text:
The Life and Times of Wolf No. 2
Author: Andrew H. Malcolm
This is the true story of a wolf named No. 2, a park named Yellowstone and a little-known society of wild things existing in obscure dignity far beyond most humans' awareness.
No. 2 was born Canadian in the rugged wilds of western Alberta. One late winter day in the mid-'90s he was running with young siblings in the deep mountain snow of his first winter. Suddenly, a noisy machine appeared in the sky and hovered there with whirling wings unlike any bird ever seen. No. 2 brazenly stood his ground, watching, for a moment too long.
Then he tried to run, bounding through the snow toward tree cover. Though quite young, he already had learned by observing his pack's behavior that nothing good rushes at you in the wild. But, being all black, No. 2 was an easy target amid all the white. No. 2 was caught in the telescopic sights of a man who was good at what he does. The man thought the wolf looked to be about the right young age. Amid the wild running and the noisy whirling, the wolf could not have heard the shot. But he felt it pierce his fur. He grew very tired very quickly. And went to sleep.
When No. 2 awoke, he was in another country, an involuntary immigrant to the American West. There he became part of a pioneering, controversial and unnatural re-introduction of wolves to the wildlife of Yellowstone National Park. Most of the 2.2 million acre park is located in Wyoming, although it stretches into Idaho and Montana.
It had been about 75 years since wolves roamed wildly there in the oldest national park, their chilling, inspiring howls ringing into the ears of lucky visitors. The wolves had all been poisoned or shot more lethally than by tranquilizer dart as part of a federal policy of extermination. The U.S. government was big on extermination in the earlier days of the 20th century. Grizzly bears were next on their wipe-out list and would have been erased, too, in the lower 48 had it not been for the defiance of Montana, which said it had lived with these large and treacherous creatures for decades and still could, thank you.
Wolves, like bears and sharks and lions and tigers, had suffered greatly over the centuries from poor public relations among humans. The culture is full of horrifying images, from "Little Red Riding Hood" and Peter and the Wolf to Nazi sub wolfpacks to what lascivious men were called while whistling at attractive women. And Lon Chaney didn't do wolves any good either, turning all lethal and wolf-hairy during eerie midnight moments of moonlight.
Some might suggest that wolves suffered, too, from being a lot like humans, from mating pretty much for life, from joint parenting in a hierarchical society with one pack president, his influential female mate and a meandering parcel of underlings who sat farther down the "table" at dinnertime.
Wolves, like other large hunters, do kill for food. Like human hunters or warriors, they can kill viciously, attacking the unsuspecting, the slowest, the weakest. Death is not pretty under those circumstances. It's vicious and noisy and not always quick. But it is final. And it is nature's way, albeit a brutal way, of ensuring survival of the fittest. Those who can, do. Those who can't, die. And their remains are recycled naturally.
No. 2 was very fit when captured and transported to a large acclimation pen within Yellowstone. Contact with humans was minimized, which is fine with wolves. Road-kill deer were surreptitiously delivered to the pen. No. 2's local peers had been slowly repopulating isolated parts of the Rockies outside the park. Like most creatures, wolves who eat have a way of procreating, and youngsters have a way of setting out on their own, carving their own territories, lives and destinies.
Wolves prefer wild prey like deer, which they can run down, surround and attack from the rear. But they'll take whatever is handy and vulnerable. Near winter's end, when the pups are due and spring is coming and all those gawky newborn calves are stumbling about, the temptation has been great. And the financial damage to ranchers real.
Wolves do not know from No Hunting and No Trespassing signs. Nor do they recognize boundaries between public and private lands. So the idea of flying uninvited, unwilling wolves into wolf-free Yellowstone caused a good deal of human howling in the vast neighborhood, generally silenced over time by the courts and patient political leaders.
No. 2 was among the first batch of lupine imports from Alberta and British Columbia. Even as strangers in a pen, the creatures developed a social hierarchy. No. 2 was young but assertive. Physically, he was growing large, an imposing black with an unusually bushy tail and a carriage that seemed more confident to human eyes.
When the wolves' human handlers decided it was release time in 1995, they left the pen gate open. None of the wolves tried to escape. The humans worried. Had they provided too much food? Too comfortable an exile? Created an accidental zoo of welfare wolves?
Then they realized their mistake. The gate was too associated with humans. So the workers cut an opening in the far fence. Whoosh, those sneaky wolves were gone in a scurrying second. Unbeknownst to the escapees, the sturdy collars they'd become accustomed to wearing for weeks beeped coded radio signals to studious naturalists, betraying their positions every few seconds.
Free once again to roam and forage among abundant prey, the wolves coalesced into temporary packs, basically hunting teams to get by while reconnoitering the area. In those days there were no established wolf territories. There was ample room to draw territorial lines by marking pack boundaries not with graffiti or guardposts but with their own odoriferous urine.
In the highly social communities of wolves, a wolf alone is nothing admirable or desirable. A lone wolf by definition is an outcast for some reason — illness, weakness, unsociability. Nothing personal, just the business of nature. He or she who is alone is an alien threat to any pack leader's dominance and the pack's food supply, breeding and pure bloodlines. Being alone and in a pack's private hunting territory makes hunting — and survival — infinitely harder. Wolves hunting alone quickly become the hunted.
After a few months living with what was dubbed the Crystal Creek Pack, No. 2 broke away with a few pals and took up with No. 7, a strong, outgoing female from another pack whose genes would assure a new mix. They were a handsome, confident pair, in the eyes of those who saw them from afar. In spring 1996, No. 7 settled on a den in the northwest portion of the park. And there No. 2 and No. 7 produced the first batch of Yellowstone wolf pups in decades.
They had formed what would become known as the Leopold Pack, a stable, healthy band of 12 to 15 wolves who behaved well by human standards. They made no trouble. They hunted nearby. They raised their young ones quietly and dutifully. And they never left the park's boundaries to create friction with human neighbors.
Every spring No. 7 would produce a healthy litter of new wolves. Only No. 2 and No. 7 bred each year, because No. 7 belonged to No. 2; no other male would dare approach her. And, as dominant female wolves do, each midwinter mating season No. 7 would bite the genitals of all other female wolves to prevent any from accepting at their fertile time the unauthorized advances of her mate or of any weaker male. It's a rough kind of pack birth control but ensures that only the dominant, strongest pack pair produces heirs.
And produce heirs the Leopold Pack did, efficiently. Not all their pups survived; any infants in the wild are vulnerable, part of the harsh balancing act. But in seven years at least 29 of the offspring of No. 2 and No. 7 did survive. Thanks to the pack's hunting instincts and prowess and No. 2's unchallenged leadership, the offspring ate well, according to their position in the pack's rankings. They grew strong and had excellent role models.
The young wolves hung with their parental pack a year or so. A few stayed on as subservient pack members, apprenticing the social roles they would assume at maturity. But most of the pair's children took their strong genes and one day, unannounced, tearlessly trotted out on their own to discover new vistas in Yellowstone's vastness, to found their own pack and territory, to mix the gene pool even more and to start more brief dynasties.
After nearly eight decades without alpha wolves ruling the roost, with only disease, age, coyotes and automobiles as threats to life and limb, Yellowstone's supply of prey was ample, for wolves anyway. The coyotes were no longer top of the food chain, and their population declined. This was a natural cycle that reassured the naturalists who surveyed by radio and binoculars from afar. Each week they'd fly over the park and use their antennas to track the movements of the wild collars below. Today, less than a decade after the tentative re-introduction of Yellowstone wolves, more than 143 wander the woods there, half of them with radio collars.
Occasionally, a news feature about Yellowstone wildlife will drift to the outside world. But these are not big stories, as the distant world of humans measures news. Wolf lives are not wars, not diplomatic summits nor politics, not budgets or playoffs, not bombs or bombast. The civilized world of humans does its things, oblivious to the wild, save for a summer vacation drive. And the wild creatures do their best to avoid any contact with such visitors.
But every once in a while, according to an unpredictable calendar of unscheduled events, something happens that sets off a series of somethings, all very natural — and very poignant.
One evening in spring 2002, some weeks after delivering her latest brood and starting to wean them, No. 7 was walking near the pack's territorial edge, not that far from the den. She was ambushed by something wild. Eight years is merely half a childhood for humans but a long life for wild wolves. No. 7's hearing may have been failing, her survival instincts somehow weakened, maybe her strength not yet regained after birthing so her internal alarms weren't sufficiently sharp. Whatever. No. 7 was set upon by something stronger and faster and was slain after a brief skirmish.
The newly widowed No. 2 and his pack carried on without their queen. Each member helped feed, train and protect No. 7's pups through their vulnerable first weeks and months. Observers thought No. 2 looked less active, distracted. He seemed to sleep more. The radio signals betrayed little movement from the den. Could a widowed wolf be depressed?
Without his mate's strong support and backing, the pack's longtime leader appeared vulnerable. Nature abhors vulnerability. Another male, perhaps even one of his own sons, challenged No. 2 that fall. There may have been growling, snarling, some scuffling. No human witnessed the coup. Apparently there was no major battle, no injuries, just a relinquished role and a new alpha. For the first time ever the Leopold Pack had a new leader. No. 2 was out. A lone wolf.
Controllers tracked his movements for nearly two months in the same general vicinity, which No. 2 knew well. Lon Chaney aside, wolves are social creatures. They do not like being alone. At times No. 2 was spotted trotting along amicably with other wolves, perhaps his youngest offspring visiting and hunting jointly a time or two. The retired pack leader looked healthy, his black tail as bushy as ever, and well-fed, which meant steady hunting success even on his own.
But the territory of northern Yellowstone Park is pretty well divvied up among packs now. The offspring of the pioneer wolf transplants have settled most liveable large areas. So it's hard to go anywhere without trespassing on someone's turf. Would No. 2 find an open corner, maybe find a new mate and start another pack?
Late on the afternoon of the last day of 2002 came a puzzling signal, strong but ominous. Instead of its usual steady slow beeps, No. 2's radio collar began beeping rapidly, as it was originally programmed to do if it had not moved for five hours. Wolf trackers, who had come to admire the quiet prowess and silent dignity of a wolf they knew only through their imaginations and binoculars, feared the worst. They set out to investigate.
In three days the hiking biologists had neared the site of the still-beeping radio collar. No. 2 had never left the park he was placed in. Hiking through a steep, snowy ravine on a gray midwinter's afternoon, the trio of humans suddenly came upon an open scene in an area the size of a modest backyard. It contained stunning natural devastation — disrupted snow, countless paw prints, broken branches, torn vegetation, fistfuls of flesh and fur. And everywhere the white snow was starkly strewn with red blood.
The humans surveyed the battle zone, suspecting and fearing what had happened. They then followed the trail of blood maybe 50 yards down a deerpath. There, on his side, they found the first arrival and last surviving wolf transplant, No. 2, asleep now forever. He was still more than 130 pounds at the end, and a sturdy 32 inches tall at his shoulders. He had grayed some around his muzzle. Scavengers had already begun the recycling.
No. 2 had obviously fought long and hard. But he was one against many, wiser than the attackers who found him on their turf but older and a little slower. He had succumbed to countless stabbings by teeth.
The biologists removed No. 2's collar. For several minutes they stood alone together in silence. They left No. 2's body beneath the sheltering fir he had chosen as his final resting place. And they walked away slowly.
By today, several seasons away, the crows and eagles, the coyotes and ants have all done their assigned work. Nothing goes to waste in the wild. Even field mice get nutrition from gnawing bone bits. No. 2's final spot remains unmarked and unnoted. Unbeknownst to No. 2's progeny, his genes live on in them far away as they fight their own fights for survival. But nothing remains of his remains.
Nothing, except the true story of a wolf named No. 2 in a park named Yellowstone.
Andrew H. Malcolm is a member of the editorial board of The Los Angeles Times_, a veteran newspaper correspondent and editor and author of 10 nonfiction books. He resides with his family near Los Angeles and spends as much time as possible in a log house deep in the Montana woods._


I just want to declare my love for naproxen, the ultimate painkiller for migraine.
So G always tell me to avoid taking pain killer and I always try my best. But not when I have 2 straight non-stop days of migraine that won't go away.
I guess the recent few days of unhappiness and constant thinking and wondering of what I did doesn't help. I only realised it when I woke up this morning and I realised I might have went to sleep with those super deep frown and I might also have forgotten to un-frown for the whole time, hahaa.
In any case… Now that all's clear, I have nothing left unsaid and un-thought (as in, I've thought of everything and completed my analysis), and naproxen has replaced my migraine with, erm, no migraine, lol I think I'm going to go ahead and enjoy my weekend now.
Beautiful long weekend, awesome possum.


text:
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers Official Trailer Released Online
February 24, 2021 · by Irish Cinephile	· in TV News.	·
Disney have released the official trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, based on The Mighty Ducks film series.
The official synopsis for the series is as follows:
Now a powerhouse in its division, the Mighty Ducks junior hockey team is selective about who makes the cut. After being kicked out, a 12-year-old boy named Evan, at the urging of his mother, forms a new hockey team of underdogs with the help of the Ducks' original coach, Gordon Bombay.
The series is co-created by Steve Brill, Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa, who will also serve as executive producers alongside Lauren Graham, James Griffiths and Michael Spiller. George Heller and Brad Petrigala of Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Jordan Kerner also are executive producers.
The series stars Emilio Estevez, Lauren Graham, Brady Noon, Swayam Bhatia, Taegen Burns, Julee Cerda, Bella Higginbotham, Luke Islam, Kiefer O'Reilly, Maxwell Simkins and De'Jon Watts.
The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers will premiere on the streaming service on the 26th March 2021.
Tags: 26th March 2021, ABC, ABC Signature Studios, Alex, Bella Higginbotham, Brady Noon, Community Service, D2: The Mighty Ducks, D3: The Mighty Ducks, Date Announcement Trailer, De'Jon Watts, Devolopment, Disney, Disney Plus, Domestic Box Office, Early Stages, Emilio Estevez, evan, Gordon Bombay, Irish Cinephile, Jordan Kerner, Julee Cerda, Kiefer O'Reilly, Lauren Graham, Luke Islam, Maxwell Simkins, Mighty Ducks, Minneapolis Attorney, Minnesota, official trailer, Official Trailr, Original Trilogy, Pee-Wee Hockey Team, producer, Quack!, Quack! Quack! Quack!, screenwriter, Steven Brill, Swayam Bhatia, Taegen Burns, Television Series, The Mighty Ducks, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Tracy Underwood, TV News
← Loki: Premiere Date Set For Marvel Series On Disney+
Halo: Series Adaptation Of Video Game Franchise Moves From Showtime To Paramount+ →

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Jake Paul's disturbing YouTube tactics get close look in new investigative video
Raising the question: "How much of this is allowed?"
By Julia Alexander Sep 1, 2018, 12:50pm EDT
Share All sharing options for: Jake Paul's disturbing YouTube tactics get close look in new investigative video
Jake Paul's YouTube channel exists as a medium to sell merchandise and advertise his live tours to an audience of vulnerable 10-year-olds.
This isn't a new criticism flung at Paul. Accusations about his channel unfairly targeting children, and bombarding them with advertisements have existed for more than a year. A new video by Nerd City, however, points out just how many lines Paul's content crosses nearly every single video.
Nerd City is an interesting YouTube channel that does a variety of things, but is best known for the investigative work that goes into talking about YouTube creators, issues facing the community and trends. Prior to focusing on Jake Paul, Nerd City examined viewer suppression, which has affected a number of creators including Philip DeFranco, and demonetization.
This new video examines Paul's various wrongdoings, from bombarding kids with unethical advertising to emotionally manipulating his audience with disturbing content.
The most egregious complaint Nerd City found with Paul's content is the ridiculous amount of advertising found within Paul's video that's targeted at children. Not only is it seen as unethical, but also it gets into some grey legal areas. In 1990, the Federal Communications Commission introduced the Children's Television Act (CTA), which is applicable to broadcast networks licensed by the agency.
One of the areas the CTA focused heavily on, according to Nerd City's video, was creating "commercials for products related to the program, or featuring characters from the program." This was intended to stop shows like Pokémon or Transformers from showcasing actual commercial products related to the brands. Although the shows were essentially advertising, studios and networks had to ensure kids were sold primarily entertainment.
The act also says that children's shows can only incorporate commercials into 20 percent of the show's total watch time.
If Paul was making videos for a broadcast network, his content would seem to violate both standards. Nerd City discovered that in an average 13 minute video, nearly seven minutes was dedicated to plugging Paul's merchandise, live tour, recent pay-per-view boxing match and other miscellaneous goods. Not only was nearly 50 percent of the video dedicated to ads, but he's also selling merchandise related to his vlog.
YouTube and its creators don't have to abide by CTA rules as it's not a typical broadcast network. The FCC is currently looking to change the CTA's current regulations. Parent advocacy groups have complained about YouTube's predatory advertising geared toward children; YouTube has avoided this criticism in the past by reminding others its terms state: "In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of 13, as the Service is not intended for children under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the Service. There are lots of other great web sites for you."
Still, Paul has mentioned multiple times in countless interviews that his videos are targeted toward kids between the ages of 8 and 16. It's why other YouTube creators, like Ethan Klein of H3H3, have called his advertising schtick predatory.
Much of Nerd City's investigative video is focused on Paul's merchandise and disturbing advertising ploys, but other issues were discovered.
In early July, Paul staged a scenario in which a group of frightening clowns broke into his California mansion, tied him up with his girlfriend, Erika Costell, and kidnapped them. The video series, released in 14 parts, was intricate. Paul even changed his channel name to, "Jake Paul Will Die" to reflect the current "hostage situation" that played out in the series.
The result was teary-eyed, emotional, sobbing kids posting their own vlogs on YouTube, and commenting on Twitter about how distressed they were. While the video is clearly fake to those who can understand the difference between fiction and reality — Nerd City accurately suggests that if the YouTube video was a movie, it would be rated PG-13 — many young kids can't grasp that line. This is particularly true on YouTube, where parasocial relationships can develop. That is the psychological concept that a viewer (in this case, a young kid) develops an infatuation and intense personal relationship with the celebrity (in this case, Paul) that feels like a real friendship.
Kids weren't just scared because the video itself is disturbing; many of them suggested they were worried their "best friend" was going to die, as seen in clips included in Nerd City's investigation. Technically, Paul's video should have received an age-gate, meaning users would have to confirm they're 18. It doesn't. YouTube's own policies on disturbing content state:
Some people post videos that contain dramatized depictions of violence. Much like movies and TV, graphic or disturbing content that contains violence, gore, or shocking content is not suitable for minors and will be age-restricted.
YouTube's policies regarding child safety also address content like Paul's video, which again, doesn't include an age-gate portal. Only one video has a warning included in the title. This type of content, which is geared toward kids by Paul's own admissions, does tiptoe the line of what's acceptable for kids on YouTube. Here's the company's "best practices" rule.
"Don't cause emotional harm," YouTube's child policies state. "Avoid situations that may cause emotional distress, such as exposing them to mature themes."
Although it doesn't break the rules, it's something YouTube frowns on.
Nerd City's video is 45 minutes in length, and explores a host of other disturbing trends with Paul's videos, including his father kissing a blindfolded girl as part of a prank, and over-sexualized content on his channel that's, again, targeted toward kids. Polygon asked Nerd City why they decided to look into Paul's channel in the first place.
"It actually started with people like [host of DramaAlert] Keemstar tweeting at me to ask if he was photoshopping his shirtless pictures to make his muscles look bigger," Een from Nerd City said over Twitter DM. "I went through his Instagram and found a couple examples of photoshop, but then started seeing that aggressive advertising, junk merch, child exploitation and rough treatment of babies for laughs. Which bugged me a lot more than his thirst trap tactics."
Polygon has reached out to YouTube for comment on some of Paul's videos.


text:
Things to do in San Antonio this weekend: 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' TSO, Mario Aguilar, She & Him
Compiled by Austin Taylor, Staff writer
The musical "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is playing at the Majestic Theatre.
Joan Marcus /
You won't need a golden ticket to get into this weekend's big shows and events in San Antonio — just the normal kind. Here's a look:
"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory": Roald Dahl's classic story comes to life once again. The play will feature classic songs from the original 1971 film alongside several new compositions from the songwriters of "Hairspray." 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Majestic Theatre, 224 E. Houston St. $45-$125, majesticempire.com.
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: This progressive rock band's annual arena tour is a holiday tradition for many. This year the band is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its album "Christmas Eve and Other Stories." 3:30 and 8 p.m. Friday, AT&T Center, 1 AT&T Center Parkway. $59.50-$89.50, attcenter.com.
"The Children's Nutcracker": The Children's Ballet of San Antonio presents its annual staging of the beloved holiday ballet. Patrons can snack on holiday goodies, and, one hour before showtime, they can shop at a holiday market and get contactless photos with Santa. 7 p.m. Friday and 11 and 2 p.m. Saturday, Lila Cockrell Theatre, 200 E. Market St. $40 to $50, ticketmaster.com.
Christina P.: Stand-up comedian Christian Pazsitzky appeares in the Netflix series "The Degenerates" and starred in her own special, . "Mother Inferior." She gives voice to just how exhausting it is to be around the people you love. 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. Friday, 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, LOL Comedy Club, 618 Northwest Loop 410. $50-$200 for tables for two or four, improvtx.com/sanantonio.
Todd Snider: Fresh off the release of his latest album "First Agnostic Chruch of Hope and Wonder," the Americana singer invites audiences to explore the latest iteration of his sound. Using his decades of experience and comedic talents, Snider examines the more ludicrous aspects of trying to make it. 8 p.m. Friday and 9 p.m. Saturday, Gruene Hall, 1281 Gruene Rd. $25, gruenehall.com.
Ian Moore: Austin-born guitarist Moore brings his annual Christmas show back to the Alamo City. Expect to hear acoustic takes on holiday classics. Moore's last release was the 2018 EP "Toronto." 9 p.m. Friday, Sam's Burger Joint, 330 E Grayson St. $15, samsburgerjoint.com.
Dirty Rotten Imbeciles: For 39 years, this Houston thrash metal band, aka D.R.I., has been riling up crowds with songs such as "Abduction" and "Thrashard." D.R.I. will be joined by thrash metal band Intent. 7 p.m.Friday, Paper Tiger, 2410 N St Mary's St, $15, papertigersatx.com.
"Die Hard": Watch Bruce Willis' action classic just in time to debate its merits as a holiday movie with that one relative who just won't let it go. Onsite drinks will be provided by the Tap Truck mobile bar. 7:30 p.m. Friday, Peacock Alley, 110 Broadway St. Free, Facebook: @peacockalleysa.
Mario Aguilar
Alexander Tamargo /Getty Images for Univision
Mario Aguilar: The YouTube star who started out making videos imitating his mother hits the stage with his "Ser Loca No Es Facil" show. Alongside the persona inspired by his mother, Aguilar also parodies several of his friends. 8 p.m. Saturday, Aztec Theatre, 104 N St Mary's St. $29-$84, theaztectheatre.com.
DoSeum Winter Wonderland: Explore several winter-themed activities and get creative. Attendees will create kinetic sand, make memory books for pets, create rain wands for the fantasy land of Rumbledoodle, compose cartoon soundtracks and use miniatures in holiday decor. Guests also can meet the creators behind "DoSeum Express: Tiny Trains & Trollies" and enjoy special musical performances. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday., DoSeum, 2800 Broadway. $14, thedoseum.org.
Craft market: Hemisfair's holiday market hosts 50 vendors selling a wide selection of handmade seasonal items. Listen to live music while you shop. 10 a.m-4 p.m. Saurday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Hemisfair, E. Nueva St. Free, hemisfair.org.
Luna Luna: This bilingual Dallas indie pop group is promoting its "Flower Moon" EP. The band told the Central Track website that the record is about understanding and embracing the temporary nature of the present. 7 p.m. Saturday, Paper Tiger, 2410 N St Mary's St. $18-$22, papertigersatx.com.
Real Estate Here's what $311,000 buys in these San Antonio neighborhoods
Business Toyota cuts S.A. production amid COVID-19, supply shortages
Business TaskUs' stock slid after short-seller's report
Real Estate Ultra-exclusive S.A. mansion estate hits the market for...
Local Business S.A. law firm's ex-bookkeeper sentenced to 87 months in...
Noche Azul: Azul Barrientos' monthly concert will be a celebration of the goddess Tonantzin and the religious practices of the indigenous peoples of Mexico. The Concert will feature musicians, poets and artists whose work will offer audiences a look into the worship of Tonantzin and later Our Lady of Guadalupe. 8 p.m. Saturday, online at Facebook: @EsperanzaCenter. Free, esperanzacenter.org.
Book signing: Father David Garcia, the former pastor of Mission Concepción and other San Antonio parishes, will sign copies of his new book "Pandemic Preaching," a collection of homilies he wrote connecting Scripture to current events. 1-3 p.m. Saturday, The Twig Book Shop, 306 Pearl Parkway, Suite 106. Free, thetwig.com.
She & Him
She & Him: Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward are on the road for a quick, eight-city tour behind the 10th anniversary re-release of their album "A Very She & Him Christmas." 8 p.m. Sunday, Aztec Theatre, 104 N. St. Mary's. $49.50-$99.50, theaztectheatre.com.
"Celebratión a la Virgen de Guadalupe": Annual exhibit features paintings, sculpture, jewelry and folk art inspired by the Virgin of Guadalupe. Participating artists include Henry de Leon, Monica Estrada-Saldaña, Irma Hernandez and Gigi Morales. Opens reception features an art market. Opening reception 4-7 p.m. Sunday. Through Thursday and Jan. 3-13, Centro Cultural Aztlan, 1800 Fredericksburg Road, Suite 103. Free, Facebook: @CentroCulturalAztlan.
Chrysta Bell: San Antonio-born singer-songwriter Chrysta Bell, who has often collaborated with director David Lynch, will be debuting songs from her forthcoming album "Midnight Star," which her websited describes as a "sci-fi fantasia." She released the album's title track as a single last month. 8 p.m. Sunday, Paper Tiger, 2410 N St Mary's St. $12, papertigersatx.com.
SAMA 40th: the Agarita musical quartet returns to SAMA for the third show of the group's "Bringing the Music to You" concert season. The music selected for this concert will reflect artwork on display in the museum's anniversary exhibit. 11 a.m Sunday. San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 West Jones Ave. Free, agarita.org.
Compiled by Austin Taylor


text:
This Middle Schooler Is Taking a Stand and Proving 'Feminist' Is Not a Dirty Word
By Julie Zeilinger
The choice to identify as a feminist in middle school is pretty remarkable. It can also inspire backlash, which one eighth-grader in Batavia, Ohio experienced firsthand.
This student, identified as "Sophie" on Women You Should Know, wore a shirt bearing the word "feminist" the day her class photo was taken. Though the shirt doesn't violate the school's dress code, it was deemed potentially controversial, joining the ranks of other previously edited offenses like rude hand gestures, local news station FOX19 NOW reported. Principal Kendra Young of Clermont Northeastern Middle School, therefore, decided that the word "feminist" should be edited from Sophie's shirt in the class photo.
Twitter / MS News Now
Young claimed the photographer had brought it to her attention, and she "made the decision to black it out because some people might find it offensive," according to Women You Should Know. Sophie and her mother Christine both expressed outrage at the editing.
Sophie "thinks everyone should be treated kindly and with love and that we should all have the same rights," her mother told Women You Should Know on Wednesday. She "should be allowed to express herself," her mother continued, rather than be impeded from trying raising awareness about feminism in her community, which upholds the "common misconception [that] feminism and misandry go hand and hand."
Rather than feel discouraged, Sophie is using the opportunity to start a revolution in her own community. In the spirit of the feminist trailblazers who came before her, she has planned a protest for this Friday. On Wednesday, Young apologized to Sophie and the principal asked the student for suggestions on how to handle the situation.
"I want everyone to realize that we need feminism," Sophie said, according to her mother. "I want you to have someone come into the school and educate everyone about feminism. I want us to go to the news station together and show the people that we are working together to make this school and our community and better place for everyone."
Though she may live in a community that doesn't fully understand her beliefs, this young woman is leading by example and pushing for education and understanding in the face of adversity.
h/t ThinkProgress


CherryOne can develop a quick e-mail page for your website design or project. This page is a type of form page, but is limited in its format. When in use, it contains only an e-mail related sections with your primary fields: send to, copy to, subject, and message. These e-mail pages may be customized for your specific website design.
Once the visitor fill out the e-mail message and clicks "send" the message is forwarded to the box of the addressee. You will receive this e-mail in your specified account shortly.
This page is useful to your website design and your customers for a variety of reasons.
It allows anyone with access to the internet to reach you via your specified e-mail account through your website design, regardless of the computer they are using. It doesn't have to rely on third party e-mail clients, reducing the risk of lost mail or errors in sending. It also gives your customers less reason to leave your site or move on to another competitor due to its convenience. Adding an e-mail page to your website is an added convenience for your customers and just one more reason for them to want to continue business with you. Let CherryOne help you set up a contact form email page today!


Financial planning has one basic premise: to build and preserve your wealth so that you can bring your monetary goals to fruition. Not surprisingly, finances will never fall into place on their own, but many Tampa, FL area residents become so overwhelmed with the day-to-day struggles of life that they neglect to organize or follow a financial plan that will help them achieve their dreams.
The Tampa CPA firm of Reliance Consulting, LLC has become the financial planning authority of choice for residents and businesses throughout the area, from Tampa to Lakeland, Pasco to Sarasota, and Clearwater to St Petersburg. With our guidance, our clients have been empowered to create a comprehensive financial plan that minimizes risk and ensures the longevity and growth of their wealth.
Retiring with ample funds to pursue lifelong aspirations such as travel, hobbies, volunteer work, etc.
Wouldn't you like to live with more financial freedom as the years go by? The only way to do so is with all-inclusive financial planning – your detailed map that can get you from where you are now to where you would like to be 5, 10, 20, or 40 years from now.
Let the Tampa accountants from Reliance Consulting show you the way. Please contact us for more information on financial planning and to receive a free financial checkup and review.


text:
How to retroactively calculate what the return on an investment in an index fund with monthly contributions would have been
If I had invested $1000 on 1/1/2000 in the S&P500 and each month I invested a further $1000 in to the same fund for 10 years, how would I calculate the return on investment I have made, accounting for the fluctuations in the value of the S&P500.
I am interested to see what the basic formula would be, ignoring inflation, and how the formula for including inflation would differ.
stocks investing calculation stock-markets
I'm going to assume you have some sort of fund that invests in the S&P500 for you, and it automatically subtracts its fee from your holdings in the fund every now and then. You then need a list of the value of the fund for each month since 1/1/2000.
Let's say the fund went something like
jan 1 2000 $100
feb 1 2000 $110 +10%    (+10/100)
mar 1 2000 $90  -18.2%  (-20/110)
apr 1 2000 $130 +44.4%  (+40/90)
may 1 2000 $120 -7.7%   (-10/130)
Now the total value of your investment always goes in two steps: add $1000, then apply the percentage for a month, then add $1000 again:
1. $0 + $1000 = $1000
2. $1000 +10% = $1100  # Your holdings after january
3. $1100 + $1000 = $2100
4. $2100 - 18.2% = $1718  # Your holdings after february
6. $2718 + 44.4% = $3926  # Your holdings after march
8. $4926 - 7.7% = $4547  # Your holdings after april
At this point, you have added $1000 four times, so your total investment was $4000. Profit is $547. Of course you'll want to do this with a script, not by hand.
To know how it was with inflation included, you also need a list of inflation per month. Then you do the same calculation, but if say inflation was 0.3% in a month then you add that instead of the change to the index. It's also reasonable to just do that by year, apply the yearly inflation and add $12000, because the number doesn't change a lot during a year. The difference between the two calculations is your inflation adjusted profit.
RemcoGerlichRemcoGerlich
Distributions/dividends would also need to be factored in somehow. – Chris W. Rea Oct 24 '16 at 18:03
This is great thanks, but I don't understand what you mean when you say " if say inflation was 0.3% in a month then you add that instead of the change to the index." - specifically I don't get what you mean when you say instead of the change to the index. Please could you elaborate on this or perhaps give and example? – user283471 Oct 24 '16 at 20:25
If I were doing this, I'd write down the following information:
Date       Amount Price Shares  CPI
2000/01/01 $1000  $100  10.000  168.800
2000/02/01 $1000  $110   9.091  168.900
2000/03/01 $1000   $90  11.111  171.200
Total      $4000        37.894
You can get the CPI information from a table. The other information is available as part of the purchase transaction.
Without inflation, we have a $4000 investment that is currently worth the modern price times the number of shares. Let's use a modern (2010/01/01) price of $200.
37.894 * $200 = $7578.80
That's the current value on January 1st, 2010.
So the return is
($7578.80 - $4000) / $4000 = .8947 = 89.47% increase
It's more complicated with inflation, as we can't just multiple $1000 by the number of months. We have to normalize on some specific point in time. For example, we might calculate everything in January 1st, 2010 dollars. The CPI on that date was 216.687.
So now we take $1000 in 2000/01/01 and convert it to 2010/01/01 currency:
$1000 * 216.687 / 168.800 = $1283.70
And three more times
2000/02 $1282.93
That gives a total of $5097.29 invested in 2010/01/01 dollars.
($7578.80 - $5097.29) / $5097.29 = .4868 = 48.68% increase after inflation
Note that it would probably be easier to do this in a spreadsheet, which may even have functions to calculate these things for you.
Also, inflation numbers are usually a little out of date. For example, the October 1st numbers aren't out yet (on October 24th). So you wouldn't have been able to do this exact calculation until February of 2010. Or you'd only be able to do the equivalent calculation now (October 2016) through September 1st, 2016.
I just used the prices from the other answer (except the $200, which I made up myself). I made no attempt to get accurate data on that. For the CPI information, I used the real data. Mostly because it was easier than making it up. Note that a real investment would likely have additional fees and dividend reinvestments. Perhaps those would get hidden in the share price. Perhaps not.
This was very helpful, thanks. What if instead of the actual CPI I just had the inflation as a percentage. e.g 3.38% in 2000, 2.83% in 2001 etc. How would that change the calculation? – user283471 Oct 24 '16 at 19:50
Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged stocks investing calculation stock-markets or ask your own question.
Daily interest calculation combined with monthly compounding: Why do banks do this, and how-to in Excel?
Need a formula to determine monthly payments received at time t if I'm reinvesting my returns
How do you calculate the annualised return of your portfolio from the annualised returns of each of your funds?
How to calculate mutual fund return
Calculate time to reach investment goals given starting balance?
How to calculate return for "negative" investment
How can I calculate the difference between investing cash in a mutual fund versus using it to install solar?
Calculate ROI over multiple trades
How to calculate return on investment when the asset increased in value?


9 out of 10 based on 103 ratings. 1,742 user reviews.
OFFICIALLY LICENSED SERVICE AND REPAIR MANUAL SOFTWARE FOR THE 1995 FORD RANGER! If you need a repair manual for your Ford, you've come to the right place. Now you can get your manual online in the blink of an eye. Old printed manuals just don't compare! This online service and repair manual for the Ford Ranger is perfect for do-it-yourselfers.
OEM SERVICE AND REPAIR MANUAL SOFTWARE FOR THE 1995 FORD RANGER.. If you need a repair manual for your Ford, you've come to the right place. Now you can get your repair manual in a convenient digital format. Old paper repair manuals just don't compare! This downloadable repair manual software covers the Ford Ranger and is perfect for any do-it-yourselfer.
Service & repair instructions specific to your 1995 Ford Ranger. Unlimited access to your 1995 Ford Ranger manual on a yearly basis. 100% No Risk Guarantee. We'll get you the repair information you need, every time, or we'll refund your purchase in full. 1995 Ford Ranger repair manual. Yearly Access $ 19 / yr.
Feb 16, 2019You can save a lot of money by working on your own vehicle as mechanics charge a lot. Whatever you might need to fix, this 1995 Ford Ranger workshop repair service manual is just what you need. You will have all the service and repair information you could ever need for your 1995 Ford Ranger. It will help you fix every part of it.


The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has announced the winners of the 2016 National Design Award, giving recognition to the best of the best in interaction design, product design, landscape architecture, communication design, and more.
This year's winners include product design studio Ammunition, known for designing Beats by Dre; Israeli-born architect Moshe Safdie; and Brad Pitt's Make It Right foundation, a nonprofit that builds homes for communities in need.
Isreal-born architect Moshe Safdie is no stranger to the architectural scene since his very first built project Habitat '67 in Montréal, Canada – a high density housing experiement. Currently based in Massachusetts firm Safdie's recent projects include Mamilla Centre in Jerusalem, Israel; Marina Bay Sands in Singapore; Khalsa Heritage Centre in Punjab, India; and the United States Institute of Peace headquarters in Washington, DC. Safdie has been recognised widely for his enduring influence on the built environment and inspires many on the application of ideas about mixed use housing in high density cities around the world.
Led by partners Robert Brunner, Matt Rolandson, and Brett Wickens and the minds behind Beats by Dr. Dre, June Intelligent Oven, Lyft Glowstache and Polaroid Cube, Ammunition is a studio with expertise in physical and digital product design, service design, brand identity, user experience, graphic design, and packaging.
Brad Pitt launched his nonprofit organisation, Make It Right, in 2007. The organisation began as an effort to rebuild safe and sustainable homes in New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina and had enlisted architects such as Frank Gehry, Thom Mayne, and David Adjaye to help design climate-adapted, eco-friendly homes for the most devastated parts of the city. In addition, Make It Right has projects in New Jersey for disabled veterans and in Montana on the Fort Peck reservation, partnering with Native American tribes to build homes.
Bruce Mau, creative director of Bruce Mau Design until 2010 and founder of the Massive Change Network, has helped build the foundation for the new discipline of enterprise design and spread design thinking to businesses around the world. Over the years, Mau has worked on projects with Coca-Cola Company, McDonald's, Herman Miller, Walt Disney Imagineering, and Freeman; the governments of Denmark, Guatemala, Panama, and Saudi Arabia and more.
New York-based nonprofit organisation, Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP), was founded in 2001 to promote the power of design and art to increase civic engagement and social justice. Some of its recent projects include a series of workshops in South Williamsburg to teach and help low income renters about housing rights and an educational program about the city's waste systems.
Marlon Blackwell is one of the most respected regional modernist architects and a professor at the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. Named as one of DesignIntelligence magazine's "30 Most Admired Educators" for 2015, Blackwell's distinguished style combines vernacular traditions with rigorous formalism to create buildings that responds to the physical and climatic conditions of a place.
Geoff McFetridge, a graphic designer and artist based in Los Angeles, California, has created works for international brands, Hollywood films such as Her, and local bike shops that have a uniquely human touch through his design studio , Champion Graphics.
Founded in 2002 by Carol Lim and Humberto Leon, Opening Ceremony has grown to encompass ready-to-wear apparels, accessories, and footwear collections for men and women, retail outlets in New York, Los Angeles, Nagoya, and Tokyo, a wholesale showroom in New York, and a comprehensive online platform at openingceremony.us. Opening Ceremony is also well known in the circuit for its Opening Ceremony has also become known for its innovative fashion shows, nightlife events, and collaborations.
Tellart, an international design studio that creates interactive objects, immersive spaces, and digital experiences for brands, museums, and multinational companies, was founded in 2000 by Matt Cottam and Nick Scappaticci. Tellart is the mastermind behind the Google Chrome Web Lab—an installation about the Internet's inner workings—and the Museum of the Future in Dubai and continues to work on projects that marries the digital and physical.
Capturing the spirit and culture of the client in the built environment and turning that spirit into a story has been Studio O+A's mission for 25 years. Some of its clients include the most dynamic global companies, including Facebook, Uber, Cisco Systems, and Yelp.
Renowned for transforming neglected urban sites, waterfronts, and campuses into memorable places, Hargreaves Associates has been at the forefront of landscape architecture for over 30 years. Its projects range from large scale and environmentally complex like that of the 274-acre parklands for London's 2012 Olympics to place-making projects such as the University of Cincinnati's campus and even to small plazas and gardens.
See here for more information on the National Design Awards 2016.


text:
← KOMMONSENTSJANE – TOP U.S. ECONOMIST CONFIRMS – OBAMA DID HAVE AN EFFECT ON THIS ECONOMY: IT'S THE EFFECT THAT BARACK OBAMA IS NO LONGER PREZ OF THE U.S.
KOMMONSENTSJANE – TRUMP ADMIN SUPPORTS MEXICO/UNITED NATIONS' PLAN TO DEAL WITH CARAVAN OF MIGRANTS. →
KOMMONSENTSJANE – THE JIG IS UP (FINALLY) FOR CLOCK BOY.
Posted on October 25, 2018	by kommonsentsjane
WND EXCLUSIVE
Times up (finally) for Clock Boy
Texas Supreme Court refuses case by student with hoax bomb.
Published: 1022/2018
Ahmed Mohamed, a.k.a. "Clock Boy"
The Texas Supreme Court has refused to revive a defamation claim by "Clock Boy" Ahmed Mohamed that had been dismissed by a lower court.
Word comes from the American Freedom Law Center, which defended several public figures who were sued for defamation for their comments about the case.
The 15-year-old brought a homemade clock to his Irving, Texas, middle school, that looked like a bomb, triggering a scare that led to his arrest and suspension.
The defamation suit brought by the boy's father, Mohamed Mohamed, named the Center for Security Policy and Jim Hanson, who at the time worked for CSP, along with defendants Ben Shapiro, the local Fox affiliate, Glenn Beck and Beck's production company for statements Hanson had made on Beck's program.
In July, the Texas Court of Appeal upheld the trial court's earlier dismissal of the case and its award of attorney's fees. Mohamed's attorneys then filed a petition for review asking the Texas Supreme Court to re-examine the matter.
That court now has rejected the request.
Hanson said the clock incident and the subsequent media frenzy fueled by the boy's father, a prominent Muslim leader, was driven by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Muslim Brotherhood-Hamas front group in the United States that promotes "civilization jihad" through lawsuits.
The American Freedom Law Center and local counsel Pete Rowe at the trial court filed a motion to dismiss on behalf of CSP and Hanson. The trial court granted the motion and all claims against all defendants were ultimately dismissed.
The appeals court not only affirmed the dismissal but affirmed the award of nearly $200,000 for attorneys' fees and costs, including AFLC's $67,238.50 in legal fees at the trial level and $130,000 in conditional legal fees for the appellate work.
Attempting to keep the case alive, attorneys for Mohamed filed a petition for review to the Texas Supreme Court.
AFLC legal counsel David Yerushalemi said Mohamed "is a bad actor ill-served by his less than competent legal counsel."
"This formula when suing an AFLC client will invariably fail, and we will most certainly pursue all legal channels to enforce and collect our award of legal fees," he said. Should Mohamed show up in Texas or any other state and think he and his son will live off the profits of their infamy, rest assured we will be there with a sheriff to take possession of those ill-gotten gains."
The legal team said in a statement: "AFLC was formed in large measure to take on Islamists like CAIR who use and abuse the legal system with their cynical form of lawfare to undermine our constitutional liberties – notably free speech. We have confronted these lawsuits across the country in federal and state courts and have defeated CAIR and its minions at every turn. When appropriate, we have won sanctions. This lawsuit has proven to be no different. We will continue to confront CAIR and other Islamists organizations in any and all legal fora."
Another lawsuit by the Mohameds against the city of Irving, Texas, and its school district also had been dismissed.
The case developed when the boy took to school a homemade device that looked like a bomb.
The youth, after his arrest, held news conferences, was invited by then-President Obama to the White House, bragged about his overseas travels and then alerted reporters when he was returning to the United States. The Council on American Islamic Relations, which was named an unindicted co-conspirator in a terror-financing case, was involved in the publicity campaign.
Mohamed claimed he suffered "severe psychological trauma" because of the case, which resulted in a month-long world tour that included:
1. Honor by then-President Obama on social media and an invitation to the White House, where he meets the president on the South Lawn at an astronomy event;
2. A meeting with Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, at a science fair;
3. Praise by Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg;
4. Being named the beneficiary of a $20,000 fundraising campaign;
5. An invitation by a Canadian astronaut to visit;
6. An appearance with Dr. Oz;
7. Praise from MIT scientist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein for being "my ideal student";
8. A proclamation by New York City of "Ahmed Day";
9. A visit with Sudanese President Omar al Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for genocide.
10. A visit with Turkey's then-Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu;
11. A trip to the Middle East during which, as the Huffington Post described it, he "hung with Jordan's Queen Rania";
12. A visit to Mecca as an honored guest of Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
Read more at https://www.wnd.com/2018/10/times-up-finally-for-clock-boy/#z224SAxdecRWsJfO.99
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged Kommonsentsjane - The jig is up (finally) for clock boy.. Bookmark the permalink.


text:
Home Uncategorized Hungry Hearts for Haiti
Hungry Hearts for Haiti
AQ Admin
All proceeds for Hungry Hearts show at the Cellar go to Oxfam (Courtesy: Melanie Gordon)
Local music collective hosts benefit concert on Feb.19
Elizabeth Sullivan – The Aquinian
Adam Guidry and Ryan Gallen have two different ideas of what Hungry Hearts is about.
"It's kind of like if you took Tom Petty, and Tom Petty was having an affair on his wife with Bruce Springsteen and they were hanging out a bunch, and they weren't necessarily having sex or anything, but they were hanging out a bunch," Guidry said.
"I think what we sound like is what it would sound like if they were wrestling in butter on the floor," Gallen added.
However, they both agree that their music is like the warning that comes on the side of a hot tub: Don't go in if you're pregnant or have a heart condition.
FoodClothingShelter Music, a local music collective, will be holding a benefit concert at the Cellar on Feb. 19, with all proceeds going to Oxfam's efforts to help Haiti. Three bands will be performing on Friday night: The Bell Comedians, Hungry Hearts and The Elephant.
This will be the second benefit for Haiti to feature Hungry Hearts.
Guidry and Gallen said they make their music fun by adding a positive spin to potentially negative situations.
"Most people's songs are about frustrating aspects of your daily life, and it's finding the good parts in there," Gallen said. "I mean, I want to say that we're a happy band, but the content that we deal with isn't necessarily happy. But the way we're dealing with that content is to try and have a positive message in the end. You have to play the hand you got."
The two got their start playing acoustic sets at the Capital, and eventually settled into their co-frontman roles, oddly reminiscent of 'Shake n' Bake' with three of their best friends filling out the sound. They said they're grateful for the music scene that Fredericton offers.
"Fredericton is the place to start out," Guidry said. " I mean it's a small place but it's really artsy. A lot of bands pass through here, so it's a good place to start off without starting off in a big city. We get offered shows all the time in Fredericton"
Gallen added that they're grateful that Fredericton has venues dedicated to live music, such as the Capital.
"There's always offering opportunities for us to play, not just our band, all bands in Fredericton," he said.
Hungry Hearts have been slowly gaining a fan base in Fredericton. They've finally started recording their material, and FoodClothingShelter Music has offered their support.
Luke Macdonald, promoter and manager of the collective, is excited to have Hungry Hearts on board to help raise funds for Oxfam.
"They're really fun, they bring a lot of energy, and they love to just play live, and have a lot of fun at their show," he said. "I think people should head out because they're going to have a lot of fun. All three bands are great live, and fun and it's supporting a good cause, and it's only 5 dollars, and there's going to be information, there's going to be pamphlets on Oxfam, for people who want to do more."
Previous articleKerin Everrett – Women's Basketball
Next articleIt's cheeseburger day


Caleb the Therapy Dog and his trainer Pam Geis have been working with students at Trinity for about a year. Caleb helps children having a bad day, encourages shy readers, and comforts students having problems at home. Caleb would love to visit members who are going through rehab, are in the hospital, or are shut-ins. For more information or to schedule a visit with Caleb, please contact the church office at churchoffice@trinityutica.com.


the deep draft v1 DRAFT the deep by Sarah Ingram DRAFT I know the bottom, she says.
2 DRAFT TIME CHANGED ————————— Draft to Start at 2:30 PM, August 28th ————————— By SAFFRON CANDYSPRINKLER, Contributor AN ISOLATED AND PEACEFUL GROTTO – So, like, the draft time has changed.
Due to that fact, it got in it really does not have to be simpler form of earlier method creating a draft.
Grabbers Production Draft Alt G R A B B E R S by Kevin Lehane Production Draft November 10, 2010 Production Draft - PINK Revised, November 16, 2010 Production Draft - BLUE Revised, November 19, 2010 Production Draft - YELLOW Revised, November 28, 2010 Production Draft - GREEN Revised, December 10, 2010 Production Draft - GOLD Revised, January 28, 2011 C/O FORWARD FILMS, SAMSON FILMS.
ENG 125 Week 3 Final Paper Rough Draft Ash ENG 125 Week 3 Final Paper Rough Draft Check this A+ Guidelines at http://www.assignmentcloud.com/ENG-125-ASH/ENG-125-Week-3Final-Paper-Rough-Draft For more classes visit www.assignmentcloud.com ENG 125 Week 3 Final Paper Rough Draft Final Paper Rough Draft.
Proposed Wind Ordinance incorporation 092116 2016 Moore Township Planning Board Proposed Ordinance Revision DRAFT 9.21.16 Randy Filkins, Planning Board Chairman This document is the most recent works of the Moore Township Planning Board as a result of several years of work.
UOP HRM 548 Week 3 Recruitment and Selection Strategy Draft HRM 548 Week 3 Recruitment and Selection Strategy Draft Develop a draft of the Recruitment and Selection Strategy portion of the Recruitmentand Selection Strategy/Rewards andCompensation Plan for the organizationselected as a team.
2013 SEASON PREVIEW 2013 SEASON PREVIEW The Draft From what I could tell, most people enjoyed the new auction style draft format.
ngo reaction to the first draft of the gcr march2018 NGO REACTION TO THE FIRST DRAFT OF THE GLOBAL COMPACT ON REFUGEES MARCH 2018 The undersigned NGOs strongly support the development of a Global Compact on Refugees, and welcome the improvements made in the first draft.
Please take the time to read through this handbook prior to our draft on Saturday, September 3rd, and refer to it throughout the season whenever necessary.
STAYER BUS 510 Week 4 Assignment 2 STAYER BUS 510 Week 4 Assignment 2 Drafting a Basic Proposal Check this A+ tutorial guideline at http://www.assignmentclick.com/bus510-stayer/bus-510-week-4-assignment2-drafting-a-basic-proposal For more classes visit http://www.assignmentclick.com BUS 510 Week 4 Assignment 2 Drafting a Basic Proposal Your next task is to create the basic first draft of the proposal for Goodness Falls.
On the other hand, what happens if you were not able to draft your will and the saddest moment comes?


text:
Team Up for Families
Family-to-Family Strategies for Special Needs
Team Up for Families, the original family-driven initiative that started our project in 2007, was restructured in 2018 as an independent non-profit organization whose purpose is to study the effectiveness of navigation training as a means of increasing access to appropriate access to behavioral, developmental, and other social services to families and young adults.
By 2019, Team Up for Families partnered with educational publisher Melton Hill Media in Get There Project, a learning portal for special needs families.
Team Up for Families was formed in 2007 as a family-driven initiative to produce a national edition of the step-by-step family workbook Team Up for Your Child (2008, 2012), a forerunner of the Road Map® Series.
More than 50 family support staff and volunteers working for mental health and family advocacy agency in eight states became part of a Learning Collaborative to teach a Road Map® curriculum based on Team Up for Your Child.
In 2017, a group of these trainers, along with other subject matter experts, collaborated with Wendy Besmann to create Family Road Map. In 2018, TUFF's Youth Editorial Board worked together to create Young Adult Road Map (2018), which brightly colored and illustrated by webcomic artist, Danyell Thillet.
Family Road Map and Young Adult Road Map are structured around the five-point Guiding Star method. By focusing on a simple, step-by-step method for simplifying big, messy situations, families have a place to start and can see a path for getting where they need to be.
It became clear that we need to examine the "trail of breadcrumbs" in order to understand whether families truly become more empowered by this type of training and whether that empowerment has a significant impact on their ability to access services. TUFF goal is to partner with agencies to explore these questions.
Through establishing an independent non profit organization, forming community and child-serving agency partnerships partnerships, and the formation of Get There Project, Team Up for Families is committed to sharing the practical strategies that have transformed our lives.
Want to get involved? Visit Get There Project to learn more about solutions available for your family, school, agency, or organization.
Copyright ©2019 Team Up for Families | Theme by: Theme Horse | Powered by: WordPress


They generally fl ower a little later than the species and have larger clusters of single or dou- ble fl owers in a wide range of colors. Singles are often as showy as doubles, sometimes more so.
Descanso hybrids, developed for mild winters, excel in Zones 18–22. Try 'Lavender Lady' (best known), 'Blue Skies' and 'Blue Boy' (both blue), 'Califor- nia Rose' (single pink), 'Chiffon' (lavender), 'Forrest K. Smith' (light lavender), 'Sylvan Beauty' (rose-lavender), and 'White Angel' ('Angel White').
Most lilacs bloom best in regions with decidedly chilly winters, but some do well with only light winter chill. Give well-drained, neutral to slightly alkaline soil. If soil is strongly acid, dig lime into it before planting.
LILAC. Zones A1–A3; 1–11, 14. In Zones 12–16, 18–22, the standard varieties bloom irregu- larly after mild winters; gradually discontinue watering near end of summer to force dormancy. From eastern Europe. Can even- tually reach 20 ft. tall, with nearly equal spread. Suckers strongly; prune out suckers on grafted plants (no need to do so on own-root plants). Leaves roundish oval with pointed tips. Needs 2 to 5 years to bear fl ow- ers of full size and true color. Pinkish or bluish lavender fl owers in clusters to 10 in. or longer ('Alba' has pure white fl owers) in midspring. Fragrance is leg- endary; lilac fanciers say spe- cies and its older varieties are more fragrant than newer types. Superb cut fl owers. Varieties, often called French hybrids, number in the hundreds.
Until plants are established, just pinch back any overlong stems. Once they begin to bloom, prune yearly for best fl ower production. Most lilacs bloom on wood formed the pre- vious year, so prune just after fl owering ends. Remove spent blossom clusters, cutting back to a pair of leaves. For the few types that bloom on new growth, prune in late dormant season, cutting previous year's growth to varying lengths. To encourage new shoots, cut out a few of the oldest stems yearly. Leaf miner, scale, and stem borer are the only important pests; bacterial blight, leaf spot, and downy mildew may be problems.
Most common lilacs need winter chill to deliver their best show of fragrant bloom clusters. But the low-chill Descanso hybrids, which include the richly scented 'Lavender Lady', and 'Blue Skies', thrive in mild winters.
makes a single- or multitrunked tree to 30–60 ft. tall, 10–20 ft. wide, with dense foliage crown. Often sheared into formal shapes and hedges; common background or screen plant. Oblong leaves in rich glossy green, often bronze tinged; red- dish bronze new growth. Small, creamy white summer fl owers have conspicuous tufts of sta- mens that look like little brushes. Blossoms are followed by showy, edible, 3⁄4-in., rosy pur- ple fruit that is insipid raw but good in jellies. Several named varieties selected for good leaf color or dwarf form are sold.


With excellent design and manufacture experiences, we can provide all kinds of need for different fields of label and packing machines including shrink sleeve applicator machine, shrink sleeve labeling applicator, heat shrink tunnels etc. Together with more analysis and improvement in the mechanical construction, wisdom control, high product, we provide a new generation GMP standard of labeling and sleeve inserting machine. And let LEBAL to give you a new standard.
Multipack delivers first class bottling machines, shrink sleeve applicator, shrink wrapping machine, shrink tunnels, auto side seal machine , stretch wrapping machine, BOPP/OPP label applicator, cup rinsing, filling and sealing machine, semi auto/fully auto container sealing & cutting machine, induction wad inserting machine [cap lining machine], auto L type sealer packaging equipment, liquid filling machines, capping machines and labeling equipment for various size, shape and speed of bottles.


I don't care what anyone says, I am in love with Jonathan Antin.
He is what I imagine people are describing when they use the adjective beefcake, even if he might come across as a tiny bit homosexual. Jonathan is tough as nails, but also has a sensitive side. He cries when things go wrong, and appreciates art...hair art. He approaches doing hair like other people approach painting or sculpting. It is a craft that he pours every bit of his hyper-masculinized soul into.
There is a category of guys that I say look like ducks. Patrick Swayze and Emilio Estevez are examples of this. (Insert Mighty Ducks joke here) I am usually repulsed by "duck boys," however Jonathan eludes this tendency, and is the first duck that I am attracted to. I love his pointy chin, pursing full lips, squinty eyes, and large forehead, but I love how cocky he is even more.
Jonathan calls all the shots. He makes a lot of enemies, enemies who keep coming back to him because he is so damn successful, and because it means they can be featured on national television. Every time Jonathan raises his voice, punches a wall, throws something, or storms out of a room, I get butterflies.
I am infatuated with this sensitive, duck-like, cocky man more than almost any other reality tv-based celebrity. Except for maybe Jason from the Real World Boston, cause he was way cute.
What you said about how cute he looks, you are right. You go gurl.


The first part of the leg is on the level. You reach Luni, the ancient Roman port where marble was shipped to Rome. The port of S. Maurizio was not far away, where pilgrims boarded to travel to Santiago de Compostela. In Luni it is worth visiting the Archaeological Museum and the remains of the Roman city: the forums, the home of the frescoes and the amphitheater. Continuing you return to Tuscany and reach Avenza, near Carrara.
Leaving Avenza, you take a road among the vineyards covering the hills, with views of the Apuan Alps and the sea. The route passes through the old center of Massa, ending up right in front of the Duomo.
In Luni you'll find the remains of the Roman city of Luna. Founded in 177 BC, it was an important hub and trade port for the marble of the Apuan Alps. Not far away was the port of St. Mauritius, where pilgrims departed for Santiago di Campostela. The archaeological museum and the remains of the Roman city, including the forum, a house of frescoes, and an amphitheater.
A must see is the Church of S. Pietro, where there is a wooden cross, thought to bring about miracles and provide strength. It was a very important stopping point along the via Francigena during medieval times. Castruccio Castracani is the man to thank for its construction. Not far from Avenza lies the city of Carrara, home to the beautiful Malaspina castle, built by Alberico Cybo Malaspina during the fourteenth century. It now houses the Academy of Fine Arts. Carrara's Romanesque gothic-style cathedral was built during the ninth century and then clad in Carrara marble.
The identity of Carrara has always had marble at its heart: the pristine stone has been extracted from area quarries since Roman times. When you hear or utter "Carrara," marble and quarries are the immediate associations.
A must see is the Ducal Palace, built between the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries for Cybo Malaspina, which then became his primary residence. The most impressive part of the building was constructed by Carlo I, namely the Swiss Room and the Ducal Chapel. The final touches to these were made at the beginning of the eighth century by Alessandro Bergamini, according to the wishes of the Roman princess, Teresa Pamphilj, wife of Carlo II. The Diocesan Museum is inside one of the historic palaces in Massa, the 'little palace of the people'. Built at the end of the fourteenth century by Alberico I Cybo Malaspina, it was then donated in 1822 to the Diocese of Massa-Carrara-Pontremoli. Nowadays, works of art which best represent the art history and religion of the region are displayed in the rooms.
The Cathedral, named after Saints Peter and Francesco, whose dome was built in the seventeenth century, was built with only one central nave and three side altars. The chapel in the crypt contains the remains of the Princes and Dukes of Massa. Teatro Guglielmi, built in 1880, was named after the music maestro, Alessandro Guglielmi. The inside of the theatre is decorated ornately and divided into three levels and a large gallery.
The Misericordia Church, built in 1629, has retained, almost completely, its original structure. Noteworthy is the apse and the two side chapels. From Malaspina castle, built high on a rocky hill overlooking a vast area of flat land, you can enjoy a clear view of the coast. Originally from the Early Middle Ages, under control of Malaspina, during the Renaissance, it took on its current form as a palace and castle. The Church of the Madonna del Carmine was built in the mid fourteenth century, alongside the convent of S. Chiara, in accordance with Taddea Malaspina's wishes.
Perhaps not as well-known as it deserves to be, Massa is an ancient city where a Medieval atmosphere still hangs in the air. Located in a valley nestled between the Apuan Alps, the city is a treasure chest of artistic and architectural gems.


text:
Melbourne & Olympic Parks is in the heart of Melbourne, ideally situated for public transport and readily accessible from any direction.
Getting to Melbourne & Olympic Parks
Melbourne Park Redevelopment
Tickets to our events
Main entrances for all venues are located via Olympic Boulevard or Batman Avenue. For major events public transport is the most effective way of getting to the precinct, with trams, trains and buses all operating in the area.
Melbourne & Olympic Parks is a 10 minute walk from the CBD via Birrarung Marr and the Tanderrum Bridge. Check out our precinct map for further details on our location.
Public Transport operates frequently throughout the precinct. The route 70 tram provides easy access to all venues, with Richmond Station and Flinders Street Station both within walking distance.
All Melbourne & Olympic Park venues are serviced by the Melbourne Park multi-level car park at Entrance D, Olympic Boulevard.
Limited car parking is sometimes available in the Northern Carpark from Entrance A, Batman Avenue. If you're going to drive, we always suggest planning your parking ahead of time, and pre-booking online to secure your spot.
We encourage guests to cycle to our precinct. Bicycle parking is available outside Rod Laver Arena and Melbourne Arena, along Olympic Boulevard.
Cyclists must provide their own locks, and Melbourne & Olympic Parks is not responsible for any loss or damage to bicycles secured on site.
We're committed to ensuring our venues are safe, comfortable and accessible for all guests. All of our venues have accessible seating and are equipped with lifts and ramps to ensure you can move around safely.
Wheelchair bays and accessible seating must be pre-booked through the Melbourne Park Accessible Seating service:
Reach them by phone on 03 9286 1208;
Submit a request to be contacted online by clicking this link. The Melbourne Park Accessible Seating team will contact you to finalise the transaction.
If there's still availability, you can also get your tickets on the day from the accessible ticket window at Rod Laver Arena Forecourt Box Office.
If you have booked standard seating, but have an accessibility requirement, please let us know as soon as possible by calling the Melbourne Park Accessible Seating service. If you arrive at an event with an accessibility requirement which was not accounted for at time of booking, our team will do what they can to re-locate you to an appropriate area, however this may not always be possible.
Please note all aisles in Rod Laver Arena are fitted with handrails to assist you in accessing your seat.
We're committed to ensuring all guests have the best experience at our venues by providing:
Free cloaking at each venue
Anti-social text messaging lines
Water fountains and free drinking water available at bars
A range of food outlets
Online lost and found
We're currently undergoing a major redevelopment, which will see our facilities continue to improve for the millions of guests who visit our precinct every year.
As we're in the middle of significant works, some access routes through the precinct might change from time to time. For your safety stick to designated pathways and follow signage. If you see something that's not quite right, please let us know.
Ticketek Australia is the main seller of tickets to events at our venues, but Ticketmaster is the only authorised seller of tickets for the Australian Open. Guests who purchase tickets from any other outlet may not be granted entry to events.
Our guide to avoiding ticket scams will provide you with important information safely purchasing tickets to our events.
We do not support the re-sale of tickets outside of the Ticketek Marketplace. Guests trying to use our social media channels to on-sale tickets may have their posts removed.


text:
Ciara Princess Harris (born October 25, 1985), who performs under the mononym Ciara, is an American recording artist, dancer, actress, and fashion model. Born in Austin, Texas, she travelled around the world during her childhood, only to land in Atlanta, Georgia where she met music producer, Jazze Pha. With his help, she was signed to LaFace… Leia mais
Stations With Ciara
Ciara Radio
Plays Ciara along with similar artists like:
Kelly Rowland, Michelle Williams, Hilary Duff, Blu Cantrell, Jamelia…
Neo-Soul emerged in the 90s as a style of soul music. Enjoy the sounds of the artist of New Soul
Musiq Soulchild, Brandy, Ledisi, Joe, Trina Broussard, Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige…
R&B Love Songs
Plays the best R&B love songs.
D'Angelo, Lloyd, Tamia, Jacob Latimore, Jacquees, Chris Brown, Donell Jones…
00s R&B Hits
All the sexiest and smoothest R&B hits from the 00s.
Alicia Keys, Aaliyah, Mariah Carey, J. Holiday, Drake, Akon, Juvenile, Rihanna, F…
Amerie Radio
Plays Amerie along with similar artists like:
Ashanti, Dru Hill, Missy Elliott, Michelle Williams, Deborah Cox…
Britney Spears Radio
Plays Britney Spears along with similar artists like:
Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Charli XCX, Natalia Kills, Lana De…
Jennifer Lopez Radio
Plays Jennifer Lopez along with similar artists like:
Melanie B, Enrique Iglesias, TLC, Meghan Trainor, Brandy…
Christina Aguilera Radio
Plays Christina Aguilera along with similar artists like:
Jennifer Lopez, Iggy Azalea, Selena Gomez & The Scene, Lea Michele, A…
Janet Jackson Radio
Plays Janet Jackson along with similar artists like:
Mariah Carey, Chaka Khan, Nicole Scherzinger, George Michael, Anita Baker…
From Ciara
Body Party
Thug Style
Lookin' at You
Love Sex Magic


text:
Charli D'Amelio | Bio, Age, Wiki, Dance, Height, TikTok, Net Worth (2020) |
Oliver Jackson	Updated On January 15, 2022
Facts of Charli D'Amelio
Charli D'Amelio
Virgo, Cancer, Capricorn
Norwalk, Connecticut[
Marc D'Amelio
Heidi D'Amelio
Height / How tall? :
Hip Size:
View more / View less Facts of Charli D'Amelio
Charli D'Amelio is an American TikTok star and dancer popularly known for posting vigorous dance videos on her TikTok account, turning on the vibe as a dancer from a very young age of hers. She was listed as the second-highest earning TikTok personality by Forbes.
1 What is Charli D'Amelio Famous For?
2 Charli D'Amelio: Age, Bio, Parents, Family, Siblings, Childhood, Ethnicity
4 Did You Know?
5 All About Charli D'Amelio's Career
6 Charli D'Amelio: Net Worth (2020)
7 Is Charli D'Amelio married? Husband, Children, Marriage
8 Charli D'Amelio: Height, Weight, Eye Color
9 Is Charli D'Amelio active on social media?
What is Charli D'Amelio Famous For?
Is an American TikTok star and dancer
the second-highest earning TikTok personality
Charli D'Amelio: Age, Bio, Parents, Family, Siblings, Childhood, Ethnicity
Charli D'Amelio was born on May 1, 2004, in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA. She was born in the lineage of Marc D'Amelio [father] and Heidi D'Amelio [mother] who were both giving Charli attention and all the support she needed to focus more on her dream and relatedly, she is having an older sister whose name is Dixie.
Her mother is a photographer while her dad is a businessman. He is a prominent republican, a former board of education candidate, and the founder/ president of 4 collectives with YC. Her sister is an aspiring model. Although, her father Marc and her elder sister Dixie are also active users of TikTok.
Charli is attending King School located at 1450 Newfield Avenue, Stamford, currently being a High School student.
How old is Charli D'Amelio?- As of 2020, she is 16 years old.
Is Charli D'Amelio in a relationship?- She might be living her single life.
How tall is Charli D'Amelio?- She has a height of 5 ft. 7 inches.
All About Charli D'Amelio's Career
At the age of 3, Charli began practicing dance and started competing at the age of 5, she began jazz and choose her favorite styles of dancing. On March 24, 2019, Charli was crowned as the overall winner after competing with many dancers in the Diva Dance Regional Dance Competitions in Hartford, Connecticut.
She debuted her dancing career on social media just like many others after joining the TikTok platform which brought her to fame around the world In mid-2019, posting dance and lip-sync Videos. Her first video to hit on TikTok was A duet with 'Move With Joy'.
Furthermore, on the 17th of November 2019, She embarked on her first-ever Meet And Greet That took place at 48 west port avenue In Norwalk, Connecticut. D'Amelio volunteered all the $100 devoted From the VIP photos, lunch, and TikTok privileges by her fans to charity, while her second meet and greet 'MistleTok Meet-Up' was announced in November 2019.
Caption: Charli D'Amelio (Source: Refinary29)
And later took place on December 14, 2019, and on the 15th of December in Arch Street Teen Center with fellow TikTokers including Mark Anastasio, Maximo Rivano, Dixie, and more.
Charli mentioned in an interview that she would like to collaborate with Maddie Ziegler and dance with her. She also mentioned that she joined dance class at the age of five. Her favorite dance styles are Jazz and Contemporary.
Know about Sharon Leal ( American Actress and Singer) Bio, Wiki, Age, Career, Net Worth, Parents, Movies
Charli D'Amelio: Net Worth (2020)
Charli's estimated earning is over $4M just from her Meet and Greet, earning more from her TikTok channel, YouTube channel, and Instagram channel including shows.
Caption: Charli D'Amelio (Source: Bravo)
Is Charli D'Amelio married? Husband, Children, Marriage
Regarding her romantic life, Charli was previously in a relationship with Hype House co-founder and TikTok star Chase Hudson. They began dating publicly in January 2020 but later in April, they split. After that, she has not been dating anyone.
Know about Jimmy Crute Bio, Wiki, UFC, Record, Net Worth, Girlfriend, Instagram
Charli D'Amelio: Height, Weight, Eye Color
She has a height of 5 ft. 7 inches and weighs 54 kg. Also, she has dark brown eyes and black hair. Her body measurements are 30-26-35 inches.
Caption: Charli D'Amelio(Source: Welt)
Is Charli D'Amelio active on social media?
Charli D'Amelio is having 600k plus subscribers on YouTube, over 32 million followers on Instagram, over 160k followers on Twitter, and more than 8.7 million followers only on TikTok.
She has an eating disorder.
Know about Grian | Bio, Age, Wiki, Net Worth(2020), Affair, Height, Dating, Games, Parents |
Tagged:American TikTok stardancer
Related Posts of Charli D'Amelio | Bio, Age, Wiki, Dance, Height, TikTok, Net Worth (2020) |


I have a problem using the Debian installer.
I was so impressed of raspian - I had only been using windows before - that I decided to install Debian Jessie on my Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop for its old windows XP was so slow that even the clock hanged up. So I moved a minimal iso to a USB stick using the free rufus app. When I then booted the USB stick I got to the install screen and selected 'install '. Then suddenly my screen turned black and it didn't seem as if my laptop did anything. I waited a little and tried connecting an external screen, but this also stayed black. I turned my laptop off and retried with installing graphically, but there were two messages - don't ask me what they were, I only remember it were no error messages - and the screen turned black again. What did I do wrong?
PS: please don't mind my bad English - I'm just a student from Germany.


text:
CURRENT CONSTRUCTION
PRE-CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
REMODEL | TENANT IMPROVEMENT
HOTEL/STUDENT & MULTI-FAMILY
LEED ® │GREEN CONSTRUCTION
BAKER YOUTUBE
BAKER FACEBOOK
BAKER NEWS ROOM
Groundbreaking planned Friday for new Nampa hotel
March 21, 2016 /in Uncategorized /by bakercon
NAMPA — The owners of a new hotel that's planned to go in next to the Nampa Civic Center will hold a groundbreaking ceremony at the site on Friday.
Peppertree Hospitality plans to build a new 81-room Best Western Plus Hotel. The four-story hotel is expected to cost about $5 million and will go in the northwestern corner of the Civic Center parking lot.
Crews have already removed asphalt from the parking lot to make way for the new hotel.
Nampa city officials agreed to a land swap to make the 39,000-square-foot property at the Civic Center parking lot available for the hotel. In exchange, the city received a vacant building in downtown Nampa that it planned to use for storage.
"We are very excited about this venture," Nampa Mayor Bob Henry said in September when the hotel was announced. "I can tell you, for years, there has been discussion about whether we could just get a hotel down there. They can have multi-day events at the Civic Center. That would be a real boon. This hotel isn't even going to have a restaurant. They plan to utilize the Civic Center as much as possible."
The groundbreaking ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. in front of the Civic Center at 205 Third St. S. The hotel's owners, contractor and architect will join city officials for the ceremony.
http://bakerconstruct.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/56ec7a2e28984_image.jpg 588 1125 bakercon http://bakerconstruct.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Baker_Logo_340wideV3.png bakercon2016-03-21 15:03:002016-03-21 15:04:54Groundbreaking planned Friday for new Nampa hotel
© Copyright - Baker Construction
Site by Gibby Media Group, Inc. - Enfold WordPress Theme by Kriesi
Journal Of Business Recognizes Washington Federal's Expansion in the Inland... Baker working on a project on Newport Highway at Holland


Workplace distractions are ever-present. They reduce workers' productivity, increase their stress, cause injuries and lower morale. Some are the result of modern technology, but others have been around a lot longer.
Following an interruption, it typically takes a couple of minutes to return concentration to work. These short interruptions and recovery periods add up to large amounts of lost productive time.
There are a multitude of distractions that can affect employee safety and productivity that employers need to be aware of.
Smartphones - Smartphones and tablet computers are a major distraction, especially in office environments. Text messages, alerts and the urge to check Facebook and news - not to mention game apps like Candy Crush and Words With Friends - can pull employees' attention away from the task at hand.
E-mail - Misuse of e-mail can be another productivity sapper. This includes strings of e-mails sent to arrange a time for a meeting or conference call, when scheduling software could accomplish the same thing with one or two messages. It also includes clicking the "reply all" button, sending a thank-you intended for one person to a group of ten. Again, these small interruptions compound over time.
Old-fashioned interruptions - A co-worker who stops by to ask a quick question and sticks around to chat for a few minutes. Meetings that are held because they've always been held, regardless of whether they accomplish anything. The colleague who sits three cubicles away and is incapable of having a quiet conversation.
Personal issues - In some cases, a worker's distractions may come from himself. His job may be boring, causing his mind to wander while he uses a tool or pours a hot drink. He may have problems at home - financial difficulties, family members who are ill, elderly parents, a child going through a rough time.
Work pressures - This includes perceived pressure to finish a job quickly. Manufacturing or warehouse employees may feel pushed to fill an order in a hurry, or construction workers may face short deadlines.
Complacency - Sometimes, employees have done a job for too long and have grown complacent in their knowledge. This can lead to their missing crucial steps in the process, resulting in faulty work - and worse.
Distractions are not only annoying; they can also be dangerous.
Tripping hazards, machines that use saws, punches, drills or lasers, and workplace chemicals can all cause serious injuries if workers are not paying attention.
An employee driving a forklift in a warehouse can collide with furniture or goods. Kitchen workers plus knives and stoves, plus distractions, can easily produce injuries that are costly and upsetting for the rest of the staff.
To an extent, distractions are unavoidable, but they can be reduced. One thing employers can do is to encourage frequent breaks. There is a limit to how long someone can focus intently on a task. Occasional stretch or walk breaks can help workers clear their minds, relax a little, and take care of personal phone calls and messages.
If necessary, managers can block employees from accessing certain websites or limit use of smartphones to break times. They can also model and encourage proper use of e-mail.
Meetings can be scheduled only when a group discussion is necessary to accomplish work results. To keep them on track, they should be time-limited and have stated agendas.
If it doesn't interfere with customer service, employees can wear earbuds or headphones to muffle loud conversations. Employees subject to frequent interruptions from gossipy co-workers should be permitted to hang up "do not disturb" signs when necessary.
It is possible to reduce distractions without burdening the workplace with excessive rules. Employers who do so will raise morale, prevent injuries, improve quality and boost profits.


text:
Kissmetrics Go is a KissMetrics library written in Go to help simplify the task of sending events to Kiss from your go project.

## Get Started
It's really simple to get started, first we need to make sure that we have downloaded the library:

```sh
$ go get github.com/centricwebestate/kissmetricsgo
```
Now that we've got the library we can initialise the `KM` type and start sending events.

**Note:** The library exposes it's types and functions under the `kmgo` package.

```go
package main

func main() {
	// Initialise the Go Library
    km := kmgo.NewKM("yourapikeyhere")

    // Create a list of properties to send to kiss (can be empty)
    properties := url.Values{}
    properties.Set("test property", "true")

    // Finally create the event and send it
    event := km.NewEvent("testing go", "someguy@somesite.com", properties)
    event.Send()
}
```

That's it, now just run the script and you'll see your event in kissmetrics live view :)

You'll find this script in example.go just in case you need it.

## Licence
This library is Copyright 2015 Centric Web Estate and licenced under MIT.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


LONDON – 13 December 2012 – INTERXION HOLDING NV (NYSE: INXN), a leading European provider of carrier-neutral colocation data centre services, has announced that connectivity to AWS Direct Connect is now available from its 32 data centres across 11 countries in Europe, made possible by teaming up with Level 3 Communications and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
AWS Direct Connect allows customers to establish private connectivity between the AWS platform in the cloud and their existing dedicated IT infrastructure, which can reduce network costs, increase bandwidth throughput, and provide a more consistent network experience than Internet-based connections. This service is particularly attractive to customers that use large data sets and real time data feeds or need to satisfy regulatory requirements by using private network connections.
Through Level 3's global network coverage and on net presence at all Interxion data centres, Interxion customers across Europe can access the AWS Direct Connect platform. They can specify their location and their preferred network service provider with their AWS Direct Connect port request.


text:
Leaked Emails: Obama Exerted Influence over "The Interview"
By Robert Barsocchini
Antiwar.com's Dan Sanchez has just reported on leaked emails that reveal that the Obama regime exerted influence over the movie The Interview "to encourage assassination and regime change in North Korea".
Regarding the threats of bombings of theaters if the film was shown, Obama has been personally encouraging people to "go the movies" anyway, while hardliners like Mitt Romney have specifically encouraged people to go see The Interview.
This is not the first time strongman Obama has been closely involved with promoting or influencing Hollywood movies spouting negative propaganda about countries Obama and the US want to invade and conquer. Michelle Obama personally presented the Academy award for "best picture" for the filmArgo.
Argo whitewashed the history of US aggression and genocide against Iran. Since 1953, the US has been an accomplice in the torture and killing of over a million Iranian citizens, thousands with chemical weapons.
The Interview almost certainly whitewashes the history of US genocide against Korea, and apparently depicts US forces causing the North Korean leader's head to explode.
In its aggressive attacks against North Korea in the early 1950s, the US intentionally targeted civilians and flattened entire villages and cities, including Pyongyang. The attacks killed up to 4 million people, mostly civilians, most of whom were killed by the US, many through direct and intentional targeting, such as the machine-gunning of women and children by US soldiers at No Gun Ri.
Scholar Chalmers Johnson finds the North Korea of today a proud, struggling nation that, unlike the US public, is very aware of what was done to it by the US, and sees the aggressive, threatening stance the US has since maintained towards that country.
Johnson also notes that the worst act committed against Koreans by a "Korean" government was the bayoneting of thousands of students by the US-backed South Korean dictatorship in the late '80s.
The Interview would almost certainly be another exercise in genocide denial for the US, a country that has gotten away with all of the crimes, including multiple genocides, it has thus far committed.
However, though we may be happy when Holocaust deniers and the like decide to hold their tongues, it is extremely unfortunate that Sony's decision not to release such a film was brought about not by free will but threats of violence from unknown sources, which are to be condemned as threats against speech itself.
According to the leaked emails, Sony was hesitant about depicting the assassination of the North Korean leader, but was "encouraged" by the Obama regime to go forward with it.
It may be useful to imagine how we would feel about the reverse: a slapstick buddy comedy about the infiltration of the country considered the most dangerous in the world – the USA, not North Korea – and the "comedic" assassination of Obama by having his head catch on fire and explode.
It is also relevant to note that North Korea's official complaint about the film, that it incites terrorism against North Korea (which is what the Obama regime apparently intended), is the same reason the US government has given countless times over the course of its existence to justify brutally crushing free speech and protest – facts all but fully ignored or suppressed in dominant US discourse.
And, as Antiwar.com and Wired report, "North Korea almost certainly did not hack Sony".
Robert Barsocchini focuses on global force dynamics and writes professionally for the film industry. He is a regular contributor to Washington's Blog, and is published in Counter Currents, Global Research, State of Globe, Blacklisted News, LewRockwell.com, DanSanchez.me, Information Clearing House, Press TV, and other outlets. Also see: Hillary Clinton's Record of Support for War and other Depravities. Follow Robert and UK-based colleague, Dean Robinson, on Twitter.


Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Brendan Smith has handed in his submission to the Constituency Commission, arguing for the 36 electoral divisions in west Cavan, which were amalgamated into a new Sligo-Leitrim constituency to be returned to Cavan-Monaghan.
Deputy Smith has been one of the leading figures in the Reunite Cavan campaign, and has submitted a lengthy report outlining why the decision made by the 2012 Constituency Commission was flawed.
"I am calling on the Constituency Commission to reverse the damaging decision that was made in 2012 to move a significant part of West Cavan out of the Cavan-Monaghan constituency. The decision went against the Commission's own terms of reference, which state that "the breaching of county boundaries shall be avoided as far as practicable", resulting in a situation where for the first time in history a Dáil constituency is made up of parts of four counties.
"The creation of the new Sligo-Leitrim constituency, which comprises of parts of south and west Cavan has been a disaster for people living in these areas. They're expected to contact public representatives in Sligo and Leitrim about issues affecting Cavan, which is ridiculous. Anyone from Ballinagh wanting to see their "local" TD has to travel 106km, or over an hour and a half, to Sligo town.
"Many people feel disappointed and disenfranchised by the constituency boundary changes, and are angry that they have to deal with Deputies, who through no fault of their own, have no in-depth knowledge of issues in south and west Cavan. Many people are continuing to contact my office about local and national issues because they don't feel any connection to the Sligo-Leitrim constituency and want to deal with a TD from their own county.
"It makes no sense to have parts of Cavan in another constituency – many public services are delivered on a joint Cavan-Monaghan basis, for example, the Cavan Monaghan Hospital Group; Community Health Services; the amalgamated VEC serves both counties; and the Cavan/Monaghan Garda Division comprises the entirety of both counties.
"The unnatural four county Sligo-Leitrim hybrid constituency must be disbanded and west and south Cavan returned to Cavan-Monaghan. People living in these 36 electoral districts have clearly not accepted the change and the Constituency Commission must recognise and respect the wishes of citizens in Cavan who want a return of the old Cavan-Monaghan constituency".


Maryland authorities are responding to a shooting in Harford County involving multiple victims, the Harford County Sheriff's office tweeted.
Thursday's shooting in Maryland may not qualify as a mass shooting or murder since fewer than four people were killed, not including the shooter.
There's no one accepted definition for mass shootings. The Gun Violence Archive, which compiles data, defines it as an incident in which an offender shoots or kills four or more people. And the Congressional Research Service defines it as when the perpetrator kills four or more people, selecting victims randomly, and attacks in a public place.
None of the perpetrators behind the 28 mass attacks in 2017 was female, according to a report by the US Secret Service. A study led by Lankford, published in the journal Violence and Victims, looked at 292 public mass shooters worldwide from 1966 to 2012 and found that only one of those was female.