Don't Panic, it's just a Will!
I was diagnosed with a Panic Disorder in February 2014.
If you're reading this and you know what a panic attack feels like: I am sorry.
If you're reading this and you don't know what a panic attack feels like, the first part of this blog post is for you; to help you understand what the rest of us go through.
Now, once again I feel the need to preface my comments by saying that EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT. For some, panic attacks might not be quite as dramatic as I describe. For others – unfortunately – they are every bit of what I describe, and even more.
You're in your car at dusk, driving along the winding back roads on your way home from a weekend of camping with friends and family. It's a dark Sunday evening, heavy cloud cover concealing the moon and the stars. That's the least of your concerns, though. All you can think about is what you have to do to get ready for work tomorrow morning.
Really shouldn't have stayed that late on a Sunday… But the Packers had the Sunday Night game, so whatever, it was worth it.
Then, strangely, your right foot starts falling asleep.
Why is my right foot falling asleep? That's annoying.
You shake it to try and get the blood flowing. Adjust in your seat. No help.
How am I supposed to drive with a tingly foot?
Angrily, you slam down the remainder of your now-cold coffee.
You adjust the radio to a different station.
Your right foot gets extremely heavy. It slowly depresses more and more on the accelerator. You try and lift your foot off the pedal, but for whatever reason YOU CAN'T LIFT IT OFF.
The volume on the radio starts increasing.
The headlights on your car shut off. Complete darkness.
All you can do is sit and watch as the RPMs go red. You're FLYING down the road at 120… 130… 140 mph.
You know that trees line both sides of the road. Curves in the road are coming up soon.
Def Leppard blaring in your ears.
Do you feel like you're going to die? Of course you do. It's the only logical explanation based on all the facts you have.
That is what a panic attack feels like.
It feels like someone grabs ahold of all the figurative "levers" inside your brain and whips them into overdrive, all at once, for seemingly no reason at all.
Heart rate approaches 2-3x its normal speed. Thoughts begin racing and swirling so much that you physically cannot hold a conversation. Breathing becomes incredibly short and thin – a 1000 lb. weight is sitting on your chest.
Roughly 6 times a year I will wake out of a dead sleep in the middle of the night to this happening to my body.
Half the time I am able to control my thoughts enough to remember what is going on. I utilize some of the tactics I have developed over the years, and my 'episodes' end more quickly.
The other half of the time, my world spirals out of control and I all-but pick a spot on the floor for myself to die.
Eventually my world always stabilizes. It feels like hours while I'm going through it. The reality is that it last 20-30 minutes.
I guess you could compare the "post-panic" feeling to the feeling of waking up from a particularly disturbing nightmare. The pure thankfulness to be alive – to have your family happy and healthy – to have everything be 'normal' again.
It is living through a state of hell that nobody should have to experience.
As for the rest of you: When someone you love comes to you and complains of panic-like symptoms, please do not blow them off. Please do not demand that they "get over it". Please do not seek out "real" explanations for the symptoms they are having. Want to get them checked out for a heart arrhythmia? – great. Beyond that, seek a reputable mental health professional for a consultation. And most of all: Love them. Support them. They feel stupid enough already, don't do anything to add to it.
According to a 2017 study conducted by Caring.com, only 42 percent of U.S. adults have estate planning documents such as a will or a living trust.
For those with children under the age of 18, only 36 percent have those documents in place.
Those are not opinions. Those are facts.
I'm not here to lecture. I get it (probably better than most): Facing your own mortality is extremely difficult.
But guess what? You're not doing it for yourself. You're doing it for the people you love.
Name a caretaker for your pets.
List specific personal property assets. Name desired beneficiaries. Name alternate beneficiaries.
Name a 'personal representative' to make sure your will is carried out. Name an alternate representative.
Name a beneficiary of any property left over.
Specify instructions for the care/upkeep of real estate.
The time is now: Just do it. I know that you can handle it.
If you are able to recognize that you are having a panic attack, focus intensely on breathing. Force yourself to take long, exaggerated breaths. In for 4 seconds. Hold for 4 seconds. Out for 4 seconds.
Have a "go-to" person to call or talk to. It could be a parent, a significant other, or a friend. Coach this person on your condition. Tell them to talk "at you". They shouldn't expect a response. They can talk about dreams, sporting events, or even just recount their day. The simple act of listening to someone talk can be enormously helpful.
Ice on the back of the neck. No idea why, but the change of sensation helps me.
Take a shower. Again, no idea why, but the change of sensation helps me.
In 2016, 852,828 new lawsuits were opened in the state of Wisconsin… We only have 5.8 million people living in the state. For those that were never "math" people, that's roughly 1 lawsuit for every 7 people in the state.
The statistics get even more mind-numbing if you expand the scope to include the entire United States, where over 100 million new cases are opened each year in a country that is home to 323 million (about 1:3).
On average, a new lawsuit is filed every 30 seconds.
78% of lawsuit defendants never thought it would happen to them.
America has 80% of the World's lawyers.
96% of the WORLD'S lawsuits are filed in the United States.
Unless you've had the misfortune of being involved in a lawsuit, the likelihood is that you have no idea how the whole process works.
"In Wisconsin a civil action commences by filing of a complaint. (The) Party who commences the action is called the plaintiff, and the opposite party is called the defendant. A civil action can be classified into various stages that include: pleading stage, discovery stage, trial stage, and judgment stage.
Pleadings acceptable in Wisconsin courts are: complaint, answer to complaint, counter claim, reply to counter claim, cross claim, answer to cross claim, third party complaint and answer to third party complaint. A complaint should be filed by the real party in interest… Parties may obtain discovery by depositions upon oral examination or written questions; written interrogatories; production of documents or things or permission to enter upon land or other property, for inspection and other purposes; physical and mental examinations; and requests for admission.
To be fair, it started off promising. The basic identification of how the process begins. Definition of Plaintiff/Defendant. But then… … … ???
Let's see if I can do better.
So someone wants to sue you.
How do they do it? When do you know it's for real? Better yet, when should you contact an attorney?
Chill. One question at a time, please.
You don't need to get worked up yet. And unless you're truly having a meltdown, there's probably no need to contact an attorney.
Everything gets real when the person who hates your guts files a "Summons and Complaint" with the Clerk of Courts. It basically says two (2) things: 1) Hey, guys, this jerk is the worst! They did "X, Y, and Z" to me and those things are against the law. 2) I will give this jerk "X" days to respond to my claim, otherwise they admit guilt.
Unless you know beyond the shadow of a doubt how you should respond, this is a very good time to contact an attorney.
Short of you admitting guilt or not responding to the claims, the next step is for your case to go into discovery. It is what you'd expect: both sides ask each other information about the case, trying to discover as much factual information as possible, with the goal of building the strongest possible case. The length of the discovery period can vary dramatically, but usually lasts several months.
After the discovery phase is over and all the facts are out in the open, the sides may decide to avoid trial by seeking to resolve the case in mediation. Mediation is heard by an unbiased 3rd party, who will offer a nonbinding verdict (meaning if either party disagrees with the verdict, the case will continue on and be heard by a judge/jury). However, if both parties DO agree, the case will be resolved without going to court! Pursuing mediation makes a TON of sense if you feel the individual(s) opposing you have some sense of rationale. Mediation, in general, offers the advantages of being much less time consuming, stressful, and costly than the standard Civil Court process.
Rather than waiting months – sometimes years – to have your case heard by the court system, a hearing with a mediator can often be scheduled within a couple of weeks.
The judge and both sides discuss the facts of the case, charges faced, and what evidence will be allowed at the trial. This phase can amount to one brief hearing or several lengthy hearings, depending on the complexity of the case. This is usually a final opportunity for the sides to come to a "settlement".
Each side presents evidence. Judge / Jury deliver a binding verdict. Cases that go all the way through trial normally take well over one (1) year from "complaint" to "verdict".
Just when you thought it was over. If you or your counterpart doesn't like the decision the judge/jury made, that decision can be brought to an "appellate" court. "Hey, I think the judge/jury made a serious mistake in handling my case. I want someone else to look at these facts." You should know, once the judge delivers a verdict, you are generally facing very long odds to get that decision overturned in an appellate court. But… There is always a chance.
"People with the DC style prioritize CHALLENGE, so they want to explore all options and make sure that the best possible methods are used. As a result, they may be very questioning and skeptical of other people's ideas. They also prioritize RESULTS, so they're often very direct and straightforward. Finally, they prioritize ACCURACY. Because they want to control the quality of their work, they prefer to work independently, and they may focus on separating emotions from facts." – Excerpt from Pat's DiSC Workplace Profile.
Key words and phrases: Explores all options, skeptical, direct, accurate, separates emotions from facts.
Dang. That's good stuff right there. Definitely the kind of person I want handling my most important affairs. Here is what I will add: I would imagine that many people with this personality type tend to come across very dry, arrogant, or even rude because they have so much knowledge about topics that their clients – well – don't. Pat manages to overcome that. I don't know if it's just a natural gift of his or if it's something he's worked on over the years, but he really has this great way of being relatable and knowledgeable, without making you feel dumb for not knowing nearly as much as he does.
PDF: "Ummm… Probably marry Tom Brady cuz he has all that money. Punch Belichick because we can't beat him. And date Gronk because he would be a lot of fun." Laughs.
PDF: "I don't know. I think it's the special appearances that they throw into the show. The cameos. Like all of a sudden KISS would show up on the show. It's just annoying to me now." Laughs.
Here you go >>> Radiohead – Airbag.
PDF: "None because there shouldn't be any pennies. They should be discontinued." Laughs.
PDF: "Hmmm… Kevin Eismann – Epiphany Law." Laughs.
KOD: "Oh brother. Barf." Laughs.
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On November 27th, 2017, Wisconsin became the 34th state to pass Legislation allowing the existence of Benefit Corporations (B Corps). Wisconsin companies can begin filing the B Corp election on February 26th, 2018.
WHO CARES! Toss it on the pile, right??
B CORPORATIONS ARE CHANGING THE GAME.
How do B Corps change the game?
In the United States, for-profit Corporations are required to act "solely for the ultimate purpose of maximizing financial returns for shareholders." In other words, the people pulling the strings are legally obligated to make as much money as possible for the people who have invested in the company. Profit. That is the only consideration that matters. If there is an opportunity to make money, the powers that be must take it, or face the wrath of disgruntled investors and cunning corporate attorneys.
B Corps, in the 34 states that allow them, are also for-profit Corporations. Their directors are also legally obligated to make as much money as possible for shareholders. However, directors are also legally obligated to consider the social impact that their decisions have on society.
C Corp. Directors are faced with the opportunity to experience significant cost-savings by relocating a large manufacturing plant overseas. Their research into the opportunity shows extremely low risk and potential for significant returns for shareholders. 10,000 jobs would be lost, severely damaging the community where the plant resides. If the Directors choose not to move forward with the relocation, they would likely face significant public scrutiny, termination, lawsuit, and career damage. Why? Because their only legal obligation is to maximize returns for shareholders.
B Corp. Directors are faced with the same opportunity. This time, Directors are legally obligated to consider and balance the financial incentive of relocating with the social impact it would create for the community. They can choose to act on either side and can balance the negative social impact with the positive financial opportunity however they see fit.
Unless a basis is created by the company itself, there is no hard-and-fast rule that says how much consideration directors should give to financial return versus social impact. The B Corp structure simply gives Directors the latitude to make decisions that truly are in the best interests of shareholders AND society as a whole.
Do B Corporations get a tax break?
No. B Corps are taxed like other Corporations. They may elect the S or C treatment.
Is anyone actually going to use this election?
Mission : Preserving and expanding Ben & Jerry's social mission, brand integrity and product quality, by providing social mission-mindful insight and guidance to ensure we're making the best ice cream possible in the best way possible.
Mission: Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, use business to inspire and implement solutions to the environmental crisis.
Mission: Since 1969, Natura's mission has been to help build a better world through our commitment to transparency, sustainability and well-being.
What are some potential business benefits beyond the ability to "do the right thing"?
Access to talented workers. Young, talented individuals want to work for companies that are changing the world. Organizing as a B Corporation legitimizes a company's cause as more than just lip-service. In today's competitive environment, B Corps are an outstanding recruiting tool.
Increased employee retention and motivation. Similarly, a workforce is inspired by more than just a paycheck. Employees work with blood, sweat, and tears when they identify with their company's cause.
Increased customer loyalty. Some customers are willing to pay more – and come back time and again – for brands that have a strong purpose. Socially responsible consumers are a real thing, and there are more and more of them every day.
What additional requirements do B Corps have?
Here is a sample report.
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Bitcoin. It's all the craze.
Pretty easy to understand why… People are making MONEY. Not stacks – no, no – heaps and piles and truckloads of money. We're talking life-changing, legacy-altering, never-have-to-work-again-if-you-don't-screw-it-up kind of money.
But how? I mean… What is it? And… Are we all stupid for not jumping in?
These were all questions that my family was asking as we hovered over our meals on The Night Before Christmas.
I sort of knew what it was: This Virtual Currency thing that people somehow "mine" to acquire. I knew that "mining" it took a lot of CPU horsepower. I knew that some merchants accepted Bitcoin as a "legitimate" means of purchasing stuff. And finally, I understood that it was traded on Exchanges, just like any other stock/bond/currency.
Basically, I didn't have much to offer that the #fam didn't already know, so instead of jumping into the conversation… I kept quiet and let somebody else struggle through the difficult web of questions that inevitably accompany a Bitcoin conversation.
The one guy that had a legitimate background in finance and currently spends his days working with – arguably – very smart business minds came up with: nothing – zip – zilch – nada.
I blew my shot to look smart in front of the crew.
I don't have any stats to support this, but my feeling is that maybe .1% of our population (300,000 Americans, for example) have an extremely intimate knowledge of everything Bitcoin. Certainly, many others "get it". Maybe they can't explain it to a child, but they know what's going on. Well enough, at least, to have an opinion on whether or not they would ever invest in it. Then, there's the rest of us. We've heard of it and we have no freaking clue what is going on.
If you read my first blog, you know THAT is why I write. To explain complex legal and business matters in a way that people can actually understand.
So, here is my shot at redemption.
It's money. But you can't put it in your wallet. You can't hold it.
An alias named: Satoshi Nakamoto. This alias could represent a single person, or – more likely – a small group of people. Regardless, the true creator of Bitcoin has never come forward.
In the beginning, the person – or small group of people – who created Bitcoin had to convince other people that this "thing" was worth something. A trade had to happen.
Allow me to repeat: they had to convince someone that a Bitcoin – this thing that you cannot see or feel or smell or taste or hear – was worth money.
Basically worthless, but still, it had to start somewhere.
Why did the first – and subsequent – trades happen?
Globalization. You don't have to worry about crossing borders. Bitcoin is accepted anywhere.
Decentralization. It's a fancy way of saying that there is no government authority – or any authority, really – that regulates Bitcoin. Nobody will "print" or "create" more of it on a whim, and nobody has the authority to declare it invalid.
Accessibility. Payments can be made at any time, to anyone, including on "holidays" when banks are traditionally closed.
Transparency. Bitcoin users will know if extra fees – no matter how miniscule – are being charged by merchants when they pay with Bitcoin.
Privacy. Payments can be made without personal information being shared.
Low Fees. The cost to process a Bitcoin transaction is currently much lower than the cost to process a credit card transaction.
The first users of Bitcoin were believers in that idea. They were willing to trade actual money – something that is universally accepted – for Bitcoin – something that would only be accepted among their own tiny network of users. They believed that as the idea spread, more people would be interested in using it. Eventually, real demand would be created and the cost of Bitcoin would rise.
It is HIGHLY complex and, to be honest, way beyond my capacity for understanding. It involves computers, algorithms, and really really smart people.
Bitcoin "mining" is the process that verifies a Bitcoin transaction is valid.
In the beginning, Satoshi Nakamoto had some Bitcoin. Let's say it was 1,000 Bitcoin.
Satoshi sold some Bitcoin to another person. Let's say it was 100 Bitcoin for roughly $0.08 USD.
Now, this is when "mining" happens. After a transaction is accepted, it must be verified. Computers talk to each other… Smart people do smart things… 10 minutes later… Approved!
What is the incentive for Bitcoin "mining"?
People that verify Bitcoin transactions are called "Miners", and Bitcoin transactions are grouped together into a "block". "Miners" are awarded Bitcoin for making sure the transaction data inside a "block" is legit.
In the beginning, "mining" a "block" of transaction data came with a reward of 50 Bitcoin.
The reward for verifying transactions decreases over time. Every 4 years, the reward is cut in half.
The reward has gone from 50 -> 25 -> the current reward of 12.5 Bitcoin per "block". Rewards will be cut to 6.25 Bitcoin per "block" in June of 2020.
As more and more users join the Bitcoin network, the transactions become increasingly difficult to verify. More difficult algorithms = more powerful computers = more energy consumption = higher costs for miners.
To tie that point together: As time passes, the benefit is going down and costs are going up for Bitcoin "miners".
How many Bitcoin are there now?
As of the time of this writing, there are roughly 17 million Bitcoin in circulation. The maximum capacity of Bitcoin is 21 million. Once 21 million are in circulation, "miners" will no longer be awarded new Bitcoin in exchange for verifying transactions.
Most estimates indicate that all 21 million Bitcoin will be in circulation by the year 2140. At that point, the reward will be .00000042 Bitcoin / Block "mined". Again, the current reward is 12.5 Bitcoin / Block "mined".
Err… will "miners" still do the work to verify transactions if there is no incentive?
At some point, the cost (primarily energy consumption by high-powered computers) of "mining" Bitcoins will outweigh the actual reward, and it will no longer be profitable to "mine".
At this time – or much sooner – "miners" will start charging transaction fees to Bitcoin users who want to buy something with their Bitcoins.
The business that is Bitcoin "mining" – while HIGHLY profitable now – will likely become one of razor-thin profit margins at some point in the future. Small margins may be palatable, however, if millions of transactions are occurring daily.
In January of 2011; about 7 years ago, one Bitcoin cost $0.35 USD.
In January of 2014; about 4 years ago, one Bitcoin cost $881.66 USD.
In January of 2017; about 1 year ago, one Bitcoin cost $985.56 USD.
As of January 5th, 2018 at 9:00 am, one Bitcoin costs $15,188.70 USD.
That's over 4,000,000% growth in 7 years.
Straight facts homie. I'll leave all the hot takes to the so-called "experts". Show us some love if my shot at redemption was a success.


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Best flip phones 2021 | Android Central
The best Android phones are capable of just about anything these days, but that can be overwhelming or just downright unnecessary for some. Not everybody needs a high-end camera or a giant screen in their pocket at all times, and you certainly shouldn't have to pay for features you'll never use. So whether you're longing for a more direct experience or just want the cheapest possible vessel for calls and texts, these are the best flip phones that should be on your radar.
TracFone is well-known for its reasonably priced pre-paid phones, and the My Flip 2 is one of its more popular affordable options. For less than $20, you get a pocketable device that can do all the basics, plus it comes equipped with access to popular apps and services like WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube, Google Maps, and Google Assistant.
$20 at Walmart
Best premium flip phone:
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 – Android Cell Phone
The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 combines the compact form factor of a flip phone with the advanced features of today's premium smartphones for the perfect pocketable device. Admittedly, it is a bit pricier than other options on this list, but it delivers so much more functionality.
Best for apps:
Nokia 2720 – Flip Phone
Just like the NUU F4L, the Nokia 2720 has 4G support that allows you to connect to popular services like Facebook and Whatsapp, but it doesn't stop there. 2720 can launch Google apps like Assistant, Maps, and even YouTube — and of course, it wouldn't be a Nokia phone without Snake pre-installed.
Solid option:
NUU F4L
The NUU F4L carefully toes the line between price and features, with 4GB of storage and 4G LTE connectivity. With that connection, you can make crystal-clear VoLTE calls or even access Whatsapp and Facebook Lite. There are also two notification LEDs on the front that alert you of new messages and low battery.
Best for seniors:
Lively (formerly Jitterbug) Flip
Lively (formerly Jitterbug) aims to offer the simplest solution possible for those looking to make the occasional call and text. So you get large buttons with equally large text that's clear and easy to read. It also comes with Amazon Alexa onboard, simple navigation assistance, and 24/7 live emergency support.
Alternative flagship:
Motorola RAZR 5G – Polished Graphite
The Motorola RAZR 5G has a lot in common with the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3 in that it brings premium smartphone capabilities to a flip form factor. The RAZR 5G has a larger and more helpful exterior screen and camera, but it doesn't have the same water resistance rating as the Samsung device, nor does it feature wireless charging.
$1,000 at Best Buy
Best rugged flip phone:
Kyocera DuraXV Extreme E4810 Flip Phone
If you need a small, foldable flip phone that can stand up to the toughest of jobs or environments, then you should take a look at the Kyocera DuraXV Extreme E4810. It sports Miltaly Standard 810G and IP68 dust, shock, vibration, water, and temperature resistance. In addition, it can handle five-foot drops onto hard surfaces, is certified against Class 1, Division 2 hazardous locations, and has all-day battery life. The downside is that it's a little expensive compared to most standard flip phones.
Best operating system:
This one isn't technically a flip phone, but the original Banana Phone design has to count for something, right? The Nokia 8110 runs on the popular KaiOS, a software platform built specifically with feature phones in mind. It has apps like YouTube and Twitter built-in, and you can even use it as a hotspot to share your 4G connection with other devices.
Smartphones aren't your only option
We get it. Not everybody needs a flashy and expensive smartphone, and that's okay! Buy within your means and get a phone that suits your needs without paying for extra features you'll never actually use. Even flip phones have gotten some nice upgrades over the years, including support for 4G LTE — that comes in handy more than you might think.
The NUU F4L is an unlocked flip phone that works on nearly every U.S. carrier and offers the best bang-for-your-buck value you could ask for. In addition, its 4G compatibility lets you connect to messaging services like Whatsapp, allowing you to stay connected with your friends and family (that is, so long as you don't mind typing with T9).
If you need more apps and services, though, the Nokia 2720 is just shy of a smartphone in terms of app compatibility; you can launch Google Assistant or even watch YouTube videos on its 2.8-inch display. Of course, you'll pay quite a bit more for the phone, but if these services are essential to you, it might be worth the money.
Finally, if you want a premium smartphone experience in a foldable form factor, then you'll want to take a look at the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3. It has all the fancy high-end features you could wish but collapses to a pocketable size just by closing it. Sure it's more expensive than the rest of the devices on this list, but then again, both Samsung and many carriers are offering a ton of great trade-in deals and incentives to bring that price down to a much more manageable level. We may earn a commission for purchases using our links. Learn more.
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Colorado School Taps Container Farm for Classroom, Food Stand
Freight Farms' hydroponic vertical container farms use nearly 99% less water than a traditional farm, running with as little as zero to five gallons per day, less than the average dishwasher. (Pixabay)
HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. — A Douglas County High School is using a refrigerated freight container converted into a hydroponic farm as an extension of the classroom.
At Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, students learn how to grow leafy greens and other vegetables. And David Larsen, who teaches business agriculture at the school, said other learning opportunities branch out from there.
"Then you take all the different aspects of it, like the business side, marketing, branding all those things that we want kids to have practical experience on," Larsen said. "If you have kids that are interested in engineering technology side of it, there's a control system and automation in there."
Students package and sell their harvests to local restaurants, students' families and staff, and any extra produce goes to retirement homes and food pantries. Larsen said students also gain soft skills such as how to be a good employee, punctuality, engagement, responsibility, and how to be the public face of a business.
Because the climate is controlled inside the container, food can be grown all school year long with a predictable commercial-scale output. A greenery unit can support 13,000 plants at a time, producing harvests of up to 900 heads of lettuce per week. Larsen said the indoor farm also is resistant to shocks such as extreme weather patterns or drought.
"The taste is incredible. When people eat our lettuces, they're like, 'Oh, wow, I didn't know lettuce could taste like that,'" he said. "There's some very interesting varieties of herbs as well. We do a lot of different arugulas. I think the freshness just really sets it apart."
The high-tech containers are the brainchild of the Massachusetts-based company Freight Farms, and are well suited for Colorado. They require a considerable amount of electricity, but use nearly 99% less water than a traditional farm, running with as little as five gallons per day - less than the average dishwasher.
Eric Galatas, Public News Service - CO


Cord-cutters ditching traditional pay TV for streaming cable alternatives are at an all-time high. Every quarter sees another record broken for people leaving cable, while streaming pay TV and Netflix continue to grow at astronomical rates.
It's easy for cable execs to blame the problems on gosh-darn millenials who are glued to their phone and don't want to watch the evening news. But the evidence shows that actually, it's the increasingly high prices that cable companies charge that's to blame.
Though previously mentioned, it's worth noting again that of those respondents cutting pay-TV service, 86.7% do so because of price, and this category increased by 6.6 percentage points y/y. As price drives both dissatisfaction and cord-cutting, these two results support the view that some respondents can't justify the high price of cable/satellite service, especially with the availability of lower-cost options like Netflix and Hulu. Now that these services also offer original content, streaming also cuts into the daily viewing time of pay-TV services, potentially leading to a deterioration of perceived value. Pay-TV providers must act before consumers reach their tipping point.
The study also found that customers, unsurprisingly, hate the channel bundles. According to the survey, 81.3% of consumers would like a la carte programming, up 4.7 percent from a year ago. Even the streaming options don't allow a la carte programming — $35 or $40 gets you the standard bundle, with add-ons for things like HBO.


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import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.DryRunResult;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.DryRunSupportedRequest;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.MonitorInstancesRequest;
import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.UnmonitorInstancesRequest;

/**
 * Toggles detailed monitoring for an EC2 instance
 */
public class MonitorInstance {

    public static void monitorInstance(String instanceId) {

        final AmazonEC2 ec2 = AmazonEC2ClientBuilder.defaultClient();

        DryRunSupportedRequest<MonitorInstancesRequest> monitorInstancesDryRun = () -> {
            MonitorInstancesRequest request = new MonitorInstancesRequest()
                .withInstanceIds(instanceId);

            return request.getDryRunRequest();
        };

        DryRunResult dryRunResponse = ec2.dryRun(monitorInstancesDryRun);

        if(!dryRunResponse.isSuccessful()) {
            System.out.printf("Failed dry run to enable monitoring on instance %s", instanceId);
            throw dryRunResponse.getDryRunResponse();
        }

        MonitorInstancesRequest request = new MonitorInstancesRequest()
                .withInstanceIds(instanceId);

            ec2.monitorInstances(request);

            System.out.printf("Successfully enabled monitoring for instance %s", instanceId);
    }

    public static void unmonitorInstance(String instanceId) {

        final AmazonEC2 ec2 = AmazonEC2ClientBuilder.defaultClient();

        DryRunSupportedRequest<UnmonitorInstancesRequest> unmonitorInstancesDryRun = () -> {
            UnmonitorInstancesRequest request = new UnmonitorInstancesRequest()
                .withInstanceIds(instanceId);

            return request.getDryRunRequest();
        };

        DryRunResult dryRunResponse = ec2.dryRun(unmonitorInstancesDryRun);

        if(!dryRunResponse.isSuccessful()) {
            System.out.printf("Failed dry run to disable monitoring on instance %s", instanceId);
            throw dryRunResponse.getDryRunResponse();
        }

        UnmonitorInstancesRequest request = new UnmonitorInstancesRequest()
                .withInstanceIds(instanceId);

            ec2.unmonitorInstances(request);

            System.out.printf("Successfully disabled monitoring for instance %s", instanceId);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        final String USAGE =
            "To run this example, supply an instance id and a monitoring status\n" +
            "Ex: MonitorInstance <instance-id> <true|false>\n";

        if (args.length != 2) {
            System.out.println(USAGE);
            System.exit(1);
        }

        String instanceId = args[0];
        boolean enableMonitoring = Boolean.valueOf(args[1]);

        if(enableMonitoring) {
            monitorInstance(instanceId);
        } else {
            unmonitorInstance(instanceId);
        }
    }
}

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This 'Avengers: Endgame' theory explains why Doctor Strange needs Iron Man alive
Doctor Strange surprised many at the end of Avengers: Infinity War when he did the one thing he said he wouldn't. He traded the Time Stone, which he swore to protect at all costs, for the life of one single man. But you'd probably change your mind too, had you seen more than 14 million versions of the same losing battle. A new fan theory says that Strange had to make sure Iron Man survives the defeat on Titan in order for the Avengers to ultimately win. This was the only way they could pull it off, as Strange said back in Infinity War.
I already told you a few times that I think Strange is the mastermind behind whatever is going to happen in Endgame. By spending that much time peering through time and looking at possible ways to fight Thanos, Strange may have set all the pieces on the board to beat the titan once all is finally said and done. It's pretty clear that in Infinity War alone, the doctor had to make several sacrifices to make sure they'd win. Allowing Star-Lord's temporary insanity moment, giving Thanos the Time Stone in exchange for Tony's life, or making sure that Ant-Man was in the Quantum Real by the time the snap occurred aren't accidents. Doctor Strange must be behind it all.
But why did he save Tony? The first Endgame trailer tells us that Tony is drifting through space with Nebula, with no hope in sight. But according to everything we've seen so far, someone will save Tony and he'll travel back in time, possibly via the Quantum Realm, alongside the original Avengers (and a few new friends) to fix everything.
Reddit user thomascgalvin thinks that Doctor Strange knows he needs Tony's mind to beat Thanos.
Specifically, the Redditor says that the Infinity Gauntlet's snap is a one-time-trick that can't be easily replicated now that the weapon is partially damaged, and the master dwarf who forged it can't make another one:
My theory is that Strange realized the Snap was a one-time-only event, one which Thanos, even with the full compliment of the Infinity Stones, could never replicate.
First, the Snap damaged the Infinity Gauntlet. While it's still a powerful weapon, in its current state it can probably not be used to perform the Snap a second time.
Second, Thanos himself destroyed any hope of creating a second Infinity Gauntlet. When Thanos mutilated Eitri's hands, he destroyed the only craftsman capable of harnessing the true might of the Infinity Stones.
Together, these facts mean that if the Decimation can be reversed, Thanos will be well and truly thwarted.
The Redditor further says that Thanos might use the Time Stone to repair the Gauntlet or Eitri's hands, but the Avengers would probably beat him to it.
With the Quantum Realm expected to play a significant role in Endgame and in the MCU's next phase, the theory does make sense. The Avengers need Tony's mind to navigate the Quantum Realm. Per this new theory, which is available in full at the end of this post, Strange sacrificed himself because "Stark has the kind of intelligence necessary to adapt PymTech to access the Soul Realm, while Strange, as smart as he is, lacks those kinds of skills."
Remember that Strange does have Quantum Realm lines in the movie according to a Tom Holland statement made before everyone knew what would happen in Infinity War. That was one of the first leaks that seemed to imply the snap will be undone in Avengers 4.
[MCU] Strange, Thanos, and the end of Infinity War from FanTheories
Image Source: Marvel
Tags: Avengers 4, Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel
Any two Netflix subscribers likely have at least six shows in common
What to watch on Netflix in January: 10 surprisingly good movies and shows you might've missed
Amazon brought back 10 of its best-selling Black Friday deals


Universoul Grind Entertainment is an organization based in Tampa, Florida that produces and curates content for people want to connect with inspiring independent hip hop artists. A few weeks ago I was contacted by UGE's Caleb and Artisha Williams for an interview with Native Sun. The interview, which will be available for listening on Thursday, January 28th is going to be something you don't want to miss. We talked in depth about our creative process, inspiration and some unusual facts about each member of the group.
The process of interviewing with UGE lead me to check out some of the other content on their website and I was thoroughly impressed. There's a wealth of amazing videos, music and interviews from brilliant artists representing hip hop, spoken word and soul music. UGE is definitely the site to connect with to discover some of the great art currently being created by independent musicians all over the country. Click below to check out a video they recently posted of a Jam Master Jay Tribute featuring TJ Mizell x DJ Scratch.


As required by state law, the Board held a public hearing for purposes of discussing updates to the Street Plan. Justin Stark with Olsson (Village Engineer) presented the 2019 to 2024 plan, which focuses on six projects and general maintenance.
The one year plan consists of three projects and includes four blocks of paving. Whereas, the six year plan consists of three projects and includes five blocks of paving.
For more detailed information and maps of the one and six year street projects, click here.


Living in a small village has advantages and disadvantages and one of the down sides is the lack of take-out. We do have a pizzeria in the next village, but by the time we drive over there, wait for the pizza to be made (as we can never remember where we put their telephone number) and drive home, I can make pizza. And most of the time (to blow my own trumpet for a moment) it tastes better.
The recipe is one that I use for making white bread – from Mumsnet recipe pages. I can make a large family pizza and still have enough dough left to make a small loaf or a couple of baguettes.
If you have a food mixer, then chuck the ingredients in and whizz around until well mixed. Or if doing by hand, put dry ingredients into a bowl, make well in the centre and slowly add the water until the dough comes together. You are looking for the dough to be non-sticky and smooth. Roll out the pizza dough as thin as you can manage, using flour to stop it sticking to the worktop or the rolling pin.
Then spread with tomato puree or pizza sauce (you can buy tinned sauce with herbs added) and add whatever toppings you like. This one was with salmon and fresh spinach on one side, mushrooms and ham on the other. Sprinkle grated cheese on top. (Pretend you don't see the packet of pre-grated cheese, I know that some people frown upon using it).
Bung it into oven for 15 – 20 minutes. Voila!


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Art & Food: Sonya Kelliher-Combs
Indigenous Food / By Megan Ward
SONYA KELLIHER-COMBS
Sonya Kelliher-Combs was raised in the Northwest Alaska community of Nome. Her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree is from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Master of Fine Arts is from Arizona State University. Through her mixed media painting and sculpture, Kelliher-Combs offers a chronicle of the ongoing struggle for self-definition and identity in the Alaskan context. Her combination of shared iconography with intensely personal imagery demonstrates the generative power that each vocabulary has over the other. READ MORE…
"I'm inspired by the relationship of our ancestors to their environment — how they used skin, fur and membrane in material culture. The subjects of my work are patterns of history, family, and culture…" Read More
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Chezzi Denyer broke down in tears on live radio as she opened up about her fears for husband Grant Denyer, who is currently restricted to bed rest as he recovers from ongoing back issues.
The 41-year-old has been in hospital since he tore his L1 disc in a DIY accident early last month, more than a decade since he broke his back in a horrific monster truck crash.
Though he's slowly recovering, Grant revealed that his injury was worse than he thought, and though it isn't life threatening he's been left unable to walk or stand.
But wife Chezzi is terrified of the implications, telling her husband's 2Day FM co-hosts that she's worried about him returning to work.
"I don't want him to work anymore, because I'm really worried he's going to end up in a wheelchair," she said.
After undergoing surgery to fix the tear in his disc, Grant's surgeon reportedly told the couple that the Logie winner should make a "miraculous recovery"
Chezzi went on to say that though she knows Grant loves his work and it "breaks his heart" to be unable to return to the studio, it is her "biggest torment."
But co-host Ash London insisted there was "no pressure" from herself or Ed Kavalee for Grant o get back to work, adding, "We want him to rest, to take time off, and I believe that good will come out of this. We love him!"
And it's not just his coworkers who miss Grant -- Chezzi tearfully confessed that the couple's two daughters, Scout, three, and Sailor, seven, are also feeling the weight of their dad's absence.
"Sailor said the other day, and it broke my heart... I'll probably cry, but because she's been having nightmares, she said, 'I just want Daddy to come home,'" Chezzi recalled.
In the past the couple have spoken about how Grant's initial back injury affected them, discussing the emotional upheaval of his recovery and later addiction to prescription painkillers.
Speaking about his wife on radio last month, Denyer confessed, "I'm lucky she's still here because I put her through the wringer. I've said this before, I said a lot of horrible stuff that I feel bad about."
Now it looks like she will be supporting him through this battle too.


S.I. No. 601 of 2011.
These Regulations make the necessary amendments to the Social Welfare (Consolidated Occupational Injuries) Regulations 2007 to ensure compliance with the civil partnership legislation by extending to civil partners, and to cohabitants in certain circumstances, the various rights and obligations that currently apply to spouses.


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Main: Property in UK, US, Oz, HK, etc
Global Property Cycles
Britain's most Up-and-Coming cities : Where? If not London.
February 9, 2013 in Main: Property in UK, US, Oz, HK, etc
There was a time when London was affordable. But those days are long-gone
As London property prices have soared into the stratosphere, prices in the rest of the UK have moved little, or even drifted lower. Result: the Gap between London and Rest-of-UK prices have reached an unprecedented level.
Here-in is the opportunity: Sell and London, and Buy cheaper elsewhere. But the UK has not second London. There is nowhere with all the same walkability, cultural attractions, and other advantages (high paying jobs?) that attract people to London.
Some cities are trying hard to create the right environment (to move to). Within the UK are many Up-and-Coming cities. Let's identify them, and talk about the improvements in the living environment that people are seeing.
Over time, I will create a Top-5 or Top-10 List here. What should be on it ?
(here are some of the postings from the London Crash thread, that inspired this one):
The quality of London comes from four things in my view:
1. Size + Density = it makes business models & events (any niche you want) possible that are not viable in smaller or more spread out towns.
2. Transport/Location = both in the city itself, and to the city (Eurostar, Heathrow and the closest major city to the mainlaind by car.) Least bad climate of major British cities.
3. Legacy = as a capital of a former empire, it has an architectural and institutional legacy that is hard to rival.
4. International draw = as a business & academic centre + English as the main language.
I can't see how you can build that up anywhere "new" in less than a century, and such growth requires massive economic growth, capital and population influx.
Berlin has a chance, but has language and location going against it.
Winner takes all. Again. Unfortunately.
I don't disagree.
However, I think you may find some "up-and-coming" areas make a bid to win the hearts of those who are being priced out of London.
Understanding what makes it work (a superb "walkable" environment is a big part of it, IMHO), will give rising cities (in the UK) and elsewhere, and decent chance of winning new residents from London.
While not remotely a competitor of London, I have my eyes on some of the suburbs of Charlotte NC, America's Number 2 financial city (after New York City.) Here's one new project that I find particularly attractive as a new walkable community, using some New Urbanist principles:
RIVERWALK in Rock Hill South Carolina : http://www.greenener...showtopic=17439
What do people think of this as a place to live (do not expect it to rival London) ?
Where are the attractive new "Walkable" areas in the UK, and near London?
Though it looks lovely, it's a 20 mile drive to Charlotte and has no public transport option (that I could find). It's not much of an improvement over a sub-urb. It's still a car-centric way of life.
You might as well head for any of Europe's historical market towns satelliting capital cities, like say "http://en.wikipedia..../wiki/Mechelen" where good public commuter transport to the workplace in key cities exists.
Place like Rock Hill feed off the large nearby urban area. Any growth will invariably be due to that nearby city and not because of Rock Hill's qualities.
For spotting up and coming areas, I'd look for a growing arts scene, new record labels and startup companies in a place of historical importance but currently less significant than it use to be.
That way, you get a town centre, connectivity and possibly a university that's out of its league for the money currently in the town. In other words, undervalued or over equipped. Berlin, Bristol and Bilbao all had those signs a decade ago.
Because they're historical cities, they'll be walkable and livable, self-sustainable places (unlike suburbs).
Spot on -
I like historic places particularly early Industrial heritage, and even better a maritime slant - Bristol, London. It needs young creative people, edgy bars and clubs, artists etc. London's fringe with the City for example.
You can't build that from new.
I have heard good things about Bristol.
And I personally like Bath, but it is a bit too quiet there.
Manchester and perhaps Birmingham might have a bit of the edgy-ness you want
Photos of "the Fab Four", as mentioned above
Bristol / source-food review
Bath / source-shutterstock
Manchester / source-travel-info
Birmingham / source-Hotel-website
(Apologies to those in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Should I include Scotland?)
The Importance of transport... / From the Manchester source, above:
"There are regular trains between the airport and Manchester Piccadilly railway station, which has connections to destinations throughout the UK. Buses service Manchester city centre as well as other local towns and cities. National Express operates coach services to cities all over the UK. All buses, coaches and trains leave from The Station, the airport's new transport interchange that is connected to all terminals by a covered walkway. Taxis are available outside all terminals."
10 Techniques for Making Cities More Walkable
Kaid Benfield / Dec 03, 2012 / 110 Comments
In Jeff Speck's excellent new book, Walkable City, he suggests that there are ten keys to creating walkability. Most of them also have something to do with redressing the deleterious effects caused by our allowing cars to dominate urban spaces for decades...
Here are the author's ten steps of walkability, with a memorable line from his description of each:
1. Put cars in their place. ("Traffic studies are bullshit.") A car-first approach has hurt American cities.
Photo courtesy of Flickr user Richard Masoner
2. Mix the uses. ("Cities were created to bring things together.") The research shows that neighborhoods with a diversity of uses – places to walk to – have significantly more walking than those that don't. Jeff makes the point that, for most American downtowns, it is housing – places to walk from, if you will – that is in particularly short supply.
3. Get the parking right. ("Ample parking encourages driving that would not otherwise occur without it.") As do many progressive city thinkers, Jeff points out that we have a huge oversupply of underpriced parking, in large part due to minimum parking requirements for buildings and businesses.
4. Let transit work. ("While walkability benefits from good transit, good transit relies absolutely on walkability.") Jeff cites the disappointing experience of light rail in Dallas as an example of what not to do to support transit: insufficient residential densities, too much downtown parking, routes separated from the busiest areas, infrequent service, and a lack of mixed-use, walkable neighborhoods near the stops. Jeff recommends concentrating on those transit corridors that can be improved to support ten-minute headways, and working there to simultaneously improve both the transit and the urban fabric.
MORE Tips :
5. Protect the pedestrian. ("The safest roads are those that feel the least safe.")
6. Welcome bikes. ("In Amsterdam, a city of 783,000, about 400,000 people are out riding their bikes on any given day.")
7. Shape the spaces. ("Get the design right and people will walk in almost any climate.")
8. Plant trees.
9. Make friendly and unique [building] faces.
10. Pick your winners. ("Where can spending the least money make the most difference?") The subtitle here could well be, "in the real world, you can't do everything." True enough. Jeff argues for focusing on downtowns first, and on short corridors that can connect walkable neighborhoods.
/Go to the article for more detail:
http://www.theatlant...-walkable/4047/
++ Continues ++
/ this part of the review is excellent /:
To become competitive in the new marketplace for the best and brightest, cities must respond:
The conventional wisdom used to be that creating a strong economy came first, and that increased population and a higher quality of life would follow. The converse now seems more likely: creating a higher quality of life is the first step to attracting new residents and jobs.
Vancouver and Portland, Jeff argues, are among the places that are doing just that.
There's a subtext to the book that I am not entirely comfortable with but that comes through strongly: if we just stop making driving so convenient, easy and inexpensive, people will do less of it and walk more. Put another way, making driving less convenient, more difficult, and more expensive will be good for walkers and for cities. Sure, there are more politically skillful ways of phrasing it, but I think it's undeniable that there is a sort of ideology and, in some circles, even hostility forming around this belief ("Cars suck" was the way one of my Facebook friends put it. "Has a place ever been made better by making it easier to drive to?" chimes another, rhetorically.) There are losers as well as winners in this approach to walkability.
/see: http://www.theatlant...-walkable/4047/
Yeah. hostility is natural and rational - Making cars Happy has ruined things for pedestrians in many cities.
And so, to put cars in a more appropriate position, I have my "Cars are Last!", CAL slogan.
Or as someone put it on a thread: "Hit 'em with an f---king brick!"
Later, he adds this:
"The most commonly discussed form of congestion pricing is called "cordon pricing," under which drivers are charged for entering downtown at certain times of day. It works in London, and might even work in New York, cities whose downtowns are so strong that they can withstand being taxed in a way that their suburbs are not. But the last thing that still-recovering downtowns need is to give people and businesses another reason not to go there."
- A nice tip-of-hat to London.
The Attractions of Bristol, (from the London Crash thread):
Spot on - I like historic places particularly early Industrial heritage, and even better a maritime slant - Bristol, London. It needs young creative people, edgy bars and clubs, artists etc. London's fringe with the City for example.
Young creative people means there needs to be university, art/fashion schools and startups/boutiques. To be viable it needs to be far enough from a "magnet city" like London. Too much competition otherwise and people be drawn to the magnet, offering better and more choice. Is Bristol far enough from London? Possibly.
From wikipedia "Based on its environmental performance, quality of life, future-proofing and how well it is addressing climate change, recycling and biodiversity, Bristol was ranked as Britain's most sustainable city, topping environmental charity Forum for the Future's Sustainable Cities Index 2008."
Population grew by over 10% over the last decade, but barely over its 1971 peak.
- per XX
/see-post#xxx :
This thread needs to be more bullish and expand to move into a new direction in how to take advantage of the existing bull market. The bubble phase has yet to develop..
There is money to be made in the current market and too many people are still debating the moral standing of UK house prices rather than the opportunity it offers.
CS,
You could be right, and I have been saying the same with respect to Properties OUTSIDE LONDON
Any Ideas on how to play it?
(I think it is time to revive the Outside London thread - while still keeping an eye on BDEV, etc for Early Warnings of surprises.)
A FINAL Rally in London property? How to play it.
http://www.greenenergyinvestors.com/index.php?showtopic=17737
+ Bristol / source-food review
+ Bath / source-shutterstock
+ Manchester / source-travel-info
+ Birmingham / source-Hotel-website
A friend in London was not at all impressed with my "Fab Four" cities.
He says :
+ It would be better to focus on cities within commuting distance of London and its airports
+ The new transport infrastructure (Crossrail, Eurostar) is opening some interesting new options
+ Gatwick way be expanded, and it would make sense to look at locations along the rail-line thru Gatwick
+ Yes, that might include Chichester, "an interesting possibility"
Also :
There has been a recent press release by a think tank, who wants to free up large homes in London, where single retirees and couples are living, which could accommodate a larger number of young people (families?)
They may want to find ways to encourage these people to relocate outside London.
HANWELL ?
London Property market - Hates those "crazy prices"
I see things like this offered in the HK newspaper (The Standard, Nov. 24, 2014)
London highrises, off-plan
Lexicon (36 storey glass tower, overlooking Regents canal) : 1 BR: from 695,000
Eagle Black (Art-deco tower, 3 minutes walk to Old Street ) : 1 BR: from 895,000
I am sorry folks, but these prices are way beyond madness.
Renting a GBP 700k flat with a 5% yield will cost : GBP xx per month
WHO can afford that?
Especially for a 1BR flat in what is not really a prime location (let's be honest)
This is crazy !
And the market is beginning to realise. (These projects could crash, I reckon.)
At the SMART property conference this weekend, there were three outside-London
properties being promoted, and I spoke to the people promoting them, and they
quietly admitted that "London Luxury property prices have dropped."
One guy said: "Some of the properties above GBP 2mn are down 20%"
One of the areas being suggested at the SMART conference was Chelmsford
He has a project there with Studios at GBP 125K and 1-BR's were around 200k,
if my memory is accurate. That's a huge savings, more than 50% relative to Central London,
with a rapid commute into Liverpool St. (for jobs?)
He also suggested that Hanwell might be a big beneficiary from Crossrail
London's Lead is falling down
Prime reasons to Quit London - FT, 2/15/2015
The family friendly towns and cities attracting buyers from the capital... Many people are choosing to flee the capital for small, more family friendly cities
In a report entitled, "new Prime Urban markets", Knight Frank highlighted four locations they think will be worthy of Special attention.
(What GBP 1 million can buy you in...):
+ Oxford: A 3BR, semi-detached house in Jericho, near the city centre
+ Cheltenham: A 5BR, Regency townhouse in the centre
+ Bristol: A 4BR, Edwardian house in Clifton, an affluent suburb
+ Bath: A pretty six BR townhouse, a short walk from the city centre
What they're aiming for:
"The Best of both worlds, (a cheaper price, like 40-50% cheaper and) ... you can be in the centre of town and have the buzz of being in London, with coffee shops and restaurants, and in 10 minutes you're walking through a field overlooking and empty valley" (or some other non-urban experience you may favor.)
"They are all very different... But they have similar drivers: good schools, a good cultural offer, and attractive period housing - and that's what sets them apart."
The price shift has already started, with three of these areas outperforming London:
+ Prime Central London : +5.1%
+ Bath : +5.0%
+ Oxford : +6.1%
+ Bristol and Cheltenham, both: +6.8%
MANCHESTER is mentioned in the Weekend FT:
Office space in New Islington
Manchester's Second Coming
Manchester's extraordinary resurgence is the best model for
Closing the North-south economic divide
+ The long decline of industry left many empty warehouses, mills, factories
+ The Sharp project now houses 60 companies, with rows of converted shipping containers housing businesses, while looking like a Mondrian painting
+ "Today, there is much opportunity in Manchester as there is in London"
+ Some are saying: Manch. isn't the 2nd city: London & Birmingham can fight it out for 2nd: "swagger and confidence are Mancunian traits"
+ The Manchester model is seen as the last hope to close north-south divide
+ Elsewhere that gap has widened, but not in Manchester
+ "Everyone sings from the same hymnsheet in Manchester" - Jim O'Neill
+ The decline of Manch. took 80 years, and could not be reversed overnight
+ Manch. has a legacy of "free trade and economic individualism", and has been blessed with stable and enlighten political leadership in recent years (mainly two guys: Howard Bernstein and Richard Leese)
+ M. aims to bring people to jobs rather than jobs to people. That has been helped by TRANSPORT : with the city spending money on tram lines, to bring in people from (nearby) places where they want to live
+ The living environment has improved in a way that has made old areas attractive to the young. Businesses are springing up in old factory spaces, while bars, restaurants and coffeeshops are packed and loud.
+ The City and local pension funds have made some crucial investments: One St Peters Sq is owned by public pension funds. The council owns The Sharp Projects building. Some local airport have eased transport bottlenecks. They operate coherently, "like a giant PLC"
+ People are hoping that the dynamism of Manch. can spread out. Oldham, the old millionaire's town, is a place to watch


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Coronavirus testing: Coming to a drugstore,…
Coronavirus testing: Coming to a drugstore, urgent care, living room near you
Although widespread testing offers opportunities, the GAO warns there are challenges in implementation
Health care personnel collect nasal swab samples from drivers at a drive-thru coronavirus (COVID-19) testing center outside the Diamond baseball stadium in Lake Elsinore on Saturday, March 21, 2020. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
By Teri Sforza | tsforza@scng.com | Orange County Register
PUBLISHED: May 21, 2020 at 2:48 p.m. | UPDATED: May 21, 2020 at 2:50 p.m.
Coronavirus testing continues to trickle down to the masses.
CVS is opening 14 more drive-thru sites in California where people can self-administer the nasal swab test for diagnosing active virus, even as more antibody tests — designed to detect past infections — come to consumers. The pharmacy chain promised more drive-thru sites by the end of May, aiming for 1,000 COVID-19 testing sites nationwide.
Exer Urgent Care is among those offering both swab and antibody tests at its 16 sites in the Los Angeles area as well.
Lab kits for home tests can be shipped directly to your home, then popped back into the mail.
Experts say much more testing is needed to understand how widespread the virus has become, to swiftly spot outbreaks, and then to isolate and contain them. That could help save lives — but consumers should proceed with caution.
Self-swab diagnostic
Jesse Bringas of Pico Rivera takes the test as he swabs his nose during Coronavirus testing at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena in Pico Rivera on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
As of Friday, May 22, the self-swab diagnostic tests will be available by appointment at CVS stores in in Costa Mesa (1150 Baker St.), Eastvale (14220 Schleisman Road), Riverside (491 E. Alessandro Blvd.), Seal Beach (921 Pacific Coast Highway) and Yorba Linda (18080 Imperial Highway).
To get an appointment, folks must meet the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria — symptoms including fever, cough, shortness of breath, chills, muscle pain, new loss of taste or smell, vomiting or diarrhea, and/or sore throat; or asymptomatic people prioritized by health officials, such as frontline workers who may have been exposed to the virus.
People must register in advance at cvs.com/minuteclinic/covid-19-testing. The company aims to have more than half of its test sites in vulnerable communities, as measured by poverty rates, access to transportation and housing density.
The self-swab tests will be processed by an independent third-party lab, with results available in about three days, officials said.
Cost? CVS will accept insurance at the drive-thru test sites, but, under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act approved by Congress, patients should not have any out-of-pocket costs with their insurance. Uninsured patients will be covered under a program funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, officials said.
Some physicians are leery about self-swab tests. Swabs must gather good samples to be accurate, and one doctor likened the swabbing process to a "brain biopsy" and fears people won't self-swab as thoroughly as necessary. That could lead to negative test results in people who might be positive for COVID-19.
CVS officials said that, "According to the CDC, a self-administered nasal swab is similar to the more invasive nasopharyngeal swab in detecting coronavirus and has the benefit of being less invasive and easier to do."
Team members inside stores and at pharmacy drive-thru windows will provide people with information on how to appropriately perform a self-swab, and will observe the process to ensure that it's done properly, they said.
A woman's blood is collected for testing of coronavirus antibodies at a drive-thru testing site in Hempstead, N.Y., Tuesday, April 14, 2020. The test, being administered by Somos Community Care, takes approximately 15 minutes and tests for the presence of antibodies in a person's blood, signifying that they may have some immunity to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
While diagnostic tests for active illness are becoming more available, blood tests — designed to find antibodies to past infections — are becoming more widely available as well.
LabCorp announced expanded access to its COVID-19 antibody test on May 5. People can get it via their doctors (in person or through a telemedicine program), and directly at www.LabCorp.com/antibody-testing, the company said.
Quest made antibody testing available to health care providers on April 21, and directly to consumers via QuestDirect on April 27.
Exer Urgent Care is offering antibody testing at 16 locations across Southern California, including Los Angeles, Pasadena, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach and Rolling Hills Estates. It offers nasal swab tests as well.
"In this global pandemic, antibody testing is becoming critical in helping us understand how widespread the virus may be and integral to helping us move forward and getting people back to work," said Brian Wilbur, chief medical officer, by email.
After being slow to approve diagnostic tests for COVID-19, the FDA swung in the other direction with serology tests, allowing a flood of questionable tests onto the market without the usual validation. The FDA has since tightened up its requirements.
Right now, people should be seeking reliable and accurate COVID-19 tests with authorization from the FDA, and screening, education and counseling on the results should be part of the testing process, Wilbur said.
Proceed with caution
A negative Covid-19 rapid test shows one line – positive would be two or three lines – at Dr. Michael Dao office in Garden Grove, CA. Photographed on Wednesday, Mar 25, 2020. The test uses a drop of blood and can return results in 10 minutes. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Doctors caution about reading too much into the results of serology tests.
People with antibodies should not assume that they're immune to the virus and can swing back into their old lives — there's not enough evidence to suggest a change in behavior is appropriate, researchers say.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office — America's watchdog — worries about the varying accuracy of even the tests that have received emergency use authorization from the FDA.
"Testing provides critical information for a variety of purposes, including medical care, policymaking, and business," it said in a "spotlight" report released May 20.
Testing helps determine risk, illuminates the disease's impact, identifies those who may have been exposed but showed no symptoms as well as those who recovered, and can guide treatment and resource allocation by showing precisely where infections are happening. That informs decisions on quarantine and isolation, and on public responses such as school closures and re-openings.
"Although widespread testing offers a number of opportunities, there are also challenges in implementation," the GAO said. "The performance characteristics of some COVID-19 tests have raised concerns about test accuracy. In particular, available data suggest variability in the rates of false positive and false negative results. This uncertainty can complicate patient treatment and public health decisions."
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Cobitis dalmatina – gatunek słodkowodnej ryby karpiokształtnej z rodziny piskorzowatych (Cobitidae).

Występowanie
Dorzecze rzeki Cetina w Dalmacji.

Przypisy

Piskorzowate
Gatunki i podgatunki zwierząt nazwane w 1928 roku

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The Kona Factory Team has released the list of riders that will make up its 2011 squad. These eight riders cover the enter gamut of mountain bike disciplines - Cross-country, Super D, Enduro, Marathon and Downhill.
Returning members are the XC/Marathon crew of Canadians Kris Sneddon and Cory Wallace, plus American Barry Wicks. Newcomers include pro downhiller Mitch Delfs, plus fellow Australian downhiller Conor Fearon, Spencer Paxson (XC and Marathon), American Matt Slaven (Super D/Enduro) and Frenchman Karim Amour (Super D/Enduro).
"We're looking forward to the continuing dominance from our returning riders and some great results and film parts from our latest additions," said Smiley Nesbitt, Kona's Sports Marketing Manager. "With the support of our partners, we're quite confident that a lot of great things are going to go down this year."


We love what we do, and the best part is that so many amazing people love it too.
Nightclubs. Summer garden parties. Lounge parties. An annual boat cruise. With over 15 years of producing premium experiences, we've earned a reputation for creating Canada's most memorable lesbian parties. Each of our events is distinct, but our high standards are consistent, from the DJs to the carefully scoped-out luxe venues to the finer details.
Flygirl's mission is to bring people together to celebrate our authentic selves, cultivate a community, and share the love—both on and off the dance floor. We're a small, tight-knit group that puts on big events. Our events are inclusive of all genders, sexualities, ethnicities, and body types.
Flygirl is a diverse team of enthusiastic, body positive, badass humans that identify along the gender and sexuality spectrums.
On the dance floor, we celebrate. Off the dance floor, we volunteer, raise funds, partner with non-profits, create alliances, and take a stand for causes we believe in.


Crown reduction of an oak tree by 3 metres, up to a level of 9 metres above ground level and to an approximate line of 2 metres from the rear boundary.
Construction of a public house, car park, electricity substation and associated works.
Access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, for the construction of 134 dwellings, highway infrastructure, including highway access from London Road/B3174 and associated landscaping works.
Access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, for the construction of 134 dwellings, highway infrastructure, including highway access from London Road/B3174 and associated landscaping works at the land north of London Road and east of Royal Court.
Access, appearance, landscape, layout and scale for the construction of an Ecology Park and drainage basins at the Ecology Park land east of Cranbrook Education Campus.
Retrospective application for the resurfacing of a front garden to create an additional parking area including the removal of grass, tarmac driveway and existing footpath and replacement with gravel, grey slabs, new front door step and addition of sleepers to retain remaining grass garden area at 54 Oakbeer Orchard, Cranbrook EX5 7BL.
Erection of a free standing entrance signs at the Cranbrook Education Campus, Tillhouse Road, Cranbrook EX5 7EE.
Variation of condition three on application 12/0653/FUL which covered the temporary sales complex building and laying out of associated temporary car parking and landscaping in order to extend the permission for an additional four years at land parcel 1, Younghayes Road, Cranbrook.


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Assay est une commune française du département d'Indre-et-Loire, en région Centre-Val de Loire.

Géographie
Commune de , entourée d'un massif forestier formant une réserve de chasse, elle-même serpentée de plusieurs ruisseaux et rivières. La commune se trouve à  de Champigny-sur-Veude et à  de Richelieu. La commune est largement entourée de champs principalement céréaliers.

Hydrographie

Le réseau hydrographique communal, d'une longueur totale de , comprend un cours d'eau notable, la Veude (), et divers petits cours d'eau pour certains temporaires.

La Veude, d'une longueur totale de , prend sa source à une altitude de  sur la commune de Thuré (Vienne) et se jette  dans la Vienne à , à la limite entre les communes d'Anché et de Rivière, après avoir traversé . La station hydrométrique de Lémeré permet de caractériser les paramètres hydrométriques de la Veude. Le débit mensuel moyen (calculé sur  pour cette station) varie de  au mois d'août  à  au mois de février. Le débit instantané maximal observé sur cette station est de  le , la hauteur maximale relevée a été de  ce même jour.
Sur le plan piscicole, la Veude est classée en deuxième catégorie piscicole. Le groupe biologique dominant est constitué essentiellement de poissons blancs (cyprinidés) et de carnassiers (brochet, sandre et perche).

Quatre zones humides ont été répertoriées sur la commune par la direction départementale des territoires (DDT) et le Conseil départemental d'Indre-et-Loire : « la vallée du Ruisseau de Basché », « les étangs du Château de Basché » et « l'étang des Marais et la pièce d'eau des Marais ».

Urbanisme

Typologie
Assay est une commune rurale, car elle fait partie des communes peu ou très peu denses, au sens de la grille communale de densité de l'Insee.
La commune est en outre hors attraction des villes.

Occupation des sols

L'occupation des sols de la commune, telle qu'elle ressort de la base de données européenne d'occupation biophysique des sols Corine Land Cover (CLC), est marquée par l'importance des territoires agricoles (83,8 % en 2018), une proportion identique à celle de 1990 (83,8 %). La répartition détaillée en 2018 est la suivante :
terres arables (44,1 %), zones agricoles hétérogènes (23,2 %), prairies (16,5 %), forêts (13,7 %), eaux continentales (2,5 %).

L'IGN met par ailleurs à disposition un outil en ligne permettant de comparer l'évolution dans le temps de l'occupation des sols de la commune (ou de territoires à des échelles différentes). Plusieurs époques sont accessibles sous forme de cartes ou photos aériennes : la carte de Cassini (), la carte d'état-major (1820-1866) et la période actuelle (1950 à aujourd'hui).

Risques majeurs
Le territoire de la commune d'Assay est vulnérable à différents aléas naturels : météorologiques (tempête, orage, neige, grand froid, canicule ou sécheresse) et séisme (sismicité modérée). Il est également exposé à un risque technologique, le risque nucléaire. Un site publié par le BRGM permet d'évaluer simplement et rapidement les risques d'un bien localisé soit par son adresse soit par le numéro de sa parcelle.

Risques naturels

Le retrait-gonflement des sols argileux est susceptible d'engendrer des dommages importants aux bâtiments en cas d'alternance de périodes de sécheresse et de pluie. 99,2 % de la superficie communale est en aléa moyen ou fort (90,2 % au niveau départemental et 48,5 % au niveau national). Sur les  dénombrés sur la commune en 2019, 113 sont en en aléa moyen ou fort, soit 100 %, à comparer aux 91 % au niveau départemental et 54 % au niveau national. Une cartographie de l'exposition du territoire national au retrait gonflement des sols argileux est disponible sur le site du BRGM.

Concernant les mouvements de terrains, la commune a été reconnue en état de catastrophe naturelle au titre des dommages causés par des mouvements de terrain en 1999.

Risques technologiques
En cas d'accident grave, certaines installations nucléaires sont susceptibles de rejeter dans l'atmosphère de l'iode radioactif. La commune étant située dans le périmètre immédiat de  autour de la centrale nucléaire de Chinon, elle est exposée au risque nucléaire. À ce titre les habitants de la commune ont bénéficié, à titre préventif, d'une distribution de comprimés d'iode stable dont l'ingestion avant rejet radioactif permet de pallier les effets sur la thyroïde d'une exposition à de l'iode radioactif. En cas d'incident ou d'accident nucléaire, des consignes de confinement ou d'évacuation peuvent être données et les habitants peuvent être amenés à ingérer, sur ordre du préfet, les comprimés en leur possession.

Toponymie

Histoire
Dès le  et jusqu'au , Assay est fief de Faye-la-Vineuse sous le nom de « Assay-sur-Faye ».

En 1823, Assay a annexé la commune de Grazay.

Politique et administration

Démographie

Culture locale et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments
 Le château de Bashé ou Baschet ou Bascher, anciennement fortifié et entouré de douves. Il appartenait à des vignerons de Richelieu. C'est actuellement un domaine privé. Le château fait l'objet d'une inscription aux monuments historiques depuis 1971.
 L'église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Jean de style roman datant du .
 Dans les environs se trouve également un plan d'eau de 35 ha destiné à l'alimentation des rivières de la région.

Personnalités liées à la commune
 Raoul Brandon, architecte et député républicain-socialiste sous la Troisième République. Il est mort à Assay.

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
 Liste des communes d'Indre-et-Loire

Liens externes

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Commune en Indre-et-Loire
Richelieu (Indre-et-Loire)


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Robin Cafolla, CEO of BoardGameNetwork
Klaus Gasser, Software Developer and ...
Location Dublin
I've played board games since I was a kid. I grew up in rural Laois, and although it was the early 90s, my family didn't get electricity until I was 5 or 6. As a result, my brother and I played an endless amount of board games and Lego. As I grew older (and we got electricity), I started playing computer games, which inspired me to get into programming. As a teenager, I got into Warhammer which threw up the problem that I've turned into my current job – how do you find people to play games with?
Play means a lot to me, and the social aspect of play is something I think is really under-valued in our society. Nothing brings people without a lot in common together like games. If you look at how popular sports are, to play and watch but also to talk about, you can see how instinctive games are to us.
My name is Robin Cafolla and I'm the founder and CEO of BoardGameNetwork. BoardGameNetwork is an event organiser and player finder for board games. We're an Irish company and we launched our beta in Dublin last autumn. I've worked as a programmer for a decade, and along the way, I've looked for ideas that I couldn't put down. When I got back into the board game scene a couple years ago, I remembered the problem I had finding players and BoardGameNetwork was born.
BoardGameNetwork started as a side project a year and a half ago when a friend of mine showed me an app he used to track stats for board games. I wasn't too interested in the stat tracking but I started wondering if there was an app around board games I would like to build. Alongside this, I'm also part of a group in Dublin, Board Games Ireland, that run 2 meet-ups a week, and that's made finding people to play games with easier. Those meet-ups don't exist everywhere and I remembered how hard it was as a teenager to find people to play with, and I just started building from there.
I decided to quit my job and work on BoardGameNetwork full time when I realised I wasn't spending enough time on it to do it properly and that I was also spending all my spare time on it. When you work as a programmer, going home to programme some more on your own project has an appeal, but I've learned over the years that you can burn yourself out doing it for too long.
The BoardGameNetwork site is still in its early days, but essentially how it works is that you sign up and create an event. You pick the board games you'd like to play and the application finds players nearby who like the same kind of games and recommends your event to them. Alternatively, you can join a public event someone else has created and go along to play their games. Then, those people meet for real and play games and, hopefully, enjoy each other's company.
There was a long process involved in creating the application. I investigated what data sources were available first to give me an idea of what work needed to be done. When I was happy that there were data sources for the games, I started interviewing and surveying people to see if there was interest in the app. I got pretty positive feedback and I started to investigate the audience, first in Dublin and then further afield.
It all seemed promising, so I went ahead and started building out a minimum viable product. In our case, that was just a list of games that you could select from and the ability to add and join events. The biggest steps along the way were adding location filtering and the player finder system, both of which still need work, but are making leaps and bounds.
I'd really like to see BoardGameNetwork get people together in the real world and away from social networks. I feel that one of the real strengths of board games is that direct human contact – you're meeting people for real and you get to know them over games. The feedback for the site has been very positive so far. Everyone loves the idea and the challenge is really in getting the implementation right. Our focus at the moment is really adding critical features and growing our user base in Dublin. When we've started really seeing the service self-sustain in Dublin, we plan to start expanding out.
There are lots of similarities between my time with BoardGameNetwork and my tech career at Hubspot, although the challenges and scope are different. Leading a team, as I did at Hubspot, means dividing your attention and making tough calls on priorities and direction. That's very similar to running your own business. I really enjoy those aspects of both business and leadership, which is good because there are a lot of those decisions to be made.
The day to day work, though, is quite different. I work better in a team environment and founding your own company can be a lonely endeavour. There's nowhere to hide as a founder. I've had help along the way from friends, but most of the time, it's just me and that can be tough when things don't go as planned.
However, I think the experience has been a benefit to my tech career. It's brought me back to a self-reliant attitude I had early in my career. Knowing the rough edges of problems, even if you don't know the full solution, can be of real benefit as an engineer and when you're alone or in a small team, you have to be able to solve any problem that crops up. There's nothing like improving efficiency as a developer than knowing that the time you're spending on a problem is your own.
My advice to anyone looking to create their own networking website is to do research early and often. Run every decision by someone who you think will benefit from it. Avoid the temptation to build for yourself and focus on the features that people want. Try to build a core user group early and build the things that that group wants until they are converts.
I also think it's really important that technologists talk about our lives outside of our work. I think as a group, programmers and engineers are maligned as uninteresting, but I've never found that to be the case. I think it can only be good to share our hobbies and past times.
You can check out BoardGameNetwork and make great new connections through the following link:
https://boardgamenetwork.com
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Essay Instructions: Write a reflective essay between 700 and 1,200 words using concrete, vivid words, figurative language, and sensory imagery. Use reflective technigues. Also use narrative and descriptive strategies as part of the reflective essay.
Write a reflective essay in which you recall an enlightening experience you had as a child or teenager. Looking at the experience from your present, adult perspective, then describe the experience and its meaning or significance for you. Tell your story using lively language, dialogue, and other writing stategies. Draw the reader in and lead him/her to understand the importance of the experience for you. Make sure that the conclusion is clear on what you learned from your experience, without telling the reader outright.
Introduction - The opening line invites the reader into the reflection in an interesting way appropriate to the focus of the essay. The lesson, idea, or understanding you'll show yourself learning is included in some way.
Use of reflective mode - Use appropriate descriptive and narrative techniques for the purpose of suppoting your reflections. Include appropriate concrete, reflective verbs as well as figurative and sensory language to engage the readerin the moment. The essay must stay focused from beginning to end on the one thing learned. The reflective perspective stays true and realistic.
Conclusion - The last paragraph maintains the reflective mode and perspective as it provides closure on the new understanding without any explanation or preaching.
Coherence and overall development - The essay must be unified, cohesive, and coherent. Focus on one particular age when you learned something or on several experiences showing how you grew in understanding about one main idea. Essay must be organized without clutter. Use appropriate transitions and/or connective discussion to guide the reader and maintain clear focus. Each sentence and paragraph flows coherently to the next. Each pargraph contains a controlling idea that develops the essay focus and each sentence works to develop fully that paragraph's controlling idea.
Grammar and mechanics - Use correctly a variety of sentence types (pound and plex, short and long)that indicate when certain types of sentences work best to convey your message. The essay must contain no run-on sentences, ma splices, and fragments. Essay is free of grammar usage, spelling, and punctuation errors.
Length and format - Essay must be double-spaced using Times New Roman font, size 12. The first line of each paragraph is indented five spaces (one tab), and there are no skipped lines. the length is between 700 and 1,200 words. Required header information is given on each page.
Be sure to title the essay.
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Research, Evaluation, and Innovation Staff
Lisa Regalla
Director of STEM Learning and Innovation
Education and Professional Background: Lisa holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Lehigh University, and a Doctorate in Chemistry from the University of Florida. Her extensive background in informal science education includes roles with the Museum of Science in Boston and work on PBS shows SciGirls and Dragonfly TV: Nano. Before joining the Bay Area Discovery Museum (BADM), Lisa worked as the Deputy Director of Maker Ed.
Roles and Responsibilities: Through her work with BADM, Lisa puts research into the hands of educators and parents so that it is relevant and usable. This focus manifests itself in Lisa's contributions to BADMs position papers; product development; professional development trainings; and her role overseeing BADM's design challenge space and its mobile engineering lab, the Try It Truck.
Areas of Expertise: In Lisa's professional endeavors, she has shared science learning and research with teachers, students, informal educators, and other professionals so that they feel confident and supported. Her expertise is reflected in multi-media projects, research papers, and products, as well as in her efforts to establish an innovative museum practice for BADM.
Michelle Weissman Randall
Head of Research and Evaluation
Education and Professional Background: Michelle holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from San Francisco State University and a Doctorate degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has taught both at the preschool and university level, and has extensive experience working as an evaluator helping individuals and organizations study the effectiveness of a wide variety of educational programs for teaching and learning.
Roles and Responsibilities: At the Bay Area Discovery Museum, Michelle authors original research publications for a range of audiences including parents, educators, and museum professionals. She leads the museum's evaluation work to support data-driven decision making around educational programming and other museum initiatives, and creates and leads professional development trainings for BADM staff and external clients.
Areas of Expertise: Throughout Michelle's career, she has focused understanding how children learn, the tools they use for learning, and the socio-cultural influences on their learning. Both her academic training and her extensive experience in teach and psychological and education research allow her to guide and develop programs to be most successful.
Amy Eisenmann
Early Education Advisor
Education and Professional Background: Amy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music and a Masters of Education in Early Childhood Education. She has served as the Director of Early Childhood Education at the Center of Science and Industry, is a founding member of the leadership team on early childhood for the Association of Science and Technology Centers, and, since 2014, has acted as the commissioner for First 5 Marin.
Roles and Responsibilities: Amy guides Bay Area Discovery Museum (BADM) staff in developing curriculum and creating marketing and communications content, as it relates to early childhood education. Her contributions to BADM's position papers and collateral come from the perspective of how to apply research findings to daily life. She is also responsible for creating professional development trainings for BADM staff and external clients, including teachers and librarians.
Areas of Expertise: Amy's deep academic understanding of early childhood education—and the more than ten years she has spent in the field—is evident in the way she contributes to the design of museum programs and exhibits, operations, and informal evaluations. Her passion and practical experience influences her work with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and their caregivers.


Social Activist and Convener Sangharsh RTI Movement Balvinder Singh along with other social activists today discussed the ailing condition of Raja Jambu Lochan's Pratima Sthal.
He added that Jammu city is founded on the ethos of "Unity in Diversity" where Lion and goat live, eat and drink together which never happened anywhere else.
He maintained that the place has been bearing the blunt of neglect by the Jammu Development Authority for the last so many years.
He said that even the statue of King Jambu Lochan and that of the lion and the Goat drinking water from the same stream are also covered with gross all over. The fountain and the stream in the middle of park are also in deplorable condition.
The activists also condemned the lethargic approach of the JDA towards the development authority; it was urged upon the Vice Chairman JDA Mubarak Singh to immediate take up the renovation work of the park.