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As I was working for my dad yesterday morning, he broke the news to me that Pope XVI will be resigning at the end of the month. I was shocked to hear this, not surprised to discover later that there has not been a pope to resign in nearly 600 years.
Now to understand these next statements, you have to understand that my dad is very interested in the rapture, Armageddon, the end times, whatever you want to call it. He is constantly listening to preachers who speak on Revelations and the end of days. After announcing to me that the pope is resigning, he went on to talk to me about the Prophesies of Malachy (you can find more information here).
I have to say that I was a little freaked out. I believe in the apocalypse, Armageddon, whatever you want to call it. And there have been many times that I wanted just to go "Home," but I don't know if I want this to happen during my lifetime (not like I have a choice). My dad says I should be joyful, but I have fears about what is to come. But regardless of what will happen now or in 1,000 years, we never really know which day will be our last.
As morbid as it sounds, we all know that we could be hit by the proverbial bus (as my former co-worker would have said), or, like my uncle, be here one day and gone the next.
So it got me thinking…when do I carry out my bucket list? Do I do it now–just in case? Or do I wait until I "have the time" or "have the money", only to risk never being able to do it at all. In either case, I thought I'd post my bucket list. Then it's out there. Everyone knows about it. Maybe I'll be held accountable for carrying it out someday.
Bucket List:
- Visit Rome, Italy
- Visit the Great Pyramids in Egypt
- Visit Capadoccia (I know this sounds really random, but I have this vivid image of a poster in my 9th grade World Cultures class that has made me want to visit the place ever since. Truth is, I don't even know where in Capadoccia the picture was taken.)
- Visit the Grand Canyon
- Visit Mount Rushmore
- Watch the Summer Olympics in person
- Read all of the classic novels (the question here are "What is considered a classic"?)
- Build my dream home
- Take my kids to Disney World
- Write and publish a book
- Make a difference in one person's life
Honestly, I thought I had more.on my list, but this is all I could come up with today.
What is on your bucket list? (Please share–I'd really appreciate the comments!)


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If you're judicious and fortunate, your social media feeds should form a life-enhancing parade of wit, insight and genuine human connection. It's just not like that, though, is it? Few of us can entirely avoid these ten tiresome, energy-sapping types. Here's how to cope with them.
The Passive-Aggressive
Forever posting dramatic, oblique statements accusing someone who will remain nameless of something so terrible it cannot be spoken of. Creates the impression that they're talking about murder or arson when what they really mean is somebody forgot to empty the dishwasher.
How to keep them at bay: Almost any response to the passive-aggressive validates their artificial sense of indignation. Either out-pass-agg them with an even more mystifying statement of your own ("YEAH and after they did that other thing with the trombone and the jellyfish??") or just bung a #ukhon? hashtag at them and beat it.
The Over-Sharer
They need you to know exactly what they've been doing, thinking, leaking and having carnal knowledge of, if that's OK with you – and even if it isn't.
How to keep them at bay: Share your own over-share about the time you contracted Perlman's Fibromatosis and your face turned into a large soft fungus. Breeze straight past the shocking info, ask the poster how they are and when they're free for that coffee. Or just tag their mum, employer or case worker in the post "FYI".
The Perfect Lifer
They're having just the best time! And they want you to know how blessed they feel! So you can celebrate with them, on an hourly basis!
How to keep them at bay: Post a link to a charity crisis appeal for emphysemic dolphins in the comments. Then go round and set fire to their shed.
The Banality Machine
No minutiae is too minute for these folks to relate – they will litter your feed with the details of their daily doings like someone clipping their fingernails on the bus. There is no firmer proof that Hell Is Other People('s Timelines).
How to keep them at bay: These harmless prattlers are just the happy little pixies in a land of goblins and trolls so try not to be too hard on them. If you can't stand it any more a series of direct messages – "Are your respiratory and peristaltic systems still working? Have you been for a poo today? #JustChecking" – might do the trick.
The Conspiraloon
The bane of social media, he – and it's ALWAYS a he – has a burning need to rip your blinkers off regarding the staging of the moon landings, mind-control drugs in soft drinks, subliminal messages in 'The Archers' etc etc.
How to keep them at bay: Ain't no reasoning with the conspiraloon. As they say about wrestling with pigs, you'll get dirty and the pig will enjoy it. Instead just comment that "You do know that FACEBOOK has the letters FBI and CIA in it?" and log off before he realises that actually it doesn't.
The Provocateur
Because what is social media for if not picking fights with people you don't know about things they don't care about?
How to keep them at bay: Be excruciatingly reasonable and even-handed. Finish every point with "But of course, I could be wrong" or "Hey, we're all struggling to make sense of things, aren't we." Or just post a picture of a flower.
The Pious Atheist/Activist/Abstainer
Look, they're just superior beings, and they need you to take a long hard look at yourself and acknowledge your feeble human failings – one day, you'll thank them for it.
How to keep them at bay: You can't win with this one. Agree and they'll be inviting you to meetings. Demur and you'll drown in condescension. Keep an all-purpose JPG of Jesus with a pint and a burger saying "I forgive you, buddy!" just for this purpose. It works on pretty much everybody.
The Tag Hag
The over-enthusiastic muddy puppies of social media, they will use your name until they wear it out alerting you to some bafflingly irrelevant picture or link.
How to keep them at bay: Boring answer: In Facebook settings, make sure no pictures can be tagged with your name without your permission. Interesting answer: Revenge-tag them with baffling and Kafkaesque images – smoking craters, disturbed-looking actresses in Weimar Germany, hideous insects – and if questioned say "I thought you of all people would get it."
The Incredibly Funny Guy
Can't find it in yourself to lighten up and have a good old hollow chuckle at absolutely everything always? This guy is here to help!
How to keep them at bay: Be one of the other worst people on social media – the Quip Deflater. Employ deadpan rebuttal: "It was in fact Robin Williams the actor and comedian who tragically died. Here is a news article." Explain a joke, destroy a joke.
The Hashtaghorea Sufferer
Their philosophy: If it's a #word, #tag it. This may actually be an as-yet #undiagnosed #medical #condition #good #grief #somebody #help.
How to keep them at bay: Social media users with the hashtag equivalent of Tourette's cannot be stopped. Just let the little dancing computer-waffles wash over you, until they finally become obsolete. It'll happen. Just understand that what comes #afterwards will be #worse.


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We had planned everything that we were going to do but my mom wasn't there, so we couldn't do everything. Thinking about what we could do next and just goofing around took about an hour and a half! We decided to have dinner soon, so my helper made us spaghetti bolognaise. After that we watched School Of Rock, but we didn't get to finish it, although, in the morning when Dorothy left, I finished it. It's a good movie!
Then my dog Einstein bit dorothy because he heard someone in the movie shout. He usually doesn't do that. It was really weird. but Claudia (my sister) helped Dorothy, by putting some disinfectanting things and a bandage on it.
Then we went to bed at about 10:30, (not really, we were actually awake until about 12:00.)
We talked for ages and then finally fell asleep. In the morning Dorothy had to leave to go to ocean park with Erin and I had hockey, so she left at about 9:00. It was a bummer that we couldn't do everything we wanted to do, but I had lots of fun!


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It occurred to me the other day that between us, we have over 100 years of life experience. At first I thought that sounded rather impressive, then I realized…it just made us sound OLD!
Truthfully, we have just over 80 years of actually growing things between us. Tom tried gardening even when he was a country guy trapped in suburbia. I don't think he realized he was even in suburbia, back then there were still cows in downtown Fairfax. (honest!)
It wasn't until he moved to Warrenton that he really began to garden, although the "Brussels Sprout Incident of 1982" could have ended that. He really doesn't like to talk about it. It was a horrible experience, and could have ended his gardening career.
Tom and his sister rented this little farmhouse just outside of town. It was a cute little homestead carved out of the woods back behind a cattle farm. There was room for a garden, and Tom decided to plant some Brussels sprouts, along with some other things. He really likes Brussels sprouts. Seems cows do, too! Just about the time the sprouts were ready, the cows broke through the fence and ate the plants. ALL the plants! Thankfully, that didn't turn Tom against gardening….or cows!
Although, it must have been "déjà vu all over again" for him when, years later, our own cow got out in the night and mowed down 150 broccoli plants. It was not fun to attempt to explain to the vet who came out to treat her massive stomachache. He asked what she ate to get into such a state…you should have seen his face when we told him! The vet office had probably wondered about us prior to this event. There is no doubt in my mind that he went back to the office and put a big WEIRD on our file!
I have been planting seeds since I was about 3 years old.
My mother used to get us a "jumble pack" for a penny when she got her garden seeds. The "jumble pack" was essentially the floor sweepings from the seed company. You never knew what would be in the packet. I remember sorting out the seeds and trying to discover what they were prior to planting. I learned a lot from my mother's one cent investment. When our girls were small, I wanted to re-create the experience. Imagine my shock when I found the jumble pack was then 25cents!
Tom and I have almost always had a garden. When we were first married, and living in a townhouse, our neighbor gave us this gorgeous tomato she grew in her backyard. That was one of the first indications that we just couldn't bear living in town. We both knew we wanted space for a garden again. I saved some seeds from that tomato and we couldn't wait to move and have room for our own garden.
The first garden seems SO funny now. It was very tiny, edged with cedar logs from the property. It produced quite well, despite the ongoing battle with the rabbits for the bounty.
Throughout the past 27 years, we have had a variety of gardens and garden styles. The one constant….the garden is always getting bigger! Presently we utilize a bed system, in order to control erosion on our incredibly hilly terrain.
We do have two large garden plots where we grow things needing a lot of room: corn, potatoes, winter squash, sweet potatoes, and the like.
Different crops, different locations, different approaches…it is a study in logistics, climate and plant culture. There is always something new to learn.
Growing for winter sales in unheated hoophouses is our current challenge. Through trial and error, reading books and articles on the subject, and a lot of work, we are becoming more efficient and effective at this new type of growing. We just put season number two of winter sales behind us. We've learned a lot from all our gardening adventures throughout the years.
So, despite the fact it makes us sound old…we DO have 80+years of growing experience! …and we are STILL learning!


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About 1700 years ago, a certain Roman emperor by the name of Julian the Apostate reigned. He was called the 'Apostate' because of his fierce rejection of Christianity and his sometimes brutal attempt to repress it. Julian was smart. He knew that he could not just eradicate Christianity without dealing with the things that made it attractive. He complained:
Whilst the pagan priests neglect the poor, the hated Galileans devote themselves to works of charity, and by a display of false compassion have established and given effect to their pernicious errors. See their love-feasts, and their tables spread for the indigent. Such practice is common among them, and causes a contempt for our gods.
In response, Julian The Apostate launched government philanthropic programs in an attempt to render the Christian message impotent.
The astute Christian reader will already see where this is going. We must ask the question: "Do the numerous government programs aimed at 'helping' people actually serve to undermine the Christian faith?" Some might argue that that is too conspiratorial. Let us set aside the question of intent then and deal strictly with the question of effect.
In doing this, we might approach a question like government funded welfare not by saying, "This was meant to undermine the Church" but instead by saying, "Whatever its intent, does it undermine the Church?" I would answer the latter resoundingly as a 'YES!'
For the great many Christians that vote Democratic and have over the decades such a determination probably comes across as a slap in the face. Christians who vote Democratic tend to have genuine concern for the oppressed, the poor, and the desperate. Do we suppose that the Christians during Julian the Apostate's reign cared any less? So what would be the difference?
The difference is clear: the Christians then used their own money, their own resources, and their own time to help the poor. They did not relegate the duties clearly given to them by God to the government. And lucky thing, too, for Julian would have been happy to take on the task. No happier, I suppose, then the Democrat party is today.
I note again that these duties were given to the Church by God. I trust that I do not need to document this but for example, when the early church was getting 'bogged down' with ministering to the poor they didn't ring up the leaders of Jerusalem to take over the task. They appointed seven godly men from within to take over. (Acts 6)
A sincere Christian might protest that it should make no difference who is helping the poor so long as they are being helped. Wrong. It makes a huge difference.
Consider this one very big difference: the good deeds done by the Church are accomplished by men and women freely giving up their own time, talents, and money; the 'good' deeds done by the Government which accomplishes the deed by coercing, by threat of fines, confiscation, and imprisonment, resources from the community.
More succinctly: The Christian Church gives away was was freely given to begin with. The Government gives away what was forcibly taken.
This is all the difference in the world.
From the outset, then, we see that there is no way that 'helping the poor' is the same no matter who does it. The Government achieves it by robbing the rich(er). The Church achieves it by the rich(er) joyfully responding to God's work on their behalf.
There are many other differences, too. For example, the Christian who cares about the poor and believes that the Democrats can help might disagree with the liberals that subsidizing abortion on demand helps the poor.
Too bad! Live by the Government, Die by the Government. You opted to use the Government to do 'good' and that's exactly what it did- 'good' as it perceives it. Guess what. Your hard earned dollars are now subsidizing the murder of thousands and millions of the unborn. Oops.
Well, what did you expect to happen? Did you think that the Government was going to be filled forever with stout Christians? Hey, don't let it bother you too much. Besides subsidizing abortion, you're also paying your 'fair share' for embryonic stem cell research, eugenics, euthanasia, condoms, etc, etc. This is your bed you made. Lie in it.
I would like to briefly deal with one likely objection: "But the Government must help people because clearly the need is there and the Church is not stepping up. It is better for these people to receive flawed help then no help at all."
Setting aside the problem that in America, the kind of help the government often envisions is EVIL, we find ourselves returning to the issues raised by my citation of Julian the Apostate. If the Church today was doing its duty, there would be no room for the argument that the secular, humanistic, godless, liberal Government needs to be doing it. What Julian had hoped to achieve has been accomplished in our age, with Christians complicit in the affair.
But here is the rub: has the involvement and support of the Democrat party by so many Christians over the decades improved the reputation of the Gospel and Christians? Nope. Ostensibly, supporting these social causes were a manifestation of the Gospel but in fact the effect was to undermine the power and witness of the Gospel.
No other consequence should have been expected. Who needs the Gospel when you have the Government? And why should you believe the Gospel when all the Christians you know seem to be stingy and just as worldly as anyone else? It isn't like Christians are paying more taxes then anyone else, right? Christian Bob and Secular Joe, living on the same street, are paying the same 'fair share' of taxes to support the same government programs. How can we distinguish between their respective ideologies?
You can't.
It seems like the very opposite of compassion, but Christians need to extract themselves from this vicious cycle of using the Government as the tool to ostensibly carry out the duties that belong to them. This is not a call for being dismissive regarding social issues. It is a call to meet them on our own terms.


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The Huntingdon site is situated in a central location fronting the B1514 ring road and, until recently, has provided offices for Cambridgeshire Constabulary.
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The second development opportunity is the former Police Station in Sawtry which comprises a former three bedroom house with kitchen, lounge and dining room together with a small adjoining office and garage.
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Every year, the end of October marks the beginning of Charlie Brown special season. Starting with1966's 'It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown', the networks trot out both the well-known specials like the award-winning 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' and lesser-known specials like 'Lucy must be traded, Charlie Brown' and 'He's A Bully, Charlie Brown', which are used to pad out the one-hour time slots. Specials like the too tied to the 80's 'It's Flashbeagle, Charlie Brown' are no longer shown, for obvious reasons.
There were actually several specials created during the 90s which were never aired, for reasons we'll discuss here. An incomplete list follows.
He's A Troll, Charlie Brown (1994) - When Charlie Brown discovers the newsgroup alt.support.childhood-hairloss, he at first is encouraged to find a community of people who can relate to his problems without being judgemental. Things quickly turn sour with the appearance of a troll on the newsgroup who mocks the 'bald blockheads'.
Why it was shelved: not enough people in focus groups were aware of Usenet at the time. Further, it was feared that the special might encourage people to behave irresponsibly on the new medium of the Internet.
It's A Black Thing, Charlie Brown, You Wouldn't Understand It (1991) - There's a new kid in school, the afrocentric 'Joe Militant' (voice: Professor Griff of Public Enemy). Franklin moves out of his peripheral token role and is the focus of this episode, as his self-esteem is boosted greatly by the study of the history and culture of his people.
Why it was shelved: Although it was considered well-done, apparently nobody involved in the production was aware of Professor Griff's infamous comment that 'Jews are responsible for the majority of the wickedness in the world' until shortly before it was to be aired.
I Did Not Have Sexual Relations With That Woman, Charlie Brown (1998) - Peppermint Patty, who had resigned herself to being a D- student for the rest of her life, suddenly finds both her grades and outlook on life improved when a new teacher takes a special interest in her. But is the teacher interested in more than just her mind?
Why it was shelved: This special was not shelved so much for the subject matter, as several child psychologists who got a chance to see it agreed it dealt with a delicate subject in a careful and appropriate manner, but rather was a victim of bad timing as Bill Clinton uttered the now-famous phrase at the beginning of the Lewinsky scandal.
No Blood For Oil, Charlie Brown (1991) - The Persian Gulf War has everybody in the Peanuts gang taking sides, with Linus and Sally in favor of peace, and Lucy and Violet rallying to 'Support the Troops', but wishy-washy Charlie Brown can't make up his mind as to where he stands.
Why it was shelved: In stark contrast to Gulf War II, Gulf War I was over quickly, and by the time production was completed, America was back to 'Homey Don't Play That' and other frivolous concerns.
It Just Isn't Music, Charlie Brown (1993) - Inspired by Riot Grrrl bands like Bratmobile and Bikini Kill, Lucy, Violet, and the Little Red-Haired Girl (who is never shown, but is the drummer in the group) form their own band, Dog Germs. This sends Schroeder spiraling into depression and bitterness, as Dog Germs becomes very popular, but his hard work and dedication to Beethoven are ignored.
Why it was shelved: It was generally felt that this episode was too dark, even in the angst-and-depression soaked world of Charlie Brown.
You're Worth a Million on Paper, Charlie Brown (1999) - The whole gang gets rich beyond their wildest dreams when they join Lucy's Internet Start-up, coldHardCash.com, a 'cash portal' which nobody really understands or can explain. The fact that nobody knows any programming languages is not a problem, as Linus is very good at getting venture capitalists to put money behind the idea. Meanwhile, Snoopy day-trades his way to such wealth that he is able to afford a doghouse that actually does fly.
Why it was shelved: Nobody really asked Charles Schulz what he thought of this idea until very late in production. It is said that the usually peaceful and patient Schulz broke a hockey stick over Bill Melendez's head on hearing about a special that reduced his creations to 'soul-less, greedy, materialistic twits'.
There were many other specials like this, reminding us that for every fully-realized creative effort, there are thousands of scrapped or failed efforts. So the moral is of this posting is: stay in school.


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Investing Legend John Bogle Has A Refreshing Outlook On The Meaning Of Money
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Hello CW,ReplyDelete
To answer your last question, I would deem to be 'sustainable' when my passive income can pay for all of my monthly expenses.
I would deem to have 'enough' when my portfolio can generate such an equivalent amount of passive income consistently year after year.Replies
Do you compute future monthly expenses with inflation e.g. 2 to 3% rate?Delete
That's a good question. I didn't factor in the assumption. In fact, everything now is still fuzzy for me. I would expect my expenses to increase dramatically as my sons grow up. Right now, I am only focused on building up the portfolio.Delete
I think at this stage your asset value (net worth) has higher weightage than cash flow; but I suspect you are likely to disagree as your blog's nick say so. LOLDelete
Haha, possibly so. But I have never really measured my net worth. I suspect it is negative because I am still a slave to my housing mortgage. :(Delete
It is okay. Usual problem for married man with kids. How about looking at portfolio's asset vale. :-)Delete
Actually, high asset value can be converted to sustainable cash flow when it becomes necessary to do so.
Content is the key, it's needs versus wants. Once you worked out what you need hence you have enough.ReplyDeleteReplies
i always feel in our parent's time, almost every family had very little, we also like that ma! Now every family has more why still never seems to have more than enough? Where is the meaning of the word - Contentment in today context?Delete
i think no one can say better then Paul:-
"Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need.I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.…"


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Last Wednesday our Year 10 group enjoyed an art-themed trip to Cambridge to visit the world-renowned Fitzwilliam Museum and the MAA (Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology).
Both museums were really interesting. We looked at lots of artefacts from around the world – India, Japan and Egypt – which were relevant to our art projects and did some tasks that will help our studies. The photography students went off round the city to take pictures for their portfolios.
It was a really interesting and enjoyable trip – including the excellent ice cream!


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Like in the event of each loan, the applicant must fill in an application form that might request details like contact information, details concerning academics etc., it is very important to fill in precise info.
When the candidate, i.e. the student fills in the form, there's a round of private conversation wherein he/she could be requested various question having to do with the academic operation, the path one has chosen, likely the institute etc.. At this phase, it's essential to be lucid and transparent about the choice of course and its future possibility of earning income.
Although some banks have been known to maintain the academic document significant, some could give it a marginally lesser focus. This doesn't go to state that one requires an superb academic record. However, be certain there are replies to those accidents that might have happened throughout the academic life.
Step 3: Give Basic supporting files Unlike other loans in which the conversation of files pertaining to state property, might come in at a later point and might cause delay-documents are essential. In the event of education loans, records concerning admissions are compulsory before the lender believes the loan program. The lender will confirm the registration of the pupil from the concerned institute. An individual can also need security security such as documents concerning land to be mortgaged in the event the amount of the loan is over Rs. 4 lakhs.
Measure 4: Period of loan approval or denialIf one chooses any other sort of loan, there's a co-guarantor, particularly in the event of private and home loans. The guarantor might be an offender's parents or guardians. The lender will conduct a comprehensive check of the guarantor and his/her credit history prior to sanctioning the loan.
After conclusion of this procedure, the loan might be denied or sanctioned.Even though the parents/guardians are guarantors, the pupil is the true debtor of the loan. When the loan is justified, the pupil must sign a promissory note to the lender.Measure 6: Disbursal of this loanAfter the formalities are completed (further documents and signed post-dated cheques might be demanded ), the lender will disburse the loan.
Online Software In the present times, availing an instruction loan was made even simpler. Now, an individual may apply to get an education loan on the internet. The loan will be sanctioned only in principal and the applicant is going to need to contact the lender for real approval and disbursement of their education loan.


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Executive Committee
May 7, 2019
PRESENT: Celeste Branham, Ed Barrett, Jeni Tilton-Flood, Nicole Pellenz, John Portela, Maryalice Crofton
Commission logo/emblem. Jeni reported that the graphic designers are meeting with Communications Task Force tomorrow (5/8). They took the feedback provided last month and have made some updates for the group to consider. Executive committee members agreed that the full board should have input on the final contenders so time will be incorporated into the May agenda for this.
Commission vacancies. If there are candidates ready to apply, they need to be encouraged to submit their papers now and not wait. John and Celeste will follow up with the candidates they reached out to. There was discussion on how best to fill the youth commissioner seat. Nicole will reach out to JMG staff who are age-appropriate. Celeste will follow up with the civic engagement center at UMF. This needs to happen right away.
Representation May 21 at meeting with CNCS leadership and Commissions. Maryalice clarified that the date of the meeting is Tuesday, May 21. Based on that information, Celeste and Jeni will travel to New Hampshire on May 21 to participate in the meeting with Barbara Stewart.
Maine Volunteer Foundation + MCCS Exec Committee discussion of fundraising challenges. The foundation is not finding Maine funders who share the Commission's vision around Maine Service Fellows or civic health. In the case of the latter, they are confusing civic health with civic assets and other terms using "civic." Maryalice recommends a discussion between leadership of MCCS and the MVF board. Executive Committee members would like to do that after the May meeting. Maryalice will work it out with MVF which is meeting on May 10.
Communications officer position. The posting for the job opening with the Commission is very difficult to find on the state hiring web site. Celeste asked Maryalice to distribute the link to all Commissioners.
Commission meeting discussion of OIG incidents. Maryalice reported the open discussion of the OIG process for investigations led to an unexpected consequence even though no details were mentioned. Executive Committee members decided the best action for the future would be to go into executive session rather than not inform the board.
Task Force check-ins. Financial Oversight has a prototype of a financial scorecard to share with board members for feedback. The 25th anniversary committee will meet next week so no report. Ed said that Grants is still looking for peer reviewers.
Preparation for briefing by Kaira Esgate. Kaira attempted to join the call for a conversation with Exec members. Through real-time messages with Maryalice, she indicated numerous tries failed. Exec members decided an alternative approach would be better. Members are asked to email their questions and advice on focus areas to Maryalice. She will relay everything to Kaira so she can prepare for the briefing on May 17.
There being no other discussion items, the meeting ended at 4:07 pm.


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At present, I am still using the pen and ink method...
Below is a map print...actually, right in the middle is my property...about 1.23 acre. Looks pretty cool from the air.
This is a view of my mapping workstation...note the light table...it is really helpful when using a photo underlay and a mylar on top to draw property lines. See my stack of work in the lower left...I'm so behind...this work should have been done by the end of January. I need a clone...2 jobs in one is getting to be an art form. I couldn't give up one over the other.
The tract books are about 2' by 2' and are quite heavy and must be carried to that long table in the back of upper photo for viewing.
My second hat is sorta like that of a "pirate", you know...using maps for treasure hunting... only since I am involved with the mapping of our county's real estate records...yea...I actually take a deed description and plat it or draw it out for taxing purposes. I've been the mapper or "cartographer " with Reynolds County for over 25 years now...boy I really am getting old. This is also a job that I love dearly. Give me a E 1/2 NW 1/4 SW 1/4 Section 16, Township 32 North, Range 2 East any day and I'll be a happy camper. Several years ago I attained the designation of Professional Missouri Mapper...wow, I have a title...Michelle the PMM. Sounds pretty important doesn't it?


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Need for change
"We are working on enhancing the waterway connectivity between India and Nepal. Currently, the cargo that comes to Kolkata or Vizag has to go by road or rail to Nepal. This is because the trade comprise recognises only these two modes of transport. The clause is being modified to include waterways," Pandey told newspersons on the side lines of the Inland Waterways Summit organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce here on Friday. The Commerce ministries of India and Nepal have engaged the lead in bringing in the amendment.
Routes identified
A high-level delegation of officials from Customs, and Commerce and External Affairs ministries visited Nepal in April to discuss the routes that can be taken for transit of cargo using waterways. The routes identified are Kolkata-Sahebganj by waterway and then to Nepal's Biratnagar by road; Kolkata-Kalughat near Patna by waterway and then to Birgunj by road; and Kolkata-Varanasi by waterway and then to either Nepalganj or Mahendra Nagar by road. "Three water routes have been accepted by both the countries.
There is in-principle approval of all these agencies of India and Nepal on the three routes," he said. These apart, the Nepal government has requested India to explore whether the Gondak river could be used as a waterway right up to the border of these two countries. However, this will call for technical studies to understand if ships of larger size can move through Gondak up to Nepal, Pandey said.


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June 7th, 2017
new ventures
Who would've guessed in less then two years, I'd go from zero acting jobs to offering a commercial acting workshop? You gotta love how life works. The idea of offering a workshop is exciting and nerve racking all at the same time. I know I've got a lot to share with new actors who are getting into the commercial game. There are very specific things I do at every audition that have resulted in consistent callbacks, holds and bookings. I'd love to help other actors in Vancouver move their careers in the same direction. My dream is to have a whole community of strong, flexible talent that draws productions into the city.
I've got a lot of work ahead of me, I'm learning all about marketing, and sending lots of emails in hopes of getting 10-12 patricipants for my first workshop. I've booked a studio, I'm working on a cirriculum and making sure I'm as prepared as possible to fill 4 hours with informative fun. I've even got a special guest on board! A local casting associate who will come in and share his experiences with us while answering any questions we might have.
Wish me luck!


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One person really can make a difference. For Ron Huberman, all it took to find himself on the path toward an accomplished life was meeting Harvey Milk. The fateful day came after a cross-country road trip from New York to San Francisco. Ron recalls:
We walked into the camera shop, and there was this kind of shaggy-haired guy with a heavy New York accent. "Ron," he said, "you don't mind, do you, if I took a couple of these pictures of your little friend Keith, do you? Because I want to keep them for myself." And that's how I met Harvey Milk.
There was an amendment being placed on the California ballot that would have banned gay and lesbian teachers from teaching in the state, but Ron wasn't paying any attention to politics. That's when Harvey pushed Ron to be more interested:
Harvey said in a New York accent that was priceless -- he said, "You're a teacher in New York! They're gonna take it away from out here! You gotta be a part of it!"
And being a part of it is exactly what Ron did. For the next 40 years Ron was involved in protests, activism, and politics and made history in the workforce. Reflecting on his life, he traces it all back to that one day he met Harvey Milk:
I think back, and it all began with Harvey Milk, who told me that day in the camera store, "You gotta get involved in politics. You gotta do something. You gotta change something." I'll always remember that, and I followed what he said.
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Chatham Financial was named "Risk Management Advisory Firm of the Year" at the 2019 GlobalCapital Americas Derivatives Awards.
The awards recognize firms that innovate, grow and improve derivatives markets in the Americas. They are judged according to the nominees' innovations in product and service, commitments to new markets, improvements in efficiency, liquidity and market stability, as well as client guidance.
Chatham's award was announced during a gala dinner at the Metropolitan Club in New York City. Amanda Breslin, executive director of treasury advisory, and Andrew Thornfeldt, managing director and head of real estate investment banking, accepted the award on behalf of Chatham.
Chatham Financial demonstrated a deep understanding of the Americas derivatives markets and, more importantly, a commitment to using that knowledge to help its clients.
"Chatham Financial demonstrated a deep understanding of the Americas derivatives markets and more importantly, a commitment to using that knowledge to help its clients, often in the mid-cap sector of North America, extract the full value and best pricing of derivatives contracts," the GlobalCapital editors said in presenting the award. "This made it a deserving winner of the risk management advisor of the year award."
In supporting its nomination, Chatham demonstrated its impact in driving efficiency, fostering a culture of innovation, and providing unparalleled advocacy and service to more than 2,500 clients in the real estate, corporate, private equity and financial institutions industries. Leveraging its scale, expertise and technology to provide actionable insights, Chatham enables a more transparent and advantageous marketplace for its clients. Additionally, Chatham helps shape derivatives markets by advocating for end-user concerns on a variety of committees and working groups.
"At Chatham, we continually strive to empower our clients by delivering cutting edge, innovative risk management advisory and technology solutions," said Clark Maxwell, CEO of Chatham Financial. "It is gratifying to be recognized for our achievements on their behalf."
About Chatham
Chatham Financial is an independent financial risk management firm helping clients overcome common yet complex capital markets challenges. Chatham works with over 2,500 clients globally, providing advisory and technology solutions to corporations, financial institutions, private equity and real estate companies. Since its founding in 1991, Chatham has hedged over $5 trillion notional, helping clients understand and use debt and derivatives as a critical piece of their financial strategy. Chatham is a multiple bottom line firm committed to delivering trust and transparency in the capital markets.


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Charm City Bout Recap: Junkyard Dolls 67, Mobtown Mods 54
Posted by Justice Feelgood Marshall on October 16, 2007
In the third-place bout for Charm City's 2007 season, the Junkyard Dolls had to fight off a determined second-half challenge from the Mobtown Mods to emerge victorious, 67-54. The Mods came into this bout filling out their roster with two guest skaters from Harrisburg Area Roller Derby, Nash Villain and Rainbow's Revenge, and the bout also featured the skating return of Mods captain Road Rash Rivers, back on skates after giving birth to her second child in September. The Mods were once again missing Holly Go Hardly, though, who had tough luck with injuries all season long.
The Junkyard Dolls kicked off the match with what has become their signature leadoff jammer, Coach Ballbricker, dropping a a 3-0 jam on the Mods' Duchess of Torque. After a 4-4 tie between the Dolls' Cherrylicious and the Mods' Ang Thrax, the Mods' Lady Quebeaum tied the game up at 8 with a 4-1 jam over Ali Kaida, as Ali went to the box in trying to get around some tough defense from Mods blockers Major Threat and Duchess of Torque. However, the Mods were then once again bedeviled by their recurring first-half woes, going scoreless for the next five jams while the Dolls got lead jammer each time, rolling up 17 unanswered points to establish a 25-8 lead. With only about 4 minutes left in the half, the Dolls were up 31-11 and it looked like they might put the game out of reach by halftime, but the Mods managed to finish the half strong. Two 4-0 jams, one for Rainbow's Revenge over Killer Kitten and the second for Lady Quebeaum over Mistress May Eye made the score Dolls 31, Mods 19 going into the half.
Coach Ballbricker once again got the job done for the Dolls as the leadoff jammer in the second half, taking advantage of her blockers Shevil Knievel, Dirty Trixie and Radar Love doing a number on Ang Thrax to set up a quick 5-0 grand slam. However, after the Mods' Duchess of Torque put up 6 points to Cherrylicious' 2, it was the Dolls' turn to go cold under a combination of injury and penalty trouble. In the half's chaotic Jam 4, Killer Kitten was jamming for the Dolls when she took an extremely hard fall but was able to roll off the track to safety, and deciding that she wouldn't be able to return to the jam, removed her helmet cover and threw it onto the track in an illegal star pass — a pass that resulted in a flurry of penalties as Dolls blockers Scheisty McFeisty, Hurtsula and Ali Kaida all passed around the star before finally getting it to pivot Cherrylicious, who ended up going straight to the box upon placing it on her head. During this time, the Mods' Nash Villain had run up 8 points, narrowing the gap to Dolls 40, Mods 33. The Mods had a chance to get closer with Cherrylicious starting the next jam in the box and Roxy Toxic at the jammer line unopposed, but the jam ended up being a festival of defense, going the full 2 minutes with neither jammer able to break through the pack even once — highlighted by Doll Shevil Knievel sending Roxy into the audience with a huge hit. But the Mods would get tantalizingly close to a lead on the next jam, where Dolly Rocket, jamming for the Dolls, picked up a fourth minor on a cutting-track penalty, giving Duchess of Torque the opportunity to get a 5-0 that made the score Dolls 40, Mods 38 with about 10 minutes to go in the bout.
Mobtown Mods guest skater Rainbow's Revenge tries to burst past the Junkyard Dolls' Cherrylicious. Photo credit: epmd_derby
Dolly Rocket hadn't been very happy about going to the penalty box in that jam, though, and took it out on the Mods on the following jam, lapping Nash Villain twice in the course of going 12-4 in a full two-minute jam, giving the Dolls some more breathing room at 52-42. Nash Villain went to the box on that jam, but still managed to claim lead jammer on the next one, pulling 3 points and calling off the jam before the Dolls' Cherrylicious could add anything for the Dolls. With about six minutes left to play, it was Dolls 52, Mods 45, but the Mods' fans hopes for a season-ending comeback victory would dissipate on the next two jams. First, in a full two-minute jam, both the Dolls' Dirty Trixie and the Mods' Duchess of Torque had some trouble catching up to the pack after a brutal first pass, but Trixie managed to emerge victorious with a 3-0. More importantly, though, Duchess picked up a fourth cutting-track minor at the very end of that jam, leaving the Mods jammerless with a 10 point deficit, 4 minutes left on the clock, and the highest-scoring jammer of the season, Cherrylicious, alone on the jammer start line. Cherrylicious would close the door on the Mods' chances, getting lead jammer and 8 points before calling off the jam upon Duchess' return to play, making it 63-45 with only enough time for one more jam. Rainbow's Revenge picked up a 9-4 win over Ali Kaida to finish out the bout, but that wouldn't be enough to close the deficit, and the Dolls finished the season 3-4 with their third straight victory over the 0-7 Mods, 67-54.
The Dolls' Cherrylicious put a capper on a sparkling rookie season by yet again leading her team with 27 points and also sporting the best jammer point differential with a +12; to top it off, she ended the season with 235 points, barely beating out Joy Collision's 227 for the 2007 scoring title. The Mods' guest skaters turned out to be their primary point producers, with Nash Villain leading the Mods with 16 points and Rainbow's Revenge just behind with 15 (oddly enough, both guests ended up with a perfectly even jammer point differential of zero.) 77 minors and 7 majors were assigned to the Mods, while the Dolls picked up 62 minors and 6 majors. The Dolls won the crucial lead jammer battle by taking it on 11 jams, while the Mods got it on 9. In the 23 jams of the bout, there were 3 with no lead jammer.
Additional reporting: Concealed Carrie
2 Responses to "Charm City Bout Recap: Junkyard Dolls 67, Mobtown Mods 54"
October 16, 2007 at 7:52 pm
YEAH DOLLS!!!!! Wish I was there to see that!!
October 16, 2007 at 10:29 pm
wow, i missed the star ordeal.


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Everyone involved in last motnh's (May) SkillBuild competition in Bath, run by Stone Federation Great Britain in conjunction with CITB, had been sworn to secrecy about the result until the Scottish heat was completed. That has now been held and we can reveal that the winner in Bath was Bath College, taking both first and second place.
The competition was held at Bath College's new Somer Valley Campus, which the masonry workshops moved to last year.
Taking the top honour at the competition was Josh Underwood, with Hartaj Hunjan runner-up.
Josh and Hartaj worked hard to reach the top of the regional qualifiers and are now awaiting the final results, which will be released in July, to see if they have made the top eight competitors who will go on to the UK National Final at WorldSkills Live UK, as the SkillBuild exhibition has been renamed, in the NEC, Birmingham, in November.
SkillBuild is the biggest and longest running multi-trade construction skills competition in the UK. Stonemasonry is just one of the skills involved.
Hartaj was delighted with his second place in the competition: "I was quite surprised to finish where I did as I tried last year and didn't quite make it. It's great to see how much I've improved in a year."
Hartaj has just finished the Stonemasonry course at Bath College and is an apprentice at A F Jones Stonemasons Ltd.
"I'm really enjoying my apprenticeship, which is enabling me to hone my skills. It's a great way to learn and improve, as eventually I would like to go self-employed."
Josh is also doing an apprenticeship at a Stonemasonry business. He is with Phidias Neo Classical in Bristol. After his apprenticeship he would also like to start a business.
Paul Maggs, Stonemasonry lecturer at Bath College was impressed with the performance of his students in the SkillBuild competition. "We are incredibly proud of Josh and Hartaj, who worked so hard for the competition. To have our only two competitors come first and second is a real testament to their talent."


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I was part of a multi-author booksigning at Borders Books in Matteson over the weekend, and despite a paucity of crowd, had a good time with fellow authors Michael Black, Luisa Beuhler, Sherry Scarpaci, Helen Osterman and two guys I didn't know, and, um, still don't know.
One of the reasons I don't know them is because I never, ever sit at my table during a signing. I'm moving through the store, shoving my books into people's hands and sharing hygiene. So I'm not sure what was going on back at the author tables since I wasn't there.
I stayed two hours after the other authors left, until I sold all of my books! Woo-hoo!
I do want to say something about Michael Black. He's an author, a good author - and a cop, a good cop. Read his stuff, you won't regret it.
But I want to tell you about another cop who isn't good. He's definitely bad. Is he on the take? Heck if I know. Does he do drugs in his free time? No clue.
I can tell you what he does, though. He lies under oath.
This is a bit of a long story, and I'll try to keep it brief. And it pains me, because I've always had the greatest respect for cops and other public servants who put their lives on the line to keep everyone safe. But there are exceptions.
Soon after my first daughter got her driver's license, she was coming home down a rural highway where no speed limit was posted. In Illinois, this means you can go fifty-five. But the cornfields are endangered and two new subdivisions had recently broken ground. There was no increase in traffic, construction or new neighbors, but it was obvious that in the near future we'd have a bit more urban growth to deal with.
For now, though, think cornfields.
So my daughter turns onto this road from another highway. Usually, when as soon as you turn onto a street, there is a sign with the posted speed limit. If she had turned east rather than west, she would have immediately seen a sign posted for forty-five miles an hour. But going west, there was nothing.
She goes about half a mile past another road that ends at this road … again, there is no sign near this intersection, and then she drives by the entrance to one of the new subdivisions. She sees the police car there and notices that it immediately begins to pull out into the road.
Then she goes nears a bridge and there's a sign that says, "reduced speed ahead." On the other side of the bridge you can just make out a speed limit sign with a posted limit of thirty five miles an hour.
Suddenly, blue and red police lights go on behind her.
Her heart thumping, she turns at a road right after the bridge, but still before the new speed limit sign. The squad car pulls up behind her.
I wasn't there, so this is all heresay, but apparently the officer was brusque and soon my daughter was in tears. I heard it all later as she and a friend that was in the car all relayed it to me through sobbing, hiccupping and frustrated tears.
Fine, you don't have to be nice, and maybe scaring a new driver early on will help keep them in line forever.
But he gave her a ticket for going forty-five in a thirty-five.
I had been driving that very same road twice a day for over fifteen years, and I couldn't remember it being thirty five where she was pulled over. So I went out the next day, and confirmed what I had thought. So I'm thinking to myself, "self, it was a mistake. Just call the station, explain, and maybe get the ticket rescinded."
So I tried. I called the police station, and was rudely … this time it wasn't heresay … told that it would have to be resolved in court.
I took all kinds of pictures, from the intersection showing no limit, from the cop's vantage point showing she was nowhere near the reduced speed sign yet, and from several other points. I blew them up to eight by ten and waited for the day in court.
Here's where it gets good. A week later, three brand new signs mysteriously went up … with a spanking new thirty five mile per hour limit. I took pictures of these, too. All were time-stamped.
Court was held in a bar. Yep, you heard me … a bar. They had cleared the bar, put in chairs and a 'Judge' sat at a table near the wall, a cashier to his left with a huge metal cash box.
As people lined up for their bit of justice, I noticed that everyone was judged guilty, and then they had to pay, with cash … no checks, no credit cards … and the money went into the cash box. The Judge was loud, impressed with himself, and even took some mean-spirited pokes at a Spanish defendant for his poor English.
Just before my daughter went up, the prosecutor called my daughter and we had a moment to talk with him and explain our position. Ah, a friend. Someone who would learn the truth and dismiss this and let us go on our way. Little did I realize what they really intended.
The cop was there, scowling. Not happy to be here. He spoke first. He said that my daughter went by him and was doing forty-five miles per hour as she passed the thirty-five mile per hour sign. I respectfully said that it wasn't possible, and showed him pictures showing there were no signs.
He said that the signs must have been knocked down, and that she passed the one by the bridge. I showed him the picture of that intersection and proved that he was wrong again. He just grunted.
I ignored him and showed the pictures to the prosecutor, pictures that absolutely proved our case. He looked at them carefully, and said, "okay, we'll go to trial."
I was shocked. Fine, we'll just prove it to the judge.
A few minutes later, we were in front of the judge, and we got another surprise. The Judge said that I would not be able to help my sixteen year old daughter take on an experienced, bar-passing professional in this matter.
But she's sharp. Nervous. Scared. But she's smart. Maybe she can pull it off.
The cop was the first to testify. And here's where it gets surreal. He totally changed his story so that it would fit the evidence we had shown him. I just about burst trying to keep from shouting, "liar"! But I kept control, thinking that the evidence was still clear and unmitigated.
But I wasn't ready for their next trick.
The prosecutor pulls out a big, blue notebook, and he said, "Here's the ordinance showing that the speed limit on the entire stretch of road is thirty five miles per hour."
I couldn't control myself, "There's no sign! How's anybody supposed to know that?!"
The Judge smirked … really … and said, "If it's in the ordinance."
He banged his gavel and said, "Guilty. One hundred dollar fine."
Then he leaned his ruddy, sweaty face toward my daughter and said, "And I hope you learned a lesson here, young lady."
The kangaroos behind him were laughing and applauding.
We were directed to move down the conveyor line to the cashier, and left the lying cop and sarcastic judge behind us. I admit we angrily threw the money at the cashier, and we departed the den of county income. For that's all it was.
I need my daughter to meet more good cops, because this was a heavy lesson for a sixteen year old to learn - that not all people in positions of authority deserve their position or the respect that the position would normally earn.
Anyway, 'nuff said. There are some great cops out there, and I know quite a few of them. Michael Black's a good one, and I'm proud to know him.
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Show that 60.0 L of gasoline originally at $15.0^\circ\textrm{C}$ will expand to 61.1 L when it warms to $35.0^\circ\textrm{C}$ as claimed in Example 13.4.
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This is College Physics Answers with Shaun Dychko. The final volume of this gasoline will be its initial volume plus its change in volume. The change in volume will be this coefficient of volume expansion times the initial volume, times the change in temperature. We can factor out V i from both these terms and we get V i equals one plus beta delta t. So that's 60 liters initial volume times one plus the volume expansion coefficient for petrol which is 950 times times ten to the minus six, then multiply by the change in temperature, 35 Celsius degrees minus 15. So that is 61.1 liters will be the final volume of the gasoline.


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American Friends of Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer today announced a new office in South Florida to help raise awareness and support for Israel's national hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer. Established in 1948, Sheba has emerged as a world-renowned epicenter of innovation in Israeli medicine and is the largest and most comprehensive medical center in the entire Middle East.
A visionary hospital that saves lives around the world, Sheba's modern medicine transcends all borders. Revered for its exceptional global humanitarian missions, Sheba is regularly among the first to send doctors to areas that require emergency humanitarian aid and disaster response.
Last year, Sheba and Florida Atlantic University partnered on an emergency training course for first responders, bringing Sheba's top doctors to Boca Raton to share their expertise. With the opening of this new office, Sheba will continue to bring its most accomplished and distinguished physicians to South Florida to share their latest discoveries and treatments through informative briefings on topics such as Alzheimer's prevention, new methods of cardiac rehabilitation, global humanitarian care and more.
"If you live in South Florida and are interested in the most innovative advances in healthcare and medical research, then I urge you to learn about Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer," added Dr. David Pulver, a longtime Sheba donor who lives in Aventura. "The level of advanced medicine that Sheba's research powerhouse is generating is second to none, and I'm thrilled that Sheba will now be able to share these latest breakthroughs with the South Florida community."
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The Florida office's launch event will take place on March 27. For more details on this free event or to learn more about the South Florida division of American Friends of Sheba Medical Center, visit http://shebamedical.org/ or contact Alan Frent at alanlfrent(at)gmail.com.
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The daily death toll has declined to 66.
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Commissioner Louis Brownlow, who was taken ill with the influenza Friday noon, was resting comfortably early last night, but had some fever, indicating that he is suffering from the disease in a mild form.
The fact that the majority of the new cases being treated at the United States Public Health Service emergency hospital at 18th street and Virginia avenue are said to be of a
much "milder type than cases treated a week ago, indicating that the virulence of the contagion, has passed, also encouraged the Commissioner [Brownlow].
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When he was asked as to the best method of disinfection and fumigation for quarters which had been occupied by persons suffering from the influenza, Health Officer W. C. Fowler said last night that he would recommend that the bed clothing be washed, the room carefully wiped up with soap and warm water, the washboards of the room wiped off, the windows opened and the room given a thorough airing and all the sunlight possible for a day. He thought that all danger from contagion would thus be eliminated.
A new ride-share program for war workers is announced:
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Every automobile owner in the District of Columbia is asked to put his car into service. On the windshield he will carry a card, furnished by the police, garages and public offices announcing his participation in the battle on the plague, and will also announce the point between which he will carry workers. The cars are to pick up their passengers along the streets morning and night. They can be recognized by their signs and
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awesome awesome awesome
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Very nice little figure. Well cast and good fit. Thank you
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The product received well. The product is in good condition.
상의와 목 주변 조립 시 열정형이 필요합니다. 제품 상태는 양호해 보입니다.
Estupenda figura con mucho detalle, como siempre muy bien por E2046.
The figure is amazing! Though you should know that it is not for beginners like me, a lot of work needs to be done, but it is sooo worth it!
배송이 빠르게와서 좋았습니다 품질도 맘에드네요
하... 이건 언제 다 만들 수 있을지...
Only thing I would've wanted was eye decals to be included. Overall, very nicely made.
잘 받았습니다. 퀄리티 좋습니다. 얇은부품 많아서 부러지기 쉬우니 조심히 다루길
포장 깔끔 배송좋음 단점없음 아쉽다면 눈 데칼이 없는것
조형도 좋고 캐스팅 상태도 좋네요^^
A great gk of one of alters greatest prepainted figures, very impressed with the quality retained from the original
Very good quality, less sending required, parts fitting is quite good.
Figure looks great! Haven't assembled yet but everything looks to be in great shape and very clean.
Very very nice, excellent transaction and shipping
Great item! I love her very much. It took not long to arrive and in Good conditions.
Arrived at excellent conditions, and fast delivery. Parts with excellent details.
Safely packaged and no damage on arrival, as usual! Nice kit, should be fun to put together!
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Well packaged, great casting, parts fit could be better- missing the fine lines on bikini and boots.
Nice model, well cast. No complaints here!
This is my first GK figure , and i like it so far (still didn't paint it or started at anything :D ) , for now i can tell that it came on time , and without any problems or damage . and that model look gorgeous
overall good cast, no bubbles, hair needs some sanding which is kinda scary, parts fit pretty well
This GK kit arrived relatively quickly, however, packaging was very damaged. Outer wrapping was ripped open and smashed. Inner box was damaged as well. Upon inspection, many of the small/fragile pieces of the kit were luckily unharmed, but a few pieces were broken. I would be mad, but the quality of the kit is so good compared to other kits ive gotten from other stores, that to repair a few pieces is no big deal. This is some of the best casting i've seen. Minimal seam lines. Super smooth and no bubbles at all! This kit will be a joy to assemble compared to the others i've struggled with in the past! Thanks!
very good cast, no bubles, but like always a thin mark along hair and coat join to remake
it's really good! i wonder how i paint it :)
Nicely packaged and great detail on the model.
Simplesmente Muito bom! GK exelente, otima resina, poucos reparos!
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Cosmo Memory (コスモメモリー, Kosumo Memorī?) is a recurring ability in the series. It is Red XIII's ultimate Limit Break, which deals heavy non-elemental damage to all enemies.
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Cosmo Memory is Red XIII's ultimate Limit Break, learned after obtaining all other Limit Breaks and obtaining the Cosmo Memory manual at Nibelheim from defeating Lost Number in the Shinra Manor. It inflicts non-elemental damage to all enemies equal to 713⁄16 times normal damage.
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Cosmo Memory is Omega's ultimate attack in its final fight, and it will use it regularly upon splitting into Omega-M and Omega-F.
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Cosmo Memory is the ability of one of Red XIII's cards, which deals 6000 damage to all Forwards the opponent controls.
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You've worked hard all your life, but the wage you earn is just not enough to pay the bills. Rising food, energy and health care expenses have taken a large chunk of your take-home pay. And your landlord just raised your rent. If something doesn't change soon, you won't be able to pay the rent at all. What do you do?
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Millions of American families find themselves in similar situations today. Their jobs simply don't pay enough to cover their housing expenses. As a result, many of them have sought help from the federal government's Housing Voucher Program, most commonly referred to as Section 8.
HUD reported to Congress in 2005 that nearly 6 million American renter households not receiving public housing assistance have "worst case housing needs." A vast majority of these households have experienced "severe rent burden," which HUD defines as paying greater than 50 percent of one's gross income for rent. Others lived in substandard buildings [source: HUD].
Section 8 is a federal housing assistance program. The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds and administers it. About 2,400 public housing agencies (PHAs) actually run the program at the local level. Groups targeted by Section 8 include low-income families with children, the elderly and people with disabilities.
In this article, we'll provide a short history of Section 8. Then we'll take a look at what it takes to qualify for assistance and how to apply for it.
History of Section 8 Housing
The Section 8 program has its roots in the Great Depression. In 1937, Congress passed the U.S. Housing Act, which represented the beginning of federal housing assistance in the United States. It provided funds to develop high-quality public housing units for low-income tenants. Local public housing authorities maintained and managed the units.
In 1961, the Housing Act was amended to create the Section 23 Leased Housing Program. Under this program, qualified low-income tenants were placed in private units leased by local housing authorities. Tenants paid a portion of the rent, and the housing authorities paid the difference between what the tenants paid and what the building's owner might have received in the open market. The housing authorities also maintained the buildings.
The Act was amended again in 1974 to create Section 8. This new law signified a switch in focus. Instead of developing and managing public housing, it sought to help low-income people who were spending too large a percentage of their earnings on housing. Federal funds now paid a share of rent in units renters chose on the open market. Since 1974, legislation has refined and restructured the Section 8 program several times.
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Today, people who qualify for Section 8 assistance receive a voucher that pays for about 70 percent of rent and utilities. The renter is then responsible for paying the remaining 30 percent. Recipients may choose to live wherever they want, as long as the total rent falls within standards set by HUD.
The voucher program currently helps about 2 million American households pay rent. In addition, vouchers may sometimes be used to help low-income people make mortgage payments or buy a house.
Research seems to indicate that the Section 8 program is a success. It helps many families live above the poverty line, spend money on food and health care rather than rent, and improve their well-being. It helps families move into better, more stable neighborhoods. It substantially reduces homelessness, especially for families with young children. Surprisingly enough, it also reduces incidences of mental health problems such as depression [source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities].
"Low income" isn't just a vague political term. For HUD, it has specific meanings:
- A low-income household earns no more than 80 percent of local median income.
- Very low-income households earn no more than 50 percent of local median income.
- Extremely low-income households earn less than 30 percent of local median income [source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities].
Does Section 8 sound like it might be right for you? Learn how to qualify on the next page.
Qualifying for Section 8 Housing
Because Section 8 is not considered an entitlement benefit, everyone who qualifies for a housing voucher doesn't necessarily receive one. According to recent estimates, only about 25 percent of the families qualifying for aid receive it. In many areas, qualified families face fierce competition for vouchers. Waiting lists are often long. Because of huge demand, some local housing authorities have even stopped accepting applications entirely. For example, over 2,300 families are on Chicago's waiting list. Recipients are chosen from the waiting list by a monthly lottery; until the list is exhausted, the application process is closed [source: Chicago Housing Choice Voucher Program].
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These realities aside, if you are in a low-income group and you need rent assistance or other aid under the voucher program, you should first determine if you meet some basic income requirements. Income requirements vary from one area to the next, but in general your family will need to earn no more than 50 percent of the median income in your area. HUD estimates different areas' median incomes every year.
In 2007, the national median income for a family of three was about $52,000. So, to qualify, your family of three would have to earn less than $26,000 a year. Remember, this limit applies to total household income -- all the income earned by everyone in the household combined.
Another consideration is the number of people in your family. The fewer people in your household, the lower your Section 8 income limit. Here's a sample table of income restrictions for Orange County, Calif.:
For a family of
The household's total income must be less than
8 or more
[source: Housing and Community Services Department]
HUD and its local agencies also consider other factors when determining applicants' eligibility. Homelessness and factors unique to certain locations (such as participation in a local welfare-to-work program) are often taken into consideration. Other criteria that may help you qualify include:
- being age 62 or older
- being a U.S. Armed Services veteran, widow or widower
- working more than 42 hours per week
- being disabled
- having U.S. citizenship or legal immigrant status
- currently residing in a shelter
- having children
Local housing agencies must also give preference to extremely low-income families, those with household earnings less than 30 percent of an area's median income. Of the new applicants admitted to the program each year, 75 percent must be extremely low-income.
If you qualify for Section 8 and then your situation stabilizes, and your household's income rises, that's great. That's how the program is supposed to help you. The income limits for qualification only matter at the time you apply for Section 8 assistance. However, as your family earns more, your vouchers will be proportionately reduced. Once you're earning over 80 percent of local median income, your assistance will fade out entirely.
If you think you qualify for a Section 8 housing voucher, you should contact the public housing agency in your area. Contact information, including toll-free phone numbers, addresses and e-mail addresses, can be found on the HUD Web site. Remember, no one should ever charge you for a Section 8 application. Anyone who sells an application or a voucher is committing fraud.
If you'd like to learn more about Section 8, you can follow the links on the next page.
Related HowStuffWorks Articles
- How Mortgages Work
- How House Buying Works
- How NACA Works
- How Debt Consolidation Works
- How Consumer Credit Counseling Works
More Great Links
- Center on Budget and Policy Priorities "Introduction to the Housing Voucher Program" http://www.centeronbudget.org/5-15-03hous.htm
- Chicago Housing Choice Voucher Program. "About the Housing Voucher Program," "FAQs." http://www.chacinc.com/voucher-program.asp
- State of Connecticut "Housing Assistance: Section 8" http://www.ct.gov/dss/cwp/view.asp?a=2353&q=305208
- HUD "Housing Choice Vouchers Fact Sheet" http://www.hud.gov/offices/pih/programs/hcv/about/fact_sheet.cfm
- HACLA "History of the Section 8 Program" http://www.hacla.org/section8/home.htm
- NWI Times "History of the Section 8 Program" http://www.thetimesonline.com/articles/2005/02/20/news/top_news/
- Orange County Housing and Community Services Department. "Do I Qualify for Rental Assistance?" http://www.ochousing.org/qualifications.htm
- HUD "Affordable Housing Needs 2005: Report to Congress" http://www.huduser.org/Publications/pdf/AffHsgNeeds.pdf


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About Michael Lee
I specialize in Creativity and Clarity coaching for corporates and individuals, including my group workshop "Create Your Creativity", an experience not to miss! I am also a screenwriter, film/TV producer, and educator with over 20 years of industry experience.
I come from a background of high creativity as well as a focus on a clear perception of REALITY as the basis for success. Effectiveness, Efficiency, Excellence, Empowerment - all those E words - as well as Leadership, Courage, Happiness - all are a function of language, and all are a function of being real about language and what it actually means.
When you work with me you will deal with what is really going on for you in your life, not what you THINK or HOPE is going on.
When you work with me you will deal with what is really going on for you in your life, not what you THINK or HOPE is going on.
MA in Russian Studies ( - Jun, 1990)Stanford University
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森山大道 Moriyama Daido − Radiation
16 March – 28 April 2018
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Private View : 16 March Fri. 6 – 8 pm
Public Opening : 16 March Fri. 8 – 9 pm
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Moriyama Daido − Radiation
16 March – 28 April 2018
Each Modern
Private View : 16 March Fri. 6 – 8 pm
Public Opening : 16 March Fri. 8 – 9 pm
Each Modern is pleased to announce an exhibition of new lightbox works by Moriyama Daido as the inaugural exhibition.
Light and memory has been the key to the Japanese photo master who has defined the photograph as 'a fossil of light and time'. The lightbox underscores impact of photograph surface but also add depth and resonance to memories, and highlights how Moriyama re-uses and re-thinks his own work. The intense rendering imagery by lightbox also recalls the rapid change of social landscapes and medias in Japan from 70's to present.
Radiation includes 8 large scale lightbox works produced exclusively for Each Modern featuring the most important images by the artist: Accident(1969), Yokosuka(1970), Another Country in New York(1971), Stray Dog, Misawa(1971), Tights in Shimotakaido(1987) and others.
Moriyama Daido(b.1938) is one of the most known and prolific Japanese photographers working today. His photographic style, described as grainy, blurry, out of focus, heightens the darkness and strangeness lurking below the surface of the urban landscape. He became a member of the influential collective Provoke in 1968 and kept on pushing the limits of photograph for more than five decades. His works has been widely exhibited and collected by prominent public institute, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and The Centre Pompidou, Paris. Recent important retrospective includes Tate Modern(with William Klein, 2012), Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain(2016) and The National Museum of Art Osaka(2011).
NITESHA BGTP, the bookstore in the gallery will host a comprehensive exhibition of Moriyama's photobooks from rare vintage to lately published titles, including "Japan: A Photo Theater" (Muromachi Shobo, 1968), "Bye Bye Photography" (Shashin Hyoron-sha, 1972), "A Hunter" (Chuo-koron-sha, 1972), "Light & Shadow" (Toujusha, 1982), "Journey to Nakaji" (Sokyusha, 1987), "MORIYAMA Daido 1970-1979" (Sokyusha, 1989). In addition to photobooks, photo magazines such as "Asahi Camera", "PROVOKE" and "Camera Mainichi"that included Moriyama's early works will be showcased meanwhile