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Sharing the Love of Camp Kohahna; Kathleen's Latest Adventures by Kathleen Moyer
For over ten years I have enjoyed the beauty of Kohahna, Leelanau and the surrounding areas in the summer months exclusively. I am happy to report that now that I live at camp year round, I have had the opportunity to enjoy all of the seasons! The fall was a flurry of activity including several weeks working on the LOC staff and serving as Director of a fruitful Harvest Weekend. Winter also included a LOC season and was beautiful with frequent fresh snow. Now spring has definitely sprung, and that means that summer camp is just around the corner! Up here at Pyramid Point we are all preparing for our campers and families to arrive! We love to welcome faces new and old as cars round the corner on Port Oneida and we share again the familiar sights and sounds of our dearest home; Camp Kohahna.
Speaking of welcoming, I have had the pleasure of traveling across the country for camp shows this past winter, and being welcomed into the homes of numerous camp families! Starting in January in the Chicagoland area, the Eichar family put on a lovely and well attended show for us. The following weekend I stopped in St. Louis, Missouri to do a show at the Principia Upper School and to visit with many of the Kohahna and Leelanau campers and counselors in the area. To wrap up the month of January, Steve Creighton and I made stops in Dallas Texas where we stayed with the Busch family, followed by a stop in Austin (where we saw Leelanau Alum Mitchell Wyly), and Houston (where we saw Kohahna Staff member Caitlin Cooke Nassar) the following days.
To start February off with a bang, the Bruno family welcomed Glenn Johnson and me to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where we had a wonderful visit and a lovely show/reunion! Shortly thereafter I spent an evening with the Carlson clan in Michigan City, Indiana, where we had a delicious dinner, and a mini show attended by members of all the three Carlson/Littell families. After that visit, I ventured back to St. Louis where the Vandiver family welcomed the great Leelanau and Kohahna contingency over to their home for our largest of the camp shows! Kohahna campers Jess and Victoria Vandiver were excellent helpers when it came to helping their parents set up for the show, and all the kids that came had a blast playing in their basement and chatting after the presentation. Perhaps the biggest hit of the STL show was a visit from a group of Leelanau and Kohahna staff members. Students from Principia College and Washington University in St. Louis made the trip over to welcome and visit with campers and families.
Marcia Hufstader, the Alumni Coordinator, and I did a tour of Michigan and Ohio over back to back weekends, and we had quite the road trip! The final weekend in February was devoted to touring around Michigan, and I had some fun in Grand Rapids, East Lansing, and Detroit (my home town). We look forward to welcoming new faces from the Grand Rapids area to camp this summer, and I enjoyed visiting with Lillian Marshall and the Schaberg twins in East Lansing. What impressed me most about the Detroit show was the group effort in planning and hosting by Lisa Johnson and the McNaughton family, as well as the families that drove nearly an hour just so they could enjoy the camaraderie of the attendees at the show! We had a blast! Traveling through Ohio, our first stop was Dayton to have pizza and watch the camp DVD with the Pollard and Macintosh family. The stop was a wonderful interlude before we made our way to Betty Rhoades (Kohahna Counselor) house in Cincinnati, Ohio for the evening. Our Cincinnati area show at the Holmes family's house the next day was well attended, and we enjoyed a "dessert only" feast (including sour cherries from Cherry Republic).
In mid-March I spent one rainy day (I thought it was supposed to be April showers not March showers) in Boston, Massachusetts, where I saw Alex Lamie (Leelanau camper), who was home for spring break from Principia Upper School. After Boston, I traveled to Raleigh and Charlotte North Carolina, for some southern style camp shows! The Bishops, the Hansers, and the Demers were all in attendance in Raleigh, and it was fun to see the Bishop house bustling with camper energy. In addition to relishing in the joys of Leelanau and Kohahna, we got to see the trailer for the upcoming TV show that stars Roxanna and Jon Coleman Demers. The following weekend I traveled to Atlanta, Georgia where I attended the The Mother Church Youth Activist Summit in addition to meeting up with campers (Perrin Kendall) and camp families (The Wallingfords) and alums (Brock Green) in the area.
Visiting with current camp families, recruiting new campers, and sharing our collective love of camp is a huge blessing and it was truly a pleasure seeing hundreds of camp connections all over the country. No matter where we are, Kohahna is always in our heart, and it was a treat for me to bring a little bit of camp to families during the school year. My take away was a full quotient of love and joy. Pretty soon it will be my favorite season once again, and Kohahna will be bustling with a full contingency of campers and counselors ready to excel to new heights! All of our staff is eagerly anticipating the day we welcome you to Camp Kohahna 2010.


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Harbinger Wars #4
by kanchilr1 on July 17, 2013
Writer Joshua Dysart Artist Clayton Henry, Pere Perez, Mico Suayan
Harbinger Wars ends with a boom, and an issue with a lot of fighting. Even though there is a lot of people punching each other in this stuffed issue, it all feels deserved. Most of the things introduced in this series are kind of swept away for most of the characters. In reality this is only a crossover between two actual titles and not the massive event, some readers may be hoping for. To those that could be disappointed by the lack of huge game changing revelations, I would advise them to look at what has changed about the Valiant Universe over the two respective comics series. Most of the characters in this story all met at the same time and there are a lot of completely new factors now at play. The best part about Harbinger Wars as a whole, is the fact that this series did not overstay it's welcome. These four issues had enough plot make for a slightly stuffy, but entertaining conclusion to the smaller event series. In comparison the big two have never quite paced any of their events in a proper order. It is really tricky to pull of a series like this one.
One detail that seemed completely out of place here, was the fact that Toyo Harada was still alive after a major beating previously. Hopefully there is an explanation for this slightly bizarre plot point in another issue somewhere. It is also interesting to see the new status quota for Bloodshot, as his book is set to completely change going forward. His character is also largely redeemed in this space of this series. Another weird piece of the story was the fact that Renegade member Faith suddenly disappeared, but is firmly on the cover of the next issue of Harbinger. It is also fun to think about how this comic is still a serialized story, as shown in the very back of this issue. There could be some massive seeds being planted for the future of these characters. Hopefully going forward More of the Valiant characters will cross over into each others titles. It keeps the Universe fresh and their respective readers on their toes.
Clayton Henry delivers some stellar pencils in the span of 27 something pages in the series. Facial expressions are so important in comics, and it is great to see an artist really understand that part from a writing perspective. Henry also plays with some seriously fantastic layouts in the span of this issue. Characters bleed out of the page with a serious emphasis on storytelling. Some of the crazier parts populating this issue like dinosaurs are also drawn with some heavy precision. The creatures look surreal in the way that the reader would want them too. While fight scenes mostly populate the issue, there are still many talking heads that are also crafted carefully by the penciller. Brian Reber does a great job with Flamingo's fire on the colors. There are also three artists credited on the title, it is a testament to the quality that they seem to work together quite nicely.
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Midori Francis and Troy Iwata Talk Importance of LGBTQ and Asian Representation in Dash & Lily
Midori Francis and Troy Iwata, who play onscreen siblings, open up to PEOPLE about portraying biracial characters in the YA rom-com Netflix series
By Karen Mizoguchi
Credit: ALISON COHEN ROSA/NETFLIX
Not only does Dash & Lily bring Christmas joy and pandemic escapism, but the Netflix series also serves as a model of more representation.
The YA rom-com series, based on the best-selling Dash & Lily's Book of Dares by authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, follows Dash (Austin Abrams), a melancholy dude in no mood to celebrate the holidays until a quirky optimist named Lily (Midori Francis) lifts his spirits with a red notebook full of dares and messages. Along with watching Lily's blossoming romance with Dash throughout the eight episodes, viewers get to know her family's Japanese-American traditions and her strong bond with brother Langston (Troy Iwata), who is openly gay and looking for love himself.
As the show continues to reach audiences around the world, especially during the current holiday season, Francis and Iwata tell PEOPLE about the importance of portraying biracial characters who they personally identified with and related to.
"It was incredible because this was the first time that I've really even been on a set or in any kind of production where they took the time and care to make sure that every single Asian actor on set was of Japanese descent," says Francis, 26. "And in a time when you're just lucky if they get the general vibe right of the race, it meant so much that they really took that time. It was awesome."
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In the series, created by Joe Tracz and produced by Nick Jonas and Shawn Levy, Francis and Iwata's onscreen family includes James Saito, who plays their grandfather, Jodi Long, who plays their great-aunt Mrs. Basil E, and Jennifer Ikeda, who plays their mother.
"I have my grandpa James and my aunts Jodi and Michele, and it was so nice. We became our own little family off-screen as well. And I might do Japanese New Year next year with the actress who played my mom, Jennifer," shares Francis, who starred in Good Boys.
Iwata, 29, echoes similar sentiments. "For me personally, this is the first time that I've played a role that really embraces my background. I feel like when you're a mixed-race actor, also specifically an ethnically ambiguous actor and people don't really know what you are, you tend to either try to get shoved into these boxes that you don't completely fit, or you'll play characters where their ethnicity doesn't matter," he says. "It was very refreshing and felt very special that the creative team of our show really decided to embrace all of our backgrounds and really celebrate those. That's super important because, even growing up, I never saw myself on TV."
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Iwata continues, "One thing that our show does such a wonderful job of doing is portraying this mixed family, but not making it so heavy-handedly about the fact that they're mixed race. It's two backgrounds coming together, this is just a family. It's very matter of fact that half of them are Japanese and half of them are white."
Both Francis and Iwata also found similarities with their characters beyond being biracial.
"I definitely think Lily is close to the person that I was when I was in high school. I would say our main similarity is that we both do, in fact, like Christmas. I think it would be very hard to play this character if I hated the holidays," Francis explains. "When I actually got the audition, the second character description was that she loves holidays. I spoke to my family and friends, and I was like, 'Well this is a match made in heaven.' "
Though Iwata points out that he and Langston are "pretty much the exact same person," the actor says that the "biggest difference is that Langston is a balls-to-the-wall, hopeless romantic. I am a lot more reserved than that."
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And for Iwata, portraying an openly gay character was especially meaningful.
"One thing that I was really drawn towards to Langston was the fact that here we have this queer character and specifically a younger queer character. This is less common than normal, especially when it comes to TV shows and movies. A lot of times when I see younger queer characters, it's always about their trauma or they're always somehow made out to be a victim of bullying. They're trying to accept themselves or identify themselves or get acceptance from their friends and family," he explains. "It's also important to show that we are more than our struggle. Langston is this snarky, hopelessly romantic big brother, who happens to be gay and that's never questioned. It's just presented very unapologetically."
For Iwata, one particular scene involving Langston stood out most. "There's a really wonderful scene where our grandpa comes home and he finds a naked boy in my room. A lot of people reached out to me after that episode. They were like, 'I thought that there was going to be some homophobic scene that's going to happen. And it didn't happen.' It's very sad that everyone was scared it was going to go there because that's how normal that is," he says. "But then it was so exciting and refreshing that it was, no, he was just upset that I have someone over. It's so important to show queer characters that are just humans and their main thing isn't their struggle or their trauma. That's a really helpful message, especially to send to the younger queer community."
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Dash & Lily is full of heartwarming family moments that evoke memories of gatherings and celebrating the holidays together with loved ones.
"My family and I sing Christmas carols every year," says Francis, who shares her most memorable seasonal tradition. "I have a few aunts that are in the music industry, a pianist and a singer. We start with my aunt doing like an opera version of 'Silent Night,' but then the night quickly divulges into everyone's drinking red wine and singing Bruce Springsteen or Elton John."
For Iwata, he remembers his childhood upbringing. "I grew up with two Christmases because my parents split when I was 3 years old. My mom's Christmas was very, very small, quiet and quaint. Then I had my dad's Christmas, which was my Japanese family, which I have 11 cousins, so it was like I had a loud one and a quiet one," he recalls. "All of my aunts and uncles on my Japanese side, every Christmas would write a Christmas play and then make the cousins do it for just them. All of us kids would be performing a piece for the people that wrote it and they would just write it up and be like, 'And here are your lines, perform for us.' "
Dash & Lily is now streaming on Netflix.


One prominent IFA company we spoke to says that a lot of his clients approach the QROPS list on the HMRC website and attempt to contact random QROPS on the list. This can have some amusing consequences.
"The list is meant as an aid to UK pension schemes, it isn't for public consumption. There are thousands of names on this list – many aren't QROPS at all, some are but have never accepted a transfer because their home country says they can't – the USA for example – and almost all the rest are occupational schemes, like the ones run by Google for its employees for example".
There are a handful of QROPS hiding in the thousands that are suitable as personal pension schemes for transfer but even most of these won't be suitable for one individual or another because the location of the QROPS isn't compatible with the location of the client now or where the client plans to be on retirement.
Double taxation treaties must be analysed for pension-income clauses and tax treatment calculated now and predicted for the future. Some QROPS trustees have schemes in multiple jurisdictions and allow free transfers between them – these are obviously favoured for their flexibility.
Reading just the first few lines of the QROPS list on the HMRC website, you can see that this is exactly right. It says, "The list is not to be taken as a recommendation for a particular scheme or product. Nor should it be taken that any scheme featured on the list is approved or backed by HMRC".
So we asked our IFA source, what use is the HMRC list?
"We use it as a good first step when we begin research on a new scheme for a client. However the only way to be sure about a scheme is for a professional to do proper due diligence and look at a scheme in the light of professional experience. We do the same when we're looking at a mutual fund to recommend, or a share in a company to buy – there's no easy list, there's no substitute for hard work".


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Main » 2021 » February » 11 » Rimini Street Now an Approved Supplier on New Zealand Government Marketplace
Rimini Street Now an Approved Supplier on New Zealand Government Marketplace
Agreement with New Zealand Government facilitates easier access to Rimini Street's support service alternatives for Oracle, SAP and Salesforce enterprise software
LAS VEGAS-Wednesday 10 February 2021 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner, today announced it has become an approved supplier on the New Zealand Government Marketplace through a Collaborative Marketplace Agreement (CMA). As an approved supplier on Marketplace, Rimini Street has completed the open primary procurement process so agencies can now more easily procure the Company's services and do not need to spend the time and effort to negotiate their own contract terms or pricing.
While Rimini Street already works with a number of government agencies in New Zealand, including the University of Auckland, the new agreement has the potential to generate significant additional savings on enterprise software support for New Zealand's government agencies at all levels, from local to central and including universities and schools. The agreement can be accessed online by agencies at www.marketplace.govt.nz. These agencies will now have greater access to Rimini Street's services including the provision of support and maintenance for Oracle, SAP and Salesforce enterprise software implementations.
Last year, Rimini Street signed a Whole-Of-Government volume sourcing agreement with the Australian Government and has since added more than 10 agencies through the agreement.
All Rimini Street clients, whether private or public organizations, benefit from the Company's flexible, premium-level enterprise software support model, including its industry-leading Service Level Agreement (SLA) of 10-minute response times for all critical Priority 1 cases. Clients are also assigned a Primary Support Engineer, backed by a team of functional and technical experts, who have an average of 15 years' experience in the client's software system. Rimini Street also guarantees support for a client's current enterprise software system for a minimum of 15 additional years from the time that they switch to Rimini Street.
"The Collaborative Marketplace Agreement ensures that agencies across New Zealand are now able to easily source Rimini Street's more affordable and higher quality alternatives for their Oracle, SAP and Salesforce enterprise software maintenance needs," said Emmanuelle Hose, regional general manager for Australia and New Zealand, Rimini Street. "This new agreement will provide more choice for New Zealand government agencies by enabling a more streamlined procurement process for critical enterprise software services, while also helping them optimize their IT spend."
About Rimini Street, Inc.
Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI) is a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner. The Company offers premium, ultra-responsive and integrated application management and support services that enable enterprise software licensees to save significant costs, free up resources for innovation and achieve better business outcomes. To date, more than 3,700 Fortune 500, Fortune Global 100, midmarket, public sector and other organizations from a broad range of industries have relied on Rimini Street as their trusted application enterprise software products and services provider. To learn more, please visit http://www.riministreet.com, follow @riministreet on Twitter and find Rimini Street on Facebook and LinkedIn.
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Kestrel is a wide-area motion imagery (or persistent surveillance) system used on aerostats at U.S. forward operating bases in Afghanistan to monitor the surrounding areas. Developed by Logos Technologies, the system is equipped with electro-optical and infrared cameras, providing day/night force protection and overwatch to troops.

Development

Kestrel has its roots in Constant Hawk, a wide-area sensor suite developed by Logos Technologies as well,  in 2006, for use on manned U.S. Army aircraft.

In late 2010, the ISR Task Force and Army requested a version of Constant Hawk for aerostats. Contracted through the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, the Kestrel program delivered four units the following year. However, these first four Kestrels lacked an infrared capability, and by June 2012, were replaced by 10 day/night systems and six spares.

In 2017, Logos Technologies unveiled its even lighter Kestrel Block II wide-area motion imagery system at the International Defence Exhibition & Conference, in Abu Dhabi. This new sensor saw its first sale to a military customer the following year.

Capabilities

Kestrel employs six cameras housed in a gimbal, providing a 360-degree panoramic view of "a city-sized" area"  in medium resolution. The system allows operators to track multiple suspects at once and can automatically monitor user-designated zones. Kestrel transmits imagery to the user in real time and can also record up to 30 days of events.

The next-generation Kestrel Block II shares those same capabilities, but in a smaller and lighter form factor (less than 85 pounds, or 40 kg, versus 150 pounds, or 68 kg).

Civilian Use

The Kestrel system also has applications for border security. In March 2012, the Science and Technology Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security conducted a seven-day demonstration of Kestrel in Nogales, Ariz. Kestrel was mounted on an aerostat and worked in coordination with a high-resolution full motion video camera. The purpose of the test was to see how well Kestrel could detect and track illegal entrants, drug smugglers and gunrunners crossing the U.S.-Mexican border.

Since its deployment in Afghanistan and testing along the U.S.-Mexico border, Kestrel has led to the development of other wide-area sensors, such as Simera. Also an aerostat-mounted system, Simera is composed of 13 electro-optical cameras and weighs only 40lbs. However, unlike the original Kestrel system, Simera is exportable to non-U.S. countries. Four units were used by Brazil's Ministry of Justice at the 2016 Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro.

See also

• Autonomous Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System (ARGUS-IS)

• Constant Hawk

• CorvusEye 1500

• Gorgon Stare

• Redkite

• Wide-area_motion_imagery

References

Aerostats
Military intelligence collection
Surveillance

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Кулеметна розвідувальна машина, модель 1933 (), AMR 33, відома також як VM — французький легкий танк 1930-х років. Був створений фірмою «Рено» в 1933 році як розвідувального танка для кавалерійських підрозділів, в 1933 — 1934 роках було випущено 123 танка цього типу, включаючи прототипи. AMR 33 використовувалися французькими військами під Другої світової війни, в тому числі в боях літа 1940 року. Після капітуляції Франції велика частина цих танків була захоплена німецькими військами і використовувалася ними як танкетка під позначенням Pr.Sp Wg. VM 701 (f).

Історія створення
Французький уряд 4 липня 1930 року почав розробляти план зі створення сил, здатних у разі потреби підтримати її союзників із «санітарного кордону» проти СРСР. Ці сили повинні були складатися із п'яти дивізій моторизованої піхоти, п'яти існуючих кавалерійських дивізій і однієї кавалерійської бригади, кожна з яких повинна була бути механізована. Виходячи з того факту, що великий запас легких танків FT 17 (FT 18) і важких танків 2C, який залишився після Першої світової війни, поступово морально застарівав, було вирішено використати його для передачі союзникам.

1934 року 4-та кавалерійська дивізія була перетворена на бронетанковий підрозділ. Цей план також передбачав створення спеціалізованих машин, серед яких була  (AMR), тобто кулеметна машина розвідки кавалерійського типу. Специфікації були сформульовані 16 січня 1932 року і мали на увазі створення машин вагою до трьох тонн, озброєних легким кулеметом і з запасом ходу 200 км. Термін «кулеметна машина» () вживався для позначення будь-якої легкої броньованої бойової машини, озброєної кулеметом, а також використовувався для позначення кавалерійського танка, оскільки за існуючим розпорядком «танки» () повинні були входити в піхотні частини. Незважаючи на назву, AMR не спеціалізована розвідувальна машина, а легкий танк без радіостанції. Після випробувань прототипів було вирішено змінити нереалістичні масогабаритні специфікації, в результаті чого вага танка піднявся до 5,5 тонн.

Бойове застосування
Незважаючи на високу швидкість, ці машини з їх противокульвоим бронюванням і легким озброєнням не мали можливості протистояти німецьким танкам типу Panzer III/Panzer IV на початку Другої світової війни і були швидко втрачені.

Деякі машини як трофеї використовувалися німцями під найменуванням Pr.SpWg.VM 701 (f) для охорони аеродромів і протипартизанської боротьби.

Модифікації
AMR 35 — поліпшена версія більш раннього AMR 33 і також призначався на роль розвідувального танка кавалерійських з'єднань. Розроблений фірмою «Рено», серійно вироблявся з 1935 року до капітуляції Франції в 1940 році.

Опис конструкції
Корпус і башта танка збиралися на кутовому каркасі з сталевих броньових листів за допомогою клепаних сполук. Бронелисти мали невеликі кути нахилу. Башта танка була зміщена щодо поздовжньої осі до лівого борту, а двигун Reinstella — до правого. Кулемет монтувався у вежі у спеціальній кульовій установці. Компонування танка була класичною — попереду відділення управління та бойове відділення, в задній частині машини праворуч перебував двигун. Екіпаж танка становив дві людини. Один з них виконував функцію водія і розміщувався в корпусі машини попереду ліворуч, майже перед самою вежею. Інший член екіпажу виконував функцію командира і перебував у вежі, ведучи в разі необхідності вогонь з штатного озброєння — кулемета Reibel калібру 7,5 мм з боєзапасом 2500 патронів.

Організаційна структура
AMR 33VM перебували на озброєнні розвідувальних підрозділів механізованих піхотних Division d'Infanterie Mecanique (DIM) і кавалерійських дивізій Division Légère Mecanique (DLM) і відповідних бригад. На момент вступу Франції в війну у французьких збройних силах знаходилося 120 машин типу AMR 33VM, з них 110 перебували в метрополії, а 10 в заморських володіннях Франції.

За передвоєнним штатам в кожній з п'яти існуючих легких кавалерійських дивізій Division Légère de Cavalerie (DLC) в моторизованому драгунському полку Regiment Dragons Portes (RDP) даної дивізії повинно було знаходитися по 23 танка AMR 33VM в складі двох півескадрону.

Трофейні машини
У німецькій армії танки AMR 33 (Renault VM) використовувалися під позначенням Panzerspähwagen VM 701 (f).

Збережені екземпляри
 — кілька машин збереглося у французьких музеях, зокрема, в танковому музеї в Сомюре.

Оцінка машини
Головним недоліком AMR 33VM як бронетехніки були тонка броня (5—13 мм) і слабке озброєння (1 кулемет). Незважаючи на ці недоліки, танки мали високу швидкість і хорошу прохідність, за що користувалися заслуженою повагою у французьких бронетанкових частинах і підрозділах.

Див. також
 CV-33 (італ. Carro veloce CV-33; з 1938 року позначалася як L3/33) — італійська танкетка періоду Другої світової війни.

Література

Танки Другої світової війни
Легкі танки
Танки Франції
Танки Німеччини
Танки за алфавітом


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Xiaomi's Lei Jun live streams a Mi Max teaser video
At an entrepreneur summit on Saturday, the CEO of leading Chinese smartphone company Xiaomi released his first live stream, announcing that the Mi Max "phablet", so called because its screen size is an intermediate between the largest smartphones and smallest tablets, and Mi Band 2 smart wearable device will be launched on May 10 and that more surprises can be expected.
Lei then posted on Sina Weibo about how fun it was for him to do his first live stream at the summit.
"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg once said that he was obsessed with live streaming. I absolutely agree with him. I recommend everyone try live streaming with Xiaomi. I live streamed for two hours in a row, so tired! Join us for the next live streaming! :)" he wrote.
Screenshot from Lei Jun's Sina Weibo.
In the broadcast, Lei showed off the upcoming Mi Max. Though the image wasn't clear enough, some specs of the Mi Max could be confirmed. Mi Max has a screen larger than 6 inches. On the front of the smartphone, there is no "MI" logo visible, a logo usually appearing on all Xiaomi smartphones. Additionally, the fingerprint scanner should appear on the rear of the phone, not the front.
On Monday, a number of websites began circulating rumors professing to be the detailed, but unconfirmed, specs of the Mi Max. These included a 6.4-inch screen, a 15-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 4.8-megapixel front-facing camera, a 1.8 GB RAM and 10GB of storage memory. As for the price, it may be under RMB 2000 (USD 307).
Screenshot from Lei Jun's live stream. Photo from techweb.com.
Lei may have chosen to live stream the teaser video as a means to market Xiaomi's new live streaming app that the company announced it plans to launch last Friday. Xiaomi's competitors in China's mobile live streaming market include PandaTV, LanjTV and Ingkee, which are already available in the market.
(Top photo from tieba.baidu.com.)
Tags: China, Lei Jun, live streaming, Mi Band 2, Mi Max, Xiaomi
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I wanted to give up. Here's why I didn't.
When you're going through cancer, it's hard to show up even for yourself. Sometimes, my whole week was made simply by a friend showing up when they said they would. I needed that support, and I needed to know I wasn't alone - that I was worth scheduling for.
It's hard to feel good with tubes protruding from every angle. And it's hard to take care of yourself when you constantly ache, are weak and never feeling well. Those extra touches of a soothing rub relieved not just physical but emotional pain for me. It brought me back to center, and I felt normal for just a couple hours. That's worth more than you can imagine.
On the days I could put on makeup, it served as a good distraction. I was able to concentrate on something normal, fun and creative. It made me see a future healthy person staring back at me, which gave me hope.
5. My wigs being braided.
There's something special about having your friends come over just to braid your wigs. First of all, they're acknowledging your sickness, the reality that you even have to wear a wig. But then they're also working with that, taking something that I didn't want to have to wear in the first place and making it something I thought was lovely. And I looked fabulous.
Scarves are lovely. Wearing them over my wigs or my bare head made me feel beautiful and whimsical.
Even though modeling made me more self-critical at times, it helped me to know how to dress up the parts of me I was uncomfortable with, like my bald head. I learned how to be resourceful in the industry, which allowed me to do things that would help me see the beauty in my baldness during cancer. I was able to feel more confident through some real self-esteem hits.
8. My Beauty Warriors (i.e. my squad).
My friends really get the credit; they put their lives on hold to spend time with me, do my makeup, wigs, toes, nails, and picked out my outfits. They were my beauty warriors; they fought for the parts of me I felt I was losing.
When you're sick, it's easy to forget the support you have constantly surrounding you. It's easy to get tunnel vision and withdraw into yourself. The way I combated that was by ordering custom bracelets for me, my friends and family to wear. I also had baseball caps monogrammed with my sons' initials, which I wore over my wigs to chemo. These served as constant reminders that I am loved, cherished, and supported every step of the way.
Lastly, I survived through words. Not only did I find comfort in journaling, but I eventually wrote a book about my experiences throughout all my physical ailments. Whether it was thank you letters I wrote to friends or letters I received, words have served me in getting well. Many affirming text messages got me through my sick days because my friends kept reminding me what living looked like, rekindling hope that I'd one day be out and about again.


[Hi, pirates. The following is a press release from our dear comrade Alison Macrina of the Library Freedom Project. If you are going to ALA, or live near the Bay Area, you gotta get on this.
Librarians, technologists, and privacy activists and are gathering in San Francisco on June 29-30 to strategize about initiatives to protect reader privacy, reform digital lending, combat censorship, and champion access to information technology in light of emerging concerns over government surveillance, censorship, and other forms of electronic exploitation of personal data.
The two-day event, which will take place at San Francisco's iconic Noisebridge hackerspace, falls directly after the American Library Association's Annual Conference; it's also being held in San Francisco this year.
Attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who are leading lawsuits challenging the legality of the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs, will present, along with experts on copyright and the future of digital lending from Creative Commons and the Internet Archive. Technologists from the Freedom of the Press Foundation (where Edward Snowden is a board member) and Mozilla will be onsite providing in-depth technology training at the hackerspace. The event also features librarians from a number of libraries, including the San Francisco and Oakland Public Library systems, as well as Oakland-based Hack the Hood, speaking on the challenges of providing access to technology and training for Bay Area youth.
Librarians have long been working on the front lines of information activism and their communities' right to research. Whether by providing access to technology and the Internet, as well as free education, or by standing firm for over a decade as staunch opponents of the USA PATRIOT Act, librarians are at the grassroots of the Internet freedom debate and are uniquely plugged into serving the information needs of local communities, especially those that lack technological or financial resources.
The conference is being organized by the Library Freedom Project, a recent grantee from the Knight Foundation that is a partnership among librarians, technologists, attorneys, and advocates to teach librarians about surveillance threats, digital rights, and privacy-protecting technology. The Nation Magazine recently featured the work of the Library Freedom Project as a cover story.
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Home > Genetics & Molecular Biology > News Articles
Insulin Pathway Map Could Lead To Better Diabetes Drugs
By News Staff | September 30th 2013 04:23 PM | Print | E-mail
Researchers have created the first comprehensive roadmap of the protein interactions that enable cells in the pancreas to produce, store and secrete the hormone insulin. The finding makes possible a deeper scientific understanding of the insulin secretion process—and how it fails in insulin disorders such as type 2 diabetes.
Type 2 diabetes and a similar insulin-related condition known as metabolic syndrome currently affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. One of the common features of these conditions as the disease develops is the inability of the secretion of insulin by the pancreas in response to mealtime surges of bloodstream glucose to meet demand. Insulin secretion normally signals to cells throughout the body to draw in glucose, which reduces the levels of this sugary fuel in the bloodstream—and a weakened insulin response allows blood glucose levels to stay too high for too long.
Chronic elevated levels of glucose in the blood contribute to a wide variety of serious medical problems, including loss of circulation in the lower legs, degeneration of the retinas of the eyes, kidney failure, heart attacks and strokes, and even Alzheimer's disease.
A new study uncovered critical protein interactions in insulin-producing cells. Here, beta cells grown in culture illustrate the importance of TMEM24 in mature storage container granules (yellow) that deliver highly concentrated insulin packets to manage glucose levels after and between meals. Image courtesy of the Balch lab, The Scripps Research Institute.
Boosting or repairing the insulin production and secretion process in the special pancreatic cells, called "beta cells," where the hormone is made, would seem an obvious therapeutic strategy for type 2 diabetes. However, so far almost no diabetes drugs are targeted at improving the efficiency of this process, in part because so few details are known about it.
Scientists do know that within beta cells, insulin precursor proteins are synthesized, folded and processed into mature insulin as it is packed tightly into ready-to-go containers called granules, and eventually secreted into the bloodstream on demand when glucose levels rise. Researchers also have found and cataloged hundreds of individual proteins that appear to be relatively abundant within beta cells. But such studies haven't made clear which of these beta cell proteins actually interact with insulin and therefore participate directly in the insulin production, storage and secretion process.
"The development of this insulin interaction map is unprecedented, and we expect it to lead us to new therapeutic approaches for type 2 diabetes," said
senior author
William E. Balch, professor and member of the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI).
Balch was the senior author of the study. "Our understanding of the beta cell in generating and releasing sufficient insulin, the real culprit responsible for progression of type 2 diabetes, has been extremely poor."
A New View of Insulin
For the new study, Balch laboratory Research Associate Anita Pottekat used antibodies that bind to early and late forms of the hormone in the synthesis/secretion process. By pulling insulin proteins out of the soup of beta cell molecules, these antibodies also isolated whatever proteins happened to have bound to the insulin—and thus presumably had functional interactions with insulin. Pottekat then applied an extremely sensitive form of an established technique called mass spectrometry to identify these proteins.
In this way, the scientists were able not only to determine the insulin-interacting proteins within beta cells, but also to distinguish those that seem to play a role in the early, insulin-synthesis phase of the process from those that seem to function in the later stages of insulin storage and secretion. "We were able to see which proteins appear to be interacting more with the precursor 'proinsulin' protein versus mature insulin," Pottekat said.
Collaborating scientist Scott Becker, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Gerard Manning, then at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, handled the statistical analyses of the data. In this way they were able to assemble what is in effect the first-ever map of insulin's "biosynthetic interaction network."
"One thing this roadmap tells us is that insulin effectively runs the beta cell—it is by far the dominant protein in the beta cell and the activities within the cell are largely geared towards its processing and secretion," said Balch.
"Until now we were identifying one insulin-interacting protein at a time, but this study provides the first systems-wide insights into the insulin synthesis pathway," said co-author Pamela Itkin-Ansari, a beta cell researcher at the University of California, San Diego and the Sanford Burnham Research Institute, who also noted the research was an example of the highly collaborative nature of the scientific community in La Jolla.
A Potential New Drug Target
Something else was quickly apparent from the mass spectrometry data produced by Pottekat at TSRI: one beta cell protein in particular stood out for its high apparent propensity to bind insulin.
"This protein was clearly very abundant in beta cells, and interacted with insulin at a very high confidence level statistically," said Pottekat, "yet when we checked the literature, we found that almost nothing was known about it."
The team followed up with a long series of experiments to characterize the protein, TMEM24, and determined that is involved in the insulin secretion pathway. Beta cells normally secrete insulin granules in an initial brief burst and then in a longer, lower-intensity release. The scientists found evidence that TMEM24, a protein that sits in the membranes of beta cells, effectively regulates this slower, more chronic form of insulin release.
"We think that the discovery of this protein's role in insulin secretion represents a big breakthrough," Balch said. "This chronic insulin release appears to be more important for human health compared to the acute release of insulin that protects us from the sugar rush of, say, a Snicker's bar—yet almost nothing has been known about this part of the release pathway."
The study was done in an established and well-validated mouse cell model of human beta cells. Balch and his laboratory now intend to follow up with studies in human beta cells, both normal and diabetic. "In general, we want to understand more fully what components of this pathway are instrumental in healthy management of insulin production in response to a healthy diet or mismanagement in response to the current unhealthy diets of modern lifestyles leading to disease—and then of course we want to find ways to target those components with therapies," said Balch.
Published in Cell Reports.
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My first day of school is Monday. My 21st first day as a teacher. I set my classroom up (mostly), organized my lessons in my mind, went to some meetings and did some minivan karaoke on the way there. I've been rewriting lessons and projects and a syllabus, I could stay up all night all weekend but I am going to just write this post and then go play some guitars. I am teaching three Algebra 1 classes and one Geometry class, students at all different levels, and I mean all different levels. Our district does trimesters and students switch teachers at the trimester (not all but most) which gets in the way of relationship building but I don't design the schedules. Anyway, because of this I have been planning three big projects each year with some smaller projects along the way as well.


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Following Legend, Prodigy is a tale of a divided, dystopic America, from the perspective of the commie side's two most notorious outlaws, both fifteen. They discover that the corporate side is no heaven either, nor is the resistance of the former that they've been drawn into supporting.
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Always Hiding
Romero, Sophia G.
"Do you still love him?" I asked.
"With all the bile in my body."
That exchange between a Filipino daughter and mother was basically the high point of the novel for me.
filipinos
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Grace, Gold & Glory: My Leap of Faith
Douglas, Gabrielle
Burford, Michelle (with)
Like lots of people who watched the Summer (for the northern hemisphere, anyway) Olympics, I was immediately enamored by Gabby Douglas. She's so talented! Pretty! And her being Black in a sport disproportionately dominated by White athletes, at least per this USA Gymnastics Diversity Study is part of her appeal, especially considering how biased the media coverage was. Consider that Jordyn Weiber was the girl-to-beat going in, but Douglas is the one who won the Olympic trials.
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Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines
Griest, Stephanie Elizondo
This is another book I wished I'd enjoyed more, as I did Griest's previous memoir Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana. After having explored cultures foreign to her own, Griest decides to spend a year in Mexico, examining the roots of half of her bloodline. The parts where she explores her Mexican and mixed race identities are compelling, but the reportage in most of the book is less so, at least for me.
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Something to Declare
Alvarez, Julia
Although I love Alvarez's novels, I found her book of essays to be a little meh. In fact, I stopped just before the halfway point. It might be zines' fault. I've read a lot of similar themed essays (about feeling half in one world and half in another, due to immigrant status, mixed race identity or the loss of one's native language) in dozens (hundreds?) of zines.
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Readin & Fightin #1
After graduating from college, Camille determined that her history and literature education had been incomplete and set about filling in the gaps by reading books and zines exclusively by women of color.
author photo, from her website
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Bad Mexican!! Let the Healing Begin
Capistrano, Daniela
I'm reviewing Bad Mexican because I loved it, but my review might make you sad because the zine is no longer available. It's instant karma, though, because I'm bummed that Daniela's first zine, Soy Secretron is not in my greedy clutches.
It's funny how even though it's only from 2010, the zine feels old and old school. Daniela signs each copy, and mine at least has a little happy face illustration and handwritten annotations. There's a table of contents and a song recommended for each section. Daniela refers to her work as a "mini zine," but clearly it's a lot more substantial than she gives it credit for being. If you know Daniela, who is driven and ridiculously accomplished, it won't surprise you that her standards for her own work are absurdly high.
About that, funny story -- my Native American ancestors were enslaved by the white missionaries there and changed my family's name, so that's why my last name is Capistrano.
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Zines! Volume II
Vale, V.
This second set of conversations between RE/Search publisher V. Vale and zine creators is a deft continuation of the first one. He gets a decent variety of zinesters, young to middle-aged, female, male, queer, straight, working and middle class, and focus on mail art, politics, and the weird. He's not quite as good at finding a race balance or more personal perzine authors, but I think it's okay to cut him some slack.
zinesters
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Twins Ysabel and Justin feel like a bomb has been dropped on their family when they learn that their father is transgender.
tween literature
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Briggs, Patricia
After how much I enjoyed Brigg's last Alpha and Omega novel, I was disappointed that this one was more like the first full-length novel in the series, in that the author seemed to be more in love with the idea of the dynamic of the relationship than in telling a story.
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How to Play Downball
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This is a sport that can be a fun and easy backyard or school game, and can be very addicting. All that you need is a tennis ball and some form of 4 square. Lots of kids play this game called 'Downball' and also known as '4 square' and '2 square'
Follow the rules. They are quite simple. There is a king, queen, jack, and dunce (like any 4 square) or if you are playing 2 square then it is only king and dunce.
Serve. The king serves the ball, bouncing the ball (you can buy rubber ones in most sport shops, if you can't just use tennis ball) in his square first then it lands in an opponents square.
The player who receives the ball hits it by hitting it in his square first which goes into another square
Game play continues until one of these things occurs:
The ball is hit out (that means out of the squares)
Once someone gets out they swap with the person below them. For example, King gets out and has to swap with Queen.
The ball is fulled (meaning that the player hit the ball into his opponent's square without first hitting it into his own) This is called straight.
The ball is double bounced (meaning that the ball is hit, but does not reach another square on the second bounce)
The ball may bounce in a square, then be hit into that square and then from there into the next square, although this is optional. You may let it not bounce
If a line call (where it bounces in the middle of the squares) is unclear, then it is deemed a 'liner', where whoever gets the ball first bounces the ball into middle the of the squares,(in the middle of all points of squares) and when the ball bounces game play resumes
The ball is double touched (by a person on any part of body or clothing)
Learn the other rules used during the playing of this game.
Know how Reserves work. There is a thing called Reserves. With reserves you can play handball with over four player, though might be little boring for the reserve. A reserve sits on the sideline until Dunce gets out. Once Dunce gets out it swaps with the first reserve and the person just in Dunce goes into Reserve. If you have four Reserves then once Dunce gets out the first reserve goes into Dunce. The person in second reserve becomes first reserve. The person in third reserve becomes second reserve and the person who just got out goes to fourth reserve
Use footsies and headsies. Those are when you kick the ball or head the ball. When you kick or header it you are allowed to do fulls with the ball (hitting it over line without bouncing in your square first.
During the playing of the game the player in the King Square can call a certain number of squares such as Top, middle, or bottom 4, for the amount of players they want out during that round.
Try modifying the rules. You may change the rules if you want but the main thing is that there is 4 squares or 2 squares and there is always king, queen, jack and dunce.
Opt for eight squares. If you want to play 8 square then you would have to split a square in half. It is actually more fun to play this in squares larger than those of ordinary 4 square. The optimal playing field is to use rectangular parking spaces in a line
How long is a rally of downball?
Rallies can go on as long as the ball is in play. Never prematurely end a skimmer rally. Keep on going until someone's out.
What do I do if the king gets out?
He goes to dunce, the queen takes over, and everyone moves up a square.
If I full the ball, do the people just go straight to dunce?
Yes, you go straight to dunce if you full the ball (and it doesn't matter what square you are in). If you are in dunce already, you have to go back in line.
What happens when I go out?
You move to dunces when you get out if you are in kings, queens or jacks, but if you are in dunce you go to the back of the "reserve" line, more commonly known as the sub line. If you are first in line then you are sub 1 second in line: sub 2 and hence forth.
How do I skim the ball (make it bounce low and fast)?
By hitting the ball when it is very low. Only make contact when the ball is an inch above the ground.
How do I play downball?
You can learn how to by reading the article. The names 4 square and downball are used interchangeably.
Is there something called "carries"?
"Carries" are the term where a player grabs or holds the ball and throws it rather than hitting it. Carries are usually illegal.
Is there a rule for if I play the ball?
If you mean playing a full, then yes. If you play a full or another wrongdoing from someone else and they notice you doing it, you are out. This is called playing it.
In some other forms of downball, do players go straight to last in line if a dunce, jack or queen?
There are any different variations of the game. You can play however you like.
What do I do if, when I am queen and the king gets out, my friends don't accept changes? Is there something called a Yoshi? (My friends say there is.)
If you are queen and the king gets out, you move to king and the previous king goes to dunce. No, there isn't anything called a Yoshi, but people often make their own court rules. However, changes to the rules should be agreed upon by all players and made clear before the game begins.
For the best shot, wait until the ball is almost on the ground then hit it basically forward, and it will bounce in your square then the other square. This can become so good that most people will think it's a full! To do this, start with a regular shot and gradually let the ball sink lower before you hit it. Eventually, you'll be hitting it without letting it go any higher than an inch off of the ground. Remember, practice makes perfect!
Play when there is nothing to play. but you always need a ball that bounces quite well.
Trickmaster- By serving or passing the ball under your leg( It still has to bounce in your and the other player's square
A skinner, swoop (or a fireball)- A low pass which therefore makes it harder for the opponent to pass it to someone.
A cherry- Which you pass the ball with your hand facing upwards and it doesn't have to bounce in your square.
Get some friends hooked on this, it is a great leisure sport for fun and is ideal to play while you talk about whatever
A cheapie or a cheapo is when you are in dunce and you hit the ball to jack's square unexpectedly usually at the top or at the back, and sometimes people get pissed off and refuse to go out. Just remind them that they can get back in again another time!
There is also some tricks that you can use when playing this game.
A roller smash is when you do an extremely low smash.
If you lose, don't throw the ball at someone. It's just bad sportsmanship. Likewise, don't throw or kick the ball over a fence.
If you have a high bounce ball don't throw it too high or else the ball may go on the roof or over the fence so be very careful of how hard you throw the ball when you hit it.
A tennis ball or rubber ball (any small ball that can bounce)
A few squares
Play Four Square
Catch a Ball
Play Spud
Make a Ladder Golf Game
Play Benchball
Play Kerby
Play Pickle
Play Monkey in the Middle
Teach a Child to Throw, Catch and Hit a Ball
Kick a Ball
Play Paddleball
Build a Ball Pit
Play Ga Ga
Play 500 with a Ball
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The VBIOS versions in this post are tweaked for performance and versatility. You'll get almost complete control over the performance parameters of your GPU.
If anything is unclear after reading or if you have additional remarks, please post in the thread.
- Flash the VBIOS with mnvflash, a modified version of nvflash (see attachments). Here are detailed instructions for nvflash in case you aren't familiar with it.
- After the flashing is done: Enable the GPU once again in the device manager.
Do NOT use driver 347.09, it's broken and useless and won't allow you to overclock, even with the stock firmware.
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With the end of another calendar year approaching, it's a good time to reflect on the events of the past year and to formulate strategy for the year ahead. Over the next few months, the various popular media and anyone involved in personal finance will be publishing stories about new rules and limits, with advice on how to turn these rules to your advantage.
In my experience, most of what Americans believe to be true about financial management and investing is learned from mass media sources, and the vast majority of that is advertising. It's like the hens trusting the foxes for advice.
Media coverage of personal finance topics tends to be brief, attention grabbing, and very specific. This can lead to a preoccupation with detail that can be easily explained in the limited space of a magazine column or program segment, but which is mostly irrelevant to your ultimate financial success.
This problem is especially common in the complex world of federal compensation, benefits and retirement rules. There is a lot of attention devoted to explaining these rules and trying to provide guidance for turning them to your advantage. But often there is little made in putting this advice into the context of your bigger financial picture. To be successful financially, however, you need to stay focused on the things that matter — things that will make a difference in the long run.
A concept I use with my clients is what I call planning relevance. Planning relevance is a relative measure of the likely impact that a planning factor, such as a savings contribution or rate of return, will have on your financial life. Planning relevance indicates the relative importance of an event in the grand scheme of things.
A key to successful financial planning and management is to focus your energy, resources and concern on factors that are important to your ultimate success. I define financial success as meeting your reasonable lifetime financial goals.
I meet too many federal workers who are overly concerned about details and rules, while ignoring opportunities and threats that will make or break their financial futures. Worrying about whether to direct your TSP contributions to the Traditional or the Roth account is an example of a trivial concern. The important thing – the thing with high planning relevance – is that the money gets saved in the first place. Where it is saved is usually incidental in the grand scheme of a financial lifetime.
I suggest that you consider the planning relevance of anything financial about which you may be concerned or considering for investment. In general, the larger the dollar amount of the event or factor in question, the greater the planning relevance. Similarly the longer the duration of a series of events continues, the greater the planning relevance.
A one-time withdrawal of $50,000 from a portfolio of $500,000 — 10 percent — will have a fairly high planning relevance, while a single $1,000 withdrawal will have a fairly low planning relevance. A series of $1,000 annual withdrawals from this portfolio lasting 30 or 40 years, particularly if adjusted for inflation, would have a moderately high planning relevance, since, although the amount is small, it is repeated over a long duration and totals $30,000 or $40,000.
The exact amount of planning relevance isn't important — what's important is prioritizing your efforts and directing your attention to the most significant factors to be considered. The first step in planning ahead financially, whether for the coming year or the next 40 years, is to identify and prioritize the factors that will have the greatest impact on the end results.
In my experience, if you make a list of everything you might consider paying attention to, and then rank them from most to least important, the top five or six factors will determine how you ultimately succeed or fail.


I love your books and you are a great author.
You came to my classroom today i loved your engaging storytelling and your enthusiasm for writing i really like your way of planning stories.I hope to be a marvelous writer like you.
Thank you so much. I really enjoyed visiting Serpell and had loads of fun answering all the questions. Looking forward to seeing your name on a book one day.
Ps: My favourite Doctor is Davent Tennent the 10 Doctor. Hope you reply soon, Con ????????
Hi Con. My favourite Doctor is No.3 Jon Pertwee. Although I am very much looking forward to seeing the new Doctor.
I'm so pleased that you're going to give writing another go. Yay!
I enjoyed visiting Mazenod College and am flattered that you're going to read an OTHER WORDS book.
Hi Isaiah. I very much enjoyed visiting your school and I am so pleased that I've inspired you to read more. Reading is such an important part of life… and heaps of fun.
Yes, I get to meet lots of other authors at festivals and other literary events… which is really cool.
hope you get bake soon????????
Hi Alisha. I'm so pleased that you enjoyed my presentation, and that I've inspired you to give reading a go. I think that all you need to get interested in reading, is to find the right book.
Today you visited my school. I loved your visit. your books sound realy good I hope Iget to read them soon.
Hi Madeline. I'm pleased that you enjoyed my visit to your school. Your school library has lot of my books, so you can read them there.
I love your fantasy books and you choose books.
You have inspired me to read and make some of those type of books.
Hi Penni. I'm so pleased that you felt inspired by my presentation.
your so funny and entertaining and you came to my school about a month ago (kew east primary school) I am one of the students that had that writing lesson with you! hope to see your next book soon (no pressure ) hope to see you again sometime.
Thanks for your message. I remember coming to Kew East Primary School in July. I really enjoyed my visit and the workshops were fun. So many creative ideas. As it happens, my next book YOU CHOOSE AFL: FOOTY FEVER comes out next week.
- Jaden. P.S. How do you come up with character names? I write books and find that the hardest part.
I am a HUGE Sherlock Holmes fan. I'm about halfway through re-reading all of Conan Doyle's Holmes stories. Yes, I think a YOU CHOOSE book with a mystery theme could be very interesting. I will keep it in mind. But at the moment I'm working on a new project. Can't tell you much yet… but I hope to announce it in the New Year.
Character names can be tricky. Sometimes the names is a clue to what the character is like. Sometime I just choose a name at random.
OMG! You responded so quickly! Conan Doyle is such a talented author! Am SO surprised that you love Sherlock Holmes as well. I try using online name generators like www. name_generator.com Can't wait for the new book!!!!!!! All the best to you too – Jaden.
I know people who've used name generators. I haven't because I'm too much of a control freak.
I really enjoy your books. I would love you to write a book about a condition called Marfans Syndrome. I have Marfans and I think it would be a great subject for your next book to be. I would like other people to know about Marfans Syndrome.
I'm so pleased that you enjoy my books. And I'm really sorry to hear that you have Marfans Syndrome. A quick bit of Google research has shown me what it is you have to deal with. The only non-fiction books that I write are commissioned, which mean I have no say in the topics. In terms of fiction, I include conditions when they serve the needs of the story – such as the inclusion of Crigler-Najjar Syndrome in the RFDS book "Fast Flight" (which is actually based on a real-life case handled by the flying doctors). My next few books are already planned out, but I will keep Marfans Syndrome in mind as a possibility when planning future books. No promises that I will end up using it (because it all depends on the story), but now that you have brought it to my attentions means that I do know it exists.
You were at my daughter's book week last week. She absolutely LOVES your books!!
Imagine how upset our 9 year old was when you refused to autograph her school book, because "you had another class coming in"!!
Gee thanks heaps for your commitment to children! Do you think you are Justin Bieber or something??
I am thrilled that your daughter enjoys my books. I too was disappointed that I was not able to sign autographs for her and the other kids. Talking to children directly and signing autographs for them is one of the best parts on my job – I even carry a signing kit around with me, as I have a different stamp for each series of books I write, which I stamp along with my signature so that kids get a little something extra. I love it and they seem to as well!
However, with a school visit, these things are out of my hands. Some schools want me to sign autographs for the kids and so they set aside time for me to do so, some do not. This school had me on a tight schedule. I had already gone slightly overtime on the first presentation and another group was ready to start. The teachers were trying to get a quick change over. Lots of the kids wanted autographs, but if I stopped to sign one, I would have had to stop to sign all of them, otherwise it would have been unfair on the other kids. The teachers were trying to get the kids moving out of the room and it would have been disrespectful to them for me to disrupt what they were trying to do. As it happens, the second group didn't get the chance for autographs either, as they were bustled off to their next class.
I hate refusing autographs. I really do! But when I have to, I try to do so politely and explain why I can't. It was all rather chaotic as the kids were leaving, and I certainly did try to explain and apologise as they left. I'm sorry if your daughter didn't hear my apology and explanation.
I really am very sorry that your daughter was upset. That is the last thing that I would have wanted. My goal is always to try and encourage a love of reading in kids, and disappointing them is not the best way of achieving this.
George is a busy author and I don't think you need to be rude to him. Give him a break… just saying!
Why did you decide to write child books?
Because I've never completely grown up. And writing kids' books is fun!
Hi Lily. Yes, I do remember you. I really enjoyed visiting your school. And I'm looking forward to coming back during Book Week next term.
I am in Junior Library at a boys school and the boys are loving your You Choose series. Some of our reluctant readers have really taken to them and we have a flow on effect in that they are reading more and are more excited by reading. Thanks so much!
So pleased to hear this. As someone who started out as a reluctant reader, I am so happy when my books encourage other reluctant readers to become excited about reading. Thanks for letting me know.
Thought you might be interested in the review I just did for the You Choose series for Random House.
Oh, WOW! That's an amazing write-up! Thank you so much, Sue. As a one-time reluctant reader myself, I am so pleased that Lochlan enjoyed the books.
Sorry, congratulations on the Chronos ………………………..
Congratulation on the Ditmar! You don't have your books up as epubs yet? I don't buy paper anymore because I don't have shelf space anymore. Post a link if they are up as epubs, I'd like to spend my money on you!
No Jayson, had not seen this. Thanks for the link. Rather cool! Maybe I'll hire one for my 50th Birthday party… if they're still around in 6 years.
Your the best author ever!!!!!
A little over stated perhaps, Tregan. But, thank you very much. It's very kind of you to say.
Thanks, Natasha and Tegan. I will certainly keep on writing.


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When Karen Taboada graduated Buffalo Grove High School in 2010, she knew she was ready to take on college. Four years earlier, that wasn't the case.
Taboada began her high school career in remedial classes. This, coupled with a lack of confidence, made her think that a four-year higher education institution was out of reach. But a team of supportive educators at Buffalo Grove, including her school counselor Polly Knudsen, changed her attitude.
Her efforts did not go unnoticed. A turning point in Taboada's life came as Buffalo Grove teachers recommended she move to a higher level literature class. Beginning a new course in the middle of the year presented its own set of challenges, but the change helped her realize she had the tools and drive needed to achieve her goal of going to college.
Taboada graduated Buffalo Grove with honors and went on to attend Lake Forest College as a communication major. "My counselor encouraged me to visit the school," Taboada said. There she served as a tour guide and worked closely with the admissions office.
After graduation, Taboada worked for a communications company but felt she wanted more. So she returned to Lake Forest, this time as an admissions counselor. She now serves as a representative of the college to students and families around the country and assists them through the application process. When speaking with potential students, Taboada's advice to them reflects her own academic experiences.
"Students should do their best to challenge themselves out of their comfort zone and not overlook opportunities as they present themselves," Taboada said.
Julia Dacy is an undergraduate at the University of Denver double majoring in Strategic Communication and Socio-Legal Studies. She interned in the District's Department of Community Engagement and Outreach during the summer of 2017.


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Tributes paid to world's oldest retired North East firefighter after death at 109
Patrick Gouldsbrough
Retired firefighter and World War Two veteran Joe Dixon died on Thursday (January 19) - with the chief fire officer of Tyne and Wear paying tribute to him. (Image: NORTHERN ECHO)
Heartfelt tributes have been paid to the world's oldest retired firefighter from the North East after he died two months after celebrating his 109th birthday.
Retired firefighter and World War Two veteran Joe Dixon died on Thursday (January 19) - with the chief fire officer of Tyne and Wear paying tribute to him.
Joe was born in 1913, in Walker, in the East End of Newcastle.
He started his working life in a local butcher's shop before realising his dream job of becoming a firefighter in 1937.
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Joe worked his way up through the ranks and eventually became a sub-officer before volunteering alongside three of his firefighter colleagues in 1943 to assist with the war efforts.
During the Second World War, Joe served in the RAF Bomber Command as a flight engineer and flew over 24 missions after its conclusion in 1945, he returned to working as a firefighter.
Throughout his time in the Fire Service, Joe lived in the Newcastle city centre married quarters at Pilgrim Street with his wife Lydia, where they raised their two sons Robert and John and enjoyed the company of four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
The Northern Echo: Joe Dixon - 109th birthday (photo credit - TWFRS)
Joe Dixon - 109th birthday (photo credit - TWFRS) (Image: NORTHERN ECHO)
On Firefighter Dixon's 100th birthday, staff at TWFRS reunited him with a 'blast from the past' at Service headquarters in Washington.
When he was able to sit in the driver's seat of a 1937 Leyland Cub fire engine, one of his first-ever fire appliances.
He was also presented with a specially engraved medal.
The Northern Echo: Image 2 - Retired firefighter Joe Dixon pictured on his 105th birthday at TWFRS Service Headquarters (photo credit - TWFRS)
Image 2 - Retired firefighter Joe Dixon pictured on his 105th birthday at TWFRS Service Headquarters (photo credit - TWFRS) (Image: NORTHERN ECHO)
Up until the last few years, Joe regularly visited operational firefighters across the region to pass on his knowledge and expertise.
Joe's family confirmed that he passed away peacefully on Thursday afternoon (January 19) at Scarborough Court in Cramlington, Northumberland.
He was a distinguished and much-loved member of the North East firefighting and emergency service community, according to those that knew him best.
The Northern Echo: Image 1 - 100 year old retired firefighter Joe Dixon pictured in front of a 1930s fire appliance he used to drive and with a specially engraved medal from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service
Image 1 - 100 year old retired firefighter Joe Dixon pictured in front of a 1930s fire appliance he used to drive and with a specially engraved medal from Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (Image: NORTHERN ECHO)
On Monday (January 23) chief fire officer Chris Lowther, of Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS), paid tribute to Joe.
He said: "Joe Dixon was a credit to his family, friends, the community he served, and to everyone associated with the wider Fire Service.
"With almost three decades of service, Joe's lasting legacy will ultimately act as an inspiration for the next generation of firefighters.
The Northern Echo: Image 4 - Joe Dixon - archive images (FF Dixon second from the right)
Image 4 - Joe Dixon - archive images (FF Dixon second from the right) (Image: NORTHERN ECHO)
"Even at the age of 109, he continued to be an ambassador for the fire and rescue service and his dedication and devotion will live on for years to come.
"He was a friend, a firefighter, a hero. We will never forget the sacrifices he made for our communities."
"Joe will be sadly missed by all of his family.
"Firefighter Dixon - we salute you. What a legend."


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Sikorsky S-97 Raider (Сикорский S-97) — разведывательный вертолёт американской компании Sikorsky Aircraft, построенный по соосной схеме с толкающим винтом в хвостовой части. Разработан на базе экспериментального вертолёта X2.
В перспективе S-97 может заменить в войсках разведывательные вертолёты OH-58D Kiowa Warrior.

Согласно проекту, кабина пилотов рассчитана на двух человек с посадкой бок о бок. Фюзеляж вертолёта будет выполнен из композиционных материалов, позволяющих снизить массу машины и её радиолокационную заметность.
Вертолёт S-97 Raider будет иметь пространство в кормовой части кабины для вооружения и вспомогательного топлива. В штурмовой конфигурации, транспортный отсек сможет вмещать до шести десантников. По сравнению с другими лёгкими военными вертолётами увеличилась манёвренность, выносливость и способность работать на больших высотах, как ожидается S-97, значительно уменьшит радиус поворота и уровень шума, при значительном увеличении полезной нагрузки.
Машина будет оснащаться различными типами вооружения и разведывательной аппаратуры для выполнения тактических миссий.
Максимальная скорость до 220 узлов (или 407 километров в час).

Сборка прототипов S-97 ведется Sikorsky с 2012 года.
Первый полёт S-97 состоялся 22 мая 2015 года в штате Флорида, США.

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