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A Haunting Invitation – My Experience at the Stanley Hotel
You may have heard of the Stanley Hotel in the mountains of Estes Park, Colorado. In 1903, this was paradise for a couple named Freelan and Flora Stanley. Due to health reasons, they had to reside in the valley.
To Mr. Stanley's surprise, just one season in the valley improved his health and so he vowed to return every summer for the rest of his life.
In 1909, he and his wife decided to build a grand hotel which is still standing today, known as the Stanley Hotel.
By the 1970's, the hotel was rundown due to lack of care and investment. However, an author named Stephen King sought for shelter due to a storm that was on the horizon. He and his wife had the whole hotel to themselves for one night. That was all that was needed to bring the Stanley Hotel back to life again making it famous in more ways than one.
His story, The Shining is based on his stay in room 217 where he had a nightmare about his son who was being chased down the hallways of the hotel. Other celebrities have also experienced paranormal activity in this hotel.
In 1994, while Jim Carrey was filming the movie, Dumb and Dumber at the hotel, he had a paranormal experience that caused him to never want to speak of nor step back onto the property again,
A housekeeper was also injured in an accident in room 217 as well. She was cleaning the room where she lit a candle which led to an explosion causing the roof to fall on top of her. She survived thankfully, and Mr. Stanley ended up taking care of her and her bills for the rest of her life due to this unfortunate incident.
The Stanley Hotel is also well known for the ghosts of Mr. & Mrs. Stanley that are believed to reside there.
My Haunted Experience
I got the pleasure of staying there myself in 2018, as a birthday gift from my family. As an amateur ghost investigator, I was over the moon and needed to bring my ghost equipment along with me.
My boyfriend at the time, who is a skeptic, also stayed on the 4th floor which was the most haunted floor reported. When we got there, it was the most overwhelming sight I had ever seen. The grounds around the hotel were spacious yet beautiful while giving us the feeling of a haunting invitation.
The maze outside wasn't like the movie but it was cool anyway. The hotel inside was everything I imagined it would be; similar to the movie The Shining. It was filled with vintage furniture and accent pieces with history swirling around you.
Wanting to explore the hotel, I could feel my anxiousness. Their elevator was like a scene from the Twilight Zone, but it is one of a kind.
One of the cavernous hallways at the Stanley Hotel - the inspiration for Stephen King's The Shining. Image via Google.
The room we stayed in was number 411, which had no other rooms on either side, so it was nice.
Our first experience we had was on night one. We decided to go to happy hour and check out the bar. I left my recorder on the nightstand and announced to the room that if anyone was here, to please talk to my recorder once I left.
Later that night I decided to listen to my recorder to see if I had caught anything and an exciting moment happened.
I got my first "CLASS A" EVP of what sounds like a woman that answered me. I was so excited that I was hitting my boyfriend and yelling "Oh My God!"
I told him to listen and when he did, his face turned white. I felt after that night, he turned into a believer. I was so floored that I messaged the founder of my paranormal team OC Ghost and Legends, Cris August, and told him that I may have caught an E.V.P. Of course, he was excited as well.
So, I jumped into action right there and did my own investigation. My K-II meter lit up like Christmas when being asked if it was a woman or Mrs. Stanley.
I believed I was speaking to her, which made it more exciting. The next few days I left my recorder and we got all sorts noises. To add more of a "Shining" vibe, it dumped tons of snow that week. For the next 4 nights, we felt so uneasy just to close our eyes.
We decided to take the ghost tour that was part of the package and toured the whole property at night. We got to hear all the ghost stories that have occurred over the years.
From the Ballroom where they say Mrs. Stanley likes to play the piano, to the Men's club where they would drink and smoke their cigars, and we also saw their pet cemetery where the Stanley's buried their pets.
No, Stephen King wasn't inspired by this when be penned "Pet Cemetery" in case you were wondering.
We also got to see the tunnels that the workers used to get from one end to another. Lastly, one of the ghost shows got an unbelievable EVP from their visit. Overall, my experience at this magnificent hotel will be one that I will never forget. My advice to fellow ghost seekers are to go and have your own experiences -you won't regret it.
Christine Boonchareon
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Top 6 tech trends to follow in 2017
self-driving car
The Global South and the challenge of the "Fourth Industrial Revolution"
Seven major innovations that happened in tech this week
Amazon is now the world's most valuable public company
US threatens 100% tariffs on French goods over digital tax
Apple and Amazon in talks to set up in Saudi Arabia
Capitalism seen doing "more harm than good" in global survey
Huawei executive's extradition hearing begins in Canada
Get ready for a tech-packed year ahead that includes self-driving cars, voice assistants on more devices, killer robots and human free grocery stores all on the horizon.
VR is nice, but is there anything to watch? (TRT World and Agencies)
1. Conversational Interfaces
After Siri told us practically anything we wanted to know on the iPhone, voice assistant functions have exploded in popularity. They are slowly popping up everywhere. And it's not just smartphones that will have them. Sales numbers of Amazon Echo demonstrates that the demand for voice assistants is growing. With the increasing popularity of IoT devices, voice assistants across a range of domains will be an interesting trend to follow in 2017.
2. Self-driving Cars
If it survives in New York traffic, it can survive anything. (AP)
Autonomous cars have gained a lot of attention but so far no fully autonomous vehicle has been sold to a customer. Despite the large car companies jumping on the self-driving car bandwagon, the trend to look out for is the auto-pilot technology for cars. American company Tesla is constantly updating and improving the quality of its auto-pilot software. In 2017, we will be witnessing the next stage of fully autonomous cars as more automakers incorporate this technology in their latest fleets.
3. Virtual Reality (VR)
It was an exciting year for VR and Augmented Reality (AR) devices with a lot of consumer expectations. But they couldn't live up the hype due to hefty prices and a lack of content. The VR realm is going to be interesting to watch as a medium. It is difficult to say with certainty that VR will be mainstream in 2017. But as more players come into the market with cheaper products and more native content, we will see more an increased adoption of VR. AR on the other hand is a different story. AR devices are too expensive for the average consumer. Unless that changes, AR won't break into the mainstream in 2017.
4. Cashier-free Shopping
Amazon Go recently launched an innovative grocery store which has no cashiers. The move demonstrates the creative potential when sensors and computer vision technologies are integrated. Time will tell whether it will be successful or not but nonetheless it was a big step towards a shopping future with less human involvement. One thing is certain: the jobs that can be automated will be ultimately automated. The only way to survive this rapid readjustment is more education.
5. Killer Robots
With the advancement in machine learning and vision technologies, lethal autonomous weapons are becoming a reality. Currently, several countries are developing unmanned weapon systems operated by humans. Technically speaking, it is technologically possible to develop these weapons and let machines make decisions to take life. Human rights groups are already warning against a robotic arms race. We might need John Connor after all. These robots are a killer trend (literally) to stay abreast of in 2017.
6. Gigafactory
As demand for electric cars increases, automakers will need a lot more battery cells at a cheaper cost. In light of this, Tesla announced plans to build a Gigafactory to mass produce battery cells. The factory is expected to reach full capacity by 2018. It's a major step. These gigafactories are on the up. Whether more companies follow suit is the real question. Greater competition in the market will ultimately reduce prices on battery cells and help propel electric cars to wider markets.
Source: TRTWorld and agencies

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I am on the verge of buying a lift kit for my truck, but i have one quick question. On a scale from 1 to 10, how much excess wear and tear is a lift kit for your truck? Now keep in mind if i get one i will be getting the front diff drop kit, rear axle degree shims, and driveshaft carrier bearing drop kit to minimize wear and tear. I don't feel like having to constantly sink money into my suspension and u joints and cv joints and all that crap just to get an extra 3 inches. If i get those accessories what can i expect as far as negative side affects from the lift? Secondly, would those of you with lifts recomend them or do you regret doing it. Any solid info on the subject would be GREATLY appreciated.


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June 2017 Edit: Savefrom, Savefrom.net, 2017 Savetube Updated Review.
Project Status: Savefrom gets respect from Savetube….
SaveFrom.net or simply SaveFrom (commonly misspelled as savefrom.nat) has been riding some kinda popularity wave for the past 3-4 years, and look at it now – it's all up there. and being up there requires a redesign and revamp. First, it needs you to be looking good and attracting people with ease of service. Second, your money making should be less annoying. Finally, it has to work fast! And SavefromNet team did exactly that, I promise you! New site is slick, it's fast, response time is phenomenally low (another way to say that the site is fast). Savefrom redirects you to your localized version, which is very nice. It intuitively checks your input to minimize mouse clicks required to get the video… Amazing job done with the website, just try it out – click here. If you do, new browser tab will open, it will look something like step 2 below. The link is preset to put you on the download page for Drake's video, so please, do not be alarmed!!
In this review, I will show you how to download "Drake – Worst Behavior" video from youtube.
First we enter SaveFrom.net. I will keep referring to it as SaveFrom.net, or Savefrom, but for you it maybe a different website version, translated in your own language, and serving from a fitting sub-domain of Save From Net website. The interface is all wonderful, very intuitive… Until you start using the website.. Enter the Video URL into the box denoted by Green Arrow on the image below, and see how things change!!
savefrom step 2 do not click on anything, these are sneaky offers of third-party software so far. need to click the link with red arrows!!!
Medium Quality is the default selection. Medium means you'll get 720p version of the video. i personally conside that hd, pretty much high definition. if you're using android or iphone, it'll be more than enough. 720p version yields video of 1280×720 pixels in dimensions, which is not much smaller than your phone's screen resolution. In my opinion, medium quality is the way to go! for this video i get a 50MB file, which combines 720p video and 128kbps audio.
two 3GP options give small files that I personally can't make myself look at.. too small!!
two MP4 options give soundless video. Yes, most videos with 1080p come as audio and video separate streams, that your browser multiplexes (muxes) together. check if option has red no-sound icon, and that'll be your cue.
audio MP4 is the most ridiculous thing i've seen so far.. who wants mp3 to be a video file? so it'll only play in a video player? i know i don't. but if you do get audio mp4 and need this video converted to mp3 – we can help! Try the Online Video Converter or Clip Converter – you can upload mp4 there and convert it to a 128kbps mp3 in seconds. As we said before, sadly, savefrom mp3 is not possible.
generally speaking, it's possible even with Savefrom, even against their attempts to stick you with their third party software. To stick it to the savefrom man, you can download the 1080p video mp4 and the 128kbps audio mp4, and then mux them together with something like ffmpeg. in the future i am planning to cover the topic of easily joining video and audio together. if you can do this step – you get the highest definition version of the video, the one that savefrom is hiding from you! I have, actually, checked, and most sites i review do not offer proper 1080p video with audio included.. That goes for Offliberty and Keepvid, for example. While there are, of course, sites that do it, such as Telecharger and Peggo. if you click on any of the last 2, don't be surprised, i've already set the links to pass the Drake's video to them. so you'll see right away that 1080p with audio is possible. it takes a few moments for the services to download video and mux it together with audio, but it is free and available.
as an alternative, Youtube-DL can help get 1080p version of any video, if it is available. it'll get 1080p by default, simply run following shell command: "youtube-dl CccnAvfLPvE". Read here how to use youtube-DL to download online video and audio.
at this point we just need to wait a little, and depending on the site of the video, it could be in your possession in just seconds. below i have a screen shot of my chrome browser downloading the 1080p soundless video-only version of the video, at a high enough speed. btw, installing that ummy software will not make video downloads go faster.
i have created a short video on how to download youtube video with savefrom.net. please, check it out, it's only 1 minute long. It's called Youtube tutorial download video with savefrom.
Well, what can i say now.. After 4 years savefrom.net is still nice and slick website, with way more traffic now that it used to have, so.. they basically stepped away from helping people, and are helping themselves now. started making money, to put it straight.. So now they try to get your money. First, by offering to install some thirdparty software at all times. Second, by hiding some of the video download options. And then insinuating that they are only possible via that software they are pushing. Or with help of their own Browser Extension.. all in all it's a bit frustrating.. plus, you cannot get youtube converted to mp3 on this site. another downer, i'd say. it's Ok to use Savefrom.net, it's safe and has Norton Safe Web badges everywhere for you to make sure. so all in all it's a nice slick resource. but very limited and pushy with apps..
as mentioned above, i'm preserving this 2013 version of Savefrom Review. Simply because i'd like you to see that this website has been quite consistent over the last 4 years. And thus we can understand it's meteoric rise.. people do not welcome extreme monetizing of the popular resources.. the piece below i originally wrrote in December 2013.
i am feeling kinda silly.. in my last review i've recommended offliberty.com as my main method, at the moment, for youtube and soundcloud downloads.. now it seems the resource is broken and media content is not available.. so it's time for my next review, and it will be SAVEFROM, or whatever local version it redirects you to. i get en.SaveFrom.net. it's quite a cozy site, it claims that it helps people download files from "popular resources". such as file hosting services (why? because of the limits maybe or something that sometimes those sites impose? i don't get it though). then video hosting sites, sound streaming sites, all the social sites are there, totaling maybe like 30-40 sites. most of those are Russian sites, because this resource is developed by Russians. makes me kinda proud cause i am russian myself. anyways, let's get back to the business.
our next pick is SaveFrom – easy to use, clean design, nice!..
to save us some reading and to speed things up, this screen shot combines what i saw on the next screen. it's the choice of different formats and also video or audio source to download from. and it's quite interesting, because apparently audio in 1080 might not even be better than 128kbps? is this correct or the site doesn't offer the 256kbps option for the audio? i've always thought 1080 video on youtube carried 256kbps sound? well, at the moment savefromnet facebook page actually says that youtube is doing something again there changing their formats and stuff. so some of the options will be missing for a while. maybe that is the reason, i do not know. but now we see at least that 1080 video can be downloaded, and audio by itself also sounding quite a good option.. i have clicked those little (i) icons next to the options for download formats and this way shown the info. now i am going to go ahead and click mp4 720 to download.
I had been using this your website and it was working best but suddenly it shoked me as fail to download . plz apprise me what is problem with this.
i use Toshiba NB505 .i can't install savenet.
If you interested, just contact me and I will send you license keys for free.


Searching for the best smartphone to buy? Samsung galaxy A5, is the mid-range device. This device is the first Android smart phone made of aluminium metal running android 4.4.4 kitkat launched on 30th october 2014 by samsung electronics. This device is slightly related to samsung Galaxy A3 .
Samsung galaxy A5 has 5 inches (~71.0% screen to body ratio) screen and it is a type of super AMOLED capacitive touch screen with 16M colors. It has a resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels ( ~ 294 ppi pixel density). It has a multitouch speciality.
The device has a storage of 16 GB and it is expandable up to 64 GB with 2 GB RAM. It has a microSD card slot.
Basically, the device has a 13 MP camera, 4128 x 3096 pixels with autofocus and LED flash. We can capture a video upto 1080p@30fps . The secondary camera offers 5MP. It has a feature of touch focus, face detection, panorama and Geo-tagging .
Battery is a type of Li-Ion and the capacity is non removable & 2300 mAh.
The device has a bluetooth facility of v4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE and WLAN of wi-fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, hotspot. We can hear FM Radio and also record songs. Also having GPS and NFC . The USB is microUSB v2.0.
Samsung Galaxy A5 is built with a feature to send threaded view messages and also it supports MMS, Email, Pushmail and IM. The sensors are accelerometer, proximity and compass. Browser is HTML5. It supports java through Java MIDP emulator ( ANT + spport, Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, MP$/WMV/H.264 player, MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player, photo/video editor, Document viewer ) . It has a processor of Quad-core 1.2 GHz cortex – A53.
We can get 6 different colors such as light Blue, Black, Silver, Gold, Pink and White . So buy your favorite color mobile and enjoy by using it.


Art, by the People, for the People!
An art gallery with a difference! A unique and free community based project, showcasing the work of local amateur artists.
Arthouse Revolution will be a modern, contemporary pop-up art gallery, constructed from a re-purposed shipping container.
Why: Some of our most talented local artists don't have an outlet, or never make it into our galleries because of the costs associated with securing exhibition space. Arthouse Revolution aims to make art as freely accessible as possible, and in doing so, grow the profile of our local arts community.
Participation is open to all amateur artists from within the Bay of Plenty, provided submissions meet the criteria set by the Project Team.
Arthouse Revolution guarantees at least 25% of all exhibiting artists will be aged between 14 - 25 years.
There are no fees or commission normally associated with traditional galleries. Any artist who successfully sells their work will instead be asked to make a donation to the project.
When and Where: Arthouse Revolution will open to the public at the 2017 Tauranga Art Festival, before visiting Rotorua and Whakatane.
Tauranga 19 OCT - 08 NOV.
Rotorua 09 - 29 NOV.
Whakatane 30 NOV - 14 DEC.
How: Artists submit their work to the project team for consideration. A panel of accomplished local artists and industry professionals will then select the final pieces for public exhibition..
Be part of the Arthouse Revolution!
Art, by the People, for the People. An art gallery with a difference! A unique and free community based project, showcasing the work of local amateur artists.


The regular opening times of Lloyds Bank Ock Street in Abingdon are Monday to Friday 9AM-5PM, on Saturday 9AM-1PM, the store is usually closed on Sunday. View the actual opening times of Lloyds Bank Ock Street in Abingdon in our branch locator.
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Higgins Report: UK high speed rail line can be "catalyst for fundamental change", says expert Higgins Report: UK high speed rail line can be "catalyst for fundamental change", says expert
Higgins Report: UK high speed rail line can be "catalyst for fundamental change", says expert
Out-Law News | 18 Mar 2014 | 9:46 am | 3 min. read
Starting work on the northern branch of the UK's new national high speed rail line earlier would reduce the final cost of the project, the new chair of the company set up to deliver the project has said.
Reporting on the project Sir David Higgins, chair of HS2 Ltd, said that this would allow regional cities to benefit from the economic advantages earlier. Higgins said he had "resisted the temptation" to reduce the £14 billion contingency included in the government's £50bn project budget due to "uncertainty over the legislative timetable plus the inherent risks associated with any project at this early stage". However, he said that he was satisfied that the project could be delivered on time and within budget.
"Sir David has been prudent in not seeking to reduce the contingency for HS2 at this stage, although this may disappoint some," said transport infrastructure expert Patrick Twist of Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com. "His record of delivering the Olympics on time and to budget means his statement that Phase One can be delivered within the existing £21.4bn budget is entirely credible. He has rightly made clear that any material reduction in cost will be dependent on the length of time the parliamentary process takes."
"There are two strong messages coming out of the report. First that the overall costs of the project will be reduced by starting Phase Two earlier and bringing its benefits to the Northern cities three years early. Quite simply, the longer it takes the more it costs - it is a message well understood in the construction industry but to date the government has preferred to spread the cost over a longer period. The second is his call that more be done to integrate HS2 into the existing rail infrastructure so that it can be a catalyst for fundamental change," he said.
Higgins took over as chair of HS2 Ltd, the company set up to deliver High Speed 2 (HS2), in January and was commissioned by the prime minister to report on how the project could be delivered earlier and at a lower cost. Under current plans an initial London to Birmingham section of the line would be completed in 2026 with a proposed second phase connecting the line to Manchester, Leeds and Heathrow Airport following by 2033. The project is currently estimated to cost £42.6bn, of which £14.56bn is contingency, with an additional £7.5bn for rolling stock.
The report's central recommendation is to extend the line 43 miles further north than planned in Phase One to a new transport hub at Crewe, which Higgins said could be completed by 2027. Doing so would allow the second phase of the route to be completed by 2030, instead of 2033. Crewe's location would allow the station to act as an interchange between regional and long-distance rail services, as well as bringing together road and rail services for the region as a whole, according to the report.
Although the report does not set out specific cost savings, Higgins recommends that the government scrap a planned link between the new line and the existing HS1 line between London and the Channel Tunnel. This would save £700 million, according to the report. The report also recommends a "more ambitious" redevelopment of Euston station, the proposed London terminus for HS2, which would "transform and regenerate" the local area and could be delivered by the private sector.
Responding to the report, transport secretary Patrick McLoughlin said that the government would remove the link with HS1 from the HS2 Hybrid Bill and instead commission a study into alternative ways to improve connections between HS2 and Europe "once the initial stages of HS2 are complete". The government will also ask HS2 Ltd and Network Rail to develop more comprehensive proposals for the redevelopment of Euston, and to develop proposals for an integrated hub station at Crewe in time for them to be considered along with the responses to the public consultation on Phase Two.
Transport infrastructure expert Patrick Twist said that it would be important for the regional cities that a link to continental Europe be preserved.
"Few would argue that the currently proposed HS1-HS2 rail link is suboptimal, but businesses in Birmingham and the North will look for this link to be upgraded so that it can provide effective and efficient through services to the continent," he said. "Reconsideration will not be welcome if it simply means dropping the link for the present."
The HS2 Growth Task Force chaired by Lord Deighton, Commercial Secretary to the Treasury and head of the team behind the London Olympic Games, is due to publish its own report setting out how it will maximise the economic benefits of HS2 at the end of this week. "No doubt it will also stress the importance of improving connectivity and using HS2 as a catalyst for development," Twist said.


Greetings and blessings! Summer is officially upon us, and it is time to celebrate all you have given in the service of life! As I mentioned in my letter last month, the CPLC's annual Volunteer & Staff Appreciation Day is coming up on Saturday, June 15. It is a great day for family poolside fun at the lovely estate of one of our board members. Additional details may be found here. Please let me know if you and your family plan on attending by June 13.
The U.S. Bishops have also introduced the 2nd Annual Fortnight for Freedom to begin on June 21 – the vigil of the Feasts of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More – through Independence Day on July 4. This period of prayer, study, and peaceful public action during the Fortnight is intended to remind ourselves and others about the importance of preserving the fundamental right of religious freedom. More information may be found at www.dallascatholicadvocacy.org, including ideas for parish participation available here. Please let us know if your parish is planning any Fortnight activities so we can be sure to promote them!
God created each of us as His children. He not only gave us life, but eternal life through the sacrificial death and resurrection of his only Son. And because we have been blessed with this gift, we also have the responsibility to defend it and protect it from conception to natural death. This month, I'd like to spotlight one particular pro-life committee that has gone the extra mile in sharing this message with their fellow parishioners at St. Michael in Garland through a monthly pro-life newsletter (check out the inaugural edition here). Please let me know what is happening in your parish in the service of Life so we can share your efforts and successes with others!
May God's blessings be upon you and your family, and thank you for your commitment to help grow and strengthen the pro-life cause in our diocese.


Many people today are realizing that having bad credit is much more then just looking bad on paper. They are starting to notice that if they want to do certain things, like buy a house, their credit is the first thing that banks will look at before lending a mortgage. Most people are trying to improve on their credit score once they start looking into buying their first home or perhaps they are trying to refinance their current mortgage.
When trying to find the right credit card for your needs, you will need to examine your spending habits. So if you are in the market for a new credit card, it is best that you pick one card that would be the most benefit to your needs.


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Scalability – Solution: Efficient Systems Integration
CIO	 Feb 15, 2002 7:00 am PST
When Carlson Hospitality?which franchises, owns and manages hotels such as Country Inns & Suites, Radisson and Regent?considered getting rid of its binder-size monthly status reports and replacing them with sleek handhelds that would deliver real-time information about occupancy, VIP visits and overbooking, the company knew the project wouldn't be a walk in the park. Any system that the company built would have to eventually work at 750 hotels in 55 countries and accommodate more than 2,000 users. For many global corporations, the very thought of offering so many far-flung people access to so much information would place the project on the chopping block, ready to be scaled down, but Carlson scaled up.
During the past three years, the Minneapolis-based company spent $21 million rearchitecting its core systems and integrating data from at least six databases. And while that restructuring was not done with a vast wireless project in mind, the resulting order made it possible for the technology team to push the hospitality company's key indicators out over a wireless LAN, as well as a wired network. The integration was vital to the wireless project because it organized the data (occupancy rates, pricing information and so on) from all the company's different databases in ways that will someday make worldwide distribution feasible.
"That new architecture was a prerequisite to having the data available to work with," says CIO Scott Heintzeman.
But Heintzeman and his team weren't home yet. They still had to build an application that would make sense of the information as it was presented on a handheld Compaq Ipaq. And of course, Carlson had to set up wireless LANs in each hotel where the wireless system would be used.
Last spring, the company began a trial of the new system in a Minneapolis hotel and quickly expanded the test to four other locations. Managers in those hotels use their desktop computers to select the pieces of data, such as occupancy rates, and set up alerts for the key indicators, such as a sudden increase in demand. They then download the data to their handhelds so that they can access it from almost anywhere on their hotels' property.
Today, Carlson managers are pushing data to the handhelds in one of three ways. Most managers use a cradle to connect their handheld to a computer, some sync the data over a wireless LAN, and a few use AT&T's digital WAN.
In all, Heintzeman says, Carlson has put about 200 people on handhelds at a cost of about $100,000. He reports that things are working well and plans to expand the program to at least 10 more properties in the coming year.


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Q: Proving that $(\operatorname{sech}(x))^a$ is a Schwartz function for every a>0 I wanna show that, for every $a>0$ , the function $h_a$ defined as
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h_a(x) = \frac{1}{(\cosh(x))^a}
\end{equation}
is a Schwartz function, where $x \in \mathbb{R}$.
Remembering that a function $f$ is a  Schwartz function if satisfies, for every $m,q = 0,1,2,\dots $, the propertie that
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where of course $f^{(q)} = \frac{d^q}{dx^q}f(x)$.

A: $h_a$ is clearly $C^\infty$. For the behavior at infinity, observe that
$$
0<(\operatorname{sech}x)^a<2^a\,e^{-a|x|}.
$$
This gives you the desired estimates for $h_a$. You will have to do some work for the derivatives.

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CarMax adverts starring Sue Chicken and Steph Curry go viral and spotlight gender focus
Sue Bird of Seattle Storm celebrates during the game against the Las Vegas Aces in game three of the WNBA Finals on October 6, 2020 at Field Entertainment Center in Palmetto, Florida.
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A series of CarMax ads starring WNBA superstar Sue Bird, who recently went viral on social media, uses humor and misdirection to promote female athletes who have been underrepresented in the media for decades. Bird's performances on the pitch made her one of the best players to ever play professional basketball.
The ads – part of CarMax's "Call Your Shot" campaign – were posted earlier this month but posted on Twitter over the weekend. The spot that got the most attention was Bird, standout NBA player Steph Curry, and an actor who portrayed a CarMax employee who was overjoyed to sell a vehicle to an athlete of Bird's caliber. It challenges the gender orientation in sport.
"I think it sets a new standard because it has had such a positive response from so many people," said Nancy Lough, a professor at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas who studies sports marketing and gender equality. The commercial understands that "today's consumer is smart," she told CNBC. "They want to be respected. Women want to be respected, but men appreciate it [there] must be respect across the board. "
In the ad, the CarMax agent tells Curry, "Man, if you'd told me this morning that I was working with a four-time champion …" Before he can finish, the Golden State Warriors cut him off who believes he is correcting the CarMax representative by saying he has only won three championship titles.
"No. I sold a car to Sue Bird," says the clerk in the ad, pointing over the property while the camera points at Bird, a longtime Seattle Storm Guard, who waves and gets into the vehicle.
"Eleven all-star appearances, can you imagine?" asks the seller. Curry, a 33-year-old seven-time NBA All-Star, replied, "I mean, I'm working on it."
The commercial had a positive impact on social media. In a Twitter post, the video received 1.7 million views.
"This is the best ad I've ever seen," tweeted Sarah Fuller, the Vanderbilt University two-sport athlete who became the first woman to score points in a college football game at the Power 5 conference last year.
The viral moment for the CarMax ads comes when Bird's alma mater, the University of Connecticut, plays in the Final Four of the NCAA women's basketball tournament on Friday. This year's women's games have had a strong crowd following the WNBA's surge in popularity in their Covid-shortened season last year. The WNBA's 25th season 2021 is expected to begin this spring.
Graham Unterberger – a senior copywriter at the Martin Agency who worked on the CarMax campaign – said he found out that Bird partnered with the car dealer in the fall when the Storm won the WNBA title for the fourth time.
"When we saw her name, we said, 'This is damn great. We have the best basketball player in the world to write commercials for,'" Unterberger said on a video call with CNBC. "After we wrote commercials, we saw the potential to mate [Curry and Bird] together."
One reason the Bird and Curry commercial strikes a chord is because it puts a female athlete's career well above that of a male athlete, Lough said.
"Historically, traditionally, and now very commonplace, a WNBA athlete compared to an NBA athlete is always positioned as if the WNBA is smaller than, and in this case we actually see it in a really fun one Flipped, clever and novel film is new way, "she said.
The ad is also testament to the recognizable brand Bird has built in her nearly two decades in the WNBA, Lough added.
Bird, number 1 in the 2002 draft, has spent her entire WNBA career with the Storm, recording the most assists in league history. The 40-year-old Bird is returning for the upcoming 2021 season.
In the past, companies looking to use an athlete to build their brand have generally only turned to male athletic characters, Lough said. However, there has been a shift towards better marketing representation of women athletes, she added, citing tennis stars Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka as examples.
The Birds series with CarMax, which recently became the WNBA's first official auto dealership partner, is the latest chapter in this welcome development, according to Lough.
Another example came earlier this month when Chiney Ogwumike, a two-time WNBA All-Star and ESPN commentator for Los Angeles Sparks, was part of a solo ad campaign for the food delivery service DoorDash.
How the "Call Your Shot" ads took shape
As the creative process for the Curry Bird ad progressed, they just "let the one with the most rings win," said Dustin Dodd, senior art director, Martin Agency.
"I don't know how to look at Sue Bird's résumé and not say 'GOAT'," added Unterberger, using an acronym for the greatest of all time. "It is just what it is."
"When you think of the rise of the WNBA in recent years, Sue Bird is a huge part of that story for us and a huge part of the evolution of this game," he said. "She has won championships with the same team in different decades. She is just an icon."
Bird and Curry were never on location to shoot the commercial, Dodd said. Bird was in Connecticut while Curry was in California. The video recordings also took place at intervals of weeks. "We just had to cobble it together as best we could, and luckily it's very popular with people," he said.
In another of the six ads in the series starring Bird, she tells the actor, who is representing a CarMax employee, that her middle name is "Buckets" – a basketball slang term – after being asked for this information to make a Complete the sales form. After seconds of uncomfortable silence, she says to him: "No, it's Brigit."
Another is about CarMax, which delivers a purchased vehicle straight to Bird's house. She forwards the gate password letter by letter to the employee via an intercom, and the spectators find out that the access code is "GOAT".
Unterberger said he appreciated the conversation the ads sparked with Bird to promote representation for women athletes and suggested that other companies take note. "It's not just WNBA fans. It's not just NBA fans. It has grown into a bigger thing and I think that alone should prove that this is a worthy endeavor," he said.
The commercials rose to prominence online as the women's and men's college basketball tournaments moved into their later rounds and the housing differences at the two NCAA tournaments – particularly weight room equipment and different types of Covid testing – were sharp earlier this month were criticized.
Lough said she felt that both the widespread condemnation of tournament inequality and the positive response to the CarMax ads at Bird were in their own way significant when it comes to promoting gender equality in athletics.
"We got a lot of attention in women's sports," she added, recalling the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta when the US women's soccer team won the gold medal. "But at the moment it's different."
"This is a wave of momentum that has been building for a while," she said, "and in all honesty, I don't see it stopping, and that's new."
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Art museum security guards tense up as soon as they see my six-year-old coming. She is a disastrous mix of loud, bouncy, and unpredictable. I, of course, delight in her spiritedness and curiosity, but not those who have been entrusted with protecting national treasures worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. They do not find her the least bit adorable.
But listen here, friends! Those suspicious gazes and narrowed glances won't deter us from developing my daughters appreciation of art! After all, the security guard is just doing his job, right?
So, before we go any further, allow me back up and explain why art appreciation is important to me as a parent, and as a person….
I am someone who has always been surrounded by art. My family is a motley crew of painters, designers, writers and toilers. When I was a child, my mother's favorite line was: "Creative children are never bored. If you're looking for something to do, go draw." Best. Advice. Ever.
As an adult, I apprenticed under a master artist, learning to draw and paint in a classical style. Eventually I studied art in various parts of the world before getting my master's degree is in Art History with an emphasis on ancient Chinese archaeology. Because art has been such an important part of my existence, I want to share this passion with my little one.
However (and maybe you've noticed this, too) very few art museums scream "kids zone!" Many have hushed hallways, objects that MUST NOT be touched, the aforementioned scrutiny of security guards, and artwork that is hung for people 5 feet and taller. Some art museums do have children's galleries and art stations, which are lovely and appreciated. But, at the same time, I want my daughter to experience important collections from Egyptian antiquities to Flemish portraits – from German Post-Impressionists to American modernists. I want her to walk the same halls that I do, with a shared sense of wonder. And so we have learned how to create a kid-friendly day at the art museum!
Some people feel that they need to take in the whole museum in one day, or view a gallery frame by frame. Not in our family. We believe in quality over quantity. If our daughter only has the attention span to take in three paintings and a photograph, that's fine with us. I would rather have her passionately study a few works, than mindlessly take in a thousand. At this age, it is not about teaching her to distinguish a Rembrant from a Renoir – it is about developing her inquisitive mind.
Feel it (but don't touch it).
I once had a boyfriend ask me what he was supposed to feel when he looked at a painting. What in the world? I thought to myself. After all, feelings are deeply personal. Your reaction to a painting and my reaction to a painting may be incredibly different. I can't tell you WHAT to feel. We broke up.
Learning from that experience, I encourage my daughter to get emotional about art. I ask her to walk through the gallery halls until she finds a piece that moves her. When she sees it, she stops. Then we talk about the artwork, how it makes us feel, and why.
If you want a child to remember an experience with a certain level of fondness, make it fun! On our trips to the museum, we like to create silly background stories for some of our favorite works. Or see how many paintings we can count that have an apple or a crow as part of the subject. Or sometimes we choose to recreate a pose from a Rodin sculpture. Little ones deserve to have fun and play injected into everything they do!
Be kind to the security guards, even if they don't trust your kid.
"Hello! How are you today? You spend a lot of time in this gallery – do you have a favorite work of art?" Nothing wins someone over like a little bit of kindness. It doesn't always work, but it's worth a try.
In advance of our trip, I choose one masterpiece to show my daughter on our visit. I will do research on that piece and then, once we get to the museum, share what I've learned in the form of a story (so that it holds her attention…no lectures, mom). It is rewarding to be able to share my passion with her.
Do take advantage of the kids spaces.
If your art museum offers a kid's gallery or activity center, take advantage of those areas. After exploring the galleries, there is nothing that our family enjoys more than creating an art project inspired by our favorite masterpieces.
Sometimes my little one will ask me a question about symbolism or style, and I don't know the answer. We will make a note of it, and then do internet research when we get home. Other times, we may be moved by a style of art (Fauvism or Cubism, for example) and then go home and create artwork inspired by that creative movement. It is fun to continue the adventure in our own space.
I hope these little tips will help you on your next trip to the art museum. If you move at your own pace and tailor the experience to your child's interests, you won't get tantrums and boredom – you will get engagement, excitement, and active learning. Most importantly, it will be a trip that is enjoyable for both children and adults.
For more parenting fun, check out this post on inspiring books for children.


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ON BEING A LIAR
Reader – Please note that a submitted letter on the Roslyn Country Club follows this article.
Webster defines a liar as "a person who lies." And a lie as "to make a statement that one knows is false, especially with intent to deceive; to make such statements habitually." Now let's see if it is appropriate to apply the term "liar" to Barack Hussein Obama (BHO). Here are some of the facts that were drawn from my BHO files. You can decide whether the following justifies sticking a "liar" label on BHO.
BHO: "Our relations withIsraelhave never been better. They are better than any previous administration."
FACT: Ouch! Folks, lying is a way of life with BHO. Its part of his modus operandi…it just comes naturally to him.
BHO: "Our nation only possesses 2% of the world's oil supply."
FACT: Present estimates are that we possess 26% of the world's oil supply.
BHO: "My administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in government."
FACT: This one is really a beaut. He's as guilty as Pelosi and Reed.
BHO: "I think my initial measure of success is creating or saving over 4 million jobs."
FACT: How can this be if unemployment increased from 6.5% to 8.2%?
BHO: "We cannot continue to borrow against our children's' future."
FACT: Duh! The deficit is now $16 trillion.
BHO: "In my wildest dreams, I never thought the $800 billion stimulus program would work this well."
FACT: Most Americans are still waiting to get stimulated.
BHO: "This is going to be a transparent administration."
FACT: Really?
BHO: "We cannot generate sustained growth without our deficit under control."
FACT: Why hasn't he done something about the deficit if he really believes it?
The deficit is now increasing at an exponential rate.
BHO: "A big part of our campaign was about changing the wayWashingtonworks – including the responsibility to live within its means.
FACT: BHO did change it; it's more corrupt and spending more.
BHO: "Physicians collect $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 for foot amputations."
FACT: Foot amputation costs are in the $1,000 range. (Three years ago, my toe surgery cost $300.)
BHO: "The least of my concerns at the moment is the politics of a year from now."
FACT: His major effort since that comment has been to promote to the electorate his accomplishments?!*! It has been one campaign fundraiser after another. He's a regular no-show at the White House.
BHO: "I have done more than any other candidate…to take on lobbyists…They have not funded my campaign; they will not run my White House."
FACTS: Someone please check his appointments (some of whom were forcefully dismissed) and grants to so-called deserving corporations (many of whom have gone belly-up!). Also remember the SET union's comment: "We've spent a fortune to elect BHO…$60.7 million, to be exact."
BHO: "I am proud that we passed the recovery plan free of earmarks."
FACT: There were over 7,000 earmarks!!! He is either lying or just plain dumb. It's probably a combination of the two.
BHO: "Washingtonwill have to tighten its belt and put off spending."
FACT: Anybody believe he's put off spending?
BHO: "I only saw Rod Blagojevich one time, and that was in the stands and from a distance at a Bears football game."
FACT: He met and talked with RB several times. Like I said, lying is a way of life with BHO.
BHO: "I passed 900 bills in the Illinois Senate."
FACT: He passed 26 bills – 3% of the true number. Another gigantic lie.
BHO: "I never practiced Islam."
FACT: He practiced Islam while a student in a Muslim school inIndonesia.
BHO: "I was a Professor of Law."
FACT: He was a lecturer…about the same level as an adjunct lecturer, which is one step above a graduate student.
BHO: "I want to disabuse people of the notion that somehow we enjoy meddling in the private sector."
FACT: You make the call here.
BHO: "The last thing you want to do is raise taxes in the middle of a recession."
FACT: He's planning on raising taxes on both the rich and middle class.
BHO: "I don't believe in bigger government."
FACT: Then why is our government expanding?
BHO: "Nothing in this plan will require you or your employer to change the coverage or the doctors you have."
FACT: We have since determined that this is a blatant lie.
BHO: "We have done more to advance the cause of healthcare reform…not because I believe in big government…I don't."
FACT: Once again, why is government expanding?
BHO: "More young black men languish in prison than attend college."
FACT: There are twice as many blacks aged 18-24 in college than in jail. He obviously feels he can say anything he wants, even if it's not factual.
BHO: "I've laid out how I'll pay for every dime – by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens."
FACT: BHO has had nearly four years to do some closing, but has done nothing to day.
BHO: "A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency."
FACT: I guess Pelosi and Reed were not aware of this.
BHO: Promised "line-by-line vetoes."
FACT: Not yet.
BHO: Promised "tort reform".
BHO: "The private sector is doing fine."
FACT: He's not joking, is he?
BHO: Promised to eliminate lobbyists.
FACT: He had 11 on his payroll that the taxpayers were paying for.
BHO: "Healthcare for all Americans."
FACT: Did he knowingly lie and deceive us when he claimed it was definitely not a tax?
BHO: BHO and the Last Lady "never realized" about Reverend Wright.
FACT: After nearly 1,000 sermons!!?*?! Check Ed Klein's new book "the Amateur" that the liberal media (NBC, CNBC, New York Times, etc.,) essentially refuses to acknowledge exists. They must take us for fools.
Of course, there is more, but hopefully, you get the picture regarding Barack Hussein Obama, our President. In the meantime, I ask you to think about the above and return to Webster's definition of a liar.
Any comments? Have I distorted the facts, as some have accused me?
Lou Theodore
NEXT POSTING: The next article is scheduled for July 15th and will deal with the fact that BHO is a Racist.
FOLLOWING POSTING: "On Being Nasty and Arrogant," July 31, 2012.
ROSLYN COUNTRY CLUB:
The June 8th article "Deal would get town a new park" cites the town's deal to purchase 7.3 acres of the 10-acre Roslyn Country Club. It also mentions that "the 668-homeRoslynHeightsdevelopment hold exclusive rights to access to the club". However, it does not address the fact that the town has not made a "deal" to purchase those easement rights. The easement rights in past years have been valued in the aggregate at approximately $10,000,000 or $15,000 per home.
Another issue is the approximately 250-car on-site parking area, which cannot accommodate a 1,000 family membership plus guests attending functions at the catering hall. The facility is located in the center of a residential area, making it difficult and unsafe for the streets to accommodate both the additional street parking and the influx of massive traffic that will be produced.
Furthermore, the $1,000 fee (which does NOT include use of the tennis courts), is almost 4 times the cost for theManorhavenBeachPark($280, INCLUDING tennis) as well as the Clinton G. Martin Park ($250, INCLUDING tennis). The exorbitant fee proposed by the town would make the facility an exclusive club rather than aTownPark. Town parks should be welcoming to, and inclusive of, ALL town residents, and not priced so as to exclude the majority.
In addition, if the quest for a 1,000-family membership does not materialize, ALL town taxpayers, whether or not they have the financial ability to obtain membership in the park, will in effect be non-members paying additional taxes to cover the shortfall in order to subsidize those who can afford membership.
It should further be noted that the entire 10 acres of the Roslyn Country Club, by a Judgment of the Supreme Court, and affirmed by the Appellate Division, "shall be restricted so as to be used for no purpose other than a country club", including allowing the building on the premises to be used for catering. If the remaining 3 acres, which includes the catering hall, would remain privately owned and re-zoned to "commercial", this would not only violate the court decision but would open the property to future undesirable development. It was in the infinite wisdom and intent of the courts to have this property remain open space, and not have any portion of this property turned into a commercial venue.
Robert and Sheila Kushner
Roslyn Country Club Residents
RoslynHeights
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ON BEING DUMB
Webster's definition of the word, dumb: "moronic and unintelligent". The following has been drawn from my Barack Hussein Obama (BHO) file; you make the call whether this guy is dumb or not.
BHO: "No Keystone Project…at this time."
FACT: It could have been our pipeline to prosperity.
BHO: "I am placing a moratorium on offshore drilling."
FACT: It costs the workforce nearly 100,000 jobs.
BHO: Promised "energy independence."
FACT: My home fuel oil bill two months ago was $4.29/gallon. Does he know the difference between "independent" and "dependent"? (Please check Webster)
BHO: Recently referred to the "Polish death camps."
FACT: There were none. This is what happens to people who are dumb and egomaniacs. He thinks he can talk extemporaneously and expertly on matters he knows nothing about.
BHO: He chose not to comment on Pelosi's statement, "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it."
FACT: One can only assume that BHO agrees with her.
BHO: He chose not to comment on Communication Director Anita Dunn's statement, "Mae Tse Tung is one of my favorite philosophers whom I turn to most for answers to important questions."
FACT: One can only assume the BHO agrees with her.
BHO: A proponent of "Cap and Trade."
FACT: He is still pushing the bill!!
BHO: "The truth is that compared to other countries around the world, our deficit problems are completely manageable."
FACT: Completely manageable? Is this why our credit rating was downgraded?
BHO: Bowed to the King ofSaudi Arabia.
FACT: Why the need to bow to him?
BHO: "Nothing in the surge plan will make a significant dent in the sectarian violence. The new strategy will not prove to be one that changes the dynamics significantly."
FACT: He has yet to admit that he was wrong.
BHO: The first president to employ a teleprompter during press conferences.
FACT: This explains, in part, all the dumb statements.
BHO: "marine corpse."
FACT: This is a constitutional scholar? Imagine what the liberal media would have done to Bush if he made the same goof.
BHO: "Islam is not part of the problem in containing violent extremism."
FACT: Not even part of the problem?
BHO: His "economics advisors" are primarily academics with little to no business experience.
FACT: Since the turn of the 20th century, past presidents had, on average, 46.2% of their appointees with business experience. The range was from 30% (Kennedy) to 57% (Eisenhower and Reagan). BHO has 7% with business experience. This, better than anything else, explains BHO's domestic failures.
BHO: "I think that what we've seen is that we've been able to make steady progress to stabilize the economy."
FACT: Did he take Economics 101? We are still in a recession with no hope in sight with entitlements and an expanding government.
BHO: There are "57" states.
FACT: This is a "constitutional scholar?" Where did the "57" come from? Perhaps he was thinking of a campaign from John Kerry's wife and Heinz's 57.
BHO: "The Cold War reached a conclusion because of the actions of many nations over many years and because the people ofRussiaandEastern Europestood up and decided that its end would be peaceful."
FACT: Can he be this dumb? Even the liberal historians have given the credit to President Reagan.
BHO: Criticized theArizona(immigration) law while admitting he "never read it."
FACT: He admitted it!! I believe he still hasn't read it.
BHO: SuedArizonaon the immigration law.
FACT: What has happened to our country?
BHO: An "amateur."
FACT: That is the word Bill Clinton used to describe BHO. It's a stretch, but isn't that another word for dumb? Refer to Ed Klein's informative book, "The Amateurs" (under NY Times Best Seller List).
BHO: "I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president, with the possible exceptions of Johnson, FDR and Lincoln, just in terms of what we've done in modern history."
FACT: How about Nixon? How about Regan? This statement will be repeated in the Egomaniac article.
BHO: This approach (of drilling) might make sense ifAmericaharbored plentiful and untapped oil supplies that could meet its need. But such supplies don't exist; we can't drill our way out of the problem."
FACT: Only if you and an environmentalist. The supply is there. The technology is also there.
BHO: Recently referred to the "Cinco de Quatro."
FACT: What a difference a day makes.
BHO: Gave Prime Minister Brown inexpensive and incorrectly formatted DVDs.
FACT: A classless and tasteless move.
BHO: "The election will mark the moment when the rise of the oceans begins to slow, and our planet began to heal."
FACT: Another impossible to prove environmental statement from an individual devoid of the facts.
BHO: Joked about the "Special Olympics."
FACT: Do you know anyone who would joke about it? How many individuals and parents did he hurt and scar emotionally? He probably thought he was being cool; what an idiot.
BHO: Made reference to the "Austrian language."
FACT: There is no such language. He could have been referring to the Australian language?!*
BHO: "This is not me making wild assumptions. Waste and abuse can provide the lion's share of the money to pay for healthcare reform."
FACT: Someone please provide me with ANY BHO waste and abuse reform.
BHO: "He's a Harvard Grad."
FACT: So was Anita Hill "The Delilah in the Clarence Thomas Fiasco," who was dismissed from a law firm because she wasn't capable of writing a letter. So much for diversity and a grossly overrated university.
BHO: Just this week, he claimed, "the public sector is doing fine."
FACT: His people later retracted this statement.
Whaddyathink. Can one make a case that the guy is legitimately dumb? It's your call. But remember, if you conclude that BHO isn't too bright, this (Barack Hussein Obama) is the same guy trying to transform both our government and our great nation.
FOLLOW-UP:
My thanks to many of you who have notified your friends about the Newsletter; the Newsletter's base is increasing at a near exponential rte (not quite, but it sounds good). There were responses to the "On the Budget Vote" article. Thanks for the kind words. However, I did hear from a couple who accused me of "inaccurate information." I followed with a request to detail the "inaccurate information." They refused and further accepted my offer to withhold their names, the content of their email, and my response, if they so desired. I have done so. Amazing conduct and mentality!
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Chicago's predatory tickets and fines exploit low-income drivers for revenue
by Curtis Black August 2, 2018 August 3, 2018
Credit: Photo by April Alonso
All governments need money. But under Rahm Emanuel, Chicago stands out for jacking up fees and fines on low- and middle-income folks while doling out subsidies and tax breaks to well-connected developers and corporations.
That's bad enough. It's worse when the city's revenue policies actually punish people for being poor and drive low-income families in communities of color into unemployment and bankruptcy.
That's what's happening, according to a raft of new research and reporting on Chicago's punitive policies on parking tickets and similar vehicle-related fines.
Community Organizing and Family Issues surveyed low-income parents in Chicago and Illinois and found that among those living on less than $15,000 a year, 22 percent had outstanding ticket debt. Added to high levels of debt from student loans and medical and utility bills, this creates a constant financial crisis for many families.
COFI recommended the city conduct an assessment of the impact of all fees and fines on low-income families, make payment plans more accessible, and end the ban on city jobs and business licenses for people who owe municipal fees.
Chicago Jobs Council surveyed participants in employment programs and found that 52 percent of those with suspended driver's licenses due to non-driving violations like parking tickets reported losing jobs or job opportunities as a result. More than half of those with suspended licenses said they only found out when they were pulled over by police—a situation where they can end up losing their car or going to jail.
Most license suspensions were debt-related, and some of the debts were huge, as a result of late fees and other penalties: 31 percent reported owing over $3,000. Respondents also said payment plans offered by Chicago and other municipalities were unaffordable. (Chicago's payment plan requires a $1,000 down payment.)
The Woodstock Institute found a clear pattern of racial inequity: residents of lower-income and minority zip codes in Chicago were 40 percent more likely to be issued vehicle-related tickets, despite the fact that higher-income white communities have more cars and more commuters.
Chicago is on the leading edge of a national trend—Ferguson is a smaller but notorious example—of exploiting public safety systems to raise revenue in ways that hit blacks and Latinos hardest.
In 2017, the city issued $162 million in tickets and another $87 million in late fees. Late fees were on average twice as high in lower-income areas as elsewhere, and nearly three times as high in minority areas.
Fully 75 percent of license suspensions for failure to pay parking tickets and accumulated debt went to drivers in lower-income zip codes, and 78 percent went to drivers in minority zip codes.
In an intensive ongoing investigation, ProPublica Illinois found that the number of Chapter 13 bankruptcies in Chicago involving debt to the city, mostly for unpaid tickets, went up from 1,000 in 2007 to over 10,000 last year, as the city raised fines and late penalties and added traffic cameras. Experts say this situation is unique to Chicago: ticket-driven debt has caused the city to lead the nation in Chapter 13 bankruptcies, and African-American households are affected disproportionately.
The bankruptcies disproportionately involve "compliance violations" (as opposed to traffic infractions), with city sticker violations the largest source of ticket debt in Chicago.
Emanuel raised the fine for city sticker violations to $200 in 2012 in order to help fill a budget gap. City sticker tickets are now the least likely to get paid – no doubt because other common tickets cost much less. In 2013, Chicago started counting city sticker violations toward driver's license suspensions, and now the city requests three times as many license suspensions from the state as it did in 2010.
Working with WBEZ, ProPublica Illinois recently reported that the city has ticketed thousands of cars for sticker violations multiple times on the same day, collecting millions of dollars even though the practice violates city ordinance. Duplicate city sticker tickets are far more common in African-American areas, they report, with 31 duplicate tickets per thousand households in Englewood, compared to three per thousand in Rogers Park.
That makes the city seem a little predatory.
But the whole system is predatory and punitive. Chicago's city sticker is far more expensive than "wheel taxes" elsewhere, and our fines and penalties are higher too. Chicago is on the leading edge of a national trend—Ferguson is a smaller but notorious example—of exploiting public safety systems to raise revenue in ways that hit blacks and Latinos hardest.
Sure, there are scofflaws, people who park wherever they want and throw away the tickets. But far more people are just struggling to get by and trying to stay out of trouble, get to work or find work, take care of their families and juggle their bills. It makes no sense to drive them into bankruptcy.
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Nor does it make sense to take away their licenses. Advocates argue that penalty should be reserved for unsafe drivers, individuals whose infractions are driving-related. As we've seen, license suspension often leads to unemployment, particularly in a city where jobs are concentrated far from the communities that need them. It makes no sense to make it harder for someone to work when you are trying to get money out of them.
And since most people with suspended licenses continue to drive, it can also mean incarceration, at even greater costs to individuals, their families and taxpayers.
A broad coalition of groups has backed a bill to eliminate driver's license suspensions as a penalty for non-driving violations, and the groups negotiated with law enforcement representatives to win their support, said Eric Halvorson of the Chicago Jobs Council. Sheriff Tom Dart backed it, citing the waste of jailing people whose only real "crime" is lacking a city sticker. (Last year, State's Attorney Kim Foxx stopped prosecuting individuals for driving without a license when the underlying violation was purely debt related.)
But the city fought the bill – even being called out by one of its sponsors for fighting it behind the scenes while taking a neutral stance publicly – and it remains in committee.
We can have accountability without driving residents into penury. We can limit driver's license suspensions, we can lift bans on city employment, we can have city repayment plans that are affordable for the low-income people who need them, and we can revamp a fee structure that, as it stands right now, just takes from those who have the least to give. It's common sense and it's just humane.
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Lightfoot administration waffles on ending driver's license suspensions
Tagged: African-American neighborhoods, black motorists, black unemployment, Chicago Jobs Council, city budget, communities of color, Community Organizing and Family Issues, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart, Cook County State's Attorney, corporate welfare, debt, driver's license, driving while black, fees and fines, Ferguson, fiscal accountability, Kim Foxx, Latinos, license suspension, low-income families, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, revenue, Tom Dart, unemployment, Woodstock Institute
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Orlando coombs says:
Get this Rahm Emanuel dude out of office, he running Chicago into the ground. Squeezing money from people who are already struggling to survive, that's awful. No wonder blacks are leaving Chicago in droves.
jcwconsult says:
Chicago, like many other cities, has NO problem concentrating punitive enforcement against many lower income residents or areas. Officials know those victims of punitive enforcement have less political clout than residents of upscale areas who can pressure officials to change policies. These problems will continue as long as the oppressed groups still keep voting for the oppressors like lemmings.
James C. Walker, National Motorists Association


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Friedrich Friedländer, 1889 als Ritter von Malheim nobilitiert (* 10. Januar 1825 in Kohljanowitz in Böhmen; † 13. Juni 1901 in Wien), war ein deutsch-böhmischer Genremaler.

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Friedrich Friedländer studierte an der Wiener Akademie, dann bei Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller. Studienreisen führten ihn nach Italien (1850), Düsseldorf (etwa 1851–1854) und Paris. Zuerst Historienmaler, wandte er sich seit 1854 dem Genre zu. Er malte namentlich Szenen aus dem Wiener Volks- und dem Soldatenleben und aus dem schwäbischen Volksleben.

Zwischen seinen beiden für das Schloss Belvedere erworbenen Werken: Volk aus einem Amtsgebäude auf die Straße strömend (1859) und Erdbeerlieferanten (1872), liegt eine reiche Zahl von fein charakterisierten und gemütvoll aufgefassten Genrebildern. Seine Spezialität bestand in der Schilderung des beschaulichen Lebens in Invalidenhäusern, wobei sich hier einige Werke in den Beständen des Wiener Heeresgeschichtlichen Museums befinden. Auch sein Sohn Alfred und seine Töchter Camilla und Hedwig Friedländer widmeten sich der Malerei.

Friedländer war Mitglied der Corps Hassia Darmstadt, Franconia Berlin und Teutonia Wien. Von 1851 bis 1853 gehörte Friedländer dem Düsseldorfer Künstlerverein Malkasten an.

Werke
 Das Versatzamt (1866)
 Die Politiker (1866)
 Die reuige Tochter (1867)
 Rückkehr ins Vaterhaus (1868)
 Der neue Kamerad (1869)
 Die Invaliden (1871)
 Die ungelegene Einquartierung (1871)
 Die Liebeserklärung (1872)
 Der Zither spielende Invalide

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 Biografie auf kettererkunst.de

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Historienmaler
Genremaler
Maler (Österreich)
Maler (Düsseldorfer Malerschule)
Corpsstudent (19. Jahrhundert)
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Sat, Jan 23, 2016 - Page 20 News List
Federer wins 300th Grand Slam match
AP, MELBOURNE, Australia
Roger Federer plays a forehand during his Australian Open match against Grigor Dimitrov in Melbourne yesterday.
Photo: EPA
Roger Federer was already a long way clear at the top of the list of men with the most wins in Grand Slam singles matches, so becoming the first to 300 was not a major distraction.
He reached the milestone at Rod Laver Arena yesterday, when he moved into the fourth round of the Australian Open with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory over Grigor Dimitrov.
"It's very exciting, I must tell you," Federer said of his latest record, adding that reaching 1,000 wins in tour matches last year was also a cause for celebration. "It was a big deal for me. Not something I ever aimed for or looked for, but when it happens, it's very special."
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic had a match starting at the same time on a nearby court.
Djokovic — the defending Australian Open champion — took 25 minutes to win the first set against 28th-seeded Andreas Seppi, but needed almost an hour in the next two, saving two set points in the tiebreaker before winning 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (8/6) on Margaret Court Arena.
Djokovic has won five Australian titles and his victory maintained a streak of reaching at least the fourth round at every major since the 2009 French Open.
He said he was particularly wary of a third-rounder against Seppi, who beat four-time champion Federer at the same stage last year.
Seppi "is not overwhelmed by the occasion of the big courts, he knows how to play the big stage. He beat Federer last year here in the Australian Open, so he knows how to play big matches," Djokovic said. "He's very dangerous. I'm just glad to get through in straight sets."
Kei Nishikori had a 7-5, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over 26th-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and faces 2008 Australian Open finalist Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat fellow Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4, 7-6 (9/7), 7-6 (7/4).
No. 15 David Goffin beat No. 19 Dominic Thiem 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-5 — his first win against a top-20 player at a Grand Slam. He faces a tougher proposition next: Federer.
Also, Gilles Simon of France defeated Argentina's Federico Delbonis 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.


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Dr. Michel Eid Farah is a Professor of Ophthalmology at the Federal University of São Paulo. He is involved in blindness prevention programs and medical education, and participates in a number of scientific and fundraiser boards within the Brazilian Council of Ophthalmology and the Brazilian Academy of Ophthalmology. Dr. Farah has served as President of the Vision Institute, Brazil, and the Brazilian and Pan-American Retina-Vitreous Societies. He did his fellowship in retina-vitreous disease at Federal University of São Paulo and a research fellowship at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami, USA. Dr. Farah has served as President of several national and international meetings and presented the American Journal of Ophthalmology Lecture at AAO. He is the Principal Investigator in over 40 clinical trials evaluating new drugs, devices, surgical innovations and delivery systems. Dr. Farah has been a peer reviewer and a member of the editorial board of several scientific journals. He is the author of 10 books and 151 chapters and has 282 peer-reviewed articles.


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ISIS Threatened Florida 3 Days Ago
Ricardo R. Galvan Sunday, June 12, 2016
UPDATE: Orlando shooter called 911 to pledge allegiance to ISIS.
H/T The Gateway Pundit
ISIS declared that they were targeting Florida 3 days ago, and also released a large list of people they planned on murdering in the United States--many of whom are in Florida.
Shoebat reports on the targeting of Florida aspect, and also linked to News3LV:
WEST PALM BEACH (CBS12) — A pro-Isis group has released a hit list with the names of more than 8,000 peoplemostly Americans.
More than 600-people live in Florida, and one security expert believes that many of those targeted live in Palm Beach County and on the Treasure Coast.
The "United Cyber Caliphate" that hacked U.S. Central Command, 54,000 Twitter accounts and threatened President Barack Obama is the same pro-Isis group that's reportedly created a "kill list" with the names, addresses and emails of thousands of civilian Americans.
Reports of the list came to light online when Vocativ reported the list was shared via the encrypted app, Telegram, and called on supporters to kill.
Former FBI agent-turned lawyer Stuart Kaplan says the threat is especially alarming, because the people on this list are civilians who don't have the security necessary to protect themselves.
"It's going to create some hysteria," he said.
Kaplan believes civilians from our community are on the list.
"I would suspect a head of a hospital or, perhaps, a local community leader. Those are the individuals that may appear on the list--or just a local banker or local school teacher--someone who, for some reason, was in the public eye."
Kaplan is concerned the list will inspire "lone wolf" style attacks.
It's uncertain if this was really a "lone wolf" style attack, but congressmen have already announced that the shooter had ties to ISIS.
On other news, back in 2013, an Orlando based Imam called for killing homosexuals for the sake of compassion. You can watch the video for yourself here.
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If you're looking for chintzy, mass-produced art that's available everywhere, this isn't your shopping destination. Try a truck stop or one of those factory outlets right near the truck stop.
At Visions Art Gallery on the Makanda boardwalk, the only objects you'll find here are one-of-a-kind creations by actual, Makanda-area artists and nobody else.
Nothing against universal art. Mainstream merchandise has its place. But truly local art defines us. It's what reveals our local culture. And Nina Kovar maintains this gallery for local artists specifically to show off the unique influences of this rural, mid-American spot on Earth. It's why framed photographs of ancient, local petroglyphs hang on the walls , right beside modern necklaces and inspired jewelry crafted with local stones. Local ceramic artists make bowls and platters according to their own vision, not corporate templates. Local glassblowers produce goblets and vases nobody else makes. Local weavers and textile artists thread playful handbags and scarves while leather crafters make textured hats, ornamented wallets and other one-of-a-kind things. More than 100 local artists are represented at Visions. Also, art that's useful and ready-to-be-utilized, such as lathe-turned bowls and keepsake boxes made from local and reclaimed wood, can be found here. Original paintings inspired by local landscapes and abstract imagination hang on the walls. A wealth of locally crafted jewelry featuring original designs dangle and sparkle in Kovar's display cases.
If you're looking for something not made by local artists, you're out of luck here. But you'll be glad you found this place after all. You'll see.


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Area covered by forest in Hungary 1990-2016
Published by Flora Medve, Jun 22, 2021
This statistic shows an increase in the proportion of Hungary covered by forest area from 1990 to 2016. From 1990 to 2016, the proportion of Hungarian land area covered by forest area increased by 2.87 percent, to 22.91 percent.
Proportion of Hungary covered by forest area from 1990 to 2016 (percentage of land area)
Forest area as percentage of land area
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Cattle and calf livestock population in the United Kingdom (UK) 2005-2020
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Total croppable land area in the United Kingdom (UK) 2003-2020
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Dairy cow numbers in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2020
Number of dairy cows in the United Kingdom (UK) 2020, by country
Pig livestock population in the United Kingdom (UK) 2005-2020
Sheep stocks in the United Kingdom (UK) 2015-2020
Agricultural and forestry machinery: sales value in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2020
Quarterly tractor registrations in the UK 2014-2021
Tracked tractors on main holdings in Scotland 2004-2019
Farm machinery expenses in Northern Ireland 2010-2019
Depreciation in consumption of plants and machinery in Northern Ireland 2010-2019
Area covered by forest in Estonia 1990-2016
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World Bank. (May 1, 2019). Proportion of Hungary covered by forest area from 1990 to 2016 (percentage of land area) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/435868/forest-area-as-percentage-of-land-area-hungary/
World Bank. "Proportion of Hungary covered by forest area from 1990 to 2016 (percentage of land area)." Chart. May 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/435868/forest-area-as-percentage-of-land-area-hungary/
World Bank. (2019). Proportion of Hungary covered by forest area from 1990 to 2016 (percentage of land area). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/435868/forest-area-as-percentage-of-land-area-hungary/
World Bank. "Proportion of Hungary Covered by Forest Area from 1990 to 2016 (Percentage of Land Area)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 May 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/435868/forest-area-as-percentage-of-land-area-hungary/
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There is much talk these days about how important marketing is to an actor's career, as well as a seemingly endless stream of advice and opinion on the best ways to use all the different forms of new media. And while it is important for actors to take advantage of opportunities to get themselves out there, there is an essential question that needs to be addressed before any campaign is launched: Are you ready for the market?
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