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[Novi AMS](http://www.noviams.com) is a SaaS product for associations that use QuickBooks. Two-time winners at Intuit's small business hackathon, the team believes that its emphasis on collaboration, agility, and software craftsmanship allows us to be truly transformative in the lives of our customers.\n\nWe serve a variety of non-profit associations, including Chambers of Commerce, industry organizations, and professional societies. Some of our clients include the Florida Apartment Association, the American Council of Engineering Companies of Wisconsin, and even the National Barbecue and Grilling Association.\n\nUnique for a SaaS startup in its 3rd year of growth, novi AMS has been funded by our parent, a company which has been in the business of creating cloud software since 2009. We also believe in the long term career development of our employees, investing in things like conference attendance, in-person company gatherings, and routine one-on-ones.\n\nNovi AMS is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, but our team is distributed from Virginia to Texas, so we're used to working remotely. For this position, we're looking for candidates anywhere in the United States who are able to work regular business hours.\n\nAs one of four developers on our software team, your work will make a significant impact on the business and our customers. Our team utilizes ASP.NET MVC C# and SQL running on Azure, so we are looking for candidates with significant experience in this stack.\n\n**Skills & Requirements**\n* ASP.NET MVC C# / SQL.\n* Front-end development experience in Angular, Knockout or React.\n* Experience in a fast-paced development environment.\n* Experience handling bug triage and product support issues.\n* Ability to communicate tremendously well, even with non-technical stakeholders and customers.\n* Experience working on several complex projects from beginning to end.\n* Passionate about software craftsmanship.\n* Experience with Azure is a plus.\n* Experience working with Agile & Scrum is a plus.
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Hi, I'm Brian, Director of Product at Customer.io,\n \nI'd first like to introduce you to Fly, our current design system. We've reached a point where Fly is struggling to scale and hiring you is the piece of the puzzle we need to invest in leveling it up. I'm looking for someone to join our product team and be the vanguard of this effort!\n\nOur product work is done by squads: small groups of product managers, engineers, and designers like you, focused on solving a customer problem. In addition to wrangling our design system, you'll also be an integral part of a squad, helping to define and design the user experience.\n\nThe work you do here will raise the bar for the everyday communications we all receive. It drives us crazy when we get useless emails and notifications that feel like spam from companies we admire. Despite how poorly some companies communicate, we don't think marketers are bad people. In fact, we believe they care about their customers, don't want to waste their time, and simply don't have the tools to do better. At Customer.io we're on a mission to give our customers the superpower of sending and tracking great email, SMSes and push notifications. \n\nOur customers are marketers, growth hackers, and engineers who are always dreaming up fresh ideas for how to be genuine and personal in their messages to customers. We help businesses send relevant messages based on what people do or don't do when using a web or mobile app. \n\nSound like the next step in your career? Read on and apply!\n\nP.S. Identify more as a UX Designer? UX Engineer? Don't worry about it - let us know if you think this is the place for you.\n\n**What will you be doing?**\n\n- Taking over Fly, the component library we use to construct our app in close partnership with our front-end engineers and your fellow designers. Understand what works, what doesn't, and take ownership of improving it.\n- Standardize and document these modular components, so the entire team knows how, where, and why to use them\n- Own UI and UX design for product features while partnering with engineering throughout the creation process\n- Use both data and customer research to validating your designs and refine concepts for new features\n- Separate trend from truth when it comes to design systems -- meaningfully leverage best practices, but don't be afraid to ignore the buzzwords and forge a path (and a Medium post) yourself!\n\n**You'll be working with...**\n\n- Ivana, Sr UI/UX designer, to take features from concept to Customer.io! Together, you'll collaborate on distilling user feedback into user goals, wireframes, visual designs, prototypes -- whatever the team needs to make our customers' lives easier.\n- Kieran, Sr Product Designer, who will be your visual design partner as you corral our design system and take it to the next level.\n- Brian, our Director of Product, to figure out what we need to build next for our customers. With Brian you'll focus a lot on customer problems and outcomes in order to cultivate an iterative design-driven team culture. Brian joined last year from Adobe, where he spent years building products for designers.\n- A team of front-end engineers with a passion for design and usability. They'll be close partners: you'll laugh together, you'll cry together, you'll do the best work of your lives together.\n\n**What will you bring to the table?**\n\n**You're a natural systems thinker** and that's exactly what makes you a great designer. Grids, modules, and typographic scale are your paintbrush. You see nonstandard, one-off interfaces as a rough design critique. You enjoy applying your systems in service of customer needs just as much as you enjoying crafting those systems.\n\n**Your north star** is making a design system and user experience harmonize perfectly. You realize it's not just about a pattern library, it's about constraining the ways the patterns can be assembled so they accelerate the both process of designing a product and empowering its user.\n\n**You're hungry to learn**, and you love to understand how things work under the hood. You thrive in technical conversations with engineers where you need to balance constraints with design goals.\n\n**You're scrappy and self-directed** when it comes to problem-solving and working on multiple projects at once. You're looking to work with a startup where you'll be responsible for the impact you make and have a lot of freedom. Working with folks in different time zones will be standard issue for you around here, so being able to stay determined, even when the answers aren't in front of you, is essential. \n\n**You are a proactive communicator**. You strive to be articulate and empathetic in your interactions and believe in "working out loud" to share work early and helpfully. This might mean writing out your questions for the team, jumping on a quick call to clarify feature requirements, or building wireframes after documenting your assumptions.\n\n**Bonus!** Not a requirement, but shout about it if you have experience with... \n- Writing the HTML, CSS, and JS for the design system you create\n- Marketing Technology and/or SaaS Companies\n\n**Why should you work with Customer.io?**\n\nWork at our head office in Portland, OR or anywhere in the world you want. We want to enable you to do your best work, and this is how we aim to do that—\n\n**Competitive salary** - We're offering $80,000-$100,000 USD for this position, with flexibility for location and experience.\n\n**Equity** - You'll own a piece of the company. It's not a get-rich-quick deal, but if you stay around for a while, we're planning to be a long-lasting company and your piece of it may be a nice bonus. \n\n**Big Impact** - Our team is small, but growing quickly. The work you do will materially impact how successful we are as a company. \n\n**Great Tools** - Everyone in the company has a budget for a computer, a motorized standing desk, Steelcase Leap office chair, external monitor, and anything else you'd like to get your job done.\n\n**Health Benefits** - We pay 100% of your premiums for medical, dental and vision. \n\n**Paid Parental & Medical Leave** - including adoption\n\n**Retreats** - We get our whole company together once a year. We've had retreats in Iceland, Barcelona, and Romania. \n\n**Vacation** - Rest and recuperation is important. We offer unlimited paid time off with a 2-week minimum per year.\n\n**Diversity statement**\n\nAt Customer.io, we're committed to building a diverse environment, and encourage minority applicants. So far, we have team members in France, Germany, Canada, and all over the US. Our CEO and CTO grew up in Singapore and Arkansas respectively, but met in New York City. Our company culture is always evolving; people from different backgrounds bring valued perspective and thoughtfulness to the work that we do and the culture we foster.\n\nCustomer.io provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Customer.io complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Basically, we follow the law, but also like you for who you are!\n\n**Come Join Us!**\n\nApply below, and make sure you tell us why you're interested in the position! We've added a few questions that will also help us understand how you think. \n\n- Provide a resume or LinkedIn profile\n- Provide a portfolio or a few work samples\n- What's the difference between an atom and a molecule?\n- When are you allowed to break the grid?\n- What do you think is the most interesting (or least interesting, red-herring) debate going in design today? \n- Creamy or crunchy peanut butter?\n
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Years ago I was standing at our library's parking payment kiosk and rooting frantically through my purse to find some change for the parking meter when a passing woman stopped and handed me a few quarters. "Here you go," she said cheerfully. Such a small gesture, but I've never forgotten it.
A tiny act of unexpected kindness has the ability to change the trajectory of your entire day, don't you think? In the spirit of spreading more of those good feelings around, here are 8 under-$10 ways you can easily bring some happiness to a stranger's life (and your own, of course, because making other people happy feels awesome).
More from CafeMom: Woman's Act of Kindness to Young Mom in Walmart Goes Viral (VIDEO)
Have you ever done something like this? What would you add to the list?
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Leave flowers on someone's car1
Maybe outside a grocery store, where you can easily grab an inexpensive pretty bouquet. Maybe even look for a car with carseats or a minivan, so you know it's likely a mom will be returning with a cart full of food she still has to unload and put away. Add a little note: "Dear total stranger, I don't know you and you don't know me, but I hope you have a fantastic day."
Put some cash in a library book2
A friendly note and a $5 or $10 bill slipped into the last novel you read that completely blew you away -- or maybe your favorite children's book. I'm pretty sure if my kids found something like this, they'd actually explode with joy.
Treat the person in line behind you3
This obviously won't work if you're in line at, like, Nordstrom, but if you're buying coffee or sitting in a drive-through line, why not throw in a little extra cash for the person behind you? You're the Starbucks Batman who just put a huge smile on someone's face, and maybe it's Monday and that person was having a really crappy morning.
Leave some cash taped to a vending machine4
Attach your envelope to the vending machine with a note to enjoy a free drink or snack.
Tip your server the full amount on an inexpensive meal5
Your meal cost $8.99? Tip your server nine bucks. It doesn't cost you much in the long run and hopefully will add some cheer to his or her day.
Donate a chemo care package to a local oncology center6
Ideas to include in the package: hard candies, lip balm, warm fuzzy socks, an iTunes gift card, a handwritten note of encouragement, bottled water, a soft hat, chemo-friendly mouth gel, Queasy Pops, trashy magazines, aromatherapy bottles, unscented hand lotion, chocolate, hand sanitizer ...
Attach a bag of popcorn to a Redbox machine7
I love this idea but I wonder how many people would worry that the popcorn was poisoned or something? Well, let's assume the sealed bag would reassure them.
Compliment someone8
This seems like such a no-duh, but if you're like me, the idea of randomly approaching a stranger and blurting out something -- even a complimentary something -- is a social challenge on par with summiting Everest. And yet being on the receiving end of a surprise compliment is so incredibly wonderful. I still remember the woman who stopped me on the street in downtown Seattle over a decade ago to tell me she loved the flower pin I was wearing in my hair. I remember the kindly older couple sharing a row with me on my flight to Washington, D.C., who told me what a treat it was to sit near my well-behaved son. I remember each and every time someone has pointed to my armband and said, "Wow, love your tattoo." Why am I not better about paying these treasured moments forward? Shyness for sure, but that's really no excuse. Such a little thing to do, such a big impact.

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Melrose (32°49'S 138°11'E) is the oldest town in the Flinders Ranges. It is in the shadow of Mount Remarkable, 265 km north of Adelaide, and the town was once named "Mount Remarkable". At the 2011 census, Melrose had a population of 406.© Wikipedia
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Melrose is a very small town in South Australia on Main North Road (B82). We drove through this small community on during our caravan trip from Wilpena Pound in the Flinders Ranges to Wallaroo at the top of the Yorke Peninsula.
Melrose is located at the base of Mount Remarkable and is a popular holiday destination for bush walkers, cyclists and bird wtchers. It was established in 1840 and is the oldest town in the Flinders Ranges with some beautiful historic stone buildings.
Melrose Caravan and Tourist Park has a range of accommodation and bush camping sites plus the Mount Remarkable Hut which is great for family groups and clubs. The Melrose Showground has a dump point and welcomes caravans and campers - plenty of open space.


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WIPs Be Gone while I Adventure
I'm continuing to be for the most part absent from the internet. And while I won't be posting or commenting much at all, I've left open a WIPs Be Gone link so you can share with each other and keep encouraged to finish your projects. It's hard to remain silent during this time to focus on walking a little closer to the Lord and finding the way, but it is paying off. I feel more at peace.
Contemplation or meditation can still be done these weeks Therefore, I will work also on making some progress myself on a wip or two. You'll find a link from me occasionally in the link party - a silent link.
Here are two resources you may find helpful if you would like an adventure, too.
Lenten Resources
Peace. I invite you to spend some time finding it while you quilt in this Year of Mercy.


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Grundfos Canada breaks ground on site expansion
The facility expansion will double the size of the company's warehousing and service capabilities at its Oakville, Ont. headquarters.
Armstrong launches aggressive "2 in 22" initiative
The company's goal Is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2 million tons by 2022, targeting its installed customer base.
Armstrong Unveils New Integrated Tower Control System
The 9521 ITC works in a cooling tower heat rejection configuration and keeps the plant, including cooling towers or fluid coolers and their fans, and Design Envelope pumps running smoothly.
Additions to KSB's Multitec high-pressure pump family
These pumps are specifically designed for water supply applications where high pressures are needed to move water.
Movitec H Pumps from KSB: high-pressure pumps now configured for horizontal mounts
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An Independent will put community first
Re: Mayor set to be next MP (Advertiser, October 24).
As a reminder of the local popularity of Camden's new mayor Peter Sidgreaves, he ran third in the council elections for south ward in 2016 after preferences – behind Eva Campbell and Paul Farrow.
Without preferences he was gone.
His personal vote (119 votes) placed him behind five other candidates in the first round. In light of that result you would have to imagine that the Liberals will have a real fight on their hands to retain the seat of Camden with Mr Sidgreaves at the helm.
Although now that he has "unexpectedly" been made mayor, after Cr Lara Symkowiak stepped down to spend more time with her family, his local profile is likely to rise before the March election.
What a lucky coincidence that was.
That said, any claims that this elevation of Cr Sidgreaves to become the Liberal candidate for Camden wasn't planned by him and Chris Patterson, become very hard to believe if you seriously take the suggestion that Peter Sidgreaves put his name down without knowing Chris Patterson was about to resign.
That would mean his aim was to challenge a sitting Liberal member – and the Liberal Party whip.
That is something that would be seriously frowned upon by the Party's executive.
It is, of course, an absurd proposition.
Clearly, what we see here is just the latest skirmish in the civil war going on at local branch level.
When it comes to my vote, I'm not sure I want someone as a local member who puts their own elevation or that of a faction within their party above an open democratic process.
It suggests their priorities may be other than the needs and wishes of our community and those who voted for them.
When Kerryn Phelps picked up the 20 per cent swing in Wentworth, she said we were seeing the rise of the independents.
The kind of factional politicking by the local members of major parties that we see here may explain why she could be right on the money.
Maybe it's time for Camden voters to consider an independent as our local representative.
At least they will put our community first.
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If you've spent any time in the church, you may have grown uncomfortable with certain things that you see there. Aside from certain social issues that have emerged to the forefront in the recent past, there are other things that have irked people who find themselves struggling to make sense of what they know of God, what they read in the Bible, and what they experience in their daily lives. The juxtaposition of those three things is rarely as well-fitting as puzzle pieces but might rather feel more like the jagged edges of glass or pottery that were shattered and are now trying to be mended and put back together again.
Dominic Done steps into a difficult and sometimes controversial topic in his book "When Faith Fails." He addresses doubt, a subject which has been avoided in some camps and embraced in others. Rather than taking the approach that it is bad, wrong, or sinful, Done instead recognizes it for what it is, "an opportunity for authentic and vibrant faith."
Done divides the book into three sections: Far From Home, Exploring the Terrain, and Coming Home. Far From Home addresses how we got here to this point of doubt, wrestling with our faith. Exploring the Terrain seeks to find hope in life's hardest questions. Coming Home deals with moving through doubt in pursuit of deep faith.
In the Far From Home section, Done is quick to correct those who may want to live or expect to live with complete and total certainty. He says that in seeking total certainty, we lose the beauty of mystery. As he puts it, "If all we value is explanation, we lose the joy of exploration." He spends the section vying for a healthy doubt and trying to promote is as normal and an everyday part of life.
Doubt, as Done sees it, is living in the world in between belief and unbelief. It is a moment of tension, living somewhere in between. It is the place that stands in stark contrast to the Lego gospel which says that everything is awesome, because life is hard, tragic, and people sometimes suffer. It is the place you come to when everything you thought was supporting you and holding you up disintegrates.
As "When Faith Fails" unfolds in these pages, Done shares insights and wisdom, but he does it with care, compassion, and sensitivity. There are plenty of helpful phrases that he shares, none of which felt contrived or cliche to me. For instance, "God doesn't demand that we understand him, but he does ask that we trust him." And, "You can believe without doubting, but you can't doubt without believing."
The Exploring the Terrain section contains an apologetic for the Bible. Can we trust it? As he walks through this section, he helpfully tells the reader that we might need to change our approach and view of the Bible. Rather than looking at it through modern or postmodern eyes, Done suggests we see it for what it is, "an eccentric, weird, difficult, challenging, inspiring, inviting, paradigm-disrupting book that, page by page, story by story, culminates in the person of Jesus."
Done also asks in this section whether science is the enemy of faith. As he sees it, faith and science are not enemies, but different sides to the same picture. He writes, "Science only tells us part of the story. It reveals and enriches our perception of reality; opening our eyes to the complexity and splendor of the world. But it cannot tell us why it takes our breath away."
While many in the world of religion see science as the enemy and many in the field of science see religion as incompatible with science, there are others who live in the tension of both, scientists who are theologians and who embrace both sides.
Theodicy, the problem of pain and suffering, and the silence of God are also addressed by Done. He doesn't throw trite answers at any of the questions he poses. He also doesn't give packaged responses that fail to address what is at the heart of these questions and issues. If I could describe the approach in one way, it would be embracing the tension of the in between. So, if you are seeking a beautiful resolution like a thirty minute sitcom, you should probably go somewhere else.
As Done moves into the third and final section, one of the most memorable recommendations that he makes to the reader is to, "do the hard work to put yourself in a place where the truth can find you." He recommends seeking out community because it is in community that we are shaped, formed, and that we learn. Rather than seeing community as a provider of resources to be consumed, we should see it as a family to invest in. Even as we look at Scripture, Done says, we should see it as active participation in the unfolding of a story that tells us we are all in this together. The community of the church is the place where broken people should discover that they are not alone.
Done does a great job of encouraging his readers to embrace doubt with purpose and intent. While some doubt dogmatically challenging anyone to prove those doubts false, Done recommends an approach that seeks to learn and understand, not completely, but adequately.
I have encountered a number of people within the church over the years who have been so adamantly against doubt that you would think they were afraid of the outcome had they embraced it. I wish that I had encountered a book like "When Faith Fails" a long time ago, I would have felt less awkward and much more affirmed when I found myself in that in between world.
The approach that Done recommends with doubt is very much the approach that is modeled by David in the Psalms. He started with his honest doubts, questions, and concerns, but he always came back to God, who he was, what he had done, and what he had promised to do in the future.
If you have wrestled with doubts and questions, this book won't give you quick and easy answers, but it will help you to know that you are not alone nor is there something wrong with you. Instead, Done brings encouragement to his readers to embrace the tension and continue on the journey with expectation, anticipation, and mystery. If you can live with the tension, then "When Faith Fails" may just be the book to help encourage you through it.
(This review is based upon a copy of this book which was provided free of charge from Booklook Bloggers. These opinions are my own; I was not required to write a positive review, nor was I compensated for this review.)


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Did you know you can drive more traffic to your website by optimizing a few on page webpage elements? In this article we will explain what a SERP is, and how to improve click-through rates.
When you use Google to search for a word or phrase this is known as a search query. The page returned to you by the search engine is called the Search Engine Results Page (SERP). The Search Engine Result Page displays both organic and paid search results.
Organic results are gathered by the search engine's algorithm. Read our blog article if you want to know more about how websites get listed on Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs) Paid results are obtained by using Google AdWords. These are paid adverts, or sponsored links bought by websites to appear in the SERP.
SERP Results
Results on a SERP can be organic search results, or they can be Google Ads. The effectiveness of these ads is up for debate, as about 70-80% of Google users tend to ignore paid ads. However, organic search is still highly important.
Your placement on a SERP, from an organic standpoint, depends upon your keyword strategy, as well as your link profile. Your rank on a SERP is called page rank. Obviously having a high page rank and showing up on the first results page in a search query will help increase the number of impressions, and visitors to your website.


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During their regular meeting on January 22, the Salida City Council set a cap on water usage charges paid by residential customers that will be effective for the first quarter billing cycle. The decision was made in light of the number of water meters that are freezing, which stops service to the home. Customers are being asked to run a small, but steady, stream of water to prevent this problem. Some customers expressed concerns about charges associated with the extra water use.
As a result of the action taken by City Council, customers who comply with the request to run water will not pay the cost of the extra water usage. The maximum volume charge was set at 12,000 gallons for the quarter, which runs from January through the end of March. This volume was selected because it is slightly less than the average amount of water used by customers in the first quarter. Therefore, any volume over this amount is assumed to be a result of the request to keep a stream of water running. Wastewater charges also include a volume component that is based on the water meter reading. Therefore, the wastewater volume charge will also be capped at 12,000 gallons. Customers who use less than 12,000 gallons of water during the quarter will be billed for the actual amount used.
In dollar terms, the usage charges amount to $9.42 for water and $7.14 for wastewater at a volume of 12,000 gallons, since the first 6,000 gallons are included in the base fee. The 2013 rates passed by the council last November were set at $1.57 per thousand gallons of water and $1.19 per thousand gallons of wastewater. Normal flat fees for service will apply.
In addition, residential customers will see the same 12,000 gallon cap applied to wastewater volume charges on their second and third quarter bills. Due to outside irrigation during the summer months, the water meter reading from the first quarter is used to estimate the volume of wastewater sent to the plant for treatment.
City staff is focused on identifying and evaluating possible solutions to resolve the problem of freezing meters. In the meantime, the best way to avoid the inconvenience associated with the loss of water service is to keep the water running at a stream approximately the diameter of a pencil.


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A small well maintained quiet retreat in the heart of Snowdonia. Close to the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways, miles of sandy beaches, ideal for touring the Llyn peninsular, the castles at Criccieth, Harlech, Caernarfon,why not visit the slate caverns at Llechwedd or the slate museum at Llanberis, climb Snowdon, Wales highest mountain, or for the less energetic ride to the summit on the unique rack & pinion railway. Miles of unspoiled footpaths including parts of the new Wales coastal path, fishing couldn't be better with plenty of coarse fishing in the area including our own well stocked on site fishery or fish the local rivers with good runs of Sewin & Salmon, beach casting on any of the local beaches will produce Bass, Mackerel, Dog Fish.
For the more energetic adrenalin junkies the area is a mountain bike heaven with good runs at Coed Y Brenin and the new runs at Blaenau Ffestiniog "Anturstiniog". Or just relax and drink in the terrific scenery or dine in one of the many local hostelries providing exceptional food, what ever you decide the whole area has it's own special magic.
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At Kendrick Lakes Elementary school in Lakewood, parents will rave about the school's community. Last fall, the school was bestowed with the National Blue Ribbon award by the U.S. Department of …
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At Kendrick Lakes Elementary school in Lakewood, parents will rave about the school's community. Last fall, the school was bestowed with the National Blue Ribbon award by the U.S. Department of Education, an award that recognizes schools for academic excellence, or for making improvements in closing the achievement gaps for student subgroups.
Around the same time the school celebrated its new award, it received other good news from Jeffco voters. The $567 million bond for Jeffco Public Schools passed — and with the new bond comes a new building for Kendrick Lakes Elementary.
The design process for the new $23 million school building is underway. While the planning continues, construction is expected to start this December with a move-in date sometime in December of 2020. The school building will be built east of the current Kendrick Lakes Elementary. The district is planning to tear down the existing building.
"We're designing it for teachers and staff who will be using it in 25, or 40 years. I think that's where this is heading," said Bruce Larson, the principal for Larson Incitti Architects, the architect company in charge of the new school building.
The new building will include an interactive learning courtyard, two pre-K classrooms, three classrooms each for first through fifth graders, a new playground and more. School officials are particularly excited about having windows in each classroom as the current school building has none.
"Right now, I don't know if we're equipped for the modern technology. We don't even have enough outlets, there have been some gross leaks and just wear and tear on this building," said Kendrick Lakes Elementary School Principal Sarah Roberts.
Joe Marshall has a child who is in first grade at the school. He said he has met people who live near Kendrick Lakes Elementary, but opt out of enrollment, because of the school's current condition. He believes that the new building will enhance each student's educational experience.
"Before we came here, we researched, and we met some parents on the playground, and they just raved about Kendrick Lakes' community. (The building) is what it is, but the Kendrick Lake's community is something they talked about a lot," said Marshall. "(The new school) is going to be a magnet."
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History Revealed: Black Baseball & Rondo
May 23, 2019 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Ramsey County Historical Society Presents
Frank M. White, Black Baseball & The Rondo Neighborhood
History Revealed Series
May 23, 2019
Thursday, 7:00 pm
Ramsey County Roseville Library
Free and open to all. No reservations needed.
Join RCHS for History Revealed, our program series featuring presentations and tours from the best of local historians, authors and archaeologists, with a wide range of topics drawn from the heritage and traditions of Ramsey County.
Author and historian Frank M. White will discuss the overall picture of baseball and sports in the Rondo neighborhood. He will highlight some of the athletes from that neighborhood and will also place the history of baseball in context, recognizing some of the landmarks and locations of significance in Rondo that were instrumental in the community and in developing sports in the area.
Frank M. White is a former athlete, coach, official, and sports administrator. He currently coordinates the RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities) program for the Minnesota Twins. His exhibit, They Played for the Love of the Game, was developed with the Ramsey County Historical Society in 2010. Frank is also the author of articles, including for Ramsey County History magazine, and They Played for the Love of the Game, Minnesota Historical Society Press.


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The pre-Cambrian asteroid bombardment may have been preceded by more spectacular episodes that delayed the evolution and entry of larger organisms into the perilous environment of earlier times. Successful organisms would be dispersed in most directions and become established to spread the range of those species. At the same time on the periphery of the range variation and natural selection resulted in new species when changes made them reproductively isolated from the ancestral ones. Well established ones would outcompete and/or expand the range.
The deuterostomes may never have evolved without the drastic environment of the early asteroid bombardment. Pogonophora are probably ancestral to all deuterostomes. Protostomes probably include many groups whose separation from annelids ancestors was prior to, at the same time, or later than the separation from annelid ancestors of the first deuterostomes, the pogonophorans.
Many factors that contribute to survival are of value in reproduction and/or dispersal.
Many factors that contribute to survival are of value in reproduction and/or dispersal.
Lucky locations
Regions remote from impact may have had caverns, sediments, isolated aquatic habitats and other locations where survival of cysts, eggs, hibernating stages, or other mechanisms enabled survival. Perhaps ice shelves in polar seas protected organisms beneath them. Perhaps marine forms drifting down to death were sometimes lifted back into survival depths by a later impact at the end of bombardment.
Fat and some other tissues can be utilized to maintain life during periods of starvation. An extreme example of degrowth is shown by some jellyfish that are capable of absorbing reproductive organs and regressing to earlier life stages as they grow smaller. They may be able to do that in successive seasons as they drift from nutrient rich bays to open oceans with less food and back to nutrient rich locations; the cycle could be part of the annual cycle of productivity.
Absorption of dissolved nutrients
All phyla tested, except arthropods, have shown the ability of some species to absorb amino acids from dissolved amino acids in water at some stages of their lives. The ability to take up dissolved organic matter from seawater is a particularly important method of nutrition for species having eggs with little yolk that hatch before feeding organs are well-developed. The arthropods, with their chitinous exoskeleton, are not equipped to get nutrition via absorption of dissolved nutrients nor have useful degrowth; this may have been part of the reason trilobites became extinct at the end of the Paleozoic.
Resistant stages
Overwintering eggs of arthropods such as many insects, fairy shrimp, and perhaps many other animals have the ability to repopulate a habitant after adults die from winter freezing or ponds dry and refill. Freshwater sponges produce asexual cysts (gemmules) that have similar use. Such stages are often an important dispersal mechanism for organisms to reach new habitats via mud on water bird feet, or on mammal fur. The stages may survive a trip though the digestive tract during dispersal. Such mechanisms were probably partially selected by the value of providing a new generation into the areas of greatest damage after an extinction event before others lacking such a survival mechanism arrive and become competitors or predators.
The abyssal portion of the ocean is the most widespread area of the earth and the depth and stratification of the overlying sea make it likely that much of it would be relatively untouched by an asteroid or two sending catastrophic waves over land and shallow seas killing most organisms that did not have protected refuges (caves or burrows etc.). Those not destroyed still had to find food and other requirements for survival. The peak of bombardment was followed by a reduced supply of remnants of the fractured planet that occupied the zone between Mars and Jupiter. One big one, like the last one the helped finish off the dinosaurs, produced many extinctions and opportunities for newly evolving species to take over roles of the extinct forms.
The pogonophorans would continue to expand range and send descendants into new areas. Other groups would also be testing new environments, for example, the crinoids appear to have had adaptation to abyssal conditions and retained many of the adaptive features after repopulating the shallow seas after the worst of the bombardment was over. Pogonophorans have been found in a few locations in sediments only a few hundred feet deep, but the many vertebrates and the connecting groups diverged from their common ancestors almost a billion years ago with origins at various depths and locations where some stability of the environment with hospitable conditions existed.
The specificity of environmental adaption for deep sea animals has been shown by the limited range of a few hundred meters isolating similar species to nearby depressions surrounded by other related species encircling the surrounding abyssal area. Such environmental specificity should not be a surprise when you see how uniform the alpine limit of the tree line can be.
Some key features that enabled pogonophorans to survive in their abyssal habitat included:
A very slow metabolism compatible with survival on sediments receiving very little nutrient input in the form of amino acids from slowly decaying organic debris (perhaps supplemented by surface waters raining down organisms killed by the surface disturbance).
The depth of their tubes enabling survival from attacks by predators.
The slow reproductive rate and growth rate allowing reproduction hundreds of years after the worst of conditions.
Their hemoglobin and circulatory system enabling adequate oxygen to be stored and or transported to the posterior end where nutrients were absorbed in anaerobic sediments.
Planktonic larvae capable of dispersal over great distances and time to repopulate large devastated areas of sea sediments. Those that did not progress to shallower seas are still much the same as the pre-Cambrian ancestral stage of the line ancestral to chordates.
Joseph G. Engemann Emeritus Professor of Biology, Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan April 1, 2019 (no fooling)


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'A state that proclaims itself a democracy while insisting that the state belongs solely to a single ethnic nationalist settler group.'By Rod Such: Why Palestine Matters: The Struggle to End Colonialism, a new study guide distributed by the Israel/Palestine Mission Network of the Presbyterian Church (USA), represents a significant breakthrough for faith-based groups acting as advocates for Palestinian rights. The guide pinpoints settler colonialism as the underlying basis for Israeli apartheid while also advocating vigorously for an intersectional approach to unify struggles for human rights.
This is the third study guide related to human rights in Palestine published and issued by the Israel/Palestine Mission Network (IPMN) – the first being Steadfast Hope (revised edition 2011) and the second the aptly named Zionism Unsettled (2014).
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The business also recommends that when your purchase a Sealy Posturepedic that you also buy the box spring set to go with the mattress. The business declares that a box spring acts like a big shock absorber giving the sleeper even more comfort. However I find this explanation a little tough to ingest. Springs on top of springs? Definitely the coils in the mattress should be good enough to give you the support and comfort you need. In my viewpoint box springs are not essential, add to the expense and are a good little earner for the mattress producer. Many Europeans use platform beds – no box spring set – and we don't seem to hear them grumbling about alack of support or comfort.
The sectional couch is coming into fashion these days and it benefits the bachelor pads or people with a big living-room. With the sectional couch, you have the capability to place it in various locations and this will produce adequate room. This design is popular these days since it gives one the capability to move various areas in other places of the room. You only need to settle with the ones that will fit the design of our home and you will end up picking the ones that will please the best function. With the sectional sofa, you can settle with the designs that have various colors and will fit the theme of your home well.
Recliner lift chairs are really easy to run. They feature a hand control that is developed with simplicity and ease of use in mind. Generally, the control has just a few buttons that are big enough, and spaced far enough apart, that the places are easy to find out. Another plus is that the hand control is physically connected to the chair, making it impossible to lose and ensuring that it will certainly constantly be within arms-reach.
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Check out the price of a single couch which of a futon bunk bed. You'll be astonished to see the difference for yourself. So, now you shall likewise agree that this bunk bed can be described as a cheap futon bunk bed. Moving on, in regards to the space it occupies and the area that would be needed to put a sofa and bunk bed in a space, this low-cost futon bunk bed likewise scores higher, as you need just the floor area of a bunk bed to put this two in one in your room.
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Sleeper sofas are the distinct development of furniture. With few changes, you can convert this furniture into a routine size bed. This furniture will turn your home more practical, practical and comfortable. Multy Premier sofa bed by Ligne Roset is a sophisticated and sleek looking sofa bed which is simple to run and excellent to utilize both as a couch and as bed. A loveseat features two seat couch where two individuals can sit easily in order to get cozy. Alcove Highback love seat by Vitra is the perfect example of loveseat where the side and back panels tower over the heads of individuals who are sitting in it. It is formed with polyurethane foam and polyester wool.
Sofas are certainly an integral part of the furniture. Without a proper sofa set you cannot have your home decorated properly. A best sofa set, which matches the color and design of the home, will naturally make the family living location quite stunning and full. Furnishings is the most important thing that reveals the course, design and self-respect of your house. For this reason nobody likes to compromise on the furniture usually. Whether it is a living room or a bedroom, individuals choose the very best possible furniture that they can afford. Sofas form a vital part of that furniture in any person's house. There are a lot of sofas like standard sofas, leather sofas, sectional sofas, customized designed sofas and a lot more. Each of them has got their own specialized and charm.
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Microfiber is a perfect option for a home with animals. As the name recommends, this material has actually extremely carefully woven fibers that do not permit pet hair to stick to it. It may also be cleaned quickly if stained and is low maintenance. Further, it is a splendidly soft that is best for you to lounge around all the time. Leather: Leather as a sofa material has a class of its own. Leather colorful couches looks modern, rich, and extremely stylish in the modern along with traditional setting. While it is a terrific option for animals who shed a lot, it is not great if you have animals who have the tendency to scratch furniture. Leather is great for a home with kids too, as it may be cleaned and maintained quickly. Leather: Those of you who are a little anxious about getting house a leather sofa may pick synthetic leather. It is as resilient and in reality, more resistant to animals and their behavior. A synthetic leather sofa is also cheaper than actual leather, however looks similarly rich. Chenille is another material that not just looks rich and classy, however is also more resilient as compared to other materials. Blends: When blended with other materials such as cotton, wool, or silk, rayon is soft, resilient, and comfy. It is also mildew and fade resistant. Acrylic fibers look like those of wool, hence providing a soft feel to your couch. Silk is perfect for a sofa that is used periodically, not regularly. It is extremely difficult to preserve, and must be thoroughly selected. It is also a somewhat more costly material. It is however, extremely rich and classy, and best for a living-room that is not used so often.
Leading grain leather is made from the external layer of the hide. It is typically processed or sanded to hide imperfections, and might be textured as it is processed to copy a more exotic hide. Split grain is made from the inner layer of the hide. It might be identified "real leather" however it is not as strong or durable as great grain or complete grain. Lastly, bonded leather is made from leather scraps bonded together to look like a single piece. Bonded leather has neither the quality nor the strength of a real hide. There are likewise sofas made from "synthetic" leather, which isn't really leather at all. This furniture is a vinyl or plastic made to look like leather. Another big difference in leathers is in how they are ready and completed. There are three basic completing styles: aniline, semi-aniline, and pigment. Aniline dyes are the greatest quality surfaces. They assist protect your leather sofa from fading, stains, and scratches, and develop a mellow patina as they age. Semi-aniline dyes are less protective. And pigmented color is a surface color applied to a less costly grade of hide. It might be acknowledged by its stiffness in comparison to complete grain aniline dyed leather. When comparing rates on cheap leather sofas, bear in mind these facts and understand exactly what you're getting for the rate!
Cherry is among the most demanded wood types to develop hope chests. When America was very first settled by European immigrants, trees were in excellent abundance. Cherry wood was easily found in the Eastern forests of America which helped to make it an advantageous wood type for blanket chests. Cherry is a dense wood that carpenters delight in working with since it has a long-lasting quality, fairly even wood grain patterns and holds stain extremely perfectly. The dark coloration of the stain was likewise a desirable color since many individuals preferred to enhance the outside of their cherry blanket chests with decorative floral designs. The dark shading improved the lighter colored designs that were either painted on or carved, such as the inlay designs which were fulled of sulfur.
Consider your way of living and begin from there when picking the upholstery of your sofa. Also think about which part of the house will certainly your sofa be put. Will it be put in the family room or in the formal living room? Having kids could likewise contribute to your reconsiderations. For the longevity of the furniture, avoid fragile upholstery like that of satin. If you choose plain design then it is best to limit your options to more toned down colors. Nevertheless, picking patterned upholstery is another thing. Pick a pattern that could hide "add-on" designs those that are patented by your kid. With this in mind, you could select multi-colored pattern. This will certainly help you conceal the dirt and discolorations that your children have actually developed.
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Your child will often think of style, color, and kind of bedroom sets where as you must think of convenience, develop quality, and rate. By pairing both sides of the viewpoints you can attain a great outcome. You will be buying great quality, great looking children bedroom sets that you both like. Depending on the age of your child will often calculate how much input they have in the whole decision process. Really young kids will not truly understand what they like, on the various other hand, they still require to be instructed to care for the colorful couches they have. When selecting the kids bedroom sets you have to think of the number of years you want it to last. Children have their spaces adorned really often, and as they grow their tastes change and establish into various other styles. Exactly what they may have liked as a little children they are unlikely to appreciate as a teen. You require to also take into account what your child will require in their spaces. Often older kids will take advantage of having a workdesk or table in their room. They could also require less storage as they will have far less toys, and things that require storing.
Although deciding to select out the bed frame, it truly is important to think about all suitable variables and not simply the sort of bed frame just. If you do not have also significantly residing space left for your liking, it is possible to select out storage bed which can serve you the very best way simply to conserve space and seller your personal private items. Storage beds are readily available in two varieties wood or metal. You'll be able to embellish all the different options you get satisfaction from on each these varieties, even though these males and females serve much more or much less the identical require. It truly is far much better to make use of the space around beneath your sleeping space specifically if your bed room is smaller sized and you have amount of items that you're questioning exactly where to seller. Storage beds will certainly be the suitable options for you personally that you simply can make use of to sleep and workout the space beneath to seller personalized items.
You can choose on to buy sets with a traditional design for it'll never ever run out of design. In circumstances that you desire to remodel again, you do not ought to change everything however you just add essential pieces and accents to your room. This is just appropriate too for those who mean to stay in that entire home longer or for the rest of one's life. Exactly what then will be the function of obtaining essential and/or accent pieces when you mean to move to a various home in a more place. Bringing with you sets is peaceful tiresome and expensive that it would be greater to buy a brand-new one in the new place as an alternative to hiring trucks and/or transporting it oneself. You enhanced ask yourself as to your strategies and where will you be in the next 10 years. Ought to you see your self however living on the exact same residence, go on, buy the bedroom sets.
Offered in a range of designs, sizes, weight and colors the recliner riser chair is a wonderful means to help those with less self-reliance in regard of their activity. It can make them feel more comfy, self sufficient and enhance their confidence. Before acquiring it would be prudent to have an understanding of the requirements of the recipient of the chair and seek advice from an appropriate therapist in relation to these requirements in order that the right assistance is given when picking a design most helpful to the health of the recipient in question.
Recliners are a sort of chair that can likewise function as bed when the backrest is reclined. It was very first presented to the market by a business called La-Z-Boy in 1928. The recliner's design is based on the natural shape of the body when seated and leaned back. The ottoman was contributed to the recliner as footstool throughout the 1950s and became its symbol. The very first recliner ended up being extremely popular that other furniture makers jumbled to ride on its appeal and provided their own variations of this cutting-edge furniture. They are primarily made from furniture, leather, vinyl or naugahyde, an artificial leather.
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Among the benefits associated with purchasing incomplete furniture is the cost. Incomplete furniture could be purchased at a portion of the cost of finished furniture. Even considering the process of finishing the products and the items had to doing this you'll still be investing only a small amount compared to purchasing the furniture finished. Another terrific advantage of purchasing incomplete furniture is the capability to develop it your very own. When you finish it yourself you can make it look however you would like it to look. You may stain it, paint it or just put a protective coating on it and leave all of it natural. Understanding the work that was done to develop it suit your furniture design of your house was done under your hand can make the value of the product skyrocket. A task well done can go a long way within the feel great of embellishing your house.
Anybody who has a residence will certainly make use of the bedroom. Some homeowners might declare to not make use of the cooking area because they don't prepare, or not invest too much time in the living-room because they prefer amusing outdoors, however everyone uses their bedrooms, if only for sleeping and storage. Most people invest a minimum of six hours in their bedrooms, which might make it the location in the home where they invest the most time. Since people invest most of the time in their bedrooms asleep, they ought to be comfy and pleasantly designed and furnished. If you have the wrong bed or the wrong lighting, spending time in the bedroom might not be a pleasant experience.
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An ottoman is likewise referred to as a hassock or pouffe. In the United Kingdom, the ottomans have a luxurious hollow that can likewise be made use of as a blanket box to shop bed linen devices. According to the Encyclopedia of Furniture by Joseph Aronson, Ottoman is specified as an upholstered seat or bench having neither backs nor arms, so called after the Turkish influence in the early 18th Century So an Ottoman, similar to ancient splendor, can add a high degree of grace, appeal and décor to your dull room.
Foreknowledge is your finest ally when it pertains to purchasing modern sofa for your home. The gist right here is to check out the available designs of sofa that fits your preference and requirements. You can either jump from one colorful couches shop to another to see what options they offer. Another idea is to browse the web and see furniture sites for even more designs to pick from. The trick right here is to compare modern sofa before you proceed with the purchase.
For instance there are some leather sofas where you will feel the material is difficult and unyielding to the touch. In some establishments you will discover leather that is soft and makes you feel as if you were sinking into a down filled pillow. Reclining sofas are rather popular and come in various styles and sizes, some will have big arm rests and the bigger versions will have sufficient space to seat a number of people and offer additional arm rests. These can normally be built from a couple of seats to as numerous seats as required so you are not limited to simply one. These are popular amongst households which are limited in space, these pieces can be split and placed in various locations around the house and can be assembled into simply one piece when needed, these are best for apartments and condominiums.
An ottoman is a perfect location for saving products which are used daily such as pillows, linens, blankets. Simply dump in children's toys or make it animal's corner, they can be used in the method one feels finest. Occasionally, the reverse side of cushion is made tough to boost its energy. Now, you can enjoy your preferred motion picture and have food concurrently with no discontinuity. In some variants, a covert storage tray is offered inside, to keep push-button control, papers, letters, TELEVISION guide, or anything. A great deal of time will certainly be saved, if we keep them undamaged in our own ottoman. Besides hiding them from youngsters, there ease of access will certainly also get easy.
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Different terms for futons A futon could be provided in different methods, depending upon the manufacturer or merchant's choice. You could hear futons called a three-seat, love seat, lounge, click-clack bed, dorm futon, or bunk bed futon. It is best to check out the description extensively to better understand the kind of futon they are selling and if it will fit your requirements. The description of the futon will normally provide the dimensions of the futon bed mattress. If the dimensions are 60″x80″, then this is a queen bed mattress and most likely a three-seat futon. You could see the dimensions provided as 60″x84″. These dimensions include the armrests, which work as the head and footboards of the futon when it is open as a bed. In this description, the armrests are each 2″ large, so you know the total quantity of area you will need for the futon.
The response to that question lies within the total decor of the bed room. What may be the total theme of your sleeping quarters? You have to pick a night table which will harmonize your bedroom's theme. For example, is your sleeping quarters styled in the traditional, traditional theme? If so you could wish to go having a night table in the a lot more traditional wood finish like cherry wood or mahogany. This type night table will easily fit in having a timeless style. Or does your sleeping quarters have more of a modern, contemporary appearance? If this could be the case then you wish to choose a night table that could reflect that appearance. You don't really want a night table that subdues the room. After all a night table doesn't has to the focal point of the room. It's there generally for storage so it must blend in with the remainder of the home furnishings within your bed room. You want your sleeping room furnishings to appear like a cohesive set.
There are different producers who develop dresser and they can even offer you a fantastic range in addition to the color. The rate is inexpensive and affordable for every class. You could have constantly wished to refurnish your home with good home furnishings and dressers however one ought to not spend in excess to decoration your home, however this is very much possible with the wide range of dressers available online at affordable and inexpensive rates. Many people generally presume that inexpensive dressers suggest that the material utilized in the dresser is not of good quality however this is a misconception as they are the exact same dressers developed by populared producers however they are inexpensive priced since they could either have a fantastic price cut. The dressers typically developed with a couple of columns which makes them much shorter than chests which end at waist height.
Many eastern in addition to western streams of therapies prescribe rest as a necessary part of therapy for various kinds of diseases and illness. Lack of rest could become cause of numerous diseases. A sleep well taken rejuvenates your mind. It charges your body. A disturbed rest could become an irritant throughout your following day's work. It might lead you to trigger unhealthy and unsavoury environment at the work environment and in your home in some cases. That might impact your expert relations with others at work environment and damage relations with household participants. Finally, science has shown that absence of proper and routine rest can harm a few of your brain cells completely and impact your normal life.
Whether you want to purchase bedspreads with animation prints or with some scenic prints, you can get everything from online shopping websites. Now you understand how to purchase the ideal bedspread or various other bed linens for your bed room just by following all these pointers we shared with you today.
Resin chairs are only one of a number of types of furniture available. You can discover sets of resin outdoor patio chairs and tables, even matching ottomans. Ottomans enhance your flexibility when relaxing or captivating guests. People can prop their feet up, however when they wish to shift position, they can quickly move the ottoman out of the way. Flat ottomans can also work as additional seats when you have actually run out of chairs. All these means of making use of ottomans make them an attractive addition to your resin chairs. You can even discover moving ottomans to match resin gliders. Similar to resin chairs, they hold up well to outdoor use and weather. You shouldn't have to spend much time preserving them. When they get dirty, clean them the exact same way you would clean your chairs. Some people decide to bring their resin furniture into storage during cold weather, however if you have no storage, resin needs to hold up against snow simply as well as rain.
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Bed linen can not only assist you add the ultimate touch of comfort however can additionally be used to accomplish a vibrant and bright atmosphere in the space. Get the right lighting system to bring out the best in your bed room decor. Recessed lighting in the bed room can assist create a soft, warm glow.


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Texas has one of the highest number of semi-truck accidents in the country, according to reports analyzing truck accidents in the United States. Like other states in the nation's heartland, Texas's highways are dominated by tractor-trailers. These trucks serve an important purpose, and our economy would suffer without them, but there is no getting around the dangers they pose.
In an effort to make tractor-trailers safer, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) imposes strict rules on the trucking industry and truck operators.
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) bans truckers and all commercial drivers from texting behind the wheel. Under the FMCSA's no-texting rule, truck drivers are prohibited from reading a text, sending an email, instant messaging, pushing buttons to enter a text, using voice commands to open a web page, or touching more than one button to send or receive a phone call.
Truck drivers caught texting and driving can be charged up to $2,750 for each offense. Truck companies face fines up to $11,000 per incident.
- Truckers Can't Transport Unauthorized Passengers
Many truck operators – especially long-haul drivers – spend days away from their loved ones. Although it might be tempting to take a spouse or child along for the ride, this is prohibited under FMCSA regulations. Carrying unauthorized passengers is a safety hazard that can lead to a serious accident. Some truckers have family members who serve as co-drivers, however, these drivers must have written authorization from the trucking company before they can accompany a driver.
- Truckers Can't Talk on a Mobile Phone
About half the states in the U.S. still permit motorists to use a handheld device while driving. For truckers, however, there is a federal ban on handheld cell phones and smartphones. Regardless of what the state law says regarding handheld phone use, the federal law supersedes in this case. Whether a truck driver is passing through Maine, Texas, California, or Arkansas, handheld mobile phones are a no-no behind the wheel.
- Truckers Can't Use Radar Detectors
The FMCSA has banned radar detectors in tractor-trailers since 1993. Any truck weighing more than 18,000 pounds is prohibited from having a radar detector inside. Because studies have shown that drivers who use radar detectors engage in excessive speed compared to drivers without radar detectors, the FMCSA instituted a blanket ban on the devices.
Regulations go a long way toward deterring negligent behavior, but no law will ever completely stop people from breaking the rules, no matter how harsh the consequences. Most truck drivers are incredibly hard-working individuals who have dedicated their lives to their profession. The majority of truck operators follow the rules and drive safely. Unfortunately, it only takes one negligent truck driver to cause a catastrophic accident.
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Road Cars with Formula One Technology
We now have the latest entrant to the list of Road Car inspired with Formula One Technology. The Mercedes Project One is here and it is breathtaking. When V6 hybrid engine technology was introduced, it was said that this move was to make F1 road relevant.
While on the racing front, the engine received a lot of flak, it was to be seen whether it'll make it to the road or not and finally when Mercedes announced that they'll use the current engine ditto into a race car, interest soared higher and higher.
And finally it's here. The turbocharged V6 engine itself has an electric motor built into its turbocharger for eliminating turbo lag. Meanwhile another 160bhp e-motor works on the crankshaft. Then another two 50,000rpm, 160bhp electric motors independently drive each of the front wheels, allowing torque-vectoring, lightning-quick launches. Those front motors also allow a zero-emission EV mode, during which your £2.5m AMG hypercar becomes front-wheel drive (like the EV mode in a BMW i8).
As unique as the car is, you might be surprised to know that it's not the first one to employ Formula One technology. Given Formula One's open wheeled single seater nature, a technical nexus between a Formula One car and a road car does not appear outright. But unknown to all the former is a test bed for manufacturers to perfect tomorrow's technology to trickle it down to their road cars.
Don't believe me? Here's a take at other such Road cars that employed technology used in a formula one car.
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Sarah, Sam & Toni debate Paula Bennett's weight loss surgery decision
- Publish Date
- Monday, 22 January 2018, 2:00PM
Over the weekend, National MP Paula Bennett revealed to New Zealand that she has undergone .
On her Facebook page, Paula revealed: "I had a gastric bypass and am at the beginning of what I plan to be a much healthier active life. After years of weight gain and loss, I can see a clear path ahead. I feel great, paid for it myself and ... as a woman who has battled with my weight all my adult life ... I wanted to be upfront with others who struggle, about the choice I made."
She also added that "haters can hate."
Sarah, Sam and Toni were divided over whether or not having a gastric bypass surgery was taking the easy way out or if it's actually a good option for those who are overweight.
While Sam suggested that people should stick to putting in the hard work with diet and exercise, Toni commended Paula's decision.
The crew also chatted with a caller who had had weight loss surgery themselves, and what they had to say about the procedure was eye-opening.
Listen to their discussion below:
Part 1
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Psalm 51: 1: Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. 2:
Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 3: For I acknowledge
my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. 4: Against thee, thee
only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest
be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.
Romans 2: 1: Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art
that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for
thou that judgest doest the same things. 2: But we are sure that the judgment
of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. 3: And
thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the
same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
Romans 5: 12: Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and
death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
1 Corinthians 2: 14: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them,
because they are spiritually discerned.
Romans 3: 9: What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise:
for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10:
As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11: There is none that
understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12: They are all gone out
of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth
good, no, not one. 13: Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their
tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14:
Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15: Their feet are
swift to shed blood: 16: Destruction and misery are in their ways: 17: And
the way of peace have they not known: 18: There is no fear of God before their
Romans 3: 19: Now we know that what things
soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth
may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 20: Therefore
by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by
the law is the knowledge of sin.
Romans 3: 21: But now the righteousness of God
without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22:
Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all
and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23: For all have
sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus: 25: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through
faith in his blood,
1 Corinthians 4:7: For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what
hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost
thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
1 Chronicles 16: 20: And when they went from
nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people; 21: He
suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, 22: Saying,
Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. 23: SING unto the LORD,
all the earth; shew forth from day to day his salvation. 24: Declare his glory
among the heathen; his marvellous works among all nations.


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We had thought this area would be quite remote and peaceful, but it turns out we could hear road noise! The major highway of Vancouver Island, Highway 1, passes just over our heads. It IS mostly blocked from our view, but if you are looking at just the right time, you can see trucks through the leaves.
Small boats come and go, and crabbers check their pots. A large boat left the small marina for a day trip yesterday -- they were back in the afternoon.
Lucy even left her nest on Saturday night! We saw a goose flying in towards her rock, and we thought it was her mate checking in, but it went to the top of the rock instead of into the water. My research tells me that she must still be in the 'laying' stage, when they may leave the nest in the evening.
We have been watching/listening to a gang of sea lions this weekend. I told Al we were watching the circle of life, but I wasn't sure exactly what point it was -- mating? birth and swimming lessons for young? simple feeding?
Goldstream IS a spawning creek for salmon. This morning I saw two seals feeding just below Lucy's rock -- she was keeping an eye on them too! Mostly they were playing with smaller fish, but there was one that was big enough for the two of them to share. I think their mother didn't teach them to chew their food properly -- one was hacking and coughing with his mouth wide open -- and I could imagine him saying, 'Fishbone!'
I'll leave you with a few shots of the area:
|The small marina south of us, with Goldstream Creek going up from the left. The fog rolled in on Saturday night.
|Sawluctus, a personal island.


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My job keeps pushing me to get customers to sign up for credit cards with the store?
but it's hard because the customers don't want the credit cards ? Most customers want to get in and out and my job is depended on the sales we get from credit cards
15 Answers
- Tad DubiousLv 71 year ago
Well, you have two options, I think: get a new job; or, go with the "you would really help me out personally if you would apply for one of our cards, sir or madam." Some folk will do it if they are directly helping a person.
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- 1 year ago
Way you handle this depends on if your performance is graded by how many people sign up or not. If it's required that you get a certain % maybe speak to supervisor see if there's another position you would be more comfortable doing. If your performance isn't graded & just have to ask customer then Just ask nonchalantly making it apart of the small talk.
For example while ringing customer up " This is a beautiful scarf did you know we have a store credit card if you sign up you can buy alot more scarves like this!" *Laugh* and/or smile "would you be interested" they say no then move on.
I think the key would be getting it out and over with by time you are handing customer their receipt.
Are ther perks for signing up such as 10% off? Use them simply say something like " This is a really good price for this (brand) of cookware! (While ringing up next item say) Did you know if you sign up for our credit card you can get 10% off?" *Smile* " Would you like to sign up today?"
I took a reservation job and was required to get a certain % of reservations and also required to ask if they wanted certain things on certain reservations and hated it but once I figured out how to include as if it was just part of the conversation or small talk it made it alot easier!
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- motivatedjay_c0mLv 51 year ago
Ask yourself "can you cut the mustard?" if not then apply elsewhere
All the best
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- 1 year ago
That's just business for the most part
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- 1 year ago
start applying elsewhere
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- Casey YLv 71 year ago
Your job depends on selling cards...sell them of find another job...whats the issue?
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- A HunchLv 71 year ago
It's not that big of a deal. People are asked about 50% of the time that they are in a store if you want to take a store credit card. Spend the 9 second and say:
Would you like to take a ____ card? It will save you __% off this purchase. You will also have access to exclusive sales and blah, blah, blah....
Then I say "no". Trust me.. I expect your itty bitty speech and it does not impact my ability to get in and out of your store.
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- Anonymous1 year ago
...and your question is?
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- keerokLv 71 year ago
It's a job so just keep pushing. In the meantime, start looking for another job.
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- DavidLv 71 year ago
Find another job or black mail customers into wanting credit cards.
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Claremont House is a large, stone built former dwelling and outbuildings, standing in grounds of approximately 1.4 hectares of land.
The building was last used as a social club for employees of the nearby Hepworths Refractories, but has been vacant for many years.
Up the stairs into the ruined outbuilding.
The floors and roof have collapsed. Shame, as there was what looks quite a promising kitchen on the other side of this.
An empty outbuilding.
It was built in 1895. Today it is boarded up, and structurally dodgy.
I love looking at places like this. The upstairs has collapsed in here, leaving the bedroom door opening into nowhere. As I inched towards the hallway, where the floor has gone completely, things started to shift, and I got out very quickly. I was unable to see if there were any stairs, or what the other rooms were like.
Remains of plaster moulding is visable on the only bit of ceiling left.
Outside, the greenhouse is in need of work.
A tennis court is overgrown and forgotten.
I love these forgotten houses where once people lived, and entertained, and now they are one storm away from collapse.
This is officially the most dangerous building I have been in to date. Scooby Doo would have been proud.


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Summer of Soccer 2019
With three major international tournaments going on right now, soccer fans and...
It is a match made in Heaven
even better than that !
And that is the Problem
isn't it
Imagine if you owned a company with a very big customer base clamoring for a NEW product which you could readily produce if you wanted. Talk about success. Instead say you decided to say NO way. To tell your customers they can go to Hell if they like but you will never give them the produce they want so bad.
That business would be Finished
in fact it would never happen
unless you own an NFL team
then you have a monopoly
to do anything
you want
Welcome to Houston and the NFL Texans owned by Good Ole Rich Boy Robert McNair. His father didn't raise his son to listen to mere peons and even less African American riff raff even if they are the majority in Houston, Texas.
This is about Power
and keeping it
Football is the Side Show
What's the Point ?
Wednesday the Houston Texans made it known very publicly there was NO way they would draft Vince Young on Saturday. No matter what. End of story. Or so they hope. Their GM even went so far as to announce that even if they don't draft Reggie Bush for any reason, they still would not draft Young. With the very first pick in Saturday's NFL Draft they'd take a defensive player over Young. Basically anybody but Vince. Or sell the pick if they could. Anything but Vince !
What is the real Story ?
The rest of the media carries the news as those the real story was just what Houston fed them. The same way most of the media does most stories no matter what they say. The truth is the story and Texans owner Robert McNair's decision not to draft Young has nothing to do with football at all. It is all about Power. And Race.
We covered this earlier
a few months ago
It is worth as second Box now that McNair has said what he only hinted at after Young won the national championship for the University of Texas. All those who separate sports from the Real World are only kidding themselves. Living in a world of Sports Fantasies.
Vince Young was 30-2 as a Division I NCAA starting Quarterback and the only player in Division I to pass for 3000 yards and run for 1000 yards the same season. He took the University of Texas to an undefeated season and beat highly favored USC for the National Championship in the Rose Bowel with one of the greatest single game performances of all time. He far out passed Matt Leinart and easily out ran Reggie Bush.
Yet it is supposedly logical for the worst team in the NFL last season with a hopeless Quarterback in David Carr who the Texans had to pay an $8Million dollar bonus because they just resigned him over Young. Get this Houston GM Charlie Cassidy said that what the team really needs to do is build a good team around Loser Carr to get them to the SuperBowl right. How ass backwards and beyond belief is that.
It is all very very simple
sadly too simple
To repeat the obvious the position of Quarterback is unique not only in Football but in all of Sports. The Quarterback commands attention and authority and interest like no other position and it really ratchets up for the Great Ones.
With that said and combined with the fact Houstonians are in LOVE with Vince Young. Black and white. Near and far. Poor and rich. Educated and less so. Women and men. The young and the old. Vince Young Quarterbacking the Texans to Victory would be unlike any phenomenon ever seen in the history of Sports.
If Young reaches only part of his Promise he will literally own Houston. And while not own the team technically he will for all practical purposes seem the Owner. Owner Robert McNair will recede to insignificance while a BLACK Man become the symbol of "his' Houston Texans maybe forever.
Power and Race trump
Sports every day
Robert McNair ( and the real invisible power structure in Houston ) is not about to turn Houston or Power over to a young Black Man. Who even worse "God forbid" might decide to use his POWER on the Gridiron off the playing field. Speaking out on civic and racial issues and "God forbid" sooner or later even running for Houston Mayor or Jesus, Mary and Joseph yes Governor of Texas. An African American Governor of George W. Bush's own state. Bite your tongue.
Wash your mouth out with Soap.
Of course you aren't reading this
anywhere else in the Media
that is how POWER works
Such ideas are beyond way beyond anything you will ever see in the Major Media. Because their job is to protect power brokers like Robert McNair from such issues and on a larger scale making sure issues like Race are limited to "traditional" frameworks.
Besides which this kind of analysis is way over the head of most media types even if their editors hadn't drank the Koolaid.
Jocks cover sports for the most part not insightful questioning journalists.
Sports is entertainment. Nothing more.
Of course (sic)
Houston won't Draft
Vince Young
because he simply
isn't good enough
for Houston
the worst team in the NFL
in desperate need of a Leader
and a new Quarterback
of course not Mr. McNair.
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In my last post we talked about personal branding and why you should care about yours. In short, personal branding is your reputation and by putting a little effort into shaping yours you can dramatically affect the type of people you're attracting into your life and your business. So, how do you use personal branding to find your tribe, your high school lunch table, so to speak?
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We all do what we need to do to fit in. It's instinctual human nature derived from a survival mechanism of days gone by. If you didn't have a tribe to help you survive from weather, starvation and predators, you would literally die. We don't have those same dangers these days but we still naturally gravitate toward people who have what we want and need. So, the trick to attracting the type of people you want in your life is to brand yourself as being the kind of person they want to be with. Make sense? Here are a few examples…
Let's say you're looking for clients who are interested in holistic medicine, veganism and natural healing. What type of "vibe" is that person going to jive with? If you're posting pictures of the massive steak you had for dinner, the monster truck rally you attended on Saturday night and your pro-vaccine stance, those types of people are likely not going to feel you're the type of person who gets them and their needs. Instead, you might show images of your healthy lifestyle, talk about your favorite veggie meals and become an advocate for the ethical treatment of animals.
What if you're looking for female clients who have a lot of disposable income and are interested in fashion, luxury and relaxation? If you're constantly complaining about never having enough money, showing off your thrift store finds and DIY decorating tips, I guarantee you you're not being perceived as a luxury brand and are not going to attract the type of client who has extra money to spend on frivolous things. Instead you might talk about how you appreciate quality over quantity, post pictures of your latest shopping trip at a high end boutique and join an exclusive social club in your area.
Now, you might be thinking, "I don't want to change who I am or pretend to be someone else in order to attract a certain type of client." The good news is, you don't have to! You can be authentically you and still speak to a certain demographic. There are a few keys to making this work. Number one, choosing a career with a target market you like and share similar goals and ideals with is always helpful. Number two, knowing your target market and what their values are can help you relate to them on a personal level even though you may have differences.
Defining your brand, including who you are, what you offer and who you offer it to can make a huge difference in guiding the development of your personal brand in a deliberate way that will actually start to get you results in increasing your visibility within the right social circles. Stay tuned for the next post where we'll talk about how to actually define your brand (plus a FREE five day challenge to motivate you to get it done!)
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zine dream zine fair. and, oh, how i wish i could be there. it's a great event. if you are in the toronto area, i suggest you go.
it feels like i have had zines all around lately (even though i have not made one yet this year).
some things:
1. zine dream.
2. i made a treasury of favourite book works i found on etsy. so lovely.
3. the wundrkabinet's reading raum installation closed last night at the etsy labs in berlin. by all acounts, it was an unflinching success.
4. some pals i was chilling with in albuqueruqe are currently working on the first ever abq zine fest. they just launched a kickstarter to help, too. they are booking table spots through it and even offer some zine packs for out-of-towners to purchase.
5. toronto's canzine is now accepting sign-ups for tables at their november show and proposals for art rooms. i've already got my table!
6. the 2012 toronto comic arts festival is also accepting applications for sequential book-makers at the moment. i haven't been in town for this event in years but word on the street is that it has grown into quite the concern.
with all this bookish activity rolling around, maybe 2011 really does mark the revenge of print.
good thing i have a tour zine in the works. it has to be out by the end of the year. oh my.
Saturday, August 20, 2011
zine dreams.
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