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Tropical Storms are developing in the Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Visit nationalweatherservice.gov/advocate to learn more how you can prepare for these storms as they develop. There is a high risk of severe weather, including tropical storms, across the southeast US today and tomorrow.
An area of low pressure located several hundred miles west of the lower Florida peninsula is expected to develop into a tropical storm late this weekend or early next week. Tropical Storm Warnings have been issued for portions of the Bahamas; Tropical Storm Watches remain in effect for portions of hispaniola and the southeastern coast of the United States.
Tropical storms are a major costal threat to the United States, and there is little room for error when it comes to weather forecasts. They are low-pressure systems that form in the tropics (between 20 degrees and the equator). Hurricanes, typhoons and tropical storms are the same thing. They all mean a powerful storm in the tropics, which often becomes a hurricane when it reaches the end of its life cycle. These are tropical storms that form in the tropics, generally between 10° and 20° of latitude (roughly 30° to 60° north or south of the equator)
What are the Causes of Tropical Storms?
Tropical storms are caused by an increase in temperatures of the surface ocean water.The warm water and humidity beneath these storms create the powerful winds that can cause damage on land. Tropical Storms are also called hurricanes or typhoons, depending on where they occur. Tropical storms are intense hurricanes that have a maximum wind speed of 74 mph or less. They are most common in the western hemisphere, particularly near the equator. They are rotating wind patterns that form over warm bodies of water and typically develop when atmospheric conditions like high humidity and warm surface temperatures allow them to. Some of the most destructive storms in the world can form in the tropics. Tropical storms, also called tropical cyclones and typhoons, are rotating storms that produce heavy rain and strong winds at the center.
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Anselm Hook - Augmentia - Scratching the surface of Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality has unusual implications compared to other recent trends. It involves our physical bodies and puts those bodies at risk; issues of trust, locality, utility and meaning - which were always there in the net - are being magnified. Different technical disciplines, from GIS to game development are suddenly colliding. Even writing an AR app is unusual compared to writing ordinary apps. Anselm will talk about his experiences and what he's hoping to see AR deliver.
Anselm Hook is a social systems developer. His longer term interest is in building digital models of communities, policy, watersheds and ecosystems to help people make better decisions. He helps run http://wherecamp.org and the upcoming http://ardevcamp.org on Dec 5. You can find him at http://twitter.com/anselm and http://hook.org.
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David Gessel - Stalking Slanderizing Trolls
A talk sharing some lessons from running tribe.net: trying to keep the problem users of the intertubes from plugging things up while servicing the occasional legitimate concern. A review of their efforts to balance free speech and legal obligations while providing solace to the offensensitive. Some sanitized anecdotes to illustrate the subtleties. A summary of the processes they've come up with.
David Gessel is the VP of product development for Tsavo Media, the lead technology advisor to Strategic Social, a founder of New Systems Associates which operates Tribe.net, and SRL crew back to 1990. Previously he was a VP in the tech/VC group at American Capital where he participated in over $1.6B in transactions, founded the consulting firm Black Rose Technology, co-founded keyspan instruments, was a member of the research staff at Interval Research Corporation, a scientist in Apple's Advanced Technology Group, and has a degree in physics from MIT.
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Shelly Farnham - Steve the Robot H.E.Ai.D.: a Large Scale Generative Music and Laser Play Space (presenting with Peter Brown)
In the modern era, the process of cultural evolution has been accelerated by technology. As we integrate technology into our collaborations, these collaborations become their own persistent meta-beings comprised of both technological and collective biological parts. With Steve: The Robot H.E.Ai.D., a H.uman E.nergized Artifical i.ntelligence D.evice., we explore the idea that the next step in our human evolution is when these meta-beings wake up, become in some way self-aware, and start speaking to us, its individual nodes, within its own larger brain.
Steve the Robot H.E.Ai.D. was a 35 foot, interactive, collaborative installation at a Burning Man 2009 that allowed people to create sound together, using video sensors to collect people.s motion and interactively generate music, voices and lasers. Learn more about Steve here: http://shellyfarnham.com/?p=399. For this presentation Shelly and Peter will discuss the process of making Steve, and the underlying software that made Steve possible. Steve was created by the UberGeek team, a group of artists and engineers in Seattle, Washington.
Shelly is a social media researcher and artist. She has a PhD in Social Psychology, and worked in R&D labs both at Microsoft Research and in the startup world. She organized Dorkbot in Seattle for several years before her recent transplant to the bay area to take a job at Yahoo. Peter is the CTO of a small startup company, Pathable.
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Gian Pablo Villamil - 360 Degree Panoramic Video Without the Megabucks
Gian Pablo worked on a panoramic video installation about New Orleans, shot using a panoramic video camera and projected in a circular theater. Normally this would cost an immense amount of money, but by taking advantage of newest tech, and applying some clever hacks, it was possible to create a powerful experience for the viewer with a lot less budget. This opens up the possibility for far more experimental and creative use of the medium. Gian Pablo will discuss how they went about capturing, editing and projecting panoramic video footage, with practical tips and info.
Gian Pablo Villamil has worked in the technology and telecommunications industry for 16 years, and is now using technology to make art. After stints at Accenture and Cisco Systems, and a lot of travel, he recently finished a Master's Degree at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. There, he developed techniques for, among other things, immersive video projection, generative music based on video, and a number of unique-sounding electronic musical instruments. He is interested in creating powerful experiences by using technology in unexpected ways, and in helping other artists do the same.
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Notice of Lead Plaintiff Deadline for Shareholders in the SolarWinds Corporation Class Action Lawsuit
SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#SWIstock–Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the Western District of Texas on behalf of purchasers of SolarWinds Corporation (NYSE:SWI) publicly traded securities between February 24, 2020 and December 15, 2020, inclusive (the "Class Period"). The case is captioned Bremer v. SolarWinds Corporation, No. 21-cv-00002, and is assigned to Judge Robert L. Pitman. The SolarWinds class action lawsuit charges SolarWinds and certain of its executives with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 permits any investor who purchased SolarWinds publicly traded securities during the Class Period to seek appointment as lead plaintiff in the SolarWinds class action lawsuit. A lead plaintiff is generally the movant with the greatest financial interest in the relief sought by the putative class who is also typical and adequate of the putative class. A lead plaintiff acts on behalf of all other class members in directing the SolarWinds class action lawsuit. The lead plaintiff can select a law firm of its choice to litigate the SolarWinds class action lawsuit. An investor's ability to share in any potential future recovery of the SolarWinds class action lawsuit is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the SolarWinds class action lawsuit or have questions concerning your rights regarding the SolarWinds class action lawsuit, please provide your information here or contact counsel, Michael Albert of Robbins Geller, at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058 or via e-mail at malbert@rgrdlaw.com. Lead plaintiff motions for the SolarWinds class action lawsuit must be filed with the court no later than March 5, 2021.
SolarWinds purports to provide information technology ("IT") infrastructure management software products in the United States and internationally. SolarWinds offers products to monitor and manage network, system, desktop, application, storage, and database and website infrastructures, whether on premise, in the public or private cloud, or in a hybrid IT infrastructure.
The SolarWinds class action lawsuit alleges that, throughout the Class Period, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) since mid-2020, SolarWinds' Orion monitoring products had a vulnerability that allowed hackers to compromise the server upon which the products ran; (2) SolarWinds' update server had an easily accessible password of "solarwinds123"; (3) consequently, SolarWinds' customers, including, among others, the federal government, Microsoft, Cisco, and Nvidia, would be vulnerable to hacks; (4) as a result, SolarWinds would suffer significant reputational harm; and (5) as a result, defendants' statements about SolarWinds' business, operations, and prospects were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
On December 13, 2020, Reuters reported that hackers alleged to be working for the Russian government had monitored email traffic at the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments and that the alleged hackers were believed to have gained access to the agencies' email traffic by deceptively interfering with updates released by SolarWinds, which services various government vendors in the executive branch, the military, and the intelligence services.
Then, on December 14, 2020, SolarWinds filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission disclosing that it had been the subject of a hack on its Orion monitoring products. On this news, the price of SolarWinds' shares fell approximately 17%, damaging investors.
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP is one of the world's leading law firms representing investors in securities class action litigation. With 200 lawyers in 9 offices, Robbins Geller has obtained many of the largest securities class action recoveries in history. For seven consecutive years, ISS Securities Class Action Services has ranked the Firm in its annual SCAS Top 50 Report as one of the top law firms in the world in both amount recovered for shareholders and total number of class action settlements. Robbins Geller attorneys have helped shape the securities laws and have recovered tens of billions of dollars on behalf of aggrieved victims. Beyond securing financial recoveries for defrauded investors, Robbins Geller also specializes in implementing corporate governance reforms, helping to improve the financial markets for investors worldwide. Robbins Geller attorneys are consistently recognized by courts, professional organizations, and the media as leading lawyers in the industry. Please visit http://www.rgrdlaw.com for more information.
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In an 11-page unsigned opinion, the Court said that the three-judge District Court in San Antonio may not have used the "appropriate standards," which the Court spelled out in some detail. Justice Clarence Thomas, in a separate opinion, repeated his view that a key federal voting rights act implicated in the Texas case is unconstitutional. The decision is here.
Because of Justice Thomas's view about Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, he would have ordered the San Antonio court to let Texas use its own maps without change for the 2012 elections. However, the other Justices did not accept that approach, instead ordering the court in Texas to start with the state's plan but also to make some rulings about whether any parts of it are likely to be nullified in court.
Then the case went back to district court, where the Attorney General ceded back to Wendy Davis all of her minority communities.


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The all-new Lexus RC F powered by a 5.0 liter V8 engine. With roughly 500 horsepower and a 8-speed paddle shift automatic transmission. A trio of 19-inch wheel options will be available and the side sills and rear fascia have been modified for F duty. The biggest styling change on the RC F, however, is the LFA-inspired active rear wing that rises at speeds above 50 miles per hour for improved traction and stability. No other specs as of yet. The RC F will be revealed at a press conference at the 2014 North American International Motor Show next week.


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Safety lapse at nuclear weapons base as bosses fail to show plan for handling radioactive waste
The Atomic Weapons Establishment near Aldermaston has been given a year to say how they will reduce the risk
Health and safety fail: Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston in Berkshire (Image: PA)
A nuclear weapons base has contravened health and safety laws for failing to show a long-term plan for handling radioactive waste.
The Atomic Weapons Establishment has been given a year to say how they will reduce the risk.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation slapped an improvement notice on the base near Aldermaston, Berks, which was put into special measures in 2013.
AWE, which is part of the Ministry of Defence, said staff are "considering the appropriate treatment for higher activity waste".
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If you have found yourself behind bars, there is a good chance you will be granted bail. Bail is designed to allow you the opportunity to get out of jail while you are awaiting trial. This allows you to provide for yourself by working and to work on your defense. However, if you have never been in this position before, you may have many questions about bail bonds and bail bond companies.
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Being arrested can be a positively terrifying and overwhelming experience. In addition to worrying about staying safe around other criminals, you might also stress about coming up with the money to post bail—so that you can head home and explain things to your family. Unfortunately, unless you are independently wealthy, it might be difficult to come up with your bail money on your own. However, bail bondsmen can take care of the money, if you promise to show up in court.
The timing of purchases and emergency needs can make all of the difference. Instead of missing out on specific things for you and your family, those needs can be quickly fulfilled by using a payday advance. When you get a payday advance, you have the ability to get the money instantly. This will help prevent you from missing out on deals and important financial decisions. The following four events and occasions are ideal for families to seek a payday advance.
Payday loans are a great option for quickly obtaining money to handle unexpected financial emergencies. Paying off the loan can sometimes present challenges, though, and people are often tempted to forego making the requisite payments for a variety of reasons. However, here are three good reasons to make the effort to keep your loan account in good standing. Earn Rewards Some payday loan lenders have programs that reward customers for making their payments on time.
If you're in need of some extra cash, selling old jewelry, coins, or other gold items can be an attractive way to get the funds you need. If you're not using the items, you won't feel like you're losing anything, and you'll gain the money to pay emergency expenses, settle past due bills, or finance a new purchase. The question is, what's the best way to sell your gold? If you've never sold gold pieces before, you may not be aware of the various ways you can go about selling your gold.
If you are going to be retiring in the near future, you may be wondering whether to accept pension benefits from your employer or to request that you be given a lump sum in lieu of a pension. This can be a difficult and confusing decision to make, so make certain that you consider several factors before making a final decision. Following are six good reasons to consider opting for a lump sum settlement rather than structured annuity or pension payments.
If you have considered selling gold at websites like http://www.rmcoin.com for extra money, you are not alone. Many people are selling old jewelry or even hunting for gold on beaches and underground and then selling it to be melted down. While the price of gold can fall and rise, is is considered a practical investment even in difficult economic times. Here are a few facts about gold to consider as you plan your own personal gold rush.
Which High-Interest Loan Should You Pay Off First?
You got into a big financial mess a while back and borrowed money at high interest rates from several places. Fortunately, you're now digging yourself out of the hole and you're wondering which account to tackle paying off first. Of course, you'll still need to make your regular payments on everything, but it's a great idea to also start whittling away at the entire amount of one loan at a time.
If you have been struggling to make ends meet with the income from your current job, then starting a small business you can run after-hours can be a great idea. You may even dream of creating a business that takes off so well you can eventually quit your day job. One obstacle that you may feel you have is not-so-great credit. Don't let bad credit keep you from starting a business that can help you finally get ahead financially.


Stockholm-based TID Watches have unveiled the follow-up to their highly praised No.1 watch model. The No.2 continues on the design trajectory set out by No.1 but with more refined materials and details. The new model features a monochromatic solid brushed steel case, face and hands and boasts a domed sapphire glass and Swiss made movement. No.2 is available in both a 40 & 36mm case diameter and is suitable for pairing with any of the TID wristbands.


Summary: Communication by email, Skype or Google Talk is nothing new these days.
But a purposeful, structured face to face meeting in pleasant surroundings achieved the push we needed today.
A couple of thoughts about where communication strategy is going… and ideas for you, Reader.
I first heard the term 'virtual organisation' in the late nineties. We were working on a project with colleagues in Canada, Denmark, and Estonia. A tool like Skype was just the thing then, since it made communication easier.
These days, that's all old hat. A lot has changed since then. Most organisations use different communication tools. Sometimes picking up the phone is still the easiest, saving us many emails and reducing the risk of misunderstandings.
Nevertheless, a face to face meeting is often most helpful – this time it only took me a short trip on public transport to Germany.
We wanted to meet and talk about the books and our project planning. Also up for discussion was how to improve our processes and working efficiency, etc.
Today's work was crossborder – Zürich / Rielasingen-Worblingen. That is to say, I was at our branch in Rielasingen-Worblingen.
Our new product has been giving a good showing, but it still needs a good Web debut. In addition to the analytical possibilities, there are also creative ones that can be put to good use. Our preliminary comparisons and reports show that our data collection can be done even more efficiently.
Big Data is such a thing. Often, we have much more data than we actually need, but other times, one may be unaware of this fact.
In our case, we have the right data (the contents of thousands of websites), which we could put to even better use to show the manifestation of market forces.
Here, our challenge is making the website even more user-friendly. Of course, we have to be sure to do that without sacrificing the visual aspect.
As usual, our colleagues at our Finnish branch take care of the technical implementation, but they were unable to attend today's meeting. Still, they are hard at work and have assured us that the office's fourth desk is close to completion in the garden.
Werner is hard at work – carpentry, that is – at our Finnish branch in Syöte.
Still, we decided to improve our influencer analytics and data processing. When it comes to usability there's still quite a bit of room for improvement.
In tourism, New options are now possible for smaller hotels thanks to digital channels. But they must also be used, especially since, according to the latest national statistics, hotel stays are on the decline in Switzerland and Germany.
We are preparing DrKPI Hotel, both Lite and Pro versions, for independent-owned accommodations and vacation rentals.
How can we include a booking system, such as WooCommerce, more efficiently in our solution?
How do we enable the end-user to choose between several price points (e.g. a room or a suite, high season or low, etc.)?
Not so easy, because e-commerce systems do not offer options specifically meant for independently-owned operations, nor for vacation rentals in general.
The usability leaves much to be desired, but this is where we must focus our attention, because the vacancy rate in Switzerland averages about 60%, which makes it impossible for many businesses to continue operating.
Digital marketing can certainly lend a hand there; our solutions are already in the testing stage and will soon be implemented by clients. Until then, we have a list of things to improve.
Every WordPress user is familiar with this issue – the oppression of choice! There are numerous WordPress templates, and often no single one is exactly what we want, so customisation is key. The challenge is finding the time and the money.
No one wants to waste time, which would also incur unnecessary costs, cutting into the bottom line and certainly disappointing a client. This is where finding a compromise would be ideal for everyone involved. Our job is to narrow it down by figuring out which of the templates appeal to the client.
More importantly, though not easy to explain, is what will best serve one's target audience. Which template, with appropriate customisations, is the best solution for the client's target group? Can the end-user find the information they need quickly and easily?
This often requires persuasion, by showing the client how one template is better suited than the other, and achieves the larger objective. Direct contact with the target audience is often very helpful here, as it allows us to experience what works well, is easy to operate, gets used, and what doesn't work, through the target group's interaction with, and navigation of a website.
This a challenge that must be met, which is why we are currently optimising our procedures.
Susanne Mueller Zantop, Founder and Chairwoman, CEO Positions AG: Gattiker is a blog specialist, who comes across as a slightly dotty professor, but knows his subject matter intimately. He has even managed to make the Caritas blog an exciting, popular online destination – and it's not as if their subject matter is particularly cheerful.
Email is a great communications tool, but it often requires a lot of back and forth to ensure everyone is on the same page. Skype or FaceTime can help with that, and so can the good old telephone.
When it comes to complexities, however, a face to face meeting still can't be beat. The day of our meeting was highly productive, and we're certain that it will provide our clients several new benefits. We also found that being prepared, directing our focus, and meeting in pleasant surroundings made our day even more productive.
Everyone knows exactly what needs to be done and we all have our assignments, which should be completed as quickly as possible, though no later than September 5.
How do you solve the usability/user-friendlisness challende for your product, such as a small appliance, machine, train, chair, etc.?
What do you consider to be the biggest challenge(s) when it comes to usefulness and usability for websites, e-commerce portals, etc.?
How do you increase the effectiveness of team meetings in your organisation?
Many thanks for your support with our new Alpiq InTec blog for trainees and apprentices at http://alpiq-skills.com !
Due to your team's competent advisory work, the #AlpiqInTec Blog has excelled and moved up in the DrKPI BlogRank. We have mastered this difficult challenge and our dialogue marketing has improved signficiantly.
What we love particularly is your weekly report that tells us exactly, what thinks we have to tweak how to best improve our performance when it comes to creating headlines, images, semantics, etc.
A super thing for helping our work in vocational training.
Thanks so much for your positive feedback about our work in our blog entry right here.
Naturally, we were pleased to read that you find our tool useful and work with it weekly. Best is that it helps you with your important work regarding recruiting and training apprentices at the Alpiq InTec group of companies.
Best I find, of course that your blog has been going up in the rankings for the last 2 years. Step by step your marketing content approach is yielding better results. Of course, this helps improve content marketing while fostering engagement and dialogue with your target audience.
The chart, for instance, illustrates that the blog's performance has been consistently good over the months and nudged toward the top as well. This I find exciting, of course.
Most important is that you are bucking the trend of ever less dialogue in corporate blogs. You seem to manage in one way or the other to get some feedback and resonance for your posts. This indicates that your target audience seems to care besides helping you in Google search rankings.
Even in social sharing where most companies are experiencing a downward trend unless they pay and advertise for their content you buck the trend.
Again, your trend line is moving in the right direction.
I am sure you and your team will continue the good work for the #AlpieInTec Blog for #Azubi and look forward to great content being published on your blog in the future.


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Ellen Kleinstuber was honored with the 2019 CCA Most Valuable Volunteer Award. She has been a constant volunteer for the CCA as well as for the rest of the profession. Ellen served on the CCA Board for 6 years including 4 years on the Executive Committee. Additionally, she has served as chair of the Joint Program Committee for the Enrolled Actuaries Meeting and the Professionalism Committee. She has also served on the Membership Committee, Webinar Committee, and as a speaker at many CCA events.
For those who don't know you, could you tell us all about yourself and how you got in to the actuarial profession?
I don't usually like talking about myself too much, so let's start with the easier question about how I got in to the actuarial profession. I first heard about being an actuary in high school, when I attended a math/science career day at one of the local colleges. The head of the math department had taken the preliminary actuarial exams and earned his ASA credential, so he talked to us about careers in actuarial science. I found the combination of applied math, economics, finance, and computer science to be really appealing. I was good at math but did NOT want to be a teacher. (Those who know me now might find that ironic.) Something just clicked for me that day, and from that point on actuarial science was the only career on my radar. Of the various disciplines I could have pursued within the actuarial profession, I like to think it was fate that brought me to be a consulting actuary working with pension plan sponsors. I really lucked in to the right niche.
Now, for that "about me" business. I'm a recent transplant from Pennsylvania to northeast Ohio, which for someone who isn't particularly comfortable with change was a really big move. Even though I'm a home body at heart, I love to travel and see new places. In the great debate of cats vs. dogs I'm in the "cat person" category (mother of three kitties) but I love dogs too. Music of most genres makes me happy and soothes my soul. And most importantly, I am blessed to have an amazing husband who stands by me and cheers me on as I continue to do the things I love, which includes my career as an actuary.
If you had not pursued a career as an actuary, what else might you have done?
Well, my parents used to love telling the story of how when I was about 6 years old I asked if you needed to go to college to be a waitress, so at some point that was on the table. My Girl Scout troop to a career assessment while I was in middle school, which revealed I would be ideally suited to be a mortician. That job is clearly not for me, but I supposed it could have been some level of foreshadowing of my career predicting when people will die. And at one time I thought it would be cool to be a professional sports statistician, coming up with the crazy obscure stats about the last time someone hit an inside-the-park homerun on their birthday and other "how'd they come up with that?" gems for the broadcasters to opine about. All joking aside, I really never thought about it until now. I suppose I'd probably do something in finance or accounting that still use my love of math in some practical application.
What's your best 'day in the life of an actuary' story?
For me, it was the day I found my "why". (If you don't get the reference, check out Simon Sinek's TED talk.) I was in my late 20s when a client asked me to get on a call with one of their plan participants who had just been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer. Our task was to explain the company's death benefit coverages so this gentleman could figure out if his wife would be better off if he died while an active employee or a retiree. Talk about a sobering moment. Later that year, I received the census data update and during my reconciliation work noticed that he had indeed passed away as a retiree.
Fast forward about a year, and I was out on location at this same client's various facilities explaining the choice employees were being given between staying in the pension plan and opting into the newly enhanced defined contribution plan. A gentleman lingered after one of my sessions, standing quietly by while others asked me questions. When all had left, he came up and asked if I was the young lady who talked to his brother and sister-in-law the year before. He told me of how much it meant to his brother and their whole family that I took the time to talk with him about his options. I was told that our call that day gave him the information he needed to die knowing his wife and kids would be OK financially. I managed to hold it together while he gave me a big hug and made it to the ladies' room before I started to break down. It was in that moment that I understood the impact we have on people's lives, even if we don't realize it when we spend our days just "doing the job."
If you could choose, what would you like for your legacy to be?
My alma mater's motto (Elizabethtown College) is Educate for Service. This really resonated with me, and Elizabethtown did a fantastic job preparing me to go out in the world and make a difference. If I'm fortunate, my legacy will be to have served others to the best of my ability in their individual pursuit of success.
What does a Most Valuable Volunteer Award mean to you?
It's always nice to be recognized for hard work and giving of your time and talents to support others. In this case, it offers validation that the hard work was also good work and benefits my fellow actuaries.
Why do you feel that volunteering is important?
Volunteers are the heart of our profession. While we rely on the paid staff of the CCA and other organizations to keep us on track and handle most of the logistics, it's volunteers that make our profession run. Volunteering is my way of giving back to a profession that has served me so well.
St. Francis of Assisi said, "It is in giving that we receive." The work I've done volunteering for the CCA has brought me many blessings, including lifelong friendships, career opportunities, and the chance to fulfill a potential I never knew I had when I was growing up.
What does it mean to you to be a member of the CCA?
The CCA has been my home for continuing education and growing my knowledge as a professional actuary and as a person for many years. That word "home" has a variety of meanings for me. It represents safety – somewhere I could test my wings with different responsibilities knowing someone would be there to catch me if I stumbled. It represents comfort – an organization that it just feels good to be part of. And it represents home – the people I've met through CCA have become friends who I have traveled with, laughed with, celebrating my wedding with, and grieved with through the loss of loved ones.
What is your favorite memory volunteering as a member of the CCA?
The #1 story on my list probably shouldn't be shared publicly, so I'll go with #2. Those who have been around the CCA for a while will remember Keith Stewart. Keith always managed to make me smile (and not infrequently roll my eyes) with what have become known as "Keith-isms". My favorite to this day is "never eat fish in the desert". I'm not sure why that one tickles me so much, but it's sound advice. (Don't tell him that I break this rule sometimes. I wouldn't want to disappoint him.)
Do you have any words of wisdom for future generations of consulting actuaries?
We each have our own personal brand, the qualities and experiences that are uniquely our own. Be purposeful in building your brand and deciding what it is you want to be known for, how you want to be viewed. Seek out the people around you in your organization who will support you in building that brand and give them good reason to want to do so. And finally, keep an open mind about what opportunities may be available to you. Be willing to take a risk on something new, for you never know what great things may come from it.
Is there anyone specifically that you'd like to acknowledge as having been instrumental in your success?
There's a long list of people that I should be thanking, but I will try to keep it to a reasonable length. First there's Jonathan Waite and Bob Henderson, who offered me my first actuarial job. Thanks for seeing something in me and giving me a chance. My first foray into volunteer speaking outside my company was at the urging of Tonya Manning. Tonya has set a standard for volunteerism that many others aspire to achieve. I will forever be grateful for that opportunity, as it started me on my personal journey of volunteering. Don Segal has inspired many actuaries to get involved in the profession and seek out ways to share their talents. He did the same for me, and for years has been there to offer encouragement. John Lowell was my co-presenter at that first speaking gig, and he later gave me an inspiring pep talk over dinner. It was in that moment that I started to believe I had something valuable to give to our profession. Next is John Moore, who also served as a mentor and guide to me on my path to Chief Actuary and helped expand my scope of volunteering. My last individual thank you is to Matt Noncek, CCA's Associated Executive Director of Continuing Education. He has been a friend, confidant, cheerleader, and on more than one occasion saved what was left of my sanity. There are so many other people who deserve recognition. To all of you who touched my career and offered guidance and encouragement, thank you!
What do you like to do for fun?
Pretty much anything that I'm doing with my husband, Steve. He finds fun in everything he does and has really helped me find that same mindset. I love golfing, even though I rarely get enough time to hit the course and keep the rust off my golf game. Other favorite activities include visiting the local wineries and craft breweries at home and when I travel, reading, and spending time with friends in our new neighborhood.
What is something that most people don't know about you/might be surprised to learn about you?
I was a varsity cheerleader in high school.
What would the title of your autobiography be?
If you could tell twenty-one-year-old you anything, what would it be?
Your life will unfold as it is supposed to. Don't stress over what's coming next or what the future will hold. It's gonna work out just fine.
Do you have anything that you consider your greatest achievement/your all-time claim to fame?
I have been honored to receive outstanding volunteer awards from the SOA, the Academy, and now the CCA. Hitting the trifecta of volunteer recognition solidifies for me that I've managed to bring value to our profession in different ways, since each of these was awarded for a different type of volunteer work.
Is there a lesson you wish you had learned earlier?
Time management! I struggle with this every day. I'm a perfectionist by nature, so identifying when "good enough is good enough" is a constant struggle and ends up throwing my schedule into disarray too often as I try getting everything I do "just right."
Is there anything you would like to add?
If you haven't yet started off on your volunteer journey and don't know where to begin, think about the following three things:
• What are you best at?
• What are you passionate about?
• What will generate success for the profession?
Find where these three things intersect, and that's a good place to start. In return, you will learn leadership and communication skills, broaden your professional network, gain insights that increase your value as a consulting actuary, and contribute to the growth and sustainability of our profession.
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Who Was That Clown You Were Sitting With?
Every now and then marketing experts come up with a really dumb idea. Ok... it's really a common phenomenon. As Rod Serling might say, "Case in point... one Ronald MacDonald." MacDonald's had placed this seriously creepy figure on park benches, supposedly so the kids can pose with their iconic sales-clown. At first these benches showed up outside the stores and you can guess the number of selfies that began to appear with our little KIller Klown with breasts, butts, and a variety of other foreign objects in his face or lap. This bench has been moved inside, probably to cut down on such things. I'll bet the workers likely have one hilarious collection of images taken after hours.
I haven't seen one of the nightmares on a bench for a while but if you happen to see one... be nice. I'm sure Rod could have come up with a suitably disturbing story of a possessed Ronald getting into mischief with those that messed with him. There's the signpost up ahead...
Interrupted Journeys... on the Road Again
Work has recommenced this writing project which is a collection of ghostly tales about the historical trails in Wyoming. The stories were employed to teach Wyoming's children about the history of the trails and to scare the heck out of them. Mike Brown and Terry Del Bene retold these stories at campfires and classrooms across Wyoming. This book was under contract and in final stages of being published when the publisher decided to close their doors. But you know it's hard to quiet restless spirits and we intend to add several new stories to the original hapless 13 tales of terror. Authors Aaron Scott, Mike Brown, and Terry Del Bene are teaming up to release stories of vengeful spirits, haunted battlefields, werewolves, playful phantasms, and eerie occurrences within the next year.
Rockin' the House... San Francisco 1906
On April 18, 1906 San Francisco had one of its many earthquakes, It's intensity was estimated to be possibly as high as 8.25 on the Richter Scale (which had not been conceived at that time). Buildings fell like dominoes and a great fire swept through the city. Over 300,000 people were left homeless and just under 400 perished as a result of the disaster. One of the survivors was 33 year tenor Enrico Caruso, who had performed Carmen the previous evening. Caruso was fortunate that the hotel he stayed in did not collapse on him. Such an event would have deprived the world of the first superstar tenor in the recording era.
Later that year London's The Scetch published Caruso's first-hand account of the disaster, including crude drawings produced by Caruso himself. Here is his account...
"You ask me to say what I saw and what I did during the terrible days which witnessed the destruction of San Francisco? Well, there have been many accounts of my so-called adventures published in the American papers, and most of them have not been quite correct. Some of the papers said that I was terribly frightened, that I went half crazy with fear, that I dragged my valise out of the hotel into the square and sat upon it and wept; but all this is untrue. I was frightened, as many others were, but I did not lose my head. I was stopping at the [Palace] Hotel, where many of my fellow-artists were staying, and very comfortable it was. I had a room on the fifth floor, and on Tuesday evening, the night before the great catastrophe, I went to bed feeling very contented. I had sung in "Carmen" that night, and the opera had one with fine eclat. We were all pleased, and, as I said before, I went to bed that night feeling happy and contented. But what an awakening! You must know that I am not a very heavy sleeper—I always wake early, and when I feel restless I get up and go for a walk. So on the Wednesday morning early I wake up about 5 o'clock, feeling my bed rocking as though I am in a ship on the ocean, and for a moment I think I am dreaming that I am crossing the water on my way to my beautiful country. And so I take no notice for the moment, and then, as the rocking continues, I get up and go to the window, raise the shade and look out. And what I see makes me tremble with fear. I see the buildings toppling over, big pieces of masonry falling, and from the street below I hear the cries and screams of men and women and children.
I remain speechless, thinking I am in some dreadful nightmare, and for something like forty seconds I stand there, while the buildings fall and my room still rocks like a boat on the sea. And during that forty seconds I think of forty thousand different things. All that I have ever done in my life passes before me, and I remember trivial things and important things. I think of my first appearance in grand opera, and I feel nervous as to my reception, and again I think I am going through last night's "Carmen."
And then I gather my faculties together and call for my valet. He comes rushing in quite cool, and, without any tremor in his voice, says: "It is nothing." But all the same he advises me to dress quickly and go into the open, lest the hotel fall and crush us to powder. By this time the plaster on the ceiling has fallen in a great shower, covering the bed and the carpet and the furniture, and I, to, begin to think it is time to "get busy." My valet gives me some clothes; I know not what the garments are but I get into a pair of trousers and into a coat and draw some socks on and my shoes, and every now and again the room trembles, so that I jump and feel very nervous. I do not deny that I feel nervous, for I still think the building will fall to the ground and crush us. And all the time we hear the sound of crashing masonry and the cries of frightened people.
Then we run down the stairs and into the street, and my valet, brave fellow that he is, goes back and bundles all my things into trunks and drags them down six flights of stairs and out into the open one by one. While he is gone for another and another, I watch those that have already arrived, and presently someone comes and tries to take my trunks saying they are his. I say, "no, they are mine"; but he does not go away. Then a soldier comes up to me; I tell him that this man wants to take my trunks, and that I am Caruso, the artist who sang in "Carmen" the night before. He remembers me and makes the man who takes an interest in my baggage "skiddoo" as Americans say.
Then I make my way to Union Square, where I see some of my friends, and one of them tells me he has lost everything except his voice, but he is thankful that he has still got that. And they tell me to come to a house that is still standing; but I say houses are not safe, nothing is safe but the open square, and I prefer to remain in a place where there is no fear of being buried by falling buildings. So I lie down in the square for a little rest, while my valet goes and looks after the luggage, and soon I begin to see the flames and all the city seems to be on fire. All the day I wander about, and I tell my valet we must try and get away, but the soldiers will not let us pass. We can find no vehicle to find our luggage, and this night we are forced to sleep on the hard ground in the open. My limbs ache yet from so rough a bed.
Then my valet succeeds in getting a man with a cart, who says he will take us to the Oakland Ferry for a certain sum, and we agree to his terms. We pile the luggage into the cart and climb in after it, and the man whips up his horse and we start.
We pass terrible scenes on the way: buildings in ruins, and everywhere there seems to be smoke and dust. The driver seems in no hurry, which makes me impatient at times, for I am longing to return to New York, where I know I shall find a ship to take me to my beautiful Italy and my wife and my little boys.
When we arrive at Oakland we find a train there which is just about to start, and the officials are very polite, take charge of my luggage, and tell me go get on board, which I am very glad to do. The trip to New York seems very long and tedious, and I sleep very little, for I can still feel the terrible rocking which made me sick. Even now I can only sleep an hour at a time, for the experience was a terrible one."
Genocide: California Style
-The-Great-California-Genocide
Above is a link to a timely article in the Daily Kos about the genocide of Native Americans in California. The issue is timely as the Vatican considers sainthood for one of the architects of that genocide. That doesn't seem like a great resume for sainthood, but then I don't belong to the Catholic Church. The Genocide of indigenous populations of California is one of those indelible stains in American history. It has left a legacy that continues on today as the instruments of government and large portions of the people of California still seek to marginalize the surviving descendants of this American holocaust.
Quanah Parker's Fallen Empire
The Comanche Nation dominated the southern plains for centuries. Projecting their power deep into Mexico, the Texas coast, and the Rocky Mountains from their heartland in the Llano Estacado (the staked plains of Texas), the Comanche held the largest Native American Empire. Through hundreds of years held off the Spanish, the French, the British, the Mexicans, the Apaches, the Texans, the Confederates, and a host of Plains Tribes. The fabled Texas Rangers were a force developed to combat the Comanche. It took the upstart United States decades to put Comancheria in history books. The deed required an unprecedented ecological disaster, that of reducing the sea of buffalo to a shadow of its peak numbers combined with determined military activity.
In 1875 Quanah Parker led the last of the free Comanches to the reservation, where he became a rancher. Quanah was appointed principal chief by the U.S. Government and became a founder of the Native American Church. He became a pal of Teddy Roosevelt and struggled with the government to retain as much of Comanche lands as possible.
The image above is of Quanah's tombstone at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Quanah died in 1911 and originally was buried in Poison Oak Mission Cemetery. He was moved to Fort Sill in 1957.
The Utah War... Almost Forgotten
In 1857 a large part of the United States Army was headed west to establish a military post along the emigrant trails in Utah. Perhaps it was fulfillment of a campaign promise, perhaps it was an attempt to distract attention from the events in "Bleeding Kansas" where the first shots of a Civil War between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions had been fired. To the people of Utah Territory the coming of federal troops was spun into a full-blown invasion with the object of annihilation of the Mormon Church. The handcart disasters of 1856 had caused a crisis in leadership of the Church. First President and Prophet Brigham Young also served as acting Territorial Governor and Commissioner of Indian Affairs. He was uniquely positioned to control the territory and the coming of Federal troops meant he could no longer thumb his nose at the other Federal authorities in the territory.
A call to arms to repel the invaders went out. The famed Nauvoo Legion was called to arms and began to stockpile munitions, drill, and build defenses. Meanwhile on the road to Utah, the Utah Expedition had it's original commander withdrawn and many of its troops to deal with "Bloody Kansas." The reduced force plodded forward and was strung out over miles of trail as its replacement leader, Albert Sidney Johnston, raced to catch up. He would not catch them until they already reached eastern Utah Territory (not far from Fort Bridger in modern Wyoming). The expedition had no orders anything like obliterating the Mormon Church and as they proceeded west escorted Mormon immigrants through hostile Indian territories.
When the expedition passed through the South Pass of the Rockies the trains were isolated and scattered over miles. Not being on a war footing they were not ready for what happened next. Governor Young issued the expedition an order to not enter Utah, a command that had no weight for Colonel Alexander, who commanded in Johnston's absence. Militia units were ordered to harass the army on the march and at South Pass raided an encampment of dragoons, running off some stock and apparently being complicit in a soldier perishing from a heart attack.
The scales finally fell off of Alexander's eyes and he recognized that he was facing an opposed entry into the territory. Alexander had to consolidate his scattered command and place them on a more defensible footing as winter was nigh. Hundreds of Mormons had perished just a year ago trying to pass through this same area as early winter storms trapped them.
Wagon trains were ordered to halt to await military escorts, which few of them had. Several of these trains were captured and burned by Lot Smith and his militia near the Big Sandy River. The image above shows a display at Ft. Leavenworth where it suggested that wagons such as this were burned at Simpson's Hollow. With further research it was found that the display does not contain an actual wagon from the event but a similar kind of wagon. (Darn.)
After burning wagon trains at a crossing of the Big Sandy, Lot Smith and his men came out of the mist at Simpson's Hollow and captured the trains there. Not a shot was fired. Yet traveling that area in the 1860s Sir Richard Burton noted Mormon children placing rows of crosses to mark the graves of the fallen in a tremendous battle. The embellishment and fabrication of aspects of the conflict appears to have a long tradition. There was no battle, tremendous or otherwise. It was a robbery. Smith took the supplies he needed, burned the rest, and sent the teamsters packing. He and his men could see a distant dragoon camp and believed that they had been spotted. They fled in haste and at a stopping point Lot determined to reload his pistols as the powder may have been wet by the heavy mist. The gun accidentally discharged piercing the clothing or flesh of three of his men (making Lot Smith the most dangerous man in the Utah War).
Johnston shortly thereafter joined his expedition and pushed it forward toward Great Salt Lake City. The expedition was halted in the passes by heavy snows and Johnston withdrew to camp for the winter in the vicinity of Fort Bridger. During the winter a peaceful settlement was negotiated and Federal troops marched through Great Salt Lake City in the spring. The Utah War was mostly a bloodless affair, with many perishing from disease and exposure but few due to mayhem. There is a story that a Utah militiaman came into possession of one of the military's Mississippi rifles and wanted to see how the weapon would perform against the Mormon fortifications on the approaches to Great Salt Lake City. He took the weapon to the canyon floor and one of his friends stood behind the stone wall, his head exposed. The militiaman at the bottom of the canyon fired, all in good sport, and, to his horror, splattered the head of his friend. The Mississippi rifles tend to overshoot when aimed level or downhill but are more accurate fired uphill.
On September 11, 1857 a related event happened near Cedar City at a place called the Mountain Meadows. There Utah militia surrounded and massacred a civilian train of emigrants killing over a hundred men, women, and children. The cover-up and subsequent attempts by apologist historians have done much to keep the issues of that day alive over 150 years later. But that is another story.
Johnston's Army in winter quarters.
Gone Walkabout...
I was away from the blogosphere for a few days as I had visitors from between the Four Sacred Mountains. It was great to see Ruth and Tonya Shepherd and to show them some of the local attractions. Of course Mount Shasta and Mount Lassen both were hiding as we had well-needed rain. Now that they have headed on to new adventures the sky is blue. Maybe Governor Brown should hire them to hang around the state as the rain seemed to be following them.
It is always special to spend time with good friends.
Gee or Haw?
Just the sight of an enthusiastic sled dog team stirs the heart. It is clear that the dogs are in that zone of being where they recognize this is what they are meant to do. The dogs know voice command such as "gee" (right) and "haw" left. They don't command "mush" but say "get up"", "go" or make rapid clicking sounds. We still call them mushers, though. There are no whips, just whistling and voice.
Dog sledding has changed from a survival necessity in subarctic and arctic environments to a sport. With the sporterization (I know it's not a real word) of sledding the selection has become for smaller, faster dogs and less the huge malemutes, bred to haul heavy loads long distances over the harshest environments on the planet. Racers usually own large numbers of dogs, so racing is not a sport for the poor anymore, unless they can hunt or fish sufficient food to sustain the dogs in cold conditions. Competitive racers usually have scores of dogs, some hundreds. That's a lot of kibble!
Most of the mushers I have met really love their animals, though most are in a quasi-pet status. The dogs and their masters train together and it's much like any sport. They will live or die together on their journeys through the outback. The races have veterinarians watching out for the health of the animals and great care is taken to protect them during the races. However, racing has a dark side, rarely discussed. Kind owners retire their animals when their time passes, other owners destroy these noble animals. Sometimes a musher just decides to quit the sport and it winds up in a canine massacre of all the animals. The animals rarely are raised a pets and often lack the social skills that would make them easier to adopt out. They want to stay in that zone and run with other dogs.
We lived in Alaska and I found out one of my wife's co-workers did just that with dozens of dogs. I had to restrain myself around her to avoid telling her what I thought about her. As my wife and I were driving through Canada once the radios were abuzz with the news that another retiring musher had killed over a hundred dogs. People need to think before they get into the sport what is the end game for the animals without which there is no race.
Images from the Past- Currier and Ives
Historical images are true treasures linking us to the past. However, it is in these images that we are forced to confront ofttimes shocking realities. The images can set us upon a journey down a dimly lit corridor where we are forced to wonder why such things happen. While our histories tend to glorify certain aspects of our ancestors, often the images remind us in no uncertain terms that there is much about our ancestors that we might finds abhorrent or distasteful. One has to wonder if we would find as much to like about our ancestors if given an opportunity for extensive interaction with them.
Currier and Ives were the printers for the common people in the 19th Century. For roughly fifty years their artists cranked out artwork which were then printed on lithographically. The subjects were varied including public figures, political cartoons, social commentary, news events, historical events, places, "snapshots" of life, book illustrations, reproductions of famous artworks and fabulous images of ships. The thousands of prints are a treasure-trove for understanding America in the 19th Century.
The image above is a classic example of a Currier & Ives social issue print, concerning women's liberation. The print shows the newly liberated "fairer sex" smoking cigars and cigarettes, wearing scandalous clothes, running for sheriff (Vote for Celebrated Man Tamer Susan Sharp-Tongue) and to the right a man is hen-pecked into taking care of baby. Currier & Ives don't create the male fears about women attaining equality but they capture many of them here. Basically the women would become more like men and force men into doing "women's work." In creating such an image Currier & Ives show us the long-term survivability of concepts regarding the advancement of women. On one hand the image is a reminder that we have come a long way but it clearly points an accusing finger that old fears die hard.
Currier & Ives produced some of the most denigrating art regarding racial and ethnic groups that American ever produced. There were many prints showing an imaginary place called "Dark Town" where minstrel show characters act out a variety of situation-comedy events. Similarly Currier & Ives were adept at stereotypical renderings of Native Americans, Chinese, Irish, Scotts, and other ethnic groups. We need to remember a time when such images were thought natural and humorous and then we need to turn that mirror on our own culture and ask if the current spate of hate postings are not an extension from these early roots.
I wonder what the people of the 22nd Century will say of us when they see our social issue art.
Survival in the West... Too Close to Home
Earlier this month my good friend and co-conspirator on 'Dem Bon'z was having some electrical difficulties while running a load in Mississippi. He and his assistant driver pulled off the road to take care of the problem. Stoney was in that narrow space between the trailer and the tractor cab when another semi, traveling at roughly 75 mph left the highway and, rammed into Stoney's trailer. If Stoney had nine lives that one used up eight of them. The truck was pushed a great distance and Stoney was knocked unconscious. (It figures it takes 16 tons of truck to knock out a tough guy like Stoney.) Stoney wants all his readers to know that "I have a fine horse under me." Movie buffs will recognize that line as coming from a man who had just been buried up to the neck and left to perish (Movie-Jeremiah Johnson). With his usual calm demeanor (that's a joke) Stoney is putting up a bold front. His list of injuries included (but is not limited to) a concussion, broken ribs, broken scapula, and broken vertebrae. Stoney is now beginning the long healing process if Stoney lets him sit down for a bit. He's in a lot of pain as you might expect but he says he's "F.I.N.E." Those of us who have spent time with Stoney know that is code for another four letter word beginning with F. Get your friends to buy Stoney's books so he can afford all those fancy doctors who are messing with him.
Stoney hopes to be back in the tractor again soon. He is now working with me on 'Dem Dry Bon'z the sequel to 'Dem Bon'z. If you liked the first book, this one is going to be a barn-burner!
Get well Stoney!
Terry A. Del Bene
Writer- "Have Words, Will Travel"


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In Memoriam: Richard Payne, M.D. Esther Colliflower Professor of Medicine & Divinity Duke University Kathleen M. Foley, M.D. Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Clinical Pharmacology Weill Medical College of Cornell University Attending Neurologist in the Pain and Palliative Care Service Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York Diane E. Meier, M.D., FACP Director of Center …
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Esther Colliflower Professor of Medicine & Divinity
Kathleen M. Foley, M.D.
Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Clinical Pharmacology Weill Medical College of Cornell University Attending Neurologist in the Pain and Palliative Care Service
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York
Diane E. Meier, M.D., FACP
Director of Center to Advance Palliative Care
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Christ Church Methodist Church is a Grade II listed English church in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.

History
The church was built between 1903 and 1904 to designs by the Nottingham-based architects, Arthur Brewill and Basil Baily, in the Art Nouveau Gothic style.

The foundation stone was laid on 25 June 1903

The adjoining Sunday School was built in 1886. During the construction of the church, Harry Wass, a stonemason, was struck by lightning and killed.

Organ
The church has a pipe organ dating from 1904 by Andrews, which was restored by Henry Willis around 1965. This was rebuilt in 1983 by M. C. Thompson. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

See also
Listed buildings in Long Eaton

References

Long Eaton
Churches completed in 1903
Gothic Revival church buildings in England
Gothic Revival architecture in Derbyshire
Methodist churches in Derbyshire
Art Nouveau architecture in England
Art Nouveau church buildings in the United Kingdom
Basil Baily


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Sleepy Sun "11:32" (video)
By Alex Hudson
Published Oct 03, 2013
Sleepy Sun have a new 7-inch coming out on October 15 via Dine Alone; it features the songs "The Lane" and "11:32," and now the San Francisco band have shared a video for the latter track.
The song is an fuzzy rock cut featuring heavy psych riffs, six-string shredding and reverb-swathed vocals. The accompanying clip emphases the sinister mood, as we see a young woman having a bit too much fun on a drunken, drugged-up and self-destructive night of partying. Things take a particularly dark turn towards the end, when the chemicals end up taking their toll.
The band plan to release a new album in January 2014. Their upcoming tour schedule includes a slew of U.S. dates plus a Canadian leg; see the schedule here.
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After discussion of my prototype in class, I decided that I would make six similar structures and stack them. Since the plastic glue eroded some of the iridescent coating on my prototype, I decided to use BoxMaker to make laser cutter templates for boxes that would snap together. My plan was to use half of each six-piece box to build my "walls" and "floor" combination, and then snap several of them together.
With less than a week to go, I went to Canal Plastics and bought three pieces of iridescent plexi–enough for six half boxes. Unfortunately, I could not get a slot on the laser cutter until the day before my project was due. I also only managed to sign up for two non-consecutive slots, one at 4pm, and the other at 9pm. This made me nervous, but I figured it would be fairly easy to assemble. This might have been okay, were it not for the fact that I LEFT MY PLEXI AT HOME on the day I was supposed to cut it. I rushed home after Nature of Code, grabbed my plexi, and rushed back to school, missing half of my laser cutter slot in the process. I set up my file, figuring I would only have time for one piece of plexi before my next slot at 9. The laser cutter was a bit overworked because of finals, and did not cut through all the way on the first go round, despite my using the proper settings for my material. I ran it through a second time. I tried to pop the pieces out. It still had not gone through. I ran it through a third time, but found that I had shifted it trying to pop out pieces, and now the cut was off. And thus, I ruined my first piece of plexi. I had to scale back my project to four half cubes because Canal Plastics was closed by this point (or at least it would be by the time I got there).
By this point, I was pretty upset, especially since I had to wait until 9 to do my next cut. When 9pm rolled around, I set everything up again. It took FIVE cuts to go all the way through, adding up to nearly an hour (and there were people behind me!). I did a few tests on leftover plexi to find the optimal cutting speed. Despite using this new setting, it still took me two tries to fully cut through.