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At Patient Direct Care, we believe in the health and well being of our community. We are a small passionate group of medical professionals who are dedicated to make a difference in the lives our patients.
We are proud to join the Medical Professionals in Battle Ground, and offer local residents and businesses an opportunity to receive first class Primary Care. At our clinic there are no co-pays, or forms to submit to an insurance company. No rushing to see 30 patients per day. Just Old Fashioned Medicine available to you 24/7.
Dino Ramzi
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Maria Ramzi
Director of clinical services
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Aimee Clark
oana cozac
SandI rodriguez
Facility clinic coordinator & Medical Assistant
Dianna Kretzschmar
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Dianna Kretzschmar is a strong community leader and passionate advocate for many causes throughout Clark County. She has worked in Southwest Washington as a social worker and clinical case manager in long-term health care for almost 30 years. She most recently was with the Parks Foundation of Clark County where she served as the Executive Director.
Kretzschmar also serves on the boards of Elder Justice Center, the Friends of the Elder Justice Center and Mobile Medical Providers Northwest. She previously served as the first program coordinator for the Clark County Elder Justice Center in the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. In that role, she was instrumental in establishing the center, which educates, coordinates and fosters cooperation between professionals and public workers to find and prosecute cases of elder abuse.
Kretzschmar also served as Community Outreach Coordinator for the Clark County Vulnerable Adult Task Force. She is a volunteer for many community organizations including Share, where she spearheaded the successful #Every28days campaign. The #Every28Days campaign was recognized by the Association of Fundraising Professionals as 2018's Most Innovative Community Project. Dianna has also been involved in fundraising campaigns for the School of Piano Technology for the Blind, Battle Ground Healthcare and The Children's Center. In 2013 Kretzschmar was also a recipient of the Clark College Foundation Iris Award, which celebrates women's outstanding contributions to the community.
Dianna is married and the mother of 6 children, and a proud Blue Star mother of 3 who currently serve in the United States Armed Forces. She enjoys playing the piano, hiking and believes that "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others" Mahatma Gandhi.
Oana Cozac is a Licensed Medical Assistant in the state of WA. She completed her training through Everest College in 2016. Throughout her training, she was on the president's list with a 4.0 GPA. After completion of her extern hours at The Free Clinic of SW Washington, she volunteered for a short period of time. Shortly after that, she was offered a job as an MA/Project Access Care Coordinator.
In the past, she has always worked with people and that's why she knew that becoming an MA was the right path for her. She has a passion for helping patients and providing a positive interaction between them and the clinic.
When she is not working, she loves spending quality time with her two kids, and enjoys cooking, baking, nature, outdoors, hiking, biking, working out, singing, and spending time with her family and friends.
Dino Ramzi was born in Beirut Lebanon and grew up in Montreal. His medical education was at McGill University where he did an internship at St. Mary's Hospital Center and completed a residency in Family Medicine at the Montreal General Hospital. He graduated from medical school a month before his 23rd birthday. He started teaching early, appointed Lecturer to participate in programs for younger fellow medical students before graduation.
His first job was at a McGill affiliate in Chisasibi, an Arctic First Nations community, collecting his first major administrative title of Chief of Medicine of a small 18 bed, 4 bassinet hospital at age 27.
In 1991, Dino returned to Montreal and McGill University as an Assistant Professor, honing his teaching skills, developing a passion for evidence-based medicine and doing clinical work at the Montreal General, St. Mary's and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital as well as in several private practices in town.
Desiring to further his academic contributions to the study and practice of family medicine, in 1996 he relocated to Atlanta to help steer the new family medicine residency program at Emory University. While Canada, Australia, the UK are committed to their primary care infrastructure, the US had not found a place in its most prestigious universities for the education and training of generalists. For this reason, Emory's new program received a great deal of attention at the time, but was soon subject to the political and cultural aversions to managed care during the late 1990's.
While he was at Emory, Dino completed a Master's Degree in Public Health, doing coursework predominantly in health policy and management as well as in outcomes research. He soon left Emory to pursue other opportunities in research and in management. This upcoming departure, however, provided him with an opportunity to return to one of his first loves – providing medical treatment and access to under-serviced communities – and he worked for a Grady Hospital 's neighborhood clinics in addition to a brief research project at the CDC.
Marrying his wife Maria in 2005 and moving to Maryland put him in the position of Medical Director at Community Clinic Inc, a facility that later qualified, under his leadership through the application process, as a Federally Qualified Health Center. Dino also reached out to Georgetown University's faculty to integrate Community Clinic Inc with the Capricorn research network. During his three year tenure, Community Clinic Inc nearly doubled the volume and revenue from direct medical services. Another highlight of Dino's time in Maryland was the completion of a community-based intervention program to prevent and treat childhood obesity.
Some of his other roles over the years included the Chief Medical Officer of a community health center in Central Washington, a leadership position in Providence Health System, a principal in a successful local practice in Clark County, the medical director of Camas/Washougal Compassion Care clinic, the President of the Clark County Medical Society and the Southwest chapter of the Washington Academy of Family Physicians.
While Dino thrives working in a direct and personal capacity with patients and a group of like-minded primary care providers and patients, a commitment to innovation and the underserved has led to his co-founding EverMed and PanZoe, a company and a charity dedicated to working in the primary care arena.
Aimee Clark comes from Kaiser Permanente with over 7+ years of healthcare experience. Her specialties are laboratory policies and procedure-based training. She has served on safety committees and assisted with internal lab audits.
Aimee grew up in Yacolt, WA and is a native to the area. She traveled to Missoula, Montana and graduated from the University of Montana with a bachelors degree in Anthropology and a minor in International Development studies. Aimee has a passion for public health and is concerned about health inequalities and healthcare disparities.
In her free time, she enjoys exploring downtown Vancouver with her husband, snowboarding at Mt. Hood, and learning pyrography (wood burning).
Jessica believes the best healthcare comes from a meaningful partnership between her and her patients. The unique environment of the Direct Primary Care model has allowed her to provide a more personable, affordable, and comprehensive approach to her practice. As a result, the patient receives the highest quality care and best outcome. She enjoys caring for a variety of patients ranging from newborns to the elderly.
Jessica was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. After becoming a Registered Nurse in 2010, she earned a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Washington. She continued to get a Master's of Science in Nursing degree from Washington State University. She received her board certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2015 from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
When she is not at the office, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends outdoors.
Most likely the first face you will see when you walk through the door at Patient Direct Care is Sandi. Sandi considers it a privilege to work as a medical assistant and enjoys being able to have such personable interactions with the patients. Her extensive experience includes being a medical assistant in a variety of settings over the past 23 years, including family practice, surgical/cardiac labs, and public health just to name a few.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Sandi relocated to Washington in 2004 where she has continued her career and raised her beautiful children. Her passion is in community health and serving the underprivileged and underserved. Being fluent in English and Spanish has proved to be very valuable for Sandi and her outreach to the Hispanic population.
Maria brings a broad range of clinical experience from her 25 years working in a variety of healthcare settings. Early on she showed tremendous skill at quality control and meeting regulatory standards. She became Supervisor of Quality Assurance of a facility working with clinical trials and later a CDC Inspector ensuring that research labs across the country safely handle the most dangerous substances, like ricin and anthrax. Maria also worked for the National Toxicology Program at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) and later as a Laboratory Supervisor at Kaiser Permanente.
Maria believes in service before self. For the past 8 years, she has been a frequent volunteer at the Free Clinic of SW Washington, where her ability to speak fluent Spanish and medical background helped bridge the language gap for many Spanish speaking families. Until recently, she was the first and only Latina to be part of this organization's Board of Directors.
At Patient Direct Care, Maria wears multiple hats, from ensuring our lab quality, the safety of our X-ray facilities, human resources and accounts payable. Maria loves learning new things, and enjoys traveling and has become quite a "foodie". Family and friends mean EVERYTHING to Maria, and staying in touch with them is a top priority. Moving to the Pacific Northwest a decade ago has been an enormous blessing to Maria and her husband Dr Dino Ramzi, and they hope to put down lasting roots in the community they have grown to love.
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Discussion in 'General Electronics Chat' started by wcasper4, Dec 11, 2013.
Hello, first post here - looking for some help designing a circuit. I would call myself a beginner... I can build pretty simple things but have to look a lot up for more complicated designs.
I need help switching 250V on/off fast (sub microsecond). I know that photodiodes can be used as switches, but not quite sure how they actually work as switches. But I have a pretty basic idea of how I think I need to go about it. But not sure how to actually implement it.
What I planned on doing was using an external 5V trigger source to drive the leds.
When LED 1 is on, photodiode 1 sends 250V. When LED 2 is on, photodiode 2 sends 0V. Neither LED will be on at the same time.
The 250V will be coming from a 6kV supply that runs the rest of the set up.
Are you switching from a light source? Or do you just need isolation to switch 250v from 5v trigger?
Basically I just need a way to switch between 250V and 0V in 1 microsecond or less. And I was planning on driving that switch with a 5V TTL signal from a function generator.
I was just thinking that using leds and a photodiode was the easiest way to switch the 250V and 0V on/off fast with a function generator. If there's a bettwe way to do it I'm open to ideas.
It would have to drive a HV device though.
okay so it looks like what i need then is an opto-isolator. thank you! now just to find the right one.
From what I've seen. Might not find a 250v that is fast enough.
A low voltage output will drive a high voltage bjt or fet though.
Will the 500ns even be fast enough?
1us or less is all I need.
but, i can use a fast optocoupler to drive the mosfet. and the mosfet will be fast (<1us) as well?
So hypothetically, i can use a 5v pulse to drive the optocoupler, and the output of the optocoupler will drive the mosfet which will turn my 250V on.
Now, the duration of the 250V, that can be adjusted by how long of a 5V pulse I give the optocoupler?
Say I want to turn on the 250 V for 1us, i send a 5v 1us pulse to the optocoupler.
If I want the 250V on for 1ms though, I can just increase the pulse length and the optocoupler will respond accordingly?
Will something like these work?
ok. so i am a huge noob with this and am trying to figure it out. i have an opto isolator and n channel mosfet. how exactly do i connect them?
I have a 5v pulse from a function generator that will turn the optoisolator on and off, so how do i connect the optoisolator to the mosfet to "drive" it?
Which FET do you have? It would need to be a 'logic level' type if you have only 5V to drive it with.
I wasn't exactly sure what I totally might need, so I bought two of each of the following? I was getting 5V from the optocoupler, a previous post said I could use the optocoupler to drive a transistor.
But then I got thinking, why do I need the optocoupler at all, can't I just use the mosfet to switch the 250V on and off as quick as my trigger pulse width is?
No, it's not that. Most N-FETs need a gate voltage of about 10V to turn on fully and quickly. Logic level types will turn on fully with only 5V.
An opto-coupler is unlikely to provide enough current to charge/discharge the N-FET gate capacitance quickly enough directly, so a buffer transistor gate-driver stage would probably be needed.
Okay, maybe I am looking at this the wrong way. When the signal is high, I need 250V to be on. When low, I need 0V to be on. And the switching time is <1us.
I haven't found an optocoupler that will handle that type of voltage and switch that fast.
So, I am trying to work around this somehow?
You probably need to be looking in the general direction of a solid state relay - that takes care of the isolation, but it isn't easy to find a SSR sensitive enough for direct control by a photodiode - numerous manufacturers publish opto-app notes with examples of photdiodes connected to an op-amp.
Streetlights used to have a large cadmium-sulphide cell (LDR) rated at mains voltage for daylight switchoff, of course the LDR couldn't handle the lamp/ballast load - it controlled an electromechanical relay.
Cadmium sulphide LDRs seem to have pretty much vanished from catalogues since RoHS, but if your city council is replacing old inneficient streetlights - you might be in luck.
all of the solid state relays i have seen switch on a ms time scale.... i need a microsecond time scale...that's why i was trying to go the route of using a photodiode..
There might be something among the many LT appnotes.
A number of volumes of appnotes have been released into the internet as a tribute to Jim Williams who did most of the stuff in their apps lab.
Why do you need uS response to switch on a tens of mS wave!
The only part I cannot figure out what to do with is the "20" and "21". I need the 250V/0V to be switched on a μs time scale using a small voltage pulse from a function generator.
You might be best off using a valve, its harder to damage if you do some bit of the circuit wrong. Grounded grid is probably easiest, but you have to watch the cathode voltage connected to your solid stat part of the circuit (the photo diode wouldn't drive the cathode anyway).
Video amplifier transistors like the BF422/423 etc might go somewhere near the voltage you need to switch.
If you can get away with shunting the voltage as supplied by a current limiting resistor, you could consider the TO220 MOSFET as often found in set top boxes/VCRs/TVs/monitors etc - they are usually rated at least 600V and anything from 1A up.
The bigger the MOSFET; the bigger the gate capacitance, so if you want uS response you'll need a totem-pole gate driver that can both source and sink gate current. If you didn't need it to be so fast, a suitably biased photo diode could probably switch a typical MOSFET on and off according to light it receives.
Need help using MOSFET as switch for 12V application.


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Samsung's anti-Applemedia campaign continues today with a new video that talks about the Galaxy Note series... and how Apple allegedly imitates it with the new, 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus.
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Although it's here in the way that it's been officially announced, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 can't be purchased yet, as its launch is scheduled for the first half of October. At the same time, Apple is already taking pre-orders for the iPhone 6 Plus, and will release it on September 19.
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Q: Flask problem: decorators are overwriting each other I am working on creating a flask application with users that must log in. So I made two decorators, login_required and admin_required to check if the user is logged in and if they are an admin. This is the code:
# decorator so that users must be logged in to access the page.
def login_required(view):
    wraps(view)

    def log_req(**kwargs):
        if session['a_id'] is None:
            return redirect(url_for('website.login'))

        return view(**kwargs)

    return log_req

# decorator so that users must be an admin to access the page.
def admin_required(view):
    wraps(view)

    def adm_req(**kwargs):
        if session['role'] != 'admin':
            return redirect(url_for('wesite.portal_home'))

        return view(**kwargs)

    return adm_req

This is the route:
@website.route('/api/register-user', methods=('POST',))
@login_required
@admin_required
def register_user():
    ...

However, it gives me this error:

AssertionError: View function mapping is overwriting an existing endpoint function: website.log_req

If I reverse the order of the decorators, then it says that website.adm_req is being overwritten.
Why is that happening, and how can I fix this problem?

A: I found the problem. wraps(view) should be the decorator @wraps(view). This is the fixed function:
# decorator so that users must be logged in to access the page.
def login_required(view):
    @wraps(view)
    def log_req(**kwargs):
        if session['a_id'] is None:
            return redirect(url_for('website.login'))

        return view(**kwargs)

    return log_req

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This logical reasoning test is used to evaluate your analytical and logical thinking skills in a lateral way. You are presented with an incomplete series of symbols in a matrix format. You have to identify the missing symbol from the different alternatives available to choose from. The test has 12 questions and you have 75 seconds to answer each of them.
In this Talent Q elements numerical test, you are presented with multiple graphs and tables similar to many numerical aptitude tests. However, this test is slightly different. For each set of data presented, you have to answer 3-4 questions. For the first question you are given 90 seconds to answer it and for the subsequent questions you have only 75 seconds. There are up to 10 different answer choices per question and the questions become increasingly difficult.
Even if you are good at these tests instinctively, it isn't enough to be sure of success. Time pressure can force people to not think as clearly as they are able to do so in normal situations. This is why JobTestPrep has created a Standard Chartered preparation pack to improve your skills and better your chance of success.
What motivates you to work with others?
How will you feel if given a task by your boss?
Have you ever recorded a major set back?
How would you achieve customer satisfaction?
How do you feel when others ask you for advice?
When was the last time you adapted your interpersonal style?
What was the last big mistake you made as well as lessons learnt?
How do you build relationships with fellow graduates?
What personal characteristics will you say have contributed to your success today?
Before you sit down to record, think of some good examples to use in the interview and plan out your answers using the STAR method. For further practice, you can use our interview preparation package.
After a successful video interview, you will be invited to a face-to-face interview at the Standard Chartered offices. This interview is usually with two representatives from the company, either members of the HR department or your potential managers. In the interview, you are asked strength-based questions such as "How do you deal with a difficult person?" and "Why have you chosen this career path?" Before the interview, take a moment to think about your greatest strengths and examples in which they are shown. Use the STAR method to structure your answers. For more helpful tips on succeeding in interviews, review our free interview preparation PDF.
At this stage in the process, you will be sent a link to the Standard Chartered case study, which is more similar to an e-tray exercise. You are given 6 or 7 work-related emails to respond to in a little over an hour. You must respond to each email in the appropriate manner, answering questions and giving the details necessary for your "co-workers". This is an assessment of your prioritising skills and how well you deal in a high-pressured environment. To get a good sense of what's involved in this exercise, explore our in-tray practice pack.
Following a successful interview, you will be invited to take part in a Standard Chartered business discussion. This is a three part assessment which includes a group exercise, a case study interview, and a structured interview. Before this assessment, you will be sent a copy of a company report to review. The report and your analysis are the focus of this stage.
The group exercise is a discussion between candidates on the report you have been sent. Besides a clear understanding of the report, which is crucial throughout, you are being assessed on your ability to perform in a group setting. How well you explain yourself and how you make your opinions heard are just as important as not over talking and dealing with alternative opinions. Make sure you practice these skills with our group exercise practice pack.
The business interview is where your analysis of the company report comes into play. Here you will meet with representatives from the company who will ask you questions related to the report. This is a test of your skills to find out how well you understood the information in the report and how well you can present the findings to the assessors. You can expect questions regarding business trends and what improvements you would suggest for the next year. A great way to prepare is with our case study practice to get expert tips.
This is the final stage in the recruitment process in which you are interviewed by the head of the department you are applying to. There are questions related to your CV, background and experience, as well as your overall impression of the company and the business discussion. This is also an opportunity for you to ask questions about the company and your potential role. Review the job description and read up on the company to help make a great impression. You can even use our online interview tutorial to add that final touch to your interview skills.
Standard Chartered uses a multi-step process to recruit the best graduates. With the advice and preparation resources outlined in this article, you can be sure to feel confident and be successful when applying.
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OTP Not Required For Online Payments - Mobile Networks to use this
byTechi Yogiz
Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea are also hoping to use this to counter fraud that occurs through so-called SIM mirroring to breach bank accounts and other secure digital enclaves.
Tackling The Password Fatigue :-
Presently, customers have to wait for a four-to-six digit onetime password (OTP) to come on their smartphone after providing their mobile numbers to an app or site to do a financial transaction. This unique number has to be fed for the transaction to be completed. In case of any delay, the transaction gets timed out, forcing customers to toggle between sites. The transaction could even get stalled in some cases, with money going out of the account.
"It is leading to password fatigue across age groups. We are working on this kind of mobile identity, which will ensure secure transactions in one shot," said a senior executive at one of the operators told the business daily.
This feature which is getting piloted currently, should be available to all by the first half of 2021, depending on regulatory clearances according to telecom executives.
Unified API :-
The publication quoted Rajdipkumar Gupta, managing director at Route Mobile as saying "Route Mobile will offer these services to enterprises directly. On the one hand, we build the identity layer by liaising with operators. On the other hand, we offer a unified API (application programming interface) that brands can leverage to enable Mobile Identity services for authenticating users. So the enterprises will have to pay vendors like us to avail this service and we pay operators."
The API is a software intermediary that allows two applications to talk to each other. According to the telecom executive cited earlier, there won't be any reduction in security measures.
The executive said "Earlier, one had two-step security process — punch in the mobile number and wait for the OTP. Now, the same two-step process is used — your mobile number and then the verification".
The founder of techARC, Faisal Kawoosa, told the business daily that this will curb SIM mirroring, which is on the increase. "Financial transactions should be allowed on this too, and although customers may initially hesitate to opt for this, they will soon get used to no OTP" he said.
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In this conversation from June 2007, Jerry Granelli talks about building Trungpa Rinpoche's mandala, remaining true to your understanding of his vision, substance abuse, and the pitfalls of imitating the guru.
Well, I suppose time will tell. I don't disagree with Jerry, but I'm not sure that Trungpa Rinpoche's legacy is safe with SMR's students, those among the 'younger generation' who were not raised in households directly influenced by Trungpa Rinpoche. Because it doesn't seem that SMR is emphasizing lineage in the way that Trungpa Rinpoche did, which was actually a source of a great deal of strength and conviction, not to mention blessings for us.


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It's one of those days
By jklcpa,
March 1, 2018 in General Chat
jklcpa
State:--
I just got off the phone with a client that is dumb as a rock. Seriously. Two years in a row I discovered that she wrote down her phone number wrong. I tried to call several days in a row for answers to my questions to no avail. "That number is not in service." With that, I sent her my printout of notes with 2 simple questions 10 days ago. Days go by with nothing but crickets, and then she called from the (correct) number that she should have given me, and it is apparently in her boyfriend's name, so I assumed it was a spoofed fake name from a robocall and didn't answer the call. After listening to her message and calling her back using redial, she wonders how I had the correct phone # to call after I told her that she wrote it down wrong. When I asked if she got my notes in the mail, she said 'no' and then said, "well, I didn't open anything from you anyway" Arrrrggggghhhhh!
I suffered on with the conversation and mentioned that tax law changes should benefit her but that it might be a good idea to check her 2018 withholding (because she's one that likes a big refund) because the IRS revised the withholding tables, and if she would like to discuss that to please bring a recent pay stub, and ... wait for it... she said "oh, one more way they are screwing us."
Did I say Arrrrggggghhhhh! already? She's one that won't be invited back next year.
State:MA
for this client!
I don't recognize the picture you included, but feel like I should. Who is it?
grmy2h
State:VA
1 minute ago, Catherine said:
Will Robinson - Lost in Space.
Terry D
ATX Guru
State:NC
It is Billy Mummy who played the part of Will Robinson. Now I'm dating myself.
Jack from Ohio
State:OH
11 minutes ago, grmy2h said:
4 minutes ago, Terry D said:
That picture is form an episode of "The Twilight Zone" in which the little boy controls the whole town because of he evil powers.
Yep, Jack got it right. The episode is called "It's a Good Life" where the little boy wishes people off to the cornfield.
Didn't recognize the episode but it is still Billy Mummy
I *knew* the kid looked familiar! I certainly watched Lost In Space (where he was older), but I did not really watch the Twilight Zone. Thank you all!
Abby Normal
State:MD
12 hours ago, Jack from Ohio said:
controls the whole town because of he evil powers
Jack's dream job.
10 minutes ago, Abby Normal said:
3 hours ago, Catherine said:
Twilight Zone reruns are fun to watch. You constantly see many actors in their younger years as they were starting out before they went on to become famous.
Lion EA
State:CT
And, you can binge watch a bunch on many holidays.
ATXaholics Anonymous
State:MO
Idiot clients?
Client makes a solid salary and is a single earner in the household - last few years he'd made about $150k. They always received a $7k refund which they used on vacation.
Nothing changed from what I can tell in their lives except he took a new position in the company and this year earned $345k. Nice. Except now they owe about $4k with the return.
The wife informed me she didn't have a clue how they were ever going to be able to afford to pay that and is wondering about a monthly payment plan. How is that possible?
1 minute ago, Roberts said:
2 minutes ago, Roberts said:
didn't have a clue how they were ever going to be able to afford
Maybe they can do a payday loan.
single earner
But I bet there double spender!
I see these kinds too often and I always ask, 'no interest or dividends', with my most incredulous look.
State:LA
12 minutes ago, Roberts said:
Robert, I think your answer to "How is that possible?" is in the prior sentence (same paragraph). It's the wife...the husband is a single wage earner for the family and the wife is a stay at home shopaholic and may have found a nice little place to gamble too. I have seen couples like this and God forbid, something tragic happens with the wife. After, the widower trucks on and always has plenty enough to pay me without asking me to hold his check. I can say this outloud because I'm a female too! Not one who would live way beyond my means....but nevertheless I have seen it happen too many times over the years.
JKL,
You took the words right out of my mouth..."She's one that won't be invited back next year."
Life is too short for such nonsense, and you can count on the fact that she's a tad bit smarter than she lets on. Not too big of a tad, but a tad anyway! With all of the
changes that have come and gone and will come again next year, if you don't give it your all, you don't come back! You may even be told to go somewhere else before next year!
I've been to their house - I don't see the wife as a big spender. It's a nice house and they drive nice cars but they've had them all a few years. It's certainly not clothing or jewelry from what I've seen.
I have another couple about 30 years of age and no kids. She makes $100k and he makes $130k. They live in a $150k home (with a full mortgage) and have no assets outside of their retirement plan (they do contribute about $30k there). WTF is the money? I have friends who make exceptionally similar money at 50 years of age - NO dividends or interest and a full mortgage (they just built a new / slightly larger house but nothing massive).
My guess is high-end phone plans, top-of-the-line cable TV service. Dinners at nice restaurants, buying lunch every day at work. Vacations that involve hotels and airfare. Eats up the money fast.
SaraEA
I too have clients who have very nice incomes and little in the way of interest or divs. When I call them and say they can put $28k into their SEP, owe IRS and state $10k, and need to make first-quarter estimates of $5k, they say "okay." Where is that money coming from? Most are not in cash businesses and are smart enough not to keep their cash under the mattress.


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'Big Brother' Tops Thursday Ratings As Shows Return From July 4 Break
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CBS' Big Brother (1.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 3.99 million viewers) returned to the top of the heap as primetime's top-rated and most watched show Thursday, teaming with the latest installment of Love Island (0.6, 2.61M) and a new Elementary (0.4, 2.89M) to help the network tie for the night's top demo spot with Fox and win overall in viewers.
Love Island, the UK import in Night 3 of its stretch run, matched its 0.6 demo rating from its previous two nights. Big Brother's latest eviction show was even with Wednesday's episode, while Elementary grew two tenths from a week ago on Fourth of July.
Fox countered with new episodes of MasterChef (0.7, 3.04M) and Spin the Wheel (0.6, 2.64M), with both even after taking last week off for the holiday.
ABC edged out Fox for No. 2 in viewers for the night with the return of its lineup led by Holey Moley (0.8, 3.95M), which ranked as Thursday second best show in the demo and total viewers though it dipped a tenth. That was followed by Family Food Fight (0.5, 2.40M), down a tenth, and Reef Break (0.4, 2.26M), up a tenth.
NBC's lone original on the night was Hollywood Game Night (0.5, 2.65M).
The CW meanwhile launched Season 2 of its fantasy adventure The Outpost (0.1, 610,000) leading out of a new iZombie (0.2, 0.59M) which was steady.
This article was printed from	https://deadline.com/2019/07/big-brother-tv-ratings-holey-moley-love-island-1202645529/


The House of Staunton is a manufacturer of chess products. HouseofStaunton.com is the official website and online store of the company. There are handcrafted standard traditional wood chess boards and pieces. They are designed and made in the United States. There are special collections such as the HOS Collector's Club. You can buy chess pieces, tables and boards, sets and boxes, imperfect chess items, bags, clocks, books, software and DVDs. There are chess computers too. You can browse club supplies, score books and accessories. The company makes custom printed chess products tailored to meet preset needs. There are varying discounts on orders depending on the value.


Here we have another entry from Kira's player, with some very minimal editing.
Leaping over the wall was the first unavoidable test of the security system this night. Either there would be scanners on the perimeter that would detect me or they wouldn't. Once on the ground, I focused on my senses to see if I could pick up anything that might signal they know of my presence. The building here inside the wall was a solid structure about ten stories tall with no windows or doors save the front and rear entrances. Looks like they didn't want anything to have an easy time getting in…. or out.
Not sensing anything dangerous yet, I was left with a decision: front or back? Back door was the obvious and predictable angle of approach. The front door would be much more conspicuous but less likely to be trapped or heavily monitored. I couldn't turn invisible or hide in plain sight, but with the stealth suit I could certainly be hard to detect. The lack of apparent cover around the entrance further helped with that as it made it easier on the stealth suit to blend in.
Front door it is then.
Taking care to ensure I didn't put myself in a situation where the suit would really stand out, I made my way to the front door. Of course, the door was locked. I could probably slice the lock given time, but that would take time and probably alert the security system. Best to find another way in besides the door itself. The air curtain system looked promising. It certainly didn't looked wired, and the main fan was definitely moving slowly enough that I could probably slide past. I took my time moving over to the wall and then levitating up it until I reached the ceiling. From there I "crawled" over to the vent and carefully pried it open enough to allow me to slide in.
Screwing it back into position was not a good idea, but allowing it to hang open was also out of the question. I grabbed one of my plastic knives and used it to wedge the vent shut from the inside. That way I could open it back up in a hurry if I found myself trying to escape quickly. Above me lay the main fan that supplied volume for the air curtain. Since the doorway hadn't been used recently, the fan was turning at a lazy coasting speed. I saw three options: wedge the fan in place, stop it momentarily, or time my leap through it.
Wedging the fan would like trigger alarms in the control system and trigger maintenance routines and thus blowing my cover. Stopping it for a moment might or might not raise any alarms, and that depended on how paranoid the designers were about momentary faults. Well the Baramour are Sith after all. So that left timing the leap through it to pass. I disliked doing that because the more I used my ability the more likely any Force sensitive nearby might sense me. So I will have to try to do this without actively using my power.
I watched the blades of the fan turning slowly, feeling the rhythm of the rotation. A little bit of passive precognition helped with the timing as I felt the moment come and stepped through the spinning blades with only an inch to spare. Yet another reason this suit is form fitting. Dresses tended to get caught in stuff while doing this sort of thing. Not that they aren't useful for disguising kicks.
From here the duct work branched off in several directions. It looked like the system was designed to funnel return air outside through the air curtain to keep circulation fresh. An amateur would crawl along the ducts all the way inside. That is why builders put so many sensors in the ducts to detect intruders these days. It would be far better to get into the hallways where I am likely to only face cameras and a few other minor things. After all, you can't fill a corridor with sensors designed to pick up intruders in a heavily trafficked area without a lot of redundancy or a full time maintenance staff.
The first vent to the lobby was right at my feet. Quietly laying down on the paneling, I peered through the vent. I could see a security guard watching a holographic display of the building tracking the location of maintenance droids and security guards. Sadly I couldn't see much through the vent. I needed to get a closer look.
Looking at the vent itself, I quickly confirmed the latch was on the other side much to my annoyance. Why can't these things just lift up and fall into place? Probably to keep people like myself annoyed or out, I imagine. Moving the latch with the Force was the obvious option, with the obvious problems that entailed. Using a knife to pry the latch through the vent would also work, but that could make a lot of noise if it hadn't been greased in a while.
Looking at the mechanism itself though, it appeared like the latch held the vent in place using a set of tongue and groove ridges that slid into position. Bending the metal frame took more effort than I liked without tapping into my enhancement, but I was able to free the vent on three sides and pull it into the duct. That gave me a clear line of sight to the guard sitting at the security desk, if not the holo like I wanted.
I pulled out the grapnel and tied it off to one of the support beams directly above the vent. The other end I connected to my suit harness and began to lower myself upside down into the lobby right beside the security guard's desk. It was a simple matter to snap his neck. I then propped him up in a sleeping position.
Now I had a clear view of the holo projection. Looked like there were security guards on each floor patrolling as well as a healthy stock of security droids stashed in various locations around the building. This display also neatly provided me with a layout of all the various sensor systems. Interestingly, while the system showed the interior of most of the building, it didn't show the contents of a rather large room on the fifth floor. Right across the hallway from the freight elevator no less.
Hmm. Storage perhaps? But why is it not part of the scanned layout?
Lowering myself to the floor, I retracted the grapnel and wedged the vent back into place with a knife. It wouldn't pass a close inspection, but I wasn't expecting the guards to be looking that closely at a vent when they would have a dead guard on their hands.
The hallways were monitored with visual sensors according to the holo system. But with the guard watching the visual dead, that shouldn't pose an issue. The guards themselves may be equipped with a more versatile sensor pack though. Well, the next obstacle on this floor was the patroller wandering around. He was the most likely to find the one at the desk dead, so he needed to go as well.
Spotting him on the holo, I moved to intercept him at the hallway junction so that I would come up behind him. Edging around the corner, I could tell he was bored and too relaxed. Treading lightly, I slipped up behind him and stuck a knife into his heart from behind. Muffling his scream, I lowered him to the ground and took off the goggles he was wearing over his eyes. Peering into them, they looked to be a standard thermal, visual, and ultra-violet suite. Visual and ultra-violet wouldn't pose too much of an issue, but the thermal would pick me out or where I've been.
Damn, this makes things more difficult.
If they were smart, they would have had the guards outfitted with bio-monitors designed to alarm if the guard died or went unconscious. Luckily too many Sith equated that with actually caring for the minions. I drug his body to the restroom and shoved him into one of the stalls. Hopefully no one would notice him there for a while. With that guard disposed of, I took a quick look around. This floor mainly appeared to be offices and locker rooms for the staff. The administrator and doctor's offices were not on this floor though. Probably on one of the floors above me.
With that done, I climbed the stairs to the second floor. Looked like the designers went with an open floorplan on this floor filled with desks and massive computer systems. Bundles of fiber cable as thick as my arm were all over the floor connecting things and going to panels in the walls and floors. I could sense the guard patrolling was on the far side of the building making his rounds.
Looking around, I couldn't help but notice what was running on several of the computer displays. It looked like some sort of genetic sequencing software running comparisons between two genomes. I never studied genetics in much detail, but from what I could tell the two genomes were of highly divergent species at the very least. What was going on here? No matter. I did notice a pile of disks labeled as backups and pocketed them. Never know what I might find of interest on them.
Ambushing the guard was another simple matter. This time I threw a knife down an aisle way and into his brain. I couldn't risk him stumbling upon my heat trail and raising the alarm. Disposing of the body was another simple matter as it looked like with all the computer systems, the designers had installed a raised flooring to handle all the ventilation and cabling requirements. I pulled up one of the floor panels, dropped the body in, and then replaced the panel. With any luck, it would be days before anyone found him.
Third floor was filled with more equipment. Much of this appeared to be genome assemblers, protein synthesizers and culture vats. Well this neatly explained how they might have contaminated the bacta used on my arm. They have enough equipment here to make the stuff in bulk if they wanted to. This certainly gives the Baramour the means to have helped Jurin sabotage my arm. Of course, given all this, the Baramour have the means to manufacture a new plague everyday indefinitely. It still doesn't explain why the Baramour would break the neutrality agreements though.
The guard on this floor seemed to be busy watching maintenance droids work on one of the culture vats that apparently had an accident of some sort. With him preoccupied, I decided to leave him alone. Besides, killing him in front of all those droids was asking for trouble I didn't need.
Fourth floor was where the administrator and doctor's offices were located. Looked like all the offices had retinal scanners to open the doors. Some Varen have learned the art of cracking security systems like these using all sorts of technical expertise. Some even competed with each other on who could bypass the most difficult lock in the shortest time. I never had much aptitude for that sort of thing. I had my own, much simpler method for opening this kind of lock.
I just needed the retina of someone who had clearance.
The patrolling guard worked just nicely for this. It would have been a pain lugging his corpse around to each of the offices I wanted to open, so I just tore out one of his eyes and stuck it on a knife for conveniences sake. It took a moment to figure out I was holding the eye upside down, but flipping the knife fixed that.
Nothing in any of the offices looked to be blatantly incriminating, which was to be expected. The datapads all wanted passwords to unlock. I had neither the time or the patience to try to crack those, so I started systematically removing the data cards from them and pocketing the cards and any disks I could find. Some of the Varen techs can play with the data cards to see what they can learn.
Finally on the fifth floor, I could easily tell which room was the one I saw in the holo as it was directly across from the freight elevator and had a doorway large enough for bulk shipments. The door and surrounding walls all looked to be reinforced and magnetically sealed. Well that is odd to say the least. While some medical supplies are dangerous, none of them warrant building the equivalent of a bomb shelter on the fifth floor. What could they be hiding in there?
Cutting through the door before morning would be nigh impossible with the tools I had with me. The wall didn't look any easier. The doorway itself looked to be sealed with an electronic locking mechanism looking for a hand print and retinal scan. I had reached the conclusion of trying the guard's hand and eye to see if they would work when the guard came around the corner.
Not one to waste the opportunity, I sliced his throat before he could call for help. Once he was done dying, I picked him up and held his head to the retinal scanner while placing his hand on the palm scanner. The large door opened with a hiss as the pressure equalized. I walked in while tossing the corpse aside and began to look around the room.
The room was not filled with crates and racks of medical supplies like I had anticipated. Instead, the room was filled with row upon row of tanks filled with a glowing blue fluid reminiscent of bacta tanks. Curiosity got the better of me and I proceeded further inside for a closer look. The door closed behind me with a quiet creak. Looked like each of the tanks was filled with some sort of creature and no two were quite the same. Some seemed to be no older than an embryo, while others looked to be fully grown adults. Strange thing was that I was unable to identify the species.
This one in particular was huge, nearly three meters in height. Two legs and four arms all powerfully built, and black skin that looked to have more in common with chitin or armor than flesh. Eyes were a bit odd too, with two eyes more of the human fashion and another pair looking somewhat insectoid beneath them.
Looking at each of the tanks in turn, I couldn't recognize any of them. I thought I could recognize elements of some species in some of the creatures, but none of them matched completely with anything I've seen or heard of before. It was almost like these were all hybrids of some sort.
(Intercom) Do you like our handiwork?
Damn, have I been detected or is there someone else in here that he's talking to?
(Intercom) Don't bother trying to hide. You stand out quite nicely on thermal imaging. Quite nicely indeed. Now will you kindly identify yourself and surrender or shall we move straight to the termination process?
I saw no need to volunteer any more information than I had to. Plus I hadn't given up on escaping either. I started sliding back to the door I come through in the hopes that I could break line of sight that way. Just as I was about to press the button to open the doorway, I was knocked off my feet as a sudden force came out of nowhere and hit me in the chest. Next thing I was on the floor wet and aware of something large stomping towards me.
I rolled to the side and back onto my feet as a large black foot slammed into the floor where I was a moment ago. I found myself face to face with the large four armed creature I saw before, now loosed from it's tank.
(Intercom) I don't recall giving you the option of escape. However, if you really wish to fight the inevitable, then please, I am in need of a benchmark test of my latest chimera. Pity it had to be against such a weak Sith such as yourself.
Chimera? I thought they were myths or something. Was this thing a hybrid between two different species then?
I didn't have any time to ponder as the chimera swung at me with one of it's fist and connected with my right temple. That sent me flying several meters before I was able to right myself and land on my feet. By the time my vision cleared again, the thing was on top of me again launching another punch at my head. Tapping into the Force to enhance my speed, I barely managed to dodge that attack only to completely miss the opposing underarm hit me in the stomach. That flung me into another tank cracking the glass but not breaking it. Air came in gasps as my lungs struggled to refill.
Whatever was going on, this chimera's strength and speed was immense. I could barely keep up pulling on my full Force power. Our strength and speed might have been about the same, but this thing definitely had the size advantage, and in a battle like this, that was all that mattered.
It charged again with all four fists raised. I rolled to the side and flung my feet out in a move designed to trip it into the tank. My timing was good, but the sheer strength and momentum of that charge overwhelmed that trip and caused it to only stumble instead. I flipped on it's back, wrapped my legs around it's torso and got the chimera into a headlock as I tried to snap it's neck. It used two arms to peel off my attempts to break it's neck and another two arms to grab one of my legs and fling me at the door.
My head hit the door first and the impact momentarily made my vision go white. My Force power was too focused on trying to keep me conscious and moving to be able to predict where it would strike next, but I didn't need that to know exactly what it was doing next. Not really sure of my orientation, but certain I had to move now, I rolled in a somersault and then went flat against the floor as the chimera sailed overhead into the door and rung it like a bell.
My vision returning and once again on my feet, I saw that the chimera had torn the door loose from the frame from the sheer momentum of the impact. The chimera itself was busily trying to dig itself out from under the remains of the doorway. Not being stupid enough to continue the fight, I made a run for it out into the hallway.
I had barely made the turn into the stairwell when a piece of the door flew down the hall not inches from my arm. Whatever this thing was, it could see me well enough to try and hit me at range. Not even bothering to run down the stairs, I jumped over the railing and fell the four flights of stairs to the ground floor. Hitting the ground, I made a mad dash to the main entrance. The sound of a crash behind me told me the chimera had followed me down the stairwell. I had a mere ten seconds at best to get out the door and into the open before it cornered me.
Running into the lobby, past the dead guard at the desk, I pulled out the lightsaber and made quick work of the door. That got me out into the open of the grounds where I was less likely to be cornered by that monstrosity. I briefly considered trying to use the opportunity to stop and kill the creature, but I didn't know how much longer I had until more Baramour showed up to hunt me down. If I was lucky, minutes, if not, they were likely already here.
So I picked a direction and leapt over the wall. Continuing my run from there, I made a straight run for the cluster of buildings that was the advanced class dorms. Inevitably there was some bunch of idiots out at this hour stirring up mischief and I hoped to use them as a distraction. My intuition paid off as there were two large groups out in the plaza posturing and probably getting ready for a status fight. I ran right to the center where the two ring leaders were about to face off and jumped over them and into one of the crowds.
The ring leaders could sense my presence but couldn't see me, on the other hand, they could also sense the chimera coming up behind them as they turned to face it and ignored me only for the ring leaders to get trampled in it's wake. That neatly stirred up the rest of the bunch to pull out their lightsabers and attack the chimera trying to find me. I did my best to keep the chimera distracted as the various Sith tried to hack at it through the thick chitin hide.
A good number of them died before they finally managed to kill the damned thing. It looks like too many of them were too dependent on being faster and stronger than their opponents to fight back effectively. Still, through sheer force of numbers and the superior power of lightsabers against that armor plating, they managed to finally kill it. About half of them were dead or needed serious medical attention. That was disconcerting to see one creature do.
Amazingly, one of the ring leaders was still alive after that slaughter.
(Leader) I can't see you, but I can sense you. Whoever you are, you better be grateful for us cleaning up your mess here.
I ignored him and quietly walked away. Breathing was still a bit hard, and I suspect a few ribs may have been cracked. I also probably had bruises and maybe even a concussion. Surpressing my Force abilities only seemed to make things worse as I grew dizzy, my vision blurred, breathing became hard, and I was having trouble walking. I guess I am going to have to lean on my powers until I get to a doctor. I checked myself over looking for any signs of tracers or cuts that might have left blood dna evidence behind before being satisfied. I went and found my bike where I had stashed it and rode home after disengaging the camoflauge.
Father was waiting for me outside the house when I pulled in.
(Father) I take it you were part of that ruckus over at the medical building?
(Valerie) Are they already accusing me?
(Father) No, they apparently couldn't identify the intruder and are asking for our cooperation in this matter.
(Valerie) Well that is good.
(Father) Before I begin lecturing you about the political consequences of what you've done, may I ask why you did it?
(Valerie) I have reason to suspect the Baramour are not as neutral as they maintain. But I couldn't prove that based on what I had.
(Father) So you went looking for evidence. Did you find what you were looking for?
(Valerie) No, but I think I may have found something better. Looks like the Baramour are running experiments trying to create anti-Sith bioweapons. I think it might all be on these disks and cards I grabbed.
(Father) Any chance that this could be traced back to us?
(Valerie) No, I took all the usual precautions, about all they would have on me is a thermographic profile of me through the suit.
(Father) Well, that should mask things considerably. All they should be able to get is rough height and weight estimates. Not enough to make a match.
(Valerie) Father, I need to see the doctor, I am having trouble functioning without my Force powers.
I had meant for him to let me be so I could see the doctor myself, but was astonished to find myself picked up and carried to medical. The doctor did determine that I had three broken ribs and a concussion, but that with treatment I should be fully functional again in a day. The doctor started the treatments and put me to sleep.
This time I dreamed about trying to sort all the mail going to Coruscant faster than it arrived. The magnitude of the task was an overwhelming feeling.
I woke up in the Varen medical bay a cold sweat. The doctor was there along with Thelos.
(Thelos) Ah good, you have awoken my Lady. I am pleased to see this. I wish I could say you could rest some more, but your Father has requested your presence the moment you awoke.
(Valerie) Things have not gone well while I was asleep then?
(Thelos) No my Lady, the corpse of the creature you killed and the data you retrieved have blown the lid wide open on a number of Baramour plots. War between the Sith factions is likely.
Suddenly I heard Father's voice from behind me near the door.
(Father) Indeed, we must act quickly if we are to keep things from getting out of hand. Get dressed, I have a mission for you and Kira. I shall explain once you get to the garden.


Hammer Source Interface Crash Course in 15 minutes. The tutorial covers the entire interface to get you started mapping in Hammer Source. Most commonly used functions are covered.
After watching the 15 minute video you will be comfortable navigating around the viewports in Hammer Source and you'll be ready to start mapping.
If you don't have Hammer Source or don't know how to get it, make sure to check out this tutorial.
Launch the Hammer Source Editor with either SourceSDK or Authoring Tools.
First thing you want to do is check and set your grid options.
Go up to Map --> Snap to Grid/Show Grid.
Check to see if these two options are checked.
Increase/Decrease Grid by using the bracket keys. This hotkey is going to be very commonly used throughout your mapping in Hammer Source.
On bottom right notice the Snap On Grid value. This value and option tells your current grid size and if your grid has snaps turned on.
Super important is to always stay on the grid and have your grid snapping turned on.
In perspective viewport you will notice camera text. If you click on camera, view options for that viewport will come up.
Here you can change how you are able to view your objects within that viewport.
Ctrl+E is a common shortcut that centers orthographic (top, side, front) viewports on selected objects.
Tools --> Texture Lock. Make sure this is checked on. This helps to keep textures locked in place if you are resizing and moving brushes.
Commonly used functions are found in the Map Tool Bar. You'll be using all of these during your map production.
Watch the video at the beginning of the post for explanation of each function.


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Q: Identifying Danfoss compressor controller connector I have a Danfoss refrigeration compressor that is connected to its electronic controller via a three-pin connector. (I.e. the connections for the three motor windings.) I am looking for the name of this plug and corresponding receptacle.
The dimensions of the plug are approximately 20x30mm. The pin holes are separated by 11 or 12mm (center to center).
The pins of the opposite look like solid, round metal pins with a diameter of approximately 1.5mm and a length of approximately 5mm (maybe more).

A: It's look like a terminal plug 8615-4 it is specific to danfoss 101N0210 serie  (see the Danfoss catalog.


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Cathay Pacific eyeing outback 'boneyard': Report
written by Sandy Milne | July 7, 2020
Cathay Pacific 777 crosses Hong Kong (Cathay)
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific is considering shifting some of its long-haul planes to desert storage facilities, according to an anonymous company source cited by Reuters.
All options are on the table for the airline, which is said to be mulling the fate of over 50 of its wide body aircraft.
Dry storage destinations under consideration include those spread across the US, the United Arab Emirates, and the Australian outback – all viewed as attractive locations for mothballing aircraft as Hong Kong enters its humid summer period.
The move comes after several long-haul heavyweights including Qantas, Air New Zealand, and Singapore Airlines have sent sizeable portions of their fleet to low-humidity storage facilities, indicating an expectation of an extended slump in air travel.
One of the more popular sites has been Alice Springs' Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage (APAS) facility, located in the central Australian outback.
Over the course of the past week, Singapore Airlines has sent off six of its 19 Airbus A380 planes to APAS, which already hosts 15 of the group's aircraft.
APAS doubles as an aircraft boneyard – and as yet, it is unclear whether either Cathay or Singapore intend any of these planes for early retirement.
While Cathay declined to comment on the number being considered for long-term storage and/or retirement, the report says that the decision is being weighed across three different fleets–the Cathay Pacific, Cathay Dragon and the Hong Kong Express brands.
"We are exploring alternative locations beyond Hong Kong's humid summer climate that can provide appropriate conditions for our aircraft while they are not flying," Cathay said in a statement in response to the Reuters report.
"This is a prudent decision from an asset management perspective."
The airline previously indicated it is undertaking a comprehensive review of its operations and aims to make a recommendation to the board on the optimal future size and shape of the group by the fourth quarter.
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The Golden Globes made their return after a one-year forced hiatus in 2021, and it was not terrible. Most of that is down to host Jerrod Carmichael, who we will talk about later. Right now, I want to talk about the global sensation RRR and what the state of the Oscar race is now that the first big awards show of the year is in the can.
For reference, the Oscars' nomination voting closes on January 17, one week from today and two days after the Critics Choice Awards this weekend. The key takeaway is that this is still a wide-open race. Some people took a big step closer to the Oscar, such as Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett, who both cement their places atop the Best Actress race as each won Best Actress (for comedy and drama, respectively). Ke Huy Quan, the most awarded actor of the season, all but has Best Supporting Actor in the bag. And both Austin Butler and Colin Farrell picked up some momentum in their three-way race with Brendan Fraser.
But the biggest gainer of the night? Tollywood hit RRR. It was the surprise Netflix movie of the summer—if you haven't seen it yet, fix your life—and it is making a charge for several Oscar categories, including Best Picture. It's not impossible for RRR to be one of the ten nominees, and Netflix is making a big push for writer/director S.S. Rajamouli, as well as cinematographer K.K. Senthil Kumar and editor A. Sreekar Prasad. Can it pull off nominations in all those categories? It's a long shot, for sure. But Best Original Song? RRR got a huge boost over the likes of Rihanna, Taylor Swift, and Lady Gaga last night when it won at the Globes for "Naatu Naatu", the WILDLY catchy dance-off song by M.M. Keeravaani and Chandrabose (Keeravaani accepted the award).
If you're wondering, yes, I watch "Naatu Naatu" all the way through every time I post that video. I would like musicals more if every dance number was as fun and good and narratively important as that.
RRR stars Ram Charan and N.T. Rama Rao, Jr. were on hand last night, as was director Rajamouli. While I personally think RRR is deserving of the same consideration given to the other big movies of the year, namely Avatar: The Way of the Water and Top Gun: Maverick, thinking through Oscar odds, "Naatu Naatu" remains their best bet for an actual win. And it would be deserved because that's a great song and it's doing a lot of narrative work within the film itself, it's not just playing over the credits.
Also, I hope they bring back the live performances for Best Original Song nominees, solely because I want to see how they stage "Naatu Naatu". I don't need dumb Jimmy Kimmel bits mid-show, but I DO need to see how Charan and Rao perform the dance-off live. This is what the Oscars should be for! Stop trying to relate to normies on the sidewalk or whatever and bring the magic of the movies into our living rooms! Specifically, do it with the best dance number of the year from the most rad movie of the year! We could actually have fun with the Oscars, it doesn't HAVE to be a drag. But we'll probably get a two-second clip of the song during the nominee reel and spend 20 minutes of the show on Jimmy Kimmel trying to get a man on the street to guess who Brendan Fraser is, or something like that.
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We are seeking individuals who will be fabricating electronic, electro-mechanical assemblies (and sub-assemblies) to Engineering drawings. Fabrication will include the ability to place and solder components on circuit cards and sub-assemblies. The fabrication of wiring harnesses will require connector pinning and de-pinning, and applying mounting hardware. In addition, these lower level assemblies are to be built-up into single, or multi-bay cabinet assemblies, for the delivery to Engineering or Manufacturing Production areas. This position will provide the opportunity for the candidate to work as individual contributor, in a team environment. This would include collaborating with Engineers, and other members of the Fabrication team including other Fabricators, Draftsmen, Procurement, and Quality Inspectors. Daily activity would include not only a fast-paced fabrication environment, but it would also include using several computer based programs that will update job status, Quality Inspections, and Engineering changes.
1. 1-5 years of experience working with electronic equipment fabrication at the assembly and sub assembly level.
2. 1-5 years of experience in wiring, surface mount, and soldering skills.
3. Must be able read and understand mechanical/electrical drawings in order to fabricate complex prototypes.
4. Able to build from a kit and using drawing requirements, prepares items for fabrication, test, and submittal to Quality and then Integration.
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US steps up drone war on Pakistan
By Bill Van Auken
US drone attacks in northwest Pakistan killed at least 14 people in little more than 24 hours, including 10 who died in a Thursday morning missile strike on a mosque.
The escalation of the US drone war comes in the wake of the NATO summit in Chicago, where the Obama administration and the Pakistan Peoples Party government of President Asif Ali Zardari failed to reach an agreement on the reopening of a supply route for US-NATO occupation troops in Afghanistan, The route, which goes from the port of Karachi to the Afghan border, was closed by Islamabad in protest over US air strikes that killed two dozen Pakistani soldiers last November.
The new drone strikes are the most lethal manifestations of Washington's displeasure at Pakistan's failure to rapidly bow to US demands. The aftermath of the summit has also seen threats in Congress to cut off aid to Pakistan and a hysterical political and media campaign over a Pakistani court's sentencing of a CIA informant who helped prepare the Navy Seal raid that ended in the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
Thursday's missile strike by a pilotless US drone demolished a mosque in Mir Ai Bazar, a village in the North Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan. Local officials reported that the unmanned plane fired two missiles demolishing the building and leaving 10 dead and several others wounded.
"Fear prevailed in the area as almost five drones were seen flying in the air after the incident," local sources told the Pakistani daily Nation. The threat that the aircraft would fire more missiles prevented villagers from trying to rescue people from the rubble.
"The drone fired two missiles and hit the village mosque where a number of people were offering Fajr (morning) prayer," Roashan Din, a local tribal leader, told NBC News. He confirmed that 10 bodies had been pulled from the wreckage of the mosque.
While US officials described the target of the attack as a "compound," multiple Pakistani sources have confirmed that the building hit was a mosque.
Doctors at the Mir Ali hospital reported that six wounded had been admitted, with one dying there and four others remaining in critical condition.
The missile strike follows another attack on Wednesday in which four people were killed and several others injured. As in all such attacks, the victims were described as "suspected militants." Wednesday's strike targeted a house near Miranshah, the capital of North Waziristan.
These drone attacks are deeply unpopular in Pakistan, where it is estimated that they have killed as many as 3,000 people, most of them civilians. The report of the destruction of a mosque and more civilian casualties will no doubt fan growing anti-American sentiments, further complicating the attempts of the Zardari government and the Obama administration to reach a deal on reopening the Pakistan supply route.
Pakistan's Foreign Office condemned the latest drone strikes, describing them as a "total violation" of Pakistani territory and sovereignty. Foreign Office spokesman Moazzam Khan characterized the US attacks as "illegal violations of international law and unacceptable." Asked by a reporter why Pakistan did not bring the matter to the United Nations, Moazzam stressed that Islamabad wants "to resolve the issue bilaterally." He described US-Pakistani ties as "an important relationship" and stressed that there is "a mutual desire" to reach an agreement between the two countries.
While the Zardari government has long issued public condemnations of the drone strikes, it had previously offered its tacit collaboration, going so far as to allow the Central Intelligence Agency to launch the pilotless aircraft from a landing strip inside Pakistan. Following last November's strike on the Pakistani border posts, it forced the closure of this facility.
Further complicating US-Pakistani relations was the sentencing Wednesday of Shakil Afridi to 33 years in prison. Afridi, a Pakistani government doctor, was found guilty of treason for aiding the CIA in preparing the unilateral raid that sent Navy Seals deep into Pakistani territory to kill Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden last year. The raid was seen in Pakistan as a gross violation of the country's sovereignty and a humiliation of the government and the military.
Afridi organized a fake vaccination campaign in the Pakistani military garrison town of Abbottabad, where bin Laden was living, in an attempt to obtain DNA samples from family members and thereby confirm his identity. Having risen to the position of surgeon general in Khyber Agency, a tribal area along the Afghan border, Afridi had reportedly served as a paid CIA informant for several years.
The charges brought against Afridi included conspiring "to wage war against Pakistan or depriving it of its sovereignty," "concealing existence of a plan to wage war against Pakistan" and "condemnation of the creation of the state and advocacy of abolition of its sovereignty." He was tried under the Frontier Crimes Regulation, a legal system created under British colonialism to maintain control in the rebellious tribal areas. This legal code does not allow defendants to have a lawyer. Under a recent amendment of the old British code, however, they do now have the right of appeal.
The sentencing drew shrill protests from Washington and the US mass media, which characterized Afridi as a "hero" and a "patriot." Senators Carl Levin and John McCain, the chairman and top Republican on the Senate armed services committee, issued a joint statement calling the conviction "shocking and outrageous" and demanding that Islamabad pardon and release the CIA informant immediately. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Wednesday that there was "no basis" for jailing Afridi.
The Pakistani Foreign Office said that Afridi had been convicted "in accordance with Pakistani laws and by Pakistani courts" and affirmed that Washington and Islamabad "need to respect each other's legal processes."
He did not raise the case of Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, a US citizen of Pakistani origin and former executive director of the Kashmiri American Council, who last March was sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy for having worked for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
Washington's characterizations of Afridi as a "hero" are not shared by the vast majority of Pakistanis, who see him as a traitor, nor for that matter by fellow health professionals, who see his actions as having done potentially catastrophic damage to efforts to eradicate polio and other diseases in Pakistan.
Afridi's theft of World Health Organization cooler boxes for use in a fake CIA orchestrated vaccination campaign have cast a cloud over all public health campaigns, raising suspicions that they could be fronts for US intelligence and state terror operations. Among the most immediately affected is Save the Children, the largest international aid agency in Pakistan. According to Pakistani officials, Afridi told his interrogators that he was put in touch with the CIA by Save the Children operatives.
Save the Children denies the claim, but its operations have been largely hindered, with employees denied visas, supplies stopped and senior officials forbidden from leaving Pakistan. David Wright, the country manager for Save the Children, denounced the use of a public health professional for US intelligence operations. "The CIA needs to answer for this," he told the New York Times. "And they need to stop it."
In a further indication of the continuing downward spiral of relations between the US and Pakistan, a Senate panel Tuesday passed a foreign aid budget that would slash US assistance to Pakistan by more than half. The Senate appropriations subcommittee on foreign aid voted to cut fiscal 2013 aid to Pakistan by 58 percent, while allowing for still further cuts if the supply route to Afghanistan is not reopened. There are growing demands in Congress for a complete aid cut-off. Pakistan has received some $20 billion in US aid since 2001.
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