The border-bottom-right-radius CSS property sets the rounded shape for the 'bottom-right' corner of an element border box.
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Locate a public airport or get information on a private airport in Mercer County, Kentucky. With thousands of airfields across the country, there are many choices when it comes to planning out your trip. Choosing between public and private airports and charter systems can make your traveling much more convenient. Use this link to find a complete Kentucky list of airports.
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Home » Researchers of Eastern Imperial Eagles gathered for the 8th time.
14 presentations of the conference gave reports on the status of Eastern Imperial Eagles in eight countries and introduced the results of several satellite-tracking projects (ca. 200 tracked individuals).
Both Pannonian population (in Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic, Serbia and Romania, ca. 325 pairs) and Thracian population (in Bulgaria and European Turkey ca. 75 pairs) increased by ca. 50% in the last 5 years.
Still only some small fractions of the Anatolian population is surveyed (ca. 50 pairs) and no data is available on the trends.
The main Russian and Kazakh populations of the species are estimated to be between 6,465–7,849 breeding pairs, of which 2,481 breeding territories of eagles are recorded (8.67% increase in 5 years). The previously recorded general increase of the populations seems like it had stopped and visible increase was only detected in Western Kazakhstan. In parallel local changes in the main habitats was observed in several regions, as eagles moved towards more open habitats and occupied electric pylons more frequently.
Electrocution is still the main threat in most of the distribution area, while predator poisoning seems to be the key mortality factor in the Pannonian populations.
We promote cooperation among organizations executing numerous satellite-tracking projects on the eastern imperial eagle, in order gain the most valuable outputs for conservation purposes.
We encourage experts dealing with the conservation or research of eastern imperial eagles to publish the vast experience gained in the last decades, as the number of publications still very low comparing to other threatened raptor species, which were studied with similar intensity.
We emphasize that electrocution and poisoning is still a significant threat to the existence of Eastern Imperial Eagle populations, therefore we urge all relevant organizations to work on the elimination of these problems at the key breeding and wintering areas of the species.
We promote enhanced surveys of the populations in Kazakhstan and Turkey with the help of the international expert community, taking into consideration the extremely high importance and relatively low coverage of surveys of these national populations.
We suggest that the 9th International Conferences on the Conservation of the Eastern Imperial Eagle should be organized in Kazakhstan or Turkey in 2023 depending on the possibilities of local organizations.
5 experts from BirdLife Hungary (MME) and Hortobágy National Park Directorate (HNPI) represented Hungary on the conference. MME presented their Hungarian and Anatolian achievements in the survey and conservation of imperial eagles, they also gave a summary about international research on satellite tagged imperial eagles. Two additional posters have also been presented: The results of MME's dog unit for the prevention of poisoning, and Territory use of young imperial eagles in the Jászság IBA (HNPI). Within the scope of the PannonEagle LIFE project, our foreign colleagues presented their conservation results from Slovakia, Chechia, Austria and Serbia. After the workshops the participants had the chance to discover the habitats of the Ust-Kan basin that has one of the highest population density of imperial eagles in the world as well as a significant steppe eagle population. The five Hungarian and two Russian experts spent the following four days mapping unknown eagle territories, discovering 20 new imperial eagle and steppe eagle breeding grounds, and collected many feathers for genetic research.
As a pleasant surprise, the researchers crossed paths with "Orosha", the imperial eagle, who was tagged by Hungarian and Russian researchers in 2014. Two days later "Orosha" was on her way to her usual wintering ground in Kazahstan.Check out her route >>here<<.


identify and compare different approaches to modern and contemporary Korean art and to place them within the context of East Asian cultural and historical traditions.
This course addresses the development of Korean material and visual culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. Selected material, including paintings, sculpture, textiles and ceramics, produced in North and South Korea as well as by the Korean diaspora will be discussed chronologically while parallels and comparisons are made with Chinese and Japanese contemporary traditions. The course will also examine recent developments within the art world including the use of performance, installation and video art.
In assessing art produced on the Korean peninsula as well as that by the Korean diasporas in Asia, Europe and the USA, the course places local productions of the arts within a wider set of questions, particularly with regards to the development of a Korean aesthetic and the representation of local identities in material culture. Themes concerning modernity, nationalism, globalisation and gender issues will also be covered.
1. What is Korean 'modern' painting?
The content of the course compliments other HAA MA courses in several ways. It will be one of several half unit courses on modern and contemporary Asian and African art offered in HAA, thereby enabling students, especially those enrolled on the new MA in Contemporary Arts of Asian and Africa, to specialise in the arts of this area.
The proposed course will be offered in Term 2, thereby allowing students to take Charlotte Horlyck's half unit course on Arts of Koryo and Chosen Korea in term 1. This course covers Korean material culture from the 10-19th century and is an appropriate, though not compulsory, precursor to the proposed course.
Active use will be made of blackboard and other electronic resources.
Chung Hyun-min. Modern Korean ink painting. Elizabeth, NJ ; Seoul : Hollym, 2006.
Fargier, Jean-Paul. Nam June Paik. France: Art Press, 1989.
Ivy Wu Gallery. Breaking the surface: Contemporary Korean ceramics. The National Museums of Scotland, 2000.
Kim Youngna [Kim Yŏngna]. 20th century Korean art. London : Laurence King, 2005.
Korean Contemporary Art. Seoul: Hexa Communications, 1995.
Portal, Jane and Beth McKillop (eds). North Korean culture and society : papers from the British Museum/BAKS study day 2001 and BAKS study day 2002. London : British Museum in association with the British Association for Korean Studies, 2004.
Raffel, Suhanya. "Suh Do-Ho: who am we?" in Seear, Lynne (ed.). APT 2002 : Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art. South Brisbane, Qld. : Queensland Art Gallery, 2002.
Sinsheimer, Karen and Anne Wilkes Tucker with Bohnchang Koo. Chaotic harmony : contemporary Korean photography. Houston : Museum of Fine Arts, 2009.
Starkman, Christine and Lynn Zelevansky. Your Bright Future. 12 Contemporary Artists from Korea. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. 2009.
Wells, Kenneth M. (ed.). South Korea's minjung movement : the culture and politics of dissidence. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, 1995.
Wu Hung. "Contemporary Asian Art as Global Art: A 'Diachronic'Approach in Presenting Contemporary Art," in Gwangju Biennale 2006. Fever Variations. Gwangju Biennale, 2006, pp. 21-31.


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Electricity, gas, steam and hot water supply
The loan has been provided for financing the replacement of overhead electrical power lines with underground cables in Iceland.
RARIK ohf. plans to exchange around 1,450 kilometres of overhead lines with underground cables. The replacement work is scheduled to be finalised during 2020. The company estimates total project costs at EUR 50.1 million.
The project will reduce power outages and failures due to the impact from harsh weather conditions such as strong winds and ice. This is expected to improve RARIK's cost efficiency of network operations.
The company has already replaced 4,700 kilometres of overhead lines with underground cables, which corresponds to 54% of the distribution network. The company aims to have its entire system below ground by 2035.
The electricity and heating distribution company RARIK ohf. serves areas outside of Iceland's capital Reykjavik and distributes approximately 33% of all general energy in Iceland. The company's electrical energy production is about 260 GWh annually. The subsidiary's turnover represents approximately one third RARIK's turnover. RARIK's group employs about 200 people.
RARIK's network investment will improve the security of supply. By investing in underground cables, the company expects to increase its productivity due to a reduced need for network maintenance and network disruptions due to weather conditions. In 2015, RARIK distributed a total of 1,328 GWh of electricity to 41,400 customers. The company also operates through a subsidiary an independent energy sales company which sells and produces electrical power.
Only limited and temporary damage will occur when the cables are ploughed down. The trenches are ploughed and filled continuously as the cable is laid.
NIB finances improved security of electricity supply in Iceland
Norræni fjárfestingarbankinn fjármagnar aukið raforkuöryggi á Íslandi

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A CMIIT ID is the product ID assigned by the China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to identify wireless products in the Chinese market. The CMIIT assigns product identifiers to approved products which must be labeled with the given approval code. The GSM/TD-SCDMA/WCDMA/cdma2000/TD-LTE/LTE FDD/WLAN (WAPI)/Bluetooth terminal, manufactured by Shenzhen Softyu Technology Co., Ltd., has an Authorization Number of CMIIT ID 2018CP9493 and was approved on 2019-01-03 (valid until 0000-00-00).
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You know that feeling of utter bliss you experience after a great yoga session? Calmness of the mind, stillness of body, and warm, positive vibes coursing through your chakras.
…and so do I, so I'm hooking you up with a fab giveaway at the end of this post!
As seasoned yogis and beauty masters (both hailing from powerhouse Aveda), Emmanuelle Rey and his wife Suzanne felt it was time someone designed a line of face, body, and hair products specifically for those of us who enjoy the wellness lifestyle that goes along with yoga.
With amazing scents and pure ingredients leading the process, they set out to create a line of yoga beauty products that could be incorporated into your life on and off the mat.
YUNI, whose tagline is "Seekers of Good," uses only naturally-derived ingredients like essential oils and plant stem cells. All of their scents are 100% natural and every product is biodegradable and compostable. Even their locally-based factory in Hermosa Beach (which conducts testing on humans not animals) is environmentally-friendly, using solar power technology.
What's not in these products?
At their recent LA launch party, I had the pleasure of experiencing the whole line first hand during an relaxing yoga sesh led by Sara of Venice's Yoga Nest. If you're a serious yogi (or just a lover of amazing beauty products), here are a few of the products I'd recommend to take your practice to the next level.
This roll on gel uses arnica flower extract to soothe sore muscles and reduce swelling, bruising, and pain. It also contains peppermint oil, whose menthol scent has been proven to reduce the perception of pain. Roll this on after an intense yoga sesh or long run to release tension, or hand it over to your honey for a cooling massage.
Sometimes there's just no time to shower after a workout. These instant shower sheets will help you clean up quickly after a sweat sesh. They contain peppermint leaf oil, which acts as a natural antiseptic and reduces bacterial activity on the skin without drying it out like alcohol would.
Follow up with the no-rinse cleansing foam which contains Neem leaf extract and aloe vera to calm and soothe the skin. Both dry instantly, leaving no icky residue, so you can get on with your day feeling so fresh and so clean.
One of my favorite parts of yoga is the last couple of minutes in Savasana when the instructor comes around and gives you a mini massage. Not everyone does it, and I think it makes a big difference. It's even better when they incorporate a scent into the experience. Some will rub an oil between their hands and wave it in front of your nose, helping to anchor you in the moment.
YUNI's body mist is the perfect aroma for this with it's refreshing and focusing blend of geranium, bergamot, neroli, and sage. We sprayed it on our hands before our final savasana in class and it totally intensified the experience.
YUNI officially launches later this month and will be available on Yuni's website, but today, I'm going to give 4 readers the opportunity to try the line!
I'm giving away 4 YUNI travel bags filled with tons of their awesome yoga beauty products. The giveaway will run until next Wednesday.
Weigh In: What's your favorite beauty line? Is it important to you to find natural beauty products? How do you cleanup after a workout when there's no time to shower?
I have to say it depends on the day as to what my favorite yoga pose is but Pigeon pose is usually high up there. I just love how you feel when you come out of it! Also, it is important for me to find natural beauty products which is why I have been trying to use things like Witch Hazel and Coconut oil in place of actual brand products that I can't trust what goes into them!
Child's pose is still my all-time favorite. These products look awesome! Burt's Bees is one of my go-to natural brands.
I make a lot of my own beauty products like sugar coconut oil scrub. I use Jucie Beauty items also.
Great shots, Whitney! Must check this stuff out like, now. I like these bath salts by everyone bath– they sell at WholeFoods & help with muscle soreness.
My favorite pose is Camel. It feels so awakening and is such an amazing stretch. An instant mood lifter!
Down dog is my fav.
Oh I love these! Haven't tried them but I already know I love them :-) My favorite pose would have to be triangle pose. A strange one to love but I enjoy having the hamstring stretch along with a little back, side and shoulder stretch. It's just awesome!
Oh I love the sound of the instant shower sheets! Especially if I'm off to grab a coffee on my way home from working out. Sounds like a beautiful natural brand!
My favorite yoga move is child's pose lol ….not fancy but love it on my low back!
My favorite yoga move is a sun salutation! It stretches every muscle in the body and gets me pumped to start my day!
Downward Dog is my favorite yoga pose.


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Qatar Education Facts
Qatar has recognized the importance of a well-educated population and during the former emir Hamad (2005–2013) a strong investment was initiated with the aim of making the country the center of education and research in the region of the Persian Gulf.
A state education system was introduced in 1956. The school consists of three stages (six plus three plus three years). For Qatari citizens, both girls and boys, compulsory schooling equivalent to compulsory school and high school is compulsory from the age of 6 to 18, for foreign children up to ninth grade. In 2013, the preschool became compulsory from the age of three.
COUNTRYAAH: Country facts of Qatar, including geography profile, population statistics, and business data.
The state schools attach great importance to English, mathematics and other natural science subjects.
In the early 2000s, private schools were allowed. Nowadays, more than half of the schools are run privately, but like the state schools, they are subject to a special supervisory authority. Private schools may charge fees while state schools are free of charge for Qatari citizens up to the university level.
Minority groups have been encouraged to start schools for their children, with their own curricula. This has led to especially Indian and Filipino students having access to their own schools. However, among the low-paid migrant workers, there are many who find it difficult to meet school fees. A reporter who, on behalf of the UN, examined the school systems in Qatar in 2019 found that about 4,000 school-age children did not attend school.
Qatar has its own state university but in the 2000s a number of foreign, mainly American, universities also opened branches in the country. About two-thirds of the students are women and Qatar is consciously investing in women's education. Many Qatarians, mainly men but to an increasing extent also women, still choose to study abroad, usually in the United States, the United Kingdom or in any other Arab country.
About a tenth of the state's expenditure goes to education.
Andyeducation: Introduction to education system in Qatar, including compulsory schooling and higher education.
8.9 percent (2017)
General military duty is introduced
Qatar decides, from 2014, to introduce mandatory military service for all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 35.
New alarm report on guest workers
Amnesty International reports on serious misconduct in the construction sector, where many of the country's 1.5 million guest workers work. The working conditions for guest workers in Qatar have previously drawn criticism from the outside world and created questions about the country's suitability to host the 2022 Soccer World Cup.
The Emirate supports Union proposals
Emir Tamim conducts state visits in several countries on the Persian Gulf where he emphasizes the importance of forming a union in line with a proposal from Saudi Arabia presented in 2011.
New emir
Crown Prince Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani takes power when his father, Sheikh Hamad, abdicates after 18 years on the throne. Tamim is 33 years old and now becomes the youngest leader in the Persian Gulf countries. Although the change of power came unexpectedly for the outside world, it is not considered to radically change Qatar's political line, as Tamim over the years gradually introduced into Qatar's power apparatus. The new emir already designates a new government the next day with new prime minister, Abdullah bin Nasir Al Thani, who will also become interior minister.
Increased financial support for Egypt
Qatar decides to give Egypt $ 3 billion in aid, in addition to the $ 5 billion already given since the Egyptian Revolution in 2011. The decision is made despite the fact that a month earlier, Qatar's finance minister declared that no more money will be given to Egypt.
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You will have heard people say that a picture can paint a thousand words, and this is true in many cases. However, one situation where you might not have thought that this would be the case is when you are working on the memorial that you would like to put in place for a loved one that you have recently lost. Lots of people spend a huge amount of time working with their expert in memorials Hindon based when they are thinking about the words that they would like to write, however there is a chance that adding a picture could be a better option instead. There are a couple of choices in this respect, and one of the choices is to use an actual photo of your loved one, which can be put on the memorial. If you don't want to do this, then you could ask your stonemason to carve an image onto it instead, which could be something that has extreme personal importance to your loved one. No matter which you choose, it is the personal touch that matters, so take some time to think about it and make sure you are happy with your decision before you go ahead. At SPB Stoneworks Ltd, our team are happy to help you with any questions or queries you have about stone memorials and tributes. When you're facing such a difficult time, it's our aim to do everything we can to help you feel as relaxed and calm as possible.


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This highly visual routine pokes gentle fun at the magician and makes stars out of his audience helpers.
The magician explains that he learned to spell using large spelling cards. As simple animal names are spelled the magician moves the cards, one for each letter, and discards the animal when it is spelled correctly. The child is always right, and the adult always ends up with the clown card. After five animal cards are discarded, the magician decides that since he is the star of the show, they will spell the word "star." He ends up with a clown card, and both of his helpers end up holding star cards. They are the "stars" of the show!
Includes five animal cards, two clown cards, and four star cards. (Two for the routine and two replacement cards.) A quality product, made to last!


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Långasjön är en sjö i Gnosjö kommun i Småland och ingår i . Sjön är  meter djup, har en yta på  kvadratkilometer och befinner sig  meter över havet. Sjön avvattnas av vattendraget Bolmån (Ulvhultsån). Vid provfiske har bland annat abborre, braxen, gers och gädda fångats i sjön.

Delavrinningsområde
Långasjön ingår i det delavrinningsområde (636157-139050) som SMHI kallar för Utloppet av Långasjön. Medelhöjden är  meter över havet och ytan är  kvadratkilometer. Räknas de 11 delavrinningsområdena uppströms in blir den ackumulerade arean  kvadratkilometer. Bolmån (Ulvhultsån) som avvattnar avrinningsområdet har biflödesordning 2, vilket innebär att vattnet flödar genom totalt 2 vattendrag innan det når havet efter  kilometer. Delavrinningsområdet består mestadels av skog (78 procent). Avrinningsområdet har  kvadratkilometer vattenytor vilket ger det en sjöprocent på  procent.

Fisk
Vid provfiske har följande fisk fångats i sjön:

 Abborre
 Braxen
 Gärs
 Gädda
 Lake
 Mört
 Siklöja

Se även
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Källor

Externa länkar

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Insjöar i Småland
Insjöar i Gnosjö kommun

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Well... we finally did it. We had our small cabin built last weekend. We hired an Amish builder to do the shell. 3 guys took from 8am till 5pm and were done. Just amazing. It would have takken me 4-ever. They also drove (not them of course) 1hr45min each way for the job. It is 14x28 with two 8x14 lofts. I made an outhouse last year that we are currently using and at some point we will be adding a 8x12 bathroom off the side. The floor is insulated. I have 7' under the lofts on the main floor and 5'6" in the middle of each loft and 42" at the corners. Should be perfect for sleeping up there. The roof is framed with 2x8's for the snow load we get in that area . Once we are inspected next week I'll be putting a wall up on the storage door side and 4x7 window in the area already framed for it (covered with peg-board now). In a couple years we'll be building a smaller 10x20 shed and I will take the double doors off the cabin to use for it and we're either putting in a sliding patio door or window in the spot. That 8x14 area will then be mine and the wife's bedroom. We had 2 kids (4 and 2.5) and at that point we'll they will each get their own loft.
Originally we looked at going the no permit 12x16 route but decided that for the cost differance and size of the family we wanted to go bigger. We are allowed up to 500sqft to be zoned as a "hunting/fishing cabin" for seasonal use (120 days or less) in our area and that's why we went with the size we built. Once I add the bathroom we will be at 488 sqft.
Thanks for all the ideas and pictures from this site. It really helped me to plan out what we ended up doing. Hope you all enjoy the pix and I will update with our progress as we go.
Dad's day night after the kids went to bed.
It sounds like you have really thought this out well! That is amazing how quickly it went up. I can't wait to see the pictures from the inside as you begin finishing it off. Congratulations! I hope you have years and years of fun there!!!!!
Thanks! I do love it up there. Potoskey is a very nice area. Been riding and golfing up that way. We're between Mancelona and Gaylord. Going up in a couple hours and can't wait to be able to go to "my place".
Part of getting ours inspected is to have it mounted to the ground. We're in Michigan and still need to satisfy some hurricane rules. Lol. We put in 10 30" ground anchors. Made a tool out of a threaded eyelet. Ground the threads down on 3sides to fit in a chuck. Then cut an opening to just fit over the end if the auger eyelet. Spun them in with a large drill off my genny. We had some brackets and tied it all together with some braided cable. Just took a few hours and only ran into to PITA tree roots. Here's what we did.
Well... got our final inspection done on the shed. Now its time to make it cabin like. Ordered the 4x7 window from Menards and saved $50 over the store price. It took me and the wife no time. Adds a ton of light and ventilation... well worth the $249 it cost 4sure. Can't wait for my 2weeks off at the end of July. Wonder what we'll get done then.
Nice cabin! Thanks for posting the details of the ground anchors. I had never seen anything like that before. Best of luck on making progress during your 2 week stretch.
Here is the info on the anchors I used. Tractor Supply seemed to be the only store in my area that actually stocked them. They can be used for mobile homes as well. I used the 30" ones but they offer them in 15",40", and 48" models. The brackets on the frame are actually from UniStrut. Per our building inspector the 30" were just fine for our area and we needed to be 1ft from the corners and aprox 6ft of spacing between each one. They just started allowing the use of these on "storage" buildings in my area this year. Hope it helps others if you go the permit route.
Well I was on a 2 week vacation. It was some real weid weather while we were up there. It was 90+ the whole first week. The second week barely over 70 with night time lows in the 40's. So we went to the lake 2x per day the first week and once the second.
Did get a few things done. Built a 4x12 deck on the front, built a wall with a 4ft closet door, and got the loft railings done. The area behind the wall is for storage and will building shelves in a couple weekends along with the ladders for the lofts. The 4ft opening is very nice and keeps a roomy feel and the louvered panels will let heat in the area.
Place looks great MI drew! I have a place just south east of Grayling.
Were not far from you. Were up by Mancelona.
Well got a few more things done to the cabin. Finally got the loft ladders built and took them up this past weekend. Their 2x4 rails with 2x6 rungs. They feel more like a stair than a ladder and are a huge improvement to the A frame I was using. All work and no play makes life dull so a buddy came up with me and brought some toys to play with. I have been riding sleds in my area since 1996 and this was my first time on the ATV trails. Miles and miles of fun... didnt realize that the ATV and sled trails were not one in the same. Saw many many new areas and will be venturing there this winter. Next time up I'm putting up a small storage shed. Picked up a small 8x10 metal one off a friend for cheap. Will make a great area for my lawn tractor and generator.
Did you get a dado blade to build those ladders? I have built some like that, but it is sure easier with one in a radial arm saw. Sleds? Yep that's my bag.
Owen, I marked them all and then cut the top and bottom line with my circular saw to give me a straight edge. I then cut out the rest with my router. I went down a 1/2". Dado blade would have been the ticket for sure but couldn't justify the cost for as little wood working I do. I then screwed and glued them together. Their rock solid.
I'm sure your counting the days till winter as I am. Can't wait till the first ride from MY cabin's door... been dreaming about this for years.
Here are some pix from when I was building the loft ladders. I went to a 10" step height which is the OSHA min for a ladder (just in case the county makes me call this a cabin). I did keep the ladder at 75deg angle and with the 2x6 steps it doesn't feel much like a ladder. The rungs were cut at 24" and routered in a 1/2" from the 2x4 rails giving an overall width of 26" plus support for the rungs. Anyway... hope this helps anyone looking on trying to figure on building a loft ladder.
Did you buy the cabin as a kit? If so where? or where did you buy the trusses?
I'm looking to just buy the roof trusses that you used for a 12' wide cabin.
It wasn't a kit. Had an Amish builder construct it on site. He pre made the trusses before he arrived. He may build them just as a truss package? It's Miller's Woodworking out of Clare, MI.
Bronco? I have a 66 Bronco.
Oh, we have some snow. 80" so far. Finally got a Winter pix.
The pic of the single framed wall I see double wall studs, one shorter than the other...Is the shorter one for the loft floor joist?
Is the structure only sitting on a gravel bed?
What is the depth of the gravel and how many yards did you need?
How did they go about insulating the floor?
The double studs you see in the pix are actually just a shadow. The only doubles I have are around any opening. It is sitting right on the limestone. The front is 6-8" the rear is 12". I believe he used about 12 yards. This will let any water drain through and not puddle underneath. The way it was built the 4x6 treated skids were laid out first, then the 1/2 treated ply, followed by the floor studs and insulation. Finally the 3/4 t&g floor.
Sorry for the late reply. I didn't get an email that someone replied.
Well... got some updates to the cabin since winter. We got our solar wired up. Went with Renogy and very happy with our choice. Going to get 2 more panels. Bought my first LED light bulb and very impressed with its output. Going to switch all of our lights over to LED at some point. They were $5 at HD last weekend so I got that one and the porch fixture. Also scored a free 275 gallon water tank from a buddy at work. We will using that as our rain collector. Biggest news is that we have decided to have the Amish come up and build a 16 x 32 garage. We got the area cleared and the stone put down. They will be up the last weekend of July for the build. I'll run downspouts off the garage. I'll update more when the garage is done.
Do you not need footings for your garage? Will the floor be gravel?
The floor will be built just like the cabin. Insulated on skids. In the future the back 10x16ft will be a visitor bunk room. Front 22x16 will be a hang out/sled&atv repair area. The floor will be covered by rubber coin flooring (much like in toy hauler travel trailers) they stuff is at Costco and is resistant to water, gas, oil, etc and they sell it in 8x16ft rolls. We are planning a 30x40 pole barn for true storage down the road. This way I have a smaller area to keep heated in the winter than a really large barn. Also, this will hopefully keep all tge dirt, etc out of the cabin. We're going to get a screen to put up in the 8x7 door opening. Weather turns bad in the other months and we have an area for more than just my family a 4 to hang out, play cards etc. Here's a pix of what the garage will look like.
Well we just got back from a couple weeks at the cabin. It was fun, relaxing, and very productive. The Amish built our 16x32 garage, I walled off the previous storage room in the cabin to make our bedroom and added a window, built a outdoor shower (ran out of wood and still need a couple slats and the middle braces), and I moved the old shed further away from the house. The shed will be where the inverter, batteries, and generator will be stored.


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Boca Raton woman dies in I-95 crash
Car runs off highway along I-95 in Brevard County
Updated: 1:24 PM EDT Jul 7, 2013
A Boca Raton woman was killed early Sunday morning in a crash on Interstate 95 in Brevard County.The woman, Gilda Abolafia, 77, was in a 2012 Toyota Camry driven by Murray Abolafia, 78.Authorities said the vehicle left the southbound lanes of the highway for an unknown reason and struck a tree.Gilda Abolafia died at a hospital. Both were wearing seat belts.The crash is under investigation.9146236
BOCA RATON, Fla. —
A Boca Raton woman was killed early Sunday morning in a crash on Interstate 95 in Brevard County.
The woman, Gilda Abolafia, 77, was in a 2012 Toyota Camry driven by Murray Abolafia, 78.
Authorities said the vehicle left the southbound lanes of the highway for an unknown reason and struck a tree.
Gilda Abolafia died at a hospital. Both were wearing seat belts.


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Sheikh el-Beled, was an ancient Egyptian scribe and priest who lived between the late 4th Dynasty and the early 5th Dynasty (around 2500 BCE). Despite his rank being not among the highest, he is well known for his famous wooden statue. Little is known of Kaaper's life; his titles were lector priest and army scribe of the King, the latter possibly linked to some military campaigns in Palestine.His mastaba (named "Saqqara C8") was discovered by Auguste Mariette in the Saqqara necropolis, just north of the Step Pyramid of Djoser. During the excavation, the Egyptian diggers unearthed the statue and, apparently impressed by its exceptional realism, they called it Sheikh el-Beled (Arabic for "Headman of the village") likely because of a certain similarity between the statue and their local elder. The statue – located in the Cairo Egyptian Museum, CG 34 – is 112 centimetres (3.67 ft) tall and carved from sycamore wood, and depicts the corpulent Kaaper while walking with a staff. The statue's round, peaceful face is almost lifelike thanks to the eyes, which were made using rock crystal and small copper plates; it is often cited as an example of the remarkable level of craftmanship and realism achieved during the late 4th Dynasty.
From the same mastaba also came a wooden statue of a woman, commonly considered as Kaaper's wife (CG 33).
He was just 23 when a deadly cannonball struck him during one of the Waterloo skirmishes. He served as a of Napoleon's heavy cavalrymen during "The Hundred Days." The Waterloo campaign is referred to as The Hundred Days, because such is the amount of time between Napoleon's return to France after his escape from the island of Elba and his final defeat near the small town of Waterloo, Belgium. Heavy calvarymen, such as Antoine Favreau, played a significant role in Napoleon's victories. They would be wasted in the defeat which ended the Napoleonic Wars.
Favreau served as a Carabinier a Cheval -- a heavy cavalryman who wore armour on the battlefield. Specifically, Favreau would have worn a helmet made of brass and iron with a red horsehair crest. On his chest and back he wore a brass and iron breast and backplate over his white tunic. As a mounted man, he wore white leather riding pants and black riding boots that extended past the knee. His primary weapon was a long, straight bladed sword, but he would also have carried a pair of pistols in holsters mounted on his saddle and a carbine. The Carabiniers a Cheveaux must have been something to see with the sun shining off of their brass armour.
Napoleon was a master of battlefield tactics. Many of his victories involved flanking maneuvers and deception rather that brute force to win the day. Waterloo was different. At Waterloo, Napoleon would attempt brute strength to push Wellington and his multi-national army off of the field. Much like Robert E. Lee, Napoleon attempted to defeat his enemy with massed assaults on the flanks as well as the center.
Napoleon was not well at Waterloo and the fates took advantage of his predicament. In the afternoon when by chance Napoleon was indisposed, Wellington issued an order for his entire line to redeploy several yards to the rear. Michel Ney, Napoleon's second in command, misinterpreted the redeployment to be a retreat. As any good commander seeing a retreating enemy would, Ney ordered the French cavalry to charge and rout the Anglo-Allied army.
The night of June 17, 1815 was marked by torrential rain. Thus, the ground was saturated when Ney's charge took place. The French cavalrymen charged down the ridge, across the valley and up the opposite ridge to a plateau where they met the enemy infantry formed in squares. In the days of linear tactics, infantry threatened by cavalry formed square. The defensive position required the men in the front rank of each side of the square to kneel with the butts of their muskets grounded and the bayonets angled upwards and out. The remaining men faced out and fired at the cavalry. Horses will not charge into the line of bayonets. Thus, the charge is broken and the cavalrymen are picked off. To defeat infantry in square, either infantry or artillery were brought up with the cavalry. The infantry in square either stayed in square and were blown apart by musket or cannon fire or the broke square and were run down and sabred by the cavalry. Because of the wet soil, the French cavalry could barely get above a gallop. They were under artillery fire the whole way and upon cresting the hill found infantry not retreating, but in square. Looking behind, a French cavalryman saw neither supporting infantry or artillery. No one had his back. One charge and Ney should have known everything -- the soil is too wet to reach a charge, British artillery is effective and, most importantly, the British are not retreating, but rather are formed in square. While the initial charge was not improper, the successive charges ordered by Ney were. Again and again the French cavalry were sent against the British squares. Ney could have sent infantry and artillery support, but he didn't. Ney could have ordered the British cannon hauled off or spiked (the British artillery man serviced their guns until the last second and then ran to the safety of the squares), but he didn't. Rather, he wasted a valuable asset of Napoleon's army. Ney failed his commander. While the French defeat cannot be blamed solely upon poor old Ney, he shares a good portion of the blame. The battlefield at Waterloo was roughly a mile deep by 2 miles wide, held nearly 200,000 men over the course of the day and and estimated 41,000 cannonballs we're fired over the course of the battle.
But what about Antione Favreau? Well, he died at Waterloo. He suffered a mortal would when a cannon ball pierced his gleaming breast plate. A recent recruit, Fauveau's height of 1.79 metres gave him the ideal stature for a heavy cavalry regiment. These, after all, were intended to be big men on big horses, riding down the enemy by the weight of their charge. The young man's service papers also record that he had a "long, freckled face with a large forehead, blue eyes, hooked nose, and a small mouth". Family legend has it that when his call-up papers arrived, François-Antoine was on the point of getting married, so his brother joined up, and died, in his place. Yet whoever was wearing it on 18 June 1815, this cuirass serves to emphasise the brutality of Napoleonic warfare at a most personal level.


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Welcome to the official site for the Westmoreland Heritage Trail!
Board meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.
Upcoming Fundraisers: Keep an eye out for new fundraisers here!
It's that time of year! Our 8th Annual Comedy Night Fundraiser is coming up on Feb. 19, 2022. Make sure to purchase your tickets at one of the selling locations listed on the flyer above early, as no tickets are sold at the door and we usually sell out. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or donating an item for the Chinese Auction raffle, please fill out and send in the sponsorship form (click here for a printable PDF copy).
The Westmoreland Heritage Trail is a scenic bicycle and walking trail covering 8.5 miles from Saltsburg to Delmont and 9.3 miles from Export to Trafford. Future expansion is in progress to connect the two sections to complete the goal of a 22 mile long trail from Saltsburg to Trafford and extend four miles to connect to the Great Allegheny Passage. The trail is ideal for walking, jogging, bicycling, and cross-country skiing. It has a wide and flat handicapped accessible surface and will accommodate everyone regardless of age or physical ability. There are a few parks located just off the trail along the sections, including Duff Park behind the Robert's Parcel trailhead, BY Park near the Trafford trailhead, and Saltsburg Park near the Saltsburg trailhead. The Heritage corridor includes historic community centers in Saltsburg, Slickville, Export, South Murrysville, and Trafford, which grew from local industries in salt mining, coal mining, natural gas extraction, and the manufacture of electrical generation equipment.
Who Is the WHTC?
The Westmoreland Heritage Trail Chapter (WHTC) is a volunteer organization associated with the Regional Trail Corporation.
The Regional Trail Corporation is a non-profit entity within Westmoreland, Fayette, and Allegheny Counties, which promotes the conversion of abandoned railroad corridors to recreational trails.
The Westmoreland Heritage Trail Chapter is led by a twenty one member board of volunteers, including government officials and community members from the municipalities through which the trail passes: Loyalhanna Township, Salem Township, Delmont, Export, Murrysville, Penn Township, Monroeville, and Trafford Boroughs. The board has representatives from Westmoreland County, Westmoreland Conservation District, and the Conemaugh Valley Conservancy. We are a growing organization of people like you. We are working to build the trail across northern Westmoreland County as well as assisting other organizations to preserve the historic and community resources along the trail corridor.
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While Mommy facilitated workshops for teachers on Monday, the boys got to hang out with Dave, one of our hosts -- they had great fun, as you can see from the photos below! Click on the first one to begin a self-navigated tour with captions.
Simon and Alex, you sure look cold wrapped in your towels after your swim. It is really cold here, -15 C this morning. We all wish that we were only as cold as you.


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What's closed Labor Day, and the reason for that
To learn more about Labor Day, visit the federal Labor Department website at dol.gov/laborday/history.htm
Many people consider Labor Day the unofficial end of summer, even though the school year has begun throughout St. Landry Parish.
The reason for this holiday, though, is to honor the people who helped make possible the working conditions many Americans take for granted: the eight-hour day, occupational health and safety protections, paid holidays and the establishment of a minimum wage.
It's also an opportunity to gather and relax with family and friends at home — the way we love to do on many a weekend — or to take a last quick out-of-town trip before the activities of fall pick up.
Here, those activities will include more intense campaigning for political office from the U.S. Senate to the town level — more than 100 elected offices just in this parish.
Various cities and states, especially in industrial centers, began in the 1880s to observe a holiday in honor of workers. Labor organizations sponsored parades, public picnics, rallies with distinguished speakers and song circles.
Many of those traditions continued and spread after the first nationwide observance, decreed by an act of Congress, took place 120 years ago. Traditionally, Labor Day in the United States falls on the first Monday in September.
Except for retailers, recreational venues and restaurants, many places normally open on Mondays are closed today.
That includes government offices, courts, libraries, schools, post offices and banks. Mail delivery is suspended for the day.
Throughout the parish, garbage pickup that usually takes place on Mondays will wait until Tuesday this week.
Also, the Daily World offices will be closed for Labor Day. We'll reopen for business at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
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The fabled Golden Arrow Pullman Dining trains as well as the Wealdon Rambler Afternoon Tea Service can both be boarded here. The station is only a short distance from the mainline Network Rail station which which connects directly with London in just under an hour.
Tickets as well as town information are available from the Bluebell Railway's East Grinstead travel centre where you can also find refreshments, disabled parking bays and toilet facilities. The journey down the line to the Bluebell's main station at Sheffield Park takes about 40 minutes and you can stop off at other stations on the route.


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Tavastby ligger i Myrbacka serviceområde. Grannstadsdelar är Tavastberga, Linnais, Friherrs och Varistorna

Tavastby avgränsas i söder av Råtorpsvägen, i väster av Vichtisvägen och i norr av Ring III. I norra Tavastby finns Tavastkulla gård som gett stadsdelen dess namn. Norra delen av området är småhusbetonat och där finns också Tavastby kyrka. I den södra delen finns höghusområdet Hasselbacken som byggdes på 1970- och 1980-talen. I Hasselbacken ligger sjön Lammträsk. Vid Vichtisvägen finns dessutom småindustrier.

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Roots: Seattle Drummer Bill Kotick
January 2019, Roots
Left to right: Bill Kotick, Overton Berry, Chuck Metcalf. Courtesy of Overton Berry
Throughout the year, Earshot Jazz is proud to be sharing brief excerpts from the forthcoming book, After Jackson Street: Seattle Jazz in the Modern Era, by Seattle's preeminent jazz writer, Paul de Barros. Picking up where de Barros' Jackson Street After Hours (Sasquatch Books, 1993) left off, the new book will be published by the History Press of Charleston, S.C., and will feature fascinating interviews with the familiar artists and under-sung heroes who shape the vibrant jazz scene of the Pacific Northwest.
Born in Olympia in 1933, Bill Kotick was one of Seattle's go-to drummers in the '50s and '60s. He worked with Overton Berry at the Doubletree Inn, in Tukwila, for five years and earlier with the Seattle vocal group, The Signatures, at the fabled Lake City Tavern. Largely self-taught, Kotick played in the Jackie Souders band at the Seattle World's Fair, at the Kennedy Center with Floyd Standifer, and was the drummer with Stan Getz on the fateful night in 1954 when the famous tenor saxophonist was arrested in Seattle for robbing a pharmacy. Kotick retired from music in 2001 and last year left Seattle for Georgia, where he lives with his son and daughter-in-law. Below is an excerpt from my interview with Kotick:
I bought my first drum set from Yenny Music, where (saxophonist) Chuck Stentz worked. He really was a prime mover in my musical career. I would come down and buy rhythm and blues records – Big Sam Price and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson – and he would say, "Well, hey, have you heard Stan Getz?" I enrolled at the University of Washington in 1951, and a couple of my older fraternity brothers bought the Lake City Tavern and I talked them into putting a trio in there – Buddy Catlett and (pianist) Paul Neves – then we hired (tenor saxophonist) Freddie Greenwell.
(Impresario and band leader) Norm Bobrow happened to know a jazz promoter in L.A. named Gene Norman who had booked a tour with Stan Getz, Wardell Gray and Zoot Sims. Norm offered his rhythm section for the tour. Larry Rockwell was a damn good bass player, and I could keep good time, but (pianist) Bob Alcivar wasn't a jazz improviser. At the first concert, the guys turned to Bob and said, "I Got Rhythm" and Bob said, "I don't know it." So it was a struggle. In Portland, Stan had gotten hold of some heroin and I remember Zoot Sims, after we got on the bus, came back and said to Larry Rockwell, "You sit in front of him, and if he stops breathing, yell." So that was my kind of depressing introduction to big time jazz. We got to Seattle and the drugstore robbery occurred, and the last thing in the world I wanted to do was to go to the Music Box Theater and play a concert. But we all showed up and tried to be noble and perform our very best. But our hearts weren't in it.
In 1956, Jim Glover and I decided to go to New York. Jim had $75. I had $125. We heard about a local band leader named Hugo Pedell, who was looking for musicians to go work at the Elbow Beach Surf Club, in Bermuda. The piano player was Al Haig. He would always play a solo in the middle of the dinner set, a Chopin piece, and he played it very well, until one Saturday after he'd been there a month or so, he pushed his chair clear off the bandstand. There was a girl sitting below him and she kind of jumped and I remember Al Haig looked right at her said, "Boo!"
I came back to Seattle, in March of '61. I had never envisioned myself becoming a professional musician. So I called one of my fraternity brothers who was working for a bank out in Everett. (After the interview), the bank manager said, "Mr. Kotick we don't think you'd be happy working in a branch bank in Everett." They were absolutely right. And that was it. I said, I love music more than anything else, and that's what I'm gonna do. And it worked out. –Paul de Barros
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There you go. The statistics have it: women are better at programming than men. In a recent, pre-peer reviewed study titled, 'Gender bias in Open Source: Pull Request Acceptance of Men vs. Women', researchers have found that computer code written by women have higher approval ratings than those written by men.
ERP Systems Business Unit Manager Jagoda Saccuci said, "If one reflects about today, we women are just pursuing the same fight we had in the 1900s - the right to vote, right to work. The only difference that now is that we can vote although, not always to work. Now, we are trying to get considered as equals even if in certain situations where we are much better. Women in general are better in seeing the big picture. So within IT, math, physics or engineering subjects, it is much easier for us to manage and analyze projects."
"The results of such a survey are no surprise to me to be honest. I strongly believe that there are double standards. There are men who do not like to be managed by women, there are men that think that women should stay home or have "girly" jobs or study "girly" subjects like languages or teaching (even if they would never say that out loud). If these men have the power to decide, they will choose men over women as with them they can make inappropriate jokes and go have beer," Jagoda said.
System Administrator Serena Cortopassi also said, "The percentage of women working in my field of systems administration is very low. Often, when I have to work with other male IT professionals from other companies, I feel hesitance from their part on having to deal with a woman. My solution to this has always been to demonstrate that I don't lack competence in the workplace compared to my male collegues".
"When I applied for my position in Extra, the other candidates were all men. I am happy that the person who chose me (a man, actually) had no prejudices. My point is that I should not feel happy and satisfied for an episode that should be normality," she ended.
Yesterday, we celebrated the International Women's Day and while we celebrate the advances made towards equality, much more should be done to acknowledge that women have much more to offer than what we men sometimes give them credit for.
So, to end in a lighter note, here are some expert women programmers teaching guys how it's done.


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Fleabag would never. Phoebe Waller-Bridge has brains, beauty, a perfectly filthy mouth, and now she's adding "kindness" to her notable traits. That's rare nowadays, you know? The writer, actress, and love of Vulture's life is auctioning off the Ralph & Russo tuxedo she wore to the 2020 Golden Globes. You may recall her winning multiple awards in it, including Best Actress in a Comedy Series. She listed the suit on eBay on Thursday, with all the proceeds going to three charities to benefit Australian fire relief: Australian Red Cross Disaster Relief & Recovery Fund, WIRES Wildlife Rescue Emergency Fund, and Wildlife Victoria. The auction will last nine days and has no bids at the time of writing. "I'm very excited that this stunning, one-of-a-kind, couture tuxedo created by Australian geniuses Ralph & Russo will continue its journey by contributing to this urgent cause. If money raised by its auction can help raise funds to fight the disaster in Australia, the future impact of this suit will be far greater than the luck it brought me and the Fleabag team at the Golden Globes last weekend," she said in a statement to People. The suit has been signed by Waller-Bridge herself and the designers are offering additional fabric should the lucky owner need to make alterations. "To add to its allure … I spent most of the night brushing it past and rubbing it up against all the sparkly people I could find," Waller-Bridge added. "These threads are laced with legends!"
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Warrior Nun Season 2: Updates So Far
Warrior Nun Season 2: update
In this article, we will discuss all the updates associated with Warrior Nun Season 2. The Netflix fantasy supernatural drama was released with its very first season on July 2, 2020. The show is directed by Simon Barry and it is based on the comic book character Warrior Nun Areala by Ben Dunn. The show was originally planned to be made as a feature film but with Netflix's services for the first season, it was reconsidered to be released as a TV Show. The show has been well received by the viewers so far and as they wanted to know more about Warrior Nun Season 2, So in this article we are going to discuss all the updates associated with Warrior Nun Season 2. Here is all you need to know.
Warrior Nun Season 2: Updates
Based on Warrior Nun Areala by Ben Dunn, the TV Show adaptation was released with its very first season on June 2, 2020. As of now, the response of the show has been good so far and the creator of the show Barry even hinted that he has already planned till 5-7 seasons of the show. He even revealed in an interview that he will start the production for a second season soon. So all the Warrior Nun fans reading this article the good news for all of them is that the show will definitely get a renewal for sure, but we will have to wait for an official word from Netflix.
Warrior Nun Season 2: Streaming Details
Netflix has not announced anything related to the update of Warrior Nun Season 2 yet, so as of now we cannot give you any update regarding the update of Warrior Nun season 2. But if we have to guess date we will say that we might have to wait for 2021 to witness Warrior Nun Season 2. The second season is most likely to arrive by July 2021. Still, we have to wait for an official word on this if we receive any updates from Netflix regarding this we will keep you posted.
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Warrior Nun: Plot and Cast
The show mainly focuses on the story of a 19 years old woman who wakes up in a morgue with a new lease on life and a mystical artifact implanted in her back. She soon discovers that she is the part of an ancient order and they have been tasked to fight the demons on earth and the powerful forces representing both heaven and hell want to find and control her. The first season was released on July 2, 2020. The show is created by Simon Barry Produced by Zack Tucker Gangnes, Peter Welter Soler, Matt Bosack, and Todd Giroux. And the cast includes the following actors.
Alba Baptista as Ava Silva
Toya Turner as Sister Mary / Shotgun Mary
Thekla Reuten as Jillian Salvius
Lorena Andrea as Sister Lilith
Kristina Tonteri-Young as Sister Beatrice
Tristan Ulloa as Father Vincent
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Q: ERROR: Gradle DSL method not found: 'imlementation()' My app is not working after I updated my android phone to Android 10. So I migrated my app to androidx. Now I am trying to update my gradle from 2.3.1 to 3.5.1.
This is my build.gradle(Project:) file -
buildscript {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
            name 'Google'
        }
        google()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.5.1'
    }

}

allprojects {
    repositories {
        jcenter()
        maven {
            url 'https://maven.google.com/'
            name 'Google'
        }
    }
}

My build.gradle(Project:) file is -
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'

android {
    compileSdkVersion 29

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "....."
        minSdkVersion 19
        targetSdkVersion 29
    }

    buildTypes {
        release {
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    imlementation 'androidx.legacy:legacy-support-v4:1.0.0'
    implementation files('....')
    implementation files('....')
    implementation files('....')
    implementation files('....')
}

This is the Error I get -
ERROR: Gradle DSL method not found: 'imlementation()'
Possible causes:

The project '.....' may be using a version of the
  Android Gradle plug-in that does not contain the method (e.g.
  'testCompile' was added in 1.1.0). Upgrade plugin to version 3.5.1 and
  sync project
The project '...' may be using a version of
  Gradle that does not contain the method. Open Gradle wrapper file
The build file may be missing a Gradle plugin. Apply Gradle plugin

I am new to android development. I am using android studio.
Thank you in advance.

A: You made a typo in your first implementation declaration. imlementation -> implementation.

A: Change imlementation
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Digi International Inc. provides Internet of Things connectivity products, services, and solutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The last earnings update was 76 days ago. More info.
DGI underperformed the Communications industry which returned 17.9% over the past year.
DGI outperformed the Market in Germany which returned -6% over the past year.
Is Digi International undervalued based on future cash flows and its price relative to the stock market?
Here we compare the current share price of Digi International to its discounted cash flow analysis.value.
Below are the data sources, inputs and calculation used to determine the intrinsic value for Digi International.
The calculations below outline how an intrinsic value for Digi International is arrived at by discounting future cash flows to their present value using the 2 stage method. We try to start with analysts estimates of free cash flow, however if these are not available we use the most recent financial results. In the 1st stage we continue to grow the free cash flow over a 10 year period, with the growth rate trending towards the perpetual growth rate used in the 2nd stage. The 2nd stage assumes the company grows at a stable rate into perpetuity.
Amount off the current price Digi International is available for.
For Digi International to be considered undervalued it must be available for at least 20% below the current price. Less than 40% is even better.
Digi International's share price is below the future cash flow value, but not at a moderate discount (< 20%).
Digi International's share price is below the future cash flow value, but not at a substantial discount (< 40%).
The amount the stock market is willing to pay for Digi International's earnings, growth and assets is considered below, and whether this is a fair price.
Are Digi International's earnings available for a low price, and how does this compare to other companies in the same industry?
** Primary Listing of Digi International.
Digi International is overvalued based on earnings compared to the DE Communications industry average.
Digi International is overvalued based on earnings compared to the Germany market.
Does Digi International's expected growth come at a high price?
Digi International is poor value based on expected growth next year.
What value do investors place on Digi International's assets?
* Primary Listing of Digi International.
Digi International is good value based on assets compared to the DE Communications industry average.
Digi International has a total score of 1/6, see the detailed checks below.
How is Digi International expected to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 7 analysts?
Is Digi International expected to grow at an attractive rate?
Digi International's earnings growth is expected to exceed the low risk savings rate of 0.2%.
Digi International's earnings growth is expected to exceed the Germany market average.
Digi International's revenue growth is expected to exceed the Germany market average.
Digi International's earnings are expected to grow significantly at over 20% yearly.
Digi International's revenue is expected to grow by 6.6% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
All data from Digi International Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago, and in Trailing twelve months (TTM) annual period rather than quarterly.
Unable to establish if Digi International will efficiently use shareholders' funds in the future without estimates of Return on Equity.
Digi International has a total score of 4/6, see the detailed checks below.
How has Digi International performed over the past 5 years?
Below we compare Digi International's growth in the last year to its industry (Communications).
Digi International's year on year earnings growth rate has been positive over the past 5 years.
Digi International's earnings growth has exceeded the Europe Communications industry average in the past year (315.2% vs 23.7%).
Digi International's revenue and profit over the past 5 years is shown below, any years where they have experienced a loss will show up in red.
Digi International has not efficiently used shareholders' funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
Digi International used its assets less efficiently than the DE Communications industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
Digi International's use of capital deteriorated last year versus 3 years ago (Return on Capital Employed).
Digi International has a total score of 3/6, see the detailed checks below.
How is Digi International's financial health and their level of debt?
The boxes below represent the relative size of what makes up Digi International's finances.
Digi International is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
Digi International's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
This treemap shows a more detailed breakdown of Digi International's finances. If any of them are yellow this indicates they may be out of proportion and red means they relate to one of the checks below.
Digi International has no debt, it does not need to be covered by short term assets.
All data from Digi International Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago.
Digi International has no debt.
Digi International has not taken on any debt in the past 5 years.
Digi International has no debt, it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.
Digi International has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Digi International has a total score of 6/6, see the detailed checks below.
What is Digi International's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Current annual income from Digi International dividends.
If you bought €2,000 of Digi International shares you are expected to receive €0 in your first year as a dividend.
Unable to evaluate Digi International's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers as the company has not reported any payouts.
Unable to evaluate Digi International's dividend against the top 25% market benchmark as the company has not reported any payouts.
Unable to perform a dividend volatility check as Digi International has not reported any payouts.
Unable to verify if Digi International's dividend has been increasing as the company has not reported any payouts.
What portion of Digi International's earnings are paid to the shareholders as a dividend.
Unable to calculate sustainability of dividends as Digi International has not reported any payouts.
Digi International has a total score of 0/6, see the detailed checks below.
What is the CEO of Digi International's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?
Mr. Ronald E. Konezny, also known as Ron, has been the Chief Executive Officer and President at Digi International Inc. since December 17, 2014. He serves as the Director of Atlas Financial Holdings Inc. since July 2018. Mr. Konezny served as a General Manager of Worldwide Transportation and Logistics (T&L) Division at Trimble Navigation Limited and PeopleNet Communications Corporation from August 2011 to September, 2013. He possesses extensive business, operating and executive expertise. He served as the Chief Executive Officer at PeopleNet Communications Corporation from July 23, 2007 to September 2013. He founded PeopleNet Communications Corporation in 1994 and served as Vice President of Global Transportation and Logistics, Global Transportation and Logistics at Trimble Navigation Limited From September 2013 to December 2014. He served as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at of PeopleNet Communications Corp. from 2001 to 2007 and its Chief Technology Officer from 1996 to 2007. He joined PeopleNet in 1995 and was instrumental in launching its flagship product, the g2x™ wireless fleet system. He led PeopleNet's technology and platform vision and led the development of its exclusive OTAP (over-the-air-programming) capabilities, Palm® OS integration, PerformX, Fleet Manager System and more. At PeopleNet, he oversees the technology behind the innovative Intouch Fleet Management System. He served as a Senior Consultant of Gemini Consulting, Inc. (Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Consulting), where he specialized in international telecommunications. He served in technology and communications as well as new product development and strategic planning. He has been Director of Digi International Inc. since December 17, 2014. He served as a Director of ID Systems Inc. since June 20, 2014. He served on the Boards of Directors of the National Private Truck Council Institute and the Truckload Carriers Association. Mr. Konezny graduated with honors from Northwestern University with a BA degree in Economics and was a Phi Eta Sigma nominee.
Ron's compensation has been consistent with company performance over the past year.
Ron's remuneration is higher than average for companies of similar size in Germany.
The tenure for the Digi International management team is about average.
The average tenure for the Digi International board of directors is less than 3 years, this suggests a new board.
Digi International insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.
Digi International has a total score of 0/6, this is not included on the snowflake, see the detailed checks below.
Digi International Inc. provides Internet of Things connectivity products, services, and solutions in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The company operates in two segments, IoT Products & Services and IoT Solutions. It offers cellular routers that provide connectivity for devices over a cellular data network; cellular gateway products that enable devices or groups of devices to be networked in locations where there is no existing network or where access to a network is prohibited; radio frequency products that utilize a range of wireless protocols for PC-to-device or device-to-device connectivity; and Connect, Rabbit, and ARM-based embedded systems on module and single board computers for medical, transportation, and industrial device manufacturers. The company also provides console and serial servers, as well as universal serial bus (USB)-to-serial converters, USB over Internet protocol products, and multiport USB hubs. In addition, it offers cellular remote management products that provide cellular router technology and device management solutions; Digi Remote Manager, a centralized remote device management solution to meet service level commitments and stay compliant with payment card industry data security standards, as well as to monitor, diagnose, and fix remote devices; turn-key wireless networking product development, testing, and certification for wireless technology platforms and applications; and implementation planning, application development, on-site support, installation, and customer training services. Further, the company provides SmartSense by Digi, a system that enables customers in food service, transportation/logistics, and healthcare to monitor the temperature of food and other perishable goods; and to track the completion of operating tasks by employees, as well as to have visibility in the supply chain to product temperature. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota.


Is Your Personal Trainer Lying To You?
Maybe not lazy, but I like to be efficient.
That means that if I'm going to do anything, I want to do as little as possible, and get the best results with that. I've been "Half-Assed" about everything else in my life, and it's worked out so far.
people who do things HALF-ASSED, and still make it work.
I got some of my half-assed friends to do the stuff with me, and they got good results too.


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Expires: September 2024
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation
4370 Tujunga Avenue, Suite 110
https://www.mhopus.org
4370 Tujunga Avenue, Suite 110 Studio City, CA 91604
The BBB is unable to verify if this organization meets this standard.
MHOF does not meet this Standard because:
The board of directors does not have a written policy stating that, at least every two years, an appraisal be done assessing the organization's performance and effectiveness and determining future actions required to achieve its mission.
The organization has not completed an effectiveness assessment in the last two years.
MHOF does not meet this Standard because, when the organization provided 2023 budget information, it indicated that the budget:
Did not identify total projected program service expenses broken down by major program category (Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation and Music Rising).
The organization states it does not have an annual report covering activities conducted in 2021.
MHOF does not meet this Standard because, in the past year, the organization participated in promotions for the sale of consumer goods or services that indicated the organization would benefit from these purchases. The promotions, however, did not specify:
The actual or anticipated amount of the purchase price that would benefit the organization.
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation does not meet the following 5 Standards for Charity Accountability:
The BBB Wise Giving Alliance requested but did not receive complete information from the organization and is unable to verify the organization's compliance with the following Standard(s) for Charity Accountability: 1 18
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation meets the remaining 13 Standards for Charity Accountability.
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"to keep music alive in our schools by providing vital support services to school districts, and new musical instruments to underfunded music programs nationwide, giving under-represented youth access to the many benefits of music education, leading them to success in school, and inspiring creativity and expression through playing music."
The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation (MHOF) supplies under-resourced schools with instruments and supplies to help sustain their music programs. The organization's Music Rising program aids schools affected by natural disasters nationwide. MHOF's Music Education District Support Services (MEDSS) program collaborates with school districts across the country to deliver music education in their schools. The program administers needs assessments on school campuses and provides key findings and recommendations to strengthen the schools' music education programs.
For the year ended June 30, 2021, Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation's program expenses were:
Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation $965,203
Music Rising $19,699
Total Program Expenses: $984,902
Felice Mancini, President and Chief Executive Officer
Scott Holtzman
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Planned giving arrangements, Cause- related marketing (affinity credit cards, consumer product sales, etc.)
The following information is based on Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2021.
Individual contributions $711,524
Foundation grants $365,850
PPP loan $85,300
Corporate contributions $44,314
Donated musical instruments and accessories $16,700
Other revenue and support $2,136
Administrative: 18%
Program expenses $984,902
Income in Excess of Expenses $-125,402
Total Liabilities $206,691
Note: According to the organization's audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2021, MHOF received in-kind contributions totaling $16,700 in the form of musical instruments and accessories.


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Manipulative Message Won Ballots but May Have Lost Tar Sands Battle
Climate, Global Warming & Air Pollution, Maine Environmental News, Tar Sands Oil
The manner in which oil interests defeated the Waterfront Protection Ordinance may not serve them well going forward.
by Mike Tipping
Portland Press Herald column
As the victorious Greek King Pyrrhus surveyed the battlefield of Asculum in Southern Italy in 279 B.C. he counted the depressing number of his soldiers and commanders who lay dead at the hands of his Roman foes and made a statement later immortalized by the historian Plutarch: "One more such victory, and we shall be undone."
I was reminded of the idiom of the Pyrrhic victory when I learned the results of the tar sands referendum in South Portland on Tuesday. The anti-Waterfront Protection Ordinance campaign was successful in defeating the initiative to prevent the importation and processing of tar sands on the South Portland waterfront by just 192 votes. The way in which they succeeded at the ballot box, however, may have lost them the larger fight.
Big Oil made a strategic assessment early in the campaign that they couldn't win if the debate was about tar sands. Voters are appalled by the idea of bitumen from Alberta, diluted with a host of noxious chemicals, being pumped through their community and risking spills that are incredibly difficult to clean up due to the density and viscosity of the oil. They also hate the idea of new smokestacks burning off this chemical cocktail on their waterfront and are troubled by the fact that tar sands oil is one of the dirtiest energy sources on the planet, producing three times the greenhouse gas emissions of conventional crude.
With this in mind, oil interests decided to attempt to make the debate about what they claimed were potential unintended consequences of the ordinance itself. Instead of trying to make a case for tar sands oil, their signs read "don't sink the port" and their ads and mailers insinuated that side-effects of the regulations would hurt everyone from fishermen to firefighters.
They also denied their previous plans to import tar sands oil, despite their own proposals in both Maine and Canada to do just that. Portland Pipeline Company had even renewed its state permit to build tar sands infrastructure in South Portland just last year, but during the campaign it decided to make a show of surrendering that environmental permit in an attempt to convince voters to reject the ban.
Basically, they all but admitted that tar sands oil is awful and went out of their way to assure voters it wouldn't be piped through their town, regardless of the referendum's outcome.
They backed this manipulative message with a huge war chest. An accounting of campaign contributions by the Press Herald in October and financial disclosure forms filed since then indicate the "No" side spent more than $650,000 on their campaign to influence the voters in South Portland, money flowing almost entirely from Big Oil. To put that in perspective, Gov. LePage raised a total of just $177,721 for his entire successful statewide primary campaign in 2010.
In other words, Big Oil spent $152 for every vote it received. Instead of filling up their mailboxes with slick fliers and their voicemails with robocalls, they could have bought every single "No" voter their own Kindle Fire.
The "No" side used this money to pay a team of lobbyists, lawyers and PR professionals, including former LePage communications director Dan Demeritt. They also hired Republican-linked political consulting firms from as far afield as Virginia, Maryland, Iowa and Minnesota.
On the other side, the anti-tar sands campaign had a ton of grassroots support (enough volunteers to knock on 16,000 doors) and the backing of several state environmental groups, but in the end it wasn't enough and they were drowned in a sea of cash.
But all the money and political influence in the world (of which, admittedly, Big Oil controls a great deal) isn't going to be enough to reverse the damage the "No" side did to the prospects for tar sands oil in the region with their own electorally-minded messaging. After spending so much time and money claiming they aren't planning that kind of development, they can't now change their minds start piping in bitumen.
Now that the electoral fight is over, the people of South Portland can come together and work on the issue, building on the agreement against tar sands that was unintentionally fostered by Big Oil's own campaign. They can design specific, consensus regulations that will protect their town and help to safeguard our state. In fact, that work has already begun. Less than 24 hours after the vote, the South Portland City Council was already considering a moratorium banning the importation of tar sands oil.
Filed Under: Climate, Global Warming & Air Pollution, Maine Environmental News, Tar Sands Oil Tagged With: clean water, fossil fuels, Maine coast, pipeline, tar sands oil


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Psychotherapy, or "talk therapy", is a way to treat people with a mental disorder by helping them understand their illness.
It teaches people strategies and gives them tools to deal with stress and unhealthy thoughts and behaviors.
Psychotherapy helps patients manage their symptoms better and function at their best in everyday life.
Sometimes psychotherapy alone may be the best treatment for a person, depending on the illness and its severity. Other times, psychotherapy is combined with medications.
Therapists work with an individual or families to devise an appropriate treatment plan.
Many kinds of psychotherapy exist. There is no "one-size-fits-all" approach.


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Some eCommerce platforms alternatives to Shopify
by Kiet Huynh · November 23, 2018
With me Shopify is the best ecommerce. May be with you it's not good. I'm not sure. What you're reading here is an all-in-one summary of which is the best ecommerce platform, plus what makes each of the contenders great. After reading this guide, you will know exactly how to pick the right ecommerce solution for your store.
BigCommerce helps build your own online portals without having to worry about the coding part. To create an online store, BigCommerce is a unique solution since this platform is ideal to take care of all the back and technical aspects without your participation. Configurations, security updates, and all the other methodological things take care of itself. Just add your products, add a payment gateway and you're all ready to go on stage. To your surprise, BigCommerce has 24×7 support team to help you with any questions or queries.
LemonStand
LemonStand is one of the highest qualifications alternative platforms Shopify that is equipped with a lot of features such as automation and flexibility. Since its launch, it has received a lot of appreciation and won many fair awards. For innovative companies, LemonStand is a great platform for an incredible price of $19/month and up $199/month.
It is activated with a lot of features, Volusion has modern and sensitive themes. The price ranges from $ 15 / month to $ 135 / month and this platform has been considered as one of the best Shopify alternatives.
Magento was founded in 2008 that serves as open source content management systems (CMS). For e-commerce portals, Magento is a perfect platform. The company has two offers such as "community edition" and business edition "that are completely recommended for people with technical knowledge. For merchants or developers, there is an installation of free or paid extensions to create a store in line.
Opencart is software that is a good Shopify alternative to build e-commerce stores. It is available for free download and also the company offers documentation and support assistance which is very useful in case you have problems with the installation or update part. Much easier to configure, Opencart has a number of themes that are available in ThemeForest. It requires a little skill coding for proper use.
Honorable mentions: In no particular order, carts like 3dCart, Woocommerce, Weebly, Big Cartel and PinnacleCart deserve a good hard look when comparing to Shopify.
The Best Ecommerce Product Options Favored By Customers
How To Build an Ecommerce Store in 7 Steps
5 Tips To Reduce Your Online Store's Bounce Rate
5 Tips For Sourcing Products You Need For Your Online Store
4 Steps To Increasing Customer Trust
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Top 7+ Best NFT Marketplaces
9 eCommerce Trends You Need To Know For 2023
Why Your Online Store Should Have a Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway in 2023
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Dive in here to the five best sites about swimming in the open air.
Imagine if there was a simple way to feel healthier, fitter and happier? There is! All you need is to take a swim outdoors.
The poet Lord Byron put it on the map in 1810 when he swam several miles to cross the Dardenelles. In the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, the swimming competition was held in open water. Today – perhaps as an antidote to an increasingly sedentary culture – people of all ages and abilities have a serious passion for splashing. It's a full body workout, does wonders for your general wellbeing and can cost nothing – so it is no wonder that wild swimming is having a wildly popular moment.
Here we select the five best sites about swimming in the open air.
Wherever you are in the UK, this website will guide you to the best rivers, lakes and coves for an open-water swim. The blog is brilliant, too, for tips on how to make the most of the wild-swimming experience.
THE OUTDOOR SWIMMING SOCIETY
Created in 2006, the Outdoor Swimming Society extols the virtues of swimming outside. With beautiful pictures and uplifting articles (on, for example, the joy of lidos or the best river swims), it provides a space for a community of independent spirits to share their pleasure.
You probably know Rude Health as a trendy, London-based food and drinks company and café – but it is also a passionate proponent of the wild-swimming movement. Visit their perky site for information on the wild swims they run up and down the country, all year round. The research alone is rejuvenating.
THE WILD SWIMMING BROTHERS
The website of three brothers who promote wild swimming and conservation, this one is a visual delight. The middle brother, Calum Hudson, says: "We want to inspire people of all ages to take part in wild swimming. It holds a special place in all three of our hearts. It has changed our lives. By swimming different rivers, ponds, lakes and seas we hope to encourage others to live more creatively, whilst also reconnecting with the natural world." Their articles, reviews and upbeat style are endlessly encouraging.
SWIM ENGLAND
What this site lacks in gorgeous, whimsical photography and motivational language, it makes up for in practical information, news, advice and shopping opportunities.
If you need further inspiration to take the plunge, read The Lido by Libby Page, a heart-warming novel about a friendship made beside the pool, and Leap In: A Woman, Some Waves and the Will to Swim, in which Alexandra Heminsley conquers her fear of swimming in the ocean.
8 Top Yoga Retreats For A New You
De-stress, get fit and soak up the sun. What's not to love about these 8 dazzling yoga retreats?
The Lido Ladies London
A digital deep dive with Jessica Walker and Nicola Foster.
OHMME
OHMME is a men's sportswear disruptor brand that is seeking to change the attitudes of current societal stereotypes of masculinity.
Celia Pool
The co-founder of DAME, the personal care brand, talks about trending on Twitter, an eBay obsession and winning a design award at the Tate Modern.
Best Sites for Self Motivation
FiiT
Instagram Hero Of The Week: Rosemary Ferguson
A Digital Guide to Wild Swimming


I have lived in Charleston all of my life; born and raised on James Island. I have over 25 years of experience in accounting. I have always enjoyed working with numbers. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my grand babies, and family.
What makes Avocet so special to me is my co-workers. We all work well with one another.


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The Wirehouse Retention Measure That's Backfiring
As big wirehouse teams become strong, self-sufficient "businesses," they're opting to jump ship and build their own firms.
Mindy Diamond | Aug 12, 2019
Big brokerage firms have long encouraged advisors to form teams. For advisors, there is strength in numbers when it comes to serving clients and building their businesses. For the firms they work for, teams represent a business advantage and a hidden retention strategy. It's thought to be harder to recruit away a group of advisors than it is an individual, as the various personalities, goals and risk tolerances of a team can be more challenging to solve for.
Yet, big teams are leaving the wirehouse world. Year to date, there have been 24 $1 billion-plus teams that have reportedly left the wirehouses to build their own firms or join hybrid independent firms.
What's Driving the Movement
One of the unintended consequences of building strong teams is that as they grow, they have the tendency to set themselves up as their own "sovereign entities" within the broader organization. As a result, they tend to rely less on the firm's resources and infrastructure, and more upon their own systems they develop over time to better align with their clients' needs.
Essentially, these teams become "self-sufficient machines"—more insulated from the firm and better prepared to leave and build their own independent businesses.
Consider 6 Meridian, a $2.5 billion registered investment advisor in Wichita, Kan., which broke away from Morgan Stanley in 2016. At the wirehouse, they reached a point where they were operating autonomously and self-investing in their own practice. As CEO and founding partner Margaret Dechant shared in a recent podcast interview, "We built out our own investment platform. We identified our target market and created a marketing and branding strategy around those target markets. We hosted our own events and hired our own staff. We invested in the business just like we owned it."
When a Business Becomes a "Business"
As more and more of these mega-teams look at their businesses as "businesses," profitability comes under greater scrutiny. That's when partners often realize that you're "giving the firm in the vicinity of 60% of every dollar that clients pay you for nothing more than a place to sit and to use the firm's technology," Dechant said.
And it's then that many of these teams recognize that they have a better opportunity of realizing their full potential as an independent firm, outside of the confines of a big brokerage house.
While the pricey tariff advisors are forced to pay their firm is one of many motivations for breaking away, it's the sheer ability to do more without limitations that's really driving the movement.
The team at 6 Meridian was looking to serve its clients with the freedom to run and own the financial relationships. "We were not able to achieve that at Morgan Stanley to the level we are able to today as business owners," Dechant shared.
Like Dechant and her partners, these advisors find that they may be looking to offer options or strategies to their clients that their firm doesn't support. For example, 6 Meridian wanted to expand on the services and solutions it could offer, such as true family office services, tax planning and preparation, bill pay, access to private investments and bespoke alternatives—all things that high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients typically expect from their advisors.
Unforeseen Advantages
While solo advisors may find it overwhelming to explore their options or even consider setting up their own independent practices, big teams have the advantage of being able to divide and conquer the due diligence process. Further, individual members have experience in navigating operations, vetting technology or building infrastructure.
It's the self-sufficient nature of these teams, along with their willingness and ability to invest in their own businesses, that has made them the powerhouses that they are. With an expanded landscape and many options to assist them in making the leap, teams have both an advantage and an opportunity to succeed—indeed, a result the big firms were not counting on.
Mindy Diamond is president and CEO of Diamond Consultants in Morristown, N.J., a nationally recognized boutique search and consulting firm in the financial services industry.
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