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Why Having Klout May Soon Matter To Financial Planners
July 26, 2012 11:02 am 9 Comments CATEGORY: Marketing
Identifying centers of influence has been useful and effective for businesses and advertisers as long as people of influence have wielded power in their communities. Historically, though, the challenge has been that it's not always clear who is influential, especially in relatively narrow niches. However, as the use of social media continues to grow and evolve, quantifying influence, at least through social media channels, is becoming possible for the first time – and companies are jumping quickly to fill the void.
The current leader in this space is a company called Klout, which seeks to make itself the standard of measuring (online) influence. While thus far the company is relatively new and its impact is limited, it is growing fast. In fact, in some industries, an individual's Klout score is already impacting their ability to get a job, or their opportunity to receive discounts and perks from advertisers. While the time hasn't arrived yet, Klout may soon become relevant in the world of financial planning as well, for everything from increasing the visibility of an influential planner, to identifying centers of influence to contact in a target niche market. Which raises the question: do you have Klout?
(Editor's Note: This article was originally published as a guest blog post for Wired Advisor, a platform that helps financial advisors build a powerful online presence, create compelling content, and implement a smart social media strategy. You can follow Wired Advisor on Twitter at @WiredAdvisor.)
What Is Klout?
If you're not familiar with Klout, the basic principle is that the company looks at an individual's online social media activity – primarily Twitter, Facebook, and Google+ (and to a lesser extent, LinkedIn and some other platforms) – with the goal of measuring how "influential" someone is. In the case of Klout, the "influence" term is used almost literally – Klout seeks to measure an individual's ability to actually drive their audiences to action, such as following links, engaging, or (re-)sharing content.
Accordingly, Klout looks at three primary metrics to evaluate influence:
True Reach, an estimate of the number of people you influence, who may in some way actually act or engage with your content;
Amplification, a measure of how many people tend to response or spread the content you share; and
Network, a measure of how influential the people are in your True Reach (i.e., how influential is your network itself).
Ultimately, Klout merges these three factors – True Reach, Amplification, and Network – into a single "Klout score" that ranges from 1 to 100. Notably, though, scores are not evenly distributed. The average Klout score is about 20. A score of 50 is actually close to the 95th percentile. In addition, it becomes increasingly more difficult to increase a Klout score as it rises; thus, rising from 70 to 75 is far more difficult than going from 20 to 25. Given that the financial planning world itself is only "so" large, even the most active financial planners on Twitter typically have Klout scores that are "only" in the 50-60 range. A distribution of Klout scores, compiled as a part of an infographic by TheDegree360, is shown below.
Why Does Klout Matter
A recent article in Wired magazine provided a good explanation of why Klout may soon matter in the real world. The key is to view the issue from the perspective of a large company that delivers products or services to the marketplace. A challenge of such companies has always been that not only do products often succeed as happy customers share with others, but catastrophes can similarly spread by word of mouth. But of course, the reality is that not everyone's good and bad review is the same – those are have larger networks and are more influential wield far more influence and can more significantly impact the business. Just ask any restaurant when the media food critic comes through.
The distinction, though, is that in the past, finding "influencers" was often quite difficult. Those in the media like food critics might have been visible, but beyond that it was often hard to perceive who was sharing what. But in a social media world – where the activity is visible and the web, and generally quite public, it can be quantified in a manner never before seen.
The end result has been an explosion in how social media relevance is starting to influence the world, from companies that triage complaints based on Klout scores (since those with more influence can more rapidly damage the company's reputation by sharing complaints with their network), to advertisers who want to find out who's influential in their product space, to businesses – especially in the marketing and social media space itself – who look to an individual's Klout score to decide if that person is "influential enough" to merit a job offer.
Klout for Financial Planners
So why will Klout (or some similar service to it) likely matter for financial planners in the near future? There are several reasons why Klout is relevant.
First of all, Klout can simply be a useful tool for deciding who to follow in the social media world in the first place. Given that it's possible to "buy" fake Twitter followers for cheap, with similar services for Facebook fans, simply looking at the number of followers or fan page likes is not a particularly reliable way to judge how influential and relevant someone is in the social media world.
Klout, on the other hand, analyzes the characteristics of the underlying followers/fans, and how often they engage with the user; as a result, it's an effective tool to differentiate between those who have genuine social media engagement versus those who acquired followers/fans by other means. Notably, though, Klout also scores Facebook, Google+, and other social media scores into one composite score, so a lot of activity on one channel (generating a high score) isn't necessarily indicative of engagement on multiple platforms.
Second, in a more targeted manner, Klout can also be useful for those seeking to identify online influencers in a target market or niche, especially if people in that niche use social media. In reality, this is no different than the standard approach of trying to reach a niche market by interacting with centers of influence; with Klout, though, it's possible to begin identifying centers of influence online and begin engaging virtually.
Similarly, those who wish to expand a presence and engagement in a target market may also wish to monitor and try to increase their own Klout score, as a way to signal their relevance in their target market. Just as planners targeting a niche might follow those with high Klout scores, having a high Klout score in a niche can be a sign for others to follow you!
Accordingly, steps that engage online in a target niche and raise an individual's profile in that niche can also support the Klout score, further reinforcing the individual's influence to those seeking to engage. And if Klout continues to become more visible, at some point people may find you as a center of influence in your target niche specifically because of your Klout score – further supporting an inbound marketing approach to building a financial planning business.
Klout Caveats
Notwithstanding the aforementioned benefits of Klout, there are a few caveats to be aware of.
The first is that, overall, Klout has been viewed controversially in the social media world. In part, it's simply because it assigns a "score" to a person's online influence – inevitably leading to people who feel insulted that Klout isn't giving them the recognition they believe they deserve. That being said, though, Klout is clearly limited to only measuring online, social media related influence; so while it holds itself out as "the standard of influence" the reality is that Klout likely only measures a subset of that. Already, though, alternative platforms like Kred have appeared that are trying to incorporate online and offline influence into a "better" score.
Another problem with Klout is that its scoring system itself – the algorithm used to determine who has social influence – is kept very secretive. On the one hand, Klout defends this secrecy as necessary; otherwise, users could potentially find ways to game the system and artificially boost their Klout scores. Google keeps much of the details of its search engine relevance algorithm a secret for the same reason. Nonetheless, many people have criticized Klout because the scores lack transparency, requiring you to take their score at its word, for better or for worse. While Klout's rising popularity suggests that its scoring mechanism is at least doing a pretty reasonable job, the ambiguity about the details of its system contributes to the controversial nature of the platform.
In addition, there are some legitimate criticisms to some other parts of Klout's system. For instance, in addition to scoring an individual's social media influence, Klout also tries to tie the individual's relevance to specific topic areas, with varying levels of success. While the system sometimes comes up with good topic labels, it also occasionally suggests people are "influential" in topics quite unrelated to their areas of expertise. Furthermore, some dispute Klout's weightings of various social media platforms; for instance, Facebook activity appears to garner more weight than a seemingly comparable level of Twitter engagement.
Notwithstanding these concerns, though, the reality is that identifying people who are centers of influence in their community or niche has been important information for everyone from businesses to advertisers long before social media or the internet even existed. The only difference is that Klout uses quantifiable measures to evaluate influence and engagement – metrics that have become available due to the rise of the internet and various social media platforms. Whether Klout itself remains the leader in this space, or is taken over by a newer, better offering, remains to be seen. But in the end, as long as identifying and connecting with influencers remains relevant, so too will systems that seek to measure it.
So what do you think? Have you signed up for Klout? Does the service sound useful or relevant to you? Have you checked anyone out on Klout? Have you ever checked your own Klout score?


The Strength card Under a golden sky, a woman gently pats a lion on its forehead and lower jaw. The woman gazes down at the lion with a peaceful smile on her face and appears to be successfully taming this wild beast. The fact that Strength is represented by a woman indicates that this card is not focused on pure physical strength. She has the infinity symbol above her head, the same symbol seen in the Magician. Her white robe is that of the innocent Fool, indicating a purity of spirit.


In an amateur band it was impossible to get everyone together at once for a dress rehearsal. Different people are traveling (usually out of the country) at any one time, and they often practice in someone's home or a rented space (not a stage), and etc.
Someone thought it would be suitable to simply add some people to the old photograph. Thinking it was like one or two substitutions, and that I'd photograph the people myself under open shade with an eye to matching, I agreed.
As it turns out, the new photos submitted were taken with a good camera and lens, but saved as in-camera JPEGs. (Rant: if the gear cost more than 2 grand, JPEG should be disabled as an option.) The stage lighting is rather severe. Meanwhile, the "old" photo from last year's poster was only saved as JPEG too! It used a fill flash and got very flat lighting, but the stage lighting affected the white balance.
The full file (PSD with layers) is On Adobe CC.
Now I can handle the masking and all that.
I want some advice on matching the lighting. How can I get the contrasty faces to better match the flat lighting?
Second, what about color matching for the uniforms? The Hue Range sliders are not helpful in a simple use of that adjustment layer.
As shown, I reduced the contrast and shifted the color space of the high-key assets using "ACR as a (smart) filter". The original can be seen in the PSD file.
The poster from last year had the picture printed 8″ wide. Since the picture is wider now, they might print wider too, and the paper is 11″ wide so that's the expected size. It won't be viewed from close up really.
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Edition #13
Linking International Health Cooperation and Migration: The Global Health Center of Tuscany Region
Edition #10, European & International Affairs, Health Inequalities, Policy, PracticePosted on Nov 8, 2017 Nov 27, 2018 by Maria José Caldés Pinilla and Michele De Luca
The Global Health Centre (GHC) facilitates the development of synergies among different groups of professionals working in the Tuscany Region in the fields of international health cooperation and migrants' health. It participates in the development of information and training activities (pre-service and in-service) on its thematic areas. Through collaboration with national and international networks of experts in different disciplines, the GHC aims to stimulate debate, reflection, and analysis in the global health field, clinical and epidemiological research, the management of healthcare services, and health policies. The GHC also provides technical assistance in project management, promotes the creation of international agreements in the health sector, and prepares reports and recommendations to promote greater awareness of global health issues. More information about the GHC can be found at: www.centrosaluteglobale.eu
By Maria José Caldés Pinilla and Michele De Luca
The Global Health Centre is a multidisciplinary facility of the Tuscany Region (TR).Established in 2012 its objective is to highlight the connections between globalisation and health in terms of equality, human rights, sustainability, diplomacy, and international collaborations. The fundamental objective is to enhance, disseminate, and apply knowledge to the two thematic priorities on which the Centre is founded: international health cooperation and migrants' health.
Since 2005, Tuscany has been active with over 317 International Health Cooperation projects and over 500 health professionals involved
The Tuscany Region's strategy for International Health Cooperation (IHC) is tailored to global health challenges which have changed considerably over the past decade. The mobilisation for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria has made a significant improvement to a number of health indicators. At the same time, the increase in life expectancy and improvement in living standards have made chronic diseases a real issue for public health. They come in addition to infectious diseases, including in least developed countries. The globalisation of trade also fosters the emergence of new epidemics. Epidemiological surveillance is therefore becoming a global challenge and the impacts of environmental factors on health require greater attention. The Tuscany Region has progressively adapted its development policy to help achieve the Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals.
The IHC strategy prioritises the achievement of the health targets of SDG 3 (Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages) and those related to maternal and child health. It also aims to strengthen the fight against emerging and re-emerging infectious diseasesand takes into account the growing pressure on health system from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) It emphasises the need for multisectoral prevention policies to address common risk factors and social and environmental determinants. The IHC strategy supports the enhancement ofs fragile health systems , particularly in the Mediterranean Area, through support for sustainable health financing based on solidarity, training of competent and motivated personnel, and the development of reliable health information systems. The strategy also underlines the importance of human capital accumulation, and giving a central place to individual welfare and health rights. Meeting the SDGs goals will make it possible to act on migration, which all too often penalises the countries of origin and proves harrowing for the people concerned, sometimes making their integration more difficult.
In accordance with the national framework strategy for development cooperation, the health sector strategy prioritizes low income countries in Sub-Saharian Africa. The Mediterranean area also is central to the Tuscan regional strategy ; Tuscany and its neighbouring territories on the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean have woven close ties as a result of geographic proximity. Due to historical migratory flows there are large communities from these countries in Tuscany which are involved in the implementation of the IHC initiatives..
Through its IHC projects, the GHC provides the Tuscan Health System's staff with the opportunity to participate in international health cooperation projects and encourages scientific and academic cooperation and partnerships across all developing countries. Such international relationships contribute to the creation of quality healthcare in neighbouring countries, and supports the use of the Tuscany model based notably on mutual financing of health coverage, excellence in health professionals, equitable access to healthcare, and the right to health.
Through the Global Health Center the Tuscany Region wants to promote equity and appropriateness in the offer of healthcare to the migrant population.
In Italy the foreign population makes up an average of 7.4% of the total population but in Tuscany it is much higher at 10.5%. This population includes new arrivals and 25.6% of new births in the past year[1].
The large share of migrants of migrants in the Tuscan population, of which 54% are women, is taken into account when considering how to address issues such as the provision of services and health resources, (and the partial or incorrect knowledge of these), and the right to health.
Since the Italian Health System is decentralised, the regions play an important role in the application of the national laws and policies. In order to guarantee the proper application of national indications on migrants' health in the regional territory and ensure their right to access to health services, the Region of Tuscany has assigned the main role of coordination of the different Tuscan Health Units work on migrant health to the GHC. The GHC coordinates a regional of Local Health Units and Areas, and provides continuous training and update on migrants' health and related legal framework. The representatives in the network are responsible for connecting their institutions with the Regional level on issues concerning migrants' health. This ensures the coordination and harmonisation of procedures, approaches, and policies.
The Health Centre also organises health screening for migrants at arrival. At present, every Local Health Unit is autonomous in deciding which department is responsible, what kind of screening carry out, which medical examinat ions to conduct and when. This leads to significant differences within the Region. Therefore, the GHC has started a work of consultation among the Local Health Units in order to define the main criteria that should guide the screening and to harmonise the procedures in the Region following the most recent national guidelines.
The GHC continually organises training in the field of migrants' health, both for socio-health staff and for third sector organisations. In particular, in 2018 the GHC will organise a comprehensive regional training programme on migrants' health (with a particular focus on mental health) for family doctors, paediatricians, social health staff and local organisation involved in migrants' support and reception activities.
[1] In Italy, a child born to one Italian and one non-Italian parent only acquires (dual) Italian nationality if that parent recognises the relationship.
Maria José Caldés Pinilla
Maria is the international health cooperation manager at the Florence Meyer Hospital. She has many years of experience in research and training in the field of public health, health education and promotion. Maria has aDegree in Medicine and Surgery (University of Barcelona), a post-graduate degree in Health Education (University of Perugia), specialisation in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine (University of Perugia), PhD in Community Medicine (University of Padua).
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Michele De Luca
Michele has a degree in Political Science – International Relation (University of Florence), post-graduate degree in International Relation (University of Florence), and a PhD in Political System and Institutional Change (IMT Lucca Institute of Advanced Studies). He spent a period of fifteen years in developing countries working with many international organisations such as UE, UNDP, and the Italian Development Cooperation managing international cooperation projects and conducting inter-disciplinary policy analysis and impact assessments. Before starting his PhD, she has been a Research Officer in the University of Florence. Since 2011, he has been working on full-time basis at the Florence Meyer Hospital/Global Health Center as international health cooperation officer.
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Although material had been collected by various interested parties since the College's inception, the Archives were established in the 1960s with the appointment of Julian Ormond (Orm) Smith as the first Honorary Archivist. The Archives are the corporate memory of RACS from its origins in 1927 to the present day. They include a diverse collection of material documenting the history of RACS and the development of surgical practice. Records come from a variety of sources and include documents such as personal papers, photographs and associated memorabilia.
The main repository for the Archive is at the RACS Headquarters in Melbourne.
Upon request, RACS is able to provide reference and research services to Fellows, trainees and members of the public. Please include relevant information about your enquiry. Fellows of RACS are welcome to visit the Archives during opening hours. Others can visit the Archives by appointment. Applications to view records less than 30 years old will be assessed on a case to case basis.
Archives staff can conduct biographical research about deceased Fellows of RACS but in accordance with privacy legislation, information about extant Fellows will not be provided without permission. Biographical information can also be viewed via in memoriam on the website.
Cases of facial and jaw injuries were common during World War I and in 1917 a specialist hospital was established in the grounds of the Frognal Estate at Sidcup in Kent. Between 1917 and 1921 around 8000 soldiers from Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada were treated at the hospital. Each of these countries offered their own surgical team and the Australian section was run by Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Newland, a future President of the College. Henry Pickerill who became a Fellow in 1930, headed the New Zealand section.
Complementing the Sidcup Collection is material from Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon, Sir Benjamin Rank. Dating from the 1930s, the collection includes albums and documentary material from the Heidelberg Military Hospital. After World War 2 Sir Benjamin Rank worked mostly at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and he was President of the College from 1966 to 1968.
William H Brown was a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS). In the nineteenth century this was a Conjoint Diploma paired with a Licentiate from the Royal College of Physicians (LRCP). He came to Colac in the early 1890s and his three bound casebooks date from 1899-1920. They contain some loose papers - including letters, pathology reports and photographs and provide evidence of the diverse skills of the country surgeon in the early twentieth century.
In 1926 one of the College founders, Sir Louis Barnett visited the man they called the 'doyen of hydatid parasitologists', Félix Dévé. Soon after this encounter, Barnett aided by New Zealand and Australian surgeons, set up the Hydatid registry. The Registry covers the period 1927-1950 and documents 2058 cases of hydatids in Australia and New Zealand.
Leslie Cowlishaw saw the history of medicine as part of a broader history within the social and economic underpinnings of a particular time period. Although the collection focuses on the influence and achievements of the great figures of medical history, hospitals, universities and cities vie with ancient civilisations such as Sumeria, Assyria and Crete. There are also slides reflecting indigenous cultures, particularly those of America and Australia and examples of Arab, Jewish and Icelandic medicine and culture. Philosophers, diarists, inventors, collectors and artists all form part of Cowlishaw's world.
Fluent in six languages and a man who routinely flouted convention, Archibald Watson was colourful and controversial character. He was Professor of Anatomy at Adelaide University for 34 years and his surgical notebooks date from 1882-1926. Apart from providing valuable insights into the development of surgical practice, they also catalogue the direction of surgery in the early twentieth century.


I'm a list-maker down to my very core.
In fact, my girlfriends and I used to have a "Book of Lists," where we had a list of qualities a dateable male had to have and a list of things we would have when we "grew up." That's normal, right?
I wonder where that book is now. Anyways, point is, I like making lists, so this may come as a shock to you, but I don't do resolutions anymore.
No, it's not because I think I'm perfect. It's because I don't get the whole, wait till the first of the year to start being a better person.
If you want to drink more water, drink more water today.
If you want to start exercising regularly, do it now.
If you want to stop looking at your phone while driving, do it this minute. But then remember to read the rest of this post later.
The way I see it, putting things off till the new year is just a way of avoiding something you don't really want to do. And if you don't really want to do it, how do you expect to stick to it come January 1st?
So instead of making a giant overwhelming list of things I have to do, I try to be proactive on a daily basis.
Today, I put my phone away when I got in the car, went to yoga instead of saying "I should go to yoga" and tonight I'm going to bed early. No need to wait two more days to do any of those things.
Do you do New Year's resolutions?
If you do, do you find it works for you?
I don't do the whole resolution thing either. I do try and make goals, but I do weekly and monthly goals. Setting a goal for the whole year will do nothing but set me up for failure.
I was just thinking that things you can't do NOW are a totally different story. Good point!


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Q: Use memcache for different domains (the same keys) on one server I have this situation:
I have 2 sites on one server - and I use the same frameworks (based on Codeigniter framework). And in this code I use memcache like
    $memcache = new Memcache;
    $memcache->connect('localhost', 11211);
    $value = $memcache->set('max_id', 100500);

And in this case when I change this value on site1 I also have this value for site2, but I need different values for different sites.
Off course I can replace all keys, adding site_url() like so:
$value = $memcache->set(base_url() . 'max_id', 100500);

But maybe exist better solution ?

A: I found that solution:
Create new class, which inherited from Memcache and use on my sites this class.

class Site_Memcache extends Memcache
{
    private $_prefix = '';

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->_prefix = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
    }

    public function set($key, $var, $flag = null, $expire = null)
    {
        parent::set($this->_prefix . $key, $var, $flag, $expire);
    }

    public function get($key, &$flags = null)
    {
        return parent::get($this->_prefix . $key, $flags);
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    public function delete($key)
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MY.GAMES launches publishing programme for hyper-casual games
Chris Wallace 30th April 2020	Business News
MY.GAMES, the publisher behind titles such as Hustle Castle, War Robots and Left to Survive, has launched a publishing programme aimed at developers behind hyper-casual titles.
The programme is intended to provide hyper-casual developers with product and marketing expertise throughout the product cycle, and will provide up to $50,000 per project to drive development plus marketing budget for reaching tens of millions of installs. MY.GAMES has set aside a total of $10 million for development and marketing costs up until the end of 2020.
The programme will also provide support in regards to validating market and product hypotheses against real users, consulting on the best product practices, market trends, providing user acquisition and maximising advertising monetisation.
Studios who become a part of the programme will maintain autonomy on decision making and net profit will be split up to 60/40 (in favour of the developer) after launch on projects started in 2020.
"MY.GAMES has more than 13 years' experience developing and publishing games, with some of our most successful, revenue-generating titles on mobile," commented Elena Grigoryan, CMO at MY.GAMES. "We are excited and ready to use that expertise and understanding of the market to partner with developers in the hyper-casual space, a market that generates billions of dollars every year. By launching this publishing programme, we are looking for studios with ambition, creativity and drive, where we can add our expertise to create games played by millions."
MY.GAMES recently became Europe's third most successful mobile app publisher by revenue, with the company stating that earnings from its mobile titles accounted for 62 per cent of its total revenue in 2019, 92 per cent of which come from outside of its native Russia.
"Mobile games published by the group's gaming brand have contributed significantly to this rise", the company said. "The My.Games team has focused on building a greater presence in global markets and consolidating its position as a leading developer and publisher of titles with international appeal over the last 10 years."
Additionally, the company has seen a boost from the COVID-19 lockdown, MY.GAMES has reported a revenue growth of 13.4 per cent YoY in Q1 2020 to RUB 7,896 million ($115m).
Developers can apply for the partnership programme here.
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We have many different opportunities for you to volunteer with RAIN so please take a moment to review the different opportunities that are available – there is a place for each and every one of you to stand out in the crowd.
The one hour volunteer orientation is from 6:00 to 7:00 PM. If you are interested in attending this orientation please contact Steven Burleson.
Thank you in advance for your interest in RAIN and for wanting to stand out in the crowd.
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GAP insurance protects you if you write off your car and your car insurance policy doesn't pay enough to settle any outstanding loans on it or the cost of replacing it.
There are different types of GAP insurance cover available.
They basically cover the difference in the amount your car insurance company pays out if the car is a total write-off compared with what you still owe on any loans or finance or the amount you have to pay to replace the car.
GAP insurance is becoming increasingly popular due to the high depreciation costs on cars and their falling resale prices.
You can buy RTI GAP insurance for cars aged from new to 7 years old. However it can only be bought within 3 months of buying the car.
It pays the difference between your car insurance claim settlement amount and the amount you paid for the car, the invoice amount for the car.
You can buy RTV Gap insurance for cars aged between 3 months and 7 years only.
It pays the difference between your car insurance claim settlement amount and the value of your car at the time you took out the policy.
You can buy Finance GAP insurance for cars bought on finance, using loans, or a finance agreement such as hire purchase or lease purchase.
It pays the difference between your car insurance claim settlement amount and the amount outstanding on your loan or finance agreement.
This means the payout could be more than that from RTI GAP insurance. For extra comfort you can get combined RTI and Finance GAP cover from which you get then would get the highest amount applicable.
You can buy replacement GAP insurance to cover the cost of replacing your car with exactly the same make/model or equivalent as you originally bought.
This can only be bought for new or Ex Demo cars that are less than 3 months old and has to be purchased within 90 days of buying the car.
If you leased your car rather than buying it outright, you can buy lease Gap insurance to help you pay the rest of your contract, including any applicable fees for cancelling your lending agreement early.
Good article and a fair assessment of Gap Insurance. However, since it was written Vehicle Replacement insurance has become more popular, and changed in its terms. You can now get VRI Gap Insurance fot vehiles up to 8 years old, and whilst the majority of claims are paid to the dealer, you can find policies that pay you the funds, not the dealer. This gives you the choice on how you spend the funds, and the choice of car you get.
I just can't understand anyone in the day and age that declines taking out Gap Cover after they have purchased a Vehicle ,i believe everyone should have this marvellous product , the facts speak for them selves , with more and more cars on the road and more and more accidents due to careless driving more and more people are left with a short fall , there is 1-10 people out ther driving without a driving licence ,mot , insurance and many other reasons ,don't get fooled by there insurance companies when they say you are covered Full Comprehensive , what they mean is Full Comp less depriciation , Gap is essential every time you are purchasing a new or used Vehicle .
Ok I bought gap insurance for my car 11 months ago i paid nearlly £6000 for my car it was written off by a speeding youth who was charged with dangerous driving .Can I claim Gap insurance on top of my comp insurance?


What do size 16, size 8 and size 6 have in common? Too much.
So special, it took 10 minutes of research today instead of the usual 5.
This is a picture of me walking the son. I wore size 10 in 1978.
This is a picture of me in Morocco with my daughter. I was wearing a size 6 in 2004.
Do I look any bigger in the first picture than in the second?
Anyway, I was 36-26-35 when the first picture was taken and 34 ½-25-35 in the second picture.
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Not sure if this will help your argument…..but I'll give it a go anyway;When I was 16, I could not fit into my Mums wedding dress. I was not a fat or a skinny teenager. I had curves. When I spent all my time running around in clubs in my 20's I was a petite 10. Working in an admin role I sat on my backside and was a little less petite. And after 10 years of having my disability I'm a 16! I haven't tried to put on jeans in 5 years for it's too much of a painful experience trying to get the button up. Yes, size matters. But I still have to be able to live with myself…….
You have mitigating circumstances that have thrust you into a situation where your inner strength had to be impressive to help you continue onward.
After my son was born, I had gained so much weight that I was a size 20 (in 1976) and weighed over 180. Twiggy was the premiere fashion model of the time and I stood out like a boulder surrounded by pebbles. In the 1970's there were, quite literally, 3 pairs of stretch pants with huge flowers on them, in the back of a huge store, for people who needed anything over a size 14. I finally found 2 pair of solid pants that I could wear, but they were costly.
These days, I take a beginners yoga class and walk at least 2 miles a week. When I couldn't keep my balance and had to use a cane to walk (a-typical vestibular migraine), it helped to be able to sit outside for a few minutes. Just getting out into the air and away from my office chair seems to help, not for weight control but for the "live with myself" factor. It just seems to lift the spirits.


In some set-ups it can be advisable to use a horizontally designed speaker rather than a vertical one. Until now, such monitors were only available within the SX top line. The brand new ADAM A77X, due to its outstanding features, might become a true game changer. Equipped with the same advanced technologies as the A7X, it is very similar to the two-way speaker. The A77X, however, distinguishes itself by much higher, compression-free maximum sound pressure levels and dynamics.
The brand new ADAM A77X, due to its outstanding features, might become a true game changer. Equipped with the same advanced technologies as the A7X, it is very similar to the two-way speaker. The A77X, however, distinguishes itself by much higher, compression-free maximum sound pressure levels and dynamics. Due to its power and radiation characteristics, it also is perfectly suited for both near- and midfield monitoring.
Like all models of the AX series, the A77X features the ADAM proprietary X-ART tweeter. The 'X' stands for 'eXtended frequency response' and that is one of the features of the Accelerating Ribbon Technology that has been drastically improved: the frequency response. It now extends all the way up to 50kHz. In addition, the X-ART tweeter has higher efficiency and higher maximum sound pressure levels.
The two 7 inch woofers are identical with that of the A7X. With their large voice coils (1.5 inch) and powerful amplifiers they are capable of both very high maximum sound pressure levels as well as very deep registers. The woofers do not cover the same frequency bands: while one of them is responsible for the (sub-) bass frequencies up to about 400Hz, the other takes over most of the midrange.
The rear panel features several additional controls: a gain for the high frequencies (± 4dB) and two shelf filters for high and low frequencies. To ensure greater compatibility, there are both XLR (balanced) and RCA (unbalanced) connectors.


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Q: How do you prove the integral of a positive function is also positive? It seems straightforward, every time I draw a picture of a function that's always greater than zero, then the area under it is also always greater than zero. But then when I look at the definition of an integral, it's some convoluted summation that I don't use for anything. Is it actually true that if $f>0$ over some [a,b] then the $ \int_{a}^{b}fdx>0$? Because I can't find any function where that's not true, assuming there's no discontinuities.

A: Since $f(x)>0$ it is clear that any Riemann sum of the function is bounded below by 0.
To bound it away from 0, since a Riemann integrable function is continuous almost everywhere, it is continuous at some point $x_*\in[a,b]$.
$f(x_*)>0$ by hypothesis. Let $\epsilon=f(x_*)/2>0$. By continuity of $f$, there exists $\delta>0$ such that
$$\begin{align*}\left|x-x_*\right|<\delta\quad&\Rightarrow\quad\left|f(x)-f(x_*)\right|<\epsilon\\
&\Rightarrow\quad f(x)>f(x_*)-\epsilon=f(x_*)/2>0\text{.}\end{align*}$$
At this point, we have that within the non-empty interval $(\max(x_*-\delta,a),\min(x_*+\delta,b))$, the function $f(x)>f(x_*)/2>0$ is bounded away from $0$.
For any Riemann sum such that both $\max(x_*-\delta,a)$ and $\min(x_*+\delta,b)$ are partition points, it is clear that the Riemann sum is bounded below by $(\min(x_*+\delta,b))-\max(x_*-\delta,a))f(x_*)/2>0$.
The integral is the limit as the Riemann sums are refined, so
$$\int_a^bf(x)\,\mathrm{d}x\geq(\min(x_*+\delta,b))-\max(x_*-\delta,a))f(x_*)/2>0$$

A: A way to see this without using the definition of an integral is to use the fundamental theorem of calculus.
We have that for any antiderivative of $f$, say $F$, that $\int_a^x f(t)dt = F(x)-F(a)$. Now we see that for $x$ in $(a,b),$
$$\frac{d}{dx}\int_a^x f(t)dt=F'(x)=f(x)>0.$$
So if we believe that a positive derivative indicates that a function is strictly increasing, we have that $\int_a^a f(t)dt = 0$ and that the integral is strictly increasing, so that $\int_a^x f(t)dt > 0$ for any $x$ in $(a,b]$.

A: Assume that $f$ is continuous.
By the extreme value theorem, $f$ takes a minimum value on $[a,b]$. Let's call this $m$. Note that $m$>0 since $f$ is strictly positive.
Now let us break apart $[a,b]$ into $N$ equal parts: $[a,a+\frac{b-a}{N}]$, $[a+\frac{b-a}{N},a+2 \frac{b-a}{N}]$, ..., $[b-\frac{b-a}{N}, b]$ each of length $\frac{b-a}{N} $. Then let $a_n$ be some value from the $n$th part. The integral is then given by $$\int_a^b f(x)dx=\lim_{N \to \infty} \sum_{n=1}^N \frac{b-a}{N} f(a_n)\ge \lim_{N \to \infty} \sum_{n=1}^N \frac{b-a}{N}m=(b-a)m>0.$$


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Sony Computer Entertainment Australia (SCE Aust.) are ringing in 2014 with a massive PS Plus offering, which includes Don't Starve on PlayStation 4, DmC: Devil May Cry and Borderlands 2 on PlayStation 3 as well as Soul Sacrifice and BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend on PlayStation Vita.
The PS3 and PS Vita titles will be available in Australia from December 25 and Don't Starve will arrive for the PS4 on January 9, 2014. In the latter, you play as Wilson, "an intrepid gentleman scientist who has been trapped by a demon and transported to a mysterious wilderness world." Don't Starve requires you to use the environments and its inhabitants in order to progress and find your way back home. In DmC: Devil May Cry, face your demons as Dante in his early years. Set against a more contemporary setting, DmC may take place in a more contemporary setting, but the reboot retains its brutal and iconic, fluid hack'n'shoot gameplay. Borderlands 2 needs no detailing, being one of 2012's most popular shooters.
For Sony's handheld, Soul Sacrifice has you awaken, trapped and alone, with your fate to be the next living sacrifice to the sorcerer Magusar's dark arts seemingly sealed. Meanwhile, BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend – the latest addition to the fighting game series – introduces four brand new stories, an all-new hardcore play mode called Unlimited Mars and finally, Relius Clover as a playable character. A recap of the Calamity Trigger story will also be included so that players can catch up with recent events in overriding story arc.
A PS Plus membership is priced at AUD$69.95 for 12 months, AUD$19.95 for 3 months or AUD$9.95 for 1 month.
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Campbell bans student after lockdown
November 11 2011 by Press reports
A former Campbell University freshman faces felony possession of stolen weapons charges after a standoff in Buies Creek.
Jared Dale Knight, 24, had bail set at $400,000 in a Harnett County courtroom Nov. 10. He was involved in a standoff with county deputies on the north side of campus for about four hours Nov. 9.
Campbell expelled Knight and banned him from the campus after the incident, which forced a lockdown on the campus for at least three hours. A SWAT team member finally was able to persuade Knight to surrender. Knight's Facebook page said he was studying youth ministry at Campbell.
Knight had locked himself in his home located across the street from Campbell's Lundy-Fetterman School of Business. Deputies had tried to serve arrest papers on charges alleging that Knight stole merchandise from a Fuquay-Varina gun shop, where he was employed.
Knight had been arrested in Fuquay-Varina Nov. 8 on a charge of larceny by employee. A $1,500 AR-15 semi-automatic assault rifle from Sovereign Guns was missing, and the owner said Knight was shown on video stashing the weapon in his bag. The owner said he realized six more guns – two rifles and four handguns – were missing Nov. 9. Investigators were dispatched to Buies Creek to question Knight, who had been released after posting $3,000 bond.
Larry Rollins, Harnett County sheriff, said Knight slipped out of handcuffs as he was being placed in custody. He ran to a bedroom where guns were stored and locked the door.
Knight's father, Daimon, of Lubbock, Texas, said his son is an Iraq war veteran whom he believes has post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Military officials said in court records that there was no evidence linking Knight's PTSD to his service in Iraq.
Knight received a bad-conduct discharge from the Air Force in January 2009 for taking about $10,600 in military property for his own use. He was sentenced to eight months at Dyess Air Force Base in Texas.
Campbell conducted a background check on Knight before allowing him to rent the house on campus, but the military charges didn't surface in the check.
Students, faculty and staff learned of the lockdown through the campus' emergency notification system, which sent direct messages to university email accounts and cell phones. Students were also notified through social network sites and Campbell's main website. The school updated its emergency procedures following the 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech.
Although Campbell prohibits possession of firearms on campus, university spokesman Britt Davis said the decision to kick Knight out of school and off campus was a direct result of the standoff and not because he violated university policy.
"In light of the charges he faces in Wake County and Harnett County, the administration felt it was in the best interest of the university and the community that he be dismissed and prohibited from returning to university property," Davis said.
Campbell's decision means that, if Knight posts bond, he won't be allowed back into the house he rents on campus – the site of the standoff.
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Set in the vibrant heart of Cape Town, this luxury hotel and spa offers easy access to all that's happening in this dynamic city. Whether dining on exotic Cape cuisine, soaking up the sun on any of the stunning beaches nearby or getting ready to stroll down fashionable Kloof Street, guests have the ideal central base from which to discover this exhilarating city.
Enjoying a superb location at the foot of Table Mountain, and just a short stroll from downtown, the resort offers the perfect combination of leafy tranquility and contemporary buzz. Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel has long been regarded as one of the city's top five star hotels.
A luxurious home away from home, cottages are some of the finest holiday accommodation South Africa has to offer. Each sits behind a scented rose garden, enclosed by a picket fence, ensuring a haven of peace and privacy.
Interiors boast wonderful design touches, such as toile wallpaper, Venetian mirrors and oversized couches. Further features include a working fireplace, Nespresso coffee machines and glamorous marble bathrooms.
Deluxe Junior Suites include a spacious bedroom and an inviting open-plan sitting area. Large windows let the outside in, while most have balconies where you can unwind.
Light and airy, Deluxe Junior Suites are found in the Main Building and Green Park wings.
Deluxe One Bedroom Suites are found in the Main Building, Green Park, Helmsley, Hof Villa and Taunton House areas of the hotel. They offer a true taste of grand living. Each boasts a separate bedroom, large lounge and dining area with Nespresso coffee machines. Some have balconies or a guest cloakroom.
Each is luxuriously appointed and individually designed, and some enjoy a walk-in dressing room. Some of these suites have a kitchenette and a wet bar, while all feature marble bathrooms with a walk-in dressing room.
Deluxe Studio Suites are a perfect choice for families travelling with children, as the added space allows for a cot or extra bed if required.
They are found in the Green Park and Helmsley areas of the hotel.
Located in the Main Building and Green Park areas of the hotel, some Junior Suites benefit from an inviting balcony.
For guests requiring more spacious accommodation, Junior Suites offer a bedroom with an open-plan sitting area.
These suites feature spacious bedrooms and a large separate, open-plan lounge area. Many offer an inviting balcony, while some also benefit from a personal wet bar.
One Bedroom Suites are found in the Main Building, Helmsley, Hof Villa and Taunton House areas of the hotel.
Studio Suites are situated in the Green Park, Helmsley and Taunton House areas of the hotel. Each is appointed with a luxurious marble bathroom, while some also feature a balcony.
Enjoy an open plan design, featuring a spacious bedroom and lounge area.
Each Superior room boasts a plush king-size or twin beds with luxury linens plus a writing desk and a marble bathroom.
These inviting, cosy rooms are perfect for single travellers or for accompanying children.
Deluxe Rooms combine understated charm with modern luxury. Each features a sitting area, perfect to unwind. Located in the Main Building, the Oasis Wing and Green Park, each Deluxe Room has a unique design and personality.
Some rooms offer a balcony, while all enjoy an inviting marble en-suite bathroom.
Leading interior designer Graham Viney has decorated the Presidential Suite in soft hues and luxurious silk fabrics. It features 1930s light fittings with baccarat crystal and an original desk dating from when the hotel opened in 1899.
The luxurious Presidential Suite encompasses a stylish marbled entrance hall, a dining area and a master bedroom with en-suite bathroom.
A large lounge leads onto a balcony with loungers, perfect to soak up the stunning vistas.
There is also a wet bar, complete with a Nespresso coffee machine, microwave, stove, sink and kitchen utensils.
Take your seat in an alcove of the hotel kitchen, complete with an oversized mirror affording a perfect view of the chefs at work. Watch the experts as they prepare specific dishes.
Take the opportunity to discuss the recipes with them and talk about the inspiration behind each flavour combination.
In the bright dining room guests and visitors alike to sample delicious breakfasts all year round.
Cool, chic, yet timelessly elegant, Planet Bar buzzes year round with well-heeled Capetonians sipping sundowner cocktails or pre-dinner champagne.
The bar's stylish celestial décor, quirky touches and comfy couches create a relaxing ambience.
Planet Bar offers an extensive cocktail menu, a wide selection of champagnes and wines, and an assortment of light canapés.
Brimming with trendy bars and renowned for fine dining, Cape Town has a buzzing culinary scene.
Make sure to dine with the stars at one of the most stylish restaurants Cape Town has to offer.
Crystal balls grace the entrance and the décor includes a galaxy-themed carpet, planetary chandelier and twinkling ceilings.
The unique, intimate atmosphere of the Planet Restaurant cellar is an ideal venue for a perfect private party.
From Mondays to Saturdays, the restaurant resonates to the sound of live piano music each evening.
At Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel, afternoon tea is a true institution. Make sure your trip to the Mother City is complete and experience the best afternoon tea Cape Town has to offer. Enjoy delicate finger sandwiches filled with rare roast beef and rocket, smoked salmon, egg mayonnaise or cucumber.
Follow with a delectable dark chocolate cake, lemon meringue and freshly baked scones with clotted cream and preserves.
Adding a special local flavour is a typical South African milk tart, called "melktert" in Afrikaans. During the winter months you can also enjoy a selection of warm treats. Expect mushroom empanadas, tomato tarts and chicken pies.
The signature Mount Nelson Tea has been expertly blended from six teas: Darjeeling, Kenya, Assam, Keemun, Yunnan, Ceylon, and rose petals from hotel's garden. In addition, an array of leaf and flowering teas.
From June until further notice, Morning, Afternoon and Evening Tea will be served in the Sherwood Room.
This bright and enchanting space is rich with the hotel's history, brought to life with live piano music.
The fitness centre is equipped with the latest cardiovascular and weight training equipment. A trainer is available for fitness assessments and programmes.
The locally popular hair salon offers a wide range of services, from cutting and colouring to conditioning and styling. Specialised bridal service and make-up lessons are also available.
Consistently recognised as the leading luxury spa Cape Town has to offer, rejuvenating signature treatments are designed to balance energy provide total wellbeing.
The Cottage Pool is located in a secluded spot and reserved for over-16s.
The Oasis Pool, one of the largest heated pools in South Africa, is ideal for families.
This picturesque area, with enormous boulders dividing small, sandy coves, is home to a colony of 2100 delightful African penguins.
This museum celebrates the once lively multiracial area that was destroyed during apartheid in the 1960s and 1970s, its 60,000 inhabitants forcibly removed.
Whether hosting a memorable meeting or a showstopping party, venues at Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel, South Africa, are the perfect stage.
Whether dining on exotic Cape cuisine, soaking up the sun or strolling down fashionable Kloof Street, Cape Town is the ideal honeymoon destination.
Location and unique flora combine to make these 52,800-sq-km botanical gardens among the most beautiful in the world.
Used as a prison from the early days of the VOC right up until 1996, this Unesco World Heritage Site is preserved as a memorial to those (such as Nelson Mandela) who spent many years incarcerated here.
Around 600 million years old, and a canvas painted with the rich diversity of the Cape floral kingdom, Table Mountain is truly iconic.
A colourful hive of activity, this centre for children aged 3 to 12 offers a range of educational games and toys, big-screen TV, blackboard wall, Nintendo Wii, beanbags and child-friendly furniture.
This excellent aquarium features denizens of the deep from the cold and the warm oceans that border the Cape Peninsula.
An outdoor ceremony in a lush garden, a grand reception in the elegant Ballroom or an intimate soiree in a charming function room.


HABs are not just a problem for Seneca Lake. All of the Finger Lakes have had problems with HABs throughout the summer, mostly in September, over the past few years.
There are monitoring efforts at some level taking place across the Finger Lakes, and policymakers are working to address these issues through improved watershed management plans that are more aggressive than they have been in the past.
The management plan for Seneca Lake is shaped by the standardized formats promulgated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
Corbett and the team believe that watershed modeling that can mathematically define pollutant loads is what has been missing from the plan before now. Along with large amounts of monitoring data, modeling can answer more questions.
The other three tributaries are also interesting to the team, in that each offers a unique set of insights into the watershed. One is in a largely agricultural area with no urban regions and no wastewater treatment plant on it, so it provides a view of the agriculture impact. Another flows through the old Seneca Lake army munitions area. The last flows through a more forested watershed area, revealing what a more pristine area stream looks like.
The organization has 70 to 80 people involved in the stream monitoring program around the lake. Since its inception in 2014, the program has grown each year.
An additional benefit of the monitoring program is awareness—of the program itself, but also the problem that HABs present in the region.
Of course, this much discussion of harmful algal blooms always brings up the same issues.
Of course, the fact that HABs remain in the area is a frustration—to Corbett and many others.
The swelling number of volunteers in this program and others like it speaks to the growing concern among everyday people about the health of the water they drink and otherwise use.
At the state level, the DEC has established a new subgroup called the Finger Lakes Water Hub (FLWH), a group of four or five people dedicated to improving Finger Lakes water quality. FLWH works with lake associations and others to develop improved data on these water bodies, and helps drive and develop improved watershed management plans.
Overall, the stream and lake monitoring programs have been very positive, allowing the team to generate water quality information that they can compare to historical data to get a sense of how the lake's water quality is changing.
GENEVA – Senator Pam Helming today announced that the Finger Lakes region's fight to block a proposed garbage incinerator project from moving forward at the former Seneca Army Depot in the Town of Romulus continues. Her bill to prevent Circular EnerG from obtaining a permit to build an incinerator that would require the daily delivery of more than 2,500 tons of trash to operate has advanced through the Senate Energy and Telecommunications Committee. It will now go before the Senate for a vote.
"The fight to stop this misguided proposal that would devastate the surrounding communities continues. This is a moment of celebration for the entire Finger Lakes region and all those who believe in clean water, clean air, and a high quality of life for our children and families. Ever since this project first came before the Romulus Planning Board, I have worked with local residents, environmental advocates, and business owners to craft this legislation and gain support for it. We brought together many diverse groups, including statewide business organizations and environmental advocacy groups, who are typically on opposite sides of the table to make sure that this project never happens and never has a chance of happening. The Finger Lakes Community Preservation Act, as the legislation is known, supports residents and business owners who are fearful of the impact this project would have on public health, the environment, their businesses, and the value of their property. Most importantly, it protects the children of Romulus who would have been forced to go to school next to a smokestack releasing who knows what. Whether you are a Republican or a Democrat, this is not a political issue. We need to continue putting the people first, not politics. Thank you to Senator May, Senator O'Mara, and Assemblyman Palmesano for their partnership on this important legislation and to my colleagues on the Energy and Telecommunications Committee for working to advance this legislation," Senator Helming said.
Opponents of the project note that the incinerator would produce toxic ash from burning a range of solid wastes that can vary widely in chemical output, making compliance with emissions and toxic waste limits difficult. Siting a trash incinerator in the Finger Lakes region, with the associated impacts of air and ash pollution, will damage local tourism as well as the booming wine and agricultural industries. The Assembly bill is sponsored by Assemblyman Michael Cusick and has been referred to the Assembly Energy Committee.
GENEVA — Planting trees is one of the easiest and most affordable ways to improve water quality, according to the Seneca Lake Pure Waters Association.
INTERCEPTION: During rainstorms, tree canopies are the first line of defense. Leaves and branches intercept the falling rain, dispersing it at a slower rate over a large area, encouraging more absorption by the ground.
FILTRATION: Trees help to filter road salt, fertilizers and pesticides out of water. Some chemicals are taken up by the trees themselves while others are taken up by fungi, bacteria and other microorganisms that exist in forest soils.
INFILTRATION: Decomposing materials from trees and plants collect on the ground and form an absorptive layer that acts as a sponge that soaks up water. A tree's root system helps to break up compacted soil, opening up spaces for water to soak into the soil.
STABILIZATION: Tree roots help give the soil structure, preventing erosion. Organic matter from leaves and microorganisms living in the soil help hold soil together, acting like glue to bind soil particles together.
HABITAT: Trees growing along the lake's shoreline or along the banks of a stream or creek support aquatic life. Leaves and seeds provide food for insects that, in turn, are eaten by fish and other large animals. Roots, falling logs and branches provide food, shade and hiding places in the water. Trees also shade the water, keeping it cool for species that are sensitive to temperature and keeping down the growth of algae and weeds that can clog waterways.
Weakland said the Ontario, Seneca and Schuyler County Soil and Water Conservation Districts will sell seedlings this spring. People can pre-order by Friday, March 8, and receive the trees for planting in May. Those district offices can be contacted for details.
For more information, call (585)396-1450 in Ontario County, (315)568-4366 ext. 4 in Seneca County, and (607)535-0878 in Schuyler County.
SLPWA's membership cycle begins June 1 and ends May 3, 2020. Weakland says anyone interested in the protection and preservation of Seneca Lake can help by joining the organization. People can join by visiting senecalake.org. The cost is $10 for students, $30 for households and $50 for businesses.
Checks can also be mailed to SLPWA, P.O. Box 247, Geneva, 14456.
The Seneca Watershed Intermunicipal Organization (SWIO) is conducting a search for the new watchdog/advocate to protect Seneca Lake as a clean source of water. According to Mark Venuti, chair of SWIO, State Sen. Pam Helming got $110 million in Clean Water funds tucked in the state budget, and $200,000 of that is earmarked for the Town of Geneva to hire the Seneca Watershed Steward, and to fund program efforts.
The SWIO Steward is a full-time, benefits-eligible, administrative salaried position for $59,000 per year. Venuti says Hobart & William Smith Colleges will manage payroll and the Finger Lakes Institute (FLI) will provide office space. Venuti says this arrangement of support relieves SWIO of the burden of administration and paying for office space.
Venuti says he expects the steward will report day-to-day to Dr. Lisa Cleckner, Director of the FLI, and to the SWIO governance group as an executive committee. SWIO hopes to fill the position by the end of January, and already has six applicants for the post.


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"Barbara Hartwell is CIA". "Once CIA, always CIA".
These false accusations have been hurled at me countless times, by everyone from high level government officials (former and current), to their stooges and shills, to the intelligence groupies and camp followers, to the charlatans and grifters, to the hordes of nameless cowards, hiding behind silly screen names, who populate the Internet, especially social media –those who seem to have no more important use for their time than to parrot government-issue, fabricated stories and spread malicious gossip about people they don't know.
It has been more than a quarter century (1994) since I broke out of CIA operations, by a combination of supernatural warfare and trench warfare, but ultimately by the grace of God. (Thank You, Jesus!) And no one who claims, "Once CIA, always CIA", can ever prove this statement to be true. Certainly not in my case. As it happens, I also personally know a few former CIA (whose names are not public as whistleblowers) who have got out, for good, and lived, have not gone to prison. There are others I don't know personally, but whose public testimonies as whistleblowers I deem absolutely legitimate.
True, their lives have been destroyed, they have been abandoned and betrayed by many, even some of those closest to them. They have been driven to bankruptcy and/or financial destitution. They have lost everything (or most everything) they owned. They have been treated like pariahs, shunned, ostracized, mocked, persecuted.
Isolation. Alienation. Deprivation. The psy op engineered against a political target. Such is the brutal nature of political persecution, the neutralization campaign against a government whistleblower.
I am so very tired of having this false accusation plastered all over the Internet, in every imaginable venue. There are often times when I deeply regret ever having gone public. But remaining silent was not an option for me, nor do I believe it would it be for any Christian, any defender of Liberty, crusader for Justice.
In 2013, the persecution drove me to homelessness, after I had already lost my home in Maine in 2010 (in which I had invested everything I had). Between 2010 and 2011 I was forced to live in motels, as no landlord would rent to me, due to the government-sponsored massive smear campaign, orchestrated to denigrate, discredit and destroy. (Anyone who does not believe this may easily verify it by putting my name in a search engine.)
When I finally found a rental, it was again by the grace of God. The landlords had no idea of my background, had not seen the libel campaign on the Internet, and were Christians.
In 2013, when the next disaster occurred, I could not find the help I needed, no matter how I tried. Nobody would help me, and so it happened that I was forced to sell most of my possessions, to give the rest to charities, knowing I would have no choice but to move again, by the end of that year, with no money, no prospects, no assistance, and nowhere to go.
I had to go to Christian charities, to food banks for the poor. I had no money, even to put food on the table. The Priest at my church helped as much as he could, but the church itself was struggling just to stay afloat.
And by far the worst disaster, in 2013, was a fraudulent, bait-and-switch offer of "sanctuary" by a person who claimed to be a concerned "friend", but was revealed by his actions to be horribly dishonest and unscrupulous, driven by his self-serving ambition to make a name for himself as a "patriot" by attempting to latch on to a former intelligence professional, whose name he thought he could exploit.
He and his wife, to my consternation, revealed themselves to be devil-worshiping liars, deeply involved, for many years, in the anti-Christ heavy metal culture, where Bibles are burned onstage by demonic "rock stars", and the idols of worship are violence, pornography and depravity.
I accepted this offer only in desperation (having no idea what I was really walking into), to avoid ending up homeless in the street, with an elderly cat I refused to abandon, come hell or high water. For 29 miserable days, I was stranded in a filthy, cold, dark-as-hell basement (a true dungeon), reeking of toxic black mold, during which time I was relentlessly harassed and pressured by these godless reprobates and their low-life friends. I had no money and nowhere to go.
By the grace of God, I managed to escape the dungeon, much the worse for wear and now penniless, ill, exhausted, with no prospects of recovery from the ordeal, no way to replace my massive losses.
In January, 2014 I finally managed to find a rental in New York, again by the grace of God, where I still live today.
In desperation, I applied for disability benefits, which I was granted in 2014. They sent me for a medical exam, in which I was deemed to be physically disabled (which had been diagnosed by other doctors for decades). However, Social Security insisted that I "prove" that I had no government pension. I found a pro bono attorney, from legal services for the poor, elderly and disabled. She was able to produce documentation that I had no official employment history on record, as I had been a ghost in the system for decades, by design.
But still, I am so far below the poverty line with the crumbs they have thrown to me that I am unable to pay the monthly rent and bills, much less afford other basic necessities. I think most people would be shocked at what I am expected to live on.
But it gets worse. I am disabled by severe injuries caused by several arranged car crashes (not accidents), over a period of years, when the government tampered with my vehicles, and in one case, when they sent goons to crash into my small foreign car with a huge truck, which totaled my vehicle.
I have not been able to afford the medical care I need, in all the many years since. The worst crash resulted in severe head trauma, injuries to the spine and temporary amnesia, and left me permanently blinded in one eye.
Due to lack of medical care, the injuries to my spine finally resulted in severe osteo-arthritis, a very painful and debilitating condition. My purpose is not to seek sympathy for my medical condition (sympathy is useless to me, unless it results in material support), but only to document for the record what relates to the government's continued egregious ill-treatment and its dreadful consequences.
For the most part I don't trust allopathic medicine and have used naturopathic and chiropractic medicine for my entire adult life, except in acute injuries where surgery was required, or emergency room visits.
The government Medicare system for senior citizens does not cover the kind of medicine I need. But when I took a bad fall in April, 2019, resulting in injuries, including a broken hand, and which exacerbated previous injuries (which went untreated due to lack of funds), I went to the emergency room for X-rays and was told I should "follow up" with my primary care physician. I don't have one, as I told the ER doctor.
It took me two weeks to find an orthopedist, during which time I had only a temporary cast on my hand. He tried to get me help, in the form of someone to come in and assist me with chores I could not do, but the application was denied. There was no one nearby I could call for help.
I was in a brace until July, during the three months I continued to go for treatment with the orthopedist, who fortunately for me was a great doctor, and very kind. He also took X-rays of the older spinal injuries (the major source of disability) and gave me the same diagnosis I'd had for years (including by chiropractors, naturopaths and MDs) of severe osteo-arthritis, now degenerating from lack of treatment over many years.
He recommended that I go for physical therapy (and gave me a written prescription), which Medicare does cover, and said they might cover some chiropractic as well.
During that time, during my visits to the orthopedist at the medical center, I happened to find a notice for a Medicare advocate available for senior citizens to help them navigate the system. I had never had health insurance in my life, so I decided to seek assistance, which was available at no charge.
I had been signed up with a provider I was not at all happy with. I would not let anyone (especially from the government system) "manage" my health care. I was getting constant harassing phone calls, asking intrusive personal questions about my health, which I of course refused to answer. I refused to fill out their forms, and told them that I would use what care they covered, by my own choice, when necessary, and that was the end of it.
I attended a meeting at the medical center, where I spoke with the advocate and set up a private consultation. He helped me choose a different provider which he thought would suit my needs, and signed me up.
He was very helpful, but as it turned out, there was a series of problems, which he later told me were particularly anomalous. First, the new provider was supposed to send me the paperwork within 2 weeks of being enrolled. This was in early June, 2019. I checked the mail, every week, but the documents did not arrive. I called the advocate and explained. Meanwhile, I still had no medical care. More time passed, still no documents. Long story short, I did not get my documents, or insurance card until late August, nearly 3 months later.
When I asked the advocate why this was happening, he told me that he had "never seen anything like this" before, in all his years as a Medicare advocate. He told me he had kept calling the provider, with no results, and did not understand why, in this case, there was such difficulty. Finally, he called me and said that he had "given them hell", and at long last, they did send the documents. 3 months later, rather than 2 weeks, as was the normal procedure.
But it did not end there. Now, I was receiving bills in the mail from the medical center for my treatment with the orthopedist, stating that they were overdue. According to my coverage with the previous provider, I don't have any co-pay, which the advocate knew. Bills were also coming from the previous provider, denying coverage.
Again, I called the advocate. Again, he said he had never seen anything like this happen before. He tried to help, but the bills kept rolling in, and now, I was denied any medical care due to the unpaid bills –money I did not owe. And still, no medical care.
Then came the collection agencies, dunning letters and harassing phone calls, all for what I could not pay, and more to the point, did not owe. And still, no medical care.
I don't have any dealings with collection agencies. I know the law and know that since I did not contract with them for anything, they cannot legally hold me accountable. I let the voicemail pick up the harassing calls; some of the letters I had stamped REFUSED at the post office, and returned to sender. Some, I kept for evidence.
Finally, in sheer frustration, in early March, I called the legal services which had represented me in my disability case, and made an appointment. I explained all that had happened, and that I need this matter to be settled, to get the collection agency harpies off my back, and to be able to finally get the medical care I need, which had been denied for no good reason.
The attorney, too (who had access by my permission to the previous disability case file), said the case was "unusual". She sent cease and desist letters to the various parties, and documents I provided, showing the facts of the case, that I did not owe any money, but was being denied medical care. It was probably just a glitch in the system, said the attorney. But apparently, there is something else going on here.
It is now late May. The harassing phone calls continue, every day, and the bogus demands by letter for payment, which I do not owe.
And still, I have no medical care.
But even had this mess been straightened out (which it has not), then came the so-called "pandemic", which now made it impossible for me to get medical care without the risk (which I refuse to take) of outrageous government interference, just by walking into any medical center or doctor's office. No thanks, I'd rather live with the pain, debilitating as it is.
But I won't be talking about it anymore, to anyone. I am beyond disgusted. I am done. I have decided on a vow of silence, regarding my personal life, until such time (if ever) that I am able to get the medical care of which I am in desperate need.
My problem is poverty, plain and simple.
My car is 21 years old, repeatedly in need of repairs, which I cannot afford. I dare not drive more than a few miles, only to local stores, due to the total breakdown which is coming, sooner or later, for lack of money for needed repairs.
I live at constant risk of losing Internet service (which I did, last month, for lack of funds).
Aside from a disability check, I can't rely on donations from the public, as I don't offer any "exclusive" content or benefits for sponsors, as many journalists do. This has become the nature of the Internet, and I won't be a part of it. I would not criticize those who do, it is not my business, but such arrangements are not for me.
I don't run a high-traffic, commercial website. I have nothing to sell. I won't be pressured under deadlines or obligations. I don't seek sponsors, nor "followers". All the content on my site is free, and will remain free. I don't engage in quid pro quo deals, not where my work is concerned.
I am entirely independent, always have been, always will be.
I don't seek publicity, outside my own website, which is not a "news" site, not meant to follow "trends", but is very simply an archive of my work.
I don't seek interaction with the public, and do not use social media. I don't join groups, I am not a team player. In point of fact, I am a recluse who prefers solitude (for the most part), with few exceptions.
I belong in a monastery, out of the World, but this is not likely to happen, unless by the will of Almighty God, Who is the only Authority in my life.
For now, my home (such as it is) is my sanctuary, my cloister, where there can be peace, as long as intruders are repelled and my privacy defended, against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
So, for those many ignorant and/or malicious detractors who will continue with spreading and parroting the utterly preposterous fabrication that I am a CIA agent, living the high life, promoting disinformation and black propaganda, courtesy of a hefty government paycheck, those whose outrageous lies have contributed in any way to this injurious and egregious injustice, and fomented much pain and suffering, for me, and others in a similar situation, I can only say:
May God's swift and terrible JUSTICE be visited upon you.
FORMER CIA, Pauper, Recluse
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ONCE A CIA AGENT, ALWAYS A CIA AGENT (2005)
"You admit you were once in the CIA. There are no alumni in the CIA. Once a CIA agent, always a CIA agent. If you attempt to get out or expose them, you either go to jail or you die."
"Do the righteous people of the world a service and, like other slimy creatures, slither back into the hole from which you came."
–FBI Chief/COINTELPRO KINGPIN Ted Gunderson to Barbara Hartwell
Source: Open Letter to Barbara Hartwell from Ted Gunderson, published by Ken Adachi.
From Ex-FBI Agent Geral Sosbee:
"There are no alumni in the CIA. Once a CIA agent, always a CIA agent. If you attempt to get out or expose them, you either go to jail or you die"...
...is the rule, but you are proof that he is wrong; the same applies to me and the assassins of the fbi who are trying to kill me in the only cowardly manner they know. My question for gun is why he does nothing to expose the crimes against Humanity that are currently on going; and further, with his vast experience as a fbi chief, why he has not confessed to the world of his many crimes against the American people.
ted gunderson, former fbi chief, verbally assaults a true American Hero, Barbara Hartwell, by the use of language that reveals gun's own warped character.
Ted Gunderson (hereinafter referred to as 'gun') recently wrote the following words to my good friend and professional colleague, Barbara Hartwell:
"Do the righteous people of the world a service and, like other slimy creatures, slither back into the hole from which you came.
Ted L Gunderson, FBI-SAC(Ret)"
Sosbee writes:
Such words as quoted above when directed against one of the true and great Defenders of Liberty (Barbara Hartwell) offend all sensitive persons who read them, but especially those of us who know and respect Barbara for her stand against government corruption. Indeed the 'righteous' as you call them reject the use of such descriptions above because no human being merits such a label.
However, gun is steeped in the use of labels, especially those that send good and innocent people to torture chambers, to prisons or to their deaths; gun is an expert by his own proclamation of his credentials (i.e.:SAC) in a) black operations, b) mind games, c) secret agent-provocateur dirty deeds worldwide.
No, gun, you are wrong. The world needs Barbara Hartwell more than you could possibly know/imagine; and as you have sold out to the evil forces of a corrupt government (the United States of America) in return for your petty benefits, you are the one who must someday atone for the atrocities you approved, directed, or condoned against men and women over the past half century.
Come clean, gun, about your knowledge regarding offenses and crimes against Humanity; help save the lives of targeted individuals; and renounce the fascist state that you presently support; then, maybe intelligent and informed people will listen to you.
You dare pretend to show a concern for the people of the United States when in fact you exploit the ignorance and fear of all who listen to you in order to further your own private interests and in order to perpetuate the destructive agenda of the cia and the fbi. The downfall of this country into a fascist state is in part your doing, gun, and you should not be proud of that, no matter how high an office you have attained.
Sosbee writes for the record on April 30, 2005:
gun indicates on his website that he was chief inspector for the fbi in 1973; in such capacity, gun had the responsibility to investigate Sosbee's reports of fbi crimes during that year. Not only did he fail to perform his duties as chief inspector, he continued thereafter to serve in high level positions in the fbi at a time when Sosbee was being harassed for reporting the criminal conduct of numerous fbi agents as set forth in www.sosbeevfbi.com
In early 1971, the FBI's domestic counterintelligence program (code named "COINTELPRO") was brought to light when a "Citizens Committee to Investigate the FBI" removed secret files from an FBI office in Media, PA and released them to the press. Agents began to resign from the Bureau and blow the whistle on covert operations. That same year, publication of the Pentagon Papers, the Pentagon's top-secret history of the Vietnam War, exposed years of systematic official lies about the war.
Open Letter to Ex-FBI Agent Ted Gunderson from Barbara Hartwell (2005)
The best I can do for now is stand up for the truth as I know it, upon information and belief; citing the facts and the evidence to substantiate those facts wherever possible; and ask for God's protection in making my stand, as I have done these many years. Despite the several attempts on my life, so far, this approach has worked well enough for me; but more importantly, I have no doubt that God's justice will prevail, if not in this life, then certainly in God's eternal time.
Someday we will all have to stand before God. This holds true for everyone, whether one believes in God or not. As for His grace, I cannot presume to say whom He will extend that to, though I have certainly been the recipient of God's grace enough to know that it continues to be possible for me.
I also find it necessary to state, once again, for the record, that I was delivered from CIA by the Grace of God. None of the lies being disseminated, none of the false allegations being made against me by you and many others can change that. It's a done deal. God knows it and I know it. What others may believe is a matter of no concern to me. It's also none of their business. But I'll say it again, right up front: I do not work for CIA; nor have I had any professional dealings with them; nor been hired under any contract by them or their proprietaries, for over eleven (11) years [since 1993]. Furthermore, it is my contention and belief that you, Ted Gunderson, know this to be true.
I'm certain there are at least a few persons (including my witnesses) who will believe me when I say that as God is my witness, all that I will state herein is the truth, information which I now find it necessary to provide for the public record. I will also state the same, under oath, in any court of law in which I may find myself testifying and in any formal, notarized affidavits on which I may place my signature. I will never commit perjury, just as I have never lied in any public reports I have written.
But only God knows what is in my heart, as in yours. Only God knows who among us is telling the truth and who is not. And so, I have no reason to fear that any testimony given here, in writing, can ever be proven false.
As for those who would attempt to use any portion of the testimony given here against me, let them try. They have done it before, with only disastrous consequences to themselves when their plots and lies were exposed. I have committed no illegal acts. I have no criminal record. Nor has anyone ever won a judgment against me in any civil lawsuit. In fact, to date, I have never been sued by any person, for any reason. If you'd like to be the first, be my guest.
Posted by Curriculum Vitae at Wednesday, May 27, 2020


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Shields vs. Hammer is being billed as the biggest fight in the history of women's boxing. Is it?
If you believe the hype, Saturday night is the biggest fight in the history of women's boxing, when Claressa Shields (8-0; 2 KOs) faces Christina Hammer (24-0(1); 10 KOs). Winner will be the unified champion at Middleweight (160 lbs.). Shields vs. Hammer takes place this Saturday, April 13 and airs live on Showtime with a fight time of 9:00 p.m. ET.
Three time champ - Shields holds the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles. She won the first of those titles in her 4th pro fight and has been adding to that list ever since.
Olympic Gold - Before going pro in 2016, Shields was a decorated amateur. She had a 77-1 record, and represented the US in the Olympics twice, first in London in 2012, then in Rio in 2016. Both times, she went home with the gold.
Trash talker - Shields likes to talk. A lot. For many fans, her style of trash-talk can be pretty off-putting, with her constant claims of greatness. There's a bit of Broner quality there, where the grand statements (she says with a win here she's the greatest women's boxer of all time) don't quite match up with the fighter we always see before us. She's not always popular as a result, but she is memorable.
Lack of power - A 25% KO ratio is just not very good. Women's boxing is frequently lower on KOs, but the lack of power is a clear issue for Shields, as she hasn't stopped or dropped an opponent in her last 4.
Promotional push - There's no doubt Shields is the A Side here as far as Showtime is concerned. She's received a lot of promotional muscle behind her - she was in the first women's main event on ShoBox, she was part of the first women's Showtime All Access, and now she's headlining here. Showtime is hoping she can bring women's boxing to the forefront.
WBO Champ - Hammer holds the one major world title not currently in Shields's possession: the WBO belt, a belt she has held since 2010.
On the road - The German Hammer has fought primarily in her home country, with just one US fight yet to date last June. She acknowledges that this puts her in a tough spot here, as Shields will have to fight the crowd and (unfortunately, but this is boxing) probably the judges.
Underdog - At +230, Hammer is the underdog here, but not by too wide of a margin. Still, the pressure is on Shields more, with Hammer getting the opportunity to try and play spoiler.
Undefeated? - While Hammer's record stands at 24-0 with 1 NC, that No Content deserves a closer look. In that fight, Hammer was dropped and took far more than 10 seconds to regain her fight. But the referee ruled the punch an illegal rabbit punch and ultimately gave Hammer the DQ win in what was a highly criticized call. That DQ was eventually overturned to become a NC, but no rematch has ever taken place.
Reach advantage - Hammer will have a 3" reach advantage here - 71" to 68". That's often a key to her victory as she likes to use the jab to keep opponents on the outside.
Otto Wallin (20-0; 13 KO) vs. Nick Kisner (21-4-1; 6 KO) - Another Heavyweight showcase, this time for the Swedish fighter Wallin, competing outside of Europe for the first time. If you like Heavyweight up and comers, this is a good card for you.
Most of the talk of this fight has been about its place in the history of women's boxing, not really the fight itself, and that's understandable based on how it's been hyped. So is it the biggest women's boxing match ever, and will the winner here be the greatest? Well, maybe. But that's because the bar is pretty low. Women's boxing is yet to get their Ronda Rousey (or even their Cris Cyborg), and that's not happening here. Best case scenario is that Shields could maybe become boxing's Gina Carano - the woman who begins to pave the way for the eventual Rousey. But I'm not confident she even has that degree of appeal. To keep the MMA metaphor going, this feels like, oh, Sarah Kaufman vs. Marloes Coenen circa 2010. Which is not bad, even if it's not THE GREATEST EVER.