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Q: Idiom: in my neck of the woods, AmE Idiom: in my neck of the woods (AmE)
The meaning of this expression is: in the region where I live.
I once tried to find out how a word that referred to a part of the body could later develop into an expression where it meant region. I have just had a look at etymonline but there's nothing concrete about the origins of neck, except older variants that do not explain much.
As we have experts in etymology on EL&U, some of whom know exactly what is what, even in ProtoIndoEuropean, I thought I might ask if someone has read anything useful or has an idea
that might explain this semantic change.

Added, June 19, 2015
Prompted by Jeff's encouraging post I found out Middle English spellings of the word edge and found interesting incidents in the Middle English Dictionary of the University of Michigan.
See egge, also agge and neg, number 3.
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mec/med-idx?type=byte&byte=47498511&egdisplay=compact&egs=47512662
In 3a we find egge meaning edge of woods, and the ME form a wodeegge (wood-edge). Interesting also that beside the ME egge and the variant agge there is already a variant with n: neg.
Unfortunately I'm not familiar with search functions of the MED, but it might be possible to find something like "in mine egge of the wode". Old English ecg means corner, edge, point.

A: Of course, the word neck can be transferred to things that have similar forms, so you can speak of the neck of a bottle. But "in my neck of the woods" simply means in that part/ region where I live.
And when I read such explanations as in Etymonline about a narrow strip of wood then I have the feeling I'm  reading free and fanciful associations but not its etymology. Where in large wooded areas is there a narrow strip of wood? I think it would be more honest to say the origin of that curious saying is unknown.
That might lead perhaps to new ideas. I have the idea that there was something else behind "neck", and that word was changed to neck. It might be possible that the German word Ecke or Eck (corner) was the original word. "In my eck" or "in mine eck" might have been changed to "in my neck of the woods".
It is impossible to verify such transformations, but they are possible. Compare "Don't be fresh" transformed from German frech meaning insolent. Suddenly such curious transformations are in use and then theories are invented to explain the expression of  neck.
If the origin of neck really had been the German word for corner then the saying really would make sense:

In my corner of the woods.

A: When the US was wilderness, much travel was along the major and minor rivers.  These often looped into bends, and a tight bend that almost met itself would form a neck-like figure that was often called a Neck on maps and documents.
The three Peninsulas of Virginia where rivers hit the Chesapeake Bay are all called Necks, the Northern Neck being the most famed as George Washington made his home there.
So you can see the image of you taking a canoe out into the wilderness where the speaker has put his little cabin near the river.

A: In his book Made in America, Bill Bryson said he thought that this phrase originated from the Algonquian word "naiack," which means "point" or "corner." It may also come from the German phrase "meine ecke," which means "my corner."

A: The OED says:

neck n. ... 7. b. orig. U.S. A narrow stretch of wood, pasture, ice, etc. Now usually in neck of the woods: a settlement in wooded country, or a small or remotely situated community; (hence more generally) a district, neighbourhood, or region. in this neck of the woods: in this vicinity, around here (also used elliptically). Formerly also †neck of timber.

Neck was originally productive in this sense: you could have a neck of land or a neck of marsh or whatever, for example:

1705   John Lowthrop Philosophical Transactions and Collections 414   the Principal parts of Port-Royal, now lie in 4, 6 or 8 Fathom Water. That part which is now ſtanding, is part of the End of that Neck of Land which runs into the Sea
1760   Anno Regni Triceſismo Tertio Georgii II. Regis 28   And whereas there is a certain Iſland, or Neck of Marſh, Meadow and Cripple-land, ſurrounded by Delaware River, Hollanders and Hay Creeks
1863   Robert Ballantyne Fast in the Ice 31   the lane of water along which they were steering was, just ahead of them, stopped by a neck of ice that connected two floe-pieces.

And of course, necks of wood:

1780   A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 266   You see three other necks of wood,..generally giving a deep shade.

which came to mean neighbourhood:

1871   M. Schele de Vere Americanisms 178   He will..find his neighborhood designated as a neck of the woods, that being the name applied to any settlement made in the well-wooded parts of the South-west especially.

and the original sense of neck was lost, leaving it fossilized in neck of the woods.

A: Early discussions of the phrase 'neck of the woods' in reference works
Maximilian Schele De Vere, Americanisms; The English of the New World (1872) believes that the phrase "neck of the woods" was not only native to the United States but especially common in the nation's Southwest (a designation that, at the time referred primarily to the region occupied by Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana):

If the settler find no home on an island or in a cove of a prairie, he prefers, especially if he be German, a Knob, as from its resemblance to a knob (Germ. Knopf), any rising is called in the West. ... Should he build his cabin in a forest, he will soon find his neighborhood designated as a neck of the woods, that being the name applied to any settlement made in the well-wooded parts of the Southwest especially. Should he dread the bush, he may choose one of those beautiful forest glades called oak openings and found in the Northwest.

An assessment of the phrase similar to De Vere's appears in John Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases, Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States, second edition (1859):

NECK OF THE WOODS. In the wooded sections of the South-West this term is used in speaking of any settlement, place, or plantation.
[Example:] I am the only subscriber to the Spirit of the Times in this neck of woods, and consequently my paper is in great requisition.—Letter from Arkansas, N.Y. Spirit of the Times.
[Example:] It's no use talkin' about your Polar bar and your grizzly bar. They ain't no whar, for the big black customer [the black bear] down in our neck o' the woods beats 'em all hollow.—Traits of American Humor, Vol. II

The phrase "neck of the woods" does not appear in the first edition (1848) of Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms, however.
John Farmer, Americanisms—Old and New (1889) offers this definition:

NECK OF THE WOODS. — A plantation or settlement situated in woodland districts. This term is mostly met with in the Southwest.

Farmer also observes that the word neck "Generally applied, in old colony days, to land lying between rivers."
"The Dialect of Southeastern Missouri," in Dialect Notes, volume 2, part 5 (1903) has this brief entry for "neck of woods":

neck of woods, n. phr. Neighborhood. 'He doesn't live in this neck of woods.'

Nineteen years later, "Metaphor and Simile in American Folk-Speech," in Dialect Notes, volume 5, part 5 (1922) has this entry:

neck of the woods, n. phr. Neighborhood. "Nobody lives in that neck of the woods." Indiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Nebraska.

That nineteenth-century speakers and writers of British English did not use "neck of the woods" in the sense of settlement or neighborhood is clear from Philological Society, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, volume 6 (1908), whose only citation of that sense of the phrase is from De Vere's 1872 book on Americanisms.
Gilbert Tucker, American English (1921), who handles the phrase very briefly in a chapter of his book called "Some Real Americanisms," makes clear that by 1920 use of "neck of the woods" didn't require the presence of any significant number of trees:

NECK OF THE WOODS—Place, not implying proximity of forest, 1851.

Early newspaper appearances of the phrase
A search of the Library of Congress's Chronicling America newspaper database for the years 1836 through 1845 turns up just two relevant matches for that ten-year period (the database goes back only to 1836). One is an advertisement that ran regularly in the Cadiz [Ohio] Sentinel between March 26 and October 8, 1845, under the eye-catching  headline, "Awful Calamity!":

E. C. Stewart, very thankful for past favors, would most respectfully inform his friends and the public generally, that he continues to carry on the Chair Making Business, at the south end of Marker Street, where he has, and intends keeping constantly on hand, a general assortment of FANCY AND WINDSOR CHAIRS, of the latest fashions, made and finished in a style not to be surpassed by any thing that can be scared up in this neck of woods ; and he feels confident, from his long experience in the business, and a desire to please, that he will render general satisfaction to all those who favor him with a call.

And from the Ohio Piketonian (1845) quoted in the [Indianapolis] Indiana State Sentinel on November 29 and December 4, 1845:

INDIANA SENTINEL.—Among all exchanges which come to our table; there is no more welcome visitor than Chapman's State Sentinel. The paper is right, politically ; and there is a life and vivacity about its editorials which render it both amusing and instructive. Besides all this, its publishers are the 'right sort of stock,'—first rate clever fellows. If any one in this 'neck of woods' desires to know the 'doings' of the Hoosier Legislature, just let them send for the Indiana State Sentinel.—Ohio Piketonian.

Both of these instances are from Ohio, which has never been identified as a "South-Western" state. In the period from 1846 through 1850, the Library of Congress database suggests that the Ohio connection to the phrase remains strong. For instance, from the [Carrollton, Ohio] Caroll Free Press (October 16, 1846), this item:

MAMMOTH BEET.---Mr. Daniel Vanhorn, of Lee township, a few days since, presented us with a beet weighing 12½ pounds. If any other place, in "this neck o' woods," can beat Lee in the beat like, we should like to know it.

Lee, Ohio, is about 7 miles southeast of Carrollton, though both are in Carroll County. That a Carrollton newspaper would view Lee as being "in this neck o' woods"—that is, in the same neck of the woods as Carrollton—suggests that a "neck of woods" in 1840s Ohio parlance comprehended a significantly larger geographical area than many people now think of it as describing.
Other instances of "neck of woods" appear in the [Upper Sandusky, Ohio] Democratic Pioneer on October 22, 1847 (about a bank closure in Yazoo City, Mississippi), on November 5, 1847 (quoting from the Ohio Patriot), and on August 11, 1848; and in the [Ravenna, Ohio] Portage Sentinel on March 17, 1847 (quoting the Steubenville [Ohio] Union), on  November 4, 1850, and on December 30, 1850.
The Indiana State Sentinel continued to use the term "neck of woods" too—in a July 11, 1846 in a letter from a reader in Union County Indiana and in a May 20, 1847 report from the Whig convention to nominate a candidate for the nearest Congressional district.
The black bear story that Bartlett cites in 1859, originated in the "New Orleans Delta" (specifically, Yazoo, Mississippi) according to a version of the story that appears in the Wilmington [North Carolina] Journal (January 18, 1850), although the story twice uses the phrase "neck o' woods," instead of "neck o' the woods" as Bartlett's source does.
Another widely reprinted tall tale—this one about a "bar hunting" adventure in 1843 in Hot Springs, Arkansas—uses the phrase "neck of the woods." This story appears, for example, in the [Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania] Jeffersonian Republican (July 2, 1846):

But, however, I slung 'old Bellzy' over my shoulders, and sat out in full chase after the only bar that we had heard of in that neck of the woods during the summer.

The same story appears in the Ottawa [Illinois] Free Trader (March 20, 1846), the [Abbeville, South Carolina] Banner (June 3, 1846) and in the Baton Rouge [Louisiana] Gazette (April 18, 1846).
Other instances of "neck of the woods" appear in the Jeffersonian Republican (June 1, 1848) and in the [New Orleans, Louisiana] Daily Crescent (March 5, 1850).
Other instances of ""neck of woods" appear in the Sunbury [Pennsylvania] American (August 25, 1849) and in the Wilmington [North Carolina] Journal (January 23, 1846).

Conclusions
The reference works from the 1800s agree that "neck of the woods" originated in the Southwest part of the United States, which in the middle of the nineteenth century was generally understood to refer to the pro-slavery states west of the Mississippi that eventually seceded from the Union in the 1860s: Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. Nevertheless, only two of the twenty occurrences of the phrase "neck of the woods" [or "neck of woods"] that appear in U.S. newspapers in the Library of Congress database published in the years 1845 through 1850 are from the U.S. Southwest—in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Perhaps that anomaly is attributable to the absence of printing presses in much of the Southwest at this period—and stories printed outside the region that retell "bar hunt" stories from Arkansas and the Mississippi River Delta and a bank failure story from a city on the edge of the Mississippi River suggest that the phrase was indeed popular there.
But the fact remains that the band of Midwestern states ranging eastward from Illinois in the west through Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania accounts for fifteen of the twenty matches from this period. The only exceptions are the two instances from Louisiana, two from a single newspaper in Wilmington, North Carolina, and one from South Carolina. On the strength of this record, I think we must credit the Midwestern states with early (though perhaps not first) adoption of the phrase.
With regard to the distribution of instances of "neck of woods" versus "neck of the woods," Indiana and Ohio sources strongly favor the former, while the Louisiana and Carolina sources use the latter.
As for the original sense of the idiom, the most interesting comment in the nineteenth-century sources may be Farmer's observation that the "neck" was "in old colony days" defined as land lying between two rivers. By the 1840s, however, it had come to mean simply area or neighborhood. The remaining question is, How large an area was implied by the term? My impression from Carroll County, Ohio, example cited above—in which a town 7 miles away from Carrollton appears to be viewed as falling within the same "neck of woods"—is that it could cover a surprisingly large area.

UPDATE (10/18/2017):
I conducted an Elephind search for "neck of the woods" and it turned up an earlier instance of the phrase than any I had previously found, from "The Marshall University—The Athens of Texas,"  in the [Clarksville, Texas] Northern Standard (April 17, 1844):

Has every body read the University article, in the last Harrison Times? If not we advise them to go at it immediately.
Our neighbor, excited by the sublimity of the change which has taken place in his neck of the woods within the last few years runs away with himself upon a race madder than that of Phæton with the chariot of the Sun, and fairly revels in the field of fancy.

This instance offers at least some vindication to nineteenth-century lexicographers who identified the expression as an idiom originally from the U.S. Southwest. However, an Elephind search for "neck of woods" (without the definite article before woods) yields an instance from Indiana almost six years earlier. From a letter to the editor submitted by "Ocof Ocol" (that is, "locofoco" backward) and published in the Richmond [Indiana] Palladium (July 28, 1838):

There are one great difference between us gentlemen loafers and the "Eastern gentlemen—the "ruffled shirt gentry"—they wear ruffles on their bosoms, and we on the neither end of our shirts, as all modest men would do. I were born in these "neck of woods" and I'm not to be sceered into measures. I'm one of the vigilance committee of holy democracy, and I knows what's what. I'm for democracy and Nullification! at least that's what our big office-holder told me Ize for.

So the prize for earliest confirmed instance of "neck of woods," now going back to 1838, remains firmly in the grasp of the U.S. Midwest, at least for now.

A: First of all to my surprise, I discovered that the idiom "in my neck of the woods" is indeed an American one, something which I didn't expect as it's a very common expression in British English too.
Secondly, there is an interesting coincidence which may or may not prove to be relevant but it provides a connection between  @Gareth Rees and Rogermue's answers.
In the southwest of Germany there's a river called Neckar whose origins lies in the Black Forest. Wikipedia says:

The name Neckar was derived from Nicarus and Neccarus from Celtic
  Nikros, meaning wild water or wild fellow. From about 1100 Black
  Forest timber was rafted downstream as far as Holland, for use in
  shipyards.

Finally, the expression "neck of land" cited by Gareth Rees led me to its older term isthmus*, which Oxford Online Dictionaries define as

A narrow strip of land with sea on either side, forming a link between
  two larger areas of land.

Etymonline says:

1550s, from Latin isthmus, from Greek isthmos "narrow passage, narrow
  neck of land," especially that of Corinth, of unknown origin, perhaps
  from eimi "to go" + suffix -thmo

1753 The London Magazine, Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, Volume 22

... thought formerly to have been joined to that main land by an isthmus
  or neck of land, in length of time washed away by the ea, in the same
  manner as Great Britain is supposed antiently to have been joined to
  France.

1823 Observations Upon the Floridas on page 66

efforts of its European possessors were lavished, to bring it forward
  in civiliazation and agricultural improvement: within this narrow neck
  of land, with the exception of the maritime part of...

page 133

The town of St. Augustine is situated on a neck of land, formed by the
  river Matanzas which is the harbour, on the east, and St. Sebastian's
  creek emptying thereinto, on the south and west:...

Page 146

The neck of land between the rivers St. Mary and St. John on the north
  and south...

So it seems that the term neck has been used to describe
narrow stretches of territory usually confined by a river for a
considerable number of centuries.
OED

A: I believe the word is related to the Anglo-Saxon word 'ecg' (Modern English 'edge') which in turn is related to other Germanic words for edge or corner, Old Norse 'egg' or Old High German 'ekka' (German 'Ecke'). We'll say, hypothetically, that the original word, native or borrowed, was 'eck'. With the addition of the indefinite article 'an', it became 'an eck', finally becoming 'a neck', merging with the word for the body part 'neck' and all other phrases using that word. "In my neck of the woods", to me, always translated to "my corner of the woods".

A: Etymology Online says this much about neck:

Transferred senses attested from c.1400. Phrase neck of the woods (American English) is attested from 1780 in the sense of "narrow stretch of woods;"

So apparently the original sense was referring to a narrow geographic location.
An example given is where the weatherman reports the weather "in your neck of the woods". The closest meaning for this is probably that he wants to narrow his attention to "your local region".

A: "Neck' might derive from 'neuk' meaning corner in British usage, especially in Scotland.

A: Mari-Lou A's link to word-detective is very interesting, but it is hard to find as you have to scroll far down. That's why I post it here again.
From word-detective:

Necking in the woods.
Dear Word Detective: As I flip from channel to channel, I hear a great number of weathermen use the term "in that neck of the woods." I was not aware woods had necks. What else do they have? Where does "neck of the woods" come from? -- F.W. Headley, via the internet.
Ah, the woods have many things, my friend. Ears, for instance. Actually, I may be thinking of walls having ears. But I'm sure the woods do too, and you never know what sneaky little woodchuck or disgruntled deer is out there taking notes while you're stumbling through the undergrowth absent-mindedly mumbling about your more debatable tax deductions. I had an uncle once who landed in the hoosegow on the word of a skunk who sang like a canary.
"Neck of the woods," meaning a certain region or neighborhood, is one of those phrases we hear so often that we never consider how fundamentally weird they are. In the case of "neck," we have one of a number of terms invented by the colonists in Early America to describe the geographical features of their new home. There was, apparently, a conscious attempt made to depart from the style of place names used in England for thousands of years in favor of new "American" names. So in place of "moor," "heath," "dell," "fen" and other such Old World terms, the colonists came up with "branch," "fork," "hollow," "gap," "flat" and other descriptive terms used both as simple nouns ("We're heading down to the hollow") and parts of proper place names ("Jones Hollow").
"Neck" had been used in English since around 1555 to describe a narrow strip of land, usually surrounded by water, based on its resemblance to the neck of an animal. But the Americans were the first to apply "neck" to a narrow stand of woods or, more importantly, to a settlement located in a particular part of the woods. In a country then largely covered by forests, your "neck of the woods" was your home, the first American neighborhood.
Source:  http://www.word-detective.com/052699.html

My comment:
For me the most interesting sentence is:
"Neck of the woods," meaning a certain region or neighborhood, is one of those phrases we hear so often that we never consider how fundamentally weird they are.
A pity that he talks away the discrepancy that struck him  at first by saying at the end, yes, in large wooded areas there are formations comparable to a human neck.
I doubt it.

A: Here's another suggestion - perhaps it has come from French niche:

niche: 1610s, "shallow recess in a wall," from French niche "recess (for a dog), kennel" (14c.), perhaps from Italian nicchia "niche, nook,"
  from nicchio "seashell," said by Klein and Barnhart to be probably
  from Latin mitulus "mussel," but the change of -m- to -n- is not
  explained. Watkins suggests that the word is from an Old French noun
  derived from nichier "to nestle, nest, build a nest," via Gallo-Roman
  *nidicare from Latin nidus "nest;" but that has difficulties, too. Figurative sense is first recorded 1725. Biological use dates from
  1927.

Source: Etymonline (my emphasis in bold).
The French pronunciation is neesh, but these days English speakers often pronounce it nitch. Is there evidence that in previous centuries they pronounced similar French words with a hard 'ch' - nick?
It's not too big a jump to talk about 'my niche of the woods' to mean the area where one lives.

A: Considering too that in past times most parts of the world had grand forestation coverage, the UK especially, before the deforestations of modern agriculture.
Before. "Passport", that probably derived from one sailor telling another sailor to pass the port bottle too him.
A Yorkshire man would say... "I that's right-am-up, from that neck of woods, you know. between York and Leeds, does thee know it?..."
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A disturbing new analysis says that traffic pollution in Britain is to blame for as many as 60,000 premature deaths each year, double what was thought until now. Scientists are to present their critical report to the government in 2015.
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Alaska state officials confirmed Wednesday that an oily mist sprung from a compromised oil pipeline and sprayed into the wind without stopping for at least two hours, covering 33 acres of the frozen snow field in the oil well's vicinity.
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Hermit who chose a cave near Thebes.
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The most I've spent this last week was on car insurance. I paid my premium in full a couple of days ago, and it was...more than I'm used to dropping at one time. A LOT more. But now I've fully covered for 6 months, so that's a weight off.
Money can't buy happiness. One free thing I did this past week was to grin like an idiot while dancing in the falling snow!
I will consider this week a success if I stop eating so much damn chocolate at work. I can't even blame it on my uterus right now.
My favorite holiday drink is oh man, I couldn't pick just one. Hot chocolate (real hot chocolate, with bitter cocoa powder and whole milk and honey), with or without peppermint schnapps or raspberry vodka, hot cider (spiced as all get out), fake hot cider (apple cider vinegar, honey and spices in hot water), teas and tisanes of all varieties...I'm also planning on trying to make glogg this year, in honor of my Viking ancestors! We'll see how that one goes.
Right now, though, I'm sipping on one that's probably too weird for most of y'all, but I love it. Heat up a couple cups of whole milk (I nuked this batch but it's probably better to use a saucepan) till it's very hot, then add one tablespoon of dried dandelion root per cup of milk. Let it sit for a while (15 minutes?), whisking every now and then until the roots swell and sink to the bottom of the cup. Heat it up again if necessary, then strain it and add honey to taste (the dandelion makes it a little bitter so this is usually necessary, even if you normally don't sweeten your drinks - I'm looking at you, paleo-ers! it's just a tad anyways). Sip slowly and revel.
You'll be happy to know that I threw my budget out the window as well and bought you a swell present!
All that snow!! We have NONE here and I am so less holiday spirited because of it.
And I still have so much holiday shopping to do. Not helping.
Dandelion root, eh? I think I might have to stick with the hot chocolate/peppermint schnapps combo.


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South China's Guangdong province is expected to build 48,000 5G base stations in 2020, provincial governor Ma Xingrui said Tuesday. [Photo/VCG]
GUANGZHOU -- South China's Guangdong province is expected to build 48,000 5G base stations in 2020, provincial governor Ma Xingrui said Tuesday.
Ma made the announcement when delivering a government work report at the opening of the annual provincial legislative session.
In 2019, China granted 5G licenses for commercial use, marking the beginning of a new era in the country's telecommunications industry.
Telecom operators are stepping up the construction of 5G base stations, which have totaled around 126,000. Last year, Guangdong built and put into operation more than 30,000 5G base stations.
To promote 5G network coverage and commercial use, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is expected to launch standard specifications for 5G facility construction in new residential buildings and commercial premises before the end of June.
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Have you ever seen yourself as a villain?
We don't wear a greasy mustache.
We don't have an evil lair.
We often see ourselves as the hero of our story, the villains are out there, hopefully far away. But if we were honest with ourselves there have been moments when we have been the villain, even as pastors.
If you were to take a look at a picture of me as a kid, there was no indication that I could be a villain, there was no 666 stamped on my forehead. Yet In grade school there was a girl who often smelled like urine. She had accidents in her pants all the time. As kids, we laughed and teased her. Kids can be cruel. It wasn't until later in life that I discovered she was being abused at home. Her lack of bladder control was because of trauma.
None of us would have considered ourselves villains but to that poor girl who desperately needed a safe place, we had made things even worse for her.
We become the villain when we spend money without thinking and live like crushing debt is normal.
We become the villain when our addiction is ruining our family, finances and faith.
We become the villain when we allow our schedules to become so crowded that we don't have time for the people and things that matter most.
We become the villain when we bully someone else behind their back or to their face.
We become the villain when we constantly disrupt the family's peace.
Don't be so naive and self-confident. You're not exempt. You could fall flat on your face as easily as anyone else. Forget about self-confidence; it's useless. Cultivate God-confidence.
It's so easy to mock a politician, pastor or celebrity who fails publicly. It's easy to say how could they be so selfish and stupid? But given the right circumstances, how many of us would be vulnerable to the same temptation?
I never used to understand the term "short fuse." Its an expression for someone who gets angry easy. My fuse used to be as long as the fuse in the opening sequence of the Mission Impossible movies. But then I had kids. There's a reason why God created Adam and Eve as adults. God skipped the teenage and toddler phase because He knew better.
My four-year-old was sleeping next to me when snoozing became fight club. He slapped me in my face as hard as he could. I'm surprised there's not a little palm print across my eye and cheek. I jolted awake, ready to punch my surprise attacker. In my disillusioned state, partly because it was 3am and partly because of the concussion, I knew it had to be a ninja or hired assassin. When slapped awake I don't ooze Jesus.
In moments like that my shadow side comes to the surface and I'm surprised by how much darkness is still in my heart.
It's moments like these that I'm reminded that I've never had a day where I didn't need grace. I've never graduated beyond my need for a savior. It's so easy for me to slip back into the role of the villain. It's because of this tendency that I have to routinely lean into this worlds only true superhero for wisdom, courage and strength, Jesus. He's not only the world's greatest hope for stopping the villains out there. He's also the greatest hope for stopping the villain within our own hearts.


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A majority of people who want to cherish easy living, go behind and follow the condos for sale trail in well recognised, close to contented and safe neighbourhoods. While few of them may opt for a condo loft in a centre area near all the action. Others might go for condos for sale in an area which is evidently away from the noise if public transportation is available. Talking about safety, owning a condo in a building with 40 other units gives a part of safety, too.
When you are leaving for a trip you may feel at ease that your neighbour(s) will keep a tight watch out for thieves who thought your condo would be an easy place for a theft. Now, that we are done knowing how wonderful condos are, let us dig deeper into the type of questions you must enquire before purchasing a condo.
You must also see if the condo association have adequate reserves stashed away for repairs and improvements in case something serious occurs. There is a famous saying that prevention is better than cure. Following the quote, we must assure that preventive measures are taken care of by the condo association in a stressful scenario.
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Q: How to hide and show a RelativeLayout header when scrolling a webview? Currently, I have a webView with custom relativeLayout header, and when I scroll up, the webView the header should be hidden.
And when I scroll down the header should be visible.
Please suggest me any idea about.

A: You will have to implement scroll listener for that. see this
After implementing scroll listener for webview, you will get two conditions (up scroll & down scroll).
so, hide your relative layout header on scroll down and show it on scroll up.

wv.setOnScrollChangedCallback(new OnScrollChangedCallback(){
    public void onScroll(int l, int t, int oldl, int oldt){
        if(t> oldt){
            header.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
        }
        else if(t< oldt){
            header.setVisibility(View.GONE);
        }
    }
});

You can also make an animation transition for the same for the better user experience.

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wv.setOnScrollChangedCallback(new OnScrollChangedCallback(){
    public void onScroll(int l, int t, int oldl, int oldt){
        if(t> oldt){
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        }
        else if(t< oldt){
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when i implement this code then at the time of scrolling both condition are executing.that's why its showing visible and gone at the same time.


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Adjunct Assistant Professor in Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
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The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, invites applications for a full-time position at the rank of Assistant Professor (adjunct series), with an expected start date of Summer 2021. UCLA has a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty and staff, and strongly encourages candidates to apply who will enrich UCLA's academic and culturally inclusive environment.
The successful candidate will be expected to establish an externally funded, research program in the field of molecular pathology, liquid biopsy, and/or in vitro diagnostics (IVD). We are particularly interested in candidates with a strong and current medical and translational research background with emphasis on biomarker development for cancer diagnosis/prognosis and noninvasive prenatal testing. The ideal candidate would also have significant clinical experience in a relevant area such as molecular pathology and clinical trial design.
The ideal candidate will diversify the UCLA's current research portfolio with a research program focused on clinical applications of in vitro diagnostics that could include, but are not limited to, prostate cancer, liver cancer, thyroid cancer, head and neck cancer, as well as diseases related to maternal-fetal medicine. Teaching requirements of the position will be consistent with the David Geffen School of Medicine workload guidelines and include a combination of graduate and undergraduate mentoring.
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute synergistically to the existing strengths of the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA by collaborating with other faculty members, related research centers, and other departments while utilizing the department's existing resources effectively. Outstanding collaborative opportunities and excellent resources are available for the incumbent in the Department Molecular and Medical Pharmacology.
• The candidate must have M.D., and/or Ph.D. degree in pathology, biochemistry, laboratory medicine, or a related field;
• Demonstrated research productivity focused on translational research and biomarker development;
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• Demonstrated accomplishment in teaching and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students
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ACLU, Milo Yiannopoulos, Women's Health Clinic, and PETA Sue Metro Over Advertising Policies
Written by Benjamin Freed
| Published on August 9, 2017
A poster for Yiannopoulos's book at the Farragut North Metro station.
Here's a quartet you don't see every day: the American Civil Liberties Union, women's health clinic Carafem, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and right-wing performance artist Milo Yiannopoulos. But this unusual foursome is teaming up to sue the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority because they've all had advertisements rejected by the transit agency's convoluted and inconsistent policies regarding political messaging.
"By rejecting a variety of advertisements submitted by Plaintiffs—ranging from an ad for an FDA-approved medication, to an ad urging a vegan diet, to an ad for a non-fiction book, to the text of the First Amendment itself—WMATA has violated Plaintiffs' First and Fourteenth Amendment rights," reads the complaint, which was filed Wednesday in federal court in DC. "And WMATA's new advertising Guidelines, which explicitly or implicitly incorporate such viewpoint discrimination, are unconstitutional for the same reason."
Metro pulled down advertisements for Yiannopoulos's self-published book Dangerous on July 7 after complaints from riders who objected to the former Breitbart writer's history of outlandish attacks of Islam, feminism, the Black Lives Matter movement, and individuals like the actress Leslie Jones. The ads themselves only displayed Yiannopoulos's face, the title of his book, and a blurb describing him as "the most dangerous man on the internet."
Metro pulled down the ads citing its guidelines against "issue-oriented" advertisements and messages "intended to influence public policy." While ads on WMATA property are sold and managed by a third-party vendor, Outfront Media, the transit agency still reviews their content for compliance with its regulations. Milo Worldwide, the company Yiannopoulos established after being thrown out of Breitbart, had paid Outfront $27,690 for the placement and production of 45 ads around Metro's system.
According to the complaint, WMATA initially told customers who complained that the ads for Dangerous were "consistent with Metro's policy of remaining content-neutral when accepting advertising." The transit agency reversed course a few days later. Outfront offered a refund, which Yiannopoulos rejected, saying it would be a violation of his First Amendment rights.
"The Milo Worldwide advertisements were rejected based on the identity of the author and/or the perceived viewpoint of the book or its author," the complaint reads. "WMATA would have accepted, and would not subsequently have rejected, comparably-designed advertisements for books written by other authors. WMATA's rejection of Milo Worldwide's advertisement was based on considerations extrinsic to the advertisement, including the identity of the book's author and his viewpoints on various issues."
Notices for Yiannopoulos's book were posted and remained up in New York's and Chicago's transit systems, both of which have rules against overtly political advertising.
But Metro's regulations have tripped up more than just one objectionable writer. In January, Metro stopped Carafem from advertising that it prescribes pills that can terminate a pregnancy from up to ten weeks. Despite the fact that WMATA's own guidelines that allow medical and health-related advertisements are acceptable "if the substance of the message is currently accepted by the American Medical Association and/or the Food and Drug Administration"—as mifepristone, the medication in question, is—Carafem's proposed ad was rejected as political content.
A PETA ad was rejected last October after the animal-rights group wanted to post billboards depicting a pig alongside the text "I'm ME, not MEAT. See the individual. Go vegan." Outfront told PETA the ad would be rejected for the phrase "Go Vegan" and that it did not contain any apparent "commercial value." According to the complaint, Outfront suggested PETA add a solicitation for donations. WMATA ultimately rejected the ad a week later, telling PETA the proposed ad only served to oppose the food industry "without any commercial benefit" to the group. PETA later bought ad space on bus shelters in DC, which are controlled by the District Department of Transportation, not Metro.
The ACLU itself was also told earlier this year it ran afoul of Metro's guidelines with a proposed advertisement that would've displayed the text of the First Amendment in English, Spanish, and Arabic; Outfront told the ACLU's ad agency it was rejected because Metro "does not take any issue-oriented advertising." A similar billboard went up in April in New York's Times Square. And similar to PETA, the ACLU also resorted in DC to buying ad space in city-owned bus shelters.
Photograph courtesy ACLU.
"It is ironic that [Metro] wouldn't post the First Amendment," Arthur Spitzer, the ACLU's lead attorney, says."Transit advertising is a valuable venue for public communications, especially these days when people are more and more in their self-selected bubbles. If Metro was going to take down every ad where people didn't like the author of a book or director of a movie or owner of a restaurant, where would that stop?"
Among other ads that Metro has accepted that Spitzer argues could be seen as objectionable are posters for the film Girls Trip and the play The Originalist, about the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
"Many viewers of the advertisement are aware that the play…contains many passages in which the Scalia character advocates his conservative judicial philosophy," the complaint reads. "If the Milo Worldwide advertisements violate Guidelines 9 and 14″—referring to regulations Metro frequently cited in rejecting ads—"The Originalist advertisement also does so."
The ACLU and the other plaintiffs are asking the judge to rule that Metro's advertising guidelines are unconstitutional and that the rejected ads can go back up.
For his part, Yiannopoulos appears to acknowledge the oddity of him standing on the same side as groups he's openly maligned in the past. "I'm glad that the ACLU has decided to stop aiding the spread of sharia law and their usual wrongheaded social-justice crusades to tackle a real civil rights issue," he writes on Facebook. "I'm joined in this lawsuit by fellow plaintiffs including pharmaceutical villains and vitamin-deficient vegans, but I'm no stranger to odd bedfellows. Free speech isn't about only supporting speech you agree with, it is about supporting all speech—especially the words of your enemies. Strong opponents keep us honest.
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KP Assembly: Seven resolutions adopted
ISLAMABAD, January 18, 2013: Starting an hour and 13 minutes late, the 14th sitting of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly's 29th session adopted seven resolutions, including one calling for awarding Nishan-i-Pakistan to the slain provincial Senior Minister and another condemning use of unparliamentary language against
Lack of Interest, Low Turnout Mark Charsadda By-Election
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly: Five bills passed
ISLAMABAD, January 15, 2013 Starting an hour and 13 minutes late, the 13th sitting of the 29th session of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly witnessed passage of five bills.
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All of the three bills on the agenda were passed by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. Those were The KPK Universities (Amendment) Bill 2012, The
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There is a myriad of support services for people who have suffered. Suffered from Domestic Violence, Family Loss, Family Breakdown or just plain bad luck.
A plethora of people to help you deal with your emotional state, and help you be strong.
This is great and this is necessary.
But sometimes you need more. Or less.
My Beach Spot- is a small cafe nestled in Gemini Towers on Golden Beach.
I would like to pay it forward.
Lets make a calm safe environment where you can come and enjoy a cup of coffee, a meal, or just a chat.
You may have been isolated from your network of support, quite often people who have lived through a certain situation no longer have a circle of friends that they can just hang out with. A circle of friends to escape the realities of life and just socialise.
And more often than not you also dont have the funds to spend on a frivolous coffee or a morning out.
I would like to pay it forward. And I am Asking for your help.
You can come in to the Cafe and pre-purchase a coffee, or a meal for someone that may need it.
You can donate on our GoFundMe page, and the money will go towards creating a special moment for someone that needs a break. For someone that just needs to know that people genuinely care about their well being.
Once this ball is rolling, I would like to be in a position to never turn anyone away. I plan to launch a series of events and campaigns to ensure the people that need a little bit of serenity receive the word, and know they have a welcoming place to go.
Can we get enough Coffee's in the kitty to start welcoming people in from the 1st May? I believe the Sunshine Coast has enough heart to make this happen.
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An opportunity for someone in need to leave a WIsh note of something that will help make their day easier. Have a browse and if you can offer that help we can put you in touch!
Pre-packed School and Kindy Lunches that parents can use to ensure their kids have every opportunity to have a great start to the day.


Several Americans may indicate back-yard cookouts on Independence Day and, likely, some adult beverages.
On the fourth sometimes or or else, back-yard partiers could possibly get unusual and caught up behaviour develops.
Without a yearly review by a Certified Chimney-Sweep to find out what might be obstructing the air flow of your fireplace, home-owners can face elevated danger of carbon monoxide invasion and fires.
But his narrative is a useful cautionary tale while many people participate in back-yard fun and games over week end and this holiday week.
Eldridge claims fireplaces may take tennis balls, Frisbees and much more annually up. He claims it is vital that you bear in mind that household things or lost toys might have unexpectedly found their way through the summertime to your fireplace.
Eldridge acknowledges that locating empty beer containers in a fireplace is an exclusion to the principle, particularly because partying on a pitched roofing is challenging at-best (that frathouse had a flat-roof that allowed for simple fireplace entry).
It is the reason why we presume your choice to bypass your yearly chimney review is nearly as stupid as tossing beer cans that are empty off your fireplace.
A soothing and safe Independence Day vacation we wish you and yours!


Espoo, Finland – Nokia announced today that its Board of Directors authorized an adjustment to the planned maximum number of stock options it will grant in 2012 under the Nokia Stock Option Plan 2011, which was approved at the Annual General Meeting 2011.
None of these additional stock options will be granted to the CEO and the Nokia Leadership Team members but rather to key senior level employees who are critical in carrying forward Nokia's strategy. We believe this is a prudent use of stock options, also designed to align the interests of these key employees with those of the shareholders. Any realization of the value from the stock option awards is dependent on successful execution of the strategy and a sustainable share price growth over the long term.
As of December 31, 2011, the total maximum dilution effect of Nokia's equity program then outstanding, assuming that the performance shares would be delivered at maximum level, was approximately 1.8 percent. The potential maximum effect of the Nokia Equity Program 2012 announced in January 2012, assuming delivery at maximum level and including the increased planned maximum of approximately 11.5 million stock options, would be approximately another 1.6 percent.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee met Union Minister P Chidambaram here today after the two leaders exchanged a series of letters on the law and order situation in the state.
Bhattacharjee is likely to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh later in the day.
Earlier, Chidambaram had sent a letter to Bhattacharjee asking him to reschedule all appointments and visit New Delhi immediately.
Chidambaram had said that he has received information that eight people were killed in the firing and18 others were injured in it.


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Florida, the third-most populous state, stands out for exemplary budget forecasting procedures. The Sunshine State was one of only ten states to win a top average grade of A in forecasting for fiscal 2016 through 2018. Florida has a consensus revenue estimating process that includes representatives of the governor, both legislative chambers, and the Legislative Office of Economic and Demographic Research. To produce estimates, economists consider a variety of taxes and other revenue sources, such as the corporate income levy; lottery, slot machine, and transportation revenues; and communications services taxes.
In addition, a 2006 constitutional amendment requires the Joint Legislative Budget Commission to produce long-range financial projections, including critical needs, risks to forecast accuracy, and key budget drivers. The 2018 estimate covered fiscal 2019 through 2022.
The state's average B grade in budget maneuvers reflects its shifting of money from special funds into the general fund. According to the nonpartisan research group Florida TaxWatch, about $320 million originally intended for other purposes was shifted to the general fund in fiscal 2018. Of that sum, the research group identified $224 million from affordable housing trust funds.
Florida received a C average in legacy costs, largely because of a shortfall in funding of other postemployment benefits for public employees, mostly health care.
Governor's Budget Page
Governor's Budget Page: Information and Reports
Governor's recommended appropriations bill, economic outlook, financial outlook, bonding, and other reports.
Office of Policy and Budget
Brief description and contact information.
Fiscal Portal
Large repository of fiscal information, organized by agency and fiscal year.
Fiscal Portal: Document Type List
Budget requests, appropriation bills, long-term plans, summaries, and fiscal analysis.
Division of Bond Finance
Debt overview, bond sales, and other financial information; part of the Board of Administration.
Treasury, accounting, auditing, and other finance functions; elected office.
Division of Treasury
Investment and cash management.
Transparency Florida
Financial reports, state payment, contracts, economic incentive material, payroll, and pension information.
Transparency Florida: Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports
Transparency Florida: Other Financial Reports
Office of Economic and Demographic Research
Comprehensive site with forecasts on the Florida economy, and on revenues and spending.
Joint Legislative Budget Commission
Joint Legislative Budget Commission: Long-Range Financial Outlook
Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Focused on programs but occasionally produces a report or presentation relevant to finance.
Florida Senate
Florida Senate: Appropriations Committee
Florida Senate: Committee Publications
Current and historical Fiscal Analysis in Brief.
Florida Policy Institute
Budget and tax analysis; part of the State Priorities Partnership, a network of state organizations coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Florida TaxWatch
Government watchdog group that covers taxes, budgets, and pensions; member of the National Taxpayers Conference and the Governmental Research Association.
Florida Watchdog.org
A project of the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, this news organization is dedicated to transparency and accountability, with a mission to "expose the facts about government mismanagement and overreach" and to provide oversight of state government.
The James Madison Institute
Budget, tax, and other fiscal issues; part of the State Policy Network of state-focused, free market-oriented think tanks.
LeRoy Collins Institute, College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, Florida State University
Tends to be more municipal than state oriented, with a strong focus on fiscal issues, including pensions and other postemployment benefits; covers the relationship between the state and municipalities.
News site offering coverage of budget and other fiscal issues, in addition to political news and analysis.
State Budget Report Card: Florida


Crested celosia comes in eye-catching colors and shapes.
Celosia comprises a group of plants, bearing vividly-colored flower heads, and growing as annuals in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 2 through 9 and as perennials in zones 10 through 12. Celosia varieties come in many sizes, from only a few inches up to about 5 feet high. Plants require little maintenance, thriving in heat and drought. Celosia plants are classified into three groups: a crested type (Celosia cristata), a plume type (Celosia plumosa) and a spike or wheat type (Celosia spicata).
The flower heads of crested celosia (Celosia cristata), also called cockscomb celosia, resemble the structures of a brain, while some of the narrower flower heads look like a rooster's comb. An example of a crested celosia is "Toreador" (Celosia cristata "Toreador"), which grows 18 to 20 inches tall and has a bright red 12-inch flower head. The "Chief Series" (Celosia cristata "Chief Series") is a mix of 40-inch tall plants with flower heads up to 7 inches across in brilliant colors of dark red, carmine, gold, rose or red and yellow bi-color.
The flower heads of plume type celosia (Celosia plumosa) are soft, velvety and feathery. Plants, when young, may also produce side shoots. The plumes come in cream, bright yellow, orange or red, depending on variety. "Sylphid" (Celosia plumosa "Sylphid") is a 30- to 40-inch plant with green-yellow plumes, while "Apricot Brandy" (Celosia plumosa "Apricot Brandy") is a 6- to 12-inch plant with reddish-purple leaves and apricot-orange plumes.
Spike celosia (Celosia spicata) is also called wheat celosia, because its flower heads resemble heads of wheat. This type of celosia looks almost like a shrub, because each plant produces many flower stalks. Flower heads are smaller and flower colors are muted in comparison to the other celosia types. "Flamingo Feathers" (Celosia spicata "Flamingo Feathers") is a well-branched plant with rose-pink flowers, growing to 3 or 4 feet tall. The "Glowing Spears Mix" (Celosia spicata "Glowing Spears Mix") consists of 24- to 30- inch plants with white, pink and dark red flower heads.
Grow celosia plants by placing seeds directly into the ground. However, in areas with long winters, start seeds indoors or purchase nursery plants. Celosia needs a soil temperature of at least 60 degrees F to germinate and grow. Any type of soil, such as clay or sandy loam, is suitable. All types of celosia prefer a sunny location, but light shade is acceptable. All varieties of celosia thrive in heat and tolerate drought, once established. Combined with other plants, the smaller celosia varieties also make attractive container plants. Celosia lasts for a long time as a cut flower, and when dried, is a beautiful accent in a dry flower arrangement.
University of Florida IFAS Extension: Celosia Plumosa "Apricot Brandy" "Apricot Brandy Cockscomb"
Blue, Marie-Luise. "Celosia Types." Home Guides | SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/celosia-types-60134.html. Accessed 20 April 2019.


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Q: I am not able to get error code line number in XCode debugger console, how to get line number? I am getting error code like follows
(gdb) continue
Current language:  auto; currently objective-c
(gdb) continue
(gdb) continue
(gdb) continue
2011-11-08 17:31:53.156 OnContact[2849:207] *** -[CFString release]: message sent to             deallocated instance 0x4cf2eb0
(gdb) continue
Program received signal:  "SIGKILL".
(gdb)

Can anybody help me finding out the line number where error had occured
Thanks

A: You should enable NSZombie, that is designed to find such errors. See here


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It will give you an overview of our High Aspect Ratio (AR5 / AR5T) tip which has been developed for measurements on samples with sidewall angles approaching 90°, e.g. deep trench measurements or other semiconductor applications.
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Lindsey Collum
Director of Selection
Northwestern Mutual is committed to reflecting our community and seeking talented individuals who share our core values from all walks of life. As a part of our vision, we are committed to building and fostering a diverse organization of talented individuals. We take pride in our unique strengths and the expertise we share with all individuals. We will continue to be committed to reaching all members in the community in which we live and conduct business.
Lindsey Collum is a Director of Recruitment for Northwestern Mutual Greater Tampa Bay, which includes six offices that are striving towards achieving financial security for all community members and are continually expanding talent and leadership on each team. In this role, Lindsey is responsible for selecting top-level talent and partnering with the New Tampa office leadership team including Managing Director, Nicole Stokes, on strategic and tactical talent expansion. Her initiatives include strategic planning, hosting networking events, building community relationships, full life-cycle recruiting, online sourcing, culture building execution and continual communication with high-level candidates. Lindsey joined the Northwestern Mutual firm in December of 2017, with a diverse and developed background of outside sales, marketing and recruiting experience. She joined Northwestern Mutual after previously being a Business Consultant for payment processing and technology onboarding with First Data, covering the Southwest region of Florida in supporting small businesses. Lindsey has also supported expansive marketing initiatives with ALHI and Disney Cruise Line, as well as lead and trained and IT, Finance, and Engineering Recruiting team through Insight Global in Orlando. Prior to her previous experience, she earned her Bachelors of Science in Advertising at the University of Florida, as the first U.F. Alumna in her family full of Gator fans. She is striving towards achieving additional recruiting certifications in the industry along with her PMP certification by the end of 2020. Lindsey currently is a member of the Greater Pasco and Temple Terrace Chamber of Commerce and is consistently looking for new ways to give back to her community. A born and raised Florida Native, she enjoys running, photography, and meeting new people.