Influencer marketing—promoting your offering to individuals considered in the know among your target audience so that they can then spread the word among their followers—is nothing new. It's why fashion designers have long fought to clothe starlets for their red-carpet appearances, food brands sought out chefs to endorse their products and create recipes for them, and housewares companies vied to receiving the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval.
But the explosive growth of social media has made influencer marketing simultaneously more important, more accessible, and more competitive than ever. As media become less mass and more niche, gaining credibility from influencers in your particular market carries more weight. And each market has myriad bloggers, v-loggers, Instagrammers, writers, editors, stylists, and pundits whose opinions carry weight among their followers.
1) Find influencers where you would most expect them—and where you wouldn't.
If you sell clothing and toys for kids, you'll want to check out the most popular and influential mummy blogs. If you sell halal food, you'll reach out to Muslim food blogs and cookbook authors. Sysomos recommends using tools such as Klout and Kred to help you determine not only the influencers with the most followers but also those with the most credibility and weight; after all, quantity of followers doesn't always equate to quality.
But as well as finding influencers among the obvious sectors, branch out among the less obvious. "For example, marketers at an interior decor company also check out fashion blogs, DIY blogs, and construction blogs, looking for interesting overlaps," Sysomos writes.
And don't limit your efforts to the best-known influencers. Everyone else is trying to gain exposure from them as well, so you might have better luck getting recognition from lesser-known and newer influencers.
2) Determine which of your existing customers are influencers among their circles.
When monitoring your Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and other social feeds, keep an eye out for fans who are especially active in a positive way: Perhaps they've touted your products in their posts or consistently pin your images or retweet your messages. Their sphere of influence may not be as wide as that of a top blogger, but among their smaller networks they may carry even more weight.
3) Recognise and reward influencers.
Just as many companies reward their best customers with perks ranging from discounts to exclusive early access to sales, you should also reward influencers—both those who have already advocated for your company and those you hope will do so. Create an influencer network, similar to a media list, and send those in it news of upcoming products and services, samples, demo offers, and the like. In effect, influencers are the media—social media. "Savvy marketers may also tap particularly dedicated influencers for feedback on new products or services—brand loyalists love to feel like they've had an impact," Sysomos notes.
A key difference in how you treat your influencer network vs your media list is the degree of personalisation. When reaching out to influencers, personalise your communications so that it's clear to them that you know exactly why they're passionate about your company and exactly which products or services they've loved (or loathed) in the past.
"Of course, influence online is a two-way street," the white paper adds, "and the savviest marketers strengthen their relationships with influencers who talk up their products by giving them a mention in return. A good practice is to pick 3-10 influencers a week and link to them on your blog or other social media platform."
5) Tailor the tactic to the platform.
This holds true for all communications with all customers and prospects, not just influencers. Your influencers may be more likely to repost messages on their Twitter feed than on their Facebook feed; they may use Instagram and Pinterest for communicating with their blog followers but LinkedIn and Snapchat for communicating with friends and family. You need to know which media and platforms your influencers prefer for which type of messaging.
6) Keep up with the social media conversation.
Again, this applies to your audience in general as well as influencers specifically. There are myriad ways to monitor social media chatter so that you can learn, among other things, the topics of interest to your audience, so that you can communicate with them more relevantly. You might find new ways to incorporate yourself in their conversations—just be sure it's a conversation in which you and your brand are welcome, or it can turn into a major social media fail and dissuade all those influencers you were hoping to persuade.


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"Enough" in Walter Magazine (reprint) February 2014.
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"Holy Magic Goat Shit" in The Best of Hickory Reading Series 2012, Main Street Rag
"On-the-job Training" and "Serf and Turf" in Blue Collar Review Winter 2011-12
"Hephaestus Tries to Remember" in Bay Leaves, 37, 2011, NC Poetry Council
"Memory and Desire," "From Management Professor to Bakery Salesgirl" and "Inner Monologue During a Recent Interview" in The Best of the Raleigh Reading Series 2011, Main Street Rag
"Music of Parisian Immigrants," "La Vraie Riviere," and "The Occupation" in Iodine Poetry Journal, Fall/Winter 2010/11
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"Counting" in Lascaux 250 March 2014; The Lascaux Review Spring 2014.
"Ethics" and "Take our marriage and replace it with blue cheese dressing" in Camroc Press Review February 2014.
"My Uncle's Last Day in Hospice" in Tupelo Quarterly Winter 2014.
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Image West Gallery co-owner Courtney Johnson lends a smile beside her melodious door collage of hearts. As of March 20, the Ucluelet gift shop that has been in business for 30 years closed indefinitely. (Nora O'Malley photo)
B.C. VIEWS: Small businesses need our help
Just as integral in neighbourhoods in Vancouver and Surrey as they are in Prince George or Kelowna
Frank Bucholtz
Mar. 28, 2020 9:30 a.m.
These are extraordinary times for British Columbians, with a public health crisis which is taking a scalpel to the economy and our way of life.
Very few people question the need for social distancing, quarantines, minimal face-to-face contact and a focus on essential services. Few doubt the need to make precious hospital beds available in case there is a sudden uptick of serious COVID-19 cases.
However, the extreme measures now in place, with more likely to come, are damaging the small business community to such a huge extent that it's likely many businesses will not recover. The business landscape in all communities is likely to be radically different when this is all over.
Governments have rightly focused thus far primarily on public health, and also on ensuring that people who lose their jobs are not left to fend for themselves after their income suddenly vanishes.
In the name of public health, governments have also mandated closure of a majority of businesses. This has led to many owners laying off staff, and a massive increase in applications for unemployment insurance.
Small business operators are trying to preserve cash flow in the face of a huge decline in sales, while still having to pay ongoing expenses such as rent, overhead, income tax, supplier invoices and other costs.
Small businesses are a vital part of all communities, large and small.
READ MORE: Trudeau announces 75% wage subsidy for small businesses amid COVID-19
They are just as integral in neighbourhoods in Vancouver and Surrey as they are in Prince George or Kelowna. They supply essential goods and services, employ local people, and support countless community causes, organizations and activities. They are also key to their suppliers, who in turn employ people and support in their communities.
B.C. residents can do some things now to support small businesses.
They can visit those stories that are open, or shop online or over the phone. Some people are purchasing gift cards for use later. This is a big help – it gives these businesses the cash flow they need to survive. It is also an expression of confidence that their business is worth supporting and expectation that it will be there in the future.
The provincial government is making some cash available to businesses, by easing up on deadlines for required payments of levies like the employer health tax. It is also pushing back dates for property tax payments and PST payments.
The federal government is also extending some tax deadlines and asking lenders to go easy on businesses. On March 27, Ottawa offered a 75 per cent wage subsidy for those who keep employees on the payroll. This is significant, and undoubtedly will help to keep some employees on the payroll, but closure or drastically reduced sales means there is no need for many employees any longer.
Some people have turned to online shopping to fulfill basic needs. This is a sensible step at a time of social distancing, but the most important online shopping right now is with local companies. Amazon and other giant online companies will still be there at the end of this crisis, and they do not make the huge contributions to communities which local business does.
Small businesses need all the help they can get right now.
Governments, customers, their lenders and the community at large can offer that support. Small businesses (and that includes franchisees) have always been there for the community, and they want to be there long into the future.
Now is a vital time for community members to be there for them, in any way possible.
Frank Bucholtz is a columnist and former editor with Black Press Media. Email him at frank.bucholtz@blackpress.ca
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Montpézat (gaskognisch Montpesat) ist eine französische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Gers in der Region Okzitanien (vor 2016 Midi-Pyrénées). Sie gehört zum Kanton Val de Save und zum Arrondissement Auch. Die Einwohner werden Montpézatois genannt.

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Montpézat liegt etwa 43 Kilometer südwestlich von Toulouse. Umgeben wird Montpézat von den Nachbargemeinden Saint-Lizier-du-Planté im Westen und Norden, Laymont im Norden, Le Pin-Murelet im Osten, Sajas im Osten und Südosten, Montastruc-Savès im Südosten, Saint-Araille im Südosten und Süden, Sénarens im Süden sowie Goudex im Süden und Südwesten.

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 Kirche Mariä Himmelfahrt
 Kapelle St. Martin in Gensac
 Schloss in Gensac
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Persönlichkeiten
 Roger I. de Saint-Lary de Bellegarde (1525–1579), Marschall von Frankreich (1574)

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In Memoriam: Professor James W. Jeans, Sr., Man of Encouragement
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Ortrie D. Smith (2007) "In Memoriam: Professor James W. Jeans, Sr., Man of Encouragement," Liberty University Law Review: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 4.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/lu_law_review/vol2/iss1/4
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Educational Opportunities at Harvard Business School
by Ragnar Horn | Feb 15, 2019 | Education | 0 comments
Harvard Business School (HBS) is the specialised school for business graduates in Harvard University, based in Boston, Massachusetts. You can learn more about Harvard University in the short video attachment to this post. HBS offers a range of business courses, including executive educational programmes, doctoral programmes, and a large full-time Master of Business Administration qualification. Taconic AS chairman Ragnar Horn is a former graduate of the HBS MBA programme and is a current member of the Global Leaders Circle. Harvard Business School aims to educate people who will become the leaders of tomorrow.
Harvard Business School MBA Programme
The Master's in Business Administration degree programme at Harvard Business School is a full-time, two-year residential course with strong focus on real-world business practice and experience. The curriculum explores general business management through a range of case studies and role playing exercises, encouraging students to step into the shoes of real business leaders and explore the challenges they face on a daily basis in the real world. Difficult decisions need to be made and the consequences analysed, with students benefitting from the diverse ideas of their peers as well as their tutors.
The MBA programme at HBS attracts a diverse pool of students from everywhere in the world, bringing new perspectives to the table for each case study. The class profile of 2018 features students from 69 countries internationally, making up 37% of the total intake. Wherever they come from, HBS MBA students share the common traits of analytical attitudes, an engagement with community citizenship and leadership qualities.
The PDF attachment looks at the early history of Harvard Business School.
Harvard Business School: Early Years History from Ragnar Horn
Eight Doctoral Programmes
There are currently eight doctoral programmes offered at Harvard Business School, covering a variety of areas of business. The programme areas are: Management, Accounting & Management, Marketing, Business Economics, Strategy, Technology & Operations Management, Health Policy (Management), and Organisational Behaviour. Doctoral students are encouraged to address some of the most complex and critical ideas and challenges in the current business world, exploring a vast range of topics and benefitting from access to unrivalled resources including financial support and top-class research facilities.
HBS Executive Programmes
Harvard Business School offers a vast array of individual executive programmes designed to strengthen the skills of participants in terms of leadership and business management. Many courses are targeted for in-depth learning for a specific topic, skillset or challenge. Other courses have a broader scope, offering a comprehensive curriculum of management and leadership. Participants can even tailor their course to advance their own specific development goals by building on the appropriate competencies.
Alongside individual course, HBS offers a range of transformative learning solutions for businesses and organisations. These include programmes designed for the enhancement of small teams, as well as enterprise learning to make an immediate and quantifiable impact on the business in question.
HBX: Online Learning
Through the HBX learning portal, Harvard Business School opens up opportunities and resources for learning for those who cannot be physically present at the school. The HBX courses follow the teaching methods of the classes on campus, offering case-based learning for real-world experience. Online students also have access to a global network of peers for support, idea sharing and more. The learning tools within the platform are interactive and engaging, fostering active learning. HBX is ideal for those who are ready to progress in their careers but might need to enhance their knowledge, skills, experience or qualifications to be able to do so.
In the infographic attachment you can find out about the world's top business schools, where Harvard Business School ranks highly.
Ragnar Horn
Ragnar Horn is the chairman of the Norwegian private investment company Taconic AS. Born in Norway, Horn moved to America to study for his BA in Economics at Williams College in Massachusetts, going on to complete his Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Harvard Business School.
Previous to his position at Taconic AS, Horn was the Chairman of RS Platou ASA – the shipbrokerage company that his grandfather founded in the 1930s – as well as having gained experience in investment banking at Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse First Boston.
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At HOPE, we're always excited to see new projects launch. Over the next little while, we'll be seeing four new projects launched that will help children at risk become children of change. From sustainability to education and beyond, there's lots of amazing work being done by HOPE agents all over the world.
Here are a few highlights of the four projects . . .
HOPE will help raise funds to complete the reservoirs and dams in order to harvest and store water for the village.
HOPE has been working with Justice Rising in DR Congo since 2012 on several education projects. Earlier this year Justice Rising expanded their reach into Syria after site visits to Aleppo, Syria, where the need for Primary and Secondary School scholarship grants was identified.
Funds raised for this project will go toward creating scholarships so students can continue their education.
UP Romania began building a Learning Center in 2010, after dedicating time with local representatives and community members to develop a project that would meet the needs of the Haghig community. Over 6000 children and young adults live in Haghig and the 5 surrounding villages. More than 60% of children drop out of school after the 8th grade, with a prospective future of becoming socially assisted, under-qualified, and unproductive members of their community. UP Romania's goal is to create more learning and career opportunities, while offering social support to the most vulnerable members of the community, focusing on children and youth.
Philip Pleiwon came through HOPE Liberia programs in Ganta when he was young. He is now Board Chair of HOPE Liberia and a successful businessman. He came up with the concept of creating a text book app for students throughout Africa to purchase school books at a reduced cost. He has spent the last three years developing a business plan and connecting with textbook companies and universities. Funds raised through HOPE will go toward developing the app in order to provide educational resources for students in Liberia.


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Q: VueJs 2 hide and show DIVs in one html page I'm building an application but not a SPA. There are some div's in my page that I want to show and hide step by step. Here is my code:

And in my js file :
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I want to know if I'm doing this right, or if there is a better (shorter, cleaner) approach?
What if I want to add animation to later?

A: Computed properties do not take arguments. Instead, just test in the template.

If you want to add animation later, wrap all of the above in a transition.

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Ever since the brutal 1991 beating of Rodney King at the hands of officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, citizens are wary of LA law enforcement. The justice department has found over the decades that the LAPD has been rife with corruption, cover-ups, and abuse of authority. So the department has had to really work on its public relations. But it comes as a shock to at least one family, that it took the LAPD two years to release bodycam video of the arrest that led to the death of a relative.
But Medina faced no administrative discipline in the shooting. He stayed on foot patrol and was never assigned desk duty as the LAPD believed the shooting to be justified. Shockingly, two weeks after killing Gonzalez, Medina would go on to shoot Jesse Romero,14, who was caught painting graffiti on a wall and took off running. Medina shot the fleeing teen as he was trying to climb over a fence and tossed a gun. Medina was also cleared in that shooting and is still an LAPD officer. It also took Romero's family two years to get that video released.


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Negil McPherson Jr. was appointed to Chief Learning Officer in October of 2022, after serving as Chief People Officer since June of 2021.
Mr. McPherson has more than 28 years of valuable experience in organizational HR. From 1999 to 2021, he was a leader on the Learning & Organizational Development and Project Management Office teams at HDR. There, he polished his skills in human resources, performance management, leadership and organizational development, change management, team development, problem-solving analysis, and diversity, equity and inclusion strategies. He also served as a professional consultant to clients. Prior to HDR, Mr. McPherson was an educator and administrator with Omaha Public Schools from 1992 to 1999.
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Clubs with members of more than one association.
Thread: Clubs with members of more than one association.
A non AGB club has to be exactly that. Since AGB require that ALL members of an AGB club are members of AGB then if SOME members of an "own insurance" club want to be AGB members (to go to shoot elsewhere, or take part in AGB organised events), they'd have to go down the AGB Direct route, as you can't have an AGB club where SOME members are AGB and some arent.
Also, you've got to be careful about insurance.
When I joined the club that I belong to now, I was told that they had their own insurance. After a burglary, we discovered that not only did the so called insurance not cover the contents of the range that had been stolen, there wasnt actually any 3rd party liability or any member to member cover. We held an emergency EGM, went AGB a week later and got some proper contents cover too.
Amazing how the prospect of losing your life savings, house and car motivates people.
As a member of a club without adequate insurance, you could be held liable if the club were successfully sued.
As a member of a club without adequate insurance, and if the club were successfully sued, your liability is limited to payment of your subscriptions.
As a committee member of a club without adequate insurance, you could be held liable if the club were successfully sued.
As a member of a club without adequate insurance, you would be held personally liable if you were successfully sued. Which could be the case if it was you who caused the damage to another member.
I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one.
Your liability wouldnt be limited in any way, unless the club was a limited company.
Go check with a legal person if you dont believe me.
I did when I investigated making our club a company limited by guarantee. Its scary really.
I refer you to Ashton & Reid on Clubs and Associations, the leading guide on this subject. (Quoting from second edition 2011.) From para 1.10 "It is generally well known, and one of its major attractions, that in an unincorporated members' club the liability of the individual member is limited to his entrance fee (if any) and his subscriptions." References are given.
From para 1.11 "On the other hand, the responsibility for transactions and activities carried on by the club rests normally with the managing committee. It is they to whom creditors or injured persons will look for payment of the club's debts or compensation for injuries suffered on club premises. This may have severe financial consequences for the members of the club who are also members of the committee and may be seen as a serious disadvantage of an unincorporated members club."
"As a member of a club without adequate insurance, and if the club were successfully sued, your liability is limited to payment of your subscriptions.
As a committee member of a club without adequate insurance, you could be held liable if the club were successfully sued."
Any advice you received to become a limited company relates to protection of committee members, not to members in general to whom it makes no difference. Whether a limited company is the most appropriate means of protecting committee members is another question.
What are other clubs doing about new members at this time of year?
How does your archery association and clubs fund their existance and development?


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These were the words Vice Adm. "Hank" Mustin told the USS Miller (FF 1091) wardroom 37 years ago. His guidance to the officers that day would have a profound effect on me, serving as a rhumb line throughout my career. His words are as applicable today as they were nearly four decades ago.
As the Surface Warfare community gathers this week for the annual Surface Navy Association's National Symposium, I can't help but reflect upon the evolution of the maritime security environment. We are seeing increased competition for resources and deeper economic ties across the globe, making our Navy and Surface Force more important and relevant than ever. The rapid pace of change in technology and information is light years ahead of when I met Adm. Mustin as a midshipman aboard Miller during my first class cruise. Today's midshipmen – tomorrow's leaders – have access to information and technology that we never thought possible 37 years ago, and yet, the challenges they face in the world are similar in character. At the heart of the matter, capability and capacity to impose sea control when and where it matters remains timeless.
To this end, as we have been formalizing the principles of "Distributed Lethality" (DL) in the community, we've held true to the idea that as more complex and sophisticated challenges arise, we'll need the time, training, and resources to keep pace with peer and near-peer competitors in the world. DL asserts that if we make each surface ship more lethal and resilient, it causes potential adversaries a variety of operational problems – problems that force such challengers to dilute their available resources and cause them to allocate a finite number of weapons across a larger number of targets. Indeed, to remain the most powerful Navy, we must constantly adapt to prevail in a new environment of peer-on-peer competition.
No other component of the American military arsenal is more closely connected with the nation's economic vitality than that of the Surface Force. Twenty-five percent of all U.S. jobs are directly or indirectly tied to global trade; sea control is a must. Our country needs a powerful, forward deployed, lethal, and resilient Surface Force as an integral part of the Navy's unique role of providing global freedom of the seas.
The Distributed Lethality narrative, which has helped to enhance our ship's lethality and resilience, as seen by increased emphasis on offensive weapons on ships, really was the underpinning for the Surface Force Strategy, which we released a year ago. The strategy is a coherent approach to the Tactics, Talent, Tools, and Training necessary to achieve the key elements in the Chief of Naval Operation's Design for Maintaining Maritime Superiority vision and places sea control as a central tenet to why we have a Navy. We plotted a course for the community to improve warfighting capabilities and to develop our people.
That being said, maintaining our warfighting edge and achieving our future goals relies on executing the basics of navigation and seamanship. That was not the case in 2017; simply put, it was a tragic year for the Surface Force. Our ships had with two collisions resulting in the loss of 17 American Sailors – their families remain in our hearts. In light of these preventable incidents, our community warranted close examination.
The ensuing comprehensive review (CR) revealed that we must take our bearings from time-tested truths regarding our standards. It shed light on five key areas: fundamentals, teamwork, operational safety, assessments, and culture. We own our achievements and failures in these areas and have been aggressively working to improve them.
Leading into the CR, we had already tackled some issues through Ready for Sea Assessments of forward deployed and deploying ships; the establishment of the Pacific Fleet Detachment Naval Surface Group Western Pacific; and implementation of circadian rhythm watchbills and shipboard routines. The CR's scope and depth highlighted further changes that will require additional time and resources in order to not only restore our legacy, but to also positively transform the force's culture to one where emphasis is placed on mastery vice sufficiency. Our Sailors deserve to have all of the resources they need – which includes, and are not limited to, access to the right tools, planned and sustainable training periods, and time – in order to obtain and maintain warfighting and ship driving proficiency and sufficiency. As you read this blog, approximately 20 percent of the 58 CR initiatives have been accomplished. However, much work remains to be done. This is not a check the block exercise; this is a change in the Surface Warfare culture that will make us a better fighting force – ready to tackle the challenges of today and tomorrow.
I am confident that the Navy leadership team will find successful solutions to the remaining problems identified by the CR. This is an all hands effort that requires lasting commitment and resources. I encourage everyone to be active participants and to practice patience as our Navy and Surface Force make the necessary changes. To quote the CR, "Everyone, from the most junior Sailor to the commanding officer, has an obligation to use their voice to provide forceful backup when they see a deviation from procedure or dangerous situation developing." From these tragedies, we will become better mariners and warfighters. A strong demand signal for the Surface Force will continue, as will the evolution of its future capabilities.
I am excited about our operational advancements. Thanks to significant progress made in 2017, our ships are harder to find, harder to kill, and more lethal. Recent Surface Force innovations include missiles that allow enemy ships to be killed at greater range (e.g. Maritime Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile, USS John P. Jones Standard Missile-6 testing), offensive enhancements to existing ships (e.g. USS Coronado firing a Harpoon Over-the-Horizon Missile), networking approaches to integrating the Marine Corps F-35B with our Aegis fleet and attacking land-based targets from amphibious ships at sea (e.g. USS Anchorage utilizing High Mobility Artillery Rocket System).
As I attend this year's SNA symposium I try to think about what our Navy will be like 35 years from now. I want to look back at some of the things we've done the past decade and see how these innovations and advancements have set us on a path to be the dominant Surface Force I know we will be in the future. I am and will always be extremely proud to be a Surface Warfare Officer. It has been a privilege to be part of a truly outstanding group of professionals – the U.S. Navy's Surface Warfare community!


Most people know that in order to lose weight, they need to eat better, they need to exercise more, they need to sleep better, and they need to take care of their overall health. In theory, having a healthy lifestyle is easy. Your diet is balanced, your exercise is regular, and you sleep well. But if doing all these things is so easy, why are there so many people out there who are overweight, malnourished, and fighting exhaustion? It's because sticking to a diet and sticking to an exercise routine is a lot easier said than done. And this is why so many people have benefited from the help provided by our clinic. The weight control services at our offices in Scottsdale and Mesa, AZ have helped people take the ideas that they have in their head about what they need to do in order to lose weight and turn these ideas into a reality.
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The sad news has returned to us. Tommy Craigs, Hampton High School Class of 1936, passed away in Hampton on Monday, May 19, 2008 at the age of 90.
Just a note about Tommy Craigs' passing, HHS class of '36 and an old family friend. His step-daughter Kay Sisson is a friend of mine.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Jay. Please accept my condolences on the loss of your friend.
John Thomas "Tommy" Craigs, Jr.
HAMPTON - John Thomas 'Tommy' Craigs Jr., 90, a native of Phoebus and a lifetime resident of the Peninsula, passed away Monday afternoon, May 19, 2008, in Hampton.
He graduated from Hampton High School in 1936 and attended VA Polytechnic Institute for two years before joining the U.S. Navy. He served honorably as a Storekeeper on several ships during WWII. He retired from NASA at Langley as a Procurement Officer. Tommy was a member of Masonic Monitor Lodge 197 A.F. & A.M. since 1940 and lifetime member of St. Mark's United Methodist Church.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Norma Craigs.
Tommy is survived by his wife, Gladys Craigs; stepdaughter, Sylvia Sisson; nephews, Dale and Brad Goodman; cousins, Susie Woolridge and Joyce Sqavicchio.
The family will greet visitors from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, at Parklawn-Wood Funeral Home. A celebration of Tommy's life service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 22, at St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 99 E. Mercury Blvd. in Hampton.
Friends are encouraged to visit www.mem.com to share words of comfort with the family.
The family would like to express many thanks for the care and concern given by the staff of the Northampton Convalescent Center.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St. Mark's United Methodist Church Building Fund.
Published in the Daily Press on 5/21/2008.
I know that Tommy lived a longer and more meaningful life because of your love and care. You and Kay both took much time and patience in making sure that he was well cared for. I pray that God will comfort you during this time of separation. You have many friends that will want to help you through this difficult time.
I love you and will help in any way possible.
I DID NOT KNOW TOMMY VERY WELL, BUT I GREW UP KNOWING HIS FATHER, TOM CRAIGS, SR. MY FATHER, TOM, JIM AND I WOULD GO BUNNY HUNTING DOING THE WINTER. I ALSO BELONG TO THE PHOEBUS FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH TOM SR. IF TOMMY WAS ANYTHING LIKE HIS FATHER, HE WAS LOVED BY EVERYONE. LOVE AND GOD BLESS TO THE CRAIGS FAMILY.
I am the granddaughter of Joe Craigs (Chief Craigs - Phoebus Police Department) who was the brother of Tom Craigs, Sr. Tommy Jr. came to my mother's funeral, "Peachie" Craigs, in 2003 where I met him for the first time. Tommy Jr. and Gladys were both very sweat to my family and, I enjoyed meeting them both.
I was very sad to hear of Tommy's passing.
Our deepest sympathies are extended to the Craigs families and their friends at this difficult time.


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T-Bones sign veteran infielder, acquire catcher
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – The Kansas City T-Bones announced they have signed former Cincinnati first-round draft pick David Espinosa, and acquired catcher Brian Erie in a trade with Evansville of the Frontier League.
Espinosa, 32, who's a 6-foot-1 and 170-pound switch-hitting infielder from Coral Gables, Fla., played all 100 games in 2013 with the Lincoln Saltdogs, where he batted .297 with 110 hits, 12 home runs and 50 RBIs. The Reds selected Espinosa with the 23rd overall pick of the 2000 MLB Amateur Draft out of Gulliver Prep High School in Florida.
During his 13-year professional career, Espinosa has played in the Cincinnati, Detroit and Seattle organizations, reaching triple-A with the Tigers during 2005-07. He's a career .275 hitter with 1,429 hits, 939 runs, 109 homers and 616 RBIs.
"He's going to be our super-bat and super-utility guy," said T-Bones manager John Massarelli, who managed against Espinosa during Espinosa's rookie season of 2001, when Espinosa was at Dayton and Massarelli was with the Michigan Battle Cats. "He has a lot of versatility, offensively and defensively. He's a great offensive player near the top of the lineup, and then he can be an outfielder, middle infielder and back up Matt Padgett at first. Instead of a young utility guy, we'll have a veteran, who, I hope, plays 100 games again this season."
The T-Bones acquired Espinosa's rights from Lincoln after the 2013 season, completing an earlier trade between the two teams.
In addition to signing Espinosa, the T-Bones acquired Erie from Evansville in exchange for pitcher Chad Robinson. Playing for former T-Bones manager Andy McCauley at Evansville in 2013, Erie batted .294 with 32 hits in 32 games. He spent the previous two seasons with Massarelli at Lake Erie. Overall in three professional seasons, Erie, 24, who's 6-foot-2 and 205 pounds from Louisville, Ky., is a .276 hitter with 121 hits and 54 driven in.
"I originally signed Brian out of college when we needed a catcher at Lake Erie," Massarelli said. "He came in as a backup and worked his tail off, learning the differences between college and pro catching. He came back his second year, won the starting job, and continued to improve. Talking with Andy, Brian kept that up in Evansville last year."
The T-Bones open the 2014 regular season at home on May 15 against Lincoln.
Posted by David Shatto at 3:05 PM
Labels: Kansas City T-Bones, Sports


One of the official documents that U.S. taxpayers can use to file their annual income tax return is the IRS 1040 form.
The IRS Form 1040 is one of the official documents that U.S. taxpayers can use to file their annual income tax return. The form is divided into sections where you can report your income and deductions to determine the amount of tax you owe or the refund you can expect to receive. Depending on the type of income you report, it may be necessary to attach other forms or schedules to it.
The first page of Form 1040 is where you calculate your Adjusted Gross Income (AGI). The first section requires you to enter information on all sources of income such as your wages and salary, tips, interest, dividends, taxable state and local tax refunds, taxable alimony, business income, capital gains, IRA and pension distributions, farm income, unemployment income and Social Security benefits.
You will always find a box on the form to list "other income" you receive that doesn't fit into one of the other categories. You must report all income you receive, regardless of where it comes from, unless it's tax-exempt. The sum of all of these income items is known as your total income.
From your total income, the IRS allows you to claim specific deductions or adjustments to arrive at your AGI. Allowable adjustments include one-half of your self-employment tax payments, deductible alimony payments you make, IRA contributions, payments of student loan interest and health savings plan contributions, to name just a few. Your AGI is an important number since many deduction limitations are affected by it.
The second page of Form 1040 begins with your AGI and allows you to reduce it further with either the standard deduction or the total of your itemized deductions. Itemized deductions include expenses such as mortgage interest, state and local income taxes or sales taxes, charitable contributions, and excess medical expenses as well as many others.
If the total of your itemized deductions does not exceed the standard deduction for your filing status, then your taxable income will usually be lower if you claim the standard deduction.
For tax years before 2018, you can then reduce your taxable income even more by one exemption for yourself, and one for each of the dependents you claim. After subtracting your exemptions, you are left with your taxable income, which is the amount subject to income tax.
Beginning in 2018, exemption deductions are replaced with higher child tax credits and a new dependent tax credit.
When you use TurboTax, we'll do this for you and recommend whether choosing the standard deduction or itemizing will give you the best results.
You must now figure out the amount of tax you owe on your taxable income by referencing the tax tables in your instructions. However, if you use software, such as TurboTax, to prepare your return, the tax will be automatically calculated for you. Comparing your total tax withholding to your tax bill at the bottom of Form 1040 will tell you whether you must make an additional payment or if you should expect a refund. If you are eligible for any of the tax credits listed on the form, make sure you reduce the amount of tax you owe by each credit before completing your Form 1040.
Again, TurboTax will do all of this for you, so you get your maximum refund, guaranteed.
What is the IRS 1040X Form?


Q) All these membership options have upfront fee but which option is cheaper in the long run?
KM: I wouldn't suggest you to opt for the 'low-priced' option. If this is the case, there are quite a number of membership software that are available for free.
With the fee, you are actually paying for the updates of the software plus support from the developer.
It boils down to what type of membership you need, how complex it is, and the features you want. You only need ONE software that is reliable and can get the job done for you.
Q) Have you seen a stability difference in these different membership software? Is one software more reliable than the others? Which one do you like best?
KM: There are plenty of options out there, frankly I'm not familiar with most of them. One thing that I know is there are always bugs to fix, and features to improve. All membership software are the same. Just look at WordPress Versions, it keeps on updating till today.
What I'm trying to say is there's NO "perfect" membership solution out there. What you really want is – a plugin that has stood the test of time, and comes with great support.
Q) Can you do autodrip using Wishlist Member based on the membership levels?
KM: It depends on how complex your membership site is. WishList Member can do dripping for a simple model. E.g. 1 level, release content every month for 12 months.
Even though WishList doesn't support the autodrip functionality, you can still set it up "manually". I.e. create a membership level for each month, and then "upgrade" their membership access on a monthly basis (based on a simple membership model).
In my opinion, DAP works the best when it comes to dripping content automatically.
Q) What is the best and easiest way you have seen to host video?
YouTube – You can make the video unlisted, only people with the URL can watch.
Wistia – This is getting more popular. Do a research on them.
Q) What is the best way to make membership website responsive?
KM: If you are referring to WordPress platform, then it has to do with the THEME you are using on your site. Membership software is just to provide the membership functionality to your site. To make it responsive, what you need to do is install a responsive theme.
Q) Do you set up membership site and provide maintenance if need be?
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If somebody tells you that promoting a franchise business is much more different from promoting a non-franchise business check whether it is 1 April! Of course, the local advertising of the small or medium-sized business should be a part of the established, tested and working know-how provided by the franchisor. Here, we offer you some basic principles that you can consider when planning the integrated marketing communications of the small and medium-sized business.
Whatever advertisements or promotions you use, remember that their purpose is to develop consistently the image of your brand. For example, if your pizzeria is called Lord Tomato – the name of a famous tale character, and you want to attract the family customers, you can organise a puppet theatre presenting the most famous tales, while overexposing the eating scenes. Well, no one will stop you if you insist on sponsoring a boxing match. But the only thing in common between Lord Tomato and boxing is that at the end of the match the boxers' faces look like pizzas but this is far from tasty.
Although in the colloquial language it is accepted that "advertisement" refers to all forms of communicating a brand, advertising is just one of the marketing communication channels. Along with it, other individual communication channels are used such as: public relations, promotions, direct marketing, personal selling, Internet marketing, etc. You should know as general information that it is accepted to refer to media advertisement as "above-the-line (ATL)" and to the various events, promotions, etc. as "below-the-line (BTL)".


Lorenzo Licciardello began his career as a jeweller in the 60's in the best laboratories in Rome, learning the secrets of the goldsmith's art.
In 1972 he opened his first workshop in Via Panisperna, in the Monti district, where he made high-class jewellery. After five years he opened his shop, with an internal workshop, in Via dei Serpenti, 31.
Since the 90's, his son Massimo, after completing his studies, begins to learn this beautiful art, finding natural designing and making jewellery with refined and innovative taste.
Today the company has grown, now in its second generation, Massimo carries on the project that Lorenzo started 45 years ago, keeping the craft imprint unchanged, putting in always the same passion and attention to detail, in order to fully satisfy the requests of the client.
In addition to our creations, you can admire in our showcases high quality jewellery, selected by us to offer our customers a wider range of styles and price ranges too, to choose from.
In the shop/workshop in Via dei Serpenti No. 5 in Rome, you will have at your disposal all our experience and courtesy, we are sure we will be able to find or create with you the unique object you desire.


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THE HOTTEST UP & COMING COMIC IN LOS ANGELES TODAY
IS A 69 YEAR OLD JEWISH MAN!
eL YID, NEW CHARACTER CREATED AND PERFORMED BY NOTED
TV WRITER/PRODUCER AND ACTOR MARC SHEFFLER,
IS POISED TO TAKE THE LA COMEDY SCENE BY STORM
Believe it or not, the hottest and fastest rising new comic on the LA Comedy Scene today is "el Yid," a 69 year old Jewish man whose long white beard and black and white garb would immediately lead anyone to assume that he was a Chasidic Rabbi from Brooklyn. In actuality, el Yid is a new comedic character conceived and performed by noted TV writer/producer and actor Marc Sheffler.
A former comedian and member of the Comedy Store's legendary "Class of 1977," Marc has also been involved with countless television series and specials during the course of his long entertainment industry career, including "Sister, Sister," "Harry and the Hendersons," "Who's the Boss," "Sanford & Son," "Charles in Charge," "The Happy Days Reunion Show," "The Best of the Hollywood Palace" and the Warner Bros. cartoon "How Bugs Bunny Won The West," among many others.
The character of el Yid was born in late 2015, after a horrific automobile accident almost cost Marc his life. After having been hit by a car while walking down the street near his home by an 85-year old man texting on his phone while driving, Marc spent many months recovering from his broken limbs and shattered spirit. Once finally healed, however, Marc looked in the mirror and realized that not only had he been transformed into an entirely new person, but he had a brainstorm! He'd also just given birth to an entirely new character. The experience re-ignited his passion to once again perform stand-up comedy live, after a 35 year absence from the stage.
el Yid has been making LA audiences howl with laughter ever since.
Bruce Starr Productions
bruce@brucestarrproductions.com


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Federal report sounds alarm on growing impact of climate change
By Emily Birnbaum - 11/23/18 02:00 PM EST
A new climate report from the federal government released Friday warns that current global and regional efforts to stave off the devastating effects of climate change are insufficient.
The report, the first of its kind released under the Trump administration, finds that climate change is expected to interrupt the way people live day-to-day as it ravages infrastructure, impacts human health, poses challenges to the global economy and threatens the world's energy supply.
The Global Change Research Act of 1990 mandates that the federal government release a report about global warming and climate change every four years. This report, the Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4), is the latest fulfillment of that mandate. It is the counterpart to the Climate Science Special Report, which was released last year.
The damning report, which analyzes the effects of climate change by U.S. region, comes as President Trump Donald John TrumpCould Donald Trump and Boris Johnson be this generation's Reagan-Thatcher? Merkel backs Democratic congresswomen over Trump How China's currency manipulation cheats America on trade MORE has continued to cast doubt on the scientific consensus that global warming and climate change are caused by human activity. Trump on Wednesday seemed to scoff at the idea of global warming, tweeting:
Brutal and Extended Cold Blast could shatter ALL RECORDS - Whatever happened to Global Warming?
The report states emphatically: Global warming exists and it is a threat to humankind's survival.
"Global average temperature has increased by about 1.8 [degrees] from 1901 to 2016, and observational evidence does not support any credible natural explanations for this amount of warming," the report reads. "Instead, the evidence consistently points to human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse or heat-trapping gases, as the dominant cause."
"The warming trend observed over the past century can only be explained by the effects that human activities, especially emissions of greenhouse gases, have had on the climate," the Fourth National Climate Assessment reads.
The report was originally set for release next month, but it was released this week to the surprise of those invested in its rollout.
Many criticized the report for its new release date: Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is typically ones of the slowest news days of the year as people spend time with family and go shopping. Some scientists and environmental activists said the timing of its release could bury the report's dire findings.
"It's an absolute disgrace to bury the truth about climate impacts in a year that saw hundreds of Americans die during devastating climate-fueled megafires, hurricanes, floods, and algal blooms," said National Wildlife Federation President Collin O'Mara in a statement.
David Easterling, director of the National Centers for Environmental Information Technical Support Unit, during a phone call with reporters said the release date was moved up because the program responsible for it felt it "would be a topic of discussion" at two international conferences coming up.
"We wanted to get this out sufficiently in advance of those meetings to ensure that folks have a chance to review it," Easterling said.
Easterling declined to answer questions from reporters who asked if the White House weighed in on the report's release date. Easterling and Burkett repeatedly said they did not want to use the phone call to discuss what prompted the report's early release.
Burkett and the other scientists on the line declined to answer questions about the contradictions between the report's findings and the White House's climate-skeptical messaging.
"This report has not been altered or revised in any way" according to "political considerations," Burckett said, redirecting all questions about the president and White House.
The report finds that the global average temperature is at its highest temperature in history, sea levels have continued to rise, and extreme events have intensified and will continue to increase in frequency.
Released shortly after the wildfires ravaging areas of Northern California were determined to be the deadliest and most destructive in the state's history, the report predicts that wildfire seasons could incinerate up to six times more forest area every year by 2050 in some parts of the U.S. The report was written before the devastating "Camp Fire" took place.
The report also finds that flooding is expected to intensify along the U.S. coasts, where infrastructure and real estate is at risk of severe devastation.
Climate change is could cost the country up to hundreds of billions of dollars annually.
More than 300 federal and nonfederal experts participated in creating the assessment, which is based on scientific research and on-the-ground discussions with those impacted by climate change.
The report emphasizes that those most impacted by the intensifying storms and weather patterns caused by global warming will be poor and marginalized communities.
"Risks are often highest for those that are already vulnerable, including low-income communities, some communities of color, children, and the elderly," it reads, citing multiple scientific studies. "Climate change threatens to exacerbate existing social and economic inequalities that result in higher exposure and sensitivity to extreme weather and climate-related events and other changes."
While most of the information in the report is already known by climate scientists, the report's intention is to propose solutions and possible actions for policymakers.
Updated: 2:56 p.m.
Tags Donald Trump Climate change Climate change denial National Climate Assessment


WhatsApp is one of the leading and spreading messengers for mobile devices which is available in Androids, iOS, Blackberry, Symbian etc. If you have an internet connection and contact number of your friend, you are on the right track of using WhatsApp. The application mainly works on contact numbers. If you have contact numbers of your friends, and they have yours, you are ready to use WhatsApp.So let's see how to enhance your WhatsApp experiences.
You can change the profile picture of your friend to your taste. The picture will be visible only to you. So how to do it is as below.
Save the image you want to use and change the size of the same to 561×561 pixels and change the name of the image file with your friend's mobile number.
Then go to SD Card->WhatsApp->profile Pictures and overwrite the existing file.
Yet another wonderful option is definitely hiding the last seen.If you are an iOS user, the procedure is rather simple.
Go to WhatsApp Settings>Account>Privacy > Make Last Seen to Nobody.
The above procedure is possible only if these options are already available in App itself. If these options aren't available, then you will probably have to download third party applications like Hide WhatsApp Status, Not Last Seen etc.
WhatsApp already saves automatic backups of your chats but in addition to this you can also create backups manually.
In Android,Go to Settings > Chat settings > Tap Backup Conversations.
Press on the group or contact you want to create a shortcut for and tap on Add conversation shortcut. As simple as that. The shortcut will appear on the home screen and chatting is made easy.This option unfortunately isn't available in iOS phones.
Done. The blocked contact would never see you in WhatsApp henceforth.
WhatsApp on Android and Blackberry has this option of locking the App. In Android devices, there is an App named WhatsApp Lock which you can download, and in Blackberry, Lock for WhatsApp is the best. Both of these Apps help to secure WhatsApp with a PIN number or Password. Your Application will be well protected and no one will sneak peek at your WhatsApp henceforth.
These days mobiles come with the option of Dual SIM. So users will wish to have different accounts for different SIM. Install an Application called SwitchMe and this will help you to create different profiles on your smartphones that have different accounts.
There is an Application called WhatsApp Plus which when installed will help hide your profile picture.
Changing your WhatsApp number without uninstalling is another good feature offered by this App. Go to Settings > Account > Change number. Enter your old number and then the new number when asked, and then press Done. Confirm the new number again and within a spur of time, all the details from your old number is in the new one.
This is pretty much simple. Go to Settings->Account->Delete your account. And you are done. If you want to use the App again, then reinstall it again from Google Play.
These are some of the tips to enhance your WhatsApp experience. Try them and enjoy the world of ubiquitous connectivity.


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package docker

import (
	"context"

	"github.com/lastbackend/lastbackend/pkg/distribution/types"
	"github.com/lastbackend/lastbackend/pkg/log"

	d "github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
)

const CTYPE = "container"

func (r *Runtime) Subscribe(ctx context.Context, container chan *types.Container) error {

	log.Debugf("%s:subscribe:> create new event listener subscribe", logPrefix)

	if _, err := r.client.Ping(ctx); err != nil {
		log.Errorf("%s:subscribe:> can not ping docker client err: %v", logPrefix, err)
		return err
	}

	event, err := r.client.Events(ctx, d.EventsOptions{})

	for {
		select {
		case e := <-event:

			if e.Type != CTYPE {
				continue
			}

			log.Debugf("%s:subscribe:> event type: %s action: %v", logPrefix, e.Type, e.Action)

			if len(e.ID) == 0 {
				continue
			}

			if e.Status == types.StateDestroy {
				c := new(types.Container)
				c.ID = e.ID
				c.State = types.StateDestroyed
				container <- c
				continue
			}

			c, err := r.Inspect(ctx, e.ID)
			if err != nil {
				log.Errorf("%s:subscribe:> container inspect err: %v", logPrefix, err)
				continue
			}

			if c == nil {
				continue
			}

			container <- c

		case err := <-err:
			if err == context.Canceled {
				log.Warnf("%s:subscribe:> context canceled err: %v", logPrefix, err)
				return nil
			}
			log.Errorf("%s:subscribe:> event listening err: %v", logPrefix, err)
			return err
		}
	}
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Featured Artist: The Rolling Stones
Last week The Rolling Stones broke news to fans that they will be postponing their 2019 " No Filter" tour which would have started at the end of this month in Miami. "I'm so sorry to all our fans in America & Canada with tickets. I really hate letting you down like this. I'm devastated for having to postpone the tour but I will be working very hard to be back on stage as soon as I can. Once again, huge apologies to everyone."Mick Jagger to fans on twitter. Just three weeks before the group was supposed to kick off their North American tour, doctors advised the iconic frontman Mick Jagger to rest while receiving unspecified medical treatment in the States.
Rolling Stones were at the forefront of British bands invading America, making their start back in 1964 they were known for their international hits 'I can't get no' and 'Paint it Black'. They found their music stride playing psychedelic rock and Chicago blues and created more than 30 albums in the span of their career. Named after the Muddy Waters song "Rollin' Stone," the original band included frontman Mick Jagger, guitarists Keith Richards and Brian Jones, bassist Bill Wyman, drummer Charlie Watts and pianist Ian Stewart. Guitarist Ron Wood didn't join Jagger, Richards, and Watts until 1975, long after the band had already created a name for themselves. Becoming too big to perform in clubs by the early 1960s, the Rolling Stones were forced to go on their first British tour, creating a major buzz within the British rock and roll and grunge scene. In June 1964, the band got their big break flying into America to perform concerts and to record at Chess Studios in Chicago as well as the Hollywood RCA Studios, where they captured the vibrant, psychedelic sounds we hear in some of their later work. People to this day will argue that they built the mold for generations of music including multiple groups such as The Who, Led Zepplin, and Aerosmith. When the Beatles hit international stardom in 1963, the Rolling Stones were right on their heels, putting the British music scene on the map. The Beatles were in their prime, growing respectable and reassuring, as the Stones became equally more rebellious and threatening. When it came to their music and lifestyle the Rolling Stones kept to their roots of darkness and grunge, spending more time in court and jail than in the studio. While the Beatles became known as the good-boy band influencing pop rock, the Rolling Stones were quite the opposite, becoming known as the bad-boy band influencing blues-rock, hard rock, and grunge. Greatly influencing rock and roll throughout the decades, the Stones sold more than 200 million albums worldwide and have been rocking on for more than 50 years, making them one of the longest performing rock bands of all time.
KDirk
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Featured Artist: Johnny Cash
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Watch JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and six other bank leaders get grilled by Congress
Published Wed, Sep 21 20229:54 AM EDT Updated Wed, Sep 21 202210:09 AM EDT
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The CEOs of the biggest U.S. retail banks, including JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon and Wells Fargo's Charlie Scharf, are set to testify before the Democrat-led House Financial Services Committee.
The hearing is called "Holding Megabanks Accountable: Oversight of America's Largest Consumer Facing Banks" will begin 10 a.m. E.T.
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The CEOs of the biggest U.S. retail banks, including JPMorgan Chase
's Jamie Dimon and Wells Fargo
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The hearing is called "Holding Megabanks Accountable: Oversight of America's Largest Consumer Facing Banks" will begin at 10 a.m. E.T.


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Few details have been made public but the company is advertising for staff for a "Leicester store"
Toy lovers are getting excited over hints that a new Disney Store is coming to Leicester.
At the beginning of this year, fans of the branch in Highcross were devastated when it closed its doors for good after 20 years in the city. The unit is now a Toys R Us.
But the company has now put out new recruitment adverts, calling for "cast members" for a new Leicester store.
The job application states: "At Disney, we're storytellers. We make the impossible, possible.
It is not clear where the new Disney Store will be or exactly when it will open. The Mercury has made inquiries to Disney and is waiting for their response.
On the Disney Store Facebook page, Leicestershire fans of the store have been reacting to the news the shop is making a return to the city.
Lorraine Jordan Smith wrote: "This is bloody brilliantly news. Doubt it will be in the highcross though.
There have been several recent changes in the toy shops around Leicester. Dominoes in High Street, which had been the largest independent toy shop in the country, shut in 2013. It briefly reappeared within the Fenwicks department store in Market Street in early 2015 but then closed again three months later.
The same year, Irish toy chain Toy Town opened a branch in High Street in October 2015 and in July 2016 a new Smyths toy superstore opened next to the branch of B&Q near Abbey Park.
But toy fans mourned the closure of the Disney Store earlier this year because it sold exclusive products that are not available at other toy shops.
The closure even prompted an online petition, set up by Joel Sherrard, of Wigston, on behalf of his young daughter.


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Hasta ahora tienes un title-small modificando las propiedades de lo que quieres cambiar, lo que vuelve todo MAS complicado al tener position: absolute y margins.
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Leslie Wong is moving from Northern Michigan University to replace long-time SF State president Robert Corrigan.
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We now move on to rebuilding the brake calipers. See before donor pics.
In retrospect I did not do this process in the best order. This is also the first time I used the product Evapo-Rust rust remover.
Evapo-Rust is a chemical method to remove rust and I was not sure what to expect, nor was I certain that the product may not cause harm to the caliper piston bores. So this is why I decided to just leave the Caliper pistons with seals in the caliper and submerge the fully assembled calipers into the evapo-rust product. I purchase a 5 gal can of evapo-rust from Northern Tool. But this amount is more than you need. I used plastic food container just large enough to completely submerge the front and rear brake calipers into. I did one at a time.
I put the first front caliper into the solution and I was concerned that possible my evapo-rust was expired! I did buy it about 4 months ago, I do not know what I was expecting but I was expecting to see some sort of chemical reaction as I looked into the container, but nothing looked like it was happening. My plan was to do 1 caliper a day, so I could let soak 24 hours before removal. So that is what I did. The next day I removed the caliper and I was still not impressed, but per instructions you are to spray with clean water after removal, so I hosed off the caliper and using a tooth brush I scrubbed the caliper while in a clean bucket of water. The result is well like magic. The calipers now look like new, at least on the outside! The cleaned parts upon removal from solution have a slight black film residue, I believe this is do to the rust conversion process and once you wash this off this film the metal underneath looks amazing.
Thursday before I leave and finish the rebuilding them when I return. But of course if I remove the pistons and find a caliper with pitting I am just wasted my time and some primer. So I masked off the parts I did not want painted and I used foam ear plugs to keep the paint out of the threads. This worked out really well.
See primed caliper pictures below.
Now begin the disasemble and rebuid of calipers so they are as good on the inside as they appear to look from the outside. If I were to do over would be my frst step would be to disasemble and verify calipers are satisfactory for rebuilding and then I would submerge the cleaned and disasembled caliper cores into the Evap0-Rust and remove clean with dawn and then clean again with brake clean.
I now begin the rebuild of the front calipers.
For the procedure I will refer you once again to the enthusiast work shop manual page 9:10 section 13 for the step by step instructions.
Here I will supplement the manual with pictures and some comments. Not much in tools are required air compressor to remove pistons a 5/16" line wrench and 12 mm socket. Use 12mm wrench to remove caliber bracket, and banjo bolt securing the flex line, we will not use the donor flex line as the VortX kit includes quality braided flex lines.
Keep the banjo bolt and it is best to use new copper washer or heat the old and anneal. Next pic is removing the pistons from the caliber. I placed some wood material and an old wax pad to prevent any potential damage to piston during removal, you may be surprised.
I used compressed air, I tried 20 Lb but needed about 35 to get the piston to start moving slowing then the all of a sudden it pops out and is restraint by my wood blocking. Make sure you keep your fingers out the way during this procedure.
Remove and save the bleeder screw.
Inspect piston and caliper for rust and pitting. This could be the end game for your caliper if pitting exists. Next use a pick to help get the square piston seal from its groove. Next using a brake cleaner product thoroughly clean the piston and caliper and blow out the passages. I used a tooth brush to clean the piston seal and piston boot grooves in caliper. I used some 2000 wet paper to polish the piston. I also wrapped some the 2000 grit paper around my cylinder hone to polish the bore of the caliper, worked good.
I used Mazda OEM caliper rebuild kit part # NAY5-33-26Z this Mazda Kit is $45.00 and about half if you decide to use an aftermarket parts store kit. There may not be any disavantage to use an aftermarket caliper seal kit but I decided to go OEM as Miata brakes have an excellent reputation for durability and thought using the factory parts will maintain their performance.
Of course after caliper and piston are polished once again clean with brake cleaner, don't forget to clean the banjo bolt and bleeder screw.
I used a foam brush to lube the caliper bore and paint the piston with DOT 4 brake fluid. I used pentosin super Dot 4 brake fluid. I do not recommend using the DOT 5 Silicon. Before installation of piston and boot cover I dunk in a cup of brake fluid.
Position the boot dust seal as shown onto piston. Then insert the piston into the caliper. Be careful to make sure the piston is square to the caliper as you apply force to insert.
You will feel a bit of resistance as the piston skirt engages the square seal, but as long as you are square keep applying force , you will be able to tell when the piston is passed the seal as the piston will now more easily slide into the bore. Next make sure the boots outer seal is fully seated in its groove in the piston skirt. Now is a good time to verify the boots outer seal is fully seated in the caliper groove, if so now fully compress the piston into the caliper.
Install bleeder and banjo bolt with new copper washer and the caliper is now rebuilt. See pic. I do plan to paint but that is for another day after all four caliper are rebuilt. Now we need to replace the piston pin rubber guide in the caliper bracket. I used a razor blade to cut rubber guide to help assist in removing it from the bracket. See pic.
I cleaned up both caliper bracket bores using some 3M polishing pad material, see pic.
I used some Permatex ultra disk brake caliper lube to lube the pin bushings for install. I will use the same grease to lubricate the caliper pins.
Finally I install the the remaing boot, I needed some assist using a clay modeling tool, see pic. These can be handy tools for this type of work; they do not have sharp edges that can slice a seal. I think I will leave this off the other caliper until after I paint them.
Now all that is left is to polish the pins with the 2000 grit and paint, not a bad job at all. I actually took longer to write this blog than to rebuild the calipers. So I recommend removing your pistons and inspecting for pitting and if all is well rebuild them and the money saved can be used in the build elsewhere.
Next we will rebuild the rears, which are a bit more involved.


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Sean Raggett, currently on loan to Rotherham U., was injured last Saturday in the match against Wigan, overstretching to block a cross. He is scheduled to undergo surgery on his ankle, and Millers manager Paul Warne has said that he hopes that Sean will be back before Xmas.
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He started in Millers game at Ipswich last Saturday, but had to go off after getting elbowed in the face... looks like minus some teeth.
He got back into light training, but it has now been discovered that he has a hairline crack in a bone.
Sean Raggett's loan to the Millers has now officially ended. He needs ankle surgery and has returned to Carrow Road. Can't fault him for effort, but it was just one injury after another. Let's hope that he can get his ankle sorted out and good luck to him for the future.


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The Quest for Attention
Nonprofit Advocacy in a Social Media Age
Chao Guo and Gregory D. Saxton
Business / Research Methods and Evaluation
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Winner of the 2021 PNP Best Book Award, sponsored by the Public and Non-Profit Division of the Academy of Management.
Winner of the 2022 Outstanding Book in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Research Award, sponsored by the ARNOVA.
Today, social media offers an alternative broadcast and communication medium for nonprofit advocacy organizations. At the same time, social media ushers in a "noisy" information era that renders it more difficult for nonprofits to make their voices heard. This book seeks to unpack the prevalence, mechanisms, and ramifications of a new model for nonprofit advocacy in a social media age. The keyword for this new model is attention. Advocacy always starts with attention: when an organization speaks out on a cause, it must ensure that it has an audience and that its voice is heard by that audience; it must ensure that current and potential supporters are paying attention to what it has to say before expecting more tangible outcomes. Yet the organization must also ensure that advocacy does not end with attention: attention should serve as a springboard to something greater. The authors elaborate how attention fits into contemporary organizations' advocacy work and explain the key features of social media that are driving the quest for attention. Developing conceptual models, they explain why some organizations and messages gain attention while others do not. Lastly, the book explores how organizations are weaving together online and offline efforts to deliver strategic advocacy outcomes.
Chao Guo is Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management in the School of Social Policy & Practice at the University of Pennsylvania.
Gregory D. Saxton is Associate Professor of Accounting in the Schulich School of Business at York University.
"In The Quest for Attention, Guo and Saxton do a compelling job of demonstrating how and why understanding the social media landscape is key to advocating effectively for important social issues and understanding the non-profit sector in general. This is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of what distinctive challenges and opportunities the 21st century presents in terms of linking communication strategies to tangible social outcomes and impact."
—John L. Jackson, Jr., Walter H. Annenberg Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
"Advocacy and activism have changed. Activists today know that data and social media are key elements in their fight for the rights of the poor, the dispossessed, and the downtrodden. Chao Guo and Gregory Saxton's The Quest for Attention is required reading for those who seek to understand this new world of social change."
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Co-op buyers can no longer put maintenance fees in escrow as a result of new rent laws
By Emily Myers | October 23, 2019 - 9:00AM
Co-ops have been caught up in the rent reforms.
The new rent laws, enacted in June to maintain New York's rent-stabilized inventory and give extra protections to market-rate tenants, are having an unintended consequence that may make it harder for some would-be co-op buyers to gain board approval. The laws' new one-month cap on security deposits appears to also prohibit co-ops from asking prospective buyers to escrow several months to two years worth of maintenance—a common workaround for buyers with shaky finances.
Because the ownership structure of a co-op is based on a proprietary lease rather than a deed, buyers are technically tenant-shareholders rather than owners, explains Marc Luxemburg, a partner at the law firm Gallet Dreyer & Berkey and president of the Council of New York Cooperatives and Condominiums. "The co-op is being treated as a landlord, and a purchasing shareholder is being treated as a tenant. Therefore, a co-op can't take this advance or deposit in escrow."
Does it mean buyers on the margins could suffer? Jeffery Reich, a real estate attorney with Schwartz, Sladkus, Reich, Greenberg, Atlas, believes so.
"This is an unintended consequence of the legislation that is sweeping but not necessarily well thought out," he says.
Workarounds for co-op buyers and boards
Leasing agents and landlords who can no longer take more than a month of security say they aren't prepared to take a risk with a tenant who doesn't have stellar credit. The same could happen to co-op buyers—New York City could see boards turning down anyone but the very best candidates. Luxemburg acknowledges this possibility but says there are workarounds, the most obvious being to use a guarantor who will guarantee the maintenance payments or even put the money in escrow.
Reich says having a guarantor can work but asking the guarantor to put money in escrow still presents risks to a co-op board. "The statute is clear on this—this is a lease. With boards made up of volunteers, not business people, I wouldn't want to push them into taking any unnecessary risk."
Other options for buyers include insurance products for security deposits or perhaps negotiating with a seller to pay the maintenance, although Luxemburg acknowledges there aren't many sellers who would be willing to do that.
If your financials are marginal and you want to buy a co-op, one factor in your favor is the slow sales market. Many boards don't have the luxury of picking and choosing from several strong candidates. "Boards are incentivized to help the sale go through," says Reich. "They don't want to lose value if they get a decent price." He says lots of boards are reaching out to him looking for solutions.
Possible refunds
Many renters can now ask for a refund if they overpaid rental application fees, which are now capped at $20 thanks to the rent reforms. That's because some brokers continued to charge excess fees after the law changed.
Luxemburg says attorneys were much quicker at understanding and advising boards about capping these advance maintenance payments. As a result, he does not expect to see co-op buyers asking boards to refund maintenance fees paid in advance.
Efforts to change the law
There are now efforts to get an exception in the rent laws for co-ops.
"No one really intended this," says Luxemburg. "The co-op community is pushing back to get the law changed."
However, these efforts aren't going to bring change overnight. "The legislature is not going to go back into session until January. The way the legislature works, bills don't get passed until April, so we are looking at six months at least," he says.
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