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The Guild Education Committee is running another of its very popular Listening Skills courses, on Saturday 12 October, based at Lockerley. This is a day for ringers at all levels and covers all sorts of things you may not have tried before in order to help you listen to the bells – or, more precisely, to interpret what you are hearing. It is a non-competitive day where you can have fun with ringers from across the Guild, learning quite a lot in the process, involving listening exercises, hand-bells, ringing exercises, and much more; you do not need to be an expert. And we also include a hot lunch!
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The Giro Empire ACC will come in four colors in 2014 and will also feature Giro's new Evofiber material.
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Radiohead will perform another free concert on April 1st, this time within the more spacious confines of London's BBC Radio Theatre. Unlike the band's last first-come/first-served show in January — when thousands of fans mobbed the streets trying to get wristbands that would grant them access to a venue that was ultimately deemed too tiny by police, forcing it to a larger location — the BBC will give out tickets either by applying by phone or winning them over the airwaves. "You'd be a fool to miss the concert," said Radio 2 head of music Jeff Smith, making reference to the concert's scheduling on April Fools Day. The gig will serve as a warm-up for Radiohead before they begin the first leg of their U.S. tour in May.
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Pippa Middleton is back from her NYC trip and back to doing what she does best – embarrassing her sister, Kate Middleton. Apparently the Duchess of Cambridge was none to happy with her younger sister's debut in America with all the tennis watching, flirting and fine dining. There can only be one member of the family who gets to do those things and Kate has decided it will be her!
According to Life & Style: "Pippa has been spotted clubbing and juggling up to four different men in four days. Kate is worried that Pippa's partying will embarrass her as Harry embarrassed William, but Kate needn't worry, as Harry set the freckled bar so high that Pippa is in no danger of topping it."
Here here! Everyone needs to just lay off the Pips. She's hustling and it's working for her. If this is even remotely true I'm getting disappointed in my girl Kate. She made the choice to wait around for 10 years for that used ring. She cut out the fun and the partying and the chance of a career in lieu of being the next Queen of England. That was her choice and probably a good one. But Pippa has no prince; Pippa has no bodyguards and Pippa has no man. Let her have some fun. And how did this source get that Pippa's been "juggling up to four different men"? She was seen talking to dudes. She was also seen talking to girls but no one wants to jump on out there and call her a lesbian for some reason.
Prince Harry and Pippa should not be held to the same standards. He's royalty and has had years of training yet still manages to do dumb sh-t things. Pippa is not royalty and most of you out there are loathe to even consider her anything but common. If that's the case then why can't she do common things like date and party? As long as she doesn't flash her crotch to the world, Kate should be cool with this. Now, if Pippa's going to make a habit of living off and ultimately taking advantage of her royal connections then she should make an effort to fly straight and toe the line. I feel like she's doing this pretty well.
Kate needs to keep drinking her water and chill out. Pippa's doing just fine. It's fun to watch one Middleton girl enjoy herself. Besides, do you really think Carole "I once was a stewardess but now have my own family crest" Middleton is going to let Pippa f-ck this up for the family? No way. Kate might seem like she's in charge but Carole is the true Queen bee and she's got that family locked up better than Kris Jenner.
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D.L. watched Ava DuVernay's 4 part Netflix series When They See Us and called it "both the most beautiful and sad thing," he had ever seen. It tells the story of the Central Park 5; teenage boys who were arrested and convicted of a rape they did not commit. They were targeted and made an example out of by powerful people who knew what they were doing was wrong…they just didn't care. All of those involved have gone on to great success…but these boys had their youth stolen from them. D.L. says their story proves that "there's nothing that you could accuse black people of that people would not believe."
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As WikiLeaks continues to dump hacked emails from Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta, the Clinton camp—after weeks of refusing to dignify them—is now readying a response that will frame them as a criminal conspiracy akin to Watergate, placing the blame on a possible collusion between Donald Trump's advisers, Russian intelligence, and WikiLeaks' Julian Assange. For Clinton, it's an attempt to stave off any potential political damage from what they have revealed—and might reveal still—by characterizing their publication as morally repugnant, hoping that this rhetoric is enough to sway her detractors. But there's a far simpler solution: Clinton could just have Pamela Anderson kill Assange with a sandwich.
That was the theory that rapidly spread across Twitter and Reddit yesterday, anyway, thanks to a confluence of events that began when the Baywatch star dropped by the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Anderson told the local press that she was visiting Assange—who's hiding there to avoid extradition to Sweden on rape charges—because she's a supporter, and she's concerned about his health and family. To that end, the longtime animal rights activist brought Assange a "nice vegan lunch and some vegan snacks." Disappointing, perhaps—Anderson joked, "He said I tortured him with bringing him vegan food." But probably only deadly if she'd also regaled him with the story of when she'd first decided to stop eating meat.
But then, for the first time in the history of veganism, something interesting happened. Not long after Anderson's visit, WikiLeaks sent out three cryptic tweets, each affixed with a mysterious 64-character code:
From the photos of Pamela Anderson delivering a Pret A Manger sandwich to the Embassy, and now this string of random numbers and letters, WikiLeaks devotees were able to draw an obvious conclusion: These codes were a "dead man's switch" triggered by Assange's dying, and the most likely explanation was that Pamela Anderson had poisoned him.
It's all right there, if only you'd open your eyes to see it. And after the theory was floated by noted rape philosopher and scrotal-sociologist Roosh V, it wasn't long before it became a full-blown conspiracy about Anderson assassinating Assange at the Clintons' behest. Unfortunately for them, their covert black-op of having one of the most recognizable actresses in the world deliver a poison sub in front of dozens of cameras and Anderson's own social media account was swiftly exposed.
Pamela Anderson brought "healthy" food for Julian Assange on Sunday. If he's dead, I'd have that food tested. https://t.co/UO53SJm1FD
— Roosh (@rooshv) October 17, 2016
No doubt sensing that the walls were closing in, the Clintons extended their tentacles to longtime puppet Vivienne Westwood, forcing the fashion designer to explain to the Daily Mail that Anderson had visited Assange only to "discuss a new trust she wants to set up"—no doubt another subliminal message, planted by Clinton psy-ops agents to foster "trust" in her. Later, the Clinton apparatus continued to feed us disinformation through the myriad media arms it controls—in particular Gizmodo, which was recently acquired by Univision, and whose chairman, Haim Saban, has worked closely with its campaign. Gizmodo published an article explaining that the 64-character codes in those alarming tweets are standard "pre-commitment" sequences used to confirm a document has not been tampered with. Yes. Nothing to see here. Go back to sleep.
The shadowy Clinton/Saban cabal then instructed some hack peon at The A.V. Club—a part of the Univision-backed Onion Inc.—to write another inane article mocking the theory about Pamela Anderson killing Julian Assange with vegan food, rather than digging earnestly into #PodestaEmails10. Together, these members of the mainstream media ensured the continued rigging of the upcoming presidential election, which, short of conscripting a Baywatch star into murder, is the only way that Clinton could ever hope to defeat a dangerously megalomaniacal narcissist whose sexual assault accusations are just a part of a sustained, primal, teeth-baring frottage against the world.
Anyway, while Assange hasn't actually been murdered (Or has he?!), WikiLeaks did say today that its internet connection was "intentionally" cut off, later blaming it on Ecuador. While the Ecuadorian Embassy won't confirm or deny that, WikiLeaks says it has since put into place "appropriate contingency plans" to deal with the outage. Presumably this involves not accepting sandwiches from anyone, no matter how famous. You can't trust anyone anymore.


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GOOD MORNING! Eli Wiesel was quoted on Israeli radio last night speaking at the conference on European Anti-Semitism that the Jews of Europe live in fear. The Europeans are not asking IF the Jews will leave Europe, but rather WHEN. At this time with resurfacing anti-Semitism in the world, Mel Gibson's Passion Play movie is particularly odious in the same manner as the European Passion Plays in the past were notorious in provoking anti-Semitism.
I will not attend the movie. I have no interest in its portrayal of events long lost in the murky past. Obsessing on who killed someone for over 2,000 years is not the most positive focus in life. In addition, it seems to me that the answer is irrelevant for three reasons:
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In each and every generation anti-Semitism raises its ugly head. Shortly, we will be celebrating our 2,359th annual celebration of gratitude to the Almighty for saving the Jewish people from anti-Semites ... we call it Purim. The anti-Semites keep coming after us and we not only keep outlasting them, but on the journey we have helped civilize humanity (to the degree that it is civilized) -- we have taught the world respect for human life, the concept of world peace, the notion of justice and equality for all people irrespective of race, sex or social status, the goal of universal education, the importance of a strong family, and social responsibility for each other and the whole world.
I wouldn't call it a fair trade; it's the price for being a light unto the nations. Perhaps Mark Twain put it best:
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Purim is coming up next week, Saturday night, March 6th, through all day Sunday! The Fast of Esther is Thursday, March 4th. I was perusing Shimon Apisdorf's The One Hour Purim Primer - everything a family needs to understand, celebrate and enjoy Purim (available from your local Jewish book store or by calling toll-free 877-758-3242). One thing that Rabbi Apisdorf wrote, greatly impacted me: If a family is a "twice a year to synagogue" family, then he "votes for Purim and Simchas Torah (when everyone dances around celebrating the completion and beginning of reading the Torah)." Our kids should see and be a part of the joy of being Jewish!
Purim comes from the word "pur" in Persian which means "lots" - as in, "Haman cast lots for the most 'auspicious' date to kill the Jews." The date fell out on the 13th of Adar. The events of that date were turned around from a day of destruction to a day of victory and joy. We celebrate Purim on the 14th of Adar for:
"...they gained relief on the fourteenth, which they made a day of feasting and gladness." (Megilat Esther 9:17)
(In very few places - most notably in Jerusalem - Purim is celebrated the following day, the 15th day of Adar. The Sages declared that all cities which were walled cities at the time of Joshua should celebrate Purim the following day. This is to commemorate the extra day which King Ahashverosh granted Esther to allow the Jews of Shushan [the capital of Persia, which, by the way, was a walled city] to deal with their enemies. In Shushan they gained relief on the fifteenth. The holiday is called Shushan Purim in those locales.)
There are two ways in which to try to destroy the Jewish people - physically and spiritually. Our enemies have attempted both. Chanukah is the celebration over those who have tried and failed to culturally assimilate us (the Greeks and Western Culture); Purim is the celebration over those who have tried and failed to physically destroy us (the Persians, ad nauseam).
Why do we masquerade with costumes and masks on Purim? Nowhere in the Megilat Esther is God's name mentioned. If one so desires, he can see the whole Purim story as a chain of coincidences totally devoid of Divine Providence. Just as we hide behind masks, but our essence is still there, so too God has "hidden His face" behind the forces of history, but is still there guiding history.
Why do we make noise every time Haman's name is mentioned in the Megillah? The answer: Haman was an Amalekite, from that people which embodies evil and which the Torah commands us to obliterate. By blotting out Haman's name we are symbolically wiping out the Amalekites and evil.
The holiday is celebrated by hearing the Megillah Saturday night and Sunday morning. During the day only, we fulfill three mitzvot:
- Matanot L'evyonim - giving gifts or money to at least two poor people. (While it is good to give locally, one can fulfill the Mitzvot by giving at http://kerenyehoshuavyisroel.com/ for the poor Jews of Jerusalem).
- Mishloach Manot - the "sending of portions," giving at least two ready-to-eat foods to a minimum of one person. One should send via a messenger. (You can order Kosher Purim baskets from: White's Candies - Tel. (305) 865-0433 or http://florists.ftd.com/surf).
- Seudah - a festive meal. During the meal we are commanded to drink wine until we don't know the difference between "Blessed is Mordechai" and "Cursed is Haman." (It can also be fulfilled by drinking a little and taking a nap -one doesn't know the difference between them while sleeping...)
Why are we instructed to drink this amount? In a certain sense, Purim is greater than Yom Kippur. On Yom Kippur we fast and it is easy for our soul to have dominance over the body. Purim is the epitome of integrating the physical and the spiritual towards realizing that the Almighty loves us. The only thing that stands between you and the Almighty - is you. The wine and the spirit of the day help us get beyond the barrier - to realize that everything comes from the Almighty and that it is ultimately for our good!
The Mitzvot of Mishloach Manot and giving gifts to the poor were prescribed to generate brotherly love between all Jews. When there is love and unity amongst us, our enemies cannot harm us!
The Torah view of cosmology is that every season of the year has a spiritual component and opportunity. Passover is the time of Freedom, Shavuot is the time of committing ourselves to the Torah, Rosh Hashana for judgment, Yom Kippur for atonement. Purim is the time of joy in obliterating the enemies who seek to destroy us. It was more than coincidental that the war to remove Saddam Hussein began right on Purim! The first Gulf War ended on Purim...
Torah Portion of the Week
This week's Torah reading is an architect's or interior designer's dream portion. It begins with the Almighty commanding Moses to tell the Jewish people to bring an offering of the materials necessary for the construction of the Mishkan, the portable sanctuary.
The Torah continues with the details for constructing the Ark, the Table, the Menorah, the Tabernacle (the central area of worship containing the Ark, the Menorah, the Incense Altar, and the Table), the Beams composing the walls of the Tabernacle, the Cloth partition (separating the Holy of Holies where the Ark rested from the remaining Sanctuary part of the Tabernacle), the Altar and the Enclosure for the Tabernacle (surrounding curtains forming a rectangle within which was a large area approximately 15x larger than the Tabernacle).
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Well, Yes, a guy should pay a girl's bills for the following reasons and in the following circumstances
A man who wants to get married should have enough money to cater for "his woman"
A man will only spend money on something that matters to him
No matter how broke the man may be, if he loves a woman, he will find a way to spend, out of his "poverty", on her. This is because your heart lies where your treasure is. Most of the financially poor couples who live happily together are able to find happiness with themselves because they understand each other very well, more so, they know that their partners would do more for them if they have the wherewithal. If a man CANNOT spend on a woman, it could be an indication that he cares less about her; no matter how it is seen or perceived.
It goes a long way to prove the man's sense of responsibility
A woman should have a life of her own
It's an emotional relationship, not a job opportunity


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It's safe to say most of us had some free time on our hands when the pandemic first began, which forced a lot us to stay inside, social distance and, perhaps, learn a new skill or two.
One thing that was trending in the early days of the pandemic was people learning to bake, especially banana bread and the intimidating sourdough bread. Did you hone in on your baking (or even cooking) skills during quarantine? Did you master a recipe? We want to hear about it.
Perhaps instead of spending time in the kitchen during quarantine, you spent it outside in your backyard, growing a garden or perfecting a new workout routine?
Did you learn to play a new instrument, like the piano or guitar?
Did you learn how to knit or crochet?
Maybe you even decorated the front windows of your home with messages of hope and kindness for first responder workers.
Whatever it was that you mastered during quarantine, we want to hear about it.
You can submit photos of your new hobby, and tell us the story on how you spent your time learning a new skill. Let us know, and you might be featured in an upcoming Something Good story.


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Brookhaven Town Supervisor Ed Romaine did his best to channel legendary football coach Vince Lombardi in a pep talk to three dozen people huddled by the beach in Bellport Village Saturday morning.
They were getting ready to paddle, motor, sail and even swim across a section of the Great South Bay called Bellport Bay to plant 25,000 seed oysters off a small island near the breach at Old Inlet to the south.
"The fight is on, and I am looking at all the front line warriors," Romaine said. "Everything you do, every action you take, you are saying, 'I am going to save the bay."
"That's right!" someone responded.
"You're saying, I believe in nature," Romaine continued. "We can do this!"
And so they did. At least, it was a start, for the goals of the Friends of Bellport Bay and other environmental groups committed to restoring Long Island's waters to health could take generations to accomplish, they admit.
"We believe that within five years we will have a stable oyster colony out at Ridge Island and we're going to keep at it," said Thomas Schultz, a co-chairman of the group. "The town has committed to donating up to 100,000 oysters this year for us, and we're going to ask them for another 100,00 next year and so on."
Romaine, Schultz and others who spoke in the gazebo at the Bellport Marina also talked of the pressing need to reduce nitrogen pollution in the bay from septic systems, lawn fertilizers and other sources.
Elevated levels of nitrogen is what feeds the harmful algal blooms — like brown, red and rust tides — killing shellfish normally relied upon to filter bay waters. The Great South Bay's massive clam populations collapsed in the mid-1980s due to persistent, widespread brown tides.
Oysters populations haven't been prevalent in the Great South Bay Estuary since the early 1900s.
"Like the supervisor said, it would be a shame to put oysters in the bay but do nothing about the pollution that's polluting the bay," Schultz said.
"It's just amazing," said Bellport Village Trustee Leslie O'Connor, "One full-grown oyster, which is still pretty small, can filter 50 gallons of bay water each and every single day."
After waiting for a couple hours for a storm to pass, the assembled men, women and children took to the water.
They carried 15,000 seed oysters that came from Brookhaven Town's shellfish hatchery at Cedar Beach in Mount Sinai, and another 10,000 from the county-funded Cornell Cooperative Extension.
Cornell aquaculture specialist Gregg Rivara acknowledged that efforts to seed the Great South Bay with clams about a decade ago largely failed, and it was later determined high nitrogen levels, and the resulting algal blooms, crowded out the newly placed clams' main food sources.
But he was confident these seed oysters would result in a healthy colony, especially because of the existence of the inlet ripped open by Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and the now-incoming ocean water.
"It also takes more to get clams going than it does oysters," Rivara said.
Among those readying for the trek to Ridge Island was Lucy Danziger.
She had no watercraft.
"Lucy Danziger is prepared to swim the oysters over to Ridge," Schultz told the crowd.
She said she didn't deserve any special recognition, and thanked the group, which had just formed last year using money raised from art sales.
"As somebody who swims this bay every weekend, I want to thank all of you for making it cleaner," she said. "Obviously Mother Nature has helped. But I can see the difference between two years ago, last year and this year.
"And I welcome any of you to swim with me in Bellport Bay."
Tour Brookhaven Town's shellfish facility on Friday, July 24.
Photo 1: Friends of Bellport Bay volunteers and others at Ridge Island. (Credit: Friends of Bellport Bay)


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Mention incentives to old-school managers and they'll roll their eyes to communicate their distaste for rewarding folks who are "just doing their job." Having been in the marketing and motivation business for over 25 years, I can't say I find fault with the attitudes of these crusty supervisors. After all, incentives to improve safety performance have all too often been ineffective, or worse, acted as a de-motivator.
Well-intentioned management has traditionally believed that employees can be motivated to perform at a higher level if they have a group goal — a milestone the entire team can be proud of achieving. Management can also justify the incentive payout to bean counters who take note of accomplishments such as no lost time for over one year or the lowest OSHA recordable rate since 1947.
There are, however, two primary problems with this outlook:
1) None of us wants to disappoint the team and risk being ostracized. That's why milestone awards usually have the opposite effect from what's intended. For instance, if someone has an injury close to the end date of the milestone period, he "ruins" it for everyone else. The likely scenario is that the injury goes unreported and the hazard is not addressed.
2) In the contest-oriented reward systems used in most incentive programs, "losers" outnumber "winners." This is toxic for morale because it creates a false competition that pits employees against one another instead of developing a culture that binds them to the common purpose of enhanced safety. Instead of advancing best practices, this approach advances only best temporary results with little regard for sustainable system improvements and employee development.
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Thankfully, the role of incentives is improving in American business. Few doubt that successful enterprises are those in which employees collaborate, are fully engaged and exhibit proprietorship. Research indicates that rewards and recognition encourage enablement and contribute to the elements of support, emotion and task value essential to project and process success.
Businesses must be nimble enough to adapt to the challenges and opportunities in the new global economy. Today's leaders are using incentives and motivation to encourage a higher level of systems thinking and collaboration, resulting in an organizational culture that is flexible and able to embrace change.
"The Economics of Engagement," a report from the Enterprise Engagement Alliance (EEA) provides a comprehensive analysis of research in the emerging field of "enterprise engagement" and offers how-to information on recently developed benchmarking tools that can quantitatively measure the benefits of employee and customer engagement. Written by Allen Schweyer of the Human Capital Institute, the report notes that $350 billion is lost annually in decreased productivity, accidents, theft and turnover. These costs are directly related to the rising levels of employee disengagement. Recent studies by Gallup, Towers Perrin and others specify the crucial links between robust employee engagement and better performance. The EEA report offers proof that corporate financial performance is improved when employee engagement is a priority.
Alex Edmans of the Wharton School of Business also provides evidence of the importance of engagement in terms of share price performance. In a study based on stock performance inFortunemagazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" between 1998 and 2005, Edmans finds that companies with "engaged" employees returned 14 percent per year on each dollar invested, while the overall market return was only 6 percent per year. "The traditional view," says Edmans, "was that every dollar paid to employees was a dollar taken away from shareholders. But more recent studies have suggested that engaged employees can lead to higher profits."
Encourage engagement
Employee satisfaction and engagement are being recognized as factors in increased levels of discretionary effort, identification with the organization and lower turnover. In our work with clients, we've encouraged management to include the following markers to guide their culture enrichment efforts:
1. Establish an index of activities that employees can perform that strengthen the values of the company while enhancing the development of employees' skills and competence. The performance of these discretionary actions should be clearly communicated, reported and rewarded within the organization. New metrics should be composed primarily of the results of these activities.
2. Put the right people in the right jobs based on more than just skill level. Employees' commitment to the improvement of the corporate culture should be a factor in performance ratings and in the differentiation between workers. Those who are developing as systems thinkers should be put into leadership roles.
3. Root out bad business practices such as unnecessary work and duplication that can adversely affect employee enablement. This requires a continuous process of system improvements.
4. Encourage meaningful dialogue across all levels of the organization. This requires a commitment to the free and open exchange of ideas and opinions.
5. Monitor and improve the work climate within the organization by ensuring that leaders have the right competencies and management styles to motivate employees.
6. Focus on non-monetary rewards such as career growth opportunities, employee development, and employee-recognition programs. All rewards should be linked to metrics of improvement of the corporate culture. Tangible awards such as iPods, cameras, tools and apparel are more effective than cash, require a lower outlay of funds and are tax-free to the recipient.
7. Most importantly, establish a culture management system to monitor what is really happening at all levels of the organization. One approach might be a Web-based system that features personal accounts where employees accumulate earned points for a variety of involvement activities. These pro-active and discretionary efforts might include performing a job site safety audit, conducting a tool box talk, or submitting a near-miss report. They might also include health-related actions such as attending a smoking cessation class or participating in a stretch-and-flex program.
Using rewards and recognition in your culture-change initiatives is a vital component to enterprise-wide success.


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Accurate translation is essential for some businesses, which is why they would like to get the best in the industry. But there are times when companies get bad apples and experience the worse service. If your translator is doing the following below, then it is high time to ditch him.
- Inaccurate translations
One of the main reasons why you hire a translation company is to provide you with accurate translation, whether you are looking for a Russian Arabic translation Dubai firm or other languages. If you find yourself being bombarded by lots of complaints from clients or being called to clarify the translated documents you sent more often, then it is high time to change your translation firm for a new one.
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Last week the Pirates and State College did not renew their affiliation agreement for 2013. This forced the Pirates into accepting a two year affiliation agreement with Jamestown in the New York-Penn League, a confusing misnomer considering that there are teams in Ohio, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland, and Vermont, as well. Jamestown is widely regarded as having a sub-par ballpark and facilities by minor league aficionados, so this two year agreement is viewed by some in the industry as a stopgap measure for the Pirates.
In an effort to connect-the-dots, some feel that the Pirates may be interested in facilitating a relocation effort of a New York-Penn League franchise (Jamestown, perhaps) to Morgantown, West Virginia where a new ballpark is being proposed by West Virginia University. By separate phone interviews, Pirates Prospects spoke with both the design architect for the proposed stadium and West Virginia University's Athletic Director about this issue.
In June, the conceptual drawings completed by Designstream, LLC of Pittsburgh were posted on the West Virginia Athletic Department's website. If the proposed stadium looks somewhat similar to Consol Energy Park, home of the Washington Wild Things, it's because they were both designed by Designstream.
"There will be modern and contemporary elements," said Kevin Turkall, owner of Designstream and lead architect on the project, "that reflect the timeless architecture of buildings on West Virginia's campus."
As of right now, though, Designstream has not progressed any further on the project as their unspecified client does not want to spend any more money on the project until the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) issue is resolved by the West Virginia State Legislature. Tax increment financing allows tax-free subsidies to occur for a development, under the auspice that real estate values/sales tax/income tax will rise as a result of the new development. The subsidy is then re-paid by revenues above the specified tax increment after a certain timeframe.
The TIF for the West Virginia ballpark is actually a two-part TIF. According to WVU Athletic Director Oliver Luck, the real estate portion of the TIF was approved in June by Monongalia County and the West Virginia Development Office.
"The sales tax TIF will not be considered by the State Legislature until sometime in their next session, perhaps not until December or January," Luck stated. Director Luck did say that there was broad-based support for the project by local legislators. That portion of the TIF can either be "denied, approved, or approved with conditions" as per Turkall.
As for where the park will be located, current plans show it directly behind the Wal-Mart at the University Town Centre shopping mall off of Exit 155 of Interstate 79. This sprawling development has restaurants and a wide variety of retailers at this location, owned by developers Mon View, LLC. In an effort to combat potential traffic issues, a new interstate exit is proposed in the second phase of the ballpark's development plan at a cost of $24M.
In addition to West Virginia University, Fairmont State University and other local groups have expressed interest in sharing the facility. There would be user fees contributed by the various entities using the facility, but right now money "is a moving target," said Director Luck.
"More than likely, WVU will be the owner," said Director Luck, "and we would lease to any potential minor league team."
However, Luck did not choose to comment on whether the Pirates, or any other Major League team, had expressed interest to them at this time.
During the presentations in June to the Monongalia County Commissioners, the date of 2014 was given for the opening of the $16.2 M ballpark. Director Luck acknowledged that was an aggressive timeframe, but felt confident that it could be achieved since most of the site preparation in terms of utilities are available. With the Pirates in a 2 year agreement with Jamestown, the potential exists for the Pirates (if interested in Morgantown as an affiliate) to attempt to relocate the Jamestown franchise for the 2014 season to Morgantown, if the park is completed. The second scenario would involve the Pirates starting fresh with a new agreement in 2015, if Morgantown can successfully apply for membership in the New York-Penn League.
Pirates President Frank Coonelly was contacted for comment for this article, but did not respond.


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The most popular online trading platform in recent years is Amazon. Buyers love the bargain prices, wide assortment and fast delivery offered on Amazon. At the same time, Amazon provides many opportunities for sellers. To earn big money from trading on Amazon, you only need a hot commodity, an honest attitude to customers, following the established rules and a little patience.
Below are some simple tips recommended by asin24.com for improving your sales.
- Maintain high-quality content
Make sure that the pictures are of high quality, place them on a white background, they should not have watermarks or extra inscriptions. The preferred format is JPEG, at least 500px in size. Photographing the goods is necessary on each side, from different angles. If you sell expensive goods or anything new, hire a professional photographer. He will convey all the features and shades of colors.
An important point is the headlines. Product names must not exceed 80 characters. When creating your title, use the main differences of the product. For categories, clothes and shoes have special requirements. Try to indicate in the title every advantage of the product.
Present the product characteristics in one list to simplify the selection. Check in advance what characteristics you can choose for your category (Size, Color, etc.).
Particular attention is paid to the detailed information about your product. Check the correct description of the product, whether it is detailed enough. Product descriptions should not be long, but it is necessary that they fully enough explain each feature and characteristic of the product. Do not do more than five points. Place it near the photo.
- Perform keyword optimization
Key words help customers find on the site the goods they are interested in. To select the most optimal key queries, think about how exactly the visitor can search for it, use different options. Instead of phrases, it is better to use single keywords. Do not use the queries indicated in the header.
- Try to become the owner of BUY BOX
BUY BOX is notable for its prompt delivery, free delivery, positive customer reviews, the availability of the required amount of goods in stock, competitive price, cost reduction in returning purchases.
Use Repricing Software to win BUY BOX, track price inaccuracies and control it. Reduce margins to increase sales. The cost of your product should not differ much from the cost of analogues from other sellers.
- Use all the features of the FBA program
This program helps to realize a large amount of goods without thinking about the conditions of its storage in the warehouse and the speed of delivery to the buyer. Features of Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA):
- the ability to send any marketable items to the company;
- storage of goods in a center located as close as possible to your customers;
- the implementation of the packaging of your goods and their targeted delivery. Providing 24/7 customer support.
Using FBA offers many benefits: first, getting simplified access to customers around the world. They can use Amazon Prime Members to get prompt delivery at no extra cost. Amazon and UPS partnerships make shipping more affordable. In addition, your customers will be able to use the Super Saver Shipping service, which guarantees free delivery for purchases starting at $ 25. Participation in the program increases your chances of winning a BUY BOX. Any customer service issue is handled by Amazon, which also simplifies the seller's work. Due to this cost reduction, profit will increase. It is also possible to use the program while conducting business using your online store or eBay.
- Sell products worldwide
With Amazon, you can enter global markets. You have access to millions of customers who prefer to shop online. Amazon is one of the most popular trading floors in Europe and Canada. Amazon offers great prospects for your business. In addition, the use of special programs helps to make the process of selling to other countries much easier. For example, using the FBA Export program, it is possible to store goods in the company's warehouse, tracking where your goods are in great demand, and control of other sales indicators is available.
- Carry out promotions
The most ordinary stocks work perfectly on Amazon.
Free shipping. Such a promotion may be held during the period of holidays or when shopping for a certain amount.
Special discounts. For example, when buying a product in the amount of $ 50, the client receives a discount of $ 5.
The second item is free. Define specific products for this promotion and, by purchasing one of these products, the client receives the second for free.
Bonus accrual for next purchases. This category also includes gift cards. You can promise discounts to regular customers on related product categories or repeat orders.
The most effective strategy is to provide a direct discount. Providing holiday discounts, discounts on certain categories of goods, the use of promotional codes works great.
- Constantly monitor metrics
Amazon is known as a responsible company providing quality service. Therefore, effective business is inextricably linked with strict adherence to the rules. Track the number of your sales daily, control the delivery time. Order Defect Rate will help you quickly respond to negative reviews, fulfill your obligations under the guarantee, make a refund without delay, and will help your customers.
Keep in mind that Amazon monitors the responsiveness of your response to a client's question. Therefore, it is advisable to be in touch around the clock and constantly monitor each sales indicator.


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chinmaya posted a topic in Poweramp Feature RequestsSome albums have multiple discs. Sorting by track # sorts it so that all songs with the same number but different discs are together, which spoils the order. Enabling sorting by disc-track would solve this. Would also be cool to be able to queue only one disc out of many in a long album.


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[prMac.com] Moscow, Russia – Entertainment industry gets more and more ingenuous. Our portraits in motion have not been so true to life and amusing before. And now animated pictures produced with PhotoSmileys provide active and natural emoticons based on full face photos.
It is so tempting to appear in different costume even in correspondence. Running iOS 4.3 or later PhotoSmileys helps to try on a new image. In just few clicks one facial photo can be turned into a cowboy or a flamenco dancer. That may not surprise anyone today, but PhotoSmileys uses definitely advanced facial recognition technology to make this character behave. The smiley starts smile, kiss, laugh, wink and even threaten like the cartoon character. Nine different emotions make up a set for all characters, which are eight in number.
The user may choose from cowboy, gangster, biker and surfer guys, blonde, brunette, school and flamenco girls. The characters don�t look like standard pictures due to the elaborate technologies developed by Luxand. The recognition of facial features saves the individuality of people and allows creating the endless gallery of smileys. The tool requires Internet connection to operate but has the option to store all created characters on the phone.
PhotoSmileys is for signing letters and messages with the personalized miniature copy. To look different and to try on unusual images. For making e-mails vivid and to lighten the moods of sender and receiver. All the complex process of conversion and recognition is fully automatic and the result makes happy both kids and elderly people.
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Luxand, Inc. is a private hi-tech company formed in 2005. Using detection technology and face recognition mechanisms Luxand creates tools which guarantee both security and entertainment. The popular products include MakeMeBabies.com, In20Years.com and MakeMeZombie.com and many more special solutions. Copyright (C) 2012 Luxand, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.
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As part of Stockland Benefits+ program you have access to Concierge Support Desk powered by Nextcom to manage all your telecommunications requirements. Nextcom are ready to make connecting to the NBN and other plan options as easy as possible so you can start enjoying the benefits straight away.
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Just email email@example.com, visit https://www.nextcom.com.au/stockland-benefits.html, or speak to us on 1300 163 037. One of our NBN Connection Specialists will organise everything – so you don't have to worry.
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Once we have set up your new home broadband & phone services your personal installer will help you connect your smart devices, and computer to your new Wi-Fi network allowing you to relax.


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iDefense has seen a Flash zero day exploit within a PDF file during a recent zero day attack investigation.Its hard to believe that at one point in time PDF files were considered safe.
Trojan.Pidief.G is a Trojan horse that arrives in a .pdf file and exploits a vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player.
We are in the process of developing a fix for the issue, and expect to provide an update for Flash Player v9 and v10 for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux by July 30, 2009 (the date for Flash Player v9 and v10 for Solaris is still pending). We expect to provide an update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat v9.1.2 for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX by July 31, 2009.
Heads up: there are currenty 2 distinct adobe 0day exploiting different vulns in the wild.
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Natvar Bhavsar is a prominent artist born in Visnager, India in the year 1934. Bhavsar began his artistic career as a Cubist painter and achieved international recognition before the age of twenty.
The artist would eventually find himself in New York City and upon seeing the American Abstract Expressionist painters developed a style that used some methods of traditional Indian sand painting. He prepares each canvas with many acrylic binders and then places the canvas flat on the floor. Rather than painting vertically pigments are dropped onto the canvas as it lies on the floor.
Another artist who had a similar technique was Vance Kirkland. Kirkland started out as a realist painter but eventually came to love abstract painting and developed a harness that would suspend him above his canvas in order to paint it. Two different artists but a similar approach.
Bhavsar earned a bachelors degree in English literature from Gujarat University located in Amdavad, India. Bhavsar earned a M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Bhavsar has won fellowship grants from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations.
Price range information: Most works range from $5,000 to $60,000.
Bhavsar is based out of Soho in New York City.
In this clip from 2010 we visit a documentary movie that was made about Natvar Bhavsar:
I enjoy Bhavsar's use of color in addition to the unique way he adds color to his canvas with the canvas being on the floor. Paint is used but Bhavsar also uses dried pigments giving his work an explosion of pure color for the eyes!


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I will admit it – I'm not a car person. I check my fluids and my tire pressure to make sure everything is alright, but I need reminders to get my car done. I finally decide I needed to be a bit more proactive with car care so I decided to get some useful information. If you're not a car expert or you're so busy that time flies, this handy guide will help you schedule your car's major maintenance easily. Just plug it into your calender and and set alerts to give you a heads up on upcoming expenses.
Don't wait until your annual inspections to find out you have a huge car repair bill coming your way. Plan ahead and even out your car expenses on your monthly cash flow. I'll share some of the big ones to help you get started.
Oil Changes and Tune-Ups
Oil changes are one of the easiest things you can do to help extend the life of your car. Without having them regularly done, you can do damage to your engine. While conventional wisdom said you should get an oil change every 3,000 miles, manufacturers have suggested you can do it at least every 5,000 miles. So while engines have improved over the years, that doesn't give you an excuse to skip out on your oil change. If you have the time, you can do it yourself, or if you prefer, you can get a shop to do it for you.
What exactly are tune-ups? It's preventative care for your fuel and electrical system. You should look at getting tune-ups every 2 years or 30,000 miles- whichever comes first. Here a re few things that are listed for tune-ups:
- Change the air filter
- Replace spark plugs
- Checking the belts
- Replace the PCV
When looking at the schedule for tune-ups everyone recommended looking at your owner's manual. Some mechanics are treating newer cars like older ones and that could cost you more money.
With tune-ups and oil changes, please also factor in how often you use your car. IF you do a lot of travel and put a ton of wear and tear on your car, you'll have to check on your car more frequently.
Tires and Batteries
I just had 2 of my tires replaced this week. While it wasn't cheap, getting new tires is better than having one blow out when you're driving on the highway. You really don't want to take chances with your tires. Use the penny test to see if your tires need replacing. Place a penny into the groove of your tire. If you see the stop of Lincoln's head, go ahead and get that replaced as soon as possible.
Again, it can vary based on your driving style and environmental conditions, but tires can last around 50,000 miles. If you're not sure how many miles you've driven with the tires, at the very least you should replace your tires every 6 years.
If you've had to get a jump for your car, you know how annoying it is to have a problem with your battery. Try to get track of when you get your battery. The normal life of a car battery is around 3-4 years, depending on a variety of factors. Whenever you get a tune-up, make sure they check the condition of the battery. They may have to clean the terminals.
Thoughts on Car Maintenance
If you're still unsure of when you should take care of your car's maintenance, Edmunds has a tool that will break some of them down based on the car model you have. It also include average prices in your area for these services.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. How you keep your car regularly maintained? Do you use a calender to keep track of car repairs or do you just wait until something breaks down?


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UNESCO Call for East African Youth Proposals: African World Heritage Day 2021
Deadline: May 31, 2021
The UNESCO Call for East African Youth Proposals: African World Heritage Day 2021 is now open. In Celebration of African World Heritage Day on 5 May 2021, and in the framework of the African Union Year 2021 for "Arts, Culture and Heritage: Levers for Building the Africa We Want", UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa in partnership with UNESCO National Commissions in the region and the African World Heritage Fund are launching an open competition for youth.
The call invites youth in all 13 countries covered by the UNESCO Regional Office for Eastern Africa (Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda) to develop a project proposal for raising awareness and engagement of youth in the protection and promotion of African World Heritage.
- All proposals must include a detailed budget breakdown indicating the estimated costs for all activities in USD for a total amount up to $5,000 USD.
- Proposals may be submitted by an individual or group of individuals, aged 18 to 35 years;
- Must be from one of the following countries: Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda;
- Proposals may focus on raising awareness and/or engagement among youth for one World Heritage site in Africa, all World Heritage sites in a specific country or the Eastern Africa region, or may also focus on the entire Africa region. Proposals may also focus on Tentative List sites or the UNESCO 1972 World Heritage Convention.
- The proposed activity(ies) must be feasible to carry out between July 1 and November 15, 2021.
- All proposed activities must respect national and World Health Organization (WHO) health guidelines and prevention measures for the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as national security and legal guidelines.
- Moreover, all proposals must respect human rights and promote respect for cultural diversity.
The deadline for submission of proposals is May 31, 2021. Proposals must be submitted in Word or PDF format by e-mail to the following address [email protected]
Download the Project Proposal Form here
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration can now regulate e-cigarettes that comprise artificial nicotine, a shift that would slash the variety of vaping products out there in the us Japan's worst energy crisis in over a decade is a culmination of events ranging from the Fukushima disaster, and is an issue that the nation won't be capable of rapidly shake. Uber, hit by driver shortages and a surge in food delivery requests during the pandemic, will listing New York City taxi cabs on its app, a partnership that till just lately would have been unthinkable with... Unfortunately the workings of the recent petroleum value cut had been based on $85-95 per barrel oil and change rate at Rs178. One firm has attributed the hike to a continuous and unprecedented bullish development in the value of scrap over the previous month. If you could have separate enterprise and personal phone numbers, you can have both WhatsApp Business and WhatsApp Messenger put in on the identical telephone, and register


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I've uploaded Part Seven of Jimmy HERE. It's near enough half way through now. If you would like to read from Part One you can find it HERE.
Being the geek that I am last night I stayed up until four in the morning while talking to a friend on Facebook to watch the PS4 conference at E3. I know that it's kind of sad but it was worth it. Anyone that knows me and my gaming habits knows that I've always leaned towards Playstation. They have better exclusives, better hardware and I've been using them for about 15 years now. I never thought it would be so easy to dislike another console though. All of Microsoft's policies don't make sense. Ah well. What made staying up worth it was seeing the first mention of the new game in one of my favourite franchises of all time. Kingdom Hearts 3 has finally been announced. I've been waiting 7 years for this. HERE is the trailer. For those that don't know it's a mixture of Final Fantasy and Disney films. The new addition is also going to include other worlds from Disney's "Properties". There is no word on whether that means Pixar films, Marvel Comics and films, Star Wars or something even stranger. Whatever it is I can't believe it's finally been announced. Even if there isn't a date and FF versus 13 was announced in 2006 and has now been renamed Final Fantasy 15 and still has no date. Hopefully neither of them will take that long to come out.
I finished Coraline last week. It truly is a special little book. It's freaky and gripping. Next up is my favourite Gaiman book of all time Stardust. It's sitting next to me now am I'm hoping to have started it tonight.
I have no real update on my book, To The Other, as I'm still waiting for my proof copy. I'll make a new post when it's arrived and list the changes I'm going to be making. Hopefully nothing big.
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Two Microsoft employees have unveiled a crowd-sourcing Web site inviting suggestions for how Microsoft Office could be improved.
Steve Zaske, a product planner on the Office development team, wrote in a blog post Monday that the site, MakeOfficeBetter.com, was inspired by Dell's IdeaStorm site. On both sites, the public can submit suggestions for product improvements, and other people rank the submissions to establish their popularity and priority.
"I'm a huge fan of crowd-sourcing, and love Dell's IdeaStorm website, so I thought I'd build one for Office," Zaske wrote, adding that he and Office software design engineer Luke Foust had disabled the site's captcha identity verification system "in an attempt to make the site as easy as possible" and to see whether "trolls will ruin it for everyone."
At the time of writing, the top suggestion on MakeOfficeBetter.com was to improve the HTML support in Outlook--a proposal made by Zaske himself. This was followed by a call for PDF documents to be readable in Word.
"Although we are employed by Microsoft, this is not an official Microsoft website," the site's home page reads. "You should not expect an official response from Microsoft by posting an idea here, but we'll do our best to get the ideas posted here in front of the right people within the Office development team."
ZDNet UK approached Microsoft for comment, but had received no reply at the time of writing.
David Meyer of ZDNet UK reported from London.


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Get to know your rivers on new LAWA website
19 March 2014
A new website launched this week is a great tool for people wanting to find out what is really happening in their local waterways.
The Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (LAWA) website shares environmental information from councils throughout New Zealand in one place and in an easy to understand format. The first stage of the long-term project focuses on rivers, with state and trend data displayed for more than 1100 freshwater monitoring sites. Watch the introductory video.
"Good information is key to good decision making and this new website is a great tool to help communities understand what's happening in their rivers and get more involved in caring for them," Cawthron Institute freshwater scientist Roger Young says.
The LAWA website is a collaboration between New Zealand's 16 regional and unitary councils, the Ministry for the Environment, Cawthron Institute and Massey University, with support from Tindall Foundation.
Within LAWA, Cawthron scientists have provided advice around website development and content and also provided expertise to validate the way the data is collected, processed and analysed.
"We're excited to partner with regional councils and the Ministry in what we see as a truly innovative project bringing complex science into an easily accessible and understandable format," Cawthron Institute Chief Executive, Professor Charles Eason, says.
"Many people can so often be put off by overly complex scientific information but we believe LAWA has simplified the science and allows everyone to connect with what's going on in their river. This is a fantastic initiative for New Zealanders and we applaud all those involved."
Fran Wilde, chair of the Regional Council Sector Group says the website provides a wide range of information that will help New Zealanders make good choices about using and enjoying our highly valued resource – fresh water.
"Never before has there been such a focus on the state of New Zealand's freshwater.
Freshwater is a vital asset to our country and its important that the public can see and understand for themselves the state of a particular river or catchment and how it may be affected by what's going on around it," Ms Wilde says.
LAWA also allows people to share information about what's happening in waterways. Users can share news, report pollution or promote clean-up or riparian planting days. They can also compare rivers and check if water quality is improving or not.
"This is more than just a place to present data, it's for people to use, enjoy and contribute to. We'd love people to share their own stories about their local waterways on the site," Dr Young says.
"The website will also be an excellent resource and tool for organisations and communities throughout New Zealand that are working to improve and maintain the health of our precious rivers."
Cawthron Institute is a New Zealand leader in freshwater sciences with expertise in river health assessment, catchment management and the requirements for in-stream flows. Cawthron scientists provide advice and research services on everything from water quality and fish habitats through to understanding how river and lake ecosystems function and how to protect and rehabilitate them.
Work is now underway on developing LAWA's next modules which will be water quantity and coastal water quality. Find out more about LAWA at www.lawa.org.nz.


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Ecological Challenges Facing Assignment 04
Assignment 04
SO245 Social Impact of Technology
Directions:Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Refer to the "Assignment Format" page for specific format requirements.
In your course, turn to Lesson 4. Skim through it to refresh your memory. Next, carefully study and review the section titled, "Ecological Challenges Facing Humanity." Skim through that and then focus on the topic of deforestation.
Relying solely on the material in your course and using your own words, your objective will be writing a short descriptive essay that defines and explains selected environmental impacts of deforestation. As you write, imagine you are talking to a friend who has no knowledge of this topic. In short, write the way you speak, using a conversational tone. Also, try to alternate short sentences and longer sentences to make your writing more readable.
Before, during, or after you've completed your essay, be sure to create a title and cite yourself as the author. For example:
Environmental Impacts of Deforestation
Jennifer Croft
Your essay should have 5 paragraphs. Paragraph 1 is your lead paragraph. It will contain an overview of what you have to say about these three topics – disruption of the carbon cycle, disruption of the hydro (water) cycle, and the reduction of species diversity.
Paragraphs 2, 3, and 4, are your body paragraphs. In your essay, paragraph 2 should describe how deforestation disrupts the carbon cycle.
In paragraph 3, you'll write about how deforestation disrupts the hydro (water) cycle.
In paragraph 4, you'll explain how deforestation is related to declining species diversity.
Paragraph 5 is your conclusion paragraph. Here, you can describe how you feel about these three effects of deforestation and what we might do about it.
Your document's margins should be 1 inch, top, bottom, left, and right. That's the default option if you use MS Word.
All your copy should be flush left.
For purposes of evaluating your essay, skip a line between each paragraph.
Make sure you use a standard indent for the first sentence of each of your paragraphs. Pressing the tab key one time is a simple way to do that.
It's permissible to use direct quotes from your reading, but don't overdo it. One to three such quotes should be your limit. In any case, be sure to bracket a direct quote with quotation marks. For example: According to Smith, "Carbon dioxide is both our friend and our enemy."
Begin by writing a first draft. Remembering that writing is rewriting, try and try again to make your prose readable. After you think you have a final draft completed, go over the essay again to locate and correct grammar and spelling errors.
Grading Rubric
Please refer to the rubric on the following page for the grading criteria for this assignment.


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For the last couple of years I have closely followed the product and design development between China and US/EC.
In growing numbers retailers and producers turn to China as the country of choice for manufacturing and purchasing of products.
So far its all good and fine.
The worrying part is that design studios located in China is rapidly becoming a resource that provides a by-the-machine-design based on the limited manufacturing capabilities the country has to offer. This design is executed by local ID designers (which in the Chinese industry means Imitation Designer not Industrial Designer) and are now setting the standards for what is possible (or rather say impossible) to manufacture.
Add to that the influence of Asian sourcing conglomerates that practically over-night can make and ship products to a fraction of the price compared to a western world process…this means that many companies utilize the services from Chinese resources as they cut the time to market and retailers can sell a design that is "almost real" and echoes something that we all have seen before…
So how can design development in its pure sense of being a convergence of visionary thinking fueled by the quest to expand the borders of manufacturing survive in this soon-to-be-everywhere scenario…?
I am interested to hear thoughts on how designers will remain in the industry without being physically present in Asia, where Shanghai now is designated to be the "new world of design"…and what the consequences of the growing "conventionalism" will be
going forward…