded by West Side Gang boss and Catalanotte's top advisor Chester (Big Chet) La Mare. A close ally of New York Godfather Joseph (Joe the Boss) Masseria, La Mare's engineered the Vernor Highway Fish Market Murders on May 31, 1930; his two top lieutenants "The Two Joes," Joe Amico and Joe Locano gunned down Gaspare (The Peacemaker) Milazzo, aligned with Tocco, Zerilli and Masseria's East Coast rival Salvatore (Little Cesar) Maranzano, and Milazzo's bodyguard Sam (Sasha) Parrino, at a purported peace conference. Less than a year later, on February 7, 1937, Amico and Locano, at the behest of Tocco and Zerilli and with the help of their boss' young bride, assassinated La Mare inside his Hamtramck mansion. Big Chet La Mare's murder declared Tocco, Zerilli and their East Side Gang the winners of the war and paved the way for the creation of the modern-day Detroit mafia family.
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4 The Three Soldiers Hit – Detroit mob associate Ernest (Ernie the Greek) Kanakis refused to die quietly and instead killed the three local mafia "button men" sent to kill him on July 11, 1976. Kanakis, a gambling specialist who broke off a business relationship with mobster Frank (Frankie Razz) Randazzo, was brought to Randazzo's basement on the city's eastside and attacked. Stabbed repeatedly with an ice pick, When the assassins went to shoot Kanakis in the head, the gun jammed and a bleeding Ernie the Greek took out a revolver of his own from a holster on his leg and shot Frankie Razz, Joe Siragusa and Nicolo (Nick the Executioner) Ditta, a renowned mid-Twentieth Century Motor City version of Godfather character Luca Brasi. Acquitted of the triple murder on a claim of self-defense at trial, Kanakis survived another attempt by the mob to kill him in 1984. Tony and Billy Giacalone contracted out the hit to enforcer Frank (Frankie the Bomb) Bommarito, who assigned the task to an underling of his working for the FBI. Bommarito requested Kanakis be slain and pictures of his bloody corpse delivered to the Giacalone brothers in a Christmas card.
5 (tie) Peter (Fast Pete) Cavataio – A veteran Detroit mob soldier and son-in-law to legendary Motor City gangland enforcer Pietro (Machine Gun Pete) Corrado, Fast Pete was killed on July 9, 1985, found tortured and shot execution style in a garage down by the Canadian border near the Ambassador Bridge. Once tabbed as a surefire future leader of the local mafia, Cavataio, whose dad and uncle were "made" members of the syndicate, fell out of favor with crime family administrators for his renegade behavior and his penchant for sleeping with the wives and girlfriends of imprisoned mobsters. Following the death of his brother-in-law and close friend Dominic (Fats) Corrado of cancer in June, Fast Pete, 55, knew his days were numbered and they were: he was slain soon therafter in a hit allegedly orchestrated by his other brother-in-law Anthony (Tony the Bull) Corrado and a crew led by Vito (Billy Jack) Giacalone, the younger brother of Tony Giacalone, behind bars at that time. Cavataio's murder highlighted a year where the Detroit mafia was especially busy, tied to a dozen gangland hits.
5 (tie) Peter (Little Peter) Katranis – The son of the city's Greek mob chief Peter (Pete the Greek) Katranis, Little Pete, was an enforcer for the Italian mafia and was killed on New Year's Day 1972, after he began freelancing in the loansharking and shakedown rackets. When he sucker punched local rising-star gangster and the Giacalone brothers' protégé, Ronald (Hollywood Ronnie) Morelli at a Christmas party, the Detroit mob issued the contract on his head. Nobody has ever been charged with the hit, but FBI documents related to the murder investigation implicate his own younger brother, Michael (Greektown Mike) Katranis as luring him to an Oakland County bar where Morelli and Giacalone strong arm and hit man Robert (Bobby the Animal) La Puma "banged him out."
Honorable Mention: Frank (The Undertaker) Bagasco, Nono Minaudo, Sol Shindel, Harvey Leach, The Four Bears Waterpark Hits (Mark Giancotti and Frank Stramaglia), Harold (Harry Mack) Macairz, Otto Wendell, Ralph Proctor, Peter (Tino) Lombardo, Salvatore (Toto) Vitale , David Auer


text: The Jillian E Daly Foundation will be stepping off in our 5th annual parade. It will be Rockville Centre's 20th march ! A great tradition. Come support the "parade that cares and shares" as 100's march down Maple Ave in RVC. A great time to meet new people and touch base with old friends. Join us after the parade at Kasey's Kitchen and Cocktails to keep the spirit going……. Hope to see you there. Slainte


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Daily FX Market Roundup 10-12-12
FX: 5 Most Important Event Risks Next Week
EUR: Don't Expect Much from EU Leaders Summit
GBP: All Eyes on BoE Minutes
AUD: RBA Minutes and Chinese Data Means Volatility for AUD
CAD: Oil Prices Decline, CAD Resumes Rise Against aUD
NZD: Gold Sees Biggest Weekly Loss in 2 Months
JPY: Downgrades Economic Assessment
FX: 5 Most Important Event Risks Next Week
The main theme in the forex market over the past few days has been consolidation. A bank holiday in the U.S. at the start of the week and the lack of market moving economic reports in the days that followed prevented big moves in currencies. The U.S. dollar ended the week unchanged against most of its peers and investors should enjoy this lower volatility environment for as long as they can because the action could heat up significantly in the week ahead. There are many unanswered questions that could be addressed by next week's calendar events – we are not talking about Europe's sovereign debt crisis, which is the main uncertainty crippling the market but clarity on the monetary policy outlook or economic performance of other countries. The 5 most important event risks next week are the following starting in the order of release:
1. US Retail Sales
2. Minutes from Reserve Bank of Australia's Monetary Policy Meeting
3. Minutes from Bank of England Monetary Policy Meeting
4. Chinese GDP
5. EU Leaders Summit
These are not the only events to watch and further details will be provided in the respective sections below but for the U.S., the focus will be on retail sales and Q3 earnings. We have seen more upside surprises in U.S. data than investors have been prepared for and the fact the average American still feels the economy is stuck in a rut makes it hard to believe the data. Nonetheless, the unemployment rate is below 8%, jobless claims dropped to its lowest level in 4.5 years and according to the University of Michigan, consumer confidence is at its highest level in more than 5 years. The missing ingredient is spending. If spending is strong, then it will be very hard argue against the improvements in the economy especially since economists are looking for retail sales growth to slow. If the data is weak, the bears will rush in to say that disappointing consumer spending confirms that the labor market numbers are distorted. While retail sales is important for the Federal Reserve, the only way that it could affect their monetary policy bias is if retail sales grows by less than 0.2% or more than 1.5%. For the U.S. dollar, it doesn't take as much to trigger a reaction. Given the recent improvements in U.S. data, the risk is to the downside. If retail sales come in very bad, USD/JPY could extend lower and risk appetite could give way, leading to safe haven demand for dollars. Third quarter earnings will also play a role in risk appetite and there are a lot more companies reporting next week. Aside from retail sales, the Empire State and Philly Fed manufacturing surveys are also scheduled for release along with leading indicators, consumer prices, the Treasury International Capital Flow report, Industrial Production, housing starts, building permits and existing home sales.
EUR: Don't Expect Much from EU Leaders Summit
The euro may have appreciated against the U.S. dollar today but an intraday reversal left the currency pair well off its highs. Stronger than expected Eurozone industrial production numbers help to support the currency but the reluctance of policymakers to consider additional support for Europe contained the rally. European Central Bank monetary policy member Nowotny said there is no need for more rate cuts right now and even if there was, he opposes the idea of cutting the ECB deposit rate to zero. Spanish bond yields fell sharply today on speculation that Spain could ask for a bailout this weekend. We believe the chance of this happening is slim because of the denials by the government and their reluctance to do anything ahead of next weekend's regional elections. EU Leaders are meeting in Brussels at the end of next week to discuss Greece, Spain and the sovereign debt crisis in general. Based on the comments out of the European Finance Ministers meeting, there is a good possibility that the next aid payment for Greece will be unlocked but don't expect any decisions on Spain. If there is no deal for Greece, then the meeting will be nothing other a reminder of how difficult it is to get anything done in Europe. Given the track record of decisions made at these events, the chance of a disappointment is high. The German ZEW survey will also be released next week along with Eurozone trade and current account figures. France and Spain have bond auctions on Thursday and as usual these tests of investor confidence are important.
GBP: All Eyes on BoE Minutes
The currency that we are most interested in this week is the British pound because the minutes from the last Bank of England meeting is scheduled for release and we are eager to find out how close the central bank is to easing again. Economic data out of the U.K. has been far from desirable with manufacturing and service sector activity contracting at a faster pace last month. The housing market has also taken a turn for the worse according to the latest reports that show house prices falling in the month of September. The Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of Japan have already eased and it would not be a stretch for the Bank of England to follow suit. When the BoE last met, they left the size of their asset purchase program and interest rates unchanged but we suspect that a fair number of policymakers favored more QE. At the other end of the spectrum we know at least 2 (Broadbent and Dale) and possibly 3 (Weale) members of the MPC do not believe that further Quantitative Easing is necessary. The question now is how many members voted in favor of more asset purchases. The Bank of England minutes won't be the only driver of volatility for sterling. Inflation, employment and consumer spending numbers are also scheduled for release. The outcome of these reports will help shape the central bank's decision and the market's expectations for more stimulus in November.
AUD: RBA Minutes and Chinese Data Means Volatility for AUD
The Australian and Canadian dollars ended the day lower against the greenback as the New Zealand dollar held steady. The lack of economic reports for any of the 3 commodity currencies left them at the whim of risk appetite. Oil and gold prices edged lower, adding pressure on the AUD and CAD. The past 6 trading days have been tough for gold bugs as better than expected U.S. data affected demand for the yellow metal. Investors have been buying gold as an inflation hedge but the drop in the unemployment rate, stronger jobless claims report and hotter consumer confidence has led some people to wonder whether the Fed could withdraw stimulus early. The big focus next week for the commodity currencies is China. Trade, inflation, industrial production, retail sales and third quarter GDP numbers are due for release. Annualized GDP growth is expected to slow to 7.4% from 7.6%, which would be the slowest pace of growth in more than 10 years and there's no question that the Chinese economy is slowing. If the data shows otherwise, everyone will think that China is cooking the books. Weaker data will weigh on commodity currencies and the Australian dollar in particular but at the same time harden the case for more fiscal stimulus from China. We are also looking forward to the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy meeting minutes. Last time they met, they cut interest rates by 25bp and the minutes will hopefully reveal what broke the camel's back and pushed them to cut rates. We will also be looking for hints on whether the RBA will ease again.
JPY: Downgrades Economic Assessment
The Japanese Yen strengthened against the greenback, loonie and Aussie and weakened against other major currencies. The Japanese government downgraded its assessment of its economy for the third straight month as the European crisis and China's slowdown continues to add pressure to the economy. Economics Minister Seiji Maehara said he will bring up the concern of the strong yen to Bernanke and Draghi. Maehara thinks that it's too soon to evaluate whether Japan may slip into recession. He said, "A further slowdown in global growth and volatility in financial markets may hurt Japan's economy, which are risks we must be vigilant to.†Japan Finance Minister Koriki Jojima acknowledges the concern of the strong yen and plans to maintain public confidence in the government's fiscal policy to support the country's medium and long term growth. Prime Minister Noda told U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner that the country could miss growth targets because of the strong currency and deteriorating global growth. These grim comments explain why the government downgraded its outlook and warned in their monthly report that the economy continues to be in a mild deflationary phase. Private consumption has been weak and remains almost flat. Although Japan has outperformed most of the G7 countries its weak demand and appreciating yen projects a stall in growth for the rest of the year. Maehara said, "We will continue to call for powerful monetary easing.â€


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To go along or agree with the prevailing or popularly held opinion or perspective; to act or behave the same way as the majority of others. When I was in college, I used to have a lot of radical opinions and beliefs, but as I've grown older I find myself going with the tide more often. I'm sorry, but I simply refuse to go with the tide just because it's the easier option!
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Fig. to move along with the effect of outside forces. I just go with the tide. I never fight fate. She just goes with the tide, never giving a thought to thinking for herself.
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Moderate followers make moderate religions
Reader comment on item: The Middle East Forum Debates Moderate Islam
Submitted by Alexandros (United Kingdom), Apr 1, 2014 at 08:27
Looking back in history, i think that the empirical analysis shows that moderate followers transform fanatic religions into moderate ones. So in our case we can't expect a moderate Islam to make moderate Muslims, but rather moderate Muslims to make a moderate Islam. it is not only Islam, it is all three monotheistic religions that work in the same way, in Christianity, people changed their opinions for life and existence and religion had to adjust, in Judaism again the moderate Jews differentiated the way they see life, even though the fanatic religious jews still exist, dressed up in their peculiar clothes and doing their thing.
The difference of Islam is that Islam is a system of governance in it's core, while the other two aren't, so this makes very hard the separation of state from religion. In Europe people earned democracy, because the state was successfully separated from the church. It is very hard if not impossible to do the same with Islam, but if it is ever going to be done, it the moderate Muslims who will succeed to do so. it is completely irrational and naive to believe that there are going to be moderate Islamic priests who are willingly going to drop their power in favour of a system that is going to reduce their power! Why would they do such a thing? As for the gay marriage that is given as an example, in my opinion this is probably a different question and i am affraid that it has nothing to do with modernisation of religions but the immediate interference of the state in religious issues...which could be effectively as dangerous as the religious state!
In any case and for the islamic world the best example for analysis is Turkey! Turkey supposed to be secular, Islam was moderate. All these assumptions proved wrong, especially after the last elections. The islamic fanaticism is deeply rooted in Islamists, even the effort of the Kemalists to destroy that power was worthless and probably had the opposite effects. This suppression of the religious sentiment enpowered the Islamic religion and the uneducated and poor masses of Turkey found support in their religion and this power was exploited, but an Islamic dictator intead of a secular one.
The mentality of those people can't be changed in the same way like in European countries or in America. His enemies tried to follow the examples of such countries so to beat him and organised PSOP against him like they would do in any other state, but they didn't etimate that the criteria of the Turkish people are different, they didn't estimate that Islamists and Europeans or Americans have different priorities, criteria, opinions, mentality! That's why they failed and the conspiracy theories of Erdogan along with neo-Ottomanism, Islamism and anti-semitic sentiments prevailed against financial scandals, lack of democracy and suppression of minorities! Equality and democracy are not a part of Islam and not only that, but they are considered as the enemies of Islam and Islam is the priority!
The Question i would like to ask Doctor Pipes is why America supports blindly the fanatics of Turkey and their aggressiveness, do they really want to rise from the dead a neo_Ottoman empire, an empire of submission, an empire that will want to go nuclear and collaborate strongly with Russia?
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That blind support for the AKP in Turkey is no longer so complete and is diminishing. Finally.
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Clogagh Ploughing Association held their 23rd annual ploughing match on Sunday last, February 17th, at Barleyfield, Kilbrittain.
CLOGAGH Ploughing Association held their 23rd annual ploughing match on Sunday last, February 17th, at Barleyfield, Kilbrittain, on the lands of Charlie and Valerie O'Connell, and hosted special guest Anna May McHugh, managing director of the NPA, who praised the standard of ploughing at the event.
This was the seventh weekend in a row of the Cork West ploughing season and the enthusiasm of the competitors hasn't waned. There were 42 competitors taking part and with just the county final remaining this Sunday, 24th, at Bandon to gain points to qualify for the All Ireland.
Four classes – Senior Tractor, Under 28 tractor, 3 Furrow Conventional and Senior Hydraulic Vintage – are set to go all the way to the final match to decide who represents Cork West Ploughing Association in the National Ploughing Championships in Carlow next September.
The judges for Clogagh were Jimmy Barrett, East Cork; Eamon Murphy and Joe Slattery, Tipperary, and DJ McHugh, John Paul Fenton and Patsy Condron, from Laois. The Russian tractor, Kirovets K-424, which was won by Liam O'Driscoll as his prize for winning the European Reversible Championships in Russia last July was on display in the field and, while it didn't have any implements attached to demonstrate it, its sheer size was a topic of much conversation and wonder.
At the prizegiving ceremony, held at the Kilbrittain Inn on Sunday evening, NPA managing director, Anna May McHugh, presented Jackie O'Driscoll with a trophy on behalf of Clogagh Ploughing Association in recognition of his 50 years of competitive ploughing. Also NPA chairman Denis Keohane presented Liam O'Driscoll with a trophy on behalf of Clogagh Ploughing Association in recognition of his victory in the European Reversible Contest in Russia last year.
Senior Tractor: 1st Jim Grace 2nd John Murphy, 3rd Kieran Coakley, 4th Jackie O'Driscoll, 5th Denis McCarthy.
Intermediate: 1st John A O'Donovan, 2nd Stanley Deane, 3rd Denis Murphy.
Under 28: 1st Gerard Kirby, 2nd Aidan O'Donovan.
21 Under: 1st James O'Sullivan, 2nd Ian O'Farrell.
Ladies: 1st Ellen Nyhan, 2nd Rachel O'Driscoll.
Macra: 1st David Walsh, 2nd Cian Harrington.
3 Furrow Conventional: 1st Matthew Coakley, 2nd John Keohane, 3rd Michael White.
Senior Reversible: 1st Liam O'Driscoll, 2nd Ger Coakley, 3rd Michael Wycherley.
Under 28 Reversible: 1st Conor O'Farrell.
3 Furrow Reversible: 1st Padraig Walsh, 2nd Tim Lawlor, 3rd Dan Hurley.
Senior Hydraulic Vintage: 1st Denis Cummins, 2nd Michael Ryan, 3rd Mike Coomey, 4th Phelim Cotter, 5th Maurice Sheehy.
Trailor Vintage: 1st John Wolfe.
Confined Hydraulic Vintage: 1st James Keohane, 2nd Pascal Coughlan, 3rd Ite Wieserma, 4th Sean McCarthy.
Single Furrow: 1st Gordon Jennings, 2nd Damien Ahern.
Under 40 Horse: 1st Shane McCarthy.
Iron Horse: 1st Francis Naughton.
Upcoming fixtures: The Cork West county final at Kilbeg, Bandon, on Sunday next, February 24th.


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Regular cleaning of your eavestroughs can save you a world of worry, not to mention costly damage repairs. The ability of the eavestroughs to drain properly and completely is significantly reduced when there is a build up of normal environmental materials including dust, leaves, snow and ice. Wind storms can also deposit bits of paper and plastic in the eaves that can block run off.
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UTEP stubs toe; home team rally
UTEP lost to what good home teams do, go on at least one big scoring run on Wednesday. But just digest this score: Southern Miss won 45-39. It was not a halftime score.
Good home teams usually have a rally. And, in the second half, Southern Miss outscored UTEP 13-0 to take the lead for good. A 13-0 run in a 45-39 game means:
1. UTEP continues to play winning defenese; its strategy to stop opponents' top scorers has been a positive all season. That's good coaching.
2. UTEP's offense is miserable! Just awful. Drives to the basket? Ohhhh, no good! That's, well, can the rostered Miners become scorers or not? If not? More 45-39s.
UTEP is now 14-11 and wasn't going anywhere in the post season, anyway. Now it's not going anywhere even more. Its 7-5 Conference USA record? No big shakes in a truly weak league.
It was a season-defining night in Mississippi for UTEP - it's first-half nine-point lead fizzled because of a just-plain terrible offense.


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The evening I fell apart
This Sunday I visited my hippie-music-artist friend to tell him about the Light Millionaires project, which he was very interested in. We had really nice contact, even better than previous times we'd met. Nonetheless, when I left I felt quite empty. Another friend had joined the conversation and was so sceptic towards the whole compensation model… He was convinced that Multi Level Marketing was unethical.
After that appointment I had to travel to Nijmegen, to my friend Lieke with whom I would travel to Trier (Germany) the next day. At the train station I decided to first call my sister. I wasn't feeling thát bad but I could use a little support so I wouldn't feel so drained anymore.
She didn't answer her phone and suddenly I felt so alone.
A horrible coaching call
I also had to call my boyfriend, because we have a reflection moment about this project each Sunday evening (I'm his coach). I didn't feel like it, but I thought it was important to stick to the schedule and called him anyway.
'So, did you invite the people you said you would invite?' I asked.
He hadn't.
All the compassion I had felt for him that day (thanks to the conversations with my hippie-music-art friend) vanished within a blink of the eye. I couldn't believe it! We had discussed this so clearly! And as you might know it wasn't the first time he didn't keep his promises…
To make it even worse, a few days before when he had told me he would invite 6 people, I had been very sceptic: 'You didn't do it last time you said you would… so why would it be different this time?' But he assured me that YES, this time it all would be different.
So I tried not to show my rage and disappointment, en be a proper coach. 'What do you need to be able to invite them?' I asked. And it made tears well up in my eyes. Because when I asked that question, I realized how much I needed me to ask ME what I needed. After the conversation I couldn't help but cry, tried to call my sisters a few more times but she still wasn't answering. I felt so terribly alone.
An even more horrible man
I slowly started to walk in the direction of Liekes home, and when I crossed a bridge I decided to stand still some time and watch over the city. I felt way to emotional to be able to meet Liekes parents and all that kind of stuff. I stared in the dark, trying to pull myself back together, when I started to realize there was a man hiding in the bushes nearby, jerking off!
I freaked out and walked away, but when I passed the bushes he climbed out of them. Which made me freak out even more because now it was clear he had been focused on me. By the time I had called Lieke, I could barely speak. I've never had that happen to me before; I was so freaked out I almost froze. I just cried a little and word for word tried to ask her if she could come over here NOW.
We were still close to a sort-of busy crossroad, which gave me a little sense of safety. But I didn't dare to move any further to Liekes house because that street was quiet and dark. While I was waiting for her to come meet me, the men kept cycling trough the street, passing me again and again. It was so creepy.
After a few minutes I saw Lieke running in my direction. When she hugged me, all the fear left immediately and I slowly started to process what had just happened. When we arrived at her home, it was a very hectic environment. Lieke had to pack stuff, her sister was playing the violin while the TV was on and in the meantime her mother was trying to stop the violin playing. There was absolutely no space to sit with my feelings.
The costs and 'benefits' of not caring for myself
The week that followed, the lack of self-care I had experienced this evening, triggered major doubts about the Light Millionaires project. I didn't feel so motivated anymore. I was wondering why I was doing this if nobody really cared for passive income or supplements.
And I felt so bad that I had put so much attention to my boyfriend while I actually needed to take care of myself.
A little note about that, by the way: some weeks later my boyfriend and I discussed this evening. He said that if I would have shown my feelings during the conversation we had that Sunday, he probably would have felt so disappointed in himself that he would have quit.
That put everything in a different perspective.
Still, next time I should take care of myself first before starting a coaching conversation.


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June 28, 2018 – The Northeast Self Storage Association (NeSSA), comprised of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, announced that Courtney J. Long will serve as their new Executive Director effective July 1, 2018. NeSSA's long-term Executive Director, Lorna M. Bolduc, has decided to retire after having worked with the states that make up the association for just over 10 years.
"Retirement is calling and I'm looking forward to a more relaxed lifestyle," said Lorna. "I started working with CTSSA in 2007 and with MASSA in 2010 and the relationships I developed have helped make my career in association management, and more specifically as a self storage association exec, a rewarding one. Thank you to all for your support over the years."
Lorna hired Courtney in February 2015 to serve as CTSSA's and MASSA's Membership & Meetings Manager. They have worked closely together over the last three years on all aspects of managing the association.
Joe Victoria, President of NeSSA, said, "Lorna has been an integral part of our history and will always be part of our future as she was responsible for merging our states into the first regional self storage association. We appreciate everything Lorna has done for us over the years and wish her a wonderful and fulfilling retirement. NeSSA's board members have worked with both Lorna and Courtney for the past several years, so it only seems fitting to have Courtney take over the reigns. She has learned from the best and we are all looking forward to working with her in this new role."
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Safety is vital in open water swimming. The hydration control safety buoy is a key component to keeping you visible to others while you swim. It is also multifunctional, acting as a hydration pack for any of those long-distance swims. Come and try them in our Aberdeen based store here at Total Endurance.
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Faithful Catholic voters cannot help but be confused by what they are hearing (or not hearing) from the pastors of their parishes, and the bishops of their dioceses, about the importance of life issues in the upcoming election. While IRS guidelines prohibit Churches from participating in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate running for public office, this prohibition does not prevent prelates from speaking out on the non-negotiable life issues.
But, it has. When Tim Kaine, a Catholic Senator with a 100% pro-abortion voting record from Planned Parenthood, was chosen as the Democratic candidate for vice-president, Fr. Jim Arsenault, Kaine's parish priest provided Catholic cover by telling an NPR reporter that when it comes to the life issues, "sometimes lawmakers make difficult decisions." Pointing to the fact that Kaine cares for the poor and does not support the death penalty—even though he presided over 11 executions during his tenure as Virginia's Governor— Fr. Arsenault concluded that the issues that are "most important" to Kaine are: "Equal pay for equal work for women…social justice issues…he is a bridge-builder among races and communities…he really helps build community.
Faithful Catholics may not agree that Kaine has helped "build community" with the pro-life community. Described by Planned Parenthood leader Cecile Richardson as an "ally" in the abortion rights arena, Kaine has refused to engage with the pro-life community. Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo, the leader of Kaine's home diocese of Richmond Virginia released a statement reminding Catholics that "The right to life is a fundamental human right for the unborn." Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, of Providence, Rhode Island, courageously claimed that Kaine's support for abortion is "contrary to well-established Catholic teachings,"
But, Bishop Tobin's has been a lonely voice among the bishops. Even those bishops who had been reliable supporters of pro-life causes in the past have been silent throughout this election cycle. Although we are in the midst of a presidential election between a candidate who has promised to expand a woman's access to abortion through federal funding for abortion and removing all restrictions, and an avowed pro-life candidate who has promised to appoint only pro-life justices to the Supreme Court, the pro-life candidate appears so flawed to some Catholic leaders that they seem reluctant to support voting for him. Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles J. Chaput published a column in his Archdiocesan newspaper concluding that, "neither candidate is clearly better than the other."
Abortion seems to have become contested terrain for some Catholic leaders. In fact, there was great debate during the annual conference of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops last year on whether to revise the bishop's voter guide, called Faithful Citizenship, to reflect the "new agenda" of Pope Francis. There were sharp disagreements among the bishops on how much they can adjust their priorities to match those of Pope Francis. San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy argued that the 2007 voting guide "should be scrapped because it did not reflect the way that Francis has elevated the battle against poverty and for the environment as central concerns for the Catholic Church." Bishop McElroy was joined by Bishops Stephen Blaire of Stockton, and Gerald Kicanas of Tucson, complaining that the voter guide "tilts in favor of abortion and euthanasia."
The Catholic voter guide tilts in favor of abortion and euthanasia because when the guide was created in 2007, there was no question that the Church held life issues as paramount among all other issues. The life issues had always been the non-negotiable issues. The Church has always taught that the right to life is fundamental. All other rights are based on the right to life and a few courageous bishops are still willing to remind us of that. Houston Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, Chairman of the drafting committee for the voting guide was joined by Hartford Archbishop Leonard Blair in rejecting the idea that Pope Francis has "ushered in a revolution in Catholicism that their documents needed to reflect."
It is ironic that after decades of leadership on pro-life issues, many Catholics appear to be ceding that role to Evangelical Protestants. The latest Pew poll reveals that 78% of Evangelicals will vote for the pro-life candidate, Donald Trump, while about half of all white Catholics and 77% of all Hispanic Catholics will vote for the pro-choice candidate, Hilary Clinton. The erosion of Catholic distinctiveness continues as a majority of Catholics indicate that they will line up alongside religiously unaffiliated voters, those who describe their religion as atheist, agnostic or nothing in particular, to vote for the candidate who promises to expand access to abortion by repealing the Hyde Amendment—forcing all taxpayers to be complicit in funding abortion.
In an attempt to offer guidance Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke—a hero to most in the pro-life Catholic community—participated in an international teleconference to advise Catholics that they must vote for the candidate who will do the most to "advance the common good both with respect to the good of human life, the good of the family, the freedom of conscience, the care of the poor." Adding that it is not an option for faithful Catholics to fail to vote, or to "write in" the name of a preferred candidate on the ballot, Cardinal Burke suggested that doing so would "inadvertently cause the election of a candidate who does not respect life, family and freedom."
Evangelical voters seem to understand the obligation to vote for the candidate who appears to respect unborn children enough to want to protect them. Perhaps Catholics will begin to join them.


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Free Skool Fridays are an initiative which will be taking place in the Community Garden/Outdoor Learning Space beginning in June 2018. Mini-lectures will attempt to disrupt hierarchies, encourage snacking, provide anyone an opportunity to experience and experiment with course facilitation, and open up ideas of who are "experts" in their fields. These spaces aim to be intentionally anti-hierarchical, anti-oppressive and question the role of educational institutions in teaching and learning. We hope to open McGill space outside of the campus community, and encourage anyone to participate. Learners of all ages welcome!
If you would like to suggest possible topics, sign-up to (co)facilitate a class or workshop, ask questions, or take part in the planning process, please check out our shared workspace.
Possible topics could include:
- technical skill tutorials (bike-maintenance, design, arts, photography)
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- group reflections on education/institutions of learning
- calls to action and organizing around social issues
- anything you'd like!
If you are interested in getting involved or have any questions, please contact jayne.malenfant [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Jayne Malenfant).
McGill's Faculty of Education garden is located on the Downtown campus between Coach House and Duggan House (and between the streets of Peel and McTavish) [map]. It offers a space to explore the incorporation of ecologically informed, socially aware teaching and learning for students, teachers, staff and community members.


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The success of every organization depends on attracting and retaining customers. Although the marketing concepts for doing so are well established, digital technology has empowered customers, while producing massive amounts of data, revolutionizing the processes through which organizations attract and retain customers. In this course, students will learn how to identify new opportunities to create value for empowered consumers, develop strategies that yield an advantage over rivals, and develop the data science skills to lead more effectively, allocate resources, and to confront this very challenging environment with confidence.
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Leading Strategy with a Customer Perspective with Gregory Carpenter
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In this module, we will explore the concept of corporate culture and how you as a leader can help create a culture well suited for the digital age. We will explore the nature of culture, the values of successful firms, how firms adapt to change, empower individuals, and unleash growth.
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The trail goes to the dogs, but not yet all of them
The Rails to Trails Conservancy set March 28 as the date for the nationwide Opening Day for Trails event. So that's when people gathered at Peoria's Junction City Shopping Center to celebrate the Rock Island Greenway.
Of course, Opening Day is a bit of a misnomer; the Greenway is open year-round. Still, I wondered whether the date was determined by someone who lived well to the south, because in central Illinois there's about a 40 percent chance you'll encounter snow or rain during any one day in March.
And you have to worry about the white stuff at an event like this because the Greenway, though paved, is the three-season room of bicycle infrastructure. Snow is only removed by higher temperatures and the sun.
(Here's hoping the Peoria Park District eventually finds the funding to keep the trail plowed in the winter, like many of the trails around, say, Minneapolis.)
As it turned out, it did not snow or rain, and the ground was dry. The low temperature was 22 degrees at 5:30 a.m., and the high temperature was 43 at 4 p.m. The normal high for March 28 is 56 degrees.
So, chilly but sunny. The wind was less than 10 miles per hour.
Is there a perfect date for an outdoor event? Probably not. But it's more important to hold an event like this than to worry about the date on which you hold it. And here's why.
Throughout the year, multipurpose trails are all about movement. People walking, running and riding bicycles. Even people watching cardinals and chickadees and hoping for bluebirds move from spot to spot.
But Opening Day, especially a cold Opening Day, is also about people grouping together, for however short a time, to talk about whatever crosses their minds.
Could be the upcoming riding or running season, or carpooling in early May to Allerton Park outside of Monticello, Illinois, 92 miles to the southeast.
Or, when you're standing near the Peoria Animal Welfare Shelter's (PAWS) table, discussing the circumstances of a dog's last home, lost when his caretaker died, and whether he has found a new one.
At noon, Custer, a 10-year-old English Springer Spaniel and Border Collie mix, was still looking for a new friend, maybe someone to walk with on the Greenway.
After all, it's open for everyone. And isn't that a great thing?


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Self-driving cars can make people sick, study says
The hype over self-driving cars has hit a fever pitch. Google is working on one. So are Audi and GM. Ford says it will wait until the technology really works and rumors surround an Apple driverless vehicle, whether or not the company is actually working on one.
Along with the drumbeat of inevitability have been warnings of what could go wrong. Self-drivers could potentially be the first deadly robots. State regulators wonder how to handle the phenomenon. Car hacking could be a big threat.
But the critics have largely ignored one major issue: motion sickness. A new study from the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute examined what consumers have said they wanted to when cars could pilot themselves and correlated those activities with a likelihood of generating motion sickness.
Many people want to read, text or talk with family and friends, watch videos, work, or play games. The problem is that such activities require eyes to be open and focused on something other than the road, unlike either following the progress of the vehicle or closing eyes to rest or take a nap. The activities set the groundwork for a conflict between visual senses and the body's vestibular system, which senses movement and helps establish a person's sense of balance.
According to the group's estimates, given consumer activity preferences, between 6% and 10% of American adults riding in a self-driving vehicle would "often, usually, or always experience some level of motion sickness." Between 6% and 12% would experience "moderate or severe motion sickness at some time."
"Not enough attention has been paid to this important issue," Michael Sivak, director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at TRI and a co-author of the study, wrote in an email to Fortune. "It is an issue that needs to be dealt with, especially since being able to do many of the activities that increase motion sickness is touted as one of the benefits of self-driving vehicles."
Have manufacturers considered the issue? "I hope so," he wrote.
Manufacturers could minimize the problem with electronic displays that they required someone to look straight ahead, outfit cars with large windows, or design seats to restrict head motion or to allow someone to lie flat. For the companies that don't, susceptible consumers who must ride in a self-driving car could take appropriate medicine before a trip, ride with their eyes closed, or take a nap and wait for the ordeal to be over.


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Continuing the trend, femdot. is back with his new EP "to(u)."to follow up the release of his EP's "fo(u)r." and "thr(we)." that dropped earlier this year via Pigeons and Planes. The Chicago native lets you into his outlook on relationships and shows a plentiful mix of confidence, self reflection, and nostalgia jammed packed in 4 songs each written with a special person in mind. The EP will be Releasing Tuesday, November 22th at 12PM CST.
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The almighty, salvation bringing working of the Holy Spirit in the end-time
Tit. 3:4-7, "But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior; That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."
The almighty Holy Spirit of our Lord Jesus Christ effectuates these salvation-bringing-works in the end-time in converted sinners based of their faith in God's dear Gospel, which has its foundation in the redemptive work of God's Lamb at Golgotha (i.e. Calvary). Now, in the end-time, He wants to make this achieved work real in all its perfection in our body, soul and spirit. He wants to build them in us, after our conversion, and confession of our sins and absolute surrender of body, soul and spirit to Him.
1. He forgives and redeems us perfectly from our sins
Heb. 9:11-15, "But Christ being come an High Priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood He entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh: How much more shall the blood of Christ, Who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? And for this cause He is the Mediator of the New Testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance."
Verse 13 points to the Old Covenant.
Let us keep this Gospel-word firmly. Jesus Christ has obtained an eternal redemption for us, from the power of satan and from all our sins. Let us hold fast this Divine promise. These promises mentioned in God's dear Word, are made real in our body, soul and spirit by the Spirit of our Lord, Jesus Christ, on the base of our faith in these Divine promises, when we totally surrender our body, soul and spirit to Him. Let us now have faith in God's dear Word, just as it is written, for God means, what He says, and says, what He means. So it is possible to be redeemed perfectly from the power of sin, and of satan's temptation power already here on earth! By this faith in God's Word the Spirit of God is able to make the following Divine promises true:
Eph. 5:26-27, "That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, That He might present it to Himself a glorious Church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish."
John 8:36, "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed."
Rev. 12:11, "And they overcame him (satan) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their (old, sinful) lives unto the death (till it is totally mortified by the purging fire of the Holy Spirit)."
Further says Hebrews 9:15 that He, Jesus Christ, is the by God given Mediator of the New Covenant. He is also the ONLY Mediator between God and men.
1 Tim. 2:5, "For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus."
2. The Spirit of God brings us the rebirth out of God. Further He brings us the growth in the divine Nature up to the maturity of it.
Tit. 3:5, "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost."
In the midst of our life in the dimension of darkness comes a spark of Divine life by the salvation bringing grace of God, by our faithful acceptance of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ at Golgotha as payment for the debt of our sins, and by the continual opening of our being for His Divine workmanship. This is according to God's mercy a rebirth out of God. This rebirth has to grow out to the maturity of it, up to the perfection of the Divine Nature by the power of God's Word and by His almighty Spirit.
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With the season winding down and the playoff picture sorting itself out, we'll be taking a look at the night's games and how they'll potentially affect the playoff races. This is ProHockeyTalk's "Race for the Playoffs."
Eastern Conference
x-1. Washington – 103 pts (3 GR)
x-2. Philadelphia – 102 pts (4 GR)
y-3. Boston – 99 pts (4 GR)
x-4. Pittsburgh – 100 pts (3 GR)
x-5. Tampa Bay – 97 pts (4 GR)
6. Montreal – 91 pts (3 GR)
7. Buffalo – 88 pts (4 GR)
8. NY Rangers – 87 pts (4 GR)
9. Carolina – 86 pts (4 GR)
10. Toronto – 84 pts (3 GR)
x – clinched playoff spot
y – clinched division title
GR – games remaining
NY Rangers @ Philadelphia – 12:30 pm ET
We have you covered for the NBC Game of the Week. Highlighted articles include:
- The Rangers try to avoid another nightmare finish.
- Philadelphia hopes to outlast the Washington Capitals in a race for the top spot int the East.
- A breakdown of how the Rangers, Sabres, Hurricanes and Maple Leafs might look as the four teams grapple for the East's final two playoff spots.
Ultimately, this game could go a long way in accomplishing those tasks for the Flyers and Rangers, respectively.
Buffalo @ Carolina – 5:00 pm ET
This game could have enormous implications on the outlook of the Eastern Conference playoff bubble. If the Hurricanes manage to win this game in regulation, they would tie the Sabres in points and non-shootout wins with the same games remaining. Conversely, Buffalo could open up a nice cushion between themselves and the Canes if they won this game, even if it wouldn't guarantee that Carolina would disappear from their rear view mirrors.
Of course, both teams might be keeping an eye on the NBC Game of the Week, because the Rangers will provide both sides with added incentive whether they win or lose.
Tampa Bay @ Chicago – 7:00 pm ET
This game is bigger for the Blackhawks than it is the Lightning, but that doesn't mean that Tampa Bay lacks a reason to suit up. The Bolts can draw to within one point of the fourth seeded Pittsburgh Penguins. This marks their one game in hand over Pittsburgh, so they would get three games to make up a one-point difference if they managed to beat Chicago.


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When you develop your SOA services, you usually use a language such as BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) to implement a service orchestration logic. BPEL is a powerful language to implement any control flow logic you like as well as call downstream services by using SOAP or REST interfaces. It also gives you an opportunity to call a custom function developed in Java provided by a bespoke class loaded in your SOA platform. And it is important that you understand how threads will be allocated to run your service instances.
BPEL code when translated to executable code is well optimised to deal with any multithreading issues, however, when you call your custom function then you need to be aware of multithreading, i.e. when multiple service instances call your Java custom code. You need to take care of shared variables and avoid race conditions. It is also important to understand how your code behaves under load.
Example Scenario
The below scenario shows a situation in a specific settings when under a heavy load, a badly implemented multithreading in a custom Java implementation blocked the whole SOA server.
In the scenario, there is a SOA service with BPEL code and embedded Java that calls
getToken method provided by a bespoke Java class. The method eventually calls an external Token service. Note that you could implement such integration by using BPEL invoke activity, however, in some situations you need to implement an advanced logic around such integration that is not possible to do in BPEL. For example, you need to store results of outbound service calls in a shared memory and reuse them across multiple service instances.
When a client calls your SOA service, the SOA server allocates a new thread from its thread pool and uses the thread to process the request. The code calls
getToken method and enters a
synchronized code block which in turn creates an object-level lock. The method eventually calls the external Token service and as the sequence diagram shows, this call is blocked due to an issue in the external application. Although the outbound call uses the HTTP read timeout, the thread only releases the lock after the timeout occurs, i.e. after 30 seconds.
Now imagine that your SOA service operates under a high load of 150 requests per second. Since in 30 seconds (the timeout value) there can be up to 4500 requests, there will be a pileup of threads waiting in a queue to enter the
synchronized code block. A single thread that enters the queue could wait up to
N*WT seconds, where
N is the number of threads in the queue, and
WT is the thread waiting time, i.e. 30 seconds. For example, for
N=300, the thread waiting time is theoretically 2.5 hours. You however need to understand that the thread usually cannot run for more than a small number of minutes as there are other constraints in the SOA server that may result in destroying its running context. When the number of threads that can serve your SOA service's requests is unlimited, the thread pool will be soon saturated (in fact, with 150 requests per second, the thread pool will be saturated in 3-4 seconds). And when the thread pool is used to serve other SOA services, your SOA server will stop serving requests.
Corrective Actions
There are several corrective actions you can do to improve the situation described in the example. I list them here with no particular order but you should consider them all and if possible apply them whenever you can. However, some of the actions may not be possible to follow due to technological or organisational constraints you may have. Note that the goal of the corrective actions is to bring your SOA server under control.
Timeouts. It is important to have good timeouts on your outbound service calls. You need to calculate the timeouts with respect to other constraints and requirements you may have (e.g. JTA transaction timeout, BPEL synchronous process timeout, etc.). In the example, if you decrease the timeout from 30 seconds to say 5 seconds, you can improve the performance, however, the pile up of threads in the queue would still be high: 750 threads before the first thread leaves the queue gives you the thread waiting time of 62 minutes! This is still not acceptable but gives you an idea how timeouts impact the performance.
Throttling. Whenever you need to limit inbound service calls in order to accommodate your SLA, you should define constraints around how many maximum service instances can be running at any point in time. This allows you to control resources that you are able to allocate to serve your service requests while satisfying your clients' needs. In the example, inbound throttling would limit number of threads that can run your service and would eventually be blocked when waiting in the queue. Although the SOA service performance would not be impacted, the SOA server would have available resources to respond to other services' requests. If your SOA server is not capable of defining service-level throttling constraints, you may want to implement your own inside your bespoke Java class.
Multithreading. When possible, you should use standard capabilities of your SOA platform to achieve your integration needs. If from any reason you have to develop your custom Java method and call it from within BPEL process, you should take multithreading seriously. In general, object-level locking is not a good practice as it locks all
synchronizedmethods, i.e. also methods that may be unrelated and share no data. There are many guides to follow when you want to learn how to deal with multithreading. In the example, if multithreading was implemented correctly such as threads were not blocked, there would be parallel requests running against the downstream service. And it would be responsibility of the downstream service to deal with such situation, for example, having inbound throttling in place. When a number of requests reaches its limit, all other requests would fail which in turn would make your SOA service to fail. Such failures are obviously correct ends of your SOA service instances, however, you should also have an appropriate error handling in place.


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Curious what you can use a KitchenAid Mixer for? Look no further! I have listed over 30 ways to use a stand mixer to make your time and effort in the kitchen super easy!
Not too long ago someone told me they have had a KitchenAid mixer for years, but had never used it.
I was shocked! There are plenty of kitchen appliances that you don't need, but I would never put my stand mixer on that list. I use it several times a week because it saves me SO MUCH TIME!!!
Using my KitchenAid stand mixer is like having an extra set of hands in the kitchen.
The Best Stand Mixer for Home Use
First, let me introduce you to my family of KitchenAid mixers:
My husband and I were given a red KitchenAid 5-quart Artisan Stand Mixer for our wedding 10+ years ago. It's met all of my baking needs so far, and that's one of the main reasons why I don't have a set of old-school beaters like these.
I mean, I did have a set of hand mixers at one point (pre-wedding) and I did use them. I think I paid $5 at Dollar General and they were great for my needs at the time.
In fact, I'd highly recommend starting out with a simple yet good set of beaters if you're new to the realm of using mixers. They'll do 80% of what the stand mixer can do, and you'll really get a firm grasp on whether you even need a stand mixer or not.
But for me? When we were given the stand mixer, I'm pretty sure I cried tears of joy. I sold the beaters and didn't look back. My KitchenAid 5-quart Artisan Stand Mixer is one of my kitchen BFFs.
With that said, however, there is one thing that's now on my wishlist:
That my friends, is the KitchenAid 7-quart Pro Line Stand Mixer.
As you'll soon see, I use my mixer for ALL SORTS OF GOODNESS and one of my (few) complaints is that I often wish I had a bigger bowl. It would be nice to make a triple batch of pizza dough or a batch of buttermilk potato bread without the dough getting all stuck in the blade thingamajig. The 7-quart holds FOURTEEN cups of flour!!
I also think it would be nice to have something with a bit more horsepower (is it weird to say horsepower on a food blog?) so I can crank out a massive baking marathon without a second guess that my mixer might need a break or something.
But it's certainly not a need. My 5-quart Artisan mixer has been holding strong, despite the toll that running a food blog requires AND dough in the thingamajig, so I'm not complaining.
30+ Creative Ways to Use a KitchenAid Mixer
Using a Stand Mixer for Dinner Prep
1. Shredding Cooked Chicken. Use the dough hook and turn it on for about 20 seconds at a time. This gives you shredded chicken, not mushy chicken. I most often used either roasted chicken or slow cooker chicken.
2. Shredding Cooked Pork. Same theory as the chicken! The very best carnitas is a perfect candidate for this.
3. Shredding Cooked Beef. Same theory again, and this way you can have shredded beef sandwiches without shredding the meat for hours!
4. Mixing Meatballs. This is my favorite meatball recipe. Five minutes of dumping and mixing and 15 minutes of baking makes dinner ready in a flash.
5. Mixing Meatloaf. Same concept as the meatballs, but I don't have a favorite recipe… yet. Got one to share?
6. Mixing Ground Beef for Hamburgers. You can find my favorite burger recipe here. But of course, the mixer does the work.
7. Mashed Potatoes (white or sweet). There's an art to mashed potatoes, which includes not mashing them for too long. Use the paddle and mix when they're hot so they don't dry out (which leads to adding too much liquid and overmixing, which leads to gummy potatoes).
Making Sides & Snacks with a Stand Mixer
8. Granola. Part of the art of granola is to make sure ALL the dry is covered with wet. The mixer takes care of this beautifully. My family likes both cranberry orange granola and strawberry chocolate granola.
9. Granola Bars. Every week I make my husband a batch of chewy peanut butter chocolate chip granola bars. I can tell you right now this wouldn't happen if I didn't have this mixer.
10. Guacamole. Mashing one or two avocados isn't bad, but simple guacamole for a crowd? Or making it in bulk and freezing for later? That's a mixer job.
11. Mixing Dips. You know those dips where you add spices to cream cheese and you stir like crazy, but it's hard because the cream cheese is lumpy? Yeah… those.
12. Stuffing. I'm talking about stuffed mushrooms and ravioli here – the stuff you STUFF into other stuff.
13. Egg Salad. Use the wire whisk attachment for this one after a rough chop and you'll have the perfect egg salad, every time.
KitchenAid Bread Recipes & Doughs
14. Pizza Dough. This is my pizza dough recipe for our famous Friday night pizza tradition. I bust out the mixer every Friday at 4 pm, like clockwork.
15. Traditional Bread. Man bread, whole wheat bread, white sandwich bread… they're all done in the mixer.
16. Cinnamon Rolls. These are THE BEST cinnamon rolls on the planet. Well worth the loads of butter and overnight rise.
17. Biscuits. Nothing cuts the butter better than the paddle attachment. Trust me. (This is my original biscuit recipe and this is my sourdough biscuit recipe, but if you're a Bisquick-type of person, use this homemade Bisquick recipe instead.)
18. Scones. Similar to the reasoning for biscuits (cutting the butter is SO EASY NOW), except you can add the liquids and mix-ins too and never EVER mix it by hand. Try cranberry orange scones OR chocolate chip scones. Both are awesome!
19. Quick Bread. Classic pumpkin bread is my favorite, but Caramelized Banana Bread is a close second.
20. Muffins. Banana chocolate chip muffins anyone? Or do you prefer banana walnut?
21. Donuts. Your choice – strawberry lemonade or pumpkin spice.
22. Tortillas. Homemade tortillas are THE BEST, and since you need to cut the fat, they've never been easier.
Healthy KitchenAid Mixer Recipes for Dessert
23. Brownie Batter. I usually make black bean brownies in my blender, but if I make traditional brownies (using homemade brownie mix), I use my mixer.
24. Cake Batter. This is my homemade yellow cake mix recipe and this one is for chocolate cake. Mmmm… did someone say cake?
25. Cupcake Batter. Officially speaking, cupcakes are different than cakes, but for normal baking people like you and me, we'll just use our favorite cake recipe, mkay?
26. Meringue. NOTHING whips up egg whites into glossy firm peaks better than a stand mixer.
27. Whipped Cream. Ditch the processed can and get heavy whipping cream instead. A smidgen of powdered sugar and you've got delicious homemade whipped cream. Make chocolate whipped cream for an even greater treat!
28. Frosting. Whipping butter into submission – by hand – for buttercream icing is no easy feat. Using a mixer makes this SO much easier.
29. Cookies. You like it when the chocolate chips are evenly distributed in oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, yes?
30. Pie Crust. I repeat, CUT THE FAT people. Trust me on this. You'll never look back. (Here's my recipe.)
31. Marshmallows. They don't happen often, but when they do, they ONLY happen in a stand mixer.
Other Awesome Kitchen Mixer Hacks
32. Brown Sugar. I actually quit buying brown sugar when we quit processed sugar altogether. Now I use a ratio for molasses and Turbinado sugar – in my mixer – to make my own. Here's the recipe!
33. Natural Peanut Butter. 99% of the jars of natural peanut butter I buy come with a layer of oil at the top. I dump it all in my mixer, whip it up, scoop it back into the jar and store it in the fridge. Never again do you have to make a mess, spilling oil over the kitchen counter when you open a new jar of peanut butter.
34. Scrambling Eggs. One or two eggs get scrambled in a mug. But when I'm hosting company? Or making a quiche? Into the mixer they go!
Already own and love your KitchenAid mixer? Let's talk attachments.
Looking for tips and advice on attachments? Me too!
I still have the same 3 tools my red KitchenAid 5-quart Artisan Stand Mixer came with: wire whisk, paddle attachment, dough hook. My mother-in-law gave me a flex-edge paddle one year for Christmas, and that's super cool too. So awesome to not scrape the bowl in the middle of a cookie recipe!
Apparently there are other awesome attachments too though, like the fresh pasta maker attachment, meat grinder attachment and ice cream maker attachment, but I have zero experience with any of these. I can see though, how they'd be life-changing if I had them (perhaps I should add these to my wish list too?).