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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2018 12:02 pm Post subject:
the younger generation always gets defecated upon
Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
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I'm a millennial and I enjoy your posts on this thread.
I'm just wondering, do people actually talk and act like your posts? I came to the mainland a year and a half ago so my experience is limited with people out here.
Oh, god, yes they do. These lampoons are composites, of course, but they are authentic to speech and behavior.
just, like, yeah, i feel like it's really like, legit, like, legit legit.
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Ok, first you denied the existence, or perhaps, the prevalence of participation trophies and mercy rules. Now you're denying the existence of safe spaces and characterizing it as a wish of only a couple of students?
Once again, I think the prevalence of this is greater than what you believe it to be, and by the way, on both sides of the spectrum. More than half of college students polled state they believe that colleges should "create a positive learning environment for all students by prohibiting certain speech or expression of viewpoints that are offensive or biased against certain groups of people". This was 47% for students that identified as republican and 61% for students who identified as democrat.
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2017/09/18/views-among-college-students-regarding-the-first-amendment-results-from-a-new-survey/
I think it's probably fair to say that we don't really know (or at least, I haven't seen the data) if this is exceedingly different from past generations. But what I do know is, there are college students demanding safe spaces, there are numerous universities that have employed safe space policies, and now there are universities denouncing safe space and trigger warnings (i.e. Univ of Chicago most recently). In fact, Univ of Chicago sent a letter to every single freshman letting them know they will NOT be getting safe spaces and that the university does not support the concept of trigger warnings.
Odd, that they'd bother to go through that effort for something only a couple people in the whole of America care about.
In either case, I think we're getting way too in to the weeds here. Do we really need to debate whether these things exist? The more substantive discussion IMO is why they exist and whether, to your point, there is a function of social media at play and whether that sits in addition to, or entirely on top of, overbearing parenting that raised their kids in ways that also produced concepts like participation trophies, mercy rules, and things of that ilk.
That poll is stupid because it's either end of the extreme. Do I support a campus culture where you are allowed to call people the n word (with hateful intent) and not face any repercussions? No. Does that make me one of the 53% safe space millennials? Maybe. But there are gradations there.
If you are claiming millennials have a problem with campus spaces where you can freely call black students the n word, then yes absolutely I agree millennials support safe spaces. But of course, that's not what safe space means anymore in the context of older generations shaking their fists at millennials. Now it means people who don't want to read books with rape without an explicit trigger warning, or a place where people can't give contrary opinions on, say, politics. Stuff that is easily parodied. That (bleep) is unpopular, for the most part.
That poll you linked? I would be one of the 53% who agree with Stance 1, even as I'm on the philosophical side of the UChicago dean, i.e. that people should definitely encounter opinions and viewpoints that challenge them instead of retreating from them.
Here's a quote from Yale's dean that wraps it up nicely. Yale of course got a lot of media attention a few years ago:
Students calling for a safe space are not saying they want their classroom to be a safe space. They know the class is going to be a place to push and be pushed, where unusual or different ideas are going to be put out there and they have to wrestle with them. What the students are talking about when they say they want a safe space is, "I would like to be able to come back to my college if I forgot my ID, and somebody is going to let me in because they recognize me, instead of being that black kid at the gate who can't get in because he's forgotten his ID." They just want to be students. The safe space issue has really been bent beyond recognition from the way I understand it.
Do we really need to debate whether these things exist? The more substantive discussion IMO is why they exist
Do you realize how silly this pair of statements is? Of course we'd need to debate whether they exist, because debating why they exist presupposes they exist in the first place. That's what I'm disputing -- analysis that starts from "Millennials are entitled and fragile and need safe spaces, how did social media affect that" is the wrong way to do it. Now, if you wanted to say "Millennials grew up with computers and social media; how has that affected them, and has that led to the supposed-safe space phenomenon?" we could have a real discussion.
Incidentally, I don't have any evidence of this because I'm beholden to my own generation, but I suspect the difference between Millennials and the past generations is that the internet has democratized thoughts so that junior bankers (for example) are exposed to other people who [also] think that their lifestyle is absurd. Whereas before the status quo was a far more powerful force, so people put their head down and worked.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 3:42 am Post subject:
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jonnybravo wrote:
You might be a millenial but you 100% have the heart of a Gen-X'er.
i think so, fam. i have just as much real contempt for millennial complexes. And don't get me started on gen Z...the simpering, dabbing, snapchatting little (bleep).
The strikes against Gen Xers in the 90s were that we were slackers who watched too much TV as kids and were highly fluent in pop culture garbage. That's true, tho.
Linklater of the 70s based teen movie "Dazed And Confused" did a more obscure 80s version called "Everybody Wants Some!" that was set in 1981. The script sucked, but my God at his ability to recreate a point in time like that. Looked like the first few "Friday The 13th"s. There was an extended scene where all the lads in a frat were playing some kind of sport or physical activity outside in the daylight and the lack of phones in that movie started to become starkly obvious within 30 mins.
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Part of my job is to locate, recruit, interview, hire and train new employees. In my experience, the best word to describe millenials' attitude toward work and that entire process is.... "meh".
"How long before this position allows me to work from home?"
ay. i aint mad at that. cause i'm with em on that one. all this excess driving in excess L.A> traffic, creating excess CO2. let a bruh work from home. i dont need to see you face to face just so we can say we did. 90% of our interactions are thru email/on the job instant messaging anyway. i'm a millennial when it comes to working for the house.
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A Node-RED node to save time-series data in a MongoDB database.

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To run this you need a local MongoDB server running. For details see
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Nodes to save and retrieve data in a local MongoDB instance.

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The Air Force's 60-Year-Old B-52 Bombers Are Getting Their First USB Ports
The relatively cheap cockpit upgrade would eliminate the need for B-52 crews to carry loads of potentially risky lithium-ion batteries on missions.
byJoseph Trevithick| PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2021 9:09 PM
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Two U.S. Air Force reservists have developed a combination LED map light and USB port that they hope to install in the cockpits of B-52H bombers. The service is now curious to know whether what might seem like a simple gadget can reduce the risk of crews losing access to critical information during long-duration missions and provide an added margin of safety.
Engineers from the B-52H Stratofortress Systems Program Office (SPO) at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio recently traveled to Barksdale Air Force Base in Lousiana to discuss potential ways to integrate the light and USB port into the 1950s-era bomber's dated cockpit architecture. Lt. Col. Warren Carroll and Maj. Brandon Wolf, both assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing, an Air Force Reserve unit at Barksdale that is aligned with the active-duty 2nd Bomb Wing, were the ones who first proposed this idea.
A B-52H assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing's 96th Bomb Squadron prepares to refuel over the Rocky Mountains. USAF
In June, Carroll and Wolf received $15,000 in squadron innovation funds to build an initial batch of prototypes after making their pitch at the 2021 Strike Tank Innovation Rodeo at Barksdale put on by the 2nd Bomb Wing's Innovation Group. The two officers represented LR WERX, which is an AFWERX "spark cell" at Barksdale, at that competition. AFWERX is an internal Air Force technology incubator designed to help foster innovation and fund the rapid prototyping of solutions to various problems.
The two reservists say that each light/USB combo costs approximately $2,800 to make. The idea, as it stands now, is that a single B-52H would have three of these units installed in its cockpit. The Air Force has previously said that two sets of prototypes would be added to an unspecified number of bombers assigned to the 2nd and 307th Bomb Wings as part of an initial proof of concept. If each system costs just under $3,000 to make, this should mean there is funding to build five more examples in addition to the one Carroll and Wolf brought to the competition earlier this year. This, in turn, would indicate that they will produce enough of these systems to outfit two bombers to start.
The prototype LED map light and USB combo. USAF
The prototype light and USB combo, at bottom, compared to the existing map light used in B-52 cockpits. USAF
The basic reason behind putting these lights and USB ports in the B-52H's cockpit is simple. "We carry electronic tablets on our missions and constantly reference them for checklists, technical orders, landing data, and other performance information needed to make in-flight calculations," Carroll explained in a statement. "But the batteries on the tablets only last a few hours."
The B-52H is one of America's current trio of long-range strategic bombers and these aircraft routinely fly long-duration missions in support of combat operations and other training and test activities. The last of these aircraft also rolled off Boeing's production line in 1962, 34 years before cables and connectors using first-generation USB technology first entered large-scale production. After 25 years, USB cables are something that most of us take for granted in our everyday lives as an industry standard for recharging various types of electronic devices, as well as connecting them to each other.
Currently, "the short battery life of the tablets [that B-52 crews use] is a liability since they carry information critical to mission success," according to the Air Force. "To compensate, aircrews carry several large lithium battery packs to ensure power to the tablets throughout long missions."
This is not necessarily an ideal workaround for the crews of the Air Force's B-52Hs. For one, it can't be content to have to remember to swap out batteries every few hours throughout a flight to ensure that there's no loss, even temporarily, of critical information.
Beyond that, the potential for lithium-ion batteries to experience a "thermal runaway," and burst into flames or explode, is well established. It is a particularly well-known issue to commercial aircraft manufacturers and airliners, as well as government regulators who work with both industries. A series of battery fires in then-new Boeing 787s in 2013 notoriously led to the type being grounded in the United States and elsewhere, and highlighted the potential risks of these power sources, in general.
In 2017, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) considered implementing a total ban on lithium-ion batteries in checked baggage on commercial flights. Since then, FAA has banned people from checking bags with spare lithium-ion batteries, as well as electronic cigarettes and vaping devices that use them as a power source. Other devices that use these batteries can be put in checked baggage, but "these items should be protected from damage, accidental activation and short circuits" and "battery terminals should be protected by manufacturer's packaging or covered with tape and placed in separate bags to prevent short circuits." FAA asks that similar precautions be taken with regards to items in carry-on luggage, but there are no bans in place there since "smoke and fire incidents involving lithium batteries can be mitigated by the cabin crew and passengers inside the aircraft cabin."
A battery fire or explosion on a commercial airliner has the potential to be disastrous. A similar incident on a B-52H bomber, particularly one on a combat mission, could be equally bad and potentially have second-order impacts on ongoing operations that put other lives at risk as a result.
"By having USB ports, we significantly reduce the chance of a fire potentially destroying a jet," Lt. Col. Carroll, one of the two reservists behind the light/USB proposal, said.
Unless otherwise resolved, the difficulties, risks, and general inconvenience associated with using lithium-ion battery packs in B-52H cockpits are set to persist for decades to come. The Air Force currently plans to keep flying these bombers through at least 2040, at which point the aircraft will have been in service for around a century, thanks to new engines and other much more intensive upgrades.
Kenneth Pistone, one of the engineers from the B-52 SPO who recently traveled to Barksdale, said that a final plan for how to integrate the lights and USB ports in the B-52H's cockpit could be ready within six to nine months. Back in June, Maj. Brandon Wolf, the director of LR WERX, said that if tests of the systems are successful then a modification process could be set up for the entire fleet of these bombers across the Air Force.
All told, a technology that most of us use in some form every day could become a small, but significant new addition in the cockpits of America's oldest bombers.
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Q: Why for the input: 'a' I'm getting 'Accept' in the automata
This is a finite non-deterministic automaton ($\lambda$ same like $\epsilon$)
I don't understand why for the input: 'a' (first line) I'm getting 'Accept'

A: In your description of the automaton the set of accepting states is missing. Assume now that the automaton is defined as
$$(Q=\{q_0,q_1,q_2\},\Sigma=\{a,b\},\Delta,q_0,F=\{q_1,q_2\})$$
where the state transition function $\Delta$ is defined by the figure and $F$, the set of accepting states is defined so I could explain the results.
You get "accept" first because in state $q_0$ input $a$ is defined and takes the automaton to state $q_1$ and $q_2$ both $ \in F$ the set of accepting states. From $q_1$ an $\varepsilon$-move (without input) takes the automaton back to state $q_0$ where $a$ is accepted again by taking the automaton to  the accepting states. Then the next $a$ is accepted again. However, $b$ is not accepted in state $q_0$ as a result a $b$ as a first input cannot take the automaton to the set of accepting states. After an $a$, however $b$ is acceptable in $q_2$ taking the automaton to $q_1\in F$.

If we had $F=\{q_1\}$ then we would get the same results. The state transitions for  the input sequence $aa$ would be then
$$q_0\overrightarrow a \{q_1,q_2\}\overrightarrow \varepsilon \{q_0,q_2\}\overrightarrow a \{q_1,q_2\}.$$
The state transition triggered by the input sequence $ab$ would be
$$q_0\overrightarrow a \{q_1,q_2\}\overrightarrow \varepsilon \{q_0,q_2\}\overrightarrow b \{q_0,q_1\}.$$
In both cases the inputs would trigger "accept" and "accept" because $q_1\in F$ is always in the set of possible states.

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No-one, least of all me, has defined 'civil partnership' as 'inferior' or 'second-class'. I absolutely do not consider civil partnership to be 'second-class', and I take great pleasure in the fact that my local authority's Town Hall hosts many same-sex unions.
People elect their own affinities and relationships and should be respected equally (that goes also for cohabitation, caring and sibling partnerships), but man and woman are biologically diverse and capable of spontaneous procreation and that was the root of the creation of the institution of marriage across millennia and cultures. The weight of argument for change needs to be exceptionally strong to alter such a fundamental concept.
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Porch piracy – the most vulnerable part of the supply chain
Oct 2, 2020 | E-Commerce Features, Parcel Features | 0
Unattended delivery creates an opportunity for thieves to steal packages before the resident collects them. It is believed that these types of incidents are increasing dramatically, and media attention has amplified awareness and concern of 'porch pirates.'
Ben Stickle, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Administration at Middle Tennessee State University, who presented his porch piracy research at Post & Parcel Live in June, suggests ways logistics companies can address this emerging crime.
"Package theft is an emerging crime type due to the tremendous growth in online shopping and the delivery of goods directly to a home. In recent years, retailers have increasingly relied on unattended home deliveries to meet the consumer demand for products, as well as to make the package delivery process convenient. This trend has inadvertently added a new twist to the typical residential theft; package theft.
Not only is package theft a problematic crime for consumers because of the associated cost and accompanying frustration it entails, but it is also a concern for retailers because the crime is a by-product of current delivery practices and it has massive implications for logistics companies as they are responsible for replacement and re-fulfilment of stolen items.
Due to its relative infancy, package theft has not been researched in-depth by scholars so there is very little information about package theft, in general, and even less information is available concerning how it is committed. In 2017 I began a research project with three of my colleagues to provide valuable insights into the techniques thieves use to steal packages along with methods to prevent this crime.
Our study is the first known scholarly examination of this crime and the research is useful for consumers, retailers, the police and logistics companies who can use it to gain an understanding of how package theft occurs and identify the techniques that will be helpful in preventing them.
Crime in action
To understand how porch pirates steal packages, we conducted a Video Data Analysis (VDA) of 67 recorded package thefts to study criminal actions.
Video Data Analysis provides unique analytic potential that enables researchers to study crime by 'capturing events frame by frame, observe them in slow-motion, focus on different actors at different replays, examine behaviour and emotion expression that only last very briefly, and focus meticulously on temporal dynamic events'.
VDA provides the opportunity to evaluate 'crime in action' which is highly valuable to criminology.
VDA has been successfully applied to a variety of crime situations. Combining VDA with other analytic tools can create a robust analysis for understanding criminal behaviour.
Next, we identified a Crime Script Analysis (CSA), CSA identifies the patterns that criminals use to commit similar crimes which allowed us to classify the steps involved in stealing a package.
Finally, from a Situational Crime Prevention (SCP) perspective, we identified the most likely ways to interrupt the script and reduce package theft. SCP identifies areas where we can interrupt the crime script by changing the situation to reduce opportunity for crime.
The scale of the problem
To begin our project we tried to gauge the scale of the problem. We don't know exact numbers however there have been various surveys commissioned by companies on package theft victimization in USA.
For example in 2016 (August Home) found that 11 million U.S. homeowners experienced package theft within the last year and in 2019 (C+R Research) conducted a survey of 2,000 consumers and found 36% have experienced a package theft. Most recently ValuePenguin surveyed more than 1,000 Americans and found Nearly 1 in 5 consumers have been victims of porch piracy amid the coronavirus crisis, with 18% having had a package or delivery stolen since March.
Our study, to assess the Fear of Package Theft, involved 562 participants from 49 states. Our findings showed:
24% of respondents had been victims of package theft
50% reported knowing a friend or relative who was a victim
Males were twice as likely to be victims as females
Urban dwellers were more fearful than rural or suburban
4% admitted to stealing packages
24% avoided buying expensive items online due to fear
42% have packages delivered to alternative addresses to mitigate thefts
From our Video Data Analysis we found the offenders were split evenly between women and men, racially mirrored the general population, and most (67%) appeared to be middle class. In this study, there were 98 packages stolen during 67 theft incidents.
Thefts all occurred during daylight and more frequently when the home was closer to the roadway, with 61% occurring within 25 feet and the remaining between 26 and 50 feet.
In 93% of cases, the packages were visible from the roadway, and 46% had some brand clearly on the package.
Medium-sized packages (between 13 and 26 inches) were stolen more frequently (48%), followed by smaller packages (12 inches) at 40%.
Few thieves were observed 'casing' the area or taking any precautions to conceal their identity. During the execution of the theft, generally, only a single thief (96%) took the packages; however, in 37% of cases, an accomplice was serving as a lookout or escape driver.
Looking at methods previously tested and used on a variety of crime, the most useful Situational Crime Prevention techniques that can be used to interrupt the crime script involve reducing the rewards, increasing effort, and increasing the risk. Within these techniques, concealing packages and removing packages are likely the most effective.
Impact on the industry
Although the majority of states in the US consider package theft to be a misdemeanour offense, some states, such as Texas, are making it a felony. However, a criminal charge does not necessarily result in the return of the victim's package. Therefore, victims are attempting to cover their loss by insurance claims, paying out of pocket, or turning to the supplier.
Some major online retailers are footing the bill for these thefts. One such example is Amazon's 'A-to-Z Guarantee,' which guarantees delivery or else a full replacement/refund will be given.
Companies are also taking more pro-active initiatives in an attempt to thwart package thieves. Amazon has started a service known as 'AMZL Photo on Delivery,' which has package couriers take a photo of the package once it has been dropped off on the purchaser's property and notifies the customer.
Additionally, Amazon has also initiated a service known as 'Amazon Key,' which gives delivery employees one-time access into a consumer's home to deliver packages inside.
Similarly, companies like Phrame give shoppers the option to have packages delivered to the trunk of their car.
For some customers, services like Amazon Key and Phrame may be cost-prohibitive, costing around $200 each. For those in the market for cheaper alternatives, there are several versions of lockboxes and package bags that let users share a lock combination with their known delivery workers. Consumers also have the option of having their items delivered to an alternate address, which is a relatively low-cost solution but could be inconvenient.
From our research we found there are several actions which could help avoid parcel theft including concealing packages behind items on the porch or inside non-locking boxes so they cannot be seen from the roadway.
Additionally, notifying residents of package arrival, delivering later in the day, or delivering directly to stores, neighbours, package delivery points, inside the home or vehicle, or within a locked box on the porch will likely be effective.
Finally, increasing the risk via formal surveillance, including monitored cameras (e.g. Amazon Ring), neighbourhood watches, police patrols, training on suspicious behaviour to delivery drivers, alarms and more, may also interrupt the crime.
Limited data
Unfortunately, with limited information on how often package theft occurs, where it most frequently occurs, who commits the crime, likely victims, and other vital factors, this crime will likely continue to grow in popularity.
This present study has taken the first step in understanding how package theft occurs and offered suggestions to prevent and interrupt the crime.
Additional data and research into this emerging crime must be undertaken to have a full understanding of prevention methods.
It is essential that companies track package theft and analyse the data for trends, loss, impact on business and consumers, and to examine prevention techniques.
To read the full report: Porch pirates: examining unattended package theft through crime script analysis by Ben Stickle, Melody Hicks, Amy Stickle & Zachary Hutchinson visit
Anyone with data on package theft or who needs advice on prevention can contact Ben
Dr. Ben Stickle is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Administration at Middle Tennessee State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Justice Administration from the University of Louisville. Ben has nearly twenty years of law enforcement and private security experience. He has published several scholarly journal articles, book chapters, and a book. Ben's research interests include policing, crime prevention, and property crime (metal theft & package theft).
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For the past week I have had pain increase is the lower part of my stomach in the pelvic area. The pain is cramping and very sharp. I had a full hysterectomy so it is not a female thing. Anyway the last few days I have been passing dark green watery stool. I am frustrated and I am not sure what is going on. What do you think this is?
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{
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Every time I hear the story of a flea market sale where some lucky buyer with a good eye purchased a work by a well-known artist, I always think that chances are good that work was stolen at some point. How does a Renoir make it to a flea market, really. And that's the story of this Renoir purchased at a flea market in West Virginia for $7. It was scheduled for auction this week, but now it looks likely to have been stolen some time before 1951 from the Baltimore Museum of Art.
Museum officials then searched their archives, where they found paperwork showing that the Impressionist work, "Paysage Bords de Seine," or "Landscape on the Banks of the Seine," was pilfered from their building nearly 61 years ago. The museum had the painting on loan from one of its famous benefactors, Saidie A. May, a Baltimore native who died in May 1951. Museum records show that the Renoir was stolen on Nov. 17, 1951, just as May's art collection was being bequeathed to the museum for permanent ownership. The revelations put on hold Saturday's much-ballyhooed auction of the Renoir at the Potomack Company in Alexandria. Elizabeth Wainstein, Potomack's president, said the Virginia woman who made the flea market find was disappointed. But she immediately agreed to halt the sale until the FBI determines the rightful ownership of the painting, which the auction house estimated is worth $75,000 to $100,000. It will remain at the auction house until then, Wainstein said.
The case reveals the importance of reporting a theft, even decades into the future. There is no word on whether the doll and plastic cow the anonymous flea market art buyer also bought with the this $7 painting are stolen as well. But the buyer should get credit for reportedly cooperating fully with the FBI.
Ian Shapira, Flea market Renoir was allegedly stolen from Baltimore Museum of Art, auction canceled, The Washington Post, September 27, 2012.
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Birth Name Bradley George Thor Jr.
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Not everyone likes to read novels, but if you love reading books from American writers, Brad Thor must not be a new name. He is a American thriller novelist.
Brad is the author of The Lions of Lucerne, The First Commandment, The Last Patriot. Furthermore, His latest novel, the Harvath series, Near Dark, was released in July 2020. National Public Radio listeners voted the blowback as one of the "100 Best Ever" Killer Thrillers.
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Like that of Brad, Trish rose to only after her marriage with him. There is not a single word about her life with the media. Trish does not show any presence in the media, leaving the public away from the reach.
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It is a matter of the fact that Brad is the proud father of two beautiful children. Brad seems to be very much concerned about his children. He does not want them to feel the pressure from the media. He as becomes very much successful in keeping them away.
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As per sources, Both of his children were born in the early 2000s. However, the exact birth date is under investigation. In 2008, After his book, The Last Patriot (Atria) was published, Thor received so many death threats that he, his wife, Trish, and their two small children, were forced to move.
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Brad is best known for his thrillers, and his novel The Last Patriot was nominated for Best Thriller of the Year by the International Thriller Writers Association. Thor contributed a shorty story called The Athens Solution, James Patterson's anthology Thriller. Thor's novel Blowback was voted as one of the 100 Best-Ever Killer Thrillers by National Public Radio listeners.
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Brad Thor was born as Bradley George Thor Jr. on August 21, 1969, in Chicago, Illinois. Nothing much about his parent is shared with the media. His parents divorced when he was eight years old.
After completing his High School, Thor joined the University of Southern California and studied creative writing under author T.C. Boyle. Thor announced his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2020 election but soon dropped his name.
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For Dan Wetzel '94, reporting on the Larry Nassar trial was "demoralizing."
"It was the most brutal days. Hundreds of women would come in, it's hard to not feel emotional," Wetzel said. "You get to know the families after being in the same room for days. You feel obligated to tell their stories, I wish I could tell more of them."
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A co-editor of Wetzel's from the Collegian, Sam Silverstein '91, who was a sports editor at Yahoo Sports, reached out to him. Silverstein was looking for another sports writer.
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Devon was elected to the Mountain View Whisman School Board in November 2018. As a national award-winning elementary school teacher, Conley's career in education spans the past 17 years and includes working in education policy research and teaching elementary school in San Francisco, San Jose, and Mountain View. Most recently, she taught science in low-income schools with the non-profit organization Science is Elementary. Conley earned her bachelor's degree in Architecture from Yale University, a master's degree in City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley, a master's degree in Education from Stanford University, and her teaching credential from San Francisco State University. Conley was previously the Vice Chair of the City of Mountain View's Parks and Recreation Commission and she currently serves as the President of the Shoreline West Association of Neighbors. She is also a room parent for her son's first grade classroom.
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Jennifer began her career as a teacher in the New York City public school system. She spent 8 years as an elementary classroom teacher and staff developer for grades K-8 and then became an education consultant for schools and districts in the U.S. and internationally. In 2001, she moved to the Bay Area and began a doctoral program in Education at Stanford Graduate School of Education. Since completing her dissertation in 2008 she has worked locally, teaching at the Stanford GSE, consulting for education technology companies, and supporting teachers and administrators in schools and districts across the Bay Area. In 2016, Jennifer was elected to the Palo Alto School Board. She currently serves as Board President and serves on the district's LGBTQQ committee. She was recently elected as a delegate to the California Democratic Party.
Michael Kirst (co-moderator)
Mike is Professor Emeritus of Education and Business Administration at Stanford Graduate School of Education. Under Governor Jerry Brown, Kirst held the role of President of the California State Board of Education from 1977 to 1981 and again from 2011 to January 2019. As a policy generalist, Professor Kirst has published articles on school finance politics, curriculum politics, intergovernmental relations, as well as education reform policies. Before joining the Stanford University faculty, Dr. Kirst held several positions with the federal government, including Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Manpower, Employment and Poverty, and Director of Program Planning and Evaluation for the Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education in the U.S. Office of Education (now the U.S. Department of Education). He was a budget examiner in the Federal Office of Budget and Management, and Associate Director of the White House Fellows. He was a program analyst for the Title I ESEA Program at its inception in 1965.
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Michelle is the Associate Director of Research Practice Partnerships at California Education Partners. As part of this role she serves as the Director of the Stanford-Sequoia K-12 Research Collaborative, a partnership between Stanford University and nine school districts in San Mateo County. Stanford GSE researchers and district practitioners across all nine districts conduct research in partnership that will both inform policies and practices within the districts and contribute to generalizable research in education more broadly. Prior to serving in this role, Michelle held education policy research positions at Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) and the American Institutes for Research (AIR). Michelle started her career in education as a high school English teacher in Los Angeles. She holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Columbia University, a California teaching credential from California State University, Northridge, and a doctoral degree in Urban Education from University of Southern California. Michelle recently completed a term as a school board trustee in her home district of San Carlos.
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Spectacular start to the forum Big Vern. What an incredible image.
In addition to the reddish as opposed to brownish colour, these are weasels as they have no black tip on the tail.
Also, stoats are confined to Northern Spain, where do you live more or less?
I'm going to guess (from my Purroy y Varela - Mamiferos de España) by these weasels white feet and lack of dark marks on jowls that you live somewhere in the South.
Could you give us all some more details of the sighting? We'd love to hear more.
Question... Why are southern European weasels larger than northern counterparts?
Hi Big Vern, again great photo. They must have been very engrossed in their scrap. I've been reading about Weasels in Spain, Comadreja, where it says that the mating season can be from January - October.
Fab photos although rather sad that these two really are going for each other.
Is it possible the one guy lost his foot in a snare or something similar before these two met because in the picture it dosnt look like a fresh wound?
Re: Stoats or weasels fighting?
Thanks for putting me right on the identification - I'm sure you already know than you can be 'weasily' confused over these 2 mammals! They are not so stoatally different are they?
Yes, I live in southern Spain - in the north of the Costa Blanca - and the photo was taken in a quiet valley below the Coll de Rates close to the CV715. We were on a car treasure hunt which had taken us off the main road and having watched them for several minutes and taken some photos, a number of our fellow competitors caught us up. One of those in the crowd that formed at a respectable distance decided watching these two animals harming each other was cruel and made enough noise to cause them to break off, otherwise I don't know how long the fight would have continued or what the outcome would have been.
What time of the day was it?
About 13:00 22nd July. A hot day, about 28 - 30C from memory.
Least Weasels are highly solitary, and even mating does not occur without a fight. Females can breed several times in a year when food is plentiful. Perhaps because of their small size, Least Weasels have an even greater reputation for ferocity than the other weasels, and there are many references to them in the popular cultures of different countries. Traditional Inuit lore held the Least Weasel in great respect because of its pugnacious nature, and the capture of one was regarded as an omen of good luck. In classical and medieval European mythology, it is sometimes said that the only thing which can kill a basilisk is a weasel (by which is meant Mustela nivalis), though it would be killed in the conflict as well. The earliest record of this claim is in Pliny's Naturalis Historia, book 8, par. 33.  It was repeated by Isidore of Seville in his Etymologiae, and subsequently by many medieval bestiarists.
Welcome to the asylum, Forum !
I'll salute your excellent homespun humour even if no-one else herabouts does!
Car treasure hunt? Number of Ferraris you can nick in an evening?


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North American Alumni Explore Interfaith Dialogue
Alumni from across North America gathered in Montreal, Canada, for their annual Chapter Group Meeting at the end of June 2011. The meeting focussed on the theme of Interfaith Dialogue: Challenges, Skills and Strategies, and featured sessions on the concepts and models of interfaith dialogue as well as the ethical considerations involved.
The meeting included presentations by members of the alumni body on their own experiences of interfaith dialogue, and a panel discussion on the different approaches to interfaith and intra-faith dialogue amongst Muslim, Christian and Jewish communities.The meeting began with an update on the activities of the Chapter Group and an overview of the agenda by the Chapter President, Sabrina A. Bandali (GPISH Class of 2008) and Secretary, Ryan Makhani (STEP Class of 2009).
The Opening Remarks were delivered by Asif Alidina, the Institute's Communications, Development and Alumni Relations Manager, who provided an update on recent developments at the IIS, highlighting the Institute's vision for its alumni and the contributions they can make. Given the growing number of STEP alumni, Asif also provided an insight into the evolution of the STEP programme and the Institute's vision for the future.
Professor Patrice Brodeur, (Canada Research Chair on Islam, Pluralism and Globalisation at the University of Montreal), presented an introduction to interfaith dialogue which discussed various theories of dialogue and the diversity of models that exist. After Professor Brodeur's presentation, alumni enjoyed a sightseeing tour of Montreal, which highlighted the religious and multicultural heritage of the city.
The following day began with Dr Hussein Rashid (Associate Editor, Religion Dispatches and Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University, USA) exploring the ethical questions raised by interfaith dialogue through an on-stage discussion with Sabrina Bandali. Following this session, the alumni explored practical scenarios and case studies that brought to light some of the challenges faced by religious communities who wish to engage in interfaith dialogue. Part of the day was also dedicated to presentations from Farhad Mortezaee (GPISH Class of 2005), Noorin Fazal (STEP Class of 2009) and Ryan Makhani (STEP Class of 2009) who shared how interfaith dialogue has been a part of their work.
On the last day, the alumni were joined by local leadership from the Ismaili community for a panel discussion entitled Interfaith versus Intra-faith Dialogue in Muslim, Christian and Jewish Communities. The Reverend Dr Karen Hamilton (General Secretary of the Canadian Council of Churches), Dr Nargis Virani (IIS Alumna and Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the New School, USA), and Dr Barry Levy (Former Dean of Religious Studies, McGill University, Canada) spoke about their experiences of engaging in both interfaith and intra-faith dialogue.
Following the panel discussion, Dr Eboo Patel shared his thoughts on interfaith dialogue through a video message about his work with the Interfaith Youth Core, and Hilary Keachie, former Tony Blair Faith Acts Fellow, presented her work on interfaith youth engagement. The meeting concluded with Closing Remarks from Shiraz Kabani, Head of Operations, Finance and Development, who shared his thoughts on the importance of alumni engagement and the contribution of annual Chapter Group meetings towards fostering a greater sense of group identity amongst the alumni body as well as allowing the IIS to update them on its activities.
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Scherer and Scherrer is a German language surname widespread in German speaking Europe since the Middle Ages. With the beginning of colonization it also came to North and South America. It may refer to:

Scherer
 Alfredo Scherer (1903–1996), Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate
 Axel Scherer (professor), American physicist
 Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer (1747–1804), French general during the French Revolution
 Bee Scherer (born Burkhard Scherer, 1971), English professor of gender studies and religious studies at Canterbury Christ Church University
 Bernie Scherer (1913–2004), American football player
 Dave Scherer, American sports writer and journalist
 Edmond Henri Adolphe Schérer (1815–1889), French politician
 Emanuel Scherer (1901–1977), Polish-Jewish politician
 Fernando Scherer (born 1974), Brazilian swimmer
 Frederic M. Scherer (born 1932), American economist
 Gabriela Scherer (born 1981), Swiss mezzosoprano
 Georg Scherer (1540–1605), Roman Catholic pulpit orator and controversialist
 Giorgio Scherer (1831-1896), Italian painter, mainly of genre paintings
 Gordon H. Scherer (1906–1988), American politician
 Hermann Scherer (1893-1927), German-speaking Swiss Expressionist
 Irineu Roque Scherer (1950–2016), Roman Catholic bishop
 James A. B. Scherer (1870–1944), American educator and Lutheran minister
 Jean Marie Maurice Schérer, better known as Éric Rohmer, French film director, film critic, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and teacher
 Johann Andreas Scherer (1755–1844), Austrian chemist and botanist
 Johann Jakob Scherer (1825–1878), Swiss politician for the Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
 Johann Joseph Scherer (1814–1869), German chemist
 John Scherer (athlete) (1966–), former American long-distance runner for the Michigan Wolverines
 Julio Scherer García (1926–2015), Mexican author and journalist
 Klaus Scherer (born 1943), Swiss psychologist
 Lee R. Scherer (1919-2011), American aeronautical engineer and director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) from January 19, 1975 to September 2, 1979
 Leopoldo García-Colín Scherer (1930–2012), Mexican scientist specialized in Thermodynamics
 Lucy Scherer (born 1981), German actress
 Luther B. Scherer, also known as Tutor Scherer, (1879–1957), American casino investor in Las Vegas, Nevada
 Maria Katherina Scherer, (1825–1888), Swiss Roman Catholic professed religious and the co-founder of the Sisters of Mercy of the Holy Cross
 Marie-Luise Scherer (1938-2022), German author and journalist
 Markus Scherer (born 1962), German former wrestler
 Martin Scherer (born 1972), German physician
 Michelle Scherer, American environmental geochemist
 Odilo Scherer (born 1949), Brazilian Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate
 Péter Scherer (born 1961), Hungarian stage and film actor
 René Schérer (1922–2023), French philosopher
 Rip Scherer (born 1952), American coach
 Robert Pauli Scherer (1906–1960), American inventor
 Roger H. Scherer (1935-2022), American lawyer and politician
 Rodolphe Scherer (born 1972), French equestrian
 Roy Scherer Jr., better known as Rock Hudson, American actor
 Sarah Scherer (born 1991), American enthusiast of My Little Ponies
 Sebastian Anton Scherer (1631–1712), German composer and organist of the Baroque era
 Siegfried Scherer (born 1955), German biologist
 Sophie Ritter von Scherer (1817–1876), Austrian writer
 Stephen Scherer (1989–2010), Cadet with the class of 2011 at the United States Military Academy who competed in the 2008 Olympic Games in 10 metre air rifle
 Stephen W. Scherer (born 1964), Canadian scientist
 Susan Scherer (born 1956),  played for the Canadian National women's ice hockey team from 1989 to 1992
 Theodor Scherer (1889–1951), German general during both World Wars, received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
 Wilhelm Scherer (1841–1886), German philologist

Scherrer
 Albert Scherrer (1908–1986), Swiss racing driver
 Bill Scherrer (born 1958), American baseball player
 Dominik Scherrer, Swiss-born British film, theatre and television composer
 Eduard Scherrer (1890–1972), Swiss bobsledder
 Jean-Louis Scherrer (1935–2013), French fashion designer
 Hélène Scherrer (born 1950), Canadian politician
 Paul Scherrer (1890–1969), Swiss physicist
 Tom Scherrer (born 1970), American golfer

Place names

 Schererville, Indiana

 Scherersville, Pennsylvania

Businesses

Shannon & Scherer, architectural firm

Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, law firm

 Scherer
 Plant Scherer, a coal-fired power plant in Juliette, Georgia
 Scherrer
 Paul Scherrer Institute
 Shearer (disambiguation)

References

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Apr 22, 2021 - Politics & Policy
Exclusive: Harris meets Guatemalan president Monday, travels in June
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Vice President Kamala Harris will meet virtually Monday with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei to discuss solutions to the surge of migration, and she'll visit the region in June, a senior White House official told Axios.
Why it matters: The administration is taking a multi-pronged approach to solving the problem and also hopes to announce details about its plan for investing aid in Central America on Monday — although a final dollar amount has yet to be decided.
Harris has been tapped to lead the U.S. negotiations with Central American countries.
She and President Giammattei last spoke on March 30th. One of the topics for Monday's meeting will be relief needs of Guatemalans, the official said.
The next day, Harris will participate in a virtual roundtable with representatives from Guatemalan community-based organizations, hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City.
The big picture: President Biden and his team have said that to stem migration from the Northern Triangle to the U.S.-Mexico border, they must address the "root causes," including government corruption, poverty and violence.
The approach mirrors tactics employed by the Obama administration following the 2014 child migrant crisis.
It's also a sharp departure from the deterrent policies preferred by the Trump administration.
Still, the Biden administration came to an agreement with Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala earlier this month, triggering a surge of security forces at the countries' borders to help slow migration toward the United States.
Oriana Gonzalez
Jul 30, 2021 - Politics & Policy
Biden administration reinstates fast-track deportation flights
Guatemalan immigrant Yamari Yaneli, 1, waits with her family for U.S. Border Patrol agents to transport them to a processing center. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images
The Biden administration on Friday resumed fast-track deportation flights to Central America, the Department of Homeland Security announced.
The big picture: Officials said Monday that they were planning to resume "expedited removal flights" following an increase in the number of migrants crossing into the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, the Washington Post reports.
Cuellar, Graham call on Biden to appoint Jeh Johnson as border czar
Then-Vice President Biden, Jeh Johnson and then-President Obama. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) urged President Biden on Friday to name Obama-era Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson to a special role focused on dealing with migration at the border.
Why it matters: Republicans have seized on the spike in border crossings as one of their most consistent criticisms of the Biden administration. Vice President Kamala Harris had previously been tasked with addressing the migrant surge and its root causes.
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Biden to announce sanctions, other efforts to address crisis in Cuba amid protests
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President Biden will announce sanctions against one entity and two Cuban individuals this afternoon and provide details on his administration's efforts to improve internet connectivity in Cuba, a senior administration official said Friday.
Why it matters: After initially hoping to place the issue on the back burner, the White House has recently ramped up its focus on Cuba amid protests on the island and in the United States, congressional backlash and political pressure from the South Florida Cuban community.


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Slide set: Christmas time: here, there, and everywhere (lecture: Newton & Co., 55 slides, 1904-1909)
Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)
Newton & Co., England
Other related organisations
in stock of Newton & Co., 1909-1912 (item ref. XL)
in stock of Church Army, 1913 (item ref. LM 206)
drawing / painting / print
unknown (earliest possible 1904, latest possible 1909)
Source of slide images
Illustrated London News (1842-2003)
People involved in slide production
BARNARD, Fred (1846-1896) – creator of source image(s), slide 13
FLEMING-WILLIAMS, C.R. (fl. 1890s-1920s) – creator of source image(s), slide 15
FORESTIER, Amédée (1854-1930) – creator of source image(s), slides 3, 7, 22
GANDY, Herbert (fl. 1870s-1920s) – creator of source image(s), slide 23
PLOCKHORST, Bernhard (1825-1907) – creator of source image(s), slide 2
SEPPINGS-WRIGHT, H.C. (1850-1937) – creator of source image(s), slide 25
UNDERWOOD, Clarence F. (1871-1929) – creator of source image(s), slide 40
WOOD, Lawson (1878-1957) – creator of source image(s), slides 50, 53
WOODVILLE, R. Caton (1856-1927) – creator of source image(s), slides 5, 9-10, 45
1 slide known to exist in private collection
26 slides known to exist in private collection
Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 16 December 2022


Recently I had the pleasure of meeting sweet little Allie, just 10 days new. Oh, how I love newborn sessions, I could do them every day. Congrats to her parents and big brother Caleb, she is gorgeous and such a blessing!
Here is big brother Caleb, counting his sister's fingers. I just love the look on his face!
SOOOO cute! Love them! You did a great job….just got my cd today and am so excited:) Thank you Thank you!


Kingsport city offices will be closed Monday. Garbage pickup will be on a regular schedule.
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The Kingsport Aquatic Center will be open.
Bays Mountain Park will operate on a regular schedule Monday.
The Renaissance Center and the carousel will be closed Monday.
The Kingsport Senior Center will be closed Monday.
The Kingsport Public Library will be closed Sunday and Monday.
The Kingsport Area Transit Service will not operate Monday.
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On behalf of the Music City Animal Rescue Board of Directors, Volunteers and Fur-babies, I would like to thank you and the Lisa Ross Parker Foundation for the generous donation...When I received the email that we were the recipients of the $1,000.00 grant, I just cried! In rescue, as in life, I have learned that God will provide, in His time. Even so, the stress can take over and you hope that you have done the right thing. That you have been a good steward of the monies given to the rescue. The grant could not have come at a more needed time."


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Amitermes pallidus är en termitart som beskrevs av Light 1932. Amitermes pallidus ingår i släktet Amitermes och familjen Termitidae. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargèse, Corsica (France). September 30th - October 5th, 2013.
The yearly Cargese workshop aims to bring together researchers in combinatorial optimization around a chosen topic of current interest. It is intended to be a forum for the exchange of recent developments and powerful tools, with an emphasis on theory. Other goals include: the promotion of interactions between participants and discussion of open problems. This year the workshop will have about 70 participants, including PhD students and postdocs (see the Participants section for more details). There will be morning and afternoon sessions. Morning sessions will be dedicated to longer survey-type talks or open problems. The afternoon sessions will be dedicated to discussions as well as shorter talks on related topics. In their spare time, we encourage researchers to enjoy the beautiful landscape and opportunities of the island (besides solving a few open questions).
The fourth Cargese Workshop on Combinatorial Optimization, which will be held on September 30th - October 5th, 2013, will be focused on Submodular Functions.
Mathematicians are known to be the only ones that can lay down in a sofa, close their eyes and pretend to work.
We propose to swap the sofa for a hammock... do you want to join ?
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Maine will help you pay off your student loans if you move there
by: Lily Hanson
I loved going to college, but I definitely don't love paying off my student loans. It seems like I'll be making monthly payments from now until I'm a drooling, diaper-clad nursing home resident. When you leave your parents' nest and try to make it in the world, it sucks to be saddled with debt. Sometimes it can lead to financial problems or tragic health issues: One student died after delaying going to doctor for ear infection because she couldn't afford it.
Well, if you're a struggling college grad, here's a solution: Move to Maine! The Pine Tree State has the oldest population in the United States, with the average age of 44. That's five years older than the average age of citizens in the rest of the country. What's keeping young people away? Who knows? (I think it's all those scary Stephen King novels. I don't want to live next to Pennywise The Clown!) Anyway, in order to attract more young people, Maine is offering to help pay off your student loans if you move there.
Here's how it works: In 2008, Maine started The Opportunity Tax Credit Program, which allows Maine college graduates to use their loan payments as state tax credits. Now the program has been expanded to attract out-of-state employees, because the employers are so desperate for workers. "Over time, the employer community spoke out loud and clear that even if 100% of college graduates in Maine chose to stay here and work, that still (wouldn't) fulfill our workforce need," Nate Wildes, the engagement director for the private-sector initiative Live + Work in Maine explained to CNN.
So, let's say you move to Maine, and you pay $2,700 toward your student debt, while owing $3,000 in taxes. That means you would only pay the state of #300. If your loan payoff equals more than what you owe in taxes, and you happen to be a STEM major (studying science, technology, engineering and math), you could get a refund back from the government, which is always nice. If you're not a STEM major, and you're in the same situation, you'll simply owe nothing in taxes, which is also nice.
The situation benefits both students, and the state of Maine. "We need to import people. We need to attract people from other states for our workforce," stated Wildes, who moved to Maine himself because of the program. "This is a substantial financial investment by the state, many millions of dollars. But we recognize that student loans are a big financial burden and emotional burden. The message to employees is: We appreciate all you've done to invest in yourself, we'd like to put that talent to work and award you by not only giving you a job but by alleviating your student debt."
So, if you're crippled with student debt, think about moving to Maine! Or if that's not your bag, there are other options: This college student who funded her degree by becoming an adult film star.


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 Ранчо Линда Виста (Атотонилко ел Алто), насеље у савезној држави Халиско у Мексику
 Ранчо Линда Виста (Зиватеутла), насеље у савезној држави Пуебла у Мексику


In yesteday's post I mentioned the talented Jackie E-S. One of her whimsical designs caught my eye, the Stress Ball. What really moved me from 'liking' to 'wanting to make' was when it morphed into a Mardi Gras Ball. I couldn't resist and decided that I would make one a year, each different but sticking with the Mardi Gras theme. I had the same yarn that Jackie used but that will wait for next year's ball. For this year, I found another yarn that called to me. I will be making my Mardi Gras ball soon, but the first one went to Jackie.
Note: The pattern calls for the ball to be stuffed but I decided to put a styrofoam ball inside this one, and all future balls. There are other variations for beading patterns on the HeartStrings site, here, and click here for the Ravelry link.
On the Knitting Enjoyment Scale, I give this project a 10!
I heard you were making a voyage into your Stash. I hope all turns out well please be careful and take some water and food.. Be sure and take your phone so you can call for help if you can't find your way back out.
At least I won't be cold!